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Ti'TuTWEKKLY li A H0A6T E K. ^ 0.. M A R C U, 1, 1905
r:?* 11111:? n-.ii? r-?I known that iho Hcenn of ilw? :. ? p:-.- t/:ii_ mi '
rue minimi uuuar rire
in City Of New Orleans
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Vast Freight Terminals of
Illinois Central Wiped Ont
Twenty Thousand Hales of Cott< n
Destroyed ? Dozon Snuares of
Splendid Wharvos and Hundreds
of Loaded Cars.
New Orleans, Feb 26.?File
involving millions of dollars' ]*ss
in physical property and that
strikes a serious, if tempsrary,
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1'iu" ???. mo iinmin&e expori imQB
of New Orleans, swept Iho rivor
front tonight and wiped out the
vast freight terminals of the Illinois
(central, known as the Stuyvosant
docks Gearly a doisen
Hpuares of modern wharves and
freight sheds, two magnificent
grain elevators, hundreds of loaded
cars and vast puantities of
freight, including 2C,000 hales of
cotton, were destroyed, together
with a large number of small
residences. The fire was still
raging at midnight, at ' which
time it had almost reached the
upper end of th? Illinois Central
property. It has not yet been
determined whether there has been
any loss of life. The oceangoing
shipping seems to have escaped
serious damage A number of
firemen and employes of the docks
were injured. AcMial estimates
of the losses are imnossihln In.
night, though they may exceed
$5,000,000.
The Stuyvesant docks extended
from Louisiana a* eoue to Nupol
eon avenue, a distance of twelve
squares. The wharveH between
these two points were covered
with miles of trackage and steel
and iren sheds tan the whole distance.
The two grain elevators
were of the most modern construe
tion, the upper one having a capacity
of a million bushels.
Thousands of bales of cotton,
several thousand packages of ;
sugar, great quantities of cotton ,
seed oil and oil cakes, lumber and ,
every conceivable variety of
freight filled the warehouses and
sheds. Practically all the export
business handled by the Illinois
i
Oentral was put abrard ships at
these docks. The docks and im- |
pro cements have been under construction
for 10 years j ast, eliu
borate extensions and immense
investments having been made
after the constitutional c invention
of 1898 made it possible for the
road to invest permanently at this
point.
DI8COVFRED AT 7 O'CLOCK.
The fire was discovered shortly
after 7 o'clock. It was said to J
have resulted from a journal that
bad not been sufficiently oiled.
The whole plant was equipped
with gigantic water tuuks and fire
extinguishing apparatus, but the
i.i 11 -
u. ?i am a 11 at ice negining, almost
instantly got beyond control, communicating
through the conveyors
to the lower elevator and
some of the sheds. The response
of the fire department was
prompt, but owing to the fact that ,
the terminalo were inaccessible
owing to fences and tracks the
engines found difficulty in reach"
ing the flames In half an hour
the fire covered two squares, the
lower elevator was practically con
umed and it was sweeping with i
irresistible fury both up an down ,
the river. As soon as it became ^
? ?4 !.
- r
was the Stuyvesant docks, harbor
toga hastened to the wharves and
vessels that ?ere moored there
were pulled out. into the river. (
At the same time twitch engin< s
were rushed to the wharves and
hundreds of box cars loaded with
freight were drawn to points
above the upper end of the terminals
before tho tire reached them.
Many hundreds more, however,
were consumed.
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An Attempted Murder. n
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Special to The Stale. 1
Bonnett?villo, Feb. 25 - There f
has just reached hero a meagre ac- i
oount of an attempted murder in f
this county, 15 miles smith of j
here, last Friday night. Tom 'j
Gray, the 18-year-old son of 1). 1
A. Gray, a prosperous planter, n
wnn cut nnrl linnlnn
-..V. WVHiVl. .Hill UllWMBU- n
outness and left in a creek. The i h
he was found the next morning, .
atill unconscious. He was taken ' tl
home, and it is now thought that h
he will recover. Your correspon
drnt's informant says that it is t]
fill
not known poeilivoly who commit- g
tod the assault, hut su-picion
points to several young men in I ,\
the community who are thought 0
to have had a grudge against young d
Or?y.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children. b
The Kind You Have Always Bought >
Union's Lawyers Not Ambitious (|
for Roosevelt Appointment. g
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Special to News anil Courier.
Union, Feb 23?Strargo to (j(
3ay, Union is not putting forward c|
any candidate for Federal appointments
under the hill now pending jt
before the United States Senate w
for the establishment of a now tc
Western district Nor has this
town made any bids for the holding
of a Federal Court here.
Spartanburg seems rather hungry. ;
She nc w has the solictor and .1 udge ! \\
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ift turn uiruilil, HUl IUIH GOC3 I:cl 1)1
satisfy her ambitious spirit. She (J
wants the new diatrict attorney- 0
ship, and Congressman .Johnson, ti
a citizen of that town, seems ro- hi
solved to defoat tho btll for a new S1
Fedeaal district unless the Senate y
agrees to Jprovide for r? term of i
Court there. To say tho least, r<
Spartanburg is not overly modest e<
in her demands. | a
Take M array's Horehound,
Mullein and Tat V
a,nd stop coughing. 25. for
large bottle. Jour druggist
or Murray Drug Co.,
Columbia S. C. I(
Carnegie Proposes Giving University
of Virginia Half a Million "
Dollars.
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Washington, February 24. ? It 1
was reliably reported in Washing- '
too last night that Andrew Carnegie
had offered to give 15500,000
to the University of Virginiu on
ihe condition that the authorities
of the institution would raise a siini
lar amount fron\ other sources. (\
Mr Carnegie's offer, it is slated,
was made sevoral days ago and
will be accepted.
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Make year druggist give (1
Efoil Murray's Ilorehoun 1
Mulle a?idl Tr Cures l)
your cough. 26c a botbls k
ire miis i nree
at Hot Springs, s,
hie Million Dollar Property Loss J.
? Ono Hundred Hi uses, In- V
eluding Court Uriise and Jail
Being Destroyed. f
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Buck-et Brigrudo Whs gj(
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Hot Springs, Ark., Fob 25 ? th
'ire swept over the southern por- bj
ion of this city today, doing im- 1,1
nerso damage and causing the
eu'li of tliree persons. The
[)8SOf? are variously estimated at *?
rom ono to two million dollars. cn
J'sides three charred corpses ^
ound among tho ruins several p
orsons are reported missing,
die death iist may bo increased,
dio identity of the victims has
ol been established, and probably
ever will lie, us tlioy ate so badly tr
mrned gt
i iiu m o btiincu at 6 '60 o'clock V
his morning in the Grand Central pi
del Tl
A high wind was blowing and tli
he flumes quickly spread to the ! s>
nutli west.
The Plateau Hotel, tho Hotel
loody, the Gamier flats and sevnil
lodiiiiir houses were quickly ['
estroyod. J
'I he lireim n [ ut forth every ,
fl'ort to save tlie county court
ouso and jail, but their efforts
ere of no avail, both structures
eing consumed. Many valuable
ecords were burned and the 20
risoners in the jail were rescued A
nth great difficulty. (J]
The Jewish Synagogue, Central Lf
Icthodist Church, and the re.-i- pr
cnces of Mayor Holding and otl
horill Williams wore completely th
estroyed. oil
About one hundred houses wore po
ostroyed before the flames vere tai
locked.
Over 2,00l) people are liomciss.
Fortunately, tho cold is
eat her has passed and springlike an
imperature prevails. ^
Springs Gets Two Years g1
be
Chiulitte, N* C., Feb. 22.? fo
/ill Springs, who a few wteks bt
*o killed Rural Officer S. B
C<
ole and also shot hut not seristi
nsly injured S. B. Nabors, while
icy were endeavoring to arrest A<
ini, was today convicted of mnnn
lighter and sentenced to two $1
ears iu prison.
Colo was without authority to ar- 1?
:>st Springs and tho judgo chnrg- Ei
i ir springs nad not ft rod on Cole cii
ftor ho fell ho ahould ho acquit- tn
id. fu
Veil Known Atlanta Man Dies by q0
Own Hands. ?i
ti<
Atlanta, Fob. 23.?Col. Char- Wl
is S. Arnal, ono of tho I>ost nc
noVrn insurance men in Iho south
nd a distinguished citizen of At- th
inta, committed suicide today at \
is residence by p hooting. No ah
oason is known for tho act. Ho ar
oprrscntb a Hartford, Conn., 01
ompnny. re
ilaps Gain Victory. ()v
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St. Petersburg, Fob. 25. ? A f0
ispatch from Suchetun dated j0
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military z-t, says: rc
tlTho .Jopunose in superior ?8
umbers forced I lie Russians do- hc
iclnm ?il ul Tsinklietchon to nbnr.011
ill if Unseat Heresnort' Mill
Bii
ho Untile ha* been desperate on
olh bides. 1 he lesult is not jet
nown.
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Ur. ,1 . \V. Flinn Ucugn*. t
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lecial tr? News and Cornier.
Columbia, February, 21. ? Dr.
Williauv Fiinn, who for many , ,
iars, has filled the chair of moral
liiosophy, tendered his resigua)n
It was accepted to lake ofct
at the close ot the present aos- (
)n Dr. Flinn has for seven-j
en years been connected with i
o College, and is much be'ovcd j ^
f the young men who have boon
uler him. i(
Foley's Honey and Tar is best t \
r croup and whooping cough, |
ntuins no opiates,and cures j
lick I v Careful mothers keep it in r
e house. Sold by Funderhurk 11
harnuicy.
Gives One Thousand.
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Columbia, Fob. 24.? As a con- (
ibution to the fund for the or (
inization of cotton growers the
irginia-Carolina Chemical Com- (
my has sent u cheek for ?1,000. j
lie accompanying letter states ,
at the company is thoroughl y in
inpathy with the movement. (
For Coughs-atyour drug
\sts or direct from Murray
]rug Co., Columbia, St C ?
Murray's HorehoitndMu' \
in and Tar. 25c for ]
irge si size bottle.
0 Oil .Crtn Exploded With Fatal |
Results. .
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Charlotte, N. C. Feb. 25. ? ;
six ^eur old daughter of A. J. }
emmer was burned to death at v
iwell. N C., today, her mother [
obubly fatally burned and two i
her children seriously injured as j
e result of the explosion of an j
1 can. One of the children wall
ring oil into a wood heater e u j
ining tiro. ^
FIENDISH r-UFFElUNG
often fciused l>y tores, ulcers j
d cancers that eat away yc ur ,
in. Wm. Bedell, of Flat llock, 1
ich , says: UI have Used Buck- 1
a's Arnica Sulve, for UIvors, 1
>res and Cancers. It is the i
st healing dressing 1 ever s
und." Soothes and heals cuts,
irns and scalds. 25c at Funderirk
Pharmacy, ?I. F. JVlacko} & (
>., and Crawford Bros., drug '
nre8; guaranteed.
r.1 inn t.f l.\l . ? -.1.1 1/ I
wiiuu wi iuu i^i^uueiu r ai iiUMf, j |
lecial to News and Courier.
Edgefield, Fob. 24.?Tho foN '
wing resolution, passed by the
lgelield Cotton Growers' Asso
itior generally conceded to be
ost equitable and just, lias gone
r toward reconciling tho renters
land to tho plrfh pf reducing tho
tton ncreago 25-per cent, and is '
von in hope that the other cour- '
is of the State nmv lioed the 1
ortby example and tnko similar j
tion:
Resolved, That it is tho sense of |
e Edgefield Cotton Growers' <
Bsociation that in order to insure I
iso'ute fairness and to facilitate '
id promote the furtherance of '
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ii pittiics iu wring uuoui el general j |
duclion iu the cotton area this ,
>ar, wo recomniond tint all landvnors
should allow tenants who
nt land the option of paying one
urth of their rental in corn and j
dder and other crops, in lieu of t
quiring an nil lint cotton rental ,
bus been tho prevailing rule ' 1
retofore in the county."
OABVOniA.
lara the K'n(l l,a'0 Always Bfltlgtt ' i
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Col. Jas. L. Orr Dead After)
Brief iihcs?.
\ Lending Figure m S s s * t? Carolina's
Hiatory. His Oareor Va?
ric<l Aid Ac ivo.
Special to The ^ t a J .
Greenville, F?. ?. 2'>. Col.
Tallies Li .vrt nco Orr, on o ?^r H e
State's bcivt kn nvti men, d ! '
de'ock loineijt .? hi. h on , n'tc
i Wfjcl;'-. i'.ln
For several da ? C i Orr has
icen a de pnrutcly -i ;k man. A
vci'k ago Frio y ho wan tehen
ticU"^ mid < r\ -:tkj!as duveh ped,
irsl about the m r.tli an 1 he hud
I ccn dt iii orr:.d it Ueo
hat his ehanc.;s 'or ri cover; uer
flight, but it ; 11- i d tot ( i ' rii
1 o t ) ho'i v;> tint licit ne
. onid sucentn'o a ? ijutahly '<>
?aso.
At lho time ?d" lii d. ath C; 1.
Orr was pre . 1'lit ??.' 1*. m?tjiotit
M'Ulufilt'tU: ir. ; t- ,ij)J ;! a! l\. I
nontnnd t!ic Orr C? 't n M ] . i
tYtldci'SOll, t\Vi) COtj : ' r. t
:ogethti rcprcso t in ii.v inv
)f $1,500,000, with I'* i.r largo
ni 11 -it Pi' ini'i I : d t: < n
tViulor^ou. In addition Col. On
ivus vr<_ p: e i<ie. t . A r
loan Spinning comj my i ml thel
Mills mill ul (.i. ccii'< i:'. . :?d wu
.ntorosled in evil .1 ether eotb n
nil is in this eoC. n tie, was
president of tho (x cm villn X. v. iompny
and a director in the Fn \
S'ational bank, th JLVopIc's h. nk
ind the \mm ic >n V nk of (}
nllo. In the domain of inai fnc !
tiring i finance iliero wns per?
i :| s : other man i -v. ' i < in
a who dood id 1: than J s
ynvr tvo Orr
Tho Orr mill w as i. ' ;i c<! i
.900 lor r.iiie .< a- s . ? j
Jol. Oi r had til 'id ; i ; : p. o i. o.\ '
is a cott n mill -v. (:.s ;i:c
lei.Ih of his fnth i- -iaiv, C 1.
Iiimni' tt, tho found, r <>! li: :reat
.Modtilt id c i Pi ili t, 1: was
nude president, and i,, <> dor to
icoowt he had to re ign t'.v < itice
>f solicitor, in which he had. made
inch a ratable itcord as a prose*
ailing o dicer Under his prisi-;
lcncy the fourth mill was hnill at!
Piedmont in 1S95.
l itis Kill to take up the life oL' a
taptain of indiidry cut short what
na<t been a most brilliant and successful
career at 'ho bar and .n
politics. Col. Orr \vn> a tiuo advocate,
irresistible Itefoie a jury,
und yet a lino olii o lawyer. Col.
Orr leaves his wife and six chil
:lr?n.
'ihk fight or 1S02
Even alter Col Orr hail j racti*
sally retired from tho 1-nt h wr.s
sailed on to lake a most impor
Lanl part in I be bittcrnl political
light of'rccent y ars ia Sohtli
Carolina. W hen the Cor.-ei vative
forced organized in i ?'.>2 to make
[l?e laai stand against Tillnia. ; in,
Dol Orr was in the forclr. id and
hit; was given tli ; noininntu for
lieutenant governor. Me di 1 his
full share of the work allotted to
liiin, his magnificent pr< -nee . r.d
ais great courage wtro an in , if
atmn to those who knew I hey
were lighting a hoj ok cs l '1 lie.
His speeches in icplv to Gov Tillii)an
and in arraignment of his
administration and policies were
lurgel} the bopo.of thfl CoD8?rVftLivos,
but the Shoppnrd and Orr
ticket was doomed to dcfcal, and
thai Was Ool Orr's lasl a) pcai nnco
in poltics.
Personally, Col Orr was a most
coiiipanionohlo and pie r ant man,
p0886sMn(* the faculty of winning
men to him ami treat. . .eg
men with aconsideratu n that was
inspiring.
.rt tiie farmer Knows
F ; i' I . Develops Cotton
i'i 1 What Develops
Children I
Barnwell Mow Sentinel.
Loejr years ago wo leui ncu from
'that wonderful little book, the
A h hiogi. pbv of Bsnjiuiiin, never
to *?>y ?iI l<notv, '' for there is
j little \ 1 know, but always to : ay,
4 I believe," "I conceive," or llIt
- my opinion" that so-and-so is
;tnu\ With this in mind, then,
v lie n to talk to a practical
'j ".i .k j latuuu ipicsuon.
I bh> ipudnn of education is old
tl. o. rlil and h:is been talked
-. it ulmott -i:ico the time of
I A ' to, \ t the ,voi Id, or nt least,
l.d big pail of it called South
rol it"., is just low beginning to
Kv'ii'/.- that a ctiim-i! school truiu
ing a neces- I v. It is not necos*
argue with a farmer that
fmtiliz v plac d beneath his cotton
will make the plant larger , more
i. liihiiil and uioro capable of
-itu;u;ant yh id. lie knows this,
he '-ce> the cxamplo of it
I V , I V V V :?l". it ought to bo just
V to allow the same man
; . a iiltk tdueational fertilizer
, .. i i in 1 his ooy or girl will be
;du live of a bolter looking
el.iid, iiuO wh j is capable of producing
iu his turn. Wo say it
ought to be jnot us v ..sj", but k
isn't Every year we watch tlio
l'aimer haul his guano from the
1 car ever to his farm, with conli1
looking for the greatest
: u wo see few hauling the
oi fr m '.ho farm over to
l.-iol and exhibiting faith in
the human stalk.
I.us we li ! a few who make it
iry in u; r,uo that an educaih
i pais, or that it is worth
whii to li .in the youth of the
!:iii > i i are still a small
nui'o *r v.: ) curry their horses
and give lb ir dogs careful truichig
order to get a better breed,
but let their children ''root hog
or die."
PUfiMC AROUSED
i'he public is aroused to a knowledge
of liic curative merits of
| thai great medical tonic. Electric
Hitter*, for sick stomach, liver
; ir-d kidney. Wary II. Walters,
| oi 517 Si. (lair Ave., Columbus,
|7>., wiitcs. "For several months,
1 L was given up to die. I bad fever
and .:.'ue, my nerves wero wreck
el; 1 could not sleep, and my
stomach was so weak, from useless
doctors' drugs, that 1 could not
j eat. Soon after hegining to tako
! Flcvtric Hitters, I obtained relief,
and inti short time I was entirely
j cured." (juai'antecd at Crawford
Hros., .1 F. Muckoy & Co.,
jFundoihmk Pharmacy, drug
j "stores; price 50c.
. Air.oi: commits suicide.
(lei rgctosn, Feb 22. ? Monday
! night a sailor, Arthur L. Ilaro by
name, a mere boy of 22 years,
committed euicldo with chloroform
on 1 aid the schooner Edhar C.
1? in \V nviiti l>?ur "
... ,? ... .*.? WI?J A. I VUJ C? pi
i1 o iiiiiigc", young Hiiro belongs to
people of moans and possessed an
iixeellenl v.ardrobo. Ho was tbo
pet nod life of the crew. Loiters
< ntu'ning endearing terms in exe
ileot composition and linndwrits
it';; worn found on his person
from ijfather in Toronto, Canad.,
nod his sweetheart, a Miss
Bertha Hayes of Chicago.
ii tm wm/m
Mothers enu safely i:ive Foley's
oik \ and Par to their children for
coil.,lis and colds, for it contains
no opiates or other poisons. Bold
by Knndcrbur* Pharmacy.
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