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PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKL^ TWO WIPED OUT Towns of Whiting and Big Heart Practi cal i7 Leveled by Tornado. -* FIFTEEN WERE KILLED Reports From Other Places Tell of Death and Devastation Dealt by the Winds?Probably One Hundred Have Been Killed in Kansas, Okla homa and Missouri. A heavy wind storm, attaining the velocity of a tornado, in some sec tions, and accompanied by rain, hail and lightning, swept over western Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Wed nesday, killing 15 people, pr. ctically destroying two towns, injuring al most a hundred persons, wrecking scores of buildings and putting al most every telephone and telegraph wire in the territory out of commis sion. The tornado levied its greatest toll of dead at Big Heart, Oklahoma, where eight persons were killed, 10 injured and almost every building in the town wrecked. Whiting, Kan sas, was practically wiped off tne map. " Sixty buildings were blown down, '.10 persons hurt and Mrs. Da vid Stone killed. ?At Powhatf.n, Kan., a woman and child were killed. A high schoo building was wrecked Eskridge, ?Kan., a number of houses damaged and from 15 to 20 persons injured. At Hiawatha, Kansas, a school house was blown down, an 8-year-old boy, named Pelton, was killed, and several buildings were struck by lightr ing. Several persons are known to have been hurt at Netawaka, Kas. A boy was killed at Manvllle, Kas. The Kansas end of the tornado started near Whiting and swept in a southeasterly direction for a distance of more than 50 miles. It is thought many more persons were killed or injured than have been reported at this time. Telegraph and telephone cre.vs are working, now that the storm has abated, to get the wires in shape. Two more deaths were reported from Hiawatha late Wednesday night. Geraldine Meisen'.eimer, 10 years old, and a small child of Otis Mellott are the victims. The Meisen helmer girl sought refuge with three companions in a country school house, and the building was ?wrecked soon afterward. The dead . girl's companions were injured. It is not known now the Mellot child met its death. A Topeka, Kansas, dispatch says a tornado traveling in a southeasterly direction destroyed the town of Whiting, 25 miles north of Topeka, late this afternoon. Sixty houses were blown down and 30 persons in jured. Eskridge is 25 miles south of To peka. The storm struck there short ly before 4 o'clock. The high school building was blown down and 20 stu dents were injured. A woman and a child were killed at Powhatan. Mrs. David Stone, wife of a farmer living near Whiting, was swept from the steps of her home inlo a neighbor's yard half a mile away. She was picked up dead. An interrupted telephone message from Netawka says many persons were injured there. Only one tele phone wire is working between here and Kansas City. George A. Scott, an Atchison, To poka & Sante Fe engineer, who was ir. Eskridge at the time of the storm says at least 15 houses were blown down. After he left Eskridge, says Scott, hi could see the tornado sweeping a:ross the country for a distance of 10 miles, overturning houses, barns a ad sheds in its path. He heard of no one being killed in Eskridge. Benjamin Besch, a fireman on his engine was blown out of the cab window and hurled across the street. The only injury he sustained was a Slight cut on his head. While Mrs. Ray Garnum of Pow hatan was sitting in her house, the :itorm swept the greater part of the building from over head. She was jut slightly hurt. A Big Heart, Okla., dispatch say* eight persons were killed and 10 in jured in a tornado which struck tnat place at 4 o'clock Wednesday aftet noon, leaving but few houses stand ing. The tornado swept everything in its path. Houses were blown from their foundations and the occupants were whirled through the air. Tnis town was demoralized and telegraph ic communication cut off. Relief trains were started from Avant and Pawhuska. Big Heart has a population of 400. The St. Joseph & Grand Isla-. 1 de pot and box cars at Manville, Kan., were blown over by a tornado Wed nesday afternoon. A farm house was also wrecked and one child killed, according to information received by the Grand Island officers at that place. Telegraphic and telephone wires are down. Blown Into River. At St. Louis an eight-story grain elevator valued at $700.000 located in the extreme northern end of tat city on the Burlington tracks, was blown into the '.Mississippi by a se vere wind storm Thursday night. ?Two women are reported to have died from fright, making three deaths up to the present, traceable to the storm. TAKEN BY HIS UNCLES A GREAT SENSATION CREATED IN LOS VEGAS, N. M. Twelve Thousand Dollars is Paid for the Return of the Lad Who Was Kidnapped. There is a greai sensation on at Los Vegas, N. M. Implicated- by the confession of Joe Wiggins, a former life convict, Will and John Rogers, uncles of little Waldo Rogers, were arrested for complicity in the lad's abduction. For his return $12,000 ransom was paid, Will Rogers acting a*s agent for Mrs. Rogers. The disclosures have aroused the city to a degree of excitement that the authorities fear may result in a demonstration ageinst the prisoners. The accused are in the county jail which is guarded by a large force of deputies. The arrest of Wiggins came late Tuesday. His confession, which fol lowed, gave a new and sensational turn to the mystery, which for more than ten days has surrounded the kidnapping of llrtle Waldo Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers, and his safe return upon the pay ment of $12,000 ransom. According to the story told by Wiggins, he first became acquainted with Jim Rogers through the law fir m by which the latter was employed and which was. instrumental in getting Wi'ggins pardoned from the peniten tiary. Wiggins says that while woik in in the coal mines at Madrid, N. M., he received a letter from John Rogers, suggesting a scheme for mak ing $10,000 "easy money." Wiggins says -ie came to Los Vegas in a few days and later entered into the plot. Waldo Rogers, the two year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers, and the grandson of H. L. Waldo, a Kansas City millionaire, was kidnapped from the family les idence on the nfcht of March 29. Taking advantage of the absence from the city of the boy's father two masked men went to the Rogers home shortly before midnight and at the point, of a revolver compelled Mrs. Rogers to dress the child for a night ride and deliver him to them. They repeatedly assured her that the child would not be harmed and that he would be returned safely pro-j vided the police were not intormeir! and $12,000 in small bills was paid) to their representatives. They named a lonely spot 11 miles j north of Los Vegas as the place wh?re' the money was to be delivered by I Mrs. Rogers' representative, who was to come to the rendezvous alone the following day. Mrs. Rosen- secured $12,000 the following morning and delivered it to Will Rogers t:> carry to the place of: meeting. Roigers retained Thursday night with the child, who was well and un-| harmed. tfHe told Mrs. Rogers and later the authorities that he had met at the appointed place a man who, al ter receiving and counting the mon-| ey, directed him to a canyon 15 miles south of the ,dace of meeting, where \ i he found the boy lying in an arroye, wrapped in a blanket. A reward of $20,000 was offered j for the capture and conviction of the kidnappers tad the vicinity was! ablaze with indignation. NEGROES NOT WANTED. The Lily Whites So Declare at Their Meeting. Indorsing the administration of President Taft and pledging him the IS delegates from this Stabe for his renominatiou and placing itself squarely against the appointment of negroes to federal offices in the South, the executive committee of the white Republican party of South Carolina, numbering 25 men from all of the congressional districts of] the State, ! t in Columbia Wednes day. The eeting was held by call of John G. Capers. The meeting in Columbia was held for the purpose of perfecting the organization set on foot in Columbia last October when the negroes were eliminated. The resolutions adopted ?%re most lav-, orable and indorsed the Taft admin-! istration throughout. This white or ganization has not yet been recog-! nized by the national party. Sisters Are Drowned. While driving from Brookport, III., to Metropolis 111., eight miles away, Mrs. Louis Herter and Mrs. James Wilford, sisters-in-law, were drowneu when a bridge across Massa creek gave way, throwing both women into the swollen stream. The two horses the women were driving, swam to shore and thus gave the first alarm of the double drowning. Killed Himself. Jacob W. Clute. three times mayor of Schenectady, X. Y., killed himself with a pistol in the bath room of his home Wednesday while the sheriff and under sheriff were waiting at the door with a body execution for him, growing out of alleged irregularities in the handling of an estate. "Bad Man" Found Dead. At Lawter, Fla.. John Bennett, known in that sec-lion as a "bad man," having been arrested many times for shooting affairs, was found dead od a street Thursday. There were several bullet wounds in his body and it is supposed that he had j been killed by some enemy. ORANGER BRYAN LOVED Seems to Have the InsiJe Track When It Comes to Popularity. STILL DRAW THE CROWD Possible Timber for the Presidency? Three of the Leaders to be Seen in Washington?Bryan, Harmon and Clark?Either One of Them Would Fill the Bill. A special to The State from Wash ington says since congress began its extra session on April 4 Democrats have had an opportunity to take a look at three of the men who ar* mentioned as probable candidates foi the presidency when the next nomi nating convention is held?William J. Bryan, Judson Harmon and Champ Clark. They have been looked over with a scrutinizing eye?one that looks for the winning horse?and while u can not be said that either of these three mentioned has shown any de cided advatage over the others there are unmistakable signs that point to Mr. Bryan's great popularity, what ever his enemies may say to the contrary. In the huuse on the day congress assembled for its extra session work, the reception accorded Bryan and Harmon was not noticeably different unless it was the *act that more persons seemed to shake hands with Bryan than with the great Ohian This may have been due to the larger acquaintance of Mr. Bryan and to the fact also that on three different occasions he had been on the course and in that way naturally knew and was familiar with more of the U0U6b Democrats than his distinguished friend from Ohio. Be that as it may, however, the fact that Mr. Bryan was in the capi tal draw around him wherever ht went a tremendous crowd. Even those who are opposed to the politi cal policies of Mr. r>/yan have been forced to admit that, his reception in Washington, at the capital, around the hotels and clubs, and at private residences and entertainments where he appeared, was nothing short of marvelous considering the fact that he has been the candidate o. r?r2 Democrats for president three times and thr.ee ti-mes has suffered defeat. Both Judson Harmon and Wood row Wilson draw crowds when they come to Washington, not only be cause of the fact that they are now in the public eye as presidential tim ber but because of their personality and the friends each of them has. Their greetings here are sincere and genuine and one who comes in con tact with them as they move from point to point can not fail to observe how the very grasp of their hands in dicates their party fervor and loyalty. But with Mr. Bryan it is possible that neither Harmon nor Wilson can approach him in the way the people ?rich and poor alike?politician and plain man?crowd to hear what he has to say. Last Sunday he was scheduled to speak at a number of the Washington churches on relLai ious topics. Everywhere he appeared crowds fought, their way to gain en trance, and it was necessary in some cases for policemen to beat the peo ple back, so desirous were they of ?getting to a place where they could hear what Mr. Bryan had to say. In front of the churches the crowds packed the streets to such an extent that it was necessary to send officers through the crowds to make room for pedestrians. Not satisfied with their failure to hear Mr. Bryan speak many of these people so insisted on his talking to the overflow crowd outside the church doors, and this the great NeLraskan willingly did. Such a man ifestation of admira tion may mean something or it may not, but it certainly shows that, how ever Mr. Bryan may he held in the minds of those opposed to him po litically, he draws tremendous crowds whenever he appears in public in Washington, second only in size to the crowds that go to see and hear a president of the United States. Paid Not to Mnrry. Three New Haven, Conn., girls, the Misses Belle, Henrietta and Marion Feuchtwanger, wili receive $10,000 each from the estate of their uncle, Meyer Feuchtwanger, who died in Xew York April 0, for not marrying during his lifetime. The young wo men have just filed a petition, saying that they had complied with their uncle's wishes. Bitten by Mad Dog. Two boys and one man was bitten by a mad dos at Beaufort on Friday week ago. The dog was killed and its head sent to the Pasteur institute in Columbia for inspection. A tele gram was received promptly, stating that the dog had a bad case of hydro phobia, and that the bitten ones should be treated at once. Train in the Ditch. Mobile & Ohio passenger train Xo. 4, leaving Mobile Tuesday morning, went into the ditch two miles south of Mulden, Miss., that afternoon. The engine and baggage car was derailed, the engine turning completely over and killing Engineer Jasper Adams and injuring the baggagemaster, por ter and five passengers. URG, S. C. SATURDAY, APRI] SLUSH FUND STORY ATTORNEYS DISCREDIT THE DE NIAL OF HIXES. Drawing the Lines Tighter and Tight er Around Him and the Other Cor rnptionists. ?Developments in Thursday's neai* ing at Springfield, 111., of the State senate committee investigating the election of United States Senator William Lorimer were attempts by attorneys and investigators of the committee to discredit the denial of Edward Hines, a Chicago lumber man, accused of having collected a fund to elect SenaJor Lorimer, and the practical refusal of Edward Til den, a Chicago packer and banker, to produce before the committee his accounts in the various banks through which he does business. Mr. Tilden's attitude on the wit ness stand resulted in the serving of a second subpoena upon him as he stepped from the witness chair this afternoon. It commands Mr. Tilden to produce before the committee next Thursday the records of his various bank ac counts In the year 1909. Refusal to do so, Mr. Tilden was given to understand by the commit tee, will result in an order of con tempt being issued against him. The testimony given a week ago by Clarence S. Funk, general man ager of the International Harvester Company, was corroborated to a con siderable degree by Herman H. Hef tier of Chicago, president of the*Her man Hettler Lumber Company. Although Mr. Hettler stated that Mr. Hines said nothing of the use of money or improper methods in the election of Senator Lorimer, Mr. Hines was quoted as boasting a per sonal achievement in "putting Lori mer over." Mr. Hettler sa'd he had the con versation with Mr. Hines in the Un ion League club, the same place in which Mr. Funk testified that he met Hines. when an alleged proposal; to contribute $10,000 to the Lorimer election fund was made to Mr. Funk. WHEX THE WAR BEGAN. Half a Century Ago Fort Sumter Was j Fired On. Thursday was the fiftieth anniver sary of the firing of the Confederate forts and batteries on Fort Sumter, then garrisoned by the United States troops, precipitating the civil war, culminating in the surrender of Fort Sumter two days later, are compara tively few and fast becoming extinct. The battle was witnessed by thou- j sands of people, who crowded the j water front in Charleston. For two days the battle endured at intervals, more or less protracted and by night as well as day, the crowds of interested and enthusiastic people lined the Io~. er water trom and witnessed it. The booming of the guns would call the crowds to the j water front, as quickly as a tempo-; rary termination of hostilities would result in a dispcrsement of the spec tators. The engagement was par ticularly beautiful at night with the I hurling of the red hot projectiles j through the air and the bursting of j many bombs, causing fires frequently; wherever the shells landed. A three-cornered fight was in pro gress. From the "Iron Battery" on Morris Island, so-called because it ! was constructed of railroad iron, laid at angles to deflect projectiles, from Fort Johnson, from Fort Moultrle1 ; and from a floating battery at the! end of Sullivan's Island, near thej I wharf of the old ferry company, ai ' steady stream of shot was poured at j ; Fort Sumter and the game little for tress returned the fire, pluckily hold-1 ! ing out to the last before Major An- j 'derson was finally compelled to sur render. Shooting Scrape. ?Sample Golphin, a negro, has sur rendered himself to the sheriff of Aiken county, he having killed an-1 other negro, John Black, near Sllvek'-j ton some days a?o. The negroes met near Golphin's home, and it is said that it was about Golphin's wife. A shotgun was ussd, and Black's brains were blown out. He died a short time after he was shet. Took His Own Life. A. C. Hutchlns, formerly of Cb/MM lotte, X. C, president and treasure! 'of the Alta Vista cotton mills at Alta Vista, a short distance south of Lynchburg, Va., phot himself through the head Wednesday, death being in stantaneous. A coroner's inquest re turned a verdict of suicide bur. the evidence threw no light on th*. cause leading to the act. Bleasc Satisfied. Govenor B lease said Thursday, uiion his return from the Red Men's convention in Greenville: "From in- , quiries among the 152 delegate;; and the people from the cotton mills and elsewhere. I satisfied myself that I was much stronger politically with I the people who elected me than ever I was before." Clonks His Calling. After the arrest of Andrew Buctus at Chicago on a charge of counter feiting. United States secret service men found a counterfeiting plant for raisin? $2 bills to $20 hidden under a pile of Bibles in Buctus' room.' When arrested, Buctus said he was a Bible salesman. L 15, 1911. LEFT THE RAIL Southern Railway's Fast Train Wrecked Near Black' 'e. SAVED BY STEEL CAES Luckily No One Was Seriously Hurt ?Cause of the Accident Not De termined Yet?The Wreckage Was Soon Cleared and Regular Traffic Resumed. Steel framed cars saved the lives of more than a score of passengers Thursday, ^uen train No. 31, the Southern railway's "Southeastern Limited," left the track four miles south of Barr-.well, says Joe Sparks in the Columbia State. The train was running over 45 miles an hour. The officials failed to determine the cause of the accident. There were 43 passengers on the train, but none were seriousiy in jured. The passengers were slightly jarred. The train was in charge of Conductor J. W. Blanton of Char lotte. All of the seven cars were thrown from the track except the two Pullmans. Not one of the train crew was injured. The wreck occurred at 10:10 o'clock Thusday morning, and the track was cleared at 8:45 o'clock the same night. ' The following is a list of those in jured as announced by the officials oi the road. Mrs. Alice Hard, Allendale, hip sprained. Mrs. Etta G. Hahn, Chattanooga, nervous shock. M. S. Iverman, Cleveland, Ohio, bruised about forehead and leg. C. C. Ferris, Winston-Salem, N. C, knee sprained. Employes injured include the fol lowing: J. E. Buster, express messenger, j ankle sprained. N. H. Bullock, special agent, left hip bruised. i B. A. Overstreet, mail clerk, right hand cut. J. P. Thompson, mail clerk, right! arm sprained. Sam Millen, coiored, porter, \ bruised. "No one car tell what caused the! wreck, and it is very probable that' the cause will never be known," said Henry Williams, the veteran railroad man and superintendent of the Co-j lumbia division of the Southern rail way, who personally looked after clearing away the wreckage. Vari ous theories as to the probable cause of the accident were advanced. John G. Richards, Jr., a member of the railroad commission, inspected the wreck. He failed to find the cause, and said that it was a wonder that all on the train had not been j killed. The general conclusion is that the wreck was caused by a de-1 cayed crosstie, a broken flange or a I broken rail. There was no testimony; to support any of these theories. Train No. 31 is the Southern rail-j way's fast flyer from New York to the Florida winter resorts. The train was composed of two Pullman cars, . . .. ? a dininia car, passenger car, combina tion car and a mail -and an express car. The engine was No. 1913. The engineer was D. G. McAllister of Co-j lumbia, considered one of the best men in the service of the company. All who witnessed the tumbled heap of wreckage along the track for over 500 feet wondered how it was possible that no one was killed ori even seriously injured. Engineer McAllister said that he was running about 45 miles an hour. He heard ? grinding noise. Turning in his seat he saw the front wheel of the tender leave the track. The engine tore itself loose from J the train and was brought to a stop several hundred yards away. Seeing that the tender had jumped the track the engineer applied the emergency brake. This brake is almost instan taneous on the new type of locomo tives used between Columbia and points South. The mail car. just behind the ten der, gave a sudden lurch forwaro and landed 75 feet away from tne track in a cotton patch. The coach fell on its side. E. 0. Overstreet and .1. T. Thompson, the two mail cierks were not injured. It happened t-o quick that they did not realize that an accident had occurred until ? ey tumbled from the side of the coach through a door to the soft sand. The express car was thrown across the tack. It required some time to remove this car. The combination passenger and baggage car, used by negroes, was thrown from the track and one end was buried several feet in the soft sand. There were a number of negroes in the rear car, all of which were very excited. The passenger car, occupied by about 20 passengers was thrown off the track. The dining car left tin rails. The two Pullman cars did not leave the track. Although there was a general shaking up, not a window glass in any of the cars was broken. The trucks of all cars were torn away and massed into a heap. A wrecking train was hurried to the scene as soon as possible. The through trains were delayed for only one hour, having detoured by the way of Fairfax, over the Sea board Air Line. A POPULAR SENATE HOUSE VOTES FOR DIRECT ELEC TION BY PEOPLE. First Bill on the Deniocrntic Program Rushed to Its Passage Over Pro tests of Republicans. The house of representatives, by a vote of 296 to 16, early Thursday evening passed the Rucker resolution proposing a constitutional amend ment for the direct election of United States senators. This i3 the first of the Democratic program measures passed by the house. Back ed by a solid Democratic phalanx, it went through without modification and with a speed that brought pro tests from the Republicans. The resolution, as the house ap proved it, is in the form of the Bor ah resolution reported out of the senate judiciary committee in the closing days of the last congress. Re publican opposition to the Rucker resolution in the house was based on the fact that it did not contain the change afterward made in the fight in the senate, which assured to congress continued control over elec tions in the several states. After six hours of debate, in wnicii many demands were made for this change in the resolution, all but 15 of the Republicans voted for the pas sage of the resolution. Mr. McDermott (111.) was the only Democrat voting against the resolu tion. Jos. G. Cannon, former speaker, Jas. R. Mann, Republican leader, and others of the Republicans who voteu against the measure declared that i^s form was such as to threaten federal government with the loss of the con trol over senatorial elections in the States given to safeguard the integ rity of these elections. They insist, ad did other Republicans who ulti ! mately voted for the resolution, that 1 the direct election amendment should be offered without any language at tached that might he dangerous t< I the future congressional supervision of senatorial elections. Democratic leaders declared that ; the resolution was open to no sucr? construction and that it offered the most nearly perfect constitutional ; amendment that could be devised. \n ; amendment offered by Representative (Young (Mich.) adding language that j resembled that of .the Sutherlana : amendment adopted in the senate two months ago, was defeated by a party vote, 121 to 190. i The Republican insurgents, led by \ Representatives Lenroot and Cooper i of Wisconsin, forced a record vote on ithe final passage of the esol'illon. The house voted overwhelmingly in favor of the measure when Sneaker Clark called for the viva voce vote, but the insurgents demanded a roll call in order to put the house on , record on the subject. The Demo ] crats quickly seconded this demand. Tt was a day of lively debate. Prac tically every man who spoke favored jthe direct election amendment. The I difference arose mainly over the con stitutional argument of whether the j powers of the federal government i were in any way threatened. HE DECLINES TO GO. The Governor Is Invited to Go to the Hot Place. While at Greenville on Wednesday Gov. Please made the following state J ment: ! "I will show lh9 people that a j county officer like Goodwin can't tell the Governor of this State to go to j Hades. I expect to pursue the regu | lar course in presenting papers for ithe collection of the salary of Detec tive Head, and, if the county of Greenville refuses to pay the money, 11 will secure the services of a lawyer I and take the case to the State courts, j If that fails. I will take it to the Su preme Court." The statement was made in con j nection with the Supervisor Good win's refusal to pay the salary of I Officer Head, dispensary constable ap pointed by Governor Blease, for the i reason that the county delegation failed to make appropriation for the salary and tuerefore the county has no funds to apply to this purpose. The Greenville view is that the Gov ernor has misunderstood the situa tion. Supervisor Goodwin, in an in terview says he lias always treated the Governor with utmost respect, especially in the matter under dis cussion. Kar Sewed On. At Chicago Edward W. McCarthy. 51 years old. fell down stairs in an office building Wednesday night, sev ering bis left ear. He was taken to a hospital, the rar soaked in warm wa ter for a while and sewed on again. .Ambulance Physician D. M. Wall de clared the ear would probably be come securely attached to the head and said .McCarthy's hearing would not be injured. Damaged by Storms, Considerable damage was done to crops and property in central Louisi ana Wednesday by rain, hail and wind storms. At Covington, on Lake Pontchartrain, several residences were shaken from their foundations. In New Orleans the streets were Hooded. Reports from Baton Rouge say the storm was the worst experi enced there in several years. TWO CENTS PER COPY. TOOK A HAND Uncle Sam's Bays in Blue Cross Border and Stop Mexican Fight. PROTECT OUR PEOPLE Shots From the Battlefield Endang ered Dooglas, .Arizona, Where a Number of People Were Killed by Stray Bullets, and American Sold iers Put an End to the Battle. A dispatch from Douglas, Arizona, says during a battle which lasted all Thursday afternoon and resulted in the capture of Agua Prieta, by tue Mexican rebels, the American troops- . crossed the border and stopped the fighting. The action we.s taken aiter three men had been killed and sever al wounded in Douglas, and the con tinued firing was endangering the lives of Americans on United States soil. Douglas was under constant fire for three hours. A dispatch from Agua Prieta, Mex co, says the rebels have attacked Auga Prieta and a fierce battle is in progress. Two Americans hav> been shot. One of them, C. W. Crow, is dead, and the other, Ben Armstrong, has "octi? taken to the hospital, scri ou.*'y ..ounded. Both were on tho American side of the line and vere struck by stray bullets. Americans rushed to the interna tional line, but as the firing continu eded, they had to seek shelter behind buildings and in ditches. About 15 minutes after the firing on the :own began the headquarters of the com missariat blew up with a terrible re port. It is not known whether a rebel bullet struck the magazine at the headquarters where the dyna mite was recently stored or the fed erals blew up the magazine to pre vent the rebels g^cting supplies. The rebels arrived on the train they captured at Fronteras earlier in the day, and their appearance was entirely unexpected. The federal garrison of 65 men had stood its ground well, as is indicated by the fierce fighting. The rebels attack is from the west. Detraining just below the town, they marched to the west and then with little rushes took shelter behind the railroad embankments, resting their rifles over the rails as they shot into the town. One fedeal office on top of the commissary at headquarters remain ed and directed the movements of the federal troops. The federafs m ed from doorways and from tiny bar ricade that could be ured. Two groups of rebels advanced un til they were in the shadow of the American custom house, wh=re they continued to fire. The federals, a few minutes later, essaysd a rush from the centre of the town and took possession of an adobe almost within the rebels' ranks. The rebels retreated before this sortie. One dropped within the shad ow of the custom house and is still lying there. His faithful dog lies beside him watching over the body. The rebels, cheered on by the cries of "Vivia Madero" from a thousand Mexicans lined up at the \merican custom house, repulsed the sortie al ter a few minutes' firing. Soon a thin line of federals began pouring out of Agua Prieta straight for the American boundary. At this juncture, with a cloud of dust, the United States First Cavalry iroops, under Capt. Guajot, charged down the line from their headquart ers, and the fleeing federals stoppea. Some took refuge in the adobe house on the line, while others dropped into trenches partly Died up some time ago by order of Maj. Garnder, then commanding in Douglas. Later a third American was shot in Douglas. In an adobe building near Forth street a man was killed. (Many bullets fell in Douglas, -?s tne rebel force of the southwest filed into northwest Douglas where the Mexicans live. Cries of "Viva Ma dero" were stopped by the Americans as it was feared the federals might fire on the American custom house. Twenty minutes after the battle be&an a squad of rebels took their station at the American custom house and fired from a distance of 10 feet from the sight-seers. The rebel com mander claims that reinforcements are coining immediately. Fell In*o Boiling Soap. While playing with other children in the yard of her parents' uome, near Friendship Baptist church Wed nesday, Gertie Hargrove, aged 12, stumbled and fell into a kettle of boiling lye scap, sustaining burns from which she died early that day. The child was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hargrove, a promi nent family of Stokes county, X. C. Found Dead in Stable. Dr. D. M. Hollingworth, one cf the leading physicians of Mt. Alrey, X. ('., was found dead in his "Stable ?ar ly Tuesday. lie hal j<'.st rolurned from a professional visit and was putting up his two horses when he was stricken with icart disease. A ?vife and two childr* *i surviv* Given Damages. W. H. Brown .and Rosa Brown were given a erdict against the wes tern Union Telegraph company in Charleston on Thursday for $i,50u damages for "mental anguish" for the non-delivery of a telegram.