THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. > VOL 1. BATESBURG. S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1901. NO 32 f AWFUL HOLOCAUST, Several Msn Met Daalh in a R.>ar Ing Furnace. CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION Five Charred Human Bodiei Fcund in the Ru n? of Waterworks Crib at Clevaland, Ch'c. Five men wore burned to death, foui wore drowned, throe and possibly foui wero euffoeatcd and several injurod at the rcpult of a fire whioh destroyed ! temporary waterworks crib, two milci off Olc volar d, Ohio, harbor carl} Wednesday morning. The dead, so far as known: Arthm Hasty, drowned, body recovered; Marl Strydcr, di owned; Arthur Uasti-gs, burned; Plummer Jones, snffonated John Martine, drowned; John Knwol sky, drowhed, body recovered; four tin identified men burned. Tho ir jured s j far at kaown: John Lco?, prebabl.v a broken back, fa*a' O. Braddotk, burned about hands ard face; Charles Smith, overcome by gai in tunnel; D_?vid Kolly, rcacucr, over conQe by pas. Still imprisoned in tunnel: Victor Kauffman, Canton, probably dead: Joht Caging, probably dead; Adaui Kent, probably dead. Twenty-fix rroo obeyed tho orders ol Manager O. 0. Van l\u?en wnou the flames broko out and took refuge in the water on fljatirg pieces of wreokago. Four of thorn Ion their held upon theii frail fl att and satk bentath the wevce just as help roichcd thc:r comrades. Yau Diusen at d threo of his men were hanging in the rtatcr from a i?oinoh line suspended from tho crib, -lust as the lino was buraiig away above the neon's hands a yawl boat fro* the barg.i Wilholiu manuod by two mon, dashed into tho heat and smoke that enveloped the orib and rescued the four men on tho ropo at the risk of their lives. The remaining men were picked up in tho water and bronght to Cleveland. They were naked, exhausted and badly burn _ J Xt ?l - uu. many or mem were cat by falling timbers. The orib is a total loss, it wa* a frame building 200 by 50 feet, the sides sheathed with iron. It oontaici d valu able machinery. It is now a cnarrod shapeless mass of wreokago and mingled with the blackestd timlxri are blackened, rusted and twisioi picaos and plates of iron and steel. Tho crib and machinery were the fit 5 property of Shailcr and SohiDglau. con r r iiautorB. Their Iobs w|?i vavrevse ?^u0,000. T Ffr* prA J?arVio?.4 ^ with rescuing parties on board reached tho crib i.om after the flames bro-c.out, but when they arrived tbc etruoturoS^ae p. teeth ing mass of flames and all hope of eav ing it was abandoned. Men ould bo distinguished swim ming and floating in the water shouting for help. Others were clinging to ropes whioh they had hitched or tied to tho rafter*, but the flamot were burning the ropes away, while the men wore stark naked, and one oy one thc> were falling into the lake. Tho tugs oircled around the burning crib, picking up men from the watci and meantime playing heavy streams upon the flames. After an hour's work the flames were diminished enough so that tho flrcmcn oould climb up tbo charred steps and fight the fire from the interior. Then the horror of the calamity was fi^t realized. K/cr> thing v.ai a total wreok. Vi nilo the firemen were louring water on the flames thero was A BOABING FURNACE beneath which cculd not ho reached. But tho firemen clung to their places and fought every inch of tho way un til the fir* was uudcr control. After two hours of hard work five oharred human bodies were found burnod beyond recognition. Two were in the Altitude of prayer. They musi have boon awakened by the fire but could not ctcape. fTcy wrro caught like rats in a trap. One body wat burned to almost uoihiug. The bodiof of two other men lay close to thou that were od their knees and it 'oAec as though they never knew what h-.p pened to them. They must have le t suffocated before tho Homos reacfcci1 thorn. As soon as tho five bodies wers discovered the lug Konncdy returned to tbo haibor at cnco aed uowfird th< ooroner ol the disncvery. VVhilo thii was going on wsys menus w^rc being devised to reach tLo mon im prisoned in iho tunnel, wheno air sup ply had apparency been shut off en lirely by the burning of the cornjTCSi ed air ou:htnery. At tiu.es it wan thought that voice1 could be hmid dowc Li low and the lift savers and the firemen peered dowr with tars intrnt, but the sour da ceasct again. At tho mouth if t)o shaft i was like a furnace, and tho iron wcrl was red hot fToar tho flames. Finally afier a dclugo of water hat boon thrown on tbo smoldering shafi entrance, a v^ce was hoard from th< bottom, calling for help. "For God'i sake throw down a ronr, thrown dowr a ropol' a man calicd. A lino wai quickly dropped down the shaft and ai it tightenod a shout of j -y went ti{ from those ab^ut, for it was quickly observed that the man at the bottoir was able to gra;p it lie yelled again to the rescuers t< pull bim up. Siowiy and carefully h< was raitcl. llis pallid face, ooveret with slime, his siatirg 'yea and ht-av ing ohest, told of tho horror ho hat gono throagr :n tin* heura he spent >r thft tnnn?l lift ?m Wtliini llnr/o <.l Canton. As soon he could rasp Curry said "Ihoy are all at tbo bottom of the abaft, hurry up." Iq qaick Buoiobsion aovon othon wero brought up frcin the foul and stifling air of 'ho tunnel. All woro it a most pit:abln oondi'on. They re ported that two oth. r men were lying unconscious at I ho bottom of tho shaft, A workman volunteered torosouo thoso men ar.d ho was quickly lowered intc tho shaft. In a few minutes tho uuoonsoious men wore brought up moro doad that The tug that hurried out to the scene i soon as the tiro was diiooverod suioeedcd in rosouing no loss than 20 men who woro olinging to wreckage and - ropos tied to the burning structure. The tunnel whioh has boon under course of constiuction for sovoral years past and is still far from complete, has been tho cause, all told of the loss of more than 30 lives. Four years ago an explosion in tho store sootion of tho tunool resulted ( in the suffooaiion of 13 men. Two years ago in a similar aooident several inoro men woro killed at almost tho samo place and today's catastrophe adds at least ten additional tamos to the death list. Tho firo whioh destroyed tho crib Wednesday morning was due to an overheated boilor smokestack. Tho r boiler cxp'odod soon afior tho flames , broke out. Tho crib itself was of pine timber 1 built up straight from the water's odgo. } Tho nam, who wero asleep in their ' bunks, sp ang up to find tueuiselves in tno m det of the fDmes. Tne boards all around thorn wore burning ficriely. Down iu tho shaft, under tho lake, 11 ' mon were at work digging unconscious ' until mo air supply was cut ott, of the awful bolooaubtabjvo them. Mayor Johnson cxprcssod groat indignation Wednesday whon ho learned ' that no boat of lifo preservers wore pro' vidod as a safety measure by the con tractors at the crib. Ho declared that 1 tho case would recaive the closest in vestigation, and that those found guilty of criminal negligence on tho matter would bo prosecuted to tho full extent 1 of the law. Lite Wednosday afternoon INumcr ( Jones, of Warren, Ohio, an employo of tho tunnel oontraotors, and one of a 1 party of rescuers who descended into tho shaft to look for the misBing men, was overcome by gas and expired within a few ti mutes tlis bony lies in the 1 tuunel 75 feet from ths bottom of tho shaft and is covered with wator. Tho lifo lino attschod to tho body bo oioio foul 1 and could not be pulled out. David Kelly, another moaibcr of tho rosouing party, was overcome by gas and is in a precarious condition. McLauriu's View. Senator MoLaurin, of South Carolina, passed through Norfolk Tuesday with his wife and child enrouto to tho panAmerican exposition. To the Associated Dross representative ho made 1 tho following statement: "'For many 1 years tho campaigns in Siuth Caroliaa nave been m the nature of personal abuse between candidates The prosed campaign is the first ono in which 1 an issue is at stake. My series of spccohei wmoh were beguu last April, have started the pcopio to thinking 1 and thty havo beootne arouicd. Senator Tiliman has answered my ar^u mcnts by boaping personal abuse upon me. iio threatened to go out among ' tho mill operators and arotlss them against tho mill owners if I ooatinued urging tho expansion pol cy and tho oairying of American products iu Atncriou bottoms. "Expansion is not imperialism; tho first is a business question; the other a matter of politics. It is foolishness for anybody to claim * that a man oa n not Ki.lmnn tr. nl>?n sidy, tLo carryiugo? Auionota exports in American botioim, aid expansion wi'.heui L-e.ng a Kopublican. 1 aui going into tne primaries in douth Carolina next fall and 1 cxpoot to dofcat ; donator Tillman." A Louo Robber. ! A lono robbor bold up a stage at North ltiver, N. Y , on Wodnenday ' night. The stago which was slop 1 ped connects with a train which reached North Crock, Warren county, a station on the Adirondack-* and Hudson railroad at 1U.2U o'clock a. m. \\ lien it left ihe station it contained seven men and ore woman, bo? dc? a quantity of express and mail inattor for i ITue Mountain lako. When the stage was one and and a half milos north of Dunlap's hotel at North river a masked t robber euudenly appeared. 11 is first I move was to shoot one of the bones, j He then ordered tho pssscngura to hold up their hands and alight, dix o' the men immediately took to the woods, t the rtmaiuing man staying with his j wife, who was relieved of $20, but ths i robber failed to find a larger sum in > anoir...r pocket. The higuwayuisn then I proceeded to r.tlj tne mail bags and p.uudor the express packages, taking i everything of vaine. After ho hau 1 don' lis work ho disappeared into tho Wuods and marching ptriius up ?o dark hitVo bocu unahio to find any traoo of him. i , A Wiuuiutf Uame. C. cloSam is playicg a "hoads-l-win* and laila you loao" gatno with little g. lilt lingo Oil. Tho August* Herald says George Carilcdgj, tho youngost son of Strgcaut Cartludgo, of tho polioo Urco, wan engaged in feeding a horse yosteiday after noon, when ti.o animal bit tho end of tho lad's fir.g r ill. Toe wound in a very painful one, but for tho Iosh of part of the finger, the aooidenl is not serious. Tho boy wan holding a piece ..f grass in his hand foedmg the animal I when tho tcolh of tho horso closed i in on tho fingor, taking it off oo?nf P c.ely. <411 ick Work. A dinjatoh from Charlotte nays about ( JO) people guhorod in front of the 1 jail here Thursday night aod demand id the potion of William Monroe, ool ored, chrrged with criminal assault. Ua a show of strength by the guards tho orowu fi^a'ly disperard Judge H0L0 ordered troops to the jaii T.iur-tday. , Mouroo was today tried, cooviotcd and sentecoed to bo hanged on Sept. l.'i. ( Tho jury was out ono minute and 20 | seconds, tho whole trial oonr uming less than two hours. SWEPT BY STORM. An Awful Tidal Wave Daatrovs Many Liver. OREAT ANXIETY 18 FELT. Qreat Loss of Ufa and D-imagt tc Property is Reported From Many Parts cf the Qulf A dispatch from Naw Orloans, undci date of Aug. 15, sayB the sio in w h;ov h%s been sweeping tho Gulf ooant froi-. I'ecsacola and moving westward during tho past two days, has prostrated telegraph and telcpLouo wires to such at ej tent that "nowa from tho outiying seotioos is hard to got at. Tho greatest foari have been entertailed for the "a'o*y of 'ho poopio living at Port Kids, which is ai the mouth of the riv;r, and for tho ships that started for sea j ast boforo tho storm beg&n. Tho wires there havo horn pras'rated sinca Tuesday night at 8 o'o oak hut rt,. i> i?i -i- - i ? mg i iun)nji rcK'ur.u a ma J wil'j I'' Fort Kiles Wedacsdny. 11 j was rcou nt Bura", which i? 80 miles down the river, and tho fartherest po-nt with whioh thoro is wire o ommuiication at tho present time. Thift m*j d Horibes the s'orti which swept that section as a regular tidal wave, similar to tho one wh 01 resulted ia such awful loss of life in 181*3. He nays all tho people liviog ail ihj oast bank if the riv.r hav^ moved up to the jimp," which is 15 milts from the mouth of tLe river. Tho house of ? m\u named (Lblco, half a mile above tho quarantine. sta tion, was swept away, and tho 15 mom bers of the family, including 11 childron, drownod. The quarantine buildings wcro badly daniagcu but no ono injured. Tho hi ' towboat Chamberlain was driven high and dry in the marsh, but her crow sr-< sa'o. The government boat General ltoise is believed to have been lost Capt. Obrion's house was swept away, but ho was on tho boat, whioh ws L- 'kvod to bo outside. Th? pile driver at Forts Eads was punk, ti.r crew were said to have booa savod. Tho tugboat Velaso went down to Pass a L'Outre, whioh is tho castoru mouth of tho river, with two barges. When last seen she had her deck awash, and it is fear, d she has gone down. If this boat and her barges have bsoa lost 20 people more h&vo been dr< wnod. Thoro are numerous roport' cf individual casualties all along the river from Buras down to the Passes. All tho steamers which started for tho soa Tuesday remained inside the Passes until Wednesday evoning and then went out safely, among the number boiug the Uromwoll liner Proteus, and tho British transport Mechanic in whioh was dynamited while in port a fow days age. Not a single vessel has passed up the river since tho storm bogan and great fears are cntertainod for tho ones which aro expected. Third is sorious apprehension concerning the (Jheniore Camiaada and Grand lslo sections, on tho south Louisiana ocast, west of tho Mississippi river, where 2,(Jl)0 lives wcro loat in 1 U? -l. *.J_f I' iosj u/ luy uuai wave, up 10 tms writing no word Las been reooived from that section, which is largely in habited by fishermen, mostly Chinese and MalayB. Up to last midnight everything seemed to be safe at the Mississippi ooast towns, BayS:. Louie, I'ass Chris tian, Bilcxi, Mississippi City and Ocean Springe, but sinoo then not a word has boon heard from them. All wires are down. Tno only reports of dam ago so far received arc of destroyed ba'.h houses and uprooted trees. The Louisville and Nashville railroad is blookcd off beyond Chof Mouteur, d ) miles from this city. The big steol bridgo there is ra?o, but b-yondtlure aro several washouts on the toad. 1'ho New Orleano and N irthwostern railroad is also blooked hy washouts cn the lake and its big trcRtlo over Lake i'out ohartrain has been shaken by liie heavy seas breaking against it. There has boon mush dainago done At Shod Bjaoh, a pctt'.oment oc Lsko Horgno, bouthoast of tho city, and which connects wi.h Lako 1'oac :?rtram. Aa the bulldtDgs there have be: n swept away, and thcro arc re iris ot .oss of life amoog the fishermen, bat toe cxaot i xteni of thin is not kuowt. A tidal wave swept over tho lai.d tin re as it did nine yca-s ago. In the oity of Now O.leans and sub urbs there has boon ooneidirajlo damago. At Miloeburg, one o; tho l?k ro p res, tho railroad pior head running out into tbo lako for a distance of a thousanl yards hai been destroyed and all light buildings dcmo.i hcti. Tar big buildings on shore withstood the g^le. 'J hero was no loss of lifo. The etcsmor Ncotuje tied un at ih s ni*>r head, pouudod horde if 10 piooas uad sank. At West li id the lake ribbed over the rcvcrtiuent and destroyed nearly ail o' tho buildings thcro. Too big dancing pavilion at Lake V lew ?a< | ounded to pieces by wrookago, w.isht.d up by the waves. The tiholl road to Vvest Knd was under three foot of water, and "Huoktown," a gaoobiiog resort at tl.t ond of the rcvommcnt, has been ewep) away. Tno old basin otnal comma into tho city on Toulouse streot overflowed its banks inundating tho onii" seoond district. A thousand men have bcon at work on it and aro raising it! banks. A c>al float of I'd! barges, belonging to the Moauugahela Coal company oi Piltsturg and anohorod at Coal P.rt, d; no miles abovo tho o ty, had a rough exporienoo and every tug in tho ha: bo: was sent to savo thorn. Six of thorn with an aggregate oa;acity of H.000 ton: of ooal, sank. Tho towboat Henry Marx, fcolonginp to tho (ntcrstaty Transportation oom pany, poundod a hole in h r bottom ai Crete a this morning and sank. The storm wliioh developed yesterday continued throughout thy night atd a hoavoy wind was still blowing today. Winds and rain wore general nlong the coast and many trains aro boUtod. Muoh of tho low section or Now Or loans is under wator and scows bav< been brought into requisition to enable people to got from their homos to the highor portions. Sevoral factories have bcon compelled to shut down, i Lake l'ontiohartraio has beon backed into tho old and now canal. Both overflowed their banks for a considerable dis aucc. Tho roar, or low portions of this oity, a thiok'y populated territory two miles in width, is flooded to a depth of two feet. Thero is considerable suf, fering among tho poor. A Louisville and Nashvillo traiu from tho cast, due at 7:25 a. m , has no', yet arrived, nor have the ooast trains over that road. Tho high water in the lake and tho tl iod in the rear of tho oity huvc caused the dolay. Hundreds ofbusiooos moo of New Or r leans live along tho gulf ooast during i tho rummer and thus far have boca , unable to reach tho city. , Many Louisuoa poople aro spend 1 ir? ih^> cummer at Grand Isle, whioh ' is adjacent to the Cheniore. Over i 2.000 lives wera loitattho later place r wtien that nock of land was swopt by Btjrmos few years ago. A Milnoburg ti;o excursion steam' r N il C?mi.a oapvs.d at its whaif dur iug tho storm ard is pour.ding heavily ajaicBt tho pier. The-?? aboard cs on-pod. The tug boat Noptuno is also reputed to havo capaia;ci. Tho Mississippi nvor ia front of the city today resembled u miniature gulf. Nearly every harbor cr*ft ba l to hug tho ehoro in order to avjid b.ing swam pod. ltcguiar wesibouod Tcx is and I'aci tic trains could cot be sent out be came the transfer boats which carry iuo trains acr< 89 t! e river were uaable (o mnko then landings. All tho tugs ia theha-bir are rngsgod today ij trying to savj the Heat of about 2(i() boats lyug above the city Bat ween rix aud tea boats havo al rcaiy Icon Lst. TUB LATEST. The latest news from the storm is to the effect that it did not do as much damage as Just reported Many ships were wrecked on the gulf aad on tnc Mississippi, and there was considerable loss of life, but later no*s will have to revcai how many people woro drowned duriug the storm. Out in India. According to the Indian Lancet, a medical j >urnal, a satisfactory decrease in the number of peoplo aod cattle killed by wild suimais ia the -Punjab is shown by the ropori for 1900. The ubiquitous snake n, of oourao, far ana away tho w ml of these ills, but ia a province where considerably more than half a million people must inevitably die ev-ry ytar, in the ordi nary oouim of nature, it is reasanring to find that only 893 people received their quietus from snake bite. It in cuiious to nolo that inoro deaths from nako bite occurred in housos than either in tho fieid or in the jungle. The only human deaths from wild animais wore thoao caused by mad dogs and mad jackals, which numbered 29. Regarding eaitlo, 702 were killed by leopards and 91 by wolves, it seems strange that no mischief should have been caused by tigcid or bears?perhaps they are beiag killod off too fast. Pur icg the year in question 1,374 wild animals were slaughtered, including 11 tigers, 18b beam, 181 leopards, and 99 wolves. Moreover, 13,272 snakes woro tiliod. Thousands Drowned. Great floods caused by tho overflowing of the Vang Tao have oausod tho death of many thousands in China. Tho river has risen 10 feet and for hundreds of miles the country is a great luko with only tops of trees and an occasional roof showing. At Ankingthe town ic tljodsd, some of tbo houses to . i.r ir ? ? wivu lujij. ai i\.u iv aag, menaiivj town is Hooded and two fcot of water statnda in the foreign settlements. Ljwtr down the river towards Swu Hue, the destruction was greater and boa> not maud at what time ec.uil construction wilt begin, kut tbls w.U not bo lei g delay* d. Jhouiy co k, i e p am for wluou have already ; b. .. apprjv d, w.il 'jo ereotod iirm at t c st oi $ 1,250,000. Ap[ rnpriatioas am uti'. g to $23 J.OUO available for ' imm ni.D Aork and tho navy depart mojiSpia i call j lor an ozpoedituro of ' uaore than C~0 huO.OOO on tho navy yard in its cntirjvy. Senator Tillman Sued. The Columbia S.ato rceeuily pub ii i tno rationing meagre and uns&i.:bi'ioiory nrtiolo. Tho pooplo will ' naturally want to know who J. Youog ; Jones is and r;.*. dcua.or Tillman has lone to hi in or raid about him. This is what appeared in tho Stato: "It in Htatud that Mr J. Young )oaes, formerly bookkeeper of tno house, lias filed ' a suit for i lli.UOi) dauitgo against S ina tcr Tillman, ohtrging tiiui with slander. Mr. .J ,no alleges that tho socator cast r?. 11 lotions oq his uicatal attainments. It is understood that tho sheritf will scon ex cute tho papers on tho sooa , tor. dorator Tillman would not discuss tho matter when informed of it. 1 rho rosult will to watohod with intor' est." Killed iuicli Other. i A dispatch from Grconville, N. U., ; sayt: "News roiohcd hero Wedneiday ot a dou ble murder near Gard uor's crois l roads, iu tho southorn section of thin country. Wm. Gardner, Mack D.xon, t both white, quarrolod over some small t matter. Oardnor drew a pistol and shot throe bails into D.xon's abodomon. i Thea D.xou knocked Gardner down, took tho pistol from him and shot tho - two remaining balls into Gardnor's body i Doth men died in a short while." HATE EACH OTHER. ~ i Evans ar.d Latimer Said to be Open Political Enemies. ( 1 IT IB AN OLD TROUBLE. j ( Each of the Above Oentlemen j Mads Hits at One An- j other at the Union x M eating. j J. C. Abernathy, who attondcd the ] Union and Chester meetings for the j Charlotte Observer, says thoro is no ? danger that too senatorial campaign in ( his siato will lack heat, even though j b. nator MoLaurin should withdraw ? lrcui tho ra:e, for tho notable dovolop- t mtnL in the meetings hero and at Union 1 lor the last throo ca^s, aude from tho j b icug dcuaoo.ation of the junior eena- ? or, was tho faci that whilo both are t ti.hting wh;t they eonsidor tho com- t mon en^uiy, A C. Latimer and John 1 Gary Evans aro a; clangers' points, and c it would not surprise nicn who know t tho two politicians to sec tho ex gov- ? ornor and the oongrosBman ooms to c b o?s on the stand when tho oam;aign is fairly unJer way. Evan* is a slon I dtr fellow, about five frot ar.d ten 1 itches tall with ?h*rn .. r cy?, blsok moustacho s.n-1 hair, slight- f ly tinged with gray, and the.".. ia ?omo- c t ins about him that will mike a North Oroiinian think of Marion Butler as s soon as tho < x siovcmor takeB the stand f i"> make a speooh. Ilia pelilioal an- C taconist,Congressman Ls?imcr ;s recog < t jzcd as being cno of Senator Tillman's t closest friends, and ho oortainly rc- ? sercfelcs the senior Ecnator ia more i ways than ono. In comparing the two 6 men, as they sat together on the speak- e era* stand, I mado the following doduo- t lion: Square tho congressman's jaws, 1 runch out ouo of his eyes, let him fill ! his mouth with quinine ?. d to all oat- f ward appearances tho result will bo a a second Ben Tillman. As to tho abili r ty of Latimer, as compared with Till- c roan, 1 cannot say, for it may bo that d he is only following the leader as Mar f ion Butler followed Col. L L. l'olk in 1 North Carolina. In fact, his politi I cal enemies term him "one of Till- c man's hands." 1 oan add, however, that ho has a more pleasant address c than his chief, and would probably < creato a better impression among t strangers, provided ho did not too olose- i iy follow lillm&n'e stylo. f These,aro the two men?Evans and i Latimer--vrho gave it cut by their words ana aotions that they distrusted ea"h otr.ci. In assuming his share of tho responsibility for tho election i of MoLiuVin to tho sonato, Latimer i said that two ovils wero offered the peo 1 pic arid he voted for tho junior senator 1 as the lesser of the two. John Gary Evans was tho other. At etLer times ho referred to Evans in more or less direct terms, which all South Carolin ians understood (Jo tho other hand, the ex governor mado it plain to his hearers that ho moant Latimer whoa ho spoke of the action of ocrtain "political traitors ' who had rofussd to tako note of the warnings be had sounded in regard to MuLaurin. lie warned tho pooplo against turning out ono traitor to put in another. Mr. Evans has been out of politics fo; quite awhile, having omo time after tho expiration of his term as govcrnoi removed to Spartanburg. where ho has been practicing law, aud it war not generally known until the mcctiDg at Union that he would en ter tho field as a senatorial aspirant. Tho ex governor, ly tho way, is the man whose nsrno was formerly printed in a Columbia paper thus: "Johngaryevans." South Carolinians can rest assured that should all others drop out of tho race thoso two performers alone will bo worth the prico of admission. wanted loo Much. ( Tho career of Phillips, tho corn king i of tho Chicago grain market, contains ( within itself a lesson to young mon who < arc eager togotiioh quick. Ho went n o the corn pit at Chicago with J-bOO 001), oornerrd tho market, msdo millions ot money aui wont on with his wild j speculations and is today a ban k:upt. It. volation teaches us that "the love of ; money is the root of all evil," and it ' uterus to he t:ue. lltd this nun no! been fascinate:! with tho gambling spirit and stopped at the right time, if \ there was a right time in such a ncfar- ' ieus business, he might have had a j oomt\ri b.e competence for tho balanco of his Itfo. But frrtunos made by wrecking other people's fortunes aro ill-gotten gams h.iu aro more man likely to , take auto themselves wings. Poor Sampson. 1ho question as to whether or not Hiar Admiral Sampson will appear as a , wi'noss before the court of inq nry asked for by Sohley appears to bo surrounded by mystery. The navy department is silent on tho subject. It is claimed by some that the plea that Sampson muxi tako a vacation is made with a view of making it appear that ho is -oo ill to go boforo tbo court, llowbver, it has been known for some time that Sampson is in a tcrriblo physical oonduion, and it is runorod thai his mini may have boou affected. This, .ornu reports have it, is aooountablo for the eotfi cling ordem ho sent Sohley hnfAfA ()in Kattln r 4T y.n?ia/?A ? I A Hig Steamer. The now steamer Celtic, whioh ro ' cently made her first trip across the 1 Atlantic, is a nioo story tl >atcr, with 1 four open or promenade deoks, ono of ( which oontains the dining saloon for 1 oabin passengers, above tho waicr lino. Meet of tho trans-AtUotio liners have only one, and very few two. Sho is 721 feet loDg, will carry and aooom- , modato 8,000 people, including tho ( crow, and boing built for ooiufort runs i with little rolling in rough weather. Could Not Wait. J The tobaooo trust exeoutod a mortgage in Now York for $150,000,000 on June 15>.h, on whioh it had to pay in stamp taxes $75,000. By waiting fifteen days, whoQ the law was repealod on the 1st of Ju'y, that muoh money 1 count havo boon saved. hvidently, a .little item like $75,000 cannot stand in the Wiy of a $150,000,000 trust. THE GOVERNOR 8 VIEWWhat He Thinks of the Ordinance Patted in Charleaton. The Columbia State says thero has icon considerable speculation iu the last ew days Binoe tho adoption of the now >rdinanoe in the oily of Charleston by .ho oounoil of that oity looking to too tnforoomont of tho diaponsary law by solioo foroo in rogard to tbo eff;ot this vot of the municipal authorities will avo on tho attitulo of tbo hoard tf lireotors of tl.o H.ato dispensary and he other Stato authori iss. It was impossible Wednesday to sec tny of tho members of tho State board tut Governor MoSwooucy was asked that he thought of the aotiou taken. Tho governor expressed himself freely. :1c said to a representative of Tho hato "I think tbat tho oity oouncil tf Charleston has shown excellent udgmont and I believe that Mayor jjii'.h and his council have done the rcry best thing for Charleston. They lave, as I said, displayed excellent ndgment in adopting this ordinanoo ted placing Charleston in the position hat sho deserves to bo plaoodin, With his action of tho oity oounoil tho Stato toard of directors, if the police carry tat tho law and enforce it and proscouto he blind tigers in the polico court, hrtuli plaoo Charleston in tho positton tooupied by the other townB and cities, iod give her baok her share of the irofits. 1 believe that sho w;ll bo jut tack on that basis Just here permit no to say that L think Columbia should oilow in lino and adopt J tst such an irdioanee. "As 1 havo said all along, on tbo tump anl elsewhere, I would be in kvor of taking tho constables cut of Charleston altogether if the municipal cuhoritics in Charleston would tbow no that they are ocforcir g the dispenary law. 1 bavo always taken tho round that thero ought to be no oon tables in any city whose municipal uthorities will onforoo the law; that ho polioe ought to onforoo tho law. fake tho case of tho town of Anderson; am assured that tho police thero onoroo tho law absolutely and that there re no blind tigers thero now. The >eople say they bavo no need for tho onstable*. L believe that this can be Iono Charleston with a first class police orce not afraid to do its duty. Now et tho polioc force do its duty as has eon done in Anderson aod as other itios and towns are doing." Asked as to the result of the enforcznont of tho law in Columbia since the x'.ra police were givin the constables, ho govornor romarkod: "Chief Bate nan's report shows that tho result bo ar has boon firit rato. It speaks for tsolf." A Bad Failure. With a capitalization of $20,000,000, ,nd owing to franchise whioh gave it tho irivilogc of operating oabs and omnituses in any street ia tho oity of New tork, tho General Carriage company he stook of whioh at one time sold for 1200 a share passed into the hands of a eooivcr recently, and so littlo is there emaining that tho reocivcr's bond is inly $5,000. Tho company at its irganizition had tho "moral support of tiohard Croker, and among the stockloldcrs are Edwin Gould, Joseph joitor, General Samuel Thomas, Louis iVormser, Cyrus Field Junson and ill win M. Post, llichard Crokcra \.u to-truck company too a largo blook if stock in tho oonnern and transferred 0 it the privilege of hauling passengers ibout tho oity. The Goncral Carriage tompaDy had a practical monopoly mder its charter, and less than one rear after its formation its stcck bo umo active in tho market. In Novcm>or, 1899, tho stook was selling for $40 1 sharo, and two months later it was idvanccd to $80. Next day it was luotod at $1115, and two days later it loared to $200 a share. Within a week ifter the $200 mark was retched the itock slumped and was selling for $50 a iharo. Then began a most remarkable manipulation to compel an interest ownng 8 000 shares to sell out to those in sontrol. The stock was firocd down to f2 a sharo when the minority interest japitulatcd. The liabilities of the oon:ern were not stated in the application. Followed it Too Closely. "1 and my father before mo have oeen reading your paper for 50 years ir more, and 1 wouldn't mies a copy of ,t for anything?it wouldn't seem catiral to go without it," wrote a man to the Columbus, G*., Enquirer-Sun, "A pear or two ago the paper had anum her of pointed editorials urging farmers lo raijo ovcrytbicg thry needed at homo. 'What's tho uso of buying atiythiug,' it said, 'whilo you can raise it it homo?" Well, that thing etruak mo. Pretty soon I needed coiao corn whiskey for meoioal tand other) purposes, and 1 made it. L have jutl tioiihcd wcrkirg out the sonte; cj. 1 guns ycu meant well, but you didea't know what iroublo you wore getticg your rea.ere into." Too Much Politics. The Columbia S ato says a halt is sailed soiuowhcro it looks as if thcro it Lo bo a goneral senatorial campaign of education after all. Announcement* have already boon mado as to tho meot irgs arranged for Spartanburg and Girocnviilo. N jw oomes tho announce me tit mat Anderson has arranged for a iimilar mooting on tho 30th, and thai Lho oommitteo will invito the same soakers an tho other plaos. Tho aaounoomcnt also comes that Walhalli and Spearman's Spriogi, tho latter in Nowberry country, want euoh gather iogs on tho 2nd inst., tho only ono ol the four oonscoutive datos open to the ipcakers. It is not yot known which af theso plaoos will get tho orowd ol political hoturora. A Now Knglaltl View. "The solo dofendor of MoLaurin, 01 what they oall "Commercial Dotuooracy' at tho Union S. C. politioal powwow last week was John If. Cleveland, president of aotton mill. Ho favored imperialistic expansion, for tho sake ol markets, and doolarod that there was not a mill in South Carolina today with possibly ono exception, which was making a cent. Hat if imperialistic ex pansion is effeotivo for markots, hoa can this be? Mr. Clovoland had cvi dently forgotten that the oountry foi more than two years has been cnjoyini tho alleged benefits of markets forotbl] annexed."?Sprin&fiold Republican. HELD UP A TRAIN. Robbers Laughed and Talked aa They Robbed a TrainA train waa bold up atd robbed near Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday night. Tin express car was blown opon, tho aafo wrecked and the mail sacka rifled. All the passengers wore robhod of their money. El Caney, whero the robbery ooourcd, is a aide traok thirty-nine miles north of Denisoo. It ia in the Chootaw nation of tbo Indian Territory and tho population surrounding tho station is only 125. Tho train does not stop at Caney execpt on signal. As the the proper signal was given tbo onginoer whistled his reply, and tho train Blowed down for the stop. In- | stead of the hurried signal to go ahead, I tho engineer and Sreman were con- I fronted by two ra n with masked faces. About tho ninio tirno the express messenger and tho mail olork wero communicated with through tho oloBod doors o? thoir ctr?. Throe of tho robbers shot wildly und then tho call wont to tho mcssonger and olork: "Open up borcl Open up and don't bo too bIow about ill" From within oame no response and the robbers again callod out. "Open tho door or we will blow it opon and blow you to hoii!" There wsi no rjEpoQoo to the second oall and tho firing again began, fully twenty shots being diichargod. Still there was no response, and tho tlrje men prepared a email blast of dynamite against tho car door. In tho meantime the shooting had awakened tho passengers. The conductor, brakemcn and porter ran through the train, and as they called out: "It's a hold up!' The passengers tried to hido their money and valuables. Tho dynamite was at last exploded. It was a small charge Hid was intended more for fright than anything else. A larger blast of dynamite was prepared and explodod. ihis tore tho side off tho express and mail otr a d thorobbars leaped through tho opening, and, overpowered the messenger. He was ordered to open tho safe, but he oculd cot, as tho combination was at ond of the run. The robbers then put a charge of dynamite to the safe and blew it opon. They demolished the eafc, but scoured only $1.50, as tho monoy bad all been loft at Muskogee to bo picked up by tho "Katy flyer," which runs through the territory by day. Tho messenger and olerk wero forcod to assist the bandite in thoir wcrt. Every mail pouoh was emptied and the mail considered valuable by tho robbers was taaon, Then with Postal Clerk Tulloy to ding an empty mail saok, the robbers went through the ooacbes and robbed every passenger. They secured $280 in one ooaoh. A negro who refured to give up bis money was tov?.rJy beaten. Tho passengers wore compelled to throw their valuable into the pouoh. After the work was done tho robbers, who seemed to rejoioe in tho situation, sat around and laughed over the matter. After holding the train two hours, the robbers left, going east into the dense bottom timber, for which tortuous Caney crock is co ed. Tho trainmen out out tho wrecked express oar, ran down o Caney station and advised officers up and down the road. In two hours a poise of United States marshals with blooi bounds were on tho trail. Too express company said it lost nothinz. and the oonndnctor pitiiTntna tho I passengers' loss at about (100, not couQtiog tbo jowolry. THE ROBBERS CAUOIIT. A dispatoh from Djnison, Tex , says: J. B. Dvais, deputy marshal at Colbert, L. T., arrived boro Wednesday night from the scene of tbo robbery at Caney. "The following men have been ar rested on tho charge of committing the robbery," said Mr. Davis: "C. 15 Richmond, Bob Alfo.'d, Geo. Brown, John Gibson, Tom Sdwards and Jack Barr, These men were arrestod at Caney and taken to Aioka Thursday morning. The operator at Caney, when he hoard the shooting, suspected the train was being held up and put out the light in tho depot and telegraphed Atoka, 11 miles away, for offioers. Within two hours after tho robbary blood hounds had trailsd those mon (o their h-caos. Wo 'ouni tho wot clothing identified by passongors as that worn by the robbers. Wo also found three EftskT and fcuud in the fire box of tho cook stove when tho arrests wero made the shoos oi the mon arrested. The tracks wcro measured and fitted the Ehocs eJtaotly." A Mad Tom Cat. A una who has just returned from . tho up country to Charleston brought back as a souvenir a thrilling story of an attaok mado on a whito woman by a mad torn oat. According to his aocount tho woman was walking in tho i >ard when, without warning, tho oat . mado a vioious lunge and planted its i sharp claws just below her throat. Tho grip ki< so strong and powerful that tho woman oould not break it. Hor cries attracked members of tho family. , When they attempted, however, to take i tho cat away the gr p had evidently turned to lockjaw.ard thoanimal oould , uot bo removed. Tho woman's soffir ing was terrible. A fioal effort was mado to frco hor from the cat, bat this was not accomplished until the ani, mal e head had been completely severed fiom its body. Keen after death the teeth clnng to the tl ?th in a vice liko grip. The wouod was oauteriied and , at last reports tho woman was improving. It was sa-d that beforo attacking the woman tho oat had bitten )toor ' animals, and in the samo neighborhood other oats had assaulted their owners. t The fear cf hydrophobia was so great that all dogs in the immediate vicinity of the woman's homo have been blocked and chained. Desperate Encounter. A Charleston dispatch says: "Sergt, Bendt, one of the party of polios officers who had tho desperate encounter last weok with tho negroes suspected ! of killing tho ohicf of polioeof Shelby, I N. 0., had a narrow escape again Wednesday. Ho and Sergt. llaloy oame upon John B.-llingor, a notorious negro oharao'cr, who is wanted in Colleton r county. The negro opened fire, with a - 1-4 calibre pistol, on tho officers. Sergt. r Bendt roturned the fire, patting two ; balls in the negro. Bellinger was sent j to tho city hospital, lie will probably recover" . i USES OF CORN. Plant That Is Bscoming Mors Valuable. IDE PRODUCT8 OF PLANT. The Qovernment Miking Experiments With the Plant fj Increase Its Yield. Means Much to the South. Most persons probably imagine that about the only produotB from oorn are hominy, meal and whisky. The prodaots of the oorn plant are almost as numerous and varied as those of the cottoo plant. An exhibit of tho agricultural department in Washington shows that in ease of necessity oorn eould bo depended upon for food, elotning and strong drink, and a number of artiolcn of virtue and luxury besides. A chemist of the department has gone so far at to produoe from oorn a substituto for rubber which cmnot be told by au inexpert person from tho Jenuine artiolo. It looks like rabber rom Brazil, fools liko it, aots like it and has all of tho characteristic properties of it. So far tho invention has not been mado "oommcroially practicable," that is, tho prooeBB costs too maoh to mako tho oora rubber a competitor of the real rubber. It is to be oxpeotod however, that tho timo will ooaie when rubber for tires will bo grown in oorn fields. A.oother artiolo of cepeoial interest in tbe agricultural departmonts exhibit is corn oil. This is likely to come more or loss into competition with ootton seed oil of tho higher grades. Tho oorn oil is said to look precisely like olive oil to taste like it, and to be good for any uso in whioh olive oil is employed. Only tho most export oan distinguish corn oil from tho highest grade of Italian olive oil. The product has boon turned to commcroial aooount and alroady large quantises of the oil aro sold. There aro some protty and lustrous, though not very strong, oloths from oorn fibre shown. Thcro are also hats, baskets, etc., mado of the fibre. No great store, however, is set upon the possibilities in the lino of paper making. A merchantable quality of paper has boon mado from it, and experiments with it are being continued. The pith of the oorn stalk as we have previously noted is being usftrrTn quantities in making cellulose, packing the sides of warships. Those^^fe^^^^^M a few of the products of oorn plant. Ono of tho offiaials of Agricultural departmont is auvyrfrity for tho statement that all told there are not far from ono hundred products to bo had from oorn. It will interest farmers to know that tho department is conducting investiga tions and experiments with a view to largely increasing, if not doubling, the produotion tf oorn, without any increase in expenso of cultivation or of acreage. It is hoped this can be accomplished by a system of selection of oorn for planting is said to be a most important matter. Probably 999 farmera out of every 1000 make their selections of ears after corn is in the barn. This is said to be wrong. This selection should b9 mado in the field, the health, vigor and strength of tho stalk boing taken into accouat. By carefully solccting tho seod corn from the stalks in autumn, a considerably increased yield it is said , may be secured, while by cross breeding the best specimens the nitiogon oontents of tho corn will bo increased. The department has now produced several thousand hybrids. Within the next year ir two it hopes to evolve a oorn which with propir cultivation and f*rtilization will produce 100 bushols to tho aero on land that now brings forty to fifty bushels. A Dog *s Long Fast. On July 27ih Mr. Jones Wilson, ef Millvillo. went out in the Eureka neighborhood oi business. His l.ttle dog, a rat terrier, accompanied him. Oa his way home ho missed the dog, and as it did not appear after he reaohed horns he supposed it had been stolen. Last Sunday he got to thinking about the d >g, when suddenly it ojcoud to him that he might have looked tho dog in a room in a house which he visited. He drove out to the placi and went to tho house. Oa opening *ho door he found the dog. It was alivo and, while not very frisky, was ablo to wag ias tail and waik out. He brought it home and fed ' it and it showed very littlo signs of its I long fast. It had gone without food or water for sixteen days.?Anderson Daily Mail. The Negroe's Best Friend. A Negro preacher is quoted as saying at tho Emancipation Day colebranri? " iiuu iu 1> lau coun.y, \ ft., ine oicer day: "Uao thing I oannot understand is that the same white man who votos in Richmond to t?ke away the vole of tho Negro will be the first man to help the Negro wkeu tie gen into troublo." Tho Augusta Cnroniole says the explanation is oasy. The southern white man is tho boat friend tho N igro has. tie is always ready to help him in need, but he does not. consider tho ballot safe in his hands. Imitating Sherman. Arnold White, the well known newspaper men engaged in writing English news for Amortoan papers, doolares in his most reoont letter that tho Boer war has reached suoh a state that "Sherman's march through Georgia is (he favorite historical today" because it is regarded as "alosson in devastation." How interesting this truth so plainly stated must be to northern eritics and sonthorn defenders of British methods! But wo are sorry for the Boors if Kitchener is to ape, Sherman. We are alsc sorry for the British statesmen who are responsible for snob barbarity. A Good Law. William K. Curtis reports a condition of things in Sweden that is notable. llo writes that in that country tho saloons are olosed on Saturday, whioh is tho universal pay day, while the savings banks remain open until midnight Saturday night.