THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE.1 VOL 1. BATESBURG, 8. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1901 NO 47 FATAL EXPLOSION. Twenty Men Are D?ad and Twenty-Sevan I jur'd, rfHE BUILDINQ DEMOLISHED. P'he Horrors cf Fire War* Added to thoStffirfng ot the Imprisoned Ones. Twonty men aro dead, ten of them unidentified and bo torribly burnod aid blackened that identification is -imeat impossible ted 27 other men aro lying in tho various hospitals of the city suffering from terriblo outs tnd burns and ">ther injuries, all roeults of tho explosion of ono of tho boilers in the .Ponbcrthy Injector company's largo plant at the corner of Abbott street and Brooklyn avenuo, Detroit, Miota., at 9:30 o'clook Tuesday of last week. Following arc tho dead: R. Bryant, monitor hand. A. E. Hoffman, latho hand. Joseph Coffey, latbo hand. A E. Miller, lathe hand. Eugene Bertram, lathe har.d. Edward Burtech. latho haud. Charles Marvin, lathe hand. Patriok Malloy, carpenter. J. Frye, aged 24, tester. Ten unidentified todies. In addition to tho 27 injured in hos pitals, a dozon or more of t'uo emfloves who suffered comparatively eiight )-ju ries, asido from tho shooi, wore tikon to their homes. Twenty five men and beys have not aa yet teen located either at their homes or at tho hospitals. Tho ten unidentified bodies acc unt for trn < f these, and tho officers of the company say that they feel poshivo tfcat the major portion of the remaning 15 arc b.y tonight at tfceir hemes. Tonight a great forco of men in searching the ruins by elootrio light and the work will not bo stopped until every f jot has been examined. THE EACTOBV. _^.The Peuberthy Inj.otor company's plant occupied hall' a equero at tho corner or aidou ureet ana uroociyn avenao. Ic v?tn cutapcscd cf two brict i buildings, soparatod by a 16 foot allov. L rear building in wHVJ th??boiW ~ Vas locate J aad wu. *h *t > oeinpJete'y oestioyed, v.as ?1 rer torics in height^ Ci feec in di.pf ted 100 feefcWioC; b.boikr rp? was ioeatoi. a the J ^ j V the, engine and boiler rocm and a r( | lor testing the output of tho plirr I The finishing and tra s manutao'u I deparimont was locate.d on tho sou ; a I floor, and tho third floor wap devoted t ihe foundry. It is impossible to toll exactly how many men were a' work in the various departments of t hip roar . building when the explosion oocurscd but the tfficers insist that tho number was not over 85. There were f. ur boilers iu the plant, two ho: zjmnl or es which furnished steam for the eugir p and two vertical boilers wluoh wcio ufed solely to tost injectors. It wi tho horizontal boiler whicu was in u?c this morning whioh lot go ana oaurea tho awful loss of life. W ITUOCT WAIININO Tho awiui cra^h catno without tin slightest waiDirg. 'lhose in tho fro-t buildiDg paid it scorned liko the con ousrion of aD imruento cannon. Th* roof and floors of tho re*r boitui: r bulged upward and then crashed down with tho.r heavy loads ox maoLincry aid foundry apparatus, Walla, root anu all dropped into a shapeless mass of debris. W indows ia L< u-.es for a block around wcro broken by tho oou outston, aod flying bricks S!..d the neighboring yards. A dense oliud oi duf. arose, and ab it sottlea, ai.u was succeeded by denser clouds e* ? xoko and steam, agonized ciies bi gan ic come from the heap of tang'ed wood, metal and bricks. Those who sore only partiy but red iranlica iy dug theinselvca cut, and tlieo at- eocrgeiically tutncd 10 diguing for their c uirados who woro buned deeper. FLAKES KUOKK OUT almost immediately aotl thchorr.rcf &re was added to tha fullering of the imprisoned ones. A tire alarm v. ^.turned in and quick !y responded to.- {j. |3 were e i.t out for all the ambu:anccu in the oi'y and they were huriieu to the scene. I'end .tag their arrival, neighboring houses were turned into temp- rary hot-pu: ar.d those physicians wtro wcro in t o Vtomity cased the M-tf rcr as much fn they were able. Tito hrst kiutiulan v. h on the scene were tetany inaoiqiaro to carry those who 1 ad already been ex / uaoted, and express vagona and similar / vehicles wcio pre-sed into amino. Aa soon as the gravity of the acoi dent was realised calls fo firemen were a nt in, an came flying to the of the ouy. While t a t of the tnrneH ti e ir < if .* ? - tVa Cur, was burning fieie.lv )D the centre ol the wreck, tfco greater number of theiu seized ?*'B and crowbsis and brim prying out the victims who oou'd 1 seen or wlo?e faint cT'ea were audible Tbe dejartneent of pub.io ?v rkn va notified of the horror &nd immediately sent ail ith availahlo ut.u and horse.i to the soeno. in a comparatively short time, a:! the laborer* who could weak to a'.vanitgt wore feverishly throwing aod pulling tho debris out into Brooklyn avenu-:. whoro it was loaned into wagons and etrried off. Tho floors and roof had fallen at ac angle and formed a sort of huge rrrocr under which t.io fire burned fioroely. Not until tho firemen ; s<: chopped through this, Jul ti cir sire. > begin to have an appreciable effect the flames Tho tuffciirg of thoro who wtr< buried loncath woro 1 i i mutely Iv ficd to by fhtit ohwrrcd ana b'j'kcrioc bodies. "how Dir? it happen? ' Engineer lliloy wa? uilo g the firs to be taken out of tho wreck. His es oapo was little short of miraoulously When the boiler Jet go ho was knooker % ,/v . - <0 t? c lloor ard one of tho Bitialler test- ] isg boilers was blowD ever hiB prostrate foim in suoh a way that one end rested on soma debris high abovo him, thereby fo ming a shield that kept tho fall- t iag timbers, brinks and machinery from orushing him. Tho "Boa ling stoaTi, however, burned him frightfully. After his arrival at Graco hospital, lliley's first words ? wore: "How did it barp^n? The ongioc and boilers woro all right." CttlES FOR Ufcl P. C Gradually ino rosouors worked their way downward through tho pile. By this t!iB3 there were no orics or groaaH to aid them, for tbo flas'os hr.d destroyed those uafortuna'cs who wcro not Kulea oy too cxp.osioa or tbo tali Bat tbo work of rescue continued with unabatinv hr.'.'c. Wbon a hoavy beam or picot of shafting was encountered t. f tcaui of horses was brought iu and tbo r pioco of wreokugo hauled to the sireot / Strotohor bearers stood beside tbo res ouors and took away the burnod and -1 blackened b<.d:cs. A vacs it houar ad ( joining the faotory was oonvcitcd into * a temporary raorgno. Il. ro tho bodies ^ woro placed in coffin a aud taken to tho , nearest morguo. In several oa^es tho chsrrcd corpses wore so hot when ro c covered that they oou'd soa?-ociy be t handled by tho undoitatcr and his as \ niBtants. . Tbo front bu'l iing cf ?ho p'aat aus taiccd comparatively little damage, 8 oonsidoriug tho ir^mondous explosion I wiih'n 1?> foot of it. Ail tbe wiudow", of .'nurse, were broken and some of the r machinery was slightly ?njurcd by tho l automatic extingurhora whioh were tot * as by the or plosion. I There wore a drzan girls among the \ employes on tho four floors of this f but ding aud thoro wis somothiag of a j paDio ouiong tlum, but nobody was in v jurcd. < TilK PROPIRTY LOSS F according to Secretary George W. ' Jiii'ds, in about $180,000. lho firm ' oariiid $70,000 fire adA soma boiler in J surarco, but ho* uiuoh of the latter ^ Secretary Child* ecu d not state. Subtciipiions for tho relief ofjtbc sot! Tt ih have been started. f Nothing is known as yet about tho i cause of tho explosion. The boilers | J had been rccootly inspected aud the | crgincor was kuown as one of tho mod J cartful asd cspablo men in the oity. The firm wili resume busiooss aa ' soon as possible in temporary (jusreers, ' already taken. i lis Will Laud. j The Washington correspondent of i tbe News arid Courier sajg Senator Mw Banna w\? ?moi j ih list of oallers at J se Wliit Houso vVt-'nesd*y. He was . j ieeon. - ?*. by C6l. i . C. Crenshaw, 'or- J ttt* a .o. i. of tho. railroad cotnmia fiivn M '7 : >:gta. talked f>y spcoial j *p; ent, trd ' . & long oootidcn . . j^twfk^jtirPnjsidcut Kooeovelt l*to , is tho < nioon" ef'tr the olfcet visit . ota had'' boon uiepused oi. Coioa- i , Crtrah*tf, it will be recalled, is a Democratic Protect'onist, and also an t 7 " ? list i be McLiurio lire-. i Be *rr. j n. .*! Kin Icy died U do j : e. Cr % ? ^ mi r arpirant (or a fed i o c_ pointoicm ^?id it is uid r-tood I that ho win promised an efSoo ot uutt i in Cuba. V\ ednesdaj'i* con.crcuoc was du?, it is "aid, to su expressed tletirc on i.hn president to moot Coionol Cronehaw nud talk over ib political situit:o. 'n Gorg*. ^o'tticr Sorator Mc- | Lcrric nrr Ccdontl Crenshaw aro die po. d to tcpca? what oc ">rrod during their talk with too president, further than tr> e> tbv.y lad a ver;. satisfactory itt-rview lip worth Orphanage. The Kj worth Orpb&nago ban lost the euporinucdent ?? o las bee in oha.gc i sinoa tb<" establishment < '. the instulic in IS95, tho Rov. (Jcu.go Hens v el', wiio euttrcU th Methodist oonlcrcnoo >c 1835. Mr. v\ addcll has o ?n fvvoed . lusi.-u oo aooount of ill heal h. u little ohiidroa at the oriiiaiac lie ? ;'.'j?!o?t a t;?? and tried frt-nd, one who has b.ej a lAther to heiu a* d ono whom they !l lovo devotedly Tu'.siay ni^hi the annual Oicctin.. of the Epworth boanl was held a d ii'ut body elected Mr. Waddell financial manager of the orp.ianagu. foeuoiced < i cr> as nup.nintendont the IK v. 'A itli Id Brocks Wharton, no* aetvioR the C.urch at Prosperity, in tho 'JokcsLa y bittriot, was tlootcd. Ti o bosrd rco :ivcd tho acnual reports of tho institution, tvhioh wcro gratifying, aed attended to cucbidcriido business. Killed Theui Both. A ir goby characteristically Parisian was commuted m tho 1 cart of Palis fhureday. A tho oorncr of the Boolo 7a.rd -I s C* uj.nrfl, ami the Piace DjI Opera, hubbiu i shot his faithless wife Abu tier 1 ver in futl vie* of hundreds j of i coi :c. ; opera hjiito was filled I ' wan | r. ni ; ftd-1 ? at luu.th timo, when J a c*b ur.>v.f noio . ;lu i l.vc jjaa rog'i ,at?ng .l.liij, s oppfd tho cab in front f i ho'.'fcio tio ia l',?ix, enabling the p'.ir-Uor to overt hi e ;t, wljn tie man c'rjv? a revolver,thrust it th:ough a a;. Jo a* of Ih 3 vehiolo, and fir*4': twice, killing the woman who was inside). I'hc loan io too Cvb, the woman's lov r, op' n. tt ti.o otf or d< or t n ] tried to fl jo ut th Irubar.d eptaiif after lorn and blew out hi * br*'?.;s before the spoota-ors could interfere. f'hoo tr.c hus^' ud ipp'oacbed tho poiiocmsn, handoil hiui t Lc wt ftpon and sur.end red. A Ureat Suceeas. The cow H< iV\d rubroarire to.ncdo host in tie wonder of all naval men. i It "?..t jeivcD a trial Friday at tlroon Point, I.. 1 It is rain :d mo Fallon, t Shipbuilder Nixon ii it is "? great stcol ii ' , ir whi.iii sre u:td ell of tho ; mechanical developments of tho pas' h r years arl ovir w *e movements a man txac.s as pcific. ai d in? ant deer. td irid b N w'n J til, p Ab tlio result of t'ao killing of Mre. ^ Uobel Powell alias Thomas, Sunday b iinoc jail. Thc> sro John lludoa, $ Jnnoy Hudson, Tom Hudson, J?:rgo Hu'sm, Rowland Robertson u -d Jack Sontnell. Tho first turco >1 ?cre trr'S'od the Mrtdiy morning fol- n cwirg 25 miles from tho ?cino of tbo r!mo toward the Gcoigia lino. Tho * ) tiers were arrested Wcdco&day after a ho irqucst near Salem A crowd wont w c Wostley Powell's Sunday night weok b ibont 3 o'clock and began to tear the 1CU50 down. After thev htd torn most of tho roof " >ff ard his chimnev down to tho ground ? Powell then came out and fouud four ncn all of whom ho rooogmscd as tho ? ~iudg n boys. Lie made tho best fight *?, ,o cou'd and knocked Money Hudson lown with picas of plark. At thit 8 snoturo his wife a woman of 50 years, * ,u down and that bo had ivoc him a black eye. ? When this state meet was made PoW . ;!1 had not seen Hudson ard did not :now that he was ir jail. Hudson shows bo blick .ye. 1) s. llell and MoKinley :e!d the pe t mortoin and found tho ball n :o bo one from a 33 calibre pistol. Trie ti Hudtions hid two pistol* when arrested, ii )ro a 32 otlibro, and the other a 33 s frs. l'ow. .1 leaves five ohi'dren. The si plaoa of tl - killing i* 17 miles north of c Walhalla < r. Kcowee river. Weetiey Powell and Raohel Powell filiis Thomas 11 rnder indictment in this county for si ,tying in a Vicry. The Hadscns are p he sous of John M. Hudson, a Cen p 'ederate soldier, Robortson i9 from w S' r;h C Jtvoli/it. Senteil lived on c Koo^co" river. This is said to have a f-i tl f BccQid woman tver_ killed in a JgoqeeA county and the aftair is Bcopty .t; f vftio.fc^yyjKt against all xbe ? moused boiicvc""T^ ; P.rong ore. WHICH WILL V, IN. h h c Struggle Between Cv mbiuations of 1 t Govnnon and E.ai!roads. t v s P?orcmd interest is felt in the threatened p'iuc Pe between the com 1 bination of governors of Minnesota, ~ North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Washington ard tho great railroad ocui- 4, bi nation oomposod of tho Great Nor- ^ ihern, Notihen Pacifio, Union Paoifi.-, Southern P-c fio, and tho Chicago, Burlington ard rinoy rkilronaa. The governors oi the foregoing states . t. o iu'.rrenled ?n preventing a co^ubina a Lion of only two of the roads in quos- { ion, namely, tbo Great Northern ani ? Northern Pacific. These r<.ads an j ^ i"-:allel line*, and traverso the states which it is expected.* vili t.-ke steps to h?.vo the railroad ocmbimtion declared j unlawful. ; This railroad combination is the big ^ gest trust in the world. I represents a capital amouulir-g to $1,082 000.000? t JO4,000,000 more than tfce United v States Sttr.l corporation, kDowa as the bi lion dollar trust* It is by no means certain that tho governors can agree upon tho course ' that ought to be pursued in fightiDg c tho railroad trust. It may bo that ail of thoir states haven't laws prohibiting ,, tho consolidation of p?rallel lines by j railroads. If they hsvoo't, ?Dd they | cxycct to have such lawa enacted, the t c.ianoos are that they will suffer defeat. , Tho 'aiircads arc powerful ?ud .i.Hucn j ti ;1 and have irioadi in tho 1.gisla- , lures. , The 6tru?glo to defeat this great com j binttion ct' capital, iho greatest the woild bis ever known, will attract tho attention of the cutire country, a^dit may become a factor in the question as to whether tho gtv.rnaicnl shall take ' con'-ol tf intercalate railroads, to the ' ixionl oi suporv.sing thoir rates?3a- ] vannah Nowa. I ' A Queer Marriage Custom. 1 Tho Scandinavian I ridctiroom giv s j hi? betrothed < prayer book and many other gifts, otioi usually iacludo a goose Mio, in turn, gives him, esf oo iaily in Sweden, a alurt, atd this ho i iufvitahly wears on L;s wodding d y i Aft r* ard ho lays iL away, and uu:?.r uo ore imstanaf h of state or poverty wii"; he v ir it apv.n while alivo. lv' no wears it in lus gravi, and thrro aro Swed'. who earnestly oclicvo uot oclv o the rci'ur.vaion of tho body, but in , no vori's 'o to urrootion yf tna l o tr.ithal ah'-'s of such husbands who have tov i !: n their marriago vov The S#r i' it widower must destroy upon tiio cvc or !us second marriage I tho wcd'li !?; sh r his first wife gave , hira.?WcD'ao's Home Companion. A Lucky Missionary. It is own x. to an odd twist if fortuno that P. II. Anderson, of Kansas, . now a millionaire. iiiBtefti'. of it poor cour'ry tuitool tcaohcr. Ho appiiod for a orrtifcoatc to tcaoh school and was turued down. Then he w:>st to A!a*W as a missionary. Paring Lia iniuiura ttons there ho discovered a gold mino wor'h 11,000,000. IIa so'd out, coin bftck to tho states, marriod a moor girl, gaff a fortune to a fehool, and is now on a tonr to Kuropo with his brido. K.ioopt fi r Itis fai.uro to got a toucher's oortitioato ho vrould no dcubt now bo drilling tho "throe KY' into thiok heads tn Kansas. ' TWO HEROINES. hey Face Bu'glars and Put Them to Flight. J St. Louis women arc not afraid of urglars. In tho past twolvo months 0 less than a tcoro cf oasos havo oomo p whore youDg anu timid girls havo ^ trugglcd desperately with, bnrglaro to ctain their property in thrilling on- y ousters with desperadoes. Tho burglar frequently ohooaes tho imo of day when rho women of the ouso aro most likely to bo out shop ing or oalling. Miss May Kolley, rotty 17-je%r old pirl, was brutaily eaton iu a fight with a negro burglar t hor homo on Thursday afternoon, ut bj horoio resistance she saved her sv j*m >nds and other jewels, vaiuoi at er 1 700. c Miss Kcllcy had been downstairs riding until afternoon whon she wont 01 ps'aira to dross for a matinoo. When l" ho stopped in the door of hor room a rgro doalt hor a blow on tho faoe. She 11, but w;s on hor feet ia e. mcmsnt, nd serine that tho negro hold hor box ?' f J rye Is nho seized a window shade ,a La struck him a blow across the t*.co, ] hioh stavgered him aad inado his nose :c leod. ' m w TIIRKW IIKR ARMS AROUND HIM Ho dropped tho box and the jewelry o! as 8oattored over tho floor, i'ioking a p a oostly ring ho aitcmpted to rue w owrmairs. But tho girl threw her si roiB around mmaud struggled with al! or might to make him drop tho ring lo 'earing himself from hor grasp he >] truck the girl a b'ow in the oyo whioh B ;>ain scut her to the floor. Then he cl icked and beat hor until ho supposed m ho was unablo to rise. tt As ho oropt down tho stairway the \, ruined, bleeding and ha'f-oonpoious hi irl staggerod to hor foot and struck r< im. Ho turned ?nd, with an oath and :j threat to kill hor, strurk her botweon M ho cyos. TLis titno tho girl was c< nocked unoonBoiouc, fcut tho members f tho family oirno hurrying into the bi all just in tirno to see tho negro dash pi hrough the door and up tbo s'root. I I.IFT WITHOUT BOOTY. hi In the last strngglo with tho girl the tan dropped tho r*ng. and did not havo * itiio to recover it. >lisi Kelioy ;s ill ?; l bed, with hrr faoo and body badiy wollen and bruised, at d the neighbors S( ay they will lycoh the negro if thoj *! an find him. J Mrs. M. Hoffcran and Mr?. George 11 I. Hoffman sisters, entered a groof-: tore Thursday night while three des C1 orate mm woro holding up tho p^u- c riotora and rifling tho store. Havolvor* v: rcra tbriHi id tho ' * . tho two wo- ^ .on and they wt : . to back up lI gainst rho wall. ..oy did to, smiling * t tbeir ucutual position ?r d oco of hdTI. "ioi- t' e. on ^lat . t< pi ess f c '< V?oJ soaaTo.iulv to her chock, that it | r a\ > *-PT C OL Ad CCCUUBIUS. This angorcd the fellow ana ho tcld \ cr to keep (pilot or he would b on e, or b. ?:ns cu?. While the rubbeiy i roeeded tho two womoc were ai oool as c ho proverbial encumber, and v. lion too H hroo en finished their work and left h he etcru they coolly attondod to the c; hotpiug whioh had Drought thorn out, tj iMi*. J'hercst Buohor, 60 years old. aw two burglars in tho act of robbing , hou?o on St. Louis avetue Thursday g, ittrnocn and fi.ghtcccii thorn away, lrsuing tLem fcr several blooas, "cryrg stop thicV' and ioro'ng tho two non to do their utmost to i/at twtv. A Sensible View. T Of what benefit to Booker Wa?hingou aau his work is this empty ?ui rduous round of baequcts and parlor auctions? Wherein aocsit profit him w r the cause ho has at heart that he y ij-nros in Hartford or Boston drawitg , corns, pita at insurious tables?even Pl t atol'tho Pruident lumsoll'?and gives g tie time to wc.u wo eali "society? ^ I'noso i eoplo really roe in him noihtDg Lore thtn a eaprioo. lie has bccoau .fashion, a fado, with men who have n 10 tcoro oomprehousion of bis real , 'aluo to the oountry than they have ot to political couduioaflin Saturn. They j, .10 merely putting 1 irn ou exhibition, p ;!orifying themselves by a patronage of j, ir.u who is wjrth more to humanity and livilizatioQ than any dozen of them. 0 \nd the end of it oan be only the oac- ? lellavion oi Broker WashinghUn as a H )Oteqt factor in tho social questions. io and his race will bo tho victims of n his stupid and mischievous felly. He , will bo shorn of his usefulness and in ( luenoe. He wih strut his little hour )u ti e tinsel stage and bo cast azsj E ffhen tho idle fancy shall have run \ ts course. ? Washington Post. ? t A Failure. t Prohibition in Maine is a dead lctler, 1 :>ui is a convenient form ol hypoori.,y. c Jcoaniocatly there aro movements to 11 repeal ti.o roff confessed sham. State I den*t.ir Vickcry, announcing himself p is a caudtiato for tho K^publioac com- e [nation for governor, doclarcs that '? liconso law for Maino is better th&u the ' iLi.'iiitous which id now in 1 voguo." Himself a total abstainer, aud without any ay tipathy witu the saloons, ho is jot oonvinood that if the atate should lioouse the saloons the morals of tho peoplo wou d bo improved. < Will Be Built. Tho Seaboard Air hiue petitioned tho oity con no 1 cf Charleston fur ae extension of tho fr?nchi?o which wan , granted two years ago. Tho extension we.' gr.?ptod, conditional on ihe work ot construction of the Chattanooga, At. pusta and Charleston railway beginning , within t'urco months. The prospocti for the building of tha railroad a*u bright. It ia said that tho deoiaion to oocstruot the railroad rests w.th C ? eral Managir Mart, of tho Seaboard Air Iiine, who is now considering the advisability of the o nsltuotion. Fired Upon from Ambush. A apooial from Win ,n, N. C.,aays: Daring t raid in tho northern part of Stokes county, lievohtk Offierrs .lo?nr.h Pctrce and di.v urged at otoc. Tho pistol uscl was very light weapon, of only 22 calibre, hiuh faot doubtless accounts for the ight woundslttlictad. Tho shooting was tho srtjuol to a >ve sttiir between Miss limes a"d Ir. Sui.inan. They vimo hero from utfaio together, and the young lady aims that they wore engaged to be amid. After arriving in Charleston ic ycung lady engaged board at. 10 ,'ragg square, where 6bo conducted oraolf with propriety, anu wou tho i3t of uv. r/ ouo iu the household 'msn rented a ro in over John lanuol'a fruit store, 85 (Joining street, rner Calhoun street. The lov rs had been in Charleston ut a few days when Stillman began aying a tontiou to another gir). Miss ioes could not bear tho though;, o' sing Jilted and plannoi to kill her *cetheart and then end her own life, mouring a pistol, sho waited at the jrner of Calhoun and Corning streets hursday afternoon for Stiliinan, who jen approachc", aeoompanicd by a onng woman his now flam , and Miss, lines opened fire on her lover. She rod three times, but only one shot )"k etfect, tho ball entering tho young ims^.icck. Sii.irnan ran into Man el's store. Miis llines then j laood the capod to her forcnead and lircd, and : tte^vr.rk o" tho pistoi eho fell to [o sidewalk The bultel infl ated only 'lash wound. Sho was takoa to tho v pit ml in tho ambulanoe, together - h Stillraan. MijS Uines stated to hor friondB that ? ii.vnrtfd '.whiff Sttlimin and thai i-o wanted to die. Btiiiiiian it as ar aicd by tho police, but, t?oro being i> ooargo against huu, he wa roleasIt is pro jablo that tho police dopirt lent wili make out a case against Mise lines uior eho is dismissed fr.rn the capital for firing pistol shots iu the icy limits. Bui)in*ij will col prosecute io youcg woman fur attempting to tko his life. Brti'.mai is ?i electrician nd bss been working -t the i sp union rouidi ?Chariot; u i'oet. AH UNUrfUAL CASE wo Young Men of Laurens "Under a Dark CloudVc learn from Tho State that there *.s great excitement ia Ltuross on Wednesday. Daring tho nigLt previ us Mr. Clarence K. Bahb had she. aad ?r;ously wounded a youu^ iraa r.tnrd ullivan who was caught in a lady's ouec between i- and 1 o'clock. Mr Babb was awakened by sorer.uc^ od jumped cut of bed and, without making any atti mpt to drcs himself, tabbed his pie.oi aid ran out into the ard. The fcrcsrui came from the oino of Bomo mo?t eaiimafclo Jadief earby, anci Mr. Babb saw two men iurl ihemsolv-s out of a window, tarefootcd and in airy attire ho gave haso. For four hundred yards ho pur uod cno of tho tlreiDg negroos, as he apposed tbey wero. Ho tired three hots, nono takirg clleot. Finally the nan pursuod stooped as if to pick ut i rock and a bullet from Mr. Babb'i >istol oaugh' him ia that part of tin tody nearest Mr. Babb. Tuowoundir nan fell aud rolled urder a house. M Jabb stooped and as it was a rnconli light, saw tho party roll over and o o tho far sido of tho house. By th imo tho wounded n an emerged fro:i inder tho htu3e, Mr Babb had iu..r icpted bim. Tho dazed fi How d.d no mow which way to turn until Mr. B ib lattod Lim. Groat w43 tho captor' mrpriao to fiud that ho had been pur luiug a white man. The luiitr could givo no account o uresolf, and would not dtsoloso th /?' ntity of his partnoi, wno esaapoi il-.hough otlior neighbors worn on thi iceno with shotguns by the timo Mr Babb brought down his man. Tii * ;.< :o thing seems to be ohrouded ii n>)8tcry. If tho wounded unn wa Licking ho did go-d sprimlDg for mm iu tl ac condition. Burglary c* La the only plausible excu.e iUgg?s?< d li is Faid ilia' fonl'.n, A.-iin-.t vamo . ullivr.n wan bitter at first, but ii T was to danger of violeuoo being doa him. His father is a dispoesa y a! la he and is woil oonnootod. Tuc boy' wounds may not bo of a Jangerou oharaoter. Had not this boy bcea brought dow in his flight, son n poor darkey uiigh havo been hat g ?g to a limb-? aa a example. Mr. Uabb was quito a bort Qo ling up on a cold niphtand raoi.iu bare r>t ted, across ootton palchos an ovor rooks, rcquiroa endn.aaco. li foil onco and nearly denuded himso Hie lorn apparel was b'.ot d stained an ho might easily havo boon lakea for woncdcd man ra:nor than cho or whom ho shot. Dead in a Tree Top. W. Vaun, a whito man f??t yoa: old and marriod, wan found dead in tre.o top oy possum hu'iters Thursdi night. 11c bought morphiuo ao sir/ohnion tho day boforo, saying 1 had family tro 'blen and wm gjir,; avri so that co ono <*ould evor hoar fro him. i < . \ J THE WAY8 OF 812*. i A Defaulting City Treasurer Commits Suicide. After being offered ua evening newtpaper whio'u raid his books were under examination by export accountants, S.uart R Young, city troasaror cf Louiaviito, Ky., Wednesday evening went to the rear of a wtrehonso at Sixth and Neb on streets and commuted suicide by sUoofinr himself bobi. d the right oar wita ? pistol. A great scDsation v?* created Jato Wed uesday afternoon whon the last edition O; ooo evening paper appeared wi.h a story, in substanae. that ??#???? ftuts woto at work od tlie books of tho rotiring oi'y treasurer, S.uirt R. V oun/, and that it was reported that ci*ereiumn picture of him. Ioaiead of ontcriug tho hotel he walked down Sixth slreot towards tho river, the newsboys follow ing him on tho ether Ride of tho street. Just after passing Nelson street MrYoung turned ctf hoi ween souic bexc?rs Tho boys feared to follow him any further md returning to the Louisvtlie hotel doHoribad Mr. Young's motions to ' Kid" Johnson, a kackman, whose stand is in Iroat of tho hotel. Johnson was noipjaiuicd with Young, a ?d goiDj in tbc direction given by the newaonys Ln-ily found Mr. Young l.vinz fa jo downward in the oindt.rs, Lis right arm undor hioi. Seeing a bullet hole bch'ud Mr. Vau.'o's right ear, Johnson turnid the body over. Then ho eaw pistol in Mr. Yeuug'o right Lived. L fo was cxiinot. 'ihj body was removed to an undertaking establish m iu under orders of the ocrontr for aa ir q i" t. btuart It. Young was 35 years old and ono of tho most prominent men ia Liu'svi.lo IIo was a graduate ot I'rinoeton university, a ton of Col. Bennett H. Young, a prominent lawyer and former CouJ'edcra'.o soldier of LoaiBVllle, and brother of L&wrenoa Yonng cf Chicago, president of tho \Vtshirg:on Fait .Jockey o!ub. Ho married last Jd'j Miss Bessie vVjmond, one of too ui03f beautiful women in Kontuoky. aad daughter of L H. Wymoi.d. Four ye?ra ago Mr. Y jung was eieou.d otty treasurer sad undor tho law fas ineligible) for roc notion, his auoec-aor having been elected ou N?v. 5. HE WAI SHOlif Beyond tb^) '.ta-umtt ;. ado list Wed j ncaday night to ma}or bra.'ger by one of the oxlcu accountant* that disorepv ci. * amounti >g to $23 (>00 tad been found in the books of tho former o:ty tro?s_rer, S.uir it (J u g, wlio com mi . tod ruio.do Hot evening, noth ic:< detinue i- known ai lo iio* the to oouois tUni b. '.w>;OD the oity aid its ioimcr troarurcr. When asked i?r *d nu.uorita'.ve 1 c m v t tonight one of tho aeji.uatiais sai that beyond the amount mouioned W cocoa o?y night ho h&d abtolut- ly no idea a a to what tho alleged shortage is. lie - did thaw the accounts wouia require two weeks to go over the Ooo'sj ot the treasurer's ofiios. Du.iug his fuur jca. s* term a-i city treasurer, Mr Y >a-g hamlci $ 11,000, JO0. It became kujwu today that aov( ral of Young's friends have hoard r^poriS abcu tht; condition of ti.e formei oity tra* arcr a ao-ourus betoro n< >71 r.nper publi :tio- w us undo of them, had arranged > to a: a ive p.an to aeeuro any aid f^r him ih? mivht bo needed, ri. ir p an wjj frustrated merely b? tho fact t >esioru..v a'tornoeu they were uc&blo to find Young. Wcdncai dayin>raiag Young asked for bis ro j volv Dtd last Tuesday night about 1- o'clock o" tho ocrner of Uucon and began i streets while on his way homo from tho i ^di:e. Tho men suddenly set up,a i him, oovtring him with a pistol and > gagging him to suppress a ory for asais* tatico. Ilia pockets woio searched and - f I i'J was taken from bim. Tho high1 ivajuieu were young while uuen but tho f n.ann< r in wbicii they wont about their ' work shewed them to bo thoroughly r ahrcast of tho tiures iu their protesHion. Tuo c.iy i3 rapidly hilin t up wuh a 1 viuiuus cl meat whoso charaolcr is a.ampod on their faces, audit would bo ' a good move on tho part of tho pulioo 5 department to onforoo the vagrant aat. Every uiun who t.a no visible sign of - support should bo Bene to the ohain gang. Tho rvnroals report thai tramps f fr.ai all parts of theocuotry arc moving it' tliia d.rootion and the movement d should bo checked ?Charleston Po.it. o An a Silver Car. .Juan Gircia ?ud Manuol Altorverics, u Mex can hoboes, v.bo Win boating their w*7 i" Sin Au'onio Tex , were * ?r eelei l?j Federal authorities of tha. n ui iriot on the charge of br'Hieing into a haded freight car. Tin car which ^ the two tramps on, rod forcibly to get a irco ride od the Southern P.'o.hc rail' road was loaded with silver bul'ion to the amount o?' fl'Jh.OOO, which was be " t:;g shipped to i! Gugeonhtitn rofin l>" cry at Perth Am boy, N. .1 , from tho soicltor at Monierry. 1 ho tramps " woro unaware of tho valuahlo oargi on '' 7/'.ich they r^do until they haa al" most eomp' led their jusrioy, whoa th?y wcr* t*k u into custody by offi? o:rs. Nooo of the bol'ios w: stolon, u o Schley Cheered. H"*r Admiral r'ohley, who with liil " wife, arrived at Philadelphia, as the A guest of Col. A. K. MoOlurc, was th^ ;o oontro of an cnthurastiu demonstration at tho Bread street station of the Pennsylvania railroad wbon tho Wash lngton express roiled into the b'g traic rs abed. Moretl. n a th.u'aod person! a were c grega ?. in t. iv tho admiral an id tho train the crowd to io The pcopii mi ( ty wan with rnuah diih ulty m opened a passagoway for tbo station. A NEW EDITOR. Dr Richardson Elected Editor of the Advocate Over Dr. Willaon. Rev. W. K Riohardson, D. D., has been eleotcd editor of The Southern Christian Advocate. This, no doubt, will bo a surprise to the Methodists of South Carolina. Rev. Jno. O. Will I\ tv i hod, u. u., naa lor seven years been the editor of this periodical and his personality has become a part of Tbo Advocate. The Colombia State says when Bishop Galloway announced Friday morninn to tho Conference that the election should be held Dr. Willson's friends wore confident 'hat he would bo reelected. Oi the first ballot Dr. Willron received 95 votes, Dr. Riohardeon 7 It, KvV, E O Watson 39 and Bcv. R. E. Stack lioubo of Pendleton 23; total 235, rcces'-ary to a choice 118. Oa the seoord ballot'heir were 243, ncooBeary to a ohoieo 122. Dr. Willson and Dr. Riobardson detracted from the strength of the other oandidates ana Dr. Richardson led by 15 votes. Tho return was? Riohardsoa 117, Willson 102, Watson 15, Siaekbcuse 8. On the third and fi^al ballot Watson and Staokhouso received two votes caoh and L. F. Beaty onr; Riihudaon 133. Willson 102. VVbile tne tellers woro oountirg the vo'os, Bishop Galloway invited Bishop Dunoan to rrcside. Tho latter was informed by U-.v. 8 II. 7* mmerman that he thcught that some laymen had voted who were not eutitled. These laymen wera members of boards of trustees, eto , bat not properly members of conference. Tho bishop stated that if any tujh had voted, tfcey could withdraw their ballots, but cone woro withdrawn. The ro ult would cot have been affected. Dr. Willson was visibly effected. Ho walked to tbo edge of the pulpit, beside ?ho Bishop's deBk, and said with trembling voice that at tho osll of oonferonoe ho had unwillingly takoo up ihis work, and unwilling does bo put it aside. Hi had not sought it in tho beginning, but bad begun ?.o love tho work. However ho would i: mr.nly Bpirit reoaivo tbo diotum of conforenoe. ''All that I ask of you, bishop, is to send me to tho poorest obarge with tho roost miserly salary in oonfcrcnoo, that 1 may show to my brethren that the shafts whioh have been dirootod at me have been unjust." Ho cpoko with feeling of the mortification which he had suffered on account of things which he did not particularize. 11a ended his statement by renewing his pledges of fidelity to his con.ercnco and to God. At which there wad a responeivo "Amen" from all over the church. Humor iu Census Figures. - There is considerable amusement in f.OSH. . tbo i,t\rr.a are going the rounds o*-er the fact that Chicago has inor? h v than New York, Uv iiia. new York lUv _??voi of treats. Pennsylvania bests all other s ntc8 ic tho number cf mules, which fact ie mentioned in relation to its faotiontl poiitios. Tbe figures show that the variety of animals tn this country is prsc.icaUy complete, and that Now York has its share?in fact, it is hard to lay what can not be found in the grea;. American metropolis. It has Wall street, and it has farms, which arc conducted at a profit. It has every race in the world and more representatives from every section of the country than any other oity. It is a big town, so jammed with interest that one could live a lif jtimo within its bound -ri.-s without finding out ono-half of its -aots. ? Leslie's Wookiy. (^aite a Covey. Two old hunters wero swapping 5 earn*, and had gotten to quail. "Why," said one, "L remember a year when quail vcre so thiok that you could git eight or ten a', a shot with a rifle." The other one aighed. "What s tic oiadi)-?'' said tho first. "1 was thinking of my quail hunts. I had a fine black hirso that I rode everywhere, anu ono dty out hunting quail 1 saw abigccvey on alow branch of a tree. 1 threw tho bridle rain ower tho limb and took a shot. "Several birds fell and tho rest flow away. "Well, sir, thore wore so many quail on that limb that when they flow off it sprang back into place and hung my borso."?Sunny South. To Beat Gorman. Maryland Republicans have a plan to send Isidor Raynor the chief counuol for 11 )M Admiral Sjhley before the court of ir.quirv, to tho United Statee C nil e Mlv Snr.r.t r\ ? flAwman twAri Ik/1 * \ U?I Ul M 4 ex. UUL atv/i V? v/l UiAL1 Tfvu tui Maryland legislature in tho late eleot.on by a majority of nine votes, oc joint ballot, Rayner is a Democrat, iiko Gorman, kut the Republicans saj if m.->y can get ton Djmoorats to vote for Riynor thoy will all voto for hin and eb oi bin over Gorman. It is any thing to beat Gorman with (he He pub lievns, hi d some of tho leaders are bus] with tho plan to got enough indopon dont and anti Gorman support for Hay Dcr to defeat Gorman in that way Ttiey hopo to bo able to work it out. Jumped Into the Sea. Frank K Keilbaoh. who is supposec to have jumped overboard from thi toaimhip Jh-.'tahocchoo on route fron Savarnah to New York, was prominen politically and sooially. lie was a son of woll to do parents and had him eelf aocurnulated considerable property He was 37 yuan old. For seventeei years he had been oonnectod with th cffiio of ordinary in that oity, and wa ordinary pro tcm for Beveral months On account of a rccnt ohango in th office ',o lost his position of ohief clerk v, ioh f-oc nud to prey on his mind; no that ho needed tho salary, as ho wa ird pent of the pay, but became h in

nveya..oe. Ho says the crossing ( QM|at ocean in a baboon is only a juei <)f - uitiplyiDK tho capaoity an ib-^Mters of his preseot airship. It gjOJ^ablo that it will bo a good whi 8Egiife^t> he will undertake suoh a peri ff*S3$^kyagc. DISASTROUS WRECK 1 Twj Engirds in m Hsad Erd Collision* APPALLINQ LOSS OF LIFE. On? Whole Train Burnad. Tha Engines Completely WreckedMisunderstanding of Orders 100 Killed. Oao of tho moat disastrous wrecks in the history of tho Websah railroad, or eny other Michigan road, oooamd et Seneca, Mich., & Email way station about 70 miles southwest of Detroit, between 7 aid 7:30 o'olook Wednesday night. Train No. 13, an immigrant train, with two engines, wostbound, collided, under a fall head of steam, with train No. 4, eastbound, about one mile from Seaooa. The result waB that five or six ooacbea on the emigrant train were orushod and its load of human freight were sent into eternity in a moment, while ono ooaeh on train No. 4, which consisted of a parlor car, was also toleBcopod and four dead bodies have been taken from tho ruins. it is not known how many people thero were on the emigrant train, but the number of dead and injured will be anywhero from 00 to 150. The people on that train were oaught like rata in a trap and crushed. Then tho wreck oaught firo and those who were not iDStautly killed were slowly roaitod to death and none of tho few spectators who hastily gathered from tho farm houses nearby were able to afford aid. Tho whole emigrant train was soon consumed by the flamos and every person on that traiu, it is reportel now, was killed. Farmers residing along the traok rushed in on toe biasing mass to reeoue those whom they thought might be alive. Tho bodies hauled out of tho wreck were taken to noarby farm houses, wi toh are filled with dead, and a large number of injured were taken to a hospital at Peru, lnd. Along tho track, long linos burned bodies lie covered with blankets, presenting a grcweoino Bight. It may be poriibio tuai the exact number of killed or wno they are will never bhOtnown. At present it is impossible to thing resembling a list of tho or It is sain bete that the aooident^H^^^H^^^^H the result of a misunderstanding of dors, it is reported in Seneca that No. 4 should have waited at Seneca station and No. 13 should have taken the ~ j ? - - * - "?i"6 j n--igi uuua... xuea me .-* crash oam'e. Ifce uoit result is that > *? * - : one whoiu train, No. 13, is burned, the . , "'6 i-" end tu~ Vy J baggage oar is orushed into kinuung 1 WOoU. The Boer War. President. Roosevelt's aosonoe from v Washington oa a brief holiday saved him tho embarrassment Sunday of hearing a pro-Boer sermon at tho Dutch Reformed church which he haoituaily alteuds. Tho proaoher was tho R-.-v. Hermann van Broekhuiaor, ^ formerly pajtor of the principal cnureh WM at Proton* and chaplain of the voiks- Q raad. He took up arms for tho Boer H oause and when captured by the Brit- fl iah was exiled. Coming to this coun- V try, Mr. Broekhuizer has beon raising | money lor tho reiiof cf the Boer women 1 and ohildren out not with any great ' suoo-os Sunday night this Boer preacher detonbod the situation in South Africa mail its horrors. '*1 appeal to yon, the people of the United States," ho said, "to raise your voioo in protct, and when you do, it will mean Lao noorty of South Africa. Tne oauso of this war, which has practically devastated an entire nation is tho glamor of gold in the Johannesburg gold ticlds. Chamberlain and those associated w.'-.i him soe nothing but this gold, but we of South Afrio* oan say with Bismarck: 'South Afrioa will be England s g-*ve.' Eagland has boen pouring men luto Africa for two years, and wo are still uneonquered. Rhodes said in the Capo Colony parliament: 'The two black spots in South Afrioa must bo made rod,' and they are being mado red, only it is with the blood of ibo Englishmen, and thoy oannat maoh longer sisai the drain."?Too State. Death of a Minister. The Piokv. - Voople'a Journal, of last woek, Bays: "At the Methodist parsonage os the morning of the 22d inst., Kev. C. E Wiggins fell to sloop. Sieoj 1854 ho has preaohed Christ to dying mcu and women, and the cloudless sky of an eternal day mast have met his vision a< ho entered through tho gates to bo with his Lord. For many mouths past ho had - uuered tho life of an invalid, and in tho faoo of all that skilliul pbyHioians and home's loved odc.? could do, he gradually weakened and died. Entering tho South Carolina Conference ic 1811, ho remaiaed in its bounds for a time. He then joined the HolsUin Conference and for some years was station od in North Carolina and \ irginia. Afterwards he again became a member cf tho South Carolina Conference, and as a superanuate cf the Con9 feronco he died in his soventy third 1 year His remains were carried to 1 Hampton ouuty for intorment. Ha was tho fa' her cf Kev. W. E. Wiggins who is p s or in oh*rrts will be made by o KopTesenta. ves Olmstsad of Ponnsyl, vania ncd Crnmptckor of Indiana, during the eo i ing Congress to secure a reduction iu the oongressioeal representation of Southern States. President n MoKioloy stop; cd a similar attempt at d the last congress by announcing he o w uld do sign tho bill. Tho plan is a hobby with Henry C. Payne, ohairkt ma: of the 1 kxooutivo Committee of >f the llcpuv'ioan National Committee, i- Tho adv.-oat:* of tho rtduoticn expeot d a hard fight, but are hopeful.of ulti; is mate auca? jim Tho attempt will start ke a most hi ter factional fight' and will 1- renew the btttorneoa and strife whioh provailod just after the Civil War. ^1