The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, December 04, 1901, Image 1
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<i mre, followed
by & ma 1 i t' '.i g. \ 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 <btrjjooo
to lis ml as i! tho fi?h fal
, brains." in b ipinion a lie-tor defeat"'.
by two eac boats couid not bo
[ buttled up as was Santiago.
\ Married Three Wivrn.
i .Jaru',a It llioi atdion, h wlnto man,
wi o i.v a io /ugiMa and w.iiks at ?
4 bri xyard, Las h.cu ar;o6t< d in that
o i v. v, it b bigamy, l wo of bis
i w vos v j Sou h Carolinians. 11 > deer.
t<d tb?ri an! c.airied *' a third
i'o a liooTiia woman. Iio married
l tbeua *11 within lho past row years,
- deserting ;bem eucor: ivelv. All tho
. wives ere dcw after bim and ho is in
I doep trouble.
SVOMAN MURDERED.
T
t Dark Dend Committed In th?
C^ur.iy s.f Oconea
b
IHOTTHROUOH THE HEART u
6'
5y a M. b Who Was Tearing r'
c
D wn Har ? x
tfWn A-r*stf>d irid b
N w'n J til, p
Ab tlio result of t'ao killing of Mre. ^
Uobel Powell alias Thomas, Sunday b
ii<bt week, six young men are now in d
)c>noc 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, *
,<tac out and was shot in tho heart aid r'
Icath followed in6tautly. Mr Powell 8
iay s ho beliov' 1 there woro others tie?r ,
ho bouse but he ocu'd not re;ogr:?^
.hem, Three of tha Hudaoos left and ^
massed through Walhalla about sunrise
Sunday morn.eg. At tho ir quest Mr
Powell S'oro that bo had knocked ,
Vloncy llu;'s*>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.
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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 <Jamo:i l'rocdy wero 2t"d
npon from ambuah by moonahtuota.
Potroe wan shot in the right hip and
Preddy in tl-o right leg. The injuries .
of tho fortu'r are tbi c.oat aor; us. fho
offio*ra returned ihr firo but wore una
bie to looatn tho turn who made the assault
upon thtni. Four stills and anaoral
thousand gallons of boer wero do
atroyod by the tttoers.
A WOMAN'S WAY.
*a:out QUI Tried to K.I1I Hrr
L"Y?r and H*r?*lf
IN A CHARLESTON STREET.
h< y Wrnt to Ohnr'aaton from
Buffalo, N. w Yc k, rrci
th? Man Dajrrlkd the
Yr ur.g W m n.
Mibs Sarah Ilino9, a pretty young
on an, who cmo here from Buffalo
ivcral weeks avo with hor B*e?.thcnrt,
Ihannory SuIIierd, rttcmptod adoublo
liao 'sit Thursday by shooting Still
an and herself. The sensational aflir
ooeurcd at tho corner of Calhoun
.j /1 -i i _i . i? ?K __
ju oirvui ?uuu; u.-fii p. ui
either Mrs. llinos nor Stilfuian waa
jriously woundod. The young womic
jT2 the oity hospital, suiloriog, a pis
i-ha'l wound in hor head, which, she
iflioted Lorsclf after (.hooting Still
an in the nook. Stillman had his
ounds dressed at tho ho-.pital iuiraeiK'cly
alter tho (hooting. and wr.-> 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
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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*erei<aueioi had boon found in Lis
accounts. Lmm-jd.v.oly the friends of
Mr. Young began to look for him, Dot
beliuviiig the reports. Short!} af? 6
p. oi. Mr. Y'oung was seen at the
ladies' cotraooo of the Louisville botei
on Main street, where he lived with bis
bride of afow months. Two newsboys
who know Mr. Young, ran op aDd raid.
"Mr. Young, dou't you waut a paper?
Its got your pictnro in it."
Or.e gU'oe at fKe doub'C-eo'utnn
headlines told Mr. Y oung why the paper
had printed a double oo>umn 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 <ht> 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<r at mo Louisville hotel, whore ho
litved.
Held Up and Kobbed.
1 Mr. J. W. l'arrj of tho Bell Tolc1
phono Coocpany, wis held up at the
point of r. pistol by two laon and rcb>
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 <p nod his long scivioee woro unaj
1 prooiatcd.
A Qreat Invention.
Mr. Santos Durnont, wno has wo
famo as an acrorant, haviDg obt*ine
the Di utrob priao for doubling th
i Kiflcl Towor in bis baloon, is now talk
j ing abou crossing tho Atlantic in thi
||i >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*r<o of Utsloy and
Bctheeda c.rouit." Mr. Wiggins wa9
1 well known in this county, and the
L news of his death will be received with
s regret.
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0 The South'8 Vote.
,t Dispa as from Washington says ^
l8 that renewed tff >rts 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.
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