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J 'DO THOU LIBERTY. GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL^IX. BENNETSVIKLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1904 NO. 26 il. Six Hundre In Fire i On Burning Steamer at New York They Perished. MANY CHILDREN VICTIMS i Although the Steamer Was Not Far From Shore, Fire and Wave, in Few Minutes Claimed Many. Une of the most appalling disasters . in the history of New York, tragic in its immensity, dramatic in its episodes and deeply pathetic in the tender age of most of the victims, took place Wednesday in the East river at the entrance to Long Island sound, within a short distance of the] Kew York shore and within sight of thousands of persons, the majority of | whom were powerless to minimize the extent of the catastrophe. By the burning to the water's edge of the Gen. Slocum, three-decked ex cursion steamer, the largest in these waters, more than OOO persons, the majority of whom were women and children, were burned to death or drowned by jumping overboard or by being thrown into the whirlpool by the lurching of the vessel and the frantic rush of the panic-stricken passengers. It is the season of Sunday school excursions in New York bay and Long Island sound, the latter one ol the most picturesque bodies of waler in the country. Great preparation!", had been made for the 17th annual excur sion of the Sunday school of St. M irk's German Lutheran church the congre gat ion of which is drawn from the dense population of the lower east and west sides, and the Gen. Slocum had ?. been chartered to carry the excursion silafcito Locust ^ygn/.i ???"?f the many KU M min ON HOAIID. Itis : variously estimated tbat there were between 1,500 and 2,500 persons on board the Gen. Slocum when she left the pier at Third street, IJast river, though the Kinckerbocker Steamship company, which owns the Slocum, officially states that the num ber of persons was 873, that being only one-third of the vessel's capacity. It is thought however, that there were several hundred children in arms, for whom fares are not usually charg ed on these trips, on board. Tho scene on the decks of the steamer as she proceeded up the East #river was one of merrymaking, custo mary on such occasions. The mass of flags fluttered in the June bree/.", the bands were playing and the children ? were singing, dancing and waving handkerchiefs and flags in answer to the salutations of those on shore or from passing steamers. On the ex treme eastern end of Randalls island, off 135th street, there is a stretch of ter known as the sunken meadows. At*?hlK point, just as crowds were watchingV?ne Ka"v decorated steamer from shorcV^?10 ^en. Slocum took fire and as the ageV5* tne vessel-she was built in 1891-t?w? resulted in the well seasoning of the v/oCi\ with which she was almost entirely "." ''lt, she was Boona mass of llame. J.? f?lame is said to have broken out Inc^pnch room on the forward deck by *"-|"*e overturning of a pot of grease. The7 wind was high and all efforts to ex tinguish the blaze were futile. ?Or. NORTH UUOTIIEU ISLAND. At 134th street there are several lumber yards and oil tanks and as Capt. William Van Schalck, in com mand of the Gen. Slocum, started to turn his vessel towards the shore there he was warned that it would set lire to the lumber and oil and s i he chang ed hiscoursefor North Brother island, one of the twin islands near the en trance to the sound some half a mile away, where the boat partially burned was beached. She sank near that place at 12.15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, two hours and 25 minutes after the tire was discovered. In the meantime the passengers had become panic stricken and those who were not caught up by the Hames rushed to the rear of the vessel and hundreds jumped overboard into the swiftly running waters. It is alleged that the hfc preservers were to > se curely fastened to their holdings tobe, available and stories are told of fran tic efforts made by strong men t ? eut them loose but even if they could have been torn down they were too high up for the children to reach. It is also reported that no attempt was ma rle to get out the lire apparatus at thc Hrst cry of "lire" though Capt. Van Schalck says that he immediately rang the bells for getting out the uppa g.tus. According to several state ents no attempt was made to lower IMBboats or life rafts. Capt. N an Schalck lind his two pilots, nam ed E i ?ard an Wart and E. M. Weaver, have ien arrested. bl An Old Sinner. Meyer Guggenheim, 77 year, old, a Imulti-mlllionalre and a great grand Ifatncr, has been made defendant In a tbreach of promise suit, in New York, images are fixed at $100,000. The D3^K|Sor of $50,000,000 ls a very at POSSC6^^rjerson > tracti i ifcfc _ "? ^^^what right men who BY the waymy?nt bolters when have been persfflKLcuit them to de thlnga did not go tbSb^bolters when mand that there be m^^tf things do go to suit them^^ and Wreck. THE STORY IN DETAIL. Scones ortho Unspeakable Agent on tho Doomed Ship. The three-decked excursion steamer General Slocum, of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, burned to the water's edge Wednesday off North Brother island, East river, at the en trance to Long Island sound, resulting in tbe death through burning or drowning of at least (100 persons, most ly women and children. Four hundred and forty-seven bodies bad been recov ered Wednesday night and divers were at work taking bodies from the bold ot the Bteamer. The remains of many persons who leaped into the river have not yet been found, and it will be many hours before the list of dead is anywhere near complete. The Gen. Slocum, one of the largest excursion steamers in these waters, left Third street, Eist river, at 0.30 o'clock Wednesday morning, having on board the annual Sunday school ex cursion of St. Mark's German Luther church, located in Sixth street. Her destination was Locust Grove, one of the many resorts on Long Island sound. The excursion was in charge of Rev. George C. F. Haas, paster of the church. The vessel wa? commanded by Capt. Wm. Van Schalk, one of the best known excursion boat captains in New York harbor. Ile has commanded the Gen. Slocum for almost the entire time since she was built in 1891. The number of excursionists on board Wfidn?sday ls variously ns-td mated at from l,f)00 to 2,500, but according to an odlcial statement issued by the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, owners of thc Slocum, the number of passengers was 87;i, that being one third of the vessel's licensed capacity. CROWDED WITH MERRYMAKERS. The steamer, after leaving her dock Weduesday morning proceeded up the East river, all three of her decks being crowded with merrymakers. Bands played and the great sidewheeler was decorated with Mags from stem .to stern. The Slocum had reached a point near the sunken meadows off 135th street, Manhattan, which is at the ex treme eastern end of Lansdalls island, when lire broke out in a lunch room on the forward deck. The blaz? was caused by the overturning of a pot of grease. The headway ol the vessel and ~7Xi ?. . spread af tei-with almost lightning rap idity. Capt. Yan Schalk, in'tbe pilot hd?se, bad been informed of the out break of the Ure, and realizing the dan ger to the hundreds of excursionists, decided to send his vessel to shore at KM th street. At this point there are lumbar yards and several huge oil tanks and the captain was warned that to attempt to land at this point would endanger thc property and perhaps further Imperil the scores of people who had already been frightened into a state of almost uncontrollable excite ment. CHANGED COU KSK. Changing the big steamer's course slightly he beaded for nortlu Brother island, half a mlle away. By this time the Hames were rushing by leaps and bounds from the forward part of the ship aft. The great open decks, built for the excursionists, with little obstruction from bow to stern, ofTered a clear sweep for the tire. As Hie Slocum dashed forward the Hames caught stanchion and cabin woodwork eating and tearing their way across the ves sel. The excurslonlts, but a few mo ments before in the full enjoyment of an Ideal summer's day on Long Island sound, were driven to the after part '>f the steamer to escape the heat, flain??.auQ> smoke that were constantly increasing-.. Policemen and deckhands aboard thc -boat struggled bard bo quiet the panic, but the efforts were in vain. The wild disorder increased as frantic mothers sought to lind tbe r children, who had been at play about the decks. The steamer's whistle was blowing for assistance and tugs and other near by craft auswered the call. Before any of the bjats could reach the burning steamer, however, the frantic women and children began to jump overboard. I The current was strong and there are many whirlpools in thc channel. The boats that always bound in the vicini ty picked many parsons from the water, but these we*l only a small number of those that i .so:m strug gling in the current. On the Slocum the first sive, p of thc Hames cut ol? escape from the hurricane deck, where a great many of the women and children were crowded together, and soon burned away the light wood of the uprights which came down with a crash on those below. It is thought that most of those on the hurricane deck were burned. CROWDED Til H KAU.. As the lire increased the struggle to gain a point of vantage at the stern became frightful. Women and child ren crowded against the after rall until it ?ave way and hundreds were pushed otf into the river. After this there was a steady stream of persons who jumped or were Umrwn into the Icontinueri on page 4 ) Horse Claim Allowed. A dispatch from Spartanburg says Congressman Johnson has received notice through the war department that a Confederate horse claim hus been allowed to J. A. Gallamore of Greenville county under act of con gress of Feb. 27, 1002. After the sur render of Lee, Mr. Gallamore bad a horse stolen from him by the union soldiers. The money will be forwarded by the department In a week or two Congressman Johnson has manyslml larclaims pending., WORLD'S NOTABLE DISASTERS. Tho Barning of the slocum One of the Most HrartreiidiiiK. The burning of the steamer General Slocum, on last Wednesday morning, with a loss of probably more than ooo lives, is omrrrf the most heartrending disasters of recent times. The guests of the big steamer were nearly all children and women, going upen their annual Sunday school picnic. Such a catastrophe canuot f iii to recall the recent holocaust in Ci 'cago, when at a matinee on the last day of lOO.'i, the Iroquois theatre, just com pleted, was seized by the lire lien J .'ind in less than thirty minutes more than ?00 people, largely women and chil dren, were burned to death, and more than 400 others were maimed for life. Such disasters call to mind the theatre fire of Richmond, Va., in 1811: tlie burning of the Conways brook playhouse In 1870, and the Uery destruction of the Paris theatre a few years ago. in which the leading actress and many others lost their lives. While such catastrophes are horrible to contemplate they do uot approach the horror of other disasters by lire, Hood and volcanic erupt i m. All will recall the eruption nf Vesu vius in A. D. 79, which buried in saud and lava Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae. The loss of life was 150,000; and the cities have never been rebuilt. Lisbon, ttie capital of Portugal, suf fered an earthquake in 1755, which left tho city in ruins, and took 00,000 lives. Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, lost 12,000 lives from an carthuuake in 1812. Manila, Philippine Islands, was vis ited by an earthquake in June, 1803, causing a loss of nearly 10,000 lives. Certainly the mest destructive tire in the history of Ulis country, if not in the world, was the Chicago tire of October, 1871. Beginning in a barn in DeKoven street, it spread with lightning rapidity, and raged for two days aud nights. It swept over 2,100 acres, destroying 17,450 buildings The exact number of the deaths bas never been ascertained, but it went into the hundreds; 70,000 people one-Ilfth of the entire population were left homeless, and property worth $190,000,000-one-third of tbe value of the entire city-was destroy ed by this tire. Boston bad a tire in 1872, which de stroyed 50 acres of the business sec tion at a less of.$75,ooo,ooo. The Johnstown, Pa., Hood in May, 188!), was a frightful disister. Thc dam across South Fork, a branch of the Conemaugh river, 12 miles east of Johnstown, broke, releasing Core maugh Lake, whose waters thundered down the valley, engulfed Johnstown ^^r^^^s^^l^c^e'bf ^a great Ho d. A' West;'lndlan hurricane, with a velocity of 135 miles au hour, swept over the city and Hooded the streets, and in less than. five-hours destroyed ti,000 live* and property valued at * 18.000,000. More recent still was the eruption of Mont Pelee tm the Island of Mar tinique, French West Indies. On May the 8th, 1902, the mountains helcbed tortti and overwhelmed Che town of St. Pierre at hs base with sand and la^a which overran the sur rounding country, and destroyed ;10, 000 pee pie. On August 8th, 1902, Mt. Pelee erupted again and 2,f>oo lives were lost. Even one recalls the recent cyclone of Gainesville, Ga., and the burning of thc Park Avenue Hotel in New York, each disaster causing so much suffering and the loss of life, iu the latter 157. Well Wort ii Seeing. One of tlie most interesting ex hibits among tlie many of all kinds at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis is ttiat of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, of New Haven, Conn., manufacturers of re peating rifles and shotguns and all kinds of ammunition. The exhibit was in readiness and was opened on Gie first day of the fair, a fact that clearly illustrates the enterprise and up-to-date methods of the company behind it. lt is the aim of the Win chester Repeating Arms Company to show at their exhibit the high develop ment which they have readied in the making of guns and ammunition, and one needs ouly to see the exhibit lo realize how near to perfection that development lias come. There can be seen tlie new automatic repeating rille all kinds of shotguns, the modern smokeless powder shotgun shells and rille cartridges; in fact everything that can interest, the devotees ol' hunt ing and trap and tra and target shoot ing. Don't fail to sec the exhibit at the Manuiacturers and Fish and Game Buildings, lt's well worth your while. Killed a Tyrant. Gen. BobrlkofT, governor general of Finland, was shot and mortally wounded at ll o'clock Thursday morn ing at thc entrance bo the Finnish senate at llelslngfors. Tlie assassin, a man named Schaumann a son ol Senator Schaumann, immediately committed suicide. BobrlkolT was shot in the stomach and Heck, three shots being tired, one of which Inflict ed a serious wound. Tlie attack is ascribed to Finnish patriotism, The last recorded act of Gen. BobrlkofT was in March of this year, when he issued a proclamation forbidding I ie people to darken their windows at "unusual hours." People who claise to go to bed before I?) o'clock at night were subject to heavy lines. Tuis step was due to the neglect of the Kinns tu illuminate their bouses in honor of the beginning of the war with Japan. lil l o Crushed Out. At New York one of the big auto mobiles used to take sight seers about the city, ran over and killed an elder ly unknown man in Broadway Thurs day night while members of tlie rn- r ry party were laughing and singing. Before the body of the victim could be takeu from under tho car several of the women passengers became hys terical and had to be lifted to the ground, while others Jumped down and ran way from the scene. EATHER KILLS SON. The Youth Flans to Frighten the Uder Ulan by Flaying Bandit WAYLAID HIM IK LOK ELT SFOT And ls Killed Before He Can Cry Out. Father Plunfzca a Knife Into tho Boy's Heart. At Riverside, N. J., Frank Rein ecke, a boy of sixteen, playel that he was a highwayman Wednesday night and did it so realistically that his fatner, whom he held up, plunged a knife into his heart, killing him. Intercepting his parent in a lonely spot upon the banks of Raucocas Creek be suddenly stepped from behind a bush, telling Reinecke, Sr., to hold up his hands. The next instant he was lifeless. Thursday thc father ls raving in chi i rum, and it is feared that he may uever recover from the shock. The mother and sisters are prostrated, and the little community mourns thc death of a popular youth. Half a dozen holdups have occurred at Riverside and the adjoining villages within a month or so, and the resi dents have been generally arming themselves. The place is on the Am boy division of the Pennsylvania Rall reSu, but twelve miles from Camden, and large numbers of tramps pass along on their way to and from Phila delphia and New York. The recent crimes have been attributed tc these wanderers. Frank Reinecke conceived the idea that it would be a line thing to mas querade as a highwayman and f. igbten his neighbors. He carried out his idea and succeeded in making half a dozen staid residents jump fences and scuttle for home within a week. Thursday night be tried the experi ment upon his father, Walter Rein ecke, a well-to-do insurance agent of that place, whose home is on the out skirts of the village, above the banks of the creek, in a lonely spot. Father and son started out early in thc evening, the older to transact some business at the village lire co ra pap y's house, of which organization he is a member, and thc boy to visit his young friends, Willie and Laura Kellock, who live near the Reinecke home. On the way the youth regaled his father with storiess of recent holdups. When 10:;i0 p. m. came Mr. Rein ecke started for home. He was ap-: prehensive, remembering that he.had recently had words with a negro, who had threatened him. Ile also remem bered what his boy had told him about highwaymen. So be drew a larg? unir? from ms pocket; -opened the blade .and walked on with senses on' the alert. Y'oung Reinecke had beon j watching for his father. Ile was peeping out from behind a bush that stood beside the pajbh in the loneliest part of the roadway. The trees grow thick there, and the black water of the creek is just below, making lt as loneley and dangerous a spot as can be imagined. Just as the elder Reinecke reached the shadow a dark figure stepped into the half gloom and a hoarse voice cried: "Hold up your hands. Now I've got you." At the same instant the tigure laid fast hold upon the frightened .man's coat sleeve. With a cry of terror the father lunged forward and buried li knife in the breast of the supposed highwayman, who sank to thc ground gasping, "Oh! Father!" The volca of the boy recoil d the anguished father toa realization of the awful thing that he bad done. With a cry that was beard far oil by neigh bors the distracted man fell on his knees beside the body of his boy and besought him to speak. He raised the head of the boy only to lind that he was already dead. SUM.lin Heavy I.OSH. A dispatch fr. m St. Petersburg says Emperor Nicholas has received thefol lo wer lng telegram from Lieu. Cen. Baron Stakelberg. "A batt'.e began at noon ari.und the Russian position four and a half miles south of the sta tion of Wafauhoon (Vafangow), the enemy making repeated artempts to dislodge our left Hank. The attak was repelled and we retained our position. The tirst regiment occupying the loft Hank of our position sustained severe losses, lbs commander, Col. Kbavas tounoff, and Adjut. Sub-Lieu, l'ragos laff Nadochinsy were killed. Cen. Gerngross was wounded, a sharpnel bullet shattering the right side of the lower jaw, but he remained cm the Meld." A Woman Lynched. At Lebanon Junction, Ky., Maria Thompson, colored, who Wednesday night killed John Irwin, a wealthy white farmer, was taken I rom the jail Thursday and hanged to a tree in the jail yard. She weighed 255 pounds and the rope broke. As she ran away the mob tired a fusilado after her un til she fell and was left for dead. The ofllcers, however, found signs of life and removed the women to a physi cian's oliice, where it was found that she had been shot in several places and could not recover. Irwin had re proved Maria Thompson's boy who worked for him. Afterward Maria came into Irwin's melon patch and slashed Irwin until he was dead. Three Killed in Duel. At Rryan'sville, Ind., three men are dead and two wounded, one fatally, as the result of a pistol tight on thc streets of that village Tuesday. Thc dead are James and Charles Rout and Milton Tow. James Tow is fatally wounded and Frank Two ls badly hurt. The tight was the culmination of a feud between the Rout and Tow families. Deadly Hot Supper. Tuesday night at a hot supper and dance given by the colored people of Waltcrboro, Gus Gieen, becoming Jeal ous of William Haynes, deliberately pulled his pistol and shot him dead. Green was captured and lodged in jail at 2 o'clock next morning and this fact enabled the otllclals to discover so early that Adams and Stephens had escaped. ? LEAKS JAIL. . * . Adams, ?Kurdem, and Another Pri - . '? ?T? sony, Piled Their Way Out. AK APPEAL HAD BEEN DENIED And AdaiiiB Wai Awaiting a Ro-ien tonco. The "'Sheriff and a Wi 1. . ?OBBO Arc Pursuing r%?'': the Eaoripc*. . mi A- dispatch from W?lt?rboro to' The State under date of June 14 says quite ? sensation was caused lu Waltertloro Tuesday morning when lt was'in ic wu that R. A. Adams had escaped/ from Jail. Adams was con victed fur the murder of Henry Jaques and sentenced last June tobe hanged. His sentenced was stayed pending an appeal ? to the supreme court, which appeal ?vas dismissed. Adams waa to have l;jen resentenced at the next term of cm rt, which meets the first Monda; it August. At 2 o'clock Tuesday morning when Gus Green \ s brought to jail by. Policeman Johnson a rope of blankets was discovered banging from tbe win dow abiive the portico on the side of the Jail. Upon investigation it was found vbat Adams and a negro, Jasper Stephens, incarcerated for larceny, bad ii.'ed through one of the iron bars and escaped. Deputy Sheriff Henderson imme diate' ??..started in pursuit, but so far no tn;.-.\s of the escaped prisoners has been found. Aduc?s ls about 5 feet 10 inches j i i'm il, v;r';;liS ?uO?t 145 pounds, dal K ?skin, dark bair and eyes, with mous tache-and along, sharp face with very heavy* jaw and large neck; fast talking and winks eyes rapidly while talking, nervous and quick movement. * - LWTEATHER AND finn?* A Fayr- Isolated Sect lom- still Hu irer In,-; from Drought. MryJ. W. Bauer, section director, says in his weekly report of the crops gathered from correspondence: The week ending 8 a. m., June 13, had a mean temperature of 75 degrees, which ls about 4 below normal, due to nearly normal temperatures during the first four days and abnormally cool weather during! the last three. The cool weather was accompanied by fresh to brisk northeast winds and unusually low relative humidity. The suf iblne was normal in places and be low in others. Tlie greater portion of the State bad from one to over two Inches of rain three days. The upper Sa {}'?'. ;. had.less than an inch, wbi.v tu i^rfe - et York'county and a few' areas In other sections the droi' 'v *8 unbroken and crops are BUtAMng for moisture. Streams are very low and nany wells are failing in the central counties. A;destructiv3 wind and hailstorm passed through Plckens county; the track of the hail storm was about half a mile wide an 1 all crops in this path werp destroyed. There were also damaging wind storms in Spirtan burg and Sumter counties, and hail occurred at various places in the northern and northeastern counties doing some damage to crops. The weather was generally favora ble for cultivation of held crops, but with large areas where the ground ? roo wet to work and where llelds have become foul. As n rule, corn, cotton, tobacco, rice* and minor crops are clean and well cultivated, and have made marked improvement dur ing the last week. Corn made steady Improvement in all parts of the State, and, although small, is growing nicely and has a healthy color. Earliest corn is being laid by. With few and unimportant excep tions, cotton has now attained full stands, although somewhat Irregular ones as to size. The plants are small for the season, but have good color and are growing nicely. Lice are re ported from Abbeville county. Squares have been reported from nearly all sections, and a few blooms have been noted in Orangeburg county. In places tields are becoming foul. Sea island cotton shared In the general Improvement, and now has full but Irregular stands and good color. Tobacco lmpproyed and ls being "primed." Klee planting continues and ?he crop ls making satisfactory growth. Wheat and oat harvest ls nearing completion; thc yields of wheat are best in the extreme west ern counties and only fair to poor lu the central ones. The oat crop ls best in the eastern counties, where In places the yields are heavy. Late oat3 show some Improvement. Roth grains have been housed in good con dition, where cut, with only slight damage from the rains. It WAH Brutal Murder. The State says Nathan Truesdale, uncle of thc negro killed at Oloud's creek on Saturday week, swore out a warrant before Magistrate Little at Saluda on Wednesday for Sion Miller, Joe Miller and Russel McCormick. Thursday the Millers and McCormick surrendered themselves to the sherill' and are now In jail. The Miller boys are "22 and 2.1 years old, respectively, and McCormick looks to be the younger of the three. It was stated that McCormick did the shooting but the report cannot be confirmed. The home of the Miller boys ls not far from where the homicide occurred, while McCormick halls from Lexing ton county. He joined the Miller boys at Ratesburg and was going oh a visit to his brother, whose homo If; in this county. It ls not known whether application will be made for bail or not. The older of the Miller boya ls married. At Clio Top. The Columbia State calls attention to tho fact that of the six "star" stu dents graduated from West point this year, one Is fr om Virginia, one each from Tennesse'i, Mississippi and Colo rado, and two from North Carolina. They are all southern boys except one, and their records are gov d cause for pride in the scotion they have so well represented, lt ls really an unusual Bhowlng. WILL BE A CHANGE. Mr. Fred Wn mm m nicer Will Appoint New Civil Berrico Board. The Columbia State says: Upon the retirement of Mr. A. P. Wilson from tho postoQlce to seek health on his farm near the city a negro named Nix was appointed to succeed Mr. Wil son as secretary of the local board of olvil service examiners. The appoint ment bas been the subject of com plaint, and Congressman Lever has succeded In having him removed. - The objection to this colored man may bebest stated by an example. Recently a young lady Informed Dr. Ensor that she wished to stand the examination for stenographer in the government service. Sbe was referred to the secretary and with indignation ?be refused to stand the examination when she found that tbe person to whom she applied and to whom her papers should be submitted is a negro. This incident, among others, was brought tn the attention of Mr. Lever. It was also brought to his - attention that white . mea as well as women were refusing to go before an examin-, lng board the secretary of which is a negro, and as a result the postoffice was being filled up with negro clerks and carriers. When Mr. Lever took the matter up with civil service commission, he was told that the commission had de cided to create a southern department with headquarters in Atlanta and with Mr. Fred Wannamaker in charge. Friday Mr. Wannamaker was in the city for a short while and promised Mr T n,mr fi-l rwlTM th? rfilifif "?.''"^ fey It is not known who will be members of the new board, but they will be employes of tbe federal government, of course. The appointment of the local examining board has been made by the commission In Washington upon recommendations from Columbia, and it is understoccl tbat Dr. Ensor did not recommend the negro's appoint ment, but in a way approved the pro posed appointment when bis oplnlou was asked. Mr. Lever says that the change will not cause Dr. Ensor any worry as the efficiency offne postal service io the city may be promoted thereby. The postmaster employs his clerks and carriers' from a list of eligibles and this Hst ls made up with the exact standing of every applicant standing examination. If non--; but negroes apply, none but hep-! be appointed. -riff?flMufl Mr. Fred Wannamaker, who ! to be secretary in char; or southern divison of tin commission, isa nativoo> and conducted a newspn \ lng to Washington where an applutment in the oi civil service commis i tlon has. been rapid^-an recognition Trom the department"" i s a matter of gratification .tonis friends tn South Carolina, Udeer tue new plan, tho local boards of examiners will be abolished in every town in the Stf.te in the district. The manager of the division, in this case the tifth division, will bave under bim a fcrce of examiners. These examiners will be sent to every town or city where examinations are to be beld, and at the conclusion of the ex aminations, the papers wUl be sent to Atlanta, instead of Washington as has heretofore been the rule. Undchr tbe new rule, the work of holding the examination will oe greatly simplified., instead of each place having its local ooard of examiners, an examiner will be sent from tbe division headquar ters and the examination papera from all the States in the division will be sent to Atlanta instead of Washing ton, thus doing away with the con fusion. CauBCd a Panic. At New York la a panic among the passengeis in a Brooklyn car on tbe Fulton street line Friday nine persons received severe injuries, most of them requiring attention of physicians. The panic was caused by the blowing out of a fuse while the car was running at a high rate of speed. The front platform and forward part of the car were at once enveloped in flames, and the passengers made frantic efforts to escape. Many jumped, others were pushed off the car and others fell and were trampled on before thc the car could be stopped. Nearly every pas senger su Hu red some Injury. Mrs. Julia Caiman, 24 years old, with a six months old baby in ber arms, was pushed from the car and received a fractured skull, a broken ankle and severe concussions of the body. The baby was unhurt and was found asleep in the mother's arms, by an ambulance physician. No Causo tor Ailinn. Thc State says Mr. Kert Berle, the United States Civil engineer and ar chitect, has about completed his ex amination of the capitol dome and ex pects to leave for Washington Wed nesday. He will report to the gover nor from there next week. Mr. Berle would not, say whether be would re port the building safe or unsafe, but that docs not signify that from tho examinations and investigations he has made so far that it is or Is noo. It merely means tbat bc ls guarded in expressing himself before he reports formally to thc governor. Ile did say, however, that there was no cause for immediate alarm. Ile ls said to have expressed the opinion tbat thc new work ls shoddy by comparison with the old. Whether this will be brought out In thc report, however, cannot be said. * Howard for Adams. Gov. Ilcyward Wednesday offered a reward of $f>00 for the capture of It. A. Adams, who escaped Monday night from the Waltcrboro jail. Adam isa white man, who was sentenced last June to bang for the murder of Henry Jacques. Bis appeal to the supreme court had been dismissed and he was to be rcsentcnccd at the August term I of the court. Negro Child Killed. At Slmnsonville Tuesday afternoon Jim Thompson, a 0 year-old negro boy, while playirg with a pistol shot and inst oily k lied a U-months-old Infant In tho arms of his young sis ter. Thu ball entered the infant's head and grazed tho breast of the young negro holding tho child. * Japs Claim J APO LOBS THREE SHIPS. Tho Loso in Lives fa Estimated at .One Thousand. A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, ? aya all doubt as to the sinking of the transports' Hitachi and Sado by the Russians bas been removed. Three hundred and ninety-seven survivors of the Hitachi have arrived at Moji and 163 surviv?rsof the Sado have arrived at Kuku ru. Details of the destruc tion of the two transports and the full extent of the casualties are not obtainable. V* A later dispatch says details obtain? able f rom the survivors of the ill-fated Japanese trnnannrta show that thc Hitachi and the'Sado met three Rus sian warship near Iki island at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. The Russians fired on the Japanese ships and stopped them, and soon afterward they torpedoed and sank the helpless transports. The captain of the Sado and several other men were captured. More than 100 men escaped in the boats and landed at Klkura. A message has been received here from Hagi say ing that the survivors of the Hitachi had drifted north to Shlmonosekl and been saved. Tho transport Izum ls still missing. lt- is reported that.thc transports Hitachi and S?do carried only 1,400 men. If this ls true, the loss in lives is probably less than 1,000. The transports, however, had many horses and. large quantities of supplies on Tue-sfceamer Katsuno was sunk off Mon friday night as a result of collid ing with the steamer Yamabokan. Both vessels were on their way to Tiescu.to rescue ther survivors of the transports Hatachl and Sado. A STEAMER BURNED. The ^ijrJjjilflj?tglC&ot.Ally Destroyed town. .at toe The vessel was practically" new, hav ing b3?n'built only three years ago, and was valued at $12,000. It was in sured for only $3,000, with J. H. Boatwright & Son at Wilmington, X. C. Although the telegram says "total loss," Manager Love is of the opinion that much of the machinery may be saved. The loss falls heavily on Mr. Love- he and not the Chamber of Commerce being the owner. "The Highlander was the first and only boat on the line the Chamber of Commerce instituted this spring to give Columbia water connection with the coast. The business has steadily Increased Bince the first trips, and ar rangements had Just been made for hauling cotton, which would greatly Telleve the situation and for which the Caamber of Commerce had been working for several months. Just what steps will be taken to put an other boat in commission on the river cannot be said at this time, but there is no doubt but that this will be dene as quickly as the Chamber of Com merce can make thc arrangements." Many Lives Lost. A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba, says the worst storm of a decade began Friday and culminated Monday night in 14 Inches of rain which fell in five hours, accompanied by a hurricane. The lower village of El Cobre has been destroyed. Forty-five persons ar^ known to be dead and scores are mis sing. Bodies are floating in the Cobre river. Twenty bodies have been recov ered by boats patrolling the bay. All the bridges on the Cobre railway are out and many bridges have been lost on the Cuba raliway. A train which left Habana Saturday is held between washouts for eight miles inland. A re lief train bringing mail and passen gers was wrecked at Moron. The fire man and mall agent were killed and two of the employes were injured. The passengers are safe. The mines at Daiquiri are crippled and six of the employes have been drowned. The pier has been damaged. The city's proper ty luss is enormous. Negro Cotton Mill Failed. The Columbia State says: "The Wilmington Messenger calls our at tention to the fact that thc defunct Coleman cotton mill, the failure of which was latoly noted In these columns, was not only operated but owned and managed by negroes. In that case we do not think that the evidence of thc negro's failure as a cotton mill hand was as conclusive ts in thc case of the Charleston mid, which was financed by white capital and managed by skilled white cotton mill men. The case of the Coleman mill ls, however, equally Interesting in another way." In A Cow's Maw. At Aiken while slaughtering a beef on Saturday, Messrs. Lamer & Thorpe's butcher found a lady's gold clasp bracelet in the animal's maw. The bracelet is of 18 karat gold and ls a handsome piece of jewelry. The cow was purchased with a bunch of cattle from a Tennessee market. How tho animal happened to absorb suoh valuable food is of course hard to guess. Little, by Little. Over a billion live-cent fares wore paid last year to the transit companies of New York city. Fifty million dol hvrsl Paid In five cents at a tl mel A veritable confirmation of the "little i drops of water, little grains of sand" I teaching. a left Five Hundred Rus sians Dead on the Battlefield. LOST FOURTEEN WINS. Russians Wanted to Attack Jap ?nes*?. jT?ff- But Was Fore stalled, Forced Into a Defile and Routed. A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, says thc Russian hope of relieving the pres sure on Port Arthur by threatening the rear of Gen. Oku, the commander of the Japanese forces investing the Russian stronghold, came to an end Wednesday at Telissu, a point on the railroad 50 miles north of Kincbou and 25 rnUea north of Vafangow, when the Russians were out-manoeuvred, en ti^V.x",1 .n>) ".-;-!.. ,l?(""t"J .Til..?.. . .-.^.j.vv. ll L , \ . QnVUpjIUglJ ^ V. . ji uvj ? left more than 500 dead oh the field ajad the Japanese captured 300 prison er.; and 14 quick-firing field guns. The Russians retreated hastily to the northward. The Japanese charge that the Rus sians violated the Japanese flag. Cer tain'officers aver that during the fighting a body ot Russian soldiers ap peared carrying a Japanese flag and that tho Japanese artillery, declved by this flag, ceased firing on that par ticular body of Russians. Official dis patches from the Japanese command er:, mr.-:e\,pecl?o charges of this flag violation. 'Early estimates of the Jap losses.at Telissu say that. 1,00\) men W?'?C lulled or wounded. The Japanese attacking force . was. ad left columsaud oh Tuesday along ..d. Tbey en ? "r.'.l of Vafan . late Russians . Tiao .i .ipane.se ar , . -.ncr' OD : tuf? ; liu'e/J?.d tlio tlu?ed 12 hou, followed be advance of the Japanese line to ? ttl on extending from Lung Cilia Tung to Yu Hotun. Darkness; put an end to the fighting. The Japanese dis-" patched a column to the westward to ward Fu Chau for the purpose of cov ering the Russian right wing and to protect their left and rear. During the night it became ap pearent that the Russians were being re-en forced and so decided to make a general attack in the morning and force the Russians into a defile back of Telissu. When morning came it was discovered that that the Russians held a line extending from Ta Fang Shen to Cheng Tsu Shan, with a force esti mated at mora than two divisions. The Japanese planned to envelop the Russians near Talissu and they . suc ceeded admirably. While the main Japanese force was moving north along the railroad col um8 were swung to the left ar?rl ?r ** right and finally cor? JU the main RUM?' . T?.T. stans in this . c a dis advantage, burTtJ?I'iSOIrVith de termination until 3 owbk in the afternoon. At this hour they were routed. The Japanese cavalry continu ed to pursue the enemy and probably Inflicted severe punishment. UUSSIANS ADMIT DEFEAT. A dispatch from St. Petersburg sayB Emperor Nicholas has received the following telegram, dated June 10, from Gen. Kuropatkin: I have received the following dis patch from Lieut. Gen. Baron Stakel berg, dated June 10, 12.20 a. m.: " 'Yesterday I had intended to at tack the enemy's right flank but just as our troops had been assigned for the purpose and were beginning to successfully envelop the enemy's right flank, the Japanese in their turn at tacked my right flank with superior forces and I was compelled to retreat by three roads to the north. " 'Our losses are heavy, but they are not yet completely known. " 'During the engagement the third and fourth batteries of the first ar tillery brigade were literally cut to pieces by the Japanese Bhells. "'Of 10 guns, 13 were rendered completely unseless and were aban doned. " 'The conduct of the troops waa excellent, a large proportion of them refusing to retire until after they had been repeatedly ordered to do so.' " The Russians deny that there was anything in the nature of a rout. Tho enemy had over four divisions in action. _ Lynched by Negrees. Nows has roached _La Grange, Ga., that au old nergro by the name^of Jonah Woods, who lived in tho coun try near Texas court grounds in Heard county about 25 miles from La Grange, was lynched by other negroes. Wood was a deacon in bis church and a pious old negro. It is said he dis covered a number of negroes playing "craps" and threatened that ho would report them to the grand jury. After wards the church was burned down and two days later, while plowing In the fields, he was seized and strung up to a tree nearby. Negreas Kills White Woman. Nows was received Tuesday of the killing of Hire. Hallldfty, a white wo man, by Addie Smith, a negro girl, at Loachapjka Monday night. The slayer was caught as Notasulga, a small town near Montgomery. A large crowd soon gathered and rearing violence the sheriff of Lee county took the negress to Tuskegee for safe keep ing. The woman acknowledges kill ing Mrs. Holliday. *