University of South Carolina Libraries
The 'DO TnOtI, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULSAND HAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XX. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY^ JANUARY 13, 1905. NO. 8: IHb ItKMS Text of Articles of Capitulation of Port Arthur. OFFICERS PAROLED But All Russian Soldiers ' Are Made Prisoners o? War. All Forts, Bat teries, Vessels and Aiunitions Are Transferred to the Japanese in Tact. The people of St. Petersburg have received with composure ti e new?, koo wo to the r. st of the wot ld a day earlier, of the fate of Port Arthur The e ver.t had teen anticipated, and under otb dal direction the minds of the popedace were prepared to re ceive wita resignation the announce ment of tho fact by thc publication of disp.-'.tcbes forwarded week before last by Gen. S messed de; cribing the straits t > whim tho narri on had been rr doced. The expectations in some quarters that the surrender of the fOrtn as would be f dlo vod at the oapiti.l by ai ti-war demonstrations has not been realized. So far as there hus been any expression of feeling, io las been for carrying on the war with all the vigor poss.hie. At Tokio Tuesday night the sui ree der of P. rt Arthur was celebrated by a lan ter u procession and a g?rerai illumin?tlOD. Tba Jarane e diet will formally express the thanks of the nation tc Gen. Nogl for lils conduct of the selge. Among Russian efilcials there is a feeling that any proposit ion of peac? that may bc made with thc fact in view that In order that pe^cc must be lasting Japan niust recognize Russia's right to free transit of its ships through waters ot the far east. High Japautse c til rials declare that the re is no probability of a:lvauces coming at present from tin ir government locking toward peace negotiations. In otliclal quarters In St Petersburg it is said that no tender of good offices from a tl led party wiuld be acepten and .1 at any pr?posai for peace must come from Japan din cb. The text ot the articles of capitula tion of the Port Arthur garrison signed by the commissioners repre senting Ger:. Nogl has been trade public All Russian soldiers, marines and civil ofli dals of the garrison and harbor aro made prisoners; all forts batteries, vet sois, mumnurs, cu.-., on. tran.ferred to the-Japanese In th? condition in which they existed at noon of January 3, violation of this clause to operate as an annulment of the negotiations, giving tire Japanese army warrant to take tree action; th? Russian military aud naval authorities are to furnish to the Japanere arni) an exhibit of all fortifie itions, under ground and submaiine mines, a list of military officers, if slops and the numb?.r of their crews, and of civil ians of bot li sexes with tl eir race and occupations; and all pull c pioperty, os buildings, munitions of w.?r, etc., to be left in the present position pending arrangement fir their trans ference. Officers cf the ai my and navy are peimitted lo retain thci> swords and such ef their per;ona property as is directly neo.es-ar y fi r the maint.e-nai.ee of lue and with one servant each m ty, i p'ii signing theil parole not to ti ke up a: in i dur.tig the continuance of tho war. return ?> Rursla. Non-c niniissloncd iff.w?n? and private's will be held a-s prisoners Fur tb,e beni tit of the sick and wounded Russians U:e i aol tar y corps and.the sccoutcnts belonging to the Russian army ar d navy will be re quired to serve under the Japanese sanitary , corps and accountants foi tu di period of time as may be deemed necessary. AUTICLKS OK CAPITULATION. The following are the anieles of capitulation: Article 1. All Russian soldiers ma rines, vulunti-.e s, also government of nola's at the garrison and hircor of Port Arthur are lakm prisoners. Art,. 2. All forts, batteries, war ships other eli!ps and boats, arms, urn munition, horses, all matt r.als for hestlie use, government buildings and sll o'j-Cti belongi l;; to .!.( Ros sian government shall be tr3nt ferred lotbi Japanese am y lo their exist ing condition. Ar,, 3 On the preceding two condi tions being a= fen ted to, as i guaran tee ft r the fullilmout irUreof the min garrisoning the forts and thc batteries on Etse mountain, Sungt-hu moun tain, Antse mountain and the lu e of eminences southeast therefrom shall be removed by ni on of Jan. 3 anti thc same shall be transferred to tbe J ap? nese ?rny. Ar:. 4. Should Russian military oT naval roon be deemed to ha ve dis.roy ed objects named In article 2 e-r to have caused alteration in any w ?y In their c. nditlon at the tx'.stlng time, tho signing of th's compact and the negotiations shall be annulled and thc Japanese army will take free action. Art. f?. Thc Russian m litary and navdl authorities shall prepare and transfer to the Japanese army a table showing the. fortifications nf Port Arthur and their respective positions, and maps showing the location i f minos i.ndergroiiud and submarine, and all >,tiier dangerous objects; alto atable showing the composition ano systrra <.f the army and naval services at Port Arthur; a Dst of anny and navy otlleers, willi names and rank anc 'lut y of said officers; a Pst of army steamers, warships ai^tl oilier ships, with tho numbers of their respective crews; a list t f civilians, showing the number of men and women, their rao-t and occupations. Art. el. Arms, Including those car ried on the persons; ammunition, war rrateri. ls, government buildings, ob jects i weed by the government, horses, warships and other ships, In ducing their contents, excepting private property, shall be left In their present positions and the commission ers of tho Russian and Japanese ca ca of bb ls In bi m. tb cc na tb .so ed cai tb) to on "i" Inf E\ ftc wa t?ni bu an tri arm es snail cecile upon the mitLod of their transference. Art. 7 The Japaner army, con sidering the gallant resistance c tiered by the Russian army as being honor able, will permit the officers of tho Rus3<an army and navy, as well as officials belonging thereto, to carry swords and to take willi them prlvato property directly necessary for tho maintenance of life. The previously munt loncd officers, effie ais and volun teers who will sign a written parole plcdgl: g that they will not take up arms and lu no wiso take action con trary to to the interests of the Japa nese army until the close < f the war. will nceive the consent of the Japa nese army to return to their country. Each army and navy offljcr will be al lowed one servant, and such servant will be specially released ou signing the parole. Art. 8. Non-commissioned officers md privates of both army and navy ind volunteers shall wear their uni forms and, taking porcable tents aud iccessary private property, ard cum nanded by their respective officers, hall assemble at such places as may ie indicated by the Japanese army. Che Japanese commissioners will de ?Ide the necessary details thereof. Art. 0. Toe sanitary corps and the ccountmts belonging tu the Russian riny and navy shall bc retained bj be Japanese while their services arc eemed necessary for the ca "lng for ick and wounded soldiers. During nob time sucli c;.rps shall bc required o render 6?rv)ce tudertbe di rec Hot f the san'.tiry carpa and accountant! f the Japanese anny. Art. lo. The treatment tobe nc aided to the residents, the transfer f bo .ks and documents relating Lo uinlclpal administration and tina.:ce, nd also detailed U.es necessary fo ie enforcement of this compact, shall ; embodied in a supplementary com int. The supplementary c m;iac . mi i have the hame force as Lins cum let. Art. ll. One copy each of this com iel hhall be prepared for tho Jupa ?ae and Russian armies, and lt snail ive immediate effect upon signature lereof. KUI? <i aims ir. G. C. Wellbrock, wholesale fruit saler of Uharlestou, S C., aged fo: ? three yea is, shit and killed bim if at bis i til je on Tuesday morning last wee*. Ile bad just entered ie office and Kicked the door, when 10 report of the pistol was heard, 11 upon the door being broken open : was found lying on the tl or in a ml ol' blood with a hole In bis right mylo and another on the opposite le of the head, where the ball liad .ss?'d out, going tbiougb a pane ol e window ??lass ht f ire finally spend ? its force. As far as is known ere was no cause for the suicide, r. Weiibn ck was in company w t., nave no intimai lon of his Intention th kill himself. Ile left a note, lt is 0f ider.stooJ, lo Mr. Stonor, telling (? j m goodbye and expressing Lue opln- bel ? that he Would oe happier, but not va plaining the cat.sj of his trouble, thi icer which he seemed to l?b r. He Lin is married oo last Sunday night to esl Miss Schi mdt. Io was learned Tues- tlc y that Mr. Wellbrock bas been suf- im ring under some severe monta: t* i rain, for a few nights ago be slept, spent the night, lu thc county j ill ion his own ri qtie.it, stating that be is In fear of bodily Injury. Barring is one f-.ct, Mr. Wei.brock had given i ?vidence of any mental allectiou. Wan tb His Whiskey. In b:s mail Tuesday G v. Hoyward ceived the following communica nt]: "We t'?e under slneis in our vn belief will say that o;:e Dave ..ex win m bad ios whhkey slez'id id taken fiom him by Frau I r tel it instable lus to our own uoli gp ..ver sold any wLi.key around luis ?Ighborhood w' .skey was bongin om d speiisary quantity was one and half gallons.'' Ibis is signed by i T( I. J. .loirs, Wilks Sthvihson, L?cl< irt, S. C ; H. ll. Ash, Hulox Creek, C ; James gault, Lockhart, S. " ; eor^e gant, Lockhart, S. C." Tue lowing postscript is appended: pleas let me have a bearing from m al an early Date as I wans my hlskey or the money tint I Paid foi une if there ls any law for me Im lng to have it." Tin Sva'e says lt i somewhat sitgiiar that all t v amis S'.em to ba : Iv't ed In the sam.: and writing, and lhere appears to be marked uniformity In the misspell ig of propar mmes._i Itiirncvl Lu Dost ll. Tire consumed the] home of Frank lowetkl, a Polish muer In Minis tun, Pa., at in early hour Tuesday, nd the e ii tire 'tin y of len, i x.'ou ?io od.st son, aged "as eitbet urned to deith or smothered. Thc ioweskls lived in a log liouso on the j rj utsklrls of Morris Run. The:e w ore I 1 io immediate neighbors, lt ls nt t ;nown how ibo the originated but li s thought that a stove fell ovc r on I he bunni g coals r-ct lire to thc in us . tfoweski was employed ny the M ur - tun Coal Mining company. Wini li s ell ow miners he lias oten on strim iinco last April. Recently smallpox ;roke out in Morris Linn. Nuiv?vskl ind his family were amoug the suffer rs from tho disease tuit every mern ie rof the family recovered nni tie piarantlne bad just been raised from au ir home._ Tried to fctaoitpo. While a train carrying 130 convicta In ll e employ of the Tennessee Coal ind iron Ll iii way company was gob y. fn in M ne No. 3 to Hi? prison, Will Filler a neuro convict, exploded a Hick of dynamite In one of tia caches with a view of effecting.f wholesale release. J. Dawkins, a c ii viet from Henry county, was k.ilnJj Guard Pickett lost a leg and an arm. Ce?. Delaney, one ol the tralumi n wis burt, and several convicts were sli/htly Injured. During Lhe Karo pede guards from the other cars rush ed forward and prevented the e:c-p of any of thc convicts. Toe explo sion bh?w out the end of the coach. F*t*t Neuro Festival. At a negro festival at Monticello, Sam lo ll killed Den Pcay and broke Dave Peay'a j.iwhotie. Wylie Suba was shot in the bac? by a party un known. Dr. Scott does not think he will die. Another negro whose name ia unknown had his skull crackod. coi lit lit rac til ul wo tn SO: ric lof IC CALLS THEM TI?E?S Chief COM? able Hamm o t's H ?port to the Governor. Show? (he Silca at tho Looal Dlepen earica to Have Inereaaed Very Greatly In luoi. Mr. U. Ii. Hammet, chief constable, aas submitted to Gov. Heyward his ?cpott for tb? last quarter of the year 1904. Mr. Hamuiet take3 ocoualon to sall attention to tba ohaiterlrg of so iial clubs In large cities, and ne de llares some of these to be flagrantly delating the law. In his letter sub nltling ttie report, Mr. Hammet :ys: "From the figures given you will ee that the maintenance of the con tabulary bas reached a considerable um, tut when you deduct tho value f the se'z'ires made and the fines olleeted, which went to the various ounclesand towns, that expense bas een reduced to tho very small sum f $31 870 3-3, with numerous appeal d cases yet. tu be heard from. "Tiie illicit dealing in liquors In very s ctlon of tho State has benn ery coi slderab'y curtailed, and while have nor, been able lo enforce the iw to the letter, 1 feel that my ef ?rts have been of valu J In that dlrec on, and reports received (lady go to low that there is an improvement, in ic situation almost everywhere. The ispensary lr... can b: enforced, but it ill require thc. aid of State c til ;ers BS ell as municipal, in addition t> the mstabulary force to accomplish it. "There seems to be a lack of Inter t, or fiar, or something which I innot determine, on the partof'sorm those who are charged with thc en rCSSji lit ?T tll? ?aw ??'i?ch jno\oui/-i lem from taking as active a part as hx.'ucahent upon them. In rainy stances I have been ably assisted ' the Intendcnts of towns and a few Dghtrates, but as a rule there ls lit ? attempt made by others than State nstabhs. "In ray judgment the greatest mt ce to the eu forcement of the law is e pr; mlscuous Issuing cf charters to called cluls, ' nnd yet 1 am tn form ul?t uur'er our present laws this ?not he prevented. We lind them urlsht: g in our et' les and larger wns, and while claiming to be social ?an 7,ul >ns, complying with the re irements of the law, they are noth ? miro nor ?ess than open barrooms, vry ( IT irt has been made to put a ;p tithe sale of liquors within their Hs, even to the ox.cut of stationing 1 crs In the budding to prevent it, t ibis has resulted roce .tly in the estol' the constables ou a charge of ispassand their conviction and pu I "i'o^ltlve and satiisiuou>-.y it soma af the e 'club?' sell drlr,?S all kinds to the gorral /"dbllc .eir membership in numen jS cases lng entirely fictitious) '-ems u?a" tiing in our endeavor to oonflne cm to the rights grs*te? them by elr charters, and'desire to earn .ly ieeoromeud wat some legl-da ?-i he enacted volch will alTect the incriminate-'osu':ng ef such char ra; "The c^^iahulary force ls in good ndltlo-h loyal and energetic. Very lletas occurred to mar the ad:n!n .r.ition of the nfTairs of thc depart :nt, ano I look forward to tho at cmsnt of even better results in the .ure than w? have in the pist. " Plie total expense for tho quarter s 3115.171 81. Tiie amount of sob s m tue wholesale d.spensiry wa-. 37.313 04. from the retail dispensa s 81,038,733 00. Tue summary for the year ls as f il ye; wi au ap Ja er sac ph 3,1 Sa M< co an cn in 45 Ol we CO de sv y k;i Ti la ital ot of co: s'.abnla ry for year.8 04,388 20 ital value of seizuret for y car.3 21.071 WI )tal sales for Sute dis prniary for year.??2,?96,918 30 .tal sales f >r local dis snrles for year.83.374.786.43 Val number of convic tions for ye?- . 314 ital amount of tines imp i^ed for year.$ 18.910 00 Dta.1 amount of tines collected for year.$ 8,410 Ol' Otal .' u uher of p osons h nt to cbalngaug ... 98 ot ul number of teams s i/.ed. 13 ot ul number of stills selzid. 114 lu tho tep rt for the. hist q^r.n r, ! . Ham i et :.:iy>. in addition to the ?izares of liquor and beer, "then t re .wo teau.s, 35 stills and 1,810 idiom of boer in kegs, tiie latter of hich is of JO value." The Increase m i bo sales In tboloca'. Ispeusarles ovor tho same quarter of 003 amounted to * 172 oi>7.t>o. Q ute a number of cases ngalusl io! ato rs of the law have been ap :iilol and are now peodlt g In Hie otirt of general sessions. Hilt Dynamos. The Canadian Niagara Kails Power ompany, tue ally of the Ameiican iiagora Palls Power company, suc essfully set In motion Wednesday wo of ttieir 10.000 horse poorer tui lines and dynamos before the oftlcers if tiie power c.uopany and distingu ished guests. These arc the largest nach ues in the world and their opera .loa marks an electrical epoch, francis Linde Stets'n, of New York, md President W. E. Heatty, of the Janadian company, turned on the jovu.r. Cheers were given for Kb g K ?ward, President lt. oievelt and tl.e indoors of the company. An elabiuate une i was served and telioltous ipeecbes were made, by William ll Itiuklne, Francis Lynde. Stetson. A. Motiroe Oreel, Mr. J. W. Latigmnuir ind others._ Killen Brother ai,a Holt. A special from Ozark, Ala., sa>s A dnuole tragedy occurred at Middle Illly in the e istern purl of this county friday. Aich Pope and Jevde Pope, brothers, had a heated discussion and di agreement over a line fence and the ronner "shot and killed his brother with a pistol. Aicii Pope then went home and committed suicide hy if klug Strychnine. The Popes arc among the mos', prominent and prosperous pi opie of southeastern Alabama, lloth men leave families. Of Lynchings, Murders, Hang ings, Defalcations AND OTHEK THINGS. s t 1 i f b b t d li d. n Ot yi ol O Pi ta st of w V at lt fol pu bri ho br] thi tin tin bri am thi Ha th; Some Interesting Statistics Prepared by (be Chicago Tribune for the Past Year, Showing the Number of Violent Deaths, Robber ies and Accidents. Of much interest and significance ire tiie figures contained in the Chl sago Tnbune's am ual review of thc 'car 19.(4. Especially satisfactory IP he simwlng that there were fewer ynchlngs than in any previous year inca 1885. There was a marked ailing (-fl ia tho aggregate of dona ions for educational, philanthropic nd religious purposes. There ls a .(..e v e in the number of legal hang ?gs, ia the total cf defalcations, for oles and bank wreckings and in the umber of homicides. Fire losses how a 6tn3!l I nc vee se. In a general usinct.s, manu'acthring and com .-erciil way the latter half of the ear was a decided improvement over i;e first six m mlhs. Lynuhiugs f jr the ypar number 87, a compared with 104, the previous ear, Viii In l?J:*: and 133 in 1901. Mo cmiier was tne one month lu twenty jars during which no ivuciiiug waa sported North or South. Of the 8? 'beninga 82 lok p'ace tu the South ad 6 in thu N rth. There were 83 L-gro victims and 4 whites. Two o non were among the number, he high water mark for lynohlngs as in I?92, win n mob vengeance as wreaked on 235 pertous. Mississippi beads tho list of Stx/e^ Ith 18 lynchings. Arkansas ?nd eo giA divide dishonor with 17 eich, entucky, Virginia, Texis and South trolina each has fewer than a'half ;zin cases to its credit. E*erystate the Upper Mississippi Valley es pes without a blemish. The allrged causei of thc lynchings L-re: Murdo- 38; mee prejudice 19; tacks on worn JU 20; murderous as ide 4; conspiracy co murder 2; un IOWU 2; insult* 2; threats 1, and bbery l. Na'.uroJJ/ the . 'mbir of killed and JW^I ia war ? .?ng 1904 greatly -.Cds that of 1J03, because of the igulnary conn nr. between Russia ir ls about 400,000, as compared Lh 86,000 in 1903, 26,000 In 19U2, d 3.000 m 1001. Of these losses proximately 370,000 were on Russo panese battle fields and seas. 0,h lcsr.es have been: Armenian mas ?res, 7.8(54; Thibet 0,492; Pbllip ?es 3,230; Sumatra 2,379; Africa ?14; Uruguay 2,035; Macedonia 820; n Domingo 240; Bulgaria 239; jrocco 50; Arabia 40. Legal executione numbered 116, as mp ned with 123 the year before d 194 In 1902 There W'-re s sty 0 executions in the North and 54 the South, of whom 59 were whites, 1 negroes, cue Japanese and one ii nose. Ia HO cises the victims .reconvicted of murder. Six wire avicted cf murder. Six wore put to atb for attacks on women. Penn Ivania executed I?, O.ilo 10. New irk 8. Missouri 3, Alabama 6, Ar L: sa? 7, California 5, and Indiana 2 liere was marked fall ng iff in tho st thrcj mouths of tiie year. Loa vi og out the operations of Mrs (soe Chadwick, the extent of whlob is not bt-en asJertaln-id, the recird the year shows that men intrusted Uh public and private funds are be iming more honest. At any rate ,? total of defalcations, embezzle lents, forgeries and bink wrecking 84.742 5 '7, as compared with 86 J2 10". lu 1903. The figures for tue ??r nr.; sma:ler than for any ye?r Ince 1900, one-sixth of those in 1904 nd less than half these in 1895, 1890 nd 1897. The tabular statement for 904 shows: .rom bauks.$2,24?. 374 tolen by putilic omoitls.. . 228 791 ly DgeutS. 758.879 .orgeries. 183,490 'rom loan as elations .... 311.ono U postal tir,p.eye?s . 14,5110 liicelh.ni:6us steallrgs.... 637,070 Wnliit t .er was a decrease of >.e? r vi bund cd In tue number of horni ll , it u?? stgiiiUcant fact that there ms beon a g.eat incieosa In the nu to ur of murders committed by high vaymeu, -burglars, "hold-up" men ,11(1 all that da,s of Criminals. Cni ?ago in this particular makis a ?loomy showing. The growth of this arie".y of crime has neon steady for teveral years. There were 464 In ,903, 333 in 1902, and 193 In 19^1 Encouragement has iieen given to this mid i f human slaughter by tho great icrccntuge <>f guilty men who escape Apture and conviction. The h?ug ! g of the b >y b mdlts bad apparently io deterrent ( ff jct. Ti.e principal causes for homicides follows: Quarrels, 4.181; unknown, I 051; jealousy, ?13; liquor, 640; In sane, 271; infanticide, 153; strikes, T>6; self-defence, 33. In the list of groat disaster, the huming of the steamer Slocum, when 1,031 lives vero lost, was the wcrit. Six hundred were lost In a ste rm on Laxe Baikal, 5o0 by the collapse of a dam lu China, loo by an avalanche at Pragelato, italy; loo hy a hurricane in Coe.du, Culua; 100 by a storm at Santiago, Cuba; 220 by a ferry boat wreck in Russia; 2oo hy flood in the Philippines. Tiie distribution fol lows: Fires, 1,006; drownings, 2,745; ex plosions, falling building and like cas ualties, 306; muies, 539; storms and cyclones, 243, lightning, 189; electric ity, 126. S eam railroad accidents caused the less of 2,950 il Vi s, a considerable de crease fruin the number of the year previous. The seriously injured to tailed 3,813. On trolley Hue? 479 were kl,lcd and 3,204 Injured. The D Fir tui thi mc Tn net wa tto rer ho; to dO< ho LS upi pa th wi In soi ri tb OJ th In st cl kl< Wi tt et ec T cc cc cc di et et g h ti a n a e [ A il c e e v F \ a 1 most fearful disaster of the year oe our red Avgut 7. OD tb? ll: o Grande Railroad, Uhen 118 lives were kat on account elf ? broken bridge. Donations and bequests for tho year toK-? ?40,290,938. as compared with 873,000,000 in 1903, and 8123, 000,000 In 1891, the record holding year. Mr. Carnegie has not given so much td public libraries aud many multi millionaires have deoreased the amountsj>f their bene factions. Never theless, 4lr. Carnegie has given $11, - 243,000, the big gift being $5,000.000 for the h?ro fund and another 85,000, 000 for the Pittsburg Carnegie Insti tute. Mr. Rockefeller's benefactions total 81,461,000, ono million of which was for charities. Dr. D. K. Parsons ?eave $235,C00 to traill colleges. Ninety-six colleges have berm among ;ho beneficio rles, getting 21.336,000 u the aggregate. A BAD AUUlDJiJjJT. ii Liittle Eon o? Prof. Hain Killed by Falling Bricks. Little Henry Bain, tho 5-year-old on of Prof. and Mrs. C. W. Bilnof he Soutb Carolina college, was found ying bleeding in the yard at his home friday morning of last week with a rightful wound in thc b:\ck of his ead. Ills skull had been fractured, e had Iifit a large quantity of blood nd was Insensible when found. Ile i as removed by loving hands, doctors rere hastily sujamoued and all that under care and medical science could o was bestowed upon him, but the tile felfiw hovered between life and ealh unr,ll 8.50 o'clock Friday night hen lie died with mt having regained msclotireless. Ho worn, out into the ird orj^ a short time before the ao dent. ?- servant of Prof. Audrew . Mooro, who lives next dour, was jA.siuK r,Ou many m I mitts after and iuud the almost lifeless body on the ept iiJtding into the yard at the side tue hnuso. Mr. John Taylor, who as visiting at the residence of Prof. oore, \vas the first poison to arrive tho side of tho Injured child, and was he who carried bim upstairs. There ls no doubt that the little low was struck by filling bricks, ^hed from the parapet above by the inch of a tree growing near the use. T!iis branch r. sts up tn the lek work, and the motion caused by a unusually high wind prevailing at e time lind torn these bricks from e w*l; and pushed them off Three oks were found on the spot below d an investigation showed that ree were missing from above. The ib was scarred by rubbing against ? blicks. Telephone messages i^oon brought s. Taylor, DuBo->e, Griffith aud ihburne. They discovered a frac e in the baek of the head, and s^w 'eli weafened^oy th? loss o?n?i???? e wound was not then regarded as jessarlly fatal and any operation s deferred uatil later. Prepara nswere marlo In the afternoon to novo the patient to the Columbia ipltal for the operation. He began grow weaker, however, and the 3tors decided to operate at the me. Tia grew weaker and weaker the night came on and before the oration could be performed had sied away.-The Slate. h; tl di fl! ai Pl w di pe m sh th ID th of St of wi ge liv In mt sui M3 we wa as ore lan 1 tloi hy her a si She con oas rec< eve nan fro: 1 wht can Ince mot wer ?-'tt Dei mu? app pee thr ed wit vcr. ? am for She hen an< wh wei daj of < so aw WI W? sui ?h coi me go un wc El Many Killed in Disasters. Without Including the last week, e accidents In North America in doh tlve or more persons were killed 1904 eiusod the death nf 2,224 por ns. Toe barning of the Iroquois ?eatcr, Chicago, and the wreck of e Duquesne dyer, near Pittsburg, curred In the last week of 1903, and eir d'?. h roll of 800. is n >t counted the lifc, 'es given. Toe wreck of the esmsbip Norge, with 640 lost is bi nded, most ot the passengers having ckcts for this country. By far the orst accident of 1001 was the ele ructlon of the New York excursion ?.?amer General Slocum, which burn l in June, with a loss of 1.020 llv.s. be worst railway accents were a illiston at Willard, Kin., 17 killed; dllalon at Jackson, Utah, 24 killed; dllsion at Kewanee, Miss., A'? killed; ?ratlment at Litchfield, 111.; 24 kill 1, collision at Midvale, N. J., 10 klll 1; Sunday tchool excursion at Chica o, 20 Util ed -, train through bridge at iden, Col., 94 killel: colli don at lodges, Tenn., f>8 kided, and coll isl n t Warren -burg, Mo., 20 killed. Tor adoes during thc year killel 33 at loundvilie, Ala; 12 nt Sf. Pan!; 61 t Jamestown, N. Y., nod 93 In east rn Cuba. Tm: worst tornado in the] rm ted Statis occurred in January, lu alabama. Tue wot st explosion was j i a mine at Cheswich, Pa., which! ost 180 lives. An Infernal machine xploslon at Indepei dence. Col., kill 1 13. The worst elevator accident /as at St. Louis, with 8 killed. Ten lersons were suffocated by coal gas at Vllliamstown, Pa. There was hardly , month without a kw of numerous Ive* In tenement hour o tires. Nine ohool children were sall teated in a rault at Pleasant Ridge, O do. Eight I il ld ron were drowr.ccl willie bathing kt Alton, III, Toe avenge umuber of lcath8 In the larger accidents of the rear was 325 a month. It ls a heavy waste of life from preventable causes. Sold to Imlluna. Reports from Victoria say that Margaret Johnson the 11-year-old laughter of Sydney Joonson, a Ger man from Portland, li being held in bondage by the Forth Rupert In dians. The information was obtained from & m silunary by Secretary South of the Children's Protective Society, and Mr. South is now endeavoring to learn the whereabouts of tho child, In hopes of rescuing her. Thc natives are said by tho mhslonary, who had Just returned from the far interior to nave paid the father $1.000 worth of furs for tho girl. The father form erly worked tn the Dawson mines and met the Indian* when returning from ho North. ^^^^ Kilon by an Kxnloul.tn, Specials from Covington, a town on the Georgia railroad about 40 mile east Ol Atlanta say: The hollers a the electric light plant exploded there Wednesday and killed the fireman, J Ci. McCullough. The cause of the ac eidout is unknown, the boilers bein practically new, having been utted but four years, th an we foi uu Ut] uc Tl sp th sp pc j Ul St la,; tl ht tr ni ni fr ir ct tl h ti A SAD STORY K Wife, Deserted and Ul, in an Unknown Land. [8 BEIKG CARED FOE be Woman ls aa Immliraof fran Peland, and Comiiiloaer WatioB Mao Taken Ckai ge ai ii jr Case Although She Was Not Brought Here by Him. Alone in a strange country; deserted y the man who" had taken ^with her fe solemn maritaljvows;1ill with the read which a woman a?one can suf :r; and unable tn couverse with those round her. Such waa the pitiable igbt of a woman who waa found eak and starving in Columbia Fri ly. Applying at tho bornes of the loplc of Columbia, she was unablo to ? ke known her wants, until Anally c sank exhausted upon the step of e home of kind fhearted people who . o In the-moat lespectablc part of e city. The following particulars tho sad case we ..take from the ate: Mr. E. J. Watson, theconmlsdoner immigration, was communicated th at once, and although bo was en g>d in moving his office effects from o State house to a temporary ellice the ! 2-story building, he gave I na idia te attention tc tbs wants cf th** Tering woman. With Mr- Franki ors for an interoreter, Mr. Watson nt to the home where tho woman s being cared'.for temporarily, and be had suspected, tho unfortunate ature proved to be a native of Po d. dr. Myers engaged her In conversa ra the first time since her desertion brr husband that she had heard native tongue The woman told tory which cannot bc disbelieved. > is about 30 years of age and rather icly In appearance, although she seen, muoh anxiety and suffering ?ntly. She was unable to write, n in her own language, and her r.e, as v. ell as could bc guessed n her pronunciation, is Stsphauki. 'his woman and ber husband, to im she was married two years ago, ie to this country from tho pmv $ of Galatia in Poland three itlis ago. Two months ago ttey e brought to GreenviJUiiix.?nrk.in .ro^""i^;K,*.".rr"."rtbe m.lls there. ? husband obtained work at a re rierat lon of So a week, and the two eared to be living happily In ex tatlon of approaching events until ce weeks ago wheu she was desert and left pennlles ? among people h whom she could not even con se. if ter a period of soul-harassing .lety, tho, woman set ont on foot C .lumbla, and walked all the way : was.given assistance by the kind ,rt-:d farm people along the way i one family gave her a pair of shoes ich she needed badly for the lither has been very severe. iVhcn Mr. Watson wasuotifijd Fr! ?, he found the woman In a state collapse and exhaustion. She was weak that she could not keep ake and kept dropping off to sleep len through the interpreter Mr it-son had s cur td the story of he Terings he s.-t a' out to lind a place tere she could be cared for until be lld communicate with the govern mt authorities. For the federal vernment mikes prorlson for such fortunato people as this and she mid be cared for at the hospital at hs Island as soon as he could make e arrangements. Tho "Door of ITope" ls orowded, d there was no place for tho poor unan there. Finally Mr. Wats >n und a boarding place for the unfort late creature at a house near the don depot, and here she will stay itil she can be sent to Ellis island u sti co en co th W qu Hi mi Uh Ai tlc ow fui pos gel his om th( oft] roi wi tit en mi ty be at ta HU tv if va bi ;<?? al I ti ki m di if P a n ai a: a a ie woman's gratitude was a moving j t octacle, and Mr. Watson feels many 1 mos repaid for the three hours he .mt lr. trv-ng to get her located tern ir illly. 'Tho romantic part of tho story Is ns: The arrival of the Pole, Frank ibletsky, In Columbia a.few weeks ;o corresponds with the time that ie woman was deserted by bel asband, and lt Is m ire than probable lat ho ls ttie vagabond who deserted is wife. Tho woman's condition did ;t permit that she be allowed to con ont the unfortunate Polo who is lying i a hospital In this city with one leg it off as the result of an accident on ie Southern railway last Sunday when e was caught walking across a long .estie a few miles north cf Columbia. It will be recalled that when Sohle it came here he was unablo to speak i English. He was engaged to work ?r a farmer in Richland county and 'as running away when ho was knock d off the trestle. !b is barely probable hat bo was trying to get ?back to I reen ville when he was caught-pro ided of course he is tho renegrnde uibaud of tho sufi ring woman. In re ard to this case Mr. Watson said last dglit: '.Tho State department of agricul ure, commerce and immigration has ieen placed at a decided disadvantage iy reason of such a eas? as this. Toi? vornan was not brought to South Car dilla by reason of any aotion of the lepartraent, and I regret that .lt is inpossible for me, because of her lack if knowledge of the.English.language 0 ascertain by whom she was brougat a the State. When,the oall came to no in the shape that lt did and I saw Mc pi-or creature and talked with her] through an Interpreter lt would have j oeen ueccessary for me to have hud a iieart of stone not to have attempted I/o do something for her. Tue poor ureature was In suoli-a condition that 1 did not believe she could have kept ber eyes open another half hour. "After trying several places where I thought lt would be best for her. to be, I finally took her to a boarding house of an English woman, -where bbe now ls and will remain until auch t rue aa loan notify the United States authorities of her caso and arrange for her removal to tho hospitalis?t Ellis Island. Thia ia a class of Immi gration that this d?partiront has studiously avoided, our efforts being confined to the higher olass of people who speak English and who become after a short time good citizens, asslm mating readily with our own people and adopting their views, politically and otherwise. "At the same time when such oases as th!s and that of the Polander, who carno here recently, are brought t > our attention it ls right that we should, acting as South Carolinians, Bee that these people do nut suffer. At the same time others, who are act ing outside of the State department in the matter of immigration, while meaning well, are only doing harm to a great movement for tho upbuilding of the 8tate, without Interfering witt) iny existing conditions. The low price of cotton that now prevails ha, lerved to oheck the movement of our )wn people back to the farms, and ?-onsequ ntly the demand for other abor In the mills has been reduced.Q "1 hope, therefore, tbat those wh" ?avo been brlngirg in these people of . tvpe that the department does not nd will not handle, will restrain homselves from further ludependent Sorta and will leave it to tho depart aeut t:) meet their need Judiciously 'Ith due consideration of the welfare f cur own working people and the lanufaoturlug Interests as well. Suob ases as this arc not only deplorable, UYJ each one of them serves to retard ne work of this department is de g ned to do fur the good people. 1 ?c?rely truit that this will be ?sen ad appreciated." . TAR CLAIMS OF COU FEDERATES. ai wi de ne au bu vii bu < ] ] bu; ert ow They Will be Pata rot Property Tuleen After Paroled. There has been a general misunder anding of the scope of the aot of ogress proposing to pay ex-Oonfed a.tes for horses and other property n?scated from them at the dose ot e War of Sessesslcn. Congressman yatt Aiken has secured from the artermaater general, Col. C. F. imphrey, a statement detailing the inner In which claims are to be sd, no claims to be received after >ril, 1906. Tho following reaula ms must be observed: l. Esch claimant must state his n claim under oath (the department nishes no blank forms fur the pur $e,) mailing lt to the quartermaster ?eral, U. S. A , Washington, D. C. I. In his affidavit he should state name, rank, company and the regi Cartu.--.-- - 1. The date and place of surrender, i to whom surrendered. I. Tbat he waa paroled at or after 3 surrender, naming the paroling leer, time and place. Written pa ps, if in rxistence, should be filed bb claims; otherwise, tho sworn tes ?oayoftwo credible persons (pref ibly soldiers,) kcowlng the facts, ist be submitted as proof. 5. That he was required to be punted for the performance of his llltary duties, and that the proper taken was his own and that it was lng used in the Confederate &ervlo>. the time uf the surrender and was ken by U. S. troops acting or pre mably acting under orders, stating iw, when and where (and by whom lt ls known) it was taken. State due of each horse or mule, saddle, idle, blanket and side arms. 6. Ab least two credible persons ?Idlers preferred) must corroborate 1 the claimant's statements in essen al particulars, stating how their lowledge thereof was ootained. 7. If tbe soldier be dead, bis widow iay make the olaim. If both be 2ad, his child, or children jointly; or no children survive tho soldier, a arent may make the claim. Allow nco for only one horse and equip ment is made to a private BO dler nd two horses, equipment and side rmB to a commissioned officer. 8. All statements by tbe olaimant nd witnesses must be under oath, 'ne credibility of each must be oertl ed to by the official before whom Ley make the oath and his offijlal Bal muHt be affixed to each affilavito anc Jae uor, wit nee der plot mt iwa the Um clut lntc effo; ter aboi wer be g T fol lc dow she cont the trix log. frozi Ohe tery lain aun wre< bod! havi Ma: Q just Uni attt sscc Por ufi jar; of f mei Juc lan reg wai leg ClO! mil he po^ str g" th pe he wt th Ge ?r pe oe th ?a wi ht ne ne ov Buspnndt'tl by Smallpox. Tho Florence Dilly Times failed to ciake its usual afternoon appaaranoe tuesday because the local board of icalth quarantined the entire estac Isemonb and thoroughly fumigated he building. The foreman of the iffiee had developed a C3.se,of vario .dd. Some d?.ys before young Smith, ho lecal reporter, was stricken with .mallpox and waa promptly quaran incd at his boarding house In the instern suburbs and it was thought io further trouble need bo apprehend sd but the case of variolold that de veloped has caused the board of health :o take further and mare drastic steps n order to stamp out auy germs that i,ay remain. The entire community ls sympathizing with E iltur Hart well M. Ayer In the closing of his of [lea, but Mr. Ayer is as anxious as iho board ot health that all steps necessary bo taken that will assure the stamping out of tho disease, and he and his entire force have under done vaccination and fumigation. An Important Capture. A dispatch from Fort Mills to The State says an important capture wes made in that township Thursday af ternoon by Magistrate's Oonstub'eT. A. Milla lu tho arrest of Will Springs, colored, charged with tbe killing of officer C. R. Coles of Mecklenburg county, N. C., and tho wounding of II. M. Nabors near Sugar Creek churh, Juit across tba North Carolina line, last Sunday afternoon" woek. Imme d atly after the killing, Springs fled from the scone of his crime and went to Fort Mills township, where lt is supposer! he hus sino been in bidding Fur the arrest of Springs, Co i table Mills will receive a reward of StoUU. $200 from the governor of North Caro lina and $100 from tho sheriff of Meok burg county. Corstablc Mills took his prisoner to Charlotte, where he was positively identllied as tho man want ed for the killing of Cole and the wounding of Nabors. bv A WEAK BOILER Exploded Killing Eight Men and Seriously Hurt Three, HADE A GREAT NOISE. fae Tew Bott Defender Buried to the Water's Edie. Those on Board Terror Stricken Plunged Into the Water in an Effort to Escape Death. Eight men are known to be dead id three 'seriously injured, the re it of a boiler explosion and Ore blch destroyed the tow boat D?fen x at Huntington, W. Va., on^Wed sday. The dead.are: Perry Spender, mate, Point Pleas t. Horace Wetzel,'watchman,: Pltts rg. James Seese, lamp trimmer, Wells le. Albert Hamilton, fireman, Pitts rg. Mike Stafford, fireman, Pittsburg. Thomas Duffy, fireman, Plttabuig. Will We'zsl, deckhand. Seorge Kidd, deckhand, injured: fra Eilis, second engineer;. P.Ufcs rg; Robert Holland, fireman; Rob-' M*nn, third cook. The Defender was owned by the uouguiieiu River Cuu?jiidalcd Coal 1 Coke Company ot Pittsburg. Capt. neB Woodward was in the pilot ise at the time;of.the accident and h the;exception of fireman, engi r and the watchman, the rctnatn of the crew were asleep. The.ex iion of the starboard boilers blew the entire side of the boat and ikened :,he s'eeping members of crew. The noite was heard for ?e miles. Survivors grabbed what hing they could find and plunged i the icy waters of the Ohio in the rt to escape. The night was bit cold, the thermometer hovering it zero and those who escaped s nearly fri z en before they could iven shelter. he boat caught fire Immediately .wing t he>f-7,nlosion and drifted n the riv?r'?tiufrt 200 yardB where sank in shallow water. The fire Inned until she was burned to water's edge. ~Wher.~ re8cue?in??^w?6,,?imdst en. Capt. Woodward says that origin of tho explosion is a ruy3 , as the boilers were so far as nn in excellent condition. A iber of men are working on the 3k Wednesday to recover the les of the dead. So far six bodies e been recovered. ror Of Portland Ore., ln.llotod eorge H. Williams, once chief .Ice of Oregon Territory, formerly ted States senator from Oregon, >rney general in President Grant's md cabinet, and now mayor of tland, with the snow of 83 winters his head, was indicted by a grand y of Multnomah county on a charge dalfeasance In cfll ;e: The lndict ot states that ou July 13, 1004, ige Williams, while mayor of Port d, refused to enforce the statutes ulating gambling. This law, which i passed at the last session of the iBlaturo, gives the mayor power to se disorderly houses within four les of the city and lt ls alleged that failed to avail himself of that ver. Karnoo Hlu Keward. dispatch from Culumbla says a . iking instance ot a 'Trusty" ne ) couvlot'a loyalty, was brought to e governor's attention lu a pardon titlon from Aiken Thursday. The ro of story ls Andrew Washington, io ?as serving a two-year term on e gang, for killing a negro named K>rge. The governor Thursday anted him full perdonen a petition titlon, setting forth that on a ro ot occasion his heroism prevented e escape of all prisoners on tho ,ng. The guards were drunk and oen the prisoners made a dash for >erty, Washington seized x gua and ?ld them a J bay, till a3s;starjce came ixb morning, Washington bal nerved er a year, and was convicted after ?o mistrials._ Peculiar DcaJi. A special from Spartauburg to The ;ate says. Tom Smith, colored, et with a tragio death Tuesday ornlng while engaged in walling tho ell on Mr. Lip Wood's premises, jar Pacolot station. Some ot tne orkmen on tho ground wera lower ig a massive buoket, filled with roeks, ) Smith, wno was working io the ell, some 25 or 30 feet below. Sud inly the hoops of tho over-laden ucket gave way aud the entire cou jnts fell on the unfortunate man's ead, orusiing his skull. Death was lmost Instantaneous; ?A3lt AlOUOtu Die. The poiico are investigating the lysterious death of an unknown oung woman, found lying in the now in the Riverside drive, New fork, Thursday and who died without ecomlng conscious. The suspicions f the police were aroused by the fact hat her underskirt and hat were ouud nearly 100 feet from where tho tody lay. The spot where the body ras found ls a lonesome and deserted ine. The police suspect that tho oung v. om 10 while unconscious was oft there by other persons to die of ixposure._ They Cured Him. John Clark, a negro five years old, s dead at the homes of his parent at Liyndon, Ky., cf acute alcoholism, In lonsequei ce of excessive doses of wino ind a mixture of wine and whiskey ldminlstered to him by his stepfather ind mother In the t ffort to keep him from ever having a desire for drink by making him sick of lt.