? ? :Lancaster enterprise. Vol. XIII. LANCASTER, S.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1904 No 47 HON. WM. C. WHITNEY DEAD IN NEW YORK. Ho Loved His Southern Home and All Ilia Neigh horn Loved Him. Special to The State. Aiken, Feb. 2. ?At 5.30 o'clock this afternoon the startling news of the death of lion. W. 0. Whit ^ ney was received here, ills death is a sad blow to the city of Aiken, where he has for several years taken a prominent part in the welfare of the city. He loved Aiken and always spent as great a portion of his winters here as possible. Here he owned as handsome a country estate as can be found anywhere in the land. Ilere he established his fine racing stables where many of his prize w:nners were raised. lie was known and respected as a gentle, liberal gentleman, and his death is deeply regretted. Two weeks ago a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Thomas Hitchcock, who is a neighbor of Mr. Whitney. Mr. Whitney sent over his fire apparatus and com manded the efforts of his men in person. The fire was extinguish ed before the city department - reached the scene. Mr. Whitney received a wetting, but in his energetic efforts to eubdue the flumes lie did not regard his comQ fort. That afternoon he left for New York upon one of his flying business trips. He did not return as noon as expected and it was explained here that he was suffering from a severe cold due to the wetting ne received at the fire. It was not thought here that his condition was eerioue. His house has been filled with guests since his arrival during the latter part of November. Yesterday the news was received that he had just been operated upon for appendicitis.and that his condition was serious. Since then anxious inquiii-s have been telegraphed to New York hourly by the citizens and the members of the winter colony. At the Whitney residence were several guests and hin stepdnugh ter. Miss Randolph, This afternoon the reports were more alarming and at 3 o'clock Miss Randolph and her guests left by V. special train for Nov York. Tonight Mr. Thomas Hitchcock and many of Mr. Whitney's northern friends left for New ^ Y ork. W Mr. Whitney was a public spirited citizen. He owned sev eral thousand acres of line lands hero which he converted into a beautiful park with fine drives and walks and which were al-j ways kept open to all who cared' to enter them. Nothing ho owned was for himself alone. His interests here amounted to several thousand dollars. This city has not been so moved since the death of Mrs. Whitney, who died in New York 15 months after being injured by a fall from her horse while following the hounds at Aiken several winters ago. % One Dose Convince*. Mozley's Lemon Elixir acts gently on the bowels without any unpleasant effect. It is * } perfect liquid laxative. 50 cents per bottle at all drugstores. Agreed to Disagree. President Roosevelt and Sen- orator Hannahave finally reached an agreement regarding the cle presidential situation. It is wi satisfactory to both men and fri can best be stated in the follow- of ing terms : po Senator Hanna is not a can- inj didate, nor will he be. His to friends are not to attempt to ex work up any movement on his fri knVi ? 1 f 1 ' woiicvu ur secure aeiegate9 pr pledged or even friendly to him. na But he is not to bo required to T1 make any further public decla ca rations that he is not a candi 111 date, nor is he required also to ue declaro himself as favoring the lio nomination of Roosevelt. Nor th is he to be required to go ou stt record as saying that ho will th not bo a candidate under any soi consideration. mi Jj^^Vlulcs before purchasing, by our Mr. J. the entire lot to be just what we s; filXt- SO PiUllO n Innrr nnu- if I'" 1' "'m load. Wo also have sonio splendid combination animals. Call and lc whether you want to buy o'r not. Heath Banking <5 I rTT % As My Tirm v In Lane I I = ^ And I have a few go have got to go regard '$> Now is Yoi C< to get goods at ) jg I here is no use for VJ prices, for when yo ^ see for yourself that I Q Selling at> and Thanking you, one ^5 favors, I remain, Yours, | R. Ml This arrangment is satisfact y to Prosidont Roosevelt nator Hanna made it ver >ar in the conference, whicl is brought about by rautua ends, that lie was not infavo instructed delegates. Hi inted out the wisdom of hav g men at the convention frei do the best thing under tin isting circumstances. Closi ends of Mr. Hanna say tin imo consideration is to nomi te a man who can be olected lere must bo a candidate win n carry Now York, Indiana inois, New Jersey and Con cticut. At present it is be ved Mr. Roosevelt can d< i9. He is strong in thosi ite9, but if it should develoj at he cannot carry them, am me other man can, the othe in will get the nomination. MULES! Mules! Wo have just received an other carload of the fines Mules ever brought to tlii market. Every animal \va carefully selected in person C. Elliott, and we guarante ly they are. They are goin it to ho suited out of this cai horses?saddlers, drivers an it us show you what we have i Mercantile Co i S S | z is Short \ aster 5; > * ocls lctt, and they | less of prices, and ^ ir Chance ? four own prices. ? me to , wholesale district. The fire broke out shortly before 11 o'clock this morning in i, the wholesale dry goods store ol John K. Hurst tfc (Jo. ~ in halt an hour a dozen big ware houses in the wholesale dry A |goods and notions district was 'hurtling fiercely. The entire citv J fire department was called out, i but was utterly powerless to check the spread of the flumes, which were aided by high winds, and by noon there were savage fires in at least thirty big ware houses and the conflagration was steadily eating its way into successive blocks, east, north, west and south. Though every bit of fire fightling apparatus in the city was called into requisition, the ll irn?s continued to spread. At I() i o'clock six engines arrived Iroin , Ik W.ashing'oti and lour from I'hila J delniiia l '.ii ii?i?? ii-i.m kit-i?i. >>-i ?jiii Baltimore, Howard, Annel } Arunden and Hapten* counties 4 also joined in liid tint; the lla me*, ^ilt is romxhly estimated that there J ** were 350 hose .ill playing at one | 5 lime upon different parts of thej (conflagration. I i At 7 o'clock too situation wasl 4 so desperate that ( liiel llorton J decided that the only tiling lett 11 to do was to dvnamite at threat^ ened points, and thus prevent, a< Jj tar as possible, a further spread I! of t he flames. Ji But this heroic remedy did not 5 seriously impede the onward | march of the conflagration, and J tor two hours or more the tire ^ department stood practically ^ helpless and resourceless. P| At 2 o'clock this morning, 0 the tiro is still raging fircely. J!The posioffice bvilding is burn | ing, also the $4,000,000 Court ^ Ilouso. The Ilolliday Stroet ^ Theatre has been blown up 1 with dynamite, and the United ' States Express ollices and cen' tral ollices of tho Baltimore and \ Ohio Railroad are burned. P The entire staff of the Balti? more Sun was transferred to J.Washington at 11 o'clock to yaX. PowSet F V * a * tlealth, id EVloney R CO., NEW YORK. *T"? night and that paper will be issued by the use of the plant of the Evening Star. At 2.40 when the fire reached Jones Falls the wind changed, driving the fire south, where much inflammable material is stored. There have been changes in the course of the fire since it sinned at 11 o'clock. It first took a northerly direction, swreved northeasterly until about 4 o'clock, and then struck due east. The last change turns it south. LATER. Washington, Feb. 8.?The coast and geodetic survey of the United States government estimates that at noon today one hundred and fifty acres of magnificent buildings in Haiti more had been burned. The fire underwriters put the loss to noon today at two hundred million dollars, which is $10,0(10.000 orenter t.lmn tlmf > r>~ v"lv" l",ul caused by tlio terrible Chicago lire of IsTl, and do not know where the loss will now stop. When the lire ends and the full extent of the losses is known, it is feared they will exceed $.'>00,. 000,000. The lire is still raging, but it is believed to be nearer control than at any time since it began, although it will be burning fiercely for many hours yet. Thousands of people are flocking from Washington to Baltimore on all trains, Jllld I'M 1 I l*< 1*1 . 1 < IW>?' unit . .... I IIIM) OO ? 1 I I V. l\ I " I ^ for certain trains only and when tlio train- am full refuse to soli anv morn. One fireman so far lias boon killod. That is the only loss of life. Some tire insurance companies are practically ruined by the insurance loss. ?Cotton is bringing about I2.7"> here. Futures are more than 11 cents lower than the high of hist week. ?Mr. John T. Mackey, assistant cashier in the bank here iui srviTiii yi'ars pasc, lias accepted tho position of cashiership in the Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Co., a banking institution recently organized in Camden with a capital of $25,000. He will go down some time this month. It is not yet known who will succeed Mr. Mackey here. ST* Early Rfeors Th* famous little pills*