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. :;r . :r r t - - * ? V. 'iv ' ' ' ' . 11 THE GOUNTY RECORD. Pabltihed Every Thnr?d?y ?AT? errvi/io'r'or'W finnTFT AiPnT.fNA ?BT? 0. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. /'Learned physicians are earnestly Urging the average man not to lunch too quickly. After all does not that 'depend largely upon how much a feh low has to lunch on? r tsuooBos eqj cnojj nojjjy qjnos; Su\ -janbnooaj jo 'Oionjoads oqj pajuosejd ?ABq pjnOAV oav pun 'uaiox oduo P?? nuqana oj iq aoAup aaoq eAcn mnoAv f>Ai 'ssanpajcdojdnri .mo pna q)3n<ujs jjeqj poziptaj ^nn; sjaog oqi prq 'jcai ?qt jo StqnuiSeq aqj jy -Pics .uojao -ajoj jcjaaao 'nopaoT nr pjaq -tioijuja ossy qsjujoo aqi jo jenbanq u Reports of the Industrial revival in "the United States are resulting in a steadily increasing flow of immigration, to which all nationalities contribute. though the countries which have reversed the precedents during the last five or six years continue to maintain their lead. Recent dispatches spoke of the probable departure of 40,000 Italians for these shores in the immediate future, and the latest complete Treasury statistics which are available show that Italy and AustriaHungary are competing for first place, Tvith Ru^i^^EootHh^^^^ A bill for the incorporation of Ridley, Tenn., has passed both houses of the Tennessee Legislature. It contains the following paragraph: "Thence north, eighty-five degrees cast, to a blackgum marked with a cross and with mistletoe in the top, and with a bluebird sitting on a limb, which tree is a snort uisiance east 01 i^u. jonnson's horse lot." The News Banner, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., is a little concerned as to -what will happen if the bluebird should become dissatisfied With his job as boundary post and betake himself to other climes. It is said that the fauna of India has not lost a single species of mammal, bird or reptile, not merely during the nineteenth century, but within the pe riod of definite history. There is one animal the extermination of wnieli, if not immiuent. is not improbable.namely, the Indian rhinoceros. The tiger, which destroyed 1)00 human lives in the latest reported year, has a prospect of survival which the most pessimistic prophet cannot dim with predictions of destruction. Except for exhibition purposes, ine tiger uoes uui seem u ue- , sirable contemporary; the rhinoceros ; is still more picturesque, and greatly less harmful. The success of the volunteer system as put into effect in this country two years ago, as used in South Africa by the British and by the Boers as well, appears to cast doubt upon the necessity or desirability of maintaining a large standing army in time of peace. states the New York Sun. The question of such an army Is by no means settled, nor does this success at all affect the question of supplying trained officers. It does seem to challenge the accepted rule of the "armed nations'' of the world that all their citizens and subjects shall serve in their armies, and the belief that reliance can be placed only on men trained as soldiers until they become almost machines. A good story is being told of Lord Charles Beresford, the second in command of England's Mediterranean . fleet. Vice-Admiral Fisher, the commander of the fleet, has offered a prize, known as the "Malta Cup," which is rowed for annually by boat crews from the various ships of the fleer. It has happened that the crew of his flagship has won the cup every 3'ear until this, when the crew from the Ramillies, Beresford's ship, was the victor. A day or two later the fleet was practicing manoeuvres, and Fisher was much dissatisfied with the way the Ramillies was handled. He accordingly signalled Beresford: "Explain your reason for being late in executing this manoeuvre." Immediately came the reply: "We are towing the 'Malta Cup.'" This was almost worthy of Boh Evans i LATEST FROM THE FLOOD. Damage in Detail?Not So Bad as at First Reported. Roanoke, Va., Special.?The flood ol Tuesday night_at Pocahontas did not cause any loss of life so far as is L'Tinu*n Water a*oc throu foot rTt?.on in some sections of the town. The great, damage was to railroad tracks. The following official sta(?ment regarding the second storm in thS coal fields was given out by the Norfolk & Western general offices here. "We had a very heavy storm Friday which cut out some of the track repair work badly, and wfii "fake all o: Friday to repair the damage. We have material enough at the front to repa;r the bridges between Vivian and Qavy. The storm delayed this work also. The storm in Tazewell county. Va., seems to have been worse than at first though. Each day brings meagre details of the calamity which has befallen that community. ~ry Fork, which has been entirely cut off from outside communication since Saturday, has up to thi,s time added three more victims to the death list. Their names are Booth. Beavers and Biankeship. It seems that these unfortunate men were at the home of young Booth, a son of one of the drowned men. and were trying to save the household effects when so suddenly the house waq torn from its foundation and carried down the maddened stream that all hope of escape was cut off before thejJ realized their perilous position. It id not known whether the bodies have ye; been recovered. Numerous houses were washed away, among them being the old Barnett mill, which had stood the floods for three-quarters of a century. Several steam saw mills are situated on this 6tream, all of which were earned away and millions of feet of lumber. James Beaver's mill alone lost 260,000 feet of fine poplar lumber. The body of Mrs. Hooper, the section foreman's wife, who with her two children, was drowned at Pounding Mill, was recovered two miles from her home lodged in a tree. The body of a Mr. Tate was also recovered. The Tugate Lumber Mill and lumber yards situated at Dismal were swept away. Numerous estimates have been made as to the amount of damage in the Tazwell county farm lands, mill property. woolen mills, residences, loss of crops and stock, but nothing definite can be determined as the list of losses is growing. It is now placed at from $500,000 to $700,000. News reached Tazewell Thursday night of the finding of two unknown dead persons In an enormous drift below Richlands. They are believed to' be father and son. When they were found the man was clinging to his dead horse and the boys' arms were twined around the man's body. Seaching parties are at work, dragging the river, and other victims may yet be found. The Hst ot dead so far as known at Tazewell is *3 follows: John Van Dyke, Edward VanDyke. Mrs. John Hooper; two children of Mrs. Hooper, Tate, Blankenship, Beaver, Booth; father and son. unknown; Paris Craig. (Mored. Bluefield, W. Va., Special.?The flood situation is in good condition considering the second wash-out. The large force of hands, nijnbering 3,000, repaired all washouts for temporary use fifar as Vivian, the point reached Wednesday. The relief train, with provisions, reached Elkhorn and supplies are being furnished the needy. Railroad officials at Bluefield have stated that the road will be opened for traffic on Saturday night. Many destitute families are leaving the field, going out by foot or on work trains. The complete list of the dead as they have been found ah'd as compiled by The Bluefield Telegraph, is as follows: John Lewis, Mrs. Nellie Smith, Anna Smith, Mrs. McKay, Mary McKay, Charles Chelley, Sam Poindexter. John Ballaxd, Bettie Brown. William Trigg Jacob Rifling. John Bannister, Mrs. Mary Foolier, T. B. Christian. Mrs Bertha Anderson and two small children, William Cheatham, Guy Gaines and wife, A1 Beverty and wife, unknown white man minus head, John VanDvke. Edward VanDyke, Mrs. John Hook and two children. Chas. Tate, P. R. Blankenship, R. J. Beaver, F. M. Booth. Paris Craig, unknown man and boy. The total list numbers 35. out 11 is believed that as man* more are still in the debris and driftwood. Murdered With an Axe. Newport News. Va.,Special.?Robert Kelley, 50 years of age, was found in front of his house on Deep creek, in Warwick county, with his head split open with an axe and his brainsspattered about on the grass. His brother, Samuel, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home, who has been living with Robert since the latter came to this section from New York State, ahnnr three months ago. left the place Monday morning and did not return. He wks arrested at the home of another brother and charged with committing the murder. The evidence against him is purely circumstantial. The condf'ion of the house when the body was discovered indicated that robbery had been committed. College Burned. Chicago, Special.?During a heavy thunder storm a bolt of lightning struck the College of Physicians and Surgeons on Harrison street. The fire which followed the lightning in a short time T j6troyed the college bcilding, which is one of the finest of the kind in the West. The loss is 1200,000. One hundred patients were transfered from the adjacent West Side Hospital to neighboring institi> tions. 2 TOTAL DEATHS 6(1.! ___ i Loss of Life in flood Not So Heavy Asatrirsl Reported, A CEMETERY GAVE IP ITS DEAD, Which Accounts for Many of the Human Bodies 5cen Floating on th# Water. Roanoke. Va., Special.?News of the situation in West Virginia is very scarce, though some news is coming ia from the coal fields, and the situation is getting down to cold facts. There has been sonje interruption to the wires between Elkhorn and Bluefield and only one wire has been in usi since morning, this remaining wire being duplexed all day, the railroad dividing it with the Western Union folks as far east as Lynchburg and west to Bluefield. A telegram from Bluefield Tuesday afternoon says there are no important developments there. Repair work goes on with a rush and vigor. Bluefie'.d is the great shipping point for Pocahontas coal coming east. It is said there that the coal fields will not be able to ship out any coal for the next 30 days. It is thought at Bluefield that the los3 of life will be in the neighborhood of 60. The coal trade will suffer almost incalculable loss as a result of the wassed out tracks and damage to their machinery. A gentleman arriving in this city from the stricken section gives an exnlonotiAn fr\r f-Vi o ro*\nrt PI TYM1If* t f*fl |/iauanvu ivi mv * v.|/w. w that great masses of human bodie3 were to be seen floating around in the water. It seems that there is a graveyard between North Fork Junction and Keystone, which towns are about a mile apart and at which point the 6torm was very severe. This graveyard is near the bank of the river which caused the great destruction. When the flood came the graves gave up their dead and added gieatly to the bodies seen. A short telegram was received late Tuesday afternoon from Elkhorn. This is some miles west of Ennis, which place was the farthest town west of Bluefield that had been communicated with up to this morning. The message gave no information whatever. Mr. J .B. Frances, a Roanoke man j who is in Keystone, installing a water I plant, and who was first reported dead, | has written his wife telling her he is i safe and sound. He has the following ! to say about the disaster: "A big j flood visited the town last Friday | night. Everybody had to go up on the mountain. Men. women and children were drowned in the streets, and houses went floating down with people in them. All our crowd are safe. We j are entirely cut off from the outside I world and provisions are getting very j short. There is no water in the town." | Tazewell, Va.. also suffered from the j cloudburst. The house of Paris Van- j Dyke, four miles west cf Tazewell, in a | gorge of the mountains was washed j away. Van Dyke heard the roar o.' j water and started home from the field i When a short distance from the house he saw the water rushing down the. mountain sides, tearing up a.nd twisting off gigantic trees as if shrubs, the i water, leapirg forty feet high and traveling with frightful speed. VanDyke rushed for the house to warn his family but the water overtook him an:l swept the house and all ifs inmates iway. Two children, five and seven /ears old. were instantly killed, their brain3 being dashed out against the j rocks and timbers. The bodies were washed to the low-lands. A little girl 11 years old, holding a young sister In her arms, was carried 200 yards. The sisters were tossed on the waters and when rescued were unconscious. Another member of the family died Monday afterncon and Mrs. VanDyke is still unconscious and cannot live. At Cedar Bluff, 16 miles west of Tazewell, 17 dwellings were swept away but no lives were lost. At Pounding Mill, four lives were lost. Knobe. a small town sevpn miles west, was almost completely destroyed. The dam- I age to country roads will not be les3 than $30,000. Non-Union Miners Fired Upon. Matcwan, W. Va., Special.?Wednes /lay morning wnen me uuu-uuiuu aan i again attempted to go to work at the j Maritime coal mines they were fired | upon by strikers at a distance. The non-union men deemed it best to withdraw and did so, before any of th? number fell victim to the deadly bullets. Another battle Is imminent between the strikers and Federal marshals. Ever since they left the mine the men have been preparing for au emergency and Marshals Hufford and Tellto. and Superintendent Lambert of the Maritime mines, are expected tc arrive here from Charleston. It is said that they are heavily re-enforced i and ready to put an end to all th? j disturbance in this section. Capt. Mobson In Richmond. Richmond. Special.?The Kappa Alphas did nothing of public interest in their usiness session. Capt. Richmond P. Hobson arrived Wednesday afternoon and attended a reception that was given at the gubernatorial mansion to i the visiting members. At night he, . was entertained at a banquet ond pre- i sented with a pin of the fraternity, studded with diamonds. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Good Growth the Past Week?Har? vest About Over. The week ending June 24th had liearly normal temperature, and closed with extremely hot weather, with maximum temperatures between 95 and 100. A minimum of 61 was observed at Spartanburg on the 18th. There was less than the usual amount of sunshine over a large portion of the State, but generally it was about normal. There was a severe hail and wind storm in Lexington county on the 22nd. The rains of the week were local in character, but were the heaviest of the season at a few points. The heaviest rains occurred generally in the North Carolina border counties where bottom lands were flooded for the fifth time this year. Cultivation made good progress in the central and southeastern counties, but even there lowlands are still too wet to plow, while elsewhere plowing was practicable on only from one to three days, and fields continue to be foul with grass and weeds in places to such an extent that both corn and cotton have been abandoned, and lowland cats have put out and cured for hay on account of the grass. Cotton improved slightly where it could be worked, but the plants continue to be unseasonably small, and much of it is yellow. Some cotton is scalded and lice are tsill in evidence although less numerous than last week. Chopping is not finished. Many fields are still grassy, and much cotton is being destroyed in cleaning it of grass and weeds. Some fields have been abandoned on account of their foul condition and scarcity of laborers. Sea-island made a decided Improvement. Upland corn looks well where It is well worked, but much looks yellow and is very small, while lowland corn is irretrievably injured by the exces3 of moisture and lack of proper cultivation. Bottoms have not all been planted or replanted. Corn is tassell!ug low, and is unpromising generally. Tobacco is being cut and cured in Horry county; it is small and poor in all sections, but has improved during the week. Rice is excellent In the Charleston and Williamsburg districts, some was damaged by overflows aud stagnent water In the Colleton district, while in Georgetown districts freshets injured it. and only about onefourth the usual amount of June rice could be planted. Wheat harvest is nearly flnished, and late wheat wa3 poor owing to rust and scab. Oats about harvested. Both grains are sprouting in the shock to some extent. Thrashing has begun with generally good yields. A continuation of dry weather is needed to improve crop prospects which are still very unfavorable. Deputies Driven Away. Huntington. W.Va., Special?Monday a posse of United States deputy Marshals, led by A. C. Hufford. of Bluefield were fired nn hv the strikers and forced to flee from the coal fields at Mattewan. Sunday afternoon the marshals, set out from Bluefield to reach the scene of the miners' riots. Within 20 mile3 of Thacker they found that they could proceed no farther by rail on account of the flood. They struck out across the mountains encountering almost unsurmountabla difficulties and late Sunday afternoon reached the end of their journey. Proceeding to work, they began serving notices of th.e injunction which had been issued by Judge Jackson. A mob of strikers followed, armed to the teeth with firearms. On all sides could be heard the cry. "down with government by injunction!" Men threatened them with their weapons, women called down the venegeance.of heaven upon them and children hurled stones. When nightfall came notice had been served on the strikers of all the coal, companies, but one and that was to be served at Lick Ford Coal and Coke Company, at Thacker. Fearing an ambush they waited until morning and early today set out for Thaoker. Some time before noon they attempted to serve the injunction papers at the above named colliery. A mob followed enraged to desperation at the sweeping character of the injunction. One reckless fellow fired the first shot and quick as lightning the mountain sides echoed and re-echoed with resounding reports that followed the crack of 20 or 30 rifles. The deputies were forced to take refuge in flight and then barelv escaped with their lives. Ex-Consul Killed. New Haven, Conn., Special.?Adel6ert Hay. son of Secretary Hay, and the former United States consul to Pretoria, South Africa, was found dead on the sidewalk in front of the New Haven House at 2:30 o'clock SunHnv mnrnirnr Pp rrtirprl to his room te 12 o'clock after spending the even- [ ing with a party of friends, in apparently excellent spirits. It is believed that Mr. Hay became ill n.'ter rearing and went to the window for air. It is supposed that he became dizzy and fell. Dr. Bartlett, ;he medical examiner. stated that .Mr. Hay undoubtedly came to his death Dy accident. The bed clothes in his room were found turned over on a chair. A New Steamer Line. Memphis. Special.?An evening paper says: "The Illinois Central Railroad will establish a steamship connection with Glasgow, Scotland, via New Orleans, the arrangement with Elder Dempster & Co. being to put on a regular monthly service between New Orleans and Glasgow with the steamers cf the Weir Line, the first vessel to te the Tymeric, sailing io I August." ' ^ ' .1 . 9 KILLED IN A WRECK : " | Thirteen People Lose Their Lives in a Railroad Accident. A WABASH FLYER GOES DOWN: Plunges* Through a Trestle wnue it la ^Running at High Speed, WithDisastrous Results. Peru, Ind., Special.?Thirteen persons were killed and about 50 seriously injured in a wreck of Train No^ 3, the west-bound Wabash limited, nine miles west of this city at 12:3d a, m., Wednesday. The dead are all Italian emigrants en route to Colorado, whose names are unknown. Two sections of train No. 3, one coming from Detroit and the other from Toledo, were consolidated in this city into a train of 11 cars, making up the flyer for its journey to St. Louis. It consisted of a combination baggage and express, combination baggage and smoker, day coach, emigrant coach, three chair cars, three sleepers and the private car of General Superintendent Cotter, of the Iron Mountain Railway. Having left this city one hour late the train was speeding westward at a high rate, when, at a ponit nine milc6 we3t, the engine plunged through a trestle which had been under mined by the recent heavy rains. The embankment on both sides of the little stream dropped at a sharp degree a dlstanec of forty feet. Owing to the momentum of the train the engine appeared to leap across the abyss, plunged into the soft earth on the opposite side and fell back to. the bottom. Engineer Butler and Fireman Adams were thrown from the cab, but not seriously hurt. The express car and the first chair car were telescoped. The emigrant car followed by two chair cars went down on the left side of the track and the first sleeper pitched forward upon the mass of debris. It3 windows and trucks were broken, but none of the occupants were injured. The remaining cars also left their trucks, but were not badly damaged^ It was in the emigrant and day coaches that most of the deaths and injuries occurred. There was absolutely no means by which the engine crew could see theimpending danger. In fact the engine ran upon tbe trestle before the structure gave away. The night was intensely dark. For a few minutes after th efatal plunge and dreadful roar of crashing timbers, a deathlike stillness prevailed which was only broken by the cries of the injured. Trainman caught up their lanterns and rushed to the neighboring farm houses for assistance. The farmers, with their wives and children bearing torches hastened to the scene and all efforts were bent to give first a\d to the injurea. Telephone messages were despatched to this city and every physician was hurriedly taken on. a special train which carried them to the scene. The injured were placed aboard the cars and brought to the general hospital in this city, where everything possible was done to ame| liorate their condition. For a time i after the rescuers reached the scene | of the wreck little could be done in 1 the wav ot removing the dead. Hun i dreds cf tons of twisted iron and ; broken timbers rested upon the car ; where the unfortunate emigrants | were crushed. But by means of wrecking derricks the mass was gradually opened and by daylight nearly all the dead had been removed to this city. Among the dead are the following named: Mrs. Kitty Krust, of New York; Miss Fannie Munloic .sister of John Munloic: Luigi Beninl. NewYork; five Itailan men, names unknown; two Italian women, names unknown; three Italian babies. I Morgan Gives Harvard $1,000,000. Cabridge, Mass.. Special.?President; i Eliot announced at the Harvard alumI nl dinner that John Pierpont Morgan ; had given more than $1,000,000 lor the erection ot three or in? nve uu.mium planned for the Harvard Medical school in Boston. The gift is for th? prosecution of "applied biological research."' The buildings will be a memorial to Junius Spencer Morgan, fo* many years a Boston merchant. Cotton Goods for Philippines. Washington, D. C., Special.?The importation of cotton manufacturers' into the Philippines during 1900 showed an increase of 9b per cent, over the * importation for the previous year, ac- jj ccrdi. g to a comparative statement yj J issued by the division of insular af- ^ J fairs, War Department. The value .of the cotton manufacturers imported in 1900 is given ns C:>.~29,777, and for 1899 at $4,522-103. The increase ia ?T.,nnrtatinn from the United States. aione showed an increase of 503 per cent, or $69,236. The greatest amount of the cotton manufactures came from the United Kingdom, about $4,000,000, with Spain second at $1,233,262. Cotton Statistics. Liverpool, Special.?Following are the weekly cotton statistics: Total ? ^ sales of all kinds 47.000 bales, total sales American 4i,ooo Daies, tngnsn spinners taking 48,000 bales, total export 3,000 bales. Imports of all kinds 42,000 bales, import American 33,000 bales, stock of all kinds 682,000 bales,, stock American 550,000 bales. Quantity afloat .American 59,000, total sales <*n speculation 1,200 bales, total sales to exporters 500 tales, A