The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, November 28, 1906, Image 3
HAMPTON'S STATUE
Unveiled In Presence of Ten
Thousand People
OITY BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED
' Heyward Receives Monument on
B half of State and Introduces
GY. . M. C. Butler, Who Makes the
Spe ch of the Occasion.
A sp eial from Columbia, S. C., to
h .h-. rlotte Observer says:
The :mpressive ceremony of the
unvil;sh of the handsome $:'0.00,)
ronze e uestrain statue of sen.
Wade Ha pton, one of the world's
reatest cavalrymen and South Caro
iia's grea est statesman and most
lovable so brought '10,000 peonle
to the city Tuesday. Main street,
ate colors' s rdl shrdlu srdluushrdlu
-eautifuly de oratid in Confederate
aoIors, was th nged and the proces
sion representi g the Confederate or
ranizat ions of t e State, the schools
and colleges, th National Guard or
ganizations, th executive, judicial
and legislative ches of the State
government, was cheered to the echo
as it moved dow Main street from.
the capitol buildi g to the stand erect
id for special ests.
T'he 1unveil' ceremony proper
opened with- prayer from Bishop
Capers. Then after mutsic the un
veiling was one by the Hampton
frandchildren four girls and one boy.
A great sho t went up from 10,000
voices as t e folds fell away from
the handso e figure of Hampton on
his steed.
The e mission then formally
turned th monument over to Gov
ernor H yward, who received it in
behalf of the State and introduced
Gen. tier, the orator of the day,
who - armed his audience with- a two
hou s' splendid oration. Gen. Butle:
is ne of the South's splendid speak.
e s and his fascinating diction and
puching eloquence held the attentio_
of the crowd throughout.
. The Statue.
The handsome eauestrain monument
ihows the great chieftain mounted on
a fiery steed, in the net of greetin;
his troops. His hat is in his right
sand. the left grasping the reins short
and the charger's arching neck show
in; how unwilling the steed is to stop.
The wind of his forward movement
is fanning his hair and the fringe of
his coat is 'blown back. The expres
,'ion is one of love mingled with
fatherly pride in his men.
The artist, Mr. F. W. Ruckstuh!.
has broken up his studio in New
Yurk city and the work was, therefore
<one in Pans. At Paris it was easy
to et the handsome marble fron:
Aisace, where the Vosges mountains
spur off from the Alps and cut
through the eastern part of France.
Many of the world's famous works of
art rest on bases of this marble. The
plinth of the pedestal is made of
Alsatian marble, but the basis be-.
neathi were quarried from our Winns
boro granite, in whose historic hills
Hampton had hunted in his youth.
when Fairfield was as full of wild
game as Montana is now.
The statue of Hampton and of hi;
horse are east in hollow bronze and
strikingly han'!some. Theface of the
hero is turned to the West, whether
by design or accident. In any case,
there was appropriateness in the selec
tion. since Hampton spent much of
his time in the WVest, and it was fron
-Mississippi that he came back to re
deem South Carolina. He was facing*
the West in 1S65 when he retreated
from Columbia before Sherman'
overwhelming force. 'Westward was
the course of the old pioneers, and
Hampton harked back to the old days
of the republic.
Description of Monument.
A more particular description of
the monument is given herewith:
The figure itself is mounted on tha
plinth with rests on the pedestal ar.d.
the successive bases. The pedestia]
<-ontains a deep grove into which is
cemented the plinth supporting th'.
horse. Nothing short of an earth
quake can ever move the monument
and even then the figure would not
be damaged, so solidly is it east.
The handsome metal plates on t.he
base and pedestal show in brief th'
career of Hampton and it is appro
priat" that they should be surourd
ed by filigree work of the leaves of the
palm and oak-the for&er signify
ingz glory and the latter strength and
immortality. Here is a copy of the
lnSeri'ptionls:
West Side-Governor of Souti
C'aroliia 187t-1S79. United State.s
$ceuior 1879-1S91. Bentonvill.
Brady Station, Sappony Church. Cold
Habr ae'Shop. A
& t.Side-Born March 118. 11
DiedAnri 11.1902. Er'ected A .
19D6.I
North; Side-Commnander of Hainp
ton1 Legion. Lieut. GJen. C. 8. A.
Trevil ian. Seven Pines. Bu rgess Mill,
First Manassas, Gettysburg.
The names refer to the battles it
which Gecneral Hlampton took a prom
mnent nart.
Th'lere were so manny ways in wvhich
Eamrittn has benefitted South CarQ
limtin :tl it would he hard to enu
mner:ue them. He put the soft-shell
turtel into the Congree river, he
stocked many streams with red-fiie
tront. he filled South Carolina with
bJloded stock and (cattle. even; bring
ing ove.r pedizre ed hound". He was,
in al senses of 1.he word, a pwbli
bendfacto.r.
Spain and France to Combine for
Protection cf Foreigners.
Pai: France. Special.-Spain and
Fr'iance nave arranged to ma~ke a na
val (l:nons1tratEionw n ad marines
GIN. BUTLER'S SPEECH
At the unveiling of the Wade Ham
pton statue at Columbia. S. C..
General Butler said in part:
-The story of Wade Hampton's
life goes back to the founders of tha
State. Those glorious men who had
taken issues with the mother counu
try had bepueathed the 'divine right
to rule' to every citizen of this coui
try. Among those men, battling for
their country's rights was found a
Hampton. General Wade Hampton,
in whose honor this statue is erected,
was one of those who opposed seper
ate secession of a State, but when the
long debate was adjoined to the bat
tlefield he saw his duty to his State
and did it. He had no doubt in his
mind as to where his first allegiance
was due.
"It has been the speaker's purpose
to review General Hampton's milita
ry record, and to that end he has
written to the War Department, re
questing to be furnished with such in
formation as the government possess
ed on the -ilitary services of Gener
a I Hampton.
He had found on investigation and
reflection that it would require a vol
ume to .do justice to such a career
as Hampton's. The battles mentioned
on the...base of the, .monument werz
but a few of the fights he was en
gaged in. Want of space forbade
mention of more, but as he thought
of old days, what, an -array of bat
tles rose up before him.
He had often been asked if Ham
ton were a tactician, and in the nar
row sense of that word, he would
answer, "No." He seriously doubted
if Hampton ever read a book on tac
tics in his life. He was first a cit
izen, not a soldier. But in the broad
er sense, General Hampton was a
grand tactician. He knew how to
seize the advantage points in a field
of battle far better than most com
manders, and the enemy was always
guessing where he would strike next.
He kept them mystefied.
He said Hampton stalked the ene
my like he was hunting big game. As
an instance in point, he cited Trevil
lian's station, where Hampton had de
feated the enemy with odds of three
to one against him. and had thereby
checked one of Grant's grand move
ments.
"It was due to General Hampton,
after General J. ]t B. Stuart's death
in April, 1864, that he received the
appointment of Lieutenant General,
but for some reason the appointment
was temperorily withheld and he did
not receive it until the following
year."
General Butler here traced in de
tail some of the stirring incidents of
the war, citing instances of conspie
uous gallantry, and mentioned Maj.
Theo. G. Baker, as having been left
for dead, when lhe was here on the
stand, forty-odd years afterwards.
In regard to the burning of Co
lumbia, he gave a graphic account,
never before made. He said that he
(Butler) was ordered to remain in
charge of the evacuation and see that
no act of offense was committee. He
remained in the city three hours af
ter General Hampton had quitted it
and personally saw that no fire had
been started and when he left, just
ahead of Sherman's advance guard
there was no fire in the city.
It was perfectly clear that the fire
begun after all Confederate troops
had left the city for many hours.
General Butler gave a graphic ac
count also of the nomination of
Hampton in 1876 and cited the speech
he made. He also called attention to
Hamptor. message and letters as
containing wise deliverances, in clas
sic phrase.
He predicted that Hampton would
go down the centuries with increasing
fame and that no brighter example
could be chosen by the youth of the
State. His peroration was pathetic
and impressive.
At the conclusion of the address
the students of Winthrop, the Colum
bia Female College and the College
for Women and the school children
from this and other cities sang the
"Bonnie Blue Flag,'' and other pa
triotic airs while the Daughters of
the Confederacy banked the monu
ment with garlands and wreaths.
Hampton in History.
Significant is the fact that just 30
years ago all eyes were turned to
Hampton. At every railway station
anxious crowvds were assembled to
catch any news that might be afloat.
Hourly messages came and went from
one end of the State to the other.'
Here in Columbia angry erowds surg
ed to and fro. No man knew what
an hour might bring forth. The one
supreme figure, calm 'and uniruflied,
that k2pt his head throughi all the
storm, was Wade Hampton. On his
brad shoulders rested the fate of a
people.
The people trusted not in vain. HIe
rose to the occasion saw that cont
flict with the Federal authorities must
be avoided at all hazards, met the ex
cited crowd of his fellow-countrymen
at Democratic headquarters and told
them to go home-that was all.
"I have be2n elected Governor of
South Carolina and by t he eternal God
shall be Governor, or else there shall
be none. Disperse quietly and go to
your home.'' Thos2 were his words
Now thirty years after. Wade
Hampton sleeps beneath a gre'at live
oak in Trinity churehyard, and what
remains of him~is his memory and the
memorials that a peonle's love have
erected to him.
President Roosevelt Arrives at Colon.
Poc. Port o Rico. Specil.-Presi
dent Roosevelt arrived here Wednes
day morning from Colon and was re
ei'ved on landing by Governor Win
throp and otheri prominlnt insular
oflicials.
The town which waos pro fusely deC
otd in hepresidecnt's honor. was
c Iowed with peo.pie f'rom thei stur
on~inz couintry eaiger to greet Pres
'DR. CRAPSEY GOES
Quits His Church on Account 1
of Heresy Trial
STILL CIPiMS- DEEP REVERENCE f
Eefuses to Make Cc'.:dly Retraction (
of Belief Which Induccd Church to
Terminate His Ministry-In Letter
to Bishop Walker He Says, "I am
Certain That You Will Be Glad to
Acknowledge That I am Not Com
pelled to This Action by Anything
That Reflects Upon My Moral In
tegrity or Calls in Question My
Faithfulness as a Pastor."
b
Rochester. N. Y.. Special.-Bow- b
ing" to the will of the Church. but t
refusing to make a "cowardly retrac- 1
!on' of the belief wbich induced the t
Church to terminate his ministry, the
iev. Algernon S. Crapsey, rector of t
St. Andrews churcb. of Rochester, N. t
'.. renounced his ministry in the i
Protestant Episeopal Church in a a
letter to Bishop Win. David Walker.
,f the Western Diocese of New York.
In this letter. the Rev. Mr. Crapsey.
r'e-atfimed his belief that the "o
lion of the origin of .Jesus. that a son
Af man born without a iiutnan father
is withotut confirmation in history.'
He also asserts that "When I say of
Jesus that he ascended to heaven, I
do not meanc and cannot mean that
with his physical body of flesh, blood
and bones. he fl"rted into space and a
has for two thousand years been ex- t
isting" somewhere in the sky. in that
cery physical body of flesh. blood and
'ones. Such an existence would seem
to me not glorious. but horrible."
Declaring that he is a bout to e~Ia
ry the ease to the free intelligence t
and enlightened conscience of the
world. lie counsels "Then hundreds
Af clergy and thousands of laymen in
the Protestant Episcopal Church,
who have reached the same conclu
;ion'' as he has, not to be dismayed
?nd to stay where they are.
"I appeal.'' he says. 'from those
place's of authoritV il the (hrcli :l
it-elf. to the great body of people.
He asserted that he does not blame
l:is ,judges and thouglh he bows to
their will and feels that it is final for
him. he says. "I am equally certain f
that it is not final for the Church. a
When the great tribunal of free h
thought has decided this contention. o
the men who administer the Church I
an earth will conform to this deci
eion.
Barricaded in a Mine.
Linton, Ind.. Special.-W. A. WVat
son. a merchant of Midland. Ind.. is
dying at a hiospital, and Louis Shuley,
uin egedl miner, who shot him is at i
bay in the Tower Hill mine at Mid- u
land. The shooting was the result
ofa t rival puarrel duiring a game
of c'ards. Aftet' shootiing Watson.
ShaLlev went to the home of his .sister
in-law and( f,r(eed her' to give him a
55. Shuley then entered the mine, a
200) feet deep. armed withI a shot-.
et.n and( plenty of ammunition. A
party is guarding them inc.
Killed in Dispute Over Board Bill.
Knioxville. Tenni., Special.-John i
E.pton was shot and instantly' killed 6
near Cumberland ~ Gap. Tennr.. by s;
James Herrell. The two men had i
a dispute over a board bill which3
Herr'ell owed him. Her'rell' elaims 1i
that Upton was holding him by the 'I
throat andh thbreatening to kill him
when lie pulled his pistol and fired.e
The ball pierced Upton 's heart. Her- u
rell was jailed at Tazewell, f'aiing to 1
give a five thousand dollar bond. I
Catholic Bishop Dead in Bed.
Posn. Prussian Poland. Byr Cabl.
Manager Stabledeki. Roman C'ath:'- a
lie archbishop of' Posen, who recently b
had been active in combatting thet
German government 's order to teach 'E
the children of Poland religion in the v
(erman tongue, was found dead in a r
(hair in his studhy here. His death ii
was caused by heart dlisease. b
Virginia Supreme Court Declares 2
Cent Rate Illegal.
R ichmoiid. V:t.. Spec'ial.-lin t he I
Virinia Supreme (COutt. of Appea!
,Judge~ ('a rdwellI han ded down a def
cision:1 adiri-ng th In e9isioin of thler
ing~ t he 1w w'-cent passenger rate act -
passed by the Vii'gi nia Le'gislature
cottrary' to thle Ionurteen th Amend-j
merm (of the (Cons titin of thi: Unit- e
ed States. The ecase was a test, one
invol ving t he req:u iremients thait the
railroads place' on sale .500-mile 2-t
cent ratec books.
News Notes.
\A vit ness in thle t rial of' Chester
Gil!ette sa id she hi arid ascrecam from
the direction where Grace Brown's
body was found.
F.nrico ('artiso. the famous tenor.]
had a hea:ring' on the charge of pinich
n wotmani ini ('ent t'ui patrk.
In the United Stat es. there are not"
25.00; documented merchant v'essel.s
of (i.ti7.9)39 gross t'ons.I
Aged Woman Mrdered.
Shamokin. Pa.. Special.-With 're
head horribly battered by a club and
with her thruat black and blue. Mr's.
Sarah Klinger. azed (30 years, the
widlow of a civi! war veteran. wa~
found2( dead in heri ho me ht'e. The
wona l:i vedl al' :w . Th 2 authIor(it ieS
::u:e nb eine to the~ nmt'reer. and( ar'
;RANTED INCREASE
[he Cotton Mill Operatives
Get a Substantial Increase
:ALL RIVER STRIKE AVERTED
otton Manufacturers Grant Their
Employes the 10 Per Cent Increase
Asked and Monday 30,000 Opera
tives Will Come Under the New
Scale-The New Schedule Affects
70 Corporations Operating 92 Mills,
Besides an Iron Works Plant.
Fall Rivek, Mass., Special.-Fall
iver's cotton mill employes won a
attle for an increase in wages and
n Monday -next 30',000 operatives
rill come under a scale giving them
Q per cent more than the, present
ate.
The granting of the advance by
he manufacturers prevented a strike,
he workmen having voted at meet
ags recently to stop work in all
iills next Monday if the new sched
le was not accepted M. C. -D. Bor
en. an independent cot'ton manufac
arer. employing 5;00 -coperatives
ook the lead 1n meeting the de
iands of the mill hands by announe
2g that the scale of wages in his
iills would be raised 10 per cent.
[o demand had been made upon the
roprietor of the Fall River Iron
rorks mills and his action practic
lly forced the other mill managers
> grant the increase.
70 Corporations Affected.
The new pay schedule affects 70
orporations operating 92 mills, be
ides the iron works plant. The man
facturer's association's agreement
pay the increase is for a period
f six months, but provision is made
or extending it.
Between November, 1903, and July,
904. the Fall River operatives suf
ered reductions aggregating 22 1-2
er cent. Last spring a part of the
ut was restored. and in view of the
nntinued prosperous business con
ition. the operatives demanded a
omplete resumption of the 1903
eale.
It is considered probable that oth
r cotton mills in New England will
ollow the. lead taken in this city
nd that thousands of outside mill
ands ultimately, will be benefitted
y the determined stand taken by the
'all River unions.
MILLION BALES GAIN.
rovernment Eeport on Cotton Gin
ned as Compared with Last Year.
Washington, Special.-The' amount
f cotton of the crop of 1906 ginned
p to November 14, according to a
ulletin issued by the census bureau
n Wednesday was -8,531.4S6 bales,
ounting round bales as halt bales,
s against 7,501.1S0 last year. The
umber of active ginneries is giveni
s 27,881 against 28,210 last year.
The amount given by States is as
ollows.
Alabama, S34,870; Arkansas, 45S,
72; Florida, 42,S31; Georgia. 1,190.
27; Indian Territory. 23S,242; Kan
as, ; Kentucky. 835; Louis
ana, 539,721; Mississippi, 7S9.484;
.56: Oklahoma, 243,338; South Caro
na. 633,373; Tennessee. 142.970;
'exas, 2,9S2,698; Virginia. 7,576.
The number of Sea Island bales in
luded are 29,133 for 1906, distrib
ted by States as follows: Florida,
4,977; Georgia, 12,65S; South Caro
l.a 1.498.
Minister Shoots Farmer.
Newton. Special.-As the result of
,quarrel which followed upon his
aving forbidden Rev. J. J. Payseu~
o hunt upon his lands, Mr. Ezel]
urke,- a Catawba county farmer,
,as shot in the face by Mr. Paysuer.
eeiving both barrels of' a shot gun
a his f.ce. His wounds are serious,
ut are niot considered fatal..
SWIFT JUSTICE IN TEXAS.
)ick Garret, Tried, Sentenced and
Executed in Half a Day.
Center, Tex., Special.-Diek Gar.
et, the negro who killed Dr. M. M.
aul here last Saturday. was legally
anged Wednesday afternoon. The
rand jury returned an indictment
1uesday morning.. thle seaffold wvas
onstructed Tuesday night on the~
>ublic square, the trial was held
ednesday morning and the execu
ion took place at 1:20, that after
~tnchor Line Steamer Hard and Fast
Detroit. Mich., Special.-The An
,hor Lines package steamer. Cone
naugh. upbound with a valuable car
:o of packaze freight is ashore or
Point Pelee, in Lake Eric. pounding
hard and filled with water. The Cone
uaugh went on the point late at nigh
Kuring the gale. The crew of 2:
zen were rescued. The steamer is ni
dangerous condition and may be
a total loss.
Peary Arrives at Sidney.
Siney. C. B., Special.-Flying the
ag of the United States. which has
been placed nearer thec Pole than an;
>ther national standard, and weather
beaten and disabled, the Peary Areti
steamer licst-vel t a rrired here undr
sail and ste':a n ater 10h months' vait
A IIORRIB[[ MURDER
Grewsome Murder of Aged Widow
by Villain in Search of Gold.
Gaffney. Special.-Once more the
fair name of Cherokee is stained by
one of the blackest crimes committed
in this section. Tuesday between 12
and 1 o'clock at her home. two and a
half miles from this city, Mrs. Hor
tense Morgan. a widow living in her
little house on the top of a hill over
looking Gaffncy. was murdered and
robbed of her savings of a lifetime.,
The murderer. with one slash with
a sharp knife, had cut her throat
from ear to ear and. after robbing
her person. had ransacked her house.
The dead body was discovered 1;.
mg on the bed between one and two
o'clock by a neighbor with whom the
old lady spent her nights, Mrs. Callie
Webb.
From neighbors it was learned that
Mrs. Morgan was seen in the yard
hanging out some clothing she had
washed, and about 11 o'clock she fed
the pigs. Just before 12 o'clock Mr.
Cicero Price passed the house on his
way to Gaffney, and saw her on the
porch seemingly sewing. and saw a
man going in at the gate. Soon after
this a Mr. Whelchel saw a man sitting
on the porch talking to her.
After the murder became known
these gentlemen told of seeing the
man at the house and pointed him out
to a policeman. Officer Coyle, who,
with Deputy Marshal Phillips, ar
rested him. He proved to be Tom
Harris.
Harris was taken to the city prison
and searched. On his person was
found two rolls of money. one wrap
ped in a long white rag. In this roll
was $466. A further search revealed
another roll, which appeared to have
been wrapped as the other one.
Before the last roll was counted
Harris was asked how much money
he had. He said that he should have
about $600. A count revealed $726,
and on the autside bill on one of the
rolls there were blood stains.
Harris also had a new and large
knife with a very sharp blade. This
knife was stained with blood and had
clotted blood in ' the butts. On his
wrists and hands were other blood
stains.
When asked where he got so much
money he said at first that he labored
for it, and afterward said that he
labored and gambled for it.
Harris' wife was arrested at
Blacksburg Tuesday night as an ac
complice. It is said that she was
in that section recently and visited
Mrs. Morgan while there. She is
supposed to know something about
the case.
Deatth of Editor Brice.
Columbia, Special.-Paul M. Brice,
editor of the Columbia Evening Rec
ord, died early Wednesday morning
at the home of his parents in Winns
boro where he was taken Saturday
afternoon. He had been suffering in
tensely for months from cancer of the
tongue. He was about 42 years old
and a splendid newspaper man, hav
ing worked on the Charleston World,
Savannah Morning News. Columbia
Register and Columbia -Record.
NVER AGAIN, SAYS HEARST.
Declares That He Is Done With Be
ing a Candidate.
San Antonio. Texas, Special.-Wil
lam R. Hearst passed through San
Antonio today on his way to Montery,
Mexico. where be has mining prop
ty. In reference to politics in New"
York, he said:
"I will never again be a candidate.
I shall continue to live in New York
and advocate and support the prin
iples of reform which I have always
stood for, but these principles are
now sufficiently understood by the
general public for it to be no longer
necessary for me to be a candidate,
and on that account to be attacked
with,.much bitterness.''
Mrs. Davis' Will riled.
Vicksburg, Miss., Special.-The will
of Mrs. Varina Jefferson Davis. wife
of the President of the Confederate
States, was filed here for probate.
It leaves to Mrs. Davis 's daughter,
Mrs. Margaret Howell Davis Hayes,
of Colorado Springs, Col., all of the
estate with the exception of $10,000
life insurance, which is divided into
numerous small bequests.
Blizzard at El Paso.
El Paso, Texas, Special-Snow has
been falling steadily since Monday
night. It is very cold, and as the
storm is general in this vicinity
heavy damage to live stock and sheep
in West Texas and New Mexico is
feared.
It is one of the severest storms ever
known in El Paso and telephone and
telegraph service is badly crippled.
Street cars are running with diffi
ulty and trains arc late. The snow
is drifting badly. People suffer sever
ely going even a fewv blocks in the
bfizzard, which is almost blinding.
Small Fortune Hidden in an Ald Car
pet.
Detroit, Mich.. Special.-During an
auction sale here of the household ef.
fects of the late John Mullin at his
former home. 233 Vinewood avenue,
$15,000 in gold was found hidden
away under a dusty old carpet whieb
the ~auctioneers had just sold as it
la on the floor. When the purchasez
ri'pped it up the money was fouri
Mr. Mullin was one time prominent
in the iron industry in Pittsburg.
Sugar Trust Fined $108,000.
New York. Special.-The Ameri
can Sugar Rlefininz Company was
found guilty by a jurv in the Unhited
States Circuit Court on T uesday of
accepting rebates amountingz to -?2(3
000 from the Nev: York..entrl 1?ai!
road. The New York: Centrztl was re
ently founrd gilt of -:ii rebates
to the Aneia Era:- lenning Com
pany and finedl --M.Mf. Tlhe de
fEARFUL COLLISION
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse
and Orinoco in Compact
FRIGHT AND DEATH THE RESULT
)n Orinoco 3 Were Killed, 6 Injured
Five Drowned. . Four Killed and
12 Injured on Other Steamer.
Cherbaurg. France By Cable.-Thc
letails of the collision on Wednesday
>etween the North German Lloyd
;teamer. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
and the British Royal Mail Steamer,
Drinoco, show that it occurred at 9
>'clock on Wednesday night.
The shock is described as having
)een terrific. causing a panic among
the passengers on board the two yes
;els. especially among the emigrants
an board the Orinoco.
On the Orinoco three men and wo
men were killed. six women and men
injured and five persons knocked ov
?rboard and drowned.
Of the two steamers Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse is said to have sus
iained the most damage.
Four of the crew of the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse are reported to
have been killed and 25 injured, but
the exact number of killed and
wounded on that vessel is not report
ed.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
258 first-class passengers, 389 in the
second cabin and 697 in the steerage,
As soon as as the accident occurred
a number of small boats from Cher
bourg put ont to the scene and sue
eeeded in rescuing some of the sail
ors and pasengers who were strug
ling in the waves.
The responsibility for the accident
has not been fixed.
Five Perish in Storm.
Grand Rapids. Mich.-Special.
Four of the five men who were caught
by Wednesday night's storm on the
crib work of the new break water, at
the entrance to Holland Harbor on
Lake Michigan, were drowned. The
dead are:
Tom Bennett, of Muskegon. con
traetor.
George Lechiase. of Holland.
Alvid U'elson. of Muskegon.
Martin Woodward. of Fennville.
When the life saving crew sue
ceeded/ in reaching the crib the
dead bodies of Bennett, Lechaise and
Nelson we-re found in a pocket of the
rib. The body of Woodward had
been washed away. .*
Lost With All On Board.
Quebec. Special.-A -vessel sup
posed to be the bark Magda has been
lost on Red Island reef with all on
board. She carried a crew of 14 men.
When she sailed from Quebec she
carried as pilot Charles Pelletier, of
St Michael. Pelletier has -not been
landed anywhere and unless he has
beeni carried to sea, the indications
are that it is the Magda which strtuck
on Red Island reef and that sihe went
dwn with all on board.
Barge Goes Down With Her Crew.
Sandusky, 0.. Special.-The barge
Athens, in tow of the steamer Pratt,
went down in Lake Erie in the storm.
The captain anid six men of the crew
were -probably drowned. Captair'
Mackey was in command of the
barge.
Captain McPherson. of the Pratt.
stv.s that the sea was running so high
that he was unable to render any as
sistance to the Athens and the barge
went down about 10 o'clock at night.
Six Drowned From a Small Boat.
Toronto, Ont., Special.-Six of the
crew of the steam barge Resolutior
of Erie. Pa., were drowned, their boal
swamping as they were endeavoring
to escape from the barge which had
sprung a leak and was sinking. On4
beat containing five of the crew rea.h.
ed the shore safely.
Seven Trackmen Killed.
Near Bluefield, W. Va.. sever
trackmen. of a gang of 19 engaged it
removing a slide on the Dry Fodi
brnch of the Norfolk and Westeri
Rirav. were killed on Tuesday at
the result of a higr landslide. Thi
men were swept down th'e mountail
side~ into the river. Twelve escaped
The bodies of four of the victim:
wer recovered and three of the bod
is are buried under hundreds o:
tos of earth. All of the victim:
were Italian laborers, and were
known only by nurrbers, not names
Boy Shot Teachers Who Refused t<
Grant Request.
Punxsutawney. Pa., Special.-Be
-cause his teacher refused to gran
him permission to go hunting, Jame!
Dougherty, Jr.. 16 years old, shot and
seriously wounded Prof. J. E. Kohler
principal, and Meade Snyder, his as
sistant. Professor Snyider's condi
tion is critical and Dougherty was ar
rested.
Big Guns Contributed.
Albany. N. Y.. Special.-The R<
)ubl ican State commit tee filed
statmenut of its receipts and -'spet
ditres dluring the recent camapaig
It certitied1 that it recived 833
P23 of whh-h 8: 2.!)23 was in contr
i::ir: v :: $2).00) was horrowC
rmTimo;h LvI. Wondru:fi. ei:ai
n:zu of the Republie: <-mmnitte
PALMETTO AffAIRS
Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range-What is Going
On in Our State.
General Cotton Market.
Golveston steady.. .. .. .. ..10 5-9
New Orleans steady.. ......10 5-S
Mobile steady.. .. .. .10 1-4
Savannah dull.. ...... ....10 3-4
Charleston firm.. .. .. .. .. ..10 1-2
Norfolk quiet .. .. .. .... ..10 3-4
Baltimore nominal .........11
New York quiet ............10.90
Boston quiet .. .. .. .. ......10.90
Philadelphia steady.. .. ......11.15
Houston steady.. .. .. .. ..10 9-16
Augusta steady.. .. .. .. .. ..10 7-S
Memphis steady .. .. .. .. ..10 5-.S
St. Louis steady .. .. .. ....10 3-4
Louisville firm .... .. .. ....10 7-8
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These prices represent the price'
quoted to wagons:
Good middling.. .. .. .. ....10.70
Strict middling.. .. .. ......10.50
Middling.. .. .. .. .... ....10.50
Tinges and stains .. .. ..9 1-2 to 10
Charlotte Produce Market.
Chicken-Spring.........22 to 25
Hens-Per head.. .. .. 2S to 35
Ducks.. .. .. .... ....... 25.
Eggs.. .. .. .. ............
Rye.. .. .... ... .....
Corn... . . . . ... ....72 to 75
Cotton seed.. .. .... ..... ..24
Oats-Feed.... .. .. .. ...50 to 55
Oats-Seed.. .. .. .. ..55 to 57 1-2
Baltimore Produce Market.
Baltimore; Nov. 26-Flour quiet, un
changed. Wheat very dull; spot con
traet 74 1-4 to 74 1-2; Southern by
sample 58 to 67.
Corn dull spot old 49 1-4 to 49 1-2;
new 48 1-4 to 48 1-2; new Southern
white corn 41 3-4 to 48 1-2.
Oats firmer; No. 2, mixed 38 1-2.
Rye firm: No. 2; Westein 75 to 76.
Butter firm and higher; fancy imi
tation 23 to 24; fducy creamery 30 to
31: do late 20 to 21; store packed 1S
to 20.
Eggs firm and higher 32e. Cheest
active and unchanged, 13 5-S to 14 1-8
Sugar steady and unchanged.
Coyotte Attacks Lad.
Greenville, Special.-Tearing itsel f
loose from its chain, a half-tamed
coyotte ran at large on the . streets
here ,attacking several people. among
them. Luther Rogers, a 12-year-old
white lad, whose leg was fearfully
lacerated in several plae'es. The wolf
was caught by a big negro blacksmith
while in the act of chewing the lad!s
leg. The blacksmith stunned the in
furiated animal with a blow from his
fist a.nd later stamped it to death.
Several negro- men attacked earlier
in the evening had their clothing torn
by the wolf but suffered no injuries.
The wolf was brought here about a
year ago from a Western State. It ,
has generally been regarded as tame
and docile, and it is feared that- the
animal was suffering'with rabies- when
killed, The head will be sent
to a pasteur institute for examination.
Inquiry Into Flowers Murder.
.Georgetown, Special.-Some de
velopments have taken place as re
gards the murder of Bell Flowers on
last Saturday night. It has been an
nounced -by the physicians who view
ed the body that the man's neck was
broken. Blood stains have been found
in his house, and there were signs
that something had been -dragged -
through the back yardi. A wagon was
heard going away -from the back gate
at about 2 o'clock that night. The
supposition is that the man was- kill
ed in the house and taken away .and
,hot afterwards. The coroner's jury
will convene again and some startling
disclosures are expected which will
throw some light on the perpetrators
of the dastardly deed.
Wants Cheat r Gas.
Charleston. Special.-dharlestonl is'
ia fair way to secure cheaper gas.
In fact. assurances have beeni prven
by President P. H. Gadsden of thC
Consolidated Company that a redue
tion will be made. but the new sched
ie of rates has not yet been mutual
l agreed upon. Charleston now,.pays
a rate of .$1.60 per thousand feet,
which is considered by city council to
be too high and hence the movement,
inaugurated by a resolution of Al
derman Peters, passed at the last
meeting of city council for a reduc
tion.
Wheatley Gets Two Years.
Spartanburg. Special.-J Wheat
le. the young white man who dur
ing last summer shot Conductor JoQ
Brunson and Newsboy Williarns of
Southern train No. 10 from Asheville
to Columbia plead guilty 'to .two
counts of assault and battery, of .a
high and aggravated nature, and was
gven a combined sentence of two
v ears in the penitentiary. Wheatley'
crime wvas unprovok ed..
Resigns After 22 Years as Clerk of
Court.
J. C. McFadden. for 22. years eltrh
of court of Chester and the' most in
-fluential man ini politics there in that
time, has resigned on account of h2is
health. He is a sufferer from heart
d isease. Governor Heyward wVi lap
pit his successor upon the recom.
medaton of. the deation. Mr. M
Fac:en is a tine tvpe of sturdy intel
ie!t citizenship such as any comn
numity weuld do well to keep in pol