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i 1 f VOL LIV, WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1900. . NO. 38 1 " ' ' ' .., 1 . - i ? * 1 - I tt *n?r% nit mrrn *m-oxrooe I l.r i \TTT 1~\ T /\TTT\T>TTTI OTP GOOD MEN AND TRUE The New State Board of Education Appointed BY GOVERNOR McSWEENEY, Brief Sketches of the Men Chosen by the Chief Executive to Serve Upon the Board The appointment of the -members of the new State Board of Education, which will be charged with the important work of making the adoption of the school books, was made by Gov. McSweeney on Wednesday. In speaking of the matter the governor yesterday said that he realized there was great interest taken in these appointments in all parts of the State and he had had it under consideration for some time, and had given much thought and attention to them. Qe had a great many names before him and had carefully considered the letters that had been written and the petitions presented in the interest of the different men, ill of whom were men of character and ability, but there were only seven to be named, and, of course, some good men had to be named, and, of course, some good men had to be left off. 4'The law makes it my duty to name the board," said the governor, "and in the selection of the members I have endeavored to name men of character and ability and men who will come to the discharge of the duties incumbent upon them without bias or prejudice, and at the same time men representing the different educational interests in the State. My purpose has been, in the discharge of this duty, to keep an eye single to the best interests of the schools of the State. I have not selected all graded school men, nor have I taken all oollege men, but I feel that I have selected men of education and character, of judgment and discriminations and men who have the best interests of the schools and the children of f a uue oiaie vexjr ucdi iu ui&n uraiw, ?uv> will discharge the duties incumbent upon them fairly and conscientiously." Under the law the governor and the superintendent of eduoatien are also members of the board, the governor being chairman and the superintendent of education secretary. The following are the appointees, sketches, prepared by one who knows the men, being given: First District?Prof. Henry P. Archer of Charleston. Prof. Archer is a native of Charleston and is 60 years old. He received his elementary education at the sohool of Miss Mary R. Weyman and in 1849 was sent to the * - J -O :.l: J e T3 large sua uouriBuuig auaucuujr ua jku. K. Carroll and It was here that he enjoyed the classical training of the gi'ted a^and scholarly John 0. Bella Torre. 1854 he entered the college of Charleston ana was graduated with the second honor of his class in 1858. After graduation he determined to make teaching his profession snd was engaged by Mr. Carroll as assistant teacher in the academy at which he had been a pupil. After one year be became associated with the public schools of Charleston and from the position of vioe-principal of the Friend Street school to the position of superintendent of the city schools he has beca continuously connected with the city schools of Oharlesfon to the present. He has been a faithful and conscientious school man for more than forty years and is still held in high esteem by the people of Charleston. Second?Prof. Graves L. Knight of Graniteville. Prof. Knight is principal of the Graniteville graded schools, one of the leadine educational institu tions in the western part of the State. He is about thirty years old and was educated at Furman university at Greenville and also of the Baptist Theo logical seminary at Louisville, Ky. Mr. Knight has devoted himself to education and by his vigor and ability has accomplished great results in that prosperous manufacturing district He had the endorsement of the highest educational authorities of his section as well as the earnest appeal of a large number ot representative citizens for his appointment. Third?Prof. J. I. McCain of Due West. Prof. McCain is about 40 years old and has spent his entire life in the 8ohcol room. He graduated at Erskine college, Due West; taught school for * n? i .. xr n J _ a lew years m unariotte. x>. \j., ana a few years later he was elected to the chair of English in his alma mater and has filled it to the entire satisfaction of the faculty and board of trustees for the past ten or more years. Soon after taking this chair he pursued a poet graduate course at Princeton and received the degree of Ph. D. for work done. He is not only an excellent teacher, but a hard and close student and one who keeps abreast with the current literature and thought as well as being familiar with the writings and thoughts of those of the past. He is a man of decided Christian chs.racter and /?r?TivinHnnR anrt vet Iia is as ~ f gentle and tender as a woman. He is a staunch member of the Associate Re. formed Presbyterian church. L Fourth?Prof. H. T. Cook of Greenville. One who dug at Greek roots unR der Prof. Cook's tutelage furnishes this y- sketch of him: Prof. Harvey Toliver r Cook was born in old Abbeville long enough ago to be able to tell reminiscences of the days when he used to go fishing on a celebrated creek in that section. He graduated from Furman in 1873 with the degree of master of arts and soon afterwards began his career as a teacher in the Greenville Military academy under Capt. John B. Patrick. A few years later he W3S elected to fill the chair of ancient lan? 2 1_ _ guages in rurman university anu ce continued in this work until the department was divided, the school of Greek being left under Prof. Cook's care while that of Latin was placed in oharge of another, the work having become too much for one professor. Since then Prof Cook has continued to fill the Greek ohair. He is a diligent student of the classics and i3 especially well informed upon comparative etymology but his wide reading includes eurrent events upon which he keep3 thoroughly p>i j i ed, being a careful reader of the newspapers. Prof. Cook possess a peculiar sense of humor which often manifests itself in the classroom to the delight and instruction of his pupils. As a teacher he has been notably successful and has been in the Furman faculty longer than any other professor sare the.venerable dean, Dr. Judson. Prof. Co jk is prominent in the Baptist denomination and though a quiet worker has done muoh for the cause of Christianity, being an ordained deacon. He served several terms as alderman of Greenville with great satisfaction and declined re-election. ?"P?wf A T? r\f T?nnt Hill. Prof. Banks was born in Chester county 53years ago of good old Rocky Creek Presbyterian stock, and after attending the old Mt. Zion academy in its palmy days attended Davidson college, from which institution he was graduated. He has been a member of the board of trustees of this college for thirty years and his father, who was at one time president of the Mt. Zion academy at Winnsboro, was also a member of the boord of trustees of Davidson for thirty years. Prof. Banks was superintendent of the graded school at Fort Mill for thirteen yerrs. At the solicitation of his friends who realized his ability as teacher and a school man he moved to Rock Hill and it ^as largely through his efforts that the excellent system of graded schools in this town was organized. He was superintendent for four years]when he resigned and moved to Yorkville where he conducted i;he schools successfully for four years. From there he returned to Rock Hill where he organized the Presbyterian High school of \?hich he is now the principal. His life has been spent in the school and he is one of the most thorough and best equipped school men in the State. He has edu* ? e .v cateu suurea "ui cuc jtvuug mcu auu young women of Yorkville and adjoining counties. It fact his pupils are to be found in all parts of the State and they all speak~ in the highest terms of him as an educator and an upright Christian gentleman. Sixth Hon. W. A. Brown of Marion. Mr. Brown is a man in the prime of middle life. He was born and reared on the farm, about eight miles from his county seat. He represents the connecting link between the ante-bellum and post-bellum history of the State, not being old enough to take part in the war, but old enough to re member many of the stirrings and thrilling events that occurred during those days. With the aid of his father he worked out his education. He entered "Wofford in 1870, and grad ??M A. cj:..: i.; _* uaiea witn cue uxs>i uihuuuuuu ui mo class in 1874. After leaving college he taught school for two years in his own immediate community. His health failing he began farming and has been so engaged since. JSe served two terms in the house and in 1892 was elected senator and again in 1896 was elected by a large majority. His course as senator has been quiet, consistent and firm. He has taken considerable interest in the cause of higher education by the State but has given special attention to trying to improve the condition of the common schools. He is a strong advocate of the right of every child to an education. UOV CJi^U xjuvo* iu? xvaj Qvi V/A viaugv~ burg. Mr. Raysor was born in Orangeburg oounty about 40 years ago. After attendsng the high school at Orangeburg he entered Wofford college and graduated from that institution in 1878. Two years later he was admitted to the bar, and soon rose to distinction in his profession. Besides having a well stored mind. Mr. Raysor is an eloquent speaker, and has been successful as a lawyer. He has always been very much interested in education, and advocated and worked for the establishment of a graded school at Orangeburg when apparently his interest and the interest of several of his most prominent olients would have led him to oppose the movement had he consulted his personal interest merely. But like a true citizen, he took a broad view of the matter, and contributed no little to the success of the movement to establish the graded school, which is now a great blessing to hundreds of children in the city of Orangeburg. Mr. Raysor was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the school, and held the position for several terms, and is therefore quite familiar with the duties of the new position to which he has been called by the governor. Several years ago Mr. Kaysor married Miss Mattie .Rogers, of Darlington county. They have no children. He is a communicant of the Episcopal church. In religious sentiment he is broad and liberal towards all denominations, not only in spirit but with his purse. Orangeburg county has no citizen that stands higher in the estimation of her people than Mr. Raysor. He has on several occasions represented them in the lower house of the legislature, and could go to the senate this year if he would accept the nomination to that place which has been urged upon him by prominent citizens representing both the old reform and conservative factions. Bat hi3 private interests are such that he had to decline to allow his name used in the primary. He is modest and retiring in disposition, ana & constant steadfast friend. He stands just as as well among his fellow townsmen as lie does among the people of the county. He was elected by the people with two other sitizens as commissioners ef public works for this city and the present electric light system and waterworks were constructed under their supervision. He will be a valuable member of the board to which he has just been appointed. A Coincidence. The Des Moines Register says: ''Siegel, Cooper & Co., will run their great department stores in Chicago and New York on the co-operative principle after May 1, and will give their clerks pensions as well as grant them a share of the profits. Down with the 'heartless corporations."" Commenting on the above the Columbia State says: "It is something more than a coincidence that the head man of this firm supported Bryan and free silver in 1896." A Girl Manager. Miss Annie Mitcheuer. oiNew,Phil-. adelphia, Ohio, is said'to only young woman superintendent of a railroad in the world. The road which is under her charge runs from Canal Dover to Unionville, a distance of thirteen miles, and is owned by her father, Maj. Mitchener. THE HEAVY RAINS. How They Have Effected the Season's Crops. DAMAGE NOT VERY GREAT. Although the Precipitation of a Few Days Was Equal to That of a Normal Month. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and the crops of the State issued last week by Seetion Director Bauer, of the climate and crop service of the United States weather bureau. Jt is of especial interest in view of the heavy rains of last week: The week ending Monday, April 23d, was much warmer than usual, due to generally higher minimum temperatures and moderately high maximum temperatures, which, on the 22d and 23d, rose to or above 80 degrees at various points. The first day and the last t*o days of the week were clear or partly oloudy, but the rest of the week was cloudy with light to heavy rains over the entire State. The rainfall for the week averaged about 4 inches, and in the southwestern and at places in the central portions, was in excess of 6 inches, while aloag- the immediate coast it amounted to about 2 inches. The week's rainfall was generally in excess of the normal precipitation for the entire month of April. The excessive rainfall delayed planting operations and they cannot be resumed on clay lands and on bottom lands for some time, estimated at a week or ten days. The damage caused by the heavy rains was confined principally to the upper and central portions of the State. Lands were badly washed and gullied; bottom lands were inundated or covered with sand and mud; roads and bridges were destroyed; fertilizers leached on sandy lands or washed off the lands; but the rain benefitted wheat, oats, pastures, truck and garAam/1 wifli mrtra aaa. UU113) aUUj WUV M4VAV MV?- I sonable temperatures that prevailed, caused rapid germination of the recently planted seeds. The preparation of lands for planting made slow progress or came to a standstill, thus making an already late season over the western half of the State still later. Sunshine and dry weather are now needed. Early planted and replanted com is ooming up to average stands, but cut worms are destructive at places. Late corn is coming up quickly. Corn planting is nearly finished over the eastern half of the State, but has not made much progress over the western half. Cotton that was planted early in April is coming up to good stands. The bulk of the crop remains to be planted. Lands are not all prepared. Seed is scarce in places. Sea island cotton 13 1 x 11 _ 1 i. _ J aDOUt aii piantea. Wheat is improving and is very promising. In places it is heading. Oats are beginning to ripen in the extreme southeastern portions. Tobacco transplanting has generally begun and plants are everywhere ready to set out Shipments of peas, beans, radishes, lettuce and strawberries are being made; white potatoes soon will be ready to ship. The outlook for peaches continues promising; pear trees are blighting; melons, sorghum, sugar cane, pastures and gardens responded quickly to the weather conditions now so favorable for them. THE PA8T MONTH. The following is the monthly summary for March from the same source: Temperature, in Degrees Fahrenheit ?The mean temperature for tho month of March, 1900, was 51.6 degrees, which is 3.1 degrees below the normal. The highest local mean was 57.2 degrees at Beaufort, and the lowe3t local mean was 47.0 degrees at Greenville. The highest temperature for the month was 79 degrees at Charleston and Yemassee on the 30th, and the lowest temperature for the month was 22 degrees at Santuo and Spartanburg on the 17th, making the State range 57 degrees. The greatest local range was 55 degrees at Walhalla, and the least local range was 42 degrees at Georgetown. The mean of the daily maximum temperatures was 62.6 degrees, and of the daily minimum temperature 40.6 degrees. Precipitation, in inches?The . average March, 1900, precipitation was 4.22 inches, which is 0.66 above the normal. The precipitation was heaviest and in excess of the usual amount, over the western portions of the State, and irrna looof 1*100 f Vl ftTl til A Tiqiial Tf A0 iwaovj awww ? amounts, over the middle eastern portions. The greatest local amount for the month was 7.58 inches at Greenville, and the least local amount was 0.98 of an inch at Pinopolis. The greatest 24 hourly fall was 2.35 inches at Grillisonville on the 25th. The average number of days with rain was 9, ranging from 3 at Georgetown and Pinopolis to 12 at Charleston. Snow?A trace of snow was observed at Santuc on the 16th. Weather and Crops?The month of March, 1900, while cooler than usual exhibited no marked variation from the usual or typical weather for this month. There were no extremely warm or cold periods, and frosts were not any more frequent than usual, and but little, if any damage resulted from them, except in the tracking districts, where the growth of vegetables was retarded. The prevailing cool weather prevented I oarlv Klnftminff WV/V w-4 V O of fruit trees, and was, no doubt, beneficial to that extent. There were four periods of general rains, and the precipitation was in excess of the nsnal amount for the month, largely owing to the heavy rainful over the western connties. The rainfall in the central portions of the State was nearly normal, while in the eastern partiossit was deficient. - :^Th&grtfund was genially too wet to plow and but little land was prepared for-planting, and no planting was done in the western half of the State. Over the eastern half the conditions were more favorable for farm work, and the usual amount of preparation of lands was accomplished, and much corn and rice were planted, as well as potatoes, sorghus^ melons and gardens. The ground was, however^too cold for quick or favorable germination. Tobacco in beds grew slowly, and plants remained small. The prospects for peaches, plums and other fruits were not impaired daring the month, and remained very promising. Wheat and oats grew slowly, but maintained the stands that were left after the severe weather of February. I SCANDALS EXPOSED. Congressman Moody Telia of Jobbery in Mail Tube Service The House Wednesday put its heel upon the pneumatic mail tube service j now in operation in New York, Boston * ttm O ill* ? J 1 ana rniiaaeipnia ana. 11 its auuuu stands the whole service will be crashed 1 out. The postoffice committee had re- 1 commended an increase of the appro- ] pration for this service from $225,000 , to $725,000. The proposed increase was attacked by the appropriations * oommittee under the leadership of Mr. Moody of Massachusetts with such \ vigor and success that in the end , the house voted 87 to 50 to strike the entire appropriation from the bill. Mr. Moody oppossed the extension ' of the service. If it was entered upon, 1 he said, it would add in the near future i millions to the already swollen expendi- t tures of the postoffice department. Us- i in or tTiia ad a Mr. Moodv made an urgent plea for retrenchment ) in public expenditures. Every branch of the public service, he said, was asking for its share of the enormous revenues. Mr. Moody assailed the whole history of the pneumatic tube service. "It is so malodorous from beginning to end," said he, "that it should die the death of a dog." "Smoke the rascals out," cried Mr. Little, "and we on this side of the house will stay with you." Mr. Moody said it was not a pleasant thing for him to exploit the soandal which had been uncovered by the postal commission of which he was a member but he considered it his duty to do so. He declared, that former Second Assistant Postmaster General Neilson, under whom the first experiments in the pneumatic tube service were made, when he retired, accepted from the company $1,000 in cash and $10,000 in stock for his seiVices here during the succeeding year. What that service could be Mr, Moody said he could not imagine. These facts, he said, had been brought out by the commisssion. John E. Milholland of New York, he said, iT .f A. was tne president 01 tue iuue uuiupaujr. Mr. Moody's next statement startled the house and created a sensation. The tube service, he said, had been constructed by contractors who took their pay in stock and bonds. The only asset of the company was its contract with the government. "1 regret to say." continued Mr. Moody, deliberately, "that one of the principal holders of those stocks and bonds was & member of this house and a member of the committee on appropriations." "Give his name," shouted Mr. Livingston of Georgia. "I will not," replied Mr. Moody. Then he added another sensational statement to the effect that a large block of the stock of the concern had been sent to a near relative of a prominent member of the house as a New Year's gift. "But I am proud to say," said Mr. Moody, "chat the return mail carried back that dishonoring and dishonorable gift." When the applause that greeted this statement had died out Mr. Moody appealed to the house not to endorse "this sort of a transac tion.w, Mr. Moody disclaimed any :n- J tention of reflecting upon the postoffice ] committee, which he highly cdm- i mended. He was especially glowing i in his praise of Mr. Loud, the chair- J man of the committee. Mr. Moody 1 said hs had been appealed to by commercial bodies tc aid in the extension i of this service, but he refused to close his eyes to his duty in this matter. He charged that companies in all the large ] cities of the country were preparing to raid congress in behalf further exten- J sion of the tube service. * A Black Fiend. A dispatch from GLreenville says ! Jim Martin, a .negro, 40 years old, who has worked at Piedmont some time and who is well known about the ! town, narrowly escaped being the vie- ( tim of a lynching Wednesday. It is ] alleged he attempted to criminally as- ! sault Ethel McCall, the three-year-old } daughter of L. T. McCall, one of the ] leading operatives at Piedmont. Mr. McCall's friends were incensed beyond ] control when they learned of the crime, and it is said at Piedmont that they 1 would undoubtedly have lynched the " negro had they been given the opportu- ] nity. As it happened, however, the ! Cannon Ball train was late and the ! officers who got hold of Martin quickly, I carried him around through some back 1 streets to the deDOt and were able to ! get him in the G-reenvilie jail within a few hours after the alleged crime was committed, aad out of Piedmont be- i fore Mr. McCall's friends were able to deal out vengeance. < A Sensational Utterance. j .Allen 0. Myers, of Ohio, responding to a toast at a banquet at Wichita, Kas., j Wednesday night created a sensation < by his utterances. He drew a dark picture. The country was fast racing to destruction, said he, and Mark Banna, William McKinley and Great Bri- f tain were driving it. Then suddenly j turning toward Mr. Bryan, who had , just finished speaking, the speaker ex- ( claimed: "You may De elected, sir, , by a million majority, but they will not | permit you to take the presidential } T ,/\/\Jr #?f flu* fofo Will iam I . IsJUaJl) uuva ai, vuo amvv vi it i Goebel. Men whose pastime is bribery j find in murder an amusement. Ohio j was bought in 1896, the' country was bought, it will be bought again in 1900 and Mark Hanna's reward for it is a seat in the United States Senate." \ Fifty Filipinos Killed. j A dispatch from Manila says officers j who have arrived there from Nueva ] Caceras, province of South Camarines, j bring details of a fight April 16, in which fifty Filipinos were killed. The American outposts reported 300 natives assembled three miles from the I town and General Bell sent three de- j tachments of the 45th regiment, with i two Maxims, who nearly surrounded < the Filipinos, a majority of whom were f armed with boloa. BY OiN'u ONE VOTE fhe Pennsylvania Boss is Refused . a Seat in the Senate. SENATOR QUAY IS OUSTED. His Persona! Friend Renigs. The Vote is So Close that Quay's Friends Express Surprise I A _ _ 1 ft. ano Mstonisnmenr. On Tuesday of last week Matthew 3. Quay wag not allowed to take a seat in the United States senate on the appointment of the governor of Pennsylvania by a vote of 32 to 33. The galleries were thronged with multitudes, while other multitudes were unable to gain admision. On the floor of the senate was every member of the body now in the city with scores of members of the house of representatives. The great throng listened with deep attention to the brilliant argument of Mr. Spooner iD favor of the seating of the former Pennsylvania senator and to the Democratic ind fiery eloquence of Mr. Daniel of Virginia; who appsaled to his colleagues to do what, on his oath as a senator, he deemed right, and vote to lo jastioe to him who was knocking at the senate doors. Mr. Daniel concluded 10 miiutes before the hour fixed for ;he vc ting to begin. The excitement in ;ne sonate Dy tnis time was intense, rhere was a hush in the chamber as Mr. Frye, in the chair, announced at I o'clock that the hour for the final vote lad arrived and that the question was ;he pending motion of Mr.- Chandler to itrike out of the resolution declaring yir. Quay not to be entitled to a seat ;he word "not." Amid suppressed exsitement Mr. Chandler demanded the reas and nays and the secretary of the lenate began to call the roll. All knew ihe vote would be close. The first senlation was caused by the failure of Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota to answer to lis name although he was in his seat. tVhen Mr. Vest's name was called he roted "no" in a clear, distinct voice, ,hu8 dashing the last hope of the friends >f Mr. Quay, who had expected confilently that the distinguished Missouian would vote for his lone time per lonal friend. Mr. Spooner contended for liberal itatesmanship in the case, saying that ;he senate should not take the narrowjst conceivable view of its determinaion of the qnestion. As for himself leither personal tie nor popular critisism would influence his vote, -which ihould be cast for Mr. Quay. Messrs. Stewart of Nevada and Turler of Washington followed. "Thisis a judicial question," said Mr. Daniel of Virginia, "and ought to be loaded upon judicial principles. Upon ny oath as a senator of the United States, delivering true judgment accordng to my legal convictions, I declare [ do believe that Mr. Quay is entitled :o a seat in this body and so believing, [ will so vote. Mr. l)aniel4then presented a constitu jonai argument m reply to tnat maae jy Mr Qoarles of Wisconsin. In conclusion, Mr. Daniel declared ;hat Mr. Qaay, as the appointee of the governor of Pennsylvania, has as Rood i right to a seat in the senate as had my senator. At 4 o'clock the chair announced the tour for voting had arrived and the pending question was Chandler's motion to strike out of the committee resolution declaring that Mr. Quay was aot entitled to a seat in the senate, the ivord "not." Mr. Chandler asked for yeas and nays. The motion was defeated as follows: Yeas?Allison, Baker, Carter, Chandler, Clark of Wyoming, Cullom, Daniel, Davis, Deboe, Foraker, Frye, Gear, Hansbrough, Jones of Nevada, McComas, McLaurin, Mason, Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt of New York, Soott, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, 3tewart, Sullivan, Taliaferro, Warren, Wetmore, Wolcott.?32. Nays?Allen, Bacon, Bard, Bate, Rottt7 RnrroTUQ "Rnflar P1&T7 flnnVrpll. I Culberson, Hale, Hanis, Heitfeld, Hawhey, Jones of Arkan0??a, Linsjiy, McBride, McCumber, MoEnery, McMillan, Martin, Money, Piatt of Connecticut, Proctor, Qaarles, Ross, Simon, Teller, Kllman, Tarley, Turner, Vest, Wellington.?33. Pairs were announced as follows, the Srst named in each instance being favorable to Mr. Qaay and the second opposed to him; Pritohard with Ghillinger; Depew with Hanna; Foster with Kean; Lodge with Thurston; Kenney with Daffery; Elkins with Chilton; Fairbanks with Mallory; Hoar with Pettus; Kyle with Rawlins. The following senators were unpaired; Aldrioh, Beveridge, Clark of Montana and Pettigrew. The question then recurred to the >riginal resolution and it was adopted by a vote of 33 to 32, the former vote being exactly reversed on this question. mi H/T r\ j _ J _ l : - Alius lux. ^iiay was ueaieu a eeai m the senate on the appointment of Gov. 3tone. Will Wake Them UpThe Columbia State says "some persons appeared surprised that the use of large fire crackers on the Fourth of July has been forbidden in the District if Columbia, but it is natural that the jelebration of that anniversary should be annoying to those who are trampling cinder foot the Declaration of Indepenience. However, there will be a report from Kansas City to wake folks up on ihat date this year." Goes to Prison. Thomas J. Hunter, a late swell socie :y man of Atlanta, wno found tnat his salary as auditor of the "West Point road was not enough to properly support his heavy swell in society, has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for embezzlement. An Experiment. A train of seven cars with fruit is on :he way from Los Angeles, CaL, to New York. Instead of ice liquified air Rill be used as the refrigerating agent, jne bottle to each car. If this proves a juocessTiippler will have a scoop on the ce man. KAV&ttJSUJBX ITifiJS. Two Thousand Five Hundred Build- ( in gs Destroyed, A fire raged in'OttawT~an3~~Huir, n i ^ __ mi 3 * . _ i j. vjanaaa, on -inursaay irom 3doul noon j until late in the night, destroying more than 2,500 dwelling, factories, mills, stores and other buildings, entailing a loss estimated at $30,000,000, and rendering 15,000 people homeless. Half a dozen churches and schools, a number of mills, the Hull waterworks, the Hull court house and jail, the postoffice, the convent?almost every business place and about 1,000 dwellings and shops in Hull have been destroyed. Indeed practically Dothing of Hull is left but a church and a few houses beyond it. The spot where the fire originated is about a quarter of a mile from the main street of Hull and as a gale wis blowing from the northwest right in ] the direction of the lumber piles and ( mills on both the Hull and Ottawa ( shores of the Ottawa river and Chadui- . ere falls, it was soon seen that the fire } was almost certain to be a large one. < By half past 11 o'clock the fire had got a good hold of Main street and the en- j tire street, with dozens of cross streets, . was burned. Practically there is not a house left in the street. About this time the fire made a jump of nearly half a mile and ignited Eddy's wood yard, near the match factory. It was soon in flames and a 50 mile an hour gale was blowing a high column of flame across Bridge street and set fire to the Eddy paper mill and the other buildings of the company. The fere at this time also sprang across the Ottawa river and caught the 3heds in the rear of the Mackay Milling company on Victoria island and in a f*:W minutes the lumber piles on Victoria, Chaudierie islands, one of the power houses of the Ottawa Electric company and half the buildings on the two islands were in flames. Hull has a population of about 12,000 people and more than half of them are homeless tonight. The entire business part of the city, including the court house, postoffice, public buildings and newspaper offices is one mass . of ruins. The population is almost en- ] tirely composed of people who work in ] the mills or who derive their business from those works. The fire crossed the Ottawa river in the afternoon, took hold among the lumber piles on the brink of the river and extended.to the : lumber yards and mills. The result is < that the whole of that part of Ottawa known as the Chaduiere flats, surrounding the Canadian Pacific railway station where the lumber mills are all located, is fire-swept. The only building standing in the whole area is that of the Ottawa Carbide factory, which is newly erected and fireproof. From the fiats the fire extended across the Richmond road on the Rocnesterville and as far as the experimental farm. Westerly the fire took in Huntonburg and Mechanicsville, so that on the Ottaway side of the river there is a larger area covered by fire than on the Hull side. It is estimated that at the present time the number of peo-i, pie homeless in the two cities and sub- ? urban towns ia not less than 12,000 and it may reach 15,000. The fire burnt itself out. Slaughter Goes On A dispatch from Manila says: About 300 of the enemy have been killed recently in the North Ilocos, including Dodd's fight and the attack on Batoc (?) April 16, when from 600 to 700 rebels, . _1 J a quarter ui wuuui vvvie oimcu mm rifles, determinedly attacked the Am- : ericans, charging their positions and J fighting at close quarters. The engage- ; ment lasted all the afternoon, the ene- j my burning the town, but they were J repulsed after the arrival of American 1 reenforcements. The insurgents gen- [ erally were aggressive in that province. ' They captured an American provision wagon near Lapo. The Americans having obtained evidence that the aleades (mayor) uf Lapo, Magsingal, Cabugas , and Sinait were holding treacherous communication with the insurgents, imprisoned them and burned Lapos' town hall. There have been several minor fights in the province including an attack by 200 insurgents on Lavag, April 17, 40 of whom were killed and 80 captured. Officers report that the men of the Thirty-third regiment and Third cavalry behaved splendidly under very trying circumstances. There were no American casualties at Batoc(?) where 180 insurgents were killed and 70 captured. I - The Leading Issues. A special from Wichita, Kas., to the Chicago Times-Herald says: "Neither Editor Morss nor any one else can succeed in getting me to abandon free silver. I favor it as much as I did in 1896. While free silver will not be the leading issue in this campaign, it wiil be one of the issues." Wm. J. Bryan made this fiatfooted statement during an interview here Wednesday af ternoou. Asked what would be the leading issues, Mr. Bryan said: ''Trusts and imperialism will be paramount.". Eggs Killed Him. Tom Jackson, an old negro 60 years of age, died last week on the place of Mr. Lute Ginn, near Cartersville, Ga., from over-feeding himself on Easter eggs. He had been hearing of Easter eggs and thinking they were better at that time than any other, bought two dozen, cooked them and ate them on Q.*rr\A * T7 Til a IIATt AJi?3ICl uuuua;. "W?v ,, ^ he died. Big Money. New Orleans is to spend $14,000,000 < for water, sewerage and drainafe im- : provements. The Crescent City contractors and politicians will no doubt wax fat and prosper during the next several years. However, should the improvements result in making the city comparatively immune to yellow fever, the money will have been well invested. The DifferenceSome days ago three negroes were lynched in the state of Pennsylvania. ( The northern papers are having very i little to say about this Pennsylvania outrage. If the same thing had occurfKfl nanprfl 1CU 1X1 tliC OVUiXi wUV of tie north would have howled over it J for months. ? Killed in a Runaway. Dr. James Reeves, a physician residing at Calhoun, Ga., was thrown from his buggy while the horse was running ? away and instantly killed Thursday. t naxijj vu iuii xzxxwiiLxiA>7. }otton Baggine and Ties Goes TJp in Price* The Charleston Post says the Chareston cotton factors and shippers are nterested in the steps that fhe farmers will take for their protection against ;he bagging and ties trusts, and are ipecnlating as to whether the planters will resort to cotton sheeting as a covering for their cotton and seek some ; substitute for ties to hold the bales in shape. These needful supplies are now mtirely controlled by the trusts. Last pear there were half a dozen competit)rs in each line. This year there are aone. One concern has absolute control of all the cotton bagging in the sountry and mother has absolute control of the cotton ties. The American Manufacturing Company of New York controls the cotton bagging of the country and the Amerisan Steel Hoop Company, which is insluded in the great Federal Steel trust, sontrols the tie output. The latter is a comparatively recent amalgamation af several concerns. The Ludlows, of Boston, Mass., are still in the cotton bagging business, but they arg in close alliance with the American Manufacturing Company and make exactly the same terms and prices. The result is seen in changed quotations. For several months the quotations on ties and bagging have remained practically nnchanged. An increase of about 2i cents has been made in the price for bagging and it is not anlikely that there will be further insreases. The trusts have in fact given nnfi'oa t Vi o f o co mQT7 ho I uvww vuav a AWLAVUVA. luwvaov jlucvj I/W Bxpected in Juno. While nominally the bagging business is being conductsd both by the Ludlows and the American Manufacturing Company, both send 3ut the same price list and make exictly the same terms. Both declined to sell any bagging for this year's crop mtil this week, and both opened at the same prices. Their terms are spot cash md no credit. All the cotton ties used in the United States are now made by the Federal Steel Hoop Company. The latter is in amalgamation of the several different concerns which were engaged in the loop and ties business last year. The result of the amalgamation was felt imnediately. From 60 cents, the price it which most of the ties were sold last ; rear, the price immediately jumped to ; f5 cents, from which it was run up to ; ?1.25, at which price ties have been luoted for the last several weeks. The atest dictum makes the price $1.31 jpot cash and $1.30 spot cash and $1.36 :or August delivery. This is to mershants in largo lots. To farmers the , jost will be eight to ten oents a bundle ; nore. - i With the complete control of the ( jusiness now enjoyed by the bagging ( md tie trusts it can very easily be seen , .nab vilcsc uuuwrua are ill puaitiuu nu | squeeze the farmers of the South at tfieir pleasure. For several years the ;otton planters have secured these supplies at reasonable prices, but this will mdently not be the case this year. < Being protected by a heavy tariff ' against foreign competition and having < knowledge of the fact that the farmers ! )f the South are in more prosperous i condition than for several years past, 1 wd with the assurance of a large demand for the present year, the two trusts realize that they have the plant3rs at their mercy, and thaUthe time is ripe to multiply their profits. It wil be alleged, of course, that bigher prices for the material entering into these products account largely for the increased prices. There will be just enough truth in this to lend color to the assertion but it is easy to predict that the cotton growers of Egypt, India and the rest of the world will pay no such prices for their baling materials this year as will the Southern cotton planter. THE PROHIBITIONISTS. The Executive Committee Issues a Can for a Conference. A fflw davR acn Tne State announced ~ that the prohibitionists had determined to hold a State conference, and gave a forecast of a call then iD course of preparation. Wednesday the call was issued. ? It reads as follows: A State prohibition conference will be held in the city of Columbia, S. C., on Wednesday, 23d day of May, 1900, for the purpose of considering the propriety ofsuggesting candidates for govt rnor and lieutenant governor to represents the prohibitionists of South Carolina in the Democratic primary, and also to announce the principles and purposes of the prohibitionists in seeking to obtain control through theDemocratic organization of the executive and legislative departments of the State government, for the enactment and enforcement of measures which are in best accord with the highest interests of the people, and which will take the State out of the liquor business. For the purpose of obtaining a full and free expression of the prohibitionists in regard to these matters, a call is hereby issued for them to assemble in their respective counties at the court house on Staturdav, 12th day of May, 1900, to elect three representatives, with alternates, to attend the State conference on the 23d of May, with or without instructions and to choose a rvwintv nhairm&n for the ensuine cam paign. Joel 2. Branson, Chairman, Waddy C. Thomson, J. S. Moffatt, James A. Hoyfc, Jeremiah Smith, C. D. Stanley, E. D. Smith, Committee. As chairman of the Prohibition State executive committee, I approve of the foregoing. A. C. Jones. The Winning Girl. "The girl that carries off the young nan the easiest." says the Indianapolis Journal, "is the one that knows enough lot to know too much." Seven Drowned. Seven negroes were drowned near Jackson, Miss., in the high water rej i raiting from the recent heavy rains. ' MAIN I biUlUDUnOiD People Were Drowned in the Streets of a Texas Town. THE CITY WAS FLOODED^ The People in the Portion of the City Suffering Most Fled From Their Houses * An electric storm accompanied by rain in torrents, visited "Waco, Texas, Friday. The city was flooded, doing great-damage to property. The bodies of two known and one unknown dead have been recovered and three others are known to have perished. The business streets were converted into rivers. Such a flood was never before seen there. The rain resembled a succession of cloudbursts. Basements were flooded on Franklin and Washington streets and on Austin avenue. Waco creek, on the south side of the city, and Barron's branch, on the north side, poured their surplus water toward the centre of / the city and formed a sea in the busi ness district. At present the exact number of persons drowned cannot be ascertained. Mrs. Nancy G-audle and her daughter, who resided with Mrs. Norton at the - . cornor of Jackson and Seventeenth . streets, are among the dead lecovered from the flood. The house was in. thfe Waco creek overflow and the two ladies, in spite of efforts.at rescue, were swept away. Mr. and Mrq. Norton were saved. Their house was destroyed. Wm. Walker, a negro was drowned in the Barron branch overflow and his . body was recovered- At the corner of North Second and Barron streets an aiUilCU UIIU^C TVUiUU uau niVU^wvm 4V4 30 years gave way and three noscroes disappeared with the bridge. * Their bodies have not been recovered. The storm commenced at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon and the water fell in vast sheets, one cloudburst following the other, the water courses rising above the divides and uniting into a foaming and raging sea. The people in the portion of the city sufferingv most fled from their houses. The firemen and police and hundreds of citizen^ rashed to the rescue, but the water was too swift for them and at least six persons lost their lives by drowning in less than five minutes. The main Bosque and its tributaries are overflowing a large district and ruining valuable crops. ^ The Brazos riveris ten feet above the danger mark and is still ris! ing. The property loss at Waco will be fully $50,000. As the city is divided into sections by the high water all communication is cut off between the various divisions, a complete list of the lead at this hour cannot be given. Killed His First Cousin. Friday morning Mr. Dave Haithsock, from the lower part of the county, 3ame to the city, walked into the office of Sheriff Cathcart and announced that he had come to deliver himself to the sheriff?that ha had killed his first cousin,' Mr. Mack Haithcock," Thursday night The sheriff took charge of him and he was committed to jail. The > coroner was notified of the homicide _ and left as soon as possible to hold an inquest. The tragedy seems to have > been the result of a family feud of long standing, it being particularly bitter between the two men. The facts of the affair as related Friday were about as follows: It appears that a member of the family of Mr. Bowens was sick and the neighbors kindly took it upon themselves to attend the sick person and do what they could to . relieve his sufferings. Mack Haithcock seems to have been at the house in advance of Dave and he was evidently expecting trouble when Dave came up. According to the story as told there, Mack, was in the yard when Dave eame up. Dave had a double-barrel shotgun. He and Mack had some dispute and it. is alleged that Mack struck Uave a heavy blow with a Stick which he oarried. Dave therefore emptied i?he load_ of his gun in Mack's body, killing him \ almost instantly.?Columbia State. A Close Call. Miss Anna Brown, a 14-year-old girl living two miles from English, Indiana, attended Sunday school at that plaoe Sunday afternoon, and started home about 5 o'clock, taking the railroad track as the shortest way. She started across a trestle that spans a ravine about 300 feet wide, and had just reached the Center when a fast, freight turned the curve near the trestle. She .** saw it would bs impossible to reach the further side before the train would" be upon her, and she stepped to the edge of the trestle, and, as the train came up, swung hereselfcdown by her hands, -holding on to the cros3-ties. ainnn/uw com liar, and a<3 gnnn JkJU^ gu^iuw OWIT UVA) WM\? WW ?WW? the train cleared t"he trestle he jum?6a from his cab and hastened back toward the girl. She was struggling to raise herself and was almost exhausted when the engineer caught her by the hands and pulled her up on the trestle. The ravine over which she was suspended was fully 75 feet deep. A Remarkable Case. Harry Little was recently arrested at Marietta, Ohio, on the charge of entering the store of R. E. Race. He was arranged before Mayer Sykes and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of housebreaking. Within the last few months his father was found guilty of perjury and sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary. Since that time the boy has been without a home. He said that he realized just what he was doing and did it so that he jnight go to the penitentiary where his father was Being unable to furnish a bail bond he ' was sent to jail. , Will be Cut Short. It is predicted that the floods at this time will cut short the cotton crop in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, as it is tooJrte to get the land in shaj>e for planting in time. Believes in Bryan. The Kuoxville Sentinel says all this talk of Bryan's election being impossible is mere poppycock, and proceed.'! to / nlkAM* AAn VkA TP?A QAW Siiuvv uu n lie v<tu yt .xuv \^vutinel's figures are plausible.