Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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v ESTABLISHED EN" 18 RACE RIOTS. I la Which Five Negroes and One ' White are Killed. TKOOPS ON SCENE JU Usual in Such Affairs the Ne groes Are The Chief Sufferers. Riot Started ^by a -Negro Cutting a Contactor on a Train. A race riOi at Wabcl?h, Miss., re sulted in tbe rleatb of several, persons mos), of tfc*m bbintj n*-rrcas. Two ?aompanl s of etat? militia were sent there, ac? s^ser t,beir arrival n* dis turbance cocure?, aishou?L it is be* lieved thzt tiirwO negroes, inclcdisg ?aorge Simpson, one of the principals in the disturbance aboard tho Mobile and Ohio train last S-nday, bad been lynched jast before the arrival of the troops. The eitfzsns of Wahalat, while not admitting the faot that the men were captured bv a posse, but were ''lost in the swamp" while on their way to town. Two sons of Simpson were shot to death Wednesday afternoon. As near as can be ascertained at that time the casualties resultant from the trouble are as follows: Unknown negro shot by Conductor Cooper on tbe M and O. train. Constable O'Brien killed by the pre clpitator of the trouble, George Simp* son, when an aiismpt at arrest was made. George Simpson- lynohed. , Tom Simpson, son of George Simp son shot to death by white citizens near Wahalak. j ?im Simpson, another san, sh< t to *eath. Two unknown negroes lynohed. Conductor Cooper, seriously injured by belt gout and stabbed seven times by George Simpson on the passenger train; not fatal. . Leland Sparkraan, soldier, flesh "wound in left knee; accidental dis charge of bis pistol. Serious Charge. H. Graham, of Anderson county, ?who was arrested several days ago on the charge of counterfeiting, was gl? cn a preliminary trial before United States Commissioner Allen at Ander son and was committed to await the next term of tha Federal Court to be held In Greenville. Q ii ta a number of-witnegya wyr^mroihioetf ^ "the case. Graham is charged with mak ing half dollars, and the moulds and tbe ''queer money" is in tbe posses sion of tbe commissioner. The case against Graham was worked up by Deputy United States Marshall Adams and Detective Foster of the secret aervice bureau. Graham is a farmer Of Fork townsb'p. No Fae), No Food. Following reports of fuel famine in tbe northwest, come reports of a shortage of food supplies. Railway service has been interrupted by the cold and blizzards on the western prairies. A telegram from a citizens committee of Ambrose, N. D., is as follows: "Ambrose is without coal and provisions. Twenty cars of fuel -and food in the hands of the railway ?empany must be brought here by special train at once in order to relieve the Situation or great euff aring will result. Have wired tbe general man ager of the Soo Line, but no assurance of relieving present needs has been se cured."_ "White Za?n Convicted. Robert Turnage, a white man, 28 years of age, was convicted at At lanta Monday afternoon of an at tempt at criminal assault upon Mrs. Carrie Comstcck, tbe wife of a oity water meter reader, and a solicitor lor a cooking compound. The jury was out but a short time and return ed with averdiot of "guilty" with a recommendation for mercy. Judge Roan then said in defence to their recommendation for mercy be would make the sentence 15 years penal servitude. The maximum punish ment is 20 years. The defense was temporary insanity. Found Dead. Dr. B. B. Hopkins, a prominent farmer-physician of Greenville coun ty, was found Wednesday night near bis borne lying dead in the rood. He was found by his son, who bad gone to "look for him when the dootor's horse and buggy returned early in the evening without him. There is some suspicion of foul play, though his neighbors be'leva he was attaoked by heart trouble and fell from his ve hicle to the roadside, where he was found dead. He was highly esteem ed In the city and country. Mormonism a Curse, "Mormonism is a greater curse to the country than Klavey," declared Mrs. Fred T. DuBol2e, wife of the Idaho senator, in an address in Wash ington on "The Effect of Mormonism on Education." She said that should President Roosevelt make a trip south In south-eastern Idaho he would no longer be willing to declare that there is nothing in the Mormon question. Six United States senators, she raid, owe their election to the influence of tbe Mormon church. They Won't Come, The Japanese consul at Honolula, says that the visiting squadron which w?i arrive in Honolulu in February T?iii not paoceed to San Franolseo, as originally intended, because a repeti tion of the Maine disaster is feared owing to the alleged overwrought condition of American feeling j 69. 8TATS SC?u?LS. A GRATIFYING INCREASE 1K AVERAGE ATTENDANT S. A Good Showing for Past Year Made by State Superinten dent of Education. According to our records, tbe schools of South Carolina made de elded progress during the scholastic year wbioh ended Jane 30, 1906. The most Btriking advance as I see it, is the average attendance - which in creased 18,427 above that of the year ending June, 1905. The total aver age attendance in 1905 mz 200,435. The total for this fear was 218.862. Of the total average attendance for this year, 104,272 ware white and 114 490 were negroes. Of the increase 11.737 were white and 6.690 were ne gro. The total enrollment showed an Increase of 15,412. It is worthy of note that the average attendance in creased more than the enrollment. Money is apportioned on enrollment. bo there is a motive to encourage the people to make a large enrollment even If the children do jot attend regularly at school. It shows real progress, therefore, when the average attenoance inorease in enrollment. Of the increase L: enrollment 5 662 were white and 9,750 were negro. Tbe total enrollment for 1905 was 302,663; for 1906. 318,075. Of this total, 147.053 were white and 171,022 were negro. The average annual sal ary of white teachers increased from S236 in 1905, 8253 in 1906, making a average gain of (17 to each teacher. The average annual salary of negro teachers Increased from (88^:28 in 1905, to (95 in 1906, making an aver age gain of (6.72. The total re venue of tbe schools increased (58 890.08, but the expenditures - also increased, and the balances on hand at the close of the scholastlo year ending June 30, 1906, showed a decrease of (40.954 41. The books at that time of the year show pretty full balances, but this money is necessary to run the sohools until taxes come in during the fol lowing December. The total revenue for 1905 wa? (1,681.599.54; for 1906. (1,740,489 44; for 1906, (1,404.473.93. Total expenditures indicate the amount of the annual school fund rather than total receipts, bv cause to tal receipts show a balance of more than (300,000, which is carried for ward on the 30th of June, in time to run the Eohoob until tax paying time. This does not indicate that the schools bave any surplus money, be cause if there were to be exact bal ances on the 30th of June, the schools would have-ttbsahrte^uo money for the fall session. Of tbe total receipts, tbe three mill ax furnished in 1906, (653 273 41 an Increase of (33,409 61. Tne special tax levies furnishes (269 161 94, -an Increase of (o3,052 23 Tne dispan aa*y fund furnished (139 213 74. which was a decrease of (71 757 68 Tbe poll tax furnishes about (200,000 and the dog tax about (45,000. The prospect then, with a decreased dis pensary fund, and with only a slight increase of expenditures, is that our school fund will Boon get in a preca rious condition unless the legislature comes to the relief. There is exao.lv 200 new school buildings erected during the past scholastic year. Many of these are elegant buildings. A great number cf them were erected under the en oouragement of the school building law enacted by the legislature, and were built according to plans furnish ed from this office. All suoh buildings are carefully inspected by county boards before eid is given to them. We now have 870 rural school libra rits, 114 of wbioh were established during 1906. One hundred and sixty one of these libraries have been in creased since they were established. Seventy-five dlstric-s have voted spe cial taxes during last year. This makes 464 districts in the State which have taken this important step. Many other items of progress are shown in this report in the special ohapter on Btatlos, O. B. Mabtin, State Snpt. of Education. Report? Own Death, To get even with his father, wbo had driven him from home, Charles E. Albertus, son of a merchant living at No. 1216 North Hope street Phila delphia, Pa., gave out the story in Atlantic City, under the name of John Miller, that he', Albertus, his wife and baby had all perished in the Thor oughfare disaster at Atlantic City. Under the name of Miller he has liv ed ever since. His arrest on tbe oharge of attempting to pass Confed erate money on storekeepers revealed his identity. He was arraigned before a magistrate and held in (600 ball for hearing on Thursday. In the prison sr's pocket were found clipping's, one headed, "Atlantic City Horror Re veals Secret Marriage." He was ques tioned and when cornered told the authorities he was Albertus. Marder Mystery. Sobsrta Anaslaok, a Slavonian liv ing at Jeddo. Pa., has been arrested on tlie charge cf being implici.ted in the Hizletou barrel mystery. It is alleged that the woman whose charr ed ramains were found at Ha.zalton, Pa., was bis wife, who disappeared from he me several weeks age. The description of the viotim tallies with that of the missing woman. They Got Enough, "Private" John Allen of Mississippi former member of congress, says thai if congressmen were paid higher sal aries they would have more money tc spend, would therefore devota more time to spending it and must thee give less time to the government. He seems to know what he is talking about.' OEANGEBUIt?, S. WATSON RIGHT. Violated No Law in Bringing Im migrants.on Wittekind. OPINION RINDESED. By Solicitor for the Department of the Interior That Commissioner Wat son Had a Right to Help Immigrants Ccme to Tfals State. Ait-important ceolsicn his been rendered by Secretary Slrauj, of the Department of Commerce 2nd Labor, as to the right of ? S'ate to induce immigration to that State, The de cision holds in brief that in the olr cumstancaa there is- no violation of the Immigration laws or of the law to prohibit the Importations of alien contract laborers in the action of the State of Soute Carolina, In this par ticular case, in enocuraging immigra tion to that State or in paying the necessary expenses of the immigrants in coming to the State. The case on which the decision is based originated in South Carolina. For some time past the agricultural and manufacturing industries of South Carolina have been retarded and were in danger of material injury on account of the lack of labor. In order to relieve this oondition of af fairs the Legislature of South Caro lina passed an aot creating a State Department of Agrloulture, Com merce and Immigration. E. J. Watson was appointed com missioner of the department. ? Ho was empowered by the aot to make such arrangements with steamship companies and the immigration agen cies in tills country and abroad as would serve best the Interests of sue cessful immigration, the necessary ex penditure being made from an appro priation pro lded for the purpose. The aot authorized the oommlf sioner to accept oohtrlbutions from such citi zens of the State as might wish to as sist in bringing suoh citizsns of the State as might wish to assist in bring ing desirable immigrants to South Carolina. On November 4, 1906, the steam ship Wittekind arrived from Bremen at tits port of Charleston,' S 0., hav ing on board about 475 aliens destin ed to various points in the State of South Carolina. About 300 of these allots were induce- to migrate to the United States by the State of South Carolina, the State aoting through the medium of its Commission of ag - riculture, Commerce and Immlgra tion. who went to Europe some time in August for the purpose of induoing desirable Immigrants to comt to the State, the passage money of the aliens was paid by the State ffom a fund, part of which was appointed by the State, and the balance being contrib uted by various corporations and in dividuals. This fund was expended solely at the discretion of the State and In so doing exerolsed his own judgment as to the person to whom and the locations to wbloh the several aliens should he sent. The aliens were free to accept or refuse any of fers of employment made to them. The facta in this case Trere broug'it to the attention of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor bj the immi gration officers at the port of Char leston; S. C, and be In return refer r d the matter to the solioitor of the department for his opinion as to whether or not the action of the com missioner of Immigration of South Carolina in bringing these aliens to the United States a violation of the alien co tract labor laws Theimml gration service was duly notified of the expeoted arrival of tho immi grants in question and the right of such alien ? to land was left to the de term?iatlon of the officers adminis tering the Federal immigration 'aws. The question of the right of ri itate under the national immigration waB raised by the officials of another Southern State. It was referred to the Department of Commerce and La bor. Realizing its importance Secre tary Metcalf referred the legal ques tion involved to Solioitor Ea'rle, of the department, for an opinion. Mr. Eule considered very carefully the fao'is of the case in connection with the statuies bearing upon it and ar rived finally at the conclusion that there had been no violation of the na tional law by the authorities of South Carolina. The opinion of Solioitor Earle goes fully into a diBousaion of the law re pecting immigration. Ho finds that "so far as the prohibition against assisting the importation or migtation of foreign laborers by promise of employment through ad vertisements abroad la concerned. States and Territories are expressly excepted from the operation of the lt?w." He says, further: "By the terms of the provision, States and Territor ies may offer inducements or make premises to foreign laborers by ad vertisement printed and published in foreign countries and they are not forbidden to 'assist' In the migration of the foreign laborers to whom suoh offers were addressed." While the opinion of Solioitor Earle is general in its application, he makes it dear that it relates to the facts in this particular case and indicates that different question might arise if the faots themselves were slightly different. In conclusion, it is stated as the opinion &f the department: ''The C, THUBSDAY, BECEM ! plan pursued by Camrulsdoned Wat I son, as It Is sbown to nave been car ried out, does not Involve a violation of the immigration laws of tbe Unit sd States prohibiting the importation of contract laborers; and I am of fur ther opinion that there has been no misapplication of the exemption In favor of States, Territories and tbe District of Columbia contained in seotlon 6 of the act of March 3,1903." SE2TAT0B TILLMAH'B ?COMS. Explains Why He Made No Returns for last Year. Senator Tlllman left Washington Monday night of last wee* for a short lecture tour in the West. When seen at the Pennsylvania station he said that as it was a well known fact that nothing was accomplished prior to Christmas at the sessions, and as con gress wonld adjourn for the holidays Thursday, he would fill a few lecture dates. After the first of January he would be in his seat, when congress settles down to business, and he points to his 12 years in the national legisla tive halls as to whether ho attends to his omoial business or not* Senator Tlllman. "had something to say" about the Income tax issue, in whioh his name has figured in tne Palmetto State press. He was vigor ous in his utterance and talked as fol lows: * "There have been so many malic ious and untruthful statements made in regret to my shirking tbe income tax that I want to let my fellow oiti z?ns who are interested understand exactly what the facts are. "I have done comparatively little leoturing for several years past, and those newspapers who howled most are entirely familiar with the severe spell of illness wbioh I bad with my throat in the winter of 1903. as well as with another dangerous illness, whioh caused me to be absent from my post in:Washington during the entire session of 1904. During this year I bate Silled many engagements, and will at the proper tise make re turn on the income received. The income tax which is now being col lected is for the year 1905. At no time since the income tax law has been in operation has my income from all Bouroes, lnoluding my salary as senator, after deducting the expenses and exemption, caused me to be- sub ject to * Tome tax. "I ? v urmed by good lawyers the* ?x*ry as United States sena atoi does not come within the rule. I have never dodged taxes of any sort, nd I have never dodged any men or the missiles they have hurled afc me, and nothing but the envy -and hatred of a few irreconollables in South Car olina has brought thie Matter into prominence. The yarn about my making 825,000 this summer is ab surd, as a moment's thought would easily show, as there have been only four months since- South Carolina oampalgn dosed. The envious curs, who bave had so much to say about my lectures, would like to help the negroeu of Chicago and other northern oltles gag me, if they could." Sold a Family. A dispatoh from Jackson, Miss., says an unusual peonage oharge was filed Wednesday in the federal court by a negro named Dan January against James Patrick,, a prominent Binkln county farmer. The affidavit alleges that January wu held in involuntary servitude, together with his wife and six children, by L. D. Carter for about two years; that Carter then sold him to Patrlok for th? sum of 81,090, Carter alleging that he owed Patrlok that sum and that Patrlok re fused to release the complaintant from custody until the debt was can celled, January charges boat he was whipped with a buggy trace until he was bloody from head to heels by Car ter. Arrested, for Murder. Boberta Anaslack, a Slavonian liv ing at Jeddo, Pa., was arrested on the charge of being implicated in the Hazelton barrel mystery Wednesday. It is alleged that the woman whose charred remains were found In a sewer, is the one who disappeared from the Anaslaok home several weeks ago. It is suspected that this woman aided in her undoing and death. She bad frequent callers. A description of the victim tallies with that of the missing woman. Eaoh Has His Own. A very wonderful physical endow ment is the distinctive odor of eaoh and every member of the animal world. A dog will trail its master or mistress through countless multitudes of men and women. The setter will cross the trail of rabbits, squirrels, deer, foxes, grouse, wild turkeys, etc., without pause of its pursuit of the quail, The blood hound will track a murderer hundreds of miles without losing the scent, though an army may have crossed the trail._ Divorced from Dead Man. From Bunyon, Ohio, John P. Long, a prominent druggist, disappeared July 30. He was thought to be alive and his wife was granted a divorce on September 1C. Long was killed by a train on August 30, buried in the pot tcrs?eld at Oamden, N. J., and dis covered through peculiar circum stances. The body was taken to his home. A large estate is involved through divorce and tbe 85,000 ali mony Is void. No Fnnd for Triplets. Mrs T, J. Christopher, of Florence, has written to the governor askine if there is an appropriation for triplets, She has them. They are five months old, She has three other children and is a poor woman. Governor Hey ward has replied that he has no ap propriation for this purpose, but will refer tbe matter to President Boo3e velt, under whose universal jurisdic tion such matters come. LBEB, 27. 1906. WAGES OF SIN. Killed a Few Hoars After Being Married by the BBEME'S BfiOTHKBS. The Murdered Man Had Wronged a Young Lady, and Was Made to Marry Her, Bat Tried to Desert Her a Pew Honrs After. The release of James and Phillip Strothers Thursday on bond, after being held by the cronorer's jury to answer the oharge of killing William F. By craters, within an hour after he bad married their sister, Viola, has created a great deal of excitement at Culpeper, Vs., near which town all the partiea to the terrible tragedy lived. "The "unwritten" law will be in volved to dear the brothers. They forced By waters to marry their Bister, after a confession she made to them, while the woman was in bed sick. As Bywaters tried co leave the hcuse, be was shot down. Mrs. Bywaters ap peared at the inquest and testified in behalf of her brothers. The follow ing if a full account of the.sad trag edy: W. F. Bywaters, a well known man, with a specialty of high jump ers, a follower of the fox houoda and popular society man, was killed Sat urday night a week ago by ct70 sons of the late Ool, John B. Strothers. whose sister he had married in the afternoon. The three men concerned belong to old families, and the town has been in a great state of excite ment since the tragedy. Bywaters bad shown attention for some time to Miss Viola Strothers, and it was believed by friends that they would marry. No engagement was announced, however, and the marriage took place as a surprise. A week before Mies Strothers went to Washington on a visit, and was fol lowed by Bywaters. On ber return the marriage was arranged. Accom panied by one of her brothers, Bywa ters rode in from his residence in the country and procured a marriage li cense, the brother giving consent for Miss Strothers. The two men rode out to the old Strtohers homestead, three miles from the city. The Bev. J. T. Ware, rector of St. Stephens's Protestant Episcopal church, was sum moned, and he married the young couple at nightfall. Only a few inti mate friends of the couple knew of the marriage. Immediately after the ceremony the bridegroom and the bride's broth ers, Phillip and James, who are young men, had a quarrel. Bywatera quar reled with his bride and attempted to leave the house. The brothers were appealed to, and after endeavoring to persuade him that be was in the wrong they declared that be must not leave under any circumstances. By waters apparently agreed and went upstairs to his room. There he re newed his quarrel with bis bride, and, being determined to leave hei, tried to escape from the bouse by jumping from the roof of the big poroh. The brothers, who knew the quar rel bad been renewed and feared such an attempt, were waiting for him be low, and as be came over the piazza roof they opened n>j on him. Twelve bullets were fired Into his body and he died almost immediately. The young men then sent for the sheriff and sur rendered to him. They were taken to the prison here and the news spread over the city, causing the greatest ex citement. When brought before the coroner they dedared they had done the shooting in protection of their Bitter. Bywaters was well kbown amon' fox hunting people throughout V lngla. Bis pack of hounds was per haps the best known in the country. i'\ the G-rufton aok of Harry W. Smith, which defeated the Middlesex pack in the Amtrloan-Eogllsh hound oiatoh hi Piedmont Valley about a year ago was largely drafted from these dogs. Bywaters also owned a ?umber of crack cro <s-cou ttry horses, among them Jubilee, whleh be sold tc Ccurtland H Smith and whloh la now owned by David B . ennant, of Loesburg. At the Oulpeper, Orange, and Manassas horse shows be was a frequent exhibitor, am he had served as judge at raany shows Colonel Strothers, father of tbe young widow and uf the young men concerned, was one of the ieadl ig men of Oulpoi per county in his life time. He was for many years a prominent member of tbe general as sembly John J. Insulin on Graes. Grass is the forgiveness of Nature, ber constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass, and car nage Is forgotten. Forest; ilecny, har vests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. Sown by the winds, by wandering birds, it softens tbe rude outlines of tbe world. It lmades the solitudes of deserts, climbs the inac cessible slopes of mountains, modifies ciimatea, and determines the history, the oharacter and destiny of nations. It yields no fruit in 6artb or air and yet, should its harvass fail for a single year, famine would depopulate the earth. Bnrned to Death, Three persons were burned to death and two were fatally burned in a fire at the Senobla apartment house, at Prospect avenue and Huran street Buffalo, N. Y,, Wednesday. KILLED IN WRECK. RESCUERS BATTLE WITH FIRE TO SAVE-THE INJURED, Six Persona Fatally Injured and Many Hurt in Addition to Ten Silled. Ten persons are known to be dead, six others are fatally injured and at least 25 others were hurt In the wreck of an east bound, accommodation train on the Minneapolis, St. Paul Sault Ste Marie Railroad, at Ender lln, N. D. The train from Moose Jaw, Canada, is due at Eudorlin at 11.45 P. M., but Wednesday was about two hours late. The engineer was running at high speed in an endeavor 10 make up the lost time. As he swung a round a curve just before entering the yards atEnderlln, a switch engine was shifting a string of cars to a side track. The cars did not dear the main traok and the passenger en gine collided head-on with the switch engine, both were wrecked and the passenger cars were thrown in confu sion down a small embankment at the side of the traok. Several cf the I day coaches were turned bottom side up and the passengers pinned beneath I the wreckage, which took fire from the oar stoves. The passenger train was heavily loaded with people going to spend the holidays. Most of the causal ties occurred in the smoking car and first day ooaoh, both of which were splintered. Eudorlin is the divisional head quarters of the railroad and a rescue party was soon at hand endeavoring to release the imprisoned passengers from their perilous position. Many persons were in imment danger from the flames which were fast spreading through the oars. Axes were weild ed by Willing hands, and the roof of the overturned cars were broken open and the dead and injured taken out as quickly as possible .It was a race between the rescuers and the flames, but by Heroulean efforts all of the in jured were removed before the flames reached them, Ten dead bodies were taken out and laid beside the track while the injur ed were taken in hastily improvised ambulances to hospitals and hotels. The dead are: Oharlpp Biokus, Bergen, ST. D. H. J. Yotering, Anamoose, N. D. John Satterburg, Anamoose, N. D. Tony Gleen, Volva, N. D. D. J, Beresfoid, Medicine Hat, Al berta. H. Bosenbaum, Yolva, N; D. W. J. Danlelson, Sheldon, N. D. A. O. Anderson, Starbuck, Minn. One unidentified man. It is supposed that ens passenger train bad made up more of its l?st time than bad been anticipated by the crew of the wreot The engineers and firemen on both engines leaped and saved their liveB. A Narrow Escape. A special sent out from Georgetown says: A narty of hunters came down the river from Columbia on a launoh arriving at Georgetown. They ex perienced an exciting time near the mouth cf the Santee, their pilot hav ing loBt his bearing and the beat was allowed to pass the government cut and came near driffiig out to sea. The small launoh In tow broke If ose In tbo darkness and the larger craft ran aground, necessitating a long wait until the tide rose. Shortly after getting of the sandbar the small boat was sighted and fortunately re covered. Disorderly ttoldlers, No advices have been received by the War Department regarding the reported flrlDg on a oar conductor by soldiers at Fort Baxranoas, Florida. The matter, however, is unofficially brought to the attention of the de partment and the commanding effloer of the fort has been called upon for information, Coming so soon after the affair at Brownsville officers ex press chagrin at the report of this lat est disturbance. Did Not Fire Into Train. Officers of the Fort Barrances army post Wednesday notified the attorney of the electrio car line that a thorough investigation would be made, and if any artillerymen fired Into the train they will be Court martialled. The soldiers deny that they fired into the train, and after a thorough examina Wodnesday by officers of the Pensaco la Electrio Company it was announced that no bullet holes were found in any of the cars. Charged W Ith Counterfeiting. A speolal from Anderson says that H. M. Graham, a leading farmer was jailed there Wednesday on a chage of making counterfeit 50 cent pieces. Some time ago he turned over to the authority a counterfeiting outfit, saying belonged to a neighbor, and offered to assist In running this neigh bor down, but tbo offloers, after a care ful investigation, concluded that Gra ham himself was the guilty man. Forgee Caught. S. T. Travis, who left Columbia a w-ek ago after oashing two Southern Express money orders whloh proved to be forged, has been arrested in Chat tanooga, and will come back without requisition papers. Trcvis admits his identity. His wife has written here to deny that she was with Trav is in Atlanta a few days ago, but the police have information that Travis was in that city for several days. Cow Derailed Train. Passenger Train No 12, Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Ballroad, was de ralbd at Southwocd I?lsi. Wadnssda7 evening, killing two end seriously in juring another. None of the passen gers were injured. The derailment was oaused by the engine striking a cow. 31.00 PBK ANNUM. MANY KILLED By the Explosion of the Boiler ofja Steamer on THE MISSISSIPPI Fifty Negroes Were on Board and ABoife Half are Missing. Poor JWhite Men were Killed, tbe Caplaia and His Son Among Them. OneTof tbe most disastrous aeedk dents in the history of the Mississippi River occurred at 11.10 o'olook Wed nesday mornmg, wben the steamer W. T. Soovell, plying in the Vlcte* burg and.David Bend trade, was des troyed by an explosion near Yicka burg, Miss. Owing .to the large number of negroes on board it is im possible to ascertain the exact num ber of the dead and injured, but ofll* oers of the boat who arrived there stated that no less than ten or more than sixteen were killed. The prob abilities are that a like number were: injured. The white dead are as follows: Capt. John Q aackenboss, master ot the beat, Yicksburg, Miss. Clerk Wade Q aackenboss, Yicks burg, Miss. Lavill Yerger, cotton seed sales man, Jaokson, Miss. Clerk Joseph Smith, Yazoo 01ty( Miss. The white injured are: Tennie B?berg, assistant pilot* Yicksburg, Miss injured internallyt very serious. John DougheiTy, pilot, shoulder dislocated Charles MoKenn, passenger painful ly injured. -Butterfisld, slightly Injured la the head. The number of dead and injured negroes cannot bo stated at this time, but of a crew and passenger list of about fifty about half are missing. Tbe negro dead were oared for at tbe place where the accident occurr ed, as arc some of the injured. About five r* ?/je injured negroes were brciuut to Yioksburg on lhe steamer Senator Oordill, with the white dead and injured. The accident occurred at Gold Dust Landing, about seventeen miles sonth of Yioksburg. The story of the accident as told by J. T. Bruce, the enginsar cf the boat, is as follows: "Wo were 1'og at Gold Dust Landing taking on a cargo wben.I noticed a small quantity of water oozing through the boiler. I euspeel - ed that sjmething was wrong and proceeded to' make an examination. About this time the Soovell broke her head line and drifted, bo that I did not have time to make a thorougn examination at that moment. An soon as I got her back to the tank I orawled on top of the boiler and pro ceeded i with tbe investigation; I had; just gotten down from the boiler when tbe explosion occurred. The catastrophe, I believe, was due to a defective boiler plate." Mr. Bruce was not injured. When tbe CordiU arrived at Yieaburg at ft o'clock, a crowd of several hundred people met her at the wharf. There were anxious inquiries for friends and relatives, and many tears were shed when tbe sad tidings were told. Ow ing to the heavy loss among the negroes aboard the landing was orowded with women and ohlldren of that race. The Injured were taken to the Yioksburg sanitariums and hospitals of the city. Capt. Qaackenboss was one of the oldest and best known residents of that olty and was well known to every s> j?n on the Mississippi Elver. The steamer Scovell was only recently purchased by him and others for the Yioksburg and Davis Band trade. The boat was insured for 86,000. Wade Qaackenboss was the son ot Capt. Qaackenboss. Japan's Design. United States Consul Jones, at ^alny, is quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle as saying the Japanese art carrying out a plan wbioh, if it suc ceeds will olose A. la as market for American wheat and cotton. The Japanese, he says, are colonizing Manchuria with she idea of raising sufficient wheat there to supply the needs of Asia. In Oorea they are carrying on elaborate experiments in cotton raising, It will be some years before Manohurian wheat or Corean cotton will seriously menace the mar kets for Amerloan producta. The JLtight Bort. A New York maa left 820,000 to be paid to his wife when she marries again. That's the kind of man the women have been waiting for ever since civilization began and this is the first time he has shown up; Many men have left fortunes to their wives on condition that they remain fid widows, but nevor to encourage them to remarry. Now start a guess ing contest as to how long it will be before the newly made widow puts herself in shape to claim the 820,000 legacy. Womau SherifT. Mrs. M. Jennie Kendall, o! N*?han, N. 0., has been made a deputy sheriff (the first of her sex to occupy suoh an office in the state's history), and her appointment is an acknowledgment of hex good work as agent o! the Wo man's Humane scoitty.