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.Vi.*.' X Ii IS A S Sailer Stet ESTABLISHED JOT 1* LIVES LOST. Seven Are Killed in a Fire at Cleveland. MANY INJURED. TThc Fireworks on Display Explode, Causing Panic Among Clerks, Most of Whom .Were Girls, and Shoppers?Cry of "Fire!" Was What Led to the Calamity. At Cleveland, O.. Seven persons ?were killed, at least two others were tatally injured and fully thirty more vere severely hurt as the result of fire in S. S. Kresge's five and ten *cent sto/c on Ontario street Friday. 'The dead: Emma Schumaker, 18, floor walker; Marie Wagner, 17, ?clerk; Anna Trefall, 24, clerk; Frie da Trefall, 17, clerk; Elizabeth Reis, 18. clerk; Mary Hughes' 27,shopper; . -James L. Parker, four years. The fire followed an explosion of fireworks on disrigy in the ?tore Opinions differ as to the exact cause of the explosion. A woman who was at the fireworks counter said the stock was ignited by sparks from a device which was being demonstrated to her by a clerk. Fire Chief Wal lace and the store manager were pf the opinion that the pieces were,? ignited by a arc Ight. Immediately following, the explo sion an alarm "of fire was sounded ?and a panic seized the hundreds of clerks and shoppers. A mad rush was made: for the dobrs and windows. Many jumped from the second and third floor windows. The store, which is located near the busiest corner in the down-town ?district, was well filled with shoppers, mostly women and chldren. Prac tically all of the clerks were young | girls. Although the explosi *e of the fireworkks caused consternation the real panic did not occur until someone shouted "fire." For an instant a hush came over| the crowd. Then the women scream ed, some fainted and sudden fearl overcame them. Crazed by the possibility of injury] ?or death, all on the main fldbr rush ed for the front and rear doors. Quck.'y they vre -zmmzi -n ths front doorway. During the jam those who Jiad attempted to escape by the rear door were blocked in their progress. The main door was| .too small for all who sought safety there, and the" rear windows wera| closed with iron bars. Those who ?could not escape in this d^recton turned to the front door. While Practically everyone oa the main floor was able to leave without in jury through the fr?nt door, it was mainly because of the jam at that ?door that the unfortunate ones lost their lives. Two of the clerks, see ing no possibility of immediate es cape at the front door, ran to the basement. The basement windows also were barred with iron and their return to the main floor was cut off oy the approach of the flames. The other women, again forced to the rear of the store by the approaching flames, finally sought safety under a counter, where their bodies were found two hours after the explosion. The five women had been suffocated. The sixth victim, the four-year-old son of Mrs. George Parker, was knocked to the floor during the first panic. There he lay, unconscious and trampled upon until suffocated by the smoke. While the panic upon the mainl floor was in progress the flames from [ the fireworks' counter rapidly ad vanced to other parts of the store. The smoke and flames were whirled up the stairway to the second and third floor. There another frenzied crowd of clerks and shoppers, en deavoring to find a means of escape by way of the stairs, were frustrated by the suffocating smoke. The eleva tor man made several trips during! the first few minutes of the fire and j took many to the main floor. Hundreds of persons were near or infront of the store at the time of the explosion. . Terrified shoppers rushed out of the front door to the sidewalk. Women and girls appear ed in the upper windows, shouting and pleading for help. Men upon the sidewalk cautioned them to wait xintil the firemen arrived with their ladders. Hysterical with the fright that was upon them some did not wait, but hurled themselves to the sidewalk. In this manner they Avere severely injured. Whea one or two had thus faced death it stam peded the others and they, too. fol lowed. 200 RUSSIAN r.SIXERS FERISH. Gas Explosion in Hikovsky Mine] Reaps Harvest of Death. A dispatch from Yusovo. Euro pean Russia, says a terrific explosion of gas occurred in the Rikovsky mine Wednesday evening, in which a very large number of miners were nt work. One hundred and fifty seven bodies have been recovered, all of .which are badly burned, but it is believed that the death roll will reach at least 200. Seventy-three of the men were rescued alive but many of them are in a serious condition. Ten of the rescued died soon after being taken out of the shaft. There is great excitement there, and troops lave been called into service to pre vent disorders. J69. ! SAVED BY PAROGN. THE SENTENCE OP HARRY OR CHARD COMMUTED. Condemed to Hang Next Friday Re markable Self-Confessed Murderer Has Sentence Commuted to Life. A dispatch from Boise, Idaho, says the state board of pardons has com muted the sentence of Harry Or chard, who was under sentence to hang Friday for the murder of for mer Governor Frank Steunenbeg.'to imprisonment for life. Orchard was arrested two days af ter the assassination of former Gov ernor Steunenberg at Caldv^ell, Idaho, December 30, 1906, and a few weeks later, while confined in the Idaho penitentiary, * confessed his guilt ,to ,T;'.mes McPartland, a well known de: jctiye, at the same time ascertlng tliat he was employed to commit the crime ? by officers of the Western Federation of- Miners." * As a result of his confession, Charles H. Mover, president; Wil liam D. Hay wood, secretary-treasur er, of the Western Federation of Miirers and Charles D Petti bone were arrested in Denver and brought to Idaho to answer to the charge of murder. John Simpkins, another member 'qf the Federation, was also indicted and in still a fugitive. Haywood and Pettibone were acquitted after memorable trhils-Hn^ which Orchard told a story of wholesale assassina tion w^hfch shocked the world. Following the trial of Pettibone, the case against Moyer was dismiss ed. Orchard pleaded guilty to mur der in the first degree. In pronounc ing the sentence of death a week iater, Judge Wood recommended that the boatd of pardons commute the sentence, saying that be Vas firmly convince that Orchard had told the whole and exact truth at the rials of Haywood and Pettibone, and that he was therefore, for the service he had rendered the State, entitled to clemency. The pardon board, consisting of Governor Gooding, Secretary of State Lansdon and Attorney General Gu heu, in taking this action acted on the recommendation of Judge Wood, made at the time of sentencing Or ! chard. Orehard to the last was opposed to having the sentence interfered with. Only the day before he said to the attorney that he hoped efforts to save him from the gallows would, fail. * CHARGED WITH BIGAMY. 'Greenville Man Eludes Arrest on a Warrant Sworn Out by WTife. An effort was made' by Jailer Noe to arrest Marion C. Patterson, a flag man on the northbound vestibule, when it reached Greenville Thurs day night, but he eluded arrest. Patterson is wanted on a warrant issued at the instance of his wife,, which charges him with bigamy, al leging he has recently married a woman named Mary E. Parker and with whom he now lives in Char lotte. Mrs. Patterson, who swore out ihe warrant, was living in Green :''V- at the time she mar-ied n*il she and her very young baby ap pear to have the sympathy of the community. She says she will not rest content until her husband has been arrested. * FLAMES DESTROY VILLAGE Village Appeals Too Late For As sistance. Stamping Ground, a village of 700 people, nine miles from Frankford, Ky., on the Frankfort and Cincinna ti railway, was practically destroyed by fire which originated in the Hay nor Hotel Wednesday night. The large Buffalo Springs distillery was destroyed and the flames swept the principal business and residence districts of the town. Owing to poor fire protection in the village an appeal for help was telephoned to Frankfort, Paris and Lexington, but the telephone exchan ge was consumed by the flames while orders were being given. * SIX HUNDRED KILLED. Boat Disaster Occurred at Batavia? ^ Many Eaten by Sharks. A dispatch from Victoria, B. C, says news of a storm which caused a boat disaster, involving the loss of over (500 lives at Batavia. was brought by the Empress of China Wednesday. Many large overloaded boats were overturned in the harbor and shriek lag pn?scr.3?r? struggled f:i the wat er with no chance of rescue. Others were snapped up by sharks. During the week following ".."it corpses wore found, many being mu tilated by the sharks. Two Children Burned to Death. | Lightning struck the farmhouse! occupied by Ernest Bauder in Ar dech. Out., Wednesday and the '.'lam es consumed two infant children. The fire spread so rapidly that rescue was impossible. Telephone Lineman Burned. A lineman of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, S. C. Marby. came near losing his life at Green ville by being shocked on Thursday. jye n-P3 w-nvcreiy burned, but will re cover. * BRYAN'S VIEWS. He Expects Support of Hearst's Independence League. BRYAN'S EDITORIALS. Words in Common Indicate That He Regards the League Friendly?De clares Republicans Afraid of the People?Physical Valuation of Railroads is Necessary. ? A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., un derrate of July 3, says: Mr.>-Bry an makes plain in an editorial in this week's Commoner, issued today, that he expects to obtain the indorse ment of Hearst's Independence lea gue. In another editorial he gives some broad hints upon platform planks. In the former Bryan defends the New York publisher from the "too quick assumption of Republicans." that he will oppose the Democratic ticket. After detailing various things for whch he should be given credit, he says: "Mr. Hearst could hardly be ex pected to announce in advance of the other convention what he thought ought to be done, but it will be re membered that in 1904 he was a candidate in the Democrataic con-' vention, after the adoption of the platform written that year. He was willing to make the fight for the reforms outlined in that platform. "There is no danger of the pit form this year containing less of re form than the platform of 1904. There is every indication that it will go even further in radical legis lation. If the platform of 1904 was good enough for Jar. Hearst to run upon, may not the Democratic plat form of 1908 be found good enough for Mr. Hearst to support? "The candidates, too, may have some influence in determfhe Mr. Hearst's action, and the organizaton of the national committee is a factor to be considered; the general tend and action of the convention, also, ought to have a right in determining with what force the Democratic party wili be able to appeal to the men who are connected with the Indepen dence party. "Plutocracy supports the party which leans most towards plutocracy, and the radical element is likewise independent. Each supports the party that gives the best assurance of securing what that element desir es. "The advocacy of remedial measu res is not the only thing required of a reform party: ability to secure re medial measures is as important as the advocacy of them, and the radi cal who wants something done is likely to ask himself two questions: "Tirst. 'V\ licit parties promise re form?' "Second, 'Of the parties promising reform, which party can offer the i>e<t assurances of fulfilling the pro mise?' "The radical element of the coun try can well afford to wait until after the Denver convention has adjourn ed before ? decides what to do." On the first page of.the Commoner On the first page of the Common er Mr. Bryan arraigns the Republi cans on vi ral counts. The first cunt is based on the rejection of the physical valuation of railroad plants: the second on the defeat of the campaign publicity resolution, and the third on the rejecton of the dc< laration favoring the election of senator: by direct vote. Mr. Bryan declares that "there can be but one r ?RG, S. C. T?EF DAY. J I'M STILL IT!" explanation ot the action of the\ Re publican convention, namely: That it is the intentibn of those in charge of the Republican party to secure campaign fundi from sources which they dare not disclose." He bngfches' the new idea that "it is nojp^'ecessary that small con tributions1'shall be made public and to make these public might subject the giver to inquiry, if, for instance, the giver was an employe and op posed to his employer. If a man gives largely, the " public has aright io know where the gift .comes from; if it is part of an implied contract whereby a return is to be secured in legislation or immunity, no cor poration of any kind should be al lowed to contribute to campaign funds, for corporations are not or ganized tor political purposes." Physical valuation of railroads, he declares, is necessary. He says that so long as the truth is conceal ed there will 'be exaggeration on both sides and the country ought to Know whether the railroads are over capitalized. Bry;in insists there was but one reason why the direct vote for sena tors was beaten. It is this: "So long as the exploiting interests can control the senate, they can hold the people at bay, and this is why the Republican convention is silently' thwarted the purpose of those Re publicans who sympathize with the desfre of the people in their demand for relief from present conditions. Surely, the rank and file of the Re publican party will express their in diguaton at. ths open and obvious district of the people. The Republi can party has added to its many sirs the unpardonable on?." The first page of this week's Com-! aijner is devoted to a big type edi torial headed "A Political Party Afraid," in which Bryan gives added proof that ho expects to make much duriug the campaign of the turning down at Chicago of the planks offer ed by LaFollette. In plain black type he arraigns the Republicans as: "Afraid of the truth. "Afraid of the Light. "Afraid of the people." * CLEVELAND'S WILL. Widow and Children are lieft With Enough to Be Comfortable. The will of Grover Cleveland has :>een filed with the surrogate of Mer ger county, N. .T. Within ten days Mrs. Cleveland will come down from ^he summer home in Lamworth, N. %., and the will will be probated. Although no specific amount can be 'earned it is known that the ex-pres ident left a large estate, enough to keep his widow and children in comfortable circumstances. This was learned on the highest authority. Practically all has been left to Mrs. Cleveland, although the children and others have been provid ed for liberally. The will discloses that the ox-pre sident owned the summer home at Tamworth, which has always been regarded as the property of .Mrs. Cleveland's mother. ? BLOODY FIGHTING IN PARAGUAY Revolution Breaks Out in Asuncion and Hundreds are Slain. The latest advices received from private sources at Formosa, in the northeastern pan of Argentina, say that there has been sanguinary fighting in the streets of Asuncion, I the Capital of Paraguay, whore a j revolution is said to have broken out recently, and that hundreds of persons have been killed or wounded.. Edward C. O'Brien, the United States minister to Paraguay and ji ruguay, and Harry B. Owsley. Jr., secretary of legislation, both are in Asuncion. Communication by telegraph and telephone with Vscuncion has Seen cut, and consequently there arc con flicting rumors of a sensational character current here. * rULY 7, 1908. ?Macauloy n New-York World, UNCLE REMUS" DEAD CAREER OF AUTHOR OF' "UNCLE REMUS" STORIES ENDED. Death Came at His Home in Atlanta At ? O'clock Frday Night, After An niness of Ten Days. Joe Chandler Harris, familiarly known as "Uncle Remus" and an author of note, died at his home in a suburb of Atlanta Friday night. Mr. Harris, whose health had not been good for some time, had only been confined to his bed for about ten days, suffering from chrrhosis of the liver. Complication set in and he grew rapidly worse, and con-' tinued to sink until the end came at 8 o'clock Friday night. Joel Chandler ?Hanns was born j in Eatontou, Ga., December 9, 1848. He was married in 187' to Miss Essie LaRose, of Canada, and in 1876 moved to Atlanta, joining the staff of the Atlanta Constitufion. It was while he was connected with the Constitution that his tales, "Stories by Uncle Remus," first attracted at tention. In 1900 Mr. Harris retired from active journalism, and until last year, when he became editor and proprietor of lincle Remus Mag azine, spent most of his time at his suburban home. He is survived by a widow, four sons and two daugh ters. " Mr. Harris will be buried in At lanta. * MADE CENTRAL OFFICE. Columbia Will be Central Point For Postal Funds. The Columbia State says: In ac coi dance with an order of the post office department, which bbecame ef fective Wednesday, July 1. Colum bia's postoffice is now the* depository for all surplus funds in South Caro lina postoffices. It also is the cen disbbursing \off.ce for the State. Every postmaster in the State, in cludir.ft the postmaster at Charles ton and other cities will hereafter deposit all surplus funds with Post master Muggins of Columbia. Postmaster Huggins is the central disbursing agent of the postoffice de partment in this State and pays out each month about $60,000 to the ru ral mal carriers of the State. Under the new order, which has just become effective, many thou-j sands of dollars of government; funds will pass through Columbia postoffice and banks in addition to the If. .*ge sum heretofore handled through these channels. * LOST TEN THOUSAND. Xew York Millionaire Meets with Tough Luck in AshcvHIc. Morris Cross, a New York million aire who. witb his wife, has been ?passing a few days at Asheville, en route to tiic Pacific to take a steam ship to the Orient, has reported to the police thai lie had been robbed of $10,000. .Mr. and Mrs. Cross left New York several days ago. Cross carried bis money in a rod pocket book, which bad also a let ter of credit, for 2,f. pound:', and sterling. Pocket book and letter of credit have disappeared. CORPSE FOUND. Hands and Feet Tied Witb Hope and Finger Marks on Throat. Tlie body of a woman about :;"> years of age. with the bands and feet tied witb a rope, was found in a room on the third lloor of a room ing house in Chicago Wednesday. Finger marks on the throat indi cated that the woman had be n choked to death. * HEAVY DEFICIT. WAS A BAD YEAR FOR UNCLE SAM. Large Palling Off in Government Receipts?Spent Sixty Million Dol lars Over Income. The forthcoming statement of the treasury receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, will show a marked falling off in the receipts as compared with the year 1907, and a large increase in the expenditures. The excess of ex penditures over receipts for the year will approximate 260,000,00i, which has been exceded only twice since the Civil war. In 1894 there was a deficit of 859,803,000 and in 1899 there was another of a little oyer four intervening years thp receipts fell consderably below the disburse ments. Again in 1904 and In'1905 there were shortages of 841,770,000 and $23,000,000, respectively. The total receipts this year will be shown to have about 8599,000,000 or $64,000,000 less than for the fis cal year 1907. Customs receipts will be shown to have fallen off about $46,000,000 from those of 1907, while the receipts from internal re venue sources will be short nearly $19,000,000. Miscellaneous receipts will show a slight gain. The disbursements for the year will be shown to have aggregated about $650,000,000, or $80,000000 more than for 1907, and $54,000,000 more than for any other fiscal year since 1865, not excepting the Spanish! war period. Although these increas ed disbursements are very general and are shown In nearly every ac count except that of interest on the public debt, some of the heaviest of them were for importanf permanent improvements ThePanama canal during the clos ing year will have cost the govern ment $38,000,000, as against $27, 000,000, for the year 1907, and the work this year in connection with the. reclamation of the public lnnds will be shown to have cost about $13,000.000, which is not far from last years figurea. Tho ceflclency in the postal reve nues for the present year will prob ably reach $13,500,000, as against 57.5 00,000 for 1907, making a dif ference of $6,000,000. This is the largest postal deficiency in the his tory of the . jgovernment except in 190?,when it reached nearly $15, 000,000. The records show that there has been a postal deficiency every year since the establishmnt of [the service with' the excepton of 12, when shall surpluses were shown. The expense of .the rural free mail delivery this year is not expected to fall below $25,000,000. The decrease n the amount of the receipts of $'64,000*000 and the in creased expenditures of $80,000,000 make a difference against the treas ury for the fiscal year of $144,000, 000. SILVER SERVICE PRESENTED. The North Carolina Receives Gift of State Whose Name it Bears. A dispatch from Morehead City, N. C.i says at sea, two miles off the Carolina shore, the -armored cruis er North Carolina, commanded by Capt. Marshall, was Friday formally presented with an elaborate silver service by the citizens of the Sttae whose name the vessel bears. The ceremony occurred at 3 o'clock Fri day afternoon. Lieutenant Gover nor Winston, who made the presen tation speech was introduced by State Representative Charles U. Har ris, of Raleigh, and Cap. Marshall made a brief address of acceptance. Later Lieutenant Governor Winston and his guests, numbering several hundred who braved the choppy sesa were entertained at luncheon by the officers of the warship. Friday night the commisioned officers of the North Carolina were guests at a ban quet and reception at the Atlantic Hotel in Morehead City. In connection with the silver ser vice ceremony two handsome flags were presented to the ship by the Daughters of the Revolution. * THREE BOYS ARE INJURED. Cigarette Causes, Powder to Explode of a Sudden. At New York Walter White, six teen years old. Marry Gill, the same age and Eugene Mine, fourteen, re ceived their Fourth of .Inly injuries Thursday nght. The three, boys live tit Port Richmond Staten Island. Waller carried the bag of powder. It Contained twenty-live pounds. Harry and Eugene trudged along with him nonchalantly smoking cigarettes. A spark from one of the cigarettes dropped on tin.' powder bag and the three boys were hurled in various directions. Dr. Packer bundled them oh' to St. Vincent's hospital. Waller is the most seriously in jured of tin three. He was burned in patches from head to fool and his injuries may cost, him his life. The other I wo boys will bo laid up for several weeks. The boys were taking the powder to store in a hiding place for use on the Fourth. ? *i Not Absent From School in 12 Years. The prize record for attendance at pubhlic schools goes to Miss Alice K. i n, of Henry, 111., who did not miss a single day in 12 years and was tardy only once. * $1.50 PER ANNUM. KILLS TWO. Misdirected Jealous Rage Led Old Soldier Into Crime. SHOT WIFE AND SON. "Come Witness the Justice I Have l)one,":He Shouted, Before Realiz ing His Horrible Mistake?Attempt at Suicide in Crowd Proved Fu tile. Misdirected , and insane jealousy caused Julius Turner, a Civil war veteran, and resident of Clay City, 111., to kill his wife and fatally wounded his ,son as they were walk ing home from a church social. When Turner turned the unconsci ous form of his son and discovered his mistake he attempted suicide. The bullet scored the top of his head but did not. inflict a serious wound. The old man Is now in prison and refuses to eat, declaring he will starve himself to death. Turner shot his wife twice in the back and once in the head. Two bullets entered his son's abdomen. , Mrs. Turner had arranged with her 15-year-old sou, Glenn, to meet her after the church social in Clay City that she might not have to walk home alone. He was a few minutes late and instead of meeting; his mother at the church door, met her in the shadows of a thick grove where Turner was in hiding. The boy is almost six feet in height and was mistaken for an admirer of Mrs. Turner. In his jealous frenzy the old soldier ran up, behind his wife and began f . She was kill ed instantly. More than 200 women aim chil dren had been attending the social In the church, and they were all filing;-out and talking and laughing. After the shots there were a few spends of tense silence, then came Turner's voice:. "Come over, all of you," he shout ed, "and see ?what justice I have done!" The" man still held the pistol in his hand when the women and chil dren began to crowd around him. In the deep shadows of the grove it was difficult to see, and Turner caught the wrist of the boy and dragged him 20 feet to a spotAvbere the light from the church window streamr ed out. Young Turner had fallen on his face, and a3 he pulled on one arm the old man said: "Now we'll see who he is." As the ? boy was pulled over on his back Turner bent down. The head was bent to one side and Turn er's fingers caught in the hair and turned, the face squarely to the light "What! Oh, God, my boy, Glenn!" said Turner, and he straightened up with an anguished groan. Before anybody couid interfere he had turn ed, the pistol on himself and fell be side his son. In almost every detail the tragedy ' parallels that set down by Scott in "Rokeby," In which the old soldier, Mortham/suspicious of his wife, kill ed the woman and her {brother. Mortham was jealous of his wife's youth and beauty, and so was Tur ner. Mrs. Turner was about 25 years younger than her husband and he was so jealous of her that they se parated repeatedly and then lived together after a reconcilatiou. Since their last parting Turner has been keeping a close watch on all his wife's movements. * PUT POISON IN COFFEE. Woman Charged With Trying to Kill Husband and Two Sons. . Mrs. Alexander T. Clark, wife of a well known farmer, residing near Ingrams, Danville county Va., was held for the grand jury at a preli minary hearing Thursday at Chat ham, on a charge of thrice attempt ing to poison her husband and her two grown stepsons by placing Paris green in their coffee. It was only after the third attempt that the cause of sudden illness of the three men was discovered. A physician, who analyzed the coffee, found that it contained poison. The only rea son assigned for the deed is the un pleasant relations with her husband.* HUNDREDS OF CHNESE PERISH. Floods in Southern Provinces Lay Waste the Land. Detailed reports from the floods in Southern China show that hun dreds of people have been drowned and thousands of the mare starv ing in the destroyed villages. ('bim se and foreigners have com bined to raise a largo relief fund. Large sum? and quantities of food are being consigned nightly from Hong Kong. The Government has made a grant of 30,000 and the Standard Oil Company has subscribed $5,000. * Resists Arrest and is Killed. H. D. Putnam, a prominent citi zen of Hanceville, Ala., was instant ly killed by Marshall John Holland Thursday. Holland bad a warrent for Putnam's arrest. Putnam, it is said, resisted arrest and was en deavoring to draw a knife when the officer shot him. Holland has been lodged in jail. *