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STABLISHIED 1865 NEWBERRY. S. C. UESDAY. JA.kN IT'ANRY 5. 1901. TpWI A- WEEK. 81.5- YA PATH-STRICKEN CITY OF CHICAGO. Sunday, L)Ve Saturday, Was a Day o: runerals ana ,LlThe Undertakers Had More Than They Could Do. Chicago, Jan. 3.-Sunday was a day of funerals in Chicago and foi the first time in the history of th< city some of the people who desire< to bury their dead were unable tc do so. The unprecedented deland for hearses and carriages wou have been enough in itself to tasl, to the very utmost the resources ol the undertakers, but the heavy snon that has fallenll during the last twc days has increased their difliclltic enormousv. The cemeteries were compelled to kee) men at work all through the night digging graves, and it some of the larger cemeteries they barely managed to dig them fast enough. The list of dead was increased to 588 today by the death of Leroy R ainbold, a boy of four years, whc was severly buied. Tux nu-l~ :s e iOce . Chicago, Jan. v--Tnight every theatre in the City of Chicago er:. cept onile is dark aId with doonl locked. NtI (e111 of themi will be OPenl to tie public until their man agers have complied in the fullest manner with every section of th ordinances regulating play houses The order compelling the theatres to close was issued this afternoor by Mayor Harrison, after a confer. ence with Corporation Counsel Tol man, who assured the mayor tha ample legal ground existed for hi action. CAUSE OF T kE srAsTEiR. Fire Inspector Fulkerson an nounced tonight that le had final!' discovered the secret of the fire il the Iroquois theatre, whicl Cause( the fearful holocaust. The asbes tos curtain, upon which tie safet, of the audience depended, was. ac cordillg to Mr. Fulkerson, blocke< inl its descent by a -el reilector carelessly left oen)C by a stage han< WkThile one end of the curtain go within five feet of the stage, tll other was suspended twenty fee above it, and beneath it swept th flood of flane that carried death v so many hundreds. Brother Dickey's Philosophy. It's mighty hard ter make a coin fortable livin' findin' fault wid d bes' worl' you ever wuz in. De picture's dr de Angels shos 'em always on de wing; but flyin will be too hard work fer me-e ever I gits dar. De Rainbow is nuttin' mo' ne less dan de Storm puttin' on his bes -coze en sayin' he sorry it happened Ef you can't git 'roun' Troubi by gwine de foctpathi, de bes' thin1 you kin do is ter meet himi in d middle er de road en have it ou wid him. It's a goodl idee ter lay by fer d rainy day, kaze even ef (de rai1 never comies, you'll still have a hal leluia time in (Ie sunshinie. l)e wistim er Solomion would( h too) mutch fer folk s ini dis day~, e: timeiv. All IJ wants is (des enolOr ter show mue hiow~ ter steer clear e de fools. It's futnny dat somne folks dat kn ows all erbo'tit de stars above us can't find dey way in dis worn' tw mileshm home. WAR TALK IN JAPAN. as Press of TokIo Regards War as Inevitable an and Urges the Immediate Opening a I of Hostilities, ho Tokio, January 3 -War with Pe Russia is regarded as unavoidable at and the press is urging the ininedi- ph ate opening of hostilities. All of the banks are witliholding fnllis, and it is believcd tihat this is the result of on.cial instructicAns. The (overinnent has p,-rfected arrangemnents for the transportationl of troops and supplies and- t)he pe- lit ple claiily await dev--lopments. The contitlyed dissemination of optimistic views fioni Berlin cause general surprise and regret here. Th GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Condensed Outside the State. anl Fargo Squiers, son of the United ie States minister in Havana, Cuba, SP was accidentally, shot and killed on nu Th1ursdfly by a CIlffeIu- in the ci ploy of his father . Young Squier. and severai 8ervants were Shottinii -it a target. The young man a- ti th 20 y 1ars of a 1e and Y ery popl la in Havana fal -fa Jailer Charlie Smith of Ocala, re Fla., was shot and probably fatally na wounded on Thursday by a negro desperado whom he had arrested'da and was conveying to jail. L, At a meeting of the executive I committee of the Officers' Associa- th tion of Georgio State Troops, held so at Savannah, a resolution was at adopted recommending the disband- 2C ment of the colored troops of the d State. la, Nord Davney, a negro piano tli player of Washington, has been engaged as pianist to President Alexis, of Haiti at a salary of $5, ooo a year. Davney )played once at the White House for the late President McKinley. Mr. H. L, Thomas. translat.,r ti at the State department at WaSh- <I ington, died last week at the age fo of 68 years. He was master of 20 in languages. in Several Chicago millionaires in- of terested in the anti-crime crusade fi in Chicago were summoned to sit P1 on a jury in a justice court in that " city and decide a debt of twelve N dollars. Tne jury was compelled ci to sit six hours defore the case was 1 completed and a verdict reached. W IThree lives were lost in a fire a Swhich destroyed the hotel Louvre ca in C.hicago on Friday night. se r IThe richest citizen of Syracuse, F >N. V., Former Congressman Jamesc .J. Belden, died .on Friday. His s wealth was estimated at $io,ooo,- tl: IvMcClellan on Friday assumed the mn t duties of mayor of New York with- i out elaborate ceremonies. y 'I'The Princess Mlat hilde, the niece et iof Napoleon, the last of t he Napo- w -leoins, and( rel ated to all the cro0wined \M heads of E,urope, dlied ini Paris on lii J'Four l arge tohae< l W i i ware hous Swere destroye~ d b fir~ e in, Wilson, at r N. C., on Sat urday night, thle total to loss reachiing about $75,000. ti - Miss Mary Martin, a yotung lady, ,was shot at a dlance near Greens- ai 3 boro, N. C., by John Ganis, who P3 was deeply enamored of her. Gans ked her for a dance. She declined (I without warning lie pulled out >istol and shot her. She died some urs later. A hotel in which five hundred ple were dancing was wrecked Woodbridge, N. J., by the ex >sion of dynamite. Thirty persons re more or less seriotisly injured. A car was derailed by a brokenl I near Bal i more on SuImdav, roll down a 30-foot embanikmment and Iing a little girl and a woman and ionsly injuring the mother of the le girl. ST. PAUL'S ITEMS. Stocking Party Given by the LadlIes of tie Missionary Society of St. Paul's a Grand Success. The old year is past and gone d we begin out- journey in the w year. Ve wish each corre )Ident, reader and Iferald mi a happy and prosprotis neC%w ar. Mr. Thiaddens I I,;" ; nlie( by Mr. I,. Snra(i . o , Lnthran SeminarV. Mt. Pleas L. Cliarlestoin. S. C.. visited Ilis ther's family the past two weeks, .urning to their work at the semi ry Saturday. The stocking party on Wednes y night at the residence of Mrs. I. Epting was a grand success. ie result of the united efforts of e good women of the missionary ciety amounted to near $4o. The tendance at the party was about *o. The plays were as follows: t. Guess whose hand. A sheet is suspended in the doorway; the lies attending put their hand rough a hole in the sheet an( the iess made by the gentlemti. The .e giessing currecty the reatest un11bir of timic, was to have a IMr. Earnlest Epting was the guessilg correctly foilr 1(d. Piling he tad on e .nkev. The donk was awl. oin a sheet. Th1e coltestaits r the prize w'ere bhibl)(10Ied andl that position wec to pin the tail position. Two prizes were rered. Irs. T. A. Epting won -st prize by pinning tail at vroper ace, and Miss Minnie Derrick >n second prize, booby prize. ext, Who could carry the most ocolate drops on a knife along a ug table without dropping alny, >nl by J. Fred IFpting. Other lusements, such as cutting a prize ke, cake-walking, grab-bag and tme of the very best music by essrs. Joe Wilson, Moland and dgar Epps, Geo. Kinard and Joe 'apman. The members of the ciety wish me to extendc their anks to all who gave of their eans, financially and by refresh ents, and also for tihe good be Lvir. WVe wXere very sorry, Mr. :litor. that you could( niot he prs t, bu)t gladl our friend 'T. J. WV. '1s liere. We~ hav e asked f riend( ilson1 to w\rite whatever he it oC abou1 1li Pt thpa -y ! V has Pa The indies of t. P'ani1 miis-ioii y so(ieity invi\te (every conitrihmor visit St. - 'auil's church and( see >w ini the clhurchl, of which they e p)roud, anid it will make you oud too. 1L. I. E. January , 1904. CRIME IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A Table for All the Years Since 1888 Pr pared By Attorney General-A Horrible Record. Columbia Cor. News and Courier. The attorney general has cor pleted the compilation of the Crin nal statistics of the State, coMpI ing the tn1itnber of crinies of' ec sulcceeding year1 wiv]It the (line 11r viotis from iSSS to vi inlIudh 19,. Tle comparison is not c Couraging', and,' i neced, in soie r spects it is a showving tlat mn give all Iv-abidiig citizen, cii surios CPits C Cneertn oVIL I seemin incrteasing tendenicyI t a The Crilw of innr11-der shows awful record. there )eilg manslaughters reported for 190 This record w%as exceeded inl 189 when there were 225. In 19 there was the same nontbr. Mr. Gunter is preparing a cot parative tale as to Ilau.light< int (.thler Stas and tle deploral fact hGs dvlop()l thal v.e lead. oh r Ia h 1 4 ti' i r h 11c ;11 I uch 'Ies and i b1 o that a f .' ',-cor<,d m M In fev crime:s has there he shown anl dcrease in the numh but the record speaks for itself h ter than words can tell. 'THE HORRUIt.l R1.CORI). Following are the figures: t- > 0. ..., Ito P w r4 rr 'rZ 4 t1I J O o . . I O -I -a G I , Ij C0 01 Ot -Ga G la a y - V'C ta O .A a y si .e 7) y 4, -' .- - G - -a - ooI O~ 4a t toQ.~~ , % 1 ... s 00 ' Gt QJ 4-. t 4 \O J''. 0. -I O'' 0 .-A O-4 to a, O t field, Ky, was. bundO ud onlin nchoolfor girk ne- ~p HYMEM AT PENDLETON. The Marriage of Mr. Ben. M. Aull and Miss lenriette Sitton a Brilliant Social Event. A marriage in which many New. i- berrians are interested was that of i- Mr. Hen. M. Aull and Miss Henri r- etta Sitton, which occurred in the h Presbyterian church at Pendleton L,- on Wednesdav evening at 8 o'clock. in Mr. Atull is a native of Newberry j- and woll kiiown here. H le h-s lived c- at Autin ior the past siX years, st where he is manager of the Pendle Se ton Natiufacturing Co., of which e Col. Aug. J. Sittoii is the propictor. V I(-- is a graduate of Clemsoi . and has already earned a wide reputa In tion as a cotton mill man and elec trical expert. 3. The bride is a daughter of Mr. 7, J. J. Sitton, the president of the >o Pendleton Cotton mill, now in pro cess of coistruction, and olle of the 11- staunchest and best known business is men in Anderson county. She is >Ic well known in Newherry, and she iI is dpqervedl I pular here as else re\~ w thr'uig!hunt the Stte. both lit fl bet-i ittr: tiln s ;nul her ac , - .C( 1m p)1ilanenI:t211 at I Th ch rc uQ(I I s : beaukttifu y de I,(I:Co.. ei ((i or the , k 00 Isionol. "tili I'l: large Ln crowd which witnessed the cere r, lmnv tted the(- ppurllity (if the e- young coulple with the people among whoml they live. The ceremony was performed by the pastor, Rev. J. T. Gregg. The maid of honor was Miss Emma Sitton, a sister of r the bride; the best man, Mr. John K. Aull, of Newberry. The attendants were: Miss Es telle Aull with Mr. John Dendy, of Wallhalla; Miss Cena Symmes, of Greeiville, with Nr. Arthur Sitton; Miss Lucia lolger, of Pickens, with Mr. B. J. Iloilmlan, of Philadelphia; Miss ,aura Bowmaii, of Newberry, W i Mr. Ernest.1 Folger, of' Pickens; Miss Sue Crawford witi NMr. Iugene Alx Id rc, of lickens; ushers, -Sittoni. A nonb111)r of delig,htful receptiOn1s wevrc teIdeed I. and Mrs. Aull dur inig tIle week. They have hosts of frit-ndsi here and throughout the State lnd inl other States who wish for then that theiir iie together, begun so auspiciously, may be full of happiness, Death of a Bright Young Lady. Miss Bessie Scott, daughter of SMr. J. B. T. Scott, of Little Mouni Stain died, on D)ecember 23 after aln operation in a hospital in Columbia 2 for appendicitis. The remains were 4 interred in Union. Miss Scott was a bright young lady of only [7 -Syears and the bereaved family have the deepest sympathy of hosts of 2 friends. Kighits of P'ythias. S The K nights of Pythias of New herry~i' (lde. N. -/5, will have 2-their inistal'ionm of oflicers and an inital haniy (t 'i Tuiesda y nigh , I o'' O S ii~ (( t 'v 'I'ThompsonStreet. Alhl mleniher arV Ue re'(luested to inotify' the conlitteeIL at on1ce howi mlanly tickets they dlesi re for the occasion. th- W. F. Ewart, mg- E. P. Widemanm, ,A. H-. Booth, Committee.