The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, May 22, 1901, Image 1

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xUV MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY22-101 A GREAT SOLDIER. "$tcnewahl" J.IKscn as Viewed oy z No1hrrner. A CHRISTIAN eOLD.ER. The Fame of ths Rencwned Man Has Spread all Over the Civilz-. d World. Everywhere thrcughout this t'on, and we might add through( ut tne world, the fame of this renc- rd sol dier has been scunded abr i,. This however, was icet his real . me. That was Th(mas JcDathan Jackson, wbo was born ir Clarksturg, Va., January 31, 1824. He was only three years old when his father died and his mother was left a widow, with three helpless children in a Emall room where she abode and taught a small school. Much of her time was spent with her father in Wocd County, where her brother also accompanied her. In 1830 she was married to Captain Blake Wood SOD, a lawyer cf good education, of so cial, popular mat ners, much her senior, and without fortune. When only six years of age Thc mas left his mother's side to liva with his uncle. The im press ion of her dath upon the ycuthful mind was deep ard lasting. After this he lived with various friends until he was admitted to West Point. HIS SOLDIERLY CAREER. This began at West Point during the fcur years in which he enjoyed i's instruction and dis cipline. It was indeed a providential opening for him, and he entered it with energy and delight. So arxious, indeed, was he that, with his ordinary earnestness and vigor he mounted a horse at surdown and, accompanied Dy a seivant who waR to bring the horse hi me, hurried <fF to meet the stage cc ach. Arrived there, he was too late; however, he gallojed on, at d overtook it at the next station. When he en tered on his course of study he soon discovored his de ficiency of preparation, ard he had a rough time, so that be was oblighed to study at night. But all lights were to be put out at "taps," and what was he to do? His own in genuity availed him here. Just before the signal he would pile up his grate with anthdacite coal and, lying prone before it on the floor, pursue his studies. This he did until his fellow students, who had looked at him side ways when he entered, used to say af terward, '-If we had had to stay there another year, O.d Jack' would have been at the head of the class." At the close of this term of severe study he giaduated, and en:ered the army in Mexico. In the battle of Cherubusco Captain McGruder lost i4 first lieutenant, and as Jackson had to take his piace, he was aivanoed next in command to the captain, a.d on ae count of-his bravery and skill was made a captain. At the close of this war he remained in the City of Mexiee for nyveral months, where he and otlier of fi,:ers had their quarters in the national palace. Thus he-came very near to the realization of the hope of lodging in the "halls of the Montezemas," which many had cherished. Returning from Mexiec, he spent two years in the service, and was then ent to Fort Meade, near Tampa Bay, Florida, where he was stationed for about six months. In March, 1851, he was elected Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Artillery Tactics in the Virginia Mill tary Institute, at Is xingtion. HIS RELiGIOUs EDUCATION. In this position and in this beauti ful place his ear'y religious experience is first known. His mother was a Methodist. While in Mexico he had Ib arred much about the Roman Catho lic Church and its worship. Subse quently he was an attendant on the Presbyterian Church. This he finally decided to adopt as h's own, arnd be came connected with it in 1851 He evidently had some drawings toward the ministry, and said tohis aunt, Mrs. INeale: "The subj' et of becoming a herald of the Cross has often seriously engaged my attention, and I regard it as the most noble of all professions. But my conviction is that I am doing good here, .and that I am for the pre sent where God would have me be. Within the last few days I have an un u ual religious joy. I do rejoice to walk in the love of God." It is said, by one who knew him well, that after he had become a christian he set his face against all worldly con formnity, giving up dancing, theater going, and every amusement that had a tendency to lead his heart and thoughts away from holy things. When a question was asked as to the right or wrong of indul gences that many consider inno cent, he would say pleasantly, "Well, I know it is not wrong not to do it so I am going to be on she safe side." He was very modest and in different in ofetr irng pray er in public; but after an admo nition from the pastor that all chris tians should do so, he called on his pas tor and wanted to know if he were among the rnumber of those to whom he referre d. He said he was not used to sreaking in publhe; he was naturally defient: "but if you say so, I shall make an e ffrt to lead in prayer, how ever ddfficult it may be.' His fr st effort was a serious failure, but he perseve red -anti he became a mighty man in pray er. He abstained frem the use of all in toxicstirg drinks from principle. Dar ing the war he was asked by a brother eficer to join him in a social glass. He repnred: "No, i thank you, but I never use it. I am more afraid of it than of Federal bull is- As an instance of what he regs! ded as the will of God and obedietce i > it, he was asked. 'Im agine tha! she providence of God seemed to direct you to drop every scheme of life snd of personal advancement, and go on a mission to the heart of Africa 'or tberest of yourdays; would you go?" His eyes flashed as he instantly replied: "1 would go without my hat." His views as to how constant prayer may te enjz,ed are given thus to -y friend: '1 have so fixed the nabit in my own mind that I never ra'se a cup of water to my lips without liting up myart to God in thanks and prayer for the water of life. Then when we take our meals there is the blessing on our food. Whenever I drop a lett r in he post dfice [ end 4 petition %?ong with it for God's blessing upon its m ssion z nd the person to whom it is sent When I break the seal of V etter r. :cived I Etop to ask God to I repare x e fcr its contents and mi- e it a mt &Fenger of good. And when I go to m. class room, and await thearrangemen c! the cadets in their pisa: s, that is m- t ime to inter cede with od for thea .' His friend asked hi.n if he did not forget to do this. e answered: "I can hardly say that I as; the habit has tecome almost as fixed as to breatre." He was asked by cue: "Major, suppose you should lose your health and become Euddenly blind, do you suppose that your serenity would be unclouded?" Be paused a moment, as if to weigh fully every word he uttered, and then said: "1 am sure of it; even such a misfortune could not make me doubt the love of God." Be was further asked: "if in addition to blir dness you had to receive irudgirg charity from those on whom ) ou had no claim, what then?" There was a strange reverence in his uplifted t yes as he replied: "If it were God's will, I think I would lie there content for a hundred yearp."-Dr. Lewis R. Dunn, in New York Advocate. South Bound Lease. An important suit has been entered against the Staboard which has never been "dtmeEticated" in the state. The suit arif es out of the Watts cae He was injured by falling into a cut in Columbia and got a verdict for dam ages, but the money has never been collected. The suit is brought to an nul the lease Lf the South Bound or Florida, Central and Peninsular to the Seaboard, because both companies are foreign corporations. The suit was brought by Watts's attorneys, P. H. Nelson and Jehn P Thomas, Jr., and also by Attorney General Bellinger. The prelimiuary rule to show cause has been issued by Judge Gage and is returnable We dqesday. The result of these prcceedirgs will be of very seri ous import to the Seaboard It has filed a mortgage of $75,300.000 in the secretary of state's effice oe its proper ties in this state, but sriould a reoeiver be appointed for the South Bound all of this snd the consolidation will be knocked up The Seaboard's attorneys informed the secretary of state some months ago that a regular charter would be taken out as soon as the various lines were consolidated. This has not yet been done,though a met ting has been cailed for in Columota to effect a con solidation two days before tne proceed inks are to be had before Judge Gage in Chester. The Seaborrd has been doing business in Columb:a under a license issued to the "Seaboard A:r Line company.' The Albany Strike. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., where a street car strike is in progress, says three men fatally wourded, hun dreds of others with broken heads and out faces, cars running merely as arse nals, with no patrons, the city under martial rule, with its citizens in a frenzy of (xcitement, and the city authorities and leaders of the strikers trying to get the railway company to come to sin amicable settlement, was the situs-tion when darkness put an .nd to the strike growing out of the street car strike Thursday night. Those fatally wounded are Win. Walsh, a merchant, and Leroy Smith, a mer chant, both shot by national guards men, ani Win. Marsha!l, a nonunion motornman, skull fractured. Others most seriously injured are: George Booze, citizen, cheek ripped open by bayonet. William Rooney, citizen, shot by na tional guardsman. Gilbert Hall, non union motorman, shot by mob. Drew the Line. Congressman Curtis of Kansas, and United States Senator Quarles may have rendered a treaty with the Snake In dians impossible by refusing to eat dog meat with these redskins. These gentlemen .have returned from the Snake reseivation in the Indian coun try, discouraged over the effort to bring about an agreement to allot the lands of the tiibe. These Indians believe the government intends to finally take from them all their lands, and they look upon the allotting agents as offi cial swindlers. While Curtis and Qarles were there the tribe was hold ing its annual jolification, one of the ceremonies being the eating of dog meat. The big chiefs offered to adjust all differer ces if the visitors would join them in a feast of dog meat which would prove their sincerity. The states men declined an-I came home, and will report their trouble to congress. Dispensary in Canada. -The South Carolina dispensary law has attracted the attention of law mak ers in various states. and it is said that Florida will quito likely adopt it. Bnt from the noithwest territory govern ment of Canada comes the latet re quest for informaticn. Mr P. G. Tofft, attorney general of the govern ment, writes to the governor saying that he had written for information as to the state monopoly as to intoxicot ing liquors, but had unfortunately ad dre ssed the letter to Charleston. He said that he had written to the ' de partment cf foreign commerce" at Washington for information and had been a-ivised to write the governor. He say s that he proposed such a plan as the Su h Carolit a one to his government but he wanted detals as to its opera tions, etc Linemaan Killed. John Martin a lineman in the employ of the Georgia Telephone and Telegraph company, of Savannah, fell from a pole Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and received injuries which resulte~d in his death shortly afterwails. Hie had finished repairs at the top of the pole and was about to descend when he came in contact with a "live" wire. His fellow workmi n saw him hang limf and inert for a few sconds and ther fall to the grour.d. His be ad wa' crushed by toe fall and blood and brains were scatered on the sidewalk. Matin was hurriedly taken to a hos pital, but dikd in a fe wrminute'. Martin was 25 , ears old and came here from Baltimore, where his father now lives. He served in a Maryland regiment in the Spanish war. FACTS OF VALUE To Manufacturers and Dealers in Tobacco Prcducts As TO REBATE OF WAR TAXES The Farms and Other R-qulre ments that Must be Com p~led With. The Time Adowsd. The filowing information has been furnished through the office of inter nal revenue as to the rebate on war taxes on chewing and smoking tobace>, snuff and cigars and is of interest to all dealers and manufacturers: The act of March 2, 1901, provides for a rebate of taxes as follows: On smoking and chewing tobacoo and snuff, two and four-tenth cent3 per pound. On cigars weighing over ibree pounds to the thousand, sixty (60) cents per thouEand. On cigars weighing less than three pounds to the thousand, forty-six cents per thousand. This rebate will be due and ps.yable to all dealers and marufacturers whose claim, in the aggregate, will amount to at least ten dollars, and no c'aim for less than ten dollars will be considered. It is necessary in order to make a valid claim that the following informa tion be observed: At the beginning of business on the morning of July 1, 1901, the dealer or manufacturer must, in the presence of two disinterested witnesses well known in the community as persons of good repute, and who are not in his employ, make together an inventory of all to bacco, snuff and cigars which he may have in unbroken original factory pack ages. If a box, bag or caddy or other pack age bears evidence of having been opened and repacked, the contents thereof shall aot be inventoried unless the witnesses are satisfied that no to bacco, snuff or cigars originally packtd therein had been removed therefrom ard other goods substituted therefor. The actual weight of the conteots of any box, bag or caddy, or other stamped package, should correspond witn the stamp.. No additicn to the stock shall be made and no adjournment of the wit teases and claimant shall irte'vene between the commencement and com pletion of in rventory. The serial Lumbers of stamp affix d to packages viil not be requ red to be given in the inve-tory. Packages cf tobacco. scuff and cigars will be inveatoried according to their several statuory classifications. The witnsEes at the time of taking the inventoiy should each count the packages of the several denomina tions and ke ep an accurate account of the same on separate sheets of paper The computations to be made by the witnesses of the total -number of such packages sa d their aggregate net weight should be compared and checked with the dealers or manufacturers' in ventory, ar d if agreeing therewith should be signed by the witnesses and the claimant and delivered to him as a memorandum of his -inventory and from which he could make a new claim, should his original claim be lost or mis placed. Each claim must be duly signed and sworn to by the claimant in the pres ence of his witnesses who will, in his presence arid in the presence of each ether, duly sign and make affidavit to such caim as attesting witnesses. T1he notary administering the oath should have a seal, or send a certifi cate from the clerk of the court or sec retary of staite that he is duly commis sioned and is qualified to administer oaths. The claimn as signed and sworn to before the effier administering the oath shall be immediately forwarded by him nier seal to the collector of internal revenue for the district of South Carolina at Columbia, S. C., if claimnant iiu resident in the State of South Carolina. When tobacco, snuff or cigars are held by a commission merchant claim for the re ate may be made by such me::ohant for, and in the name, of the actual owner. Goods in transit on July 1, 1901, shall not be inventoried either by con bigner or tionsignee on that date, but when suco, goods are received by the consignee me may make a separate claim for the rebate on form No. 461 in the presence of two witnesses as before described. The claimant shall exhibit to the witnesses copy of bill of lading and original invoice and these tapers must be filed with the claim made for such goods in transit. All persons in South Carolina who expect to have suffiient stock Cn hand on July 1, 1901, to make a claim of ten dollars, should at once write the col lector of internal revenue, Columbia, S. C., notifying him of the fact and asking for blank forms. - Only a suffiient number of forms will be furnished and persons applying for them should be careful not to lose them as the supply may be exhauste. The name of all persons to whom blanks are mailed will be recorded in the collector's offie. Persons writing the collector should give their names and postoffices legibly. Every manufacturer anod dealer in the State whoce claim for rebate of taxes will amount to ten dollars, or more, will be furnished uponx applica tion, with a copy of form 481 before Ju'y 1, 1901. It ehould be borne in mind that no claim can he valid unless the follow ing elements are present: First-The claim must be made on blank form furnished by the collec tor. Second-There must be two disinter ested witnesses. Third-These witresaes must meet the dealer on July 1, 1901, in the morn ing at his Place of 1,usiness, or where Ihis tobacco is stored, at the commence ment of the business day, and nit~ Icomplete the inventory of stook without ad jourament. claim before a competent officer who all atta h his seal to the instrument, (r, if be has no Eeal, a certificate from tae le'k of curr or secretary of state that he is duly authorized to adminis ter oaths. Fifth-The claim anust be at least ten drliars If any dealer wishes furthcr infor mation upon any point his inquiry ad dressed to the collector will be prompt ly answered. TEIB WEATHER ANDCRIPS. What Young Crops Are Doing. The General Outlook The following is the weekly balletin of the cardition of tho weather and crops in this State issu .d last week by Director Biter, of the South Caro lina section of the climae and crop service of the United Sates weather bureau: During the week ending Monday, May 13, the temperature was lower than during the previoas week, but averaged sligh ly above the normal. The maximum for the week was 92 de grees at Allendale and Blackville on the 6:h and 7th, respectively, and the minimum was 50 degrees at Greenville on the 11th. Beginning on the 3th and continuing to the close of the week, there were numerous light showers ever the en tire State, ranging from a mere trace to over an inen of rainfall, but no where was tlere enough rain for the needs of crops that in plsces are suf faring fer want of moisture The ground is haid and cloddy in places, and in sections there is not enough mciiture to germinate recently planted seeda. The draught is especially se vere in Cbarleeton county, where truck yields have been materially dimin ished. H sil fell at many points, but only in portiors of Bamberg and Barnwell counties to an injarious ex tent, and there in places cotton and melons were totally destroye.d and will have to be replatted. Cotton planting and rej.lanting is finished, and most of the replanting i3 coming up to good stands. The firat plantings, where not replanted, has poor stands, but some of it continues to come up. Out worms injured stands in Marlboro county. Chopping out and cultivation his begun over the eastern cuuntres. A general improvement in the condition of cotton is noted Corn has improved in color, alrhough stands are stil unsati:famtory. Te plants are unseasonabiy snivrl, but re cently)have igun to grow. Cultiva uun 14 now general, and about all has tees planted, excep; on botto us where the w..rk is under way. R.planting ecnilkuts la piacus. To:aeco traepl.-inting is practical.y finistec, and thd 5'uajg plants are growiL g nicely. R.oe neas c. m: up to goou stLas , and ian.-, wiere dry enouga, are geing prepared for June piantings. Meions have poor stanucs, in sections.%ahere the crop is raised on a large commercial seal,, but late plantings are coming up better. Cane is also in an unsatis'acrery condition. Wheat continues to look well and is fully headed, but oats have deterio rated, have short straw, and are suf fering for rain. Colorado beetles are numerous in white potatoes; in the southeastern counties potatoes are be ing dug, with poor yields. Sweet potato draws are scarce. Peaches are dropping in places, but over the West ern counties the frait prospects con tinue promising. All crops are from two to three weeks later than usual. Charleston Dispensaries Closed. It was announced last night that fol lowing the filing of the opinion of the attorney general Friday holding that 2har'eston county had no legally constituted boari of county commis sionera, Messrs. Dukes and Evans of the State board of dispensary direc ters, who were in the city had met and instructed State Liquor Commissioner Crum to order the county board for Charleston county to forthwith close all regular and beer dispensaries in Charleston and keep them closed until further orders. This action, it seems, is made necesssry because t ie law re quires the county commissioners to ap prove the bonds of the dispensers, and, inasmuch as Charleston has and has had no legal board of county commis sioners for some rime, the bonds of all dispensers are worthless. This is the situation, it appears, until the courts decide otherwise, if they do so decide, or until some scheme can be devised by whioh Charleston can se cure a legal county government. As things stand now, in Lhe light of 'she attorney general' opinion, Charleston has no county government whatever. There are about ten dispensaries in the city of Charleston and this is the first time they have been closed since when Gov. Tillman oredered them closed after the famous prohibition de cision of the supreme ccurt. The Cheapest Man. "The cheapest man I ever knew?" said the postman, according to the In dianapolis Sun. His name was John Smith, and nee was cheaper than pin on bargain day. He used to get letters from his brother in-law and would open the envelope by holding it over a tea kettle. Then he would take out the let ter and read it, write an answer, put the answer in the same old envelope and seal it up again. This done, he would take it to the postoffiee, explain that the letter couldn't posribiy be~og to him, and hedidnt want to open another man's mail. Of course, as his brother-in law's five day return card was on the envel ope the postoffice officials would send it back." Scotch Wit. A drunken Irishman was once lodged in the cel of a Scotch country p011ee station, says Spare Moments, when he made a t m-erdous noise by kicking the cell door with his heavy hob nailed boots. The constable who had charge of the police str:ion, going to the cedl door, opened it a little and said: "Man, ye mireh pit sg yer buit s, an' l'il gie them a bit of a rub, so that ye'll be respectabel;ka when ye come up afore the bailie the morn." The prieoner, fisttered at the request, at oce compli'd, and saw his mistake only when th-s constable shut the door upon~ him, saying coolly: "Yo can kick awa' noo, my man, as lang a ye like " "COMMERCIALISM." Ex-Mavor Courtenay's Visw cf The New Movement. THINKS IT DECEPTIVE. Ar'd That The South Should Let It Severely Alone. Calls the New Movement Pop-Spoon P-sitics. During his recent visit to Charleston Ex-Mayor W. A Ccurtenay expressed his views upon the present political situation in this State very plainly and with so much point that the public ought to know what they are. In re ply to a statement of a representative of The News and Courier that he wanted to talk to him about "commer cialism" and "pap spoon politics," Mr. Courtenny said: As you kno R, I have been entiraly withdrawn from public matters for many years and have no desire now to say or do anything about them. After so long a silence I doubt if there are many who care to know what I think. But recent occurrences in our party, the preservation of which I regard as essentia. to our civilization, should in duce everyone, not blind to the future, to consider certain extraordinary hap penings and to speak out plainly. In my view the most deceptive scheme ever put before our people is that which would abandon our political principles and our old allies in every State in the Union for the transient plea that joining the Refublican party will promote our material interests. We have a marvellous country-iron ar d coal in superabundan ce, grain fields equal tc, feeding ourselves and half the world, cottbn crops for clothing our selvcs and many millions of distant peo ples, cattle in untold quantities, with an intelligent, progressive and hard working people, developing all these colossal natural advantages. The~ ad vance i:s material resources, in educa tion, in wealth accumulation the past decade is the wonder of the world. Fror. the United States burt au of statisti -a we have this recent exhibit -this aft' r feedinz. clothing aid bup plying our 75,000,000 of population with all we c-.ul1 possibly want: Average mouthly exportation- for the rine months endirg with M. ch, 1901 United 8 ates.. .....$124.497 853 00 E-ilanl...... .... . 117 816.246 00 Average ending with D :-i-ob , 1900: ermany ... ........87 551 000 00 FraT c ..... .......56 467 000 00 Russia ............29 551) 000 00 British India........... 26,747,000.00 Austris Hungary.......25,743 255 00 Belgium.... .. .... 23,568 000.00 Italy. ..... ........20,518 000 00 Now this potential surplus wealth exhibit covers a period when our China markets have been closed to us and when the Philippine Islands have taken less than $100,000 of our manufa3tured goods, while costing us over $200,000, 000! These figures are an object lesson at the end of a decade in which the gov einent of the country was shared by both political parties, and demonstrates beyond a doubt that the growth of busi ness and wealth is from natural and in dustrial causes and not from pap-spoon politics. In the midst of this abundance, this sweep of prosperity, comes a proposal to break up the Democratic party and hand over our political power- to our political enemier, who have not spared us in the past and have not even a re mote idea of sparing us in the future. Interwoven with this d'eceptive plea of pap spoon politics, a very general im pression is sought to to be created that the owners of South Carolina cotton mills are all in favor of joining the Re publican party-another delusion! There have been quite a number of mill stockholders' meetings during the past few weeks, in none of which, as I am informed, was any word said on thisI subject or any action taken. I am in lined to believe that a thoughtless ut terance or two, recently made, is the basis of these hopes in pap spoon politi al circles. It would be very surpris ing indeed if South Carolina owners of cotton mills should voluntarily separate themselves from their friends and neigh bors to join a hostile political party. Of course, mills controlled from a dis tance may insist upon their managers and employees saying "me too," but that is a different affair altogether. Not only do present conditions warn us, but the future is full of serious forebodings-to keep us from political suicide. Sharply defined issues are in full view now and will assume larger proportions in the near future. The wealth that has accumulated in a few ambitious hands is at work creating colossal combinations; already the iron and steel interests have been merged, the chief railroads from the Atlantic to the Pacific are in process of consolida tion, marine transportation on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans will follow, and as has been announced, "three men in New York" or some other cen tral point will control prices of iron and steel products and everything else and the cost of carriage over inland and ocean routes. In these vast capitaliza tions there is 30 to 50 per cent of what in financial parlance is called, in its primitive state, "water." This is all to be made into solid paying invest ments by a dual pressure, squeezing out every possible etoployes and squeez into the trust treasuries, through heavy costs and tolls of carriage, every dollar that the general public can be made to pay. Tne control of trans contizental railway transportation and the unifica tion of steam freights and passage on the Atlantic arnd Pacific oceans, all moved in unison by a single bell in ~New York, creates a suspicion that a canal at the Isthmus will hardly be thought then necessary. The South, which must largely depend upon the opening of a cannal there fojr its future growth, is, I suppose, to remain in its past condition of "hevers of wood and drawers of water" for this combination of new wealth creators... To dee~,y or distract ihE' white peo ple of South Carolina, iwhose only uture safety is in union-to endeavor to divide or mieand the party, whose comnission he still holds and whos honors he has enjoyed-Senator Mc Lauri, after voting on party questions against his party in Congress, is said t be entrusted with the Federal patronag in South Carolina to create a white Re publican party in our State. (?) Of course, there are always th necessitous and unscrupulous who wll take office; that's a human record an has been so since the world began an is so yet. But in view of the seriou portents now in full view I have a con fident belief that, while money can bu: mines and steel plants, railroads an ocean steamships and while it is un fortunately true that power with mone; is an intoxican-, neither can or will br; or deceive a free and self respectin people. BANK LIKE A ROCK. The Lass of Life and a Large Passan ger Etesmer. The first authentic information con cerning the wreck of the steamer Cit: of Paducah of the St. Louis and Ten nessee River Packet company, whic1 occured at Brunhort Landing, Ill., lat Sunday night was obtained upon th arrival of the steamer City of Cliftoi at this port early Wednet day. Fifteen persozs lost their lives, si: whites and nine blacks. The dead: Dr. S. W. Bell, of Cubi Lanling Tenn. Miss Mable Gardiner, of St. Louis. Charles Johnson, aged 84, decl watchman. Frank Gardner, Texas tender of Pa ducah, Ky. - Two white firemen, names unknown. Grant Woods, colored, boat baker. Eight colored roustabouts, namel unknown. The Steamer City of Paducah stop ped at Brunkhorst's Landing at 8.3( o'clock Sunday night and took on i load of corn. When in the act o backing away from the wharf ihe boal swung around and struck the ban] heavily*sith the stern. A snag im beded in the bank tore an enormoni hole in the hull through which the wa ter rushed with frightful rapidity. She at once began to settle and at the end of three minutes nothing but he roof, Texas deck and pilot house re mained about the surface. The offi cers acted with great coolness and ai the boat settled, helped the startled passengers to the cabin r.,of from which the boats were lowered and car ried aehore. Miss Mabel Gardiner of St. Louhi wras asleep in her sta'eroom and %het ,htt shock came she probably remsiced o dres Her ebody was found in the forward part of the cabin. The bod3 .>t Dr B. 11 has not yet been re :over.' aca it is suppo.,d h,- was aroxn' in h's stattroom Tr e crew ani thtii rousarout nitJpers being on the lowe deck in tae mist of the cargo wLei the vessel struck, were placed in a po ition of moot awful peril. As the steamer careened in setting the bil cargo, consisting chiefly of sacks o! corn, shifted and before the men c)ulC escape half of them were pinned dowr and either cru3hed to death or held until the water rose about them. The passengers lost all of the'r be longings, and had to be supplied wit] clothing by those on shore. The Uity of Paducah lies in about 3( feet of water and the loss will be total She -was valued at $15,000. THE PENSION CASE. The Supreme Court Decides aun Settles the Matter. The Columbia State of Saturday say the South Carolina pensioners will nc this year get the extra $50,000 whici the legislature intended to give them This will be bad news for the o1 soldiers' widows, but it cannot be helj ed now. The comptroller cannot pa: out more than the $100,000. Frida: the supreme court filed its decision i: the casa broug'it to test the matter The court was unanimous in the judg ment. The opinion setting forth th reasons will be filled later. Here is the decision: The State of South Carolina in th supre me court, April term, 1901. The State, ex relatione J. Froi Walker as clerk of court of the count; of Richland, petitioner, vs. J. P. Dat: ham as comptroller general, respond ent. Per Ciariam. On hearing the petition herein an the return thereto and after argumer of counsel. It is ordered and adjadge that the prayeyr of the petition be r< fused and the petitson dismissed. It is further ordered and adjadges that the money appropriated in th general appropriation act passed at th last session of the general assembly-t wit:. The sum of s100,000 be distribi ted aecording to the provisions of th act entitled "An act to provide for per sions for certain soldiers and sailors now residents of South Carolina, wi were in the service of the State or< the Confederate States in the late wi between the States." Approved the1l9; day of February A. D. 1900 as amende by an aet entitled "an act to am- udset ion I. of an act entitled 'an act to pr< vide for p :nsions for certain soldier and sailors now residents of Sout Carolina, who were in the service of th State or of the Confederate Statesi the late war between the States,' appr< ved 19th February, 1900, by increasin the amount of appropriation and furthe prescribing the distribution of same, approved 19th day of February A. I 1901. The reasons for the forgoin jdgmnent will be given in an op~nio hereafter to be fihtd. Hernry Melver, Chief Justice. Y. J. Pope, Associate Justice. Eugene B. Gary, Associate Justice. Ira B. Jones, Associate Jnstice. Latimers Luck. Trwo congressional fortunes, mad since the March adjournment and oul sde of Wall street, are reported. Roj resentative Sam Cooper, of Texas, said to have earned a lot of money ot of the Beaumont oil wells, althoug not in all probability a million dollar: as has been statea. and Rleprescent. tive Latimer, of South Carolina al pirant for the United States senat< wears a satisfied lcok over purchas< of stock in copper mines -in Sonor: Mexico, which advanced Eufficiently 1 make him to the good over $100,001 Both gentlemen are DIemoorats. e A NE W YOR. SENSATION. A Catholic Priest Supposed to Hav 0 a Been Murdered. The body of a man found late Thuri dsy night in a house in Ninth ovenue New Ycrk, has been identified a that of Father Edward S. Phillips c St. Gabriel's Catholic church, Haz31 ton, P., who-re3ently had a conferenc with J. Pierpont Morgan in referene to the threatened strike in the iron an, coal regions of Pennsylvania. Kir Stanley, a massage operator in whos rooms the body was found, is unde arrest as a suspicious person. Deconr ' position had advanced so far when th body was discovered that a cursory ex amination was not euffiient to revei the euss of death. Stanley was arrested at midnighl The prisoner seemed to be sufferin - from the tffgec.s of drink or drags. Hi manner was that of a man who wa badly daz.d. He said his name wa Kirk Stanley, and that he had come t that city about a year and a half agc He said they called him doctor but h had no diploma. He was a messag I operator and intended to open an offic e here. B Coroner Baus ch visited Stanley in hi 1 call and there, after much perkuasio: the prisoner told the following remari K able story to the cornoner: "It is true I knew the priest an this is the way I became acquainte with-him. I left my home about mid night May 8 and walked over to th coroner of Ninth avenue and Fiftiet: t street. There I ssw standing on th corner the priest, talking with tw girls. He was somewhat intoxicate and so was I, for I had been drinkin in my rooms. The priest was in goo< humor and so were the girls. They al accepted the invitation, and in a fei minutes we were seated in my sittini room dring whiekey. "The girls remained with us abou two or three hours and then left, say ing that they had to go home. Afte: they left both the priest and I wern taken ill. I don't know whether th gigls had pus any thing in our drink or not, but we were nauEoated. Th< priest took a small botde of medicin( from his vest pocket and swallowedj little and then told me to do the same I did so, and in a little while we boti felt better. "It was then the priest told me hi was a Roman Catholic lergyman fron Penns3lvania and offered to financialla back me in my cure. He did not tel u.e nis tcame. -As d.wn was breaking I told the prie t I thought I wou.d take a little walk, as the air would do me good acd 1 aked him to accompany me, bul re said le wouid rather rest where h( was. I went out, and returned, I shoulc iy, two hurs leer. "'Wne.n Igot back the priest wa! o-ne. Tna! wasthe last time I evei as him. The dead man in the roon which Capt Dynohue-showed me wa not the prit st I knew. The dead mai looked lke a Ne2re." Stanley could not describe the twi girls, nor would he admit having ha4 a woman there whom he called hi wife. Dr. A. S. Dougherty of Ashley, Pa. nephew of the priest, said: "It may be that Father Phillips wa lured to Stanley's place for the pur pose of robbery and that he died ther that night. I don't believe that th -murder theory is tenable. I hav known Bather Phillips for 25 years an this is the second time I have known c his going out on a spree. ' Shortly before he left Hazleton IC INew York my mother visited him an she told me after her visit that she di not find him to be the same man the a he was formerly, that she feared hi t nervous system was giving way an tthat he was decidedly unstrung." Ordered Away. A dispatch from Beaufort says Sdecided sensation was created he2 nWednesday night when thirty od masked citizens silently proceeded wit .military precision to a house in ward I ewhere one William Burlingham an -- S:nith, two white men, who hal for several years held responsible as e lucrative positlons at the Port Roy naval station, nave lived with ta tnegro women in the open definee Spublic opinion. The place was raid< .by the police one night last week ar .both men, with their female con panions, were on that occasion rout4 d out at midnight and on the followir t morning the mayor of the town di d covered an ominous letter in his yai .. which was of a scandalous -nature as 'while he could not, with any degree < j certainty, detect the author of the ii e famous production, circumstantial ev e dence was strong against both mel o were at once notified to quit the tou by a certain day. This they refused I e do until Tuesday, when Smith becan . alarmed and left. Boarlingham, hos ever, came up as usual on the nay 'a station boat at 5 p. m. Tuesday as fpresumably left town immediatel r after wards as' the house was unocouple h when the masked citizens effected a d entrance at about 9 o'clock by breakir in a the door. Both men have famii4 . in the north and Barlingham had ta e daughters here for some months as h both wore' forced to return northi e consequence of their fathers's sham' n ful conduct. g The Snakes of India. r The snakes and wild beasts of Indi "kill thousands of human beings an -. cattle every year, but in 1899 the nun g ber of deaths was large- than usua n due, perhaps, to the floods of th: year, which drove the snakes to tt higher lands, where the homesteai are. The official reports show th: 24 621 ptople died of snake bite, an 2,9665 from attacks by wild beasts. Da ing the same year upward of 98,0( catile were killed, 89,238 by wi] btasts a'nd the rest by snakes.-Ph e ledelphia Record. Killed on a Trestle. tt Accordir~g to Win. Ba-ke, an Ale: h anmra, Va., boy, who claims to has 3, en ac ese wites and a cousin of ti i parties. Walher Swink at d sister, whi, t erssieg a high railroad trestle a Powwell's crek, 30) miles ECuth te Wahingson Wednesday night, en rou i t o Peteriburg, were straok and killed locomotive. B.ood was found. o: 51 ). engine, but no trace of the bodies h bee found by the authoritied. A TORCH DID IT. A Workman's Disobedience of Orde rs Causes s f THE DEATH OF ELEVEN MEN. Three, Who Will Live, Are Se verely Burned. Worst Ex r plosion in Fairmont Coal Region. 1 Six miners lost their lives, five were fatally injared and three seriously burn ed in an explosion at the shaft of the George's Creek coal and iron company s at Farmington, W. Va., on the main line s of the Baltimore and Ohio road Thurs. D day morning. The dead: Maynard Beatty, of Mannirgton. 0 Joe Nichols of Lonaconing, Md 8 J. H. Ererson of Everson, W. Va., 8 Dan Alferrel of Farmington Joe 1aminick, Italian. s Tony Philippi, Italian. 1 The injurcd: Charleston Carpenter, fatally. Carth Hunter, fatally. Harrel Everson, fatally. JOB Blaney, fatally. Italian, fatally. B Jefferson Fast. badly burned. Thomas Bainbridge, burned ana bruised. Italian, burned and braised. The George's Creek company has I headquarters in the Equitable biding, Baltimore, and extensive mining rn terests in Maryland. This is the first mine the company has opened in this I State and fully $1,000,000 has been in vested and the mine is one the best equipped in the Fairmont coal region. Col. . L Sommerville, an exprienced, and capable mine supeintendent, has charge of the works. The m'ne was only recently put into operation and about 125 men were employed, only 40 of this number under ground. Owing to a shortage in the cac supply the men have only been making about haf time-. for several days, but yesterday quite a number of ars were left at the mine and the management decided to break all records with Thursday's 6utput. So, bright and early this morning the miners who reside in'cosy cottages on the hilltop above the mine made their way to the main opening and the car carried them 253 feet into the earth. Fifteen of them were assignei to a portion of the mines that has been worked for some time and the remain der were put to work on headingsquite a dittance away. One of the men in the rooms, it is -alleged, has smuggled a torch into the mines as it gives so much better light taan the safety lamps prescribed by the company. - There is. an immense fan which sends 5,000 feet of fresh air into the minesat every revolution and as the shaft was > considered one of the safest in tle I region the miner did not heed the 'fre i quent warnings of a fellow employs who warned him of the risk he was taking. At 9.15 the miner fired a shot and the smoke which was very dense Scaught fire from the torch and spread -to either the gas or dust and the ex a plosion resulted. Fortunately the e mine did notceatch fire toany extant. s The explosion vented itself through I the air shaft and almost demolished the f building on the surface in which the fan was located. The men on the head r 'ng did not know there had been anex d posio-' until notified. The air was soon d turned in and in a short time the head t ings were cleared of foul gass and the s work of rescuing the unortunat comn d menced. It was 5 o'clock before the work was concluded. This is the most serious explosion that ever occurred in the Fairmont coal region. a Burned in a Steamer. d .Four men were killed during Wed h nesday night in a fire which destroyed ; the steamer Owensboro, a towbatied d up at dock at Calhoun, Ky. The da -e Fireman Crenshaw, of Evansville. d Fireman Brinkman, of Evansville. d Two roustabouts, names unkniown. o A fire broke out aboard the boat if shortly before midnight and in a short 4 time it burned to the water's edge. 4 Capt. Eastman and Engineer Robin -. son barely had time to escape. The 4 others were supposed to have been g asleep in the hold and were overcome 3. by smoke. Loss on boat $6,000. d Poisoned the Priest's Liquor. 'I The jury in the case of Jacob Wynne l charged with the murder of Rev.7 '- Father Chas. P. *igl ;after ben out " all night Thursday brught ins veda n of murder in the second degree. ~'ther 0 Riegel, who had charge of the Roman e~ Catholic church at Cheltneham, Pa., -was found dead on a doorstep in the il "Tenderloin" district on January 6. d Death was due to knockout drops and y Wynne and eight others who had been d drinking with the priest were indicted. n It was testified that Wynne bought th .poison and placed it in Father Riegel's a glass of beer. d China's Empty Treasurery. n The answer of China to the state ~ ment of the ministers of the foreign powers as to the losses sustained by nation! and individuals in China has - been received. The answer commences a with an appeal to mercy, saying that d the country is impoverished. The an - s aer explains that the utmost China L can cifer is 15.000,000 tales annually at for the next 30 years. 3Poisoned His Step-Son, btRiley Lowe, of Huntsville, Ala., d charged with poisoning his step-son - Louis Mullins, was Thursday found 0 guilty of murder in the first degrse. A death sentence will be pro~iounced. Lowe, who is 35 years old, is alleged to have poisoned his 9-year-old step-son September 9 with strychnine, to get rid of him. He Was Desperate. e Frank M.iller, safe blower and mur e derer, under sentence at Birmingham, t Ala.. to hang June 28, saturated the : >f bedding in his cell in the county jsil a Thurday morning with oil and fired it. y A line of hose was run to the cell and ie :the firs was extinguished before any is idamage was done. Miller expected to b urn up.