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VOL. XVII. MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 6.1908. NO. 40. 1ANY LIVES LOST. Midions of Tons of Rock Crush the Sleeping Victims. A TOWN WIPED OFF THE MAP. Thunderous Shock When the Great Slide Occurred. 'Wonen and Children Killed in the Twinkling of an Eye. A dispatch from Vancouver, British Columbia, says the little town of Frank, situated at the foot hills, on the eastern slope of the rocky moun tains, was overwhelmed with disaster about 4.30 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. What was apparently volcanic eruption on the top of Turtle moun -tain, overlooking the town, scattered and immense quantity of rock and debris over the town, stopping a mine, imprisoning the miners, crushing a number of houses and killing 112 peo ple. The entire top of Turtle moun tain was scattered over the sleeping village of Frank. Immense pieces of rock, thrown high in the air, and, descending, crushed in the roofs of houses and stopped up the mouth of the Frank mine. HOUSES CRUSHED. Most of the buildings in the town were destroyed and many of the houses were crushed like egg shells and their inhabitants instantly killed. The earth was opened by a gigantic fissure: three-quarters of a mile long. The Old Man river, which runs through the town, was completely dammed up and the railroad track was rendered impassable for a distance of two miles. The number of known dead is now placed at 112. Of these 18 men are imprisoned in the mine, 12 miners, working outside the mine, were killed by flying debris, and 82 men, women and children were crushed to death by ,he fiying rock as they lay asleep in their beds. The list of those killed is not yet obtainable. About 60 of the dead are said to be women and chil dren. MILLIONS OF TONs. Half the inhabitants of the town awakened to a realization of the im pending danger, when from the top of Turtle mountain, overlooking the set tleament, millions of tons of rock were hurled. The frank mines, operated by the French Canadian Coal comony across the river from the town, were seen to be buried under hundreds of feet of rock just as the morning light was breaking. Inside of five minutes from the tirst thunderous shock and before half of the town realized what had happened, a small force of men had started to the relief of the miners, de spite the great risk they ran of being Uuried under the rocks, which were still being precipitated from the lofty mountain top. The volunteer relief force was unable to get into the mi e, bumt managed to get near enough to tuetermine that not a man at the work inas had escaped death. Many had been fearfully mangled. The disaster nas merciful to those men who were employed above ground, in that they must have been kifled instantly, while those men in the workings of the mines may yet be alive if they have air to breathe. If all the air shafts to the mine were closed up un der that awful avalanche, all the men must have died by Wednesday after noon. The disaster was not coniiend to the vicinity of the mine alone, for many of the dwelling houses in the town of Frank were demolished by the falling of -rock. Some of .the occu pants of these houses escaped death, but many others were instantly killed. lb is conservatively estimated that the loss of life will exceed 100 and the latest returns place the number of dead at 112. When reports concern ing the magnitude of the disaster and details concerning it commenced to come i- from reliable men who had been prospecting for news, it was dis covered that the earth opened for three-quarters of a mile and many feet in width and that the whole northern face of Turtle mountain slip ped from its place A TERRIFIC SHOCK. --The shock resultant upon the pre teipitation of the millions of tons of rock into the valley, while only actual iy .demolishing comparatively few of .the .houses, shook the foundations of -a majority of the dwellings in the ~town, so that they are unsafe to live in and many hundreds of people will ,havesto,live in the open or under such ~temporary shelter as may be procur -able. The railroad track for a dis Gtance.of itwo miles or more east of the :station is ,covered with from 10 to 40 ~feet ,of ,rock .and the telegraph wires .are down. .All communication is .being .conducted over one wire run ning west, and tbis one line is so blocked with private messages and in quiries from the outside 'hat it is only with the greatest diiliculty that press matters can be sent out. At dusk Wednesday the rock was still being thrown on the town fiom Tur tie mountain, and it is impossible to venture within half a mile of the mine workings. It is now certain that 18 men are buried in the work ings. All hope for them has been abandoned. All hope for them has been abandoned. The streets are browded with the relatives anid friends of those known to be entombed. The women are behaving in a most heroic manner. There is no explanation for the continued upheaval of rock. The eruptive influences seemi to centre at the crown of Turtle mountain. THREATENED WITH! FLOODL. Overwhelmed by countless tons of rock the little miniing tor.'n of Frank, in soutnwestern Alberta, is threatened with colspete destruction by flood. Old Man's river, which rlow.s through the centre of the town, is da-uned up by the falling rocks to the iieiebt of nearly 100 feet and the entire valley above the town is flooded for mniles. A big body of water is pressing z a force upon the dam, the oniy protes: tion the town of Frank now iLas un less the river shall find another chan nel Should the impromptu dami break, the entire vimione wculd be swept away. The latest information from Frank is somewhat more reas suring than earlier news. in that there now seems to be less danger than wash at tirst anticipated of extensive disas ier. The threatened loud, which bid fair to duplicate the Johnstown dis aster. seems less probable. A large J force of men has been at work trying to create a new channel that the dammed up water of the Old Man's river may be run off. The men will work.throughout the night, and it is , hoped that the water will be runinz through the new channel before morn ing. FIFTEEN IINERS ESCAPED. Most of the men imprisoned in the mine, whose death at first seemed cer tain, got out alive late Wednesday afternoon. There were 17 men in the mine. Two died from suffocation, but the other 15 worked their way out. The rescuing party above ground; despaired of saving the entombed a miners, for the entrance was blocked t by immense piles of broken rocks. The miners within, however. found0 an exit where there was less rock and N after cutting their way through 30 a feet of debris all but two emerged p from the mine uninjured. One of the t; imprisoned who so narrowly escaped death went home after emerging from the mine and found his house destroy- 'I ed and his wife and six children dead. t, There is now plenty of air in the mine si and the inside workings are intact. THE CAUsE EXrLAINED. i A special from Frank estimates the e total number of dead at 95. The 1 latest theory as to the cause of the i disaster is that it was due to a rock slide which carried the top of Turtle a mountain down upon the village be- g low. It is now thought that was sup- , posed to be the smoke of a volcano t was dust and that the continued fall z' of small bits of rock during the day P was merely the aftermath of the origi- c nal rock slide. A repetition (f the 0 ? calamity is now considered unlikely. f u Riot on a Boat. V A dispatch from Beaufort to The t State says the steamer Clayton left r Savannah early Wednesday morning t with a negro excursion for Daufuskie t! island. When near the land a row e was started between several negroes, a which resulted in the killing of a ne- t gro named Ingram by Jim Thomas, V alias Chinaman Jim, another negro. P Five other negroes have been arrested P as accessories. Thomas escaped from P the boat, but afterwards gave himself 1 up. The fight was begun by Thomas 01 shooting a negro woman through the P nose and when Ingram endeavored to n defend her Thomas shot him three P times, killing Ingram almost intantly. 0 Provided with a warrant from Mag- c istrate T. G. White, Sheriff Porter 0 left Beaufort Wednesday afternoon 0 for Savannah in response to a notifica- s tion from the Savannah police authori- c< ties that all the negroes were in cus- il tody. They will be brought here for eJ preliminary trial. p Woman President or a Bank. s( The town of Lafayette, Colo., en- W joys the distinction of having a bank presided over by a woman. The presi dent of this bank is Mrs. 3Iary A. Miller. and she is said to be tbie only f womarn bank president in the country- r She is practically owner as well as ianager. The offices in the institu tion are kept in the family, for Mrs. ai Miller's son, George, is vice president, her son, James, cashier and his wife, Elizabeth, assistant cashier and pay ing teller. Mrs. Miller moved into . Colorado with her husband in 18603, t< travelhng by ox team and taking into t the state the first threshing machine. t Mr. Miller died ir'1878. When coal was discovered on her land in 1887 u Mrs. Miller became a rich woman. She leases the mines to the operators e and -invests her large revenues through her bank. Mrs. Miller is regarded as the foremost business woman in thea state.-a The Invincittle Country Boy. A glance at a list of the great men A of the big cities of the United States c~ will prove beyond a doubt that the si country-bred boy is far superior to his ti city born cousin in point of business is and professionial ability and gen- n eral capacity. Ma.ny reasons are ad- u vanced for the success of the country o boy in the large cities, but the one ri that seems to hit the nail on the head o is that the youngster of the provinces a is taught to work, and by this is is meant a good and honest day's work, g one of twelve hours. lHe is a sticker. too, who is willing to start in at the ta bottom, and when you tind a country d boy who is a worker and a sticker, ne I is invincible. You can't keep him c down.a t The Wo~rk of Ghouls. c At Indianapolis, Ind., workmen en-I t gaged in digging into the cellar of the t Central College Buildings arc finding i. bodies by the dozens. This college wa ii mixed up in the operations of the Can- n trell gang of ghouls. The college was s. searched at the time of the arrest of b the ghouls, it being known that many a stolen bodies were secreted. The I police could not find them at the time, 1 and it now develops that they were buried far under ground in the cellar a of the college. The body of an old I woman was uncovered WXednesdayv morning in a good state of preserva- e tion. it Brier G'ets There. Charleston has been afficted with s another negro uflii, this time inv the person of J. A. Brier, who has e been appointed by United States i Marshai Adams to be a bailiff of the jt court, succeeding a very competent and obliging waiite man. Capt. 1saaca H. D~aggett. Brier took charge of his oice Monday. The appointment ofd Brier makestw negro bailliffs of thei ederal court. A warn". It When soldiers camped in Greenville ] a young soldier by the name of Hiet tiner married Adele Grace Kettle. I ae1 14. 11er parents objected an~di took the girl home. The soldier has now become Captainl Charles H1. IIet-i tinger, military instructor1 t South r Jersey I nstitute. N. .1. lie now ask 1 .a adivorce on the ground of deser ion. Trhese foolish girls bring about much trouble by their indiscretio'ns in 1 maerrirur A GOOD SPEECH lade at a Democratic Harmon: Gathering in Brooklyn. HE DEMOCRACY OF TEE WES] V'as the Subject Discussed by Vx. Congressman Chas. A. Towne. a ARepublican Who Turned Democrat. The annual dinner of the Brooklyr emocratic club to commemorate the nniversary of the birth of Jame [onroe, and which had been spoker i a "harmony dinner," was held- a' e Germania club rooms in Brooklyr n Tuesday night of last week. TherE as about 350 persons present. Her Lan A. Metz, president of the club, resided, and tbose at the guests ble included Charles A. Towne, of linnesota, and James L. Slayden, of 'exas. 'Mr. Towne responded to the )ast, "The Democracy of the West," tying in part: "Real harmony is to be found more i co-operation of effort than in vocif ration of good intentions. What we ed today is less discussion of our dif rences and more emphasis on the ings ajout which we agree. And irely these things furnish us a pro ram than which none other ever more :rongly appealtd to the patriotism, ie reaon, the conscience of the citi m. Tne formulated and accepted rinciples of Democracy are the prin ples that Inspired the American Rev ution, that were proclaimed in the eclaration of Independence, and that derlie the constitution of the Uni d States. They comprise substan ally the doctrine of the inalienable ght of self-government; of just taxa on; of religious liberty; of freedom of e press; of trial by jury; of absolute luality under the law. They deny Ad condemn the entire system of ranny and favoritism that make up >day the code and practice of the Re iblican party. Show me one great 2rpose or policy of the dominant irty that is not in irreconcilable con et with the very spirit and theory of .r institutions. Over against the artetous sbadow of colonial empire )w looming in the eastern seas, I ace the glorious accomplishment of ir ancestors who rebelled against a )lonial status and founded a new kind government among the nations, ie limited to the ends of justice and eking the source of its power in the nsent of the governed. The exist g system of special privilege that ther creates or fosters conditions un r which monopoly has become more )werful, more splendid and more in lent than ever medieval feudalism as, I confront with that great doc ine of American liberty which, as rmulated by I honig's Jefferson, be me and remains a fundamental tenet Democratic faith: 'Equal rights r all, special privileges to none.' his doctrine is a charter of universal portunity. This opens the road to gitiate effort. Under it, ability id genius are insured a fair field un xed by executive caprice or legisla e contrivance. "The name of Monroe, which we ention with grateful remembrance night, is immortally associated with e dedication of this hemisphere to ie righteous experiment of self-gov nment. The American people is a ?it in the maintenance of that pror ~ition. But a greater danger threat. s than any menace to the Monroe octrine. That doctrine applies to te outer boundaries of iiberty. The ;sault of the Republican party is gainst the citadel itself. Of what rail to mankind to preserve for a bile the soil of South and Central merica from the burden of monarchi l systems, if meanwhile we are tc irrender the government of the Uii d States to the practices of absolut m? Why vindicate to the people of ighboring republics the right to be adisturbed in the regulation of their n affairs unless we propose also to store to American citizenship its ~iginal prerogatives? Kings may as el rule in Spanish-America if legal ed monopoly is to be king in the reat republic. "Thise, fellow-citizens, as it seems me, indicates clearly enough the uty and the opportunity of the emocratic party now and in the mpaign of 1904. To restore the cient landmarks of the constitution. wrest from private interest the ntrol of the government and bring e people to their own again; is not als a program in which all genuine emocrats can unite? And if a mar onestly join In such a cause, is he ot a Democrat? Speaking for my 1f, as a man who advocated before undreds of ;housands of citizens in lanyp states the principles of the~ emocratic platforms of 1896 and 900, and who believed in those princi les then, and believe in them now, applicable to the same conditions. am very frank to declare my con iction that both justice and expedi ney demand that no greater test ofa aan's Democracy should be reoquired Aaa than his belief in and readines. :> la~bor for the principles that are al ake today. if a man is sincerel: rith me now I have not the right l;Aher to deny him the glory of tight g nor to deprive myself of his assis ante in our common cause on th( round that we were not agreed upur former occasion. Let me not b2 misunderstood.] o not mean that a man's attitude ir 896 and 1930 is now to bc inquirecn bout. it is possible that he m13 hen hae been a profound believer it he great fundemental principals o )emocracy, but that he may hav< rithheld his support from the part2 rom either honest doubt made the articular policies advocated wouk ubserve these principles or fron jncere conviction that they woulk ot. On the other hand, either be iefs or sympathies adverse to the ?eneral doctrines of the party ma, iave caused him to make of these par icular nolicies an excuse or pretensa or , i .rm naciiyofoopn aird to thi I Repubiican program. In the former case I maintain that a man, if he be now in harmony with Democratic purposes. has a right to a seat at the counsel table and a place in the tight ing lines. In the latter case, 1 con tend just as stuutly, he should neither expect or receive the treatment of a friend and ally. His place is among the ranks of the enemy. To those Democrats, therefore, who were not with the party in 1890 or 1900 let us say: Are you sincerely with us -,now? If they answer 'Yes,' let us examine the record of those cam paigns only as bearing upon their good faith. If satisfied with that I shall be glad for my party to keep step with you and them to the music of the con stitution and the Declaration of In dependence until the principles of both are once again the recognized and honored bulwarks uf the repub lic." For the Thoughtful. If Christ possessed no other au thority than that derived from his blameless and heroic life, his testi mony might be set against that of all the morbid, the diseased, the blind, and the evil-minded who have borne witness to the futility of virtue and effort. In knowledge of life it is spiritual rectitude and insight which count: numbers have no signiticance. If we are to suffer, let us suffer as he did, in sublime silence; if we are to be scourged and rejected, let us keep our spiritual dignity amid the squalor of sin; if we are to die, let us die for and with our race. Such a bearing plucks the bitterness out of sorrow, and makes death a revelation of im mortali tv. And such a bearing translates life into a speech IuI of spiritual reali ty and promise.- Hamilton W. Mabie. Howard Found Guilty. At Frankfort. Ky., in the third trial of James Howard for the killin,; of Gov. William Goeb-l, over three years,.ago, I le prisoner was found guil ty. The jury tirst reported that It could not agree. Judge Cantrell then sent its members back with instructions to remain until an agreement was reached. A half h ur later the jury again reported with a verdict of guilty, and fixing the punishment at life imprisonmetnt. The jurors all voted for a verdict of guilty, the dis agreement being as to the. extent of punishment. Death was favored by all but Juror Burkes, who announced that he would under no circumstances vote for the death penalty and a ver dict for life sentence was agreed up on. Editor Hearst Takes a Bride. Congressman-elect Wm. Randolph Hearst, proprietor of The American and evening Journal of New York, the Chidago American and the Sari Fran cisco Examiner, was married in New York Tuesday to Miss Millicent Will son, daughter of George H. Willson, president of the Advance Music com pany of that city. The ceremony was performed in the chantry of Grace church, Bishop Potter offlciating. A ri .ber of the personal friends of the couple were present. Mr. Ilearst's best man was Orrin Peck of San Fran cisco, and the witnesses were S. S. Carvalho and P. J. Mar. The newly married couple will sail by the steam er Kaiser Wilhelm II this afternoon for Europe. A Back Set. By a decision last week the United States Supreme Court sustained the clause of the new constitution of Alabama disfranchising colored voters. Giles, a colored man was denied the privilege of registering as a voter un der the new constitution of Alabama, and the case was brought to test the validity of the portion to the state constitution bearing upon this ques tion. The relief sought was denied on the ground that the case was political. Justice Holmes who delivered the opinion said that for the court to in terfere would he unheard of relief in cases presenting only political ques tions. He Killed Two. A special to the Augusta Chronicle says a double murder occured at a ne Igro church three miles from Talbot ton, Ga.. on Tuesday of last week. Judge Mahone, Pete Harvey, Shep Veasy and John Mahone were playing craps near the church, a dispute arose. John Mahone, the father-in-law of Judge Mahone, requested Judge to kill Veasy and Harvey, which he did. Both negroes escaped, but John Ma hone was arrested Tuesday and placed in the Talbotton jail. Judge Mahone is still at large and is thought to be in Atlanta. Three to Hang. For the first time in the history of the state of Tennessee three negro brothers have been senter ced to hang the same day for the same crime, which was murder. John, Pete and Clay Johnson were sentenced by Judge Tyler to be hanged May 29. The crime was committed in the Needmors vicinity Oct. 1. A negro festival was in progress and Oscar Redmond, color ed,' was engaged to keep the peac-:. The Johnson brothers attended the festival and raised a disturbance. Redmond attempted to quiet him when theiy killed him. A Bank Robbed. A special from La Grange, N. C., says: The safe of Rouse Bros., bank ers, was blown open after midnight Wednesday night and about $3,500 'taken by burglars, who effected their Iescape.- There were six men in the gang and it is believed they left in a stolen rig, owned by Dr. J. M. Hodges. While operations were in progress iiPretis Wooten, who roomS across the street, put his head out of the win dow. but a bullet from the burglars forced him to take cover. Bloodhounds Ihave been sent for. Mangledl Under Car Wheels. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says 11. S. Jones of Columbia fell off an Atlantic Coast line train Wednesday night near Magnolia' cros IIsing and his arm was so badly mangled y the wheels passing over it that the member was amputated early Thurs -day morning at the city hospital. Jnes had been in Charleston for sev eral days and was on his way to Lanes -preliminary to returning to Columbia. He is unable to say how he fell from thear orn tela nything about it. THE WHOLE TRUTH. The Awfuly Disgrace to the Amer ican Arm Told by THE COMMANDER OF THE ARMY. An Awful Story of Murder, Torture, Extortion and Unnecessary Cruelty in the Philip pines Islands. The extended report of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles concerning 1 his observations in the Philippines, was made public last week by the war v department. It Is dated Feb. 19, 1 1903, and covers all features of his trip through the islands, together with his recommendations. General Miles describes a visit to I Lipa, where, he says, a party of citi zer.;, headed by the acting presidente, t met him and stated that they desired 0 to .make complaint of harsh treatment p of the people of that community, say ing that they had been concentrated s in towns and had suffered great In dignities, "that fifteen of their people a had been tortured by what is known t as the water torture, and that one e man, a highly respected citizen, aged 55 years, named Vicente Luna, while saffering from the effects of the tor ure and unconscious, was dragged from his house, which had been set f ,n fire. and burned to death. They t stated that these atrocities were com- a iitted by a company of scouts under C command of Lieutenant Hennessy, d and that their people had been crowd- d ed Into towns, 600 being confined to t one building." d A doctor of the party said he was ready to testify that some of the 600 died from suffocation. SDULAR ATROCITIES. General Miles then refers to other cases. saying that on the island of a Cebu, it was reported and published y in November, 1902, "that two otcers, Captain Samuels, Forty-fourth Infan- r try, United States volunteers, and I Lieut. Peeter, Nineteenth infantry, i had committed similar atrocities e against the people of that island. It c is also reported that at Laoag, on the r island of Luz'n, two natives were a whipped to death. At Tacloban, c Leyte, it was reported that Major d Glenn ordered Lieut. Caulifield,. t Philippine scouts, to take eight prison- 1 ers out into the country and that if f they did not guide him to the camp of the insurgent quison, he was not to t bring them back. It was stated that I the men were takenout and that they q either did not or could not do as a directed. One of the men who had a son among the scouts, was spared, but the others were shot or bayonetted to death, some being in a kneeling posi- t tion at that time. S THE PRIESTS TORTURED. t "At Calbayog, Samar, it was report- V ed that several men In that district fl ad been subjected to water cure. I saw t three men who had been subjected to, this treatment. One was the presi- I dente of the town, Mr. Rosales, who showed me long, deep scars on his I arm, which, he said, were caused by 5 the cords with which he was bound, t cutting into his flesh. e "The second man was named Jose Borga and the third was Padre Jose I Diaznes, who stated that he was one a of three priests who had been subject- I ed to torture by the troops under comn- E mand of Lieut. Gaupot, Tenth r cavalry; that his front teeth had been S knocked out, which was apparent; c that he was otherwise maltreated, J and robbed of $300. It was stated that these priests were taken out to S be killed and were saved only by the prompt action of Major Carrington, t First infantry, who sent out for 2 them. "Lieut.. Gaujot was tried, pleaded t gilty, and was given the trivial sen- C tence of three months' suspension i from command, forfeiting $50 per month for the same period. His plead ing guilty prevented all the facts and circumstances being developed. 1 OUT TO TORTURE. "It appears that Major Glenn, Liet. Conger and a party of assis-i tan ts and native scouts were moved from place to place for the purpose of extrting statements by means of torure and it became so notorioust tat this party was called 'Glenn's brigade.' Whether it was possible for offcials to be engaged in such acts without the personal knowledge of the general upon whose staff they vere serving at the time, namely, brigadier General Hughes, I leave for s hers to conjecture. "These facts came to my notice in a casual way, and many others of Isimilar character have been reported Iin different parts of the archipelago. In fact, I was informed that it was common talk at the place where olcers congregated that such trainsac tions had been carried on either with the connivance or approval of certain commanding oifcers. It is, however most gratifying to state that suchI atrocities have been condemned by such commanders as Generals Lawton. Wade, Summer, Lee Baldwin and others. THEORDERt HE GAVE. "I found that with certain omcers the impression prevails that such acts were justifiable and I felt it my duty, in order tocorrect such erroneous and~ dangerous impression, and to prevent the possibility of such acts being coin-1 ittdin the future, which must im !pair the good name of American arms and bring discredit to our service for all time, to direct that any orders or circulars of personal instruction which would inspire or encourage any act of cruelty be annulled." Gen. Miles directs attention to the acts of reconcentration by General. Bell and claims that they were in di rect violation of the law. He says the law was also violated in handling and buying large quantities of rice which was sold at a profit. The people who were in the reconcentration camp, says General Miles, were "considered prisoners of war, but were compelled to buy food from those who held thenm tt a large profit." General Miles ,haracterizes this as unprecedented. AS TO THE MOROS. Of the Moros General Miles says: "The problem of reducing or con ;rolling these people in case of con inued hostilities does not appear to >e a difflcult one. They are very pl-or y armed, and have no means of-with tanding our mountain artillery and ield mortars. Their forts possess but light resisting power and can easily 1 ye destroyed by modern artillery." Of the roads to Lake Lanao. he!' ;ays: I "'At the time of my visit there were 2 ;00 ofrour men at work on this road. 1 E'he heat was intense, and there were t t 6the time seventy men sick and r ome 200 men on sick report.. Unless I ,here should be some great military s Lecessity-and I know of none-this ( vork should not be performed by c ,roops. There appeared to be very f lissatisfaction -and just ground for omplaint."( The more important observations a ,nd recommendations of General 1 Iiles are as follows: t "The general condition of the troops 1 a the archipelago was creditable to a hemselves and to the country. The E ficers and soldiers made a good ap- I earance. "The effect of the climate is a most 2 erious detriment to the service. The I 2en go there in perfect health and in I he prime of manhood, but as a body ( re seriously affected in the course of C wo or three years service. Very few C scape, but the majority are debil- C :ated. C MILITARY STATIONS. C "As the military stations, with but c sw exceptions, are very remote, and E he troops are required to be in com- F iunities that are neither beneficial G or congenial to them, the service is G epressing, and to some extent, hasa E emoralizing effect. During visits to L e garrisons, it so happened that I T id not see a single soldier under the j afluence of liquor. As the result of C y observations, it is my judgment p at the discontinuance of the liquor B sature of the canteen has been bene- S cial. Temptation was removed from S ie immediate presence of the young 7 en of the army and they are less - kely to indulge in liquor. "The number of troops that will be g quired to occupy the Philippine is- o Lds is still problematical. While it ; claimed that the people are pacified, vidences of hostility toward Ameri an sovereignty are apparent. The ewspapers published in both Spanish ad English' contain almost daily ac Dunts of hostilities, depredations or isturbances of the peace. kainst ese armed bands the civil govern ient is employing the constabulary, a yrce of about 6,000. "I found a large proportion of the roops occupying church property, d ionasteries, colleges and convents. t] Ihis I believe to be entirely wrong, d it should be discontinued without elay. "While the supplies as a rule, have fi een abundant and of good quality, h here is, in my opinion, too much cold l( torage meat used for the good of the coops. Its constant use becomes ery distasteful, and in the opinion of fany eminent physicians, it is not g be most healthful."C General Miles says the Philippine t lands are as defenseless today as they d rere five years ago and renews his ~ ecommendation that at Jeest one e trategic position be fortified beyond ~ be possibility of capture by any for. - ign fleet or fleets. "In my journeys through the archi- t elago I was frequently appeal'ed to id in assisting the people to obtain a a od supply, of which they will be in ~ reat need in the near future. I do ~ ot think there is today a people so C everely afflicted as the eight million a f inhabitants of this archipelago. a 'estilence has prevailed, having been ~ a some districts a serious scourge, re ulting in the reported death of nearly 2 5,000 people, while it is estimated t at the number not reported is fully ' s large." General Miles recommended that ~ ransports should be used to bring ~ ut wheat and corn, and then used to ring carabos and cattle.t Shot Ont Both Eyes. E H. Hi. Haas, assistant surgeon in ~ e United States navy, attempted' icide at a hotel at Staunton, Va., Vednesday by shooting. The ball ntered the right temple and lodged s the left, near the surface, destroy- t ng both eyes. He was consciousa rhen found and ask-ed for his pistol to nish the job. He left several letters o friends, also a request to notify T. a s. Haas, lawyer, Harrisburg, Va., hat his brother was dead. His reasons ras. "Am in trouble, want to die." lis condition is very critical. Has ras on a furlough, his station being ~ortsmouth, Va. The ideal Man. Madam Sarah Grand talks contemp- t uously of "Mere Man." Not so, , owever, a St. Paul club woman, whot esponded to the toast. "The Ideal ian" at a recent club function. She e aid: "Man is too capable. He is the e aragon of animals. On his own 1. round he surpasses the lion in mag- a animity, the fox in acumen, the a arrot in repartee, the monkey min ersatility, the ant in thrift, the flesh t n self control, the spider in all that s oes to make up a valued member of.a ociety. I dare say that, if the facts a vere uk-nown, ma:1 is more or ant *bsolute success~ than the mule:" v Fatally Barned. t A. dispatch from Belton to The tate says Mrs. Stuart, a lady living n the mill village, was a fatally urned Thursday. It seems that hile she was cooking dinner a tire '] >rand dropped from the stove unno- e Iced and set her clothing afire. She a vas horribly burned from head to t oot before assistance could reach her.t ihe is still living but is expected to lie at any moment. A Fatal Fall. At Monchester, N. H, Wilbert IR.] :amlin, a painter, jumped up on some tagingt 50 feet above the ground in 1 rder to test it Wednesday morning. rhe stagging broke and Hamlin was precipitated to the sidewalk. He struck on his head and was killed in stantly. ONE CENT A MILE. rbis is the Rate to Attend the Con - Lederate Rennion. The Columbia State says the secre :ary of the Chamber of Commerce ?riday received official announcement rom Chairman Joseph Richardson of he Southeastern Passenger associa ion of the rate. of the Confederate eunion which opens here on 12th inst. L cent-a-mile rate is named. Mr. Uichardson writes: "Please note that ickets will be sold May 11, 12 and for aorning trains of the 13th. and- are imited fo return to May 16, 1903. A tatement from the the Chamber of ;ommerce says: *'This means a rate f 1 cent a mile traveled, plus 25 cents or the round trip-minimum rate of 0 cents-from all points in South arolina and from Augusta, Ga. It iso means that tickets will be sold on lay 11 and 12 and for trains scheduled o arrive during the forenoon of M y 3. The following will be the rAs pplying at the principal poi -s amed for the round trip: dllendale..... ........... 70 Lnderson.-..... ...........280 Lugusta, Ga............... 1 90 .arnwell.. ...............1 50 lacksburg' ................2 70 alboun Falls. .............2 70 'amden.... ...............90 arlisle.................. 1 30 atawba..... ............ 95 harleston.... ............285 heraw..... .............2 00 hester.. ................1 55 linton ...................1 55 oenmark.... ............. 25 airfax................. ...... 1 80 reenville.... ............2 50 reenwood................1 95 [ardeeville............... 1 85 ancaster..... ...........1 70 aurens...................... 1 75 ewberry.......... .......1 10 rangeburg...............2 25 rosperity.................100 ock .1ll.................1 95 partanburg.. .............2 15 amter.................. 110 emassee.................2 35 'orkville............ ......... 2 00 The people of Columbia is going to ve the old soldiers a big time and all them should go to the reunion. A DISASTROUS BLAZE. leven Mules, Barnes and Stables Goes Up in Smoke. The Charleston Post says fire swept 2e barn and stables of Mr. John N. 'orhees Thursday night in St. An rews, where he conducts a large muck farm. The barn, containing a it of truck. the stables and about even mules, were consumed by the ines. By heroic work, two mules, a orse and a wagon were saved. The ss is not known, but it is supposed it ill be several thousand dollars. The particulars of the fire are mea er and the only information that ould be learned was received over the slephone frcm the Horres farm, some istance from Mr. Vorhees' place. Mr. rorhees, when notified of the fire arly Friday morning, left the Argyle [otel, where he boards, immediately, >r his farm, and up to alate hour Fri ay afternoon he had not returned to~l be city. The fire occured Thursday night bout 10 o'clock. When discovered, it ad gained considerable headway and 11 effort to save the property by resi ents of St. Andrew was without vail. It is understood that a large mount of vegetables, consisting of eans, potatoes and peas, which had een stored in the barn Thursday fternoon, were lost in the fire. The ruck had just been gathered for ship ment to Northern markets. Mr. Vorhees' farm is one of the best nown in this State. It is in a high tate of cultivation and a model of eatness. His farm is often visited by ourist who come to Charleston in the pring. It is believed that the prop rty was partially covered by insur nce. Forest Fires Raging. A dispatch from Bradford, Pa., ays the worst forest fires in the his ory of this section of Pennsylvania re raging tonight, and a million ollars worth of property has been .estroyed. The forests have been blaze for the past week, but the fires rere kept under control by large 'angs of men until Friday morning, rhen a stig southeast gale sprang up nd fanned the smouldering embers ato a roaring mass of flames. Watson ille, ten miles south of that city, is eported as being destroyed and it is eared that a number of lives have een lost. The last word from there ras received at 2 o'clock and at that ime the fire was on all sides of the lace and the people were fearful of eing burned to death as there was o avenue of escape. That was the st word from that quarter. All wires re down in that direction. At Simnp an, where the forest is thick and a rge number of oil wells are located, be tire was very fierce. On both ides of the railroad the woods were a ass of flames and swept Over an area f two miles, talkh~g everything in beir path. The people of the town rere rescued by a special train being an as far as Davis City and brought a that city this evening. The town ras destroyed. Massacre Ordered. It is claimed that the Sultan of lurkey recently summoned the Kurd hiefs in Asia Minor to Constantinople. nd instructed them to recommence he Armenian massacres which were he sensation of the civilized world ialf a dozen years ago. The Sultan's iea is that bloodshed on a large scale n Armenia would distract attention rom Macedonia and relieve pressure on ~uropean Turkey. Armenia massa res have already occurred in the dis rict of Van, Vaspuakan, Musha and assum. In a fight near Van, the ~rmenians fought the Kurds fiercely mnd as a result 200 were killed and sev ~ral hundred wounded, many of the menualiae being Kunds GEN. 11LES PLAN. He Says Good Roads Should be Made With Public Money as WATERWAYS HAVE EEEN MADE. Bryan Receives an Ovation and3 Tells Why the Farmer is Entitled to Good Public Highways. The International Good Roads Convention met in St. Louis on Mon day of last week. Senator Latimer of this State addressed the convention on the first day. The next day Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who is president of National Highway commission, made an address on "Military Roads and National Aid." He said, in part: "Our government has expended $500, 000 for the improvement of harbors and waterways and now the attention of the public is being called to our postal roads and avenues of communi cation that are most useful and in portant toall our people. "If such expenditures of the na tional treasure have been made in the past for the development of railroads and waterways, is it not now a most appropriat6 time that the improve :nent of our roads should receivebs tional attention and governmenta - aid?" Ex-Governor Hogg of Texas pointed out the necessity for good roads which, he believed could be secured only through the aid of the nationa. government. He spoke of the insular - policy of the government and said If some of the -money that is being squan dered in the Philippines could be used here In the improvement of highways, our roads would be in far better con dition. BRYAN RECErVEs AN OVATION. Wm. J. Bryan -spoke at the after noon session, receiving an ovation. He said, in part: "Tne expenditure of money for the permanent improve ment of the common roads can be de fended, first as a liiatter of justice to the people who live in the country,; second, as a matter of advantage to' the people who do not live In the country, and third, on the ground' that the welfare of the nation de mands that the comforts of country life shall, as far as possible, keep pace with the comforts of city life. "It is a well known fact, or a fabt easily ascertaired. that the people in the country while paying their full a share of county, State and federal taxes, receive as a rule only the gen eral benefits of government, while the people of the cities have in addition to the protection afforded by the govern ment, the advantage arising from the expenditure of public moneys in their midst. "The improvement of the country roads can be justified also. on the groand that the farmer, the first and most important of the producers of wealth, ought to be in a'.position to hold his crop and market it at the most favorable opportunity, whereas at present he is virtually unde~r com pulsion to sell it as soon as it is ma ured because the roads may become ~~ impassable any time during the fall, winter or spring. Instead of being his own warehouseman, the farmer Is cmpelled to employ middlemen and share with them the profit upon his labor.. The farmer has a right to in sist upon roads that will enable him to go to town, to church, to the school house and to the homes of his neigh bors, as occasion may require, and with the extension of rural delivery e has an additional need .for good roads in order that he may be kept in communication with the outside world." PE~sDENT ROOsEYELT SPEAKS. Immediately upon the arrival of President Roosevelt in St. Louis on Wednesday he was driven to the Good Road Convention. The military com panies and a platoon of police had been waiting two blocks away, and as soon as the line of carriages appareda slower march was taken- up to cover the three miles to Odeon hall. Peo ple were congregating along the streets and wildly cheered as the president passed. He continually doffed his at in acknowledgment. The hall was packed with a crowd, whicli had been waiting patiently for hours. The president spoke of good roads in tones which- showed, as well as his words, that he was thoroughly in sympathy with the object of the as sociations. "Roads," he declared, "tell the greatness of a nation. The influence of the nations whichi have not been road- builders has been evanescent. Rome, the most power ful of the older civilizations, left..her impress Ou literature and speech; she hanged the boundaries of nations, but plainer than anything else left to remind us of the Roman civilization are the Roman roads." At this point in the president's speech the crowd rose and cheered, waving handker chiefs and hats. The president de clared that good roads probably were the greatest agency for regulating the flow from the country to the city of young men and young women. A MIail Carriers Gun. A special to the Spartanburg Journal says the attorney-general has hac a question submitted to him of onsiderable interest. A rural mail route carrier wants to know whether if he carriers a pistol he must carry one of the statutory size, which must be 20 inches long and weight not less than three pounds. He says he doesn't want to violate the state law, but does not want to carry such a heavy gun. No opinion has been rendered yet on the question. - Postoffice Robbers Convicted. Thomas Hamilton, William Oliver and J. A. Bird, charged with break ing into the postotlice at Autun, near Pendleton, on the 2nd of February, and also with breaking into the post office at Iva, Anderson county, on the 3rd of February, 1903. were convicted of the charge in the United Sates Court on Wednesday and sentenced to five yne in the penitentiary.