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VOL. XIX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28. 1905. NO. 40. A SAD PIJURE. Negroes of the West India Islands Said to be Drifting BACK TO BARBARISM Condition in the Islands. Where the Blacks Have Control Race Problem is Being Settled Against the White Man. Sad Sight at Ruins of St. Pierre. I have recently returned from a trip to the West Indies and the Spanish Main, in the course of which I visited most of the Windward as well as the Leeward Islands of the group, writes Lambert Tree, in the Chicago Trib une. We went within 10 minutes of the Equator, and I found it hot down there, with 90 to 95 degrees in the shade. I-had summer seas and blue skies in the tropics'all the time, and the trip was in many respects interestiu. Of course I saw our new coTonial acquisi tion, Forto Rico, and have no tears to shed on account of its being ours, al beit I wish the population was of a higher grade, we cannot have every thing in this world, thuugh, just as we would like it, and besides if there were not room for improvement in the peo ple of the island, neither would there be any room for progress. They are in high feather down there just now with the brilliant prospect of a large crop of sugar, on which tbey expect to realize a net profit of 50 per cent. On the whole, thirgs are decid edly loiking up in the affairs of the island under American auspices One of the saddest sights I have ever seen in my life is the ruins of the city of St. Pierre, Martinique, whose pop ulation of 40,000 was wiped out, it is said, in 20 secor-ds by poisorous gases, which suddenly burst from the sides of Mont Pelee at the time of the erup tion three years ago. Only the walls of the great ware houses along the quay and of the cathedral, halls, theatres, churches, business houses and homes remain as silent witnesses to testify that there was once an ac tive, gay and bustling French city standing there. The streets are heaped 10 feet deep with ashes, belched forth from the crater. The trees, which cnce shaded the streets and adorned its famous bo tanical gardens are leafi'ss and ugly monuments of its destruction. When I landed from the ship in a small boat not a soul survived to meet me and tell the story of that fearful moment All was the silence of death, and there was not even the rustle of the fer de lance among the pitiful ruins that dread snake whose bite is certain and speedy death, and which used to Infest the sides of Pelee and steal down times, It Is said, into the gardens of St. Pierre. It, too, has been eliminat ed from the scene by the Impartial volcano, which spared neither sex, age, color nor any living thing. In our cruise we followed In part the same watery paths pur-ued by Cc lumbus more than four centuries ago, and saw personified In some of the is lands, if not paradises inhabited by devils, at least gardens of Eden, con trolled by populations, which were ap parently drifting back into that b3.r barism, whence they were taken when they were brought over by Eegish, French and Spanish slavers andi ais tributed among them. The racial problem is being worked out In the tropical West Indies, and worked out, if not in favor of the tie gro, at least~ against the white man. No reflecting person can visit these is lands 'without feeling, after what be sees there, that the Almighty has fix ed certain zones for the habitation of the white and black races respective ly. Everywhere In those islands the evi dence exists that the white man has lost la'the struggle which he has been maintaining for centuries there to preserve his racial superiority even as an Inhabitant of countries within the tropical zone. Gradually but surely he has deterlo ated physically, morally and mentally. Of all the emigra-ts, forced or valua' tary', who have peopled those islands since the ruthless slaughter of the na tive Caribees by the soldiers and gov ernors from the highly civilized na tions of enlightened Europe, only the negro from the Cong~o or the gold coast of Africa, whose forebears were brought there as slaves, has flourish ed. Instead of deteriorating he has, con sidering him as an animi, physically Improved in stature and muscular pow -er. The climate being equivalent to his own, all the rest Is doubtless the result of more favorazle physical surrounding as to nature and lodg ment than he had been accustomed to in Africa in spite of his condition of slavery. He has also multiplied rapid ly until he has become in all of the is lands vastly dominant in numbers. Naturally, therefore, the white moan who has grown all the time fee bler, mentally and physically, and who each year dwindles in numbers, has already lost his h'old on some of the is lands, and ismna fair way to loe it on the result of them. Cuba excepted and perhaps Porto Rico, where climat Ic conditions are mucn more favorable for him- As the white man loses his grip the black man tightens his, an hence is perceived everywhere, sub stantially, negro control. The English islands of Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica are no exception to this rule. For while governors with rat salaries are still appoloted by the imperial Government, tae local offices are filled by blacks, the islands polced by them, and their general political. social and moral tone given by them. What next? That is the questiot which one constantly propounds tC himself as he observes the facts I have related, and in addition sees the same racial antagonism or mutual aversi r existing between white and black ir tea islands which he has been accus tomed t . suppose only prevailed in the United Dates. It is an interestivg fact also that as rapidly s the negro secures absolute control fn the islands he just as cer tainly applies the thumb screw to the white, whom he hates in that hearty spirit which finds it origin only in ra cial antagonisms that neither constit ut-ions nor laws can eradicate or sup press. Thus in that precious republic, Haiti, the white man is not permitted to hold real estate, and a number of other privileges are denied him which are permitted to the black citizen. Judging from the examples of negro rule in Haiti and Santo Domingo, as well as from the social and political conditions in other of the West Indies where they are in partial control, l' would seem that the negro is seen at his best where he is under the irfluence and control of a considerable body of white men. By himself, it is nearly, or quite, self-evident that he is not capable of administering Government for the gen eral velfare of the people over whom he rules. The negro is an imitator, and with the influence and example of the white man absent racial instincts beyond his control seem to draw him back as by "the call of the wild." His idea of government in the republics in the West Indies he rules over is te plunder the weak. "Might makes right" is the rule of the barbaric, and this is the rule of those whence he sprang and toward whom he is again drifting. If the negro is left to himself much longer in Haiti and Santo Domingo all government will ultimately disap pear except that of tribal relation. Nothing is more clear than that he is retrograding in that direction. All this would be mere abstract spec ulation for Americans if we were not confronted with a racial problem of the same kind In our own land. As it is, however, we are facing it now. Many people in the country, and they are growing in number every day, think grave mistakes have been made in the treatment of the negro question since the abolition of slavery, and they would gladly see undone some of the things which have been done. Ju-st as many persons, who are in reasing just as fast in number; be lieve that as the Southern people are zace to face with the problem and un derstand it better in all its phases than the people of any other portion of the country, they ought to be let alone to settle it themselves in the way in which it seems to them wisest under the circumstances. Upon them, their children and children's children must rest the brunt of the consequences, whichever way the problem is settled. Mask the problem as we will, the fact remains that the people cf the South-those people who have as lofty ideas in religion, morals and honor as any in the world-those people who have produced some of our greatest statesmen, .soldiers and scholars, and among whom the highest type of the pure American is found, are to-day en gaged in a struggle for race supremacy in their States. Upon the issue of that struggle many there are, in the South as well as in the North, who earnestly and devotedly believe depends the question whether the Southern States shall be come a second edition of the West In dies or remain under the control of the owners of the soil and the build ers of their universities colleges, schools, churches and civic institu tions. "The~ Little Rb" A dispatch from Greenville says: Without a relative in the world, alone and almost forsaken, W. Mf. Boazman, better known as the "Little BReb," was discovered on his little cot In his room In the Whitmire building almost perished and very ill, Thursday morn ig. The condition of the man was reported to Chief Becknell, who sent food and a phaysician to give him nuedcal attention. Friday .a good sum was callected for the comfort of the poor man. The 'Little Reb' stated that he became ill a week or two ago, and that he grew worse day by day until he was confined to his bed. He was unable to call anyone, and ex cept for the discovery would have starved to death in his feeble condi tion. A room will be engaged at some boarding house, where he will be sent and cared for. The 'Little Reb' is a mysterious personage. Little of his career is known and he will not talk of the past, except that he is very proud of his war record. He was a Confederate soldier, and ever since the war he has worn the regulat'on veteran cap and uniform He has made a slim livelihood by his me chanical turn and nearly every one in Greenville has seen some of his little inventions or conrivances. Old Lady Drowned. Mrs. David Latham, aged 75 years, was drowned Saturday afternoon about two o'clock in Ross creek, 3 mies north of Atworth, and within three hundred yards of her home on Mfr John Cargie's farm. She was ap parently well and ate a hearty dinner, but soon af terwards strolled off from the house. Her shoes were found on the creek bank and her bonnet hang ing on a limb near the creek. The water was not over two feet deep, where the body was found. No rea son is known why she committed sui cide. For the Usual Crime. A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn., says Sinom Ford, a negro, who as saulted a white woman near Riveside, has been taken from jail at Hohenwald by a mob of fifty men and shot and killed. Ford was arrested after being prhaps fatally wounded. After his arrest he admitted his guilt and was identified by his victims. Ford was hauled to the scene, about ten miles. suffering from his wounds. He asked to be killed the quickest way and did not plean for his life. Landed in Jail. Rev. Monson T. Dye, who heads the flocks of religions enthusiasts at Danville, Va., known as "Holy Jump ers," was committed to jail for disre garding the mayor's injunction to re frain from boisterousness in his open air meetings in the street. He re fused to pay the fine or to allow others to do it, preferring the role of A CALL TO FARMERS. President Jordan of the Scuthern Cot ton Association Wants Them To Celebrate July Fourth by Hold Ing Meetings and Make it a Day ol General Rf joicing. President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association has de cided that the farmers in all of the cotton growirg counties should meet in their respective communities on July 4th, have barb-cues, speaking and make the day one of general rejoicing this year on account of the splendid work accomplisbed by the farmers in reducing the cotton aereage in 1905. President Jordan's call follows: Offlee Sjuthern Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga., June 9, 1905. To Southern Cotton GrowerE: Every report issued on the cotton acreage of 1905, including the United States government report of June 2 1, indicates beyond all question of doubt that the cotton acreage for this year has been materially reduced by the farmers, thereby making another ab normally large crop with extremely low prices an Impossibility. Soutuern cotton growers are to be highly commended for thus standiug so loy ally by their pledg--s and promises, which will save the s.outh from finan cial ruin and disaster. Toe farmers also held their coitton from the mar kets during a most depressing period in January and Febru.ary, thereby em phasizing their ability to protect their interests from the devastating infnu ences of speculation. The cotton hold ing movement has saved the south $50,000.000 in the value of the cotton unsold on January 26, and the reduc tion in cotton acreage will insure 10 cents per pound for the staple next fall. We should therefore have a day of general rejoicing for the great work accomplished. The Declaration of American In dependence from the yoks of foreign domination was signed on July 4, 1776. 1 think that a fitting day for southern cotton growers to assemble together and declare their freedom and independence from foreign com binations which in the past have dic tated the price of the great money staple crop of the south. I therefore issue this call, earnestly asking that the cotton growers all over the south meet on Tuesday, July 4, 1905, either in their local beat;, townships, mil itia districts or at their county seats, and have barbecues or basket din ners, speeches and make of the day one of general rejoicing. I trust also that strong resolutions will be passed at these meetings emphaslz Ing loyalty and patriotism to each other and agreeing that no cotton shall be sold during the balance of the present year for less than 10 cents per pound. I call upon the business and professibnal men in the various towns of the south to assist and take afttive part in these meet ings. It is the duty of every south erner to assist the farmers in this patriotic duty and to commend them for the great victory they have wen. I ask that copies of all resolutions passed at these meetings be mailed to the headquarters of the So.uthern Cotton Association for compilation and publication. Such a meeting of the cflton growers and their determi nation to demand batter prices for cotton would have a tremendcus effect on the spinners of the world who have sold their goods and have vet to secure the raw cotton to fill their con tracts. Let every coimmunity act and act with determination. Yours truly, BARVIE JORDAN, Pres. Southern Cotton Associabion. Says She Is President. Carrying with her a document sign ed by Alexander M. Templeton, chief burgess of Washington, Pa., who cr tifies that she is sane, Mrs. Sarah Co-nstock, 52 years old, called to tfle White House Wednesday to take charge of President Roosevelts'socffiee. S-ae was met it the main corridor by Secret Service Odficer Tyree, who took her to police head~quarters for Investi gation as to her sanity. Later she was sent to the house of detention. She says that she was elected pr si dent of the United States last su'nmer. and Mr. Templeton in his document, which bears what avp ears to be the seal of the state of Pennsylvania, also swears to this statement. "Mr. Roose velt knows th'at I have been elected, and he has just been fiiling the offi e while I settlea up my affairs in Penn sy lvania," said Mrs Comstock, as she was placed in a cell at the hous.e of d teot:on. She cere to Wa;; in. t :n Tuesday and stayed at a cheap lodg ing house with her 14 year old son, who accompanied her there. Killed from Ambush. A dispatcha from F.orenc? says that H. D. Granger, a local Bsaptist preach er, was shot from ambush and killed, while working on his farm near that place Fnursday. He lived In the dis trict mnown as "the dead stretch," where it it is said that negroes are not welcome, and the only explana tion of his death is in the fact that he had hired two negroes to work on the farm and protected them--even allowing them to sleep on his prem ises Granger was respected and had many friends but appears to have an gered a certain element that made it a risky thing for a negro to enter the "dead stretch," which is said to lie between Bayboro and Loris. Blood hounds have been sent for and the authorities are evidently intending tt track the assassin, if possible. Qacer Phxysicr.1 Facts. The two sides of a person's face are never alike. The eyes are out of line in two cases Out of five and one eye ic stronger than the other in seven per sons out of ten. The right eye is alsc as a rule higher than the left. Onl3 one person In fifteen has perfect eyes, the largest percentage of defects pre vailing among fair haired people. The smallest vibration of sound can be distinguished better with one ear that with both. The nails of two fingers never grow with the same rapidity. that of the middle finger growing the fastest, while that of the thumi grows slowest. In 54 cases out O: 100 the left leg is shorter than ths right. 00LD BLOODED Assassination of the Rev. H. D. Grainger, a Baptist Minister IN HORRY COUNTY. Commander Johnson and Charlotte Sim mons, a White Man and Woman, Living in kdultery, Arrested for Committing the Revolting Crime. Now in Jail. A dispatch from Conway to The State says another tragedy has occur red to stain the fair fame of H >rry county, sickenirg and revolting it its details. Friday morning Rev. Har mon D. Gainger, a Bap'.ist minister, who lived on his farm near Bay boro, was shot dead in his fi -d about 9 o'clcek in the forenoon. The cri'a was perpetrated by an assassin who had hidden himself in the woods ad joining the field, and who fired both barrels of his shotgun, each loadedi with a full load of buckshet, for 32 were found in the body. Mr. Grainger was the pastor of several country churches, and it is said that no man in Herry county has preached more funerals or married more couples. He was known and loved not only in his immediate neighborhood and community, but throughout the leagth and breadth of the whole coun ty. His family consisted of his wife and four children, some of whom were working in the field near him when the dastardly crime was done. His brother, Daniel Gratnger, is a magis trate of the county. Just after the sbootibg a runner was dispatched to Bayboro, the nearest tel'graph office on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, which was three miles away, with the following message to the coroner: "Come; Rev. H. D. Grainger shot dead in his field by unknown party. (Signed) "L. S. ALFORD." Dr. Burroughs, coroner, B. J. Ses sions, sheriff, and a number of others went to the scene of the murder as quick as they could from Conway. They reached the scene about 4 o'clcck in the afterncon, where they found gathered nearly everybody in the com munity. The coroner's jury was em paneled at once, and the taking of the testimony continued until 4 o'clock Saturday morning. A more thorough investigation at an inquest has sel dom been made. When the shooting occurred the other members of the family were so badly frightened that they did not go at once to the prostrate body, but raised such an outery for help that neighbors soon came. The body fell at the first shot, and death must have been instantaneous, for the shot ranged from the waist to the head, piercit g tvery C-:a organ- liver, spleen, kidnevs, langs, spinal column and brain. Tne mule he was plowing stopped, and the chin of the falling body caught on the crossbar between the plow handles. The body was not toached or moved until tue arrival of the coroner.. The friends of the fami ly had erected a shade cut of blankets, pine tops, and so forth. Tne airec tion from which the s n'oting was done was determined firs3 by probing the wounds, and was afterward confirmed by finding the wadding from the gun in nearby bushes. At first, no suspicion was enter tained of any one in the communliy, for it was not thought that Mr Grain ger had an enemy: but first one little circumnstance and another combin~ed to castsu~spicion? up>n a near neighbor, Commander Johnson, and his para mour, Charlotte Simmi ns, nee Pnce. Johnson and this wonan had been living together in open aducery for some months past, ano had teen the subjeca of severe co'mments by Mr Grailr ger who was underst'od to be agitating having them presented be for the next meeting of the grand j ury. Te2e testimony devr-Iped the faats thiat Jonnson had made s veral threats ta various parties that if Mr. Grainger persevered in his~ i'ntedti .n, h-- (John son) would "make ai m sie k ," or would "bloody his shirt," etc. Al o tnat some time ago, about two weeks earlier, he had purchased bucks*.ot. He and his paramour reacn'ed the scene together about 5 o'eicca in the afternoon, saying that they been fish ing, and had jusr returned, which was the reason of their not comirg sooner. When Johnson was pu3 on the stand he testified to the fact that he and "his woman" had been fishing, and that he had carried his gun in the hope of shooting squirrels, but that the only shells he had were loaded with No. 7 shot. His action, expres sion and general demeanor were such as to increase these suspicions. For some time he seemed to be un aware therof, but finally took the alarm, an'd It was only by the exercise of the greatest finesse that Mr. Mc Caskill, the deputy sheriff, was able to hold him on the ground until the order for his commitment could be prepared and signed. He has never directly de nied the commission, although he has done so by patent implication. After his arrest, he broke down in a fit of weeping and howling, which was re peated at the depot Saturday morning, just before putting him on the train, and again after he was lodged in the jail. The woman, who separated from her husband some time ago, allegirng his infidelity as the reason, answered In the most brazen manner as to illicit relations with the accused, admitted that on this account she had been driven from home by her father. The finding of the coroner's jury was that the deceased came to his death from gushot wounds at the hands of Commander Johnson. and Charlotte Simmons, accessory. From the testi mony it was learned that the woman was in hailing distance of Johnson, and told him when to sboot. She was in a position where she could see the other who were at work in the field a-id she warned Johnson when they were out of the way. It was this help on the part of tlhe woman that en a'led Johnsta to shoot Mr. Grainger in one end of the field while his chil dren, who were also ploughing in the same fielA, were at the other end. After the shootirg Johwcn and the woman disappeared, and did not turn up until five o'clock in the afternoon. There seems to be no doubt of their guilt. KENTUCKY HOSPITALITY Johnny Reb Got a Great Welcom-. There This Week. You've come, old Johnny Rets, and we sure are glad to see yo.u, says the Louisville Times. We've gotten us a new weather man since the last time you came, and, if any of you get wet, it'll bave to be o-i the inside, and ntt from the outside. The old town is btuntd to you on cvery-day occasions by the ties of kindred blood, by one ness of interest, by a comm n hert tage, and tie single purpose to prove worthy of it; but the present is not an every-day occasion. Whatever we a.re in plain, - r.1inary times, we are that and a leetle to the rise endu in' of this week. We Kentuckians think we.know a man when we see him, and, etter still, know how to treat him after we have sfen him, and the fact that about 60,000 of you old fell ws in gray jackets, with now and then a rae!.ve empty, or a lkg missing, have d cided that you would like to spend a few days with us in a body and talk over old times for old times' sake, and for the reason that the memory of them is an inspiration and their lesson a benediction, doesn't give us a mo ment's worry. To tell the truth, we've sort o' been expecting you and your sisters, and your wives and your Ceusins and your aunts, to say nothing cf some 30,000 or 40,000 sponsors and maids of honor. We belong to you for 365 days out of the year, but for these three days you belong to us; and if there's anything you'd like to have done that we happen to have over looked, just let us know, and we'll not be long in fixing it From Vir rinia to Texas, from Arkansas to Florida, from Kentucky to the Gulf, from little old fighting 'Joe" Wheel er to the biggest Tarheel private that ever slung a knapsack or squinted down the bar'l of an old squirrel rifle, you are welcome to the best on the table, the cobwebblest in the cellar, and the tendereat in our hearts. NORTH CAROLINA SENSATION. Two Men Charged With Trying to Briba the Kilgo Jury. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. (., says the sensation in the State is the finding of two well known white men of that county guilty of attempting to influence the jurors for Kilgo in the well-known case of T. J. Gattis, a Methodist minister, against President Kilgo of Trinity college and B. N. Duke of the American Tobacco com pany, which was non-suited there Wednesday, Kilgo and Duke being harged with malicious libel. The action was taken by Judge Fred oore, presiding in the superioi court. He issued benc't warrants for J. Rowan Rogers, former Republican heriff, and now court receiver in the federal court there, and J. P. Sorrell, a prominent farmer. The testimony of wo veniremen, one accepted as a uror, was that Rogers and Sorrel had een to them and urged them to help ut Dr. Kilyo in his suit, and they would be taken care of if trouble ame. KIlgo, Duke and their known attor eys swore that they knew nothing of he matter. Judge Moore found both Rogers and Sorrell guilty and sent hem to jail for 30 days with a fine of 50 --ach. It Is to be hoped that K~lgo, who is well-known in South Carolina., ad nothing to do with trying to fix he iu-y, but it looks quite fishy, to say the least of it. The iury that was ied exanerated Kilko anca Duke. Shot and Killed. Robert J. Bjarnes, a well known cot on man was shot and instantly illed Wednesday by Byron Trammell, postmster at Dothan, Ala. Barnes boarded at Trammeil's home and as he ntered the dotr, Trammell fired ou im twice without speaking a word. Dae~ ball entered the eye and another he left arm. Trammell surrendered himelf, making the statement that Barnes ''Dad wrecked his home " B ,th men stood well In the community, Trammell having been appointed post master about a year ago, to succeed W. W. Milliken. For Carry ing a Pistol. Gov. Heyward Friday granted a commutation of sentence to, one Julius ktmts of Orangw burg county, convict d recently on the chirge of carrying concealed weapons. The accused was convicted in his absence and the sen tence passed by Judge Dantzler was for one year imprisonment. Upon the appeal of Mr. Brantley, the prisoner's lawyer, and with the approval of the judge and the solicitor, the commuta tion to a fine of 840 was made. Drowned in Well. At Madison, Ga., Wednesday night Cal Fitz, a negro, was drowned in tue large well at the ice factory. He was trying to fix the pump, which was out of order, and stepped on a rotten plank and fell through, In falling he grabbed the pump and carried it down with him. At the same time the curbing of the well gave way, which caused the sides to cave, and al.l of it fell in on the man. Tornado in Wisconsin. A farmhand was killed on the farm of Charles Collins, several other per sons were injured at various points, over $150,000 damage was done to crops and farm buildings, and scores of head of stock were destroyed by a tornado that passed through Dane and Iowa counties and over the town ships of Barneveld and Bluemnounds Mnday night. Embezzler Arrested. W. W.Carr, disbursing clerk of the Smithsonian institute at Washington, was arrested on Wednesday on the charge of embezzling $46,000 of the funds of the institution. He has con xe.ed. ANOTRER WRECK. A Fast Train Jumps the Track at Mentor, Ohio. NINETEEN KILLED And- Over A Score Were Hurt. There Is Plain Evidence That a Switch Had Been Maliciously Tampered With by Some Person or Persons. Running at the rate of 50 or 60 miles an hour, the Twentieth Century limited on the Like Shore railroad :,ashed into an open switch at the pas er ger station at Mentor, ialo, snorLly before 10 o'clock Wednesday night. T;e combination baggage and smoking biiff -t car and the coach be hind in, caught fire and were destroy ed. The train was eastbound, having lefA Clevland about 9 o'clock and as it des not stop here it was running at great speed. The engineer did not Do tice the open switch until the train struck it. The engine left the rails and plowed into the ground, tearing up the track for yards. The two c:ach es following it jammed into it with -great force and were crushed, the fire from the engine setting them ablaze. Fo.rtunately most of the occupants of these two coaches were rescued before the fire reached them. Nineteen dead and a dczen slightly injured comprised the casualty list made by the wrecking of the train. It it maintained by railway officials that the switch on which the limited was wrecked was thrown open and looked and the switch light extinguised by some person, either a maniac or some oneseekingrevenge. It is still unknown who this person is, although detectiv es are working on the case. A careful examination of the switch showed that it was in perfect condition. Trainsmen are of the opinion that the engineer of the Twentieth Century was deceived by the light of a switch just beyond the open switch, the light of which is said to have been out. , W. H. Marshall, general manager of the Lake Shore, says the speed of the train was not a contributory cause to the wreck. He said that other Lake Shore trains travel through Meato at a speed equal to that attained by the limited last night, which was not, Mr. Marshall said, above 60 miles an hour. The schedule for the train calls for a speed of 57 miles an boar. Coro ner Courk of Lake county announced Tnursday evening that an Inquest would begin next Monday in Faines ville. LIST OF THE DEAD. A revised list of te dead follows: John R. Bennett, attorney, 31 Nas sau street, New York. John A. Bradley, of the law firm of Rowley, Rodgers, Bradley & Bock well. Akron, Onio. T. R. Morgan, second vice presi dent of the Wellman-Seavers-Morgan company, Cleveland. C. H. Wellman of the Wellman Seavers Morgan company, Cleveland, died in hospital. A. L Rozers, New York. represen native of the Piatt City Iron Works of Dayton, Ohio, died in hospital. S. C. B ckwith, 115 One Hundred and Se venty- fourth street, New York. A. H Head, London, representa tive of the Ois Steel company, of Cleveland, died in bonrital. H H. Wright, traveling man, Chi cago, died in hiospstal. D. E. Arthur, traveling man, Mil waukee, cied in hospital. J. H. Gibson, Chicago, traveling man, died In hospital. H. C M-chting, New York city, with the Wheelin~g Corrugated Iron company. L. M. Eirick, manager Ks.th's the atre, Cleveind. E. E Naugle, Chicagc, proprietor of a railway supply house. T wc unidentlied bodies, supposed to be those of L. A. Jahrcsjn, of the mil linery firm of Comey & Johnson, Clevel~.d, and Henry Trinse, barber -:n the train. Alien Tyler, engineer, Collinwood, o 1o, died in hospital. F. J. Brant, head brakeman, 2012 Asa street, Brie, Pa., died in hospi tal. N. B. Walters, baggage man, Ham burg, N. Y., died in nospital. W. D. Mickey, porter, Chicago. APPALLING scENES. The scenes following the wreck were appalling. The night was dark, save for the light from the blazing wreck of the coach that was crushed and splintered on top of she engine. Men swarmed about it combatting the flames with the means at hand, grop ing their way through the blinding, scalding steam that rose in cloufis, hunting for the injured whose piteous cries were such as chilled the hearts of those who heard them. The water supply was small and the means at hand for fighting the flames were pitifully inadequate, but the zeal of the rescurers wrought great things for the first few minutes. Pullman Conductor J. I. O'Nelli, with his force of porters, did valiant work in helpirig care for the injured as they were taken from the wreck. Bedding, blackets and sheets were stripped -from the tunks of the four Pullman coaches and used for the re lief of the sufferers. Conductor Alex ander Hammond, who escaped, start ed the work of rescue and led his fel low trainmen and the less seriously hurt of the passengers in deeds that were truly heroic. The wrecked train was making nearly 75 miles an hour when the accident occurred, accord ing to Firemana Aaron Gorham ]Nor walk, who, badly bruised, but other wise uninjured, miraculously escaped death. "We were speeding like the wind," said Gorham, "when the engine left the track. It occurred so quickly that I little knew what happened un til we crashed into the Mentor freight houe. T neither heard nor saw the engineer after that. The engine over turned and somehow the tank man aged to fall upon me, not heavily and I was sheltered by it. I lost con sciousness from the terrible blow which I had received upon the head and I knew nothing until I was drag ged from underneath the wrecked engine." C.nductor Alexander Ham mond of the limited said: "I rushed back to the switi im mediately after the wreck. It was open and locked open. I tried it and found that it worked all right. The switch light was out. Not a wheel rolled over the switch since No. 10, the eastbound Chicago and Boston train, went through 45 minutes be fore." KELD UP BY Po0 FAD. And Relievec by All the Money They Had About them. The Atlanta Journal says John L. Tippin, -18 years old, and Joseph E. Brown, 18 years old, of 509 S. Boule vard and 48 Cherokee avenue, respec tively, were held up and robbed at the points of two revolvers thrust in their faces by a white man on South Boule vard at the edge of Grant park Mon day night. The robber got 15 cents, and then stating that he himself was going in the direction of the Federal prison, ordered his victims to turn back in an opposite direction. The footpad then disappeared in the dark ness. Brown had been with Tppin to a party at Howell's station, and on their return Tippin invited his friend to spend the night with him at his house near Grant park. When they got off the car at the park they went to a bench and sat down. A man who had followed them from the car, accosted them, and asked them If they could change a five-dollar bill. Tippin remarked that the least he had was $5. Then when the two young men. started to Tippin's house, the man followed them. Suddenly he step ped to Tippin's side with a revolver In each hand. He said: "Halt, and hold up your hands." Tippin and Brown obeyed without any hesitation. Then the footpad put one revolver in his pocket, and keep ing the other thrust upon his victims, went through their clothes. He fished out 15 cents, and grunted with dis gust. "Where is that $5 you were talking about?" he asked. "We were only joking," said Brown. The robber put the money in his pocket contemptuously, and then ask ed his victims which way they were going. 'O"t South Boulevard," was the response. "No you ain't" replied the footpad, "for I am going that way myself-In the direction of the federal- prison. Now you boys go back the way you came and don't follow me." The boys obeyed, and the footpad disappeared. The program was theb reversed, and Tippin spent the night with Brown on Cherokee avenue. The footpad's hat was pulled down over his eyes and neither Brown nor Tip pin saw his features dibtlnctly." Spaniards in Cuba. A newspaper correspondent writing from Havana to the Boston Trans cript believes that the Spaniards In Cuba are niniting to combat the Ameri canization of the island and are stim ulating their countrymen in neigh boring lands to co operate. He says that Cuba is trying to fill the coun try with Spanish natives to drive out the Americans and than Cuban con suls are traveling over Spain to stimu late Immigration. Last year 15,000 immigrants arrived from Spain, and for the first three months of 1905 the arrivals averaged 3,000 a month. A new pride of race, a new interest in the old land is noticeable, and it is whispered that some day Spain will be back in Cuba and all Latin America will welcome the change. Serious Charge. A dispatch from Atilata, Ga., says Solicitor General Render Terrelf of the Coweta circuit of the saiperior court of Georgia has brought to State Chemist McCandless the stomach of Mrs. Minnie Noland, which will be 'xamined by the latter offcial to see If the charge that she came to her death from poison administered by her husband, Henry Noland, can be sub stantated by chemical proof. It is recalled that Mr. Noland recently an nounced through the State press that he would be a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for governor and would expect his support to be drawn from the farmers of the State. Mr. Noland is now in jail in Carroll coun ty under indictment for killing his wife. Held Up the City. At San Francisco Thomas Lobb, a maniac, barricaded himself in a room in the United States Hotel Wednes day, and after holding a thousand people at bay for two hours, shooting and more or less seriously wounding nine people and defying the police, killed himself. Lobb went to the ho tel Tuesday night. Wednesday morn ing he began throwing furniture from the windows to the street. Then he began firing with a shot gun placing a fifty hundred dollar bill In the muz zle of the weapon. Fragments of the paper money were scattered over the street. Street car traf~c was entire ly suspended after one car had been fired upon and the windows broken. An Eleven-Year-Old WIfe. New York's sensational martial case was brought Into the courts again Tuesday when the trial of Jacob Fine lite was continued before Magistrate Finn. Finelite is being prosecuted by Lena Finelite, a child of eleven years, who claims that she was mar ried to the man In January and that he has abandoned her, refusing longer to contribute to her support. Fine lte is about thirty-five and wealthy. He has denied that he married the child, but a certificate and witnesses have been produced which seem to bear out the truth of the canld's claims. Colored Woman Killed. A colored woman, whose name could not be learned was killed at Greers Frnday evening by No. 40, the illfated passenger train that was wrecked near King's Mountain that niht MANY KILLED. A Deain Dealing Wreck on a Maryland Railroad. TRAINMEN VICTIMS. 25 People Were Killed and a Score Were Injured. A Passenger Train Crashed Into a Double Header Freight, Reducing all Three Engiies to Scrap Iron. By far the worst wreck in the his tory of the Western Maryland railroad, occurred Saturday evening at a point about a quarter of a mile from Patap seo, a small station between West minster and Finksburg, Md. At least 25 people are believed to have been killed and a score more injured. Passenger Train No. 51, eastbound, was running at a very high rate of speed when, at the point named, it crashed into a doubie-header freight running east. All three of the engines were reduced to scrap iron, the express and baggage cars of the passenger were smashed and a number .of the freight cars were splintered. The passenger coaches sustained little in jury and almost without exception their occupants escaped with nothing worse than a bad shaking up. The ta talities and Injuries were to the crews of the engines and to workmen em ployed by the railroad. It is a rmak able coincidence that these latter should have been at work repairing the damage caused by a recent small wreck that occurred at Mont Hope sta tion, near Baltimore. They were on their way to their, homes, irsmall towns along the West.W ern Maryland railroad, to spend Sun day. Not being regular - passengers they had.boarded the baggage car and-, - engine. When.the crash came, the more fortunate who were on ths en gine jumped or were thrown fromthe train and were only injured. Thonse in the baggage car were terribly man gled and the crews of all three engines were killed. Their bodies are all be lieved to be under the wreckage of the engines. Just before the first relief train carrying lnjured to the hospitals of Baltimore left thescene, the wreckage about them began to burn. The first relief train to reach Baltimore brought 11 badly Injure. One had died on the trip. A doz-n ambulances await ed the arrival of the relief -train .at the union station and hurried the In jured to hospitals as fast asthey could oetakeu from the cars. The pointat which the-accident occurred is so situ. MUST 3 STOPPED. The Running of Freight Trains on 'Sunday by the Railroads. The Columbia Becord says as a re sult of a complaint received by .the, railroad commission regarding the running of freight trains on Sunday a formal order has been Issued caling attention to the law on the subject and ordering the cessation of the pra tics, If It exists. The complaint came from a numrner of ministers of Spar anburg and other cities in the upper part of the state and the letters re ceived stated that the Jaw had been constantly violated. The- railroad commission spent several hours dis cussing the situation, and, after an examintlon of the law, decided that If the complaint was true the railroads were subject to a fine. Railroad people state that the cemn plaint is altogether unfounded and that the railroads with few excep tions, do not violate the law. There is a 3pecial provison made for the fast vegetable and fruit trains are hurried North as rapidly as possible that these trains are the ones about which corn plaint has been filed. If that Is the case the order will, of course, not af feet their running, as they come un der the interstat3 commerce law and cannot be touched. Outside of these, however, there are nc local freight trains that are considered violation of the law. CO some of the roads trains arrive or depart from their terminals late Saturday and sometimes.the hours of the crews extend over Sunday, but this Is considered absolutely necessary in the business of the road and does Dot apply in the order to be issued. The order will only apply to trains carrying freight that make a business of running Sunay and if there are any of these they are subject to a fine. It Is safe to say, however, that there are none and that the roads are not violat ing the law. Drowned in saluda River. A dispatch from Newberry to The State says news reached there late Wednesday evening of young Robert Langford in Saluda river near Kempson's ferry, about 2 o'clock Wednesday. He had gone out to his uncle's, Mr. Preston L. Living ston, to a seining party and with his friend, Homer Stevens, preceded the older men and went into the river. When the others, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Chapin Lake, Mr. Blair and Mr. Pick ens Stevens, arrived they were met by Homer Stevens, who told them of the drowning. Up to 6 o'clock on Wednes day afternoon the body hadi not been 1ecovered. A Brutal Father. A special dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle says a farmer of Roberns, Ga., shot and painfully wounded his son, Willim Spmlers. Miss Spillers was assisting her father in packing peaches and a&ksd that she be allowed 50 cents. Her father became angry and threatened to slap her face, where upon her brother told Mr. Spillers he could not do so. This so angered the father that he knocked the son down with an empty crate,. got his gun and shot him.