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'VOL. XXIV MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER,199N2 y g l Eima_________ CROWDS ATTEND R==on of Survivors of Red Sbirt Wearers In the HAMPTON CAMPAIGM wifte Thousand Viators at Ander -o Wednesday to Witness and Participate in the First State Be =nia of Men Who .ad Democ Aasy to Victory in '76. A special dispatch to The News and Courier says ffteen thousand men, women and children caL to to Anderson today. some to taki pan in and the others to witness the great Red Shirt parade. and to hear the orators of the day. The line of march was formed shortly after 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, and at 11 o'clock the parade moved under Commander J. C. Stribling, pas Ing In review, and witnessed by thousands on the street. sidewalks. in the windows, balconies, etc. Nour housand men and ladies wearing red shirts, some mounted and the others on foot. formed the parade, which was more than a mile long. After the review the line marched to Buena Vista Park. weher. under the large and shady trees. ex-overnor John C. Sheppard. of Edgeeld. and Senator Tillman spoke to five thousand persons. Col. R W. Simpson presided over the meet ing. Governor Sheppard was the Irst spesker, and b remarks were en tirely of matters pertaining to the Red Shirt men. He recited personal experiendes during the campaign of 1876. and most interestingly told of the deeds of the brave men who wore the shirts of red. He recited their history and explained to the young tolka In the audience why the, Red Shirts oranized and told what they a*ompllshed. 14s. remarks. last ing nearly two hours, were brimful of interesting facts of the campaign made necessary to take the rule of the State from the negroes and car pebagger& Senator Tillman was the next and last speaker. He opened by hurling compliments at the newspapers and ridiculed their editorials about his leaving Washlngtan during the- tariff -_-ao and going out West to mak' address. He sarcastically raked the newspapers over the country about their 'barking at my heels just because I have made arrangements to leave my lecturing tour to come to South Carolina to make fve or six speeches." He declared that President Taft Is "the tool of a great political ma chine," and that the presidenti appointant of census enumerators in the South Is but a fnrthera~nce of his efforts to break the "Solid South." He said the "machine" is preventing Mr. Taft from earrying out his intentions as expressed in hi Atlanta speech. Senator Tillmu warned the people of the State against compulsory education. sayinzu that It would prepare th-e negroes for the ballot and miht In time re pult in their controlling .'ections in South Carolina. He told how ho blocked the Sen ate in the Crum matte- and sai'.! that nothiag plested him ',etter than getting money from the P'publicans for making two-hour lectures. In which he would tell them they were fools and ldio's. H-! slapped Th-, News and Coucier and the St:te. He said that Deacon Hemphill was ad vocating the organization of a comi mercial party, which is niotlang shoi t of Republican. He then spoke .M the days of '76. His speech In fult on this subject Is printed elsewhere. Read It. Senator Tillman was given an ova tion when introduced. and through out his speech there was consider able appaluse. The audience was with him from start to finish, and every utterance, especially when arcam was used or when an attack was made. brought forth yells upon yells. He spoke for nearly two hours. When Senator Tillman concluded a picnic dinner was served in the grove to the immense crowd. The day passed off plasantly. Good weather prevailed and few arrests resalted. There were no apprecia ble delays in carrying out the pro gram of events and the first Red Shirt Reunion has gone Into history as a grand success. ENIGINEER STAYS AT THROTrLE. Right Eye Cut squarely in Two by Guage Exploding. With his right eye cut squarely in two by a piece of flying glass, En gineer Andr w HerS ran his first Lackawannla egpress train from aplewood into Summit. N. 3.. be fore he asked for relief, and nou he Is In a hospital where be may lose the sight of both eyes because of hi heroism. While making fast time the glasi gauge on an oil eup In the cab ex ploded, a piece of Its striking Horn In the eye. Horn gave one shorl blast on the whistle, summoning the freman from the tender. When the M"man reached him Horn's right e. .. was bleeding pro fusely, but he had his right hant on the throttle and his left on th< airbrake. He said to the fireman: "Jus stand near me as I may fail in try ng to run her in." When the train reached Sniomit THE DRASTIC LAW TO HAVE LIQUOR IS ALSO INHIB ITED BY ITS TERMS. In Non-dispensary Counties the Poe session of IntoxIcants in An; Quantity Said to be Unlawfnl. May a man (or woman) living Im a South Carolina county which hi without dispensaries have In posses sion a gallon. pint. or gill of whis key or other intoxicants without vio lat!ng the provisions of the crimina code and subjecting himself (or her self) to a fine and imprisonment or both-the penalty for a second of fense being imprisonment without alternative? The State says good lawyers and perhaps judges are answering the question "uo,'' but it is only during the last few days that the people seem to be awakening to this dras tic construction of the law. There are those who hold that the Lexing ton or Sumter or Bamberg lady wh has "in possession" a quart of cook Ing sherry Is no less amenable to prosecution and punishment than is a "blind tiger." In other words, the former dis pensary ants were aimed at the man ufacture and sale of intoxicants and not at having them in possession. The act passed at the last session of the general assembly and approv ed March 2. 1909. after declaring alcoholic liquors "which If drunk to excess will produce intoxication" to be "against the morals, good health and safety of the State" proceeds to say "That it shall be unlawful for any persons. frm. corporation of as sociation within this State to manu facture. sell, barter, exchange, re ceive. give away to induce trade, de liver, store, keep in possession In this State. furnish at public places or otherwise dispose of any malt, vi nous. fermented, brewed or other liquors and beverages, or any com pound or mixture thereof which con tains alcohol and is used as a bev erage, and which if drunk to excess will produce Intoxication, except as hereinafter provided." In the act it does not appear to be thereinafter "provided" that any ;.erson may "keep in possession in this State" one drop of any alcoholic 1:quor of a a ttare to "make dru-mK c-ne" when nam.''Ad to excesi. ex -ept in counties having dispensaries. The penalty for violation of the act contaired in sectioa 11 and de claring violation a misdemeanor is a fine of from $100 to $500 or im nrilsonment at hard labor of from three to 12 months and for any see :nd or stbsequent offense, upon con viction. imprisonment of from one to fIve years at hard labor without any alternative fine. At a picnic in Zarline in Ander son county a few days ago Messrs. . R. Blake of Greenwood and Leg islator Jo~sh Ashley among others were speakers. The story goes that Mr. Ashley spoke wIth his accustomed fiery elo ruence and pith for prohibition, and Mr. Blake later uttered sentiments somewhat to the contrary. Mr. Blake :hen read from the act already quot ed. Mr. Ashley. in his gentle way, questioned the accuracy of the in hibitions as contained In the print read by Mr. Blake. "Do you 'keep in possession within this State' any intoxicating liquors?' inquired Mr. Black or the Hones Path delegation. The Honea Path delegation, it is said, admitted that the jug might not be wholly dry, whereupon Mr. Black read again the stern, inexor able condemnation of the law. Whether or not the Law and Or. der League In the dry counties will see to it that all the kitchen closet! shall be searched by constables for cooking sherry and brandied peaches remains to be seen-or It may be that astute lawyers will prove thai to "keep In possession' any intox cting liquors "wIthin this State' is not the law as it is written. Had they "to keep in possession' provision of the act been discussea before the elections, how would I' have affected the voting? Was thi law understood by the voters? Was it understood that to give away o: "to receIve" a toddy In a dry count: would be a misdemeanor? SMASHES ALL RtECORDS. Panlhan Flies Further and Longe Than Wright. Another sensational exploit wa added to the marvels of aviatlo week at Rhemis Wednesday whe Paulhan, the plucky French aviato2 broke the world's record In a wot derful flight of two honra, fifty-thre minues and twenty-f our secondi During twenty minues of the tim Paulban had a heavy rain and win storm to contend against. The pervinus offcial record fe time In the air was made by Wilbt Wright at Le Mans, December 3: two hours. 'twenty minues, twent: three and one-fifth seconds. Paulhan's new record for dIstant was about 134 kilometres, or eg~ht; three mniles. He made thirteen ci cults of the course . As he was con ing down the home stretch for tI last time the dirigible. Col. Renar appeared to the westward. ploughi! Its way majestically through ti smoke of the city of Rhemis. Fatal Explosion at Bear. A chemical fire engine, at Brevar thirty miles from Ashevi'!e. N.( exploded Wednesday, killing J. Aiken. a negro. and injuring to firemen. inciling Fire Chief J. SGalloway, 3. W. Chapman, preside of the Electric Light Compeury. TRAGIC DEATH )F A SOUTH CAROLINIAN IN PA.N. AMA ON WEDNESDAY. )eeessed Was a Native of Winna boro But His Mother and Sisters Live in Columbia. As told in the press dispatches 'hursday. Mr. William M. Chandler )f South carolina. editor of 'the anama Press, met with a tragic eath in Panama Wednsday. He as killed by Gen. H. 0. Jeffries. rho figured prominently in the lanama revolution. The dispatches say that he was lled on account of a publication rhich is alleged to have reflected pon a sister-in-law of Jeffries. He -as knocked down and stunned by e use of the butt of a revolver. nd was then kicked violently. In speaking of the tragedy The tate says Mr. Chandler's mother ves in Columbia. and that his body ill be carried there for Interment. .he following about the Inatter om the State will be read with iterest: The deceased is a native of Winns oro. where his father was employ I in a bank and later moved to ugusta, Ga. His mother. Mrs. M. Chandler, was a Miss Boatwright I this city, and is now a resident Shandon with her daughter, Mrs. . P. Davis and Mrs. Walker. Mr. avis is connected with The Evening ecord. Prof. 3. FlemIng Brown and Mrs. . J. Boyd of Spartanburg. uncle id aunt of the deceased. arrived In olumbia last night, and his father. . E Chandler of Jacksonville. Fla., 2d Mrs. F. B. Fleming of Augusta, a. are expected today. The body will probably be brought Columbia. arriving here in about .ght days. Mr. Chandler went to te Philippines in 1898 as an enlist I man and after serving in the -my several years engaged in bus ess there and is said to have been ausually successful. In April. 07, he came to Columbia on a sit and later went to Panama. here he purchased the plant of the per of which he was editor when iled. He was but 30 years old. verything having been done ir. )ssble. As I remember, the cloth as distributed one afternoon and e next morning we drove into town om our camp and gathered up the Irments. obtaining a good supply tupentine oil and Venetian red the same time. I had telegraphed a friend in Augusta, Tom Henry. send me without fail two negro Ler masks or doughfaces and a Inky chignon. I had ordered a Lrpenter to make a large flax staff the shape of a eross and I got e of the ladies to make an enor os shirt bigger than Goliath of ath would have worn. This shirt as turned into a flag with the arms ztstretched over the cross pieces. he negro faces were takced to the p back to back so as to make a tnning ipegre jhead from either de and the chignon was nailed on >p of these. Sata's appeal to the fallen ang Awake. arise or be forever fal m. hhd been emblazened in large Lack letters on one side and my rother suggested the motto for the ther side: "None but the guilty eed fear." The shirt was made bloody with le marks of bullet wounds in red. nd when the work of making the nique banner was co~apleted. Ran m and others making suggestions. was surely a most ghostly object. The yellow homespun shirts had een put on and every wearer stain d his shirt with artificial blood ac ording to his own fancy. Some sed poke-berries to make the color 2ore fiery than the Venetian red d turpentine, and vary the tine. Everything in readiness about 4 clock the day before court was to onvene the Hamburg rioters to the .mber of forty, uniformed as no en have ever been before or sInce. ode into the town of Alken in col inn of two's. The fing, which was n itself not very heavy. required very strong and muscular Iran to andle it when wj t egan to gallop. .d Milledge Horn was selected as lag-bearer. He was six feet high. righed over 200 pounds and was ,orrespondingly muscular and had ot ive brothers in the Confederate Lrmy, a sure guarantee of his cour ie and daring. As soon as we reached Aiken we -de quietly by every house where be ladies had been at work on our ihirts so as to let them see us. Then ttringing out in column of file. mak g a line nearly a quarter of a mile og. the order was given to gallop, Lnd for half an hour at break-necd speed we paraded through every street. It being dry we soon kickred up a great cuold of dust while al the men in the town, as well as t.o women and children. lined the sp~ace' in front of their houses and w'avei handkerchiefs and cheered us. No a negro did we see. Having shown how little terriie< e ere to thus beard the lion i1 hi den. we proceeded in column o two a to Coker Springs where w< consumed an hour or more in wash in th dIrt off our faces and ou of ur eyes and ears, and waterin our horses. At that time there was stationC at Aiken a company of United State rulars. These were encamped 0 the bluff overhanging Coker Spring: The strange and uniqre appearanc of this new uniform and the me in it caused all of the soldierst he up on the bluff and watch with great \ouriosity and interes When all our men had flnishe~d wast in and we were again in our placi DUTY WELL DONE Senator Tillman to the Red Shirt Survivors. SOME STORMY TIMES Recalled as the Stirring Days of Redemption Are Passed In Re view-What the Older People Did to Redeem South Carolna in the Hampton Campaign. Several thousand people heard and frequently heartily cheered Senator l Tillman in his address at Anderson i on Wednesday before the convention t of the survivors of what is known 1 as the Red Shirt organization, which t supported Gen. Hampton In the a dangerous undertaking of redeeming the State of South Carolina from Re- E publican rule and Reconstruction In l 1876. Senator Tillman was particu- ' larly interesting 'in his remarks touching that memorable period In f the State's history, and what he had to say was listened to with the clos est attention. He appeared to carry b vivid picturet in his mind of that e time, when he was young and im pressionable. What he had to say is also of interest from the view- 0 point of his own political history 0 and personal character. He spoke C for the most part in the high pitched voice so chareteristic of him when F speaking on a topic near to his feel Ings. He said: There has been more or less dis cussion in the papers of the State recently about the origin of the red a shirts as the Democratic uniform in 176. I shall leave it to others to sift the evidence and determine if it can be done. Just where the credit e lies. I want to tell what I know about the bloody shirt and its ef fective use in that memorable cris- a is. In my story of the Hamburg i1 riot I have mentioned the drumhead U court martial which condemned and 1 executed prisoners after the fighting v or firing had ceased. The last man selected to be shot p was a notorious thief by the name k of Pomp Curry whom I had known . from boyhood. He had furnished the names of all whom he recognized to District Attorney Stone and this , evidence caused warrants to be is- t sued against practically all the mem- f bers of the Sweetwater Sabre club g and a few others who were not mem- o beris. We Were charged with murder a and conspiracy to murder, and the t< sheriff of Aiken county was ordered t< to make the arrests. Like a wise p and prudent man he did not attempt k to execute the warrants, but com- c municated with Col. Butler. our cap- it tain. and by common understanding o all of the men thus charged assem- n bled at Lower Cherokee pond, a place G rear Col. Butler's home, and started I for Aiken. The procession was led jo by the sheriff in a buggy, followed | T by the so-called prisoners, armed to lt< the teeth. and accompanied by bag-| g gage wagons with supplies for hors- s~ es and men, cooks and a full camp-| t lng outfit except tents. Rev. Wil liam Shaw who owned a plantation e two miles west of Aiken, the dwel ling house on which was occupied. ii had kindly offered it for our use-.. We reached this place some time be-| b fore sundown, took up our quarters o for the night. Court was to con- in vene two days later and we were th as early on the ground In order |t to give the lawyers who had our a case in hand opportunity to draw up v the papers and prepare for obtain- s inai bail if we were to be allowed to il return home. Gen. Butler, who was under indictment. Hon. George W. t Crcft. Hon. D. S. Henderson of the e Aiken bar and Maj. William T. Gray c were acting as our attorneys. t Among those whose interest had r mnduced th'emn to accompany us was a my l.ro:her. Hon. George D. Till man, who had been nominated as a c candidate in our congressional dia e trict. He had been in correspon- z dence with Gen., afterwards Senator J. Z. George, of Mississippi. the manr whose constructive statesmanship in devising means to safe-guard South- I een civilization by the elimination of the negro vote will cause his name 1 to shine for all time as a great eon stitutional lawyer and benefactor of I the South. It was under him that, Missisdlippi 1ed off in rdisfranchis-< ing the negro and practically every1 Southern State has followed suit. I .lississippi had thrown off the car p' ..bag yoke two years before that and Gen. George advised my brother sto have the South Carolinians in pesthe negroes both as to our 3strength and the purpose of the whites by using a spectacular uni form and urged the parade of long eprocessions of armed white men .through the country. The Hamburg riot had caused I uch a furore throughout the North and the Republican press of that I section was waing the bloody shirt with such frantic energy that Mr. 'I liman suggested :to Col. B3utler that we. though then assembled as prisoners. should wave the bloody~ eshirt in reality as a token of defiance. The idea was seized upon by all of us and Luther Ransom and myself awere appoInted a committee to visit Aiken. confer with the Democratic .authorities. and see if we could in duce them to help us in securing shirts to be donned as uniforms. Col. George W. Croft. then county chirman. entered into the scheme wIth great zeal. and gave us an or . der for the necessary yellow bomne ,. spun. Having obtained this. Ran . som who knew nearly all of the rlaidics of Aiken. accompanied me in .my buggy and we distributed the t b olts of cloth among the ladies, with f ithe request that they make us fo'rty j bhommun .5hirts iimst as soon as MANY LIVES LUS1 Eight Hundred Mexicans Perisi in FIod MANY ARE HOMELESS 'Great Loss of Life and Property so Monterey, Mexico, as a Result of a Great Donwpour of Rain, Which Caused the Overflow of a LaIge River. Word reached Laredo. Texas. late Saturday afternoon of one of the most disastrous floods that has ever been experienced in Northern Mexi co. caused by the overflow of the Santa Catarina river. There has been great loss of life and property in and near the city of Manterey. It is estimated that eight hundred per sons were drowned, fifteen thousand made homeless, and at least $12. 000.000 in property destroyed. The flood struck Manterey between one and two o'clock Saturday and swept everything before it A veritable deluge of rain had fallen for several days. which, to gether with the flow of water from the adjacent mountains into the Santa Catarina river. so swelled the stream that it reached a width of a mile and a half and completely overflowed certain portions of the city of Monterey. wrecking houses and causing loss of life as It ram paged on its mad course. Not a train reached Laredo, Texas. which is quite near Monterey on Sat urday. and telegraphic communica tion was badly crippled between the two cities. In Monterey the tele phone communication is impossible. the electric light plant is half under water and out of commission, the entire street car service which de pends upon the electric plant for its power, is paralyzed, and the wa ter works has been damaged. , Information reaching Laredo through reliable sources states that so severe was the flood that the inhabitants in the vicinity of the flooded s tream barely had time to flee for their lives; that the on rush of the waters carried away theIr chattels and in many cases drowned the occupants of the Jac ales of small huts used by the nt tires. It is said that a chaotic con dition exists, and that the plazas are crowded with the poor. homeless natives. who were providentially al lowed to escape with their lives. The flood conditions are not alone peculiar to the vicinity of Monterey. but extends as far south as Sal tillo. although no great damage be yond inconvenience to the citizens and minor damage to the roedbed of the railroads is reported south f Monterey. Telepraphic communi cation is partially interrupted. but it was learned Saturday night over a working wire that there has been no loss of life reported to the south of Monterey. The reports reaching Laredo as to the life loss in Monterey are so varied that it is impossible to state with certainty what the catastrophe really amounted to. The number losing their lives in the flood waters of the Santa Catarina river has been placed as high as 800. but it is thought that this number is a gross exaggeration. Hlowever, it is cer tain that the flood was the most ter rible in the history of the oldest in habitants and that the loss of life will be great. Monterey is a city of appreximate lv 70,000 inhabitants, and is located 168 miles south of Laredo. It is set In a valley between huge moun taint', and Is traversed by the Santa Catarina river. According to advices from the Federal telegraph authorities, all wires south of Laredo and communi cation with Monterey was secured over this wire via Cuidad Porfiro Dia and Chihuahua. a circutious route. The town of G-.londrinas, with 2.000 inhabitants. eighty-five miles from Larodo, was entirely flooded and several kilometres of track on the NatIonal railway washed away.* TWELVE HUNYDRED DROWNED The Horrible Situationk at Montercy Portrayed. A dispatch from Monterey says at noon on Sunday it stopped rain ing for the first time since last hurs day afternoon, and some idea of the horrors of the flood of Friday night and Saturday could be obtained. It was at fir.t reported that eight hun dred lives were lost In the disaster, but Sunday it seems that the num er of the dead will reach 1.200 and may be more. The river has fal len considerably, and while still high the danger Is now over. Seventeet and a half inches of rainfall is thi official record during Friday. Sat, urday and Sunday. Flly 15.000 people are homeless from the flood and are being oared for by the city government in the best way possible. At noon Sun day 5.000 people werb given bread coffee and soup at the munioipal of flees, but there are many more o1 the southside of the river still ou of reach of aid on account of th< sill overflowed river. Conserratir estimates of the property loss plac the figures at $20,000,000 througb out the city. All through the da and up to late Sunday night bodle were taken from 'th, debris an ruins in the path of the flood, an over five hundred have been recos The greatest loss. of life .ocourre Saturday morning between the bout ,of 9 and 11 o'clock when the larg O - - .t. OUte rde of th FLOW INTO HARBOR 514 GALLONS OF CONTRABAND ARE EMPTIED ITO SEWER. Original Packages Kept-These Will Be Placed on Sale in the County Dispensary. By order of the Charleston county di'nensary board, 417 gallons of beer and ninety-seven gallons of whiskey were emptied in a sewer at the main dispensary on East Bay street. being the first of the lot of confiscated liquor held for the prescribed period and then destroyed in accordance with the dispensary act. The beer and whiskey which were destroyed were seized during the first week of this month. While keg beer and all opened bottles of whiskey will be destroyed in accordance with the act, the goods which are taken in unbroken pack ages will be sold through the dis pensaries. and there is now a lot of contraband liquor awaiting purchas ers. The stock of seized goods is estimated to be valued at between $1.500 and 12.000, being of the saleable goods which have been seized during the past few weeks. In the lot of goods to be placed on sa!e are sixty barrels of export beer of various brands. The beer will be sold at about eight cents a bottle, whereas it usually retails at from twelve to fifteen cents per bot tle. There are ten dozen bott'es to a barrel, and it In to be seen that there Is a good profit to the city acd county from this source alone The beer will be sold by the bottle and not by the barrel, for the reason that the law forbids the dispensary to sell more than four and a half gallons to one purchaser, and tois provision of the act keeps the board from putting the contraband stuf: on sale by the barrel. A lot of liquors are also to be offered for sale. The liquor which i8 to be sold will be only that In unbroken packages, all other seizures being destroyed for fear of contam ination, and to save the cost of an naalysis being made. These liquors which are to be sold will be of fered at the dispensary price for goods which are carried regularly in stock by the dispensary and at specially reduced prices for all oth er brands. The county board wilt meet In a few days and make awards of con tracts for liquors for replenishing the stock of the dispensaries. now much reduced. The stock of the va rious dispensaries has been taken and everything is in readiness to reopen t'.- establishments as soon as official . tification is received from Columbia th::t t ;e dispensaries can be reopend. NEGRO "KNIGHTS" STOP RIOT. Black "Pythians" Intervene to Pre vent Race War. At Kansas City, Mo.. swinging their swords above the heads of the -elligerents and declaring that un less the trouble ceased they would use them, a company of negro "Knights of Pythias" a few days ago prevented what promised to be race riot during a parade of the supreme lodge of the negro "Knights of Pythias." The trouble began when S. W. Jarboc. a laundryman( accompanied by his wife. drove through the pa rade of 5.000 negro "Knights" at Twelfth and Central streets. Sev eral negroes not in the line of march seized the bridle of the horse. "You cant pass here," they shout ed. Mrs. Jarboe seized a whip and struck at the men. Instantly a hundred excited negroes crowde-i about the wagon. One wrested the whip from the woman, striking her a number of times and inflicting painful bruises. Many white men rushed to the aid of the laundryman. A riot call was sent to the police head.auarters, but before the police arrived the armed "Knights" had restored or der. NE(GRO ELEVATOR BOY SLAIN. Tragedy Occurs in Exclusive Apart ments at New York. Tenants of the exclusive Ardsley Hall apartments. In Central Park. West. New York. had little sleep a few nights ago because of the ex citement following an encounter be tween George El Gethin, the tele phone operator, and Joseph Hard ing. a colored elevator boy. in which Gethin wounded Harding so serious ly by a bullet from a pistol that the elevator boy died a short time lat er in the hospital. Women and men living in the |Ardsley Hall bui!'dings were attract ed through the great marble cor ridor b ythe loud quarrel between the two enployees and many of them witnessed the shooting which was the result of a long standing quer rel. Doctors were called to attend sev e ral of t-he more hysterical women, w hose nerves had been nmst'rung liy the shooting. Cholera Epidemic. Fifty deaths out of a total of seventy-six cases of cholera occurred in the PhIlippine Islands for the week endIng June 26. according to information just received by Cur 1geon General Wyman. of the public health and marine hospItal service. Bridge Builder Drowned. *Grover L. Cuthill. aged 24. son of Police Capt. George L. Cuthrill, of Norfolk. was drowned at Roelo Mount, N. C.. while engaged iZ brigea mntcse 9Bndes KILLS NINE MEN WORKMAN THROWS LIGHTEI C1GARTE INTO FUSE BOX. Dynamite Goes Off ruder Group o Workmen at Bocacchaca on Flori da East Coast Railway. As a result of the explosion al noon Friday of'700 pounds of dyna mite at Bocacchaca, 12 miles fron: Key West, Fla., on the Florida East Coast raIlway. 10 men are dead. fve others probably fatally wounded and at least a dozen others less seriously Injured. The explosion was caused by a member of the railroad con struction force carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette Into a box of fuses. Nine of the workmen met instani death and the tenth died while be ing carried to the hospital. The men were hurled high Into air and the bodies of the dead were almst be yond recognition, arms and legs be ing torn from the bodies of some, while the faces of others were mere masses of flesh. When the explosion occurred the workmen were standing in water four feet deep and directly beneath them was the 700 pounds of dy namite. ready for the blast when the men should stop work for dinner. According to one of the wounded, a workman-one of nine to meet Instant death-threw a lighted cigar ette to one side, not noticing that it fell into the box containing the fuses which were connected beneath them. A few seconds and the men. water, mud and tons of dirt were thrown 70 to 90 feet in the air. Tugs at once brought the dead and more seriously wounded to Key West, the latter being placed in the Louise Maloney hospital. Those less seriously injured were placed on Stock Island. opposite Bocacchaca and will be carried to Key West later. A SEAMAN DROWNED. Member of the Crew of tbe Revenue Cutter Fell Overboard. It was reported a few days ago along the waterfront that a seaman of the United States revenue cutter Yamacraw was drowned down the harbor, at Charleston. falling over board and disappearing from view before %,e could be rescued. No report of the accident was made to the coroner's office, and only the rumor was heard at the office of the customs department. It could not be learned whether there was any truth in the story. Thle absence of a report being made by Capt. Dunwoody at the coroner's office or at the custom house would seem to Indicate that there was no truth in the story. STRAPPED ONi CAMEL'S BACK. Morwoccan Pretends Being Punished by the Sultain. A diapatch from F'ez. Morocco. says Confined in an Iron cage, strapped to the backi of a swaying camel, El Roghi a rebellous subject of the Sultan of Morocco, captured recently by imperial troops, was marched through the streets of Fez a few days ago, escorted by a strong guard. The picturesque pretender to the throne sat erect In his moving pris on, and calmly and disdainfully 1g-. nored the jeers of the populace at his heels. After an Interview with the Sul tan. El Roghi. still In his cage, was taken within the palace walls.* STRIKE-BREAKERS STRE Imported Men Leave Plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company. Imported men, numbering 200. quit work at the Pressed Steel Car Company at McKees Rocks, Pa., and in a body marched to the bank of the Ohio river, where they say they wIll camp until the company has paid the infer their work. After getting the money due them. It Is their intention, It s said. to return to ther homes In various Eastern and Western cities. The new men claim that there are only 300 workmen left In the plant, and that all of them will leave the mill later. river commenced to crumble and fall. Many of the houses had from ten to one hundred people on their roots, and all disappeared In tlie flood. In one school building, or the south side of the river. nieety women and children were drowned when the wils of the building col lapsed. This was one of the most pathecti( Incidents of the good. The wome? and children fled to the school fo1 safety, but the water reaching ther4 drove themn from room to room ut they were all clustered in one room Two priests were -vith them In the room. and while In the act of bless ing them the walls fell and th~ -whole ninety were swallowed up if the flood. Thousands of people were stand lug on the north bank of the rive unable to render aid to the unfo~ tunatas on the buildings on the souti 'side. for nothing could have live -in tbe current of the Sar'ta Catarini !which was half a mile w~de and fo~ inlg at the rate of at least twent "les an hour. Watchersh saw build ngs loaded with people collaps - and the people disappear in the wi ters. It was a sighbt nr-ver to t Sforgotten. and there is practical] Sno establishment in the city that ha e not some story of the loss of et SHOT HIM DEAD A Family Row Causes Killing at Johnson, . A PHYSICIAN SLAIN Dr. Titwell Killed by His Brothe in-Law, Mr. May-Mrs. TitweU Had Left Her Home and Gone to May's Home, Where She was Fol lowed by Her Husband. Dr. Charles Titwell was shot and fatally wounded by his brother-in law, Mr. Yancey M. May. at John ston Thursday morning, about 9 o'clock. The weapon used was a shotgun. Dr. Titwell received two wounds, one a little to the left of the backbone on the left aide, and idfe other in the shoulder. He lived about thirty minutes after he was shot, and it is said that he mad. an ante-mortem statement to Dr. B. ' L. Allen. but what It was has not been disclosed. From the testimony taken at the Inqnest It appears that the deceased and his wife had had some trouble Wednesday, during which he chas tised her. It was alleged that she left and went to the home of her brother-in-law, and that her hus band went there and endeavored to get her to return home, which she refused to do. It is stated that during his stay Mr. May and the doctor got Into an altercation, during which time Mrs. Titwell left and went to a neigh bor's house. 'The deceased then came back Into the street. and was going In pursuit of his wife, when Mr. May appeared on the scene with a shotgun. the contents of which'he emptied Into the body of Dr. Tit well. The shooting occurred some dis tance from the house of Mr. May, and as yet It is not known what the deceased wau doing at the time he received his mortal wounds. Titwell is from Newberry county, and has only lived In Johnston a short while. May is one of John ston's best citizens, and claims thaC the killing was entirely justifiable. and unavoidable. Mr. May has sat rendered to the sheriff, and will ap ply for ball at once before Judge Oevore here. Titwell's remains were sent to his home in Newberry. The said affair Is deeply deplored by all. SOMEBODY'S BLUNDER. Came Near CausIng Tragedy t Elks Institution. At Albany. Ga., during an initis tion in the Elks' Lodge Wednesday night, Cleve Cox, a prominent young Elk. who was helping conduct the initiation, was shot through the fleshy part of the leg with a 32-cali bre ball, from a cartridge that was thought to be blank. The floor of the lodge room shows the marks of several bullets fired during the initiation. An Investi gation after the accident revealed the fact that in some unaccountable manner some cartridges of the kind used In shooting galleries had be come mixed with the blank cartridg es used In Initiations. Three doctors were hurridely sum moned to the lodge rooms to attend the Injury to Mr. Cox. The shooting gallery cartridges responsible for the accident looked so much like blank cartridges that the difference could scarcely be distinguished. The so-. cldent caused much excitement In the lodge room and put an end to the Initiation exercises. TRAMP WAS KILLEDi. Young Lad Slays Man Whom Be Found In Eils Kitchen. At Bever Dam, near Asheville, N. C.. an unknown tramp was shot and killed by Ben Morris, aged 17, late Wednesday afternoon. All the mem bers of the Morris family were away from home except young Ben, and when he returned to the house, af ter a temporary absence, he found the tramp in the kitchen. The In truder warned Uim to keep out. and threw dishes through the window, and then held the door against him. Young Morris went around to the front door and seizing a shotgun, went to look for the tramp. The tramp met him flourishing a razor, young Morris says, and grappled with him. After scuffihing a while Morris managed to break away far enough to fire the gun. The charge hit the intruder In the face, and he died almost Immedistely. Convicts Escape. At the State farm at Goodland, Vsa.. Wedneeds'. Guard A. H. Pamp lin was attacker by Patrick Hyatt and Charles Goode. while convicts. who took his gun away from him and made their escape, tang with them the two bloodhounds to prevent the prision authorities from using the animals on their trail. The convicts experienced little difficulty in over powering the guard. No trace has been found of the fleeing convicts. Fatal Explosion. George W. Drinkwater, of Jersey. -City, second engineer. was instantly killed and three other men were fatally ijured Wednesday by the ~explosion of a feed pipe on the tug boat Bee. in the East river. Peter Barlin andi John Jacobs. firemen, and yAlbert Cardell. the cook, were scald sed by escaping steam and were un -conscious when diragged from the