The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, July 29, 1909, Image 9
PALMETTOJJ
Things Doing And Happc
Told In Condensed
Red Shirt Rally at Anderson.
Anderson, Special.?Col. J. C. |
*5trildin??. temporary chairman of the:
icuniou to he held in An-|
cust 24-25, has issued the
ntement aiul programme:
Irdance with action of the
Red Shirt men held at
An n tlie 24th of June, I am
to announce that a rally
Shirt men of South Carolina
v >e held in tlie city of Ante
:i tlie 2-Jth and 25th of Auiiioh
time a State orjranihe
survivors of the inempaitrn,
of 1870 will be
audi county is requested
oetinir 011 the first Monday
or 011 some convenient day
of the men who 'wore the
^eiid a large delegation to
-on meeting. Every mail
111 was wun ino llamplim
campaign, is inviliMl tu
join in the j:rand parade of the 25th,
either niouiiteil or on foot, and wear
a red shirt, whieli may he made ol'
cheap calico or other material.
"Following is the programme for
the two days:
"Tuesday. Auirust 24. Meeting
called to order in Court llouse at 11
a. in. Address of welcome by Mayor
Sherard and response by a Red Shirt
visitor. Enrollment of red shirt men
and adoption of constitution and bylaws.
Afternoon session at 4 o'clock,
at which time the State organization
win lie formed by the election of officers.
"Wedncsdav, Auirust 25. Parade at
11 a. m. Column formed at Plaza.
Order of procession: Band; speakers'
carraijre; Red Shirt men on foot
with hoys in red shirts following;
motor cars with ladies in red; Daughters
of the Confederacy; artillery,
followc-d by mounted Red Shirt men.
Ex-Governor Sheppard, Senator Tillman
and Judue Robert Aldrich have
been invited to make addresses. Dinner
at Buena Vista Park*.
"A list of the delegates should he
sent some days in advance of the reunion
to Georjrc M. Tolly or J. I..
Shcrard, Anderson. S. C., so that
they can be assigned to homes in the
city." J. II. Godfrey.
Destroyed Two Distilleries.
Greenville. Special. ? Saturday
afternoon at ."> o'clock Revenue Officer
Merrick, Deputy Collector
Scrujrjrs, Special Officer Corn and
Constables Ccoley and Goldsmith returned
to the city, after destroying
two bij? distilleries in the upper part
of Greenville County. The officers
left the city Thursday at noon, and
early Friday mornintr they destroyed
a hit; distillery on Painter's Mountain.
This distillery had a 1.">0-srallon
steam boiler and a 200-ijallon still.
The second and last distillery destroyed
was Friday afternoon on Gap
Creek, in Potts Cove. This distillerv
was a big one. There was a liOO-1
gallon steam boiler, a 50-gallon beer i
still, a 150-gallon wood doubter, east
iron eonneetions, flake stands, four
big fermenters. The officers |ioured
about 700 gallons of beer ami mash.
No arrests were made, as the moonshiners
in each instance were away
from the distillery.
May's Shortage $14,671.
Rock HU1. Special.?At a special
meeting of the couneil Monday the
American Audit Company made its
final report on City Treasurer May's
shortage, fully confirming what lias
previously been stated in this correspondence.
The shortage is $14,671,
instead of $6,100, acknowledged bv
May. Checks were raised previous
to the report of the audit company,
falsified and important records destroyed.
No arrest lias as yet been
I ' made. May will be allowed to ans1
wer to additional shortage.
\ Embankment Caved,, Burying 3 Alive
^ Ellorec, Special.?Three negroes
employes of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad were killed at Crest on at 10
^ t_i i. ir .i
u ciot'K jtnimiav iiiinuiii^ nunc IAcavating
sand from an embankment
| along the railroad rijrlit of way.
The negroes were at work under a
1 steep embankment when it gave way.
burying them alive. Two of them
\ were dead when removed and the oth,-1
er lived only a short while.
Pacolet's Capital to be Increased.
Spartanburg, Speeial.?At a stockA
holders' meeting held Monday in the
IE,/1 office of V. M. Montgomery, president
colet mill, the capital stock
.{' Ili' mpanv was increased from
to $3,000,000.
'i 1 ( . litional stock will be offered
HDtv"o to the present stockholders
< 10-day option Among the
tha 1 n men nresent were S.
IqJU Mi'li en and Harold Hatch of
i \ : and R. S. Waring of Bal
Pulled Trigger With Toe.
^^?Fort Mill, Special.?John Owens, n
K? ***flute farmer 55 years old, wlio lived
B jPPy the upper part of this township
Jgt>r the North Carolina line, killed
MMjiself Saturday at noop in the
SunC^hen of his home. The dead man
?' P*dlArranged his shotgun as to pull the
&;:y**-fper with his toe. The load took
^ f*ce an<* ne<>k, severing
K&flNR^Kfrgular vein and hornbiy wapg:
of the right side of the face. lie
instantly.
4EWS ITEMS
ining In Sunny Carolina,
And Pithy Phrase.
In Lexington Law Will be Enforced.
Lexington, Special.?It has been
the belief of a number of people for
some time that blind tigers will do
their best to get in a lot of good work
so far as the selling of booze is concerned,
during the two weeks in
wlrrdi the dispensaries will be closed
prior to the election of the 17th of
August. It has been rumored that
this will bo done to see how ridiculous
prohibition works and to change
a number of votes. This may work in
some counties, but in Lexington it
will hardly be the ease. The olliccrs
are already planning to give the people
genuine prohibition. Sheriff t'orloy
will take every precaution to
guard against the tigers and will see
to m 11 till tin* law is carried out Jo
llit? letter. When seen hv the correspondent
and nskeil as t?? what he
thought of the situation ami what
efforts, it' auv. would lie made to k-'op
down the i 1 licit selling of liquor in
ease it is attempted. Sheriff (.'orley
said:
"My position alonir this line is
clearly known to the people of the
county. I have nothinir to fear at
all: the law will lie enforced, you may
bet your bottom dollar.*'
Two Soldiers Hurt in Sham Fighting.
Aiken. Special.?Monday manoeuvres
of the same character as last Friday
were entered into at Camp Frock.
A problem was arranged by the officers.
and the officers and privates
entered the field ol' l>jit11?? with interest
unabated. and Monday's exercises
were perhap? the most beneficial
yet.
The first accidents of the encampment
were re,sorted Monday mornin?r.
In tlie mimic battle Private Spaim of
Company T. liainberjr, was hit with a
paper wadding from one of the discharges.
and was painfully, though
not seriously, hurt. The waddimj
struck him in the head and he liad to
he carried olT the Held to the hospital
tent. Private Bruce of the same company
met with a more serious accident.
His left leir was broken in
the exercises. He tainted at the
tin e, but has recovered, and is now
resting easy.
Experiment Farm Near Summerville.
Columbia, Special.?Col. M. L.
Donaldson of Greenville arrived in
the city Thursday nitrht from the
Clemson colletre experimental farm
near Summerville, '"The work at tht
farm." said Col. Donaldson, who is
a trustee of Clentson college, '"is
projjressinir satisfactorily; in fact, I
was airreeably disappointed at the
progress that has been made. The
first and principal object is to do
monstrate the practicability 01 un- (
der drainage' and every!hing povts
to tlie success of that demonstration.
Land that will produce good corn
potatoes and peas will produce most '
other profitable crops and Mr. Garnison.
the superintendent, has those ,
crops ?r rowing well. The artesian
well. dOO feet deep, supplies good water
in abundance." ,
Aid For Poor Schools.
Columbia, Special.?The general
school law for South Carolina foi
1009 has been issued and will he distributed
over the State by State Superintendent
of Kdueation Swearington.
The bill before the last leiris- 1
lature in reference to the school
building fund went over to 1010.
There is $13,000 now available foi
State aid to weak rural schools. The
legislature made an appropriation ol
$20,000 and only $7,000 of that suir
lias been taken un. The appropriation
was not available until March
20 and consequently very little of the
amount was used. The funds on
hand will, however, he used during
the coming fall.
Two Years' Term For Lazarus.
Columbia, Special.?The supreme
court has affirmed the verdict of the
circuit court in the case of the State
against Isaac Lazarus of Colleton,
who was convicted of manslaughtei
at the March term of court and sentenced
to two years on the county
ehaingang. There was a very finely
drawn legal point involved in the consideration
of this case.
Simmons' Hanging Postponed.
Anderson, Special.?Webb Simmons,
the young white man convicted
of the murder of United States Deputy
Marshal McAdams 011 February
20, last, and sentenced to hang next
Friday, will not hung then, as Sheriff
King bus been officially notified of
appeal to the supreme court for a
new trials The supreme court prob
ably will review this ease in October
when the Tenth circuit cases are called.
Simmons is in the county jail
here and treats his situation most
indifferently.
Sixty Thousand Dollars in Cash Dis-,
bursed.
Georgetown, Special.?The big pay
roll of the Atlantic (.'oast Lumber
Corporation was disbursed Saturday
which caused a brisk business among
the merchants, and in fact, in all
branches of the city's business, both
Saturday night and Monday. The
bank deposits received their usual
uplift. The regular pay roll, namely
$60,000 in cash, was paid out to employes.
WASHINGTON NOTES j
The extra session of Congress will
soon he a tiling of the past aiul it is
plain now. at this stage of the game,
that the South is going to get a lemon,
if not worse. Iron ore, coal and
hides will he put on the free list.
Lumber will lie reduced as low as possible,
retaining the House rate on
rough lumber and the Senate rate on
the iinished product. Cotton bagging
will be put back on the dutiable list.
A drawback on ties will not be provided
for. Sulphate of ammonia,
used in fertilizers, is to be taken from
the free list.
This ss the way it looked Monday
night. President Tal't, Senator Aidrich
and the House leaders seem to
be together. Southern K? publicans
are taking the promised results to
heart. In talking about the situation
it leading Southern Democrat said:
"It is going pretty hard with the
boys who fought for th.ir district,
but the Republicans of the Kast have
played a fine role. 1 ?io not see how
the Westerners get much comfort out
of the situation.'"
When the Senate met Tuesday,
Senator Drown., of Nebraska, sought
to have adopted the .joint resolution
directing the Secretary of State to
transmit to the (inventors of the various
States, copies of the resolution
providing for a constitutional amendment,
authorizing the levying of an
iiM iuui- iax, oiu under objection from
Senator Kean, consideration was
postponed. The Senate adjourned
till Friday.
The tariff hill was hoisted ahove
the bickerings of congressional conferees.
and transferred bodily from
the Capitol to the White House.
Deadlocked because of the attitude
of Representative Payne, who apparently
has become convinced that he
is in the minority, the conferees
abandoned the usual afternoon session.
Senator Aldrich and Speaker
Cannon repaired to the White House
post baste to consult with President
Taft. literally taking the tariff bill
with them.
Hetter progress was made Wednes
tiny by the tariff conferees tlian on
any otlicr day since the really troublesome
disputes were reached. Xo trace
of the ill-feeling which was manifested
on Monday was apparent in the
proceedings Wednesday.
Before schedules were taken up the
conferees discussed briefly what reports
could be made at the conference
Wednesday night on the subjects of
coal, lumber, hides, oil and iron ore,
but no effort was made to lix rates
upon any of these articles. It was
evident that the Senate and House
conferees were still far apart. Several
subjects passed over in former
conferences then were taken up.
The entire zinc schedule was adjusted.
Spelter was made dutiable at
1 .'1-8 cents per pound, a reduction
from the Senate rate of 1 1-2 cents
and an increase from the House of 1
cent. All of the Senate differentials
were adopted. Zinc sheets will he
dutiable at 1 '1-4 cents, and sheets
coated or plated with nickel or other
menu at - cents.
After a session of little more than
half an hour Friday, the Senate adjourned
until Monday, which is a day
earlier than would have been possible
under the unanimous agreement for
sessions only on each third day while
the tariff hill is in conference. The
date was moved up in the hope that
the conference report on the tariff
hill might he in shape to be presented
by Monday.
Senator Culbertson presented a
brief statement showing the record of
the Democratic party in the Senate
on the I'avne-Aldrich tariff bill. He
asked for the printing of a series of
tables showing the votes of the Democratic.
members on all the more important
questions before the Senate
in connection with the tariff in doing
so. he made a brief explanation.
"An impression seems to have been
created in some quarters," he said,
"that in their action on the tariff
bill, which is now in conference, the
Democrats of the Senate have been
divided and have often voted with the
protectionist majority." He then
presented the record to show this impression
to be unfounded.
Openly charging that the Congress
and the courts" had received and
were receiving valubale gifts, employment
or compensation from puldio
service corporations, trusts and persons
engaged in interstate commerce,
or having an interest in legislation.
Mr. Wamlell presented a resolution in
the House directing the Si^akcr immediately
to appoint the judiciary
committee so that it may consider the
question of amending the law so as to
prohibit such conduct. The resoln
Hon was voted down.
The hide question was settled and
unsettled Saturday and while there
seemed little doubt that eventually
hides will fall among the unprotected
articles on the tariff bill, the contest
over their s' at us cannot be regarded
as closed. V.'hen the conferees adjourned
for luncheon several of them
said that it had been decided that
hides should go on the free list. Saturday
night the same conferees declare
that hides will be free, hut that
that question has not been decided officially.
None of the questions made prominent
throughout the country by Preside*
Te*> interest in them has been
( adjusted. The conferees spent a
i large part of Sunday in wrestling
1 with these problems.
From a careful analysis of statements
made by Senate and House
leaders, taken in connection with the
attitude of President Taft. the inclications
are (hit the conference rates
upon the imp itant questions still in
dispute will bf follows:
Hides, free; oil. free: lumber,
rough. a thousand feet, with
proportionate differentials; coal. d>
cents a ton without the House reciprocal
clause; iron ore. l."? cents a
ton; print paper. a ton.
BANK CASHIER CROOKED
J. T. Holleican Disappears for Parts
Unknown, Leaving With the Bank
of Andersen's Directors a Complete
Confession of His Peculations
Anderson. X Special.?J. T.
Hollcman, who for two years has
been cashier of tin- Bank of Anderson,
and who for four years was assistant
cashier, lias been found short
I in his accounts approximately
J 000 an.l has h M tor pari- unknown.
In the rash drawer ol the hank he
left a lelltr addressed to President
H. ! '. Man!din. in which he made a
clear-cut and complete confession
savin*: that he lost the money in speculating
in cotton futures. Italhcr
than face his friends he said in the
letter he would lice, and this lie did
on Sunday mornim: when he left Anderson
supposedly on his annual va- i
cation.
The people of Anderson are severely
stunned for there was no man
in Anderson who enjoyed the eontidenee
and esteem of the people more
than did Mr. Townes llolletitan. The
hoard of directors issued the followim;
statement Tuesday:
"The board of directors of the
~e * _ i '
uuiin. hi. niKiiTbim niaKe me lollowing
statement in regard to the short- I
age of J. T. llollcinnn, in his accounts
cashier, which catuo to the
knowledge ol' the oflieials Monday
night. After carefully looking into
tlie affairs of the hank we find the
amount will he about $3.~>,(M)0, and inasmucii
as the capital stock is $1.~?0,000,
and the surplus $225,000. making
a total of $.'{75,000, to which is added
the liability of the stockholders
$150,000, making a total available for
creditors of $.">25,000, the public can
readily see that the standing of the
hank is not impaired and that tlie
business of the bank with its wellknown
ability to accommodate its
customers will not he lessened. The
loss will be charged oil' as soon as
tlie hank examiner ascertains the exact
amount."
The statement was signed by President
H. F. Mauldin; Vice President
.1. A. Mrock; Attorney Joseph N.
I'rown and live directors.
Funcial cf Mrs. Hayes.
Colorado Springs, Colo.. Special.?
The las' funeral rites to Mrs. Margaret
Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes
" Daugheter of the Confederacy.'"
were held here Wednesday morning
at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Ilayes had a
warm place in the hearts of the residents
of the Pike's Peak region am)
its visitors. IJcr spacious home was
famous for ils hospitality, both for
I town folk and those coming here, and
her quiet charity made her beloved
iiv the nnnr
Following the service the ashes
whit h Iijivp been placed in a casket
??t" usual size, were taken to Everpreen
Cemetery here, where they will
remain in the public receiving vault
until fall. They will then be taken to
Richmond. Va.. 1'or burial.
The casket is of simple design,
covered with the usual black broadcloth
and bears the inscription:
"Margaret Howell JeSTerson Davis
TIayes. Died July IS. 1009."
Establishes New Record.
Washington. Special?Establishing
a new record for aviation in America
Orville Wright in the Wright aeroplane
late Tuesday at Fort Meyei
made a spectacular fliirht of 1 hour
20 minutes and 45 seconds' duration
His longest previous flight was of 74
minutes made by Mr. Wright at Fort
Meyer last fall.
During tlie entire flight the machine
was under perfect control, but
several times appeared to the spectators
to be on the point of diving
forward.
The machine traveled a distance of
about 70 miles, it was estimated hv
Wilbur Wright, and at one time during
the flight the height attained, he
tween '2(50 and 280 feet, exceeded the
highest point ever attained by a hearier-tlian-air
machine on this continent.
The Martha Stevens Sunk.
New York, Special.?-The Martha
Stevens, a freight steamer of the
Trenton Transportation Company, of
Trenton. N. .1.. collided with tlie tug
Confidence, of the Southern Pacific
Steamship Company, in upper New
York hay Tuesday, and sank almost
immediately, ller crew of eight men
besides the colored cook and iier habv
wore all rescued excepting Zachaviah
l<ogue, of Bonndbrook. N. .T.
Believe Sutton Met Foul Play.
Annapolis. Md.. Special.?In support
of the theorv of Mrs. Sutton and
her daughter that Lieutenant Sutton
was practically beaten to death, it is
claimed that the report of (lie physician
who performed an autopsy upon
the body of Sutton will show that
Sutton's skull was fractured, that
i there was a larjre lump under the
cheek and that his forehead hore evi'
den re of a terrific blow.
" \
ICED LADY wi
Body of Miss Lydia C.
Well-to-Do Maiden Laa
. .ner Township,, Was Fo
Near Her Residence?Ski
Crushed With Bludgen aL
Had Been Dead For Several ____
Greensboro. Special?Miss LyiK.
Newman, a maiden lady, who Ii\
alone in the Burnett's Chapel seelio.
of Sunnier township, was found dead
Saturday within three hundred yards
of her residence. Her skull had been
crushed by a bludircon and she had
evidently been dead for several days.
She was last seen Tuesday inornin,_r.
when a neighbor observed her uointr
in the direction ol the cow lot.
Coroner Wood summoned a jury
and held an impiest Sunda.v aflerlloeil.
but tlo evidence was secured to
throw 1 iirlit on the 'ruued\. Tlcre
appears to be n<? doubt that the object
of the murder was robbery, but
it is not known whether or not the
murderer procured nnvthini; of value.
Miss X ewinau was possessed of ?onI
sideralde nrtiiinH v nn.l ..i t
larire sums ??I money ill her home.
About two yours avm lior dwelling ?as
burned ami she was robbed of about
$1,000 iii easli.
Miss Newman lia<l a number of relatives
in the community, but always
insisted on living alone, ller dead
hotly was discovered Saturday by a
rural mail carrier.
Automobile Highway Selected.
Atlanta, (Ja.. Speeial. The oltieials
of the New York <?i Atlanta automobile
highway completed their deliberations
here Saturday niirht and announeed
the selection ?>t the route
which will be tollowetl in the ?ood
mads ami reliability run between the
two eities next October.
*1*1 V - *
jiii- .m-w ? ??i-k in-rahl s experts decided
h> adopt i!r- road leadiny 1 nun
New \nrli a<ross Statcn Islam). In
IV-rt11 Ainboy, to i'hilaJelphia, to Gettysburg
across tin- historic hattletield
down through tin- Is-autilul Sheiiandoali
vallex. throuyh Lexinyton and
Natural Hridye to Konnokc.
At Koanokc. Va., tin- Atlanta Journal's
scouts took lip the choice of
roads and selected from Woanokc to
Greensboro or Winston-Salem. to
Salisbury, to Charlotte, to Spartanbury.
to Green villi* and on to Atlanta.
The route was chosen after the
scout cars of The Journal and The
lleraUl had covered over 4.01 Ml miles
of road and is believed the best one
available. The scouts sa\ that both
the capital to capital ami the Itristol
routes will he built, but in their judsrI
ment at present there are loo many
Jerries and too few bridges to .justify
the select ion.
The route selected is about l.l.'lo
miles lony and before the biy contest
heyiiis next October, a siyn hoard will
be erected at every cross road to
yuide the drivers in the race.
Heart Pierced by Bullet.
Salisbury. X. ('.. Spei int.? A terrible
trayedv, whether suicidal or accidental
is not positively known, occurred
at Organ church, this county, about
12 miles souliicast of Salisbury, just
before noon Sunday. The particulars
as learned here late in tin afternoon
are as follows: Mr. Henry Klnltz
and family had gone to Lutheran <)rtran
ehureli to worship, leaving a
young son. Clarence, aged about 2(1
years, at home, he ha vim; been complaining
of feeling unwell. When the
family returned from the servees to
their home they were horrified to timl
the young man lying across the bed in
his room dead with a rifle ball
through liis heart and the weapon, a
small rifle, lying by his side.
Death List Increases.
New Orleans, Special.? With definite
reports Saturday of K1 additional
deaths as the result of the hurricane
in Texas and Louisiana Wednesday,
the death list Sunday night totals 41.
Alson six previously reported missing
are still unaccounted for. Dispatches
confirm the report that Maurice I'.
Wolfe, his wife, six children and negro
servant had been drowned at
Christian Bayou.
Most Successful Flight.
Washington, Special. ? Orville
"Wright, at Fort Myer Saturday evening.
surpassed all previous performances
of the Wright aeroplane in the
matter id' speed and in the shapeliness
of his turns. Wilbur Wright.
who closely watched liis brother's
flight during every inch of bis progress.
enliicnlated his average speed
with and against the wind, at 47
miles an hour.
One. of his circles at full speed was
estimated to be within a diameter of
150 feet?an automobile ???uhl hardlv
I do better than that at the high rate
of speed.
Flies Across the Channel.
M. Bleriot. a Frenchman, succeeded
in flying across the English Channel
Sunday morning, lie left Les Baraques.
France, 3 miles from Calais,
about 4:30 a. m? on one of the smallest
monoplanes ever used. He crossed
the rhnnnrl in a little less than
linld aii hour, twice as swiftly as the
fastest mail steamer. His speed averaged
more than 45 miles an hour
sometimes it approximated 60 miles
,j*r
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VOL. 15, NO. 27
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Free State News. ?
and Mis. Frank Bundy. >!
??t Thursday and Fridav
f* aunt, M-s. M A. ICilen.
De.
Dest Rogers returned Sa*
Columbu. where ho
GalvcsUff a bttsifcss < <<u: >
Mrength an...., , i
ir ol \.itta v >:
the fury ?>f n(1 pn, k,
ami man won, 4
veston. suf. ly cr.ha;n u,
ini|?rc^nal)Ic 17-11 " ' lv'
<t.Hul with .oinparm
i tidal wave and hu.iennv.;.ntcnsity
and destructi ,K 1
ant1 which destroyed the
jer S. 1000.
In Galveston and vicinity nd
'lave been sacrilitrd. The In
sw< (>t ilie entire gulf coast \vi
ntcnsitv and vicimistiess that
seldom hen c?|iialed in a coun.
where destructive storms are not un
isual. It had its origin on the At'antie
eoa>* and swinging westward
ind souuthwar.l, devastating the entire
gulf eoast even as far south aa
Matagorda hay.
The hurricane struck Galveston
ihout 11 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Hie wind, attaining a velocity of
nearly 70 miles an hour, .whipped the
treacherous waters of the Mexican
rulf into a 1'nry of destru? tion. With
the pent-up artier ol H) years of hate,
he waves blindly assaulted the ttrim
oarapcts ol' stone which uian had.
ouihlcd to restrain its attacks. In
>*ain it hurled its thousands of tons
of water upon the splendid breastworks.
Only a feeble burst of spray
ltul a little water readied its objective
and the beleaguered eity lay
:ulm and sal'o behind tlie wall.
Outside the limits of tiie city,
where the wall had not been reared
ind where the eity had not been elevated,
the waters had their way, but
.111 v wrecked onlv descried lmi? ?ml
ihandoued territory. in this section
>1' the i-ily, which is low and sparsely
jet I led, the water rose to a height of
seven feet hut the warnings of the
weather hureau had heen heeded and
.lie inhabitants had removed thuir
possessions out of the danger zone.
A hurricane for east Texas was
.oreeasti'd at the district weather bureau
in New Orleans early WednesJay
morning and warnings were sent
nit. When wind and rain arrived
several hours later, they found Galveston
prepared. The inhabitants of
he few si-altered houses in the low
pari of the island had already sought
safety and the vessels that had clearlid
and prepared to sail were riding
>1 anchor in t lie hay.
So short was the duration of tho
storm that the .Mallory Line steamer
which was hooked to sail for New
York shortly after noon, left on
schedule time.
A heavy dredge, torn from its
moorings, was blown against the single
bridge that connects Galveston Island
with the mainland, breaking all
the telegraph cables that were carried
by the bridge. As a result, all manner
of rumors were soon rife throughput
the country to the effect tliut Galveston
had again suffered such a
storm as that which partly destroyed
the city nine years ago. It was not
ed that these reports could be denied.
A dispatch from Beaumont says*
Between ."? <> ami ."Hit people who
have been living in hotels, cottages
and tents alum; the (lulf shore between
High Island and Bolivar, on
the Gulf & Interstate railroad, are
retorted safe at Hi till Island. The
relief train which went down got
within five miles of lliirh Island and
there encountered the sea running
across the track to the bay. Boats
were sent, hut when the train left
there, returning at 7 o'clock, nothing
had been heard from the boat. At 9
o'clock, however, a boat was sent
back to the point where lite train had
stopped and a telegraph wire was
rigged up and the me-.sago was sent
that every pr rson from the Gulf resorts
was sal:*.
The train sent rat from Boulivar
Point in the morning, succeeded in
getting through to High Island and
returned to Bolivar, picking up on
both trips every one between the two
points. The water at Rollover and
other resorts is from (? to 8 feet deep
.it the highest mint.
Ten miles of the tiulf Si Inlerstnto
Railroad track has 1 con washed
away.
Defaulter's ri-urc. Correct.
Andcrwn, Sp-< inV?The?/ were no
new dove h pmcnts W"?lnesoav in the
rase of Cas'iic ,T. T. Ilollomnn, of the
Tank of Andrr?on. who disappeared
Snn?lav. 1 "a v?n*? a totter nrk-?mwled?inp
that lie --as shoM <*35.000 hi It's
accounts, fit ate Vank l'xamin'-r Wilson
and his "isistant. Mr. Rhoints,
i have Ven workinsr on the hooks d.irinp
the c'av. far a* the rx?:r.in(
er* have pone they have found everything
as recited hv Mr. llolleiiiao
in his letter of ronfawnon.