Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 15, 1902, Image 1
FORT MILL TIMES. 1
VOL. X. FORT MILL, S. L'? WEDNESDAY; JANUARY 15, 1902. NO. 43 1
TRAINS teffl III TUNNEL <
'About Fifty Persons Klled and Iniurcd
in New York Ciiy.
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LOCOMOTIVE B'J.IIED IN A CAT !
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Ou? Train Ila.tlii'i Tnlo lite Kaar-Tlnii ??f
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Another Crou.icil Willi V'a'Hanir.MR In
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this Now ' oil; Central Cailrnail fun- ,
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nei ? Kn "hirer S-'ail* to Veu s ?
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Onic'i \? ??rk o? 'Ii'sciic,
New York City. ? Fifteen persona t
were killed nntl two score severely in- i
Jurod as a re.Milt of it icnr-end colli- ; ;;
Sio:i in the south end of the i
New York Central tunnel at Filly- | 1
eighth street. Tiie South Norv.ail; lo- ,
i '
cal. tine here :;t S.17 a. in., stopped just (
after emerging from the tunnel, to t;
Jet nnoiher train he switcher. The s
While Plains loeai, due here at S. i."? a. '
m., crashed into it from behind. The
White Plains engine crushed its way t
through liaii" the length of the rear :l
ear. Beneath 'he tremendous weight .
of the online many passengers were | j
trapped and scalded to d:ath hy es- : 1
caphig steam in t!i -? darkness of the j
tunnel. Unaccountable blunder of hii *
engineer, who disregarded signals. I
which lie says he did not see. are held |
to he responsible l'or the accident?the I
worst railroad disaster that ever oc- i s
curved on Manhattan Island.
The list, of the dead is as follows:
FT. Franklin Crosby, of Now ltoahelle; 1
il. <1. Oimo;i. of Now llochcllo; \\ ill- ^
Jam Forbes, of Now Itociielle: Theodore .
ftjaardo, of Now llocholle; B. 1>. C, j ,
Foskett, of Now Urn-hello; 1>. <\ Hinsdale.
or Now Keelo'llo; Mrs. A. 1\ How- '
nnl, of Now Iloehelle; William How- |
nnl, of Now Itochollc; William I.ovs.
of Now llochello; Charles li. Mars, of ,
Now llochcllo: A. Edward Hunt Mills, 1 1
of Now llocUolle; Oscar W. Moyrnwi'z. 11
op.ioinu and jeweler in Now York, and J1
residence in N?-w lloohollo; A. M. Per- ,l
rin, of Now llochelle: Prank Wash- "
burn, of New lloohollo; Eruost P. Wal- . *
ton. of New Rochclle. ! R
When the crash canto a wild rush ^
was made la set out of tlio cars by the c
uninjured and nton and woman fought tJ
to get through tlio doors. Some climbed ?
through the windows, heedless of lu-o- "
ken glass, and all see mod to have lost 1
their heads. Women fainted from the 11
shock and had to he carried out of the ^
cars. The crash of the collision and I
hiss of escaping steam added to the'?
panic. The splintered glass and wood r J
tell In showers about the cars, and the
^ Uiinttl woo f'.m'gnil ??%.! *
. ..mix * ? mi v \ ? n mm r? iVil ill M AMI
wnokc. The debris of l li r? wrecked | ?
ears was scattered over tlie tracks, 1
md In the first moments of panic those J!
Vho managed to sot out of the oars , *
* did not know where to so. Many who
wore injured made their way through
the tunnels to tJio stairways liolow the
south end: some walked to the Grand j;
lentrnl station. | n
Most of tlie dead had been killed in- u
'tnntly. though a few died shortly nfrward.
Home wore taken from the "
ur windows in a dying condition and
the most powerful stimulants adminis- !a
tered, lml of no avail. The wounded j
were removed to various hospitals,
and the pressure at some of tlirni was ' ,
ro great that extra surgical help had
Jo l?e summoned. The survivors rushed
to telegraph s'at ions to inform their ^
families of their safely. These messages
of safety wore the lirst of any
sort relating to the w.cck to reach
New Rochc'.ie. tlie home of most of the
i sufferers. Very soon afterward tlie
station was crowded wilii inquirers,
, many of tliom hysterical.
Some one who witnessed tlie coition
tuvnrd In a lire alarm. Tlie
firemen made record time in respond- i
lag, but it was an hour before the tlrst I
Corson was fivttn Itm n-rnft:
#ri'?> wreekage :iud debris clicked t lie
tunnel. Tin- only way to {jet at the
Injured was thron-fli tbe air holes.
Firemen. climbhic: down ladders with
their axes, holes in the car
roofs and dravsod otit the living and
dead. Ropes had to he passed around
the bodies of 111 tn. of the injured to
raise litem..
Cornelius Vanderbllt was one of
the first to ivneh the wreck. lie attempted
to eihnh down a ladder into
the tunnel, but a pahceninn stopped
hint, ami he walked away without 1
lolling the policeman who lie was.
"This is terrible?terrible!" he cried. ^
Of all the h: roes of the wreck the I
chief is lVtir Murphy, l'.inud under 1
fei oilier victims ilm thcnicn told 1
11':.i Ihe.v < ,iiid set liim out without J
oripplinf ti: others. *
"Ail rl^ht." lie said, "save tlrm first." 1
It was half n:i hour before ho was extricated.
Coroner Schooler arrived to make an
"nvoxtirtatlon early in til day, and lie f
h'dd a sort of preliiiiinary inquest in . (
the station house. lie and District At- L
\> v.oy Jeroni oxaminid the cnvi.ie ! |
erew and the signal man. Mutineer i,
Wiskar was held for the Crantl .lury li
without ball, an 1 Hi ' fireman was re- |(
loused under S"('ift ball. The signal
man was discharged.
Ten years a era a casualty of a somewhat
similar character, though far less
calamitous in Its results, was followed '
by the Indictment of the higher ?>tii- 1
oi.ils of the company Involved. The
*llmly lighted. mist n.aly ventilated 1
?'ontrnl Itailroad tunnel has lieen a !
menace and a scandal for years, rub- J
lie spirited men have predicted .iust '
f vji-li a horror as now has happened
as a result of the volumes of coal
smoke nr.d steam that choke the tunnel ,
during the incessant passage of Inconi- '
Jug and outgoing trains, obscuring In a* (
jnisiy vapor aft cautionary lights audi1
block signals. '
s
}UR TOTAL POPULATION
noluding- tli9 Now Possessions, It
Was ST233.CC9 in 100L
t Is the Fourth 1.:ir;;e*t Aiuoti~ the
l'uwi r.i-ll:i? Increased Sixteen
1'olil.tn a Century.
Y.'r.sli'r-rtnn, D. C?The Census Jin
eau has issued a icpjit announcing
lia; the i>u:?ulaiii u ni" the entire Unit
u i*u\a , iiuaunii'* :m outlying pos,.
>sn.v.us iii.'t i.t in the ciu.M'.s
* ill* VJbJ. This is i.emizcd us fulu\vi:
(Aonln r.tal United Stater, or United
5i;U.s piui r, To,DDI,575, as before atimmuvii;
Tailipp.ues, being
h.' isiima.e toe t.iaikticlan to il.
thdipplue Coiuuais>.oii; 1'ni'io ltico,
Hawaii, loi.uni; Alaska, 05,- i
it)-: liuuui, tl.American Samoa. j
tiOU; persons .a . military and naval
ei'Vife oi liie i .'i.iil Ma. \s outside
.1 the territory u. United JS.a.es
roper, t)l,-it).
'j in; report announces that the
v.vilth ccusus only cau-uued to Alasaa
ind Hawaii cuts do ni "Continental
lined States.' hui I hat the ligurcs
or tin; rest of tha Unii.il States ?5oiiain
are tauen from tin; host avaiiab.e
vsouices*.
These ligures are b::?cil on the cmim ratiou
o. June 1, i; Ub. The report
ays:
*A census of the Philippine Islands
vns in progress in IN).; wiien the in- '
Ui.ceihai uroke oiu, ami mums tor 1
ver two-iiitlis of the population were
oiiutl stored in .Mauiia. These were
arctuliy tabulated, aud tile .orcgoing
stiuiate is onstd upou the result. 'l'ue
inures for i'orio Kico are vaaeu from
iie census of lSUD, made l y the War
tepariuieut in eousultaiiou with tiie
ensus otliee. The ligurcs for Hawaii
ml Alaska and lor persons abroad in
u the mili.arv and naval > rvice are
roui the lesuii? of the vvre'.Iili eeusus.
'hose from i.uani are an estimate
nade iu a report of the War Deparliciu.
ami those irom American Samoa
n estimate reported to the census
nice by the Acting Secretary of the
tavy.
"Tiie total popalatli n of the United
limes at the co se of the nineteenth
entury was about eiglny-four and a j
uarier mlili his. As the population
f the United States at the beginning !
f tiie eentury was about live aud a
Him uuiiiuus, iiic Nation has grown
learly t.::;ee:? lcld in cue hundred
ea rs.
"There are but three countries which i
tow have a greater population that i
he United States, \ .a., China, the Brltsit
Empire and the Kusshm. Empire. !
'ranee, iuciudlug its deprutlcncles, is
ha fourth country of the world in crier
of population, and lias about a'.nosl
tiie same uumher us the United
dates."
Permanent Ceium* Iturunu Favored.
Washington, i>. C ?The House Comnittee
i n Census has ordered a favor- j
hie report on the bill creating a perjnnent
Census Eureuu.
" PROMINENT POLITICIAN DEAD.
i I'MiVlljr l ijuro nt National ltrpublltun
Convention*.
Milwaukee, Wis.?Ccorpe X. Wis well,
'resilient of the Milwaukee l.ife Inttrar.ee
Company, died after a three
reeks' illness, ay.d lifty years.
\f? W!..,. a >
Mionv ii .43 U C'll UUOWII
I* ^v ' i
OI OKOK U. WISWFT.Tw
livotv'Iiout the country, lutvinjr served
is Serpennl-at-Anns at the National
Ippuhlicnii Convention in I'hilmlcin'.ila
wo >oars a\-o, and as Assistant S-t- \
;eant-nt Arms at 1 lie* Chicago. Mia- |
icapoli;; anil St. l.ouis Conventions,
ilo y rved as United States Marshal
>f the Eastern District of Wisconsin
tnder President Harrison.
Coat I limine Tbrmtrn* riilla.lflpliin,
Philadelphia and places Kuppliiil
'rout that port nro threatened with a
oal famine, principally dim to the
hnrt;i';e of cats and motive pow? r.
'ric.-s have been advanced twentyive
cents a ton. Several factory plants
tave horn compelled to close on ac:ount
of inability to secure coal.
Wlir.t .".nil t'luiir -Iii
Tiie shipmnts o.' wh at and Hour
:o far this season have exceeded all
?i. ? i i i or in.1 tax 11:011; i;s
mini with Deci'inl) r the a^givyjaie <
ions were 1-13.(XKM)0.? bushels, a eoai aratlve
train over the lirsi halt*, of
lie previous crop year oZ ou.ouu.ouu
jushols.
Carnp|;lo (trunli Itnllnf to Tenant*.
In the reivin rent collections oil the
>k'.uo Castle estate iu Sco.laml Andrew
.'a.*nesle remitted from twenty to
we vy-livc per '^at. oi' the mn-ums
Jue
A 6RIEF-STRICKEN TOWN,
Vic'.ims of Rai'way Tunnel Disaster
Lived in New Rochelle, N. Y.
HEARTRENDING SCENES ENACTED
Intm*o When Nrvn of ilm '
Acetdont W?? Rw veil ? Ititllcnntlon r-t .
Citizen* nt lit* Culpability of t!ir Hailwny
Ofllciitl* Gxprrsnrit :it:? ll.n? M i elliiC?Stirburb.vn
T#w?b Aroimeil.
Now TtocheTle, N. V.?Perhaps aft"T |
all the jtreac >i sufferim; occasioned!
by (he tiayedy ia the Vntral tunioi J
was born in ibis litsIt* pwvu wir re live i
the friends anil loved <:iC3 of alnost ,
every victim. There is scarcely a street ;
In the place 011 which at least one fam- j
Uy is not either monrnlu? for nr. dead 1
or ministering to the wants of tl.e in- '
Jtircil.
On the day of the accident husii es?;
was almost entirely suspended and |
excitement, suspense and despair alternated
amor." the people. Tile stores
and shoos were tilled with trrorx ?>;
men telling anecdotes ahout frier.ds
ami neighbors who hml been killed.
mif! SntM'lllflflMr' pnnn
life of those who had been maimed.
At the telephone exchange 1101 and
women for a t'me fairly fought for
pieces at the telephones hi search of
Information. The**e was hvstorlonl
laughter at tY? receipt of reassuring
news and sounds of grief from time
to time. At th? rallroa 1 station, vl ere
the telegraph oflre is Watel. there
were rracicd throughout llm day ;
henrtreud'np semes.
It was nit until tin* foVnwitig dav !
that this grief-siileken ohv recovered ;
soniewiiat from the mralyr.ir.jr shock j
of the disaster a id levin t>> awaken
to a sense o" Intense indignation. ,\s
the harvest of death penned In the hole* !
under the New York City streets was
slowly garnered in the home of Nov
Koeheile, thr towrsi iei of the deal j
and the maimed began to ask each
| other rot how tit's thing occurred, but
why. This was the burdcu of the con- j
! versa fir *.i in many places throughout
the city, r.ud even among those who
stood a*;~vt the station platform with
raised hats, as from the baggage cars
of ve.rlors trains were taken .he co tins !
| containing the victims. These smol
dering tires of iiulicr nation and wratli
broke Into blaze when twenty prominent
professional and business men
met at the home of former Mayor |
Michael -T. Pillrn. and Issued a notice j
! .. r..JI ?>
, v. . lritiuM' K M jiipenu^ in uiK *
whatever no.1 ion was deemed ndvi?nj
hie. and to nnpolni a number of coin!
mUiees Jo brinsf about 01100 and for all
time snob a svsteru of railway faoill i
ties as will safesrrnrrt the lives of those '
w">n are obliged to travel every day. I
The feelIr.5 In New Rocliello has
spread throughout Westchester Cotui- |
j tv. and Mayor Clarke has received a |
letter from Mayor FIsko, oi* Mor.nl
Vernon, who afior expressing syri- .
pnthv wllli the citizens of New Tto- I
ehelle hi their bereaveiucnl. "sked
Mayor Clarice i-' l:e would take pre.
in a concerted movemei arum: the
cities and lowr.s o' Wes'ro ester County
In de.uam'Ie the ah. IiF.on of steam |
iu nil lo. a.l traffic through Hie tunnel
and the snbsiMuinn o* e'.eetr'.e n dor
i ? ?-* ? it o'er vie lighting tlm-o'n |
Mayor Fihk-- sent a icixer ro Mayor '
' Walsh, cT vi-n. ' ; . :'net for or-opI
crat'cih and it is believed that every
! town in the < oiri.y will join in the .
i movenirn .
j New York City.?District Attorney
' Jerome and yenre*cntativrs of the .
State Kniivnad ( < . liii-sion have mad I
a sen" hinc iuves Urnticn of the causes
of (h.r Nf\v York Ci lurol tr.nuel lior or.
Tli? results will lie u.ilized at the Cor- j
tier's Inoucst.
t has hem dw eloped that John M.
deer, the engine driver, now barrel
Si the Tombs, lias been li
^ d on'y sluce las. August, and had
i r. made the south tnurd run through .
I the tunnel twice before the disaster. 1
As a loeeinoiive fireninn his record is ,
pood. Ho is a mouther of a MetJodi*t 1
ehurc-h In Hip T?r< ;tx. and his wis tor.
his laidlord and liis neighbors all s]> ai.
hl-r'dy of him.
Fis.riet Attorney .Toronto. nf.or ? c
nntin'np ail lit" train hands involved
f ox?opl the ( " driver. ::nnr. :n -d
. thai h!r fa would lie pro Penh. d ar- I
losslv. and thai i idiotiitt n's won! i he 1
. Ror dtt wherever top yniv deserved. j
i Tho oUleers and dim-tors of th" N-w |
i Ttrk rnl Ilni'.ro.ad iav hp i : :
j rd for n anslnnphtp.-, as they lp: -red '
present r.ruts hy lit:- (.'rand .Ttrry and ,
l?y the iip\v?p."i rrs as to tin* lack of j
vpnldalion and lipht In tho tunne'. I
It is pre. h able tlint Mayor l,o-.v. !
hack pel hy 1'resident Canto- and r"\r*
' Hoard of Alder in n. may take carit >
I slwi to compel lit.- adoption of oioc- j
tvh-ity as tlm motive power in .he Nov >
i York Cciiii-al I trine!,
j Dnirttw suits approratinp more than
s1.ut.o;m> are fxiv.ed to grew oat of
Hip tunnel ontasirophe. '<"no Now
! York Central, it is exftecu-tl. will linvo I
j to nay iuvpeusc sums to the amiHos |
i of those who were killed r.nd to the I
| many who were seriou-ly hart It 1
feared that a nitmher of fno ini tired I
will in- crippled for lif.- and tk"*?- tin- j
fort turn tea will demand extra heavy j
damages. I
I .j
* ?.r.l lfi?n 11 runn it. f? l\ rmr
: 'i
m !i? atomiser F.ristoi. oiio of t >i old >
rsi farriers of ?Ijo Pacific const. lies ]
r. :il wreck 011 Sl:(? r nd of -n Wlnn-7 1
15. rnd Iter enpliln. Willi six 1?:t |
Iters of l't.? crew, lias In mi drown .
The vessel was on Iwr e ar from 1 . dy ]
fiinllli. Vancouver Island, 'o the Tre.nl
' well toil >. on Douglass island, Alaska,
with 2.100 tons ol ooa!.
1IN0R EVEmOF THEWEEK
1VAS?llM;H)N ITKMR.
President lieo.? volt or.!i",i'il on Investigation
of former Appraiser Wakemnn's
charges of silk frauds at tile port
of New York.
President iloosovelt accented t Iio
resignations of So -rotary tl;i;c and
Pos t in no ter-CI 0:1 era 1 Smith.
In tiu* last si*; mouths of Ifl.I1 the
T'.ureau of \av -atiou r? gistered 717
rigged vessels o." Ki4.07il gross ions.
The Slate of Minnesota llK*tl in the
United States isunren Court a l>ill o?
complaint against the Northern Pacitie-(4reat
Northern mrrg. r.
President llooseve] t appointed tiie
International Faulting Corporation as
liscal as'-nt of the l.'uiteU States iu
Shanghai. Chhi.t.
A new node < i law? went into effect 1
Iu the District of Columbia.
orr. ADiit'Tta) ist.axhs.
A fund of Sl in.oa.) will he ashed for
by Itov. Charles II. Front, lijiiseooal
Pdshop of the Philippines, to endow hi3
new jurisdiction.
A decision to remove troops front
IVacaeay brought out a protest from
citizens of Manila. P. I.
American deserters Issued a proclamation
inviting their former comrades
to join the Filipino insurgents.
Major William tlorgns. surgeon,
TI. S. A., was ordered to assume the
duties r>r riit?r sam.?i>.. i
m?nt of Cuba. relieving LieutenantOolcJcl
Valcry Jlnvnrd.
DOMESTIC.
Cursing everybody within hearing,
John Ilobinson. colored. was hanged
at Dublin. Ca.. for murder.
John D. Rockefeller extended until
April 1 tlie time in which itarnard Collego,
at New York City, can raise KJOO,000
to secure an equal sum from hlni.
Too much illuminating pas killed
Thomas Reane.v and Thomas Morau,
follow -lodgers, in New York City.
The sperm oil market at New Redford.
Mass.. was sold out. with n.? prospect
of immediate restocking.
While at lunch Harry (fold berg. of
New York City, had his store rilled of
$1000 worth of diamonds and watches.
Heirs of Absalom Case are preparing
to sue the city of Cleveland. Ohio, for
an estate said to he worth from $'J0,OOO.DOO
?o ?10.0()0t000.
Three trainmen were killed at Tic?;,
CJa.. l?y a collision on the Southern
Railway.
Miss Hnnnali IT. Coggim*. an artist,
said to have pvomiucnt relatives In
Philadelphia, committed suicide at
New York City.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Duller was
elected President of Columbia Cnivorsit.v,
at New York City, to succeed
Seth Low.
wiin wcneral Patrick A. Collins* s in
nmrurntion as Mayor, the Democrats
assumed control of munleinal affairs
at Itoston. Mass.
About 100 families mound Cliattano(i;':i,
Tenn., were driven from their
homos by high wa^cr in the river. I
Seven Crow Indians will ask the
(iovcrnment for compensation for ponies
lost while reselling two white
women from Sioux Indians in the Da*
kotas.
When Ids wife refused to return
home Willi hit i. Ii< my Albert, of ciii- ,
cago. killed lor and then himself.
Mm. .Mary Eska illed at Xnnnef, V. \
V. She and In r husband. though living
in the same h >uso. hail not spoken
to cadi other for thirty years.
During the San Francisco Mint
converted $3i,07.t,.T.)S from bullion into j
coin.
Governor Crane to the oath of '
otliee as (Invcrnor for the third time ,
nt Boston, Mass.
Tlie failed First National Ilanl: nt
Austin. Tex., was authorized to resume
business.
roi: Ki on.
Colombia ropbed to President Castro,
of Ver.c7.te la. that his grievances
are not founded upon fact.
London is rapidly being converted
into a tint dwelling city, on the New
York system.
Questions of precedence arc occupying
inneli nttenlb n in Loudon with re
gord to the com.ng coronation procession.
The military reserves are being mohllized
in the northwestern province* !
of Argentiua.
I'.Vitish troops near rdoenifontein.
South Africa, kdied eleven and cap
in in mv ir.cn oi' <t liocr cum
:u:nnlo.
A <-enii:in navni oon^truoto.. sent to
the 1 iiitr.l Sin!' ^ I?y the merlin* s'.tf.'.
highly praises the sliiuituihliu% methods
employed in Amorh a.
Marconi wirele.-s .111:1! station* v.ii!
ho established on liulii liou.-<'s olf t ii<*
west cons: ik' Scotland.
A mov. nn mi i-; oil Toot In Livorp >ol
I'llvl:iml. lo replace foreign sailors .i:
tlx* meridian*. marine by native tni-*.
Tlie killi> ?? of n yonn,' student at
Jena In a dm 1 by ail ollieer who was
1111 ( nport pistol >hoi caused a sensation
in Cerinar.y.
i V1 no'/.Ufla wa Invaded by an anneal
band of insure nis. loaded by tienernl
It. va. and' landed by the I.ibo::ado:\
J from V. illemstad.
lteeau e of its persistent attacks on
the Queen Itocrcm n? Spain the Madriil
LI Pais was susp - tided,
i Kins Kdwavtl conferred the Order of
Kn ulis itrnnd Cro.-s of the Hath upon
Marquis lit., forme;* Premier of Japan.
| From Junc'iiO !o Iiecember til. 15)01,
ll'.JJ Honrs wire killed, SYU were
wounded, 7.">'J3 were captured and 15)1- j
burrendcred.
BILL ARP'S LETTER
Bartow Philosopher \V? iles of Various
Tilings.
WARS AND It'MORS CF WA7S.
Our Hffort lo Sul'jlu ::*t- the rilipl
iu?s Has Brought L).-cp Sorrow to J
Many Honiss.
Not counting tlic cr<nt C:vil War < r
forty years ago, this last year of IS01
was the most l>Io : 'y ami lUsas.raas of i
any in my rr olir- ; >n. Over -50.< 0(1 of i
our soldiers died in the l'hilippin s j
most of them in hospitals. That's of
little conse.|i:enc?\ ol oo:i>o, ta the
government. but it bromht Myriads af
slrhs and tear, to mothers .ml wiw j
an I ohl'lien. Th* Spanish war. ami
what has grown out <>f it. lias e: raa'.ly
disgraced th.o annals of the nation's
history. And it keeps or and will he hi
an. no doubt, bringing niisny an 1 ;
ruin in its train Some preaelu rs sn_v I
it Is the work of the i?ord. 1 don't believe
it. "Offenses must needs oonie.
but woo unto them by whom they
ronio." Upsides ail this the year was
full of disasters on land and sea. E\plosions
in the min< s, railroad wrr its,
boilers bursting. Ores. Hoods, murder*,
suicides, husbands killing wives and j
children, lovers killing sweethearts,
and every other devilish thing. Evary
day's dispatches record something n w
and horrible, and we are gc.it ins so
accustomed to it that It hardly disturbs
or surprises us. We, too. are ; o ting
hardened to blood and hloo ly
deeds. This unconcern always follow ;
in the wake or war. After the bittle of
Malvern 1 <ill 1 remember hearing one j
soldier lift another that he could walk
across the ridge and step on a d all
man at every step, lie tried if for a
hundred yards ami won. Soldiers who
had been kind and gentle at home 1 e j
eante hardened to the sight of l?'o> 1
and death. After the war was over j
many a good mother watched and
waited for her boy to come home, bat
he never came and she died st.il won- j
dering how lie was killed and where he
was b'Tied. Hut few of his comrades ;
were left and they were widely sin tered.
The records were not hep' or ]
were lost in the war. Out of Hid ')
buried at Vlcksburg les? than *.()))
have nnmci^upnn their graves; so it
Is at Fredericksburg and all the othess. I
Of ilie Federals an ! Confederates 'JO
per cent of all tlio dead are rn'iniwn
and sloop in unmarked and unrecorded
pravrs. Ami this is war and as Central
Sherman said. "War is hell." There i.s
enough unwritten grief to fill ar. ocean,
nnd many a broken hearted mother ]e:
concealment like a worm in the bad
feed on her pallid checks and turn her
hair to pray before Its time. And y >l
\vc kcop on fighting and calling for
more troops?not. for defense or liberty.
but for conquest. It is a war of
aggression uppn a percale who ncv r
did us harm and beg to be let alum
The eight million negroes here at
home give us great concern, but the
government wants ten millions mar.?
to add to the perplexity of the p1 chirm.
Oh! the shame of it?the j:ty "f
it. It Is the same ni l iinehris tan slory.
"Man's inhumanity to man m .Uc
countless thousands mourn."
lint 1 didn't, start to ley to writ?? r.n
elegy on the year that has pone. It i;
pleasant to wish all a happy year and
to hope for a better one. A sape- lltio.-s
fri n 1 says that it will he bet' r
because 11 02 is div'.sihl ?. but llthl vvi>
not. The times sc m piosper.e s and
new industries are continually being
planted o\ r the South, war .always
brings activity in its train. More iron
and steel far r.htps and nun oT war
more cannon and guns for the army,
more clothing and food for the soldiers.
Rut I have more regard for all
the humble, contented p-ople than 1 r
all the pomp and circumstance of war.
I have more regard for an uneducit ul
honest man t han for an educated t ich
one who made his money by quest;; nahlc
schemes. My good old frlcn I Jo'n
Jenkins Is dead. He hauled wood f er
me n:any years anil p;ive an hon- t
cord. < n h:s last bed he sent for h 8
brother dak and whispered, "Juk,
I'm pwine ter die. tluy say. and I'm
vvll'ln' to go; but I owe Bob lYit'.lier
a dollar and a half, and it bother ? ra?
nightly." "Never mind. John." . ill
Jack. "I'll pay Rob that iron'y ,vh. n
1 go ta town for the coffin. Now, .irs
turn over and die. just as easy as y >'i
can " And ho did. He was a Hard 3 't I
Baptist.
The nt'ur night we had a good Inly
visitor from the North, and when ah*
: d something about li s horrid o'd
I >1. .1' > i. I- Ihi. ..i.nv .1' .. I
' i ' tl'o hardship and saT'erinr: cju<
! ly oar Civil War. and, just
lint'. " :tnl entertain her, my wife an 1
! related haw when wo en! back ( ,
K vr.i w th oi:r half do:v*n lilt';. '; 11 rlrrn
wo .all hurl (o sloop on thn flo
I;>r V" had no furniture. and we It i i
r;'i Conr <ir coffee or s rvir, and th
was ncno to ho had. for what 'itt. "
there was was hop! hidden and
couldn't ho bought with Chinfojhv.it'
money; an 1 how our mo *.l w: . n.virly
all 'otic, and there wa.u'L hut one cow
in tlio o( .:nlry, a: d she was kept hi!
!n a eanchrake. and how 1 harrowed a
! and role iw.miles an 1
i.rv ,at Iter f r S't.OOO in < infedc.at
n v.- y and drove In ' hon^c in the
night and kept hor hid in li.c Inva
and sho gave just enough milk to :j>
our Laky from perishing; and liow 1
bought tr.n bushels of mm away downs
the the river at Si"'* a bushel ami got
good old Rowland U: vant to keep It
fur iuo at h's home six mi .-s from
town, and once a week lie too'; a onshel
to mill and had it ground and
brought it to town and under the f^at
of the buggy; and how the scouts and
outlaws robbed everbody who had anything.
and these outlaws wore a <ompany
of calvary made up of thieves
and deserters from our own army; md
bow I had a bale of factory shirting
bid out in the country for two years,
and as soon as we dared if was brought
home and my wife could exchange a
/ - ?_ -i .1 r -- ?
!* ? jarus *i i. ? iuu?- mi nwiauira .wiu
chickens; nml liow about tbeso times
the Confederate dolec: v-3 arrested a
quartermaster and pet hi:n In Ja'l. and
he was desperately snrod an 1 wanted
to pel out and r n away, and there
wasn't a I iwyer In F Imri. Tor General
Morgan nn<l Gem 1 tl Prttrs and I)iwson
and all the rest were in the army,
and a friend of mine n 'v'.?rl him to
send for n;e. and ho did. and I went
down there in an old lrv;rv. for there
was no railroad runn a tvn. and 1
Interviewed hint In .itil and agreed to
pet him out for $10 00). and it was deposited
with my ftieml and I did get
him om on a halioas ? >> pus and a
straw bond, and be ran away and is
running yet, I reek en. a:; i how a ht'lo
steamboat eame up from Mobile with
some blockade goods ami I ho?:-ht t .vo
pounds of opir.iti for and fifty
pair of cotton cards on the leaf without
hacks or handles for $103 a pair,
and that took the rest of the money,
and tlip captain gave nie two pounds
of coffee and as much sugar, and I put
the opium in one side of a little old
rusty valise and the cards in the other
side and returned home and formed a
partneship with Hob Hargrove, who
had a box of cheap tohorco, and we
opened a store and took in a third
partner, which was my wife, who sent
down holts or the shirting, and we
went to trading for something to livo
on. We assessed the cards at $2l>u a
pair and the opium at $10 .n gob! for
an ounce and l! <> shirting at ?'J a yard.
It was a kind of department stoie. llab
< > *ked on one side and I on the other.
We didn't take Confederate money for
anything, for it got worse < very day.
hut we exchange things and we r aid
the opium to the few wlia needed it
for gold they had hi t away. Our store
was a sensation, f.,r it was the only
one in town that, had a stock of goals.
All the others were empty. In April,
1SG5. a company of blue eoals caine
down in the night and the next morning
we were all surprised to see them.
Mr. Lincoln was killed two days before.
So It was rumored, but we didn't
believe It. 1 Jr. King was a great big
red-headed man and said what he
pleased, so he rode up to the company
and said: "Cappen. is there any truth
in the report that ole Abe Lincoln is
dead?" The captain replied ruddy:
"Yes, sir. he's dead and liuriod." "Well.
I thought if he was dead it was like.lv
that they would hury him." sjirt Kin;,
and lie put spur to his ho:so and ratloped
clown tho street to tell us tho
news. Tho captain said afterwards ha
earnc very near ordering the men to
shoot him.
; n.l sr> wo talho 1 over t^" old war
times and tho Rood lady and our other
truest a listened and lau,:'n 1 and ncl'Ted
until bed time. Kill Arp in Atlanta
Constitullon.
r:Ev;sY clca";ng3.
A not lie;* shipyard i; M !? oroolod on
I.nUe Michigan near St. .Joseph.
Jlnmnnd has a .January spr'.n.cjiiin?,
V. nil huUerillcs and li!::c .. airdr.
Two weather sii ions u Id no estalw
I lied ill YellowsiwK i'.iiI; i: m summer.
New York c'liy\s clraiit !r for 1001
vais G".0'J i'.r .* iOv , ; jfain.u f>7 in
Hunt.
The I'nivorsl.y of reslln is to ho
rebuilt, and a ucvv sl.e lias already
I ren chosen.
<'ceil Ithoilrr, It enisV.ered to lie rorpiiiisihlo
for the hoom in Kafii.; stock*
i n tiie London Nine!: K..< ha.eje.
The repaired I nited S.aieA eruiser
' an ! i tinelseo lias lie n p.'need In c oiuniis.-a.ii
at the Norfolk Ma>j Yard.
An experiment is to he ir.aile at
II a rues*, Surrey, i ial, la li.^lnln^
tho sin i'i:j with VU.J Niiiet lamps.
Jc ia d: eiarcd i'lit hilly in China that
U.oon o'i'i persons in I'luui i, on', of !< ,?
000.tHjO, have succumbed to .lie famine.,
I i llowiiijj a family (juarrel, <!ust
llulke, of i.apo. ?, It.d., saturated his
cloiliai; with ueso iue, li;-.iucd it and
1. i' U.
c aides Wils .;i has nanouneed to loo
I e a i i s 11 Koyal Sic.Ciy liiai the hoipsaiiue
?? ti .: si.n decrees
l' aln tMiiioit.
i 'car n ss will li n e ?' a?-i hefore I lie
'Jooa exi''a clerks la. ken i.n darln * tiia
en. war < an i.,- i;.i. ?td iu liu tia.s.sii.i
1 scr\ ico.
} i llicit 1 >. l'\". Ko;:?ioiit of Ma ac.'iu.
lta > I), oil a'ci jIiii . il Ansi iant
Si; i ician, J u pai >iit; iu oi Ayriculiiii
, at \\ asltin^icli.
(. ivoruor (.'on ial \\'< c?l lias issued n
etc.- living the prioi* of j .ts in 11;i\aiia,
('.alia, ni ia ou.iuisii gold
a IiiniiMtih| cuijlc loci.
Swiss papers record a dcc'.ln in (lie
export tit wood oarvin s and alliilnilo
ii i<? Ilii? laoii ot vailci- in III.* osirvincs,
tile Cow riliJ.cK lii-.uj o.ouotoaun.sly
repealed.
Ilrromoi n.iln .is Day.
If It \va3 difficult for Admiral
Sclilry to coal at sra as it Is fo.r tho
most of <13 to coal on land, his explanation
should ba accepted.?Omaha
World-H uald.
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