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\ FORT MILL TIMES. > VOL. XII. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,1003. NO. l.'t. THREANENED FLOOD. LI Paso, Texas, Fearful of Damage By High Water. o THE FLOOD CONDITIONS ALARMING River l o ms a liij; Liike Ki^lit Allies Above the Town and flucli Alarm is I'.It. I".; Paso. Tex.. Special.?The flood comuiion Is regarded as serious hen? by even the most conservative persons. The river continues to rise and the water i< striking the levee with great f? r All available policemen have Ik en placed on duty along the river and the e:ty engineer and street com. ni';-..: ore have neon busy rince morning with n large number of workmen engagi d in fortifying w< ak spots in th? : v<v with sand bag At one paint ihe wat r ate nut a cavity t,.i feet long. but it wus filled wiih sand hags. 15 ' a ilm city the river tore ihruu;a;i nil 'ructions and entered ivs old ? ha: a. i which v. as abandoned when tin c ' off wa. built three yeas ago ( strengthen tii stream',- to guard n.;:n:i:i iiiuuc ov ',t. iiv. Bate Sunday eveuiT.g the chit! of police teeoivc-j a telephone message from John Millar, a nvr hut anil ranchmau at White Spur, eight miles above town, stating that the tiver bad gotten behind the 1< vee arid formed a lake five mi lea .sonriro and quite deep. Tills threatens to r weep away the levee and come down upon K1 Paso with a rush. H?* >aid he war. doing all in his power to hold the waters iti check, but feared lie imtild not do so. The report caused genuine alarm, and the greatest app:<3hcnsiou is frlc. \ b ovy rain is falling 2(1 miles up the river and (his adds to the danger of a:, <>i. ; flow. Hotel Burned. 1. . : .v. iile, Rp ial.?The City Hotel it .'a ,,.:s)n, Kv., n tlircc-story buildinc. owuvd by C'apt. B. J. Ktvca. the print ijrnl witness against Jett and \\ 1 ! . now on trial hr the assas-siuat i/\ i . ?* I ...... i u. i?. 4>iiirvuiu. was burned 1o th<? ground early Sunday morning. Fifteen guests were In the hohl. hut all escaped without injury. Tbc-e wa? ao insurance on the structure, ..ml the hotel with its; furnishings aud xhn effects of the guests is a total Ion?. The cause of the (ire it; unknown, hut the belief is gen ml that th*'* lire was i'icv*liary origin. Captain Ewon recently hail put up au addition to the hotel. This was just completed and was in this part of llio hotel that the fire was discovered. The town of Tad.-son hoa no fire department and its citizens were awakened by the firing 01 pistods'and guns, and much excitement prevailed. A detachment of militia ar.li' 0:1 the double quick from their ' amp across the river and rendered aid ;n assist ing the guests to escape and preventing the flames from spreadir. 2 r Killed By Hi* Son At neon, C5a.. Special.?An Eastman special to The Telegraph says: "Dr. T. .T. ihicken. of Eastman, whose brother is a member of the Legislature. tvni shot and instintly killed Saturday by his son. Oglotree. The father had seized a pistol and throat* en >d ft. kill his wife and children. The wife attempted to wrest the weapon from him. "The son", hearing the souffle, ran into the room with a pistol in ban i. it is supposed the dis< t \ i i ' ho irt.tr a a pur. was at< it i the fcali naesiag thr.mg.i the ' iu art. Tlio wife was formerly .V . ' lice Ogletree. of Atlanta." A r Ameacan Kidnapped in China. v : 'nn, Special.?The following . 1.3 ben reeehrrl from I i - jf.s Cvinsnl (in. MaWade at l'a:.t CM in.t. daV-.l Thursday: An: . icr. 1 kidnappf \ 1*y pirates while r> ff-diag from Carton to Ileunghan. Nine tyvueand dollars ransom is asked I have rent the Cnllao fgun-boat) r , -.r -r.., ...? rinlnOr* " l.iiS Bunk ritjrger. T ittsb rg. S; ei ial.? 1'lar.s have been per>ci<H' for the formation In Plttsln; of one of the greatest combinations of linking interests ever undert.i :en in the country. B> tin bill the Katmers' Deposit National Hank, Cole rnbia Nat'I. Bank, Tradesman's Nat or.nl Bank. American Trust Company, Pennsylvania. Trust Company. Columtiist National Bank. Trcdcaiucns' Na* tional Bank, Oerninnla Savings Bank and Creshold Bank will be merged, making the largest and most powerful financial institution lictwrcn Philadelphia and Chicago. harlhqunke Shock. TvTcxIoo City, Special.?Diopalchen from Acapulco continue to report earthquakes of n terrifying nature. There were violent shocks reporter! at sea. Those shocks took place on the night of the 10th. when simultaneously shocks wore experienced ^t Tulanc^r.go and Msscala. The people ran into the streets, and falling on th*ir kn":.-. prtyed for mercy. | . * SOUTtiLRN INDUSTRIAL A Fplenditl Improve ment. Brief reference was made last week to the Enterprise Mills at Kings Mountain. N. C.. as to erect an additional building 75x100 feet and install new spindies, etc. Contracts for the iin;; < venunto, including machinery, have been awarded, and about $-5,000 will to expended. The company's new tnaeinery will include 2404 spindles and fifty looms, which increases the ctiiiipir.c nt to 5252 spindles and ISO looms. The new building will give additional d-or spat. for 150 more looms. The. imni-nvrini nl? ni'o r.>? 4 ?? V VAJJVV IVU IV/ Ul* l.UIHpictad within three months. Ti xtlle Notes. The Lowe Manufacturing Co. and the Eastern Manufacturing Co. of Huntsvillo, Ala., are preparing to hegin work on the improvements proposed for doubling their respective plants. It waa announced last year that these two companies (both in control of the same Fitchbnrg. Mass., cotton i manufacturers) had decided to double their mills. The Lowe plant has I2,r><?0 ! spindles, and the Eastern has 2'>o ! looms. Messrs. Cowcll & Love are now i pi\ nn-*ing [dans and specification's for these enlargements. The i.owe addition will be an SQ>:13J foot structure, and the Eastern addition will be 6(?xl20 feet. Blacksburg (S. C.t Spinning and , Knitting Mill stockholdi rs will meet June 30 to act upon a resolution ! passed by the directors on May 37. I The resolution provides for increasing capital from $25,000 to $100,000 or a ' less sum, to issue $12,000 of preferred ! 8 per cent, stock, or to issue $12,000 j of ?> per cent, bonds secured by a mortgage on the property. It is doubti less the intention to enlarge the plant, which at present lias eighty i knitting machines, steam-power plant I and dyeing plant. Work is progressing on the con structioi. of the Apalaclie Cotton Mill. ! which incorporated last year. This plant is to have, when completed, 17,i 000 ring spindles and 375 broa.l looms. find lw? <ih.-rnti.il .Kv u ntoi iinu.ii' I? 5-= I - - "I !<?< :it < (! at Greer Depot. S. C.. and is capitalized at $350,000. This plant was una of those in the path of the llood last week, lr.it was only slightly damaged. Messrs. Scaton Grantland, W. J. Kineaid, .lames M. Brauner, D. J. Bailey. Charles Wheeler and A. G. ' Martin have Incorporated the Towaliga Falls Power Co. to develop waterpower and transmit same by elce< trinity, to establish and secure the establishment of rotten and woolen mills end other industries; offices at High Falls. Ga. I It is stated that the Nashville i Woolen Mills of Nashville, Ten., contemplates removlne its plant to another city, consideration having been given to the advantages at Favetteville, Tenn.. and Corinth. Miss. This removal is talked of because of some difficulties as to water supply at Nashville. However, no definite decision has been made. The Courtenay Manufacturing Co.'s; plant at Newry, S. C.. was not ma lertany injured by the flood of last week. The basement was flooded and [ warehouses were destroyed, with a | loss of less than $20,000. The mill proptr, with Its 19,440 ring -spindles ; and 635 looms, has already resumed operations. M. H. Reed and associates of Mari hie Falls, Texas, reported last month a-s having purchased water-power . rights and textile buildings located on the Colorado river near their city, are just beginning to organize a company to develop the properties. No definite statement can be given at this time. .Messrs. C. W. Cherry, W. J. Rut! ledge and F. M. Drane oi Corsicana, ! Texas; S. B. Allen and W, F. Ramsey of Cleburne, Texas, have Incorporated the Corsieana Cotton Mills, with capital stock cf $150,000. for manufacturing cotton goods. No further details ' stated. The wool grown in the mountains ! of Burnet, Llano, Gillespie and Blanco ?ovntics, Texas, is now being murk: etc (l. Shipments were begun from V. M-'dp Fnlll: Tovn.i ln.it w<mU tl.r.w < ars being loaded. Dispatches state that the average pri< e paid was l<? 1-2 cents. I Lumber Notes. The shipments of lumber from the port of Fernandina for the month of May aggregated 1,205,452 fce.t, and of i refsties 1S3.003 nieces. The Tennessee Lumber & Coal Co.. a New York corporation with $1,000.1)00 rapital, has closed a deal at. Chattanooga. Term., for 10.000 acres of timber lund in Cumberland county, Tennessee. The Louisiana Stave & Heating t'o. of Louisiana, Mo., lias been incorporated. with a capital stark of $25,000. Tire incorporators are E. P. Weils. C. C. Wobben, E. L. Carpenter and others. The steamship Huron cleared last weelt fronr Charleston. S. C., for Eoston with 09.177 feet of lumber among her eargo, and the lJritisli schooner Pcneflt for Kingatone, Jamaica, with 277,000 feet of lumber. 200 doors and ashes. At Savannah last week the schooner Major Pickards was loaded with crossties l?y the Howard Supply Co., and in thirty-eight hours 19,500 crosstlcs, equal to 850.000 feet of lumber, was placed on board that vessel. The Pi< kands flailed for Baltimore on thr 3rd lost. ? ANOTHER REGICIDE. Kin.ir and Queen of Servia Slint Down. I BUTCHERY IN TriE SERVIAN PALACE ? ? ? New Government Formed and a Proclamation Issued to the Servians? j History of the Tragic Events. Belgrade. Servla, By Cable.?A military revolution broke out here Wednesday night. The troops who revolted under the leadership of Maj. Angikovies surrounded the palaee and assassinated King Alexauder, Queen Draga, the latter's sister, the Queen's I hi other. Nikodeni. Premier MarkoJ vitcii. and Ministers Petroviteh and 'ludorovles. Gen. Pavlovlteh. former i Minister of War. and some members ' o<" the Royal Guard. Prince Karageorg{ viteb was proclaimed King. \ new gov- ! evnment was formed and the following i ! nroclnrii.'it inn icemxi "T.> the Servian People*: i "Wednesday night the* King and | , Queen were shor. In this grave and | fateful movement the friends of the j i fatherland have combined to form a : new government. While tiic govern- j j uicnt makes this announcement to tin* ! j people it is assured that the Servian | I people will gather around it and lend j it their aid to maintain order and se- . curity througout the land. "The government hereby makes it known that from today the constitu- j tion of April, 1901, conies into force. The meeting of national representatives. dissolved by the proclamation of March 24. is summoned to meet at Belgrade, June 15. (Signed) "Jovan Avakumovies, Premier; Li. Jubnor Kalievics, Foreign minister; Stjoan Pravitc h. Minister of the Interior; George Henries, Minister of Commerce; General Jorvan Alanazkovics, Minister of War; Vojilsay Yilkovics. Minister of Finance; Colonel Alexander Mac bin, Minister of Public Works; I., .lubotnir Schiokovics, Minister of Justice." The streets are thronged with people whose actions seem to approve the coup d' ctat. M. Pravlteh, the* new Minister of the Interior, was loudly cheered as he drove to the ministry. The new Premier belongs to the Independent Liberal party. As the morning advanced the ex- j citcment in the streets grew steadily. ! In spite of the pouring rain thousands ! of people gathered in the vicinity of j the palace. Everywhere troops of all i arms were posted and field guns were placed in position to deal quickly with any opposition to the newly-funned government's will. The soldiers discarded their cockades bearing the late King Alexander's cipher and substituted for it flowers, green twigs and leaves. Hands of young men paraded the streets waving flags and shouting "Long live Karageorgvlteh!" Flags are. flying from nearly every house in Belgrade and there is absolutely no display whatever of crape or other sings of mouring. The v standard has been lowered from over the palaee. Reports from places outside Belgrade indicate that the country accepts the disappearance of the Obrenovitch dynasty without regret. According to the best available information obtainable from the ma?s of contradictions, the crime was carried out by members of the .Sixth Infantry, under the command of Colonels Misrlinich and Macbin. The latter is u brother-in-law of Queen Draga and is Minister of Public Works in the new i abluent. The soldiers appear to have ; fought their way into the palace, shootin?; down the aide-de-camp on duty, i Colonel Naunivi:-3, although according | to another version, the Kiug shot 1 Naumvlcs because he opened the gate i to his assailants, thereby creating a suspicion of his connivance. Some of < tho pcisons killed were surprised .11 : their houses, simultaneously with the ! attack on the palace. 1 1 TI10 remains of King Alexander will 1 I probably be burled at tho Convent of ! Rakovu. Tho other bodies will be 11 1 I terred in the local cemcterv. Two Southern Trains Crash. Danville. Va.. Special.?Southern , train No. 419, north bound. collided } with the Danville & W stern mixed | train. No. 15. on the Southern Rail- | way, one mile north of Stokesland. and | three miles south of Danville, at V 1 o'elock Thursday morning. Seventeen cars were wrecked, and several people, ] including the engineers and firemen on 1 , both trains, were hurl, two of them seriously. The engines are a total wreck. Fire broke out in the derailed cars immediately after the collision, and added its horror to the already wild scene. The wcodwoiti of the cars was completely burned. Jefferson Davis Arch Abandoned. Richmond, Va? Special. ?Tho board | of directors of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association have decided that R. C. Valentine. n.s sculptor, and ( W. C. Noland, as architect, shall sub- . mit new designs for a monument to | cost not more than the amount in tho I treasury of the association for the ' j present, which is altout. $60,000. This I does away entirely with the arch idea. ' i MUST SfcRVfc IKS TLRM. Wilcox Sentence Pronounced Upon By the Supreme Court. Raleigh. N. (*., Special.?The Supreme Court found no error in the judgment of the Perquimans Superior Court that Jam>s?E. Wilcox was guilty of murder in the second degree of Nellie I'rppsjy. of Klizahoth City, and must serve 30 years in the penitentiary. The opinion written by Judge Connor, is of great 1? ngth. Wilcox was first tried at his homo. Klizabeth City, for the murder of Nellie Crops, y. The result was conviction of murder in the first /lotrrn.A ?" ' ? 1 "V r-??* r Ulivt U UrilUl SCIUPIH'O. Then ho appealed and was given a now trial, the ground of undue intluonce, etc.. by threatening persons. The ease was moved to Perquimans county and there he was convicted of murder in the second degree and given a sentence of 30 years in the penitentiary. From this sentence he again appeah d. The Supreme Court found no error and so Wilcox must go to the peniten tiary. He has said that he wished to he hanged or acquitted. The opinion in his case is unanimous. Judge Connor quotes tiie opinion in the noted case of Cluvcrius (tlie murderer of Lillian MadisoU) at Hiehmend and says: "This language, so far as it applies to tlic facts in this case, appropriately expresses the conclusion at which we have arrived. We think that, measure I by the standard presc ribed by law. the evidence was properly submitted to the jury and we cannot say the latter has not reached a correct conclusion. We are of the opinion that the testimony is suflleient to bring the minds of an intelligent ad fair-minded jury under the instruction of n learned, just and impartial judge, to the conclusion that the defendant is guilty." I lr llr?h*r U . ? . -..V. *\vai^U3. Roanoke. Va., Special.?President Julius Dreher, of Roanoke College, situated at Salem, has tendered his resignation to the board of trustees, and it has been aerepted. The presidency has been tendered to Dr. James A. Morehead. president of the Seminary of the United Synod of the Lutheran Church of the South, at Charleston, S. C., hut no answer has been received yet. Dr. Dreher has been conneetcd with Roanoke College for 22 years, and for lb", y ara was its president, lie long situ e decide! to retire when he had served years as president. lie. declines to say what his future plans tire. Two Roys Smothered. Nashville, Tcnn., Special.?Two hoys were smothered to death wliila * playing in the wheat Ida of the GaP lnti., ...ill,. 'r.......i.... ..? ? ItllllO I U..1UH; ill K'l ilUVIII. .\ search waj instituted when the boysi [ failed to put in an appearance for supper, ami it was not until Wednesday morning that their lifeless and 1 naked bodies were found at the hot 1 torn of the bin. in which they had been playing. The lads' names were Henry Smith and Hugh Iginier. and ] they were between S and 'J years old. < Live N ws Notes. The most literary monarch in Kuropc is without doubt, tlie young Victor Kmmanucl of Italy, tie knows Knglish. Fiench and Herman equally as well as l his native language, and ha* even a reading acquaintance with that very < diflicult language. Russian. He spends f ut least three hours every day in his ] study busy with current lilt rature of every kind. He is said to prefer the , monthly reviews to daily journals, but. however this may bo. it is quite certain that no monarch alive keeps liims< If more thoronehlv uostnd in nil r questions of the day. He has more than c or.ee astonished English visitors hy his intimate! acquaintance with the inIrieaeies of their party polities and social questions, in which he is better read than r.iany members of the British Parliament. J Julia Ward Howe celebrated her 84th birthday on May 27 at her home in Boston. All her children, several of her grandchildren and her It rat greatgrandchild. were present. The greatgrandchild is only 1! months' old. and uas taken from Plait:field, N*. J., for (his occasion. Mrs. llowc had never Been the child before. Its name is Tiilia Ward Howe Hall. On her birthday Mrs. Howe went out for a drive nd on returning home had the deI'ghtful surprise of finding her little namesake i:i the house. Mrs. Howe is r.ow president of the Authors' Club, of Boston, and is active in many ways, being especially Interested in young writers. Fred Iiatiman, who organized tne hotel and restaurant employees of Chicago and made possible the paralyzing strike that prevailed in that city, has gone to New York. It 5s his intention r to build up a powerful organization of hotel employees there. He has already 1 made arrangements to take in the two P wis.ing unions of waiters and the union of bartenders. His work in Chi- ( iago was accomplished in a few . months. Latest details from the floods in the Pncolet and other rivers in the Caro- . Unas estimate the property loss at >3.500.000 and tho number drowneJ { as greater than at first expected. CJeorge Howard Lktlefleld, aged 23 years, of Washington. 1). O.. who had served In tho army, was murdered by r thieves at Salt Lake, Utah. f W. T. Wyatt. a negro school teacher, ' who assassinated Stipe rinti ndent Hertel because the latter refused to ' issue* him a certificate. was lynched ' by a nvob at Belleville, 111. In another shooting affray reuniting I [rom the Coehrill-Hargis feud in < Breathitt county, Kentucky. James Hay. a Hargls adherent, was killed f and two others wounded. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Alany Alatters of General Interest in Short Paragraphs. Down in D'xie. T1h> \?1a eottr.n mills, of Charlotte linve shut down, and a receiver will be asked to wind up the business. The trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas White, charged with the assassination of J. 15. Marcum. began at Jackson, Ky. Judge Ktnory Spoor, in an address at the eoinineneein nt at Emory College, Georgia, a.mlvvo.i ?tw. ..? ?.? M V%?? II1V VI > *'J Robert K. Lee. At The National Capital. The Secretary of the Navy has approved the plans of the Hoard on Construction for the battleships Dakota and Mississippi. United States troops from Forts Grant and iluachuca were sent to Mor< nci. Ariz., to aid the Territorial militia and rang*in keeping order among the striking miners there. The Nnvv Department awarded eon tracts for the three Hi.OOo ton battleships recently authorized by Congress. President Uoosevelt has decided to force Colombia to net on th?? canal treaty. At The North. By the breaking of a levee at Fast Ft. Louis. III., 11 lives and a great amount of property were lost. Convict W. F. Miller, formerly of the "Franklin Syndicate," testified in the tiial of lawyer Amnion, in New York, and told of his "get-rich-quiek" methods. The lumber yards in New York were tcopened after n lockout of five weeks and building operations were resumed. i rn uuiiatngs, weakened by flood. I collapsed at Kansas City and 23.000 ! persona arc homeless. Twenty persons were reported drowned in ;? flood following a cloudburst in Arkuma. At Kalkaska. MIeli.. Mrs. Mary MeKnight i anfeased to ilie poisoning of her hrotht r. John Murphy, his wife and baby. and she is suspected of causing right other d ath.s. Miss Ruth llanna. youngest daughter )f the Ohio Senator, was married to S'r. Joseph Medlll McCnrmick. at Cleveland before a distinguished assemblage. including President Roost:vcl t. It is reported in New York that the Gould-Rockefeller interests have a prospect of acquiring control of the Pennsylvania Railroad. President George F. Iiaer. ef the Reading, testifl d at the investigation I >f the complaint of \V. U. Hearst rgainst the coal carrying railroads he- | 'ore the Interstate Curamercc C ?mmission in New York. Dr. Riehuid Gottheil. of New York, v.*as elected Prosidont of the Ft deration of American Zionists. Edward Mclntyre, of Moosic, Pa., oinpleted a fast of 40 days, in an unsuccessful attempt t<> rare himself of ;mraiy'3l8. W. S. Do very gave bail for Samuel Parks, tlie New York labor leader. ne.used of extortion. The Board of Building Trades it* <ew York is split into two fa< tion, one >f which offers to break the strike. From Across The Sea. The Ven<*zuelan revolution has been -rushed and Clen. Manuel A. Matos, its cader. has taken refuge in Curaco. Col. Geo. A. Schlcl, a German nrtilfry officer who rendered notable serice with the Boers, is dying. The World'*: W. C. T. lr. continued Ls session at Genevj, Switzerland. Tlie German Antarctic expedition tamed a newly discovered land after Cniperor William. The Russian Government announces hat it will not receive representations rom a foreign power in regard to the Cisi henoff aiTair. Tlie i'nited States Consul at Canton, 'V. < - At--* - - /iiin.i, i' ?vn .American elt.1t n has bom captured by Chinese piatcs and is hold for ransom. Miscellaneous Hatters. Cotton prices again wont hig'.u r ami nado new records for l."? years. Alunini Day ex?rcises wore held at 'rlncetcn University, and the new gymnasium there was open d. Miss Katherine K. Cn.;salt. dauglit r ?f the president of the Pennsylvania lallroad, was married to Dr. .1. P. Iutchlnso, at Haverford, Pa. The losses in the Pacolol river vatey caused by the recent flood were ..timafed at >4.400,000 and the dosolaion there Is graphically described by lye-witnesses. The debate in the itritish Parliap.ent on taxation showed decided dif erencea in the Cabinet on the que:; ion of preferential trade. King Edward, attended tiv \s ddinir n London of Lady Juliet I.owt <>; and Ir. flobin Duff. Scvni men were severely injured >y * holler explosion on the Rritish rulr }; flood Hope at Gibraltar. The new po!!re prefect of Odessa iRfturtvl a delegation jof rabbi* that the lews of 'hat City would be protected. MAKES A BIO HAUL Washington Clerk Pilfers $60,000 in Cash. PLACID PROMPTLY UNDER ARREST 'Another Instance Where the tiovernment tlets Robbed By a Trusted ErS*>!oye. Washington. Special. James VI. Watson. Jr., a clerk in the office of tin* I auditor for the District of Columbia ami the son-in-law of a wealthy retired railroad director, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of cinbezzlcnii nt. Of sovprnnifmt im._ ? .uuw. lie lUIlOUIll IS estimated at from $<>0,000 to $7r>.000. The warrant makes the speeiflc charge of embezzlement of $8,000, which represents only a portion of the alleged speculations. Watson was not bonded and in ease he or his relatives, several of whom atv said to be wealthy, fall to make good the alleged losses. Auditor .1. T. Petty will he held responsible for the amount. The auditor's bond is for $110,000. The money alleged ta have lnvn embezzled was part of the funds deposited in the ullieo of the auditor by property-owners. who are willing to pay half or all cost, cf improvements to st'-*". ts abutting on their property, such as paving sidewalks, alleys and streets. This embraces deposits by railroad companies, electric light, companies, telephone companies, for sidewalks. for sewers and water mains, and is entirely separate from the other accounts. This account is not subject to review by the Treasury Department, but it is checked by ttie clerk in charge of the corresponding account in the District engineer's department, and he reported it correct as late as February. 1902. The depositors, it is said, have the right to recover from the Distiict through suit. The auditor's ofllcc b? under the supervision of the hoard f?r commissioners of the District of Columbia. Auditor Petty has completer charge of the a.'ocr.stnent and permit fund, deposit ins the money in n bank to his own credit. Mr. Watson, it is all ".*i d. has been entrusted with making the deposits and has returned the. pass book in apparently proper condttion in each instance. He has bcen^uix employe of the District for four yeV^A and th-"> alleged defalcations nro posed to have orcurred tkroun if, most of this period. 1 Auditor Petty said that the hnuimtn had been manipulated in such a clever manner that lie was not certain of the exact situation until today. Watson was a joint publisher of h news bulletin, issued in this city. In addition ti> running the paper, lie owned a liarber shop, which he has been trying to sell iecently. is promoter of a patent medicine concern and the treasurer of what is known as the District Co-Operative Association, which takes in money from employes on deposit and lends 't. <11it again. Many of the office-holder!* at the District building am. depositors 2 . . - ?- * 111 in'.1 association. turning the money ever entirely to Watson and get ling n'.s personal receipt in hooks resembling bank books. Several months ago Major Sylvester the chief of police here. investigated Watson's iv?ord and it Is stated ho found that Watson was sent to the reform school while in his minority ou a charge of forgery. Three Killed at Hrldge. Union. S. C.. Special.?News reached here late Monday evening of an a<cldent at Mroad river bridge, orr the Scalioard Air bine Railroad, by whieh tlir"e lives are said to liave been tost. During the Hood of Saturday 700 yards of trestle was washed away from the southern approach to the bridge, near Carlisle, Union county. Monday afternoon the railroad people sent a pile driver to begin th" work of repairing the trestle. The approach f; on the north side seemed to be in" mi i. in* mover iiad to bo brought across to begin work of driving the nib s on the* side. When the engine and driver . a I reached the tniddlo of tin- bridge it gave way and the bridge, engine, driver and crew of ten >ver? precipitated into (lie riv< r. tt in hard to lenrn at this time the actual nunv bor killed, as the railroad people dr# not seem to care t > talk, but it in said they report the less of three lives. Four Killed. I Clearfield. I'a.. Special.?Fonr men \ were kill- d and others badly injured in \ a collision bo:ween n coal train and a I freight tbrr.-? miles f rm Osceola, on the iVnns.vlvanla Railroad. The killed are Oge! Harley. engineer, and his fir-man. of tiie freight train; Jacob l',y? r and his fireman, Robert Wilson, of the coal engine, which was pushing heavy train up a grade. When the train war- cut near tho top of the lountain between Osreola and Tyrone, ' tycr's engine could not hold it and the engine and 14 cars wore puaht4 ,arV: on she advancing f?ciglit. Only NN biles to Vote. Pretoria, Trr.nr.var.!, Py Cable.?In ron. quenre ?>f the opposition to the tnnni I pal enfranchisement of rclorel men. the government has decided to amend the municipal ordinr.mo so an to exclude alirr.a r.s well an colored ir.en. I his restricting the frr.n: hi33 to while Ulitish subjects. <A