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FORT MILL TIMES.
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VOL. XII. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,1003. NO. l.'t.
THREANENED FLOOD.
LI Paso, Texas, Fearful of Damage By
High Water.
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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.
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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.
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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-=
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!<?< :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.
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ANOTHER REGICIDE.
Kin.ir and Queen of Servia Slint
Down. I
BUTCHERY IN TriE SERVIAN PALACE
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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.
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