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ww m pi - i m ." / -! FORT MILL TIMES. VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 5.190f>. NO. 15. WW SI Sudden Summons Cam* and Famous DEATH WAS ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED The Secretary of State Had Passed the Most Comfortable Day of His Week's Illness and S'umbcrcd Quietly Up to Midnight, When His Feeble Summons Brought Nurse and Doctor. .Wwbury, N. H? Special.?Secretary wi Diuir jiiiih nay nit'll ai 1^.^:1 aai' urday morning. The signs immediately proceeding his death were those o! pulmonary eniholism. Mr. Hay's condition during all of Friday had been entirely satisfactory. The hull, tin of Secretary Hay's d. atli was signed by Charles H.Scud dcr. M. P., and Fred T. Murphy, M. D N? wintry, N. H., Special.?The body of Secretary of State. John Hay. whose unexpected death early Saturday has caused sorrow throughout the latul and evoked expression of sympathy and regret the world over, lies in a room of "The Fells," the quaint gam brel-roofed mansion which for 14 years had been the summer home of the Hay family. Just ouo week ago the Secretary arI -1 JOHN ivod at this village from Washing tor woarieil with the cares of state anr ?nt ieipating a "long summer's rest.' The same launch in which Mr. Haj made the short trip from Newherrj o the landing at "The Fells" convey d relatives of Mrs. Hay to the cot tage, where they brought sympathy iiul help to the stricken woman anr her only son. The only members of the Secretary'! family at "The Fells" when the en< anio were Mrs. Hay and Clar. no Hay. Mrs. James A. Wadsworth. o itMicBeo, N. Y., a daughter, has beer ill recently and had not been at True Bill in Murder Case. Tatnpa, Fla., Special.?The gram jury Sunday morning brought In in dietnicnts charging Irving Hopkins Wilder as principal, and Samuel H Wilder as accessory to the murder o Oscar Hrannon. After receiving the tru? bills. Judge Wall discharged the jurors i.nii ordered the court to take a recess until next Wednesday morning. Thi Wilders are out on bail. King Edward Sends Message. Oyster Bay, L. I., Special.?Tlie tlrsi cablegram received by the President irom a foreign ruler regarding Mr Hay's death came from King Edward as follows: "London, July 1. "To the President: "l beg to offer the expressions of mj deepest sympathy on the occasion o the death of your distinguished Secre tary of State, Mr. Hay, whom I ha< the pleasure of seeing very recently ilis loss to the great country ove which you preside will he a natlona one. EDWARD U." I I S II ... ?? e to Renowned Diplomatj ; Statesman # I Suuapee this season. Mrs. Payne j Whitney, another daughter, is on her , way to Europe. I Mr H:iv ittofl !it 19 *>r. nVlni'lr ninrn. ' ing. The last moments of the states- ' ; man were peaceable anil the end 1 . came almost without a struggle. The suddenness of it all was stag- ; gerlng. The Secretary Friday had passed the most comfortable day since his illness began.? a week ago. He I was to sit up Friday. The patient 1 hail bidden his wife rod physicians good-night at 10 o'clock. An hour lat. er he was sleeping quietly. Almost at the stroke of 12, the Secretary was ' seized with a turn. He called feebly i and a nurse responded. The sick man was breathing with great ditlieulty. Dr. Scudder was speedily summoned i and V required but a glance for him . to determine that the end was hut i minutes away. The household was j aroused. The wife reached her litis- ! hand as lie was breathing his last, j ( The son. Clarence Hay. hurried into ; t the sick room, but was too late. PUI.MUNAHY EM1JDI.1SM. Death was caused by plumonury em- I holism; according to Dr. Scudder. The , patient did not suffer greatly in liis last moments. Aside from great difficulty in breathing, there was no struggle. Stimulants were ineffective. The HAY. i Secretary lapsed Into nneonscl1 ousness anil seemed to fall asleep at ' last. The consternation of the household was complete, and it remained for Dr. Scudder to assume charge of uffairs. After two hours the physician was I driven to the village, where half a dozen telegrams were dispatched. The > first went to President Roosevelt, at I Oyster Bay. The second was address> ed to the Slate Department at Washf ington. The others were sent to i friends of the family. Dr. Scudder re} turned to "The Fells." 100 Escape. I Llbau, By Cable.?A hundred mu tineers who refused to surrender with < their comrades escaped to the forests where they are still at large. The party 1 attacked r" ' '"'A' "wk' <AV > suburbs. ?rniidulent by the poal * were kilbaitni.-ni and denied tho I Is Tltuatl; ,mai!8- a yo,1"? mari of ? war spot P WIJO recently foils i/iterri*i| order to this concern 1 inn money refunded by No EffL tlie local postoffice. St. Pel U1 . i precedent oheriH (Juinu came over t modem r arid a Treated a young , the B!arle.| Canipe, who liaa been law* cam" OI,e tlie Ul'"fl at this , pirates. w y<?ung man was wanted f mand ofu,1(l ooiinty, iS. C., upon I ( frankly c e of Heduetion. Ho wub ' ] with they or|r igi| j() wait the ar-1 . r fire of hi, plrshlps to i>e hrawVi. !. f stupefied ! Russian Admiralty. Tbo w lie ?? ?! bouts of the errant bat1 tle?Mp Knlaz Potemklne is unknown . here; no plans for capturing her have r been made, and tlie policy of non inter1 ferenec seems to be at present in vogue. 1000 ARE DROWNED Report of Frightful Loss of Life in a Mexican Mining Town CORPSES FLOAT IN EVERY STREET Guanjuato, Built in a Great Gorge in j the Mountains, is Partly Submerged, J and the Breaking of a Dam Above ' the City Would Mean Utter Ruin? One Report Says at Least 100 Were Drowned and a Later One Placts the Dead at 1.000. - I Mexico City, Special.?No news has been received directly from Guanajuto regarding a great flood in that mining ' city, now the important seat, of activ- 1 ity by several large American and Brtish companies. The wires wero down ail day Sunday and the roads were impassible Two reports arc current; one says 1,000 were killed, another says at least 100 were drowned. Igite tidings are that Guanajuto is I completely flooded and water Is already invading the higher parts of the town, while there is fear that "Laolla"' dam may give way. which would mean complete and general ruin. The city is built in a great gorge in the mountains and the streets ramblo up the mountain side in picturesque fashion. A storm began furiously on the night of June 30th. and after midnight no one of the inhabitants dared to go to bed, so tremendous were the fury of the elements. The. water rose in the lower or business streets flooding shops and damaging thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise. The lower streets became lower torrents as tho waters poured in rivers down tho upper streets. Doors were smashed in by the force of the water, and windows were no protection against the furious flood. PROPERTY I .OSS IMMENSE. The authorities worked strenuously to get people safely from their homes to the higher part of the city. Tho loss of property, it. is said, will be immerse. Advices from Querelaro are to the effect that there was no telegraphic communication with the stricken city Sunday night. Messengers who managed to get out. of the city say tho water stands three or four feet deep in lious?>s and shops in the lower part of the city and that panic stricken peoIlln liH VH fri?nn - r.. ! < iniw mi in'MIIIi.iiiis ('jurying their valuables. The storm began to abate at J o'clock in the after noon loiter advices state that it is known that over 100 lives were lost sit Guanajuto. Telegraphic communication is cat off and it is supposed "Laolla" l dam was completely destroyed, bu this cannot be confirmed. S.\lAid.I'll TOWNS W1PKD OUT. The Mexican Central northltound | passenger train ran into si washout north of Irapuato and was derailed, the water running over some of the oars. President Itobinson. of the railroad, say some lives were lost, hut he does not know how many. The town j of Mara til. just below tluanajuto. was i completely wiped out. Another dispatch to President Uol>1 inson. of the Mexican Central, says that there are 1.000 dead at Guana| juto. The raging water is carrying the dead through every street. The water is up to the second story of tho Hotel T'nion. Great damage has been wrought to the street ear lines, and service ( Sinnot he resumed inside a month. There is only one way the people can get to Marafll, which is with mules or : afoot. A Revolutionary Plot. St. Petersburg. My Cable.?Reports received by the Ministry of the Interior I mi onuieiy uuiercnt version of the i origin of tlio Kniaz Potemkine mutiny, i which is attributed to a deliberate plot I organized by twenty sailors belonging ! to the revolutionary organization. I These reports placed the number of ' killed during lite rioting on shore at I'.On and the wounded at twice that number, Gossip says there has been a mutiny on board the battleship Tehesnie at Seabastopol. Martial Law Extended. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Martial ! law has been proclaimed in the g?vj ernment of Sebastopol. Nicliolaieff and j Krlvan. An imperial decree confers on 4i 4" J'oy ?f the Caucasus the rights its (,w'j|al.y commander with special in" at p The same powers are bestowed ompan4-ommander of the Black Sea iN. t ,, lejfa,. as j},,. districts of Senbastlaya au'fjj i Nil holaieff are concerned, niioid fJ father, 11 Wreck at Spartanburg. Wefit of t'ston. S. (*., Special.?A spe^jr j m Spartanburg says that, a I t wreck ocurred at the Brawley \l r 'rossing, 011 the Southern RailMr. Ij. i a ni Through freight No. tliiu plnciing In two sections, came totter Kill; bile in the city of Spartan *11 iicrli? r..'r 'be crossing, and a dozen r> , | ' ars, laden with coal, and one L elersom,vt>rf> |)n,|jy damaged. Sher'Wan Tlnstiee and a second member of the crew of train No. f>'J are dead, and Engineer Whitinlre is seriously injured. Another colored trainman was also hurt. The accident was caused by failure of brakes on section No. 1.' The track was soon cleared uutl trnfUi: resumed. LYNCHED IN GEORGIA' White Man and Eight Negroes Are Shot to Pieces WAS A VERY BLOODTHIRSTY MOB ' Jail at Watkinsville. Ga., Near Athens. I is Entered by From 50 to 75 Masked Men at 2 a. m.. and of Ten Prisoners One is Overlooked and Another Mistakingly Left Dead. While the Other Eight Are Shot to Death. Watkinsville. Ga., Special. A mob entered the jail at Watkinsville at 11 | o'clock Thursday morning and took ; therefrom nine prisoners, eight of whom were shot to death, and the ninth escaped only by being thought dead by the mob. The prisoners taken out an I lynched wore I.oon J. Aycoek. white, charged with the murder of F. M. llolbrook and wife. Oconee county, and seven negroes ?Rich Kobinson. Lewis ; Robinson, and Claud Klder. charged I with the murder of the Hoi brook couple; Sandy Pri? e. a young negro. ! 1 charged with attempted rape on lite person of Mrs. Weldon Dooley: Rich | Allen, a negro convicted and under sen- j ' tence c*r deatli for the murder of Will ! j Robertson, another negro; Gone Yer| by, anotlicr negro cliarged with the | burglary of si rifle front Mr. Marshall, i and Hob Harris. a negro, charged with ' 1 shooting another negro. M AUK OFF I CM It OI'KN JAIL, i The mob came quotly into Wat kins- i j ville a little before 2 a. m. There were j ; uuuia tin i?i <;> men in in*' crowd. All l i were heavily masked and no one knows | | whence they came or to what point j I they returned. They went at once to i | the house of Town Marshal I*. 11. Aiken I and quctly called him to the door. ! I As he put his head out of the door lie ! was seized and told that ho must de' liver the jail key. Me refused and the men put pistols in hi. face and overpowered hi hi, he being a rather small man. Aiken refused to dress, but some , of the party dressed him and carried . him along. The mob next seized Courtney Elder, a blacksmith, and made liiiu , bring his tools along with him. | CITIZEN'S 1M.EA OISRECrAKUED. tin their way to the jail they were met by a. \V. Ashfonl. a prominent I citizen of VVatkinsville, who had heard j the noise at the marshal's house, and eame down town as soon us he could t dress. Mr. Ashfonl begged the men to j j desist and let the law take Its course. j ; especially pleading for nycock. on the | ! ground that the evidence hud not been ; 1 secured to warrant his convinrtion. He | , ' also begged them not to lynch those j , not cargod with capital crimes. Tliey ! i told liom that tliey were cool, sober j | and determined and that lie might as ] ; well go hack and go to bed. The \ jail was then opened by the town mar- I shal under the cover ?f several pis- j tols. and tnshle the jail the mob held I tip Jailer Crow and demanded the keys j : j to the cells. He refused at first, but i surrendon d them after being menaced i with guns. Jailer Crow begged hard | for Aycock on the same ground that | Mr. Ashfonl did. and also for the two I negroes wjio were not charged with j ; capital crimes. Members of the atta- k- ' ins party told him to shut liis mouth. I They knew what to do, they said, si ml : they were going to clear out the whole i jail. WHITE MAN DIES PROTESTING. The mob got every prisoner in jail ! except Ed. Thrasher, a negro, charged j with gambling, who was on the misde! meaner side of the prison and carried j to a point some one hundred yards ! from the jail and tied to three feme I posts, by their necks. Ayeock protested his innocence to the last. He said they ! were killing an innocent man. While the general belief in Oconee county is ' that Ayeock was not guilty, still there i are many who did not believe so. Rich Robinson said it was all right, so far as he Vas concerned, but that three j more negroes were in the Holhrook j murder. He named Sidney Norris, Jim Taylor, and Wiley Durham as the three ' implicated. These negroes had been in Jail before on this charge and had been , released after full investigation by the ! committee. The other prisoners did not | open their mouths during their march j to tneir doom. ONE NEGRO WILL RECOVER, i After the* prisoners hail been tied to ; the fence posts, the mob lined up and ! ; tired five volleys into their bodies. All | died without a struggle with the ex- | ucpuua ui ,io? rauerson, a negro, who l was charged with pointing a gun at i Albert Ward. Patterson was shot eev! eral times in the body, but was aliveafter tlie mob left and will recover. Aycock's body was fairly riddled with shot, a great hole was torn through his heart and another through ! his right breast. Will Offer Rewards. Atlanta. Ga., Special.?In an interI view with a correspondent of the Associated Press, Governor Joseph M. Terrell said that lie deplored the horrible affair at Watkinsville. Governor Terrell said further thai he was making a rigid investigation of the affair and that he intended to do everything in his power to bring the guilty persons to justice. "These men killed by the moh should have had a fair trial." stated Governor Terrell. The Governor will imnu lintely offer n suitable reward for the approhen-Um of the nicii compos tug the moh. CHINESE STIRRED IP Celes !als Become Wrathy Against Uncle Sam's Exdusiveness DISPLAYING SHARP RESENTMENT They Urge That Coolies Should Not Be Kept Out of Hawaii, Where They Do Not Compete With American i Labor, While Chinese Immigration j Has Long Been Established in the Philippines. Pekin, Uy Cable.?The question of Chinese exclusion from the United JitAtes continues chiefly to occupy tho attention of the Chinese. The extent and depth of the feeling manifested astonish foreigners and is regarded as an evidence of the growth of a national sentiihent of public spirit which tivo years ago would lia\e been inconceivable. The chief obstacle is tho question of j exclusion of coolies from Hawaii and tho Philippines. It is urged that thcrs is uo reasonable objection to the land- | ing of coolies in Hawaii, where they do not comi>eto with American labor, j while Chinese immigration has long been established in the Philippines. These points the Chinese regard as essential, but it is thought unlikely thai they will be conceded by tho American government, hence the apparent deadlock. With a view of facilitating settlement. China proposed to send a special mission to Washington, but American Minister Hockliill declined j to entertain the Idea. In the meantime the boycott of 1 American goods front the United States j continues and the anti-American cam- j paign is increasing in vigor. The American minister has applied to tho i Board of Foreign Affairs to check the moveme nt and Viceroy Yuan, of Chili province, has issued a proclamation on the subject, hut its efficiency is consldereil doubtful. COSSACKS ATTACK SOCIALISTS. 1 A Raid on a Meeting of 200 Near Lodz Results in 18 Being Wounded and 180 ArrestedWarsaw. By Cable. ?A secret meeting of 200 Socialists in the forest of Zquierz, near Lodz, was surprised by Cossacks at n< -on Tuesday. Light eon of the Socialists were wounded and ISO arrested. The authorities are making an insistent search for the Socialist | leaders. In tho course of the search a number of j ersous were killed or wounded. All tlie restauirants and liquor stores have been orde red closed. Tl?o /lot' .vno<<nrl ottlofl.' a iiv uu.f |?aacivu \jun i > i ui im1 papers this eve ning unanimously condemn the strikers and their resultant disturbances, which they say can only lead to bloodsh ed and distress. All the prisons are full to overflowing, no less thsin G72 persons, mostly Jews, having be;en arrested during the last 24 hours. 3t is expected that a state of siege vjvill be proclaimed, as great riots are ;^nticipaied during tho niobllzation. The laborers oin thirty-two beet root plantations in tl?e government of Podolia have struclt and it is feared tho harvest will be h ?st. The peasants i n the government of Kova are forcefully occupying pasture and other lands of the proprietors of estates. Dividends Increased. I Philadelphia, Special?The directors of the Heading Valley Railway Company declared a stemi-annual dividend of 2 per cent out the common stock, j This is an increase of one-half per j cent on the last dividend and is at tho ; rato of 3 1-2 per cejnt for the year. The regular senii-annui'al dividend of 2 per cent on the company's first preferred stock was also declared. . V Green and iGayner Lose. A*4 #. rv~i r*_ ^ uaanu, uui, ?ine supremo | Court unanimously granted the motion made on behalf of the government of the United States to quash the appeal of (Jaynor and Greene from the judgment of the court. c>f the King's bench, affirming the refusal of a writ of prohibition by Judge Djavldson against the issue of a warrant tor extradition. The appeal was qtltashod with costs. The Court of the Kijng's Bench of Quebec gave judgment in favor of handing over (Jaynor and Grjeeno to the United States government. : Leave was given tr? appeal to the Supreme Court of Ottawa against that, iieclsion. The Supreme Court has clecided that there is no appeal Father and Daughter Slain. Miam, Fla., Special.?Charles IC Davis an<l his daughter, Elsie, were found Monday morning dead, in tin Ir homo. They had beeitf murdered, probably Saturday night. Botli had be- tt shot. Ono shot killed Mr. Davis, while his daughter was shot twice. It was rumored that an assault had | been commit tod on Miss Davis, bat J tho rumor was untrue. "My nightly rest was broken, owing to Irregular action of the kidneys. I was suffering intensely from severe pains in the small of my back and through the kidneys and annoyed by painful passages of abnormal secret tions. No amount of doctoring relieved this condition. I took Doan's Kidney Fills und experienced quick and lasting relief. Dane's Kidney Fills will prove a blessing to all sufferers from kidney disorders who will give them a fair trial." Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., proprietors. For sale by all druggists, price ??0 cents per box. The man who does not fen. failure seldom has to face it. Idi'tliM Cuti \V>'%r ^liop* Wnt* size smaller after using Allen'- Foot. Kasi\ ;i povrder. It makes tight or new ..hoot 6ssy. Ouros swollen, hot. swroattuK, aching foot, Ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At ? nil druggists iin l shoo stores, 3.V. Don't accept any substitute. 'l'rlnl package I' iikk b/ mail. Address, Allan s. Olmsted. l.eltoy, N.Y. In Norway servant uirl. hire h<r i..?t ju year ..t .1 time Mrs.Wfnslnw'sSoot lilngSyrup tor <'lilldrcii . i t nettling. soft.Mi t ho gums.reduces inIIatnma tioi',allay, pain,euros\viml oolio, 3.V.a bottle. London. Kngkind. lav. out toi poor relioE $2'.MKX?.tHI0 a year I'leo'sCum Is the host nioilleino wo over used for all affections of throat and lungs.?Ww. U. Exuslv.v, Yanlmroii, Intl.. Fob. 10. l'-KK). Stealing hieyrlon n.u- hecoini' prevAleut; in llirtuingliaiu. Kngkind. Itch cured in 30 minutta by WonUord'o Sanitary Lotion Never VaiU. Sold by all druggints, $1. Mail orders promptly tilled by Dr. K Detchon. ('rnwfor?lsville, lnd. A diamond mine 111 -*oiith Miir.i yielded. $.>33 every minute last ye n An K.*-? lilef.liislli-.es Opinion. Judge O, II. l.oebrane. of tieorgia. In a letter to Dr. Diggers, states that lie never suffers himself to be wit linet a boll |o of Dr. Diggers' IIuekleberry < ordial for the relief . f all bowel troubles, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, etc. Sold bv all Druggists, 3aand .r>0e. bottle. Martietim; Potato ( ropa. In Hue wiili the .lassie .use of thft oyster shippers. ?-i 1. .I by President I Fim1 Icy of Yale I Hii. i-siiy in bis book 011 IHillrond Transportation. is tli^ enso of the Aroielmik potato growers brought by Dr. sj.l.-iit 'J'uille of tin* Hoslon A M; 1111 e K.iilroad In lore tli? Senate tnl'Tslnte t'oniinere. Nolbing >mild belli r show liovv :i railroad works for ihe interest oC (lie localities which I serves A mail, dependence of the farmers of tin* Aroostook region is the potato crop, aggregating annually eight to ten million bushels w hich liud a market largely in Huston ami the adjacent thickly settled regions of New Mnglaml. Tlie competition of cheap water u.msporiaiion innn .Maine I > ;i 11 points along i In* Now Kiiglnml eoas| I, oops railroad freight rates at these potatoes always .11 :i very low lev? I l'otatoes arc also 1 eoiiside, aide nilput ol' the Iriirk fnl'iiK of Miehiguii. their lioi'iiiiil market bring obtained in and through Detroit ami fhie;ig<? and. oilier eimiiiMiuilie.> <?l' that region. Not many tears aim favoring sun and rains brought a tremendous yield of potatoes from the Miehigati holds. At. normal rates and prieos there would have been a glut ?>f the eustoiiiary markets and the potatoes would have rotted on tlie farms. To help the potato growers the railroads front Michigan made unprccedentcdlj" low rates 011 potatoes to every ivaeliahle market, even carrying them in large <|iianti?ic* to a place so remote as 'itostoii. The Aroostook growers had to rod urn the I rice on their potatoes and even then eoulil not dispose of tliem unless the ltoslon ?V- Maine Railroad redueed its* utreoilv low rale ivliii-li it ?1 I It" menus of llie.se low rates. making po.s Sibli? low priees, tin* jiotnto crops of both Michigan :iiul Maine were finally Marketed. Everybody eats potatoes, and that year everybody bad ali the Iiotatoc.s be wanted. While the Michigan railroads made* rates that would have been ruinous to the railroads, bad the} been applied to the movement of all potatoes a! all times, to all places, they helped their patrons to lind markets for them. The l'.oston & Maine Knilrnad suffered a decrease in its revenue froui potatoes. Imt it enabled the Aroosiook farmers to market llieir ? top and th T by to obtain money w hic h I hey spent for the varied supplies which tin? railroads brought to them. If the making of rrtes were subject to (lovernniental adjustment such radical and prompt net ion could inner have been taken, because it is well established that if :i rate he once reilueeil b\ u railroad company ii cannot be restored through the red lane of <Soveruineutat prn.edure. It the Michigan fail roads and tlio ]'?< deli ?\ Main ltailfoad had been ul'ji -i '! to (b>Vi'iinieiital limitation iit> \ world lave felt old'me I to keep v. lit- i v;.le> us do the ra.do.ids of I i. in i I. island and tb-oiaiiy uudir Mm? riiiiieiital ii Italian awl ict ii; potato.n l\ t.--i'Aulian^e. ' S *lj * ' d