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THE FORT MILL TIMES f ^ VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909 NO. 16 GREAT TRIUMPH Aviator Makes Ten mile Flight Carrying Passenger. ALL RECORDS BROKEN The Younger of the Two Famous Brother* Accomplishes the Most Difficult Flight Ever Planned for an Aeroplane, and Meets Successfully the Final Test. A special dispatch from Washington says last Friday evening Orrllle Wright attained the zenith of hard earned success. In a tenmile cross-country (light in the famous aeroplane, rbi^llt by himself and his elder brother. Wilbur, and accompanied by Lieut. Benjamin D. Foulols, an Intrepid officer of the army signal corps, he not only Bur?r MflMj tha requirements of his ton tract with the United 8tat?s govv*' eminent. but accomplished the most jftfflcttlt and daring flight- ever plan^^*?ed for a heavier-than-air flying machine. Incidentally he broke all peed records over a measured course. And he established beyond dispute the practicability of an aeroplane in time of peace and in time of war. His speed was over 4 2 miles an hour; he made the ten-mile flight from Fort Myer and back in 14 minutes and forty-two seconds, including the more than twenty seconds required for the turn beyond the line at Shuter Hill, the southern end of the course. He attained a height in crossing the valley of Four Mile Run of nearly 500 feet, and the average altitude of his practically level course was about 200 feet above the ground. President Taft, who had become an enthusiastic spectator of the aeroplane trials, although two years ago when Secretary of War, he is said to have expressed to officers profound scepticism as to the accomplishment of such a feat as that of which he saw the completion, arriving upon the purude grounds at Fort Myer Just in time to see the aeroplane land and to participate in the wild demonstration which welcomed the triumphant aviators. He sent an officer to oear his congratulations to the victors. A terrific wind and rain 6torm early in the aftemton seemed providentally provided \.j clear and quiet the atmospheric v ^ndlMons in preparation for the tiight, which was delayed only by the failure of the army field telegraph line from Fort Myer to Shuter Hill. It was still ont of commission when Orville Wright, seizing the moment of the best weather conditions he had yet had for the speed test, had the machine placed on the starting rail and gave the motor a final test. The engine worked perfectly, and the crowd seemed to realize that an epoch-making moment was at hand. They pressed forward against the lines, which held them back breathless, intense, eagerly watching every movement of the aviator and his machine. The signal corps detail aoiBieu me greai weignt in me starting derrick which gives the machine Its initial impulse. Lieut. Foulols, lithe, wiry, brown a berry, in his khaki uniform and ttocSlnOt a alga from Orvllle. climbed into the 4paRsengqr'e seat beeide the motor-. Wilbur and ma Charley Taylor, the Wrights* "mechanician. " took their places at the propellers. Orvllle turned on the sparker of the motor, and they whlrlod the blades around. The motor picked up the Impetus, Orville turned on the speed, and for the first time the propellers of fhe Wright aeroplane were whlirtn^ at their maximum capacity. The smooth and even song of the engine aroused the crowd to excited cheering. Orvllle clambered Into his seat and gripped the levers. Wilbur, at a nod from his brother, slipped the cable which released the weight, the aeroplane shot down the track rose before It reached the end. and skimmed over the surface of the ground for a hundred feet or more. As If drawn up by invisible powpm tho whltn-wlnaftH mon Kl ? ? ~ M.ww .. Qv\4 IliUII Ull u I US' blgber and higher, reached the end of the fluid, turned at a slight angle, and faced about. Climbing up as It were on the air, bl*ber and yet higher. Orvllle brou*ht the maeine at great speed once again fully round the field Then with a short turn he swept about and Rtarted southward over the center of the drill fleld. "They're off." a thousand voices shouted as one. Llge a giant bird circling the sky until it marks Its prey, this manbird then darted off toVard Shunter Will, lW miles to the douth. Unwavering It kept its Straight course, and teemed to be rising evehigher, as It passed over the di verse and heavily wooded count r;, in the distance. Soon It was a morr speck against the pearl sky abov< the horizon. The Finish. Suddenly the speck was lost t( view and ftp the Seconds passed i llebPe grew upon the Crowd, a b! lcnco that spoke of deep concern ROBBED BY A WOMAN TWO GIRL BANDITS HOLD UP AUTOMOBILE ON ROAD And Relieved the Occupants of All the Gash and Valuables They Had About Them. Clark M ftahhltt nf nnftoir. w Y., who Is taking part In the (Hidden automobile tour, arrived at Denver, Col., late Wednesday night and told how he had been held up and robbed by two girl bandits. With | him were Richard Radley, a lawyer of Peoria, 111.; A. Y. Bartholomew, driver, and H. L. Kupel, mechanlcan. Here ie Mr. Babbitt's story In his own words: "Our car left Sterling about 8 o'clock Saturday morning, and when we had driven about 30 miles across the prairie we encountered two young women on horseback. They were some distance away when we first noted them and we supposed they were a couple of the Wild West I cowgirls we had often read about. | The girls kept galloping In our direction, and as we were proceeding -slowly, It wasn't long before they were within hailing distance. They waved to us first, and taking It for a friendly salutation of the road we all waved back. Some few words of greeting were exchanged, when one of the girls called out: 'Hold on there a minute, I want to tell you something.' " 'Better stop,' I told Bartholomew, and he ramp tn o n?i* t?i . .W . uaik iueu while one girl kept us covered with her revolver the other rode up beside the machine and held out her hand. I handed over my money, $93. and Bartholomew produced his watch and pockethook containing $100. Without waiting for anything more the glfls wheeled and rode away. "Both girls were young, wore wide brimmed hats and brown khaki suite. They rode astride and were dandy riders. The hold-up occurred at about 11 o'clock In the morning. There was no way to get any one to chase the girlB, and all we could do was to ride on to Denver." DOST TIIK CORPSE And the Funeral Had to be Helled Until Found. A funeral, with all the necessary accoutrements, except the most Important of all, the corpse, was the strange situation at Eldora, Pa Undertakers, pallbearers, mourners, friends, preachers, carriages, a full funeral cortege in fact were there, but no body to be buried. The "remains" had been lost on the way from Lancaster, and could not be found. The funeral was that of a colored woman, Annie Boyer, who died In Lancaster. The body was carried by trolley to Quarryvllle and was to have been transferred to the Lancaster, Oxford & Southern railroad, thence taken to Eldora station. In i*)me unaccountable manner this transfer slipped up, and when the funeral party boarded the train the body was left on the trolley. Finally the undertaker arranged to drive back to Quarrvvllle. whem ing casket was found at the trolley depot, and after a delay of 6lx hours the services were held as originally planned. FIVE AT A BIRTH. I A New Jersey Wonuui Breaks the Family Record. Mrs. Thomas Renwlck, 33 years old, of No. 726 Springfield avenue, Newark, gave birth Wednesday morning to five children. Although ill born prematurely, four of them, two boys and two g'lrls, were alive and continued to live 15 minutes. The mother will recover. She had previously had three normal children, all of whom are living. To Dr. Peter F. Motzenbecer, of No. 630 High street, who attended her, Mrs. Renwlck .said that way back In her family on her mother's side, there had been two sets of twins. Crazy Man Escapes. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C., says Moses Speaks, of Greonsl>oro, nn Insane patient at the State hospital for the insane there, escaped a few nights ago. i Wilbur Wright, standing with lrvrd led glasses beside his sister, stra'ned his gaze in effort to catch sight of : the areoplane when It should rise again above the sky-line. Seconds seemed minutes, arid n? i vale became seemingry alartnlnp, great beads of sweat stood upon his ' brow, and his agitation was evident. Suddenly tho speck came In sight over the distant bill. A cry swept over the watching crowd. "There It Is." everybody said, sr.d i gave a sigh of relief. . | On It came, growing with the seor onds. It grew and grew, un*!l at ? last almost every detail was visible, j j Before you knew It, they were homo , again over the drill ground, flylrr 1 low. At a height of perhaps twenty * feet It swung refund again to the i southward, and landed easily fnr . | down the field. The task was done, . and In triumph. MEXICO SHAKEN Chilpanctngo Is Destroyed, Acapulco Partly Razed. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE Low* of Life Is not Definitely Known, But is not Thought to be Very Great?Mexico City Saved by Made Ground, on Which it Stands. Shocks Extend Over Barge Area. A dispatch from Mexico City says with Chilpanctngo destroyed and Acapulco partly razed and the loss of life problematical. Central Mexico from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Queranto on the north to Oaxaca on the south, an area of more than one thousand square miles, was shaken at an early hour Friday by a series of the most severe earth shocks felt in the region for the last quarter of a cen tury. The quako was severe In Mexico City, but not prolific In destruction. Reports telling of the loss of life are meagre, but the official figures thus far given show fourteen killed and more than a score mortally injured. While word comes from Q. Poyros, an American commercial traveller at Chllpancingo, Guerrero, that that city waB destroyed and the Inhabitants are living In the open, suffering from the elements, the loss of life Is not definitely known. The shocks continued at Chllpancingo Friday night, with subterranean rumbling and flashes of lightning, rain and hall. Acpulco Guerrero, was partly razed, but the extent of the damage is not known, as communication with that part of the Republic is not well established. According to observatory records, the first shock was at 4:15 Friday morning, the oscillation being from east to southwest. It was severe, causing the bells of many cathedrals in Mexico City to toll, breaking crockery and in some Instances lev eling walla. The inhabitants of the capital had hardly recovered from the fright of the quake when a sec ond and more severe shock caused an outpouring of nearly all the residents to the streets and open pi azzas. This movement was of a twisting character, and lasted with severity for ninety seconds. Tall buildings swayed and in some instances cracked, the pavement opened in places and in the poorer quarters u number of houses collapsed. So far as can be learned, six lost their lives in Mexico City and environs in tli4s second shock. Two were men of the lower class, the oiners nein,g three women and a child. Four now in hospitals cannot recover, it Is said. After the second shock no one ventured indoors again until daybreak. The large American colony escaped unscathed. They, with the entirenative population, remained in the piazzas or equarqs pintBl daylight gave them courage to enter their dwellings. * ItUIlGLAIl SHOT POLICEMAN. Was Malting His Usual Rounds When lie Was Fired At. Night Officer G. E. Montgomery, of the Tlfton. Ga., pollco force, was shot and seriously wounded by a negro burglar. Montgomery was making his usual rounds just after midnight. nnd was going down the alloy between Maine and Railroad streets. As he was passing in the rear of the dry goods store occupied by H. Nathan, he was fired upon from the doorway, the bullet taking effect in his right shoulder. Three shots were fired, only one taking effect. It is supposed that Montgomery accidentally walked upon the burglars while they wore at work, and wa.< shot by the lookout they left at the door. FALLS TO HER DEATH. Losses Footing nnd Drops Into Mountain Torrent. g-g?j?jt A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., tells of an awful tragedy that took place In the North Carolina mountains on Thursday. While attempting to crosR Shoal creek. In a remote section of Yancey county a few nights ago on a foot log, Mrs. Winnie Smith, 22 years old. fell Info the stream and was drowned. Though attended by several neighbors the raging mountain torrent swept the victim beyond aid befoi'o would-be re&cbers could formulate plans to help her. Mrs. Smith was a bride of a few weeks and a belle of the mountain county. The body was recovered later. Once Lived Here. Henry C. Worthlngton, who came to South Carolina Immediately after the war to help reconstruct this State, died In Washington on Thursday. He fled from the S>tate when Hampton was elected governdr In 1 STC. CAROLINA LIBRARY LIST OF BOOKS HAVE BEEN IS* SUED AND SENT OUT. Teachers and Trustees Urged to Take Advantage of State's Offer | of Aid?How to Get Library. The South Carolina list of library books has been issued and is being sent out to school patrons, teachers and trustees of the State by Superintendent of Education SwpnplniroK The list contains over 900 books, embracing subjects of literature, history, art, encyclopedias, fiction, and in fact everything that would be of < benefit to the school children of the < State. The list was adopted on Aprtl s 23 and will continue until June, i 1914. ( Mr. Swearingen, in a foreword to < the book says: < "The State board of education has 1 adopted this list In accordance with l the provisions of the Library Law. t Under competitive bids the contract t was awarded to the Poole and Isley Company, of Atlanta, and all library i orders Bhould be placed with this a firm. The nine hundred and ten c titles on the list ottered a wide range c of selection. Schools without libra- s ries should try to establish them, and e schools where libraries are already i established, may well add to therr 1 books from this list. t "Where high school classes in lit- t erature use as much as $15 worth of 1 books, teachers may find It to their advantage to order the books on this r list. All orders 6hould be filed with- t in thirty days, and no substitutions t are allowed, except with the consent of the purchaser. Less than g one-tllird of our schools have 11- v braries. Text books are often times t the only books placed in the hands r of teachers and pupils, although ev- 1 eryone admits that the nablt of read- c ing is one of the surest means of t education." To establish a library, the patrons I1 raise ten dollars, the trustees give n I ten, the county board gives ten for ' a bookcase and the State hnnrH toe n To enlarge a library, the' patrons r raise five dollars, the county board 1 gives five and the State board five. 0 The State legislature appropriates I1 $5,000 annually to be expended by the State board of education, under P the provisions of the library law. c All of this amount is never taken up. ' part of it being returned to the State 1 treasurer. Should it all be expended 5 it would mean that about $20,000 J would be invested in books for ' school libraries in South Carolina c each year. . 1 DIVORCED AND WEDDED. e v Father Takes 15-Year-Old Bride r e Away From Her Husband. 1 A dispatch from Seooba, Miss., j says Chancellor McCool rendered a j decree a few days ago annulling the f marriage of C. H. Stuart and Annie g Morrison Stuart, members of prominent families in that section, who \ were married just a ittle more than a week ago. A few hours afterward i the same judge performed the ceremony reuniting the young couple In c marriage. After the first wedding in Bay St. I.ouis, following an elope- I merit tha falhnr if lt"> K-'J- ? , ...v .w..v/? vi tiiu Ul IUC Ul)* talned possession of h|is daughter j through a writ of habeas corpus and had the groom arrested on the ] charge of swearing falsely to her age, which Is 15 years. In securing l a marriage license. After the decree. the Intercession of friends broke down the hairier of parental > objection and the couple passed on again to the marriage altar. 1 FOUND BODY IN RIVER. J Miss Fnftrhild, "Whom Sweetheart ? Jilted, Drowns Herself. The body of Miss Ixittle Fairchild was found in the Ocmulgee , river, a mile below Macon, Ga., a few days ago by W. M. Diz, a white fisherman. , Lottie Falrchild is the woman who disappeared Sunday and who left note saying that she would drown herself because Len Leaver, a young man of the city, would not marry her, it is claimed, arter ho had . promised to do so. The girl was 18 years of age, and lived in East Macon. She loft an Insurance policy and some cash money with the people wtth whom <sho ( lived. Leaver drives a wagon for the Waggenstein bakery of Macon. He is said to havo denied the girl's statement that he had promised to marry I1C1 ? GOVERNORS TO RE AT BOARD. Dallas Prws flub Plans Historymaking Dinner. A dispatch from Dallas. Texasr says six governors are expected to b<? guests of honor at a gridiron dinner to bo given by the Dallas Press Club during the United States army tournament, in Dallas August 22 to 2ft. Those in charge predict that this affair will be a history-making event in the Southwest. Guests will Include the governors of Arizona, Arkansas, New Afoxlf'o, Louisiana. Oklahoma and Texas. UNION MEETS Many Farmers of the State Gather In Columbia. NAMES OF DELEGATES \h the Union is a Secret Society the Meetings Are Hehl in Executive Sessions, nntl, of Course, the General Public Are Not Allowed in Their Meetings. The State says about two hunIred delegates were present at the opening of the Farmers' Union State Convention at the State House n that city Wednesday night, every :ounty In the State, with few ex:eptlons, being represented by two or more delegates. President B. iarris in his opening address said t was the most representative body >f farmers he had ever seen aseem>led In the State. After the convention was organzed, mattera affecting the welfare ' ind Interests of the Farmers' Union I if South Carolina were entered up>n and discussed. For obvious rea- i ons many of the questions consider- 1 d can not be made public, as the inlon Is a secret organization and i t Is not permitted to divulge every- i hlng that was Bald and done until < hose in authority see proper to give 1 t out. < Dr. S. J. Summers of Cameron, ' nade a very eloquent address on ho opportunities and obligations of 1 he Farmers* Un Ho spoke of Its phenomenal 1 ;rowth, and Impressed on the conentton that the union by adhering o its principles and through eariest co-operation In everything reating to the Interests of the farmer an wield a power that will be felt broughout the world. President Harris submitted a retort of his stewardship. In which he nade several recommendations for he good of the order. The report if the president was referred to a . peciai committee, to be named by ? he president, to pass upon the rec mmendations made In tho re- s iort. J President Harris' report was In 1 iart as follows: "We have now 35 1 ountv organizations in the State. 1 n all the counties except three are l ocal unions. We have altogether n South Carolina very nearly 700 s ocal unions. The order is grow- < ng rapidly, and we have reason to s ongratulate ourselves on the work < hat has been accomplished in the < >ast year. We should feel greatly | r.couraged to press on in the good i vork, the reward of which will be I lot only great to ourselves but to i ivery farmer in the State." I The Delegates. i About 200 delegates and mem- 1 >ers attended the meeting of the < farmers' Union of tho State. The 1 ollowing is the official roll of delefates: 1 Abbeville?J. A. Gilliam, J. B. iVilson, Brown Bowie. Aiken?W. H. Brodie, B. F. Mc,ane, S. B. Williams. Anderson?J. B. Douthit, W. W. Smith. Bamberg?D. H. Rice, J. E. Mcdlllan. 1 Barnwell?W. T. Walkor, T. F. logg, Alfred Aldrich. Berkeley?J. M. Wilder, W. P. 3russell. Calhoun?B. F. Keller, O. W. Talry, S. J. Summers. Cherokee?E. R. Sapoch. Chester?J. G. L,. White, L. T. .Jrant, M. E. Jordan. Chesterfield?H. O. Hendrix, F. iV. Rivers. G. W. Martin. Clarendon?J. M. Montgomery, J. VI. Player, J. E. Kelly. Colleton?L. S. Padgett, J. O. laques, W. VV. Smoak. Darlington, A. J. A. Perrltt, S. I. Jeffords. Dorchester?D. P. Ritmph. Edgefield?Q. S. Cartledge, W. R Parks. Fairfield?W. R. Elliott. Florence?E. M. Hicks, J, 8. McKonzle, J. R. McBride. Greenville?C. D. Smith, T. H. Foster, J. A. Fowler, J. Mills Money. Greenwood?W. L. Anderson, Jno. I). Williams. Hampton?G. M. Riley, M. H Shuman, R. T. Causey. Kershaw?A. E. Kennedy, Jno. S. Brown, J. F. West. Lancaster?C. L. McManus, .T. C. Robinson, J. E. Craig, J. F. Ntabet, C. F. Adams, J. 8. Wilson. Laurens?H. J. G. Curry. J. Wade Andemon. Lee?S. N. Welsh. Lexington?J. E. Haltiwanger, S. j. uinrK, J. \v. Shealy. Marion?Douglass Mclntyre, M. F. Dill, E. C. Edwards. Marlboro?Charles Crossland. Newberry?Dr. W. C. Bro"wn. J. B. O'Noall Holloway. A. D. Hudson. Oconee?T. Y. Chalmers, J. B. Picket. Orangeburg?J. H. Claffey. T. R. Mc'Cants. T. R. Smith. T M. Danttler, W. M. Bryce. Pickens?J. F. Williams. J. F. Hendrlx. E. M. Boldlng. Richland?Dr. W. W. Ray, F. H. Roberts. Saluda?J. W. P. Marraon, P. L. Nicholson, W. M. Wlngsrd. Spartanburg?E. F. Wall, T. B. Thafckston. Sumtcf?E. W. Dab^s, R. J.1 COCAINE HABIT GROWING FAST AMONG THE NEGROES OF THE SOUTH. America's Worst Drug Habit Has Miulo (irent Tnmuls WltH U>im> Menacing Portent Than Whiskey. A Chicago dispatch says the Inroads of the cocaine habit, which the Currier commission has found to be the American curse us opium Is the curse of China and hemp of India, have suddenly developed Into a new and ominous phase of the race problem In the United States, particularly In the South. "Cocaine now ranks with whiskey as the chief provocative of rape and Its consequent lynching bee In the South," declares Charles W. Collins and John Day of the coirmlsslon in a preliminary report Just published in full by the Chicago magazine "Everyday Life." They said: "Already among the 'Sends' and the policemen who have to deal with them, there Is talk of 'the new Seld.' "The phase, with its commercial suggestion, comes from the dealers In the drugs, retailers and perhaps wholesalers also. Every 'fiend,' it should be added. Is more than likely to be a peddler of the 'stufT,' taking his commission in the same misery that he distributes. This 'new field' Is among the brutalized negroes of the South, who, denied easy access to liquor by the prohibitive movement, are turning to drugs as a substitute." The commission quotes from Hampton's Magazine an article by Judge Harris Dickson, of Vlcksbure. Miss., who told of a contractor who jrdered a pougd of cocaine, to the istoniehment of the salesman to whom the order was given, who expostulated saying: "No man on ?arth can possibly want that much :ocaine." The contractor relterited the order. "A man who deliberately puts cocaine Into a negro is more dangerous han he who would Inoculate a dog with hydrophobia," commented Judge Dickson. "The deadly drug ixouses every evil passion, gives the legro superhuman strength, and destroys life sense of fear. Yet- the steamboat negro and the levee negro *'111 not work without It. So the evee contractor makes his camp look ike a cro?s section of hell, but he jets his dirt moved." This cocaine habit is getting a strong hold on the negroes of South Carolina, and we believe it is responsible for many of the fiendish crimes committed by them. The habit is 1 fearful curse, and if it is not stopped, will destroy the usefulness of isany of the negro race. When we legislate whiskey out, we should also legislate cocaine and other pernicious druga out, or they will be substituted for whiskey by many white people as well as negroes. .The irug habit is worse than the whiskey habit. LEGISLATOR DECLARED INSANE. Hon. Arthur R. Busch, of Aiken, Sent to Sanitarium. A dispatch from Aiken eays Hon. Arthur R. Busch, of the Ellenton section of tho county, was adjudged insane there last Saturday, and car. ried to the hospital for the Insane In Columbia. It seem? from the facts that can bo gatherod that Mr. Busch developed a violent case 01 insanity at his home last week, and on Friday his relatives requested the sheriff to carry him to Aiken. Drs. B. F. and J. F. Wyman examined and pronounced him dangerously insane. He was thereupon carried to the hospital. Mr. Busch 1b a member of the legislature from Aiken county and served faithfully In that capacity. Brownfleld. Williamsburg?J. D. Daniel, W. E. Nettles. York?J. E. Burns. J. Frank Asho. The officers for the past year were: President, B. Harris; vice president, A. J. A. Perrltt; secretary, J. Whltner Reid; chaplnin, W. E. Bodle; conductor. W. E. Hopkins; doorkeeper, H. L. Calvert; sergeant-at-arms, W. P. Caskey. The exccutivo committee of the State union is composed of the following: L. L. Baker, J. II. Lambert, Jas*. L. Koitt, W. R. Parks, O. P. Goodwin, and J. F. Ashe. Officers Elected. Tho following officers wore oleetod Thursday: President. A. J. S. Perrltt. Lamar vict? president, E. W. Dabbs, MayesvUle, No. 1. Secretary-treasurer, J. Whitnor Held, Columbia. Chaplain, W. E. Bodie, Warda. Conductor, W. E. Hopkins, Hopkins. Doorkebper. A. F. Calvert, Hodges Scrge'ant-at-arms, W. P. Caskey Lancaster. Delegate to national union, B Harris. Pendleton. Executive committee. First dis trict, L. C. Padjott, Smoaks, No. 2; Second district. W. R. Parks. Parks vlllo; Third district, J. B. Douthit Pendleton, No. 2; Fourth district O. P. Goodwin, Laurens, No. 3 Fifth district, J. F. Nlsbeft, Lanrap ter; Sixth district, ,t. H. LnmbdrS Marlon: Seventh district, B. F. tfcl lcr, Cameron. SPAIN BESET Kins Proclaims Martial Law Throughout Ntalon. CATALONIA IN REVOLT Artillery Used Agalnwt Revolutionists In Barcelona)?Bloody Battle With Moors at Melilla?Inquietude in Mndrld?Orders Given to Governors to Crush Revolution. A dispatch from Madrid says the revolution In Catalonia has reached a serious stage. There la much bloodshed and artillery has been employed In the streets of Barcelona to quell the outbreaks. The city la terror stricken. Tho revolutionists .are reported to be righting desperately behind barricades. King Alfonwo hastened back to Madrid from San Sebastian Wednesday and at once issued a decree proclaiming martial law and the suspension of constitutional guarantees throughout Spain. Orders have been given to the governors of the provinces to crush the revolution at any cost without hesitation and without pity. Wednesday marked a black chapter in Spain's history, for there was both tragedy at home and abroad. The king reached Madrid In time to learn that part of his army at Melilla had had a bloody battle with the Moors, which, though finally a victory by the Spaniards, cost the lives of 21 officers and a total of 200 Spaniards killed or wounded. An exact estimate of the dead and wounded In the clashes between the troops and rebels In Catalonia is impossible, owing to the rigid censorship. The center of the rebellion is Barcelona, to which place the government is rushing extra troops. The greatest Inquietude reigns In Madrid. King Alfonso was closeted until a late hour with Premier Maura and an official note was issued saying the situation was exeeeedlngly grave and that the rebellion must be supnressed with an iron hand, as tho Catalonians were struggling to enITlllf nil Q.\o I . ? ?- - ' " ? .... u|?.iu in a revolution. The hostility of the people against the Moroccan campaign Is based on resentment that the nation has been plunged into a foreign war and that the nation's sons are being sacrificed merely because of opposition to a private mining undertaking. The poorer classes, from which the regiments are chiefly drawn, are especially bitter. The greatest antagonism has been aroused by the mobolization of the reserve. Many of the men in the reserve forces have large families. Advices from the front state that the holy war sentiment is spreading among the interior tribes, who, so soon as their crops are gathered, are expected to flock to the coast and join the Rlfflans. $1,000 BURNED IN STOVE. Woman Placed the Money There for Safe-Keeping. When Mrs. James Williams, of Kewanee, 111., left her home to go to the woods for a day's outing, she placod the family sitrong box containing cash and notes to the value of $1,000 In the cook stove oven. She was late reaching home and started a quick fire In the stove to get supper, forgetting the money. When the odor of burning paper was discovered. sh? ononod ih? r>van find the box fallen to pieces and tho paper money destroyed. Only ashes remained of all the bills except one of the 20-<!ollar denomination. Some papers were legible although badly scorched. CARNEGIE HERO KILLED. Man Who Saved IK Lives In Hlocnm Disaster line Traffic F.nd. With a Carnegie hero medal otlll pinned to his coat, the body of Lawrence Halloran lies In the morguo at Ozone park, Ix>ng Island, N. Y., near where he was knocked from a railroad train. Halloran was on the back platform of a train when his hat blew off and In trying to catch It he loaned out and his head struck a post, hurling him from the platform, and causing his death. A9 tho engineer of a tugboat In the Eaut river. Halloran saved tho lives of at least 18 children when tho steamer General Slocum was on fire June 15, 1904. For this heroism , he wns given a Cnrneglo medal. RAIDED MOONSHINE STILL. Officers Found Fires Burning When They Arrived. A dispatch from Greenville says a party ot Fnlt'e'd State's oUfce'rs left . that city a few days ago and roado a raid on a distillery near Cold - Springs. Fire was still burning in , the furnance heneath the still when , the officers arrived. Several taun; dred gallons of beer and a few gal. Ions of low wines were discovered. TVin ofllt i? U -? ??- *-- 1 - . to wuu ui mo largest that . thn etnccrs have raided In a ldnfc | time.