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I FATAL WRECK Eight Persons Were Killed and Eight < lojuret in Michigan REAR END COLLISION ' Tlve Kntlrc Train CauRht Afire and .Many I todies Are Badly Burned.? 1 t Only One 1'aa.senner E*caj>e? In- 5 jury or IKvilh.?Pullman Flung * From ltails. In a rear end collision between passenger trains No. 4 and 14. both eastbound, on the Grand Trunk railroad. two miles east of Duraud.< Mich., late Wednesday night, eight persons are known to have been killed, three wfcre probably fatally injured and five were seriously hurt. It was reported that four passengers are missing. Train No. 14 stopped to repair a defectiTo brake when No. 4 crashed into the sleeper on the standing trais. The e-nglne of No. 4 jploughed half way through the sleeper, crushing some of the sleeping passengers. The wreckage of the sleeper > aught fire and others of the passengers were burned or scalded. It iB said there were 18 passengers on the illfated car. The dead bodies recovered during the night were two unidentified women, one about ftO years old and thi other about 60, and six persons whose bodies were so 'badly scalded and burned as to render identification impossible. IjW? The probably fatally Injured ar?: Clinton A. Davis. 27 vears old. of Montreal, scalded nnd cut about head < and body; George Nelson of Battle I Creek, fireman of train No. 4, scald- 1 ed and cut; and Bert Mitchell of i Port Hurou, engineer on train No. < 14, who was injured about the head, i Only the Bplintered Pullman was ( thrown from the rails, the occupants : of other coaches escaping with nothing more serious than a Bevere shak- < ing up. The uninjured passengers, t half clad, endeavoring to rescue I those in the sleeper, were driven i hack again und again by the heat of ( the flames and by the escaping steam and were able to do little toward re- 1 covering the bodies of the dead. 1 No. 14 left Durand at 10.02 and < No. 4 at 10.35. Shortly after leuv- < ing Durand something went wrong with No. 14's engine and the train stopped for repairs. The crew of No. 1 4 say a flag was 1 Bent back a mile as soon as their train stopped to warn approaching 1 trains. George Wilson of the crew of No. 4 says the only warning was a torpedo placed on the track a short distance behind No. 14. A Davis Trenton, of Montreal, is thought to be the only one of the passengers in the wrecked sleeper to escape. His invalid mother and a trained nurse accompaning her were both killed. BANDITS HOLD UP CARS. Conductor Puts to Flight Highwaymen With Brake Iron. Two masked highwaymen held up two interburban cars at Wilkesbarri. Pa.. Tuesday night, firing their revolvers and terrorizing the women passengers and relieved the employes and a lone male passenger of one of their watches and $19 in cash. A conductor of another car containing women attacked the bandits with his brake iron and put them to flignt. The men have not been captured. FATAL AUTOMOBILE WRECK. Three are Killed and Mine Are Severely Injured. Three persons were killed and nine were severely hurt late Wednesday at New York, when an automobile crashed into the side of a construction train on the Long Island Railroad at the Merrick road crossing at Springfield, Queensborough. Four others were less seriouslc injured. Both the automobile and the construction train were wrecked. The dead: J. Berbon, aped 50, New York city, chauffeur; Bertha Weiss, aged 11, New York city, neice of the owner of the car; Rebecca Glass, aged 9 years. New York city. Record Were Smashed. All records for cold August weather were broken at Colorado Springs. Col., Thursday morning at two thirty o'clock, when the thermometer at the government observatory stood at thirty-eight degrees above zero. The coldest previous August weather was August 24, 1891, when forty-one degrees was recorded. 4 j ' , V Fatal Wasp Sting. Mrs. Frank Dimmock, aged 66. of Natural Bridge, N. Y., while picking berries in a held near her home, was stung on the arm by a yellow wasp, walked a few feet and dropped dead. New ootton will soon begin to come Izl t DEEDS OF HEROES JOL. BIIOOKH TKLLS OF BATTLE OF CRAVEL KIN. Hancock Badly IX>ne Up but Butler in the Fight.?Death or the Ciailiint Capt. Smith. Tuesday wns the anniversary of :he battle of Gravel Run, fought be.ween the forces of the North and South. Growing reminiscent vMonlay. Col. U. R. Brooks, of Columbia, said: "A battle planned, fought and won ay Rutler! On the 23rd of August. 1S64. Butler's scout told him that here was one division of calvary und me brigade of infantry directly in front of him. He laid Ills plans, pitmod into them, whipped them and ;ot over enough of their ground to see that it would be a good idea to :ake ReamB Station, then held by Hancock's corps. "This first was the battle of Grav?1 Run. At the time Gen. Hampton was seven miles away with his handful of men. "When this battle was over Buter never stopped until .he found Gen. Hampton and told him that if he muld get Gen. Gee to send some of A. P. Hill's infantry from the breastworks in front of Petersburg that hey could whip Hancock's corps and Gregg's calvary. "General Hampton thought it was i good idea and on the next day. the 24th, called on Gen. Gee in person, rhe next day, the 2.r)th, with A. P. Hill's infantry and Butler's calvary, ill under Hampton, they whipped Hancock, captured sixteen pieces of Artillery, four thousand stands of irms, 3,000 prisoners and sixteen aattle flags. Gen. Gee was so pleased with Butler's work that he and Hampton immediately recommended ilm for Major General. Hancock was so mortified at the rout of his orp8 that he said: "I don't want to die, but I would rather be dead fhan to see my corps routed again is they have been today." ... ? 1 . 1. _ i? ucu * r tapi III KU I lie cannon jur men did not know how to handle he guns. Lieut. Henry lleise, now Iving in Columbia, was in command at a particular spot, where these annon were captured. There was a Yankee sergeant, an American, whom we had captured. When he jaw that our men did not know how to handle the guns, he rushed up, jaying: "Let m^ fire them for you. lust bring the amunition.' And he just mowed them down like cbaft before the wind. These were his own men who he was killing. "Another thrilling incident: We go now to the 17th of September, 1862, when Mart Gray whs leading the Hampton legion, then infantry, in a charge, at the hHltle of Sharpsburg. Capt. Smith, of the same legion, being shot down right by Gen. Gary and the blood was spattered all over Gary's shirt .bosom. Capt. Smith was the father of W. G. Smith, the cotton manufacturer, of Orangeburg, also the first cousin of R. W. Shand, of Columbia." PATTERSON PLEADED Gl lLTY. Paid One Hundred Dollars Fine by Order of the Court. A. B. Patterson, coporal, Company E, Third regiment, of the Soutli Carolina National Guard, has pleaded CUiltV to the rh?rpi'? nf #Ji?.-? and oflferirg violence against his superior officer. Lieut. Col. H. B. Springs, and of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. He was sentenced by Maj. R. Boyd Coles, the presiding officer of the summary court which sat in Barnwell, to pay a tine of $100 or serve 30 days at hard labor. Corporal Paterson paid the tine and was released from custody. The report of the trial before the summary court in Barnwell was received Tuesday at the adjutant general's office. The incidents out of which the charges against Corporal Patterson grew occurred on the train near Jefferson City, Tenn., while the Third regiment was returning from the encampment at Chicamauga. According to the specifications set forth in the report of the trial, Patterson was drunk and disorderly and after breaking glass in the train windows, threatening to stab Lieut. Col. Springs wilh a bayonet. The specifications also state that he disobey ed an ord"r to atop drinking- When arrested and taken before the summary court which was ordered to try him. Patterson pleaded guilty to all the charges brought against him Hoke Gets There. In Tuesday's election Hoke Smith carried Georgia by a good safe majority. While all the counties have not been ofllclally reported, returns show he has Wednesday morning from 82 to 85 counties. Rrown has probably 61 counties. Smith claims the election by 40 votes. Brown has no statement to make. I-ife Too Cheap. At Massillon, Ohio, as the result of a quarrel over a chew o/ tobacco, George Snyder. 16 years old, shot and killed Joseph Joseph, Jr., also 16. The slayer made hia escape. I V:. ?> 3^- fi v. ' X ' - - - v> - ?. % V*?T - ?>V > % FISH FOR THE INVALID. I Fish Is a very valuable article of diet; it is the lightest of solid food It is less satisfying and less stloruF.ting than meat, and for these reasons is often ordered for invalids before they are strong enough to take butcher meat. Fish contains valuable minerals, such as phosphate of lime, potash and soda, which are ail very necessary in our diet, as helping to form and solidify bone. In buying fish choose those which are really in season and most plentiful, as they are then in best condition. Be most particular to choose perfectly fresh fish. The eyes should be bright and prominent, the gills red. the flesh firm and well covered with scales. There should he little or no *mel!. and that not disagrees be. Haddock, plaice and sole as well as whitings are perhaps the most suitaide for an invalid, brut often locality hampers choice and soles are not easily got and are a 4ynore expensive fish. Halibut and turbot are also good fish, and easy of digestion, but the filter of them is firmer, and they are better cooked in larger pieces. Cod is much less digestible than other white fish. When tough and woolly in fiber it shouid be avoided. Oysters are said to be very digestible. and are frequently given to invalids. but there are differences of opinion regarding their value. They are certainly nutritious. 0 Herring, mackerel and salmon are not food for invalids. Fish ni'osi never be underdone, but always well cooked. Hoiled or steamed fish is the most easy of digest ion. Broiled or grilled conies next. Fried fish is the least suitable. When the digestion is weak, fish is better served with a sauce of any kind. A little cold butter may be allowed. Steamed Fish?One filleted haddock. whiting or sole, a pinch of salt, a pinch of white pepper, a teaspoon level full of butter, a squeeze of lemon Juice. Fillet the fish, unless bought already prepared: wipe it with a slightly damp cloth. Then out it into neat sized pieces; grease a soup plate or muffin dish with a little butter and place the pieces of fish on this. Sprinkle with a little salt and white pepper, if it is allowed, and squeeze over some lemon juice, which helps to keep the fish white and firm, and also aids digestion. Be careful to let none of the lemon seeds drop Cover the fish with a piece of greased white paper and then with a lid or basin. Place this over a pan half full of boiling water, seeing that the plate fits well on the pan. Let the water underneath boil quickly, so that there may be plenty of steam, and cook front twenty to thirty minutes, until the fish loses its clear transparent appearance and looks jl'lte white. If the pieces are thick It will he well to turn them once during cooking. The liquid that is on tne plate when the fish is cooked is the juice from the fish and should he served with it. If a nice dish ip chosen to cook the fish. It may be served up tin the same. Dry the plate or dish underneath, remove the nflnAV un/l uino oe/viiw/l r-r ' > <" OUJCO This is ih?- lightest anil simplest mode of cooking for Jtn invalid. Sometimes a white sp'tce is made and poured over it. The liquid in this ease should he added to the sauce. With sauce it is richer and not so digestible. If no sauce Is used, serve the fish with a little plain cold butter and a picec of plain bread. Stewed Fish?Wipe one filleted fish with a damp cloth and cut it into small, neat pieces. Take a clean, lined saucepan, rinse it out with water to prevent the fish sticking to It. and place the pieces of fish in the bottom. Sprinkle over them a little salt and white pcpppr, pour on one gill of milk and one-half gill of water; put the lid on the pan and let he fish cook slowly by the side of the fire until it is ready, which will he from ten to fifteen minutes. Do not overcook or it will be hard. Idft out the pieces of fish onto the plate on which they ha\e to be served, and t-eep them hot. A <ld one tablespoonfnl of bread eru'nbs and one-half unce of butter to the water and milk in the pan, stir over the fire for a few minut?s until the bread crumbs well and thicken the sauce Sprinkle in one t?~Rpoonful of chopped parsley and 'ben pour this sauce over the fish. Wine the dish around the edge before serving. White sauce for Fi#h?One-quarter ounce of better, one-quarter ounce of flour, a squeeze of lemon juice, a gill of n>.'k or fish stock, a pinch of salt. 1 We a small lined saucepan, rince 1? out first with cold water to prevent the sauce sticking to the bottom ot It; melt in it the butter over the fire, being careful it does not brown, ""hen add the dour and mix with a ?ooden spoon until smooth and cook it for a minute or two over the fire *o give the sauce a glossy appearance. Draw the pan to the side of the fire, and add the m<lk or fish stock, and then stir constantly over the fire tintil boiling. Boil two or hree minutes in order to thororugl '.v cook the flour, and season with salt and pepper. Wa?er cress contains much sulphur, *nd is an excellent tonic for complexion and hair. Bat it raw or as a salad dressing. M 4 IU)ADS GRANT REDUCED RATES. Plans for the Big Farmers Meeting ( at Clemson. Mr. D. N. Barrow, superintendent i of the extension work and farmers' Institute division, has received notice : from the railroads that reduced rates will be given from all poiiitB in the State and from Augusta on account of the Farmers' Institute 1 that is to be held at the College on August 111 and September 1 and 2. The tlckeiB wil' be on sale by the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens. the Charleston and Western Carolina and the Blue Ridge on August 110. 21 and September 1, good for returning until midnight September 4. The securing of reduced rates means that many will attend who would not otherwise have come, and it will likely be the largest gatherin^ nt fiii-mDw ?? ?ll-_ ..-ri V. .... .UV> o 111 UUUIII veil uiiun for some years. Mr. Barrow and other authorities, who are working to make the occasion a really great one for the farmers, insist that, in order to do so. only those who are really interested in what is to be done should come. There will be nothing in the way of a frolic or picnic occasion. Every farmer in South Carolina, who is eager to learn of the business of farming is cordially invited, but no others who might be seeking a big time at 'he expense of the College. Those who think of coming are ursed again to take notice of the following suggestions and requirements: (a) Upon arrival register at the clerk's desk in the main building and receive a ticket of assignment to a room, so that there will be no confusion or cause for complaint. (b) The college has no sheets, pillow casos or blankets, so bring what you need of these; lodging is free. (c) Meals will be served in the college mess hall at the rate of 35 cents or three for one dollar. <d> Hack fare for those who ride will be 25 cents from each station. Calhoun is the nioBt convenient. 3-4 mile away. Cherry's, on the Blua Ridge Railway, is two and a half away. The liverymen will do all they can to furnish conveyance. MAN INJURE!) ItY A FALL. There Is a (.rent Mystery About His Identity. Stylishly dressed and well supplied with money, a man in whose pockets were visiting cards engraved "Bert Vanderbilt, I.ambs club," was found Tuesday in the rear of a theatrical boarding house in New York. His skull was fractured and he has not regained consciousness. At the Lambs club it was denied that any Bert Vanderbilt was a member. TKn nnll/.? V. o .... . .. 1 : _ . .-J . ..V Jiu.uc milt- itint'll IlllU niSUIll.V Kdith linen, a c.horns girl; "Kid" Mroad, a pugilist, and his eliuni, Ralph Millerpie. The Imen girl told tlie police that Vanderbilt was trying to enter her room on the third floor by stepping over from Hroad 8 window io the window ledge, and that he -fell into the yard. Broad says he was not in his room. BOLL WKKVIL IN ALABAMA. Cotton l'est Appears in Northwestern Portion of State. A special dispatch from Russeliville. Ala., says the boll weevil has appeared in Franklin county in the northwestern part of the State. Cotton squares were punctured and dropped off. Specimens of the pest will be sent to the State Agricultural Department, althrough Texans residing in .Franklin county are positive the puest is the genuine boll weevil. The appearance of the pest in Alabama bears out the recent prediction of a government expert that it would invade the state this fall. Mayor (inynor Improving. A New York dispatch Monday says Mayor Gaynor had a good night and that he seemed stronger than ever. The mayor jokingly remarked that now he had stolen a march on his doctors and walked a few steps. He hoped to indulge in his favorite exercise every day. The anticipate issuing no further bulletins on the mayor's condition as the work is now confined to careful nursing. Girl Goes Clear. At New Orleans, with- the unwritten law as her plea, Mamie McLaughlin. aged 18, charged with the murder of Hugh Smith Tuesday was declared not guilty by a jury. The girl said she killed Smith because he had betrayed her. Smith was a politician and a saloon keeper. The girl, who is an orphan, was supported by the Era clllh an nrunnlioflnf. ?? VIQMUIKHWV ?1 Vi Orleans women. Train Robbers Sentenced, Charles Dunbar Kishop and Joseph C. Drown, the two young men who confessed to holding up a mail train on the Southern Pacific near Goodyear, Cal., last April, pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery in the Superior Court at Fiarfleld, Col., Wednesday, and were sentenced to fortylive years each in the penitentiary. . DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Feeding a Family of Fiva on $4 a Week. "My husband." said the woman with the optimistic face. "gives me F4 a week for keeping up the table for our family, and It Is simply wonderful bow we do It." "I should tblnk so." observes the woman with the grim smile. "llow big a family have you?" "My husband, myself, three boys and one r"'i." "And you keep up your table with f4 a wpek? What do you have?" "For breakfast we have a cereal, fruit. coffee and sometimes bacon and eggs; for luncheon cold meats or croquettes or something made of the leftovers front dinner the night before nod a tdrngkr dessert; for dinner we have a soup, chicken or roast meat, two vegetables, a salad, coffee and a dessert." "My goodness! What prices do you pay for groceries and meats"/" "Mercy me! I never ask. I just telephone to the grocer and meat man and tell them what 1 want, and my husband gets the bills the tlrst of the month." "Hut I thought you said he allowed you only $4 n week?" "So he does, and by charging nearly everything, do you know. I actually save $8 or $10 a month from that allowance!"?Judge's Library. THE ENGLISH NAVY. Fighting Ships Used to Be Hired Out In Times of Peace. In the earliest times of the British navy there was practically no distinction between the merchantman and the man-of-war In the rare tiino of peace men-of-war traded as men. haulmen. while merchantmen always went armed. Thus in time of war the trader became the warship, and vice versa. From the time of the conquest and probably earlier down to the days of Elizabeth this was the ordinary practice. Elizabeth hired out ships of the navy for all sorts of purposes, from niracv to slave tradinir. toklns? tier share of the profits when the venture was successful and disclaiming all responsibility when It wasn't. Henry III., who may he described as the originator of the navy as a special fighting force, hired out the ships specially built for the navy In times of peace and even allowed them to be taken away from their appointed stations provided that the hirers deposited due security for the return of the ships with their tackle and all equipment in a proper state of efficiency The practice ceased after the repulse of the Spanish armada, when the fighting ships, as such, became distinct from the trader.?London Globe. Plant Misers. All leaf buds, whether underground or ou the bare branches of winter, are plant savings put aside from the superfluity of summer against the proverbial rainy day. The starch of which such organisms consist is to the plant what his savings arc to the prudent man. and the common potato is one of the greatest misers of the vegetable world in this respect, for almost the whole of the tuber is made up of starch fo?>d. left as a legacy to the young plants represented by the "eyes." This is true of all plants that grow from bulbs. Some go further, for they run a savings bank in the shape of a taproot, which, if left undisturbed, grows larger year by year, to be drawn upon in seasons of drought when other means of subsistence are exhausted. Among thPQA <1 ro fii'iinrnuoc /> >? * .\#e and turnips, and with those throe last this faculty of saving has Is'on developod by man to make the plants a source of profit to himself. History of Anatomy. The way in which we are so "fearfully and wonderfully made" was largely u mystery to the a clents. It may be said that anatomical science was practically unknown prior to Aristotle. 384 It. C. Before that date nearly all that was known of anatomy was derived from the dissect ion of the lower animals. Aristotle did something in the way of science, but it was not until the time of the famous Alexandrian school, a century before and a century after the birth of Christ, that the anatomy of man began to be fairly understood. The Ptolemies were great patrons of the science and were the first who enabled physicians free ly to dissect the human body, thus frustrating the ignorant superstition which had been so long compromising the welfare of humanity.?Exchange. The Holland Primrose. There Is a plant In nolland known as the evening primrose, whieli grows to a height of five or six feet and bears a profusion of large yellow flowers so brilliant that they attract immediate attention, even at a great distance. but the chief peculiarity about the plant Is the fact that the flowers, which open juat before sunset, burst Into bloom so suddenly that they give one the impression of some magical agency. A man who has seen this sudden blooming says it is just as If some one had touched the land with a wand and thus covered It ail at once with a golden sheet A Terrible Threat. Customer?That ten service costs 50 marks. That Is more than I can pay. His Wife (whispering)?If I should have a fainting spell among all this china it would cost you far move.? Pliegende Blatter. Living will teach you how to live better than preacher or book.?Go?the. LX mm 9 % TAKE FEARFUL TOLL MANY PEOPLE H'KRK KILLED B? THE FOREST KIKES. Over One llun?lre<l People Were lx>?t and a Oreat l>eitl of Property Was Destroyed. A dispatch from Wallace, Idaho, says the loss of life in t.he forest fires that swept over the Cotter d'Alette region Saturday and Sunday is Tuesday night placed at eighty i>ersons. Forest y officials received word that thirty-four tire tig.hters hud burned to death on flip Creek and thirty had met death on Superior Lake. Six men were killed in the Placer 1. ? -t ? .... nit?, mree near .uuiian and three at Wallace. The whole country from Wallace to ?the St. Joe River, twenty-five miles, has been burned over. The loss at' Wallace still stands at $1,000.000. One hundred buildings were destroyed. The hospitals are full of wounded, a number of thein being blind. News of the loss of men at Hear Creek was brought to Spokane. Wash., Monday by W. D. McLeilan, a newspaper photographer. He was one of the relief party that made the trip to Hig Creek on Sunday to rescue survivors. The heat was so intense the party was unable to approach the catup. Aicor-.ing to the seveuteen survivors who leached Avery, the tire came on them while sleeping and they were surrounded by flames. The men scattered and ran for safety. No hope is entertained by the seventeen that their companions survived. At least tlve farmers are dead at New port. Wash. Several persons were rendered temporary insane. Mrs. Krnest Rienhardt broke away from her rescuers after they had borne her from her burning home and rushed madly into the flames. Pi re is still threatening Newport. Soldiers of the 2."?th United States infantry, colored, who are patrolling Wallace under the direction of Mayor Hansen, have been ordered to shoot vandals, whose depredations are serious. Chicago, Milwaukee and Paget Sound refugee trains through the burned region are furnished with guards of negro soldiers. Gould, 17 miles from Helena, is entirely surrounded by fires. "Wilburns, just over the mountain from Gould, is also threatened. | u\ burreapuiiaeni pave me tollow- , lug account of the journey of a Northern Pacific tfpuriaJ relief train. "All tho way from Mullan to St. Regis the Northern Pacific ran between two walla of burning timbers. The relief train got as far aa Flora* and was compelled to turn back by burning bridges. "(Jetting back to Saltese. it was found the bridges east had been burned. It was possible to move neither way. The train was compelled to stay at Saltese, and this saved the town, which soon began to burn. There were one hundred and fifty men on the train. Bucket brigades were formed and men set at work with sJiovels. The train was just half an hour ahead of the tiro and only six small houses on the weet end of the town were burned." At the Hulion mine eight men were burned to death and two probably fatally burned. IlKKLFOOT LAKK TKAGEDY An Old Feud Breaks (tut Anew Witli Fatal Results. On the ground made famous by the Reelfoot lake night-rider troubles,.James Keesucker shot and kiHed one man and wounded .his brother and a woman, at Shaws Park, in Obion county, Tenn. The dead man was Martin Leonard, the wounded are Mrs. Pitts and Will Keesucker. James Keesucker made his escape. Shaws I'ark is an open space of ground on Reelfoot Lake, about a quarter of a mile from Sumburg, Tenn., a town of about f>0 people. During the night-rider troubles Samburg was said to be the hotbed of tbe organization. A party of people was in the park about five o'clock in the afternoon when James Keesucker drew a revolver, it is said, and shot Martin I^eonard. I.eonard drooned dt-nd in tracks and Keesucker then turned ills weapon on Mrs. Pitts, and hio brother. Will Keesucker. There had been Ion* bad feelinK between the Keesuckers and Leonards. RKQUISITION OF Al TO OARS. (Jen. Leant Recommends That Gov* ernment Have Authority for It. In order to have available a large number of automobile and motor trucks in case of war. (Jen. Frederick. I). fJrant, in his annuo] report of the Department of the Lakes, submitted to the War Department at Washington, recommends the enactment of laws t.hat would oblige private owners to turn over to the government on demand their automobiles at the drst cost of the machine. < " : . * ;-j .A. J