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VOLUME XI. CA.MDKN, S. FRIDAY. SIOITKM I'.ICR 11. ISMMt. NO. .'!<!. O ? if ir m rt^rec Thousand Human Beings Perish in Hie Mad Rush of the Waters, APPALLING SIORY (If LOSS f lift AID Mil. The City inundated am! Communication Cut Off The Great West India hurricane Strikes the Cialf Coast With Awful l7ury. FOLK THOUSAND HOlStS (iONF. Bridges art (lone, the Wires Down and There Has So Par IJeeii No C?m K^Vkatlon With the llooded Cit\ ?? H W ?) ? V\ Ii?n ?> Kilown Though, is Awful and Worse Alav Come. Houston, Tex. Special. Tin* \V*st Indian .s:o:m wbirh reached the (Sulf coast Saturday morning, wrought aw ful havoc <n Texas. Keports an; cuu- j flirting, |>ut it is known that uirTip-i palling disaster has befallen rhe city of Galveston, where i i? reported three t houaand -i?r more )i vt\s ha\? been | blotted o'.it and a tremendous property i damage\ incurred. Mcagie rcpnris from Sahlr.e Pass and Port Arthur alvo ! indicate a heavy loss of life, hut thes-e reports cannot be confirmed at this j hour. The llr?t ne ws to rea? h this city . from the ^tf-uken city of Galveston was j received Sunday night. .Taint s ('. Tim-I inou.s, who resldis in Houston, and who is the general,-, superintendent of j the National Compress Company, nr- j rived jn the city at K o'clock from Gal vpston. Jie was one of the first to reach here with tidings *>f tho great disaster which lias befallen that city, a'nd the magnitude of fhat disaster r ?- j mains to I" told, because of his en- j dea.vors to reach home. After remain ing through the hurricane on Saturday, he departed from Galveston on a schooner ajjd came across the bay t;? Morgan's Point, where be caught a train for Houston. The hurricane. Mr. Timmons vaid, was tin* worst ever .f known The estimates made by e'.t - rm /ens of Galveston was that 4,POO houses, ^ f most of them residences, have been de stroyed and that at 1 :ist 3.030 people, have been .drowned, killed t)v missing. Some business lupuses were also de stroyed. but rnn^t cf them >-t iod. ? though badly damaged. The scenes during the storm, .Mr. 9limit *?ns said, could not be described. Women nnri children nvere erow?led in to the Treinont llote!. where he was seeking shelter, and all night these un fortunates were bemoaning tneir losses of kindred and fortune. They vvcren the galler.es and rooms of tho hotel. | grouped about th<* stairways and in j Whit was oeeuring in tho other parts | of the city he could only conjecture. The city. Air. Timrlums avers, is a complete wreek. so far as he eould .see from flVc wf.iei- fri)iu aud from the Tre moiit hoi<4.*-Water was biowivover the j island bv '.he hurricane, the-wind blow- I ing at tb< rate p! Stt miles an hour . straight I'lon/the Gulf and forcing the sea water .b? fore it. in big waves. The j gale was ji steady one, the heart of ot j striking tine city about, .i o'clock Satuh- | day evening. and continuing without i intermission until midnight Sunday j night, when it abated somewhat, ai- ; though it continued to blow a., night. First Authentic Account. Memphis. Terns.. Special.?Authentic , ^Information from the storm-swept city * 5* i>f (Jalverlon rea-hed the Memphis af fice of the Associated Pres.? shortly ?+) ter 0 o'clock Tuesday night. The intei llgence tame In the shape of a telegram addrcrgfd to the AtsoMated Pros fi'om L/ Mayor Jones and five of the mo t nr- - prominent citizen- of Galvc?(ou. The r. telegram hears date cf September II. ami BtaiCa-tha; a conservative est I ma :< . of ilie of in ? in Galvoiton is that . Unot. over 3.000. Five thousand // jhJiwTore- arr rrp-rtcd ?1r?3tnm? /j|UfoJta?truction to property is grca'. -??if??iiowlng Js the telegram in full: - "Oalves'nn. Texas Sept II. "To the ASSOMnted Pre-ss, MemphN: '*A conservative estimate of the loss of ",lfe Is that It will r< nch 3.00U; at les t 5,000 families ate shelterless and wholly destitute. The entire remainder of the popukiH n 1>suffering in greater ???? Ip*a degree.. Not. a Mingle church, school or charitable institution of which fialvrataa many, is ?ef? . inta t. Mot a huildin??-*?4A)>ed clumHt;- ? and .half the whole number were eu tirely.cbllter.itod. There is Immediate iiecd Tor f ^od.c'olhimt and'iiou.-ehoUl goods of all kinds. If nearby ritle^ will open asylum* for \vomen and children the situation will be greatly rellveel.4 Coast cities should send a* watei* as irrtl as prov^tmr?. tnetiMlIlH: Iteros^ne 0 oil. ga.solene and candles. <Stguedi "W. C. Jone*. 'Mayor; II. Laa feer. president Island " '] J, I). Skinner, ton BK^hange; C. H. Mc! <i \i vrsion t>i;SCKim-:i>. Interest!.lg 'nets about (lie Wrecked City. (iolvcslon is Hit' third city of Tex.iS in i?olm of poulation and the first cum ; meroiall.v. In iSJio it had a population^ i of 29.0S4. The PM>0 ccnsu.-. i t-turns 1'or Hit' city havu not been published. but the present estimated population is :it least 10,(1(1(1. In the past ten years it has made groat strides as tin exporting point, especially for cotton ami grain II is the largest cotton exporting poln* in the country. New Orleans being it.^ only competitor. Among the 1-7 for eign exporting point* in the Inited Slates Galveston held the fifth place. During the year 1 X'.tX itcxportul pcruu'itt of the merchandise that left the Country its exports increasing $10. ,">00.000 during the year. Lumber and live stock are also large exports. A leading cause of Galveston's rtoejir progress is the harbor improvements which have been made on a i.io;t ex l nsi ve s ale. In IKi?r> the depth of the , hannt'l ovor I he bar was only 21 f?>e?. H> the expenditure on the part of the government of more than $8,000,000 in the construction of jetties and other improvements, which were finished in January. IS5>8. the depth has been in cvreased to 28 fee; and is >*ti 11 increas ing at the rate of six inches a year, ow ing to the action of the wind and iliV tides. Aft* r deep water had been secur ed. a nt iv Pile of steamers from New York was established and a rate war re.-tilted, which proved disastrous to :he steamship companies Imt benclicial In GsMveston. The city has a grain elevator capaci ty of 2.7f>6.000 bushels and the ]>ort can handle 70.000.000 bushels during a sea son. It has fifteen direct lines of Kit iop*.in steamers and two lines to Mfx ico. The city is situated on the northeast extremity of Galveston Island. at> the month of Galveston Hay, I he entrance to which is through the clyinnel be tween the city and the southwest point of the peninsula of Holivar. The isl and is about thirty miles 1 nig and from one and a half to three and a half miles wide, intersect d with many small bayous, and bordered tlirouh its whole length on the oeeae side by a smooth ahrd beach, lonnin : i : p 1 ? ? st did driv and unsurpassed bathing. O/i tills beach is the magnilicent Set BPtyeh Hotel. The streets, whidi are but a few feet above the levol#f the bay. are wide and straight, fl^'lhe residen ?? quarters are beautiful, abounding in luxui iant gardens..shaded with magno lias and oleanders. Among the princi ji:?l hi<$*)iugs are or were the new Cus tom I Yon e and Post Ofilce, the Cotton iOxchangf-e. The Court House, the Hal 1 Free School, the Free Public library and the Roman Catholic. I'niveraity of St. Mary. The bay is an irregular indentation, branet^ng out into various arms, ll : has a total area of 150 square miles. | Its entrance is guarded by a long bar through which ihe present deep water channel wa* constructed. The stone . Jittie-s flanking it are 11 \> miles long.; The city proper being en the inner side of the island is naturally protected front the sweep of the ocean storms', but the levil of the Island is so littl ? ! above that of the bay that inundation* Pave more ijian once be-m threatened. The bay is. of course, quite shallow in : nios tparts. and the rail loads reach the J .-ity on a two-mile trestle frt>m the ; mainland. The Southern Pacific rail- ; load is heavily interested In Galveston, and In TSnp joined bands with the.'! steamship interests centering there ; making large improvement and in cr3a?:ing their own and the city's* basi- j lie.-is. The inland of Galveston was occupied by the pirate Galitte In 1817. and con- | tiilued to be his headquarters until hh settlement was broken up In 1S21. The ?ity was founded in IS'.t7. During the war of the rebellion the Federal forcer, occupied the town f?ri October 8. 1862 lint It was retaken ity the Confederates on January I. 1 Burying the l>cnd. Houston. ? Tex.. Special.---News brought here by the tugboat Bruns wick Monday night says that the hor rors of Sunday were nothing <v>:n- J pared with Monday. An attempt was ; made to bury the dead, but the ground j was full of water and It was Xnpcp slble to dig trenches.**Aldermi -'^b- ? Master and M. P. Morrlssoy ifitfjfid I authority to have the bodies tat' *i to ; sea for burial and a barge was bl/fght up tbe Twelfth atreet wharf, the ; pnrpose. The firemen rendered beroic service in bringing the bodies to the , wharf, but it was almost impossible to get men to handle them. | & TekfrapMc BrMfn. Oaborao'a 4r?u- caucbt a cifalo. car at Nnw Ybrk oh Tneaday. and she painfull? bariwd. gfii?l?llcal Lutheru Stock} at . O., b? tabltd for two jre#u* gra|**d$Soaa for forelj" ?nI**Joo? "13 ~ |?yl> lrtipw<MI fork. fko fail of mm tnm (Inter from a " trtdv* ?**ScfcaK?*, Va-, 9my waajimn ltd Mp WW a.ooo Union Carpenters Quit Work. CteltW, ayt?al.^^opgg hoBtttltTw; Mwmd the contractors and union la- j bor were i?iiinml dstordajr, when st j noon itMt 1,000 anion carpenters quit. worfc. Jhty 4c?sndcd ibensrwl ?it? holiday. This V??. cootrmr ton ivtvm fixcfyt trvrn( im < The stfMtsn Ml rsttj^jjto Mr **?: A Will. SUMS or WklCk $ An l-.ye-Witness Describes the Hor rors oi the llood and Storm. Houston, Texas. r*ji?vijH. -- Kit-hard Kpilhiue, a well Known (Inhesion newspaper man. and day correspon d.-nt of the Associated I'rtws in that ciiy, reached Illusion Monday, alter .1 lerrihlo experience He gives the fol lowing account of the disnstor at (Sal v OK It I it "OiU' of the most awful tragedies <;f modern linns lnts \ isitod (Inhesion. 'I he fity i. in rains and the dead will number 1.0011. I am just from the city, ha\ ill).' boon commissioned hy the may or ami citizens' committee lo not In loin M with tho outside world and ii\? i peal fo: help. Houston was the near ' s pt?int at which woiLIiik telegraph i instruments could ho found the j wires, as well as m arly all thi* huild i iugs between hero and the (lull' ??' I Mexico being wrecked. Wjfen I left ji.;ahiMt>n shortly hofotej^ioon Sutulav I she people wt'i* orgauf/.ing for 'he j prompt burial of th?* dead, distribution [ of focd and all litcc-ssary work after a period of disaster. The wreck of j I Calvestnu was brought ah >ut by a I tempest so terrible that no words tan 1 adequately describe its intensity, and j by a flood which turned the city into a raging sea. 'Ihe Weather Bureau [ records show that tho wind attained a j \ elocit.y of SI miles an hour, when th? I measuring ins rument blew away, ao ! it is impossible to tell what was the 1 maximum. The storm began at U o'clock Hatur ! day morning. Previous-to'that a great j storm had been raging in the (Julf and I the tide was very high. The wind at first came from the north, and was In direct opposition tt> the force from tho (Julf. While the storm in the (lull piled the water upon the beach tide of the oily, the north wind piled the water from the* bay into tho bay part of the cltv. About no.,n It became evi dent that the city was going to b?, visited with disaster. Hundreds of* residences along the beach front wet*# hurriedly abandoned, the families Hoe ing t ) dwellings in higher portions of the city. Every home whs opened to the refugees, black or white. The winds wore rising constantly and it milled in torrents. The wind was so fierce tliat thet tho rain cut like a knife. "By ?> o'clock tho waters of the (Julf and bay met. and by dark the entire city was submerged. The Hooding of tho electric plant and the g;is plants lo(^ the city in darkness. To g:> upon the streets was to court death. Tho wind was then at cyclonic velocity, roofs, cisterns, portions of buildings, telegraph poles and walls were falling, and the noise of the wind and the crashing of tho buildings were terrify ing in tho extreme. The- wind ami wa ters rose steadily from dark un'll 1: 1"> o'clock, Sunday morning. During all this time the people e>f Calves-ion were like rats in traps. The highest po tb>n of the city was four to five feet umlor water, while in the great majority of casC:> the streets tv< re submerged tn ri depth of ten feet. To leave a hause was to drown. To remain was to court death in the wreckage. "Such a night of agony has seldom boon equalled. Without apparent rea son the waters suddenly began to sub side at 1:15 a. in. Within 20 minutes they had gone down two foot and be fore daylight tho streets were practi cally free of the flood waters. In the meantime tho wind had veered let tho southeast. "Very few if any buildings escaped injury. There is hardly a habitable dry lions'' in tho city. When the peo ple who had escaped death went out at daylight to view the work of tho tem pest and tho floods, they saw the m .st horrible sights Imaginable. In the three blocks from Avenue N to Avenue I', in Tremont street, I saw eight bodies. Four corpses wore in one yard. The whole of the business front for throe blocks In from tho Oulf wa-t stripped of every vestige of habitation, the dwe'.lngs, the great bathing es tablishments. the Olvmpia and every structure having been either carried out to sea, or its ruins piled In a pyra mid far into the town, according to the i':icMrlp? fif tlif> ' '"The first hurried glance ov<r the city showed that, the largest structures supposed to he the most substantially built Huffeied -th* mo?t; "The bay front from end to end is in ruins. Nothing but piling and the wrcck of great \v?i ?M?ouMrx remain. I Hp elevators lost all their sti?|er works and their stofk.s wore damaged by water. The life-saving station at Fort Point was carried awa>v, the crew being swept aoros-H the bay 14 miles to Texas City. 1 saw Captain llnynrs and he told me that his Wet*; nnd one of his crew were, drowned. % "The shore at Texas City contai ns pnough wreckage to re-build a city. Right persons who were swept aerof-s the biy dumg the storm were picked up there alive. Five corpses were a'so picked up. Thorn were three fatalities in Texas City. In addition to the liv ing and the dend which* the storm cast up at Texas City, caskets nnd coffins from one of the cometerlcfi In Galves ton were being fished out Bf the water ton wc th<r-e. ."The, cotton mills, the bagging fac tory. the gns works, the electric llgilt works and nearly all the industrial' es\ :abli?hn:cnta of the city are either wrecked or crippled. The flood left a slime about one Inch deep over the whole city and unless fast progro?a la* made in burying corses and carcasses there is, of acstCence." 4,000 Houses Destroyed. t Houston.?.Tames (P. Tfmxnlns, super intendent of the national Compress Company, has just arrived from Gal veston, alter a perilous trip! He ports that more ^hsn three thousand persons have been drowned, killed or hiWi mad that four thousand honses hate bee* dartwysd. Be says the M'SWEENOV ELECTED Somli Carolina Chouses Ilim For Her i Next Governor. TILLMAN IOk LIEUT. (iOMIINOR. - -? ? *0 A llca\y \ otc iit (lie Second Primary - -1 wo Changes in t lie Cong rcssioiwil Hesitation. t 'olumhla. S Special. The second ))< morratlc primarv passed oft without in? lilcni Tin sda>. There were ahout Sn.UOU votes east. and 1.1,000 ha\e heen accounted for. In the Orst primary, (wo weeks oro, :1m> r?c?? wns nut rowed down to tin- two highest r.uuli dales Xur each office. For Kincruor. j the im umliont. Miles I? McSvvpeney, then led Colonel .lames A Ho.vt tiJ' ?r?,U0O votes. Two other candidates re eel veil I'O.OOO voles. The hulk of the vote seems to hnvo Rone to Mc Sweenoy, for returns show him to be ?.:U>0 voles ahead of Hoy I, with his lead increasing as runl precincts are heard from. James H. Tillman, nephew of Sen ? tor H. It Tillman, and a dispensary ?d\?>eate. leads John T. Sloan for I <il>\ I'KNOH M1l.ES It. M'sWKHNKV, Lieutenant governor, by Iti.OOO. W. |) ?? hva n s. chairman of (he State railroad commission an<7 vice president of the national commission, js beaten by J II. Wharton by 10,000. This Suite's delegation in Congress is i;tlengthened by the election of If H. Scarborough, over James Norton and .lor T. Johnson over StanyariR Wilson. I>v large majorities.* Scar borough is present lieutenant (Jover nor and Johnson is :i recognized lead er. Finley and Latimer retain theii seats in Congress over all compel it oro. Timmernian. Stale Treasurer, if beaten by Jennings. Other wis/;. the present administration is unchanged after a preliminary canvass from coun ty to county. The race for governor has been es pecially warm. The dispensary wag the issue. Last December the dis pensary directors fell out anions themselves and scandals were aired. Opposition to <he dispensary was strong. When the campaign wa# opened the prohibitionist# and otheJ enemies of the dispensary selected | Colonel James A. Hoyt to lead the light against the dispensary. Then were three dispensary candidates and Governor McSweeney was in the first primary selected to light it out with iloyt. The result on the main issue is that the Legislature is for the di.spcnsarv by two-thirds. McSweeney will, receive 10,000 majority'and Tillman goes back to 1,1:e United States Senate, although 18.000 scratched his name on the ticket and lie had no opponent. The flalne Hlectlon. T.ewlstown. Me.. Special.- Tuesday night, witli 375 cities, towns and plan tations heard from, out of a total of 512. the estimated Republican plurali ty for the State ticket remains at 32. 000. The total vote of the above towns gives Hill, Republican. G8.327; v Lord. Democrat, 38,101. The samo places In 1*98 gave Powers, Republican, 76,398 and Frank, Democrat, 31.790. ri -.ese figures show a Republican loss of II per rent., and a Democratic, gain of 22 per.cent. Two I-Icctlon Rowi.'S __ Charleston. S. <*., Special.?One man dead and another mortally wounded is Fairfield county's record for Tuesday's primary election. The mtrrder oc curred at Feasterville, in what Is gen erally called the "Dark Corner" of th#? county. Johasou Cameron shot and killed II. A. Stevcnsui .In an election row. The other shooting affray was at Blythewood. in the sandhills, where -tfM* Brasew'cll was shot In the leg, some say by his own father, others say by John Campbell. The log was ampu tated and Brasewell's condition Is critical. t*6tea~y Chief of the Bureau of Navigation CrownlnsTiieltl c*p#rt? toasX to increase the naval force to 32.006 menJfii boys, an iacr?al? of 12,000. F^dF te exprwe* Ifcat First Lton ttmnt Rlftinnt Wrirrr Wwwity^oif' Co. F, Twenty-i???l| Infaartiy. tmi Ji grand-ooa of Judga Dwwi, of oil?, luta bM klllad bjr VUlyteooJ (M. Thwdon lootmR n-ll kh " (k fm ?tt ? In MMH ? ? , r , . ... . ? CA-V ?i - PROM MiWSBOY TO (iOMKNOR. .Sketch of (hi* I ifo ?>l lion. Mill's II. | AVcSw I'l'iic) . Mill's H McSwrenry can truly lie re forred to as a self mad*' man He was left fatherless al the age of four wars, Ills fat her dying i?i \ <?1)?>w fini'i' in I Charleston. Young M? Sw t i n. > struggle foi a livelihood began htMoio he icach cd li Ik ! I'll t li v ear lit- -old new ipapers ai.<( ? Uii Uml in a hook store While .'Inking lie at tended a iti 14Itt school and became >rry fond of leading and writing. While in the hook si ore lie met Mi Vugustiue Kurd, a memher of a com !>:*II\ Ui.it jiail ju-U begun the pithliia tton of a pap?i known as the lia/ettc. This was in I SO; Mi'Swivticy afterwards worked lm I In i ke ,V Cord joit printers. I ': oni (l)< i e he vvetil I ? I'M v\ ,o t I Vt i >'s ! where lie coillplct e?l his apprent ieesh i p ' as a Joh printer \i this time Wash ! Ington ami Lee 1'ulvciMty. of Taxing- j ton Vn., had oiYereil a si holarship lot !)u? i I jiii u.'uf / in * Iv i ju ?ft r ii j?h i j ? a J I nnu? I which wa, to he awarded to the most deceiving of the young men then em - pi?? \I in Charleston printing olYu ?<s. i Uy a majority of vote-; of memhits of the I'nion young M< Sweeney was eohsen and the scholarship given to him. On a<v?mnt of the lack of means h<> found that he could not pay for his hoard and clothing, ami was obliged, after spending part of the session, to give tip hi.s desiie for a collegiate ? du ration. I,ike nil good typos at that ) linn . lie was a union printer, and serv ed Columbia Typographical I'nion as corresponding secretary and aftei j wards as president lie was among the lii-t to sign the ! roll for recognition or the I'hoenix | llook and l.ader Company, and served | as secretary of company lor a I ntimber <;f years. Me MoSweeney's re;oirt as a Demo- | cruL is well known, and ho did faithful work for the party in is?ti. M< Sweeney moved to Ninety Si*. in j AhbVviile county, and commcntOd thei publication of the Ninety-Six M.uardi an. Tills wr.H lite lirst buslneia Mulun . I He had a capital of $!?/?. and purchased a second-hand press and out lit for $.">uu. paying cash as lirst payment Hut he ?**s| energy and was a good workman and gave I lie people a new sy I paper, lived econotninally, and in the course of a year he paid %vi'ty dollar | that he owed. lie is rrgan d as one of the best husi ness men In his section, and lias been successful in every undertnk ing. Ills progressive spirit is seen in different parts of Hampton, and he has develop ed and improved* '-very lot purchased by 1'Jn In that town. lie has shown his confidence in Hampton county and her people by in vesting every dollar he has made in his ?,'ouiity. The .school hu^se in Hampton was huilt. by money loaned to the town by a few citizens. The resolution was of fered by Mr. MeSweeney at a public meiitiug and it whs lu'inimonwly igreed to. As inteudant of the town he after Wards saw everv /'dollar of Indebted ness paid, lie served for live terms, and I Mien declined re-election. Mr. McSweeney al.-o t<it*k a piotni i lion I part in building the Methodist mi l Baptist < bun In s. I|e not only contributed liberally. hut solicited sub hci ipl ioiiH in A'.'gusta and Charl ston j He i.- a member of I ho Methodis^ j church and contributes liberally of hi# means lo its support. McSweeney h?s alwuys ?icen promi nent in politics, and has been throe titu< ? honored as a delegate to the Na tional Democratic Convention. At the first St. Louis -on vent ion in 1XSX he. vo'fd for Cleveland and Thur tnan, atul at the conveuthjii in July, IS'JtJ. ho voted for Bryan mid Sewall. Ife served the Democracy of his r-ountry forjen years as comity Chair man. declining in 1X94. when he was elected to the Legislature. He has always taken great Interest in the -military of his State, and was on the 6tnff of General Stokes and f.eneral Moore w,lth the rank of Major md Lieutenant Colonel. During his viee in the Legislature he was ?hair man of I ho committee on military. Mr. Mcf:weeney takes a keen interest in nil educational matters, and was for several years a trustee of the South Carolina CoHoro sfv.d a member of the Board of Visitors of the Citadel, and by virtue of his office is chairman of hoth hoards at present. Me If. member of the order of Knigljl^ of Honor and the Knights of Byffflas, and has been honored by both organi zations. Mr. McSvf ney was a melViber of the State Democratic Kxocutive Committee for a number of years. He was for e:ght years president of the South Car olina State Probs Awociation. In 18% he was elected Lieutenant Governor by a handwoinc majority and re-elected In ?'out opposition, and on the d e.a tiVrr m-nor Wm, H. TCllcfbe-ln June, '< the oath of office of Govftri^pfe, '? 'nee dis charged the duties of\^, ? . -vith the same business abilitjfcr""" " *" i aged his rjwh private affar^, ' ' . ? dent of tlm. Senate he pre#i|i fairness and impartiality entire satisfaction of the sena^^^_j_ In IfiSfi'he married MIfs MattleMk le er and their union has been blessed with eight children. His ndpiini8t.rat.loP as Governor ha? be?n free from blur^ra and the office has been conducted 0:1 business prln ciples. Even his political enemies have to ceseetfcr this. // 1 Lumber Company Falls. Norfolk. Va., Special ?The troubles of th<j Tunis "Lumber Company W?f9~ brought to ft climax by tbe nnplicatlon filed by Mr*. Georgtana* Wilton, tare Thursday afternoon. In the United States IMatrtat Court* asking IWi tt cMter be appointed for the company. elalai Is a judgment. Train Corrpnac, for SOI Til CAROLINA CROPS. Heavy Wains Have Visited the Coasl .Sei t l<?ii. The week ending S A- ui . Siptcmber UHll. was ?????? I?>i' I hail llit* pr*?i ediug (Hie. although Ille leiupt i <il uit iMii I i ii 114* < abnormally high. ami i! s the tilt 11 consecutive vv e- k of.V e\ci soi v?' ?heat. The highest t ?? m |>? i at in c wa< !'?"> and the low e-: ?i<*. ISarly in lli<' Week : h ?*!'? ? were a fc?v llKhl. local showers, ino<tl> <? ?ntin??i in I ho eastern |n>!-i li >i! ?, litif j. i inrallv tin week wa> rainier 'Tin' ground h:l*? j anain her mit1 verv ?1 r \ and i i i? I in- j pr.iv cnient in sonic i ops ami I ii?- con-I <Ii 1 ion of (lu> soil tor plow iin: noted! last week i- lust ? \ opt a tin- lew points where frequent .-hovveis ??. enrnd this week. The >i? ij?t? ? < "0| s an- o lie irly iu:itlii'il ami gatlw ivd iliat even (In* most i tui.in:: rainfall i vv.iuld not inipi ov c (In ir > i id- , ini( I some ot the minor . o;. a.n! fall g.ir- 1 dens i'Oil it! In- h 'll'-tit I r i! Tin- com crop is a verj poor ill ' ai! a whole, as only - arty planted , on ! raine In matnritv. win e late corn is) Stale. Some . orn i>; hciug hntiM-il. | There is no impi ov enn-ni in tin t ni ton crop which is tioai halt to three fourths open, ami is being rapidlv ! picked nmler favorable weather e??n-: ditions. The Ursl picking \s i11 nearh j e\haii-t fonie llehls (l<o\vtli has again, stopped, ami tin- entire < rop is in j sight, either as open <n ! n nr as hn* mature holly, and on this ha>:ix it i estimated thftt the yhld v- iil h;- v*. I'v I short. There is some rust and inn-h i premature opening. Sea idand cotton show's sligh : iinprnvement. hut! I? IiKhI and premutuie opening eon j tinue. In placed/ iniiih hay Is In.in}; saved I but forage will he short as a rule. The ? continufd absence of a snaking rain has pur minor crops into pr? . ariou? ! conditions. The ground l.s too halt/ and dry for fall plowing. S. C. Press Association. President 1-2. II \ull <1 the South Carolina Pre** Association ye.<irrditv j issued the* follow ing about tin inniir.gi annual meeting: 7 desire to call the attention of tin! Slate Press Association I i the annua' meeting which is to he In Id at llirrhl lathia Springs on the istii inst. Ai j interesting and Instructive prngraiutiii ' has h(4>n arranged, ami Mr. Harris tin j proprietor of the spring?, is making ex } t.ra preparations to give tl-,e editor? j and members of their families a most I delightful time. I trust that we wII have a large meeting at this time, for I j ant sure it -will be both pleasant ant profitable. I'tKHi It A M M l\ Tuesday, September IS. I p. tn. Or ganlzatlon, Miscellaneous husinrsi:. up polntment of commit.tecs, reports of ot* llcers, etc. JO veiling Session "Sfcra p? of History of Journalism in South Car ollna." Continued from :i former slon, Yates Snowden, The Nt ws C-ourler, Charleston; "Advantages Disadvantages of a Semi-Weekly," .1. T Highain, Lantern. Chester: genera discus-ion of the above subjects; mis ccllanoous business. | Wednesday. !> a. in "Advantages ol | Typesetting Machines' in a Count r>! Ollice," A. IS. Gonzales, The State, (' i 1 Itimbia. S. C. "The Value of lliustra j Hons in Newspapers," .1. C. (Jailing ton. Herald. Spartanburg. S. C. "Tin Relations of the Newspiper to Public Men. J. C. Ilemphill, the News aiuf Courier, Charleston. General discus slon of the above subjects# Mise'llane oils business. Afternoon Session - "Newspaper Fakes and l-'ates,'' Jas. T Macon. Chronicle, lOdgetleld. ' "Tin Golden Rule in Journalish." If M Aver, Times. Florence. "Does it Paj to Hun a Newspaper t'poii the Oredll Musis?" Jos. Stoppelbein. Headlight Spartanburg. General dlsiiii.sIon oi tbe^?4jbove aubJr.Ms. .Miseellaneou? htivinrssT ISvcning S.bsluii "The lin pprtance of an Ideal in .lo irnali nil. Uov. W. P. .Jacobs. 1). H., Our Monthly Cllnt'm, S. C. At tin* conclusion of Mr Jacob's paper :i bnr.<|ii-t will he ten dered the association by Mr. Harris. Thursday, 9 a. in.?"For What Am ' Running a Newspaper?" J. J. Hull Herald, Hock Hill. "The ISdltor aa a Judge of the Good Things of Ufe." It It. Hemphill, Medium. Abbevjlle. Open ing the query box and general discus sion of queries and above, subje. ts Afternoon Session Reports of commit te;>s. election of olliceiv, mi.scellaneoui blisim ss. C|1 ,-ev ?s \ am esVn lie New York Race Riots. Xow York, Special.?Former Polio* Commlayloncr Frank Miwui, on behalf ?the recftnliy-organizod Citizens' Pio U dive l>ea/<uo, preferred charge* ' Kjlntt Chief of Police Dovery, Inspec tor Thomp?on a:i I Acting Captain Cooney, of the Woit Thirty-seventh jitrcet station. He accuses them of bru tality. neglcct of duty and ineompc j tency In ihelr method treatl.it; the re cent race riots in the west side. Ticket* Sent Out. The state Democratic executive com mittee hvfi had a full supply of tlckrts j printCjrt for usn In the second prlr.mry eloctidn to l;o held next Ti:o.i;lay and raokagea of theifr are being exprcaard to the' f^tafc^Jialnnt i) of the several vr.oiintSuite. The boxo* will doubling W'^aady In each county by thtfend of the week and the manager.? of election will find them r*ody for them when thoy call to get them on Monday next Secretary Guntcr has been sending out Instructions to all' county chairmen in regard to promptly reporting the result cf tho aecond uru' mary election Penitentiary Affairs. Tho Jxntnf of directors of the State'. P*ntt?ntisry met W?d?wdayMn lar monthly cession. A large amount of roatlns baaistsi was "transacted. The boird was pkased to find thai ffeatractae Milady fcs4 al IP^KOPW* __ of tba nala building at the pe&ItM Mary. The WM has argad the egfe. tractor to " MdWa ??*** CHINESE WAR NOTES. Il'ong Kong 1s <-rowdcii ?ith refuge* from 'he intei lor. \ in.diil will Of struck cominemo rating the seijje of I*??kin. Coasting steamers are obtaining fab ulous |>i'i'-rs for carrying refugees. I'rinee Iwakura of Japan said th<H war in China would not. last long.j The Japanese (ioverumcnt lias or-} dcrcd I In.' withdrawal of marines from) 'A nioy. KighC niontlis' supplies for f>00(? fulled Slav's troops luivo hccu sent' to i 'lima. * i;n?P'Tt>r William Is quoted as say lug: "I nder no conditions will we give M|? IVUin." The First, I nited States f'nvnlr.f, ordered 11? China. lias Ikvn diverted' 111 Kohe, foV Manila. Tlio Russians have made further ml \ am-rs in .Manclmria and have refused lii make terms with the Chinese. Two thousand Itoxors are said t,*?i have heen slain h\ the Taolilt* of' Tsanuchou at a l'eust to which lie hadi invited tllclil. ll i s! a/ i Ij.u I . i jl'J * / Jui .1 huVJliTAR -l/nu. press 11;?x sought the protection of I>u., Coventor of Shansl and ex(!overnor of Shantung. The Covernor of the province oL Shell Se is Haiti to have massacred! lift> foreigners who liitil accepted hkr oil er of protect ion. t An epideiuie of suicide has broken! out among the Chinese in I Vkiit^ Families ??(' eight and ten ikersona are destroying themselves, generally * by( hanging. Mr. Fowler, Consul at Che-Foo, sent, a dispatch to the State Department, at; .Washington, continuing tlio massacre' J?f Presbyterian luiutfiouaries ^t l'uo-i Tine I'u. A Citizen or Largo Acquaintance. "What Kind of a man Is 'I'lhliius?" "oli. he's the Kind that would do yon a favor so lie could feel fixed to usK a favor.'' Indianapolis Journal. DOUBLEVUAILY SERVICE,. Between New York^' Jampa, Atlanta, New Orleans and Points Soiflh and West. # ?Tn KtfFKCT .MINK 3rd, tPOO. _ SOUTH WAKD. ^ , Daily Dally No. 31 No. 37 Lv. N?iw York.Penn. 11.It. 1 00 pin 12 15 am i.v. Philadelphia, ?' *? 3 29 pm 7 20 am Lv. Haiti more. ,4 V 6 GO pra 0 34 #m Lv. Washington, " 14 7 00 pm 1055 am I.V. lllchmo??l, H. A. L. 10 40 pm 2 85 pm Lv. Petersburg, " ?" 11 35 pm 3 30 pm Lv. Hldgewny " 2 25 ana 6 17 P? Lv. Henderson, " 2 63 am 6 40 pm Lv. lUlelgb, " 4 (Hi am 7 50 pm I,v. Southern rines, " 5 57 am 0 42 pm No. 403 Lv. Hamlet, " 6 CO am 10 32 pm No. 81 Lv. Columbia, X " 10 85 am 12 55 am Ar. Savannah, " 2 57 pm 5 00 am Ar. Jacksonville, " 7 40 pm 0 10 am Ar. Tampa. " 6 30am ft 80 pm No 40;j'- 7". Ar. Charlotte. " 9 31 am IiV. Ohwtur, " ilJiam... l.v. (Iroenwood, 44 11 42am Lv. Athbns, 44 1 48 pm /..? Ar. Atlanta, ?> 14 4 00 pm .......... Ar. Augusta, C.?V W. 0. 5 10pm ???? l.v N. w Vorli.N. Y.l'.A N.f ? 00 um 9 00 pm l.v. Philadelphia, " 10 20 am 11 20 pm l.v.N.'W Yortc.O. D.H.rt.Cuf 3 00 pm l,v. r.iiltlmoro,li. S.l'.Oo t 8 ?}0 L?,a Lv. WaHl. ton. N.AW.H.lt "... 6 80 pm No. 40.1 No7 41 Lv. Portsmouth, B. A. L. 9 20 pui 0 80 am l.v. Weldon, 44 12 05 am 12 01pm No. 81 w l.v. ftldgtiwny Jet. 41 2 25 am 1 20 pm Lv. Hfndermm, 41 2 68 am 2 llM>m l.v. Ilnlelgh, 44 4 00rm 3 6isv?m Lv. Southern Pines, 44 5 ^jgm 6 12 pm Lv. IlamUtt, 44 TOpF1"4 _Z30 No. 31 No."**, Lv. Columbia, J 14 10 36um 12 55 am Ar. Muvaunah, 44 2 67 pm 6 00 am Ar. Jacksonville, 44 7 40 pm 910 am Ar. Tampa, 44 0 80 am 6 80 pm No. 403 "No. 41 Lv. Wilmington, 44 3 05 pm. Ar. Cbiirlotte' " w*~44 _ 9 3l"am 10 30 pm j7vTt;ho?t?r, ** 44 9 52 am 10 55 pm Lv, Greenwood, '4 11 42 am 1 07 am Lv., At lions, " I 48 pm 8 48 a?n.. Ar. Atlanta, 44 4 00 pm 6 05 am Ar. Augusta, C. A W. C. 6 10 pm - ArTMacou. C. of"Gn 7 20 pm 11 10 am Ar. Montgom'ry.A.AW.P. 0 20 pm 11 00am Ar. Mobile, I,AN 8 05 am 4 13 pm Ar Jjew Orfnnn?,L. AN. 7 40 am 8 30 pm AtTn aJh vliIN.A~ht0 40 anr 6 55 pm Ar. MftipbU, " 4 00 pm 8 10 am NOltTll W ABJ>, Lv. M?nphi?.N.0.4 Ht.L. 12 45 pm 8 40pm Lv. Nashville, ! 9 80 am 910 am Lv. N*'W Orleans, L. AN., 7 45 pm 7 45 pm Lv. Mobile, L. A N 12 20 am 12 20 nm l.v. Montir^rn'ry. A.A NV.P 6 20 ana 11 20 M> J,V. .Macon, C. of Ga 8 0' SiB 4 30pm Lv. Amraata, c. 4 W. C. 3 4H am ~ No. 402 NoTw Lv. Atlauti, ? S.A.L. 100 pm -?0?pm A r Athens, 4' 2 50 pm 1138 pm Ar Greeuwood, 44 4 44 pm 2 05 im Ar. Chester, " 6 28 pm 4 80 am Lv. Chartolte, 6 80 pm 5 00 am l.v. Wilmington! ?? ..7 1205 pm No. 44 n?7W Lt. Hamlet, " ?6ftpm t2??pi Lv. Southern Pin<?, 44 lif&O pm 10 05?m l.v. Raleigh, , V?Ml? Ar. Hendervob, ** 1ft W am I IS p? l^THMgtmay Jet. ?' 'Lv.PtUriburir, iliam 449 pm Lt. Itichmond, ?? 415 am f iff pm rAr. Weeblegton,P.B.J -mtiffcrtu .? ?? VHHUSl Ar. MrtlartrfpM*" * Ar.NawYOMk, "? i4i_ Ar. PMtaawad^ / ** t<?Mm Ar. Wmffroa ?rry.T* ?ggBBaBS.. Ar. a^mT M.fnl r ? m ? 4