The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 23, 1901, Image 1
EXPLOSION KILLS 5.
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Dangerous Fire Fighting Anions tli?
Burning 0:l Tanks.
MANY FIREMEN WERE IN PERIL
1 ho (Ircat Oil Reservoirs a Mass of
Raging, Roaring I lames? Heroic
Work.
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Philadelphia, Special. ? Flvo pcroi;:;
are known to havts been killed by tho
the Atlantic Refining Company 'si oil
works at J'uiui .
TITo dead arc: .? t ?!? n McCuUotu, Kn
glno Company 10; James Falls, En
Kino Company 4i>; John Dougherty,
Truck Company No. !), and a fireman
and an employ* -*.f i n?; com
pany, loo badly burned to be recog
nised. ,
When the explosion occurred the
firemen of Kngino Company 4y, and
employes of the Atlantic Reft n ln.s
Company, in 'atl about "60 inen^ wero
at work in the pumping house draw
iu,; oil' oil fu m liic l-miting tanks. The
llair.es sliot hiy.lt in the air and the
1 leaping ?iomo was almost completely
demolished. The 1 'emeu, who had
been playing firearm; en the other
* t( ukSt then directed their attention
the IcHGite or the men who had been
imprisoned in the popping house. It
v-us nearly an houi before the men
could be reached. Meanwhile a scpro
of streams of water were pouring
| upon the ruins of t he pumping house.
M'he promptness with which the fire
men turned their attention to the res
etui- of the men undoubtedly saved a
score-oX.Hvois I ' ?
Since early morning the llames have
spread to five additional tanks, mak
ing 18 that have been destroyed. The
? firn is by no means under control and
alt hone, h mo^c (.1 thj tanks net yet on
lire &ve. niore or less iaohtted from
those that are L-nrriug, there is ??m
stant fear, of the flames reaching some
of these that have thus far escaped.
The almost exhausted firemen are
paying no attention to the burning
tanks, devoting their endeavors to
saving the tanks r.n'l other property
not on 111' The heat is ro fierce that
they hVo been driven away from the
hose. A device is used that will hoid^
the nozzle stationary and in a position
to "throw water on the sides of the
tanks and the fire fighters retired to
a safe distance to observe their ma
chine:* S.t woik. Meanwhile the oil
in the tanks nearest those on ft re is
bciiiK pumped to the most distant
taircs. The big coper shop was on
fire at one time but the flames were
extinguished before Che structure was
much damaged. As usual, the officials
of the company refuse to give any esti
mate of the loss. Those in position
to know estimate it at fmmi $500,000
to SI. 000.000. ' The Point Breeze Oil
Works has been devastated by fire on
severat ncmMtanB. I'lfrvcn years ago a~
' fme startod which burned fiercely for
three dav.7, destroying much property
and causing heavy loss. Seventeen
years a?.;o tfte-e was another fire
which deled The efforts of the firemen
lor six Jays.
Profitable Peacli Growing.
Rome, Special. ? Tho last of tho fil
hcrta reach crop has boon nhlppci,
arid fruit gcowers have time now to
"pause amfVourit pr^Hts. The bulk of
tf:e rrop was shipped last week, hut
many. iars went to market this week.
The rains did not injure or interfere
with shipments and growers are Jubi
lant as a conse^n-nee. It Is cs 1
irated that BOO to 600 cars were ship
ped out. of Floyd, Barlow, Gordon, I
Polk and Chaftooga counties. Of thta
amount Floyd ??!&- out about 100.
While the crop naa not eo large as
rted the price's obtained tore
m offset this. Orowcre made more
ill ;e?r than any year aii-.-e tho 1n
* began.
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To Fxcfa***? Crop Reports
Washington, Special.'- John .Hyde, I
ike statistician of the Agricultural De
partment, returned from a tour of the
anatrlee of Berope. w*ere he went ler
die nupoae of arranging a system for
the exchange of telegraphic crop re,
ports. He awMneM that hie trip war
im ?--./gltlpCtn |? r tho
* reporte ?f the.
? oovfltteg if the wrW
Ugly Uus'ncfs i:i Mlsyourl
Plcrco City. Mo., Special. ? For nen'1.
iy 15 hours, ejiding about noop, this'
, town of 3,000 people lias be.n hi the
bands of a mob of nrmed whiten, ?!-?
tcrmined to diive every from iu
precincts.' In addition to the lynching
_ . last night of William Godlcy, acc;i?/) I
of the wanton murder o ! Mis 3 Oaze'.lo
Wilde, and the shooting to death of hU
grandfal hi-r, fr'r^npii Godley, the mob
-cremated Prt~ Hamptnn. an n?ed
negro, in h!s home, set the torch to tbe
houses of fjv/ blacks aud with the afd
of State ml.Utia rillrs, siolen from tbe
local company's armory,, drove dozens
of negroes from town. At noon l! o
excitement died down, the mob gradu
ally dispersing more from lick of ne
groes upon whom t6 wreak theli'
hatred than for any other cause.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
New Hntirpriues 'Mint Aro Enriching
Our Favored Section.
North Carolina Textile School.
The coming fall will mark ono more
step in tho progress of textile cduca
lion In the United States. Tho new
textile school in North Carolina at
Raleigh, of which Mr. llenry M. Wil
son is director, will soon be completed
and its doom opene 1 tor tho reception
of the many atndcnta who are clamor
ing for this form of industrial educa
tion. Tho work of instruction will he
carried o'ut along the usual lines, with
the aim, however, of meeting the j
CUOC-'m Civ VMWVA. Vviv-tv T\-- ?]
mains a vacancy in (he ((tips of in- I
structors in the school. A designer
and fancy weaver is wunteil, one' who .
can handle (lobby, lone and jacquard
wo: i;. Thlfi po li|dh w}11 pay $.1,20.0. j
Rushtou Cotton /'Wills,
The stockholders of the HnsHton !
Cotton Mills of Uriflin, (la., mot dur- I
in#; the week and ratified the recent |
deelKlon to double their 5,000-splndle j
plant, which was announced in thia
department. The common stock will .
bo increased from $ 1 00,000 to $125,- ?
000, anil* the preferred stock by $75.- '
(?no. The company declared a divl- J
dend of 4 per cent, and carried an j
amount to surplus. > Arrangements
will be made at once for commencing
work on the $65,000 addition. The
company rxpccts to have the im prove
incuts completed by November.
Knitting Mill at Waco. '
The Waco Knitting Mill has been
organized at Waco, N. C., and Is es- (
tabllshing plant of twenty-!!^ ?*na
chlnes with a daily capacity of 150
dozen pairs of half-hose. A one-story
and basement lmibling 34x60 feet is l
being erected, and about thirty-five
UaiuIjA will ? bu- cm idayxul ? Tliii-inv-esl-- .
ment will be $(5,000, which is to be in
creased to $10,000 within a year. The
plant will be operating in sixty days.
W. A. Cioode is president; M. C. Heam, i
vice president, and M. HQUoode, sec j
retary-trcasu rer.
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liiiliiatrifil Miisccllsiij'.
lix -Senator Clyirles T. Wcstcott and
Messrs. WlUKun E. an>l Thomas
Trenchard qf^Maryhind, have pure lias- j
ed a large /umber mill an:l 100-i a r?;
tract of timber lanftein Northumber
berland county, North Carolina. They
will take charge of their purchase on
the 15th inst. The Messrs. Trenchard
and John (J. Wcstcott will manage tho
business.
The Montgomery. I I'll & Fu'eher
Hardwood Dimension Saw Mill Co. at
Memphis, Tenn., has bern incorpora
ted by Mack A. Montgomery, (Jt'orge
U. III11 and Joseph W. Ftilcher. Th*: ;
"capital stock of the new company Is
$25,000. Hardwood dimension stuff, I
blocks, pins, etc., will be manufactur
ed.
The work on the Old Dominion Crej
soting Co.'s works at Money Point,
near Norfolk, is bckig' pushed to co n
pletion, and the plant will be in readi
ness by September 1. A cargo of creo-"
acted lumber left tho Norfolk Creoso
Works at Money Po nt last wct',%
for (Tape Tormentlne, Canada. Tho
cargo was valued at $G8C0.
A lire last week in the main ware
house of t lie Ilaffner-Lothman Sash
and Door Manufacturing Co. of St.
Louis completely destroyed two large
buildings, partly consuming (wo ad
jacent lumber yards. Mr. Lotliman cs
timatcs the loss at. $200,000, with $"00.
0'K) insurance. The destroyed build
ings will 1)?! rebuilt at once.
Mr. E. L. Moore of Valdosta, Ga.,
has purchased R. F. Goety's saw-mill
ami tlmljcr, which Is located on the
Iirunswick and Western Railroad
thirty miles west of Waycross. The
Gocty mill has a capacity of 30.000
feet of lumber daily, being located
near a fine body ot timber. The pur
chase price for the plant was $*0,
coo.
The Perkins Lumber Co. of Ail
gnstn, Ga., has received a contract to
furnish lumber and other building ma
terlal for the new barracks, office and
officers' residences on Sullivan's
Island. The contract calls for 100
carloads of the best product of Per
kins Company's mills, and will re pre.
sent $300,000 when completed.
The J. C. Drown Lumber Co. of
Marinette, Wis., has sold to the
Weyerhanser Syndicate 70,000 acres
of pine land In Louisiana for ,.630.
000. The pine Is located In the I
"parishes' of Vernon, Sablne. ^aTcasieu
and Natchitoches. There is said to be
trvcr soti.oucr.utw feot of pfnti Ctf the
tract. . ,
It Is stated that Marlon Hatlor will
erect a cotton factory near Elliott, N.
C., Western parties to be interested.
The furtiiturc factory at Warrenton,
N. C., recently chartered, Is now Bear
ing completion. Aqtyre operations
will probably begin about November
1. The -forests- In Warren county
abound in pine, oak, ash. hickory and
maple, and It Is expected that the en
terprise will be im^Mful.
It Is understood that the Qxay
Koble Lumber Co., doing business on
the Savannah, PM4? and Western
Railway between Dnpont and.Homer
Iyflle, fcss been dissolved, Mc. Henry
Gray retiring from the ,Mxm. Tbtr
business is- to be continued by Mr.
1L B. Wbattey, ltf High attest.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Steamer Strikes an Iceberg and Goes
Down.
SUNK WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES.
Collided When at l ull Speed -v.JSIxty.
Seven Lives Are Known to Havo
Been Lost.
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P rt Towns.nl, Wn., Special. -The
Menmer qv.cen has just hi rived f.-om
tho nor.h. in iiii^ it ; n-ws of the mos'.
O dim C?"Csk Cfc" '
roast. Tho strainer I.- l.iudT,
sailing from Skagwj.y, August l.:h,
when nearing the ojntlienst en 1 of
Douglas lBloilJ. at 2 a. m? August
lotlii' nit'i vanning at full spool,
etru/k a fum ing Po'.crg and in le^^
than 2 0 minut ;s vent 10 t li<? liotmn
ol the tkvp channel, carrying mm
women and rhll irrn to watery graves.
The Islander had lo> passengers, and
all were in bed when the vessel struck.
The shock was so severe that many
w?i'? thrown from their lor. ha and tlu:
wildest excitement prevailed. Word
<Tas soon passed that the vessel was
doomed and a general scramble fo.
tho life 1 oats ensued., many jum;lu{
overheard and attempting to swim to
the shore, the distance Leing short.
I rt the scramble to get into the boats^
many were hurled headlong Into tho
chilly water, which, according to pas
sengers airivng the scene,
seemed a ivo^^ih human beings, lie
fore hII the TTOsengers ha I left tho
vfrf sel ihe gave a'luuse and went
uowir, tow fir 3t. It is known that
sixty-seven lives were lost. It will be
some time before their names can be
definitely learne I as the purser lost
h s i assenger list.
United States Consul Smith, of Vic
torif., who was a i as en;.;er on the
Queen I'r. m Juneau to Victoria, glean
ed the following story of the wreck
from among for.y survivors who were
insscngers on the Islander:
" 1 he Islander left Skaguay for Vic
toria on last Wednesday with 108 pas
sengers, among them 12 stowaways.
A l went well, the steamer making her
usual record of 15 kno s an hour until
3 o'clock, Thursday morning, >vhen
Juneau was passed and the south end
of Douglas It-land was reached. Then
suddenly the steamer encountered an
obs ruction, said to ha.e been an Ice
beig, and etopi.e.l with a ja ? which
aroiucd many of tho sleeping passen
gers. v- ?
"Captain Fcote was having break
fast- and the pilot notified him of the
trouble. Ntynen the vessel struck,
water ruehel in forward in great vol
un.e.V and tho pilot advised that the
vessel be r..n on ihe beach, not ofer
hal a mile di3 ant. at cnce. The cap
tain object* d to thiH. saying that the
beach wib toj abrupt. He thought
there vai no immediate danger, but
would run a few miles lurthor down
where he I new th ra was a good land
in?.
The captain assured several passer.
gcra the.e was no immediate danger
aivl (hat (hoy could to back to bed
and rent (he first officer down to ex
amine. That officer rep u ted there
v.fts pi'eat deal of danger and /ta^od
(hut. ihe vetsol be beached at Cnce.
Tlit? first o fllcer ordered the boats let
< own, but (hie was countermanded 'jy
the c a; tain who, however, finally re
Ired the seriousness of the sitnatlo;i
and allowed the nrst officer to get
down the boats. Meanwhile, the pas
senger# aroused to their peril, ap
peaied on the deck End a rush was
made to the purser who had been
given much treasure for safekeeping.
Purser Bishop banded all cut excep:
two bags of $10,000 each, which were
not claimed and went down with the
vessel. The bow of the steamer sunk
pjuf 20 mlnutew^Jater the propeller an i
dudder we e higfSin the an* and use
less, but (he captain remained on the
bridge until the lasr. and finally jump
ed on a H e ra't. When ?he fto:mer
went under an exploH >n occurre'. 'I he
cap ain 'est his hold on the raft an.'
went under.
Scarcity of Cotton Ties.
* Pittsburg, Special. ? A dispatch from
Sharon says: "The cot-ton planters
of the South are beginning to feel the
?flscts of- 4h?-aUol. atrlkfl, according;
to -advices received there. Tho clos
lng of the _mlll& oJL the Steel H<*>d
Company cuts off theXrmaln supply
of cotton ties and theyseem willing
to pay any price in order tcKhave a
sufficient fuppl;/ whwi the time comes
to ?ove cotton. '
? ? ? Arizona Flooded.
El Paso, Tex., Special.? All the
southern portion of Arizona has been
partially covered with water for m*ny
days , and the destruction to property,
especially to railroads, has been enor
mous. The Southern Pacific and the
?mailer mineral roads have suffered
matojv washouts. The "Burro" road
that raos from feedson to Nogalear, has
been unlit for use for several weeks
and nearly every day fretfh floods come
that destroy parts of the, tracks. Is all
orer ten miles of the track has been
? wept away and the compswy has ail
surplns at work repairing lbs
VYTATIII R AM) CROP COM)! HONS.
Cotton Opening Slowly, Though a
(io;?d D.'al Later Than Usual.
Tito week (it ling N'a. in.. Mop-la./,
August lJHlt, hid even. nearly no. n ni
tea peratufes, wiUi a nuuinmm o" >
negroes ?t (!re nwiod. ar.d a mitt
mum of (!t> dcf-foi's at (Jreeuvll e
Those lent! natures wi-re fivtt a M '
for eiop growth anil development.
There was a slight deficiency in : na
shine over the soutlK n*:e. n port'on,
while ovr r the remainder of the S aLo
gore al < louditiPFS prevailed, 1 geiio.'- 1
ally d> trim imhI to cimp (level ipmen '..
1! gh winds damaged eo: n and c >u "i
ii^aho e\tie:r.e northwest nr r i-nU; s,
K*( t^aive n ?- axwcd sM,w* sv.^ ?
western an I nor.hu'n ei. untie ! < nil ;
lug freshets in nil tin' rivirs and
crecks, that d s f yvd wli:i* lot on
1 lid e. ops reaiulne Ll.uen.llo iui 1
7.04 ineiifH, 8j>Hritinb.urs 7.M>, All or
son 8:20 ;.nd Idlcriy (i.HS, win o n.a y
other i lares had smiller, hut ?\ ?;?
sive anion n "k for the week. Over th ??
tential, southern an I m tern e >un
ties, tliu rain'n 1 was ni ratal, i r 1 il ?.v,
and generally l,ene!U ial. Man / p > ir.s
)ta<l Mime rain on every day. In small
see i ms of lldgoflc'd and tire nwoo I
counties the ground is slill dry, but
with those exceptions, the need ol
dry weather is ind.ea'ed,
On sandy lam's, cotton has taket
on rust extensively, is she. hi ins f:eu
ly, t it'l is losint' < o or, but on clay
l$frls a further improvement is in
dlcated (luting the wick, especial y
for early cotton which is h avily
fruited. Young cotton is g owing too
much to weed j;ud is not fraltlng Mills-'5'
faetorily. Early cotton i.i be., 'inning
to open over practically the who u
State, al hou/li picking will not be
general fcr some tlmje, Tliu J]r_t L;Uo
of the season was marketed at Char
leston on the 17th. l irst I ales weio
marketed, usir.ly in August, in pre
vious years, as follows; 19C0 on Gib:
1 09 on 4 : h ; 1S98 en Oh; 15 ft 7 on
2nd; 1 ? Oil on July 2<1h; IMG on Au
gust 20th: ISfit on 1 5th. Seai.-lan'd cut
ton continues to jinp:ove an 1 is fruit
ing, but remains undersized.
Young corn looks promising \\li ?ie
not, destroyed by freshets, I ait the gen
eral' condition of <o n in.l:en!e.i an
extremely .short yield. Fo lder pulling
is general. Totaeco cutting and ci r
ing ls0nearlng completion. altluugh
some tobacco has taken cn a new
growth. It'co is headiiV^ and fi 1 ' n 3 1
well, end some is ready <0 harvest. !
The forage crops, inrludin < Aj)ea
vines and ginss. look p omitting.
Sweet poiatoes nre doing we!!. h"e..oad
crop of white potatoes are coming up.
Turnip sowing con'iuucs tinier favor
able soi). conditions. In many sec
tions Ihle late reach crop is rotting
extensively. ' Army worms have ap
peared in large numbers, In a few
eastern conn' Jet, and arc destroying
much gra:;s. Pastures are excellent.
Tht* Deported Spaniard?.
.Tampa, Kla., Special. ? The Spanish
minister at Washington has aske 1 VI
cento (iuerra, iho Spanish vice con
sul here, for the naim s of thv sub
jects "who yvere recently deported by
the citizens' vigilance commlUees as
leaders of the Reslstenda cif.ar
makovs' strike; and for an investiga
tion of Hi c> whole affair, ho far a:*
Spain is- ceuc^ned.
The vlcer consul lias begun un In
vc-stlgation and hns called upon t'.jo: e
who reported the matter to the Span
isli minister to appear I efare him and
give testimony. Hp ^ayn to fit:* as he
can ascertain all of the deported
Spaniards were naturalized citizens
of the tJ ni Led States.
Glass Woifcs Trust. I
Brussels, By Cable. ? La Reform o
announces that thi> glass works in
lloux, Courcelles, Floreffe and Mlt;*
nlos arv to be amalgamated In a single
company with a capital of 10,000,000
francs. If the ffm Arms, however,
fall to come to terms, the Roux con
cern will be the only one to accept the
assistance of American capital.
Two Negroes/Killed By a Dymmlte
/ Explosion.
Columbia, S. C., Special.? Ed Walk
jlihI *uolln<s uwjo wire Uluwu to
atoms Wnile working in a rock quarry
at BTac^Sbdtg. They haindi'ded the
? hole..wrnen a drill was aceldentlly drop-'1
^-frpTcl^ causing an -instantaneous and ter
rifle explosion, killing bath mn.
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Tersely Told.
The Pennsylvania Democrats are or
peeled to nominate Judssr. Harmon
Yerkes for the Supreme Bench and
John B. Keonan for State Treasurer,
Congressman-elect .T. A? Conry and
W. F. Francis, cf Boston, were stab
be# during a melee In Mew York.
District Attorney Pbilbln, of New
York, has asked the grand Jury to In
dict Folic# Captain Thomas J. Dia
mond for alleged neglect of doty.
i: Tho cotton operatives of Fall River,
Mass.. say they will resist tj>* propos
ed 14 per cent, w atfe cut September 3.
Because of the discovery of alleged
Irregular diplomas Ooreraor Yates
baa asked th? Illinois fttate board of
Dental Bxamlners to resign.
B% Wr? la RictaMtM.
. ...Bfefcmand, -Bpeclsl.? Fire destroyed
|. wkat Is-loeally known m tkf J. Wright
srae ??? m.
VENEZUELA INVADED
Not Rega'ded as an International Af.
fair By lite People.
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mm C AROMA'S VI: RSI UN OF IT.
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The Washington Authorities Send
ing War \ 'es.scl.4 to Piotcct Amor
kai) Interests.
Now York, Special. The following
cable message lias been received b>
tlu> Asssx iatew Press Hum Toj'vi's ,
cJ?.snv,'snw., nt'fiiT'rt'i secretary of Protd
(lout Castro, of Venezuela, in leply to
a dispatch addressed to (iu* President
ai'Kiiw;- foi" a statement on tho \ eno
xuela PoIutv t-ta ?"ttnaM. n
' CaiatHM, Venezuela. Aug. 17. la
tiie name of Ills lOxcelkney. General
Castro. I reply to your cablegram in
tho following teiim;: "Tho go* em
inent of Venezuela, preside ! over by
General Castro, is fully justified in all
its works and ac;?. It is essentially
liberal iu its practices. It is ol ttio
opinic.n tl:iu^b<^ Conservatives of Co
lombia, TTTohably led by ruinous an I
wtoked pas. i..ns, haw resolved ,to as
sist iu a revolutionary movument
against Venezuela an. I tier govern
muni. All of this ban boon actually
proven by lh\> official publications Is j
sued by the caWfiiot in Pogota. Tliey
A(late from tiro first of April. This
view has not boon denied, either by
the Conservative, government of (' >
lombia. or by her envoy extraordinary
ami minister plenipotentiary in this
capital.
"'When the government of Veue
whh- KMrprb by the flrnt und ?
and second invasions of her
six thousand and two hundred thou
sand men, lospentlvely, the invaders
were victoriously expelled by tho gov
ernment and the people of Venezuela.
Since said events. 10,000 men have
j been massed on the frontier for the
i defense and integrity of Venezuela
and Its national honor. Those aro
quite apart from her active service
troops on other parts of the frontier
as well as nationi I troops scattered
over the republic airl the reserve miil
tia now under arms.
" 'Venezuela has not aeeeptod tho
Invasion as an international attack by
the people of Colombia against tho
people of Venezuela, hut knowing its
real source, recognizes in it the Work
of. the Conservative government of
Colombia a^rfffint the majesty of tho
nation of Venezuela.'
Washington, P. C., Special. ? TJio
Navy Department, which is directing
a!) its energies to hurrying ships to
the scone of Colombia-Venezuela
trouble, in order <?? enforce our treaty
guarantees, experts to have three
ships on tho way vlthin 24 hours. The
Machlqs, which has been detained at
Hampton I toads by the threatening |
weather south i.f Cape Hall eras, was ?
able to start on her Journey Saturday, J
assurances having been glvcij by the.
Weather Bureau thai all dangers from i
the (Jjrk storm along the southern At
lantic have now passed.
Word was received at the Navy De
partment that the battleship Iowa hid
arrived at San Francisco, and she was
instructed by telegraph to proceed as
soon as possible to Panama cn tin
west fount. It in probable she wi
have to take some coal aboard, but
the Department bo I es sue v. i.l i.e. j
nblo to Rail on hor 3.4W, mile journey
by Sunday morning. The Ranger.. has
sailed from San Diego southward.
Sclilcv in Washington.
Washington. 1). C.. Special. ? Ad
miral Winfield S. Schley arrived In tho
eity Friday night from bis home in
New York on business in connection
with the court of inquiry. He was ac
companied by Mrs. Schley and duriuji
his stay here the admiral will cojisull
with Jeremiah Wilson and his other
attorneys as to the case.
Morgan ftMy*>Stentiicr l-'nc.
London. Special. N^lr/is reported in
frlasgow that J. It. Enerman, of the
1/oyland Iwn-c, has purchased the old
established City ITTnc *of*"T4 " HTPSWVdf?"
enraged J? Uift.ICaaL IiuILaa. trade. tluc
price* being nearly 1,000, m po;md3.
Mr. Ellcrman. according to rumor. Is
acting for J. P. Morgan a'nd liis a?ao
elates. v ^
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Ordered to Hampton Roads.
Nantucket, Maaa., Special.? Th? I
North Atlantic squadron baa received)
orders to sail for Hampton Roads. All
preparations for ths contlnuenco ol
the manoeuvres at this place have
been countermanded and the vessel*
of the squadron are already setting up
steam, preparatory to their departure
Wfcile the exact reason of the chance
of plans is not known, it is believed
here that the trouble In South America
has sprfnethtof to d<f with it The res
?elf were scheduled to be fo Newport
on August 1Mb, sad the camp here wai
to teve remained until Friday.
e' * Floods at Coal
. Coal Creek. Tenn,, ^
Creek la two feet ktgW than ...
fore. Half the town U inuniatfd jinJ,
at#. motinit k>
bridge* scad-treatise e? j
A TERRIBLE CHARGE I'fElERREl).
\ouiik VV hlte Man Accused of At
tempting a Criminal Assault On o
> on up White <lh I.
Florence. Special. A warrant sworn
out li.v Mr, A. .1. I.yndi, of KiUi^ha'n
town-hip, before Judge Smith alleges
t !i >i t Mr. I,. Cool^iif young white man
attempted a li'amele.-s crime upon tho
person of Mr. I.vmh's daughter, a girl
about 1 <> years old. Tho alleged as
sault occurred 1 I miles from tho *?! t y
am) a deputy has gone lo a- rest Mr.
CooV The Kill states that Mr. (Vo'i
made impropr r proposals ami threat*
? i i ? ! ? ? ? t force. Sim refit* d and in t',:o
wrujiffif i"!i at T< mow cd her face an I
arms were scratched ami bruised. Tiio
Uv.i wore returning from church In i
lumuy at nighL Makinn a ru promo
eTnil, Hi > tue.s that she escape I
from Iho huggy ami lan Into tin)
wo>uls. Tho night being dark she fell
into a dix p dlteh. Tho allege;! nssatl
?*.it did not follow. Relatives foun 1
ho;* a half hour afterward sitting by
the roadside ciylng as if her h arj
would >>:*?* :i l\ .
A Sail Story,
r'lorenoo, Special. News has reach
id Florence of the drowning near Jo
cassco, in JMekona county, of youn;j
Victor Wilson, sou of the Hev, J. 13.
Wlls >n of Anderson. It aooms from th(-.
meagre reports, that the young man
was on" of a party of bathers in Ke >
?vee river. lie was caught in tho swift
current of the mountain Jjtro.am and
whirled to h's death lx ."tffe tho eye i
of his companions, who wefo powerless
to render any assist anee. Miss Man lo
Wilson, a sister, witnes ed the dlatn i
ijing accident from the hanks of tie*
stream. The Rev. Mr. Wilson livid in
I'lurunce k??v>ih! years it ?-*<> as p-rs 'l
ing cldej'. of tho Florence district of the
Methodist church. Victor, for thus !<??
is remembered in Florence, was t'.o
Idol of the family. Ho graduated from
W'olTord College last year. He ??> >it
an enviable st tml in his c'ass, and
vps very pevpuiur among his c ? ? 1 i ;; ?
mates.
Two Coroners fleedeiJ.
(Jovernor MoSweeno,\t finds himKc'f
confrqntcd wi<h the i\pcesalty of ap
pointing two coroners in view of va
cancies made by death. A few days avo
Coroner Tuten of Hampton county
pasod away in the mountains. Tha
governor has asked the legislative do
legation in both the counties to meet
and recomnund suitable persons to M l
the vacancies. It is rare that a e:>ro :?
cr dies in oflbe.
A Drowning*
Walhalla, Special,/? Victor Wilson,
?:>n of Rev. B. wilsnn of Anderson ;
was drowned In Whlto Water tlwrj
Saturday at Joeasseo. His body was
not recovered till Monday afternoon.
His remains left here Monday aeconi
panled by bis parents' family.
Assailant Idcr.t'fled.
Macon, Special. ? At nn rarly hour
Saturday morning O/llccr Arthur Jjhn
si n arrested a nejro named Tom Itr.y,
who is < barged with criminally *s
saultlng Sophie MeArtby, colore:!,
aged 70 years, on last Satn day nl lit>
in Vinevtt'le. When arrested Kay Je
claed that he did not* commit the
crime. At 10 o'c'ock Ray was carried
into .be p: e?' nee n, the weman nn 1
n i1 p positively Identified him as ho*
r.s ailant. Itay wan taken back to j if!
to await (be Nov<ynber term of 1 I b
rnpnrlor court. The woman has boon
ton'ined to l.o I flnce last Sunday fro.n
the injuries in lifted by Itay.
May lie Jones' Alurdercr.
Rochester, N. Y., Special.? A mgro!
/riving the name of "John Flayer" j
for a night's .lodg-ng Tu-h- j
day night at the central pol1?''',, s'ltDn
and was locked ui>. Chief Cleat y ex
amined the man and after taking hi)
measurement l?y the Bertillon sy.Uom,
suspects the man la Jim Lowry, of
Hhelby, N. C., wanted in that city far
the fnurder August 4th last of Chiof o I
I'oi'.cc Jones. When <ju(si?one<! by Die
chief, Flagler, or Lowry, t'j^ld a^veral
conflicting ftorifs ??s to his .wherea
bouts during the past week or two..(
flarion Butler to Build a Factory.
Clinton, N. C., Special. ? It Is re
ported her? on good authority tiiat
iiariuu liuller ha* formed a company ,
to establish' and operate a cotton mill
at Kiliott, his country home scTcrat
miles from Clinton. It Is understood
that the capital other than his own
was subscribed by parties In the West
whom he met on his way to Alaska.
In Paragraphs.
Norfolk Is to have a $60,000 plant
erected on the south branch of/ the
Elizabeth river by the McNallf Oil
Manufacturing Co. for the 'purpose of
manufacturing castor and other vege
table oils. The plana for the main
building and warehouses bave beea
completed, and are now in the hands
of the contractor, who will pubmit
bids at once.
? Texaa cotton aeed products are now
only fairly steady. Prime crude oil.
loose, and prime summer .yellow oil
are both nominal, while llntera arc
quoted at 1 M to 2 1-4 cents per
pound, of t. o. b, mill at Texan interior
points; cotton aeed meal and cotton
aeed cake are $21 to JS1.M per ton.
and baled bulla $6, all f- cf. b. Oatafc,
ton. ~
LOST IN A STORM,
.ilucli Dam ?C Done By Wind anil
Kain. ?
A FAMILY Or FIFT! I N DROWNED
l he (Ircnt 1 1 11 1 ^ Storm Mas Swept All
Telegraph Wire* Away? Meavy
l.osa of Property.
Now Orb ms, Special. ? <Tho storm
which has I n 11 s\\ coping tho.UuK
const I'rom I'ensacola and moving
w<:tward during (ho pant two days,
tms protftrntcfl ttTiORrrtp1\ and lo1o?
phono wires to such an extent that
ut-'W:-. from the outlying sections la
hard to get ;;t. The greatest fears
have been r ntortatned . tor tho safety
or the people living at Port Eads,
w 1; leh i.-i at tho mouth of tho river,
an I for tho rdiips that started for sen
jusl before ( ho storm began. Tho
wlrek (here have been prostrated
Bince Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, but
Tlu? Picayune reached a man who
b ft Pol l ICudx at 2 o'clock on Wednea
?lay. lie wan seen at Hunts, which iu
*?!> miles down the liver, and tho 1
farthest point with which there ia
\slr<> ^coiuinun but ion at tho present
titne. This man describes tho storm
wU< h swept (hat section as a regular
tidal wave, similar to the one which
resulted iu such an awful loss of llftr; -
iu 1M?{. ll?* mys all the people llvihg"
on the east bank of the river have
moved up to the "jump," which is 16
miles from Pie mouth of tho river.
The house of a man named Cobden;
half a mile; above tho quarantine sta
tion, was swept away and tho fifteen
members of the family, including nine
children, drowned.
The quarantine buildings woro bad
ly damaged, hut no one injured. Thy
big tow-boat Chamberlain was driven
high and dry In the marsh, but her
i row are safe. Tlio government boat
(lonorab Kelso in believed to havp
been Jo^t. Captain O'Brien's houso
was swept away, but he was on the p
boat which was believed to bo out> ffl
side. The piled liver at Port Eads was \
sunk. Tho steamboat barge was
driven ashore near the lighthouse and
later it was reported that sho ha'd
sunk. Her crow wore said to have
been saved. Tho tug Veleseo wont
down to Pass l/()utre, which Is tho
eastern mouth of tho liver, with two
barges. When last scon she had her
decks awash, and it is feared sho has
gone down, if IftlM. 4xj|&t 1 &Ud her
barges have been lost. 20 poopje mora
.have been drowned. There are nuifl'
oroua reports of individual casualties
all along down tho passes. Tho steam
ers which started for the sea Tuesday
remained inside tho passes until Weil
nesday evening and then wentK out
safely, among tho number being the
Cromwell linor Proteus, and th<t
British transport Mechanician, which
was dynamited while in port a few
days ago. Not a singio vessel has
passed up the river since tho storm
began and great. foarB are entertained
for the ones which are expected. There
is serious apprehension concerning
the Cheirtere, Caulinnd* and Grande,,
isle sections, on tho south Ixjuislana
( oast, west of I ho Mississippi i^ver,
where 2,000 lives were lost in 1892
by the tiral wave. Up to Ihfs vyiUhfl
no word has been received tr^mihat '
section which is largely Inhabited d* ?
fishermen, im^.tly ChlnOHo/ftOrf MAI
?Up to Thm^vij^? 4^1dMght every* i
thing seemed to bo saro nt tho Mlsf
sisttl ppi roil fit towns, May St. Louis,
I'asja Christian, Miloxi, Mississippi
City and Oman Springs, but since thpr.
not a \vor(i has been beard from them.
Ail wires are down. The only reports
of damage y.o far received are of de
h' roved bath houses and uprooted
trees. The Louisville and Nashville
road Is Mocked off beyond Chofrf^en*
teur, :;o miles from this city. The, big
s'.eel bridge there is safe, but beyond
there are several washouts on the
road. The New Orleans and North'
pastern mad is also blocked by wash- .
outs and lis Fig trestle" fcver* fjako
Pontchartrnin has been shaken by the
heavy sens breaking against it. There
has lecn much damage done at Shell
Ilcaeh, Southwest of tho ?dty,: and
which connects with .Lake Pontchar*
train. All (he buildings there haVe
hern swept away, and there are re-,
ports of Inns of life amons the fish
ennen, but the exact extent of this Is
not known. A tidal wave swept over
tho land there as it did nine years
ago.
In the city of New Orleans and su
burbs there has been considerable ?
damage. At Mllneherg, one of the
I.flJte resorts, tho railroad pier head
-ruMitiiiH iutl- UiU* tb? lake .<?
taurc of a thouHaud yards has been* .
destroyed aud ail light bulldlnga dam
agon. The big buildings on .shore
withstood the gale. There wa$ no lens
of life. The steamer Neptune, tied tip
toi this plor head, pounded herself
to pieces and sank. ? ^ -
l ight With Strikers.
Cleveland, -Special. ? A flght
red Sunday night between two
clal policemen at the Crescent Mdte
and a number of strikers. The
men Were escorting a couple of
men from thejr home to tfe?
when the strikers tried 'to
the 'men qot to return to i
action angered the oO?c~
their claim on thoee p
Zlgler aai had kls head
Mwtl otb^r ?e? wi qr
tat The afali p was
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