The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 13, 1902, Image 1
A FATAL COLLISION
R^ults in the Death of Two Persons
and the Injury of Many
I HEIGHT CRASHES INTO PASSENGER
tinglnecr and Fireman Killed In the
Ntsultaut Wreck ?? Many Passen
gers Suffer. ? >
Macon, Oa., Special. ? A south-bound
passenger train on the Southern, pro
ceeding out of Juliette, 23 miles north
of Macon, and not under full hoadway,
was struck' by a freight train in a sharp
curve nt 2:10 o'clock Tuesday after-'
"Qon. Aboard were many dentist's
comln^to attend the State convention
and a number of other men prominent
In the State. The curve was so sharp
that the passengers saw tho approach
ing freight and a scene of indescribable
panic developed in the instant of time.
'1 he shock of tho collision was so great
that seats were smarted into splinters
and glass into fragments. The engines
and tenders were piled on each other.
'J he freight was loaded with fruit and
Watermelons, and peaches and vegeta
bles were widely scattered. Engineer
lMttman and Pit email Ed. West of the
passenger, were pinned to death in
, their cab. Engineer Gailey, of tho
freight, escapcd by jumping, though he
\was seriously injured. The explanation
If? -gtVen by the latter that his watch
was wrong, and he thought he had time
to reach tho Juliette siding.
The dead are: James T. Pittman, of
Atlanta, engineer of the passenger; Ed.
? West, negro, of Atlanta, fireman on the
' passenger. ' ^ *
Injured: Isaac Bashinski, of Macon,
knees and right arm broken; Mrs.
Bashinski, shock; Hen Pearson, prison
guard, head mashed; Judge M. P. Ger
ry, of . Macon, contusion on head and
body; Baggage-Master Hendricks, of
Jackson, burnt about legs and body; P.
K. Lilliard, of Atlanta, bruises about
body; IV. 0. Cochran, of Atlanta,
bruises about body; II. S. Penn, of At
lanta, right log injured; Dr. Geo.^ S.
Tichnor, of Atlanta, face scarred; Mrs.
J. G. Early, of Macon, bruised on head
and chest; Mrs. Dora Nichols, of Ma
con, slight!; bruised; Robert Nichols,
of Macon, head bruised; A. D. Wil
liamson, of Atlanta, arm and nose in
jured; E. P. Johnson, Atlanta, hurt on
faco and head! James Green, freight
strain conductor, hurt In the eye; En
gineer Galley, of freight train, hurt on
leg by jumping; Conductor Eacutt, of
' the passenger, only slightly injured;
Dr. Walker J. Brown, of Atlanta, skull
wound and knee severely injured; Dr.
. M. N..(Mixon, of Home, collar-bone
brokenand lower jaw hurt.
Cotton Injured By Drought.
Washlngtou. Special. ? The Weather
Bureau's weekly summary of crop con
ditions says: Rain Is generally needed
throughout the cotton belt, except oV<(ff.
the northern portion of the central dis
tricts. The effects of the drought, how
ever, aro not yet serious. Insects arc
causing injury in portions of Texas,
Louisiana and Georgia. Europe is gen
erally well cultivated, except over the
?north' rn portion of the western dis
trict. In Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir
ginia and North Carolina, the condi
tions have not boen favorable for
transplanting and the conditions of the
early planta In the two last named
State's has detorlatcd. In the Ohio Val
ley and Tdnnessee ttofnsplanting is
about finished, the acreage in Kentucky
being redu/ed on account of rain suffi
* cient to tflant and unfavorable "sea
^ sons." Cutting Is in .progress in South
Carolina.
A DwtmUv? Storm.
Whit# Earth, Mian., Special. ? A ter
?Mc stearic, wind, hillaad rain storm
p| Km* over the sonthWtt| portion - of
IIm White Earth Indian - raaervatiou
TSiffiy Mlgat. feaylM daotli hni . 4t
Wilmington Negroes Strike.
Wilmington. Special.? One hundttd
? negro laborers employed at the miV or"
the Cape Fear Lumber Company, went
out Wednesday morning upon the
company's refusal to give them a t?M
hour day. The. mill is shut down as a'
consequence. The men have been giv
en until Wednesday to return to work,
** and no trouble is .feared. The strike
Ik said to he-due to the efforts of white
labor leaders.
Ship-Building Combine.
New York. Special.? Details con
cerning the proposed combination t?f
shipbuilding interestfrVerc made pub
Ik. The combine probably will be
known as the United States Ship Cor
poration, and will be incorporate^ in
" Now Jersey. The capitalization *111 be
about^fSB.OOO.OOO, divided equally ^n
{common and preferred stock, and it
? is likely that bonds In two classes
amounting to $9,000,000\*p||i be is
w.,^ The Tfy^t Company .of the Re
Mbjic, of this city, #I1\ finance the
korfibine and act as transfer agent.
Alexander A Green will be the general
counsel. " J, J" '
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
? t ? ?
Much Dldi'jissioii on the Mouse Over
Pacific Cable.
The House Tuosday defeated the bill
to transfer certain forest reserves to
the Agricultural Department ami to au
thorise the President to establish game
and fish preserves. Its death was ac
complished by the methods described
by Representative Cannon,. of Illinois,
as "(Tutting 'tbff t ho head behind t ho
ears,' 'and known parliamentary as
striking out the enacting clause. The
motion was made by Mr. Canuon. lie
claimed that the bill would greatly in
crease the cost of administering for
est reserves, and tho vote followed a
statement by hitn li\ which ho pointed
out that the estimated receipts for tho
next fiscal year already were exceeded
by the appropriation up to tho pres
ent time by over $51,000,000. The vote
stood 100 to 70 in favor of his mOtli'ift.
While making his statement Mr.
Cannon created some amusement by
removlhg his collar and necktie, lie
said that for the current year the ap
parent surplus was $547,000,000. For
the coming year tho estimated revenues
were $030,000,000. The regular appro
priation hills in their present status
aggregated $590,000,000. Tho regular
appropriations were $09,000,000, the
miscellaneous appropriations, Includ
ing the omnibus public building bill,
were $10,000,000. the deficiencies al
ready aggregating $21,000,000. The ap
parent excess of appropriations over
revenues already reached the sum of
$51,925,128. Tho showings made no pro
visions for a sinking fund ($54,000,000)
which could be paid or not. It did not
include anything for the isthmian ca
nal, for tho Pacific cable, for tho omni
bus fish hatchery proposition or a hun
dred other propositions. It might be
said that tho bill contained a great
surprise, observed Mr. Cannon. If any
of the great pending enterprlsed was
undertaken the surplus would vanish
like tho mist before the sun. He said
he did not desire to be an alarmist,
but he adjured his colleagues to weigh
j careful appropriations before they al
lowed authorizations to march beyond
estimated receipts. Every cent of rev
enue for the next fiscal'' year was nec
essary to pay expenses In sight.
The House then adopted a special
order for tho consideration of the Pa
cific cable bill. The minority report of
tho commercial commission opposed
the cable. bWl.'
Mr. .Adamson. of t Georgia, protested
against the adoption of the rule and
tha'bulldlng of a cable by the govern
ment. He argued that the private com
pany which had planned to lay a cable
to the Philippines ^h on Id bo allowed to
do so without let or hindrance. He pro
tested against the government entering
into a conflict with capital and labor
engaged In private enterprises. The
government had tho privilege of seizing
and using the commercial company's
cable after It Is built. If it was not com
pleted to Hawaii, as promised, In No
vember, It would bo time enough for
Congress to authorize a government
cable.
'* Mr. Richardson, of Albamd also op
posed the adoption of the rule. He
argued that there was absolutely no
necessity for the construction of a
government cable when private^ entcr
prlse already had begun the construc
tion of a cable under terms most ad- J
vantageous to the government. ,,
> Mr. Corliss, of Michigan, then art
dressed the House at length in behalf
of his bill. He presented facts intended
to show the existence of a cable monop
oly and argued that the only way to
break down the monopoly was for the
governnufht to own, construct and op
erate the cable.
? Notes.
The Senate Is expected to devote
most of Its time this week to debate on
the Isthmian canal bills.
*
Today Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, will speak on the bill creat
ing a Southern Appalachian forest re
serve.
In the House, it Ib thought, the Pad-,
fie Cable and Senate Irrigation bills
will be considered. ^
Republicans in both hous^J expect
adjournment about July .15.
Army Nomination*.
Washington, Special. ? The President
has sent the following nominations to
the Senate: Brigadier Generals JohaJ/^
Bates and John C. Davis to be Major
generals; colonels, to be brigadier geh
erals, Theodore ,F. Wlnt, Sixth Caval
ry; Frank D. Baldwin, Twenty-Sev
enth Infantry; Jesse M. I y?e, Thirtieth
Infantry; Wm. H. Carter, assistant ad
jutant general; major to be brigadier
general. Tasker H. Bliss; commisnary
surgeon general, for a period of four
years with the rank of brigadier gen
eral, Colonel Wm. H. Forwood, assist
ant surgeon general.
1 Mexican Killed at Greensboro.
Washington. Special. ? Coroner Nev
lit was notified Tuesday of the sud
den death on a railroad .? train at
Qreensboro, N. C., early Tuesday of
Marcel Boyer, aged 32 year*. a Mexl
can' contractor. Boyer was en route
to France to claim as his wife a life
long sweet-heart. Senor Boyer. as
near as van be learned, uraa wpuijri
to be very Wealthy. He. was bora in
old Mexico, byt had numerous rela
tives living la France. At the .time ot
tJa death the Mexican was trarellng
I A DISASTROUS FIRt
| Many Lives lost in Burning Sanilo
riiini in Chicago
TIIIRTfr N IM OR I IN A IIS PERISH
Many Suffering l:r^m Uc^lriuni Tre
incus Were Stiappea to Their IIciIa
I ami Rscape Was Impossible,
Chicago, Special.? Twelvo men ami
oue woman were killed ami about 30
p-v.sons injured ii* a fire, which Mon
day aftoruoon deft toyed the sanitarium
conducted hy the Saint 1-uUe'a Society
I at the corner of Wabash avenuo and
Twenty-fifth street. The society occu
pied ttrtv tTulldlng which was long
known as the Hotel Woodruff, and for
a brief period as the Hotel Lancaster.
Hy tar the greater portion of the pa
! tlentK received in the institution were
J those seeking cure from the drink ha
i hit and tho.se who were addicted to the
' use of (.'rugs. When the fire broke out.
there was on the fifth lloor anumh<ij>?f
patients, and some who were deranged
by drugs. Several of those were strap
ped to their beds and it was found Im
possible to sr.vd Vhem, so/ rapidly did
the fire spread through the building,
j The list, as far as known at present,
although It is possible that the list of
dead will be increased later, is as fol
lows: S. J. Newell, ('ail /\, Carlson,
Michael Luby, Joseph Harrington,
S;\mu?l l?nl;:cil, T)r. J. T. Stantofi. .1. B.
Bishop, of St. Ivouis; Geo. A. Kibhock,
of Hillsdale. Mich.; 11. S. Gostlck, Wm.
K6nt, alderman of the fourth ward,
Chicago; John H. Knapmnn, Mrs. M.
Baumann, U. ? 1. Boyd. 7S years old, nnd
member of Ihe ?uc id*, al staff cf the in
stitution.
Till fire originated in the basement
of the building and spread rap'dly to
the upper storks ih rough tho elevator
shaft. The blaze was discovered by
James Newell, a grocer, who was driv
ing through tho alley in tho rear of
tho building. He noticed smoke com
ing from cno of the basement windows,
in an instant tho flames were caugiiV
by tho draught in tho elevator shaft,
and can led up with a roar. Now-Ml
gave an alarm, but in a few minutes
?he flames had b<f-r carried to the joof
had eaten through it and were leaping
[ high in the air.
As tho cry of fire rang through the
| building, patients sprang from their
beds Mid before they could be proven
ted several had jumped from the win
dows to the pavement. A number of
people were earricd down tho ladders
by the ilromen, but the fire gained such
headway that there was almost no
chance for those on the upper floors of
tho building to make their escape, and
Muh of them ?s were not. suffocated,
wore killed or badly injured by leaping
from a loom on the fifth floor with his
attendant, A. W. Wattle. Tho alder
man, who has been totally bll n??for
many jours, was In a straighUf^cket.
and his hands were monaeUwl to a belt
that passct1. around his waist. When
the rlarm of fire was sounded Wattles
ran to Investigate. Ho found the eleva
tor t-haft a mass of flames and ran
back to help the nlderman, who, blind
and unable to do anything with his
hands, was mad with fear, and was
shouting like an insane person. lie
had grouped his way to tho door and
by tho timo-his attendant had reached
him, had fallen tot,the floor' overcome
with smoko. Wattles seized him and
tried to drag him down the hall to a
place of safety, but Kent had become
so crazed that It was almost Impossible
to do anything with him. Wattles was
dually compelled to run for his life, as
the flames were already scorching his
clothing. lie ran' to a window on the.
south side of the building across which
wcro iron bars. Wattles managed to
tear two of these from their fastenings
and with two other men who had fol
lowed him climed ou-rtWi tho sill. They
were soon by the firemen, who called
to them to remain where thfty were
and they would save them. A ladder
was run up as high as possible and the,
two men with Wattles were taken
down. He became craz?d with excite
ment and not waiting for the return of
the firemen, sprang., for a net which
some men were holding on tho side
walk. He fell parflly in it and partly
on the sidewalk nnd sustained injuries
which will probably cause his death.
Fkict B#m With Indiana.
?Tucson, Arls.jf Special? Meagre
litfdwi'mdvia H Hwimmo Mon
W of ? fought, at
day* tiasl?*b+t ?? On. Torre# aad the
th* Ban Maasan
A Bank Trust.
Chicago, Special. ? A circular letter,
dated New York. June 5. has been is
sued on the letter heads of the Nortli
American Trust Company and signed
by 8. D, So udder, 135 Broadway, Neiv
York, giving the details of tho plana
for combining national banks in nil
State capitals and financial centres un
der one ownership, one bank in each
centre. At the top of the circular,
which Is marked "confidential," and
sent to each banker with whom tho
company is negotiating. la tho follow
ing 'American bankcra* corporation,
capital' $5,000,000, surplus $400,000,000,
chartered under the laws of New Jer
sey, new corporation act, 50,000 shares,
par value $100, at $1,000 per share.
Captain King Sentenced.
Mobile, Ala.,1 Special.? Captain Cyril
W^XIng, former qnartermaeter at Fort
Morgan .who waa convicted in the
United States Court in Mobile, laat.
year* en .a dfargeof accepting a bribe
of $>.000 in connection with w6rk done
at the fort, 'waa arraigned on two
couits. He entered a plea of guilty aa
charged. tB^'the first count and waa sen
tenced t<ypay a fins of $3,00(1. The
McoBd'wrant was nol pressed. King
arrived Aeon Port Dodge, lows, where
ha has,bsea since his release.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL
Important Announcement From the
?State Superintendent,
Tho following announcement mads
by Stato Sueprlntendent of Education
McMahan about tho Stato Huiumer
school soon to upon at Hock Mill will
bo of apodal interest
#Tho enrollment in the Stato summer
school this year It- not yet. us largo
as many people suppose, utters come
to this ofllco asking is there still
room. 1 havo Impressed the fact, how
ever, that wo wish only the serious
minded, who mean to do faithful work
and stay to tho end. As Winthropo has
Increased her domitory accommoda
tion^ thero will probably ho room for
all that wish to attend.
Application from the tcachers in
many of the city schools are just be
ginning lo como In, as they have been
waiting for their boards to elect and
also to determine finally the question
of giving financial aid. Appropriation
for financial assistance of the teach
ers attending the summer school has
been the policy of most of tho graded
school boards,1 hut this year a slight
Increase Is ma<i^ in many caacs. Supt.
H. P. Archer Irus Just written to mo
that tho Charleston board on tho 4th
inst. "voted $1/5.00 to every toaehor
who will Icertlpy to tho State super
intendent thul rtv or she Intends to at -
tend the sessions of the summer school
from the beginning to the end. and to
take advantage of every .opportunity
for Improvement; and. also, voted an
additional sum of J, > 00 to every teach
er who may maUa SO per cent, as an
average on tho subjects taken up." This
additional $5.00 Is ah. increase on what,
fho Charleston hoard has heretofore
given. Moreover, the Charleston board
has closed its schools a week earlier.
In time to permit tho teachers to at
tend tho Stato summer school ? tho
Charleston schools having heretofore
: continued their suasion until the end
of June.
In Sumter, which Inst year gave Its
teachers $15.00 cacti, the hoard has this
year given $20.00.
Tho Laurenn graded school, which
last year did not aid its teachers, Is
this year giving them $5.00 each.
t-hrster last year rendered assistance
by raising the salary of each toarhor
who attended tho summer school $3.00
a month ($27.00). This year, upon tho
same condition, ,t ho Balary Is raised an
additional $2.00 ($13.00). Theso aro
only a few instances of what is a gen
eral movement throughout the State to
encourage more substantially than ever
tho attendance of earnest minded
teachers upon the summer school.
In Columbia, which led off three
years ago with the policy of giving lt?
teachers their actual expenses, the
board this year voted. an unconditional
raise or salary of $20.00. with the mero
reminder that its teachers would use
their own judgment ars to whether or
not to attend the summer school, it is
recognized that the teachers who have
tested the benefits of summer school
work will bo eager of their own motion
to continue the enjoyment of Its ben
efits. Many of the Columbia teachers
are going to tho summer school of tho
south -at Knoxvllle. which will draw
considerably on their own purses. One
former summer school student writes
!"-?u from tho country in Marlboro:
i he prospectus of the State Bummer
school Is like a good dinner. TApugh
I have marked certain snbJsetsTSono
would like a bite at all." \
Out of the 255) students classified the
enrollment in certain classes may be
or interest:
?' Miss Annie Honham's observation
anu practice work 70; In Prof Pattl
sons drawing gfi; |n Supt. Evans'
* rye s geography 40; In Prof. Snyder's
poetry of the south 34; In Miss Mary
( "oV i8 n'ftthoi,fl ,n language traln
"f, 34:01,n.S"Pt- "and's school super-'
\lslon 31; in Prof. Snyder s normal i i
IhT.f; ,n,Pr2f- McCa,n's literature
for third to sixth grades 26; In Eng
Ltn, ^?,ul?l0S VOn 25 JU^of. Bain's Be
glnners Latin 14. ^ A
The representation of btmo of the
colleges by their graduates In this
41 rlul w5?? J8 th,us far: Wlnthrop
o 7 . college 15; Con
iJ I8e,9; 7; South Carolina col
Lm? li Fl,[man university 6; Green
ville Female college G; Wofford 6; Pea.
body Normal 4.
C?~?ty wmmcr schools have
J reports the first day?^ere
US i SJ Sumter summer school had en
rolled 24; the Horry school 40.
Another Lynching.
Wnltorboro, Spocial. ? Cain Ford,
one of four negroos Implicated in the
murder of Railroad Section Master W.
W. Jones' wife, at New Road, on April
21 last, and who from tho day aftar
tho commission of tho orlmn has boon
confined In Waltorboro Jail, was
lynched about 2 o'clock Saturday
morning. " J
I^ast Wednesday Jim Black, the
chief actor in the terrible tragedy,
was carried from Savannah to the
scene of his crime. He CQnfessed his
guilt and named three others, wfio
aid Ad him in tho commission of the
crime. He was hanged to a telegraph
pole in front of Jones' place and his
bedy rlddlejt with ballets. The nev/s
of the lgjfchlng and of Black's con
fession reached Walterboro, and at"
2 o'clock Sheriff Owens, apprehensive
of trmipv. endeavored to wna Ford
to the State penitentiary, but hla
deputies were twice overpowered on
route to the depot and Ford was tied
to a pine tree and shot to death.
. . Fight With Ptetels.
a C Paul, Minn., Special.? A battle
with pistols sod shot-guns ?unday*>|?>
tywa three jrttfseM aad about ? Itlan
tans, employed i? a atmp oa the CWfcA
#o Mlw<li ?t tM
, ea4 of the Concord am* ear Uae, ra
r suited la the eerlewa , tajunr of Waf
oae of % Tlf
GREAT COAL STRIKE
Sunday Was a Quiet Da^Anmog the :
Miners
.... ? ? ?
STRIKE HEADQUARTERS DESERTED
- ? " -S
j President Mitchell f.peut the Day I"
Hearing Reports on the '.'mgr ess
of the flovcmenl.
-%?
Wllkosbarro. Pa., Special..? -Strike
headquarters oi tho anthracite t'oal
minora wero very dull Sunday and pie- j
sonted a deserted appearance. '1 hero
? wero no mino workers 'about tho plat o
j excepting President Mitchell and It's
secretary. Most of Mr. Mitchells time
j was given up to hearing reports from
! his men In tho field, *dle said ho lias
; nothing of any Importance to make
public, his Information being of a sat
lsfactory nature. Among the reports
sent In wero several to tho effect that
j additional engineers bail stopped work
land that several fire bosso^^ho had
j taken tho places of strikers nlwo sbad
I quit. At a meeting of cugincerlBw
Pittston. Saturday night, 30 vuglneffa
who hail not obeyed the strike ordcT
decided not to go to work Monday.
'l'ho few union men who arc still at
! work. Mr. Mitchell says, will be out
I during this week. Most of the general
superintendents of tho big coal ioi)ipa
nles wero seen but as a rule they hail
nothing to siiy on tho subject. 1 hey
admitted that a good many companies
? aro working pretty hard for competent
men to run their ei?|lnes and pumps.
Any number of volilfctoors have come
forward, but thn men desired are not
bo plentiful. Tho coal companies have
I been favored t>y ft long ?pcll of dry
I weather. A heavy rainfall might over
whelm many pumps.
President Mitchell was In telephonic
j communication with National Secreta
ry-treasurer \V. 11. Wilson, of the Unlt
I ed Mino Workers, at Indianapolis, oy
! er tho situation li\ the West Virginia
i soft coal fields, where a strike began
Saturday. Mr. Mitchell said there was
nothing to bo given to tho public, at
this time, because he had not yet re
col ved Tul particulars of tho situation
In that region. Mr. Wilson, he said,
did not know any more than himself.
Tho National president aisq talked over
tho long distance 'phono with persons
! In different ports of the Wret. Those,
conversations, he said, related to gen
eral business of the organization and
had no bearing on either the West Vir
ginia or Pennsylvania strike. Monday
began the fifth week of tho suspension
of anthracite coal mining and tho set
tlemont of tho dispute seems to be no
nearer than it was when the strike be
gan, May 12.
Tho house-to-house canvass or the
miners' committees in an endeavor to
bring out those who nave refused to
strike and also those who havo taken
the places or strikers Is Btill being vig
orously prosecuted. Many or tho men
-who are still working complain that
their housoi arc stoned almost nightly.
Tho pollto department or this cltyHo
day ordered the removal of all effigies
that havo been strung up since tho
strlko began. A largo number had been
renioved, but the police managed to
find 18 of them In tho city. Twenty of
them were seen In tho region above
I Wllkeabarre as far, as Pittson. A new
method has been found for holding up
to rfrticulo thoeo men who refused to
stop work. At Fortyfort and at Miners'
Mills mound wero built In imitation or
a grave and on them were placards
containing thes" Incrlptlons: "Death to
scabs." "Here lies the remains of
the cards giving the name of tho
man held up (o rldcuie.
Refuse to Handle Trains.
Hazelton. Pa., Special? At their
.meeting at Freeland. tho employes of
tho Delaware, Susquehanna & Schuyl
kill Railroad refused to handle any
trains carrying speolal officers, dep
uties or r.on-unlonists. The following
resolution addressed to Luther O.
Smith, superintendent of the road, was
adopted. "Resolved. That owing I o
the strike of the anthraclto miners, we,
the employes of tho Delaware, Susque
hanna & ScuylklU. will refuse to han
dle any trains carrying deputies, coal
and iron police or non-uolonislr. during
t'io continuance of tho pre<-j*it tr-.u
ble."
Lynching Prevented.
Hattlesburg, Miss., Special.? An at
tempt was made by n mob late Satur
day night to attack the coiitjty Jail
here, In which was fonflned Walter
Blankhead, a negro, charged with 1iav
lng attempted to assault Mrs. Gajj^r,
a white woman living near Ilaltles
burg. A company of military ordered
out by Governor Jyongino, dispersed
the mob. Further trouble Is feared
and additional troops have been dis
patched to relieve the militia on duty.
At the request of the Governor a pre
liminary trial will be given lUankhcad
soon.
Refuse* to Serve.
Dearer, Col.. Special.? The annual
convention of thp Western Federation
of Miners adjofirned sine die, -shortly
after midnight, Saturday night. Ed
Ward Boyce refused to serve as presl
dent, and Charles Moyer, of Lead. 8.
D., was elected In his place. The other
ofteerr elected follow: Vice president,
S. D. Hughes, Butte, Mont.; secretary*
treasurer, W, IX Haywood, 8llrer City,
Idaho.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
Chang log 1 eiupcrntuica anil Some
Si altered Showers.
'Hi.* temperature* ^ were eonetftlly
favorable during tlx1 week ending Mon
day. .luno ?th, w itlt n mean of 77 de- I
lacon, which is about normal, a inaxi- j
nr. in i)f i?S degrees at lMackvlllo on tho
f? 1 1 1 . and a minimum of 54 decrees at
(ireenvllle on thu 2nd In places the
nights wore too cool for cotton. Tho
sun.-^ftliic was about normal, with gen
eral cloudy weather at the clone of tho I
week,
Tho week's rainfall wAs much holow
normal, and conslstod of many local
shi.wors. poorly distributed, with num
erous points that had no rain. The
heaviest, and most needed rains, fell In
the upper Savannah valley and ad
jacent counties, on tho 1th and 7th, |
Willi probably more on tho Sth. Tho
southeastern counties had quite gen ;
oral rains on tho 5th. Over the ro
nVJVlnedr of the State tho rainfall was
extremely light. Tho drought Is bo
coming torloua over tho western half i
of the State, where crops have already
suffered Impairment, and although
corn and cotton continue to look well,
they are not as promising as heretofore
while gardens, pastures, melons, fruits
and late grains have been materially
injured. There was hall on thrt 4th, at
many points, but it did no damage to
crops.
Tho weather was favorable for culti
vation and general farinwork, and es
pecially for harvesting whoa' and oats j
which 1m nearlng completion In plaeis, j
hut Is Htlll underway at others. Culll- i
vated crops are clean and well worked,
with only olio report for. the week of
; ; i k s j Holds,
The general condition of corn contin
ers premising and tho earliest is tif.s
srl!!ng and being laid by. Later plant
ing looks well, but Is boin.t damage l
by (lit worms, bndworm.i, bllllnujs and
>vii ? worms, espeolally on bottom lands.'
Mucltj i ( t!( m land stl'l too dry to
l.lant?
C'dtton is recovering slowly from the
had effects of the cold weather of tho
previous week, and lice, while still pre
valent^ore gradually disappearing. The
crop Is well coltlvated, hut needs rain
on roil lands whor some late planted is
not yet up. Itlooms have been noted,
and forms arr. planlUul. In tho west
ei n cotvptlcs the nights have continued
too cool. Sea-Island cotton Improved
during tho week.
Tobacco is fin-3 in places, but needs
rain generally. Worms are still damag
ing over limited areas. Nom?* Iish been
cured In luillngtop county which Is
unusually early. Jtlco Is In flno condi
tion; June rlcc planting well underway.
at aji-l It rvest on ,;ir k< ?> ?
both efops are turning out poor, axrept
i:i n few h entitles where both aro fah
ly good, notary in Clnremlon county.
Melons are promising, but rust has ef
fected some vilify; eanta!o'??c? ?ire bo
-ing shippe'd. Fruits still dropping;
poaches are ripening and arc being
shipped. Apples are wormy. Gardens
and pastures need rain.
Many New Physicians.
Columbia, Special. ? Tho applicants
Tor license to practieo physic and sur
gery In this State, named below, who
appeared before the State board of
medical examiners at- Its recent meet
lug In Columbia, . May 20-22, ? were
found to have attained the requlsito
standard of excellence and were ac
cordingly Kranted licenses by tho
State board. There were thirty-nlno
applicants In all, thirty-two of whom
passed, and seven were rejected. On
-an average tho examination of the ap
plicants was better than any hitherto
and the board was well pleased with
the result. The board attributes this
to the fa et that most of the colleges
have now adopted the four-year course
of instructions and^.o-jnen are con
sequently better prepare?L~The board
has br'en somewhat delayed In declar
ing the results, owing to the Indis
position of one of the examiners.
The list of the successful applicants
are: J. S. Allen, Salisbury, N. C.; J. H.
Allgood, Liberty ; A. C. Raskin, Blhop
vjile; It. S. Cauthen, Kershaw; J, F,
Coleman, Maybinton; I*. M. Connor,
Orangeburg; S. b! Courteney, Single;
H. I. Dacus, Willlamston; O. ij. Dev
lin. Verdery; John L, Fennel, !<own
desvllle; F. C. Ferguson. Greenville:
A. M. Tautt, Belwood, N. C.? K I.
Hamilton. Buffalo; J. C. Harper,
J^owndesvlllo; J. R. Heller, Fairplay;
J. I). Tngram. Plains; L. R.. Klrk
parNck. Rlackstock; R. A. Lancaster,
'(?alneijvllle, Fla.; O. W. l>eonard,
iteldsvllle; Thco. Maddox, Union; J.
R. McCraelten. Clyde, N. C.; M. B.
Monsen. Charleston; 8. W. Page. Sel
lers; K. F. Parker, Lynchburg; Llnd
nay Peters,-* Columbia; McL Roger*,
Salisbury. N. C.J A. K. Tayloe,
Georgetown ; J. R. Thompson, Buck
port; C/ G. Todd, Due West; W. C.
R. Turnbull, Aiken; J. L. Young,
Clinton. y
The List Grows.
.As the time grows shorter beforo
the opening of the political campaign
the candidates arc haatenteg to eend
In their pledges and assessments.
Amont those filed Saturday Vaaone
from .? new candidate for congress,
?Dr. R. F. Smith. ' %
Those who tiled their pledges with
State Chairman Jones were aa fok
'?For the United Sttten. Sennie?
George Johnstone of Newberry
Wm. Elliott of BeayjJott.
VM OBBPfSK Will I'UHUlMi
S. lyegare; -third district, R. F. Bmtth.
For Lieutenant GoTecnor ? Ftnnk J).
Gary of Abbeville. " ;?
For Railroad <km?asisstomw--Joto
G. Mobley of VtafrfaM.
Wjl UilHH, TjMU. lfCtoL^A < m
meeting MflU Nr i tern number*
?
OPPOSED THE GIFT.
Irish Members Objected to Present
to Lord Kitchincr
WHO SCENE IN THE PARLIAMENT
Tlie> Government Leadens, However,
Were Able to Carry Through the
Appropriation.
London, IJy Cuble.-^In accordance
with King Jdd ward Is-ifliessage to the
House ot' yodUivyrfa tho government
leader, A. JrHD'alfomv Tn the House,
asked for a vote of JC 50,000 (>250,000)
to Lord Kltcfyyner. Mr. Haifour, in
supporting tho motion, referred to
Lord Kltchonor's rapid promotion. Ho
said it had been given to few public
servants to compass so much work for
their country in go short a tiino aa
Lord Kitchcncr.
Lard Kitchener had to meet with
uniutlo difficult lea. Ho had erectod no
fewer than 1,000 miles of blockhouses,
and in tho eonduct of tho campaign had
shown the fertile range of his recour
cos, boundless courage, energy and res
olution, and to thc.'.u (pialitles Gieat v
Britain owed tho termination of the
war. The Liberal leador, Sir Henry
Catnphcll-Dnn.itTman, who seconded
the motion, paid a warm tribute to
Lord Kitchener as a soldier and states
man.
John Dillon, Irish Nationalist, led
the opposition in behalf of tho Nation
alists. Mr. Dillon said ho and hi* *
friends absolutely objected to tho vot*
because they wore opposed to tho pol
icy of the war In South Africa and the
conduct of tho campaign which in
volved wholesale devastation of thf
country, tho burning of farms and aac*
rlfico of life. Honry Laboucho also op
posed the vote. J)
William Hedinond, Irish Nationalist,
caused a scene of great discord by re
marlkng that Lord Kitchonor would go
down in history as a general who had
"niado war on women and chlldreu."
frhls remark called forth loud cries of
"withdrawal," and appeals to tho chair
man to Trill Mr. Redmond to order.
The chairman said thft expression use(f
was not dlftbrdeerly, but a majority of
tho' House refused 'to listen any further
to Mr. Redmond and interrupted him
with all trinds of shouts. After a quar- g
ter of an houi^speont by Mr. Redmond
In furltless endeavor to gain a fcearlnj
tho closure was moved. ?
Tho closure was ndopted by 273 to
188 votes and the grant of ?60,000 to
Lord Kitchener .was carried by 380 to
44 voles. Tbo> minority consisted o!
Irish Nationalists and two or thre?
Radicals.
When Mr. ftalfour rose to. .jrae.YAJi
vote of thanks to tlio officers and men
of the arm^of Soutii Africa, tho uproa?
was renewed by tho Irish Nationalist!
as a protest against tho treatment on
Mr. Redmond.
Sir Honry Campbell-Dannerman ?ec*
onded tho motion, wfifch was adopted, 1
382 to 42. ? ?
Boy Shot By Ouard.
Wilkcsharre, Special. ? The spirit of
unroHl thai has been manifesting it?"~'
self more or loss in this city and vi
cinity during tho last few days broke .
out In earnest at two pjaqes in thU cit/
and as a result a hoy was dangerously,
If not fatally, shot by a guard at th? ?
Stanton colliery and a considerable
portion of the property around the col
liery was destroyed by fire. < Several?
nights ago a part of a fence ,*urround
Ing the placo was burned and also ??
mimii ftamu building on theclum bank.
Since th^ other attempts were madw
to flro the fence. The guards as a re*
suit kept a close watch, While Chas.
McCann, aged 13 years, was walking?
along the fle)d outside the 'fence, ft is
said, a guard on the inside fired a re
volver or rifle at him. The bullet struck. .
the boy In tho back.* The shot wan
heard by (he people in the. vicinity and '
It looked for a time as though there
would be serious trouble. The boy Want
quickly removed to the Mercy Hospi
tal and the police notified. The gqard
was arrested btfrthe crowd on the out?
side was so great and -threatening that--'
the police did notjMaro to take him
from tho place. Shortly after the shoot*
Ing the crowd sought vengeance on the
company's property and- soitfe 6ne Aft*
Are to a trestle work. The fire depart
ment was summoned and with consid
erable dimculty put out the fire. At the ;
Murray colliery, also opeyAed by the
Lehigh & Wllkesbarre Company, in the '
eastern part of the city, a crowd of
boys succeeded in burning about 400 '
feet of a high board fence that sur
rounded tho company's proporty. The*
Are department extinguished the
blaze.
Terrell Wins In Qpofgir
?Atlanta, Speclal.?Incoinpltt* returns
received from the Democratic prima
ries held- throughoutr^hle 8t4teThaMfr.~-L
day nominated the fSTTowing ticket for ^ '
Governor and State officials: For Osv
ernor, J> 11. . Terrell; for Secretary 4f "*
State, Philip Cook; for Comptrcdlar*
General , W. A. Wright: for
Treaaorf*, It. Er Pain; _Jl
Geaeral, J. C. Ait; Co
coo^miasionor, W. K
commissioner of agrl-"*
yene;, far pHeo0 <"
Ason; fur associate
Court, A. J. CoT "
kin; for United
CUywas