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VOLUMB XIV CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDA rUnor 6vmU of the Week In a Brlfl Form. 78rt*nIn,r* sPec|al says: A big , ault was begun in the court of cort mon plea, for Cherokee county la at " tw ^ a* A' B 0a,nes- He claims r U*t .the Southern Itailway has been g\ t competing lines contrary to tZ mckmrg and Qaffney. tuHnt f day ?f 3 U,y' The c0*>?tl Jlftll lorhlda this and the utattto ??sk?s It a penalty of one hundred dol ifir^ per day, to be recovered by any" citizen suing for the same, one half ' *c go to him, the other half to the . .. Plate. Mr. Gaines sues for $32,700 He * ^represented by Hall & Willis of Sn*urg.an Joll"80n & Nash of Spar ne,f ? maH vlsitod the ????8e of a * aliht nr Btreet in Columbia a # ,? ^? ago and after asking Ker S/iti r8Uo?s a8k$d th0 lady cimA fS-;San(I,wa8 at h0,?e- She be & in hL fiS Thf and 8,amrned thc door v ??o r m T,h?ne8ro 6 manner greatly MniS ?'^?i whoflo husband hap* io HPrii?f?e ? ? York' and 8he had "~r~ brother-in-law to re FrnS, lL ?e h?"80 W,th her a'J n'Kht. IkT to? negro s manner she wtis sure - ' Thlf noiir aS ther? for no g00d 5?X S!Lpo,,w rc u"able t0 10 ^Several days ago Julius Harvln, one Sln^r8' ?' WUherapden'a plow hands, committed a criminal assault on . J* ? w,f?? niece, a child seven or eight S5?.-rv!t *t0;,Va8 ni,rsl-n? for Julius' Coochville. Some of the negroes *? whIP Ji Wn and run him ofl but by advice of whits- men a warrant ?- : y.*? taken out for h'm. Some one gave ",n? the tip and i.t noon of the day the warrant was secured he took to * the woods. ? Constables Thursday night raided a . store in the mill district in Columbia .Kept by a man named Miles, and took fc^erything in sight. A large quantity ofl whiskey and hcer, ice chest, slot IB*C bines, glasses, soda water and t* everything else was seized and Miles POt Completely out of business^ - This -Is about tfte most thorough i*aid BUfleinsome time. a ? The governor received a letter Frl * day morning from 0. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of statistics of the cen sus department, who is compiling a work shoeing the area ceded by the thirteen original states to other . ter ritories end states. Mr, Austin findd - - that alter the- peace treaty of 1783 snlmo maim whnw that finish owned a narrow strip of land extend loi td tho Mississippi river. About twenty invitations. ..vyere re ceived ^Friday morning by the gover ^ Aor to deliver addreises and be pres '0^: ??>t mt: commencement exercises1* and other events. The invitations camp ; .. from every section of the state and the dates for some of them are ttfo gfii: JaOfttha off. irwtHr of-course, be Im possible for the gorenor to accept ?k'; teany of t nese invitations. Beaumont Manufacturing Co., Spa& . tAObnrg* S. C , held ita^annual stock' holders' meeting last week. *i*hos re port of -tbo management was voted satlsfactobK. and the same officers ro-oRfcted. .? The regular annual dividend of 6 per cent was declared, With an extra dividend o t 2 per cent .. The secretary of state haB issued a - commission ."to the CoruTnT5far Trusi ) Company of Columbia The company ? Wm ^io - a general banking bualneas^ Coaling in stocks and bonds on a cap " lial of "llOO.OOO. Henry w. Parson of New York city, B. W. Robertson and " JJ. U Abney of Columbia, are the pe .? ? v Judson Beck, of Barnwell, has had a i .. . . parrow escape from the gallows. Gov ernor Hey wa>(l has commuted Ms sen '? ? fence tQ life imprisonment The con dfOSh^ed inan was to have been hanged T April 24, but it was represented to the - governor that an appeal was pending * ~ <BSd a respite of 30 days was granted. The oldest soIdler-ln-South-CaroUaa ? la Jamefc^oivera, of Rlchmoiid county, ig&i a veteran ol four wars. :T * . Hebry ferown, a misled negro porter the offices of the Seaboard Air Line cfHees. In Raleigh, has confessed to atesHng $193.27 froirr-the desk of Mr. Marvin Harris, the compan)t4s local collector. He is In Jail to await the next term of Wake Criminal Court. J Sheriff Hunter of Lancaster has ar ^ " rested and lodged In Jail several negro men and women wh,0i ar? thiP,n^i !? have, been Implicated [n th<\ of F. Blackman, last Sunday. Mfnof flenllon, r The Antarctic exploraflnn expodl Hon of the Royal British Geological Society discovered a chain of raoun tklas which Js believed to extend to the South Pole. - TTfiHRl States Judge Peter S. Grose mp? at Chicago, p ermanfin t ly .en. joined the beef combine from con truing gay agreement in restraint of *P<fc A aoUble para do r,{ Knights Tem ti trk Wtt? held In Philadelphia in hon " jubilee* "state Gm Company tl era JUIHw&r ae* fee Mo i|P|^naoadat>ro |^*s ^ w 335* ;? -i IS A P001 JOB. evidences ot Wretched Work on the Stat e House. Columbia, Special. ? The special com mittee appointed by Governor Hey ward to Inspect and report upon the sanitary condlton of the State House, has njiido its report to blm. It is rath*" er scathing condemnation of a great ileal about the State House, and what Is noteworthy is that the new closets, for which the State had to pay one aJkd a half times on account of the ch*p!;e ot location, and which has caused a fight all along, and about which Col. Marshall "kicked" and "kicked" hard, "ftme in for a pretty good roafet also. - The ? report Is signed ? by ? Dr. T. Orange Simons, chairman of tho State board of health; Dr. Jan^es Bvfns, sec retary of the State board of health, and Dr. James W. Babcock, of Columbia, who was called In by Qovernor Hey ward because of the confidence that he and every one else has in him. ,Mrx U. X. Gurrter, Jr., Attorney Gen fifal, was also on the special committee, J but was not in the city today and did ! not tberfore sign the report. The report concludcs ns follows: "We would- urgently recommend that an experienced sanitary engineer be employed to devise a proper system of heating, ventilating and plumbing the building. "Your committee wish to express their obligation to Assistant Surgeon General H. IX Geddlnga, of the United States public hearth and marine hospi tal service, who made the inspection with us, for valued suggestions mode in preparation of this report," It is rather a hard luck ctory that the new closets should have been put under thg front steps at first and then moved at an expense, and that now ad ditional expense should have to bes?n eufcred In ventilating the present lo-^ cation of the closets, instead of doing the whole job st first. Secretary of State Gantt, who called official attention to the condition of tho St&te House work, also had some investigations made relative to tho cellar work, from which the sewer gas emanated, and which emphasised the condlton of affairs. One of the Inspection's was made by Mr. E. L. Stelllng, who has had consi derable experience, and ho concludes ? hi* report upon "the old work" as fol lows: "Any delay In having this old and thoroughly unsanitary work re moved Is a constant menace to the health of the occupants of the building and should haee your immediate atten tion." ?? T' y Mr. A. W. Bdend, an Inspector o( sewerage anjJ plumbing, concludes Mt report to the Secretary pf State as fol lows: "Tour sewer from the building to the rHer is now completely Stopped and discharging its foul contents Into the open gutter*., of Gervals street. This Is a dangerous condlton of things arid wants immediate remedy. I re spectfully recommend that theplumb ing. In- the State House be overhauled and made to conform to the plumbing laws of the city, and that the system be connected with the sanitary sewers In XJervals street, where It will be sys tematically flushed and inspected." Noafi Taylor Peteaoed. Governor Hey ward . has granted a pardon to Noah Taylor, of Newberry. The petition for pardon was numerous ly signed by the citizens of Newberry County, including, leading business men and county officers. Ten ot th? jurors who tried the case joined in ?the prayer tor BatdomJ The. solicitor and the trial Judge aiaoJte com mended the release of Taylor. The record nhows that the chief evfc deuce against him was a. writfBh ntate ment, signed "by the deceased, pur porting to be ? Iwf-dylsi -declaration* Other statements made by her con tradlcted this written ststomen^and 'corroborated her ? husband's defente-of accidental homicide, but- under Vie rules of evidence those statements could not be admitted, not being mada in expectation of death. After careful consideration Of the whole case, the Governor concurred with Vie Judge and solicitor and p&rdoned t?le wrtf on er. Taylor was convicted cf willing his wife at Newberry, in Julji 1899. New Corporations. The Charleston- Door, Sash and I -umber Company notified the Seere igfjrftf stata nm tt bgff-tptreiaen itr] capital ntoct to *50,000. It haa been *20,000? A commission for a charter was is sued to the Sulsbafe^er-Peck Jewelry Company, of Florence. The capital stock of the company is to be $16,000. The corporators named are: Sulsbacher, 8. I. Sulxbacher and O. H. Peck. The pompany proposes dealing In Jewelry. Blacjkfoot Indians raced 1 with- ih? Preslftlnt'a train In their desire to greet him atPocakello, Idaho. Stcrm Sltcstlon Worse. Cbtckasha, I/T.rSpeciai.? The worm situation "at Chlckesha is considerably changed for thf worm since Monday night. The people awoke Tuesday morning to find that Line creek, a ?teall stream running through' the town nwft amplylniilain Waslilla ilisr hadoverOowed Ha 'bfcnka. and twenty or mere reetdencee were Vnder water. The tamOU* ttvtng tn the houaw were ail rescded without loss off llfa. Me n dty the Wnehlta river was six feet i^b*ra*A*ar4teOrl Wgn 6r water nenriy so feet tn ksigw swept down the rim bed* overflowing it* banks and carrying 4 with It every thing la its path, saitroad tracks are washed awn j InVtverjr direction. " Mwuphts, ppedal ffyy ly- Owsas, a*d to be * ? mb*r eff a iKoalaett Keitnekyleml It lltiM*** Mtng tfce totfjr. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS A commission for a charter ?M ls< sued to the Edgefield Mercantile Com* ^named are: Joseph v. uusts. T."~TT Timmerman and Samuel T. Williams The capital stock of the corporation la to be $25,000. A commisstyafor a charter haa been Issued to the fcineriaan District Tele graph Company, of Charleston. -The capital stock of the company ia to be 925.000. The corporators named arc Wdir^BrOoka; bdth d?N?W*Torh. Tha company proposes to have the right to cei&fthu^ owb, laaae and maintain telegraph lines The headquarters of tfea cotttaanv are to be In .Charleston. Early harvesting of Oraln awd 5hlp meat ol Fruit*. The week ending 8 a. m. Monday, June 1st, had a mean temperature of 16 degree*, which la practically nor mal. There were no excessively hot tfcys, nor abnormally cool nights. The winds were generally light, although high winds accompanied thunder storms, in places, that lodged wheat and oats. There was more than tho uaual amount of cloudiness; the sun ahlne averaged about 40 per cent of the possible. Parts of the State had copious and beneficial rains ou the 26th, 27th, 28th, but parts* of the western, northern, ex cept extreme northeastern ones, and the eastern, east central and south eastern counties had insufficient amounts and there crops are suffering, not so much tn the last two division*, except truck in Charleston county that needs rain very much. Parts of the Savannah valley counties are al6o suf fering for rain. Hail damaged crops in parts of Dorchester, Edgefield, Marion and Saluda" counties. The reports from different sections, as to crop conditions, vary greatly. They are favorable from ppints thut had beneficial rains, and unfavorable from places that had 'insufficient amounts. The favorable ones includc by far tte larger area. The general condition of corq im proved as to color > and growth, but stands continue irregular, and are still Ivoing Injured on bottom lands, by worms. Upland corn has good stands. gome corn has received its last work ing, and hat' been laid by, though this Is exceptional, as all corn is small for the season, The condition of cotton as to standc, color and growth J>as improved gener ally, and chojyrtfig- is well advanced and hasybrenflnlBhed in places, while in othef places cotton is Just coming up. In Colleton sounty, fields have been pBowed up and planted to corn owing /to the poor stands, and their grasajjC condition, but generally fields anLfrAfrom grass and are well culti vated. Soalsland cation I a thriving. Tobacco is not making satisfactory growth. It is buttoning low, and lacks a healthy color. Localities that had* copious rainfall report an im provement in these conditions.. Rice is doing well. OatsharvcsT ltTgenerel, and the crop is better than expected, though not a full crop. Spring sown oats are failures. Wheat Is ripenipg and its conditions remains v^ty'lTso*^ Melon vines are rusting tn C$atiesto? county, and are 'small for the season elsewhere. Peaches are ripening about two .weeks earlier than last year; their quality Is about average. Some' re ports Indicate excessive rotting of early varieties. Gardens need jnqro rain. The general condition of minor crops is very promising.? J. W. Bauer, Section Director.. ? The Markets cotton Market. These figures represent tprices paid to wagons: Strict sdod middling 12.00 fiToocrmTaaiingr.... ? .11% Strict middling .. 11% Stains and tinges ? ..Jt? ..11.15 _ PRODUCE MARKET. Onion? . ..... ... T. W Chickens ? spring . 12Mi Hens ? per head 30 Eggs. 12V4 Beeswax ... 20 Turkeys 12% Corn .... 60 Ducks. 22V4 Wheat 60 Wheat ? seed . I .... i uO Oats *5 Rye 1 00 Sides . .... 9 } Skips' '"Calf TtTrrrrr-'vi ? rrr. -i 1 ? ? 40 ? Hides ? dry salt(i 10 | Tallow? uprendersd ^ S New?Enterprl*es. ? A charte^ has been issued to the Williams ft McK^than Company, of Lumber. The company proposes to handle and manufacture lumber. The officers are: Ernest' Williams," presi dent and treasurer; D. T. McKeltban, vice president and general manager; j J. M. Barr, Ernest Williams and D. T. t McKeithan, directors. THE PALMETTO-STATE M my Matter* (lathered From flany Memorial Day at Beaufort. Beaufort, Special. ? The annual cus tom of decorating the graves of feder al sodiot-s at the natlona cemetery took place Saturday. The following Q. A. IV. veterans took part in ttye ceremonies: Hunter poet of Beaufort, Rsod post of Charleston, Lincoln post of Hilton Head, Shaw post of Savannah, Delaney post of Brunswick ? all of wham were accompanied by their respective Wo man's relief corps and sons of vete rans. While marching to the cemetery the procession was eveditably conduc ted. Co. B of Benurort and a Savarinuh company acting as CBCortB. H. J. Grant was marshal of the day. M. YV. Gilbert of Columbia was the orator of tho day. He was followed by several speaker*, al] of >trhqra HpoVtf* lf? Clingy of the dra<T* Veterans. '^ho fiorni fedoration was performed by school children, a child representing each State of the union. A prayer by thp Rev. Br. WHt sop, singing by school children, read ing of general orders from headquar ters by Post Adjutant Edward Wal lace. ritualistic exercises by the G. A. R. posts, a recitation entitled, "Ne gro Soldiers," by Willie Smalls, alter nate music by various bands, pencill ing with a benedlcation by the Rev. John Brown, constituted the interest ing features. Several thousand color ed people witnessed the ceremonies and were duly impressed with the solemnity of the occasion. On returning from the cemetery the veterans and their friends congregat ed chiefly on Bay street, where they indulged In food purchased chiefly from tables lining the street for sever al blocks. Lemonade stands were also extensively patronlred, that belug tho favbrite beverage. The crowd of about 8, TKKT colored people represented Co lumbia, Augusta, Charleston. Savan nah, Brunswick, the adjacent islaudn and all tho towns along the Charleston and Western Carolina road. They be gan to Arrive yesterday evening by ex cursion trains and steamboats from tlie | places mentioned, tho lfifct train "arrlv | ing at noon today. Five bands furnish ed good mus<c on Bay street, which was productive of continuous gaiety during the day. Considering the larga number present tho visitors were re markably well-behaved, only a feW ar rests taking place for disorderly con duct during the day. As usual these arrests wei\> occasioned bv tho Indulg ence of too much liquor. % The gala scene and exuberant merriment of the visitors occasioned 'considerable amusemenUto whidEtopbaervers. There was every lndicatidtr of a very happy day for the visitors. College Law School, f Columbia, Special.? The South Car olina College -has- inaugurated- a new departure to strengthen the course 4n its new law department. Besides two" professors regularly employed in this .department, aB heretofore, disting uished lawyers from different parts of the State will give special lectures during the next session. # As yet the list Is only - partially made up, but replies from those who have been invited are very gratifying to President Sloan. These lawyer* ?how a keen Interest in, the move ment to develop the Law School of the oCllege, and their co-operation lb this spirit will have moat beneficial results. The object is to bring the law stu dents into touch with soafe- of the foremost lawyers of the State and thus stimulate >thelr ambition and deepen their conception of, what it means to be a lawyer, Men in the ac tive practice of the law. each with ipecna ex perienf e and TfilSft s t I n~"?r special phase of the subject, will to gether prcBent to the law students of the collegfe a series jpf lectures cover ing a wide and varied field of practice. The following subjects and lectures have been definitely Indicated, and many others have accepted, but have not yet named their topics; Judge William H, Brftwley : "Tho United States Courts and Their In fluence on the History of the Coun try.': Justico Eugene ft. Gdry: "1st. The Development of Equity;" "2nd. The Supreme Court of tho United States." Edward ? McCrady : "Constitutional Development in South Carolina:" J. P. Carey: "The Mission of the True Lawyer.' Sections. State News. Dr. J. A. Robinson, a prominent physician of the Due West*' section, died suddenly Monday morning. Last week the , doc tor attended the reunion of Confederate veterans In New Or leans and returned to his home, fire miles west of Due West, Sunday. Next . morning he ate breakfast with his family, returned to his room and In a few monutes was found dead In hi* chair, Robert Bingham, a negro employed at Vf. J. Wh'.tsfccr's mill; at MvB?e, in" | Chesterfield county, wag ahot Saturday 1 1 night by Petsflc. Davis, snother pmnloye. Three balls Took" effect, one entering ?the abdominal cavity. Dr. J. D. Ingram was summoned and dressed the WoundiL He saya Binghalh may die. Davis has fled. Three separate suit* against the Postal Telegraph Company are now pending before Magistrate Klrby In Spartanburg, the plaintiff in the three cases being Luclnda Mason, Margaret WMOQ WLJXtt t .J, Btnwt, well ptTlj itM ? ???iiiimii 'in ii~i of- ,-tfce ?rectk>n of the company's poles upon tbeir lands, .etc. Stanyarne Wilton rev ^Ulnttga^in thss* cases SfSdsnta?1 tt rtprM*ntt -*? *? ??IU. pardon attorney for the tfeito* States department of Justice, w??"tt*tpn, Ja seektn* tnformattofn ae to the M?>Mt of granting pardon. In thtstftate and haa Wr(ttao\be (oftnof a letter about tbe Hardly a day passes now but what WRECKED BY STORM .-IT Gainesville Cotton Mill U Completely Demolished By Cyclone | PROBABLY 100 PEOPLE ARE KILLED One hundred Houses Blown Down at Pacolet ? Fearful Destruction By Force of the Wind. Gainesville, CJa., Specials-Just after the noon hour, Monday, this city was struck by a tenlflc cyclone, tilling probably 10 persons, unroofing tho city hotels, pth.er largo buildings and de siroying the Gainesville Ootton Mills. The greatest low of life is In tho de struction of the cotton mills, where about 80 persons are reported killed and score# injured. Eighteen persons were killed in the city between the cmter of town and tho railroad sta tion, where four large stores were blown down. The storm bad driven many persons into theso sLorca for refuge and they wore probably all kill ed. There were five hundred persons at wo'rlt 1m the cotton mill when AhO cy clone struck. The mill was A three story building. \ The first story was left standing buCtJiadly wiecked. The sccond and third floors were coir "ele ly demolished and the employes caught under tho wreckage and mangled. It Is now estimated there was at lutst 75 bodies under the wreckage of the third floor. It Is not known how many per nous on the Becond 11 , <>, ^ J.nd building were killed. Tho focir <yf tii* electric trar barn was llfti^jf and the Jbulldlng badly damaged. Tho railroad depot suffered also. * Among the dead are: Mrs. Marshall Camp and child; Jack Murphy, aged 12. son of widow Murphy; Ulah Jack, ?son, Ethel Lyle, Annie Garret, Claud ;Bhedd. The wife and daughter of W. iB. Sloan, a lawyer, were fatally In jured. Among others reported Injured arc: MrB. Tally and daughter, badly hurt; Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. Jonos, who keeps a grocery store near South ern depoft, badly hurt; J, R. Logan, badly injured; James Simpson. Maud Gordon Simpson, Anna Schubert, Ola Miller, /Be sale Skinner, Mrfl. Doc ke/ J. E. Summerville, Alonzo iXboc StovallT Joe Shuhm't. MSl ge Hill, Willie Boone, Henry Con nor. y The Southern depot blown down. The Gainesville IroA Works were demolished and aeevrgl people perished In tho wreck. The aalnesvllle Cotton Mills were blown do?vn. The Old Piedmont Hotel, now Ised as a school and apartment house, Jwas razed and half a dozejn or more two pie were killed in it. The Tffcfi^mond Hotel wag wrecked and peveral perished along -wi4te-It. one hundred and t#ent-nv?? cottages, and a church were blown away In the negro settlement df the town. A brick building on the main street of Gainesville was demolished. Many other buildings are demolished. The eyciott* went on to New Holland and it is believed that fit least 75 p?o? pte~are Icllted there. ~ Neither th*' Ar lington Hotel nor the Brenku College was. In the track of the tornado and they are therefore sate with* their oc cupant*. Within the apace of two minute* t tornado dealt death and destruction to the. city of Gainesville and vl/ons, wiling at least 100 pepj^fj wounding 150 moie, leveling 100 col* ' tages to the ground and tearing two stories off the factory of the Gaines ville Cotton Mill. Of the killed prob ably two-thirds were women and <cEF dren, who were operatives in the cot ton mills. The death list* Includes but about six negroes. The storm came from the south out of almost a clear sky, swooping down on the Gaines ville. Cotton <MUj#, near the Southern Railway atauDil. fifteen minutes be?, fore 1 o'clock. The furious wind next descended on the plant of the Pacolet Cotton Mills, at New Holland, two mll*ls from the JJoulhera- Atationr -This is- one of the largest cotton mills in the South, em ploying more than 600 hand*. The etona spared the Pacolet factory, but entirely demolished a hundred, of its cottages, *4 Aftdlnfr -tenant ed by Its operatives. Hero the fatali ties were greatest, upwards of 35 per sons being burled in ruins. The ' ooaips or me victimif were laid out In the yards and many of them picked up bore no semblance to humafity. The trunk of One ydung boy was found with the head decapitated as if by the guUlptino. From New Holland the tornado swept onward to tho east in the di rection of White Sulphur, a town of about 100 persons; The extent of ft*" destruction therfc, cannot be told, but reports so far received indicate^ con siderable Wse of Ufe. Sixteen Negroes DroWSiJ. Memphis. Tcnn.. ?.SnMiajL? SlxleaiL. negroes, two families of cotton plan' tation hands, were drowned In the Mississippi river near Pecan Po!nt*x40 milts north of this city. 1%ey left the plantation aftor dark In two skiff*. Waves from * passing vessel ca$*lzed the frail boats -an d ail hacda.^ave one, went down. A lad, Wlfl 3*11, Mi ca ped by clinging to an o*r. He Was washed ashore and reported , th* tragedy to Drr--Ifc-F.- catl**, wbo teronght the news tpdfliwpftH, , Want Bsttrr Prlcja. ^Jndianapolis; Ind., T Special.? -Th* Amfettcan 8ocl*ty cf has 1* sued a bulletin to farmer* of the United State* demanding ** Imt?m* In th* price at wheat, argutng that th? minimum price. of whoat stnuHii* It n bushel and ergtnr th* -farewfe ?*? the Vntted fltatee to ?*& Wlwt tlHM W e ?u nkilied *y LlgUta***. . Atlanta, Special? A f*rl*?ft thorn tat thte city. Mter ] by Mghtnteg wi ir porch *( h*r Ml i AWtliL WORK fcF THE TORNADO Fuller Detail* of Ih* Havoc Wrought At Otlitravillc, G;org(tf. ^ Oaf icsvills, (Ja., Special. ? The 0,600 Inhal) tants of thU city have begun to res Ilzo the extent Of the appalling (liBasUM- of Monday. It now seems cer? NfljjKlhtjt the death Hat will not be much abort of 100; perhnpt) somewhat over a hundred, considering the num ber of dangerously wounded < whose chances for recovery earl not now be calculated. But through all the gloom and desolation that surround the two like a pall of darkness there radiates a beam vf hope and encouragement? hope thaKtho death list may not bo so numorousyas reported and that encour agement to those who are so bravely fthd devotedly assisting the work of re I'^f' The story of tho storm's work of desolation has already been told. All that remains ts tho compilation of an? accurate list of the dead and the chron ic ling of tho burial of the victims. , figuring from all available sources | T?nd giving credence only to those re ports which are believed to be trust worthy, the ollowing ia a summary of the effects of tho tornado in Gainesville and itB environmental One hundred killed; l&o injured, of whom probably 20 will die; eight hundred homeless, their residences having been wiped out of existence:, property loss of about half a million dollars, none of which was covered by storm insuranco. A conctso and accurate statement of the casualties cannot be rendered for several days, but the physicians in at tendance believed that it will not go above 100, although 25 or 30 are des perately injured and may die within the noxt two or three days. Tho death list so far compiled Includes 32 at the Pacolet Cotton Mills at Now Holland, all of whom were killed in the deiiioll-" tion of the company'* cottages, and 36 at the GaincuvilW- Cotton Mills, near tho Southern Ha ^ way station, where tho tornado first struck. The otitis* pathway of the storm, ox tending two miles from the Gainesville Mills, around the outskirts of the city to th^r, Pacolet Mills at New Holland, ia a mass of ruins, but fortunately the cottages in the train of the tornado be tween tho Southern station and N?w Holland were those of negroes, who were all absent from the city yesterday lit attendance upon a colored execur slon. Business Is almost entirely sus pended throughout the city, the atten tion of everyh|^^belng given to the care of the wl^ied and suffering. There la no lack of medical attention, many surgeoqs being present from At lanta and othar cities. There Js great need, however, of clothing, antiseptics and other medical supplies. -The local militia have iicen called out for po lice duty. Tho city is very orderly r.nd quiet and only a fow instances of pil laging have been reported. ?? y i The work of , tho tornado was com kpjete. Front .the factory where it first . descended, upon jffij rinnpmd ..Uy In Tflg '} hills beyond N**'. Hojfapd, where it rose into the upper air, the destruction of property is appalling. Along this en tire course, for a distance oft wo miles .there is not a fence standing, not a habitable house, most of therftttsr be ing reduced to strips like laths and scarcely a tree left. < - At New Ho&and the storm did its.. Worst. Nothing but the barren red hills are left there to>tell the story fcf the awful disaster. For a distance of tbree Quarters of a mile on the. hillsides and in valley to the left of (the Pacolet r Mills the ground is covered almost en tirely by the fragments of "the *150 houses that wert ther^ when the twist ing tornado swept down. Standing on rtfcs hlll-top nearest the city of Gaines ville, and looking northeast, a strip of perfectly smooth swept territory Is pre sented to the eye of the observer and ... the entire vista ia paved with the wreckage of destroyed homes. . Negroes Run From High Water. Newberry, S. C.. Special. ?A very hard rain began to f^ll Monday After noon at about 6:30 o'clock. Scott's creek rose rapidly and soon overflowed Its banks, surrounding And even ris ing above the floors of Rouses occupied by negroes near Uie stream. While no EcricniB damage is reported, land near herv> Is washed considerably. [^Immediately after the downpour of rain and while the cteek was at Its highest, some very amusing scenes were witnessed by the spectators, who had gathered to see the high water. | Chief among which jwas a negro man tarrying the occupants of the hoiKRF [ acioss tho \yater to "dry landv" for which he received 10 cents per capita. Killed at Supper. Waxfthachie, Texas, Special. ? A double jtragedy occurred * Tuesday night near the littlo vii'age of Rankin, 14 miles south of Waxahatchie. in which _a farmer, Samuel Westmore land, and his wife, were shot to death in their own bouse. The shooting it is charged wfj done by a young man named Ellis Clarldy, a brother of Mrs. Wcstacreland, who has r.oi.bsaa raptured. Mr. and .Mrs, Westmoreland ?were eating Buppor. when, It Is said, j Youn,' Clarldy appeared In the door way >with a double barrelled shotgun and killed them. Tfc# T?f>?ka Situation. ? Topeka, Special.? The 4tapd situation^ In Topeka may he briefly summarized thus: Known dead 48; river has fallen (tofliy three f*et and IS ?ow receding af Him rate of two laebea an hour., Diu tress will be great among the refugees. Goveiaor Bausy Issosaa proclamation ffaraza of imrtrm lorth To. ordara tor ca!RH? tor help for ?ood eufsrsrs of the lute. fifty deputtCahftHS*. arm ed with Wlnch?aters.3SaNorth To psfca to protect property with orders to s&xsu ww,,r -r* un I ? h?m (Marl BY HIRE AND FLOOD. 0 Death and Devastation in the W?k& of High Waters. TALES OF TERRIBLE SUFFERING Inhabitant* of rtorth ?Top?ka Cut Olf From All Chance pf Rescue*- Much Loss of Property. The City of Topeka suffered frightful. Iohs of llfo and property last Week by both lire and flood. The story Is told ' l* f In tho following dlspuMica of Sun day and Monday mornings: Topeka, Kane., Special. ? People who . did not ieavo North Topeka Satui tay night when they had a chance, are*' now in the greatest danger of losing ? their Uvea. Ah far as can be estimated at this time, over 500 people are be yond reach of rescue. The Kansas river is rising at the rate of three inches ai| hour. TjjJrly aro known to be dead and the 1 1st will bo larger. Hundreds are m'saing. People are drowning and . others aro burhlng to death, If arty por tion of North Topeka shall escape de struction by the flood, it seems *9 though flro would finish the work. The Inrgo lumber yards of Jonathan Thom bp caught Are thin afternoon and th? ' whole block of houses were burned.* Burning houses are floating through the streets and eettlng flro to others. It. is reported that the Union Pacific depot and hotel have been burned. There Is no possible way of Quenching the flames. The loss of life will be ap palling, and the 'property' Joss In The millions. Nobody cyan tell Just wtiat hM -L been destroyed. The water extends around Bhorey %nd other suburbs. Every foot of North Topeka, inhabited fc> 10,000 people, is under, water. ?cwrrent Is so swift that no boat cat* r live in it. StfKh thousand people have eecapod to southstde and are being cared for as well as possible. The re majntng hundreds, have nOt yfci befcn : accounted for. Tbey have been forced to the top floors or the roofs ot> build ings, and are waiting for Ae water to subside or carry them down stream. Thoy aro safe only as long as t]k? building remain* standing, Below:. town scores of men are la^troe-tops? yelling for help. Thousands of revolver shots and scream* have been beard on the north side, signals for aid. Women and children - In the western . pari -Sic .4 North Topeka are Standing on the highest points in rtach and yet in water to their vnecka. ,_:i_ Burning-bouses are floating about,"" sailing , Are to othri'S.' ThSTOWgr"ttO*^ rMs of the burning buildings contain " " 10 feet of -water. The current ls MJr" strong tjtft no boat can apprc of thet^pMVle-. ^ cathered tops of TRuse* Shd Will r* cither by0flrs or drown! 2orhelp c&n be die away. The ^rhole cl because aajddJdiA sufferers. The river at is mate of the financial Jbut it can he atated. into the sBillioos. North Topeka was Ing district of the flour mills, three other entirely destroyed of the whole City has water fi rom the rivei ft mile on thasooife, Islahd depot has more than flvebiiBdrs* ? ?Hra the fiver are Msg but n? J6aa pf life has South Topeka. The* bridge Is the only - for miles and the t 'bridge are flooded water, . A pontoon brt erected, in an effort to r<?ach ferersl . -- ' , ScTcn thetjwawl ^r wbr? on this side pf tbe;Hv?r i the public buildings. Topeka I# able totake cars Pf ail.flig uuf nates. The work of c aHaitmr tltfr gees 1s being pushed^wfth tti* rapidity. Prom many as EOfli ferent pails of fltfth TOpem tire central portion of ths been burned out at 10 o'eloek ai?d it is safe to say that by morning sot a houSi in that part of Topeka will be left standing. Whea it la stated ttatf :: North Tppeka has 10,000 Ir.oabitaata, tho extent pf the disaster cs allzed. People are sticking to of houses andtOtUsea, ami _ giving up in dwWr ahfl'WWW^rr: tho waters belomto be carried aw&F^ by the awlft current. The dispatches of Monday give a fuller account of follow: ' Topeka. 8p?clai:^M number- -of -trr-b; a\lomt 1 60 sad were y? n?|sprt| ' ported burned to not be substaati eastern Kansas here for the Shortly sfter r I /ed from and they * service at ottpe. drowning contain in di? -aw sad as far ?T