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SsjfSwB'1 vrvr r? CAMDEN, S. 0., FRIDAY. J GNE l?, 1903 THE OREGON FLOOftl fetall* tf tie horror (iive* By , Mm I Who Pre&eat 1 v*? 'v ^-rr ? ?" ItSlDENCfc PORTION ANNtfitUUB | Hv* H?*r?4 I. Lost ?lHeppo?r? 1 Or?*on, By* Uoud-Burat Up the | Qulch on Wblth Tow* W?? Wtu-l atod? Horrible Scent?, | I Hj MF.SIOENT IN VIIOINU V - , - ? Mr. RooitvtU Spoke at the Unlvtr* ally CommeuMmMt. Charlottesville, Va., Speclal.-Presl dent Roosevelt wound up hhi tour of the coutlneut in a visit to the Unlver ?rttjr of _ Vtnpttla./ This was alumni day Ot the Unlveisity and the occasion was oade memoriabia by the presence of the President and many distinguished men, some of them graduates of the diversity. ..The reception accorded the President was a particularly warm one . and he was greeted with ringing cheers] when he aroe* to ?p*ak before the Mum a! Jn ihfi public halland the atu* rant body at the luncheon tendered him In the gymnasium, .and they were renewed several times 'during his two speeches* d The address before the alumni as sociation, which was first on the pro- , gi amine, had been prepared by Judge! W. Gordon Robertson, pf Roanoke, and was to have been delivered by Mmr He, however, was detained at hoifae by Ulueaa and his address was read by R, Walter Moore, or Fairfax, a member of the board of vlattorirof JtfefS?: *lty? Judge Morris then in a \ short speech of welcome Introduced thePree Ident. After the applause which' greet ed his appearance had subsided, the President delivered his address. The re ception accorded the President was Particularly demonstrative. The vast audience sprang to its feet when lie: was introduced, and the cheering and haud-clapplag continued for several i .iBJnutes:: Hie President said It was. a] tloubW* pleasure for him to \>e present today. "In the first plaoe," he said, "be cause the University of Virginia is one a ra oqg that limited number ot institu tions or learning to which. because sf its historical association , every Ameri can, proud of his country and his coun try's history, must turn. In the pext Place .because I have Just finished a trip across the continent, which at al ?v?ry step reminded joe of ?ome great d?ed done by a Virginian or a de scendant of Virginia in that wonder ful formative period "which has occu pied more than half ot this Rep&hllc's Wortt* Tine President said he would have coasldered his firfct trip Incomplete if it had Jiot ended _wU"h a pilgrimage to the "University of Virginia, lie spoke of the work of the early Virgtnhms and T>ald a tribute to Lewis and JCl&tke, Zachary Taylor and WinfwKf Scott and other natives ot, this StaiA "Vir ginia has a right to be proud,"-he said, "of the character of the public men she 1 hns -Bent into public life. The two i United States Senators from Virginia -i are both graduates of this University and it is a genuine pleasure to' be ttrought into contact, with them in Itandttng public nffafirs." The President spoke in high terms ?f the University andthe work it has done, -and said that when the White House was restored to its original de sign, the archiifcctB came to Charlottes ville and 6tucRe&tHo architecture of the ?old buildings in the University grounds to get the right Idea. He recalled the fact .that Edgar Allen Pee was a gradu ate of the University, as was also his friend, Thomas Nelson Page, He said he bad' called upon a number ol 33&U. versity of Virginia men to fill high TPbtlto at lows: "The University of > Virginia lias' Btbod for much' in owr national life. JYon stand for the production of ?chol-j W3hip; for the -production uf men vrho are to do well if ever the needof call IjRg .upon them Jor their services may arise, but above all the University of Virginia stands for the production of men Who are to each mnfcYduT^ln the -wgftd," Every- American ire cjEives a university education, who re TWYerTTgOOd SchOol Cdufe&tron, Mi by the recelnti* of that education just so much a debtor to the State, every man grndualed here ha? oweid ? the State has -received^ A -g^ 'Ame??*t wmw owes anything, that he- does not seek to raspy.. (Applause), And the man yfhQ Is content to go through life, ow ing bhs- alma mnwr-for the education Tor which heuhas made no adequate re tuwit is -not tnw> to the Ideals of Amer*. tvan cltixsnsbh* (Applause). He Is henOr bound to make euch letui u. He ^n make lt ln Worie way. He can ,?e : ? turn what he owes to his alma m^tor only by making his alma mater proud ot. what he does In service rendered to hi* follow men. < Applause)., Ot course 4,he first thing - a university man, Uk* other -men, must do la to pull hla own 'weight. TTOu have got to do that first -r ""Passing through tWa wonderful and beautiful State of yours, I am struck not" mefely with its fertility and beau ty, but with the steadily Increasing, prosperity.'. We 'must remember that no ma* 1a to be excused If he falls to up ttM,pmpg?, ity# 1 am the last man that would preaoh to any audience mere money getting, but certainly 1 wish to preach to every, audience that.no man fa to he feccuaed ir he declines to do small things that eeeh day demands and not want to wait, until some chance for heroic action. The man who wishes to be a hero must beglt> by being a good SGKZSMK: ????, {A^s?aifSe;)-;Then If the opportunity oners ior neroic ac tion. ?let him seise It. l?t him grasp It; let him- Write his name Imperishabjy among the n%nM* wrltten among the ages, but let till that porttmltyjrhlch- may neverartee, does arrlv* hefofa flrtin* ??ythtngr but^et him da hla duty to the whole State by leading a decent n*d ba*d^rkW|Uf as thin average Amertcan meat, If the rountry la to go onward and upward (ftppmnf j ? _ _c. fm yom Inrtttutk*** h?re, tat ibis trtif|M?Kr Uttittnttr both by ite cvudoas and u??*co -????'?53C^?K33Z I?M cu etfii JWP?Sr*tf lUgfc sski to ; ;to??l?tuawof h0?0r,of tkieh fill irv..y>w SS5?.?AS?SS ^ V* , ?. > 5 ? ?< . > v?. \>Jt. Ai .t V^; ' ^*'- ' ft *VA,-~.tu. 'r?>iu * 'h THREATENED FLOOD. V * 1 ' ' I 0 } El Pi*t, Texts, fearful of Damage By c> % f Hf{b ??ter. m - - ? THE FLOOD CONDITIONS ALARMING !? ? Rtvtr Forms s Big Lake Eight Mile* Akgva the Town and ftuch Alarm It Pelt ~r '* El ' Paso, Tex., Spoctal. ?The flood condition is regarded as serious . here by even the most conservative persons/ The rit^r continues to rise _ and the water is striking the levee with givat force. All available policemen have been placcd on duty along th* river and the city engineer , and street com. mLsralonre have 'been busy since mora* lng with a large number of workmen encaged in fortifying weak spots in the levee with sand bags. At on? point the Walter ate out a cavity . teff feet long, but it wa g filled with sand bag* Below the city the river tore 'through nil obstructions 'and entered its oli ^channel which was abandoned whm the cut off was built three yeaxs ago to strengthen the stream, to guard against ffcture overflow. Late Sunday evening the chief of police received a telephone message from John Miller, a mere ha* t an<T ranchman at White Spur, eight miles nbeve town, stating that (the river bod gotten behind tho levee and formed a lake fve miles square and quite deep. This threatens to. sweep away the loveo aai come down upon El Paso with a rush. He said lie wris deing all fn Ms power to hold theAvatcns tn check, but feared he 1ee?l$ not do so. ? The report caused ? genuine alarm, ana the greatest apprehension is felt. hA heavy rain ta falling 20 miles up therlvcr and. ttiia adds, to tke danger o* an overflow. Hotel Burned. txiuisvilta, Special. ? The City Hotel aft Jackson, Ky., a tlirwystory bulld tng, owned by Capt B. J. Bwen, the principal witness . against Jctt sad White, now on trial for the affaaaalup- . tion of LAWper J. B. Marcum, was burned to the ground early Sunday morning. Fifteen guests were in the hOtd. bOt alt escaped without injury. There wan no insurance on the atrvo t^r?, a?d the hotel with lis furnishings and the* effect* of the guests la a. total loss. The cause of the fire is unknown, ?but- the belief la general that the Are was incodlary origin. Captain Bwen recently had put up wi addition to the hotel. This was Jnst completed and was 5ti this part of the hotel that the Are .was Recovered: The town of tfifl It* ; [ pistods and preVAHSE 2i dtftaChtaent ox militia came on the double quick from their | earap flterosa the river- and rendered aid In* assisting the guests to escape >ncf preventing tho flames from opread KHled By MJsSon t*?eon, a*. i special to Thp Telegraph T. 5. Bucken, ctf Ba^tttaf/ whose -bwthejr Is a uaeuiuer pt the- O^lala tore, "Jks shot and' Instintly Hilled Saturday by his son. Oftletrea. The father had sehwfrj ptstotaji<S_ tpt?tf to wrest the weapon ?<..rai-iuwr> - *** Sffiriia. yea *a*o the room wWh a piste* hi hand. It Is supposed Che dis charge tr the Nrtar xeapotf was ac- | cldcntal, the b#Tl passing Ummga th.? ?father's hehrt. The wifewau fwawly Miss Alice Ogletree, of At! ant*-" v Aar American Kidnapped In Chins. Washington. Special ? The following^ cablegram has been received fro ml United States Consul OeA McWade at CaatM, ? China,- -dated Thursday; "Anh^Hcan kidnapped by pirates 'while proceeding from Canton to Heunghan. hWlne thooaand-doHars- ransom is ask ed. I hate sent the Callao (gun-boat) to the rea***^ installs later." Big Bsnk nerger. Pittsburg,- Special.? Plans have been perfected for the formation in PltQP" burg of one of the gfegtest combina tions of banking Interests 'ever under taken in the country. By the bill the Farmers7 Deposit National Bank, Co lumbia Hatf. Bank, Tradesman's Na tional Bank. American Trust Company, Pennsylvania Trust Company, Colum bia National Bank', Tredeam ens' Na tional Bank* Qermanla Savings Bank and Freehold Ban^ wHI be merged, w?v>w| and njost powerful .WSM; PfclM*!- : and Chtnago. \ .?a LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of Qeaeral InUrsst la Sfcort P?r*tr?pbi. Q v ' Down In Dixie. The Ada cotton mills, of Charlotte have shut down, and a receiver will be asked to wind up the business. The trial of Curtis Jett end Thomas.. White, charged with the assassination of J. B. Marcum, began at Jackson, Ky. Judge Emory Speer, in an address at the commencement at Kmory Col lege, Georgia, anaftraed the motives of Robert K. l^ee. ? '? s ? At The National Capital. The Secretary of the Navy has ap proved the plana of the Board on Con duction for tho battleships Dakota and ^IsslwlppL . .. United States troopa trpm Forts Orant and Huachuca were sent to Mo renci, Aris.. to aid the Territorial mili tia and rangers in keeping order among the striking miners there. The Navy Department awarded con tracts for the three 1,6,000 ton battle ships recently authorised by Con gress. . President Roosevelt has decided to forpe Colombia to act on the cftn&l treaty. . ~ At The North. \ \ r By the breaking of a leyee at Bast St: Louis, 111., II lives and a great, amount of property were lost. Convict W. F. Miller, formerly of the "Franklin Syndicate, V testified In the trial of Lawyer Amtnoti, in New York,~ and told of his "get-rich-quick" methods. The Idmber yards In New York were teopencd after a loeliobt of five wdeks and building operations were resumed. tea buildings, weakened by. flood, collapsed at Kansas City and 23,000 persons are homeleas.r-rr? Twenty person* were reported %owned in n flood following a cloucl bVst In prison*. At /Kalkaska, Mich.. Mrs. Mary Mc Knigpt confessed to the poison tug- of Uei?;*rother, John Murphy, his wife and ba hi, and she Is suspected of causing eignt other deaths. Miss Ruth Hanna, youngest daughter of the Ohio Senator, was married to Mr.\ Joseph Modi!! McCormlck, at Cleveland before a distinguished as semblage. tedadinfl;- President Roose velt, . It Us reported Y<st ffeat the Gould-Rockefeller interests have a prospect of acquiring control of the Pennsylvania. Railroad. jPreBiAsut George F. Baer, of the H?ading(]X9estlfl?d~at thb investigation of the complaint of W. R, Hoai-.it agahret the ?coal-carry ifig riUlroads be* lore the Interstate Commerce Commits s.lon InJWew Tfortc JPr. JBicbnrd Gottbefl, e# New Vorkr wrrg elected ^PPeSiaebf ol the^Fcdera tlon ?of American Zionists. Edward Mcfntyre. of Moosl?, Pa., completed a fastof 40 dam In an ?m snccxssfni attempt to cutis himself of ^araiysla. y W/S. gave brit'for Samuel Pnr^^J^ Tork laber^eader, ac ini Trades in wo (action, one JPraBi Across The ' been crthhed and (Jen. Manuel A. Mstos, 1U lender; has taken refuge la Onraco. - <3oL Ceo. A. Scbtel. a German artil lery officer -Who rendered notable ser vice wtth the Boers, is dyfif*. The World's W T T IT. eontlnwefl Its session at Geneva, Swltserland. ?The German Antarctic expedition named a newftr discovered land after Bmperor William. The Btnalaa Government announces that It will not receive repreacntatlons/ from a foreign power in regard to the Klschenoff affatry The United Utiles COnaul atCaaton. China, reports that ait American cttl sen has been captured by Chinese pi Miscellaneous natters. fnad^nevTrSrd^or^^ywS! Alumni Day exercises were held at Pttnceton University, and . the new gymnasium there was opened. Mist Katharine K. Cassatt, daughter oT the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, wna t marrled to Dr. J. P. Hutehlgsn, at Havertord Pa. The loessa tnths Pacolel river val ley caused by the recent flood were estimated at $4,400,000 and the desola, Uon there is graphically described by Tha debate to the Brttlnh Ji 5HS! Qn jWUon ahowed Id* fsrences in tha Cabinet on the Mon <* jyeleianUal trade. Kmc Wward attaaded the w? In tiom&m ?f Udy Juliet Lowthc ANOTHER REGICIDE. {' ' | * King and Quttu of Servia Shot Down. BUTCHEIY IN THE SERVIAN PALACE New Qovernment Forroe4jnd ? Pro* ctamaUun luutd to tnp Servians Hlatory of tha Trarlc Events. -7 / ? EL Belgrade, Servla, By Cat>le.~ A mili tary revolution broke out here Wed nesday night. The troops who re volted under the leadership of MaJ. Angikovlcs surrounded- ^tie palace and assassinated King Alexander, Queen Drags, tho tatter's staler, the , Queen'a brother, Nikodew, Premier Marko. VltCh, and Ministers 'i Pet rov Itch and ?Tudorovics, Gen. Pavlovltch, former Minister <bf War, and sumo mombors of the'lioyal Guard. Prince Karageoig vltch was proclaimed king. A new gov ernment wafi formed and the following proclamation Issued; , "To the Servian People: "Wednesday night tho King and Queen wero shot, In Oils grave and f&teful movement the friendstof the fatherland have combln?d to form^a new .government. Whlio the govern ment makes this announcement to the PtQPle it. Is assured that the Servian teople will gather around it and lend It their aid to maintain order and se curity througout the land. "The government hereby makes it known that from today the constitu tion .of -April, 1901, cornea into forcer The meeting of national representa tives. dissolved by the proclamation of March 24, is summoned to meet at Bel grade-June 16. - -- (Signed) "Jovan Avakumovics, Pre mier; L. Jubnor Kallevics, Foreign minister; Stjoan Pravitch, Minister of the Interior; George Henries, Minister of Commorce; General Jor van Alanaekovics, Minister of .War; Vojilsay Vllkovics, Minister of Fi nance; Coionel AlewnnJer Maohln, Minister of Public Works; i^.Jobomir Schiokovtca, Minister of Justice/' The streets are thronged with people whose actions seem to approve the coup d* etat. M. Pravitch, the new Min ister of the Interior, was loudly cheered aa he droVe to the ministry.' The new Premier belongs to the Inde pendent Liberal party. As the morning, advanced the ex r i inmsus# Jm |1la jh? , , * Hit? wmyvta ft* y;?? avvuvtuj ? - In aplte of the pouring rain thousands of people gathered in the vicinity of the palaee. Everywhere troops of all | arms were posted and field guns wet* placed In posltlbn to deal quickly with any opposition to the nearly-formed government's will. The^ sol titers dlr> rarded their cbfeka'des bearing the late Kin* and su?6ti tute3 lor it flowers, gfeen twigs and leaves. j : fiand? of young men paraded the tttreet* Waving flags and shouting ?Lohg live Karageorgvitch 1" Flags are flying from nearly* every house in Belgrade and there Is absolutely no display whatever of crape or other e-bxeof ttjourinr. The royal standard has been ^werednrom over the pal ace. Reports from places outside Bel grade Indicate that the country ac cepts the disappearance of the Obreno* vJtch dynasty withdut regret. According to the Seat available iu formattaa obtainable from~th? massif contradtcttoca, the crtmo waa carried cut by members of the Sixth Infantry, under the command Of Colonels MlStb* nlch and Machln. The latter is a brother-in-law. of Qpeeo Drag* and {# Minister .of Public Works In the new cablneht The soldiers anriear to have fought their way into the palace, shoot ing down the aide-de-camp on duty, ColonelNaumvles, although according t& another re rat cm. the King. Ihdt Naumvles becatfse he opened the gate to hia assailants, thereby "creating a "MsplclQtt Qf.hls connivancerBome of the# persons killed wete surprised *n their houses, simultaneously with the attack on the palace. . - Tho remalne-of K4t>g Alexander;wrtt probably- be bnrted at the* Convent of Rakova. The other bodies will be In terred in the local 'cemetery. Two Southern Trains Crash. r PHBrlller " Vtr. ? Special.- Southera traTh No. 449. north bound, collided with the Danville 4b Western mixed train. No. 15. on the Southern Rail way, one mile north of Stokealand, and three milts south of Danville, at 7 o'clock Thursday morning. Seven 4t^n^ cars were wrecked, and several people,* . 1 ?>rt1 n<1 1 n m . t hft an <1 ilidiunn im fliw flsaaaj vi both trains, were hurt, two of them aerkmaly. Tho eaglMfc ar? a total wreck. Fire broke out is the derailed cars Immediately after the collision, and added Its horror to the already wild acene. The vooavoi k of the c*f? was completely bor&e^B Pwrlhqaake Stioctc Mexico City, gpoclal.-? Plapatchaa from Acapulco eoatftme to 'report earthquakes of a terrifyfna nature. There went rkrtent ehocka reported at sea. Thee# shocks took place on the night 0( the 19th, Wfcfca simultaneously shocks^ were jMpecte?o^ stTdss Efatk estreot*. mad falling oa their south Carolina chops Department Report to the End off tho Paaf Week. The week ending 8 a. m., Monday, Juno 15th, had a mean temperature of V degree, that is nearly 7 degree* be low normal. The latter p%rb ?a? un reasonably cool, with minimum tem peratures below 60 degrees, over the western counties, on the 13th a light frost was roported from ' Longshore, Newberry county. The week was cloudy until nesr Its close, with frequent showers and ?oiu? cxccraive rains, especially In the cen tral and northeastern counties, Includ ing Richland, Orangeburg, Suiter, I.ee, Kei'bhaw, Chesterfield and Marl boro counties, There wesro local heavy rains ino^her parts of the Btate, and an average precipitation of 2.00 luchea. These heavy rains caused floods --that destroyed crops jon bottom lands, washed mid gullied uplands and de stroyed terraces. The rainfall waa com paratively light In WUllamburg, Horry r.nfl Georgetown counties' where It pioved bonoflci&I. The ground was gen oially too wet for cultivation during tho lost two weeks, and fields are be coming very grassy. This condition la general, and places threatens the cot ton crop. Bottom land crops along the principal watet courses of tlte western counties .were . practically all destroy^. The oats totally, while corn can be re planted,; # The condition of cotton has improv ed, with better stands and color . gen eral over tho western. counties whore some Is Just coming up, Chopping Is not finished. The cool weather checked growth, which has been slow, and the plants oro smaller than usual for the season. Square* have becii noted in only (v few locations. Lice infest fields'ln the central counties. The crofc is every-, where in urgent need of cultivation and warmer weather; to savo^it from weeds and to promote growth. Sea ts land cotton is healthy but unusuugy^ ? Corn that wa? not destroyed by the floods, improved in stand . and color, ' and in ay be said to be doing well. Bot toms will be largely replanted. Early corn baB been laid by In the southeast ern counties. Like cotton, the corn crop I# from two to three weeks late. The rains Improved tobacco, and top ping is In progress, ftlce Is doing well; June planting is being, rushed. in Uie Georgetown district Wheat and oats harvest is finished, and threashlng has begun. The rains damaged ,both crops cxtenelvtly In the shock, and ogjs that was not cut on bottom, lands, is a total loss. Some wheat is sprouting in the shock. Mclbns are variable,- hot need -waiaioi' iVcntu?i. wuu Karucn'J . Improved. Largo acreage of peas has been sown on stubble lands, for toi ago. Weather favorable for transplant ing swee\ potato slips. The rains c^Uh-. ed poachis to rot extensively as they ripen. The present outlook for staple crops is reported to be dlaeopraglnK."' but moat of the minor ones are pron;? i?ing. ? 1 Thafflarktta, COTTON MARKET. -v These flgurca represent .pr iocs to wagons: Strtet ?Oo4 middling ,,12.00 Good middling .... .. .. 1174 Strict middling .. . ..1194 SfcMna and tinges .. , .. Y.IU5 PRODUCE MARKET. 70 Ch\j*^sprlng ........ .. Ittjb Hens- ? per he^d. . ?? HO ? . Dees-wax .. ..... , , i?. ... ..... 20 aw Corn .... ?<?*. Ij. ... .r.. >m ? go Wheat . . - (tut ? -Wheat ? seed ........ .... ....100*"" pats .......... .... .... ....... 45 'ft ye ... ......... 1-00 - Sl-U1?#. t ? ? ? ? ? ? .... The State of South Carplina has b*en more ??:tfiu&dw--JwH ^en maklnf , Th.e inevitable. rcault SB this kind of procedure would be a hope less state of Indebtedness. The flnan* frfo'fl ot the State are endogvorlng to., ffmdsomeway to bring the revenues Up ] to " the arncwrt of expendltcres pre vlded. Id the appropriate act*. ThY estimated revenue for this year w(ll" br" apm t "tl , ooo.ow a ad "the wpewSr Iinjvldcd for iB tlre appropriatlon act~ 1100,000 in excess of Nm4? More Money, wil! be nearly that amount. PloodllaPriflc^. ' Q? tnnnn lent rain stoma have flooded many mines In this, region, compelling a j suspension of wof& Waahouta have Interrupted railroad traffic. The rtvera Colae, Marea and OMiarO in ?00d. while the Loire la ten feet above Its uaual level at Balbigny. The damage caused by fnund^ttofta hi alr?*4y?* (.nmntea at mllliana or ^ Atlanta Mills Close Dowjk Atlanta, Special,? Ths AtlaaU Gor ton Mills have closed down time for resuming operations decided upon. This the high price of eoMon and the ity of the st*pl?,. Thm _%! eradvee nrn jwr6j?n ' ment mm? rl IMC JVBwKHinp^-- -vv ?UfcTClp, Hlnor Cventi of tb? Week In ? Brio! Form. W liif JJi' >K? 'J ' A ./"S '<???' '? -' "" r^'' , .k- ;s :..&?? . . ? "B ! ri.Tar^ ??'? j* x- ? ?rnor to *ppol A Beaufort of 30 Mrtijpf^iEs Th*ridft? tat breifcftat nenico^Wiv ff> -dnr amtfdo. ?Ottt!OBg ?,? ????.??, pro#tr*t? womma ?i?t*nce of tbe '" folio wti r^rai : Wm4*K?t*& nn* <*m8r ~ Brunaoa of oleotkm tor ? schoom.pii^ fhootla* ?f t|M? hfta tt MBH& uuwim r Bwivhnj-artiWJ">? '?*> Contetoa** iGmortia OQT *yr?tf fatsH ????& ? : ", 7WT - ^*4i " IV ' - of lb# -Y^VjutsJEtiauar. at ? . .. 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