Event* of the Week In a
Brief Form.
Unionism Appoati.
Spartanburg, Special.-? The matter
?of labor unions 4e?ms to bo dno that
will confront the people of this city
In the building lino In the Imme
diate. future. There has been organ?
Isted here a branch ot a national or*
coaltatlon of bricklayers and ma*
sons. Tho membership of the local or
ganisation numbers about 90, the
, greater being colored workmen. On
July 1st they gave notice that on and
after that date work hours would be
changed from ten to nine hours a
day, aiid that cents per hour would
lie required, as usual, iQr ordinary
p crknien, and prices fcl nkilled la nov
els wo?ld range In proportion, so
. much per hour. The strike ? of th<
union men on the now Baptist chi'feh
t?4 Udln? yesterday was not due t *ho
contractors failing to grant the ro
t action of a day's work, but to the
" tick that several non union men were
bltowed to work along with then\v-To
sAhy tho non-union ifien worked on thl i
'? uilding. '"ilust-.what will terminal"
from the union of the masons and
brlcklaycrs, remains to be seen.
New Corporations. *
"""" A- comvmny has been organized in
Chester for the purpose of manufac
turing the "Neely Cotton Compress
_r w.'
Patent." This device was Invented by
8. M. Neely of Smith's Turnout
and is evidently regarded ?S a good
seller, for the company is to be capi
talized at $100,000. The corporators
' " - are S. .M. Neely, Col. T. J. Cunning
'?Vr ; liam and Major J. Hardin Marion.
The company is to have heatfquar
... ters at 'Chester, and as stated in the
application for the commission, will
r. manufacture these compresses and
.will compress cotion for shipment.
Mr. Neely is' q/iito an inventive
i geniua, having' devised a hay pr^ss
which was a success.
The 'Williams-Heath company, of
McBee was chartered yesterday. S. "W.
hi . K, ?Williams, vice president, and F*M.
-^--^Itebleytfe ire^retSry arid treasurer.??.:
~ ; The Consolidated Financial society
Of Wadmalaw Island was chartered
yesterday.
S/lrV- - - '
Younjc Lady Drowned.
Camden, Special- -A Miss Trues
del, who Uvea on factory hill and was
about 24 years < f age, was drowned
Jftthe factory pond Friday evening.
r9he went In bathing with her two sis
.tera "N&ttles' cove," and It Is sup:'
poeed that she stuped off into a deep
I#**, lost her footing, and not know
?v JN? >sW"to Swim, was drowned. About
oar and a half elapsed after the
, fatal accident \had occurred before
tbebody was recovered. Dr.- Dunn did
in his power to resuscitate the un
fwriunat* young" girl, but all efforts
were In vaJSL XfesL factory jH>nd has
been used for bathing and swimming
fey generations offcCamden*s residents
I and t|?ts is the first time a fatal ac
cident like this has taken place.
Palmalto Items.
... Qaffnfiy la to have a third cotton
roll! to be located north of town, on^
the Southern railroad, near the
overhead bridge, just out of town. It
will be known as the Louise mill. Mr.
E. R. Cash Is the promoter who de
serves the credit for this how entor
prise. It is an assured thing. Mr. J.
C. Jefferies made application several
? dayaagufor a charter toJr t^ Th^ cqr- 1
porators are Messrs. E. R. Cash, J ~C
x Jefferlee, P. O. 8tacy. H. D. Wheat,
. J. G.. Wardlaw, G, P. Hamrlck. W. L.
~ . f&LtUeniyer Of Qaffney. C. D. Eikin and
O. 3. Falls of Kings Mountain, and D.
A. Tompkins of Charlotte. The mill
la to be eaifttalized at $200,000 and
Will be about the size of the Lime
Jtma mill.
j - Iff- Jajnes Wilson, one of Ander-j
son's oldest residents and & most
wwfMaj died at his home
IMfcf thft city limits late Wednesday
~ ? wight. Mr^ifrllaon wia* in his 70th
year and had lived here all nhj life.
He entered the . Confederate service
Wtih the first volunteers at the 5dt
ItfWUcVflf the war and at the reorganl
Ration became a momber or the Rdt
ledgeMQuntedftlfle* No more raith
f?] and no bravfcr soldier served in
the Confederacy than Mr. Wilson,
the war he haa been a quiet, un
it* dtisen, and haa enjoyed the
mce and esteem of alt who.
Mas.
Tfca new battery of kllna at tho lime
' u completed. Thes? kllna are
the aonUuJMig made af
f%a capacity of .
rn- H9r bvrieis pet^-aoq
elthar cost* or wood and
? la tha use of
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PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN
Moat Favorable Bulletin Issued By
I the Department This Season.
Tho week ending 8 a. m., Monday,
July 6t)i had a mean temperature of
about 81 degrees, which is 1 degree
above the normal. Tho <day tempera
tures ranged from 8$ to degrees, and
the nights from <68"t6c7& degrees, both
very favorable for crop growth and de
velopment. There was about the usual
amount of sunshine. ,The winds were
light, and generally southerly. The rel
ative humidity averaged above the par
mal.
At the beginning of the week the
ground was thoroughly soaked by the
rains at the close of the previous week,
and ^here \yere light scattered showers
on the 2nd and again on the laat day,
but the ground was generally dry
enough to permit cultivation after the
1st of July, with tho exception of very
low lying lands, and whore the rainsH
on the 2nd were heaviest. A few local"
lties need rain, but generally the soil
is well supplied with moisture. Hail
that damaged tobacco fell In Horry
county.
With the exception of Isolated and
limited lcalltie^ where the ground la
still too wet to work, the week was the
most favorable of the season on all
crops, and afforded opportunity to
clean fields of grass and weeds, and
give them much needed cultivation, al
though complaints of grassy fields con
tinue to be received from all parts of
the State. The warm, humid weather,
and the moist condition of the soil,
were conditions conducive to growth,
and all crops responded, except on light
soils that have been leached by the
excessive rains of June, and crops that
have not been properly cultivated. The
hot weather, following the heavy rain
fall, scalded corn and cotton in ports
of Hampton county,.
Old corn has about all been laid by,
and is earing well. Young corn ha6 a
good color generally. On replanted bot
tom lands, corn Is coming up to gcojJ
stands. *
Cotton continues small, an**6n light
soils Ib yellow, but'generall/ It has a
better color than heretofore , and isx
growing rapidly. Lice have about dis
appeared. Some fields are blooming
frceely, In the eastern part of tho State,
but in other- parts, blooming is not yet
general, and many flelds^haVe not put
on,, any squares. Clean/fields are tlk
exception. '
Tobacco curing is In progress in all
sections. The crop has Improved re
cently, -except , where . previous?heavy,
rains caused Irreparable -damage.
RM Is not doing well generally.
.Peaches and grapes are rotting exten
sively, and the fruit crop is less prom
ising than heretofore. Melons . ara
small and late. Minor crops, pastures
and gardens are excellent^ The hay crop
promises to be heavy. ? J. W. Bauer,
Section Director. '
People Feel Uneasy.
Norway, Special. ? John T. Phillips,
lhe,flWsC<Afederato soldier, who was
shot five^ times while at UIb supper
table by , the negro Charles Kvans,
lynched for the crime, diedohejro Sun
day morning at 6:50 o'clock, after hav
ing suffered mortal agony for ^ hut-lit
tle less than a Week. That ho lived ?o
long is considered by the physicians
of this place but little short of a
miracle. Three of the wounds auuiiu
istered. jJyp*?lhe negro fiend were said
by the physicians to be fatal/aan^hdw
ilie jld mutt managed to ttto a!i ttiat
time has puseqled jthe doctors not a
little. \y
Just what effect. thp passing away
of Mr. Phillips Vill have on the al
ready very much strained situation
here it Is difficult to say. Conserva
tive residents of .this section have
.been .hdijing . against hope that he
^Would liva at least a few days longer,
believing that/ Jf, he did not die Just,
now tho conditions here would adjust
themselverf. Now that the end has
(?ome the reeling of anxiety and un
easiness has increased and there arc
many persons hereabouts who wear
more trouble.
Tho massing of the negroes at
Fond yesterday and their open threats
on the Huttos and other persons in
this vicinity have mado matters
wprBt; and the local merchants . say
they will regard it as exceedingly for
tunate if they are able to pass iafely
through the ordeal necessarily conse
quent upon the old man's funeral. The
presence of the Richland Volunteers
here last night and this morning, of
course, acted a?~a forcible preventive
on afty move that the negroes pro
pose to carry out-4n- lieu - -of- their
threats.
It was with no iHtle-rogret that the
* 'Wagers saw the troops depart and
th*y did not hesitate to say that they
feared additional trouble would en
sue K Capt: Haskell withdrew his
men*. Assistant AdJntant General Pat
rick, however, explained that now that
Sheriff DOkes was on the ground It
looked Uke a reflection on him for the
troops to rtmaifo as he was ostensibly
able to cope with the difficulty and ar
rest the ringleaders among the. ne
groes who hadmade the threats. .?$?
This explanation did not exactly, sat
iirfy the Norway people and they
showed their anxiety In more ways
than. QWU Assistant Adjniant General
PB^tclTdld m* 4fii*k the troops would
be required on tt? ground any longer
an d ? it was quits a material ex
pemt^tc the State It was decidcd tc
withdraw thorn.
t. ? iwi mmwrn*.
at. Lonis, flpeclsl? Wm. Randolph, of
Union. Mou, who hes Veen confined In
- . ' ? several mont&s on wr
Wry
dfT^XflhQflK^ tilt ifty
20 PEOPLE DROWNED
? *
???* ? ?? ?? ?
Merry-Go-Round and Ojher Amuse*
ment Places Tvrt$ted About.
A PARK SWEPT BY A CLOUDBURST
The Park, t.ocatcd In a Deep Ravine,
Was Thronged With Sunday Visi
tors.
Qreensburg, Pa., Special. ? A water*
spout of Immense proportions struck
In the vicinity of Oakford Park, at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon, and created
a flood that caused great loss of life
and property, It is known that at least
twenty persona lost' their 'lives and ru
mors place the numbery^jLead at more
than one hundred, but up to a late
hour only three or four bodies have
been recovered, having been washed to
the banks of the little creek that runs
parallel with the park. The names of
those known and believed to have been
drowned are: Miss Gertrude Keefer,
aged 19, of Jeanette; Edward O'Drien,
of I^atrobe, an employo of Rrown
Ketcham Company; Joseph Overly, of
Indianapolis, employed by IJrown-Ket
cham Company; Lucy Crum, of Jea
nette; Councilman Light, wifo and
two children, of Grefensburg.
At 3 o'clock rain began to fall in
torrentB in the vicinity of the park,
and spread over territory covering
probably ten miles, A half-hour later
the cloud-burst occurred. The waters
in the lake north of Oakford Park be
gan to rise and Manager Jamos Mc.
Grath, believing there wa3 danger of a
final break In the great walls of the dam
hurried among the crowds of pleasure
seekers, who bad gathered under the
^roofs of the eating stands, the dancing
pavilion and other buildings In line of
the water, should the banks break, and
warned them to run to the hills.
A half-hour after the bulldlngj had
been cleared of the people, the waters
mounted the wall of the dam and with
in five jninut.es water seven feet deep
was flowing over the entire length of
four hundred feet of the wall.
isi^ jg.gffljyn mSKP*. , fgoggL
?Uk Ik* WHl i? IW ?mnw-i,
?*~^ ' *~J" - ^ j ^ - - ~?M^I'~i~ i
Hair a mile down, at the juncture of
tbe Greensburg and Jeanette, the park
^car .ba*na m located^- -The fcatraace
gates to the park Were lifted and with
thelorce of a pile driver the mammoth
posts were hurled by tho waters
against the basin. Beyond were loca
ted the small waiting-room and on the
track was standing a car laden with
people on the, it 5?y frpm Greensburg
and Jean et/te. fra^^j^tric storm had
rendered tie power south of here use
less and ttye motorman was unable to
m4H|i, the car. Tho flood struck the
waiting-room, containing probably a
dosen people. A number of them strug
gled to a point o-f safety, but in the ex
citement that followed it is impossible
to say how many were lost. The street
car was swept into the creek. A num
ber oi the people' in the car jumped
imd .there are conflicting stories aj to
the number of persons who were car
ried with the car. Among those who
vere Fashed into the flood was C. M.
McClaln, of Greensburg; Edward O'
Brien and Joseph Overly and Misses
Krefer and Crum. *
The. names of the women are floj
kl-own, It 1b believed that ten people,
who were in the car were drowned.
Standing on the platform ne?r the
waltinjg-romn were a man and his wile,
whoso names have not been learned.
.When the'flood came they were carricd
away, it is thought. It is said that the
couple redded at Jeanettc... It was tt
o'clock when the first messenger bcar
. J?g the news of the catastrophe reach
ed Greensburg.
..Oftk ford Park is > summer resort,
about a mile east of Jeanette. Women
and children arc known to have been
there this aftepioon. Just how many
lost their livee is not known. The re
ports are conflicting and rua frcm 2!>
to 100. The damage done by the cloud
bUTSt Jn . the vicinity of Greensburg
will not be less than $200,066.
.
'4 Pops Leo Dying.
Rome, By Cable. ? The condition of
^ope Leo XIII which has bpen critical
for several days was reported at 6:30
j
Tuesday morning as practically hope
less. The a'.tendliyl8^ physicians have
kept His Holiness alive by the use <5f
strong stimulants. His death is hour
ly expected.
Elg clood i? Trxas.
San Antonio. Tex., Special. ? A
cloudburst Thursday caused the death
of a number of persons and en talt#i a
heavy property loss. No accurate re
ports of the loss of life can be obtain
ed, as the telegraph wires are down in
the storm-swept section, but enough Is
known to warrant the belief that at
least twe^iy people, mostly Mexican
laborers and farm hands, perished In
the flood. At Beevllle one Mexican was
swept away: NearNormana ten Mexi
can* farm hands are reported drowned
an? twslre mora are raid to ha vf Wen
dro WBUt srr Fett us. The heaviest dam
agfvwas ^ustained by the San Antonio
it Arkansas Pass Railroad. Several
larsre btldyi was swept away.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRI AL
Ocorgla Wool Orowers.
Dispatches from Tlfton, Ua., state
that the wool-grower* of Berrien,
Worth and lrwln eountle? met In 1".*
ton last week and disposed of the clip
for this year. Buyers from Albany,
Valdosta und Savannah wore present,
and for u while the bidding was sylr
Itod.
Nearly 20,000, pounds were on the
market, and it was Anally sold to A.
Klirllch & Bro. of Savannah at 21.58
per pound, netting the growers over
$3000.
This g<Ue of wool did not contain
that of the growers of Colquitt county.
They were somewhat behind this year
in baling theirs, and will not sell be
foro about July 10. The Colquitt grow
ers have txwiethlng like 40,000 pounds
for sale, and will get the bid for the
different firms by wire on the date they
fix for the said.
Text* Wool Shipments.
A dispatch from Lampasas, Texas,
statea that a shipment of 400 000
pounds of wool will be mado from
there riext week, requiring a solid
tiain to carry It to Galveston for ship
ment to Boston. W. P. Darby made
the sale, getting seventeen eonts nV>t
for tho ,^tbck ho had on hand. There
are still about 200,000 pounds In tho
warehouse, and it is expected that
this wjll be disposed of within a short
timo at about the same price.
The anticipated sale at San Angelo
las not yot taken place. There seems
:o bo some disagreement among the'
iwnors a? to the method of selling,
.he original plan being to sell tho en
tire stooJc in bulk. This stock is
roughly estimated at 1,750,000 pounds.
Somo of the owrnjrs seem to think
they can make betjjer terms by deal
ing privately with the buyers, but this
Is doubted.
The Kerrvllle stock of 400,000
pounds has been shipped, fend tho
stock at Brownwood, Hamilton and
Encinal have been disposed/ of, and
the sheepmen have dopo wen on their
spring clip. [
New Woollen mils.
Tho large woolen mill to be cstab
hed at Spray, N. C., and recently re
ferred. to, wW- be built by the Spray.
Woolen Mills, organized with B. Frank
Mebano, president, and A. E. Millner.
treasurer. A two-story building 75x275
feet in.slze Is now being erected, the
plans for it havt^been furnished by
Messrs. O. A. RobblmTTT'Co., mill en
gineers, of Charlotte, N. C. The equip
ment will be "a four-set mill" consist
ing of 2600 mule spindles and sixty
blanket looms for the production of
blankets and slasher cloths. It is stated
that the machinery has not been pur
chased yet. This enterprise Is being lo
cated in connection with the various
other textile plants controlled by Mr.
Mebane and associates.
Thp/tonarch Enlargements.
Machinery for the additional Instal
lations .of the Monarch ? Cotton Mills
has begun to arrive at Union. 8. C.
within Sixty days 14,000 spin dies nnd
a7c looms *111 iiin jisiltJjjn and ready,
for operation. This equipment is a por
tlon of the 2^000 ? spindles and 640
looms announced last fall as to be
added, and for which; with additional
buildings, etc.," the capital was*,, ipv
creased. This new miff structure^ is
135x400 feet in size, and when entirely
filled with machinery will hold 40,000
spindles and 1000 looms. Contract for
the electrical wiring of tho addition
has just been awarded to a Southern
company, Messrs. i/ockwopd, Greene &
Co. of Boston, Mass., are the engineers
in entire charge.
tj** ' Textile Notes.
' The Marie Mills of Gaffney, S. C..
Incorporated, with capital of
J^-000, nnd privilege of increasing to
5200,000. The Incorporators are Messrs
?* S?6 * F- ?- Wheat,
J- G: Wardlaw, a. P. Hamrlck. J. C.
Jeffries and W. L. Scttlemler of Ottff
r v?S' Cia ?* Fafls and C. S. Elam
of Kings Mountain, N. C.'; D. A. Tomp
kins of Charlotte, N. C., and R. B.
Hopkins of ftaltimore, Md?
in accoraance wun tne pian rexerreu
to last wee^r, the Lowe Manufaeturing
Co. and thfc Eastern Manufacturing Co.
of Huptsvllle, Ala., have consolidated
ind will continue as the. Lowe Manu
facturing Co. It was reported recently
that extensive additions are planned
for th* two mills, which have hereto
fore been under the same management
in <J ownership, although separate cor
porations. The new organization has
placed It* authorised capital at $2,000,
900. New Eng\and capital controls the
enterprise.
The Augusta (0a. V factory has de
clared Its usual semi-annual dividend
>1 8 per cent.
Strickland Cottpn Mills, Valdosta,
Pa.. haa declared a 3 per cent semi
tnnual dividend r ' ? .7?"*
C? Manufacturing CoJ
Its usual Mml-annual
M Mil. A GOOD TALK
Booker Washington Says Lynching
is Not Se^lionalj
SPEECH BEFORE \JJEGRJ)) EDITORS
Noted Mrgro Educator Addresses An
Immrnae Audience and Counsels
tils People to Patience.
IjouIw vliio, Special. ? Bofore iui lm
mouse audienco Hooker T. Washing
ton, head of tho Tuskeege.i Institute,
Thursday night delivered an addreaa.
He said that rocent regrettable events
In connection with tho race question
went to show that lynch law is not
confined to any ono section of the
country. Those events, he said, load
to sympathy with tho raco problem
by making it nattonnl. He appealed to
the negro to bo calm and exorcise
self-control.
Among tho othor speakers was W.
H. Lewis, assistant district attorney
of Massachusetts, who was appointed
soveral months ago by President
Roosevelt. Principal Washington said
In part:
"In tho present season of (tnxioly
and almost of despair which poBse-sses
an element of the rare there are two
things I wish to Ray as strongly as 1
may:
"fc'irstj let no man of tho race bo
discouraged or hopeless. There
are In this country, North and BoutBfc
men who mean to see that justico is'
meted out to tho raco. BucJj^ji man
Is Judgo Jones, of Alabama, to whom
more credit should bo gly*n for blot
ting out tfre Infamous system of peon
age than to any other man.
"Second, let us keep before as tho
fact that, almost without exception
every race or nation that has ever got
upon Its feet has done so through
strugglo and trial and persecution. ^
"No one should seek to close
eyes to the fact that tho race tb pass
ing through a very serious and trying
period of Its development, a period
that calls^/for tho- uso of our rlpost
thought find sober judgment.
"Ijet iwthlng lead ub into extremes
or utter jmee~ or '~ficlloh. Tt'TSTS "ITie*1
long riiij the race ; or the Individual I
that exetcises the eiost patience, for*
toearancdytinfl eelf-cOntror tn tho midst
of tryltVg conditions that Wins its
cautte. Let nothing ttiduce tts to d?
Bcend .to the level of the mob. In ad*
locating tnis policy I am not asking
that the negro act the coward; we
are not cowards. The part we have
played In defending the flag of our.
country is Bufllciont evidence of our
courage.
"The outbreak of the mot* em
phasizes two lessons, one for our race
and one for tho other citizens of our
country, South and Worth; for it la
tor mr noted that the work of the
lyncher is not confined to one section
of tho country. Tho lesson for us la
that we should see to it that so far* as .
the influence of parent, school or-pttJH
pit Is concerned, no effort be spared |
to impress on our own peopl? that
Idleness and crime, should, ceaaa, We
should lot the world know _ on all
proper occasions that we consider no
legal punishment too severe for the
wretch of any race who attempts to
Outrage a "woman.
"Thewlesson for the other portion of.
the nation to lean. l? that both in the
making and In the execution the
same laws should be made to apply
to the negro as the white man.
"There should bo meted out equal
justice to tho black roan and the
white man. Whenever the nation for
gets, or is tempted to forget, Its basic
principle, the whole fahric of govern*
ment for both the white man and the
black man Is threatened with destruc
tion. This Is trtie whether It relates
to conditions in Texas, Indiana ' or.
Delaware. It la with a nation as with
an individual; whatever 'we sow, that
shall wo alao reap. If w? soar crime
we shall reap lawlessness."
Y,
A r reigned For Trtfcl.
Washington, Special.? August W.
Machen. a gal net. whom three indict'
ments have been found -for accepting a
irlbe jn connection with government .|
contracts for letter box fasteners, wa?
arraigned before Justice Prltchiard in
Criminal Court No. 1. He waived the
formal reading^of the indictment,
pleaded not gul\ty*4?4k was given, until
July 20 to file a demurrer, should La 1
wish to do so. The Qroff Brother#,
who were indicted with Machen. ap
peared In eourr and pleaded gnmy~Tt
was snnounced that Machen and the
Groffs would be tried at the fall term
of the court, their cases being taken
up In the regular order. The fall term
begins in October and contlnuea sever
al months. >
-v
Utttt WtvUli Arrest* d.
Washington. Special. ?General Cor
bln baa received a telegram from Gen
eral Bates, commanding the Depart
ment of the Uakes, saying that Ueat.
William P. McCmre had b?*n -placed
aider arrest ai BhseU
dan. His investigation ? of-thr ttm
thus far tends to confirm the cfcfj'cee
of bigamy made .against McCure. but
he alao says there arc WIKiKiiH tMt
McCure Is not sane. The dlepaUh la#
been aent to j&eaeral Cfcaffetfar
W
lWff|cM?w^er;
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LIVE ITEMS OF N^WS,
' Many Matters ol General Interest in
Short Paragraphs.
Down in Dixie.
A number of persons, mostly Mexican
farmhands, are reported killed by u
i loud-burst in Southwestern Texan.
A large force of negroes was reported
ab surrounding tbo village of Norway,
S. C., threatening vengeance for a
lynching and troops wero hurried to
the a pot from Columbia.
While crossing Mobile river In a
Hklff, G. 8. Orndorff and throe ne
groes wer?* drowned by a squall over
turning the boat. Other workmen In
the Hklff had narrow escapes, , Orn
dorff was a natlvo of Nashville, Total.
These candidates for the Naval
Academy have passed the mental and
physical examinations and have been
admitted rb midshipmen: William T.
Smith,, Virginia; O. O. Dlekman,
Georgia; H. C. Fry, North Carolina;
W. II. Ia?o, North Carolina; C. J*
Wright. Georgia.
At The National Capital.
Members of Congress theaten to
t>rlng up before both houses tho Kis
eheneff massacre If Russia refuses to,
r-ecelvo tho American pctlttqj).
British North America Imported
ibQUt $12(5.000.000 worth of goods from
Ihc. United States last year.
The Federal grand Jury indicted A.
W. Machon, Dlller B. and Samuel A.
IrolY and George K. and Martha J.
Ix>ren7. for alleged conspiracy to de
fraud the Government in connection
with the purchase <jf fasteners.
President Iloosevelt has removed
Daniel II. McMillan as a judge of tho
ftfew Mexican Supremo Court and ap
pointed C. C. Smith, of Michigan, In
displace.
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At The ^jMorth.
Tl.ie Philadelphia Mint the last fiscal
ccar broke all records for coinage,
Many lives were lost and vast dam
ige was done by n cloudburst and flood
it Jeannette, Pa.
George P. Hossey, colored, charged
with the murder of William G. Danzc,
was put on trial in Philadelphia.
The Hammond packing plant at St.
Joseph, Mo., valued at $8,000,000, was
burned, with nearly a total loss,
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John Donehue, a sculptor, of New
Vork. committed suicide at- Whitney-4
vllle. Conn., and his body was Identi
fied by a friend.
A British naval Bquedron, under. Ad
talhed at IJar Harbor this week.
Mrs. Warren Thorpe and her daugh
ter, Pearl McDonald, were arrested on
a charge of murdoring Warren Thorpe
it Jackson. Mich.
Judge Klrkpatrtck heard testimony
It Trenton, N. J., on tho application
for a receiver for the United States
Shipbuilding Company.
Wtldoa <J*,
From Acrot* Thf 5fS,
Violent debates coucernlng the canal
treaty took place in the Colombian
Senate, at Bogota.
W* JC. JVanderbilt, Jr? while repair-.
Ing bis automobile on a road neat Par
is, was badly burned by an explosion
07 gasoline. f%; ?
The last sacrament of- the - ehurch
were administered to Pope Leo XIII,
who Is critically ill of pneumonia in
Rons?.
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Benor Augusto F. Pulido, Vehesue
land Charge d' Affaires at Washington ,
was appointed secretary of the Wga- ,
just been appointed Minister.*'
The European Squadron of the
United States will visit Portsmouth,
England, this week and an elaborate
prggram of entertainment has been ar
ranged with the idea, as reported, of
outdoing the Germans in hospitality.
Miscellaneous Hatters. ? -
Five hundred tons of exhibits for
the St. I^ouls World's Fair were ship
ped from Manila, P. I.
Dr. M. L, Margolin advocated hefq
the conference of Jewish rabbis
adoption of s-new creed -
Jews.
Senator A. J. Hopkins, of Illinois,
declared it was a shame that , the
Southern States sent no m&ro negroes
to Congress, and that they would stand
disgraced until they sent thep.
The treaties granting the United
States naval and coaling stations and
giving Cuba the Isle of Pines were for
mally signed In Havana. . i
A Chinaman and & negro carried o$
the highest honors at the commence
ment of the Yale Law School.
Two of a party of Colorado convicts
who Trae-ir the warden'^ wtro as a shield
to break from prison were mortally
founded. ?- r " ? ,
The trustees of the McKlnfey Memo
rial Aasociation met In 8enator Han
na'a office in Cleveland and announced
that of tin $000,000 needed for the
memorial ?t Canton, Ohio, about $500,
000 ifod been raised.
The Mississippi Election Board has
ordered a primary for August ? to A*- ,
eide upon a Senator. Ummtm. Money |
111 <3 iAmliDO Wlflf U*8 CTOuuaAUW, :
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The Canard steamship 'Hne Issued a
Statement giving iu mwos for wit**
23 PEOPLE KILLED
Passenger and Freight Collide on the
Southern Railway ?
FEARFUL WRECK AT ROCKFISH,VA.
freight Conductor Overlooked Hhi
Orders and a frightful Crash Will
the Result.
Washington, Special. ? T wenty three
personafyero killed and nine Injured
in a boat! -on rollluion on tho Virginia ? ?
Midland division of tho Southern Rail*
way. at Kockflsh. Va. at 12 minutes af
ter 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Pas- ?
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scngor train No. 35, (or Atlanta*
daHhod Into loc-al.freigM W9r W*. M
Btanding on tho main lino of tho road j
r.t that point, wrecking both ongines :r
and tho baggage and express car? Of
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No. 35. The baggage car and the
uecond-elass coach Immediately fol
lowing it teloacoped. Tho coach wis /jS;"
occupied moatly by colored people.
Tho casualties tl^is far reported |p
detail aro aw follows: - ^
Killed: Kngincor J)avls and Kin*
ginecr McCormick, who was riding aa
a pasHcnger on No. (58; a colored fire
man on No. (!8# 'rr?X.
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??>. Cotton Improving.
" Wa fill ?ngt on, Special
>... mmx+ri
Bureau's summer repo
lion of crop# says: 0
jrU*d growth throng]
belt, an Improvement
all dl?tric|g; thefetffiWS
Unas and Georgia l*tt
icdded advanffmeat.
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