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MANY GO DOWN IN WRECK Train Load of Passengers Hurled Through a Bridge to Sudden Death three cars stop on the bridge Two Crowded Passenger Carg and a Baggage Car Engulfed in the Tor rent That Tore Out a Trestle Span ning a Prairie Creek Near Pueblo, Col., the Loss of Life Probably Reaching 100. Pueblo, Col., Special. ? The wreck of tho World's Fair Flyer oil (ho Den ver & uio Grande, near Eden, seven miles north of Pueblo, Sunday even ing, proves to have been one of the greatest railroad disasters In tho his tory of tho eounti y. Two crow dot1 passenger ears and a baggage car were engulfed in the lorrout that tore out a trestle spanning Steel and Hol low, otherwise known as Dry Creek, and so far as known only three of tho occupants of these cars escaped depth. Fortunately the slopping cars and a diner, completing the train, re mained on the track at the edge of the abyss, and none of their occupant: v/as killed or injured. How many perished probably nev er will ho definitely ascertained, for tho treacherous sands are drifting over the bodies. Searching for the, dead was begun about mid night, on an extensive scale-, ?Dd Is still in progress Monday night. All corpses found were brought to Pueblo and placed in four morgues bore. At 8 o'clock 7t? bodies had been recovered, and of these, 50 had been identified. During the day bod Jen were recovered all the way along Fountain river from the scene of the wreck to this city. At ono o'clock Monday afternoon two bodies were taken from the stream at First street, Pueblo, more than eight miles from the point whero Ihe disaster occurred, and it is probablo that Others will b .? found down the stream. Two car loads of human freight plunged into the raging torrent that destroyed the trestle over ttyc usually dry arroyo, known as Steel and Hol low, near Eden, about 8 o'clock Sun day evening. Two sleeping cars and tho dining car stopped at the brink of the hungry chasm filled with a boiling. sue tiling current that quk>k*y snuffed out probably 100 lives. So quietly had the catastrophe been en acted that the occupants of the throe cars remaining on the track did not realize that an accident had occurred until they alighted ffoni tho train. Then they were ulteyiy powerless to render assistance to/tho victims who had disappeared inj the rushing va tors. On llie lookout for danger, warned by the squally clouds and heavy rains to the north, Engineer Charles Hiu mnn was runnning cautiously at about J 5 miles an hour as he approached the arroyo. which was spanned by a bridge !>0 fret in length. Tho condi tion of the brhlgo was not known un til the locomotive, one of the monster passenger type, had nearly crossed Fireman Frank Mai field, with a torch that tho tmgincer and fireman had burning to ascertain the condition of the track, was in the gangway. When Engineer Illndman felt tho tiemor in the great macnine and caught a glimmer on tho water, he ! shouted his last words, Put out th?u ? Firemen Hold Convention. Washington, Special.? The seventh annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Stationery Firemen be gan hero Monday and will continue until the business of the convention is complete. AJ1 the largo unions of the United States and Canada are repre sented. Appeal for Mrs. Maybrick. London, By Cable. ? In the form of a . letter from a corrsepondent, signed "Heathcote Hardlnge," The Dally Chronicle this morning makes a strong appeal on behalf of Mrs. Maybrick. The letter urges that Mrs. Maybrick is in nocent and that she ought to be grant ed a free parcftta, and contends that the would never have been convicted had th?%e been a court^of criminal ap __ peal in England. The Chronicle also j.rints an editorial which strongly sup ports "Heathcote Hardinge'a" view of the case. A bill waa Introduced In the (louse of CommonB yesterday by two prominent ? lawyers providing for the '* re-trlal of criminal cases. New York Butchsrs Called Out. New York, Special. ? The advisory ~~~ ? board of the Amalgamated Meat Butcher Workers' Union, of North America, at a meeting Monday. deHded <> to order a strike In Nsw York and vi cinity. Between 5,000 and 4.000 men will be called ouf. Slsnghterln* will ?top at 8 o'clock W> morrow, and 24 tours will be apent In cleaninf up. so ?* to Up* tb* abba ttolrea in food con torch," evidently thinking in tho acci dent ho felt certain was coming the flames would servo to spread the Are. Hut before Mayfleld could obey, while tho words were siiil on tho lips of tho doomed man, and hiw hand book ing the mechanism controlling tho air ? tho bridge gave way as though it bad been a stack of kindling wood, and the locomotive dropped with tho hissing of steam 30 feet- to tho bottom of tho arroyo, crosswise to the track. THREE CARS FOLLOW ENOINE. Tho baggage car, smoking car and chair car iollowcd the locomotive into tho stream and were swept away. All tho occupants of these cars ex cept threo men perished, and hud not the roof of the chair car burst asun der}", none would have escaped. Tho (iiionau, as tho locomotive went over, was thrown out, and managing to grasp a piece of wreckage from tho bridge, floated with that to a curvo niado by tho caving bank, and crept out of the water. He ran toward Kd (Ji, meeting on the wuy Operator F. M. Jones and his wife, who a I read J had started up the track. CRIES QUICKLY HUSHED. "Notify Pueblo," came the voire of the running man, "The train is through the bridge and everything killed." Even as he spoke, tho cries coming from a distance could be heard. The men ran to where the bridge had been, to search, but in vain, for victims of the disaster. When they reached tho spot all cries for help had ceased. Re lief trains with physicians, wreck and pile-driving outfits and scores of work men were hurried from the city. The first train from the wreck came in shortly after midnight with J. M. Kil lln, of Pubelo; 11. S. Gilbert, Tony Fisher and Fireman Mayfleld. These were four men in the midst of the wreck who escaned. WONDER THAT FOUR ESCAPED. When dawn came, the wonder grew that four had been permitted to emerge from the rafting torrent with breath still In their bodies. The end of the Pullman Yyuta extended four feet over the brink, while broken timbers and twisted rails hung still further over. The arroyo had been widened to more than a hundred feet at the point where the bridge had been. The water tore a zig-zag course across the pvarie to a depth of 30 feet in several places. There was little left of the baggage ear. only a few rods, a truck or so. dimly seen in the muddy water, and a half buried iron safe. The great loco motive, the boiler free of the trucks, the cab and tank gone, lies where it fen. "r BODIES SWEPT MILES AWAY. A quarter of a mile to the east, where this gorge of death debouched into the Fountain rivef, lay the chair car, win dows gone, jftiree-fourths filled with mud and s</nd. A 100 feet farther on was the sifloker, bottom up against a sand bar. A 150 feet farther on. in the bed of th? Fountain, was the coal ten der of the engine ;and down that point on 4 or 6 ntiies, vestiges of the coaches, the "Engine and tender stuck up from the bed of the stream or lay along the shore. The red plush seats of the smok er were strewn all along the stream. The brass rails from the coach were lound in^the sand a half mile from the bridge, and pieceB of the baggage car stuck out of the water In several places. Hits of clothing, such as coats, skirts and womens' hats, were found in the brush along the shore and theleearchers scanned the foilage for bodies. Masses of earth had caved In from the high sides of the river at many places and searchers passed these with fear that' bodies were buried under them which they were helpless to reach. Five hun dred men scanned every inch of the river and its surrounding a few hours after daylight. They waded in tho stream and carried out mud-bergrlm ed bodies, which were found at widely separated points, some of them tniles from the Bcene of the accident. To Christen the Louisiana. Washington, Special. ? The Navy De partment has been informed that the Governor of Louisiana has selected Miss .luanita Lallande, of New Orleans, to christen the battleship Ixniislnna, which will he launched at Newport News. Va., August 27. A lage party fiom Louisiana and officials from the Navy Deaprtment are expected to at tend the launching. Bryan Heartily For Parker. Esopus, N. Y., Special. ? Edward C. Wall, of Wisconsin, and Mrs. Wall were the guests of Judgp Parker Wed nesday. They are en route to Europe. Mr# Wall brought a cordial message direct from Wm. J. Bryiln, assuring Judge Parker that he is heartily with the ticket and will place himself at the disposal of the Democratic national committeo to do everything In his power to Insure party success this fall. iMr. Bryan breakfasted with Mr. Wall jht the latter'* bom* in Milwaukee, July Its, and they spent several hours to i Rethej* Mr. Wall said Mr. Bryan had j been misunderstood in the East and ! that the feeling toward him is unfor jtunate. * Suicide by Burning* ! Memphis, Tenn;, Special. ? A special from Olive ^Branch. Miss., says: "De mented by the recent death of her hus band, Mrs. W. H. McCargo committed suicide by burning. After saturating her clothing with kerosene and setting Are to the oil, she rushed into the streets/fend fought ^11 who attempted to extinguish tbe flanks. Mr. McCargo - -iftm ft hotel keeper here end died fud denty two H? w ? ' NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many 8ourcea. Through the South. Ex-Governor Denton McMJllln has Withdrawn from the Senatorial content In Tennessee. The Lutheran United Synod, at New Market, created a new mission board and decided to consolidate the two church paper# and puhliHh an organ at Colombia, South Carolina. Chairman Park Agnftw says the Re* publican* will make a campaign in every Congressional district In Vir ginia. Arthur My role, a Norfolk and Wes tern conductor, was killed on a train near Natural Bridge. The family of the Into T. D. Laweon, of Meridian, Miss., have insisted that the words "killed by F. O. Remmea" be placed on his monument. A Hock Island train was held up, the passengers robbed and cars looted near Tueumcari, N. M. President Iloosevelt and Postmaster General Payne decided upon the ap pointment of W. A. Lloyd as postmas ter at Chapel Ilill, N. C. At Charlotte, N. C., Tuesday, Police man Brown, while attempting to ar reBt a young man was hit in the stom ach. A few hours later he died of heart failure. The young man was ar rested and placed under bond. Washington Happenings. The coal output of the United States in 1903 was 359,421,311 short tons, and broke all previous records. z Of the $0,000,000 in Italian claims ngalnst Venezuela submitted to Mixed Commislons Umpire Ralston allowed about $(300,000. Both the available and the working balances of t lie Treasury materially in creased last week. In the North. '> A thunderstorm did a great amount of damage in New York. The shut down of the collieries in the Schuylkill region of Pennsylvania threw 00,000 miners out of work. Ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, a native of Maryland, died at his homo , near Philadelphia^ aged 53 years. ^ ^ According to a polnW various busi ness houses and hotels in New York, a strong drift toward Parker was indi cated.? - ? The striking butchers, of Chicago, de cided not to appeal to President Roose velt, lest it might embarrass him poli tically. Tho Building Trades Alliance In New York city declared a strike against the George A. Fuller Construction Com pany. Official attendance figures of tho Louisana Purchase Exposition for the week ended July 30 were 551,842, mak ing tho total attendance 5,657,577. Justice George Gray, in an interview declared Judge Parker an Ideal Demo crat and expressed a lively hope for his election. Contracts were let in Pittsburg for constructing a trolley line from Gar rett, Pa., to Froatburg, Md. Cardinal Satrolli took part in tho feast services of tho Franciscans in New York and expects to sail for Eu lope on August 10. A band of alleged robbers, belonging to tho Black Hand Society, has been rounded up and arrested in \V0stche3 ter county. New York. Rear-Admiral Henry C. Taylor, United State Navy, died at Copper Cliff, Ont. Foreign Affairs. Jisntlment favorable to arbitration Is grown among the nation* of the Old World. It Is reported that there has been heavy fighting at Haieheng, Manchuria, for two days. The .Japanese aro again reported to have captured Important position*? at Port Arthur. The funeral of M. von Plehwe, the murdered Russian Minister of the Interior, took place In St. Petersburg. Four professors In the University of Finland heVtf been exiled since the murder of Governor-General Bobrl koff. A new poem by Kipling, entitled "Things and the Man," is ih praise of Joseph -Chamberlain's Impertal tariff campaign. The British Minister at Caracas pro tested against President Castro's seiz ure of the Guanaco asphalt lake. < it is reported in wail-informed ct> cles that Mj^furavlefT, the Minister of Justice, will succeed M. Von_ Plehve, late Minister of the Interior. Miscellaneous Doings. The campaign managers of both po litical parties hare begun the work of collecting funds for the great expenses of tb? campaign. The Chicago packers declare the strike is about over, hut the strikers dispute tfe* tltia. JAPS LOSE HEAVILY Late Reports Indicate Tremendotii Slaughter STOES5EL SAYS IT WAS IO,OOC Official Report of the Fighting at Port Arthuf'fXom July 26th to Jul> 28th Received at St. Petersburg. fit. Petersburg, By Cable. ?An offl cial report from Lioutenant General Btoessel, commanding the military i forces at Port Arthur, wiy.s that the Japanese were repulsed with tremen dous loss in a three days' fight from July 26th to July 28th. General Kuro- j pat kin reports from Mao Yang gomn Rinall Russian successes in outpost lighting up to August 8, without the ex pected great battle having been open ed. The simultaneous receipt of favor able news from these commanders in tho far East raised tho spirits of those in the Russian capita) Immensely. Tho dispatches were printed in special newspaper bulletins and were eagerly bought up on tho stroets. Tho newsboys around tho depots met the, returning crowds of Sunday pleasureseekers and shouted their wares without being re proved by the police, and thousands of fit. Petersburgers went to their homes apparently aatialled thut a favorable turn of affairs had commenced at the front. General Stoessel's report, though ten ('ays old, is taken as a satisfactory ref utation of tho recently repeated rumors of tho fall of Port Arthur. He states that the determined Japanese assaults were repulsed with tremendous loss, and figures 10,000 as tho number of Japanese killed or wounded. This Is admittedly on Chinese information, which heretofore lias proved to be of exceedingly doubtful value. But with Russian losses of 1,500 as a basis, ttto authorities hero consider thut 10,000 is a fairly conservative esti mate, since the Japanese were beaten off in what must have been a desperato assalt on tremendously strong fortifi cations. The fact that the Japanese were not able to remove their dcvul nnd wounded is taken to prove that their defeat must have been one of great severity. The part played by the fleet bears I out the prediction of tho Associated Press that Rear Admiral Wlthoft is able to render efficient support to the garrison. It Is considered significant that no mention Is made of Vice Ad miral Togo, indicating that the Japa nese is impotent to aid friend or lnjuro foe. Tho authorities do not dlvulgo tho source of General Stossel's roport, though It is understood that it came J by way of Chofoo. The fact that the Japanese arc in possession of the coun try as far north as Haicheng renders It unlikely that it camo by the land route. Oeneral Kuropatkln's report states that the Japanese are stationary on his aastern front; tho greatest activity be ing on the south and southeast posi tions, where the Russians are able to take the offensive. While the move ments in themselves are apparently of no gre it Importance, they are Interest ing at* showing that the Japanese aro still halting before undertaking the serious task of attacking L>lao Yang, vlth its strong circle of defenses. Gen. Stoessel Clalme Victory. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? Lieuten ant Goneral fitoessoll, commanding the Russian military forces at Port Arthur, in an undated dispatch to tho Emperor, says: "I am happy to re port that the troops repulsed all the Japanese attacks of July 26, 27 and 28 with enormous losses. .-"The garrison's enihueiasm was ex traordinary. "Tho fleot assisted In the, defense by bombarding the Japanose flank. "Our Iobsos during the threo days wero about 1.600 men and 40 officers, killed or wounded. "According to statements of Chi nese and prisoners, the Japaneso lost ar, many as 10,000. ? "Their losses v/ero so groat that the ?nemy has not had time to remove tho dead and wounded." Defending All Positions. T^lao Yang, By Cable. ? Tho past week has been a most dramatic and eventful ona. Tho J&panoso intend to follow up tho Russians and to gain ground east and south by an attack on Anshanshan (midway between Hai cheng and Ylao Yang). It is reported that the Japanese are advancing on the west, and exciting rumors are current. Though apparently beaten at every point., and though the Japanese have advanced well on the Russian flank, tho Russians, in council of war, have determined to defend all their posi tions as heretofore. Train Strikes Trolley Car. Kansas City, Special. ? An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo passenger train from Chicago crashed into a well filled trolley car Sunday at Fiftomth street, in the eastern end of the city. J. L. Morris, of Pleasant Hill, Mo., was killed and ten persons were in jured, Mrs. Minnio Stanbury, of Kan sas City, seriously. Tho accident was caused by the crossing gates be ing up. Harry Black, tho flagman, who was slightly hurt, says that he was sick and unable to bring 4he gates into position. The engine struck tho car in the middle and over turned it. Vessel In Diatreaa, New York, Special. ? The Nova Scft tin ship King's County Arrived Sunday In distress. The ship sailed .inly 21 from Fensacola for Rio I>e Jeniero with a full cargo of lumber. On July 28, the ship waa ulrtfck by a terrific squall and hovejfcrim on her beam ends, obliging her,trew to cut away apart and sails la [right her. Tho ship Umt the fore ana jnalntopgallant nmata, (be mixzen royal and Jlbboom with aalla Attached. Captain Salter put IntQ thla port for rtpftlrt, ? PALMEITO CROP BUI t.HIN The Progress of the St.ite'a Oops for Tho wci'k rmniiK s a nr. August \ hud a moan temperature of 77 degKw which is about .'{ below normal. Tin* extremes were a minimum ot tilt at Greenville on tho 3d.. and a maximum of HI at Fioiunec* on tin* 3d Tin weather was manually cloudy, with some diffused sunlight during tin* mid die of each day. Tho deficiency in sunshine extended to all parts of the State, and is considered harmful to cotton only, There were no riainag ing high wind or hail storms. There was rain In s?>nn> part of thi Slate every day in the week, and gen erally over the greater part of it. IJx cessivo amounts fell in all parts ex oopt Abbeville and Saluda count leu, where the amounts were sufficient for the present needs of all crops. The - - ? lion: Greenwood T .<> 1? ; Conway f>.2S; I Knn I't n lilui i-i* r, I-.'.? ; h'linvivo ' t j Ye inasscc l. (IS; Ihtlcshurg, -I.titl; Walhal la. 3. 05; White llall, 3.85; Columbia. 3.!>5; Klngstroo II. SO; Cheiaw, It . 10; Greenville, 3.5?l; Little Mountain, 3. 41; St. Matthews. 3.30; Allendale, 3. 10; Charh Hon 3.50 inches. Many other points reported from 2 to J; inches. L.'.nds w?>re waslx d in places and bottom lands of small stream* were ovorilowcd, but the injury lo crops from these sources were com paiatively slight. With the exception of cotton, tin? rains wire generally beneficial on crops. Marly corn Is made ami fodder is I nady lo pull as soon as tho weather! permits; the ears (ire well tilled; young corn continues promising, a! though i< suffered alight damage from overllows and from firing and scald ing in places, due lo tho excessive lainfali. As a rule it Improved. ? Tiso excessive moisture and In k of sun shine caused colon on sandy lands " ? i turn yellow ami to shed both squares and hali grown bolls, and to develop ' too much weed on red and clay lands. Hust has appeared in all parts of the State ami is spreading /aplrily; wlb: or blight is reported from small ar eas. Coc'ion, as a rule, is heavily fruited bin. some fields have become grassy. Kiee is doing well, and early rico has well filled heads and is rip , ening. The rivers have become "fresh" although still low in the Georgetown district. There is a marked improvement in late ricc. Tobacco is curing nicely, and tlila work Is nearly finished; the tobacco crop is of good quality and tho yield* are satlsfacloP# Peas, sugar cane, sorghum, sweet potatoes, peas, gar dens and pastures marie marked im provement. - The ra.lny weather caused peaches, npplc? and grapes trt rot extensively, and melons to be come somewhat watery. The fre quent rains Interfered .with haying in tho coast meadows. /Turnips were planted extensively and are coming up to good stands. ? J. W. HA.UICH, Sec tion Director. Reunion of Newberry Alumni, Newberry, Special. ? Thtt annual re union of the alumni, students and friends of Newberry College, which was held at Littlo Mountain, was one of tho most successful In tho history of the Institution. It. is ^estimated that there were fully 3,000 persons present on this occasion, about f>0o going from Newberry. During the day, addresscw along educational lines were?le!lvered by Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, president of tho Institution; Dr. Geo. 1). Cromer, who retired as president ! at tho close of the last session and others who are Interested in tho we! fare of Newberry College. The occa sion was one of much pleasure to all who attended. Here students of years ago mingled with fellow students, af ter being separated for many years. Hero also, the older generation ? the fathers and mot hers ? met. and min gled wlili frnmris of long ago nni talked over their childhood days. The Secretary of State has chartered the Hospital Association of Union, which will put up a hospital In that town. The officers are W. M. Culp, president; I,. M. Mice, vice president, and Crown Torronce, secretary. A charter was also Issued to the Mu tual Investment Company, a real estate concern, with $20,000 capital. D. D. Lit tle is president, and J. W. Allen, treas urer. niackville. Special. ? The cantaloupe crop here is now all about shipped. About 170 cars were shipped this sea son and the quality was the. best ever made here. The price ranged from 25 cents to $3 a crate. Cantaloupe plant ing here has come to stay. It makes quite a busy month as It gives every body employment, men. . women and ! children with pay at from 75 cents to1 $2 per day. The watermelon crop was also very good and sold for very fair pi-Ices.? The cotton crojvfriere Is un questionably the beat Wf made. The merchants are putting in heavy storks cf goods and the local cotton buycrn are determined this season to pay the highest price for cotton possible and make It interesting for all farmers to sell tholr cotton bore. the Piist Week South Carolina Items. B~iefc of a General Nature. It j?. expec'tM tfcit Heorge Foster Feah^iy will be <hof^n treasurer of the , iVmfmt1r Nr.t'mmt t'ommlttre. ICx-8rnatnr David It. Kill paid a vitdt to TVall Htreot. Hany N. Gitt.-of Hanover, was noml- , ntted for Copw_< tk l>y ihe York County j O'rr.naylrania) 1>onio;votle Couvcn- j lion, wh'cb. mined a full county and 'efi'.alativi ticket. . . ?theodcro Korsovelt. Jr.. waa made u si .?nt cf .tliO IniM'e Ino at the St U U^Jfatr (or 24 hoar*. ? * NEW ENTERPRISES CHARTERED The Secretary of State K*pt Husy In Issuing Commissions. There is to be a hospital in Sumter. The secretary of slate Saturday Is sued a coin in Isslon to the Sumter Hos pital company capitalized at $l!0,000. The corporators are l)ra. S. Dakar, ( Archie China, Walter t'heyno and I lenry M. Stuckey. The Salley Oil mill received a char ter. The capital Mo< k In $25,000 and F 1). Foster Is the president and treas urer. Another Sumter cnlerpriso Is the Minor store. The corporators are I). A. Minor, F. Wells and ICIisha Carson. The capital is $15,000. The Southern Field Heal ICsato ox change of Spartanburg was chartered. The otYlcers are (i. II. Waddell, presi dent ; I/. P. lOpton, vire president and manager, and J. 11. Carlisle, Jr., secre tary and treasurer. The capital Is $1, D00. i'lld l|nni/? Hill Miniy ;ln?| l(jnoM nctiA liution at Hishopville, which received la commission. Is capitalized at $25,000. The corporators are It. H. IMttman, A. II. Maker, H. W. Mel,eni1on. J. M. Kel ly, r>. II. Jennings, Jullcn C. Rogers, Tlios. II. Tatum and J. W. Dunn. The Summerton Mereaiijflle company hits a capital of $10,000 and the corpo ral Mrs are C. M. Davis, W. 1). Mcl.ary, J Jr., and H. C. Cardigan, Jr. The Seashore Social club of Charles ton received an eleemosynary charter. The officers are J. A. Meyer, presi dent; J. J. Flatty, vice president, and ). A. Joanelll, nocretay and treas tirer. Ten Thousand Raised. 1 ho bunding of a sjjjendld monument to the women of t ho Confederacy has jhoen taken actively In hand by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. (Ion. C. (rvln Walker of Charleston has been appointed special agent of tho Sons for this work and lie ijns entered upon the, i.ndcrtak ing wij.li zeal and earnestness. I en thousand dollars has already been raised for tho monument, tho result of onipa ratlve easy work, but this sum is not sufficient and Gen. Walker has ad Irossed an appeal tj> the entire south in behalf of tho movement. Fire at Pelzer. Pol/.or, Special.? At 11 o'clock Satur day night fire was discovered In C. II. Owens' store on Front street and In half an hour the building and contents were destroyed. The firemen did he roic work in saving HlndmAi & Uoam's ?tore, iiml H. M. Bigby's jmVolry store. J W. Williams' store was partially burnt and the goods badly damaged by water. Owing to. lateness of the ??owr it is Impossible to ?stimate | losses. Hutto Refused Pardon, ,fc~ A noted prisoner, Pineknov W. Hut U>, of Orangeburg, was refused par don Saturday by (ho Governor. Hut to will bo remembered as tho man who killed his brother and gave him self up at tho pentitentlary after com ln4 to Columbia for that purpose. He was sentenced In September, 11102, to thrco years' imprisonment. When ho enmo to Columbia to the penitenti ary (lm Supremo Court had already decided his ( aso against him. $ ' The Clemson Scholarships. It will not ho necessary to call tho blato board of education together to announce the winners of tho Clem son scholarships as Stale superintend ent of Education O, n. Martin will make tho announcements without tho remainder of tho board. The board holds its regular meeting next month : nnd an thn winners will bo announced in a few days it. is not. thought neces sary to have two meetings. , Exploded Torpedo.' Montuvidco, Uruguay, By Cable. ? An attempt was made upon the life of Preside yt Hratlle y Ordonot While driving with his family along oiii! of the Vrinclpal streets of the city, a hurled torpedSJv^was exploded at the side of the carriage. The ex pfor.lon tore up the pavement and tho track of (he railway running through the street, hut, as far as eould be learned, no one was injured. Burglar Enters Office. Mayesville, Special.? Robbers broke ory; of the large glaRRcs out or J. E. Ilarnett'a show window Friday night and took out a double-barrel gun. TUey did not got luside tho store. They th?n broko into the Atlantic f.V.fttt I,lne d^jMM office nnd took about $2.00 in cash besides a pair of pants and soma other stuff belonging to tho agent. The officers started to get blood hounds, but lalor concluded not to do so. Th6r? is no elite at all, though some of the stuff yras reci* ered. Ppupd Dead. Cleveland, 0.. Special. ? Isaac Newton Topllff, 71 years old* a widely-known rarrlago hardware manufacturer, was found dead In bed at tfc? lioraa of hJs daughter, Mi*. John S. Gray, lit No. 901 'Ufa** etreet. Sjtacu**, N. Y.* Sunday. Mr. Topllff waa on a vacation and had tone- to hjs daughter's home only laat night. The deceased was ope of Ci?v* Uad # w**HW*t . . PALMETTO MENTION Occurrcncea of Interest In Various Parts of the State. Mutual Company Doing Well. ! The policy holders of tho Farmers' Mutual Fire insurance Company of York county hold a meeting In tho court houso last week and elected thet following officers for tho ensuing year: J no, L. Rainey, president; 1). 15. Honey, secretary and treasurer. These wore re-elections. Tho report of the secre tary wan read and received as satis factory. Tho matter , of Insuring live stock was discussed but no action was taken at this meeting. The stockhold ers' meeting of tho Far mors* Mutual Life Insurance Company of York coun ty was also hold at tho same pltfco and the following oflleera were re-elected: \V. S. Wllkerson, president, and I). E. lloney, secretary and treasurer. Tho report of the secretary and treasuror was found to ?>? out ircly satisfactory. The division with the $ 1 ,000 limit i? almost full and the last three death claims have linen paid for the full amount o i ^ i ,000. THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. Big Meeting to Be Held at Clemsoit College Next Week. Tho summer meeting of tho Stato Agricultural and Mechanical Sfocloty will he held at Clemson College on the 10th and 11th of August. Tho Farmers' Institute of the State will ho held at the same time and thero will he a largo attendance of the best farmers of tho State. Special rail road rates will ho in force for this oc casion, and a limited number may get accommodations and hoard by apply- r. ing to Dr. 1'. II. Moll, president of tho college. Mr. A. W. Ixjvc, secretary of the Slate Agricultural and Mechanical So* clcty, says in his letter notifying tho members of this meeting: "This society still needs to have its membership doubled; good work was done In this lino last year, but every member Is earnestly requestod to kend In tho name of at least one applicant for membership on . tho enclowaip' blank. "Tho first fair on the new. grounds should bo ? record-breaker; the aid of all friends of the soMety la asked to secure exhibits and visitors. Informa tion will he promptly'furnished by tho, secretary upon request." A Sad Suicide. Oreenvllle, Special. ? At 6 o'clock Thursday morning, at his country res ident^ near this city, D. P. Vomer, master in equity of Greenville county, killed himself Instantly by shooting "?himself In the head with# a double barrel shotgun, as tho supposed ro milt of temporary aberration t>nae-; count of lit health. The tragedy be* curred In hlB bed-room while Mr. Ver ner was in the room alone. When found after the report of the gun, the body was across the bed with tho left side of tho head blown almost com* pietoly off. During the night the gun had >tood In a corner of the room. Tho community was shocked by the distressing news, and sympathy for the strlckpti family was Spontaneous^ fffl It was general. Ho was oh & of the ~ most popular and painstaking of all Oreonvllle county's officials, and h?M filled the master's office of the county with eminent satisfaction for a per iod of 17 years, his repeated elec- . tlons testifying to the universally high esteem In which h'o was lielJ. He was in his oflflco yesterday, and in the af ternoon was driving about the city. South Carolina Items. While sharpening tools on a grind stone at ,the home of John P. Clark, near Mauldjn, In Greenvillo county, Tuesday morning at o'clock a light ning bolt Instantly killed Mr. Clark and Charles B. Garrett and seriously In jured George Thompson, who wai standing nearby. Members of Clark'* family who were In the house were shocked, dozed and blinded by the bolt, but none of them was scrloualy hurt. It la fe#tcd that Mr. Thompson will die. 'Capt. Smith, the negro who Is al leged to have shot Charlie Holcomb in Greenville county several weeks ago, was arrested In Greenville by Officer Stewart, and turned over to Magis trate Poole, of OjrNeal township, In whose Jurisdiction the shooting took place. Holcomb, who Is a white man, was dangerously \ wounded. Ha. jw'aa filled with small shot all over tho front of his body. Smith Mil be held for trial rt the next term 6l the court of gen eral sessions. The board of visitors of tho south . ^Carolina Military Academy met at noon Tuesday In the governor's office In Columbia. The board passed on the various young men who expept to stand tho examination for the vacant cadet ships in the various counties. The date for the examination was fixed (or Fri- \ Cay, August 26th. As a result of an attempt to board a passenger train from Btacksburg Tuesday, Otis Dozler, young white man of Rock Hill, had nis arm broken and suffered other tnjnries moreorlestf? serious. He had Intended to ride to the., station but lost his hold and fell throOgh the trestle over the main line, miking the track below with great force. ' Mrs. 8ra{i W. Staith. wife of Jotui Smith, Sr., die! at her home near Simp?ocvllle Monday afternoon^ of. blood poison. Six days ago she ac cidentally inflicted a slight, biuiae on t>ne of her hands. Swelling followed, the plahe refused to heal and I* the course cf a few days all the symptoms tf blood po'pnning developed. physicians were summoned; thai medical aktii conW offcr for bar, her death, aceomj great suffering, resulting leraoo#,