The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 12, 1904, Image 1
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.
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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
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