The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 23, 1905, Image 1
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-VOLUME XVI, OA M 1 > KN , S. C.. till DA V ,
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II J M') '.M, liKW.
NO. 2L
fees the Lvil Conditions That Stalk
Through His Unfortunate land
iS LONG TALK Willi ZOMSTVOS
president of Moscow Delegation De
scribes the Serious Situation in Rus
sia and Greatly Impresses the Czar,
Who Declares That His Wish and
Will for a National Assembly Are
Unshakable. ^
B Bt .Petersburg, T3y Cable. ? Emperor
BllchOlas received the Zemstvo depo
Station Monday. The reception took
ffplaoe at noon in the Alexander Palace
But Peterhoff. Prlnoo Trobetskoy, pres?
Vident of the JSomstvo coDfress of tho
|Mo.scow government, In behalf cf the
I Moscow delegation* addressed tho icm
| peror in a long speech, In which ho de
pcrlbjpd the serious conditions existing
t In Russia which have caused the Zem
| BtvoH to approach his majesty directly.
I The Emperor was evidently much im
i pressed. M. Fedoroff, representing the
T St. Petersburg delegation, also spoke,
L His u&r.jesty replied, expressing deep
rofjret at the great sacrifices eonse- i
quent the war, and above every- J
f thing, at the disaster to the Huh
- slan navy. In ?-oncluding, the Km
peror said:
"I thank you gentlemen, for the sen
timents expressed, and join in your
desire to bring about a new order of
things. My personal wish and my will
as Emperor to summon a national as
sembly i? unshakable. I await with
anxiety tho carrying out of this my
will. You can announce this to tho
inhabitants of the towns and villages
throughout Russia, and from today
you will assist me In this new work.
The national assembly will establish,
as formerly, a united Russia, and tho
Emperor will be the supreme support
for thp conditions based on the principle
of Rdssian nationalism."
.MAY FLEE WASHINGTON HEAT.
Peacei Conferees Will Have Authority
to Adjourn to Some Other Place
Claims of Various Cities Are Being
Urged Upon the President, Who Ig
nores the subject.
Washington, Special. ? Practically no
new developments were observable in
the negotiations between Russia and
Japan. President Roosevelt, for a day
or two has-been deeply engrossed in
other matters, and while he has not
for a moment lost sight of the arrange
ments for bringing* together the Far
Eastern belligerents, ho has realized
fully that the next move in the game
of diplomacy now being played is -with
the contending nations themselves.
That move is- the selection' of envoys
to represent them .at the Washington
conference.
Both Minister Takahlra, of Japan,
and Abeassador Cassinl. of Russia,
called on the President Monday af
ternoon. Neither would discuss his
Interview with the President. It is
known, however, that they were not
of great Importance. Each of the dip
lomatists presented to the President
the advices (npm his government ex
pressive 6f the satisfaction felt at both
St. Petersburg and Tokto at the selec
tion. of Washington as the seat of the
peace conference.
Whether the conference will actually
sit in Washington, or not, has not been
determined, of course, as that is a de
tail which will l>,e left to the envoys J
themselves by th^ir respective govern
ments. It is t'aid that no decision will
be reached on that point until the con
ferences meet here and organize. If
the weather in Washington at that
time should bo unfavorable to the con
tinued sittings in this city, it will be
within the authority of the plenipoten
tiaries to adjourn to some other
city.
During the past few days the Pres
ident hap received as. many as a hun
dred letters suggesting various cities
In the country as desirable places for
holding the conference. It can be said
that the President will not permit him
self to be drawn Into the discussion of
this subject and the government will
not attempt to Influence in any way
the choice of the confrees in hold
ing their conference.
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Town* Re-taken.
Headquarters of the Russian Army,
Godzyadani, Manchuria, By Cable ? The
Russian cavalry have retaken the town
of IJaoyangwopeng. The Japanese oc
cupied the village of Sumencheng. on
? he main road to Changtufu and Mama
kai, in the morning of June 16. but they
did not succeed in crossing the river. At
3 in the afternoon the Russians re-cap
tured Sumiencheng, three squadrons of
Japanese rotlrlng in a south westery di
rection.
Church Takes Ban off State.
Ilome, By Cable. ? The Pope has is
i sued an encyclical encouraging Cath
polics to-' participate In public affairs.
[ While seeking the advice of the eccles
? iaatlcal authorities, the encyclical says
Catholics should retain complete liber
ty of action regarding the temporal
fc Interests. Members of the clergy are
lirecommended to refrain from partici
pating SUUe.-' The enttrclical
has edited a sensation. Its object in
ktgL.46duce Catholics to enter public
^ life, so that the navy be a force
^-against the threat of socialism.
-? ? Ffanee Back* Down.
Parts. By Cable.? An international
conference for the consideration of the
affairs of Morocco te now practically
nnfffrarwrnrar matt or tn? conver**
.jtona .brtma Premier Rouvler lad
Prince von Radolln, the German am
- baeeader, and attention It now directed
to dettaiq* the efope of the coaf renece.
Waiia >M belli rapidly arranged, end- 1
1 to be able to aa
conference in
SOUTH CAHOLINA CROPS
Conditions For Past Week at Given ;
Out by the Dtfpirtment.
The wei)k ending 8 a. in., June Idili,
litttl a mean temperature slightly above
normal with extreme* of o maximum''
of 98 degrees at ftlAckYlIlt* on Ihe 13th,
and n minimum of 60 degrees at
Qreehvllle on (he ) 3t It. fhv sunshinp
averaged ?i>out normal, although in
of the State there was consider
able cloudiness tho latter part. There
were no dOHtrucllve high Winds; l)r
other damaging eondllloiiK.
The ^rVi<i))ilat ion was In the form
bfc thunderstorms and local showers.
The rainfall was heavy in places in the
eastern counties* wherfl it Ranged
from half an inch to over twej inches,
with ftohitdrted localities in all parts
of th". State that bud no rain or had
tiU9iihts too small to be beneficial.
THere wero some heavy showers in
the northern border counties; but they
were wTdely scattered. The need of
tain Is indicated for the central and
Southwestern counties generally and
in places elsewhere.
Cultivation made rapid progress,
and nearly all fields have been rid of
grass and- weeds, except where lalipr
crs wore scarce, or where the ground
has become too hard to plow and culti
vate. The Weather was favorable for
harvesting wheat and oats, which
work is nearly finished except for
spring onls.
There Was a general improvement
ltt the condition of cotton, with excep
tions in the case of fields that have
not been thlunod or cleaned of grass,
but only in except ioitui Instances have
lluj plants attained normal growth, be
ing generally undersized. Blooming
Is still sporadic, though fairly general
In the eastern counties. Sea Island
cotton is in good condition, but as yet
blooming sparsely. Lice are still
prosGnt1 in sections, but are disappear
ing. Chopping has not been finished.
There has been only slight im
provement In corn, which continues
small and yellow, except on fields that
received early and thorough cultiva
tion. There are many complaints of
corn tasseling low. and of damage by
worms. There is .considerable land
yet to be planted in corn.
There Is Utile change in the condi
tion of tobacco, which shows the ef
fects of too m?ch rain and lack ofv
cultivation. Hfce is receiving its har
vest water in the Colleton district, and
is generally doing well. Gardens and
pastures need rain in the central and
western parts. Melons are quite prom
ising. Wheat is yielding poorly at
threshing. Oats also is generally
poor, but with numerous exceptions,
where the yields range from good to
excellent. A large acreage of peas,
for forage; being sown, and more lands
will be sown as soon as it rains. ? J.
W. Buucr, Section Director.
To Have Association.
Columbia, Special. ? Commissioner
Watson will call a meeting of the rep
resentatives of the varldnii ^commercial
organizations of the State "Tor some
time in July. The meeting will he
quite an important oho and every town
and city in the State will have repre
sentatives present."
One of the most interested in the
meeting is Mr. John Wood, secretary
of the Rock Hill Commercial Club. It
Is proposed that the various towns and
cities throughout the State assist the
ofllce so far as the commercial end 's
concerned.
At present when there Is enter
prise of importance to soipe ottler par
ticular section of the State Mr. Wat
son finds it uecessary to drop his other
work and assist in locating the ifttsl
ness, although, he Is usually aided in
this by various towns. If the pl'AU.
works there will be no further trouble
along this line and a State organiza
tion of the commercial bodies can as
sist in the development of the State
In many other ways. \
With a very smalT sum a Tyindbook
can be gotten out. bearing thr official
stamp of the office and yet represent
ing the entire State in a wn{y that,
should be. At present the cost is too
great and the postage bills too heavy
to permit of any along this line on a
large scale, although there have been
a very large number of small and val
uable handbooks gotten out by the
office.
The call for the meeting will be Is
sued some time this month and a very
large attendance Is expected.
Secretary Hay Much Improved.
Washington, Special. ? Secretary
Hay arrived from Now York tonight
and spent the greater pari of tho
evening with the President, Secretary
Taft joining the President and Mr.
Hay. Secretary Hay will attend tho'
cabinet meeting. He looked consider
ably Improved In health. He said that,
ho would remain in Washington
through this week, and would then
go to his summer home at Snnapee,
N. H.
More Incendiary Work,
Honey Path, Special. ? Tho handsomo
three-story barn of Mr. J. B. Knight
was burned Saturday night at 3:00
o'clock. All the horses were saved but
fodder, oats, ete., were burned. -The
loss Is estimated to be over $1,000. Mr.
Knight Is a prosperous farmer in. lower
Greenville county, a man known, and
well respected, with not .an enemy of
whom he knows, so the hre is a m\s
tery. By the herols efforts of Mr.
,)Knight, the ten head of "mules and
horses were driven out Just as the barn
was falling in. The -faithful and effi
cient help of Uie neighbors saved the i
other buildings, which caught fire sev
eral times.
One Death From Heat.
New York, Special.? One death, that
of Miss Josie Barnard, who lived on
upper East Side. and a number ot
procurations besides much suffering in
the tenement districts, were the result,
of tho. excessive heat la New York City"
a?d vleinlty. At 4 o'clock' Monday af
ternoon the thermometer registered 89
on the roof 'of the weather bureau
bttildrng. in the streets |t was several
decrees higher. Sunday was the hot'
test June It in ? years.
SOUIH CAROUIA MM j
Many Noway Itemf Gathered From
all Section*.
General Cotton Market.
? Middling.
(Galveston, ftim 9 j
New Orleans, Bteady 9M? i
Mobile, stoutly 8 13-10 j
Savannah, quiet !
Charleston. llrm ...? j
Wilmington, rtrm ..84 !
KlUrflUk; HllH
Baltimore, normal 9 j
New York, quirt 9. IB |
Boston, quiet 9-15 j
Philadelphia, steady 9.10 j
Houston, steady 8 15-1 ft
Augu*t&, Steady H
Momphis, firm 9Vfe
St. Louis, llrm 9 .
Louisville, firm 9 ',4
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These flgurt*? represent prices paid to
wagons;
Good middling 9.00
Strict middling 9-00
Middling . ...? 8.87 Vz
Middling 8.87Mj
Tinges . , . , 7 to
Stains lo 7\i
The Prohibitionists Meet.
Columbia Xt;it??, Iflth.
A conference of prohibitionists
from different sections of tiro State
was held a) the Main Street Metho
d st church. The meeting began at
about 8; 30 o clock and did not adjourn
until 11. During that time the situ
f, k1? u. r?Kan| to 1,10 '""Honsary and
prohibition and the suggested policies
for the prohibitionists to adopt worn
fully diseussed.
Mayor c. A. Smith of Tiirtmonsville,
who is president of the Slate Haptist
convention ami vice president of the
Southern Baptist Convention, was call
ed to the chair and the Rev. Louis J.
Hristow of Marion was made secretary
Among those present Were: Joel k
Brunson of Sumter, lfi. ll. DeCamp of
Cherokee, Rev. It. ^.Sublet t of Claren
don, Re\\ Jtfrj^ii'itlman of Green
wood, W. D. Jones of Marion, .J. YV
Hanrer of Lancaster, L. H. Haynos of
w.fr.11^ ^;,W- of Hampton,
waUfiy C. I hompson of Lancaster, D.
W. moU of Pickens, T. J. Lamotte of
Coli/mbia. Rev. Vernon I'Anson of Co
JriniF)la, Ilowoll Morrell of Richland, A.
/h. Cargile of Saluda ami Ur. 10. o.
Watson ?f Spartanburg, aud John L.
McLaurln of Malboro.
There were several .resolutions pre
sented to the conference which
brought full and free discussion of the
po icy for the prohibition Organization,
Hm #i lSr,nerf5 tu Purine, and at
times the discussion was Very inter
jected a"(1 considCra,),e vlSor was in
M?A of resolutions presented bv
Mr Hristow were first discussed seri
atim and after some modification and
?:n?me"!8 wcro adopted. There pro
.ventlonr ? oa!,i"R or a State con
vention, the appointment of an ex
ecutive committee to take charge of
th? general work of preparing for the
cations ?? 011(1 ?t,pulatinK the qualifi
er m members and the manner
nieet?ne t? We" aS thc tImo fwr
meeting. Th?io resolutions brought
not* ??m Ct??y debate? an<l ?t was
. another resolution was ln
n^rno defining more specifically tho
that fh*1 ? V?e I,ropoKC(1 movement
mated 6 meet,n? roa,?' became ani
FOR A CONVENTION,
resolution sor Mr. Hristow
which were adopted, are as follows- '
... Re8?)ved, That it Is the sense of
this conference that a general confer
ence of prohibitionists of South Caro-r
Hue,, rate'' n l? d,8CU8s and *?
ugurate a plan of campaign against
tho sale of alcoholic, liquors as bever
age, within, the State of South Caroli
Second That an executive commit
tee consisting of one .member from
each county, of whom ten will con
stitute a quorum, hereafter to be ap
pointed shall take charge of all niat
nmMi|f' f n <i(i l<> 1>y this conference,
and that said executive committee shall
fall the conference above referred to
" the c,,y of Co?umbia on
,e ns ,l (ler',ns advisable,*
r,?.J That lu Ru< h Proposed con
science each county shall be entitled
to as many delegates as It has mem
bers in the general assembly.
Fourth. That the qualifications and
manner of election of delegates be left
to the execi^lve committee.
Rock Hill'i N*tv Postoffice.
nr,n?Ck r u111, Special. ? The official
notice of the award of the contract to
nuiid a new government building to
wU8p .i8 R was received
here Friday morning. The contract
was given to an Atlanta man. Molse
im f?n 1 18 bid wan *32,500. R ? is
officially stated also that the work
JhE 1?, !?,?'" at onco" Th? P>an? of
this building as already agreed upon
will develop a very handsome struc.
S2L.S 'ocated on the corner of
P. II w" ,a Main streetB. The
building will front, on both streets and
wil??mon di8tanco ,)a<k fom the side
tttrln' # g Rpnco for a narrow
trance Kni8S ?n ?a?h aido of thc fin'
gr
The Catawba Summer School.
York vl lie, Special. ? The Catawba
district Summer School for teachers
of the counties of Cherokee, Chester.
h airfield, Lancaster and York began
its session for one njonth at 11 a. m.,
Tuesday morning with forty-five teach
er-puplla in attendance. Other teachers
are expected. The meetings are held
in the large and well arranged graded
school building antj everything is quite
comfortable and pleasant.
fer^c^ihJn A?lt?^0fflcftr8 of th,c ??n
of th? temporary officer#
present'^ hereby called, If
The following which, was presented
J1?*4 rejoice with the I
sssil? Te ?ote<i ** ^e di*.
JJJttJMT. and that we sympathise*, with
*>ow making earnest efforts to
dtf so, and heartily, en dorse all the en
sute0^^^ i1** *****
to#rtd tUtmaelve* of this glaat^
AUTOMOBILE HIT BY TRAIN i
R. S. Saver and Wife Kill od, Their
Two Sons Injured.
AeiM?>iit ()rrnri?<l Nfiir Cotlirii, N. V.? '
l'Mrfy \\ ?? on >V?y (?> .Sum
mer (Minn.
1 I
tJoshetl, V.? An automobile In |
which Richard H. Sayer, Treasurer of j
the Rider-Ericsson Engine fot.npivny
of Now York City, his wife ami two >
sons, wore passing over the Erie Hail
road tracks at See ley's Crossing, near
here, at night, was struck by a fast
train. Mr. Sayer and his wife were
instantly killed. The two sons, Rich
ard, Jr., aged thirteen, and Ray, seven
jrears oldi were lujured. The colored
chauffeur escaped unhurt.
The family were on their way from
Euglewood, N. J., to lioshcu, where
members of the respective families
of Mr. and Mrs. Sayer re-idc. It was
the intention of the party to spend the
ni^lil at lioshen, lepvlng for Mr. Say
ct'h camp in (ha Shawaugiiuk Moun
tains, lister County, the next day.
The party loft Euglcwood early in
the day, intending to spend a few
hours at Walden, N. V., where the
Rider-Kiicttsoli engine factories are sit
uated. They left for Co>hen late in
the afternoon.
How the accident occurred is not
yet known, except that the automobile
was in the middle of the tracks when
tht* fast train of the Erie road came
along. The heavy trajn struck t lie ear
In the. middle and shattered it. The
occupants were thrown for a distance,
and parts of the automobile were car
ried for several hundred yards along
the track on the pilot of the engine.
When the train was stopped the
news of the accident was telephoned
to (Joslicn. A special train was Im
mediately prepared, but I)r. I). T. <>?n
diet, the regular surgeon of the Eric
road stationed here, arrived at the
scene of the accident in an automobile
ahead of the train.
Dr. Condlct found that both Mr. and
Mrs. Say er had been killed Instantly.
The young son, lwiy, it was feared,
had also sustained a fracture of the
skull. Richard, Jr., was found in a
semi-conscious state, and was only
able to ask for water whVi picked up.
The chauffeur was standing near by,
unhurt, but loo frightened to* speak
The baggage whlc^nte party had had
in the automobile, was scattered far
and wide.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Sayer
were placed in a ear of the relief train
and brought with the Injured boys to
freshen. When the train arrived here
Jfc vcaa thought best to send the injured
ln&4 on to the Thrall Hospital at Mid
dl$if)wn. *
^lr. Say or was tifty-live years old and
a native of Goshen, where his father,
the late William M. Sa.ver, was ?
wealthy and much-respected lumber
merchant. Richard Sa.ver and his
brother, William M. Sayer, Jr., went
into business about twenty years ago
and were successful. William St.
Sayer, Jr., Is now the President of the
Rider-Ericsson. Engine Company, of 35 (
Warren street, New York City.
Mrs. Sayer was before her marriage
Frances Lowe, d' lighter of the late
Judge Lowe, who was prominent in
Middletown law and politics. TUo two
boy.' were the only children of the
couple.
Besides the aged Mrs. Sayer, who
has lived here fc.' the last ftft.V years,
Mr. Sayer leaves three sisters, Mrs.
J. W. Colt and Mrs. Joseph Coates,
bofli well-known in Goshen and Mid
dletown, and Mrs. Hitchcock, the wife
of Dr. Hitclicoek, of St. Johnsbury,
Vt .3
''We were coming down a slight
hill," said Chauffeur Charles 1<\ Jack
son. "As we approftchc.I the crossing
wo were warned by people on the side
walk that there was a train coming.
Mr. Sayer, who was o i the seat w/tli
me, told me to ro oi., as there was lots
of time. As we hit the track I saw
the train and tried to turn, but instead
of sheering clear of the track the auto
slid in front of the trail.. I jumped
just in time and was not hurt."
SOLDIERS LOOTED.
Cause of Fatalities in Fight nt Brest
Lltovgk.
Warsaw, Russian Poland.? The out'
break of rioting at Drest-Lltovsk dur
ing which, according to reports, many
persons were killed or wounded, orig
inated in a conflict between Jews an?
arm? reserve men hound for t lie Far
Fast. The soldiers are said to have
looted provision store?, and Ihe Jews,
in defending their property, are alleged
to have tired on the troops, who re
turned the tire. The town la now occu
pied by the military.
BURSTING SHELL WOUNDS 18.
Explosion on British Ifattleship Due
to infect in uu.
Gibraltar. ?Eighteen men. including
four officers, were wounded by the
burstings inside the gun, of a six-inch
shell on lioard the fivst-cldfcs battleship
Magnificent. The accident occurred at
gun practice off Tctuan.
The explosion was due to a defect In
the breach. All tlio wounded wor#
Drought ashore here.
Bulla's Reply Forwarded.
Russia's formal response to President
Roosevelt's appeal to the belligerent
powers was forwarded to Tokio, Jap.irt^
Oy?ma Advances.
Oyama was ready to attack Line
| vltch all along the line and began to
advance.
| ? Emperor P#vstpr>np* ConaTefc*.
The reception of the delegates font
the Moscow Congress by the Emperor
nt St. Petersburg haw been postponed,
owing to a disagreement.
We?t Pointer* Graduate.
The annual graduating exercises took
place at the Mllltafr Academy at We?t
Point, N. Y.
Fir? at Syracuse University ? ' |
A Prions tire at Syracuse <N? Y.)
Uuivejraity * as narrowly averted.
DEATH Of MOO GOMEZ !
I
The Great Cuban Patriot and Fi
er Passes Away.
I
BRAVELY LEI) IN TWO WARS |
In (onftlct Willi I
Woratail *.Mt Oltliitctl (o Hee I'rom tlio |
IkIhikI ? In Kliml I'Diititil Ho Often '
l>*r?nl*il l uiivt Tliiu-H Nt rouge r
'I'll MM II lit Own.
Havana, < (i I >11 - General Maximo Gu
inea died n ( t; o'clock p. m. ot tin? liver
i t'Ollh lc from \\ 1 1 1 r 1 1 llo lltKl biH'll suffer
ing for some time .1 u.) which Anally af
fected his heart. Tin* doctors feared
tlib complh afion and know thai when
It cattle Hie ol?| General wmihl not lust
long. lie was 11. 11 (onsi-iOtl* at tlu> end.
When the General passed awa.t his
wilr and six children, I're.xidetii I'al
nni, tin' Sc. Tela r v <ii' Government and
some other*- Hi'if present. The body
was laid in state in the pnlae^ on I ho
da J' following his ih?alh. Only the
day hetort hit <leiiii-o tlio Sella to
passed a hill lo i'iYc.m'iii XIimIiidi) to tlx'
< loncral, and a check lor thai amount I
was delivered next morning hy tin1 j
Rocri'lii rj 01 I ina io i' i'i ii Mm Hi' 1 1 ? 1 ? 1
G fill 1 .1 1.
1'residcnt I'alnia arrived al tin- Ceil- '
eral's hod?ii>c a t"\vyYi>om?>nts before ?
hc> died. I Ills waftf lie IVi-siA-nt \s lirsl i
visit, .11: 1 1 Hi,. 1.1,1 in;, 1 ho) had not j
called h; I orr lias oci asioned muiio com- i
incut.
The admiraliuii of the mass of Cn- I
bans lor < Jciien: I Gome/, amounted Io I
almost hiohilrj . I f i<4 death a<Upitledly
Is a severe blow 10 any political Inlci*
CM to Which Io w.xA allied. 1 1 ?? was
Olio of thy most radical Isadora of the
national pari'-, lie had allied himself
with fho lib"r.! I fusion movement, bill
a split uniii' during liis fdrkness. and it
was gcuora/ly thought he would have
Joined Governor Nil in z and other dls
fentors in? upholding the old national
ist organization.
In th* latter days of cuKi in ro hit1*
i'<*.ore sink oig ov picturesque j
"Kiiro th:?n < .'riser:: I .Maximo Goon'z, !
who in 1S??S devoted liis swoid to lib- I
crate his country from Spanish mis
rule.
Gomez was born in Sanlo , I lomingo
in IS.'ltJ and, entering ihe Spanish army,
became an oJHc;, booh iitUllnlng ill's
I' ictlon. When the Spani-ljrai my was
driven ironi Sanlo Domingo he went'
to Cuba as a privat ? citizen, liis ex
perle.uccH had eijjivjneed him of the
Tjmflty of 1 in- Spanish Government,
dlsirm lcd as it was at home, in main
taining its control of its \\'<st Indies
colonics, and whi n the (1411 year rebel
lion broke out in Cuba lie at oace
enlisted ax a sdhlier. In ihe llrst en
gagement lie received promotion for
his daring. and in the next year be
came a lieutenant-colonel, winning vic
tor. ok near .Hguani and Cuautnuaiuo.
N\ lth Con era I Garcia he captured
Hojguin, Hild was promoted to. the!
rank of brigadier -general by the coin
maiider-iu-chl' f. Agramonte, mm the
bravest and most liitellfgj'nt otlleer in
Kfthflagh. He beeiinie known as "The
'1 error," and comliicted a very hiicocrh.
ful campaign in ruerta I'rtneJpe. win
ning aevcral battles ana capturing
towns, lie broke through Ihe cordon
of forts with which tho Spanish gen
erals hoped to Isolate the inKUi'xent
leaders, but he was unable to keep
up the resistance. Wlien Agramonte
died' ho was made commai'dei-ln-chicf
of th<? rebel forces, but was obliged
to lly from thy island as the revolution
died out. escaping to Jamaica.
In 18K5 he au"attcmpt to land
in Cuba, but this was a failure. He
managed subsequently to join Dr.
Marti and seconded his efforts to free
Cuba. For several years he lived In
Honduras and in K.mto Domingo, until
the standard of revolution was laised
for the last time in Cuba, j'lie con
stituent assembly which elected a pro
visional government made him eom
mandcr-iu-chief. and in the iiulumu of
Ifty.i. Joining his forces to those of
General Mae?o, lie started on a famous
raid, In wlii'-h the two generals tra
versed Cuba from end Io end. <
One of his greatest jriiece*ses was his
defeat of Marsha) Onmpos, who tried
with 30,000 men to cheek his advance
upon Havana In Deermbot, 180.". tsln
the following May, with only -400 men,
he routed 5000 Spanish under General'
JimincK Castellanos. During Jiis cam
paign he was reported killed at least
thirty times and he was often wouml
ed. Hi lost one of his sons i 1. ire
cember, 180(5, in an ambush not far
from Havana.
The old general was very proud of
tbe veputrtion he gained of never hav
ing lost a battle. His personal bravery
had a wonderful effect on the raw re
cruits of which tip greater part of
his forces was made ul> during the first
part of the Inst revolution. It is said
that eo man ever flinched, 110 matter
how thick the bullets flew, v/hile Go
mez's eye was upon him.
Gen. Gomez was a small man. about
five feet six Inches tall, and nle^ei-ly
built. During the last years of Ill's
life he suffered greatly from n wound
he received in the right leg. He had
keen, penetrating eyes and a restless,
wary look.
Gen. Gomez had tb*. friendliest pos
fible feeling for the United States. He
was sorely disappointed when after be
J1j?4 scored important successes against
tbe Spalnards 1 the United States rc
fufiMl to recognize the belligerency of
Cuba. But when this country lent a
hand Gen. Gomez did all ii? his power
to securp .he friendliest relations.
ghf
Johnston City Burned.
Flro practically destroyed the town
of Johnston City, Ind. Owing to a
Heartily of water tho Are got beydud
control. Forty building*, including the
eeetlon, Imtued.
Th? Jomh I* mtimnted At $200,000.
? ?*
Americans Broke III London.
Hundreds of Americans are stranded
In London, fr landless and almost desti
tute: Hesides the American Consulate
rtud Kmfiussy, the American Booletjr
Is hrsic^d bVlpleta people.
FATAL HEAD-ON COLLISION
Over n N?*or? of Train If ?* it ? I x Iv 1 1 1 *- <1 nut'
it* M Ittiy Mnrv (lrl<*Ymi?ly Injurcil?
? It ul Or. his.
Wall iuiore. Mtl Uy far the worst
\t ycclf in (In* history of llii* Western
Maryland Railroad <)??( lined iit ? point
about ii ipiarter o i a mile from l'alup**
(???, /t "timll elation between Westmins
ter and Klukshufg. The death roll now
foots up Iwcnt) three, and this tiuinhei
is likely to be Increased from ouioug
the list ?f those grievously Injwivd.
About ( w * ? i i I > persons wen- I in illy hurt.
The IdcntMicd dead nil'- ?ii'oifit? It.
Covcll, of I lagcrstowii, engine ?lri vol*
on passenger train; Shoemaker, of
I lagcrstown, lin-n an on passenger
tin in i .loli. i ( 'fuiiKi*, of Taney town,
Aid., engiitp driver of mio of 1 1 u> freight
engines; J>nrr, conductor of freight
iraln; .lames Uroshon, ('baric* Kelly,
W i 1 1 in in Sweeny, M<T|ellan Sweeny,
Frank Sweeny, llarry Swri'iiy, Charles
T. Miller, all of Thurmond, Md.. and
Uuy Linn, of Middlchurg, Mil.
All I ho dead Were employes of III*'
railroad, returning to their homes in
the small towns to upend Sunday.
Willi tlie exception of ihe train crews
tlicy had been at work repairing the
damage (lone to the roadbed leu days
ago hy a minor fr? * . l; 1 1 1 wreck al Mount
llope *tal!on near this city,
I'lie passenger train, west liAund,
carried a large lUUiiber of passengers,
all the ears being filled. Consequent iy
as mail) of the Workmen as could do
so went Into the baggage ear, the re
mainder of i tie gang Uniting places on
tin- platforms between the baggage
and mail ears.
In the neighborhood of l'alapseo sta
tion the Western Maryland has many
curves, ami Just west of the bridge
?josslnii th?' I'atapsco It i vor is one. A
freight train, made up of lu'.lvy eoal
and provision ears, was running east.
It should have taken a siding to allow
the passenger ll'alln to pass. Why the
orders to thl.: effect were disregarded
cannot be for all who should
have seen tha^^fifc-y were obeyed are
dead.
The passenger train was running at
a speed of thirty miles an hour, .and
the freight ti*#?i was making good
time, with ils two engines. Just west
of the bridge lln?y en me together with
terrKle force. The three engines were
piled one upon another, but in such a
manner that snlliclent steam .Connec
tions were broken to relieve the l/oil
ors, and thus prevent explosions.
The impact drove Hie passcngoi en
uine tender into the bag, 'age ear, and
demolished it and the mail ear. Those
who hail been in the baggage ear and
on the engines were pinioned in the
wreckage out of Immediate reach. The
damage to the oilier cars of the pass m
gct I ra in was confined almost entirely
to broken windows and doors and (he
injuries to Hi Mr occupants to bruises
and minor cuts.
Shrieks from the injured quickly
brought to (lie scene the inhabitants
of all the farmhouses within a consid
erable radius, and these immediately
set. to work to do what they could.
Farmers' wives nod their danglers
made blindages of their clothing and
household linen and -worked heroically.
Sonic physicians who hntl been passen
gers on tlu? wrecked train directed
their efforts.
A messenger was hurried to the near
est telegraph station to summon help
from Westminster. All the physicians
In the town were gathered at the sta
tion when the fast mail from Blue
Ridge Summit, bound for Baltimore,
pulled in. The passengers left the
cars, the medical men hurried aboard,
and the train made record time t<> the
scene of the wreck. ,, Another relief
train ran from Baltimore, bearing more
physicians and supplies.
7
Accident in Hi-story ol We-t
erii Maryland Failio.\il.
STORM'S FKAKFCL HAVOC.
Over Sl,(KM).(Mtu WoiiUj of Property I)c
stroyed in ii Night? Two KIII'mI.
St. Paul. .Minn. ? High whOt and
lightning have mused over 81,000.000
(inmate in tills vicinity. Son t li of .St.
Paul, within fifty miles, the Chicago
(ireat Western Railroad lost two
bridges and 400 yards of track and
trains have been abandoned at Lake
City.
All this trouble was because of
heavy rain and cyclonic wind* which
swept Southern Minnesota and West
ern Wisconsin. At Rhlnclauder, Wis.,
the Wisconsin Veneer Factory %vas
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground, result ing in a loss of $230,000.
"Within fifty miles to tbe south of St.
Paul wagon and railroad bridges to the
value ot $200,000 were destroyed by
the flood which followed the rain.
At Hudson and Ellsworth. Wis., and
near Kagle Lake, Minn., a tornado
swept the farms hare, the wind and
lightning destroying upward of $100.
OOO worth of property, a large part of
Wjdch was live stock. Four Hour mlllsj
were also reduced to ashes in this dis
triet. At Menominee, Wis., .$20,000
worth of race horses were killed by
lightning. At Ashland, Wis.. Charles
Bartze, a youth, was kiljfd by light
ning, and at Hastings. Minn., William
O. Shaughnessy was killed while stand
ing the doorway of his barn.
Moving Day For $52,000,000.
At Chicago $52,000,000 In cash In
the United States Sub-Treasury, tha
second largest money repository In the
United States, lias JuM?H>een trans
ferred through the streetiMWom the old
quarters in the Rand-McXally Building
to the new home lu the Federal Build*
lug.
Killed by a Rocket Stick.
Madeline Ashley, nineteen years old,
was instantly killed, and Madeline
Adams, two years old, probably fatally
. injured hjc a. skyrocket at Cayuga. IutU.
during ji Are works ^exhibit lop. Tho
? rocket struck the smaller girl and the
stick then penetrated the brain of
Mica Ashley.
? Jt
Cholera at Moscow.
i was said, to be spreading ft
Russia.
N.
iVASIII NOTON.
'I lie 1'i t >ident waa made (he benefi
ciary <>f ii u act of Couiu'ess passed sit
.war? ago grjiuting to nil soldiers who
Moved out of the comities ol t Iio conn
try during t lit* SpaoUh war two
mouth*' extra pa> . t
President Itoosfvoll issued uu order
<i\'.|ilig for sweeping icformt fn tin*
methods of CoudUt-tillg till' iM/slllCStt of
i lite (.jovernmcni. . - ?
Thp President lias Approved tin* find
ings in f'v<? trials of captain Heorgo
W. Kirkunu, of the Twenty-llfth 1 11
j fanlry, si ?, fencing him to dismissal
| fi ?tn Hit' army and confinement in fll?
Fori I.eaviMiworlh (Kan. I penitentiary
for ( I live years, Kirkman wan con
nected witli (Iio rtciisiiUonal cuk?? re
i MiiliiiK in the Ktilefdti of the wife of nn
army olllcer in OmQhif. \
Secretary Morton removed the engi
neer ill charge of constructing a dry
dock ;l 1 PhiuTeslon, S.
The lest of Unssln'x formal reply to
I ho I'lvsldent'ij nlemfcnl nolo was ro
ceived fly President lloonovelt from
' Amhiis*ndor Meyer. '
Olill A D0PT1CD iRI.ANDS/V ^
The si ea tnshlp Alaniedii brought ti
1 10 \ of snake.>i, some of them rattle
snakes, on her last Iriii, for cshlhitinti
in a Honolulu zoo. IMTorls wore at
once made lo prevent lliem being Jnnd
etl, as lliere are 110 snakes in lilt' isl
ands, ami it lins been a policy of long
standing lo keep tlieni out. Kseiff>eH
from the /, 00 were feared. Tim reptiles
were nil killed before they got through
llu' Custom Ilouse by Collector Stack- .
able.
Chinese posters in Honolulu announce
anonymously that .-ill Americans enter
In^ China will he fumigated at the port
of entry and must pay ??"? a head lo
get in.
DOMESTIC.
Samuel Ureason, a negro, who wni
sentenced lo death a ; an aecomplieo of
.Mrs. Kate 1^1 wards in the murder of
her hushard, has Stern set J'ree by th'o
court in Heading. Pa. lie was declared
innocent on retrial.
Expert cracksmen secured in
money and 2000 postage stamps by
blowing open the safe of the Exchange
Hank of Harrison <fc Sargiatit at Vor
11011, Mich.
The !p 1 ,'<!?!( ),000 drydoek for govern
ment use in tlie Phillppines^vns
launched at Sparrows' Point? Md<, .
being christened Dewey by Miss Endl
coli.
Taking strychnine with suicidal in-?
tint, Mabel Hates, aged eighteen years,
and Hcorge Job, Jr., died together at
Hoeednle, Kan.
The Woman's International UiitOft "*
Label League adjourned its conventiou
in Chicago, III., to meet in Mlilvlllc,
N. J., In June, 1P07.
The boiler of a loeonfotlve drawing
a heavy freight train exploited nt Woi
Iaston, Mass., seriously injuring one '
(rain ma 11.
Tufts College nl MedfoA(T3f?^H., WITT"
eonfer the degree of I^Ij. i>? on Kogoro
Takaldra, the Japanese Minister.
The -loo- foot steamer Superior, for.
the (treat Lakes trad'o, was launehcil "
at Detroit, Mich, '<
Miss Fiiltuirc and Miss Keerst, of
Philadelphia, Pa., were crushed 111 nil
automobile nrrldent near Egjr liarbor*
City, N. J., both having wrists broken,
Hy swallowing poison, D. II. Shroyer,
a contractor, whose lioinp was in lint-"
U'f, Pa., killed himself at Oxford, N'r C<
-Formal complaint was made. to Cftm- ...
tnlssioner McAdoo against the curb
brokers in New York City by the teu
ant "of a Hroad street ofHce building,
W ho alleges the noise of their business
operations is disturbing.
Marcus M. Marks was elected prest^ :
dent of Hie New York Anti-Policy Bo- **
clety, vlco Captain F- Norlou Uuildard,
deceased. \ j '
I'UuI'Jlu iN, ^
Advices f r?) in ,-l'arlja. France, Raid
that t lie Ki(uiiti#n regarding Morocco
hSit ii(.
and Germany liayhiK a 1 most reached 4
deadlock. Premier Homier has de?
elded to retain the post of Minister of
Foreign Affaire.
Three more eases of yellow fever aad
one death were reported In the Panama
C'upnl /.one.
Colonel von Wissmann, former Gov
ernor of German East Africa, ac?lden?
tally i hot himself la the head whllo
deer-stalking at Fisthern, near Llet- "
y.cn, Syria, llis death was, tnstanta- >
11 con h. ?
Princess Margaret oT Connaught find
I'rlnco Gustimis Adolphtis of Sweden
were married at Windsor Castle, Kng
la lid .
<;>
King Oscar II. of Sweden, in a letter
to theT'resident of the^Korwegfian Stor
thing, declares that he did not violate
his prerogative in vetoing the consular
bill.
Prince Guldo llottekel von Donners
mark lias undertaken with Herr Koch,
president of the Imperial Bank at Ber
lin. Germany, and the head* of other
German' hanks, to false $2,500,000,
which will be invested, the Interest to _
lie at the disposition of Kmperor Wilt*
iam. for deserving otlkcrswho*eij&?j
cotnes hardly permit theiu to remalu
In the army.
M. Rouvler has informed President
T.oubet at Paris, France, Jhat botbTf.
do Freyclnet and M. Constat!*, to wb6?i
be had offered the portfolio -of Fi
Affairs, had refusrd ir, and in
quenco he will himself retain tlrn
is try of Foreign Affairs.
Tbe Royal Mail Steam Packet
paw. according to a^xepott txof.
don, Hngland, will soon estal
passenger serviee betweeu
ton and Hew York City.
King Alfons^nnd Senor Viil
MltttBttg ttC / 9V*ilU , AJL#'ri,.Ual
tnrsaages of condolence to
of tbe French Oonsal at r
Spain. wh<r died
dtaeaae at the r
be Was swi
Tbe!