Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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eHR0NieLE. A I'll 1 1./ 27. HMHi. N<>. I,;. innCiditu AID IN ASHES mpleted Work<-of the Earthquake. PEOPLE HOMELESS v!x. "\V Business Block, Marvvj Mag er\t Mdr\sioi\& Costing illions ar\d 30,000 DWell ? ir\cs SWcnt AW^V. ' I J P ' s. KiNli [M IIUNUliR AND 1 HIRST ! i "" ?->! ,l.? C1? at lfiOO,Oi;c),OoO? ?? . ,lo*t?< Min|? i? lh.. I'arku Wn.r.u,.,,., I?U?Hct-, ?ort Ma?y V *" ,P CUr \Vi?r,| out ft?. ?(MIIIn,a K|i|frB ^ to i ,lvillR ln nilikMhlfi Murlttl of Doad. ^u'I|?'?n,| * ~ J ,V:'in *'rn n cisco Pi. 1?ms bccomc n colossi cnlamltv. ?.mTr'iS ?f ,lu> ' ?" J 11 is a beap of ashes. There j;/t,c ?,r ???-? ci.y except 01,nv. jr?.buftWt? fow l)IoH.:s tilowa(;r ??i am, n n,,,, district f f?ss reMM?,Kv.s|.vi?SJI|rtnKOo,(l0,| (!jMe ark No America u city was Cver so gnrly clestnwtf :1S thiS( an(, omsh|o ???e oarthm^ko. the iin? is the xrr;U. ?t in America,, history. inside i^Ill0 Bbieago, i;,,sto? ami TTali imore iir(..s To almost unimportant. 'I lie city had population of more Jmu 400.000 No| , CTT\ 1,;,VC ? n<Hl to oat tin.. il,01l'""ins"1'- ft P<>0.<,0v> people uro l...nt.sJo*s in (!j,. *hvks or tin. Presidio inflif:, Iy icserva. ^.,"un?cr' and il,c tenor of added JO (i??Vro ho r l SolnS; ' u "t H.st unable (o nVvid^: v-en sufficient food. \\llU,v ' t??1 "?o|?ti?iu?|?]8 in the Nfriclioii oitv gu?d scores ot tli.>ti?nu.i* differed for h:JbT flVe aM lokI "bout oO 000 rof Jj <*V'H ,n (),? '<IhiuI. all that can be sa fclv Thero are ?,oro tha ni ,juwjoo camping out tn son /""? ?bh,.no" tJlrowl, II, ? Id, ?l t v ; ' .sk P .' t idictilons estimate cvor has henn Tb? l?kf <>111, (l,e a 'sessed valuation of San I'r i nf i? ...? b>' three-fourths and then give thi cold Imo'Sm ,vm " ' C'f;5 "ttpr \y '-"in more than 40 ?jo families and destroy the honest .vnnnngs oi years ?t i,?rd work. - Ihe 8|filfMticiaux who tlgure out t?w, loss of $000,000,000 so niinhiv do n<?t fcLJIlo? (lmt ,h? ;;; V of "K),k!st storekeepers liave ;J?S . ?**e?Tthliijf on earth, iucludiuc flhoir stock and theJU" trade. 'J W f?f| to count iu that more than 30 ooo gioMsehohlers are homeless, luivinu lost ^verythip- Iron, furniiurc tn clot hint and, lost their eniployment alsy. 'p|10,i t?io great poor <lisirict west of th ? wandhills, Riven almost over to co , J ? <]estrue(I?n. has not been taken properly int< consideration. ICverv lit ?t!e store there is gone. Kverv llrli! Jujr ho.isq is in uiins. Only smoke and ashes show the sites of what were busy factories. Several thousand worU ?rw tR?V tIl0,r oWu OOJ>v homo% -ihey have lost everything that they possessed. What is true of thl "e(f. I'tion is also true oi tiie 'font - TjlJslrict and of Xon ifiif j^onn ires have the finest homos on the W?Care Tkon ^Wn fI,os0 Personal , taken into account the to hi l gium is uppa lilac, and the sulTei-linr viitiiin ft very short ;im? to the -lent .boflrt o. the United States * Probably IMO.OOO refugees are strn* feUag to get out of the city. The s re"S ^are swarming with people, some cSn" ^.?nd weeping and calling for miS luu R. loved ones. Crowding all si(I?uaik5 B are hundreds upon linndrodK of liou?e mioideys attempting to drag somo of K.ti.eir .effects to places of safelv In P-?ome instances men wltli ropes are diagglng trunks tandem style, others bauug sewing machines strapped Mo the trunks. AgaLn. women a Jo rush: I L'infv H r? M8 <*ri'3'inff en their arms the family cat or a bird cage. I ho flames spread everywhere on the second day of the tire. Imrne bv an ever changing wind. The section ?f he city west of Vail Ness avenue, which contains the homos of the I weairhy. was fired at ? o'clock p. n? the district wns soon surrounded bv I p'u08- T,?Inyor ^^mitr.and Ciiief of IolJce Dlnan decided (hat the only Kobber ?e t? l?onds. Stocks and bonds worth $300,000 be longing to J. 1). Hand, a prominent F wwmiil operator in Hay Minetr, Aia stolen from tho home of W. a; I ir Collier, an attorney, of Montgomery. Ala., where bo is-vii$ting. More British troops For Eirypt. -I Owrtig to the attitude of ttis TurKSsh ??*?o>asniMani Imnnilary dispute aud its possible eflfect on the Islam population, (he British Govern -n-.'sd has deckled to iucroaso its garr". KTs^uii: ;:?:gy pL v. ' ?V - ^ ' . hope of saving the wmlcni addition," was to < li.-ck (!.?? ihv at Win Ness itw iitut. *l*ii i*. is niilo'.y tV.M wide, ?M(I ? in- (KiMilU.lity cheeking i 111' match of ti.i- rl:i ??!(?.? there loykt-d hopeful. Ordi'i'K were given to ron contra to every lliv .engine in tlu> city ??it this avenue, to iiuii-blial soldiers, po lice and nil vVOI'kci'^i, .linl umi.e one liist stand to save the remainder of tin* oily. Huge ranuoij were drawn k> the avenue to tiiil i !??? dynamiter* in blow ing up the mansions of the million aires ou tin- casj >ide of Van No** avenue, livery available pound of dy? nrindte was hauled to this point, and tU? sight was one . of stupendous npd appalling l)i?v?je, as tlio cannon were ? raluod on tin; palaccs and the shut tore into tile walls and toppled the building* in crushing' ruins. At oilier points dynamite wiis used, nnd. house after house, the dwelling of tin* mill ionaires were lifted into the air h.v the power jf till- blast. and dropped to Use earth a muss of dust and debris. The steady booming of the artillery and the roar of the dynamiic above the howl and cracking of the Names continued for hours with monotonous regularity. ?>< The work of the lire fighter# wii* not in vain. Itoaring across the hloekt of San Francisco's lnind--ouiest dwellings . the lire reached Van Ness avenue and there paused at the last defense that could be made against it. The con flagration which eoiim.oted the devas tation begun by the earthquake had spent its I'oree, after h. ng waste the entire business part of the city, the finest residence section, and the tene ment districts. One-fourth of the city is safe. The tin men wore stopped at Van i Jobs avenue and \Oclavla street on i he west. With tiie fire under 6ntrol. the chief concern was for the homeless and famishing, estimated to number <?fs> persons. Two-thirds of this num ber spent the night in Uoldon date Park, on iho hills, and at the Reaches, under such touts us could be Impro vised. Oakland, Berkeley,. iiud Alame da tried to take care of thousands who wore aide to } -v across the bay. The suflerlngs ??.' t!ie houseless peo ple were teiriblo. llot!i fo?d and water were lacking. At daybreak, however, (here was a water supply, and army rations, doctors, uurecs. end teuls were hurried, to the city ay laud ami water. Three main relief stations have been organized in the '/city. The military were eoa elled to im press men to bury the dead. Their number is still tin know n. The insurance companies anaouneed that losses would be ] id immediately, thus put I in" a large sum at the dis posal of realty owners. Put the people of San Francisco, homeless and famishing, are bravely facing the calamity which has over taken them, and praet ie.iily swept oil L of existence the great city of whi . they were so proud. There were no evidences of weakn.ss among the crowds of stricken people moving baeK reluctantly irom each advance of the tlaines. IVmarkaMo nrave:y was ex hibited by men. women and children in face of overw helming disaster. To t..o south wi-iv everything is In ruins for nearly three miles from the bay. 10 very huiidiug of importance is ?gone, save 11k; .nint - hotel theatres, siqrscrapt rs- everylhii g. To the north Chinatown is nsftoap of ashes. There is no .M'siness quarter? it is gone.* There is no .ongi-.r a liotel dis trict. a iheatre. a lace where illicit t bpckon?*d to pleasure. Kverything none. ' nl** a part >f .he residence do mr.in of (no i ity retu.' jiis. Willi black mini covering more (ban sevtn square miles ii? ?ts very heart the vi(y now wait* in a stupor the in evitable reign of sVuvali n and pesti lence t hat must crowd close iron the disaster. ? ? The authorities are doing all in their power to ior.K. ve the bodtes in order that r pestilence liny lv prevented. It is impossible to pick out single in cidents in this -eompositf* human "woe and: misery. The suffer- 1 lugs and hardship^ of individuals ap pear faint and puny in the great sov^ ' row that has overtaken the city of., the < {olden Cate. The common woe> l<t so great tluit ail details must shrink into the dark picture' which the city pr**- I /units. I.oss of home, for.tnne. relatives and friends are- part of the common lot. Men who were wealthy are pau pers to-day. Families who had occu pied beautiful homes were thankful for tho shelter of thQ-open air. Now and. then, you recognize some man, dressed like a tramp, dirty, drag ging a miserable woman, as a prosper ous business man or a sleek clerk whom you have known. They come hungry, mainly penniless, fairly beg ging something to eat from the public kitchens which the soldiers have set up In the street?.' Public halls, the ha*6 "hients of fnurches Mid the squares have been set apart for their use. There are well authenticated stories that people who were taken from their homes, enfeebled and ill. actual!? died of thirst. Others died of lack of medi cine. Among the fugitives from the burned dlsti let n-e more than a dozen persons who have gone insane. There are reports of seven suicides, niul of course this is not nearly the worst. There is a dnrk* side, too. At least four men have boon shot for looting. There are no wharf rats in the world worst than those which infest the San Francisco water front. In the early afternoon one of the*e cattle came staggering out of a wine house on (Jreeu street, his arms lllled with cham pagne bottles, and already half drunk with brandy which he had fonnd In the wreck. The soldiers stood him against the burning building and shot him to death. Throe others wvre shot In the back on the run. One man in Market- street who found digging in the ruins of a Jewelry shop was dis covered by a naval, reserve man and flrort upon three times. He fled, but the rcservo man brought him down by running n bayonet thrdggh htm. A detachment of sailors from one of Radium's Finder I>ead. Professor Curie, the discoverer of | radium, was run over ami killed by a | wapon ?m the Place Datiphtno, Paris, I France. Profrmr Pierre Curie, Joint 1 discoverer with his wife of the metal radlnm, wan born In Parifron May ir>. ! 1850, the son of a physician. , ? . ? ? - _* * , } lift ttyl Largo Volume. lMflii- buatnoia is .of targ? *olww<? oulftido tlic immediate vicinity of tlie ooiif mine* and a few ether places mI-tc '.oral controversies bave ffiW 'thfc i\.ir^1i!|ts assisted tii" Piemen. Oftl- ] .ct'fS Willi ? : ; . t \\ ! I I>i>|.>is loyj.ll cili'/.ci|S ro 1 4 U?% } :s i t i:i the ng'.i'. !?! \ ? ? i >" mail w llo \oiuinvd u- <!? w.t> l*? ?r duty Ji;> L ou McMiihiu of the re^ro tine < ntjer This jwiinj; ott) or had* a cr.oj 0\ i> ,'Hitl II V?jcl.C J luokflllf pffrtol, .mil tin* \yh y th?- hffm Junipe ! ishi'n ln? JJIUI was pojlltcd \V:?H i IlloVoslilltf. Ii i> i- 'iiK'lil> estimated thai ii-?' IVd j oral: tSovcrnimnl ha> lost in stori's And ( pnbjie buildings not less than $7, oou.. iHMi in Snn Kranelsco, and npproxl ? inatily in nearby towns. J Tlu: United States Mint In Sun Kntn I i iseo. (n will* h Is tdo;6d $.'ltKMXl0.tMK) 1'iii gold and silver coin and hnlllon, is lilU- only building loft standing within ! h spaco of hi' vera I squares. Heroic j work by superintendent bench and h'.? | assiidsniis .saved i hu hnih linj, from do j ?lt notion. No art ma i- estimate eafi ho phtoo<J | oi: tin'1 amount of damage that lias heen ! do in; outside of San Francisco, Con* ? >eryative|y, it is believed that it will i mi#l? he! w I'cit *r?<?.'.iyu,00(> and $tf?,tKK), j (KM), ! First reports about tin* damage at | Stanford I'll i v?irvi l y hnve liwu con I tinned A d!*pauh from Palo Alto | say 8 that only- -one of i i>r? nntgnifleent nr-nip hi iiiiitot'Kity buildings ronmina undamaged. V' Santa ymee one ?>f the innut beautiful town4 in tin- State, is a to. tal wreck. Tenl thousand ineii/Hvonuni and ehiidreti my huddb'il Vijrether In a section of tin* oily not reaVl'ied hy the ll a Hies. Their Homes Intvo boon de stroyed. and nothing Wmains lint a wilderness of charred timbers and shajtcrcd walls. There were about IJiK) persons lulled in the destruction of ttuj thr^o hotels of Santa Oosfl, :\ml not fo\\;er tiian f?Ob in the whole town of Santa ltosit. The business section col lapsed inside of live minntcp. Santa It'i.sa. "thi> City <>f IJose-," is the home of "Wizard" HinbanU, tin* famous hot licutturnlht. San Jose has gone the same way. Sixty-live Are reported killed there. No huildiins of any prominence is left st a m! It ii;'. At Ai-'iii'ws Insane Asylum, jnst outside of town. 'JT.'t Inmates were hilled. Tho others are roaming about the country. At Salinas prent loss of !.fo' is re ported: the Sprockles snu.tr, faelory ! and a score of other buildings -liavd ; been c'esti oye.l. Napa. M?dlinti?r. Yaliojo. Kodwood, .Suisii!!. Wat'son viile. Monterey SiocU 'ion. Santo I'rnsc. ( Jilr >y,. IJorkoley. t'as ..tpvilie red l'a.laro havo all hcen ?o rionsly dmia^od and uii'jit loss of lilt' is reported. / ' A late dbpab'h from IhawN/v. n sioall town on the Snnihoni Pacific, j VJi) r.iiles south of I.os Aii-rh's. reports tlu* practical wiping out of that place bv tii<? cart hfjun ko. Kvery brick build ing in tho town was demolished. vaj; 'work to:: relief Wonderful National Response lo the Cull I'rorn Desolated San I:ranclsco". N<nv York City.-? Perhaps never in lu* history of the wornl lias theve been 'such a spontaneous outpouring of money for tin? piirpo&e of relieving the condition of a stricken people, as is be ing made for suffering San Francisco. The. entire country is rallying to the relief of tiie dova.-taled city. Congress pa*scl a join; Resolution n i ? propria t i it SI.O(?MKH> for the brtneht of thy *utf oiv crs, ami President Rofts??veVt signed it hefpro dark. Tiie uioney was sent at once. ? The President, in behalf of the Na tional lied ( "rus.v Society. a Ish- issued a pro .tarnation to-' ike jtypuntry ? at largo urging immediate relief, lu Albany, X. V.. C?overuur Hiygins issued a simi !ar proclamation, as did Mayor Me-' Clejlan In New York City. Contribution; cat\iu from. those In every walk- in life) Crent anoints r\**ro sent dire* t l" iiie nuiiiorities in San Francisco by groat capitalists. John 1 Rockefeller sent SlUO.OOU, An drew Carnegiu telegraphed $50,(100 and txx) more was sent by ( i uggerdieiu) Sons. The ? Southern* Pacific Railroad rushed two special trains of twenty-six e:? i ? each to Sau Francisco. each carry ing ten physicians, twenty trained nurses and SOU.OOU pounds of provis ion*. . 'The Secretary of War has ordered quantities of tents, camp stoves and provisions to be purchased and for warded' to San Friiuclseo or to such near-by cities as may hhve become places of refuge for the Homeless citi zens of San Francisco and the neigh borhood. From other cities. Ronton. Philadel phia, Pittsburg. Chicago ami many oth ers. came dispatches i.hat told of simi lar efforts there. Within three days a Hood of money will be on tne way to San Francisco. ?; A well dressed, businesslike looking man entered the Moyor's otltce in New York City anil handed to the Mayor twenty-five $1000 bills, gold certificates of the United Status Treasury, for the San Francisco relief fund, lie refused to give his name.. The money was ac cepted and the man received a receipt made out to a '?Friend of Humanity." This is regarded as the largest anony mous contribution to a public charity* ever received in this country. The total of contributions raised in the cities outside of New York ou the first day subscriptions cikere opened exceeded fl.rvoo.opo. The various towns of Massachusetts .will swell the $300,* 000 pledged by ltostou to $1,000,000 otr more, it Is believed, while in all the cities named committees are at work increasing the fund* started.- Hun dreds of cities and tow'v^L.iife raisin* money, but have uot imote reports or the amounts. la one day the oolofsal sum of -H3,4(H> had been raised for the San Francisco sufferers, and fiirthei' con tributions are expected which will add materially to the total. IsOWle Accuaed in Three Warrants. Three warrants for the arrest of John Alexander I>owle have been ?worn out In Chicago by Overseer Vo llva. They will not be served, how ever, nnlesa "Elijah" returns to Zimi City, v 'rtie charges are violation o([ the tanking laws and obtaining mom]- by fraud BlnckUmu .Xot-4?t?Uty, * Greensboro. N. C.. Judge (J/ftff to.?k tlio case atraiust Representative Hack from the jury and ordered a \ er n >t guilty. jJIIH CUM IIIIHSi ? (Hturrciir.es of Intercut from | All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF SI ATE NEWS ? ? ?? - \ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wiilo Range -What i* Going On in Our State. 'C General Cotton Maikot. (ialvcstoii, steady II 1-2 NVw Orleans, easy . ... 11 ;j-S Mobile, su ;i(l> II l i Savannah, <jniei ? II il J<) Charleston, quiet ,,...11 1 S Wilmington, steady . ..II 1 -S Norfolk, steady 11 1-10 Baltimore, rnui'iiiiil 11 ;>-ft Now York. ? pi i?rl .11.70 Boston, ? | n i?- 1 1 l.S'i Philadelphia, quiet . 1 I !>.'? Houston, quiet. 11 .'?? Hi Augusta, quiet .... II 7- Hi Memphis, at cad v 11 it- l(i St. I.ouis, ouiiiL II 7-lti IiMuisvilh'^ftnji,^. 11 Cfjiaiiotte Cotton Market. These figures represent tin' prices paid to ^a^ons : < Jod middling!' II I?- -1 Strict middling II ?! 1 M idd,lin 11 o-K tiood middling, tin^'d 11. .10 Stains 10 to 10 I 2 Doctors Elect Olticers. Columbia, Special.-- The Stale Med ical Association meet here la-t week. 'I he terms of lbs, .1. L. Napie*. of Blenheim, Davis Furmuu, of lirceu v i I It*, W. M*. J.csh. <d' Columbia and T. C. Croft, of A ikon spired. lbs! Napier and Lester were, re-elecicl and Drs. W.- I.. Manldin. ?d' (irem ville and Henry . ^V'uuian" of Aiken, were elected to take the places of Drs. ( rofi and Furni.au: The term is f<>r two years. There are four other members of tlu; hoard holdimr over, (tenet tsville was chosen as the next meeting place, Florence was the only other town having, e bid. The house of delegats ftnnuirwously adopt ed n* resolution offered hv 1 >r. A. H. 1 lydrick calling upon the next I ,e<j islature tti establish a home for iueb ritinies and victims of the drug habit. Tho regular annual elections resulted a* follows: President? T. P. Whaley, Charleston : vice president, W. P. Timmerman, Kdgetield: Henry i I < > 1 1 - beck, Columbia; M. (i. Salley, Orange hurt* ;see retary Walter Cheyne, Sum Ire; treasure, C. P. Ainiar, Charles ton. T. G. Croft of Aiken, and F. II, Mel, end, of Florence, were "re-elected to the council, Hugh Black, of Spar tanburg was elected to the council to t uko I he place of .T. \Y. Jervey elect ed associate editor of f lie- State Medi cal Journal. J. II. Mcintosh,- of Col umbia, was elected to replace l>r. Cheyne having, been made secretary, and W. B. < 'ox, of Cluster, w^s eleetr ed to;the council, vice,,!!. A'/ Brat ton. resigned. J. II. Hamilton, of Union, was chosen a delegate to the national association and \Y. C. Black, of (rveon ville was made a delegate to" the North Carolina association. Prol: Jv.ul M. Barringer. of Virginia, was ni.nlo an honorary- member on account of lira splendid a'ddress. The present State board of health was allowed to hold over on account of a confusion as to the expiration of the terms of some of the members. Palmetto Brevities. (!ov. (lev ward received the result of llit' volo in Aiken county on the rpjes tion of the adoption of the county court system. The proposition wns re jected by a majority of 54 S to 218. S. M. llradshaw was appointed magistrate at (irecleyville, vice K. 1<. Jeltanw, wlio has moved out of the county. - **"* Mr. Whitehead, dork of court of Williamsburg. died recently and Sena tor A. H. Williams, writes that there should he no ?p)?ointment of his suc cessor until after the summer prim aries. The deputyVlerk. Mr. Scott, is in charge and Mr. Whitehead's son is assisting him. ?' S. M. Pilgram, attorney for the Spartanburg opponent^ to the crea tion of Fairview county, states that they want 11. II. Arnold t ? ? be appoint ed as the commissioner of election, representing their views. Col. T. B. Crews otf I.aurenrlias been suggested uf% repre&ent the opposition in that county. W.j P. Hall magistrate's constable in c>pa rt a nburg county, has reported Magistrate J. H. Kl ledge t$r trying a ease of assault ami batterv with in tent to kill and imposing a tine of $lu ??icn this is a matter to be settled in *ic circuit court. Clarence Daniels, formerly one of the extra men with Columbia street railway, was shot ffttd instant ly killed by William P. Little, a con ductor with the street railway. Frou the information gathered by the polic ? and the coroner there lias been a Ion* standing different? between the two the culmination of the disagreement. Several school districts have refus cd dispensary funds. SOU 111 CAROLINA CROPS Report of\Crop Conditions For the Past Week Given By. the. De lntftHH'nt of Agriculture. I In- South ('aroli 4 Section of 1 1 ? ? ? Wcatlici and Crop ,s; rvicc oi 1 ! i> IV purtnunt ??!' Agriculturo issue* 1 1 u> i ? ?1 |i ?w 1 1 1 ir liullctiu ot conditions 1 m l tin past week: I In* temperature uverugi <1 normal alight l,V liciou ill phlCCS, (ill)' i<? 1 1 1 1 - usually cool night* during the tir.sl iluvc day* and to high day tempera tures timing 1 110 last four da\s. The Stale maximum temperature was S7 ?it 'preen at Sumter on the "Jls;. and maximum teinpcraturo of SO deurees or above, wore noted in nil except ihe ?'xt ieuwj-4ioii hu est era eountjo on the -lift and a2iuI. Tim State minimuM'. t<vlii|u'i atmo was ,'{S d?'gre?;s at (it-ecu vi^e on the 1 Si It, ami the minimum temperature ranged from 111 to f>0 de crees during the. tirst halt' of the woyli over the State except along the roast whore the range was J rom ;"d) to .V) degrees; during the last hall' ot the week the minimum temperatures tanged from ."?0 to nS degrees. Light frosts in exposed places were noted in various portions of the State on the morning of the IS1J1. ?J'hi'ie was no rain in (lie State un til the li'J 1 id , on which date hcu\v f-howms occurred along tie- North < aioliua border of ( 'licsfci licld and Marlboro eouulies, and a tr.ic-e of rain fell in < 'hg.i l eston county. The j sunshiuO averaged mote ihau the normal amount. The * v wa? praclieally cloudless uuiil 1-Yid :i\ w.'icn cloudiness increased gradually ii'id I he lasi I wo days \\ c ???' paitlv cloud \ to ch>ud\ in the west- 111. imr il" in and (-< ? 1 1 1 1'js 1 p-iit inns.- d. \Y. I hiiiei:, seet ion d i reel or. Fund of Treasurer of Georgetown County. < ;<'orget own. Special.- At last the legal complications attached to the I raiijj^er of 1 lie Stae and ( -ounl > funds, brought about by the death ot the late county treasurer, Mr. K. M Lucas. have been satisfactorily adjust ed, mid the ailm'uiisl raior id" Ihe e-daL Mr. K. II. hiu'iis of Florence, a bro ther of tin' Into treasurer, turned over the money to the present count v treasure, ("apt. \V. A. Black, who was appointed to the oft ice by the Gover nor, upon the declination of Mr. John S. J'yall, t ho first appointee. Mr. Pyatt resigned for Ihe reason that hi* private business would not allow liuu to give the necessary time to tin. ollicc. A Little Boy Drowned. Laurens, Special.* ? Karly Sunday morning, while swinging from the conveying pipe. Master Luther Franks the ? -year-old son of Mr. K. J. Frank? of the Laurens cotton yulls and one of the best citizens 6f""LlHyvnR, lost hi." pi'ip, fe]J into the resev'oir of the Soul hern Got ton 03 1 Compcu v here, and was drowned. The lad, with Iwi, other boys of about the same ? arfe, were playin'g around (lie re.icrvoii and when- he fell in his companion.1* iiwnediafely ran home but did not giv< !!ie alarm for some limn. The bodv was recovered at 8.30 and the physi cians summoned Announced that the lad had been dead nearly an hour. Diocese of South Carolina. * Anderson, Specif I 1 The .11(51 ho -m nual council of (he djoeese of Son 1 1 Carolina will cunvcne in 'his city oi> Mnv Sfh ami will 'continue in session for*niic week. till' members of (Trace 10 pi ^ o pa I church are making aricin/c ?iven a most hearty reception whet they come to Anderson. Aa Old Negro Killed By His Young Wife. Greenville, Special. ? In a row with her old husband, Betsy Goldsmith, colored- henl him into insensibility at their home near Moulding in 1 1 1 i -? county, Saturday mornin*; and thet: iinishcil the job by sabbiiiir him with 't steel fork. She has been arrested. The woman is '{0. while Gold-milh was Dr. Nicholls Not Found. Spartanburg, Special. ? Dr. Oscai Nicholls ol' I'jiioree, who disappeared from his home about two weeks ago. has not as yet been found, h was ve jH)rtcd that he was seen at ttlenn Springs and a party went over f rojvJ Knorep with photographs of the miss ing man. These were -iden tilled as the picture of the man who was seen al that place oii April 12. It is staled that he spent the night there and left for parts unknown. The people a I Glenn Springs do not think that the the man was demented. A Ten Thousand Dollar Crop. Beaufort, Special. ? Ten thousand dollars represents the fjross receipts of truck shipped and sold hy tjte Whip ple brothers, who operate a truck farm of 50 acre's in close. proximity t^ ?his place.. They have ;;i'own and shipped morh radishes than any otji^i r ,M?urrr'iTT--tti(rv--rifite^'?f|n(^; itrer h?tvo not y?t slliT>i>?<t*thnr Mitire crop of p4r tftoTltfiKfle* h'avf? a large I quantity of other truck, to *hip.- - WH?T CONlihtSS '3 DOING What is Being Done Day by Day Ly the National Bouso and Sonate. In tho Renato. Tin* Senate passed a joint resolu tion appropriating $1 ,000,000 to bo used in aiVordiug releiJ' to San Fran cisco MdVerers ; appioprating ?-1,000 to pay the expenses ??r bringing liomo tho bodies of lh?> Kimii'kui'jw vu-t ???>.'.? ; listened to an cxplanat ion by Mr. Baity concerning tho proceedings of tilt1 Dcnioerutie senatorial caucus; heard the lirst halt' of an exhaustive sjiccch by Mr. LaFoletto on the rail road rate )>i 1 1 and witnessed a decid edly' spirited encounter between Ml'. Tillman ami Mr. Hopkins concerning the recent. ( 'bjrago bank failure. Mr. Tillman read newspaper charges to- the eft'eet thai the Illinois senator had used his otHcial position to pre vent punishment for violation of the hanking law and Mr. Hopkins res ponded by charging the South Caro lina senator with approving the lynch ing negroes and with securing his election to the senate by suprcssing tho negro vote, lie also declared that Mr. Tillman had changed the olllcial report of hi* hist speech on the bank question so as to make it appear that ho (Mr. J lopkins) had evaded a puos lion, and to this Mr. Tillman respond ed that he had done nothing of the kind. Tho colloquy at last became so bitter that it h as necessary to call the senators to order. The climax came when Mr. Hopkins s.N.ii! : "Modorn Reformer." ',l "J r.v sliouM ! . w,? Wodoui^refoini is fmln?" f,n<l ,I",'S )u> w,,n" W.TlyiMM ho said Mr. Tillman i* s.0"11' ( "'-olina, will, a while population of f?f,7t00U and ? blaek pop. u latum ot 7S_',ooo. This hoi,,., (J,,, ?S? ??.?? '".<1 boon nlHo, bo I?? get l.? (bo s (Mia to only by sun. PWhiii I bo colored vilo-^eeuriM,, ? inajoidv, by manipulation, which re. suits 1,1 depriving majority of t| jH?oph* of the rights g?an.nloo io then, by be const ilution. lie would ?sk !b.? senator ,f be would deny that !V " ^7'''"'' in J000 be bad said )''nt ,)ml ,lo?? Hint ho could tf, keep the negroes from voting. ./'}}' hy(pS,|,,rtn,<l 1 thny it?" respond. 5'Llr T'r </-Wll0n F I,nt if m Keeord T J d0 ?ot ,|(.ny jt nm| I nm willing- to repeat it." Roosovclt Severe on the Beef Packers In a apodal message, dclivcro,! i? the congress, President Roosevelt <lo SIT8 A1,'" of '>? '""'"t ' packers" in C'hicn ml that ,i(! interpretation )>lncvc] hy .IiuIrc I Humphrey, an cho will ..e rantreE3 .',s kupIi ?k Io make wi|| absolutely nb?orbafi\ y. " The message wliicb is soimational in oharac.tor, is basod largely on a letter to lie president from Attorney (Jen era Moody, i? wbieb the atlonev gen eral reviews the proceedings of the rasp ry tile government abainst the hoof packers. Tho nroKi,le,? rtn, it is clear that no critiei^nmaolieH .? ' 'OmnfisKioiior GjrrtWtK as wlAit he ?n* '? pursuance of a duW im posed on him hy congress. He refoi-s > harply however, to the decision of .Judgo Humphreys, saying that con-, press could not have for.#on such a oeeision and that he crfn hardlv be lieve that the ruling" of Judgo Hum phreys will |,e followed v by olber judges. He declares that such inter prctation of the law as that placed on it by Judge Humphrey "comes meas urably near making the law a farce." And ha recommends that congress pass a dee I oratory net stating its renl intention. The president also requests congt ess to confer upon the govern nient by statuo the same right of ap r^nl. in criminal cases, which the de fendant now enjoys, where the merits of the cases have not been determined. The Past Mail. T.he Southern railway subsidy of $1-12,000 lor running train number 07, n fast mail aird <u press, from Wash ington t ?> Now Orleans continues to call for talk. Though passed by an exceedingly small majority in the hose the vote being 07 to 0(1, still it passed. Friends of the subsidy slaiin that had there been a., full -attendance in the hausc that naf it would have carried hy a majority of something like .'{0. It is now up to the senate. Heretofore it I ns passed that body without ami ap preciable opposition. It is believed, however, that there will he rome stron 1 OUS opposition to it this "time. So much is the attention of the s"natoi"s rbsorhed in other nmtte.rs which they foj.sider of creator pith and moment, however, that they are not .thinking about this little affair of a hundred thousand dollars or so. South Caro lina's senators have always voted for. this subsidy, and they qay that unless there is something which they do not n?>w know to ehnncre their mind? they - will vote for it this time. When asked about it Senator Tillman said, "T liavq.jSaid on the floor of the ?*i?te several tildes that T eonsH?r lmvu votrd ftr il ^^vspJUu.'h^opiy steal, *>uf n*KO?I m-?ivy wn?f?h nre froiflg itnit. benefits the South. ? ? A-x ?? washing t o.w l lie House Committee on Claims ie ported fa v??ral?!y on bills lo settle claims of P.rltish xi i n i tierman subject* against tin- Culled States. Tho 1 'resident sent to the Sena to flu* nomination of .MnJortSeneral iletiry C. Corbin to be Lleutega lit ?< ioncral. Alaskan cabin ?i lul telegraph tolls paid tho Covernmenl \h .March, a greater amount tlian in urVy preceding II1DM t ll, V Tho Navy Department ban been unti tled that three warships at (Shanghai have gone to Kohe, Japan, not being needed in Chinese waters. In the three month* '.ill! persons have resigned from tUo Navy Department, and navy yard*\ or refused appoint ment^ because of 'the small salary pro vided for expert work. . A theatre exclusively for negroes I* the object of u corporation i'urmod here, chartered under the Iiiwm of <Vii*? glnia. The capital stock is tixed at ?100,000 and the building Ik to hhve a Keating capac ity of 2000. ?IMt ADUI'TKK ISLANDS. '' Prep a rat ions are making for the early beginning of work on the rail roads to he hnilt in the Inland of 1'amiy, Negro* and t'ehu, in the Philip pines, coueOhHiotiH for tho construction of wiileli were recently granted to a , syndicate. in 1SD7 tint value of merchandise shipped from the United States to Porto Itieo wan 1 oh h tluin ?'.',,000,000; in v liit?:> it was over $1 l.ooo,(HHi. Porto Ilico's shipments to the United States increased from i^l.OOO.OOO In I'.RH) to }il inost *10.000.000 In 10(1.%. / Major-* IcUeral Wood, xliice assuming command of tho troops in the Philip pines, has had the troops 'KniHtiiutiy engaged in maucuvring and practice marching. The ollteei's and men have J-' complained that they are worked ex cessively In the sevevu climate. domestic. After marking foet above the dan ger lino :i( Memphis, the Mississippi Klver i^f. receding. ('sii)i; .V liljntluM It >r n 'rope. ltev. Ii. ~~ A. Itla*l?ett (hinged li i auscl f in a cell at I JTlIKboro. Ga.. where lie was detained pending an examination of his sanity. Two daughters of \V. II. Smith, a farmer living near 1 >111 ( >?n, Oklahoma, wen' Instantly killed hy the caving in of the roof to a cyclone cellar In which they were taking refuge. JUesponslbillty for the deaths of twen ty L\yo minora iu tlu> I'ara explosion has been placed on F. W. Scarborg atul Fred lMxon, who have been indicted at Charleston, \V. Va. Just back from his company's mines In Walker County, Ala;, President Paul .1. Stltli, of the St IJh Coal and Iron Company, at Birmingham, killed blm self by shooting. Ill health caused ltev. F. II. Itouse, rector of Ascension Episcopal Church, at St. l'a.^1. Minn., to blow out lff? brains, Mrs. Martin Vun'f Ilof w?? burned to death at Grand Napids, Mich., nnrt her hisane husband is livid on a charge that lie set tire to her clothes. lu a decision of the Missouri Su preme Court th(\? Kansas City Live Stock Exchange is declared a trust, In validating millions of dollars' worth of mortgages. ^Tocke y Cluti kept its word with tile pastors of New York City and deprived poolrooms ol' the means of gaining In formation. ? Y Coal operators eonliuued to hoard their supply of steam sl'/.cs,^hut scored the retailers for an advance In price. John C. llo'vlgors, Jr., an autoiiioulw^ owner, and John Johnson, ehauffour, - were Indicted for manslaughter iu run ning down and killing two aged women . in New fioelielle, N. Y. Mine operators estimate that the tif%t five days of anthracite miners' sir Ike cost the men S1,77!MKKA ; - The New York City Aqueduct. Coin- , mission tiled a report whowliig that since its creation S55,y07,71l hail been expended under its direction. In New York City th6 amount of taxable personal property is $H,87t,B<i8- ? smaller than last year, due to the swearing off of taxes. A self -confessed incendiary, Clarence Frank, blew olT the lop of his head at Columbus tiro vc, Ohio, when 'oflleers were about to arrest him. Suit was tiled In St. I/OUis against the William H, Thompson Trust (<om pany, in which TeniicHsee. railroad property valued at $lo,U00,000 Is In volved. , The new tax laws hi West Virginia, which are Just becoming operative, are causing conster nation among property owners, all values being tremendously raised. The Government will sell at auction 8.0<W>,<.HX> of timber blown do\yn by a hltezard on the Flathead Indian reservation In Montana. / / FOREIGN. Ofliclnl confirmation has been given of the holding of an international ex position in BrUHselrt in Wlt>. Mrs. Laura Fitzgerald, on American, has left Mogodor with an organised oxpedlUon to explore the great Atlas ? Mountains. In the region of the Gwn dnfy highlands. Friends of former President Castro, nf Venezuela, are said to be scattering, ' fearing a forced loan by President Gomes. ^ . The order holding Itusslan provincial f antliofitles personally responsible for the safety of Jews over Eastertide re sulted In the expected massacres fall ing to occur. It to declared that Chancellor v? Boelow Intends to retain, the dlreritan of the moat Important affairs of State during bis enforced Southern trip. tbm Government of New Zealand haa opened depots for the sale of State , mined coal. The famine among J*1 the lthiann, Kaftan, Simbirsk end Tntaj^. ? 4. provinces of (tassla has assuwd.al...^ uuuiu i?iniwi?. . r.TLa T.titigA brag v