The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 22, 1907, Image 1
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VOLIJMK XVIII. CAM DION, S. C.. KlUDAY. M ARC H '-'2, l'.Hh.
OHIO RIVER FLOOD
? WORST III HISTORY
Twenty Lives Lost ami $50,000,
000 Damage at Pittsburg.
WATER REACHES, 30 FEET
1 01 Ho'.iare Miles of Territory inun
iintcd?Fiifs Spread Terror and
DoM met ion?Dynamite ('liockst
1' I mill's?I,out ing A mid Siili'fi'injj.
Pittsburg, I'u.?'1 lie flood of 1907,
the most disastrous Pittsburg ever
*aw, Iiuh caiiHod a ioss of (),ou0,<)00
and a score of liv<;j?. Tito crest of the
flood came when the rivers reached
30.6 feet, breaking ail records.
Thon tluj waterw slowly began to
recede. Hut the dauber lv.ul not
passed. All night the chiefs of the
1'ire Department had been in sus
pense lor fear a lire would break out,
with no water to li.-i.ht it. At i>
o'clock a. m. the expected happened.
A small blaze star union Mount Wasu
ington and the firemen were pov;er
less. Vile fiood had put the city
water plant out of service, an?l soon
an entire block in Shiloh street, thi'
business part x>f Mounl 'Washington,
was buwmffT fiercely. Tlie. flrtfoien
used chemical ?? urines and bucket
brigades were foinior], out 'die llanies
continued to bj-.-ead. Then dynamite
was resorted to and 'several buildings
wore blown up. la that v.ay the
flames were arrest .-.l a/tor twenty
buildings had ,>eo:i ilcstro>eu with a
loss of half ;i million dollar.-'.
Within '.no, day other lires broke
out at v:>,4'Jous plaet.*, bin fortunately
mfno ol them was t>?;iio;is.
i:> the morning the street
system was blocked completely.
T'jore was 1.0 clt:ciric iighv, not a
'.elephone in service, and no water.
10very railroad entering Pittsburg,
?;xcepf. the Pennsylvania from tho
east, was out of business.
The newspapers were badly crip
pled and some were compelled to
print in the pressrooais of rivals sit
uated on higher ground.
Twenty lives were lost in the Pitts
burg district, two at Gloucester, Ohio,
four near Parke.sbiii;>. W. \ a., and
sixteen near Steubenvill?, Ohio.
r'ushiess was practically suspend
ed. and reports of crime were many.
Valuable goods were stolen under
the eyes of the owners, Pickpockcts
reaped ri<-h harvests annuity tho
crowds of sightseers until Hie police
issued an appeal for people to slay
at home.
Five men mv thought io Lave lost
their liv^s in the Ohio River at So- |
wickley. Four wall-dressed men
alighted from a train on thy Pitts
burg ami Lake KrJo Railroad, which
whs stalled ut l.tishicl's ferry, and
engaged James Grssiiway, a ferry
man, to take i hem across the Oh;<>
River, a mile wide at this point, uo
Sewickley, where they could c-atch 1
a train. Grcenway collected $10 from
the men'and, after turning it over to
his wife,put out in the raging torrent
in a yawl with t?ie four men. With
in a few minutes erics for help came
out of the darkness. The party never
reached Sewickley. Jt is believed
their frail craft was crushed 4} the
heavy ice tlosc,
A city distressed is McKocaport,
Death rode on tho wave In that fa
mous little steel town. Eleven lives
were lost. Paul lllce, while trying to
Bftve hid household goods, fell into
the Youghiogheny and was drowned.
A wharf boat broke from its moor
ings, carrying Watchman ..lias Gray
to death !n th2 flood. The fo'.jv-von.r
old son of .1. B. Yomodolsky fell from
a porch into the water. Three Hun
garian children were diowned.
The relief co.-ps of McKeesport re
ported that 25,000 sufferers had ap
plied for and received relief. There
Is fear, however, of a breaif and milk
famine.
There was much looting there.
Mayor Coleman gave orders that the
policy should shoot any (no found
looting without asking any questions,
"Shoot, and let th3 Coroner ask ques
tions-?I'll answer him," was his curt
order.
It was a day of suffering in Alle
gheny, All tho city officials, under
tho direction of Mayor Kirechler,
worked, taking people out of lloodeU
houses and providing retreats. Kun
dreds of persons ara now without
food, Mayor Klrsohler got all t,ho
money in the Charltioi Department,
and sent boats through tho streets
delivering food, crial and medicine
to tho marooned ones, Supplies had
to be holsied up to second and third
floors by ropes.
The Ice gorges, from which so
much was feared, passed out without
doing much damage. ;
Eleven Drowned In Flood.
Athens, Ohio.?-The flood waters
of the Hocking River took seven lives
In Athens and four elsewhere in the
county and for several days cut Ath- '
ens oft" from tho world. Communica
tion by telephone was restored.
Those drowned Jn Athens are: E. l>.
Sweet, Albert Sweet, ? Turner and
wife, ? Young. Charles Hears, Otto
Barth.
All the person?*, vith the exception
of Barth, wore in a'skiff which can- j
afced. The other drownings occurred ,
^ at Neleonville, where three lost their
lives, and at Trimble, where one was 1
drowned.
Fifty houses were swept f and |
fifty more are tolterinp. A thousand ;
persons are liom^lass and living In ]
churches and hall?. The busings
part of the town is not iu danger.
Standard Oil Claims Overruled, /j
A decision In the United States
Circuit Court in Chicago upheld the
contention of tho Government in tbo
Standard OR trial that a route ex
isted by which alleged illegal ship
ment* ot oil bad ueen made between
WMttaf. 111., and St. Louie.
foclalleta Qur.^e Interfere*^*.
Socialist ri&hnbers of tho ReldKa*
Us bade charges of interference In
electlona by .the German Ootern
? - ? v.
;-i v 1 4 >
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OKLAHOMA'S CONSfflUIIOH
Convention Adjourns anil Its Work
Will Be Voted on August 6.
Woman's Suffrage Defeated?I'rohb
bilioii is Dcrliiri'd and a l''e| k>\v
Servant law ln< ludcd.
fluthrie, Okla The Constitutional
Convention, after completing its
work of drawing up a set of laws to
| govern the proposed new State of
, Oklahoma, adjourned sine die. The
constitution as prepared wi.l be sub
mitted to the people of Oklahoma
and* Indian Territory for ratification
or rejection ;?t a special election 0:1
August c, next.
i The convention war in session 1 1 i>
day#. One of the Ins' acta of the eon
vent ion was to appoint .1 committee
to solicit funds to pay for the election
, of August f>. the convention having
exhausted all the money appropriated
i>y Congress. The convention was
I composed of 100 Democrats and
i twelve Rcpubllcsns. ?
| Probably the most impoi tant n,cas
I use killed by the convention was that
I providing separate railway coaches
| for whites and negroes. Female suf
frj'rre was defeated by a few votes,
i The initiative and referendum,
j patterned after the Or?S'on law, was
! adopted, as was a provision provid
ing for the nomination of all State
! officers and United Stales Sena I firs
by primaries.
I Oklahomrf will be a prohibition
State, the most stringent liquor law
in existence, prohibiting not onlv t ,u>
l sale, but the introduction of liquor
into iho State, being provided for.
The enabling ttct provided that In
dian Territory must accept prohibi
tion for tweniy-one years.
Provision is made for a State Rail
way Commission, to be elective, and
a two-cent passenger fare is ordered.
A fellow servant law is embodied
in the constitution.
I Corporations are prohibited from
owning more land than Is absolutely
necttjsary in the operation of their
business.
Tho issuance, of watered .stock is
prohibited, and (he books <>r all < or*
i porations am made subject to in
spection at all times.
A commission is appointed to nn
sctiate the purehH.se of the segre
; g.'-.ied mineral lands in the Indian
Territory, valued many millions of
d< liars, and State ownership and op
eration of tiie coal mine:; ilurrcn is
conicm plated.
kills .ikkskv < u.\in -
Annual House ('lea ??ii?y, of Delin
quent HfOO Corporations.
Tiviiton, N*. J.?llovernor Stokes
issued a proclamation revoking the
charters of more Mian .1 GOO New Jer
sey corporations which have failed to
pay ilie annual franchise tax* levied
by tho State for the ilscal year clL
190,r>-'0G. ?
The proclamation is an annual af
fair, provided hy tho corporation
laws for the weeding oni" of delin
quent corporation:;, and it. seldom
makes its appearaiico without sensa
tional stories of a great fight being
vaged against corporate interests by
the State.
-The fact Js that tho revoking of
the charters of. even 1 (500 companies
has little effect upon tho business
Korld, since u largo porccntage of
tT.o corporations involved are with
out actual existence, except on paper.
ft la estimated that probably
eighty per cent, of tho delinquent
companies have never transacted any
actual business since their incorpora
tion, many of them having failed
even to obtain subscribers u> $1000
worth of stock, which i?. the minimum
.'?mount with which they may atari
business.
CONFINED TO WALL STKKET.
Cradstreet's and Dun's Agencies He*
port No Outside Depression.
Nc'.7 York. ? Both agencies agree
that the depression In Wall, Street
has not affected commodities. Brad
Mreet's thus ouillues this situation:
? Trade conditions coritinua to ir.i
prove, tho tendency in this respect
b?ing tho direct antithesis of that dis
played in the stock market, whom
prices have been moving downward
at a rapid pace. This movement has
given rise to some pessimistic senti
ments, but it is noteworthy that con
sumption of commodities throughout
tho country is going on at an enor
mous rftt^, and that high price? seem
to have little, if any, ofTecton demand."
Dun's Review bays: "Depretaion In
the stock market did not extend be
yond Wall Street, common ty prices
ruling high and general business con
tinuing vigorous."
GOLDFIKLD SHUTS DOWN. %
.Mine Otvneijfj and Merchants Snspe id
Dullness to Fight a I'll ion.
Goldfleld, Nev.?Every inino and
store in Goldfleld Is closed. Tho
streets-are crowded with idle men,
and aWned guards are everywhere as
a result of the general lockout Insti
tuted by mine owners and business
? iien against the Industrial Workers
ol tho World.
Everything' is at a clar,ti.st.il! and
will be for an indeliiuto time. This
is the culmination or labor troubles
that have been almost continuous for
months. The mine owners and nior
, chants, who have thesnpport of mem
bers of the unions affiliated with tho
I American Federation of Labor, aro
determined to fight vthe Industrial
Workers to a finish.
i ? ? ""
Killed Wife and Five Children.
> .
A crime of particular horror oc
curred la Dresden, Germany lier
i mann Wiledorf, a retired (02 ester,
1 shot and killed five 0f his six chil;
j dren, and wounded the slith ohilo
He man kllltt'hts trite, after wnich
; he committed suicide, s The police
t round Indications that the entire f aui
lly had aireed to end their lives ow
ing * > a scarcity of food. The child
j that.was wounded was sent to n bos*
FATAL OHIO RIVER FLOODS
Lives Lost Amid Ice Floes as
Towboat Sinks.
Hililroari lU-idgr S\\?*pi Away in IVnn.
kylvania, Prccipltaf\ny, 1'ieigUt
Train Into ttiisliin^ Wntcrs,
Pittsburg, Pa. ? 111 ono of (he
greatest river boat disasters/in re
Cent years two lives were lost ami a I
score threatened on tho Ohio Klvor,
und eight others are known to have
been drowned In other places 011 tho I
river aAid its tributaries.
The spring floods promise to be the
worst since 1873.
The dead, besides John Kennett
and a deckhand named Session, lost
In the boat wreck, are Lloyd Weyant,
of Hakersvllle; William Heard, Jones
Mills, and Annia Bhute, of Hastings.
Three men drowned, a railroad
bridge washed away, a county bridge
in danger of following *ho railroad
bridge into the Allegheny River and
an englno and Ave cars in the water
are the first results of the rapid rise
during the night of Deer Creek, near
Harmarsvillb, on the West Petin
Hallroad.
A freight train east-bound entered
on the bridge about 5 o'clock a. in.,
but had not gone further than the
second pier when the pier suddenly
gave way. liofore the engine driver,
fireman or a hrakenian on the front
nart of the train could realize what
had happened tho bridge went down,
carrying the engine, trainmen and
five-freight ears with it.
So rapidly had the Deer Creek
risen during the night that it had at
tained a height of sixteen feet in
stead of the normal, from four to six
feet. So great, too, was the force of
the current that onwjof the five
freight cars, heavily loaded, was car
ried down the creek a distance of
over a quarter of a mile before its
progress was stayed. The fireman,
engine driver and brake-man had not
the slightest possible opportunity of
escaping, but were immediately
dragged into the roaring current and
drowned.
About ten miles below Pittsburg at
8 o'clock p. m., the great, tugboat.
Cruiser, of the River Coal Trust, went
down after striking the abutment of
a Government dam.
Twenty other persons were plunged
into tho Icy water. Captain llarry
Swaney, of the Cruiser, mot his
brother at the pilot-house door. They
swam out together into tho stream,
holding to the same bit of wreckage.
One mile down the river they were
rescued by Joseph McDonald, who,
from his residence, saw the lights of
the Cruiser disappear and jumped
Into a yawl. He took the captain and
pilot to shore, and started across tho
river to where the steamer Valiant
lay with steam up.
Dispatches from all sections of
Western Pennsylvania report heavy
rains. Connellsvillc streams rose at.
an alarming rate. Dunbar is inuu
dated and Oakdale, Ingram, Carnegie,
Wllmerding, Sharpsburg and Turtle
Creek borough were already under
water. At the latter place many
wero rescued from houses by skiffs.
Pittsburg rivermen prepared for a
flood stage of twenty feet.
Cincinnati, Ohio. ? Heavy rain
storms throughout the Ohio Valloy
did much damage in the Mill Ch'eek
Valley and other suburban sections.
Lancaster, Ohio.?The worst flood
since 187 3 swept Lancaster. The
polico and fire departments are work
ing to rescue people from the second
stories of their homes in the west
and south ends and the Hocking Val
ley tracks are washed out for more
than a mile.
Springfield, Ohio. ? Twentv-fivo
families were rescued in boats from
the flooded district near Buck Creek,
where a section a mile long by four
blocks wide is under water. Mrs.
Mary Wills and her four-day-old child
were removed to the hospital. J This
is the worst flood fri eleven ycafs.
ADMITS JAPANESE TO SCII
^OLS.
San Francisco School Hoard Adopts
Resolution President Asked For.
Sau Francisco, Cal.?In accordance
with a promise to President Roose
velt the Board of Education passed
a resolution readmitting Japanese
children of limited age to the primary
schools of San Francisco.
The board members declare they
have now kept :aith with the Presi
dent and as*e waiting for him to ful
fill his part of the contract. If the
large influx of Japanese should con
tinue the board will ask an explana
tion from Washington.
Mayor Schmltz was at the meettoig,
but there was no discussion of the
.resolution, vrhlch was prepared at
Washington. P. S. Barber, hhlef
rlerk to United States District Attor
ney Devlin, was present, and tia soon
as the resolution was adopted he sent
a telegram to the President.
Robbers Wrcrk Rank.
^ The Union StatoBank of Hunne
welV, Kan., was , wrecked by safe
blowers. Five explosions aroused the
?residents, who gave chase to the bur
glars. The robbers escaped-on a
handcar.
Former French, President. Dead.
M. Caslmir-P^'ler, former Pres
ident of France,d|ed suddenly at Par
is of embolism or the heart. He was
barn In 184 7.
OFFICER KILLED IN A DUEL.
Captain von He?ck<te's Opponent m
. Berlin Dnggiit.
Berlin.?Captain von Bercluen, of
the Ninety-third Regiment ot Infan
try, wm kilted In a$>lstol duel on the
drill ground n?ar< the suburb of TV
gel, by n druggist, whose name h^e
not been dleeloeed.
The conditions of the encounter
?%ere the exchange of three shots st
fifteen paces. Thecaptain fell at the
first .Are?shot in ths abdomen?ano
died in a Itcspltal soon afte*
IflBS. RUSSELL SAGE GIVES
510,000,000 FOB (MBIT*
Founds Trust Fund to Improve
Living Conditions.
RESEARCH IMPORTANT FEATURE
Will lie K now it ii h Hugo Foundation,
nml is to lit* National in Scope?
Social ('oiulit ion* Are (o Hi* Item*
edied?Helen tioulil a Trustee.
Albany, N. Y.?Ten million dollar*
of the Itussell Sago fortune is to bo
given by Mis. Sane to the Improve
ment of social and living conditions
In (ho I'uitod Suites. An orgunlzn
(ion known as the Sago Foundation,
managed by prominent philanthrop
ists of both sexes, is to have chnrgo
of the fund. Only" the Income from
the $10,000,000 Is to be used.
A bill incorporating the Sage Foun
dation was introduced in tho Assem
bly by Assemblyman Prentice, of Now
York. Theso persons are named as
tho incorporators of the Foundation:
Robert \V. I)o Forest, Cleveland P.
Hodge, Daniel C. Oilman, John II.
Oleun, Miss Helen M. Oould, Mrs.
Wllllnm M. Ktcu and Miss Louisa L.
Schuyler.
Mrs. Sage, through her attorney,
I!. W. Do Forest, makes the follow
ing statement concerning the founda
tion: , v
"I have set aside $10,000,000 for
the endowment of this foundation,
lis object is tho improvement of so
cial and living conditions in tlio
United States.
"The means to that end will in
clude research, publication, educa
tion, the establishment and mainte
nance of charitable and beneficial
activities, agencies and Institutions
and the aid of any such activities,
?agencies and institutions already es
tablished.
"II will be within the scope of sr. oil
a foundation to investigate and study
tho causes of adverse socloi condi
tions, including ignorance, poverty
and vice, to suggest how these condi
tions can be remedied or ameliorated,
and to. put in operation any appro
priate menus to that end.
"It will also be within the scope of
such a foundation to establish any
new ageniy necessary to carry out
jMiy of itjs conclusions and equally to
contribute, to the resources of any
exist ing-agencies which are doing ef
llclent and sat ^factory, work, just as
the present general education fund,
organized to pi\moto higher educa
tion. is aiding Misting colleges and
u nlverslties.
"While its scope is broad it. should,
preforably, not r.ndertnke to do with
in that scope what Is now being done
or Is likely to be effectively done by
other individuals or by other agencies
with less resources. It will bo Its
aim to take up tho larger and moro
difllcult problems, and to take them
up, so far as possible, in suCh a man
ner as to secure co-operation and aid
in their solution. In some instances
it may wisely initiate movement?
with the expectation of having them
maintain themselves unaided after
being once started. In other Instances
it. may start movements with tho ex
pectation of carrying them on Itself.
Income only will be used for it? char
itable purposes, because the founda
tion is to be permanent and Its action
continuous. It may, however, make
Investments for social betterment
which themsolveB produce Income.
"While having Its headquarters in
New York City, *r&ere Mr. Sage and
I have lived and where social prob
lems are pressing artij^complleated,
partly by reason of Its oxtent and
partly because It Is the port of entry
for about 1,000.000 immigrants a
yoar, tho foundation will he national
in its scope and in its activities. I
havo sought to seloct as my trustees
men and wonven who nro familiar
with social problems and who can
bring to their solution not only zeal
and Interest, but experience and judg
ment."
NIAGARA 1(1 CLE KILLS MAN.
Drops on Trolley Car mid Five Pas
sengers Aro Injured.
Niagara Falls, N. Y.?A huge Ici
cle dropped from the cliffs of the Nla
I gara Gorge onto a trolley car of the
Qorge road as It was passing the
Whirlpool Rapids. Everett Rams
dell, a conductor, was killed, Dr,
and Mrs. I. E. Nerveg, of Slout City,
Iowa, and Miss Nerveg wcro struck
on the -back and badly bruised, and
8. C. Lindsay and wife, of Pittsburg,
wero Injured, the lormer having his
hand smashed. Tho injured wero
taken to tho Prospect House.
Dr. Nerveg and wife wero on their
honeymoon. Ten days ago they wero
married in IJarvey, 111., as tho climax
of a pretty romance in the Sioux City
College of Medicine, of Sioux City,
Iowa. Dr. Nerveg had ohargo of ona
of tho surgery classes and Miss Edna
Shadlo, of No. 7 20 West Fourth
street, Sioux City, now hla bride, was
one of his students.
TWKNTY-TVff) MEN DROWNED.
Only Tw? Saved When Hoat Cap
sized in the Sacramento.
Ilcddlng, Cal.?Twenty-rrtur Greek
laborers started to cross the Sacra
mento River in a boat at Pitt. The
boat cnpslred and twenty-two of the
men were drowned."
Tho men wero employed by tho
New Delmar-Pitt Railroad.
fi-CENT FARE FOR KANSAS.
House Pauses the Senate Mill?Three
Mileage Book* Provided. -
Topeka, Kan.?The House pfcsacd
the Beaate Two?C?fct Fare olll.
It provide* for 500, 1000 and 2000
mll?-book*, and 2000-mile book* to
be interchangeable.
*
Manufacturing 1* Active.
Manufacturing is active the conn
try over and finished line* of iron
and steel are a* brisk a* heretofore.
FRENCH WARSHIP ISM
_UP AT DEB BOCK
Fatal Disaster to the lena tn
Toulon Harbor,
POWDER MAGAZINES EXPLODE
fi|)0(lai'lc tt TerrifyiUK One?ilodies
of \ i> t i111w Kiii U iI I'Iir<hi)? 11 (Ik
Air?Spin's Jumped lino Water
?Death (toll Large.
Toulon, Franco. 15y one of th?>
most terrifying and strangest disas
ters in history, tho ureal l>a11)i|>
lena, tho pii?lo or the French navy,
W113 blown up." As a result, Captain
Adlgurd, the eommandcr of tho bat
t losl? I p; Captain Yurtioz, Chief of
Staff nf tho Mediterranean squadron,
and from seventy to eighty hluejnclt
ets art- <li.a.I, while U? ?;???-A?1 m 11 al
Manceron and hundreds uf other wen
aro suffering from horrible injuries.
Naval rirtdes are ainhfV^t ;ti the e.\
teut of thi' fearful catastrophe, anil
the public is Mumiei liy the :?|>|;aU
lug ilt tails <>f 11.is accident, rooming'
so poon alter the loss ot thi? Flench
submarine boat l.utln, tn which si\
teen men n.<-t a fearful death.
'1 here were aPoui ?;;!?( oiitc-T;; ;ij?I
men on hoard (he Una at the time of
lite disaster, but. many of llieiu
Jumped into the water.
Tho lena v.:.s undergoing nn in
spection of her machinery in tho llrst
basin <if the ,Mi?-.sioy?y dock.
Tho cone .ission caused hy tit? > ex
plosion of a compressed air torpedo
net /ire to the after powder !ii;t>',U'/.itte,
blowing the whole al'terpart of tin:
vessel up.
Further explosions on the lena oc
curred at frequent intervals and de
bris flow over the dockyard for a diu
t(tnee of Mid yards. The windows of
tho workshops* around t ii.> sc-no of
tho tytplosion wero all brok a. The
electric wir.'S Hashed in the fits >.?; and
then broke down ai! about the Mis
siessy dock.
A shell weighing twen'y . ounds
was hurled a quarter of a mile be
fore striking and sinking into the
ground.
A complete panic prevail* d ..mong
Iho employes ot' the arsenal, who
wero returning to work from lunch
when the powder magazine blew tip,
and many of them made a rush tow
ard the Mlsslessydock, whence clouds
of thick smoke were arising.
No one seemed to know what had
happened until some one shouted:
"Tho lena has blown up!"
An ofitoer then peremptorily called
out: "Save yourselves!" and all the
workmen and others made a rush,
for tho nearest exit from the arsenal.
Later squads of workmen and Min
ors approached the scene of the dis
aster, tit tho peril of their lives, and
as tlioy neared the dock I hey could
dimly observe through denso smoke
human romains flying constantly in
the air, following further explosions
on the doomed vessel, which present
ed a terrifying spectacle and caused
the arsenal employes to wring their
hands with horror.
Suddenly blackened forms with
haggard eyes rushed madly through
tho lines of spectators, not knowing
where they were fleeing.
Officials declare that the magazines
of the lena were completely filled
with explosives and that the recur
rent detonations indicated that they
were all on Are.
A signalman on the Iepa, named
Oludicolll, who escaped, cAys that a
large number of the crew of the bat
tleship wpro gathered iu the forepart
of the ship, llntening to a lecture
which was being delivered by an ofll
cer when tho first explosion came.
Most of these were able to escape.
Many of the crew saved their lives
by climbing down ladders and reach
ing tho quayn, Whence they fled to
places of safety.
The lena was flying tho flag of
Rear-Admiral Manceron, command
ing ono of tho divisions of the Med
iterranean squadron. The command
er of tho vessel was Captain Adl
gard.
riTTSDURG HAS A BRAINSTORM
When News Comes That It ami Alle
gheny Will He Legally One.
Pittsburg, Pa. ? Pittsburg had a
brainstorm when word came from
Philadelphia thai the Supreme Court
had affirmed the Greater Pittsburg
bill, making the consolidation of
Pittsburg ana Allegheny a certainty
ten days hence.
Whistles were blown nnd every
body acted foolish for a time.
The annexation of Allegheny gives
Pittsburg a population of 521,000,
probably making It the sixth largest
city In tho United Btates. although
this claim may bo contested by Balti
more. By the consolidation Pitts
burg moves forward from eleventh
place among the ellles, passing Cleve
land, Buffalo and San Francisco,
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87,323 Rural Mai! Route?.
^The repbrt on ?he npera.lJons of tho
rural delivery service up to March 1,
1007, mads pjibljc at Washington by
the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Gen
eral, shows that tho total nuniudi' of
potltlons received up to that dato was
59,920, upon which 15,701 adverse
reports have been made, nnd there
are now In operation 37,82H routes
on which 37,1 74 regular letter car
riers are employed.
Immigrants Legally JJero Now.
While holding that they could b*
excluded, Attorncy-tt^neral Bona
parte baa decided that tho immi
grants Illegally brought Into this
country by South Carolina are legally*
hera now.
^idnaped Daughter*.
Erra Morehouse, formerly a preach
er, was arrested In Lima, Ind? tor
taking his daughtora away from thelv
mother la Kalamaioo, Mich.
WliolcMult* l'i'ifos Qiiohul lii NV\v York
Mir.K.
Tin* M?IU Kxcliurige price (or standard
onalit > js ;l '4 i'. per i|iiarl.
in n KM.
Creamery Western, extra $ .'<1 (ti? 32
Firsts ?Ji? <y) 30
Slate dairy, hnest (i? .'10
(iood t(> prime 'JO (<i? DO
Factory, thirds to lirsts. ., IH'yfu) '2\%
f llfcKSi:.
State, hill cream, fancy..., 1414(3!! 11%
Small . . 14%J'*
l'art skims,good to prime 8 (<t) 0
Full skims 2 (/i) 3
K()08.
Jersey Fan< s 21 C<^ 22
Slate (iood in choice 18 (<i) *2*)
\\ cstern Fir?t* - - (<j) 17%
Duck vim*., M (ji) 40
1IF.AN8.
Marrow; elioiee 2 10 (<J 2 15
Medium, ehoiee I 47,;<j(<J) 1 .*i0
I led kidney, choice 2 2Tk<$ 2 HO
IVa ... 1 50 (<i) 1 r>2Vi
White kidney ? (3) 2 00
Yellmv eye (<i) 1 !K)
I Mack turtle soup -- (ir 2 00
lama, Cul H H) (<i? 3 0.1
Kit I'ITS A N I/' 111-" lilt I KS J tt IIS 11
\pjdes t ri'einiiir, per 1 >1 >1. 1 50 (<7) 3 50
King. per bbl 2 75 C?? 4 00
I'en Davis, per Idil 1 50 (it* 3 25
Cranberries. t' t'od, per bbl It .'>0 (i?j 8 50
.Jersey, per l>UI 5 00 (i/) 0 00
I.IVK rot'l.mv.
I'owl*, per lb.... ? (<i) 15
|{oo?ters, per 11? 9 <?/> 11
Turkey*, per II ? (<>} 13
Ducks, per l!? ? (<i) )ii
per lb 10 (>f; ]H
I'.iJioiis, per pair (<i) 30
i>iti:.s.Mi,i) I'otjlthy.
Turkeys, per ll> 10 (5T1 15
( hiokens, per l!> 10 <>i) IS
Fowls, per lb 10 (a) 14
t'apoiui, per 11) "l'i'/i?"! 21
tieese, spring, per II) 8 (<i) 10
Ducks, spring, per II) 8 (o) 1*2
Sijuabs, per dozen 1 75 (<? 4 50
JtAY A N II 8 l it AW.
May, prime, tier 100 II)..., ? (3) 1 15
So. I. per 100 III 80 0v 1 1?)
\o. 2. per I'M) II) 05 Oo 75
t'lover mixed, per 100 lb. 70 (?' I 00
Straw. Ion;? r\ e 00 (d) 05
1101*8.
Slate, 1000. choice 21 22
Medium, 10 05 0 (</} 10
Paetlir ('oast, l!WKJ, choice.. l.'l 00 14
M/dium, ! 1105 8 (<i; 10
vkorta u i. lis.
Potatoes, L. I., per bill.... I 75 dp, 2 00
.Jersey, per Hack 1 50 Uj) 1 tkl
Sweets, per 1)1)1 2 75 ({/) 3 75
Tomatoes, per carrier 2 00 (>"/) 50
'jui plant, per box 2 00 (d) 3 fiO
STpiash, per box I <M) w 2 50
Peas, per banket 2 00 ('!? 4 00
Peppers, per carrier 2 tK). (w 3 60
Lettuce, per basket, 40 (?> 2 00
Cabbages, per ton .'.15 00 (<r50 (K)
String beans, tier basket... 1 00 (rt) 3 50
Onions, Ct., white, per bbl. 4 (K) (a) 7 00
Orange Co., per bug 1 21 w 2 75
Carrots, p??r bbl..., 1 25 (<0 2 -10
Heel*, per 1 00 (<i) 1 .it)
t 'etoiy, per case 1 25 (a} 2 50
Turnipa, per bbl 1 12 (<i) 1 25
Okin. per carrier 2 (H) 3 00
Cauliflower, per basket.,,. 2 5(4. (al 4 tK)
Hi'ukscIs sprouts per <jt..., 5 20
Parsley, per bbl 3 00 (?> 4 00
Spinach, per bbl 1 00 @ 2 00
Watercress, per UK) bunches 1 00 (a) 2 50
Kale, per bbl 1 25 (a) 1 50
Shallots, per 100 bunches.. 2 00 (<i) 4 00
Radishes, per basket. 1 50 (g) 2 00
Pa?nip?. per bbl 1 75 (it) 2 25
Moraerauish, per bbl 5 00 0 (X)
GRAIN, ETC.
Flour?Winter patents .... 3 00 ? 3 8.1
Spring patents 4 15 w 4 75
Wheat. No. 1 N. Dulutli... ? 6) 03V4
Xo, 2 red " ? ^
Corn, No. 2 white
No. 2 yellow
Oat?, mined
Clipped white.,
Lard, oity,, ?
LIVE 8TOOK,
Bocrcu, city dreused 7
Calves, city dressed 8
Country dre?ed 7Mi
Bheen, per 100 lb 3 00
Lambs, per 100 lb
Hoga, live, per 100 lb.
Country dre&ned, per
per 100 lb 7 50
.... 7 60j
lb.. 0%
MANY BILLS HIT AT ROADS.
Western Slate Legislatures Have Con
sidered 712 Measures.
New York City.?How prolific rail
road legislation has beon during the
past year is shown by the fact that in
ten Western States 712 bills have
beon presented during sessions of
Legislatures, and forty-flve in the Na
tional Congress Just closed. The bills
nre apportioned as follows: Illinois,
seventy-two; Iowa, forty-seven; Wis
consin, 125; Missouri, 177; Nebraska,
seventy-nine; Kansas, flfty-flve; Colo
rado, four; Montana, eleven; South
Dakota, ten, and Wyoming, seven.
In every State an anti-pass measure
has been presented.
In Illinois a legislator offered a bill
requiring Are escapes on passenger
cars. Another bill would prevent
freight trAin men from riding on top
of freight cars while in motion.
Safety devices come In for a large
share of attention, and one man In
Minnesota offers a series of prises
for devices which will prevent train
wrMkd-. The rtnit prite is $20,000 in
cash, and the four dtnferri hrd graded
down to $2500.' The bill does not
say how the winners of the prizes
Hhall bo determined, other than that
they shall bo awarded for devices
which will prevent train'Wrecks.
larger fcrojis Exported;
The West knd South (at'o calling
carty for funds and the onqjatid is
larger than geherallx occurs at Jhe
start of the season; yet this onlSK
means extra preparation for enlarged
planting operations, thus insuring,
with ordinary weather conditions,
more than average crops.
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Morf Horses Wanted. "
.More persons want to buy horses
than at any time In twentyyear:;,
Railroads Plan Improvements.
Every road In tho country has
plans, ftfr IrnprovemeMs^lhat In the
aggregfttt. Vwld Mr.
Httl. wfcP Uys tt would reduiri the.
outlay eI 11,100,000,090 a year tor
firs years for the tfraasportat*? "?
to catch op with business.
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Hoy For VMIif.
Hoy Is selling In the country fro?
$1S to 117 a too and la worth at
much a pound as eqmftntM farm*.
Oc< urrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
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MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
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t\ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
a Wido Range?What is Going
On in Our State.
Tho Water Turned On.
(?real Fall.-;, Special.?The Catawba
river was turned into the great dam
at Great Falls, Wednesday, and the
water wheels set to running for the
Hist time. Of the 10 turbines six are
now iu operation, being limbered up
and made ready for active service.
The process will likely require two
weeks time. The machinery equip
ment 'of the (iieat Falls station con
sists of eight ;<,()()() kilowatt, three
phase, 'J,2(H)-volt Westinghousc gen
eratois, direct connected to,'six hori
zontal turbines. The main dam gives
a head of 72 feel. Tho normal de
velopment will furnish .'12,000 borne
pow.jr. With loading 40,000 elec
trical horse power can be furnished.
McClcary Confesses to Attempted
Assault.
Columbia, Special.?-Nathan .. Mo
Cleary was lodged in the South Car
olina penitent ii\ry Thursday morjn-^
ing al 2;.'I0 o'clock, having beenv
brought here front Huleigh on--**the
Southern train by Special Deputy A.
II. Wiggins of Dillon, by order
(low Ansel. He will remain here for
safekeeping. Me('leary made a con
fession to Mr. A. .1. Bethoa, the gov
ernor's private secretary, at the pen
itentiary of having attempted the
assault upon Miss I'ittman, tho
Marion eoujity school teacher. lie
talks of implicating other darkies iu
the crime.
Now Concerns Chartered.
The secretary of state lias issued
a charier to tlic? Columbian-Metal
Manufacturing company of this city,
having a capital of $5,000. The con
cern will eng$?ge in general metjtf and
i oof in;; work and Charles Ifamsley'~
ami ('. It. Cheshire are the corpora
lorn. ..
The Bobo Undertaking company of
Union was commissioned. The capi
tal is $4,000, and If. P. Brown and
others arc I ho petitioners.
The Lanes Hotel company will
erect a hotel at Lanes on a capital
of $4,000. " :;
The National Schnetcnbund of the
United States was issued a charter. _
This is a German organization of
Charleston and II. Janz ia^the
president. J
Proposed Electric Line.
Abbevilee, Special.?Messrs, Van ?
Etten, Pinlcney and Kelsey, repre
senting the South' Carolina Public ?
Service corpoffetion, met a large num
ber of business men here in the Com
mercial club rooms. These gentlemen
made a plain and forceful talk about
the electric road they propose build
in- throughout South Carolin. All
of those present at the meeting ?#
pressed themselves as highly pleased
at the prospects of getting this*road",
and Abbeville will undoubtedly do
her wart when the time comes to sub
scribe fo the stock. Due West and
Antreville both had representatives
here and both towns will make an
effort to secure the road.
Labor Agents Arrested.
Aiken, Special.?Robert' Pearson
and Will Doaa, negroes, were arrested
on Saturday for violating the labor
laws. It is alleged that Deas and
Person came from Tennessee and
were engaged in inducing farm hnda
to leave and go to work for W. J.
Oliver & Co. A number of farmers
have complained recently that their
hands have left suddenly of late, and
it was a mystery as to the cause of
their leaving, and upon an investiga
tion being made it was found that
these two negroes had been here for
about ten days and had induced quite
a number of farm hands to leave
the farm and it is supposed that they
wont to Tennessee.
Delcgatos Appointed
The following special order hn3
been issued by Gen; J. C. Body, ad
jutant general: "T^he following of
ficers are hereby appointed delegates
to "represent the State of South Car- v
olina in the National Guard assoeia-; 1
. tion, which meets in Columbia on
ftfcfoeh 25th and 2(>th: Gen J. C.
Boyd, Brig. Gen. Wilie Jones, Col
Henry C. Rchachte, Col. Henry T.
Thompson, Col. W. W. Lewis, Maj- ..
E. M?Bly t be,- Capt. T. T. Hyd?.s JS3L_
order of the government and ?com
mander-in-chief."
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State Penelo* Board.
olumbia, Special.?-The state pert
board met last ww*
the roils ea *7
it. Jt will Ufrri *
, , up the work, -
pert relating to the
fund.
The board eonebto * W.
din of Cheeter, B. M. ,
lefton and D. K. R?uAf*
IW. Welti* ot
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