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VOLUME XI. CAMDEN, S. p., KUIDAY, SEI'TEMBKK 4, 1906. 7s 111 " *" . 1 1 11 1 ?? ? NO. 36v PAIMETTO HAPPENINGS iOLD IN BRIEfS Owurrcivces Interest Gleaned From All Secliout Bv?y Pwlmc'to Siltf RESULTS of the primary. ^Ith 82,000 Votes Reported Out of Probable Total of 98,000 It Ap peal Likely That Spartanburg Man Will bo In Second Race for With E. D. Smith -Storm Continue* to Interfere With the Election R"*>ortB. Columbia, Special, ? With nbout 82,000 of tlie votes cast Tuesday in the Btato Democratic primary report ed U appears that Mr. l\. J). Smith, of rlorencc, ir, leading h ik nearest opponent by nearly two thousand votce. His vote. i* 22,078. Mr. John vary Evans io second, with 21,008 votes, and Mayor li licit in third with 18,508. (Jovernor Ansel leadij his opponent by about 19,000 votes. Col, Hoyd hba' been .re-elected Adjutant Gen eral. Hii totals being. 43,276, as against 33,851) for Col, Thomp-on. It annonrs reasonably certain that Mr. Mellichnmp will be in the second raeo for Superintendent of Educa tion with Mr. Swearngen, who will certainly he. in a second raec wifh some one; hut the Spartanburg vole, yet to ba heard' 1'rom, may possibly put Mr. fcl.morf* in that raeo. Messrs, Cansler and Cnughman will bo the contestants in the second primary for rajlroad commissioner. Mr, W. A. Jones' vote reported is 5^,048, art against Mr. IJaookcr's 17.780. Mr. Jone#' majority is the largest, of In the Congressional races, Messr*. Aiken and Pal iq -<,n have been re flected over M?-m-. i;< !^s ami Smith Mr. Aiken's total as reported being 7,lflS, as against 5.060 for Mr. Hoggs, bikI Mr. Patterson's 5,828, as egainst 1^629, for. Mr. Smith. In the 0th district. Mcsns Klleibe and Kags dalo will, it appears, contest mat tery in a second primarv. It cannot be determined until all the votes are - heard from whether Mr. Finley has been re-elect cd to Congress in the 5th district, or. whether he and Mr. Butler w.ilHyjnve to contest for the place in a fecoml primary. Mr. James F. Hy riles has been elected solicitor of I he 2d circuit, and Mr. James K. Peurifoy cf the 0|h. There will be second races for solic itor between Messrs McLauchlin apd JO 'be 3d circuit, Messrs CobbrTiftd Hembert, iu the. 5th cfifrL. cilit, Messrs Honkam and McSwain in the 10th, and Messrs Wells audi Quattlebaum in the 12th. For Governor. Ansel. Bleaae. j -Ahbcvillor^ ? . . V. 7/>y . 4pQ i Aiken 1,502 1,820. Anderson "..513 250, Bamberg. . . .. .. 773 419 i Barnwell ' C8I) 699. Beaufort 303 85 Berkeley 309 175! Cnlhoiin 4'2P 215! Charleston 2.105 3,043 Cherokee... .. ..,,.1,125 . 555 Cheater.. 1,154 655 Chesterfield .. 311 509 Clarendon.. .. .. 040 " 713 Colleton 80S 442 Darlington 1,634 836 Dorchester 32*7 239 Kdgefleld . 1,010 672 Fairfield 794 500. Florence 1,430 625 Georgetown 605 423 Greenville 2.269 13$ Greenwood 1.357 6J5 Hampton 419 155 Horry 1,615 1,030 Kershaw.. .. .. .. 470.. ^ 350 Lancaster 1,407 431' Laurens ...1072 1.257 Lee. . 614 523 Lexington.. ... .. ..1,050 743 Marion 2.070 847 Marlboro 1.139 739 Newberry 1,242 _ 1,371 Oconee, ..1657 - ft08 Orangeburg 1,051 * 1,169 Pickens 1,102 1,099 Hichland 2,244 ' 1,779 Saluda.. .. .... .. 4G2 665 Spartanburg ,, ,, ..2,309 1,453 Bumter., 1,350 440 Union 1,230 1,254 Williamsburg , . . . . 236 162 Vork ,.2,173 1,302 Total votes... ,.,.47,727 32,834 Total Vote reported, 80,611. Railroad Situatlonln Colombia Crit ical. Columbia, S. C? Special. ? At 2:30 Friady morning -the railroad situa-J tion in Columbia is critical. The Atlantic Coast Line, which have been maintaining schedules to this time have been annulled in and out of Columbia on account of the bad condition of the Wateee river trestle, 28 imleg south of Columbia. Owing to the unsafe condition of the Kings rillc trestle on the Southern's lino to Charleston that outlet is closed. Out of eleven lines of railroad lead ing but of the city the Southern's line to Charlotte i? bow the only one (n operation. . 4 ' OBt Subsiding at Columbia. Columbia, S. C., Special.-? At last there is improvement in the flood situation, which hat been the worst in the history of the State. It is 1 difficult to get reports from up the ! State, but these has been practically 'no rainfall over the State generally all the nrincipal rivers had begun to fall by noon. It is now confidently hoped that the worst is over. Communication from Au gusta is ?it itl cut off, but a me*-ag?> from Aiken ha>s the river t ft ere is falling. No trains are passing pver either . line of the Seaboard crossing toe State, and the Southern has been Compelled to abandon detouriug the Seaboard's trains, having ko much detouring to do on it$ own account. The Southern's lino south has been cut off on account of both its bridge j ai>d that, of the Seaboard across the j Conga rec being unsafe. The South-, i ern's trains to Savannah and Jack j Bonville arc being detouved by Branobville and Blackville. The Southern's lino to Charlotte is still in good Avorking order, and is now considered out of danger, the Co* tawba falling rapidly. Damage is Tremendous, It is impossible to get at a satis* factory estimate of the damage in . thisj State. It will go far into fhe I millions. Tbe opinion prevails ov*? the State that the cotton and corn over the State us a. whole are j damaged HO per Cent. rne aamTtjn j fa* manufacturing and power plants 1 is tremendous, uud the lob? of many I square miles of tc- soil in the; low j lands will approximate a ? million I dollars, ! A party of young men went down ] the Congraee river in boats io at I tempt to rescue about ftO negro i tenants who had been cut off in ! thoir houses by the rising jvaierf. ? TJiere have been many narrow i escapes so far, but no loss of life in j orr around Columbia.. . .... . twenty-four bonri and Suicide at Laurens. Laurens, Special. ? The city was stirred by. IJ?e news that some time during the nijili t Mr. ( . ('. Wilson, a white man about 50 years old, liftd committed suicide in the police sta tion house by hanging himself iwitK J the blanket from his bunk. I'atrol man W. HI "Dodson "discovered- tfee pendant body at about 1 o'cloftk m| the morning on a casual stroll through the building. Life was ex tinct, the neck having been broken*' Mr. Wilson had beon taken in charge "By the pd!ice~for beings drunk ? and disorderly. He has been ' arrested frequently for the same cause and detained oyer uieht. He called for a blanket and Chief Bagwell* attend ed to him. At 1 o'clock Mr. Dodson happened past the cell door, wjiere the drunken man was confined, and noticcd his body close unon the gvat ing dcor, apparently standing. Thiuk ing this an unusual posture for the man at that time of ' night, lie * in- ; vestigated and found that the body was hanging by the torn blanket from the uppermost bar of the cell door. Mr. Dodson called to Chief Bagwell and A messenger was dis patched for Dr. Schayer, but rioth- i ing could be; done,'* as tho unfortu nate roan had been dead for .somp; minUtC*, at' least. t*he suieiito' Wad painter by trade, but whiskey had about destroyed his capacity for work. His family live at the, Lau rens Mills. On several occasions be fore Mr. Wilson had threatened to take his own life. Many expressions | ft1 sorrow bave been heard on the streets, for the deceased a was n harmless man; only an unfortu nate victim of drink. , , . . Wounded Man Dies. 'Walhalla, Special? William Thrift who was (hot by Logan Harney Tues day ov# ning at Long Creek* Qconee County, died about 4:30 o'clock Thursday morning from tho effect* [ of the wounds, which wero with a SS-ealibro pistol,*, and ' not; with a shotgun as at first reported. Ramey is in jail at Walhalla. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above faots. Anthony Succumbs to Injuries. Anderson, 8pecial. ? The news of the death of Mr. S. A. -Anthony, at Donald's has been received here.* Mr. Anthony Was section foreman '$>t the Southern Railway, and was at tending to his duties on* Saturday night when an extra freight engine struck him, inflicting injuries . whieh proved to be fatal. His entire fore-' head was manned and the jaw:boj*s were crushed. More than fffty pieces j of proken bone were removed. Mr. Anthony died in Greenvillo- in ji san itarium, where he was hurried - alter ' the accident. No blams Is attached to ths train crew. Ctottoft Warehouse Proposal Anderson, Spscisl.? A meeting of farasrs of Honea Path on vrAu- j 38 largely attended, when - ??>- ItDBAhid rr 7T. intnt warsbouss advocates addmsed ths msstiny, which was dtfjs^ to 6T-\ US' MJ ?'*??*? r: ' ' \ ' ?' ' f ?. A Big Conflagration Disturbs Sunday's Quiet. SWEEPS OVER THREE DLCCKS firemen Enjoying Their A~nn*l Pic nic at Huburban park and the Blaze Gets a Good Headway Be fore 2 hey Got to Work ca it. New Orleans, Spceial.*? Fire which broke out in the centre of the" com mercial die I lie t here Bundfty efter noon swept ever portions of throe blooks, destroying u largo number oi rhoieealo housar, manufacturing plants ml small stores. Originating *t Iiienville and Chart res streets, th? flames v.-uiked their way north ?h far cs Couti* street uml west toward Koyal, bringing about a property loss of between one und two million dol lars before they were finally sub dued. Severe} circumstances combined lo give the fire a headway which proved hard to overcome. At (he time the alarm was turned in, shortly before 3 o'clock, the New Orleans firemen were in the midst of their annual pic nic at suburban park and the engines and patrols responded with a mere handful of men. U was fully nn hour before the department was in a posi tion to m?ke anything like a sue ees#ful light against the fire, and even then the handicap against it was added to by an inntleqtinie snppiy- vn watcr. . Tho fire was ono of the most h|> r taeular thnt has occurred in. New OK leans during recent years. The sec tion devastated ninde up largely of old buildings, sumo , ov<r a half century in use. They proved like ro much tinder to the llarnes, r.nd fan ned by a high wind, "the Are mnde rapid progress. Two warehouses, filled with wines and liquors, were "among the build ings destroyed by the five. A1? they burned the barrels of whiskey and brandy exploded with thunderous roars which could be heard for blocks tind which fhcok the walls of ad i'oining buildings and endangered the ives of firemen engaged in fVjhtin* the flames. ? ??'< . V Gen. A. P. Stewart Dead. P ' Biloxi, Miss., hpeetalr? -4+en. Alex fender P. Stewart, one of the last two Surviving lieutenant generals of the Confederate Statoa army, died at hit home hfcre Jjufcday. Although in his 87th year and suffering from the in firmities of old age, General Stew art's death was sudden ^nd came as a distinct sl>ock to his relatives' ahd friends. General Stewart had been in failing health here at the home of hi& w>nj Dr.-A- P. Stewart, for a year qr jn^re. Death was due to heart disease. , A native of Tennessee, Gen eral 'fftaw aft JhN>d the greater part of his life in that State, but of late had boon . making his home in Biloxi, wbarts^rt foaud the- salt air and pine woods of great benefit to his health. to Death. "\\*nston-l5afem,N K/ t., Special.-? Dangerously, perhaps fatally wound ed, Sid Chandler, a voung white man, was found earty * *8urtdtf?c- morning t>leeding {ind unconscious, on the ground near i bo home of Millie Bul lock, a white woman, otr Crawford ?trcet. He had be'eit cut etid stabbed On thp body. At th^ Twin City Hos pital, where the voung man was tak *W*g?M said that be was doing as ww*. m could be expeefed. It is bo i lieved by tho police ttrat Chandler Was in a goueral fight among several men. ? Several arrests will- be made, ? jf.faid. : Killed in Family Quarrel. J Tallahassee, Special. ? In a shoot ing affray Sunday night at this plaee Jim Duuef^n was killed. Investiga ,tion ha* co'nsumod all day to deter mine whether the man was shot bv one- 'Harvey, who was visiting at the Duncan home, or by the wifo of Will Puncan, a brother of tho dead man. I-Iarvey and Will Duncan and his *ife were all arrested. Aged Mas Walke a Hundred Miles to Fulfill Premise. i HuntsvHle, Ala., Special. ? Charles Eaton, an agtfd one-armed man, who had been released from jail by federal Judge Hundley to visit his siek wife,j Surrendered himself Sat urday night after having walked over I 100 miles to fulfill his promiso to return. After vfoiting his wife at Winchester, T6tatf., Eaton found him sfcjf without fund? and was forced to #alk back to HynUviiK where ho *a. ?*Yie? ft wi^nce tpjr illicit <li? tilgfe.y,;.':, ii AUGUSTA SWEPT BY FLOOD ; LIVES LOST Oam Collapses anil Streets Aro Under Six Fost of Water. CROP DAMAGE IS IMMENSE Score# of Lire* Have Uce* Lost In Georgia and the Carolina* ? Five X'>?t of Water in Augusta's Chief Street? -City lu Darkness. Atlanta, Ga.? -The floods lu tho Carolina# and Georgia culminated In the breaking of tho big (lam, ulx miles from Augusta, which diverts the water from tho Savannah River into tho can.il at that point. The groat flood of water let loose soon found its way luto tho city, and from Fifteenth street to tho 'eastern boundary Au gusta Is under from nix to twelve feet of water. Tho big bridge across the Savannah ltlver went down in the rush of waters, nnd the dam at the lock seven miles above tho city collapsed, adding to tha flood. Tho Nixon warehouses, containing thousands of bales of cotton, caught flro. Tho city la in darkness and boats are being used lu the streets. All wires are down. There wera three deaths caused by the flood In Augusta. The damage to the city and Immediate surround ing". it la estimated, will reach half a million dollars. The Union Station la in ten feet of water, and in the residence district in tii eon street the water is six feet deep and slowly rising. Tho Sacred ? ni.th ,3 ,n 8,x feet of water. - J ne Southern and tho Georgia Rall tialna over their regitfar lines, All r.ns loured by way of Nash v!H?r Irainn are ^4 oiu twenty. four to thlrly-Rlx hours late. A dippateh from Or.mden, 8, C. reports two lives lost nud nineteen mltrslng as the result of the washing wlft? ? i 18 steel brld8? over the Watereo River ut that placc. I I'OOD ^oss D1ILUON8, All Rccords Broken in South Carolina ??-Five Known Dead. Columbia, S. C. -?Reports received ! from an sections of the State Indicate ! that the present flood |3 tho most C'a'rolfnn^ Th" recorded in South .'."'I,/) i, ,,00(,0(1 area covers pi act leal ly the entTro State, and at many points the rivers are from two to alx feat higher than ever known 1M2. 18. so and J 903. The railroads are operating few trains, and no cf. foi t is made to maintain schedules W? ,anyJ)lftceVn the State are iso m.hHrt h I^ie ft dozen ^11 and I? * cross,n? the Urge rlv f i. ?vo been swept away- and at least two steel railroad bridges have gone down. Many of the dams along of?thiVfeJBHier?ct.e(l for the Protection of the fertile bottom lands, have been S tVeadi^nren;iestVX.COarr* T& ,o" ?' "fH damBBTA I?i,Q,Alb,ev t0 ^tiniate the damage to the farming interests hmughout the ftttle. but ie will Tun into tho millions. It is estimated that is VhVCO**vn crpp alono a ten times greatsr tfcan the total loss of property resulting from the 8rC* JV5 *?? *n this section, dispatch from Anderson 6ayi rrt! n v Vr ?rm damage in Anderson County will junount to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and no train service is expected for the next ten uays. - A dispatch from Camden says the crops along the rivers and creeks In Joiai ??ctJ?n are a total Joss, and un !3Ki da'nag9 kaa been done to the ?"?.C0tt0tt cronB on the uplands. EK ?p?ISonB v/2re drowned when the i ge ac^OBa the Wateree River SS . d.?^:n? -Qeorge Rabon and his flon and three liegro women. {?*!??? ^ood? arfi heaviest iff Western South Carolina and Eastern Georgia Property logs is enormous, and the railroads are among the principal suf ferers through trestles and bridges being washed away, washouts along . 0 f,t5ac^s and cave-ins which * > th? track8 ,n plRC?? un u?r hundreds of tons of earth, A. O. BROWN & CO. SUSPEND, New York City Firm Could Not Get Stock to Cover Obligations, New York City. ? A. O. Brown & Co., of No. 30 Broad street, the bro kers whoee enormous dealings in 1 ,600,000 share* on the Btock Ex change becaiuo a subject uf Investl* Motion by tho Exchange, suspended and I>. \V. Noel bus b ???n made as signee. Wall Btreet w?? Inclined to regard the suspension as a "bwir" failure, brought About by inability to coyer shorts, At the height of the boom markets of several years ago, A. O. Brown & Co. did an enormous business, Hald lo have been larger than any t>t li ?r brokerage house 01 ono time. The flj'in had offices lu Buffalo. Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Erie, Utlca and Toronto and Haterson, N, J, it was organised In 1908, tho members bo, lug A. O, Drown, O. Lc3 Btout, E. P, Duohanan. Samuel C. Drown and W, llhea Whitman, RARLE "AFFINITY" REATER. Charge of Choking Sonl Mate Lands Ulm.ln CHI nt Monro#, N. V, Monroe, N. Y. ? Charged with hav- 1 Ing "choked and beaten hlsVlfe with his fist," Ferdinand l'lnney Karle, who only a year ago sent his firat wife to her home In Franca bo ho might marry hla "affinity." Julia Kuttner. wu arrested in hla homo .hero and looked In a cell In the coun ty Jail In flos'hon. it vyaa alleged Karlo had uitacked hla wife many tlmea In the last three months, and that the young woman had "Buffered many indignities" at hla hands. Tho arrest of Earle caused a tre mendous sensation here, na it came etactly n yeftr after tho first news of tho "harmonious Agreement" between Earle and hla first wife to part. WOItKMISN UNDER WALL Collapse of Oielscn (Mans.) Structure Dai'ieN Many Laborers. Chelsea. Masa.? A thirty-foot brick wall, which was being put up for a building In ChelB?:i Square, oil tho site of ono burned In tho tiro lust April, collapsed and burled a scoro of workmen. Five bodies were re moved from tho rulna, all but one of which were Identified. TllOSO X fl t j.tt ji ix; uu v,v i\m ^ rr Arlwok, Ferrl Barto and Francisco Gouellfa, of Boston, and M. Zftcklor, of Nfw Yoek - -The uniduuliAcd budx is apparently that of a Russian, about twenty years old. Fifteen, men wore Injured. THIRTY KILLED IN A MINE. Fire Destroys a Hoisting Shaft and Air Shaft In Oklahoma. McAlester, Qkla. ? More than thirty miners were euffocated in Hnlloy-O'.a Coal Mine No. J. uear Halley vllle, fourteen miles cast of McAlester, when fire destroyed the hoisting shaft and nir shaft and cut off air from the men below. Twenty-live dead bodies were re moved front the mine, following a successful three hours' battle with the flames. Explorations lu the channel* revealed that none of the men met death by burning, but that all were suffocated. WOMAN MOD LEADER A SUICIDE. Take's Poison When Arrested For Murder in Springfield Riots. Springfield, 111. ? Kato Howard, mob 1 eftder ann rioter, v/ Ith a police record and conspleuous for year? about the streets of 8prlngfield b'3 cause of her 350 pounds of avoir dupoia, committed suicide shortly nf ter being taken into custody on an Indictment voted by tho Special Grand Jury charging hep with murder. Poison qwftllowLd at her home just . beforo accompanying an officer to tho .county Jail caussil death before tho woman wan put behind the bare. SALOONS OUT OF BUSINESS. Prohibition Laws in Several States Affect LfquOr Traffic. Washington, D. C. ? The Internal revenue collected In July was $22, ? 029,310, $8, 890, 50V less than In July, 1907. A decrease was $216,149 in the receipts from tho retail liquor dealers' special tax. Indicating that 864 8 retail liquor dealers went out of business In July, because of prohibi tion legislation in the various States. To Make Spars ?or Kaiser. Hoqulam, Wash. ? Chris. Endersen & Sons, pparmakerg, of this place, have eloscd a deal with the Emperor of Germany whereby they nro to sup ply spara for the royal yacht. * To Found Esperanto Institute, Dresden. ? The Esperanto. CongrcM passed a resolution to found a teaeh* era' federation and also an Interna* tlonal Esperanto Institute, which shall draw up rules by which thf new language may be kept pure, ' Roosevelt Speaks to Farmers, President Roosevelt spoke at Jon danvllle, N. Y., In praise of farmers' wives and on uplifting farmers. REPORTS 371,080 MORE PENSIONERS. Warrior'* Figuros Show Large lncrease--3avlnff In Mainten ance of Bureau. Washlncton, D. C.- ? An increase .of -271,0??> pensions .Issued, with a saving of $1,343,666 out of the re duced appropriations for the main tenanco of the bureau during 1 905 '08, covering Commissioner of Pen sions Warner's administration, as against the period of 19Ql-'04, is an nounced in a compilation' of figures given out at the Interior Department. The figures are taken from Commis sioner Warner's report, which will bo Issued shortly. Statement follows: ? i^rom 190 1 to 1804, Inclusive, tbsre were Issued 516,251 ccrtinoatca of pension. From 1905 to 1908, In ?? 'T**- ? -y- L " BJg Hey Crop West. There is a big crop in the West and |* good deal oi to market, hnt in ?ent ea | the now crop is undoubtedly a little Ifchttrt, and fanners Will have a small er eurpl*B'for: shipment and for sale to local ?^rn /f'v'T " ?e??ion tare. , The is the matter to t>? eoagfttr elusive, there were Issued, not Includ ing 202,577 Increases under the net of ArMl 19, 1908, made by directions to pension agents, 887,840. This makes anincrease of 371,089. From '1901 to 1904.' Inclusive, there was paid as pensions $554,888, 977, and from 1906 to 1908, Inclu sive, )57jU$91,648, an Increase of $16,502,071. \Vhllo tho. appropriations for the maintenance of the bureau havo besn reduced fach year elnca 1904, there haa bean ?aved end covercd into tho Treasury at unexpended of such a~? | Proprifttlonfjthtt year 11,343,660. ...H 4 t0inrlnfi Colts Scarce. Frederick Wegnsr, president of the Fits, Dotrr A Carroll Horse Com* pany, K?w York City, remarked that In going ?00 miles recently through qpe of the best horse breeding eec tiona ot -wiw.'Jft rk State be did nop eee enough sptln'f coui/.ln the pas tores to 011 the etalle of th? 4om-; ?!SJS8255SK^^d L|||jMKg?rsUJa Appointed* ; h. "j?. it KlUa, Attorfiey-aenaral of AFTIHMATH OF HECENT FLOOD Further bos# of Life and Damage to Property is Rcvenlcl by tho Ro tcUin.; W'ators at Augusta. 4 Augusta, (In., Special. Tho 'itwul watrt' A a Ik rpeediug rapid* ly. and an tin? water leave* the itrecU U i i apparent ti nt the los# hn?? been underestimated. In addition to the ii*o?ter? already imported it i? found ? mi t the Itiveihido Mill*, in duuwpo !o j'jnnt end loss of cotton, which 3t .tied a way, mistcine a lo?d < I* f 1 00 000 ; Ileid'# Cotton the fluent in the South, in damagel in a largo sum, but it will require k Hirvoy to determine the amount; Triangular block, whero tho wholo sule' houses are assembled, is badly injured. The Nehou Morris & < o, wayehouso has collapsed, and i* be ing Ta/.ed *, the Augusta (jrocery Com pany's building js damaged to the ?xtent uf ; llill (c Terry escaped M'rioUH loss; ('. |). Carr & Co., Paul Mu.-itin & Murphy arc com paratively slightly damaged; the Na tional Biscuit Company'* building ?:? wrecked. The Central Oram mar School is badly hurl and the David Jon (iiammar School U damaged se verely. starvation Threatened. In soma districts people who can not leave their ho.ut'H, have not tast ?d food since Wednesday night. Au gusta is tr\iug haid to measure up to the demand upon her. At the pub lie meetings it was decided not to make an appial for outside assist ance, but to accept any contributions offered. It i? a question. if the eiti ijsenH' meeting and city council did not err in declining to make a public ippcnl tor AH>iitance and many be lieve they will yet be torn pel led to 1 UH"K Brief ?'1 ZX.~JZi'lT 11 in certain that the mayor will gladly accept contributions and he so pub-, fiely ?:iid in reply 16 ArTifnt'fCs lu rjuiry. Tho immense cotton manufacturing establishments are not only idle be cause of the breaks in the canal banks, but they have received Hood damage. - Tho water reservoir is full. Its capacity is (it), 000, 000 gallons. Hut the service pipes arc broken and .the city is Without water. The gas sup ply is nearly restored. The electric companies will start up in twelve hours, using steam ]>o\vcr. instead of water-power. Klectrie lights will- not be turned oir for a work. Estimated losses are as follows: Total damage from $1,000,000 to *2.000,000. Dam ago to city property $200,000 to $250,000. Damage to gteel railroad $25,000. Damage to railroads $50,000. Damage to telephone and telegraph companion $20,000. Damage to merchants and local in dustries $lM^y0To~$2IT0^007 Damage to residents $50,000. Probable loss in wages to mill operatives and others $50,000. Loss by Are. FLOOD FAST RECEDING. Bodies of Two White Men and Ei?ht Negroes Hate Been Found Oabs Now Taking Place of Boats ? Property Loos Flaccd at a Million and a Half. Augusta, On., Special. ? Wntcr if Past receding from the streets of Au arnata, and the city will soon for most pnrt he dry ngain. Merchants will probably begin lo lpok over their stock by neon. Bodies are being found. So tbv two whito men and eight negroes have been found. It is believed that about 25 persona, mostly negroes, have lost their lives. The city is now free from water ex cept in the extreme lower portions, and or.b* are taking the place of boats. The prcpsrty loss in now estimated at not less than $1,500,000. Fell From Train. Lake City, BpcoUI. ? Robert Cook, a young whito man, was painfully injured here last week by falling from train No. 82 as it was passing. He had enlisted in the army at Char lesion and was on his way to New York to enter service. His family live near here, and thinking he might ! see some of them, ho went down on the steps of the car. Losing his ! balanee, ho was hurled to tho ground. Physicians say ho will rccover. Relief in the Piedmont. Charlotte, N. C., Special. ? The flood fitnation here i* only a memory, except great damage to crops, to streets and public roads and bridge*. Train schedules arc being rapidly re sumed. Qoorge P. Rowell Dead, J Poland Springs, Me., Special.? , Gcorgo I\ Lowell, of New York} prominent for many " years in flip newspaper advertising business, died Friday niglii at tbo Poland Springs House, following an illness of more than t month. Part of flftftboftrd Bridge Ncftf Rock ' Ingham Gone. - Rockingham, !?, SpeeiaWThft flood ftitttatio |T is getting better, the water reading. The treStlo on the (island connects*- the steel parts of {the Seaboard bridg* on the Pee Tk* river- is washed nway? vThe ^Roek Ingham 'Power Company's damage at Blewett Falta Is not as great as at J first fs^gto&opa in thf Jowlands ftre mncdi; x"'~, *?'*?" ? - * ? LONE BANDIT RODS 7 SHOES Conines Pssttnaws In Vollow slons Park to Give I'p Property." of PNOOf) In Itfoney <;ii(! 7V?'*t?* Old Faithful '?? lit Wjo.uiii;. YJloweronc Parlr, W>?/. ? ? United S ates cavalry crnd a tty'iftd of Gov crmnent scouto went In pursuit of a louf htndlt who held, up 'and robbed saven stJX'3 In Yellowstono National T a?k, robbing the r?wW$*rf of Jew elry. car'i and drafts of a total value of ISOOOi S >'n? of tT- > pa* ?" n*er* vho warn robbed nri from N#w York. The feet thet tourjfts In the park ore not allowed to carry .W^vonj r.iade It Im possible to offer resists n<*?\ T*b? l?ft Old Faithful fnri al ln<o;'vf?iH of a few iMputes and wer.? held up on.) after the other as ". 'I r.j th?v came In eight of a bend In th* road whei>a the bpndlt was in* visible from either direction. At the rolrj t of n be lined up the pa s naugcrs. nod after tak'n* their money pud valuable* allowed them to ^nter tl>? utiivca an>| renum* tba> Journey. The bandit, who wa* masked end v.'ore overalls, Is described as belug about fifty-five years of age, aifd Weighing onlv 140 pounde. After holding UP the seventh coach th o man dlsanpfeared Into the hille, and It was afterward found that ho bad made hie escape on a home be longing to tho transportation com pany. All l.aste was made back to Old Faithful Inn to glvA the a^arm. The soldier* encamned nt the Thumb sta tion wera not I fled, rud a messenger was s^nt t(j the ramp on the Weil' Gallatin River at the west boundary Of the. lark. C : .* ?iiliX,TJLESS, T PHlrkt Attorney Showed Neither In* capacity A or inrtJiJerentfe, Albany. N. Y.t ? Governor Hughe* made public the report and conclu sions of Rlrbard L. Hand on the charges preferred against District, A ttorney . Jerome, of Now York, by tho minnritv stockholders of the Met r opollta u Strait Railway Company. . Judge Hand flnda that not o/ie of the charges Is proved, but that all are disproved upon the ?>? evidence sub- ~ mltted to him by forty witnesses in support of slxtoru of the cbargea, ten having been withdrawn. "My conclusion upon the whole - cusp," pays Judge Hand, "Is that tha ? respondent (Mr. Jerome) has been shown to have discharged the oner ous duties of his office with seal and ? ability, having the publlo good jul hi* motive, and that no incapacity. In difference or neglect of duty baa beep shown In any case." C *?3r ROY FIGHTS TO DROWN SELF, Knocks a Man Down to Perish Companions In Quicksands. ? FayeUeville, 111, ? ? "If the^ *r? ' dead I might as well dle.^s They've made my life worth living. I'm going after them, anyhow " ? With these words George Scheln lelch, eighteen years old, sprang into the quicksands of Silver Creek, near Fayettevllle, and was sucked to bla death while trying to drag the hodlea of Chris Elsenhauer, seventeen yeara old, and August Elsenhauer,. twenty, years old, brothers, from the 14 ud. The three bodies, with tbt hands of Sctfeinletch entangled In the hfclr ot the other two boya, were recovered three hours later* The boys were warned against th# . quicksands, but all three of the youths were strong swimmers and laughed at tho fears of their com* jades. AIUIY MAY ItAlSU FUND. ' Officers Deported to Hftvo Pledged 9100,000 For Halns Defenee. f Long Island City, L. I:- ? It was re* ported that the officers of the United States array were raising a huge fund to be applied to the defense of Cap* tala Peter . O. HalDS, Jr., and hi* brother. Thornton Jenkins Halns, now held to r the murder of Williauy E. Aunls. Further, it was asserted' that. . $100,000 hRd already been v. pledged and that $1,000,000 would( be forthcoming, if necessary, al* though it Is not believed that any such sum will be needed. Within the last three days officer* of various forte have called upon General Peter Halm, father of ths prisoners, and assured him that th* ' nrmy men are deeply In sympathy with his sons and are eager to aid. la getting them out of their' predica ment. - ? ? j| . MOSQUITOES DRIVE A MAN MAP. Bites Brine on Delusions, But Doctors Say lie Will Recovcr. \ Hilladeli.lila. ? Harassed by. mos quitoes ail summer; Marry Kempher, - foreman of the testing plant of the Southern Pipe Llnci Company's pipes near Kddystone, finally broke down under the Rtraln of constantly strik ing at the inssots as they lit on hlra, and ho was sent to his home in Lancaster suffering from delusions. . Kempher imagines that he is the ofR*.j. '(STttl 'mosqulto deetroyw-and-awlnga ^ his arms about, annihilating with eaeh-swfeig larga armies ot insects... He will recover, his doctors say. 7 d DEAD AS BULL WRECKS THA1N*