The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 04, 1908, Image 1
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 ?'*??*?
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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. -
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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*