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A FATAL COLLISION. Conductors Dreadful Mistake TWEKTY-THREE KILLED. The Man Whose OverNlght Caused Death and Destruction Insane rrom Mental Anguish. Further Details. arms and legs cut jured Internally. J. S. Sterett, colored, Pullman por ter, of New York, hands, and face cut. < , J. W. Payne .of- Alexandria, bag- gagc iiaster, Internal Injuries. The work of rescuing, the injured began _ immediately. Dr. Wm. A. Lambetli of the University of Virginia was on the train and at once organized measures of relief. The trainmen un der doctor’s direction ^cut through the panels of the baggage’car and express car and took out 20 of the dead. .Probably a score of injured were removed. -—* ' ■ \. ■' v ' ■ W. A. Ward, the Union Newsagent of the train, 1 whose home la in Great Rxoltement Over Twenty-three persons were killed and nine persons were injured in a head-bn collision on the Virginia Mid land division of the Southern railway at Rocktish, Va., at 12 minutes after 3 o 1 clock Tuesday afternoon. .-Passen ger traidNo. 35, leaving Washington at 11.15 a. m., for Atlanta, Oa., dashed into local freight No. 08, standing on the main line of the road at that point, wrecking both engines and t<he baggage and express car of No. 35. The baggage car and the ^Bksecond-class passenger coach immedi- W ishington, was in the fatal collision bu i escaped. The shock of the col lision threw him through the window, breaking his. left arm. The special tmin which went from here to the scene of the wreck returned to the c,ity about 8 o’clock bringing some of the deadend most of the wounded. Thir teen of the Injured were taken to the University .hospital where their wounds were dressed. Most of the immigrants were Austrians and were bound for points as far distant as California. ately following it telescoped. The coach was occupied mostly by colored people. The casualties thus far re ported in detail are as follows:, - Killed: - Engineer Davis. KnginecTldc^XrrmlekTwdid^wasrrd-^ ng as a passenger on No. t>8. A colored Hreman on No. C8. The freight train was in charge of Conductor liruheck and Engineer Hale and at the time of the accident was on the return run from Lynchburg to Charlottesville. ItockUsh station is midway between these two points and the track there is a single 6ne. Engineer had orders to get out of the way of the passenger train but forAome reason which has not yet been Skplaincd he overstayed bis time and had failed to take a sid ing so that the passenger traini could pass. The trains came together with a horrible crash and a fearful scene of panic ensued when the occupants of the cars realized what had occurred. Train No. 35 ran into the freight Which left Washlngum Tuesday morn- H. At Sharpe of Knoxville,/Tenn.,, narrowly escaped death. He and Mrs. Sharpe were returning from their bridal trip, (laying spent their honey moon in Washington. Mr. Sharpe was in the smoker engaged in conver sation with C. O. Owen when the collision occurred. Owen was killled Instantly, his body falling on Sharpe. W. 8. Hruebeck of this city, con ductor of the local freight, is reported la a critical condition. After, wit?, nessing the awful sight he is said to have become suddenly Insane and when found was five miles from the wreck. ing at 11.45 was made up of an ex press car, a baggage cat, two day coaches and two Pullman cars. The two Pullmans formed an early morn ing New York connection at Wash ington for Atlanta qand the south. The train arrived there at 10.32 a. m., from Boston also connected With No. 35. No. 35 was tTi charge of^ Engi- oeerDavis and Oonductor Mays. One of the passenger cars of the traiu was a second class day coach and the other a vestibule car. Engineei' McCormick, who was a passenger on the freight train, was south at the time he met, hia death, .1. The engineer of the freight escaped without injury It is estimated here that there were v In all probability 120 passengers on 8 the train, including those from Boston and intermediate stations. » It was at tirst reported that Bag gage master Payue of train No. 35^liad met his death in the wreck, tate reports, however, show that this Is io correct. He was caught under one of thP coaches and was badly stunned, but later he revived and probably will recover. It Is now said to be almost certain that 1» were colored persons, as the second-class coach* which was telescoped was occupied almost exclu sively by them. Later advices frgjn the scene of the wreck are that the freight train which was on the main track had been there for six minutes losger than the orders directed when the collision occurred. L^TER ACCyUNT. A special from Charlottesville, Va., says: Southern railway passenger train No. 35, southbond, ran Into-an UpOlii witch at -Rocktish depot, 20 miles south of this city, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, smashing into ^aiding. The passenger engine and express coach telescoped through the second class passenger car Jn the rear In {the 'latter was a party if immi grant^, all of whom were killed or In Jured. The dead number 24 and the Injured number 13. Traffic was sus pended for eight hours. The dea<l, as have been identitied, are: MAN AT FAULT NOW INSANE. The tracks are now clear and trains are rutmfng on schedule time. The cause of the disaster has been official ly reported- as inattention to prders, the freight conductor, W7 B. Brubeck, reading bis orders to mean that the passenger was one hour and twenty minutes late when it should have been 20 minutes. He allowed the switch to remain open. Brubeck is insane from mental anguish. * About ten small children escaped in- jury, who, being foreigners, cannot tell anything about tbelr parents, who were killed In the wreck. The little ones are being care for by the people of the city.. — Saved a PrlaoncY* blfe. A special to the State from Barn well last, week says Herbert Sanders was shot Saturday, July 4tb, by Sea born,Moore, and it is said the wound is fatal, It is said there was a dance at Mr. Lewis Creech’s, near Kline’s, and during the dance these young men had some unpieaaantnesst which resulted as above. Full particulars going to Charlottesville to take a train" ^ gotten- at this writing. Moore la in jail, having surrendered himself to Sheriff Creech. Monday night 10 masked men went to the jail, where they demanded Moore, and being told by the sheriff’s daughter that he was atchurth with her father, tlic sheriff, they then demanded the keys of the jail, which she told them she would get for them from the next room, and on returning from the room she came armed and drawing a loaded weapon she presented It and defied them, thereby running them away In a short time the sheriff returned from church and at once got up guard for the jail consisting of the mayor and many of the best citizens. Nothing further took place during the night and the town is quiet. .At o’clock 1:30 Noble Work of Firemen, a fire Friday morning at King street, four-jwomen were rescued by the Charleston fire men. They were dragged from their beds and carried down a narrow stair* way, through smoke and flame. One young lady, Miss Mary Daly, was painfully, but not seriously burned It was a narrow escape for the ladies and but for the heroism displayed by the flremcp they would have perished in Utelr rooms. At 1 o’clock Friday morning a three-story brick building at the corner of King and Tradds streets, was discovered to be on fire x- Engincer James McCormick of Char lottesvillle. ■ Engineer Charles Davis of Alex andria. Thomas Sheppard of Charlottes ville, brakeman on freight train. Charles T. Gay of Charlottesville, fireman on freight. J. E. Lowe, colored, of Baltimore. Chas. T. Leitcb, colored, dining car. water. t C. O. Owen, Philadeljphla, boiler in- )f. E. Vicocsavlievich, Austrian boy. Barilani Gugclmo, Austrian wo- maa. ■:... x, Two unknown Austrian women. Unknown mulatto woman. The Injured are: \ Engineer Hale of Charlottesville, injuries to spine. \ « .m H. A. Sharpe of Knoxville, Tenn., head and legs bruised and back hurt. Turner A. Henry of, Bentonvllle. Va., injuries to legs, headland ghoul- 4 ders. Walter Jackson, colored* of Char lottesville, passenger fireman, legs broken. Austrians, all painfully but not se riously Injured. ^ T. G. Hudson, colored, Chatta nooga, Team, serious wounds head. * T. E. Mercer, colored, Washington While the firemen were busy stretch ing hose, some one cried out that ladles were In the third story. Fore man Morris, of the chemical engine company, and several firemen, rushed into the building, fought their war through dense -columns of smoke to the rooms occupied by the ladies and brought them out safely while the flames licked their feet. Murdered and Robbed. Mrs. Benjamin Lowry, a well-known and highly respected old lady, living alone near Good Hope C. H., in Madi son county Va. was murdered at some recent date not definitely known, and Iier house robbed. The body of the old lady was found lying on the floor qf her roon almost in a nude condition and blood was spattered over the floor and all about the room. The coron er’a investigation developed the fact that her skill had been fractured It two places and her body otherwise mutilated. It is estimated that about IfiOO or 1700 In cash was taken, is believed by thuae making the in vestigation that%he murder occured ight. , last Thursday nigl Pulled Overboard by a FUb.? Wednesday night a number of boys gathered on Perido wbar Fla., Ashing for shark, one of them, Carl Johnson, tied his line Wednesd were re gal Pensacola, Damage Hear Laurens. BOTH P&OMDTKHT tie Affair Among X the Friends of Both Parties. Wham Is Htill at Large. to the dozens of others who gathered there this nervy woman pretended that her husband was upstairs and that It would mean more bloodshed and instant death to any man or any set of men who might attempt to en ter that yard or that liouse. With prayers add pleadings of this sort Kjm kept the crowd at bay while the dead man lay right., at her back door and her husband was making his way tr» safety. For It must have been as soon a» the shot was tired that John Wham rushed past bis victim across the cotton fleld and into the woods 200 yards lb the rear of his house, lie has not since been seen In these parte and at this writing his where abouts are unknown. y When It was LAR0E HUMBER IV ATTEHDAHCB A special to the State from Laurens says: A homicide which has startled jaurens county as .OQ,qther homicide las done since Joe Crews was killed probably saved from lynching the man who shot the other Thursday. In the yard qf the slayer, L. W. Itamage was cilled by John G. Wham. Both men were prominent and for a time most serious trouble was feared, But"tt Is not likely now. < The case is a most Interesting one and there is the usuaPwoman in It. he scene of the affair is Simpson’s Cross Road, six miles from Laureqs and three from Clinton, on the Co - umbia, Newberry and Laurens rail road. John Wham’s home Is on the right of the road coming up. Across the road lives Thomas Simpson, a Con federate veteran, who has a large fam- ly. It seems that on Tuesday Miss Matti^ Simpson, about 16 years old, received a note purporting to be from Miss Coleman, a sister-in-law of Q1 rift ur num, BSmrXXg nEsoB piurpEfUfl xXflllU over to Wham’s where Miss Coleman was visiting and stating that all the others had gone away. Mrs. Simpson got hold of the note and her suspicions were aroused. She went with tier daughter^ to Wham’s house, where Wham was found alone. Asking the meaning of the note Wham replied Bat he found it addressed to Miss Simpson after-bis wife and Miss Coleman had gone to Clinton and had simply tent it over. This did . not satisfy the Simpsons and they Anally elicited from Wham the information that be had sent the note with im- iroper purposes in view. However, >e declared this was nothing new and asserted that he had on four occasions within the last year made attempts to have relations with Miss Simpson with her consent. This statement, it is said, was made to Mr. Simpsen, the ins father, when he went to Wham s house to demand satisfaction. Wham, It Is said, refused t6 come out and meet old man Simpson, who de clared that nothing but Wham’s blood would satisfy him. _ VICTIM A PEACEMAKER. News of this reached Clinton Thurs day anjjl tbere-was much ^Indignation th^reagainst Wham. ’Thursday ni^ht, 1 it is now reported, icrowd surround ed Wham’s house and it was known that some serious results must come. Either Thursday afternoon or early Friday morning Mrs. Wham got In her buggy and drove to the home uf Mr. L. W. Ramage, several miles from ler home. Her object was to get Ramage to act as peacemaker, but she says she did not ask him to come to see Wham. Thursday morning about 8 o’clock Ramage got in his buggy and started for Sim (icon’s cross- ng. On the w.ty he picked^ u p Ried Blakely, a friend. The two drove on to Wham’s house and Wham came out to meet them. There was a shot gun in the buggy and Wham had a pistol in each coat pocket, but Wham and the two visitors shook hands In a friendly manner^ According., to the testimony of Blakely at the Inquest, Ramage open ed the conversation by saying. “John, this Is a had affair youare In.” Wham- replied, "Yes, and I am willing to make any acknowledgments that are proper.” Ramage then suggested that they all go over to Simpson’s but Wham said he wanted to wait until his preacher came, that he had sent for him.. Wham then started to the house, the other two following. Blakely suggested to Ramage that it Wham got into the house he might getaway and they better make him give up his weapons. Ramage called on Wham to stop, but Wham went on in the house and upstairs. From the front window he called to Blakely to Get out of my yard,” and Blakely got. Ramage ha l gone around the right si^de of the bouse and on to the found that Mrs. Wham had been play ing a part and that !>er husband was gone the crowd made hold to approach the man who had been lying there dead these two hours and more. But this was not until word bad been sent to Clinton and Laurens and Sheriff Duckett had arrived wfth a posse. Even then Mrs. Wham begged the sheriff not to turn over her husband to the mob, and acting on her fears the sheriff addiessed the crowd, cau tioned them against violence, and by this time Wham was putting miles between himself and the cold body of Ramage there in the back yard. Whether he went on foot or had a horse is not known, but since he had Ircown for two days that be must gel away or suffer It Is proltable he had prepared means of escape. It is said by conservative men that if Wham bad been taken Thursday morning either before or after the shooting lie would have been lynched, as there were a number of men congregated at the-Simpsons with all kinds of guns and feeling was hot against Wham both on account of the girl and of the President Atrll'M Aititunl Aridrciwi in Which He Pajre Tribute to De parted Memliera—Every body DellfftHad. Special staff corresp, ndent of the State, writing from White Stone Springs sajs: The 2»th annual meet ing of the State Bjess association was | writers. The following very important para graph is also a part, of the report: memory of one who adorned the pro fession as he did and who rose by force of his own merit and ability from the ranks of an humble reporter to the editor of one of the leadflog dailies In the south and one that was made such by his own personality." „ Mr. Aull then recites the fact that in accordance with instructions from the association he has gathered from the files of The News and Courier re ports of the meetings from 1877 lb 1888, Inclusive. These reports have been bound in pamphlet form and constitute the official records qf the association for the period covered. News and Courier’s reports for that time were written by F. W. Dawson, N. G. Gonzales, Jno. A. Morose, all of whom have laid aside the pen forever, and by J. C. Hemp hill, Jno. L. Weber and other well death of Ramage, but the testimony at the inquest caused this feeling to partially subside. SHOT HIS WAY TO SAFETY. It is known from the guarded state ments of Mrs. Wham that Ramage asked Wham to come out and go to the Simpsons and that Wham re fused, telling Ramage that,he could not protect him from that crowd and ;hat it would mean death for him Wham) to go there. It is supposed lamage commanded Wham to come out and Wham decided to shoot his way to safety without more delay. I is judgment seems to have been good as was bis aim, for under Ramage’s body was found a loaded Smith & attended by -a large number of the best newspaper workers of the State. The printed minutes of the associa tion's meetings from 1877 to 1888 re call the facts that for the first four years of the existence of the associa tion, 1875 to 1879, Col. dak: A. Hoyt, then editor of the Coliifhbis Daily Register, was the .presiding officer. Col. Hoyt is here today, -nearly as vigorous as he was a generation ago. On the other hand there area number of very young newspaper men here, men v.li >se work gives promise that the future of ihe press of South Car olina will be as honorable as the past, and licit the weekly .papers continue to Ik? great educating influences. After making his annual addressin which he pictured the future of the press In glowing terms., Mr. E. H. Auli of the Newheuy^JNewa And Herald Wednesday made his annual report. THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. Mr. Aull iu his anniffkl report calls attention to the fact that he' was elected at the meeting in 1894, at At several annual meetings we have liscUssed the question of handling foreign advertisements- I desire to call to your attention the advisability forming a State syndicate for this purpose, the plan for which, if you desire, I will more fully outline a part from my report. 1 believe it is prac- tibablc.”. While there are quite a number of members here, the committee on pro gramme reported that there was Only one present to whom had been as signed the duty of/reading a paper. In consequence the morning session was passed In a rather informal way. Mr. Aull told of the arrangements for the trip to Denver, and Col. Hoyt urged the editors to take the trip. * He told of many thihgs to be seen In the great and somewhat unique State of Colorado. Quite a number announced that they had decided to go. Senator D. E. Ifydrlck made the ad dress of welcome on behalf of Mr. Jas. T. Harris, proprietor of the springs. Mr. Hydrlck spoke with pride flu thr growth of the county, EIGHTY-THREE FB0STRATI01I. A Ntorm In the Rvenlna Gave Relief to Awelterfnjc Hnmani- tjr. A Crazed Negro, Censed by Heat. Thlty-slx death and 83 prostrations In and around New York and Brook lyn tell the story of Friday’s heat. It was the bottg»t July 10th in the history of the local weather bureau, the high est previous record belbg JH degrees, recorded July 10, 1880. The early threat of a temperature' that would break all records, however, was not fulfilled. Thursday’s record of 94 degrees at 4 o’clock, the high weather mark of the year, was reached ''riday at20 minutes past 1, without signs of relief. But by 2 o’clock the temperature had fallen two degrees, where It remained during the next i,wo hours. At 8 o’clock Friday night the temperature had fallen to 83 de grees, 6 degrees lower than at the same hour Thursday^ which time there were but 12 mem , , , . w-jin-j.iv u.iii n«i hers present. At Sumter^ tire declared that Mr. [forria laone Qf desired relief following, there were 39 "present,, and I 1 * 16 . ne . w c ^ ien8 w * l ° ^ 8ve helped to nV)nr>b . fhA tAmn | the average, attendance since that Wesson, selfacting revolver while the tied tbcin8e i ve .s with the association aud declared that he, for one^is rdady wmimi iinrlpr thn iTnz■ m:inV Zrin In*- , . .. ... .. , , tj, ,-rimp horo-jjvnrv vn*r ' rear. A COLD-BLOODED MURDER. In Blakely says he stood at the gate and look through the hall which rnns nearly through the house and that he could ear Mrs. Wham and" Itamage talking, but could not distinguish what they said. He saw Wham up stairs pick up something and then saw him come down stairs with a gun in his right hand. As he left the staircase he passed out of Blakely's sight and the shot was fired almost instantly. Ramage called to Blakely and Blakely heard him fall, and says be knew bis friend was dead but did not go to him. With the shot gun in his hand he went to the corner of the fence where he could sfe Ramage lying back of the house. SPLENDID ACTING. about hi% waist aad threw the hook in the water. la a few moments a big fish took the halt and finding it- played an artistic role in order.to give When Mrs. Wham ran out to the front piazza screaming Blakely asked if it were safe for him to go to Ram age’s body and she replied it was not safe. Here was enacted as wonderfu a bit of acting as ever a woman dk on or off the stage. The wife In whom Wham had been untrue, either in In tent or act, for nearly three hours self caught lunged for the bottom on | dragged the little fellow from the warf. He disappeared beneath the surface and was never seen again. time has been not less than 50. It Is gratifying to note the increased and Continued interest in the annual meet ings. He trusts that the time will never come when there will be Indif ference on the part of the editors and publishers in these annual gatherings. They are helpful and pleasant and must he beueficair He feels that those editors who have never identi- make it great. J Attention was called to the' fact that this county was once so poor that it asked the legislature to pay its taxes. Now.it la third in wealth. He paid a fine tribute to the newspaper man, declaring that in bis opinion the successful editor is the best informed most widely read man in the world of business. Senator Ragsdale' replied very pleasantly to Mr. Hydrick’s remarks During the two or three boureabout noon, when the heat was the most in- tense, the wind averaged about nine miles an hour. About 5 o’clock the watchers at the weather bureau dis covered that a thunderstorm was in progress in the southwest. Meanwhile the wind shifted and In creased In velocity to 32 miles an hour at 6 o'clock. The storm, which, scarcely touched the city, had given Between 5 and 7 o’clock, the temperatuire fell several Wi wound under the-dead man’s arm in diets that his left arm was raised and the fingers were twisted as if in the act of grasping the triggei. Wham shot with a Remington 32-calibre rim fire target rifle and the ball entered ust above Ramage’s left nipple. >assed through the large artery above ,be heart, penetrated the body, en tered the right arm and lodged In the musele. Death w.is doubless almost hstantaneous. Itamage was left- landed and was standing with his eft side next the house hardly, ten teetfroui tne back door from which Wham shot as he ran down the stairs from the second story. Ramage a magnificent man physically, six h, stout aud handsome. He was a bachelor and a half brother of Miss Simpson's mother, who was the nephew and helr-of the late Capt. J. A. Bell, and was himself a prosperous arfeerand dairyman, standing well n the community. Wham moved here several years ago from neat' the Greenville line where the family of that name is numerous and prominent. He brought the old Simpson homestead, the Simpsons moving into a smaller house across ihe road. The old place is a typical Oarolina country "home with big oaks n the yard and a general appearance of homeliness, a most placid scene for man to wbrk the Wreck of a wo- man’s life and to slay ber kinsman. Nearer UUnten had bought other property and-there has in process of erection an unusually stylish house almost completed into which he in tended soon to move. He is a prosper ous fellow about 35 years old and has four children. Last year he was a candidate for county treasurer and was the second highest out of four aspirants. o His reputation has -always been good. „ • M^b Wattle Simpson, the woman in the case;/ Is a well developed, good looking! girl of about 16 summers, and if any one knew aught against her character it was not common knowl edge until these sad developments of the last three days. Now as usual, there is all sorts of gossip. It is re ported to Sheriff Duckett that Wham was seen Thursday going towards the Greenville line. The sheriff thinks he will surrender probably to Sheriff GR- reath of Greenville or Sheriff Vernon of Spartanburg, as Wham’s father lives at Woodruff. There is no need for Wham to run. At the inquest his interests were looked after by Lawyer C. C. Featherstone who was summon ed from Laurens. Deputy Sheriff Catheart came 'dp from Columbia with the bloodhounds, 4p not realize the benefits they would receive. - X .LOSSES BY DEATH. . ‘ . r Continuing, Mr. Aull says: "Dur- g the past year, or rather since our last annual meeting, our ranks have been thinned by the death of two edi tors, and one died just at the time of our last session. I refer toIdL. Thus. J. Adams, for many years connected with the Edgefield Advertiser. Whether or not be^ras ever identified with the association I have been un able to find from the record, hut he was a veteran journalist and success- 1 beyond the measure of most of us. In view of Iris long and faithful ser vice in the profession 1 feel it would be proper for you to take note of his death. __ Another veteran who has passed away during tlie past year -one who was eminently successful—was L. M. Grist of the Yorkville Enquirer. He was possibly the oldest member of the profession In the State at the time of bis death, in point of continuous ser vices, as well as in years. So far as 1 have been able to ascertain, he was not at any time a member of this as sociation, but in view of his long and faithful service as editor and publisher of one of the cleanest and best print ed country papers in this State, it would be but proper to take recogni tion of this service -to a suitable tribute. THE LATE EDITOR OF THE STATE. "We have also lost one of oiir Wn members, who was an ornament to the profession in this State. A man who stood at the head of the profes sion, and who loved it for the good he could do. His sudden taking off and the manner of it was not only a sliock to the members of our association and to t^e profession in this State, hut to t-he wRole country, for be had at tained a national reputation. N. G. GonzalesT was for man'y years an ac tive member of this.associalion -and we all remember the Interest he took in our annual meetings. He was a sincere and aa honest journalist, one whose motives were pure and high. He loved his profession and served his State faithfully as he saw her Inter ests He was a patriot in the high est and truest sense of the word and would let nothing come between him and the highqst andoest interests of the commonwealth, as be skw them. He was S"parti8an. All true patriots are partisans. I belie vetowas hon est and sincere and regarded the in terests of the State above his own. Many times we differed and at times 1 have thought him unjust and un- arriving at 1 o'clock at Simpson’s to come here-e*ery year The association received a letter from Col. T. Stbbo Farrow in which he says that beGs getting up a history of reconstruction from 1868 to 1876 and he is anxious -for the editors of the State to give him ail Information they can. v A committee was appointed to con sider the advisability of- forming a master printers’ association, "which will iiave for Its object the perfection of a system of making rates on job work. The State Press association is not allowed to consider suclf matters except In a general way. Mesirs, Strickland, Wolfe and WaddelHwere appointed. Instance were cited show ing how the prices on job printing are being cut below living prices, Among the members of the associa tion here are: Mr. A. J. Clark of the Lancaster Enterprise, Mr J. N. Strickland of the Cheraw Chronicle, Mr. J. T. Bigham of the Chester Lan tern, Hon. Jno. Bell Towlll of the Batesburg Advocate, Hon. J. C. Mace of the Marlon Star, Senator J. W. Ragsdale of the Florence Reform Advocate, Capt. H. H. Watkins of the Hones Path Chronicle, Rev. Wal ton H. Greever, correspondent of The them Lutheran, Mr. C. W. Birch more of the Wateree Messenger, Mrs Virginia D. Young, editor and pro prietor of the Fairfax Enterprise; J. L. EL Warren, Press and Standard, Walterboro; N. Christensen, Jjr. Beaufort Gazette; Ed H. DeCamp, Gaffney Ledger; Col. J. -A. Hoyt, Greenville Mountaineer; Rev. and Mrs. J. Ferdinand Jacobs, Southern Presbyterian, Ctlnton; J: C. Oariing- ton, Carolina Spartan, Spartanburg; C. C. Langston, Anderson Intelligen cer: J. R. Pedfefli-^fhUna Odd-Fallow, Greenville; A. B. Cargile, Saluda Standard; L. Wigfall Cheatham, Edgefield Chronicle Rev. A. A. James Paculet; Mi*. Chas. H. Henry, Spar tanburg Journal: Rev. W. R. Richard son, Southern Christian Advocate Col. Jno. M. Knight, Sumter Herald C. W. Wolfe, Kingstree Record; Miss Theodosia Jones, Marion Star; E. J Browne, Manning Farmers; Rev. G H. Waddell, Spartanburg Herald. - Among other visitors to the meet ing of the Press association are: Miss Ragsdale of Florence, Mrs.' Wm. Toney, Johnston; Mrs. O. B. Bristow and Miss Marie Bristow, Darlington; Misses Mary and Rachel Bigham, Chester; Miss Joyce Clark, Lancaster; Mrs. G. E. Moore, Honea Path; Miss Clara Duckett and Mr. Thomas Jacobs, Clinton; Mrs. L. B. Gilliam, Mrs. L. J. Blakefcjlrs. C. H. Henry, Miss Agnes Petty^nd*' Miss May Cal vert, Spartanburg, and MYL-.C. W. j fi degrees. The city had been swelter- ng so long in the hot wave, however, .hat it waa hours before the benefits began to reach the tenements. In the streets, where the cooling process was more immediate, men, women and children crowded In the doorways and walla to recover from the wearing effects of the day. As on the night before many slept on the park benches, and, where the police would permit It, on the grass. Wanlel Lewis, a beat-crazed negro, attacked with a club two girls who were carrying a large piece of toe. ▲ mob quickly gathered and shouted, lynch him.” Lewis wss rescued by detectives and sent to a hospital/ Tnutlng to the Law. A special to The State from Lan caster says a young negro by the name of Ernest Blakeney wss brought to the jail by a party of gentlemen from the Tabernacle section of that county Friday for entering the house of a prominent citizen in the night time with intent to commit an out rage on bis daughter. The negro bad entered the room through a window before the young lady awoke. She Bcreamed-and her brother rushed in the room, putting the negro to flight. He was subsequently found. It was proposed to make short work of him,' hut the father of the young lady ad vised that he be brought to Jail and turned over to the sheriff, which was done. The negro has confessed that his intentions were to perpetrate an outrage on the young lady, and that he had been put up to It by other ne groes. The law abiding spirit thus manifested by the citizens of the county is in striking contrast to the spirit of lawlessness which prevails in. tod State) other portions of the United States. Peculiar Aecideat Sunday afternoon at tt)e home of Mr. W. J. Elder, near Elder, Oeobee county, Ga., Mrs. Butler, who bad been visiting there for a few days, - met with a tragic death. Mrs. ButUx bad gone out to the well to draw a bucket of water, and was in the act of drawing up the bucket when the ac cident occured that caused her death. There were two buckets at the well aud as one came up the other went ’ down;. Just as the buckets were half way up the rope broke and Mrs. Butler was jerked forward into the well. Her bead was jammed Into one of the buckets as far as her shoulders and her body shot downward through a space of forty feet to the bottom of the well. The alarm was given and in a few minntee the body of Mrs But ler was drawn up feet foremoat. She was dead When her body was taken out. Mrs. Butler’s renalhs were car ried to.Window, near,which place she' lived, and were interred. She leaves a husband and a bgfty ten mootbs oid. -- ..j*? i For Six Thoazaad Gi ■J- • . ‘ ' >*. •• i - . . 1 The largest hotel ever erected for crosslngr where the train was stopped directly in front of the house. The dogs were at once put on the trail and were worked for several hours, but It was impossible to catch the scent and the attempt was abandoned. No one is after the fugitive now. _ fair In hiscritichims, but I always be- Hlrchmore, Camdep i Mrs.'J.>. Dofe* lleved him honest from his view point. | Q reenvb ] e , ’■ Dreadful Deed. If him time to escape. She knew that Wham W taken by the friends of the other woman hi* Ufe would be the for felt, and so not only to Blakely, bu Kilted bjr a Negro. *» % Arthur Shad den, a prominent young planter living about four miles south of Osceola, Ark. was shot and killed by a negro tenant on his farm at an early hour this morning. There was trouble between them In regard to an account wbioh Shadden was try ing to collect from the negro. The negro made his escape, but the sheriff and a posse are In pursuit. ▲ lynching is probable if the nogmda canght If I should offer a criticism it would be that he shut himself up in his sanc tum too closely and did not mingle enough with the people. His death was distinct loss of journalism in this State. His personality more than anytbying else built up a great news paper at the capital of the State. Few men wrote as vigorous, as clean, as strong and as pure English as he did. His editorials were always gems of English composition and the tendency to read them was Irresistible, even when one did not agree with him. A to the manner of his taking off, it would be improper for me in this con nection to speak. It is eminently proper, however, that we should aa an association pay proper tribute to the Mother A terrible tragedy occurred Thurs day night In tbw village of Leroy, N. Y., when Mrs. William Baiter hanged beraeir and two children, Goodson, aged 8 years, and Gladys, aged '3. When her husband returned to the house at 6 o’clock he could not get in. He waited for some time, then broke in a window and searched the house.' In an unfinished Attic oyer the kitch en, reached by a ladder, he saw bang ing, side by side, from the rafters his wife and two children. From indica tions the woman must have carried the children up the ladder one at a time. The room was so low that the boy’s feet nearly touched the floor. an exposition will be within the world’s Fair ground at Si Loula. ▲ contract has been signed for the con struction of this mammoth building lithe ratea in which will be oootrolled by the Exposition. Rooms will be divided into four classes according to size, not less than 500 Qgxna of each class. The rates will be, on the Europen plan, for each person Si, •1.50, 12.00, 64.00 and 15.00 per day. The latter price will command very large rooms with baths. Meals will be served to such of the guests as desire them at the folio wing prices: Breakfast and noon Innoheoa, 60 evenlng.dli management guest *50 oeaU admission — -r • ' X Ci X •- -r— . ^ - -< cents each: The hotel from each cover the Mon grounds. The larger than now advance bookings o? guests rant.