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i -r-f ■ ' m v v i ‘ Tbs old OooMertte veteran bad a Mg time la HaahviUe, Tenn., The veteran and tbelrfrlende n—HInted aboet of thirty The first meeting was held 14th Instant In the tab- end every bit of span irmy before the veteran were fEiud to order by Gen. W. Gordon of Memphis, commander of the Tennas- •ee division. It wn the first oooven- Uon In the history of the organisa tion that the Sen of Veteran eat “ with their fathers, and the cheers from the throats of the younger gene ration at almost every expression by v, those who took part in the strife 40 v years ago made It plain that the spirit of '61 would be perpetuated in gene ration to oome. - California waa represented on the floor; from far off Montana a delega lion wn sent, and Oblo waa on band with four delegates. It was the four teenth annual meeting and the first at which the distinguished John B Gordon did not preside. A few steps to the rear of Gen. Stephen D. Lee, who occupied the chair, sat Gee. Gor don's widow aod two daughters, Mrs. Burton Smith of Atlanta and Mrs. Orton Bishop Brown of Maine. To the right and to the left of them were seated many of the chief figures of the Confederacy and a charming array . of beautifully gowned division and de partment sponsors. There was a no ticeable curtailment of the sponsor feature of the reunion and it was an nounced from the stage early that only the sponsors accredited to de partments and divisions would be given Seats on tbe^tsge. _ On the stage irere: Gen. Stephen . JP. Lee, thS. acting cjmMhndftr iq- , chief; Gen. Wm. D. Jones, of Ricb- mond; Gan. C. H. Tebault, New Or leans, Chief surgeon C. S. A., and Mtm Corrlne Tebault, sponsor-In-chief; Gao. W. K. Mickle of New Orleans, adjutant general; Gen. W. S. Cabell, commanding the trine-MimiMlppi; Gen. A. J. West of Atlanta, com manding the North Georgia brigade; Gen. C. Irvine Walker, commanding the department of Vlrginls, and Gan. Clement A. Evans, Atlanta, who suc- coeeded Gen. Step ben D. Lee as com mander of the department of Tennes see. The convention hall was well filled by 11 o’clock. The long wait of an hour and a half before the gathering wm called to order wm enlivened by the appearance of the Kentucky dele gation and their band and later by thsuurrix&l at th* nnl« autmUtlnsr drum of three or four men from North Garo- As they marched down the long Jo the tune of “Dixie,’’ escorting the North Carolina camp, the enthu siasm of the old veterans wm uu bounded. A few moments later the Seventh United States cavalry band, stationed M Chattanooga, came Into the ball Msyisg a spirited march. They marched down to the stage and were escorted up to the gallery, where they took a position in the extreme end war Urn platform, their uniforms forming the only variation to the pre dominating gray of tbne* WKLCOXXD BY GOV. KHA7.IBB. Aftar Gao. Gordon had called the veterans to order Chaplain Jen s de livered the invocation. Gov. J. Frasier welcomed the delegates Tennessee In a splendid address. Twice he started to bis seat only to be re- caUtd and urged In behalt of the y#t- dolpb H. MeKlm of 0., M the orator for the Dr. McJLlm wm In exoslleat his oration wm a notable sflorl. Al though the veterans hid IMsMd to two bouts and more of erafiory ini temperature approximately SO, they gave Dr. MeKlm their undivided St- tentton and frequently interrupted with cheers. Among the telegrams received by AdJ. Gen. Mickle wm one from Ed ward Owen, commander of the New Yolk City oaasp, and reading! ‘Tbs Confederate veterans of New York warmest greetings to their brother veterans.” Gen. Fltohugb Lee wired his regrets from Richmond thus: “Love to the old boye I am vary sorry that I cannot be ent to meet and greet them.” The report of AdJ. Gen. Mlokle which wm adopted, shows that Mnoe the last reunion charters have been issued to 40 new camps, making the total 1,603. - The Women’s Monument aaeociatlon wm Instructed by the veterans to turn over all funds to the Sons of Yetaraos who will complete the work of erect ing a monument to the woman of the south. The most interesting part of the committee ou resolutions report is as follows: First, that the res dutlon request ing congress to take appropriate ac tion looking to the care end preserva tion of the graves of the Confederate dead now lq the various cemeteries In the northern States be adopted. “Second, the committee reports to the aaeociatlon that more than one application has been made to this association to fix s permanent piece for our annual reunions, but your committee is of tbe opinion that for the present it would be wise, for many reasons, to hold our annual reunions m heretofore at such time and places m the amociation shall fix from year lo year. Adopted. "Resolved, That"all Confederate veterans regularly enrolled in this as sedation and none other shall be ell gible to election or appointment in this aaeociatlon.” Adopted. ,, TRIHUTK TO OOBDOM. At tbe noon hour the regular busi ness of tbe convention was set aside for tbe memorial services st which Judge Thomas G.' Jones of Montgom ery wm the orator. All tjje departed heroes of the Confederacy were refer red to bv several speakers, but Gen. John B. Gordon, tbe last great figure to pass over into tbe invisible beyond, wm made tbe occasion tribute. . Tbe Association of Msiioal officers of the Army and Navy of the Confed eracy Wedneeday elrctel tluseoffloers: President, Dr. John S. Cain of Nashville. i First vice president, Dr. J. D. Plankett of Nashville. Second vice president, Dr. D. H. Key of Monroe, La. ' ^ .y '• Third vice p/esident, Dr. Wm. Mar tin of Kingston, Ky. Fourth vice president, Dr. Peter B. Baoot of Florence, S. C. The* survivors of the Confederate navy chose Capt. H. B. Little Page of Beeies of^mphls and ^electoi^pt. W. F. Clayton of Florence, S. C., sec retary. . / ' * The Southern Confederate Memori al association met, heard numerous ^welcoming addresses and responses and adjourned until Thursday. TUB OFYK'BRS ELBCTBD. The veterans elected tbe following officers: Commander lo-ohlef, Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of Columbus, i. Basses. SIX HUNDRED DIE. {continued from page 1.] By this time the shrieking whistle of tbe Stoensa bhd attracted the at tention of river craft tor a consider able distance around and tugs and other small boats were rushing to the MBlstenoe of the burning steamer. these small boats rescued all those la the water whom they oould reach, hut many parsons struggled and sank before any help oould reach them. In the wake of tbe Slocum m she hurried up stream wm a tins of little Mack spots, marking the heeds and bodies of those who had sought to escape tbe roaring furnace on the ship by throw lug themselves overboard. Few of those Mved by the email boats had on Ufa preservers. At no during the progress of the fire wee there opportunity to either lower life boats or get tbe life preservers out from under the seats. This perhaps glvM an idea of the rapidity with which the fiamee swept tbe decks. It wm an experience barrowing and terrible aod that any escaped alive seems wonderful. REBAUTED AT’THEIR POST. Through all tbe wild panto, during all that Inferno, with fire and smoke surround ing them the officers and men of tbe doomed beet remained at their posts, but they were powerlecs to avert the catastrophe. The Slocum got within 50 feet of .tbe northwest point of North Brother island and there stopped in the shal low water. It wm just before she besebed that tbe hurricane deck, tbe supports of which bad burned away, fell with its loads of women and children, adding to the panic and horror of those on the deck below. Very soon after parts of tbe sebond and third decks also caved in. But before this happened tbe tug Walter Tracey bad come along side tbe burning steamer and been lasbed to it. Many of tbe passengers were taken off by tbe crew of the Tra cey, which remained alongside tbe steamer until the tug’s pilot house took fire. Tbe point where tbe Slocum beached wm just off the scarlet fever ward on North Brother island. Tbe patients who had been out on tbe porches and lawns Watching tbe approach of the steamers- were Bjdeqrs wnd- He took tbs boat to tlm nearest place where ah# oould to beached.” "Wm anything done towards fight ing the fire?” 7, Tto mate had cberge of the fire fighting and we don’t know where he la. The pomps wsra.golng and there u fire fighting.” "Wm there e panic among tbe crew?" "I have heard ,of no panic. There were In tbe neighborhood of 3,000 life preserver! to board.” THE CROWP FRANTIC. Wednesday a surging crowd Is held back by police lines formed about the dty morgue at tbe foot of east 20th street. The crowd began to gather m soon as It became rumored about the city that the dead would to brought tfi Manhattan from North Brother 1 aland and other places. Whan finally tbe morgue authori ties allowed the crowd to,enter the morgue a geene ensued which wm har- rowing in the extreme. la some oases first Identifications were found to be erroneous, men laying claim to bodies they afterwards discovered were not those of their relatives. - -At tbe entrance to the Charities pier at the foot of east 20 tb street the crowd Wednetday night triid to push past tbe police and a riot resulted. At the height of the tro ible a man who bad learned that his wife was among the charred dead tried to stab himself Inside the pier the bodies are ranged in three rows, tbe entire length of the pier, about 150 feet. ST. MARK’S CHURCH. St. Mark’s Lutheram church con tain d in its membership practically all those Germans of the Protastant faith within a radius of ten square bfreks. "Tlia nicursion was the event .8 JAIL ms, Harderer, amd Aunt her Pri soner, Tiled Their Way Out. ’ APPEAL HAD DKNHD U: / 9 or ^siafeir Amoh# other things Gov. Frailer Mid: “When that grand mao, that pa triot, that noble Christian, Gen. Robt. E. Lee, surreodered at Appomattox he spoke with a heart too full for de- a t, in that no southern mother swore r eon to bltternem. She swore him to lore and honor. All accepted the inequitable finality. When you saw furled for Che last time the Stars ant -Pars you had followed for four years when you had made your but fins march back to your homes, had a fins farewell to your comrades and fount the sainted mother’s grave sleeping In the family cemetery, the beautifu borne In ruin and ashes, when you pressed upon your wife’s lip a loving his*, you reeled a solemn pledge that from that day on you would know but one country and but one flag "You came back to take up your old work, to build a new civilisation, to redeem a land that bad almost mali ciously been given to the negro. In Mm than 35 yean, unaided by any thing except a fertile land and energy, yon have attained commercial free dom for tbe south. Tbe south bee already snatched from NeW England the hitherto unchallenged record of cotton manufacturing. The south Is dMtiMd to become the garden spot in this fair laud. (Applause.) “We welcome you to the warm hos pitality and sunshine of tbe south and if that la not warm enough, we wel come yon to some of our good homes.” d cheers.) ‘ WITH ENTHUSIASM. A. 8. Williams, mayor of . had extended tbe city’s welcome, Gen. Gordon brought for ward Gen. Stephen D. Lee es tbe per-. * residing officer and oomman Gen. Lee’s appearance for a remarkable out- Of enthusiasm. Cheer after Commander of the department of northern Virginia, Gem-C. Irvine Walker, of Grr i> " ,,iu *i 8 0,. . Commander of tbe department o ' Tennessee, Geo. Clement A. Evans of Atlanta. Ga, Commander of the trans-Mlaalssipp department, Gen. W. L. Cabell Dallas, Texas f Gen. Cleihent A. Evans of Georgia read the report of the historical com mKtee, which said the South was now Msurad of fair treatment In his tory sod that tbe youth of the coun try would not grow dp under a false impression. Tbe report wm adopted A resolution favoring the erection at Richmond, Vs., of a home for needy Confederate women wm adopt- •d. A sweet voiced young woman of Norfolk, Va., Mias Mary E. Ewell maid of honor for the south, by her singing of "My Old Kentucky Heme” Wedoeaday wto for Louisville the re- unlon next year of bhe Unitto Con federate Veteran*.' It was after tbe old veterans had chosen Lieut. Stephen D. Lee u their commander in chief and had listener to a stirring speech by Col. Bennett B. Young of Kentucky, extolling the beauties, capabilities and hospltally of bis home city and people and their de- sire to entertain tbe followers of the Stare and Bare, that Miss Ewell wm escorted to tbe front of tbe stage Her votoe thrilled the great crowd that filled the tabernacle and the iMt note of the song had barely left her Ipa when the convention went wild with shouts of “Louisville,” “Louis ville.” - Seconding speeches were un necessary, although Gen. Lee graci ously permitted one from a Virginia delegate and another from Kentucky before recording the choice of the veterans as unanimous. The date will 4he determined later. ctaer greeted tandkeiohiafr air Mail Hats, Stoats went into the the auditorium and its voolftrota voice ipipvpinMjbMd took up the spirit of tbe occasion and Goo- Loo wm kept bowMv from side fior oovoal minutes. sen of Mootgom- of the AlatoMa spoke in the the physicians on the island hastened to the assistance of those who were being brought ashore through the Many of those why the Slocum were carried away by tbe curreut, even after sbe Wm beached, and were drowned. A PITIFUL SCENE. The scene on North Brother island as described hr’ the rescare re was V pitiful one. Body after body was washed ashore or brought in by boats and added to tbe long row on the beach. Fifty-three persons died there while the doctors were attend ing them. As the bodies of the living and tbe dead were taken out of the water, those alive were taken to tbe hos pitals on tbe island or sent across the riTflT M h 0 ""*** 1 * tn M,nh » tr *n Ufrp als In Greater New York and every other Sort of conveyance Which could be found were put into service. The bodies of the burned and drown ed drifted ashore on tbe island be tween 131st and 138th streets in Man hattan. Some came ashore still alive. Many of these died while oth ers will recover. The scenes on the beacb-of North Brother Island were pitiable in the ex treme. m tbe living and tbe dead were brought Id. Tbe row of bodies stretched along the beach and hysteri cal women and frantic men went along looking at one after pqpther searching for children‘'and friends. Women with disfigured faces, th$lr clothes partially stripped from them,* were carried to the improvised emqr jii gency hospital, crying for children who had been torn from them in the “ 4 mad rush when the boat took fire. Meanwhile the Slocum horned to tbe water’s edger At 12 25 o’clock, two hoars arifi 25.nalnuto8.nfter. the Ure was fiftt discovered, She sank. 11 is estimated that there were then of the year^for scores of well-to-do German, famili.’s and had been looked forward to for many months. Family parties Of ten or more had been made up, including in many cares tbe o’d grandmothers, the mothers and the children df all ages with a sprinkling of tbo e men of the fami'les who oould spare a day from their, work. A bureau of Information <was opened in the church shortly after "the flr»t n- ws of the catastrophe was received, and ever since there has been a stream of agonized men, women and children .climbing the atopa to ask lor news of their relatives or friends. As soon M news is received, as to survivors or Victims, it is pasted out^He and the Information so on spread tboughout the nc ightorho'd: Rjv. J. G. Schultz, the as-istant pastor of the church, called at the temporary morgue and Identifi ed the body of M;a. Anna Haas, the wife of the pastor of the church. The coroner gave permission for the body to be removed to the resi dence of Dr. Haas. Dr. Haas is among the nscured. He, his wife and daugh er gob outside the rail of tbe Slocum before the steamer beached. He oannot say whether they jumped or fell or were pushed into the water. He sank and wnen he rose he found scores about him fighting for life. He failed to find bis wife and finart-fctfU WftttfofltfnlbTjW# Jy JFfifft a man on one of the tugs picked him up. Of the scores he saw about him when he rose, one by one sank. Assistant District Attorney Garvin wgs at the scene of tbe wreck foraome hours. He said that he would aub- And Adame Was.Awaltiajr # Re-Mn* tanoe. Tbe Sheriff aad a Posse Are PnraaiaE - tbe Eaeapea. . A dispatch from Walterboro to The State under date of June 14 says quite a sensation wm caused in Walterboro Tuesday morning when it wm known that R. A. Adams had escaped from jail. Adams wm con victed for the murder of Henry Jaquee and sentenced Met June to be hanged. His sentenced wm stayed pending an appeal to the supreme court, which appeal wm dismlaaed. Adams was to have been rcsentenoed at the next term of court, which meets the first Monday in August. At 2 o'clock Tuesday morning when Gue Green wm brought to jail by Policeman Johoaon a rope of blankets was discovered hanging from tbe win dow above tbe portico on tbe side of.. tbe jail. Upon investigation it.*as found that Adams and a negro, Jasper Stephens, Incarcerated for ~ larceny, bad filed through one of the iron bars and escap'd. Deputy Sheriff Henderson Imme diately started in pursuit, but so far no traces of tbe escaped prisoners has been found. Adams is about 5 feet 10 inches high, weighs about 145 pounds, dark skin, dark hair and eyes, with mous tache and a long, sharp face with very heavy j ±w and iarge neck; fast talking and winks eyes rapidly while talking, nervoua and quick movement. * WEATHER AYD CROPS. BEGINS WORK with tkt l demising the blood d all adds that product RHEUMATISM, driving Ml dt the dangerous germs that infest tha Other EMdidnes treat symptoms; JUtumsoA rmetm ik mut t and, therefore, its— CUBES ABC PCBMANENT. Helps the digestion, tones up tbe system. Semple bottle free on epplication to Bobbitt Chi me al Co., Fm prietors, 316 West Lombard St., Baltimore, Md. i MM. Curriculum Include* twaoty thr** vrurrMJuauai* *«*v***v*w» zTZZ.— I w — out*; MVM laboratory cource*. *nd three hour* of eorntnl * Suborata.y ^ YVE are looking F i FOR YCUR ORDERS s\l COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC CC Hk # COLUMBIA S C >8 A Few Isolated Section* Still Snffer- inR from Drought. Mr. J. W. Hauer, section director, says in hie weekly report of the crepe, gathered from correspondence: The week ending 8 a. m., June 13, bad a mean temperature of 75 degrees, which is about 4. below normal, due to nearly norm&l “tempeiaturee’' daring the first four days and abnormally cool weather during the last three. The cool weather was accompanied by fresh to brisk hbrtbefet winds and unusually low relative humidity. The sunshine was ncrmaLio plaoeeaad be low in others. The greater portion of "the State had from one to over two Inches of rain on. three day*. Tbe upper Sa vannah valleyHad less than an inch, while in parts of York county and a few small areas in other sections the drought is unbroken and crops are suffering for moisture. Streams afe very low and many wells are falling in the central counties. A destructive wind and hall storm passed through Pickens oounty; the track of the hail storm was about half a mile wide and aherors in tbUr path «»«76o. TUrre were aMD damaging wind storms in Spartan burg and Sumter counties, and bail occurred at various places in the northern and northeastern counties, doing some damage tb crops, The weather was generally favora poena the entire crew and M njjmy l bf for cultivation of field.crops, but the survivors as possible and 1 JMJWCiHlNEmY Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting, Packing, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, In jectors, Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. Of good 1 in. second hand black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA SUPPLYICO., Columbia, 8. C. The machinery Supply house of the state. r* WH AX I >OC8 Write to us amjr we will be glad to you on PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, HR)? 1 — ■ COLEMAN-BALL-MARTIN 367 King Street, IX C08X?£ irices that will interest etc. What .is Calci- PAINT AND OIL CO CHARLESTON, 8 a YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN, WAKE UP Prepare yourselves to rheet the demand for Stenographers, typewriters and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of J MACFEAT’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Ooiumbla, 8. W. H. Macfeat, official Court Stenographer, President. 0. Fine Watch Whan our < watch. Don't think that every one Who Hag*, out * *ifn e* * "watch maker” is competent to repair your flue watch. Repairer* who are fully competent are eceroe. We So work only one way,—the beet—we o*n make any part of a watch, or a complete watch. ^ Our prices ere often no more the* you |ffy for inferior work, ge for work it 11.50 or over we will pay express cherge one way. Sand us your LACHICHOTTB * CO, Jeweiem, 1434 Main St, Cotumbin, & 6. Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. ' Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing "RUBERQID.” Write for prices. ■'T-t lana ana organ Bargains. If y&u want tbe bargains of your life write at once to, Malone mumIc Houroe, Columbia, S. C., as possible and would make every effort to fix the responsi bility for tbs catastrophe. So far as knottn only one of tbe craw of the Gen. Slocum lost his life. This was Michael McGrath, steward of the steamer, whose body has been recovered. When be jumped over board be bad with him, according to £fcpt. Van Schalck, #300 or $400 dob larq. The mubey oould opt be found when his money clothing wm search- nemrly 100 charred bodies on her decks. Just after tbe steamer sank the water nearby wa$ black with bodies. Tbe tug Fidelity succeeded in picking up 88 charred corpses in Hunts Onve off Qlira, Bakers island and carried them into the sound. None of these bodies, it is thought, can ever be identified. J. It Wm Brwtal Murder. Tbe State says "Nathan Truesdale, uncle of the negro killed at JMoud’s creek on Saturday week, swore out a warrant before Magistrate Little at Saluda on Wednesday for Sion Miller, Joe Miller and Russel McCormick. Thursday the Millers and McCormick surrendered themselves to the sheriff and are now iu jail. The Miller boys are 22 and 23 yean old, respectively, and McCormick looks to be tbe winger of the three. It wm stated 'hat MoOormlck did the shooting but ' he report oannot be confirmed. The home of tbe Miller boys is not Car from where the homicide occurred, while McCormick hails from Lexing ton oounty. He jblned'the Miller boys at Batesburg and wm going on a visit to his brother, whose is in this county. It Is not known whether lost, application will be mads tor ball-ealhbli The older of the Miller boya is POES NOT KNOW CAUSE. Charles JE. HUT, a diretor of the Knickerbocker -Steamboat company, visited the Lebanon hospital late Wednesday to see Capt. Van Schaick, the (jommander of the Gen. Slocum, who toujLbeen token there earlier the dgy under arrest. After a talk with him Mr. Hill said that the cap- <aln did not kpow the cause of the lire. “Tbe cause of tbe fire is not known,” said be. “I say that, because no In vestigation hM began. The govern ment wUl. undoubtedly begin an In vestigation. The captain is under arrest and it would be Inadvisable for bin to make any statement at pres ent, but be told me that he and the first and second pilots, Edward Van Wart and B. M. Weaver, were in the tllot house until the Slocum wm jeaofaed. Then they jumped directly from "the pilot house Into the water. The captain hurt his leg And may re quire. an operation. The two pilots were practically uolnjufed aod assist ed in saving life. They were all iu the wheel house until tbe last. ” “Wm the boat under steam all the time?” Mr. Hill wm asked. “It hM.heen said that the pilot house was deserted, and the boat drifted- with the tide until she ran aground. *‘Tbs steam wm on until the boat struck. Tbe engineer, Frank Oonlln, told me that he wig in the engine room until the boat struck. Tbs cur rent wm on the flood, and oould not have carried the boat earlier, for there is no shallow water nearer than North Brother island, if the boat had been WORK OF TIIK CREW. Regarding the work of tbe crew during the disaster, John Holtbusen, sexton of St. Mark’s said:. “The crew appeared to be undiaoi- plined and unfamiliar with working of tbe life rafts and life boata I was standing besides tbe pastor nearly all the time. He did everything In his power to sase people. I placed my two daughters, Nina, aged 12, ftnd aged 10, no top of the paddle box and kept them there until a tug boat by tbe name of Sumner picked all of us up. with large areas where tbe ground was too wet to work and where Adds have become foul. AF*a rule, corn, cotton, tobacco, rice and minbr crops are clean and well ctiltlvatwL and have made marked improvement dur ing tbe last week. Coro made steady improvement in all parts of the State, and, although small, is growing nicely and has a healthy color. Akriiest corn is being laid by. With few and unimportant excep tions, cotton has now attained full stands, although somewhat irregular ones as to size. The plants are small for tbe season, but have good color and are growing nicely. Lice are re ported from Abbeville oounty. Squares have been reported from nearly all sections, and a few blooms have been noted in Orangeburg oounty. In places fields are becoming foul. Sea island cotton shared in the general improvement, and now has full but irregular stands and good color. Tobacco impproved aod is being “primed.” Rice planting continues and tbe crop N. B. lie IlOUEK for particulars. In answeriog th s al plea« state which y ju dMlrfrPmrio or Organ, All,Drug add Habl Whiskey I Morphine' | uigaret e Habit, [ ~ Habit | , Habit i Habits Cured by ACeele^r Institute, of & O ence^inted 81 * — 1P °’ B ° 116) 001 umb1 *’ 8 - Confidential oorreapoud- ame Cement, Jflausi Terra Ootta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small tots, writs, Carolina, Portland Cement Com\ Charfruton. B. (f STATUE OF HAMPTON, Packatall I* Selected by Monumental Committee to Model It. The Columbia State says Mr. F. H. Ruckstall, a noted sculptor of Paris, how residing in New York, has been selected by the Hampton monument commission to submitthe plana for The members ot tbe ere. ot the l^ 0 Vt"b.' burned steamer who are under arrest are being held simply as witnesses. They are Capt. W. H. Van Schal&k, Pilot Edward Van Wart, Second Pilot Edward N. Weaver, W. W. Tremby, a deck hand, Henry Canfield, a cook, JF I Edwin Robinson,* a cook, and Tames Woods, a cook. ^. AH of these men had been overboard and were suffering from exposure- and in some cases from burns. Coroner Berry had them all sent to Lebanon hospital with tbe exception of Pilot Van Wart, who was paroled. Tbs captain Mid that the first knew of tbs fire wm when he wm told of it through tubs by bate#. The Slocum wm th K.i.lled a Tyrant. Gen. Bobriicoff, governor general of Finland, was shot and mortally wounded at 11 o’clock Thursday morn ing at tbe entrance to the Finnish senate at Helsingfors. The * assassin, a man named Schaumann, a son ot Senator Schaumann, immediately committed suicide. Bobrlkoff was shot in the stomach and peck, three shots being fired, one of which Inflict ed a' serlous wound. The attack is ascribed to Finnish patriotism. The last recorded act of Gen. Bobrikoff wm in March of this year, when- be issued a proclamation forbidding the people to darken their windows at “unusual hours.” People who chose to go to bed before 10 o’clock at night were subject to heavy flues:' This step wm due to tbe neglect of tbe Finns to illuminate their houses in honor of the beginning of the war with Japan. - Wheat and oat harvest is nearing completion; the yields of wheat are best IQ the extreme west ern counties and only fair to poor in the central ones. The oat crop is best in the eastern counties, where lu places the-yields are heavy. Late oats show some. Improvement. Both grains have been boused in good con dition, where cut, with only slight damage from the rains.* V \ Deadly Hot Sapper. Tuesday night at a hot aupper and dance given by ths colored people of run alongside the ptscaqr pushed on Walterboro, Gus Green, becoming jeai- the rooks on tbs mainland sbe might * ‘ ”‘ _ S ionk, m the water is deep along and inart lives would have been out of William Haynes, deliberately pulled bis pistol and shot him dead. Green wm captured aod lodged In jail at 2 o’clock next morning and this fact enabled the officials to discover ao early that Adams aad Stephens had Well Worth Seeing. One of the most, interesting ex hibits among the many of all kinds at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis is that of tbe Winchester Repeating Arms Company, tof New Haven, Conn., manufacturers of re peating rifles and shotguns aniall kinds of ammunition. The exhibit wm in readiness and wm opened on the first day of the fair,"a fact that clearly Illustrates the. enterprise and up-to-date methods of the company behind It. It Is the aim of the Win chester Repieatlng Arms Company to show at their exhibit tbe high develop ment which they have reached in the making of guns and ammunition, and one needs ^ only to see the exhibit to realize bow near to perfection that development has oome. There can be seen tbe new automatic repeating rifle all kinds of shotguns, the modern smokeless powder shotgun shells and rifle oartrldgee; in fact every things studies of art and sculpture. that can Interest the devoteesof hunt- log aod trap aod tra aod target shoot- Ibg. Don’t fall to see the exhibit at the Manufacturers and Fish and Game Buildings. It’s well worth your while. i. ' AaOM Mnaer. -v Meyer Guggenheim, 77 year, old, a multi-millionaire and a great grand- fatner, hM bean made defendant In a breach of promtes soil, In New York, are fixed at $100,000. Tbe of $50,000,0001$ a very at- tractive “ tbe equestrian statue to be erected 6n tbe eastern side, of the capttol grounds as soon as possible. If his plans arfe satisfactory he will be selected as the artiste The commisskn met Wednesday, those present being Senators McCall and Marshall and Representatives Moses and Morgan* After a carefut study off many of the names submitted it was decided that the uame of Mr. Ruckstall should be selected. He will submit models, and -if the designs" are satisfactory tbe com mission will select the one most satisfactory. * , The. total amount of money con tributed by popular subscription amounts to $.7,895,22. or a little over $2,000 short of that which it was ex pected should be raised to put. with the State appropriation of 120,000. This appropriation ia now available, and the commission will begin tbe work, Tbe work of raising funds will not be suspended, for $30,000 Is tbe minimum and the commission would like to have even more. Mr. Ruckstall gave the committee the following sketch of himself: “As you perhaps kn >w very little about me, I am forced, in a jneasuro, to give you a few facta about myself. I was torn in Alsace, France, in 1853 of ok French stock—my name having been corrupted to its present German form. When a child my parents went to St. Loulv Mo. There I was raised among the Southern element, by accident of course. This accounts for my having su many southern friends and also for my sympathy for the sooth. At 32 I went to Paris to complete my studies of art and sculpture. He thro gate a sketch of considerable work be hM done. - > L bath tub at a hotel. McCoy, it is said, In the last*few days bad lost $10,000 by speculating in stocks on Wall streejt, through a local firm. Mr. McCoy wm in Jacksonville look ing after a suit of John L. Davis against tbe Seminole Hard Rook Phos phate company. To Judge C. H. Al'en, who wm as sociated with him in the caw, he left a letter saying: Luring these months the demon of speculation has had me in its grip and I am as powerless to resist it as any drunkard his dram. or gambler his game. The course I am taking is, all considered, the wise one. Please do what is needful. Communicate with Mr*. McCoy, 9116 Longwood, Chi cago.” On. the dresser in the room at the hotel were found several letters, to- getlier with the following that he had written; — Clock Just struck 5 a. m. In a jew minutes more I’ll be ready if I have the courage. .— 7,45—1 am * cow *rd after allr 10.05—Still reels! ing—O, God have mercy;-the way of the transgreesor is hard and the wage of sin is deatfi!” The bed was undisturbed, showing that the man had not slept during the night. * McCoy was said to be a man of era pi ary habits. ex- , ^ Y W *J- what right men who ?K. Ve bolters when things did not go to suit them to de- msnd that there be no bolters when things do go to suit them? ii roe sktihm THX WAOX8 OF SIYr Lawyer Committed Halehte Be- «a««e of Unlucky Speculation, At Jacksonville, Fla., Charl« 8. Mo- Coy, a prominent attorney, with offi- cm In the Atwood building, Chicago, committed suicide Friday morning by utting his throat with a Hunt In a PP '»». BATE*WAV Lnd AT All l to Ifo.., ‘jvtb mhom* four trouN*. **110 tor mr (r** booklet,- «nd Mil examination blanks. S Nq. », Narvo,,* DeUIL r (Saxnal V aaka***L o.S, Vancoe*!*, No. ■.Stricture, No.4,Eld- nfva*dB<*M*rba«- tsrrh. Tbs** book* ad. t* hr sir..*”' thorny tbo unit thwtor fc,'. S*»£'.