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IPiP ■ ■ ' I *• . - “ ■ ~-v f -i k >, -*v' ' 1 y .* " -* * ^ 1 , ■• : » -■ ■, _ « _ ' I I v *- * VOL. XVIII. BARNWELL, S. G, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER lO, 1904. *r*v * A}!S, • ,rv^ v<Ar Ssfc'ii ■ 'Jr*# , A GREAT AIRSHIP KakM a Half Hoarlzcanioa Among the Clonda aid LAVDS THOM WHXUITITAETXD TbooMnda at the Exposition WitBfM the Aeoent end D. seent of the Beldwln’e SaeoreefM Plying Mahlne. , s* i t fly tog In ftfWt dl recti oh. with the wind and agalMt it at a height of 2,000 feet above the Oasoade 4 , lu ajght of tbotuaoda of cbeeriog, enthusiastic spectatorsoa the World’s Fairgrounds one'day last week, A. Roy Knaben- sbue, of Tidedo, in command of Thos. S. Bul-’wln’s airship, tbe California Arrow, brouffht It to anchor at~tbe place whence he started, as neatly and as accurately as a train runs into a station. In all be flew 31 mile*. Knabensbue started from the Aero nautic Ooicmrae at 3.37 p. m., and returned at 4.06 p« m. On the re turn trip the airsbip sailed slowly over tbe ex&ot tpot from which it had risen 28 minutes previously, and glid ed ab >ut loo feefvfurjher w$st, where it settled^ rao^fullfito the groynd. ( ^ CA^idiroiy.iy^ttutTMPir. i» . The detent of tbe Arrow was the 1 signal for a great demonstration .Hundreds of eager hands were up- st'etched to grasp tbe frame of the flying machine, whiob, with its navi gator, was carried around tbe con course on the shoulders of shouting men. Hats were thrown in' the air, and when Knabensbue called for three cheers for his borne town they ware given with a Will, and another round followed for Knabembueand Baldwin. The successful fl ght followed a day full of dieouragement. , Baldwin and Knabensbue had worked for twenty six htur», without sleep - , to - prepare for the flight. Tbe first attempt to ascend with Baldwin in command, ended disastrously. The Arrow fell to the ground and broke a blade cf tbe propeller. FLIES LIKE A BIRD. In balf an hour that had been re paired. and with Knabensbue in com mand the airship was cist loose. It . rose slowly and easily, its prow di rected toward the west. When, at t height of twenty-five feet Koabenshup turned the rudder and tbe aerial Draft, answering to its helm, pointed south and 0( ntioued its fl ght without intelT ruptlon. Khabenahue at that time was not high enough to clear the aeronautic fence, and as he rapidly apprpacbei it, the crowd held Its breath, fearing that the craft would bedashed against tbe Barricade, and tbe aeronaut in ‘ jured or killed. But Knabensbue waving h!s cap to assure those who were f iliowing his every move, moved toward the rear of the airship. Tbe Arrow'pointed Its prow upward and, answering tbe pull of tbe propeller, fr m Toledo Tuesday, just In time to see the flight, were present and added to the yoong aeronaut's happiness by J Inlng their praise to that of tbe dis tinguished men. Knabeoshuelftad only praise for the flying-machine he had directed. His own share In the achievement was secondary in bis eyes to the manner In whidb the California Arrow had supported the claims of the Inventor. PROFITED BY EXPERIENCE. "There was not a moment,” he said, "when I did not have complete ontrol of the airship. It needed but the slightest pressure on tbe helm to ZULU) BY OUTLAWS. tbe old ‘Arrow’ responded to every demand that I made on it. I also profited by the lesson 1 learned on the first flight, and when I found that the motor was working smoothly and evenly, furnishing all the power neces sary for such a demonstration, I let well enough alone and did not attempt to increase the speed of the motor, for that was what caused tbe motor in break on my trial last Tuesday. > "The mechanical part of the airship worked perfectly. TTte gasoline motor did not miss an ignition and the revo lutions of the propeller were steady and powerful. I am not sufficiently ex perienced to estimate the speed at which I moved, and 1 was too busy at Lh6 titiQ$ to make any calculat ons. ^ > DKLIObTFDL SENSATION, "The sensation>as most pleasant. I did not have time to think about danger. lo fact there was no real dan ger. An operator of tbe Baldwin Ar row needs only to have an average amount of nerve, a little experience as an aeronaut and be can make a suc cessful fight.” Captain Baldwin was extremely op timistic regarding the future of his airship. ."1 bad about determined to leave St. Louis,” be said. "Now 1 shall not be conteot to leave before 1 have had several trials for that 1100,000 prtz>.. Kuabeoshue went up with Instruct! n> not to go far from the aeronautic con course and to bring tbe ship to the ground aft a r a trial of balf an hour. He came within two minutes of obey ing my instructions to tbe letter. "I am now convinced tbat 1 have a wonderful airship, and we shall give dally exhibitions of varying lengths to convince the people of tbe wond tbat lam right.” ' M A FATBIOT or PATRIOTS.” Refneea to Ulve Up Mow**y and Was Shot Dead. Four heavily armed outlavgfjtom the Hole-ln-the-Wall country held and robbed the First Natlr nal "bank of Cody, Wyo., Wednesday, and after shooting and killing Cashier Fiank Middaugb, of tbe bank, bad a runnlr g fight with cowboys and hunters and escaped Into the Rattlesnake me un- tains, where they are being pursued A battle U imminent. Tbe Hole-in the- Wall gang are noted as the most des perate outlaws In the west and tbe Cody pcssee are determined to wipe Hie bandits out of existence. "Buffalo Bill” himself l»enroutefr m Omaha in a special car, with him a party of titled Englishmen and two of bis Sioux Indian scouts and baa tele graphed orders for bones to be wait ing bis party at the depot. He will take the trail in person imme^ diately on bis arrival. - Just before the close of the bank Wednesday afternoon a party of four roughly dressed men rode up to tbe Fi:st National bank in the heart of tbe town and aero s tbe street irom tbe Irma, "Buffalo Bill’s” hotel. Three men dismounted, and entered tbe building, the forth remaining out side to guard th# horses. As soon as the outlaws entered the bank one Of them covered Cashier Mlddaugh, who wasabe only occupant of the room and demanded the cash from tbe vault. Instead of comply log Middaugh grabbed a revolver and made a game fight for life and money, firing, sever al shots even before the outlaw lead er could fire at the banker, but Mid daugh was excited and his bullet* went wild, while tbe qhsgle shot sent from the outlaw’s guu pissed through' the bankers brain and he died inataht- 1*. —■■ I -j- One of the poeaes, led by Sheriff Jeff Champion, overtook the outlaws at dusk, 20 miles southwest of Cody, and a battle ensued In which Cham pion had a horse shot under him but was uninjured. Tbe bandits obtained fresh horses at a ranch nearby and escaped. - - > * HURLED TO DIATfl. STORY OP LIAO YAM Battle Votea ronx .a Corresponds, ft Diary, v. HCIDXITS OP 0R1AT iTRUOOLI Eye- Orapbleallj Described by < witness. 8p< ctseles ot tbe p*-— founded and Dying. Mukden, September 18.—From the diary of oce of the Associated Frees correspondents with the Russian army la taken the following notea on the battle of Liao Tang. August 28.—Returning from the funeral of Qen. Routkowsky, I met a whole train of ambulance carts filled with wounded, two or three men In eacb. The band of the Primorsky Dragoons also passed me going to Join the reserves. Troops were moving glues are puffing and blowing and rail way, carriages are ||rung out in enor- mooa lines. A part of tbe stores have know what to do with their shells.” It must be true that the Japanese | have an inexhaustible supply of am- WINSTON FLOOD! already left and we can hear thr munition If they can squander It io Along every road, officers and order lies galloping in every direction. All | of suspending operations till and everything that must be with tbe the afternoon, the Japanese, creaking of the commissariat wagons. TH* WOUNDED. At two o’clock Mm first transport of wound sd arrived. The severely wounded an plaoad by ones and twos U the two wheeled ambulance carts, with a canvass cover. Thoee L as se verely wounded are placed by threes and even fours. Others are supported by the hospital attendants and these slightly wounded are dragging them- selvae along unaided. 1 time since tbe war began I saw such a gathering of wounded and was struck by the quietness prevailing amongst them. Neither shouts nor groans were to be heard except now and then when the rough two wheeled carts which would cause a strong man some qualms, gave a particularly severe J Rt, then one would hear pitiful ex clamation' : "Oh, Lord, have merej !*’ "Mother of Heaven, I can’t stand It.” Contrary to their laudable practice two In on this Reservoir Dare Way, flaatfig !•*> *f Via* Liras. wildly. It Is to be supposed that they derive an esthetic delight from listen ing to Um sound of their own guna> _ Late In tbe evening we were -told I wrww OTHXX FXR80H1 IHfURRD. that on tbe following day, September 2,. Kuropatkln would leave bis train, wblcb was going straight on to Mnk den and that be and all his etaff would match with the army. September 2.—About six o’clock In the morning a convoy of Amour Cos sacks drew up around tbe oom- mander’s carriage where a brilliant was ati aw "bltd The sariat trains had already left were stretching In a long oanvan to A Dam Holding 800,000 OalloM ol Water Broke la Um Heart oS tbe Twin City Caaetag a^' Great Flood. . . T- A reservoir of the municipal water- ' irks, located near > the centre of Winston, N. Q, broke at 0 p’otaok , Wednesday morning, causing tbe low wards the vlllagejofChanstua, where u f nine lives and the in J dry of four or reserves was flawing towards Liao Yang ingroupa and parties, small and great, like little streams flowing Into a river. To tbe rear of bouse, high In tbe heavens, hangs tbe captive bal loon, with three officers watching the enemy. There is something uncanny about the Immobility of the enormous sphere—something fantastic and n&onstrous. No news as yet from the Held of battle. Two Japanese, one a trooper, have Just been brought In prisoners. Tbe trooper wears a very dignified air, like most of his country men. The other Is a pitiful sight, entirely naked, covered with bruises and scarcely alive. 11 A. M.—The fighting has ceased. It Is the Japanese custom to give day, broke tbelr rules and continued to bombard us for all they were wor tb. Tbe unceasing roar of artillery made one dizzy. There was no getting away from the horrid dlo. It pursu ed one everywhere. By three o’clock the sky over clouded and rain b"gan to falk- The ground, which had not yet dried from the previous downpour, soon became converted Into a veil ta ble bog, over which the ambulance carts creaked, splashing mud, on tbelr way back to their position for a furth er batch of wounded. September 1. —At six o’clock this morning Kuropatkln. accompanied by all bis staff, left to ride around tbe positions, and meanwhile bis train was brought on the main line and pn{ they were to bivouac. After balf an hour's confennoe In Kuropatkin’s carriage the fir t to come out was Gen Sakbaroff. He 1 *«>ked ro bust and cheerful; his face breathing energy. Summoning bis orderly of ficers, the chief of staff quickly gave them his Instructions and then light ly Jumped Into bis saddle. He Is a splendid tu r-eman. ■ ; Immediately behind Sekharcff came Kuropatkln, walking with alow, de oided tread. “Good morning, Ora sacks,” rang out bis cheerful greet ing. “We wish good health to Youi H'gh Excellency” came the reply The oommadder mounted his horse and tbe whole cortege moved off. CAROLIHIAHS IH OFFICE 12 year-old Mighty FSw, Compared With Other State*. their men a reat from 112 to every day„ needed first to the station aod after in Tbl* le What a Weetern Paper Terms General Lee. ^ soared lightly over tbe fence and rap idly gained an altitude of 1,000 feet. CHANGES COURSE AT WILL. Kuabeoshue again changed tbe di rectlon of tbe craft and passed over tbe crowd in the course, ^mid, or tatber fir above, rousing cheers The ,- ctug, chug, chug” i f the motor oould be plainly heard and tbe rays of tbe sun glistened on tbe polished iee cf tbe propeller, making a halo ound the '|>row of the flylog ma chine. After procreling about half a mile westward Knabensbue turned the airship about and again passed over the c ncourse, at the same time increasing bis altitude until be was 2,THWftW above thewHrtfr. Sailing firat to tbe northeast and then to the southeast, occasionally making cotrplete turns, Koabeosnue continued Jn a generally easterly dl rectlon until over the Cascades, the The greatest geneneral of his age and tbe finest gentleman of the South” la tbe tribute tbat one not of tbe South himself has paid to. the memory of tbe leader of tbe Confed erate armies. For years, rgiinst tbe greatest odds that ever man bad to fight against, suffering from the great est privations from whichever soldleis suffered, marching thiough devas tated oountfr, without food, without sufficient clothing, with the know'- edge that their cause was almost a loatcau e already, with the thought that after it was over, no matter what the outcom9,4bey would have nothing but ruined homes to which they might return, the soldiers of Lee followi d him throi gh a series of bat tles whose like was never known in the history of tbe world, unood^lain- ingly, never quest onlng tbe wisdom tbe integrity of tbelr leader, ever In tbe hi toxy if.wars have Mine Carriage Fall Thirteen Hun dred Feet Killing Ten People. — One of the moat appalling mine ac cldenta in the history of the Wyoming valley for many years past occurred at, 1 Aucblocloes shaft, operated by Delaware, Lack wanna and West- No. tbe era Goal company at Nantiooke, at an early hour Wednesday morning by which ten men were burled to instant death and three seriously Injured. Tbe men were mostly all upon tbe mine carriage to be lowered to tbe workings below. Tbe signal was given to tbe engi-' re r r, who began lowering the men; The carriage bad gone but a few feet when the engineer lost c >ntrol,of his engines, owing to tbe reverse levers falling to WofB, and the carriage, with its load of human freight, ten in all was dsshed beyond the R >is vein, landing nearly 1,100 feet below tbe surface and from there they were pre cipitated 300 feet further Into a sump. Those who may hot have been kill ed outright were without doubt drowned In tbe sump, wblcb is fully 50 feet deep with water. tie iioldiers loved k gifted'InUl'UM Uhl Up to 8 o*rfock Wednesday night no ( /v J wntreof the World’s Fair ground# and ab >ut a nvle ants half In a di r ect liQf Mtn the point of starting. . GOES AGAINST KIOIIT MILE WIND. - At about that time the barely per oeptlble bre ze that had been blow ing from tbe west, increased to ab^ut e'ght miles an hour, and veered to the north. In order to returo to the starting point it was necessary for Knabensbue to breast this breeze. It seemed tbat bis first effort to turn tbe airsbip from a course before the wind was unsuccessful, but Knabensbue, after trying to turn to tbe left, swung the tadder sharply la tbw other di rectlon, and tbe Arrow came Into the wind, staggered a moment, and then gaining power, iped toward the con- qaurse at a speed that caused the spec tators to cheer and ties bats In the air. The dwnoostratioh was obaerv ed by Kn&bembue, who leaned far out and waved an empty ballast bag In reply. r — Without -deviation, -the Arrow continued on in the teeth the breeze, gaining speed and rushing toward the conoourse in an imposing manner. When within a few hundred feet of tbe concourse, Knabensbue moved forward In the oar, the Arrow pointed downward and'sailed toward the ground without any a! ofspexl. ALlOHTB GRACEFULLY. Knabensbue entered tbe concourse fn-m the asst at a height of 200 feet, and Mowing tbe speed of the motor, directed tbe airsbip over ihe wooden frame that had supported the Arrow before the flight, aod alighted grace fully within 100 feet of the dock. After Knabensbue had assisted In housing the airship In tbe amrodrome, fn* as rntrodocetr- to President Francis, of the Expoaitkn; Mayor WellJL of St Louis, and many World’s elty officers Knabenebue’s “ wife,"‘who hid arrived .* trust and loyally with which the sol- filers of the Confederacy loved Robert ErLee. Like many otter generals of the Southern side, Lee was a graduate of West Point He bad been appointed lieutenant in the engineering corps and had~~served along tbe Mississippi add Missouri Rivers before tbe Mexi can war. During tills war he was assigned to duly on the raff of Gen. SeonT ar c elf eh ineer and for his gallant con duct tn its battles won promotion by successive grades to the rank of colo nel. When the Virtiaia Convention <n April 17, 1861, passed an ordinances secession Lee resigned bis commission In the United States army Immedi ately. It was upon this day, April 20, 1861, that he wi^te: "The whole South is in a state of revolution, into whiob Virginia, by a long xtrfti. gle.bat teen drawn. Thouab 1 rec gn.zj no necessity for ibis state of tbii gs, and would have forborne anl pleaded to Ihe end for redress - f grievances, real (r supposed, yet In u f own pegonj had t** meet Vhe que .U >n whi ther I should take pail a^a nut my native Slater. "With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and human aid could reach them and every man on the ill-fated carriage hag been given up by tbe mine cfiLlals as lost. The victims, who were mi oers and laborers, all resided in Nanticoke and most Of them leave families. They were Poles or Slaves with the excep tion of She named John Kemper. I ntftw excruunt oontlnued xo prevail about tbe mouth of the abaft Wednesday night.. Women aod chilr. firen are running about crying god moaning for those who are at the bot tom. There are fully 75 miners atfd laborers in tbe mine dragging tbe sump for the bodies aod it may re quire two or three days before any of the dead cao be recovered. They are clever aod mean to fight comfort. 6 P. M.—At three o’clock a fierce bombardment recommenced, lasting till this hour. At times the firing was so severe tbat it was even oppres sive. One of my friends has just re turned from the batGukK that it* Is perfect hell there, through the town, I met a Lumber of stretchers covered with sheets and under them were the wounded. A sad spectacle. ^ AN UNACCUmrfMKD b6ab. 7 P. M.—The cannonade continues. This constant aod unceasing uproar, although somewhat dulled by distance, singularly depresses one. To-morrow will decide the fate of Liao Yang. Tbe cannonade stopped late at night. The first large oonvoy of wounded came In after dark. It was sad to hear the groans aod sighs in tbe dark ness. Many of the wounded succum bed before reaching the ambulance. August 29.—I was awakened very early by an unaccustomed roar. At first I could not understand what was happening and only after oarefElly lis tening I understood that’ a terrific -bombardment was going on in the outskirts of tbe city. Hurriedly dress ing myself I went out on the porch. Here tbe firing could be heard much plainer. _ The boom of caonon came now fast, now alow; sometimes they combined into one prolonged thunder ous roar from which tbe very atmoe pbere shook. At six o’clock in the morning a number of carts entered the yard to remove our things to the train. By half-past seven nothing re mained in ofir rooms. Are we going to leave Liao Yang or not? Tbat la the question which fills our minds, and the roar of the cannon grows strongsrand stronger, just as a monstrous drum was, being un mercifully beaten. Beyond tbe quar- te r s of the staff arises a little NIT which is covered with spectators bun grliy watching tbe bursting shells on the heights outside tbe city. To tbe, southwest beyond tbe vll- tage^J- Showshanpou where th army corps is fighting, tbe firing Is v A Great (Sensation. James Hendrix, aged 22, one of tbe most prominent young men of M >nt- gomery, Ala., was found dead early Wednesday morning on the roof of the American National Bank Building with a set of burglars’ too’S lying near him. He was killed while trying to cut au electric wire. Tbe pjlloe are making every effort' to felYet out the mjstery wblcb surrounds the deeth of Hendrix. Hendrix was dfegaed la hts- militia uniform and bto citizens clothes were found at the armory of the Montgomery Grays? A complete 1 sheening notrbeen able to make up my m nd to ras mv hand against my relatives, my children, my home. 1 have, there fore, resigned my commission In the a’■my, and, save in defence of my na tive State, with the sincere hope that my poor services ma^ nevel; be ne ded, I hope I mav never be called oa o raw my swoid.” Node, great-hearted, ready to serve his State when bis Stele called a* he had been ready to serve the Ountry wben tbe country had needed Um. Botert E. Lee li uue of tin meet heroic of a band of he:o*. D> Ing h a duty as be saw it before him, suffering for tbe cause in wulcb be believed, undergolrg hardah ps of every sort, enduring tbe contumely of thought they could read his conscience for him, Lee may well be considered by North »s well as by Soath a patriot ol patriots—Chicago Journal. Being condemned to' Immobility we ■ mt, *>Lba**lafB-toolajataa near him, and stand herq and watch the spec lac -particularly intomq, The entire slope of-tbe mo»Btatnous ridge is pictures-, quely dc li aed against the sky line. Lit tie c oufis of smoke dot the sky above it D ispite tbe 11 iring sunlight, It la quite easy to distinguish tbe flame of artillery discharges. Sometimes they seem to run along the ground like will o-tbe-wips, sometimes when tbe enemy Is firing volleys, a whole fl ock. of cloudlets and flames is seen above the hill tops. It looks as though netti ng could live under suoh a pandemon- um. FLY WIDE OR FALL SHORT. One cannot realize that the vast ma j )rity of the projectiles fly wide or fall short. Sometimee it happens that a couple of hours frightful can nonade will only kill ten or twenty men, hut, sometimes, alas, in 16 or 20 minutes there is a mountain of dead bodies. on Hendrix’s weie nltro-glycerlne, dynamite, fuses, a glass cutter and* a pistol. Tbe oronor’s Jury returned a verdict of death by electricity. Tbe friends of tbe dead man are astonished beyond expression. Hendrix wan very prominently connected. yriyafliftr-tuKuwfft Dr. W. E. Pelham of Ns* Berry, received the sad news Thursday morning tbat bis son, Mr. Chas. P. Pelham, had been aerie u ly Indued in a runaway weebi+nt near Asheville, N. C. It serins that Mr. Pelham was thr )wn from a uuggv against a cross- tie and his skull fractured. Details ace lacking, but It 1* - ’ d that Mr Pelham has regaii ed ooosdou ness. Mr. Pelham Is traveling for tne wel known d ug firm, Parke, Davis A Oo of Baltimore. He bee many friends here who hope that bis Injuries art not so bad as reported. through ourHeld glass as. bill X)n rises a little to our left; it rises and then stops as if overcome by the grandeur of the sight. I have often seen a captive balloon rite above a pleasure ground, but never did It cause such an impression upon me as here amidst the movement of armed boats and to tbe acxitnpanlment of demon iacal cannonading. Everything seems to be changed, even here, since yester day. There is something majestic in tbe sir and In the Jaces of all present. Everybody feels that something grand and unusual, something that Is going to Influence future history, Is transpir ing. Alongside the headquarters steff atj.be foot of our hill, tbe commi* airtat officials and their subordinate# are hurriedly removing documents. Similar work Is going on all round at tbs various other staff and commis sariat offices. In tbe distance along wards, when the oommanler had re turned and entered his carriage three verst from LlaqJTacg, the train was drawn on to a siding. On riding through the town just bi- fore tbe departure, I stopped near the Church. A sad p'clure presented ft- He says jeelf to my eyes. On the other side of Riding j the enclosure, In a tiny bi llow, lay ten corpses placed side by side and covered with sheets from under which one ooull see their feet* looking hideously dtrty, covered with black earth; of them still wore their boots, but tbe majirity were barefoited. Tbe aged priest and hia deacon with a few choristers selected from tbe non-com batants, were hurriedly reading tbe burial aervloe. While the service was being read over some of the corpses bearers were hastily bringing others and unceremoniously flinging them on the ground. PLACING SIEGE OUN8. Up to two o’clock In the afternoon the Japanese left us alone It was said that they were placing aiege guns to bombard.Up city. Our armies re treated, beyond tbe lines of forts and took up very well eutrenohed posi tions. Indescribable tumult prevail- ad at tbe railroad station, trains were apldly formed, loaded with wounded, with artillery ammunition, with com mlssarlat stores, and hurriedly for warded. The refreshment room at the station was thronged mostly with reserve officers and commissary i ffioer# as well as doctors and sisters of mercy, ell hurrying to satisfy tbelr hunger aa no one knew when he would next have a meal. The hum of many voices filled the air; the noise was literally deafening. Suddenly, just at two o'clock, the well known hissing eound of a shell was heard above tbe station roof and the projectile burst alongside tbe bull ling An awful crash for tbe moment oblit erated all other abund; then came the rattle of falling glass and stone, tbe crowd ruihed hither and tbltfafr-ai piercing shriek rent the air; It camei from a slater of mercy who had been a splinter as abe was cross ing the platform. She fell covered with blood. Then came another bhe'.l bursting a lUtlq.t9.tb? side, near the water tower; a third fell beyond ihe station at * spot where tbe foreign military attaches lived. The bom bardment of Liao Yang bad begun. Along tbe whole length of the rail road from the Red Cross Hospital of the George’s Slsterhooi stretched a line of tents where lay the wounded, whom it had been impossible to place In the railway carriages. Here they were dressed, sorted out and en trained. As tbe carriages were filled up the tra'm moved off pne after an other, northward. Tbe sun was westering, night was at hand. In some places fi.e broke out; some stores which had not been remov d were burning. Shots re-echoed dis charges of artillery was to be seen on all sloes. The flare of innumerab e discharges of artillery was to be seen here and .there. Above everything glowed the flames of the Are and the ' the bitterness of a vague affront. Oaly now could I to some extent realize what ouranoea- tors bad felt in leaving Moscow, since the abandonment of such an Ins galfl- oant and even foreign place as Liao Yang causes a heartache. Today it la still In our hands, but tomorrow or at latest the day after, the Japanese will enter. A bulletin has Just been issued by Director North of the census office on "The Executive Civil Service of th? United States/' and shgps that there were 25,675 persona ffhplojued by tbe I Ulc? of a half mile, government in the District of Colu K "‘“ k "'* biaon July 1 1903.' These figure do not Include two or three thousand clerks, engineers, laborers, etc, em ployed by tbe government of tbe Dls trict of Columbia. Virginia is the only southern stat< which seems to have Its store of gov ernment employes, which Is due, no doubt, to tbe dose proximity to the capital. On July 1,1903, the gqvern- ment had employed in the city of Washington 1,119 persons who claim ed tbe state of Virginia as their legal residence. North Carolina bad 445 South Carolina, 290, and Georgia 619 It would appear from these figures tbat South Carolina has been slighted in the matter of government appoint ments. South Carolina’s quota of government 65 per oent exhausted, aod at tbe prseent time it is a com paratlvely easy matter for young men and women from the Palmetto stats who stand high upon their state reg isters to get appointment* In Wash Ington. — ,—- A great many of the Eastern states have exhausted tbelr quota, and In Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania New York and one or two otber states applicants are not permitted to take a large number of tbe civil aer vice examinations for the reason that those states aliesdy have more ap pointments than they are entitled to. Although tbe residents of tbe Dis trict of Columbia are not allowed the right* of citizens of states, suob as the right to vote, they get their full share of government Jobe. One-flftb of the people employed in the govern ment service within the district were either born In Washington, or have since made It their home. The exact cumber of government employes whose legal residence Is In the Dis trict of Columbia Is 5,348. New York state baa the next largest number, ?,m The department of state employes the smallest force of clerks of any Of the great government bureaus. Tne entire cumber Is but 113. Virginia baa six representatives In the depart meet ruled over by Secretary Hay; North Carolina, three, and South Carolina noae. The department o’ rlcultuie employs more . person* than any other branch ot the govern meet. Under Secretary Wilson then are 4,115 clerks, scientist*, gardeners, laborers, etc. There are 59 S uth Caro ioiana; 79 North^ Carolinians, and 138 Virginians working In the department of agriculture. Tbere are 4,048 employes lo the de pertinent ot tbe interior. Virginia la represented by 156 clerks, etc., North Carolina by 79 and South Caro lina by 37. .- H the govern district ar being 13,793 la regard to five persons.' Tbe dead are: Mrs. Martin Peeples. Mrs. Voglei, Mrs John Pjc and daughter. Mrs. Southern. . < John Southern. ' » > Miss Octavia Bailey, aged 20. Luoile Malone. Carolina Martin. The two last named are colored. The injared: Martin V. Peeples, both legs brok en. Walter Peeples, injury to baok. Gilley Jordan, slightly bruts d. Tueae are at tbe hospital. D. L. Payne, a traveling man of Greene boro, may recover, though his cmdl- tien prevents his removal to the hos- p’tal now. The north side of the rwerralx, which is 30 feet high, tumbled over, falling upon the borne and barn of Martin V. Peeples. Then wen »bx.t 800,000 gallons of water la the reservoir, and the mad strrm rushed n .rthesst to the Southern railway cat and thence to Belas pond, a di*> Four tsaemsot homes wen washed several hundred yards. £> L. Payne, Injured, said he was awakened by the crash and thought he was being swallowed by aa earth* quake. "I cannot describe my expe rience while I wss floating on the mad, rushing stream of water," aid Mr. P*yne, after bis removal to ~a nou^e near the place when ho was found. Then wen several miraculous ea* ■apes. A colored man and Ua wtte, named Davis, after tbelr house was turned over, floated upon the stream of water on tbelr bed to the railroad JuBcthn, a dtstsime of 6to yards. He udged upon a heap of rubbish and walked out without a scratch. The Winston aldermen met Wed nesday morning and made manta to bury the dead and tbe injured. The Winston reservoir was built la 1881 by a company compand of 80 citizens. Ten yean ago 1% and ths ~ water plant was sold to the Boon thereafter ten fsst ww S added lo the height ot the reservoir, T which wss full of water when ths col- apse came. Ths city has Just had a large stand pipe completed. It Is full of water and tbe town |b prepared to supply every desaand. Despite tbe early hour, the newest the disaster spread over the city In an - incredibly short space of time, and within 30 minutes between 600 snff 1,000 people surrounded ths spot. An hour later the entire city was aroused and excited. Before tbe extent of the Jamsge was known, and while it was thought that perhaps tbs mamhsn of the Peeples family were ths only ones who bad lost their lives, cries of dis tress were heard farther down the street. Tbe thousands of gallons of water that fl awed from ths reservoir formed * pond in the vicinity, and II was thought that several people pie might have been drowned in this The city council met and decided to drain the pond (n order to recover any - bodies that might lie beneath the water. The reservoir was situated about fi re bbeka from the osntro of the bmfi- dlstrict of the city aod was snr* by a uumbtr of lesMsoese and several small stores. It Is under stood that the structure had been condemned, but tbe city authorities had failed to remove It. w Jnptp'riL, side the railway station locomotive so-l^ppty bouse* Evidently they ALL NIOHT LONG. All night long tbe Japanese 1 poured a stream of shot and shell Into Liao Yang, centering their Are upon the spot where stood the head quai ter# ot the commissariat depots. The Utter, however, bad almost all been emptied. Thto senseless, futile bom- bardmsht racked ones nerves. "What are the fools wasting tbelr am muni tion far?” muttered a spectator be side me. "Who* are they shooting at?- Nothing hut empty air and About two-thirds of ment employes In tbe men, tbe exact figures men and 6,882 women, tbe charter of tbe work of tbe 25 675 persons upon Uncle Sam’s pay- roll, tbe bulletin shows tbat 8,877 are en gaged in c’.eriCAl work; 3,319 In pro fesslonal technical or scientific occupa tions; 558 in executive datiee; 2,248 are doing mechanical work; messengers, chad women, and like. Tbs table In regard to ages of iht employes presents some interesting figures. A larger percentage of tht clerks are between 30 and 40 years of age than any other period. Then are 6,979 government employes be tween 30 and 39 years of sge. Then are 3,000 between the sges of 60 anc 79. . S indent Arrest ad. : A dispatch from Newberry to Th* State says Georggjgtyngletoo, a student of the colored State college at Orange burg, was arrested there Taursday for the theft of a bicycle from Ma J. S belly abont eight weeks ago. Single tea bad pnrobsssd bis ticket and obeoked tbe wheel when united Garter. tested hit UmoeiDos bat wa» i Murderer* K&eeuted. Mr. Pears m, United Stetes minis ter to Persia, has cabled the state de partment that be has emphatically reiterated hts unequivocal for he Just and proper punishment of tboee responsible for tbe murder of if r -Larabee, tbe American mlstian ary. Mr. Pearson also reported ***** ae bad Just been told by the minister jf foreign affairs who received his In formation from tbe crown prince, that fix of the aooenorles to the murder, while endeavoring to moipu, wen kill- sd Thursday afternoon by Pierian forces and that the remainder of the <ang is being actively pursued -By way-ot. Larabee’s mutilation the Fenian mil itary commander had two of the ring leaders decapitated and tbelr beads >xpoaed oo bayonet*. Killed as Has i At Charleston an Inqufct rbursday over the body of Jf Ireen, colored, whose body set night In a well on ft wae shown that at a* Sunday, Green had < put light Ml t ths Hayes, iU88- Ins