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!"" The Bamberg Herald. ll |v ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C- THURSDAY. NOVEMBER" 8.1000, . ONE DOLLAR PEE YEAH. |g||j MINERS KILLED IN EXPLOSION S';'" r.>. ** Terriils Catastrophe Occurs lo a West Virginia Coal Pit. . : MUTILATED BODIES TAKEN OCT fj?v -A- '* More Than a Score of Workere Are Hiss inj??Ugly Rumors As To Cause of Accident. i s. V _ i-. One of the greatest calamities in the * * history of Barbour county, West Vir% . gmia, occurred Saturday morning at 1 o'clock at the mines of the Southern Coal and Transporiation Company, at "D. 1 *? ? ?* / xKjrrjraDarg, six mnes irom irnuippi. As a result a Bcore of miners are dead and many badly injured. The explosion -was so great that mules were hilled at the mouth of the xuinsuuKl cars blown forty feet from the traok. One man was blown in two t 'the loins and his body thrown Ugainst a pile of lumber at the mouth of the mine. The night shift went on duty at 7 o^clock. Everything went on smoothly " until about midnight, when the exploeiea occurred. The dead were mutilated -beyond recognition, and the aeene was calculated to make the strongest heart faint The explosion was probably the result of an accidental discharge of dynamite caused, perhaps, by the concussion of a blast. The property loss *'is light; .1 / Thefotce of the explosion was so great that two men were found sixty feet from the mouth of the mine. An ! bear after the explosion hundreds had OtA mine Ttn pal 1 fn? roliol brought every physician in Phillip; to the seen a. The sight was a most horrible one. Strewn a^osg the main channel end aboni the opening were the arms, % legs, hands and other portions Of the bodies of the dead miners. ? Patbers and mothers were frantically hunting for sons, and as fast as a body was, recovered they would glance at it, and recognizing it would give hysterical screams. The hotel has been turned into a hospital and those still alive when brought out were taken there. There is a great deal of com- ; meat about about the cause of the explosion. The authorities refused to diaouss the matter further than to say it vm caused by an excessive charge of powder being used. The miners insist that it was caused by fire damp. ^The ttune was recently inspected and pronounced to be in good condition. 1 -John W. Green, who was in die ; / .mine at the time of the explosion and escaped injury, 'gives the following account of it: I went into the mine at 7:30 o'clock and w^nt.to room No. 1. I had been "*t work an hour or so when I-smelled black damp. I noticed my lamp flicker. { went to the mine boss and told him about it1 He laughed and said it was all right. I went back to work and about midnight heard a terrific noise, which knocked me down and put out my lamp. I- was stnnced for a moment and then realized what had hapf. pelted. I was close to the entrance and crawled over the bodies of two men." As tHe wor* oi removing tno aeaa went on things looked worse. Four men were brought out within an hour < . and the searchers reported that a dozen were still in the mine. Most of those brought out were mutilated beyond description. IJhe mines of Berrysbnrg have only been operated a short time. They hate had a great deal of trouble. First the mines were flooded and then >. the men struck. Last week the stables were set on fire and twenty-six horses burned. Now comes the explosion. Most of the miners had been at 9 work but a few weeks, and as they v were almost unknown to each other, ^ consequently it was hard to recogoize *a man when be was found. Most of the nten came from North Carolina and District of Columbia. .A later message frooi the mines stated that the bodies of twelve men had been brought out, eight of whom were recognized. <*lenu dumped Bond. L. Judson Glenn, of Atlanta, under indictment for forgery, aud who jumped a $300 bond signed by his sister in another case, was arrested in Macon and carried back to Atlanta and lodged in jail. He registered at a Macon hotel as W. V. Price and was arrested later npon request of the Atlanta authorities. ' Testimonial of Employes. The employes of the Atlanta and West Point railroad uud the Western Bailway of Alabama are getting up a - purse with which to purchase a magnificent silver set for Mr. George C. Smith, the retiriug president of the roads. tiEBXANY HAS PLAUl'E CASE? Sailor Arriving From' Sonth Africa Is Now Under Su<p:cion at Bremen. A plague case has apparently developed" in Germany. A sailor named Knnz, who arrived at Bremen October 27th on board the German steamer Marionburg, from South Africa, has shown suspicious symtoms and the authorities have notified the bacteriological experts to determine whether it is a case of plague. Yellow FeTer Case at >atchez. The Mississippi state board of health officially reports one case of yellow fever at Natchez. The patient is the wife of a Baptist minister. The usual precautions are taken. Board is now endeavoring to trace source of infection. Will Not Honor Kruger. Amid considerable excitement tlie lord mayor of Dublin at a meeting of the corporation ruled out of order a %?v; , resolution to confer the freedom of the city to former President Kruger, of the South African republic. CUBANS IN CONVENTION. Delegates Assemble and Begin the Work of Framing a Con? stitution For Island. The following cablegram received at the war department late Monday afternoon from General Wood, military governor of Cuba, reports the enthusiastic opening of the constitutional convention at Havana Monday: "Havana, November 5.?Adjutant General, Washington: Convention opened promptly at 3 o'clock. Immense enthusiasm " and cheering for the United States. Absolutely harmonious. Every evidence that satisfaction of the people was complete. "Wood, Military Governor." Monday night Gen. Corbin received the following additional dispatch from General Wood: "Th$ following resolutions signed by a majority of delegates as seconders were presented to the temporary president of the convention inst as it I mont, Tex.; a cypress lumber com-, j | pany at New Orleans; a $200,000 j coal mining company at Plymouth, W. ; t Ya.; saw mills at Leesville, La., and ' Marlinton, W. Ya.; a $600,000 oil company at San Antonio, Texas; a , shoe factory at Lynchburg, Ya.; a factory for the manufacture of show cases at Charlotte, N. C.; a silk mill *tEmporia, Ya.; a telephone company at Georgetown, S. C.; an lumber min| ing and crushing plant at Sweetwater, Tenn.; a company organized for the ' manufacture of railroad joints at Par- I kcrsburg, W. V. Water works and > electric light plants are projected at j Tampa and Tallahassee, Fla., George- j town and Oweusboro, Ky., and Wichf- j ita Falls, Tex.?Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenn.) thirteen are dead. ( Coroner Investigates Mine Explosion at Berrysberg, West Virginia. The latest reports from the ill fated mine at Berrysberg, W. Ya., show that thirteen are dead, eight of whom have been recognized, and three are so seriously iDjared that they cannot recover. Coroner W. G. Keys began an inquest Sunday afternoou at 3 o'clock, which continued without interruption till 5 o'clock Monday morning. The jury found the persons named and others unknown and qui- j dentified "came to their death by an j explosion caused by the .tiring of powder and dynamite in the south entry of the south mine, either intentionally or accidentally, by persons to the jury unknown." alyord's freedom brief. Defaulting 3Cot? Teller Is Jfow .Safely In a Prison Cell. City Magistral? Flaminer at New York discharged Cornelus L. Alvord, the defaultering note teller of the First National bank, from custody Friday. The magistrate said he -was satisfied that he had no jurisdiction iu the case. Alvord was allowed to leave the courtroom, bat as soon as he reached the corridor he was re-arrest? ed by a United States marshal and taken before United States Commissioner Shields. The commissioner held Alvord in $150,050 bail for examination. Bart was not offered, and Alvord was taken to jail. Convicted Councilman Levants. O. J. Reed, an ex-eonucilman of Shamokin, Pa., who was recently convicted of conspiracy in connection with borough paving contracts aDd admitted to bail upon the decision of the superior court for a new trial, has disappeared. Valuable Tannery Burned. A large tannery at Ranchc del Chopo, near Mexico City, has burned, with a loss estimated at $500,000. It was owned hy a stock company in which were Americau, Mexican and German shareholders. Carolina Fair closes. The state fair at Columbia, *S. O., ended Friday. In three days the } paid entrance?, reached about thirtythree thousand. Wednesday and Thursday the electric street railway handled 81,000 people. The fair was the best that has ever been held. Paper Mills Destroyed By Fire. Fire Friday ^destroyed the Golden paper mills, s>t Gciden, Colorado, owned by B. C. ^Vells, entailing a loss of $50,000, covert by insurance. MILLIONAIRE | WAS POISONED I i Mystery Surrounding Death of William Rice Cleared Up. ATTORNEY PATRICK IS ACCUSED Valet Jones Makes Startling Confession and The Attempts to Suicide in His Cell. ? A New York special says: The death of wealthy William Marsh Rice at the * i? t n Aiaaison avenue apartments on oeptember 23d; the attempt of his New' York attorney, Albert T. Patrick, to cash checks for large amounts which purported to be signed, by the millionaire; the refusal of one* bank to cash the checks drawn on it, and the discovery of the bank officials that Mr. Bice was lying dead at the time the checks were being presented; the subsequent claim by Patrick that Mr. Rice had made him by will the trustee of his estate, which amount's to anywhere from $3,000,000 to $8,00.),000; the charge of forgery, both as regards the checks aDd the will, placed on Patrick and Mr. Rice's valet, Charles F. Jones; the arrest of Patrick and Jones and their lodgment in jail, have kept New York interested for over a mouth, in which, by the developments of Thursday, promises to become the most celebrated of the many celebrated crimes which the courts of New York city have been called on to investigate. The first incident which led up to Thursday's climax was the fact dis closed on Wednesday, that Valet Jones i had been taken to the district attorney's office and the* subsequent rumcr that he had made a confession to the authorities. Before the pubiio had i time to learn if the report of a confession was trne, came the more startling news that during the night Jones had, in his cell in the Tombs, attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a penknife given him, he says, by Attorney Patrick, also confined in the i Tombs, and for the purpose of getting i rid of one witness to Patrick's alleged ; crime. His-crime, according to the confes was adjourning and doubtless will be passed next session: " 'The undersigned delegates propose that the assembly adopt the following resolutions: 44 *1. That a committee of assembly proceed, immediately to call on General Wood and manifest the satisfaction with which the delegates have seen him carry out the delicate mission entrusted to him. " '2. That the same committee request General Wood to telegraph to the president of the United States as follows: " *The delegates elected to the constitutional convention assembled at their inaugural meeting, greet with profound gratitude and affection the president of the United States of America, and they are satisfied with the honesty demonstrated in the ful* fillraent of the declarations made in favor of liberty and independence of the Cuban people.' " , "Wnftn f^nmmarwlinrr " }r> GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. List of New Industries Established DuriS iujr the Past week. s^Among the "more important of the nejr industries for the past week are a . boxand crate factory at Beaumont, j Tex. H^box and batter tab factory in : Chattanooga; a $100,000 brewing com- j pany at Clarksburg, W. Ya,; a cigar; factory at Tampa, Fla.; cotton mills at j Concord, N. C., and Brooksneal. Ya.; j electric light plants at Hertford, N. I I C., and Winchester, Tenn.; flouring mills at Osage Mills, Ark., and Win^, Chester, Tenn.; a foundry and machine shop at New Orleans; a $100,000 glass manufacturing plant at El Paso, Tex,; a hooping and heading factory at I Florence, Alabama, factories at High j Point, North Carolina, Norfolk, Richmond and Snffolk, Ya.. and Sisters, ville, W. Ya.; a laundry at Beau sion of Jones, parts of which the dis- i triet attorney's office gave out, was ] nothing less than the murder of the ? millionaire by Attorney Patrick and < the puiloining of valuable papers relating to the estate. The taking off of Mr. Bice, says Jones, was done by the i internal administration of some poison, i supposedly mercury, and the final ap- t plication of a towel saturated with j some anaesthetic presumably chloro- i form. That portion of the confession < tfhich has to do with the last moments of the old man is the folio ving, given out by the authorities as coming from Jones, the scene taking place iu the < apartments of the millionaire and he lying sick in bed: Rice said: "I am nervous, Mr. Pat- ; ' rick, I wish you wouldn't trouble me. 1 Please go away." < Patrick replied: "I have some i salts you might take that will cure i your nervousness." i Patrick produced a bottle and un- i corked it. The contents smelted to 1 me like some very strong liniment. i Then Patrick said to me: ~ "Get a towel and a sponge." I got him both. 1 Then Patrick said: "Jones, you have < to leave." As I was leaving Patrick i said: "I'll remain here until Mr. j Rice gets to sleep." He closed the < door behind me. < "I stood in the hall for a few min- 1 utes and soon I heard Mr. Rice laugh, i I thought this queer, so I pushed open the door. I saw Mr. Rice lying on his back in the bed. "The towel that I had giveu,Patrick ] was wrapped around the sponge in a cone shape. This cone was lying directly over Mr. Rice's eyes and ] nose. ' "Patrick was pressing it down with 1 his right hand. Patrick did not see ] me, and, of course, Mr. Rice could ( nnt After seainnr wliat T lias? coen T i - " v?? AA* VV?4 UVViU^ ?T UMl* JL. U MVI OVVAJ) X j | went and lay on my bed. i "Mr. Rice grew very sick, Patrick < said to me: 'Go get a doctor.' I went j for one. He pronounced Mr. Rice 1 dead." , Attorney Patrick denies having tarnished Jones the penknife and be also denies the statements in the confes- ! sion. | Jones, after his attempt to suicide, was taken to Bellevue hospital, hastily summoned physicians arriving: in time to save him from death through loss of blood. FLORIDA'S "EARTHQUAKES." Slatting In St. Johns River Mistaken For | Siesmetic Disturbances. A special from Jacksonville, Fla., says: What was believed to have been earthquake shocks Wednesday afternoon are now said to have been blasting by Clyde line hands in St. Johns river below the city. 'lOERS WILL NOT SURRENDER. j Botha an?l President Stejn Refuse to j Consider Negotiations. A belated dispatch received at Lon- j don from Pretoria tells of the failure | of the negotiations with General Botha for the surrender of the Boers. Botha j received Uenoral raget s nag 01 iruce courteously and admitted his defeat, but said it was impossible to treat for surrender as long as any burghers wished to continue the war. President Steyn was more irreconcilable. He refused to eve* see the bearer of a dag of truce. Florida Quarantine I? Extended. The summer quarantine in Florida : generally terminates at midnight on : October 31st. but according to an or- j der issued Wednesday by the Florida ; state board of health the quarautine restrictions will be continued until j further orders. >euators Won't Vote. The Georgia senate refused to con- j cur in the house resolution providing ! for a recess in order that the members j night vote in the national election, j _ EIGHTEEN ARE MISSING. New York Police Fail to Find Supposed Victims of the Tarrant Drug House Fire. A New York dispatch of Friday says: The police department has been investigating the list of persous reported missing in connection *ith the Tarrant fire for the pilrpose of getting at a correct list of persons snpposed to have lost their lives in the fire. The persons reported were investigated through the statiou nearest the address given for them, and in many cases they were reported as safe. In some cases the police conld not find the supposed missing person at the address given. The list .as revised Friday shows eighteen persons reported as missing and not Accounted for. Of these, six are not known at the addresses given by the persons who reported them missing. On the list is the name of Benjamin Moorehouse, a clerk for Tarrant & Co. The authorities persist in declaring their belief that he is alive and purposely keeping his whereabouts secret. " We have detectives out after Moorehonse and expect to land him soon," said Assistant District Attorney "Walsh, who is assisting the fire marshal's investigation. Moorehouse's family and neigHbors, at Mont Clark, N. J., are convinced that he perished in the disaster. The fire department's investigation of the explosion closed Friday, after the testimony of Louis Patterson and George C. Thompson, employes of Tarrant A Co., had been taken. Dr. Lederie, health department analyst, who examined the seven droms found in the ruins, said that they had contained acalyue;which is a little less explosive than kerosene. GOCLIF-S WILL PAY, Poor .Count Castellano'* Debt* Will Be Liquidated By Donation*. A New York special say? On the authority au an "intimate friend of the late Jay Gonld," The Evening World of Friday's issue announced that the debts of Count Boai do Castellane will be paid iu full by the &ould'8 at once. The nnftmlnl aft^ndintr thfl claim*. amounting to $4,000,000, against the spendthrift husband of Countess Anna is to be stopped." The Evening World adds: "A lump 8 am probably will be contributed by George, Helen, Howard, Edwin and Prank Gould to wipe out these debts, is they con3ider the honor of the Gould family is involved." Incidentally The Evening World article says, "It was elicited that the Gould millions have nearly doubled since Jay Gould's death, and Anna's 3hare is nearly $18,000,000, and1 her income nearly $1,000,000. Tho total ralue of the Gould estate is now over $125,000,000." GERMAN TROOPS ASSIGNED. "onnt Von Waldtnee Make* Official Announcement of Th.rr Distribution. Official telegrams from Count Von Waldersee shew that all the German troops liave arrived in China and been listributed. The first and second marines, the first infantry brigade and 8 small force of cavalry and artillery ire stationed at Pekin. The second infantry brigade, with a corresponding force of artillery, engineers and cavdry, is at Pao Ting Fun. One battalion is at Shan Hai Kwan. The third infantry brigade, with a lompany of sharp-shooters,4wo squadrons of cavalry and several batteries is it Tien Tsin, One battery and several howitzers are.at Takn, and a force 3f troops is distributed along the railway from Pekin to Yang Tsun, superintending the work of construction. FRENCH PROPOSALS ACCEPTED. foreign Minister* In China Kesnme Dlsroiilon of Peace Propositions. A flionatnll f/\ fhfl UaVOA atMTIPT ftt "v **"* """" ?? J ? Paris from Pekin, dated 31st, says: "The foreign ministers continued :oday the discission of the peace proposition to be presented to the Chinese. The French proposals were icceptod. Additional specifications irill be discussed Monday. On account of the necessity for thorough iccord between the different cabinets, ;he final vote will not be presented for several weeks." AFTER PROFESSIONAL MEN. Many Lawyer?, Doctor* and Dentists of Atlanta Failed to Pay Special Tax. An Atlanta special savs: Unless all indications point in the wrong direction, there will shortly be a large nnmber of lawyers, doctors and dentists arrested on indictments for practicing their various professions without having paid their professional tax. The law provides a professional tax of $10 from all dpctors, dentists, lawyers and other professional men. The rax collector, A. f. Stewart, Das a iisi of Dearly 100 who have not paid thin tax, pome for several years. The grand jury has called upon Mr. Stewart for this list. JUDGE-JAILS ALDER MAX. Shear Kefime? To Testify In Cleveland Councilm*nic Bribery Cases. Judge WiDg, of the common pleas court at Cleveland, O., Tuesday, ordered President D. B. Shear, of the city council, sent to jail for contempf in refusing to testify in the councilmanic bribery investigation. The court, held that the council committee had full authority to compel witnesses to answer question.-, and tint if they refused to do so they were gni'.rr of contempt. The writ cf habeas corpus sought by Sheur was denied. BOERS STILL FIGriTIXG. Eicht Kerent Euffasremeuts Kepwrted to Lnadou War Offies By Lord Bo pert'. Lord Roberts in a dispatch from Johannesburg, dated November 2, reports no less than eight fights at difdifferent points, all unimportant, but significant of the activity of the Boers. Prisoners in the hands of the British say the Boer losses in the fight with Gen. Barton, October 25th, were 240 kUled^^nded or missing. CABLE FROM CONGER j j i Minister Announces That Satisi factory Progress Is Made REGARDING BASIS OF NEGOTIATIONS, Tlis Question of PaniahinenU and Several Othter Points Have Been Paisetl Upon fey Ministerial Cbrps. ? i ? 1 Minister Conner's last advices to the state department indicate that satisfactory progress is being made by the ministerial corps at Pekia toward j the arrangement of a basis upon which ! negotiations shall be had with the Chinese government for a final settlement. The ministers have passed upon the question of punishments, and also upon several other important points, which are to figure in the negotiations. The results have not been made public. The Russian minister is understood to be participating actively in the discussions, and the proceedings are harmonious. So far these have been confined to the effort to secure a perfect l agreement by all the ministers npon the basis of negotiation, and Up to this time no effort has been made to deal directly with the Chinese gov- j ernment. It is the understanding that when the ministers themselves have agreed upon their programme, there will be little difficulty in securing its acceptance by the ChiDese'governmeut, which is, indeed, powerless to offer serous resistance to the United demands of the powers. ? T>T*ec-T i w irpo nsvriT. ikkjooia AAabo JL/A411AM1 A special from St. Petersburg says: Prince Khilkoff, Russian minister of railways, authorizes the Associated Press to deny categorically the assertion of a leading German newspaper that Rnssia is planning to construct a railway from Samarkand to Hankown, via the Kashagar valley, Lake Kukunor and the Wei Ho and Hoaug Ho valleys, or any other route. He asserts that the intervening mountains are all but impassable and that such line will cost billlonsof dollars,though it possibly may be built a hundred years from now. "Russia," said Prince Khilkoff,formerly contemplated a line from Samarkand to Tomsk, but she gave up the project when the Chinese trpuble began. The direct branch line from St. Petersburg to the Siberian railway has also been abandoned for the present The only line now in process of construction or planned is a line from Orenburg on the Ural to Tashkent, ip Syr Darya. W. R. Holloway, United States consul in St Petersburg, ha3 recently received many inquiries regarding an alleged railroad for which America is to supply the capital. Prince Khilkoff says that no such road is contem? ! plated. He thinks it probable that unauthorized age nts are operating in the United States. SOUTHERN ROAD SUED. Person* Injured In Wreck ait Belt Junction Want Ajfjjrejfate of 109,000. Five persons who were injured by the collision between two passenger trains on the Southern railway on June 14, of this year, have filed suits against the company for injuries which they allege they received when the collision occurred. The suits aggregate $109,000 and were filed in the city court at* Atlanta, Monday morning by Messrs. Hoke Smith and H. C. Peeples, who represent all of the plaintiffs. The collision on which all the parties were injured occurred one mile north of Belt Junction, Fulton county, at about 8.30 in the morning. One of the trains was the Southern accommodation train, which was called the Belie, and the other was train No. 12, which was the fast passenger train running from Atlanta to Richmond. Both trains were running at a high rate of speed, and the engines and part* of tbe oars were demolished. It was claimed at the time that a train order which would have caused the Belle and the fast passenger to meet at Belt Junction was sent to the Belle, but was not given to the fast passenger and it was allowed to pass Belt Junction. scarletIkveh kagks. Prevalence of the Disease In Mississippi Cause* Health Board to Act. The Mississippi state board of health has addressed a letter to GovernoV Longino, calling his attention to the alarming prevalence of scarlet fever in several portions of Mississippi, and stating that the board is nnable to take any steps to farther check the soread. owinar to the small appropria tton made by the legislature to maiu* tain the state health department. The board will not quarantine the city of Natchez on accouut of the case of yellow ' fever reported from that place, owing to the lateness of the sea* son, and probability of a frost at an early date. YALKTjJOXKS IMPROVING Wnuld-B? Suicide Will Recover From Self-Inflicted Knife Wound*. A New York dispatch says: Charles F. Jones, the personal attendant of the late William M. i Rice, who attempted to commit suicide Thursday, was visited in the hospital Friday by Dr. Christian, who has him in charge. ! TVr Phri.cHftn cnirl that Jones was very much improved. Assistant District Attorney Osborne declared tbat it was bis opinion ihat more than one man bad been concerned in a general conspiracy. Postal Not In Combine: j The Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable company officers deny that they have joined the hng6 telegraph and telephone combine alleged to have been formed. Car Builders On Strike. All the car builders at the American Car and Fonndry company in Huntington, Vs., west out on a strike at Friday morning; They demand $) more on a o?r. .v _ / SLEW BIS SON-IN-LAW Farmer Wilcoxon Empties Contents of Double-Barreled Shotgun Into Flowers' Body. Thursday morning about 10 o'clock ! Wiley F. Wilcoxon, a farmer living ; seven miles west of Eatontou.Ga.. shot C. C. Flowers, bis son-in-law, killing him instantly. Wilcoxon used a shot gun, tiring both, loads; btlt only one ; took effect, in the left side of Flowers, j Flowers has bfeen living on Wilcox- i on's place for several years, managing ! the affairs of the farm and bearing the j brnnt of the burden. The killing was the result of a se- J rious misunderstanding the two men j had a year ago or more ago, which, at I the time, so Wilcoxon says, necessi- j tated his giving np home and family and seekiug peace elsewhere. After being absent some time he returned several months ago, where he resided, apparently contented, until the terrible tragedy which transpired Thursday morning. It appears that Wilcoxon borrowed Flower's gun to go hunting. After questioning particularly as to the manipulation of the gun* it being a breech-loader, and about the character of the cartridges With which it was loaded* be turned and walked away, ostensibly to go hunting. When twenty-five of thiftt feet distant, he suddenly* and without pfovocation, turned and emptied the gun's contents into the side of Flowers, who was still standing in the kitchen door. The deceased leaves a wife to mourn his untimely end. Wilcoxoil was a confederate soldier, serving through the entire war in the Third Georgia regiment. After the tragedy he was arrested. KAISER'A ADVICE TAKEN. Germans Give No Onarler and Chinese Are Slaughtered Indiscriminately. , Considerable impatience at the meagerness of the news from China is ~ r? i?? mi _ linding expression in iserim. xne inference is that German censorship over such information is very strict. Letters from privates in China began to lind their way into the Social Democratic papers showing that the German troops give no quarter. The Bremen Bnerger Zeitung publishes a letter4 from a soldier in Pekin, who said he witnessed the following scenes: "Sixty-eight captives, some of them not yet adults, were tied together by their pig tails, compelled to dig their own graves and shot en masse-" The Halberstadter-Yolke-Zeitung prints a communication from Pekin, in which the writer says: "No prisoners are taken. All are shot, or preferably, sabered to save ammunition. On Sunday* afternoon we bad to bayonet seventy-four prisoners. They had killed one of our patrolmen. Au entire battalion pursued them and captured seventy-four alive. It was cruel. It was indescribable." KILLED BKOTHER-IN-LAW. James Hammond Fires Load of 8Hot Into Thomas Wall. Near Elberton. Thursday afternoon Jim Hammond shot and killed Thomas J. Wall, a few miles below Elberton, Ga. The shooting occurred near Wall's home. Full details have cot been learned, bat from the best information it seems that Wall was beating a negro tenant Mrs. Wall, his wife, tried to stop him, and failed. She sent for her brother, Jim Hammond, who came, and remonstrated with Wall. This seems to have angered Wall, and he made a rnsh at him. Hammond ran and was followed part of' the way by Wall. Hamm Dnd went to a neighbor's, wh.ere he secured a shotgun. He then returned and met Wall, who shot at him, bnt missed him. Hammond then shot Wall, the entire load entering the left eye, killing him instantly. Both men belong to good families, and were brothers-in-law. Wall leaves ,a wife and several children. Hammond has not been arrested. Wall was constable of his district. Public Debt Statement. The statement of the public debt shows at the close of bnsiuess October 31, 1900, the debt less cash in the treasury amounted to $1,104,402,320, a decrease as compared with last month <jf $1,073,351. iiERMANS KObT CHINESE. Five 6nn? Were C?pt ured ami the German Fins AVh* Hoisted. The Chinese question continues to overshadow all else iu Berlin. The Tageblatt, Saturday, printed a special dispatch from Pekin saying: "A detachment of the Second German infantry, under Major Von Forster, has fought a victorious engagement against a Chinese force of 800 in a mountain pass near tbe Chinese wall, not far from Tsi Ting Quan. Five guns were taken and the German flag was hoisted. Major von Forster t _ ii n ^ was wounaeu, seven uiuer ureriuaun were wonnded or killed and the Chinese lost tiffcy killed." AtfUIN'ALDl) IS DEAD? American boldier Says Insurgent Leader Wai Killed a< Previously Reported. James Hussey, of National City, Cal., has received a letter from James Thompson, a private of company E, Twenty-seventh infantry, written while he was in the hospital at Manila f and dated September in which j the writer says that the Filipino occu- ! pying the bed next to him in the hos- j pital stated that Agniualdo was really i shot dead as reported some time ago, I bnt that it was to he kept quiet for j political reasons. FLORIDA'S POPULATION. Official Figures :i? Given ??ut J3y Cenaua j Bureau Are 328. >4-. A "Washington special says: The j population of Florida as officially j announced Monday by the census ; barean is 528,542 as against 391,422 in 1890. This is an increase of 187,170, or 35 per cent. The population of Iadiana as officially announced is 2,516,462 as against I SOUTH CAROLINA I j STATE NEWS ITEMS. ; * CXMNIfXKVHMC\irJ?\l? I Governor Tied the Knot. Governor Mc'Sweeney made a jonrney of 125 miles one day the past week to perform a marriage ceremony, nniting Jewish maidens to gentile ' friends of the governor. Dr. William 1 Lynch and Lawyer H. 0. Atkins 1 were married to Esther Benjamin and J liose Lillian Benjamin, respectively. The governor was asked to perform . the cetemont as a compromise, the , brides declining to be married toy . Christian miniiters add the grooms objecting to the Jewish ceremony. The { service and prayer used by the governor 'contained 800 words and Were made up from the services of several denominations. At the concldsion of the service a goblet of wine was acci- j dentally knocked from the table by the governor and broken on the floor, . as in concluding a Jewish ceremony. Many guests from different parts of * * i. me stale were presem. ?*? ( Charleston Begins Work. , Actual work on the grounds of-the South Carolina interstate and West Indian exposition is abont to be start- , ed. Arrangements for this hare been ! pnt on foot and a line is being mapped , out for a line of the Southern Railway will be laid to grounds from the ci*y. The present plan is to hare the corner , stone laid in December during the ' Charleston carnival, and at the time when the American League of Municipalities will hold its annual conven- , tiotr there. Elaborate ceremonies will mark' the *' layiDg of the corner stone, and it . is expected that a great crowd will be present . , A No Loan Necessary. The general assembly for several years has been lending the State Fair Association a certain snm, which wonld be available for the payment of premiums. As the great balk of the money the association gets is collected all over the state by the railroads ( when the tickets are sold, the money is not available for the payment of , premiums, so the state's loan is used for that purpose. This year, however, the cash receipts have been so largethat the state will not be asked for any loan and the available fund will not be used at all. Last year, after all expenses or the fair had been^paid and all premiums and everything cleared, there was a cash balance of ?3,300. This was a respectable balance npon which to en- ' ter npon the arrangements for this year's fair. A great deal of this money was expended in making substantial, permanent improvements and erecting quarters for the live stocks exhibits. Last year there were between fifty and sixty head of cattle displayed at the state fail', and the aggregate premiums awarded in the cattle department amounted to 9480. This year there have been over 200 head of cattle exhibited and the premiums amounted to over $1,400. All premiums that have been awarded were paid promptly and if there be auy one entitled to a premium who | has not yet received it the fault is that j it has not been asked for. The money is in hand for the payment of the premiums. { After all the premiums pud expenses have been paid there will be a good sum left over with whieh the association can go to work to make preparations for next year's fair, and it is to be hoped that there will be no delay in getting to work, and that the nagging and jogging that Colnmbiais ge tting will do some good, for certainly many of the business men of the city who ought to appreciate the lair in a substantial way have done nothing towards helping things out, but rest content, believing that the fair will run itself, and that it will remain in 'Columbia simply from the force of circumstances. v The exact status of the finauces of the present state fair cannot be learned until the reports from the railroads are received. *** Hazing Caused Boy's Death. Thomas Finlev Brown, twelve years of age, died at the home of his father in Charleston a few .days ago from injuries received while being roughly handled by a mob of "hazers" at the Porter Military Academy. Brown was a new cadet at the academy, an institution which is presided-over by a divine and at which the rules are strict against such practices. A crowd, however, decided to put him through the lines. The lad was not able to resist and among other things he was tossed into a swimming pool twelve feet deep. Just at this time the pool is dry and Brown hit the cemented bottom with stunning effect.' He was left there to get out as best he could, and when he dually managed to escape and stagger home he was found to be in a serious condition. He was injured internally and despite the great efforts made to save his life he died. While suffering intensely and conscions that he was very ill, Finley firmly refused to tell the names of the students who had hazeu him and the names are not generally known. It is said that those who took part in the hazing have acknowledged their participation to Dr. Porter, but if this is true the facts are not generally known. It was the little toy's wish that nothing be done in the matter, as he frequently said that his companions had intended no harm. *** Alitor To Winter At Aiken. Aiken isurepariugto have the gayest j season in its history. There is great demand for houses by northerners who wish to spend the winter. Aiken people have built many houses for rent to this class, and the returns are euormous. John Jacob Astor, of 2s ew York, will be one of the new$ojaers this winter. He offered $2,400 for one house, but it had been already rented, and he has taken the Traver* house. James Roosevelt,uncie of Teddy,has secured a house, and the Cabots, of Boston, hav.e agreed to take a cottage ' at $1,800 rental. These houses are : not mansions; they are just cottages. Inbuilt with conveniences. It is said been to Aiken since the death of bis ; >3 wife, will return there this winter and Dccnpy bis fine residinoe. Last fall ":M lie h?l bnilt txtensire stable* and a -J-M race track for training parposea and ^ hey may be oecapied this winter. l?lp< golf andtfox banting will be be principal outdoor tports. > '.Woutai'i Home lljrnamlted. The attempt made a month ago to j|gi >low np the home of Mary Bridges, a legro woman living in Lauren*, was epeated a few nights ago. Tha first | :ime the wmnar on* *?nd hv',- -C louse wrecked. On .this last oca- & rasion the woman smelt the burning ' fuse and rnthsd from her hoots joak ' Defore the explosion. The shock wee;-? p ierrific, timbers and furaitar* betigi^ Jemoiished. No arresta bava^ bean ; * * EnterprlMf. A eoMmiaaion for a charter has bsso J, / issued to the Blue Ridge Brokerage ; . || company* of Greenville. The capital stock of the oompanj ia to be $!,90Qt ^ I Ihe company proposes doing a.geamrat^j 'M merchandise and brokerage baeiaess. M A commission for a charter haa beeat issued to the Abbeville Wareh company, of Abbeville. The stock of the company is to be KMKft M A commission for a charter fern been ; issned to the Gregory Live Stock eom-> i pauy, of Lancaster. The eompan^; J| proposes doing a general stock WEyCvjB A charter has been issned to- the Union Hardwood Manufacturing ecw^ || Crsxy Worn** SalcMe*. ' Miss Jnlia Poole, a lady highly ?*?'' B spacted and of excellent family, foal^ Cherokee connty. Pending the af* ''M rival ot persons from tha asylum :tSim was committed to jail in OaSM^fi^;; Ike probate judge. The next morning she was found dead in the cell, hmriri?|' hanged herself with the waist ban*! 9 torn from her dress. The Reformatory. - ^ ' ViB The penitentiary directors fadft i meetjng a few days ago at whichii n Lexington connty wae aeSy^^|i|Ji^S for juvenile offenders and that it am -9 be in operation in a week or Progress on the new prison is bf^| H made, and with favorable weather, f is believed that it wilt be complstedbyf^ H ^ * a^sif t', A Telephone 1* resale*. The Telephone MannfasturingCmh^ ^ ^ ? ?... i i "Imperial leiepmmc*, wmm the Agricultural and Mechanied , S^? S ciety of South Carolina This is highest honor that the Fair Aaaoda^j^ . w tion can confer. The same compeiiy.. recently received the medal at ' Eff<ct of Kxpoai tioa l>oy. ' ''%'M Governor Mc8weeney in talku^ -jS privately abont Charleston day at.fttjjl state fair, said that he bad heandji B great many expressions whiek, *1181111 vinced him of the very kind fee1iase^w-:j:j^B the emtire state towards Chartea and hen exposition, and of the success and good of the ' l!xpoaiti?a^ H Gortraor Becrim hvltsMwu ^ 'JjMj Governor Mc&weeney baa raceiv^ an invitation to attend the Orakgebto^^ fall festival, November 13th to M inclusive of 15ft instant H New Town Gets CkorUr. ''vfl The town of Cartersville.ia Florence; J || eonnty, has gotten a new charterawt^' ''4 held a municipal election. fi : 44'-l SKVT TO Til K AMfLttSf. I Ur?. <*wtk?n, Wtto Killed Hor Son fpr ; ' i| Mrs. Effie Cawthon, the Chattanooga $ y< woman who kii ed her sixteea-yaar-e&S^y; son, I .vkiug bim Almost 10 pieces a hatt hit. was tried Wednesday befee#%. - ^ a jnstiee of the peace, on a vaRaref; charging her with murder in the 8 degree. The trial magistrate, after hearing:;^7- M the testimony, and her own statement" :,m released her, committing her to an * Wg sane afylnm until an ittqniaiium op^-::-S lunacy could be regularly held. Cawthonsad on the stand that had gone to hear the play of ^ Christian,'' and that after the eflill home she decided that it was her M to kill her son in order to save h? 9 from ruin. " Mrs. Cawthon was at once ssntdafej the at a' e asylum. Shs is worth afeMt#;. M [v ATLANTA JUKKSTA CO*WECTAP WKKSLY.?45 v. Groceries. '$> Itoasted eoffee, Dutch Java fl&lO, '? Star, 116.50, Arbackie *13.30. Ltoo l?3r, '" | per loo lb care*.. Green " cofifer, 'ehgtW(&g| ll@H^c;fairl13*S>10Kc; pfime3fc#?flr,:t M tugnr, stanuani granulated,New Tors New Orleans granulated <>*e. ' \ New Orleans" open > kettle 35 0IK. *& ^ Mixed, choice, 20 $ 18c. Salt, dairy, sacks 31.30#3L40;do bbfebuik 33.85; ice cream 3L35; common W43tRvs| Cheese, fair' cream 13*C # Matches, 65s 45X$5fc: 300^1.50#!^ 32.75. Soda, boxes 6c. Crackers, sods 3?C | cream 7c; gingewnaps 6;. Candy* eotaaoa ; stick 7c: fancy 12#lie. Oysters. I. V. *2.20#32.10; L. W. fl.25. ^ : j Flonr, Grata and XmI. Flour, all wheat, first patent^Ttt^eeoM^ patent, 14.40; straight, *4.00; extra faigy.r ? 3.90; fancy, #3.00: extra familJ, Corn, white, 62c: mixed, OOe. Oatt, trtBjiggg 40?; mixed 36*: Texas rustproof 46s. fta, : ' Ga., 01; Western fOe. Hay, No. I timam? iarxe bales, $1.00; No. Ismail bales,-tiej -v No. 2, 90c. Xeal. plain. 00 -. bolted ateal M& |^ Bran, small sacks $ 1.06c.' Shorts tUK v^gg Stock meal, 0L10 per one haadtdjd^^ pounds. Cotton ?eed meal 01.13 per lOOrj&SMl pounds; bulls $7.00 per ton. Grits $i3B$3gl per bbl; $1.50 per bag. Cottiftry Prodaca. Etars active, 17# 18c. Butter. Ofttre safer Fancy Jersey. 15<al8-; choiee I5WZ4 VtH^fOM poultry. reaeipts light: hen* S8#tfc; targfow rries 13#l8c; medium fries tf ?16, iAie. Ducks, noddle. irg 23^30^. Irish rxzxo*=^ J|| in*comb 'I 3?7c, very duiL oS??, i&gj tosheL^^bage.^ . ^yn, ProriiiAM. Clear side ribs, boxed 7^c; half rib* * 7tfe: rib bellies AUgar-c.urec ban* UggpH, 1^:;^