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|v ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C- THURSDAY. NOVEMBER" 8.1000, . ONE DOLLAR PEE YEAH. |g||j
MINERS KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
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Terriils Catastrophe Occurs lo a
West Virginia Coal Pit.
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MUTILATED BODIES TAKEN OCT
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More Than a Score of Workere Are
Hiss inj??Ugly Rumors As To
Cause of Accident.
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One of the greatest calamities in the
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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
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/ 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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A New York special says: The death
of wealthy William Marsh Rice at the
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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 -
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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
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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
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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
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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. ?
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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?
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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.
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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
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t',
A Telephone 1* resale*. The
Telephone MannfasturingCmh^
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"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
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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
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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^:;^