The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 28, 1901, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 28.1901, 0NE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
A DEATHDEA1
Sweeps Through
ham and Outl1
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DEAD IIST TWENTMIVE
List of Fatalities Hay Show Big
Increase, as the Injured Goes
Over the Two Hundred Mark.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Monday
morning a fearful tornado swept over
the southern section of Birmingham,
Ala., traveling in an easterly direction,
leaving death and desolation in
its wake.
The number of killed is estimated
at twenty-five and the destruction of
property at a quarter of a million dollars.
Eighteen bodies were recovered
from the debris within a short time
and scores of injured removed to the
hospitals.
Among the dead are Dr. G. C. Chap,
man of the firm of Tally & Chapman,
who conduct a private infirmary iu
this city, and the wife and infant child
of Hon. Robert J. Lowe, chairman of
the Democratic state executive committee.
Following is the list of dead
and injured as far as ascertained:
Dr. G. C. Chapman, Mrs. Robert J.
Lowe, infant child of Mrs. Lowe. J.
Alexander, little daughter of B. B.
Hudson, F. Myro, colored,. collector
Union Mutual Association of Mobile;
Carrie Hudson, colored; Maggie Blevins,
colored; Carrie Henry, colored;
L:zzie Glenn, colored; cook for B. B.
Hudson, colored; nnknown carpenter,
struck by flying lumber.
Those fatally injured are: Mrs. R.
H. Thomas; Mrs. W. H. Thomas; Mrs.
D. D. McLaughlin; Mrs. J. Ferguson;
Mrs. Mylnm; Carrie Elin, colored.
The storm strnck the city in the extreme
southwestern corner and plowed
its way eastward, leaving a path 150
feet wide through the entire southern
section.
The district lying between Eighteenth
and Twentieth streets and Avenues
H and I, was struck and almost
a clean sweep was made of the two
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diocks. xne scene whs cue 01 aosolute
demolition. The frame cottages
were flattened into piles of debris;
every tree, large or small, was either
crushed down -or uprooted, while the
fallen telephone poles and their tangle
of wire completed the picture of destruction.
Continuing
in an eastward direction
the storm swept everything in its path
of seventy-five yards' width until it
passed beyond the city limits and
struck the Lake View hill, about
Thirty-fourth street. There were no
houses of any description iu its path
after it had passed the city limits, and
consequently there was no damage until
it reached Avondale.
? In its eastward course the storm
struck Avondale, and here again left
destruction in its path. On Faggot's
hill, just south of Avondale, a number
of persons were seriously injured
and many houses badly damaged. The
residence of Mr. Miller Harbin was
blown down and Mr. Harbin, his wife,
child and father-in law were severely
injured. Jennie Shelton and Mrs. J.
J. Henden were also hurt and a number
of other persons suffered slight
bruises. Twelve houses were demolished
and trees, outhouses and fences
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Onward the cyclone swept, and in
Irondale again repeated its work of
destruction. Houses and fences were
leveled to the ground and up to this
writing several bodies had been recovered.
A number of injured were
reported and great property loss.
Bessemer, Pratt City, Ensley,North
Birmingham and other suburban towns
were visited by the storm, and in each
of these places much destruction was
wrought, but no loss of life is reported.
Many houses were demolished at
Pratt City, including a number of
churches.
At Powderly there was also much
damage and destruction, and at Cleveland
Mrs. George Hatt was struck by
lightning and will probably die.
A terrific rainstorm followed the
wind and greatly retarded the work of
MANY WITNESS HANGING.
Arkansas Legislature Enacts Special Act
For An Execution.
John Wesley, a negro who criminally
assaulted Miss Josie Cleveland, a
young lady of Arkadelphia, Ark., expiated
his crime on a gallows built in
the court square of that town. The
execution was public, and was attended
by a crowd of 3,000 people.
The citizens of the village demanded
a public hanging of the negro and
the legislature passed a special law to
cover the case.-News of the public
hangiDg spread throughout the country
and as a result 3,000 people were
present, some of whom stood in a
drenching rainstorm for three hours.
WHOLE STAFF OX STRIKE.
Employes of Colambas, Ohio, Newspaper
Leave Their Posts.
At Columbus, 0 , Monday morning,
the entire local staff employed on the j
Press-Post went out on a strike. The j
proprietor had been given until 91
o'clock a. m. to sign the scale of the j
newly formed Newswriters' associa-'
tion, but failed to do so. It is understood
that the management is making
an effort to settle the dispute.
WILL REYIEW STATE TROOPS.
Georgia's Governor Will Goto Albany on <.
April 24th. i
Governor Candler, Attorney General
Terrell &nd Adjutant General Robertson,
accompauied by the governor's
entire- staff, will attend the review and
parade of the First, Second and Fourth
regiments at Albany April 24th. It it
is expected that there will be in all
about twenty companies present at the
review, and the event is beiDg anticipated
with a considerable degree of interest
in military circles,
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LING TORNADO
City of Birming- j
ping Districts.
relief, which was already began by an
army of volnnteer rescuers.
SYSTEMATIC RELIEF WORK.
Mayor Drennan and many of the
city officials were soon on the scene, |
and a relief station was established. A I
little cottage was fitted up with Mayor j
Drennan, Chief of Police Austin, Aldermen
Jones and Camp and Street
Commissioner McCarlin in charge, i
The private secretary of the mayor and ,
the chief of police kept a record of the
injured and suffering people.
The storm swept districts were afterwards
visited hv thonsands of snee- '
tators drawn out of curiosity. They '
waded through the mud and witnessed
a scene of activity. Men with axes :
and spikes were busily engaged first
in rescuing those caught beneath the
rafters and timbers of the ruined build
ings and afterwards in rescuing what
property or effects they could. Every '
horse and vehicle in town was engaged
by persons anxious to view the scene, '
and every furniture van or wagon was
in use, moviDg mattresses and the re- |
mains of household effects to new quar- j
ters.
The dead were removed to the various
undertaking establishments, !
while every available ambulance in '
the city was pressed into service in
removing the injured to the hospitals, j
Monday night a mass meeting of
citizens was held, aud a relief fund
was started and a temporary committee
organized to take charge.
STORM STRIKES GEORGIA.
For the first time in the history of
the Central of Georgia railway one of
its passenger trains was blown from
the track by a cyclone while running !
at a fair rate of speed. At 4:18 o'clock j
Monday afternoon a tornado, probably
a bianch of the destruct ve Alabama
storm, struck Central train No. 21 a
mile and a half below Buena Vista.
The train was a mixed one, consisting
of three passenger coaches and
twelve freight cars. The engine was !
thrown to the ground, the tender was |
derailed and turned over and two i
passenger coaches and three freight !
cars were turned over on their side on j ,
a slight embankment, and several coal
cars were left standing on the track. |
Remarkable to state, no one on the j
train was killed. Neither the engineer \
nor fireman was injured. Four persons
were injured, but not seriously. ,
The tornado struck the lower or |
southern edge of Buena Vista about I
4:30 o'clock, doing considerable damage.
Several persons are reported
killed, among them the child of Mr. '
J. D. Barrel!, Mrs. Harrell, his wife,
sustaining serious injuries, having her
leg broken. Every member of the
family was more or less injured.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
A List of Industries Established Daring:
the Past Week. !
Among the more important of the i
new industries reported for the past
week are brick works at Harrisburg,
N. C.; $25,000 brick and tile works'at <
Laurel, Miss.; a buggy factory at <
TonrlorcAn XT f! a Kn ttmi fonfftrv of. I
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Batesville, Ark.; a carriage and implement
company at Lake Charles,
La.; a chair factory at Chattanooga; 1
coal mines at AltooDa, Ala. ;a $40,000 j i
coal mining company at Birmingham; i
a $50,000 coal company at Piedmont, j :
W. Ya.; a $25,000 cooperage plant at j
Hapeville, N. C.; a $78,000 cotton mill
at Belmont, N. C.; an $80,000 cotton <
mill at Lenoir, N. C.; a $100,- ]
000 cotton mill at Charlotte, N. ]
C.. electric light plants at Bus- i
sellville, Ark., Rocky Mount, iflH
C., and Cooper, Tex.; flouring mills
Bar and Eve, Ky., Mount Olive, Miss^H
Cellar Valley and High Point, N. C^Hj
Mountain City and Trigonia, TenrflB
a $25,000 flour and grist mill at Ch^^H
lotte, N. C.; a grain elevator at Noliflfl
Ky.;hardware companies at
Fla., and Ballinger, Tex.; a hoop
tory at Fayetteville, Tenn.; and ir^H|
and coal company at Tuskaloosa, AlflH
a $40,000 land campany at Laurei^^J
T. C. ;a $100,000 land company
Beaumont, Tex.?Tradesman (Chat^^|
nooga. Tenn.)
JAPANESE ARE WORRIED. Kfl
Mikado Fears Russia Will Get Fall Ccfl^H
trol of Mancharla.
A London special says: The CHj
nese minister, Sir Chih Chem Lo Fe^^B
Luh, called at the foreign office Mc^^fl
day and urged the British governm^^H
to bring pressure to bear in order
prevent Russia from securing the n^^H
essary signatures to tho Manchur^HB
mi _ /Y?
agreement, me ioreign omce is
in the dark as to whether the agr^^H
ment will be signed or allowed to la^^H
when the time expires. The official^^H
the Japanese legation are inclined^|H
believe Russia will succeed in getti^^H
the necessary signatures. J^H
BRECK'S SLAYER JAILED. fl|
New Jer?ey Man Shot to Death In Tallahassee,
Florida.
Edgar J. Breck, of Ivanhoe. N. J.,
traveling for a wholesale furniture
house in Jacksonville, was shot aDd
instantly killed at Tallahassee by Berry
Bird, a well-known citizen of Live
Oak, Fla. The coroner's inquest failed
to develop any motive for the homicide.
Bird is in jail and Breck's family,
wife and two children, have been
notified. i
ROBBERS (iEl BIG BOOTY.
They Blow Bank Safe and Decamp With
Fifteen Thousand Dollars.
A message from Somerset, Perry
, county, received in Columbns, Ohio,
j early Tuesday morning stated that six
; masked men had ridden into the city
! and blown the safe in the local bank
' and secured $15,000 in money and e
i large amount of bonds. The robbers
escaped.
A Hong Kong special of Mondaj
| says: The British first-class cruisei
Terrible has been ordered from Amoj
I to Taku. j
THOSE PEACE TERMS
Correspondence Between Kitchen*
er and Botha Made Public.
WHY BOERS DID NOT ACCEPT
Story of the Proceedings From an
Interesting Chapter of the
Troubles In South Africa.
A London special says: The preliminary
papers giving details of the
negotiations between the commander
in chief, General Botha, and Lord
Tv if cTienor nnAimnnrtiiicr TTio "RriticTi
forcos in South Africa, issued Friday
morning, began with a telegram from
Sir Alfred Milner to Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain. Th8 dispatch is
dated Pretoria, February 22d, and
states that Mrs, General Botha had
returned from a meeting with her husband
bringing a letter in reply to Sir
Alfred Milner's verbal message offering
to meet General Botha as a means
of ending the war on the express understanding
that he would not discuss
the question of independence of the
Transvaal and the Orange river colony.
Mrs. Botha assured Sir Alfred that
the letter was written with that point
clearly understood. General Botha
referred the matter to his generals
and it was stated that the meeting
would probably take place at Middleburg.
Mr. Chamberlain leplied that he
was glad to hear of General Botha's
desire to treat and hoped it was
genuine.
"He will find us," said the colonial
secretary, "anxious to meet him on all
points affecting his individual position."
On February 27tb, Sir Alfred Milner
cabled Lord Kitchener informing
him that General Botha had written
that he would be in Pretoria at 10
o'clock a. m., February 28th.
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener to
the war office, dated Pretoria, February
28th, reports a long interview with
General Botha, who showed very good
feeling and seemed anxious for peace.
He asked for information which, he
said, he would submit to his government,
the generals and the people. If
they agreed he would visit the Orange
river colony and get them to agree.
Lord Kitchener arranged to communicate
Botha's views to the government.
All that he said was qualified
by being subject to confirmation by
the home government. On March 5
Sir Alfred Milner cabled Lord Kitchener
suggesting the following replies
to General Botha:
"I beg to inform you that on the
oessation of hostilities and the complete
surrender of arms, ammunition,
cannon and munitions in the hands of
burghers in the field at government
depots or elsewhere his majesty's government
is prepared at once to grant
amnesty in the Transvaal and Orange
river colony for all bona fide acts of
war during the hostilities, as well
as move the governments of Oape
Coloney and Natal to similar
action qualified by the disfranchisement
of any British subjects implia/I
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LU LOU ILL IUO \T a I JLilU iiilllLUlJ yi1J
:>ners at St. Helena, Ceylon and elsewhere,
on complete surrender, shall
je brought back to their country.
Military law shall at once be replaced
3y a civil administration, but it is the
desire of his majesty's government as
30on as circumstances wilt permit
to establish a representative
government. On the cessation of
hostilities a high court, iudependjnt
of the executive, shall be estabished
to administer the law. Church
property, trusts and orphan funds
thall be respected. English and Dutch
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Escapes the Hanemitn.
In the trial at Wrightsville, Ga., of
Mrs. Sarah Dixon for the murder of
her husband, G. E. Dixon, the jury
found a verdict of guilty and recommended
a sentence of life imprisonment.
Mrs. Dixon's confederate, Jerry
Walden, was convicted at the last
September term of the superior court
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engine boiler exploded.
Three Men Killed In Peculiar Accident ol
Lehigh Valley Koad.
The boiler of engine No. 633, on the.
Lehigh "Valley railroad, exploded
Wednesday morning virile the engine
was pulling a coal train near Mud
Bun, New Jersey, and three men were
killed.
The engine was blown into the Leuigh
river and the men were instantly
killed. The train was not affected and
;an for some distance without the engine.
All the victims were married
and leave families.
MORE ISLANDS BOUGHT.
Uncle 5am Hands Over $100,000
to Spanish Representative.
Cession Treaty Ratified.
At Washington Saturday the Spanish
minister, Duke D'Arcos received
from Secretary Hay a treasury warrant
for $100,000 and the United States received
the final cession of "any and
all islands in the Philippine archipelago
lying outside of the line described
in article 3 of the treaty of peace between
Spain and the United States of
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At the same time a protocol was
signed by Mr. Hay and Duke D'Arcos
exchanging ratifications of the treaty
of cession. The specific purpose of
the transaction is to add the islands of
Cagayan-Sulu and Sibitu to the possessions
of the United States.
The ceremony attending the exchange
of the ratifications and the
payment of the $100,000 warrant was
an interesting one. The Dnke D'Arcos
arrived at the state department by ap
pointment at 10 o'clock. He had with
him the Spanish version of the treaty,
handsomely engrossed and bearing the
signature of the queen regent of Spain
and the Spanish royal seal.
Mr. Hay joined the minister in the
diplomatic room. The officials long
in charge of the execution of treaties
and ratifications wero called in. The
American text of the treaty bearing
the signature of President McKiuley,
was handed Mr. Hay and
he in turn presented Duke D'Arcos
with the ratification executed by President
McKinley. The treaties in each
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case were uanusoineiy uuuuu, iliui. ui
Spain being in red, with the royal
arms in gold, while America's was
bound in dark blue, bearing the national
coat of arms. A brief protocol
was then signed. It recited the formalties
of ratification of the treaty signed
at Washington November 7tb, 1900,
providing for the cession of any and
all islands of the Philippine archipelago,
etc.
The treasury warrant for $100,000
had been prepared in advance and was
handed to the Spanish minister. There
was an exchange of felicitations over
the close of the transaction, and the
Duke D'Arcos departed with his $100,000
warrant and the ratified treaty.
MONSTER VESSEL LAUNCHED.
The Korea, Largest Steamer Ever Built
In America, Floated at Newport News.
The Pacific Mail liner Korea, the
largest vessel ever bnilt for the American
merchant marine service, was
launched at the yard of the Newport
News, Va., Ship Bnilding Company
Saturday. A crowd of 20,000 people
witnessed the event. Miss Katharine
Winthrop Tweed, daughter of the
president of the Pacific Mail Company,
christened the Korea.
The Korea is the largest steam vessel
ever built on this side of the Atlantic.
With a length 572 feet 4 inches
and a beam of 63 feet, she will displace
18,600 tons on a draught of 27
feet. Some idea of the size of the
Korea may be derived from the faot
that from the top to the bottom of the
bare hull is a distance of forty feet,
while the distance around the rail is
nearlv a nuarter of a mile.
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is to be fitted with engines of
18,000 horse-power, sufficient to propel
her at a speed of from 18 to 20
knots. The Korea will accommodate
1,400 passengers, of whom 200 will be
first cabin passengers. She is designed
for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
to ply between San Francisoo and
Hong Kong.
Just as the Korea slipped down the
ways, George Bannaster, a colored
man among the employees gathered
about the vessel, was struck by one of
the falling props and received injuries
from which he died within a few
hours.
RIO DE JANEIRO WRECK.
Responslbilly For Disanter Placed On the
Dead Captain and Pilot.
Captains O. F. Bolles and J. K.
Bulger, United States inspectors of
hulls and boilers, have handed down
their decision at San Francisco on the
responsibility for the wreck of the
City of Rio De Janeiro February 22d
at entrance of the Golden Gate. Their
decision places the blame for the
wreck upon the late Captain Ward
and Pilot Jordan. The pilot being a
state officer, is not under the jurisdiction
of the United States inspectors
and they have no power to punish him.
TROOPS IN MARSEILLES.
Strict Martial Law Enforced On Account
of Great Strike.
Advices from Marseilles, France,
state that the center of the town is occupied
by troops. Detachments of
cavalry patrol the chief thoroughfares
and the infantry guard various points
and is massed at the docks, where
1,200 dock laborers are working.
All gathering of strikers are imme
diately dispersed. The few hacks and
street cars running are strongly protected
by gendarme".
The number of strikers of other
trades in sympathy with the dock laborers
has increased.
A MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
Skeleton of Long Missing Ohio Man Is
Fonml In Florida.
The skeleton of James Tod arrived
at Warren, 0., Saturday and a mystery
was cleared away. Nine years ago
James Tod, of Warren, a nephew of
War Governor Tod, disappeared from
Dayton, O. One day the past week
his skeleton was found near Spruce
creek, iu Florida, and was identified
by gold fillings in his teeth, a watch
and a ring of keys.
FURMAX LOSES CASE.
High Court Says Ho Should Show Title
From King of Sp ?ln.
In the United States supreme court
Monday an opinion was handed down
in the case of the governor and the
officials of the state of Florida vs.
Charles W. Furman. The case involved
title to Anastasia island, in the
f-tate of Florida, consisting of abont
7,500 acres. The stale ciaims it under
tie United States swamp land law,
.vhilo Fnrman baaed his claim npon
the alleged grant of the island by the
Spanish government to an ancestor.
TEXANS BURN NEGRO
Saturate His Body With Oil And
Chain Him to Stake.
CONFESSED TO A FOUL MURDER
Scene Was Horrible and Unusually
Spectacular-Expatiation
of Crime Witnessed by
Thousands.
At Corsicana, Texas, John Henderson,
colored, -who brutally assaulted
and murdered Mrs. Younger, a farmer's
wife, living iust outside the city,
several days ago, was bnrned to death
in the court house square at noon
Wednesday. A written confession of
the crime, attested by Judge Roberts,
was secured from the prisoner. Five
thousand people witnessed the burning
and business was practically suspended
for a time.
Henderson was captured Tuesday
afternoon after a long chase. He was
trailed by bloodhounds from the
Younger homestead many miles back
and forth across the country, and was
finally captured near Hillsboro. The
officers took him to the latter place
and were impelled, through fear ol
mobs, to start for Fort Worth. When
the train reached Itasca a party oi
Younger's friends overpowered the
guards and hustled Henderson froir
the train. He was conveyed across
the prairie a distance of forty-five
miles, to Corsicana, where he was
placed in jail to keep the infuriatec
citizens from tearing him to pieces.
A committee was appointed to see
him and pass finally upon his guilt 01
innocence. Finally he made a writter
confession that he had murdered ac
unknown white lady three miles nortl
of Corsicana, March 6." There wa;
no one present, he said, but himsol:
and the woman's two little children
He said he did not know why he die
it.
When it became public that HeDder
son had fonfessed people swarmec
around the jail. It was decided t<
burn the prisoner at the stake at 2 p
- - i il-.i
in., tat news was received mat iruups
had been started from Dallas and th<
execution was harried.
A railroad rail was driven into th<
ground in the corner of the cour
house square. Boxes and dry timbei
were piled around around it and sat
urated with oil. Just before nooi
about forty men rushed from the jai
across the square where the rai
had been planted. In their midst wai
Henderson, handcuffed. The mai
formed a circle, holding to a chair
which surrounded the prisoner to pre
vent the crowd from tearing him away
The negro was fastened to the rai
with wire and chains.
Cane of oil were emptied over hii
clothing and dozens of lighted matohei
touched the inflammable material
The fire alarms were rung and thi
stores of the city were deserted, ai
their occupants rushed to the equar<
to witness the burning.
Just as the pile was fired Conway
Younger, husband of the murderec
woman, jumped at Henderson am
slashed him across the face with i
knife. Henderson gave no indicatioi
of pain or suffering. He rolled hi:
eyes to get a glimpse of the augrj
faces which surrounded him and ther<
was a slight movement of the hands
In ten minutes Henderson was dead
At no time did he make any outcn
other than an occasional groan.
The negro made a full confessioi
after arriving at Corsicana, telling hov
he went to the Younger home and at
tempted to assault Mrs. Younger, hov
she fought for her honor, how finally
angered at her resistance he attackec
her with his knife, how the two chil
dren screamed in fright when the]
saw their mother's lite blood crimson
ing the floor, and how Mrs. Youngei
fell across the doorsteps. He tliei
fled, but looking back saw his victin
staggering down the road aimlessly
falteringly; she fell and lay still, ther
he tnrned and ran.
Female Suffragists Barred.
By a vote of 132 to 29 the Massa
chnsetts house of representatives Wed
nesday rejected the proposition foi
extending suffrage in the state to wo
men.
THOUSANDS DRAWN OUT.
Fal*n Rumor* Cau*e Heavy Run On I
Staunch Pennsylvania l!auk.
False and unfounded rumors caused
a run on the German National bank oi
Allegheny,Pa., Tuesdsy, during which
$180,000 was paid out to frightened
depositors. The excitement at one
time was intense, causing almost e
panio and giving the police all thej
could do to prevent an outbreak.
The bank is a state and national
bank, and one of the most reliable in
the city. It is thoroughly trusted bj
the business men of Allegheny, and
Cashier Helm said that every demand
would be met promptly.
HARRISON ESTATE APPRAISED.
Dead Ex-Preslelent Left Life Insurance to
Amount of 840,000.
A dispatch from Indianapolis says;
Ex-President Harrison left $40,000 in
life insurance, having carried four
policies of $10,000 each. General
Harrison's executor, the Union Trust
Company, announced Thursday night
that their appraisement of the Harrison
estate gives its total value at
$380,000.
FLORIDA EDITORS ADJOURN.
Next Meeting Will Bo In Pengacola. New
Officers of Association.
The Florida Press Association adjourned
at Miami Friday to meet nexl
year at Pensacola.
The new officers are B. B. Tatum, oi
Miami Metropolis, president; E. W,
Peabody, of The Times-Union anc
Citizen, vice-president; T. J. Apple
yard, of Sanford Chronicle, secretary!
and Phillip Isaacs, of The Fort Myers
Press, treasurer,
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Knelnper* Kxainine New Line.
Engineers representing the Transit
Contract Company, of Philadelphia,
arrived in Charleston a few days ago
to examine the lines surveyed for the
Charleston Subuiban and Summerville
Electric railway, which is seeking
a franchise from conncil. The
company expects to bnild a line to
Summerville, and is after the right of
way to the exposition grounds. The
Consolidated Company has also asked
for the same exposition franchise.
The Philadelphia company will finance
the new road if the engineers make a
favorable report.
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Depositors Are Howling.
An order of court bas been issued at
Charleston requiring Wm. J. Assman,
formerly treasurer of the National
Mercantile Company, a 30 per cent
concern, to appear and answer fhe
charges against the company. Three
hundred depositors, who put money
in the venture iu the hope of securing
big interest, are howling at the absence
of President White.
The amount paid in by depositors
1 was estimated to have been $15,000,but
none of this was returned as payments
> had not matured. White, who lived
> high, disappeared from Charleston and
i when he failed to return the propt
erty was seized by the sheriff.
i White had an easy field in Charleston.
The alluring offers of interest
> caught people of all classes and coli
ors, and they put up freely. After the
i bu k of the capital had been removed
i from Charleston the company failed,
' and this closing camo immediately on
I the heels of the failure of White's
other concern in Washington. The
i assets are small, and there is little
' hope of depositors getting back any
i of the money already paid in.
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1 Player Goes to Pen.
3 F. M. Player, dispenser at Kings-'
f tree, has been found guilty of breach
. of trust with fraudulent intent. Judge
1 Watts sentenced him to three years
and a half iu the penitentiary. This
- is the first conviction of the kind since
I 4 ^ niAnta/l Plovni* i a ft
I I LI e UiJJJCUCQI jr Diaucu. najvt ?
) white man of considerable politioal
. influence. Last Christmas he claimed
3 that robbers rode up to his dispensary
i and robbed the tafe of over $2,000,
which, by law, stimld have been tnrn3
o.d over to the county treasurer. His
t bond had expired the day before and
r other suspicions circumstances led to
- an investigation which ended in coni
viction. Judge Watts refused a new
1 trial.
1
3 Escaped Convict Shot,
i Luther Jones was convicted of arson
i in Orangeburg county in 1893 and
. sentenced for life. He escaped in 1897
. and was recently located in Anderson
1 county, near Honea Path. A day or
two ago a constable and a guard from
9 tho penitentiary found Jones in
a the woods rutting wood. He de.
tied them with his ax. They shot him
3 in the side and leg. Jones ran three
a miles before being caught. The doc3
tors say he will die.
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p Judge Witherspoon Dead.
j Former Circuit Judge Isaac Donem
1 Witherspoon died at Yorkville early
i last Sunday morning, aged 60. Judge
j Witherspoon was greatly beloved for
3 his charity and good works. After
r being on the bench for sixteen years
he retired four years ago. It is a coincidence
that two South Carolina
' judges elected soon after the redemp'
tion of the state, and each retiring voluntarily
after sixteen years, should die
lie same weeK.
Mrs. Treston Brooks Dies at Norfolk.
Mrs. Preston S. Brooks died atNor7
folk, Ya., last Sunday night. The
j funeral was held in Edgefield, her
home. Mrs. Brooks was the widow of
Preston S. Brooks, who was distin'
guished for gallantry in the Mexican
war, and who chastised Charles Sam?
1
mer in the United States senate be1
cause of au unkind refirjnce made by
1 Summer to the venerable Senator But'
ler, of this state. Mrs. Brooks was
1 the mother of Mrs. Y. E. McBee and
of Mr. Preston Brooks, of Sewanee,
\ Tenn.
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Unitarian Minister Resigns.
p Kev. Henry A. Whitman, for twelve
_ years pastor of the Unitarian church
in Charleston, has sent his letter of
resignation to the corporation, and it
has been accepted. The change will
make it necessary for Mr. Whitman to
leave the south, as there are no Unitarian
charges available in this sec[
tion. In a statement made by the
. ?vestry, it is said that while the resignation
is deplored by the congrega1
tion, it was best for the good of all
concerned,
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I Almost a Contennarlan.
Miss Kate Bethune, ninety-nine
years old, died at Bethune, Kershaw
I county, the past week.
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Garrison Quarters Will Be Handsome.
| A Charleston dispatch says: The
property on Sullivan's island, recently
condemned and purchased by the government
for an army garrison, will be
sold and cleared away at once. Work
will begin shortly on the garrison and
splendid quarters will be provided.
The minimum room at the barracks
, will be for four full companies, and
more than half a million dollars will
1 be spent on the buildings and improvements.
The residence for the commanding
' officer will cost 816,000, and homes
1 f/-iv oonfninfl Tvill $1 ft ftftft. Other
buildings will be in proportion. When
' the government's buildings on the
lsianci nas Deen completed tne quarters
will be among the best to be found
anywhere along the South Atlantic
coast. The plan is to make the island
an important station, and since the
erection of the big forts a heavy garrition
will be necessary. The work has
added much to the population and
i wealth of Sullivan's island, although
people who fared best were the owners
. of the buildings bought by the government,
and which will now be dis
mantled and hauled away.
I
Tratn Kobberg Jailed.
i H. lb Bing, James Shaw and John
1 Crawford, three negroes, charged with
being members of the train robbi ig
band whioh has be n operatin 5 around
Ashley Junction, have bjen committed
to jail at Columbia without bond. The
trio was arrested by Trainnfaster
Youngblood and Detective Wetzell of
the Plant System, who were fired on
from the dark after the robbers bad
been captured. It is thought that
other members of the gang, who were
planning a wholesale robbery when
captured, shot at the officers, and dep;
uties sent from the sheriff's office are
making a thorough search for other
members.
RIVER OF FLAMING OIL
Pours Through a New Jersey Village
Causing Destruction
Of Many Buildings.
A river of flaming oil swept down
upon the little village of Glen Gardner,
N. J., while its inhabitants were
asleep SuDdny morning and reduced
eleven buildings, stores and residences
to ashes. The conflagration wa? extraordinary
in character and in its ori
gin.
Tho village is in a valley along the
line of the Jersey Central railroad. An
immense freight train was coming east
at G:30 o'clock a. m. It was composed
of a striug of coal cars and eighteen
tank cars filled with oil.
High above the village the tracks of
the railroad run along the side of a
mountain. They descend as they approach
the villege, bat even at the
station are considera ly above the
main street, which rnns up to the
depot at a steep incline.
A few miles west of the village, while
coming down the incline around the
monntatn, the train parted. The engineer
on the forward part polled open
the throttle of the engine and tried to
race away from tho section, which was
increasing its speed every second. He
managed to keep clear of the racing
cars until ho got opposite the depot at
Glen Gardner,when the second section
smashed into the first.
The crash caused the oil in one of
the tank cars to explode and iguite,
and the terrific heat caused the other
cars to explode, one after the other./
The incline running from the depot
down to the main street acted as a
sluice for the burning oil, and it
poured into the chief thoroughfare of
the village,-setting fire to everything
it touched. Houses, fences, trees,
shrubbery and barns were reduced to
ashes in an incredibly short time.
Villagers awakened by the explosions
rnshed from the oncoming flood
of blazing oil, carrying children in
their arms. Some risked their lives to
free horses, cows and dogs in outbuildings,
bnt other unfortunate animals
could not be reached in time and were
burned.
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J? rom iDe wreciteu euro iuc un oiou
flowed down the incline of the railroad
track, making a long line of Are that
destroyed the ties and bent and twisted
the tracks. The loss is estimated
at from $60,000 to $75,000,
ONLY BRIBES, SAYS BRYAN.
Will Cause Nebraska Fuslonlst Legislator*
to Tote With Republicans.
A special from Lincoln, Neb., says:
In connection with a report that a
number of fusionists were considering
the advisability of voting for republicans
for United States senators or absenting
themselves so that a less number
might elect, William J. Bryan was
asked whether he thought any democrat
or populist would take the responsibility
of giving this aid to the republicans.
Mr. Bryan said:
"Not unless he is bought. I shall
not assume, without evidence, that
any of our legislators are corruptible.
No fusionist can have any legitimate
excuse for helping the Republicans
out of their difficulty. They have a
clear majority in both branches of the
legislature, and if they cannot agree
upon suitable men let them take the
consequences."
COTTON COMPRESS BURNS.
Greenville, Mississippi,| Suffers Property
Los* Aggregating S 100,000.
Friday afternoon Greenville, Miss.,
suffered from a fire that destoryed, on
a conservative estimate, fully $100,000
worth of property. The Greenville
compress was discovered to bo on fire
at 2:30 o'clock. Stored in the yards
of the compress were 9,000 bales of
cotton.
The wind was blowing a gale from
the southeast, and while this helped
to save much of the cotton, as the
flames were carried from the cotton
yard, it made the fire rage furiously
and everything in reach was attacked.
The compress bniMing and machinery
are damaged to th6 extent of
815,000, A conservative estimate
places the cotton loss at 1,500 bales,
valued at $70,000, covered by insurance,
through local agencies.
Eight Hour Law Knocked Out.
In the circuit court at Cleveland,
Ohio, a decision was rendered that the
eight hour day law for city employees
enacted by the last legislature was
u nconstitutional.
BRITISH MUST WITHDRAW.
Until Th?n Haitians Will Not Entertain
Proposals of Settlement.
A dispatch to The New York Herald
from Tien Tsin says:
Count von Waldersee, had long and
separate conversations with the Russian
and English commanding generals
Wednesday. He orally renewed
the propositions which had been made
by telegraph, and which the Russians
had declined to entertain.
General Wogack declined to discuss
the question of ownership until the
British had withdrawn from the ground
claimed by Russia and occupied by his
forces.
Drunkenness a "Disease."
Police Judge L. W. Wachenheimer,
of Toledo, Ohio, has decided that
drunkenness is a disease and not a
crime. Prisoners charged with that
offense appearing before him are discharged
and the costs remitted.
Many Women Will Tote.
The heaviest registration of women
on record in Kanses has been recorded
for the spring cleotion. At most
places the issue is "wet" and "dry"
and a lively contest is expected.
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TO GET AGUINALDO |
General Fonston Undertakes
Perilous Expedition. M
BIDING PLACE IS MADE KNOW*^
Kansan, With a Few Picked Men
and Native Scouts* Will At? v^Sj
tempt the Capture.
A Manila special says: General
Fnnston is now engaged in a daring ./^|h|
project which promises to be the %
greatest and most romantic achievemeut
of his eventful career.
In January, from his hiding place *
in the province of Isabella, Agmnaldo
wrote letters anathematizing the sub--* v-;;%
chiefs who had taken the oath of aliegiauce
to the United States. Lately Jar
Agninaldo ordered certain msurge^
forces in southern Luzon to join him.. ^
at a rendezvous iu Isabella provincials
The rebel officer entrusted with thase '-^1
orders secretly negotiated with the ."j~
tmonVons , _
On securing necessary information
General Punston planned Agninaldo'a >,'
capture aud with General MacArthur'f
authorization proceeded two wodkt,^^
ago to make the attempt. GenanA >,
Funston, with Sergeant Major Harri%^|J| /
Captain Xewtou, of the Thirty-fonrtli >;
infantry; Lieutenant Admire, of the |
Twenty-second infantry;. Lieutenant> ^ "
Mitchell, of the Fortieth infantry; eix
veteran scouts and a company of. ^
tive scouts, all picked men, embarked
on the gunboat Yicksburg and were J
landed on a remote beach above Baler. ||
It was arranged that AguinaldoV y
emissary with the native scouts should ! 2
pass themselves ofl as insurgent troope,"
who, having captured General FoiUK |
ton and others were taking then tK.^
prisoners to Agninaldo. At the rig|til>;|f 2
time, when brought before Agninaldo, ^
General Fnnston was to give a signai,:|^
when the tables were to be tnrned aad-^|9, 1%
Aguinaldo was to be seized. / ^
Six days' march into the interior \
was contemplated. Treachery wan; ^.
considered possible, but every preeeu?>| - tion
was taken. The troops in New
Yizcaya and New Ecija and tbe grin- boats
Yicksburg and Albany were tifcvCXj
co-operate with General
SO IIANT TBOOPS NOT N2XDXD. ';^8 :
It was stated at tbe war departments,^
Saturday that if the favorable Condi- jj$j
tions of the past continne tbe number :: v
of troops necessary in the Philippinee.^i '
will not be as great as has beeUttB*1^ .
ticipated. This view of the caae will
not cause any cessation in enliatmeuti^^^S
nor will any determination be reached^ jf
until fall and accurate information
has been received from Manila. *
A special to the New York Frew
from Washington says: |
Advices from the Philippines are so
encouraging for peace that the war do- j
partment is considering the advisabil?^ v
ity of reducing the garrisons in the ~
archipelago. The reorganized army ; ||
will be recruited to full strength of,100,000
men, but it is believed that j
future requirements will not oompd, u
the administration to maintain thir^ "M
maximum.
About 30,000 regulars will be enti- | g
tied to their discharges in the current ^ M
year. It is proposed to let these sol-' u- m
diers return to their homes and fllfrS their
places. Thus the army can be
reduced to 70,000 men in a perfectly
natural way without interfering with
its discipline of effectiveness.
CONVENTION ADVOCATES WIff. i
People of Tennessee Will Be Given
| Chance at Now Constitution.
j A Nashville dispatch says: The ad* H
vocates of a constitutional convention -.;J
were temporarily discomfited a few
days ago'by the killing of a bill which A provided
for the calling of a convention
to draft a new state charter.
The advocates were undaunted, however,
and have been zealously at wodk
to induce the Democrats to champion
, the measure.
! Their efforts were rewarded FridgyXTjff
by the action of the joint caucus w^jjiHj
voting to support a bill providing for XjgB
. the submission of the question to the
j electorate.
There were sufficient votes in the
caucus to insure the passage of such a bill
by the legislature.
MAIL KATES TO CUBA. - >|j||
Domestic Pontage and Claaiiflcmtion to Bo /?
Applied After April 1st.
Postmaster General Smith, In m>
cor dance with a decision arrived at by
the cabinet has issned the foUowin?^||8
Postmasters are informed that on ^
and after April 1, next, the United
States domestic rates of postage Mill .X/i
| classification shall apply to aU mall X %
matter passing between the United " '
States and Cuba. Notices of ttda ;j
change should be displayed in poet* X
offices' corridors and given to thepub* >?fl
lie press when accepted as aniew*^
CHARLESTON DOGS SAFE. -~M
Negro Convicted In Judicial Court Fo?
Annihilating a Pet Poodle.
At Charleston, S. C., Friday, Mar*
tin Grimball, a negro, was convieted
for malicious mischief in the jndidll
court, the charge against him being
that he had killed apet dog belonging
to Judge Reed. Under a reoent dacision
of the supreme court a dog is -H
rated as property, and as such the J|
owner can seek the aid of the law in
his protection.
MURDERS THREE CHILDREN. - 'fM
Demented Father Usee Ax to Extermiaal# -r^
His Little Family. 1
Jacob Dearborn Marr, a farmer liv- . rrf
j ing eight miles from Clinton,
killed his three children, Alice staged
thirteen; El win, aged nine; Helen,
aged seven, with an ax shortly if- . |
ter the family had risen from the din- ^
ner table Thursday. Mr, Marr hid
been despondent for some time,
his actions were not such as to mike J
his wife believe that he had any it- >3
rioQs trouble to brood over.