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| A The Bamberg Heralex 'm ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3.1901. " ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. |jj|| BURLED TO OBLIVION / Steamer Shattered by Exp'oJing Boiler and Many Lose Life. BOWES HORRIBLY. MUTILLATED Over a Score of Others Injured, Two of Them Fatally?Fire Follows and Adds to Horror of . the Calamity. Vhile the steamboat City of Trenfev ton, of the" Wilmington Steamboat Company, was on her way from Philadelphia to Trenton, N. J., Wednesday afternoon her port boiler exploded, :killing eleven persons and injuring over a score of others. Four passen| a gers are missing, but as many sustained slight injuries, it is thought 1 the missing may be among those who ( did not find it necessary to go to the hospital. The dead are: J. D. Chew, assistant engineer; Miss i* Elizabeth Green, Philadelphia; two firemen, names unknown; one deck 4 hand, name unknown; two passengers, names unknown. 1 Missing: Mrs. John Matthews, Phil- ! adelphia; Mrs. Matilda Cross, Phila- < v . . d<fiphia; two children, who were seen to jump overboard. Twenty-three passengers were in\"?' jured, two cf them?Theresa Rhein ! and Louisa Panschoick?fatally. * i Fire Followed Explosion. W* 1 After the explosion the boat took fire and ran aground. She lies a wreckjp ed and blackened hulk in the marshes j|| v opposite Torresdale, sixteen miles 5 above*Philadelphia. Her hold is filled J - with water, and it is feared more of her passengers and crew may be found ' in the bottom of the boat when the water is pumped out. A boat belonging to the police department is anchored a short distance from the stranded excursion steamer, j pumping the water from the ill-fated 1 g1 vessel. . : The City of Trenton made daily trips between Philadelphia and Trenton. She left the company's wharf at 1:45 ( - o'clock Wednesday afternoon, fifteen minutes behind her schedule time. Her passenger list was lighter than 1 usual and she carried very little ,.-7-'. freight Nothing of moment occurred until j the boat reached Torresdale. Here the steam pipe connecting with the port boiler burst with a loud report It was followed by another explosion and this time the port boiler was rent 1 in twain. Scalding steam and water poured into the cabin and sections of the woodwork of the boat were torn i away by the force of the explosion 1 Those of the passengers who were not s steamed and scarred by the scalding \ steam and boiler water were struck \ by the flying portions of the splintered t cabin. Legs and arms were broken i and faces and bodies were parboiled. The screams of the Injured could De j heard on shore and the cries of those ? who leaped and were blown, into the < river were heartrending. ( : 1 8TATE TREASURER SUSPENDED. < 1 f: Governor of Mississippi Fails to Get i Satisfactory Answer From Stowers. < Wednesday Governor Longino, of < Mississippi, ordered the suspension of I State Treasurer J. R. Stowers and ' appointed G. W. Carlisle temporary < treasurer. Stowers had already stated ! that the $107,000 missing and unaccounted for was deposited in banks under his direction, which is forbidden by law. All the banks of Jackson 1 having denied that they had any of this money on deposit, the governor ^ Tuesday night wrote Stowers for a s complete statement as to the place ] where the deposits were made and all things connected with the transaction, i The reply was unsatisfactory and the * suspension followed. 3 ] Coroner's Jury Exonerates Keegan. Michael Keegan, a night watchman ' 65 years of age, who was charged with < the killing of James M. Ward, a young ( cotton buyer, at Charleston, S. C? was 5 exonerated by the coroner's Jury at s the inquest Wednesday. TILLMAN GIVES WARNING. * He Advises Cotton Mill Presidents ' Against Coercing Employes' Vote. A Charleston, S. C., special says: The statement issued Thursday by 1 Senator Tillman at Spartangurg, in t which he again warned the cotton mill s presidents of the trouble which would < follow any attempt to coerce the mill operative vote for Senator McLaurin, ^ Viae noiiFail a crraaf riaal nf fpplill? uao v auovu w vv?v v%vm* w ? e It has been pointed out all along 1 that the mill vote may be the deciding ballot in the election of a United * States senator next year. The mill { presidents, as a rule, are in sympathy { with the doctrines of Mcl>aurin. J SCHWAB WONT ARBITRATE. Plan of Would-Be Peacemaker Rejected By Trust President. I Simon Burns, who arrived at Indian- ( apolis Thursday announced that his plan for settling the steel strike by arbitration has been rejected by President Schwab, of the United States Steel Corporation. Burns says that an- i other, proposition will be submitted to President Schwab. DISASTROUS WRECK REPORTED. Seventeen Persons Killed In Collision on Great Northern Railway. It is reported in Spokane, Wash., that a big wreck occurred Friday night on the Great Northern, forty miles east ct Kalispell. Mont. Seven, teen persons are reported killed. According to reports received by the officials of the Great Northern, an eastbound freight train ran away on a steep grade in the mountain east of Kalispell and crashed into a westbound passenger train. 5Fv-* . . k ' s labor paper scores sbaffep. In Lengthy Editorial Demand Is Made For His Impeachment?Crisis Near In Strike Situation. A Pittsburg, Pa., special says: While there is no actual change in the strine situation, much transpired Friday calculated.to soon produce results. The conference between the Bay View committee nnri the Amalpamarpd officials, the continued efforts of President Burns, of the Window Glass Workers' Association, to bring about arbitration or conciliation, the scathing editorial in The Labor World calling for impeachment of President Shaffer; the march of the strikers from McKeesport to Duquesne, and the decided effect of the injunction proceedings at Canal Dover, Ohio, all indicate that the crisis is approaching. The editorial in the current issue of The Labor World, the organ of the International Tin Workers' Protective Association and the mouth of the Pittsburg district of the Mine Workers' Union and the Pattern Makers' Association, is a long and bitter attack en President Shaffer, and demands his impeachment for calling the present strike. The demand for the impeachment is made because it is charged President Shaffer compelled the steel workers to violate contracts; because be expelled the Chicago men and revoked their charter without constitu:icnal hearing, and because the whole strike is unconstitutional and has brought ruin and wreck to men who bave made the Amalgamated association. The editorial, which gives twenty-four reasons why President Shaf 2LUU&U UC lUip^O^iiW) xo vuv*v*vu j 'Sacrifice Shaffer; Save the Amalgamated." The most scathing paragraph of the ?ditorial is as follows: "Is" the Amalgamated Association of [ron. Steel and Tin Workers to be sent to a slaughter in a lost fight sacrificed nn the alter of the mad and selfish ambition of this creature, Shaffer? This is no time tor sentiment. It is a time for facts and plain speaking. The I Sght against the steel trust is lost, but no order comes from Amalgamated neadquarters where Shaffer cowers to spare the brave men at the front! Leaders of organized labor, forbid it in the name of the cause you hold iear, but which is menaced as long as Shafferism is allowed to live! Forbid it in the name of labor's honor and bcnesty which Shaffer's act has impugned." Then follows an intimation of an lccusaticn of stock dealing that Mr. j i-haffer has repeatedly denied. IMMENSE CORN SHORTAGE. Bradstreets Report a Deficit Aggregating 675,000,000 Bushels. Bradstreets report of Saturday ays: Late advices as to the probable corn crop yield and as to the resulting effect upon the general business of the country have made for a rather saner view of the subject than could have been taken some six weeks or two months ago. A consolidation of the replies from the seven surplus states of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, Iniiana and Ohio, percentages of increase or decrease by states being based upon the reported yields as iniicated by the department of agriculture, point to a reduction in the yield 3f those states of not far from 650,)00,000 bushels from a year ago. Smaller decreases are likewise indicated in :he smaller corn producing states like Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky sufficient to swell the shortage by perhaps 15,000,000 bushels more. FOUR FIRE VICTIMS. Woman and Three Children Lost Life In Flaming Tenement House. Four persons were killed and seven seriously injured in a tenement fire in Brooklyn, N. Y., Friday night. The victims were: Mrs. Rosie Roth?iser, 37 years of age, jumped from 'ourth story window; Annie Beck, 10 rears; Tillie Beck, 5 years; Frank Budd, infant. The explosion of a kerosene oil stove started the fire. Nets were spread to catch those who jumped from the winlows. Mrs. Rothgiser missed the net, struck on the sidewalk and was instantly killed. TOTAL DEAD TWENTY-EIGHT. dumber of Boiler Explosion Victims Made Known to a Certainty. A Philadelphia special says: It Is iow reasonably certain that at least ;wenty-eight persons perished as a result of the explosion of one of the boilers of the steamer City of Trenton. This conclusion is reached by the poice authorities through the fact that seventeen persons who are reported oy their relatives or friends to have leen on the steamer have not yet been 'ound. These missing persons, with eleven bodies already recovered, make i total of twenty-eight. Ten persoms are still in a serious condition. Forty In Three Months. It is estimated that since May 10no fewer than forty persons have been drowned in flooded streams in North Carolina, by far the greatest loss of - ! ? 1110 D^lDg 111 IVillt'UCii tuuutj. Tarheel Negroes to Hold Fair. It is decided that the next North Carolina negro state fair shall be held at Raleigh, October 28 to November 1, both dates inclusive. Printers Pledge Assistance. Columbia Typographical union, ot Washington city, adopted a resolution pledging both financial and moral assistance to the striking steel workers, and telegraphed the Amalgamated association to that effect. Rapist Quickly Condemned. At Charlotte, N. C., within a period of two hours. William Moore, the negro who assaulted Mrs. Lemuel Martin, near Matthews. N. C., was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang on September 13th. HOWISON UNCOVERS Evasively Denies Interview DIsparaging Admiral Schley. BE IS UPHELD BY DEPARTMENT Personal Letter Is Sent to "Assistant" Hackett?Attorneys For Schley Not Satisfied and Will Challenge. A Washinton special says: Rear Admiral Howison is to remain a member of the Schley court of inquiry, notwithstanding the allege/1 interview with him printed in The Boston Record. Though the navy department refused to comply with Rear Admiral Schley's request that Rear Admiral Howison should be asked whether the interview was correct, that officer evidently thought that the publication of the interview made it incumbent upon him to writp a leter of explanation to the navy department. He accordingly wrote an unofficial letter to Acting Secretary Hackett. In effect this letter denies The Boston Record interview, but does so by inference, rather than explicit}*. Rear Admiral Howison admits that he has discussed with acquaintances the "unfortunate disputes so widely commented on." As is indicated by Acting Secretary Hackett's reply to Rear Admiral Howison. the navy department is entirely satisfied with his course and considers him qualified to sit as a member of the court of Inquiry. The correspondence was sent to Admiral Schley, who discussed it with his counsel. Later in the day the following announcement was made: "Admiral Schley's counsel is entirely dissatisfied with the position of Admiral Howison, as disclosed in his letter to Acting Secretary Hackett." Has Forgotten the Interview. In his communication to the department, Howison says in part: "I have no recollection of the gentleman representing The Boston Record, and I do not approve of his public statement as mine. "I cannot say that I have not discussed with acquaintances matters published in the newspapers relating to our navy's* success, as well as the unfortunate dispute 10 widely commented on. "While I feel highly, honored by the department's selection of myself for this duty, it is anything but a pleasant task to sit in judgment on brother officers. "However, the honor of the selection nor the unpleasantness of court duties do not enter into the reasons tor my now writing to say to you, personally, three thing9. viz.: DEATH CLAIMS GEN. LUDLOW. One of the Best Known Army Officers Victim of Consumption. Brigadier General William Ludlow, United States army, died at Convent, N. J., Friday, cf consumption. His illness was first noticed on his arrival in the Philippines in May last He was at once sent home in the hope that the American climate would restore him, ant' went at once to Convent. General Ludlow was one of the best Vnown officers in the army. "First. To reassure you that I am not responsible for and did not give out such an interview as is alleged in the dispatches from Boston and as stated in the newspapers to have been mentioned by Admiral Schley in a recent letter to the department. "Second. If, however, the department feels that the cause of the navy and of justice will be bqjter served by relieving me fro mduty on the court, I am entirely ready to withdraw voluntarily, or to have the department ; relieve me upon its own initiative. "Third. If, on the other hand, the I department, knowing all the circumstances, desires that I should perform the duty, I am entirely ready to perform it, and can, upon my conscience I and oath, do my duty as a member of j the court 'without partiality,' as the law requires. Yours sincerely and ! respectfully, H. L. HOWISON, "Rear Admiral, U. S. N." Hackett's Reply to Howison. Rear Admiral: Your personal letter of the 24th deserves an immediate reply. "You say substantially that there is no foundation for the statements attributed to you as having been set forth in an interview afterwards published in The Boston Record, and lately made the subject of a communication from Rear Admiral Schley to the department. You evidently have read the correspondence between the admiral and the department as published last week in the newspapers. "The department, let me assure you, has no purpose of relieving you officially of this duty. It has implicit confidence in your sense of justice and fair-mindedness. "Should the counsel for Rear Admiral Schley proceed to offer to the court objection to you, it will be for the court itself to decide the question of ( your competency to sit as a memuer. "What you have said only confirms me in the belief that the department has been fortunate in selecting you as the third member of the court. "Kindly accept the assurance of my personal esteem and believe me yours truly, FRANK W. HAOKETT." Tennessee Valley's First Bale. The first bale of cotton of the Tennessee valley was received in Huntsville, Ala., Friday, and sold for 13 cents. Last year's first bale came in August 26th. New Oil Company Organized. The Moulton Valley Oil Company was organized at Montgomery, Ala., Friday. The company's property lies in Lawrence county, in the Tennessee valley. DEATH LIST SWELLS GREATLY. Further Investigation Shows Horror of Steamboat Explosion More Appalling than First Reported. A Philadelphia special says: It developed Thursday that the result of the explosion of the boiler on the steamer City of Trenton, while on the way up the Delaware river Wednesday afternoon, was more appalling than was at first supposed. In addition to the nine identified dead there are two charred bodies, believed to be those of femals, in the morgue. They are beyond recognition and will be buried in potter's field. The list of missing has reached twenty, and will doubtless add many to the death roll. Of the thirty-three persons taken to the hospital, Mrs. Edna Van Schoick, Nightstown, N. J., and Miss Fannie Keen, Philadelphia, will die. That there are more victims In the river is the firm belief of the authorities, and their failure to find any additional dead is supposed to be due to the strong current in the river at the point where the explosion occurred. Never in the history of the Delaware river has there been such keen rivalry between the lines of river steamers as during this season. Between Phil adelphia and Wilmington cue sieaww lines for a time virtually advertised races between their vessels. For nearly a week the City of Chester and Brandywine, on one line, and the Diamond State on the other, met and raced to a finish every day. Public sentiment, however, caused the patronage to fall off, and.i rulo was then made prohibiting the speed contests. As to the exact cause of the explosion nothing is yet known, but an investigation is to be conducted at onoe. Fire Marshal Lattimer, Coroner Dugan, the police department and the United States boiler inspectors will each carry on an independent investigation, but little can be known until the survivors have been examined and a careful inspection of the wiecked steamer shall have been made.* Many of the passengers who escaped injury maintain that the City of Trenton, which Was late when she left her wharf, was racing at her topmost speed and that if this had not been the case the accident would not have happened. This is partly borne out by a statement said to have been made by Assistant Engineer John Chew. Chew told his wife that he expected to be killed by an explosion on the steamer as the company made the engineers keep up too high a pressure of steam. TURNED BACKS ON SPEAKER. Exciting Episode In Vlrgjpla Constitutional Convention at Richmond. A Richmond, Va., special says: The remarkable spectacle of a number of ladies turning their backs on a public speaker addressing his remarks direetlv to them was witnessed in the constitutional convention Thursday. The incident caused quite' a sensation. The speaker was Colonel John C. Summers, the republican member from Washington county and the most unique character in the body. Colonel Summers was speaking in favor of the submission of the new constitution to the entire present electorate of the state and was very harsh and bitter in his denunciation of the democratic methods in Virginia and of the efforts being made in the framing of the new constitution to disfranchise the negro, i Colonel Summers expressed his love j for the negro and aroused the negroes in the west gallery, to whom he addressed himself directly, to a- high pitch of enthusiasm. Turning to the east, or white gallery, in which there were many ladies, who sat with hands uplifted, he declared that the convention, holding itself to be sovereign, proposed to disfranchise the husbands of some of TTTb fairest women in Virginia. A number of the ladies turned their , backs to the speaker, and ere Colonel Summers concluded the sentence, Mr. Willis, a democrat, with face white with anger, called him down for addressing the galleries instead of the j convention. The "Beautiful" In Colorado. A dispatch from Denver, Col., says: Snow fell for an hour in Alpine Pass Thursday and was followed lfr a severe storm. MOTHER AND BABE MANGLED. Crushed to Death Under Wheels of Rapidly-Moving Trolley Car. At Birmingham, Ala., Saturday Mrs. Fannie McGill, carrying a baby in her arms, was run down by a trolley car and mother and child were mangled to death, being dragged half a blockunder the car. The accident was witnessed by many people. John Smith, the regular motorman, and Charles Courson, a learner, were immediately ^rrested and nlaced in the county jail without bond. Smith Is charged with murder and Courson with manslaughter. SIR KNiGHTS ADJOURK. Conclave Ends With Grand Ball?Next Meeting to Be Held In 'Frisco. After electing officers and selecting, San Francisco as the place of meeting, the first Tuesday in September, 1904. the twenty-eighth triennial conclave of Knights Templars adjourned at Louisville Thursday. The festivities came to an end at a magnificent ball held Thursday night at the horse show building. WOMAN CHARGED WITH FORGERY Miss Eastwick, of Philadelphia, Arraigned In London Police Court. A London special says: .Marie Josephine Eastwick. of Philadelphia, was arraigned in the Guild Hall police court Monday charged with havin.i forged a railway certificate of the value of $500,000. Sensational evidence was presented. The public prosecutor said the defendant had been residing in England for eighteen months and was believed to be an American of wealth. TBIRIV=SIX VICTIMS Wreck on Railroad in Montana Most itorrible on Record. CAUSED BY A RUNAWAY TRAIN At Lightning Speed Wild Cars Crash Into Passenger Coaches?Fire Complete the Work of Death and Destruction. Thirty-six lives were lost and thirteen persons injured in the wreck on the Great Northern railway passenger train No. 3, at Nyack, 30 miles west of Kalispell, Mont., Friday night. The dead are: P. T. Downs, assistant general superintendent of the Great Northern lines west of Mmot, North Dakota; K. T. Downs, his son; Henry Blair, cook aboard the private car of Mr. Downs; Thirty-three Scandinavian laborers, names unknown. The inujred: Thirteen Scandinavian laborers, names unknown. Latest reports indicate that the wreck was the worst in the road's history and one of the most sanguinary in the annals of American railroading. Three of the injured will die and the others are in a serious condition. By heroic efforts fifteen of the bodies were taken from the wrecked cars. All the other victims were cremated, including Superintendent P. L. Downs and. his son, T. K. Downs. Cause of Disaster. There Is a severe grade near the scene of the wreck. Two engines had taken a train of twenty-eight freight cars up this grade and drawn off to take water. While doing this all the twenty-eight cars started down the grade. The runaway train dashed down the grade at frightful speed and crashed into the rear of a westbound passenger train, No. 3, near the siding at Nyack. Superintendent Downs' private car was attached to the passenger train and next to it was a day coach filled with railroad laborers from Duluth. As the runaway train sped by the switch it struck a caboose and day coach on | tne siding wrecKing mem. Fire immediately started from the oil lamps in the caboose. The point where the wild train crashed into the passenger was several hundred feet away, aiyl it was two and a half hours before the flames reached the main wreck. eMantime frantic efforts were made to take out the dead and injured. The wreck was piled high and wedged into almost hopeless confusion, and in spite of superhuman efforts the flames burst through the wrecked cars before the work was completed. J. H. Blair, colored cook in Mr. Downs' car, was taken out alive, but died in a few minutes. It was impossible to get at the bodies of Superia tendent Downs and his son. The runaway tore down the hill at lightning speed, rounding the most severe curves at a speed upward of 70 miles an hour, where regular trains barely crawled along. With a roar it burst around the curve, jumped a split switch which would have turned it to the side track and crashed into the passenger. There was neither time nor opportunity for escape. Mr. Downs' car and that of the laborers were smashed into kindling wood, the occupants of the private car meeting instant death. * The wreckage and the shingles and lumber of the freight burned like tinder. DECLARES FIGHT IS LOST. Former Vice President Amalgamated Association Scores Strike Leaders. n PS a ay illglli. rti me siadhu a i. r ?.ii ville. about ten miles north of Newark. Engineer William Meagher, of Sod lis Point, was killed: twenty-eight persons were injured, two of whom. Howard Tubbs. ticket agent at Lake Shore, and Libbie Ford, of Newark, will probably die. % / Charges that the national officers of the Amalgamated association had misrepresented the attitude of the United States Steel Corporation toward organized labor, in order to get the members of the association out on strike, were made by former Vice President Hickey at a meeting of the Bay View lodge at Milwaukee Sunday. The situation, as summed up by Mr. Hickey, is that it may take years to repair the damage to the association which has already been done. The strike is practically lost, he said, as 72 per cent of the mills are working. OUR CUBAN TRADE SHORT. Figures Show That We are Sufferers By Radical Changes. Some figures relating to the export and import trade of Cuba for the first seven months of this year, as compared with a similar period last year, just published by the division of in stlar affairs, war department, indicate that radical changes are going on in :hat trade. It is known that the United States and other North American countries are the sufferers from this turn of trade. ABDUL ORDERS GUNS. Sultan Will Go to War Rather Than Yield to Unreasonable Demands. A special from Vienna, Austria, says: The Tagcblatt in its issue of Wednesday published mail correspondence from Constantinople which states that the sultan will go to war rather than yield to unreasonable demands; that he is studying plans for defense, and that he has ordered 300 guns from Germany. SWIFT TRAIN LEAVES TRACK. Engineer Killed and Twenty-Eight of the Passengers Receive Injuries. The accommodation train leaving Sodus Point. N. J? over the Northern Central railroad was derailed Wed"i - - ? 5 -- * - * ~ + ~ CREAn OF NEWS ? Summary of the Most ? T Important Daily f J Happenings Tersely Told. | ?Rev. Sam Small Is preparing to make a tour of Georgia and will speak in behalf of the prohibition cause. ?Ex-Judge Dudley DuBose is released from jail, where he was held for contempt, on $5,000 bond, and will get a rehearing. ?Labor day was generally oDserveu in the cities of the south Monday. Parades, sports, athletic games, etc., were the principal features. ?Postmaster Edwards, of Macon, has permission of postmaster general to try a new scheme of parcel and letter delivery. ?Coal Creek miners are on strike because the operators refused to confer with them about the demands made. ?Clint Williams, a negro convict, while being taken on a train to Raleigh, N. C., jumped from the cars and was killed by the guards. ?William J. Bryan was the oratdr of the day at the Kansas City Labor day celebration. Taking for his text, "Muzzle not the ox that treadeth out the com," he proceeded to flay the trusts for their treatment of labor. ?President Shaffer and the steel strikers led the van of the Pittsburg labor parade. Speaking of the steel trust, Shaffer said the strikers would never yield and threatened a run on banks and sympathetic strike of coal miners as last resorts. ?Vice President Roosevelt was the central figure at the Minneapolis fair Monday. He discussed combinations and the foreign policy of the United States. ?Near Des Moines, Iowa, a young white girl was assaulted by a gang of negroes and dragged into the woods. Almost nude she succeeded in escaping. Two of the negroes have been arrested. ?Governor General Wood, of Cuba, was in Washington Monday en route to Havana. He looks for a speedy adjournment of the Cuban convention and wishes to be at his post when it closes. ?Miss Eastwick, a wealthy American lady, is held In London on a charge of forgery involving half a million dollars. Miss Eastwick is well known and prominent in Philadelphia. ?The Colombian rebels are beseigIng Bocas del Toro and the situation there is critical. The United States consular agent is calling for a gunboat. Munlr Bey, the Turkish envoy, visited Paris after relations between France and Turkey were broken and celebrated the sultan's birthday. For this insult he was ordered to leave French territory. It is reported France will send a naval squadron to Turk ?Mrs. Curly Norris and ber baby were crushed to death in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday morning byi a trolley car. The motorman and conductor were arrested and jailed. ?The county revenue commission at j Chattanooga, Tenn., 'made its report j Saturday, showing the amount certain ' justices had drawn in illegal costs. ?Jellico miners, in Tennessee, have concluded to leave their trouble to arbitrators and continue work until October 1. Coal Creek miners are on strike. ?Thirty-six lives were lost in wreck on Great Northern railway at Nyack, Mont. Assistant General Superintendent P. S. Downs among the dead. Thirteen were injured. S ?Yankee, the fast colt owned by John E. Madden, won the classic Futurity at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., Sat-' urday. It was worth nearly $40,000. ?Steel strikers claim biggest victory of the fight on account of open hearth workers of Duquesne steel works quitting work. Existence of strike is denied by mill officials. The situation is reported as fast approaching a crisis. I ?Recent figures published by the division of insular affairs how radical changes this year in the import and export Cuban trade, by which this country is the loser. ?Twelve French journalists are coming to America to inspect the newspaper establishments of this country. ?The property of the Ruskin colony, socialists, near Valdosta, Ga., was sold by the sheriff Saturday. Part of it was a good printing outfit. i ?For the first time in the history of North Carolina the governor issued a Labor day proclamation. rni* - nno otorl low POnillP. 1 lit: 1 CtCUHJ' CUav, tvu i?n ? ing butcher shops to close, was put in operation Sunday in New York city. A number of arrests followed. ?Charleston, S. C., has' invited Chauncey Depew to make an address . at the opening of her exposition. ?A terrific storm swept over Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday, leaving the city ' in the throes of a raging flood. Fatalities unknown, but $1,000,000 damage was done. ?As a result of the railroad wreck J near Newark, N. Y., 11 persons are dead and three others are expected to die. ?Turkey, through the medium of a telegram, has now evinced a desire to have diplomatic relations restored with France. A NEW STEEL COMPANY. Rich Corporation Will Erect Mills at New Castle, Pa. A new steel company, to be known as the Independent Steel Company, has been organized and will immediately erect a plant at New Castle, Pa. Articles of incorporation have been applied for. The capital stock is $i,? 500.000. A site has been selected and contracts have been let to a Pittsburg concern for the erection of two mills. II is stated that other mills will be erecf. ed later. 'r * I SOUTH CAROLINA I } STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ iCMCNICNirorsHNKNACMl Strikers Return to Work. A Columbia dispatch says: About half their number ot regular employes have returned to the cotton mills. By count 710 people, halt of them children, entered the Olympia, Richland and Granby mills and resumed work. Another meeting of the union has been held, at which many new members were initiated. Resolutions were passed indorsing the fairness of The State in dealing with the strike. ? Work Will Soon Begin. Mayor Smyth has been advised that the special board of naval engineers which will locate sites tor the various buildings at the Charleston navy yard may start any day for the city to make an actual beginning of the work. The property which was re-1 cently acquired is now in the possession of the government and the plans ior the big dry dock are about complete. As soon as the engineers can arrange the preliminary details in the city they will return" to Washington, prepared to call for bids. By reason of the great need for a dry dock in southern waters this big structure will get first consideration. It will be sufficiently large to hold any vessel built or "building l'or the United States navy. Mayor Smyth has also been advised by Admiral Endicott - ? - M IV. mat me appropriations iw cue can; stages of the dry dock building are available, and there will be no cause for delay. The total amount ta be ex pended at Charleston by the navy department is $6,000,000. * Inspecting Terminal Properties. Officials of the Seaboard Air Line, headed by Vice President and General Manager J. M. Barr. arrived in Charleston a day or two ago to inspect terminal properties recently acquired by that system. The party examined the terminals of the Louisville and Nashville railroad and strength is given to the report that the Seaboard Is negotiating for the purchase of this property. An option has been secured by a local dealer and it is said that the Seaboard will buy if a proper adjustment of the price can be made. The terminals are the most valuable of any in that part of the state. The Seaboard'8 line, which has been surveyed to the west, by way of Augusta, and other Georgia cities, will positively be constructed, Mr. Barr said, Adding that he was pleased with the progress already made. Should the Seaboard get control of the Louisville and Nashville's water front property, it will be better equipped for the export trade than any other railway line enteiing Charleston. * Depew Invited to Exposition. The following was adopted by the Charleston exposition directors at a recent meeting: "The South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition ia an exposition with an idea, its aim being the expansion of American commerce in neighboring, open and most profitable, fields. Its purpose is to suggest business policies for the future and to emphasize the beginning of the twentieth century by a timely afcd comprehensive tribute to commerce and the arts of peace. Appreciating the intelligent interest which he has always manifested in the development of the commercial and industrial resources of the country and particularly the friendly interest he has taken in the success of the exposition to be held at Charleston, the board of directors extend to the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, United States senator from the state of New York, a cordial invitation to deliver the leading address at the opening of the exposition on December 1, and trust that he will find it practicable to perform this patriotic service." * * Battle With an Eagle. A day or two ago a large American eagle which was captured near Charleston after it had whipped a catamount, was sent to th^ city and placed in a cage, from which it had to be removed later on. The owner advertised for a brave man, willing to overpower the bird without weapons. H. J. Welch, a piano tuner, agreed to undertake the job, and a crowd sui> rounded the building to watch the < event Welch' first endeavored to throw a sack over the eagle's head, but this failed and the eagle showed signs of fight. The door was quickly opened and Welch rushed in. He seized the eagle by the legs, but it gave a swift lunge toward the door, passing out and dragging the would-be captor. Welch was dragged twenty feet, when the eagle turned and a desperate light followed. The piano tuner was getting the rough en<l of the conflict, but bystanders interfered and the eagle was crippled and shoved into another cage. Welch was bruised and scratched, but otherwise was not injured. * * Strikers Still Have Hope. P. J. Conlon, of Atlanta, vice president of the International Association of Machinists, has arrived in Charleston for the purpose of trying to adjust the differences between the Southern railway and the striking machinists. He has addressed the local lodge, and has assured the men that they will be supported in the fight, which he says will be won by the strikers. So far as the railroad is concerned, however, the strike has already ended. President Spencer and General Manager Gannon have made repeated statements to the effect that the men will not be allowed to return to their former positions under any circumstances. and in view of this business men of Charleston have advised the strikers to seek other positions. Many W& ' of them have accepted the advice, but > the men still out are taking great hopes from the words of Mr. Conlon. *' && : The question, however, seema to rest .j with the railroad, so far as the Charles- JeSS [ ton troubles enter, and the ultimatnm ;; from headquarters Is final. # m After a manner the strike in Charles* ton has been more unique than at any #. other point -along the Southern ays* tem. Because of the outrages by the. '1 ^ ^ bad element, the company was force&;j|8|jj to fit up living quarters over the ahops?v'^^^ where non-union men have been living ever since reaching the city. Attempts have been made to get these workers out, but they have failed, and the 5 ular routine goes on without Interoap-sgj tion. The non-union men do not see?-"^|pS$ to bother with the conanement, wmcBgi is not only satisfactory to them, but was arranged at their request " HESTER'S COTTON CROP TOTALS* An Increase cf Nearly One Hundred ; I* Thousand Bales of the Fleecy Staple Is Predicted. -'Wk -* ? A New Orleans special says: totals of Secretary Hester's annual port of the cotton crop of the States was promulgated Monday. show receipts of cotton at all UMtod^C'^v^^ States ports for the year of 7f665,4QQ^^^ against 6,374,364 last year* overlaa&ll ''lili to northern mills, 1,140,237, against '?j?9 161,189; southern consumption tak?a^-v'^^ direct from interior of the cotton belt 1,576,733, against 1,540,863, making J||B the crop of the United States for 1901 amount to 10,283,422 against 9,436,416 last year and 840 the year before. Mr. Hester has made his usual ln?-J:"^|j vestigation into the consumption every cotton mill in the south, inclod^'Jing woolen mills that have used ten, and the results show a totsl':'|l?t<^S| 1,620,931 bales, but of this 44,198 balei^-;-^* were taken from ports included in receipts. This total shows that th%j|?||?|M mills of the south have used up bales more than during 1899-1900,< against a consumption by the nortk;^|| 2,050,000. He makes the actual cotiQf&j crop of Texas, including Indian Tert^^|||| tory, 3,808,568, or say, 1,218,056 btj#'-|;:|j|j more than last year, and states thntjfl the actual production of Indian tory wag 299,330, against 156,064 year. U? Xlaatav akn C1VPS the aCtUalls?^?^ production of Oklahoma 119,063, Missouri 25,794. His report on the ton crop for the different states is gjkw^^ j*||h en as follows in thousands of hales* North Carolina, etc 54S^ South Carolina Georgia Alabama 1,000 V "^I^S Mississippi TOclI Louisiana * 719 wT >||a Arkansas 763 Tennessee, etc. 36M-;3SM Texas, etc 8,80t|| -y"||i Total crop, bales 10,S8Jtj || North Carolina above includes K?l^||r^ tucky and Virginia; Tennessee eludes Oklahoma, Missouri, KaaewOy^ and Utah; Texas includes Indian ritory. r -j|5 Mr. Hester's full report will contafif^^^ interesting facts in relatiot to the tlnued increase in the spindles ?t|| || southern mills and to new mills building, some of which will come tnto^ltiSj operation during the new commercW^ ^$?1 year. He will also give interesting^ facts - 'B showing that with an excess in*balei^|^|S over last year of 941006 the south tained for the <crop an increase Ojf y S $130,782,729, the value of this yenrt^ crop having reached the enormous to? J tar of $494,567,549, more in dollars - B than has ever before been obtained far*-JJ || any crop. He compares the value ^ this crop with that of the year before' ?? '5|| last?11,274,840 bales, the largest ever ' rg grown?and shows that we have re- .y ; B ceived this year for 891,418 bales le^|| $211,794,562 more. Mr. Hester says % .^Jp nutu it 19 wuoiu^&cu ui??r uiv past cotton crops have been sold *g the south for $858,352,369, their, portance will be appreciated as the :||| means of bringing prosperity to thejsj 4I cotton states. "BUMPING" FEATURE OMITTED. % ZM ?? * Kaiser Bill Waives Katowing Cere- ;;g|| mony In Receiving Chinese. Monday night Prince Chan and Ma 1 ^ entourage left Basle, Switzerland, for ~ ^ Berlin by the imperial special Before starting a member of'the mjp >|| -f. sion said that Emperor William had .,- ^ decided to waive the ceremony e?|9 > katowing and that the only persons to be received by him in ceremonial sn>: ^ dience would be Prince Chan and Tin i Chang. The member in question said : also that the hi is slop would remain is - * v Berlin for a fortni?t and had receiv* "'M ed and accepted invitations from the ^0 British, Italian, American, Belgian and ^ Japanese governments. | Financial Aid For Strikers. The San Francisco branch of the >:'j International Iron Molders' Union has f been given $5,000 by the national bodyi for the benefit of the members on !? strike in that city. An Eighty-Five Million Mortgage. The St. Louis and San Francisco . Railroad Company Thursday filed with Oklahoma's secretary its $85,000,000 refunding mortgage given to d I the Morton Trust Company, of New 3; York. It is due in 1951 and carrieaji $42,000 internal revenue stamps. |j POLICE OFFICERS ON Thief Chasers at Chicago Charged I With Defrauding the City. I The three officers of the detective 1 bureau of the Chioago police depart* 1 ment who are^harged with defrauding . JB the city by means of fictitious expense 9 accounts were put on trial Monday be* ? fore the civil serviee commission. The accused officers are Lieutenant Peter \ J I J. Joyce, Detective Sergeant John 0. % Cramer and Detective John J. Tract)*, '\jm ** s;- '*?'* t**-' - T**'