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I ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 18. 1903. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ;|
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Town Whelmed b
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Gigantic Avalanche of Water
v Swooped Down Upon
Victims Without
r* Warning.
One-Third of Population of Little Village
of Heppncr Sent to Their
Doom?Besides the Dead,
Over Two Hundred are
Injured?A Dire
Calamity.
Following a cloudburst, a wall of
water 2D feet high rushed down the
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guJcn 01 willow creeK ai uusk ouuuaj
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;*y/_ and drowned nearly half of 1,250 mv
, habitants of the little village of Hepp4
? ner, Oregon. The furious water car^
ried th& residence part of Heppner
away. So great was the force of the
v- water that bowlders weighing a ion
w?re rolled along the gulch, crushing
everything in their path. Wires,
bridges nod railroads were swept away j
and complete reports have not been re- j
ceived. The most reliable reports, how-j
ver, say that the loss cf life at Keppner
will be at least 500, though the (
number of dead probably is larger.
A report from lone, 17 miles from ;
jr Heppner, says that 300 bodies carried j
there by the flood have been recovered. |
The flobd came with sucu suddenness
that the inhabitants were unable to
seek places of safety and were carried
down to death by the awful rush of water.
Some of the business part of
Heppner, which is on the high ground,1
% escaped. Early in the afternoon a
thunder stcrm occurred, covering a
wide region of country, and later a
f\r tho
noavy raiascoriu sci iu, mauj> vi <.u?
small streams overflowing their baaKs
in a short time. Bridges were swept
away like straws, and the darkness of
- : tfce night soon made the situation more
appalling. I
As soon as possible after the flood
subsi'ded the work of relief was begun
by. the surviving residents.
Dozens of bodies were found lodged
along the bends of the stream, and in
, 'several places* they were piled two or!
three deep. Up to 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon 200 bodies had been recov^
ered within the town:
Many sof the buildings which were
v " not Harried away were moved from
their foundations or toppled over.
Hundreds of horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs, that had gone into the
creek bottoms for water, perished.
Aa soon as possible news was sent
Dy courier to the near-by towns asking
-xelief for the stricken people.
The "Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company started a relief train, with
anu sunniios from The Dalles
jfc shortly after noon with a party of
100, including three doctors, four
nurses and supplies of all kinds. At
1:30 * o'clock Monday afternoon a relief
train, with doctors and supplies,
started for the scene from Portland.
The citizens of Portland started a relief
fund as soon as the news of the
disaster spread over the city, and
within a few hours $5,000 was raised.;
Supplies will be rushed to Heppner. j
Fifteen buildings in Lexington, 9 j
miles- below Heppner, on Wilow'
creek, were washed away, but no |
loss -of life, the inhabitants having
time- to save themselves from the j
surging torrent
At^Ione, 17 miles away, damage
<? was done to buildings, though no loss
of life is reported.
All Houses Swept Away.
Heppner is situated in the narrow
valley of Willows ereek. Advices to
The Portland Chronicle stated that a
great storm was raging Sunday afX
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f ICTI1UIW1 <XL O . OV auu a viv/uuuui o w vv
^ curred a short distance above Hepp&
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"SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT.'.'
Author of Famous Sentence- Passes
Away at Atow of Seventy-One.
George Bethune McCarter, a prominent^
democrat of New York and one
of the first chiefs of the bureau of engraving
and printing in Washington,
is dead at his home in Saleftt in the
seventy-first year of his age.
Mr* McCarter wrote in dictation as
private secretary to General John A.Dix,
secretary of the treasury in
President Buchasan's cabinet, this
message:
"If any man pulls down the American
flag shoot him on tne spot."
PIRATES DEMAND A RANSOM,
n^nartment Advised of Kidnap
V k? *W _ .
ing of American ira China.
The following cablegram has been
received at the state department from
United States Consul General McWade,
at Canton, China, dated Wednesday:
"American kidnaped by pirates
while proceeded from Canton to Hennghan.
Nine thousand dollars ransom
is asked. I have sent the Callac
(American gun boat) to the rescue
ALLEGED ROBBER IS NABBED.
John Bibb Held on Charge of Looting
Ticket Office of $7,000.
The arrest of John Bibb was effected
at Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday afternoon.
Bibb is wanted in Birmingham.
Ala., where he and an accomplice
are alleged to have robbed the
safe in the Louisville and Nashville
ticket office several weeks ago. The
rmaunt taken is placed at $7,000,
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y Cloudburst and :
Watery Grave.
ner and a wall of water like the Columbia
river rushed down tne valley.
Had No Warning.
The roar of the storm deafened the
roar of the water and the people had
no warning of the oncoming flood.
Suddenly it rushed through the
town, sweeping houses from their
foundation and drowning the people
in the wrecks of ineir own homes,
the dead bodies and wreckage' being
borne down the valley. Scores are
still unaccounted for. The flood subsided
quickly.
The railway, telegraph and telephone
lines were badly damaged in
the valley.
At Heppner the residents suffered
most, though the business section was
flooded. The county authorities are
taking care of the sufferers. Besides
fhe dead from 100 to 200 people are
reported injured.
JEWS CRY TO ROOSEVEL.
Prominent Delegates from the B'Nai
Brith Call at White House and
Present Grievances.
Through their representative association,
B'Nai Brith, the *ews of
Ameriea, Monday morning, laid the
case before President Roosevelt and
Secretary Hay. By appointment at
half past 10 o'clock, the executive
council of the association called at
the state department. They were Leo
N. Levy, president, of New York;
Jacob Furt, vice president and treasurer,
of Cleveland; Solomon Sulzberger,
honorary secretary, New York;
Joseph D. Coo.ns, Wilkesbarre. Pa.;
Adclph Moses, Chicago, and Simon
Wolf, of Washington.
Secretary Hay received the council
and spent three-quarters of an
hour listening to their representations
and commenting upon them.
Then the secretary escorted his callers
to the white house, where they
were received by President Roosevelt
and again set out their views and
listened to what he had to say in reply.
The interviews with both the
president and Secretary Hay were
extremely satisfactory to the coun
cil. although it scon .ccnme apparent |
that positive action could not immediately
be had upon the betterment
of the condition of Jews in Russia.
HAD PISTOL DURING TRIALS.
Convicted Murderer Wilcox Greatiy
Surprised Jailer at Elizabeth City.
A special from Elizabeth City, N.
C., says: Jim Wilcox, twice convicted
of the murder of Nellie Cropsey,
left the city Monday in charge of j
; Sheriff F. T. Winslow, to begin-his
thirty years' sentence in the penitenl
tiary at Raleigh. Previous to the ar- I
| rival of the officers at the jail, he
! offered to sell the jailer a pistol, and,
to the latter's amazement, took a
thirty-eight caliber revolver from his
pocket and fired three shots, then
gave it to the jailer. He claims that
, he carried this pistol during both
> trials. It was fastened to his leg by
his garter.
SERVIANS ELECT NEW KING.
Without a Ripple cf Excitement, Peter
of Jaw-Breaking Name, Installed.
With scarcely tne excitement which
marsk an ordinary fete day in the j
j capital, Servia Monday instituted a
j new dynasty. Within less than two
hours from the time of meeting in the ;
wing of the royal palace where King j
Alexander and his queen were shot j
down, the senate and skupsktina, in
j joint session, had legally and with j
due formality elected Prince Peter j
Karageorgeovitch king of Servia.
Reward Offered fcr Cornwall.
The governor of Alabama has offered
a reward of $300 for the arrest and
delivery to Jefferson county jail of the
defaulting Bessemer bank president,
T. J. Cornwall, of Bessemer.
LOST CASH IN SPECULATION.
Watson Appears in Washington Court
and Pieads Not Guilty
James Watson, the clerk in the auditor's
office of the district government,
at Washington, who was arrested
for alleged embezzlement of large
sums, appeared in the police court
Wednesday, pleaded not guilty and j
waived a preliminary hearing. Bail J
was fixed at $30,000, which Watson j
wa= unahlft to.eive.
According to the authorities, most
of the money Watson is "alleged to
have embezzled was spent in stock
speculations. His books are in a deplorable
condition.
CLOUDBURST SWEPT CANCN.
Thirty Persons Reported Drowned by
Deluge in Arizona.
Seven bodies, the greater portion of
which were those of women, have thus
far been recovered at Ciitton. Arizona,
after the torrent from the cloudburst
I of Tuesday night had spend its fury, j
: Thirty persons are missing and the |
| property loss will exceed $100,000.
The Arizona Copper Company, loea-!
j ted in a canon through which the v.*a-1
i tor swept, was the worst sufferer, -s \
j loss will reach 550,000.
DECLINES TO ACCEPT AID.
Russia Will Watch After Kishinef j
Sufferers Without Assistance.
Numerous offers have reached the
Russian government from American
sources to aid the families of sufferers
in the recent Kishinef incident. Ali
i such offers have been declined for !he
^reason that Russia is entirely capable
I of extending relief, and, under the cir
cumstances, cannot accept aid frou
the outside.
CITY UNDER WATER1
East St. Louis in Mighty
Grasp of Flood.
MANY REPORTED DROWED
Known Fatality List Is Eleven?Disaster
Result of Broken Levee.
Gang of Looters Reported
Shot by Guards.
A special from ^.c. Louis, Mo., says:
Almost two-thirds of the territory embraced
by East St. Louis, Ills., is under
from two to fifteen feet of water.
Between twilight Tuesday night and
dawn Wednesday eleven lives were
sacrificed to the angry waters and
damage which no one has attempted
to estimate has been done to property.
Not a wheei of industry is turning
in East St. Louis, but the flooded waters
whirl and suck at the foundations
of many great buildings that have
been deserted. The vast railroad
v - nnlif hv hundreds
varus c'uu ut* iui.ai^u uu^j -?
of half-submerged ears and locomotives.
Huge grain elevators stand
surrounded by running water.
To the south beyond the railway
yard are thousands of cottages owned
by laborers and containing their all,
submerged to the eaves.
In northern East St. Louis the condition
is not so bad.
The business portion of the city and
the district containing the better residences
is still intact, but for how long
is not known. Broadway, running
from Eads bridge east to the city limits,
a wide street built of sand and
walled with stone 15 feet high, divides
the city in halves. Over ien feet of
water is pressing against Broadway
from the south and in many places Is
seeping through in streams as thick as
a man's body. Traffic over certain
portions of the thoroughfare has been
prohibited. If Broadway breaks, the
water will rush over much of the city
until Missouri avenue, running parallel
one block north, is encountered.
How the Flood Came.
Along the river front to the west a
levee of sand bags from 2 to 6 feet
high and two miles long keeps the river
out. Tuesday night the river suddenly
began to rise. Tired men worked
with energy to strengthen the sand
bag levees. The city was made safe
along the river front, but word wa3
received that the Illinois Central embankment
skirting the river along the
southern boundary of the city, was
about to give way. Couriers were sent
to shout warnings to the inhabitants
of the southern half of the city, and
hundreds cf laborers and citizens hastened
to strengthen the embankment.
Locomotives rushed car loads of sand
bags to the place and work was hurriedly
begun.
Accustomed by this time 10 warnings
of impending danger, the inhabitants
did not leave their homes'. Higher
and higher crept the water until a
thiok stream began to pour over the
embankment and suddenly it broke.
The break occurred at 11:40 o'clock
Tuesday night. A section of the embankment
was torn out and a stream
25 feet wide rushed through. Another
section of the embankment went out a
few minutes later and then that portion
standing between the two streams
went down and the river poured
through.
The alarm spread like wild fire, and
whistles were blown, bells rung, shots
fired and cries of warning were sounded,
but even with all' this pandemonium
many of the inhabitants failed to
leave their homes. Within an hour the
houses stood in water hat reached to
the roofs of the one-story cottages.
Many fled to large brick buildings.
Rescue boats Wednesday found many
people in second stories and on house
tops, but there is grave fear that many
dead will later be found in the flooded
cottages and the desolated quarter.
In the turmoil it has been impossible
to verify reported deaths, but from
apparently reliable sources the Associated
Press gathered that the following
eleven persons were drowned
Tuesday night:
John Koolish and three children,
drowned " on north side; unidentified
TERROR REIGNS IN JACKSON.
People of the Town Now Fear Flames
as Well as Bullets.
The second wee kof court in
Breaihitt county, Kentucky, opened
at Jackson, Monday, with a reign of
terror. One term of court was overlapping
another. While the petit jury
continued hearing testimony in the
murder cases of Curtis Jett and
Thomas White, the grand jury was
hearing evidence in the cases of Josepr
Crawford and Edward Tharpe,
tliA ITnrcria VirrvthPT":
ICttiUOltlO IVi CU^ JLJv>
who are held on the charge of arson
for burning the Ewen hotel.
MINERS IN CONVENTION.
Delegates Angered Over Refusal of
,Operators to Recognize Conciliators
The special convention of the United
Mine Workers of the three anthracite
districts, called for the purpose
of dealing with the refusal of the operators
to recognize the conciliators
appointed by the joint executive
board, opened at Scranton, Pa., Monday,
with National President John
Mitchell presiding and 640 delegates
WEST VIRGINIAN IS SELECTED
j To Take Charge of North Georgia
Agricultural College at Dahlonega.
j At the meeting of the board of trustees
of the University of Georgia, at
; Athens, Monday, Dr. ?. S. Avis, of
| West Virginia, was elected as prcsii
dent of the North Georgia Agricultur
a! coilege, a branch of the state uni|
versify, situated at Dahlonega.
I Dr. Avis succeeds President J. S.
; Stewart, who has resigned to become
i held agent for the university.
baby, E. II. Sherwood, Lawrence Day,
two unidentified women, two unidentified
men.
It was currently reported that seven
negroes caught looting houses Tuesday
night were shot to death. They
were all on a raft and were surprised
by guards who shot them down and
threw their bodies in the water. While
this is not confirmed it is known
that there was heavy cring 0:1 the
north side where these negroes aro
said to have been iuiied.
Gave Lives for Gear.
The deaths of Jonu Koolish, a Polish
carpenter, and his three children,
two boys aged 5 and 1, respectively,
and a girl of 12 years, were drowned
by trying to save three kegs of beer.
The Koolish home had been surrounded
by water lor several days.
The family had been living in the second
story. Tuesday nignt decided to go
to land. Koolish took two sons and
his wife and three-months-old baby
safely to land. He then returned for
his other three children. Getting
them safely into the boat, he stopped
at a submerged house to take off three
u-pp-s nf hper as reauested uy the own
er, a friend. In trying to loan the
kegs into the boat the craft was overturned
and the occupants were swept
to their deaths by the swift current, in
full sight of the mother.
Scene Beggars Description!.
The scene in East St. Loui3 beggar3
description. Hundreds of families
from the choicest residence portions
of the city carrying trunks, grips,
bundles of clothing and valuables, negan
to cross Eads bridge toward St.
Louis. Most of the refugees were
scantily clad. Strong men carried t^ed
women in their arms. Barefooted
children were In the procession which
continued steadily over the bridge.
BESSEMER BANKER SKIPS.
Cornwall Steals in Neighborhood of
$280,000 from Depositors and
Goes to Parts Unknown.
With President T. J. Cornwall in
parts unknown and short nearly $2S0,000,
the Bessemer Savings oank, at
Bessemer, Ala., one of the strongest
institutions in the district, will close
its doors and ask for a receiver.
President Cornwall, wno was a member
of the late constitutional convention
atfd one of the most prominent
men in the state, left behind him
three notes explaining the shortage.
J In one addressed to the public, he
j says that he lost the money in trying
to make back $42,000 he lost in a legit|
imate business transaction. He furi
ther exonerates all the officers of the
I bank ana takes the whole blame on
himself.
In a letter to his wife, which she
was instructed to open Wednesday
morning, he stated that he would not
commit suicide, but would let her
know if he died. In a cQird letter, addressed
to Cashier Cockriil, he states
that he had nothing left for him tc
do but "wander on the face of the
earth, or become a convict in the state
coal mines."
The shortage was not discovered until
Wednesday morning, when President
Barr, of the First National Bank
of Birmingham, presented checks for
$?00 at the window of the Bessemer
bank, and stated that the bank had refused
payment on them. The officers
were surprised and an investigation
followed showing the shortage.
President Cornwall left Sunday and
stated that he was going to Walker
county, to dispose of some land and
get some money. He has not been
seen since.
The shortage will not effect the Birmingham
banks, as they all have ta
j ken their parer out The Bank ol
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Commerce of Bessemer nas i^auc ?irangements
to borrow all Lie money
they need In case of a run on that in
stitution, so no further trouble is ex
pected in any of the banks.
It is understood that a great pari
of the money was in the deposits cl
the merchants and miners, togethei
with employes of the rolling mills
furnaces and industrial plants of Bes
scmer. The city of Bessemer losej
$17,000.
The bank will probably not be able
to make a payment of more than i
j very small percentage on its deposits
The bank was organized in 1891, with
a capital stock of $100,000, and hat
deposits of about $260,000.
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WANT FRANCHISE LAW PR03EE
New York Republican Club Ask:
Congress to Make Investigation.
At a meeting Monday night the Re
publican Club of New York took uj
the negro question and adopted reso
lutions urging congress to mak<
speedy and thorough inuestigatior
into the conditions in. the south when
suffrage is abridged in violation of th(
amendments to the constitution of th(
United States and demanding thai
measures be taken at once to rendei
these amendments effective.
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GEN. WHEELER DENIES STORY
Says He Received no Discourtesy
at New Orleans, as Reported.
In a long letter to Colonel James
Dinkins, chairman of the recent con
federate reunion in New Orleans, Gon
eral Joe Wheeler denies that ho was
discourteously treated at New Or
leans during the reunion; that n<
wore his uniform as a general in th<
United States service, and denio:
categorically the other stories tok
ROAD BADLY BLOCKADED.
! Landslide on Southern Railway ir
North Carolina Proves Scr.'ous.
Latter developments from the SahuL
mountain landslide cn the Southorr
railway between Asheville and Spar
i tanburg indicate that, the track canno
| be cleared under three weeks' time,
j Passengers will be transferred iron
i one train to another across the eaven
and comparatively little time will b<
lost. Freight traffic is completely an
1 nihilated until the track eh.lii huv<
bean cleared.
"DARK AGES SHAMED
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In Atrocities Penetrated By
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I Benighted Servians.
! DEAD BODIES MUTILATED 1
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i Remains cf King and Queen Trampled,
Spat Upon and Given Secret
and Ignominous Burial
at Night.
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Later advices from Belgrade state
that King Alexander and Queen Draga, i
who were assassinated early Thursday
in the royal palace, were buried during
the night in the family vault of the
Obernovitches in the chapel of the
cemetery of St. Mark. The interment
was carried on with complete secrecy
between 1:30 and 3 o'clock Friday |
morning.
The strictest privacy was maintained
in order to avoid hostile demonstrations.
Two coffins were brought in !
by servants and carried up to tne room
where the todies of the late king and
qqeen were lying. J
The corpses were then put in the
coffins and the latter were placed in a
hearse which was hurriedly driven to
the old cemetery, where the other
members of the Obernoviteh family
ere interred. In addition to the attendants
only two priests were present
at the funeral. The Metropolitan
of Belgrade was absent. The whole
ceremony lasted only a few minutes.
The body of the late Premier Markovitch
will be buried with military
honors.
Colonel Naumovics, who was killed
while forckig an entrance into the palace
with dynamite, is described in the
official notice of his death, as "dying
on the field of honor for his fatherland."
It is now confirmed that only
Queen Draga's two brothers were killed.
Her sisters were taken to PanaI
vosa by some cf the conspirators.
Sensational stories, many cf which
are undoubtedly sent for the purpose
of political effect, are published in Belgrade,
the most revolting of them being
that the soldiers outraged Queen
Draga and mutilated the body of King
Alexander, and that those who were
admitted to. the palace Friday to view
the remains spat and stamped on
them.
The dispatches sent out have every
indication of having been mutflated
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pest stations have been seized by the
newly declared government and only
, certain dispatches, such as would put
. the new ministry in a favorable light,
are believed to be sent out.
History of Servia.
Servia"; c.ne of the four Balkan
States, was settled by the Serbs in
| the seventh century. In .1459 Servia
( was conquered by the Turks. It was
, ceded to Austria in 171S; reconquered
by the Turks in 1739 and its independence
was practically established
in 1829, was recognize^ in 1S78 and
proclaimed a kingdom in 1882.
The population of Servia by the last
, census was 2,312,484, about 90 per
cent Servians. The Slavis population,
3,731; Roumanians, 159,510; "Egyptians,
50,000, and 5.000 Jews. Belgrade,
a city, population of 59,o00 people, is
. the capital.
Tha frnvpmmenf of Servia is admin
istered by a king and council of eight
ministers. Military service is compulsory
between the ages of 21 and 48.
In 1897 the army consisted of 1,248
officers and 21,000 men. The war
? strength is 353,360 men.
The kingdom of Servia occupies
, | twenty thousand square miles. The
I surface of the country Is very 'mouptainous.
Almost equally dividing the
kingdom is the great river, Morava.
. The Danube river forms the northern
. boundary, separating Servia from Aus^
tria-Hungary. To the east of Servia
is Roumania and Bulgaria. To the
' south lies Turkey in Europe and the
. city ef Montenegro. The climate is
healthful and invigorating, but inclln?
ed to tropical excesses. Servia is rich
[ in mineral deposits, carries on a large
live stock industry and its marketa,
ble products are many. It possesses
I modern railway facilities, telegraph
lines and many school houses. The
education of children is compulsory.
) JJKE HAPPY HOOLIGAN,
5 This Man Stands Chance of Getting
Sentence of 163 Years.
A Boston dispatch says: W. W.
5 i TVnie hn?i;s eoal dealer, was found
- guilty on all of twenty-one counts in
J indictment and is liable to sentence
1 j of eight years on each count, making
- a total of 1G8 years. District Attorney
j Sughrue, in his closing argument, said
} that Wale was unfit to associate with
inmates of the state prison. "He is so
despicable," said Sughrue, "that in
r comparison with him robbers and burglars
are honest gentlemen."
ROBBED ON THE OCEAN.
t Passenger on Steamer Germanic Reports
Loss of $20,000.
3 Robert Neill, a wealthy resident of
- Los Angeies, Cal., who was a first cab
in passenger on the White Star line
3 j steamer Germanic, which arrived at
- New York from Liverpool Friday, rei
I ported to the police cn his arrival that
? he had been robbed while in midocean
3 of drafts and money to the amount
1 | of about $20,000.
FIRED FIRST SHOT OF WAR.
, Major Gibbs, of Columbia, South Carolina,
Joins Silent Majority.
1 Major W. F. Gibbes, who is said to
1 j have fired the first shot of the civil
, j war, upon Fort Sumter, died in CoI
lumbia, S. C., Friday.
! | Major Gibbes was a gunner in Cap
i l tain George James' company, to whom
% General Beauregard sent the order to
I open fire upon Major Anderson.
He served as postmaster of Coliinv
! bia under President Cleveland.
NEW PHASE OF FEUD. J
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Ewer* HotiH at Jackson, Kentucky,
Burned and Five of the Hargia ' j
Faction Arrested.
At 6 o'clock Sunday morning Joe
Redman, a watchman at the lumber
yard of Swann & Day, discovered
flames issuing from the roof of Ewen's
hotel, situated on the mountain side, :
300 yards from the depot. The alarm j
was given, and Lieutenant Kinnard, |
with the provost guard, turned out to J
render assistance. Soon hundreds of1
people were on the scene.
Heroic work on the part of the sol-'
diers and citizens saved possibly the
entire south side of the town.
The Ewen hotel is at the end of a !
long row of miners' cottages, all of j
which were in grave danger. When j
those in the hotel were notified, the
fire was under such headway that the
guests who had not arisen had' only !
time to save part of their clothing.
John Carey, of Louisville, a tekfi
r-f-mVi nnnrotnr ivhn was KMlt bv tfl!3 I
fclUi-d*
Postal company to Jackson to handle
the matter sent to the newspapers during
the feud trials, was asleep on the
second floor. In the excitement he
was not awakened until the flame3
had shut off escape from the front
stairway, and he was almost suffocated
while coming out of the rear stairway
and fell unconscious and half dressed '
on the ground, when he finally freed
himself from the danger.
Mrs. Ewen and her children were
left poorly clad and lost everything.
The hotel and furniture had been Insured,
but only a week ago Captain
Ewen was notified that on account of
the threatening conditions in Jackson
the company had decided to cancel his
policy.
The house and fixtures were valued i
at about $10,000. The property represented
the savings of a lifetime, and
Ewen and family are homeless and
dependent on the hospitality of the
troops in camp.
Gray and Jim Haddicks and Jerry
Luntz, workmen at the Swann & Day
lumber yard, reported having seen
Joe Crawford and Ed Tharpe, wagoners
for the Hargis brothers, come
across the bridge and return just before
the blaze was discovered and Major
Allen ordered these men arrested.
They were taken into the military
camp by the soldiers and manacled in
the guardhouse. Gray Haddicks was
detained by the provost guard as a wit
ii ess.
Soon the Hargls people were active.
They sent- after Attorneys John O.
O'Neil, of Covington, and B. B. Golden,
of Barbourville, defending Jett and
White, and swore out writs of habeas
corpus before Judge Redwine, making
them returnable atxonce.
VESSEL HAD FALSE BOTTOM.
Wrecking of Immigrant Steamer Put?
Uncle Sam "Next" a Smuggler.
The treasury department has receired
information that the steamer Vera
Cruz, from Cape Verde islands, which
was wrecked off Ocrackoke Inlet, N. C.,
recently, with a large number of imml
grants on board, was a smuggler. An
examination of the wreck shows that
the vessel had a false bottom, where
was secreted a quantity of rum, which
the members of the crew have since
been selling in the vicinity of Newborn.
A SPECIES OF SLAVERY
For Corporations to Be Forced to Employ
Only Union Men.
Sixteen strikers, alleged to have violated
an injunction obtained by the
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Com
pany, were fined $10 each in Judge
Holcombe's court, at Chicago, Saturday.
"For a corporation to be compelled
to contract with a union to have in its
employ only union men," he said, "ir
a species ot slavery and unlawful/'
WILCOX MUST SERVE TERM.
Appeal of Nellie Cropsey's Slayer is
Turned Down by Court
The North Carolina supreme couit
has handed down its opinion in the
case of Jim Y/ilcox, the murderer ot
J <~i XT/N sN..*s-ir> lo on H
INeine v-ruyacjr. iiu ciiui jo j.'ou^v* ?the
verdict of thirty years' imprisonment
against Wilcox stands.
GIRL SLAYS STEPFATHER.
Protected Little Brother Who Was
Being Whipped?Used an Axe.
A special from Sneedvllle, Tenn.,
says: Lewis Bolin, aged about CO
years, was murdered by his 12-yearold
step-daughter, who struck him in
the back of the head with an axe,
sinking the blade of the weapon deep
into his skull.
Bolin was chastising one of his stepsons,
when the boy called to his sister
for help. The little girl responded
with the above result. These two and
another step-child are in Jail at Sneedville.
MUST PUNISH ASSASSINS.
Civilized Countries Will Demand Trial
of Murderers of King and Queen.
' "^ " A.?V. Drtrw A POVO
A SP6CItll Uispaiuii 11 uuli .rnjuicr ou,r o
a semi-official note published there declares
that; whoever is made king of
Servia, the powers will exact the punishment
of the murderers of King Alexander
and Queen Draga as civilized
countries cannot tolerate that administrative
and military positions in any
country should be occupied by assassins.
MORE PEONAGE ARRESTS MADE
L /
Four Alabama Citizens Placed Under
Bonds of $1,000 Each.
A Mon ornery, Ala, dispatch says:
Deputy United States Marshals Gibson
and Colquitt brought in Saturday four
more prominent white citizens of Tallapoose
county charged with peonage.
Thev ere W. D. Cosby, under six indictments
Jerre Berry, five indictments;
Allan Turner, three indictments,
and Jack Patillo, two indict,
meats. All made bond of $1,000
1 THE NEWS OF A WEEK f
| IN SOUTH CAROLINA.|
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German Cruisers Off Charleston.
The German cruiser Gazelle arrived
off Charleston last Monday afternoon
from Newport News. She is commanded
by the Count von Oriola, and her
force is 250 strong. She will have target
practice and cruise in the vicinity
for two weeks.
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Light-Hcuse Keeper Killed.
George Lehman, an elderly Norwegian,
who has been in service thirty
years, fell from the scaffolding platform
of the tower range light of the
Paris island light house a few days
ago and was killed. The coroner held
an inquest. The body was interred
at Beaufort.
* *
Terminal Property Ordered Sold.
A decree has been filed in the United
State3 circuit court in Charleston
ordering the sale by receiver on July
14 of the East Shore terminal property
in that city, including the water front
terminals and ware houses and, cotton
compressors. The total upset
nrice is $70,000.
* *
Fired First Shot of Civil War.
I Major W. F. Gibbs, who fired the
first shot of the civil war from Fort
Johnson, cn Morris Island, upon Fort
Sumter, on April 12, 1861, died the
past week in Columbia.
Major Gibbes was a gunner in Captain
George James' company, to whom
General Beauregard sent the order to
open fire upon Major Anderson in Fort
Sumter. He was postmaster at Columbia
under President Cleveland.
?
Two South Carolina Boys Pass.
It was announced at Annapolis, Md.,
a few days ago that the following
among other candidates for admission
to the naval academy had successfully
passed the medical examination
and were ordered to report at the
academy for duty. They had previously
passed the mental examination: S.
A. Clement, Virginia; M. C. Shirley,
South Carolina; Leonard Mill, South
Carolina.
Relief Work in Spartanburg.
The work of relief is progressing
satisfactorily in Spartanburg. Tents
and rations furnished by the war de1
partment arrived promptly, and the
I in/?oi onmniittppq ?rp rioinz active and
effective work. The chief object now
is to Yemove the thousands of operatives
to other points. Ten mills in
this state ,and North Carolina, have
already agreed to take care of several
hundreds families. Some have al.
ready gone. The Southern railway
has most generously offered free
transportation to ihis army of workers.
* *
Charleston Hotel Forced to Close.
The doors of the Charleston hotel
were closed last Monday afternoon by
I the present managers, who decided
| that in the face of the outstanding
i debts against the hotel and the determination
of the hotel's creditors to
place the hotel in the hands of a receiver,
that it would be best to close
the hotel for the present.
Monday morniLg Manager Palmer
i notified his guests that the hotel would
be closed to the public at 4 o'clock
and asked them to maek arrangements
for accommodations elsewhere.
Th<a quests eathered their baggage to
gather "and moved to the other hotels
in the city. This is the firgt time in
over a half century that the doors of
the house have been closed.
* *
Converse College Unscathed.
In the reports of the terrible disasI
ter wrought by the flood in South
j Carolina which appeared in the press,
f it was stated that Converse college,
i one of the leading educational institutions
of the state, was probably damaged.
It subsequently developed that the
report was unfounded and there is nc
danger of the school closing its doors,
as was then imagined would be necesj
sary. The college, it is stated, has not
' lost a dollar and is really in better
condition than it has been in years.
Converse college was founded some
years ago by D. E. Converse and at
the time of his death the institution
was named as one of the beneficiaries
under his will. The fact that part ol
the endowment of the institution con
sisted of securities in the Converse
mills gave rise to the report that it
would suffer by the damage resulting
from the great flood. The officials de
elare the school has sustained no loss
however.
* *
Cause of Recent Cloudburst.
Following the recent floods whicl
cost so many lives and resulted in sucl
an enormous loss to property in Kan
sas and South Carolina, a scientific
. statement as to the probable cause 01
such conditions which make sucl
| floods possible is not untimely. Sec
J tion Director J. W. Bauer, of the Co
lumbia weather bureau, in a recent in
terview, said the great forest fires
j which raged throughout New York anc
\ New England for the past few weeks
J are the primary causes is both inter
I esting and instructive.
J The causes that produce ordinan
i rain are fairly well understood in re
! cent years, or, to state it in differem
j words, meteorologists agree that be
| fere condensation cf the vapor of th<
! atmosphere is possible to produce
! even the smallest drop of rain there
| must be a nucleus of dust or some for
j oign matter on which the condensa
+0V03 nispp- the droD then en
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! larges by additional or accretiona
I condensation until its weight is enougl
I to cause it to fall to the ground.
It is possible for a drop to grow un
; til the very instant it touches th<
ground. To produce so heavy a rain
fall there must, of course, be a nearly
saturated atmosphere and a plentifu
supply of dust particles to furnish th<
i nuclei.
* *
Change cf Venue is Asked.
At Columbia counsel for James H
Tillman, charged with the murder o
I N. G, Gonzales, editor of The State
took their first step a few days ago
to secure a change of venue by filing
with commonwealth's attorneys affidavits
of a number of persons in Richland
county that they believed it would
be impossible to obtain a fair trial.
Tillman's attorneys urged the solicitor
not to make public the affidavits
until the argument is made before *
the judge later on, and to this the
state's attorneys agreed.
In a statement Tillman's attogieys
say they do not wish public opinion to .
be formed or influenced by the publication
of their affidavits and the case
prejudiced by the newspapers of Columbia,
that one of the causes for their
moving for a change is the hostile criticisms
by Columbia newspapers.
. In an editorial The Evening Record
says that since the murder The State,
whose editor was killed, has positively
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reirmuea lruuu roioieucc iu <.uc and
that The Record has not influenced
or attempted to influence public
opinion.
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MRS.*TANNER BOUND OVER.
Young Woman Must Answer to Charge
of Poisorving Husband.
The commitment trial of Mrs. Onie
Tanner occupied the entire day at
v Gainesville, Ga., Saturday, in justice ^
court, and the room was packed from
the opening at " o'clock until the conclusion
of the hearing at 5:30 in the
afternoon, when the defendant was
bound over to the superior court to
answer to the charge of poisoning her
husband on May 23 at their home in
Clinchem district.
A majority of the citizens of Clinchem
district were present, either as .
witnesses or as interested spectators, f||
and every word of the vast amount of
testimony was eagerly listened to. Especially
was the testimony of State
Chemist McCandless given close atten- Wim
tion, as he went into details of the
analysis he made of the stomach and '
vessels from which milk was poured.
John Tanner, father of the young
man who died, was the first witness,
and he was put through an examina.
tion lasting for two hours. Bis testimony
recited the details of his. son's
death, the conversation with Mrs. Onie
Tanner relating thereto, and the inves- 'A
ligations made by him into the cause ^
of his son's death.
He reiterated the confession Mrs.
Tanner Is alleged to have made to
him and went into details as to when
and how the allege! confession waa
made. .>p
Various other witnesses testified,
but no new sensational evidence waa
brought out.
At the conclusion of the argument
in the case, Justice Dorsey bound Mrs.
Tanner over to the superior court,
holding that she was either guilty of jS
murder or was as innocent as a babe,
there being no middle ground upon
which a compromise verdict could be
reached and he deemed this , the proper vi
course for the case to take.
Mrs. Tanner was taken to the county
jail soon after the case was concluded.
She was not placed in a cell, but was
allowed the privilege of one of the
rooms down stairs, in the building oc? -^?|
cupied by the sheriff's family.
8UICIDED WITH DYNAMITE, i /J|
Love-Lorn Crane JSlows Himself to
Quick Doom in a Passenger Coach.
Joseph L. Crane, who resides at
Rossville; Ga., committed suicide cm a
Central of Georgia train near Lafayette,
Ga., Saturuay afternoon about i||l
four o'clock in a most unusual manner. <|jg
He went into the toilet room and ^
; there exploded a stick of dynamite, ^
which frightfully mangled his body and
blew out the rear end of the train. , ^
There was no one sitting near at the tJj
, time and Crane was the only person
on the train that suffered.
Crane boarded tue train at Cedartown
,and was seemingly all right un|
til Trion was reached. Here he waa
heard to say: . "I am going to blow ;i
this train up and kill everyoody."
, No particular attention was paid to ..
| him and in a few moments the man
retired to the gentlemen's closet with '^|1
' a small satchel in his hand.
Soon a deafening report was heard
and for a few moments the most intense
excitement prevailed. Invesli,
gation disclosed the fact that the man
had exploded a dynamite shell in the'
t' closet, fearfully mangling his body and - gfin
I ctiottorinor tho sides ot the closet and a *3
j OUMVbV* lug v**w
, portion of a side of the car.
Crane left the following letter ex- '
, plaining his reasons for the deed:
[ "Written at Rome, by J. M. Crane,
^ June 12, 1903.
| "Ty My Friends and Relatives?I.
was born October 13, 1878. At date of
' this writing I am 24 years and 8 rfSj
months of age. To be printed if any '%jk
one wants to. . ?*
"The cause of my death is I love r.
{ Mrs. E. C. Adington, of Rossville, Ga.
I love her dearly. Of course, I hate
' to have my people grieve over me, but '
p it will not hurt them any worse for me
t to do this way than to take sick.
"I have only got one time to dia, '
and just as well this way as any, and I
am ready to meet my Savior and
God. To all my friends, I want to
5 meet you in heaven. My dear mother, *
do not weep; I have gone to rest, to
} the heavbnly rest. I am willing to die,
perfectly willing, and hope I will meet
my dear grandmothers and fathers
1 and my dear mother and father in
heaven, uoa mess auu oe ?*iui juu
t all now and forever is my hearty pray- rVl
er. JOSEPH M. CRANE." M
WORST OVER AT ST. LOUIS.
Crisis in Flood Passed and Citizens
1 are Greatly Encouraged.
1 That the crisis of the flood situation
in East St. Louis has passed so far as
- that city is concernea was generally
2 accepted as a fact by the citizens of
East St. Louis Thursday night. Boat
! crews which, on Wednesday, strained |
1 their energies to the point of exhaus2
tion in resuing the prisoners of the
flood occupied themselves Thursday
in saving property and in bringing.to
higher ground belated refugees.
There were no reports of drownings
t during the day, nor Vere any bodies
recovered.