The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, February 13, 1901, Image 1
THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE.
VOLl. BATESBURG, S C., WEDNESPAjY. FEBRUARY 13,1901. NOT, ?1
TERRIBLE WRECK.
A Train Jjmpedithe Track and
Pic wad Into a Hill.
FIVE KILLED. MANY MISSING
??__
Few Passengers Escaped Irjj y
Three Soldiers Under Orders
for Phillpines Am
Among the Dead.
Train No. 5 the Now York-Chicago
limited on the Erio railroad, was
wrecked Thursday morning within the
town limits of Greenville, Pa. Five
passengers were dead wher taken from
the wreck, sevoral are missing and
there are many badly io>ircd.
THE DEAD.
The dead are:
Sergeant Major Harry A. Hart, Fort
Wood. M. V
George W. Pattorson, Philadelphia,
private Co I, U. S., infantry; carried
a oard of Iron Moulders' union.
Peter J. Curry, Coboco, New York,
privato Tenth infantry, aged 21.
Unknown man, aged 25 years.
Unknown man, only papcrB on porBon
was a postal card that had been
sent to the Adams Produoo company,
Rushville, Ind., and a tiokot from Now
York to that point. His faoo was literally
torn to shreds.
/ THE INJURED.
.1 The injurod are:
Wm D. Moore, 32 Lenox lload,
Brooklyn; oompound fraoturo of loft
leg and badly cut about the head.
B. A. Marsden, Philadelphia; terribly
crushed about the body.
Ivan Lestersmith, Canistow, Pa ;
? -badly bruised.
Job. Konnedy, Brookfield, Mass.;
oompound fraoturo of left leg and
bruised about the body.
Wm F. MacGinnity, attorney, Port
land, Ind., hip crushed, face out.
O. H. Simons, Kontcho, brakeman;
oompound faoturo of left leg, right
leg badly bruised.
0. J. Henry, Meadvillc, baggageman;
^ loft leg broken, injured about the
B cheatB
8. Aiken, salesman, New York;
B slightly, suffering from the shock.
Claranoo Leek, Summervillo, N. J .;
injuries serious.
Milton Stanley, Nowark, N. J ; leg
fraotured, out about faoo.
B Harry Weisburg, express mossoDger, i
B Dayton, Ohio; crushed. i
Hardly a passenger esoapod without
tome injury. The train was composed
I of vcstibuled Pullman oars, three v
' sleeping cars, a day ooach, combina
tion smoker and baggage car, and a i
^ mail oar, and was one of the
Dy me steel mail oar ahead, which *
went through it as if it were paper,
tearing, crushing, maiming and carry
ing death.
The eoeno of the wreck is on a sharp
curve. On one side, 40 feet below,
flows the Shenando river, on the other 1
is a steep bluff. The engine left the i
track at the curvo and before it had i
gone two car lengths plcwed into the i
steep hill, where it fell upon its side i
and was half buried. Tho train was
running two hours late, and the accident
happened at 7:10 just about the
timo when the ocoupants of tho sleep i
ers had finished dressing. <
After tho terrible crash the uuin <
jured passengers set about tho rcscuro i
of tho dead and wounded, surgoons <
were summoned and within a few uiin
utes tho dead and dying were boing i
oarriad from thorc as fast as they coulu <
be discovered beneath tho wrcckago l
It was several hours, however, before I
the victims had been removed and i
placed in the two rear Pullmans. Tho .
cene inside tho tclcsoopcd cars was i
terriblo. Men begged to be released i
and screamed in agony. They were all i
heaped in a corner of the ca*, dumped 1
thero by tho impetus of the mail car- i
The injured wcro placed in a spcoial <
train and taken to the Sponccr hospi
tal, Meadvillo, about noon. What little
was left of tho baggago or express
matter was dumped in the river to
clear tho dobris for rescuo. Several
hundred sacks of mail wcro apparently
little injured.
TSo train was in charge of Conduo
tor Randall, with Engineer Luiio and 1
Fireman Eckort. Both the engineer 1
and fireman escaped by jumping, though
both wore painfully bruised. Supt.
Thelknap and olner officials wcro early 1
on the ground. They were unable to
assign s cause for the aceidont unless 1
spreading rails can bo blamed, A par I
ty of nine soldiers on their way from
Fort Porter, Now York, to Port Crook,
Neb , oooupiod part of the snrokcr. Ot
these, three were killed and two periouly
injured. They woro under orders
for the Philippines. i
I B. A. Marsdon of Philadelphia, pin i
ned in the smoker by a beam., bis foot
and ohest crushed, his face Muttered '
with the brains of or.o of the soldier*, i
insisted on the rescuers releasing an I
unfortunate Jew nearby. Mr. Marsden's
wcunds arc considered fatal.
McKinley Roasted.
A sensation was oroatcd in the house
of repeescntativcs Monday week when
Speaker Henderson failed to call the
joint session to order for the John Marshall
day exoroibcs. He was present in
the house, but sent Sneaker l'ro Tom.
Daisclltotho chair. It is said the
speaker is indignant over the selection
of Wayne MoVreagh as tho orator of the
day, and that his failure to take part in
the ixcroisos is the result of the selection
Kopublioans denounce tho action
of tho bar association in asking Mo
Veagh to speak. Tho roason for this
was shown when MeVcagh delivered a
sensational and scathing denunciation
of the policy of the administration in
tho Philippines toward tho oloso of his
speech eulogizing Chief Justioo Mar
hall. Tho denunciation of tho policy
of imperialism waa enthusiastically applauded
by Democrats, but Republicans
presont remained silent. President
MoKinley was present and he wns oom5oiled
to listen to tho spoooh oritioising
is oourso. Tho address was couched
^ in parlimentary languago and whilo its
meaning is dear, Mr. MoVosgh'c uttoranocs
were not cffonsivc. Tho affair is
the talk of the house.
V, ? h.
i
THE SHIP tUBSlDY STEAL
Senator McLaurin Advocate* Mark
Hanna't Pet 8chemo 1
When I he ship subsidy bill camo up
in the Urit'd States Senate Thursday
Senator McLaurin, of this State, an
ocunocd his intention of voting lor it
and Senator Morgan, of Alabama, op1"
8<-d it in vigorous language. Mr.
MiLaurin spoko in support of tho bill,
baling bis his advooaoy of tho uicaRuro
upon the theory that the pa-sago of it
would benefit the ootton growing inter
ci ts of the f-outbern S;ntes. Ho cited
tho iction of tho Southern Cotton Spin
Dcrs association at Charlotte, N. C , in
urging legislation of the oharaotcr purposed
in the pocding bill. Ho oontond.u.
.u_? 1.:? ?i? a u -?s
cm ninv mill nujfiiiiug mil WUUIIi 91)111' J
ulato American shipping would bontit ]{
not only the ootton interests but all p
other agricultural interests. Tho rc- a|
solutions adopted at (Jharlotto, lie said, q,
typify tho sentiment of tho ontiro sooth a,
and presago a return of tho old prestigo [c
and prosperity of that scotion. Mr. Mo- tj
Laurie rofcrrcd to tho effoot of the n
Civil war upon the south and said tho 0(
time had oomc to put asido tho animosities
aroused by that struggle and tako p,
up the interests that woro oharaotoris- r(
tio of the old south.
Mr. Mallory said in reply to Mr. Mo- fe
Laurin that his opposition to tho bill
was based upon tho opinion that it
would not do what it profo^sed to do m
in aiding tho American shipping.
MORQAN AT THE BAT. m
Mr. Morgan then spoke for fivo
hours.
Mr. Morgan urged that tho shipping
bill be ooumiittcd to tho oommittce, to m
be recast in order that its constitution- ^
al and other impcrfcotions might bo
corrected. He said it was now being
considered not on its merits but as a
party measure. 2
"A measure cannot become a party 00
measure," suggested Mr. Allison of f"
Iowa, "until wo know what it is. As it
stands before us now it is merely tho t0
measure of tho committee and is sub hll
jeot to such amendment and ohango te
as tho spnato may determine." *?
Mr. Morgan expressed tho opinion hi
that tho American ehip yards now,
wihout nuy assistance, were tho best
in tho world. 1*
"Do you not think," asked Mr. Hale,
"that if the naval ships built in our di
yards were put to the test of actual de
conflict they would provo themselves
to be tho best ever constructed? ' m
"They have proved that," re plied Mr.
Morgan. de
licrerriog to tho competition likely to bo
arise between tho United States and
foreign nations, wheu this government ,n
should voto a subsidy to American
ship?, Mr. Morgan dcolarcd it would
result in a commercial confliot between Hi
the United Slat's and great Britain h?
in which the financial batteries of the
two countries would bo arrayed 'n
against each ot her. lie was inclined to
tiii'.k tho 'United Stales might be
wo*?tcd in such a conflict because of
" ' ?fc
Great Britain. ??"
. Mr. Morgan pleaded for the adoption Ai
of t! i Clay amendment io tho sunsidy m'
bill authorizing negotiations for a
right of way for tho Nioaragun canal. m>
Much as ho opposed the shipping bill, ^r
he indicated a purpose not to oppose
it if the Nicaragua amendment was in
added and provision made that congress
shoud have power to repeal the
shipping act at any timo. *?
Murderers to be Taken. on
Governor Beckham is prepring to m
slear tho Kontuoky mountains or murderers,
or at least of those persons in ?n
liotcd for murder by tho grand juries
and whoaro defying arrest by the county *e:
officers. The plan is to send Col. Roger bo
D. Willains with the first battalion of 1
state militia to Manchester or some P1
other convenient point to rouna up 1Q
these outlaws and celivcr them into the t0
hands of tho courts. Incidentally the
soldiers wi 1 attempt tho oapturo of 'n
John L. Cowers and Berry Howard, 1
aonviottd of tho assassination of Govcr- m
norGocbel and who arc now defying 9a
arrest. There am in Clay county alone
fourteen men under indictment for in
murder who have not been even arrest 10
od. Si
., ?: : be
Marriage ofa^ueen. t0
W'ilhclmina, tho first ruling queen -I
of Holland, Thursday married Duke at
Henry of Mecklenburg Sshwerin, who
becomes prince of the Netherlands by d<
proclamation in tho Court Uazott Thursday
evening. The marriage was a sericB dc
of brilliant colored pie.urcs. But the ro
severe simplicity of the Dutch form of
marriago, which was followed to the pi
letter in the civii contract belorc the
ministsr of justice, Dr. 1'. W. A Cort m
van Dcr Linden, and in the old fashioned
roligious service in Orooto Ktrk, 2
gavcit a demooratie spirit. or
Electrocuted. bi
Lorenzo Priori, who murdered Vinoeu- m
ti<i*ruz), in Now Vork C ty, Djoem
ber 11, 1 SDH, and a few weeks tgo to 3
cured a slay of execution by ibj reprc- in
scntaticn tbat ihoorimo was commuted u.
by his wife's brother, ,J#mes Sacartdo, of
was put to death in the electric chair th
in tho state prison at Sing Hing Wee- th
ne.sday. It required two shocks to kill lu
him Ho Lit with tho priests who attended
him a statement declaring bis to
iunooenco. in
Republican Anti-Trust Plank. m
. 111
This tendency of trusts to inoreaso
in number and to raise prices is calcu
latcd to show the agricullurists ani ,j<
other cUs-ch of ojnnumcrM how hollow D(
wan the anti trust plauk in tho Phiia w
dolphia i latforiu, and ought to convince
thoso among thoin who voted the jn
Republican ticket that thoy descrvo to j,,
bo disoiplinol by an auto initio kicking HI
machino.
Paying tho Piper. ^
Karl Roberts says ho will ncod overy
soldier in South Africa for tho next m
twclvo months and will ask tho houso
of common for |3f?l),000,000 during tho m
ensuing financial year, in addition to jc
what has already been voted for tho y
war. And yot England has l.OO.'t.OOb CJ
paupers to support by publio taxation. ^
Kvidcntly tho Rritish statesman has r>
something to think over just now.
China is Still "It."
Chinese officials aro talking about re- hi
imburicmont for tho looting suffered d<
by Pekin. It scorns difficult for China ot
to understand that it is tho football,
not ono of tho playora. bi
?
THE TAXES.
rhe Amount Each County Hat
Assessud
ITS CITIZENS THIS YEAR.
Igures that Will bt Read With
Interest by T?x Pay*
ers All Over the
State.
Id the Hodho on Friday the supply
ill was oallod up. This bill makes tho
vy in tho several oountics for tho poroses
of conducting State and oounty
[fairs. Tho first section of tho bill retiires
that a tax of 5 mills, in aooordaoo
with tho appropriation bill, bo
ivied for the purpose of conduotiDg
10 Stato government, and 3 mills for
10 publio schools. In the respcotivo
lunties tho following is provided:
Abbeville, for ordinary county pur3scs,
2 1-2 mills; $10,000 may bo bor>wed
at 7 por oont. to pay salarios of
:achors; 20 oonts per day is fixed as
io for dieting prisoners.
Aiken ordinary purposes, 3 mills.
Anderson, for ordinary purposos, 3
ills; past indebtodooss, 1 mill.
Beaufort, for ordinary purposos, 4 3 4
ills; past indobtcdnoes, 1-2 mill; sinkig
fuDd, 1 mill.
Berkeley, ordinary purposes, 5 mills.
Bamberg, for ordinary purposos, 3
ills; for tbo special road district of
enmark, 2 mills.
Barnwell, ordinary oounty purposes,
1 2 mills.
Cheerokoe, for ordinary oounty tax,
1 2 mills; for new Jail, 1 mill; for
iunty road tax, 1 mil); for siuking
nd for Draytonville, Gowdoysville,
hite Plaio, Morgan and Limcstono
wnships, 2 mills; for sinking fund for
lierokeo township, 112 mills; for inrest
on railroad bonds, Cnerokeo
wnship, 1 1-2 mills; in Draytonville,
owdovsvillo, Whito Plain, Morgan
id L'mcstone townships, 1 1-2 mill.
Chester for ordinary oountv tax, 3
2 mills; for interest on railroad bonds,
mill; in Court House township sohool
striot No. 1, 1 mill, to pay past inbtedncss.
Clarendon for ordinary purposos, 3
ills.
Colleton, ordinary, 5 mills, past inibtedness,
1 mill; interest on railroad ,
inds, 1 1-2 mills.
Darlington, ordinary, 4 mills; past \
debtednoss, 1 mill.
Dorohcstcr, ordinary, 4 5-8 mills; in- '
rest on county bonds, 5 8 of a mill;
reen Pond and Waltcrboro railroad
ndi, 3 8 of one mill.
Eigetiold, ordinary, 3 7 8 mills; past
debtedness, 1 8 of a mill. !
Faitfiold, ordinary, 4 mills.
Florence, ordinary, 3 1-4 mills. i
Greenville, ordinary 4 mills: D??t inr
4 .mil. lift rtHWoklng
jv??b, 1-12 of one null, forinterosl on ]
ir Line railroad onds, 1 2 of one i
ill; for interest on Greenville and
lurenu railroad bonds, 1 2 of one
ill; for maintaining convicts and
idges, 2-3 of a mill.
Greenwood, ordinary 3 mills, past ]
debtedness, 1 mill.
Georgetown, all purposes, 5 millB.
Hampton, ordinary purposes, 4 mills;
r homo for poor, 12 mill.
Horry, ordinary, 53 4 mills; interest
> railroad bonds in four townships, 4
ills. ,
Kershaw, ordinary, 4 mills; interest (
i railroad bonds, 2 1-2 mills.
Lancaster, ordinary 4 1-2 mills; inrest
od Cheraw and Chester railroad
iods, 3 mills; for retiring said bonds,
mill; for Three C'a bonds, 3 mills; 3
ills in Pleasant Hill township; 5 14
Gill's Creek, aod 4 1 2 in CanoCreek
wnship.
Laurens, ordinary, 2 14 mills; past
debtedness, 1-4 mill; road purposes,
mill; interest on railroad bonds, 3
ilia; all tho county's part of dispenry
profits go to the publio schools.
Lexington, ordinary, 3 1 2 mills, past
dobtedncss, 1-2 mill; iniorest on railad
bonds in Fork, Broad River and
iluda townships, 112 mills, retiring
>nds in Saluda and Broad It'.vor
wnships, 5 mills; in Fork township,
mills; attorney's fees in Broad River
id Saluda township, 1 4 of a mill.
Marion, ordinary 3 mills; past in
ibtcdness, 1 mill.
Marlboro, ordinary, 3 mills, past inibtedness,
1 mill; New jail, 1 mill;
I ...ill
Newbtrry, 2 1 4 milli for ordinary
trposcs.
Oooucc, for ordinary purposes, 4 1 2
ills.
Orangeburg, for ordinary purposes,
1 2 mills; past indebtedness, 14 of
to mill.
'tokens, ordinary, including roads and
idges, 5 mills; past indebtedness, 2
ills.
Richland, for ordinary county tax,
1-4 mills; in Columbia townsphip, for
terests on railroad bonds, 1 2 of one
ill; for reiiring railroad bonds, 1 4
onnmill; and in addition thereto
icre shall be levied a tax of 2 mills in
ie sohool district of tho oity of Combia
Spartanburg, ordinary, 3 milU, in
rest on rail road bonds, 1 mill; einkg
fund, I 2 mill; roads, 1 mill, perancnt
improvements on roads, 1 12
ills; one half of dispensary, profits to
> to sohools.
Saluda, ordinary, 2 3 4 mills, pant in
sbtcdness, 1 8 mill; jurors and witjSEes,
1 1-4 mills; pcrmaucnt improveents
on reads, 1 mill.
Sumter, ordinary purposes and pa<>t
dcblcdncs), 3 mills; out of dispensary
rafiis 12,000 is to bo set aside as u
nkinv fund.
Union, ordinary, 2 1 2 mills, interest
i railroad bonds, 2 mills: sinking
ind, 2 milln; road tax, 1 mill.
Williamsburg, ordinary purposes, 4
ills.
York, for ordinary oounty tax, 4 1-2
ills; in Catawba township, 2 mills;
> Kbenceor township, 1 1-2 mills; in
ork township, 3 1-2 mills to pay intcrit
on the bonds issued in aid of
harlcston, Cinoinnati and Chioago
lilroad.
Mr. Lido offered an amondmont to
iduoe the ponalty for non paymont
' taxes, from lhto 10 per cent. This
3 said would in a measure obviate tho
;mand upon the general assembly to
mtinually extend timo for payment.
Tho amendment was adopted and the
11 then pasaed second reading.
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
Approprlrtions Made by the House of
Representative*
Tho appropriation bill adopted by
tho House of Representatives is as follows:
8TATK HOUSE EXPENSES. NA1
Salary of governor, $3,000; private
sooreta-y, $1,350; mts^ongcr. $400;eon
tingont fund, $5 000; stationery, $300; The
stenographer, $400.
Salary of secretary of state, $1,900;
clerk, $1,350; contingent fund, $150;
stationery, $500; extra olerk hire $400;
for books, blanks, etc.. $300.
Comptroller genoral's salary, $1,900;
three clerks, $1,400 each, contingent j)j
fund, $200; printing; $500; stationery,
$300; traveling expenses, $5)0
State treasurer. $1 900- r>hirf nlovb- Chin
$1,500; two bookkeepers, $1,350 oaoh: the <
oontingont fund, $200; printing of to tb
bonds and stocks, $2,000; stationery, aKa<i
$200. mcni
Superintendent of education, $1,900; WBj
olerk, $900; oontingont fund, $200; aD(j
printing, books, etc., $1,319. State 0ia]9
board expenses, $300; stationery, $300; maD(
Btonograper; $400; traveling expenses, Dt
$300. lj0^)
Adjutant general, $1,500, assistant 0rdci
adjutant, general $1,200; State armorer, wa9
$350; traveling expenses, $550; contin- 0ity
gent fund, $500; stationery, $150; ro- Yi
pairing arsenal at Beaufort, $300; for prin
tho militia, $3,000. tnaol
Attorney general, $1,900; assistant, Ki
$1,350; oontingont fund, $150, station- const
cry, $100; litigation expenses, $1,500; protf
for emergenoy $500, if nooessary. Ch
Railroad eommissionors' salaries, $3, grant
700; soorotary, $1,200; contingent fund, tico 1
$1,200. the f
State librarian, $S00; oontingont Ye
fund, $175; stationery. $300; other ex- cr9, \
penscs, $100. 6acer
Two watohmon State house, $900; sasoi
janitor, $100; engineer $75 for sovon Crs a:
months and $25 for five month; two Ge
firemen at $35 per mouths; for fivo Proit
months; keepor s contingent 1 und, $200 j l1Cn
Supreme court, Chief Justice Mclvcr, comn
$2,850, Justico Cary, $2,850; Justioo tions
Jones, $2,850; Justice I'upe, $2,850; the .)
olerk, $800; librarian, $800; reporter, J/t
$900; attendant, $200; messenger, $200; nitioi
oontingont fund, $500, hoiks for heir
library, $500; 100 oopiej of 59 tn and
60tb, roports, $1,200. fpom
For each of tho eight cirouit judgts, Ki
$3,000; solicitors $11,050, stonogra vice <
phcrs, $10,000. I ii
Board of Health?For quarantine thc-c
purposes, $15,000; foi State board, $2 W1
200; Charleston quarantine station, for"-')
$2,050; St. Helenas, $950; Pork Royal, indie
pt.ZYO; Ucorgetowa, $675; Lazaretto, mittc
$300; olerk hire for State board, $300. tu ct
Salaries of ooiiuty auditors. $25,500; fliote
printing for oountv auiitors, $2,500 Th
STATE COLLEGES in 01 <
South Carolina eolicgc, $28,107, and *1^ V
(11,000 for steward's hail. tie ,
Winthrop college, $43 000; forschol ' ' .
arphip, #3,456: fo" -cwdjru^i oi>
~"TH5 CilfctTBT, T-ibiUUO, penal
laundry, #1,500: laboratory $758? libra
ry, $2,500. tho3C
State colored college, $S 000. m?P?
For tho public school , ? 100,000. . ' "
mfiio
PENAL ANI) CDARITAHLE. Tuan
Cedar Springs deaf, dumb aud blind poror
asylum, $20,000, and $20,000 for tho Turk
ereotion of a new building.
Salaries of State penitentiary offi
oials, $5,400.
Catawba Indians, $80C and $200 for PQbli
Eobool,
Tho State hospital for tho insano is *"10^
to get: For running expenses, $100,- lun8
300; building purposes, $10,000; Wal- tllcal
lace property debt, $4,120; salary of su- a20(T:
perintsndent, $3,000, board of regents, th
$1,200. 3n> v
rise i
DEBTS, INTEREST, ETC. E
For tho completion of tho Stat j cap the c
itol, $15,000. Co
Charleston cxp3sition, $50,000. quire
The largest siDglo item is $285,015 - Cansi
45 to meet tho interest on tho publio Th
debt, la tho same connection is $20,- ;n t)
000 for the payment of past duo interot blooc
liable to aooruo on old bonds and stocks for tl
liablo to be founded under the laws of ho d<
this State. Wha
For tho pensions $100,000; $600 for ukoi
olerk and $120 for postage, etc. had 1
MISCELLANEOUS. the C
Public printing, $12,000; claims, $8,000,
governors's manbion repairs, $250; Pu.ni
water, $2,000; 1 ta^litH, $l? ODD; faol $1,- lci\l
'200; phosphate inspootor, 11,500. wl.
A number of improvements on the PriV!
State house arc contemplated, among P01*0.1
them $2,000 for rewiring. The amount puni
for repairs to roof is $250.
Phosphate inspector's salary, $1,200. Al
For legislative examining committees prep
on penal and oharitablo institutions Chin
$ 163. tho f
Salary of codo commissioner, 1400. at la
Expcnsos of eommitteo to examine of ci
hooks of Stato officials, $500.50. and
Kxponses of militia in Georgetown Hun
and Florcnoo troubles, $2,536.10. oomi
Unpaid acoounts, stationory of house, ply.
$2H4.44. lilo i
Expenses J. B. Watson, witness, that
$10 20. tho ]
ilont of ofTieo for Stato superintend- [owe
cnt of education, $100. Uuk
Salary L. M. ivagao, olork, Stato ship
hoard of canvassers, $80. foot
Gas used in sessioo of 1800, $169.21. Chic
Unpaid salary of adjutant general
for 1000, $000.
lnsuranou on South Carolina college Tl
buildings, $0,000. Med
For attornnv vdn.r.l'. ?<-> "
- * D ?? ? " VM.WW ?V ??V. >M ||UW
prosoouting fertilizer companies said to roan
bo in tho trust, $2,500. Whic
Kolio room in Contcdorato mujoum iufCi
at ltiohmond, $100. parti
poop
Coal Burners. tho t
Tho consumptioD of ooal by the big
Atlantic stcamors is an interesting subjoctof
study. Tho fastest passenger ^avfl
steamer in the world is tho Deut9oh- (joyo
land, which hai male 581 miles a day,
with a consumption of f>70 tons of coal,
almost a ton a mile, whilo tho Kaisor
Wilholm has mado 58C miles on 500
tons of ooal Tho Doutschland is 88 feet Tl
longer than tho Kaiser Wilhclm, or 680 knoi
fcot, and one foot wider. It hasadis oont
plaoomont of 23,(n)0 tons and onginos try f
of 85,000 horrc power, whilo tho Kaiser stuff
Wilhelm is of 20,000 tons and 28,000 soli
horso power. Tho Lucania, tho queen publ
of tho Cunardcrs, makes 562 miles on "pro
475 tons of coal. Tho St. l'aul, the Thai
fastest Amcrioan ship, mado 540 milos or th
on 800 tons cf coal, which Bhows how same
expomivo fast stcamors are. For every ary i
additional mile of speed tho oonsump- that
tion of ooal must bo greatly iuoreasod. thoo
ANT THEIR HEADS
i Formal Indictment of Ouilty
Chinese Presented
VIES AND OFFENSES GIVEN
(First M titter to be Determined
In Sett ement of the Case
Against Poor Old
China.
ispatoh from l'ckio, China, says at
uectiogof the foreign ministers and
ieso plcnipotontiaris, Wednesday,
:nt:re proceeding. b:iog presented
ic Chinoso. A formal indiotmont
ist tho 12 officials whose punishi
had been demanded by the powers
read, however, though Kang Yi
Li 1'ing Hong aro dead. The offi
whoso punishment has been deled
aro:
ike Lan, vico prosidont of the powho
was aoeossory to tho giving of
rs for tho oapturo of foreignois and
the first to open tho gatos of the
to the Boxers.
og Nicn criminal accomplice of
coChuang and Doko Lan in their
linations.
ng Yi, ono of the instigators and
illors of tho Box<w9 who always
otod them.
aos Su Kism, a nembcr of the
i council and also minister of jus
vho was ono of tho leadcas against
oroigncrs.
i H-ien, who reorganised tho Box\as
the oruel author of the masrs
in tho Shan Si provinco and ascalcd
with his own hand forcignnd
missionaries
n. Tung Kuh Siang, who with
le Tuan carried out in l'ekin the
i .-.gainst the foreigners and who
landed tho attacks on the lega
and tho soldiers who assassinated
[?paceae ohaccollory.
1'ipg Hen*, who influenced reocgn
of the Boxers and tutor to the
apparent
n Cdong Yu. vho has the same re
ibtlity.
h Siu, ministcrat tho riles of scrof
the Boxers.
c ministers then announced that
personages all deserved death
bin this question was scttlod the
plcnipotcntitries w;U have to-,
- 1? 1 1 - *
i? -u wuu, iw wiL-ir ivuuwicuge, oom:d
crimes in tho province", punishfor
which will have to bo in
d.
cy will also present to tho Chinese
ler to prevent misunderstanding,
xt of be cdiet referred to in ar11)
??f tue oolleotivo note, before
blioai ion.
1L.iuisi :s definitely decided to
lite- \j'i position of vhe death
i uiuu 1-of Hav Joiucs. rfEcials
in the list aubmittod, including
who are dead, on nocount of tho
[/effect upon tho Chinese,
e bcnlenoo of tho living must be
ted vvnptin the oases of Prinoo
and L>uko Lao, which tho cmmay
commute to banishment to
cstan.
A t'LEA FROM THE TIIRONE
e foreign ministers gave out for
ication a secret imperial cdiot to
by tho Chinese plenipotentiaries,
h pleads especially for the life of
; Fu Siang, commander in chief of
rrny. It siys tho only reason is on
int of the the turpulcnt population
o provinces of Shcn Si and Kan
rho are devoUd to him and might
ind commit acts of violence against
nissionaiies and Christians, whioh
ourt would greatly depioro.
nscqucntly his punishment re
is caution, deliberation and careful
dera ion.
0 cmporor it is pointed -out, oven
10 punishment of prinoes of the
1, had not been movod by rnotiv -b
icir protection. Why then should
j so in the case of Tung Fu Siang?
t had already been done should be
a into consideration llis army
been reduced to f>,000 mon, wi h
bjoct of lesscniog his' power and
tho ultimate objoot of his future
shmcnt, whioh will be promulga
n an edio\ tho language of which
not be too patent. After the do
ition of his official rank, the ;mr
will, hereafter, deoido on a heavy
slimont.
THE PLEA REPOSED.
1 tlioir mopl i net f Jin f nre\ i ir n nntTAro
, .?vvvi?.p VIIV iVIUlgU vu T V/J a
sred a note, to be dclivotcd to the
icao plenipotentiaries, containing
ubstanoo of tho decisions arrived
at night, incluiing tho sentcnoca
[coution. This will bo translated
delivered to Princo (Jhiog and Li
g Chang, who will immediately
nunicaio with tho court, beforo roi'ho
ministers refuse to spare tho
af Tung Fu llsiang, on tho ground
thoy did not consider tho claim of
plenipotentiaries reason. They ald
tho lives of i'rinoo Tuan and
o Lan, bccauso of their relation
to the imporial family and tho of
their death might havo on the
I03C.
May Como This Way.
10 curront number of tho New York
ioal Journal gives an account of a
disease attacking tho eyes, and in
y respects rosemblcs "pink eve,"
ih is opidemio in Chicago. It is
ilious and is not confined to any
icular part of tho oity or olass of
to. i'ho explanation offered for
>rigin of tho malady ia that it ia duo
c olouds of dust driven about sinco
windy season sot in. Thoso dust
iolca aro with roason supposed to
i oaused inflammation, which has
loped tho infectious epidemic af011.
concludes thia authority.
Republican 1'roHpority.
ie Wilson Daily Nows wants to
w, very iuaportincntly too in our
omporary, how it holps this oounorour
manufacturers to soil their
to Europeans at half tho price they
them to us. Why, that is the Hoioan
idea of prosperity, and wo
itoot" them so mat they can do it.
:'s tho way this oonntry gets rioh,
io mauufaoturorn, which means tho
> thing in tho Republican dictionind
whon we disagree wo aro told
wc aro drea ncrs, running aftor
rios.?Floronoa Times.
J
A NEGRO'S GIFT.
One Thousand Dollars to Entertain
Confederate Veterans.
Robert K. Church, of Memphis, is
typo of that olsss of Negroes wto
realize that there is a oommunity of interest
between the whites and the Negroes
of the south and that the Negroes
shou'd cultivate oordial relations with
their white neighbors.
Church is one of the wealthiest Negroes
in the country and is noted for
his publi > spirit. He contributes liberally
to chanties sod takes a lively interest
in whatever Mompbis undertakes.
Unsolioitod he has contributed $1,000
to the fund for entertainment of the
Confederate veterans at their reunion
to be held in Memphis next May. Ho
was born a slave and during the war
was steward of a Mississippi r.ver steamboat
which did tho Confederacy to lit
tio Sfrrico. After the war ho beoam >
a popular caterer in Memphis and
amassed a fortune. In reference to his
contribution to the reunion fund
Church h*ja that he made his mmoy in
Memphis and feels that he should do
what ho can for the oity whoso people
have boon so good to him, and he adds:
"No persons on earth are mere disposed
to holp the former slaves than
aro tho veterans of the Confcderaoy,
thoso old men who yet remember the
Negro in Blavory."
Tho ohairman of the local committee
of arrangements in acknowledging
Churoh'e gift writes:
"1 hara never seen a moro striking
act to show what should bo the real
genuine fooling botweon tho races hero
and toprovo beyond tho question of a
doubt what should bo dono in oementing
and building up tho real interests
of this great growing oity regardless of
nationality."
Such Negroes as Robert R. Church
aro an honor to thoir raoe and oreditab'o
citizens of the communities in
whioh they hvo.?Atlanta Journal.
Justice Harlan Unseducod.
A rceont incident whioh is receiving
considerable oommcntin the press may
b?. related in the words of William K
Curtis, writing to tho Chioago Record:
Justice Harlan created a little sensation
by a sroech Friday night in response
to a toast at the regular monthly
m:cting of tho Loyal Legion. Sav
oral members of Congress were p'o'ent
and Representative Mooly of Massm*
ohusotts took down his words. Among
otho things ho said:
"The fathers never intended that this
government should evor exert any
power or authority over any part of
the earth'ssurfaoe free from the letter
and spirit of the constitution."
This is eonstruod to mean that Judge
Harlan believes that tho constitution
follows the dag &d<1 to indioato the
probable dcoieioa of tho supremo oourt
on that question. Another sentence in
Judge Harlan's speech was:
"Oar government was founded upon
tho rights of man; 'ounded upon tho
theory that man bad rights as a man.
If wo enter into this world power '?us
1NC8B upon any othor theory, wo enter
it for evil and noi for good."
This is oonetrued to mean that at
least one justice of the supreme court
will insist that tho Filipinos and the
inhabitants of tho newly acquired possessions
should hsvc tho rights of citizenship
Smallpox Spreading.
Oov. MoSwocney Wednesday received
from County Supervisor J. R. Culp
of Cheater county tin following report
as to tho apporanoo of smallpox in that
oounty:
Dear Sir: I regret to have to announce
to you that smallpox has mado its way
into our country from tho infected
oounty of Union. There are some 10 or
12 e*H?R reported whioh arc to all ap
pearancoa genuine. We are doing our
best to 6Cgrogate them with tho means
at our command, but would bo glad to
havo buoh aid prom you as yon can ex
tend to us ia our efforts to prevent the
spread of this loathsome scourge. Tho
caies alluded to aro near Li cds on the
S. A. L. railroad, near Carlisle.
TLo report of the snperivisor was
promptly forwarded to Dr. James Evans,
secretary of tho State board of
hoalih.
Train Robbery,
A dispatch from San LuiB Potcsi,
Mexico, says: "The firtt train robbery
in American style ever committed on
Mexioan soil oecurcd on tho Maxioan
Central railway near there. News of
tho affair has just reached the city. A
passenger tram was held up by marked
men, rvno entered the 1'ullmsn sleeper
and robbed tho passongrrs of monny
valuables an 1 baggage. The train crow
wcro held up with pistols. The bandits
wero five in nambcr. The loader and
it is believed all the other robbers were
Americans. The bandits aro being pursued
by a foroo of troops and their oapture
is almost oortain. Tho robbers, if
cau<ht, will bo speedily put to death,
as Mexican law ia very aevjre on such
criminals."
A Senator Arroetod.
A dispatoh from Washington aays a
warrant was issued Thursday afternoon
for tho arrest of Senator William V.
Sullivan, of Mississippi, ehargi:g him
with assaulting Mies Mae Lacy Leeton,
tho young woman who issuing htm for
$50,000 for alleged broach of promise.
Tho assault is said to have boon committed
shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday
night. Miss Locton alleges that while
talking to Senator Sullivan ho slapped
hor in the faoo. Senator Sallivan's attorney
attempted to have his oliont forfeit
twenty dollars collateral, but the
1 / u:.. T * v J . 1 mi
inw/titi mr iuing j.uqioq ODj(Cieu. i no
narrant wan then plaoed in Iho bands
of a dotce.ivo. The Senator was oited
to i>eir in court Friday morning
Van Wyck blight.
In Tho Commonor issued Thursday
Itryan upholds tho aotion of Mayor
Van Wyck, of Now York, in failing to
lower tho flag when Quean Victoria
diod. Ho nays it is not a serious question,
but simply on aooount of oourtosy.
Ho adds "Mayor Van Wyck presented
a oonaplcto dofonso when ho
oited the failure to pay this tribute to
Joubort as a precedent If a flag on a
public building is not made to pay
tribute to tbo memory of a hero who
died in freedom's holy cause then it is
not extremely important that that flag
bo rcqired to pay tribute to Kings and
Quoem."
a
THE FARCE OF LIFEAt
Brought Out Vividly at the
Oueeu'i Funeral.
How the Angel of Death muit htvo
smiled last Saturday at that array of
powor as represented by thoso cmperorc,
kings and princes who followed Qieen
Victoria's remains to tho last resting
place There they were, two errpjrore,
five kings, more than half a hundred
trinocp, innumerable dukes, carls,
lords, cio , marohing behind that one
little crifin. And there was the Angel
of P:ath also. There tho combined
representatives of all earthly power and
glory. Tbero the unsetn monarch of
them all, to whose mandate that prinoolv
arrav irn mnnh unKi "l ?? 't?
(ambient vassal is to their own; to
whoto beck and call they mast lay aside
all eaitbly trappings, throw ofl tLc taw*
dry crown and rjbc of office and *o
bence, ad humble as tho lowliest of
their own subjeots. For as someone
ban said, at tho gravo ali men arc equ.vl.
How flunsy athing seems kingch'p,
all earthly power and display when
brought face to faco with the ADgo! of
Death. It is as some great majidtlo
Lip whose great proportions and wonderful
ooneiruotion exoito admiration
and even amazement, jot which, in the
fury of the gale is picked up, tos-i-d
about l.ke a ship in a mill rnoc, its
masts stripped off as if they were straws
and the whole finally broken in two
and thrown to the bottom of the occ.a.
as a ohild might chunk a pebble into a
tub of water.
All things foeai great or small by
contrast, Dut the gTeat ships that go
down to tho soa aro not ruoro at the
morcy of tho storm nor moro intiguifi
oant in its fury than the greatest of
kiDg and quocas and prinoes and lords
at one look cr nod or call from the
Angel of Death. Evea the chip that
floitB on the bosom of a turbulent river
is not iroro subject to its eu.-r.~ts d
eddies than thoy aro subject to the
slightobt wbim of the Infiuuo. For of
all cphemoral thizgs, this thing of
kingly power and display and glory and
even existence is the most ephemeral.
Yet they all play it out to tho end?
evtn beyond the end. They strut even
in the face of death?even af or doath.
One p^or little ocffio, a coujle of emperors,
four or five kings, a few score < f
princes and dukes and lords. The
Angol of Death How tho latter must
smile. I say, at thiir pretensions. How
ho mist chuckle over their theory of
"divine right."
Tillman on Child Labor.
The following letter from Senator
Tillman oiplains itself:
United States Senate,
Washington, D. U., Deo. 5, 19<K).
Mrs. Khsaboth L. Baldwin, Onoofthe
King's Daughters, 181ft N. Gales St.,
Columbia, 8. 0.
Dear Madam: 1 have your letter of
Deo. 2d. 1 sympathise heartily in the
effort to provent ohildron being put to
work in faotorios at auoh an early age,
aLd would gladly see an aot passed by
tho general assembly suoh as the
King's Daughters had introduoed last
session.
Child labor suoh ae you describe must
result in rapid deterioration of those
subjected to it, aad I bid you Godspeed
id your cilort to seouro legislalion
that will prevent it. Tho development
of tho cotton mill industry iu
South Carolina has been phenomenal
and there is a disposition on the part
of the legislature to let well enough
alone, at least for the present, but if
the good women of the Stato will take
the matter in hand and systematically
organizo and go to work they will bo
successful iu the long run.
I do not know what aotive support
I can give you, as my duties here will
not allow mo to be iu the State when
the legislature is in session, but whatever
'nfluenoe my name may give is
yours to use as you seo fit.
There are to agencies you have to
oombat?the mill owners who employ
the ohildrcn because they got thom
for small wages, and the paronta who
aro cariers of their child's welfare,
that it is oarning something, very often
to support the adult in idlonc0*.
The working of children, of tender
years, in mills injures them both physically
and mentally, the good bihse of
the State will fo declare whenever tho
question is properly prosonted.
W'ashinv you Godspeed,
Yours very sinocroly,
(Signed) B. Ik. Tillman.
Americans as Looters.
Thorn has been much published it
tho newspapers about the looting >i
Chinese homes, etor>.3, and prhiu
buildings by the soldiers0/ tfeo powor*
in China, and in most of tho tcccun'.e
our own soldiors hsvo bae.i declared t.
he oxcopticrs to the rnie. In this eonneotion
the following oxtra-t from the
letter of a soldier in the Ninth UuiUO
States infantry in Chic*., published ir
the Worcester Spy. will be interesting
"If I could havo taken oare of and
safoly handlod all the loot ana plunder
whioh i had and could have got, J
wonld return to tho United States t
rich man, caislo wortn $26,000 $20,000,
bat 1 oouldn't do it, and had lc
get rid of what did fall into .j. *>*nd- m
quickly as possible. laoldncarl., 51,001
worth of loot. I had silver billion yal
ore, beautiful and "estly furs of all
kinds, silk in abondanoo and a greai
variety of preoious stones and jewels,
bat I could not carry it, so 1 had to dis
pote of it as quiokly as I could, j
sold $1,500 worth of pnro silver bar foi
$200, Mexioan monoy, equal to $100 ic
gold. I have often stated in my palm)
days that I wonld like to have all the
wealth 1 could carry, and here is a oasc
of where I have it But it avails me
nothing, as the pool enlistod man geu
nothing oat of tho affair but hardtack,
and with bnt one-fourth rations at that.
Many of the officers have scoured
enough out of tho affair to bo wealth)
for lifo, and tho higher tho rank the
' more loot they got. When you read ic
tho paper of the Amcrioan not looticg,
> you oan just wink tho other oye and be
wise. Tho Amorioans and the Kogliat
were deed in the gamo, and the Koglisl
got a triflo moro than the Yanks, be
oaaRo they were a triflo smartor,
8ix Men Drowned.
Six men wero dremed in the Ala
baiua river Wednesday at itoese'a ferry
a fey miles south of Montgomery. Th<
; men with team nwero in a ferry boat whei
the latter atruek a snag in the nriddh
of the river and upset.
Ac
STILL CRUSADING.
Mrf. Nation Smaihis Another
Saloon in Topaka.
SHE ADDRESSES CHILDREN
And Appaa's to Tham to 2ms?h
8aloor? Windcw* With
Rock* in A?l lha
Ciiies.
Mrs. Carrie Nation and three followers
Wednesday wrought demag* tc the
j fXteot of $1,500 in tho "Seoate," the
j SDost equipped "joint" in Topckr, Kan.
She alro gained the lirst police protect-on
Thepohjo followed up her raid
of Wed read ay and arrested the
tor of the Scnato and two menwbo wcro
guarding tho p'aoc, and the tU-k of
liquor tho ?aloon aeaurcd t o sell tc tho
crowd, flockei to view tha wreckage.
Mrs. Nation v.?*9 arreted, bnl proauptly
rolcascd.
Mrt. Nation ^nd her wreckers, eaoh
armed with a natohet, sallied forth at
daybreak Thoy foreod their way past
a Negro, wno was guarding the do<>r of
the "8caatoM and in lens than ten uinutcs
had strew r the flrc-r with broken
mirrors, bottles, Mot ir-ehin.a aud
eplinterrd V. fixtnr6n. Nc^ro fi-?d
a shot t! v^.yniug into the n?ili-g, tot
it had ao rn'iot. Presently a poiieeir>~u
walked leisurely into the roots and
said: "Well, 3i?tcr Nation, I gaeae
we'll have to arrest yea again."
Mrs. Nation had just straihod the
last botild and wa? ?-??d7 to p?The
police Judge was glad to release
her when ol>e appeared for trial and administered
a ?ob"ke to that oi?:i*l.
Mrs. Nation soon wo?;t down Kansas
uvrnue, froc again.
Later Chief of Police Stahl, in an interview
with a reporter, eaid:
"L do notearcif Mrs. Nation emtohes
every joint in Topeka. I sympathize
with htr, I hope she will close op the
salooDi of the oily. As an officer of the
law, thought it is my duty to arrest her
very time bho creates a disturbance
or destroys property. If we had the
right kind of mate officers it would net
be necessary for Mrs. Nation to do what
he is doing."
There are reports of plots to hurt Mrs.
Nation. It war ?*id that several saloon
menhava oha?;ed thiok glass bottles
with tremendous pressure, so that
an explosion will follow their being
broken. She is not at all disturbed by
' these stories.
Wednesday Mrs. Nation dioteted an "
appeal "to the children of tho high
Bohools of the United States," in whioh
sha urgod children everywhere to tmzoh
saloon windows with rooks.
When Mrs. Nation appeared in oou-t,
to answer, the ehwgea'j^Viisturbicg I
tho poaoe" and "amas^^^^joint" t' a "J
first charge was disaiiBbid', notw' batanding
tho orusader demanded a tr-J;
a hearing on the eocond ohargo was set
for Thursday, tho prisoner Lclng released
without bond.
"The ccargo of disturbing th: peaoe
is dismissed," said Judge Magraw. as
the orusader stood at the rai'inz. The
ohargo followed her arrest Tuoeduy,
after her fruitless attempt to wreck
the Unique resist-r^nt.
"I object to the aismissal," exclaimed
Mrs. Nation. "I was arrested wrongfully
and deprived of my liberty."
To the charge of smashing a joint,
Mta. Nation replied:
"I plead guilty to that, I rather think
I did smash it."
Tho prisoner demanded that the oity
attorney bo brought in and be compelled
to give eausfl {-? arresting her
1 Tuesday, i'bo polioo ,idge ttv.d to
ignore her uad the ohi ? pollni
fused to listen to bar df-m* d.
j Tbon Judge TJayraw ocgan ?.o read |
( tho law touching offocderd who c-nato
I a pubiio d;aturoacoe or cause rio*. Mrs.
j Nation interrupted several titcca and ^
j told the oou.t :t "might a . well read a
>' novel to mo as thit statf. It does't
cover my oase."
The Jadgc was ind;Ttcnl, and CHioi
, StaM throatonea to have the marshal
pat her out.
J -ilgo Mar-nw had no doairc tc hold
tho prisoner and pet milled her to go on
her c*u raocgnizanoe to appear ?.ext
Thureday tor trial.
Mrs. Nafio~ thanked him and ehook
. hau ls and de; arted.
II Mra. Nation -as aRaic arrested or. a
, wsrrau saorn oat by the r>\\ j*rs of tho
i "Senate" siloon. 3hr-. ia charged with
i malicious ocjtntot'OD of prap?rty. fehe
, was released ou $100 bond for trial
Saturday.
i A il sdley, physioal uircetor of the
I Y. M. O. A , tc irlit Tuesday at tore eon
, over th? :n is of Mrs Nation's oruwdo
with a Negro turned Jackson, whn ?? ' I
[ ho wished Mrs. Nation had boon killed.
r John U. Nicholson, a law yet from
[ Newton, is hero with a bill he has pro,
pared to legalize joint smashing.
. A Slioctiug Scra;o.
? At Spartanburg ou Tuesday c! lost
) week K. B. Do an was shot and painful*
ly wouuJ'jU by Uheif of Polico A B.
1 Dean. The principles of what was
t nearly a tragedy aro fir9t oonsins. Tho
, exact cause which led to the difficulty
cannot he ascertained, but political re
[ la'.ions between tho two are the supposr
ou cantcs. List August Capt. Geo. B.
i Dean, father o! K B. Dean, the wound*
r oi man was defeated by Jno. ?. Vor)
non for sheriff of tho eounty. It is
) obarggd that A. B Dean uned his in>
fluenoe for the successful candidate,then
? ohiof of polioe. Mr. A. B. Dean was
oleotod an successor of J. K. Voroon, an
ohiof of polioe, whioh position ha now
I holds. The injured man is boing atr
tended by Dr. Goo. R. Doan, a oousin
i of both parties.
A SoriouH Charge,
i The Newport News Herald says H. L.
i MoAlcr, who was arrested at Hook
i Hill, 8. 0., on the chargo of having
sent through the mails an obscene letter
to a young woman, arrived at Norfolk
Thursday night in oharge of Depnty
United States Marshal Dodson f
Hook Hill. MoAler was Imogen Now,
port Ncrs when the alleged on uo
j against the Postal laws was committed,
i lie was placed in Jail in Norfolk and
> will bo tried in that oity. ila haa a wifa
and family in Rook HUL ^