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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. ! VOL 1. BATESBURG, 8. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1901 NO 47 1 FATAL EXPLOSION." Twenty Man Ara O ihc! and Twanty-Sav?n jured, BUILDINQ DEMOLISHED. Horrors Fi'? W*r# Added to tho ImprsrnaJ W Twenty men arc dead, ten of them unidentified and bo torribly burned aid blackened that identification is J-neat impossible and 27 other men arc lying in tho various hospitals of the city suffering from torriblo cuts and burnt! and ftthnr ininrin* all r?i?nltn nf tVin I explosion of ono of tho boilers in the Ponborthy Injector company's largo plant at the corner of Abbott street and Brooklyn avonuo, Detroit, Miob., at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday of last week. Following arc tbo dead: K. Bryant, monitor hand. A. E. Hoffman, lathe hand. Joseph Coffey, lathe hand. A E. Miller, latlio baud. Eugono Bertram, iathe band. Edward Burtech. lathe hand. Charles Marvin, laiho hand. Patriok Malloy, carpen.er. J. Frye, aged 24, tester. Ten unidentified bodies. In addition to the 27 injured in hospitals, a dozon or more of tiio emplovep who enffcred comparatively slight i ju ries, aside from the shoob, were iikon to their homes. Twenty fivo men and b*ys fcr.vc do' ae yet been located eitUr at their homes or at the hospitals. The ton unidentified bodies aco unt for ten if thoBc, and tho oflicuia of the company say that they feel positive that the major portion of the retraining 15 t.-c b* tonight at tfceir hemes, i'onigh*. a 1 great forco of men io searching the ^ ruins by elootrio light and the work will not bo stopped until every foot h*K been examined. THE rACTORT. F ^ .-JThe PcDberthy Injeotor company's [ plant occupied hail' a aqur.ro at tho k corner of Atboit street and Brooklyn L avecuo. It v?t d of two briok A . buildings, soparatod by a 16 foot allc . Jagffte rear building in wH- the^boihu ""**iraa locate, aad wn 'h r.i- complete y B destioyed, v>as throe tories in heigMM* ^BHK r? i... a. .. mo r -. 1* I </. iCQV iU \iX ffr ?.JU 1V?" it \ WW ., ^' 9 .boiler re . was ioeatod a I ? BOrt^ wtuir Jxj<tTTT- ry4 tr><? byildiug w. ai I .jffSi tho engine ted boiler rocm and ? re B 'or testing the output of the plan' ' The finishing and bra^s manu:aru K department was located on th> set I . floor, and tho third floor was devoted I the foundry. It is impossible to toll I exactly how many men wert a vcrk in 1 the various departments of this rear I . building when tho explosion occu but the officers insist that the number was not ov.r H5. There *v. re f uboilers in the plant, two hor'zjnt-nl or es which furnisbod steam fur tho entires and two vertical boilers winch weio used solely to test lrjeciorrr. It watho horizontal boiler whioh was in u^o this morning which let go acu caused tho awful loss of hfo. WITHOUT W A11N1 Nil Uio awlui cra?fc came v ithcut tin slightest warning, 'lhcsc in the fro^i buildirg said it pcotocd 1 <ko the con ousrion of an immense cannon TIk roof and floors of tho resr bui'dir^ buigod upward and then crashed down with the?r heavy loads ox machinery I aid foundry apparatus. Walls, rot ana all dropiped into a shapeles.; mass of debris. Windows ia he uses for a block aiouud were broken by tho oou outsion, and fljiDg bricks fil .d the ne'ghbciicg yards. A dense oltui ot dus. arose, and as it sculco, ar.d wa' succeeded by Cunaer clouds of lokc | and steam, agonized oiics b. gan ic ' come from tho heap of tang'ed wood, metal and bricks. Those who were only partly buried frantically dug themselves out, and then as energetically turned to digging for their c 1x1rados who woro bunod deeper. JXAVES ttHOKK OCT almost immeuiatcly and thchorr rcf fire was added to the eeflcring of tho * imprisoned ones. A lire alarm v. ^ lu.ncd in and quick ly responded to: ualls were e r.t cct for all tho ambu-ancea in the oi'y aad they were huriied to tbe scene. I'end ,iag their arrival, ncigblorire bouses were turned into ttinprrary hospn ard those physicians who wcro in t c vioinity cased the ufl 'er0 as much a* they were able. Tho br&t ambulances on the eocne were tetany inac.qiafo to carry those who 1 ail eireaiiy been ox j uaotcd, and express -vagonaai-d pimiisr j vehicles wcio pieced into sonico. As Eoon as iho giaviry of the ?cc> dent was realized calls for acldi'ional firemen wero n-.di iu, so flKBSi|?& came flying to the scene I rem all part? of the otiy. V tamed their efforts at the &r.. w i > was burning Li,o iy in rr? of & wreck, the greater number of them PW9T seized &xs and prying out Jic vict who com h ! ecen or wbo?o faint 'Tie' we* au iblc Tbo department of pub.ic *v.rkn va< j notified of the horror d >ns \ di*. e'y j sent all its available nen ami horse* to the eoeno. in a comparatively rhnrt ime, a:! bo laborer* who could tvoik to aivan;*giwore feverishly throwing ana pulliug the debris out into Brooklyn avenue, whero it was loaded into wagous and ?jrried off. The floors and roof had fallen at an angle and formed a sort of huge corner, under which t;io fire burned fic/oely. Not until the firrmrn had chopped through this, <fid tbeir s'rev o begin to Lave an apprcotablo effoo' 1 the flames Tho tuffoxirg of thoro w' o we buried beneath were I.-.Lr mutely to fled toby their ohtrrcd ana b's-ikonud bodies. "HOW Dll) ft: HAPPEN? Engineer Kiley wad aico g tho fir-, to be taken cut of tho wreok. His escape was little short cf miraculously. When the boiler let go ho was knocked j - - to ti c flior ard one of tho stnallor testing boilers was blown ever htB prostrate form in such a way that one end reutod on some debris high abovo him, thereby fo.uniDg a shield that kept tho fall- j ing timbers, brioks and machinery from crushing him. Tho soaping stoaui, however, burned him frightfully. After his arrival at Graoo hospital, ltiley's first words ! wore: "How did it happen? The engioo and boilers woro all right." CRIES FOR IIELI*. I Gradually tho rosoucrs worked thoir wrty downward through tho pile. By thin tuno thr.ro woro no orics or groans to aid them, for the flames had destroyed those unfortunates who wcro not killed by tho explosion or the fall But tho work of rescue continued with unabating bro.'c. When a boavy beam or piece of shafting was encountered r. 1 team of horses was brought iu and tbo , pioco of wreokago hauled to the street ^ Strotohor bearers stood beside tbo res ouors and took away tho burned and blackened bed:c9. A vacant iiousr ad joining the factory was eon verted into a tompora-y raorgne. lit ro tho bodies were placed iu coffins and taken to tho nearest morguo. In several oa>es tho chsrrcd corpses wore i-o hot when ro covered that ihcy oou'd eca?-ooiy be handled by the undct later aud his as ( sistants- I Tho float fcu'l iing rf *ho p'aat sua taincd comparatively little damage, 1 consid<ring J o irjmeodcus explosion 1 with n 1?5 fi'cof it. Ail tbo window, of -.'ourso, were broken and some of tho < machinery wss slightly ?njurcd by the ] automatic extinguishers whioh wore ret \ ad by tho explosion. I Thoro were a drzon girls amoDB tho ] lUjployoa on tho four floors of this bu> ding and thoro wis something of a j panic among tin m, but nobody wis in , jurcd. < THE PROPERTY I.OSfi f according to Secretary Goorge W. ' Jijilds, Ji about US'l.UOO. 1 hr firm ( oanitd $70,000 firo and some boiler in j surarco, tut hofc muoh of tho Utter ' Secretary Child.* oou d not state. ; Subscriptions for tho relief of-it^o ' st?tt revfi have beeu stirt.d < Nothin? is known as yet about tho cauro of the explosion. Tbo boiler:; j had been recently inspoottd and the. | engineer was kuown as one of the most ' car-.fu! ssd crpablo men in tho oiiy. The tirm will resume business as 1 soon as possible in ten:!>orary quarters, 1 already taken. ( j lis Will Land. j The "Washington correspondent of j the Now and Courier says Senator MoLatum w%? amoog th< list of oailers at j Ke Whit ll juso vV- orsday. He was ] fccc^n -? id by Cbl. T. C. Crenshaw, for- j tmaffoharmaa of tho. railroad commie* . ?iondf'^uo:gia. talked ?y apcoial j ai'LQ .nimcnt, ar-d ha 1 a long Quafidm . j tyt wk wtrtr k^reaid. ut Roosevelt into ( is v. rnoon tD.?r the Otfcet visit- ^ ore iiad'oooa disposed ci. CoioaL f Crenshaw, it will be roealled. is a Democratic Protectionist, and also an Iptn tiet a :,e McLaurin lines. Ktoley died Oolo .eiCr it i:. arpirant for a fodo al G^pointmciib uaa it is und ritood that ho wis promised an tfSjo ot trust | in Cuba. Y\tdLtsdaj's contcreuoc was due, it is *i\icj, to en expressed denrc on h3 p'oucicoi to meet Co.onol Cronchaw mod talk ovt r ih.- political MtU3tro. in Oorg1*. Aoabtr Sorator Ma- i Lsrrrin T:r-r Colonel CreL; hew are die po?:d to repeat what oc: "?rred du-irg their la(tt with tue president, further than t ) ay ttay 1 ad & ver.. satisfactory interview i ( Epworth Orphanage. The M] worth Orpbanago has lost the eupottnicL-dcnt w o l as been in oha.gc i iinoa tbo cnnbiHiinu nt ? { tbo instu- I i tic--., i-i the Kjv. George Hon?v|? Wad el', ? -> entered ih Methodist I; coafcri-ueo ir. 1835. Mr. A addcll iiae i Oeen Kro&d . 1 jsign oa noooaut of ill health. Tho iit'.ij ohiidroa at the ] orj iiaia* lir < i.u ' oil it i; r * mi trird ir;cnd, oao who na.i b,.o.i a lathe; to hem arid or.o *-hoiu they v 11 loto devotedly Tutsiay night tho annual , a?cotin.. of the Ep worth boaid was hold i and that body elected Mr. Waddcll ! fieanoia! manager of the orp.iar.ago. j fo s?ue;ood inr m supi: ioteodont tl?c lit v. V jilt :M Brocks Wharton, now j serving .i;o v'.urch ai Prosperity, in tho i yokesLa-y uictriot, was ^looted. Tho i oo?.rd reooived the tteuu*! rcporla of tho inatituii,11, tvbioh wcro gratifying, and atteuocd to oocsidcraulo busiae;-3. i Killed Ttaeui Bolh. j A tr gedy characteristically Parisian ( was c >xui acd in tho 1 cart of Palis j Ihurtday. A', tho earner of tho lt^ula vsrd d.e Cs; ucmcs, and tho lhace Djl | Opera, hu;bio i sb ?t his faithlcs wife , aoo her I vcr in lutl view of buairods , o. |i'>i c. i'i 'j opera tqaaro was filled vfitn | r, m.r ftdern at luonh ticio, when j a cab orovo aoio .j till i<i itre, followed ( t>> a man lU' /it k,. \ p^liocoan regu- , jat.ng ;i:ffij, s oppf i tho oab in front (f'h hh.!o do la l'aix, enabling the pnrmor to overtake it, whan tlo man draw a revolver,ti rust it through a ai.JriW'f tho volrolo, ah J fir". iwioo, kilheg the woman who wan inside. fh< man :o the c b, the aooiaa'a lover, oj n< <1 11 o ot/ or dcor rn > ir'cd to fl jo | it lb huAar.d spiaog aftcr him and blow out biv brain before the spoota.ors ecu l interfere. f .ion the husL ud app'vao .<d tho p'?;ic:co?n, handod hiiu the V7> apoo and urecoil: red. A Great Success. 'I no now IU ? ru'or. atir'O to.ncdu host ii th" wood r o' ail naval men. It wus given a trial l'"rid*y it Groon Point, L. I It in psiu :d tr.o L'ultoa. .Shipbuilder Nixon sayu if is "a great stool .1 \ ir whi: u sre ust d ell cf too mechanical doVelopmoDis of tho paflr f> r years *rd ov< r <vr -c movements a man i .:ac a*, prifrct at d ton ant obci'i - Deo to iiis wdl as if tho fi.-h bal brains." in his >pir.ioo a hartor dofotiutd "by two r'jo'; boatfl comd not bo bottled upas was Santiago. Married Threo Wives. ./an'"' K Kiol stdson, a white man, who i.v s ia /ugusta and w aits at a bri k>s.r ', has b. en srresti d in that ty . *vi'.h biger::;-. Two of his wives v; 'o Sou h Carolinians. 11 j deer. :-:!l them an 1 ciairied sJ a third .i o a Uecuia woman. He married thuui all within tho past few years, deserting them rucc ivelv. All tho wives are now r.ftor him and ho is in deep trouble. WOMAN MURDERED. * Dp'k Orod Committed In the Cour.iy v.f Oconee. 1HOT THRQUOH THE HEART Fly a M. b Who Wai Tearing D wn Hsr H~u*e. f x Men AT^etod end N-w'n J sil. Ab tho reeult of t'.io killing of Mrs. daobel Powell alias Thcmas, Sunday tight work, six young m?n are now in Joonoo Jail. Thc> ere John Hudson, 'donoy IIuJeod, Tom Hudson, }? rse Ilu's-m, Rowland Robertson rd Jack Sontncll. Tho first throo ?ero arr'6'od the M irday morning folcwirg 25 miles from tho so.mo of tbo :rtmo toward the Gsoigia lino. Tho otl orB wctc arretted Wodr.os?'.*y after ho irqacst near S?hm A crowd won* :o Wostloj Powell's Sunday night weok kbont 3 o'clock and began to tear the iouso down. After thev hsd lorn 003* of the roof ".ff ard his chixnov t'.o*n to the ground Powell then came out and foaud four men all of whom ho roocgn'xod as the Hudson boys. He made the best fight be cou'd and kcockod Money Hanson lown with piece of rlark. At this bnomro hi? wife a woman of 50 years, \Tue out and was shot in tho heart and leath followd instantly. Mr Powell :a? s he beliov' 1 there were others ne?r (ho hcuse but be cculd not recogr;?i ihecc, Three of the Hudsons left and passed through Walhailu about error *e Sunday morn.eg. At the irquest Mr Powell s ^oro that be had knocked Money Hudson down and that hn had 'ivoc hinr. a black eye. When this stateme"t was made Pew ;11 had not seen Hudtor. avd did not :now tl at he was ir Jail. Hudson shows ibe black ye. I) s. Hell ard MoKinlry (ield the po't inortoin and found tho ball to bo one fr-m a 33 calibre pistol. Toe Hudsons h d two pistols when arrested, )ro a 32 erlibro, and the other a 33 Mrs. Pow. 11 leaves five ohi'dron. The Lilaoo of t! - killing i? 17 miles Drrth of WVhalla < r Kcowcc r vt. Wcetloy Pi well and Kaobel Powell alias Thomas roder indiotmont in this oounty for tying in a j'trry. The Hudsons aro h"?? sous of John M. Hudson, a C.m .derate soidier, ltobortson is from S' ith Carolina. Seeled livrd on Kouvo': river. This is said to ^ have '^n ti p second woma q ever^ killed in Jooa eA county and the affair is deeply . sgaiost all ibe mcusad bciicvo*^' } "lw a itrocg ore. WHI3JS WILL WIN. Stioggle Between Cimbinationa of Governori and Railroads. P?ofcund interest is felt in the hroalcred f':uc Ho betwcea the com jination of governors of Minnesota, S'orth Dakota, Montana. Idaho, and .?> sliingion ard the great railroad ocmDtna'.ioc composed of t;:o Groat Northern, Norihen Paeifio, Union Paoili , Boathcrn Pnoifio, and tho Chicago, Burlington nr.d (^linoy railroads. The governors ot the foregoing states . c interested in preventing a combina .ton of oniy two of t'<e reads in quos ion, namely, tho Croat Northern auu .:.e Northern Pacific. These reads are j cmaliel lines, ?nd travcrso the states which it is expected.' ^i)i trke steps to bavo the railroad ocmbimtion declared unlawful. This railroad combination is the big gest trust in the world. I represents japital amouutiog to $1,082 000 <100? 164,('('0,000 inoro than the United States btctl corporation, known as tbc d; lion dollar trust' 1* i:> by no means certain that tho governors can agree uj?od tho comae that ought to b? pursued in CghtiDg tne railroad trust. It may be that ail c* their states haven t laws prohibiting lho corloiidation of p?rallel lines by railroads. If they haven't, and they expect to bav? ruoh laws enacted, t! e Bnanoos aro that they will suffer defeat. Tho railroads arc powerful *ud inflticn Lial and have Irioau. in tbo l.gnla Lures. Tho struggle to defeat this great corn binetion cf capital, the greatest the world his ever known, will attract tho attention of tho entire country, aod it b ey booome a i'anor in the question as to whether the government shall take aont-o! cf intcrcs ate railroads, to tho ixinnt of Buporvising their rates?Savannah Nowa. A Queer Marriage Custom. Tho Scandinavian bridegroom giv s his betrothed a prayer book acd msny other gifts, wiuon usually include a gooso. She, iu turn, gives him, espooially in 8.vcdon, a shirt, atd thin ho iufviUbly wears on his wodding d y. Afterward ho lays it awsy, and uu-^r no oilcumstanarm of R'*!n r\r - ; ? w. fVTVi%/ vill ho v ?r it again while alive. Bo. ho wears it in his gravj, and tiicro ar Swed-.rwho earnestly oelb.vo not oclv o the resurro ;ticn of 'ho body, but in iho vorits : i re urrootion of tho lo trothal 8l'T? of such husbands who have nov r ok n ihcir marriage vov . The Sw< h widower must dsstroy upon tho tve of his second marriage tho wciM ig sh r'. his first wife gave hiiu - Won ao's Homo Companion. A Lucky Missionary. It ia owing to an odd twist >f fortuae that 1'. II. Anderbon, of Kansas, now a millionaire, instead of a poor country tohoo! tcaohcr. Ho appiiod for a orrtitioato to teach school and was turned down. Then ho wont to Ala?\a as a missionary. During L13 ministrations t) oro ho discovert d a gold mine worth #1,000,000 lie eoM out, came back to tho states, marriod a nice girl, gave a fortune to a school, and ie now on a tonr to Knropo with his brido. Kcoopt f? r his fai.uro to got a teacher's certificate ho would ns dcubt now be drilling tho "three K's" into thiok heads in Kansas. _____ _ I TWO HEROINES. They Face Burglars and Put Them to Flight. Rt. Louis women arc not afraid of burglars. In tho past twelve months no less than a score cf oases havo come up whoro young aud timid girls havo struggled desporc-toly with burglars to retain their property in thrilling encounters with desperadoes. The burglar frequently ohoofios tho timo of d*y when tho women of tho houso aro most likely to be out shop ping or calling. Miss May Kollry, /l protty 17-joar old pirl, was brutally beaton in a fight with a negro burglar at her home on Thursday afternoon, bul b> boroio rosistanco she saved her diamonds and other jewels, valuod at 11 700. Miss Kclley bad been downstairs roading until afternoon when she went upstairs to dross for a matinoo. Whet?ho etoppod in the door of her room a negro dealt her a blow on tho faoo. 8ho fn11 Kilt u* u nn hoy fnnt in v mom ant and seeing that tho negro bold her box of J vs-els she seized a window shade at.a struck him a blow aoroas the t*.co, which staggered him acid mado his nose bleed. TIIRKW Hi:n ARMS AROUND I1IM Ho droppod tho box and the jtwelry was scattered over tho floor, l'iokiug up a oostly ring ho attompted to ran downstairs. Iiut tho girl threw her arms around him and .struggled with all her might to make him drop tho ring Tearing himsolt from her grasp he strnok the girl a b'ow in the oyo which again seut her to the floor. Then ho kicked and boat hor untii bo HUpposcd sho was unable to rise. A? ho cropt down tho stairway the bruised, bleeding and kalf-oonsoious girl staggered tu her foot and struck him. He turned ?nd, with ?u oath and s threat to kill hor, struck her between tho eyes. TLis time tho girl was knocked unoonsoiouc, but tho members of the family carno hurrying into the hall just iu tiuio to s ie tho negro dash through the door and up tbo s root. LIFT WITHOUT MS'OTY. In tho last stragglo with tho girl the man dropped tho ring, and did not havo time to rcoovcr it. .Miss Keliey .s ill in bed, with hrr faoo and body badly swollen and bruisrd, aid the neighbors say they will lynoh the negro if tLey oan find him. Mrs. M. Hoffman and Mri. George R. Hoffman sisters, entored a groorr storo Thursday night while threo des potato men woro holding up the propriotora and rifling tho store. Kavolvors wore threat in tho " s o? the two women r.ud they wore . >!d to back up agains; rho vrali. . ..oy did ?.o, smiling at tbeir una'ual posim n aid oco of ihOTTToih the. ourgiar i to pi ess t e SV' cl 80?oToialv to her cheek, that it a*. . k.V> w-PT C -Oh Ad OUCCUBBUS. This aogor^l the ielio? *ud he tcld her to keep quiet or ho would b!ow hor b. ?:ns cut. While the r^r-.ieiy j roceedod tho two wcmoc were as oool as tbo proverbial cucumber, and \< hon too three eu finished their work and left tho stcro they ooollv attondod te the shoipiog which hid Drought thorn out, >1.*. 'Theresa Ruohor, CO years old. taw tao burgiais in tho act of robbing * hou?o ou 8'.. Louis avenue Thursday atltrnoon aud fr:ghteccr. them away, piquing them for bcVv.:*1 blocaa, "cryit g stop thief," and ioroing tho two men to do their utmost to got away. A Sensible View. Of what benefit to Rjoker Washington auu his work is this empty and arduous round of banquets and parlor functions? W herd a aocuit ore fit Tiiu or the c:au*o ro has at heart that he fr-:iru3 in Hartford or Boston drawitg rooms, sita at luxurious tables?even chat of the President huusoll'?and gives his time to what wo call "society? ' loose people really roe id him nothing more then a ca]>rioo. lie has bccoaao a fashion, a ra<io, with mm who have no ieoio oomprehounion of bis roal value to tho country ihan they have ot tLo politioal conditions in Saturn. They wco merely putting l iai on exhibition, glorifying themselves by a patronage of onu who is worth more to humanity and civilization than any dozen of thorn. And the end of it can be only the oanoellavion of Booker WashiQght>n as a potent factor in the social questions, lie and his race will bo tbo victims oi this stupid and misohiovous felly, lie will bo shorn of his usefulness aud in tiuecoo. 11c will strut his little hour ou the tinsel btagc and bo cast away when the idle fancy shall have run its course.?Washington Post. A Failure. Prohibition in Maine is a dead letter, but ip a convenient form of hypocrisy. Occasionally there aro movements to repeal tho rolf confessed sham. State Senator V'iekery, announcing himself as a caudidato for tko itcpubMoan nomination for governor, declares that "a license law for Maine is better than the iniquitous sys'eui which is now in voguo." Himself a total abstainer, aud without any sympathy wan the saloons, bo is yet oonvinood that if the state should ltoouse the saloons tho morals ./ .1 u i ? < <ji luv njup;o '.tpu a do ixprovca. Will Be Built. Tho Seaboard Air Line potitionod tbo oity couuo 1 cf Charleston for at. iistcubion of the franohi'.o which wan grauud two jcarj ?go, Tho extensioi1 /run gr.?ntnd, conditions! on the work ot construction of the Chattanooga, Ai. gufta nod Charleston railway beginning within thrco month*. The proapocli for tho building of the railroad a* bright. It is said that tho deoision to oontruot tho railroad resto with G floral Msnag< r Ilarr, of tho Seaboard Air Iiino, w'io is now considering the advisability of the- a nattuottou. iTired Upon from Ambush. A speoial from Win .,o, N. 0,, lays: Daring t raid in tho northern par*, of Stckei ooanty, lloveuu. Officers Joseph Fetrce and Jamc:: Froutiy wero 2r?d upon froT> aoabuah by moonshines. Fotroe was aV.ot in the right hip and Freddy in tL-o right leg. 'the idJumm of the former are the most aer us. The offioera returned the tiro but wore una ble to locate tho men who mado the asmult upon iht.ru. Four stills and several thousand gallons of boer wcro destroyed by tho ithocrs. A WOMAN'S WAY. Jealous Qlrl Tried to K.III Hrr U-vnr and H*rs?lf ON A CHARLESTON STREET. Th? y Went to Char'aaton from Buffalo, N> w Yc k, rr ci the Man Deserted the Yrur.g W m n. Mihfl Sarah Hinoa, a pretty young wop an, who c*mo here from Buffalo several weeks ago with hor sweetheart, Chn'iuoey Sullman, attempted tidoublo oriiae '?U Thursday by shooting Still man and bereclf. Tho sensational affair ooourid at tho comer of Calhoun and Coming strcot about 6.45 p. m Neither Mrs. llinos nor Stillinan was seriously woucdod. The young woman is in the oity hospital, suffering, a pis tol-ball wound in hor bead, which she 'nflioted herself after shooting Still man in tho nook. Stillinan had his wounds dressed at tho hospital iuiruo dit'ely after the shooting, and was dincharged at oiioa. Tho pistol used was a very light weapon, of only 22 ovibro, which feet doubtless accounts for the Blight wounds it tliotod. Tho "hooting was the sequel to a love alCiir botwoon Mi*3 Hincs a'-d 1 Mr. S'lliman. They cimo hero from 1 Buffalo together, and the young lady claims that they wore engaged to bo 1 rnnricd. After airivtug in Charleston the vcung lady engaged board it 111 ? \.;r%gg square, where Bho conducted 1 herself with propriety, and won tho 1 t( sot of ov. ry ono tu the housoholi ' i !qud rented a ro in over John Manuel's ftu;t store, 85 Coining etroet, 1 c< mer Calhoun street. 'The lov rs had been in Charleston but a t'jw days when fcJtilliusn began 1 paying auontioa to another girl, ."lias 1 iliooe could not beir tho thought o' 1 being jilted and planned to kill her 1 sweetheart and then ond her own life, lb-iouring a pistol, &bo waited ai the < oarccr of Calhoun and Cowing street* 1 Ttureoay afternoon for Btillmao, who soon approaohed, aooomparied by a young woman hia new flam , and Mies. 1 i 1 incs opened tiro on he? lover. She 6rad three times, but enly one shot took effect, the ball enlcricp the youcg e> >d .si icak. Stiiiman ran into Man 1 eel's stcro. Mias liiaes then j laood the 1 wnapotf to her forciead and tired, and tb?uero:k o' tho piatot aho fell to eke sidewalk Tho builet icfliotcd only 1 a'leah wound. Sho was taken to tho > pita) in tho ambulanoe, togothir 1 v/kth 8liUafefi. Mijs ilmis stated to her frionds that Jt it.' -nrtjd Sttlitnao and that 1J10 wnoied to uu. hiiiliiiau was ar , r.oicd by tho pchoo, but, there being ( >i ocargo against him, he wa roieaa- , e'V . , 1 It is provable that the polios dopirt ( n'ont will make out a oaaa tgaic-t M. ie , llmea uter eho is dismiseed fi\in the , hospital for firiog pistol shuts in the , city limits. Stiiiman will not prosecute i tho youcg woman f,?r attempting to , take his life. Stiiiman is an eieutrio.an and has been wcrktrg it the t xp laition . groucds ?CLar.!cst> u Cost. AM UNUrfUAL CASE Two Young Men of Laurens Under a Dark Cloud Wc learn from The State thai there was great exoitomont in Laurens on Wednesday. During the nigLi prcvi cus Mr. Clarence E. Babb had she. and Borously wounded a youug man rained Sullivan who was caught in a lady's houec between 12 snd 1 o'clock. Mr Babb was awaVoned by Borrf.ma and jumped cut of bad and, without making any alt; mpt to drcs himself, grabbed his pis.01 aid rau out into the yard. The pcresins camo from tfco hoino of some mod esiimafclo ladies nearby, ana Mr. Babb saw two men hurl thcmfolv s out of a wiodow. Barefooted and in airy altiro ho er.vo ohtso. For fcur bundrcdyarda ho pur nuod cno of tho flceiDg negroos. as he Huppoaod tbey were. Ho tired three shots, none taking clleot. Finally tho man pursuod stooped as if to pick up a rock and a bullet from Mr. Bibb's pistol caugh'. him in that part cf the body nearest Mr. Babb. Toowoundid man fell and rolled ur der a houec. Mr Babb stoorid aid as it was a mcoalir night, saw tbo party roll over anrt over to tnc far side of iho houso. By the time tho wcuuded man emerged from under tho hi use, Mr Bibb had. iu.irocp'ed him. Tho dazed f? llow d.d Dot know which way to turn until Mr. B?bb halted him Groat wtr, tho captor' ; surprise to fiud tl at ho had bcon pursuing a white man. Tho latter oeuld give do acoount of himself, snd would not discloso the identity of his partnci, who escaped si.hough othor neighbors worn on the aoeno with shotguns by the tirno Mr U*bb brought down his man. Tie * .no thing seems to be chroudcd iu mystery. If tho wounded mm widosking ho did tr > <\ pprin-.irig for a u.: n iu thai oondttion. Uar?1?ry can ho the only | lausiblc (.xcute suggested It is Paid tha' foolia,/ against ji <?g .ullivin was bittor at first, but i 'twas to danger of violouoc bung ooae him. His father 19 a dispensary atta ho aod is we'd oonnootei. T.'ic boy'u wounds may not bo of a cargcrour obaraoter. Had not this boy bcea brought down in his flight, sort-3 poor darkey might havo been hat g ng to a liuib?as an exauiplo. Mr. H?bb was quito a horo. (Jotting up on a "<"!d night and running hart f>t tod, across cotton pa:ohoa and over rooks, rcquiros cndn.anco. lie fell nnoo and nearly denuded himso'f His torn apparel was blot d stained and ho might easily havo boon (akca for a wonnded man ra'hor than iho ono whom ho shot. Dead in a Tree Top. W. .f. Vann, a whit0 man ;?<? yoars old and tmrried, was found dead in a trco top cv ,'Ossuui hunters Thursday night. Ho bought morphino and sir.rohr.iao tho day boforo, paying ho had fmiily troubles and w.is going away , so that co ono would ever hear from I him. I . \ TdE WAYS OF 8IN. A Defaulting City Treat'; rer Commits Suicide. Aftor being offered au evening newspaper whioli said his books were under examination by export accountant?, Stuart H Young, city treasurer cf Louisville, Ky., Wednesday evening wout to the roar of a wtrcPcuso at Sixth and Nel- on BtrootB and commuted sui oiao ly snooting Uixsolf bohi.-d tho right ear with pistol. A great sensation was created lato Wed ucsday afternoon when tho last edition o! nno cvouiag paper appeared wi.h a story, id oubatanoe, that aco:uutauts wore at work on tho books of tl'.o rotiring oi'y treasurer, S.uart K. Yoonr, and that it was reported tlat , cisccenauoios had boon found in Lis , accounts. Lmniid.v.oly the friends of 1 Mr. Young began to look for hiui, not behoving tho reports. Short!) *f 6 ; p. m. Mr. Young was Been at t-'ie , ladies' c-ntraooo of the Louisvillo hotel on Main street, where he lived with bis hrirl.. #?? 11 - ..V ?> amn Hamuli. iWU UUWDD'/^B < who know Mr. Youog, rau up RDdeaid; ( "Mr, Yeuog, dou't you want a paper? Its gjt y;.ur pictnro in it." Gr.e glance at ho d yub'c-co'umn | headlines toid Mr. Y lung why the pa- ( per had priDtcd a double oomum pie- < turc of him. luaiuad of oateriug too hotel ho walitod down Sixth street to . wards the river, the newsboys follow j og hiua on the ether side of tho street, j ust after passiDg NJsol fctr.ol Mr. ] Young turned cif between sou?? box- i oars Tho boys feared to follow him i any further and returning to the Louis- , viiie hotel dcHario.d Mr. Young's ao- j tiom to ' Kid" Johnson, a Lackuuan, f whose stand is in irout of tho hotel, t Johnson was noipaintcd with Young, ' i .d going in the dirtotion given by the 1 nowaooys LnJly found Mr. Young lying fa jo downward iu the cinders, hie i right arm untlor hiai. Seeing a bullet t hole behind Mr. Young's right esr, 1 Johnsou turned th^ body over. TLoa ] ho saw the pistol iu Mr. Young's right t hand, L fo was oxiinot. 'lhi body was 1 removed to an undertaking establish ) mm. under orders of the coroner for 1 *o irqaet. , b.uart 11. Y'outg was 35 ye are old ( ?ad one cf tho tuost prominent mcu m LiU'svi.le Ho was a graduato o? t L'rinceton university, a ton of Col. i Bennett H. Young, a prominent lawyer | tod former Couieoera.o toldicr of j Louisville, and brother of Lawrence , Young cf Chicago, president of tho j Washington Pars Jockey club, lie t marri.dlast Jtt y Mtsa Bessio A" j mind, i one of tho loos*' beautiful women in < Kontucky. and daughter of L H. Wy- ^ mond. Four yours sg> Mr. Y rung was t sleeted atty trcasur r a^d under the law was ineligible lor roe cation, his juooossor having been elected ou Nov. 5. e was suouf. . , Beyond ttyi otaioaKt made last Wed | ( uciiday ingnt to mayor Lra.'c.'T by one i af iheexicil accoaotanis that dis- < cropv.ci am^unti^g to $23 001) t;ad t ie n found in tue books < ?: mo former i a'.ty trciacrer, S.uarc K (Jug, who ' soman.ted tu.e ao last evening, not: < in* detinue is known to uo * the ao ) oounts 6tani b-'.Wcen the oity &Ld its iormor treasurer. When asked u: an l su.noritativo t tonight one of > iho account tats nail that beyond the amount mo.tioncd vteoccfinay eight i ho had absolutely no idea as to what i the allege shortage is. lie - d:d thaw < tho scoou' ts Wvutn require t a*o weeks * Lf> ir-i rtv .?r ill* >.i !"? "1 !?.. * - ' - ? VVV>.J \J iiir i! Z ISKCr tS ' office. Duuug his four yea. s'term as < city tress ur-.r, Mr Y <ur>g haualcd $11, blH), JUO. It b:oim- known today that sow- rat of Young's friends have hoard reports abou iLu condition of tl.c formal oity treasurers sojourns before U' W; r nper public* wuauikdo of them, h&d arranged 9 tenia i?e plan to acouro any aid for hitu tha' might bo needed. Choir plan was frustrated moroly b? I the fact lb a4. yustcrti?y aftornoou tboy were unablo to hod Young. Wednesday ui >raiog Y^uug asked for bi? ro volver at tne Louisvillo He*rl, wberc ho litved. Held Up and Kobbed. >lr. J. W. Parry of iho Bell Telephone Company, was he d up at the petal of a pistol by two iaon and rc^ocd last Tuesday night about 1- o'ebok 0^ tuo ot-rner of <4 icon aud Logan streets wLilo on Lis way homo from ino office. The men suddenly set up a him, ooviriog him with a pistol aud gagging him 10 suppress a ory lor aasistnuoe. li:s pockets woso searched and fl.lt) was taken from him. Tbo highwaymen wore jouog white men but tho manner in which .hey went about their work shewed them to bo thoroughly abreast of the tiures in their protession. Tno o.ty ii rapidly h)liu;? up wr.h a vicious element whose character is a amped on their faoes, aa-i it wentd bo a good mrvuontbo pari of tho police department to enforce the vagrant aot. hlvcry man who has no visible sign of support should Lj err to the chain gang. The raiiroa h report that tramps frcai all parts of the country aro moving ir this d rrction and tho movement should bo chocked ?Charleston Post. in a Silver Car. .Juan Gsrc;a and olanuel Altorverics, Moi cn hoSo.8, who were boating <hoir w?? Sin Au'ooio Tex , wire ?r-05ted by Federal authorities oi that uutriot on the charge of breaking into a loaded freight car. Tho car whioh tho 'wo tramps entered foroibly to got a trco ride od the Southern Psoiiic railroad was loaded with silver bullion to the amount of $125,000, which was bo itig shipped to tin, (jiaK^onhtiai rofin cry at l'orth Arnboy, N. J , from tho smeltor at Monicrry. Iho tramps woro unaware of the valuable oarg> on wr ich they rodo until thoy hau almost completed their jouroey, whea they were t?k n in?o custody by officers. None of tho bul'ion w: stolon. Schley Cheered. Hear Admiral Schley, who with bis wife, arrived at. Philadelphia, as the g ifst of (Job A. K. MoOiure, was th3 centre of an cr.thui astio domonstra?.on at tho Mr ad ntrect station of the Pennsylvania rei road whon tho Washington ciprcs rolled lulo tic big train shod. Moro than a thousand persona were cc gifga ti in t. t' o train the cu.wd to " 11 e people i ir- unt^K?j||8^:;s was with UiUjh difficulty a for Ibo statioo. fW&SBKKg A NEW EDITOR Dr Richardson Elected Editor of 1 Advocate Over Dr. Willson. Rev. W. K Richardson, D. D., L been elected editor of Tho Soothe Christian Advocate. This, no doat will bo a surprise to the Methodists Soath Carolina. Rev. Jno. O. W* son, D. D.t baa for seven years boi the editor of thie periodical and h personality has become a part of Tj Advocate. Tho Colombia State Bays when Bis op Galloway announced Friday mor ink to tho Uonicretoe tliat tho oleotii should be held Dr. Willson's frien wero confident hat he would bo r olcotcd- Oc the first ballot Dr. Wil " on received 95 votes, Dr. Riohardsc 74, It^v. E O Watson 39 and Rlv. ] E btaekbouho of Pendleton 23; tot 235, rccea'-ary to a choice 118. Oa tl ( coord ballot'here were 243, neoosea to a ohoioo 122. Dr. Willson and D Richardson detracted from the strong! af tho other candidates ana Dr. Riohari ?on led by 15 votes. The return waaKiohardson 117, Wiilson 102, Watsc 15, Siackhoueo 8. Oa tho third ac d-al ballot Watson and Staokhoueo r< B< ivrd tvo votoa each and L. F. Real enr; Richstdson 133. Willson 102. While tho tellers wore oountirg tl ro'cs, Bishop Galloway invited Bishc Danoan to rrcaido. The latter was ii formed by Rev. 8 II. Z mmerman th qo thought that somo laymou had vot< mno wero not eutitled. Those layrat wero members of boards of trustee 5to , but not properly members of ooi fercnoo. Tho bishop elated that if ai ujh bad voted, they could withdra h-2?r ballots, but cone werb withdraw! l'ne ro ult would cot have been a footed. Dr. Willson was visibly affected. E tfkikod to the edge of tho pulpit, bcsic ho Bishop's desk, and said with trem' iDg voioe that at tho call of oonfereni Ho had uti viUingly takon up this worl tnd unwilling does ho put it aside. E lad not sought it in tho beginning, bi Bid begun <.o lovo tho work. Howevi bo would i: manly spirit receive tl iiotum of conforcnoo. "All that I ai >f you, bishop, is to send me to tl poorest obarge "ith tho most miser! lalary in conferenco, that I may s^o ;o my brethrcu that the shafts whic isvo boon dircotod at me have been ui lust." llo epoke with feeling of tl nortifica'.ion which be had suffered c icoouat of things which he did not pa doularisB. Ho ended his statomout t oucving his pledges of fidelity to h son >rcncc and to God. At which thei vas a respoo6ivo "Amen" from ail ovi ho church Elumor iu Cem?us Figures. - There ts considerable amusement i tl? Genius cables, and jok< ira giingHbo roun "or the f*ct thi Jhioago baa m^r*' h <.han New Vorl >Uv liia- laoar Yora ii. siur :->? )f goats. Pennsylvania beats all crtu > att-s ic tuo number rf mules, whie fact if mentioned in relation to its fai iontl poiitios. Tbo figures show thi ; io variety of animals in this countr s prac.ioally oomplete, and that No York has its share?in fact, it is hat :o tay what can not be found in tl jroat American metropolis. It hi Wall street, and it has farms, whic ir. conducted at a nrofit. It has nuei ?oo in tho world and more represent uves from every siotion of the ooui try ihan any other city. It is a b town, so jammed with interest that ot soald live a bfotimo within its bonne ri. s without finding out ono-half of i .aots. ? Leslie's Weekly. t^uite a Covey. Two old hunters were swappit joarns and had gotten to quad. "Why," said one, "I remember year when quail were so thick that y< oonld get eight or ten at a shot with rifle." The other oca sighed. "What a tic matte* ?" said tho fire "1 was thinking of my quail hunt 1 had a floe black horse that 1 ro< overywhcio, anu one day out huntii quail 1 saw a bigaevdy on alow brant of a tree. 1 threw tho bridle rain ow tho limb and took a shot. "Several birds foil and tho rost fb away. "Well, sir, thore were so many qu< on that limb that when they flow off sprang back into plaoe and hung c horso."?Sunny South. To Beat Gorman. Maryland h<>publicans have a pi to send l-idor liaynor the chief cou nol for Koai Admiral Sjhley before t couit of inquirv, to the United Stal ccna'e. Ex Senator Gorman won t Maryland legislature in tho late el< tiOn by a majority of nino votes, joint ballot. Hayner is a Gocnoor: liko Gorman, but the Republicans s if rney can get ton Djmoorats to vo for Kiynor they wul ail vote for h and el? ot bin over Gorman. It is at thing to brat Gorman with tho Kept licans, ai d some of tho leaders arc hi with tho piau to get enough indopi dent and anti Gorman support for Hi nor to defeat G irman in that wa Ttiey hopo to be able to work it out. T 1 T.. i.. 11. - CI ju'liyuu lulu me oea. Frank K Keilbaoh who is suppoe tc# have jumped overboard from t t< au? ihip h?'tahooohoo on routo fr< Savarnah to New York, was prnminc politically and sjoiaily. 11 j was Bon of woll to do parents and had hi solf aooumulat-.'d considerable proper Ho was 37 years old. For eevonte i"ars ho had bcon connected wuh ( r th jo of ordinary in that oity, and t ordinary pro tcm for sovoral mont Ui account of a recent chango in I office ho Inst his position of ohief ole w.iioh seemed to prey on his mind; i that ho needed the salary, as ho t icd pont of the pay, but because in: iy:nod his long sciviors were un predated. A Great Invention. Mr. Santos Duuioot, wno has v famo as an acroaant, having ob!*it the Ihutsoli pries for doubling i K.iffol Power in his ba loon, is no# ta iag abou' crossing ;'~o Atlantio in t ka:.oo. He says the orossing ran in a balk.on is only a qu r ultiplying the oapaoity i of his present airship. It lo that it will bo a good w) he will undertake suoh a po regc. DISASTROUS WRECK 1 he Twj Engines in a Ha ad Erd Collisi >n- ' S *8 I rn )t, APPALLINQ LOSS OF LITE. of li an Oni Whole Train Burnad. Tha 119 jj -o Engines Oomplately Wreckedh Misunderstanding of Or* in ders- 100 Killed, ds e- O30 of tho most disastrous wreoki io [\. tho hiBtory of the Wabash railroad, or )Q any other Miabigan road, ooourrcd at [i. Seneca, Mioh., a small way station aj about 70 miles southwest of Detroit, ie between 7 aid 7:30 o'olook Wednesday ry night. ,f- Trail. No. 13, au immigrant train. lh with two engines, westbound, oollided, u- under a full head of steam, with train ? -- - ?u. i, ouiuudqq, sDout one mile from >Q Scaoca. The result was that five or id six coaches oa the emigrant train were 9" crushed and its load of human freight ^ werj sent into eternity in a moment, while ono oosch on train No. 4, which 16 consisted of a parlor oar, was also tole P scoped and four dead bodies have been a" taken fiom the ruins. at it is not. known how many people id thero were on the emigrant train, but ID the number of dead and injured will be 9? anywhero irom t?U to 150. Q' Tho pcoplo on that train were oaught ?y like rats in a trap and crushed. Then w the wrack oaught fire and those who a- were not irBtauily killed wore slowly *' rousted to death and none of tho few spectators wao hastily gathered from tho farm houses nearby were able to e afford aid. Tho whole emigrant train b- was soon oonsamod by tho flames and 3e every person on that train, it is reportol now, was killed. Farmers residing along tho traok Jt rushed in on the biasing mass to rescue or thoso whom they thought might be 10 alive. Tho bodies hauled out of the 'fc wreck wero taken to nearby farm 10 houses, which are filled with dead, and '7 a large number of injured were taken to w a hospital at Peru, lnd. ' 'b Along tho track, long linos burned a" bodies lie oovered with blanketB, pro10 seating a grcweomo sight. It may be ,n poreiblo that the exaot number of killed r* or wno they aro will never bbs?aown* ?y At present it is impossible to gefcsany^^^^^^^^^^^^ thing resembling a list of the injuta^fl^HflBj^H|^^| or It is saiu here that the aooidentV H the result of a misunderstanding of dors, it is reported in Seneca that H No. 4 should have waited at Seneoa sta-in tion and No. 13 shou.d have taken the is Biding? Trt-s.'waa not done. . Tuen thb " w it crash came, i ho next result is that >. c, one wno.e traiu, No. 13, is burned; the I ? ?|-'ft *-w- * -?-? *?<! and tu~ >r baggage oar is orushed into kinuung ih wooh. I The Boer War. President Roosevelt's aosonoo from wwl w Washington on a brief holiday saved I him the cuibarcassment Sanday of flj [0 hearing a pro-Boer sermon at the I Batch Reformed ohurah which he 1 U naouuaitv atiandfl. Th# Ota " tho IV.v. Hcrmana von Broekhuizor, k. formerly pastor of tho principal church * at Proici*, and chaplain of the voiks; raad. He took up arma for the Boor MB JU oauae ami whoa oapturcd by the Brit^ iih was exited. Coming to thia oount8 try, Mr. Brockhuizcr has been raising moDey tor tho relief of the Boer women M and ohildren out not with any great V su : tad?y night this Boer 1 preacher deeoribod the situation in J lS South Africa in all its horrors, "lap peal to you, the people of the Ucitsd ? * States," he said, "to raiae your voioo >u in proto't, and when you do, it will * mean the tioorty of South Africa. Tne oaub- of this war, which has practioally devastated an entire nation is '* tho glamor of gold ia the Johannesburg gold dolus. Chamberlain and those as3C aoomed w.ta him soo nothing bat this gold, but we of South Africa oan say with Bismarck: 'South Africa wili bo ^ er England a g-'ve.' England has boon pouring moa luto Africa for two years, JW and we are still unoonquored. Rhodes .. said in the Capo Colony parliament: '.ll 'The two black spots in South Africa must bo made rod,' and they aro being uy mado red, only it is with the blood of the Englishmen, and thoy oannot much longer stand the drain."?Tho State. an Death of a Minister, in- The Pickc - People's .Journal, of last he week, says: "At tho Methodist partes aonago on the morning of the 22d inot., he Rev. C. E Wit-gins fell to sloop. Sitoj >o- 1854 he has preached Christ to dying on men and vomcn, and the oloudleas skv *t, of an eternal day must have mat hi3 ay visicn a? he entered through the gates to to bo with his Lord. For many months im past ho had luliered the life of an in>y valid, and in the faoo of all that ekill>b iul physicians and home's loved ones it>y oould do, ho gradually weakened and >Q- died. Entering the Soutn Carolina iy- Conference in 1811, ho remaiaed in its >y- bounds for a time, lie then joined the Ilolstcin CoLferenoe and for some yoars was stationed in North Carolina and \ trginia. Afterwards he again beoame ^ . a member of the 3outh Carolina Confer'9~ enoe, and as a supeianuate of the Conferonce be died in his soventy third year. IIis remains were carried to >D Hampton ounty for intorment. He B was tho fathor of Rev. W. K. Wiggins ra" who is p s or in ohargo of Kisley and Bcthcgfia clronit." Mr. Wiggins was well known in this oonnty, and the '&c news of his death will be received with hi! rogrut- , The Sodth's Vote. not ^ Di"P ft m Washington says via iu?v rtutvL-a in ns wilt DO made by bo Rcpresontativee Olmstaad of Ponnsylkp vania acd Crntnpsokor of Indiana, during tho coming Congress toseanre a reduotioo iu tho congressional representation of Southern States. President ron MoKinhy stopped a similar attempt at tod the last congress by annouuoing he the w.uld no Big > tho bill. Tho plan is Ik- a hooby with Henry C. Payne, ohairhat man of tha Kxooutivo Committee of ; of the llepu1 :icao National Committee, ics- The aiv oat:s of tho rtduoticn ezpeot trid a hard fight, but are hopeful .of ultij . is mate suoo* hh The attempt Kill start tile a most bi ter fictional fight and will ril- renew the bitterness and strife which prevailed Jast after the Civil War,