The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 16, 1902, Image 1
^ VOL. II. BATESBUR(i> S. C, \VLI)NLSI)AV, Jl'LY 1(1, 19()2. ^ NO 26
GREAT DISASTER. *
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a
Three Hundred Men Perish in a tl
Johnstown Mine. (j
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BEEN IN OPERATION 50 YEARS, tl
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Cause of (lit- lv\|ilohioii Not Known, M
# but Supposed to lie the a<
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Carelessness ol'Some
Miner.
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* Johnstown was attain visited by an
appalling disaster last Thursday, it
is onjy less frightful than the awful h
calamity of May ill, issn, in cost of Ilife,
hpt in its terrible consequence it t;
liusJuought the shadow of sorrow in tl
liltaHrnilu lit hni..nii ......I.. i
, IIUIUIH IllUtir UOTIPlilU' I 1V ?t |)
mifye explosion, which took place in la
the Cambria Steel Company Rolling (J
9 ^>1111 mine, under Westmont Hill, at ti
t 12.20 o'clock Thursday afternoon. \\
How many are dead it may take h<
several days to ascertain, but that, it! tl
% is a lorig and shocking list is certain, tl
It may redch 200 or more men. | sc
ltrwas nearly an hour after the ex- w
plosion before any general knowledge T
of what had happened got abroad. 11
Men wbpiame from the mines, escap- hi
injj witb their lifes. told the terrible st
news and soon It spread like wild lire Ik
. all over the city, in scores ofw bonus h;
there weroXhe most pathetic. Scenes, tl
Mothers, wives, daughters, 't&hs and tl
relatives were frantic with- grief. ]l
t i Hundreds rushed to tlie point and. fr
with soffhing hearts, awaited news hi
that did not come from the ill-fated la
J mine. pi
Tl IK WOliK OJ- KKSf'CE. Wl
At the opening across the river from ' s']
the point the Catnbria Iron Company
police, with several assistants, stood
guard, permitting no one to enter the fa
mine, front which lioxious gases were of
coming. It was nearly 4 o'clock when pu
all lyipe of sending rescue parties from di
the Wostmont opening was abandoned, at
Two men who had escaped from the ca
mine. Richard Hcnrintt ?mrt ir\?,?vJ....
Meyers, went back two miles to see in
what assistance could t>e rendered, but ft
the frightful damp drove them back
and they fell prostrate, and after a flf
des|>erate struggle reached the outside, pe
The doctors gave the men afkistance <jy
and, after working with them half an lie
hour, restored them. se
Their story uf the situation in the op
mine made it clear that the rescue ni
work could not proceed from t he West- sti
inont opening, and then hasty piCparations
were made to begin that sari
s mission at the Mill Creek entrance. .
" s^Soon after the news of the explosion
reached the Cambria otlieials Mining ,'1'
Engineer Marshal G. Moore and'one
of his assistants, Al. G. 1'rosseiVmadc j,n
an attempt to enter the mine/ They
wcte followed hy Mine Superimtendent '
(?c?'jam T. Robinson, but Mie grses
"~^topperrtfrtiWUtJC!'Kress^v>flfl they were !K
compelled to return-MVthe surfaee.
KK8CUKK8 OVKKCOMK 1IY GAS.
Mine Foreman Harry Kodgers. bis re;
assistant. William ltlancb, and Fire bo
I tosses John Whitney, John Retallick
and John Thomas were overcome hy St
the gases, and it is feared they perish- th
ed in an etlort to rescue the miners, st.:
A son of Harry Kodgers then tried to
reaeli his father, but lie was quickly ca
overcome by gas and was carried out m
unconscious. da
William Stibirh spent several hours fa
at the Mill Creek opening, lie said th
that lie believed as many as 450 men n<i
were still in the mine. In his opinion, ca
from all he could glean, not to exceed it
150 had come out. th
When the news of the explosion an
reached the surface Marshal <?. Moure, co
mining engineer, and one of his assistants.
A. G. Prosser, promptly is
made an attempt to enter the mine. n;]
They were followed by Mine Superind- j/
cut George T. Kohinson. After much ^
trouble they'reached one of the tele a|'
phones located in the mine and com- jn
municaterl with the Cambria general j)("
otlice. They were unable to give any j
details of the elTects of the explosion,
but feared the loss of life was large
and that the damage to the mine was
serious. Their progress was stopped
by the deadly gases and they stated eti
that an attempt would at once lie in
made to reach the scene of the aeei- j st
dent, which is known as the "Klon-'tl
dike" in the miner's parlance. No en- >i
trance to the working portion of the ('i
mine can lie clfected from the main q<
entrance. Many of the miners escap- hi
ed at Mill Creek, a shaft reaching the al
mine near the power house at that ei
point.
NAHItOW KSI Al'KOK VMKISK'ANS. 111
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About a score of Americans, who .
were at work in the Klondike (listrict, j
noticed the presence of the lire damp
in their apartment soon alter the explosion
occurred and started at onee'-j
for the main entrance. They we real
most overcome by the nas. tint',
reached the outside in safety. < >ne of A'
the men who ^ot out safely said it was (
not. known what caused the explosion,
and that it will probably never be
known, as he believed none of t lie men
at work in the Klondike district can j .
lie saved. !
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CAKKLK88NKSS OK MINKKS. sj
lie also said that only a few days sa
a^'o the otlleials issued an order to the ' li
employees in the mines not to play
with the tfas, and that the next day a d*
yountf Hungarian was seen pushing tl
his naked lampalon^ the roof of the >1
mine in search of it. The mine fore- ot
man, Harry Rodders, his assistant, a
William Itlancb, and lire I losses . I oh n
Whitney, John Thomas and John h<
Rctallick were overcome by the yascs hi
and perished in a heroic attempt to m
rescue the miners. Mining engineer pi
Moore and (ieor^rc T. Robinson, sup- a>
Ka * IP * M* ? \ r.-- ' I
rintendent, are at the head of a
iscuhig party from the Franklin
lope and Coucmaugh Mine. They
re slowly working their way toward
lie scone of the explosion, but must
glit the gas every step of the way.
anvas screens are being used to wall
II the clde entrances and rooms HD as
? force a current of pure air ahead of
ie rescuers. Engineer A. G. Prosser,
ho, with Mr. Mbore, entered the
lain opening, canac the to surface at
lill Creek Thursday and immediately
,'t about getting men and material to
vsisl in the rescue. it will be absoiteiy
impossible to state the loss or
fe until Hie rescuers reach the scene
f the disaster, which may be several
ours, possibly midnight.
TilYINO TO SAVE WHITNEY.
Harry liodeers. the mine fi ire mil i?
is assistant, William Hlaneh, with
ire Mosses John Whitney, .lohu Kcilliek
anil John Thomas, were not in
ic Klondike when the explosion look
lace, but started down a short time
iter. It Is feared all have perishefl.
ritilth Powell and Thomas Foster,
>vo other tire bosses, carried Mr.
Whitney two hundred yards in the
upo of saving his life, when
icy were* compelled to drop
icir burden and save them fves.
Mr. Whitney was unconscious
bile bekig qarried by his friends,
he tifteen-year-bld son of Harry
Olivers. w he italic heard that his father
id been overcome' with lire-damp,
arted down toward the Klondike to
lip rescue hltn, If possible, and he
id no sooner entered the drift when
te deadly gas almost overcame i
te lad and he find to be carried back,
is tongue protruded its whole length
otn his mouth and men had to force
s jaws apar^ with a stick txi prevent
ckjaW. Voting I lodgers, who Is einoy'ed
in the mine, was among those
ho escaped through the Mill Creek
aft.
tuk iiooiKs of Firry men
Several miners have reached the snr- I
ce wlio were working near the scene
flic explosion. They say that they
isscd through a portion of the Klonke
'district and saw the bodies of
least lift V" men. The men who
inc out were foreigners and were in
eh an excited condition that it was
1 possible to get a connected story
jin them.
Tlio.jinine has been open for alxiut
ty years and is producing .1,000 tons
r day. It is the property of the
imbria Steel Company. The faniis
of the entombed-miners are asrnbled
in large numbers at the mine
cuing, but they caiingt got any dctlte
information and must endure a
spouse of many hburk. .e
AllMUK V AS.'A MOJltOV'fi-.
The armory of Company 11, "?t h regient,
N. (j. P., wiil lie turned into a
arncl house.
After a conference it was an-'
unced that tlic dead miners would
brought to the armory Friday, j
auk*, have been laid on chairs in the 11
mory and the removal of bodies will j 1
trin at an early hour in the morn- I t
ff. . * t
The ambulances of all the under-;
kers in the city are at Mill Creek in
adiness to begin the transfer of
dies. \
At midnight President Powell
ackhouse was seen at the mouth of |
e mine and gave out the following i
itemcnt: j?
"The disaster is an awful one and t
ino on us entirely unexpectedly. The 1 \
ine had been inspected only three I j
ys ago and was pronounced in satis- ; (
ctory condition. I n the thirty years \
at the mine has been in operation |
serious accident has occurred. The i
use is yet indefinite, liut 1 believe U
was caused by gas escaping from | (
c liftli heading, which was closed J y
id was not being worked because it, i
ntainod gas, into the sixth heading. | ,
T1IE XI MllKlt <>K CASUALTIES ,1
now placed at No list of the i *
nnos of t lie dead miners can lie given, 1
r the majority of them were for- (
inters, and were known only liy check
ui not by name. The only way their
imes will ever he known, if the
dies are recovered in time for iden- t
lication. will be by their families h
tiding their names to us. ji
OEM KIIT'ION oK THE MINE. | ?
The mine in wliicii the disaster oo- j 1
irrod is one of the largest coal mines '
the I'nited states, according to the
atenient of officials tonight. From 1
ic entrance in the hill across the ,
ver from the point to the one at Mill
reck is a dist ance of t hree and t hrcetarlers
miles. The Klondike section.
which the explosion occurred, is '
M?ut two miles from the Mill Creek j ]
it ranee.
The mine is divided into a la rye ,
ini)>? r <?f headings, levels and secmis.
The sections run oil" lo t he left
id right of t lx* headings, and are
iowii as rights and lefts by the <
iners. The men who escaped this I
ternoon have spent 'years wording in
< ftherwise t hey could never have'I
ached the surface. Lights were out
id t here was no way for them to lind <
ieir way to the top had they not |
iowii the mine perfectly. :
KKKK1T OK TIIK KXI'I.OSION.
The few survivors who have escap- 1
I from the depths of tin* mine de-|1
:ri Ih* t lie condition as frightful. <>ut- i
de of Llie "Klondike'1 the mines are
ife and uninjured. Within tljc fatal
mils of the mine the havoc wrought
y t he explosion is such as beggars !
scription. Solid walls of masonry I
iree feet through were t< rn down as <
lough harriers of p aper. The roofs <
' the mine were demolished and not
door remains standing. I
lira ve attempts at rescue were made i
re. Mining Knginccr Moore and I
is assistant, Al G. Pressor, tried to 1
,ake some headway toward the im- '
risoned miners three and a half miles 1
way, but they were driven hack by <
the deadly gases. Diehard Bennett
and John Meyers, two miners, were
similarly driven back. Then the attempt
at rescue work from the main ,
opening was shifted to Mill Creek, live
miles from tills city.
Business in the city was practically
at a standstill.
"They are not all dead. We ran
across some of them alive," stammered
Mr. Swan Tylar, at 1.2"> o'clock tonight,
when he staggered out of the
shaft at Mill Creek.
Just how many, though, dead or
alive, he was urfablc to say. lie had
been down in the mine since 2 o'clock
in the afternoon with th^ rescuing
party. The llrst victim brought to
the surface was William Botiertson accompanied
by I)r. John B. Bowman.
"We have four with us," said the %
doctor. ltoliertson is in the worst (
shape, lie is unsconsclous and badly t
hurt. We passed twenty-live bodies ,
while getting out these four, who are ^
yet alive. . We counted them as we
went along. They lay hi all kinds of ,|
positions. unc ma: wax leaning |a
against a door, not fai from Hubert- ,,
son, just where he h:?d lieen thrown j,
by the force of the explosion. Froth ?
was running from his mouth and lie >
had undoubtedly died in threat agony. (J
Others were partly standing, partly j,
reclining. They were in heaps and n
singly. The paity with us has nearly f(
reached the actual scene i f Hie explo- t,
sion and the work of bringing out the ,,
poor fellows ought to progress rapidly j
from now on.". jr
It was nearly 12 o'clock before, the s,
tlrst four live men atid one corpse was CJ
brought up and laid on mattresses, K|
rugs and comforts on the ground, j.;
They were not left long out,d(K?rs, as ^
it was tot) cold there, but were carried
into the is*i!er house nearby, and lIio
doctors went to work on them, giving
them restoratives and administering f(<
oxygen in the glare of the tires from
the open lurnaceS. 11
At 12.l."? A. M., this (Friday) morn- ''
ing.
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OKNKItAT, MANAOKIt MOOUK,
;>f the mines, who, with SuperintenJent
Hohinson, had penetrated to a
Considerable distance in the Klondike,
lad reached a telephone station and "
lotitied men at the main entry that
le had found live of the bodies up to
diat t ime and had lieen only in the l'
iglit. rooms. From the brief report Vi
t was understood tliat Mr. Moore had 'S|
rone as far as he could without en- 0
iungcring his life from tire damp, and 1,1
lad decided to go to the Mill Creek
sntry from there without further :u
learch. Pl
Further news came a few moments V'
ater that Mine Superintendent Hojlnson,
wlio had gone into the mine
?cen overtMiinc will) tire duiop aiid w.ts i1
ioablc to talk. He had been carried '
a) thes Mill Creek entrance. The mine
inployees stationed at the mine enry
stated that the fact that Mr.
doore had penetrated so far into the 1
nines showed that the lire damp was 11
Hjlng cleared rapidly and with every )!
>rospectof t*ing entirely driven from !V
.he mine before morning. .,
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A Convict ttewai-tlcd. j r''
I lb
Gov. McSweeney Wednesday re-! ^
varded a convict for the saving of a . (|f
piard's life near this city, granting j
lim a pardon. The pardon was grant-j
(1 uuon recelDt of the following from I
>upC. Tirlftlth of the State peniten- I
iary: Dear Sir: I respectfully ask
;ou to give Walter Anderson a full di
lardon for the reason that on the loth
lay of 'March, 1000, while on detail ot
vork on farm, several prisoners over- w
lowered and took Mr. Marlins's nun lc
roin him. (llarling was the guard.) w
Some of the prisoners i ::.d llarling cs
knvn on the ground when this con- ?'<
;ict,. Walter Anderson, rushed to his 01
relief, pulled the convicts off of him ' hi
md saved him from being killed, for I m
vhieh 1 at once made him a "trusty," | w
uul he has ever since, as well as he- t<
fore. liccn a line prisoner, humble, , ot
ibedlent and a good worker. I hi
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(ircut l.oss of lVuperty. I rc
A sandstorm has caused damage
stimaled at $1,UPUA)00 in thelndiol ,'
calley on the Southejli Pacific railroad j*
n the Colorado desert. An artificial!^
asis of nine hundred acres had'been jj
hade 1?y digging artesian wells and l(|
planted in melons. Judging by last ! ()
roar, when only sixty acres were in ' '
ult i vat ion, a profit of more than | ^
SI.ono an acre would have been made. I ^
Three hundred carloads of melons, for).,
which $1,200 a car bad been offered, '
were almost read) for shipment when i
bhe storm broke. For three days it |
raged with the thermometer 12?> in j (,l
lie shade, and when it was over every n
fit of vegetation had l>cen destroyed. | a
hi
WorkM of n Cloudburst. |
A special from Far is, State of ai
hoahuila, savs A cloudburst visited (''
bis sectiun today,covering an area of A'
70 square miles and doing damage to w
I.lie eAUnt of $100,000. The big n
I'atagolana dam, the largest in north- 111
in Mexico, broke with all the Hood "
k?ates open and was completely de- w
droved. The Sao Lorenzo dam, which J
lias been standing for over 't.">0 yours :ll
v,as also washed away. This dam was (|
built of solid masonry about l."/7u and '
was in perfect condition until Wed- V
nesday. lt
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Three Mutilated Itodies. ^
Near Prudence. Rnld, < >. T. .'to miles y
southwest of here, the Itodies of a
man, a woman, t wo children, appar- b
cntly members of one family, unitilat?d
into almost unrccoifni/.able masses el
were found today. The bodies had V
been stripped of all clothing leaving no a
means of identification. It, is sup- a
posed Uial the family were strangers tl
traveling overland and that they r<
were robbed and murdered by men a
who then made otl with their team cl
md belongings. <1
SENATORIAL RACE.
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rhe Candidates Speaks to a Large |
Crowd at Orangeburg. ,
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LATIMER GOES FOR EVANS. 1
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I Iicm- Two CnndiilalCH Attack Kueli <
1
Other iiiul I ml ii Iged In Crimi- j
nation ami ltcci-iiiiiiwit ton I
for Koiiip Time.
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The senatorial campaign meeting 1
vas lield at tills place on last Thurs- '
lay. The party came over from Sum- ,
er. where they had spoken on Wed- *
icfday. The following account of (l
he meeting was furnished The News (
?id Courier hy its regular correspon- ^
lent, lie says Orangeburg never tjocs
nything by halves. It is that unity v
i act ion and conlidence of her people ?
ii each other that makes Orangeburg
tie of the Ijnest counties in the State. ,
Nothing gives these people more pleas- 1
re than to attend a campaign meet- 1
ng, ho when the announcement was 1'
mde t hat big anil brainy candidates "
;>r the Senate would speak at Orangeurg
Thursday fully l.ftuu people
athTYcd around the stand, erected on
he east side of the Court House, and
ave the candidates the greatest in- a
l>i ration they have received on this vv
impaign. Everybody expected "hot
t,ulT"' and they were not disappointed. ''
'.very candidate made votes, but how 11
lie ballots will add up no one knows. s'
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Til 14 MI4KTINO. ,,
The Senatorial meeting was called u
Hirder by County Chairman W. (). ri
'alum at 11.1 r? a. in,, and an earnest <j
(vocation was offered by the Itev. II.
. Itrowne, a presiding elder of the[ethodist
Episcopal Church. The
rst speaker introduced was
COL. \VM. KL.LIOTT.
Col. Elliott was at the disadvantage rc
' being the lirst speaker, knowing yj
lat his speech would fie criticised l>y w
Is able competitors, who would note jM
re ry thing he said. Col. Elliott suid cc
lat the old Itlack District had at p,
irious times covered nearly half this y
.ate, and if lie liad represented half V;
it, why not trust him further and
ake him Senator for the whole State? a(
e told of his record in the civil wai sa
id his work in behalf of ht> home j,',
ople in the dark days of ri construe- tt]
tin. lie was chosen to lead'a forlorn ^
flit In his district and terrible consis
followed eaqli electioiv. yet Ills e(]
ingressional record of fouriisenyears n
<>. uiv l"'"!"'' """ 51
ile. The total amount of apjprupriajns
obtained is in round uumbcrs re
?,ooc,ooo. / W)
Col. Elliott spoke of the ivonderful
iprovements in the manufacturing ^
terests of the county and, as we are jn
coining a nation of exporters, it is
cessary to improve the?Qtransporta- ^
(in facilities on "Cod's hghways." ,n
e spoke of the Appalachian forest yy
serve and how beneficial its est,ah- ()jihincnt
will prove to the South in ^
ic prevention of destructive overflow y(
our Southern rivers.
TUB HON. J. J. II KM I'll ILL. | I
Oil. Hemphill threw handsome Ihiu- j at
lots ;it tile ladies.
A voice: "Praise the gals if you ce
m't get a vote." St
We will do ourselves an injustice if lii
ir representatives content themselves ra
ith getting appropriations; we need sli
aders in Washington from the South tl
ho can protect our political inter- hi
ts. lie charged that the Democratic st
nnmitt.ee hail reported adversely on at
te occasion, but Col. Elliott called er
im down and reminded him that he le
ade such a statement before and it i E
as not true. Mr. Hemphill yielded bj
i Col. Elliott's correction and passed j T
i to the Philippine Islands, denounc- wi
,g colonial expansion and spoke of 01
ir t iriental trade, especially the small
turns accruing to us from the Phil- hi
pines. He said that in the discharge lu
' his duties as a lawyer he has often
:cn called away from South Carolina
> attend to professional matters. si<
>me of ins competitors want to say in
tat lie had given up his citizenship, $1
it again lie deemed it expedient to tl
11 of 11is home connections in dies- \\
r the same statement he made at hi
liesterlied Conrt House. Col. liemp- Ui
ill received a beautiful bouquet of hi
avers. ei
KX-UOYKUNOK EVANS.
Ol
Mr. Evans felt, the Inspiration of an 0{
d-time orderly campaign audience, n
e told why lie entered this and the j,
inner Senatorial campaign. It took |)(
is coin net i tors live ve:irs t.? tree Me- I .
aurin, and now they all come here t.t
id want to Ik? Senator. "Dan Ilen rson
went all over t his country cjsng
old Hen and everylKKly connected
it It Ll to lie form movement. Now he J11
?mcs here preaching unity, hut give
le the peas and Henderson the cake."
le spoke of Latimer's charge that it (|
as said of him he took $15,000 out ai
I the Ixiiul deal, lie denounced it gi
jain. If anyliody will lind it I will1 t i
ivide and give them two-thirds of It - j a-'
atimcr says that his record is clean, j ,(J
/eshall investigate this little mat- / '
r. "lie denounced tlu; transports- j
on trusts," said Mr. Leans, "hut jj
tat pure, honest, Dr. Stokes, whom
mi all loved" li
A voice: "Let him alone now; he d!
i dead." ! al
Hut Mr. Kvans went on to read the 1
liargcs made hy Dr. Stokes in the"
orkvlllc Kni|iurer, and which have I ')
Iready heeu printed. Latimer was up I
iTir/.uh claiming all the credit for -j
ne free rural delivery, when Mr. (irist 1 k
ported his statement in a daily paper i li
ud thus caught up with Mr. Latimer u
laiming what did not belong to him. | hi
that trip to Cuba lie (Kvans) was j
down there, and Tillman and Norton
same with Mr. Latimer. Tillman told
him that lie was Latimer's guest, and
supposed that Latimer w;is payi??g for
It. "Tillman had been caught up
with once with a free pass and you
jan rest assured that you could never
;atch that old hull in a similar scrape
igain." You are asked to believe
stokes a liar and to believe him."
Mr, Latimer answers all this by say- 1
ng that he brought a few Yankees
lown here, and pleads the Charleston 1
Exposition as one of his excuses, Mr.
Evans said that Mr. N. I). Harris, one '
if Latimer's best friends in Helton, '
aid written him that Latimer had 1
old hlni that he had offered Stokes an
innual pass, and that Stokes accepted 1
t. Also that Latimer hud i.tTered Mr.
t. A. Lewis, of Helton, a pass to Mex
co, hut he had refused it. Again, '
dr. Latimer olTered Mr. Ilufus Hill, '
if Anderson, and his hrotlier-in-law, 1
'larence Hrowu, free transportation 1
o Mexico, and that both accepted.
1r. Evans also charged that Latimer '
ras in fa vor of turning over $11,000,0(K) '
rorth of property in Washington to
he Pennsylvania Railway. In these v
liings lie had simply responded to '
.atimer's invitation to inspect his a
ecord. Mr. Evans said that lie was 11
resident of a little railroad nine v
liles iu length between Pickens and v
iiiderson, He is proud of this, fur 1
very cent of money in this little road ''
elongs to South Carolinians, j v
iv- in u"i? living 111 .spanauiiurg, j .
ml has tliti confidence of every inan, |''
oinan and child in the city, besides i''
lie support of the two papers, and M1
elleves that he will net s.ooo out or "
lie 11,000 votes in the county. He P*
x?ko of Ids opposition to the Cuban Pf
ar. and said that \ye oi|ght to swarp ' '
11 ba otf for a "nigger" and then ki|l 1
le "nigger," I|e is standing on his
cord and asks the votes of South 11
aroliuiaiis, (!(
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J,ATI MKit IN HKl'LY. | s,
Mr. Latimer started out by saying! ^
lat I e is not responsible for this let- i
*r being brought into the campaign 1 e
id therefore, the consequences must I
ist with the man who is using it. 0|
r. Lat'mer's denials and admissions i n
ere tlie same as made at Conway,
it as to the new matter, the charges <1,
meering. or coming from, Helton,
j was as silent as the grave. Also ]?,
le matter of giving that property. SN
lined at $.'f,000,000, in Washington, t v
> the Pennsylvania Railway. lie w
indited all the junketing trips and c<
id there was no law agaiust accept- w
g free transporations as the Legisla- Se
tre had killed it, but when Mr. \\
vans took him up on this he ad- m
it ted that the Legislature had kill- sy
I it, hut theCovcrnor had vetoed it. oi
I ' 1 ,U(l West g 1
In this it was understock oV . .
ferred to his Mexico trip, but who er
ent with him was not staled. of
Mr. Latimer turned on Evans and la
id: "You were charged with takg
$15,000 in that bond deal. You ar
ive gone down into the grave to bring t!
methlng up against mo, but the ci
an that made that ehargestill lives, tr
'hy don't you bring him here? (Cries as
"Hurrah for Latimer.") ltion, of N
ugusta. knows alnnit it. Why did fa
?u not bring him?" h;
Evans: "I could not get him, but
got an allldavit from his denying it. a
id read it in the campaign." In
Mr. Latimer said that if anyone h:
mid prove that he tendered Dr. c<
okes an annual pass over a trunk m
le that lie would withraw from this cr
ce. He spoke of ins personal friend- fe
iip for I)r. Stokes, and said that
tree weeks before Dr. Stoke's death
.n?.u.A .. IIh
A-au.->i: a it'biti iiuiu i n. niUM'.N, ;
ating that he wanted to come up til*
id visit him. If there was any j,n
unity he never knew it until these ,
Iters were produced. lie said that 1111
vans got int<? the Executive Mansion
r swinging on to Tillman's coal tails. ri'
u this Evans replied: "You never ,
ould have got into Congress withtt
Tillman." |
Latimer: "Alter all Men Tillman
is done for you, you said that he ?1
id lined his pockets with rebates." M
Mr. Evans denied this.
Mr. Latimer went into his Congres- j
onal record and toldwliat he had done
eluding Retting an appropriation of '''
15,000 for Newbeiry College. Allough
lie had been warned in Sumter "ll
'ednesday on the st reet not to repeat f
is goat story, he did repeat it here 1
-day and applied it to Mr. Hemp- 1,1
ill. He told of his transactions in
pper stock and thought it a fair and 11
git)male way of making money. He ai
taincd an option on a certain block M
' it and sold it. at an advanced price. 11
e did this after Congress adjourned, j
i conclusion lie said: "If you do i
t think that 1 did right, don't vote ei
r me. 1 wil' not have an otllee ex- h
:pt on lienor." (Cheers.) it
TUB HON. D. S. 11KNDKKSON. a
Mr. Henderson was at last put on ['
is metal and made the l?est speech he I
is made on the campaign. He was I ^
rn, he said, in Colleton, and not ai?i
islionest dollar has ever passed ! h
trough 1 lis hands. Elliott, Latimer a
id Hemphill, who have been in con- p
IUIIJJ, IlilVl' IIOL 0100^111 saivuon
to South Carolina. Latimer poses I .
>a farmer, saying two words always
>r himself and one tor the fanner. Sl
ol. Elliott tells that he has fought jfi
egroes for fourteen years and now, as t
reward, asks to Is* sent Io t he Senate. <
e ;old how they settled the negro &
nest ion in Aiken forever. Mr. Hemp- h
ill has lieen in congress ten years lie |,
Id not set 1 lie world on lire, hut after j,
II these years he comes hack and
ants to go to the Senate. Evans said 1
lat he defeated him (Henderson) in
iken, hut he did not. Hen Tillman ;
ideated him and not Evans, lie ran j
a the Shepard ticket and Evans had I
'ilhnan at his hack. Hen Tillman i*
nows him and respects him and lie-;('
eves him (Henderson) to he an honest , f
Kin. "The campaign,'1 said Mr. lien- ?
I.CONTINUKD on I'AOK 4. J 1 v
I
MURDERED AT SEA.
Olio >inn of tlio Crow Shoots Dotvn
Another Without Wuruiiif?.
A special from I'ensaeola, Fla. says
The American schooner, Mary, Sanford,
which arrived Saturday afternoon
had an eventful voyage from
Itlueticlds. Nicaragua, to Pcnsacola,
luring wliicli lime one man killed another
and the crew were almost in
constant mutiny for the man's hlood,
who murdered their shipmate. Captain
McI>onald wasglad to roach here,
ind as soon as possible had the
murderer in Jail.
The Mary Sanford left HlueHeldson
lune :14 and when four days out. in
;>? It I* ?" ?
.v.vk-.v iu.iv uiiii longiuifle H1.4."?, v
\. <5. Nicholson, the lirst mate, kill- ?
'd Fred, Iteed a West Indian seaman t
it 4 a. in. t
iteed, it was learned, had l>cen a
ordered to some duty about the sails, s
jut the particular job was not done jj
leoordiiuf to the liking of Nicholson,
vho ordered Iteed to do the work
ver. The latter did not relish this e
aid made insulting remarks to the |,
uate, who without any liandy of r,
rords, whipped out a 44-calibre revol- 'j
er and tilled the new roe's body with g
our bnliets, either one of which would
lave proved fatal. The seamen died ^
rithin 20 second after being shot. p
When Captain McDonald saw what si
iad liappened, lie ran and overpower- t,l
d Nicholson, took the pistol from ;i,
iim and threw it" overhoard. 'i'lie n
late was tlien placed in irons and <|
opt so confined, and under strict p,
uard until tlic vessel reached tiic |t
Vnsjtcola quarantine station, when n
lie United States marshal's otHee was ^
?ld uf tlic murder on the high seas ir
ud Nicholson brought here and lock- w
il up. lie will be given a preliminary p]
rial before l'. S. Commissioner Tuni- ,,|
?n tomorrow morning. Since lie has y
neaped legal advice he refuses to
ilk and give his side <f the occurrnce.
a?
To The Journal's representative one 111
r the ship's oillcers stated that iin- s'
icdiatcly after the killing four West a
ndian seamen, countrymen of tlie .
uad man. openly resented the murder 11
' Heed, and many times did tilings ^
oking as though the murderer would
vinj; from a yard arm. The captain. J*'1
vo mate's and steward were the only j(H
liite men on the vessel, and the jj?
unbilled watchfulness of this overorked
quartette prevented a marine en
ssion of Judge Lynch's court. The ^
rest Indian were said to have been a '
ost revengeful class and various conliracies
were nipped in their inpiency
by tlie wliite crew, who 0,1
eaned knowledge of the plots by tlie VV
mstlng of the ef?ncoli-ators wlio on
__ ^ ., ? ,Moi ?nayc ut11tr<iuc*i~ -
1 to liave the lives of all the ship's ?
lieers when tliey were prevented from j
ving hands on Nicholson.
Heed's Ixxly was wrapped in sails
id hurled at sea. a few miles from *'4
ic location of where tlie shoot ing oe- J*
irred. He had repeatedly made '*
ouble for tlic ship and is spoken of
. uaving ueeu a dangerous man. '"r
icholson belongs to a prominent *?'
mily at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and ':i
is followed the sea for many years.
The Mary Sanford, Hying the
mcrican Hag, is a frequent trader ?
?re. The murder will necessarily w<
ive to be heard in the United States '
?urt, which convenes here next 'll
onth. And this is the tirst capital i '1
ime to lie heard or docketed in the c|
dcral court of this district for years. I
ci
A Simple; Keiiiecly.
The troublesome little red ants that jn
jpear a., if by magic about midsum- iH
er, and take complete control of the
intry at the time when summer heat
akes other trials hard to endure,
ay now be routed by a very simple j
medy. A practical housewife made I S|
ic discovery by accident, and it has
?en found satisfactory in every inancc
in whicli it has sir ?e been tried,
imply mix live cents worth of tartar
netic in an equal amount of white j ht
igar, make it quite moist with cold tl
ater. put it into small dishes and set
on the shelves where the ants arc |,'
oublesome. The ants will disappear 'll
.1 iLe as mysteriously as they came. 1 m
id there will l>c no dead ones lying P'
round on shelves and door. l>o not
irow the mixture away, but save it ('?
>r further attacks, as it can easily be . Ul
loisiened and used again when we ri
to the pantry some warm, moist;
turning and find sugar bowl, cookies 1,1
ud all sorts of sweets and cereals, 1,1
vanning with the troublesome sum- :
ler pest s. ' c*
Mcliuurin .May Decline.
I t'
Some people in the South Carolina , j(
irele in Washington who claim to
ave inside information as to aiTairs j C|
i tliis state seem to think that, after (
11, Senator McLatirin may not heap- ' C(
ointed to the federal judgeship of ,
lie court of claims. Not because V(
hey do not tliink the president would ?
? i. - -i .s
|H> Mill Uli: M-ll.ll.lM II III' UCKITCK Mil" i
onor, liut because they believe that
Iter all the talk concernint; the sena- , |
nr that he may notearc bo accept the
lace, lie may prefer to remain in ,|
he senate until the end of the next ;
I'ssion of congress, when his term will
xpire. and then to reenter the praeice
of his profession, either In South j u
Carolina or in Washington. The
cnator. it is stated by his friends,
ias received many tempt in^ olTers. but ^
le has accepted none of them, and it, M
i said he mav decline the judgeship
f offered.
An Indian llangcd. <
Arch Conlev, an Indian, and Dick ; a
'leming. were handed upon the same 'I
caffold in Salesbury, N.U. last Tues- o
lay. Conley paid the death penalty t
or the murder of a young negro last e
November. Fleming was handed for t
ommitting an assault on a white 11
yoman last February. c
THE OREGON OUTLAW.
Who Has Killed Six Men Since Juite 9 ?
Still at Large.
BLOOD HOUNDS ON rflS TRAIL.
Fully a Thousand Men are in Pursuit
of' Him IucliuliiiK ? Posse Which
Takes Train to Cut Him olT
from CVtlar Mountain.
llarry Tracy, the convict wiio has
tilled six men and wounded several
?t lutnn ?U t " * * *
'?iir>a itiuirc .iuiie u, is Doing lK>tly
lursucd by men and dogs in Hie courtly
southeast of Seattle and will probkbly
be slain or captured. His puruers
who have with them two tine
>loodhounds are only a short distance
lehindltim.
Tracey made another extraordinary
scape from o.ie of the posses after
iiin Wednesday afternoon. Word was
oceived at the sheriff's office that
'racey had been at the house of a Mrs.
Icrald near Ilenton for live hours.
"Ifty armed men at once hastened to
lie scene. When they reached the
lace they scattered and took posses- ?
Ion so they could watch the house to
lie best advantage. The peculiar
ctionsof Mrs. Herald convinced the
len that Traoey was still in the house,
in the arrival or Sheriff Cudihee the
iisse closed in on the house only to
'arn from Mrs. Gerald that Tracey
ad given them the slip, lie had
ft Hie house by a rear door ten
dilutes previously while the posse
ere taking up positions to watch the
lace, hid for a few minutes in some
' the hushes and then cjuletlv slipped
trough the woods toward Palmer.
run IVONDEKKUI, COOLNKSS
id daring of the convict was never
ore fully exemplified than in this Inance.
In the baek yard of the Gerd
home. Anderson, the man whom
racey had kept a prisoner front the
me he left Port Madison, was found
I'd to a tree. Tracey had tied Andern
while the posse was in full view of
io house. The bloodhounds were let
mi his train and are reported to
only a few minutes Itehiud him.
illy a thousand armed men are now
gaged in the pursuit, including a
isse which lias taken lite train for
diner to intercept Tracey in his
ght toward Cedar mountain.
News was received at the slteritTs ' .
lice Wednesday that Harry Tracey
us at Uauclier Gerald's house, below ^
eno, on the Cedar Mountain road. ___
d son of Itancker Gerald arrived at r
le sheriff's office with a gold and a >
Iver watch, saying that Tracey had J
rived at l is father's house at 10.30
dock Wednesday morning
ting a hearty meal had sent him to
neighbor's house with the two .
itches, with instructions to try to A
11 them. Tracey said if they "were
ven away" he would kill the whole
mily, the l>oy included. The boy,
tuat il Hcia X1 awj, lAillClUU"
to bring the watches to the sheriff's
lice, hoping that the desperado
mid remain there until a searching
irty could arrive. The watches
lswer the description of those stolen
om Johnson. Young Gerald deserib1
Tracey accurately, and the otlioers
link he is trying to make the l'almer
itoff by the Cedar Mountain foad.
boson's white boat, used by Tracey
i his escape from Port Madison, has
en found on the tiahxnear Seattle.
SEVENTY FIVE PER CENT.
late Board Flxeil that Standard ot*
Valuation for Taxation Purposes.
The several committees of the state
>ard of equalization charged with
ic equalization of assessments of real
tate in South Carolina for taxation, *
id also with the assessment of cotton
ills, fertilizer mill and cotton oil mill
lants, worked all of Tuesday afterHin
and evening and all of Wednesty
morning as well, and it was not
nt i 1 I o'clock that they were ready to
port their action to the full board.
The Important "per cent com*
littee" recommended the adoption
[ a 75 per cent basis of market value
>r taxation of all property subject to
lualization l>y the lioard, provided
lat after obtaining proper inforinaon
from the counties the board may
iwer the percentage if not injurious
) the several counties. A strenuous
ffort was made to eliange tills so as
> make the basis of valuation 05 per
int. but this failed by a vote of 14 to
I, the chairman casting the decisive
ate in favor of the committee's reLirt.
This report was then adopted
* follows:
"Your committee appointed to tlx
lie preccntage on property beg leave
i report tliab Llicy recommend that
lie following resolution be adopted:
"Resolved, That all property sub?et
to equalization by this board be
ut on a basis of 7"> per cent of Its
larkel value, and that the county
uditor and county chairman of each
nunty be required to furnisl* the
omptrollcr general, licforc the next
iceting of this board, a sworn statclont,
according to their best knowl* t
dge and belief, showing what t>er . '
out of its market value property was
ssessed at in their county. Provided,
That when this information lias lieen
btained. the board may lower this
K'.rcentage to sueli a tigure as will
uualize the taxes and at the same
line provide a sulltcicnt amount to
neet the requirements of the various
ou titles."