The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 16, 1902, Image 2
' The Batesburg Advocate.
VOL. II. BATKSlU'lUi. S, C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1(1, 1903. NO.20%
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(iltKAT DMsTER.
Three Hundred Mfn Perish in a
Johnstown Mine.
V % BEEN
IN OPERATION 50 YEARS.
CnuHfl ol" it)<> Ivvplohion Not Known,
* but Supposed to bo I bo
*
CareleMiieNMof Home
Minor.
? * *
*
** % Johnstown was ajjain visited by ail
appalling disaster last Thursday, it.
is onjy less frightful than the awful
* calamity of May 31, l^iSU, in cost of
life, hpt in its terrible consequence it
fr, V . has^rou^ht the shadow of sorrow in
# "hulJreds of hoines made desolate by a
inifyc explosion, which took place in
tiie Cambria Steel Comnanv Itolllnu
* ^Mill mine, under Wcstmont Hill, at
12.20 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
* llow many are dead it may take
several days to ascertain, but that it
is a long and shocking list is certain.
It may redch 200 or more men.
lt>was nearly an hour after the ex
plosion before any general knowledge
* of wliat had happened got abroad.
Men who < ame from the mines, escaping
with their \iyes. told the terrible
news and soon It spread .like wild lire
all over the city. In scores hfv liomes
there wereJblie most pathetic Scenes.
Mothers, wives, daughters,sobs and'
relatives were frantic with- grief. 1
? % Hundreds rushed to lite point and. !
with sonbing hearts, awaited news j
that did not come from the ill-fated I
, mine'.
TItK WOltK Of KESCI'E.
At the opening across the river from
the point the O.iftibria Iron Company
poliee, with several assistants, stood
guard, permitting ho one to enter the
mine, from which "noxious gases were
coming. It was nearly 4 o'clock when
all lype of sending rescue parties from
the \Tustmont opening was abandoned.
Two men who had escaped from the
mine, llichard Hcnnett' and John
Meyers, went hack two miles to sec
what assistance could he rendered, hut j
the frightful damp drove them hack i
and they fell prostrate, and after a \
desperate struggle readied the outside.
Tim riru't/irc iwvn ihn .* ? '
PS ** * *- 'V .mi.ii u^Dl.iull II l;
and, after working with them half an
hour, restored them.
Their story of the situation in the
mine made it clear that the rescue
? work could not proceed from the Westinout
opening, and then hasty piepak?rations
were made to begin that sad
v-s mission at the Mill Creek entrance.
Soon after the news of the explosion
reached the Cambria otileials Mining
Engineer Marshal 0. Moore ami'one
of his assistants. Al. ( . Prosseiv'madc
an attempt to enter the mine,'' They
wete followed by Mine Ruperj/mendent
._ (icj'.rec T. Robinson, but Vhe grses
^stoppcd~^V<W?J,\? >g I'essji^rfi tbey were !
compelled to return Mi the surface.
UKSCUKltS OVKIU OMK BY OAS.
Mine Foreman Harry Ilodgers, his
assistant, William Hlaneh, and Fire
Bosses John Whitney, John Ketallick
and John Thomas were overcome by
the gases, and it is feared they perished
in an elTort to rescue the miners.
A son of Harry I lodgers then tried to
reach liis father, but he was quickly
overcome by gas and was carried out
unconscious.
William Stibich spent several hours
at the Mill Crock opening, lie said
that he believed as many as 4">o men
were still in the mine. In his opinion,
from all he could glean, not to exceed
150 had come out.
When the news of the explosion
reached the surface Marshal C. Moore,
mining engineer, and one of his assistants,
A. (1. Prosser, promptly
made an attempt to enter the mine.
They were followed by Mine Supcrind<ent
George T. Robinson. After much
trouble they'reached one of the tele
phones located in the mine and communicated
with the Cambria general
office. They were unable to give any
details of the effects of the explosion,
hut feared the loss of life was large
and that the damage to tiie mine was
serious. Their progress was stopped
by the deadly gases and they stated
that an attempt would af once be
made to reach the scene of the accident,
which is known as the "Klondike"
in the miner's parlance. No entrance
to the working portion of the
mine can tic eifeeted from the main
entrance. Many of t he miners s?-;i|><>fl
:it Mill Ci'ocl.- :i sh ift ri>:ii'liiiiir tin
mine near the power house at that
point.
NAK1MHV ESCAPE OK AMEKICANS.
About a score of Americans, who
were at work in the Klondike (list ri. t.
noticed the presence of the lire damp
in their apartment soon after the explosion
occurred and started at once
for the main entrance. They were
almost overcome by the nas, but
reached the outside in safety. < >ne of
the men who got 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 he men
at work in the Klondike district can
be saved.
I'A l{KI.KSSNKss OK MINKUS.
lie also said that only a few days
ago the officials issued an order to the
employees in the mines not to play
with the (/as, and that the next day a
young Hungarian was seen pushing
his naked lampulong the roof of the
mine in scarcl) of it. The mine foreman,
Harry Rodders, his assistant.
William Idancb. and Kire bosses . I oh n
Whitney, John Thomas and John
Retallick were overcome by the gases
and perished in a heroic attempt to
rescue the miners. Mining engineer
.Moore and (leorgc T. Robinson, sup
I
crlntcndent, are at the head of a tl
rescuing party from the Franklin ai
I Slope and Coneuiaugh Mine. They si
are slowly working their way toward te
the scene of the explosion, but must 01
tight the gas every step of the way. m
Canvas screens are being used to wall
all the side entrances and rooms so as at
to force a current of pure air ahead of
the rescuers. Engineer A. (?. Prosser, at
who, with Mr. Moore, entered the e<
main opening, came the to surface at nl
Mill Creew Thursday and immediately si
i set'about retting men and material to
assist in tlie rescue. it will be abso- al
I iutoiy impossible to state the loss of is
I life until the rescuers reach the scene in
I of tlie disaster, which may be several p;
hours, possibly midnight. tl
TRYING TO SAVE WHITNEY. n
Harry Rodgers, the mine foreman, . .
his assistant, William Itlunch, with
Fire Mosses John Whitney, John lie- ?
i tallick and John Thomas, were not in "
the Klondike when the explosion took
place, but started down a short lime ^
later. It Is feared all have perishefl.
Critlilh l'owell and Thomas Foster, ^'
two other lire is>.sscs, carried Mr. ^
Whitney two hundred yards in the '
hope of saving his life, when
they were* eoitvpoltcd to drop .
their burden and save themsetves.
Mr. Whitney was unconscious
i while bekig carried by his friends. ,
The tif teen-year-old son of Harry ^
! llodgers, wl?en?he heard that his father J
I had been overcome* with lire-damp, ' '
I started down toward the Klondike to jr.
help resenfe him, if possible, and he
had no sooner entered the drift when ^
the deadly gas almost, overcame .
the lad and he had to he-carried hack. '
I IN tongue protruded its whole length ,j,
from hut mouth and men had to force. jt
his jaws apar^ with a st ick to prevent j
lacltjaW. Young llodgers,. who Is etn- (j(
ployed in the mine,-was among those ..
who escaped through tlte Mill Creek
shaft. g
TilK IMIDIKS OF FIFTY 51KN
Several miners have reached the sui - in
face who were working near the scene
of file explosion. They say that they .
passed through a portion of the Klon- ,
dike district and saw the bodies of /
at least tlfty' men. The men who
came out were foreigners and were in
stu-h an excited Condition that it was
impossible to get a connected story ..
from them. - :
TlUi.^nine has been open for alxiut ^
lifty years and is producing tons T
per day. It is the property of the
Cambria Steel Company. The fanii- ^
lies of the entombed - miners are as- ^
semblcd In large nuihbers at the mine L ?
opening, lint they cannQt getany detl- '
nitc information and-must endure a j.l(
suspense of many bourfc.
AIIMOKV AS A MU.ti.yip.
The armory of Company 11, 5th reg-The
imcnt, N. <?. P., will lie turned into a un
charnel house. to
After a conference it was an- en
uounced that the dead miners would tn
he brought to the armory Friday. Sh
Flanks have been laid on chairs in the mi
armory and the removal of bodies will be
begin at an early hour in the morn- pr
ing. 111
The ambulances of all the undertakers
in the city are at Mill Creek in ;
readiness to begin the transfer of
bodies. w;
At midnight President Powell
Stackhouse was seen it the mouth of | iii
the mine and gave <11 the following ! t-d
statement: St
"The disaster is an awful one :uui ti:
came on us entirely unexpectedly. The ' yd
mine had been inspected only three I pa
days ago and was pronounced in satis- da
| factory condition. In the thirty years w<
that the mine has been in operation ' p<
no serious accident lias occurred. The ip
cause is\et indetiuite, but I believe St
it was caused hv gas escaping from ' d<
i he lift 11 heading, which was closed yj
and was not being worked because it! re
contained gas, into t he sixt li heading. ! at
TilK Xl'MHKIt OK CASK Al.TIKS I NVi
is now placed at 12"). No list of the :ir
names of the dead mincrscau be given, '
j for the majority of them were for- '
eigners. and were known only by check ;
and not by name. The only way their
names will ever be known, if the I
bodies are recovered in time for iden- j es
tideation, will be by their families v;
sending their names to us. in
I IKS* HIITIO.N OK Till-; MINK. ":l
The mine in NNliieli the disaster oreurred
is one of the largest eoal mines
in the t inted States, according to the -Nt
statement of otlicials tonight. From I1'1
the entrance in the hill iieross the *
ri ver from t be point to the one at Mill |
< reek is a distance of three and three- j vv
quarters miles. Tic Klondike section. ; w
in which the explosion occurred, is
about two miles from the Miil (beck 1,1
entrance. J*.
The mine is divided into a large "
j number of headings, levels and sections.
The sect ions run oil to the left
| and right of the headings, and are!
known as rights and lefts |?y the <"
miners. The men who escaped this ! tl
afternoon have spent years working in ">'
it. Otherwise they could never have ill
' reached the surface. Lights Were out I'
and there was no way for them to tind et
their way to the top lia<i they not tr;
known the mine perfectly. st
h
iiHT KCT OK Til K K.\ IM.OSION.
w
The few survivors who have oseap- 1>
led from the depths of the mine de- w
! scrihe t he condition as frightful. Out.- u
; side of the "Klondike"- the mines ere
safe and uninjured. Within t he fatal
limits of the mine tlie havoc wrought
by the explosion is such as beggars
description. Solid walls of masonry n
three feel through were torn down as c
though harriers of paper. The roofs e<
of t he mine were demolished and not w
a door remains standing. b
I'.rave attemptsai rescue were made j n
here. Mining Kngineer Moore and p
; his assistant, AMI. l'rosser, t ried to t
i make some headway toward the im- w
prisoned miners three and a half miles w
away, hut they were driven back by a
jo deadly gases. Richard Bennett
id John Meyers, two miners, were
inilarly driven hack. Then tlie utimpt
at rescue work from the main
jening was shifted to Mill Creek, five *
iles from tills city.
Business in the city was practically
a standstill
"They arc not all dead. We ran
:ross some of them aiive," stamm i
Mr. Swan Tylar. at 1.25 o'clock toight,
when lie staggered out or the
i&Tfc at Mill Creek. T
Just how many, though, dead or
ive, he was urfable to say. lie had
jen down in the mine since 2 o'clock
i the afternoon with the^rescuiiiLr
irty. The tirst victim brought to
lefuirface was William Robertson acimpanicd
!?y Dr. John It. Cowman.
"We have four with us." said tlio w,
ictor. Robertson is in the worst (j;i
lape. He is unsconsclous ftud badly y,
urt. We passed twenty-live bodies tu
bile getting out tliese four, who are y,
?t alive. . We counted them as we ar
ent along. They lay in all kinds of ,ie
sitions. One man was leaning at]
cainst a door, not far from Hubert- ,?f
at, just where lie had been thrown i)(,
f the force of the explosion. Froth ()|]
us running from his mouth and he
id undoubtedly died in great agony. ljr
thers were partly standing, partly j?,
ulining. They were in heaps and m!
nglv. The patty with us has nearly f(,
ached the actual scene if the explo- |,(1
on and the work of bringing out the ^a
?or fellows ought to progress rapidly y,
0111 now on.''. | ^a
it was nearly 12 o'clock before the Sj,
st four live men and one corpse was L.;i
ought up and laid 011 mattresses, hy
igs and comforts on tlie ground.
hey were not left long outdoors, as y,
was too cold there, but were carried
to the boiler bouse nearby, and the
ictors went to work on them, giving
lem restoratives and administering 'V
;ygen in the glare of the 11 res from .
ic < _jen furnaces. 111
At 12. l."> A. M., this (Friday) morn- ['
K,
li n
OKNKItAT. MANAOKlt MOOUK,
tlic mines, who, with Superintennfc
Robinson, liad penetrated to a 1
nsidcrable distance in the Klondike, ol
id reached a telephone station and
til tied men at the main entry that
had found live of the bodies up to
at time and had l?een only in the
flit rooms. From the brief report va
was understood tiiat Mr. Moore had ^
ne as far as he could without en- ?
ngcring his life from tire damp, and 1,1:1
d decided to go to tlie Milt Creek
try from there without further an'
ureli. 1
Further news came a few moments v?
or tiiat Mine Superintendent IJoison.
who liad iroue into the mi no ^e,s
LU UvlXtiCitl M-'nr?l'rr M'mri' had
en pveftmmie with live daiup and was * '
lable to talk. lie had been carried !l bl
the Mill Creek entrance. The mine ^
lployees .stationed at the mine env
stated that the fact that Mr. .
ore had penetrated so far into the !m
Incs showed that the lire damp was 1
ing <deared rapidly and with every 1
ospeet of living entirely driven from n<
c mine before morning- j* J"
A Convict ltcwnrtlcd. re-s
Gov. MeSweeney Wednesday reirded
a convict for tlie saving of a (ijlard's
life near this city, granting
m a pardon. The pardon was grantupon
receipt of the following from (
ipt. -Griflith of the State poniten- ?tu
try: Dear Sir: 1 respectfully ask
iu to give Walter Anderson a full do
irdon for the reason that on the 10th
fy of March. 1000, while on detail on
Kk on farm, several prisoners over- wi
overed and took Mr. Darling's gun lc;i
om him. (Darling was the guard.) wl
>me of the prisoners liad Darling est
nvn on tlie ground when this con- co
ct,. Walter Anderson, rushed to Ins on
lief, pulled the convicts otfof him Di
id saved him from lieing killed, for! ni;
hieh 1 at once made hi in a "trusty," w;
id he has ever since, as well as lie- to
re. lieen a fine prisoner, humble, on
icdlent and a good worker. hi;
: on
Urcut liiisN of Property. j l'e
A sandstorm has caused damage j ''!
t imated at $l,lU)<LOOO in the lndio i,
11 ley on the Southejh Pacific railroad j
the Colorado desert. An artificially
isis of nine hundred acres had been j'
ade 1>y digging artesian wells and , '
aided in melons. Judging by last !
iir, when only sixty acres were in j '
iltivation, a protit of more than|(,.
l.ouo an acre would have lieen made. | ,
hree hundred carloads of melons, for I
hich $1,200 a car had been oifered, '
ere almost ready for shipment when
ic storm broke. For three days it
iged with the thermometer inn in (
le shade, and when it was over every j ||
it of vegetation had been destroyed. r0
Id
Works of a Cloudburst.
A .special from Paris. State of
Imahuila, says A cloudburst visited jd*
lis section t oday .covering an area of s']
> square miles and doing damage to! w
h- c'AU'i11 of $100,000. Tl?e bin c'
atngolana dam, the largest, in north- 1,1
rn Mexico, broke with all the llood "
ties open and was completely de- vv
roved. The Sao Lorenzo dam, which j
as been standing for over :i*?o yeurs al
as also washed away. This dam was di
nilt of solid masonry about 1.170 and
as in perfect condition until Wed W
esday. ^
: ti
Three Mutilated Undies. y
Near Prudence, Enid, <>. T. :io miles y<
mthwest of here, the liodies of a
lan, a woman, two children, apparntly
members of one family, mutilatri
into almost unrecognizable masses el
'ere found today. The 1 sidles bad V
een stripped of all clothing leaving no al
leans of identification, it is sup- al
osed that the family were strangers tl
raveling overland and that they rt
'ere robbed and murdered by men ai
dio then made oil with their team cl
nd belongings. < I
>1
SENATORIAL RACE.
he Candidates Speaks to a Large
Crowd at Orangeburg.
LATIMER GOES FOR EVANS.
Iiese Two CanilUluloi Attack Cacti
Other ami Indulged In Crlinl iHtlon
ami Kecrlniiiiation
lor Some Time.
The senatorial campaign meeting
as hold at this place on last Thursty.
The party came over from Sumr,
where they had spoken on Wed?:day.
The following account of
ic meeting was furnished The News
id Courier hy its regular corresponnt.
lie says Orangeburg never does
lything by halves. It Is that unity
action and confidence of her people
each other that makes Orangeburg
ic of the 11 nest counties in the State.
othing gives these people more please
than to attend a campaign meefcg,
km when the announcement was
ado t hat big ami brainy candidates
r the Senate would speak at Orangeirg
Thursday fully 1,S00 people
thrred around the stand, erected on
e east side of the Court House, and
ve the candidates the greatest Iniration
they have received on this
mpaign. Kverylxkly expected "hot
ulf"' and tliey were not disappointed,
rery candidate made votes, hut how
e ballots will add up no one knows.
TilK MKKT1NO.
The Senatorial meeting was called
order by County Chairman W. O.
itum at 11, in a. in,, and an earnest
vocation was offered by the He v. II.
Ilrowne, a presiding elder of the
dhodist Episcopal Church. The
st speaker introduced was
COL. WM. KLLIOTT.
Col. Elliott was at the disadvantage
being the lirst speaker, knowing
at his speech would l>e criticised by
? able competitors, who would note
erything lie said. Col. Elliott said
at Hie old lilack District had at
rious times covered nearly half this
ite, and if lie had represented half
it, why not trust him further and
ike him Senator for the whole State?
told of his record in the civil war
d his work in liehalf of h,> home
iple in the dark days of lxaonstrucn.
lie was chosen to leas! a forlorn
ht In his district and terrible conits
followed eaqh clectioiv. yet his
ngressional record of fourtXen vcars
, ..x, v..... ......
lc. The total amount of approprians
obtained is in round numbers
,000,000. i'
Jol. Elliott spoke of the wonderful
provements in the manufacturing
.crests of the county and, as we are
coming a nation of exporters, It is
cessary to improve thcQt raps portam
facilities on "God's hghways."
i spoke of the Appalachian forest
ierve and how heneffcial its estahluncnt
will prove to the South in
c prevention of destructive overtlow
our Southern rivers.
TIIB HON. J. .1. 1IKMITIILL.
Col. Hemphill threw handsome bouets
at the ladies.
A voice: "Praise the irals if vou
n't get a vote."
We will do ourselves an injustice if
r representatives content themselves
tii getting appropriations; we need
ulers in Washington from the South
10 can protect our political intcrLs.
lie charged that the Democratic
mmittec had reported adversely on
e occasion, hut Oil. Elliott called
m down and reminded him that lie
Ade such a statement before and it
is not true. Mr. Hemphill yielded
Oil. Elliott's correction and passed
to the Philippine Islands, denouneg
colonial expansion and spoke of
r?iriental trade, especially the small
turns accruing to us from the Philpines.
He said that in the discharge
his duties as a lawyer he has often
en called away from South Carolina
attend to professional matters,
line of his competitors want to say
at he had given up his citizenship,
it again lie deemed it expedient to
11 of his home connections in Chesr
the same statement he made at
icsterlied Conrt House. Col. HempII
received a beautiful bouquet of
iwers.
E X - UO V K11 NO It EVANS.
Mr. Evans felt the inspiration of an
il-tinie orderly campaign audience,
e told why he entered this and the
rmer Senatorial campaign. It took
s competitors live years to tree Meiiurin,
and now they all come here
id want to be Senator. "Dan Iien rsun
went all over this country cus
ng old Hon and everyliody connected
itli the lie for m movement. Now he
unos hero preaching unity, but give
0 the peas and Henderson the cake."
e spoke of Latimer's charge that it
as said of him lie took $15,000 out
' the ImumI deal. He denounced it
tain. If nnyliody will tind it I will
vide and give them two-thirds of itatiinor
says that his record is clean.
<V shall investigate this little niat-r.
"lie denounced the transportson
trusts," said Mr. Evans, "but
nit pure, honest, I>r. Stokes, wlion:
in all loved"
A voice: "Let him alone now; lu
dead."
Hut Mr. Evans went on to read tin
larges made by l>r. Stokes in Hit
orkville Enquirer, and which liavt
ready been printed. Latimer was iq
1 Tirzah claiming all tlie credit foi
ic free rural delivery, when Mr. ?Jrisi
-ported his statement in a daily papc:
ud thus caught up with Mr. Latimer
iaiming what did not belong to him
ai that trip to Cuba he (Evans) wa:
- 31
down there, and Tillman and NorU
came with Mr. Latimer. Tillman to!
him that lie was Latimer's guest, at:
supposed that Latimer was paying r<
It. "Tillman had been caught u
with once with a free pass and ye
ran rut>b iUiKua-u LiiiiL you coil hi nevi
catch that old hull in a similar serai
again." You are asked to belie*
Stokes a liar and to believe him.*'
Mr. Latimer answers all this by saj
ing that he brought a few Yankee
i down here, and pleads the Uharlesto
Exposition as one of his excuses, Mi
Evans said Jiat Mr. N. 1). Harris, or
of Latimer's best friends in lieltor
had written liiin that Latimer ha
told him that he had offered Stokes a
annual pass, and that Stokes aocepte
it. Also that Latimer had offered Mi
It. A. Lewis, of Helton, a pass to Mei
Ico, but he had refused it. Aguir
Mr. Latimer offered Mr. Itufus 11 i 1
of Anderson, and his brother-in-law
Clarence Brown, free transportutlo
to Mexico, and that both accepter
Mr. Evans also charged that Latime
was in ffivor of turning over $.'1,000,on
worth of property lit Washington t
the Pennsylvania Railway. In thes
tilings he had simply responded t
Latimer's invitation to inspect hi
record. Mr. Evans said that he wa
president of a little railroad nin
miles in length between Pickens un<
Anderson, lie U proud of this, fo
every cent of money jn this little rou<
belongs to South Carolinians.
He is now living in Spartanburg
and has the confidence of every man
woman and child in the city, beside
the support of the two papers, am
believes that be will get 8.000 out o
the o.ooo \otes in the county. 11<
spoke of bis opposition to the Cuhai
war, and said that we oi|ght to swat|
Cuba off for a "nigger" and then ki)
the "nigger " l|e is standing on hi
record and asks the vol es of Sou LI
Carolinians,
I,ATI MKU IN UKl'I.Y.
Mr. Latimer started out by saving
that I e is not responsible for this let
tor being brought into the cumpuigi
and therefore, t lie consequences musi
rest witli the man who is using it
Mr. Latimer's denials and admission:
were the same as made at Conway
hut as t o the new matter, the charge.*
concering, or coming from. Helton
he was as silent as the grave. Als<
the matter of giving that property,
valued at $.'1,000,000, in Washington
to the Pennsylvania Railway. Hi
admitted all the junketing trips anc
said there was no law against accept
ing free trunsporationsas the Lcgisia
ture had killed it, hut wlien Mr.
Evans took him up on this lie ad
mitted that the legislature had killed
it, hut the (iovernor had vetoed it
In this lii was underscore ^
referred to his Mexico trip, but who
went with him was not stated.
Mr. Latimer turned on Evans anc
said: "You were charged with tak
ing $15,000 in that bond deal. Yoi
have gone down into the grave to brim
something up against me. but the
man that made that charge still lives
Why don't you bring him here? (Crie.<
of "Hurrah l'or Latimer.") llion, o
Augusta, knows about it. Why die
you not bring him?"
Evans: "I could not get him, but
1 got an atlldavit from his denying it
and read it in the campaign."
Mr. Latimer said that if anyom
could prove that he tendered Dr
Stokes an annual pass over a trunl
line that he would withraw from tlii:
race, lie spoke of his personal friend
ship for I>r. Stokes, and said tha
three weeks before Dr. Stoke's deatl
because a letter from Dr. Stokes
stating that lie wanted to come u|
and visit him. if there was an;
enmity he never knew it until thesi
letters were produced, lie said tha
Evans got into the ExecutiveMansioi
by swinging on to Tillman's coat tails
To this Evans replied: "You neve
would have got into Congress with
out Tillman."
Latimer: "After all Hen Tillmai
has done for you, you said that hi
had lined his pockets with rebates."
Mr. Evans denied this.
Mr. Latimer went into his Cong res
sionalrecord and told what he bad don
including getting an appropriation o
$15,000 for Newbciry College. AI
though he had been warned in Surate
Wednesday on the street not to re pea
Ids goat story, in: <1 id repeat it her
to-day and applied it to Mr. Hemp
hill. He told of his transactions i
copper stock and thought it a fair an
legitimate way of making money. II
obtained an option on a certain bloc
of it and sold it at an advanced prict
He did this after Congress adjournec
in conclusion he said: "If you d
not think that 1 did riprht. don't vot
for me. 1 wil' not have an olllce et
cept on honor." (Cheers.)
TilK HON. U. S. 1IKN DKUSON.
Mr. Henderson was at last put c
. his metal and made the best speech I
, has made on the campaign. He w;
, born, he said, in Colleton, and not
dishonest dollar has ever passt
' through his hands, Elliott, Latino
' and Hemphill, who have been in co
gross so long, have not brought salv
1 tion to South Carolina. Latimer posi
| as a farmer, saying two words alwa,
for himself and one for the farme
Col. Elliott tells that lie has fougl
negroes for fourteen years and now, ;
' 1 a reward, asks to Ik- sent to t be Senat
'life told how they settled the ncg
1 question in Aiken forever. Mr. llein
| hill has been In congress ten years i
| did not set the world on lire, but aft
all these years he comes back at
. wants to go to the Senate. Evans sa
. that he defeated him (Henderson)
Aiken, but he did not. Hen Tillnu
defeated hi in and not Evans. He r;
' on the Shepard t icket and Evans h;
1 Tillman at his hack. Hen Tillm:
I knows him and respects him and I
r licves him (Henderson) tol?eanhone
, man. "The campaign," said Mr. lie
s [.CONTINUED ON I'AtlK 4.]
>n MURDERED AT SEA. ]
Id
id
I|- Oiip Man nl'flic ('rcw Sliools Dow n
iP w
,11 Another Without \\ arniiiK.
A special from Pensacola, Fla. says
,e The American schooner, Mary, Sunford,
which arrived Saturday after- B1
noon iiad an eventful voyage from
,s Hluetields, Nicaragua, to Pensacola,
? during which time one man killed an- p,
r other and the crew were almost in
constant mutiny for the man's blood, ?
, who murdered their shipmate. Cap(j
tain McDonald was triad to reach here,
n and as soon us possible had tlie
,j murderer in Jail.
The Mary Sanford left Hluetields on
June 24 and when four days out in
, latitude 15.40 and longitude 81.45, kil
l' A. Q. Nicholson, the ttrst mate, kill- otl
ed Fred. lleod Woo* t.wii.... -
, - , --?~ ? .f Viiv 1UUlull rK .UHUl! | py
at 4 a. m. tn
I need, it was learned, had been ;ii,|
r ordered to some duty about the sails, slu
0 but the particular j(?b was not done |,|C
y j according to the liking of Nicholson,
e! who ordered Heed to do the work
()jover. The latter did not relish this est,
s: and made insulting remarks to Hie |,j|,
s mate, who withoqt any bandy or roc
| words, whippod out a H-calibre revol- 'pri
[j | ver and tilled the nogroe's Ixtfly with (^e]
! four bullets, cither one of which would pqf
j ! have proved fatal. The seamen died the
: within 20 second after heing shot. pl;l
When Captain McDonald saw what s|,,|
| had happened, lie ran and overpower- the
^ i ed Nicholson, took tlie pistol from :lct
j I him and threw if overboard. The mc
r i mate was then placed in irons and (
L> j kept so confined, and under strict p,)s
, \ guard until the vessel reached tlie iL,a
| I'ensaeola quarantine station, when jjat
I j tlie United States marshal's olllce was jeft
s! told of the murder on the high seas )nj|
, | and Nicholson brought here and lock- we]
jerl tip. lie will be given a preliminary pja,
; trial before 1'. S. (Commissioner Tuni- ,,f \
son tomorrow morning. Since he has tiir
engaged legal advice lie refuses to
! talk and givo his side of the occurri;
ence and
M To The .lournal's representative one ln<"
I of the ship's officers stated that im- s,ai
s i mediately after the killing four West a
? ! Indian seamen, country men of tlie .
? | dead man, openly resented the murder ^!,u
f J of Heed, and many times did things t't'<
j looking as though the murderer would s"n
i swing from a yard arm. The captain, j
I two mate's and steward were the only '<K)S
-1 white men on the vessel, and tho
I i combined watchfulness of this over- ''
worked quartette prevented a marine enf
session of .I udge Lyncli's court. Tlie
West Indian were said to have been a .
most revengeful class and various con
splraeios were nipped In their in
cipionoy by tlie white erew, who
t gleaned knowledge of the plots by tbe ^av
boastingof?*?wnjntrntors?,whrro?
cd to have the lives of all the ship's ? "
otllccrs when they were prevented from
I laying hands on Nicholson. ' ,
Heed's ijody was wrapped in sails
i and hurled at sea. a few miles from
: the location of whero the shooting oc- [
i curred. He had repeatedly made |4
. trouble for the ship and is spoken of; 4
> as having been a dangerous man. 4
f Nicholson belongs to a prominent Dr '
1 family at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and ;
; lias followed the sea for many years, j '
I! The Mary Sanford, tlying the ,.
'American Hag. is a frequent trader
I here. The murder will necessarily wo1
2 have to he heard in the United States P;ir
I court, which convenes here next i;II1S
< month. And this is the 11 rst capital | f|'?J
s crime to lie heard or docketed in the et'.
- | federal court of this district, for years, i '
A Simple Remedy. \nl
The trouhlesoinc little red ants that jn I
' appear a.> if hy magic about midsum- iH.c
^ mer, and take complete control of the
r pantry at tlie time when summer heat
^ makes other trials hard to endure,
,j i may now lie routed hy a very simple
; remedy. A practical housewife made s??|
r the discovery by accident, and it has
been found satisfactory in every in-j *
stance in which it has sir :c been tried, j r
Simply mix live cents worth of tartar
emetic in an equal amount of white hot
sugar, make it quite moist with cold ; tlx
water, put it into small dishes and set t.sl
it on the shelves where the ants are I
' troublesome. The ants will disappear ani
j- quite as mysteriously as they came. ' ,n>
l_ and there will he no dead ones lying h':l
around on shelves and floor. I>o not 1,01
j throw the mixture away, but save it *'a'
' for furtlier attacks, as it can easily he . '?n
( moistened and used again when we r,'l
n go to the pantry some warm, moist j
(l morning and find sugar bowl, cookies m'
and all sorts of sweets and cereals.
k | swarming with the troublesome sum- ,"1
mer pests. eq
j. >1 el,1111 riii May lleclinr.
o Some people in the South Carolina |(lV
,e circle in Washington who claim to ,()
c- have inside information as to affairs (i)|
in this state seem to think that, after
all, Senator McLatirin may not heap- ,0|
pointed to the federal judgeship of j j
i in court 01 claims. .xu oecause | V(l
ls they do n??t think the president would l)(l
a ' appoint the senator if he desires the | as
d ! honor, hut iH-eause they believe that
1 after all the talk concerning' the sena- y,
"*! tor that lie may not care to accept the : lu
'!" i place. He may prefer to remain in n,
the senate until the end of the next
,* session of congress, when his term will
expire, and then to reenter the praeas
t ice of his profession, either In South
e. i Carolina or in Washington. The |
ro senator, it is stated by his friends, J C(|
!> : has received many tempting oilers, tail 1j
he has accepted none of them, and it | m
4|('l is said lie may decline the judgeship m
111 . 11 "lf*'red. La
ill An I ii<t inn Hanged. , , ('
111 | ArcliConlcv.au Indian, and Dick as
"J | Fleming, were hanged upon the same i T
'J, .scaffold in Saleshury, N.C. last Tues- 1 ol
M;. I day. Conley paid the death penalty J pt
st for the murder of a young negro last ec
n- November. Fleming was banged for ti
committing an assault on a white in
woman last February. c
'HE'OREGON OUTLAW.
rho Has Killed Six Men Since Juiie 9 ?
Still at Large.
LOOD HOUNDS ON rflS TRAIL.
illy a TliouMiiml Men are in I'urHiiit
>1* 111 in InclmlinK n I'ohhc Whlcli
Takes Traill to Cut Him off
from Cellar Mountain.
Harry Tracy, the convict who has
led six men atui wounded several
lers since June t?, is i>cinx hotly
railed hy men and dogs in the couii'
southeast of Seattle and will probly
be slain or captured. His pur rs
who have with them two tine
odhounds are only a short distance
lind Idm.
Pracoy made another extraordinary
ape from one of the posses after
a Wednesday afternoon. Word was
eiveci at the sheriff's otllce that
iicey had been at the house of a Mrs.
raid near Kenton for tlve hours,
ty armed men at once hastened to
scene. When they reached the
oe they scattered and took posses- ii
so they could watch the house to
best advantage. The peculiar
ions of Mrs. Gerald convinced the
n that Tracey was still in the iiouse.
the arrival of Sheriff Cudihee the
se closed in on the Iiouse only to
rn from Mrs. Gerald that Tracey
1 given them the slip. lie hud
> t-he Iiouse by a rear door ten
uites previously while the posse
*e taking up positions to watch the
co, hid for a few minutes in some
.he bushes and then quietly slipped
ough the woods toward Palmer.
TIIK WONDEIIKUI. COOLVKSS
I daring of the convict w;is never
re fully exemplified than in this inice.
In the back yard of the Gerliome,
Anderson, the man whom
.cey had kept a prisoner from tlie
e he left 1'ort Madison, was found
I to a tree. Tracey had tied Anderwhile
the posse was in full view of
iiouse. The bloodhounds were let
ic on his train and are reported to
only a few minutes behind him.
)y a thousand ariued men are now
aged in the pursuit, including a
>e which lias taken the train for
incr to intercept Tracey in his
lit toward Cedar mountain,
lews was received at the slieritrs
se Wednesday that Harry Tracey V
> at Uauclier Gerald's iiouse, below k
10, on the Cedar Mountain road^_ B Jf ' ' "
son of ltaneker GeraltFarfTved at f
sheriff's office witli a gold and a >
er watch, saying that Tracey had _j
Ived at his father's house sit 10.30
ock Wednesday morning
ing a liearty meal had sent luru to
neighbor's house with the two
dies, with instructions to try to i
them. Tracey said if they "were
cn away" he would kill the whole
lily, the ln?y included. The boy,
iwing that it was Tracey, concludto
bring the watches to the sheriff's
je, hoping that the desperado
ild remain there until a searching
ty could arrive. The watches
wer the description of those stolen
in Johnson. Young Gerald descrlbTracey
accurately, and the officers
nk he is trying to make the Palmer
off by the Cedar Mountain road,
inson's white IkkiL, used by Tracey
liis escape from Port Madison, has
in found on the tlat^near Seattle.
SEVENTY FIVE PER CENT.
ite Hoard l-'ixect that Standard ot*
'aluation for Taxation Purposes.
rhc several committees of tlie state
ird of equalization charged with
i equalization of assessments of real
ate in South Carolina for taxation,
[1 also with the assessment of cotton
lis, fertilizer mill and cotton oil mill
mts. worked all of Tuesday afteri?n
and e.ening and all of Wednesv
morning as well, and it was not
til t o'clock that they were ready to
M>rt their action to the full board.
The important "per cent cumttce"
recommended the adoption
a 75 per eent. basis of market value
taxation of all property subject to
ualization by the lntard, provided
at after obtaining proper informant
from the counties the l?oard may
ver the percentage if not injurious
the several counties. A strenuous
fort was made to change this so as
make the basis of valuation 65 per
nt. but this failed by a vote of 14 to
. the chairman casting the decisive
te in favor of the committee's rert.
This report was then adopted
t'i illows:
"Your committee appointed to tlx
c preeentage on property l>eg leave
report that they recommend that
ic following resolution be adopted:
"llesolved, 'J'hat all property subut
to equalization by this board be
it on a basis of 75 per cent of its
arket value, and that the county
alitor and county chairman of each
unty U> required to furnish the
nipt roller general, before the next
eetiiiK <jf this board, a sworn stateent,
according to their best knowllf?e
and belief, showing what per
nt of its market value property was
sessed at in their county, i'rovided,
hat when this information has been
tained. the board may lower this
ircentUKC to such a figure as will
inalizc the taxes and at the same
me provide a sufliciunt amount to
eet the requirements of the various
unties."