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VOL. II. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, Jl'l-V 1(1, 1902. N().2<Jt
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(iREAT lUSASTER. ?
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Three Hundred Men Perish in a |
Johnstown Mine. ' <
BEEN IN OPERATION 50 YEARS.
Cause ol' the lv\ plosion Not Known,
? liut Sii|i|>om?mI to lie tlie
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Carelessness of Some
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4 Miner.
** * Johnstown was again visited by nn
appalling disaster last Thursday. It
is only less frightful than the awful
calamity of May ttl, ISSt), in cost of
life, hut in its terrible consequence it
has^iought the shadow of sorrow in
% lulf^greds of hoioes made desolate by a
UlilW' ex elusion. which limt- nl:n e in
the Cambria Steel Company Boiling
< ill mine, under Westniont llill, at
12.20 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
1low many are dead it may take
several days to ascertain, but that it
is a long and shocking list is certain,
it may redeh 200 or more men.
lt>was nearly an hour after the ex
plosion before any general knowledge
of what had happened got abroad.
Men who ? amp from the mines, escaping
with their lipos. told the terrible
news and soon It spread like wUd lire
all over the city. Jn scores of^ homes
there wereXhe most pathetic, Scenes.
Mothers, wives. daughtcrs*"s6ns aw<i
relatives were frantic with- grief.
i Hundreds rushed to the point and.
with sonbing hearts, awaited news
that did not come from the ill-fated
mine.
1*1 IK WOKK OJ UKSCITE.
At the opening across the river from
1 lie point the Cambria Iron Company 1
poliee, with several assistants, stood
guard, permitting no one to enter the
mine, from which "noxious gwscs were 1
coming. It was nearly ,4 o'clock when !
all lyipe of sending rescue parties from )
the Cestui'>nt opening w;usabandoned.
Two men who had escaped from the
mine, llichard Bennett and John
Meyers, went hack two miles to see
whak assistance could be rendered, hut
the frightful damp drove tliein back
and they fell prostrate, and after a
des|?eratestruggle readied thcmitsidc. \
The doctors gave the men a^ist ancc j
and, after working with them half an :
hour, restored them.
Their story of the situation in the j
mine made it clear that the rescue I
- Wf>rk could not proceed from the Westlnont
opening, and then hasty pieparation?
?vcre made to begin that sad
mission at the Mill Creel: entrance.
^*^v_^Soon after the news of the explosion
r&tched the CambHa ollleials Mining
Engineer Marshal <>. Moore antV'one
of his assistants. Al. <!. lTossciVmade
an attempt to enter the mine,'' 'l'hey
were followed by Mine Superimteiidcnt
(Jci'ivo T. Robinson. hut (he grsos
^topped~YrrW--V.?they were
compelled to return Vltlie surfa e.
ItKSCI KUS llVKK* II.MK ll\ OAS.
Mine Foreman Harry Rodgers. his
assistant, William l'.laneh. and Fin
Rosses John Whitney, John RcLnllick
and John Thomas were overcome by
the pases, and it is feared they perished
in an effort to rescue the min rs.
A son of Harry I lodgers then tried to
reach his father, hut he was quickly
ov rcomo by gas and was carried out
unconscious.
William Stibich spoilt several hours
at the Mill Creek opening. He said
that lie believed as many as bio men
were still in the mine. In 11 is opinion,
from all he could glean, not t?? e xceed
1 .">() had come out.
When the news of the explosion
reached the surface Marshal <1. .Moore,
mining engineer, and one oi his assistants,
A. <1. l'rosser. promptly
made an attempt to enter the mine.
They were followed by Mine Superind ent
(Jeorge T. Robinson. After much
trouble they'reached one of the tele
phones located in the mine and communicated
with the Cambria general
otliec. They were unable to give any
details of the etTects ot toe t xploHon,
hut feared tlie 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
that an attempt would at once he
made to reach the scene of the accident.,
which is known as I he "Klondike"'
in the miner's parlance. No entrance
1o tlie workiicj' no'tion of tin
111 ino can l?o eHected from tlx- main
entrance. Many of the miners <scap
ed at Mill Creek a shaft reaching tlu
mine near tin* powei house al that
point.
NAltllOW IX AI'KiiK AMKItK VNS.
About a score of Americans, win
were at work in the Klondik* district,
not iced I he presence ot the tile dami
in their apartment, soon atter the ex
plosion occurred and started at unci
for the main entrance. They wen
almost overcome b> the ^as. hut
reached the outside in safety. One u
the men who ^ot out safely said it wat
not knc<vn what caused t lie c.\p|?.si.in
and that if will probably never l>t
know n, as he believed n<me of t he met
at work in the Klondike district cai
he saved.
cakkbknsnkss ok minkiis.
lie also said that only a few day
a^o the ollicials issued an order to t h
employees in the mines not to pla;
with the ^as, and that the next day ,
youny Hungarian was seen pushini
tils naked lump aloiii*' then >f ot 111
mine in search of it. The mine ton
man, Marry I bidders, his assistant
William lilanch, and I ire Mosses .loin
Whitney, John Thomas and Join
Hetallick were overcome l?y the #ase
and perished in a heroic at tempt t
rescue the miners. Mining enyinee
Moore and George T. Itobinson, suj
;rintendent. arc at the head of a
rescuing party from tlx* Franklin ;
Slope and Couein&ugh Mine. They
ire slowly working their way toward
the scene of the explosion, but must i
liyht the tras every step of the way.
Uanvas screens are belli# used to wall
all the side entrances and rooms so as
to force a current of pure air ahead of
the rescuers. Knglncer A. <;. l'rosscr.
wlui, with Mr. Moore, entered the
main opening, came the to surface at
Mill Greek Thursday and immediately
se t about getting men and material to
assist in the rescue. It will be absolutely
impossible to state the loss of
life until the rescuers reach the scene
of the disaster, which may be several
hours, possibly midnight.
TIC VI NO TO SAVE AVIUTNKY.
Harry Ilodgers, the mine foreman,
his assistant, William lilancli. with
lire 1 tosses John Whitney, John lie-:
tnllick and John Thomas, were not in
t he Klondike when the explosion took j
place, but started down a short time!
later. It Is feared all have perishcfl.
(Jritlith I'owell and Thomas Foster,
two other lire bosses, carried Mr.
Whitney two hundred yards in the
hope of saving his life, when
they were* compelled to drop
their burden and save them-!
selves. Mr. Whit ney was uneonsrious j
while being carried by his friends, i
The tiftcen-year-bld son of Harry
Ilodgers. when4je heard that Ins fat her I
had been overcome* with lire-damp. |
started down toward the Klondike to |
help rescue 11Im, if possible, and he!
had no sooner entered the drift when I
the deadly gas almost overcame}
t he lad and lie had to be carried hack, j
IIis tongue protruded its whole length
from lus mouth and mn? had to force
his jaws apart with a st ick to prevent
lackjaW. Voting Ilodgers,. who is employ
cd iii the mine,- was among those
who escaped through the Mill Creek
shaft.
THE III HUES OK FIFTY MEN
Several miners have reached the surface
who were working near the scene
of file explosion. They say that they
passed t hrough a portion of t he Klondike
district and saw the bodies of i
at least fifty men. The men who j
came out were foreigners and were in
sueh an excited condition that it was I
impossible to get a connected story j
from them.
Tlio. .mine has been open for about
fifty years and is producing 3,000 tons
per day. It is the property of the
Cambria Steel Company. The families
of the entombed - miners are assembled
in large numbers at the mine
opening, but they cannot get any definite
information and must endure a
suspense of many bourfc.
AK.MOKV AS A MOKUI K.
Tlit'armory of Company II. f?th ren- j
iincnt, N. <?. 1'., will Im- turned into a
churncl house.
Alter a eonferonce it was an-1
tuiuuced lliat the (lead miners would |
he brought to the armory Friday/
Flanks have been laid on chairs in the
armory and the removal of bodies will !
bctfin at an early hour in the morn-1
inn.
The ambulances of all the under-;
takers in the city are at Mill Creek in
readiness to henin the transfer of
bodies.
At midninht President Powell
Stackhouse was seen at the mouth of '
the mine and na\e out the following
stat enicnt:
"The disaster is an awful one :utd
came on us entirely unexpectedly. The'
mine had been inspected only three
days a no and was pronounced in satisfactory
condition. In the thirty years
, that the mine has been in operation
I no serious accident lias occurred. The
cause is yet indefinite, but 1 believe
it was caused by gas escaping from
the lifl.li headinn. which was closed
and was not being worked because it
contained gas. into the sixth headinn.
Illl. M'MltKIC ol ( VSI AI.TIKS
i.- l)ow placed at No list of tile
names of t he dead miners can lie given,
for the majority of them were toreinners.
and were known only liy check
and not In name. The only way their
names will ever be known, if the
bodies are recovered in time for identitieation.
will lie by their families
sendinn their names to ns.
!>Ks< KICTION OK TIIK MINK.
The mine in whieli the disaster occurred
is one of the largest eoal mines
in the I niled States. according to the
statement of otliciuls touinht. From
MM I !' I 1(111' ' 111 MM I I I I I I i I 1 ? I I II'
ri\cr from I lit- point to the one at Mill
< 'reek is a (listaiuv of i hive and I liree<11i;irlers
mill's. The K loudike sect ion,
in which tlif explosion occurred. is
ahout two niili s hum the Miil Creek
ent ranee.
'I lie mine is divided into a larye
numlier of headings, levels and seet
ions. The seel ions run oil to the left
anil riyhl ol the headings, and are
known as rights and lelts hy the
miners. The men who escaped t his
afternoon have spent years working in
it. otherwise they eould never have
readied ti: 'surface. Lights were out
and t here whs im wa\ for I hem tolind
their way to the top had they not
s known I lie mine ticrfeetly.
I.I i i:< r <>r TIIK I.\ ri.isiuN.
' The few survivors who have escap1
ed from the depths of the mine describe
t he condit ion as fright I n . i hit
iide of the "Klondike"- the mines art
s safe and uninjured. Witliin t he fata
i- limits of tic mi lie t he havoc wrought
\ hy the explosion is such as hejfirar;
i description. Solid walls of masonry
ir three feet Ihmuyli were torn down a:
thoiiyh harriers of piper. The roof;
of the mine were demolished and not
. a door remains standing,
n I'.rave attemptsat rescue were madi
n here. Mininy Ifinyiiieer Moore an<
s his assistant. Aid. lTosser. tried t<
o make some headway toward the im
r prisoned miners three and a half mile:
i- away, hut they were driven hack hi
the deadly gases. Kichard Heunett
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 j *
miles from this city.
Husiness in the city was practically
at a standstill.
"They arc not all dead. We ran
across some of them alive," stammered
Mr. Swan Tylar, at 1.II "? o'clock tonight,
when he staggered out of the
shaft at Mill Creek. ! ''
.lust how many, though, dead or 1
alive, he was uftablc to say. He had
Ihhmi down in the mine since 2 o'clock j
in the afternoon with thg,, rescuing
party. The lirst victim brought to j
the surface was William Itohertson accompanied
by I>r. John 1!. I.owman.
"We have f(?nr with us." said the ! M
doctor. Kobcrtsun is in the worst . (|
shape, lie is unsconscious and badly | j,
hurt. We passed twenty-live bodies j ?
while getting out these four, who are t|
vet alive. We counted them as we a
went along. They lay In all kinds of (i
positions. One man was leaning j ;l
against a door, not far from Uobcrt-j0
son, just where lie had I wen thrown i j,
by the force of the explosion. Froth
was running from his mouth and lie \
had undoubtedly died in preat agony. i .'j
Others were partly standing, partly j,
reclining;. They were in heaps and ' ?
singly. The paity with us lias nearly ' f,
reached tne actual scene < I the explosion
and the work of hrjngiup out the y
poor fellows ought to progress rapidly )|
from now on.'' !
It was nearly 12 o'clock before tin' ,,j
(list four live men and one corpse was L.;
brought, up and laid 011 mattresses, s)
rnyrs and comforts on the ground. |.
They were not left long outdoors, as n
it was 100 cold I here, hut were carried
into the lioiler house nearliv, and fludoctors
went to work on them, giving
them restoratives and administering
oxygen in the plate ol the I Ires from
the open furnaces. "
At 12.1."? A. M.f this (Friday) morn- ['
ingi !
li
tlKNKItAl. M A N A OKI* MOOKK,
of the mines, who, with Superintendent
llohinson, had penetrated to a
considerable distance in tin- Klondike, "J
had reached a telephone station and "
notified men at the main entry that ,
he hud found live of t lie bodies up to T"
that time and had been only in the!"
right rooms. From the brief report V
it was undersbHwi tiiat Mr. Moore had s
pone as far as he could without en- J"1
dangering his life from tire damp, and "
had decided to go to the Mill l J reek
entry from there without further i111
search. ;
Further news catue a few moments l.'
later that Mine Superintendent ll<>- 11
hiuson, who had gone into the mine
with tieiierai Mamper M""?" lout
Iteen ovt?i\snne witn lire damp and ?v.is '
unable to talk. He had been carried ''
to t he Mill Creek entrance. The mine i ^
employees stationed at the mine entry
stated that the fact that Mr.
Moore had penetrated so far into the .
mines showed that the lire damp was;"
beinp cleared rapidly and with every '
prosper! of l*ing entirely driven l'roin [ "
tlie mine before morning. ; j
A Convict Itcwui'dt'il.
(Imv. M(Sweeney Wednesday re- ^
warded a convict for the saving of a (i
guard's life near this city, granting
him a pardon. The pardon was grunted
upon receipt of the following from !
Supi. -(Jriftith of the State peniten- .'i
tiary: Dear Sir: 1 respectfully ask
you to give Walter Anderson a full
pardon for the reason that on the loth
day of March, i'.uio, while on detail o
work on farm, several prisoners over- ! v
powered and took Mr. Harling's gun ' 1'
lrom him. (Darling was the guard.) I*
Some of the prisoners had Darling A
down 011 the ground w hen this eon- '
vict.. Walter Anderson, rushed to his <
relief, pulled the convicts off of him '
and saved him from being killed, for j 1
which I at once made him a "trusty," 1
and he has ever since, as well as tie- t
fore, been a fine prisoner, humble. <
obedient and a good Worker. ,
(
( rnU l.oss of 1'ropcrty. . 1
A sandstorm has caused damage 1
estimated at $l,tU?(Looo in the ludio j
valley on the Southern Facilie railroad ^
in Die Colorado desert. An artitieial
oasis of nine hundred acres had been |!
niadc 1iy digging artesian wells and
planted in melons. Judging bv last
year, when only sixty acres were in
cultivation, a protit of more than ! (
*l.oou an acre would have been made.
Three hundred carloads of melons, for I
w hich * 1,200 a car iiad been olfercd.
were almost ready for shipment when
the storm broke. For three clays it
raged with the thermometer I2U in
I In- << 11 ;| 11 (. ulnll it vv:is li\il I'l'lTV
hit. of vegetation had l>cen destroyed". |
Works of 11 <'loud hurst.
A special from Paris, State of
('hoahnila, says A cloiidhiirst visited
this section today,covering an area of
.'?( sifuare miles and doing damage to
the extent of *100,000. The big ,
I'atagolana dam, the largest in northern
Mexico, broke with all the ilood
gates open and was completely de- I
st roved. The San Lorenzo (lain, w hich
has been standing for over tt">0 yctirs
was also washed away. This dam was
built of solid masonry about 1.".To and
was in perfect condition until Weduesdax.
Three Mutilated Itodies.
Near Prudence, Knid, (>. T. :to miles
, southwest of here, the bodies ot a
man, a woman, two children, appars
ently members of one family, mutilat !
i ed into almost unrecognizable masses
l were found today. The Imdies had
been st l ipped of all clot hing leax iiy; no !
{means of identification. It is sup-j
I posed that the family were strangers
> traveling overland and that they;
' were robbed and murdered by men
s | who then made oil with their team
r | and belongings.
KKNATOK.AL RACE.
he Candidates Speaks to a Large
Crowd at Orangeburg.
LATIMER GOES FOR EVANS.
'Ih'kc Two CniuliilulcH Attack I'.arh
Other Mini Indulged 111 < 'i-iminat
inn uiiil Kccrimiiiation
for Some Time.
The senatorial campaign meeting
as held at this place on last Thursay.
The party eame over from Sinner.
where t hey had spoken on Wedci
day. The following account of
lie meeting was furnished The News
nd Courier by its regular correspon- 1
cut. lie says Orangeburg never floes
...dhin.. lot Iw,|,.ao It U. th..t
ii > li ii i ik "J nanrn, u i ii?ii uin L,)
I act ion and confidence of her people
t each other that makes < IraiiKchurtr
nc of the lincst counties in the State. '
lotliin^ (4ives these people more pleas*
re than to attend a campaign ineetiH.
no when the announcement w;is I
mde that hitr und brainy candidates 1
?r the Senate would speak at OrangeiiThursday
fully J..VM people '
athrrcd around the stand, erected on :
lie east side of the Court I louse, and
avetlie candidates the greatest in- :
[dration they have received on this
impugn. Kvery body expected "hot '
ill!" and they were not disappointed, j 1
Ivory candidate made votes, hut how 1
lie ballots will add up no one knows. ;
Til K MKKTINO. .
The Senatorial meeting was ealled |
t order hy Count 3' Chairman \V. O. |
'alum at 11, to a. in., and an earnest <
ivoeat i?ni was ollered hy the Kev. II.
i. I'.rowne, a presiding elder of thelet
hodist Kpiseopul Church. The
rst speaker introduced was
COh. WM. KL.MOTT.
Col. KUiott was at the disad vantage ]
l lieing the lirst speaker, knowing;
liat his speech would lie criticised hy .
is able competitors, who would note |
verything he said. Col. lClliott saitl ,
lat the old I (lack District had at |
arious t imes covered nearly half this |
Late, and if lie had represented half
i it. why not trust him further and |
take him Senator for the whole State? .
le told of Ins record in the civil war ,
ml 11is work in behalf of hi-, home |
L-ople in tlie dark days of i t construe- |
on. lie was chosen tolea-U a forlorn
ght in liis district and terrible con sts
followed e;ic\li electloiv yet 11is ,
ongrcssional record of fouriKen years
I III MM i | 4.1 j? o,-e Id ? .TUffuVti J
hie. The total amount of apjpropriaoiis
obtained is in round numbers
f?,OOC,OUO. j'
Col. Kliiott spoke of the wonderful
nprovements in the manufacturing ,
ltorests of the county and, as we are
eeoming a nation of exporters, it is
ecessary to improve tht-'Dtraiisportaion
facilities on "Cod's hghways."
iespokeof the Appalachian forest
cservc aim now ueneuciai us i-stan- j
sliincnt will prove to the South in I
lie prevention of destruetivc overflow j
f niir Southern rivers.
THE HON. J. .1. II KM 1*1 If I.E.
Col. Hemphill threw handsome bouuets
at the ladies.
A voice: "Praise the tfals if you
lon't tfeta vote."
We will do ourselves an injustice if
nir representatives content t heinselves j
villi netting appropriations: we need j
caders in Washington from the South
vhu can protect our political intcrsts.
He charged that the Democratic I
'ommittcchad reported adversely on
>ne occasion, hut Col. Klliott called
lim down and reminded him that he I
nade such a statement before and it]
.vas not true. Mr. Hemphill yielded
o Col. Hlliotl's correction and passed;
<i to the Philippine islands, dcnounc- |
np colonial expansion and spoke of j
?ur? h icntal trade, especially the small!
returns accruing to us from the Philppine.s.
He said that in the discharge ;
>f his duties as a lawyer he has often j
>een called away from South Carolina 1
to attend to professional matters, j
some of his competitors want to say I
thai lie had ^ivenuphis citizenship,
hnt attain lie deemed it expedient to
t?dl ot his home connections in Chester
the same statement he made at
Chest orliod Conrt House. Col. Hemphill
received a beautiful bouquet of
dowers.
KX-UOY KiiNlllt KVA NS.
Mr. Kvans felt the Inspiration of an
old-time orderly campaign audience,
lie told why lie entered this and the
former Senatorial campaign, it took
fiis. etminetitors live vears to tree Me
Lauriii, and imw they all coino here
and want U> l>e Senator. "I?an Henderson
went all over this country cussing
old I'.en and everylody connected
with the Reform movement. Now he
eoines here preaching unity, hut give
me the peas and Henderson the cake."
lie spoke of Latimer's charge that it
was said of him he took $15,000 out
of the hond deal, lie denounced it
again. If anybody will lind it I will
divide and give them two-thirds of ltLallmer
says that his record is clean.
We shall investigate this little matter.
"lie denounced the transportation
trusts." said Mr. Kvans. "hut
that pure, honest , I >r. Stokes, whom
you all loved"
A voice: "Let him alone now; he
is dead."
I>111 Mr. Kvans went on to read the
charges made hy l?r. Stokes in the
Yorkville Kmiuirer, and which have
already heeu printed. Lat imer was uj
at Tir/.ah claiming all the credit foi
the free rural delivery, when Mr. Urist
reported his statement in a daily papei
and thus caught up with Mr. Latimer
i claiming what did not belong to him
t Hi that trip to Cuba he (Kvans) wiu
down there, and Tillman and Norton
Liiini*-' with Mr. Latimer. Tillman told
liim that lie was Latimer's ?uest, and
supposed tliat Latimer was pavi"e f??t
it. "Tillman had been caught tip
with once witii a free pass and yon
win rest assured that you could nevci
catch that old laill in a similar scrape
attain." You are asked to believe
Stokes a liar and to believe him."
Mr. Latimer answers all this by saying
that h" brought a few Yankees
[Jown here, and pleads the Charleston
Imposition as one of his excuses, Mr.
Kvans said that Mr. N. I>. Harris, one
if Latimer's ijest friends in Helton,
had written him that Latimer had
told him that he had offered Stokes an
annual pass, and that Stokesaeeepted
it. Also that Latimer had offered Mr.
It. A. Lewis, of Helton, a pass to Mexico,
hut ho had refused it. Again.
Mr. Latimer offered Mr. Ilufus Hill,
if Anderson. and his brother-in-law.
Rlarencc Itrown. free transportation
to Mexico, and that Imth accepted.
Mr. Lvans also charged that Latimer
a as in favor of turning over $.'t.noo,ono
worth of property In tyaahiugtoii to
the Pennsylvania Hallway. In these
things lie had simply responded to
Latimer's invitation to inspeet his
record. Mr. Lvans said that lie was
president of a little railroad nine
miles in length between Pickens and
Anderson, He it. proud of this, for
. very cent of money in this little road
belongs to South Carolinians,
He is now living in Spartanburg,
l(id has the confidence of every man,
woman and child in the eit.y, besides
the support of the two papers, and
believes that lie will get s.000 out or
the ".i.ooo votes in the county. He
vpoke of his opposition to the Cuban
war. and said that we ought to swarp
!'uha off for a "nigger"' and then kill
Lite "nigger "* 11? is standing on his
record and asks the vut.es of Smill
Jarolinians,
I.ATI M Kll IN UIU'I.Y.
Mr. Latimer started out l?v saying
that I c is not responsible for tills let
ter being brought into the campaign
ind therefore, the consequences must
rest with tile man who is using it.
Mr. Latimer's denials and admissions
were the same as made at Conway,
but as to the new mat ter, the charges
loneering, or coming from. Helton,
lie was as silent as the grave. Also
bile matter of giving that property,
valued at t't.uoo.ouo, in Washington.
Lo the Pennsylvania Railway, lie
admitted all the junketing trips and
vaid there was no law against accepting
free transnorations as the LegislaI.iho
??.?,! 1*111 1 : I - - -
L1IIU llji'I IVIJIl'll It, UUL >1 11(11 .>11.
Kvans took lilm up on tliis he admitted
that the Legislature had killed
it. hut the <iovernor had vetoed it.
Mr - JL'-V.ihid goiv >Vest
Iti this it was understo.r-* jV . .
referred to his Mexico trip, but who
went with him was not staled.
Mr. Latimer turned on Kvans and
said: "You were charged with taking
$ la. 000 in that bond deal. You
have jjone down into the grave to briny
something up against me. but the
man that made that charge still lives.
Why don't you bring him here? (Cries
of "Hurrah for Latimer.") ition, ot
Augusta, knows about it. Why did
you not bring him?"
Kvans: "1 could not get him. tint
1 got an atlldavit from his denying it,
and read it in the campaign."
Mr. Latimer said that it' anyoiu
could prove that he tendered I ?r
Stokes an annual pass over a trunk
line that he would withraw from this
race. He spoke of his personal friend
ship for Dr. Stokes, and said thai
three weeks before l>r. Stoke's deatl
because a letter from I >r. Stokes
stating that ho wanted to come u|
and visit him. If there was am
enmity he never knew it until thesi
letters were produced, lie said thai
Kvans got into the Kxecuti ve Mansioi
by swinging on to Tillman's coat tails
To this Kvans replied: "You neve
would have got into t .ingress with
out Tillman."
Latimer: "Alter all Hen Tillmai
has done for you, you said that h
had lined bis pockets with rebates."
Mr. Kvans denied this.
Mr. Latimer went into his Congro
sionalreeord and toldw hat he had don
including getting an appropriation u
$if>.000 tor Newbeirv College. A
| though he bad been warned inSumte
\V??? 1 in?vi 1:a v t lit t 1 it* si i*i ? t lit it In rctH'ii
Mis goat story, lie did repeat it her
j to-day and applied it to Mr. Ileiii|
hill, lie told of his transaetions i
! eopper slock and thought it a fair an
j legitimate way of making money. II
iobtained an option on a eertain hloe
I of it and sold it at an advanced prio
lie did this after Congress adjournec
In conclusion lie said: "If you i
not think that I did right. don't vol
j for me. 1 wiP not have tin ollice e:
copt 011 honor." (Cheers.)
tilk hon. 1>. 1iknokuson.
Mr. Henderson was at last put t
! his metal and made the best .speech I
has made on the campaign, lie w
, itorn, he said, in Colleton, and not
! dishonest dollar has ever passu
| through his hands. iHliott, l.atiin
and Hemphill, who have been in en
gress so long, have not brought salv
l ion toSout b Carolina, hat liner pos
I as a fanner, saying two words alwa
i for himself and one tor the tarnn
Col. Klliott tells that he has foiig
negroes for fourteen years and uow ,
a reward, asks to In* sent to t he Senal
He told how t bey settled the lie},'
Ullestion in Aiken forever. Mr. Hell
' hill has been in congress ten years
did not set 1 lie world on lire, but aft
all these years he comes hack a
. wants to go to t lie Senate. Kvaiis s;
. that lie deleaked him ^Ilendeison)
Aiken, but lie del not. Hon Tillin
defeated him and not Kvans. lie i
II on the Shepard I icket and Kvans li
Tillman at bis hack, iteii Tillm
knows him and respects him and
r licves him 111 elide i son) to be an liom
, man. "The campaign," said Mr. Hi
4 [(,'ontinl'kl> on i'aok 4.J
i MURDERED AT SEA.
I
I
j One Man oltlio Crew Shoots Down I
t i
! Another Wit lion t Warning.
A special from L'ensacola, Kla. says !
, I The American schooner, Mary, Sail-j
j ford, which arrived Saturday afternoon
had an eventful voyage from
Hlueticlds. Nicaragua, to IVnsacola, !
I during which time one man killed anI
other and the crew were almost in
, 'constant mutiiiy for the man's blood,
1 wiio murdered their shipmate. Caplain
McDonald was^lad to reach here,
! and as soon as possible had the
murderer in jail.
The Mary Sanford left Mluetields on
June 21 and when four days out in
latitude 1 f>.40 and longitude st.4o,
i A. (1. Nicholson, tlie llrst mate, kill-1
j ed Fred. Meed a West Indian seaman 1
I at I a. m.
Meed, it was learned, had heeu |
ordered to some duty ahout the sails. I
I.lit tlin tend S.oiI.ih '-.I. ' 1
I ...V, |>ll 1 IV II |>l I JWll Mil* lllll OIlOC
Uecordhig to the liking of Nicholson.!
who orde red I teed to ?lo the work I
, over. The latter <1 irl not relish this '
and made insulting remarks to the j
mate, who without any bandy of
words, w I lipped out a 14-calihre re vol- j
i ver and tilled tho nogroe's body with
four Indicts, eit her one of which would
have proved fatal. The seamen died :
within 2u second after heing shot.
When (,'apUiln MclJonald saw what
had happened, he ran and overpowered
Nicholson, took the pistol from
him and threw it overboard. The
j mate was then placed in irons and
kept so confined, and under strict
guard until the vessel reached the
I'ensaeola quarantine station, when
j t he t nited States marshal's otllee was
! told of the murder on the high seas
and N ieholson brought here and lock-|
jed up. lie will he given a preliminary
trial before I*. S. ('oinmissiotier Tunison
tomorrow morning. Since he has
engaged legal advice he refuses to
talk and give his side of the occurrence.
To The Journal's representative one
of the ship's otticers stated that immediately
after the killing four West
Indian seamen, countrymen of the
dead man. openly resented the murder
j of heed, and many times did things
! lookiop as though t he mui. orer would !
(swing from a yard arm. Tlie captain,
two inulys and steward were the only
white men on the vessel, and the j
(combined watchfulness of this uver;
worked quartette prevented a marine 1
J session of .ludpe l.ynch's court. The ,
I West Indian were said to have been a
; most revengeful class and various con- i
I spiracles were nipped in tiieir in-'
icipicney t>y ttie white crew, who |
: gleaned knowledge of the plots by the i
Ooastlnpof the eoncoiraters who on I
.MtM vo iiitc utttvatcii- |
ed to have the lives of all the ship's
j utlicers when they were prevented from j
laving hands on Nicholson.
heed's body was wrapped in sails
and buried at sea. a few miles from
the location of where the shooting oc- i
1 cur red. lie had repeatedly made
trouble for the ship and is spoken of<
? as having been a dangerous man.
Nicholson belongs to a prominent
1 family at Halifax. Nova Scotia, and
lias followed the sea for many years.
The Mary Sanford, living the
, American Hag, is a frequent trader
here. The murder will necessarily
have to he heard in the 1 nited States
I I.,,nrl vvlit.m / Iinv.iniic lior,. nnvl
: mouth. And this is the lirst capital
> crime to he heard <?r docketed in the
- federal court of t his dist ri? t for years.
A Simple Itemed)'.
' The troublesome little red ants that
appear a., if by magic about niidsumnier,
and take complete control of the
pantry at the time when summer heat
| makes other trials hard to endure,
may now be routed by a very simple
remedy. A practical housewife made
'' the discovery by accident, and it has
been found satisfactory in every instance
in which it has sii ,-c been tried.
Simply mix live cents worth of tartar
emetic in an equal amount of white
L sugar, make it quite moist with cold
water, put it into.small dishes and set
it on the shelves where the ants are
troublesome. The ants will disappear
j quite as mysteriously as they came.
I and there will l?e no dead ones lying
around on shelves and lloor. ho not
( throw tlie mixture away, hut save it
!, for further attacks, as it can easily he
i moistened and used again when we
go to the pantry some warm, moist
I morning and tiud sugar lmwl, cookies
l(> and all sorts of sweets and cereals.
I .-.warming with the troublesome summer
pests.
L'.
| Mcl.atiriii May Decline.
lo i Some people iu the South Carolina
Le circle in Washington who claim to
x- have inside information as to alTairs
in this state seem to think that, after
all. Senator Mcl.aurin may not heappointed
to the federal judgeship of
111 1 I,.. ......rl . .f ,*l*i I ma V,,? |u.i>'iiic.
as t.hry <1?? n??t think the president would
a : appoint tin- senator if he desires tlie
i'd honor, tint lieeause they believe that
er 1 after all lite talk concerning the senator
that he may not eare to accept the
,l" plaee. lie may prefer to remain in
the senate until the end of the next
;r session of congress, when his term wil
1,1 expire, and then to reenter the prac
as tieeol his profession, either in Soul I
le. Carolina or in Washington. Tin
:ro senator, it is stated by his friends
P* has reeeived many tempt inn olTers. hu
i lie has aeeepted none of them, and i
1is said he may decline the iudgeshi|
(J(I if olTered.
in An Indian Hanged.
An h Conlev. an Indian, and INcI
'"! Fleming. were handed upon the sam
sealTold in Salesbury. N C. last Tues
i?. day. Con ley paid the death penult
est for the murder of a young negro las
en- November. Fleming was hanged I'd
? committing an assault on .1 whit
woman last February.
rHE OREGON OUTLAW.
Who Has Killed Six Men Since June 9 ?
Still at Large.
BLOOD HOUNDS ON tflS TRAIL.
Fully u ThouHuutl Mon ure in I'urHuft
or Him Incltidinx n I'ohm? Wliiclt
Taken Train to Cut Hint nfl*
I'm in < 'otlur Mountain.
Marry Tracy, the convict who has
killed six men ami wounded several
others since June it, is being hotly
pursued by men and dogs in the country
southeast, of Seattle and will probably
be slain or captured. Ilis pursuers
who have with them two tine
bloodhounds are lillJv :t ?linrt rllnt;i
m'hind him,
Traeey made another extraordinary
escape from one of the posses after
him Wednesday afternoon. Word was
received at the sheriffs otllco that
Traoey had been at the house of a Mrs.
Herald near Kenton for five hours.
Fifty armed men at once hastened to
the scene. When they reached the
place they scattered and t<H?k possession
so they could watch the house to
the hest advantage. The peculiar
actions of Mrs. Herald convinced the
men t hat Traeey was still in the house.
>)n the arrival of Sheriff Cudilice the
posse closed in on the house only to
learn from Mrs. Herald that Traeey
had given them the slip. lie had
left the house by a rear door ton
minutes previously while the posse
were taking up positions to watch the
place, led for a few minutes in some
of the hushes and then quietly slipped
through the woods toward Calmer.
Till: WOMlKKKt'I. COOL.XKSS
and daring of the convict was never
more fully exemplified than in this instance.
In the back yard of the Herald
home. Anderson, the man whom
traeey had kept a prisoner from the
time lie left Port Madison, was found
Lied to a tree Traeey had tied Anderson
while the posse was in full view of
tlieliousc. The bloodhounds were let '
loose on his train and are reported t<>
lie only a few minutes l?chind him.
Fully a thousand armed men are now
cii^mcd in the pursuit, including a
posse which lias taken the train for
Palmer to intercept Traeey in his
iliglit toward Cedar mountain.
News was received at the sheriffs
oitice Wednesday that llarry Traeey
was at llanclier Gerald's house, below ^
Ltcno, on the Cedar Mountain road. 9 11" 1 "
old soil or Kaneker GeralJ arrived at ~
the sheriffs office witli a gold and a >
silver watch, saying that. Traeey had [
arrived at Fis father's house at 10..10 *
o'clock Wednesday morning"
eating a hearty meal liad sent luiii to
a neighbor's house with the two
watches, with Instructions to try to 4
sell them. Traeey said if they "were
given away" he would kill tlie whole
family, the !x?y included. The boy,
knowing that it was Traeey, concluded
t<> bring t lie watches to the sheriffs
office, hoping that t lie desperado
would remain there until a searching
party could arrive. The watches
answer the description of those stolen
from .Johnson. Voung Herald described
Tracev accurately, and the otlleers
think lie is trying to make the Palmer
cuioit i?y tne ( eciar .Mountain roan.
Johnson's white boat, used by Traccy
in his escape from I'ort Madison, has
been found on t lie ll a us. near Seattle.
SEVENTY FIVE PER CENT.
Stale Hoard Fixed that Standard of
Valuation for Taxation Purposes.
The several committees of the state
board of equalization charged with
the equalization of assessments of real
estate in South Carolina for taxation,
and also with the assessment of cotton
mills, fertilizer mill and cotton oil mill
plants, worked all of Tuesday afternoon
and evening and all of Wednesday
morning as well, and it was not
until I o'clock that they were ready to
report their action to the full board.
The important "per cent committee"
recommended the adoption
of a 75 per cent basis of market value
for taxation of all property subject to
cqunli/.ntion by the tioard, provided
that after obtaining proper information
from the counties the hoard may
lower the percentage if not injurious
1 to the several counties. A strenuous
el fori was made to change this so as
to make the basis of valuation 05 per
; cent, hut this failed by a vote of 14 to
11, the chairman easting the decisive
vote in favor of the committee's report.
This report was then adopted
? 11 ... .
as II?IIU?S.
"Your committee appointed to ti:<
t he precentage on property Ix-g leave
to report that they recommend that
t he following resolution Ik* adopted:
"Itesolvcd, That all property sub'
ject to equalization by this board be
put on a Itasis of 7."i per cent of its
1 market value, and that the county
auditor and county chairman of each
" county bo required to furnislt- the
1 'comptroller general, before tlie next
1 meeting of this lioard, a sworn slatemcnt,
according to their best knowledge
and belief, showing what per
cent of its market value property was
k assessed at in their county. Provided,
e i Thai when this information has been
- obtained, the board may lower this
v percentage to such a figure as will
t .'dualize the taxes and at the same
ir time provide a sutllcient amount to
e meet tlie requirements of the various
, counties."