The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 16, 1902, Image 4
| The Batesburg Advocate.
I VOL. II. ^ BATESBUliCi, S. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902. NO.26
(JRKAT PfsASTRR.
Three Hundred Men Perish in a
Johnstown Mine.
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BEEN IN OPERATION 50 YEARS.
CnuNO of ilic lv\|>Uikioii Not Known,
# hut Supposed to be the
St
CnwU'KspesH of Some
Miner.
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. *.tolinstown was again visited by an
appalling; disaster last Thursday. It.
is oiijy less frightful than the awful
calamity of May ?tl, 1S81J, in cost of
life, hpt in its terrible consequence it
has jtrought the shadow of sorrow in
4 lufMh*eds of boiues made desolate bv a
mint explosion, which took place in
1 t.ho r^imhrin SClaol t no t*l'o'lln,.
-* ?MM mine, uuder Westmont Mill, at
12.20 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
IIow 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.
r It- was nearly an hour after the ex
plosion before any general knowledge
.. of what had happened got ahroath
Men why < ame from the mines, escaping
with their lijres told tin* terrible
news and soon it spread like wild lire
all over the city, in scores of^ homes
there were Abe most pathetic, scenes.
..Mothers, wives, daughters, 'SShs and
relatives were frantic witl> grief.
? I Hundreds ruslicd to the point and.
with soBbing hearts, awaited news
that <li(l not come from the ill-fated
,, mine*.
TIIK WORK Of KESITK.
At. the opening across the river from
the point the CtStibria Iron Company
police, with several assistants, stood
guard, permitting no one to enter the
mine, from which "hoxious gases were
coming. It was nearly 4 o'clock when
all lyipe of sending rescue parties from
the Westmont opening was abandoned.
Two men who had escaped from the
mine, Richard licnnett and John
Meyers, went hack two miles to sw
what assistance could be rendered, but
the frightful damp drove them hack
and they fell prostrate, and after a
desperate struggle reached the outside.
The doctors gave the men a^istanee
and, after working with them half an
hour, restored them.
Their story of the situation in the
mine made it clear that the rescue
r- work could not proceed from t he Westmoot
opening; and theft hast> pi^parations
were made to hogin that sad
v mission at the Mill Creek entrance.
^" -^Soon after the news of t he explosion
retched the Cambria olllcials Mining
Engineer Marshal G. M<Hire ancl* one
of his assistants. Al. G. l'rosser^'mude
an attempt to enter the mine,'' They
wctc followed by Mine Supcri/ntendcnt
Gei'ii'e T. Robinson, but (he grscs
~~V.V."Tr.T^r..l*V*Ailr DniLrmsS tlini. ?.?! "
compelled to return-VCTithe surface.
ltK8Ci:Kll8 OVKUCOMK 11Y OAS.
Mine Foreman Harry liodgers, his
assistant. William Rlaneli, and Fire
flosses John Whitney, .lohn ReLallick
and John Thomas were overcome !>y
the gases, and it is feared they perished
in an effort to rescue the miners.
A son of Harry 1 lodgers then tried to
reach his father, but lie was quickly
overcome by gas and was carried out
unconscious.
William Stibich spent several hours
at the Mill Creek opening. He said
that he believed as many as 45o men
were still in the mine. In his opinion,
from all lie 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. l'rosscr. promptly
made an attempt to enter the mine.
'They were followed by Mine Superind ent
(ieorge 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 the mine wa>
serious. Their progress was stopped
by the deadly gases and the.\ statef
that an attempt would at once lit
made to reach the scene of the acci
dent, which is known as tlie "Klon
dike" in the miner's parlance. No en
trance to the working portion of tin
mine can lie effected from the mail
entrance. Many of the miners < >cap
cd at Mill Creek, a shaft reaching tin
mine near the power house at thai
point.
NAKUOW KSCWI'KOK A MKIill ANS.
Alxiut a score of Americans, win
were at work in the Klondike (list rict
noticed the presence of the tire daini
in their apartment soon alter the ex
plosion occurred and started at onci
for the main entrance. They wen
almost overcome by the gas. ho
reached the outside in safet y. < )ne o
the men who got out safely.said it wa
not known what caused the explosion
and that it will probably never b
Known, as ne oenevrn none oi i nr me
at work in tin* Klondike district cai
be saved.
OAKKI.KSSNKSS OK MINKliS.
lie also said that only a few da\
'ago t he ollicials issued an order to lii
employees In the mines not to pla
with the gas, and that the next day
young Hungarian was seen pushiii
his naked lampalong the roof of Mi
mine in search of it. The mine fore
man, Harry 1 lodgers, his assistant
William lilanch, and l ire I'.osses .loh
Whitney, John Thomas and Joh
Rctalliek were overcome by the gase
and perished in a heroic attempt t
rescue the miners. Mining enginec
M<*>re and (Jcorge T. Robinson, suj
I
erlntendent, are at the head of a tl
rescuing party from the Franklin a
Slope and Conemaugh Mine. They si
are slowly working their way toward U
the scene of the explosion, hut must o
tight the gas every step of the way. n
Canvas screens are being used to wall
all the side entrances and rooms so as a
to force a current of pure air ahead of
the rescue re. Knglneer A. (1. Prosser, a
who, with Mr. Moore, entered the e
main opening, came the to surface at n
Mill Creek Thursday and immediately si
I set about getting uaen and material to
I 'looiot III till' I It will UV illlM)- a
I liitolv impossible to state the loss of l>
I lite until the rescuers reach the scene ii
I of the disaster, which may be several p
hours, possibly midnight. tl
Tit VINO TO SAVE WHITNEY. V
Harry Uodgers, the mine foreman,
bis assistant, William Blanch, witli .
Fire Bosses John Whitney, John He- ^
tallick and John Thomas, were not in ^
the Klondike when the explosion took
place, but started down a short time
later. It is feared all have perishe^l.
Hritlilh l'owell and Thomas Foster, )'
two other tire bosses, carried Mr.
Whitney two hundred yards in the ?
hope of saving his life, when '
they were* compelled to drop
their burden and save themselves.
Mr. Whitney was unconscious r(
while being carried by his friends. ,,
The tifteen-year-Vild son of Harry
Uodgers, wheixhe heard Unit lbs fat Iter !
bad been overeoriie with tire-damp, '
started down toward the Klondike to J*
help rescue lilin," if possible, and he
had 110 sooner entered the drift when
j the deadly g;?s almost .overcame
the lad and lie had to bcearried hack.
| His tongue protruded its whole length ,j
from his mouth and men had to force | jt
his jaws apart with a stick to prevent
lackjaW. Voting Uodgers, who is em- j.1
ployed in the mine,- was among those
who escaped through the Mill Creek
shaft. c('j
TJIU 1 Mil) I ICS OK FIFTY MEN
SeyeraJ miners have reached the sur- ii
face who were working near the scene
of flic explosion. They say that they
passed through a portion of the Klon- (j
dike district and saw the bodies of
at least llfty' men. The men who ^
came out were foreigners and were in
such an excited condition that it was j
-impossible to get a connected story .,
nrbts i bcm. - _.
Tire. j?nine has been open for about ^
lifty years and is producing 3,000 tons
j per day. It is the property of the ^
j Cambria Steel Company. The famiI
lies of the entombed * miners areas- '
semblcd in large numbers at the mine c
opening, tmt tliey cannot get any dell- M
nite information and must endure a
suspense of many Uour&. * j'j
AK.MOKV AS 'A MOlfOUp. ^
The armory of (Jflmpany H, t?th reg- Ik
i iment, N. C. will Ik; turned into a ill
I eharnel house. tx
After a conference it was an- ci
I nouneed that the dead miners would ti
be brought to the armory Friday. Si
i Blanks have been laid on chairs in the in
armory and the removal of bodies will ! hi
> beixin at an early hour in the morn- | p
! lug. LI
The ambulances of all the under-]
] takers in the city are at Mill Creek in i
: readiness to bc^in the transfer of
bodies. w
At midnight President Powell >r
Staekhouse was seen at t lie mouth ot' |j
the mine and ?*ave out the following ! ei
i statement: j s
"The disaster Is an awful one :uul I t.j
came on us entirely unexpectedly. The ' y
j mine had been inspected only three' p
days a^o and was pronounced in satis- ; d
factory condition. In the thirty years ' ?
, that the mine has been in operation ] p
i no serious accident has occurred. The \ 11
(cause is yet indefinite, hut 1 believe s
it was caused by jras escaping from ! d
llie tilth heading, which was closed y
land was not hein^r worked because it.| r
i contained ^as. into the sixth heading. ! a
TIIK N l MI1KK OK CASIALTIKS V
is now placed at 1J">. No list of the ;i
names of t he dead mincrscun he tfiven, ^
for the majority of them were for- ?
eiffners. and were known only by check
and not by name. The only way tlieir
names will ever be known, if the
bodies are recovered in time for iden- c
tilieation. will be by their families] v
sending tlieir names to us. ji
I?KS? It I fl'ION OK TIIK MINK. 1 ?'
I The mine in which the disaster or- ! 1
I enrred is one ot the largest coal mines '
in the I nifed Slates, according to the
statement ot otticiais tonight. IToin ^
1110 entrance in I In* liill across tlic
- J river from the point to the one at Mill!
('rock is a distance of Ilirco and t liroc-1 x
i ipiarters miles. The Klondikesertion. x
in which the explosion occurred, is 1
almut lwo miles from the Miil Creek '
l I ent ranee.
The mine is divided into a large |
number of headings, levels and sec- |
t ions. The sect iops run oil to the left
' and right of the headings, and are
known as rights and lefts by the <
I miners. The men who escaped this t
afternoon have spent years working in '
it. Otherwise they could never have t
reached the surface. Lights were out 1
' (and there was no way for t hem to lind ?
their way to the top had they not t
s known the mine perfectly. |S
Cj KKKKCT OK TtIK K.X Cl.osloS.
" The few survivors who have escap- I
II i ed from the depths of the mine describe
t he condlt ion as frightful, out i
side of the "Klondike"- the mines are
s safe and uniniured. Within t he fatal :
e limits of the mine the havoc wrought
v by the explosion Is such as beggars !
a description. Solid walls of masonry i
g t hree feel t lirniigh were torn down as <
e t hough barrios of paper. The roofs <
- of the mine were demolished and not '
. a door remains standing,
n Hravo at tempts at rescue were made
n | here. Mining Kngineer Moore and
s his assistanl, A1 (?. l'rosser, tried to
o! make some headway toward the imr
prisoned minors three and a half miles!
?-1 away, hut they were driven hack by !
I ' I
lie deadly gases. Richard Rennet
nd John Meyers, two miners, wer
iinilarly driven back. Then tIre at
snipt at rescue work from the inai
polling was shifted to Mill Creek, tl\
liles from tills city.
Rusincss in the city was practicaU
t a standstill.
"They are not all dead. We ra
cross some of them alive," stammei
d Mr. Swan Tylar, at 1.2"> o'clock b
ight, when lie staggered out of tli
Iim r< >? \f ; 1 1 f'r.ml..
Just how many, though, dead o
live, he w;is urfahle to say. He ha
een down in the mine since 2 o'cloc
ii the aflcrntKiit with tht^rescuiu
arty. The lirst victim brought t
he surface was William Kobortson u<
ompanied by Dr. John It. Cowman.
"We have four with us,'' said tii
octor. ilobertson is in the won
liapc. He is unsconsclous and had I
urt. We passed twenty-live bodii
rliilc pelting out these four, who at
et alive. We counted them as w
rent along. They lay in all kinds <.
ositions. One man was leanin
gainst a door, not far from ltoberl
jii, just wliere he had been throw
y the force of the explosion. Krot
as running from his mouth and h
ad undoubtedly died in great agon>
titers were partly standing, parti
rclinfug. Tltey were in heaps an
ingly. The patty with us has nearl
sac bed the actual scene < f the exph
ion and the work of bringing out th
nor fellows ought to progress rapid!
rout now on.".
It was nearly 12 o'clock before th
rst four live men and one corpse wa
rough! up and laid on mat tresses
lgs and comforts on the ground
'hey were rot left long outdoors, a
. was too cold there, but were carriei
lto t he iHtiler bouse nearby, and Lli
octors went to work on them, givini
item restoratives and adminisleiini
xygen in the glare of the IIres I'roll
lie open furnaces*.
At 12.1.") A. M., this (Friday) morn
ClKNKItAT. MANAOK1S MOOltK,
T the mines, who, with Supcrinten
cnt liobinson, had penetrated to ;
iiisiderable distance in the Klondike
ad reached a telephone station am
utilicd men <t the main entry tlia
e had found live of the lushes up t<
lat time am. Iiad been only in tin
gilt rooms. From tlie brief repor
was understootl that Mr. Moore hat
>ne as far as lie could without en
mgering Ids life from tire damp, am
ad decided to go to the Mill Creel
i t r> from there without furlhc
'arch.
Furtlier news came a few moment
ter that Mine Superintendent IJo
nson, who had gone into the mini
itia Uetuuvai -Manager Moor*. ha<
:en overborne witn lire dump and *a;
liable to talk. He had lieen carriet
> the MiUCreek entrance. The miin
u I'll',} ovui'iuiiuu at tut. hi iiit; tn
y stated that the fact that Mr
lucre had penetrated so far into t In
lines showed that the lire damp \va
sing cleared rapidly and with ever;
respect of l>eing entirely driven fron
le mine before morning.
A Convict ltewurtleil.
(iov. Mi-Sweeney Wednesday re
arded a convict for the saving of ;
ward's life near this city, grantlni
im a pardon. The pardon was grant
il upon receipt of the following fron
upt. -Dri tilth of the State peniten
iary: Dear Sir: I respectfully as
ou to give Walter Anderson a fill
ardun for the reason that on the lot
ay of March. 1000, while 011 detai
ork on farm, several prisoners over
owcred and took Mr. Darling's gn
rum him. (Darling was the guard,
ume of the prisoners had Darlin
own on the ground when this eon
ict,. Walter Anderson, rushed to 1 ii
clicf. pulled tlie convicts otT of hir
nd saved him from being killed, ft
,'hich 1 at once made him a "trusty,
nd lie has ever since, as well as b?
ore. been a tine prisoner, humhl*
hedieut and a good worker.
( i-t-ikt l.oss uf l'roportv.
A sandstorm has caused damajj
slimaled at *1,0p(LOOO in the Indi
alley on the Southejh Facitic railroa
n t he Colorado desert. An artitici;
iasis of nine hundred acres had bee
rtade 1>y digging artesian wells an
ilaiited in melons. Judging by la.<
fin', when only sixty acres were i
ult i vat ion. a protit of more tha
it.oou an acre would have been madi
I'liree hundred carloads of melons, fi
vhicli *1.200 a car had been olTerci
vere almost, ready for shipment win
he storm broke. For three days
aged with the thermometer 12w i
,he shade, and when it was over eves
?it of vegetation had been dostroyei
Works of a Clonilburst.
A .special from Paris, State hoahuila,
says A cloudburst visit*
his scctiun today,covering an area <
>0square miles and doing damage
lie lyvtent of t too.(too. The. hi
I'utagolana dam, the largest in nort
rn Mexico, broke with all the litk
iat.es open and was completely d
droyed. The Sao Lorenzo dam, whit
las been standing for over Hf>0 yen
/.as also washed away. This d.uu w
liuilt of solid masonry about l.">7(t at
was in perfect condition until We
uesday.
Three !Mmtinted IUhIIgh.
Near Prudence, Knld, < >. T. at) mil
southwest of here, the bodies of
man, a woman, two children, appa
ently members of one family, mutiki
ed into almost unrecognizable mass
were found today. The bodies In
been stripped of all clot hing leaving
means of identilication. It is su
posed that the family were strange
traveling overland and that th
were robbed and murdered by m
who then made oil with their tea
and belongings.
t SENATORIAL RACE.
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" The Candidates Speaks to a Large
y Crowd at Orangeburg.
r- LATIMER GOES FOR EVANS.
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TiiotiP Two CnTidiilalcH Attack 1-hicli
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,| Other ami ImlulKCtl In Ci-iiuik
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nation ami Kecriminu'Ion
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I'or Some Time.
The senatorial campaign meeting
e was held at this place on last Thursday.
The party came over from Suiny
ter. where tbey had spoken oi? Wed>s
need ay. The following account of 1
c the meeting was furnished The News '
e and Courier by its regular eorrespon- '
dent, lie says Orangeburg never does
K anything by halves. it Is that unity
'* of action and contidence of her peop'e
" in each other that makes Orangeburg '
^ one of tbe finest ' oi nties in the State. '
c Nothing gives these people more pleas- 1
' ure than to attend a campaign meet- '
y ing, so when the announcement was '
(l made that big ami brainy candidates 1
y for the Senate would speak at Orange- '
burg Thursday fully l.ftuu people *
e gathfPTed around the stand, erected on
y the east side of the Court House, and
gave the candidates the greatest in- :
| spi ration uiey nave received on (his
K campaign. Everybody expected "hot '
'? rttnlf' and they were not disappointed. 1
' I Every candidate made votes, tint how 1
s I tlie ballots will add up no one knows. ,s
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TIIK MUKTIS'U. .
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I, J lie Senatorial meeting was called t
[J to order by County Chairman \V. (). ,
,, Tutu in at 11, in a. in., and an earnest t
invocation was offered by the lie v. II.
. II. Krowne, a presiding eider or theMethodist
Episcopal Cluircli. The
llrst speaker introduced was
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COL. IV31. KLLIOTT.
:i Col. Elliott was at the disadvantage t
of Itcing the lirst speaker, knowing j
j that li is speech would lie criticised by x
^ his aide competitors, who would note i
(| everything lie said. Col. Elliott said c
p that the old I Slack lMstrict had at |
1 various times covered nearly half this t
I State, and if he had represented half x
of it. why not trust him further and t
I m;.ke him Senator for the whole State? a
. lie told of liis record in the civil war s
and his work in behalf or ht> home j
people in the dark days of n. construe- t
s tjnn. He was chosen to lead'a forlorn ]
tight In ids district and terrible con- ,
? tests followed each elcctioiv yet ids c
i (Congressional record of founKcn years i
im m?h ? no uipi bi . Mij.fuvn r
^ able. The total amount of apjpropriations
obtained is in round numbers r
I $f>,00C,000. / v
Col. Elliott spoke of the wonderful
* improvements in the manufacturing s
interests of Hie county and, as we are \
' becoming a nation of exporters, it is j
, necessary to improve the?Otransporta- s
lion facilities on "God's hghways." ,
lie spoke of the Appalachian forest i
reserve and how beneficial its estab- (
I lishinent will prove to the South In j
the prevention of destructive overflow ,
II i of our Southern rivers,
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T1IB HON. J. .J. 1IKMIMI1LL. ]
uj Col. Hemphill threw handsome bou- :
. ; quets at the ladies.
k 1 A voice: "Praise the gals if you ?
II : don't get a vote."
h ! Wc will do ourselves an Injustice if I
il i our rcpresentat i ves content themselves i
- | with getting appropriations; we need s
n i leaders in Washington from the South '
,): wiiu can protect our political inter- m
jt ests. lie charged that the Democratic :
0 I committee had reported adversely on ;
is 1 one occasion, but Col. Elliott called i
n 1 him down and reminded him that lie 1
ir i made such a statement before and it
was not true. Mr. Hemphill yielded '
>. to Col. Elliott's correction and passed '
on to i lie Philippine Islands, denouncing
colonial expansion and spoke of <
our < irieutal trade, especially the small
i returns accruing to us from the Philippines.
lie said that in the discharge
of his duties as a lawyer lie has often
l(.'; liecn called away from South Carolina
(, j to attend to professional matters.
1 Some of his competitors want to say
j] that he had given up his citizenship,
" ; but again he deemed it expedient to
( tell of his home connections in Clies1
, ter -the same statement be made at
1,11 Chesterlied Conrt House. Col. llempLj
11i 11 received a beautiful bouquet of
l" j (lowers.
; KX-UOVKUNOll KVANS.
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if Mr. Evans felt the Inspiration of an
in old-time orderly campaign audience.
*y ' He told why he entered this and the
former Senatorial campaign, it took
! his competitors live years to tree Mc!
Laurin, and now they all come here
i,l and want to lie Senator. "Dan lien.,1
derson went all over this country cus,f
sing old Pen and everylwdy connected
p.! with the Keform movement. Now he
i^, coines here preaching unity, but give
h me the peas and Henderson the cake." \
M| lie spoke of Latimer's charge that it!
I was said of him lie look $lf?,000 out |
I, j of the bond deal, lie denounced it
is again. 1T anybody will lind it 1 will
ils divide and give tliein two-thirds of it- j
1(| Latimer says that his record Is clean. '
,1- ; We shall investigate LIiis little matter.
"lie denounced the transportation
trusts." said Mr. 10vans, "but
that, pure, honest., l?r. Stokes, whom!
es you all loved"
a J A voice: "Let him alone now; he
r- is dead."
it- Hut Mr. Kvans went on to read t lues
charges made by l>r. Stokes in the
id Yorkville Enquirer, and which have
no I already been printed. Lat imer was up
p- at Tir/ah claiming all the credit foils
tlie free rural delivery, when Mr. (irist
ey reported his statement in a daily paper
en and thus caught up with Mr. Latimer,
m claiming what did not belong hi him.
<>n that trip to Cuba he (Evans) was
down there, und Tillman and Norton
caine with Mr. Latimer. Tillman told
him that lie was Latimer's guest, and !
supposed that Latimer was payi?g for ] <
it. "Tillman had been caught up
with once with a free pass and you
can rest assured that you could never
catch that old bull in a similar scrape
again." You are asked to believe ''
Stokes a li >r and to believe him.'' f
Mr. Latimer answers all this by say- 11
ii.' that he brought a few Yankees '
down here, and pleads the Charleston !
kxpositiou as one of his excuses, .Mr. i (
Lvans said that Mr. N. 1). Harris, one
of Latimer's best friends in Helton, j w
had written him that Latimer had 1
loid him that lie Imd offered Stokes an il
annual pass, and that Stokes accepted 11
it. Also that Latimer had oifered Mr.
It. A. Lewis, of Helton, a pass to Mex- "j
leo, hut lie had refused it. Again.
Mr. Latimer offered Mr. Itufus lfill, ^
?f Anderson, and his brother-in-law, ei
IMarence Hrowu. free transportation a
U Mexico, and that tKith accepted.
Mr. Evans also charged that Latimer ?
was ju favor of turning over $.'t,uo0,000 ,J
worth or property in Washington t?? i
the Pennsylvania Railway. In these
uhlngs he had simply responded to ?
I .ill imprV hiviI I inn in i,to U
record. Mr. Evans said tliai lie was "
president of a little railroad nine w
niles jn length between Pickens and v
Anderson, lie it proud of this, for
J very eent of money in this little road | ''
lelongs to South Carolinians, ! w
lie is now living in Spartanburg, j
ind bus the confidence of every man, i ''
voinun and child in the city, iicsldcs ,
die support of the two papers, and '1
relieves that he will yet 1.000 out or 111
lie 0,000 votes in the county. He M*'
poke of his opposition to the Cuban
var. and said that we ought to swarp ''
Julia oil" for a "nigger" and then ki|l i ''
,he "nigger," 11e is standing on his ' *
coord and asks Ihe votes of South !111
Jarelinians, Iut
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I,ATI M Kit IX UKI'I.Y. L.(
Mr. Uati'aer started out hy saving (M
hat 1 e is not responsible for this let- | 4;
er being brought into the campaign L.|
ind therefore, the consequences must
est with the man who is using it. (,i
dr. Latimer's denials and admissions m
vere the same as made at Conway, ||
lit as to the new matter, the charges > ,j,
loncering. or coming from, Ilelton, ,,f
le was as silent as the grave. Also j p,
he matter of giving that property, sv
alued at $.1,000,000, in Washington, : tv
.0 the Pennsvlvaiiia Kailway. I|ej w
ulmitted all the junketing trips and , t-<
aid there was 110 law against accept- w
ng free trunsporationsas the Lcgisia- Se
.ure had killed it, but when Mr. \\
Svatis took him up 011 this he ad- 111
11 it ted that tlie Legislature had killid
It, hut the Governor had vetoed it. ci
i!r J.'.V.lldd goiv West gl
lu this it was undcrst.-.--ia,f J,v
efcrred to his Mexico trip, but who e<
vent with him was not stated. ut
Mr. Latimer turned on Evans and la
aid: "You were charged with takng
$15,000 in that bond deal. You at
lave gone down into the grave to bring | tl
.onictliing up against me. hut the 101
nan that made that charge still lives, tr
A'hy don't you bring him here? (Cries I a>
>r "Hurrah for Latimer.") llion, of N
Augusta, knows about it. Why did fa
fou not bring him?" h;
Evans: "1 could not get. him, but
[ got an ailldavit from his denying it. a
ind read it. in the campaign." h
Mr. Latimer said that if anyone h;
:ould prove that lie tendered Dr. j et
Stokes an annual pass over a trunk n
line that he would withraw from this ci
race, lie spoke of his personal friend- j ft
?hip for Dr. Stokes, and said that 1
three weeks before Dr. Stoke's death
because a letter from Dr. Stokes, I
stating that he wanted to come up ,l
ind visit him. If there was any j 1
sninity he never knew it until these ''
letters were produced, lie said that 1
Evans got into the Executive Mansion ; "
by swinging on to Tillman's coat tails. J'
To this Evans replied: "You never .
would have got into Congress with- J
out Tillman." ! *
Latimer: "After all Hen Tillman \
has done for you, you said that he 1
had lined his pockets with rebates." : s
Mr. Evans denied this.
Mr. Latimer went into his Centres- J
sionalrecord and toldwhat he liad done !
including getting an appropriation of ''
$15,000 for Newbeiry College. Al- ,l
though he had been warned in Sumter ,l
Wednesday on the si reel not to repeat .
his goat story, lie did repeat it here
to-day and applied it to Mr. Hemp- i
hill, lie told of his transactions in ^
copper stock and thought it a fair and
legitimate way of making money, lie
obtained an opt ion on a certain block
of it and sold it at an advanced price,
lie did this after Congress adjourned,
in conclusion he said: "If you do
not think that 1 did right, don't vote t
for me. 1 wiP not have an otlice ex- I
cepL on honor.'' (Cheers.) i
Til K ICON. I). S. IIKN OKltSON. j I
Mr. Henderson was at last put on j
his metal and made t lie I test speech he j
has made on the campaign. He was '
born, he said, in Colleton, and not a t
dishonest dollar has ever passed ; I
through his hands. Elliott, Latimer!;
and Hemphill, who have been in con- \
gress so long, have not brought salvation
to Sotit h Carolina. Latimer poses
as a farmer, saying two words always]
for himself and one for the farmer. |:
Col. Elliott tells that lie has fought 11
negroes for fourteen years and uow, as
a reward, ask* to be sent to I he Senate. ;
He told how they settled the negro
question in Aiken forever. Mr. Ileinp- i
hill has been in congress ten years he j
did not set the world on lire, but after
all these \ears he comes back and
wants logo to the Senate. Kvans said
that he defeated him (Henderson) in
Aiken, but he did not. Hen Tillman
| defeated liiin and not Evans. He ran
| on the Shepard ticket and Kvans had
Tillman at his hack. Hen Tillman
knows him and respects him and be- ,
lieves him (Henderson) to be an honest
man. "The campaign," said Mr. llen[CONTINUKIJ
ON I'AliK l.J
MURDERED AT SEA
>110 Man ol'flic Crew Slioots Down
Another Without Warning.
A special from lVnsaeola, Kla. says
I'he American schooner, Mary, Sauord.
which arrived Saturday after- ?
oon .had an eventful voyage from
ilueHelds, Nicaragua, to Pensacola,
uring which time one man killed an- (
>ther and the crew were almost in
onstant mutiny for the man's hlood,
dio murdered their shipmate. Capain
McDonald was glad to reach here,
nd as soon us possible had the
lurderer in jail.
The Mary Sanford left Minefields on
une 21 and when four days out in
itltude 15.40 and longitude 81.45, ^1
. (}, Nicholson, the llrst mate, kill- oi
il Fred, Heed a West Indian seaman p!
t. 4 a. m. tr
Heed, it was learned, had l>een lx\
rdercd to some duty about the sails. sl]
ut tlie particular job was not done p]
uoordlug to the liking of Nicholson. |K
'ho ordered Heed to do tlie work
ver. Tlie latter did not relish this es
nd made insulting remarks to the p;
uite, who without any bandy of re
ords, whipped out a 44-eulibre revol- 'p
L-ruiid uueq me nogroe's body with I r;,
Mir bullets, either one of which would |.-j
;ive proved filial. The seamen died u,
itliiu 2<> second after being shot. pi
When Captain McDonald saw what s|,
ad happened, lie ran and overpowerI
Nicholson, took the pistol from ac
im and threw it overboard. The )n(
late was then placed in irons and (p
epl so confined, and under strict |M]
uard until the vessel reached the ic.;
ensacola quarantine station, when |la
ie United States marshal's otllce was |e|
>ld of the murder on the hiirh seas | ,n
id Nicholson brought here and lock-! vv,
1 up. lie will be given a preliminary pj;
ia! before U. S. Commissioner Tuni- ,,f
m tomorrow morning. Since he lias (q,
igaged legal ml vice he refuses to |
ilk and give his side of the occurr- j
ice. ! an
To The .lournal's representative one .,n<
the ship's otllcers stated that im- s,:
cdiately after the kilting four West a.
ldlan seamen, couulryuien of the)
?ad man, openly resenuni the murder! .
' I teed, and many times did tilings 1,11
oking as though the murderer would ; s<"
ving from a yard arm. The captain. ]
vo mate's and steward were the only |
hite men on the vessel, and the j
unbilled wateli fulness of this over-'''1
orked quartette prevented a marine t>n
ssion of .tudge Lyncli's court. The j *'
'est Indian were said to have been a 'a
ost revengeful class and various con- *
liraeios were nipped in their inpieney
hv the white crew, who
caned knowledge of the plots by the
lasting of the <rm?o!rntors who on Ut
T ,Miti in# nttvc uinraucu- .
I to have the lives of all the ship's 11'
licers when they were prevented from .J
ying hands on Nicholson. s
Heed's body was wrapped in sails ,l.r
id buried at sea. a few miles from p'1
ic location of where the shooting oe- i ' ,l
irred. He had repeatedly made :'ouhlc
for the ship and is spoken of
i having been a dangerous man.
ieholsou lielongs to a prominent (*rl
lliai 1 y at Halifax. Nova Scotia, and ,l
as followed the sea for many years. 1 '
The Mary Sanford, tlying the M
mcriean llag, is a frequent trader "
ere. The murder will necessarily
ave to he heard in the United States j^1
MIIL, Willi II tUIIVCIIO 1ICIU 11L .\ l
lonth. And tins is the lirst capital | ,rj
rime to be heard or docketed in the ; e'
ideral court of t liis district for years.
.\ Simple Remedy. j(
The troublesome little red ants that jn
ppear as if by magic about niidsum- |M
icr, and take complete control of the 1
anlry at the time when summer heat i
lakes other trials hard to endure,
lay now be routed by a very simple |
?niedy. A practical housewife made | si
lie discovery by accident, and it has i
een found satisfactory in every intance
in which ithassii :e been tried,
imply mix live cents worth of tartar
luetic in an equal amount of white b<
ugar, make it quite moist with cold t tl
rater, put it into small dishes and set j 0,
I on the shelves where the ants are I
roublesonie. The ants will disappear
ulte as mysteriously as they came, 11
nd there will he no dead ones lying P
round on shelves and lloor. l>o not 11
hrow the mixture away, but save it ''
or further attacks, as it can easily be I "
noistened and used again when we n
[o to the pant ry some warm, moist.;
Horning and find sugar bowl, cookies "
nd all sorts of sweets and cereals, i "
warming; with the troublesome sum- '
ner pests. i 0
Mcliiiuriii >lay Recline.
Some people in the South Carolina |(
ircle in Washington who claim to j
lave inside information as to affairs
n this state seem to think that, after I {
ill. Senator McLaurin may not heap- ! .
minted to the federal judgeship of j
lie court of claims. Not because v
they do not think the president would t
ippoint the senator if he desires the
Honor, but because they believe that
liter all the talk concerning the sena- t
lor that he mav not care to accent tln> .
place, lit may prefer to remain in ,
tlit* seriate until the end of t lie next !
session of congress, when his term will (
expire, and tlien to reenter the prac- ,
tiee of his profession, either in South I
Carolina or in Washington. The!
senator, it is stated by liis friends,!
litis received many tempting offers, hut
he has accepted none of them, and it
is said lie may decline the judgeship
if offered. ,
.An Indian limited.
Arcli Conlev. an Indian, and 1 >Ick
Fleming, were hanged upon the sjime i
scaffold inSalcsbury, N.C. last Tues- i
day. Conley paid the death penalty
for the murder of a young negro last
November. Fleming was hanged for
committing an assault on a white
woman last February. <
rHE OREGON OUTLAW.
Vho Has Killed Six Men Since Jane 9 ?
Still at Large.
tLOOD HOUNDS ON rflS TRAIL.
'itlly a TlioiiKuml Men are in Pursuit
??l" IIiin Including p. I'ohnc Whicli
Taken Train to Cut Iliui off
from Cednr Mountain.
Marry Tracy, the convict who has
11 led six men and wounded several
.hers since June l>, is being hotly
lrsurd l?y men and dogs in the couiiy
southeast of Seattle and will prob>ly
he slain or captured. His purlers
who have with them two tine
oodhounds are only a short distance
hind him.
Traeoy made another extraordinary
cape from one of the posses aftor
in Wednesday afternoon. Word was
ceived at the sheriff's otilce that
raoey had been at the house of a Mrs.
urald near Kenton for ttve hours.
my armed men at once hastened to
le scene. When they reached the
ace they scattered and took posses*
in so they could watch the house to
e best advantage. The peculiar
lions of Mrs. Herald convinced the
en that Traeey was still in the house.
1 the arrival or Sheriff Cudihee the
isse closed in on the house only to
irn from Mrs. Uerald that Traeey
id given them the slip, lie had
ft the house by a rear door ten
inutes previously while the posse
?ro taking up positions to watch the
ice, hid for a few minutes in some
the hushes and then quietly slipped
rough the woods toward l*almer.
THE WIINDKItKI't COOLNESS
d daring of the oonvict was never
ire fully exemplified than in this in*
mce. In the back yard of the Uer1
home. Anderson, the man whom
acey had kept a prisoner from the
ne lie left Port Madison, was found
d to a tree. Traeey had tied Ander*
i while the posse was in full view of
e house. The bloodhounds were let
isc on his train and are reported to
only a few minutes behind him.
illy a thousand armed men are now
gaged in the pursuit, including a
sse which lias taken the train for
liner to intercept Traeey in his
jlit toward Cedar mountain.
News was received at the sheriff's
lee Wednesday that Harry Traeey
us at Uauclicr Herald's house, below
iiio, on the Cedar Mountain road. X "
I son of Rancker Herald arrived aT J
c sheriffs otlice with a gold and a *
ver watch, saying that Traeey had J
rived at his father's house at 10.30 ^ *
dock Wednesday morning JWid^-if^f
ting a hearty meal had sent mm to
neighbor's house with the two
itches, with instructions to try to 4
II them. Traeey said if they "were
veil away" lie would kill the whole
mily, the l?oy included. The boy,
lowing that it was Traeey, ooneludlo
bring the watches to the sheriff's
ice, hoping that the desperado
mid remain there until a searching
irty could arrive. The watches
iswer the description of those stolen
..... 1..1......... V........ #1..?.1.1
i/iu nuiiii^iti. i vmiii^ v?vj i am uur?? i nr
i Tracej' accurately, and the otlicers
link he is trying to make the l'almer
itotr hy the Cedar Mountain road.
Vinson's white lx?at, used by Tracev
his escape from l'ort Madison, has
'en found on the llaU\near Seattle.
SEVENTY FIVE PER CENT.
late Hoard fixed that Standard ot'
Valuation for Taxation Purposes.
The several committees of the state
oard of equalization charged with
le equalization of assessments of real
state in South Carolina for taxation, 4
nd also with the assessment of cotton
tills, fertilizer mill and cotton oil mill
lants, worked all of Tuesday afteroou
and evening and all of Wednesay
morning as well, and it was not
1 it i 1 1 o'clock that they were ready to
'port their action to the full board.
The important "per cent comlittec"
recommended the adoption
f a 7;"> tier cent basis of market value
>r taxation of all property subject to
qualization by the Iniard, provided
hat after obtaining proper informaion
from the counties the board may
wert he percentage if not injurious
o the several counties. A strenuous
ffort was made to change this so as
<? make the hasis of valuation 65 per
ent. but this failed liy a vote of 14 to
1, the chairman casting the decisive
ote in favor of the committee's rew>rt.
This report was then adopted
us follows:
"Your committee appointed to tlx
he preeentage on property ix'g leave
o report that they recommend that
lie following resolution be adopted:
"Resolved, That all property subeet
to equalization by this board be
jut on a basis of 75 per cent of its
uarket value, and tiiat the county
iiiditor and county chairman of each
ounty be required to furnlsU the
omptroller general, before the next
neeting of this board, a sworn statenent.
according to their 1 test knowledge
and belief, showing what per
cut of its market value property was
issessod at in their county. Provided,
I'liat when this information lias been
ibtained. the board may lower this
percentage to such a figure as will
t'uualize the taxes and at the saine
time provide a sullicicnt amount to
meet the requirements of the various
counties. *'