The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, June 03, 1903, Image 1
The Batesburg ^Ivocate.
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VOL III BATESBURG,S.C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8,1903. NO 18
THIEVES FALL OUT.
Ryau Became Sore ami Made Confession
to Authorities.
HE WENT BACK ON HIS PALS
They Ktiinctl TIiimiihoIvos I?y OniiiK
III} Mhii'n llitltling unit
Ho Sow Turns (Utterly
Upon Them.
United Suites Marshal Henry C.
Petit, at Ilockville, hid., noli lied the
department by telegraph of t he arrest
of Joseph M. Johns, the man charged
witli conspiracy in the alleged bribery
of Daniel V. Miller, the assistant attorney
of the postotllee department
who was arrested Tuesday night.
Johns will be tried with Miller at Cincinnati.
The cases will he present <!
m the forlm-;, 1 imnit inrv vv' 1.1. un.i.t -
there October 0.
According to evidence in p<issession
of tlie postal authorities Johns rereceived
$4,f)00 as a reRult ot' the decision
of Acting Assistant General
Christiancy that the Ryan Turf Investment
company was entitled to
use the mails. Miller was an assistant
of Christianey. The authorities
here say that Johns was not an attorney
of the Ryan concern hut. has heen
a life long friend and political associate
of Miller. The exact division of
the S4,a00 is not known.
miller un oku cross ii uk.
Miller was at the postofflcc department
Friday in conference with Assistant
General Robbe, who closely questioned
him regarding the case. The I
case ojLthe Arnold company, turf in-1
vescf5?nt concern, which was respon- |
sible for the tirst charges against the ]
ottice of the assistant attorney general
and which, despite the adverse report
of postotllce inspectors secured a favorable
decision from the ottice, is still
under investigation.
The checks which figure in the alleged
payments to Miller and Johns,
which are in the possession of the department
are for $.1,400. They were
supplemented with a cash payment of
$1,100. The checks a re signed by the
Ryan concern and made out t o Johns's ]
order and endorsed by him.
Ryan has agreed to Ik: a witness for
t.lio ihivnrnmiuil Ho hnv^ fiirniwluul
the department with all the informa-1
tion ht his possession, including the i
documents. While the department
cannot guarantee an immunity it will
put Ins service in giving state's evidence
in the hest light before the1
court. Miller had charge of the in- !
vestigation of the it van case and pre- j
pared the letter which Acting Assis-!
tant General Christiancy signed. This
letter, which constituted the decision ;
of the department, allowed the con- j
cern to use the mails and was signed
December 10. The decision in the
Arnold case which served as a precedent
and whose language it followed
was signed by Assistant Attorney
General Tyner December 4.
KYAN WAS SOKE.
John J. Ryan, whose confessions
caused the arrest of Miller and Johns,
operated his "get-rich-quick" turf investment
concern from Cincinnati,
Ohio and from St. Louis, and ran winter
races at Newport, Ky. Other
warrants have been issued as a result
of the investigation of the postolllce
inspectors. Kyan is here now and
admits that he operated sometime ai
St. Louis before the inspectors got
after him and later he was called to
Washington. Kyan says: "I was sore
because 1 heard others doing business
like mine stood in with the postotliee
department by giving up 82fi,o00 and
I felt that those who were standing
in with the department were behind
the investigation so as to get me out
01 uieir way.
THE JOB HAD ''TH1.M.MINUS."
After returning from Washington
to St. Louis last Novemlier Ryan says
lie got a telegram from Attorney
Johns of Rockvillc, I mi., that .lohns
could he of service to him with the department
at Washington and later
Ryan and .lohns met in Terrc Haute.
There, Ryan says. Johns explained
now close lie was to Miller arid how
Miller had accepted a $2,000 job in
the postotllce department at Washington
with the idea that the job had
certain "trimmings," such as Ryan
says Johns explained Ryan would he
able to furnish.
Ryan declared Johns asked $.">,000
to get from Miller a letter from the
attorney general's otliceshowing Ryan
was entitied to use the mails. Later
Ryan says Johns came down to $2,f>00
and the proposition was accepted. A
proposition to pay $2,000 for literature
so worded it would pass muster
if it was ever taken up in the mails
was later accepted.
PRESERVED THE LITEllATl"HE.
Ryan asserts Johns delivered the
letter and literature to him December
10th. Ryan says lie gave Johns
$1,100 cash and checks dated Decem)>cr
17, one for $'2,000 and one for
$1,400. Then, Ryan says everything
went along smoothly until the trouble
February 9. A week later a fraud order
was issued against Ryan, and
Ryan says an elfort for another shake
down was put on foot hut he would
not stand for it. lie says he received
more telegrams from Johns, Ryan
says he preserved all the telegrams
and letters.
JOHNS OIVKS BOND.
Joseph II. Johns, who is charged
with complicity in the Miller-Ryan
postal scandal, was arraigned he for
Commissioner llippinsund pave Imni
for $ 1 ,f?00 for his appearance be fori
Federal .ludpe Anderson at Indian
upolis June 25. 1' is bond was sipnei
by several citizens of lioekville, win
aeeompanied iiim to tins city. lie re
fuses to make any statement. Tin
warrant under which lie wasarraipnet
j chaipcd conspiracy t ? receive persona
i coin pens it ion for services t.o divers per
I sons in which the United States wai
I interested.
The warrants for Miller at Wash
; inpton. and lohnsut Kockvillo. wen
] drawn by United Sta tes Attorney
Itnndy, and his assistants, on inforiua
t ion furnished hv unstotlice innjeclon
who have a great ma .s of dorunicn
1 tary evidence, n tubh a letter t<
John .!. r.yan. from George A. Chris
j tancy asac'ing nsMstuntattorney gen
end for ihe posts.Pico ilepai t mint, in
forming llyan that the investigatioi
satisfied tiie Washington otllriuls o
his iiI I lo use the mails in Ids busi
ih'.-s. In one corner are the initial:
"1>. V. M." in Miller's handwriting
indicating tiiat Miller dictated tin
letter, and for tliat reason theotllclab
I say fit re is n proceeding against
| Christiaiu-j . This letter was not I r
warded to llyan, but it came to hin
through Johns when they met in Cin
einnati. I?v. >. I".'after llyan pah
Joins il.ltio cash and $."l.4u0 in St
Louis checks. These checks, indorsee
by Johns, are io evidci>ce.
STORIES OF RECENT FA STB.
>t?ny People It? store<l to llealtli lij
I.caving; Oil'One Meal.
That many persons have gainct
health l?v eliminating, or practically
eliminating, the morning breakfast
seems an established fact., writes Ann;
Woodward in Good Housekeeping
Those who are more radical in theii
trials have logon by fasting entirely
for a period of from seven to thirty
days. An experience which bar at
traded much attention is that of I hi
editor of one o; the health magazine:
of New York. This man went througl
a thirty days' fast, aliout two year
ago, and from that time to the present
lias usually had two very light meal:
each day. Never more than two, anc
nuiiicuiuH-n uui. one. nc weigneo wnei
beginning his fast, otic hundred situ
leu pounds and has since told t'n
writer that he had at that time mud
sickness: was, in fact an invalid. A
the present time In- weighs one liun
died and sixty pounds, is robust ii
disease, whatsoever, lie says that lx>fore
tiie thirty days of fasting was
over, Ids skin took on a clearer hue
than it hud worn tor years: his eyes
grew brighter, his hair was in better
condition, and his tcath, even, became
noticeably whiter. ? hi tlie twentyfourth
day lie took a prolonged mountain
walk with several companions,
neither showing nor feeling inori
fatigue than they.
A girl whose home is in Morganlon,
West Virginia, tells me that althougli
up Lu last summer she had always
been an omnivorous eater, she at that
time became coverted to the modern
theory, and began in a practical waj
taking in August two weeks'complete
fast, during which time, she swallow
ed nothing but a little fruit juice
She then began to addopl an extreme
ly light diet, to her advantage fron
the point of economy, since by prepar
big her own meals instead of lioardin^
she effected a saving of from six t(
seven dollers a month. Hot the consideration
of primary importance was
ret the pecuniary but the physica
gain. She at once began to enjoy
health sueh as she had not known fo
years. I-'or several years previously
nuraverage wergild w as annul one lain
drcd and t wenty-four pounds. During
the two weeks' last she lost tifteei
pounds. The tirst week theieafter sin
regained ten pounds and after tha
she regained at the rate of threi
pounds a week, until she reached on<
hundred and thirty-nine pounds
more than she ever weiplied in her Ufi
before. This girl is engaged in tak
inp a university course and there i
I livinp with her a friend wlio is ;
i teacher in tlie publir schools, tlii
friend livinp also on the same plan
j Tliey eat no breakfast, I ikiiip in th
early morninp a plass of liot lemon
ade. bunch consists of two slices o
hrown bread and butter and a littl
fruit. The eveninp meal, thouph mor
j substantial is very simply cooked
; Soup and one other dish from th
usual dinner. The second dish con
sists so nc times of a baked potato t
baked apples, some limes of a ceres
[and milk. They take never more tha
1 those two simple dishes, in addition t
brown bread and milk, celery and (h
easioiially onions. The main point i
that thay enjoy their eatinp as the
never did before, they have improve
in peneral health, and incidental!
there has been the savinp of time an
: money.
< Itiu V> lical Crop.
The cereal outlook was never mor
promising at this time of year. <
me .14,000,000 acres of winter when
sown hist fall, Mie n^rictilt oral depart
I ment's canvass shows :i:i,ooo,ooo acr<
standing in prime condition an
. promising a yield of 520,000,01)
i >11 si ids v i t li normal success. If th
spring wheat holds its own wit h ave
j a^e years, the I'nited States will ha\
j 720,000,000 bushels of wheat in tl
: bin in the autumn.
Itlniti' a l>. it.
It was announcement ol the Kei
tocky Wcsleyan college at Wincheste
Ky., Wednesday that the honorai
j decree of doctor of divinity had bee
conferred upon Uev. .1. L. Stoke
oastor of the Methodist church i
Yorkvillc.
?I TOWN SWEPT AWAY.
J ,
, Many Persons Crushed to Death by a (
Tornado.
i? j
] AN INSANE ASYLUM STRUCK !
i
s The Slulo ill' Iowa Swept IiicohhhiiIly '
I'm- Twenty-four 11 dims liy
j i
StiirniM and Tornuilo. I
A tornado struck the town of Klmo.
Iowa Tuesday evening. destroying
I the town. Six persons are known to
have been killed and several others '
- ; injured. The storm destioycd a
- i threes!ory Masonic temple, and nine
1 j poisons in the temple at the time
! were killed outright. Six bodies have j
been removed from the ruins of toe i
> building and others are believed to be I
: | buried in the debris. The names of :
; those whose bodies were recovered: t
0. C. Calhoun. William Inilf, (Jus
null, t:;iarles Hell. T. Summers. 1). L.
Barker. Tile sioriti passed on through
i i the town, leaving but a few buildings
-{standing. Elmo is a small town on
1 the Wabash railroad branch, running
. | from Omaha to Brunswick, Mo., and
) 1 has about 200 inhabitants.
STORM-SWKIT KOK IIOU'KS.
Iowa has been storm swept for the
| past 24 hours. Three tornadoes, two1
Monday night and one Tuesday night,
! resulted in tlie loss of six li\es. the
' fatal injury of three persons and the
serious injury of a score of others,
| besides great injury and property
1 | loss.
f T1IK PKAl) AT t! LBN WOO I).
, Maggie Bietner, of Adasa. Iowa. :
v aped 11 years. j
. ; Hazel Wright, of Adasa, Iowa, aged
r | 10 years.
, Near Buxton:
Georgia Buckley. '
Herbert lihodes.
? At South Des Moines.
, Kussell A. KnaulT, aged JO years.
ii Floyd KnaulV, his elght-mouths-old
< son.
L Til K INJl'KKD AT OLKNWOOD.
ji Mary Eekert.
1 ! Anna DeLaney.
Myrtle Dickson.
' Etta Newton.
J Harrison Johnston.
NEAK BUXTON.
Molieutius Rhodes, fatal.
t Mollie Rhodes, fatal.
Blttkcly, fatal.
1 /.ward, Lucy^Heorgt^fnfff?^^^^*
I Rhodes. j
, j Buddie Rheasy. j
Mary Walker.
AT HOl'TII DKSMOINKS. ; \
i Mrs. KuautT, bruised and cut. j
Mrs. Margaret Boston, skull injured 1
by falling brick.
Charles McXutt, hurt by Hying tree !
limbs. i
Mrs. John McCoy, breast and head :
; cut by dying glass. [
SCHOOL KOK 1KKIU.K-M1NDKU.
The victims at Glenwood were all'
, inmates of the school for the feeble I
r minded. The tornado struck the
girls' dormitory. Tho roof wos torn !
olT and with a terrible crash fell back j
again upon the wrecked building. All
the buildings of the group, including
j the hospital, dormitory, boys' build.
! ing, custodian's building, farm cotr
} Lages and the boiler room, were more
| or less damaged by the storm. The '
. : superintendent estimates that the loss |
s! will l>e at least $75,000. There is no '
1 ! insurance.
MARK KOK KUUIOUS WIND. i
r The buildings of the institution are
>' situated on a sligiit rise and were a i
I mark for the heavy wind which swept j
' down on the structure with terrible .
1 i fury. The Injiler room. including '
e, some line machinery lately installed, I
b ( is wrecked. The eleven gifls who j
e were injured are l>eing cai d for in
5 1 the hospital which Is intact. The
1 tornado near Buxton struck before i
e' | noon near what is known as No. 10
- .luncelon, a mining settlement. All ;
OIIC Y IVylllUn tuiuiuu.
COITUSB OK STOTM.
! The storm came from the southwest I
^ ! end the destructive wind seemed to i
| descend suddenly from a great bank
j I of clouds which was weeping toward I
, the northwest. The nouses occupied
. i by the Rhodes and Rlakely families;
I ! were smashed to kindling wood. The'
! tornado struck south l)es Moines al
. |dark tonight. It came from the I
ir south, but after tlie greater part of j
(l the destruction was wrought, veered
n to the northwest it approached the '
0 junct ion of the lies Moines and Ita--1
.. | coon rivers.
is IN' sol'Tii l>Er>MOINEn.
\ The. property in South Des Moines
and vicnity will reach $.">0,000. The
('l KnautT home and the Christian church
were wrecked and about forty other
buildings were damaged. About the
same time what was apparently anotli(>
er storm struck the packing bouse sec,,
tion of the town, a mile to tlie north- 1
lt west of the scene of the South lies'
,. Moines disaster. Many buildings were i
,K ; damaged.
d KASTKKN NKItltASKA IIAIID HIT.
>0 Mas tern Nebraska was visited by
ic anoter series of storms last night and
r- Wednesday several of which develope
ed into tornadoes. One visited Ilast-!
ie ings, near tlie scene of Sunday's heavy
storms and blew several buildings to
splinters.
Another struck Herman, 2f> miles i
i- north of Omaha, and the scene of a
r, tornado live weeks ago, killed a dozen '
y j people. The home of 1>. it. Parish,
n l demolished and Mr. Parish, his wife,
s, and a child were seriously hurt,
it | Accompanying the severe wind in
I every instance, was a rain storm of
unusual severity ..id ;is a result several
towns in eastern Nebraska are tlood?d.
The financial loss has tieen heavy
and estimates place it at several hundred
thousand dollars.
One of the most severe storms was
a l)avey, a small town northwest ol
Lincoln which resulted in the injury
if thirteen persons, none fatally.
Several persons, however, sustained |
broken limbs. The report received |
from there states that every dwelling j
md outbuilding in the town was:
wrecked. The stonn Lincoln did !
k'reat damage, tlie loss on building j
lieiiitf estimated at $100,000.
A NEW SLAVERY
\ sii.li in U'l.hd. '
iii That State.
At the request of the department <>f
lustiee. the foiled States service has i
nidcrtaken the work of investij.Mt.ifi;
the charge of peonage, or holding
toother in servitude to work out a
iebt, which has been made against i
persons living in the vicinity of Montgomery,
Ala. The punishment provided
by the st it lite fur this eriov: is ,
i line of not less than *1.000 nor m re |
Jian *5.000 or imprisoiiment of not
ess than one year nor more than live, i,
Otic man named Uoliert N. frank- | j
in has already b en indicted fur keep- j
ng a negro in servitude for at least a ,
rear. Information in the hands of' (
Jhief Wilkie tends to show* that a
regular system has been practical for ,
i long time between certain rnagis- (
: rates and persons who want negro (
a borers.
It. is said that the plan i> to bring a
poor negro before a magistrate on a|
llmsy charge, lie is convicted, and
laving no money to pay a tine, the
white man offers t<> advance him the
noney, provided tlie negro will make 1
i labor contract witli him for a length ;
if time sufficient to reimburse him for'
die money and trouble lie has taken to
<eep tiie negro out of Jail. j,
He is thereupon taken away and be- ,
jins what is frequently a long term of
rruel servitude, being frequently
whipped for failure to perform work ,
?o tiie satisfaction of his employer.
\n agent of tlie secret service, who is
low on the ground, will make ai
thorough investigation of the whole
illeged system and turn over to the
United States attorney for that district
ull information lie may secure
with a view to the prosecution <of offenders.
(
Buttle Wllti Striker*. 'i
The lirst serious outbreak sirJee
ate strike order was issued
evernl days the strikers at that print '
lave been making an ctlurt to'induce !
be non-union men to join their, r inks, j
iVedncsd.iy evening the strikers be- '
ran marching in a txidy towarci lite :
nines. The guards on duty, half a '
lozen in number, at sight of the (
narching body opened lire. The '
Inkers quickly returned tlie lire, but 1
us l hey were at long range the shoot- '
ug was not effective and only one per- '
on, Marshall Iirown, and a guard, '
vas killed in battle. Several received '
ninor injuries. Iirown was shot ?
,hrough the stomach, the bullet be- 1
ng from a Winchester and he lived','
nit a short time. More than 1001
ihots were tired before the strikes repeated.
More trouble is anticipated, i
More IluNcalily.
The Philippines are having their
jostal scandals as well as Washington,
l'wo cases were reported by mail to
die war department Wednesday. One
is that of former Postmaster Milne,
it Taeluban, Levte, who is accused *
:iot only of taking $2,000 current coin
>f tile United States, hut even the 100
pound safe which is supposed to have
contained I lie money. Postmaster
Karclscn of Calamha, Luzon, is also
under arrest. Some time ago $2,000 ,
disappeared from the mails between
the hour it left his office and when it
diouid have reached Manila. Treas- !
urer Jones of the province of Tariaco,
likewise reports robbery. He says he
has been losing from to '
a month. His books are all right,
but tin- balance in the cash drawer
comes short regularly.
l>ccapititt?Ml II i in.
A special from Newcastle, Wyo.,
savs: W. V. Clifton, murderer of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Church, lynched by
a mob from Gillette Wednesday night.
i iiv jiiuu uaiiurcu mmii uiu dim uuui, i
holding up the sheriff and deputy the
while, and hung Clifton to a bridge
west of town. Chi ton's head was cut
off by the fall of 40 feet. John W. i
Church and his wife, who lived on a!
homestead claim 7."> miles southwest
of Newcastle, were never seen aliv.
after March 14 last. Clifton, whose
ranch adjoined t hat of Church, was j
arrested on suspicion and on April 17
he confessed that he had killed Mr.
and Mrs. Church. Their bodies were
found at the place indicated by him. 1
Clifton claimed he bad killed the
couple in self-defense.
Killed liy (iIkIiUiIiik.
During a heavy rain and thunder
storm Tuesday night on St. Helena
island an electric bolt entered the
shanty of Posey Davis, an aged negrcss,
and killed ner while she was
near an open window. Her bedding
was also torn. A small girl who was
asleep on another bed in the room remained
unconscious during the storm
and was unhurt. On awakening Wednesday
morinng she found the woman
dead on the lloor.
Five IIoIiocm Perish.
it is now reported that in addition
to the eight train bands who were
killed in Southern railway freight
: wreck at Iiryan, Ala., Wednesday live
I tramps, four colored and one white,
I were killed Their bodies were burned.
A DEATH TRAP jj
In Ihe State House Declares a Special
Investigatiin Committee.
RECENT WORK IS DEFECTIVE, j f
P
The (iovrrnor in Ur^'il to Have j ^
the Whole ISusIik'sh Torn t
Out anil New System
Inaugurated. 8
The State house indeed on tains a
deathtrap. Its bisotociit is polluted j,
with foul ami p ?i.-oiious gases which j,
find their way into the ottlces of cer- p
tain otlleials. as rep tried in The State j,
recently, and the State will he put to j.
siune expense to correct the evils. w
This condition of affairs was ?
brought to t he att? ntion of the secrelaiv
of .-late tvenlly and lie referred u
the matter t<> thegovernor. The lat- a
Ler asked a special committee to in- (j
v. si igatc t he alleged dangerous con- 'i
jitkns. and t lii s commit to submitted y
I's report to the governor Friday. I
It was charged in the outset that p
t<uthe plumbing and sewer pipes p
in fite hasinent were in a had state of p
repair, y t the committee found that jj
lliev.jlk ri'Colltlv tillislipd under t ho
riiic-t ion of Architect Milburn is w
Id ii.nl shape. The members of the ; |
L'oiDiu.itee were men who arc entirely
disinterested: Dr. T. (Jrange Simons
Charleston, president of the State
boaru of health: I)r. James r vans,
seen tary of that hoard; Dr. J. W.
Muiicock and Mr. IT X. (luntcr, at- (l
torney general and the legal adviser of
the State board of health.
This committee not only condemns
the sanitary arrangements, but calls
attention to the heating apparatus
w iieh distribute* air through the o'
building in the winter. Thisair.it is si
shewn in the report. is not tit and p
some changes arc necessary. The h
h (Asia Lure refused to make an appro- it
t>riation for a heating apparatus, but >
something must be done next winter, rt
'1 he governor has no funds with
which to undertake this work and ri
may tie forced to !?orrow ttic money S
with which to meet the expense of w
tearing out the rotting piping and h
the now useless and tiltli hiding ri
false walls in the basement. w
tl
new wo uk condemned.
The commit tee regretted that they F
found yni yh to v, mdemn. "The whole E
^ B^amttheworkhwlom^e
he direction or Mr. Milburn the tl
eport says: ri
"The urinals under the new porticos
were choked up and the Hushing appar- tl
it us defective; the ventilating shaft p<
s too small and its frequent change in
>f direction should he made by gentle hi
urves and not by sharp angles; the et
ventilation of the toilet room Is de- Tc
fective: the fresh air inlet at side c<
>f steps showed no current of air upon h
ighted candle; we could discover no h
back venting or the water closets on
recount of concealed plumbing: the le
reducing couplings of water pipes in- V
heated inferior plum ting."' d
OLD WOUK A DKATIl THAI'.
In regard to the conditions in the n
basement, work done about 13 years n
ago, the committee says:
"All rooms in cellars were foully 1
kept, ill smelling, and showed lack of .(
ventilation. The room used as a water
closet now used as a store room for
old records were dark, damp and foul ,
smelling and their air shafts vented f.
their gases into the rooms above.
"In these rooms nothing seems to
have been done except to remove the
bowls of the old water closets, leaving [
the soil pipe connections as dead ends '
imperfectly plugged.
"Concealed plumbing prevented ,
careful scrutiny of work under lloors. 'l
"The private water closet on first !
Hour above basement was tilled with ,
l'oul air which is discharged into the
main corridors and no fresh airringress ^
was provided for. The Hush to the "
closets was iusutlicient.
"A dead wall was behind the ,
eastern water closet in which iron |
grating were placed for ventilation,
drawing air from the interior of Llio
building. Open tvad pipes supposed!!
to be back vents discharged into the ! i
same space." I
IIKATINO AlT'AHATl'S. t
As to the heating apparatus the 1
committee reported:
"Air supply totally inadequate and !'
derived from the basement with no j 1
direct outside fresh air intake, the j 1
wlmle central cellar being dependent!'
frii't'iii* cunnlir nn 1 tun umttll Hntirt; fit I 1
nupyij v.. Ktrwxw nuiuii "Win ?*t- ,
cast and west ends. <
"The entire cellar was without 1
tlooring and very dusty.
"Therefore, ;iU air distributed to
I the building; was cellar air and conlaminaled.
with dust and ground
| emanations."
UKCHM MKNDATION.
Upon l be above findings the comi
unit tee made the followtng recommendations:
i "That all water closets in the main
( ouiidinn wiih their pumbinK, pipes
ind fixtures be immediately renewed
and all connections leading to these I
I .ixtures be cut otT outside the build
! inc.
"Tliat the new waiter closets bo
connected at once with the new cily
: sewerage system.
"That i he new water closets under
the main steps north and south have j
| special ventilation secured by electric
or other appliance.
"That all cellars and passage ways
in the basement be thoroughly cleansed
and afterwards floored with
asphalt or cement.
"Tli?t independent outside fresli air :
ntakes lie provided fur the furnace
ixims and basements.
4,We would urgently recommend
hat au experienced sanitary engineer
ie employed to devise a proper system
f heating, veutHating and pumhing
lie iiuildiiig."
'i'lie committee txpresfed liieir obllation
to Assistant Surgeon CJeneral
I. I), fieddings or the United States
nblic hcaltti and marine hospital
ervlce, who made the inspection with
hem, for valued suggestions made in
he preparation of the report.
SEW Kit MAIN STOPPED UP.
The report of the commission subtantiates
tlie reports made by saninry
inspectors recently. Mr. Stalligs,
an expert plumber and sanitary
ispector, and Mr. Kilt ns. the sanitary
ispcet?>r for the city of Columbia,
radically covered the same ground
1 their reports. In addition Mr.
idens calls attention to a matter upon
hicli the committee was not called
pou to investigate:
"Your sewer from the building to
tic river is now completely stopped
nd discharging its foul contents into
ie open gutters or Gervais street,
'his is a dangerous condition of
lin^s and vanls immcdia'e remedy.
respect fully recommend that the
hitnhing in the State house be over- ,
auled and made to conform to the
luinhing laws of the city and ttiat
lie system bo connected with the
initarv sewers in Gervais street,
here it will bo systematically Hushed
ad inspected."?The State.
GREAT DAMAGE I Y FLOODS.
ivcr Two TI1011<<U11<I People Ho.in;- '
lens In Toprku, Khh.
The State of Kansas is suffering
jrril.y from u great flood. At b.30
clock Friday night ttie water had
jrrounded t Ire whole of North Tocku
and more than 2,000 people are
oincless. The river Is rising fast ar.d
, is estimated tliat fully 10,000 will
e homeless. The Union Pacific rail- 1
jad station Is Hooded.
Late Friday afternoon the Kansas
iver bridges at Maple Hill, Kossville,
ilvcr Lake, Uellevue and St. George :
'ere waslied out. The new steel 1
ridge at YVIIlfrid is damaged beyond
spair and at Topeka the street rail'ay
is useless. Several hundred catle
have been drowned.
Fifteen inches of water in Abilene
'riday night and more Saturday.:
justness houses are collapsing and the j
ie Hood on the north side
ver.
The conditions in "'Little Russia,"' 1
ie Russian settlement in North To- '
ika, are serious. The entire settlelent
Is under water and a current
as started through the district. Sev al
houses already are twisted on t heir
mndations and they probably will
jllapsc. Every family has had its '
uusehold goods damaged and some 1
ave lost everything.
Thirteen inches of water have fal- !
n in Clark's creek valley in the past 1
welvc hours. The whole valley Is
esolated. Many houses in Skiddy i
rere washed away, and crops are 1
uined. Two thousand feet of rail- j
ay tracks in this vicinity were
rashed out. So far as known, no
ves were lost.
The loss by Hood in Morris county
? estimated at * 1,000,000. Four peri?ns
were drowned here Friday night,
id ward Clements perished while eneavoring
to save hisdaughter. Ralph!
'hillipps. while trying to rescue a lit- !
le girl named Woods, was drowned
nth her. A baby was found dead in
lie Missouri Facitic yard. Slacking 1
ime set tire to the M. 11. Smith lum- ;
icryard, which was burned together
rit.h the Fanners anil Drovers bank
nd llobbin's drug store, the loss be- I
ng $.">0,000. The big Main street
ridge over the Meosho river went:
lown. All the business houses were
looded. Miles of Missouri l'acitic and ]
rllssouri, Kansas and Texas tracks!
vere washed out. More than 100'
louses are under water and 20 have I
loatcil away.
T?> lit' Drought Hack.
After lieing out of the state six i
noullis, II. L. Lloyd, of Darlington.!
las been arrested in Texas and will lie
irouglit back to this state to stand
rial for the forgery of a promissory
Kite to the amount of $162 on the
People's bank of Darlington. Lloyd,
t is alleged, on November IS. 1902,
'urged a note in the name of his
brother, W. c. L'oyd, E. F. Story
ind other parties and the bank cashier,
knowing Llovd. naid out the monev
it once. When it was found that the
note was a forgery, which was not
until it became due, thirty days afterwards,
Lloyd had left the state,
lie was located in Texas and the authorities
in that state no titled to look
out for him.
A ('omiiiK lteform.
The legislatures of twenty-one
states have passed resolutions in favor
of tlte election ot I'nted States senators
by the people. Unquestionably
popular sentiment has grown very
strongly in recent years in favor of removing
the election of United States
senators from Lite state legislatures.
The purchase of senatorships I?v millionaires
and tlie deadlocks which
have left states without representation
in tlte senate, have created strong
dissatisfaction with piesent methods.
Instantly Killed.
G. U. ltusscll of Greenville was killed
in Union by the explosion of a soda
fountain in the drugstore of II. L.
Scaiie X Son. lie had gone to Union
for tile L. L. liar re company to dt
some plumbing.
MANY LIVES LOST
And the lown of Malazherd, Totally
Destroyed by Earthquake ' \y
A MOST AWFUL OCCURREHCB. j
*'-7 ?
A .Military Officer lteconie? Innaii* v
v.
Over the The Umh ol HI* *
Futility. Other Particular!* - 1
W
of ttie Disauter.
A dispath from Washington says
Vice Consul OJalvo, at Erzrura. Turkey.
reports to the state department
tli.it a:i tartJiiiimkp in the Mnt/m nt
Melazherd, district of Bltlls, oo the
29th ult., caused the death of 500 people
and left the city In ruins. The .
shock was strongly felt In Krzrum, a <
journey of 38 hours, and threw the 4
people Into a panic. Many of them
turned their stables, which are built
level with the ground, Into deeping
apartments for greater security.
PLACED AT TWO THOUSAND.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
advices which reaehed there Wednesday
from Asiatic Turkey show that a
terrible earthquake occurred April
2!) at Melazherd, in the vilayet of Van
so miles southeast of Krzrum, on the
Kuphrates. The town was totally
destroyed, with its entire population,
numbering 2,000 souls, including 700
Armenians, as well as the troops
forming the garrison of Melazherd. In
addition over 400 Souzcs in neighboring
villages collapsed.
A GARRISON WIPED OUT.
A dispatch from London says the
foreign office here received some details
from the British consul .at Arerum
regarding the recent earthquake
at Melazherd, according to which &
strong earthquake, lasting 30 seconds,
was felt in the morning of April 29
throughout the entire district between
Lake Van and the Russian frontier
and as far west as Kharput. The town
of Melazherd, consisting of 500
houses, was destroyed and much havoc
was wrought in the surrounding village.
Col Khalil Bey, commanding
the garrison of Melazherd, with his
whole family, three officers and 80soldiers,
perished in the ruins. Lieut.
Col, Taybld Bey, whose family was
lost, A telegraph [|
operator who sent the news uf the cat
lhjcii mi1l-u. i iii 11111 m. 11 iiiiii i wp
pealed for subscriptions for the relief
>f the destitute Mohammedans and
Christians of the Mcl&zherd district.
Jumped in a Chimney.
The Atlanta Journal says Ira Davis,
about 35 years of age, who has
been working on Itev. It. II. Smith's
farm near Gainesville, Ga., fora number
of years, was brought to thiB city
and lodged in llall county jail for
safe keeping. The negro is affected
with a peculiar form of insanity, supposed
to have been produced by the
extremely hot weather. Wednesday
night he was suffering from the delusion
that bloodhounds were on bis
trail, and began a wild race for life
and liberty, which ended in one of
the most remarkable captures on record.
For a mile he ran, disrobing
as he ran and throwing articles of
clothing along his path pieceby piece,
until he was entirely nude. He
reached the two-story dwelling of W.
II. Howington about fl o'clock, after
part of the family had retired for the
night, lie scaled the chimney by
climbing up the lightning rod and
mounting the roof, jumped down the
chimney. The fall was a distance of
25 l'eet or more, and he landed on
some boards which had been placed in
the tireplace. With great difficulty
he was extricated and drawn out the
top of the due by means of a rope,
and he was found to bo terribly
skinned and bruised, but calm and
willing to be taken in charge.
The Mystery Solved. ^
City detectives claim to have un
raveled the mystery of the $7,000
robbery of the union depot ticket :
office in Birmingham, Ala., which oocurred
May 10. As a result two
young men, one of them being the
I sou of J. M.lMbb, superintendent of
bridges and buildings of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, have
been arrested and are now lu Jail. ^
No one will t>e allowed to sec them ^
and not even the name of the second
man arrested can be ascertained. It
is claimed that the robbery was accomplished
by boring a hole through j
tire ceiling over tire ticket office from A
a vacant room on the second floor of fl
the union depot, and through this fl
hole the robbers looked with a magni- w
fying glass and watched the employees a
of that office work the safe corftblna* B
tion. It is said that on the. night of
! the robliery they entered the office
while the night ticket seller was asleep ^
and worked the safe combination.
I A 4'oliiiiihlu Hanging.
The execution of Winter Cantey in
Columbia last Friday was very quietly
done. He was hanged for murdering
a Ell/.a Ker-haw. lie made no outcry
and mounted the scaffold without
any assistance, after having pasaed a
morning ana ntgnc witn ooiorea
preachers calmly, lie ate, as Is the r
practice of murderers sentenced to be
- banged, a hearty breakfast, and passl
ed a comparatively quiet morning. In
fact he seemed to be very much mora
i at rest and peace titan some other*
> prisoners in the Jail. Caotey and his
victim were both colored.
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