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VOL. II. NO. 14. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 4,1905. Sl.SO Per Year.
THE SPLENDID SPUR
IDE ADVENTURES OF JACK MARVEL
Bj ARTHUR *. QUILlER COUCH.*
CHAPTER XIII.
? The Adventure of the Hetrse.
? The day spring came at last, and la
the sick light of it I went down to the
cottage for spade and pickaxe. la
the tumult of my senses I hardly tooted
that onr prisoner, 'the dragoon, had
contrived to slip his bonds and steal
off in the night.
And then Delia, seeing me return
with the sad tools .on my shonlder,
spoke for the first time:
"First, if there be a Well near, fetch
me two backets of water and leave us
for nn hour."
ller voice was weary and chill. But
a dozen paces from the spot where
Joan's father lay, I dug a grave and
strewed It with bracken and heather
and gorse petals.
I lifted her softly and bore her down
the slope to the grave, and there I
burled her, while Delia knelt and
prayed, and Molly browsed, lifting now
and then her head to look.
When all was done. We turned away,
?lry-eyed, and walked together to the
cottage. The bay horse was feeding
on the moor below; and finding him
still too lame to carry Delia. I shifted
the saddles, and, mending the broken
rein, set her on Molly.
?'Delia, have you nothing to say?"
For a 'while she seemed to consider;
then, with her eyes fixed on the hills
ahead, - answered:
"Much, if I could epeak; but all thia
has changed mo somehow?'tis, per
haps, that I have grown a woman, hav
ing been a girl?and need to get used
to it and think.."
She spoke not angrily, as I looked
Tor, but with a painful slowness that
was less hopeful. *
"But," said I, "over and over you
have cliown that I Am naught to you.
Surely"
. "Surely I cm jealous? 'Tis possi
ble?yes, Jack, I am but a woman,
and so 'tis certain."
"Why, to be jealous, you must love
me!"
She looked at me straight, and an
swered very deliberate:
"Now, that is what I am far from
. eure of."
"But, dear Delia, when your anger
"fcaj cooled"?? 1
* 'My anger was brief; I am <**sap
pointed, rather. With her last breath,
almost, Joan said you were weaker
than she; she loved you better than
I. and read you clearer. You are weak,
.Tack"?she drew in Molly, and let her
hand fall on my shoulder very kindly
*-"we have been comrades for many a
long mile, and I hope are honest, good
friends; wherefore I loathe to say a
harsh or ungrateful seeming word. But
you could not understand that brave
girl, n:ul you cannot understand me;
for nn yet you do not even know
yourself. The knowledge comes slow
ly to n man, I think; to a woaia** at
one rush. When it comes, I believe,
yon may be strong. Now leave me to
think, for my head Is full of a tangle."
? ? * ? ?
Our pnee was no slow (by reason of
the lame horse), that a great part of
the afternoon was spent before we
came In Right of the House of Gleys.
A"<1 truly the yellow sunshine had
flung soma warmth about the naked
walls and turrets, so that Delia's home
'coming seemed not altogether cheer
lew. But what gave us more happi
ness was to spy, on the blue water be*
yond, the bright canvas of the God
send, and to hear the cries and stir
of Billy Pottery's marines as they
hauled down the sails.
. Aud Billy himself was on the look
out with bin spyglnss. For hardly
were we coine to the bench when our
signal?the waving of a white kerchief
?was'answered by nnother on honrd;
anil within half nn hour a bont puts
off. wherein, n3 she drew nearer, 1
counted eight fellows.
After many warm greetings, the boat
was made fast, nnd we climbed up
along tho peninsula together. In close
order, like a little army.
All tills time there was no sign or
found about the House of Gleys to
show that any one marked us or noted
our movements. The gate was closed,
the windows stood shuttered, as on
my former visit; even the chimneys
were smokelesr, Such efTeet had this
desolation on our spirits that, drawing
near, we fell to speaking in whispers,
and said Ned Masters:
"Now n nmn would think us come
to bury somebody!"
"He might make a worse guess," I
answered.
Marching ?P to the gnte, I rang a
Iov?l peal on the bell; and to my as
tonishment. before the echoes had time
to (lie nwny, tbe grating wns pushed
t>*ek, nnd tbe key turned In tbe lock.
? "8rt?p ye in?step ye In. good folks!
A sorry dny of sobs an* team an* af
flicted blowing# of tbe nose?when the
grasshopper I* a burden nn* tlie mourn
er* go about seeking whom they may
devour the fup-"wJ inert* V are wel
come, gentlemen.
?Twas the voice of my one-eyed
friend, an he undid the bolta; and now
he stood In the gateway with a pro
digious block sash across his canary
livery, so long that the end of It swept
the flagstones.
"Is Master Tlngeomb within 7' I
holped Delia to dismount, and ?*??
ear two horses to a stable boy that
stood shuffling some paces off.
"Ales!" the old man heaved a deep
*lgh, and with that began to hobble
tcroto tbe jard. We trooped after.
wondering. At the boose door he
turned*
"Site, there to cold roasted capons,
an' a ham. an' radishes in choice pro*
fusion, an* cordial wines-alack the
day!*
He aqueesed a frosty tea* from his
one eyev and led us to a large. bare
hall, hong round with portraits; where
was a table spread with plenty of vic
tuals, and horn-handled knives and
forks laid besides plates of pewter;
and at the table a man in black, eat
ing. He'had straight hair and a sal
low face, and looked up as we en
tered, but, groaning, in a moment fell
to again.
"Eat, sire," the old servitor exhorted
us; "alas! that man may take noth
ing out o' the world !"
I know not who of us was most taken
aback. But, notlnc Delia's sad. won
dering face, ss her eyes wandered
round the neglected room and rested
on the Uttered portraits, I lost pa
tience.
"Our business is with Master Han
nlbal Tlngcomb." said I sharply.
The straight-haired man looked up
agafti. his mouth full of bam.
"Hush!"?he held his forS up. and
shook his head sorrowfully, and ? won
dered where I had seen him before.
"Hast thou an angel's wlng3?" be
' asked.
"Why, no. sir; but the devil's own
boots?as you shall find If I be not
answered.
"Young man?young man," broke in
the one-eyed butler, "our minister is
a good minister, and'speaks round
about as such, but the short is that
my master Is dead and in his coffin."
?The mortal part," corrected the min
ister, cutting snother slice.
"Aye. the Immortal is a-trippin' it f
the New Jeroosalem, but the mortal
was very lamentably took wl* a fit
three days back?the same day. young
man, as thou earnest wl' thv bloo-ly
threats."
?A fitr*
??Aye, sir?an* verily, such a nt as
thou thysel* witnessed. 'Twas the third
attack?an* he cried, 'Oh!' he did, an'
'AhT?Just like that. 'Oh!' an' then
'Ahr Such were his last dyln* speech.
'Dear Master/ says I, 'there's no call
to die so hard;' but might so well ha'
whistled, for he was dead as nails. A
beautiful corpse, sirs, dang my but
tons r
"Show him to us." "
"Willingly, young man." He led the
way to the very room where Master
Tlngcomb and I had held our Inter*
vied. As before, six candles were burn,
ing there, but the table was pushed
Into a corner, and now their light fell
on a long black coffin resting on tres
tles in the centre of the room. The
coffin tvas closed, and studded with
silver nails; on the lid was a silver
plate bearing these words, written:
"Hannibal Tlngcomb. MDCXLIII.,"
with a text of Scripture below.
"Why have you nailed him down?"
I asked.
"Now where be thy bowels, young
man, to talk so unfeelln'? An' where
be thy experience, not to know the
ways o' thy blessed bed In summer
time?"
"When do you bury him?"
"To-morrow forenoon. The spot is
two miles from here." He blinked
at me, and hesitated for a minute. "Is
it your purpose, sirs, to attend?"
"Be sure of that," I said, grimly. "So
have beds ready to-night for all our
company."
"All thy?! Dear sir. consider;
where are beds to be found? Sure,
thy mariners can pass the night aboard
their own ship?"
"So, then." thought I. "yon have been
on the lookout;" but Dc'.la replied for
tne:
41 am Delia Kllllgrew nnd mistress
of this bouse. You will prepave the
beds as you are told." Whereupon
what does that decrepit old oinner but
drop upon his knees?
"Mistress Delia! Oh. goodly feast
for this one poor eye! Oh, that Moo
ter Tlngcomb bad seen this dayl"
I declare the tears were running
Cov/n bis nose; but Delia marched out,
cutting short bis hypocrisy.
In the passage sho whispered:
"Villainy, Jack!"
"linsh!" I answered, "and listen:
"Maktev Tlngcomb Is no more in tint
ccffln than I."
"Then where Is lie?"
.."Ti nt iuti. jvliai ..v.'a ta dis
cover.**
Abotrt 11 o'clock tlmt same night 1
cropt out of the house, niiJ, finding,
as I 8usp3ctcil, n benrce In front of
the door, crept into It, along with
Matt Soame3, whom I had summoned
to help me.
By colling up our limbs we managed
It, but only Ju3t before I caught tho
glimmer of n light and heard t*.vo per
sons approaching. They wero my one
eyed friend and tho good minister
They came very flow, grumbling all
the way. r.nl of coun?c I knew they
carried the coffin.
"All right, 81m?" asked the minister.
"Aye," piped a squeaky volrp by the
horses' heads ('twas the shuffling sta
ble boy), "aye, but look sharp! Lord,
what sounds I've heerdl The devil's 1*
the hearse for sure!"
They raised the coffin and pusbtfd it
Into the hearse. It'was a close squeeze
for Matt. The door was clapped to.
and the three rogues climbed upon the
seat la front, and we started.
I I bop* I may amr U oM to pan
*h Uithtr half boor u that which
nilmd. Aa toon aa the wheels left
]turf for tho hard road 'twas Jolt, jolt
'all tho way. Finally wo turned sharp
to tho right with a Jolt that shook our
tooth together, rolled for a little while
orgr smooth* grass and drew a p.
1 heard the fellows climbing down
and got tnjr pistols hot; ?
"Simmy/' growled the minister,
"Where's the lantern r*'
There was a moment Or so of silence,
and then the snapping of flint snd steel
and the sound of pulling.
"Lit, Simmy r*
"Aye. here *tlsH
! "Fetch It slong. then.'*
' The handle bf the door wee turned
hnd a light flashed into the hearse.
"Here, hold the lantern steady! Come
hither, old Squeaks, and help wl* the
end.** *
"Surely I will. Well was I called
Toung Lookallve when a gay, fleeting
boy. Simmy, my son, tboa'rt sadly
drunken. O youth, youth! Thou wine
bibber, hold the light steady or I'll
tell thy mammy r
"Oh, sir, I do mortally drend the
devil an* all his worker*
"Now, if ever! The devil,' saye
he?an' Master Tingcomb still iivin' en*
In his own house awaltln' us!"
Be sure his words were as good cs a
slap In the face to me. For 1 had
counted the hearse to lead me straight
to Master Tingcomb himself; "In his
own house/1 tod! A fright szlzed me
for Delia* but first I must deal with
these scoundrels, who already rero
dragging out the coffin.
"Steady, there!" calls the minister*;
The coffin was more then Jic'.f " way
outside. I levelled*my pistol over the*
edge of the tool chest, and fetched &
fell fit to wake a ghost?at tho same
time letting fly straight for the ruin
later.
In the flash of the discharge I caw
him, half turned, his eyes starting
find mouth agape. He clapped bis hand
to his shoulder. On top of his wild
chrlek broke out a chorus of screamo
and oaths, in the middle of which tha
boffin tilted up and went over with a
crash. "Satan?Satan!" bawled Sim*
pay, and, dropping the lantern, took to
hi* heels for dear life. At the same
moment the horses took fright, and
before I could scramble out we were
tearing madly away over the turf and
into the darkness. I had made a sad
boss of it.
Leaving Matt to mind the horses, I
caught up the lantern aud looked about
me. " As well as could be seen, we were*
In a narrow meadow between two hills,
whereof the black slopes rose high
above us. Some paces to the right my
ear caught' the noise of a stream run
ning.
t turned the lantern on the coffin,
which lay face downward, and with a
gasp took In the game those precious
rogues had been playing. For, with'
the fall of it, the board (being but
thin) were burst clean asunder; and
on both sides had tumbled out silver
cups, sliver saltcellars, silver plates
and .dishes, that in the lantern's rays
sparkled prettily on the turf. The
coffin, in short, was stuffed with
Delia's silverware.
1 had piaked up a great flagon, and
was turning It over to read the In
scription, tvhen Matt Soames called
to me. and pointed over the bill In
front. Above it the whole sky wns red
and glowing.
"Sure," said he, " 'tis a lire out yon
der!"
"God help us. Matt?'tis the House
of Gleys!"
It took but two minutes to toss the
silver back Into the hearse. I clapped
to the door, and. snatching the reins,
sprang upon the driver's seat.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Adventure of the Ledge; and How
I Shook Hands with My Comrade.
The great gate stood open. I drove
straight Into the bright-lit yard, shout
ing "Delia!?where is Delia?"
"Here!" called a voice; and from a
Croup that stood under the glare of the
window cam* my dear mistress run
ning.
"All enf?, lack! But what"? She
drew tiPck from our strung*' equipage.
"All In good t!r.:e. First toil me?
how enme ih? iireV*
"Why, foul work, ns It seem*. All
I know Is I was sleeping, nnd awoke
to hear the black seamen hammering
"on my door. Jumping "up, I found the
room full of smoke, nnd escaped. The
rooms beneath, they say, were stuffed
with straw, nnd tho yard outside
heaped also with straw, and biasing.
Ben Hslllday found two oil Jars lying
there."
"Are the homn out'-**
"Oh, Jack?I do not kcow? fchnme
on me to forget thorn!
I ran toward the stable. Already
the roof whs ablate, and the straw
yard beyond a very fnrnncc. Hushing
In. I found the two horac^ cowering
In their stalls, bathed In sweat, and
pquenllng. But It was all fright. Ko
I fetched Molly's saddle, and spoke to
her. and set It across her bark. and
the sweet thing was quiet In a mo
ment. turning her head to vub my
sleeve gently with her muzzle, and fol
lowed me out like a lamb. The bav
gave more trouble, but I toothed hint
In the same manner, ami. "fitting lil*
neck, led him. too, to snfei.v.
I had fastened the hovses by the
gate, and was reacy to join In the
work, when a shout was r.tlstl
"Billy?where's Bl'ly 1'otte.Man
any seen the skipper'"'
"Sure." I called, "you fTon't Kay he
was never alarmed!"
"Black Sampson v.as In hi* room?
where'* Blnck Snmpiion';"
"Hero I be!" cried n voic\ "To be
itire I woke the skipper before any
o' ye.H
1 "Then where's he hid? Did any see
him come out?"
"Now, that wo have not!'* answered
one or two.
(To he eontluued.)
GEN. FffMUGB LEE
Strickea Will Afipfciy While N
Baart a Tiato fa Washiaf taa
i m
MSTINGUISOtlAN PASSES AWAY
hid ami? Coi^tdtiitl MaJoMtntral
Oovernot* of HI* Stat*, and Consul
Gsnarai at Hqwanna, and also a Ra
ti rad Brigadisr-General in tha U. 8.
khnfi C
Washington, Special.?General Flts
hugh Lm, Unites States army, retired,
And one of Virginia's foremost sons,
died at the Pravtdence Hospital hero
Friday from a4 attack of appoplexy,
which he suffered on a train while en
route from Boatm to Washington.
In the room when he died were Dr.
Montgomery, one of the physicians at
the hospital. Mt*s Dorsey, a relative,
and a nurse, two of the attending phy
sicians, Drs. ^Ite'and Kean, having
retired temporarily. ? pathetic feature
of tha case la that although General
Lee had a family consisting of a wife
end five children not one of thdill Wa4
With htm ftt the ilmd of his death. The
fefenerai Was fc8 jrfcars of ag(i.
Arrangements for General Lee's fun
eral, together with the selection of the
place for Interment at thfc remains; will
not b? made until after the arrival In
Waahlngton of Mrs. Lee. who Is now
on her nay to Washington from Fort
Oglethrope. Ga. Meanwhile the body
will be prepared for burial and will re
main at the hoepltal. It Is possible
that the body may be laid to rest at
the national cemetery at Arlington, al
though It Is expected that General
Lee's friends may mske on effort to
have a site choecn somewhere else In
Virginia, the State In which he lived so
msny years and with whose interests
he was so strongly Identified.
A widow and five children survive
General Lee. Two of the boys are ar
my officers and two of the girls are
wives of army officers, while the re
maining child is a young woman still
In her teons. The children are Mrs.
J. C. Rae. wife of Lleutenaut Rae, now
at Fort Oglethorpe; Lieutenant Fits
hugh Lee, of the calvary branch, now
In Manilla; Lieutenant Mason Lee, of
the Seventh Cavalry, who Is nqw In
San Francisco; Mrs. Anne Brown, wife
of Lieutenant Brown of the Seventh
Cavalry, who Is now at San Francisco,
and Miss Virginia Lee.
General Lee was stricken with ap
poplexy, the entire left side being af
fected, at S o'clock Friday morning,
while on a train en route from Boston
to Washington. The train had just left
the Harlem river when the stroke
came. The train bearing the general
arrived In Washington shortly after
10 o'clock. Under tho direction of Ma
jor Kean, United States Army, o'f the
Surgeon General's office, the patient
was removed to Providence Hospital.
A physician was taken aboard the
train at Jersey City. At Philadelphia
he gave'place to another, who accom
panied the general to Baltimore, where
still another wis taken aboard and
made the trip to Washington.
General Lee had been spending a few
days In Boston and was returning to
Washington, on his way to join Mrs.
Lee.
Hi? Distinguished Career.
General Lee long has been a promin
ent figure In Washington, and he al
ways was given a hearty reception
wherever he went.
Prior to the civil war at the begin
ning of which he resigned his commis.
slcn in the United States army, Gen
eral Lee saw considerable frontier duty
In moving against the Indians. Ho
was an ex-cavalry officer.
His services In tho Confederate ar
my as a major general are well known,
end during the Interval between this
war and his active work In the Span<
ish-American war, General Lee filled a
number of Important positions, Include
ing governorship of Virginia, the presi
dency of the Pittsburg ? Virginia rail
revd, the collectorshlp of Internal rev
enue for the Lynchburg district, and
the consul generalship at Havanna.
Following his honorable discharge
Crom the volunteer army on March 2,
1901, Genoral Lee was appointed to the
regular army with the rank of brig
adier general, and with this rank he
was retired In the March following.
Illinois Gambling Law*.
Chicago, Special.?The Worth Jock
ey Club on Friday definitely abandon
ed the clubs raco meeting, which was
to begin Saturday, opening the race
season In Chicago. The stockholders
decided that there was nothing cIro
for them to do but to bow as grace
fully as posslblo to the ultimatum of
the State's Attorney, who declared
that the laws of Illinois concerning
gambling must be observed.
Hall Goes Through Roofs.
Savannah, Ga., 8peclal.?Dispatches
from Southwest Georgia report a se"
vere hall storm Friday. Fifteen miles
west of Albany, In Doughtery and
Worth counties cotton and other
crops were broken to the ground. On
J. H. Bynum's f?.rm the roofs of houses
were broken through. Near Harts
field. Joseph Stovall, an old and well
known citizen, was killed by the blow
ing down of the house of his grand
son John Stovall.
Monument to Jos Jefferson.
Richmond, Vs.. Special.?A popular !
subscription has be?n started here for !
the erection In this city of a monu
ment to Joseph Jefferson, the actor.
If. bids fair io be successful. The city
lo expected to provldo a site.
Steamer Passed Warships.
Island of Penang, 8 pec I al?The Brit
ish steamer Catherine Apcar, from
Calcutta, reports having passed two
detachments of eight and seven war
ships, respectively, Thursday night
sixty miles south of Penang. The?
wars heading for Singapore
TO PENSION PROFESSORS. !
MiwHteUnt 01ft of Andrew Csrnegie
For The Purpoee of Am!sting No*<y
Ex-Teachers.
? Now York, Special.?A gift of $10,
000.000 by Andrew Carnegie to provide
?annuities for college professors who are
Sot able to continue in active service,
was announced by Frank A; Vanderllp,
rice preeldent of the National CltJ
Bank, 6t New York. Professors In the
United States, Canadi and Newfound
land will share In the distribution of
the Income of the fund. United States
Steel Corporation 5 per cent, first
mortgage bonds for $10,000,000 have
been transferred to a board of trus
tees, and steps will be iaken at 6nc#
to organise a corporation to receive
the donation. Dr. Prltchett, preeldent of
the Massachusetts Institute of Techno
logy, and B#r. Vanderllp hsve been se
lected by Mr. Carnegie to obtain data
on the subject, to be presented st the
first meeting of the board of trustees,
which will take place on November
15th. The bonds have a par value of
$11,000,000 and will produce an annual
Income of $500,000. The corporation
which Is being formed will be styled
"the Carnegie Foundation."
Mr. Carnegie's secretary h&s tent a
letter to the press, giving the forego
ing lnformstlon and Inclosing a letter
from Mr. Carnegie, dated April 18th,
which says. In part:
"I have reached ,th6 Conclusion that
the least rewarded of all professions
Is that of the teacher In our higher edu
cational Institutions. New Lork city
generously, and very wisely, provldea
retiring pensions for teachers in her
public schools and also for her police
men. Very few, indeed, of our col
leges are able to do so. The cons&>
quences are grievous. Able men hesi
tate to adopt teaching as a career, and
many old professors, whoss placet
should be occuplod by younger inon,
cannot be retired."
Mr. Carnegie says that tho fund will
apply to universities, colleges and
technical schools "without regard to
race, sex, creed or color;" but not
to Institutions supported by State or
colonial governments. Another class
excluded Is sectarian institutions. "On
ly such as are under control of a sect,
or require trustees, or a majority there
of. or officers, faculty or students to
belong to any specified sect, or which
Impose any thcologlcal test, sre to be
excluded."
Mr. Carnegie specifies the duties of
the trustees, and concludes with the
hope that "this fund may do much
for the cause of higher education and
to remove a source of deep and con
stant anxiety to the poorest paid, and
yet one of the highest, of all profes
nlons."
Among those named as trustees are
Presidents Edwin B. Craighead, of Tu
lane, and George H. Denny, of Wash
ington and Lee.
EXPL08I0N KILL8 SIXTEEN.
Every Man In the Mine at the Tims
Lost His Life Except One, and He
Will Die,
Du Bols, Pa., Special.?Sixteen men
were killed and one will die as the re
suit of an explosion at the Eleanora
shaft, near Big Run, Friday night. The
mine Is owned by the Rochester and
Pittsburg Conl and Iron Co. The
night shift was small or there would
have been more fatalities. Every
man who was in the mine at the time
of tho explosion, except one, was kill
ed. Three bodies have been recover
ed. The men were English speaking
and roslded at Eleanora, a small min
ing village two miles from tho shaft.
Great College For Tennessee,
Columbia. Special.?Wyckllffe Rose,
dean of the Peabody college at Nash
ville, made the announcement here that
the $800,000 required of Tennessee, had
been raised to match the $1,000,000 the
Peabody' board voted on the 24th of
last January for the establishment of
a teachers' college at Nashville, on the
condition that Tennessee raise $800,000.
Of this amount $250,000 comee from the
State and $50,000 from Davidson coun
ty. the home of the proposed college,
which will be the largest teachers'
school in the South. In addition to
the $1,800,000 thus available for tho
Institution. J. P. .Morgan has made an
offer of $250,000, provide! a similar
amount is raised.
Death on N. A W. Train.
Roanoke, Special.?Captain Thomae
Alderson, an extensive planter, of Dev
il's Lake, "N. D? died auddenly on a
Norfolk k Western train west of Roan
oke Friday night. He left here for his
homo, apparently In good health, He
was a native of Pennsylvania, and dur
ing the region of the "Molly Magulres"
in 1876-78, he was chief of detectives
for the coal operators around Potts
vllle, Pa. Later he came to Virginia,
and was prominent in coal mining. The
remains will be interred In Roanoke.
Peonage Case Dismissed.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?Judge
Locke, of the Federal Court. issued an
ordor sustaining p. demurrer to an
Indictment ng^ltiBt John W. Bonnet
and Richard Be 11 net. of Hradford coun
ty, who were indlrte I on the charge of
holding Maggie Williams In peonage
July 1. 1003. All parties ere v.-hite, and
the Benne?s prominent citizens. Judge
Locke's order virtually dismisses the
cese. This la the only cme of alleged
peonage ever bro*:r.ht In Florida.
(250,000 ?aw Mill.
White Springs. .Ha., Special.?'The
saw mill of R. J. and B. F. Camp, one
of the largest concerns of the kind in
Florida, was burned here Thursday,
with the dry kiln; veneering mill, com
mlsaary and 2,000.000 feet of lumber.
The fire spread to the neighboring
houses and several of them were de
stroyed. The loss will reach at least
$250,000.
Sir Thomo* Llpton -has invaded
Parln. He has opened a store In tha
Place da I'Opera.
PALMETTO AFFAIRS
Jcc?rr?icN of latMTMt la Various
Parts of the SUts.
CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET.
Those figures represent prices paid
?jo waxons:
Strict good middling 7 1-4
3ood middling 7 1-4
Strict middling 7 1-4
Tinges 6 to 6 3-4
Stains 5.00 to 6.00
GENERAL COTTON MARKET.
Middling.
Galveston, quiet 7 1-8
New Orleans, firm .* 7 3-16
Mobile, steady 7 1-8
Savannah, steady 7 1-8
Charleston, aulet 7
Norfolk, steady 7 3-8
Baltimore, nominal 7 1-2
New York, quiet 7.65
Boston, quiet 7.55
Philadelphia. Bteady 7.80
Houston, steady 7 1-4
Augusta, steady 7 5-16
Memphis, stcdy 7 3.8
St. Louis, quiet 7 7-8
Louisville, firm 7 5-8
Union 8choola.
Union, Special.?"The Indications are
that the enrollment of pupils In the
traded schools of Union will this year
exceed by far the enrollment of last
fear." said Superintendent Jeffries to
a press representative one day this
week. "In fact. Including the night
ichools I have reason to believe that
the enrollment will probably reach
>ver 2,000. As it now I9, Union holds
the record in South Carolina for the
number of children who attend school
fn proportion to t,hc population. Last
fear the enrollment was 1.883 from a
population which numbers about 10,
)00, which includes Monarch and Aetna,
but doesn't count in Buffalo. "Accord
ing to the national superintendent's di
rectory received this week, I ceo that
there are but three other placcs In
South Carolina that have a larger en
rollment than Union, namely, Charles
Ion, 8,161, with about 60,000 population;
Columbia 2,833, with about 35.000 In
habitants, and In Spartanburg, which I
believe, claims some 15,000 people, the
enrollment Is 2,298. The figures show
that Union had 33 more enrolled than
had Greenville, 103 more than Ander
son, fend 343 more than Sumter, the
other towns of the State falling far be
low these figures. I have not examined
the directory very carefully yet. but an
examination showed last year that the
lerord held by Union for the proportion
of her population of those who were
seeking an education through her com
mon schools Vas not excelled by any
other town In the United States. About
our night schools, I find that the at
tendance on them Is even better than
during the day, and now is something
more than 200. The work Is very en
couraging, as all the pupils seem to be
anxious and work hard that they may
derive all the benefit possible from this
opportunity."
Severe Storm at Union.
Union, Special.?About 6 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon a terrific storm
raged here for ten minutes and In that
time great damage was wrought, and
that many lives were not lost Is mirac
ulous. The only person injured was
John Campbell, aged 20, an operative
of Union cotton mills, who was badly
bruised about the forehead and hurt
Internally by the falling walls. The
greatest damage was done to the spin
ning room on the fourth floor of Union
mill No. 2, the southern end of which
was blown In for over 100 feet and a
big strip of the rcof torn off. Tho many
children working there only cscaped
with their lives by fleeing when they
saw the windows beginning to fall In.
Eight spinning frames were Injured.
The damage Is estimated at $5,000,
The Beer Dispensaries.
The dispensary directors have not
yet decided upon their action In re
gard to the beer dispensaries. The
questions submitted to the attorney
general, and upon which an opinion
will be given some time this week, are
as follows:
1. Whether the State board can, un
der the law. give each beer dispenser
a royal Instead of a fixed compen
sation?
2. Whether bottling plants are Ille
gal?
3. What constitutes drinking on the
"premises?"
Had Mis Skull Fractured.
Pickens. Special.?W. R. Taylor,
town marshal at Calhoun, wan danger
ously and probably fatally Injured at
Calhoun Thursday afternoon. He was
In the discharge of his duty, trying to
arrest a young man by the name of
Barker who Is said to hare been drink
ing. While the arrest was being made,
Bplnks Barker, father'of the young
man, ran up and struck the mnrshal on
the head with a hoe. fracturing the
skull.
Just before General de Sonnar. an
Italian 8enator. expired on April P. h*
had himself dressed in his general'^
uniform, and all his medals and dec
orations. Then he called for a glass
of champagne and. with bin relative?
gathered around his couch, drank to
"The King's health and the prosperity i
of Italy."
l.cndon's new county hall, on the I
bank,* of the Thames, will covar 5> '
acres. I
Pied ?t tarrcr.
Lamar. Special.?Mr. Mitchell Rey- j
nolds died f.e:e on the 20th after sev- j
eral dav$ illne?s. He was about 79
years old and a veteran of the War j
Between the Sections. The remains !
were Interred In Newman Swamp cem- I
etery Friday afternoon in the presence ]
of a large crowd. Mr. Reynolds wan
a prominent farmer and leaves a large
family connection.
A man who used glue to thicken th<
gravy In the meat pies he sold at Old
ham, Kngland, la now serving n thre?
months' sentence In the jail there*
SPECIAL IS WRECKED
Ofdca Party Tboroighfy Shaken Up
ia Fatal Coll'sioa
TIE LIST OF DEAD AND WOUNDED
Rounding a Curve in the Yard Limits
of the Southern Railway at Green
villa# S. C., the Train Bearing the
President of th? Conference for Edu
cation and His 100 Guests Crushes
Into the Rear of a Freight.
Greesnvlle, 8. C.. Special.?While
rounding a curve In the yard limits of
the Southern railway at Greenville,
and running at an estimated speed of
50 miles an hour, the special Pullman
train bearing Robert C. Ogden and too
members of the Southern Conference
for Education, crashed Into the rear
end of a freight at 7:55 oclock this
morning, killing four persons and in
juring a score of others. None of Mr.
Ogden's guests were killed.
The dead are:
Charles M. Cope, white, brakeman
of the special. Columbia. S. C.
John Little, W. W. Cummlngs and
J. F. Ha.vne. negro employes on the
dining car St. James.
The in lured arc:
Prof. Henry W. Farnhani. Yale Uni
versity. arm broken and cut on head,
and Mrs. Henry W. Parnliam. badly
bruised about head and arms.
St. C'.^ir McKclway. editor of Tho
Brooklyn Eagle, bruised on back and
shoulder.
Dr. Julius 1). Dreher. former presi
dent of Iloanoke college. cut on tho
head.
Robert M. Ogilen. secretary to Pres
ident Ogden, cut on hand and head
bruised.
Mrs. J. O. Thorpe. Cambridge. Mass..
cut. and bruised on head.
Bishop W. N. McVlckar, of Provi
dence. R. f.. bruised.
James Hunter, engineer on special,
leg and arm broken.
Walter Kershaw, electrician on spec
ial, car and head cut.
Conductor Edward Acker. bruised.
John F. McCoy, ngent Pennsylvania
railroad, gash on head.
R. Shull, negro cook on St. James,
cut on arm.
George Williams, waiter on diner
Waldorf, bruised.
Ogden Calls For Inquiry.
The Greenville wreck will be invoa
Igated as Is shown by the following:
"Hon. D. C. Heyward, Columbia, S.
3.: Would respectfully suggest the
extreme u*e of tho executive power
is may exist by the coroner's Jury or
railroad commission for investigation
Df criminal negligence, local and man
agement, that caused wreck of my
iraln. Four hands killed and others
injure 1. also Prof, and Mrs. Farnhain.
My Impression Is that the case Is a
bad one and needs drastic treatment.
"ROBT. C. OGDEN."
Governor lleywar;! replied as fol
lows:
? Robert C. Ogden, Greenville. S. C.:
I have referred your telegram to tho
railroad commission, who will imme
llately Investigate wreck. Coroner's
nquest will be held by county author
ities."
Making Investigation.
Greenville, Special.?Prof. Farnar.
of Yale University, md Mrs. Farnar,
who were injured in the wreck of tho
Ogden special, are both resting easily
in a sanitarium here. It has not been
decided when they will be able to trav
el, but the attending physicians say
not before Tuesday. Electrician Ker
shaw, also Injured in the wreck and
detained here, Is doing well.
Assistant General Superintendent
H. Baker and Division Superintendent
McMonns. of tho Southern, are here,
ond an Investigation of the cause of
the accident Is being held behind
closed doors.
8t. Paul Globe 8uspend9.
8t. Paul, 8pecinI.--Tho St. Paul
Globe, after Sunday's edition, will hum.
pend business. The Globe w?s tho
cnly Democratic morning dally In
Minnesota, and It was tho recognized
organ of Its party both In State ard
in municipal affairs. The reason an?
r.cunccd by the paper for Its auspen
slon was that, In spito of Its largo
circulation, it was not properly patron
ized bv advertisers.
Sixteen Killed in Texas Storm.
Laredo. Tex., May I.?Later deatila
from the tornado, which sJ:iick this
city Friday evening Indicate that Prat
reports In dvctilation here were by no
means exaggerated, either ns to tho
number of lives lost or tlie financial
damage resulting. Score* of people were
injure:! and a.c bring attended by tho
various physl: inns.
It will be impossible to p'ate tha
number of the ioju;e1. but it is not
bellved that may deaths will result
from iolurles.
The number killed is eh.Uen In thla
city.
Stntenc* Commuted.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?An lm
| pertal rescript summons Count Voron
i tzoff-Dashkoff, viceroy In tho Caucas
1 us, to the council of the empire and
appolntn him a member of the council
of mlnlstera, and charges Baron Noldc,
Secretary of State, to represent tho
viceroy in the council's declarations.
1 A rescript commutes the sentences of
j the Officers concerned in the incident
| of the firing during the ceremony of
the blessing of the waters of tiro Novo*