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VOL. IV. NO. 8.
CAMDEN, S. C., THUR8DAY, MARCH 21, 1907.
Sl.SO Per Yeat
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Many Killed By Blowing Up off
french Warship
DEATH LIST MAY REACH EIGHTY
If flirt? on- the French Battleship
leu* Bx^lcdrs Hurling Officers and
Blojaekeu Into Space and De
stroying the Vessel
Toulon, By Cable. ? A terrible dis
* a?ter oeourved here Tuesday evening.
The powder magazino on board the
Ifreneh battleship Iena blew up at
35 minutes past one and as a result
Capt. Adigard, the commander of the
battleship, Capft. Vartiez, comman
der-in-chief of stall of the 'Mediter
rean squadron, and from 70 to 80
bluejackets are dead, while Rear Ad
miral Maceron nnd hundreds of other
men ara Buffering from injuries, some
of them horrible in their extont Na
val circles are aghast, and the public
i? ntnnned by the appalling castro
phe coming so soon after the loss of
the French submarine boat Lutin, in
which 16 men met death.
The entire atfer part of the Iena
was blown to pieces. The bodies of
the victims were hurled through the
air by a succession of explosions and
the panic-stricken workmen at the
arsenel fled from the vicinity of the
dry dock for their lives. Scores of
the men who were aboard the Iena
jumped overboard, or on to t He stone
quays and sustained serious injuries.
Tha primary cause of the nccidcrit
was the explosion of a torpedo. What
caused the explosion is not known,
but the magazines of the Iena cverc
set on fire and their contents in ex
ploding destroyed what was consid
ered one of the finest vessels in the
French navy. The Iena had just un
dergone a final inspection of her hull
And machinery, the latter having
been completely overhauled, prepara
tory to joining the squadon. The crew
was in its full strength, being com
posed of tho rear admiral, 24 other
officers and C30 men. The magazine.?
had been replenished recently and
contained many tons of both smoke
less and black powder, as well as a
number of charges for torpedoes.
The creu of the Iena had finished
their middty meal only a short time
before the explosion and had dispers
ed to various parts of the vessel.
Most of the men were engaged in
work connected with the approaching
departure of the warship, .but quite
a large party had been detailed to
attend a lecture that was being given
forward.
The explosion came without warn
ing. The first shock was extremely
violent and shook the vessel fore anil
aft. It was followed instantly by
other shocks. The crew were thrown
into a condition of panic. They rush
ed wildly hither and thither about
the deck. Then men forward who
bid been attending the leoturo clam
ored over the bulwarks and jumped
down, some of them into the dock
and others to the stone quay. Many
of them who jumped sustained fatal
injuries.
Knoxville, Tenn., Goes Dry.
Knoxvillo, Tenn., Special. ? Knox
ville, by a majority of nearly 2,000
votes, decided that the saloons must
go. Under a state law granting in
oorporatcd cities the right to say
whether or not they desiro saloons, an
election was held as an expression of
sentiment. The result was a majority
of 1,9*21 for temperance. The legis
lature reconvenes, following a recess,
when a bill will be introduced abol
ishing the present charter and rein
corporating without saloons. Six
months' time will be given the sa
loons in which to close. This elec
tion was featured by memorable
?senes.
Bomb Miscarries.
Yalta, Crimen, By Cable. ? Colonel
Dunbadre, commandant of the garri
son here, was slightly wounded and
his adjutant and his coachman were
ssriously injured by n bomb thrown
*t the colonel's carriage from an up
per window in a house on a street
through which he wns driving. The
man who throw the bomb committed
suicide in order to avoid capture.
Homeward Bound.
Greensboro, Specinl. ? ? "Got! Tie
With You Till Wc Meet Acrain," was ,
the song the English girls sang as '
they marched to the Southern pnsscn- |
ger station and took the train for
Bait imore. When Baltimore ix reach- J
?d the marshal will turn tliem over
to the immigration officials and they
will be sent back to England. At
flrst all of the girls said they wanted
to go back to England, but finally
they hagan to doubt whether or not
it was best to go back, snd two of
them. Mary Cannon and Esther Hoy
den, decided to stay in (jrepusboro.
They havo already secured uork.
Tlri Dostropes Eotiro T<wc.
Riehmond, Va., Special.? The bu?
inoes district of the mining town of
Br?aeb?fr\ in Wise pouuty, Va.,
destroyed by fire Monday. Of 3J
?tores, only two are said to have been
left. The total loss is believed to cx
coed w\th only partial in
surance., Orecn ft Young, who con
ducted one of tho\ lar^ciit stores, su*
tainod a loss of libout $3,000, with
inauitinco to the ?nount of $3,600.
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MANY DEAD TAKEN OUT
In Bpita of Effort* for Put 24 Honrs
the Number of Casualties Result
inf Prom Explosion Aboard French
Battleship Iena Hu Hot Yet Been
Definitely Fixed.
Toulon, By Cable. ? The efforts to
recover the bodies of those killed by
the explosion on board the Freneh
battleship here Tuesday, which have
been carried on with energy for 24
hours, have not yet resulted in defi
nitely fixing the nnmber of casual
ties. After the last roll-call there
were still unaccounted for eight of
ficers and 110 men. Unfortunately
there is little doubt that all these
missing men perished. The roll-call
waa applied only to the crew of the
Icna, but as it is believed that some
12 or 15 arsenal hands were engag- j
ed on board the battleship at the time
? of the explosion, it is feared that the
total number of dead will reach 120.
In this belief the naval hospital here
was instructed to prepare mortuary
81>aoe for that number.
Ministers of Marine Thomson made i
a second visit to the Iena, after the
ury dock had been emptied of water,
and made a careful examination of
evory part of the battleship that was
acees*ible. The interior steel plank
ing and the partitions of the battle
ship shows signs of having been sub
jected to enormous pressure. In
many places they arc bulged out or
indented. The ga.p in the side of the
vessel acted ns a safety valve for
t he vast volume of gas generated by
the burning powder without which
li;e explosion would have had even
mose disasterous results.
Fifty bodies were recovered during
the day, but only 12 of tliem could
be recognized. The remainder were
formless masses of charred flesli.
At 7 o'clock Tuesday evening hopo
was received by a rumor that sever
al men had been brought out alive,
but (his proved to bo untrue.
After the roll call Minister Thom
son reviewed the survivors and ad
dressed to them a few touching
words, after which the men who are
engaged in searching the vessel re
turned to their task, at which they
will work all fii?;hL.
Two of the wounded died in the
hospital, and there are live others
who arc not expected to live.
The Prince of the Asturias, a
brother-in-law of King Alfonso, of
Spain, has arrived here to convey the
condolences of his majesty to tho
French navy, and to visit Rear Ad
miral Mancetv.n, who was wounded. j
Moro Souvenir Stamps.
Washington, Special. ? The post
master general derided to add a five
cent stamp to the ones and twos
already determined upon to consti
tute the commemorative series for the
Jamestown tercentennial exposition.
The five-cent stomp will bear a like
ness of the head of Pocahontas,
printed in blue. Eight million stamps
are to be used of tho denomination,
to supply the demand for foreign
postage. The head of Capt. John
Smith in green is to dccorate the
one-cent stamp, of which 10,000,000
are being printed, while a descrip
tive scene '"The Founding of James
town" representing the first landing
on that island, is pictured in red on
the two-cent stamps, of which 14,
000,000 are to be issued.
Ne^ro Wins Over White.
Philadelphia, Special. ? Allen Le
roy Locke, colored, of Philadelphia,
who will be graduated from Harvard
university in June, it was announced
lias been awarded the Rhodes schol
arship at Oxford university, which
this year was alloted to the state of
Pennslyvania. The election was mad9
by a committee headed by Provost
Harrison of the University of Penn
sylvania. Locke was chosen over
four other candidates.
Fatal Rise of Deer Creek.
Pittsburg, Special. ? Three men
drowned, a railroad bridge washed
oh ay, a county bridge in danger of
following the railroad bridge into
the Alleghanev river and an engino
and five Height cars in the water aro
the first results of the rapid rise dur
ing the night of Deer creek, near
Harmersvilic, Pa., on the West Penn
Railroad.
Holmes Goes to Penitentiary.
Savannah, (la., Special. ? J. P.
Holmes, former trustee in bankruptcy
for the estate of McArthur Sons com
pany, piano and music dealers of this
city, left in the custody of an o Hirer
for Atlanta, where he is to spend n
term of four years in thp federal
penitent iarv.^TIe was sentenced re
cently by Judge Specr for a short
age of some thousands of dollars as
truslee erf the bankruptcy estate. lie
pleaded guilty. Holme*' family was
at the jail to bid hi:n farewell. Mrs.
Holmes was in tenrs at the parting.
To Court-Martial Swift.
Washington, Special.~I3cfr>re leav
ing Wa*hington Wednesday for a
cruisc on the Dolphin* Secretary Met*
caif will order the court.ioartial of
Cpat. William Swift, in accordance
with the recommendation of the court
of inquiry on the grounding of his
ship, the Connecticut, in Target bay,
Culebra, P. K., on January III. The
court will probably sit at Uunntana
mo. \
MET A PECULIAR DEATH
Motormaa Killed and Others Hurt By
Huge Icicle.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Special. ?
A huge icicle dropped from the cliffs
of the Niagara gorge onto a trolley
ear of the Gorge road as it was pass
ing the Whirlpool rapids. Mortor
man Everett Ramsdell was killed.
Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Nervy of Siox
City, la., and Miss Nervy were struck
on the back and badly bruised and
S. C. Lindsay and wife of Pittsburg
were injured, the former having his
hands mashed. The injured were
taken to the Prospcct House.
18-Hour Train too Fast.
Chicago, Special. ? More than 50 of
the most prominent persons in Chic
ago who are patrons of the Twenti
eth Century Limited and the Penn
sylvania special trains running be
tween New York and Chicago in 18
hours want these trains slowed to a
run of 20 hours during the winter
months. A petition requesting Pres
ident Newman, of the New York
Central lines, and President McCrea,
of the Pennslyvauia lines, to take
such action is being industrously
circulated in the clubs. None but
known patrons of the trains are being
sought as signers, and already be
tween 50 and 100 names have been
attached. ^
Panama Men May Strike.
Panama, By Cable. ? The canal
steam-shovel men ask for a material
increase of pay and withdrawal of the
new rules concerning the accumula
tion of vacation time. Their de
mands being refused by Chief Engi
neer Stevens, a committee of three
left on the last boat to lay their de
mands before the higher officials.
Before leaving they were notified by
cable that the President indorsed the
action of Mr. Stevens. It is consid
ered hero that the shovel men have
an exaggerated idea of their impor- |
tance as a result of the frequent ref- i
erencc of Mr. Koosovelt while on the
Isthtnus to the men behind the steam
shovcl.
Shipbuilders Start a Strike.
Cleveland, Special. ? While the
strike of shipbuilders at yards of the
American Shipbuilding Company is
thus far confined mainly to the Cleve
land and Lorain (Obit)) plants, offi
cials of the International Boilermak
ers and Iron Shipbuilders' Organiza
tion asserts that there will be acces
sion to the ranks of the strikers dur
ing the present week. They say the
order for the strike, which was issued
Saturday night, was not received at
most of the yards till Tuesday, and
that it will be followed by many of
the union employes.
Bulgarian Premier Killed.
Sofin, Bulgaria, By Cable. ? M.
Petkoff, the premier and minister of
interior, was assasinated here, M.
Petkoff, with other ministers, was
walking in the ilorig Garden when he
was attacked by an unknown man,
who fired at liirn with a revolver.
Tho premier vas wounded by three
bullets and died instantly. M. Gue
madieif, i!ie minister of commerce
and agriculture, who was one of the
ministers accompanying M. Petkoff,
was wounded in tho arm.
Warns Standard Oil Mon.
Chicago, Special. ? In the Standard
Oil trial considerable difficulty was
experienced by the attorneys for the
government in obtaining evidence
from the employes. Judge Lundis
finally interfered in the case of one
witness, whose answers he considered
unnecessarily brief, and said that he
wanted no more such conduct. If
the witness was able fo answer the
questions, lie must do so, but if lie did
not know, he must say he did not
know and avoid consuming the time
of the court to no purpose.
Bethlehem Company Loses.
Washington, Special. ? In the case
of the United States versus the
Bethlehem Steel Company, involving
a claim by the company for $21,000,
withheld by the government as pen
alty for delay in delivering six dis
appearing gun carriages made by tho
company in 1808, the supreme court
of the United States delivered a de
cision favorable to tho government.
Tho opinion was by Justice Peck
ham. Tho decision of the court of
claims, favorable to the company, was
reversed, and the case remanded to
that court.
Knnsar, Bank Robbed.
Wichita, Kanf, Special. ? Tbc
United bank of llunnewell, Kan., was
wrecked by safe blowers. T'ive dis
t i not explosions aroused the resi
dents wlio gave chase to the burg
lars. The robber* covered their re
treat by tiring nt their pursuera and
escaping on a hand car. The amount
secured cannot be estimated nt pres
ent. Po**?# are being formed to in
tercept the robbers,
?T 1 t?. ' 1
22 Drowned in River,
Re44'n?? Cel., Special. ? Twenty
four Greek Jaboirrg started te crow
the Sacramento river in a beat at
Pitt Tuesday afternoon. The boat
capsized and 22 of the men were
drowned. Four bodies have l>een ro
oovered. The men were ermdoyed by
?he New Delmar-pitt Railroad.
AN UNEXPECTED RESULT
S?ath Carolina Snmner Schools Will
Suffer From Operation of Dispense rj
Law Recenllj Adopted.
Columbia,. S. C., Special. ? It now
seems certain tbat the Carey-Cothran
dispensary law has bad the indirect
effect of doing away with both the
State summer school and the county
summer schools throughout the State,
these institutes being provided for
financially out of the State dispen
sary school fund, which is now nil
since the State dispensary has been
abolished. This fund for summer
schools amounts to about $0,000 an
nually ? $5,000 direct from dispen
sary funds for "institutes," which
the State board of education has
been using for the county summer
schools exclusively, $1,000 from the
dispensary fund for the State summer
schools alone, and the remainder
from escheated estates, which the
board has been expending on the
State summer school. The board
spends about $3,500 on the State
summer school, but Winthrop Col
lege provides the place of meeting,
and otherwise makes the gathering
economical. The Georgia and North
Carolina Legislatures provide about
$5,000 each for their State summer
schools. Even the $1,000 special ap
propriation is not available for the
State summer school this year, be
cause the appropriation bill provid
ed that this should come out of the
State dispensary fund.
The Next Meeting to be Held at
Jamestown.
Norfolk, Va., Special. ? The exec
utive committee of tho supreme com
mando ry of the Society of the Gold
en Cross has at the request of many
delegates, changed the place of meet
ing of the next legislative session of
the commandcry from Nashville,
Tenn., to the Jamestown Exposition
on May 20. 21 and 23. Eight hun
dred delegates are expected to at
tend.
Quarantine Station Sold.
New Orleans, Special. ? The sale
of the Mississippi river quarantine
station to the United States for
$100,000 was announced by the State
board of health. With the sale of
this station control of quarantine in
this State parses to the marine hos
pital scr\icc. The government ' in
making this purchase has agreed to
maintain four other quarintine sta
tions on the Louisiana coast now kept
by tho State.
To be Refused Admittance.
Washington, Special. ? Complying
with the provisions of the immigra
tion act approved February 22nd
last, President Koosevelt issued an
executive order that such citizens of
Japan or Korea to wit : Japanese or
Korean laborers, skilled and unskill
ed, who have received pnasoprts to
go to Mexico, Canada, or Hawaii and
come therefrom, he refused permis
sion to enter the continental terri
tory of the United State*.
81,000.000 Bond Issue.
Chattanooga, Speciol. ? Chatta
nooga voted on the issuance of $1,
000,000 iu bonds to be devoted to six
separate purposes. Every proposi
tion carreid. The vote was high,
the total number of ballots cast be
ing 1,S00. The issue is for streets,
sewers, new city hall, new fire halls,
parks ahd to provide for the floating
debt.
Hurt by Falling Tree.
Trenton, Special. ? Walter Bates,
the 16-year-old son of Mrs. Kate
Bates, of the Sixth District, in try
ing to escape a falling tree which he
hod cnt down, was struck by a largo
limb and his thigh broken in two
places*.
Mr, Cleveland Enjoying Stay.
Georgetown, Special. ? Mr. Cleve
land and his friends are enjoying
their stay with Gen. Alexander in a
quiet, restful way. While they have
had some sport with the ducks, which
are plentiful and of easy reach from
headquarters, absolute seclusion and
escape from the public eye is prob
ably even more sought after than the
mallards.
News Notes.
District Attorney .Teromne, in an
effort to >rft the so-called Ilummol
n ffi ? 1 n v i t before tin* jury, denounced
Hurry K. Thaw in scathing terms.
Allen l/oHoy Locke, n Philadelphia
nepro, is to jrt the Rhodes scholar
ship allotted this year to Pennsyl
vania.
The com me rein I clubs of various
eiti?s which hnve been inspecting the
work at Panama arrived in Charles
ton, S. on the return.
Some of the Pennsylvania f'npitol
records at Harrisburg are found to
he missing.
Old Soldier KiU?d by Train.
Knoxville, Spe?ial.-rG?arje Ogle,
an inmate of the soldiers Home nt
Johnson Oity, wsa kjllod by n South*
' em train near Greenville tojnf tipac
dining the nijarfht, bis i*aigT?d re
mains having been found at an early
hour in the morning by the side of
the track. Ogle's home was in thia
city, where lie has many relatives.
Ho was a vote ran of the Spanish*
American War.
ASK FOR A CONFERENCE
Asks that Four Leading Railroad
. President* be Heard With View to
Reaching a Better Understanding.
Washington, Special. ? J. Pierpont
Morgan, the New York financier,
came to Washington in- his private
car and went immediately to tho
White Mouse, where ,he was In con
ference with President Roosevelt for
more than two hours. The object of
Mr. Morgan's visit was to urge the
president to take some action to "al
lay the public anxiety now threat
ening to obstruct railroad investments
and construction." Mr. Morgan
pointed ont to the president that the
financial interests of the country are
greatly alarmed at the attitude of the
administration toward corporations
and particularly the railroads.
At Morgan's earnest request, Pres
ident Roosevelt has agreed to have a
conference with four lending railroad
presidents, Messrs. McCrea, of the
"Pennsylvania, Newman, of the New
York Central, Mellen, of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford, and
Hughitt, Df the Chicago and North
western, to determine if some agree
ment can be reached as to the rela
tion between the railroads and the
administration. It is possible that
E. II. llarriman, head of the Harri
man lines, may also participate in
the conference, which it is under
stood will take place at the White
House some time the latter part of
this week. After boarding his train
shortly before midnight to return to
New York, Mr. Morgan dictated to
the .Associated Press the following
statement :
"At the request of many business,
men, before leaving for Europe, 1
came to Washington to see the pres
ident to discuss the present business
situation, particularly as affecting
the railroads. I suggested to the
president that it wouid be greatly in
the public interest it' he would soe
Mr. McCre, Mr. Newman, Mr. Mellen
and Mr. llughitt and confer with
them as to what steps might be taken
to allay the public anxiety as to the
relations between the railroads and
the government. The president said
he would be jrlad to see the gentlo
men named with this end in view."
Railroads Crippled by Adverse Laws.
Atlanta, (5 a., Special. ? President
W. A. Garrett, of the Seaboard Air
Line railroad, who is on a regular in
spection trip, in an interview liore
said the railroads of this country
have now reached the financial dan
ger line on account of adverse legis
lation, which has alrcdy affected their
incomes and which promise to still
further curtail them. Railroads so
affected, he said, will not be able to
pay expenses ami the interest on their
bonds if present conditions continue.
"It means," he continued, "that
many railroads will pass into the
hands of receivers unless these pen
alties are modified.
"For the seven- months of the
present fiscal per the Seaboard Air
Line has not been able to make ex
penses and meet interest an its bonds/
This has been true of the Atlantic
and Birmingham division of the Sea
board since it was opened for service
three years ago. This is the road
in which there is no watered stock."
Forged Check for $80,000?
Philadelphia, Pa., Special. ? Frank
C. Martin, alias "Judge Franklin
stone," who was arrested in Buffalo
after nerly a two years' search by
the postal authorities, charged with
conspiracy to defraud in connection
with the Story Cotton company, of
this city, and who was released on
bail Saturday, was arrested later by
Philadelphia detectives, charged with
the forgery of a check for $80,000 on
the Brooklyn (N. Y.) National bank.
He was given a hearing and held
awaiting requisition papers from New
v ? \
Victim of Black Demon.
Fnyetteville, N. C., Special ? A lady
name* Miss FiHroan, uf Rowland, N.
C., was outraged at Mallory, a small
station on the Coast Line between
Latta and Clio, 8. C., where she was
teaching school, by a negro named
Nothan McClary. who was brought
here by officers from South Carolina
to be placed in jail for safe keeping
after instructions from Governor
Olenn Sheriff Watson and the South
Carolina officers carried the negro to
Haleigh through the country as the
best safeguard against mob violence.
Georgia Entitled to $29,382.
Washington, Special. ? The Comp
troller of the Treasury decided that
ihc stat* of Georgia i$ entitled to
$20,382, a* pay for the services of
the Oeorgia volunteers in the war
with Spain. The statu authorities
presented a bill for $02,824 and were
allowed $10,4(0. They appealed to
Comptroller Tracewell, who derided
(lint they were entitled to $18,912 ad
ditional.
Former Senator Pugb Dead.
Wn?hington, Special. ? After an ill
ness of littlo over a week, James L.
Pvgh. founerly a senator of tho
United fe>totes from Alabama, died
in this city, aged 87 years. Mr. Pugh
caught a severe cold which turned
into oneumonia and his condition
grew steadily worso until lie passed
away, lie was a native of Bnrgo
county, Georgia,
WAS CRUSHED BY TRAIN
L. P. Brown; Whose Home is In
Greenville, Frightfully Mangled in
Freight Yard at Lancaster.
Lancaster, Special. ? At noon Sat
urday a frightful tragedy occurred
in the freight yards here. L. 1*.
Brown, conductor of special "freight
train No. 372, extra on the Southern,
was killed by being caught between
the bumper* of two cars while coup
ling them. It seems that live loose
cars were slowly coming down the
track to be coupled, that Mr. Brown
turned his back to them and was
caught between the bumpers. Though
Ins body was nearly severed iu twain
nnd he was otherwise terribly man
gled, he walked several yards and,
crossing a ditch; sat down and died
without a word in less than a minute
after the accident. Mr. Brown was
from Greenville, where he has a fam
ily living/ a wife and several chil
dren. lie was about 4f> yers old, and
had been running on this division
but a few days. In fact, this was his
iccond trip. Little is known of him
by the railroad men here on this ac
count, but he was popular, efficient
and a good man. Hi* body was sent
to Greenville.
Negro Shoots Town Marshall.
Anderson, Special. ? "Hun" Fer
guson, colored, was brought from
Pendleton and lodged in the county
jail, charged with shooting Mr.
Charles Koherson, town marshal of
Pendleton, Friday night. Marshal
Roberson was in search of a negro.
He went into a negro pool room, ex
pecting to find his man in there, lie
remained a few minutes and the ne
gro Ferguson got up ami wont out
of the room. In about ten minuter
two pistol bullets crashed through
the window glass, both hitting Mr.
Kobcrson. One of the bullets en
tered his right leg and the other
grazed his breast. Kobcrson is not
dangerously wounded. li is not
known that Ferguson did the shoot
ing, hut lie has been' making fre
quent remarks about Mr. Kobcrson ?
that he would kill him it' lie (Kob
crson) would cross his path. It
seems that one of Ferguson's "pals"
had been pulled by the town marshal,
lie holds this up against the officer
Ghastly Find Near Darlington.
Darlington, Special. Mr. K. K. Du
bose, one %?f the county's leading
citizens, made a ghastly liml on his
plantation, three miles iioin here, lie
and some of his negro hands, while
out in a Held, were attracted to a
spot, a sink formerly an old well,
which had been tilled years ago. The
depression in the ground, however,
was slight. Beneath a pile of leaves
in the sink was a pasteboard box
about IS or 20 inches long, which con
tained the body of an infant. The
sides of the box had decayed from
dampness, making it appear that the
clime had 'been committed several
weeks ago. Mr. Dubosc did not
make a careful examination, as the
decomposition of the body made him
retreat. The legs and feet of the
infant, he says, appeared white. Mr.
Duboso Immediately reported his dis
covery to the coroner, who ia invest
igating.
Mr. Beaty's Successor.
Greenville, Special. ? Mr. J. II. M.
Beaty, who has for some time been
in charge of the weaving machinery
of all the mills under the manage
ment of Mr. Lewis \V. Perker and
who has been made the general man
ager of the Olympin and Granby
mills, of Columbia, has been succeed
ed in his position by Mr. David .Jen
nings, formerly of Charleston, but
more recently of Connecticut. Mr.
Jennings has supervision of the weav.
ing in the Mouaghan, Victor and Ap
palaelicc mills. He is a graduate of
Clemson college, and will doubtless
make a competent successor of Mr.
Beaty. His headquarters will be iu
Green ville.
Stato Pension Fund.
Comptroller General Jones will call
a meeting of the state pension board
the latter part of this month when
all of the returns will be gone over,
practically all of the counties having
sent in their pension lists. There is
an appropriation of $'2<">(),000 for the
old soldiers this year, of which $?">.
000 is for the artificial limb fund.
The artificial limbs are to be pur
chased by the comptroller genera!
and the board, and blanks are now
being sent out to the counties for
applications, stating the company
and regiment in which the limb \\ a
lost.
Newberry May Have a Vote.
Newberry, Special.' ? From what
ran be learned, partial reports as to
the results of obtaining names of the
petitions on the question f> t' dispen
sary or no dispensary for this comi
ty, were made to the "interested
ones" for when one of the knowing
ones wan ^ k ? ? ? 1 how the lists were
succeeding, with a twinkle in his
eye he said, " I'v April I we will
have a majority of the county on the
lint.''
.train 0ma?fc?d Wagon.
l>ranchvi]le. Special.? -The South
ern'* BUckviJle-Kingmllo train, due
here at 8:30 a. m., ran over and
killed two fine nudes and demolished
the wagon belonging to Mr. 1). \..
Khoad here. The driver, Elliott f?c^
ven, colored, was thrown so mo dis
tance from the track, but it is not
thought his injuries are fatal,
Late fiebttf
In Urief
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
The American Roadmakers' Asso
ciation is in convention at Pittsburg.
President Koosevelt issued an or
der restoring to entry about 36,000,
000 acres ot coal land* that had been
withdrawn.
The mother of R. I). Ramsay, trav
eled from Nova Scotia to Petersburg
to see her son, who was sick 'in a
hospital, only to find him dead.
The stockholders of the PennsyL
vania railroad approved the pro|>osed
increase of $200,000,000 in stocks and
bonds.
The Virginia Conference of the
United Brethren -Church is in session
at Edinburg, Virginia.
Dacisions in a number of eases wero
handed down in the United States
Circuit Court of Api?eals at Rich
mond.
Governor Kwanson has commuted
the sentence of "Wes" Wilkie, a
negro sentenced to die for murder,
to imprisonment for life.
Mr. C. If. Ilurkanip. of Fredericks
burg, has been ap])ointed one of the
judges of the Baltimore horse show,
which will be held on the grounds of
the Elkridge Hunt Club on May 23,
24 and 2fl.
By the will of Edmund P. Dxvight,
of Philadelphia, various church or
ganizations get 0200,000.
The (itiyan. Big Ugly and Coal
River Railway Company has been
lormed to build a railroad in Lin
coln county, West Virginia, l'roni
the tnouth of Big Ugly creek to a
point on Laurel fork. The capital
is $100,000. mid those interested arc
J. W. Johnson, Mary A. Sims, II. T.
Lovett, Paul W. Scott and Mary E.
May.
The former Anne Could V Paris
lawyer charged her $175,0(10 to get
a divorce.
The shops of the Dry Fork Rail
road Company, which were destroy
ed by lire at Hedricks, W. Va., will
he rebuilt at once.
Mine No. 2;>, of the Davis Coal and
Coke Company at Thomas, W. Va.f
where 25 men were recently killed
by an explosion of gas, was the scene
of another accident, one Italian hav
ing been killed ami two injured bv
a fall of slate.
Cabell eonnl.v, West Virginia, will
vote on April 20 on I lie issuance of
??M0.000 worth of bonds for the
) Aint otkuico and building of county
roads and bridges.
Israel ,T. Kinney, a retired Balti
more ,and Ohio passenger engineer,
died at Grafton, W. Va., aged (57
years. He was a native of Doddridge
county, \\ . \ a., and served jn (ho
Union army.
The deaths duo to the blowing up
of the P reijoh battleship lena mav
number ]20. J
Six persons were killed by on ex
; bomb while searching a stu*
nerrt-jp apartment in Kharkov,
Russia,
Dr. Adam Jamieaon and 12 others
were killed in a wreck in the Trans
vaal.
President Bonillii, of Honduras is
directing operations at the front from
a fast automobile.
The New ^ ork stock market was
deiuoi a I ixed, and a wave of liquida
tion was attended by a shrinkage iu
values of upward of #100,000, 000.
European markets were similarly af
fected. *
( lashes took place between the
Louisville police and the street car
st rikers.
The trial of Abraham Ruef was
called in San Francisco, but was post
poned until Monday.
II. O. McDowell, president of the
Fanners Bank of Canton, Ohio, com
mitted suicide.
Floods due to heavy rains are caus
ing havoc in Maryland, Pennsylvania
and t he Middle Western Stales.
Governor Gillette, of California,
s?nt to the legislature corespondencc
with President Roosevelt on the Jap
anese question.
The Socialists in the Russian
Douma are preparing for a fight.
President Roosevelt has not been
informed as to what the four railroad
presidents will propose at their com
ing conference with liiin, but he iJ
said to be in a receptive mood.
Commander Richard C. llollydav, a
native of Maryland, is to be appoint
ed chief of the Bureau of Docks and
Yards of the nevy department,
A. B. Strickland, president of the
Chicago and Northwestern railway,
says Western companies will fiprht in
the courts all state regulations of
railroads.
M. Jean Paul 1'ie.rie Casimir-Per
ier, former president of Kranee, died
suddenly.
It in believed that the railroad
magnates are disposed to support Mr.
Roosevelt's plan to centralizo the
control of the railroad* in t#ie federal
government, as a protection from
state legislation.
Mrs. Ru?s<;ll fla^c, widow of tha
New York financier, has set aside
$10,000,000 for what is to be known
as the Sa?e foundation, the income
to be used in improving social and
living conditions iu the United
States.