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?SSS VOL. XXVII. ttM '1)0 THOU LIBERTY QliEAT.INSPlREOUR SOULS AN? MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OB OUR DEATHS GLOB?OUS IN THY OAUSF '" BENNETTSVIIJiE, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902. m ?rn mm NO. IO. Speaker li?riderpon Creates a Political' ^ Surprise, by f^< REFUSING THE NOMINATION For Congress uml Oponly OccHnlu): to Httiiul us tho I'lx pone lit or His Party in Hit) District. . A dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa, says Speaker Ilondorson, lindi nu that his views in respect to thc treatment .of trusts hy reducing the tari IT in whole or In part, are not in accord with tho views of many of his party in Iowa, has declined to accept tho nom ination for congress and has with drawn from the nico. ?n ids state ment, Speaker Henderson, says: "For three years I have advocated giving control of trusts to congress. In my judgment, proper supervision can never ho had until congress has power to treat them. I am glad to sec from speeches made by our fearless and upright chief executive, that he is advocating federal control over these ^corporations, and while in sumo quar ters they may sneer at it, 1 have not seen any proposition yet, except this, that seems at all likely* to hr lng relief. ?o proposition has ever beim made by the Democracy excepting to put every thing on the free Hst and to give the country free trade. In other words, they propose to kill the child dead In order to secure lt. "In my opinion, If combinations' could bo regulated and controlled, wc would hove very little ground for charges before a change Iii tho tari IT laws. For my part, If anything great In this country attains prosperity through protective policies or any other legislation and is using ils ad vantages, growth and prosperity to plunder tho American people I, for one, nm ready to strike lt by whatever legal means wc may bo able to adopt provided that In so doing, wo do not hurt innocent interests. 1 have been . moro amused than hurl at thc sugges tion that I have been against any changes lu thc tariff, "I have never been opposed to mak ing needed changes, and I am not now. I must say and emphatically, that I do not believe that a single schedule of thc Dingley turill' law can bo so amended as to relieve thc people from thc oppression of trusts or com binations ot capital, however named ?anet that such action may Involve the retarding of our expanding commerce - and'getting and holding of foreign '?markets. Indeed, 1 believe such plan to bo frought with grave dangers to the people. I am a firm believer in .reciprocity. I worked with untiring .. v.oal to secure reciprocal arrangements" Touwecn eama .md t,w? cpvmtty,. and 1 was successful In passing it tin . <gh the house. The senate did not acton the bill because consideration of J* would have permitted thc opening up of tho whole question ol' ?tariff revis ion. " While 1 cannot speak for thc pros pects of favorable action upon bills sent to tho senate I still hope and be lieve that by a treaty thc same result may bo accomplished, and 1 have no doubt that President Roosevelt is now working on the question of a treaty ./with Cuba, to give that struggling young republic needed help, a help too, in which, while they will be gain-1 .ors we will not be losers. And now, let mc say, and let there bo no misun derstanding as to my position: I be lieve in protection that will protect tho hand of labor, thc wheels of indus try, ovory farmer and m i ncr, and I am against wicked corporations that would trample on tho rights of thc people to fair play and to the fruits of honest efforts. I am against unnecessary leg islation that would throw my country into panic and bring back the horrors ?bequeathed to us hy thc last Demo cratic administration. Speakor Ilondorson announced his withdrawal after a con terence of sev eral hour's duration with Chairman Classer of tho congressional commit tee and friends this afternoon. Speak er Henderson has been contemplating this action for two weeks but had in timated nothing of it to friends until yesterday. At today's conference his friends Implored him not to take the action, but to no avail. Ho said he liad made up his mind and no argu ment could cause him to change his .decision. STATICS HIS REASONS. When asked for his reasons for his 'withdrawal, Speaker Henderson said: , "My lettor to Chairman Albrook is 'tho whole thing in a nutshell. Von cannot kill the trusts by applying free trade without killing our own indus tries. Tho foreign trusts arc lighting _ tho American trusts, and I do not be* . ?Tev^ti'mt, foi'Vthc purpose of controll ing American wusts, we should make n market for foreign trusts, thereby crushing out thcVjndustrles of this country. After my conference last Saturday at Waterloo,]hearing views of the chairman pf my district, I con cluded that my views on the tariff question were at variance with those of many of my party, and I did not desire to appear in a false position." Speaker Henderson gave out an ad dress this evening which states lils views on thc tariff and trust question, and because theso views, in his opin ion, are not In accord with tho State platform and with the opinions of prominent members of his party, ho declined to accept tho nomination. WII?IJ NOT KKCONSfDKU, Speaker Henderson ls positive in his declination of thc congressional nomi nation, notwithstanding the Hood of 1 telegrams from all parts of tho coun try protesting against his decision and imploring him to reconsider tho samo. President Ttoosovolt ??'it a telegram, . deploring his action and urging him to withdraw his declination, but tho . speaker roplled that his decision was : tinah Othor telegrams of tho same, tenor wore received from all tho mem bers of tho national commlttco and ? national congressional committee,Sen ators Allison, Hanna, Spooner, Lodge, Fairbanks and others. Tho following ls tho telegram re ceived by Speakor Ilondorson from tho President: .^HH^^i?or Bay, Sept. ff!^ ^NoSt^^^b\$ ask that you vecon Bidor yoirf^jrtu minalton nq&to run. (Signed)' Thcodoro Roosevelt. ^GJongressman J. W. Babeook, ohalr nianof Republican congressional com mittee Bent tho following: '.?? ' f-; Now York, Sept. 10. "Am ln^ccelpt of telegram shimed by you saying that you have tliffi^Pay declined nomination for congress. Wo cannot believe tho tolcgram ls gonu Ine. Hepburn and Hull arc hero and all enter our earnest protest against action of this kind by you. The Re publican party that you have served so long and faithfully cannot part with your services now." Replying to these telegrams, tho speaker further explained his aotlon adhering to his position. He gave po sitive assurance that there was no danger to tho Third district, that Gov. Rules ls a very weak candidate, that tho Republican candidate will be elected and that he will do what he can to Insure his election. Af tor those assurances tho speaker satd ho must decline to reconsider his withdrawal. DKMOOUATS JUBILANT. The Washington correspondent says Speaker Henderson's ref usai of renom ination to tho fifty-eighth congress has caused tho mast profound politi cal .sensation the national capital has experienced in many years. Jubilation reigns at Democratic campaign head quarters; where lt is claimed Its effect will be tile election of !10 new Demo crats to the house this fall. Secretary .Shaw and Secretary Wilson have both been stunned by the announcement and are at a loss to explain the speak er's course. Many Republicans here arc indignant that he should have taken a step so vitally affecting the welfare of the party without consult ing any of tho Republican leaders. Ry some it is said Speaker Henderson's chances for re-election were slim and that he has seized upon tho attitude of his district on the tariff as an ex cuse for declining. Friends of thc general deny this and declare his ac tion shows the serious division in thc Republican party on tariff revision. OAUS1C1) A SENSATION. The announcement of Speaker Hen derson's declination of tho congress ional nomination caused a sensation In Washington. Very fow public men aro. In Washington at this time, hut all thero expressed regret that tho speaker had determined on tho course announced in thc Dubuque dispatch. The causes leading up to his decision were perhaps as much a matter of comment as the refusal to stand for reelection. Public men acknowledge there ls a demand in sections of thc west and northwest for a rovislon of the turill along certain Unes. Their opinion ls that (ion. Hendersons de cision will make this Issue moro acute. Tho speaker always has been a stralghtout Rep?blica-* on *o.viit mat ters and at tho last sesi?n of congress the general undcrst- ding was tln^t bc opposed thc su'.g?t ions advance^ for taril? revision along certain ll ne,s ion articles eontroH.cd by thc trusta. * ) ? THK PUKSlDENT MAD. t 1 A dispatch from Oyster Ray say|? President Roosevelt ls highly lndl^. nant, at Speaker Henderson's, with drawal fi om inc third Iowa district, congressional race. It ls . YS?fXHVcd that the president, ^believes l,is action more personal thaii'' poll Veal. It ls believed Henderson feared either de feat at home, or, If olected, feared he would lose thc election of tho next speakership. Tho administration is said to ho hitter against him for plac ing Republicans generally In such a peculiar position by declaring himself on the tar''' inestlon. They think if that was o real reason ho should have foughu for his cause from tho point of vantage he held as speaker. lloncH in tho Dody. Each ear has four bones. Tho body has about 500 muscles. Tho human skull coutalns thirty bones. Thc low er limbs contain thirty bones each. The sense of touch ls dullest on the back. Every hair has two oil glands at its base. The globo of the oyo ls moved by six musel?s. The cerebral matter ls about seven-eighths water; Tho human skeleton, exclusivo of teeth, consists of 208 bones. Hair ls very strong. A singlo hair will bear a weight of 1,160 grains. Tho enamel of the teeth contains over 95 per cent of calcareous matter. The roots of tho hair penetrate the skin about one twelfth of an inch. Tho normal weight of the liver ls between thrco and four pounds. The wrist contains eight hones, tho palm live; tho lingers have fourteen. Tho weight of tho average-sized man ls 140 pounds; of a woman, 125 pounds. Too Greedy. A special dispatch from August, Ga., to Thc State says a most unusual thing has occurred In tho Georgia State election. R. R. Russell was nominated without opposition for tho Judgeship of tho supremo court, west ern circuit. Since the resignation of Justice Hall Lewis from thc supreme bench Mr. Russell has entered tho race for that position also, and tho secretary of state has ordered his name added to thc ticket, making lt appear for two different ofllccs on thc same ballot. In tho supremo court race ho has two opponents. Should ho lose In this race, lie will ho suro to win In thc other as he ls alono in tho race for thc lower court. Thc Uko of this has never happened In a Georgia election. Tho Lotter "IO." An exohange says that tho letter "c" ls tho most unfortunate letter In tho English alphabet, because lt ls never In cash, always In dobt, and never out of danger. Our exchango forgets that the aforesaid lotter ls never In war, but always In peace. It is the beginning of existence, the commencement of case, and thc end of trouble. Without lt thero would bo no meat, no bread, no Ufo, no gos pel, no heaven, no hell. This romlnds us of thc conundrum. Why ls tho lcttor "o" Uko tho day of Judgmont? Bceuuso lt Is tho end of time and tho begglnnlgof oternity. Not Wanted. Now lt Is In Indiana that a girl was excluded from tho public sohool be cause sho was suspected of hoing a mulatto. And thoy say race prejudice ls a southern folly 1 THE WAGES OF SIN. A Millionaire Now York Banker Bea ton in a Saloon AND DIES IN A HOSPITAL. Nicholas Fish ww tim Name- of| tho Victim, and ii in Violent Death Creaton n Great Me 11 na t ion. Nichols Fish, milionairc, diplomat j and ucsoendant of the best known of A mollean families, died at tho Rooso vclt hospital Now York city at half past three o'clock Wednesday morn ing, tho result of an Injury received In it bar-room row tho day before. Con flicting stories aro told-such as would naturally follow an event in which criminal responsibility must be placed -but there seems to bc no doubt that Mr. Fish had a quarrel with a prlvato detective named Thomas J. Sharkey, who Joined tho banker at a table where he had been for several hours drinking with Mrs. Llby J. Phillips and Mrs. Nclllo Casey. According to thc police, Mr. Fish entered Ehrhardt's saloon Tuesday af ternoon with Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Casey. The police say that Mrs. Phil lips knew who Fish was but that| neither Mrs. Casey nor Sharkoy, who subsequently joined tho party, wore] aware of his Identity. Sharkey, who | know tbe women, was not reluotant to join tho party when one of thc wo men Invited him to. Tho police say that Fish did most of tho buying. Fish then discovered that his money was exhausted, and he announced thafej he would have to draw a check. Sharkey, Ignorant of Fish's identi ty, questioned his ability to make his check good. Fish, it is said, took of fense at this and angry words ensued. Then, according to tho police, some I one slapped Fish'.', face. One of the | women, clinging to Fish's arm, drag ged him toward thc door of tho saloon and out to thc sidewalk. Tho police say that Sharkey attempted to follow Fish, but fora moment was restrained from doing so by the other woman. Ile tinnily went out of the saloon and ho and Fish encountered each other on tho sidewalk. Sharkoy's hat had been knocked off and ho was barehead ed. Thoro was a souffle, by whom commenced, lt ls not known. Fish fell or was knocked down, his ' head striking a llagstonc. Just before j thc scuffle on the sidewalk commenced, ! Mrs. Casey, becoming alarmed, hur riedly left thc party. After Fish fell, j lt ls said that Sharkey reentered thc ? saloon and left lt and went Into a sa loon a few doors away and a moment' ! later left that place and boarded a.| street car. 'He ,wtts Closely followed/ by Mrs. Phillips, who was carrying hts hat and who also boarded the car. Fish was lying unconscious on the! sidewalk and a knot of people gathered about Iiim. Men carried him Into i tho hallway of a saloon and tried to j revive him. Being unsuccessful, they (again brought him to the street, thinking he might revive there. He] was lying on the street when a police man appeared. The olllcer called an ambulance from Roosevelt hospibal. Fish's Identity was not learned until the hospital was reached and his cloth ing searched.. As soon as it was found who bc was, he was entered as a priv ate patient. ?Mrs, Casey, Mrs. Phillips and Shar key were arraigned Wednesday in po lice court and were held for thc coro ner. A detective said to thc sitting j magistrate that tho prisoners wero| arraigned as suspicious persons In con nection with the death of Nicholas Fish. Mrs. Casey denied all knowledge of tho case. Mrs. Phillips, when questioned about thc caso, said: "You'll lind out I later." Coroner Jackson held Sharkey In 810,000 ball, and Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Casey In $500 ball each as wit nesses. Sharkey made the following state ment before his arraignment: "I went Into Kb rha rd t's and saw these two women,with whom I am ac quainted. They called out when they saw me: 'Come over and havo a drink.' "I went ovor and sat down with them and after wo had talked together some, this Ihmker Fish seemed to take offonso at my being thore. We had a fow words and all at once he drew off with his arm and struck me. Then wo both got up. I wont out I ono door and he thc other. Ho must have stumbled down thc steps and fal len In going out." Mr. Fish was tho head of one of the most distinguished families In tho United States, a banker of great wealth and ono time mlnistor at tho court of Belgium. A dispatch was sent to Mrs. Fish who was at Tuxedo I and who reached tho hospital soon after midnight, remaining ab thc ,sldc of her husband who never regain ed consciousness. As soon as the fact | of Mr. Fish's Identity waa established a dozen detectives were sent on tho j trail of his companions and boforo daylight they wero traced to tho house In which thc woman lived and were arrested. A Mtmlor Mystery. Tho nude body of a young woman was found Thursday In the Morris canal between Newark and Joracy City, and was tonight ldoutlfled by Joseph Pulitzer of too West Forty sixth street, Manhattan, as that of] his wlfo, Annie, who had boen miss ing since Tuesday. Tho discovery of tho body was made by tho driver of an express wagon passing along thojplank road on the bank of tho eanal on tho meadows. An attempt had been mado to sink lt with a 20-pound Iron weight attaohed to a long hitching strap, the other end of whloh was tied around tho woman's waist. A long stab wound Was found In tho abdomen and a lator examination by County Physi cian Converse revealed tho faot thatl tho woman's skull was faotured. WYOMING IN FLAMES. Grout Forost Flros Destroy Muoh Proporty nud Dinny Ll voe. Governor Richards has been Inform ed hy telophono from Grand Encamp ment that for many miles along tho Wyoming-Colorado line, nort of Pearl, Col., a furious forest Ure ls raging, devastating everything, tn Its patin livery effort to subdue tho Hames has boon oxhausted without effect. Gov ernor Richards immediately com municated with Governor Orman of ! Colorado, and arranged for both to j sond a telegram to the secretary of tho Intelrior asking for al?. According to tho JujBst reports there aro at least ?lgyncen serious] forest lires burnlijg-l^Wyoming, to. say nothing of numerus': smaller lires in .Southern Albamfcj?dunt.y that are' destroying great swn'iir>ps,of Une pino' timber In tho Meiudpio Row range and threatening naming buildings. Although a hundred miles away from Cheycnno thc smoke from thcsed?res obscure tho sky there and t/h?HHT burnlru; wood .ls plainly iv c. Thc Ikes In Southern CarbTOwlunty are burning llercely. A government' agent, with a large force of men, is on tho ground, hut Is reported tobe making little progress. Five or more miles aro burning In Fremont couty, and more than 300 square miles of magnlllcont timber land Is already In ashes. In Central Ulntuh count} a Uro ls burning, and In tho Jackson llolo oountry two big blazes ure eating tho timber. Farther east, In thc Shoshone reservation, a Uro luis boen burning for weeks. In Natrona county a good sized Aro has been destroying timber for tho past ten days. One big Uro threatens the timber of tho Rig norn mountains. Tho reports from the stricken dis trict along tho Lewis river continue to grows worse. Thirty-eight charred bodies have been found, and it is be lieved more will bc taken from thc ruins. Many of them are settlers and campers. From outlsde posts the missing number 500 settlers whoso homes haye been swept by forest lires. Bues for Dnmnffcs. The Stato says tho widow of Mr. R. S. Pringle, who died some weoks ago| as the result of Injuries sustained by falling Into a sewerage excavation ou Wheat street, Columbia, has entered1 suit against Guild & Co., tho soworago | contractors, for $50,000. An attach ment has been placed on tho money the firm has how banked In Columbia | and on tho money yet to bo received from the city and also on tho tlnanclal receipts from the contra?t now under way in Newberry. The suit was Hi ed last week and In lieu of publication ono of the defendants now resident In Tennessee was served with the papers. Tlic defendants have 20 days In which to answer the allegation and aro also given tho right to transfer thc case to? the United Statcsfeour.ts. Itlsprobabloa that the caso will bo transferred as" tho defendants are resident of another State. The allegation Is based on the negligence of the sewerage con tractors in falling to provide proper protection in that tho dlcth was loft uncovered and unprotected by a fence and insufllclont lights of warning provided. Gov. Candler's Views. Gov. Candler, of Georgia, at At lanta, Thursday, commented as fol lows upon Speaker Hcndorsons with drawal from Congress: "llonderson ls Hoeing from the wrath to como. Ho secs thc handwriting on tho wall. He is anxious to get out. There ls going to bc a revolution of sentiment in this country against the Republican party and Its oppressive measures; and if that revolution is not successful, and tho Republican party continues In power and continues tts oppressive measures, allowing thc trusts to| dominate the country, there Is going to como a revolution of blood, one that will stir tho country from ono end to the other. Tho people aro) tired of tho trusts and of Republican domination." Children Du i l od Alive. Three little children woro burled alive at Williams Station, Mich., on Thursday afternoon, whllo on tho way homo from school. John Rutherford, aged 6 and his brother Harry aged 7, and Bryon Moore, aged 0 years, stop ped to play In an excavation beside) tho road. Digging lu the sand with pieces of board "to make a tunnel," they loosened tho earth and brought tons of lt down upon them. At sup per time a search was made for tho missing children and their dinner palls were discovered lying near the scene of the tragedy. Tho bodies were recovered about 0 o'clock about three feet under the earth. Thc Ruther ford boys were sons of a prominent I farmer, and Ryron Moore's mothor ls | a widow. A mind Mnn'n Luck, John Rrlslln, of Pittsburg, Pa., former rollor who helped Antonie VJnnao, another roltor, Invent and patent a tablo for carrying hot Ingots of steel to and from tho rolls mcohanl* ; cally and In whoso favor Judgo Bull ington gave a decision against tho Carnegie Steel Company. Brlslin ls blind and ls 75 years of ago. His partner died two years ago. no loft I his Interest to Brlslin. If Brlslin ever lives to secure his rights ho can recover at least $6,000,000 In royalttcs for Infringements on patents. This would fall heaviest on tho United States Stcol Corporation. Brlslin um til, >ontly was a Janitor In tho Bake well building, but lost his place through loss of sight. Oflloors Not Neodod. The Louisville Courier-Journal sayi during our civil war the death ot of? fleers mado llttlo difference in tho lighting qualities of tho troops they lcd. Sometimes a regiment would bo so decimated that the command would fall on a lieutenant; sometimes a com pany would be commanded by a cpr* poral: sometimes by tho first private that leaped from tho ranks and assum ed command, and the fight would pro ceed as if nothing had happonod, This would bo Impossible In tho German army, or in any other European army. AN AWFUL TRAGEDY Resulting from a Stampede in a Negro Baptist Churoh. PEOPLE TRAMPLED TO DEATH. A wild Paulo and Mad Dash ft>r 13x1t Leaved Hovciity-KlRlit Dead and Many Moro Scrtouoly Injured. Sevonty-elght known to be dead and eighty Injured, the majority perhaps fatally, ls the result of a panlo which occurred in tho Shiloh Negro Baptist Church at Birmingham, Ala., Friday night during tho evening session of the Negro National Baptist Conven tion. Flftcou hundred delegates woro orowded Into the church, which had only scating capacity for four hun dred, when tho audience was thrown Into a Btampcde by a conflict between two of the delegates in tho rear of tho church. Tho orles of "light" which followed, the audlonco mistook for au alarm of "lire" and In the wild effort to escape seventy-eight persons were crushed to death, eighty moro receiv ing lnjurlcBi some of which may prove fatal. The disaster occurred at 9 o'clock Just as Booker T. Washington had concluded his address to tho national convention of Baptists, and for three hours tho scones around the ohurch were Indescribable, Dead bodies woro strewn In every direction and tho ambulance service of tho city was utterly Incapacitated to move them until after 1 o'olook a, rh, The In jured wore llrst attonded to and dozens ot dead bodies were arranged In rows on the ground outside tho house of worship awaiting removal to thc un dertaking establishments while more than a scoro were laid out on the benches Inside. The church ls the largest house of worship for negroes In Birmingham and the pastor says there were at least 2,000 persons In the edifico When the stampede began. Instructions had been Issued to allow no one else *- -, -. i--??Ii'? ft*- t .-11.11.- - l.-.l l.rtit.. IA) Uliuui aiuv>i tiiiu uuiiuiii^ iiau UeOII filled, but tho negroes forced their way Inside the church and were stand ing lu every aisle, the entrance was literally packed. Just as Booker Washington con cluded his address Judge Blllou, a negro lawyor from Baltimore, engaged in an altercation with tho choir leader concerning an unoccupied scat and lt ls said a blow?was struok. Some ode In tho choir cried, "They're fighting." Mistaking tho word "lighting" for "fire," tho congregation rose on musso and started for tho door. Ono of tho ministors quickly mounted tho ros trum and admonished tho people to keep quiet. Ho repeatod tho word "quiet," several times and motioned to idsjtearors to he seated. ^Aga*jX tlie excited congregation mis took tho word "quiet" for a second alarm of lire and rushed for the door. Men and women crawled over benches, fought their way Into the aisles and those who had fallen wero trampled upon Uko cattle. Tho ministers tried ngutu to stop tho stampede, but no power oin earth could stay tho strug gling, fighting muss of humanity. Tho soreams of women and children added to the horror of the scene und from mere fright many persons faint ed and as they fell to the lloor wore crushed to death. The level of the lloor is about 100 feet from tho ground and long steps lead to the sidewalk to tho lobby just outside tho main auditorium, Brick walls extend on each sidoof these steps for six or seven feet and this proved a veritable death trap. Negroes who had reach ed tho top of tho steps wero pushed violently forward and many foll. Be fore they could move others fell upon them and In a fow moments persons wero piled upon each other to a height of ton feet. This wall of struggling humanity blocked tho entrance and the waight of 1,600 persons were push ed against lt. More than 20 persons lying on tho steps underneath tho heap of bodies died from suffocation. Thc dead bodies wero quickly moved and tho Orowd inside, Unding an out let camc'pouring out. Scores of them lost their footing and rolled down thc long.steps to tho pavement, sustain ing broken limbs and Internal injuries. In an hour tho church had been prac tically cleared and tho sight which ^rooted ,thoso who had como to aid the injured was sickening. Down tho aisles and along the outside of the pews the dead bodies of men and women were ctrowed and thc orles of tho maimed and crippled was heart rending. [In a few m.mites the work Df romov,rVo vhe bodies was begun and tho walis of tho relatives of tho dead who had waited on tho outside could bo heard for soveral blocks. As many of tho suffering negroes as sould bo'amoved by thc ambulances wero tak;eji',to hospitals and tho rest were laid out on the ground and there tho physicians attended them. At least 15 of those brought out Injured tiled before they cotdd bo moved from tho ground. During the stampodo Bookor T. Washington and soveral other profriinont Negro loaders woro m tho stago and wore unwilling wit nesses to the frightful oatatropho. Nono of thoso In tho oholr or In tho pulpit wore Injured in tho least. For % few minutes they attempted to re store order, but scolng tholr efforts wore futile waited until tho strug gling crowd had advanced fur enough for thornto pick up tho dead and In jured. Most of the dead aro women and the physicians say in many oases they fainted and dtod from suffoca Mon. A remarkable featuro of tho calamity is that no blood was seon on ! ?wy of tho vlotlms. They woro either orushed or died, from suffocation. Mayor Wm. Dronnon said; "Most of those who wore killed woro strangers, but their bodies will bo oared for until Identified and olatmcd.by relatives," WASHINGTON'S ACCOUNT. Bookor T. Washington when ?eon after the accident at the residence of V. CK Mas?nr said: "I had Just finished dollvorlng my lecture on Industry' and tho singing had coramonccd whon somo woman back of mo was heard to s?ream. A member o? thc choir yelled 'quiet,1 which tho gallery understood to bo 'lire,' This was ropeatod and started tho stampede. I found on investiga tion that HI rm i ii gi; am man had stepped on tho toes of a delegate from Baltimore named Billou. UH lou re scntcd it and mado a motion ns li to draw a gun. ' This caused tho woman to scream. "There was llttlo excitement In tho centre and front of tho church. Tho rear of the chu rob was congested and some of the men tried to walk out on tho heads of thc crowd. At thc timo of the alarm there wcro probably 3,000 people In tho church and fully that number without. Tho orowd oh tho sidewalk surged In and this In a meas? uro accounted for the large loss of life. Thc majority of those killed wore smothered to death, very few having bones broken. . "Whoo I saw that a stampede was imminent I started tho choir singing and part of tho audience Joined them. I romalncd until tho excitement had subsided for fully 30 minutos. One good sister whose namo I did not learn caught mc fifthly by tho waist and hold me throughout the excitement, saying, 'keep still.' 1 ara unable to say positively, butthoroisa prohablll ty that the convention will adjourn out of respect to thc dead. Tho ses sion would have closed Monday night Ko far as known about 10 delegates were among those killed, two from ToxiS and two from Now Orleans be lng among tho number." - OUR PHOSPHATE BEBB. Tho Coinuilsnlonor ?Ives Foots and Figuren t\hout tho Uonlncoa. The board of phosphato commission* ers mot In Beaufort on Wednesday for tho purpose of tho annual Inspection of the phosphato territory, Gov. Mc sweeney, as chair mah j and Cote. D.H. Tompkins and J. M. Manning, mem bers of the phosphato board, and Col. T. J. Cunningham, phosphate Inspec tor, wero In tho party. Col. U. X. Gunter, representing tho attorney general, was also present. Thc report of Col. Cunningham for thc eight months ending August 31 showed that there wore on hand 38, 730 tons of rock as against 01,339 tons for the same period last yaar: that the State had received In royalty for tho eight months $10,340.00 as against $18,410.13 for tho same period of 1001. Tito business ls not as large ns for merly In os much as thc Coosaw com pany, ono of tho largest, has with drawn and Is disposing of Its property. Thc main reason for this withdrawal is that tho business did not warrant tho payment of the largo salaries which they wore able to pay when phosphato rook was much higher than at present. This company ls closing out Its plant at a great reduction. Thc companies now at work aro tho Central, the Beaufort and thc Umpire. They seem to be doing a good business and are .entirely satisfied with results and havo no idea of abandoning work. There ls an effort on foot, lt is said, to take up work in tho same Hold re cently abandoned by tho Coosaw cora* pauy, showing that thc deposits of phosphate rook are not nearly exhaus ted. The phosphate commission will ask State geologist Sloan to visit thc phos phate beds of the State and request him after an investigation to submit n report to tho govornor whioh may by tho governor bo submitted to tho legislature, as to thc true condition of the State phosphate interests. Tho rock is Just as good as it cvor was and results show that thc industry ls in a healthy condition and apparently tho supply is almost inexhaustible. It ls thc desire of tho commission that tho inspector shall .confer with the State geologist as to this industry and ascer tain as far as practicable something more definite as to tho Stato's Inter ests and the extent and quality of the phosphato deposits in the Stato. This industry ls a dlrcot income to tho State and costs tho Stato only tho salary of the Inspector and tho actual expenses of the annual inspection. There arc at present only the Beau fort and tho Central at actual work< though thc Empire ls still in business and so tho St.ono. The Coosaw com pany has on hand, unsold, about 500 tons of rock. After the Inspection of the mines a stop was made at tho naval station. Besides tho commission mentioned above there were in the party Hon Jesse T. Gantt, Col. Elbert H. Aull Col. W. G. Mahldin, Mr. Miles P. Mc Sweeney, Capt. A. W. Anderson and Mr. E. Williams of the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad. This was tho first annual inspection by tho commission smc? the death of Col. S. W. Vance, who was tho in speotor last year. Ile was very popu lar among tho pcoplo of Beaufort, and many times wore his visits pleasantly referred to by tho people. He had many friends there, as elsowhcro, who miss him. Tho trip was a ploasant one. Tho officer in ohargo of tho na val station tired tho governor's salute of 17 guns as tho party loft tho sta tlon on the return trip.-Tho State. Worte of a Fionrt. A. most brutal assault upon two lit tie girls, aged 6 and 0, daughtors of Charles n. Mot/.or, has caused intense excitement at Hamilton, Ohio. Ac cording to tho story of one of tho girls a stranger enticed thom with candy Into an alley and when the children tried to got away ho seized thom both hy tho throat, dragging thom tc a lot overgrown with high weeds and threw thom out of sight, no struck ono on tho head with a blunt weapon and out tho head of tho other.' Whon tho outrage beoame known several hun dred citizens bogan a search. Blood hounds led to the houso occupied by Joseph Both, and ho has been ar rosted, but vigorously denies bis guilt Ono of tho children ls not oxpeoted to live. _ _ tiOt A VOVt'JiOt. In the court of common pleas a Spartanburfj Thursday tho sutfc Lula Mooro, colored, vs., tho Southern railway, was conoluded. Tho awarded a vordiot of $600 damages tho loss of the woman's husband? . was killed about two years 'ago by train on tho Sou thorn railway. THE FOOL KILLER NEEDED. A Fanatical Falalr Creates a Bonea ttoll In London. A dispatch from London, Eugland, says amid scones of disorder J. H. Pigott Wednesday carried out Ids pro mise to proclaim himself tho Mes siah at tho Abode of Love, which is tho name for Agapo monists' ohuroh at Olapton. Only 200 of tho walting 5,000 persons) wore able to enter the building after about 300 of tho Agapomonists took tholr places in the church. These strangers with the outside crowd kept I up a continuous din throughout the ' service Thoso who succeeded in en tering found themselves with bruised limbs and torn coats. In tho chapel, which showed a beau tifully decorated Interior, with allegor ical bas reliefs on tho walls, pews of | oarved oak, and muoh carving In mar ble and Algerian onyx, Piogtt, with out surplice or robes, faced his congre gation, staring Intently and afterward assuming a mystlo, far-away look. A silent prayer followed tho singing of a hymn, which was Interrupted by blasphemous comments from the non members, three of whom wore expell ed. Pigott read In a'well modulated voice tho verse from tho epistle to tho Corinthians; "Dcoause the foolishness of God Isl wiser than men, and the weakness of God ls stronger thf?i mon." Ho then proooeded to say that God ' was about to manifest this in the time that was boglnning. He added: "For tho second coming there was a man sent from God whoso namo was| Brothor Prlnoo (referring to tho foun der of the scot.) Thoso who received his message wero very few. The ehurehc8 rojected him as a blasphe mer and a wicked man, but his wis dom is JUBtl(lcd again for thoso who I received that message receive him now. It is not as a reotor of this church that 1 stand before you, but) os him who has come again as tho son of God, como In my Own body, como to ploaso my people, to re?oive my people to myself, and to gi ve everlast ing lifo to ah flesh. ? Immediately after theservicc wasover the crowd rushed pell mell to catch a glimpse of Pigott, who emerged pale, but smiling, and with vacant eyes. Tbo throng surrounded him, yolllng, hissing and threatening him with up lifted stlc(ks. Pigott put his head out | of tho window of tho carriage whloh ho had entered, his black and gray hair hanging over his face, and scorned to invite martyrdom. Tho police proTonted him from being assaulted. It ls understood that a mau who was on tho box beside the driver was an ?x-prlzo fighter. During the service a detachment j from, the Salvation army, of which) Plg?tt was formerly a member, march ed past tho ohuroh singing "Wo Shall Know Him When Ho Comes by tho Nail Prints <on His nanda." The orowd baoked thc Salvationists against I tho Agapomonists. Some of them] shouted to Pigott "Hold up your nandsl" Pigott did so, showing both hands bound In whtto cloth. Hoy ward Koturns Thanks. To tho Democratic Voters of South I \ Carolina:v It Is with a sense of profound grati tude, mingled wltlran equal sense of tho solcmh responsibility Involved, that I tpnder you my heartfelt thanks for your trust and confidence as has been evidenced by tho votes given to] mo in j the rccont primary. From every 'county and town, from every preolnot and hamlet, havo I been re membered with trust and honor by my countrymen of our State. With appreciation far too deep for spoceh, and with thanks that come from my heart, I pledge you again, by our sacred traditions and glorious history, by all that wo hold dear, to do all In my power to provo worthy of this great gift-thc confidence and trust of South, Carolinians. D. C. Heyward. Waltyrboro, S. C., Sopt. 13, 1902. y Post?nico Collnpsos. The post?nico building at Minot, N. D.,, collapsed Thursday afternoon and is a total wreck. County Treasurer John Lynch and N. Davis, a promi nent attorney, were seriously Injured and about 15 people who wero In tho building at tho time of tho collapse^ aro bolloved to bo burled in the ruins; Tho work of dearing away the debris was commenced at once. So far ho bodies havo been found, but lt Is im possible to tell who are In the ruins. Postmaster Fugolso carno out without Injury. Tho loss on tho building ls estimated at $7,000, whllo tho govern ment's loss Is not known. Tho mail ls in bad condition and it will be several days before tho damage to lt oan bo estimated. Tho offices of two weekly papers wore in tho building and went down with the wreck. Don't Want tho Nogro. Tho sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows at DesMolrtes, Iowa Thurs* day by a voto of 140 to 36, ropealed the amondmont to tho constitution adopted at Indianapolis In 1001, ad mitting momberoi of mixed Indian and white blood. The dobato was spirited and the amondmont was supported vigorously by tho Indian territory] delegates who originally secured its adoption on tho ground that many mon of high character ha.o Indian! blood In their veins. Tho dolcgatcs who opposed tho amendment and those from tho southorn Jurisdictions expressed tho fear that if adopted it would prove tho opening wedge which might eventually result in admitting the negro to membership. ?/O?Y HI? IlrlrtoT" Tho will ot tho late Bardford B. McGregor of the Standard OH Co., who died at Mamaroncck, N. Y., Sept. 7i after an oporatlon, and who mar rica Miss Clara Hohlemmer ot Now York, a few hours bof?re ho submit ted tc tho surgeon's knife, was filed Wednesday. It was roportcd at tho time of his dealh that ho had loft a largo fortuno In tho Standard Oil shares to his wife, but ?ho ls not men tioned in the wllb , She will havo a dowor right In all tho roal ostatoloft by him, whloh consists of largo hold ings in Florida, Ohio and Now York. Mrs. T. B. McGregor, the testator's mother, ls the hoir to tho bulk of th proporty. THE REPUBLICANS. Whito Winged Pence Reigns in Grand Old Party. g _ NO CONVENTION THIS YEAR. Caporn Was Not on Hand. Mnny-; Bnncombo Kosolutlon Woro Adopted. A. Ohooky Ko-i quent IH Made. Tho State Republican Excutlvc Committee held ? long session in Columbia Wednesday. District At torney-General Capers, who fellow ships with Dorfs and tho other black members of dc party on very friendly terms, was not on hand, but Chair man Deas, who called tho meeting, Robt. Smalls, Ensor, Scroven, and thc other stalwarts were on hand. The following account of tho meeting wo take from The Stato: Some of the delegates wore 'llvoly and emphatic, but when lt was over all had consented to lot harmony provall in tho ranks of tho organiza tion. It was a dose vote on tho pro position to hold a State convention. Two of the leading speeches of tho day were made by Dr. Ensor and Smalls lu advocacy of a convention. Tiio committee decided that it was impracticable to hold a Stato conven tion this year. Thc committee on re solutions consisted of T. Lv Grant, E. M. Drayton, J. A. Baxter, J. lt. Levy and W. W. Ramsey. Below aro given the resolutions reported by this sub committee and adopted: Resolved, That wo, tho Ropublloan State committee t)f the Republican party of South Carolina, would most respectfully and earnestly urge his excellency, Gov. M. B. Mcsweeney, that tho Republican party be accorded representation on tho boards of com missioners of election, viz. : one Repub lican to eacli county board to be nam ed by tho Republican county chair man; and that thc county boards ho Instructed to allow ono Republican member to each board of managers, for each prcclnot, to be named by tho Ropublloau member ot oommlasioner of elections. Resolved, That tho Republican Stato executive committee duly assembled . this day having debl?Wl that the un righteous registration a>d election--'' -t laws of South Carolina makes tho nomination of a State ticket this year a fruitless effort, therofore, it ls re j commended that eaeh county chair J man lu the State bo required to im mediately oall a county convention and district chairman to call district conventions, and reorganize tho party under tho rules of tho party. Resolved, That we endorse the ad ministration of President Roosevelt aud congratulate tho country upon having elected a vico President who . has proved so worthy a successor to the lamented Wm. McKinley, and ad ministers tho affairs of the nation with that fairness, patriotism and personal disinterestedness so conducive to that prosperity and progress which carries our country into its destined granduro. Wo arc firmly of the opinion that' I neither tho president nor tho adminis tration aro lu sympathy with tho illegal and unjust eleotion laws now in force In several States of the union which doprives tho colored man of the exorcise of his just right of suffrage, that in due time proper national legis lation will be recommended and pass ed correcting this great abuse. Wo further behove that tho president and his trusted advisors have no sympathy with the movement Inaugurated in "North Carolina and Alabama which Becks to eliminate colored men from membership in tho party and that in duo time tho president will make this faot known. This committee expresses its high ' regard for the chairman of tho nation al committee, Hon. M. A. Hanna, and pledges him tho support of the party In this State to further tho Interest of the organization. Wo advise tho peopje^h?tr.this com mittee opens tho door of tho' p?rty and invites all who bollovo in Republican principles to .enter and join us in, fighting for those things for whloh our party stands, labors and contends for, and that their entry into tho party will bo welcomed by us with outstretched hands ,-and thankful - hearts. For party harrnony, party [success and rellof from Demooratlo mlsrulo wo willingly bury all past faotional differences and invoke a union of all those who agree that the best interest of our country Hes in a continuation of Ropublloan rule. Tho Record says tho session was a stormy ono and Deas had his way in., everything oxcept oalllng a Stato con vention for tho purposo of nominating a stato ticket. Tho session was quito stormy at times and Deas was unspar ing in his denunciation of Capers and others. Tho former was not present, but Deas declared that some of thom had been brought out with official fa vors. Tho president came in for his share of denuviclatlon on account of his Ecdoral appointments, but in tho resolutions given to tho publlo all rof oroncotosuch matters was carot idly avoided. Tho Record also says that a com mittee was appointed to whom ah ap plications for tho position of coileotor of tho port ot .Charleston must make application iii ciise tyioy want tho en dorsement ct the-' committee. Tho committed was appointed at' tho in stance of T. L. Grant, of Charleston, ,and consists ot himself, lt. R. TqlborW-/ Robort Smalls, 10. M. Drayton, J. A. Baxter, E. 2? D.iokorson and E. H. Dena, ox-oflloio. ? This commlttco pro- ' poses to weigh the merits; aud demer its of tho various candidates who ap ply, and whoovor thoy endorse will I have tho olllotal endorsement ot the ,, exeoutive committee. 'Phis ls evldont i ly a slap at Caporsj. who claims to bo 'the dlspcnsor ot Republican plo in South Carolina. A Good Hit. The Richmond Times speaks ot the now move of tho republicans lu tho I south in e'xoluding negroes us the ef fort to "Knlsomtno the republican iParby^'whtohisnotso.badahit.