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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. MANY LIVES LOST. Millions of Tons of Rock Crush the Sleeping Victims. A TOWN WIPED OFF THE MAP. Thunderous Shock When tho C?rent Slide Occurred. Women and Children Killed in tho Twinkling of un lOyc. A dispatch from Vancouver, British Columbia, says Um little town of Frank, situated at the foot hills, on the eastern slope of thc Rocky moun tains, was overwhelmed with disaster about 4.30- o'clock Wednesday morn ing. What was apparently volcanic eruption on thc top of Turtle moun tain, overlooking tlie town, scattered and immense quantity of rock and debris over tho town, stopptng a mine, imprisoning the miners, crushing a number of houses and killing 112 peo ple. . The entire top of Turtle moun tain was scattered over thc sleeping village of Frank. Immense pieces of rock, thrown high in the air, and, descending, crushed in the roofs of houses and stopped up the mouth of the Frank mine. HOUSES CltUSHED. Most of thc buildings in the town were destroyed and many of tlie houses were crushed like egg shells and their inhabitants Instantly killed. The earth was opened by a gigantic fissure; three-quarters of a mile long. The Old Man river, which runs through the town, was completely dammed up sind tho railroad track was rendered Impassable for a distance of two miles. Thc number of known dead is now placed at 112. Of these J8 men are imprisoned in thc minc, 12 miners, .working outside the mine, were killed by Hying debris, and 82 men, women und children were crushed to death by the Hying rock as they lay asleep in their beds. The list of those killed is not yet obtainable. About 00 of the dead are said to be women and chil dren. MILLIONS OK TONS. Half the inhabitants of thc town awakened to a realization of the im pending danger, when from the top of Turtle mountain, overlooking the set tlement, millions of tons of rock - were hurled. The frank mines, operated by thc '-French Canadian Coal company across the river from thc town, were seen to be buried under hundreds ot feet of : rock justas thc morning light was - breaking. Inside of live minutes from ? the first thunderous shock and before & i-,.iir^jr-the town realized what had happened, a small force of meu had started to the relief of the miners, de spite the great risk they ran of being buried under the rocks, which were still being precipitated from tlie lofty mountain top. Thc volunteer relief force was unable to get into Hie mine, but managed to net near enough to determine that not a man at thc work ings had escaped death. Many had been fearfully mangled. Thc disaster was merciful to those men who were employed above ground, in that they .must have been killed instantly, wiri ic those men in thc workings of thc mines may yet be alive if they .have air to breathe. If ali the air ?shafts to thc mine were closed up un der that awful avalanche, all the men must have died by Wednesday after . noon. Thc disaster was not coniiend to the vicinity ol' the mine alone, for many of thc dwelling houses in the town of Frank were demolished hythe falling of rock. Some of the occu pants of these houses escaped death, but many others were instantly killed: 11, is conservatively estimated that thc loss of life will exceed 100 and thc latest returns place the number of dead at 112. When reports concern ing the magnitude of Hie disaster and details concerning it commenced to come in from reliable men who had been prospecting for news, it was dis covered that the earth opened for three-quarters of a mlle and many feet in width and that the whole northern ."ace of Turtle mountain slip ped from its place A TliKltll'lC SHOCK. The shock resultant upon Hie pre cipitation or the millions (if tons of ruck into thc valley, while only actual ly demolishing comparatively few of the houses, shook the foundations ol a majority of thc dwellings lu the town, so that they ure unsafe to live in and many hundreds of people will have to live in tho open or under such temporary shelter as may he procur able. Thc railroad track for a dis tance of two miles or more east of t he .station is covered with from lo to IO feet of rock and the telegraph wires arc down. All communication is being conducted over one wiro lim ning west, and this one linc is so blocked with private messages and in quiries from thc outside that it is only with the greatest dllllculty that press matters can bc sent out. At. dusk Wednesday the nick was still being thrown on tho town from Tur tle mountain, and it is impossible to venture within hali a mile of thc mine workings. lt is now certain that 18 men are buried in the work ings. All hope fur them has been abandoned. All hope fur them has been abandoned. The streets are browded with the relatives and friends Of those known tobe entombed. The women are behaving in a most heroic manner. There ls no explanation Ru the continued upheaval of rock. The eruptive influences seem lo centre at the crown ol' Turtle mountain. TIIUliATKNKD WITH FLOOD. Overwhelmed by countless tons of rock the little, mining town of Frank, th south west ern Alberta, is threatened with complete destruction by Mood. Old Man's river, which Hows through thc centre of Hie town, is damned up by the falling rocks to thc height bf nearly 100 feet and the entire valley above tho town is Hooded for miles. A big body o? water is pressing willi force upon tile (iain, ibo only protec tion tho town ol' Frank now has un less thc river shall (ind another chan nel. Should thc impromptu dam break, the entire village would be swept away. Thc latest information from Frank is somewhat inure reas suring than earlier news, in that there now seems to be less danger than was afc tirst anticipated of extensive disas ter. The threatened Hood, which bid fair to duplicate thc Johnstown dis aster, seems less probable. A large force of men has been at work trying to create a new channel that the dammed up water of thc Old Man's river may be run off. Thc men will work throughout thc night, and it is hoped that thc water will be runing through the new channel before morn ing. *> FIFTEEN* MINERS ESCAPED. Most of the men imprisoned in the mine, whose death at first scorned cer tain, got out alive late Wednesday afternoon.: There were 17 men Iii thc minc. Two died from suffocation, but thc other If? worked their way out. Thc rescuing party above ground despaired or saving the entombed miners, for the entrance was blockup by immense piles ol' broken rocks. Thc miners within, however, found an exit where there was less rock and after cutting their way through :U) feet ol' debris all but two emerged from thc mine uninjured. One of the imprisoned who so narrowly escaped death went home after emerging from the minc and found his bouse destroy ed and bis wife and six children dead. There is now plenty cf air in thc minc and thc inside workings arc intact. THE CAUSE EX TLA I NED. A special from Frank estimates thc total number of dead at P?. The latest theory as to thc cause of thc disaster is that it was due to a rock slide which carried the top of Turtle mountain down upon t'.'.c village be low. It is now thought that was sup posed tobe tlic smoke ol' a volcano was dust and that thc continued fall of small bits of rock during the day was merely the aftermath of thc origi nal ruck slide. A repetition of the calamity ls now considered unlikely. Kiot OH ll Holli. A dispatch from Beaufort to The State sa vs the steamer Clayton left Savannah early Wednesday morning wi fc*n a negro excursion for JDaufiisklc island. When near thc land a row was started between several negroes, which resulted in thc killing of a ne gro named Ingram ?by Jim Thomas, alias Chinaman Jim, another negro. Five oilier negroes have been arrested as accessories. Thomas escaped fruin the boat, but afterwards gave himself up. Thc light was begun by Thomas shouting a negro wuman thrungli the nose and when Ingram endeavured to defend her Thomas shot him three limes, killing Ingram almost intantly. Provided with a warrant from Mag istrate T. G. White, Sheri lt Porter left Beaufort Wednesday afternoon for .Savannah in response to a notifica tion from the Savannah police authori ties that all thc negroes were In cus tody. They will bc brought here f?r preliminary trial. Woman President ol'a Hunk. Thc town of Lafayette, Colo., en joys thc distinction of having a bank presided over by a woman. The presi dent of this bank is Mrs. Mary A. Miller, and she is said to be the only woman bank president In thc country. She is practically owner as well as manager. The otliccs in thc institu tion are kept in thc family, for Mrs. Miller's son, George, is vice president, lier son. .lames, cashier and his wife, ICli/.abeth, assistant! Cashier and pay ing teller. Mrs. Miller moved into Colorado with lier husband in 18(5*1, traveling by ox team and taking into thc state Hie tirst threshing machine. Mr. Miller died in 1878. When coal was discovered on her land in 1887 Mrs. Miller became a rieh woman. She leases thc mines to thc operators and invests her large revenues through bel bank. Mrs. Miller is regarded as Hie foremost business woman in the state. The Invincible Country Hoy. A glance at a list of Hie great men of thc big cities of thc United States will prove beyond a doubt that the country-bred boy is far superior to bis cit y born cousin in point of business and profession lal ability and gen eral capacity. Many reasons are ad vanced for thc success of the country boy in the large cities, but the one that seems to blt the nail on the bead is that Hie youngster ol'thc provinces is taught to work, and by this is meant a good-and hunest day's work, one of tweive hours. He is a sticker, too, who is willing to start in at the bottom, and when you lind a country boy who is a worker and a sticker, tie is invincible. Von can't keep bim down. Tile Woik ot'G ll o ti I M. At Indianapolis, Ind.. work inch en gaged in digging into thc cellar of the Central College Buildings are limliiiur bodies by Hie dozens. This college was mixed up in Hie operations of thc Can trell gang of ghouls. Thc college was searched at the time of Hie arrest of Hie ghouls, lt being known that many stolen bodies were secreted. The police could not lind them at thc time, and it now develops that they were buried tar under ground in thc cellar of tho college. The body of an old woman was uncovered Wednesday morning iii a good slate of preserva tion. Brier Gets There. Charleston bas been a filleted with another negro t tlieial. this time in thc person of .1. A. Brier, who luis been appointed by United States Marshal Adams to bc a bu i II IT of the court, succeeding a very competent and obliging white man, Capt. Isaac ? l l. I huggett. Urler took charge of lils I olliee Monday. The appointment of Brier makes two negro bailiffs of the I ederal court. A Wiitiiliij?. When soldiers camped in Greenville a young soldier by thc name of Ilet tinger married Adele (?race Kettle, aged ll. Uer parents objected and look tho girl hoine. The soldier bas now:become Captain diaries ll. Het linger, military instructor nt South Jersey institute, N.J. Ile now asks j for a divorce on thc ground ol' deser tion. These foolish girls bring about much trouble by their indiscretions in ma rrying. A GOOD SPEECH Made at a Democratic Harmony Gathering in Brooklyn. THE DEMOCRACY OF THE WEST Wan tho Subject Discussed liy Bx? Congrcssitinn CIIUH. A. Tnwne, n Ilepublican Who Turned Democrat. Tho annual dinner of tlie Brooklyn D?mocratie club to commemorate the anniversary of tho birth of James Monroe, and which had been spoken as a "harmony dinner," was held at tlie Germania club rooms in Brooklyn on Tuesday night of last week. There was about 330 persons present. Her man A. Metz, president of tlie club, presided, and those at the guests' table included Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota, and James L. SI ay den, of Texas. Mr. Towac responded Luthe toast, "Thc Democracy or the West,'' saying in part: ''Heal harmony is to be found more in co-operation pf effort than in vocif eration of nood intentions. What we need today is less discussion or our dif ferences and more emphasis on the things about which we agree. And surely these things furnish us a pro gram than which none other ever more strongly appealed to the patriotism, the reason, the conscience of the citi zen. Tlie formulated and accepted principles of Democracy arc the prin ciples that inspired thc American Rev olution, that were proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, and that underlie the constitution of thc Uni ted .States. Tiley comprise substan tially thc doctrine of the Inalienable right of self-government; of Just taxa tion; of religious liberty; of freedom of the press; of trial by jury; of absolute equality under the law. They deny and condemn the entire system of tyranny and favoritism that make up today the code and practice of tho Re publican party. Show me one great purpose or policy of tlie domttiant party that is not in irreconcilable con llict with tlie very spirit and theory of our institutions. Over against the portentous shadow of colonial empire now looming in the eastern seas, 1 place the glorious accomplishment of our ancestors who rebelled against a colonial status and founded a new kind of government among the nations, one limited to the ends nf justice and seeking the source of it:; power in thc couseut of the governed. The exist ing system of special privilege that I either creates or fosters conditions un der wiiich monopoly has become more powerful, more splendid and more in solent than ever medieval feudalism was, I confront with that great doc trine of American liberty which, as formulated by thomas Jefferson, be came and remains a fundamental tenet of Democratic faith: 'Kqual rights for all, special privileges to none.' This doctrine is a charter of universal opportunity. This opens the road to legitimate cfTort. Under it, ability and genius arc insured a fair held un vexed by executive caprice or legisla tive contrivance. "The name of Monroe, which wc mention with grateful remembrance tonight, is i tn mot tally associated with the dedication of this hemisphere to thc righteous experiment of self-gov ernment. Thc American people isa mdt in thc maintenance of that prop osition. Rut a greater danger threat ens than any menace to the Monroe Doctrine. That doctrine applies to the outer boundaries of liberty. Tlie assault of thc Republican party is against thc citadel itself. Of what avail to mankind to preserve for a while thc soil of South and Centra! America from the burdell of monarchi cal systems, if meanwhile we are to surrender thc government of the Uni ted States to the practices of absolut ism? Why vindicate to the people of neighboring republics the right to bc Undisturbed in the regulation of their own affairs unless we propose also to restore to American citizenship its original prerogatives? Kings may as wei i rule In Spanish-America if legal ized monopoly is to bc king in the great republic. "This, fellow-citizens, as it seems to me, indicates clearly enough the duty and the opportunity or the Democratic party now and in thc campaign of 1904. To restore tlie ancient landmarks of the constitution, lo wrest from private interest the control of the government and bring the people to their own again; is not this a program in which all genuine Democrats can unite? And if a man honestly Join In such a cause, is he not a Democrat? Speaking for my self, ?is a man who advocated before hundreds of thousand.; of citizens in many states the principles of the Democratic platforms of lSfl? and Riot), and who believed in those princi ples then, and believe in them now, as applicable to the same conditions. I am very frank to d?chue my con viction that both justice ?iud expedi ency demand that no greater lest of a mtiii's Democracy should be required today than his belief i:i and readiness to labor for the principles that are ?it slake today. If a man is sincerely with inc now 1 lui ve not the right, either to deny him the glory of light ing nor to deprive myself of his assis tance in our common cause on the ground that we were not agreed upon a former occasion. "Bet me not be misunderstood. 1 do not mean that a man's attitude in 180(1 and lii.'to is now to be Inquired about. It is possible that he may then haye been a profound believer in thc great fundcinentnl principals ol' Democracy, hut that he may have withheld his support from the party from either honest doubt made the particular policies advocated would subserve these principles' or from sincere conviction that they would not. On thc other hand, either be liefs or sympathies adverse to tlie general doctrines of the party may have caused him to make of these par ticular policies an excuse or pretense for inactivity or for open aid to tho Republican program. In the former case I maintain that a man, if he bo now in harmony with Democratic purposes, has a right to a seat at the counsel table anti a place in thc light ing lines. In the latter case, I con tend just as stoutly, he should neither expect or receive the treatment of a friend and ally. His place ls among the ranks of the enemy. To those Democrats, therefore, who were not with the" party in 18?? or 11)00 let us say: Are you sincerely with us now? If they answer 'Yes,' let us examine the record of those cam paigns only.as bearing upon their good faith. If satisfied with that I shall be glad lonny party to keep step wll h you and them to tho music of the con stitution and the Declaration of In dependence until thc principles or both are once again the recognized ?ind honored bulwarks of the repub lic." For tho 'riio?ftlitr?l. If Christ possessed no other au thority than that derived from his blameless ?ind heroic life, his testi-1 mony might be. set against that of all the morbid, Die diseased, Die blind, and flu; evil-minded who hilve borne witness I?) Hie futility of vii tue and effort. In knowledge of lite it is spiritual rectitude and Insight which count; numbers have no sigiiitloanco. If we arc to suffer, iel us sulfer as lie did. in sublime silence; if wc are to lie scourged and rejected, let us keep our spiritual dignity amid the squalor of sin; if we are. to die, Ictus die for and willi our race. Such a bearing plucks the bitterness out. of sorrow, and makes death a revelation of immortali ty. And such a bearing translates life into a speech full of spirit ila! reali ty and promise.- i I ii m il ton \V. Mabie. Itoivai-d Pound Utility. At Frankfort, Kv., in the third trial of James Howard tor the killing of Hov. William Goobel, over three yeats, agu. Hie prisoner was found guil ty. Thc jury li rsl reported that it could not agree. Judge Cantrell then sent its members back with instructions to remain until an agreement was reached. A hall* li ur later the jury again reported with a verdict of guilty, and tlxing the punishment nt life imprisonment. The jurors all voted for a verdict of guilty, the dis agreement being as to the extent ol ' punishment. D-ath was favored by all but Juror hulkes, who announced that be would under no circumstances vote for tlie death penalty and a ver- j diet for life sentence was agreed up on. Editor Hearst Ta Ices Lt Bride; Congressman-elect Wm. Randolph nearst, proprietor of The American and evening Journal of New York, the Chicago American and the San Fran cisco Examiner, was married in New York Tuesday to Miss Millicent Will son, daughter of George ll. Willson, president of the Advance. Music-com pany of that city. The ceremony was performed in" the chantry of Grace church, Bishop hotter ofllciating. A n . aber of the personal friends of the couple were present. .Mr. Hearst's best man was Orrin heck of San Fran cisco, ?md the witnesses were S. S. Cnrvalho and P. J. Mar. The newly married couple will sail by the steam er Kaiser Wilhelm ll this afternoon fur Europe. A Hack Set. Dy ?i decision last week the I'lilted States Supreme Court sustained tlie ...lause of thc new constitution of Alabama disfranchising colored voters, (?iles, a colored man was denied the privilege of registering as a voter un der Hie new constitution of Alabama, and the case was brought Lo test the validity of the portion to thc state constitution bearing upon this ques tion. Thc relief sought was denied on thc ground that the case was political. Justice Holmes who delivered thc opinion said that for tho coil rt to in terfere would he unheard of relief in cases presenting utily political ques tions. He Killel) Two. A special to the Augusta Chronicle says a double murder occured at a ne gro church three miles from Talbot lon, Ca., on Tuesday of last week. Judge Mahmie, Pete Harvey, Shep Vensy and John Mahone were playing craps near the church, a dispute arose. John Mahone, thc father-in-law of Judge Mahone, requested Judge to kill Veasy and Harvey, which he did. Holli negroes escaped, but John Ma hone was arrested Tuesday ?ind placed in Hie Talbot ton Jail. Judge Mahone is still at large and is thought to be In A tia ii ta. Three to Hun);. For the li rsl time in Hie history of the stale of Tennessee three negro brothels have been sentenced to hang the same day for thc same crime, which was murder. John, Pete and Clay Johnson were sentenced by Judge Tyler to be banged May '-lt). Thccriihe was committed in the Needinuts vicinity Oct.. 1. A neuro festival was In progress ant] Oscar Redmond, color ed, was engaged to keep the peace. Tho Johnson brothers attended the festival ?md raised a disturbance. Redmond attempted lu quiet him when tl lev killed him. A ilniik Hobbed. A special from La Gningc, N. C., says: Thc safe of Rouse hms., hauli ers, was blown open alter midnight Wednesday night and about $:i,00i) taken by burglars, who effected their escape. There were six men in the gang and it is believed they left in a stolen rig, owned by Dr. J. M. Hodges. While operations were in progress Prcntis Wooten, who rooms across the street, put his head out of the win tlow, tait a bullet from Hie burglars forced him to take cover. Bloodhounds have been sent for. Mangled (J udor Cur Wheel H. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says II. S. Jones of Columbia fell oil ?in Atlantic Coast linc brain Wednesday night near Magnolia cros sing and his arm was so badly mangled by thc wheels passing over it that the member wits amputated carly Thurs day morning at thc city hospital. Jones had been in Charleston fur sev eral days and was on his way to Lanes preliminary to returning to Columbia. He is unable tn say how he roll from thc car or tell anything about lt. THE fyjHOLE TRUTH. . p) -?? The Awfuly Disgrace to the Am?r icain Arm Told by , |?_ .-vi THE COMMANDER OF THE ARMY. ' I - An Awful jjipryVr-Murtlor, Torture, lOxlortlfol UIKI Ij'nnocesBury Cruelty in thc Pliilln pines Islnnils. a . Tile extended report of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles concerning ] his observations in the Philippines, I was made public bust week-by the war department. It is dated Feb. ll), I tU0:i, and-covers all features of his trip through the islands, together with J his recommendations. General Miles describes a visit to Lipa, where, he says, a party of citi zens, headed by the acting presidente, met him and stated that they desired to make complaint of harsh treatment of Hie people of that community, say ing that they/had been concentrated In towns and had suffered great in dignities, "that fifteen of their people had been tortured by what is known as the water'torture, and that one man, a highly respected citizen, aged 55 years, named Vicente Luna, while sulTering from thc effects of thc tor ture and unconscious, was dragged from his house, which had been set on lire, and burned to death. They stated that these atrocities were com mitted by a company of scouts under command ol' Lieutenant Hennessy, and that thelf people had been crowd ed into towns, UUO being conllned U one building.'' A doctor of the party said he was ready to testify thai some of the (IOC died from suffocation, Spf?LAT. ATROCITIES. General Mites then refers to othei cases, saying that on the Islaud ol Cebu, it was reported and publishet in November, 11)02, "that twoolllcor.s Captain Samuels, Forty-fourth infan try, United States volunteers, ant Lieut, l'eeter, Nineteenth infantry had committed similar atrocitici against the people of that island. 1 is also reported that at Laoag, on th? island ol' Luy.m, two natives wer whipped to death. At Tacloban Leyte, it was 'reported that Majo Glenn ordered 'Lieut, Caulilleld Philippine scouts, to take eight prison crs out into the country and that i they did not galde bira to the campo the insutgent'quison, he was not ti bring them baok.. It was stated tba thc men were taken but and that the; .either did '"" -mld -ho^ v^o?4? eil reefed. ~'Oue,-of' the nad son.among the scouts, was spared, bu the others were shot or bayonetted t death, some being in a kneeling posl tion at that time. THE PRIESTS TOUTl!RKI>. :'At Calbayog, Samar, it was report ed that several men In that dist rb had been subjected to water cure. I sa three men who had been subjected t this treatment. One was thc pres dente of the town, Mr. Rosales, wli showed me long, deep scars on li arm, which, he said, were caused 1: the cords with which he was bonni cutting into his flesh. "The second man was named Jo: Horga and the third was Padre Jo: Dinznes, who stated that he was oi ot t hree priests who Itad been subjec cd to torture by thc troops under coi: maud of Lieut. Gaupot, Tent cavalry; that his front teeth had bet Uno J ked out, which was appareil that he was otherwise maltreate and robbed of $;joo. lt was stat* that these priests were taken out he killed and were saved only by tl prompt action of Major Carrlngto First infantry, who sent out f them. "Lieut. Gaujot was tried, pleadi guilty, and was given the trivial se lenee of three months' suspensli from command, forfeiting $50 p mont h for the same period. His plea i lng'gullly prevented all too facts a1 circumstances being developed. OUT TO TORTURE, "It appears that Major Glen Lieut. Conger and a party of ass tauts and native scouts were mov from place to place for the purpose extorting statements hy means torture and it became so notorit that this party was called 'Glen! brigade." Whether lt was possible 1 officials to be engaged in such a< without the personal knowledge the general upon whose staff tb were serving at. thc time, name Brigadier General Hughes, 1 leave I others lo conjecture. "These facts came to my notice a casual way, and many others similar character have been report in dlll'erent parts of the archipelai In fact, I was informed that lt w common talk at thc place win ollleers congregated that such trans lions had been carried on either w the connivance or approval of cert; commanding olllcers. lt ls, howe most gratifying to state that si atrocities have been condemned such commanders as Generals Lawt Wade, Summer, Lee Haid win ii others. TUE OllOKIt UK OAVK. "1 found that with certain otbc Hie impression prevails that such a were justifiable and 1 felt it my du In order to correct such erroneous ; dangerous impression, and to previ the possibility of such acts being ct milted in the future, which must pair the good name of American ai and bring discredit to our service all time, to direct that any order circulars of personal Instruction wi would inspire or encourage any ac cruelty be annulled." Gen. Miles directs attention to acts of recoucentration by Gem Hell and claims that they were In rcct violation of the law. Ile says law was also violated in handling buying large quantities of rice wi was sold at a profit. The people were in the rcconccntratlbn ca says General Miles, were "consldi prisoners of war, but were com pt to buy food from those who held tl at a largo profit." General Miles characterizes this as unprecedented. AB TO THE MOROS. Of the Moros General Miles says: "Thc problem of reducing or con trolling these people In case of con tinued hostilities docs not appear to be a ditilculb one. They aro very poor ly armed, aud have no means of with standing our mountain artillery and Held mortars. Their forts possess but slight resistiug power and can easily be destroyed by modern artillery." Of the roads to Lake Laiiuo, he says: "'Ab thc time of my visit there were GOO of our men ab work on this road. Tue heat was intense, and there were at I the time seventy men sick and some 200 men on sick report. Unless there should be some great military necessity-and 1 know of none-this work should nob bc performed- by troops. There appeared to lie very dissatisfaction and just ground for complaint." The more important observations and recommendations of General Miles are as follows: "The ireneral condition of the troops In the archipelago was creditable to themselves and to thc country. The otlicers and soldiers made a good ap pearance. "The effect of the eli'nate !s a most serious detriment to the service. The men go there in perfect health and in tlie prime of manhood, but as a body arc seriously affected in the course of two or three years service. Very few escape, but the majority are debil itated. JULITA KY STATIONS. "As the military stations, with but few exceptions, arc yo ry remote, and the troops are required to be in coin i munities that are neither beneficial nor congenial to them, the service ls depressing, and to some extent, has a demoralizing effect, (hiring visits to tho garrisons, it so happened that I did nob see a single soldier under the influence of liquor. As the result of my observations, lt is my Judgment that ttie discontinuance of the liquor feature of the canteen has been heue flclal. Temptation was removed from the immediate presence of thc young men of the army and they are less likely to indulge in liquor. "The number of troops that will be required to occupy the Philippine is lands is still problematical. While lt is claimed that the people are paciticd, evidences of hostility toward Ameri can sovereignty aie apparent. The newspapers published in both Spanish and English contain almost daily ac counts of hostilities, depredations or disturbances of thc peace. Against bliese armed bands the civil govern ment is employing bbc constabulary, a force of about 0,000. "1 found a large proportion of the troops occupying church properby, monasberles, colleges and convents, penis' 'rl\bellexe.-;to,be: entirely wrong, "<*r**1 ffj gr?o?ld: 1 .tiscoublnucd wlth?hb delay."- -' S** \ ' ^ ; "While bhe supplles-as a rule, have been abundant a^d of good qualiby, there is, in my r ? !.iion, too much cold storage meat used for bhe good of bbc troops. Its constant usc. becomes very distasteful, and in the opinion of many eminent physicians, it is not the most healthful." General Miles says the Philippine islands are as defenseless today as they were live years.ago and renews his recommendation that at least one strategic position bc fortified beyond tlie possibility bf capture by any for eign licet or lloeU. "In my journeys through the archi pelago I was frequently appealed to aid in assisting the people to obtain a food supply, of which they will be in great need in the near future. I do nob think there is today a people so severely afflicted as the eight million of inhabitants of this archipelago. Pestilence has prevailed, having been in some districts a serious scourge, re sulting in the reported death ol' nearly "?,000 people, while it is estimated that tlie number not reported is fully as large.'' G?nerai Miles recommended that transports should bc used to bring out wheat and corn, and then used bo bring c?rabos and cattle. shot Om Hoto F.yos. II. ll. Haas, assistant surgeon in the United Stales navy, attempted suicide at a hotel at Staunton, Va., Wednesday by shooting. Tlie ball entered the right temple and lodged in the left, near the surface, destroy ing both eyes. He was conscious when found and asked for his pistol to ll nish thc Job. He left several letters to friends, also a request to notify T. N. Haas, lawyer, Harrisburg, Va., that bis brother was dead. His reason was, "Am in trouble, want to die." His condition is very critical. Haas was on a furlough, his statiou being Portsmouth, Va. Thc I deni Mun. Madam Sarah Grand talks contemp tuously of "Mere Man."' Nob so, however, a St. Paul club woman, who responded to the toast. '"Thc Ideal Man" at a recent club function. She said: "Mau ls too capable. He is the paragon of animals. On his own ground he surpasses thc lion in mag nanimity, the fox in acumen, thc parrot in repartee, tlie monkey in versatility, the ant in thrift, the flesh in self control, tlie spider in all that goes to make up a valued member of society. I dare say that, if the facts were uknown, mau is moro of an absolute success than* the mule!" Fatally Burnell. A dispatch from Pelton to The State, says Mrs. Stuart, a lady living in thc mill village, was a fatally burned Thursday. It seems that while she was cooking dinner a lire brand dropped from the stove unno ticed and set her clothing afire. She was horribly burned from head to foot before assistance could reach her. She is still living but is expected to die at any moment. A Fatal Fall. At Monchestcr. N. II, Wilbert ll. Hamlin, a painter, jumped up on some staging 50 feet above the ground In i order to test it Wednesday morning. The stagging broke and Hamlin was precipitated to the sidewalk. Ile I struck on his head and was killed In ! stantly. ONE CENT A MILE. Thin ls tho Unto to Attcml thc Con 1 cdc ra to Kennion. The Columbia State says the secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce Friday received ofllctal announcement' from Chairman Joseph Richardson of the Southeastern Passenger associa tion of tho rater, of the Confederate | reunion which opens herc on 12th inst. A cent-a-mile rate is named. Mr. Richardson writes: "Please note that tickets will be sold May ll, 12 and Tor morning trains of thc 13th. and are limited for return to May IO, JOOS. A statement from the the Chamber of Commerce says: ''This means a rate of 1 cent a mile traveled, plus 25 cents for the round trip-minimum rate of 50 cents-from all points in South Carolina and from Augusta, Ga. It also means that tickets will be sold on May Hand 12 and for trains scheduled to arrive during the forenoon of May Fl. The following will be the rates applying at the principal points named for the round trip: Allendale.$1 70 Anderson.2 80 Augusta, Ga. 1 Sin Rarriwell. 1 50 Hlacksburg.. 2 70 Calhoun Falls.2 70 Camden.-. 90 Carlisle. . 1 30 Catawba. 1 5)5 Charleston. 2 85.1 Cheraw. 2 00 Chester. 1 55 Clinton. 1 55 Denmark.'.. 1 25 Fairfax. 1 80 Greenville. 2 50 Greenwood. 1 95 Hardeevllle. . 1 85 Lancaster. 1 70 Laurens. 1 75 Newberry. 110 Orangeburg. 2 25 Prosperity. 1 00 Rock nm. 1 95 Spartan burg. 2 15 Sumter. 1 10 Yemassee. 2 as Yorkvllle. 2 00 Thc people of Columbia is going to give the old soldiers a big time and all of them should go to the reunion. A DISASTROUS BLAZE. Eleven Mules, Barnes anti Stables Goes Up In Smoke. The Charleston Post says lire swept the barn and stables of Mr. John N. Vorhees Thursday night in St. An drews, whoro he conducts a large truck farm. Thc barn, containing- a lot of triiok, the stables^ and about .claven-muka, were' consumed"'by ib'e flames. ' By heroic wbrk, twq mules, a horse'and a wagon were saved. The loss is not known, but it is supposed it will be several thousand dollars. The particulars of thc lire are mea ger aud thc only information that could be learned was received over the telephone frem the Horres farm, some distance from Mr. Vorhees' place. Mr. Vorhees, when notified of the lire early Friday morning, left the Argyle Hotel, where he boards, Immediately, for bis farm, and up toa late hour Fri day afternoon be had not returned to the city. The lire occured Thursday night about 10 o'clock. When discovered, it had gained considerable headway and all effort to save the property by resi dents of St. Andrew was without avail. It is understood that a large amount of vegetables, consisting of beans, potatoes and peas, which had been stored in the barn Thursday afternoon, were lost in the lire. Thc truck had just been gathered for ship ment to Northern markets. Mr. Vortices' farm is one of thc best, known in this State. It is in a high state of cultivation and a model of neatness. Ills farm is often visited by tourist who come to Charleston in JLhe spring, lt ls believed that the prop erty was partially covered by Insur ance. Forest Fire? Ku^ln^ A dispatch from Bradford, Pa., says the worst forest tires in the his tory of this section of Pennsylvania are raging tonight, and a million dollars worth of property bas been destroyed. The forests have been ablaze for the past week, but the fires were kept under control by large gangs of meu until Friday morning, when a stlg southeast gale sprang up and fanned the smouldering embers into a roaring mass of Hames. Watson ville, ten miles south of that city, ls reported as being destroyed and it is feared that a number of lives have been lost. The last word from there was received at 2 o'clock and at that time thc tire was on all sides of the place and thc people were fearful of being burned to death as there was no avenue of escape. That was the last word from that quarter. All wires are down in that direction. At Simp son, where the forest is thick and a large number of oil wells arc located, the lire was very tierce. On both sides of thc railroad the woods were a mass ot Hames and swept over an area of two miles, tal kit. g everything In their path. Thc people of Hie town were rescued by a special train being run as far as Davis City and brought j to that city this evening. The town was destroyed. MusHitcro Ordered. lt is claimed that the Sultan of Turkey recently summoned the Kurd chiefs In Asia Minor to Constantinople and Instructed them to recommence thc Armenian massacres which were the sensation of the civilized world half a dozen years ago. Thc Sultan's Idea ls that bloodshed on a large scale in Armenia would distract attention from Macedonia and relieve pressure or Kuropean Turkey. Armenia massa cres have already occurred in the dis tr Jct of Van, Vaspuakan, Masha ant Sassum. In a light near Van, th? Armenians fought thc Kurds fiercely and as a result 200 were killed and sev eral hundred wounded, many of tin casualties being Kurds. GEN. MILES PLAN. Ho Says Good Hoads Should bo Made With Public Money as WATERWAYS HAVE BEEN MADE. Bryan Re?oives an Ovation and Tells Why tho Farmer IH EiiLitloJ to Good Public Highways. - > Tbe International- Good Roads Convention met in St. Louis on Mon day of last week. Senator Latimer of this State addressed the convention on Gie iirst day. The next day Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who is president of Rational Highway commission, made an address on "Military Roads and Rational Aid." Ile said, in part: "Our government has expended $500, 000 for the improvement of harbors anti waterways and now the attention of the public is being called to our postal roads and avenues of communi cation that arc most useful and im portant to ali our people. "If sucli expenditures of the na tional treasure have been made in the past for the development of railroads and waterways, is it not now a most appropriate time that the Improve ment of our roads should receive na tional attention aud governmental aid?" Ex-Governor Hogg of Texas pointed out the necessity for good roads, which, lie believed could be secured only through the aid of the national government. He spoke of thc insular policy of the government and said if some of the money that is being squan dered in ?lie Philippines could be used here lu the improvement of highways, our roads would be in far better con dition. mt YAN KKCEIVKS AN OVATION. Wm. J. Bryan spoke at the after noon session, receiving an ovation. He said, in part: "The expenditure of money for the permanent improve ment of the common roads can be de fended, first as a matter of justice to the people who live in thc country; second, as a matter of advantage to the people who do not live lu the country, and third, on the ground that the welfare of the nation de mands, that the comforts of country life shall, as far as possible, keep pace with the comforts of city life. "It ls a well known fact, or a fact easily ascertained, that the people in thc country while paying their full share of county, State and federal taxes, receive as a rule only the gen eral benefits of government, while the people of the cities have in addition to" , the protection afforded by the govern-; .'. ment, the advantage arising from the expenditure of public moneys in.'tbeir midst. "Thc improvement of the country roads can be justified also on the ground that the farmer, the first and most Important o! the producers of wealth, ought to be in a position to hold his crop and market it at the most favorable opportunity, whereas at present he is virtually under com pulsion to sell it as soon as it is ma tured because the roads may become impassable any time during the fall, winter or spring. Instead of being his own warehouseman, the farmer Is compelled to employ middlemen and share with thom che profit upon his labor. The farmer has a right to in sist upon roads that will enable him togo to town, to church, to the school house and to the homes of his neigh bors, as occasion may require, and with tim extension of rural delivery he has an additional need for good roads in order that he may be kept In communication with thc outside world." " VUESIDENT nOOS 15VELT SI'EAKS. Immediately upon thc arrival of President Roosevelt in St. Louis on Wednesday he was driven to the Good Road Convention. The military com panies and a platoon of police had been walting two blocks away, and as soon as the line of carriages appared a slower march was taken up to cover thc three miles to Odeon hall. Peo ple were congregating along the streets and wildly cheered as the president passed. Ile continually doffed his hat in acknowledgment. Thc hall was packed with a crowd, which had been waiting patiently for hours. The president spoke of good roads in tones which showed, as well as his svords, that he was thoroughly In sympathy with the object of the as sociations. "Hoads," he declared, "tell the greatness of a nation. The influence of the nations which have not been road builders has been evanescent. Home, the most power ful of tho older civilizations, left her impress un literature and speech; she changed thc boundaries of nations, but plainer than anything else left to remind ns of the Unman civilization are thc Roman roads." At this point in thc president's speech the crowd rose and cheered, waving handker chiefs and hats. Thc president de clared that goud roads probably were the greatest agency for regulating tho How from thc country to the city of young mou and young women. A Mail Carriers Gnu. A special tu tho Spartanburg .Tournai says the attorney-general'hitsv had a question submitted to him of considerable interest. A rural mail route carrier wants to know whether if he carriers a pistol he must carry one of the statutory size, which must be 20 inches long and weight not less than three pounds. Ile says he doesn't want to violate thc state law, but does not want to carry such a heavy gun. No opinion lias been rendered yet on the question. I I'ostolHco Kuhners Convicted. i Thomas Hamilton, William Oliver i and J. A. Bird, charged with break . lng into thc postonice at Autun, near ? Pendleton, on thc 2nd of February, 1 and also with breaking Into tho post ? office at Iva, Anderson county, on the t :trd of February, 1003, were convicted - of thc charge in thc United Sates 2 Court on Wednesday and sentenced to live years in thc penitentiary.