The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 24, 1904, Image 4
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'DO THOU LIBERTY. GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAIS OUR L1V?3 IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE."
VOI^IX.
BENNETSV1XLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE'24, I904
Six Hundre
In Fire i
On Burning Steamer
at New York They
Perished.
MANY CHILDREN VICTIMS
Although the Steamer Was Not
Far From Shore, Fire and
Wave, in Few Minutes
Claimed Many.
One of the most appalling disasters
in the history of New York, tragic
in its immensity, dramatic in its
episodes and deeply pathetic in the
tender age of most of the victims,
took place Wednesday in the East
r.ver at the entrance to Long Island
sound, within a short distance of the
New York shore and within sight of
thousands of persons, the majority of
whom were powerless to minimize the
extent of the catastrophe.
By the burning to the water's edge
of the Gen. Slocum, three-decked ex
cursion steamer, the largest in these
waters, more than OOO persons, the
majority of whom were womer; and
children, were humed to death or
drowned by jumping overboard ur by
being thrown into thc whirl po- >1 by
the lurching of tire vessel and the
frantic rush of thc panic-stricken
passengers.
It is the season of Sunday school
excursions in New York bay and Long
Island sound, the latter one ol the
most picturesque bodies of waler in
the country. Great preparation;-- had
been made for the 17th annual excur
sion of the Sunday school of St. M trk's
German Lutheran church thc congre
galion of which is drawn from the
deose population of the lower east and
west sides, and the Gen. Slocum had
. been chartered to carry the excursion
: J8ts.,to Locust. l^f?SL!u!5?,Jf tho jnnuy
p '?'"?'I
THE NUM1U511 ON liOAKI).
It is variously estimated that there
were between 1,500 and 2,500 persons
on board the Gen. Slocum when she
left thc pier at Third street, E,ast
river, though the Kinckerbocker
Steamship company, which owns the
Slocum, otlleially states that the uum
ber of persons was 873, that being
only one-third of the vessel's capacity.
It ls thought however, that there
were several hundred children in arms,
for whom fares are not usually charg
ed on these trips, on board.
The scene on the decks of the
steamer as she proceeded up thu East
#river was one of merrymaking, custo
'mary on such occasions. Tbe mass of
flags fluttered in the June breez?, the
bands were playing aud the children
were singing, dancing and waving
handkerchiefs and Hags in answer to
the salutations of those on shore or
from passing steamers. On the ex
treme eastern end of Randalls island,
off 135th street, there is a stretch of
^yjiter known as the sunken meadows.
AttfnV P?int, just as crowds were
watchingV??he Kaily decorated steamer
from shore,V^10 ?en" S-?(:um t0?k nre
and as the'ages0' the vessel~she was
built in 1891-h?c? resulted in the well
seasoning of the wo?.d with which she
was almost entirely "." ''lt, she was
soon a mass of flame, JL. .. flame ls
said to have broken out ln^s^lunch
room on the forward deck by'"-pe
overturning of a pot of grease. Tl?P,
wind was high and all efforts to ex
tinguish the blaze were futile.
FOR NORTH BROTHER ISLAND.
At 134th street there are several
lumber yards and oil tanks and as
Capt. William Van Schalck, in com
mand of the Gen. Slocum, started to
turn his vessel towards the shore there
he was warned that it would set tire
to the lumber and oil and s > he chang
ed blscoursefor North Brother island,
one of the twin islands near the en
trance to the sound some half a mlle
away, where the boat partially burned
was beached. She sank near that
place at 12.15 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, two hours and 25 minutes
after thc lire was discovered.
In the meantime che passengers
had become panic stricken and those
who were not caught up by the Hames
rushed to the rear of the vessel and
hundreds jumped overboard inti' the
swiftly running waters. It ls alleged
that the life preservers were to > se
curely fastened to their holdings to be
available and stories are told of fran
tic efforts made by strong men t > cut
them loose but even If they could have
been torn down they were too high up
for the children to reach. It is also
reported that no attempt was ma le to
get out the tire apparatus at thc first
cry of "lire" though Capt. Van
Schalck says that he immediately rang
the bells for getting out the appa
ratus. According to several state
ments no attempt was made to o wer
oats or life rafts. Capt. Van Schalck
nd his two pilots, named lill ward
an Wart and E. M. Weaver, have
en arrested.
An Old Hiiiner.
j*
, Meyer Guggenheim, 7 7 year, old, a
Imulti-mllllonalre and a great grand
J?athcr, lias been made defendant in a
Ihreach of promise suit, in New York,
"fekmages arc tixed at *100,000. The
Dam??or of .?r,o,000,000 ls a very at
POT8^Lnerson.
tractl verff^._
M"~^k what right men who
liv the way?y"nt bolters when
?\a.ve b^en Pei8W"ILsult them to de
thlnga did not go t^L bolters when
mand that there bc n6^|^
things do go to suit them^m.
THE STORY IN DETAIL.
Scenes of tho Unspeakable Agent on
tho Doomed Sbip.
The three-decked excursion steamer
General Slocum, of the Knickerbocker
Steamboat company, burned to the
water's edge Wednesday off North
brother Island, East river, at the en
trance to Long Island sound, resulting
in the death through burning or
drowning of at least (500 persons, most
ly women and children. Four hundred
and forty-seven bodies bad been recov
ered Wednesday night and divers were
at work tuking bodies from tim hold
of the steamer. The remains of many
persons who leaped into the river have
not yet been found, and it will be
many hours before thc list of dead is
anywhere near complete.
The Gen. Slocum, one of the largest
excursion steamers In these waters,
left Third street, East river, at 9.30
o'clock Wednesday morning, having on
board the annual Sunday school ex
cursion of St. Mark's German Luther
church, located iu Sixth street. Her
destination was Locust Grove, one of
the many resorts on Long Island
sound. The excursion was in charge of
Rev. George C. F. Haas, pastvr of the
church. The vessel was commanded by
Capt. Wm. Van Schaik, one of the
best known excursion boat captains in
New York harbor. He has commanded
the Gen. Slocum for almost the entire
time since she was built In 1891. The
number of excursionists on board
Wednesday ls variously estimated at
from 1,500 to 2,500, but according to
an official statement issued ny the
Knickerbocker Steamboat company,
owners of the Slocum, the number of
passengers was 87:t, that being one
third of the vessel's licensed capacity.
CROWDED WITH M BR KYM A K BUS.
The steamer, after leaving her dock
Wednesday morning proceeded up the
East river, all three of her decks being
crowded with merrymakers. Rands
played and the great sidewheeler was
decorated with Mags from stem .to
stern.
The Slocum had reached a point
near the sunken meadows oi? 135th
street, Manhattan, which is at the ex
treme eastern end of Lansdalls island,
when tire broke out in a lunch room on
the forward deck. The biaza was
caused by the overturning of a. pst of
grease. The headway of the vessel and
tn~u|hh ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
spread af ter willi almost hgh.'.-nlng rap
idity. Capt. "Van Schaik, in^the pilot
house, had been informed of the out
break of the lire, and realizing the dan
ger to the hundreds of excursionists,
decided to send his vessel to shore at
134 th street. At this point there are
lumber yards and several huge oil
tanks and the captain was warned that
to attempt to land at this point would
endanger the property and perhaps
further imperil the scores of people
who had already been frightened into
a state of almost uncontrollable excite
ment.
cn A NUKI) COURSE.
Changing the big steamer's course
slightly be beaded for north?Brother
island, half a mlle away. Ry this time
the Hames were rustling by leaps and
bounds from the forward part of the
ship aft.
The great open decks, built for the
excursionists, with little obstruction
from bow to stern, ottered a clear
sweep for the tire. As Hie Slocum
dashed forward the llames caught
stanchion and cabin woodwork eating
ind tearing their way across the ves
3el.
The ezcursionits, but a few mo
ments before In the full enjoyment of
an ideal summer's day on Long Island
sound, were driven to the after part
>f the steamer to escape the heat,
lam?^and smoke that were constantly
inoreaslffg* Policemen and deckhands
aboard the^-hoat struggled hard to
riuiet the panic, but the efforts were
in vain. The wild disorder increased as
frantic mothers sought to lind the:r
children, who had been at play about
the decks.
The steamer's whistle was blowing
for assistance and tugs and other near
by craft answered the call. Before any
of thc boats could reach the burning
steamer, however, the frantic women
and children began to jump overboard.
The current was strong and there are
many whirlpools in the channel. Thc
boats that always bound in the vicini
ty picked many parsons from the
water, but these wr?-- only a small
number of those that ? se^n strug
gling in thc current.
On thc Slocum the ti rut swe. p of
thc Hames cut off escape fiorn ttie
hurricane deck, where a great many
o? Hie women and children wen
crowded together, and soon burned
away the light wood of the uprights
which came down with a crash on
those below, lt is thought that most
of those on the hurricane deck were
burned.
CROWDED TilE RAW,.
As Hie tire increased the struggle to
gain a point of vantage at the stern
became frightful. Women and child
ren crowded against the after rail
until it gave way and hundreds were
pushed off into the river. After this
there was a steady stream of persons
who jumped or were thorwn into thc
[continued on page 1 1
Horso Claim Allowed.
A dispatch from Spartanburg says
Congressman Johnson has received
notice through the war department
that a Confederate horse claim bas
been allowed to .1. A. (?allamore of
Greenville county under act of con
gress of Feb. 27, 1902. After the sur
render or Lee, Mr. Callamore had a
horse stolen trom him by the union
soldiers. The money will be forwarded
by the department In a week or two
Congressman Johnson has manyslml
larclaims pending.,
WORLD'S NOTABLE DISASTERS.
Thc Burning of the Slocum One of the
Most Heartrending
The burning of the Bteamer General
Slocum, on last Wednesday morning,
with a loss of probably more than 500
lives, is outs Of the most heartrending
disasters of recent times. The guests
of the big steamer were nearly all
children and women, going upon their
annual Sunday school picnic.
Such a catastrophe cannot fail to
recall the recent holocaust in Chicago,
when at a matinee on the last day of
1903, the Iroquois theatre, just com
pleted, was seized by the lire fiend and
in less than thirty minutes more than
OOO people, largely women and chil
dren, were burned to death, arid more
than 400 others were maimed for life.
Such disasters call to mind the
theatre tire of Richmond, Va., in
1811; tlic burning of the Conways
brook playhouse in 1870, and the bery
destruction of the Paris theatre a few
years ago, in which the leading actress
and many others lost their lives.
While such catastrophes are horrible
to contemplate they do not approach
the horror of other disasters by lire,
Hood and volcanic erupti m.
All will recall the eruption of Vesu
viu8 in A. D. 79, which burled In saud
and lava Pompeii, Herculaneum and
Stahlae. The lossof life was ISO.OOO,
and the cities have never been rebuilt.
Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, suf
fered an earthquake in 17?5, which
left tho city in ruins, and took 00,000
lives.
Caracas, the capital of Venezuela,
lost 12,000 lives from an earthquake
in 1812.
Manila, Philippine Islands, was vis
ited by an earthquake in June, 18o;i,
causing a loss of nearly 10,000 lives.
Certainly the most destructive Ure
in thc history of this country, il ..ot
in the world, was the Chicago tire of
October, 1871. Beginning In a barn
in De Ko vcr: street, lt spread witn
lightning rapidity, and raged for two
days and nights. It swept over 2,100
acres, destroying 17,400 buildings
The exact number of the deaths has
never been ascertained, but it went
luto the hundreds, 70,000 people
oue-llfth of the entire population
were left homeless, and property
worth $190,000,000-one-third of the
value of the entire city-was destroy
ed by this tire.
Boston had a lire in 1872, which de
stroyed f>0 acres of the business sec
tion at a less of.$7;->,000,000.
The Johnstown, Pa., flood in May,
18H9, was a frightful disister. The
dam across South Fork, a branch of
the Conemaugh river, 12 mUes east of
Johnstown, broke, releasing Cone
maugh Lake, whose waters thundered
down the valley, engulfed Johnstown
a'?d . neighboring villages, causing a
. .. :u-*-f?riiJ,000,000. ^
y^^6^f^l^i?f^t Gal veston,
'Tex., was the seei?e bf a great flood.
A' West;'"lnd'an hurricane, with a
velocity of 135 miles an hour, swept
over the eiy and Hooded the streets,
and in less than, five-hdurs destroyed
o 000 lives and property valued at
* IS 000,000.
More recent still was the eruption
of Mont Pelee tm the Island of Mar
tinique, French West Indies. On
May the 8th, P.?02, the mountains
belched forth and overwhelmed inc
town of St. Pierre ?it its base wich
sand and laja which overran uhe sur
rounding country, and destroyed :t0,
000 people.
On August 8th, 1902, Mt. Pelee
erupted again and 2,f>U0 lives were
lost.
Fverj one recalls the recent cyclone
of Gainesville, Ca., and the buming
of the Park Avenue Hotel in New
York, each disaster causing so much
suffering and the loss of life, in the
latter 157.
Well Worth Seeing.
One of the me>st interesting ex
hibits among the many of all kinds
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
in St. Louis is that of the Winchester
ttepeating Arms Company, of New
Haven, Conn., manufacturers of re
peating rilles and shotguns and all
kinds of ammunition. The exhibit
was in readiness and was opened on
the first day of the fair, a fact that
clearly Illustrates the enterprise and
up-to-date methods of the company
behind it. lt is the aim of the Win
chester Repeating Arms Company to
show at their exhibit the high develop
ment which they have reached in the
making of guns and ammunition, and
one needs only to see the exhibit to
realize how near to perfection that
development has come. There can
be seen the new automatic repeating
ri tie all kinds of shotguns, the modern
smokeless powder shotgun shells and
rille cartridges: in fact everything
that can interest the devotees of hunt
ing and tra,- and tra and target shoot
ing. Don't fail to sec the exhibit
at the Manufacturers and Fish and
Game Buildings, lt's well worth
your while.
Killed ii Tyrant.
Gen. Bohrikolf, governor general of
Finland, was shot and mortally
woumied at ll o'clock Thursday morn
ing at the entrance tu the Finnish
senate at Helsingfors. Thc assassin,
a man named Schaumann, a son ol
Senator Schaumann, Immediately
committed suicide. Bobrikoff wits
shot in the stomach and neck, three
shots being tired, one of which Inflict
ed a Seriems wound. The attack is
ascribed to Finnish patriotism. '1 he
last recorded act of Gen. Bobrikoff
was in March of this year, when he
issued a proclamation forbidding t ie
people to darken their windows at
"unusual hours." People who chose
tu go to bed before 10 o'clock at nip ht
were subject to heavy lines. This
step was due to the neglect of Gie
Finns to illuminate their houses In
honor of the beginning of the war
with Japan.
Ll Io Crushed Out.
At New York one of the big auto
mobiles used to take sight seers about
thc city, ran over and killed an elder-,
ly unknown man in Broadway Thu I'S'
day night while members or the rn? r
ry party were laughing and singing.
Before the body of the victim could
be taken from under the car several
of the women passengers became hys
terical and had to bc lifted to the
ground, while others jumped down
and ran way from the scene.
FATHER KILLS SON.
The Youth Flans to Frighten the
?lder Man hy Flaying Bandit
WAYLAID HIM IN LONELY 8F0T
And Is Killed Before He Can Cry
Out. Father Pluiiftca ?
Knife Into Hie Boy's
Heart.
At Riverside, N. J., Frank Rein
ecke, a boy of sixteen, playei that he
was a highwayman Wednesday night
and did lt so realistically that bis
father, whom he held up, plunged a
knife into bis heart, killing bim.
Intercepting bis parent in a lonely
spot upon the banks of RancoeasCreek
be suddenly stepped from behind a
bush, telling Reinecke, Sr., bo bold up
bis bands. The next Instant be was
lifeless.
Thursday the father ls raving in
d^lirum, and it ls feared that be may
uever recover from the shoe!:. The
mother and sisters arc prostrated, and
tbe little community mourns the
death of a popular youth.
Half a dozen holdups bave occurred
at Riverside and the adjoining villages
within a month or so, and tbe resi
dents have been generally arming
themselves. Tbe place is on the Am
boy division of tbe Pennsylvania Rall
I?S&; but twelve miles from Camden,
and large numbers of tramps pass
along on their way to and from Phila
delphia and New York. Tbe recent
crimes have been attributed to these
Frank Reinecke conceived the idea
that it would be a line thing to mas
querade as a highwayman and fiigbten
bis neighbors. Ile carried out bia
idea and succeeded in making half a
dozen staid residents jump fences and
scuttle for burne within a week.
Thursday night be tried tbe experi
ment upon bis fattier, "Walter Rein
ecke, a well-to-do insurance agent of
that place, whose home ls on the out
skirts of thc village, above the banks
of tbe creek, in a lonely spot.
Father and son started out early In
Hie evening, the older to transact some
business at. the village tire company's
house, of which oigaai/.ation be ls a
member, and the boy to visit his
young friends, Willie and Laura
Kelloek, who live near tbe Reinecke
home, on the way Hie youth regaled
bis father with storless of recent
holdups.
When 10::i0 p. m. came Mr. Rein
ecke started for home, ile was ap-;
prebensive, remembering that bejhad
recently bad words with a negro, who
had threatened bim. He also remem
bered what bis boy bad told him about
highwaymen. So be drew a large
killie rroni nts pocket.-; -fcpenod - ?tbcf
blade .and walked on with senses on
tbe alert. YouDg Reinecke bad bton
watching for bis father. Ile was
peeping out from behind a bush that
stood beside the path In the loneliest
part of Hie roadway. Tbe trees grow
thick there, and the black water of
tbe creek is just below, making lt as
lonelcy and dangerous a spot as can
be imagined.
Just as the elder Reinecke reached
the shadow a dark tigure stepped Into
the half gloom and a hoarse voice
cried: "Hold up your bands. Now
I've got you."
At the same instant the tigure laid
fast bold upon Hie frightened .man's
coat sleeve. With a cry of terror the
father lunged forward and buried '.
knife in the breast of the supposed
highwayman, who sank to Hie ground
gasping, "Ob! Falber!"
Tile voice !ot' the hoy recall d the
anguished father to a realization of the
awful thing that lie bad done. With
a cry that was heard far off by neigh
bors the distracted mau fell on bis
knees beside Hie body of bis boy and
besought, bim to speak. He raised the
bead of the buy only to lind that he
was already dead.
Suvtuiii Heavy Loss.
A dispa*cb fr. ni St. Petersburg says
Emperor Nicholas b is received the fol
lowering telegram from Lieu. Gen.
Baron Stakelberg. "A battle began
at noun around Hie Russian position
four and a half miles south of the sta
tion of Wafanhoon (Vafangow), the
enemy making repeated artempts to
dislodge our left Hank. The attak was
repelled and we retained our position.
The tirst regiment occupying the loft
tiank of cur position sustained severe
losses, lbs commander, Col. Kbavas
tounotT, and Adjut. Sub-Lieu. Pragos
laff Nadocbinsy were killed, den.
(Jerngros-i was wounded, a sbarpnel
bti'let shattering the right side of Hie
lower jaw, but be remained On the
held."
A Woman Ly il ohed.
At Lebanon Junction, Ky., Maria
Thompson, colored, who Wednesday
night killed John Irwin, :i wealthy
white farmer, was taken trom the jail
Thursday and banged to a tree in the
jail yard. She weighed 2f>,"> pounds
and Hie rope broke. As she ran away
the mot) tired a fusilado after lier un
til she fell and was left for dead. The
olilcers, however, found signs of life
and removed the women to a physi
cian's olllce, where it was found Hitit
she bad been shot in several places
and could rot recover, lr .vin had re
proved Maria Thompson's boy who
worked for bim. Afterward Maria
came into Irwin's melon patch and
slashed Irwin until be was dead.
Three Killed In Duel.
At llryan'svllle, Ind., three men
are dead and two wounded, one fatally,
as the result Of a pistol tight on the
streets of that village Tuesday. The
dead are .Limes and Charles Rout and
Milton Tow. Janus Tow is fatally
wounded and Frank Two is badly
burt. The. tight was the culmination
of a feud between the Bunt and Tow
families.
Deadly itot Supper.
Tuesday night at a bot supper and
dance given by the colored people of
Wallerboro, this (hecn, becoming Jeal
ous of William Haynes, deliberately
pulled bis pistol and shot bim dead.
Creen was e.iptured and lodged in jail
at 2 o'clock next morning and this fact
enabled the otllclals to discover so
early that Adams and Stephens bad
escaped. #
?llEARS JAIL.
_
Adams/ urdirer, and Another Pri
soner, Filed Their Way Out.
AN^PfEAL HAD BEEN DENIED
And Adl^ii WM Awaiting alto-sen
Tb? 'Sheri fT and a
'ossa Aro ParBuios
,f? the Escape?.
A- dispatch from W?lterbdro to
Tho State under date of June 14 sayB
quite ?L sensation waa caured lu
Walteiupro Tuesday morning when lt
was'kutwn that R. A. AdamB had
escape^ from Jail. Adams was con
victed ipr the murder of Henry Jaques
and sentenced last June tobe hanged.
His sentenced was stayed pending an
appeal ito the supreme court, which
appeal was dismissed. Adams was to
have ; li ?en resentenced at the next
term of court, which meets the first
Monday in August.
At 2 o'clock. Tuesday morning when
Gus Green \ s brought to jail by,
Policeman Jolmson a rope of blankets
was discovered hanging from the win
dow abpye the portico on the side of
tho jail)' Upon investigation it was
found that Adams and a negro, Jasper
Stephens, incarcerated for larceny,
had filed through one of the Iron bars
and escaped.
Deputy Sheriff Henderson imm?
diate'" .started In pursuit, but so far
no tr?^?s of the escaped prisoners has
been found.
Adu.u.i ls about 5 feet 10 inches
high, weighs about 145 pounds, dark
skin, dark hair and eyes, with mous
tache and a long, sharp face with very
heavy jaw and large neck; fast talking
and winks eves rapidly while talking,
nervous and quick movement. *
WEATHER AND CROPS.
-
A FoirvIsolated Sections Still Buffer
ing from I Iron;; tit.
Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director,
says 'n his weekly report of the crops,
gathered from correspondence:
The y/eek ending 8 a. m., June 13,
had a mean temperature of 75 degrees,
which ls about 4 below normal, due to
nearly normal temperatures during
thc first four days and abnormally
cool weather during' the last three.
The cool weather was accompanied by
fresh: to' brisk northeast winds and
unusually low relative humidity. The
sunshine was normal in places and be
low tu others.
The greater portion of the State
had from one to over two Inches of
rah* " three days. The upper Sa
_y?-' vallee had.less than an inch,
"?vhl,. m ^n-? nf York co?'nty and a
few' ? toav ar"eas ln otuer sections the
droi is UDt>rokeu and crops are
suuji.Mng for moisture. Streams are
very low and nany wells are falling
io'ithe central e^unties.
A,destructs wind and hailstorm
passed through Plckens county; the
track of the hail storm was about half
a mile wide an i all crops in thia path
were destroyed. There were also
damaging wind storms in Spirtan
burg and Sumter counties, and hail
occurred at various places in the
northern and northeastern counties,
doing some damage to crops.
The weather was generally favora
ble tor cultivation of held crops, but
with large areas where the ground
? *oo wet to work and where fieldB
have become foul. As n rule, corn,
cotton, tobacco, tic? and minor crops
are clean and well cultivated, and
have made marked improvement dur
ing the last week.
Corn made steady Improvement in
all parts of the State, and, although
small, is growing nicely and has a
healthy color. Earliest corn is being
laid by.
With few and unimportant excep
tions, cotton has now attained full
stands, although somewhat irregular
ones as to size. The plants are small
for the season, but have good color
and are growing nicely. Lice are re
ported from Abbeville county. Squares
have been reported from nearly all
sections, and a few blooms have been
noted in Orangeburg county. In
places fields are becoming foul. Sea
Island cotton shared in the general
Improvement, and now bas full but
Irregular stands and good color.
Tobacco impproyed and ls being
"primed." Hice planting continues
and fche crop is making satisfactory
growth. Wheat and oat harvest is
nearing completion; the yields of
wheat are best in the extreme west
ern counties and only fair to poor in
the central ones. The oat crop ls
best In the eastern counties, where
in places the yields are heavy. Late
oats show some improvement. Both
grains have been housed in good con
dition, where cut, with only Bliebt
damage from thc rains.
It Wan Brittni Murder.
Tlie State says Nathan Truesdale,
uncle of thc negro killed at (Houri's
creek on Saturday week, swore out a
warrant before Magistrate Little at
Saluda on Wednesday for Sion Miller,
Joe Miller and Russel McCormick.
Thursday the Millers and McCormick
surrendered themselves to Hie sheri fi
and are now In jail. The Miller boys
are 22 and 23 years old, respectively,
and McCormick looks to be the
younger of the three. It was stated
' that McCormick did the shooting hut
the report cannot be confirmed. The
home of thc Miller boys ls not far
from where the homicide occurred,
while McCormick halls from Lexing
ton county. lie joined the Miller
boys at Batesburg and was golnu on a
visit to his brother, whose home if, in
I this county. It ls not known whether
application will be made for ball or
not. The older of the Miller boys ls
married.
At tho Top.
Thc Columb a State calls attention
to the fact that of thc six "star" stu
dents graduated from West point tim
year, one is inm Virginia, one each
from Tennesse'!, Mississippi and Colo
rado, and two from North Carolina.
They a:e all southern boys except one,
and their records are gov d cause for
pride in the seotlon they have so well
I represented, lt ls really an unusual
showing.
WILL BE ? CHANGE.
Mr. Fred Wannamaker Will Appoint
Now Civil Service Board.
The Columbia State says: Upon
the retirement of Mr. A. P. Wilson
from the postofUce to seek health on
bis farm near the city a negro named
Nix was appointed to succeed Mr. Wil
son as secretary of the local board of
civil service examiners. The appoint
ment bas been the subject of com
plaint, and Congressman Lever has
succeded in having him removed. -
The objection to this colored man
may be best stated by an example.
Recently a young lady informed Dr.
Ensor that she wished to stand the
examination for stenographer in the
government service. Sbe was referred
to the secretary and with indignation
she refused to stand the examination
when she found that the person to
whom she applied and to whom her
papers should be submitted ls a negro.
This Incident, among others, was
brought to the attention of Mr. Lever.
It was also brought to his attention
that white men as well as women
were refusing to go before an examin-,
lng board the secretary of which is a
negro, and as a result the postofUce
was being lilied up with negro clerks
and carriers.
When Mr. Lever took the matter
up with civil service commission, he
was told that the commission had de
cided to create a southern department
with headquarters in Atlanta and
with Mr. Fred-Wannamaker in charge.
Friday Mr. Wannamaker was in the
city for a short while and promised
Mr. Lever to give the relief atked fer.
It is not known who will be members
of the new board, but the? will be
employes of the federal government,
of course.
The appointment of the local
examining board has been made by
the commission in Washington upon
rcCuuiuieudulionH from Coiumoia, and
lt ls understood that Dr. Ensor did
not recommend the negro's appoint
ment, but in a way approved the pro
posed appointment when his opinion
was asked. Mr. Lever says that the
change will not cause Dr. Ensor any
worry as the efficiency of the postal
service in the city may be promoted
thereby. The postmaster employs
his clerks and carriers' from a list of
eligibles and this list ls made up with
the exact standing of every applicant
standing examination. If non/
negroes apply, none hut ney
be appointed.
Mr. Fred Wannamaker, who ',;:
to be secretary in charge oi
or southern divison of the-civil , . ic. j
commission, is a native,
and conducted a newspai
ing to Washington whe:
an applutment in
civil service commission
tion has been rapldt^PRpSM^BBpW
recognition rrom the department "is ?
matter of gratifica tion to his friends
In South Carolina,
Udeer t ile new plan, the local boards
of examiners will be abolished In every
town in tlie Sti.te in the district.
The manager of the division, in this
case the hfth division, will have under
him a force of examiners. These
examiners will be sent to every town
or city where examinations are to be
held, and at the conclusion of the ex
aminations, the papers wijl be sent to
Atlanta, instead of Washington as
bas heretofore been the rule. UndeV
the uew rule, the work of holding the
examination will ne greatly simplified..
Instead of each place having Its local
board of examiners, an examiner will
be sent from the division headquar
ters and the examinatioiv papeta from
all the Stales in the division will be
sent to .'.oianta instead of Washing
ton, thus doing away with the con
fusion.
Caused tl Faiiic.
At New York i 1 a panic among the
passengeis in a Brooklyn car on the
Fulton street line Friday nine persons
received severe injuries, most of them
requiring attention of physicians.
The panic was caused by the blowing
out of a fuse while the car was running
at a high rate of speed. The front
platform and forward part of the car
were at once enveloped in flames, and
the passengers made f rant ic efforts to
escape. Many jumped, others were
pushed olf the car and others fell and
were trampled on before the the car
could be stopped. Nearly every pas
senger suffered some injury. Mrs.
Julia Caiman, ?4 years old, with a
six months old baby in lier arms, was
pushed from the car aud received a
fractured skull, a broken ankle and
severe concussions of the liody. The
baby was unhurt and was found asleep
in the mothers arms, by an ambulance
physician.
NM Cause for Alarm.
Tlie State says Mr. Keri Berle, the
United States Civil engineer and ar
chitect, has about completed his ex
amination of tlie capitol dome and ex
pects to leave for Washington Wed
nesday. He will report to the gover
nor from there next week. Mr. Berle
would not say whether bc would re
port the building safe or unsafe, but
that does net signify that from the
examinations and investigations he
has made so far that it is or is noe. It
merely means that lie is guarded in
expressing himself before lie reports
formally to the governor. Ile did say,
however, that there was no cause for
immediate alarm. He is said to have
expressed the opinion that Hie new
work is shoddy hy comparison with
the old. Whether this will bc brought
out In the report, however, cannot be
said. *
Howard for Adams.
Hov. Heyward Wednesday offered a
reward of $f>00 for thc capture of lt.
A. Adams, who escaped Monday night
from the Walterboro jail. Adam Isa
white man, who was sentenced last
J une to hang for the murder of Henry
Jacques. His appeal to thc supreme
court bad been dismissed and he was
to be resentenced at the August term
of tlie court.
Negro Child Killed.
At Simpsonville Tuesday afternoon
Jim Thompson, a 0 year-old negro
boy, while playir g with a pistol shot
and Instantly k lied a G-months old
Infant in the arms of his young sis
ter. The ball entered the infant's
hoad and grazed the breast of the
young negro holding tho ohlld. *
JAPS LOBB THREE SHIPS.
Tho lioas In Livca fa Estimated at
O nv. Tbonaand.
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, Fays
all doubt as to the sinking of the
transports Hitachi and Sado by the
Russians has been removed. Three
hundred and ninety-seven survivors of
the Hitachi have arrived at M oj I and
153 survlvorsof the Sado have arrived
at Kokura. Details of tho destruc
tion of the two transports and the
full extent of the casualties are not
obtainable.
A later dispatch says details obtain
able from the survivors of the ill-fated
Japanese transports show that the
Hitachi and the Sado met three Rus
sian warship near Ikl island at 10
o'olock Wednesday morning. The
Russians fired on the Japanese ships
and stopped them, and soon afterward
they torpedoed and sank the helpless
transports. The captain of the Sado
and several other men were captured.
More than 100 men escaped in the
boats and landed at Kikura. A message
has been received here from Hagfsay
ipp that the survivors of the Hitachi
had drifted north to Shlmonoseki and
been saved. The transport Izum ls
still missing.
f| ia reported that.the transports
Hitachi and Sado carried only 1,400
men. If this is true, the loss In lives
is probably less than 1,000. The
transports, however, luid many horses
and large quantities Of supplies on
Tu^^t?attier Katsuno was sunk off
Moji v ri day nigntas a result of collid
ing with the steamer Yamatokan.
Both ^vessels were on their way to
Tlescu-to rescue the-survivors of the
transports Hatachi and Sado.
A STEAMER BURNED.;
a. j
town .at tho tsmo and had no cargo.
The vessel was practically new, hav
ing been built only' three years ago,
and was valued at 812,000. It was in
sured for only 83,000, with J. H.
Boacwright & Son at Wilmington, N.
C. Although the telegram says "total
loss," Manager Love is of the opinion
that much of the machinery may be
saved. The loss falls heavily on Mr.
Love-he and not the Chamber of
Commerce being the owner.
"The Highlander was the first and
only boat on the Une the Chamber of
Commerce instituted this spring to
give Columbia water connection with
the coast. The business has steadily
Increased since the first trips, and ar
rangements had jpst been made for
hauling cotton, which would greatly
relieve the situation and for which
the Caamber of Commerce, had been
working for several months. Just
what steps will be taken to put an
other boat in commission on the river
cannot be said at this time, but there
is no doubt but that this will be dene
as quickly as the Chamber of Com
merce can make the arrangements."
Many Liivea host.
A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba,
says the worst storm of a decade began
Friday and culminated Monday hight
in 14 luches of rain which fell In five
hours, accompanied by a hurricane.
The lower village of El Cobre has been
destroyed. Forty-live persons are
known to be dead and scores are mis
sing. Bodies are floating in the Cobre
river. Twenty bodies have been recov
ered by boats patrolling the bay. All
the bridges on the Cobre railway are
out and many bridges have been lost
on the Cuba railway. A train which
left Habana Saturday is held between
washouts for eight miles inland. A re
lief train bringing mail and passen
gers was wrecked at Moron. The fire
man and mail agent were killed and
two of the employes were injured. The
passengers are safe. The mines at
Daiquiri are crippled and six of thc
employes have been drowned. Thc pier
has been damaged. The city's proper
ty loss is enormous.
Negro Cotton Mill Failed.
The Columbia State says: "Thc
Wilmlnnton Messenger calls our at
tention to the fact that thc defunct
Coleman cotton mill, the failure of
which was lately noted in these
columns, was not only operated but
owned and managed by negroes. In
that case we do not think that the
evidence of the negro's failure as a
cotton mill hand was as conclusive as
in the case of the Charleston mi l,
which was financed by white capital
and managed by skilled white cotton
mill men. The case of the Coleman
mill ls, however, equally interesting
in another way."
In A Cow's Maw.
At. Aiken while slaughtering a beef
on Saturday, Messrs. Lamer &
Thorpe's butcher found a lady's gold
clasp bracelet in the animal's maw.
The bracelet ls of 18 karat gold and
ls a handsome piece of jewelry. Tho
cow was purchased with a bunoh of
cattle from a Tennessee market. How
the animal happened to absorb such
valuable food is of course hard to
guess.
l.itrio by Mule.
Over a billion live-cent fares were
paid last year to the transit companies
of New York city. Fifty million dol
larsl Paid in five cents at a time! A
veritable confirmation of tho "little
drops of water, little grains of sand"
teaching.
ng Victory,
ieft Five Hundred Kas
sians Dead on the
Battlefield.
LOST FOURTEEN OMS.
Russians Wanted to Attack Jap
anese Left, But Was Fore
stalled, Forced Into a
Defile and Routed.
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, saya
tho Russian hope of relieving the pres
sure on Port Arthur by threatealug
the rear of Gen. Oku, the commander
of tho Japanese forces investing the
Russian stronghold, came to an end
Wednesday at Tellssu, a point on the
railroad 50 miles north of Kin chou and
25 mijes north of Yafangow, when the
Russians were out-manoeuvred, en
veloped and sweepingly defeated. "They
left more than 500 dead on the field
and the Japanese captured 300 prison
ers and 14 quick-firing field guns. The
Russians retreated hastily to the
northward.
The Japanese charge that the Rus
sians violated the Jarangar Hag. Cer
tain officers aver that during the
fighting a body of Russian soldiers ap -
peared carrying a Japanese flag and
that tho Japanese artillery, decived
hy this flag, ceased firing on that par
ticular body of Russians. Official dis
patches f rom fche Japanese command
ers made Bpecific.charges of this flag
violation. Early estimates of the Jap
anese loases at Tellssu say that 1,060
mor. -vere-killed.or wounded.
. Tho ''Japanese attacking force was
tli vHlecl hilo riirhfeand lett coinmsuii
?a;1 [?)?:..<
t ! he Kassians
Tiao
. IV--ww, . ..-.v. Japanese ar
y .'?.opened o?'Cthi.:i' Hne;.fipd the
ll'" ! il -
tinued ?2 hours a'?d ib vt?A' followed
by the advance of the Japanese line to
. ;. . ' ni extending from Lung Chia
^nng tcrYu Hotun. .darkness, put an
end to the fighting. The Japanese dis
patched a column to the westward to
ward Fu Chau for the purpose of cov
ering the Russian right wing and to
protect their left and rear.
During the night it became ap
pearent that the Russians were being
re-enforced and so decided to make a
general attack in the morning and
force the Russians Into a defile back ot
Tellssu. When morning came it was
discovered that that the Russians held
a line extending from Ta Fang Shen
to Cheng Tsu Shan, with a force esti
mated at more than two divisions.
The Japanese planned to envelop tho
Russians near Tali3su and they . suc
ceeded admirably.
While the main Japanese force was
moving north along the railroad col
ums were swung to the left arj.rl *.- *'
right and finally w jn
the maun Rum' m | . RU3_
stans In thia ca dis
advantage, buOJSyrSOT?'with de
termination until 3 owek in the
afternoon. At this hour they were
routed. The Japanese cavalry continu
ed to pursue the enemy and probably
inflicted severe punishment.
RUSSIANS ADMIT DEFEAT.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
says Emperor Nicholas has received
the following telegram, dated June
16, from Gen. Kuropatkin:
"I have received the following dis
patch from Lieut. Gen. Baron Stakel
berg, dated June 10, 12.20 a. m.:
'Yesterday I had intended to at
tack the enemy's right flank but just
as our troops had been assigned for
the purpose and were beginning to
successfully envelop the enemy's right
Hank, the Japanese In their turn at
tacked my right flank with superior
forces and I was compelled to retreat
by three roads to the north.
" 'Our losses are heavy, but they
are not yet completely known.
" 'During the engagement the third
and fourth batteries of the first ar
tillery brigade were literally cut to
pieces by the Japanese shells.
" 'Of 16 guns, 13 were rendered
completely unseless and were aban
doned.
"'The conduct of the troops was
excellent, a large proportion of them
rofuslng to retire until after they had
been repeatedly ordered to do so.' "
The Russians deny that there was
anything in the nature of a rout. Tho
enemy had over four divisions in
action._'_
Ijynohod by Ne^reee.
Nows has reached_La Grange Ga.,
that an old nergro by the name of
Jonah Woods, who lived iu the coun
try near Texas court grounds lu Heard
county about 25 miles from La
Grange, was lynched by other negroes.
Wood was a deacon In his church and
a pious old negro. It is said he dis
covered a number of negroes playing
' 'oraps" and threatened that he would
report them to the grand jury. After
wards the church was burned down
and two days later, while plowing in
the fields, he was seized and strung
up to a tree nearby.
NflftrosB Kills Whlto Woman.
News was received Tuesday of the
killing of Mrs. Halliday, a white wo
man, by Addie Smith, a negro girl, at
LoachapDka Monday night. The
slayer was caught as Notasulga, a
small town near Montgomery. A
large crowd soon gathered and fearing
violence the sheriff of Lee county took
the negress to Tuskegee for safo keep
ing. The woman acknowledges kill
ing Mrs. Holllday. *