The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 24, 1904, Image 5
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'DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LJTVES I?' THY POSSESSIO? HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS 1?T THY CAUSE."
BENNETSVIIJLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1904
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In Fire ;
On Burning Steamer
at New York They
Perished.
MANY CHILDREN VICTIMS
Although the Steamer Was Not
Far From Shore, Fire and
Wave, hi Few minuies
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
river 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.
Uv 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 women and
children, were burned to death or
drowned by jumping overboard cir by
being thrown into the whirlpool by
the lurching of the vessel and the
frantic rush of the 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 water lr
the country. Great preparation:- had
been made for the 17th annual excur
sion of the Sunday school of St. M irk's
German Lutheran church the congre
gation of which ls drawn from the
dense population of the lower east and
west sides, and the Gen. Slocum had
. been chartered to carry the excursion
'.lststto Loo?Bt ftv?Oi.i w^2f the many
TJIK NUM111CU ON KOA HO.
It is variously estimated that there
were between 1,500 and 2,500 persons
on board the Gen. Slocum when she
left ?he pier at Third street, E}asi
river, though the Kinckerbockei
Steamship company, which owns tin
Slocum, officially states that the num
ber of persons was 87:i, that beinjj
only one-third of thc vessel's capacity.
It is thought however, that there
were several hundred children in arms'
for whom fares are not usually cliarg
ed on these trips, on board.
Tho scene on the decks of Hu
steamer as she proceeded up the Easl
#river was one of merrymaking, euslo
mary on such occasions. The mass o!
flags fluttered in the June bree/.", tin
bands were playing and the childrer
were singing, dancing and wavinj.
handkerchiefs and Hags In answer t<
the salutations of those on shore oi
from passing steamers. On the ex
treme eastern end of Randalls island
off 135th street, there ls a stretch o
-?vjfcter known as the sunken meadows
AL^IIV point, just as crowds wen
watching\^ue Kally decorated stearne
from shore,\M>C Cen. Slocum took lin
and as the ageyof tlie vessel--she wa
built In 1801-li?cJ resulted in the wei
seasoning of the wo?4 wltn wnlcl>
was almost entirely V 'Mt, she wa
soon a mass of Hame. .. flame ii
said to have broken out Inc^iMBCl
room on the forward deck by "-|'T
overturning of a pot of grease. Th",
wind was high and all efforts to ex
tinguish the blaze were futile.
KOK NOKTU UKOTIIEU ISLAND.
At 131th street there are severa
lumber yards and oil tanks and a
Capt. William Van Scbalck, in com
mand of the Gen. Slocum, started t
turn his vessel towards the shore ther
he was warned that it would set tlr
to the lumber and oil and s > he chatio
ed his course for North Brother islanr
one of the twin islands near the er
trance to the sound some half a mil
away, where the boat partially burne
was beached. She sank near tim
place at 12.15 o'clock Wednesda
afternoon, two hours and 25 minute
after the tire was discovered.
In the meantime the passengei
had become panic stricken and libbi
who were not caught up by the liam?
rushed to the rear of the vessel an
hundreds jumped overboard Into tl
swiftly running waters. It is allege
flint the life preservers were to t si
curely fastened to their holdings toi
available and stories are told of 'rai
tlc efforts made by strong men t1 ci
them loose but even if they could hn\
been torn down they were ton hl|?h u
for the children to reach, lt is al:
reported that no attempt was mariel
get out the tire apparatus at thc lir:
cry of "tire" though Capt. V?
Schaick says that he immediately rai
the bells for getting out tile upp
ratus. According to several s oat
rnents no attempt was marie to ow
wats or life rafts. Capt. Van Schab
md his two pilots, named E1 wai
j/an Wart and E. M. Weaver, ha
bV.en arrested.
J An Old Khmer.
V
/ Meyer Guggenheim, 77 year, old,
jmultl-mllllonalre and a great gran
(fatner, has been made defendant in
.breach of promise suit, in New Vor
D&inages are tixed at $100,000. T
poss^sor of $50,000,000 ls a very i\
tract! v?V^erson.
HY the wayywhat right men w
have been persistent bolters wh
things did not go tb\,sult them to c
mand that there be hiy.bolters wh
things do go to suit themVs
1
:d Die
and Wreck.
THE STORY IN DETAIL.
Scenes ul'tho Unspeakable Agent on
tho Doomed Ship.
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 OOO persons, most
ly women and children. Four hundred
and forty-seven bodies had been recov
ered Wednesday night and divers were
at work taking bodies from the hold
of the steamer. The remains of many
persons who leaped Into the river have
not yet been found, and it will be
j many hours before the list of dead is
anywhere near complete.
The Gen. Slocum, one of the largest
excursion bteamers In these waters,
left Third street, Eist 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 in 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, pasti-r of the
church. The vessel was comuuauded by
Capt. Wm. Yan Scbaik, 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 is variously estimated at
from 1,500 to 2,500, but according to
an otlicial statement issued by the
Knickerbocker Steamboat company,
owners of the Slocum, the number of
passengers was 873, that being one
third of the vessel's licensed capacity.
CHOWDED WITH SIBKHYMAKEKS.
The steamer, after leaving her dock
Wednesday morning proceeded up the
East river, all three of her decks being
crowded with merrymakers. Bands
played and the great sidewheeler wa?
decorated with 'lags from stem tc
stern.
The Slocum had reached a point
near the sunken meadows off 135tb
street, Manhattan,'which is at the ex
treme eastern end of Lansdalls island,
when tire broke out in a lunch room oe
the forward deck. The blaze was
caused by the overturning of a pot ol
grease. The headway of the vessel and
nstantly funned
foi ts;ware afcpnt
the-flte^utr-bfiey' v%?:?u ti ie. T.he^^zl
spread aftei>_with almost lightning rap
idity. Capt. "Van Scbaik, in'the pilot
house, had been informed of the out
break of the tire, and realizing the dan
ger to the hundreds of excursionists,
decided to send his vessel to shore al
134tb street. At this point there an
lumber yards and several huge oil
tanks and the captain was warned that
to attempt to land at this point wonk
endanger the property and perhap:
further imperil the scores of peoph
who had already been frightened inte
a state of almost uncontrollable excite
ment.
CHANOED COURSE.
Changing the big steamer's course
slightly he headed for north*Brothel
island, half a mlle away. By this tim?
the Hames were rushing by leaps auc
bounds from the forward part of tin
ship aft.
The great open decks, built for th<
excursionists, with little obstructioi
from bow to stern, offered a clea!
sweep for the tire. As Hie Sloe un
dashed forward tho Hames caughl
stanchion and cabin woodwork eating
and tearing their way across the ves
sel.
The excursionits, but a few mo
ments before in the full enjoyment o:
an ideal summer's day on Long lslanc
sound, were driven to the after par
'<f the steamer to escape the heat
flain??.aQd smoke that were constant];
Increas?ffgU I'ulicemen and deckhand
aboard the^-boat struggled hard t
(inlet the panic, but the efforts wen
in vain. The wild disorder increased a
frantic mothers sought to find the:
children, who bad been at play abou
the decks.
The steamer's whistle was blowini
for assistance and tugs and other near
by craft answered ttie call. Hefore an
of tlie boats could reach the burnini
steamer, however, the frantic womel
and children began to jump overboard
The current was strong and there ar
many whirlpools in the channel. Th
boats that always bound in the vicinl
ty picked many persons from tb
water, hut these we"- only a sma
number of those that j so;n strut
gling in the current.
On the Slocum the ll fat sweep a
the Hames cut off escape fi om th
hurricane deck, where a great man
of the women and children wei
crowded together, and soon burne
away the light wood of the upright
which came down with a crash o
those below, lt is thought that mo.1
of those on the hurricane deck wei
burned.
CROWDED TUIC KA I !..
As thc lire increased the struggle I
gain a point of vantage at the stei
became frightful. Women and chili
ren crowded against the after ru
until it gave way and hundreds we
pushed olT into the river. After th
there, was a steady stream of persoi
rd j who jumped or were thorwri Into tl
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Horse Claim Allowed.
A dispatch from Spartanburg sa
Congressman Johnson lias reccivi
notice through the war departmc:
that a Confederate horse claim h
been allowed to J. A. Gallamore
Greenville county under act of co
gress of Keb. 27, 1902; After the su
render of Lee, Mr. Gallamore had
horse stolen from iii m by the unli
soldiers. The money will be forward'
by the department In a week or tvs
Congressman Johnson has many sin
larclalms pending..
WORLD'S NOTABLE DISASTERS.
Tho Burning of the Sloouni One of the
Most flrartrentlinfc.
The burning of the Bteamer General
Slocum, on last Wednesday morning,
with a loss of probably more than 500
lives, is OTO 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 tieud and
in less than thirty minutes more than
OOO people, largely women and chil
dren, were bumed to death, and more
than 400 others were maimed for life.
Such disasters call to mind the
theatre fire of Richmond, Va., in
1811; the burning of the Conways
brook playhouse in 1870, and the tlery
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
vius in A. D. 79, which buried in sand
and lava Pompeii, Herculaneum and
Stabiae. The lossof life was 150,000,
and the cities have never been rebuilt.
Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, suf
fered au earthquake in 1755, 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, 1863,
causing a loss of nearly 10,000 lives.
Certainly the mest destructive tire
in thc history of this country, if not
J In the world, was the Chicago tire of
October, 1871. Reginning in a ham
in DeKoven street, it spread with
lightning rapidity, and raged for two
days and nights. It swept over 2,100
acres, destroying 17,-150 buildings
The exact number of the deaths has
never been ascertained, but it went
into the hundreds; 70,000 people -
one-llfth of the entire population
were left homeless, and property
worth $190,000,000-one-third of fae
value of the entire city-was destroy
ed by this fire.
Rosten had a tire in 1872, which de
stroyed 50 acres of the business sec
tion at a Uss of-$75,ooo.ooo.
The Johnstown, Pa., Hood iu May,
1889, was a frightful disister. The
dam across South Pork, a branch of
the Conemaugh river, 12 miles east of
Johnstown, broke, releasing Cor.e
maugh Lake, whose waters thundered
down the valley, engulfed Johnstown
??d-_nejgUbfflfing viii uri s, causing a
T^W^OOOTOOO.!
"Galveston,
Tex., was the Beerie'bf a great Ho: d.
A' West:'Indian hurricane, with a
velocity of 135 miles an hour, swept
over the ti y and Hooded the streets,
and in less than, tive-hours destroyed
0 000 live-; and property valued at
$18.000,000.
More recent still was the eruption
of Mont Pelee on the Island of Mar
tinique, Fieficfi West Indies. On
May the 8th, 1902, the mountaim
belched forth and overwhelmed tie
town of St. Pierre ?it hs base with
sand and laja which overran ?be sur
rounding country, and destroyed 30,
ouu pet pie.
On August 8th, 1902, Mt. Pelee
erupted again and 2,5uu lives wert
lost.
Ever-one recalls the recent cyclone
of Gainesville, Ga., and the burning
of the Park Avenue Hotel in New
York, each disaster causing so mud:
sulfuring and the loss of life, in tin
latter 157.
AV til Worth Seeing.
One of the most interesting ex
bibi ts among the many of all kind:
at the Louisiana Purchase L'xpositioi
in St. Louis is that of the Winches!ei
Repeating Arms Company, of New
Haven, Conn., manufacturers of re
peating rides and shotguns and al
kinds of ammunition. The exhibit
was in readiness and was opened ot
the tirst day of the fair, a fact tba
clearly illustrates the enterprise ant
up-to-date methods of the com pan;
behind lt. lt is the aim of the Win
chester Repeating Arms Company ti
show at their exhibit the high develop
ment which they have reached in th
making of guns and ammunition, am
one needs only to see the exhibit b
realize how near to perfection tba
development bas come. There cai
be seen the new automatic repeat iii|
ride all kinds of shotguns, the moden
smokeless powder shotgun shells am
rille cartridges: in fact everythin
that can interest the devotees Of hunt
lng and trap and tra and target shoot
ing. Don't fail to see the exhibi
at the Manufacturers and Pish an
Game Buildings, lt's well worii
your while.
Killed ii Tyrant.
Gen. BobrikolT, governor general (
Finland, was shot and mortal!
wounded at ll o'clock Thursday mon
ing at the entrance to the Finnis
senate at Helsingfors. The assassb
a man named Schau mann, a son <
Senator Schaumann, Immediate]
committed suicide. llobrikoif w;
shot in the stomach and rieck, thu
shots ticing tired, cue of which indu
ed a serious wound. The attack
ascribed to Finnish patriotism. Tl
last recorded act of Gen. Bobrikc
was in March of this year, when !
issued a proclamation forbidding t
people to darken their windows ;
"unusual hours." People who Oho!
to go ttl bed before 10 o'clock at nig I
were subject to heavy lines. Tn
step was due to the neglect tif t
Finns to illuminate their houses i
honor of the beginning of the wi
with Japan.
Ll lu Crushed Out.
At New York tine of the big ant
mobiles used to take sight seers aboi
the city, ran over and killed an elde
ly unknown man in Broadway Thu.
day night while members of the ai
ry party were laughing and Binghi
Before the body of the victim cou
be taken from under the car sever
of the women passengers became liy
terlcal and had to be lifted to tl
ground, while others Jumped djv
and ran way from the scene.
FATHER KILLS SON.
The Youth Flans to Frighten the
Uder Man by Playing Bandit
WAYLAID HIM IN LONELY SPOT
And is Killed Before He Can Cry
Out. Father Plunges a
Knife Into tho Boy's
Heart.
At Riverside, N. J., Frank Rein
ecke, a boy of sixteen, playei that bel
was a highwayman Wednescay night j
and did lt so realistically that his
father, whom he held up, plunged a |
knife into his heart, killing him.
Intercepting his parent in a lonely
spot upon the banks of Rancheas Creek
be suddenly stepped from behind a
bush, telling Reinecke, Sr., to bold up?
bis bands. The next instant he was
lifeless.
Thursday thc father is raving in
d^lirum. and lt ls feared that he may
ucver recover from the shock. The
mother and sisters are prostrated, and
the little community mourns the
death of a popular youth.
Half a dozen holdups have occurred
at Riverside and the adjoining villages
within a month or so, and thc resi
dents have been generally arming
themselves. The place is on the Am
boy division of the Pennsylvania Rail
ro?U, but twelve miles from Camden,
and large numbers of tramps pass
aloug on their way to and from Phila
delphia and New York. The recent
crimes have been attributed to these
wanderers.
Frank Reinecke conceived the idea
that it would be a line thing to mas
querade as a highwayman and fi igbten
his neighbors; He carried out his
idea and succeeded in making half a
dozen staid residents juri?p fences and
scuttle for home within a week.
Thursday night he tried the experi
ment upon his father, Walter Rein
ecke, a well-to-do insurance agent of
that place, whose home ls on the out
skirts of the village, above the hanks
of the creek, in a lonely spot.
Father and son started out early in
the evening, the older to transact some
business at the village tire company's
house, of which oiganization he is a
member, and the boy to visit his
young friends, Willie and Laura
Kelloek, who live near the Reinecke
home. On the way the youth regaled
his father with storiess of recent
holdups.
When lt)::iO p. m. came Mr. Rein
ecke started for home. Ile was ap-:
prchenslve, remembering that he .had
recently bad words with a negro, who
had threatened him. He also remem
bered w Hat lils boy had told him about
highwaymen. So ho drew a large
Brute irora ms pocket; -upanod .'?tho
blade .and walked on with senses on
the alert. Young Reinecke had bcon
watching for his father. He was
peeping out from behind a bush that
stood beside the pajbh in Hie loneliest
part of the roadway. The. trees grow
thick there, and the black water of
Hie creek is just below, making it as
loneley and dangerous a spot as can
be imagined.
Just as the elder Reinecke reached
the shadow a dark tigure stepped Into
ttie half gloom and a hoarse voice
cried: "Hold up your hands. Now
I've got you."
At the .-ame instant the ligure laid
fast hold upon thc frightened .man's
coat sleeve. With a cry of terror the
father lunged forward and buried
knife in Hie breast of the supposed
highwayman, who sank to Hie ground
gasping, "Oh! Father!"
The voice ?of the boy recall d the
anguished father toa realization of the
awful thing that he had done. With
a cry that was beard far oh' by neigh
bors ' ie distracted man fell on bis
knees beside Hie body of his boy and
besought him to speak. Ile raised the
head of the boy only to lind that he
was already dead.
Sustain Henvy Loss.
A dispatch fr. in St. Petersburg says
Emperor Nicholas has received thefol
lowering telegram from Lieu. Cen.
Ilaron Stakelberg. "A battle began
at noon around the Russian position
four and a half miles south of the sta
tion of Wafanlioon (Vafangow), ct ic
enemy making repeated attempts tc
dislodge our left Hank. The aftak wai
repelled and we retained our posit ion.
Tho ti rsl, regiment occupying the left
Hank of cur position sustained severe
I losses, lbs commander, Col. Khavas
toilnoff, and Adjut. Sub-Lieu. Pragos
luff Nadochinsy were killed. Gen
Gerngros* was wounded, a sharpne
;j j bullet shattering the right side of UK
lower jaw, but he remained on th?
Held.'
i\ Woman lunched.
At Lebanon Junction, Ky., Mari;
Thompson, colored, who Wednesday
night killed John Irwin, a wealth,
white farmer, was taken Hom the jai
Thursday ai d hanged to a tree in ttl?
jail yard. She weighed 255 pound'
and the rope broke. As she ran a wai
the mob tired a fusilado after her un
til she fell and was left for dead. Thi
officers, however, found signs of Hf
and removed the women to a physi
clan's olllce, where it was found tba
she had been shot in several place
and could not recover, lr .vin bad re
I. i proved Maria Thompson's boy wli
worked for him. Afterward Mari
came info Irwin's melon patch an
slashed irwin until he was dead.
Three Killed in Duel.
At Uryan'sville, Ind., three me
are dead and two wounded, ono fatally
as the result of a pistol light on th
streets of that village Tuesday. Th
dead are James and Charles itoul an
Milton Tow. James Tow is fatal]
wounded and Frank Two is badi
hurt. The light was the culmlnatlo
of a feud between thc Kout and Toi
families.
Deadly Hot Supper.
Tuesday night at a lint supper an
dance gi ven by Hie colored people c
Wal ter boro, Hus Green, becoming Jea
otis of William Haynes, deliberatel
pulled his pistol and shot him cleat
Creen was captured and lodged In ja
at 2 o'clock next morning and this fae
enabled the ortlcluls to discover s
early that Adams and Stephens ha
escaped. ?
LEAKS JAIL.
Adams; j?ffurderer, and Another Pri
soner, Filed Their Way Out.
AN^Pf??L HAD BEEN" DENIED
AndAdmin WAI Await In? a Ro-ien
flo
if
The ShorlfT aad
se Are Pursuing
the Escapes.
A- dispatch from W?lterb?ro to |
The St ile under date of June 14 says
quite E . sensation was caused In
Waltei?jpro Tuesday morning when lt
waav kui wu that B. A. Adams had
escaped} from Jail. Adams waa con
victed mr the murder of Henry Jaques
and sentenced last June tobe hanged.
Ills sentenced was stayed pending an
appeal fto the supreme court, which
ap peal; was dismissed. Adams was to
have li:en resentenced at the next
term of court, wbioh meets the ti rat
Mondam in August.
At ?OTOlock. Tuesday morning when
Gus Green \ a brought to Jail by,
Policeman Johnson a rope of blankets
was discovered hanging from the win
dow above the portico on the side of
the JatU Upon investigation it vsas
found that Adams and a negro, Jasper
Stephens, incarcerated for larceny,
bad tiled through one of the Iron bars
and escaped.
Deputy Sheriff Henderson imme
diate]" started In pursuit, but so far
no tr^is of the escaped prisoners has
beenjf?und.
Adlons is about 5 feet i? inches
high, weighs about 145 pounds, dark
skin, dark bair and eyes, with mous
tache and a long, sharp face with very
heavy, jaw and large neck; fast talking
and winks eyes rapidly while talking,
nervous and quick movement. *
. _
WEATHER AND CHOPS.
A Few Isolated Sections'Still Mu nev
in/: from Drought.
Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director,
saya tn his weekly report of the crops,
gathered from correspondence:
The week ending 8 a. m., June 13,
had a thean temperature of 75 degrees,
which is about 4 below normal, due to
nearly normal temperatures during
the first four days and abnormally
cool weather during the last three.
Tlie cool weather was accompanied by
fresUfto brisk northeast, winds and
unusually low relative humidity. The
sunshine was normal in places and be
low lb others.
Tito greater portion of the State
had from one to over two inches of
raiP - three days. The upper Sa
i v" valley had.less than an inch,
' wbi -, mprp? - ot York county and a
few ?t?i^ areas in other sections the
dro; ' " is unbroken and crops are
SUjafflng for moisture. Streams are
very low and nany wells are falling
lu the central counties.
A)destructive wind and hail storm
passed through Plckens county; the
track of the hail storm was about half
a mile wide an 1 all crofs In this path
were destroyed. There were also
damaging wind storms In Spirtan
burg and Sumter counties, and hall
occurred at various places in the
northern and northeastern counties,
doing some damage to crops.
The weather was generally favora
ble for cultivation of held crops, but
with large areas where the ground
.7 ?-no wet to work and where tields
have becou.0 foul. As a rule, corn,
cotton, tobacco, rici and minor crops
are clean and well cultivated, and
have made marked impioveraent 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 bellly
laid by.
With few and unimportant excep
tions, cotton has now attained full
stands, although somewhat Irregulai
ones as to size. The plants are small
for the season, but have good coloi
and are growing nicely. Lice are re
ported from Abbeville county. Square*
have been reported from nearly ali
sections, and a few blooms have been
noted In Orangeburg county. lr
places tields are becoming foul. Sea
island cotton shared in the genera
improvement, and now has full bul
Irregular stands and good color.
Tobacco impproved and ls behn
"primed." Rice planting continue!
and she crop is making satisfactory
growth. Wheat and oat harvest ii
nearing completion: the yields o
wheat are best in the extreme west
ern counties and only fair to poor ii
the central ones. The oat crop i
best in the eastern counties, wher
In places the yields are heavy. Lat
oats show some improvement. Botl
grains have been housed in good con
ditton, where cut, with only slltrh
damage from the rains.
It Was Brutal Murder.
Thc State says Nathan Truesdale
uncle of thc negro killed at Cloud'
creek on Saturday week, swore out ?
warrant before Magistrate Little a
Saluda on Wednesday for Sion Miller
Joe Miller and Russel McCormick
Thursday the Millers and McCormicl
surrendered themselves to the sheri I
and are now In jail. The Miller boy
are 22 and 23 years old, respectively
and McCormick looks to be til
younger of the three. It was state
that McCormick did thc shooting hu
the report cannot be continued. Th
home of the Miller boys ls not fa
from where the homicide occurred
while McCormick halls from Lexi og
ton county. lie joined the Mide
boys at Batesburg and was going on
visit to bis brother, whose home if. i
this county. Il ls not known whetlu
application will be made for ball (
not. The older of the Miller boys
married.
At tho Top.
The Columba State calls attentlc
to the fact that of the six "star" sti
dents graduated from West, point th
year, one is fnm Virginia, one eac
from Tennesse :, Mississippi and Coli
rado, ard two from North Carolin:
They are all so ithern boys except on
and their records are goid cause f<
pride in tile section they have so wc
represented, lt is really an unusu
showing.
WILL BE A CHANGE.
Mr. Fred Wannamaker Will Appoint |
Nevr Civil Service Board.
The Columbia State Bays: Upon I
the retirement of Mr. A. P. Wilson |
from the postoQlce 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 has been tbe subject of com
plaint, and Congressman Lever has J
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 lu the
government service. She waa referred
to the secretary and with indignation
she refused to stand the examination
when she found that the person to I
whom she applied and to whom her |
papers should be submitted is a negro.
This incident, among others, was |
brought to the attention of Mr. Lever.
ID was also brought to his attention
that white men as well as women!
were refusing to go before an examinai
ing board the secretary of which is a
negro, and as a result the post-office
was beiug filled 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 asked for.
It is not known who will be members {
of the new board, but they will be [
employes of the federal government,
of course.
The appointment of the local
examining board bas been made by
the commission in Washington upon
recommendations from Columbia, and
it is understood tbat 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. Easor 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 Hst of
eligibles and this list is made up with
the exact standing of every applicant
standing examination: If non if?ttft
negroes apply, none but hes"*
be appointed.
Mr. Fred Wannamaker,
to be secretary in charge
or southern divison of th?.*'
commission, is a nativeo?tf|?3
and conducted a newspar
ing to Washington wher
an appintment in tho
civil service commission, 1...
tion bas been rapid, ami th i
recognition from the depart'mehT^isr:
matter of gratification to his friends
in South Carolina,
Udeer the new plan, the local boards
of examiners will be abolished in every
town in the Str.te in the district.
The manager of the division, in this
case the fifth 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 wUl be sent to
Atlanta, instead of Washington as
bas heretofore been the rule. Under
the new rule, the work of holding the
examination wlli oe greatly simplified..
Instead of each place having its local
board of examiners, an examiner will
be sent from the division headquar
ters and the examination papera from
all the States In the division will be
sent to Atlanta instead of Washing
ton, thus doing away with the con
fusion.
CmiHctl a Panic.
At New York In 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.
Thc panic was caused by the blowing
out of a fuse while the car was running
at a high rate of speed. The front
platform aud forward part of the car
were at once enveloped in flames, and
the passengers made frantic efforts to
escape. Many jumped, others were
pushed off 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, 24 years old, with a
six months old baby in her arms, wa?
pushed from the car and received a
fractured skull, a broken ankle and
severe concussions of the liody. The
baby was unhurt and was found asker
In the mother's arms, by an ambulance
physician.
No Caut?n for Alarm.
The State says Mr. Kert Berle, tin
Uni ted States Civil engineer and ar
chitect, has about completed his ex
aminatlou of the capitol dome and ox
pects to leave for Washington "Wed
nesday. Ile will report to the gover
nor from there next week. Mr. Lerli
would not say whether he would re
port thc building safe or unsafe, bu
that, docs not signify that from tb
examinations and investigations hi
has made so Tar that it is or Is noo. I
merely means that he is guarded li
expressing himself before he report
formally to the governor. He did say
however, that there was no cause fo
Immediate alarm. He ls said to hav
expressed the opinion that the nev
work is shoddy by comparison witl
the old. Whether this will bc brough
out in the report, however, cannot b
said. j.
Howard for Adam?.
Cov. Hey ward Wednesday offered ;
reward of $500 for the capture of It
A. Adams, who escaped Monday nigh
from the Walterboro jail. Adam is
white man, who was sentenced las
June to hang for the murder of Henr
Jacques. His appeal bo the suprem
court had been dismissed and he wa
to be resentenced at the August terr
of the court.
Nofrro Child Killed.
At, Simpson vi lie Tuesday af ter noo
Jim Thompson, a 0 year-old negr
boy, whll - playlrg with a pistol she
and Instantly k lied a (J-months ol
Infant In the arms of his young sh
ter. The ball entered the infant
head and grazed the breast of th
young negro holding the ohlld.
Japs Claim
JAPS LOSE THREE SHIPS.
The IiMM ia Lives Ia Estimated nt
.One Thousrtnd.
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, fays
all doubt aa to the sinking of the
transports- HItachl and Sado by the
Russians has been removed. Three
hundred and ninety-seven survivors of
the Hitachi have arrived at Moji and
153 survivorsof the Sado have arrived
at Kokura. Details of tho destruc
tion of the two transports and the I
full extent of the casualties are not '
obtainable.
A later dispatch says details obtain
able from the survivors of the ill-fated
Japanese transports ?how that- the
Hitachi and the Sado met three Bus
slan warship near Iki island at 10
o'clock Wednesday ' morning. The
Russians fired on the Japanese ships |
and stopped them, and coon 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 Hagi? say
ing that the survivors of the Hitachi
bad drifted north to Shimonoseki and
been saved. The transport Izum li
stiii "missing.
It is reported that the transports
Hitachi and Sado carried only 1,400
men. If this ls true, the loss in lives
is probably less than 1,000. The
transports, however, had many horses
andjarge quantities Of supplies on
T6&4w?m?r Katsuno waa sunk off
Mojl Frlday>4ilghta8 a result of collid
ing with the steamer Yamatokan.
Both vessels were on their way to
Tiescu.to rescue the survivors of the
transports Hatachi and: Sado.
A STEAMER BURNED.
Tho HIRI
town .at tbe trmo and hat! no carg?.
The 'vessel was practically new, hav
ing been built only three years ago,
and was valued at 8i2,000. It was in
sured for only 83,000, with J. H.
Boatwright & Son at Wilmington, N.
G. Although the telegram says "total
loss," Manager Love is of the opinion
that much of the machiuery may be
saved. The less 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 line the Chamber of
Commerce Instituted this spring to
give Columbia water connection with
the coast. The business has steadily
increased Blnce the first trips, and ar
rangements bad just been made for
hauling cotton, which would greatly
tftlievo the situation and for which
the Clamber of Commerce, had beeu
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 done
as quickly as the Chamber of Com
merce can make the arrangements."
Many Lives Lost.
A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba
says the worst storm of a decade begat
Friday and culminated Monday nighi
in 14 inches of rain which fell in fivi
hours, accompanied by a hurricane
The lower village of El Cobre has beei
destroyed. Forty-five persons an
known to be dead and scores are mis
sing. Bodies are floating in the Cobn
river. Twenty bodies have been recov
ered by boats patrolling the bay. Al
the bridges on the Cobre railway ar
out and many bridges have been los
on the Cuba railway. A train whicl
left Habana Saturday is held betweei
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 am
two of the employes were injured. Th
passengers are safe. The mines a
Daiquiri are crippled and six of til
employes have been drowned. The pie
has been damaged. The city's propel
ty loss is enormous.
Negro Cotton Mill Failed.
The Columbia State says: "Th
Wilmington Messenger calls our ai
tentlon to the fact that the detune
Coleman cotton mill, the failure c
wi dcb was lately noted in the;
columns, was no*? only operated bu
owned and managed by negroes. I
that case we do not think that th
evidence of the negro's failure as
cotton mill hand was as conclusive a
in the case of the Charleston mil
which was financed by white oaplU
and managed by skilled white cotto
mill men. Tho case of thc Cole m a
mill is, however, equally intercstln
in another way."
In A Cow's Maw.
At Aiken willie slaughtering a bei
on Saturday, Mecsrs. Lamer <
Thorpe's butcher found a lady's gol
clasp bracelet in the animal's mav
The bracelet is of 18 karat gold an
ls a handsome piece of jewelry. Tf
cow was purchased with a bunch (
cattle from a Tennessee market. Ho
the animal happened to absorb sue
valuable food is of course hard i
guess.
?attie >>y Little.
Over a billion live-cent fares wei
paid last year to the transit compani
of New York city. Fifty million dc
larsl Paid In live cents at a time!
vorltable confirmation of the "litt
drops of water, little grains of sane
teaching.
toft Five Hundred Rus
sians Dead on the
Battlefield.
LOST FOURTEEN GUNS.
Russians Wanted to Attack Jap
anesft ?Vft, But Was Fere
stalled, forced Into a
Defile and Routed.
? dispatch from Tokio, Japan, says
the Russian hope of relieving the pres
sure on Port Arthur by threatening
the fe WT of Gen. Oku, the commander
of the Japanese forces investing tho
Russian stronghold, came to an end
Wednesday at Tellssu, a point on the
railroad 50 miles north of Klnohou and
25 miles north of "Va?angow. when tbe
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 te the
northward. ;
fap?S??? Charge tu?u tura Tvu.-S*
slans Violated the Japanese flag. Cer
tain officers aver that during the
fighting a body of Russian soldiers ap
peared carrying a Japanese Hag and
that the Japanese artillery, decived
by this flag, ceased firing on that par
ticular body of Russians. Official dis
patches from fehe Japanese command
er:; . ; : . e. ?mecifio charges of thia flag
violation. Early estimates of the Jap
anese, losses at Tellssu say that 1.0&)
men ti ere killed, or wounded.
. attacking foi ce was
aid left columsand
Dh Tuesday along
hoad. They en-.;
st of Vafan?
?\ !;
siana
?. Ti: :
Japanese ar
il line and the
ag: con-.
tlnupd 12 hourt? and it waa' followed
by the advance of the Japanese line to
<?'?. ; ' . ' ion extending from Lung Chis,
fl ung to Yu Ilotun. Par kness. 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-en forced 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 the
Russians near Talissu and they suc
ceeded admirably.
While the main Japanese force was
moving north along the railroad col
umn were swung to the taft ap/1 *"" " '
right and finally cor> jn
the main Riis.^.," , ,"i"- . Rus
sians In this , o a dis
advantage, butTEJ? JSOJYwith de
termination until 3 ov^/Ck in the
afternoon. At this hour they were
routed. The Japanese cavalry continu
ed to pursue the enemy and probably
Indicted severe punishment.
RUSSIANS ADMIT DEFEAT.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
says Emperor Nicholas has received
the following telegram, dated June
16, from Gen. Kuropatkln:
"I have received the following dis
patch from Lieut. Gen. Baron Stakel
berg, dated June 16, 12.20 a. m.:
" 'Yesterday I bad Intended to at
tack the enemy's right Hank but just
as our troops had been assigned for
the purpose and were beginning to
successfully envelop the enemy's right
flank, the Japanese In their turn at
tacked my right fiauk with superior
forces and I was compelled to retreat
by three roads to the north.
" 'Our losses are heavy, hue they
are uot 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.
"'Thc conduct of the troops was
excellent, a large proportion of them
refusing 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._
Lynched by Negroes.
News has reached_La Grange, Ga.,
that an old nergnf by the name of
Jonah Woods, who lived In the Coun
try near Texas court grounds lu Heard
county about 25 miles from La
Grange, was lynched byQther negroes.
Wood was a deacon In his church and
a pious old negro. It is said bc dis
covered a number o: negroes playing
1 'craps" and threatened that bo would
report them to the grand jury. After
wards the church was burned down
and two days later, while plowing in
tho fields, he was seized and strung
up to a tree nearby.
Negreas Kills White Woman.
Nows was received Tuesday of the
killing of Mrs. Halliday, a white wo
man, by Addle Smith, a negro girl, at
LoachapDka Monday night. The
slayer was caught as Notasulga, a
small town near Montgomery. A
largo crowd soon gathered and fearing
violence the sheriff of Lee county took
the negress to Tuskegee for safe keep
ing. The woman acknowledges kill
ing Mrs. Holllday. *