The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, November 11, 1904, Image 1

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The Marlboro' Democrat. "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE.'* VOL.^QX. BENNETSVILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1904. NO. 25 Make? a Hslf Hear T excursion i mont the Clouds and IAHDS FROM WHEEEIT 8TARTEI Thousands at tho Exposition Wftnrsi the Ascent and I), scout of the Baldwin's SuccrHHful Flying Mulline. Alter flyirg In every direction, witt the wind and against lt at a height ol 2,000 feet above the Cascade*, lu s'ght of thousands of cheering, enthusiastic spectatorsoa the World's Fairgrounds one day last week, A. Hoy Kuaben 8hue, of Toledo, In command of Thus. S. Balo'wiu'B airship, the California Arrow, brought it to anchor at the place whence he started, as niatlyand as accurately as a train ruus into a station. In all he Hew 3* milo*. Knabeoshue startid from the Aero nautic COL ourse at 3.37 p. m., and returned at 4.05 p. m. On the re turn trip the airship sailed slowly over the exact spot from which it had risen 28 minutes previously, aud glid ed about 100 feet further west, where it settled grace fahy to the giound. CAHRMSD OFF LN THIUMl'n. Thedetcut of the Arrow was the sig.ial for a great demonstration. Hundreds of ea^er hands were up stretched to grasp the frame of the Hying machine, which, with its ravi gator, was carried around the con \course on the shoulders of shouting Ajen. Hats wore thrown in the air, and when Knabenshue called for three cheers for bis home town they were given with a will, and another round followed for Kuabcushue and Baldwin. The successful ll ght followed a dav full of discouragement. Baldwin and Knabeusuue had worked for twenty six he ur-', without sleep, to prepare for the dight. The ttrot at-tempt to ascend with Baldwin in ..?annand, ended disastrously. The Arrow fell to the ground and broke a blade cf the propeller. FLIES LI KB A ?HID, In half an hour that had been re paired, and with Knabenshue in com mand thc airship was cist loose. It rise slowly ajd easily, ils prow di rected toward the we-.t. When, at a height of twenty-live feet Knabenshu ; turned the rudder and thc aerial craft, answering to its helm, pointed south and ct ntlnued its ll gbt without inter ruption. Knabenshue at that time was not high enough to clear the aeronautic fence, and as he rapidly approached it, the crowd held Its breath, fearing that the craft would he dashed against tho barricade, and the aeronaut in jured or killed. But Knabenshue waving his cap to assure those who . -"W?5'? ?JV . .?!..}. ' '-' cvory-mOve, moved towa?<-1 ^x' rear of the airship. Tho Arrow pointed its prow upward and. answering tlie pull of the propeller, soared lightly over the fence and rap idly gained au altitude of 1,000 feet. 'CHANGES COURSE AT WILL. Knabenshue aeain cnanged thc di rection of the craft and passed over the crowd in the course, amid, or rather fir above, rousing cheers. The ,lcLug, chug, chug" of the motor could be plainly heard and the rays of the sun glistened on the polished blades cf the propeller, making a halo around the prow of the Hying ma chine. After proco -lng about half a mile westward Knabenshue turned the airship about and again passed over the c .ucourse, at the same time lncreash.g his altitude until he was 2,000 feet above the earth. Sailing first to the northeast and then to the southeast, occasionally making coa p?ete turns, Knabenshue continued in a generally easterly di rection until over the Cascades, thc centre of the World's Fair grounds and ab.iut a mlle an i a half in a di rect line from the point of starting. .G?ES^OAINST EIGHT-MILK WINU. At about that time the barely per ccptible breeze that had been blow lng hom the west, Increased to about eight miles an hour, and veered to the north. In order to return to the starting point it was necessary for Knabenshue to breast this breeze, lt. seemed that his lirst effort to turn the airship from a course before the wind was unsuccessful, but Knabenshue, after trying lo turn to the left, swung the rudder sharply in the otbor di notion, and the Arrow came Into tile wind, staggered a moment, and then gaining power, sped towarri tlie con course at a speed that caused the spec tutors to cheer and t.?ss hats In the air. The demonstration was observ ed by Knabenshue, who leaned far out and wa\ed an empty ballast bag In reply. Without deviation, thc California Arrow cont inned on in ilia teeth of the breeze, gaining speed anti lushing toward thc concourse in an imposing manner. When within a few hundred feet of the concourse, Knabenshue moved forward In the car, the Arrow pointed downward and sailed toward the ground without any slackening of speed. ALIGHTS GRACEFULLY. Knabenshue entered the concourse from trie east at a hugill of 200 feet, and slowing Hie speed of the motor, directed tue airship over the wooden frame that had supported the Arrow before the Hight, and alighted grace fully within 100 feet of tho dock. After Knabenshue bau assisted In housing the airship in the aerodrome, he was introduced to President Frauds, of the Exposition; Mayoi Wells, of St. Louis, and many World's Fair and eily odicers. Kuabensbue't mother and wife, who had arriver: fr m Toledo Tuesday, ju>>t in time tt see the Hight , were pri sent and adder to the young aeronaut's happiness bj j' ininii their praise to that ed the dis tingulshed men. Knabenshue had only praise for th? Hying machine he had dir. cted. J Iii own share in the achievement wai secondary In his eyes to the manne In which tho California Arrow har supported the claims of the inventor PROFITED HY EXPERIENCE. "There was not a moment," bi said, "when I did not have complcti control of the airship. It needed bui the slightest pressure on tho helm t< change the direction of thc vessel, ant the old 'Arrow* responded to ever j demand that 1 made on it. I alsc profited by the lesson 1 ?earned un thc Urst flight, and when 1 found that the motor was working smoothly and evenly, furnishing all the power neces sary for such a demonstration, I let weil enough alone and did not attempt to increase the speed of the motor, for that wai what causad the motor to break on my trial last Tuesday. "The mechanical paitof the airship workt d perfectly. The gasoline motor did not mies an ignition and the revo utions of the propeller were steady and powerful. 1 am not sufficient.j ex pel leoced to estimate the speed at which I moved, and I was too busy at the time to make any calcul?t ons. DELIGHTFUL SENSATION. "The sensation was most pleasant. I did not have time to think about danger. In fact tber?*. was no real dan ger. An operator of the Baldwin Ar row needs only to have an average amount of nerve, a little experience as an aeronaut and he can make a sue c.ssful tight.J' Captalu Baldwin was extremely op timistic regarding the luture of his airship. "I bad abnut determined to leave St. Louis," he said. "Now 1 shad not be content to leave before 1 have had several trials for that 8100,000 priza. Knabenshue went up with instruct!, n> not tc go far from the aeronaut ic con course and to bring the ship to tho ground aft:r a trial of half an hour. He carno withit two minutes of obey ing my instructions to the letter. "I am now convinced that 1 have a wonderful airship, and we shall give dally ex'ilbitto ts of varying ltargMis to cou vi nee the paople of tho wond that 1 am right." A PATH IO r OP PATRIOTS." Tliis ls What n Western Paper Tenus General Lee. "The grea test geneneral of his age and the finest gentlemau of tue South" is the tribute that one not of the South himself has paid to the memory of the leader of the Confed ! erato armies. For j ears, r g dust the greatest odds that ever man liad to fight against, Butlering from the great est privations from which ever soldiers suffered, marching through devas tated country, without food, without sufficient clothing, with the knowl edge that their cause was almost a lost eau e already, with the thought that after it was over, i o matter what the outcome, they would have nothing but ruined homes to which they might return, thc soldiers of Lee followed him through a series of bat- ' ties whose like was never known in the history of the world, unaomplain iugly, never quest onlug the wisdom or the integrity nf their lcadtr. Never in tho bi torv cf wars liave soldkrs loved a gent .vd wltfi une same trust and loyalty with which the sol diers of the Confederacy loved Robert E. Lee. Like many other generals of the Southern side, Lee was a graduate Of West Point. He had been appointed lieutenant in the engineering coi ps and liad served along me Mississippi and Missouri Hivers before the Mexi can war. During this var he was assigned to duty on the staff of Gen. Scott as cneif engineer and for his gallant con duct in its battles won promotion by successive glades to tho rank of c do ucl. When thc Virginia Convention on April 17, 1801, passed an ordinance ol secession Lae resigned bis commission In Hie United Stat.s army immedi ately, lt was upon this day, April 20, is<;i, that he wiote: "The whole South is in a state of revolution, into wide i Virginia, by a long aruv gie,has been drawn. Though I recognize no necessity for this state of tbli gs, and would have fordon e an ! pleaded tu the end fur redress of grievances, real ? r supposed, yet in my uwn person I had to meet the question whither 1 should lake part aga nat my native State. "With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling ol' loyalty and duty as an American citizen, I have not b"en able to make up my mind to ra:se mv hand against my telatives, my children, my hume. 1 have, there fore, rt signed my commission in thc army, and, save in defence of my na tive State, willi the sincere hope that my poor services may never be needed, I hope I may inver be called OJ o r^w my sword." Noble, great-hearted, ready to serve his Slate when his Stale called as he had bi en ready to serve the country ween the country hud nerded him. Uni cr.. E. Lee ls one of the most heroic of a bind of he;oas. D ? lng h s duty as he saw il before him, suffering f< r the cause in which he believed, uudergoii g hardships ol every sort, cuduriug the Contumely ot those who thought they could read his conscience for him, Lee may well be considered by North os well ashy South a patriot of patriots.-Chicago Journal. Killed ni lim Supper. Ab Charleston an Inquest wai held Thursday over the b idy of James Green, colored, whose body was fourni last night in a well ou Anson street. It. was shown that at a hot supper on Sunday, Green had entered the ro im and pot the inmates to Hight ann Charles Hayes, who was arrested last night was thc man, who .seizing an axe, struck the blow which caused Grean'8 death, lt did not develop, . however, who placed the h .dy in the , well, li lye-, denying that he did it. ? He claims that he struck Green in i si if defense. He was committed to , jail fur trial. Thront? ni tynclliPK A dispatch from McCormick to The State say-, Mose (Jowan, colored, was ? brought Lefor? Magistrate Price Sat * urday morning Oct. 29, charged with j rape upon thu ill-year old.daughter of r Rotiert Belcher, colored. The deed I was committed Friday afternoon in tlie Bordeaux section. He was com mitted tn jail at. Abhcvihe. There ls some talk of lynching among the - negroes. Cowan accomplished bia a purpose. He was c ipturec. and turned t over to the magistrate by two of his o colored neighbors. KILLED BY OUTLAWS. Re fuco ri io Giro Up 5iou**y ?nd Was ?bot Dead. Four heavily armed outlaws from tho Hole-in-the-Wall country held up and robbed the First National bank of Cody, Wyo., Wednesday, and after shooting and killing Cashier Fiank Middaugb, of the bank, had a runnirg fight with cowboys and bunters and escaped into the Rattlesnake moun tains, where they are being pursued by half a dczsn dHT reut posses. A battle ls Imminent. The Hole-in the Wall gang are nott d as the most des perate outlaws in tho west and the (Jo ly posses are determined to wipe the bandits out of existence. "Buffalo [hil" himself is en rou te frcm Omaha in a special car, having with him a party of titled Englishmen and two of ills Sioux Indian scouts and bas tele graphed orders for horses to be wait ing his party at the depot. He will take the trail in person im nae dlately on hts arrival. Just before the close of the bank Wednesday afternoon a party of four roughly dressed men rode up to the First National bank in the heart of tbe town and aero s the streot from the Irma, "Buffalo Bill's" hotel. Three men dismounted and eutered tbe building, Ll ie forth remaining out side to guard the horses. As soon as the outlaws entered the brmk one of them covered Cashier Middaugb, who was the only occupant of the room and demanded tbe cash from the vault. Instead of complying Mlddaugh urabi e l a revolver and made a game tight tor life and money, tiring sever al shots even before tbe outlaw lead er could tire ab the banker, but Mid daugh was excited and bis bullets went wild, while the single shot sent fro a the outlaw's guu passed through the bankers brain and he died instant ly. Ono of the posses, led by Sheriff Jeff Champion, overtook the outlaws at dusk, 20 miles southwest of Cody, and a battle ensued In which Cham pion h?d a horse shot under bim but was uninjured. The bandits obtained fresh horses at a ranch nearby and escaped. HURLED TO DEATH. Mine Ourringo Fell Thirteen Hun dred Foot Killing Ten People. One of the most appalling mine ac cidents In the history of the Wyoming valley for many year3 past occurred at No. 1 Aucblncloss shaft, operated by tbe Deleware, Lackwanna and West ern Coal company at Nanticoke, atan early In ur Wednesday morning by which ten men were hurled to instant death and three seriously injured. Tt.e meu were mostly all ur.on the mine carriage to oe lowered to the xoridngs hoinw. ,. .1 ""The signal was given to the engi ne :r, wbo began lowering the men. The carriage bad tone but a few feet when tlie engineer lost control of his engines, owing to the reverse lev?is falling to work, and the carriage, with its load of human freight, ten in all. was dashed beyond the R >ss vein, lauding nearly 1,100 feet below the surface and froai there they were pre cipitated 300 feet further into a sump. Those wno may not have been kill id outright were without doubt drowned In the sump, whicb ls fully 00 feet deep with water. Up to 8 o'clock Wednesday night no lui man aid could reach thetn and every man on the ill-fated carriage lias been given up by the mioe oflLials as lost. The victims, who were miners and laborers, all resided in Nanticoke and most of them leave families. They were Poles or Slaves with tbe excep tion of one named John Kemper. Intense excitement continued to prevail about the mouth of the shaft Wednesday night. Women and chil dren are running about crying and moaning for those who are at the boo tom. There are fully To miners and laborers In the mine dragging the sump for the bodies and lt may re quire two or three days before any of the dead eau be lecjvered. A Great (Sensation, Janus Hendrix, aged 22, ono of the most prominent young men of Mont gomery, Ala., was found dead early Wednesday morning on the roof of the American National Bank Building with a set of burglars't o'.s lying near bim. He was killed while trying to cut au electric who. The p dice are making every effort to ferrat out the mystery which surrounds the death of Hendrix. Hendrix was dressed in bis militia uniform and his citizens clothes were found at the armory o' the Montgomery Grays. A complete set of burglars tools was near him, and on Hendrix's weie nitro glycerine, dynamite, fuses, a glass cutter and a pistol. The cjronor's jury returned a verdict of death by electricity. The friends of the dead manare astonlsbed beyond expression. Heudrlx was very prominently connected. 1**1 n l u I ly Injured. Dr. W. E. Pelham of New Berry received the sad news Thursday morning that his st n, Mr. Chas. P. Pelham, bad been serb inly Injurer] in a runaway accident near Asheville, N. C. It scorns that Mr. Pelham was thrown fr? m a buggy against a cross lie and bis skull fractured. Details are lacking, but it' is said tiiat Mr. Pelham has tegained consciousness. Mr. Pelham is traveling for the well known diug firm, Parke, Davis & Co., of Baltimore. He has many friends here who hope that Iiis injuries are nut so bad as reported. W er vii Moving Boullia In an exhaustive report oh the toll weevil made by A s'.stant State Entu m? legist lt. I. Smith to Commissioner of Agriculture O. B. Stevens, an im p irtant and dangerous feature re garding this pi st, according to Mr. Smith, is the rapidity with which tho weevil is moving eastward. Mr. Smith asserts in his report that, if measures to tight the weevil aro long delaytd In the eastern portion of tbe cotton belt, lt will mean Inestimable loss to tho cotton p'anters. Mr. Smith has been In Texas in an official c.tpaolty for some time, making a through study of the Mexican boll weevil. STORY OF LIM) YANG Battle Votes from a Corresponde at'? Diary. INCIDENTS OF GREAT STRUGGLE Graphically Described by an Eye witness. Sp-ctn oles ol tbo Wounded and Dying. Mukden, September 18.-From the diary of ore ot the Associated Press correspondents with the Russian army ls taken the following notes on the battle of Llao Yang. August 28.-Returning from the funeral of Gen. Routkowsky, I met a whole train of ambulance carts filled with wounded, two or three men in each. The band of the Prlmorsky Dragoons also passed me going to join the reserves. Troops were moving along every road, oflkers and order lies galloping In every direction. All and everything that must be with the reserves was lljwing towards Liao Yang in groups and parties, small and great, like little streams tlowlcg into a river. To thc rear of house, high in the heavens, hangs the captive bal lon, with three officers watching the enemy. There is something uncanny about the immobility of the enormous sphere-something fantastto and monstrous. No news as yet from the Held of battle. Two Japanese, one a trooper, have just beeu brought in prisoners. The trooper wears a very dignified air, like most of his country men. The other iii a pitiful sight, entirely naked, covered with bruises and scarcely alive. ll A. M.-The fighting has ceased. It is the Japanese custom to give thelr.men a re?>t from 11 2 to every day. They are clever and mean.to fight in comfort. 6 P. M.-At three o'clock a fierce bombardment recommenced, lasting till Ll ii? hour. At times the firing was so severe that lt was even oppres sive. One of my friends has just re turned from the batteries. He says that it ls perfect hell there. Riding through the tuwu. I met a r-umber of stretchers covered with sheets and under them were the wounded. A sad spectacle. AN UNACCUSTOMED UOAU. 7 P. M.-The cannonade continues. This constant and unceasing uproar, although somewhat dulled by distance, singularly depresses one. To-morrow will decide the fate of Llao Yang. Thc cannonade stopped late at night. The first large convoy of wounded came In after dark. It was sad to hear the groans aud sighs in the darks uess. Many of the wounded succum bed before reaching the ambulance. August 29.-I was awakened very early by an unaccustomed roar. Ar, h.-st I could not understand what was happening and only after carefully lis tening 1 uudorsti od that a terrific bombardment was going on in the outskirts of the city. Hurriedly dress ing myself 1 went out on the porch. Here thc firing could be heard much plainer. _ The boom of cannon came now fast, now slow; sometimes they cjmbtned into one prolonged thunder ous roar from which the very atmos phere shook. At six o'clock in the morning a number of carts entered the yard to remove our things to the train. Hy half-past seven nothing re rnaiued in our rooms. Are we going to leave Llao Yang or not? That is the question wnich fills our minds, and the roar of the cannon grows stronger au:l stronger, just as if a monstrous drum was being un mercifully beaten. Beyond the quar ters of the stall arises a little bill which is covered with spectators hun grl'y watching the bursting shells on che heights outside the city. 1\> the southwest beyond the vil lage cf Showshan pou where the first army corps is lighting, the tiring is particularly inti nie. The entire slope of thc mountainous ridge ls pictures quely di lined against tlio sky line. Lit tle e'.ouds of smoke dot the sky above it. Despite the ll iring sunlight, lt is quite easy to distinguish the llame of artillery discharges. Sometimes they seem to run along the ground like will o-the-wlps, sometimes when the enemy ls tiring volleys, a whDle Hock of cloudlets and ilami-s is seen above tlie hill tops. It looks as though noth ing could live under such a pandem?n ium. FLY WI UK OR FALL SHOUT. Oue cannot reali/. ?. that the vast maj irity of the projectiles (ly wide or fall short. Sometimes it happens that a couple of hours frightful can nonade will only kill ten or twenty men, but sometimes, alas, hi 15 or 20 minutes there is a mountain of dead todies. Hoing condemned to Immobility we stand hero and watch the spectacle through our lieid glasses. The captive bill iou ri-.es alittle to our left; It rises and then t-tops as If overcome by the grandeur of the sight. 1 have often seen a captive balloon rise above a pleasure ground, but never did It cause fcuoh an impression upon me as here amidst the movement of armed hosts and to tlie accompaniment of demon iacal cannonading. Everything seems to be changed, even here, Hlnce yester day. There ls something majestic In the air and In the faces of all present. Everybody feels that something grand and unusual, something that is going to Inlluence future history, ls transpir ing. Along.-ide thc headquarters stalT at tlie foot of our hill, the commls sxrlat officials and their subordinates aro huriicdly removing documents. Similar work ls going on all round at the various ether stall" and commis sariat olliccs. In the distance along side the railwaystation locomotive en gines are pulling and blowing and rail way carriages are strung out In enor mous lines. A part of the stores have already left and we can hear the creaking of the commissariat wagons. TI1K WOUNDED. At two o'clock the first transport of wcundod arrived. Tue severely wounded are placed by ones and twos In tho two wheeled ambulance carts, with a canvass cover. Those lesa se verely wounded are placed by threes and oven fours. Others aro supported I by tho hospital attendants and these -, -ir - ? - slightly wounded are dragging them selves ?locg unaided. L'or tue fl ret time since the war began I saw suoh a i gathering ot wounded and was struofa by the - quietness prevailing amongst them. Neither shouts nor groans were to be beard except now and then whee tho rough two-wheeled carts which would cause a strong man some qualms, gave a particularly, severe j lt, then one would hear pitiful ex clamation : "Oh, Lord, have mero., ! 1 '"Mothjbr of Heaven, I can't stand it." "Contrary to their laudable practice of suspending operations till two lu the afternoon, tho Japanese, on this day, broke their rules and continued to bombard us for all they were- WOT tb. The unct.. .dog roar of artillery made OJO dizzy. ' There was no getting away from the horrid din. It pursu ed on? every where. By three o'clock the sky over clouded and rain b'gan to fall. The ground, which had not yet dried from the previous downpour, soon became converted into a verita ble bog, over which the ambulatice carts creaked, splashing mud, on theil way back to their position for a furth er batch of wounded. September 1. -At six o'clock this morning Kuropatkln. accompanied by all bis stall, left to ride around the positions, and meanwhile bis train was brought on the main line and prc; ceeded tirst to the station and after wards! when the commander had re turned and entered his carriage tbrec verat from Llao Yang, the train wai drawn on to a siding. On riding through the town just ba fore the dep^rture, I stopped near tin church/. A sad p'cture presented it self to my eyes. Ou the other side o the enclosure, in a tiny b< How, lay tei corpses placed side by side and ooveret with sheets from under which om could see their feet, looking hideouslj dirty, covered with black earth. Som of them still worn their boots, but tin maj itity wore barefo ited. The age< priest and his deacon with a few choristers selected from the non-com b?tants, were hurriedly reading th burialiservlce. While the service wa being read over some of the corpse bearers were hastily bringing other and unceremoniously flinging them Ol the ground. ; TLACINQ SIEGE GUNS. Up to two o'clock in the afternoo the Japanese left us alone it was sai that they were placing siege guns t bombard the city. Our armies rt treated beyond the lines of forts an took up very well entrenched pos tiens. ; Indescribable tumult preval ed at tba railroad station, trains wet rapidly formed, loaded wich woundec with artillery ammunition, with con missarlat stores, and hurried y fo; warded. The refresh m mt room s the station was thronged mostly wit reserve otllcers and commissary t.ilicei as well as doctors and sisters of merej all hurrying to satisfy their huugt as nc one knew when he would nsi haw i meal. J. a mun of many voicss llilod ll afr; the noise was literally deafenlni Sudi'.enly,'just at two o'clock, the wt knovm hissing eouud of a shell wi heard above the station roof and tl projectile burst alongside the buildin Au r,wful crash for the moment obli erat?d all other sound; then came tl rattle of falling glass aud stone, tl crowd rushed hither aud thither piercing shriek rent the air; it can from a sister of mercy who had bei struck by a splinter as she was ero: lng the platform. She fell cover with blood. Then came another sh bursting a little to the side near t water tower; a third fell beyond* t station at a spot where the fore! military attaches lived. The bo bardment of Llao Yang had begun. Along the whole length of the r<' road from the lied Cross Hospital the Ge ir^e's Slsterhoo 1 stretcher line of tents where lay the woundi whom it had been impossible to ph in the railway carriages. Here tl were dressed, sorted out and i trained. As the carriages were til up thc trains moved off one after ; other, northward. The sun \ westering, night was at hand, some places the broke out; sc stores which had not been remo were burning. Shots re-echoed < charges of artillery was to he seen all sloes. The Hare of inn?mera discharges of artillery was to be s beie and there. Above everyth glowed the llames of the lire and heart was lilied witli Hie bitternes a vague atfront. O.ily now could some extent realize what our an tors had felt in leaving Moscow, si the abandonment of such an ins g cant und even foreign place as 1 Yatjg causes a heartache. Toda] ls still in our hat tis, but tomorrow at latest the day after, the Japai will enter. ALI. NIGHT LONG. All night long the Japanese roi a stream of shot and shell into ] Yang, centering their lire upon spot where stood the headquai of the commissariat depots, latter, however, had almost all I emptied. This senseless, futile I bardment racked ones nerves. "V are the fools wasting their amm tlon for?" muttered a spectator side me. "Whom are they shoo at? Nothing but empty air empty house?. Evidently they i know what to do with their shell.1 It must be true that tho dapa have an inexhaustible supply of munition if they can squander : wild'y. lt ls to he supp-sod that derive an esthetic delight from lil inji to tho sound of their own yin Late in the evening we were that on the following day, Septet 2, Kuropatkln would leave his t which was going straight on to j den and that he and all bis would march with the army. September 2.-About sx o'cloc the morning a convoy of Amour sacks drew up around the mander's carriage where a bril staff was assembled. The con si.riat trains had already left were stretching in a long caravai wards the village of Chaustun, v they were to bivouac. After half an hour's conferee Kuropatkln's carriage the tlr-t to out was Gen Sakharnff. He lookt bust and cheerful; his face brea1 onergy. Summoning his ordetl fleers, the chief of stat! quickly thom his instructions and then ly jumped Into his i addle, ile splendid horseman. A HOT TIME. A Free to All Fight Arnon? tin French Deputies. A dispatch from Paris Bays Satur day's sitting of the chamber of de pu ties waa .one of tbe stormiest and most heated In reocnt years, the ex citement culminating when Gabriel Syvetou, a prominent Nationalist deputy, stepped to Gen. Andre, the minister of war, and slapped bis face. After accomplishirg this feat Syveton retreated rapidly to the uppermost row of seats, taking refuge behind members of the opposition. A tremendous tumult ensued, depu ties of all parties crowding upoa tHe floor of the house, where a f-eo flgh; was soon In progress. Speaker Bris son left tho chair, thus susoending the sitting. Eventually order was restored and, the sitting b ing re sumed. Syveton's temporary exclusion was voted. The offender, however, re fused to quit bis seat, and it boca OK neecessary to again suspend tho sit ting while ho was removed by a mili tary guard. It is probable that this misconduct, which occurred just before the final divislou, materially contributed to strengthen the position of the cabinet, which at one time seemed very c;iti eil, for after aeourlng a majority of only two on a preliminary question the government finally carried a vote of confidence by an overwhelming ma jority. At midulght the oflloials of the chamber of deputies, assembled in Speaker Brissou'S private cabinet, were discus .lng the course of action to be taken regarding Deputy Syve ton. - Deputies who witnessed the assault upon the minister of war savintr that Gan. Andre was wholly taken by sur prise and was struck with such I violence that be would have fal len had not Premier Combes stepped forward and supported him. Gen. Andre's fae i was much swollen and was cut by a ring worn by Syveton. Speaker Brisaon Dottier! the judie.al author! ty^bh it an assault had been committed within the pre clucts of the chamber. PLAYED HAVOC WITH TOWN. City of Mont Vernon Shocked anti * Ono Klan Killed. At Mount Vernon, N. Y., the ex plosion of over a ton ot dynamlt* under the Bond street bridge at 1 o'clock Wednesday ohook the city and the sur rounding country within a ra dius of five miles, probably killed at hast one person and injured nearly forty others, two of whom may die. Toe man supposed to bave been killed was an Italian in charge.of the dyna mice, lie was saan itf hrs prjst-of duty just before the explosion, and no trace of him has since been found. There were 2,3)0 pounds of djna mite stored at the side of a deep rock cut, which was used for blasting a path for additional tracks. The ex plosion tore a hole in the ground eighty feet deep that ls now full of water from a hidden spring, wrecked tba Bond street bridge over the rail way tracks aud broke all the windows within a quarter of a mlle. The force j of the explosion, as ls usual, was down ward, but the upheaval along the sides of the cut hurled large stones for blocks. Many houses were shifted from their foundations, walls were stripped of plaster and furniture wassp'iutered Most of the Injured were caught by falling ceilings and walls in the hous es nearby. Stoves in st ires and dwel lings were overturned and many fires were started, but in each case the fl imes were quickly extinguished. Chief of Police Foley at once arrested William F. Byan, foreman of the gang of workmen, employed on the blasting operations, and many witnesses are now held while an Investigation is bs 'ng made Into the cai;se of the explo sion. Purttucd tito Daujjhther. A dispatch under date of Baltimore, Oetober 25, printed in the Kansas City Star, says: "Mrs. William P. Tonry, the only daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, who was put 11 death for being involved in the Lin coln conspiracy, died there early Thursday after several years' illness, resulting from her etf jrts to save her mother. She was 08 years old." Commenting upon this dispatch, a writer in the Star says: "June 21, IStil), William P. Tonry, employed in Washington, I st his position under peculiar circumstances, and, it is sa d, with tho approval of President Grant. He had served in the United States army during the civil war, and he had been detailed a3 assistant chemist in the laboratory of the burgeon genera Vt otlice, which position he had filled with entire satisfaction. The troublt was said to be that he had Just mar ried. Ile had married, at that, n woman whom any loyal citizen of the United States ought not to marry, ac cording to the views of the supposed ly loyal citizen of the United Statos, at that particular time. Ills bri ie was Anna IO. Surratt. The girl's mother had been hanged a short time before for complicity In the assassina tion of Piesidtnt Lincoln." At Chlckamaugua in 1808, accord ing to the Star writer, when the Fifth Maryland Volunteers were encamped there, they were under command ot General Frederick Grant. lu that reg iment were Reginald 1. Toury, ser geant In Company C, commanded by Captain Thompson, and Alberb S. Tonry, corporal in Company L, coin manded by Captain Royden. The) were tho sons of the man who had lest nls position because he had narried Mrs. Surratt's daughter, and they were grandsons of Mrs. Surratt. Many remember Mrs. Surratt's trial and convict! m after John Wllkc? Booth had killed the president. They remem ber her hanging too, but few remem ber that her s m-in-law, a loyal union soldiers, was discharged because he married her daughter. And very, very few kuuw that Mrs. Surratt's two grandsons were serving under the Stars and Stripes In tho volunteer army. Mrs. Toncy had just left sulvool when her mother was hanged. She was probably about 18 years old and was an only daughter." CAftOLI?IAFS IN 0ETIG2. Mighty Few, Compared With- Some Other States. A bulletin has just been Issued by Director North ot the census oQlce on ''Tho Executive Oivll Service ot the United States, " and shows that there were 25,075 persons employed by the government in the District of Colum bia on July 1 1003. These iigure do not Include two or three thousand clerks, engineers, laborers, etc, em ployed by the government of tho Dis trict of Columbia. Virginia ia the only southern state which seems to have its share of gov ernment employes, which ls due, no dt ubt, to the close proximity to the capital. On July 1, 1003, the govern or, ent had employed in the city of Washington 1,110 persons who claim ed the state of Virginia as their legal residence. North Carolina had 445, Sr uth Carolina, 200, and Georgia 510. IL would appear from these tigures that S uth Carolina has been slighted in thc matter of government appoint ments. South Carolina's quota of government 05 per cent exhausted, and at the present time lt is a com paratively easy matter for young men and women from the Palmetto state who stand high upon their state reg isters to get anointments in Wash ing'on. A great many ? ' thc Eastern states have exhausted their quota, and in Maryl ind, Virginia, Penncylvania Nev York and one or two other states applicants arc nob permitted to tak'i a large numbar of tue civil ser vice examinations for che reason that those states ahead/ have more ap pointments than they are entitled to. Although the residents of the Dis trict of Columbia are no; allowed the rights of c. thetis of states, such as the ri^ht to vote, they get their full share of government Jobs. One-fifth of the people employed In the govern ment service within the district were either born in Washington, or have si nco made lt their home. The exact number of government employes wbise legal residence is in the Dis trict o'Columbia is 5,348. New York state has the next largest number, 2 2<0. The department of state employes the smallest force of clerks of any of ibo great government bureaus. Toe entiie number is but 113. Virginia oas six representatives in the depart ment ruled over by Secretary Hay; North Carolina, three, and South Carolina none. The department of agriculture employs more persons than any other branch of the govern ment. Under Secretary Wilson there are 4,115 clerks, scientists, gardeners, laborers, etc. There are 60 S uth Caro lulans; 70 North Carolinians, and' 138 Virginians working In the department of agriculture, j There are 4,048 employes lu the de pa'rtment of the interior. Virginia ia,, represented _by 150 clerks," etc,, Nor th Carolina by ' V O^antlI?outlIT??i??F' lina by 37. About two-thirds of the govern ment employes in the district ar men, the exact figures being 13,703 men and 6,882 women. IQ regard to the charter of the work of the 25,675 persons upon Uncle Sam's pay roll, the bulletin shows that 8,877 are en gaged in clerical work; 3,310 in pro fessional technical or sclent!dc occupa tions; 558 in executive duties; 2,248 are doing mechanical work; 8,206 are sub-clerks and laborers, and 1,107 are messengers, chad women, and the like. The table In regard to ages of the employes presents some interesting j tigures. A larger percentage of the I clerks are between 30 and 40 years of vage than, any other period. There are 6,07t) government employes be tween 30 and 30 years of age. There are 3,000 between the ages of 60 and 70. lt would l?ny. v The Augusta Chronicle refers to the scarily ot poultry and eggs In thc South, the high price demanded for them, and suggests that the fact should stimulate farmers In increase their stocks of chickens, for there is no likehood that the market will be glutted. In commenting on the above the Columbia Record says "any one who visited the state fair and saw there the splendid poultry display might well wonder that we have to depend largely for our p mltry and egg supply upon other states. Yet it ls a fact, because these money making ''crops" are neglected, when there is abundant evidence that the poultry industry can be made most prod table In this state. Those who are already engaged in lt make money, and there is no reasi n why others cannot do the same." We endorse every word said above. Poultry and eggs cannot be bought in this market excapt at fig ures that put them clean out of the . reach of all except those with fat pocket books. A.t twelve cents a doz m , eggs would be profitable, to s ty noth ing of twenty five cents, the price at which they are now selling. NovAdb'd Claim. A suit against the United Skates was Friday filed in the United States court of claims by the state of Ne ; vada, clalml?K a refund of ?470,414.18 advanced in aid of the Federal gov ernment at the time of the civil war Co g ress, in 1801, authorized the states to recruit troups and make all necessary expenditures, their accounts for which were to be allowed by the treasury department. Nevada, on attaining statehood In 1861, incurred extraordinary expenditures in recruit ing its quota of troops, nob only pay ing bcunty for enlistments, but hoing compelled, became of the high wages paid for labor in thc. mining states at that time, to pay thc volunteers an amount In addition to the regular army pay. Tho allowance of these expenditures have been for many years a disputed matter in the treas ury department. Thc prerent action ls brought under acts of congress parsed in 10)2 dlrecth g tho read justment of these accounts and a ref erence of the claims to the court of claims by tho secretary of tho treas ury. Tho firm of Ralston & Siddous appris ns attorney for t,?io ?tate. Ruriiutl to OOMIU. Two negro children were burned to ; death Tuurbday afternoon in a fir. which destroyed a houso and cotton gin near Tarboro, N. O. _-^T??jTJcTo" "ii rn and S itwf.ic-ory. Interest ??lnwn customers interests uarelully nnd con p will receive like consideration. A, J. MATHESON, President. Wator Broko la tho Heart ol the Twin City Causing A Great Flood. A reservoir of the muoloipal water works, looated near the centre of Winston, N. C., broke at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, causing the loss I of nine lives and the Injury of four or five persons. The dead are: Sirs. Martin Peeple*. Mrs. "Vogler. Mrs. John Poe and 12-year-old daughter. Mrs. Southern. John Southern. Miss Octavia.Balley, aged.20. Lucile Malone. Carolina Martin. The two last named are colored. The injured: ~ Martin V. Peeples, both legs brok en. Walter Peeples, injury to back. Gilley Jordan, slightly bruised. These are ac the hospital. D. L. Payne, a traveling maa of Greens boro, may recover, though his condi tion prevents his removal to the hos pital now. The north side of the r?servoir, which is 30 feet bigb, tumbled over, railing upo a the "home and bara of Mutin V. Peoples. ^Tn^e_-"S??re^ abo ?t 800,000 gallons of water in-"" reservoir, and the mad stream rushed northeast to the Southern railway cao and bhang* to Heles pond, a dis tan?a of a half mile. Four tenement houses were washed several hundred yards. D.L. Payne, injured, said he was awakened by the crash and thought oe was being swallowed by an earth quake. "I cannot describe my expe rience while I was floating on the mad, rushing stream of water," said Mr. Payne, after bis removal to a house near the place where he was found. I There were Beveral miraculous es capes. ? colored man and his wife, named Davis, after their house was turned over, floated upon the stream of water on their bed to the railroad Junction, a distance of 500 yardi. Ho lodged upon a heap of rubbish and -walked out without a scratch. The Winston aldermen met Wed nesday morning, and made arrange ments to bury the dead and-care for the injured. ; ^|Ms, mssssimf^ M? fa 1881 by a company composed oruO oitizens. Ten years ago it and the entire water plant was sold to the city. Som thereafter ten feet was added to the height of the reservoir, which was full of water when the col lapse came. The city has Just hada large stand pipe completed. It is full of water and the towra is prepared \a_?A^~ supply every demand. Despite the early hour, the news of the disaster spread over the city ha an incredibly short space of time, and within 30 minutes between 500 and 1,000 psople surrounded the spot. An hour later the entire city was aroused and excited. Before the extent of the j damage was kno wn, and while it was I thought that pe-, haps the members of the Peeples family were the only one3 who had lost their lives, cries of dis tress were heard farther down the street. The thousands of gallons of water that flowed from the reservoir formed pond in the vicinity, and it was thought that several people pie might have been drowned in this. The city council met and deoided to drain the pond in order to recover any bodies that might He beneath the water. The reservoir was situated about live blocks from the centre of the busi ness district of the city and was sur rounded by a number of residences and several small stores. Io is under stood that the structure had been condemned, but the city authorities had failed Lo remove it. Dining Unit Burned. At Clinton, S. G., the Memorial Dining hall of Thornwell orphanage was destroyed by fire Friday night. The fire was discovered about 11.30 ('clock and had then gained such a headway as Lo make it lmpo sible to save the building. Toe best that could be done was to prevent the flames spreading to the dormitories on each sid?, in which the inmates were asleep when the fire began. There were no deeping apartments in the memorial hall but lt was tittei up in excellent style and the financial loss ls heavy. Pne building contained dining roora, store rooms and kitchen, the last be ing furnished with modern ranges and appliances. The destruction of the building leaves one orphans with noth ing to eat and no place to cook or eat if there were provisions on band. Help must come promptly to put things in shape again and Dr. Jacobs, the su perintendent, appeals to the people through The State for contributions at once. A Biff Haul. At Buffalo, N. Y., four masked men I entered James L. Bladgesu's private bank at the Hermitage during the night, dynamited the safe and secured j SHO.OOO. The robbers were pursued ind numerous shots were exchanged. None were hit. The whole village I was aroused and a posse was formed co pursue the burglars. Several years igo Bladgett, who is the "Dayid Harum" of tho pl tee, was robbed of 1412,000. Hiudent Arrested. A dispatch from Newberry to The State says George Singleton, a student of tho colored State college at Orangc burg, was arrested there Tnursday for tho theft of a bloycle from Maj. Shelly about eight weeks ago. Single ton had purchased his ticket and oheoked toe wheel when arrested by Policeman Carter. Singleton pro tested his Innocence but was retained.!