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The Democrats "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULSAND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE. VOL. XX. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY; JANUARY 13, 1905. -i Ti i ir TI Jirm'?Q ulm ll r??nl 1? . . ~~ ~ 41 THE TERMS. Text officies of Capitulation of Port Arthur. OFFICEJET PAEOLED vAU. ^Russian Soldiers Are Made Prisoner? of War. AU Forts, Bat teries, Vessels and Munitions Are Transferred to the Jipnoeie in Tact. The prople of St. Petersburg have g received with composure tbe news, known to the rest of the world a day -ri earlier, of tho fate of Port Arthur. The event had been anticipated, and under ofllolal direction the minds of the populace were prepared to re ceive with resignation tho announce ment of i he fact by the publication of dlBpatches forwarded week before last by Gen. Stoesst 1 describing the straits to which the garri-on had been reduced. The expectations in some quarters that the surrender of the fortress would be followod at the capital by aMi-war demonstrations has not been realized. So far as there bas been any expression of feeling, it has been for carrying on the war with all the vigor possible. At Tokio Tuesday night the surren der of Port Arthur was celebrated by a lantern procession and a general illuminas lon. The Jaranese diet will formally express the thanks of the nation to Gen. Kogl for his conduct of the selge. Among Russian cfQcials there is 8 feeling that any.propo: ? ibo of peace that may be made with the fact in view ibat in otder that peace must be lasting Japan must rece gnize Ltu.ssia't right to free transit of iis ships through waters ot tin fa-- east. High ?._Japanese i file la ls declare thal, there ls nd probability of advances coming at preheat from ?their gowrnmr-^ looking toward peace iiegotf,. ' I .;6. In otlloial quarteis In St Petersburg lt is said that no tender of good ollkes from a third party would ba acc:|?teo and ?t at any proposai for peace must come .rom Japan direct. The text ot thc art.c'es of capitula tlon of tbe Port Arthur gainson mgm d by the commissioners repre senting Gen. Nogi has been made public. All Rucian soldiers, marines and civil cfiloials of the garrison and harbor aro ruado prisoners; all torts, batteries, vetssls, munltiut s, etc., are tran ferred to tbe Japanese In the cjnditldn^TiTr'whtcrr thtry -existen-Trt-j-: noon of Januaiy 3, violation of this clause to operate as an annulment of the negotiable ns, giving the Jaoane-sc army warrant to tuke tree action; the Russian military and naval authorities are to furnish to tbe Japanet e arms an exhibit of all fortifications, under ground and submarine m'nts, a list of military officers, cf ships and the numb:-r of th'jlr crews, and of civil ians of both sexes witb their race and occupations; and all pul.l c property, as buildings, munitions of ?vir, etc., to te left In the prest nt po ii Dion pending arrangement f ir tooir trans terence. Omars of the ai my and navy are pcimltted to relam their swords and suth of their per&onai property as is directly neces^ar\ foi tho maintenance, of lile and willi one servant each nny, t p n signing theil paule not to take up ai ms dur ng Mis continuance of the war, return t< Rut s'a. Non-o mmission?d t fll:e.r.s and'prlvates will be held as prisoners For the benefit of he sick and wounded RUM l ins the sanitary corps andithe accootants belonging to the Rusr.lan army and navy will be re quired to serve undrr tho Japane-.e baniofcry , corps and accountants foi tush period of time as may be deemed necessary. AUTICLES OK OAIMTUL.ATIOH. Tbe following are the articles of capitulation: Article 1. All Russian soldiers ma rlnea, volunteer, al?o government of flcials at toe garrison and harbor of Port Arthur are taken prisoners. Art. 2. All fort?, batteries, war ships, other ships and boats, arms, ammunition, horses, all materais for hostile uso, government buildings and all o' j chi belonging to tho Uns slan government shill bei tran'ferred lo the Japanese army in their exist ing condition. " Ar'/. 3. On the preceding two condi tions being assented to, as a guaran tee tor the ful?lni mt thereof the men garrisoning the foris and the batteries on Etse mountain, Sungshu moun tain, AntKC mountain and the line of eminences southeast therefrom shall bo removed by neon of Jan. 3 and the same shall bo transfer.cd to thc 'apa ?es", army. Arc. 4. Should Russian military or naval mon be deemed to have des.roy ed objects named in article 2 or to have caused alteration in any way in jd j tlon at the existing time, J Ibis compact and thc ^ --. ...es shah 1: } ann?*' - and the Jalon?se army will t?aJV^i ac:Ion. Art. f>. The Russian m^Aty and naval authorities sha)1 pr?patig and transfer to the Japanese arc?y a tobie oho wing the fortification.) of Port Arthur and their respectivo, poshbms,\ and maps showing the location of mints i ndergro'ond and submarine, and all other dangerous objects; ahfo a table snowing thc composlt/m and system .f tho a1 my and naval sir vices at Port Arthur; a list cf army and navy olivers, with namts and rank and dut y of said e tllcers; a list of army steamet s, warships and oilier ihlps. with tho numbers of their resptctive crews; a list e f civilians, showing the nutnher of men and women, their rac : anti occupations. Art. ?. Arms, Including those car ' j^et on the persons; ammunition, war V(^orkls, government, buildings, ob J i wned by tho govornineut, 'ships and other ships, ln " lr contents, excepting ty, shall be left In their ns and the commission ussian and Japanese arm'03 shall decido upon tho nutted of their t rar sf erence. Art. 7. The Japanese army, con sidering the gallant resistance r Cered by the Russian army as helng honor able, will permit the officers of the Russlau army and navy, as well ns officials belonging thereto, to carry Bwords and to take with them private property directly necessary tor the maintenance of life. The pruv'ously meutloned officers, cffic'als and volun teers who will sign a written parole plodghg that they will not take up arms and in no wiso take action con trary to to the interests of the Japa nese army until tho close of the war. will receive the consent of the Japa nese army to return to their country. Each army aqd navy officer will be al lowed uno s ir vant, and such servant will be specially released un signing the parole. Art. 8. Non-commissioned officers and privates of both army and navy and volunteers shall wear their uni forms and, taking portable tents and necessary private property, and com manded by their respective officers, shall assemble at such places os may be indicated by tbe Japanese army. The Japanese commissioners will de cide tile necs-ss?ry details thereof. Art. 9. Toe sanitary corps and the accountants belonging.to the Russian army and navy shall be retained by bbe Japanese while their services are deemed necessary for the ea lng for sick aud wouuded soldiers. During mob time such corps shall be required to render-service under the direction of thesan'.tary corps and accountants of tbe Japanese army. Art. 10. The treatment tobe ac corded to the residents, the transfer of books aud documents relating to municipal administration and linancc, and also detailed tiles necessary for tho enforce ment" of this compact shall be embodied in a supplementary com pact. Tho supplementary c m pact shall have Ibu sume ?ui?? ab this com pact. Art. ll. Ono copy each of this com pact shall be prepared for tho Japa nese and Russian armies, and it shall ?avo immediate effect upon signature thereof. Kiln il Ulina sir. G. C. Wellbrook, wholesale fruit dealer ot Charleston, S. C , cg-d io: by-three yeats, sheit and killed bim -^krehis i ffljo on Tuesday morning br last w.c?K. Ile had just cuti red the oftlce and locked the door, whoo the report of the pistol was beard, aud upju the door being broken open he was found lying on the tl or in c pool ol blood with a bole in his right temple and another on the opposite sido of tho head, where the bah had passed out, going through a pauo of tao wlcdow glass before dually spend ing its force. As far us ls known ct,ere was no cause for the suicide! Mr. Wellbrook was in company with Mr. Guy Stoner a short time toro re no retired into his office aud to hin "it iV{\ understood, to Mr. Stoner, telling j ( him goodbye and expressing the opin ion that he would be happier, but not explaining the causa of his trouble, 11 uuoer which he seemed to labor. Tie | j was married on last Sunday night! te a Miss Schi mdt. lt, was learned Tues- t day that Mr. Welibrock leas been suf- | feeing under some severe menta | stiain, for a few nights ago lie slept, or spent the night, lu the county J lhi< upon his own request, stating that ht | ] was In fear of bodily injury. Han inj this one fact, Mr. Wei brook had givei no evidence of any mental affection. Wanta UIH Wtiinkcy. In bis mall Tuesday Gov. Hey wart received the following communica tion; "Wo the under shiers in our own belief will say that tine Dave Hack wile m had his whiskey siczed and tu ken from him by Fran Israel a constable bes to our own noli Ige never sold any whiskey around this neighborhood whiskey was bought from dispensary quantity was one and a half gallons.This ls signed by "J. J. Jones, Wilks Stevlnson, Lock hart, S. U ; ll. B. Ash, Bulox Creek, 3. C ; James gaulb, Lockhart, S. C. ; George gant, Lockharts S. C." Tue following postscript ls appended: ''pleas let me have a hearing from you at an early Date as I want my whiskey or the money that 1 Paid for same if there ls auy law for me Im g -lug to have it." Tba State say? it is somewhat singular that all the naines seem tb be signed in the same handwriting, and there appiars to bo a marked uniformity in tho misspell ing of propgr n imo-?._ r. ii i n eil iu Death. Fire consumed the home of Frank Noweiikl, a Polish miner in Morris Run, Pa., at an early hour Tuesday, and the entire family of len.ixjepi tho oldist son, aged 18, was eitiier burned to death or smothered. The Noweskls lived In a log house on the outskirts of Morris Run. There were no immediate neighbors, lt is not known how ilia tire originated but 1> is thought that a stove fell over and the burnlr g coals iel lire to the house. Noweski was employed by tho Morris Run Coal Mining company. With his fellow miners he has oeeu on std.'ce s'nee hiht April. Recently smallpox broke out In Morris Run. Noweski ariel his family were among the suffer en from the disease but every mern- j ber of the. family recovered and the i q?nranMne had j jst bein raised fteim their homo. - ..i Tried i<> Escape, ,'pi While a train carrying 130,convicts In the emp.oy of bite T, :Iiessee Coal and Iron Railway <. -Jpany v/jes gob g f r< in Jd ns-N(?. ? ..tbe prison, Whl Filler a opgro convict, exploded a ritiek of dynamite in ono of tho coaches with a view of effect! lg ?. wholesale release. J. Dawkins, a Oil vlcb from Henry county, wus killed, Guard Pickett lost a leg and an arm. GCJ. Delan"y, ono of thc trainmen was hurt, und several convicta we:e slightly Injured. During the Btam pede guards from the othe r cars rus.i ed forward and prevented the chop? of any of the convicts. The explo sion bi".w out ttie end of the coach. Fatal Negro Festival. Ab a negro festival at Montlccll >, Sam Boll killed Ben Peay and broke Dave Peay's Jiwbonc. Wylie Suba was shot in tho back by a purty un known. Dr. Scott dues not think bc will die. Another negro whose name ls unknown bad his skull cracked. CALLS THEM TIttEBS Chief Constable li ammo t's Seport to the Governor. I Shows, ilie SAICB at the Local Dispert* Barlo? . to Have looreasod Vor; Greatly In 10O4. Mr. U. B. Harnmet, chief constable, bas submitted to Gov. Hey ward bis report for tho last quarter of the year 1904. Mr. I lam met tabes occasion to sall attention to the charterirg of so .dal clubs in large cities, and be de stares some of these to be flagrantly violating the law. In bis letter sub mitting the report, Mr. Hamnet jjys: "From the figures given you will j see tbat the maintenance of tbe con ?tabulary h,:s reaohed a considerable ?um, but lfhen you deduct tbo value] jf thc seizures made and the ?lnesi ;t ?eoteBi which went to tho various ;ouutks-and towns, tbat expense has iecn redbed to the very small sum >f $34,8*? 35, with numerous appeal id cases)'et to be heard from. "Tho illicit dealing in HaJjors in very src.?on of the Sta^^Bl^becn I rery cons?narably curt^jHgSwlLlilc I . have not heen .a-ye t^^u?^xce the aw to the letter, I feel that my ef orts have been of valu? in that dlrec don, and reports received dally go to bow that there ls an improvement, in ihe situation almost everywhere. The lispensary law can be enforced, but it viii require the aid of State < Alders as veli as municipal, in addition to the (onBtabulary force to accomplish lt. "There teems to bo a lack of inter ist, or fear, or something willoh I ?annot determine, on the part of some if those who are charged with the en -?4- ~# . I..?, UlVlVUiVUU V.. UIU lt* TV .* i HUH [nu, i u:ni ; .hem from taking os active a part as H incumbent upon them. In many ustauces I have been ably assisted >y the iutendents of towns and a few j naglstratcs, but as a rule there is He ile attempt made by others than State l?nstablcs. "In roy Judgment the greatest me lace to the enforcement of the law is I bc promiscuous issuing cf charters to ] o cilled 'clues,' and yet I amlnform d that under our present laws this anr.ot) be prevented. WP find them I lourlsblng lu our cities and larger! owns, and while claiming to be social irganizitlons, complyiug with tho re luiremeuts of the law, they are notti ng more nor less than open barrooms. J 3very effnrt has been made to put a top to tho sale of liquors within their vails, even to thc extent of stationing tU.ers In the building to prevent lt, mt this bas resulted recently In the irrest of the constables cn a charge of .respassaud their conviction and pun shment by line. ^Positive and satisfactory proof mmmsi?^?s^a i their membership in numerous cases J icing entirely llctttlom) seems una railing in our endeavors to contine /hem to the rights granted them by heir oharters, iud I desire to earn estly leoommond that some leglsla lou be enacted which will affect the ^discriminate issuing cf such Char it rs. "The constabulary force ls In good jondltlon, loyal and energetic. Very ittle iris occurred to mar the admin istration of the affairs of the depart neut, and I lnok f jr ward to the at tali ment of even better results in the uturo than we have tn the psst." The total expense for the quarter was $16.171 81. The amount of sales ! from tue wholesale dispensa ry wa 51)87,313 94. from tue retail dispensa rles 91,038,733,00. Toe summary for the year is as f )1 lows: foal cost of cons.abnla ry ror year.8 64,388 26 Total value of seizure* fur year.S 21.071 91 Total sales for .State dis pensary for year.$2,096,918 30 Total sales f ;r local dlj sirles for year.?3.374 786.43 To al number of convic tions for year. 314 Total amount of tines hnpised for year.$ 18,916 00 Toidi amount of thus collected for year.Si 8,440 Ot) Total i umber of p osons BI nt to uhalng&'ig ... 98 I Total numbar of teams Baized. 13 Total nnmbcr of stills sezid. 114 lu the rep ?rt for thc last quarter, Mr. Ham i et, says In addition to the seizures of liquor and beer, "there ?vere two teams, 35 stills and 1,810 gallons of beer in kegs, tlie latter of which ls of no value." The Increase io the sales in tho local dispensaries over the same quarter of 1903 amounted tn $172,007.60. Qnto a number of cases against violators of tho law have been ap peale 1 and ate now pending In the court of general sessions. lil;; Dynamos. The Canadian Niagara Falls Power i company, tho ally ot the Ameiioon Niagara Falls Power company, suc cessfully (set In motion Wednesday two of their 10,000 horne power tu: tilncs and dyn&iuon before the nilli or. of the por.er company and distingu ished gu eis. Thefce are the largest ^l?jt.Lhvss In thc world and their opera tion marks au electrical et o h. Francis Ljnde SUbson, of New York, and Pre-ident W. E. Heatty, of tlie Canadian company, turned ou thc poner. Cheers wer? given for King Elward, PicBldent U"o-ovclt and t?,? otllcers of tho company. Au elaborate lunch was served and felicitous speeches were mado by William il ii. ink lue, Francia Eynde Stetson. A. Monroe Greel, Mr. J. W. Lnugmauir and cthe-rs._ Killed Brother ana Molt. A special from Ozark, Ala., says: A douole tragedy occurred at Mlodlc City in the eastern purl of this county friday. Area Pope and Jessie Pope, brothers, had u heated discussion and disagreement over aline fence and thc former stiot and killi d his brothel with a pistol. A rca Pope then went home and committed suicide by laking st rychnine. The Popes are among tlu most prominent and prosperous people of southeastern Alabama, lioth mei leave families. A YEAR'S RECORD Of Lynchings, Murders, Hang ings, Defalcations -4? A.ND OTHER THINGS. Sonic Interesting Statistics Prepared by the Chicago Tribune for the Past Year, Showing the Number of Violent Deaths, Robber ies and Accidents. Of much interest and significance are tbe figures contained in the Chi cago Tribune's annual review of the year 1904. Especially satisfactory is tho obuwlng that there were fewer , lynchings than in any previous year ? since 1885. There was a marked 1 falling off in the aggregate of dona tions for educational, philanthropic I and religious. purposes. There is a 1 decrease in the number of legal hang- I logs, In the total of defalcations, for- i geries and bank wreckings and In the \ number of homicides. Fire losses i tihow a small Increase, lu a general 1 business, manufacturing and com c merdai way tho latter bait of the 1 year was a decided improvement over c the first six m onths. \ Lynchings f ir the year number 87, c ?is compared with 104, the previous j year, 9? In 10V?. and 135 in 1901. Ho- c vember was tue one month in twenty ( yeatS uuiiu^ ?vli?Cii i O ij?G?i?g W?? j reported North or South. Of the 87 f lynchings 82 took p'.ace in the South a and 5 in the N rib. There wore 83 c negro victims aud 4 whites. Two v wo nen were among the number. } Tho high water mark for lynoblngs a was in 1892, when mob vengeance I .va? wreaked on 235 persons. Mississippi beads the list of States f with 18 lynchings. Arkansas and p Geo gua divide dishonor with 17 each, t Kentuoky, Virginia, Texas and South I Carolina each has fewer than a half t dozen eases to it> credit. E rory state t of tito Upper Mississippi Valley es- t capes without a blemish. t The alleged causes of the lynchings i were: Murder 3?; race prejudice 19; a attacks on w omen 20; murderous as- t sault 4; conspiracy to murder 2; un- 1 known 2; insults 2; threats 1, and t robbery 1. Na.urally the number of killed and 1 wounded lu war during 1904 greatly J oxcaeds that of 1903, because of the t sanguinary coull CL between ilu-sla t and Japan. Too total loss of the t iwaoe-Jat^ul?- bt-jtao,nsrl>^iia.-j^yiii:ig rn <? with dO.?OC in 1903, 26,000 In 1902, \ and 3,000 1001. Of these losses r approximate \ 370,000 were on Ruano- i Japanese bar-ie fields and seas. O-h- t er lossos tiav dbeen: Armenian mas- i sacres, 7,8t?f? Thibet 6,492; Phillp- I pines 3,230; .-pumatra 2,379; Africa t 3,714; Uruguay 2,035; Macedonia 820; t San Domingo 240; Bulgaria 239; i Morocco 50; Arabia 40. i Legal executions numbered 116, as i compned with 123 the year before | and 194 in 19o2 There were s'xty LWO ex?cutions in the North and 54 in the South, of whom 59 wore whiles, 45 I neg roes, one Japanese and one Chinese. IQ HO cises tho victims were cou weted of neu-der. Six wt re convicted of murder. Six wore put to , death for rt.lacks on women. Penn sylvania executed 19, Olio 10, New York 8. Missouri 3, Alabama 0, Ar- ' kai sas 7, California 5, and Indiana 2. There was marked filing iff in the last three months of the year. Leaving out the operations of Mrs. Cusile Chadwick, the extent of whian has not been ascertained, the reord of the year shows that mon intrusted viii h public and private louds are be coming more honest. At any rate the total of defalcations, embezzle ments, forgeries and bink wrecking, is 34,742 597, aa compared with 16, 562,105 in 1903. The figures for the year are smaller than for any year since 1900, one-sixth of those In 1904 and less than half those in 18!*5, 1890 i and 1897. Tho tabular statement for 1904 shows: From banks.82,242 374 Stolen by public Officials. . . 228 794 By ?gen!s. 758,879 Forgeries. 183,490 From loan associations .... 311,000 Hy postal employees. 14,500 Miscellaneous stealings.... 637,970 Willie there was a decrease of sev eral bundled in the number of homi cides, it ?sa significant fact that there hr:s been a g eat increase In thc num ber of murders cimmltted by high waymen, burglars, "holdup" men and all that class of Criminals. Chi cago in this particular makes a gloomy showing. The growth of this variety of crime has been steady for several years. There were 464 In 1903, 333 lu 1902, and 193 In 1901. Encourageaient has been given to this kind of human slaughter by the great percentage of guilty men who escape capture anti conviction. Tho hang ir g of the boy b widit? h.td apparently no d?torrent ( ff:ct. Ti o principa, causes for homicides follows: Quarrels, 4 181; unknown, 1,051; Jealousy, 613; liquor, 640; In .-aiie, 271; infanticide, 153; strikes, 55; self-defence, 33. lu tho hst of great disaster, the bunill g of the steamer Slocum, wben 1,031 lives v/ere lost, was the worit. Six hundred were lost lu a sbcrtn on Laxe Baikal, 500 by thc collapse of a dam ia China, loo by an avalanche at Pragolato, Italy; loo by a hurricane In Cociilu, China; 100 by a storm at Santiago, Cuba; 220 by a ferry boat wreok In Russia; 2u0 by flood in the Philippines. The distribution fol : lows: Fires, l.O?'6; drownings, 2,7*5; ex plosions, falling building and like eas I uultios, 3()ii; mines, 589; storms and ? cyclones, ?43, lightning, 189; electric ity, 120. S'o.iui railroad accidents caused the - loss of 2,050 lives, a considerable de . crease from Hie number of the year i previous. The seriously injured to , tailed 3,813. On trolley lines 47fl were killed and 3,204 Injured. The mest fearful disaster ot tho year oc curred Augut 7, on th? Bio Grande itali road, when 118 lives were leeton account of a broken bridge. Donations and bequests for the year total 148,290,988, as compared with ?75,000,000 in 1903, and 8123, 000,00.0 In 1891, the record holding year.?i Mr. Carnegie bas not given so much, to publlo libraries and many multi ?rnllllonaires have decreased the amounts of their benef uutlons. Never tbaiet?, Mr. Carnegie has given $11, . 243,000, the big gift being 85,000.000 for the hero fund and another 85,000, 000 for the Pittsburg Carnegie Iusti tute. I Mr. Rooke feller's benefactions to'al $1,401,000, one million of which was for charities. Dr. D. K. Parsons gave $235,C00 to fraall colleges. Ninety-six colleges have been among the beneficiaries, getting 21,336,000 in the aggregate. A SAD ACCIDENT. * Ii!tt!? So? ol Prof, Bain Killed ?*y Fall I orr Brioles. Little Tlenry Bain, the 5-year-nld ion of Prof. and Mrs. O. W. Bili) of ?iie South Carolina college, was found y lng bleeding In the yard at bis home friday morning of last week with a 'rightful wound In the back of his ieai. Illa skull had been fractured, ie had lost a large quantity of blood md wa? insensible when found. He was removed by loving bands, doctors .-.oro hastily summoned and all that .ender care and medical science could io was bestowed upon him, but the ittle fellow hovered between life and leath until 8.60 o'clock Friday night when he died without having regained lusciousness. He went out into the 'ard only a short time before the ao ildent. A servant of Prof. Andrew 3. Moore, who lives next door, was >??Si?K B?M iii an j miuuies after aud ound the almost lifeless body on the tepi leading into the yard at tho side if the house. Mr. John Taylor, who vas visiting at tba residence of Prof. Jooro, was tbe lirst perton to arrive .t th i sido bl the Injured child, and t was he who carried Idm upstairs. Ti:cre is no douot that the little ellow was struck by failing bricks, >U3hocl from tho p irapet above by the . uandi of a tree growing near tba mus?. This branch ri sis up :n the nick work, and tbe motion caused hy iho unusually high wind prevailing at be time had torn these bricks from ,be wall and pushed them off. Throe nicks v/ere found on tho spot below md an investigation showed that ihree were missing from above. The lmb was scarred by ruoblug against ihe bricks. Telephone messages i-oon brought 3:s. Taylor, DuBoio, Griffith and rishburne. They discovered a frao .ure 'u the ba3k of the bead and siw 'haT "^tORfti^yft? pressing against .be b" n." Th-i , llfcblo >:ufT uer iy.v?. Vac yound was not then regarded as lccessarlly fatal and any operation vas deferred until later. Prepara il?nswere made in the afternoon to .amove the patlont to the Columbia ?ospital for tba operation. He began .0 grow weaker, however, and the Iootor8 decided to operate at the ionic He grew weaker and weaker is the night oame on and before the )peration could be performed had pasied away.-The Stat;._ Many Killed In DlnastorB. Without including the last week, the accidents in North America In which live or more persons were killed In 1904 caused the death of 2,224 per sons. Tue barning of the lrjquols Theater, Chicago, and tho wreck of tba Duquesne flyer, neir Pittsburg, occurred in tba last week of 1903, and their death roll of 800. is not counted lo tbe figures given. Tne wreck of tbe steamship Norgo, with 040 lost ls in cluded, most of the p&sscngerB having tickets for tbis couutry. By far thc worst accident of 1904 was the de struction of the New York excursion steamer General Slocum, which burn ed In June, with a loss of 1.020 Uv.s. The worst railway accidents were a collision at Willard, Kan., 17 killed; collision at Jackson, Uoali, 24 killed; collision at Kewaneo, Miss., 43 killed: derailment at Litchfield, 111.; 24 kill ed, collision at Midvale, N. J., 16 kill ed; Sunday school excursion at Chica go, 20 kill id; train through bridge at Edon, Col., 94 k lie.!: collision at Bodges, Tann., 58 killed, and colllsl ,n at Warren burg, Mo., 20 killed. Tor narlo- s during thc yoar killed 33 at Mouudvllle, Ala ; 12 at St. Paul; 5 at Jamestown, N. Y., and 93 lu east ern Cuba. The worst tornado in the United States occurred in January, In Alabama. Tbe woist explosion was In a mine at Oheswlck, Pa., which cost 186 lives. An Infernal machine explosion at Independence, Col., kill ed 13. The worst elevator accident was at St. Louis, with 8 killed. Ten persons were suffocated by coal gas at Williamstown, Pa. There was hardly la month without a loss of numerous live* In tenement house fires. Nine behool children were soff icated in a vault at Pleasant Ridge, O do. Eight children wera drowned willie bathing at Alton, III, The average nmuber of deaths in the larger accidents of the year was 325 a month. It ls a heavy waste of lifo from preventable causes, Sold to Indiana. Reports from Vlotorla say that Margaret Johnson the 11 year-old daughter of Sydney Johnson, a Ger. man from Portland, is being luid lc bondage by the Forth Rupert In dians. The information was obtained from a m'sdonary by Secretary Soutl of the Culldreu's Protective Society and Mr. South la now endeavoring t< loam thc whereabouts of the child, lr hopea of rescuing her. Tb native: aro Bald by tho missionary, who hat Just returned from tho far iuterlur tc have paid the father 81.000 worth o furB for tho girl. Thc* father form erly workod In tho Dawson mines ant met the Indians when returning iron he North. Killod by an Explosion, Spcolals from Covington, a town oi the Georgia railroad about 40 mlle cast ot Atlanta Bay: The boilers a the electric light plant exploded ther Wednesday aud killed tho fireman, J L. McCullough. The cause of the ac cldont ls unknown, tho hollers bein practically now, having been used bu 1 four ycart?. ?1 v Cv. h A SAD STORY. A Wife, Deserted and III, lo an Unknown Land. IS BEING CARED FOR The Womoa It ai'launtfraiffrtm Poland, and Comtsiloaer Watson Has Taken Charte of lier Case Although She Was Not Brought Here by Him. Alon? in a strange country; deserted by the man who had taken -with her the solemn marital ?VOWH-/.II1 with the dread which a woman alone can suf fer; and unable tn converse with those around her. Such was tbe pitiable! plight of a woman who was found | weak and starving in Columbia Fri day. Applying at the homes of the people of Columbia, Bhe was unable to make known her wants, until finally she sank exhausted upon the step.of tbe home of kind /hearted people who live in ' the most respectable part of the city. The following particulars of the sad oase wo take from the State: Mr. E. J. Watson, thecommladoner j of immigration, waa communicated [ with at onoe, and although bo was en ge g d in moving his office effects from thu Slate bouse to a temporary office In thc 12 story building, he gave im mediate attention to tbs wanta or the suffering woman. With Mr- Frank Myers for an interpreter, Mr. Watson went to tho borne where the woman was being oared for temporarily, abd 1 as hs had suspected, tho unfortunate creature proved to be a native of Po ia jd. Mr. Myers engaged her in conversa tion, the first time since ber desertion by her husband that she had heard ber native tongue. The woman told a story which cannot be disbelieved. She is about 30 years of age and rather comely in appearance, although she has seen,.much anxiety and suffering recently. She was unable to write, even in her own language, and her name, as well as could be guessed from her pronunciation, ls Stephankl. This woman and her hmband, to | whom she was married two years ago, came to this country from the prov ince of Galatia in Poland three! months, ago. Two months ago they were brought to Greenville to work in the mills, having beenlsccured among a colony Drought south by tho South on frJLQ?^i'i?^^ Uer husband obtained work ata re muneration of 95 a week, and tbe two | appeared to be living happily in ex pectation of approaching events until three weeks ago when she was desert ed and left pennlleBj among people with whom she could not even con verso. After a period of soul-harassing 1 anxiety, the woman ?et out on foot I for Cdumbia, and walked all the way. She was.given assistance by the kind hearted farm peop'e along the way, and one family gave her a pair of shoes ] which she needed badly for the weather has been very severe. When Mr. Watson was notified Fri day, he found the woman l^a state 1 of collapse and exhaustion. She was | I so weak that she could not keep1 awake and kept dropping off to sleep. When through the interpreter Mr. Watson had s oured the story of her I hufferingB he a t anout to find a place' where she could be caren for until he j could communicate with the govern ment, authorities. For the federal government makes provlson for such ! unfortunate people as this and she would.be cared for at the hospital at Ellis Island ai soon as he could make thc arrangements. The "Door of flopo" is crowded, and there was no place for the poor woman there. Finally Mr. Watajn found a boarding plaoefor the unfort unate oreature at a bouse netr the union depot, and here Bhe will stay until she can be sent to Ellis Island. Tue woman's gratitude was a moving ipeotacle, and Mr. Watsan feels many times repaid for the three hours he j spout in trying to get her located tem porarily. The romantic part of tho Btory is | this: The arrival of the Polo, Frank Sobletiiky, in Columbia a,fow weeks I ago corresponds with the time that the woman was deserted by her husbaud, and lt is m ire than probable that he ls the vagabond who deserted his wlfo. Tho woman's condition did not permit that she be allowed to con-1 front tbe unfortunate Pole who ls lying in a hospital in this city with one leg cut off as the result of an accident on the Southern railway last Sunday when ho was caught walking aoross a long trestle a few miles north of Columbia. It wi.l bo recalled that when Sohle skl oame here he was unable to speak in English. He was engaged to .work for a farmer in Richland county and was running away when he waa knock ed i ff the trestle. It ls barely probable that bo was trying to get aback to Greenville when ho wits caught-pro videci of ooaree he is tho ronegrade husbaud of the Buff ring woman. Io re gatd to this cass Mr. Watson said last night: "The State department of agrloul ture, commerce and immigration has . been placed at a decided disadvantage ' by reason of such a case ns this. Tub woman was not brought to South Car olina by reason of any aotion of the department, and I regret1 that ,lt ls Impossible for me, because of her laok I of knowledge of tho"E ?glish.language to ascertain by whom she was brought to the State. When.the call came tn mo in the shape thatilt did and 1 saw the puor crcaturo and talked with her through an interpreter lt would have been ncccessary for me to have had a heart of stone not to have attempted to do something for her. Tue poor oreature was In such a condition that I did not believe she could have kept her eyes open another half hour. ''After trying several places where I thought it would bo bent for her, tc i be, I finally took her to a boardlDg house of ao English woman, where she now ls and will remain .until such t mc os I can notify tho United States authorities cf her case and arrange for her removal to the hospltalQat Ellis Island. This ls a olass of immi gration that this department has studiously avoided, our efforts being confined to the higher clots of people who speak English and who become after a short time good citizens, assim ilating readily with our own people and adopting their views,. politically and otherwise. "At the same time when such oases as this and that of the Polander, who eame here recently, are brought t our attention it is right that we should, acting as South Carolinians, iee that these people do not au?er. At the same time others, who are act ing outside of the State department in the matter of immigration, while meaning well, are only doing harm to a great movement for the upbuilding of the State, without interfering with any existing conditions. The low price of cotton that now prevails bc-, served to check tbe movement of our own people baok to the farms, and consequ ntly the demand for other labor in the mills has been reduced. 1 I Lope, therefore, that those who have been bringing in these people of i type that the department does not ind will not handle, will restrain jbemselves from further independent efforts and will leave it to the depart neut to meet their need judiciously with due consideration of the welfare )f our own working people and the nanufaoturing interests as well. Suob ?ases as this arc not only deplorable, jut each one of them serves to retard he work of this department is de igned to do for the good people. I ii nerrely trust that this will be seen ind appreciated." r? AR CLAIMS OF COB FEDERATES. low Tfcoy Will tia Pata for Property Taken After Paroled. There hos been a general misundcr tandlig of the scope of the act of oagress proposing to pay ex-Confed rates for horses and other proporty onGsoated from them at the c'.ose of he War of Sessesslon. Congressman ?v"yatt Aiken has secured from tho [uartermaster general, Gol. O. F. lumphrey, a statement detailing the nanner in which claims are to be lied, no claims to be received after Ipili, 1906. Tho following regola lona must be observed: 1. Euch claimant must state his iwn olaim under oath (the department urnlsbes no blank forms for the pur tose,) mailing it to the quartermaster ;eneral, U. 8. A , Washington, D. 0. 2. In lils am davit he should state ds name, rank, company and the regi nent in which he was serving at the imo of the surrender, and by whom ifflcered. . - ?. rCtiTr 0^i^7"-Wi >? isW^*?- o t o u rr - r? ri ?r " ind to whom surrendered. 4. That be was paroled at or after bo surrender, naming the paroling ifflcer, time and place, jj^^tjmna oleE, it In '.TiRtenoe^sJaiirffSWWI. withclaia^ oLuerwlse, the sworn tes itt?iooy of two credible persons (pref erably soldiers,; knowing the facts, xiust be sub ni I tte ri as proof. 6. That he wes required to be mounted for the performance of his military duties, and that the proper'' by taken was bis own and that it was being used in the Confederate servio? it the time of the surrender and was taken by ?. S. troops acting or pre sumably acting under orders, stating how, when and where (and by whom if lt ls known) it was taken. State value of eaob horse or mule, saddle, bridle, blanket and side arms. 6. At least two credible poisons (.oldlers preferred) must corroborate all the claimant's statements in essen tial particulars, stating how their knowledge thereof was ootained. 7. If tho soldier ba dead, his widow may make the claim. If both be dead, his child, or children jointly; oi tf no children survive tho soldier, a parent may make the olaim. Allow ance for only one horse and equip ment is made to a private so dler and two horses, equipment and side arms to a commissioned officer. 8. All statements by the olaimant and witnesses must be under oath. The credibility of each must ba certi fied to by tho official before whom they make the oath and his offlolal seil must bo affixed to eaoh affilavlto. Suspended by Smallpcx. Tho Florence Dilly Times failed to make its usual afternoon appearance j Tuesday beoause the local board of health quarantined tho entire estab lisement and thoroughly fumigated the building. The foreman of the ] office had developed a oise of vario loid. Some days before young Smith, the lecal reporter, was strloken with I smallpox and was promptly quaran tined at his boarding house in the I eastern suburbs and it waa thought no further trouble need be apprehend ed but the oase of variolold that de veloped has caused the board of health to take further and more drastic steps In order to stamp out any germs that may remain. Tho entire community is sympathizing with Editor Hart well M. Ayer in f.he closing of his of fice, but Mr. Ayer ls as anxious aa the board or health that all steps necessary bo taken that will assure tho stamping out of the disenso, and be and bis entire forc? have under gone vaccination and fustigation. An Important Capture. A dispatch from Fort Mills to Tho State says an Important oapture wes made In that township Thursday af ternoon by Magistrate's O oustableT. A. Mills in the arrest of Will Springs, colored, charged with tbe killing of officer C. E. Coles of Mecklenburg county, N. 0., and the wounding of H. M. Nabors near Sugar Ure. k churh, just across tho North Carolina line, last Sunday afternoon week. Imme d atly after the killing, Springs tied from the Boone of his crime and went to Fort Mills township, where lt is supposed ho hn.s .Ino been in bidding For the arrest of Springs, Co ii tabl? Mills will receive a reward of $?;?U. $200 from the governor of North Caro lina and $100 from the shei Iff of Meok burg county. Corstable Mills took hit prisoner to Charlotte, where ho wa; positively Identified as the man want ed for the killing of Cole and tin wounding o? Nabors. A Exploded Killing Eight Men and Seriously Hurt Three. MADE A GREAT NOISE. The Torr Bo?t\De(eader Burned ts the Water's Edge. Those on Board Terror Stricken Plunged Iota . the Water la aa Effort to Escape Death. ?Right. ?sea ?re known to be dead -O; ?nd three "seriously Injured, the re mit of a boiler explosion and fire which destroyed the tow boat Daren 1er at Huntington, W. "Va., on4Wed nesday. The dead are: Perry Spender, mate, Point Pleas int. Horace Wetzal, jwatchman,?.Pii,ts ivfgi James Seese, lamp trimmer, Wells ville. Albert Hamilton, fireman, Pitts mrg. Mike Stafford, fireman, Pittsburg. Thomas Duffy, fireman, Pittsburg. Will Wet eel, deckhand. George Kidd, deckhand. Injured: Ira Ellis, second engineer, ^ Pit ^ mrg; Robert Holland, fireman>'.I<oo ?rt Mann, third cook. The Defender was owned by the foccngahcia River Consolidated Goal ind Coko company ot Pittsburg. Capt. Tames Woodward was in the pilot muse at the time,cf .the accident and vi th theiexecption of fireman, engi teer and the watchman, the remain 1er of tho crew were.asleep. The .ex ilosion of tbe starboard boilers blew iut the entire side of the boat and .wakened tbe sleeping members of he orew. The nobe was heard for bree miles. Survivors grabbed what lotbing they could find and plunged ato the Icy waters of the Ohio in the dort to escape. The night was bit er cold, the thermometer hovering bout zero and those who escaped ?ere nearly frc ziu before they oould e given shelter. The boat caught fire immediately allowing the explosion and drifted own the river about 200 yards where be sank in shallow water. . The fire unturned until she was burned to he water's edge. Ellen Welsh, chambermaid, of 'ittsburg, the only woman on board be boat, escapad In har night cloth r\t?. Whet tor.duori. cUo V.-"? aUpOSt rozen. Capt. Woodward .,ay? :.CH?V~ he origin of the explosion is a mys ery, as tbs boilers were to far as mown in excellent : condition. A .ber of men are working on thc vreik Wednesday .to recover th? jodl&bf tbe dead. So far six bodies lave^^n recovered. /^t?rge^rjP^illh ' [ustlce of Oregon Territory, United Stetes senator from attorney general in President Grant's second oab.net, and now mayor of Portland, w 1th the snow of 83 winters m his heac, was lndloted by a grand )ary of Mulonomab county on a charge ot Malfeasance in etil ?. The indict ment states that on July 13, 1904, Judge Wilhama, while mayor of Port land, refused to enforce the statutes regulating gambling. This law, which was passed at the last session of the legislature, gives tho mayor power to close disorderly bouses within four miles of the city and lt ls alleged that no failed to avail himself of that power. Earned His Howard. A dispatch, from Columbia says striking Instance of a "Trusty" ni gro convict's loyalty, was brought^ the governor's attention in a pat* petition from Aiken Thursday.. hero of story ls Andrew Wsshlr' wbo was serving a two-year ter*, the gang, for killing a negro namco George. Tue governor Thursday granted him full par .lonou a petition\ petition, setting forth that on a re cent oooasion his heroism prevented tbe escape of all prisoners on the gang. Tbe guards were drunk and when the prisoners made a dash for liberty, Washington seized a gun and held them at bay, till assistance came next morning, Washington bad served over a year, and was convicted after two mistrials. Peoullar Uumti. A special from Spartanburg to The State says. Tom Smith, colored, met with a tragio death Tuesday morning while engaged In walling tbe well on Mr. Lip Wood's premises, near Paoolet station. Some of tho workmen on tbe ground ware lowe^. ingamas9lvabucket, filled wltbjtooka, to Smith, wbo was workln^Mn the well, some 25 or 30 feet bolo's/. Sud denly tho hoops of th*'over-laden ouckeb gave way and thc entire con tents fell on the unfortunate man's bead, crushing bis sk nu. Death waa almost instantaneous^ Licit O ?on. to I>iO. The police are investigating the mysterious death of an unknown young woman, found lying ia thu snow In the Riverside drive, "New York, Thursday and who died without becoming conscious. The suspicions of tho police were aroused by the fact that her underskirt and hat were . found nearly 100 feet from where the body lay. The spot whero the body was found is a lonesome and deserted ono. The police suspect that tho young woman while unconscious was left there by other persons to dio of ?exposure._ Trioy Cured Him. John Clark, a negro five years old, ls dead at the homes of his parent at Lyndon; Ky-} sonto alcoholism, ic oonsequei'Ce of excessive doses of wino Hand a misture of wins and whiskey > J administered to him by his step-father and mott er In the tflort to keep bim from ever having a desire for drink by making bim sick ot it. 1