The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 13, 1905, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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
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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?.
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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.
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