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"DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULSAND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY ^POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1905. .3. THE TERMS. Text officies of Capitulation of Port Arthur. i OFFICERS PAROLED n&nr ?H. Russian Soldier?"Arc Made Prisoners o? War. All Forts, Bat teries, Vessels and (Munitions Are Transferred to the Japanese in Tact. Tho people of St. Petersburg have received with composure the nows, known to the rest of the woill a day earlier, ot the fate of Port Arthur. The event had bei n anticipated, and under offiolal direction tbe minds of the populace were prepared to re ceive with reslgna;iou the announce ment of i he fact by the publication of dispatches forwarded week before last by Gen. Stoessel describing the straits to which the garri-.ou had been reduced. The expectations in some quarters that the suirender of the fortress would be followod at the capital by a-.u-war demonstrations has not been realized. So far as there bas been any expression of feeling, lt tas been for carrying on the war with all the vigor possible. At Tokio Tuesday night the surren der of Pert Arthur was celebrated by a lantern procession and a general illumination. The Jarancie diet will iormuiiy expuss thc thanks cf the nation to Gen. Nogl for his conduct of the seige. Among Russian tfflcials there is a feeling that any.propo. V lon of peace that may be made with the fact In view I bat in otder that peicc must be lasting Japan must recognise Russia's right to free transit, of its ships through waters of the fa-- east. High Japanese officials declare that there it no 'probability of advances coaling at pre+.ent from ..their governmer\?j looking toward peace negotii ? I .;S. In official quarters in St Petersburg it ls 6ald that no tender of good offices from tt third party would be acc:pteo and "A at any proposal for peace must come rom Japan direct. The text ot thc artic'es of capitula tien of the Port Arthur garrison signed by the commissioners repre senting Gen. Nogi has been made public. All Ru->siansoldiers, marines and civil cffioials of the garrison and harbor arc mado prisoner.-; all torts, batteries, vc-.'S?ls, munltlois, etc., are tran ferred to the Japanese In the ^ondinoTf^Tu^wT^rr-trbi v ^exrste?-^airH neon of January 3, violation of this clause to operate as au annulment of the negotiations, giving thc Japanese army warrant to tn ko lree action; the Russian military and naval authorities are to furnish tc the Japanese arrm an exhibit of all fortifications, under ground and submarine m'nt s, a list of military officers, cf ships aud the numb.-r of their crews, and of civil ians of both sexts witn tl eh- race and occupations; and all puhl c property, aa buildings, munitions of war, etc., to te lett in the prcsrut position pending arrangement f ir toeir trans terence. Officers of the ai my and navy are pcimitted to retain their swords and such of their personal properly as ls directly necessary for the maintenance of life and willi one servant each may, i p n signing theil parch; not to take up ai ms during the continuance of the war, return ti Ku; s'a. Non-ct m missioned (Ulcers and'privates will be held as prisoners For the benefit of the sick and wounded Rus.'l uis the tanltary corps toni the Eccoutants belonging to the Russian army and navy will be re quired to serve under the Japanese sanitary , corps and accountants foi lush period of time as may be deemed necessary. ARTICLES OK CAPITULATION. Tbe following are the articles of capitulation: Arl lela l. All Russian soldiers ma rlnes, volunteers, aUo government of flcials at tt e garrison and harbor of Port Arthur are taken prisoners. Art. 2 All forts, batteries, war ships, other Khips a:;d boats, arms, ammunition, horses, all materials for hostile use, government buildings and ull o' j CL-> belonging to the lins slan government sh ill be transferred lo the Japanese army in their exist ing condition. ' Ar(i. 3. On the preceding two condi tions being assented ttl, as a guaran tee for the fulfilment thereof the men garrisoning the forts and the batteries on Etse mountain, Sungshu moun tain, Antsc mountain and the line of eminences southeast therefrom shall bo remov? d by neon Of Jan. 3 and the same sh;>.l! bo transferred to the Japa nese army. Art. 4. Should Russian military o naval mon he (itemed to have destroy ed objects named in article 2 or to have caused alteration in any way in ndltlon at the existing time, ?^?^MHk?bBhiJ this compact an.1 tin j-r ...is shah anim*? .. and the Japanese army will ta^.'. acion. Art. ?. The Russian nvv,cary and naval authorities shah prepaXg and transfer to the Japanese arciy a tyiole showing the fortifications of Port Arthur and their resp clive posit! il s> and maps showing the location of minis inderground and submarine, and till ( thor dangerous objects; r,.v.'o a table snowing thc composition ami system .f tho a'my and naval services at Port Arthur; a list cf army and navy oilloors, with mimi s and rank and duty of said c Ulcers; a list of army Steamers, warships and other ships, with th-j numbers of their respective erews; a list t f civilians, showing the number of men and women, their rad and occupations. Art. G. Arms, Including those car \ .'ei on the persons; ammunition, war 1 jyjjljerii.ls, government, buildings, ob * ' wned by tho government, .'.ships and other ships, in ,8Tdr cont outs, excepting ^ [ty, sh ill be left in their >ns and tho commlsslon tusslan and Japanosc arm'es shall decile upon the rai tl od ' of tbclr trarsferenee. Art. 7. The Japanese army, con sidering the gallant resistance ? ffercd by tho Russian army as heing honor able, will permit the c.fllocrs of the Russlau army and navy, cs well as officials belonging thereto, to oarry swords and to take with them privato property directly necessary for the maintenance of life. The prev'oualy meutioned officers, effie als and volun teers who will sign a written parole pltdghg that they will nob take up arms and In no wise take action con trary to to the Interests of the J apa- 1 nef e army until tho close of the war. 1 will rt eel ve the consent of the Japa nese army to roturn to their country. ? Each army aqd navy officer will be al- < lowed one servant, and such servant 1 will be specially released on signing ' the parole. i Art. 8. Non-commissioned officers s and privates of buth army and navy and volunteers shall wear their uul" ? forms and, taking portable tents and ' necessary private property, and com- * manded by their respective officers, <? shall assemble at such places as may < be Indicated by the Japanese army. < Tile Japanese commissioners will de- I olde the necessary details thereof. < Art. 9. Tue sanitary corps and tho ( accountants belonging, tu the. Russian irmy and navy shall be retained by ( the Japanese while their services are , leemed neocssary for the ca.lng for ] lick and wouuded soldiers. During ' such time such corps shall be required 1 to render-service under the direction 1 of the sanitary corps and accountants s of the Japanese army. t Art. 10. The treatment tobe ac- t corded to the residents, the transfer 1 of books and documents relating to < municipal administration and finance, < ind also detailed flies necessary for ?be enforcement of this compact shall < oe embodied in a supplementary com- t oact. Tho supplementary c m pact t ?hall have tho same force as this com- 1 jact. * Art. ll. One copy each of this com- I iact hhall be prepared for tho Jupa- I tese and Russian armies, and it shall ' ?avo Immediate ollect upon signature i /hereof. 1 - i Kiln <1 MiiiiN ir. 6. C. Wellbrook, wholesale* fruit i lealer of Charleston. S. C , og^d io.-- ; ;V-ttiree yens, shot and kided 1 im- < bis i 111 M on Tuesday morning { jflast wc?K. He liad just out? red ( ;he office and locked the doer, when | the report of thc pistol was beard, i iud upju the door being broken op-.:n ( oe was found lying on the il or la t < pool o' blood with a bole in 1.1.* right i emple and another on tim opposite dde ot tho head where the bah had ( passed out, going through a pane of ino window glass before finally sp:.nd- ( ng Its force. As far as ls known | lhere was no cause for the suicided ? Mr. Wellbrook was io company with Vir. Guy Stoner a short time berore i oe retired inte his ellice and to hier inderstooi, to Mr. Stoner, telling lim goodbye and expressing the opln on that he would be happier, bot uo' explaining the cai ?-e of his trouble] moer which he seemed to labor. Oe ivas married un last Sunday ulgh'j tc -.. Miss fc'clhnidt. It was learned Tues lay that Mr. Welibrock bas been auf raring under home severe menta ?train, for a few nights ago hi slept, or spent the night, tu the county j il ipon his own request, stating that he wan in fear of bodily injury, Barring this one fj.ct, Mr. Wel brock bad giver no evidence of any mental allecttoti. AVaiitn ti 1H Wttixkc y. In his mall Tuesday Gov. Hey ware rtcedved the following communica tion: "Wo the under shiers in our own belief will say that one Dave Hack whim had his w;.i ;key sicked md takcu from him by Fran I.tr?el ;? Constable his to our own noli Ige never sold any whiskey around this neighborhood whiskey was bought from d.spcnsary quantity was one and ? half gallons."' This ls higned by "J.J. Jones, Wilks Stevlnson, Lick hart, S. C ; H. B. Ash, Bulox Creek, S. C ; James gault, L ck bart, S. C.; George gaot, Lockhart; S. C." Tue. following postscript is appended: "pleas let mo have a hearing from you at an carly Date as I want my whiskey or the money that 1 Paid for sumo If there ls any law for rae Im g -lug to have it." The State says it ls somewhat singular that nil the names s'.em to be sighed in the same handwriting, and there appears to be a marked uniformity in the misspell ing of pn par n inns._ Burnell lo Duatli. Fire consumed the home of Frank Noweskl, a Polish miner In Morris Hun, Pa., at an early hour Tuesday, and the entire famiiy of ten, except tho oldest son, aged 18, was eitner burned to death or smothered. The Noweskis lived in a log house on the outskirts of Morris Run. There wore no immediate neighbors, lt is not known how the lire originated but lt is thought that n stove fell over and thc burn h g coals ict flic to the hous .. Noweskl was employed by tho Morris Run Coal Mining company. With lils fellow miners bobas oeeu on strike since last April. Recently smallp " broke out In Morris Run. Nowesk and his family were among bbcs?ffei ern from tue disease but every mem ber of tho family recovered and the quarantine had just been raised from tbeir homo._ 'fried to lOhU?;;; -. ^>f>> While a train carrying ljlO/?ohvlt?t$ in the employ of the T .iiessce Coa and Iron Railway *. \.\a.ny was goii ). fr-m .M. DS-lN'to. :J j the prison, Wll Tiller a negro convict, exploded t stltk of d?iiamlte In one of tiri coaches with a view of effecting i wholesale release. J. Dawkins, a oin viet from Henry county, was k.lled Guard Pickett li st a leg and an arni Geo. Delaney, one of the trait.m i was hurt, and several convicts we slightly Injured. During the maru perle guards from tho other cars rush ed forward and pre vent ed the e*Cip of any of the convicts. The expia sion b'n-w out the end of the coach, fatal Neuro Festival. At a negro fe-tiv.il at Monticello Sam Doll killed Ben Peay and brok Dave Poay's j iwbone. Wylie Sub was shot in the hack hy a party ir known. Dr. Scott eloei not tliink h will die. Another negro whose nam is unknown had his skull cracked. CALLS THEM TIGERS Chief Const p.blo Hamms t's Ii op ort to the Governor. Show?, the B Alco at tho Local Dispert ?ario? . to Have Xoeroasod Very Greatly In 1004. Mr. U. B. flammet, chief constable, las submitted to Gov. Hey ward his .eport for the last quarter of the yoar ?04. Mr. Ham met takes occasion to tull attontionto tba chartsrirg of so dal clubs in largo cities, and ho (ta llares some of these to be flagrantly delating the law. In bis letter sub nltting the report, Mr. Hammet lys: "From tie figures given you will ee that the maintenance of tbe con tabulary h-,:s reached a considerable um, but jfhen you deducj tho value f the seizures made und tbe flues ( llectefi, wbloh went to the various ounticjuind towns, tbat expense bas eco reduced to the very Hmall sum f $34,8T.P 35, with numerous appeal d cosesifet to bo heard, from. ^ ' "Thc y'lllclb dealing in liquors in very scdyion of the S?UaM&beeD ery considerably curt^?HktjV9p ll^e have not, bcen.a*Oe uj^^uTJice the iw tt> the letter, I feel that my ef irta have been of valu e in that direc tor, and reports received daily go to IO.V that there ls an Improvement In ic situation almost everywhere. The ispensary law can bo enforced, but it dil require tho aid of State < flleers as ell as municipal, in addition te the jnstnbulary force to accomplish it. "There teems to bo a lack of inter sb, or fear, or something which 1 innot determine, on the part of some C those who are charged with the en ircement of the law which prevents icm from taking as active a part as > incumbent upon them. In macy lstauces I have been ably assisted y the iutendents of towns and a few lagb.trates, but as a rule there ls lit e attempt made by others than State instables. "In roy judgment the greatest mo ioo lo Ure enforcement of the law ls ic promiscuous Issuing e^f charters to ) called cluls, ' &nd yet 1 aminforna 1 that unrer nur present laws this innot bo prevented. We And them ?urisbh g lu our cities and larger )wus, and while claiming to be social .gani?ltions, complying witta tho re Lilremeuts of the law, tiley are noth ig more nor less than open barrooms, very effort has been made to put a" .op to the sale of liquors withlu their alls, even to the extent of stationing Deers In thc building to prevent it, at this bas resulted recently In the rrest of the constables cn a charge of espassand their conviction and pun hnit-ut by lino. "Positive and satisfactory proof : ml innes to tao general public heir membership in numerous cases jiug entirely flctitiou?) seems una Illing in our endeavors to contine icm to thc rights granted them by jeir obarters, iud I desire to carn itly recommend that some legisla ou be unacted which will affect the ldlscrlrainute issuing cf such char "The onslabulary force 13 in good inditloo, loyal and energetic .Very bile has occurred to mar the admin tratlon of the affairs of thc depart tent, and I look f jrward to the at iii meut of even better results lu the it ire than we have in the p~i8t." Toe ! o? al t x pen se for the quarte .as *l6.17l 81. The amount of s il .om tue wholesale dispensary wa 987.313 94. from tue retail dispensa es $1,038,733 Oo. Toe summary for tbe yoir ls as f il )ws: 'o'.al cont of constabula ry tor year.8 G-i.388 20 'otal value of seizure* fur year.5 21.071 91 'otal sales for Stato dis pensary f ir year.S2.990.918 30 'otal sales f jr ional d? sirles for year.?3,374.780.43 "o'al number of convic tions for year. 314 'o'al amount ot tines imp ised fur year.$ 18,046 00 'util amount of Buss collected for year.S ?,440 00 \ital number of p osons s' nt tj ohalngaog ... 98 :o:al number of teams sized. 13 L'otal nninber of stills sezid. 114 In the rep >rt for the last quarter, I-. Ham i et says in addition to the eizures of liquor and beer, "there vere two teams, 35 stills and 1,810 ?ailons of beer in kegs, the latter of viiich is o( nu value." The Increase in the siles In tho loca' Hspeiisarlrs over tho same quarter of 903 amounted to tfc 172,007.69. Qjlte a number of cases against Delators of the law have been ap lealeii and aie now pending in the iourt of geueral sessions. Big Dynamos. Toe Canadian Niagara Falls Power .oiupaoy, tho ally of the Ameiioan Miagara FAIIS Power company, suc Mssfuily tot In motion Wednesday jwo of their 10,000 horne power Lu ! - JIUCH and dynamos before the officers if the por.or company and diaMngu shed gu Theke are the larges; It&?itaesin tho world and their opera .io.i marks an electrical ero.h. francis Li neio Stetson, of Kew York, md Pr?taient W. E. iteatty, of the Janadlan com piny, turned on thc poner. Cheers wer? given fur Klug H I ward, President Roosevelt and tbe juicers of the compauy. Au elaborate lunch was served and felicitous speeches weie made by William il Rankine, Francis Lynde Stetson. A Monroe Oreel, Mr. J. W. Lnngmauir and othenL_ Killed Brother ana Molt. A special from Ozark, Ala., says A douole tragedy occurred at Mlodle City In Hie eastern part of this county Friday. A roll Pope and Jessie Pop!-, brothers, had a heated discussion anti di-agrcement over a l rie fence and the former tdiot and killi d bis brother wltii a pistol. Aie i Pope then wen home and committed suicide oy taking strychnine. The Popes are among the most promlnentanel prosperous ptopl" of southeastern Alabama. Doth men leave families. A YEAR'S RECORD Of Lynchings, Murders, Hang ings, Defalcations A.ND OTHER THINGS. sonic Interesting Statistics Prepared by tbe Chicago Tribune for the Past Year, Sh< winj the Number of Violen'. Deaths, Robber ies and Accidents. Of much Interest and significance re the figures ountaiued in the (Jul ago Tribune's annual revlow of the ear 19?4. Especially satisfactory is he Bhuwlng that there were fewer Tuchings than in any previous year ince 1885. Thorn was a marked ailing i ff in the aggregate of dona ions for educational, philanthropic nd religious purposes. There is a -.crease in the number of legal hang ogs, in the total of defalcations, for eries and bank wreckings and in tbe umber of homicides. Fire losses How a small increase. Io a general usin?es, manufacturing and com ?erclal way tho latter half of the nar was a decided Improvement over oe first six m jnths. Lynchlugs f >r tbe year number 87, s compared with 104, the previous ear, 96 in 19J2 and 135 in 1901. No ember was tue ono month in twenty ears during wblch LO lynching was sported North or South. Of the 87 'Ilchings 82 took p'ace lo tho South ud 6 In the N rib. There were 83 egro victims and 4 whites. Two o nen were amorfg the number, ho high water mark for lynchings as lo 1892, whrn mob vengeance ai wreaked hu 235 persons. Mississippi heads the list of States Itu 18 lynching:). Arkansas and eo g a dlvHie dishonor with 17 each, leaiucky, Virginia, Texas and South arolina each has lewer than a half ozen cases to it? credit. Every state f the Upper Mississippi Valley cs tpes without a blemish. The alleged causes of the lynchings ere: Murde* 3?; race prejudice 19; ttacks on women 20; murderous as lult 4; conspiracy to murder 2; un nown 2; insults 2; threats 1, and ibbory l. Naturally the numb jr of killed and minded lu war during 1904 greatly cceeds that of 1UD3, because of tho inguluary conti ot between Ru-sla nd Japau. Tuo total loss of the Ith dO.OOr In 1903. 26,000 in 1902, T ld 3.000 1001. Of these losses a ppruxlmat^ \ 370,000 were on Russo- n apauese bar e fields and seas. O.h r losaos bav oiuesn: Armenian mas- r< icres, 7,8?r? Thibet 6,492; Phillp- h ines 3,230; ?uraatr? 2,379; Africa ti ,714; Uruguay 2,035; Macedonia 820; d an Dnmlugo 240; Bulgaria 239; h lorocoo 50; Arabia 40. Legal executione numbered 116, as ompued with 123 the year before nd 194 In 19o2 Tliere wi re B xty wo executions in the North and 54 i the S.'Uth, of whom 59 wcro whites, 5 I neg roes, one Japanese and one hlu<?se. In 110 cises the vict'ms 'ere convicted of mu-der. Six wt re ouvlcted of murder. Six wore put to eath for attacks oh women. Penn ,Wania executed 19, O Mo 10, New 'ork 8. Miss, url 3, Alabama 6, Ar ai sai 7, Calif inila 5, and Indiana 2 'nore was marked f til ng t ff in thc ist three, mouths of the year. Leaving out the operations of Mrs. lasde Chadwick, the extent of whloh as not been f,scerta!n;d, the rec ?rd t the ye.ir shows that men intrusted rlth public and private iunds are bo orning more honest. Ac any rate he total of defalcations, embezzle neills, forgeries and bink wrecking, s $4,742 507, as compared with 16, 62, IO,", lu 1903. The figures for the ear are smaller thin for any year Ince ludo, une-slxth of those In 1904 .nd less than half those In 1895, 1896 .nd 1897. The tabular statement for 90-1 shows: )'rum banks.82,2(2 374 stolen by public olllclals... 228 704 | ? ly agents. 758,879 forgeries. 183,490 .>7oio loan associations .... 311,000 ty postal employees. 14,500 | j Miscellaneous stealings.... 637,970 While tuero was a decrease of .?ev- | j sral hundred in tue uumlier of boral lides, lt isa significant fact that there IDS been a g eat increase In the num ber of murders ciramitted by high waymen, hurglais, "hold up" men ind all that class of Criminals. Chl :ago In this particular makes a gloomy showing. The growth of this variety of crime has been steady for l?verai years. Tliere were 464 in 1903, 333 lu 1902, and 103 In 1001. Encouragement baa been given to this Kind i-f human slaughter by tho great percentage of guilty men who escape :apture und conviction. Tho hang it g of tile boy bmdits had apparently no deterrent ( ffeot. T? o principa; ct uses for homicides follows: Quarrels, 4 181; unknown, 1,651; Jealousy, 013; liquor, 640; ln rai.e, 271; infanticide, 153; strikes, 55; self-a.'fence, 33. In tho hst of great disaster, the burning of the steamer Slocum, when 1,031 lives were lost, was tile wont Six bun Ired were lost lu a sterno on Lake baikal), 500 by the collapse of a liam in China, loo by au avalanche at Pragolato, Italy; loo by a hurricaua lu Cochin, China; 100 by a storm at Santiago, Cuba; 220 by a ferry boat wreok in Russia; 2u0 by flood in th Philippines. The distribution fol lows: fires, 1,00(1; drownings, 2,745; ex plosions, falling building and h kc eas Hallies, 306; mines, 589; storms and cyclones, 213. lightning, 189; electric Ity, 126. S'o.iin railroad accidents caused thc Ls* of 2,060 livia, a considerable de crease from the number of the yea previous. The seriously injured to tailed 3,813. On trolley lines 479 were kided and 3,204 Injured. The most [fearful disaster of tho year oc curred Auput 7, on the Bio Grande Railroad, when 118 lives were leaton aoccuot of a broken bridge. Donations and bequests for the yeaf total 840,290,988, as compared with ?75,000,000 io 1903, and ?123, 000,000 In 1891, the record holding year.ji Mr. Carnegie has not given so much, to public libraries and many multimillionaires have deoroased the amonrjta of their beuefuutlous. Never theless, Mr. Carnegie bas given 811, . 243,000, thc big gift being 85,000.000 for the hero furdand another 85,000, 000 for the Pittsburg Carnegie Insti tute. Mr. Rockefeller's benefactions total Bl,401,000, one million of which was for charltlos. Dr. D. IL. ParFons *ave 8235.C00 to small colleges. Ninety-six colk-gos have been among iho beneficiaries, getting 21,336,000 n the aggregate. A SAD AU?lD?NT. 1 M trio Son oi Prof. Bain Killed bx Falling Brloks. Little Henry Bain, the ? year-nld on ot Prof. and Mrs. C. W. Bilnof he South Carolina college, was found ylng bleeding In the yard at his home friday morning of last week with a rightful wound in the back of his tead. HIB skull had been fractured, ie had lost a large quantity of blood nd was insensible when found. He ras removed by loving bands, doctors rere hastily summoned and all that ender care and medical science could o was bestowed upon him, but the Ittle fellow hovered between life and eath until 8.50 o'clock Friday night .hen he died without having regained onsclousness. He went out into the ard enly a short time before the ac Ident. A servant of Prof. Andrew I. Moore, who lives next door, was a*sing not many minutes after and lund the almost lifeless body on the Lepn leading into the yard at tho side f the house. Mr. John Taylor, who .as visiting at the residence of Prof. [oom, was the first person to arrive 1 tths side of the Injured child, and 1 ; was he who carried him upstairs. There ls no doubt that tho little ;llow was struck by falling brieki, ! u-hed from tho p irapct above by the . ranch of a tree growing near tli3 ous". This branch nats up in the j rick work, and the motion caused by 1 ic unusually high wind prevailing at ' ie time had tom these bricks from ' oe wall and pushed them off. Three ricks wera found on tho spot below 1 ad an investigation -.bowed that 1 oree were missing from above. The mb was scarred by rushing against oe bri:ks. Telephone messages soon brought 1 i.s. Taylor, DuBoio, Griffith and 1 'lshburne. They disco rered a frac- ! ore 'n tho ba :k of the head and siw jat ti ^ bonii was prcnsing against oe V iii'. Th'i Mittle'sufferer was ; 'ne yound was not then regarded aa ecessarlly fatal and any operation .as deferred until later. Prepara l?nswere made in the afternoon to amove the pationt to the Columbia ospital for tho operation. He began o grow weaker, however, and the octor8 decided to operate at the ome. He grow weaker and weaker 9 the night came on and before thc peratlon could he performed had asied away.-The 8tat?._ Many Killed In Dlsascora. Without including the last week, ho accidents in North America in rhleh five or more persons were killed o 1904 ciusfjd the death of 2,221 per ons. Toe horning of the Iroquois .'heater, Chicago, and the wreck cf he Duquesne llyer, neir Pittsburg, ccurred In thc last week of 1903, and heir death roll of 800. ls not countod a tho figures given. Toe wreck of tue teamship Nurge, with 040 lost is In luded, must of the passengers having lckets for this couutry. By far the irorat accident of 1904 was the de duction of th? New York excursion teamer General SK>cum, whloh burn d In June, with a IOBS ot 1.020 Uv, s. The worst raliway accidents were a olllslon at Willard, K.m., 17 killed; olllslon at Jackson, Utah, 24 killed-, olllslon at Kewaneo, Miss., 43 killed; lerailmeut at Lltohtleld, 111.; 24 kill id, collision at Midvale, N. J., 10 kill id; Sunday school ex:urslon at Ch?ca lo, 20 kill id; tralu through bridge at iden, Col., 04 killed; collision at lodges, Tenn., 58 killed, and colll.-ii :n it Warren burg, Mo., 29 killed. Tor iado< s during the yoar killed 33 ut Uouudvllle, Ala ; 12 at St. Paul; 5 i.t Jamestown, N. Y., and 93 In east >rn Cuba. The worst tornado In the United States occurred In January, in Alabama. The woist explosion was n a minc at Cheswlck, Pa., which ;ost 186 lives. An Infernal machine ixploslon at Independence, Col., Ic il 1 ?d 13, The worst elevator accldont was at St. Louis, with 8 killi d. Ten persons were suffocated by coal gas at Williamstown, Pa. There was hardly i month without a loss of numerous lives In tenement house fires. Niue >ohnol children were sufi" ?cated in a vault at Pleaiaut Ridge, O do. Eight children were drowned while bathing fit Alton, III, The average nmuber of deaths In the larger accidents of the year was 325 a month. It ls a heavy waste of Ufo from preventive causes, Hold ro Indiana. Reporis from Victoria say that Margaret Johnson the 11-year-old daugater of Sydney Joouson, n Ger man (rom Portland, ls being held In bondage by the Forth Rupert In dians. The Information was obtained from a missionary by Secretary South of the Culldren's Protective Society, and Mr. South ls now endeavoring to learn tho whereabouts Of :hc child, In hopes of rescuing her. The natives ar6 said by LUG missionary, who had just returned from tho far interior to nave paid the father 81.000 worth of furs for tho girl. Tin. father form erly workod In the Davson mines and met the Indians when returning from he North. Killnd by an Explosion, Specials from Coving cou, a town on tho Georgia railroad about 40 miles east ot Atlanta say: The hollers at the electrlo light plant explodod there Woduesday and killed Hie fireman, J. L. McCullough. The cause of the ac oldent is unknown, the boilers being practically now, having beea used but four yeera. A SAD STORY A Wife, Deserted and III, in an Unknown Land. IS BEING CARED FOR Thc WsBtBi li ai'tanmlfrftjit tress Poland, and Coralsnlonor Watson Hat Taken Charte of tier Case Although She Wai Not Brought Here by Him. Alon? In a strange country; deserted by the man who'had taken jwlth her the solemn marital ivowsj'lll with the dread which a woman alone can suf fer; and unable to converse witih those around her. Such was the pitiable plight of a woman who was found weak and starving In Columbia Fri day. Applying at the hornes of the people of Columbia, she was unable to make known her wants, until finally she Bank exhausted upon the step.of the home of kind .-hearted people who live in'the most respectable part of the city. The following particular* of the sad oase we take from the 1 State: Mr. E. J. Watson, the commissioner of immigration, was communicated ! with at once, and although ho waa eu- ! gc g d in moving his office efTecta from 1 the State house to a temporary office . in thc 12 story building, he gave im mediate attention to the wants of the suffering woman. With Mr- Frank Myers for an interpreter, Mr. Watson 1 went to the home where the woman was bel?g oared for temporarily, abd as he had suspected, tho unfortunate creature proved to be a native of Po- . land. J Mr. Myers engaged her In conversa Mon, the first time since her desertion by her huuband that she had heard ber native tongue The woman told ' * story which cannot bo disbelieved. She ls about 30 years of age and rather | comely in appearance, although she { has seen,_muo'i anxiety and suffering < recently. She was unable to write, even in her own language, and her j ?ame, as well as could be guessed from her pronunciation, is Stephanki. This woman and her husband, to ( whom she was married two years ago, came to this country from tho prov- * ince of Galatia in Poland three months, ago. Two months ago they v were brought to Greenville to work in , the mills, having beenlsccured among t n colony orou?ht south by tho South Her husband obtained workata' re- ? muneratlon of 95 a week, and the two appeared to be living happily in ex- , pectation of approaching events until ( three weeks ago when she was desert- } ed and left penniless among people , with whom she could not even oon- , verse. ' 1 , After a period of soul-haraaslng ? anxiety, the woman set ont on foot for dlumbia, and walked all thc way. She was. gi ven assistance by the kind j hearted farm peop'e along tho way, and one family gave ber 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 ln?a state of collapse and exhaustion. She was so weak that she could cot keep awake and kept dropping off to sleep. When through the Interpreter Mr. Watson had a cured the story of her sufferings he a t about to Qnd a place where she could be cared for until he could communicate wish the govern ment authorities. For the federal government maleen provlson for 6uch unfortunate people as this and she would.be cared for at the hospital at Ellis Island as soon as he could make thc arrangements. The "Door of Hope" ls orowded, and there was no place for the poor woman there. Finally Mr. Wats JU found a boarding place for the unfort unate creature at a, house near Hie union depot, and here she will stay j until she can be sent to Ellis Island. I Tue woman's gratitude was a moving spectacle, and Mr. Watson feels many times repaid for the three hours he spent in trying to get her located tem porarily. The romantic part of the story ls this: Tho arrival of the Pole, Frank Sobietsky, In Columbia a,few weeks ago corresponds with the time that the woman was deserted by her husband, and lt is m iro than probable that he is the vagabond who deserted his wifo. The woman's condition did not permit that she be allowed to con front the unfortunate Polo who ls lying In a hospital in this city with one leg cut off as tho result of an accident on the Southern railway last Sunday wheo he was caught walking across a long trestle a few miles north of Columbia. It will be recalled that when Soble ski came herc ho was unable to speak in English. He was engaged to .work for a farmer in Richland county and was running away when he wac knock ed off the treat'e. It is barely probable that oe was trying to get ,bnck to Greenville when ho w?s caught-pro i videel of course he is tho ronegrade husband of tho Buff ring woman. Io re gard to this caso Mr. Watson said last night: "The State department of agrlcul ture, commerce and immigration has bceu placed at a deolded disadvantage by reason of such a case as this. Tula woman was not brought to South Car olina by reaaon of any action of the department, and I regret' that .lt ls Impossible for me, because of her lack of know ledge of the^Euglishdanguage to ascertain by whom sho was brought to the State. When.the call came to me In the shape thatilt did and 1 saw the poor creature and talked with her through an Interpreter lt would have been ncccesaary for me to have had a heart of stone not to have attempted i to do something for her. Tue poor creature was in such a oondttlon that I did not believe she could have kept her eyes open another half hour. "After trying several places where ' I' thought lt would bs bent for her. to be, I Anally took her to a boarding house of an English woman, where she now 1B and will remain until such fc' mc as I can notify the United States authorities ti her caso and arrange for her removal to the hospitalis?t Ellis Island. This is a class of immi gration that this department has studiously avoided, our efforts being confined to tho higher class of people who speak English and who become after a short time good citizens, asslm mating readily with our own . people and adopting their views, politically and otherwise. "At the same time when suoh oases as this and that of the Polander, who oame here recently, are brought t our attention it li right that we should, acting as South Carolinians, iee that these people do not suffer. At the same time others, who are act ing outside of the State department in tile 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 has served to obeok the movement of our own people baok to the farms, and conseqv: nely the demand for other labor in the mills bas been reduced.dj "I hope, therefore, that those who have been bringing in these people of a type that the department does not and will not handle, will restrain themselves from further Independent efforts and will leave it to the depart ment to meet their need judiciously with due consideration of the welfare ot our own working people and the manufacturing interests as well. Such cases as this arc not only deplorable, but eaoh one of them serves to retard the work of this department is de signed to do for the good people. I ilnccrely trust that this will be saen ind appreciated." WAR CLAIMS OF COU FEDERATES. How Tho? Will toa Paid fer Property Taken After Parolod. There has been a general misunder it and lng of the scope of the act of ?ongress proposing to pay ex-Confcd irates for horses and other proporty jon?scated from them at the dose of ?be War of Sessesslon. Congressman [Vyatt Aikeu has secured from tho [uartermaster general, Col. O. F. Humphrey, a statement detailing the nanner in which claims are to be lled, no claims to be received after Ipril, 1006. Tho following regula .ions must be observed: 1. Etch claimant must state his iwn claim under oath (the department 'urnlshes no blank forms fer the pur )Ose,) mailing it to the quartermaster reneral, U. S. A , Washington, D. 0. 2. In his affidavit he should state ils name, rank, company and the reci ?en t in which he was serving at the imo of the surrender, and by whom iffloered. md to whom surrendered. 4. That he was paroled at or after ho surrender, naming the paroling ifllccr, time and place. J^tteio^ .oles, if in .??steuce. eiiKrflPW? with .clal?^,' jLuerwise, the sworn tes Lit?moy of two credible persons (pref irably soldiers,! knowing the facts, must be submitted as proof. 6. That he wes required to be mounted for the performante of hhs military duties, and that 'he proper-' ty taken was his own and chat it was being used in the Confederate servio? it the time of the surrender and was taken by U. S. troops acting or pre sumably acting under orders, stating how, when and where (and by whom if lt is known) it was taken. State value of eaoh horse or mule, saddle, bridle, blanket and side arms. 6. At least two credible persons (.oldlers preferred) must corroborate all thc claimant's statements in essen tial particulars, stating bow their knowledge thereof was ootalned. 7. If the soldier ba dead, his widow may make the claim. If both be dead, his ohlld, or ohildren Jointly; oi If no children survive the soldier, a parent may make the claim. Allow ance for only one horse and equip ment is made to a private BO dior and two horses, equipment and side arma to a commissioned officer. 8. All statements by the claimant and witnesses must be under oath. The credibility of each must be certi fied to by tho official before whom they make the oath and his official se?l must be affixed to each nfl] la vi te. Suspended by Smallpox. Tho Florence Dilly Times failed to maae its usual afternoon appearance Tuesday beoauso the looal board of health quarantined the entire estab lisement and thoroughly fumigated the building. The foreman of the office had developed a oise of vario lold. Some days before young Smith, tho lecal reporter, was strloken with smallpox and was promptly quaran tined at his boarding house in the eastern suburbs and it WP' thought I no further trouble need be apprehend' ed but the case of varlolold that de veloped has caused the board o! health to take further and more r'.rastic steps in order to stamp out an} germs that may remain. Tho entire community is sympathizing with Editor Hart well M. Ayer in the oloslug of his of fies, but Mr. Ayer is as anxious as the board of health that all steps necessary bo taken that will assure the stamping out of the disease, and he and his entire foros have under ?gone vaccination and fumigation. An Important Capturo. A dispatch from Fort Mills to The | State says an Important capture was made in thit township Thursday af ternoon by Magistrate's OonstableT. A. Mills in the arrest of Will Springs, colorea, charged with the killing of officer C. E. Coles of Mecklenburg county, N. C., and the wounding of H. M. Nabors near Sugar Gre.-k churh, j just across the North Carolina line, last Sunday afternoon week. Itnmo d atly after the killing, Springs tied from the scone of his crime and went to Fort Mills township, where it ls [supposed ho has ino been in hidding For the arrest of Springs, Co ii table lillis will receive a reward of ?auo. $200 from the governor of North Caro lina and $100 from the sheriff of Meek burg county. Corstabta Mills took his prisoner to Charlotte, where he was positively identtiied as the man want ed for the killing of Cole and the wounding of Nabors. A WEAK BOILER Exploded Killing Eight Men and Seriously Hurt Three. MADE ? GBE?.T NOISE. The Tow Boat*'Dofeader Burned to th? Water'* Edge. Those on Board Terror Stricken Plunged lato . tbe Water la an Effort to Escape Death. Eight men are known to be dead md three "seriously injured, the re mit of a boiler explosion and fire which destroyed the tow boat Dafen 1er at Huntington, V. Va., on,,Wed nesday. The dead are: Perry Spender, mate, Point Pleas ant. Horace Wetzal, .watchman, j.Pitta rarg. James Seese, lamp trimmer, Wells ..nie. Albert Hamilton, fireman, Pitta Jorg. Mike Stafford, fireman, Pittsburg. Thomas Duffy, fireman, Pittsburg. W1U Wet asl, deckhand. George Kidd, deckhand. Injured: Ira Ellis, second engineer, vPltte|^^_ mrg; Robert Holland, firemanvHoo irt Minn, third cook. The Defender was owned by the iTnnnnnaholn R.??nr QoP?OlidSted Coal md Coke company ot Pittsburg. Capt. Tames Woodward was in the pilot louse at the time;of.Lhe accident and J vith thoeaxception of fireman, engi leer and tho watchman, the remain- - 1er of the crew wera.asleep. Tr-.e.ex ilosion of the starboard boilers blew ut the entire side of the boat and .wakened the sleeping members of he crow. The noit-e wa9 heard for brea miles. Survivors grabbed what kithing they could find and plunged ito the icy waters of the Ohio in thu ffort to escape. The night was bit er cold, the thermometer hovering bout aero and those who escaped rere nearly frc z?n before they could e given shelter. The boat caught fire immediately Dllowing the explosion and drifted own the river about 200 yards where tie sank in uhallow water. . The fire ontlnued until she was burned to he water's edge. Ellen Welsh, chambermaid, of 'Ittsburg, tho only woman on board ho boat, escaped In har night cluth jg, V/lict toMuo'' cha '.voa almost rozen. Capt". Woodward says vh&t be origin cf tho explosion ls a mys ery, as the boilers were to far as mown in excellent condition. A ^Rrber of men are working on thc vreck Wednesday . to recover tho loditfcbf tte dead. So far six bodies iave#^u recovered. ^A?rge^^^llll uatlce of Oregon Territory, Jolted Stetes senator from On ittorney general in President Grant's iecond cab.net, aud now mayor of Portland, \\ Ith the snow of 83 winters m his beac, was indicted by a grand i rr y of Mulcnojaah county on a charge )f Malfeasance in ofll ie. The indict ment states that on July 13, 1904, fudge Williami, while mayor of Port end, refused to enforce the statutes regulating gambling. This law, which ivas passed at the last fission of the legislature, gives the mayor power to Mose disorderly houses within four tnlles of the city and it is alleged that ne failed to avail himself of that power. ?Arnod His Howard. A dispatch: from Columbia says Btriklng instance of a 'Trusty' gro convict's loyally, was brought^ che governor's attention in a par ' petition from Aiken Thursday.. hero of Btory ls Audrew VYashir who was Bervlng a two-year teri, the gang, for killing a negro nameu George. Tue governor Thursday ^ranted him full par.lonou a petition petition, setting forth that on a . re cent occasion his heroism prevented tho escape of all prisoners on tho gang. The guards were drunk and when the prlboners made a dash for liberty, Washington salzed a gun and neld them at. bay, till assistance came next morning, Washington had served over a year, and was convicted after two mistrials._ Peculiar Oom li. A special from Spartanburg to The State says. Tom Smith, colored, mit with a tragic death Tuesday morning while engaged in walling the well on Mr. Lip Wood's premises, near Pacolet station. Some of tho workmen on the ground ware lowery,.. lng a massive bucket, filled wlthjosks, to Smith, who was working in the woll, Borne 25 or 30 feet below. Sud denly tho hoops of th?/ovei laden ouckei gava way aaa tb/S entire con tente fell on the unfortunate man's head, crushing bis sknil. D^ath was almost instan tenepii,i. l. i i Alono to Ole. The pol lei are investigating the mysterious death of an unknown young woman, found lyir.g la tho snow In the Riverside drive, New York, Thursday and who died without becoming conscious. The suspicions of the pollco were aroused by the fact that her underskirt and hat wuro found nea.-ly 100 feet from whero tho body lay. Tho spot whero the body was found ls a lonesome and deserted one. The police suspect that tho young worn m while unconscious was loft there by other persons to die of exposure._ '_ They Ourctl Hirn. John Clark, a negro five years old, ts dead at the homes of hts parout at Lyndon, Xy., cf aoute alcoholism, In ? consequer ce of excessive doses of wino and amlitureof wino and whiakoy administered to him by his step-father ? and mott er In the t ffort to keep him from ever having a desire for. drink by making him sick of its