The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 13, 1905, Image 2
"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
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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