Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"DO TnOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOIL. XX)( BENNETTS VILLE, s. c., FRIDAY, APRIL 28,1905. A RUNAWAY GAR On the Aiken and Augusta Trol ley Line Ran Into and SMASHED TO PIECES A Passenger Car On Its Way from Alkea to Augusta. Two of the Crew Killed and Six Other Persons Injured. How It Occurred. Two person were killed, three fat ally hurt and three others more or less injured Thursday night in a colli sion on the Acgusta-Alken Raliway line, near Clearwater, between a regu lar passenger car and a runaway coal car. Motorman J. E. noldman, in charge of the passenger, car, was In Btantly killed, his head being literally crushed from his body. Felix Boddie, an extra man on thc road, who was enroutetothecity, and in the front end of the car, was fright fully mashed, receiving internal in juries, and both legs were broken. II - 'lived until the relief car reached Broad street. Three of the irjjured, C. W. Chea ham, of McCormick, S. C., A. W. Rtb orbs, of Augusta, and Conductor A. D. Hill, are seriously injured, and the attending surgeons gi ve very lit tle hope of their recovery. The first two were passengers on the ill-fated car. Claude Atkinson, of Aumista, G. W. Long, of Troy. S. C., and E A. Kearnes, of Knoxville, Tenn., while severely Injured, will recover or are ody slightly hurt. The accident was caused by a large coal car, of the Louisville and Nash ville railroad, breaking loose from the large express car, and dashing down grade for a mile or more, colliding with an on-coming passenger coach, and practically demolishing it. Only thone who were on the rear platform of the passenger coach, escaped with s ight injuries. Those within the car were either killed or seriously hurt. BOKNK ?FTRE ACCIOKNT. The accident occurred a mile or more beyond the power bouse, at pole SOO.. The actual collision took place -^tiBtrat - tho edge of the. trestle that occurs before reaching Clearwater. The force of the Impact was some thing terrific Tho large coal car, which had been going down grade for over a mlle, struck the front end of the car, demolishing thepl uf.jrm and not only telescoping the double truoker for three-fourths of its length, but literally reducing lt to kindling wood. The unfortunate motorman, who baa been killed outright, was found Jammed in the top of the rear of the car. The conductor was found jam med beneath the !? eats on thc il mr. Passengers, seats and other movable things in the car, were found in one moss In the rear end. The only for t?nate ones were Long and Cheatham, who were on the rear platform. The work of res-cue was undertaken by the crew of the express car assisted by others in the neighborhood. A-? quickly as possible a message v-as got ten to Augusta, calling for medical assistance. A special car was Immedi ately rushed to the scene, bearing Dr. W. H. Doughty, Dr James H. Mor gan, Dr. Goodrich, Dr. Traylor, and a trained nurse, M ss Denby. On reaching the scene the interior of the express car was converted into a hos pital, and the injured were given eepvry ossible attention. It was midnight when the special car and the express car, both ladened with their ghastly freight, reached the city. They were met at the foot of tho North Augusta bridge by the two hospital ambulances, the nry?rz patrol wagon and underta1^^ wagons! On the advice '"LbjiJ-physlcians the cars were r/ o'eifown to Washington ' fttAti t.J. J?irhe injured were remcved and rushed to the city hospital. De spite the lateness of the hours a hun dred or more persons gathered to watch the removal of the injured and dead. Tne details of the accident were about as follows: TIIK HUN A WA Y CA lt. Thursday night shortly after dark a special crew, composed of Motorman A. A. "Whitmore, Conductor Gay and a negro brakeman, left the po.ver house and proceeded to Clarewater, after a car of c al, to pull bick to the power house. Toe trip out was suc cessfully made, and the coal car, a heavy affair of the Louisville mid Nashville railroad, was attached ti the Express car, which the spec'a' crew was operating, the trip back tn the power house was about succef-sfid ly made when the coal cir started on its runaway career. Thc brakeman was down and opening the switch or to which the car was to b.; run. Th? switch had to be backed on to, ant evidently in going over lt, the coup ling broke loose. The heavy coal cn started down the 1:111, Increasing lt! momentum at every turn of th? wheels. The crew were unable to catch tin car. They Jumped to another ant lighter power car aud attempt el ti overhaul the runaway, hut were un successful. They knew the approach lng passenger car, No. 107, and tba it had passed Clarewater, the la stop. Tiley were expecting it In ; few minutes when the coal car brok? awav form the Express car. Tiien was no possible way of warning thi approaching cir, bound for Augusta of the danger. Oar No. 107, in charge of Motor man Holdman and Conductor Hill was due in Augusta at ih.'iu. Th' orew knew that the Express car wa ahead with a car or coal. They passe? Clearwater on time and proceeded on ward, having no reason to expect au; obstruction on the track, especially a oar coming toward them. NO WAUK INO OF DANGER. Those left to tell the tale of the collision can only say that it occurred. The first they knew of their, danger was when they felt the shook of the collision. There was no other warn ing. They do remember that the brakes were suddenly applied and an effort made to bring the ear to a standstill. That ls the story as far as they know it, for-they hardly real ized what had happened until the ao oldent was over. Those who saw the wrecked passen ger car declare that lt waa a Godsend that the accident did not occcur earlier in the evening, when the in coming cars are usually crowded. The number of seriously Injured was limited only by the fact that but few were on board. Everybody in the car were caught like rats In a trap. There was no escape. The register of the car, which was in the rear end, shows that there were five passengers on board. The conductor, the motorman and the ex extra man en route to the city, make the eight accounted for in the list of the dead and wounded. OFFICIALS ON 8CENE. General Superintendent Hunt, Su perintendent of Transportation Fur hey, Claim Agent George Conklin and Attorney W. n. Barrett, Jr , went over on tile relief car, and rendered every assistance possible in caring for the dead and dying. As quickly as possible, acting on the advice of the physicians, the wounded were brought to the city and practically all that was possible had been done for their relief and to save life by the time the cars reached the city. When seen by a reporter the olllcials above named expressed their regrets at the sad accident which they de clared was onr; that could not be fore seen or guarded against. A runawav car they declared was something that it is rare that a human being can con trol, when it must be done quickly, as in this instance. DEAD AND INJURED. Motorman Holdman, who was in stantly k'lled, was a resident of Au gusta. Ile ls a single man. Tlie ofll c.als know very little ab mt his rela tives, although they understand that he has a married Bister In the city. Felix lioddie is also a single man. and a resident of the city. Ile is said to have como originally from Lincoln county. The uncials c.iuld give very little information at the time about his family. Claude A klnson resides at 514 Broad street, Augusta. G. W. Long resides at Troy, S. C., and is well-known there, being in the mercantile business. C. W. Oheatbam of McCormick, is a prominent citizen of that section ot South Carolina. A. W. Roberts, of Augusta, is with the Parker Railway News oompany, and is well known. E. A. Kearnes is a drummer, hail ing from Knoxville, Tenn , and repre sents the firm of M. M. Elkins & Co., and was returning to the city from a business trip over the road. The railroad officials know very Ut tie of Conductor Hill, who has a frac tured skull. He is a new man, re cently put on, and the ttlljlals only know that it was because he was marked up to ha in charge of the car. Nothing ls known about bis family. As soon as the dead and Injured had been brought to the city work ears and a force of hands were sent to the-scene of the accident to clear the. road. It is expected tbat everything will be ready for the running of oars through without transfer Friday morning.-Augusta Chronicle. Killed Tin-in All. William Stephens, who lived at RJSS Valley, Marin county, Cal., on vVeduesday, murdered his wife, shot his five children, three of whom died instantly, attempted to murder a passing milkman and then ended his own life. Stephens, who was ;i? years old, was formerly a book agent, but later was said to be connected with a rubber goods house of San Francisco. The family alsj conducted a chicken ranch at their home in Ross Valley. E-irly Wt?hesday Stephens emerged rSlom nls house revolver in hand, and tired upon a passing milkman. The milkman whipped up his horses and Stephens pursued him for 200 yards, tiring as he ran. Stephens then halt ed In the roadway, placed his revolver to his breast, discharged the weapon. The bullet did not cud his life and he sent a second fatal bullet through bia brain. When neighbors and oil! eers entered the home of Steohem they came upon a shocking scene. The members of the family, each wltl a revolver wound in the head, wen found in their beds. The wife anc three of the children were dead, ant it is believed that two of the survlv . it g children cannot live. The chil dren ranged from one to eleven yean in age. A i'm in-tin Seene. A dispatch from Savannah says ? very unusual, as well as pathetic, sigh 1 was witnessed by those at the Unioi Station Wednesday, when the fathe 1 and mother of Joseph Holland, the 8 year-old boy who was run over and hat 1 both legs cut titi by an Atlantic Coasl Line switch engine, arrived at the sta 1 tion for the purpose of carrying thel ; dead son to South Carolina for inter ' ment. The body of the unfortunat ' child was wrapped in some white linen and was borne In the arms of a siste 5 about, 12 years of age. The boy die } fn m the effects of Ids injuries. Woe thc father stopped to get tickets ft: * his little family, ho bold the bystand 1 eis that he was unable to buy a ci file ' but would make one when he got t his old mother's home in Carolina. ? Oe I H Two Yearn Moro. t A dispatch from Washington Baj t, August W. Machen, the former gem ; ral superintendent of the free deliver B service of the postotfijc department a was taken bacK to the Moundsvilh VV. Va., penitentiary after being sei tenced to another term of two yeai - following his plea of guilty under hi , joint Indictment with W. G. Crav B ford of Washington and George I s Loren/, of Toledo, Ohio, for com.rIrac 1 to defraud the government. Mache - will not be prosecuted on any of tri y remaining ll indictment. A CREAT BATTLE. Between the Russian and Japan ese Fleets Fought IN KOJREAN STJUAITS. The Japanese Claim a Qreat Victory, Putting, the Russian Loss at Twelve or More Ships, but as Usual Says Nothing About Their Own Loss in Battle. According to thc latest information, the battle between the Russian and Japanese naval forces for the suprem acy of the oriental seas, on which hangs the outcome of the far eastern struggle, has begun, If it has not ter minated decisively. All the dispatches 1 received by the Associated Press point toa Japanese victory, though It ls not yet known whether the full force of Vice Admiral Itojestveusky's lighting ships took part in the contest which according to the dispatches, took place in the comparatively narrow waters of the Straits of Korea. The first information came in a dis patch from the American consul at Nagasaki to the state department at Washington telling that tho Japanese had sunk one Russian battleship, four other warships and a repair ship In the Korean straits, and this was fol lowed by a dispatch received by the state department, the date of which ? was not given, that the ^'Japanese government had made the announce ment that its fleet had engagadd thc Russians In the Straits of K irea Satur day and bari held them." The state department also received Information that the two vessels re ported to have been sunk were the sister battle dd ps Orl and Borodino and that three of the other ships were cruls rs. FiO.u Tsingtau, the German po:t on the S ?autung penin sula, came a report that a running na val eng* cement took place near the island of Oki In the sea of Japan, 200 miles northeast of toe Straits of Ko rea, and that the whole Russian, tl. et did not participate, the slow vepscls bavin? boen sent around Japan. T e Japs loss was one cruiser and ten torpedo coats. Russian sources give no news of the battle, while the Japa nese government, following its cus tom, is silent as to either the battle or its outcome. vr.' l-un.vMH OK.TUR ?Aarrxrc. The St. Petersburg telegraph agency publishes the following from Shang hal, under date of May 28: "From all quarters telegrams are arriving here announcing that a naval battle is in progress belwccn the T u straits and the Japanese coaat. No details are given but the tone of tele grams from Cheto.? is favorable to the Russians. The telegrams say that the Vladivostok Mjuadron participated in the engagement. "An R lgllsh tirm in Shanghai has received a telegram from Tokio to the effect that the Japanese have been victorious but nubidy here believes lt. "There is the greatest excitement In Shanghai. All the warships in the harbor have cleared for action. "The cable to Wooyung has been interrupted since yesterday, but the oau-e is not known. "Numerous merchantmen have postponed their departure pending the receipt of further news." NEWS I ICOM WASHINGTON. A dispatch was received at the state department Sunday saying that the Japanese government had made the announcement that its Meet had en gaged the Russians in the straits of Korea Saturday and had held them. The belief in naval circles lu Wash ington isthat tile Japanese resorted to a free use of their torpedo boats in their attacks on the vessels of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's ll?et. The Japanese have a large number of tor pedo boats in their tleet and they de monstrated their effectiveness In the operations around Port Arthur. Naval t lllclals here express tito opinion that. It was unlikely that such serious losses as those reported could have ! been Indicted by ordinary tire, i From information widch has been received In 'Washington Sunday it is i believed that two of the Russian ships reported to have buen sunk in the ! Kjrean straits hy the Japanese ari ; the Orel and her sister ship, the Boro I dino. They are battleships of 13,000 I tons. Three other vessels reported . sunk are believed Lo have bren omis . ers, the remaining one being a repair i ship, THE NEWS AT CHEKOO. A dispatch from (Jliofoou says prl t vate telegrams from Korea to the t J ap??ese coo sui hero state that a bat 1 tie was progressing Sunday afternoon r at or near the Korean straits between the main portion of the Russian j squadron and the .Iapanc.se Meet under ^ command of A 'mirai Togo. Tt legrams almost Identical with th ,. above have been received here and an nounce that a large portion of the a Russian (loot was sighted approaching the Korean stratus Saturday headed r for tho channel between T.su Island rl and the J apanese coast. n According t i the best information received recently the main portion i of Admiral Togo's lieut has been al , most constantly at Masampho bay. ? Advices from a reliable quarter re ceived here are to the effect that three Russian battleships, three ar mored cruisers and several colliers s were off S uiiigbal Fiid :y. It ls bn ?. lit ved that Vice Admiral II jeslven y sky sent sutliclent ships to tue city ol b, Shanghai in order to induce the be lief that his malu ll .et was there i- while the major portion of lt pusher; rs on toward the Korean straits ls Several Russian e lders were al i- Shanghai at 0 o'clock Saturday night 5. Private telegrams received here fiotr ,y Shanghai Kay that as fast as the car n goes of the colliers are consumed thc ie ve sels ar.; dismissed by Vice Admira Rojestvensky and return to Europe. JAl'8 CLAIM VICTORY. The Tokio correspondent of the* London Dally Mall says that the Bus sian tleet has been dispersed; that sev eral Russian ships have been disabled and that the remainder are in Hight with the Japanese pursuing. A bulletin from Tokio dated 2 o'clock Monday morning says it is oOlcially announced that Admiral Ho j est ven sk > 's il oct has been practi cally annihilated. Twelve warships nave been sunk or captured, and two transports and two torpedo boat de stroyers have been Bunk. The correspondent of the London Morning Post at Shanghai says that a telegram has been received therefrom Pekin announcing that RojestvenBky's tleet has been defeated off the THU is lands and is tiering northward and that four Russian ships, including the battleship Borodino, have been sunk. .7 A I'S LOBE ELEVEN UOAT8. A dispatch from Tslngton, under date of Sunday, Bays there ls a run ning naval engagement between the Russian and Japanese fleets in the straits of Korea, near the island of Okio. It 1B reported that the whole Russian tleet is not partioipatlng, all the slower vessels having steamed around Japan. The Japanese losses so far are stated to be one cruiser and ten torpedo boats. CKNSOKSIIlP COMPLETE. A dispatch from Tokio says abso lutely no news concerning the opera tions of the Japanese and Russian tlects was obtainable there Sunday. Newspapers are held under absolute leash, and all telegraphs and cables are closed to press dispatches. As all the sources of news are under the con trol of the Japanese it ls not surpris ing that they claim a great victory without reporting a single ono of their warships as being even Injured. The impression is that the Japanese tleet su tiered severely and that ls the rea sonthey suppress the news. WRECK OF OGDEN SPECIAL. Blamed on tho Crow lor Not Having Train Under Control. Before the Railroad Commission at Columbia on Tuesday of last week the i tholals and employes of the Southern railway testified as to the circum stances surroundirg the wreck of the special bearing the party of Mr. Robt. C. Ogden at Greenville, April 29. It will be remembered that the train, running at the rate of 40 miles an b'-ur, crashed Into some empty freight ears standing on the main line within the yard limits. From the bulk of the evidence it appears that the railroad people are willing to admit that the crew in charge of the spacial train is at fault.., The Issue devolves upon the quest' whether or nob this was a train of the Grst class. The crew in charge claim that it was, as lt was b.dng operated on an order which contained a de tailed schedule between Spartanburg and Greenville, which is .according to their way of looking at it. an amend ment to the regular schedule. Engi neer J. R. Hunter, who was crippled In the wieck and Conductor Acker took the stand. The rule governing the conduot of yards in cities states: "Switching and other trains and engines may work within limits without regard tosecond class and inferior t:a'.ns which latter must approach and run through yard limits under full control, expecting to lind main track blocked. In case of accident, respons bllity rests with ap proaching train." While lt was In evidence that there was carelessness regarding the hand ling of messages in regard to the spf cial at Greenville, still lt was testi tied by the e,Hidala that this would not effect the result and that Engi neer Hunter should have come into the yard limits with bis train under such control that he could stop within half the distance he could see. Divi sion Superintendent Williams, Baker and McManus and General Manager FI. B. Spencer of the Southern and Engineer Llneberger of Charlotte, testitied that there was but one way of construing the orders received by En gineer Hunter and that was that lils was not a first class train and that he should have had his train under per fect control when lie approached the Greenville statlou. The Southern showed by its correspondence that every etlort was made to handle with success the movement of this Impor tant train. Engineer Hunter was familiar with the road and was se lected to take the train from Colum bia to Greenville for that reason. Iloilor KxplodoH. The boiler of the combination dredge and pile driver of the Charles ton Terminal company exploded al Charleston Saturday at the nortl pier of the Clyde Steamship company completely wrecking the boat, killing the llreman, Peter Johnson, colored. Injuring John Dmgate, leverman anc Gus Scott, a colored deck hand. Thc holler explode! with terrible eEtect, shattering the boat to pieces, excej a part of the hull, which went duwt to the bottom of the dock, carryh?( probably the body of Johnson, w:ilcf] has not been found. Tue pier ti which tho boat was attached wa wrecked and parts of tbe b iller ant machinery wore driven to a consider able distance from the scenes of tb explosion, one piece eif metal weigh lng about 150 pe>unds being hen more than a thousand feel fro n th wharf. A number of the bolts a:* nuts fell on East Bay street, mor than 1,500 fest from the boat. Italian Laborer Killed. Nicolis Demarchl, an italian laboi . er, employed by Dorchester Lurabc company at Badham, near St. George 1 was run over and killed by a frelgn train on the Southern raliway betwee r there and Badham Sunday night. Hi body was torn to pieces and scattcre along the railroad track for 200 yarc 1 or more. VoauvtuH In Rrnption. ?j The eruption jf Mount Vesayii . continues, the volcano showing foi i new openings, through which la\ Hows, while the Immediate Hurroune : lng country is covered with artie 1 The Furnicular railroad has been con pulled to cease running. RESTITUTION. 1 Nearly Half a Million Dollars An ahymously Paid Uncle Sam. A CONSCIENCE FUND. Rascals anil Thieves Get Converted, and Like Y?Chens, Make Restitution to the Government of. the 1 . Mopey They Stole Years .2 Before With In et terest. "A guilty conscience needs no ac cuser," is an adage that is not believ ed by officials of the treasury depart ment, saya the New York Tribune. They are of the opinion that the guilty conscience does need a little prodding once in a while to cause the owner to repent and make amends. As proof of this contention they point with pride to the so called "Conscience Fund," which within the last century has gathered in nearly 3500,000 for the government pocketbook. But for tho fact that this mythical "fund" has been; referred to from time to time in tibe newspapers, the oOicials believe, scarcely one tenth of the huge sum mentioned would have been sent to the treasury. The frequent print ing of the mere words "Conscience Fund" ls au accusation tc every per son who afc some period of his life has defrauded Uncle Sam. The constant appearance of dispatches from Wash ington giving accounts of unknown persons in various parts of the coun try sending 'conscience contributions' to the secretary of the treasury Is the most ck fluent of invitations to other guilty ones to 'pay up and make your peace with your conscience and your country." The person who sends the amount of his debt to the "Conscience Fund" learn that no effort will be made by the authorities to discover his or her ioentitysor to exact punishment for the original crime. He fuels that by thus making restitution he will not only be'forglven for his former mis deeds, but will be able to look the world in the face once more, sleep better and get more enjoyment out of life. He is right in cherishing these beliefs.Vor the government officiais will make ns attempt to resurrect his past, and there is no doubt whatever , that fri >wn conscience will reward hfr ?mg : the, aguare thing. 1? _ - ask ss treasury official for "the office of tho MCoDSOlence Fund" he will smile and say, "Go to the Fublio Moneys Division." At the public mo nevs division you will be told that there is no suoh thing as the "Con science Fund," but that the money received from the owners of trouble-, some consciences is turned into the general treasury under the head of "miscellaneous receipts." For the sake of accuracy, a record is kept of every cent thus received, and as long as the treasury department keeps a set of books, entries will be made of such contributions under the "Con saienoe Fund" caption. President Madison received in 1811 a sum of money from some repentant sinner who wished to make restitution of stolen money. Then and there the fund was started, and it has been in mythical existence ever since. No sum is too large or too small for entry in the record. J mt as much pains are taken with the three stamps that some schoolboy sends to make peace with his inner self as with the fat roll of bank notes some wealthy Importer sends to silence the "stillsmall voice" within his portly breast. As Boon as money for the "Con science Fund" ls received at the treas ury department, Secretary Shaw or ders a little item placed upon the bulletin board in his outer ellice. Thc newspaper correspondents who go the rounds of the various offices in the treasury building invariably make note of thc case, and thus the news of a good example ls sent broadcast to the world. 1 On February 26 last, Secretary Shaw found In his morning's mall a letter containing 16 cents. It read 1 as follows: "Inclosed you will lind 16 cents which I send to pay for two slate pen cils which I believe I book from an Indian agency located at that time at { Colton, Cal. This was done when 1 was a small boy about sixteen years ! old. or something near it. It proba ? bly was more than that. I sent the money to tho Indian agoncy at San \ Jacinto, Cal., but it was sent back to ' me. I do this because I believe lt le I God's will. I hope you will dispose of , thc amount so that it will go to thc proper place." j. A fow days after the receipt of thb , loiter, or to be accurate, on March 14, , a somewhat larger contribution to tin l "Conscience Fund" came In the mai j to tho secretary. Thc missive whlcl B accompanied the cash did not tell hov, j the money was taken originally fron the goverument, but lt was just a; 1 eloquent of a deBlro to make amend-, as tue following copy will show: , "I am sending you herewith in E, closed ?12,000 which is to go to tin rj use of the United States government c Years ago I defrauded the govern ment, but have returned lt all, am now am paving fourfold In accordant with the Scriptures. The way of tin .- transgressor la hard, and no one bu ir God knows how I havel suffered th ?, con8i quencos and would ask to do i L bountiful restoration. May God par n don while the Uulted States govern is ment is benefited. C? A SINNKK." Is The postmark upon tho paokag containing the 812,000 was very badi blurred. Some of the clerks in th secretary's office were of the oplnio is -.hat lt had been postmarked Nei ir York, while others believe that 1 fa came from N.:waik, N. J., but ther 1- was no doubt about tho amount t s money nor of the quality of the billi a- which were mcstlyof 150 and S10 denominations. Tho 912 OOO oontri button was the largest ever received with one exception. The record was made in 1896 when United States Consul General Patrick Collins at London transmitted to the secretary of the treasury 914,226 15, which had been given to bim by the Rev. Pre bendary Barff, vicar of St Giles' church fn one of the suburbs of the English metropolis. The vicar in formed Consul General Collins that one of his parishioners had handed him the money with the simple re quest that lt be sent to the United States government. Although the papers at the time were filled with speculations by various authorities who advanced various theories to ac count for tho "conscience contribu tion," nothing definite waa ever learn ed either of the conscience smitten person or of the theft or fraud that he bad committed. It was generally supposed that the sender of the mo ney had, at some time, defrauded the government through the Customs Bureau, and the same explanation ls now held in regard to the 912,000 package that came to the department on March 14. Many contributions received ab the treasury department are apparently due to recent conversion at revivals or campmeetings These are almost al ways signed "A Penitent," "A Sin ner" or "A Lost Soul." The fair sex is especially given to confession, and f?minine contributions are nearly always accompanied by long letters telling in detail how tney smuggled their diamonds, laces and Rifts to friends in the couutry without paying duty, or used cancelled postage stamps. Many of the lette;s are sent to the president ot the United States, on the supposition, pn b^bly, that he will see and read them. As a matter of fact, he has too much important official and personal correspondence to be worried wi th the conscience trou bles of unknown citizms, and Secreta ry Loeb, who reads or directs the reading of all bis mail, sends the money, with the acc. a panying notes, to the tnasury dc paiement. Scarcely a week passes without bringing three or four "conscience contributions" to the white house. During President Clevehnd's administration be OECB received a letter from a 15 year old boy, who returned three two cent postage stamps. "When I was a boy thirteen," writes the fifteen year old penitent, ' I use 1 three postage stamps that had len cancelled, but did not realize the crime I committed. 1. hone that I will be forgiven for the crime, because 1 was only thirteen years old when I did it." One of the largest contributions was during President Harrison's term of cflLe. The money came in large bills, which wera all cut In two, and at first or:ly oue end of the "roll" was received at the treasury department "I will send the other half of the money," the man wrote, "as soon as I see br the papers that lt has been received in Washington." Tue pub lication in the papers was made at once, Mid the man was aa good as his word, directing the other halves to Postmaster General Wanamaker. The postotllcj department has es tablished a "Conscience Fund" separ ate from that of the treasury depart ment, to accommodate the money and stamps sent in (rom time to time to the pestmcs'er general. As fast as they ure received, however, the con trltutions are sent up to the treasury, and go, with the other mites, into the big vaults, the contents of which help to pay Uncle Sam's bills when they come due. ?U?CES-F?L CAVALRY RAID. Gen. Llncvitcli lt' pores that ltiiusiaiiK Uent t lie JaiiN. News of a successful cavalry raid by Gen. Mistohenko comes in tue follow ing dispatch from Gen. Linvitch to tile emperor, dated May 25th: "A civalry detachment commanded by Lieut. Gen. Misti-henko, composed of a portion of the South Caucasian brigade and Trans- Baikal Cossacks, while eng.-ged May 17th In repulsing the enemy to the southward approach ed Sln!ouutch"uan. On May 18th squadrons of the vanguard succeeded in reachi ig the L\ikmnan road where they bumed a stores depot and de stroyed the telegraph for a considera ble distance. Lar^e bauds of Calnese bandits encountered by the detach ment were partly annihilated and partly dispersed. "On May 19tb the main body ar rived at the ITakoman-Siiifudzy road and fouud the heights south of Fako man occupied by a large Japanese force consisting of guards and infan try with machine guns. The Rus sians attacked and annihilated two Japanese companies and captured an other company with all of Its officers and two machine guns. "The Russians seized a road on the rltfht bank of the L:ao river and dis persed near Shifudzy a transport train seven versts (4 2 ;{ miles long) witti 1 rice, timed food and fruit, destroyed ; the telegraph line and took several prisoners aucl 100 boises. : "On the return journey the Rus sians dispersed several bands of Chi' 1 nese bandits. The prisoners taker 1 number live officers and 2.14 men." 1 WUIIH DrippoU ?ioiiey. ' At Hillway, N. Y., workmen en ' couraged in overhauling the McMahor 1 mansion, on Kim avenue, discoverer. ' that tho walls of a room in the thin > story were drippii g with houey, wblcl was oe zing from between the plastei ' and tbeuutddo boards. A dozen largi ! pailfuls of houey were taken out, ane cnore r. mains. Pees swarmed In tin room wbli?: thc honey was removed ane ? stung Mosei Reed. The lmuse hm B been unoccupied two years. Rose: 0 and wistaria vine) grow over it. Mrs t Murray says si i . has noticed bees Hy e lng ab.iiit tho house for y ears and bat a heard their hum and whirr la tin ' walls. Had Dynamito. Passengers aboard a Pennsylvani: e train made themselves heard wbn y tho train reached Li dford, Md., Wed e nesday morning after the discover, n bad been made that one. of the pas n sei ger.-? had idx sticks of dynamite ii t his possession. After a heated argu e ment tin;obj -ectiunable passenger wa if put otl thc train by the conductoi ?. ills action was prompted by there 0 cent calamity at South Harrisburg o I- the same road. STROM ADDRESS. By Governor Glenn at Opening ot In* - du6trial Parliament, Denounced Immigration Agents of Wcmcru Roads Who Have Mlarop resented Condition? In South. On last Tuesday week at Washing ton, D. 0., the Southern Industrial Parliament, having for Its object the exchange of ideas re tr ard lng the best means of directing attention to the resources industries and climatic con ditions of the South, was formally opened with delegates from every Southern State and Kew York, Phila delphia and Boston. The parliament was called to order by Commissioner West, of the District of Columbia, who introduced Commission McFarland, through whom the delegates were ex tended a hearty welcome. Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina, was unanimously elected the presiding offi cer and delivered the opening address After drawing a pen pioture of the de velopments of the country during the last hundred years the Governor touch ed upon the devastation wrought In the South by tbe conflict between the States, and said the people of that sec tion had gone ahead with a will to re deem, reclaim and build lt up, He spoke of the enormous production of cotton, iron, timber and other com mod ities in the South and declared, that it had risen to the place where it ought to stand "equal, if not superior, to any other section in the universe In which we live." But, he said, while the harvest of the South was great labor ers were few. Laborers were needed anywhere and everywhere, and he de dared that the South held out to them vast opportunities, and if they would come there wa3 no reasjn why they could not have the same returns, the same wealth and be even greater and grander than in any other section of the country. But while men of brains and energy were wanted the South did not want the riff raff of the country or of the world. Tbe governor then aroused his au dience to a high pitch when he de nounced the methods of certain immi gration agents of Western railroads to turn the tide of settlement from the South by sending abroad maps show ing the marvelous prosperity in the West and pioturing the Southern States in lines of black in order to show that the negroes have numerical superiority over tho white, that the South ?3 a place where very few, if any, whites live, where men of money only can endure and where the whites aborer can not endure, because it ls the home of negroes and where the ne gro is made an equal partner with the whites. "That assertion," he vehemently declared, "is false, and I herald it here today. It is the duty of every hon est man in thc United States, whether he ls a Northerner, Southern or West erner, to remove this calumny from the bast and purest people that this country has ever known." In the South, the Governor said, the negro is given every iegal right he is entitled to. Their children are educated as are white cbildren. They aie given asy lumns for their aeaf and dumb and blind, and are everywhere given a chance. "But," be said, "there is one distinction, one Une we draw, and thati ls the linc of social equality." That, he proclaimed, could never be The races were separated by the law of eternity because, he said, the white man never was intended to be put on social equality with the negro. He ap pealed to every one present to make known the truth and thus "correct an error and a lie." In vigorously deny lng the charge that one of the potent reasons for a less rapid development of the South wa3 the existence of the feeling of sectionalism and bate for tbe North, the Governor bade welcome te the people of the country from every section, saying that they would be given the higheiit chair, in the guest chamber. The day bad come when names of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E, Lee would be equalled applauded. A Strange Find. At Connorville, Penn., in the ofllCt of District Attorney Thomas H. Hud son is a woman's shoe, the hollowet heel of which it is said, contain.* enough dynamite and nitro glycerin* to kill a number of persons. Tuesday night Mrs. Engle of Uniontown Penn , found a pair of ladies' sb.038 Jo her back yard. While examining them she discovered tbat the heel ol one cf them was hollowed out am four exploded oap? placel on four iroi prgs set in the heel and the hole dllet with wa^te soaked with nltro-(?lycer lne. Tho shoes were turned over t tbe authorities who are making : rigid investigation. . . Revolting Depravity. The Columbia Record says Record? Stanley, of that elty, on Wednesda ordered Charles Taylor, a white mac to leave the city, and also Imposed tine of 840. This ls the first offene brought up under the vagrancy ord ? nances passed a few weeks ago, au i tlie testimony brought out at th trial, which was by Jury showed ri volthig depravity. Taylor lived in negro house of ill repute and was . keeper of accounts for a woman wh ? testillrl to that tilget.. The ma I was formerly a drug clerk tn Colun 1 bia and was well thought of. i r Drowned Sri i and Children. j Mrs Tip Sanders drowned herse 1 and children In a creek near her nomi j two miles South of Sulphur Springi I Texas, Wednesday. The oldest chll , was a boy of six years of age. Tt 3 other children were two girls, age three years and ten months respe lively. Thc tragedy, .lb is said, wi 1 the result of domestic troubles. Sai 3 dors, the husband, left home in tl morning to work on tho public roai Returning home for dinner he foui a note on the table from Mrs. Sander a telling him that he would lind tl > bodies of his wife and children in tl creek. * Au Artistic Thief, ,j The police at Paris on Wednesd? . arrested Edward Israel Ebstein, wi s is charged with renting apartmen from Count Girlon and others and r , moving valuable art objects. Tl o police say tho prisoner is wanted Augusta, Ga. THE MILITIA Sixteen Companies Disbanded as Result of Inspection. OLD LANDMAEKS GO. Among the Companies Placed on the Re serve List Are the Par Famed Charleston Light Dragoons and the German Artillery of Charleston. Acting on the advice of the adjutant general, Gov. Hey ward will issue or ders disbanding the following militia companies: Troop B, First cavalry, Edgefleld. Troop G, First cavalry, Panola. Troop D, First cavalry, Pac ks ville. Troop H, First cavalry, Eutawvule. Troop 1, First cavalry, Levys. Troop K. First cavalry, Sampit. Company D, First infantry, Green wood. Limestone Guirds, Gaffney. Morgan Rdl s, Clifton. Company H, Second infantry. Fort Motte. Company E, Third infantry, Char leston. Company L, Third infantry, St. Stephens. Company H, Third Infantry, Bish I opville. Mullins Guarrls, Mullins. Company A, F^rst battalion, Char leston. Company B, First battalion, Beau fort. The two companies last named are I composed of colored troops. As there were no otber compauies of this kind the State has no negro soldiery, for the first time in many years .The Limestone Guards, Mullina Guards and Murgan ll His had never been assigacd to regiments and their being dlsuanded will not affeot the brigade of infantry at all. Tue First regiment loses but one company, that at Greenwood; the Second regiment loses tue company at Fjr& Mjtte and the Third regiment loses the Palmetto Bides of Charleston and the St. Ste phens and Bisbopville companies. It will be possible to bave a brigade of ?three, small regiments, each regiment i cern tal ng ll cumpanles. The cavalry arm of the service suf fers most heavily. Ti ie field and staff I of the infantry brigade will not be af fected, but it ls probable that the cavalry arm of the service will be re : i duced to a battalion. Six troops of j cavalry have been oidsred mustered out and six are ordered to become re I serves-two with the option of chang ing to infantry. The famed German Artillery of Charleston, commanded in the war by the gallant Gen. John A. Wagner, has also baen placed on the list of reserves. The Charleston Light Dragoons, once a famous command, will be permitted to retain a nominal organization. In the order publlsned Friday, the adjutant general says: "The following organizations are hereby placed on the reserve list, the I status and equipment of each organiza tion to be defined in subsequent or ders: Troop A, El ge held; Troop E, Charleston; Troop F, Wulte Hall; Troop I, Georgetown; Troop L, Con way; Troop M, Jedburg; the Gal man Artillery, Charleston. "Troops A and L, First cavalry, are allowed the privilege of changing to infantry organizations. "Troop E, First cavalry, shall have the option of taking advantage of sec tion 3 of the act of 1903, the histori cal clause, or of changing to an In fantry organization, or being placed on the reserve li?t as before mention ed. "The companies disbanded by thiB order will at once collect all property belonging to the State or the United States, Issued their commands, and report by Inventory to this office, which will advise disposition of same." On? or the militia officers who has lucked into the situation carefully ?says that it ls better tn dibband some of tho cavalry companies, fur in case of trouble au Infintry company could be ordered tuero from a neil by town or city befure the cavalry company could be assembled, as the member ship generally is scattered. MJUB On'in ( lunch. At the services at the First Baptist Church at Spartanburg Sunday night the question of wearing or removing nats oy tho female portion of the con gregation at the night services was voted on, aud tho result was unani mous for removing bats and bonnets. The experiment has been carried on by the ladies and young people of the congregation for several Sundays, and Jie result has been satisfactory. Sleeping io Druin. At Pittiburg, Pi., Dr. Erwin Fis cher of the E ist E id is dying from oversleeping. Ha bas been asleep about dvc weeks, and lt is feared can not recover. Overwork and worry about patients eau. e l the breakdown. Dr. Carl A. Emmerling diagnosed the cas'3 as meningitis, buo of an ent rely different nature from the cerebro-spl nal form._ Four Hu ntl rr il Multi? Burned. At East St. Lois on Tuesday of last week four hundred mules perished In a lire that destroyed thu s.iles stables of Maxwell & Crouch, and Sparts Pros., at the National Stock Yards Tue l:ss ls $100,000, and Is said to bo covered by Insurance. The origin of the tire is unknown. It< y Killed. At New York an eleven-year-old, James Jordau, was run over and killed by a "Seeing New York" automobile on E*st S:x:.y-tifth street Wednesday morning, cm top of the automobile there was a large crowd, many of whom were wemen who for the most part painted, Chauffeur Kines was ar ?ted.