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Democrat .DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY YOIi. XXX (POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." BENNETTS VIL.LE, S.O., FRIDAY,:JUNE 30, 1905. NO. SST I? A SAD PICTURE Negroes of the West India Islands Said to be Drifting BACK TO BARBARISM Condition in the Islands. Where the Blacks Have Control Race Problem is Beleg Settled Against the White Man. Sad Sight at . Ruins, of St. Pierre. I ha vs recently returned from a trip to the West Indies and the Spanish Main, in the course of whloh I visited most of the Windward as well as the Leeward Islands of the group, writes Lambert Tree, in tbe Chicago Trib nne. We w?nt within 10 minutes of the Equator, and I found lt hot down there, with 00 to 95 degrees in the shade. I had summer seas and blue skie3 in the tropics all the time, and the trip , waa In many respects interesting. Of ] course I saw our new colonial acquisi tion, Porto Rico, and have no tears to shed on account of its being ours, al beit I wish the population was of a ; higher grade, we cannot have every thing in thiB world, th? uuh, just as we would like lt, and besides if there were ! not room for improvement in ?he peo pie of the Island, neitber would there ' be any room for progress. They are in high feather down there J Just now with the brilliant prospect of j a largo crop ot sugar, ou which they ' expeot to realize a net probt of 50 per * c nt. On the whole, things are decid J edly looking up in the affairs of thc Island under American un -picos, One of the saddet-t sights I have ever 1 seen in my life ls the ruins of the city of St. Pierre, Martinique, whoso pop ulation of 40,000 was wiped out, it ls Bald, in 20 secoi.ds by poisonous gases, wbiob Buddenly burst from the td des of Mont Pelee at the time of the erup tion three years ago.. Only the walls of the great ware houses along the quay and of the cathedral, halls, 1 theatres, churches, business houses '.and homes remain as silent witnesses mo testify that there was once an ac- ' tive, gay and bustling French city standing there. The streets are heaped 10 feet deep with ashes, belched forth from the orator. The trees, which once shaded ' the streets and adorned its famous bo tanical gardens are leafless and ugly ! monuments of Its destruction. When 1 landed from the ship in a small boat 1 not a soul survived to meet me and 1 tell the story of that fearful moment 1 All was the slleuce of death, and j there was not even the rustle of the fer de lance among the pitiful ruins that dread snake whose bite is certain 1 and speedy death, and which used to ! infest the sides of Pelee and steal down ' times, it 1B said, into the gardens of St. Pierre. It, too, has been ?limin?t- 1 ed from the Bcone by the Impartial 1 volcano, which spared neither sex, age, color nor any living thing. In our cruise we followed in part ; the s?me watery paths purtuid by Co lumbus more than four centuries ago, and saw personi?ed in some of the Is lands, if not paradises inhabited by devils, at least gardens of Eden, con trolled by populations, which were ap- ? parently drifting back into that bir bariom, whence they were taken when they were brought over by Evglish, French and Spanish slavers ana als tributed among them. The racial problem is being worked out in tbe tropical West Indies, and worked out, if not in favor of the ne gro, at least against the white man. No reflecting person can visit these is lands without feeling, after what be i sees there, that the Almighty has fix- , ed certain zones for the habitation of ; -tho white and black races respective ly. Everywhere In those Islands the evi dence exists that the white man has lost IK the Btruggle which he has been maintaining for centuries there to preserve his racial superiority even as an inhabitant of countries within the tropical zone. Gradually but surely he has deterio ated physically, morally and mentally. Of all the emigrants, forced or volun tary, who have peopled those islands since the ruthless slaughter of the na tive Oaribees by the goldie-rs and gov ernors from the highly civlli/.id na tions of enlightened Europe, only the negro from the Congo or the gold c. a t Of Africa, wht>se forebears were brought there aB slaves, has flourish ed. Instead of deteriorating he has, con sidering him as an animal, physically Improved in stature and muscular pow er. The climate being equivalent t/> his own, all the rest ls doubtless the result of more favorable physical surrounding as to nature and lodg ment than he had been accustomed to in Africa in spite of his como! lem of slavery. He has also multiplied rapid ly until be has b comu in all o? the is lands vastly dominant in numbers. Naturally, therefore, the white man who has grown all the time fee bier, mentally and physically, and who each year dwindles in numbf-rs, has already lost his hold on Borne of the is lands, and 1B in a fair way to lo e lt on the resnlt of them. Cubi excepted and perhaps Porto Rico, wht rc climat io conditions are much more favorable for him. As the white man lo cs his grip the black man tightens his, an hence is perceived everywhere, ?uh 8tantlally, negro control. The English islands of Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica are no exception to this rule. For while governors with fat salaries are still appointed by the imperial Government, the koeal otllces are filled by blacks, the islands policed by them, and their general political, social and moral teme given by them. yVhat next? Toat Ss the question whiofi one constantly propounda to himself a? he observes the facts I have related, and lu addition sees the racial antagonism or mutual a vj rsl n existing between white and black in the islands whloh he has been accus tnmed to suppose only prevailed in the Uoited States. It is an interesting fact also that as rapidly as the negro seoures absolute control in the islands be just as cer tainly applies the thumb sbrew to the white, whom be bates in tbat hearty spirit which finds it origin only in ra cial antagonisms that neither constit utions nor laws can eradicate or sup press. Tbus in that precious republic Haiti, the white.man is not permitted to hold real estate, and a number of other privilege! are denied him which are permitted to the black citizen. Judging from the examples of negro rule in Haiti and Santo Domingo, as well as from the social and political conditions in other of the West Indies where tbey are in partial control, 1* would seem tbat the negro is seen at bis best where be ls under the Ir.fluenoe and control of a considerable body of white men. By himself, lt is nearly, or quite, self-evident that he is not capable of administering Government for the gen eral welfare of the people over whom be rules. Tbe negro is an imitator, and with the influence and example of the white man absent racial instincts beyond his control seeni to draw him back as by "tbe call of the wild." His idea of government in the republics in thc Weat Indies ne rules over is ta plunder the weak. "Might makes right" is the rule of the barbarlo, and this ls the rule of those whence he sprang and toward whom he ls again drifting. If the negro ls left to himself much longer in Haiti and Santo Domingo ill government will ultimately disap pear except tbat of tribal relation. Nothing is more olear than that he 1B retrograding in that direction. All this would be mere abstract spec ulation for Americans if we were not confronted with a racial problem of < - o same kind in our ow land. AH it s, however, weare facing lt now. Many people in the country, and they are ?rowing in number every day, think rrave mi->takcs have been mad ?> i i the reument of the nepro question since Lhe abolition of slavery, and they would ?ladly see uudone some of the things which have been done. Just as many persons, who are In creasing Just as fast l i number; bc Heve that as the Southern people are .ace to face with the problem and un derstand lt better in all its phases than the po plc. of any utber portion of the country, they ought to be let alone to settle lt themselves in the way in which it seems to them wisest under the circumstances. Upon them, their children and children's children must rest the brunt of the c insentiences, whichever way the problem ls settled. Mask the problem as we will, the fact remains that the people of the South-those people who have as lofty Ideas in religion, morals and honor es my in the world-those people who have produced some of our greatest itatesmen, soldiers and scholars, and tmong whom the highest tyne of the pure American is found, are to day en ?aged in a struggle for race supremacy in their States. Upon the issue of that struggle many there are, in the South as well is in the North, who earnestly and levotedly believe depends the question whether the Southern States shall be some a second edition of the West In ileB or remain under the control of bbe owners of the soil and the build srs of their universities colleges, icbools, churches and civic instit.u Lions. "Thu Little It li " A dispatch from Greenville says: Without a rela!ive in the world, alone md almost forsaken, W. M. Boazman, better known as the ''Little li-ib," was discovered on his little cot in his room iu the Wbitmire building almost perished and very ill, Thursday morn ing. The condition of the mau was reported to Chief liecknell, who sent rood and a physician to give him tuedical attention. Friday a i cod sum was collected for the comfort of the pour maa. The 'Little Heb' stated that tie became ill a week or two ago, ind that he grew worse day by day until he was confined to his bed. He was unable to call anyone, and ex cept for the discovery would have starved to death in his feeble condi tion A room will he eugaged at some bo irdlng house, where he will be s.ent and carei for. The 'Little Reb' is a mysterious personage. Little of his career ls known and he will not tali of the past, except that he ls very proud of his war record. He was a Confederate soldier, and ever s'nee tho wir he has worn the re^ulat'on veteran cap and uniform He has made a slim livelihood by his "me chanical turn and nearly every one in Greenville has seen some of his little Inventions or contri vanees. UKI liAtly Ornwiicd. Mrs. David Latham, aged 75 years, wis drowned Satur'ay afternoon about two o'clock in -toss creek, 3 mi es north of Atworth, and within three hundred yaids of her home on Mr John Gargle's farm. She was ap paren tl y well and ate a hearty dinner, but soon af terwards Btrolle.d off from the house Her shoes were found on the creek bank and ber bonnet hang ing on a limb near the creek. The wafer was not over two feet deep, where the body was found. No rea son is len i wu why she committed sui cide. For I Iii) i nit r. I Urtiiio. A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn., says Sim.m Ford, a negro, who as .saul ted a white woman near Illvcside, has treen taken from Jail at Hohenwald by a mob of Hf ty men and shut and killed. Ford was arrested after being p ;rhaps fatally wounded. After his arrest he aimlttad hiB guilt and was Identified by his victims. Ford was hauled to the scene, about ton miles, suffering from lils woundB. ne asked to be killed the quickest way and did not pican for his life. I,undi d in Juli. R?.y. Monson T. Dye, who beads the flocks of religious enthusiasts at Danville, Va., known as "Holy Jump ers," waa committed to jail for disre garding the mayor's injunction to re frain from boisterousness in hi? open air meetings in the street. He re fused to pay the fine or to allow others to do lt, preferring the role of a martyr. j A CALL TO FARMERS. President Jordan of the Southern Cot ton Association Wants Them To Celebrate July Fourth by Hold ing Mornings ?nd Make it a? Day ol General Hf pilot ns. President Harvle Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association has de cided that the tarmacs in ail of the cotton growing cour^flea should meet in their re-p_ ot ive communities on July 4tb, have barb cues, speaking and make the day one of general rejoicing this year* on account of the splendid work accomplished by the farmers in reducing the cotton acreage in 1905. President Jordan's call follows: Office Southern Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga., June. 9, 1905. To Southern Cotton Growert-: Every report issued on the cotton acreage of 1905, lucludiug the United States government report of June. 2 i, Indicates beyond ali question of doubt that the cotton aoreage for this year has been materially reduced by the farmers, thereby making another ab normally large crop with extremely low prices an impossibility. Southern cotton growers are to be highly commended for thus standing so loy ally by their piedg-s and promises, which will save the south from finan cial ruin and disaster. The farmers also held their cotton from the mar kc ts during a most depressing period in January and February, thereby em phasizlng their ability to protect their interests from the devastating inltu enees of speculation. Tho cotton hold lng movement has saved the south ?50,000.000 in the value of the cotton unsold on January 20, and the reduc tion in cotton acreage will insure 10 cents p>T pound for the staple next i fall. Wc should therefore have a day of general rejoioing for the great work accomplished. ? The Declaration of American In dependence from the yoke of foreign 1 domination was signed on July 4, 1776. J think that a fitting day for ' southern cotton growers to assemble ' together and declare their freedom and independence frem lore'gu com- 1 hlnations which in the past have die tated the price of the great money staple crop of the south. I therefore issue this call, earnestly asking thal i the cotton growers all ov;>r f ie suuth meet on Tuesday, July 4, 19u5, tither In their local bi.ati, townships, mil- < it-la districts or at their county seats, and have barbecues or basket din , nerB, speeches and make of the day one of general rrj ticing. I trust also that strong resolutions will be passed at these meetings ercphaslz lng loyalty and Pj*AriiM?Jffi_iP__ caoiL other and"agreeing "that"no "cotton shall be f-old during the balance of the present year for less than 10 cents per pound. I call up m thc i business and piofe si mal men in the various towns of the south to assist and takea.tivc part lu these meet lugs. It ls the duty of every south erner to assist the farmers in this patriotic duty and to commend them for the great victory they have w?.u. I ask that copies of all resolutions passed at these meetings bc malled to tibe headquarters of the S mthern Cotton Association for compilation : and publication Such a m seth g nf toe cotton gro*e-s and their determl nation to dem ind bitter prices for cotton wouht have a tremendeus effect on the spinners of the world who have sold their goods and have yet to secure the raw cotton to lill their con tracts. Lit i very community act and act with determination. Yoti's 'roly, 1?AIIVIK JOKDAN, Pre3. Southern CoLt^u Association. Say? Sh? 1H President. Carrying with lier a document sign ed by Alexander M. Tempte:on, chief burgess of Washington, Pa., who cer tifies that she ls sane, Mrs. Sarah Constock, 52 years old, called to the White riouse Wednesday to take charge of President Roosevelt s's elli :e. S^iii was met lt the malu corridor by Secret Service Otllcer Tyree, who took" ber to police bea' quarters for Investi gation as to her sanity. Later she was sent to the house of detention. She says that she was elect ed pr sl dentof the United States last su nmer and Mr. Templeton in his document, which boars what app -ars to be the seal of the state of Pennsylvania, abo swears to this statement. "Mr. Roose velt knows that I have been elected, and he has just b?en (Hiing the otb e while ? settlea up my affairs In P^nn sylvania," said Mrs Comstock, as sh was placed in a C! ll at the house of d tent?n. She c tire to Wai'in tm Tuesday and stayed at a cheap lodg lng houso with her 14 year old son, who accompanied her there. Killed from Ambush. A dispatch from Florence says that H. D. Granger, a local Haptlst preach er, was shut from ambush and killed, while wot king on his farm n :ar that place Fhursday. He lived in the dis trict Known as "the dead stretch." where it lt Is said that negroes are not welcome, and thc only explana thin of his death is in thc facti that ne had hired two negroes to work on the farra and protected them-evoti allowing them to sleep on tits pie:n ises Granger was respected and had many friends but appears to have an gered a certain element that made lt a risky thing for a negro to enter the "dead stretch," which is said to lie between Hayboro and Loris, mood lu.linds huve been sent for and thc authorities are evidently Intending to track the nsias-.ln, if possible. Qurcr I'hynioM I''actH. The two Bides of a pcrson'B face are never alike. The eyes arc out of line in two cases out of live and one eje is stronger thau the other In seven per sons out of ten. The right eye ls also as a rule higher than the left. Onl> one person In fifteen has perfect eyes, the largest percentage of defects pre vailing among fair haired people. Thc smallest yihratlon of sound can be distinguished bitter with one ear than with both. Tue nails of two fingers never grow with the same rapidity, that of the middle finger growing the fastest, while that of thc thumb grows slowest. In 54 cases out of 100 tho left leg ls shorter than the right. GOLD BLOODED Assassination of the Rev. H. D. Grainger, a Baptist Minister IN HORRY COUNTY. Commander Johnson and Charlotte Sim mons, a White Man and Woman, Living in \dultery, Arrested for Committing the Revolting Crime. Now in Jail. A dispatch from Conway to The State says another tragedy has occur red to stain the filr fame of llorry county, sickening and revolting In Its details. Friday morning Rev. Har mon D. Grainger, a Baptist minister, who lived on his farm near Bayboro, was shot dead in his ?i. M about 9 o'clock in the forenoon. The crime was perpetrated by an assassin who bad hidden himself in the waois ad joining the deld, and who tired bath barrels of his shotgun, each loaded with a full load uf buckshot, for 32 were found In the body. Mr. Grainger was the pastor of saveril country church--, and it is said that no man In Herry county has preached mure funerals or married more couples. ne was known and loved not only In his Immediate neighborhood aud community, but throughout the length and breadth of thc whole coun ty. His family consisted of his wife and four children, home of whom were working in tho field near him when the dastardly crime was done. His brother, Daniel Gralng r, is a magis trate of the county. Just after tho shoo tl bg a runner was dispatched to Biyboro, the nearest tch graph ellice on the Atlantic Coast Linc railroad, which was three miles away, with the following mess 'ge to the coroner: "Come; Rev. n. D. Grainger shot dead in his tield by unknown party. (Signed) "L. S. A i.ri)i LD " Dr. Burroughs, coroner, B. J. Ses 3?ous, sherill, and a number of others ?vent to the 6cene of the murder as quick as they could from Cjnway They reached the scene about 4 o'clock in tbe atterui on, where th<iy found gathered nearly evr ry body lu the oom muclty. The coroner's jury was em paneled at ono-i. and thej?Aklng_(jf lue testimony continued" until 4 O'OICCK Saturday morning. A more thorough Investigation at an inquest has sel dom boen made. When the shooting occurred the jlhcr members of the faoilly were to badly frightened thao they did not go at once to the pros!rite body, hut raised t-uc'.i au outcry for tielp that netghbn.s roon came. The body foll at the first shot, and death must have been Instantaneous, for the snot ranged from the waist to the head, pi broil g tv ?ry vhal organ-liver spleen, kidneys, lungs, spin il chi un aud brain. T ie mule be was plowing stopped, and the Cain of the falliu body caught on the cr s bir betwren the plow hat.dies. The body was not toadied or m.?ved until t ie arrival of the corouer. The friends of the fami ly bad ericted a shade out of blankets pine tops, and so forth. Tue olrec tion from which the s looting was d ?re .vas determined tirst by probing the wounds, and was afterward cJU firmed by finding the wadding from the gun :n nearby bushes. At first, no suspicion wis enter f ained of any one In the community, f r lt was not thought that Mr Grulu ger had an enemy: bul tirst one little circumstance and another combined to cast susplclou up m a near neighbor, Cotnma'tder Johnson, and his para mour, Chu lotte Simm, ns, nee Prince. Johnson and this womau had bern living together In open adultery for some months past, and had been the sul j-ct of t-evere comments hy Mr Grab ger who was understood tobe agitating having them presented be for the next meeting of the grand Jury. T ie testimony developed the. facts that Johnson had made s ; vera] threats ti various parties that if Mr. Grainger persevered in his Intention, he (John son) would ''maire lnrn smoke," or would "bl .ody his shirt," etc. Al-o that some lime ago, about two weeks earlier, he hud purchased buckshot. H-J and his paramour reached the scene together about 5 o'clock lu the afternoon, saying that they been tis i ing, and had just returned, which was the reason of their not coming sooner. When Johnson was put on the stand nc testified to the fact that lie and "nls womau" had been Ushing, auo that he had carried bis gun iu the hope of shooting squirrels, but that, the only shells he had were loaded with No. 7 shot. His action, exprrs sion and general demeanor were such as to Increase these r.uipleions. Por some timo he see i ed to bo un aware therof, but finally took the alarm, and it was only by the exercise of the greatest finer sc that Mr. Mc Caskill the deputy sherill, was able to hold him on ti e ground until the order for his commitment could he prepared and signed. He has never directly ile nled the commission, although he has done S3 hy paten'. Implication. After his arrest, ne broke down Iii a Qi weeping and bo vllrg, which was re peated at the depot Saturday morning, just before putting him on the train, and airain after he was lodged In the Jail. The woman, who separated from her husband some time ago, alleging hit infidelity as the reason, answered In the most brazen manner aa to Illicit relations with tl c accused, adm ited that on this account she had bjen driven from home by her father. The rinding of the coroner's'jury was that the deceased came to '-.ls death from gu hot wounds at thc hands of Commander Johnson, and Charlot*-* Simmons, accessory. Prom thc testlf' mony lt was hamed that the womap was In hailing distance of J hnson. and boid him when to shoot. She W/L* in a position whore she could ; co ythe [others who were at work In thuyfleld and abe warned Johnson when they were out of the way. It waa this help on the part of tbe woman that en abled Jobnsoa to shoot Mr. Grainger in one end ol'the Held while bia obil dren, who were also ploughing In the same neb-*, were at the other end. After the ahootlng Johnson and the woman disappeared, and did not turn up until five o'clock In the afternoon. There seems to be np doubt of their guilt. KENTUCKY HOSPITALITY. j_ Johnny Keb (Jot a Groat Welcome There This Week. You've come, old Johnny Rebs, and wo sure are glad to see you, saya the Louisville Times. We've gotten ua a new weather man since the last time you came, and, if any of you get wet, it'll have to be on the inside, and net from the outside. The old town la bound to you -cn every-day occasions by thc ties of kindred blood, by one ness of inter?st, by a uommon herl tage, and the single purpose to prove worthy of lt','but tho present ls not un pvery-day occasion. Whatever wc are In plain, ordinary times, we are that and a leetle to the rise endurin' of this week, i We Kentuckians think we know a man when we see bim, and, better still, knew how to treat him airer we have seen bim, and the fact bhat about 00,000 of you old felljws lu gray jackets, with now and then a deeve empty, or a leg missing, have lecided that you would like to sp^nd i few days with us in a body and talk iver old times for old times' sake, and for the reason that the memory of lu-rn is an inspiration and their lesson i benediction, doesn't give us a mo nent's worry. To tell the truth, ive've sort o' been expecting you and four sisters, and your wives and your ' ms.lns and your aunts, to Kay nothing if some 30,000 or 40,000 sponsors and naid.s of honor. We belong to you or 305 days out of thc year, but for \ ,bese three davsyou belong to us; and J f there's anything you'd like to have ? kino Limo we happen to have over ooked, just let us know, and we'll . lot be long in fixing it From Vir- ! 'lula to Texas, from Arkansas to , riorl-ia, from Kentucky to the Gulf, , rom little old lighting 'Joe" Wheel *r to iho biggest Tarheel private that , yor slunc a knapsack or squinted ? lown tbo bar'l ot an old squirrel rifle, ou are welcome to the best on the , ?Able, the cobwebbiest in thc cellar, ind the tenderest in our hearts. NORTH CAROLINA SENSATION. Two Men Charged With Trying to Urib.i^he Ki I go Jury. ..A, rvigpatcb''frc N. U., ays tbo sunsa \. In the State is the inding of twp well kuown white men if that county guilr.y of attempting to influence the jurors f> r Kllgo in tbe ell-known case of T. J. Gittis, a tlathodlst minister, against Pre-.ldent v'lgo of Trinity college aud B. N June of the American Tobacco com lauy, which was nonsuited then >Vt d'iesday. Kt'go and Duke being ?narged with malicious libel. Toe aotlon was taken by Judge Fred il 't,re, presidir g In thc superiot court. Ie issuel beno^ warrants for J. .1 iwan Rogers, former Republican iheti?T, aud nov/ court receiver in the oder il c >urt there, and J. P. Sorrel) i pr imlnenfc farmer. The testimony of .wo venireman, one accepted as a uror, was that Rogers and Sorrel bad leeo to them and urged them to help >ut Dr. KUKO In bi3 suit, aud tbey vould b>i taken care of if trouble same. Kllgo, Duke and their known attor leys swore tnat they know nothing of ,he nutter. Judge M lore found both Rogers and Sorrell guilty i-.nd sen! j em to jail for 30 days with a rino ol 150 - ach. It ls to be hoped that Kilgo, ivho ls well-known in South Carolina, md nothing to do with trying to lix .he jury, but it looks quite ti.shy, to lav the least of lt. The iury tint was ixed exaneratrd Kilko and Duke. Shot and Killed. Rjbert J. Barnes, a well known cot on man was shut and Instantly ililed Wednesday by Byron Trammcll, postmaster ab Dothan, Ala. Barnes uo?r?ed atTrammell'a home and as he intered the door. Trammell tired on >lm twice without speaking a word. Jae ball entered the eye and another Lhe left arm. Trammell surrendered lilmself, making thc statement that Hames "'had wrecked his home." B iib men stood well in the community, Trammel! having been appointed post mahler about a year ago, to succeed W. W. Milliken. For Carr} lng a i'iutol. Gov. II ey ward Friday granted a commutai-ion of sentence to one Julius M;mTsu( Orang burg county, convict sd recently on the ch'.rge of carrying concealed weapons. The accused wa-> convicted in bis absence and tho sen tence parsed by Judge Dantzler was for one year Imprisonment. Upon the apo.-al of Mr. Brantley, the prisoner's lawyer, and v/lth the approval of the j idgo and the solicitor, tho commuta tion to a tine of $10 was made. Drowned In Well. At Madison, Ga., Wednesday night Cal Fitz, a negro, was drowned lu the large well at tbe Icc factory. Ho was trying to lix the pump, which wasotit of e>rder, aud slopped on a rotten plank and fell through, In f illing he grabbed tho pump and carried it dowe with him. At the same time ti e Curbing of tho woll gave way, which i au~ed the sides to cave, and all of it | ell in on the man. Tornado in W?KOOIIH?II. A farmhand was killed on the farm of Charles Collins, several other per sons were, injured at various points, over $150,000 damage was done to crops aud farm buildings, and scores nf head of stock were desLr. ye l by a tornado that pas-ied through Dane and Iowa counties and over the town ?hips of Birncveld and Bluemounds 'Monday night. Embezzler An outed. W. W.Carr, disbursing clerk of the Smithsonian Inhtituteat Washington, waa arrested on Wednesday on the obargi 61 embezzling $-10,000 of the lund s of the institution. He has cnn teated. ANOTHER WRECK. A Fast Train Jumps the Track at Mentor, Ohio. NINETEEN KILLED And Over A Score Were Hurt. There Is Plain Evidence That a Switch Had Been Maliciously Tampered With by Some Person or Persons. Running- at tbe rate of 50 or 60 miles an hour, the Twentieth Century limited on the Lake Shore railroad dashed Into an open switch at the pas wenger station at Mmtor, Oblo, shortly hefore 10 o'clock Wednesday night. The combination baggage and smoking bullit car and the coach be hind lt, caught lire and were destroy ed. Thf. train was eastbound, havl- g left Cleveland about 9 o'clock and as lt d JCS not stop here it was running at great speed. Thc engineer did not no tice thc opon switch until the train struck lt. Tuc engine left the rails and plowed Into the ground, tearing up the track for yards. Toe two c mob- ; es following lt: Jammed Into it with great force and were, crushed, the fire from the engine setting them ablaze. Fortunately most of the occupants of these two ataches were rescued before the Ure reached them. , Ninteen dead and a dozen slightly Injured comprised the casualty list made by the wrecking of the train. It | it maintained by railway officials that the switch on which the limited was wrecked was thrown open and looked , md thu Bwltoh lh'ht cxtinguised by 33me. person, either a maniac or some 3ne seeking revenge lt is still unknown ? who this person ls. although dttectlv , .s are working on the case. A careful examination of thc switch Bhowed that lt, was In perfect condition. , Plainsmen are of the opinion that the inglueer of the Twentieth Century was deceived by the light of a switch ? just beyond the rp.n switch, the light af which is said to have been out. W. H. Marshall, general manaser of the Lake Shore, says "?he speed of the ? traiu was not a contributory causi to { the wieck. He said that otber Lake Snore trains travel through Meato at a speed equal to that attained by tbe limitad -.r- n'-jht, which was not, Mr. Mar.-.uoi. bald',- ahov^-OO mllaa an lour. The schedule for the train calls 'or a speed of 57 miles an hour. Coro- , nerCou.kcf Like county announced T.iursoay evening that an inquest would begin next Monday In Palnes vllle. LI T OK THE HEAD. A revis, d list of toe dead follows: John ll Bennett, attorney, 31 Nas sau street, New Yotk. John A. Bradley, of the law Urra of R iwl y, Rodgers, Bradley & Ruck ?veil. Akron, Ohio. T. ll Morgan, second vice presi dent of the Wellman-Sea vers-Morgan company Cleveland. C. H. Wellman of the Wellman ^e '.vers Morgan company, Cleveland, ?led In hospital. A. L Ro/crs, New York, represen :atlve of the Piatt City Iron Works if Dayton, O no, died in hospital. S. C. Btckwitn, 115 Oae Hundred and Seventy fourth striet, New York. A. II Head, London, representa tive of the O .is Steel company, of Cleveland, died in hostltal. II H. Wright, traveling man, Chi cago, died in hoapstal. D. Ii Arthur, traveling man, Mil waukee, died in hospital. J. II. Gib ?rn, Chicago, traveling man, died in h ispital. H. C M- obiing, New York city, with the Wheeling Corrugated Iron company. L. M. Elriok, manager Keith's the atre, Olevel ?nd. E E Naugie, Chicago, proprietor of a railway suppiy house. Two unidentified bodies, supposed lo he tiho?e of L. A. J-?hrBon, of the mil linery Urm of Corney & Johnson, Cleveland, and Henry Trluse, barber n the train. Allen Tyler, engineer, Colllnwood, O 16, d ed in hospital. F. J. Brant, head brakeman, 20i2 Ash street, Erie, Pa., died In hosp! tal. N. B. Walters, baggage man, Ham bur,;, N. Y.. died in hospital. W. 1). Mickey, porter, Chicago. APPALLING SCENES. The scenes following the wreck were appaling. Tue Dight was dark, save for the light from the blazing wreck of the couch that was crushed and splintered on top of the engine Mon swarmed ab ait lt combatting the Hames with thu means at hand, gripp ing their way thr ugh the blinding, scalding stearn that rose lu clouds, omiting for the injured whose piteous cries were such as chilled the hearts of those who heard them, Thc water .upply was small and tho means at hand for fighting the llames were pitifully Inadequate, but the zeal of the rescur.TH wrought great things for tbe tirnt few minutes. Pullman Conductor J. J. O'Neill, with his torce bf porters, did valiant work in heipi.g care for the Injured as they were taken from tho wreck. B dd i tig, ola- k<;ts and sheets were stripped from thc bunks of tho four Pullman coaches and used for thc re lief of t> o sufferers. Conductor Alex airier Hanni ond, who escaped, start ed the wink of rescue and led his fel low trahi men and the less seriously hurt of the passeng? rs in deed:? that wore truly heroic. The wrecked train was making nearly 75 miles an hour when thr; accident occurred, accord ing to Fireman Aaron Gorham Nor walk, who, badly bruised, but other wise uninjured, miraculously escaped death. ''We were speeding like tho wind," said Gorham, "when the engine left tho tiack. lt occurred so qulokly that I Hi tlc knew what happened un til we crashed Into tho Mentor freight house. I neither heard nor saw the engineer after that. The engine over turned aud somehow the tank man aged to fall upon me, not heavily and I was sheltered by lt. I lost con seriousness from the terrible blow which I had received upon the head and I knew nothing until I was drag ged from underneath the wreoked engine." Conductor Alexander Ham mond of the limited said: "I rushed back to the switch im mediately after the wreok. It was open and looked open. I tried lt and found that lt worked all right. The switch light was out. Not a wheel rolled over the switch since No. 10, the eastbound Chicago and Boston train, went through 45 minutes be fore." HELD UP BY FOOT FAD. and Rollevea by All the Money They Had About them. The Atlanta Journal says John L. Tippln, 18 years old, and Joseph E. Brown, 18 years old, of 509 S. Boule vard and 48 Cherokee avenue, respec tively, were held up and robbed at the points of two revolvers thrust in their races by a white man on South Boule vard at the edge of Grant park Mon day night. The robber got 15 cents, and then stating tbat he himself was going in the direotlon of the Federal 11 prison, ordered his victims to turn back in an opposite direction. The footpad then disappeared in the dark ness. Brown had been with Tippln to a party at Howell's station, and on their return Tlppln invited his friend to spend the night with him at bis bouse near Grant park. When they got off the car at the park they went to a bench and sat down. A man who bad ] j followed them from the car, accosted them, and asked them if they could change a five-dollar bill. Tippin remarked that the least he bad was 85. Then when the two young men started to Tlppin's house, the man followed them. Suddenly he step ped to Tlppin's side with a revolver In each hand. He said: "Halt, and hold up your hands." Tippln and Brown obeyed without any hesitation. Tben tbe footpad put one revolver in his pocket, and keep ing the other thrust upon his viotims, went through their clothes. He fished out 15 cents, and grunted with dis- e gust. r. "Where is that 85 you were talking u about?" lie asked. t "We were only jsklng," said Brown. The robber put the money in his pocket eonbemptuously, and then ask ed bis victims which way they were going. "Out South Boulevard," was the response. i c "No you ain't" replied the footpad, 11 "tor I am going that way myself-in t-he- director; ci thc.iedorel prison. Now you boys gb back the way you came and don't follow me." The boys obeyed, and the footpad disappeared. The program was then reversed, and Tlppin spent the night with Brown on Cherokee avenue. The footpad's hat was pulled down over his eyes and neither Brown nor Tip pin saw his features distinctly." Spaniards In Cub?. A newspaper correspondent writing from Havana to the Boston Trans enpt believes that the Spaniards in Cuba arc uniting to combat the Ameri canization of the island and are stim ulating their countrymen in nelgh b iring lands to co-operate. He says that Cuba is trying to fill the coun nry with Spanish natives to drive out tbe Americans and that Cuban con suls are traveling over Spain to f timu late Immigration. Last year 15,000 immigrants arrived from Spain, and for the first three months of 1905 the arrivals averaged 3,000 a month. A new pride of race, a new interest in the old laud ls noticeable, and it ls whispered tbat some day Spain will be back in Cuba and all Latin America will welcome the change. Serious Charge* A dispatch from Atlata, Ga., Eaysl Solicitor General Render Terrell of the Coweta olrcuit of the superior court of G -orgia has brought to State Chemist McCandlc-ss the stomach of Mrs. Minnie Noland, which will be ' x imirir.fl by the latter otlicial to see if the charge that she came to her death from poison administered by her husband, Henry Noland, can be sub stantlated by chemical proof. It ls| recalled that Mr. Noland recently an nounced through the State press that | he would be a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for governor and would expeot his support to be drawn from the farmers of the State. Mr. Noland ls now in jail in Carroll coun ty under indictment for killing his wife. Hold Up tho City. At San Franche i Thomas Lobb, a maulao, barricaded himself in a room In the United States Hotel Wednes day, and after holding a thousar.d people at bay for two hours, shooting and more or less seriously wounding nine people and defying the police, killed himself. Lobb went to the ho tel Tuesday night. Wednesday morn ing he began throwing furniture from the windows to the street. Then he began firing with a shot gun plaob: a fifty hundred dollar bill in the muz zle of the weapon. Fragments of tb? paper money were scattered over tin I street. Street car trafile was entire ly suspended after one car had been fired upon and the windows broken. An Hieven-Y< ar oin tvif<). New Yoi k's sensational martial case was brought into tbe courts again Tuesday when the trial of Jacob Flue lite was continued before Magistrate Finn. Finch te is being prosecuted by Lena Flnelite, a child of eleven years, who claims that she was mar ried to the man in January and that he has abandoned her, refusing longei to contribute to her support. Fine lite ls about thirty-five and wealthy. Ile has denied that he married the child, but a ceri! il cate and witnesses have been produced which seem to bear out the truth of the ohlld'i I claims. Colored Woman Killed. A oolored woman, whose name could not be learned was killed at Greers Friday evening by No. 40, thc illfated passenger train that wai wreoked near King's Mountain that I tight. MANY KILLED A Death Dealing Wreck on a Maryland Railroad. TRAINMEN VICTIMS. 25 People Were Killed and a Score Were Injured. A Passenger Train Crashed lato a Doable Header Freight, Reducing all Three Engines to Scrap Iron. By far the worst wreck in the his tory of the Western Maryland railroad occurred Saturday evening at a point ibout a quarter of a mile from Patap ?co, a small station between West minster and Finksburg, Md. At east 25 people are believed to have seen killed and a score more injured. Passenger Train No. 51, eastbound, vas running at a very high rate of ipeed when, at the point named, it crashed into a double-header freight unnlng east. AU three of the engines vere reduced to scrap iron, the express .nd baggage cars of the passenger vere smashed aud a number of the reight cars were splintered. The ?assenger coaches sustained little in ury and almost without exception heir occupants escaped with nothing vur.se than a bad shaking up. The fa alities and injuries were to the orews f the engines and to workman ? m iloyed by the railroad. It is a remark Ole coincidence tbat thebe tu.- ..or hould have been-at work repairing he damage caused by a r?.cdnu sm m i ?rreck that occurred at Mont Hope sta ion, near Baltimore. They were on their way to their tomes, in small towns along the West ra Maryland railroad, to spend Sun lay. Not b'lng regular passengers hey had boarded the baggage oar and nglne. When the crasu came, the nore fortunate who were on the en due jumped or were tbrown from the rain and were only injured. Those n the baggage car were terribly man led and tho crews of all three engines vere killed. Their bodies are all be leved to be under the wreokage of the ngines. Just before the first relief train arrylng Injured to the hospitals of baltimore left the scene, the w reekara .bout them bagan to burn. Tue first ell?f train to reach Baltimore brought ? badly injured. One had died on he trip. A doz m ambulances awalt d the arrival of the relief train at be union station ?nd hurried the in ured to hospitals as fast as they could >e taken from the cars. The po?no at vhich the accident occurred is so sltu MU3T BS BTOPPBD. Che Running ol' Freight Trains on Sunday by tho Railroads. The Columbia Rscord says as a re mit of a complaint received by the ailroad commission regarding the unnlng of freight trains on Sunday a ormal order has been issued calling ittenticn to the law on the subject md ordering the cessation of the pra nce, if it exists. The complaint came rom a number of ministers of Spar anburg and other cities in the upper yj.il of the state and the letters re lived stated that the law had been constantly violated. Toe railroad commission spent several hours dis cussing the situation, and, after an ?xamintlon of ?the law, decided that if the complaint was true the railroads were subject to a fine. Railroad people state that the com plaint is altogether unfounded and that the railroads with few excep tions, do not violate the law. There ls a -ipi ci Ll pro visen made for the fast vegetable and fruit trains ire hurried North as rapidly as possible that these trains are tba ones about which com plaint has been tiled. If that is the case the order will, of course, not af fect their running, as they come un der the interstate commerce law and cannot be touohed. Outside of these, ??owever, there are nc local freight brains that are considered violation of the law. On some of the roads trains arrive or depart from their terminals late Saturday and sometimes tue hours of l.o orews extend over Sunday, but bhls is considered absolutely necessary in the business of the road and does not apply in thc on,or to be issued. The order will only apply to trains carrying freight that make a business ?Sf runniog Sunay and if there are any of these they are subject to a fine. It is sifo to say, however, that ttiere are none and th.it the roads arc not violat ing the law. Drowned in Salmi* River. A dispatch from Newberry to Tho State says news reached there late Wednesday evening of young Robert Langford in Saluda river near Kjmpson's ferry, about 2 o'clock Wednesday. Fie had gone out to his uncle's, xMr. Preston L. Living ston, to a seining party and with his friend, Homer Stevens, preceded the older men and went into the river. When the others, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Chapin Lake, Mr. Blair and Mr. Plck ons Stevens, arilved they were met by Homer S. ovens, who told them of tho drowning. Up to 6 o'clock on Wednes day afternoon the body had not been i eco vered._? A Brutal Father. A spcoial dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle says a farmer of Roberts, Ga., shot and painfully wounded his son, William Spillers. Miss Spillers was assisting her father in packing peaches and ai-ked that she be allowed 50 cents. Her father became angry and threatened to slap her face, where upon her brother told Mr. Spillers he could not do so. This so angered the father that he knocked the son down with an empty erato,,? got. his gun and dhot him.