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Th? 3^ D nocr "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKIO OUR L1VESIN TJJtf POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XX^ .nd -"? -v. BENNETTS VILLE, 8. C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1905. . NO. mi i4?? SHOT TO DEATH. A Young Man Killed by Another at Union Station. HAD BEEN JfJKIKNDS A Seemingly Playful Affair Beds in a Tragedy, Both the Alen Were From Leesville, and Were c Qood Friends Before the Fatal Shooting. The Columbia Stato say? James Trotter, a young unmarried farmer of the L^eavlllo sootlon was shot through the heart at tho Union station in that city at 4.46 o'olook Thursday after noon by Wilmor Mltohell, about thc same age and also of Leesville, the two being fast friends. Dr. Smith of Wards, who happenod to bo present at the time of tho tragedy, pronouno ed life extinct In the wounded man in less than ten minutes, death result ing from an internal hemorrage. The weapon used was a 38 calibre; the bullet entering straight from the front. Trotter had been drinking, but tho arresting ollloers say Mltohell was porfeotly sober. Ho gave as au exouao for the shoo' lng that Trotter oontlnued to slap h;s face, after he had several times wi?, ned him to quit and after walking away from him Eye witnesses say tho ' wo men ap peared to be jesting, Trotter striking at Mitchell In play, as tho two were walting for a train home. A woman relativo was the first to Trottor's side. Mltohell gav? himself up promptly to a plain clothes min, and was car ried to jail in tho hurry up wagon. He appeared to ho not Mic least dis concerted. His family is about thc moat prominent and inlluentlal in Leesville Ho ls the son of Mr. Orowell Mitchell of that place. Trot ter was unarmed, Both bear good reputations. Tho killing occurred in the presonco of a largo number of people, tho sta tion being orowded inside, on tho ver andas, in front and under thc sheds downstairs. Thc shot was fired on the veranda overlooking the sheds immediately in front of tho colored waiting room. Perhaps two thousand people were at the station walting for special or regular trains houao. Young Trotter was a cousin of Al derman D. I Trotter of this city. Tho Inquest will be hold at the un dertaking establishment of Funder burk and Matteson at 10 o'clock this morning. Those who saw che shoot lng and who were summoned as wit nesses art : Dr. W. B. Bates, John MoOuller, lt. J Drown, Willie Ballard George Faun, White Smith, George Etheredgo and others may bo called upon to testify. Only a Cow. Five trainmen were killed at Seaton 111 , when a heavy double header freight train on tho Iowa Central Railroad Btruck a cow, says the Chi cago Inter Ocean. The lc mm ntl ves and eleven freight cars loaded with grain aud lumber, werepilod in a heap beside tho track. A cow was lying on tho tics bctwoeu thc rails and was hidden from Ylew by other cnttlo standing about it. As the sound of the whistle of tho approaching train the standing ca< tie ream pored away, but tho forward locomotive struck the cow lying down. Tho animal was orushed under the wheels of thc pilot truok and rolled along the bles for a hundred feet. Ita blood made thc . rails slippery and piece? of bone threw the front locomotive from thc track. The derailed locomotivo rolled down an embankment, drawing t he second locomotive into the ditch, where the two machines pilori up, crushing the ongineeis and the tiromen. Neitrb Fatally .Shot. The Columbia R c >rd says Eugene Simklns, colored, waa shot and prob ably fatally wounded Thursday morn ing by Dave RI am, al o colored. The affair occurred at a house, 1 105 . Lin ooln street, occupied by Dr. Durham, colored, who was not present at the time. Thc two negroes aro relatives of the doctor, and were on a visit to him. Both are from lOigelield, having como to tito city Tuesday. Exactly what led to the shooting Is not clear. Tho two men were In a room In tho house, and woro drinking. A white man named Holland, also appears to have been about. Thc first known of the affair was when Simklns was seen to come out of tlic house, go loto an alloy running from the street and fall. To those who saw him and went to his alsistancc he said that Flam had shot him, though he did not think ho intended to. The two were In the room. A pistol was thore and IO lam either intentionally or foolishly took lt up, pointed at his companion say ing he was going to slioob. Ho did and immediately fired. Thc bullet Btruok Slnakins on the neck and pass ed through, lodging In tho back. Ora/.y Ollloer. At Madrid, Spain, a naval olllcer named O.medo who manifested evi dences of insanity lately, lias been re moved to an asylum. Olmedo wafi attempting to ralso a great military force to invade tho United States. Olmedo served aboard the culser Oquondo lost in tho battloof Santligc and it ls believed his mind was unbal anced at that time._ Daoil Mail lia??. .._Tho Belgian government discovered ?orno time ago that tho leather bags usod for tho malls In tho Congo Fie?; Stato wero often stolon. Investiga tion provod that natives in the postal servioo took them, cut tho bottoms and gave them to their wives to bo worn as clothing. MI/'.ni Drowned. A stearn launch containing ten ' Philadelphians collided In the Dele ware on Sunday with a bargo and was stink, seven of tho party being drowned. AGAIN UNDER VIM. Charged That Fstimato Waa Held Up for Two Hours. . For tho Boned o? New York Speen latora. ni roo: North In sues 13 ID photic i> wini. The ccmus bureau issued a bullotin Wednesday placing tho cotton ?ta?ed In tho United States up to October 18 at 4.010,728 bales, round baie* being counted as half bales. Tho statement is based on reports mado by tho bu rcau's special agents in the Hold. No estimate ls made of the total crop for the year, but ligures are ?Ivon out conoorning crops of fornaor years. These figures show that up to this dato In 1004, the produot of tho gins had reached a total of 0,417,894 bales, out of a total of 13 oo;i,270 bales for thc yeir. In 1903, thc total production was 10,046,6lfi bales and thc ginning output up lo OOtobor 26, 3,706,248; 1902 thc total was 10,827 168 and thc output to October 25, waa f> (?83,000. Today's report covered 20,374 pinner lea and the statements upon which it was prepared were supplied by tele graph by 702 special agents In the field, most of thom representing one comity eaoh. The fact that bbc bullotin was not issued until 2 o'clock, two hours after the usual time, caused some complaint from brokers in different cities, and some of theso which reached the bu reau before the document was given to the public, were of a sensational character. They arc summarized In the following from Sccrotury Ilestor, of the Now Orleans Ootton Exchange: New Orleans, Oct. 26, 1905. Hon. S. N. 1). North, Director of tho ?onsus. Washington, ?. O'. Much disappointment and dissatisfaction here at dolay in lssuiug gimiera' ro port to 2 p. m. Deanbe & company, of New York, wiro ll ey ward, Vick & Clark, of New Orloans, as follows: "David -Miller has Just made the statement to the i ft'ect that thc glu ners' report lias been delayed from 12 o'clock to 2 o'clock, so as to allow more time to certain parties to sell cotton and says he will stand by thc above." Ono rumor here ls that the report will show, counting round bales as half halos being, 0,100,000. All kinds of rumora are being spread and parties are selling the market down, under suspicion of something wrong In your bureau. I send this because I think it proper you should know it. David Miller, referred to, was tho receiver of Sully & Company, and ls a promt ncnt member of the New YorkCutton Uxchange. H G. HKSTKK. To this Dlrcotor North replied: Washington, D. C., Oot. 25 Ilonry G. Hester, Seoretary, Now Orleans Cotton liixonmiKO, New Or lcauB, La. Telegram received. Nobody in this olllce kuows even approximately at the moment how many bales glnucd thc report will show. The men engaged in compl?t!g it arc locked up and thc door guarded on the outside. More than half of tho telegraphic reports from country agents were received tills morning and their compilation prior to 2 o'clock was a physical Impossibil ity. KOKTH Tills telegram was forwarder! before the bulletin was given out and after lt was Issued, lt was stated that some of the report from some of tho agents were not received until 10 minutes bafoie 2 o*clock, The ginning product for the present yoar to date by states is as follow*: Alabama, 64Ll33 bales; Arkansas, 117,511; florida, 38,007; Georgia, 1,? 068,t67; Indian Territory, 70,222; Kentucky, n7,ooo; Louisiana, in, 780, Mississippi, 311,472; Missouri, ?,575; North Carolina, 325,208; Okla homa, 05.280; South Carolina, 639,? 974; Tennessee, (?2,1125; Tex 18, 1,417, 466; Virginia, 4,051. liiHpuotora Iteportti. Dispensary Inspectors horoafter ac cording to an order issued by Commit) ioncr Tatum a short time ago, must be prepared to swear to the accuracy of their report on each dispensary checked up. This order is tho result of tho discovery that many shortages occur by tlio use of dummies or half empty cases that havo boen chocker! by inspectors as full cassi. Mr. Ta tu m said to day that after tho short ago in Charleston and a recent one in ti to wn In tho upper part of thc state lie was convinced that tho inspection heretofore has ceen to perfunctory. Ile discovered that cases supposed to he full could contain only one half Ute number of bot tics t;r bo entirely empty. Tills happened some time a^o with a dispenser In fairfield county. All la apeotors wro then notified that every box must be inspected and thc Inspec tor absolutely satisfied tliat tito seals had not boen broken. H ur noil in ?. liotol, At Hot Spring, Ark., six bodies were takon on Thursday from thc ruins of tho Railroad Hotel, corner of lion and Olive streets, which was gutted by liro. Two arc unidentified, charred boyond recognition. Tile dead aro: Harry Bradley, a walter; IO I warri Snyder, a porter; Mrs. Mack, a musi cian; V. I?. Mann a railroad oondtia tor, holli ved to bc from Denver, Col., and tho two unknown mon. Thuin may bo other bodies in the ruins. The hotel was a two story framo building, containing thirty rooms, all but one of which wero occupied by from one. to four persons. lt was patronized hy invalids and cripples, who were under ? treatment. The lire ls believed to have . bcon caused by an exploding lamp. There was only ono narrow exit, that being a stairway, and dozen? were compelled to Jump from the second story. One man, Fred everson, of Hot Springs, was probably fatally In jured. Cruel MOIOIIOA. Now comos Dr. Valontlne Malpasse, O? i'arls, who says lt ls dangerous to shake hands on account of mlcrohes. Only tho other day another celebrated physician announced that kissing Is dangerous for tho same reason. If theso scientific doctors dont letup they will destroy all tho pleasnnof Courtship. Just think of courting a good looking girl with kissing and playing bands olimlnatedl Details of Wreck of Schooner Van Name and King. LEFT CHARLESTON; On thc Third Day of October and Was Wrecked Two Days Later Olf Citpe Lookout. Two Sailors, Who Were Saved. Tell a Horaible Talc. Clinging to a piece o? wrookage with tlio fast falling strength of their weakened bodies willoh had known DO nourishment for (Ive days, their throats adam* with a thirst of Ure, their turning eyes blinded by the salt of tho sea, and their minds tortured by tho memories of tho scif destruc tion of their hunger maddened ship mates, William Tliomas, aged 2y, anti William IO. Warner, also both colored and members of tim cow of thc three-masted schooner Y tnnsmo and King, were picked up off Cape Lookout) after hoing live days adrift on a raft, by thc Stillman If. Kelly, a schoonor which arrived at Boston some days after being wrecked. Tho Boston Globe says suoh a talo as thoBe men told is unparalleled in liction. '"No sturdier craft had olear ^ tho. port i f Charleston that day ?id nj happier crew had set sall with prospcots of a brighter voyage than when tlie Vanname and King, Capt. William A. Maxwell, lumber loaded and bound for New York, hoisted her Ganyan to thc fresh blowing bice/.?, on Tuesday, October 3, and headed oceanward. The schooner was speeding along under full sail when on Thursday morning, October 6, the tlrst signs of an approaching storm were noticed. Next day at daylight it looked pretty black, blacker than a sailor likes to soe lt, and there was an uncomforta ble feeling among thc ctlleers and raeu which none tried to conceal. "Bring her down to short sail," thc captain bellowed, and this was done. A. noise like the burstiug of a hugo soda tank fell upon their ears with thc splash of a tromondous wavn. "To the pumps, all hands, and quickly tool" The voice of the cap tain was drowned In the tumult of wind avd water, but caoh mau under stood and Jumped to his post. The struggle was unoaaslug untl the oraf t was caught in tho trough of tho sea, and hove on har boam ends 'Pim lifo boats; wore swept away * though they had never uueu. No word of command wan needed for these mon for caoh made for a hold on tho "weather side," that part which was out of tho water. The grips of the eight pairs of stout hands were nothing in the face of the gale, for the next wave loosened every man's hold and swept one poor fellow, William Orlzzell, into the Hood. "Hero's my knife," said thc cap tain, "-cut yourself a rope trom tho halliards and make yoursolf fast to rigging, lt was with dllbeulty that tho shiny, blt of steel was handed from man to man, but no oue faltered and each cut himself a linc and lashed himself to tho stanch, spars. Night came and went, and nota man dared loose his hold. Prayer:' and curses, grim jokos and tender words of encouragement, hut no o; o stirred. That afternoon when hoi o had vanished from every hean, thoio Carno another wave bigger aud great) r than all others, and the schooner was dashed to pieces. Tho lumber that had filled thc craft Hosted, and made support for the mon, but only one portion of tho deck about 10 foot, ?(piare, was really enough for a raft. One of the sailors, Alfred Arthur, hose leg had boen broken in three places, had thrown himself upon this, and for four boura the others floundered about In the water uatii they finally reached his side. Then came the voyage of slekening torror, the manliest demands for water and food from those whoso minda bad loft thom under its terri ble strain; thc groundless hopo* of roon who could not believe that their lifo was to ho taken from thom. "lt was awful, awful" said Warner as lie looked across the mess table tc Thomas, whose eyes answored with fi gloam that waa bah of sadness and half of well rem inhered agony. Both these men are tho sped mern of tho boat type of tho British West Indios i'jlorod men. They are natives of Antigua, British Wost Indies have received a fair education, know how to express themselves clearly abd show that when In the full possession ol their faculties they are as husky af thc huskiest of sdior 8. "Tlie storm bogan," Warner con tinu id, "Thursday morning, but li was Friday night that the schooner bogan to leak so badly that all bands became alarmed. "Too captain callod the engineer tr him about 10 that night, and said, 'You'll have to work the electric pumps,' wlion the engineer said, 'H'fl no uso cap'n; tho onglno room ls full of water.' "At midnight tho captain decided to run her fore tho soa to ease up thc strain. Wo hadn't takon that course long before tho schoonor was hove on her beam onds. Thorc wasn't any thing to do lint make for tho weathci side and wo all did. "No soonor had wo got there than there oamea wave which washed OVOJ board one of the ?eamon, William GrlzzelL Then thc captain told tu each to take his knife and cut a ropt and lash ourselves to the rigging, Wo did and thoro wc hung until tim next afternoon, I think wo were all Capo Lookout whon llrst tho hurricane struck us and in all wore Moated iou miles bc fore they picked us np. "Saturday, and as near as I can figure it lt was about A :i0 p. m., thc sohooner marted to break up and turn turtle. Wo liar! t3 got clear and swim for .,ur lives. "A good deni of tho lumber wo car ried aud parts ot the deck wcro Moat ing around. Alfred Arthur had bro keu one of his legs in three places, hut had inado out to get onto a good sized piece of the deok. 1 could sec him although tho storm hadn't lot up a blt since it started. "For four hours we were In tho wa ter, all trying to get to Arthur. Wc did finally pull ourselves onto a raft, you might call it. that, only to lind poor Arthur dying. "That night as ho lay in tho lap ol Thomas, Arthur breathed his last, Ho moaned for water until tho end Wo kept thc body with us for an hom or so, but it mado us feel a good dca worse and then we felt that wa onghi to lower lt ovorboard. Wo dldn'i havo to, though, for another heavj sea lifted lt into tho oocan for us. "Ab noon Sunday lt had calmed Wo bogan to feel a little hrlghte then, for wo conld soo some distant away a four masted schooner and i steamship going south and a bari going north. " 'Hall, for God's sake,' s*ld th captain, and wc all did our best. " 'Taiu't no usc capn, said 1, af tc I had chou ted till 1 could scarcol, apeak; 'they don't seo us.' " "No, no,' bc yellod at mo. 'Kee a sharper lookout; they must see us 1 took a look at his face. 1 could se In his eyes ho was stark mad. "Then tho captain said, as he seiz? mo with an awful grip on bbc aro: 'you must get some water, Warne) 'Aye aye, slr,' says I, but I didn1 know whore it was coming from. "1 don't know whether the Lor sent lt not, but that minute a ral cloud came just over head and a .show er descended, i hold a sou'wester I catch what water wc could and gc enough for everybody to take a bi drink. "That Sunday night the sea gc high again. Thc mato, E. A. (mast who hadn't said much all this timi looked at all of us in a quoer wa; thou before we coidd ralso a hand I stop him, he plungod into thc wate Thore was a trail of sharks that could sec all around us, and I kne that poor Chase fell Into their jaws. "Wc stood looking at tho pla? whore Chano wont down when tl captain turned to me in a Htranj way and said, 'Warner you've got n whistle' "'No, sir,'says I, as respectful as I could. "Nonsense1 says he 'I want it. oan seo my father. Ho's calling me. must answer him. Quick, give n that whistle' "Tour men, his mind had loft hi altogether. "See. Warner,' says 1 'there's my fathor; he wants mo, lu holding out his arms for me to coi to him. look, look.' Then t captain Jumped overboard. God bc him. "Wo were all Buffering tho utmc tortures that Sunday night when t steward, ho was a colored man and don't know his name, jumped up a ?t.onud "Theio'c land, I can : land. ' "Poor follow, his mind had goi too. Ho talked all night aud said ' were drifting out to sea when . ought to bc making land. He said ' were crazy and didn't know what were doing. Ho shouted end call all night. Whoo the dawn broke t steward swore again that tho la was close by. "'I'm a good swimmer,1 said t steward. I'll make it before any you,' andover ho jumped. That v about i o'clock Monday morning, watched thc watorand 1 saw the 1 preserver thc steward liad been we lug floating al nor- 1 was suro tb that tho sharks had got him. "Thoengineer-ho was a Gorrc at i I n vor heard him callod by na -"io was delirious and called all i time for food and water. Ile wan lo lie down, but Thomas and 1 k talking to him and saying, ' He good cheer, somebody will pick us yet.' "'.'here be lay, his body beoinn moro rigid every minute. At o'clock, a3 well as 1 can li g ure, bc cl in my arm ;. "At daybreak Tuesday, October lt was calm, but thero was nothnii night. Tiiomas pulled a buckle his suspenders and made lt Int kind of hook. He lushed for a 1 time and finally caught a ooupli lisbes, little ones. Ho atc one ai tho other. They tasted pretty g< but that was not much nourlshnu "Thom\s was beginning to weal ' when 1 sahl: 'Let me tell you < dream I had last night. 1 drea that a lady came lo mo on a ste boab and told mo that we should I ia* brought into Now York safely had not llulshod when ho saw 1 stillman r. ?olly, i waved waved, and then 1 broke down cried when 1 saw her answering signal. Poor Thomas was pretty 1 gone Tiicy bad to lift lil ira ab 1 the Echocncr." 1 Tho Vannamc and Klug wi three-master, 100.6 feet long, feet boam. IQ ii feet depth of hold ' tonnage (i'Jo and gross tonnage She was built at Fair daven, Cc 1 in 18??, and owned by Yann.*, mc King, of N?W davon, from w port :.he hailed. She was value $18,000, A lilt (lo floy lill led. Thc Columbia llsoord says HI i Sims, a whlto boy about ten yea? was shot and Instantly killed this ? oing. A little negro boy, Hal i don about niue years old is rasp?n I for bis death. Young Simo, ??Car Korde and Alvin Sims a i the same ago were In wood.1". . Honed I ot Institute. They had ? thom a singlo barrel shot gun. ? i of tho boys had sling shots, and all laid asido the gun and were s lng at birds with thoir slings. \ they were, engaged In this tho i negro carno up and bogan ham . tho gun, the other boys not not i him. .Suddenly, bbc gun ll red, : shot from it penetrated young i chest, striking tho heart and k id::: Instantly. Tho other boys ; edlatly alarmed Mio neighbor 1 hut nothingC( uki bc dono for tb i fortunate boy. lt ls prosumed I tho killing was purely from car noss and Ignorance on tho part < little mgro. Tho corouor was : notified. Tho dead boy was bl i of Mr. Jack Sims, who is employ , southern railway shops, aud who in tho camborn suburbs ou thc Notoh road. CLOSE GALL President Roosevelt in Danger by thc Collision of his SHIP WITH ANOTHER Although Inconvenienced by thc Acci dent and Delay thc I Ye sid. nt wa? Unmoved by the Mishap, and Ref inned Ills Voyage Aboard Another VCBBCI. A dispatch from New Orleans says at ll o'clock Thurday evoning,through confusion of signals, tho fruit steam er Esparta collided with thc light house tendor Magnolia, which was conveying the President, Secretary boob and Dr. Rlxey to tho orulsor, West Virginia. Tho rall and port bow of tito Magnolia wcro damagod and two or thrco holes made In tho hull below the water lino. No one was hurt. Thc magnolia Immediate ly on being struck was beached, her bow being high and dry. After a careful examination of the damage to the vessel, lt was evident there wai no danger and the president and his party went to bed. Maj Oraighlll of the United States ongincera was aboard tho Magnolia. Ills ship, thc Ivy, a sister ship of tho Magnolia, had proceeded thc Magnol ia and was Borne distance ahead. A boat was immediately put elf for the nearest telephone, about a mile and a half away, and the order given to head tho Ivy elf at Pilot station and have hor return for the president and his party. Tho transfer was made at 3 o'clook Friday morning. The voa sol got under way Immediately and the West Virginia was boarded on sohedulo time. Thc llrsb nows of the accident reach ed Now Oilcans by telephone early Friday morning In an appeal for help from Capt. Rose of the United Fruit company's steamer Esparta, which came from Nairn, La., near whore the acoldent occurred. His report gavo no dctall?...The Magnolia left New Or leans at 0 30 Thursday night and tho F.iparba was duo to arrlvo Friday at Chalmottift, The weather was line, with comparatively little wind on the rlvor. Immediately upon the receipt of the nows communication was open ed with Lug ownors boro and tho pow erful t. Ll. Wilmot and H. I). Wood left N?w Orleans shortly after 4 o'clock Friday wdrnlng with orders to go at full sj'ocd to tho scone of th; acoldent. Meat th" however, the president's ju-, -y hem managoQ uo goo m commun Icatlon with tho lower part of the river whero it was known that the lighthouse tendor Ivy way lying. At 1 o'olook thc operator at Pilot Town was rung up by Maj. Craluhill, the government engineer, with orders that Hie Ivy should bc sent to GO mile point with all possible speed. Tho Ivy im mediately got under way and covered the 10 miles lu rapid time. President Roosevelt, Secretary Lo . b and Surgecn lllxey, with tholr baggage, we'c at once transferred and the Ivy proceed ed down the rifer. Ats.lf> thc ivy passed Pilot Town on her way down, signalling that tho president and party wore on board and that all were well. Tho Ivy reached the West Virginia at y AO and the president at once went aboard. The lighthouse tender Ivy returned from sea after putting Provident Roo: ? v dt on board and stopped at Pilot Town. Those aboard reported that the West Virginia had sailed at 10.05. They ?.aid that the president wan in excellant spirits and unshaken by tho accident. At the time of the accident at 11 o'clock thc president, absolutely worn out by his strenuous experience In Now Orleans, was fast asleep. He had ' turned in shortly after thc vessel left ' New o deans. The two ships were 1 near tho west shore when they came [ in contact lu an ol?ort to avoid run tiing Into each other. The prow of the Esparta Btruck the Magnolia on tho 1 port now. It was not known to what extent 1 the Magnoliaralft'hthave turin injured i anel ibero was great nauta In pushing her ashore. Both vessels grounded but tho Esparta got (hf under her own ' steam and was lound not to have suf fered any damage. Thc president j showed no excitement when Informed , of tin. extent of the disaster, though ' ho was somewhat annoyed by tho prob ability of a delay because lt was evl { dent that cbc Magnolia could not pro coed ou tho way. Ho dressed Immedi ately and those of his party hurriedly ) mado arrangements for his transfer to ' tho ivy, wideh was Intercepted and brought back to thc scene of tho acol . dent. Except lor thc loss of some 1 sioep, the president suffered nothing by tho collision. With tho whole 1 party tr in-fm red to the Ivy, that ves L sci was spccdofl elown thc rlvor, meet ing with no further mishap. Tho United Kruit Company, hy i which the K parla ls chartered issuod 1 thc following statement Friday night: "The Esparta sighted a vessel, afterward found to bo tho Magnolia. i i tu Magnolia blow two whistles, sig i nifylng her intention of passing to starboard, which was answered hy thc r Kiparba, which latter vessel continued i on up tho river anel at thc time of 3 such signal was within IOU feet ot thc f wost, bank Of tho river. About two . minutes aftoi tho Magnolia blow tho ? lirst signal, she. blew ono whistle, slg e nifylng her Intention of changing her { course anel crossing te> thc inside of < the Esparla. Thc pilot of Esparta, I seeing thc danger hi such action, blow s whistles and also tho danger signal of ? tbreo whistles, signifying thc danger . of such a move on tho part of the , Magnolia, as tho pilot of tho Eiparta - was aware of tho fact that thoro was b not enough room between the vussol . and the bank of rlvor for bbe Magno 3 Ha to pass, as ho had taken his ship In i as olof.o as possible HO as bo loavc pion i ty of room In tho mlddlo of the river b for the Magnolia, and had tho Magno i ?ia adhered to her original signal and ) Inte ntion of passing to starboard would have passed olear as the rlvor was ovor a. half milo wide at that point. Instead of thia, tlic Magnolia hauled to port and tho two vessels collided. Tho Es parta struck the Magnolia on tho port side about 20 feet abaft the boats and considerable damage was done tho Magnolia." TEMP fED AND FELL. This is tho lionfossion (ol IOU ward ,< Jciir/;? Cunlift'\ Edward George Cunliffe, the Adams Express employe who disappeared from Pittsburg, Pa., with\ $ 101,000 in cash, wa? arxested at Bridgeport, couu. Ile mado a confession and express ed his willingness to return at once to Pittsburg. Ho dcolarod that the money which ho took is Intact and that it could bc recovered, but declin ed to tell until his return to Pitts burg, whore lt 1B hidden. On his per sou when arrested, tho detectives found $200. Dcteotlves traced Cunliffe to Bridge port. All tho hotols were watohed carefully, hut Cunliffe was not arrest ed uutll late in the forenoon, wheu he was seeu walking down Middle street. Cuni!flo made no attempt to deny his Identity mid ollercd no resistance. "F.vo minutes after I took that money I was sorry," said Cunliffe, 'but lt was too lato to do anything. What can you cxpeot from a man get ting a salary of $05 a month aud haiid'ing thousands of dollars fi day? 1 was tempted and 1 fell. I have handled larger sums. I remember onco when 1 had $250,000 in oash, I was tempted, bub I thoughb lt over, and decided to lu honest, "The night 1 left Pittsburg, I rode in a sleeper ou thc way to New York ?.nd I stuck my head out of my berth and saw Slater pass by. Slater is our local manager in Pittsburg. I thought then that I would burn back, but knowing that he did not sec mo aud that I had the mouey with me In lash, 1 thought 1 would take the chances. 'I want to go back to Pittsburg, restore tho money M d throw myself upon tho mercy of Vhf. courts." Forftkor'? O loo ni Works IJusy. Senator Forakcr ls cert linly entit led to tho champions..!p b.ltas the greatest "republican gloom discover er" of tho day. lt was Senator For aker who discovered that a vote against tho corrupt Uox machine in Ohio was a mciaoc to republican supremaoy In tho nation, lt was Senator Foraker who discovered that If tho rotten Dur ham republican machine 1B defeated in Philadelphia it will threaten re - publican supromaov in thc nation. "Defeat Horrlok and you threaten the welfare of the American workingman, I shouts the excited senator from Ohio. "Dofeat the republican city ticket in Philadelphia and cur republican lnsti buttons totter lo their fall I" ho shouts in excited tones, .According to tho excitca senator the hereat O? uwuoi. will wipe out the pension bureau, break down tho tariff walls, destroy the gold standard, reduce the olroula ting medium and oreabo a groat finan cial paulo. All this would bo wonder fully Interesting If brue, but being only laughable tho senator adds to the ga'el;y of thc times by lils frantic declarations. Trainman liiiiod. A dispatch from Grccuvlllo to the State says lnjmortal agony surronaded by his fellow trainman, Charles Smith, iloied, told in disconnected senten ces how he was fearfully mashed while coupling car at Gantts siding four milos from tho city on the C. and G. division of the Southern rail way, and before he had completed his story, death had relb-ved tho unfortu nate mans suffering, While coupling ara at Coutts on north bound local freight No. 07, Smith was caught be loon the bumpers of two cars and bin whole ti tink was fearfully mashed. Tue brakeman cried for help, and Conductor Beam and a colored train hand went to lils relief, lt was at icc i discovered that Smith hadrecclv ed mortal Injuries, but all haste was made to bring the wounded man <. the etty. Dc was placed aboard thc caboose and at once brought to thc dty, but thc poor fellow died two miles from thc city after relating the manner in which ho was injured. At Morov of ilobborff, Burglars oarly Wednesday morning blew open tho safe in the hank ol Rldgeville, and stole $0,000, and aftei a running battlo with a posse of clt/oru In which the cashlorand two eitzen* wero wounded thc burglars escaped, Kor more than an hour the town wat practically at tho mercy of the rob' hers, who openly walked tho street* shooting at everything, apparently taking their time In leaving town, Two c'oarges of dynamite were explod ed before thc safe gave way. A soc ond blast aroused Cashier lt. R.iRan som, who ran Into the sbrccb. As soor as he appeared the robbers openec lire. This aroused other cltlztns. There were seven In the cracksmen's party. Oompllmontoil by I'rosidont. The little girl referred to In Un following from tho Charlotbo Chron ide lives In Spartanburg with ho parents on South Church strcot. Mr Mabbhew ls a bravellng man. Whei tho president turned to tako his seat Miriam Matthew, a great granddaugh ter of thc '.njuirc Benjamin Boyd ? Charlotte and daughter of Plncanci Matthew of Spartanburg, S. C., ad vanccd and presented him with atrc mondona bouquet of Howers. Tin president bowed, picked up tho little girl, llowors and all, and held her iq hlghln his arms. "Hore is the. besi product," ho said. lmlooont i'ostourd, George McDowell, the Spartanburg youth who malled an indecently aug gostivc picturo postal card to a yoting woman was conyloted recently in tin United States district court at Green ville. Tuc card whioh cmbrollcc young McDowell with tho f?deral au thorltles was offored In ovldcnoo. Il boro no writing aavo tho address, bul when it was handed to tho jury with the other papors In tho caso they rc q Bred only a few minutes to lind ; vordlot of guilty. In tho indictment it- was de.Hcrtbeh KU "too Indecent tc I bo aproad upon tho records of thc j court." DAYS OF PIRACY Are 't?ol Passed Tet According to Kew York Police. A Small Sloop Captured Whioh Marie Business of llobbory Along Tho Atlantlo Coast for Year?. A dispatch from Newport. R. I , says sensational developments are likely to follow an expected arrest of Henry A. Jackson, of Tauton, owner of the sloop Dorado, whlob was oap turcd in the bay on Saturday after uoo:i and found full of loot. She ls rio rf ealled tho Pirate sloop and Jack on, tbe Pirate Skipper. Although earoh has has been made in several cities in New England for him, no clew bas been obtained. It is thought that when persons be gin to claim articles lu the Dorado, there will come to light a startling series of thefts from houses and yachts along the coast from Maryland to Rhode Island. There is, too, a susplolon that something very like a clew to the shooting of Mrs. Walter C, Morrill, in Greenwich, Gonn., will develop. Chloroform, dynamlto and ni to? gi] carine are aboard tho Dorado, and it has been suggested that the sloop may have figured in a bank rob oery in Bridgeport, Conn. Sboriff Anthony hopas the owner of oliver marked Arbuckle will claim it, and that the owner of solid silver band mirrors marked "'E. H. A." will call for lt, and linen marked "Julia M. Wood" and "Mrs. H. R. Tool," also bas boon found. The sheriff has learned that tho owner of theoatboat Jessie, in which one of .Jackson's supposed associates came to Nowport Inst Saturkay even ing, is C. 1 Burlingame, of the Elgo lleld Yacht club, of Providence. An chors, chains, and other trappings wero taken from boats of the Edge wood club and charts from Henry T. Hammond of that club. Many pawn tickets indicated that the pirates sold cboaply what they took, a groat amount of stuff going to pawn shops in Now York. Bills of wine of all kinds Indicated that they lived well. Among papers was found the bill of sale of the Dorado to Jaok son, dated Daoembor 16, 1904, show ing tho sloop had been sold to him by Frank Oliffe, of St. Helena, Md., for $50.00. Another paper was a recommenda tion Of Jaokson as a steady, indus trious and reliable man written by F. P. Lovering, of No. 60 West 116th street, New York. It was on paper of the Now York Telephone company and is dated January 28, 1005. There also arc pictures of Thomas Foley, a loader of Tammany Hall. It is apparent that Jackson entertained rr ^s. from'Coney. Island In fchi mer, lt ls tfiought these pictures weie" stolen then. The Dorado was Ubollcd today by F. A. Conoll for damages to his launch, which, it it said, was stolon by Jackson. She ls au old fashioned boat about 30 feet lontr and in good condition. SUICIDE AT~8?M'5 FU??RAL. Oriel Ktrlokon Father Shoots Illili? soli at Coflla's Shin. I cannot let him go alone," cried Herman Schultz, Wednesday after noon as he lingered beside the body of hh, son, Otto, who killed himself by inhaling gas on Tuesday. Thc f unoi . xl services were in progress at tho Schultz home, 233 Wyofcoff avenue, Williamsburg, New York. Before any one could divine his intention the old man 'seized a revolver and shot himself through the head. Ever since his Tspn's tragio end the father had ref med to eat and had slept little. He sat constantly by the dead boy's side sobbing and pr&y\ng. Before the time s^t f( r the funeral this aftcrnoen Schultz had apparently composed himself and was resigned. The boy 's body was placid in the par lor where a large number of relatives and friends of the family gathered. Mrs. Schultz, her three daughters and two sons wore at the head of tho collin with tho father. Prayers and the singing of h vms had ended and a long Uno of persons Hied by tho coffin taking a farowoil look at the face of the boy. Schultz was tlie last. He lingered until Un dertaker Poth began to draw tho lld of tho coffin over bis son's counten ance Then ho shot himself. Most of tiie women in tho house fainted or became hysterical. Dr. Moore came with tan ambulance from tho German hospital, but ho said that tho old man had dlod instantly. After a hasty conforenco with mom bars of tho family the funoral ol young Schultz was postponed. Fathoi and son will be buried together. )| Hoy Digamist: nif.Vn? Tho youngest bigamist on recor( roached the Mississippi penitentiary Friday in tho person of William Gray Gray is only seventeen years of agi and lias been married more than i year, and leaves two wives and a bab] in his home county of Tlppah. Ht will not rejoin them untill 1007 Ii tlie samo gang was Gus Stack,also o Tipp?b county, nlghtenn years old sentenced to twelve years In tho pen ftcntiary for arson and robbery, am Will Jones, of Marshall county, win although only twenty-one ls serving his sec und term in the penitentiary this time for burglary. Tho threi aro said to constitute the youngest ponitontlary gang ever known. Pleasant liiolflont, At Mobile, Alabama, Judge Sem mes, son of the groat Admiral Raph aol Sommes, commander of the "Ala bama" In tho Civil war, Presentee Roosevelt, in bohalf of tho citizens with a gold badge. In responding tho president said that one of hi uncles was ar offices on tho "Ala l>ama" and anothor undo built th vossol. Steamer I?ost A dispatch from Oleveland, Ohio says all hopo for steamer Kalyuga ha been given up by tho owners. It 1 I supposed to have gono down with th orow of sevonteon in tho rooent storm FIRST VISIT. Of Ei Hagy Abudullah Aly Sadik Pasha to America. ] AWED BY NEW ?OHK. He Comes to This Country to Pave th? Way for Diplomatic Relations Be tween Abyslnla and the United States of America. What He Thinks of New York. j El-Hagy-Abaullahl Aly Sadl? Paoha, princo of the Mohammedan ohuroh, general of the Abyssinian army, ministor of commerce and en? vov of Emperor Menelik to President lloosovolt, arrivod on the Oedrio at New York recently. He oomcs ostensibly in regard to the new treaty of commerce between this oounv y and Abyssinia, but actual ly to pave the way for permanent dip lomatic relations. England, France, Germany and Italy have representativos in Abyssin ia, but Menelik has never sont diplo matic agents * o those nations. Sadlk Pooha's mission ls to study the possi bilities of closer relations with Eu rope and A mei lea. Ho has come to America ofter a stay in Berlin, Paris and London. Menelik ls espeolally in terested In the United States and has already given ahorne fora legation at Adis Ababa, the capital, In oase this country cares.to establish one. The Paoha is a man of striking per sonality. His color is ebony, but he has cleary chiselled features and the small feet and tapering llngeres of the Arab. He speaks no European languago and travels with an interpreter. On I the steamer ho wore European cos tume, save for a red fez, but as soon as he reached the Hotel Breslln he donned an Oriental costume of won derful colorings and wore a turban. After two hours of prayer the Abys sinian envoy went for a drive, then returned to the hotel, where be held an informal reception. no was met at the steamer by Wil liam H. Ellis, O. Dellrimr, Hugh Creighton and John Madigan. Among tho oallor at the hotel were General James S. Clarkson. "If the emperor could only see this through some ono's oyes 1" exclaimed the Paoha on his return from Central Park. The orowding of women on tho street cars and the tall buildings Impressed him n j ru.i ? .. . u women?" he was asked. "I did not have time to seo them," he answered. "I was busy, counting the stories of tho butldiugs." Some one remarked that there was one building thirty-two stories high. "Take me there," he said. "I will say my prayers on the roof of that house tomorrow." SadifT Paoha, who is the head of all the Monhammedans In Abyssinia, is exceedingly devout and devotes four hours of each day to prayer. He has one wife and two thousand ?laves. Ho is exceedingly sensitive on thc subject of his children. When some ono asked him how many ohll dron ho had, ho swept out of the room, deeply offended. His interpreter explained that the question was thought to bring bad luok and that ho waa not sure of the number of his children, but lt was in the nulgi b)r hood of two hundred. He was? brought back only when Amerloan ignorauco Iliad been explained to him. One of his lirst injuries was for J. I P. Morgan, and he will pay Wall street -la visit. When his interprete mention* ed'tta* subject of loans Sallie shook his hoad VJih dignity anP a*ld Aby ssinia had no stach thing as debt. "How do you%ke American foo J?" the visitor was as?k?d. "Give me a chanofc^ was the inter preted answer. "I haTO^et tasted , only the cocktail and found nVAjapleas-?^ and, but tho roomB that go up (mean ing elevators) are too fast for my stomach." Sadlk lost part of his suite in Eng land through tim miscarriage of a vall8o containing his oredentlals to the president. Two of his mon were sont baok to London from Liverpool to get the missing bag and bring it by the next steamer, i Sadik's guide in How York is Wil liam H. Ellis, who accompanied Prod crick Kent Loomis on the voyage in which Loomis mysteriously mot hi? ' death by drowning while en route to : Abyssinia. The envoy has with him somo magnitloent spcolmens of ivory and two stuffed tigers, presumably pr?sents for tho presidont. When 1 asked if they were for Mr. lloosovolt, r' Sadik rcpllod diplomatically: "You will loam later." 3 Ono question that struck terror to * tho Pasha General who commanded I the left wing of tho Abysslnlans In 3 their greatest battles was whether he J would buy firearms In America. ' "That question," explained the in? ? tcrpreter, "might oosfr him hla head ' on his return." Menellk's envoy told 1 of the great peace that had como to } bis country'and how a stranger could ? travel throw the empiro unarmed. ' Ono of tho objects of his visit ls to ' establish direct communoatlon with 1 this country. At present Amerloan cotton goods aro sold in Manchester and French Abyssinia before they roach Menellk's frontier. Fiery Doath Shower. j At Chicago, 111., five tons of mol ten metal oxploded at the .lollot plant . of the Illinois Stoel Company Wed ? nesday falling in a shower of death on a band of workmen about a couver " tor. Ono man is doad, three are fat ally burned and half a dozen aro Inju red so badly that thoy may die. The acoldent carno without warning. The S oxploslon shook tho whole plant, sen % ding panlo Into overy corner of the s groat works. Half a hundred men o wore within range of tho liquid metal und many suffered severe huras.