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BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1905.
NO. ft8t ?i
SHOT TO DEATH.
A Young Man Killed by Another
at Union Station.
HAD BEEN EMENDS
A Seemingly Playful Affair Ends In a
Tragedy, Both the Men Were
From Leesville, and Were
c Qood Friends Before the
Fatal Shooting.
The Columbia Stato say? James
Trotter, a young unmarried farmer of
the Leesville soobion waa shot through
the heart at tho Union station In that
city at 4.15 o'olook Thursday after
noon by Wilmer Mitchell, about thc
same age and also of Leesville, thc
two being fast frlonds. Lr. Smith of
"Wards, who happened to bo present
at the time of tho tragedy, pronounc
ed life extinct in the wounded man in
less than ton minutes, death result
ing from an internal hemorragc.
The weapon used waa a 38 calibre;
the bullet outerlug straight from the
front. Trotter had becu drinking,
but tho arresting ouloors say Mitchell
was perfectly sober, no gave as au
exouao for tho shoeing that Trotter
continued to slap his face, after he
had soveral times wis ned him to quit
and after walking kway from lum
Eye witnesses say tho ' wo naen ap
peared to be jesting, Trotter striking
at Mitchell in play, as tho two were
walting for a train home. A woman
relativo was thc lirst to Trotter's
side.
Mitohell gav himself up promptly
to a plain clothes man, and was car
ried to Jail In tho hurry up wagon,
lie appeared to bc not Hie least dis
concerted. His family ls about the
most prominent aod inlluentlal in
Leesville. Ho ls the son of Mr.
Orowoll Mitohell of that place. Trot
ter was unarmed, Both bear good
reputations.
Tho killing ocourred in the presonco
of a largo number of people, thc sta
tion being orowded inside, on tho ver
andas, in front and undor the sheds
downstairs. Thc shot was fired on
the veranda overlooking the sheds
immediately lu front of tho colored
walting room. Porhaps two thousand
people were at the station waiting for
speolal or regular trains homo.
Young Trotter was a cousin nf Al
derman D. I Trotter of this city.
The Inquest will bo 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 ari : Dr. W. B. Bates, John
MoGuller, lt. .1 Brown, Willie Ballard
George Kauo, White Smith, Gooroc
Etheredge aud others may be 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
llallroad struck a ODW, says thc Chi
cago Inter Ocean. The locomotives
and eleven freight cars loaded with
grain aud lumber, were piled in a heap
beside tho track. A cow was lying
on tho tics bctweeu the rails and was
hidden from view by other oittlo
standing about lt. AH the sound of
the whistle of tho approaching train
tho standing ca'tle Pearn pored away,
but tho forward locomotivo struck
thc cow lying down. The. animal was
crushed nuder thc wheels of thc pilot
truck and rolled alonar the blea for a
hundred feet. Irs blood made the
rails slippery and pieces ol' bone threw
the front locomotive from the track.
The derailed locomotive rolled down
an embankment, drawing the second
locomotive Into the ditch, where the
two machines pllod up, crushing the
ouglneeisand the tlremen.
Neuro Entally Sfiot.
The Columbia R c >rd says Eugene
Simklns, colored, was hhot and prob
ably fatally wounded Thursday morn
ing by Dave 131am, al o colored. Thc
affair occurred at a house, 1405..: Lin
coln street, occupied by Dr. Durham,
colored, who was not present at the
time. Thc twe negroes aro relatives
of the doctor, and were on a visit to
him. Both aro from IOjgefleld, having
come to the city Tuesday. Exactly
what led to tho shooting ls not clear.
The two men wore In a room in the
house, and woro drinking. A white
man named Holland, also appears to
have been about. Thc lirst known of
the at?air was when Simklns was scon
to come out of thc house, go b"to an
alley running from the street and fal).
To those who saw him and went to
his alslstance he said that Kl a m had
Shot him, though hu did not think ho
Intended to. The two worein the
room. A pistol was there and Ulam
either intentionally or foolishly took
lt up, pointer! at his companion say
ing ho was ','olng to shoob. He did
and immediately llred. The bullet
struck Slml.lns on the neck and pass
ed through, lodging in the back.
Ora/.y Oflloer.
At Madrid, Spain, a naval officer
named O.n.edo who rnanlfcstod evi
dences of insanity latoly, has been re
moved to an asylum. Olmedo was
attempting to raiso a great military
forco to invade tho United States.
Olmedo scrvod aboard thc culsor
Oquondo lost In the battle of Santllgo
and it ls believed his mind was unbal
anced ab that time.
Unod Mall it??*.
"._Tho Belgian govornmont discovered
some bl mo ago that the leather bags
usod for the mails in tho Cjngo B'reo
Stato wore ofton stolon. Investiga
tion nrovod that natives In the postal
service took them, cut tho bottoms
and gave them to their wives to bo
worn as olothlng. _
(.Hellt Drowned.
A steam launch containing ten
Phlladolphlans collided In the Dolo
ware on Sunday with a bargo and was
sunk, seven of tho party being
drowned.
AWAIN UNDER EIRE.
Charged That Fatimate Was Hold Up
for Two Fours.
For tho Benefit ol New York Spccu
tutors. Dlrootor North Is
sues Km printie Donial.
The census buroau issued a bullotin
Wednesday placing tho ootton ginned
in tho United States up to Ootober 18
at 4.010,728 bales, round bales being
counted as half bales. Tho ?t?tonnent
is based on reports mado hy tho bu
rcau's special agents in the Hold.
No estimate is made of the total
crop for the year, but tlgures are glvon
out concerning crops of former years.
These figures show that up to tills date
in 1004, the product of tho gins had
reached a total of 0,417,804 bales, out
of a total of 13 003,279 halos for the
yexr. lu 1903, the total production
was 10,045,615 hales and the ginning
output up lo Oatober 25, 3,706,248;
1902 thc total was 10,827.168 and the
output to Ootobor 25, was 5 683,000.
Today's report covered 26,374 ginner
ies and the statements ur-on wide)) lt
was prepared were supplied by tele
graph by 702 special agents in thc
tield, most of thom representing one
county each.
Tho fact that tho bulletin was not
Issued until 2 o'clock, two iiouis after
tho usual time, caused somo complaint
from brokers in different cities, and
some of tbeso which reached the bu
reau before the document was given
to the public, were of a sensational
character. They arc summarized lu
the following from Secrotary llestor,
of the Now Orleans Cotton Exchange:
New Orleans, Oct. 25, 1005.
lion. S. N. ?. North, Director of
the Consus. Washington, D. C. Much
disappointment and dissatisfaction
hero at dolay in issuing gimiera' re
port r.o 2 p. m. Deaohe & company,
of Now York, wiro Heyward, Vick &
Clark, of New Orloans, as follows:
"David -Miller bas just made the
statement to tho t fi'ect that thc gin
ners' report has been delayed from 12
o'clock to 2 o'clock, so ns to allow more
time to coi tain parties to sell cotton
and says he will stand by the above."
Ono rumor here lu that the report
will show, counting round bales as half
bales being, 0,100,000. All kinds of
rumors are hoing spread and parties
aro selling the market down, under
suspicion of something wrong in your
bureau. 1 send this because 1 think
lt proper you should know it. David
Miller, referred to, was tho receiver
of Sully Sc Company, and is a promi
nent member of thc Now York Cotton
Exchange.
H G. HKSTUU.
To this Director North replied:
Washington, D. C., Oot. 25
Honry Gk Hester, Seoretary, New
Orleans Cotton l?xohaiiKu, Kow Ov
leans, La.
Telegram received. Nobody in this
oMlce kuows even approximately at the
moment how many bales ginned the
report will show. The men engaged
in compiling it arc locked up and tho
door guarded on the outside. More
than half of tho telegraphic reports
from country agents were received this
morning aud their compilation prior
loo 2 o'clock was a physical i ni possibil
ity. NORTH
This telegram was forwarded before
the bulletin was given out and after
lt was issued, it was stated that
some of tile report from some of the
agents were not received until 10
minutos bafoie 2 o'clock,
Tile ginning product for the present
year to date by states is as follows:
Alabama, 641,133 bales; Arkansas.
117.511; Florida, 38,007; Georgia, 1,
058,107; Indian Territory, 70,222;
Kentucky, 177,OUU; Louisiana, 141,?
780, Mississippi, 311,472; Missouri,
8,575; North Carolina, 325,208; Okla
homa, 95,280; South Carolina, (Kb),.
974; Tennessee, 02,025; Toxis, 1,417,
466; Virginia, 4,051.
liiH|ii;otora I te ports.
Dispensary Inspectors horeafter ac
cording to an order issued by Comunis
ioncr Tatum a short time ago, must
bo prepared to swear to tho accuracy
of their report on caeli dispensary
cheeked up. Tills order is tho result
of tho discovery that many shortages
occur by the use ol' dummies or half
om pty eases that liavo boen chocked
by Inspectors as full case*. Mr. Ta
tum saki to day that after the short
ago In Charleston and a recent one in
a town in tho upper part of the state
he was con vine Ml that the Inspection
heretofore lias i.oen to perfunctory, ile
discovered that oases supposed to he
full could oontaln only one half the
mimber of bottles or bo entirely empty.
Tills happened some time ago with a
dispenser In Fairfield county. All In
specters w"vo then notitled that every
box must be Inspectod and thc Inspec
tor absolutely satisfied that tho seals
had not boen broken.
Burnett in ? Hotel.
At Hot Spring, Ark., :,lx hodlos
svere takon on Thursday from thc
ruins of tho Railroad Hotel, comer o'
101m and O ?Ivo streets, which was
gutted by lire. Two aro unidentified,
charred beyond recognition. The dead
arc: Harry Bradley, a walter: 10 I ward
Snyder, a porter; Mrs. Mack, a musi
cian; A. L. Manna railroad con duo
tor, believed to bc from Denver, Col.,
and tho two unknown mon. Thoro
may be othor bodies In tho ruins. The
hotel was a two story frame building,
containing thirty rooms, all but ono
of which wero occupied by from ono
to four persons, lt was patronized by
Invalids and cripples, who were under
treatment. The lire ls believed to have
been caused by an exploding tamp.
There was only one narrow exit, that
being a stairway, and dozons were
compehcrl to jump from the second
story. One man, Fred O ?orson, of
Hot Springs, was probably fatally in
jured.
Gruel Hoionoe.
Now comos Dr. Valentine Mal passe,
,.f Pit?|fl who ?a ?tu If. lu rlnnir.Arotin t.n
shake hands on account of microbos.
Only tho othor day another celebrated
physician announced that kissing ls
dangerous for the same reason, if
thoso scientific dootors dont let up
tlioy will destroy all tho plcasu oof
courtship. Just think of courting a
good looking girl with kissing and
playing hands elimina!edi
Details of Wreck of Schooner
Van Name and King.
LEFT CHARLESTOM
On thc Third Dav of October and
Was Wrecked Two Days Later Off
Cape Lookout. Two Sailors,
Who Were Saved. Tell a
Moraible Tafe.
Clinging to a plcco of wrookage
wltb the fast failing strength of their
weakenod bodies whioh had known
no nourlahmant for live days, their
throats adam* with a thirst of lire,
their burning oyes blinded by the salt
of tho sea, and their minds tortured
by tho memories of tho self destruc
tion of their hunger maddened ship
mates, William Thomas, aged 2U,
and William E. Warner, also 2!>, both
oolorod and mcmboraof the crew of
the three-masted schooner Vannarao
and King, were picked up off Cape
Lookout, after hoing live days adrift
on a raft, by the Stillman F. Kelly, a
schoonor whioh arrived at Huston
sumo days after being wrocked.
Tho Boston Globe says such a talo
as these men told is unparelleled In
flotion, "No sturdier craft had clear
od the port t f Charleston that day
nd nj happier crew had sot sall with
prospects of a brighter voyage than
when the Vanname and King, Capt.
William A. Maxwell, lumber loaded
and bound for New York, hoisted her
oanvan to thc fresh blowing brcex.c. on
Tuesday, October 3, and headed
ooeanward.
The schooner was speeding along
under full sall when on Thursday
morning, Ootober 5, thc drat signs of
an approaching storm were noticed.
Next day at daylight it looked pretty
black, blacker than a sailor ll kos to
soe lt, and there was au uuoom for ta
ble feeling among tho officers and
men which none tried to conceal.
"Bring ber down to short sall," thc
captain bellowed, and this was done.
A noiso like tho buratiug of a huge
soda tank fell upon their cars with
tho splash of a tremendous wave
"To tho pumps, all hands, and
qulokly tool" The voice of the cap
tain was drowned in the tumult of
wind a^d water, but eaoh man under
stood and jumped to his post.
Tho struggle was unceasing unti
the oraf t wai caught in tho trough of
tho sea, and hove on her beam ends
The Ufo boat? wore swept away '
though they had never uemi. '
No word of command was needed
for these mon for each mado for a
hold on the "weather side," that part
willoh was out of tho water. The
grips of thc eight palra of stout hands
wore nothing in the face of the gale,
for the next wave loosened every
man's hold and swept one poor fellow,
William Grlzzell, into thc Hood.
"Here's my knife," said the cap
tain, "cut yourself a rope from the
halliards and make yourself fast to
rigging. It was with dlillculty that
tho shiny, blt of stool was handed
from man to man, but no oue faltered
and each cut himself a line and lashed
himself to tho stanch soars.
Night came and wont, and nota
man dared loose his Judd. Prayerfl
and curses, grim jokos and bender
words of encouragement, but no ot c
stirred. That afternoon when ho| c
had vanished from every heart, thee
came another wave bigger and greater
than all others, and thc Bcheouor was
dashed to pieces.
The lumber that bad tillad the craft
Heated, and made support for the
men, but only one portion of the dock
about 10 feeti square, was really
enough for a raft. One of thc sailors,
Alfred Arthur, hose leg bad been
broken in throe places, had thrown
himself upon this, and for four hours
thc others floundered about In the
water uatll they finally reached bia
side.
Then came tho voyago of sleken lug
terror, the maniacal dewnds for
water and food from tho.%^ whoso
minds had left thom under Its terri
ble strain; the groundless hopoi of
men who could not behove that their
life was to be taken from thom.
"It was awful, awful" said Warner
as bc looked across the mess table to
Thomas, whose eyes answered with a
gleam that was half of sadness and
half of well rom inhered agony.
Both these men arc tho specimens
of the best type of the British West
ludios colored men. They are natives
of Antigua, British Wost Indies have
receivod a fair education, know hov/
to express themselves clearly ano! show
that when In thc full possession of
their faculties they are as husky as
thc huskiest of s iilors.
"Thc Storni began," Warner con
tinu id, "Thursday morning, but ll
was Krlday night that the sohoonei
began to leak so badly that all bands
became alarmed.
"The captain called thc engineer to
him about IO that night, and said,
'You'll haye to work the electric
pumps,' when thc engineer .said, 'lt's
no uso cap'n; thc engine room ls full
of water.'
'"At midnight tho captain decided
to run her fore tho soa to ease up tho
strain. Wc hadn't takon that course
long before thc schooner waa hove on
her beam onda. Thoro wasn't any
thing to do but make for tho wcatho)
side, and wo all did.
"No soonor had wo got there than
thoro oamca wave which washed over
board one of the aoamen, William
Griz/.oll. Then the captain told tis
each to take his knife and cut a rope
and lash oursolvcs to the rigging.
Wo did and there we hung until tho
next afternoon. I think wn wore aff
Capo Lookout whoo first the hurricane
struck us and lu all woro lloatod 100
miles before they picked us up.
"Saturday, aud as near as I can
ligure io it wa? about 3 "0 p, m., thc
sohoonor started to hroal up and turn
turtle We had to got clear and swim
for our live?
"A good deni of tho lumber wo car
ried and parta of thc dook wcro Heat
ing around. Alfred Arthur had bro
kea ouo of bis logs in threo places,
but bad made out to get onto a good
sized piece of the deck. I oould seo
him although the storm hadn't lot up
a blt alnco it started.
"For four hours we were in thc wa
ter, all trying to get to Arthur. Wo
did llnally pull ourselves onto a raft,
you might call lt that, only to lind
poor Arthur dying.
"That night au ho lay Ju tho lap of
Thomas, Arthur breathed his last.
Ho moaned for water until tho end.
Wo kept the body with us for an hour
or HO, but it o.ado us feel a good deal
worse and then we felt that wo ought
to lower it overboard. Wo didn't
havo to, though, for auother heavy
sea lifted lt iuto tho oocan for us.
"Ab noon Sunday lt had cahnod.
Wo bogan to feel a little brighter
then, for wo conld soc some distance
away a four masted sohoonor and a
steamship going south and a bark
going north.
"'Hall, for Hod's sake,' s\ld the
captain, and wc all did our best.
" 'Taln't no usc capo, said 1, after
I had rhooted till 1 could scarcely
speak; 'they don't seo us.'
V "No, no,' ho yollod at mo. 'Keep
a sharper lookout; they must see us '
1 took a look at his face. 1 could see
in his eyes he was stark mad.
"Then tho captain sahl, as ho seized
mo with au awful grip on thc arm,
'you must get some water, Warner.
'Aye ayo, slr,' saya I, but 1 didn't
know where it was coming from.
"I don't know whether the Lord
sent it not, but that mluutc a ralu
cloud oame Just o vor head and a show
or descended. I held a sou'wester to
catch what water wc could and got
enough for everybody to take a big
drink.
"That Sunday night the sea got
high again. Thc mate, 10. A. Chase,
who hadn't said much all this time,
looked at all of us lu a queer way,
then before we could raise a hand to
stop him, bc pluugod Into the water.
There was a trail of sharks that I
could sec all around us, and I knew
that poor Chase fell Into their j*ws.
"Wo stood looking at tho place
whore Chane went down when the
captain turned tu mc lu a Btrangc
way and said, 'Warner you've got my
whistle.'
" 'No, slr,' says I, as respectfully
as 1 could.
"Nonsense' says he. 'I want lt. I
can seo my father. II e's calling me. I
must answer him. Quick, give me
that whistle.'
"Poor mon, his mind had left him
altogether, "See. Warner,' says bc
'there's my father; he wauts mo, ho't
holding out his arms for mo to com':
to him. Look, look.' Then tb(
captain Jumped overboard. God heh
him.
"Wo were all suffering tho utmosl
tortures that Sunday night when tin
stoward, he was a colored man and J
don't know his name, Jumpod up anc
9bonr*?d, ?. "Chore's land, X can ...sci
land.'
"Poor follow, his mind had gone
too. Ho talked all hight aud said wi
were drifting out to sea when wi
ought to be making land. He said wi
were crazy and didn't know what wi
were doing. Ho shouted and callee
all night. When the dawn broke tin
steward swore again that tho laue
was ClOSO by.
"'I'm a good swimmer,' said thi
steward. I'll make it before any o
you,' andover he jumped. That wa
about 1 o'olOCVt Monday morning,
watched the watorand I saw tho UT
preserver tho steward had been wear
lug floating along. 1 was ?uro tho
that tho sharks had got him.
"Tho engineer-ho was a Gormai
ai fi 1 never heard him oalled by nam
te was dcilrlous and called all th
time for foe: and water. He wanta!
to lie down, but Thomas and I kop
talking to him and saying, ' Be C
good cheer, somebody \sill pick us u
yet *
''There ho lay, his body bocomln
more rigid every minute, At l
o'clock, as well as 1. can ligure, he die
in my aim;.
''At daybreak Tuesday, October b
lt wau calm, but thcro was nothing 1
sight. Toomas pulled a buckle c
his suspenders and made lt Into
kind of hook. He Halted for a loi
time and finally caught a couple i
lislies, 111 rh: ones. Ho atc one and
the. other. They tasted pretty goo
but that was not much nourlshmon
''Themis was beginning to v/eake
when I said: 'Let mc tell you of
dream l had last night. I dream*
that a lady came to nie on a steal
boat and told me that we should bo
be brought Into Now York safely,
had not liuishod when bo saw t
Stillman K. li illy, l waved ai
waved, and then I broke down ai
cried when I saw her answering o
signal. Poor Thomas was pretty ?
gone. They had to lift him aboa
the schooner."
Tho Vannamo and King was
three-master, 100.6 feet long, 3(
feet boam. 10 ti feet depth of hold r
tonnage 020 and gross tonnage 7;
She was built at li'Alr Haven, Com
io 1808, and owned by Vannamo a
King, of Now Haven, from whl
p.>ri she hailed. She was valued
$18,000.
A Little Hoy Killed.
The Columbia Itaoord says mik
Sims, a whlto boy about ten years <
svas shot and Instantly killed thlsm
nlng. A little negro boy, Hal G
don about niuo years old ls rosponsl
for his death. Young Sims, w
i),ear Korde and Alvin Sims ab;
the samo agc were In woods n
benedict Institute. They had W
thom a singlo barred shot gun. So
of the boys bad sling shots, and tl
all laid asido the gun and were abc
lng at birds with their slings. WI
they were engaged In this tho lil
negro oame up and bogan bandi!
tho gun, tho other boys not notlo
him, Suddeulyl thc gun llrcd, i
shot from lt penetrated young SI
chest, striking thc heart and klli
him instantly. Tho other boys Inc
rdlatly alarmed the nclgbborho
but nothing could be donn for the
fortunate boy. It ls presumed t
tho killing was purely from oaroli
noss and Ignorance on tho part of
little negro. Tho coronor was d
notified. Tho dead boy was tho
of Mr. Jack Sims, who is omployee
Southern railway shops, aud who ll
in tno oarstorn suburb* on the rJ
Notch roud.
CLOSE CALL
President Roosevelt in Dangei
by the Collision of His
SniP WITH ANOTHER
Although Inconvenienced by the Acci
dent and Delay thc I'rcslcknt was
Unmoved by the Mishap, and
Ref Mined Ills Voyage
Abonni Auuthcr
Vessel.
A dispatch from Now Orleans say?
ali 11 o'clock Thurday ?vening, througl
confusion of signals, tho fruit steam
er Esparta collided with tho light
house tender Magnolia, which wai
conveying the President, Secretary
Loeb and Dr. Rlxoy to the crulsor,
West Virginia. Tho rall and port
bow of t^o Magnolia were damagod
and two Or tbreo holes made In thc
hull below the water line. No ono
was hurt, The magnolia Immediate
ly on hoing struck was beached, hei
bow being high and dry. After a
careful examination of tho damage tc
tho vossel, lt was evident there wai
no clanger and thc president and hit
party wont to bed.
Maj Cralghlll of the United State?
ongineers was aboard tho Magnolia,
His ship, the Ivy, a slater ship of the
Magnolia, had proceeded tho Magnol
ia aud was somo distance ahead. A
boat was immediately put efl for thc
nearest telephone, about a mlle and s
half away, and tho order given tc
head tho Ivy olT at Pilot station aurl
havo hor return for tire president and
his party. Tho transfer was made at
3 o'clock Friday morning. The ves
sel got under way immediately and
tho Wost Virginia was boarded on
sohedulo time
Thc lhst nows of the accident reach
ed New Oilcans by telephone carly
L'riday morning in an appeal for hclf
from Capt. lt we of thc United Fruit
company's steamer Esparta, willoi
oamc from Nairn, La., near where
thc accident occurred, lils report gav?
no dotailSv The Magnolia left New Or
leans at 0 30 Thursday night and thc
Fjparta was due to arrivo Friday at
Chalmettet. The weathor was lin",
with oomparativoly little wind on the
river. Immediately upon tho receipt
of the nowa communication was opon
ed with tutf ownors hore and tho pow
erful t iy;;t R. Wilmot and ?. I). Wood
left New Oilcans shortly after 4 o'clock
Friday rooming with orders to go at
full sr/?tul to the soono of the acoldeut
Mean d rr v however, the president's
iiL.-.;$y u&u managen uo go? u?COmS?rj'ri
icatlon with thc lower part of thc
river whoro it was known that thc
lighthouse tendor Ivy way lying. At
1 o'olook thc operator at Pilot Town
was rung up by Maj. Cralghlll, thc
government engineer, with orders that
the Ivy should be sont to 60 milo point
with all possible speed. Tho Ivy im
mediately got under way and covered
tho 10 miles in rapid time President
Roosevelt, Seoretary Lo:band Surgeon
Rlxoy, with their bag^e, wo~e at
once transferred and the Ivy proceed
ed down the river. At t?. 16 the Ivy
passed Pilot Town on her way down,
signalling that thc president and party
were on board and that all were well.
Tho Ivy readied tho West Virginia
at ? 10 and the president at once
went aboard. The lighthouse tondei
Ivy returned from sea after putting
?resident Rnofcvdt on hoard and
stopped at Pilot Town. Thosfi aboard
reported that the West Virginia Lac
sailed at 10.06. They said that th?
president was In excellant spit its ant
unshaken hy tho accident. At tin
time of thc accident at 11 o'clock tin
president, absolutely worn out bj
lils strenuous experience In Nev
Orleans, was fast asloep. He har
turnod in shortly after thc vessol lof I
New o "loans. The two ships were
near thc west short; when they cami
in cont A cit in an elTort to avoid run
ning into each other. The prow of th
Esparta struck the Magnolia on th
port bow.
It was not known to what exton
bbc Magnolia mi,;ht have txrm Injure
and there was great nashs in push In
: her ashore ?otb vessels grounde
! but tho Esparta got nfl under lier ow
steam and was lound not to have sui
ferccl any damage. The presiden
showed ni) excitement when informoi
of the extent of tho disaster, thong;
he was somewhat annoyed by tho prot
ability of a delay because lt was evl
dent that the Magnolia could not prc;
ceed on tho way. He dressed 1 m med?
ate ly and those of bis party hurried)
made arrangements for lils transfer t
tho Ivy, which was Intercepted aili
brought back to thc scene of the ace
dent. Except tor tho loss of som
sleep, tile president su florec? notliin
by tho collision. With the whol
party transferred to the Ivy, that ve
was speeded down thc rlvor, meei
lng with no further mishap.
The United Emit Company, b
which the E-.parta ls chartered issuo
tiie following statement (friday night
"Tho Esparta sighted a vesso
afterward found to lie tho Magnolia
Tho Magnolia blow two whistles, sl^
ni fy lng her intention of passing t
starboard, winch was answered by til
Eiparta, which latter vessel continue
on up the riser and at thc timo c
SUOh signal was within 100 feet ol th
wost bank of thc river. About tw
minutes after tho Magnolia blew til
first signal, she blew ono whistle, sltf
nlfylng ber Intention of changing lie
course and crossing to tho inside c
the Esparta. The pilot ?af E?part?
seeing thc danger In such action, bio1
whistles and also tho danger signal c
titree whistles, signifying tho (lange
of suoti a movo on tho part of th
Magnolia, as tho pilot of tho Etpart
was aware of tho fact that there wo
not enough room between tho vesst
and the bank of rivor for tho Magnc
ila to pass, as ho had taken his ship i
as eloso as possible so as bo lcavo plot
ty of room in tho middle of the rive
for the Magnolia, and had tho Magnc
Ha adhorcd to her original signal an
Intention of passing to starboard woul
havo passed olear as the rlvor was ove
a half milo wido at that polut. Instead
of this, the Magnolia hauled to port
and the two vessels collided. The Es
parta struck the Magnolia on tho port
side about 20 foot abaft the boats and
considerable damage was done tho
Magnolia."
TEMPTED AND FELL.
This is tito UonfoBHion [ol Kdward
.tionruo Cunllfl\\
Edward George Cunllffo, the Adams
Express employe who disappeared
from Pittsburg, Pa., with* $ 101,000
in oash, was arrested at Bridgeport,
conn.
Ile mado a confession and express
ed his willingness to return at once to
Pittsburg. Ho declared that the
money which ho took is lntaot and
that lt could bo recovered, but deollu
ed to tell until his return to Pitts
burg, whoro lt 1B hidden. Ou his per
sou when arrested, the deteotives
found $20."?.
Deteotives traced Cunliffe to Bridge
port. All tho hotels wore watohed
oarcfully, but Cunliffe was not arrest
ed until late In the forenoon, when he
was seen walking down Middle street.
Cunliffe made no attempt to deuy his
identity and ollercd no resistance.
' F.vo minutes after 1 took that
money I was sorry," said Cunliffe,
"but lt was too lato to do anything.
What can you expect from a man get
i ting a salary of $05 a month aud
handling thousands of dollars a day?
I waB tempted and I fell. I havo
handled larger hums. I remember
once when 1 had 8250,000 lu cash, I
was tempted, but I thought lt over,
and decided to bj honest,
"The uight 1 left Pittsburg, I rodo
In a sleeper on tho way to Now York
and I stuck my head out of my berth
and saw Slater pass by. Slater ls our
local manager In Pittsburg. I thought
then that I would turn back, but
knowing that he did not sec mo and
that I had the money with mo In
cash, I thought 1 would take the
chances.
"I want togo bark to Pittsburg,
restore tho money a?, d throw mynelf
upon tho mercy of the courts."
For aker'a Gloom Workn liuey.
Senator Forakcr te certainly entit
led to the champ lonah lp b.ltas the
greatest "republican glcom discover
er" of the day. It was Senator For
aker who discovered that a vote against
the corrupt Cox machine In Ohio was
a mciaoe to republican supremaoy in
tho nation, lt was Senator Foraker
who discovered that If tho rotten Dur
ham republicau machine ia defeated
in Philadelphia it will threaten re
publican Bupremaov In thc nation.
"Defeat ii errick and you threaten the
welfare of tho American workingman,
shouts the excited senator from Ohio.
"Dofeat the republican city ticket in
Philadelphia and our republioau instl
tu tiona totter to thoir fall?" ho shouts
in excited tones. According to the
excited senator tho dorcas o? rtc/i;ot*
will wipe out tho pension bureau,
break down tho tariff walls, destroy
the gold standard, reduce the olroula
ting medium and create a great finan
cial panic. All this would bo wonder
fully interesting If true, but being
only laughable tho senator adds to
thc ga'e'iy of the times by his frantic
declarations.
Trainman miloo.
A dispatch from G roen ville to the
State says in|mortal agony surrounded
by his follow trainman, Charles Smith,
)iored, told in disconnected senten
ces how he was fearfully mashed
while coupling oar at Gantts siding
four milos from tho city on the C.
and G. division of tho Southern rail
way, and before bc had completed his
story, death had relieved tho unfortu
nate mans suffering, While coupling
cars at Coutts on north bound local
froight No. 07, Smith was caught be
j I tweon the bumpers of two ears and lil*
whole ti uuk was fearfully mashed.
Tue brakeman cried for help, and
Conductor Beam and a colored train
hand went to his relief, lt was at
otc ) discovered that Smith hadrccclv
ed mortal injuries, but all haste was
made to bring tho wounded man t
thc city. Ile was placod aboard thc
caboose and at once brought to the
city, but the poor fellow died twe
miles from the city after relating thc
manner In which he was Injured.
At Morov of Itobbor?,
Burglars oarly Wednesday morning
g
?j blew open tho safe In the bank o
Q I Ridge ville, and stole $??,000, and af te
a running battle with a posse of clt/.oru
I in whloh thc cashier and two olt/.oni
tl were wounded the burglars escaped
Q For more than an hour the town wai
practically at the mercy of the rob
hors, who openly walked the street
shooting at everything, apparently
?. taking their time In leaving town
y Two charges of dynamite were ex plod
Q ed before thc safe gave way. A soo
tl ohd blast aroused Cashier lt. R. titan
[. som, who ran Into tho street. As sooi
e as he appeared the robbers opene<
g lire. This aroused other cltl/.tns. Then
e were seven In the cracksmen's party.
Y Oom pit mont od by I'roeddont.
The little girl referred to in tb
following from tho Charlotte Cbron
y icio Uvos in Spartanburg with be
d parents on South Church street. Mi
Matthew ls a traveling man. Whci
tho president turned to tako his seat
Miriam Matthew, a great granddaugb
tor of the 'Squire Benjamin Boyd o
o Charlotte and daughter of PlncKne
c Matthew of Spartanburg, S. C., ad
d vanoed and presented bim with atre
t mendous bouquet of Howers. Th
o president bowed, picked up tho littl
o girl, ilowors and all, and hold hor U]
e bighln lils arms, "llor?is tho bes
product," he said.
r "
if
Indooont Poatoard.
t George MoDowell, tho Spartanbur?
^ youth who mailed an indecently aug
,f gostivo plcturo postal oard to a younf
,r woman was convicted ?ccently In th
c United States dlstrlot court at Grcon
a ville. The card whloh embrolle
vonna McDowell with tho federal au
thorltles wa? offored in ovidenco. I
boro no writing savo tho address, bu
whon it was handed to tho jury wltl
the other papora in tho ease they re
q lired only a few minutes to lind i
vordiot of guilty. In tho indlotmon
lt described UM "too indecent tn
bo sproad upon tho records of tin
court."
DAYS OF PIRACY
Are Fot Passed Tet Acoordlng to
Kew York Polioe.
A. Bunill Bloop Captured Whioli
M ntl o Business of llobbory Alon#
Tho Atlantic Coast for Your?.
A dispatch f om Newport, R. I ,
says sensational devclopmonts aro
likely to follow an expeoted arreBt of
Henry A. Jackson, of Tauton, owner
of the sloop Dorado, which was oap
lured In the bay on Saturday after
noon and found full of loot. She io
no.. railed tho Pirate sloop and Jack
son, the Pirate Skipper. Although
earoh has has boon made in sevoral
cities lu New England for bim, no
olow has been obtained.
It ls thought that when persons be
gin to claim articles in the Dorado,
there will oomo tu light a startling
series of thefts from house? and
yaohts along the ooaat from Maryland
to Rtiodo Island. There ia, too, a
suspioion that something YO ry like a
clow to the shooting of Mn. Walter
O, Morrill, In Oreonwioh, Conn., will
develop. Chloroform, dynamite and
nlto-glj carine are aboard the Dorado,
and it baa boon suggested that the
sloop may have figured in a bauk rob
bery in bridgeport, Conn.
ShorlfT Anthony hopas the owner
of silver marked Arbuckle will claim
it, and that tho owner of solid sliver
hand mirrors marked #,B. II. A." will
oall for it, and linen marked "Julia
M. Wood" and "Mrs. H. R. Tool,*'
also bas boen found.
Tho sheriff has learned that tho
owner of tho catboat Jcsslo, In which
one of Jaokson'a supposed associates
came to Newport last Saturkay oven
lng, ls C. I Burlingame of the Elgo
Ueld Yacht club, of Providence. An
chora, ohains, and other trappings
wero taken from boat? of the Edge
wood club and charts from Henry T
Hammond of that club.
Many pawn tickets indlcfctea that
the pirates sold choaply what they
took, a great amount of stuff going to
pawn shops in New York. Bills of
wine of all kinds indicated that they
llvod well. Among papers was found
the bill of salo of the Dorado to Jaok
son, dated December 16, 1904, show
lng tho sloop had been sold to him by
Frank Oliffe, of St. Helena, Md., for
$50.00
Another paper was a recommanda
lion of Jackson as a steady, indus
trious and reliable man written by
F. P. Lovering, of No. 60 West tl6th
street, New York. It was on paper
of the Now York Telephone company
and is dated January 28, 1005.
There also are pictures of Thomas
Foley, a leader of Tammany Hall, lt
stolen then.
The Dorado waa libelled today by
F. A. Conell for damages to his
launch, which, lt lt said, was stolon
by Jackson. She ls au old fashioned
boat about 30 foot lone and in good
condition.
SUICIDE AT SON'S FUNERAL.
Oriel Ktriokon Father Shoots llhn
BOlf at Coma's Sido.
"I cannot let him go alone," cried
Herman Schultz, Wednesday after
noon as he lingered beside the body of
hit; ?jon, Otto, who killed himself by
inhaling gason Tuesday. The funer
al services were in progress at tho
Schultz home, 233 Wyofcoff avenue,
Wlll'.Amsburg, Now York. Before
any one oouid divine hlR Intention
the old man ' seized a rovolver and
shot himself through tho head.
Kver since his son's tragic end the
father had refiucd'Ao eat and had
slept little. He sat coW|?antly by the
dead boy's aldo sobbing arni pi&y[r\g.
Before thc time set for the funeral
this afternoen Schultz had apparently
composed himself and waa resigned.
Tho boy's body waa placad in the par
lor where a large number of relatives
and friends of the family gathered.
Mrs. Schultz, her three daughters and
two sous wore at tho hoad of the collin
with the father.
Prayers and the singing of hvms
{ had ended and a long lino of persons
f filed by tho coffin taking a farewell
look at the face of the boy. Schultz1
was the last. He lingered until Un
dertaker Po tb began to draw tho lld
of tho collin over his son's counten
anco. Then ho shot himself.
Most of the women in tho house
fainted or became hysterioal. Dr.
Moore came with ?au ambulance from
tho German hospital, but bo said
that tho old man had diod instantly.
After a hasty conforenco with mom
bora of tho family the funoral of
? j young Schultz was postponed. Father
i j and son will be buried together.
Hoy Bigamist; nw.YnA
Tho youngest bigamist on record
reached the Mississippi penitentiary
Friday in tho person of William Gray.
Gray is only sevontenn years of ago
and has beon married more than a
year, and leaves two wlvos and a baby
in his home county of Tlppah. He
will not rejoin them untlll 1007 In
tho samo gang was Gus Stack,also of
f Tlppah county, oightcon years old,
y sentenced to twelve years in tho pen
ftontiary for arson and robbery, and
Will Jones, of Marahall county, who
0 although only tweuty-one is serving
e his mc .MM I term in the penitentiary,
p this time for burglary. Tho three
t aro said to constltuto the youngest
ponitontlary gang ever known.
Pleasant lnotdent.
At Mobile, Alabama, Judge Sern
mes, son of the great Admiral Rapu
. I aol Sommes, commander of the "Ala
' 1 bama" in the Civil war, Presented
Roosovelt, in bohalf of tho olfctzona,
with a gold badgo. In responding,
tho president ?aid that one of his
t unoles waa ar offices on tho "Ala
? bama" and another Unolo built tho
V08801. T _.
Steamer I mat
A dispatch from Olovoland, Ohio*)
?avS all hopo for fttajim?* Tr*lyu?? V?M
been given up by the owners. It ls
supposed to have gone down with the
crew cf scvontcon in the recent storm
FIRST VISIT.
Of El Hagy Abudullah Aly Sadik
Pasha to America. ' ,
AWED BY NEW ?ORK.
He Comes to This Country to Pave tht
Way for Diplomatic Relations Be?
tween Abyslnla and the United
States of America. What
He Thinks of New York.
El-Hagy-Abdullabl Aly Sadi?
Pacha, prlnoe of the Mohammedan
ohuroh, general of the Abyssinian
army, ministor of commerce and en
voy of Empercr Monelik to President
RooHovclt, arrlvod on the Oedrio at
New York recently.
He comes ostensibly in regard to
the new treaty of commerce between
this country and Abyssinia, but actual
ly to pavo tho way for permanent dip
lomatic relations.
England, Franco, Germany and
Italy have representatives in Abyssin
ia, but Menelik bas never sent diplo
matic agents *o those nations. Sadik
Paoha's mission is to study the possi
bilities of olusor relations with Eu
rope and America. He has come to
Amerloa after a stay in Berlin, Paris
und London. Menelik ls especially in
terested in tho United States and has
already given a home for a legation
at Adis Ababa, the capital, In oase
tbis country cares, to establish one.
The Pacha ls a man of striking per
sonality. His color is ebony, but he
has cleary obisoilod features and the
small feet and tapering fingeres of the
Arab.
He speak? no European language
aud travels with an Interpreter. On
the steamer he wore European oos
tume, save for a red fez, but aa soon
as he reached tbe Hotel BroBlln 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 tho hotel, where he held
an informal reception.
He was met at the steamer by Wil
liam H. Ellis, O. Dellrlntr, Hugh
Creighton and John Madigan. Among
the caller at the hotel were General
James S. Clarkson.
"If the emperor could only see this
through some ono's eyes I" exolalmod
the Pacha on his return from Central
Park. The orowdlng of womon on
tho street cars and the tall buildings
impressed him most,
vu M,.
women?" he waa asked.
"I did not have time to see them,"
he answered. "I was busy, counting
tho stories of tho buildings."
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."
Sadiff Pacha, who is the hoad of all
the Monhammedans in Abyssinia, ls
exceedingly devout and devotes four
hours of each day to prayer.
Ho has one wife and two thousand
slaves. He ls exceedingly sensitive
on the subject of his children. When
some one asked him how many ohll
dron ho had, ho swept out of the
room, deeply offended. His Interpretor
explained that the question was
thought to bring bad luok and that he
was not sure of the number of his
ohlldron, but lt was in the neighbor
hood of two hundred. He wa*> brought
back only when American ignorance
had been explained to him.
Oae of his first injuries was for J.
P. Morgan, and he will pay Wall street
a vlBlt. When his Interprete mention
ed "t?as, subject of loans SadIk shook
his hoad VJi^b. dignity anP said Aby
ssinia had no stach thing as debt.
"How do you%ke Amerloan food?"
the visitor was afa^d.
"Givo me a chancey'was the intnr
proted answer. "I havWyet tasted ^
only the oooktall and foun?inY?npleas-y
and, but tho rooms that go up (moan
ing elevators) are too fast for my
Btomaoh."
Sadlk lost part of his suite in Flag
land through l,lic miscarriage of a
valiso containing his orodentlals to
the president. Two of his men were
Bent back to London from Liverpool
to got tho missing bag and bring it
by the noxt steamor.
Sadik's guide in Now York is Wa
llam H. Ellis, who accompanied Fred
erick Kout Loomis on the voyage in
whioh Loomis mysteriously mot his
death by drowning while on route to
Abyssinia. Tho envoy baa with him
somo magnilloent speolmens of ivory
and two stuffed tigers, presumably
presents for the president. When
asked if they were for Mr. lloosovolt,
Sadlk replied diplomatically:
"You will learn later."
Ono question that struok terror to
tho Pasha General who commanded
the loft wing of the Abysslnians In
tholr greatest battles waa whether he
would buy firearms in Amerloa.
"That question," explained the in*
ter pretor, "might cost him his head
on h!s return." Menellk's envoy told
of the great peace that had como to
bis oountrj^aud how a stranger could
travel throw the empire unarmed.
One of the objecta of his visit ia to
establish dlrcot commuuoatlon with
this country. At presont Amerloan
cotton goods aro sold in Manchester
and French Abyssinia before they
reach Menellk's frontier.
Flory Death Shower.
At Chicago, 111., five tons of mol
ten metal exploded at the Joilot plant
of the Illinois Stool Company Wed
nesday falling in a showor of death
on a band of workmen about a conver
ter. One man ls dead, three are fat
ally burnod and half a dozen aro inju
red so badly that they may die. The
acotdent carno without warning. The
explosion shook the whole plant, san*
ding panie into every corner of th?
great works. Half a hundred men
were within range of the liquid metal
And many suffered severe hums.