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I rie ?Vlarlboro 9 "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVESIN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." _ ? . . '.* '-Nf ' . , - . . VOL. XXJ< ml BENNETTS VILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1905 NO. mr. U?? SHOT TO DEATH. A Young Man Killed by Another at Union Station. HAD BEEN FRIENDS A Seemingly Playful Affair linds in a Tragedy. Both thc Men Were From Leesville, and Were c Qood Friends Before the Fatal Shooting. The Columbia State says James Trotter, a young uumarried farmer of the Loesvlllo section was shot through the heart at tho Union station in that city at 4.15 o'olook Thursday after noon by Wilmer Mitoholl, about the samo age and also of L?esele, thc two being fast friends. Dr. Smith of Wards, who happeuod to bo present at the time of tho tragedy, pronounc ed life extinct in the wounded man in less than ten minutes, death result ing from an internal hemorrage. The weapon used was a calibre; the bullet entering straight from thc iront. Trotter had been drinking, but tho arresting oMoera say Mitchell was perfectly sober. Ho gave as an exouso for the shoo1 ing that Trotter continued to slap li is face, after fie had several times we, ned him to quit and after walking away from him Ey o witnesses say tho ' wo men ap peared to bo jesting, Trotter strlkiug at Mitchell in play, as tho two wore walting for a train home. A woman relative was thc first to Trottur's side. Mitoliell gav? himself up promptly to a plain olotbeH orin, and was car ried to Jail in the hurry up wagon. Ile appeared to bc hot tho least dis concerted. His family is about thc most prominent and influential in Leesville. Ile is the son of Mr. Orowell Mitchell of that place Trot ter was unarmed, Both bear good reputations. The killing occurred in tho prcsonco of a largo number of people, the sta tion being orowded inside, on tho ver andas, In front and under tho sheds downstairs. The shot was fired on the veranda overlooking the sheds immediately in front of tho colored walting room. Perhaps two thousand people were at the station walting for special or regular trains homo. Young Trotter was a cou3in of Al derman D. I Trotter of this city. Tho inquest will be bold at the un dertaking establishment of Funder burk and MatteBon at 10 o'clock this morning. Those who saw the shoot lng and who were summoned as wit nesses ari : Dr. W. ii. Bates, John MoCuller, lt. J Brown, Willie Ballard George Farm, White Smith, Gooree Etheredgo and others may be called upon to testify. (inly a Cow. Five trainmen were killed at Seaton 111 , when a heavy double header freight train on the Iowa Central Railroad struck a ODW, says the Chi cago Inter Ocean. The lcomotlves and eleven freight cars loaded with grain aud lumber, were piled in a heap beside the track. A cow was lying on the ties betwoeu the rails and was hidden from view by other oittlo standing about lt. As the sound of the whistle of tho approaching train the standing cattle Foam pored away, bub tho forward locomotive struek thc cow lying down. The animal was orushed under the wheels of the pilot truokand rolled along tho bles fora hundred feet, l's blood made the . rails slippery and pieces of hone threw the front lcc'jrnotivo from thc track. The derailed locomotive rolled dov/n an embankment, drawing the second locomotive into tlie ditch, where thc two machines pllod up, crushing the engineeis und the liromen. Negro Fatally Shot. The Columbia R ord says Eugene Simklns, colored, was shot and prob ably fatally wounded Thursday morn ing by Dave Flam, al o colored. The affair occurred ab a house, 1406 . Lin coln street, occupied by Dr. Durham, colored, wlrj was not present at the time. Tlic twe negroes aro relatives of the doctor, and were on a visit to him. Both are from Klgetiold, having come to the city Tuesday, l-xactly what led to the shooting is r>t clear. Tho two men wore in a room In tho house, and woro drinking. A white man named Holland, also appsars to have been about. The Hrst known of the affair was when Simklns was seen to come out of the house, go Iv to an alloy running from the street and fall. To those who saw him and went to his aislstancc he said that Nlam had shot him, though ho did nob think he Intended to. The two worein the room. A pistol was there and Liam either Intentionally or foolishly took it up, pointed at lils companion say ing he was going to shoob. He did and Immediately fired. The bullet struck Simklns on thc neck and pass ed through, lodging In tito back. Cra/.y Olllocr. At Madrid, Spain, a naval officer named O.mcdo who manifested evi dences o? insanity lately, has been re moved to an asylum, olmedo was attempting to ralso a grcpt military force to invade the United States. Olmedo servod ahoard thc culser Oqucndo lost in the batt.e of Sautligo and lt is believed his mind was unbal anced at thab time. Unod Mail Haga. .."The Belgian govcrnmont discovered somo time ago that tho leather bags usod for the mails in tho Cjngo Free Stato were often stolen. Investiga tion provod that natives in the postal service txiok them, cut tho bottoms and gave them to their wives to ho worn as clothing. Kl ?ht Drowned. A steam launch containing ten Philadelphia!? collided in the Dolo iwaya O?? Sunday with n barun and was sunk, seven "of tho party being drowned.' AGAIN UNDER FIEF, Charged That Fstimate Was Held Up for Two Hours. For tho Bondie of New York Specu lators. Dirootor North Is sues lOmphatio Donlal. The oemua buroau Issued a bulletin Wednesday placing tho cotton ginned tn tho United States up to October IS at 4.910,728 bales, round bales being counted as half bales. The atatoment ls based on reports inado by tho bu rcau'8 special agents In the Held. No estimate ls made of the total orop for the year, butilgures are glvon out conocrnlnti crops of formor years. These figures show that up to this date In 1904, the product of tho gins had reached a total of 0,417,894 halos, out of a total of 13 693,279 bales for tho yeir. lu 1903, thc total production was 10,045,615 hales and the ?Inning output up to October 26, 3,700,248; 1902 thc total was 10,827 108 and thc output to October 25, was 6 083,000. Today's report covered 20,374 girrner los and the statements ui;on whloir it was prepared were supplied by tele graph by 702 special agents in the Held, most of thom representing one county eaoh. The fact that tho bulletin was not Issued until 2 o'clock, two hours after the usual time, caused somo complaint from brokors in dur?rent cities, and some of these which reached the bu reau before the document was given to the public, wcro of a sensational character. They aro summarized In the following from Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange-: New Orleans, Oot. 25, 1905. Hon. S. N. D. North, Director of tho Oonsus. Washington, D. O. Much disappointment and dissatisfaction hero at dolay in Issuing glnnera' re port to 2 p. m. Beaohc & company, of Now York, v/lro Heyward, Vick & Clark, of New Orloans, as follows: "David -Miller has just made the statement to the t ilect that the gin ners' report has heen delayed from 12 o'olock to 2 o'clock, so os to allow more time to oertain parties to sell cotton and says he will stand by the above." Ono rumor here ls that the report will show, counting round bales as half bales being, 0,100,000. All kinds of rumors arc being spread and parties are soiling thc market down, under suspicion of something wrong In your bureau. I send this because 1 think lt proper you should know it. David Miller, referred to, was tho reoolvor of Sully & Company, and ls a promi nent member of the New York Cotton Kxohange. H G. HKSTICH. To this Director No . th roplied: Washington, D. C., Oot. 25 Henry G. Hester, Seoretary, Now Orleans Cotton MxohauKOi Now O* leans, La. Telegram received. Nobody in this olllce knows even approximately at the moment how many bales ginned thc 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 wcro received this morning aud their compilation prior to 2 o'clock was a physical impossibil ity. KoHTn This telegram was forwarded before the bulletin was given out and after lt was Issued, lt was stabed that some of thc report from some of tho agents were not received until 10 minutes bafore 2 o'clock, Tiro ginning product for the present yoar to date hy states ls as follows: Alabama, 641,133 bales; Arkansas, 117,511; Florida, 38,007; Georgia, 1, 058,107; Indian Territory, 79,222; Kentucky, 177,000; Louisiana, 141,? 780, Mississippi, 31 1,472; Missouri, 8,575; North Carolina, 325,298; (??la homa, 95.280; South Carolina, 039, 974; Tennessee, 62,625; Toxis, 1,417, 450; Virginia, 4,061, Innpuctoro ttoports. Dispensary Inspectors horeaftcr ac Ording to au order issued by Commis ioner Tatum a short time ago, must be prepared to swear to the accuracy of their report orr each dispensary checked up. This order ls tho result of tho discovery that marry shortages occur by the use of dummies or half empty eases ''hat have boen chocked by Inspectors as full casai. Mr. Ta tum said to day that after tho abort ado hr Charleston and a recent one In a town hr thc upper part of tho stato he was convinced that tho Inspection heretofore iras (.ecu to perfunctory. He discovered that cases supposed to bc full could oontain only one half the number o? bottles or bo entirely empty. This hap] O,iod some time ago with a dispenser in {fairfield county. All In Apootors W"i'o then notitled that every box must bo inspected and thc inspec tor absolutely satisfied that thc seals had not boen broken. Humor! in * tlotol. At Hot Spring, Ark., six bodies were takorr on Thurwday from thc ruins of the Railroad Hotel, corner of 101m and Olivo strocts, which was gutted by lire. Two aro unidentified, charred beyond recognition. The dead arc: Harry Bradley, a walter; IO I ward Snyder, a porter; Mrs. Maok, a musi cian; A. L. Manir a railroad oona na tur, believed to be from Denver, Col., aird the two unknown meir. There may bo othor bodies In the ruins. The hotel was a two story frame building, containing thirty rooms, all but ono of which wcro occupied by from one to four persons, lt was patronized by Invalids and Cripples, who were under treatment. The lire ls b?lloved to have boon caused by an exploding lamp. There was only ono narrow exit, that being a stairway, and dozom were compelled to Jump from the second story. Ono man, Fred Owerson, of Hot Springs, was probably fatally In jured. Cruel Moloiioo. Now comos Dr. Valentine Malpassc, of Paris, who .says lt is dangerous to Shake bands on account O? microbes. Only tho othor day another celcbratod physician announced that kissing ls dangerous for tho same reason. If thoso scientific doctors dont let up they will destroy all tho pleasu oof Courtship) .lust think of courting a good looking girl with kissing and playing hands eliminated! Details o? Wreck of Schooner Van Name and King. LEFT CHARLESTOM On thc Third Day of October and Was Wrecked Two Days Later Off Cape Lookout. Two Sailors, Who Were Saved, Tell a Horaible Talc. Clinging to a piece of wrookage with thc fast "falling strength of their weakened bodies whioh had known no nourishment for tlve days, their throats adam* with a thirst of Ure, their burning oyes blinded by tho salt of the sea, and their minds tortured by tho memories of tho seif destruc tion of their hunger maddened ship matos, William Thomas, ag'd 20, and William 10. Warner, also 2'J, both oolorod and nicmborsof tho crew of thc three-masted suhooner V inname and King, were picked up off Cape Lookout-, after hoing live days adrift on a raft, by the Stillman F. Kally, a sohoonor which arrived at Boston sumo days after being wrecked. Tho Boston Globe says stich a talo as these mou told is unparalleled In lictiou. "No sturdier craft had olear od the port i f Charleston that day nd ru happier orew had set 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 the fresh blowing bree/.?, on Tuesday, October 3, and headed oceanward. Tho schooner was speeding along under full sall when on Thursday morning, Ootober 5, the first signs of an approaching storm were noticed. Next day at daylight lt looked pretty black, blacker than a sailor likes to sec lt, and there was au uncomforta ble feeling among the officers and men which none tried to conceal. "Bring her down to short sail," thc captain hollowed, and this waa done. A noise like tho bursting of a hugo soda tank fell upon their ears with tho splash of a tremendous wave. "To tho pumps, all hands, and quickly tool" The voice of the cap tain was drowned in the tumult of wind a?>d water, but each man under stood and jumped to his post. The struggle was unceasing untl tho craft wai caught In tho trough of tho sea, and hovo on hor beam ends Th? lifo boats wore swept away though they had n?vur uoon. No word of oom maud was needed for these mon for each mado 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 lu the face of thc gale, for the next wave loosened every man's hold and ssveptone poor fellow, William Grl/./.oll, into tho Hood. "Hero's my knife," said tile cap tain, "cut yourself a ropo from the lia!Hards and make yourself fast to rigging. It was with difficulty that tho shiny, blt of steel was handed from man to man, but no oue faltered and each cut himself a line and lashed himself to tho stanch spars. Night came and went, and not a man dared loose his hold. Prayers and curses, grim jokos and lender words of encouragement, but no ot o stirred. That afternoon when ho) c had vanished from every heart, the? e came another wave bigger aud greater than all others, and the schooner was dashed to pieces. The lumber that had filled thc craft Moated, and made support for thc mon, but only one portion of the deck about 10 feo*' square, was really enough for a raft. One of thc sailors, Alfred Arthur, hose leg had boen broken in throe places, had thrown himself upon this, and for four hours tho others floundered about i ir the water until they dually reached his side. Then came the voyago of sickening terror, tho maniacal demands for water and food from those whose minds had loft them under its terrl blo strain; thc groundless hopo* of men who could not believe that their life was to he taken from thom. "It was awful, awful" said Warner as he looked across thc mess table to Thomas, whose eyes answered with ? gloam that waa half of sadness and half of well rem inhered agony. Loth these men are the specimens of tho best type of tho British West Indios colored men. They are natives of Antigua, British Wost Indies have received a fair education, know hov/ to express themselves clearly and show that when in thc full possession of their faculties tliey aro as husky as the huskiest uf s illors. "Tho storm began," Warner con tl nu ad, "Thursday morning, but ii was Friday night that the sohoonei bogan to leak so badly that all hands became alarmed. "The captain called thc engineer to him about 10 that night, and sahl, 'You'll have to work the electric pumps,' whon tin engineer Kale!, 'lt's no use cap'n; tho engine room ls full of water.' "At midnight the captain docldod to run her fore tho soa to easo up the strain. Wc hadn't takon that course long before thc schooner was hove on her beam ends. There wasn't any thing to debut make for tho weather side and wo ali did. "No sooner had wo got, there than there oaraoa wave which washed over board one of tho soamcn, William Grlzzoll. Then the captain told us each to take his knife and cut a ropu and lash ourselves to tho rigging. We did and there we hung until thc next afternoon, I mink wo were alf (Japo Lookout when Qrst the hurricane struck us and In all woro iloatod 100 miles before they picked us np. "Saturday, and as near as I can ligure lt it waa about A :i0 p. m., thc sohooncr started to break up and turn turtle We had to get clear and swim for our lives. "A good deal of tho lumber wo car ried aud parts of thc dook were Moat ing around. Alfred Arthur had bro ken ono of his legs In three plaocs, but had naado out to get onto a good sized plcoo of thc deok. I oould seo him although tho storm hadn't lot up a blt slnco lt started. "For four hours we were In tho wa ter, all trying to get to Arthur. Wo did finally pull ourselves onto a raft, you might oall lt that, ouly to find poor Arthur dying. "That night aa ho lay Ju tho lap of Thomas, Arthur breathed his last. He moaned for water until tho end. Wo kept the body with us for an hour or so, but lt made us feel a good deal worse and then wo felt that wo ought to lower lt overboard. We didn't havo to, though, for auother heavy sea lifted lt into the ocean for us. "Ab noon Sunday lt had calmed. Wo bogan bo feel a little brighter then, for wo conld soo some distance away a four masted sohoonor and a steamship going south and a bark going north. " 'Hall, for God's sake,' slid the captain, and wc all did our best. " 'Tain't no usc capn, said I, after I had rhoutod till 1 could scarcely speak; 'they don't seo us.' " "No, in?,' bc yollod ab mo. 'Koop a sharper lookout; they must see us ' J took a look at his face. 1 could see In bia eyes bc was stark mad. "Then tho oaptaln said, as he s?lz?d mo with an awful grip on thc arm, 'you must got sumo water, Warner. 'Aye ayo, slr,' says 1, but 1 didn't know where lt was coming from. "1 don't know whothor the Lord sent lt nob, bub that minute a rain cloud oamc Just o vor head and a show er descended. I held a sou'wester to catch what water wc could and got enough for everybody to take a big drink. uThat Sunday night the sea got high again. Tho mate, 10. A. Chase, who hadn't said much all this time, looked at all of us in a quocr way, then before we could raise a hand tc stop him, he pluugod into the water. There was a trail ot sharks that I could sec all around us, and ? knew that poor Chase foll hilo bhclr JAWS. "Wo stood looking ab bhe pla? whore Chase wont down when bin captaiu turned to mc in a strange way and said, 'Warner you've gob mj whistle' " 'No, slr,* says I, as respectifullj as I could. "Nonsense' says he. '1 want it. ] oan sec my fabher. H e's calling me. ; musb answer him. (?nick, give mi that whistle' "Poor mon, his mind had left hin albogebher. "See. Warner,' says hi 'there's my father; he wants mo, he' holding out his arms for me to com to him. Ljok, look.' Then th captain Jumped overboard. God hoi] him. "Wo were all suffering the utmos tortures that Sunday night when th steward, he was a colored man and don't know bia name, Jumpod up an ?boni^rt, "There':, land, X can...ac land.' "Poor fellow, his mind had gone too. Ho talked all night aud said w were drifting out to sea when w ought to bo making land. He said w were crazy and didn't know what w were doing. Ho shouted and calle all night. When thc dawn broke th steward swore again bhab bho lau was close by. "Vina good swimmer,' said th sbeward. I'll make it before any c you,'and over he jumped. That wa about. I o'olcek Monday morning, watched the wator and I saw tho Hf preserver thc steward had been wcai lng Boating al >ng. 1 was sure thc that tho sharks had got him. "The engineer-ho was a Gorma a. ,d 1 never heard him callod by nan ie was delirious and called all tl time for food and water. He wantc bo lie down, but Thomas and I kej talking to him and saying, ' Bo i good cheer, somebody will pick us u yet.' "There he lay, his body bocomlr more righi every minute At o'clock, as well as l can ligure, he dh in my arms. "At daybreak Tuesday, October l lt was calm, but there was nothing nihill. Tiiomas pulled a buckle < bis suspenders and made lt into kind of hook. He ILshod for a loi time and finally caught a couple lishes, lit(.lc ones. Ho atc ono and thc other. They tasted pretty goc but that was nob much nourishmoi "ThomM waa beginning to weakc when I said: 'Lot mc tell you of dream I had last night. I dream that a lady came to mo on a stea boat and told me that we should bc be brought into Now York safely, had not tluishcd when he saw t Stillman F. li illy. 1 waved a waved, and then 1 broke down a cried when 1 saw her answering c signal. Poor Thomas was pretty gone. They had VJ lift him abo. thc schooner." Tho Va?name and King wan three-master, 100.6 feet long, A feet boam. 10 0 feet depth of hold i tonnage 020 and gross tonnage 7 She was built at Fair Haven, Con lu 1808, and owned hy \'a?name a King, of New Haven, from wh port she hailed. She was valued $18,0U0. A liiuio rt?j Kitiott. Thc Columbia U?oord says Hill Sims, a white boy about ten years was shot and Instantly killed thlsn nlng. A lltt'o negro boy, Hal G di?:? about niuo years old isresponsi for his death. Young Sims, w ??car Forde and Alvin Sims ab tho samo a"0 "/oro In WOods ii benedict Institute They had vt thom a singlo barrel shot gun. Kc Of tho boys had sling shots, and t all laid asido tho gun and were Bili lng at birds with thoir slings. W they were engaged In this tho H negrooame up and hogan bandi tho gun, tho other boys not notlc him, Suddeulyl thc gun fired, shot from lb penetrated young s chest, striking thc heart and kll him instantly. Tho obher boys lc (dlatly alarmed bhe nelghborlu but nothing could bc dono for tho fortunate boy. 11 ls prosumcd t tho killing was purely from carol noss and Ignorance on tho part of llttlo nogro. Tho corouor waH ( notified. Thc dead boy was bbc of Mr. Jack Sims, who ls omploye Southern railway shops, and who 1 In tho oarstorn suburb! on tho '. Notoh road. GLOSE GALL President Roosevelt in Danger by Hie Collision of His 8HIP WITH ANOTHER Although Inconvenienced by thc AccI- 1 I dent and Delay thc Presid? nt waa < Unmoved by thc Alishnp, and ( Ref urned Ills Voyage Aboard Another Vessel. ', A dispatch from New Orleans says 1 at ll o'clock Thu rd ay evening,through confusion of signals, the fruit steam er Esparta collided frith the light house tender Magnolia, which was 1 conveyltifr the President, Secretary 1 Loob and Dr. Klxey to the orulsor, West Virginia. Tho rail and port 1 bow of tho Magnolia wore damaged 1 and two Or throo holes made In the hull below the water lino. Ny ouo 1 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. 1 Maj Otaighill of the United States ongincers was aboard thc Magnolia. J lils ship, thc Ivy, a sister ship of thc Magnolia, had proceeded tho Magnol- 1 la and was somo distance ahead. A ; boat was immediately put ort for the 1 nearest telephone, about a mile and a ' half away, and the order given to head tho.Iyy efl at Pilot station aurl 1 have hor return for thc president aud 1 his party. Tho transfer was made at ( 3 o'clock Friday morning. The ves* 1 sol got under way immediately and the West Virginia was boarded on 1 schedule timo. 1 Thc lifSt nows of tho accident reach ed New Oilcans by telephone carly friday morning in an appeal for help from Oapb. Hose of thc United Fruit 1 company's steamer Fsparta, whloh I carno from Nairn, La., near whoro ( thc accident occurred. His report gave { no details,; The Magnolia left New Or- ' leans at 0 30 Thursday night and tho 1 Fjparta ,was due to arrive Friday at 1 ?halmct?e. The weather was lino, ? with comparatively little wind on the 1 rlvor. Immediately upon tho receipt 1 of the nows communication was opon- J ed with ting Owners hore and thc pow erful t >v.s U. Wilmot and ll. I). Wood ' left N^w Orleans shortly after 4 o'olook \ fc'riday .morning with orders to go at full stfoed po tho scone of the accident. J Meardh" however, the president's 1 i.,-. ;.y una managen oo ge ? uv Com ?Vurr I tcatlon with tho lower part of the ? river whoro it wa3 known that the i lighthouse tondor Ivy way lying. At 1 1 o'olook thc operator at Pilot Town * was rung up by Maj. Craigbill, the 1 government engineer, with orders that 1 the Ivy should bc sent to 00 mile point I with all possible speed. Tho Ivy im 1 mediately got under way and covered 1 tho 10 miles in rapid time. President t Roosevelt, Secretary Lo:b ind Surgeon ltlxoy, with their baggage, wo-e at once transferred and the Ivy proceed- c ed down thc river. At 8.16 thc Ivy j passed I lot Town on her way down, signalling that tho president and party 1 were on board and that all were woll. Tho Ivy readied tho West Virginia ( at i? -h) and the president at once wont aboard. Thc lighthouse tender Ivy roturad from sea after putting President Roo:t vdt on hoard and v stopped at Pilot Town. Those aboard 1 reported that the West Vir gilda liad l. sailed at 10.Of). They said that the president was in excellant spirits and unshaken by tho accident. At the , time of thc accident at 11 o'clock thc president, absolutely worn out by lils strenuous exporlenco lil New Orloans, wa? fast aslocp. lie had 1 turned in shortly after the vessel left ' New O.'loans. The two Ships were j near tho west shore when they came In contact In an olTort to avoid nm ( nlng Into ea'N other. Tho prow of the 1 Sparta strok thc Magnolia on tho port bow. It was not known to what extent tV,o Magnoliaml4'ht have iniftn Injured and there was great nanto in pushing her ashore. Both vessels grounded but tho Riparia got off under hor own steam and was luund not to have suf fered any damage. The president .showed no excitement when Informed of the extent of the disaster, though he was somewhat annoyed by tho prob ability of a delay because lt was evi dent that thc Magnolia could not pro ceed ou the way. Ile dressed Immedi ately and UK S.J cf his party hurriedly mado arrangements for lils transfer to the ivy, willoh was Interosptcd and brought hack to the soene of tho acci dent. Kxee.pt tor tho loss of some sleep, thc president antlered nothing hy tho collision. With the whole party transferred to the Ivy, that ves sel wasspcedorl down the rlvor, moot ing with no further mishap, The United Fruit Company, by which the Kmarta is chartered lssuod the following statement Friday night: "Tho Esparta slghtod a vessel, afterward found to bo tho Magnolia. Tho Magnolia blow two whistles, sig nifying her Intention of passing to starboard, which was answered by the l'?iparta, willoh latter vessel continued on up tho river and at thc time of such signal was within 100 feet ot thc wost bank of the river. About two minutes after tho Magnolia blew tho lirst signal, she blow ono whistle, sig nifying her Intention of changing lier . nurse and crossing to thc Inside of the Ksparia. Thc pilot of Ksparta, seeing the danger In such action, blew Whistles and also the danger signal of three whistles, signifying tho danger of suoi? a move on the part of thc Magnolia, as tho pilot of tho 10sparta was aware of thc fact that thoro was not enough room botwoon the vessel and tho bank of rlvor for the Magno lia to pass, as he had taken his ship In as cloi.o as possible FO as to leave plen ty of room in tho middle of the river for thc Magnolia, and had tho Magno lia adhered to hor original signai anti intention of passing to starboard would havo passed olrnr as the rlvor was over a half rollo wide at that point. Instead of this, thc Magnolia hauled to port, and the two vessels collided. The Es parta struck the Magnolia on the port side about 20 feot abaft the boats and considerable damage was dune tho Magnolia." TEMPTED AND FELL. I'M hi is tho OonfoBHion ?of I'M w ?rd .Gooroo Ounlifl".'. Edward George Cunliffe, the Adams Expross employe who disappeared from Pittsburg, Pa., vWtht $101,000 in cash, wau arrested at Bridgeport, ?omi. Ile mado a confession and express ed his willingness to return at once to Pittsburg, ile dcolared that the money wbloh ho took is lutaot and that it could bo recovered, but declin ed to tell Until lila return to Pitts burg, whore it ls hidden. On his per sou when arrested, tho detectives found $200. Detectives traced Cunliffe to Bridge port. All tho hotels were watoticd uarefully, but Cunliffe was not arrost od until late In the forenoon, when he was seen walking down Middle street, ?uni! ff J made no attompt to deny his Identity and ollerod no resistance. "F.vo minutos after I took that money I was sorry," said Cunliffe, "but it waa too late to do anything. What can you expcot from a man get ting a salary of $05 a month and Handling thousands of dollars a day? I was tempted and J fell. I have handled largor sums. I remember moo when 1 had $250,000 In oash, I was tempted, but I thought it over. Mid decided to bj honest, "The night 1 left Pittsburg, I rode in a sleeper on tho way to New York a,nd I stuck my head out of my berth and saw Slater pass by. Slater ls our iocal manager in Pittsburg. I thought I then that 1 would turn back, but knowing that he did not sec mo and that I had thc money with me in lash, I thought 1 would tako the manees. "I want togo back to Pittsburg, restore tho money ai d throw myself Jtpon thc mercy of the courts." Fornkor's Gloom Works Busy, Senator Forakcr ls certainly cutit - ed to the champions.uy bitas the jrcatest "republican glcom discover jr" of the day. lt was Senator For ikor who discovered that a vote against ?he corrupt Cox machine in Ohio was i menace to republican supremacy In jhe nation, lt was Senator Foraker ?ho discovered that li tho rotten Dur lam republicau machine is defeated lu Philadelphia it will threaten re publican supremacy In the nation. 'Defeat Herr lok and you threaten the welfare of the American workingman, ihouts tho excited senator from Ohio. 'Dofeat the republican city ticket In Philadelphia and our republloan insti aitkins totter to thoir fall I' * he shouts n excited tones. .According to tho ixcmeci seminar tho dcroat or m??;uic viii wipe out thc pension bureau, ireak dowu the tariff walls, destroy jhe gold standard, reduce the oiroula <ing medium and create a great lluan dal panic. All this would bo wor.der uliy Interesting If truo, but being mly laughable the senator adds to .he ga'e'iy of the tlmc3 by his frantic leolaratlons. TrAltuiimi Killed. A dispatch from Greenville to the 3tate says Injmortal ngony surrounded >y his follow trainman, Charles Smith, ?ilorod, told In disconnected seilten ;es how he was fearfully mashed vhllo coupling oar at Gantts siding our milos from the city on the C. iud G. division of tho Southern rail way, and before he had oom ploted his ilory, death had relieved tho unfortu late mans sufforing. While coupling *.ars at (! ?nits on north bound local rolght No. 07, Smith was caught bc y ween thc bumpers of two cars and bl? whole ti unk was fearfully mashed. Tho brakeman cried for help, and Conductor Beam and a colored train land wont to his rolicf. lt was at n.e. i discovered that Smith hadrccelv 3d mortal injuries, but all haste was made to bring tho wounded man ( the city. He was placed aboard the caboose and at once brought to the idly, but thc poor fellow died two miles from the city after relating the manner in which he was injured. At Morey t>r Itohbom. Burglars oarly Wednesday morning blew open tho safe In the bank of lildgcvllle, and stole 80,000, and after a running battle with a posse, of oltzons In which tho cashior and two oltzons wcro wounded thc burglars escaped. For moro than an hour thc town was practically at the mercy of the rob bers, who openly walked tho streets Bhootlug at evorybhlng, apparently taking their time in leaving town. Two charges of dynamite were explod ed before thc safe gave way. A soo ond blast aroused Cashier lt. It.iRan Kom, who ran Into thc street. As soon as he appeared the robbers opened lire. This aroused other citizens. There wore seven In the cracksmen's party. Oom pl i mont Od by i'rofUdont. The little girl referred to in tho following from tho Charlotte Chron icle lives in Spartanburg with her parents on South Church street. Mr. Matthew ls a traveling man. When tho president turned to tako his scat, Miriam Matthew, agrcat granddaugh ter of the 'Squire Benjamin Boyd of Charlotte and daughter of Pincancy Matthow of Spartanburg, S. C., ad vanced and presented him with a tre mendous bouquet of Howers. Tho president bowed, picked up tho little girl, Mowor8 and all, and held her up high in his arms, "llor?is tho best product," ho said. i m i t d < M i l'ostourd, Gcorgo McDowell, the Spartanburg youth who malled an Indecontly sug gestive plcturo postal card to a young woman was conyloted recently in tho United States district court at G roon ville. Tho oard which embroiled young McDowell with tho fodoral au thorities wan Offered In nvldonco, It boro no writing savo tho add ross, but when it was handed to tho Jury with the other papors lu tho case they re quired only a few minutes to lind a vordlot of guilty. lu tho indiotment it v/as described as "too indecent to bo sproad upon tho records of the :ourt." DAYS Ol PIRACY Aro Fot Passed Tet Acoordlng to New York Polioe. A Small Sloop Captured Which Miule Business of Bobbery Along Tho /MInntiu Const for Year?. A dlspatoh from Newport, R. I , says sensational developments aro likely to follow an expeoted arrest of Henry A. Jackson, of Tauton, owner of the sloop Dorado, which was oap lured in the bay on Saturday after uoo 1 and fouud full of loot. She is no .7 called the Plrato sloop and Jack on, tho Pirat? Skipper. Although earoh has has been made in several cities In New England for him, no olow has boen obtained. It is thought that when persons be gin to claim articles in the Dorado, thoro will come to light a startling sorlcs of thefts from houses and yachts along the ooast from Maryland to Rhode Island. There ls, too, & susploion that nome thing very like a clew to the shooting of Mrs. Walter 0, Morrill, In Greonwioh, Conn., will develop. Chloroform, dynamite and nlto-glj carine aro aboard the Dorado, and it has boon suggested that the sloop may have figured In a bank rob bery in Bridgeport, Conn. Sheri fl" Anthony hopas the owner of silver marked Arbuokle will olalm it, and that the owner of solid silver hand mirrors marked 'E. H. A." will oall for lt, and linen marked "Julia M. Wood" and "Mrs. II. R. Tool,*? alho has beeu found. Tho sheriff has learned that tho owner of tho catboat Jessie, In whloh one of Jackson's supposed associates came to Nowport last Saturkay even ing, is C. I Burlingame, of tho Elgo tleld Yacht dub, of Provldonco. An chors, ohalus, and other trappings were taken from boats of the Edge wood club and oharts from Hsnry T. Hammond of that club. Many pawn tickets Indicataa that thc pirates sold choaply what they took, a great amount of stuff going to pawn shops In New York. Bills of wino of all kinds Indicated that they lived well. Among papers was found the bill of sale of the Dorado to Jack son, dated Dsoembor 16, 1904, show ing the 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 New York Telophono company and is dated January 28, 1005. There also are plotures of Thomas Foley, a leader of Tammany Hall. It ls apparent that J ackson entertained o' from ?Onoy Island lu v. asor, it Is tROtight these pictures were stolen then. The Dorado was libelled today by F. A. Conoll for damages to his launch, which, lt lt said, was stolon by Jackson. She ls au old fashioned boat about 30 feet lon? and In good condition. SUICIDE AT SON'S FU?BRAL. Grief Ktriokon Father Shoots Him noll at Conin's Sitio. "I cannot let him go alone," cried Herman Schultz, Wednesday after noon as he lingered beside the body of blt; son, Otto, who killed himself by Inhaling gas on Tuesday. The funer al services were in progress at tho Schultz homo, 233 WyoBoff avenue, Williamsburg, Now York. Before any ono 00 ii Ul divine his Intention the old man ' seized a revolver and shot himself through tho head. Fver since his Isjpn's traglo end the father had rofuAed'ty eat and had slept little. He satcchitj^antly by the dead boy's side sobbing ami pr*.vhig. Before the timo set for thc funeral this afternoen Schultz had apparently composed himself and was resigned. Thc boy's body was placid In the par lor where a largo number of relatives and friends of the family gathered. Mrs. Schultz, her three daughters and two sons wore at the hoad of tho coffin with the father. Prayers and thc singing of hyms had ended and a long Uno of persons Hied by tho coffin taking a farewell look at the face of the boy. Sohultz was the last. He lingered until Un dertaker Poth began bo draw the lld of tho coffin over his son's counten anco. Then ho shot himself. Most of the womon In the 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. Aftorahasty conforenco with mom bars of tho family the funoral of young Sohultz was postponed. Father and sou will he buried together. Hoy Bigamist: M w.Y 1, a The youngest bigamist on record reached thc Mississippi penitentiary Friday in tho person of William Gray. Gray is oniy seventeen years of age and has been married moro than a year, and lcavos two wives 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 Tlppah county, olghteon years old, sontenoed to twelve years In the pen ftentlary for arson and robbery, and Will Jones, of Mar?hali county, wno although only twenty.ono is serving his second term in the penitentiary, this time for burglary. The three aro said to constitute the youngest penitentiary gang ever known. Pleasant lnoldont. At Moblio, Alabama, Judge Sem mes, son of the groat Admiral Raph ael Sommes, commander of the "Ala bama" in tho Civil war, Presented Roosovelt, in behalf of tho citizens, with a gold badge. In responding, tho president said that one of hie unolcs waa ar ?nices on tho "Ala bama" and another hnolo built the vessel i Steamer host A dlspatoh from Cleveland, Ohio1! says all hopo for steamar Kalyiiga hw boon given up by the owners. It is supposed to have gone down with the orow of sevonteon in tho recent storm FIRST VISIT. " ^ N '....J.. Of El Hagy Abudullah Aly Sadik Pasha to America. ] A.WED BY NEW ?OBK. ile Conies to This Country to Pave th? Way for Diplomatic Relation? Be tween Abysinla and the United States of America. What He Thinks of New York. El-Hagy-Ahdullabi Aly Sa'ditt Paella, prince ot the Mohammedan ohuroh, general ot the Abyssinian army, mlnlstor of commerce and en* vov of Emp?rer Menellk to President Roosevelt, arrived on the Cedric at New York recently. He comes ostensibly in regard to the new treaty of commerce between this conn ry and Abyssinia, but actual ly to pavo the way for pormanent dip* lomatlc relations. England, Franco, Germany and Italy have representatives in Abyssin ia, but Menellk has never sent diplo matic agonts *o those nations. Sadlk Paoha's mission ls to study the possi bilities of oloser relations with Eu rope and America. Ho has come to Amerloa after a stay in Berlin, Paris and London. Menellk is especially in terested in the United States and has already given a home for a legation at Adis Ababa, the capital, in case tbls country cares, to establish one. The Paoha ls a man of striking per sonality. His color 1? ebony, but ha bas cleary chiselled features and tho small feet and tapering fingeres of tho Arab. He speaks no European language and travels with an interpreter. On the steamer be wore European eos* . 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 tu tho hotel, where he held an Informal reception. Ho was met at the steamer by Wil liam H. Ellis, O. Dellrlncr, Hugh Creighton and John Madigan. Among the oaller at the hotel were General James S. Clarkson. "If the emperor could only see this through some ono's eyes!" exclaimed the Paoha on his return from Central Park. The orowding of women on the street oars and the tall buildings impressed him n<" women?" he was asked. "I did not have time to see them," he answered. "I was busy, counting the stories of the 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 Paoha, who is the head of all the Monhammedans in Abyssinia, ls exceedingly devout and devotes four hours of each day to prayer. Ile nas one wife and two thousand slaves. Ho is exceedingly sensitive on thc subject of his children. When some ono asked bim how many chil dren bo had, he swept out of the room, deeply olfended. His Interpreter explained that the question was thought to bring bad luck and that ho was not sure of the number of bis chlldron, but lt was in tho neig' b>r hood of two hundred. He wa*, brought back only when American ignoruueo had been explained to bim. One of his llrst injuries was for J. P. Morgan, and ho will pay Wall street a visit. When his interprete mention ed" TS?US-. subj eot of loans Sadlk shook his hoad VJiJi dignity auP said Aby ssinia had no ?*Aoh thing as debt. "How do you'&lke Amerloan foo.!?" the visitor was aisled. "Give me a chancey ?waa the inter* proted answer. "I h?v^yet tasted only tho cocktail and fouurjThYm pleas-^ and, but tho rooms that go upIrnoah ing elevators) are too fast for my stomach." Sadik lost part of his suite in Eng land through tho miscarriage of a valise containing his credentials to the president. Two of his men were sent baok to London from Ll var pool to get tho missing bag and bring it by the next steamer. Sadlk's guide in tfow York is Wil liam n. Ellis, who accompanied Fred* crick Kout Loomis on the voyage in which Loomis mysteriously mot his death by drowning while en route to Abyssinia. The envoy has with him some magnificent specimens of ivory and two stuffed tigers, presumably presents for the president. When asked If they were for Mr. Roosevelt, Sadik replied diplomatically: "You will learn later." One question that struck terror to tho Pasha General who commanded the left wing of tho Abyssinians In their greatest battles was whether he would buy firearms In America. "That question," explained the in terpreter, "might cost him his head on his return. " Menollk's envoy told of the great peace that had come to bis oountry"'and how a stranger could travel throw tho empire unarmed. One of the objects of his visit is to establish direct oommunoatlon with this country. At present American cotton goods are sold in Manchester and Frenoh Abyssinia before they roach Monellk's frontier. Flory 2>oath Shower. At Chicago, 111., fIvo tons of mol* ten metal exploded at the Jollet plant of the Illinois Stoel Company Wed nesday falling in a Shower of death on a band of workmen about a conver ter. One man ls dead, three ?vie ml ' ally burned and half a dozen aro inju red so badly that they may die. The accident came without warning. Tho i explosi?n shook the whole plant, san At tve? nanto j nt-Q CV??" CCTilST G? th? great works, naif a hundred men were within range of the liquid metal and many Buffered severe burna.