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The iVlarlbord' Derllbcrat. ^ . -_ - ^ ?'Z>0 TXIOrr, GREAT LI3S'iTY, IJfSPIfc* OUR SOUL- ?KD M__B CUR LIVES IN Ti f?POSSESaiOK HAPPY OIS OUR ?> JR A.TB 8 GLORIOUS IN THY Q lng? ?? VOLXXXI. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY M -. ??? ? __-3t-B OH 23, 1906. NO. 18. WHITE SLAVES. ? Horrible Tale That Comes from New York. STARTLING FACTS Are Revealed at the District Attorney's Inquiry. Girls la ? Search of Work Are Sent to Den? of Infamy and Then Held as Prisoners. The New York ?merioan BP ya as an outcome of an all day Inquisition by Assistant District Attorney Uly, 'Deputy Assistant Vandlver and Chief Clerk Henneberry into the tratlllo lu white slaves conduoted by a band of negroes, the head of whioh was the notorious Bob Spriggs, several arrests have been made. Berthe Olalahe and Hattie Warren and Cora Chester, the women who are In the Tombs awaiting trial for their participation in the cass, were put through moststvereexaminations and < lt iBsaid, dlsolosed fasts more hideous | than have yet been revealed. Through those voxtn M Ely hopes to bring to the tl uciio cuantho men who, it ls billeted, murdered two white women in one of Sprig's den two years ago and had their b)dles j burled at the dead of night in a negro cemetery. On their testimony Mr. Ely expects, to bring to justice tho policemen who [ for years have UvUd tribute on Spriggs, with the lu 1 koowledgo ot the tribute on Spriggs, v i h the full knowledge of the traillo IU v. ?.?oh he was engaged. These mon, it was said on good authority, were under surveillance, and as Boon as the formalities ueoes Bary to their arrest have been com pleted they will bc placed in custody. The ram! Hon ti on ? of this oaao are shown to kc more and more extensive as the investigation premeds. Already they have led the probers into tho rooms of the police captains of botb the Tenderloin and diaries street pe lion stations. Thpnce they have poin ted to a number of politicians. That the men wno reoclved the bribe money were thoroughly av;art of Its source was learned from unw" llng admissions by the police of the Charles street station. - There lt vus learned that wlthlnf the last few months, slnoe Captain Halpin has been h. command ot thai prcclnot Spriggs has been arrested on most serious oharges. To be molested by the police was an experience he had never under gone in all the.twenty loug years pre vlous. Notwithstanding all Captains II til pin's <Morts, however, someone high er up mysterlcu dy saved Spriggs, and the witnesses against him were spiri ted away. Tho Inst, case of that kind was as late as February 10 last. OJ that date Sprigg8was arrested on the com plaint of a nineteen year old girl, who gave her name as M iry Rjller and her address as No. MS) Carlton avenue Brooklyn. She accused Spriggs ol abduction. Accordiug to her sworn testimony, she asked a man to direct her in Brooklyn to an address she was S ick ing. He seemed very courteous and In vited hea Into a restaurant for re freshments. She awoko sn what she subsequently learned whs one of Sprigg's Cornella street dives, and saw a negro standing over her. Sue escaped after a few days and ll id to the police. Spriggs when arraigned brought ap parently reputable white mon to tes tify in his behalf, and, notwithstand lng the gravity of the offense, the Magistrate in JtMerson Market Court held him Jn the nominal ballot il,OOO for further examination. The date for that examination was sot for nexi week, Captain Halpin' detectives, io preparing the ease two days ag >, went to the aderess the R lie girl gavo In Brooklyn, only to Und that she had been spirited away. In tho case against Spriggs that Immediately preceded elie one in which Mary Roller was the accuser, tho charge was an attack on a yoting glrs. Spriggs waa then held for further examination, and was dis charged when arralnged the seoend time beoause no complainant appear ed. He sardonically remarked In court that tho "action had been "settled out of court." Spriggs was arrested the first time under Captain Halpin'? regime for keeping an illegal resort He escaped with aline of ?100. Spriggs is a big factor tn politics, ne controls the negro,vote In "Hell's Kitchen" and on the lower west Sido and for years wa * tho leader of thc Tammany Hall Odored Men's Asso ciation, lu lower West Th I ad stroo. It was his Influence, lt is said, that defeated O'Noil, tho cancheare of WU liam Astor Chan 1er for Democratic leador of tho l<\fth Assembly Dls ?viofr Rt*tn Seno? or Bernard J Mar ?Ins secretary! '?Joe** Bienaeig^u.. to whom Marr in trau??crrod tho cia triot loados' .'0 Won. , u" That tho "pun exerclscel by Surmpr if'lltloa; i>cnoA Com ^V^.ro^^^^ dom Staten lalan?. M ft pfttrolma 0 Ale?nele ?JJJfflffifi?* ?tatloi Hekuew SPTl8?* ?ooslUOn to do t.yAammimv'iiJ^.^ v.c. lathe Charles street station when Spriggs was lo the ho, dey of his glory was Sergeant Farrel. ID ooDneotlon with tho hints of murder lu the dives kept by Sprigg", it was recalled by residents In Cornel la street that about two've months ago a white woman leaped fr? m the second-story window of No. 14 Cor uella Ht root, thou kept by Spriggs. An ambulance was culled from St. Vincents Hospital. The dooter at tended the wotnaa, but a negro who rushed out of the house as she foll took nhargo of her, and sending for a cab, tock her away, refusing to per mit tho physician to take hor to the hospital. She was never afterward seen. Up to the time of Sprigg'B removal from No. 14 Cornella street a few weeks ago, neighbors say it was no unusual thing to her piercing simulo, from the house almost nightly. Spriggs, who ls a repulsive looking negro, ls about 6 f el 7 inches in height and about thirty-five years old. Ho always was well supplied with money, dressed flashily displayed many diamonds and always went armed. Ile was feared and throughly detested by all respectable resident? of Greenville Village, who on ace un of his ugliness, dubbed him "The Human Monster." The appalling revelations of the traillo conducted by Spriggs and his band have stirred every minister and social worker In the olty. Tho story told by Edna Coleman is most dramatic. She ls ooo of the most prepossessing of the women who have boen brought to the District- Attor ney's ellice since the orusade was be gun against the infamous practices of Spriggs and mon of his kind. Since uer arrest she has been locked up in the House of Detention as a witness According to her story, she washer self oaught by one of Sprlggs's ?gents about two years ago, and thei ce on ward to tho time of hor arrest she w >s kept in ono or another of tho d ss n houses whioh Spriggs maintains in various parts of tho olty. Eighteen months ago, she said, she was li luv In the West Twenty-seven th street house, whioh was taken oare of by the Ilounett woman. To that den one day wore brought two young and pretty white girls, who had been lured to ihe place by tho usual trap. "For more than a week," said thc Coleman girl, "they were kept dose prisoners in rA dark dirty room. Tiny oiled o instantly, and their screams at night made the house hideous. Their meals were thrust in to them, and they were lnformod that they would have to stay in the room until they decided to be quiet. They were told they might as woll make the 'est. of things, because there was no esoape for thom. Ai'tor about a week their grief wore Itself out, and one day they were permitted to como down stairs. "This liberty was little bettor than o confinement to which they had been sui JtoUd. Nono of us over ever saw the oubsldo street Bave through barred windows Most of the time the shutters were olnsed and the blinds drawn. A soon as the two giris vere permitted to move about the house with some freedom they began ;0 pl >t to escapo. "Wo who had boen there for a long while told them how meless that was, and what dangers they would run If they tried to get out. ll it they paid MO attention to us. "One night they hld in the cellar, and when they thought no one was looking tried to escape hy forcing a window. They were oaught before thev got out and were taken to their rooms. Soon afcer I heard awfu .screams, and rau to the rooms to see vhat wv? the matter. 1 saw two big negroes whipping the giris unmerci fully. "The poor things were on theil knees, b gjlng for morey, and the ne urons were standing over them, their faces distorted, swearing horribly, and str eking them with all their strength. When I tried to help them I was or dered to my room. They told me that If I interfered I wou d get tho same dose. "Tho next day ono of tho girls died, aud tho day following the other died. A negro doctor was oalled in, so I was told, and signed some sort of a certlil cate. Then a negro undertaker took the bodies away at midnight." Suoh is tbs story. As black a chap ter of police inefficiency, or worse, as waa ever written of life in New York, lt ls hut one of tho scores that arc striking terror to tho hearts of fath ers and mothers all over the city, and bringing forth from ovary section a demand for action that will make a repetition of these outrages forever impossible. The governors of thc Clara dr Hirsch Home In East Sixty-third street have called a spiclal meeting of their committee for Thursday to ??Iiicuss tho conditions, and plan a campaign of action. Tho I 'mir I lt'Min lt. Georgia hot suppers seem to bo as ratal to tho colored attendants as thc South Oarollna artiolo. Hob Tilka-, colored, ls In Olarke county j aft on the charge of killing Jim Jackson another negro. Jackson was cursing tho wife of Thokas whon the latter took his pistol and killed him. Tho killing took place at a hot supper at thc home of Thokas a few ailles from Athens, Georgia. lintot llurned. The large brick hotol at White Stone Llthla Springs, six miles from Sgartanburg, was burned ('own Sun day night about eight o'clock, tho tire M<*? *n< rpnn propor starting ??uoflO shettall ot bav- 1 ty belongs to Samuel p ?8ttmat0Q- ati AtTce^^^Sl^ origin destroyed the MIK AKCRL ? and -a? oj l?g> ^ and inman, ?MJJ" R6vcn hundre Compress comp*^ * flevftn loadc bales ot ^?"\QB9 U placed ? froluhtoaTB. Ano'Vl f^UyJnw!?*: MI? full ot thieves, ant ..rptuti world la rua oi t0 Am heartily J?^fc???e?? 8? cc where there i* ??adtepott, THE RATE BILL Senator Tillman Makes Report on the Measure and STATES HIS VIEWS. Say8 Amendments Can Be Ma<h to Pre* vent Delays In Enforcing Kate? Or dered by Interstate Commerce Commission. Also Wanta Situation In Virginia Tue Uuitcd States Senate Thursday ooutlnucd consideration of the rail road rate question by listening to the reading of a report on tho House bill by Senator Tillman, and to a speeoh .m that measure by Seuator Nelson. Senator Tillman's report was read at the request of Senator Aldrich, who said that he waa curious to Lear r >-- . opinion of the South Carolina S( na tor. The report of Senator Tlllm n en bodied tbe first olear and oonoise MHHO ment of tho differences concerning Court review features and other pro posed amendments that had made a uranltuous report from the committee Impossible. Without hesitancy thc Senator de clared it to bo his boliof that the bill should ho amended, but that amend ment Bhruld not bi of a chaucer to Impair or prevent the accomplishment of the obj Wis of t ho legislation, which uro set forth best, ho says, in thc. President's mepsage to Congress. Hr emphasized tho need of regarding the measure as nou partisan, but predict ed that tho issue oreated will be para mount in the next Presidential elec tion. Senator Tillman prefaced his roport by speaking of tho peculiar circum stances ruling tho committee's actions on Ute Hoove bill, which made it an embarrassing task to submit vievw that would be concurred lu by the oommittee as a whole. "luatead of being amended in com mittee as is usu vi," the report said, 'so as to command as a whole theec dors'-ment and support of a maj irlty of its members, tho 1)111 was brought into the Senator in a form not entire ly satisfactory to more than two mern bers. ''This l8ok of harmony among tho supporters of the bill-it would b : speaking Aith moro aoouraoy to say in tho bill-brings about the anoma lous situation in wbloh a member of the minority party tn Congress is put in oharge in tho Senate of proposed legislation, which is generally regard ed throughout the couutry as the cherished scheme of the President, with whoso general prlloy ard prlncl pleB that member is not in accord. Ai thc same time the bill ls designed to carry into i ff ct his own long cherish ed convictions and the thrice-reitera t^d demands cf the party to which he belongs." E dphastzlng the olaim that thia condition is without precedent in leg islative history, Senator Tillman says it brings into promlnen e tho fact chat the prop'ned legislation ls non partisan, and is so recognized as a re sult of tho unanimous support given it by tue minority in tue llouso and tho few opposing votes-only seven-in that entire body. There would follow "a cyclone f pa s onate resentment," said Son ator Tillman in presenting what would be tho result of failure on the part of Congress to m jot thc widespread demand for railroad rate legislation. He declared that "woe will bo harvest'1 of any member of the S nate or House, whose work in formulating a bill to regulate railroads lacks earnestness or honesty of pur poses and who shall seek to belittle the question or bill the bill by ?ubter fuge and deception. Tho Constitution gives to congross the power to regulate t?ie railroads, he conten lcd, and there aro many wrong to right. Tho bill as it comes from thc House S nat >r Till man oharaotcrl/jd as lo sely worded and capable of different interpreta tion s. Senator Tillman pointed out that it is generally supposed that tho pend lng measure embodies the "well di gested views of thc E tooti ti vo and those of his party whoso advice he consents ti) take." Aftor enumera ting the essentl: 1 c iarges from the existing laws regulating Inter State commerce, he stated that tho most Important is found in Sectlcn 16, in winch power Is sought to bs vested In tho lnter-S atc commerce commission "after full hearing upon a complaint made to determine, and prescribe wha' will in its (udgment ho the just and reasonable and fulrly remunerative rate * * * to bo hereafter ob served in snob oase as the maximum io be charged," and make an order that the same shall KO into e-ITout and remain in force for three years, which order sh,.ll "go into effect thirty days after notice to the carrier and shall remain in force and bo ohservod by tho carrlor, unless Hie samo hhall bo niiipeuded or modified or sot aside by thc commission, or be suspended or set aside hy a Court of com notent au i,w>r|rv." Concerning this section, [Senator ^l^man(i?Xor(>vl8lon thc most pinion ^^V^STetsOt the ?om ( Mid tho W??ttW ?? the ono b?M , mission u?de? ft "aitlvely that Con IS ^?t???gSe ?ts Powers t rt Ureas oattnoUejK lnus author T I tuc commission WW * ^ h m to tlx ft rato, whl ?. 01 al carncstne lt la anaertedw tl f J ^ ,nmRpu *nd {oreo that tn? J ICSUUC lanie. Whatever mav ?? it fc a \ b\U becomea a 1 aw "J lftftU )k? mlnatlonol^g^(Jou?t,?T - bcmadcbythoSupre ^ ^ same time the orles of the people are demanding relief for produoors and shippers. Be deolared that lt ls the 'uty of Congress to hold an even bal anoe between these oonflloting and contending Interests. Senator Tillman inollnes to the view and said he had not the slightest doubt that it ls possible to properly ?*.r>end the bill so as to prohibit the Ciroult Courts from interfering with the ordorB of the Iutor State com moree commission by any Interlocutory oider. "The Senate must determino by its vote what shall be its attitude upon the question of Court review and In terlocutory suspensions. The whole qieatlon at Issue as to giving relief to producing interests of the country re volves around this feature of the bill. If any decision of thc Supreme Court shall deolare that Congress ls power less to grant speedy relief through a commission, lt needs no prophet to tell that an outburst of surprise and Indignation will swoop over the coun try." Summing up the situation he said: "It ls impossible to deny that this groat aco imulatlon of wealth tn the .ianda of the few ls suoh a menace to liberty tbat the honoHt patriot stands appalled by the outlook. " After commenting at length upon what ho de Mared to be tho existing system of juggling with railroad prop orties, "for tue robbery of tho masses," Senator Tillman said: "There ls a dangerous provision in this bill whioh, in my judgment, ought to be striken out, ano that is in Section 15, where tho Inter-State com merce commission ls told "to deter mine and presoribe what will, in its j ?dgmcnt, be the just and reasonable and fairly remunerative rate,' etc. The last words are too elastlo and am biguous and can be oonstruod to mean too much that lt would bo harmful and dangerous for Congress to onaot Into a law. 'Fairly remunerativo rate* on what; the aotual value or the Mott tlouB value of the properties?" Senator Tillman deolared there oan be nj Justloo In compelling tho people as a wliola to pay dividends on water ed Btook, primarily to lnorease the fortunes of men already too rich. " What?;vor else Congress does, or falls to do," ho adddd. "the produo eis of the country should bo relieved from suoh danger of being oompelled to modo good the values of over-oap italiz ;d railroads as lurks in this in nocent-looking and plausi ole provision about 'fairly remunerative rates ' " Senator Tillman recommended that tho amendments to tho bill be adopt ed, whloh would give relief to "the anomalous and outrageous oonditlon of U?ilrs disclosed as existing in West Vitginia. Continuing, he said; "Vested with the rights of emlnont domain to con struct their Kues und granted liber* \, u?hLsos and whftrters, the( rt?lrciicv designed tb bo public oarriers for the benollt of the whole people, in the .ast few years have become rapidly transformed into the veriest band of Robbers-Highwaymen who do not chrust their pistols in the fao^s of their victims and demand money 01 their I v :s, but who levy tribute in freight rates, whioh aro as high as the traillo will bear, deny aooess to mar ket, monopolize with c(fronter one of the primo nesessarles of lifo, coal, and In every way show their absolute con tempt for the people and the people's right. Senator Tillman concluded with "a word of caution to the mends of the propo; e l legislation. " Ho sild: ' Our full expectations may not be realized at the present session of dm gress. The opponents of tlfeotlve legislation a:o alert, have had largo experience and aro thoroughly organ ized. Tile demand of the people for relief from the oppressions and wrongs they now endure may ho thwarted by the groat lnliueic; of the railroad corporations. This IntluoLCJ has hith erto been paramount, and Its repre sentatives In the two houses may feel it ls safe to redress thc grlovances and to oontiran tho polloy of non interfer ence. They may Ignore popular clam or; and cither pass no bill at all or enact one that will prove wholly In adequate. They may palter with us in a double souse: "Keep tho werd of promise to tho ear And break lt to tho hope " "Suci aotlon on tholr part will in my judgement, be very unwise and will only d.vm up tho water. T.ie issue will bo mado the paramount one in the|uext election, and those who are responsible for delay or lnadequoto legislation will Und that, when at last the iljod gate* of popular wrath and tndlgnitlon aro holssed there will be soiie line grinding done." fi rreutod for Murder. At Dothan, Ala., dlspatoh say a sensation In tho Christmas murder case courred when a detective who has quietly engaged in tho matter, carno to DJ than from near Cambell ton, Kia., tho scene of tho orlmo, and arrested Walter Holland, a son-ln-'aw of the raurdored man, and Mrs. liol land. th6 murdered man's daughter. Tile murdor of Judge Christmas, his wife and Hon was one of tho most revolting orlmes in the history sf thia seotlon. The victims were killed while slcoplng In tholr homo near (Jottnwood, and tholr bodies were found tho next day lying in pools of their own blood. Tho murdor occurr ed about two months ago. lit Millen ll I (Dill. A dispatch from Paris says an addi tlonrl disaster ha? belallen tho work ers In tho coal mino at Caurrlcrcs. A. p\rty said to oonslst of 11 men, into tho mine for tho pur who porlahad on Saturday, rt uvc?, ?n the undertaking toooKI1uefl Upft?ftnded in PP*'* "* *:"'D \a tuc tact I maviing *--rZTT?oaB"?' i \ A dlspatoh -I?0* JW, thc org&?< sfe^?s? spas ere oovorlng tho 1 * A tema disses: And^tventy-Seven Lives Are os* in the Atlantic. PO. NDERED AT SEA. There ?re Many acts of Heroism and Self .orifice. Twenty-Pom- Mem ./t;'* . . bfifi of the Crew Were Picked . Hy.. i lip ai Sea and Canied (o Boston. Sufi /lng, mental and physloal, from numerous aots ot heroism In saving Ufo, v .Uv equalled In the record of tragedies of tho soa, attended the loss of thtj.Phoonlx Hie steamer British King, runion on Sunday, Marou ll, In a raging. Atlantic storm, foundered about 4^0 miles south of Sable Island and oi^rled to death 27 members of the or*yw. Thirteen men were rescued from the sinking vessel by the Ley land HMO steamer Bostonian, bound from Majiohestor to Boston, and ll by tho German tank steamer Mannheim, Bottiitdam for New York. Five others who nan been drawn down in the vor tex Into whioh tho British King waB engulfed wero picked up by the Bos ton I ujy from a frail blt of wreckage whtoq\they had grasped aftor a des perate struggle for lifo in the whir pool.i-The Bostonian arrived at Bos ton Y/oduesday afternoon and the de talla yf tho disaster beoame known. Of>bt-;- James O'llagan of the Brit lah lying died cn board the Bostonian from the effects of terrible injuries ?nisUln?q in trying to save his ship. 0 \ ; Of the boats of tho Bostonian was crushed to fragments and the volun teor crow which manned lt were thrown : into the High running seas, .vin!.i engaged jn ttio work of rescue, but all';were saftly landed on board tho Beamer. Volunteers from tho Mannheim, after a, heroic battle with tho waves, haa;-taken (ff ll from tho British King, but after this neither of the stoa)?9rs, In cinsr quenco of the in creasing gale, oould make an attempt to reaoh the f underlng freighter Mo?eoyer, da-kness foll and lt was an utter Impossibility to do oise but wail forjfche moonlight to guide thom. In th? '.{avienes;! the British King, which 1 was then waterlogged and helpless, .*' fl-ged to the bottom. three days hor oaptain and .x??H'h agaluat unooi,qu^rai?jte& odds, ?.ad tried to prevent, or at least postpone, their ship's destruction. Barreta of oil and wrcokage forming Into a poworful arm, were driven down upon her sides with crushing force, opening up tho vessel's plates and al lowing the water to pour lato her holds. The extent of the loak waa not un derstood until tlie following day, how evor, and then, although all hands were placed at the pumps, the water gained considerably. The liras had been extinguished and tho cnginea rendered useless by the rising water. Tue only remedy at hand lay in re pul i'll g tho damaged B.otlons, and while personally superintending hlB work, Capt. O'Hagan sustained a fractured leg and Internal lt j arles. Al though he was unable to stand heoor tlnued to direct tho efforts of hi - crew. At the end of the three days when all hands had labored ceaseless ly without rest and with little fiod, the Bostonian and Mannheim were sighted, and to thone Capt. O'Hagan displayed the signal for assistance. Both the Bostonian and Maunhelm stood by tho scene of tho wreck until Monday morning, but no bodies wore reo ivered. The British King sailed from New York bound for Antwerp with a mit coilanecuB cargo of lf>0 head of cat tle Tao passage was uuevontlul until EVi day morning, when tho ship was struck by a Btrong northwesterly wind, which suddenly developed into a hurrlcaue. .Some of the hatches were torn opon, great volumes of water pouring into tho ship-! compartments, disabling the engines, and soon the ship bcoamo ?bsolulely helpless, tho rudder also having been swept away. Real'z'ng tho necessity of quick aotion, Capt. O'Hagan himself went into the hold and strove to ropair the most damag ed sections. It was while doing this that a bar rel of oil fractured one of his legs In two places. Tho injury was so severe that a piece of the bone protruded through the Mesh. In spite of this ho ordered that IIIB leg he bound up and when this had been dono, resumed command and directed the elf irts whioh were lwing made to plug up tho '?"ole in the ship's side. Hut all efforts ac repairs wero fruitless. All hands woro forced to tako refuge on the main deck. The oattlo woro swopt overboard gradually by the seas and drowned. At O o'olook Sunday morning Capt. O' Hanan sighted tho Mannheim and shortly afterwards tho Bostonian, bath of whioh hovo to. The British King Blgnalled that she was waterlog ged and would havo to bo abandoned. At 8 o'clock she sent another signal which road: "Do not abandon me." Tho half hundrod or moro men of tho wrecked steamer wore In plain view of thoso on board tho Bostonian and Mannheim, who cculd, however, do -1 . . ?? t that tl me In tho way of rcs isr,?-on m? ?ri?.??" ? 4#r3ss srs tess m oh??? OM,**j<%gx, aim rn? ?J A * 1th? lot tho hooov ot ?ItW? stem. First Offloar Wm Brown and the six seamen with him were left j struggling in the water, but they were | saved by means ot linos thrown from the Leyland boat. The men were all ead ly bruised. A great oheer went up from the Bostonian when at 4 o'clock the star board lifeboat was successfully put out In charge of Second OM ?er Crom well. The steward and four sailors went with him and the encouraging oheers were kept up as the little orew gallantly struggled to reaoh the sink ing steamer. This boat took off 13 men, including Capt. O'Hagan, who was tenderly but hastily lowered by his mon by means of a 1 no from the stein. The Bostonian was roached and the rescued seamen placed on board. But I oefore the Ufo savers o .mid climb to I the deck a qulok forming sea hurled the futile craft against the side of the steamer, forcing her apart, and then, tho water receding, carried tho volun teers Borne hundred feet dlstano? from their ship. Oheorlug cries reaohed them to ding to the wreckage while the n glnos of the Bostonian started and the ship manoeuverd to a point near the struggling seamen. ?galn were the Unes used with skill, and BUOCGRB for all the volunteer? were hoisted to I the ship, though Other OromweU was almost drowned. Capt. Parry deemed lt imprudent to Bend another boat to the wreck, as darkness was setting in, and decided to wait until the moon arose before continuing the work of rescue. About 11 o'olook, when the gale was running with apparent reinforced volooity, the British King was seen to stagger in tho trough of the sea, ralso herself, and plunge down. Both the Mennheim and the Bosto nian steamed to the point where tho ship had foundered and it had just boen decided that all those on board had perished when a feeble ory from the darkness tolo chat some at least had not boen drowned. Half an hour later Capt. Parry of the Bostonian lo cated a small section of a cattle d( ok to whioh Uve mm were clinging. These I were Second Olli jor Flanlgan, Chief Engineer Crawford, Adolphus Beck, fourth engineer, and two oautlcmen. They had been carried down with the steamer but after coming to the sur faoe, had, after mighty eff orts, sue ceededlu swimming beyond the whirl pool, and in Unding a temporary refuge I upon the wreckage. All night and until 7 30 a. m. on Monday both the Mannheim and thc Bostonian stood by Beeron lng for bed ien ar.d then boiih^sblpa resumed their passage. Yesterday, after terrible | suffering, Capt. O'Hagan died. Flf ,y six men, Including a stowaway, wore on board tho British King, and 27 of these, lt ls deemed almost certain per ished with their ship. . LOOKED HI8 WIPE UP. .._??$& anti Himself. At New York on Thursday Louis ^oszer, a raca track mau, locked his wife in a bath room today and while she was a prisoucr there shot and kill ed Stella Reynolds, of Now Cleans, an aotross, who was a visitor at their home, and then killed hims If. Miss Reynolds, lt was said, was for merly an intimate frier 1 of Nohzer. The murdor and sui? de wai tho se quonoe of a stormy scene Thursday evening, when Miss lt ynolds 3 tiled at the Notz ir home, Mes. NOB* ir, li was reported, objected to the call, and during tho argument which followed her husband swallowed a small quan tity of laudanum. Both women, by united effjrts, forc ed him to take an emetlo immcdiate W, and tho poison did him no harm Miss Reynolds then remained with Mrs. Noszu4 all night. Today, while his wife was In the bathroom, Noszer turned the key, and disregarding her protestations to be let out, he went to Mit-:? Reynold'B room. Their voices, tho man's threaten lng, and the woman's pleading, were heard by tho wife ia-the bathroom. She sprang to tho telephone which ran from this room to the chi JO of the apartment house, and told a maid who auswered her ring to hurry to thc apartment and release her. The maid entered the apartment too late to save Miss Reynold's Ufo. As she opened tho door she heard N )SZM saying to the woman: "Thero ls no uso for you aud 1 to live any longer. The best thing I can do is to kill you and kill myself." Nofiz;r then shot Miss Reynolds ia tho templo and himself In the fore head, both dying almost Instantly. Noizir was 40 years of age, Miss Reynolds was 25. M Isa Reynolds' stage nemo was IDs tolle Young. Commit ted Hllioldo. A special from Norfolk, Va., Bays on Maroh 14, Louis Brown, 20 yoars old, awaiting trial Friday, for the murdor of Flossie R ed, at whom hr. throw a lighted lamp, which exploded fatally huming tho woman, commit tedsmlcldo In his cull, In the Norfo.k Jail Wednesday morning by outtlng lils throat with a sharp pen knife, which ho had in some unknown man nor smuggled lntu jail. Brown was formerly prominent In Portsmouth, Va. Ho was without friends or mon ey-his family having abandoned him -and ho grow despondent as tno day of his trial approached. During the recent J ?l Uro thoro Brown escaped, but surrendered a fow honrs later. Mnglneor Killuc), Dal Spinks, an engineer on the Southern, while leaning out of ble oat) window was struck by sumo ol - A ''nocked to the ground and . I ia milts south jyjgfo ftnd was oj b U citizen.ot G jenvi an cnglncc ,\ years o\u w - M for M ycarB^__________ U-\ interview ?\^ffn*m convinced, ie nesday B&UL J lly concern. Wat aal ?volt will ask for 1 llb Uh** Mr. ,ft,^? Jw? Repnbhoan j , in nomination?olj? tl A ^B\nommatlon," Ct?RK?L CONTESTS. SOUTH CAUOLitNA TO UK REPttK. 8ENTU? IN IT. This State Made an i ppropriation of Five Hundred Pollars for the rrizes. Prof. W. G. J ohm on, editor of The | Arnerloan Agriculturist of New York, was lu c .lumbla reoently on his way bank from % Florida trip. Prof. John son is porhaps one of the best known authorities In tho country on farming and ste ok raining and takes a great' deal of iuturoat ?a anything relating to either. While in Columbia he oalled on Commissioner Watson and seoured some information concerning the ap propriation ot 8500 by the State leg islature to be expended as prizes for the farmers who shall enter the na tional cereal growing contests. The Stale says it may be of interest to many South Carolinians to know that the larg ?st orop ever grown c n an aero of land was raised by Capt. Z. J. Drake in Marlboro county. Tue yield was 255 bushels and no was awarded the first prize in tho natlona1 ooutest. Tue national contest ls un der the dlreotlon of thee ill ? rs of The American Agriculturist auf a to.al o? 85,000 ls Riven in prizes, Tho stCtion uuder the State appropriation provid ing for theoontf.st ls as folk?....: ''That tho tum of ?500 be arid lb hereby appropriated to be expended as State priz e for tho farmers of the State who shall enter the national contest for tho growing of cereals per aore. All rules a-id regulations gov erning said contes1; and the distribu tion of tho prizes and the expenditure of the appropriation above pruvldeo for shall be under the direotion and control of the commissioner of agn-| culture, and the president and the professor of agriculture of Clemson college, who shall ooustitute a board for this purpose." - Prof. Johnson Bald in regard to tho coi. tost: "Thc details of the oontxst will soon be finally arranged by Cit missioner Watson, Dr. Mell and Prof. Cnamblls. Farmers in all parts of the State should make up thoir minds to enter this contest at ouoo and send in their requests lo Commissioner Watson. "L am sati: fled that when tba crop ls harvested this fall that South Car olina will stand well toward tho top of the lis? if not first In this contest We will wa:o:i the results with keen interest as 1 am satisfied that these marvelously productive soils with this wonderful climate will again astonish the world when the final reoords are n. ade by tho j dgos. "It Is indeed a pleasure and inspi ration f ir me to note from year to year the marvelous development along agricultural lines in this and other Southern States, I know of no part of the country where suoh opportuni ties await oapital aud meu of energy In the agricultural and industrial fields. " We are now perfecting and work lng upon another contest which wei hope to get <u si ape in a year or two for the development of cotton alone. Tills contest will be one of the most unique that we hava ever undertaken and large cash prlzos will bo (.ff ired to no planters of thc S mthern Soates In the development of one of our grcatost itaple products. It would not Bur prise mc In the h ast to see a farmor of the Palmetto State again loom up as a sweepstake prize wlunor in the oo^'ton o. ntest. " | Prof Johnson left on tho evening train for Washington, where ho wilt consult with Secretary Wilson of the department of agrloulture on mauy matters shooting tho agricultural in terests of the South. Prof. Johnson stated that among the most loyal sup porters of the farmers' interests in tho senate and bouse were the repre sentatives from the Siuthern States Ile is of the opinion that we oan rea sonably expeot greater advanoes In agricultural development In tho next 10 years than wo have seen during the past 25. The farmers in this county should ta'.te part in thia oonteat. The) stand a chanoe to win a great prize In money. BL??P???G HICKNiSSS, TIIOUHAIMIB of l'ooplo Hnvo Died ot StrauiKO Mnliuly. Prof. Uobort Koch lectured "ecentlv in Horlln, Germany, ou the "sleeping sickness," which he investigated for sevoral months In equatorial Afr'ca during the year 1005. Emperor WU liam and a distinguished company WSB present. Thc malady, said the professor, had beon known on the west coast of Afri ca since tho beginning of the last con tury, and lt had spread to the north shore cf the Victoria Nyanza and threatened Gorman Afrloa. Probably 200,000 persons had died from the disease. He had found whole village.? on the shores of Viotorla Nyar zi to ho empty, and the population of somo groups of Islands had died to thc last] soul. Tho infection was spread from hu man to human by the sting of a fl/, I the glossitis palpalls, somewhat larg er than an ordinary liv. The person affected sufforod ill health for scv. tal dajs, and thou was attacked with fever, becamo Incoherent, tho glands were swollen, tho patlont becamo en fcebled, and eventually was selz:d with the sloop mania. ??-of. Kooh knew of no remedy for \ ml ?ht bc ended nv d b1ovv. the insect, at Its rUv, by burning tho.UM?W or "ni TtlyPand continu, Mil ".;MO Over HOURIT' Od, persons l^Xr^ ^w^ gelded In ^Thursday between Of lar-lot Plotork ?, >"l"? "no occupied *** BURNTALIVE. Thirty-five People Lose Their Lives lu a Wreck. TWO TRAINS COLLIDE Several of the Unfortunate Passengers Were Pinioned In the Debris and Were Slowly Roasted to Death as the Rescuers Looked on Helplessly. Thirty-five lives were orushed out early Friday in a nea:-.-nd oolllsion of two passenger trainsmar Adobe, Col., ou the Dover ai d Kio Grande tallroad, and nearly a score of the victim i were incinerated, several beyond re?ogni* Hon, by a Uro that destroyed the wrecked ooaches. More than a scoro were injured, but all will probably re cover. 0* .v _'4 Tho wreok was due to undelivered orders, heavy mountain grades, a blinding snowstorm, a sharp ourvo and tho slippery coi.dillon of the nd lu. Only the locomotives, baggage and day ooaohes wore wrecked, the sleep ing oars escapirg almost unscathed, as in the Etan disaster on the same road in nm), when part of a train ran Into a ll loded canyon through a wash ed out bridge. Mauy ot the dead were homeseek ers bound for the Northwest. The throe orushed locomotives set fire to tho splintered ooaohes and it was hours before all the bodies were reoov ered. the flames being so hot that res cuers oould not approaoh the debris until thc fuel bumed out. It was a wild, stormy night in the mountain oanyous when the two heavy trains met. Blindlrg snow darkened the rooky gorgi s and speed was not high. Suddenly headlights flashed out and it was realized by tho engineers that something was wrong. According to Fireman J> H. Smith of the west bound train, E tginter Walter Oosletu applied the emergency brake, but the slippery rails allowed the momentum of the heavy train to carry it on to v the fatal orasli, The Impaot was severely notlosable, hut the tralu8 orushed and ground luto each other. Ttie heipor engine of the west bound train acted as a cush ion, minimizing tho f jroe and weight of thc heavy mountalu engines. Tnl* helper was crushed together like so much paper and tho other loci m itlves ran through the mesh of iron and plowed eaoh Otter to okc?s. Fireman S with ;va3 the only one ot tho engine crows to escape.. The bag gage oar of the westbound train broke tn two and three ooaches were squeez ed together. The bagg \ge oar, the mall oar and a coach of tho eastbound train buckled but none of the oars telescop ed. Hardly had the noise of tho wreok ceased when a sheet of flame ran through the shattered oars of both trains. lu the forward coach of tho westbound train every seat was occu pied by passengers, most of whom were nomeseekers. A number of foreigners were among them and in their terror they gavo up life without making any attempt to reach s.ifety outside tho burning oars. They sauk to the floor of the ce r and were roasted alive. The cooldr ones in the car, seeing their danger, rushed for tho windows and doors and with the aid of tho passen gers in tho rear of train orew who were unhurt, managed to reach the open air. Many wore Injured by the rough handling they received or by fleing glass. Wnen tho occupants of tho two sleeping oars taw that nothing could be done to check the flames, they aid ed the trainmen in pushing b?C.< tho undamaged cars. Communication was oponed with the Pueblo c ill JO of the railroad from Portland, a mlle from tho wac ck, and a relief train with physicians was dispatched to the ao* oldent. The injured were placed in i he s'ccplng curs and biought to Pueblo with tho passengers of the . astbound train, who were unhurt. Another relief train came from Flor ence to take away the unit Jared por tion of the et stbound train. i,,*'.?t Shooting la Columbi?. A special dispatch tw.Tue Nows and Courier says: Ed Tully, a molder at the GU bj Machinery Factory, on lower G rvals street, was shot In the fore head in Fred Sheppard's store, across the street from the Gibbes ph ci early Thursday night by Jim Only, a tough and brother In law of Sheppard, who was shooting at J T. Boatwright. Tully appears U have been ooncerned in the ali-Ur lu no way. he'ng an Inno cent bystander. O dy had Hied several times at Hoatwnght, who ran Into the store and took refuge behind the (counter. Boatwright wan begging for his Ufo at the time Tully was shot. Tu'I y died half an hour after reaoh ii.g the hospital, without regaining oom c ousn )8s. Only and Boatwright have both been arrested, but Only had disposed of his weapon before the police arrived. The coroner, polios and ochers, who have b:tn working on the case are puzzled todlsoover the motive O ly had foi tiring upon Boat wright. T 10 icenfi of the klllb g ls % partlculary tough section of tho town and thc leading witbesses are inter ested in koooing silent. The inquest wat held Saturday morulng. O.ily torrlbly slashed up a ll .\ nun i a- ed Hopper on slight provocation about a year ago. I - - - ruo ? \ K ?athetie tragedy oocutted at LA ISTGa., one. day last week. 1 ?tl oonltdd in the oliy court of rc m -3 JW anToAde, Thutad *y morn (1. comm\uv^ .AoCioo. ,ous< Tj. it\?ogty^4?|Lhadi*ken a fatal c8n\ cd! hehaHeen ?aving fot *he ,?? 1 Igenoy.