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BOILER EXPLODES On locomotive While the Train Was in Slow Motion TWO MEN ARE KILLED. Tho Accident Occurred on the Ashe ville lillie of tho Southern Railway Near Ilillgirt, N. O. Tho Accident Was Not Due to Low Water. The Rig Eugine Was Blown Into Scrap Iron. Tho explosion of a locomotive on the Asheville division, a brief account of which was published, was a most unuasunl as well as most shocking casualty. The Asheville, Gazette News has the following account of the explosion: "The remains of Engineer George Luuderback, one of the victims of a terrible accident near Hillglrt, on the Asheville & Spartanburg line of the ?sheVill? division, about Saturday midnight, when tho boiler of engine No. C28 blew up with frightful ? re sult, were shipped to Augusta, G.?., for interment. The remains of Fire man W. M. Kemp, the second vic tim of tho accident, were seat to Gaudier, ten miles from Asheville, Whore tho interment occurred. "Tho frightful accident cast a gloom over the railroad boys of the division. The remains of the two trainmen were brought here and giv en in charge of Brown's undertaking parlors, where the bodies were pre pard for burial. During the morning many trainmen and others visited tho undertaking establishment. The ac cident wes the one topic of conversa tion, while much speculation was in dulged In relative to the cause of ?tho explosion. "That the explosion was not due to low water is certain because it bas been established as fact, according to trainmen, that Engineer Lander buck stopped at Hondoi sunville, just mx miles from the scene of the acci dent, for water, filling up before mak ing the run from Hendersonville Into Asheville, lt is said that the accident may have been due to a defective boiler. Such an accident as that of Saturday night never beforo occurred tan burg was held here several hours awaiting the clearing of the tract. "Tho explosion, it is believed, oc curred while Ibo train was making between 30 and ?ta miles an hour. It made a frightful noise and aroused farmers in the Ilillgirt section for a mile or more around, who cunio Hocking to the scene to learn the trouble. The boilc was literally blown to pieces, while the great mo gul of the rails was almost converted into scrap iron. Tho drivers were blown a way and the entire engine lifted and blown 50 feet or more from the tracks. Four of the seven cars constituting tho extra freight ?vere derailed, two of them, it is said, be ing hurled clear off tho right of way, "The brakeman of tho freight bad a norrow escape. He bud, just a few seconds before the explosion occurr ed, left the engine or near tho en gine and gono to the. rear of the train. Had ho remained near the engine another minute or two a third victim would have boon added to tho list. The engineer and fireman wero hurled a great distance through the air and their bodies almost blown to pieces. "When picked up Fireman Kemp was dlsembowled und ono leg and an arm were missing. These mem bers wero found, however, some dis tance from the body. Engineer Laud erback was also terribly mangled. "That death was instantaneous is Certain. The men never l;new whill struck them. Conductor W. C. Bry on was in charge of tue extra frei/ ht. Ho escaped uninjured. The freight was headed for Asheville and was just turning tho hill at Ilillgirt, 18 miles from Asheville, when the ex plosion occurred. In discussing tho affair one railroad man declared that an accident almost Bindar occurred on another division of the Southern somo time ago, a boiler exploding while tho train was in motion and re sulting in tho death of thc engineer and firemen." BLIND MAN WANTS OFFICE. Prof. J; E. Stvcaringer n Candidat?* for Superintendent of Education, Prof. J. K. Swearingor of the Cedar Springs Institute, who bas announced his candidacy for State Superinten dent of public instruction, says he will issue within tho next few days A statement of his views und an out line of bis platform. Prof. Swearin ger is a nephew of Senator Tillman, l?o io totally blind and bas held the osltion of professor at Cedar Springs, the State institution for tho blind, for ?ino yearn. He is a man o? rec ognized ability and haa u wido ac-j nunintanca and connection through out tho SUte. Ho is a nativo of j Edg?fl<5l4. WHAT IT COST TO RAISE A POUND OE COTTON BY Actual ElgUrOS as Work Was Oona oil a Georgia Farm and Reported for the Cultivator. Mr. 13. J. Wooten, a Georgia far mer, furnishes the Southern Culti vator with the actual amount it cost him to raise his cotton. Ile says ho started in January, H>07, in a rough way to see what his cotton cost, him per pound to raise it. He had eight acres planted and here is what it cost him to make it : First, breaking of stalks (two days.$ 1.00 Cleaning off stalks ( :$ days) . . ,'{.0(t Running out stalks (2 days) . . 2.00 Cost of guano. 2:1.50 Handling guano home. 2.00 Cost of manure and hauling. . 5.00 Cos! of slowing guano. L'.OO Cost, of stowing manure.. .. 2.00 Cost of covering guano and manure. 4.00 Breaking out Hie middles. ... fj 00 Cost of cotton seed. 5.50 Cost of planting. |.50 Harrowing. 1.60 Cost of tools. 3.00 (lost of ploughing ins*- Hmo. . 2.50 Hoeing first Mme.. 7.o<> Ploughing second time. ..... 2.50 Hoeing second time. :i..r.0 Ploughing (hird Hine. 2.50 Ploughing fourth Hine. . v. . . 2.50 Mooing third time. 3.00 Ploughing tifth lime. 2.T.0 Cost pf baskets for picking... 1.20 Cos? ol' lucking 0.1 00 lbs. I 50c l>er hnml.-ed. ). :5 0.f?<) Cost of hauling to gin. 2.00 Cost ol' ginning. ?lOO Cost of hagging and lies.. .. 4.20 Hauling lo warehouse. '' 00 Horse feed. 52.00 Total.$183,90 Amount ol' cotton made, four hales; weight of all together, 1,050 pounds; cotton seed, 3,900 pounds. The Editor <>f the Cultivator, ia commenting on the. above figures says "wo often see estimules of growing colton: bul we have never seen a full itemized statement of the whole expense from January to January. Of course il would lad) a difficult account to keep. There are so many inciden tals and indirect expenses, lint two ?WI,,.-. ...... .1 ".,< . " r.,..vn~- ..? ' ' minmai IO pay interest Oil Iliad MUl taxes. So we would have Mr. Woot en's cotton io cost him about 0 Vi; cents. Wc are satisfied this is a fair estimate of the cost of the crop for I " i, for labor and everything else was high.'' SENATOR TILLMAN AT ATLANTA Ile Will lie Treated for Nervous Breakdown by Experts. Senator li. il. Tillman of South Carolina reached Atlanta at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning accompanied by his wife, and went, at once to the. Rob ertson sanitarium on Capitol avenue, Where In; will remain for several weeks, possibly a month, alter which it is his Intention to go abroad. A dispatch to The State from At lanta says Senator Tillman caine here for treatment for nervous breakdown, (he result of overwork. White his present condition is not serious, it is such, it is stated at. the sanitarium, that it might take a serious turn at any time. A reporter who called at tho sanitarium and asked to seo the senator received word from him that tie was not feeling well enough to talk now, and suggested thal bc return later in the week. While he is off but little in weight, he is exceedingly feeble and has little of his customary intimation. He bad reached the point where a collapse was liable almost .,t an) mo ment and he determined lo prevent lt if possible. While his present com plaint is nothing more Hum nervous breakdown, it is said his main object in taking a prolonged rest is lo pre vent a threatened attack ol' paralysis, indicated by the almost numbness of his left arm ami a pain in his left side. While it can not be definitely staled now, (he belief seems to be that he has taken bold of the matter In time ::n? that his rccovi ry will be affected, FIVE MEN KILLED Hy Big Storni in und Around New York City. A dispatch from Now York says: "Five men ure known to have lost their lives, a number tit boatmen are reported missing, and dozens of pel ions were injured Saturday in a fur ious wind storm which set In that if tor noon. The wind velocity, ac cording to the local weather bureau, ranged generally between 10 to 50 niles an hour, but at times vas an llgh as CO miles. Pedestrians suf ered much discomfort besides being n constant danger from falling signs, di utters, awnings and other articles vbich wcro tom from their fastcn VERY STRANGE CASE. PREACH EU ARRESTED EOR MUR DER AT BRANCHVILLE. By a Pretended Detective and Curried tu Bamberg, Where .th? Pretended Detective Disappears. Branchville bad a genuine sensa tion on Tuesday When Rev. William Jefferson, alias William Blackman, colored, was arrested there, charged with the murder ol his wife and two Children in Alabama In 1 002. The arrest was made by W. lt. Williams, Jr,, a colored detective of Hamborg county. Wow .Jefferson (as the breth ren call him ) has been preaching to his people al ldanchviile for tin past two years and seemed to be well thought of by lils congrega!ion, but alas, murder will out. li is reported thal Hov. Jefferson chose as his text on Sunday the fol lowing scripture: "Thojl shalt, not kill.*' lt is reported that there was a reward of $:I00 offered by the State of Alabama for Hit- ai rest of Jefferson and that his reputation in Alabama ls not at all good. lt is further said that when the. de tective found Jefferson ?ind ordered him to throw up his hands that in stead of doing as commanded by the officer that he attempted to resist ar rest and that Hie officer bred ?it him with a shot gun and hil. bim in the abdomen with several small shot The correspondent ol' The State al Ham lier,!.' say? "the cuAe of Hov. Wil liam Jefferson, alias William Black man, has Peen discussed boro on ac count of Hie4 fuel thal be. is in in tho county jail here and ls in a very precarious condition. The other ne gro. H. w. Williams. Jr., who claimed to be a detective and made the ar rest ol' Jefferson on the charge of murder, has very mysteriously disap peared, and that without claiming any reward, though according to his own statement there ls a reward of $300. "Jefferson says thal Williams call ed him out to see some pictures and when he went that Williams said 'you are my prisoner' and without more ado shot him in the abdomen. Jeffer son says that he has never been-In Alabama and thal he is of the opin ion thal Williams must have had some private grudgo against him. He also (daims that ho bas never committed any crime. to law, hut the condition of tho wounded man maj not warrant his removal at this time." This seems to have been an out rageous affair, and shold be silted to the very bottom. Williams, the ne gro, who shot the preacher, should be apprehended and made to answer foi his crime Hid he have a war rant? If he dd, xvhero did lie gel it. and on whose affidavit was it issued? These are questions that should be looked into. KILLED HIS SON IN LAW. Man Barriented Himself but Tinnily Surrendered. At Fort Worth, Texas, enraged ov er domestic troubles, Isaac Knight, a teamster shot and killed Edward Harmon, his son-in-law Saturday night, and then lo evade capture, Shot and mortally wounded Oscar H. Montgomery, captain of police of North Foil Worth, and seriously wounded Richard Howell, a former. City marshal. Pursued by armed men and wo men. Knight sought a point of van tage in the Stone creamery, where bo had Peen employed. He tinnily agreed lo surrender to any unarmed citizen who would guarantee his protection, l. F. Ilryant, a citizen, acceptod th? proposition and walked behind the Wiills . i the creamery whore Knight surrendered. Tho prisoner was tak L?n to Dalias for safekeeping. 1.ar m?n was married ten days ago to Knight s step-daughter. Domestic trouble, it is atated,\pre? vailed In Kniebi s home and the mar riage widened the broach. After Harmon and his wife had been or dered Hom the Knight home, Knight followed them to their new home, ir rm ed with a shotgun. Entering the house im killed Harmon. Knight en deavored to oscape, followed by offi cers and citizens. Ile bred at his pursuers as he ran, wounding Mont gomery and Howell. Alter Knight had sought refuge in tho creamery he bred several shots Into the crowd but no others were burt.. KILLED HIMSELF. A Lexington County Farmer Takes His Own Life by Shooting. The Columbia ?Record says Mr. T. H. Fd wards, Ibo middle-aged Lexing ton ((Minty farmer, who at an early hour Tuesday, despondent over the salo under foreclosure of h.a homo placo, shot himself In the hoad with Ul tdd al intent, died In tho Columbia Hospital. Mr. ICd warda leavea Hovor id children. Hp lived about three miles out of the town of Lexln?ton. DIED IN JAIL. TH Ii COBOHICD BUF.ACHF.H WHO WAS AKKKSTKD And Shot Hy Another Colored Mun, Clidniiiig to He a United states De tective, Ufos of Wound. Hov. .Tamos J otter son, tho colored preacher who was arrested and shot at Branchville the first of last week hy a negro named B. W. Williams, who claimed to l>e a Baited States Detective, died at Bamberg on lust Saturday from the wound Inflicted by Williams. After arresting Jeffer son and shooting him Williams took him to Bamberg and committed him to jail under the mono of W. H. Blackman. When carried to Bam berg Jefferson was suffering front a pistol shot wound In tho abdomen. Inflicted by Williams, and at an ear ly hour Saturday morning bo died from porotinltls as a result of the wound. A jury of Inquest was em panelled by Coroner Zeiglor, which, after hearing Hie evidence of Jeffer son's wife. Dr. H. F. Hoover. J. B. Hunter, sheriff, and C. B. Free, ren dered a verdict to the offed that the deceased came to his death from a pistol shot wei und inflicted ?JV B. W. Williams, Jr. From the evidence adduced at. the inquest it would seem that a most uncalled for murder has been com mitted by this mau Willituns, and he should be made to pay the ex treme penally for his foul crime. Wil liams, who murdered Jefferson, seems to think thal his claiming to bo a detect ive should have shudder him from airest and punishment tor his outrageous ..rime. lt wan also brought out nt Hie Inquest that Wil liams, who did tho shooting, saw an advertisement offering a ?fi'ou re ward for an escaped criminal from Alabama and concluded that Jeffer son was the man wanted. He ac cordingly went i<> Magistrate Zeiglor, of Bamberg County, and swore out a warrant charging Illili with mur der. Armed with this warrant he went to Branchville, accompanied hy Qu ill io Brawdy, a while man, and drove up to the residence of the de ceased at about ?I'o'clock Monday af ternoon, April Ht h. .Jefferson was toi on him ami it wen! off, and Jef ferson fell to the ground mortally wounded. Neither "the dctOctlvO" nor Iiis while friend made any explanation of their action, toit securely tied tho wounded man and put him in the buggy and drove off to the residence ol Magistrate Xeigler, in Bamberg county. Ile was kepi ibero until Tuesday afternoon, when he was sent to Hie Bamberg jail in almost a dy ing condition, where he remained un til death relieved hts sufferings Sat urday morning. To say the least of it the magistrate acted very strange ly. He should have investigated the matter when be found the prisoner so desperately wounded. Williams, "thc detective," admit ted to Messrs. C. B. Free, .1, H. Hun ter and others that he did the shoot ing, hut claimed that the deceased lumped Ut him when he started to irrest him and took hold of his hand, and that his pistol went off, but he did not know how. This is a lame UllO and should not lie believed for DUO moment. If an innocent man ?an be called out of his home, and shot down as Jefferson was hy a so called detective lhere is a defect in the law and it should he remedied ?it once. The above are the facts in this very Strniige and Outrageous ?ase as was brought out at the Coroner's inquest it Bamberg on Saturday. Most of Ihe testimony was give;, hy the wBe if the murdered preacher, who says die was a eye witness, of the whole riff a lr. The body was shipped to Branchville for interment, accompan ied by the wife of the murdered preacher, who had been nursing him -linc*' he war- first put in jail on Tues day, April 7. Tho deceased is ?aid io have been a resident of Branch ville for Hie hist six or eight years, ind a preacher of the Gospel. Williams, hearing of the death of Jefferson, ami having, been made to believe that the fact Hud he is a de tective will save him from pOrsOCU tion. went to Bamberg Saturday and surrendered to Sheriff Hunter. Sher iff Dukes, having, been notified, bo sent over to Hamborg and had Wil liams brought to Orangeburg and lodged in jail, where he will likely day until he is tried, and wo hope convicted, il tho caes is like it is ( reported above. . ? Must .Not Deface Postcards, As a result of numerous complaints t d' postal postcards being defaced by i postmarking, tho Postmaster.Qenoral i lia* ordered discontinuance of the i aontmarking of cards ut tho oOlco of ] uldBCHS. Tho postcard fad has reach- j sd such enormous porpotlons that tho i now rullug will bo received with ia- i toroat by tho thousands of postosrd | ollecf?iH. . ! A FATAL FIRE IN A CROWDED NEW YORK TENE MENT FRIDAY. Two Lives Lost and Many Persons In jured in die Conflagration Which Is Supposed to Hu ve Reen Set. At New York two lives were lost, a score of persons injured, and twelve families driven panic-stricken and half clad from their homes in a fire in the live story tenement house at No. LT. Pitt street, early Friday. Tho police believe the fire was set by thieves for th purpose of drawing off the police from the neighborhood. The dead: William Chestier, \ 1 -li years old. Solomon Chestier, 3 l-l! years old. The seriously njured: Jacob S. Chesneri, burned about the face, hands and body. Mrs. Jacob Chesner, burned on the face, hands and body. Butchki Chesner. burned about legs and body. Abraham Lustig, a boarder tn the Chesner family, hands and face burned. Julius Spalner, of Engine Co., No. :\ I. who was off duty, but happened to be passing the house when the alarm otp the Uro was given, manag ed to clamber from tho narrow corn ice on the adjoining building, lo the cornice over the stores of tho first lloor of the burning tonoinent. Cling ing lo the wall and with several oth ers forming a human bridge, he suc ceeded in getting a dozen persons to safety. A squad bf firemen had fought their way to the third floor with a hose when they were blown down stairs by a tremendous back draft. Herman Bower, the nov./.lcmnii, was knocked unconscious und over come by smoke. He was carried to the street by his comrades. He re vived quickly and immediately went back into the building. In the meantime Mrs. Chesner had discovered that her boys were miss ing and urged by her frantic appeals men from truck No. !8 finally suc ceeded lu making their way to the lop floor, where face down and suf focated by the smoke, they found the body of William Chesner, four and a half years dd. Later the street had been broken Into dur ing the excitement of the tire and a considerable sum of money taken from tho cash drawer. The police believe the Uro was set to draw off (heir attention and give the robbers ii chance to break into the store. * PREFER TILLMAN TO TAFT. I'll rca toned That Negroes Will Knife President nt the Polls. A letter addressed to Representa tive Rainey of Illinois, by Walter S. I'homas, chairman of the Ohio-Afro Vnierican League, with headquarters it Columbus, Ohio, was read in the House of Representatives Saturday. Thomas referring to a speech some Imo since in the House in reply to he one by Mr. Rainey, declared that he negroes of Ohio "refused to be ed like dumb driven cattle to the coting booths and there cast their :>allots for President Roosevelt, his Secretary of War or any other man lie may ace fit to support for the President of the United States at L'hk ago." The letter points out that a grave injustice was done the negro race in :he Brownsville matter, and states hat the negroes of the country will uipport no candidato for President tvho does not stand squarely upon die broad principles of justice. In .oncluston the letter says: "Wo have almost reached that, mini where we cnn say thank Cod for Senator Tillman, for we believe1 liini td bo at least honest in hts expressions and wo boliove him jquaro in his life. I nm absolutely .onvincod of this one fact, that diould Secretary Taft be nominated it Chicago for President of the Unit id States the colored voters of Ohio ?nd of the whole United States, ?i?~> >cr cent, of them at least ealeuln ion, would cast their votes for thc draight Democratic ticket for Pr?s dent or remain away from the polls, lins making the election Of a DOIQ* )Cratlc President practically certain." Killing ut Badham'* Ren Thompson, a negro employed ;>y Dorchester Lumber Company, was Olid at Radham on Tuesday by an ther negro named Tom Middleton, rhoinpson ontored the cabin of Mid lleton eiu ly that morning and short y after a fight started between the Lwo and tho ending aa stated. Ed IX?O, another negro, supposed to be mixod np tn tho affair, was captured Ibout five miles from the scene of tho tilling. Thompson's throat waa out from oar to ear. Aa yot the posaos iont out after Middleton have not been nbblo to locate him. Bndhamo ls located botween Rooyestillw and ll. George on tho Souther?. LEVER'S SP?ECH IN SUPPORTING Tino HILIi MAR INO APPROPRIATION Of Over Eleven Million Dollar* fm the Department of Agriculture Was n (.'und One. In supporting thc hill making ap propri?t ions of $11,431,340 for the department or agriculture, Represen tative Ashli ry F. Lever made aa ex cellent speech. It was extended and thorough, and a.s thc agricultural de partment is now doing hy far the best, work since its establishment, and as it is doing at least as mach for the South as for any other section, and as the South stands in greater need of (hat assistance than any other sec tion, Mr. Lever's speech in tho house of representatives very appropriately particularly directed attention to the Opportunities in tho South, and the tremendous undeveloped resources of the South. More addresses In con gress and in the North along similar lines would hear rich fruit. Wo quote nu extract or two from Mr. Lever's speech: The true measure of the industrial greatness of any country is tho size of the hank hooks >f tho armers, and their natural, Inherent conservatism is the true gauge of the character, stability, and morals ol' its citizen ship. Two hundred and six million acres classified as unimproved farm lands and millions of acres of unclassified land in tho Soin h await tho elixir of man's Intelligence to lay at his feet their lmmeasurahly rick treasures. I Applause. ) And in conclusion: Such, Mr. Chairman, :\vc our possi? l?i) M los. such are our opportunities, sm.li is tho record we have made, and today we stand upon the threshold of a great, future, tho greater tri II in ps lie before i's. Nature has smiled upon this fair land, and tho smile has brought joy to the hearts of its people and strength to tholr arm. The celebrated poet, Emerson, said: "America is another name for opportunity" and that unique chur acter, Greeley, enjoined, "Young man, go West and grow up with the country," but if tho groat poet and tho great, philosopher und editor could see he South as she ls today, with nov C???OTVV "-'-* Coi : ,' iron deposit ; her ?"?.?>tito j/huns f '?ue(pU'Vd iitc, fio'l l?Pfl >? . ,. nighted v.*Pl) lu'co'inpiiMph hat mia, ano conquering people, the conclusion of the ono would be, "The South is another name for opportun ity" (applause), and the injunction of the other, "Young niau, go South and grow up with the country." (Ap plause.) Mr. Chairman, wo road in Holy Writ of a - "good land, a land of brooks of wa ter, of fountains and depths that, syning out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and iig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt no? lack any thing in it; a land whose ?tonos aro iron, and out of whoso hills thou mayest dig brass." And to mo it reads Uko an inspir ed description of the South fronting tho future, confident, buoyant, thrilled by an all-pervading spirit ot progress. (Loud applause.) * MUST RE CRAZY. Was Told in a Dream to Kill Her Husband. At New York actlrg under a c.om inand which she said had been given to her by St. Joseph in a dream. Mrs. Telina Sardonia Friday, in tho presence of her five children,. nX I heir home, gashed her husband, Salvatore, with a big bread knife Sic ply in the neck, in what she de dared to be an attempt to cut of? his bend. The frenzied woman's attack was proceeded by most elaborate prepara tions ol a religious nature. The man was taken, apparently dying to tho New York hospital. The Wife's frenzied attack occurred in the presence of tho couple's flvo Funall children, one of whom, Mich ael, 12 years old, probably averted what would have been instant death by screaming and arousing his fath er, who thus had time lo partly avoid a thrust ot' the knife aimed at his throat. Mrs. Sardonia was said to have hoon acting queerly since tho birth of her child two months ago .* PRISONERS ESCAPE. Eight Break Out of Prison at Gnd fort, N. C. A dispatch from Gail fort, N. C., says all of tho surrounding country for miles is being scoured by armed mon searching for a lot of negro des peradoes who escaped from tho coun ty jail Tuesday. Among the escaped prisoners aro sovoral chargod with murder and others convicted of man slaughter, burglary and varloutf crimes. Wight prisoners In all escap ed and up *o ne-^n only r>v>n wan enp tured. II? young negi .