The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 05, 1899, Image 1
VOL. XIV.
AHEAD OF TIME.
Dewey Entered New York Harbor
Two Days Early.
ARRIVED TUESDAY MORNING
Admiral's First Visit Was to Sir
Thomas Lipton- Oveiwhelm
ed by Regard of His
Countrymen.
,. ?? Admiral Dowey arrived of! Naw York
on tbo Olymp'a at dawn on Tuesday
morning of last week. Tho first shot of
wclcomo was from tho pilots' and crew
of a pilot boat, No, 7, 15 milos south
of tho Ilook lightship. It happened to
bo Pilot John Poterson's turn, and at
5:30 a. in., ho was put aboard tho
Olympia and brought hor around the
Hook and into the lowor bay.
Tho marino observers along tho coast
had sighted tho Olympia in tho first
light of tho morning. Tho shore batteries
of Fort Ilanoock. manned by
gunners called from breakfast, let loose
17 guns. Tho flagship replica with 21
and lot go her anchors not far from
whore tho cup challoneer Shamrock is
moored.
Thn admiral wan in liia awn onnnlrv
again, after 23 months' alienee. Tlio
r\ilot had brought aboard tho Sunday
i. pors, and a reporter of tho Associated
Press was received by the admiral in a
oabin littored by tho illustrated Dcwoy
oditions, which together made hundreds
of pages in black and-white, and
)in colors, all ooncorning the great admiral
and tho preparations made to rccoive
him.
"It almost saddonsmo." ho said, "to
soo what my pooplo arc doing for mo.
| Tho pride and gratification is immense,
and I eannot oxprcss the appreciation I
foci. I did not know; I didn't really
| perceive until this morning tho splendid
wclcomo that my countrymen aro
giving mo. Tho governors of many
States are coming to see me, and troops
from Florida, Georgia and other far\
away States aro on their way to take
part in rcoeiving inc."
\ Admiral Dewey stroked tho head of a
( tawny-haired dog, the Chow dog of a
Chineso breed that appears in tho illustrated
intorviows with tho admiral.
\ "Bob hero," ho said, "is not well.
lie yearns to bo ashore, tie is sick to
got a little grass and to scamper around.
I fool a good deal that way myself. 1
am mightly glad to get homo. It isn't
~ go' fnr a man any more than a dog to
Ilivo on shipboard for 23 hionths."
Tho admiral saiu that ho folt tired,
but he did not look so. I lis
ion is a clear bronze, his hazel oyes
bright, his bearing brisk and rather
jaunty. Soino deop lines aro under his
eyes^and around his mouth, but his
voico is singularly clear and pleasant.
The admiral's whole presence is that of
a man in his fullest powers. His mant
nor is gentle and kind, but ho is exceedingly
wary [and'didjnot* pormit himself
, to wander off into politics or to exercise
those positive views ho no doubt holds
about tho Philippine and American affairs
there. His attention was brought
? to interviews in which he is described
as going rather fully into tho oharactor
of tho Filipinos and their fitness for
solf-govornmont.
"I cannot stand for any interview
giving my opinions on politioal subjects
and tho Philippines. I disown any
1 views asoribed to mo on those subjects."
Alluding to his arrival two days
ahead of tho time he was expected, Admiral
Dewoy said: "I am sorry that I
am ahead of the schcdulo. Tho Olym\
pia has been steaming at tho uniform
rato of ten knots an hour since we lclt
| . Gibraltar. Several days ago wo know
that wo would arrive Thursday unless
wo moderated our spocd or went somewhere
c of our courso. Capt. Lamberton^jAeut.
Brumby and I held a
* v consultation. Tho propriety of running
\ into Hampton Roads or some other
\ port in tho South was spokon of, but wo
ooncludod that wo ought not to touch
land first anywhero except at New
York. It was suggested that wo cruise
somo distance outside Now York har^
; bor until Thursday, but wo knew that
if we did that wo would be disoovcr?d
aud reported. Tho woather looked a
little squally and it seemed to bo better
to be insido tho Hook than outside.
I But the consideration that really docidcd
us to oomo into port was to give
Capt. Lamborton a ohance to clean up
the ship beforo our voyage up tho harbor.
Capt. Lamberton and I are very
proud of tho Olyinpia and wo wanted
enough t>*t o at our anchorage to rub
her down make hor look spick and
span."
Tho Olympia looks as smart now as a
yacht. Tho anchors wero hardly down
boforo dotailsof tho orow wore washing
tho ship's white sidos and touohing up
the stairs with paint.
i % The admiral's first business was to
send an officer ashoro with telograms for
I the navy department, . Mayor Van
Wyok and Gon. Buttorfield, announcing
the arrival.
lie thon spent most of the morning
over newspapors and receiving reportf
ors. Ho was just finishing a midday
breakfast whon Sir Thomas Lipton
oalled on him. With Sir Thomas woro
. Dr. Mackay and other visiting KngI
' 1 liaKmnm
"I suppose you have come for the
toa," said Admiral f>ewoy, referring to
Sir Thomas's gift of five pounds ef tea
to eaoh n.?Wi on thx ship while ho was at
Colombo.'
"No, you're wolcome .0 that if anybody
can drink it," ropliod Sir Thomas.
'Lfeiv The admiral and tho owner of the
oup ohallengor had a 15 minutes talk.
As Sir Thomas and his friends left
the Olympia a half hundred of tho
m
ship's crew forward oheercd the baroDOt.
"I couldu't stop 'em," cried Admiral
Dewoy, waving his hand at Sir Thomas
Lipton. ''They hadn't any orders to
do that."
Admiral Dcwty then had a succession
of notablo callers. Hoar Admiral
Sampson, with Capt. Chadwick, his
chief of staff, and Lieut. Commander
Win slow, his flag lieutenant, caiuo on
tho Dolphin. When the dispatch boat
was a mile away it began firing an ad
miral's salute and tho Olympia replied
with a rear admiral's saluto of thirtcon
guns.
Tho J>olphin anchored near tho
Olympia and Hear Admiral Sampson
nnil Ilia iitafT wnnt nn linnr/l 'I'linn ivorn
received by Admiral Dewey, Capt.
Lambcrton, Lieut. Brumby and the
officers of the deck, tho full marine
guard and band being paraded. Tho
officors went to the admiral's cabin.
Kear Admiral Sampson remained on
board more than an hour.
Hear Admiral Sampson had first
learned of Admiral Dewey's arrival at
the Brooklyn navy yard, whoro he wont
about 10 o'clock t* sco llear Admiral
Philip. Soon after Hear Admiral
Sampson had gono. Hear Admiral
Philip voyaged down the bay in tho
Narkeeta and paid unofficial call, attended
by Commander J 1) J Kolloy.
Tho rear admiral's salute was not fired
in this case, by request of Hear Admiral
Philip. Admiral Dewey received
theso official visits in undress uniform.
Dr Sanborn of tho port physicians'
Btatl visited tho Olympia and looked at
her p. pers. Eleven of the crow of 375
men havo typhoid fever. Soino of tho
cases aro convalescent and oil of them
arc of a mild typo according to Dr. Percy.
tho ship's surgeon. No one has
died of the fever, and with tho exception
tho sailors and marines aro well.
Dr. Percy is unable to account for tho
prescnco of typhoid on tho ship. Tho
cases a.o not numerous or serious
enough to cause him alarm, and it is
probablo that tho sick men will bo taken
ashoro to a hospital.
George Bidwell, collector of the port,
Postmaster Vancott and several of tho
customs officials visited tho admiral
and woro personally conducted around
the ship by him.
All day tugs, sail boats and excursion
steamors oamo up near the Olympia
and took a look-at her. Everybody
who asked was permitted to cotuo on
board.
The Olympia's anchorage was rather
a lonely placo, and altogether not a
great many vcssols mado a point of
going there. It is, howovcr, near the
main ship channel. Tho North Gorman
Loyd stcamor Saalc, outward
bound; passed closo to the Olpmpia.
Tho Saalo's passongers crowded to the
rails. Admiral Dewey responded to
waving pockot handkorchiefs by lifting
i_ i mi. - o l ?>?
n?N can Jg^Yorai uinos. j no ouaiu s
band jiTay?_. .>~\ho Star Spangled Banner,"
and the Olympic dipped her flag.
Tho Cunarder Urania p^gsdd out half
an hour aftorwards. ShoVflred Yl signal
bombs. Admiral Dewey directed
the Olympia's band to play "God Savo
the Queon."
Tho admiral, about 5 o'oVujk, returned
Sir Thomas Lipton's" visit.
Lieut. Brumby and the admiral'?! son,
Geo. G. Dewey, wero with him.I Sir
Thomas met tho admiral at tlio/^
board gangway of tho Erin with'* nis
friends and tho entire party went to tho
after cabin, whero tho health of
the admiral, tho Shamrock and, of
course, tho Columbia; were drunk amid
enthusiasm.
The admiral romainod on board for
nearly half an hour and then started
for his ship. Tho Erin's crow began
to cheer and as his launch drow away
tho ontirc ships'company, guests, officers,
crew, servants, Cingaloso and all,
lod by Sir Thoma9, with a hip, hip, hip
gave three honest cheers, tho kind that
tho admiral heard from tho British
warships in' Manila bay. Admiral
Dowoy waved his gold bound cap like a
school boy as ho stood on tho rail of his
littlo white canopied launch.
Ban from the Law.
Conductor Coffoy and Engineer Martin,
of the Mexico Central railroad,
havo just reached E) Paso, Tex., after
a quick trip from Cuatitl&n, Mox., near
Mexico City, where their train telescoped
a freight ana killed an American cattleman
who was riding in tho cabooso.
The trainmen hurried away immediately
to avoid arrest. Two American
engineers from the Mexican and Vora
Cri/. road came in Thursday night looked
up in a Pullman by their frionds.
Their train collided in the suburbs of
Mexico City with a street oar filled with
society people returning home from
the opera, killing seven persons and
injuring soveral others. Ono of tho
onginccrs was griding in the cab when
the acoidcnt happonod and considorod
it best not to remain bohind. The
Mexican firoman was arrested and tho
conductor is still hiding in tho interior.
Will Dewey Bun?
Tho presidential bGe is undoubtedly
buzzing undor tho cap of Admiral
Dewey. Tho temptation is too groat
for him to resist, and despite his scorning
indiffcroncc to tho feeling of his
countrymen it oan bo plainly seen that
Dewey is thinking of groator honors
than have alroady boon piled upon him.
"I guess I'll stiok to tho sea," says
tho good-natured hero, but that is the
strongest language he has used in speaking
of tho prcsidonoy. To announce
his candidacy at this timo would bo distasteful
and wholly presumptious, but
it can bo said thattho Dowey boom is
on.
Qreat Lots of Life.
Tho London Echo says tho Greek
government was informed Thursday the
severo shock of oarthnuako around
Smyrna killed a thousand porsons, injured
800 and demolished 2,000 houses
and two villages.
it 3?o
CON WAV. S. V..
IN NEW YORK.
Our Gallant Soldiers Safely in
Heart of Gotham.
GIVEN KINDLY GREETINGS.
The Governor and His Staff
Greets the Boys. The
Palmetto State Well
Represented.
South Carolina was well represented
officially in New York on Dewey Day
by Gov. MeSwooncy and his staff. Besides
this she had tho largost body of
troops presont of any Southern Stato.
A dispatch to The State dated Now York
Sept. 20 says within one huudred yaids
of tho magnificent Dewey triumphal
aroh Gov. McSwocnoy and his staff
have their headquarters in tho Hoffman
House.
The South Carolina officers and soldiers,
traveling on the Atlantic Coast
Line's executive special, reached hero
today a little after 1 o'clock, and a half
hour better than the promiso uiade.
The train was run extra all the way,
thanks to Passenger Agent Culloy, and
the record was broken. Thcro was no
accident of any kind, and all conductors
pronounced the South Carolinians
tho most orderly aud best behaved soldies
they had ever handled.
The governor and statT went direct to
tho Hodman Houbc. They wore much
pleased with tho railroad service given.
Tho band played "Dixio" crossing tho
river and "Yankee Poodlo" as the boys
landed at tho foot of Twenty-third
street. Thero the troops were fortnod
into a regiment and, commanded by
Col. Frost and headed by the First Artillery
band, United States army,
marched through Twenty-third street
to Fifth avenuo and thence down Fifth
avenue to Fourth street, near the Uowery,
where they were given quarters in
a commodious hall. Lieut. Col. Pearco
of the governor's stall mot them there.
He, with Col. Frost, called on tho New
York commandcry and soon a supply of
cots was sent to thorn. About 3:30
o'clock tho Southern's contingent, under
tho command of Acting Major Ulythc,
arrived, having been held back on account
of tho crowding of the track.
These companies marched up from
Dosbrosscs street landing undor tho
command of Gen. Floyd, who met them.
Thn Kniitli (!nrnlinn. hnvs wnrn jrivn.n
an ovation through the strcots of Now
York and desorved it. It was the Hamo
thing along tho lino, notably at Washington
and Baltimore. Gov. McSwecnoy,
Gen. Floyd and tho ofticors of tho
governor's. staff viHited tho troops this
afternoon, and, being choorod and called
on the governor mado a brief speech
complimentary to the soldiers,'tolling
them what was expected of them. Gen.
Floyd and Col. Frost also responded to
calls.
Tonight the soldiers aro seeing tho
sights and tho governor and sovcral of
his staff havo accompanied friends to
an entertainment.
A special dispatch from New
York to The Stato says South Carolina
was very much in tho picture
Thursday. In tho parado tho govcr
nor and staff were photographed and
then the govornor and Cols. Folk,
Guntcr Wilson, Mauldin and Watson
visited the Now York cotton exchange.
They were invited on the floor into the
ring where tho proceedings wero watched.
At tho produoo oxchango, to which
the ootton mon took thciy thoy were
similarly rocoivcd and dtended tho
musioal close of tho dayi proceedings.
Thoncotho party wont to the navy yard
in Brooklyn whero they wero given a
charming reception by Admiral Philip
in person and Lieut. Mulligan. These
officers took charge of tho visitors and
took thom over the Cincinnati and
Buffalo. They also gave thom a closo
personal inspection of tho Yacht Columbia
in tho dry dock. Sho is a beautiful
boat. While tho govornor and
party wero moving over the yard the
admiral had tho Vermont to lire a governor's
saluto of 10 guns.
During the forenoon Trinity church
and Trinity chapel were visited undor
tho guidaneo of Mr. Hubbard of the
ootton exchange. Tho Pulitzer building
towor was also visited. JOvory- i
whore tho governor's party was given a
cordial reception. Returning tho governor
and his staff oallod at the headquarters
of tho troops in Fourth streot 1
and found thcincn woro rocoiving every
attontion and enjoying themsolvos. 1
Tho sick mon havo been returned from '
the hospital.
Good of a Hard Head.
Bon Davis, a workman on the Colli- '
out building on Gorvais street, had a
narrow escapo from death Wednesday '
morning, and had it not been for the <
hardness of his head the coroner would '
have "sat on ! him before this. IIo had *
rolled a wheelbarrow of brick up the
inolined piano to tho platform of tho f
second story. By some strange fatality
he didn't stop, but rolled himself and
wheolbarrow off tho platform, falling 20 ,
feet below. He was mixed up with
bricks and tho barrow, and his hoad '
struck a heavy timber, but boyond a ?
slight abrasion on tho skin of the skull 1
he was uniniured.?Tho State.
I
Goes to Prison. i
A special from Scottsboro, Ala., says 1
Rev. Lewis Lumpking, who has boon *
preaohing thcro forty years, has boon
sentenced to the ponitcnliary for ton
years on tho ohargo of inhumanly tor- j
turing his little grandson by burning .
him so badly that the child died. Lump
king is aged and infirm and will not live .
through the term of his sontonoo. ,
tvil 1
THURSDAY. OCTOB
LOSS OF THE oitDANETA.
Naval Cadet Wood, of Georgia, in Command,
Killed.
The navy department Tuesday received
from Admiral Watson a cablegram
announcing tho capture and dostruotion
of tho gunboat Urdanota, reported
in tho pross dispatches of Monday.
Another dispatoh from tho aduiirill
uinfne tliof K a Inawnu f ks?au/?l? ? ??
acta nvuvvj.i vunu HO IOCI1 UD llAIVStlgll 111^111 '
gont sources that her oommaudcr, Naval
Cadet Welborno Wood, was killed in
tho action. Tho fato of the orow is not
known.
Admiral Watson's first dispatch follows:
Manila, Sept. 25.
Secretary Navy, Washington:
Gunboat IJrdancta, Cadot Welborno
C. Wood oomniauding, has boon oaptured
by tho insurgonts whilo blockading.
Tho wreck is hard aground, water
two feet deep, near Orani on Orani
river, northwestern corner of Manila
bay, and is complctoly guttod. Draft,
maximum, was less than six feet. Displacement
in tons, 42. Battery consists
of onc-pouudcd rapid lirogun, ono
machine gun (Colt automatic), ono machine
gun (Nordenfcdlt 25 millimeters).
Tho reason of its presence in that rivor
is not known. Commandor Cornwcll
was proventing tho landing of armi
with 10 mon. His foroo was too small
to attack armed insurgents at tho village.
Water is only six feet deep on
the bar at tho mouth of tho rivor. Cannot
obtain any authentic information
of the crew as yet booauso (insurgents)
will llfil rnannnl Oner nf tninn Hud. (
.? - - - - >/ ? VUJ'VVV ? V* VI UVVI V?U\. I.
Wood with tho crow of nine enlistod
men and ono Chinaman aro not accounted
for. The nainoand ratoof Americans,
whoweroall attached to tho Oregon, aro
as follows:
Benjamin James Green, coxswain.
William Mitoholl, Hcnnmn.
Samuel Tildcn llorbort, ordinary seaman.
IOdward Burke, ordinary soaman.
Georgo Daniel Dowers, approntico,
first-class.
Arthur William Drummond, machinist,
first-class.
Thomas Groy, fireman, sooond-elass.
John James Farlay, fireman, firstclass.
Samuol Stono, soatnan.
lloport by mail.
(Signed) Watson.
Cadet Wclborno C. Wood is includod
in tho list of naval cadets who havo
passed tho requisite aoadcmio eourso,
and aro now performing two years sorvioo
at sea prior to final graduation. IIo
was tho son of Mr. II. E. Wood of Jerusalem,
Diokons county, Qa., formerly
a farmer but now employod as a
storekeeper and gauger in tho intornal
rovenuo servico of tho government.
William Mitchell, one of tho men
who was with Cadet Wood, was born at
Bucksvillo, S. C., and his residonco is
set down as New York city. Next of
kin is George Mitchell, father, living in
Bucksvillo, S. C.
SIX WERE KILLED.
It is reported by a person who has
just arrived from Turoao that Naval
Cadet Wclborn C. Woods, who was in
J .( iL. T T? ! a ?1 Olil? I i
cmiimiiiiu ui niu uniicu oiaioH gunuoat
(Jrdancta recently captured and destroyed
by tho insurgents in the Orani
river, on tho northwest sido of Manila
hay, whore sho was patrolling, and five
of the nino enlisted men forming tho
crow, wero killed during tho fighting
previous to the destruction of tho vessel.
Hio four othor men and tho captured
cannon? a ono pounder, a rapidfiro
gun, a Colt machine gun and a Nordenfeldt
25-millimetre gun?woro conveyod
to Malac.
Nothing Much.
Mossrs. J. I), llaselden and T. 0.
Robinson of tho State board of control,
tho committee to investigate irregularities
in tho contraband room of tho
State dispensary, havo about completed
their work and will now prepaio
their roport to be submittod at tbo
meeting of tho board next wook. It is
thought thatthe disclosures will not be
bo very startling as has been presuinod,
but the faots will doubtloss bo sufficient
to causo somo changes in the ofTioe.
Tho rovolations aro not now expeetod
to bo vory sensational.?Tho Stato.
Did Not Want Him.
The school trustoosof Princeton Ind.
aro having troublo over a Cuban boy
brought home from the island by an
army ofTicor. When tho Cuban boy
Btarted to sohool tho parents of the
white pupils announced they would
withdraw thoir children if ho was pormittod
toattond tho institution. They
?aid ho must go to the Negro sohool.
The trustees withdrew the Cuban from
school temporarily until tho iontrovorsy
can bo settled.
Surgeon Kills Himself
Tho following was received at tho
ivar department Wodnosday morning:
Dr. John llonry Fouass, acting assistant
surgeon, U. S. A., committed sui)idc
by shooting himsolf at sea on
9oard transport Burnsido atl:*45 p. m.;
Sept. 26th. Body on board.
J. C. Dougherty,
burgeon U. S. A., transport Burnsido.
Killed in the King.
As a result of a nrizo UU
? - g- -?? -?b?v av
Valley Grass,-Gal., Thursday night between
Jim l'endoraast of Saoramento
md Chas. Iloskins of that placo, the
attor is dead. Iloskins was knocked
>ut in the 10th round and although
physicians worked upon the prostrato
nan all night they could not save his
ifo. Tho referee, Pendorgast and all
he scoonds were plaoed under arrest.
"I have used your 'Lifo for the Liver
md Kidneys' with groat bonefit, and
'er Dyspepsia or any derangement of
,he Liver or Kidneys I regard it as bong
without an equal." James J. Os)orno,
Attorney at Law, Boliston,
Henderson Go., N. G. *
Stall
Ell 5, 1895).
MILLION VISITORS
And New York is One Sea of
Fluttering Bunting.
ALL TO HONOR DEWEY.
The Naval Precession Up the
Hudson River Nine Miles
Long. The Military
Parade.
Tho city of New York was gorgoou8y
dockod Thursday in honor of tho gallant
I>cwcy. Had an ocean of color
swept through tho oity, its ebbing tide
could not havo stained tho streets inoro
brilliantly. Hundreds of miles of red,
whito and bluo hunting oover tho noble
facades of Broadway and Fifth avonuo,
and a million flags tiuttor over tho
town. Not oven tho churches havo escaped
tho universal dcoorations. Tho
doors and Gothic windows of old Trinity
on lower Broadway aro gracefully
draped with the national colors, and in
ancient Trinity gravoyard tho tomb of
that gallant sailor, who, dying, issued
tho oommand not to givo up tho ship,
lios shrouded in tho silken folds of ti e
Hag for which ho died.
A million visitors wcro prosent and
participated in tho glorious colchrntion.
Tho arrangements for tho two days'
celebrations woro complotcd Thursday.
The great arch at Madison square,
modelled after the triumphal arch of
Titus aid upon which tho most famous
sculptors of America havo lavished
their gonius stands a superb tribute to
tho nation's hero, ft is more beautiful
than tho arch in Uonio.
Thursday tho llotilla lay quietly at
anohor off Tompkinsvillo, a towering
Bpcotaclo of naval might and power to
thotens of thousands who sailod down
in tugs, in yaohts and in steamers to
to soo the ships. Tho tush to got
aboard tho Olympia novcr abated for a
minute. and as great indulgonco was
shown l>y Admiral Powcy, a goodly portion
of thoso who bosicgcd the gangways
got aboard. At times tho ship
was fairly overrun. Thoso orowds and
tho official visits the admiral rcocivod
scarooly gavo him and his officers time
to brcatho.
Owing to tho stream of official visitors,
tho roar of salutos continuod almost
without interruption all day.
Maj. Gon. Nelson A. Miles, at tho hoad
of tho Washington oommittco, oallod
to submit tho programmo for tho roooption
at tho national oapital, and
Maj. Gon. Morritt and his staff, stiff
with gold braid, eamo ovor from Governor's
Island to officially wclcomo Admiral
Powoy in tho name of the army.
Thoy were received with all tho honors
befitting their rank.
Commandor Goorgo W. liaird, who
Bailed with Farragut and Dewey in tho
west Gulf squadron in 1861, unrolled a
paekago which ho had carefully guarded
all tho way to tho Olympia and displaying
a faded blue admiral's onsign
upon which wero stiohed four white
stars, ho said to Admiral Dowoy: "Admiral,
1 wish to proscnt to you tho first
admiral's flag over 'broken out' in tho
navy of this country. The grand old
admiral whoso namo and memory all so
revere, first hoisted this ensign upon
tho good ship Hartford, before Now
Orleans, and afterward upon tho Franklin,
and sineo it camo down from that
masthead it has novcrjaoon whipped by
tho wind or worn by tho elements.
You, tho worthy succossor of that groat
admiral whoso tactics you so successfully
followed a short whiloago, Ideom
tho proper person for Farragut's mantle
to fall upon."
This flag was mado by Quartermaster
Knowlos out of a bluo "numbor', flag
when Farragut. was first mado a rear
admiral. Two white stars were sewed
on it. When Farragut was made an
admiral two more white stars wore sowod
on it. Farragut flow this flag on tho
Hartford at Now Orleans and attcrward
in tho Mediterranean.
Admiral Dowoy was dcoply affected
and tears wore in his oyos as ho gazod
at tho souvonir. It was sovcral momonts
beforo ho could find his voice.
Finally ho said: "I'll fly it?I'll fly it
at tho masthead?I'll fly it in tho parade?I'll
fly it always?and and,
whon I strike my admiral's flag this will
bo tho flag I shall striko."
This was tho most iinpressivo scono
that has occurred on tho Olyiupia sinco
hor arrival in port and for somo timo no
ono spoke. Tho silonce was broken by
Dowcy who oallod his Chinoso stoward
and ordorod a caso of ohampagno.
Thursday night thoro was a preliminary
illumination of raro beauty. All
tho buildings on tho wator front were
lighted up. On tho llrooklyn bridge,
in lottors of fire .'10 fcot high, flashed
tho words, "Wolcomo T)owoy," whilo
simultaneously from the shoros of tho
East and North rivers, Staton and
Governor's islands, rod firo glowed and
sputtered, sending up fantastio olouds
of smoko, turning tho oalm wator into
asoaoflurid flamo and transforming
tho oraft in the harbor into rod spootres.
Whilo muoh powdor was flung into
smoko down tho bay Thursday, muoh
moro was burned Friday during tho
naval pageant up tho Hudson llivor.
Tho marino parade oolipscd all provious
water pageant on this side of tho world.
It moved at ono o'olook, in four divisions.
First, camo tho Olympia, flankod
on either sido by tho torpodo boats.
They were followed by a fleot in double
column, led by tho Carsair, tho flagship
of tho New iork Yacht club. Tho
third division uf the fleet consisted of
the morohant marino steamers and an
indiscriminate floot of tugs, barges and
unatiaohed vossols brought up the rear.
Tho line was several miles long, somo
estimates going as high as nino. When
the parade reaohed Grant's tomb in
t
Itivcr park the Olymnia eamo to anchor
below two boAutiful floats representing
Peace and Victory, and oacli warship
in its turn dropped in bolow tho flagship.
The national Haluto of 21 guns
was firod in honor of tho horo of Appoinatox.
Tho torpedo boats and revenue
cuttors anchored opposite tho lino of
warships undor tho bluff, and between
those two linos tho oivio part of tho
parado passod in reriow.
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firo works wcro grand, and surpassed
anything ever seen in Now York.
Tho military parade Saturday was a
grand event. Thero were over twonty
thousand soldier* in line, and they prcsontod
a most handHotno appcaranco as
the marched pass the reviewing stand
and saluted tho hero of Manila.
This ended tho festivities, and the
visitors began at oneo to leave the city
for home. Tho South Carolina contingent
left Sunday morning and are
once more at home telling friends of
their exporicneo.
floods in india"
Much Property Destroyed and Hun
dreds of Lives Lost.
The great storm of Sunday and Monday
which caused destruotivo landihdoB
and Hoods gatherod at tho head of the
hay of Cnic ltta, India, and then moved
north, giving heavy rain in Ualoutta,
Dinnjapur, ilanpur and Jalpaiguri. Its
grcatost fury was folt at Darjeelitig. Si
multaneously auothor storm gathered at
Kangpur and passed wostward from
I'urnoa and Monghyr. Tho Usual
weekly reports have net boon received
from tho government, and there is rea
son to foar that tho distriot named is
flooded and communication intorruptod.
It is ostiniatod that betwoen Darjeoling
and Kursoong alone 300 persons have
lost thoir lives.
Tho lino botwoen Darjooling and Honada
will he blocked, probably for two
months. 1 toth tho uppor and tho low
or l'uglsjhoras havo boon carried away.
A number of bodios have boon recovered.
The soldiers of tho Munstor regiment
aro scarohing for bodios and
oloaring tho roads.
It io roportod that tho Teosta suspension
bridgo has boon broken awav
by tho floods and that Kalitnpoug is
therefore cut off from ooniniiini<mf inn
Gangs of natives and soldiors aro working
to oloar tho roads. Tho storm appears
to have boon oxtondcd all over tho
northern portion of Bengal.
Considerable daniago has also boon
done at Silliguri, whore a number of
woodon huts and tho plague oamp has
boon destroyed. Tho subsidence of the
hillside at Darjooling continues, and is
causing alarm, as it threatens to destroy
tho wholo Bazaar.
Although tho delayed roports from
many soetions provent acourato estimates,
it is evident that tho fatalitios
far oxooed 300. No fower than 200
persons were killed in tho dostruotion
of i'hool Bazaar alone, and as many as
j 100 at Darjooling.
Twenty-one bodios have been recovered
at Tamsongbato, whoro it is boliovod
another 20 poisons havo boon
killod. Advices from llungli show
great destruotion in tho tea gardons
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Liout. Gov. Sir John Woodburn an
; nouncod to tho council Thursday that
400 livos wcro lost through tho floods
at Darjeoling, capital of tho district of
that name, in addition to thoso drowned
on tho plains.
Groat havoc has boon caused at
Kursoong. Tho Margarolohopo ostato
lost 100 acres and Mealand factory was
dostroyed. Sodio coolies woro buriod
in tho ruins of tho manager's house,
which was partially destroyed. The
Avongrovo cstato lost 80 acres, and
4,000 tea bushes. Tho coolio lines
wcro swept away and many persons wore
killed, but tho oxaot numbor is not
known. A factory was also destroyed
at this plaoo.
A huge landslip below St. Mary's
seminary destroyed tho railroad bridgo
and completely blookcd tho road. A
breach 80 yards wido has boon mado
and tho rails aro hanging in tho air. It
is thought tho break cannot bo repaired
within 80 days.
Our Boys in Now York.
South Carolina was represented in
Saturday's military parade in Now York
by tho fellowingcomnanios: Washington
Light Infantryof Charleston, Capt.
Cogswell; tho Gorman Fusiliers of Charleston,
Capt. Schrodor; tho Sumtor
Guards of Charloston, Liout. Millor;
Tho Irish Voluntoors of Charloston,
Capt. MoGinncss; tho Timmonsvillo
Guards of Floronco, Capt, Keith, tho
Sumtor Light Infantry, Capt. Loo; the
Greonvillo Light Infantry of Green
villo, Liout. Davis; tho Smyth Uiflos of
Polzor, Capt. West, and tho lliohland
Voluntoors of Columbia, Capt. Kirk1
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Beaton By a Mob.
Senor Canizo, editor of tho Eoo de
Kspanol, at Matanzas, Cuba, was rooently
ohasod and beaten by a mob.
The polieo rescued him and took him
to tho polieo station for safety. The
fiooplo of Mataozaa assert that maay
otters have beon rcooived from San
Antonio dcnounoing Canizo as a "Spanish
butcher."
BoVA
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NO. 12.
fertilizer" trust.
Three Large Charleston Factories
Soil Out To It.
LARGE PROFITS MADE.
Factories Bought 8 Years Ago for
$150,000, Purchased by
Virginia-Carolina Company
for $400,000.
Tho Charleston corrospondont ef The
Stato says the (leal which has beon
pending for sovoral wcoks botween the
V irginia Carolina company and the
Standard and tho Imperial Fertilizer
companies for tho purchase of tho latter
by tho former was definitely ooncluded
last week, ana the moaoy was
paid ovor and tho stock delivered. The
Oakland Milling company, which has a
lease on tho St. Andrew's property on
Stono river, was also included in tho
deal and was sold along with tho minifaeturing
companies to tho VirginiaCarolina
company.
Tho Standard brought $195 par
share, making in round numbers a
purchase price of $100,000 for thoeompany.
The Imperial brought $110 per sharo,
or $215,000 total.
Tho Oakland, with a capital stook of
fimuoo, was bought for $80,000.
Tho coinpanios woro bought outright,
except the Oakland, tho profits of which
up to dato are rotuincd by the old owners.
Tho stock, plans, products, assots
and good will of tho Standard and tho
Imperial pass into tho possession of tho
Virginia-Carolina Chomioal company.
Mr. G. Walter Molvcr, manager of
the Imperial, is ongaged by tho Virginia-Carolina
company as general
manager of tho Hales department for
South Carolina. Mr. A. W. llhott, superintendent
of tho Standard and tho
Ltnporial works becomes goncral superintendent
of all tho Virginia-Carolina
company's works about Charleston, Mr.
T. M. Waring, manager of the Standard,
was offered an engagement with
the Virginia-Carolina company, but it
is understood ho will mako otherongagemonts.
Othors of tho forces of tho absorbed
companion arc engaged, and as
many as possiblo aro providod for.
The Virginia-Caroliua oompany now
owns all tho fortili/.cr manufactories
about Charleston, with tho oxcoption
of the Ashepoo, tho Kdisto, tho Head
and tho Ktiwan. It is said that negotiations
arc ponding for the purchaso of
tho tint named of thoso companies. If
these are closed, the I'Misto nnd tho
Road will bo tho only independent aotivo
oompanies in Charleston, as tho
Ctiwan has not been operated for sovoral
years.
Tho Oakland Mining company purchased
Tuesday has a capacity of about
25,000 tons of rock a year, which may
bo incroasod to 115,000 tons. Tho Virginia-Carolina
compuny, with this and
tho contracts it holds with other companies
and the capacity of its own
Chorokeo mines, will havo a Hupply of
rock oqual to its great demand.
Tho deal was closed at a great advantage
to tho Charloston owners. The
Standard company, whioh sold for over
$400,COO, was bought in about eight
years ago for $150,000. Tho Imperial
company shows an enhanced value almost
ah groat.
Tho Virginia-Carolina company's factories
now oompriso the following in
Charleston: Borkoloy, Ashley, Chioora,
Atlantic, \Vrappoo, Stono, Waudo, Imperial
and Standard.
Purely a Crank.
For tho last three years Miss Sarah
(Junninghhmof Vanoouvor, British Coluinbia,
has blinded hor oyos wnencvor
she stops outside tho doorof tho cottage
in which sho livos all alone. She is a
woman about 40 years old. For years
hor conHcionco was troubled by the
sights of sin and immorality everywhere
visiblo as sho walked the streets
of Vancouver. Finally sho decided
that sho could stand it no longer. If
she could not put a stop to tho wickcdnoss
which opprossod her sho could at
least shut out thci outside world. Consequently
she bandaged her eyes.
Sinco that day, in 1396, her eyes hate
nover lookod upon tho earth. As a result
sho roports that sho is bocoming
cheerful. Tho bright sido oflifo new
occupies hor mind, and, though she is
awaro of tho fact that there is still sin
in tho world, it docs not troublo her as
it formoily did.
Burglars Burn the Town.
Tho town oi Madison station, Miss.,
on tho Illinois Central, was almost destroyed
by (ire at an early hour Firday
morning. Nearly all tho business
houses and soveral dwelling housos
woro destroyed. Loss about $80,000.
Tho (iro was started by burglars who
had lootod tho safe in one of tho storos.
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Saw Mill Boiler Explodes.
A spocial to Tho Nows and Observer
from Kuthorfordton, N. C.,says: Tho
boilor of a saw mill near town exploded
at 12 o'olook today, fatAlly scalding
two whito and ofto colored man and soriously
injuring a white man natnod
Pool. Pieces of tho boilor wero blown
300 yards away.
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