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VOL. XVI.
LEAVES CLEMSON.
Sixty-Nine of the Sophomore Class
Quit the College.
TWO MOKE ARE DISCHARGED.
An Attcmi t i?y tin* Faculty <? Enforce
a Itulc of tin* College
Was tli<? Ciiiisc ol' the
Trouble.
Last Tue:day bit ??f the 7 1 members j
of the sophomore class of Clcmson college
?111 i t and went home. Two of the |
remaining live secured discharges and
left also and it is understood that the
remaining I hree will leave Wednesday.
The act i? n of the students in leaving
was the result of the action of the
faculty io suspending Cadet 'Idiomwell
of 1'ort Mill a few days ago.
When Thornwell was suspended the
sophomore class petitioned to have
him reinstated. This the faculty re- |
tuscd to do and therefore the class
agreed to li ave.
Tuesday afternoon this correspondent
visited tlie college for the pin-1
pose of gel i iug at t he facts of t he case,
lie talked with President ilarlzog
and a miml crof members of tlie faculty
and also with a great many of the
students, i tot li sides of the story
agree very closely though there are
some dilferc nccs.
Till-: FACULTY MKT.
Wednesday afternoon after the st udents
had gone there wasa meeting of
the faculty at the close of which the
following statement was given out.
It. was was written by Col. It. W.
tstmpson, chairman of t lie board of j
trustees, and was endorsed by President
llart'/.og. It is as follows:
"The faeulty last week awarded j
punishment to a student of the sopho-1
more class by suspending him until
the end of the session. The sophomore I
class petitioned the faculty to rein-1
state the, student. The faculty met!
again and beard acommlttcc of the I
class but saw no reason to grant their
request. Thereupon a number of the
class left and went to their several
homes. While the faculty regret this
action on the part of the students they
* feel compelled to maintain discipline.
TOOK OLAS8 TUIIKS.
The offense Cadet Thornwell was
guilty of was taking four glass test
tubes from the chemical laboratory
without pemission. The members of
the faculty say they have been troubled
a great deal by action of this
kind and determined some t imc ago to
break up the practice. Notice was
given that the next offender caught
would be severely dealt with. Cadet
Thornwell was caught and bis suspension
followed. These tubes which are
small glass cylinders with little or no
value may not have been taken with
any wrong intent, the faculty say, but
the taking of them was a violation of
the rules. As a matter of fact the
faculty say the college has been annoyed
a great deal by the disappearance
of a number of small articles
such as tools, wrenches, etc., and it
was so considered absolutely necessary
to put an emphatic end to the business.
STATEMENT KKO.M HTl.'DENTS.
The students side of the question is
tliis. They admit that there is a rule
that no test tubes or other college apparatus
shall he t aken for use by any
of the students without t lie consent
of the professors, but they say it has
not been observed generally. Cadet,
Thornwell did take four of the tubes
from the general store to his desk or
stand, as it is called, in t he building
but that he took them for use in class
work and they consider Ins suspension
an outrage, as no wrong was intended.
The students say they thought
the facts had been misrepresented or
exaggerated to t he faculty and petitioned
for a rehearing of t he ease in
order that all the circumstances might
be brought out. When the faculty
refused their request they felt that
loyalty to their classmate demanded
that they should leave the college in a
body and this was done.
The main point urged by the students
is that the punishment indicted
on young Thornwell is in excess of
that warranted by the case. For instance
they say there is a college rule
that a student found with mess hall
property in his room shall bo given lo
demerits, yet here was a st udent who
simply violated a ride and unwittingly
took certain college property for
use in his class work, wit hout, wmnv.
ing it from the. building and was sus- ]
ponded therefor.
This correspondent Wednesday af- ]
tcrnoon talked with a great many college
studcifts on the campus. The
students arc very much wrought, up
and arc overwhelmingly in sympathy
with the sophomores. The senior
class met Wednesday morning and
adopted a resolution of sympathy for j
the sophomores, endorsing their action.
A copy of the resolutions will
he sent to the family of each of the
students who left. When the reporter
was leaving the grounds a notice
was being sent around calling a meeting
of the senior class for the same
purpose.
MONEY ADVANCED BY COMRADES.
When the sophomores decided to
leave many of them did not have
money enough to get away on. Money
was furnished them by tbe members
of the other classes and the college
societies exhausted their treasuries.
The departure of the cadets was conducted
in a quiet and orderly manner
and there was no demonstration or excitement
but a great deal of feeling
and determination.
President llartzog and Lho other
mcmlicrs of the faculty said Wed ties- l
day afternoon that they regretted the
matter very much, but they felt that
they had simply discharged their dut y 1
as mmired l?y the circumstances. "It ;
was simply a question," said Col. '
Simpson, "as to who would run thisj
college, the faculty or the students, i
The faculty felt that they were the
ones to run it and have proceeded accordingly.
NO .M KKTl No Of ItOAUD.
"There will he no meeting of the !
board of trustees," said Col. Simpson, I
"because there is no need for it. The '
incident, while very much deplored;
lias occurred and has ended, and the !
college will proceed as though nothing
had happened. We deeply regret'
t he hasty action of the students and h
we believe no one will regret it more j
than the student themselves when!
they realise what a mistake they have 1
made." 1
TKXT Of COM I'IjAlNT.
The following is the text of the j <
complaint hy the sophomore class:
To the Faculty and President of Clemson
("ollege:
The sophomore class has asked for '
a reconsideration of CadetThornwell's ,'
\V(> I Ii>r, .ii'i t 11 nintniil /?ni>
sons.
Our action is based upon the i>clicf
thai wo consider Cadet Thornwell's
punishiueol greater than ids olTense j
deserves. Cor example, it is obvious
that tlic faculty does not consider
Cadel Thornwell's olTensc the same as
thai of stealing. else they would have
j expelled him. ! I" not stealing, we con- :
siderthat his punishment should not
l>e made so much severer than that i
inllieted for similar olTenses.
Cadet Thornwell only took ti e test
t.ulies for use in the lalmratory with- '
out the professor's permission. We
can cite no case of exact parallel. W e
do know, however, that two years ago
when t?ot t les and ehemlc lis were taken
from the lalxiratory, not even were reports
entered against the boys in
whose rooms they were found. In
cases where property taken from t lic
mess hall is found in the student's ,
possession, the penalty is not suspension,
hut only ten demerits.
In hot h of these instances we consider
the olTense evidently worse than
that of Cadet Thflrnwcll, inasmuch as
the articles taken were for private use,
| and not for class work.
Cadet Thornwell is not Kuilty of an
unusual or peculiar crime. lie simply
did what has been the practice of
I the entire class during its course in
chemistry. ,
We, therefore, believe that the faculty
laboring under t lie misunderstanding,
or has been led to regard with
creat, seriousness an olTense which has
not been so regarded in the past. L
We appreciate the position of the
faculty, when it takes the stand that
the college should he protected. Hut |(
we do not believe that this position
should he maintained at the expense
of one cadet, when so many otliers
have committed similar obelises and
been released. ,
It is because, therefore, of a deep
conviction on the part of the sopho- ,
more ciass mat Lite raeulty lias been
led into some misunderstanding, pos- I
sibly through the failure of Cadet
Thomwell to present his case in the
proper manner that we ask for a reconsideration.
Clarence Norton,
Chairman <'ominittee.
V. It. Hall,
(). M. Roberts.
T1IK JUNIORS' RESOLUTIONS.
These were the resolutions adopted
by the juniors:
Wc the meml)crs of the junior class
do hereby resolve:
First t hat the sophomore class has
I been treated unjustly by the faculty
and that the steps taken were taken in
defense of their rights and honor.
I Second, That after considering the
action of the sophomore class we hear- I
tily commend every step that they
have taken.
Third, That wc commend the sophomore
class on t he gent lemanly manner
in which they acted on this occasion:
furthermore at no time was any member
rash or ungentlcmanly.
Fourth, That a copy of these resolutions
be given each member of the
| sophomore class. Class '0,1.
Tried to Kill Kncli <)t!ier.
in*J iM spence has received Information
that 11is cousin, James Spence,
was killed in a light at Pino I doom N.
with a log contractor named Smith,
The two men had quarrelled some
time a pro. Wednesday morning they
met at Pine llloom and each pulled a
| revolver and began shooting. Young
Spence was shot in the neck and died
almost instantly. Smith received one ,
or more bullets through the stomach
and is reported Wednesday night to
be dying. Spence was prominently
connected in this State. Smith is a
native of North Carolina and is con*
j nected witli a large lumber company.
Killed by Doctor.
Town Marshak Weaver of England,
Texas, was shoL and killed by Dr.
Win. E. Allen ^Wednesday night.
The right arm of Arthur Young, a bystander,
was broken by a stray shot.
Dr. Allen was seriously wounded In
the hip by Weaver. Dr. Allen had
been arrested about 10 days ago by
Weaver. Witnesses state that the
I two men met and after some angry
words, Allen pulled his pistol* and shot
Weaver four times. As Weaver fell
he pulled his pistol and shot Allen in
the hip, then expired.
To lie Hanged.
A special from St. Petersburg says
IlalshanefT, tlx; man who assassinated
| M. Slpiaguinc, the Kussian minister of
the Interior, A pril 15, lias been sentenced
to death, lie will Ik> hangod
j May 3.
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CONWAY, S.
A GOOD SPEECH.
Sibley, a Republican Roasts General
Jacob Smith and Says He Is
A BRUTE IN UNIFORM.
IliH SlHM'dl .\|>|>lntl<lt'<! by DeillOrrutH
a ml Mat With Kvhlencoh
?>I* Approval lYom
th?* ItcpiihlicuiiN.
Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania
created something of a sensat ion
in the house Wednesday (hiring? the
general debate on the agricultural t>i 11
by severely denouncing (Jen. .laeoh II.
Smith for the orders he issued in the
Sainar campaign. Mr. Sibley's speech
was enthusiastically applauded l?y the
I >einoerats and was; reeoi vi?d willi vim,..
evidences of approval on tin* Kepubli'iin
side, .'rite speech was considered
the more remarkable in thai it came
from a llepunlican wljo loft the Democratic
party on tlie issues raised by
I lie Spanish war and who has since
been an ardent supporter of expansion.
Mr. W illiams, Democrat of Mississippi,
endorsed what Mr. Sibley had said.
Mr. Sibley said he had been an expansionist
and defended the policy of
t lie adminislrat ion in t lie acquis!! ion
of the Philippines: that duty and honor
justified our position there: that
the commercial welfare of the nation
demanded tiiat we should contml that
archipelago, which standsas the gateway
to the oriental world.
" \ IIKUTK IN I'MKOltM."
Ile then continued:
"Therefore, when I am compelled
to rand utterances contained in military
orders t hat make the blood of men
run cold, when I have heard the statements
made that we were cruel in the
conduct of that war, I have thought,
perhaps the partisan was speaking.
Hut when 1 have read, as 1 have wit hin
the past IK hours, that a general
wearing the uniform of the army of
tin* United States, one who stands
under the shadow of our Hag, issues
orders, not to conciliate a province,
? ' 'for anybody!
c^X /LL HAVANA TILLER
attempting to justify :i?*ts 1 ?v which
men arc pumped so full of water to
nearly drown them and then brought
hack to life by thumping them over
the stomach with the butts of muskets.
That is not civilization that is
not Christanizing the world. I am
thankful that these arc sporadic
eases.
WILL NKVKIt I'A( IKY.
"They will never pacify any race of
human beings on this earth by first
drowning them and then bringing
them to life with the butt of a musket;
and against that , as a member
upon this side of the chamber, against
that, as a man who belongs, I hope,
not alone to the Kcpuhlican ranks but
to the whole brotherhood of man the
wide world round, 1 want the members
of this house on this side of the
chamber and 011 that, to voice their
protest, and against all such measured.
(Applause.) A friend of mine
said a few minutes ago, 'Oh, you had
better wait and hear his defence.' 1
hope the president of t he United States
will have the courage, upon what the
man admits, to discharge him dishonorably
from the service that he had
disgraced. (Applause.)
Wp'AI.S KINO III''.KOI).
"lie admits that he issued the order
to leave the province a howling waste
and to kill all above ten years of ago,
the innocent with the guilty. That
man never ought to he permitted to
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Dt<i(y in uiu i>n viru ui tiH' * IlllUd rMillOS
until the hum goes down, lie is a disgrace
not alone to the party, hut to
every man who ever wore the uniform
of the t'nltcd States, and he is a blot
and disgrace to our present civilization.
Wait and hear what Ins justification
may be. That man does not live who
can justify such orders. (Applause.)
There is no justification. I care not
how adroitly his lawyers may frame
theii plea or how subtle be their reasoning.
The fact admitted by his own
mouth that lie issued such orders is
surtlclent for the hope that there is
the courage and patriotism and the
humanity and the Christianity at the
ot her end of the avenue that will not
let him wear the federal uniform 24
hours hence."
Mr. Wil'iams of Mississippi heart ily
endorsed Mr. Sibley's onslaught upon
(len. Smith whom he described as a
"brute in uniform."
"Hut 1 am a little afraid," he continued,
"that he does not strike the
evil in the right quarter. It is the
system which should he struck at not
the man who consciously carries out
the spirit of the system. Wherever
there is a war of conquest against a
weak and inferior colored people deeds
of brutality naturally occur. The
chief danger is not the injury to the
weak race, but that the temptation to
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tyranny will react upon the strung
race and make brutes of its soldiers. !
For that reason such wars should he
avoided. I agree with t he gent letnan
from Pennsylvania that there can he
no Justification for a civilized man to
issue tin order to lay waste a whole
country and kill everybody, including
I children over ten years of aire."
TO MEET IN CHARLESTON.
.\ Cull to Hie Parents ol* Hie Sopliomore
<'lass.
The following letter, mailed to j1
every parent of a member of t he < 'lem-1
| son sophomore classs whose address;
could be ascertained, is self-explanatory:
Charleston. S. C., May 2, l!>02.
Dear Sir: You have doubt less been
as much concerned at the unfort unatc
occurrence at Cleinsou college, as ourselves.
We take the liberty of addressing
you t his let t er.al'ter considering all the
circumstances ol the ease, believing
that it is equally to your interest as
jours, to take further steps in regard
to 111is matter, and ascertain whether
t lie facts do not warrant the parents;
of the members of the sophonn>re classs
asking for a hearing before the hoard
of t rust ees of t he college.
We t hi ilk you will agree wit h us that
I for the members of the sophomore!
; class at t his .important juncture of
their college course, to bo denied the |
I right of cunt inning their studies, will
involve not only a year's loss of lime!
! to each man, hut also considerable expense
to them, which an investigation 1
: may show to lie unjust.
We notice by yesterday's paper that
t he sent imont at the college was so
st rong t hat t lie members of t he junior
and freshman classes had determined
to leave, and only after an address by '
(' >1. Simpson, president of the hoard
of t rustees, were they persuaded to remain
at college, upon'his promise t hat
the whole igicstion would lie taken up
by the board and thoroughly investigated.
We also note by today's paper that
Col. Simpson has stated that he expects
in a fe.w days to publish an in- j
tervlew, setting forth the facts of the
case, and we believe that before this
statement is published, it is fair to the
yubers of the sophomore class as
oerjs to all the students of the eol- 1
caul'1'1* their side, should be heard.
Ii(.s\hat any interview published
mavY" oll|y after all the facts from
Kleei'es have been placed indole t he
thernV trustees.
riiey/uggestion is that a meeting of
" We ft parents or guardians of the
eia aiVs of the sophomore class he
writeJthe earliest possible date, and
(> . bul'cr suggest that this meeting
is Klefci Charleston on Friday the hth
.?<) eenf
s:iti.sful>omnicu<l tliis city for the
Vecause at present very low
.Mrs * be obtained to Charleston on
eon .'<y s an(' Thursdays of each week,
in i|,f.order to give all parties ample
I time to make their arragements to
j irome we have suggested the alsive
date.
As we do not know your address we
have enclosed this letter to the cadet
I whose name appears on the roll of the j
| college asa member of the sophomore !
class, and who we understand was one
who left the college on Tuesday last,
requesting that he deliver it to you
promptly.
As some of the adrcsses arc not ;
known; the college catalogueonly giv:
ing the counties in which the cadet
lives, we have requested The Charleston
News and Courier, The Columbia]
State and The Greenville News to pub- ,
1 isli this letter.
If therefore, any of the parents or
guardians of these cadets, for reasons
given above, have not received one of
these letters, a reply to either of the
undersigned by such parties, stating
whether or not t hey will attend the
meeting in Charleston, will tie appreciated.
Yours t ruly,
G. Walter Mclver,
21 Itroad Street.
Henry Schacte,
broad Street.
l.'iiou
\ft I | ' I J I I uo,
1 H i Went wort h St,.
II. II. Mtiller,
f>f> Laurens Street.
II. M. Manigault,
12 llasfll Street.
Damaged l>y Hail.
A special front Savannah says a
heavy rainstorm, accompanied hy Itail,
passed over this section Wednesday
afternoon. The precipitation was one
Inch in about -to minutes. Hail fell
at t Itree separate times during the disturbance.
There were frequent shocks
of lightening. Reports from the t ruck
J farms tonight are to the cITect that
consid.vrahle damage was done hy the
hail to young vegetables. The extent
of the damage cannot he ascertained
before Thursday. During the severest
part of the storm a negro farmer
named Post was struck by lightning
and instantly killed.
A Young Woman Disappears.
A special from Lenoir, N. C., says
that Miss Cordie Chllders who disappeared
from the home of her uncle
; near Lenoir Wednesday night under
circumstances similar to those that
surrounded the death of Nellie Cropsey
of Kllzabcth City, has not been
found. It is said that she was seen
at Chestertlcld a little town between
Lenoir and Morganton Friday on her
way to the latter place. Later it Is
said she was at the Southern railway
station in Morgan ton, where she told
some one that she was on her way to
Hildebran, a village live miles west of
Hickory, where she had taught sc^d.
AY S. M><> _>.
PECAN SWINDLER CAUGHT
Will l?c Trlcil in Sa vantiiili mill i'licti
in <'oliiinhln.
The Columbia llecord of Thursday
says.I. Luclen \nders. ullo^od owner
al pecan orchards in various sections
r?l' Ihe country, lias been caught in
\ Icksburg, Miss., and will he tried at
Savannah on the charge of opcrating
a fraud through the t'niied Stales
mails. Algiers lias swindled people in
every city in the'South, and many
Columbians were caught. He advertist
I In a great many newspapers and
s ail thousands of circulars through
the mail. They stated that he was
the owner of varisus expensive pecan
nurseries, on which a pecan tree of excellence
was grown. Trees of this variety
lie oll'ercd to sell to an unsuspeet ing
public.
Ills victims have been almost as
numerous as t he saudsof I lie sea. They
are residents of almost every section of
t he Sout h and very probably of ot her
parts of the country where pecans may
ll,< kiuwovcl'llllll ..I, I I I > I ... I 1 ...1 l'..
j < llll I Mll< VI. IS
tin- posessor i?r ;i bland and seductive
address, which he lias no diniculty ol
convex ing through the medium of
printer's ink. It has won him many
a victim and brought inanv a dollar to
distill.
In some eases Anders sent no trees
at all to those whom lie caught on his
hook; toothers lie forwarded the trees
he was enquired In gathering when he
was located in Vlcksburg.
The sxvamps in that locality are full
of wild pecans, that hear the outward
appearance, so far as hark and leaves
arc concerned, of t he cult ivated trees.
If they are not exact rcproductions
they are sulliciently like the real tiling
t < > < lecei \ c the inexpert eye and for A tillers'
purpose they snlllced very weP
indeed. When he was located near
\ iekslmrg he was down in the swamps
indust riously digging up wild pecan
sprouts and sending I hem to his confiding
customers. Save for ornamental
ion these sprouts arc practically
worthless for every purpose whatever.
Complaints without number have
poured in upon the poslotllce depart ment
and several fruit Journals have
described at length the method of his
operations. All this does not seem seriously
to have interfered with his business.
When he has been tried in Savannah
and his sentence has expired, provided
he is convicted, he will be
brought over here and dealt with.
Schley <?reeled l?y TIioiihhikIn.
A special dispatch from Jackson,
Miss., says one year ago Thursday
Jackson received President McKinley
as a visitor and ."i.OOU patriotic citizens
of M ississippi came to pay him
homage. Thursday an equal number
gathered in that city in honor of the
arrival of Vrlmirnl -mrl l.lo ?ao>
and I he welcome they received \v:is one
of wholesouled southern hospitality.
The city was given over to the distinguished
visitors from the. moment
they arrived at in o'clock in the morning
from Memphis until they departed
for Meridian I hat night, and t housands
of people from tnanv parts of tlx; State
enthusiastically greeted the admiral
upon the train's arrival. A parade
composed of military, civic and other
organizat ions t rn versed I lie principal
streets of the cit.v to Smith park,
where (iov. Longino extended a formal
welcome to which Admiral Schley responded
briefly and appropriately. At
the conclusion of the speaking the
part y visited the public schools, where
2,0(H) children greeted them singing
"lied, White and blue" and "Schley
on the bridge." As a part of their
programme the children answered
finest ions, giving the record of Admiral
Schley in t he war with Spain.
Couldn't Stop Train.
An attempt was made at 0 o'clock
Thursday to hold up the northbound
Frisco express No. >, between Seligman
and Washburn, Mo. Two men
boarded the blind baggage car at the
former place and after the train pulled
out climbed over t he tender into the
cab and covered the engineer and liremen
with revolvers. They ordered
the engineer to increase speed, but to
stop when they gave the signal. Two
milles bevoild SeliLfllian t liev mdoi-nrl
him to stop. Seven or eight men appeared
at the spot, designated as the
t rain approached. Meanwhile the engineer
had pulled the throttle wide
open and when ordered to stop was
making more than a mile a minute
down tirade. It was impossible to
stop within half a mile. After leaving
the confederates out of sight the
robbers abused the engineer for not
stopping and ordered him to let them
off at Washburn, a way station. The
engineer obeyed and the. wouIiI-Ihrobbers
escaped.
lie ward Offered.
The (Jovernor Wednesday received
tin application from a number of residents
of Colletyn county asking t hat
a reward be otTered for the capture of
one .Mm Itlack, alias Itud Black, alias
.llm Brown, as the murderer of Mrs. W.
W. .tones at Bavcncl. The petitioners
say they are advised and believe that
a chain of proof almost conclusive fixes
the crime u pon .llm Black. I? is believed
that, the fellow has left the.
State, for a thorough search has been
made for him by the ofllccs, and the
people of Colleton county are exceedingly
anxious that this brutal crime
not go unpunished. The governor
promptly ottered a reward of #100.
The negro is about lt> years old, Is
coal black, weighs about 170 pounds,
h:is a "dragging" walk and frequently
ufest.he expression "natural Iwrn" In
conversation.
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DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
Tht* lv\ |?<imI t ion Will llnve Many
\ 11 ran Ion/. this Xmitti.
The special correspondent ot the
exposl t Inn bureau of the Columbia
State says t lie c.xpositsnn is drawing to
a close. It is generally tbought that
the show will close on the 1st of June
I although there has liecu no definite
action taken in regard to this matter.
The weather is^ettin^ very warm and
the vent ilat ion of the buildings is not
suehthiit it is conducive to comfort
In the summer. The success of the
month of May promises to lie very
mat li ving to t lie promoters of the exposition.
The trains coming Into the
city Thursday were packed and hundreds
of people had to stand in the
aisles. Since the beginning of the
new scheme of rates ottered by t he
railroads, the city of Florence has
sent over l.nOO people to the show.
There is every indication that the
fest Ivit les of <lerman Week will he attended
hv t I ii ilis:i ink < .f viull/.i-u Tlw.
occasion will ecu no towards the close
of the show and (hern will he a great
many Suifh Carolinians here for that
reason. Then tin? visitors from a distance
will l?e (icrinans come here to do
honor to Capt. I?\ W. Wagoner, the
president of the exposition company.
('apt. Wagoner has shown himself to he
a man of nerve, lie litis held up the
drooping head of this exposition and
has administered linancial succor when
otherwise it would ha ve perished. And
l his is not the only t lilng in which his ,
progressive spirit has asserted itself.
Look around and it will lie hard to Mud
in Charleston anything which litis not
felt the inspiration of his example and
there tire many industries which are i
successful because of his connection
with them. lOven the militia of the
city feels his influence, for he Is flic
captain of the (human Artillery; in (
mercantile matters lie is one of the
| most progressive men in the cit y; lie Is
connected with the management of
leading hanking institutions and is at j
the head of manufacturing enterprise. |
lie is a man of personal graces which
make him esteemed hy all who know
him and t he (human people of the. I
country will come here to make Wag- j
oner day a great success. May 22d Is
Wagoner day and will he the great day
of t lie ex posit Ion.
Col. Averill is pleased with the
prospects of the success of 'West
Indian Week." The days set apart for
the t rude convention to be held Is J
that on May 1(1 and IT. The preliminary
announcement of the convention
has at t racted a great deal of aftontlon
and the director general Is now in receipt
of a number of letters of Inquiry.
The plans have not been matured, and
it is yet two weeks until the holding
of the convention, but Col. Averill expects
to have everything mapped out
by the lirst of next week.
Col. Averill came into his ofllcc
| Thursday with a great hunch of
grasses and oilier specimens of forage
crops. These he had gathered on the
government's grass "farm" nearby the
South Carolina building. Nobody
should miss the opportunity to visit
this place, it. will give farmers new
and very valuable lessons in how to
take care of their lands by changing
the crops occasionally. The government
lias spent lot of money here and
Mr. heard, the gentleman in charge,
will be delighted to explain the exhibit
to visitors.
To Ho Held in I OO I.
The following statement was given
Thursday by President David it.
Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Fixposition
company: "The sundry civil
bill which passed the house several
weeks ago and is now before the senate,
contains an appropriation of $1,018,000
to provide for a government
exhibit, a special Indian exhibit and
the additional cost of the government
building at. the Louisiana Purchase
exposition. It was deemed ad visible
to have the date of the fair definitely
fixed in that bill, in the event any
change from lOOJl should be decided upon.
For many months past the fair
virtually has h<>on postponed for one
year. A decided majority of the
directors prefer Pioi and have for six
months or more. The repeated re<|nest
of iKit li domestic and foreign exhibitors
for postponement, evidences
from foreign governments that they
had not sulllclcnt time in winch to
make preparation for a representative
| exhibit in 1 and tlu* fact that the
general public have for months past
; considered postponement a foregone
I conclusion, were some of the reasons
that moved the executive committee
to authorize me to inform the national
eommissoner that any action of congress
changing the time of the exposition
from 1 iio.'l to IU04 would In; acceptablo."
Terrible Cyclone In India.
A special from (Calcutta says A
tornado lias devastated the city of
Dacca and adjoining towns. Four
hundred and sixteen persons were killed.
Crops were ruined throughout
I the district. The tornado tirst struck
I'osgola on the afternoon of April 2tf,
where it wrecked the Datta Jute
Works. From I'osgola it moved to
San Achar, where the India General
Company's ware houses were destroyed
by a great wave, which was whirled
out of the river by the wind. Everywhere
in the pat h of the cyclone huts,
trees, the roofs of houses and people
were carried up into the air like
paper. Thirty-one persons were killed
at San Achar, 110 near Dacoa, 175
at Nagulhand and 100 at liumlghat.
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NO. 41.
TKKIMKLK PANIC.
A Sudden Fright Seizes Twelve Hundred
Oirls Who
ATTEMPT TO RUSH TO STREET.
HlalrwayM lllockeil with Screaming
II iiinniilty. Mini) Killed and
Injured. Heart rend i iik
Scene*.
An unfortunate accident to n deaf
and dumb hoy, (sudor Baceus, in
Philadelphia Wednesday was direetly
responsible for the death of eight girls
and young women, the fatal injury
of three others and the serious injury
of more than two score girls employi
ed in the cigar factory of llarhurger,
1 Ionian \ Co.. a branch of the American
Tobacco company, located at
Tenth street and Washington avenue.
Tilt; dead are; Mary Geneva, aged
I.V, Helen Tollnl, aged 12; ICIizabeth
Tart.lnc, aged 12; Annie ilossehneider,
aged IS; Louisa de Sepi, aged 10; ida
Green, aged 18; Annie Ford, aged 1,'i;
t'nldentllled woman, about 25 years
of age, whose body Is at the morgue.
Fatally Injured; Mary Mesino, Injured
internally, skull fraetured; Josephine
O'Konco, injured internally.
IJnidetiillied woman, fractured skull,
uneousclous. The Injuries of the others
consist mainly of bruises uiiotit the
Iiody and fract ured limbs.
The building in which the disaster
occurred Is a live story brick structure
ami reaches an entire block. Twelve
hundred persons were at work at the
time, DO per coot., of whom were girls
whose ages ranged from 12 years upward.
The trouble began on the fourth
Moor of the structure. Itaecus, who
was janitor of the building, started
for the tifth Moor for a hall of twine.
The elevator was at the top of the
shaft and Itaecus pulled the rope to
bring it down, lie opened the door
leading to the shaft and leaned forward
to see where the carriage was.
As he did so the elevator, which was
descending slowly, struck him across
the hack of the neck, pinioning his
! head between the elevator ami the
Moor. A stock boy released Itaecus
i and cried for help. The foreman
rushed from the building to call an
J ambulance and immediately there was
a panic among the employes. Some
of the younger girls fainted while othI
crs, not being able to control their
. feelings, cried tire. Instantly there was
a mad rush for the stairway leading
Into Tenth street. The girls rushed
down the narrow staircase until they
reached a bend in the exit, between the
second and third floors. In their eager*
ness to escape the frightened leaders
fell. Others immediately following
tripped over the struggling mass of
humanity and in less than a minute
there were hundreds of ,children and
I young women struggling in the passageway.
The shrieks and screams of
the terror stricken girls could Ik?
I heard for a block or more. During
the excitement an alarm of tire was
j turned in, hut before the engines could
reach the scene several of the occupants
of the building had rushed to
the windows and jumped to the street
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u vimuaii^v oi iivit ;>u ieei. ncien
Toll til, one of those to jump, was almost.
instantly killed.
When the firemen and policemen arrived
every effort was made to quiet
the terrorized girls. The firemen
rushed up the starway and l>ogged the
girls to Ik1 calm, telling them that
there was absolutely no danger, hut
the sight of the fireman seemed only
to add fuel to flame. While the
policemen and firemen were endeavoring
to quiet the girls on the stairway
ladders were being run upon the outside
of the building and the employes
who had climbed out on the tire escapes
and window ledges were quickly
taken to the street. After a few minutes
the men were enabled to check
the awful crush on the stairway and
then began the work of rescuing those
who had been trampled and crushed
between the second and third fUxirs.
A call for ambulances had been turned
In, and as quickly as the dead and injured
were carried from the building
they were hurried to hospitals. The
number of ambulances was entirely
inadequate and patrol wagons were
brought into use to carry the victims
away for treatment.
While this was going on the scene
alxmt t he structure was heartrending.
The building Is located in a section
largely inhabited by Hebrews, many
of whom were caught in the terrible
crush. Parents and relatives of the
unfortunate girls were screaming and
rushing al>out thestreets like mad and
it was almost impossible for the police
officials to restrain the mothers and
relatives of supposed victims from entering
the building. .
The work of rescuing the girls from
the windows was necessarily tedious.
They were so excited that they did
not seem to understand the pleadings
of the ilromcn. At nearly every wln
- * *
x.wr. w. uiv iiuhu Miuciure were girls
screaming and crying for help.
Many were so excited that It was
; with the greatest difficulty that they
were prevented from jumping from the
building, notwithstanding that there
was not a sign of tire and their rescue
seemed only the work of a few moi
men Us.
The panic was over in less than half
an hour, but in this brief space thousands
of persons had been attracted to
the scene by the wild screams of the
relatives of the victims and the shrieks
of the girls at the windows.