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| VOL XVI. W ? ; ASKED TO RESIGN. President Woodward Quits tho South Carolina College. NO SERIOUS CHARGES MADE. Tlio Trustors Thought that the Host Interests of the Institution Domttmlctl a Change. Right upon the heels of the trouble at Glcmson comes more at (he South Carolina college. The t roubles dilTer in degree, hut arc similar in that the presidents ol' hot it are Involved. It has been for some time rumored that when the board of trustees of the South Carolina college mot the likelihood was that President Woodward I would he under tire. Whil.? thns.. i-,.. port were current and generally discussed in the city, the public were not aware of what shape t he camplaints as to the administration would take, whether students would take the intative or whether the Imard of trustees would present the indictment. After carefully going over t he mat ter In almost continuous sessions for three days the board Thursday, with some reluctance reached the conclusion that it was for the best Interests of the institution to retire Dr. F. C. Woodward as president and proceeded to do so without In any way reflecting upon the moral character of t he former president. ?s'o successor lias yet been chosen and there will likely be none chosen for some time as the hoard intends to carefully cast about and find a suitable executive head for the college. When t his has been accomplished a special meet ing will he called and the election will lie hold. In Mm mo:m time Prof. Hen Sloan lias been asked to act as chairman of the faculty and discharge the duties of the olltce of president until the president has been elected. This he has Consented to do. When the hoard tirst met this matter of the need of a change in the presidency came up at once for consideration. The board at once went into the matter at considerable length and made a careful inquiry into the conditions t hrough an examination of the members of the faculty, and all tilings considered it was thought that Dr. Woodward's usefulness was impaired at the college. The hoard simply made inquiry into Dr. Woodward's usefulness to the college at this time, as its president, and so that there might be no possible misunderstanding about the matter adopted the fcling before adjournment: Kesolved, That the board expresses itsconlidence In President Woodward's Vjfr uprightness of character and exoneratcs him from anything reilccting on if his integrity. The board found that President Woodward has had a great many rather dillioult and delicate problems to handle in the executive department of the college, and it was in the handling of these that the complaint arose. Mis ability as a professor and teacher was never for a moment questioned, but it was not thought that he was the ideal man for president. The board made the change with an eye single to the best interests of the college in the matter of discipline and good feeling. There was no complaint, petition, committee or report of any kind from any of the students of the college and the board carefully avoided taking ine students into the matter. The suggestion relative to President Woodward came from a member of the board of trustees and the course was taken with reference to that suggestion alone, and none of the students or classes had any communication with the board but the trustees talked over the matter freely with the members of the faculty and President Woodward himself. Lynched for Brutal Murder. Two negro hoys, Harrison and James Gillespie, aged respectively 10 and 14 years, who were under arrest charged wit h killing Cornelia Penson, on a farm in Rowan county, Monday last, were taken from jail at Salisbury, N. C., early tills morning and hanged to a tree in the railroad yards. Their bodies were then riddled with bullets. About 50 men composed the mob and all wore masks. The militia had been called out by authority of the governor about midnight, but as everything appeared quiet they had disbanded when the mob suddenly appeared and battered down the jail door. The negroes were in the attic of the jail but the mob readily found them and drove rapidly out of town, tiring as it went. After lynching the negroes the mob quielty dispersed. The negroes admitted that they beat the young woman's brains out with rocks because she tried to make them leave her premises. ShiphuiltlMiK Combine. All but the merest formalities of the .j^L plan to combine several of the big I shipbuilding yards of the country under one management have been completed, according to The Herald. A few papers remain yet to be signed, and for this purposes meeting of those most interested will be held Thursday after which a formal announcement of the new coporatlon will be placed on the market. It is said that the plans contemplate a company which will turn out any kind of vessel from a tramp steamship of small dimensions to a battleship, weighted down with the heaviest of armor. Iron and steel works are being negotiated for, and it is understood several extensive plants have been purchased. m KILLED AT A DANCE. A Sad Feature of the Tornado in Illinois. A dispatch from Hloomin^ton, 111., i says death and destruction followed ii t lie wake of the tornado Wednesday j nl^lit. The saddest feature was the j killing of the three vounK women wlu ' worn of tiviirUiur u rl . ..... ?? \ iv UVVVIIMII^ (I Uilllir ill Ml*" tUV\ II hall of Merna, a small vlllax0* : miles east of Bloomington. There was a party <>f 2."?0 young men and women at the dance In the hall when the tornado struck the building about 11 o'clock Wednesday night. Everybody rushed for the doors. A number of young men held the doors tc prevent the people from escaping, tearing that they might t?e injured 01 killed after they got outside. About half of them, however, escaped and then the building collapsed. The others were buried in the wreck. Three were killed and forty or tifty others more or less injured, some of them seriously. The dead arc: Miss Lena .Jahagam, Mrs. Edward Martin and Miss Kelly. All are daughters of prominent farmers in the vicinity. The bodies were horribly mutilated by the heavy timbers, finit e a number of young men and women were taken from the. ruins in an unconscious condition and some ui them are still in that state and it is feared that there may be ot her deaths. The storm reached Bloomington about ll p. m., commencing with a furious electrical display. Bain accompanied the wind, and t lie business district sutiered severely. Many plate glass windows were blown in and the stocks of goods were badly damaged. Hundred of trees in the city were broken olV at the trunks and the streets are almost impassable. Buildings all over the city are damaged, but no lives were lost nor was any one seriously injured. A man standing on West Wasliington street, was blown 300 feet but escaped with only bruises. A I'm hi WltnesH. Representative .lones of Virginia made it, very unpleasant for Buencamino, a former member of Aguiualdo's cabinet, who lias been brought to Washington by the administration to be made a witness in behalf of the administration's Philippine policy before the house and senate committees, by confronting him with a copy of a certified address written and signed by himself to the American congress, in which lie declared that President McKinley was seeking by force of arms to impose American sovereignty on the Philippines and that indemendenee wns 1 !w nnlv t.liimr v.? ""V that would make life .and property safe in the Philippines. In other words Ucprcsentative Jones has proven that lids wily Filipino was an advocate for independence, until he had his opinions changed by being placed on the American payroll. liepublican Responsibility. The current issue of the Philadelphia "City and State" devotes a lengthy editorial to President Koosevelt's Memorial I>ay speech, of which the following is an extract: "It is the cause of American Imperialism for which the President stands in opposition to the cause of American Democracy. These two conflicting forces are steadily drawing near one another for the llnal contest for the death grapple. There is no possibility of reconciliation between them. One of these causes rests on the shifting, slippery sands of sophism and falsehood, the other on the immutable rock of truth. By the logic of circumstances that none can resist, multitudes of us are being led Into this valley of decision, out of which we cannot pass until we have girded ourselves for the battle and have unsheathed our weapons to smite and slay the armies of the aliens." liCarn to Ilrcutti Properly. It is possible for a woman to exercise her whole l>ody to keep it strong and well, simply by breathing properly. Children should be taught to breathe and to get into the habit of filling the whole lung space at each inhalation and of emptying it completely at each exhalation. There is no better way of getting to sleep soon after going to l>ed than by breathing properly. Push away the pillow and lie flat upon the back with the muscles relaxed. Slowly draw in the deepest breath possible, hold it for four seconds, then slowly expel it until the chest and abdomen have collapsed. Repeat this until you are Lireu or ran asieep. There are scores <?f ways of varying this exercise. Hut this is the essential. Of course it is assumed that one sleeps with her iredroom windows open. Itural Mull llox Imw. Tiie following paragraph is taken from the postoftlce appropriation bill: "Whoever shall hereafter wilfully or maliciously injure, tear down or destroy any letter box or other receptable established by order of the postmaster general or approved or designated by him for the receiptor delivery of mall matter on any rural free delivery route, or shall break open the same, or wilfully or maliciously injure, deface or destroy any mail matter deposited therein, or shall wilfully take or steal such matter from or out of such letter l>ox or other receptacle, or shall wilfully aid or assist in any of the aforementioned offenses, shall for every such offense be punished by a tine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than three years." . & Mi , I V^ v , , it lie CON W IMPORTANT ISSUE. Assistant Secretary of State Gantt Shows How Taxes Can be Reduced. i > 1 WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED. PIKIII'CH From Other Slates Are 1 i Quoted ami DinVroticeH in Tav Hvulmiiu A P.ili.tn.l Out l?y III in. It is not known to many people that last year there was made a modest beginning in a project which promises 1 to be of great benelit to the people of the State. For years the fees collected by the Secretary of State's olllce have abrogated between three and four thousand dollars, which has I wen hut a small factor in the State's income. Last year however, t lie splendid sum of $tO,f)S.'t.71 was turned into the State Treasury and a material source of revenue opened to the State government. There Is of course, an explanation of this fact, which must he of interest to tho people. When Mr. (jantt was appointed Assistant to the Secret ary of State he found to Ills surprise that the oltlcc of Secretary of State turned over annually hundreds of thousands of dollars to run the governments of the various States of the I'nion. lie immediately began work unsolving the problem, and the sum turned over last year Is due to bis efforts. lie found many unequallties In tho corporation law of the State, which lie sought to remedy. A corporation having only $1,000 of capital stock he found was required under the South Carolina law to pay $11.00 for Its charter, wliile other corporations having millions of dollars of capital were not required to pay anything. Understanding as he did the detail of these matters, lie prepared a measure ,i correcting the injustice, and providing another schedule of fees, with the result that a large increase in the revenue derived lias resulted. Mr. (iantt believes that other henclicial reforms 1 -llox.r Ihn ...... I... ......... II .I mii; .-Hlllli; IIIIU l UII IJV iU WJIII(?IIRII?ed, and that a large revenue can We supplied the State government, from other sources than a direct tax on the property of the people; and a material l!reduction in the levy of taxes for State purposes accomplished. ' In view of these facts, the following open letter published in the Columbia State, will be of especial interest to the lax payers of the State: To the lOdltor of The State. An experience of over three years in ?ti executive oltice of the Suite government, prompts some observations upon the tax system of South Carolina, for -which 1 ask your indulgence. There always lias been and doubtlcs?> will he until the end of time complaint aris, ing from any system which seeks to exact money from the Individual to support the. State, for it has been said that "Whoever hopes a faultless tax to see, Hopes what ne'er was, is not, and ne'er shall be." However, the fact that wc can never i reach perfection in the means we adopt should not deter us from striving towards such an end. While the best and most beneflclent reforms have always been by gradual processes, it , seems to me that we Jiave sloped all , progress towards a better system, and uiiau v?u tnu pci numbing ijuicr Elates or tills union to outstrip us in reaching si solution of this problem. An earnest desire for a reduction in , the tax levy for State purposes is not confined to the otllce seeker, hut is shared by the best element of the pro, grcssive and property-owning class of . the people of South Carolina. For years we have been promised some reduction in the burden, and an attempt [ has frequently been made to do something to-wards this end, but these promises and attempts have been but Dead Sea fruit in the mouths of the people, and never ended in fruition. We have been told that we were paying our public ofllcers extravagant salaries. We have seen salaries reduced, , but the burden was not lightened. The attempt to impose an income tax^ ended in farcial failure. All this being true, where can wo 1 look for relief? The appropriations for the public schools of the State must and will be continued. A majority of the peoplo are determined that our institutions of higher education shall bo adequately supported for they are unwilling to advertise to the world that we are too poor or too indifferent to properly maintain them. We cannot deny to the Confederate veterans the 1 aid of that State which he defended 1 with ills life-blood. All thisbeing true, we have little hope of a reduction in the levy from a reduction In the expenses of government, where we have vainly sought it for ten years, only to i>e disappointed. Notwithstanding all these facts, a reduction in the levy for State purposes is not impossible, but must come instead from the development of other sources of income to the State government. Other States have found these sources and we have their example and experience before us. A five mill levy for State purposes is excessive and burdensome. There is no reason why the levy in South Carolina, should be heavier than that of other States. Wc have a similar government, our public debt is not excessive measured by the standards we find, and our people are contented and prosperous. There is no reason why tlie man who builds a home here should have placed upon his shoulders tlte burden that should be tho sharo of other men. We are hampering the Industrial develop' Am. WW ? r, s. v., riii HSDA^ meat of the State by advertising to I the world to at) our State taxes are; higher than those or other States. We have a protect iev tail IT against home* building: we arc loading down with taxes the man who is building up and developing the State by investing Ids money in manufacturing and other in(1 list ries. What condition do we iiud else* where'-' That it is not only not found necessary elsewhere to levy 5 mills for State purposes upon the real estate and personal property of the people, but j I hat in a majority of the States of t lie | t'nion one-half of this amount sulllees i for the needs of the State government. The State of New Jersey does not levy one dollar of taxes for State purposes, but the secretary of state's otllce there supplies nearly even dollar required to run the government. The State of Indiana levies less than t mill. Can we reali/.c it: when we have been groaning under the burden placed on our shoulders? I liavo in my possession a statement of the levy for State taxation in 2)1 of the States of the I'nion for the year ISiiS: in 21 of them it is less than It mills; in seven less! than 2 mills. belief should besought, where It can ! he found, in a readjustment of the I burden. The land-owning and prop- ; crty-holdlng class of the people have had the entire load on their shoulders while large classes of our people, ofttimes I he best able to bear the burden, are esennini/. How much In vcKrln i ho professional inen of the State pay? Yet t tie man who makes and spends j $.*>,000 a year is better able to con-1 tribute $100 to support the government than the man who owns 500 aeres of uncultivated land. The negro population pays a pittance for the schools and roads, but does not contribute anything to support the machinery of the State government. The methods of accomplishing the md 1 have pointed out are as varied as have been t he experience of the other States of this Union. New York recent ly grappled with this problem wlcli confronts us, and, directed by tlov. O beli, an astute lawyer, succeeded in so adjusting her law as to collect $15,000,000 of t he $20,000,000 required to run her State government from other sources than a direct levy upon the real estate and personal property of t he people. Can we not find some method, if the majority of tlie States of the Union have found a method? Must, we supinely confess that, with the knife in our hands, and the example before us, we are unable to cut the knot? I would not attempt to say from whence every.dollar should come, but the wisdom of our legislators can find the way, If we elect men who will earnestly seek a remedy. 1 am not advocatlmg an untried theory, but ask the genaral assembly to follow the path blazed out by the other States of t his Union. The tax commission of Texas asserted in lw!M) that if the entire taxes of the State were levied against the real and personal property of the people, as we arc doing here in South Carolina, there woulc be such an outcry as has not been heard since the oppressive days following the Civil war. .1. T. (iANH. FIRE DOES FATAL WORK. SotcmJ People llurncd to Death in Different CHIch. Twelve men and one woman were killed and about .'10 persons were injured in a lire which, Monday afternoon destroyed the sanitarium eonducted by the St. Luke's society, at the corner of Wabash avenue and | Twenty-ilrst street In Chicago. The society occupied the building which was long known as the Hotel NVoodrutr, and for a brief period as the Hotel Lancaster. Hy far the greater portion of the patients received in the institution were those seeking cure of the drink habit and those who were ad dieted to the use of drugs. When the lire broke out, there was on the tlfth lloor a number of patients suifcriug from delirium tremens and some who were deranged by drugs. Several of these were strapped to their beds, and it was found impossible to save them so rapidly did the lire spread through the building. Monday fire destroyed the Arcade and Citizens National hank bloek and j the Shackelford building at Saratoga ! and caused a loss of Hvc lives. The i property lots is estimated at $.'100,000, 'with insurance of $225,000. The Arcade property was to have neon sold at partition sale June 12. It is owned 1 4 1... lh 1 a . - a /n \ty i in; niiui"iiiciKi;r cnuHjU or Uincinnau, and lien jam in J. Goldsmith of that place. The exact origin of the lire has not yet been discovered. The Hire started In the Arcade building on llroadway. That portion of the bank building occupied by the hank was damaged only by water. Tlie con^ tents of the safes and deposit vaults .remain intact. A small lire in the center of London rMonday caused the death of nine young girls, 15 persons were Injured, one probably fatally. The lire occurred In the upper port ion of a live-story building adjoining the Mansion house, In the busiest section of London. The tirst. extension ladder to arrive at the scene could not be elevated to the i height of the fourth story, and Inmates of the upper Moors were compelled to Jump down Into a tarpaulin which had hastily lieen commandered by the fireman from a passing fruit van. I Several of those who jumped were badly Injured, and others who refused i to take the risk disappeared within fthc smoking windows. Three Killed in Mine Kxplofllon. Three men were killed 'Tuesday afternoon by an explosion in Aurora mine of the Oliver Mining ^company at Iron wood Mich. r V Retail \ JUNE 15), 10()2. ROOSEVELT IS SORE. Said to bo Disgusted With His South Carolina Experiments. BLAMES MLAURIN AND CAPERS. I j I The Only SaliHllictory Appointment f I a in This State Made Against Their Ailvlco. Seinttor Mcl<unrlii'u 'j linl^shlp Uncertain. t ' SI The Washington correspondent of 'IM... II 1.1 ? II I- I 'SI in- oi tii i* 8ii_vs rii'Miu'iu luiosoveil. IS 1 very sore over the failure of his ex- ^ perlment to build up a Republican party in South (Carolina hy using Sena- , tor McLaurin and the Indications are ; that in t iie distribution of Federal otllees in tlie l'ul motto State In the future there will lie a new deal. The 1 president in talking with Republican senators has manifested Irritation over t lie trouble lie has had in tilling the 1 South Carolina otllees and has express- 1 ed in no uncertain terms his dlsap- s polntmont over both Senator McLanrin and Mr. .John Capers who has been v acting as Republican referee for t he * State upon the endorsement of MeLuurin. When the nomination of Mr. Harris to lie postmaster at Charleston was withdrawn, one of the loading Repub- j. lleans of the senate called upon the president and asked why this st ep had been taken. President Roosevelt ex- J, plained the ditlleultiessurrounding the ease of M r. Harris because of the dlsclosures of Ills non residence and then lie went on to recite some of the t.rou- 1 hies which lie had met in endeavoring s to lill the .South Carolina otllees and } did not mince words in telling why he 1 was disappointed in the situation in ' that Stat.'. 1 He recalled that the most satisfactory appoint ment he has made that of jMr. Cunningham to be marshal?was ' made in the face of the strong olTorts [ of Senator McLaurin and Mr. Capers, who were doing till they could to secure the reappointment of Marshal Melton. v lie held these two gentlemen responsl- v hie also for the troubles over the nonil- '' nation of Mr. Koester as collector of internal revenue, and Mr. Richardson ' as postmaster at Greenville. In pretty language he expressed his opinion that the combination of McLaurin and 1 Capers Is a failure in political leader- * ship and intimated his purposoof look- ' ing elsewhere for endorsements to :1 South Carolina otllees In the future. N Some Intimation of the president's 11 feelings in tills respect lias reached ( Senator McLaurin and the result Is that lie is extremely nervous over his own fate. He believes lie has a prom- ( ise from the president of the court of i claims judgship, which he has l>eeii so [ earnestly seeking, but he realizes that lint hitnr iu o 1 it l?* t\/\llf Lui il ft Vfwiiiu^ 111 IA/IUU1II III |k/\ ri I iji \ r? Hill II It J happens, lie Is afraid that the clTorts j of Itepublican politicians to prevent v the president giving so good an olllce r to what they call a "dead one" may Cause the man In the White House to y overlook him. Then, too, he lsdisap- j pointed over the failure of ids friends t to secure for him the endorsement of j. Democratic senators. He started out by claiming that lie had letters from a c number of leading senators, but inves- ^ tigatlon of these claims proves that they have no substantial basis. The t list which His friends gave out con- j. tallied seven or eight names, but so far ^ as can lie ascertained not one of these {] Democratic senators have sent to the c White House the desired letters of en dorsemcnt. This fact and the further fact that ) there would surely be a light over his j confirmation have combined to make ] Senator McLaurin anything but t happy. Now his friends, who sometime ago were claiming that his appointment would go in immediately after the vote upon the Philippine I bill, arc hoping that it will go in as a I recess appointment immediate'^ after .v j the adjournment of congress bfnt they ] are not at all certain that thiK(hope ' will be realized. ^ 1 Iloaconatrictor Out. The people in and about ltocky 1 Mount, N. C., are much exercised ' over the escape from the train at that 1 place of a hugo boaconstrictor which J was being taken North bv one of the y in id way shows of the recent Charleston Exposition. The snake seemed to tire of ids contincment and escaped from the cage In which it had been ? shut up. As soon as It got out of the box It made for the woods and all efforts to recapture It have proven vain, i The escape Is a serious loss to the i show, while the people do not take kindly to the Idea of having the big i snake about the vicinity. The coun- i try about Rocky Mount affords the | smoke excellent hiding and feeding < grounds and It will hardly trouble the . residents of the town, unless they j hunt and attack It. i The Amended ItoAd 1 <nw. The road law, as amended by the recent legislature, Is amended In re- 1 gard to the age specifications, and henceforth those liable to road duty , come within the range of from elgh- ( teen to fifty years, Instead of from twenty.one to fifty years, as heretofore. This amendment to the law was opposed, It Is understood, by every member of the Spartanburg county delegation In the general assembly. The members of the House of Representatives from the lower portion of the state voted solidly for this amendment on account of the fact that It would render it possible to place so many Idle, loitering negro youths at work In improving the roads of the state. The law Is uniform throughout the state, iu order to make It constitutional. \ ? =?.?-??-? A BAD OUTING. Pwo Men Drowned in i hi* Proneiico of TliHr b'UtiillleM. There whs a sad ending to a family mtln^ at I toss I ;m. I'a., on Thursday nornlngby the accidental drowning of Andrew llileman, aged .*>.'> and Kirk (alley, aged IS years, hwlght llatley, ather of Kirk, was severely Injured likI may die. The llailey and llileman families, ibout 111 in all, left their homes in toss ton and went to the banks of 'rooked Itun, a.short distance away, diout I o'clock Thufsda.i morning, i'hey had a fishing net wit \ thcin ind began to llsh for minnows wit ii t treat, success. The net., after being aken out several times and east hack, inally became entangled in a snag. The water ill. this point is about 10 cet deep, t he local ion belli# famlli.'irly mown as "sink hole." Aft vainly ndavoring to release the net young j virk Itailey swam out to see what t.he rouble was. As he approached the) let lie was suddenly perceived to he- I ome white and then called for help, aying thill his feet had become enangled in the net. Ills struggles verc terrible and Andrew llileman,! coin# that, the hoy could not,continue lisst ruggle much longer st.arted to his cscue. As llileman was approaehing he trapped man he, too, was seen to hrow up Ids hands and make desicrate struggles to go forward. The at;il net had ;ilso wrapped around Ids eet and he was caught in the same ll I flfh K ?ie 1 I 1 \i i \r I tiel.d.l lin !!/* ...p,..u mi nil. IHIJI, I'lllHIIU al her of the si niggling boy mow,jump* <1 Into the water and started to recuse the imprisoned men. When he leared the net he was caught as his on and Mr. Illleman had heen and he elled to t he erowd on the hank that le was caught In the net and <^>u 1< 1 10 nothing more, finally A. It. lalley, brother of Dwlght, who had teen called to the scene, saw at a [lance ti e direction In which the net tad heen dragged. Keeping above he net, he succeeded in rescuing his irothcr and getting him to the shore n an unconscious condition from vhieh lie had not rallied at p. in. lie rill probably die. At the instant the lder Bailey was released from t he net lie son sank for the last time and Mr. lileinan, seeming to make a final efort to help the young man, also Irowned. During all the time the nen were struggling In the water their vivos and families were on the bank 11 agonized helplessness. Illleman md Bailey are well known and quite vcalthy. All connected with the iccldent are prominent and of the ildest families in Armstrong coutny. \V. ! '. HtoveiiHon knilorHcil. At the Democratic Convention of Jhestcrlleld County, on the 5th of day, the following resolution was liianlmously adopted: Whereas, lion. W. F. Stevenson has or several years past served this county (Chesterlield) in public capacities vlth distinguished ability and fidelity, md. Whereas, ho has signified his intenioil to wiUulriHV frmn ),?? 1 mriulu I I ? /. leld and to enter the candidacy for iho otlice of Attorney General of the State. Now i>3 It resolved by the Demo* tratic Convention of ('best erlield coun-y. First, That we hereby heartily enlorse the public career of Hon. W. F. Stevenson during the six years past in vhich he has represented this county md commend him for the faithful and itticicnt manner in which lie has servid Ills county and State. Second. That we do heartily endorse dm for the otlice of Attorney General ,o which lie aspires, and commend lim to the favorable consideration of he other counties of t tic State. Ship Hunted at Sea. An unknown sailing vessel on tiro ar to the eastward of Nantucket Shoals, was sighted on June o by Capt. Stabcll of the Norweigan steamship Mora, wliicii arrived at Chester, Fa., rhursday from Hillsboro, N. C. The ' Nora's course was changed toward the wrning craft, but the work of the tire lad been so complete that it was impossible to Identify the vessel, which continued to burn until the Nora was many miles distant. There were no ligns of the crew, and it is thought uat all onboard perished. Autos CatiHo Dentil. Frightened hy the rushliiK f?ur lutomoblles and the blare of their horns a horse ran away at Heading, Mass., dashed through the gates at the railway crossing and an express train struck the team, killing a boy ind seriously injuring another i>oy and tlie owner of the team. The automobiles crossed the tracks safely and rushed on through the town without i pause. The police at once sent out in alarm to all nearby places with the request that the persons driving the machines be arrested. Htrungleil an Elephant. A crowd of .'1,000 persons witnessed the execution at midnight in the city park of Tour, France, of tlie largest of llarnum and liailey's performing elephants. While on the way to the railway station tlie animal suddenly went mad, broke the chains, tried to kill his keepers and had to Ik; killed Immediately. Two hundred men held the rope which strangled the elephant. Murder Suspected. A dispatch from Smoak's In Colleton County says news has just reached here that the body of an unknown white man was found three miles from here this morning. The coroner has been not!tied and will hold an Inquest this afternoon. It is supposed he was murdered. I I TRAINS COLLIDE Because One of the Engineers Overlooked His Orders. AND FIVE PEOPLE 18 KILLED. 'I l*(iNNcnf(<*tm Haw the Trains Ap proiicliltiK, hut Thought I hoy Were on Hepornte Tracks t'nt II t ho Crash. A fatal collision occurred on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad Thursday afternoon between Hooker and Summit, two small stations about 12 miles from Chattanooga, Trim. Five men were killed outright and alxait 1 '? others more or less seriously injured. Possibly two or three, of I lie wounded will die from I he elTects of their injuries. Tiic dead; . (leorge Itollin, engineer of the accommodation train. L. A. Rankin, tlreman of the accomodation train. .lames Berrard, fireman of the limited. Express Messenger Wchbof ttie limited. Engineer llollln died after being removed to the hospital. Seriously injured: .1. W. Barker, mail clerk, b red Thatch, baggage master. Mail Clerk Miller. 1{. R. Stover, mail clerk. A. W. Clark, mail clerk. Engineer (Jeorge Ray. Train No. oh, known as ttie Jasper accommodation train, left Chattanooga about 2.10 o'clock Thursday afternoon. It. was due at Summit at 2.oh. The other train, fast mail No. i from Nashville, was behind time and the meeting point, of these trains had been changed from.the regular station to Stmmit. One of the engineers it is said overlooked his orders and ran past the designated meeting place. Fireman L. A. Rankin was horribly mangled and died almost Instant ly. Engineer Rollins was badly injured, his legs terribly crushed and a large hole made in his head and left side. His injuries are considered fatal. Engineer Oeorgo Ray of the fast mail is seriously Injured and it is thought fatally. Ills tircman, James Barnard, was caught under the smaller engine and literally burned to death. A handful of cinders and charred llesh w:is all that could Is4, found of him. Express Messenger Webb of the fast mail train was caught under the debris and died shortly after having been removed to a place of safety. The story of the wreck as told by the passengers is a thrilling one of Ih;ing placed in a position to see the approaching disaster. On account of the position of the track, there being a double reverse curve at the place of the wreck, the passengers were able to see from the side of the cars the approachingaccommodation train. They thought it merely a passing of regular trains and did not heed the warning until the ersh came and it was too late to help themselves. The accommodation train l>elng the lighter one, was telescoped, the heavy engine of the fast train ploughing Its way through the cars and splintering them into kindling wood. Both engines had their positions reversed and were t hrown 10 yards from the track. None of the passengers were seri- # ously injured. Tribute To l>r. CarliHle. Recently tlie faculty of the South Carolina college adopted the following: Resolved, That the faculty of the ; South Carolina college have learned with great regret of the resignation of Dr. James If. Carlisle from the presl deney of WofTord college. 1 Resolved, That in the long career of this distinguished educator and illustrious alumnus of this college, the faculty recognize most conspicuous services rendered to the State, and to the interests of education, of character and of religion, which entitlo Dr. Carlisle to the affectionate and lasting gratitude of all the people. Resolved, That the faculty congratulate WofTord college on the possession of a treasure so invaluable sis the fame of Dr. Carlisle's character and services; and wish for Dr. Carlisle himself many years of well-earned and happy repose. ltesolvccl, That a copy of this minute i>e sent to Dr. Carlisle, to the president of WofTord college, and to the daily papers. Dr. Carlisle's reply to these resolutions reads as follows: Spartanburg, June 11, lt>02. President F. C. Woodward. My Dear Sir: 1 am deeply touched by the great kindness of your faculty. Please convey to them mv irrateful au precaution of thelraotion, 'The gratitude of man leaves me mourning." Heartily reciprocating all their assurance of regard, and with many wishes for their happiness personal and official, 1 am Vory truly yours, Jas. H. Carlisle. ' The Oil fan Hx|>Iih1<m1. Asa result of the explosion In Roanoke, Va., of a can of kerosene oil which was being used to sturt a tire in a kitchen stove, Mrs. Kmma Sinclair, aged 50, and her daughter, Jessie, aged 15, were burned so badly Thursday evening that they died several hours later. The mother attempted to smother the tlames which had eveloped her daughter.