The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 16, 1902, Image 1
VOL XVII.
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THE FARMER.
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They Hav Shaped the Destinies of
the Republic.
NOBLEST CALLING ON EARTH.
So Said Oovoriior Cuiuilor in Welcoming
the Itt?? the
rtaiionnl raruior'H C'onKi'css
In Mucoti.
The 22nd annual seesion of the
Farmer's National congress was opened
In Macon, (la., on Tuesday of
last week. One thousand delegates
were present representing all sections
of the United State and Territories.
Gov. Allen 1). Candler of Georgia
welcomed the delegates to Georgia iti
a speech which was received with enthusiasm.
lie said In substance that
he had closed the governor's olllce in
order to come to Macon and extend a
welcome to men who represent the
noblest calling on earth. Upon the
farmer rests everything. If he prospers
every industry and calling prospers.
The men who have shaped the
destinies of the republic since it was
born were farmers or the sons of farmers.
lie said the farmers of the country
did well in select ing Georgia as the
place to meet this year. A state which
owes her greatness to her sons who
have tilled the soil.
Referring to the race problem, ho
said Georgia had her burden to bear
and she was doing it, and that the
condition of the negro in Georgia was
lietter than in any other State. I le was
being educated, without discrimination,
had an equal protection under
tlie laws and was taught that Georgia
was the best State for a good negro,
and the worst State for a bad one.
lie said that in the exercise of his
authority as governor lie had been
compelled many times to listen to the
pleas of negroes, and that lie had
never allowed himself to think of them
save as men entitled to equal and exact
justice under the laws. He said
it was no time to enter into a discussion
of past differences. The men
who fought under the Stars and
Stripes believed they were right, and
the men who fought under the Stars
and liars thought they were right.
A WKI.COM K TO GEOUGIA.
He said that Georgia with her land
devastated, her homes darkened with
mourning, through the reconstruction
period had succeeded because her soil
and resources were the most prolific
of any place on earth. To that Georgia,
and in her behalf, he extended a
cordial welcome to the delegates and
bade them godspeed in the irrcat work
that called them together.
Mr. George A Smith, president of
the chamber of commerce, tendered a
welcome on behalf of the city of Macon.
Hon. Ilarvie Jordan, vice president
of the Farmers' congress, re\
sponded for the convention. President
Flanders also responded, the substance
of his remarks being as follows:
"We have lived to see the demand
for agricultural education which
should educate the boys back toward
the farm, that should educate in the
willing of the agriculturist so that
that calling might be dignified also
with the title of 'profession,' grow
until today we stand upon a prominence
and see the path made by
this steady progress, and I am thankful
to say that that prominence upon
which we stand is the result of the recorded
will of b'l States of this union,
to the effect that education shall be
provided, for among those who are
pursuing agriculture for a living, to
the end that they may unlock the
secrets in the laboratory of nature
in such a way that they may make
use of her greatest ability without improverishing
her strength or injuring
her future usefulness.
"The granaries of the world arc beimr
II1 lnrl until f/i/lo u u/n o ??rv
111^ 11 1 IV.V4 until IAAUVJ TTV- U I U Wi I I 1 VH 1 t"
ed with the fact tliat in the United
States live and two-thirds million
farms are producing live and one-half
billion dollars worth of agricultural
products, a sum said to he much in
excess of the total income of the faimers
at any other time in their history
in this country. This year we
are raising in the United States as
much corn as was raised in the world
last year.
production vs. distribution.
"The education that has been going
on in the interest of the agriculturist
during the last .'10 years has produced
wonderfull results, but all, or nearly
so, are upon one side of this two-sided
question, viz: Upon the side of the
production .touching the question of
distribution of the question of the relation
of the agriculturist to the government
or governments under which
he lives and by virtue of which lie is
protected. We are living in an age
of combinations, an age when corporations
and corporate interests unite for
purposes which to them scc.n wise and
Just, an age when the labor clement
is organized for purposes which to it
seems just and right, an age in which
capital, generally speaking, is organized
and combined for reasons which
to it seems just and right, so that wliei
any problem arises from the qucstior
P of distribution to the question of leg
islatlon they arc prepared at short no
tice to determine what action shouk
he taken and then act as unit. Wha<
is true of these combinations is no1
true of the agricultural population
and yet that population Is ten-twenty
ninths of the entire number cngaget
in the industrial work should now l>
such that it will extend to thlsclas
of our population as much informatioi
as possible througli some kind of ai
organization or by some means lies
uitcd to that end, the fundament?
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principles involved In economic question
of the times and of their political
duties and obligations to themselves
and others through the government 01
governments under which they live.
In other words, the theories and
fundamental principals of constitutional
law should l>o taught alongside
of the fundamental principles undcr'
lying the production of agricultural
products. Those urincioles are stable.
undergoing few changes. Every agricultural
citi/.en should understand
that the government of the United
States under which we live is a
government of derived powers, that it
lias no powers except those that have
been conferred upon it and that the
conferring was done by the sovereign
States of the Union and that the matter
conferred is enumerated in that
document known as the constitution
of tlie United States, and that, when
lie desires the national government to
do anything in his interest be must
first know whether the power to do
that tiling has been given that government
in that instrument. "If the
power lias been conferred then it is
plausible and feasible to petition the
congress of the United States to do
the tiling desired, but if it has not
been conferred then all ttie cifort put
fortli in that direction is useless because
if such a law were passed it
would be declared unconstitutional by
the United States courts; in other
words, tlie instruction should lie so
given that the whole general schemes
of the government of each State and
of the national government should lie
understood by the agriculturist; he
should lie familiar with the powers
that have been given the national
government and from what derived.
"1 believe that no better work can
lie taken up along educational lines in
addition to the work already being
done than to put the agricultural population
of this country in possession
ui miuii Knowledge relative id ine government
and its workings as will
qualify or equip each and every one to
at any time step into the legislative
halls of any State in the Union or the
congress of the United States and
legislate with intelligence upon the
question that will he placed before
them."
Hl'OKKN L1KK A 1'ATRIOT.
Commander-in-Chief Torrance read
his annual address and reports of olllcers
were read. In his address Gen.
Torrance devoted considerable space to
consideration of the status of the exConfederate
soldier,repeating In spirit
Ids plea of a month ago for the manifestation
of good will and brotherly
kindness toward the late adversaries
of the members of the Grand Army,
lie said he had lieen prompted in
tpaklng that appeal by the belief that
such action would tend to bring still
closer together all parts of the country
in the bonds of a common citizenship
and there were already,he added,
evidences in the responses received
from the Southern States that lie had
not miscalculated. Indeed, lie said,
with but two exceptions the entire
press of the country had commended
the spirit of the latter.
Continuing on tills point, he said:
"It is not expected that the Grand
A 11 t\f t a 1) ar\?i 1-vIIa ?? a * - * " - - -1?
i\ i ij v/1 inic IVV[IUU11U (in ill! UrgitlllZUtlon
will embark In the building of
homes for soldiers north or south, but
in no possible way can the greatest
fraternal organization in the world
more becomingly crown its labors of
love in behalf of Its own membership
than by extending the hand of helpfulness
to their fellow countrymen,
against whom they were once arrayed
in deadly strife. The most disastrous
results of a Civil war are the animosities
and bitter feelings, engendered
thereby, and I am convinced that one
of the most patriotic services we can
render of country is to earnestly aid
In removing every barrier that separates
or estranges the people.
"The victory of Appomattox will
yield imperfect fruit if we do not win
the hearts as well as the Mags of the
men who wore the gray. A union of
hearts as well as of hands is indispensable
to an indissoluble union of indestructible
States. I rest confident in
the belief that no inMucnceor conditions
north or south can successfully
construct or maintain a sectional line
that will prevent the manifestation of
the most kindly feeling and cordial
good will by act as well as by speech,
between the surviving,, veterans of
those who wore the blue and those
who wore the gray."
Ii<>ok Out Tor tlie Content.
If you have not seen the comcnt
and are at all anxious to locate It, the
following minute detailed description
of its position will greatly aid you: It
is understood that Thursday night the
comet was within live degreess northwest
of Alpha, of the constellation of
Swan. On October 10 It will lie near
to ten degress of the star Vega, in a
southeastern direction. October 12
will find it almost strait south of
Vega, and on October 14 it will have
gone still fourther south and a little
to the west of that star. On October
18 the comet will be in the vicinity
of the bright star of Beta Ophlochl,
and then It will pursue Its Journey to
the sun. The comet is moving so
' rapidly that the vast distances It
traverses over the heavens are apt to
confuse the unitiated observer unless
he watches closely and looks carefully
1 for it. its path lies from the north1
east In a general southwestern direction,
which may l>e iixed by the
observation of certain prominent
stars In the great constellation of the
^ north.
fatal lOxplOHion.
1 At Gravettc, Ark., while a gang of
1 men were at work blasting in a cut
c on the Kansas City Southern railroad,
s some sparks by accident got into a
a lot of powder, consisting of about 20
n kegs, which exploded with territic
t force, Instantly killed three men and
tl dangerously burning six others.
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CONWAY, S.
MILLIONS LOST
By Forest Fires in the United Stat
Every Yenr.
RECORDS OF GREAT FIRES.
The National It u roan of PorcHti
Moving to Stir I'p People
for Prompt Action in
< >ti t brenkw.
The reports of recent, forest tires i
Wnxhincrton Orninm VVi'iiniimr mi
n j v ? p> ?*"
Colorado, In which many lives woi
lost, will add to the interest In
special study of the subject which hr
engaged the bureau of forestry ft
several years. The results of tlii
study, in the form of a bulletin, ent
tied. "Forest Fires,"by AlfredOaj
kill, will be published soon. Hy iir
pressing the public with some idea t
the perils it sutlers from forest lire
and ?thc enormous damage they d<
the bureau hopes to induce more el
fective legislation in suppressin
them.
Investigation has shown that, in a
average year, sixty human lives ar
lost in forest lires, $25,000,000 wort
of real property is destroyed, 10,274
089 acres of timlnir land are burne
over, and young forest growth, wort
at. the lowest estimate $75,000,000, i
killed. A special canvass of the com
try by the Department of Agrlcultui
in 1891 discovered 12,000,000 acres <
tcmber land destroyed by lire.
These figures are mere estimates
which fall far short of showing in fu
the damage done. No account at a
is taken of the loss to the country du
to the impoverishment of the soil b;
lire, to the ruin of water courses an
the drying up of springs. lOven t h
amount of timber burned is very in
perfectly calculated, and the actua
quantity dest royed is far in excess <
that accounted for. Forest tires i
this country have crowned sc? con
in on that only those are reported tha
are of such magnitude as to Lhreatei
large communities. The lumherin
industry in remote sections of th
country may be ruined and peopl
forced to llee for their lives without
mention of the disaster beyond tlv
places near where it occurred.
The lires that burnt tills year ii
Washington and Oregon were unconi
mon only in the number of lives lost
The burning of logging and minin
camps and farm buildings, the loss t
the country in the destruction of tini
her and young tree growth, is of yeai
ly occurrence. Every fall, not only i
Washington, Oregon, Colorado an
Wyoming, butupand down the I'aciti
coast and all over the Rocky Mom
tain country, fires burn great holes i
the forest and destroy the nation;
wealth. The air of the mountain
over hundreds of miles Is pungen
with the smoke of conflagration, an
navigation on l'uget Sound has oftei
been impeded by smoke. The foliov
ing comment by Dr. Henry Gannet
of the United States geological sin
vey, should convey a fair idea of th
damage done in the State of Washing
ton: "in less than a generation tw<
tiftills of the standing timber has bee
destroyed in one of the richest timbc
regions 011 the continent, and of th
destruction more than half has bee
caused by tire. Assuming that th
timber would, if standing, have th
value of 75 cents per thousand feel
not less than $50,000,000 worth ha
gone up in smoke, a dead loss to th
people of the State."
According to the bureau's records
the most disastrous forest lire in th
history of this country occurred i
October, 1871, simultaneous with th
burning of Chicago. It extended a
nmt/ioa hAMr, Hf * : 1 ttrt
(iVyMM.-) IMM IIICI II IT! <11111 YV ft
consin and into Minnesota. At leaf
1,000 persons were burned to dent
and 15,000 were made homeless. Tl:
property loss has never been calculate!
The Hinckley lire of 1804, which d(
stroyed Hinckley and live other Mil
nesota villages, burned to death 41
persons, destroyed $750,000 worth c
farm and town property, and aboi
400 square miles of forest. A lire i
Southeast Michigan in 1881 burne
the forest on forty-eight township;
destroyed $2,000,000 worth of oth<
property, burned to death 125 person
and made homeless 5,000. Anoth<
Michigan forest tire, which occurrc
in 1890, made homeless 2,000 persor
and destroyed town and farm propert
worth $1,250,000. Wisconsin lost I
lire in May, 1891, 100 square miles <
forest and other property worth $2
000,000. In 1804, in Wisconsin, thl
teen persons lost their lives and 3,0(
their homes and $2,000,000 worth <
town and farm property was destroyc
in the Phillips lire.
The enumeration of great fore:
tires could be extended almost Inde
initely. One feature, however,
common to them all: They we
small 11 res before they grew uncontrol
able, and with little trouble migl
have been extinguished. For exam pi
the Hinckley lire smoked as a groun
tire for weeks, and nobody paid it ser
ous attention. Hut one day the wir
rose and fanned the smouldering en
hers into llamo, the llame caught I
the dry underbrush, leaped into tl
trees and became a lire of so terrible
VUllllllU MlilU IK) fill IIIit.ll power COll
stay it.
Legislation, even in tlic East, hi
clone little toward solving the fores
fire problem. Pennsylvania, Minn
sota, Massachusetts and New York a
possible exceptions. The best fores
tire laws arc probably those of Pen
sylvania, which make an annual e
penditure of$15,000in support of thcr
State constables serve as lire wardens
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v., THURSDAY, OC
their townships and receive extra pay
for their services. Minnesota, brought
to a sense of responsibility by disasters,
of which the Hinckley tire was
68 the most terrible, has established an
efficient forest-tire system. Massachusetts
has had good legislation in the
matter.. The New York forest-tire
laws, though generally limited in their
effect to State reserves and parks,
have brought good results. West oi
the Rocky Mountains little is done to'y
ward the suppression of forest tires,
except by the forest rangers on government
reserves, who are employed
by the Department of the Interior.
DEADLY STREET BATTLE.
n Tliroc Men Killed Outright ?n<l Several
OthcrH Wounded.
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Three men were killed, another will
die and two others were wounded in a
ls shooting all'ray which occurred on the
?r streets of Eldorado, Arkansas,
s Thursday afternoon. The dead
are: II. L. Dealing, constable; Tom
Darnell, farmer; Walter L. Darnell,
farmer, The wounded are; (iuy 11.
l( Tucker, city marshall, fatally; Dr.
Hilton, wounds not serious; .lim l'ar(
nell. not serious, The shooting, it is
alleged.is the sequel to the killing on
Sept. 18, at Eldorado, by Hearing of
Robert Mullens. The Darnells were
n ' friends of Mullens and Tliomas Ncw.
i ton was a friend of Dealing. Thursl(
| day afternoon Jim Darnell and Newton
became involved in a dispute, it
"(l is said that both factions prepared
I, for trouble. Later Dealing, Tucker
ls and Newton were walking along in
' front of the Dnioii (iroccry company
. , on the east side of the square when
they met the Darnell brothers. Jim
Darnell is said to have tired at Newton
and in an instant a fusilade he'll
gun. Seventy-live shots were ilred and
II the crack of revolvers sounded like a
|(, pitched battle. The men were close
y together and their aim was deadly. It
(l developed into a man to man affair.
Dcaring and Tom Darnell emptying
. tlu ir several pistols at each other at a
I dist ance so close that when they fell,
unable to shoot any more,their bodies
n formed a cross. The others were tiring
promiscuously, and it is supposed that
t a shot from Marshal Tucker's pistol
killed Walter I'arnell. Dr. Hilton,
^ who tried to separate the men, was
0 also shot, hut not fatally. In come
pliance with a request from the sher;i
iIT of Union county, <?ov. Davis orL,
dered the company of the State guard
at Kldorado on duty to suppress
, trouble and preserve the peace. Kxcitcmcnt
runs high at lCldorado in
conse(|ucnce of the tragedy.
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A UrucNoiiin Story.
Thirty dead bodies were found in a
p. cold storage plant in the rear of an ice
i) cream factory on Fighth street, in
(I Louisville, Ky. The same pipes which
u were used in congealing the ice cream
i- for table use were connected with a
u small plant in a shed in the rear
tl where they kept t he bodies cool. The
is heads of the several colleges interested
t, in the establishment asserted that the
(1 I sidles were obtained legitimately from
n the penitentiaries, insane asylums and
f. other institutions of the Stale of Kentucky.
The building Is a small one
- and is provided with numerous thcre
nioujeters for maintaning the proper
r. temperature. The bodies were found
in boxes and most of them were In a
n good state of preservation. The estab>r
lishmcnt is maintained by several
1C Louisville medical colleges. The head
n of these institutions say they are
e given the bodies by the State with the
e understanding that they are to be
k held 30 days for identilication. In or.
s der to assist in the identification the
iC cold storage plant was established and
an arrangement made with the ice
i, cream plant to furnish the cooling air.
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I) A Maniac Teacher.
1(1 A special dispatch from Vienna an"
nounces that a fearful tragedy was enacted
at Droyssig, poheniia, on Mon^
day. A village schoolmaster, 40 years
of age, while talking to his class sud10
denly became insane, rushed to his
* desk, drew a revolver from it and ran
amuck, shooting right and left among
the terrified children. Three scholars
s were killed and three were dangerous*
,f ly wounded. On hearing the screams
the villagers quickly arrived at the
n school, and infuriated at tl)e sight
1(1 which met them, lynched the schoolR'
master.
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s< Ammunition Hcl/.ctl.
ir One thousand rounds of ammunition
was seized and confiscated at the Dela,s
ware and Ifundson freight station in
Olyphant, Pa., Thursday by order of
Col. Watress of the Thirteenth regirncnt.
The ammunition was consigned
to Hastlano, Passano, a leader
r" among the Italian coal strike in upper
f Lackawanna county. Passano was
j placed under arrest as he was about
! to receipt for and remove the ammunition
from the freight station.
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Monument to Heroes.
is
rc The State monument to the memol_
ry of the Confederate soldiers who fell
Jt during the battle of Perryville, Ky.,
and who Sire hnrleH thorn u/<iu nn.
fj veiled at Pcrryvllle Wednesday in the
.j_ presence of a gathering estimated at
nearly 10,000 people. Orations were'
made by Judge M. 0. Sauglcy, Hon. I
ln it. J. Itrcckinridgc and (Jen. A. J.
)G West. Miss Klla Hay unveiled tlie
., shaft.
'(' lOxproHH t\((cnt KOIIIKMI.
iis A special from Newborn says: W.
t- A. Wilson of Dover, N. 0., city clerk
e- and Southern Kifpress agent, was robre
bed of $450 last night between mid*
t- night and daylight by burglars who
n- blew open the safe in his store with
x- dynamite. The robbers, who appear
n. to have been professionals, left no
in trace.
TOBER 1(>, 19<)2.
IGETS MORE SERIOUS.
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Riotous Scenes on the Streets of
New Orleans.
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THE MILITIA ORDERED OUT. ,
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A Ijnrjjo >lans Mcotiuv ol* t li?* s
I('
liiilior IVople w ho Sympathize ! j
Willi the Strikers Im
k
Hold. 11
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As a result of the continued dirtleul- '
ty experienced by the New Orleans "
Railways eomv)any In attempting to
resume their schedules on account of 11
the conllict between the strikers and h
those who attempted to Idled the dis- [!
satisfied men's positions all the militia (
in this city was ordered under arms t
Wednesday night. e
Another riot t(K)k place Wednesday N
morning when the railway company |f
tried to run out a passenger car and 0
the police trying to retrieve their re- .
cord of the day before offered some (|
resistance and a dozen men were more ^
or less hurt. Gov. Heard was reached ^
during the afternoon and after a tele- 'j
phonic correspondence ordered Maj. |(
Gen. Glenn, in command of the first
military district, to report to the
mayor.
'flic riot Wednesday morning oc- (>
curred in the same neighborhood as (>
the one of the day before. One car n
was started from the Canal street (>
barn, about o'clock, with 10 Chicago n
strike breakers and 10 policemen
aboard.
Two blocks from the barn strikers
pulled up the wooden crossings and 1
constructed a barricade on I lie track. (1|
The car stopped and itohcrt 1>.
lvoontx, one of the non-union men,
got olT to remove the obstructions. j(
lie succeeded, though set upon by the (|
crowd. ,|
The strikers then made a rush for
the car and a lively fight ensued. ((
There was a regular fusillade, fully n
100 shots being exchanged by the men r
and police on the, car and the strikers. ^|
At the tirst volley from the car the f
strikers broke and ran and a tegular
stampede followed. Then the police
got active and arrested the non-union a
men for carrying concealed weapons. '
Three non-union men were put In a
patrol wagon and while en route to
the station the wagon overturned and s
all the occupants were more or less '
injured. Oltlccr h'ordice, who sus- ^
tallied the worst injuries of the day, ^
had several ribs broken and got a '|
scalp wound. The injured are:
Policeman John Kordico, ribs frac- '
tured and Scalp wound.
Policeman Itlouin, leg and hip frac
tilled.
Policeman Hessel, lilt in the eye
and on the log with a brick. <
Policeman Sell less i 11 go r, lilt In neck
with a brick and bruised on head
shoulder and wrist.
Policeman llattier, scalp wound s
from a brick.
Patrol Driver Brown, arm broken.
Peter Jensen, strike break contrac- I1
tor, Jaw broken by a brick.
Louis Christiansen, badly bruised. J1
Thomas Jones, badly bruised by .
bricks. .
M. L. Kenny, conductor of car, shot
in foot.
A. M. Clark, assistant to Jensen,
hit In eye with a brick.
Charles Ferguson of Chicago, elbow [
broken by 11 blow. ,
Hud Lynn, striker, shot in arm. I.
Fred Fielding, switch hoy, shot in
leg.
Alex Dovbes, laliorcr, sympathizer,
shot in leg.
Unknown striker, shot in head,
scalp wound.
Besides charging all the strikers
with carrying concealed weapons,
Christiansen, Jones and Jensen, (
Chicago strike breakers, were charged
witli inciting a riot, (^uite a number
of the strikers were arrested after the .
general melee on simple charges, such
as being drunk and refusing to move ,
on. The progressive union was to '
have held a general meeting Wed- N
ncsday afternoon to discuss the situa- ^
tion, but under the advice of the ,
mayor and with the assurance that .
the governor would place the State .
troops at the.disposal of the mayor, it
was called off.
Wednesday night a big labor mass
meeting was held in Washington
Artillery hall. Three thousand lalx>rers
were present at the mass meeting.
It was presided over hv Robert, F.
Lee, the Republican candidate for ]
Congress and president of the Central '
Trades Council. Speeches were made '
by Fred Alexander, president Typographical
union; James Leonard, organizer
of the American Federation .
of Labor; Hen Commons, president of
the Car Men's union, and It. J. Malo- 1
ney, attorney for tho car men.
Mhot HIm llival.
Isaac Turner, a young farmer, was /
called from a house where lie was t
visiting in Floyd county Va. Thursday
night and killed hy Jos. Slump.
Slump was arrested several 1 jours later
while In l>cd at the home of a re- ,
lative, and later lodged in jail. Friends j
of Turner are indignant and there
WU& lit. tl rut. t hro'itc /?f lon/ililm* Io?l
??? ?? ww hi nv vmviivn v* MJ nvi iiu^' 'vai^
ousy Is said t#> he the cause of the (
shooting.
A HI range Freak.
S. A. Fewell, of Rock Hill, has a
mare mule that h;is to be milked
twice each day, about a quart being
drawn at, each milking. This is a
strange freak and Is altogether unaccounted
for.
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THE PROMISES REJECTED
And (lie Mini of Ihr Strike is a ItOiiK
\V ii y h on,
A dispatch from Wllkesbarre, Pa.,
ays unless President Mitchell's hurled
visit to New York I wars fruit,
he end of the mine workers' strike
eenis a long way otT and the prospect
>1 suillclent coal liein^ mined to satisfy
he public demand Is extremely poor.
Cvery ItH'al union of the miners' oranlzatlon
t hrouyhuut the hard coal
lelt hold sncri.'il m??itl,nrw ..ill....
r- - ? mil' i
Vedncsday ni^ht or Thursday and
esolved to remain on strike until the
tine owners grant them some concesion.
And while the reports of these
lections came pouring into Wilkes arre,
President Mitchell dictated a
Jtter to the president of the United
tates in which he gave his answer to
lie proposition that the strikers reurn
to work and trust to have their
ondltion improved through an lnest
(gating commission. What the
nsweroftho miner's chief is he reused
to divulge, but it Is dittlcult to
oncelve that with the replies of the
>cal unions piled around him In1 could
oothewise than respectfully decline
he president's proposition. Mr.
litchell sent his letter to Washington
icfote. he had heard from all the
icals and at .'I o'clock in the afternoon
ccompanied by the three district
residents, left, for New York.
It. was a busy day for the miners'
tibials about headquarters, from
arly morning until late tonight the
eturns came in constantly. This
vetting the corps of newspaper corespondents
stationed here were inited
to examine the reports and not
ne was found that was not couched
i tirm language. briefly stated, the
^solutions in t hese reports atllrm the
Linlidence of t he men in t he lnteirrlt v
nd judgment of their president,
raise President 1 loose vol t. for trying
i end the strike, denounce the presients
of tin; coal carrying roads for
lieir alleged ainise of the chief exsutlve
at tiie conference in Wash infill,
denounce the cmploynient of the
>al and iron police, thank ail oranimations
and citizens throughout
lie country for the tinancial assistance
Iven, and denounce Uov. Stone for
Hiding troops lie re.
Nearly all the resolutions contained
sentence to the elTect that the men
rill remain out "thoughall the troops
l the United States were sent here."
nt II they are granted some conces*
ions. Additional troops for this reIon
have not yet arrived, and the
cncral strike situation remains unhanged.
There is no increase in the
hipmcnt of eoal, very little of which
; being produced. No violence was
sported today.
A FATAL EXPLOSION
'niiM'?t l?y Packing Dynamite In n
Hole With a Drill.
A dispatch from Anderson to The
laic says a premature dynamite oxlosion
at the rock t|iiarry at, i'ortlan
Hhoais about 11 :II0 Kriday mornng
killed James Toblu, white, super[ltendent
of tlie quarry, and Ham
)glesby, a negro laborer; and Joe
Vldtmer and John Itoblnson, negro
iborers, were slightly injured.
Mr. Tobln had a force of hands at
vork getting out stone to be used in
be masonry on the dam now nearly
ompletcd; a hole had been drilled in
, rock and lids was being fi 1 led with
lynamite preparatory to blasting.
I'he dynamite was in the shape of a
art,ridge and it was the custom to
isc six or eight in cacli hole. Mr.
robin was direct ing the operation and
vas standing directly over the hole
vi tli the cartridges in his hand.
Oglesby was ramming them down
vitli a wooden crowbar but the woodin
Instrument did not give satisfaction
and lie laid it aside and began
ising an iron drill to force the carridges
down. It is supposed that the
ron drill struck against the stone and
iaused*a spark which ignited the dynimite
and caused the explosion wlileh
vas frightful.
Mr. Tobln was blown upward and
mckward and fell several feet away.
I'he top of his face was blown otT and
te was otherwise terribly mangled.
Death was instantaneous. The negro
iglesby was bruised and torn from
Jie chest downward but lived about
avo hours after the accident. The
)ther negroes were hurt by the Hying
itones and the concussion, but their
njuries arc not serious. Physicians
*cre summoned from the city at once
tnd went to the scene as quickly as
KiKfiihln
Mr. Tobin's remains were brought
A) the city this afternoon and em>almed
and will be sent tomorrow to
>is home at Norwich, Conn. He was
dxnit f>0 years old and was in the employ
of the Flynt Construction company,
which is building the new dam
it the shoals for the Anderson Water
bight and l'ower company of Anderson.
He leaves his wife and a daughter
at ids home in Connecticut.
Ifow It Workn.
A unique wise came up In the rccorlers
oftlce in Columbia recently. The
State says a negro who had had a plsLol
stolen from him was placed In a
peculiar position by the mysterious
working of the law. The dusky damsel
who hud tilchcd the weapon was
Klven :i0 days, and of course the negro
thought the "gun" was his again, it
was explained to him, however, that
if he attempted to carry the pistol
home he would unintentionally violate
the law against carrying pistols under
"twenty Inches in length and weighing
less thau tlve pounds." He left the
pistol with the police department.
A SLICK RASCAL
1
A Woman Fooled rind Robbed of Over
Seven Hundred Dollars.
THE SAVINGS OF TEN YEARS.
MimIo 11 In iMtpo llotloTfl That ItankM
Were I'iihhIV, 1111?I Iii<1iic?*<1
ilrr to Trust llor Money
With llim.
Some months ago a slick rascal,who
called hlmseir Prof. Duanc, fooled an
old credulous citizen of Augusta, (ia.,
out of several hundred dollars, and
then silently departed between two
suns. No one knew where the rascal
went, hut recently he turned up In
San Francisco, where under another
name he worked identically the same
game that he worked In Augusta as
the following story shows: ^
As the result of her trusting licllcf
in the Integrity of a vagrant palmist
who assumed the fairy-tale name of
Professor Kurnovnh, Miss ilulda
.laeobson, a domestic of San Francisco
is mourning the loss of $750, the savings
of ten years. The story of how
Miss .lacolxson became acquainted with
the "prophet," who read in her face
the extent of her bank account, and
who, without the aid of any magical
passes, converted her shining gold Into
a roll of greenbacks, is another attestation
of the frailty of human nature.
Prof. Karnovah, as he was known
to ids landlady and patrons, occupied
a suite of rooms at No. SHI Sutter
street. In these quarters he did an
enormous business in magic spells,
palmistry and kindred delusions. Hts
specialty consisted of everything that
was calculated to please. He could
read the past and prognosticate the
future with astounding accuracy. 1
one desired a [sisitlon of power and
needed Influence the only requisite
was the payment of a small fee, and
every wish would tie instantly granted.
At this rate business Increased to
immense proportions. From 9 o'clock
in ino morning until long after sun
down a steady stream of callers passed
through his study.
Among those who visited him was
Miss .lacobson, who Invoked the pow?
ers of Karnovah In search of her missing
brother. After writing her name
on a slip of paper and passing it to
the man of mystery, she was astonished
to see how quickly her queries
were answered. Thinking that Kar- ? ??
novah was more than human. Miss k
.lacobson Instantly conilded in hlin and m
believed whatever he said. "I wasso
anxious to hear some tidings of my
long-lost brother," says Miss Jaeobson,
"that 1 would have done anything to
learn of his whereabouts. The man
must have hpynotlzcd me. lie appeared
so kind and good that I can
scarcely ljclleve he meant bo steal my
money.
"lie took my hand and Instantly
exclaimed, 41 see great things In your
palm. You have money In the bank.
'Yes, 'I replied, '1 have $750. 'Ah,
said the sharper, '1 am sure that you
will soon lose it.' lie then told me
aijout the insecurity of banking Institutions,
saying tbat I should no
longer trust them. 1 did not fully
inulorulniul lilm l.nf > > K.... i. - ?' *
u..v.V*?V??IIM niiii) uut n nun iii" nniu
that ho was in the habit of keeping
money for a number of persons, display
I n^ at the same time a large roll
of greenbacks, I thought I would let
him take care of my money. He insisted
upon my getting It at once fojr
him, but I delayed until last Monday,
when I withdrew the entire sum and
gave it to him to keep for me. lie
placed it carefully in a small sack and
put it in the safe. He told me to return
at the end of two weeks and receive
my money. I then returned
home and that evening when 1 went to
bed 1 <xnild not sleep. I thought how
foolish I was to let a strange man
have my money without the slightest
security. The more I thought of it
the more nervous I became.
"After sosslng in my bed all nigt)t,
at an early hour Tuesday morning I
hastened to No. (184 Sutter street and
rang the door bell. Getting no response
I aroused the landlady, Mrs.
Andrews, and asked If the professor
was at home. Finding the doors all
locked we made an investigation and
found that lie had moved out during
the night. 1 didn't know what to do.
I had often read of women giving
money away for foolish things, but
never thought that I would do anything
so crazy. That man certainly
had a strange iniluencc over me."
rm? v *? ?
i in; poucc ;ire endeavoring to prevent
the seer's Might from the city, If ?
he has not already gone.
Inspecting Trouble.
It has been ascertained that the
New York police department In pursuance
to a request made to Commissioner
l'artrlde by Mayor IiOw, has
been making an Investigation as to
the coal situation In New York and
that they have also been making preparations
for any disorder that might
be caused by a continuance of the coal
shortage after cold weather sets in.
A Horse Killed Itself.
A horse liclonglng to George Gathers,
colored, of Wedgefleld.was frightened
by the Atlantlo Coast Line train
i 1 * *
oaturuay evening, ana In pulling twtck
the hitch rein broke and the horse*
head struck the ground hard enough
to rupture a blood vessel which caused
the animal's death.
Wm. It. Hearst, proprietor of the
New York Journal and Chicago American,
has been nominated by the Democrats
of the Kieventh New York district
for congress.