University of South Carolina Libraries
*% ? J VOL XVII. TILLMAN'S WORK t In Settling the State's Account With the United States. STORY OF THK TRANSACTION. Tlio Slalv'N Debt ?>l !i?l! lll.V.'O is Wiped Out uiul a lliiluncc ??!' $HO,1.J7.70 l>iio tu the Statu is l*ui(l. Through the ollorts of Senator Tillman more than anyone else, as we stated last week, the State treasury is now $80,1117.80 better olT than it. has been. This is the amount <?r the net claim collected from the. United States Government by Senator Tillman. Senator Tillman on a recent visit to Columbia presented the warrant and receipt in person to Governor llcyward. The impression lias been that Senator Tillman collected less than $100,000, but. as a matter of fact, he settled claims against the State aggregating $:t.'l7,887 *'?, as is fully shown by his statement, of the case. Senator Tillman, in handing over the papers in the case to Governor llevward. submitt d a letter, in which ho fully explains the entire transaction in as brief .space as can well he done, and what he has to say is of s'reat interest. It. is as follows: Washington, I >. March 0, I no.I. Governor 1). C. 1 ley ward, Columbia, S. C. My Dear Sir: It alTords me ^reat gratification to hand yon herewith warrants Nos. f>,74(5 and 5,7 IT on the United States Treasurer for #89,187.80, together with receipts from the Southern Uxpross Company for #125,000, coupon bonds of t in; State of South Carolina, with coupons attached, a^K'rcK'atintf, principal and interest, $24!),750, making a total in cash and bonds of $887,887.80. This warrant and these bonds have been obtained by my receipting the United States in full for the claim of the State of South Carolina, which I ^rew out of the expenditures by the State on behalf of the United Slates Government during the war of 1812 1816. I have been working on this mat ter for the past four years and a brief statement of the facts may he of in- ; terest to you and to the people of the State. When the expenses attending the enrollment of the volunteers for the Spanish whr were heintf provided for hy Congress in IKtis attention was directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to the fact thai Sout h Carolina was indebted to the United States on account of the Indian trust fund, the same bein^ invested in the bonds above mentioned, ami t he request was made by the secretary that Congress tfive him the authoiity to collect said ' amount. Without my knowledge, or in fact, the knowledge of anyone, a provision was sneaked into t he conference report on an appropriation hill, authorizing the Secretary to bc^in suit! against the State of South Carolina! for the collection <>f I lie debt.. I >einand was made upon Coventor ICIIerhe for settlement and he referred the matter to mc. and I at once set about trying to fKI&ire an ad justment, of the account of the State lor the old claim or 1812-15. It required an immense amount of work and research to ^et track of the necessary papers. We had to investigate the settlement in the war department and rummage through volume after volume of treasury reports, decisions of the courts, reports of committees, etc. My own time was too much occupied with other necessary business with which 1 have, to deal to do more than give general directions. The main work of that kind in the case, was performed by Mr. .lames M. Jlakcr, assistant librarian of the Senate. and a citizen of South Carolina. whose home is at Lowndesville. Mr. Maker worked zealously and indcfatigably both while Congress was in ses slon and after its adjournment, so that at the next succeeding session I was prepared to demonstrate that instead of South Carolina being In debt to the United States, the boot was on the other foot, and that we would Ik; only too glad to have a settlement. In the mean time suit had been begun by the Attorney general for the United States and a summons was directed to the Governor to answer the suit. I submitted all my evidence, based entirely upon otllcial documents emanating from the treasury department itself to the committee on claims, and secured from that committee a favorable re|>ort on a bill to authorize an adjustment and accounting between the SUite and the United States, in which was included a claim for a balt w a n 4,tc t he State on account of monI ' -V ^r!u,< "? I'"IIan war or r"'1"**."' passed the Senate . I' ",th '"s '"-i-s held up in the riouse. I trieu ' $1.00 thc appropriation hill, hut it was i . ' out on a point of order, and the only thing 1 could accomplish was to have the law authorizing suit against the State repealed. Last year this claim, along with a similar one from Virginia, and iucludiin' the. (Mtv of Baltimore, was nlaeed n *" "* j ? i - - i on what is known as tlic omnibus claim bill, but the situation in regard >, to Virginia's debt was dllTcrent from i * ours, and Senator Martin, without my knowledge, Incorporated a provision which was very advantageous to Virginia, hut without Ids knowing it, worked great wrong to our State. (?nder the terms of this act the auditor for the war department made up the accounts, and practically balanced them, making the bonds of the respective Spates olTset the claim of k each. Tt' .^Terence in I,lie cases arose m from ' ' that Virginia's bonds r. WL.t,.-'d ?> "<>?yK ,8M. and in order 1 ' tiS balance, as the lie iii CONWAY, I A Bid FAKE Deal in Pennies as a Result of a Smart Advertisement OF A WASHINGTON MERCHANT, Who Oll'rroil "IH CcntN lor Pennies," ami by Which Many Speculator* Wore Caught. Recently ti clothing store in Wash- | iugton ad veil ised that it woukl pay at i noon Saturday, the 7th inst., "is i cents tor I noil" pennies, and because I (>r tliis advertisement practically all (lie pennies in the picdeinont sect inn | of North Carolina and in a pood many towns in upper South Carolina have 1 come into the possession of a few i speculators. The fact that the ad- | . oi l ....... ... I .. ........I!.I m two interest-bearing funds were different, they would have to no back prior to the maturity of the bonds several years, thus making Virginia a donation of about $150,000. In our case the wrong consisted in charging interest on our bonds after maturity. I at once appealed from the decision of the auditor and had the matter revised by the comptroller of the treasury, and he was able to make the case balance even nearer than the auditor had done, reducing the amount to .'14 cents, but he also statu! that the bonds at the dale of their matuiity amounted, principal and interest, to $218,750, while the State had at that time in the treasury $205,005, and it has since been recognized by Congress, leaving a balance of $17,215, and thus L hud the basis of getting more equitable settlement. I succeeded inobfaining t.hecons cut of the appropriation committee to incorporate an amendment in tbe deli ciency bill, providing for tbe payment of this balance, with Interest at I per cent, from I he 1st of January, 1881, to date. A very strong tight was made by the House committee Oil appropriations against allowing this item and, while the Senate conferees and all the Senators familiar with the facts supported the Justice of the claim and insisted on its retention, it was only after six hours of argument in the committee that at 2 o'clock the night of March '( an agreement was reached. I will say Unit I bad made up my mind that as there were seven other claims of an identical character, involving several millions of dollars in the bill, that 1 felt so outraged at the seeming injustice and sectional animosity, that I served notice that l would talk tin* last twelve hours of the session or do whatever Other filibustering was necessary to secure justice for mv State. I felt that if the item went out that it would never he. possible during Mr. ! Cannon's incumbency as Speaker to obtain redress or get what was due, so 1 decided I would take the resposihility of of forcing an extra session before i 1 would tamely submit to such wrung, j in couclusb n, i desire to suggest : ... Ill i ~ r * -. i - I iu >>iii iju <ui aut in grace no rceogui- , lion and of simple justice to Mr. ; Maker that the Legislature should , recognize his invaluable service by ap- I propriating a small amount o( money, ' say $1,000, out of that which has been obtained. Ills work was not j clone with this idea, however, but lie is poor and has a growing family, and the State can well alTord to pay him handsomely. Yours truly, M. It. Tilhuan. l\ S.?To save express expenses for the transmission of the bonds, worth as they are in the market fifty cents on the dollar of their face value liecause of their being refundable, I requested that all of the bonds and coupons should be cancelled. 1 also deem ; it nothing less than an element of safety that these obligations of the State that have been thus redeemed should be; treated as ail similar bonds are. They come to you in this shape. simply ;is evidence am! as a part of i lite .Slate's debt which lias been paid. I lis worth while to note that the United States Government has lost money by not refunding these bonds at. lifly cents on the dollar in 1S81, the same as any other of our creditors. There would have been issued in lieu thereof practically t he same amount of bonds and the interest on these for twelve years at <i per cent and ten years at 0 percent would amount to $115,000. The State has saved this Interest and has only had to pay about $124,000 to redeem the bonds at their face value. As a matter of interest to the Legislature I enclose you a copy of my speech in the Senate yesterday, giving the history of the transaction, with the olllcial records. It was made in answer to Mr. Cannon's speech and in justification of the Senate's act ion and my own part in the transaction. 1 should be obliged if you would transmit it to the Legislature when it convenes again. It. It. T. Even up to the very last, as will be seen by the following letter, certain of the ollictals in Washington tried to hold down the claim by allowing only two days' interest, but Senator Tillman would not consent to any such business. The letter follows: Treasury I >epart.nent, OlTlce of Comptroller of the Treasury, Washington, March. 5, 100.1. The Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury Sir: At your request and under your direction, I have re-examined the account of the State of' South Carolina against the United States, us settled by the auditor for the war department by certificate No. 21,804, wherein he allowed the State the sum of $47,245.77 together with two days' interest. This audit was made under the terms of the following nrovision of t he Deficiency Act, which was approved and became a law on the 3d inst, viz: "To pay the State of South Carolina for balance found due from the Mnltcd States to said State, according to the computation made by Lite comptroller of the treasury up to January t, 1881, as stated in ids letter to the Secretary of the Treasury^ dated February 21, 15)03, $47,245.77 and interest upon the same at 4 per cent annum until paid." The force of this language is a direction by Congress to pay the State of South Carolina the sum of $17,245.77 and interest thereon from the 1st day of January, 1881, up to the date of the approval of this Act. The Act, while it only sets out said sum, yet it clearly appropriates tire interest thereon as if it had been set out in specitic figures. It is the same as if a Court should render a judgement for a specific sum and the interest thereon from a date certain. The amount of the judgment is simply a matter of calculation, s-j the amount of this appropriation is simply a mat ? v i t?ov. ii ivn u " cui i m m ?i iiuii.nnn' |Mu* \ position, hut a play on words, did not. i heroine known until Wednesday, when i it was discovered that, thousand of i 1002 coppers had changed hands after t a big premium had been paid. I The following is the story as told i by the Charlotte Observer: h Kor a week or ten days it, has been | currently rumored in thiscity that a t Washington agency wanted tlie pen- < nies in question, and it. was said that the agency was acting: for the govern- l metit, which wished the pennies re- t called because it had been found that j. in coining them a largo quantity of \ gold had been accidentally spilled into ( the. molten copper. < The absurdity of the rumor seemed ; to impress no speculator, and for the > last four or live days penny-buying ; lias been going on here at a great | rate. < Marly last week Mr. Mdwin It. L (Jresham, of the firm of (Jresham \ : i Company, the well known railroad | eating house concern, collected all tlic L 1902 pennies he could in banks and!; I 11 I II > I* I II IVI I ll.W 11 fl lino III I <linvl.il In I I .. I . vnx iMiimvtKi (MIIVUI III VIKll IW! l.c, II' I got tin' pennies at, their real value and before t he report of the prmium-giving had become widespread. A day . or so after his purchase Mr. (iresham ! sold to Haggagc Agent Sooner of the ( Southern railway, il.'H) pennies for $.'t:t, ( and Sooner stated that the next day t he sold the pennies to a hank in | Alexandria, Va., at la cents apiece. ^ Mr. (jrcsham worked assiduously ( and collected many hundred other pennies, but lu; was able to sell none of those at a prolit. He st ill has on j hand enough copper to make life-sized stat ues of both t he mayor and the re- k eorder. I Mr. (iresham was not the only man , who bought pennies in large quanti- | ties. Tom Itowland, the popular | conductor on the Statesville road, de- ^ voted a large part of his time to copper-urn hbing and did not desist in his | speculative operation until Wednes- > day. I Half a dozen other Charlotte men, . men in near by South Carolina towns, , and residents of Sallisbnry and other ( places in this State, made wide search for last year's coppers. ? The movements of the speculators k had-its natural elfect, and for a week j lii()2 pennies have been selling high; ] jumping rrom two and a half and three ^ cents end) to live, seven and ten cents | apiece. The knowledge that tlie advertise- | incut was inserted with intent to dc* t ceive did not reach here until Wcdncs- ( day. It was said that hags holding , over 0,000 pennies belonging tospecu- . iators in tills section, reached Washington Saturday morning, and, keeping company with copper that came from many other sources, were about ' to be taken to the clothing store to be ! redeemed at the 18 cents valuation, when it was discovered that a visit to ^ the store would provoke ridicule and allow no profit. It was declared that c the iirst man who entered the store ( presented 1,050 pennies and demand- * cd 18 cents for each copper. "You have misunderstood the ad- * vcrtisemcnt," was t lie reply. "Hut you said you would give 18 N cents for 15)02 pennies." "Certainly; we are prepared now to | give 18 cents for one thousand nineteen hundred and two pennies." Then the would be vendor under- 1 stood the game that had been played " shouldered his coppers and walked away, other men who came carrying ' copper sis si pri/.e were met with si J similar reception. And the copper thsit went to Washington from the piedmpnt section was shipped back home Mr. (ireshain said last night that lie had been told thsit the enter- < prising business men who worked the ( advertisement had been arrested. ( It was reported in Charlotte Wed- ( nesday night that tlie mad scramble for j tiie 1902 pennies was still maintained. ' Pennies of that date sold for I) cents t each in Moorcsville yesterday, it was t declared, and were still bringing a > fancy price in Salisbury and other < neighboring towns. The agitation over i copper has struck the rural districts t of upper South Carolina and unless runners convey the intelligence of the fake game into the various hamlets the tierce rush for one cent pieces may 1 last for a good many days. J tor of calculation. The auditor will therefore restate ( tills account and allow the State of j South Carolina toe further sum of . II,SHI.(11, being the interest on said f sum or $47,247.17, at 4 per cent, from . said 1st day or January, IH81, up to the approval of said Act. A credit cert iticate of difference will Issue for said amount. < llespectfully, i 11. J. Trace well, ( Comptroller. i HTM \ S. C., THURSDAY J EXCHANGE OF RIFLES. Soon ili?? Btuto Mllit lumen Will Have Tholr New llntKN. ] Adjutant-Ooneral Frost, recently visited Washington to see if lie could not arrange with the war department Tor an immediate exchange of old for new rifles and uniforms for the mill la, , saving the freight bills for two ship- i ments. lie called to sec the secretary of war in company with Senator Latimer, and was received by Assistant Secretary of War Sanger In the absence of Secretary Itoot. (Jen. Frost says lie was warmly received and after going over the provisions of the new act of congress it was determined that South Uarolina could at once proceed to ex- [1 Change the Springfield rilles and car- ' tridges for the new K rag-Jorgenseu magazine rilles. The requisition will 1 go forward shortly. Tlie secretary of war has been so busy since the adjournment of congress ? bhat lie has been unable as yet to > place contracts for the furnishing of 1 tire now regulation olive drab uni- ' forms, consequently they will not he ' ssued for some time. The depart- ^ nent, however, has allowed (Jen. Frost 1 ,o make requisition for khaki uni- ( 'orms and campaign huts for t lie State 1 nilitia for the summer. This requi- 1 iition will he sent on at once. The ' 3resent blue uniforms will be con- 1 ,inued in the service until tlie olive J Irah suits are available, I (Jen. Frost asked for authority to 11 oait to certain schools in the State, v lot having commandants of cadets, ? ionic of the old Springtteld rilles. He * vas informed that this could not he c lonc; that tlie law only allows tlie war j lepartmerit to loan rilles to military * linirlowHoc li.li.inw ? /*? r . I I i M IIUl.l I Ml > I I (U III) III l|l?* I ' itatiuiird at, them as commandants, N ind then onlv upon the tiling of an up- v >lication and a hand from the trustees |1 >f such institutions; that the State j' annot loan rilles at all. This will | I ncun that the Citadel's supply, of j Krag-.lorgenseu rilles will have to bo ] s ailed in by the adjutant general soon, ' ind another supply secured in the I Vgular way. Under the Dick act also the exchange of equipments provided for ipplics only to rilles and cartridges ^ ind not to tents or camp equipage. Jen. frost also made inquiries about. ' die stationing of an army otlicer in (| lie olllcc of the adjutant general. Upon Secretary Hunt's return the do- j jurtmeut will determine whether to letall active army ollleers to these ' positions or retired ollleers. (Jen- frost talked interestingly of die new uniform regulations of the tuny. There will henceforth he three V styles of uniforms for ollleers. The irstwill he the full dross, with frock y oat and gold braid in abundance, a N icavily gold braided cap and a chap- ' lean. 'J'lie latter will never be wqin . pVhile tlui olllcer is in the saddle. I The dress uniform will tie exactly ike the present blue fatigue uniform, ivith the exception that the caps will 1 lave bell crowns. Tlie infantry ollleers will no longer wear white stripes 1 m their trousers, but a lighter shade * if blue instead. ? Tlie new olive drati uniform will I o ilie same for oil leers as for privates 1 save that a small strap will lie worn iy ollioers on each shoulder, and the egg ins will 1)0 leather instead of can- " ,'as. No trouscr stripes will he worn iy ollleers with this uniform. it Is the latter uniform that will ie used exclusively 111 the service In s d;is State. The members of the govirnor's staff alone will wear the dress jniform. All other ollleers wlH wear ^ die olive drab regulat ion. 'I'hc State. ( Taken llin Own Life. i .). W. Logan, a white farmer living it. Phoenix in Greenwood county comnibtcd suicide Wednesday by shoot- | limsclf in his right temple with a imall pocket derringer. It was stated s >y those in a position to know in that t community that bad licaltli and tinan- | ial troubles no doubt led to his deellion to end ids life. Mr. Logan was ibout f>0 years old. lie leaves a wife , md live children. lie lias a son, | Krank, about grown. It is a note- j vorthy coincidence tliat tlds place > vas the scene of tlie suicide of one of j die earliest settlers of that communi- N >y, namely, Dr. Chapman, who com- j nitted suicide in what is now a tcne- ' nent house in thw yard of this place, ^ iliout 50 yeafs ago. Also that tlds is t .he fourth suicide within a radius of i mile and a half Wit hin the last ten | 'ears. All the suicides were white , armors and all over 50 years of age. f Tlie Criini Cuno. * The senate committee on commerce 41 I'hursday decided to postpone taction 1 m tlie nomination of Dr.;, W. D. !l Jrum, to l>e collector of the port at 1 Jharlcston, S. C., until next. Thurs- 1 lay. 'i'he suggestion for postpone- < nent was made hy Senator Clay. H There are a number of vacancies on 51 ,he committee and he urged that the ? jommittee should not act until these vcre filled. It is now believed by the ipponents of Dr. Crum that another nceting of the committee will not he ? leld during the present Session. t s Kettle Itrldgcii. I Perhaps tlie most remarkable , >rldges In tlie world are Irte kettle ( irldges in itussia and Siberia, of wliicli < Cossack soldiers are exocrt builders. . I'hey arc built up of bbe soldiers' lan- ( res and socking kettles. Seven or t sight lances are placed under the | medio of ,a* number of kettles and , 'listened by means of ropes to form a aft. lOatth of these rafts will hear die weight of half a ton. > PI?un??m Tlioiu. The southern prets is unanimous in commending 'Gov. 'Jlcyward's treatnent of the Wisconsin race problem convention plan. The northern papers maintain an eloquent''silence. ' '<& y . - v a't .. -' u ^ - . wmi MARCH 10, A MAN KILLED I By His Automobile Running Over Edge of High Embankment. DASHED TO PIECES ON ROCKS IIIh wife, WI?o \Vun Willi 111in I When tlio Tcri-ihlo Ai'dili-hi Happened, is Seriously 111,| u red. Mullah), N. V., has another sensa-i Lion. Recent ly one of her prominent L'iti/.ens hy the name of K. 'I1, liurdick, 1 was f.>1111<I murdered in his residence, iiid up to this time tlio police lias lieen unable to locale the murderer, i'uesday afternoon Arthur K. IVnneil, >ne of l h?* ehiof figures in the investigation of the liurdick murder, was Hurled headlong into eternity. Mr. IVnneil was riding in his electric uitomohilu with Mrs. IVnneil. They Are re on Kensington avenue near Fillnoro avenue, skimming along the edge >f the (Jehrs stone quarry, a huge oe.k-ribbed hole in the ground. Mr. IVir ell's hat lilew oil'. The automo ile swerved and in some inexplicable nunncr it leaped over (lie curb Into ,he abyss below. IVunell was killed nstaully, his head being crushed to m unrecognl/ahle mass. Mrs. IVnneil vas injured so severely that the surtoons at the Sisters hospital, to which < .in- w?s tuM'n, my in%r cnanoos ot rii- i :ovcry sire vory slight, I Two boys saw t.lu' tragedy. They i vere too I'ar away to know positively ( ust, how it, happened. Mrs. I'enneil | vhen found was unable to speak. She j vas only semi-conscious when taken o tho hospital and could speak no eo- , lerent words. After the operations | jerformed iininediately by 1 >r. Kutfcne j hnitb in (lie hope of saving her life, i lie lapsed into unconsciousness and < ieiu'0 there can be no true version of i ireeisely how the all'air oeeurred. 1 Mr. I'enneil left Ids ollice in the ; usiin building at, I.On o'clock, lie vent to his home at, lies Cleveland v .venue. A friend who called up Mr. v 'ennell on the telephone about i Tcloek was informed that Mr. IViudl ( vas in but that lie was froin^ for a >, Irive. Mr, I'enneil himself answered i he telephone and said that he would | ie back between <>..'{() and 7 o'clock, caking an appointment with his ( rlend for that hour. ; "Would (i o'clock do?" he was asked. ( "(ih, Well, you iiii^ht, come at <> | 'clock, but you better making it. . liter," said Mr. I'enneil. Those were the last, words i'enneil \ va-> known to speak to any one except | Irs. I'enneil, save thai he went back o the stairs and called out, to Lizzie voinance, t he maid: "Lizzie, we will >e back between U and 7 o'clock." I'lieii he and Mrs. I'enneil rode away 1 n the automobile. ( It, was learned that, the matter ' nentioned in the telephone talk was 1 nmcthiiitf he considered most serious ' nd which weighed heavily upon him. 1 t, was in connection with the llurdick < nurder. 1 Recently Mr. I'enneil made the fol- ; iiwinx statement: "About this case 1 f iturdlck, I have told the authori- f ies I went away to New York before t he. murder and that I met. \lr? ? turdick while. I was away. In fact I ! aw Mrs. iturdick near New York two ' ir three days before the murder. I ( lave told it frankly and the meeting 1 vas a proper one. hut. they seem to ( >e determined to dra# all the business : nit in the papers. I would do any- ' hlii^ to stop it." I'eunell and his wife left their home 1 it t.fjO o'ekek or one or two minutes ' icfore that time. It was a gloomy 1 ifternoon and rain was falling. It corned a strange day for a man to akc his wife automobiling, in tlie unely northeast section of the city it such an hour. Penned was not a veteran at auto- ' nobbing. Yet he was an expert at ' Kindling the inaehine and was ex- ' )erlenccd as to its management. rVhat was unusual about the 1 irocecdlngs, according to the maid, vas that Mrs. Penned had always be- ; Ore told her when they would return. 1 Today, however, said the girl, "when 1 ,hey went out it was Mr. Penned who old me." ' Mrs. Penned has been loyal to her ' lusband throughout his trying experi- ' slices during the last ten days. She ! requcntly said tliat her faith in him 1 vas unshaken and that she would itiek to him to the end. Penned's ' sidy was received at morgue shortly 1 tfter H.'M) o'clock. 'Pile features of 1 .be (lead man were distorted and out >f all semblance to their natural sharacter. In the pockets were found ome money and newspaper clippings , ind identilieation cards from two iuin ranee companies. M ICS. I'KNNKIJ. 1)1 K8. Mrs. Arthur l'ennell died ill the I Winters of Charity hospital Wedncs- j icsday ni^ht, at 8 o'clock. Kor hours Ale surgeons worked over the uncorr | icious form of the injured woman. A 'iilnt twitching of the eyelids or a' nurmor of pain were tlie only sitfns <?f 'cturnintf consciousness percept ihie j luring the 21 hours the injured wo- i nan was in the hospital ward. Kx- [ sept for a few Incoherent words uttersd when slio was llrst taken to the ! tospitul Mrs. Pennell's lips did not I nove. I To Cu 4 Tdce Laxative Bron ;-M % i Seven MQHoa boxes sold in post 12 m it. AN OIL FIRE In \i'w York ('IuIiiih T\v. nty or More Vlcl I inn. Twenty or more lives were lost, and fully twice Unit number of people tunned or bruised by an explosion of oil late Tuesday ni^ht, following the wreck on the Erie railroad, north of (dean, N. V. Owing to the fact that some of the tiodtes were Incinerated In the tierce Dames or blown into the creek by the explosion, the exact number of tUuxd will probably not be known for several days. I lie number of injured, too, is uncertain, as a lar^e number of them were able to reach their borne and received treatment lbore. Nine ui i\u> recovered bodies have been iilentllbd as rObidenlH of Qlcun, four of the number being boys under se. veil teen years of aye. The Injured are all young boys of Olean and the neighboring towns. Do/.cns of others, who were not carried to the hospitals were inn urn more ur less severely. It wus nine o'clock in the evening! when the train was wrecked. An! Krie freight train, loaded wit li oil ears, broke in two on the hill two miles north of the city. At- first, the forward part of the. train, released of all weight of the ears behind, sprang forward wit h increased speed. I hakes were applied and the front portion of the train was brought almost to a standstill at the Iron bridge across I Mean creek. The rear cars, gathering momentum as they came down the hill, crashed Into the forward part ?f the train. The tank ears caught lire soon after the collision and burst nto ilames with a terrilic explosion. A portion of I.he iron domes of the ars was boiled a distance of several on id red feet. The (lames shot high o the air. Hundreds of people in loot of Oleau and the surrounding onntry side gathered to watch the a illant scene. As the heat became | ess intense the crowd began to edge 1 ? little closer to t he wreckage. Suddenly there was a terrilic explosion. A great mass of white Humes .hot hundreds of feet into the air and it.erally rolled down the hanked sides ?f t he t rack into the golly where the spectators were standing. Men and toys fell before the wave of light to rise no more. Huge pieces of Iron were hurled through the air, moving low n human beings by the score. Men tod boys with their clothing a mass if llamcs ran shrinking down the jrack, some of I Item falling to the ground unconscious, while others grovelled in the ditch or pimped into Ihu creek in an endeavor to put out :hc lire that was consuming them. Distillery Cuniiiri>il. A dispatch to Tile Stale from < Ireenbille. says Thursday afternoon at 5 >'clork Constables Altaian, (Joolcy aid I tell, with I >e|)iilics I'hilllps and Putlain, left, the city with the intention if finding a blockade distillery, and .vent, 22 miles to tin; Middle Salnda iver, where they discovered wlial t hey ivere expecting, and took possession ot l large outfit which was being put in cadlncss for operation, including a itcain lioiler, three fernnuiters and ~?o<? gallons of beer. The olllcers knew in idvance I,hat this was a portable alTalr md that the still had two localities, a ia 1 f mile apart. They went to the >ther place and found a number of fcrnenters. The still was near t he rcsilence of I'.eattie (?rice, and there was i path from one to the other. The oflieers raided the still at midnight and ipentonly an hour or so in the vicinity, but it required seven or eight hours to reach the city again as the roads do not allow fast traveling. Killed on I Ik? Sk yucca per. The first fatality in connection with the erection of the skyscraper in Columbia occurred early Thursday morning, when William Dixon, a colored laborer, was instantly killed by an elevator. There are three elevators used in the building, null they run from the lirsf to the twelfth floor and back at llgtnlng speed. According to the testimony of witnesses, Dixon had Just leaned over the elevator shaft to speak to some me in the cellar when t he. elevator ame nown on him, killing him instantly. As soon as the accident was seen the engineer raised the elevator ind the body was taken out. The Ilea 1 and face were horribly mutilated, but there were no other injuries, md death must have been instantaneous. Southern lluptiNl Convention. The forty-eighth session of the Southern baptist Convention, the largest deliberate body In the world, will be held In Savannah, (la., this year beginning May H. Its session will Is; held in the First baptist, Church i l.naa l? it. #1.... l ... i.imr, it/ i?i riiun l.llilL IK'IWCCII 2,000 and 2,f?00 people will be in at- j tendance. Preparations for the care nt' tlds iintnense ^atherlnu are now in course <?f preparation in Savannah. A room for the secretaries has been secured in the Do Soto and all dele- | Kates will be urged to register there as! s'xin as possible <ifter tlicy reach the cit y. (>ne of t lie chief matters of consideration in Savannah Is how to | house the enormous iuliux of visitors. 1 re a Cold In On tio Quinine Tablets. ^ oaths. This signature, ,/ / f * / ' ? .* ('S J S INO. Ml A VERY MEAN MAN. Ho Fought a Coffin for His Wife Before Her Death BUT SHE MADE HIM OCCUPY IT. I * fl" llarkctl, Formerly of South Carolina, lint for Many Ycara a Virginian, SiillVrt'tl for Ilia SIiih. Sometime ago, says n special dispatch to Tho Stale from Roanoke, Ya., a fanner's wife In Floyd county \ a,, who had been ill for many weeks grew suddenly worse. The family was small, consisting of two little children; and the farm house Itself occupied a lonesome, out-of-the-way spot. in a rugged mountain country, a good many miles distant from the nearest country village. For weeks the roads hud been in an almost Impassable condition from the effects of t he cont inued heavy fall of snow and rain, and the only visitor to tho nick woman was the country doctor as he went his weary rounds. The husband, .1 ell Ilackctt, a native of one of the upper counties of South Carolina, had drifted to Virginia :tf> years ago, and ever since locating in Floyd county had been a man known throughout the section for his meanness and niggardly habits, and although by such methods lie had amassed a com for t,l.L. win.. ..r ........... *....? ....... ?iw. ?? ' ? tm ? ! ui iii''in j, iu IT r ?ui nan tur color of It, and the numerous visits of t he doctor to his sick wife were viewed with increased alarm, as indications of a good-sized medical I>ii 1 grew mote apparent. Just sis t he serious turn in t lie woman's condition came about, the miserly husband hit on the happy idea, as it. seemed to him, of killing two birds with one stone. lie had come to Roanoke the following day to attend to some business, and to get a fresh supply of "them expensive drugs." Just he fore his depsirture the faithful doctor arrived to pay si visit to tile sick wife, llackctt called the physician to one side sind questioned him closely as to the prospects of his wife's early death, lie explained that had as the roads were, they were liable to become much worse, and thsit if he could bting back a cotlln next day, much Inconvenience and probable delay In the funeral, etc., could l?e saved, should his wife expire. The mcdicsil man assured him It wsis his opinion that his wife could not last t welve hours; and thai she would in all probability he dead when he relumed from the city. The next day, bright and early, the fsirmer bade the sick woman good bye, and started on his long drive to Roanoke. On arriving there lie purchased the necessary drills, and then sought ail undertaking establishment, where he bought a moderate-priced colli 11. Congratulating himself on his foresight, he plodded homeward and no sooner was he in sight of Ids home, when the children awaiting his return, espied ttie significant looking casket.' Running into the house, tin; little ones untitled their sick mother, who was apparently in a very weak state, of what their father had brought hack from the city. The wife guessed the truth at once and summoning her now miser mm 111i.tiiiii m i iajii?;i lu u.min;, r>uu ruincu herself hy main force and despite her condition, showered upon him the vials of her pent-up wrath. A new resolution Hashed in her eyes. She vowed her husband would he the worst disappointed man in the country, and should have the collin for his own use. So rapidly did she regain her strength that inside of ten days, she was bossing the house as of old, and making her parsimonious helpmeet's life a burden. So much did the experience weigh on the letter's mind that lie fell ill and live days afterwards was taken to the little country churchyard in the identical receptacle purchased by himself for his better and stronger hair. Invitations (Julore. The governor has received an invitation from J. li. McBrlde, supervisor of Florence county, to Ik; present at a meeting called for the purpose of forming good roads' associations on March Id. lie was compelled to decline. An invitation was also received from the chairman of the board of visitors of the citadel to deliver the annual address at the encampment at llock Kill on June 10. The annual meeting of the society of charities and connections will be held in Atlanta this year, May 0-12, and the governor has ijeen invited to attend and U> appoint delegates. Am to ItcwartlH. The governor is being embarasscd by letters from parties requesting that rewards he ottered for those who have committed some crime. Sometimes t liiiwii lot t ore o/imii onlo ? *!?* ? . ? # ij ,,n, iwvvia umiiv uiiij a mijr ur ?> ai* ter tlu: crime Is committed, and the law expressly states that no reward should be offered until the officers had used every means In their power to capture the criminal. Consequently the governor does not feel that he would be Justified in offering a reward in those cases. ie Day SSftT 1 srj/ jf, on every 1 box. 25c. I