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VOL. 14. TERRIFIC JTORM. Town of Snyder, Oklahoma, Swept By Tornado. ONE HUNDRED LOST. Not More than a Score ot Houses Left In Tact. Relief Sent from Neighboring Towns. Fire Followedjn the Wake of (he Storm. A dispatch from Snyder, O. T., Thursday night says that uptodate the number of known dead as a result of the tornado has reached 100. Arrangements have been made to convoy all the Injured, who can be moved, to hospitals at Oklahoma City and Lawton. The havoc wrought by the tornado Is astonishing. Out of a town that housed 1,000 persons &hi.-*more than a score of houses are intact while twothirds of the buildings are wrecked. Itae Btor.ii formed south of Olustee, the Texas line, and took a northeasterly course, through a well settled region. At 8 o'clock it was observed by the people of Snyder, but the usual funnel-shaped formation was lacking, and though the roar was plainly heard for some time before the storm broke, many were of the opinion that It was a hall storm. Within a few minutes the sky suddenly beoamo dark and a terrific downpour of rain began, lasting for several minutes. Then the rain stepped almost as suddenly as It started. For a few moment.* ?n nmi. nous calm t> Mowed, arid then the tornado Btruck, tearing buildings to pieces as though they were made of paper. Eighty-five bodies have lieen recovered, a dozen persons are missing and given up for dead, and of the 41 seriously injured, several are likely to die. More than 100 persons suffered less severe injuries. Relief is going from neighboring towns. Oklahoma city has sent 100 men to dig graves and seek the dead still in the ruln9, and a dozen under takers with 100 Collins. Offers of financial assistance have come from numerous cities. Gov. Ferguson of Oklahoma has is sued a proclamation calling attention to the needs of the stricken town. It is still ditlljult to obtain information from Snyder. A single telegraph wire furnishes an outlet, but it is blocked private messages concerning the dead and the injured. To add to the general confusion and distress after the tornado had passed, Are broke out and burned up all that remained of the buildings in one of the business blocks. So far it has not been nosslble to And out whether any bjdics were cremated, but it is possible that such is the case. An unldentiAed woman was picked up dead, having been pinioned to the ground by a large sliver which entered her left eye and oame out through the baca of her head. Clarence Donovan, a railroad engineer, and Miss Nina Feasenden were to have been married last n'ght, bub had just post poned the nuptials until morning. Both were Instantly killed by the storm. m, Fred Crumjpj a boy, had started.- to a cellar wheniitlylng timber di c'ii tated him, twirls was carried northwest as far jfijf Oooperton, 12 miles, and i%.i^^pj|frted that there are more fragingmfe at that town than In the tor nabo .path at Snyder. The mayor of Snyder is having much troubto arranging for the burial of the dead.> The oonfusion Is great, owing to ?hl fact that there are numbers of tihldentitkd bodies at the morgues. There is much suffering owing to lack of provisions and places to stay. What houses remain in the town are in bad condition and are unsafe for habitation. Besides there is not reom enough to care for tne "omelets. Bedding and wearing ap^.el are both lacking, and despite the' fcf fort to sucsor the unfortunates they are still in a pitiable condition. Many of the injured could not be oared for or given medical aid until morning, and by that time the wounds were aggravated. Dr. York of Hobart, who was active in relieving the suffering, says that 20 per cent, bf the injured will die. * Killed by Nervous (Shook. A dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle says Mrs. J. I. Campbell of Fitzgerald, Ga., died Wednesday after Illness superinduced by nervous shock. A few-months-old baby girl had a narrow escape from death beneath t.lia h \rvfa f\t a vnnaaiftu hnriA Anfl V,,V Uv/uin v/> n a uimft%mj u\/>wv| v* siuoo then the mother has been in n state of fear for the safety of the lit) tie one. The incident which precipitated the attack that terminated ir death occurred two weeks ago when an auto, driven at full speed, came suddenly to a stop dlreotly in front oi Mrs. Campbell's home. The babj girl had been playing on the porot and, struok by the thought that sh< had wandered into the street and bal been run down by the machine, Mrs Campbell rushed out of the house, bul before she reached the street she fel and was pioked up unoonsoious. 8h< never rallied from the shook and grev weaker till the pnd. Italian* In JboaUlana. Last week a vessel brought 77< Italians from Palermo to New Or leans All but about 20 were permit ted to land. Those refused wen afflicted with disease or did not meet the requirements of the law in som other particulars. The Immigrant were landed at New Orleans at th< suggestion of the Italian ambassador through whom southern planter made an appeal for Italian laborers They will be employed largely on thi > plantations of Louisiana and othe Southern states. I A STRANGE TALE. A Man and His Wife Found Baying in their Home After Four Day* of Treatment l>y a l'atr ot California Fakir*, Who Knoaped. The police of San Jose Cal., are engaged upon a weird case of crime and hypnotic suggestion. On a recent afternoon Frank A. Drew, a marble cutter, whose home is In Mil ford, N. H., t.nd his wife were discovered by the police barricaded In a cottage, which they recently rented at 393 East St. John street, both raving mad. After a struggle Drew and his wife were overpowered and taken to a local sanitarium, and since then, as they have gradually regained their mentality, the strange story has been drawn from them. As a result warrants have been Issued for the arrest of Professor Anton Weber, a German clairvoyant, whore oentlv occupied rooms at the Angelus house, and the woman compaulon, who is supposed to be his wife. Professor Weber went to San Jose from no one knows where, and has de parted with his companion as rays uvriuuaiy. jroressor weoer succeeded In obtaining $2,000 In gold from Mr and Mrs Drew and has three days the start of the c Ulcers. Mrs. Drew is still prostrated from her experience. Mr. Drew, a man of great physical strength, is apparently perfectly well again. As Mrs. Drew told her story she appealed frequently to him for corroboration and together the couple told a lucid tale of their dealings with Professor Weber and his wife. "We first went to Professor Weber on Monday a week ago," Mrs. Drew said, "upon seeing his advertisement in the papers. We had had some trouble in Oakland and went to con suit him atK)ut It. Professor Weber and his wife treated us kindly and told us to call Wednesday. "Wednesday we went to his otlice and he suggested to us that he could aid us greatly financially If we had 2,000 to Invest in corn, pork, lard or wheat. We talked about the matter and then Weber suggested that lie could give us a treatment which would be an effective relief from the trouble about which we had first consulted him. "We consented and from my husband's head and my own he clipped a small wisp of hair, and he also took a piece of the nails of our forefingers These he placed In a receptable with some powder and ignited them. The result was a heavy incense, which lie swung at us with the command that we inhale it. We both did so, and the result was a sense of strangulation and tickling of the throat, which was followed by a feeling of exhilaration. "At Professor Weber's suggestion we then went directly to our home and remained in the house, without seeing any one. On the following day Mrs. Weber came to the house and gave us a treatment. These treatments consisted of passing the hands tirmly over the forehead and drawing them away, snapplug the tingers after every stroke. The result was a sense of relaxation and rest fulness which was very pleasant. "Friday Prof. Weber told us to go at once to Oakland, draw 12,000 from the bank there and return at once to San Jose. We drew the money fr< m the bank In gold and returned on the afternoon train to Sari Jose and took the money to Prof. Weber's oHIce. 41 'Take this money home, place it under your pillow tonight and return It- fn mn >? II II I.. iv vvi iug au 11 u giui.iv vuiuui iuw, lit) told us and we followed out his In htruotions to the letter. We turned the money over to him the next day, and were then advised to remain in the house until we received a tele gram telling us where to meet him in San Francisco to get our money back. "This was on Saturday morning, and from the Thursday before we had scarcely anything to cat. We did not seem to care for food. We stayed right In the house Saturday and did not see anyone. On Sunday morning Mrs. Weber came to the house and gave us both another treatment, and that was the last we saw of her or her husband." When the police broke down the barricade at the Drew home, on Monday, they found the couple In a condition of actual religious dementia. "1 am the Queen of Heaven," Mrs. Drew declared, "and my husband Is the King of Heaven." Only by taking oath that they were emissaries from the King of Kings could the oflloefs approach to remove them to the sautariptn. YFor twelve hours their ravings contihued violent. The police believe that both were subjected to hypnotio Influence and while In this condition wore prevailed uopn over their money. A Negro Killed. ' Saturday as a special freight train 1 passed Lookhart junotlon in Union County It was boarded by a young ne I gro named Oon. Hyas As the train passed by that place the negro was ( seen standing on top of one of the frplt/ht. f'Arrt Tlip Hnnut. nf t.hn amtn* ?W* vuv nnvv/l tank struck the negro on the head and it is supposed knocked him senseless and he fell flit on top of the car. About & quarter of a mile farther up the track the young negro rolled (IT the top of the car dead. The negro worked ground tho depot at Lockhart 1 juhotlon and has been In the habit of ? riding to Spartanburg on looal freights the past year. When the train passed Lookhart it was going at about 35 miles an hour. Were U4I Honrs Without Food. 3 Four men were at the mercy of the . waves for thirty-six hours in an open _ boat on Qreat South Bay, while wof 0 men on the shores prayed for their t, rescue and brave men fought against e odds to find them. They were dieg covered and rescued Thursday by a B party of three in a power launoh. The rescuing party Itself suffered severely g from the buffeting of the waves. When taken from their frail oraft the B men were nearly exhausted, having r had no food or fresh water since very early Tuesday morning. * ??? rhe CON BANK BANDITS In New York Act Just Like the Old Jarnes Gang. TOWN HELD AT BAY By Masked Men, While Their Confcder* ates Blew Open the Bank Vault and Carried Off One Hundred Thousand Dollars in Cash and Bank Notes. Millionaire citizens of Ollbertsvllle, N. Y., are planning to offer a big reward for the capture of five masked bandits who on Tuesday night, May 2, blew open and rt bbed the safe jf the town bank, and then at pistols' points made good their escape via Mount Upton and Norwich. This robbery, ( whloh netted the thieves upward of 1100.000 In caih and negotiable securities, was one of the boldest that has ever been perpetrated in New York , State, and ranks with the deeds of J esse James and the Dalton Brothers , for skill and daring. A Hood of telegrams and telephone messages have been sent all over the country, giving a dtalled description ( of two of the bandits and a general ( description of the other three. Detectives in the larger cities who have j been consulted declare that the men who dynamited the safe were experts at the work, and that they have be- , fore now converted their securities J Into money, divided their cash and disappeared. , "It Is a case of dyramlte, division ( and silence," said the SherilT of Chen antfo County, as he announced his | search for the men had ended at the ( depot at Norwich. "They had every move planned; they knew every train and every foot of the ground, and as j soon as they had turned the trick, ] and had the money In their pockets, they simply dusted and not, clean , away." , The fact that every telephone and , telegraph wire that led out of the town had been cut shows that the men knew exactly the lay of the land. When the llrst explosion wa- heard by ( the citizens of Gtlbertevllle they made frantic attempts to call the police of adj lining townships, but the wires were severed and they could not even call their next door neighbors. ( The bank which was robbed Is In a private Institution owned bv E. C. itrower, one of the wealthiest men in ' the town. A number of New York 1 millionaires have residences here, and they make use of the hank safo to 1 store their securities, Jewels and even 1 their cash. Owing to the largo sums 1 that are generally drawn by the richer depositors the bank makes it a rule to have a large sum of cash on hand all the time. All this the safe blowers seemed to know full well. They slipped into town on Tuesday night as soon as the live hundred inhabitants were in bed. Then they cut the wires, and then effected an entrance into the bank Itself. All five of the men were masked. Two of them sto< d on guard outside the bink, while the other three went Inside to superintend the blowing of the safe. It took four heavy charges of dynamite to finally wrench the doors from the big steel box, and while these chaiges were being exploded the two guards on the outside held the town at bay with sixshooters. WIipr the noise of the first explosion roused the sleeping inhabitants. Edward E. Stcckwell hurriedly dressed and ran Into the street, lie ran into the arms of one of the bandit guards who throw him to the ground in an Instant. With the aid of his companion he bound and gagged Stockwell, and then cooly robbed him of a large sum of money and his watch and chain. Stockwell had with him the money belonging to the store ha o/\r?/lnAfn 4 1 ? * * * * ug gvam uv>w( Allll lit 18 rOpOTLGCl that his loss will seriously embarrass him unless the company charges the sum to protlt and loss. liy the time the bandits had disposed of Stork well other cltizms began to pour from their homes, only to I be met with six-shooters in tho hands of desperate men. "Keep baok from here," said the bigger of the guards. "The first one who approaches will be shot full of holes." The citizens were awed, and as they paused a second and then a third explosion was heard in the bank. Then c&cq# the fourth explosion and the sounfaorthe J,hre6i>a?fc rohlnre ripp ng thd broken safe^-to nieces with crowbars and plckaxelL JThe lnneia compartments of the sate were easily wrenched open and the large store of money and jewels quickly taken from their resting places and thrust Into the pockets of the thieves. As soon as the last of the valuables had been swept up, the bandits ran out to reinforce the guards at the front of the bank, lteblhd them they loft a wrecked building, before them was a crowd of timid, badly scared citizens. All the.money and valuables were transferred to one qf the gang, and then the other four surrounded him as a body guard, and the break for liberty was made. Groups of men stood In the street, but they opened the way for the five men who 3arried six shooters In thnir hands as they marched by. "The first man who attempts to follow us will be shot like a dog," was the last stern warning the robbers gave as they left the village. They made their way easily to the outskirts of the town, where they got Into a wagon that they had stolen and started on a gallop for Mount Upton, five miles away. Several small posses were organized at onoe, and the ohase began. The robbers were followed until they reached the hills. There they left their horse and wagon in the road and took to the woods, effectually throwing their pursuers off the trail. The Sheriff who was sleepy, quit the ohase and with his deputy returned home to finish his nap, and the robbers lay close in the woods all . . *m*m I 1 Mow WAY, S. C., THURi day. That night they stole a team from a nearby farmer and drove to Chenango County, nine miles across the hills. They reached there shortly after midnight, aud as the iShertfT of the county had not received word of the robbery he had no one watching the trains. About 1 a. m the bandits boarded a train for Oswego and got safely away. PRI8UNhK SHOT HIMSELF. Hold Deputy Hhorifl'at It ay Until Ho Committed Ntilcldo. A dispatch from Anderson says Tillman Weatderall, a young negro contlned In the county Jail on a charge of housebreaking, c mmitted suicide about noon Wednesday by shooting himself with a pistol. How he managed to procure the weaaou is a mystery to the (/Ulcers. When Deputy Sheriff W. N. Scott opened Weatherall's cell door Wednesday night to place some water in the cell the negro suddenly thrust a pistol Into his face aud commanded him to stand aside. Mr. Scott slammed the door shut, and the prisoner crept back into a corner of the cell without further attempting to make Immediate use of the pistol. The deputy sheriff secured two gentlemen to assist him I % /I i 11 A M MA ? I -V iii uimiuiiMK uio ui'ifro, una wnen uiey attempted to do so he tired one shot at them. Fortunately It went wide of Its mark. Tne oflicers then left the prisoner securely locked without sue seeding in disarming him. He remained In possession of the weapon during the night and Wednesday morning and held the otllcers at bay until he ended his life by his own hand. About noon Wednesday the otllcers at the Jail were attracted by a shot, and an investigation showed that Weatherall had shot himself through the breast, inflicting a wound that caused death in a short time, Weatherall was a bad negro, and had served a term on tlic county shaingang for housebreaking. He would have been tried at the sessions court at Anderson next week on a similar charge, for which he was being held at the time of his suicide. He had been confined in jail for a mouth or more. How he secured the pistol by which to try to effect his escape is a mystery. RURAL MAIL ROUTES COSTLY. Qovernnient'H Iionn tor Present Fie cat Year Is $ I iS .OOO.OOO, The net loss to the government of operating the rural mail routes of the United States in the fiscal year ending June JO, 1005, will not be less than 48.800,080, and probably several millions in excess of that amount. The minimum estimate of loss is obtained after allowing to the credit of the rural service every cent of rovenue derived from mall sent by patrons of the routes and from mall rfldalunrl Ku hnrv> ?? ? " m ivuwi ?v.u uj uuoai| i.iuu an a uratucr UI fact, only a part of these receipts are rlue to the establishment of rural servloe. It Is Impossible to tell *hat propor tlou of the rural mail business should hi credited to the establishment of rural service, but It Is estimated by competent authorities that the real loss for the fiscal year will b3 nearer $12 000,000 than $8 800,080. The law rasing the salaries of rural carriers is in effect in the prtssnt lis cal year. It Increases the most of service to $58 per month for each route, exclusive of the expensesof the field inspection service. It is the cost of rural mall facilities that prevents the financial waistcoat and pantaloons from meeting in the postoftlce department. Without this endless and increasing expanse the department practically would be self sustaining. ^ Hoofoty Woman 8utct?los. Death by suicide, while suffering from what her physicians say was temporary insanity, Induced by poor health, was chosen by Mrs. Benjamin Strong, Jr., the beautiful and talent ed daughter of John Le Bmtilller, a merchant prince of New York city, at her home In Huglewood Thursday. Uuusually pathetic circumstances surrounded the case. Mrs. Strong had been sulT;rlng from nervous exhaustion for some time, and, although her illness had nnt, hA?r? rocrorSaS ou , ? w wvu W*"? acute she never had fully recovered her health after the birth of her fourth child six months ago. Mrs. Strong shot herself through the heart with a revolver that had been It her home since a burglar scare, some time ago. CaeHAr And Hift Wife. There are husbands who, among their male companions, like to have it supposed that the? Just a littletyrannical at home. Ore such min who had two or-three friends at his house one eveaiiwr remarked, as they were chattlngCtpgethpr comfortably at a rather lati hour:""'"Yes, I do what I like at home. My wife, 'she has to bend to my will, I cin tell you. In &y house I'm a regular Julius Caesar!" His wife came into the roond irftlme to hear the last sentence. The tyrant his household looked a little uneasy, but his wife neither frowned, nor apparently paid any attention to the remark. Hut after a moment she remarked very positively: "Gentlemen, It is late, and Juliurf Caesar has irot to ao to bed!" wiisw. upon the husband arose, stammered his excuse and retired, leaving his guests to tind their way out as best as they could. Has He Two WIton? George 0. Hoggs, a barber from Chattanooga, was tried at Dal ton, G&., Thursday on the charge of bigamy. He is said to have married wife No. 1 in South Carolina twentyseven years ago, and to have five living ohlldren by his first wife, and three grandohildred, who reside at Calhoun, S. C. He is alleged to have married his seoond wife, who was Miss Nellie Coney,, in Dalton, Ga , last Christmas. Boggs, it is reported, deserted his family about a year ago. The maiden name of bis alleged first wife was Mauldin, and she has a brother In Atlanta, who was a witness In the case. Boggs was bound over to oourt on a I20C bond. i 1 SDAY, MAY IS, I8< DEATH DEALING Tornado Kills Twenty-Six People at Marquette, Kansas, THE TOWN WBECKEI) Death and Destruction Followed in the Work of the Terrible Wind and Rain. Many Residences and Fublic Buildings Blown Down and Wrecked. A dispatch from Marquette, Kansas, under date of May U. says wh hi darkness fell upon thatstrlcken town Tuesday night it was known that 2d lives had been lost In the tornado that wrecked part of Marquette early Tu^s day and did much damage In that vicinity, and that 44 persons had been injured. Of the Injured 35 were scri ously hurt, and some of them may die. During the day two victims died of their injuries. Several of the others are suffering from broken limbs and Internal 'njurles. In st veral cases entire families have been killed. A man named Swltzer, a night watchman at the railroad yards, lost his three children. N. 1'. Nelson and his wife and three children were found dead. Two other children were not at home and escaped injury. Tuesday night order bad practically been brought out of the chaotic win ditlon that prevailed Tuesday and a relief committee had begun dispensing aid. Among the relief sent from out Hide were 25 pupils from Bethany college, who acted as nurses The tornado struck the southern end of the town and cut a clean swath 100 yards In width through Its entire length. Coming as it did at midnignt all the people were caught without a moment's warning. A heavy rain storm had proccded the wind. When daylight broke over the town it found the entire population in a state of panic. Business was entirely suspended and every one who escaped injury turned his attention toward aiding the injured. The tornado seems to have formed three miles south of Marquette and did not spend its force uutll it had passed many miles north of the town. In Marquette the residence portion west of the main street sulTered the principal damage. The houses in t' e course of the tornado were all, with two or three exceptions, completed wrecked. In this section there were a number of modern residences, of which only one was left standing. The Swedish Lutheran and Methodist churches were among the tirst buildings struck, and they, t"gether with the parsonage adjoining the Me thodist church, were demolished. Monday afternoon was hot and oppressive. Late in the evening a terrific rain storm broke over the town The rain continued to fall In torrents until midnight, when the tornado struck. Within less than tive minntAo It had wrought its terrible work an i passed on. Telegraph and telephone wires were carried down, and It was several hours before the outside world could be apprised of the plight of the city. It was not until 8 o.clock Tuesday morning that physicians and surgeons began arriving from surrounding towns. In the meantime dozens of vol uuteers set to work to clean away the debris and extricate the dead and in Jured. The Swedish Lutheran parson age and several private reside*.ces were turned Into temporary hospitals. The dead were taken to a storeroom nearby. Dr. Lund, the Lutheran pastor, parsed about among the suffering, ministering to their comfort, while .'10 or 40 other pers >ns, working under his direction, cared for the injured at other points. There were many narrow escapes 'from death. The Infant daughter of Charles Sailon was lifted in her bed and carried to the middle of the street, receiving only a few scratches. Sailon and his wife were Rerlously Injured. The mattress upon which, toe baby daughter of the Rev. Smith lay was doubled up In such a manner as to cover the child and protect It from falling limbers. In spite of the destruction of the Smith house, the entire family escaped uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Eilvln were carried on their herl a rUutur\e<j r\t r.nn and laid down without being sericinly Injured. W?nt the. Oiaponsary. A digparch from Washington to The .Columbia Record says Secretary Shaw and Iowa people in Washington are deeply Interested in the announcement of E. W. Weeks, a prominent member of the'Iowa legislature, that he proposes to Introduce into,tlx; nex session of the legislature and push to utmost ability a bill establishing a dispensary law in that state modeled closely after the South Carolina law. Mr. Weeks Is secretary of the Nation ai Association of Republican Clubs and stands well in the legislature. He has recently made a visit to South Carolina, where he has studied the operations of the dispensary system and is pleased with it. He believe*that the long standing contentions oi Iowa people over the control of liquor oan be settled by the introduotlon ol the South Carolina Idea. UI?H Blowers Fight. As the result of trouble among glasf blowers at the Chattanooga glass plant Wednesday Frederick Cummins was shot and killed; Wm. M each am was spot in the thigh and Albert Meacham was struck on the head with a heavj wrench and may die. The shotting was done by Albert Meacham, foreman o{the plant. The lifficulty occurred in the office. Wm. Mcaoham whe was shot is a brother of the man who did the shooting and the manager ol the plant. Albert Meacham was arrested and is confined in the hospital ward of thejiil. The coroner's Jurj placed the blame for the killing on Cummins and Albert Meacham'. * imli )5. PENSION LIST GROWS. Rolls Show Many Additions 8ince ihe Last Report. Formerly llcfdduo W*h Hcturued to I'eiiHlon Fund, But Now Goes to Gonoral Fund. Over 800 names have been added to the pension rolls of South Carolina since the last report. There were 517 deaths during the year but there wak a net Increase of 217. The pension funds are distributed as well as they can be apportioned by comptroller General Jones. The work of the pension bureau Is extensively arduous, as there are so many stalls tics and conditions to be recorded. Wednesday the comptroller with the aid of his elllclent pension clerk, Ml.-s Kate Maher, made out a statement of the distribution as follows for the year 1905: COUNTY AMOUNT. Abbeville * 8,540 (0 Aiken U,K28 50 Anderson 11,180 50 Bamberg 1,054 00 Barnwell 3,207 50 Beaufort 052 50 Berkeley 2,340 00 Charleston 3,017 60 Cherokee 5.001 60 Chester a is>h mm Chestertiei<i 5,030 60 Colleton 0,912 00 Clarendon 3,287 50 Darlington 4,?41 50 Dorchester 1,078 20 Kdgelield 2,82.1 60 Fair Held 3,2117 00 Florence 3,835 50 Georgetown 007 00 Greenville 10,928 50 Greenwood 3,248 50 Hampton 4,111 60 Horry 4.387 00 Kershaw 3,341 50 Lancaster 5,810 oo Laurens 0,650 50 Lee 2,882 50 Lexington 6,084 00 Marlon 5,430 oo Marlboro 3 450 o.? Newberry 3,675 oo Oconee 0,835 Oo Orangeburg 4,305 oo Pickens 5,200 0> Richland 5,050 50 Saluda 3,701 00 Spartanburg 17,410 50 ( Sumter 3,030 00 Union 4,081 50 Williamsburg 3,934 oo York 7,601 50 Total $190,583 00 STATISTICS. An interesting table follows: Names on roll 1904 8,544 New names added 1005 820 Total 9,375 Less those who died 1904, 517; t hose oil' for other causes, 65; 682 Names on roll of 1905 8,701 Net increase 247 N umber of pensioners on t lie roll in 1005, showing as compared with 1004, | c 1 n 1W i I 11 r " ??'! ' 1 " " * * 1 .jiivii ni^ iin_/ii aou tinu ul'UIl'iUiC uy I ckisses. 1904 1905 lncrs. Class A 07 74 7 Class 11 202 192 *10 Class C, No. 1.. .*>72 583 10 Class C, No. 2..4,020 4,002 42 (/lass C, No. 3... 728 750 28 Class C, No. 4. .2,954 3,124 170 * 1 )ecrease. The above classes cover 4.802 soldiers in 1904, and 4,911 in 1905, an increase of 49. Paid expenses of the department amount to: Joint resolutions and legislative expenses $ 84 00 Kxpcnscs State board 119 00 Slal ionery and stamps 102 35 County boards and commissioners 2,342 30 Salary pension clerk 000 00 balance on hand 169 35 Total number of widows on roll 1904, 3,682, and in 1906 3,880, showing an increase of widows drawing pension. 198 Formerly the money left from the fund in each county was returned by the clerks of court to the pension fund of the next year but it now goes to the general fund of the State and last year$6,000 was returned. Orcat Forest Fires. One thousand men, including liremen, laborers and volunteers, struggled Wednesday night with the forest tiro which, starting near Plymouth, Mass , four days ago, has extended into four towns and shifting frequently with the wind, has threatened first one settlement and then another. The front of the lire extends two miles, while its side lines reach back six miles. It has laid waste seventy live square milts and Is by nc means under control. Nothing but a heavy rain, will, the lire lighters say permanently stay the progr. ss of the dimes. The land burned over includes valuable tracts of timber and thousands of cords of cut wood. Some small buildings have been burned but the tlre-flgnters ai led by favorable winds, have saved the villager near the tire zone. The loss will bt lftrge. !! ? ? ? Made of IUhbll Hair. One of tho strangest of modern In dustrles Is that cartljd on in the Jura , district in France. It consists ir taking the fur from live rabbits anc weaving It into a textile fabric whlot i makes the warmest kind of clothing material known Th? anaaI?* r\t k bits whlch-furnlsh the "raw" mate rial for the manufacturing process ii the Angora rabbit, wnioh has receiver the name of the silk rabbit. Ever] , three months the rabbit sheds iti i fur, and several days before this takei i place nature Is anticipated by femali i hands, which remove the long silket i hairs by gentle friction. The skin li 1 already "ripe," and the fur comes of easily and without the rabbit suffer 1 Ing the slightest pain from the opcr ation In fact, "bunny" apprars t enjoy it, lying quietly In tho lap o the operator during the manlpula Negro Commits Miiietrie. i Wright Maker, a negro man llvlnj i in Hopewell township, Andersn - county, committed suicide Wednts day morning by shooting himself wit! a shotgun. He was working alone h the Held and when found his bod] > was torn across the abdomen with < > frightful wound and life was extinct r Maker was a half witted negro. Th< coroner went out Into the oountr: 1 Wednesday afternoon to hold an in 1 quest over the body. There seems ni i doubt that the death wound was self lnilloted. I** BANK OF CON W/ CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSET OFF1C R. O. COLLINS, PRK8IDENT. O. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pres. Our Bank, being a local inatitut building of Horry County and for tin suing this policy wo take pleasure in accommodation when consistent with With gratitudo for the liberal cordially solicit your future business Respectfu D A. SPIVE Robt. P. Scarborough, H. ] Presidont. Vice-1 BANK Ob Conwa Capital Stock | Dili EC Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, Qoorgo J. Hoiliday, Wo will pay you 5 por cent, iute ish savings banks to those wishing Try our plan for saving your nicklos these little banks and the interest we help yon. STABBED TO DJSATH. A Prosperous Sumter Comity I 'tunnr Killed liy IIIh Tenant. A dispatch from Sumter to The State says Colclough Stokes, negro, out and stabbed Capt. David D. Wells of Tindall more than 20 times Friday ahout 1 o'clock. Capt. Wells died from Ills wounds. The negro used a dull, hawk bill, one-bladed barlow knife. The tlrstcut began at the right temple and went down to the throat. The next began on the left side of the throat and went around nearly to the right ear, severing the gutleral and ind jugular vein; then down the scalp of the head from the back. Two bad slashes were made on the left hand. The victim fell on his face and the negro jumped on the dying man's hack and plunged the knife more than three times into his back, six times in a space no larger than a man's hand Into his lungs, at the same tin e -everlng three ribs from the back hone. The negro and his wi.'o occuplt d mo' alf of Capt. Wells' dwelling, It teing a double pen house, divided by & hallway. This is where the light be gan. Stokes, it Is said, had a bad reputation. He was linfli'r Iniiintmont .. ??.uu v/k iiiviiu v i *7 r>i i u IUI disposing of property under lien, and C ipt. Wells went on his bond and took him Into his employ. The ncgroe's wife kept house and cooked for Capt. Wells. The dlspu'e arose about some domestic trouble and, it is said, Capt Wells threatened to withdraw his bond and turn the negro over to the county. Then the light began. The negro was captured this side of Tindal by Magistrate Ingram and a posse. lie claimed ttiat tie was on his way to Sumter to surrender, lie is now in jill. Capt. Wells was about 45 years of age and unmarried. He was a very thrifty an 1 prosperous farmer, owning a large number of acres of land. He was wortli about 125,001). Two Killed In Wreck. A dispatch from Union to The State says late Wedneac ay afternoon as the passenger train on the Lockhart railroad was rounding a sharp curve about one and one-half miles from Lockhart, going at a moderate rate of speed, the tracks spread and the engine and tender were completely overturned. The terrible shock of the ac cldent was in but a short time succeeded in those who were uninjured by me desire to rescue and relieve those under the wreck. Their search soon showed that the casualties were: Killed. B T. Ilollaman, tireman, of Georgia, died Instantly. Richard II. Wllburn, aged 18, a passenger, caught under the engine and scalded so terribly that he died within , an hour. , Injured: Edward MoOhesncy, engl neer, hurt Internally, may die. ; Mrs. J. II. Wllburn, the mother of the young man who was killed, is at . Union under a physician's care for a . week and the terrible news Wednesday night completely prostrated her. ' IVonUr Accident. j A very peculiar and serious accident , occurred at W. B. Rast's factory Monday evening of last week at Swansea. ISonls, the 14 year old son of Richard Cartin, was boring with an auger that was turned by machinery, t To steady the short board he was i pressing his body against it. The I board was a thin one, and the auger i went through and into his groin on 5 the right side live or six inches. He pulled the auger out himself by press ing dls body from tne machine and in * coming out it brought the grooves 1 full of fljsh. The boy had only a few t minutes before the accident been told i to keep away from the machine. His s condition is critical. 3 j LekvnH Million to Harvard. s Harvard university will receive T $1,000,0(10 or more by the will of the late Wi llam F. Milton, a retired tea Importer of ibttstield, Mass. The 3 balk of the estate will be used by the f widow during tier life, and will re* vert to Harvard after her death. Mr. Milton died at his home there, 600 Madison averue, on Feb. 28. His will was tiled at Pltistield. His prop * ertv is largely In real eBtate ana its 1 value is uncertain, but it is estimated * at considerably more than $1,000,000, 1 Va.I. O.? novt i ui a null, i f Mtatn Huitimor School. i The indto.itlons are that the com* . Ing sess < n of the State Summer a ?fii0(51 at Clem on will oe the most y successful ever h? Id. The applica Horn are pouring In on the State Sua perlntcndent and it is thought that there will be between live and six * t ?.v; . NO. 0. CONWAY \v, s. o. SUURPLUS FUND, $17,000. VS, $140,000.00. JERS: 1). A. SPIVEY, Cashier. M. \\\ COLLINS, Asst. Cashiei. ion, lias always striven for tho up3 bottormont of hor citizens. In perextonding to our customers ovory Round banking. patronage received in tho past, we i. illy yours : X * O AS H ! ER L. Buck, Will A. Froomnu, Resident. Cashior. , 1IO1111Y, y. S, C. ; $25,000 !TORS: W. R Lewis, W. A. Johnson, A\ ill A. Freeman rest on yearly doposits. Will farnj to opon Rinall accounts with us. and dimes, and you will find that will pay you on your savings will Professional Cards. "d^TTwTllcCordT" SURGEON DENTIST, MULL INS, S. C. nDrTIOTMcCord7" SURGEON DENTIST, Conway, s. C. 8^*0 vcr Bank of Horry. H- M- Burroughs, Physician and Surgeon, Conway, S OTscARBRduoiT OOHWAT, 8. O., ATTORHRT AT LAW U H WAAIMUIDn ii. u. nuvnintiau, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY. 8. 0. g. f?ed. stalyet, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CON WAY, 8. 0' Conway Market Fresh Meats and Sausage always on hand. Orders aro taken and promptly dolivercd every day. Geo. Ii. Marsh, Propretor. BIO BANK DEFALCATIONS. Frank O. Blfcelow Didn't llroak KeoordH, Hut Caiiio Near It. The defalcation of $1,500,000 by President Frank G. IUkcIow, of the First National Hank of Milwaukee, will take hltfh rank in defaulters' annalu fph? * ........ a.jo auuna^u Ul <P.J,UUU,UOU discovered in 1884 in the accounts of John C. Eno, president of the Second National hank of New York, however, still holds the palm. Eno disappeared at the time of the failure of Grant & Ward, a failure that precipitated one of Wall street's historic panics. It Is probable the record In defalcation by bank employees under the rank of president Is held by Cornelius L. Alvord. Jr., who stole $700,000 from the First National hank of New York. The defalcation was made public on October 23, 1000. Alvord was later oaught in boston and sent to prison. The amount embezzled was made up by the bank's othcers out of a special fund which Wall street previously had no knowledge of and which did not appear in the bank's published reports. William Schrteber, a clerk of the KUzabethport hanking Company of" New Jersey, holds the record, however, for small salaried employees. Ills weekly wages $10, and ho stole $100,000, the defalcation being discovered in 1000. Here arc a few other bank defalcat ions of recent years: In May, 1801, Gideon W. M irshr, president of the Keystone National of Pnilhdslpbia, wrecked that bank, the embezzlement amounting to $1000,000 and involving City Treasurer lUrdsley, of Philadelphia, and $500 000 of the olty's money. In 1894 it w?.s discovered that Samuel C. Seeley, a bookkeeper of the National Shoe and Leather hank of New York, had stolen $354,000. The embezzlement hid been worked through the account of a depositor named Hiker. In 1897 the Globe Saving Hank of Chicago was wrecked through Charles W. Spalding. The amount of the emhezzlmcnt was 9f>00,000. The . University of Illinois also lost $400, 000 and trust funds of widows and others $300,000.?Haiti more Sun. Water After Kxorolan Fatal. At Lancaster, N Y., Dr. A. W. Martin, aged for-elght, died this evening from neuralgia of the heart, produoed by drinking