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* * VOL. 14. A SAD PICTURE. Negroes of the West India Islands Said to be Drifting ^BA.CK TO BARBARISM Condition in the Islands. Where th< Blacks Have Control Race Problem is Being Settled Against the White Man. Sad Sight at Ruin* of St. Pierre. I have recently returned from a trlt to the West Indies and the Spanish Main, In the course of which 1 visited most of the Windward as well as the Leeward Islands of the group, write* /Lambert Tree, In the Chicago Trlb une. We went within 10 minutes ol the Equator, and I found It hot dowt there, with 00 to 05 degrees In the shade. 1 had summer seas and blue skies It; the tropics all the time, and the trip was In many respects Interesting. Ol course I saw our new colonial acquis! tlon, Porto Rico, and havo no tears tc shed on account of Its being ours, albeit I wish the population was of a higher grade, we cannot have everything In this world, th ugh, just as we would like It, and b(sides If there were not room for Improvement In the poo pie of the Island, neither would there be any room for progress. They are In high feather d iwn there Just now with the brilliant prospect of ft Ittriro nrrxn r\t en??n ~ W VI vp \J 1 allien, viii vv111ui1 l/liwy expect to realize a net prollt of f>0 per cent. On the whole, Ultras are deold edly looking up in the affairs of the island under American auspices One of the saddest sights 1 have ever seen in nay. life Is the ruins of the city of St. Pierre, Martinique, whose population of 40,000 was wiped out, it In said, in 20 secot d-i bv poisonous gases, wbloh suddenly burst from the sides of Mont Pelee at the time of the eruption three years ago. ().ily the walls of the great waro houses along the quay and of tire cathedral, halls, theatres, churches, business houses and homes remain as silent witnesses to testify that there was once an active, gay and bustling French city standing there. The streets arc heaped 10 feet deep with ashes, belched forth from the orater. The trees, which cnce shaded the streets and adorned Its famous botanical gardens are le;.il ss and ugly monuments of its destruction. When 1 lauded from the ship in a small boat not a soul survived to meet me and tell the story of that fearful moment All was the kIIclcc of death, and there was not even the rustle of the fer de lance among the pitiful ruins? that dread snake win.so bite Is certain and speedy death, and which used to Infest the sides of 1 'elee and steal down times, it Is said, Into the gardens of St. Pierre. It, too, has been elimlnat ed from the scene by the Impartial volcano, which spared neither sex, age, color nor any living thing. In our cruise we followed in part the same watery paths pun ujd by Cclumbus more than four centuries ago, Land saw personified In some of the Islands, If not paradises Inhabited by devils, at least gardens of Eden, controlled by populations, which were apparently drifting back Into that bar barlsm, whence they were taken when they were brought over by E giish, Frenoh and Spanish slavers and Distributed among them. The racial problem Is being worked out In the tropical West Indies, and worked out, If not In favor of the ne gro, at least against the white man. No redacting person can visit these Is lands without feeling, after what he sees there, that the Almighty has tlx ed oertaln /.ones for the habitation ol the white and black races respective I ' iy. " / Everywhere iu those Islands the evi denco exists that the white man hat lost Ik the struggle which he has beer maintaining for centuries there t( preserve his racial superiority even a* an inhabitant of countries within th( tropical /.one. Gradually but surely he hasdeterlo ated physically, morally and mentally Of all the emigrants, forced or volun tary, who have peopled those island: since the ruthless slaughter of the na tlve Carl bees by tbe soldiers and gov ernors from tbe highly civilized na tlons of enlightened Europe, only th< negro from the Congo or the gold coas of Africa, whose forebears wer brought there as slaves, has nourish c .ed. * Instead of deteriorating he has, con " sldering him as an animal, physicall improved In stature and muscular pow er. The climate being equivalent t his own, all the rest is doubtless th result of more favoraole physics surrounding as to nature and lodg >fl mcnt than he had been accustomed t r in Africa in spite of his condition c slavery. He has also multiplied rapid ly until he has b ecome in all of the it lands vastly dominant in numbers. Naturally, therefore, the whit man who has grown all the time fe( bier, mentally and physically, and wh each year dwindles In numbers, hs already lost his hold on some of the ii lauds, and is in a fair way to lo .e I on the resnlt of them. Cuba exoepte and perhaps Porto Rico, where cllma' io conditions are muoh more favorah for him. As the white man loies h grip the blaok man tightens his, an hence is perceived everywhere, sul stantlally, negro control. The Eogllsh islands of Rarbado Trinidad and Jamaica are noexoeptlc to this rule. For while governors wit fat salaries are still appointed by tt Imperial Government, the local ofllc< are filled by blacks, the islands p )H? by them, and their general politics soolal and moral tone given by then What next? Tuat Is the questlc which one constantly propounds 1 I tomed to suppose only prevailed in the United States. It is an interesting faot also that as rapidly as the negro secures absolute control in the Islands he just as certainly applies the thumb screw to the * white, whom he hates In that heartv spirit which finds it origin only in ra olal antagonisms that neither constitutions nor laws can eradioate or sup press. Thus In that precious renuhlle Haiti, the white man is not permitted to hold real estate, and a number of other privileges are denied him which are permitted to the black citizen. , Judging from the examples of negro rule in Haiti and Santo Doming >, as well as from the social and political conditions In other of the West Indies where they are in partial control, D would seem that the negro is seen at his best where he Is under the intluenoe and control of a considerable body of white men. Hy himself, It Is nearly, or quite, , sclf-evldtnt that he Is not capable of ( administering Government for the gen1 eral welfare of the people over whom 1 he rules. The negro is an Imitator, ) and with the inlluence and example of i the white man absent racial instincts beyond his control seem to draw him back as by "the oall of the wild." His idea of government In the republics in 1 the West ludles he rules over is te 1 plunder the weak. "Might makes right" is the rule of the barbaric, and 1 tills is the rule of those whence lie | sprang" and toward whom he Is again drifting. ( If the negro is left to himself much longer In Haiti and Santo Domingo all government will ultimately disap pear except that of tribal relation. ( Nothing Is more clear than that he is , retrograding In that direction. All Mils wnillrl ho mora a hutn.nt .. vw mjviv Munvinuv ulatl id for Americana If we were not con fronted-with a racial problem of the same kind In our own land. An It i Is, however, we are facing it now. Many people In the country, and they are , growing in number every day, think grave mistakes have been made In the treatment of the negro question since the abolition of slavery, and they would gladly see undone some of the things which have been done. Ju*t as many persons, who are Increasing Just as fast In number; be ileve that as the Southern peoole are ! face to face with the problem and un dcrstand It better in all its phases than the people of any other portion of the country, they ought to be let alone to settle it themselves in the way in which it seems to them wisest under the circumstances. Upon them, their children and children's ohildren must rest the brunt of the c mseQueuces, whichever way the problem is settled Mask the problem as we will, the fact remains that the people cf ti e South?those people who have as lofty Ideas in religion, morals and honor as any in the world?those people who have produced some of our greatest statesmen, soldiers and scholars, and I gmuriir mhAm fhn hh*hAof 41? ?? nwixi Ulic UI^UDOU OJ ytJ UI tilt) pure American is found, are to day en ' gaged in a struggle for race supremacy in their States. Upon the issue of that struggle many them are, in the South as well , as in the North, who earnestly and devotedly believe depends the question i whether the Southern States shall be oome a second edition of the West In dies or remain under the control of the owners of the soil and the builders of their universities colleges, schools, churches and civic institu lions. "Thu Little 11 I)" A dispatch from Greenville says: Without a relative in the world, alone and almost forsaken, W. M. Boazman, better known as the ''Little liab," was discovered on his little cot In his room in the Whltmire building almost perished and very 111, Thursday morning. The condition of the man was reported to Chief Ilecknell, who sent 1 food and a physician to give him medical attention. Friday a good sum was collected for the comfort of ihe poor man. The 'Little Iteb' stated ! that he became ill a week or two ago, and that he grew worse day by day r until he was confined to his bed. He ' was unable to call anyone, and ex cept for the discovery would have ' starved to death in his feeble oondl ' tlon. A room will be engaged at some 1 boarding house, where he will be sent ' and cared for. The 'Little Reb' is a ' mysterious personage. Little of his 5 career is known and he will not talk of the past, exoept that he is very " proud of his war record. He was a Confederate soldier, and ever since ' the war he has worn the regulation 9 veteran cap and uniform He has ' made a slim livelihood by his me' chanical turn and nearly every one in ' Greenville has seen some of his little 0 inventions or contrivances, t _ ? g v. <ii liKtiy urowned. i- Mrs. David Latham, aged 75 years, was drowned Saturday afternoon i about two o'clock in Ross creek, 3 y miles north of Atworth, and within three hundred yards of her home on o Mr John Carole's farm. She was ape parently well and ate & hearty dinner, il but soon afterwards strolled off from [ the house Her shoes were found on o the creek bank and her bonnet bang if tng on a limb near the creek. The I- water was not over two feet deep, j- where the body was found. No reason Is known why she committed sule cide. For tho IJhuaI Orlmo. A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn., says Sinom Ford, a negro, who as saulted a white woman near Rlveslde, l(j has been taken from Jail at Hohenwald by a mob of tlfty men and shot and l0 killed. Ford was arrested after being lH perhaps fatally wounded. After his t arrest he admitted his guilt and was } Identified by his victims. Ford was hauled *to the scene, about ten miles, H suffering from his wounds. He asked I' to be killed the quickest way and did h not plead for his life. 16 Landed In Jail. Rey. Monson T. Dye, who heads the flooks of religious enthusiasts at a'. Danville, Vs., known as "Holy Jump>n ers," was committed to jail for dlsre* to gardlng the mayor's Injunction to rere fraln from bolsterousness In his open % Oft] I WAY, S. C., TIIUli A STRANGE SECT \Vlirt Mullnil o Vnn?? Mn- '- ? rite cois ! A CALL TO FARMERS. President Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association Wants Them To Celebrate July Fourth l>y Holding Meeting* and Make It a l/ay ot Goneral ll< | >lolng. President Ilarvte Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association has de elded that the farmers in all of the cotton mowing counties should meet in their rejpjctlve communities on July 4th, have barbecues, speaking and make tire day one of general rejoicing this year on account of the splendid work accomplished by the farmers in reducing the cotton acreage in ll?05. President Jordan's call follows: Oflloe Southern Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga., June 9, 1906. To Southern Cotton Growers: Every report Issued on the cotton acreage of 1905, including the United States government report of June 21, indicates beyond all question of doubt that the cotton acreage for this year has been materially reduced by the farmers, thereby making another abnormally large crop with extremely low prices an impossibility. Southern cotton growers are to be highly commended for thus standing so loy ally by their pledges and promises, which will save lite south from tiuanclal ruin and disaster. The farmers also held their ootton from the mar kets during a most depressing period in January and February, thereby em phaslzlng their ability to protect their Interests from the devastating inilu enc< 8 of speculation. The cotton hold Ing movement has saved the south $50,000,000 In the value of the cotton unsold on January 20 and the reduction in cottou acreage will insure 10 cents p' r pound for the staple next fall. Wo should therefore have a day of general rejoicing for the i/mat. w<>rO accomplished. The Declaration of American Independence from the yoke of foreign domination was signed on July 4, 177ti. 1 think that a tittlng day for southern cotton growers to assemble together and declare their freedom and Independence from foreign combinations which in the past have dictated the price of the great money staple crop of the south. I therefore issue this call, earnestly asking that the cotton growers all over the south meet on Tuesday July 4, 11)06, either in their local beat-i, townships, militia districts or at their county seats, and have barbecues or basket din ners, speeches and make of the day one of general r( j >icing. I trust also that strong resolutions will be oassed at these meetings emphas'z lng loyalty and patriotism to each other and Ri/rpnin., ? uuau iiu CUIjtUll shall be hold during the balmce of the preheat year for less than 10 cents per pound. 1 call upon the business and profei-si inal men In the various towns of the^s?iuth to assist and take active p&i;-os.n these meet lugB. It Is the dut/|,,. every southerner to assist the. to"r?r8 ln patriotic duty and t<>ns -end them for the great vlctoryvi,s_ .va.ave wwn. I ask that copies n\s. 3olut ions passed at these meetcar ?L 'nailed to the headquarters tin Southern Cotton Association he ~~opllatlon and publication. Sing ^vus.3ctlng of the citton growers iec- determl nation to demand 'tor 'efttyrlces for cotton would have i '.ous effect on the spinners o world who have sold their goo abbHlfcve yet to secure the raw Cotton to till their contracts. Let every community act and act with determination. Yours truly, IlAiiviB Jordan, Pres. Southern Cotton Association. H*y? Slio In PrcHhtent. Carrying with her a document sign ed by Alexander M. Templeton, chief burgess of Washington, I1*., who cer titles that she is sane, Mrs. Sarah Comstook, 52 years old, called to the White House Wednesday to take charge of President Iioosevelts's office. She was met it the main corridor by Secret Service Officer Tyree, who took her to police headquarters for Investigation as to her sanity. Later she was sent to the house of detention. She says that she was elected pr side nt of the United States last su rimer and Mr. Templeton In his document, which bears what appears to be the seal of the state of Pennsylvania, also swears to this statement. "Mr. Roosevelt knows that I havft hoon ? . W MVUU and he haH Just b en tilling the olll e while I settlea up my affairs In Ptnn Uylvanla," said Mrs Comstock, as she was placed In a cell at the house of d tenfcion. She came to Wad-in, t n Tuesday and stayed at a cheap lodg ing house with her 14 year old son, who accompanied her there. Killed from Ambush. A dispatch from F.orencc says that 11. D. Granger, a local Baptist preach er, was shot from ambush and killed, while working on his farm near that place Fhursday. He lived in the district KDOwn as "the dead stretch," where it it Is said .that negroes are not welcome, and the only explana tlon of his death is in the faot that he had hired two negroes to work on the farm and protected them?even allowing them to sleep on his prem ises Granger was respected and had many friends but appears to have angered a certain element that made it a risky thing for a negro to enter the "dead stretch," which is said to lie between Bayboro and L*orls. Bloodbounds have been sent for and the authorities are evidently intending to track the es*assln, if possible. icer Physloal Facta. The two sides of a person's face are never alike. The eyes are out of line In two cases out of five and one eye In stronger than the other in seven persons out of ten. The right eye is also as a rule higher than the left. Only one person In fifteen has perfect eyes, the largest percentage of defects prevailing among fair haired people. The 1 smallest vibration of sound can be distinguished batter with one ear than with both. The nails of two fingers never grow with the same rapidity, that of the middle finger growing the fastest, while that of the thumti "i?v muiivu n IUUII); JT1UI1 1U U Cross Good I:riday. AS A RELIGIOUS RITE. J His Hands and Feet Were Spiked to the Cross Beams of the Structure | They Called the Cross, Where the Victim Remained Until Taken Down Dead. O.i "Calvary Hill," near Torres, Colorado, In Las Animas County, an accident happened on Good Friday. A young man named Jesus Gon/,ales was nailed to a cross during the Easter religious ceremonials of the Pooltentes, and expired In view of the awe-struck spectators. He had vol unteered to take the part of the Saviour In the solemn ritual of the sect, and his wrists and ankles had been llrmly bound to the cross with ropes. At his own request nails were theh driven through his hands and he was spiked to the cross beam of the cross. At a signal from the high priest of the Penitentes the cross was elevated and the ceremonial continued. Following literally the New Testament narrative of the Saviour's crucitlxlon, every incident and episode was imitated. Some of the Penitential Brothers performed the part of It') man soldiers, and one of them pressed a sponge of vlmgar to the Hp* of Gorzales. The pseudo Christ smiled feebly and whispered the Saviour's last words, ' Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." Tne Penitentes then divided Gonzales's clothes and cast lots for them, as told In the Scriptural account. A brother then seized a spear and plunged It Into Gonzales's side, and his face lighted up with the bea.ltie smile of a martyr. Meanwhile the various episodes of the crucifixion were executed with solemn z>al, while the victim hung weak and bleeding on the cress overhead. A priest approached and repeated the words of St. Luke, "He saved others; let him save himself, If he be Crist, the chosen of God." Some of the brothers who took the part of Roman Idolaters, then crowded up to the cros?, mocking and scofTing and shouting, "If thou be the King of the Jews, save thysell!" Finally the inscription, written InSpahlsh, "This Is the King of the Jews," was nalltd on the cross, and then Marv and Martha and ttiQ women of Galilee (impersonated by women of the sect) approached. This was the signal for lowering the cross?but the smiling lips of Gonzales were silent forever; the eyes upturned to the sky were rigid In death. The Penitentes looked at each other in startled surprise and said "God's will be done." The agony of the cr? ss had been too much; the half hour they had Intended to keep him there had stretched to nearly two hours; In a religious frenzy of lamentations the Penltentes carried the swollen, bleeding body of Gonzales to a tomb In the cemetery over the hill, l The county authorities have made I efforts at an Investigation of this Good Friday tragedy, but with little success. The Penltentes are Mexicans, speaking little but Spanish, and they refuse any Information whatever. Tne penitential brothers, or "Los Ilermanos Penltentes," have been cast out by the It iman.Catholics and have been oursued by the local authorities in Colorado and new Mcx ici until they have been driven to remote mountain places where the could conduct their rites without Interference. The writer witnessed a part of the ceremonials of Easter time as per formed by the Penltentes near Clay ton, New Mexico, last year. Starting from Clayton, a small town on th< Gulf road, we rode all day across tin hot, dry prairies on which the only signs of life are herdsof cattle, plent\ of antelope and the shrill whistling curlew. We knew the danger of ex citing the brotherhood, but we d t3r mined to see, and photograph all wt could of the oeretnOnles, and to that end had literally armed ourselves to the teeth dressed like Mexicans t< attract less attention, and hid th< camera under the writer's coat. Ascending a hill we ut expectedly camt upon the sc ne of aztlon. and never can we forget the sight. It was la't In the afternoon of a hot, clear day, not a breath of wind was stirring belo v us strexbed a small vallc- ! whose side hills were scantily covered with a growth of scrub oak and pine The little stone chapel was at the head of the valley; about five hundred feet away on a small knoll, represent Ing the hill of Calvary, was erected e a huge wooden cross Grouped about this, kneeling de voutly, were perhaps fifty people, and when ihoy began to cbant the "Mi>erere" in a melancholy wall the r ffect was wonderfully weird. When this ceased, the "Procession of Gross Bearers" left tho chapel. M>n ohlef ly take part In the actual ocremonl* s though women are present. Th< crosses are large wooden affairs, and weigh over two hundred pounds each. Those doing penance frequently con i ceal their faces with black cloth9, and the officers may be known by the fll ets on their heads. The procession Is headed by a piper. Then comes a 1 brother walking backward and wear* 1 ng a crucifix. He Js followed by the 1 comrades, who are naked, except for short cotton trousers, and these occa1 slonally are lined with cacti, and bound tight to make the suffering the 1 more Intense, The reader of prayers is among their number At short In1 tervals they stop to make the "sta* 1 tions of the cross." 1 Arriving at Calvary, the cross bear1 ers He at full length with the heavy beams on their backs while the piper \ pipes and the others pray. Then the | procession returns to the ohapel, the It 1 LSD AY, JUNE 20,1 day and the climax of the tragedy occurs in the afternoon, when the chief enters the chapel and comes with the victim, who is to impersonate Christ. In some places he is a volunteer, and Id others he is chosen by lot. Calvary has been freshly prepared for him and he walks to the spot, lies at full length on the now recumbent cross, his back to tho standard, and his arms outstretched. The atterdmts take stout ropes and lash the arms and legs of the pen itente to the cross, binding him so tightly that the strar ds actually sink into the flesh, but not a sound Is heard from the martyr. It is customary to spike the victim to the cross, i uui puono opinion nas wrought a comprrmlse In some localities and tho actual driving of nails Into the hands Is omitted. Even In the very remote old Mexican towns, where a cruoitixion always takes place, the victim of the cructtixton usually survives the ordeal, aid proudly shows the scars as evidence. Long ropes are fastened to the head of the cross to steady It, and other brothers ra'si It to au upright position. As its base meets the the excavation the whole mass slips down with a thud that must cause ex cruciatlrg pain to the victim, but he never utters a complaint. The cross is then maintained in its position by r ipes and loose stones thrown into the hole. The poor penitente must suffer the most Intense agony?his skin pulfs up and discolors and his face betrays great anguish. The silence was impressive?nosouud of bird or lnseot in this desert land and all the brotherhood were in silent prayer. Some were lying on masses of cacti; all the olllcers wore crowns of thorns and sime were boating themselves with the prickly Spanish bayonet plant. It scsmed as if wo could not endure tho .rain. About half an hour after the cross was raised the chief gave the order to lower It. The bonds were loosed and tho blood Lrgan to freely circulate in the victim's veins, but t he pseudo Christ was limp and unconscious. Then following the testamental story, a few women gather about the cross, walling dismally and Impersonating Mary and Martha. The body Is wrapped in a cloth and borne to a cave In the foothills. The general crowd returns to town to a lively tune from the piper, hut a chosen few remain to apply restoratives and resurrect the erstwhile Christ. If no mis hap has occurred the honored one quickly recovers and by evening will strut about the town, the most lmpor taut one of the inhabitants. Tnen follows a religious dance and a feast, and the community settles down to a ?eml-clvlllz?d life once* more. The procession of flagellants we did pot witness, havlDg arrived too late, but they march over cacti and prickly pear with their bare feet and wear nothing but short cotton breeches. men cney lasn their backs will) thorns aud the blood trickles down In streams. NORTH CAROLINA SENSATION. Two Men OliarKCd With Trying to Hri 1)9 tho Kilgo Jury. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. 0., says the sensation in the State is the Undlng of two well known white men of that county guilty of attempting t > inlluence the jurors for Kilgo in the well-known case of T. J. Oattis, a Methodist minister, against President Kilgo of Trinity college and R. N. Duke of the American Tobacco com pany, which was non-suited there Wednesday, Kilgo and Duke being charged with malicious libel. The action was taken by J udge Fred Moore, presiding in the superioi court, lie issued bench warrants for J. Rowan Rogers, former Republican sheriff, and now court receiver in the federal court there, and J. P. Sorrell, \ prominent farmer. The testimony of two veniremen, one accepted as a juror, was that Rogers and Sorrel had been to them and urged them to help >ut Dr. Kilgo in his suit, and they would be taken care of if trouble came. Kilgo, Duke and their known attor neys swore that they knew nothing of the matter. Judge Moore found i>oth Rogers and Sorrell guilty and sent them to Jail for JO days with a tine of 150 each. It Is to be hoped that Kilgo, who is well-known in South Carolina, oad nothing to do with trying to tix the Jury, but it looks quite ti-hy, to say the least of it. The jury that was tixed exaneratrd Kilko and Duke. Mliot and Killed. Robert J. Barnes, a well kuowncoton man was shot and instantly killed Wednesday by Byron Trammel!, mstraaster at Doth&n, Ala. Barnes toarded at Trammel's home and as he entered the door. Trammell tired on him twice without speaking a word. One ball entered the eye and another the left arm. Trammell surrendered nimself, making the statement th.it Karnes ''had wrecked his home." B >th men stood well in the community, Trammell having been appointed post raster about a year ago, to succeed W. W. Milllken. Drowned In Well. At Madison, Ga., Wednesday night Oal Fitz, a negro, was drowned In the large well at the ice factory. lie was trying to Hx the pump, which wasoul of order, aud stepped on a rotter plank and fell through, In falling he grabbed the pump and carried It dowr with him. At the same time tin curbing of the well gave way, whicl caused the sides to cave, and all of li fell in on the man. Tornado In WtaeonHln. A farmhand was killed on the fame of Charles Collins, several other per sons were injured at various points over 1150,000 damage was done t< orops and farm buildings, and scorei of head of stock were destroyed by i tornado that passed through Dam and Iowa oountlcs and over the town ships of Barneveld and Bluemoundi Monday night. Krabrzzler Arreated. W. W.Oarr, disbursing clerk of tin Smithsonian institute at Washington was arrested on Wednesday on thi ifraid 005. ANOTHER WRECK. A Past Train Jumps the Track at Mentor, Ohio. NINETEEN KILLED And Over A Score Were Hurt. There Is Plain Evidence That a Switch Had hctu Maliciously Tampered Wilh by Some Person or Persons. Running at the rate of 50 or 60 miles an hour, the Twentieth Century limited on the Lake Shore {atlroad dashed Into an open switch at the passenger station at Mentor, Ohio, shortly before 10 o'clock Wednesday night. The combination baggage and smoking buttet car and the coaoh behind It, caught lire and were destroyed. The train wa* east bound, having left Cleveland about 0 o'clock and as it. rttxi. of AM Lrtt-r? I*- ? 1 A . v v* /vu uuv aw \j noio i u wcva running great speed. The < ngineer did not notice the open switch until the train struck it. The engine left the rails and plowed Into the ground, tearing up the track for yards. The two ooaches following it Jammed Into it with great force and were crushed, the tire from the engine setting them ablaze. F irtunately fldost of the occupants of these two coaol.es were rescued before the tire reached them. Nineteen dead and a dozen slightly injured comprised the casualty list made by the wrecking of the train. It it maintained by railway cftlelals that the switch on which the limited was wrecked was thrown open and locked and the switch light extinguised by some person, either a maniac or some one seeking revenge It is still unknown who tills person Is, although dcteotivi s are working on the case. A careful examination of the switch showed that it was in perfect condition. Trainsmen are of the opinion that the engineer of the Twentieth Century was deceived by the light of a switch just beyond the open switch, the light of which is said to have been out. W. H. Marshall, general m&naurer of the Lake Shore, says the speed of the tra n was not a contributory cause to the wreck. He said that other Lake Shore trains travel through Meato at a speed equal to that attained by the limited last night, which was not, Mr. Marshall said, above GO miles an hour. The schedule for the train calls for a speed of 57 miles an hour. Coroner Couik of Lake county announced Thursday evening that an inquest would begin next Monday in Palnesville. LIST OK THE DEAD. A revised list of the dead follows: John It. Bennett, attorney, 31 Nassau street, New York. John A. Bradley, of the law firm of Itjwley, Itodgers, Bradley & Rockwell. Akron, Ohio. T. It. Morgan, second vice president of the Wellman-Sea vers- Morgan company, Cleveland. U. II. Wellman of the WellmanSeavcrs Morgan company, Cleveland, died in hospital. A. L. Rogers, New York, representative of the Piatt City Iron Works of Dayton, Ohio, died in hospital. S. C. Beckwlth, 115 One Hundred and Seventy-fourth street, New York. a. ii iieari, London, representative of the Otis Steel company, of Cleveland, died In hostlbal. II II. Wright, traveling man, Chicago, died In ho.sp.stal. 1). E. Arthur, traveling man, Milwaukee, died in hospital. J. II. Gib3on, Chicago, traveling man, died In hospital. H. C. Mcohllng, New York city, with the Wheeling Corrugated Iron company. L. M. Eirick, manager Keith's theatre, Cleveland. E. E. Naugle, Chicago, proprietor of a railway supply house. Two unidentified bodies, supposed to be those of L. A. Johnson, of the mil linery tlrm of Comey & Johnson, Cleveland, and Henry Trinse, barber on the train. Allen Tyler, engineer, Colllnwood, 0 lo, died In hospital. * F. J. lirant, head brakeraan, 2012 Ash street, Erie, Pa., died In hospital. N. II. Walters, baggage man, Hamburg, N. Y., died In hospital. W. I). Mickey, porter, Chicago. appalling scknk8. The scenes following the wreck were appalling. The night was dark, save for the light from the blazing wreck of the coach that was orushed p and splintered on top of the engine. Men swarmed about itoombattlng the dames with the means at hand, groping their way through the blinding, i scalding steam that rose in clouds, hunting for the injured whose piteous cries were such as chilled the hearts of those who heard them. The water ' supply was small and the means at hand for lighting the flames were 1 ,> i r. .1 1.. 1 j - *- - i/i'<nuuy mtiuuquave, outline zeal or | ' the reseurera wrought great things for 1 the first few minutes. Pullman Conductor J. J. O'Neill, j 1 with his force of porters, did valiant ' work In helping care for the iDjured 1 as they were taken from the wreck. L Bedding, blankets and sheets were stripped from the bunks of the four Pullman coaches and used for the re, lief of the sufferers. Conductor Alex. ander riammond, who escaped, started the work of rescue and led his fel^ low trainmen and the less seriously # hurt of the passengers in deeds that i were truly heroio. The wrecked train ^ was making nearly 76 miles an hour! . when the accident occurred, acoords lng to Fireman Aaron Gorham Norwalk, who, badly bruised, but other wise uninjured, miraculously escaped death. 5 "We were speeding like the wind," * said Gorham, "when the engine left g the track. It occurred so qulokly e that 1 little knew what happened untll we oraahed Into the Mentor freight ..y s J BANK OF CONW > CAPITAL STOCK, f 20,000.00 TOTAL ASSET OFFI( D. Q. COLLINS, President. C. P. ^UATTLEBAITM, V-Pbks. Our Bank, being a local institut building of Horry County and for th suing this policy we take pleasure in accommodation when consistent with With gratitude for the liberal cordially solicit your future busineei Hespectfi D A. SPIVE Robt. B. Scarborough, H."'. President. Vice-1 BANK Or Conwa Capital Stock Rob*. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, Goorga J. Bolliday, W? will pay you 5 Per cent, inte ish wrings Dank* to thoBe wiahin Try our plan for saving your nieklos these little banks and the interest w< help yon. engineer after that. The engine overturned and somehow the tank managed to fall upon me, not heavily and 1 was sheltered by It. 1 lost consciousness from the terrible blow whioh 1 had received upon the head and 1 knew nothing until 1 was drat; ged from underneath the wrecked enKlne." (J nriuctor Alexander Hammond of the limited said: "I rushed back to the switch Immediately after the wreck. It was open and looked open. I tried It and found that It worked all right. The switch light was out. Not a wheel rolled over the switch since No. 10, the eastbound Chicago and Boston train, went through 45 minutes be fore." HELD UP BY FOOT PAD. And Relieved l?y AJ1 the Money -They Had About them. The Atlanta Journal says John L. Tippin, 18 years old, and Joseph K Brown, 18 years old, of 500 S. Boulevard and 48 Cherokee avenue, respectively, were held up and robbed at the points of two revolvers thrust In their faces by a white man on South Boulevard at the edge of Grant park Monday night. The robber got 15 cents, and then stating that he himself was going In the dlreotion of the Federal prison, ordered his victims to turn back in an opposite direction. The footpad then disappeared in the dark nesa. Brown had been with T.ppin to a party at Howell's station, and on their return Tippin invited his friond to spend the night with him at his house near Orant park. When they got off the car at the park they went to a bench and sat down. A man wiio had followed them from the car, acccstcd them, and asked them If they could change a flve'dollar bill. Tippin remarked that the le; ve bad was $5. Then when the two ) < men started to Tlppin's house, man followed them. Suddenly he st ped to Tlppin's side with a revolver lb each hand. He said: "Halt, and hold up your hands." Tippin and Brown obeyed without any hesitation. Then the footpad put one revolver in his pocket, and keep ing the other thrust upon his victims, went through their olothes. He fisher out 15 cents, and grunted with dis gust. "Where is that $5 you were talking about?" he asked. "We were only J jking," said Brown. The robber put the money in his pocket contemptuously, and then asked his victims which way they were going. "Out South Boulevard," was the response. "No you ain't" replied the footpad "for I am going that way myself?Jy the direction of the federal prisu^ Now you boys go back the wa^l . came and don't follow me." The boys obeyed, and tlMA^fijjs disappeared. The progranfflpiQIK reversed, and Tippin spent The hlgW with Brown on Cherokee avenue. The footpad's hat was pulled down over his eyes and neither Brown nor Tippin saw his features distinctly." An Kleven-Yoar?01?l Wife. New York's sensational martial case was brought into the courts again Tuesday when the trial of Jacob Fine* lire was continued before Magistral Finn. Flnellte is being prosecuted by Lena Flnellte, a child of eleven years, who olaims that she was married to the man in January and that he has abandoned her, refusing longer to contribute to her support. Flnellte Is about thirty five and wealthy. He has denied that he married the ohlld, but a certificate and witnesses have been produced which seem to bear out the truth of the child's claims. Quality Quantity, Hard muscles and strong ixxly do not depend on the quantity of food you eat, but on Its perfect digestion and proper assimilation. 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It Is recalled that Mr. Noland reoently an- flf nounced through the State press that BU be would be a candidate for the Demo- JH cratlc nomination for governor and would expect his support to be drawn J99 from the farmers of the State. Mr. JH9 Noland Is now In jail in CartoN couq- 9 ?? ty under Indictment for killing bkJBr H wife. Hllllous Bill the sleepy head, , " m Dearly loved to lay a-bed; JBMl Couldn't wake him if you shook . When bis slumbers overtook hln )8W Suddenly be started waking . - 99 Kv'ry morn when day was break ; || What's this magle necromancerj^ / H KAKLY UISKUS, that's the at Jffl Dr. K. Norton. lieiti Up cite ^9 Kranctsou fl maniac, barricaded MmagB&M BHn in the United States IrHh' y$ 9HB day, and after holdinaBi flaBS people at bay for two hfflmjf ffiWI and more or less seriomB W jgMM nine people and defvlff^tv ???BB killed himself. LobQ^Kjfl tel Tuesday night. ing he began throwirigT?U^|^^g^Bffll the windows to the strttj^HffimB^BBffl began firing with a Bhca^HBHraSHHH a fifty hundred dollar h|WB|fflMBgMHBj zte of the weapon. paper money were sca||^EBB^?&BftfaB|H street. Street oar ly suspended after one fired upland the