The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 03, 1905, Image 10
COOd ADVICE. I
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Mr. Mixson Tells Farmers to Market
Their Cotton Slowly *
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And Then Planters Will Unt Good |
% Price*. Wants Figures on Con- ?
sumption by the Spinners.
The following letter whlcr wo take e
from the Augusta Chronicle will be (
read with interest: t
Dear Sir: The convention of the
Southern Cotton Ass< o>ation, held In \
Ashevilie, N. 0., on the 6th. has ad- \
jnurned, and pasies down Into history <
as a most important meeting. While 1
was In hopes that, this meeting would
tlx twelve cents as tire minimum price
for cotton during this season, which
price, wheu the slxe of toe crop Is ,
taken Into consideration, is cheap,
th?y thoughtdltlerently?eleven cent* 1
ruluimuni was agreed upon as the correct
figure, and so, from now on, '
?!? ? * "? ? ?%i . I 1 i - i i . - 4 ?"* i r\ * r?i wt v I . ! (
UlCVtUl Ilm JO L11 w li'jjiiiLum yi^z iw
bo demand?d by all loyal farmers f ?r ;
ihelr cotton duriug thissnaso i. When
tin cents pi r pound was fixed last J
February by the convention in New ;
Orleans and dc manded b> the farm- rs
all manner of fun was made of the for 1
mers,and their association, by the Wall '
Street gang,but not so i ow;they knovf
by experience v/tat the farmers m an 1
8rid bow well they will carry rut t heir '
agreements. If the farmers will prove j
loyal, and 1 believe they wi'l, you will
ece cotton selling from eleveu cen s
per pt uud inside of two weeks. Don't 1
rush your cotton on the market too 1
rapidly, frllow farmers. Market it
slowly. 1 believe we have the short- *
est crop we have bad In years. And,
if suhlclcnt lal>or can be gotten, the I
orop in Georgia and South Carolina ^
will be gathered by October t;r ?t, and. s
from the best information 1 can get, c
the remainder of the c <tton belt is in c
the same tlx. As soon as it dawns on
the spinnors and speculators how shoi t
this crop is you will sec a rush for the j
for the staple, and up will go prices.
Keep your cotton, draw enough money u
on it to pay your debts so as not to ^
block the wheels of commerce and a
trade, pay your merchants, that they y
may In turn pay the wholesale mor a
chants from whom they bought the c
guods sold you. When you do this no ^
one has a right to question your right (
to hold your cottou and demand a fair (
price for it. The rapid marketing of y
cotton during the last ten days Is re- L
sponsible for tho decline in price;-; be |
patient; market slowly and you will ?
make money by it. 1 expect to see A
cotton sell for fifteen cents by Jan j
uary 15th; therefore in my judgment f
to rush cotton on the market means a ,
loss of money to you; hut as before s
advised, while demanding justice f< r (
yourselves accord Justice to others; ,
draw sutllclent money on your cotton ?
and pay your debts so that tho man
you owe can pay his debts and busi
ness will go along smoothly. I notice
that the census bureau is out
u;(th a rnnnrt. i f irlnimrl nn /?
VVAVIA U iV/pUl U VIA VJU V U^U ^IMIIVU \l \> \>\> I
September 1st showing that 469,500 i
bales of the present crop whs ginned i
up to said date. This is a bad show J
lug for the crop and demonstrates be- r
yond question that the crop is in s
poorer condition than recognized and ?.
claimed by experts. No such an t
amount of cotton would have been I
opened in August if trie crop was in a >
healthy condition. More than half of i
the cotton opened in August wuh i
forced open by the dry, hot wind-r we i
had. Lots of the bolls were unma- c
tured. Opened because the plant had \
lost all of its vitality. Such condl- a
tions foreshadow a short season and a r
short crop. i
I expected to see a full report from j
Mr. North at this time. 1 expected i
to see a report giving information on
both sides of this question, but I am
disappointed. Mr. North, it seems,
ignores the instructions of ccngrtss ^
and oontinues to give all the informa 1
lion he can give from the farmers' a
sido of the question, but remains a
mum as to information from the spin- K
ners side. He gives us only a partial (J
report. a
If you will refer, Mr. E litor, to the ^
record-* of congress of oate January ^
16th. 1905, you will find the following v
viz: "Fifty-eighth congress, thiru 0
session, House joint resolution No. *
185, In the senate of the United a
States, January 17th, 1905. v
Mlijad twice and referred to the R
uummniee uu tun census. "
Joint Resolution b
Authorizing and directing the
director of the census to collect and
publish additional statistics relating c
to cotton. p
"Resolved, by the senate and house B
of representatives of the United a
States of America in congress assem- jy
bled: That the director of the census n
be, and he Is hereby authorized and q
directed to collect and publish on the c
same date and at the same time he
makos publication of ginners' report c
lor cotton production provided for in n
section nine of "An act of congress s
entith d an act to provide for a per- t
manent census office. Approved j]
March Qth, 1902." Statistics of the
consumption ol cotton, the surplus of
cotton held by the Manufacturers and
the qu&uity of cotton exported, the ^
statistics to be t ummarized as of Sep s
tember 1st, each year, so as to show h
the cotton production and consump- r
tlon of the preceedlng year. h
Passed the house of representatives o
January loth, 1905. h
Attest: A. McDowell. o
From the above we see that Mr. ^
North is not only "authorized" but ?
"directed" to give this additional information,
but he, for some unexplains &
ed reaion falls to do so. His duties are
made very plain. No discretion la left A
j -A '
^' a I , '
MM:r ^' \ "
lm. He Is "authorized and directed"
d publish this additional information,
et he does not do It. We do not objot
to the publication of Information
n our side of the question provided it
j correct, and provided further that
re are given the information wh'ch
*e are entitled to expect from Mr.
*orth under the law to be given at
he same time. but wc do object to in
orraation concerning one side being
:lvou to the world while Information
vhioh we are entitled to under the
aw, giving us some insight into the
>ther side of the question is suppress
id.
Wo are willing to accord justice to
>ther, and we intend to demaLd Jusiice
for ourselves.
Will Mr. North please explain why
ic has not complied with his instructions
from the congress of the U ilted
States? Yerv truly,
U. M. Mixson.
8hot hy a Burglar.
burglars that have aroused the
vicinity of Greenwich, Conn., for the
past lew we? ks reached a climax
Wednesday morning, when Mrs. A. C.
Morrill, daughter of 12. C. Converse,
i mi r no an < f the tiuance committee of
the United Spates Steel corporation,
tilt by a bullet tired by a burglar
ind seriously if not fatally Jnjured.
\bout 3 o'clock Wednesday morning
Mrs Mnrrlil's nnrsfi wn?i :r A/JLkftnotrl h
i.he 11 ish of a burglar's lantern in her
race. She ?> cestui;.d and her cries attracted
Mrs Morriil aid as she en
'.ned the roc in the burglar fired, ihe
bullet striking her in the chin, fi inc
ng down, landing in tue shoulder,
rile burglar also ixat the nurse over
he head arid shoulders with his re- ;
solver. After the shooting be made
lis escape. The police found that
in entranoe was elT cted hy forcing '
he frontdoor. A man claiming New
^ork as ids home was arrested. The 1
joltoe believe lie is the burglar. lie
:ave his name as John Brown and
aid that ho came to Greenwich to 5
sail nn a frlend em ployed at the home
if Mrs. Morrill.
ItovealH Awful Secrets,
A dispatch from Kinafc, N. I)., says '
phe dead body of Charles Ilerzig, who
eft a written confession that he was
ruilty of a murder committed near
ifoungstowu, Onio, over thirty years ^
igo, has been fouud by a posse of \
earcheis. The body was hanging to t
i tree in a secluded ravine in the
lounty of Wallace. Pinned to his ,
ireast was a piece of wrapping paper, j
>n which was written a confession of j
lis crime. Around his neck was a t
hrcd of thin green stulT such as wo j
ncn use for face veils. It is recalled [
>y a former Youngstown man there x
/nat Lizzie Grombaouer wore such a \
/ail when murdered and that part of
t was used to strangle her. The piece ,
ound about Herzig's neck is supposed ,
o be t.he remainder of the veil, as he ]
il owed such a piece to a fellow ranch- j
nan to whom he told the story of his |
>rime, declaring that he had kept it {
ill these years to use lu ending his <
>wn life some day. \
As a result of the court martial 1
proceedings against Commander Hjr- '
lard (). Scott, who several weeks ago ,
an the cruiser Detroit aground at
Pueta Plata, Santo Domingo, tliat
ilioer has been dismissed from the
lervioe, the President having approv
;d the proceedings, findings and sen- 1
:ence of the court. Among the sped- J
3cations against Commander Scott
was that of drunkeness, and it was
ilso alleged that lie was guilty of a
lumber of indiscretions ?.t Guatana110,
Cuba. The Detroit, although
ilsabled by the loss of one of her propeller
blades, was not seriously damaged.
Commander Scott, was appoint;d
lo the Naval Academy from Ala
nma In June, 1870, and received his
iresent commission of commander in
^.UgU8t, 1903
Good School Symmu.
A development of the school sys
em in New York unheard of and un
uuugne01 u inn aoou& six;een year9
.go is the systorn of free lectures to ^
.dults. These free lectures were be
tin In six school houses lu the winter
f 1881). At the present time they ^
,re given in 140 centres in New Y? rk, e
he majority of whioh are in school '!
mild lugs. Last year 4,065 lecture ? .,
pere attended by the astounding total .
f 1,134,000 persons. Lectures on
ravel, history sociology, literature w
.d art are illustrated by steraopticon J
lews. Lectures in electricity, phy- .
Ics, metallurgy, etc, are illustrated (
iy experiments and lectures in mu ic .
y vocal and Instrumental selections.
Paid A Just Penally
Henry W. Mansecr, the Oswego
ounty farmer hand, who murdered
?retty 12-year old Cora Sweet, was
VAAIlf A/1 In A XT "V mmIaam C
aruut/ou 111 auuuuwii, tii i i, piinuu
t (3:15 o'clock Tuesday morning. :
lansers orime was the most brutal
auseating in the criminal history of (
)swego county. Ills victim was a [
hlld of a well-to do farmer in the f
own of Scrlba, a few miles from the
lty of Oswego. On May 28 Manseer ^
aet the girl on her way to Sunday
chool, lured her into the woods and r
hen killed her by pounding her side
uto a shapeless mass witn a stone.
Killed !>y Cotton.
A. very sad accident oocured near 0
Ianens on Monday week ago, which re- a
ulted in the death of Arthur, the
ive-year-old son of Mr. Julius A. Mur- 0
ay. Mr. Murray's children were play- a
ag In his cotton on about two bales ..
f newly gathered seed cotton. They
ad dug a hole In the midst of the pile a
t cotton, down to the floor, when Arhur
got down Into it, probably to
lake the hole larger, when the cotton 0
ill on him, suffocating him. He was \
otten out as speedily as possible, and f,
rerything possible done to save him. j5
11 proved unavailing. f
bJBMrtA riOMAL 8TUKY.
Thlrty-flyo AmerioatiH Reported L^r
on Toko's Hftlp.
A dispatch from New Orleans to
the Atlanta Constitution says from
nformatlon received here it is believed
that a number of American gunners
went down in the explosion
which sank Admiral Togo's flagship,
the Mikasa, and at the same time
threw light upon the cause for the
remarkable marksmanship which dovastcd
the Russian Haltle 11 ;et in the
battle of the Sea of Japan.
Joseph Morgan, of this city, brother
of Charles Morgan, formerly gunner
on Admiral Sampson's flagship, New
York, states t? at the American gunner
J lined tlifa Japanese navy and was
a member of the crew of the Mikasa.
Gunner Charles Morgan is said to i>e
one of the thirty five American mano'-war
men who deserteo at Manila aud
j >ined the Japanese navy.
It was he who tired the first shot at
San Juan. Porto It oo, and subst q iently
obtained notoriety through Admiral
Samp-on's opposition to his nc lying
the rank of commissioned ctlicor
in the U died States t avy.
Morgan's skill a^ a gunner was cele
hi au d in the navy, aud his brother
stat/ s that Captain Merrill, f irmerly
statlomd at the United States navy
yard at New Orleans, told,him his
brother clj erted at Manila, and, with
thirty-nve comrades, j >med thr .Jap
''.r>r>.se forces, receiving a salary (f $5
DO a month, with a promise of a bonus
at the end of the year.
Heretofore it Iras been claimed that
the Japanese have employed no for
dgt fiighters, ard the fact that Joseph
Morgan has hvard nothing from his
brother for over a year, after a fomer
regular correspondence, bears out the
belief that American u unners were
secured u ?der bond of sr creoy.
A B)LD EOSB JEt.
A. liono IIiKhwayinon Holil-Up and
Itohhod a Coach*
A dlspath from Lounder, Wyoming,
lays a typical Western stage robbery
jy a lone highwaymen took place bsjween
Myeisvillo and Rengis, on the (
Itocky Moontaiu Stsge Company's
:un, last week. Tne highwayman <
,ook all the valuables from tho express
box, robbed tho mail sacks,
ml took tho cash from tire three
rassoDgers and the driver down tho
irail, with instructions to keep going
viihout looking back on pain of be
ng shot.
The stage with its three passengers
.van bowling along aa a good rate
when suddenly the command to halt
-ang out and a masked man arose
from behiud a boulder, two guns In 1
lis hands, covering the driver. With
i curl; re mars luhl uie urst mau
who attempts to resist will bo shoe,"
&he highwayman forced the passengers
and driver to alight and range
Lhemselves with their backs to him
ind their hands above their heads.
If any man looks round I'll kill
lim," said the robber.
After busying himself a few minuses
with the mail and express, the
robber forced each roan to steo back
>f the lined-up people and teck their
jocket-books one at a time. He refused
wa c hes, but took all the pisjols
in sight. All were ordered into ,
;he stage and went on their way.
Found Fortune.
An iron pot captaining $50,000 in
(old coin, the newest of which was
115 years old, was found on the farm
)f James iiivers, near Chesterfield, S
J., by Tyler Teal, a white labjrer, 1
aid Will Edwards, aiugro, while en{aged
recently in digging a ditch.
Phe pot was carried to a point 2 ,
uiles away ai.d buried near a creek 1
iank. When, two days later the '
iiidcrs weht after the pot It had mys
/onouvly disappeared. The negro '
iharges the white man with having
impropriated the money and hidden >
t from him, while Teal declares the !
tory is all a j ko and no pot was unarthed.
Ed ward stacks to his story '
ind has produced proof of its genuine- *
irss. Detective J. D. Evans, who
ias associated with him one of the 3
>est detectives in the south, who were c
mployed by the negro, and who have
ince been working on the case,
iave secured evidei c* cotii *ming the [
iiin<.it/kiiii ax# i\\/\ hlii ilntt uyAnlf h Kiif
IMJUVCiy KJk UUO lllUVItil) VTUUlUIi) UUt y
bus far no trace of the gold lias been t
ound. r
Killed by Blind rigors. 1
A dispatch from Jackson, M'ss. *
ays Governor Vardaamn received a
otter from Distrlot Attorney Hrewer (
if the eleventh district notifying him 8
hat a negro named James Wills, 11 vng
In tbo Interior of Tallahassee 8
runty was taken to the woods by J
hree white men and shot to death,
te was burned. The negro, It seems, 1
lad bought some whiskey from one of s
he white men and afterwards In- >
ormed on him. The district attor- 8
ley asked the governor to take action K
n the case.
Hloctroouted. C
At Waterbury, Oonn., on Tuesday 8
f last week one man was electrocuted I
,nd one is dying at a hospital and a r
hlrd Is seriously burned as a result of ?
oming into contact with a live wire
t the Schoville manufacturing plant. 1
>eath from coming In oont&ot with a
ive electric wires are bcooming almost a
n every day occurrence.
Hanged Himself.
Frederick Meroer, a negro 47 years
Id, hanged himself to a door-knob in i
Brooklyn, N. Y., on Monday. When {
sund his body was in an almost hor- i
tontal positon with his head only & 1
oot from the floor. f
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BRYAN'S BOOM START8.
Bat the Great Democratic Leader
Declines the Honor.
"I want to make my position perfectly
clear, I want to say to you that
not only am I not announcing a can
didacy, but 1 am not permitting a
candidacy."
In these words William Jennings
Bryan administered a eheck to the
enthusiasm which, at the J fferson
club b&rquet, given in Mr. Bryan's
honor at Chicago, greeted the speeches
advocating his nominatiou for the
third time for president.
"1 am notnow" said Bryan, Ma candidate
for any oftice. I have never
said that I would never again be a
candidate for ctllce but I want to say
now that talk of candidacy for olllce
does not alle.ct me as It once did. I
believe that my place in history will
bo determined not by what the people
are able to do for me but by what
I am able to do for the people (applause
and cheers.) I think it Is
now too soon to choose a candidate
for president to make the race three
years from now; it is too early to
pledge ourselves t.) any ono man. I
uustthab b fore the time comes to
nance a man for the next
presidential race light may he thrown
upon cur pathway and that a man
may be ooosen who will be able to do
f< r the party more than I have been
able to do.
At the banquet alluded to ab >ve
Mayor Dunne, of Ohicigo, was cor
dlal-y greeted as he arose to speak o i
' I' uf re^u /\t X/f i i r>i nl ?\ 1 !'> */ m
^ ft . wi in Villi' 1}' 41 V/f IJCI'
ship " llo eulrglz d Bryan und pre- 1
dieted the ultimate triumph of the
principal of munio'pal ownership.
Ollie M. James, of Kentucky,
brought out rcu id after round of ap (
plause by the eulogy of Bryan and !
the plea for Democratic harihoriy '
with which he closed a speech in 1
which he declared that Bryan had <
long ago declared in favor of crushing
the trusts, reforming the taritl and
bringing to arbitration all international
disputes.
in a brief address Judge J. B. Tarvln,
of Covington, ICy., declared for *
Mr. Bryan as tho standard bearer of I
Democracy in 1908. I
Mr. Bryan then rose to speak. He 1
was greeted with an enthusiastic I
demonstration and it was some min- 1
utPH before tho applause subsided I
sufficiently to allow hlua to proceed, i
He spoke on "Democracy vs Central!- <
ration.\ <
TOJ MUCH WHISK&Y ,
i
lii Certain P*tont Modioiuoa to be
Hold Without iiiooiiHo.
A dispatch from Washington says 1
the commissioner of Internal revenue (
Thursday rendered a decision that
will seriously air ct a number of pa i
tent medicines oomposed largely of 1
distilled llq iors lie has reversed a <
ruleing of ills department made man) i
years ago and n >w decide* that the l
manufacturers of th; se medicines I
must take out license as recti tiers and i
liquor dealers and that druggists and I
others handling tl em will have to pay 1
the uiual retail liquor dealers' licet st.
The o >mmlsftioner, in a letter of in '
struction to collectors of internal reve '
nue, says that there arc a number of 1
compounds on the market going under
the name of medicines that are
composed chiefly (f distilled spirits,
without the addition of 'drugs or *
medicines in sulli lent quantities to
change the character of the whiskey.
While no statement is made by the J
commi.i9ioner as 10 the medicines that
will be affected, it is believed that
several prominent and highly adver 5
ti e1 medicines will bj all cfced by the '
decision
In some instances the medicines 1
have been found to contain as high as
45 per cent, of alcohol, and there are J
many on the market, it is said, thai
3ontain 25 p r cent of alcohol. These
medicines are said to h ive immense
iales in prohibition communities, figures
collected in Massachusetts recent
ly showing, it is said, that one muchidverolsed
compound with a high per
lentago of whiskey had been bought v
io the extent of 300.000 bottles in one v
/ear in prohibition communities of '
>ne New England State.
Many Persons Haptiz^d. [
The Greenville news says eighty- v
line persons were baptized in GreenMile
county Sunday and by only two
ministers. The number of cooverted
nust be gratifyiug to those good peo- *
)le who are disturbed nowadays by
uaustics snowing that even New '
fork cannot be culled a Christian r
>ity, and many other things equally \
ilarming. The Rev. Jones presided at ^
ffinoree, where 47 persons, both men ;
md women, were placed under the
vaters of the stream. At Reedy rjvef, J
n the Union Bleaching company's
eservolr, the Rav. Seago and an as- J
ilstant were also engaged in the good J
vork, and no less than 42 young men
md women confess d tbe faith there ^
Sunday morning and were gently dipped
beneath the clear, cool waters of ^
die stream. At both places hundreds J
>f people had gathered from miles
iround and tbey must have been 1m- f
jressed with what they saw. Such denoustrations
for the sake of religion J
ire not so frequent as they onoe were. 1
t'wo such as those of Sunday oan hardy
fall to stir up religious enthusiasm
ind bring about great and lasting re- t
ults. ]
Burned to Death. (
The summer home of William '
Thompson at Harmony Grove, N. H.,
vas burned Tuesday morning. Two c
>ersons were burned to death. The '
dotims are Mrs. Lidia Thurston and
N. M. Thompson. The origin of the J
ire is a mystery. d
STEEPED IN CBIME.
A Boy Oops to the Penitentiary for
lhghteen Ye^rs.
The Greenville News says though
his attorneys pleaded long and earnestly
for acquittal on the ground that
Mrs. Brothers had failed to Identify
her assailant, it took the jury in the
general sessions court Wednesday less
than an hour to declare Rufus Jacksou,
colored, guilty of attempted criminal
assault.
The crime was committed in a cotton
tield near Grove Station a year
ago. Mrs. Brothers was picking cot
ton at the time, and though she sue
ceeded in shaking the negro t IT, he
made good his escape and for several
days the boy's whereabouts, for he
was only eighteen years old, were a
mystery. It was not long before one
piece of circumstantial evidence after
another lpd to Jaokson's arrest, and
when the deputy sheriff brought him
before Mrs. Brothers she identified
him most positively, and lie was
brought to jail.
A month or two la'er the negro was
admitted to bill bv some magis?rate,
and it was only a short time ago that
he lost or.s eye and oirre near losing
his life In an attempt to enter the
room of a negro wo'^an in the night
time. It is also said on reliable authority
that this same Bufus J vckson,
while ( ut of jail und?r b >nd wrote an
nsultlng note to a white woman in
Luirens county, and also actually assaulted
a half-witted negro girl at the !
point of a pistol.
These latter facts were not allowed
to come into the ease for they had no
connection with it, but they are no ,
secrets and an a lnni/ wnv toward msif
[ng up Jackson's character. The sta- ,
lute fixes the punishment for attempt- ,
?d criminal assault at not more than J
10 years In the peultentlary, and Judge
Dantzler gave him the full limit.
l)o?<l Man at Holm.
A dead man held the wheel of the
ichooner Chas. Levy Woodbury dur
iug several hours of the night of August
8 on her trip to Honolulu from
Laysan Island. He was Japanese mem
oer of the ere*, and died clutching
the wheel, lie was found still holding
It, and the vessel, though greatly damaged
by a hurricane, which is supposed
to have caused his death from over
exertion, reached port in safety. Capbain
Harris, who was in command,
says that his vessel was swept along
at the rate of nine knots an hour wkh
out a stitch of canvas on her. He gave
up hope of saving her, and said goodby
to Captain Sohlemar, of Layson,
who was a passenger. Bulwarks were
knocked away to Keep the decks clear
of water and oil was poured on the
waves. The schooner ran for live days
uid nights helpless In the gale without
tiae captain being able to take an
observation by either sun, moon or
jtars. The Japanese who died complained
of feeling sick when he took
bis place as steersman, and he asked
i companion to stand by him for a
("ilmo.. No nnft sin/ him I To ma o
found dead and stilT and holding the
wheel as when alive, lie had fallen 9
forward, but his hands held on, and \
ihe vessel waj holding her course fair* s
y well. L
iii^C ftiatcti Fire. y
The Greenville News says tire de- ?
itroyed a carload of matches at the j
Southern railway depot at 3 o'clock ^
vVednesday morning. The tire department
had to he called to put out
ihe Hames which were bursting s
ihrough the roof when some of the J
rard crew discovered what had hapoened
The car was standing near s
;he old freight depot at the time, but
t wa i immediately coupled to an en- 1
(ine and rolled down the yard to the v
lieedy river embankment, where the 0
iremm began to work with the
lames. For half an hour they poured
i stream of water into the bursting ,
natc res before the flames were entire- ,
y out. The matoues were a total
oss and the carload was valued at ?
Jl,500. The damage to the car \sas
onstderable. Most cf the roof and V
woodwork on one < nd will have to be .
eplaccd and the expense will reach .
1100. Why the matone3 should have .
,aken tire Is not known, it is sup
josed that they were jolted in some ?
vay and the llames resulted. ^
Fired Into the Crowd. f
At Tiflts many Social Democrats P
vere killed or wounded at 10 o'clock
Tuesday night in a conflict with Cosacks
at the town hall and many were ^
ram pled to death in a subseouent .
* >anlo.
Two thousand Social D<imorats
had forced an entrance Into the J
own hall, which was closed owing
o the celebration of a religious boll- "J
lay, the beheading of John the Bap .
1st. Revolutionary speeches were
nade and the chief of police ordered 1
he meeting to disperse. Part of 8
hose present obeyed but the remainler
remained and some revolvers were
Ired. A large force of Cossacks ?
Irawn up outside the building then ^
Ired a volley into the crowd, time and r
ilme again killing 30 and wounding ai
ipwards of 79. in the ensuslug pan- i
c many persons fell and were tram- f(
>led to death by their comrades and *
lie pursuing Cossacks, c]
Frost at tho North.
Reports from New England state
hat that seotlon was visited by frost fl<
Wednesday night. Much damage was tl
lone to orops. Jn New York state d
rost was reported in several sections. Si
it Lane, Pa., and in northern Yer- ai
oont snow fell. The freezing point v!
tas reached at Concord, N. H., and lo
iugusta, Maine. A high wind saved ai
he cranberry crop In the Cape Cod la
istriot. B
A FATAL FALL
Through the Dome of the State
Capitol at Columbia.
At the State. House in Columbia on
Tuesday of last week while scribblirg
his name on one oVthe Iron girders
between the bases of the inner anr^ f
outer shells of the eipltol dome, Wairen
H. Scruggs, Jr., the fifteen year
old son of a well known traveling
clothing salesman, stepped into one
of the two foot squares of the ceiling
protected only by tin, and fell forty
feet headforemost on to the marble
Moor of the outer lobby between the
two houses of the legislature, dashing
out his brains and killing himself instantly.
With him was a companion, P. W.
Hull, who had just iinlshed writing
his name in the adjoiu'ng panel.
These two names and that of C. S. ^
Rents are scrlbled in large white letters
all over that section of the dome. |
When he fell through Scruggs was
just reaching the first dg'? in his
name, a long white mark extending
down the girder In the^cHrectlon of
the punctured square. '
Tnls Is a dangerous ceiling, but it
seems impossible to prevent a mi-eellanerus
assortment, of people from
stream log into tne dome, th ugh this
accident will likely re'-uHin some notion
bring taken along :hfr> ilre- Oil
the dav of the adj iurnmrnt of the
last 1< glslature the little daughter of
W. II Mo \ckton, a Columbia merchant,
fell shiough one of thrso
; quarts, but was saved by the balcony,
and though she fell 25 feet bho
was uninjur. d.
W. W. Price, now a well known
Washington newppiper cor respondent
several years auo while working on a
Columbia newspaper fell partially
through one of those Hiuarr^while
spying on a political conv^cM >n in
icssion In the hall of the House of
Representatives,
Hixty Injured.
Sixty passengers were injured. nine
lertously, by the overturning of a
trailer attached to a traction car on
ihe Homestead division of the Pittsburg,
Pa., Railway company uear the
3Heuwood bridge early Wedne day.
Toe accident was caused by the failure
)t the brakes to work. The car ar.d
trailer were crowded to their fullest
rapacity. There is a steep grade from
ihe Glcuwood bridge to IIays Junction,
where cars branch olf for sur ounding
points, and great caution is
lsed by molormen. Tne brakes refus;d
to act properly Wednesday, howjver,
and the cars descended the grade
vith unu>ual speed. At Hays Juncilon
there is a sharp rurv1.. The tirst
tar managed to round the curve, but
,he trailer, carrying 50 passengers,
vas thrown from the track. A scene
>f almost indescribable c infusion folowed
as the upset trailer was dragged
dong a considerable distance before
,he motor car could be stopped Every
>ne of tbe passengers was bruised and
njured. It is expected that all of the
ujured will ultimately recover.
t\ noiy war.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
ays a holy war has been proclaimed
n the Caucasian districts af Zanrzur
and Jebra'.al, where Tartars are
nassacrelng the Armenians without
, distinction of six or age. The
nuntry Is swarming with hands of
Tartars under the leadership of their
ihiefs. Many thousand of Tartar
lorsemen have crossed the Persotussian
frontier and joined the in- J
urgents in destroying Armenian r
dllages. At the village of Mlnkend, *
hree hundred Armenians were
laughtered Dispatches say that
nutilated children were thrown to
he dogs and that the few survivors
vere forced to submit to Isiamism in
ider to save their lives.
Murder And SuioUlo.
A special from Tarpon Springs ssys
i 6 o clock Wednesday evening G. E.
*aul, a well knovn contractor, walkd
into the hoarding house of Ilirsm
'ent of that placi, and as his who
ame to me; t him at the d oin r room
'aul shot her down wh ? . doublearreled
shotgun and the.i o.i into
he hack yard, ohootiug himself with
he contents of the other birrel. Poil
ras instantly killed buo his wife lived
0 minutes. Paul had been drinking
eavily, It Is said, for several we eke.
lo statements were made by eith r
arty as to the cause of the shooting.
For 8ii?ke Bite.
As Farmer Arthur L. Mitchell, of
h?rth Woodbury, Conn., was cutting
jdder corn in a lowland lot a big red
dder bit his left wrist. Mr. Mitchell
ere the reptile cfl, ran for the bouse
nd drank a quart of whiskey, which
elghbors brought him. He suffered
arribly all night, but the liquor is
aving the desired eIT ;ct, physicians
iv and ha man
-J , uuu <iu ? ><?J lCVA>*Of,
Must Itcmftin Closed.
Associate Justice Gary, to whom
<awyer Boyd Evans applied in the
ope of keeping the Uuion dlspcnsaies
open pending his appeal to the
ipreme court, has sustained Judge
'ownsecd. The case oan still go bene
the full supreme court; but mean-bile
the dispenraries must remain ^
losed. ____ \'M
Sosred by a Mirror. !< ^
At Anderson because he sjlw his reeotlon
in a mirror on the wagon seat,
ie horse driven by D. W. White to a [
ray loaded with furniture bolted
iturday morning, hurling Mr. White
id bis daughter, Mrs. Geo. Brid,gea
iolently to the ground under the
ad. Mrs. Bridges was badly bruised
id Mr. White's left arm shattered and
.oorated, necessitating amputation.
[e is ah operative at Orr mills.