The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 27, 1906, Image 5
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KILLS ANDMAIMS
An Accidental Dynamite Explosion
at Savannah.
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PEOPLE INDIGNANT
*
At the Men Who Owned tlje Factory
V
Where the Explosion Occurred. One
Fireman Killed, One Fatally
Injured and Two Very Seriously
Wounded.
By the explosion of dynamite In the
fireworks factory of Jos Oarbo and
John Nlva, Italians, at No. 631 Anderson
street Savannah, Ga., at 9
o'clock Wednesday, night, one lireman
was burned to death, another
was fatally burned; an ws'stant fire
chief and another fireman were seriously,
po-ifiibly fatally, burned. The
proprietors were painfully burned and
a b <y was struck in the face flying
debris and r-.eveoely hurt.
The dead are: Fireman Harry
Eady. Fatally irjured: Fireman El
ward Daley. Seriously, possibly final
ly injured: Assistant Fire Chief
George Mturo, Fireman Jerry O'Leary.
Ir j irsd; Joseph H. Carbo, John Niva,
Lambert; Patten.
At} 8.30 o'olock Oarbo and Niva
wore engaged in counting ac rpedoeb
they had manufactured. One dropped
and caused the exlostoa of tho
rest, Garbo and N va suffered pain
JCui injuries, those of Gaibo being the
more serious.
Tlio small bubding took fire Imme
diatoly. A chemical company of the
nelghboorhood responded to the alarm
ana quickly cxUnguls ;ed\./r*
Abfcistant Ghief Mouro was telephoned,
as it was desired that he investigate,
it being suspected that the
Itali'.n proprietors had a greater pu??ntity
of explosives in the place than
the city crdina-ces permit, Upon hK
arrW*l, be and Firemen E-vdy, O L' ary
and Daley entered the building- Wlih
thom waa a coy, Fiecl Unlicv, sixteen
years old, who had crowded his way
in.
The firmcn were speculating as to
what could ha^e caused the explosion.
"I'll show you how it happened,"
remarked Ghitty, picking up a dynamite
can. This he hurled to the floor,
and there followed thiee explosions in
qujck succession.
The buiicnrg couapsea, ana nno aetonations
were beard all over the city.
Window glasses were broken in the
neighborhood, and debriu was sent flying
in every dlrcotlon.
Fire followed hard upon the explosions.
Eady was caught beneath the falling
timbers, crushed to death and his
body incinerated. The others sscaped
to the open, but D?ley did so onh
through the heroism of Mouro and
O'Learj, who Injured as they were
drew him from the burning debris.
All of the injured vrerc at once hur
ried to hospitals. CJarob and Nlva had
already been hurried to Park View
Sanitarium for treatment, tut the su
perlntcnJent of police almcsb Immediately
directed their removal to the
police station This w&u for a dual
purpose, the tfleot-lng of their arrest
and to save them f cm a mob.
A great crowd h?d gathered at the
scene of the tire immediately after the
explosion. Groat excitement followed,
and there was the deepest indignation
against the Italians, whom the
crowd thought responsible for the cx
pios.ou, because of their having suoh
? nimntU.o r\t rtvimin t.hft hnllri
lng. Fireman Daley is expected to
die at any irr m?nt.
PrevonutiTe of Lockjaw.
Every little wbllo vie read In ftic
pap r that some one brs run & ruut:
nail into his fcot or otl er portion ol
his body and lock j*w resulted there
from and the patient died. If every
person was aware of a psifeot remedy
for such wounds and would apply It,
auofi reports would cease. The remedy
is simple, always at hard, can be
applied by anyone, ^hat Is better,
it is infallible. It 1b dimply to smoke
the wound, any wound that is bruised
or iLt}au.eu, with a wolleucloth; twenty
minutes in the smoke will take the
pain cut of the worst case of lnfl*ma
tlon arising from suoh a wound. You
may sueer at this remedy but in oasts
of emergfn<?v, trv it.
D.torUoi ty aoidlora,
No advices have been received by
the War Department regarding the
reported flnr g on a car conductor by
soldiers at Fort Barrancas, F.orida.
The matter, however, Is unofficially
hrnnahfc t.)i* tr.lpnt.lnn nf thft fin
pariment and the commanding < fll -er
Of the fort has been ^al.td upon f jr
Information, Comh bo soon after
tbetffslr at Brownsville tffl:ers ex
press chagrin at the report of this lat
est disturbance.
Burned to Deatb,
Three persons were burned to death
and two were fatally burned in a fire
at the Senobla apartment house, at
Frofpeot avenue and Huran street
Buffalo, N. Y., Wednesday.
James Morrison was instantly killed
at Dillon on Saturday by the breaking
of a saw In a saw mill.
It takes a girl td^know she can do
anything she wants with a man by.
how brave he is. I
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SALARIES TOO SMALL
AND MANY 111) HAL, UARRlEllS
ARE QUXLINU.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
McGraw Very Correotly Thinks
it Should be Increased.
Rural cna'l oarricrs are resigning
from the service at the rate of 400 %
mouth. Last month the reslgnctiona
aggregated nearly 500. DlHculr.y
Is being experienced by the
Postofiico Department not only in
retaining, but In obtaining, the services
of trustworthy men in the capacity
of rural oarriers.
Some of these tine mornings," said
Fourth Asslstano Postmaster General
De Graw, \we shall wake up and tlud
that we have no rural mall service, P
these resignations continue at the
present rate."
"What is the trouble?"
"Salaries," replied Mr. De Graw,
laconically. "The men, particular y
those on the more extended routes,
where the residences of the people
are scattered, discover, after a trial,
that they can rot make enough fairly
to pay them for their time and
labor. We pay the rurr.l oirrlers
ouly $450 a year arc! they have to tiad
themselves. It has been demonsirat*
ed satisfactorily, I think, that that
is not enough. Tue department is
tryiDg to induce Congress to inor aw
the compensation of the rural carrlerb
hut it i* an uphill job. 1 hopo we
mm T f ?v? nwt- 1
iv JUU91 uo cTiueiib
that wo can not retain tho services of
the rigu. kind of men for such salaries
ae we now pay.
Tho rural mall service has grown
immonaoly tn a few years and inoreaa
demands aro being mace upon It. It
hus boon made upon it. It has
proved to boas tho olty delivery ano
now has become an absolutely neoessi
ty. Djcplto the small salaries paid
the carriers, wo get very etllolent uor?ice.
Tho carriers generally are loyal and
prompt aud, so long as they remain
In the service, do their work well.
Throughout the country we had during
the pact year 35,066 oarrlora
That number has been Increased a
gojd muny hundieds slooo the flrat
of last July. Tho class of men who
are apppolDted may be judg d from
the fact that, of the more than 35,000
men, on'y 167 were removed for cat s
during the whole of the last tisoal
year. In the s?,me p*rlod, however,
the resignations of 4,441 carriers were
accepted. That is annul 12 per cent
of the entire number. Since the end ol
the fiscal year, the percentage of re
slgnatloiis ha.s jampftd to 15 per oca'
and before the dose of tho year probably
will be even greater than that.
'If we do not succeed in obtaining
an increase of pay for the carriers we
shall be confronted, before long, with
* serious problem. In many instances
we shall be obliged to reestablish
postoffloes which were discontinued
when the rural service was put Into
operation. That is a backward stop
which, it Is to b3 hoped, we may not
have to take."
"What do you think the compensation
of carriers ought to bf ?'
"Perhaps," replied Mr. D^rGraw,
"the compensation ought to b* gr?.d
ed according to the route, I beleive
the maximum pay, for routes of twenty-live
miles or more, should be ttKJO
a year. Some of the shorter rout*>
cught to pay a littlo lo u than that
At any rale, at a salary of 9450 par
annum is too small for a man * ho
has to furnish his o?n horse and veh'c'.e
and pay all of his own f xpenves
I beleive. the arguments in supoort of
the ntoces&ary increase will nppeal to
Congress and rer.lly hope that in a
short time, we shall be able to give
the carriers something like adequate
P&y."
Houbo Blown Up.
By dropping a miner's lamp into a
keg containing 28 pounds of gun
powder In a collar at his home at
tn. ri-1. "
j! aixuavr.u, jta. , x'eiier mauiu caused
an explosion in whioh he and hit.
brother Charles sustained fatal lrju
ries. Neighbors rushed in when the
outside of the house waa blown out
and rescued six whose clothing were
on fire. Two clstars, who were pre
parirg a meal in the kltohen over the
cellar wer* blown out of the house,
following the side wall. They were
not seriously hurt.
Each lies ills Own.
A very wonderful physical endow
msnt is the distinctive odor of each
aid every member of the inlmai
world A dog will trail its master or
mistress through oountleas multitudes
of men and women. The setter wlh
cress the trail of rabbits, squirrels,
deer, fcxsB, grouse, wild turkeys, etc ,
without paute of its pursuit of tbe
quail, The b>ood hound will track a
murderer hundreds of miles without
losing the soent, though an army may
have crossed the trail.
They Got KnouKh,
"Private" John Allen of Mississippi
former member of confess, says that
if congressmen were paid higher sal*
aries they would have more monoy to
spend, would therefore devote more
time to spending it and must then
give less time to the government, lie
seems to know what * he is talking
about.
Powerful influences are at work in
behalf of Mrs. Angle Birdsong, who
killed the man who traduced her.
The house practically decided to
vote on a provision increasing the salaries
of congressmen and certain other
official.
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WAGES OF SIN.
Killed a Few Hours After Being
Married by the
BRIDE'S BROTHERS.
The Murdered Men Had Wronged a
Young Ladv, and Wan Made to
Marry Her, But Tried to
Desert Her a Few
Hours After.
The release of Jam s and Phillip
Strothers Thursday on bond, after
being hold by the cronoier's Jury tc
answ r the charge cf Ull.tr/ Wl 1 an
F. By waters, vtth'.n an nour *?f or
he had married their slater. V?ob
has created a great deal of f X3lUtu?i t
at Culpoper, Va.t near which town
r.ll the parties to tho terrible treg civ
lived
"The "unwritten" law will b h*
volved to clear tho brothers. The;
forced By waters to marry their sinter,
aUer a confession she made to thcuo,
while tho womau was in bed sick As
B/wateis tried to leave the hou-e. h?
was shot down. Mrs. Bywaters ap
peared at tho inquest and lestitied In
behalf of her brothers. The following
if a full aocoUut of the^sad tragedy:
W. F. Bywatery, a well known
man, with a ipeoialty (f high Jump
era, a follower of the fox hi uncls at/'
popular society ir.au, was killed Saturday
night a week ago by two aon^
of the late Col, John It. Strothers.
whose sister he had married In the
afternoon. fha thruo mon r\r\nn.
? X. V.?. A uv M i \ UiVU WII^OI IJtl
belong to old families, arid tbe town
has been in a great siata of exotic*
aent since Ihe trag dy.
By waters had aho *n attention for
some time to MihB Viol* Sirothem,
and it was behoved by friends that
they would marry. Mo engage m jiii
wan anu^uLC d, however, and tin
marriage took place as a surprise
A week before M.its Sorothers wcdi lo
Washington on a visit, and was fcl
lowed by By waters. Oa her return
the marriage was arranged. Acoompanted
by one of her brothers, liywa
ters rode tn from his residence in Lh
country and procured a marriage 11
cense, the brother Riving ooustnt for
Miss Sirothers. The two men root
out to the old Sfcrlohers homestead,
three miles frcm tbe olty. The R v
J. T. WaTe, reoiorof St. Sttpbens's
Protestant KphOo pal church, was sum
moned, ana he married the youu?
couple at nightfall. Only a few lntl
mate friends of the couple knew of
the marriage.
i rnmwrilai*lo mfi-nr Cm I
? ? ? ? ni?Ki HUD Ub'tctuilllj
the bridegroom and the bride's b.oih
ers, Pnllllp and James, who are youuu
men, had a quarrel. By watt r* quarreled
with bib bride and attempts i<
I save the hou!i3. Tae bruthiri were
ippea.ed to, and after endeavorlug to
pereukde blra that ho was la tbi
w.ong they dtclaied that he muit r.ot
leave under any oiroumatancca. Bywaters
apparently agreed and went
upstairs to his rocm. Tnerc he ro
newou his quairel with hit bride, and,
oelng deteimlntd to leave hei, trlto
to escHpo frox tue house by Jumplag
from the root of the tig porch.
Tue brothers, wno knew the qutr
rel hud been renewed .?iid fiareci t.ue
an attempt, were wailing lor him be:
low, and an ho came over the pltzz
rcor ihey opened lire on him. Twelve
bullets v.nre tired lubo his body andnt
died almo-it lmuied,at?ly. Tt>? y< uni
men then tent for trie sheriff and sur
rendered to him. They rare taken
to the prison b ri and the news spreao
ovor the city, causing the greatest ix
cltemcnt. When brought before the
coroner they deol&red they had done
the shooting in protection of thou
sister.
By waters was well khown among
fox hunting people throughout Vlringla.
Hi* pack of hounds was per
haps the best known In the oountry.
/ \ the Giufton ask of Harry W
Smith, whloh defeated the Middlesex
vaok In the Amtrloan EuglUh hound
_ ^ i r>i ?i ? *. "xr .? ?
uftiuu iu rtiumuui vauey auout &
rear ago was largely drafted f/oou
fc'use dogs. By waters also owneu a
number :f crack oro scou .try horAea,
among them Jubilee, wh o i he sold t .
Cc urtlar.d H Sxlih and whlou U
now owned by David B eor.&ru, or
Lee^bu g. A t the Oulpeper, Orange,
and AlanasfaAs horse shows he was a
fiequent ex lib tor, an i ho had served
a? j idge at many shows
Colonel Strot jors, father of the
young widow and of the young men
.xjucorn .d, was one of the lead! g
men of Culpei per county lu his lifet
me. He was for many years s
prominent member of tbe general as
sembly
Cow l>eraiin(l Train.
Passenger Train No 12, Yazoo and
Mlsnlfin!ppi Vailey iiillroad, was de
railed at SouDhwocd Miai. Wedneiday
evening, killing two and serlousiy la
juringanother. None of the pisoengers
were lnju'ed. The derailment
w vs caused by the engine striking a
cow.
Andrew Carnegie, before the civil
federation convention, advocated a
radical inheritance tax, but opposed
an income tax.
a runaway team was stopped in
Huntington, W. Va., and found to bt
hauling around l,3u0 pounds of Uyna.mite.
MISS 1110 PR1MTZR
Tarns Up In Golauibia With IUiuLouis
F. Kv^ns, the prlutor who
disappeared from Columbia rroentl
leaving a note Blaring tb?t Ms bod
would be found iu the Coug&rf
river, has turned up and will bo OR)
catttid to the State IIoepltal|for th?
insane.
Evans went to tbe hnhse of M-.
O.) s H silnv'or, No. 1326 Taylor str**;
about 1 o'clock yefitercay uaornlUK &tu
^roused the f&uuiiy by beating on tb
our Tnl8 hcuoH Justsoro^e ti e
*reet from the heme of Mr. F. G-o
Kidollff*, with whom K*at!? bar
rooms. The wnoln noighVoihrod wa
soon aroused and Mr. Kido: IYj >um
mcned a polioeu\Rn who p ac?,d Evan
u ider >i-rt8t< a- d lo^k Mm o the ttta
ton bouse He app-ared to be In >
-tupor sw d Utile otu ri bo secured
from him In tb? way of Informal i
*.y to his movements and his Hirsu K'r
conduU. Ho He.'ireri to be In tin
oonv-iu n of a man r?ooverlLg fro a
j i lit t IT jots (d en me drt g
The p tynlolhu w/io had been at
b ndIu^ nlte bf fore his ulsapp arar o
rod the city p< 5 slcUn. I ol 0 < x Du< . d
him at thn police ?\at' >n and bo .
greed ;L>Vhl.\ uii c! e:t rer?i?*H
It is now le&mod th*i, nw ptivmmai)
had said the day b Ton E ?.ns disap
peare*4 that he was li onu*d to think
the man's mind wow derauged and h?
Intended to n vo him a more thorough
xsm'natlon tbo next day.
Tapers in the naore rf hla wife
vero taken out to oootmllt him 11
he RHylum. While at the p dice Ktaclou
he no light to the c*se, h%eemed
ex ais.td and weary, and hi
jud uiLuc A.buiupicu iu u( ai> ins uraiii
ut agttlnBt. t 'ft harb of tho steel cell,
so that uq tiller was stationed lo
*??,tch bin oioaely. Ho mutteie"
lib reals against tho wwra*n who hi
.eemed to think was the ct\u*e of h'b
rouoUs hut no orie has been able to
discover this wi min,
Twice before leaving t' ? house that
Tiornlng he a^oirp eh to set on tin
the house cf Mr Evdo'iSai in whiot
no wan living. aim only b1 the fjita
'ulne^s of a dog wore 'he Inmate*
arrouped In tlm?. Mr. Ridcllflo haoften
vory kind to his wife ai d hais
ken care of her since the husuancu
tLr&ugo disapiarai.ee T iey were
aonriiedOD the ti rat cay of Seitern
Oir.
W0R3K THAN IN THS SOUTH.
Tho Condition of tho Ncyro In New
York
Speaking upon tho negro problem
at tlie twentieth annuel meeting of
ho New York Colored Orphan Asyuna
and An oolation for ti e benfl t. of
Negro Children, Robert Arrkine E y,
crrtary of the League for Politics
E uoatlon, Bald that it was a ml?ti.k
o grant tbe negro tho franchise.
"N >n let uH got d< wn to c >ndition
,sere in Now Y >rk. Just a few ye*r
.go t.beio 'veri 6'.),coo colon d po pi
ii N w York, and it is estlmatid,
- W1.. -.4 1. J -i - - ? -
vuuuftuiy .11 a guuu aeai ot oomot
hmi, t'!?b there ?"p no-/ mor.j ti an
80,000. The p c utnge of thi
or m nal, the vicious, &ud the paup
?1? meub amon? thi m la frlgivfull
1 r. e And that 1b an estlm* e mai'
by n Mack authority.
' Why Is ? il tils trut ? Beceus
herein Now Y irk, when so tul fan ?
iie got at, we really treat negroe*
in B)tre ways worse than they i\r
treated In Atlanta, There and a
I'hrr points In the South, the negro
s admitted to many lines of eff U
thiol wp no not adir.lt him.
"N^wY irk In shut for the moH
part to the colored waiter, for thi
is, as far ?s waiter* are ooocrned, a
*hlte town." A few may b:ooojf
porters on elevated sta'.lons, and i'
'ew, a very few, may lab^r In other
directions. Bub cannot vou Imagine
how galling It must be to one wh
wants to rise, and who often could
rise, to find a great wall, almost lm
passable, raised ayalnst him."
Hold a Family.
A dlspatoh from Jacksoo, Miss., says
an unusual peonage charge was filed
Wsdnonday In the federal oourt by a
negro named Dan January against
James Patrick,, a prominent R'.uJrln
ojunby farmer. The affidavit allege*
that January was held In Involuntary
servitude, together with his wife am
six ohlldren, by L D. Carter for
about two years; that Carter thin
old Irm to Patrick for the sum i f
1.090, CUrter alleging that he owe'
Patrick that sum and tha'< Pa'rlok re
fus9d to release the complalntant
from custody until the deot was can
3;llf.d. January oba^a t.nt to) wa>
wMpped with a huygy traco until h?
*aa bloody from head tobeo.n by Cartor.
I) I Toronto ft ma i> ?a Al?n.
From Buayon, O >io, J ha P. Long,
a profliuMiu drug^ls-, oiHappoirect
July 30. EU was tnoutfht to bo fcllv,
sod his jwlfe was granlwd a div roe 01
September 10. Look wts killed by a
fu I n fin A nmiLl Irt ? ? l
*h??? vm uot uv/ u'J i mu 111 but) put
erstield at Cftmien, N. J., and diu
o vered through peculiar olrcucu
stanoes. The body was taken to nh
borne. A large estate Is involvtc
(.hrcuRh di7orco and the $5.(00 alimony
Is void.
?
Senator Dubois, In a speech favor
In# the exclusion of Senator Srnoot
pictured President Roosevelt as tin
mend of the Mormons.
The house adopted a resolution pro
ubiting "simplified" spellitg in
pubiicoocuments, and as was expected
me president recinded his order.
NTA" ' ^CHOOIm
A OH.Vl^YYINU INCltE IN
AYKU JR ATTKN'IXN S
A Good 'howing for Past Year Made
by Mate Superintendent
of 1 ducation.
AccorMnp to (ur records, Ue
'Ohcc'.s of South Carolina mule do
elded rroifre-s during the shol&at'c
year which ende'1 Judo 30 10( 0. '11 p
most striking advanoe ad s a It, is
tho aver-v"" attendance which Inor?isrd
18 427 ibovo that of the ye\
QdiCK Juur, 1005 T ie total v
aMer.oance iu 1005 was 200 4 \5
T ie t>tal for this year was 218 802
Of 4 j totti av. r-?e atteiduoj iur
th?a * par, 104,372 wra whit? an
1 14 40 7 were u< ^rues O tv o Incn ast
11.737 vere white and 6 600 were no
^ro. r.he to?ai ' nr illmeut showed ai>
looree'-e of 15 412 1 Is worthy of
ni tp thrtt tho average attend*' c In
''ea-ad more than the enrollment.
\M? o/ '8 appor* lot.ed on onrollin lit
?o th>re ii <i motive to a^^ura^a the
| peop ) co ma to a 1 >*r k e uirol mom
even if the children do i >t ait t d
risju arly at ioiooI. It s>ow?. n-a
pro?' < a, therefore, when ttie averap
' enonnoe lnori aso In enrollment.
Of the lucreasa In enollment 5 062
ere whlto and 9 750 we e n yjt j.
T * ^n?al en?nl'm?nt for 1905 w;u
302 663; f?r 1906. 318,075 O' t.hi?
o a , 147 053 *rtre wuito and 171,022
vs'BUtgio T.io average ani.ud ejt.r
rf >m ? ,* t ,m\ v>ers trore ased from
<236 In 1905, $253 n 19U6, roak ntf a
t? rapogklu i f #17 to acu le< o cr
Toe av jettk'O annual salary r f n gr
p'Ohers ?t.errand fr. m $S8 28 h
1905, to $95 tn 1906 ill '.klijR ?u ,kv?r
c?KO y;aln of $0 72 Toe to >1 r-vi u
f tho sou cis increased $58 890 08
ut the * x ,v ndlLures als > u or< \h o,
ind the bilano** i n hand at i??? nln
f Kent lactic yoir ciiUn. J n m- 30,
19.6 shnwtd a diorea-ieof 810 964 4 1
iliobiokB at tbat time of ;.h? y^a
8 on pretty full balanceB, but tbl?
u? ne / li necessary to run t ie echo b
otitil t?xfs com In during the fol
o *inv 14 ember. Toe total r.v* i
f r 1905 ?* 81.681 699 54; fo* 19 6
81,740 489 44; \ 1906, 8! 404 473.93
lcL^I izpeii ItUiets luUiLAte tut
\duoumt of the annuxl touool fun'
. <4tb? r than total receipts, b cause to
a r< c l otw h o ? a balance of raor<
nan 8300 000, w.i:ch m oarrlt d for
waid on tot- 30tli of June, in time t
un the o o i u til tax paying llirtv
Tnis dtics no j lud ca o Lo&i? lbonool^
lave any surp ut money, bt*
oauso if thcr?" wer 1 o be exact ba
nee* on the 30tb of J una tbe hcIiojI
ou d hr.va absolutely no money lu
tlie f all HOM-lon.
Or too total reoe'pU, tba mil.
ex furnished ?r? 19' 6 8653 273 41 an
increase of $33 4u9Gi s? cial
ft* lavirs fuioi a- $269 161 94 ai
i crease of $ 3 062 23 T * rt sp?n
'.a y fund furulaotd $139 2>3 74
i lcb wait a fuoreasaof $71 757 68
I1110 poll UX furu SbCBAboi) ?2oU 00 J
uid tuo dog thi abcu, $4.') UOO i'u
proapeot tnen, with a i ecr? A*ed db
puDHAry fund, arid with only a si gn.
ocrai8ft of expf',n<1kuf*8, i i that' om
obool fund will hood pet in a preo*
Iouh c n jlHod unions 1le leglhlaiur.
o rnrs ;o the relief.
Ti o :o la ox ?oi!v 200 new sohoo
uilt'li ercoied during the paii
oh b.s ;o year. Mmy of H e*o a**1
ruiftot buildings. A great nuxbtr
f theaa were erectfd uud ;r the en
c uragement of the eohool bulldlnu
uv enacted by the 1' g l.tu o, a c
.ere tu.lt according to plana furtiijb
j:1 frorxj. this ? flic > A 1 sue i bulbin,.
.re carefully inspected by count
b.&r.s before eld ^ given to thorn.
We nnwhuvk 870 /ur.\l ko tool libra
clew, 114 f wMon were e.t'Abis c
lurlr g 1900. O iC hundred and a!xt>
me of U.eue libraries h?. v ; been In
creased since ti ey were established
8 Teuty five dlitrlc a have v ited ape
olal lux during last year. T I
nakea 464 riistrlcth lu the Stat*
allien have taken this important step
Many other Items of progress art
shown 1q this report In the special
jhapter on btatlep,
O B. Martin,
State Supt. o. Education
Tho Right 8ort.
A New York maa left 120 000 to b<
Da.d tn bis Wlfft when mifl mirflH
.gala. That'* the kind of man the
?o:uen have been waiting for evei
alLOR civil z .lion began tnd thla Is
the first lime ho haa shown up,
vlanv men have left furtueas to then
wlvca on condition that they remained
widows, but ne?or to encourag*
L .em to remarry. Now s;art a guess
(11/ i nteptl. >n to hniu I n i U ? ..!? > .
n ?? * XVI W Hi V
jufeio the newly made widow 1 uter83if
In shape to claim the $20,01)1
legacy.
Arrested for Murder*
Roberta a. a lack, a Slavonian liv
ink k?t J Of o, Pa , vvai e ?.ed or
.h Ohargo of b log in I t in the
II zeltcn barn 1 m>ti ry A duebday
U is alleged that the * > vu whose
inairad r. mains were f ;und in t
lawer, is Cue one who d iai pe*rec
from the AaasUck bom > severs
weeks ago. 1* Is suspected that tbii
voouan aid d la her undoing aaf
eatb. She bad fre q lent cailers. /
description of the \loum ladies will
that of toe missing woman.
The Reichstag, having voted to r<
, feet the suppiemen'al aprroprlatio
; for (J> rman .southwest Africa, it wt
dissolved and a new election ordered.
Secretary Root's policy of central!:
i Ing power in tlie fedeial governance
I meets with vigorous opposition froi
republicans as well as democrats,
1
MANY KILLED 1
By the Explosion of the Boilefcy
of a Steamer on
\
\
THE MISSISSIPPI.
Piffy Nt jjrov'a W. re on Board and About
Half are MUslng. Pour White
Mm were Killed, the Cap'ain
and-His Son Among
Them.
One of tho moat disastrous aocl1
: ts In the history of the M'sslsslppl
R ver occurred at 11 10 o'clock Wedtn
>ra'ng, when the steamer
VV. T Scovoh, plying In tho VickshurRtnl
Divld bond trade, w*s dest'Oyed
by an explosion niar Vhoksmr^,
Miss. Owing to the largo
nitnber of ne/roos f beard It Is 1mo
sstble to ascertain tho exact nun>'
r of t he dead and l> j irod, but c fll*
o th of the bat who a-rived thsre
<'atol that n ? less than ten or mire
f 1A Ci! t . tw w < 11 -?a 'r,u- l
w . -mxi >? A V nuiu hlli:iii I I I n p r ( ) ()
hUit-l s are t.iat a Ilk3 number were
r j ired.
T io white d^al are an follows:
Oapt J >v,n (j mckcnboss, master 0*
he boat, Vickmm-tf, M ks.
Clork Wade lackenboss, Vlokabur/,
M'ks.
L?.vill Yir^or, cotton seed aalesnan,
J \cki n, M's*
Clork Josopn Smith, Yazoo City,
Miss.
The white ir joredare:
Torinle Rib^r , asa'stant pilot,
Vi.-ksburK, Mlsa Ir.Jjred internally,
ory serious.
.film 1) ju/hei y, pilot, shoulder
dial oati d
U 1 vrle 1 M jKenn, passenger painfully
li Jured.
Buttertlold, slightly Icjur d in
the head.
Toe number of dead and Irjored
e^roey cannot be stat d at fchh time,
but of a crow and passenger list of
k bo lit tifuy about half are mijslntf.
The ne^ro dead were oxred for at
be place wbero the Lcoldent orcurrd,
as are son e of the inl red. About
live r" ?rie ir jured negroes were
rou |^lc VicksourK on lho steamer
S n&r^fl^rriill, with the white dead
iud
TC^^^^^Ient oc3urrod at Gold
Dus-^^^Bny, about seventeen miles
sjut .^^HckuburK.
T o i .d accident as told
>y the en^lneor of the
'n# at Gold Dust
L on a car^o when I
mt4 quantity of water
vuu UUI1Q1. X llUltp Ofc"
d cr f^^Uhing wis wrong *ad
pnC) ari examination.
A', thoSo ivell broko her
ie? | ^^ ri'tud, ho fiat I did
onifik[?3Mto mike a thorough
xdfti; that m ):n :nt As
xa a& he baok t ) t03 bvnk I
vf. wle 1? tao boiler aud provided
V *-JJj\lnv s Itfa.ioa. I bad
J got Vu fro q tae bailor
vhen the jiloa ooourred. Tho
j*UBtrbplvJjV .be.ievj, was dua to a
iefeot'.vo b jiler plaia."
Mr. Br joo was not Inj lrad. Whoa
liboCJjrdlll arrlvsd a, V o?ourg at 9
'clock, a orowd of aivsral huilrad
people m t her at tho w larf. Taere
vera anxt(>uri inquiries f >r friends and
relatives, and a any tears were abed
tuon toe t>ad t id logs wore told. Owing
to tue baa?/ loss anmg too
legross ab >ard tho lauding was
jrowdel with women and children of
what raoe.
i Tie injured ware taksa to the
V.oktburg sanitariums aud hospitals
of too oi'?v.
dipt, g iaokenbos8 was oie of the
> ddest aud best known residents of
&h?t oity and was well known to
very on ?n on the M sslssippl R ver.
Toe aUsmer Sc veil was only nojotly
urobassd by blm atd others for the
V cksuurg and Dav>s Bj.id tr de.
T ie brat was Insured for $6,000.
1 W ,dc g uckenhoss was the son of
1 Uap.. g ..okeu joss.
I Japtn'8 l)?B?iru
United S.ates Consul Jones, at
"aloy, Is q iot>d by tbe San Francisco
Our mole as saying the Japanese are
' carrying out a plan wblob, If It tuo:e;rg
will clone A la as market for
vmarlcau wheat and OiUoa. The
J -par.?? e, ha says, aro colonizing
' M aoo mrla with sue idoa of ralslLg
(11 ii lit wbe&t tbr.ro to supply the
ecd< of Asia. In C rea they are
vutiijruiK I'll oiauuraio ex poriEueutS ID
cotton raising, It will bo ho coo years
> iofora M mohurlan wnet or (Jorean
i oottoo will serious'y monies the mar
icoih lor Am; rio-n produots.
i
i Woman shonfl'?
I Mrs. M. J diiIo K= n1an, of Nishan,
l N O, Iuh been made a deputy sheriff
s ( ho tir-iC of her s x to occupy ?uoh an
i o<tt;o lu tho state's history), aud her
y ap^ointmeut Is au acknowledgment of
o her good work as agent of the Wo*
man's Humane sooitty.
i- The attorney general of Minnesota
n ruleu that it would be unlawful for
us the Great Northern to Increase its
capital stock.
i- ClilTord llooe, the negro coachman ?|
it who perjured himself in the llartjo jfl
n case, went to the penit entiary for six jMH
years.
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