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SCORES PERISH Two Hundred^ Lives Lost in Awful Sea Disaster. t DEAD MOSTLY ARABS 1 English Steamer Hunted Oft* the Coast of Malta?Fire Apparatus AVrtvS I'seless?Passengers Trapped ami Were Forced to Jump Into the Ken and Drown. Valetta, Islam^of Malta, Nov. 2S -?A terrible disaster, in which inor-j than a hundred persons lost their lives, occurred at the entrance to this port Wednesday morning. The Hritish steamer Sardinia, of the Ellerman Line, hailing from Live. pool und bound for Alexandria, with a crew of 44 Englishmen, 11 first and 6 second cabin English passengers and nearly 200 Arab pilgrims aboard, caught lire and within a few minutes was a roaring furnace, thy flames bursting uj^ard to a height of 2 00 feet from ^quent explosions in the hold. So rapidly did the fire spread that tho frantic efforts of the crew tj operate the fire apparatus proved useless, for it seemed but a moment before the upper works aud masts crashed down upon the deck while the ship'6 boats were crushed by the falling debris or set fire and quickly burned. Safety lay in the sea, for no ono could save himself except by jumping overloard and taking chances of being picked up. Assistance was hurried to tlie burning vessel from all the war ships in the harbor and from the shore, but the work of res cue was greatly impeded by tho strong tide that was running. Even the naval launches were unable to go alongside. Among the Arabs there was a panic that could not be controlled. Many of them were too frightened to jump and they were burned to death. Others, casting themselves into the waves, were drowned. The crew hehnved with admirable courage, serving out life preservers to the last and working the pumps. When the pumps became useless, Capt. Charles Little, commander of the Sardinia, took the helm and directed his ship towards the shore ? it could be navigated. He f>er!shev'. JfJ- his post. First Olllcer Frank Watson, all three engineers, Seagraves, Hislop and Neill, thirteen of the ship's company and two first class passeng-1 ors, one of tliem a boy named Gran.,' are missing. Fifty or more bodies] have been recovered and seventy persons were rescued. It is impossible at present to say just how many were drowned or burned to death, but the number will doubtless far exceed a hundred. i ne vessel uriiiod around tnroe times, and finally was beached broadside on the rocks at the mouth of the harbor. She is still burning and will be a total loss. The Uritish vice admiral, Sir Asheton, and Curzon-Howe and Admiral Fisher directed the rescuing boats, which did gallant work in saving those who were yet alive, and bringing the bodies of the dead ashore. Capt. Little's body, which was terribly mangled, was landed this afternoon. The other bodies were also mutilated and burned. Fiftysix of the injured are being cared for in the hospitals. Oiivr of the rescued passengers gave a graphic r J5T Ifcaccount of the disaster. & \ "The Sardinia," he said, "loft Valetta at 8:45 this morning. , We were just outside the harbor and the crew securing the anchor when the cry of 'fire' was heard. Flames could be seen issuing from a ventilator on the port side. A hose was promptly brought up and a stream poured down the ventilator, but this did no good. In less than ten minutes flames were streaming out of the other ventilators. The whola vessel admidships was wrapped in flames. The Arab passengers were told to leave the hatch, in which they clung desperately, but they refused to move. All who remained forward perished, except some of those who leaped into the water. "In the meantime naval pinnaces hurried to the scene. They could not approach closely on account o*! the high seas and falling spars. The great majority of the European passengers succeeded in reaching shore. The Arabs, among whom were many lomen and children, clung together shrieking, and but few of them would jump overboard, although urged to do so. "The ship's boats were rendered useless by the flames and no atten pt was made to get them over the side * sm % HANGED AT SALUDA j SLAV Kit OF KMAMill- CAllVKlt I PAYS PENALTY On the (Jiillows for His Crime. Shot His Victim While He was | Picking Cotton. Saluda, Nov. 2 8.?A special to The . News and Courier says at 12 o'clock on Friday Will Iierrin paid with his life the penalty of the law for the murder of Emanuel Carver in September. The execution was without a hitch. Only a very few minutes were consumed in preparing the prisoner for c the drop. After ascending the scaf- t fold, Sheriff Sample asked Iierrin t if he desired to say anything. He s merely mumbled a word or two to s the effect that he had nothing to \ say. i At no time did he seem to realize i what was awaiting him, and he met t his fate without the least emotion. He was pronounced dead in ten minutes fater the trap was sprung, an 1 ' his body was laid in a cheap colli'), 5 furnished by the county, and carried ' to the poor house for burial. * The Rev. 1). H. Crossland went to Merrill's cell this morning and con- J ducted a little service. The con- ' flnnillfwl m o n ?? I f.xr.4 - * 1 4 ' - v in n &i i mi ii 11 ?."ts i f (i ansonueiy no interest in it. While an effort 1 was made to shield the execution 1 from the public, scores from positions ' of vantage witnessed it. 1 Will Ilerrin was tried before ( Special Judge C. C. Featherstone at a special term of the Sessions Court '' in October for the murder of Mr. 1 iOmanuel Carver at his home in Sep- ( tember. The testimony at the trial ' show that ilerrin, without any ap- : parent cause whatever, shot Mr. Car- ( ver iu the back while the latter was 1 picking cotton and failing to kill ^ him ran upon him, knock"? him down and beat him over the hea i s with liis gun and loft him dead. ( Mrs. Carver was a witness to a pait ,li of the awful deed, she being in the f house when the shot was fired, and 11 running to the door was horrilb d ( to see her husband down and Ilerrin * standing over him, boating his head ' I into a pulp with a gun. | As soon as the news of the crime ' was made known some of Carver's 1 neighbors went t$ the scone and ' soon found ilerrin a little distance ( away, and upon advancing on him c to take him into custody, was met ( with a volley of curses and fired up- f on with a stockloss gun, he having f broken the weapon while beating ' fil rvni' Olln r\F II, ' ? wi iiiu 11cii i%v was sprinkled with shot, and the crowd ^ in turn fired at Ilerln and effected liis capture. For a while a lynching f was imminent, but eooler counsel 1 prevailed and the culprit was turned 1 over to the sheriff and brought to ' Saluda and lodged in jail. ' There was a tremendous crowd 1 present to witness Merrill's trial, hut ! .the best of order prevailed. The de- 1 fondant was the only imgro in tin* f I Court Mouse during the trial, except. 1 the porter, and to all appearances ' | was the least disturbed by what wu3 ' taking place. ' The only defence that could pos- 1 sdbly have been made in Morrin s 1 behalf was insanity, and this quosI tion was fairly submitted to the 1 jury, and under the testimony no ' other verdict than that reached could have been returned. Morrin was, however, a man of .a 1 very low order of intelligence. * ( I WAITING FOR DIXXKH TICKKTS. 1 Victims of Republican Prosperity Fall Into a Pit. New York, Nov. 28.?One hundred needy persons waiting patiently in < drizzling rain on Wednesday evening in front of a mission house in West < Thirty-second street to receive tick- i ets for a Thanksgiving dinner, : ! r?rn olt n/1 t h i?/\n <rli t 5 ** o * ' ??niiv.u tin WII^II tllV/ llll II VW Vi:| 111 ^ ' over a part of the new Pennsylvania i tunnel system and disappeared in the darkness below. Shouts and cries arose from the pit and a crowd i which collected gazed down upon v. ; tangled heap of arms and legs. When they clambered out it was found that only two or three had been injured, and these only slightly. When calm had been restored the hungry ones lined up and received their precious tickets and disperse 1. rubbing their bruises. * Soon the hatches were blown off with loud explosions, throwing i to Arabs into the air and killing and injuring many of them. After a few minutes had been spent in trying j to put out the fire nothing remained but to jump overboard." I Unquestionably explosions occurrI ed, although the eause of the T o I is not known, and It was first believed | that the rapid spread of the flam-n? was due largely to the flowing naphtha. BSCRIBE I GOES DOWN " >feamer Finance is Rammed by the Steamer Georgic and SINKS OFF NEW YORK Collision Occurs in Dense Fog in Main Channel?Three of tiie Kiglity-flve Passengers on the Finance, One Member of Her Crew ami Much Mail Ia?st. New York, Nov. 2 8.?In the thick >f a fog off Sandy Hook Thursday he stout steel freighter, Georgic, cf he White Star Line, rammed and tank the lightly laden Panama iteamer, Finance, outward hound vith 85 passengers, the Finance gong down within ten minutes, carrying to their death three of her pnstengcrs and one of the crew. The est of the passengers, who included 19 women and 14 children, as well is others of the crew were rescued >y the boats of the Georgic. The relghter was not damaged. Miss Irene "Campbell, of Panama, i passenger who was lost, clung 'rantioallv to Mm mil ?? >?? fc, W v.. V ?? ? V? L VIIV Ol I1I\ ui^; ressel and could not bo persuaded to elease her hold, nor wero the men vho manned the small boats able o remove her. She was seen dining determinedly as the vessel was mgulfcd. Wm. H. Todd, third as dstant engineer, jumped overboard md was lost. When a roll call of he passengers of the Finance was ailed, it was found that Charles 11. 5chweinler, a policeman of Panama, md Henry Muller, a railroad conluctor of Panama, had disappeared md there is little doubt that they vere drowned. The disaster occurred In the main ihlp channel off Sandy Ilook at 8 )'clock this morning, and as both ves;els were groping their way through t fog. The Finance had weighed mchor and was picking her way lown the Swash Channel, when Captain Mofbray, who was on the )ridge, heard the whistle of an apiroaching liner. The Finance was mmediately started astern, and was dowly backing when the (leorgic, n bound from Liverpool, loomed out >f the fog and a moment later crashed into the port side, and just, abaft no beam of tlio Finance. The prow >f tho freighter penetrated the side >f the Finance nearly ten feet, tearnK away an unoccupied state room md leaving a ragged hole, through vhioh the water rushed in. The Panama keeled far over to darhoard, while men and women, nany of whom had been awakened from a sound sleep, were thrown Tom their berths. Hastily covering hemselves with bed clothing, they ushed in a panic to the main deck, vhich was fast sinking to the surface of the water. Many of the passengers jumped overboard, not stopdug even to provide themselves with ife preservers. That more were not lost was due to the discipline of the jrew of the Panama, and the prompt md intelligent work of the sailors from the (Jeorgic. Immediately after the accident, the freighter backed off and anchored, her commander, Capt. Clark, in the meantime having ordered tin. life boats lowered. The boats of the Panama were also cut away as Illicitly as possible, though with difficulty because of the heavy list ,of the sinking steamer. A score or more of those who jumped overboard were picked up by the small boats. Meantime the Finance was settling steadily. To add to the confusion a moment after the impact there was an explosion r>f an ammonia tank in the forward hold of the Finance and the fumes drove the engineers and firemen to the deck. Wm. Tnrla distant engineer, was partially overcome by tho fumes, he, staggering to the rail, threw himself overboard, lie was not seen ngain. Probablj half of the passengers with tin; crew stood by the ship, awaiting rescue, and these were gotten off with remarkable expedition. Captain Mowbray and several of the crew remained in a life boat near the sunken ship. Only the masts, stacks and part of the superstructure of the Panama remained above the surface. The shipwrecked passengers an l crew were brought to this city tonight and placed aboard the Panama steamer. Alliance, where the women and children were provided with clothes. The passengers will depart on the next outgoing bound steamer for Panama. Captain Clark, of tho Oeorgic states that he was feeling his way into port slowly, and hearing u whistle on his port blow, tried to veer off and thought he would clear the Panama steamer, which unfortunately began to go astern, with, NOW TO SERVED HIIVTRIGHT YOl.Mi NKGHO MAN WKOTK IXDKCKXT LKTTKK To a Young White l.ady and Is Taken From Jail aud is Operated I'pon. A special dispatch from Spartanburg to the Charleston Evening Post says Will Dickson, a young negro man of Madison, Oconee county was arrested on the charge of writing au offensive and indecent letter to a young lady, the daughter of a well known banker of Westminister, was made away with by a party of men Friday night. The negro has been taken from the guard house, where ho was conlined at Westminister by unknown parties, who with the negro then immediately dtsappearced, and there is much speculation as to what was done with tho flench. Everything about the affair was douo decently and in order, says the dispatch, but with great secrecy. It was reported at first that the scoundrel had been lynched, and t nen it was reported that after being taken out of the guard house and carried to a place of secrecy a delicate operation was performed on him, after which ho was told to leave the town, which he lost no time in doing. Where he went or what has become of the rascal no one knows, or if they know they won't tell. The only thing certain about the? affair is that the negro who wrote the letter was caught and that he was taken out of the guard house by force and that his whereabouts is unknown except to those who took him out of the guard house. It seems that they tlrst thought of lynching the scoundrel, hut finally decided that tin operation would b<* more effective, and that modo of punishment was adopted aud carried out. OVKH TWKI.VK MILLION' HACKS'! Commissioner Watson Kstimatcs Cotton Crop of The cotton crop of 1908 will amount to 12,551,086 bales, accord ing to the estimate made by Commissioner Watson, of South Carolina, as chairman of tho cotton committee of the Southern States Assocla (Ion of Commissioners of Agriculture and Other Agt icultiiral Workers, hi announcing the estimate, Mr. Watson says: "Our estimates, which is based on telegraphic reports received from all the Stall's save Georgia, whoso commissioner is absent from the State, dated November 19, and on the gin ners' reports of November 14, is 1 551,086 running hales, excluding linters. This conclusion is reached after due allowance for the weathei and other crop conditions for 1 908. Were the estimate based entirely on amount of cotton ginned to November 14, in years when same sinners results were shown, the 1 908 croj would be 1 3,498,879 bales. Hut con dit ions have not been the same in t he various years. "Were we to take the averagamount of cotton for the past fotr seasons to be ginned after Novembet 14, we would have to told 3,704,1 f? 1 bales, to the 9,630,563 bales alread\ ginne... and get a total crop of 13,3 3 4,157 bales. If we add to thf amount already ginned in 1908 the amount ginned after November h in 1905, to which year 1908 con dit ions closely correspond-, we wH have a total crnn ftw Miic 12,632,025 bales which, it is seen closely approximates the estimate 01 12,552,086 bales that the Assoeia t ion's committee considers a fail one." * nuxnmcibs dkowxki). Steamer Kinks in Philippines It) Striking on Itoeks. Manila, Nov. 2 8.?The coast in) steamer Pontine, carrying a large number of laborers from Narvacai to the rice fields In Pangasinon prov lnce, struck a rock and sank las night, during a storm off the towi of San Fernando, in Union Province It is estimated that a hundred of th< passengers and crew of the Pontini were drowned. The steamer Vlgcayi rescued 55. A patrol of constabulary, whicl was established Immediately afte the accident, picked tip fifteen bodic otwl m o n t/ o/on/v i niitii.i ncm < i J 1111 f- nauurvi i is not known whether any American or Europeans were aboard the wreck ed steamer. the result that the two steamer collided. The Finance had ove seven hundred bags of mail aboard Four elephants in the fJeorgie's hoi were undisturbed by the collision. THE i BURIED ALIVE. I No Hope for One Hundred Men Entombed in Mine NEAR PITTSBURG, PA. One Shaft Wreckcil und Oilier Not Completed?Ciikc lllown JtOO l-Nn't From .Mouth, One Man's llen<l lle? ing Taken Off?Women (Quickly (anther, Their (Vies IU-ing Pitiful. Pittsburg, Nov. 28.?A largo number of miners are imperiled in <\ mine of the Pittsburg-HufTalo Coil Company at \I aria una, near h.*rc, which caught lire following an explosion at 11:30 this morning. President Jones, of the company says that one hundred men, constituting nlmowt the entire force, were in the mine, which had j ist been examined by the State inspectors and was found in perfect Condi t ion. A ClWW>iol en l?? n 1 ? ? - . uu tiniii iNiiying a reciting party, equipped with all the latest appliances, left Monongahola at 12:30 for M aria una. There ar? said to he many IOnglish miners anions the imperiled force. A dense cloud of imouk is coining from the mine's two shafts. Groat excitement prevails there. Marianna i.~ in Washington county, which was uuiit a few months ago by ihe company, and is considered the inort model mining town in the world. It is believed mai.y men lost their lives. The heavy iron cage which carried the men from the surface to the workings was blown three hundred feet from the mouth of the shaft. Two men on the o,\ge wero killed, one of them having his head blown off. Little hope is entertained for the entombed men, as the fan house ^ was partly demolished and the fans stopped for over an hour. The explosion occurred in shaft No. 2, No. 1 not being completed. Some company officials believe It necessary to dig through eight hundred feet of solid coal before they can reach the workings. At 1:30 this afternoon the finoke oeaued issuing from the mine. Wives, mothers and relatives of the miners gathered about the mine mnntS ii....... - MM y# (4 V II , 111 r 1 I cries being pitiful. It is said that there in n largo gas well in the vicinity, but whether the gas front this was coxnniwnicut-d to tin- initio and becaiiio ignited or whether the powder and dynamite for blasting exploded can not no ascertained. According to State Mine Inspector Louitt, there were between ISO , and 200 men in t lie ntine. It is not likely that any will he recovered alive. The rescue party succeeded in entering the mine th s afternoon. * i The last ray of hope for the res. cue of any one of the miners was ( dispelled at. 8:0 o'clock tonight when t lu first rescuing party reached the workings and found the dead bodies scattered about the floor of the mine. Few if any of the bodies are mutilated and the men were undoubtedly p smothered hv the deadly vapors , which followed the explosion. The bodies have not yet been counted, hut it is known that there are ;>t , least 125 and the number may ho I larger. All but two of the bodies , in the mine, it is said, are th )so I of foreigners. p No effort has yet been made to remove tltf- bodies from the mine. f Instead the rescuers and the mining experts are making a complete exploration of all of the workings to > see if they are now safe. This work is exjM cted to occupy several hours.* SHOCKING TRAGKRY. i Five Persons Humeri up in n House iu Alabama. \ ITartsell, Ala., Nov. 23.?The i home of Torn Richardson, at Wood land Mills, seventeen miles east of 1 here, was burned to the ground Wednesday night, and Richardson s 5 wife, mother and three children wore r burned to death. The remains of x the children were found in the burnO/l 1 V O ???"* ?? " V* ^ ,1 i ^ I - J At W. ....Ill n ii u; 11 (HljOIIlHl mo nOUSC. 1 Several theories have been advanced, all of which Is robbery. Richardson 3 is missing, but his body was not t found in the ruins. * 8 Commits Suicide. New York, Nov. 28.?George . Schuester, 62 year old, a veteran of s the German army, shot himself with r the old army pistol that he carried I. through the campaigns of the .1 Franco-Prussian war. He had been * out of work for two months. * HORRY I * VOTED FOR TAFT IH T TIIKIIt W \(.i:s WHKK NOT k.aisfd. According to l*romis<? ami Then Shot Down by Deputy Sheriffs Itecailse They Struck About It. Perth Ami)oy, N. J., Nov. 27.? Following a pitched battle between 700 strikers and twelve deputy sheriffs Wednesday at (he factory f the National FP'ep:ooflng Company at Keasbey. neat h? re In which si.v of the strikers were shot down, Governor J. Franklin Fort dispatched four companies of the State National Guard at Trenton to tho scene to make the men behave themselves. A feeling of Intense excitement prevails, as the strikers declare the deputy sheriffs were not Justified in firing upon them. Two of tho wounded men are dying here, and the four others wounded are painfully hurt. Tho citizens fear for the morrow, when the striker? threaten an attack on the plant of the National Fire proof!! ng Company. For two days there has heen rioting at Keashey, and a number of manufacturing towns along ho Harltan river. Two weeks ago tho men emnlovod )?v ttn> it ? r i t <? n uin.? Clay Company wont on strike for higher wages. Thov marched to the plant of the Perth Amboy Fir? Brick Company and induced the men there to go out. Then each succeeding day the strikers constantly increased In number, marched to other towns to induce employees to leave their work. The strikers say that they woro given to understand before the election that if Taft was elected then pay would be restored to $1.50 a day. It now is $1.35. The ofllcials of 'ha factories deny that such a pron is? was made. When Chief of Police Burke s >nt a man to bring lunch to the deputies the latter was met with a shower of stones, compelling him to retreat. The man succeeded later In leaving the factory unobserved and secured the food. As lie was returning ono of the strikers caught sight of him and immediately there was a general attack. 'Idle man was not injured Then began a bombardment of stones, during which nearly every window in the factory was smashed. Chief Burke says that two of his men were struck by missiles and slightly injured. He restrained his j men from opening fire until the !??* * [ minute, lie declares. Matters had become so serious that the deputies were compelled to open fire to protect themselves, he further says. At least ?a dozen of the shots wero fired point black at the strikers and six men fell. The strikers did not return the fire. The workmen turned and fled, leaving the wounded on the ground. There was only a temporary lull in the rioting. Tho strikers soon returned to the factory. They kept at a distance, hut it was evident they were angered hy the shooting down of their comrades. * GKOKGI.V COMMiMTY MXriTKI). (Tti/.oiis Looking for Negro Who Tlireatened White Woman. Kliaville, Oa., Nov. 27.?Great excitement. prevails here this evening on account of an attempted assault committed this morning near here. While alone in her home with her bahe, Mrs. Andrew Tellars, wife of a farmer, was confronted by an unknown negro, who threatened death if she screamed. Instead of screaming, tho frightened lady seized her child and dashed from the dwelling leaving the black invader in full possession. Hushing to the field where Mr. Tellars was engaged she gave the alarm. The negro escaped bt fore assistance arrived. One negro has since been captured by tho pursuers and held for mora iHjinpieie loenuncation. Two liundred armed men ??re searching the woods of Schley county this afternoon In a determined hunt for the negro, probably not feeling certain of the guilt of the prisoner already in custody, Both Will l>ie. Rome, Oa., Nov. 2 8.?After hunting together all day Bert Montaino and John Accomasey, each about fourteen years of age, engaged in a duel, caused, it is said, by the former daring Accomassy to crosa the road, and as a result both of the boys may die. Shoots Vp Train. Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 29.?While a passenger on a Southern Railway train near Greenville, John Barker, of Washington county, became violently insane. Bulling a pistol he began firing promiscuously, a young man named Bowery being wounded in the left leg. IERALD