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f ELEVEN KILLED I 4rt31erya ?n Di? Whea Big DisapetrI iog Cans Burst. | TEN STILL MISSING Two Heavy I Uiimnn Mxplodod at | Hiwh at th?? ailing of tico at Monroe. \ a.? j Disaster Witnessed by Wives of b?>nl.ul l?l' till' Men Killed. J IKIVTVi ? _ Eleven artillerymen are dead and a number of others seriously injured. including two officers, as the 'esu'lt of the blowing out of a breech folock in a twelve-inch shore gun at the l>e Russy battery at Fort Monroe, Va.f during the coast artillery practice there Thursday. The accident happened while student officers were endeavoring to a fleet of towed targets, representing an imaginary hostile fleet proceeding toward Washington. The battery was under the immediate control of Seargent Harry Hess of the Sixty-Niuith company, U. S. -coast artillery. The known dead are: SEARGENT HARRY G. HESS, of Phoebus, Va., gun commander. CORPORAL CHARLES O. AOKINS. address unknown, gun point- ^ er. CORPORAL ALBERT BRAD- , FORD, Dorothy. Va. PRIVATES A. i. SULLIVAN, of Perkins, Ky., ROYAL DUFFY of , Keuova, W. Va.; M. A. ADEY, Bran- , donvllie, W. Va.; C. W. KING, of Dayton, Ohio; JOHN W. CHADWICK of Tuxewell. Tenn.; ALFRED W. SMITH of New York; JUDD K. , HOC*AN of Greyer, Ohio, and JAMES ; If. TURNER of Ripley. Tenu. One private was blown into Ches- < a peak e Ray with ttie breech block, i Rieut. Van Dusen sustained a bro- i ken leg and l.ieut. Ilawes was in- j jured about the face. I Many prouiftient oflTicers of the i army and navy, who went to Hanip- < ton Roads to witness what was ex- | pec ted to be the greatest practice of < this character that had been at- t tempted anywhere, saw the accident. It was the more horrible for the reason that wives and children of several bf the men killed, no danger i ^ havieig been anticipated, were permitted to see the target practice. A number of them witnessed the accident. De Russy battery, where the explo- i Bison took place, was located in ( about the middle of the fort and \ was equipped with three twelve-inch ' \ disappearing rifles. It was named \ after Rrig. Cien. (J. A. DeRussy, who s served with distinction in the civil ] war, and died in 1891. s The battery was manned by the t entire enlisted strength of the Sixty- ,, . ninth company, which was about I or? v 1 j men, distributed among the three t. J rifles. A bout i 2 men were in each v / tiring squad and were stationed upon |j life im placement of the guns, s the others beiii/j below in the mag- j a 7. i ties. Which of the t.hroe guns exploded wni)i ipiiiirioil tmt nllieerx of the roast artillery say that the heavy death list indicate I that the explosion look place after the gun h ?*l disappeared and was in a reclining position in the pit. They point out that had it exploded w.liile the gun it iras up, the damage would have heen e i-cnpai'ati vely slight. JOxplosions y of the latter character have occurred d before in the coast artillery, tint nev- o er with such disastrous results. il A report to the war department o says eight nieu were killed, two la- u tally injured and two others slightly s] injured, Thursday at t.he beginning w of the coast artillery battle practice ci at l"'ort Momoe V.<. n ? ^ a M.AM MS IIAUINU. u ? h Oiliccrs of Steamer Dolphin Tell of (heat OnnJlagcntion. flllipern rif the s! i>.'i m*?i* Jlohiliiii f* which arrived from Skagway, Alaska.. at Seattle, Wash., Friday, tell of tremendous forest fires, a hundred square miles in extent, which they a: judged to he twenty-five miles in n whore from the Straight of Georgia, w north of Howe sound. "This was i s< the biggest forest fire J have ever p seen,'" said First Officer Deneen. "We M were nearest to it on Wednesday of- o ternoon. The air was perfectly still ti and tremendous clouds of smoke o, rose in the form of a cauliflower, ii narrow at the base and gradually e: spreading all over the heavens. Along r< .the .horizon was a broad streak of a flames. <1 judged the flanmes to he tl several h^mlred feet high." u . - Tk > . ; V Damages 1?y Forest Fires. ir General rep . i ts from all parts of i Ht British Colufbla confirmed by dispatched to Premier MeDride, Latin Minister lOliison and other officials at the capita!, place the aggregate loss the present week by forest fires at u*t less than $ 1.000.000, with ful- G ly half million more v.MI bo lest in a enforced suspension of affected di industries. h< DEPUTIES KILL XEUKOES. Resisted Arrest and tlie Shooting Iicgun.?Two Wounded. Five negroes were killed and two others were mortally wounded on Thursday, when the seven, taking issue with Deputy Sheriff Sid Cauley, at Elliott, Miss., who was endeavoring to take them into custody on a minor charge, advanced on the ollicer with farmlnig implements as weapons and with the avowed intention of "cutting him down." Carrying a warrant charging the . %r, \i-!t h assault, Cauley and two ? Kiiiens deputized to assist him, went to t.he home of Henry Heck, a colored farmer, near Elliott Thursday afternoon. As the posse approched the 11 oavnnc poasnH thplr u-nrk tn the field and, grabbing pitchforks, and other farming tools, made for the deputy, CauJey, however, opened lire with two revolvers before the belligerents came within striking distance and, before the others of the posse .had regained their wits, five of the attacking party were dead and the remainder wounded. The deouty surrendered, but was released to appear for formal hearing. Several days ago an attempt was made to effect the canture of the negroes, but the arresting officer withdrew when they employed similar I tactics to those of Thursday. THItHK CHILI>liE\ Ht'JtXK!). Locks Her Children in House Willi Fata! ltesiilts. A negro dwelling on tho plantation of Mr. J. E. Privett, in the iiack Swamp section, about six miles north of Florence, was destroyed by lire about 10 o'clock Monday night, in whic.h three children lost their lives and another was so badly burnid that it will probably die. Mitt Kely, the mother of the children, locked them up in her house and went to church, leaving them i*n the charge of the oldest girl, about 8 years old. Not long after the woman left, the house was seen to be r?n fire and assistance was given. >*iit betore anytnvng coma be none Hie three children were roasted | ;ilive. The oldest child managed to get out of the house and being frightened, ran to a neighbor for assistance, forgetting about the other four in the house, one of which escaped, after considerable effort, in t horribly burned condition. TMNMMKNT 1?'IKK. ?. Itoy Missing and JiOO People Driven Out by Flumes. One person was killed, another is nissing and three hundred tenement Iwellers were driven from their ior .es in a panic, as the result of a j ire which early Thursday at New fork burned out the three upper lories of an eleven story factory inilding at Lewis and Rivington j treets, near the Manhattan end of! he Williamsburg bridge. The dead j nan was Parrish lOged, a watchman, j vhose burned body was found on he sixth floor where he had fallen k hile trying to escape. An unnamed ; >oy, who was given permission to! pend the night on the roof, is beieved to have perished. ( IIOY 1U.I01) TO DMATir. + tingaree Shoots limbed Spine Into His Neck. At West Palm Peach, Kla., death i an almost unheard of form wait(1 for Laurence S. Maker, an eleven ear old Jacksonville lad, w.hen he ived from a boat while swimming 1 ft' Lake Worth, A stingaree, a huge 1 at bodied gruesome specimen 1 f salt water fish, was lurking just ' nder the boat. One of the barbed 1 l>ines which this fish carries on its hip-like tail pierced the hoy's neck, ntting into the jugular vein. lie ^ use to the surface crying for help ' ltd hied to deat.h within four mill- * tes after his companions had lifted ' im from the water. I WOMION TYPIST NOT WANTKIL J C overnment I'rel'ei-s .Men, Who Will j Obey Orders. Women stenographers apparently * re no longer wanted in the (lovernlent service. This announcement as made Wednesday at the civil invi/io e/\mmiu(.do n i n a n n i'f v ??t ti\ .? i M'VJ \/\ruiirii at in (in \ i i ' i i ut a stop to a. steadily increasing [ ( Ood of letters Prom women through- ' ut the country who seek infornia011 about an examination for sten- j 1 graphers to he had next Tuesday ' i all t,he State and Territories. Tnis xamination is for the purpose of Bcruiting oni.v men stenographers ml typistr, the demand f?r whom ' I le civil service commission has been . < liable to meet. Practically all the < arious departments of the Govern-{ < lent are seeking to replace women 1 enogrphers with men, on the plea i tat the latter are more amenable to iseipline. ? Many Cattle Lost. t A stampede of cattle at Columbus, v a., preparatory to being loaded oil ? river steam boat, resulted in the ) rowning of all but ten of the nuiu- c ar. 1 * I ALMOST A LYNCHING f WHITES MAN OHAllUICD WITH MISTit K ATI NO A CHILD. i Tlic Crowd Disagreed a? to Method of His Death, and the Sheriff hot the Fiend to Jail. | The lynching of a white man, Thomas Yarboroir?h, was prevented in the Silver Si reel section of Newberry county early Wednesday morning only by disagreement among lite I crowd as to the manner of death at.d J probably the lack of a leader. YaThorough is charged with ail ! attempted criminal assault on a V: year-old white child on .inly 'i. iJie matter did not becrnie public until Wednesday night, and then it is Siiid through a letter which the wife of Yarborough wrote to the mother of the c.hild, which led to an investigation. Some of the crowd which gathered during the early hours of the morning wanted to swing Yarborough to a limb, riddle his body with bullets and then cut him down and let his body be carried away by the river. Others favored other modes of sending him to the great beyond. Magistrate Hendrix got in communication with Sheriff Bufard, and th-3 sheriff with his deputy. Pope Buford, was on the road within fifteen minutes after receiving the message and carried Yarborough to the Newberry jail. Acting on advices received as to the feeling of the community, Sheriff Buford got in communication with the governor's office and it was decided tVat it would be best to take " Yarborough to the State penitentiary for safekeeping, and, this will be done. Yarborough is between fifty and sixty years of age, and has .bis third wife. The crime is alleged to have happened near Yarborough's home. ; in a secluded path. Yarborough was formerly ai\ operative in the Mollohon mill. fie has been living for some time on the Spearman place, near Silver Street. He claims that the charge is a result of spite work. ' WHITE! F1KNI) WAXTKI). lie Is Charged With Assaulting a Young Girl. ^ Charged with criminally as?an 11ir.g Irene Fratus, the twelve-year-old adopted daughter of John Bastard and wife, Paul Combell, a white man of prominent family, is surrounded in the Pine woods, north of Wave- land, rear Biloxi, Miss., by a posse of citizens of Hay St. I^onis, who are bent on Combell's capture, and may lynch him if their search is success- ? fill. Darius Combell, brother of the hunted man, promised to deliver 1 Combell to Uie posse if they would agree to protect him from violence. .s Leaders of the posse agreed, but lat- 1 cr Combell had no. been delivered, g Idle crime which Combell is a!leg- . 1 fid to have committed occurred a f month ago, but not until Thursday o ilid the child inform her fester par- t finis of what is alleged to have occurred. Hearing of her confession, v Combell, it is said, fled to the for- f )StS. \ LIGHTNING STICK IIS AI USUI P. While Flying Along High Cp Willi \ One .Man Abourd. While lie was taking a cross counry (light Wednesday, near Barcoloi.n i ..:.. ..... i.M. ,i . (1 I 0|Utlll, AVIUIUI I'JlI I Illil II II J> clUI II- | ilane was struct by lightning ami . ? foil blazing to the ground. The ' ^ iviator escaped uninjured, which is j (,{ "ogarded as almost miraculous. I 1,1 There has never been a more start- If, ing aerinO exhibition than that ' \hich Khrmann's unwillingly afford- n *d an?l those who witnessed it could ( -1 lardly believe their eyes when the , urman emerged from the singed ! a Taniework, none the ?/orse for his , ? sxporience. KhrmaiMi was sailing H ilong at a moderate height when he <ot in the path of a sky bolt. In- J itantly the aeroplane was enveloped II flames, its canvas winds shrivel- VN ?d up and clinging to the skeleton of lis craft. Hrhiminn came down with i thud. s Shot His Man. Asked to return a borrowed pistol, 1 inn]) 1011 ison, returning at day light, drunk, from drinking and gambling y ill night. Monday shot and killed (, Win .Moore, in Newberry County, ;l near the i-aurcns county line. Both parties are negroes. U t? Dispute lOuds Sadly. $ Following a dispute relative c< la .a .,..t I I......... < I' la a . a ? .1 I ? . a Ii?- n*"ll,lllllv;ll I \fl .'1IJS 1 <1 I III I . > frfl % V*, II Mis Mi'own, a prominent young s >- s< id., man of Oxford, \. C., on Mon- 11 lay shot and dangerously wounded tl lis step mother, .Mrs .J. S. Brown, B )nd then blew out his own brains. T Siteeiiinh.s to Pellagra. t! At Columbia, Allen C. Wyse, aged wenty-nlne, a graduate of the University of South Carolina in 1901, ulitor of the Southern Furniture iourn*a) of High Point, N. C., died In arly Wednesday morning at the Co- M umbia hospital of Pellagra. J. CI fSSIFIEU COLUMN | W outed?To buy Hides, Wool, tiee? wax, Tallow, etc. Write for prices Crawford & Co., 508-010 Reynold Street, Augusta, Ga. I want 50 principals for rural and village schools and 00 young ladies for grade and rural positions now open. Act immediately. Wr, H. Jones, Columbia, S. C. Hoys and Girls?Sell 12 pkgs Blueing and 12 pkgs. Court Plaster for 10c, each and receive catcher's mitt and ball, camera or doll froe. >VIIH* tuim.v. v>u., Dept. 21, San Pierre, Ind. Wanted?To sell 'heap, scholarship for either single or combined course in the Carolinas' leading business college. For full information write Southern Employment Agency, Winston-Salem, N. C., Hox 509. Excellent, country 1n>ui<1 in the Land of the Sky at iModford Farm, one mile from Clyde, N. C. Good table, comfortable rooms, invigorating climate, fine spring water, good roads, conveyances furnished. $25 per mo-nth. H. C. Medford, Clyde, X. C. Wanted?Hardwoods, logs and luiu ber. We are cash buyers of poj lar, cedar and walnut logs. Alt* want poplar, ash, Cottonwood, cy press and oak lumber. Inspectio' at your point. Easy cutting. Writ* us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co Augusta. Ga. SUMMER RESORTS .YItlielwold Hotel?Sixty rooms. Private baths. All conveniences. New management. All outside rooms. The place to spend the summer. Address Athelwold, Hrevard, N. C. Summer Hoarders Wanted?Rates $7.0# to $8.00 per week. No consumptives taken. Mrs. Wade Harrison, McAlpia House, Saluda, N. C. Itlue Height* Hotel?Opened June 15; hot and cold baths, and lighted with acetylene gas; rates reasnnti Mil ' mi v 1 / ?n > t 5 i\11 (i i o 1 a Icn I ?/iV/ | wiit i uv/ii v iat u , a iov? summer homes for sale. D. \V. Johnson, Prop., Mountain City, Ga. Haplchiirst, on Hie Asheville a-ii Lake Toxaway railrdad. Thre* hundred f-'et from station. Mod ern Conveniences. Xo consumptives taken. A. L. & L. E. Daven port, Horse Shoe, N. C. Cedar Grove Farm. DUROC-JERSEYS forth Carolina's Cherry Ketl Swine. Entire lot of 50 pigs for July deivery sold except a few boar pigs. Have IS sows to farrow July and Uigust. We will hook orders for 00 pigs, Sept. and Oct. delibery and uarantee satisfaction or money back, 'rice, pay now, $8.50 each, or $25 or three. If you wish the best type f Durocs, buy pigs from these Wesern bred sows. Single Comb R. I. Red Eggs always on hand, from uniform fowis, ancy strains of the breed. V. A. THICKEN, COXETOE, N. C. HI \(i TO A LIiMIL ind Riddled With ll'illets for Attacking Ladies. Ending y. tvso days pursuit, a mob uring las', night took Evan Rob..a _ .. i? ^ n . a . i i _ \ t r lis, a negro, troin i;t)risiame u. v. Gggs, in a lower part of S.vlvanio r?unty, (la., strung the negro up to "so 11 nib of an oak tree anVl poured I least 500 bullets into his body, he negro attacked two white woion who were driving along a lone* road Saturday afternoon in a bug-i y. The horse became frightened nd ran awav and took the women nt of danger, though the negro purned them with a pistol. Constable iggs captured Roberts and hid him *om the mob for twelve hour,0 hort work was made of the negr. hen his hiding place was found. SOLDI MR SHOOTS NHOItO. hooting Ascribed to Strong Racial i l?Ve)ing' That Had Developed. The authorities at Fori Mver, lieai t'ushington, are aiding the Washing> 11 police in an effort to apprehend soldier, presitmably of the post, ho Monday night shct ti negro on tic bridge leading front Georgetown [> the fort. The negro, Win. I) niith, is in the hospital in a dying audition. Appnrenatly the ntack ?v/v? t 1? /\ n %? 0 o n 11 1kl?A\.'i\l/ A/1 T l\/\ JIWH til*' rm U >Y <1 O I I I I j r I W T \ / 1\ V M. I . 1 \ rtldier, who was unknown to the egroe's two companions, first struck te victim with his tist and then red nnon him as he lay prostrate, hen the soldier tied. The shooting ; ascribed to strong racial feeling tat has developed among some of te soldiers at t.he fort. Knil'e Draws Lightning. Alt electric current attracted by a trge butcher knife in the hands of1 rs. Joseph Hhar. of Princeton, N.J , rendered the wontau unconscious. MAY HAVK IJKKN Ml'ItDER. I'wulliir ApiKvaruiH'e of Corpne 2>o*(is Coroner to Hold Inquewt. Because of suspicious cirounietances BurrounclInK the death of B. A. ' Jackson, a farmer of Cedar CreeK ' township, near r'a vclteville, X. C., i - , , * ... X, A!. reporieu ?c> uie uorouoi since me ' event, July 10. a coroner's Inquest was held Tuesday in order to ascT" tain the nature of Jackson's death. ' j Evideuce was produced that Jackson . seven months ago married a widow, ' Parker, whose children strenously objected to the marriage; that ?>m? Burduco Li The Great Sou ?FOR LIVER TF Biliousness, Constipation, Dyspepsi Jaundice, Nervous and Sick Headac and all Stomach Diseases. Teaches the Lr Clears the ( Sold Everywhere Has since 1894 given "Thorough instn influences at the lowest possible cost RESULT: It is to-day with its faculty its student body of 400, and its plant wo THE I E A DING TRAINING SCHCX $15? pays all charges for the year, inclu heat, laundry, medical attention* physios except music and elocution. For catah BLACKSTONE FEMALE INST IAS. rAlSllSION .Ir M A THOS. R. REEVES, B. J jUQUORand DRUGlJlHHHM| HABITJ N mnJ IEJV SELECTED N E RVO U CAS ES ^ THMnwgt "ON THB CIA ORANGEBURI oi:AN(.ioitr?ui, so in Expenses are less here than at i services o lie red are equal to the very at actual cost Let us convince ye for you. Write fcr catalogue and while you think of it! Address: PRESIDENT yy. E t IT llroiighton Street ?*J*tS!!!CArroM,\ \\T 1 l? vv oria s Greatest Internal Knd External Pain IllZlluiaiill Remedy I Foi^Rheumatiam, Sciatica, Lame Back, Still joints ana iviu scies, sore I hroaK Isolds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts. Bruises, Colic, Cramps, Tooth* ache and all Nerve, Bone and Murtle Aches and Pains. The genuine has Noah's Ark on every package. 25c., 50c. and $1.00 by all deal* ers in medicine everywhere. Samp.e bu , mil frem Naak RtaWy Cs., Riduaoad, Vi*?d Bastsa, Mass. K- wwmrnm. will force water to kit anywhere about the p hard water, and have or attic tank to freeze i Columbia Supply / . ? ?. Q rover Parker, who recently W1 csped from the county ?haii><?ttng made threats against his stepfather, who died suddenly, without .apparent cause, last Sunday during the presence at home of Hiiother stepson, who left immediately thereafter. Suspicions of foul play were aroused by the peculiar appearance of the corpse. Child Drowned in Tub. Hr-4 I Best, twenty-one month's old v/as drowned in a water tub at his parents home Tuesday The child was playing about the tub anl ' , st . r.' tr* i ver rowaer thern Remedy ALL = DOUBLES a, L oss of Appetite, Indigestion, he, Coated 1 ongue, Bad Breath, /er to Act and Complexion 25 cents 1 I I I I nuff iib Jk> ?b??? ^fjT|7|7|B 7T7I fi I i|I J| ^InilMMVlllll' l I i I^lS jction under positively Christian . ft f of 32, n hoarding patronage sf 328, rth $140,000 OL FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA ding table hoard, room .lights, steam il culture, and tuition i n allsuhjeets >gue and application blank address, 'ITUTE, Blackstone, Va. ^ jAssociate Principals. NiMH ? ujcd in HH 9 treatment of Alcoholisms jCSSS -WHISKEY mm*X P9 DRUGS Redact^ HHBH Gradoil^l |COLLEGE I'H CAROLINA. ioy other sc4iool in the land. Th? best. Bodi'tl on me CLUB PLAN mi that our school is the school full information. Write right now ?. PETERSON Orangeburg, S. C. *??W <*W"? W^ V m.T *-* A ?CV?* Be prepared for an emergency by having a bottle of NOAH'S OOLIO RKMIOY on hand. More animals die from colic than all other non-contagious diseases combined. Nine out of every ten eases would have been cured If NOAH'S OOU'C R1W1PY h?il been given in time. It I1 TSBnRrr 1 on the tongue, *o pie that a woman oi |^\\ ^sS^5U^|wn| child can give It. If it 1 A 111 fails to cure, your! ffilnVLZjt SrnBftiHi money refunded. If your dealer cannot supply send 60c In I < [AT 1 "1^1 stamps and we wirl k Iff V a a bottle. Noahftdyk^kAAJLA|^ Remedy Co., Tno., lyi||T3|T3TT7jua Richmond, V?.|iilH|l|Mi|iHHl ?i 1 chen, bath room, laundry* barn, and lace. You may have both soft and It hot as well as cold. No elevated j or leak. ^ { Co. ' - Columbia, S. C.