Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

\ F. Q. Stacy, President. J. G. WARDLAW. Vice Presldon THE NATIUSAL BANK OF GAFFE! Capital Sjo.ooo.oo. WilIj buy county claims, receive deposit and make liberal k oans on approved paper 1). 0. Ross, Cashier. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 1(5, 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1900. 81.00 A YEAB. RUSSIA'S TURNED THEIR GUNS ON THE AMERICAN TfiOGPS [any of the Fourteenth Killed or Wounded Through a Terrible Mistake. ALLIES AGAIN ON HOVE 1 March Against I’cklag Resumed After a Three Days* Rest at Yung Tsuu. Are Meeting With Many Dlllieulties. Rioting In the Yang Tse Valley. 3,000 Native Converts Massacred. Chf. Foo, Aug. i), via Shanghai, Aug. 13.—A terrible mistake occurred at the taking of Yang Tsuu. The Russian ar tillery opened liro on the American troops. Before th<* mistake was discov- lered many American soldiers had been Killed or wounded by the Russian shells. The Fourteeuth took part in the at tack on the Chinese trenches. As the Chinese fled the regiment entered and occupied one of the Chinese positions. A Russian battery some distance off did not notice the movementand opened tiro on the fort and planted shells among the American troops. The Russians were quickly notified and ceased their lire. ALLIES ARE AGAIN MOVING. They Were to Resume the March to Peking Aug. lO. London, Aug. 13.—As the allies were to rest three days at Yang Tsuu, it is supposed that a further advance was begun Aug. 10, but no word has come through from Yang Tsuu since Aug. 8, on which date the Japanese commander, in a message to Tokto, said 20,000 Chi nese were confronting the allies. The Japanese losses at Pei Tsang, Aug. <>, were 300 killed and wounded. The Chi nese left 200 dead on the field. The object of Chinese diplomacy,- us it appears from the great effort being made in London and at the continental capi tabs, is to induce the powers to suspend the march of the relief expedition, but it has been without success in the case of any government. MAKING SLOW PROGRESS. Allied Forces Meet Many Dlllieulties On tin* Ko <d to Peking. Tien Tsin, Aug. (J,via Shanghai, Aug. 13.—The army advanced 12 miles today. Two reliable couriers who left Peking Aug. 1 arrived today at Tien Tsin. They Bay the empress dowager fed the for eigners for a few days. The former viceroy of Shan Tung, who is bitterly ami-foreign, has arrived with new troops, according to tluse couriers, and •planted two batteries on the wall near %© legations. The enemy began shell ing and opened a liereo ritio fire which was kept up for two days. The head of the missionary board,with a party,while trying to get provisions was killed. The army took Yang IV.tin t< lay. They .-uib red heavily. Thu American lots was small. BATTALION OF FIFTEENTH. It Has Arrived nt Nagasaki—Will Pro ceed to I'aku. Washington, Aug. 13.—The war de partment has rcci ived this dispatch from General Barry, dated Nagasaki, Aug. 13: "Transport Sumner arrived at this port Aug. 10. No casualties occurred. Health of the command is excellent. Will proceed to Taku on the Indiana.” The Sumner carried a battalion of the Fifteenth infantry. The Indiana also will take aboard siege guns and Maxim field guns, v^uich General Chaffee had requested and which General Mac Arthur eeut from Manila. It will take about three days for the Indiana to reach Taku. Lord Salisbury Accepts Waldersee. Berlin, Aug. 13.— Lord Salis bury’s reply to the kaiser’s proposal that Count Von Waldersee should bo ap pointed commander-in-chief was couched in most friendly terms. The German foreign offie r is not disposed to attach undue importance to the condition in sisted upon by England that the assent of the others concerned should also bo obtained, since all the powers save Franco have now given their formal con sent to Von Waldersee’s appointment. Kvldence of Double Dealing. Tien Tsin, Aug. 7, via Shanghai, Aug. 13.—Copies of imperial edicts have been discovered here instigating the people to destroy the foreigners. These edicts were issued Simultaneously with others In which the Chinese government promised to protect tho legations. JULY SHIPMENT OF PIG IRON. llettor Demand Is Expected In the Fu ture For the Product. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 13. — Tho southern iron committee’s rep.irt of shipments of pig iron fur tho month of July has been issned and makes the fol lowing showing: Total amount of pig iron shipped from Alabama and Tennessee, (57,632 tons; cast iron pijKJ, 6,775 tons; total 74-, 407 tons. From the Birmingham dis trict: pig iron, 38.390 tons; cast iron pipe, 1,8*7 tons; total, 40,277 tons. Ex ported from the entire territory, 10,798 tons of pig iron and 633 tons of cast iron From the Birmingham district alone there were cxi>orted 10,(500 tons of pig iron and 220 tons of cast iron pipe. For the same mouth last year pig iron ship ments from Alabama aud Tennessee were 137,782 tons; from the Birming ham district alone, 82,814 tons; export pig iron shipments were 15,424 tons aud export pipe shipments were 889 tous; pipe shipments from Alabama aud Ten nessee were 19,889 tous. In all proba bilities there will not be such another dull mouth in the southern iron busi ness in years. The marke t is thought to have found its bottom aud business will probably be more brisk hereafter. * Rioting 'n the Y’aitg Tse Y’allcy. Shanghai, Aug. 13.—Troubles have commenced in tho Yang Tse valley at Tantnug. Serious riots have taken place and tho telegraph statioy is re ported to have been destroyed by mem bers of the Kolavns society. Three Thousand Converts Slain. Berlin, Aug. 18—The Catholic paper Germania says it learns that, altogether, ten out of 50 missionaries in tho Vica- rata of southwest Pe Chi Li have been murdered aud that 8,000 converts have sutlered the same fati Sutro Mill to lie Reorganized. Columbia, S. O., Aug. 13.—The Sutro cotton mill of Yorkville, which recently •failed, is to be reorganized by a new company under the sumo name. Appli cation for a char! r has bef u filed. The capital stock will be iJiuO.OOO. Race* Declared 0(1’. Glenn Falls N. Y., Aug. 13.—Tho Grand circuit races today were declared oil until tomorrow on account ot ram. Croat Hoorn In Iron Expected. Pittsburg, Aug. 13.—A great boom to the export trade in iron aud steel products is expected to result from a meetiug which is to be held in New York on Thursday. The object of the meeting is to secure, if possible, a special export rate on these products by placing thorn on the same plane that grain occu pies. The meeting will be atteuded by leading iron aud steel producers of Pitts burg, the big comjianies and the loading railway traffic officials of the entire ter ritory of the Central Freight association. MANY NEW ENTERPRISES. Southern Progress as Noted During the Past Week. Chattanooga, Aug. 13.—The more important of the new industries reported by The Tradesman during the week ended Aug. 11 are the following: Box factories in Florida aud Texas; a biass foundry at Charlotte, N. O.; a can nery in Virginia; a $25,000 chair and table factory in North Georgia; a $160,- 000 cigar manufacturing company at Tampa, Fla.; coal mines in the Birming ham and Fairmont districts; a coffin fac tory in Atlanta; copper aud gold mines in the Dahlonega district; a cotton mill in South Carolina; a cottonseed oil mill in Georgia; a municipal electric light and waterworks plant at Wrightsvilli*, Ga.; a ferry company at Savannah; two fertilizer factories in Virginia; flouring mills in North Carolina, Texas aud Vir ginia; a $25,000 fruit evaporating plant at Pensacola; a harrow factory in Missis sippi; a coiled hoop factory in Florida; an ice factory at Columbus, Ga.; iron works in southwest Virginia; knitting rud yarn mills in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee; lumber mills in Florida, Mis sissippi and West Virginia; machine sh >ps in New Orleans; a branch packing house fur the Armours at Louisville; a roofing manufactory (rebuilt) in At- lan'a; a spoke and handle factory in Alabama; steelworks at Newport News; a sugar refinery at Tampa; a tannery iq Virginia; a telephone exchange at Ma con, Ga.; tobacco factories in Kentucky and North C.irolina. YELLOW FEVER IN HAVANA. It Is Generally Confined to tho New Section of the City. Havana, Aug. 13.—August opened with 35 cases of yellow fever in Havana. There are 59 cases in tho city now, four of the victims being Americans. There were 30 deaths from the fever during July. Up to Suuday the number of deaths this month was 11. Yellow fever cases this year have been principally confined to the locality just west of Cen tral park, known as the new city. Scarcely any cases have appeared in what has heretofore been known as the "yellow belt,” in the vicinity of the ar senal and wharves. This is accounted for by some observ ers by the fact that a great amount of sanitary work has been done in that part of the city this year and electrical disinfectants have been continually used there. INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS. Farasitc That Causes KlcphautlsH la Discovered In Mosquitos. Liverpool, Aug. 13.—Reports re ceived from Nigeria, where the scien tific expedition recently sent out by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, report that the parrsite that causes the elephantlsis is discovered in mosquitos. The leaders of the expedition believe that thp experiments that are now being carried on to stamp out malaria by pre venting mosijaito inoculation can be ap plied to elephantisis, which is so preva lent among natives of tropical countries. MINISTERS MUST BE SAVED, SAYS AOEE America’s Reply to the Latest Chinese Edict. SUBMITS TERMS OF PEACE Acting Secretary States That TJila Country Is Willing to Begin Negoti ations on Certain Conditions—He Follows Policy Already Outlined. Washington, Aug. 13.—The depart ment of state today made public tho re ply of the United State* government to Minister Wu’s communication, delivered on Suuday morning, notifying the de apartment of the appointment of Earl Li as plenipotentiary to negotiate with the powers. This reply was sent to Minis ter Wu Suuday afternoon, aud is as fol lows: "The government of the United States learned with satisfaction of the appoint ment of Sari Li Hung Ohang as envoy plenipotentiary to eonduct negotiations with the powers and will, on its part, enter upon such negotiations with a de sire to continue the friendly relations so long existing between the two countries. It is evident that there can be no general negotiations between China and the powers so long as the ministers of the powers and the persons under their pro tection remain in their present position* of restraint aud dangers and that the powers can not cease their efforts for the delivery of those persons, to which they are constrained by the highest consid eration of national honor, except nndef an arrangement adequate to accomplish a peaceable deliverance. "We are ready to enter into an agree ment between the powers and the Chi nese government for a cessation of hos tile demonstrations on condition that a sufficient body of the forces composing the relief expedition shall be permitted to cuter Peking unmolested to esoort tbs foreign ministers and residents back to Tien Tsin, this movement being pro vided aud secured by such arraugemertl and dispositions of troops as shall be considered satisfactory by the general* commanding the forces oomprising the relief expedition.” The text of this reply to the overtures communicated by Minister Wn was tel egraphed last night to the representa tives of the United States for commnni- cation to the governments of the poweri operating in the relief movement. Redemption of City Bonde, Birmingham, Ala., An£. 13.—At a meeting of the city council a resolution was adopted calling for tho redemption of certain outstanding 8 and 7 per cent bonds of the city. There are $30,000 of the 8 per cent bonds and $20,000 of the 7 p'.r cent bonds. They will be ex changed for 5 per cent bonds. Steiner Brothers, local bankers, took Birming ham’s. new issne of $269,000 of bonds, together with $50,000 of school and sani tary bonds. Hritlsh-American Union Formed. San Francisco, Aug. 18.—The Brit ish-American union has been formed iq this city. Its purpose is stated to be the furthering in every way of a better understanding between "both great branches of a common race.” It is hoped thus to afford a common rallying ground not only for the 50,000 British in Gall- forma, but for all those who recog nize tho mutual interests of the British | empire aud the United States. Death of Robert H. Hughe*. Paterson, N. J., Aug. 13.—Robert 3. Hughes, president of the Rogers Loco motive company, is dead at his home here. I>*afh was due to general debil ity. resulting from old age. IN FAVOR OF MENSING HEIRS, Laud Commissioner Hermann Decide* an Important Case. W arhington, Aug. 13. —Comrais-ionel Hermann, of the general land office, in tho homestead entry contest of John H. Mousing, for valuable land now witbig the corporate limits of Kansas City, but formerly an island in tho Missouri river, has decided in favor of the Mensing heirs, penu.tting their entry for all laud within the Mender boundary lines of th< island. The laud is ordered td bfe re-lotted for this purpose. The remainder of th* island, us it now exists, consisting of tho accretions, will be ro-offored for public entry. The land has an appraisal value of $1,000 an acre and 131 acres were li dispute. « Mousing settled on aud cultivated tk t island in 1858 and for years bad sought to secure the island us a bona fide actual settler under tho general laud laws. Zionist Congress Meets. London, Aug. 13.—The fourth Zionisi congress was opened today with 500 del egates present. After organizing Pro fessor Max Nordau gave an appalling ac count of persecution in Roumania, ami paid a tribute to Emperor William of Germany for his attitude toward tb* Jews of Pomerania aud East Prussia. In the Hands of a Receiver. Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 13.—Atth* instance of the stockholders of the Gold Hill Copper company, Judge Siraontoq has appointed Captain W. Murdoch Wi- ley receiver of the company. The sher iff is enjoined from executing any ol the judgments obtained against the com pany. Unveiling of the Vance Statue. Raleigh, Ang. 13.—Mias Espy Vanoe, daughter of the late David M. Vance, aud granddaughter of North Carolina’* great war governor, will unveil th* Vance statue here August 22. She i( now at Alexauders-on-the-Broad, but her home is in Louisiana. Judge Reagan Will Retire. Dallas, Ang. 18.—Judge John H, Reagan, chairman of the Texas state railway commission and the only surviv ing member of Jefferson Davis’ confed erate cabinet, announces that he will resign next Janoarv aud retire perma nently from public life, Lynching In MlasiMlppl, Corinth, Mies., Ang. 18.—Jaok Bette, a negro, was lynched here at 9 o’clock this morning. He committed a rape on a 10-year-old white girl in the ooonty Sunday morning. A mob took him from jail and hanged him to a telegraph poll on the public square. Hardware Company Assigns. Memphis, Aug. J8.—The Langstaff Hardware company made an assignment this morning, appointing 0. W. Grif fith assignee. The scheduled liabilities are $80,000. It is understood the con cern will be able to meet obligations dollar for dollar. Klpst Rqle Sold gt |5 CeqU.flm Fitzgerald, Ga., Aug. 18.—Fitzger ald received her first bale of cotton 8at« or day. It was raised by Ross Wilson and brought 15 ceuts per pound, Irwin oouuty will raise fully 5,000 bales this year, and, from reports, 4,000 will be marketed here. _ Gold For K a rope. New York, Aug. 13.—Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co. will ship $500,000 of gold to Europe tomorrow. Baring, Ma- goun Sc Go. have ordeml $J,500,Q')0 gold for ex]K>Ft from the assay office to be shipped on Wednesday to Loudon. SHOT TO DEATH BY NEGROES Two White Men Killed and Anothel Mortally Wounded. Sylvania, Ga., Aug. 18.—News ha* reached here of a race war in the nppel part of this county, which, though al ready serious, threatens to grow worse. While R. F. Herrington aud Milton Mears, two white men, were driving in a buggy Saturday night, they met two negroes, named Alexander, and in pass ing their buggy wheels collided. Words ensued and the negroes drew pistols and shot the white men to death. Captain Jesse T. Wade, living near, organized a party and went to capture the negroes. As he reached their house he was shot three times and will prob ably die. One wound is in the head aud oue in the groin. Tho negroes, to what number is not known, are quartered on the plantations bordering the Savannah river swamps. It is claimed they are planning to resist arrest and their number is being in creased. In the section where the trag edy occurred there are only about 25 white families aud 100 negroes. Sheriff Thompson left Sylvania with a well armed posse to capture the ne groes. MAKING READY FOR PRIMARY Sooth Carolina Campaign Is Drawing to a Close. Columbia, S. O., Aug. 13.—With the primary election only ten days off, tho time of the state and county committees is taken up with preparations for the election. The last campaign meeting will bo held in Columbia, and it is expected to be a spicy one as all the candidates will fire their last gons and retnrb to their varions homes to wait the resalt of the election. There has been little material change in the standing of the gnberugtorial as pirants during the past week. It looks as though Hoyt nas made some gains in the npoonntry, : where he is beyond question the strongest man. McSweeney and Gary are about hold ing their own, but the other two candi dates—Patterson aud Whitman—have accomplished nothing. It is a foregone conclusion that the real fight is between Hoyt, Gary and McSweeney, bat no one is reckles* enough to attempt to pick the winner. DELEGATES ARE ARRIVING. Attendance at the Anti-Imperialist Convention Promises to Be Large. Indianapolis, Aug. 13. — Delegates aud visitors to the anti-imperialist con ventions which are to meet here this week are arriving today. The number is not great, bat it is believed that more will come in tomorrow. The first arrival of the national party is Robert A. Wide- wau of New York. The hope of the promoters of the national party is to form a coalition with the Anti-Imperial ist league, either formally or in effect. Mr. Wideman says there are three courses open to the anti-imperialists, namely: "To nominate a third ticket; to in dorse Bryau, or to do neither and merely work to defeat McKinley.” He says that Bryan is regarded by anti-imperialists as the less dangerous of the old party candidates. Politics Iq Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 13.—It will not be necessary for a very active cam paign to be made in Alabama for the coining national election. Alabama in a Democratic state, beyond all chance, and Bryan and Stevenson will secure the electoral vote of the state by a largo majority. Tho electoral ticket for th* Democratic party has been announced by Ubairman Smith of the Democratic campaign committee. Dividend of 5 Per Cent. New York, Aug. 13.—The director* of tho Rio Grande Western Railway company have declared a cash dividend of 5 per cent on its common stock, pay able Sept. 1. The last dividend on this Stock was Sept, 30, 1899, when \ pel pent was paid on the preferred stock of the company, Professor Keller Dead. San Francisco, Ang. 13.—Professor James E. Keller, the eminent astrono mer, is dead in this oity. He was a na tive of Illinois. His Life Was Saved. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen of Hannibald, Mo., lately had a won derful deliverenoo from a frightful death. In telling of it he says: "I was taken with Typhoid Fever that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs be came hardened. I was so weak I couldn’t even set up in bed. Noth ing helped me. I expected to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King’s New Discovery. One bottle gave me great relief. I con tinued to use it, and now am well and strong. I can’t say too much in its praise.” This marvelous medi cine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug Co.’s Drugstore. Every bot tle guaranteed. Unless a Christian’s walk corres ponds with his talk, the less be has to say the better. Chinese are dangerous enemies, for they are treacherous. That’s why all counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve aie dangerous. They look like DeWitt’s, but instead of the all-heal ing witch hazel they all contain ingredients liable to irriate the akin and cause blood poising. For piles, injuries and skin disease* use the or iginal and genuine DeWitt’e Witch Hazel Salve. Cherokee Drug Co. One-quarter of all the people born die before mix yeuru, and one-half be fore sixteen. SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM IH HEW JERSEY Great Damage Is Done by Wind and Lightning. TWELVE DIE IN A WRECK ; It will surprise you to experience ! the benefit obtained by using the dainty and famous little pills known as DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. Cherokee Drug Co. Forty Others Wounded, 15 of Wham Were Seriously Injured—Bud Been to Rome to Attend King Humbert’s Funeral—Kxplosloa Kills Three. New York, Aug. 13.—Latest reports of tho electrical storm which passed over this section Suuday show that the havoc wrought by the lightning and wind was unusually severe. Lightning struck the Gilscy House, split one of the flagpoles aud shook the hotel to its very fouudatiou. The great gilt baM and a 12 foot piece pf the pole fell into Twenty- ninth street. Another - section of the pole struck the street on the Broadway side. It weighed more than 300 pounds. E. Benner, a boy, was instantly killed by lightning during the storm while standing in the doorway of Benjamin Bros. ’ bathing pavilion on the shore of Great Sqpth Shore Bay, L. I. Thomas Dunn, 16 years-of age, was killed by lightning as be stood beneath a giant eak tree, where he had sought shelter from the storm near Jamaica, L. L In Jersey City the gale tore off 40 feet of the roof of St. Paul's German Evan gelical Lutheran church aud knocked down part of the rear walk A trolley car of the North Jersey Street Railroad company was struck by lightning in Orange, N. J., and tho car was enveloped in flames. In the rush to escape five persons were injured, two of them seriously. At Elizabeth lightning struck a tank in the oil yards on Front street and a big blaze resulted. At Haokeuaaok, N. J., the wiud stripped limbs from trees. A score of trees were bit by lightning and torn to E ieces. About 800 yards of the fence iclosing St. George's cricket grounds also are blown down and the gospel tent in a vacant lot was ripped into shreds and thrown across the street. The training quarters of Joe Bernstein, the pugilist, in this city was struck by lightning. Mrs. Bernstein was knocked nnoonscions by the bolt. When the lightning struck the house Bernstein aud Jimmy Michael, the cyclist, were punching the bag in a roam adjoining that of Mrs. Bernstein. The poaching apparatus was ruined by the lightning, but both Michael and Bernstein escaped injury. STORM ON LAKE MICHIGAN. Two Kxcurslon Steamers Battle With Breakers All Night. Chicago, Ang. 13.—Exciting expe riences during a storm on Lake Michi gan last night were reported by passen gers who, having started to cross from South Haven, Mich., were either com pelled to return to tho Michigan side or to fight the waves aud wind throughout the night. The steamer Darias Cole, carrying 2,00') seasick people, due here last night,* reached port at davbreak. She had heed driven 93 miles out of her course by thd storm aud the captain had much trouble in qnieting the panic stricken passengers who clamored to be landed on the shore anywhere so as to escape the watery grave which many of them believed awaited them and their boat. The steamer A B. Taylor, with 20 passengers, buttled with the waves for hoars and was in the end compelled to E at back to Michigan after having lost a fe boat in the storm. RUHLIN IS BADLY USED UP. Severe Hemorrhage Ite*ultfl From the Pii’tlshiuent He Received. New York, Aug. 11. —Gus Ruhliu, wh i was knocked out by Fitzsimmons 'asr eight, is at the home of Billy Mad- :i in Brooklyn, recovering from the .iumshmeut of the fight. For several hours after he received the knockout blow aud had beeu takeu to a Turkish bath house, his coudition was considered so serious that medical aid was summoned. The defeated mau’s frieuils were so much alarmed that they believed ho was knocked out for good. Ruhliu had violent hemorrhages iu the nose aud was bleeding from the ear. When tho doctor readied the patient, the latter was unconscious and only re gained his senses under the influence of powerful stimulants. A short time after Unhliii fell askop, but the attending phvsician rhunuht it best to remain with him for several hours. About 6 o cIock tuis moruing Ruhliu had .sufficiently recovered to be able to leave the baths aud the doctor accompa nied him to Madden’s homo. After an examination the physician declared that there were no internal in juries. i’iio blow which Ruhlin received in his head wdien he struck the stage at the knockout, together with the blow in the solar plexus aud the punishment he had received about the body was, the doctor declared, responsible for his condition. Fitzsimmons, meanwhile, was resting quietly at the Hotel Bartholdi aud while Ruhlin was suffering from his blows, the victor was ordering seltzer lem onades. BOERS ATTACK THE BRITISH Roberts Reports the Progress of the South African War. London, Aug. 11.—The war office to day received the following message from Lord Roberts at Pretoria: "Johannesburg reports that a patrol from the waterworks was attacked on Aug. 7. “Buller occupied Ameerspoort the eveuiug of Aug. 7. The enemy retired before his force about 6 miles before Ameerspoort was reached. The casual ties were 20 men wounded. "Buller was on the north bank of Reitspruit Aug. 9 on his way to Ermelo. "Randle arrested at Harrismith Oom- inaudaut Maris, three field cornets and 30 armed burghers and a British subject of Natal named Marais, a Boer spy, Erasmus, and a former member of the Free State iuUdligence bureau. "Hunter reports that 130 burghers, with upward of 1,000,000 rounds of am- nmuitiou surrendered Aug. 8, and Ang. 9 Clout, a member of the volksraad, was a prisoner with Hunter. "Kitchener engaged Dewet’s rear guard yesterday near Lindeqne, withiu hearing of Methuen’s guns, 6 miles northwest. ” TWELVE DEAD; 40 WOUNDED. Railroad Wreck Near Rome Results In Loss of Many Lives. Rome, Ang. 13.—The railroad acci dent, not far from this city last night, turns out to have been more serious than anticipated. It now appears that 12 pervous were killed and 40 wounded, of whom 15 are seriously injured. The disaster was caused by the tele scoping of two sections of a train on the railroad from Rome to Florence, bearing notable persons who had been attending the recent ceremonies her$. The engine of the first section became disabled and stopned and wm almost immediately •truck by the second •potion. The acci dent occurred about midnight and at a point about 12 miles froth this oity. When informed of the accident King Victor Emanuel aud Queen Helene went to the scene. The king and others of his party materially assisted in caring for the dead aud injured. They re entered the Quirinal at 6 o'clock in the morning. Demolished By Lightning. Atlanta, Ang. 13.—A holt of light- sing, a burnt-out generator and a de molished engine were the cause* that led to (he suspension of tr~fflo on the Unet of the Atlanta Railway and Power company Suuday afternoon for two hours and 80 minuten The aooident to the generator was caused by the bolt of lightning, while the engine was demol ished in a rein endeavor to handle the big crowd* that were on the street oars. Jumped From the Train. Fitzgerald, Ga , Ang. 13.—While the log train of the Fitzgerald Lumber company was going to the mill loaded with lumber, Will Daniel, a negro em ploye, became frightened at an imagin ary obstruction on the track aud leaped off a car of lumber. He fell, striking bis head against a log, causing instant death. His skull WM GTU»ed by tho m _ Three Killed By An Kxplosloa. New York. Aug. 13.—Three employe* in the New York Steam Heating com pany were killed this morning by the explosion of a 15-inoU nipe elbow. The are Frank Sherriok, of Jersey City, an G.-orgo Jenkins aud Edward Brown, a oj-to, of this city. Others seriously in jured were sent home. W. J. David, the ougiueer, was arrested. Dakota Elevator Burned. Buffalo, Aug. 13.—The Dakota Ele vator was burned today, entailing a lues ft proximaung $539,0001 TESTIMONY FOO THE PROSECUTION ALL HI B. W. Bradburn Was the Last Witness Galled. IN INTEREST OF GOOD ROADS Mus^incetlug to Devise Ways and Means • For Better Highways. Florence, Ala., Aug. 11.—A mass- meeting was held at the courthouse to discuss the question of good roads and the need of changes in the present system of working the public roads of Ijztiderdnle county. Two hundred and fifty delegates iiartieipated in the dis cussion and a lively time wehs bad over a resolution instructing the members of the general assembly from this county to secure permission for the county com missioners to issue hinds for $200,000 for the purpose of building a system of 160 miles of pike, The convention voted against the bond proposition and instead adopted a reso- IntiOn asking the representatives from Lauderdale to ask for a change in the road law, so as to allow the commission ers to appropriate $10,000 annually for the working of the roads. CONCLUSION OF THE TRIAL Powers Case Will Bo Given to the Jury Next Week. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 11.—When court convened today it was with the prospect that the rebuttal evidence for the prosecution in tho Powers case would be concluded some time daring the day. A persistent rumor that Yout- w*y might take the stand iu rebuttal was denied by people sufficiently close to him to make the denial semiofficial. W. F. Grayot produced the books of the state auditor iu response to a sub- poenae duces teoum to show what amount of the $100,Ow) reward appropriated by the legislature had been expei«t;d in the search for and prosecution of those ac cused of the crime. The record showed that in all $5,000 had been drawn. Held a Match to the Bunghole. Macon, Ang. 11.—Considerable ex citement was created on Cotton avenn« by a load explosion in Valentino’s sa loon. Charles Stubbs, who is employed at the place, belli a lighted match at the bunghole of a whisky barrel that was supposed to be empty. Immediately there was an explosion. The head of the barrel was blown some distance. Stubbs was slightly burned on tha faoe. Heavy Mortgage Executed. Knoxville, Aug. 11.—The West Vir ginia Iron and Coal company has ex ecuted a mortgage of $700,000 on certain parts of its property. The mortgage is to the Morton Trust company of New York. The company has closed all its plants at Max Meadows, Va., including the Horseshoe works aud iron furnace. Several hundred men are out of employ ment. Six Die From Poison. Clebuurne, Tex., Ang. 11.—AtBlnff- dale, an isolated place west of this city, 6 white boys went into a farmer’s water melon patch and ate many melons. The farmer had split the stems of some of the melons and inserted strychnine. All six of the boys died soon after. The community is greatly stirred np. Wife Shoots Her Husband. Watcboss, Ga., Ang, 11.—Jim Jones, a negro, got into a difficulty with his wife at Screven, north of the city, and in the melee the woman seized a Smith & Wesson pistol aud shot him. The ball strnok aim in the face, inflicting an Igly and dangerous wound. $4,000 REWARDS PAID OUT He Is a Member of the Commission and Denies That Any Contract Kxists With Golden, Noaket and Cultou. Rebuttal Kvldence Presented. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 13.—The sixth week of the Powers trial began this morning with a number of witnesses for the prosecution in rebuttal to be ex amined. B. W. Bradburn, a member of the rewards commission, was the first witness called .today. Bradburn testified that of the $5,000 drawn by the commissiouers out of the fund Appropriated by the legislature only about $4,000 had been expended and said that no money had beeu paid to any witness who had testified in the case aud that no agreement or contract existed between the reward commissioners and Wharton Golden, Robert Nooks, W. H. Cultou or anv other witness. James Walker, a negro, corroborated the testimony of J. W. Dougherty that John Perkins, a porter in Adjutant Gen eral Collier's office, had told him that the defense wanted him to testify that he (Perkins) had carried the orders to the troops at the arsenal (ytlling them oat, bat that he did not intend to testify to it, as it was not true. The prosecution offered in evidence snbpoenoes for several witnesses who, it was claimed by the defense in an affi davit at the beginning of the trial, as being in possession of information which would be of great benefit to the defend ant, the names of ex-Governor W. O. Bradley, ex-Secretary of State J. B. Matthews, ex-State Adjutant General Dixon and Hamp Howard being among them. They were present daring the trial, bnt were never called on tho wit ness stand and the prosecution wonted the fact to go to the jury. Youtzcqr to Be Tried Next. The defense objected and the court sustained the objeotion. The prosecn- tion announced that it would rest its re buttal testimony at this point and As sistant State Auditor Grayot was then called by the defense, whose cross exam ination of the witness in regard to the alleged peculation of W. H. Cultou while a olerS in the auditor’s office was not completed at Saturday’s examina tion. Grayot prodneed the additianal records asked for by the defense at that time. The prosecution insisted that if the defense was allowed to produce the vouchers and warrants in question upon which the defense alleges he stole $1,148, Oulton must be allowed to go on the stand in order to explain the transaction on his part. The oonrt ruled the evi dence out. Ex-Auditor Stone was then called. The oonrt ruled that Stone could not testify at this stage of the trial concern ing the matters upon which he was asked and the attorneys for the defense, accompanied by the prisoner, withdrew for a consultation. At the close of tae conference the court directed the sheriff to take the jury to Frankfort. Judge Oautrill then announced that as soon as the argument in this case is concluded and the case goes to the jurv the case of Henry E. Youtzey will be called. The sheriff was ordered to sum mon a special venire of jurors for the Youtzey case, RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. Grading the Andalusia and Flomaton. Central Extension. Geneva, Ala., Aug. 13.—It is reported that there are 1,000 men and 1,500 mule* at work on the grading of the Andalusia and Flomaton railroad from Andalusia to this place, that the bridge work is well np and that iron has been laid sev eral miles this side of Andalusia. The heaviest of the grading has been com pleted, and one contractor is at wo.k within 8 miles of town. With good weather it is now hoped that the road will be completed by Oct. 1. Track laying on the Central extension from Colombia will soon be completed. It is stated that a company has been formed for the construction of a road from St. Joe on the golf, via St. An drews bay, Chipley, Hartford, Dothan and on to Goodwater. REFUSED TO SIGN THE WRIT. Extradition of Neeley Held Up by Judge Lacombe Pending Appeal. New York, Aor- 18- — Judge La- oombe of the United States court today refused to sign the writ of extradition for Charles F. W. Neeley on account of the action of Jndge Wallace in granting an appeal to the supreme court in the habeas corpus proceedings, but indi cated that lie did not think Judge Wal lace understood the real situation of the case and he believed if it went fto the supreme oonrt in its present shape the application for a writ of habeas corpus would be denied. Strange Religious Sect. Elberton, Ga., Ang. 18.—At Royetou, not far from Elberton, a religions sec* are holding a series of services which for uniqueness and the strange surpasses anything ever known in this section. They are called holinees people, and claim to have been baptised in fire and burning lava. They olaim to have dyna mite and lyddite in their eonls. Ther hold all day services, dance nntil ex hausted, then exhort those present. They seem terribly In earnest and are attracting a great deal of attention. 9" Liverpool Wheat Imports. Liverpool, Ang. 13.—The imports at wheat into Liverpool last week were 44,000 quarters from Atlantic ports and 15,000 from other ports. The imports of corn from Atlantic ports last week wen* i 65,800 quarters. Will Close Saturday. London, Aug. 18.—The Stock Ex- i change here will bo closed Saturday, i Ang. 18, being one of the usual Hummer i holiday*.