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Vol. XIII. LANCASTER, S.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1904 No 47
HON. WM. C. WHITNEY DEAD
IN NEW YORK.
Ho Loved His Southern Home
and All Ilia Neigh horn
Loved Him.
Special to The State.
Aiken, Feb. 2. ?At 5.30 o'clock
this afternoon the startling news
of the death of lion. W. 0. Whit
^ ney was received here, ills death
is a sad blow to the city of Aiken,
where he has for several years
taken a prominent part in the
welfare of the city. He loved
Aiken and always spent as great
a portion of his winters here as
possible.
Here he owned as handsome a
country estate as can be found
anywhere in the land.
Ilere he established his fine
racing stables where many of his
prize w:nners were raised. lie
was known and respected as a
gentle, liberal gentleman, and
his death is deeply regretted.
Two weeks ago a fire occurred
at the residence of Mr. Thomas
Hitchcock, who is a neighbor of
Mr. Whitney. Mr. Whitney sent
over his fire apparatus and com
manded the efforts of his men in
person. The fire was extinguish
ed before the city department
- reached the scene. Mr. Whitney
received a wetting, but in his
energetic efforts to eubdue the
flumes lie did not regard his comQ
fort.
That afternoon he left for New
York upon one of his flying business
trips. He did not return as
noon as expected and it was explained
here that he was suffering
from a severe cold due to the
wetting ne received at the fire.
It was not thought here that his
condition was eerioue.
His house has been filled with
guests since his arrival during
the latter part of November.
Yesterday the news was received
that he had just been operated
upon for appendicitis.and that
his condition was serious.
Since then anxious inquiii-s
have been telegraphed to New
York hourly by the citizens and
the members of the winter colony.
At the Whitney residence were
several guests and hin stepdnugh
ter. Miss Randolph, This afternoon
the reports were more
alarming and at 3 o'clock Miss
Randolph and her guests left by
V. special train for Nov York.
Tonight Mr. Thomas Hitchcock
and many of Mr. Whitney's
northern friends left for New
^ Y ork.
W Mr. Whitney was a public
spirited citizen. He owned sev
eral thousand acres of line lands
hero which he converted into a
beautiful park with fine drives
and walks and which were al-j
ways kept open to all who cared'
to enter them. Nothing ho owned
was for himself alone. His
interests here amounted to several
thousand dollars.
This city has not been so moved
since the death of Mrs. Whitney,
who died in New York 15 months
after being injured by a fall from
her horse while following the
hounds at Aiken several winters
ago.
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Agreed to Disagree.
President Roosevelt and Sen- orator
Hannahave finally reached
an agreement regarding the cle
presidential situation. It is wi
satisfactory to both men and fri
can best be stated in the follow- of
ing terms : po
Senator Hanna is not a can- inj
didate, nor will he be. His to
friends are not to attempt to ex
work up any movement on his fri
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woiicvu ur secure aeiegate9 pr
pledged or even friendly to him. na
But he is not to bo required to T1
make any further public decla ca
rations that he is not a candi 111
date, nor is he required also to ue
declaro himself as favoring the lio
nomination of Roosevelt. Nor th
is he to be required to go ou stt
record as saying that ho will th
not bo a candidate under any soi
consideration. mi
Jj^^Vlulcs
before purchasing, by our Mr. J.
the entire lot to be just what we s;
filXt- SO PiUllO n Innrr nnu- if I'" 1' "'m
load. Wo also have sonio splendid
combination animals. Call and lc
whether you want to buy o'r not.
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Thanking you, one
^5 favors, I remain,
Yours,
| R. Ml
This arrangment is satisfact
y to Prosidont Roosevelt
nator Hanna made it ver
>ar in the conference, whicl
is brought about by rautua
ends, that lie was not infavo
instructed delegates. Hi
inted out the wisdom of hav
g men at the convention frei
do the best thing under tin
isting circumstances. Closi
ends of Mr. Hanna say tin
imo consideration is to nomi
te a man who can be olected
lere must bo a candidate win
n carry Now York, Indiana
inois, New Jersey and Con
cticut. At present it is be
ved Mr. Roosevelt can d<
i9. He is strong in thosi
ite9, but if it should develoj
at he cannot carry them, am
me other man can, the othe
in will get the nomination.
MULES!
Mules!
Wo have just received an
other carload of the fines
Mules ever brought to tlii
market. Every animal \va
carefully selected in person
C. Elliott, and we guarante
ly they are. They are goin
it to ho suited out of this cai
horses?saddlers, drivers an
it us show you what we have
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GREAT CONFLAUII ALTON IN
liAl.TItlOKE.
About Forty Millions of I'rop?
erly Destroyed.
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t Baltimore, Md., Fob, 7.?The
s most destructive conflagration in
s the history ol Baltimore occurred
i, today in the wholesale dry goods
o business (list rid, raging practicalg
ly unchecked during many hours.
completely destroying scores ol
(1 the largest business houses in the
>, wholesale district.
The fire broke out shortly before
11 o'clock this morning in
i, the wholesale dry goods store ol
John K. Hurst tfc (Jo.
~ in halt an hour a dozen big
ware houses in the wholesale dry
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|goods and notions district was
'hurtling fiercely. The entire citv
J fire department was called out,
i but was utterly powerless to
check the spread of the flumes,
which were aided by high winds,
and by noon there were savage
fires in at least thirty big ware
houses and the conflagration was
steadily eating its way into successive
blocks, east, north, west
and south.
Though every bit of fire fightling
apparatus in the city was
called into requisition, the ll irn?s
continued to spread. At I() i
o'clock six engines arrived Iroin ,
Ik W.ashing'oti and lour from I'hila
J delniiia l '.ii ii?i?? ii-i.m kit-i?i. >>-i
?jiii Baltimore, Howard, Annel
} Arunden and Hapten* counties
4 also joined in liid tint; the lla me*,
^ilt is romxhly estimated that there J
** were 350 hose .ill playing at one |
5 lime upon different parts of thej
(conflagration. I
i At 7 o'clock too situation wasl
4 so desperate that ( liiel llorton
J decided that the only tiling lett
11 to do was to dvnamite at threat^
ened points, and thus prevent, a<
Jj tar as possible, a further spread
I! of t he flames.
Ji But this heroic remedy did not
5 seriously impede the onward
| march of the conflagration, and
J tor two hours or more the tire
^ department stood practically
^ helpless and resourceless.
P| At 2 o'clock this morning,
0 the tiro is still raging fircely.
J!The posioffice bvilding is burn
| ing, also the $4,000,000 Court
^ Ilouso. The Ilolliday Stroet
^ Theatre has been blown up
1 with dynamite, and the United
' States Express ollices and cen'
tral ollices of tho Baltimore and
\ Ohio Railroad are burned.
P The entire staff of the Balti?
more Sun was transferred to
J.Washington at 11 o'clock to
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issued by the use of the plant
of the Evening Star.
At 2.40 when the fire reached
Jones Falls the wind changed,
driving the fire south, where
much inflammable material is
stored.
There have been changes in
the course of the fire since it
sinned at 11 o'clock. It first
took a northerly direction,
swreved northeasterly until
about 4 o'clock, and then struck
due east. The last change turns
it south.
LATER.
Washington, Feb. 8.?The
coast and geodetic survey of
the United States government
estimates that at noon today
one hundred and fifty acres of
magnificent buildings in Haiti
more had been burned. The
fire underwriters put the loss
to noon today at two hundred
million dollars, which is $10,0(10.000
orenter t.lmn tlmf
> r>~ v"lv" l",ul
caused by tlio terrible Chicago
lire of IsTl, and do not know
where the loss will now stop.
When the lire ends and the full
extent of the losses is known, it
is feared they will exceed $.'>00,.
000,000. The lire is still raging,
but it is believed to be
nearer control than at any time
since it began, although it will
be burning fiercely for many
hours yet. Thousands of people
are flocking from Washington
to Baltimore on all trains,
Jllld I'M 1 I l*< 1*1 . 1 < IW>?' unit
. .... I IIIM) OO ? 1 I I V. l\ I " I ^
for certain trains only and when
tlio train- am full refuse to soli
anv morn. One fireman so far
lias boon killod. That is the
only loss of life. Some tire insurance
companies are practically
ruined by the insurance
loss.
?Cotton is bringing about
I2.7"> here. Futures are more
than 11 cents lower than the
high of hist week.
?Mr. John T. Mackey, assistant
cashier in the bank here
iui srviTiii yi'ars pasc, lias accepted
tho position of cashiership
in the Commercial Savings
Bank & Trust Co., a banking
institution recently organized
in Camden with a capital of
$25,000. He will go down
some time this month. It is
not yet known who will succeed
Mr. Mackey here.
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