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ESTABLISH ED 16. NEWBER FTA B L I S H E D 1 8 6 5 .N E W B E R y , S . C , F R IA V ,$ 1 . 5 0 A Y E A R Tn TfrTnnv ~rfnrT,T_L- 2 ilD i1vaunri OYER THE STATE. TWO YOUNG MEN WERE KILLED AT HONEA PATH ON MONDAY. Four Children Killed, fhree Crushed by Trees and Chimneys In Aiken Coun ty-The Details. A severe wind storDt, accompanied by one of the heaviest rains in years, prevailed throughout South Caro lina Monday afternoon and night, being probably most severe in the north-western part. Honea Path was the place most di rectly in the path of the storm, and two youths were killed at that place. In Aiken two ,nildren were killed by falling trees and one by a falling chimney. In other parts of the State, though no fatalities are reported much minor damage including the destruction of buildings, was done by the wind. I)ETAILS OF IIONEA PATH TRAGEDY. The following is from The State: Honea Path, Feb. 17.-A severe storm, cycionic in its character, swept this town yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The damages as near as can be ascertained are as follows: The large two-story double brick store of Mr. W. A Shirley was en tirely destroyed and his stock of fur nishing goods badly damaged. Six young men on their way from school dsahed into this store to es cape the wind and rain. They had just reached one of the large double front doors when they saw the front wall was falling towards the street They made an effort to esrape from danger but four of them were buried beneath the wreck while two others rushed into the front door and took refuge in the inside cf the store. Earle McGee, son of Mr. W. J. McGee, and Bertie Austin, son of Mrs. Thomas Austin of Greenville county, were killed instantly and Edgar Donald, son of Mr. J. R Donald,' was seriously injured, both legs and arms being broktn and his spine injured. A. C. Stone, son of Mr. J. T. Stone, had one leg broken and sustained other injuries about the head and body. Immediately after the destruction of the building Mr. P. W. Sullivan who was standing at one of the win dows in the bank building only a short distance away, saw the hand of some one shaking. He promptly called for assistance and went to work to rescue the victims. In a few minutes the bodies of the unfor tunate young men were extracted and carried to nearby buildings. Medical assistance was summoned and every thing possible was done for the sufferers. The force of the storm was terrific and the building of Mr. Shirley was torn to atoms in almost a second. Large frames from the roof were blown hundreds of yards and brick were scattered in every direction. In addition to the above named building, several stores were unroofed, chimneys blown (down and trees up rooted. In a piece of woodland a short distance from here more than a hundred trees wvere felled. Parties returming home from town were carriedl many yards b)y the force of the winds. Telephone and telegraph wires are down andl communication with other points was impossible. The gra'Ad school had just closed its wvork for the day and it is a miracle that many of the children were not killed Many of them rushed into the Baptist church, al though two of t hem were carried across the field and hurled ag,ainst a tree. The damage to property here isI conniderable. Soeveral firms suffered1 damage to their stocks of goods b)y water, their storerooms being un roofed. The loss to property in the sur. rounding country is not very great, although many chimneys were blown down. Stock was killed and out buildings damaged. The Chiquola mill suf fod considerable damage, several of the tenant houses being demolished .uigut were uroseo out or Lne mill buildings and waste house blown down. E. B. Culberson, mail carrier on one of the free delivery routes, had a narrow escape from death. He had taken refuge in a covered bridge a few miles from here. He realized that the bridge would not stand the force of the storm and made an ef fort to get his team out, but before he could do so the structure gave way. His horse was killed and his buggy demolished. He saved him self by jumping into the open just as the bridge went down. ASRISTANCE FROM BELTON. The citizens of Belton, a nearby town, rendered valuable assistance, several coming down on the first train. Among them were two of the leading physicians, who very quickly offered their services to the fam ilies of the injured. The work of removing t. . e debris from the streets was at once under taken by Mayor Milford and in a few days the stores will be ready for business again. Many inquirie have been re ceived as to the safety of friends. It may be well to state that no one other than those mentioned above sustained any injuries. The condi tion of Edgar Donald is critical but. his chances of recovery are good un less blood poison developes. One leg will doubtless have to be amputated AT ANDERSON. Report from Anderson states that Ligon & Ledbetter's large wholesale grocery store and the Anderson Cash Grocery Store were unroofed. Tele phone and electric light wires were blown down and much other damage done. All communication by tele graph and telephone with the out side world was cut off. The Episcopal church at Calhoun Falls was totally destroyed. THREE KILLED IN AIKEN. Loss of life followed in the wake of the storm which passed over Aiken county Uonday night. Two children of Mr. Jas. Davis, who lives at Ergles Bridge about 12 miles from Aiken, were killed by a falling tree. At Lake View the roof of a t, men' house was blown off and tie family ran out and escaped without injury, but the child of Moses Dor kins, about 6 years old, was struck by the falling chimaey and killed. While the wind was very hard in Aiken no material damage was done. STORM IN SPARTANBURG, At Spartanburg the car barn of the Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Company was blown down. The electric companies, telephone, telegraph and street cars were shut down to protect the people from in. jury from trees falling on wires. No loss of life. BUILDiNos AT AIBBEv ILLE D)ESTROYED. At Abbeville the Methodist church at the cotton mill and the tan yard were blown down, both buildings be ing totally wrecked. Telephone poles, trees, shrubbery and chimneys fell with a velocity excaeded only by that of the rain. NEGRo lILLED AT LAURENs The wind and rain storm which passed over Laurens Monday after noon, according to reports, was widle spread and considerable damage was done in various sections. It strnek Laurens about 4 30 o'clock and for 10 minutes it was terrific. roes were uprooted1 ever)' where, t he pbiasterinug loosened in residences and more or less damage done to light outbuild. ings, kitchens, etc. TLhe telephone and electric light systen.sA probably suffered the greatsit dlam age. Po les were flattened1 right and left anxd the wires are dlown in' every direction. For several homts the servien of both were badly sitorrapltedl. On~ Wmn. Brown's pla1ce, two miles sont h, a cabin was blown dowvn and a negro child had its skull crus~hed anid a negro woman wasi inljuredl 1.3' falling timbers. TIhe child will prob)ably die. At Owinga' Station, I : miles northwest, Mr. J1no. Camipbel l's house .was wrecked and a negro bonse ou WVill Powers' place nearby was blown down, twvo miles above there SMr. Robert Stoddard's residence, a new building, was demolished. N one is reported to have been injured Last night the wind continued fu rions, and it was past midnight befor, many people slept comfortably. To day it is biting cold and extremel; disagreeable for outdoor work o travel. OTHER 'ARTS OF THE STATE. Reports from other parts of thi State indicate great wind and rair with damage to buildings and tele phone and telegraph poles and wires The great wonder seems to be thal greater loss of life was not sustained A Journalistic Feat. Newspapers are still talking of th( journalistic achievements of the latt Mr. Do Blowitz for 35 *years special correspondent of the London Times. His greatest feat was undoubtedly in securing for his paper the complete text of the Boer treaty in 1878 be fore it had left the conference room, or in fact had received the signature of the diplomats. Some ten years or more ago Mr. Do Blowitz wrote the story of the Berlin treaty "scoop" for the Century Magazine. It was a fasinating narrative, and is worth tecalling at lhis time. Mr. De Blowitz had been commis sioned by The Times to report the conference. He knew the diliculties he would have to encounter owing to the secrecy of the sessions and to Bismarck's well known antipathy to nowspiaper men. As a preliminary arrangement for the bat lie royal he proposed to wage with the wise men, Mr. Do Blowitz soeured as his aide a young, well connected Parisiam, disinherited and looking for a job. The young man was told to apply for a secretaryship to a diplomat who it was understood would be an am bassador to tlhe conference at Berlin. He was instructed by Mr. Do Blowitz that while he was to indulge in n1o gross betrayal of confidences, never theless he would be expected at the close of eatch day to give a faithful report of the progress of the confer once. Tt - plan, in the language of Mr. vitz, succeeded a merveille. "oung man secured the secre .1, anrd presumably served bot h hi, 'asters well. He was not skill ed in the art of newsgathering, how ever, and Mr. Do Blowitz often had to exercise his ingenuity in patching to gether the merest scraps of infor mation. For example, one evening the young fellow reported that a certain ambassador had made a speech which seemed to have created an awful row-lie didn't know wvhat the speech was or anything about it. Mr. D. Blowitz put on his good clothes and went to call on an inti mate friend of the man who had made the speech. Without directly asking for information, he0 inidenl~t ally observed that the amb)assador's speech wvas being severely criticised, etc., etc. The diplomat camne to the defense of his friend, and before lhe wvas through had practically told the context of the speech. The publication of the treaty, how. ever, wans Mr. Do Blowitz' master stroke. He learned that the treaty had boon given a certain ambassador for revision. He wont to the ambas sador and requested a copy, nne -j course was refused. Mr. D)eBlowitz persisted to thle point that the amnbas sador finally consented1 to read the treaty aloud. It was long aund1 com plicated, anid lhe (lid lot count on Mr. Do Blowit z beinig able to make any intelligent use of it. But he did not. count n th ni~ iewsp [I-Iper manr trained memnory. Mlr. De)Blowvitz had what lhe wamntIed, and the next miorn ing thle readlers of t he London Ti men were albe to read t he treaty-, wvhiich Mr. D)eBlowvitz had takoen the precau tion to send from Belgium instead of 13(erlinI. T1his nehievemeint of Mr. DeBlowit wais notOwo'rt hiy; buit "e ially note worthy wvould undi(oubhtedlhy be t hose, of manny minwapaper mon now living, if they ec>nld hei so told. To bie esuccessfulI sp'ci al co rrespondent. in hos' d ay's a iniam n ist be mtiv miinded(- - -h mi nust ait t he same t imti combine all the wisdom of thle diplo ma)11ist , thle finesse of the pract icat politicin, tIhe strategy of t he mii tary cormmrander, arid the hustle of thle newspaner mani. EXTRA SESSION OF SENATE PROBABLE A CRITICAL SITUATION NEAR THE CLOSI OF THE SESSION. r -- The Blockade Caused by the Statehood Bill-How the Trusts Rule Congress. Other Matters (News and Courier.) Washington, Feb. 19.-Special: Because of the Statehood blockade the Republican leaders are now pre paring for an extra session of the Senate and a proclamation by the President for such a session, is ex pected immediately at the close of the present session, unless the unex. pected happens and the Cuban and Panama Canal treaties are ratilied. However, an extra session of the Senate alone will create little interest outside of its action in ratifying the treaties, for no other legislation ib probable. The Senate, it is true, might go on and pass bills, which the House could take up next De cember, when it meets again, but none of the measures considered ly the Senate could bocome law for the present. But the disposition will be to consider the treaties solely and the meetings will he very largely execu tive. These executive sessions of the Senate always attract much interest locally, because of the many peculiar practices connected with them. In open session the Senate is a part of the legislativo branch. But when the silver electric bells in overy coml imittee room arid corridor at the north end of the Capitol ring four times, following it mtotion of some Senator for an exeeitive session, the Senate ceases to be part of the legis lative branch of the Governllmeut and becomes a part, of the executive branch. Spect aors are hustled out of the galleries iin droves, the doors are barred, that lead to the public chairs, down stit-irs the big white (louble doors swing to and uniformed Capitol policonet and other emnploy ees of the Sonitte guard against in trusion by way of the wide marble stairways. The Senate preserves with great punctiliousness its forms of secrecy as to the executive session, hut" ac coutts of what transpired appear with accuracy in the morning papers of the next day. The accounts have to come from the Senators them selves, but it is rare indeed that the correspondents, who have fri ends among the Senators, do not get the substance of everything of public in terest that transpires behind the doors. dtenographic rep)orts are made of all th-e say ings ini open ses sion and printed1 the followving morn ing verbatim, but official reports arec not made of the executive session. How THEi TraUJsTs RUIJi CoNORtESs. There has been a marked dlevelop menit this wvinter in the character of lobbying b)efore Congress. Hereto - fore a great many big interests have sent their men to Washington to look iafter interests, These men atre often politely called at torneys, but mn reatlity are mein trained in thle watys of promioting legislation orpr veniting legislat ion. ias the dlesires of t.he big corporatioiis might be. Some imtater mind has now or gatniz.ed t hose vast induistries and corp)orationis inito a (commnunity of in.. torest s, and( t he rail road(s, milies, ship mnterests anid thIie likhe are repre sented by) 01ne bulreaul, where bookns are kept anrd where thle wires itre tocOhted from filmi to time11, ats may be nece'ssa ry, to brrig to WVash inugton the part icuilar mlen wh~o can work alongv a dlesi red line. 'Thus a rauil road p)residen't, for exIlml, may have part ienla 'r intlunence withI the dlelegattion frorai sornio Western St ate. lHe comes to W\ashinigtont on a hurry suimmn S to biel p a st eamship Pcomi binie, perhapts to defent a bill that hinrders its in0t ere'st, or it malhv N tt the pre'sidenrit of a ateamshi1 linto come us to hielp out a big ratilroatc thiat wantrst to dleteat pariIticul ar legic lattion or to pull1 a bil i through bauid l egi ahitiv sii tuiat ion. Th'eli big tusts ar e in thle arrangemni(nt atnd al hands atre working together. HeIfrntofoire the smiallI lohhyis thrived. Ho could make big money by representing different corpora tions, provided he had intluence and possessed aptitude for the work. Furthermore the s) stem of keeping books on the statesmen who have to receive help occasionally from the big railroads and other corporations is efficacious. A record is kept, for instance, of the tickots issued to carry workers to Bill Smith's Congressional convention in Sqnedunk County. In days gone by Bill Smith was apt to forget these favors after election time. Now he will find the tigures about those favors staring him in the face in Washington when the big corporations want a favor from him. MANY DROWNBD IN CHOWAN RIVER. Passenger Steamer Olive Wrecked by a Cyclone and Eighteen Lives Lost. Norfolk, Va, Feb. 17.-A cyclone struck the passenger steamer Olive which lies between Franklin, Va., and Edenton, N. C.. at 9:30 o'clock last, night and sent her to the bot. torn of the river off Vooley's Pier, between Mount Pleasant and Oliver's wharf. The whirlwind when it struck the Olive caused her to go over on her beams' and and when she righted it was only to sink on account of the water she had taken. A majority of the passengeas and crew wore below at t he time and had no opportunity to roach the pilot house of the vessel. This point was the only portion left above water and in it standing waist deep from the time of the accident until 6 o'clock in the morning Capt. George H. Withy and live others were saved. According to the statement, of Capt. Withy to The Associated Press correspondent here tonight 17 per sons are known to have been lost ou the sinking steamer and a lifeboat loaded with Engineer C. L. Conway, Assistant Engineer J. P. Murphy, Purner J. N. Bell, one white and two colored deck hands, which left the steamer in hopes of reaching a ves. sol whose lights could be seen in the distance, is yet unheard from. If these have been drowned the death list will reach 25. SKETCHES BY EX-CONFED. He Writes of People of Ante-Bellumn Times. Maj. Frederick Boozer lived near Trinity church on lands now owned by somec of the people in the "Nation." Maj. Boozer married a widow Stew art, who was the daughter of Aaron Burton. Maj. Boozer had no chil. dIron, but his wife had two children by her first huisbandl, Mr. Stewart. These girls wvere raised by Maj Boozer and were treated1 in every respct as if they wvere his owvn chil dren. He died some years ago at the home of his step daughter, Mrs. N. F. Wilson Hie was a strict mem ber of Smyrna (Presbyterian) church, andl I think wans an elder of the church. Esq. George Boozer was a brother of Maj. Boozer. He was a ruling elder in Smnyrna church and did a groat deal to build up the interest of his church. He lived about one and a half miles from Smyrna chur clh on the lanid now owned by hiis son. H-. .. Booze.r, who is also a ruling elder ini thle church of i father--a worthy son of a worthy fat her. Esq. Boozer was also thie father of S. P. Boozer, D)r. T1hormois Boozer, Dr. ,Job Boozer and1 G. B. Boozer, Sr., all worthy men and strict followers of .John K nox. I want to pay a just tribute to these good people of Smyrna church. A kinder hearted people never lived thlanr the members of Smyrna chureb. The)y bring up1 tir children undler the teaching of the short catechtisnm, anid if any one is sick they have goo(l attention and nursing. I am a memb)er of a dif forenit clhurich and I would( that my church would remember the widow anad orp)han and nurse the rick as the goodI peo(ple of Smyrna (10 A few years ago I was a widower; iiy (daughter had r protracted case of typ)hoidl fever and( (during the time of her sickness there was but one0 hour but what there was a lady ina the honse and nearly all of thos" who were so kind to us were Presb)ytc rians. May old Smyrnau grow stronig again and flourish umnder the minis tration of her present worthy piastor SKIRMISHING FOR PRESIDBNCY. Republicans Uncertain Though Roosevelt Has the Advantage-Democrats Talk Mostly of Parker. Washington, Feb. 20.-Party man agers are giving thought nowadays to question of President making. The nominating conventions are only a little more thani a year distant, and long before that time sentiment will have shaped itself somewhat definite ly as so the identity of candidates and the outline of the platforms. Mr. Bryau's latest announcement, that he intended to stay out of next year's race for the Democratic nomi nation, while it was entirely unneces sary cane at, a time when the Demo cratic leaders are scanting the hori. zon and when a general feeling of hopefulness prevails boyon.i any thing the Democratic party has known since 189(Z 'The Republican situation is ano. malous. Thore are prominout party men hero in Washington offering to wager that the name of President Roosevelt, will not. even be presented to the next Republican national con vention. There are others declaring a willingness to wager that. no other name will be presented to the con vention. In the private conversa. tions of men who fool the public pulse there is almost a universal ad mission that Mr. Roosevelt is strong with the people, and that if he wins the nomination triumphant ly, or even after a struggle, it will be by reason of his general popularity. The grumbling comes in large part from the politician class, iriclud. ing, of course, i large cont ingeut of Senators aid members of the House. Thue polit.icians do not, ts ia rule, like Mr. lioosevelt, and his met"hody. Things not altogether kind and comnna(Lt.ory a'out. his admin istration are very frequently heard among Republican Uongresamen. Most of them maintain very friendly relations at the Whtte House, but not with the kind of political follow ship that makes men turn out. and work with might. and main for the success of a ticket. At present there is no rallying point for oppone'nts of rNI. Roos, volt's nonination, however few or numerous they may really be. It may be t hat t his will prove eventual ly a source of weakness to the Presi dent, for he will have no reason, if things go on as they are now to -end his lieutenants out into the States to make a vigorous light, with the as surance that if they should win the men elected as delegates wouild steadfastly sulpport Mr. Roosevelt ini the convention from first to last. The prop)ets seemi to grow that delegates will be in order now before many muonths have gone by-with little .. no controversy as to whom they shall suport, and1 possibly with no very dlefinite instructions in many inst an ces. If the party managers have their way in such a program there will he more opport,unities for them to ma ni pulatoe conditions in. the convens tion, for dllgaloes can be swayed more readlily wheni they havo beena named without a struggle and when. the country is not awaked to a lively interest in the outcome. 'Whatever the p)arty opp)osit ion to Mr. Roosevelt be, there is no dloubt that much of it would rally around( Senator Hanina, were lie willing to declare any Presidential aspirat iowns. He would have a big followmng imi medliately in some sect ions, if the word were simiaply paSssed along ha.t his friends intendled to mnake a figh1t for himn. The old1 guard among tIc Rtepublicains, axewn whso have followed the inat.ional comu n itoe, wouild nost act hupon a sign fromn the Ohioan ,biut be has set le is face steadily against my such project. T'hore are Repub licans in Congress who are anxiously scanning conadit ions, and are loth tc commit themselves, whose influencr in their own localities will dlecio onm way or the other. If ino rival boon makes headwaiy against Mr. Rloose volt, they will be inclinsed t.o tall ir behind with the probable winner. D)issatisfaction wth the condition in which the Republican party find itself is &c markedI cont rast with th coming together of t he Democrats, who have made a more satisfactory record, from th.ir own point;of view, than at any other session of Con. gross in the last six years. There has been a rapid disappearance of the old factional differences. Con tentious within the party and dis. sensions in voting have been practi cally unknown since Congress met last December. Thore has been al most no agitation of issues on which the party split in 1896, but there has been enthusiasm such as generally characterizes the reunion of old time workers. The unanimity with which the Democrats have supported ad ministration measures for restriction of trusts is regarded as putting them in a moat favorable attitude for mak ing the next Presidential campaign. While asserting that the legislation could accomplish little they have support"d it because of unwilling ness to go on record against any offort, however miild, to curb trust evils. The Democratic talk is nearly to. ward the nomination of Judge Par. kor. In fact, the democratic hope is buildod on the carrying of New York State, and the Southerners roa son that no candidate has been sug geste'd more likely to accomplish the political overturning of the Empire State than the present chief judge of (he court of appleals. Were the con vont ion to bE held today, there would aplparently be ti'n doubt of Judge trkeer'H n iinen itation. Unlese condlitions change tmateri ally within the coming year, the Presidential campaign, of 1904 will be very vigorously fought. The Domoceats will go in with a conserva tivo platform to command the sup port. of i conservative man. That is the trend of all the talk heard from Sout hern Democrats, who will be allowed. in largo measuree, to dictate the plais for tie contest. New York State will he the chief battleground, with stronnous efforts to wrest New Jersey, Connmctlient, Maryland and a few StatOs of the far West, includ ing California, from Republican con trol. NOT BECAUSE 01: THEljIRt MONEY. Why the Paln Limited itan Back for Mrs. Vanderbilt and Party. Columbttia, S. C. ---A great deal of comment. has boen made in the newspapers over the fact that so im portant a train a s the Southern Palm Limiitedl should hialve bieen turn red back t wenty two mniles in order to take aboard Mrs Cornelius Vander bilt andl a party of friends. They were ait the station ready to take the tralin at Pinlanild, but it went on, being finially stopped lit Hlardoevi Ile andl brought back for the palrty. The ci rcumistaince has1 tbeen tele grapjhedt all over the country and thle impre)Ission seenms to have gotten out thalt the Southien turned its train back simply because these people are millionaires and1( personis of in fluience. TbL'is is not the case, as* has1 been Ilianedb( herie. 11t seems that11 they say in railroad circles, as a flag staitioni to stop this traitn. The en gineer had overlooked t hat fact, it being one of no gre'd im portanice iln view of the flact that Pinelaind is a sido0 track out int the woodls. However, being suchi a stalti> n, passengers had ai pe'rfect right to b)oard thle I rain a lt thait plaice. When Ol the Pahn ii Limited'( hove int sigh! it was flagged, but theii engine(er, not havinrg not iced lthat it land be'en ondt~(e a stojl stattioni, wetit ont by. A n at temt was rnde to) stop) thle I trai t the niext staitiont, kntown ais Tfillnamii, but thle op,eraitor for 5t)nie rot0arn failed to do so When tIhe t rain got to Iliardeeville the (elinb etir was (letachded and( waVsI run back for thne palrty. It was staitedl by otne familiar withi rnallad rul-s and laws thatt this had to be done 'or the c'ompanTy would have been liable for damages. It wvas furl her atIato.1 t hat if ai negro had <to sired to go on the train under siami I tr circumastaniuces thait it would have bleon necesw4ary to go back for him if a su it of d1am ages was to be I- 01ided. The rail road, Ithorefore, hold4 that it did not send back Ithn train because the would-be paissengers were mil ioaies bt thatt it was (lone for the protetion of t he road. As pople all1 over tihe coutntry have beeni wondlering ait the cause of the tram going back, these facts are stated na matters of internst.