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n KILLED IN A WRECK. f , - j Fatal Accident on Southern Pacific Railway, FIFTEEN KILLED AND MANY BURT Many People Slaughtered OutrightTrain Was Running at a High Rate v ' of Speed. San Antonio, Tex., Special ?A broken rail caused a frightful -wreck on the Southern Pacific Railroad, near Maxten station, 25 miles west of Sanderson j at 3 o'clock Friday morning. From the latest accounts received here 15 people were killed outright and 28 more or less injured. The dead are: Three children, of Hart Riddle, of Chetopa, Kan.; Estavon Contraras, Del Rio, Tex.; Andrew C. Shelly, wife and child, Lorier, Tex.; child or u. e,. nuuoen, Racine, Wis.; A1 Most, engineer, El Paso, Tex.; W. W. Prince, engineer, San Antonio; H. Bertschoist, fireman, El Paso, Tex.; Chris Keel, contractor, San Antonio; L. A. Boone, Doyline, Lb. The injured are: Mrs. Mary Koebler, San Francisco, internal injury; A. S. Turner, Blackhawk, Miss., hand crushed; Mrs. E. M. Sheppard, Glenn Mills, Pa., head hurt; J. Fuller, Washington, D. C. leg and foot crushed; Antonio Elrio, Del Rio, Tex., internal; Georgf Ollenburg, Lexington, Ky., hand crushed: E. C. Baker, Angleton, Tex., bruised; Charles H. Hoy, San Antonio. Tex., both feet scalded; A. E. Massey, Wilby, Tex., scalp wound; J. I. Taylor, Mulberry, Kan., head injured; Mrs. Mitchell, Philadelphia, internally hurt; W. P. Adams, express messenger, internal injuries and badly scalded; Craig Battleman. North Dakota, head and back hurt; Biscoe Rodriguez, Del Rio, Tex., bruised; Lulons Merales, Del Rio, Slightly bruised; Antonio Dulon, Del Rio, bruised; M. L. Robert, residence ; unknown, head hurt; D. P. Havens, El Paso, bruised; A. E. McKenzie, Safford, Ariz., slightly injured; R. J. Todd. Frankfort, Ky., bruised; Thos. 0. Crowder, Houston, bruised; Wm. Josephs. San Jose, Cal., back injured; J. H. Taylor, Birmington, Ala., slightly injured; Dr. G. C. Martin, Pecos uuy, slightly injured; C. W. B. Bennett, St. Paul, Kan., bruised; W. S. Glenn, Blackhawk, Miss., leg broken; Mrs. Annie Wortherst, San Francisco, leg and hand crushed. The ill-fated train left San Antonio at noon Thursday. 2 1-2 hours late, and at the time of the accident was running at a high rate of speed in order to make up time. The road at the ""in* whore the wreck occurred is in a rough country, the curves being sharp and the grades heavy. It was when rounding a curve that the train left the track, it is said, on account of a broken rail. The hour was 3 a. m., fifteen hours after the train had left Antonio, showing that it was still behind time. All the passengers were asleep and the shock that followed was the first intimation they had of the danger. The train was going at such a rate of speed that the tender and engine landed 75 feet from where they left the rails. The cars behind piled up against the engine causing a fire and all were consumed except the sleepers. Signs Bill. Washington, Special.?The President has signed the bill creating a permanent Censuus Bureau, and the President, in a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, says: "You will - i"? ttio Uirortni- nf thp Ppn piCddC lULV/IUi IUV x/tt WW* sus that his office will continue as heretofore, to be administered as it has been administered, until the 1st of July. On that day he will, with your permission, appoint such members of the present force under him as will constitute the permanent Census Bureau force, appointing only so many as are to be permanently employed. After that date all appointments will be made under the regulations of the civil service. Aid for Southern Education. New York, Special.?Announcement was made that there had been organized in this city an association to promote Southern education, to be known as the General Education Board, and that more than $1,000,000 had been placed at the disposal of the board of trustees. The underlying principle of the association is to be the recognition of the fact that the people of the Southern States are earnestly engaged in the promotion of public education and that in this effort they should receive generous aid; and to this end, and in pursuance of this and J nocArtioHrtn Will Kinarea uujetus, iuc ooouv?o.i.?t.i? .?# seek gifts. )arge and snail, from those in sympathy with its plans. News to Ee Given Out by President. Washington. Special.?At the cabinet meeting, President Roosevelt requested the; members not to talk to newspaper Correspondents about matters under discussion at the semi-weekly meetings.1 It was thought best for the President himself to make public such matters as he deemed proper to be given out. Hereafter the President will do this. THE NEW SALARY ACTS. Assistant Attorney Qeneral Gives a j Construction on Them. Assistant Attorney General Gunter has furnished the comptroller general with two opinions of general interest. I * The first concerns the salary of prac- j tically every county official in the j ^ State, and is consequently of much ' ' concern to these officers. It reads as | c follows: Dear Sir: You request to he ad- ' T_ vised when under the acts of 1892 the ! * salaries of county auditors and county s tpoaoupprn he^in, I a An act approved Fe"b. 27, 1902, ^ grading the salaries of county officers. provides that the amount there- ! in fixed, shall become effective May 1, ? 1902. The auditors will therefore ro- f ceive the compensation now provided a for until May the first next, when e they will receive the salary provided f for in the act above referred to. But i ^ the appropriation for county treas- t urers has a clause making the opera- j r tion different from that of the audi- ' , tors. By an act approved Feb. 22, j t 1902, it is provided that the following ! s sums if so much be necessary, be, and t the same are hereby appropriated to g meet the expense of the tax depart- t ment, as follows: For the salaries of ? county auditors, $29,000. * * For the salaries of county treasurers, $29,- j 000. The county treasurers of the } State shall receive as compensation x for the year 1902, the annual salary t provided in an act passed at this ses- r sion of the general assembly, en- ^ titled, "An act to fix the amount of ? compensation to be paid to the county officers of the various counties of j thp State, notwithstanding anything t contained in said act" It will thus be j t I observed that the appropriatipn act \ ? I making the compensation of county t j treasurers begins on the first day of ; j January, 1902, upon the basis of the j ( | salary graduation act and shall be- j ( ! come effective on May 1, 1902, for in ( no other way could they receive "com-| j j pensation for the year 1902 and an-; ! nual salary." Then the appropriation ? act refers to the act fixing the sal-: j I aries making the provisions "notwith- j standing anything contained in said j ' ! act"; this phrase i3 clearly intended ^ to exempt the salaries of the county , i treasurers from the May the first lini- , j itation and to allow the salary provided, to become operative from the " toAo ; ? nrst OI JHUUtti;, The other opinion referred to reads as follows: Dear Sir: You request\o be advised ; upon the following statement: "The j act fixing the salaries of circuit solic-1 . itors. approved Feb. 25, 1902. reads as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by j i the general assembly of the State -)t , j South Carolina: The circuit solic- , i itors of each circuit shall receive a j salary at the rate of $1,500 per an-1 ; num, except the solicitor of the First circuit, whose salary shall be at the , rate of $1,S00 per annum. Such sal- . ary shall be in lieu of all charges : against the State and county. All \ j | costs from the defendants shall be, . paid over by the solicitor to the counj ty treasurer for the use of the coun- ' 1 ty. They shall also receive the same , per diem and mileage as members of the general assembly while in attendance upon the session. thereof. , Section 2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act, are here- j , i by repealed. Approved Feb. 25, 1902. i , In the appropriation act. secuou *. among: the amounts appropriated, appears the following: 'For salaries of the solicitors. $12,250. It is evident i that this appropriation was intended to conform to the act above mentioned. fixing the salaries or compen| sation of circuit solicitors, although the sum appropriated is $50.00 less! than sufficient to pay the amount pro! vided for by that act. I wish to | j know: First. If under the act increasing the circuit solicitors' sal j : aries, this increase dates from Jan- ( uary the first? Second. Does the com-1 pensation provided for in this act. or the increase in salary, begin 20 days after the approval of the act first i oKnra mentioned?" The appropriation act for 1902,! makes the following provision in sec-i i tion 1: That the following sums, if so i much be necessary, be. and the same are hereby appropriated to meet the j ! expenses of the executive depart- j ment. as follows: * Section 2. For i , the salaries of solicitors. $1,250." To determine what amount is necessary ' j we must look to the act fixing the sal-! , aries. The act above referred to fixes l the salaries at $1,500 per annuum, exceDtt for the solicitor of the First cir1 cuit, whose salary is fixed at $1,800 per annum. This act was approved ! Feb. 25. 1902. and under the law bei comes effective 20 days thereafter, j This act is of course not an appropriation act, but simply directs the i comptroller to pay certain amountts 1 out of a fund set aside for that pur- j pose. Hence it follows that the sali arics on and after 20 days after the J 1 TTr>hrn?rv 1902. should be at; MUIII Ui AW. ^ j the above rates and prior to that date | In the year 1902. the salaries should ho at the rate of $1,350 each, except the solicitor of the First circuit, wtio receives $1,600, as provided by the j law then of force. (XXI Vol.. p. 417). i The act fixing the salaries has ex- j actly the same effect as if it created j a new officer from that date, and a salary therefor. Wild Bill Knocked Out. Louisville. Special.?Joe Choynski, of Chicago, defeated "Wild Bill" Haurahan, of New York, in the fifth round of what was to have been a 25-round . match before the Empire Athletic Club, at Music Hall. The knockout blow | came after a hot mix-up. which ended by Choynski putting a stiff left to Wild ! Bill's jaw and following it up with a j right to the jaw which put Harrahan j out of the fight. v-./'v-' NEW FINANCIAL MEASURE. i . 'rovisions of Financial Plan Intro* i ( duced Monday. Washington. Special. ? Chairman i'owler, of the House committee on tanking and currency Monday introluced an important financial measure ramed by the Republican members >f the committee after conferences txtending through the last two , nonths. It brings together into one | Inanoial measure a niftnber of propo- ; itions which have been urged separ- | itely heretofore. Mr. Fowler explains i he purposes of the bill as follows: "To transfer from the government o the banks the responsibility of irotecting the necessary gold reserve ;nd the burden of furnishnig gold for ixport, thereby saving our commerce rom the destructive . apprehensions growing out of raids upon the gold in he Treasury, which can. now only be cplenished by a tax imposed the w*nnip throueh the sale of bonds; to >rovide a currency always respon- j ive and adequate to the demands of j rade everywhere, and to equalize i md lower the average rate of in- ' erest In all parts of the United states; to secure for American enter)rise and American capital the privieges and opportunities of engaging n international banking under the j lational law and so lay a foundation lpon which to build an American nerchant marine; to remove the last i restige of doubt with regard to our ttandard of value. "The measure provides for interna- J :ional banking, and a division of ; janking and currency is established. ! mder a board of control, instead of i single individual in the person of he Comptroller of the Currency, as leretofore. The board will consist of j hree members, whose terms of oHi:e are for 12 years, so arranged that rnly one member will retire every .'our years. "If the measure now introduced should become a law, it is confidently jelieved that the national banks will issume the current redemption in gold :oiu of $130,000,000 of United States lotes. In consideration of the obliga:ion assumed by the national banks, hey will have the right during the i succeeding five years. to issue gradually. as business may require, an immint of bank notes equal to 60 per 1 :entum of their paid-up and unimpaired capital; provision being made ilso for an emergency circulation. As :he notes are taken out for circulation the hanks will deposit with the government a guarantee fund of 5 per Centura of the amount of the notes so ,ssued. The national banks hereafter j will be required to pay interest upon government deposits at the rate of 1 per centum per annum. "This 5 per centum guarantee fund, and the tax upon the bank notes will . be issued to protect the bank notes, j All the excess of such taxes with the 1 interest on the government deposits, will be used to pay off the United States notes whicn tne uuuas , to currently redeem. "The United States will be the clearing house district and the current redemption of bank notes, so that the amount of notes outstanding at any time always will be co-ordinated to the amount of trading, and precisely as cheeks or drafts reflect the amount of commercial work being carried on. "By and with the consent of the board of control, the banks may have more than one place for doing busi ness. being authorized to establish themselves in the various cities of the country. "No bank note of a denomination less than $10 will be issued, and the Secretary of thfe Treasury shall not Issue a silver certificate of a denomi-. nation greater than $5. and, there | nnnn the presentation to him j a i ivi , u t of 100 silver dollars, or any multiple thereof, and a demand for their redemption. shall exchange gold coin for the same." Fltzhugh Lee in Boston. Boston, Special.?Mayor Collins entertained General Fitzhugh Lee at an informal luncheon Friday. Among those present were Rear Admiral Johnson. commandant of the Charleston | navy yard; Lieutenant Governor John L. Bates. General Thomas R. Matthews, and General Jcsephus H. Whitney. 1 Governor Crane was unable to attend. ( During the afternoon General Lee was received by the Legislature at the State House. Richmond Murder Hystery. Richmond. Special.?Wm. Clayton, a well-known contracting painter, was; murdered here Sunday in a manner j * *Ua Mo n* i q | that thus iar Dames me pvuv... ? found on the sfreet in a residential section of the city early in the morn ing. frightfully beater and died at night without having regained consciousness. His head was crushed and j one of his eyes almost punched out. | Clayton leaves three grown daughters and two sons. The murder recalls the Scott case of a few months ago when John W. Scott, a rich bachelor, going home from the club early in the morning. was beaten in such a manner thai he died soon afterwards. That mystery is still unsolved. Wilson Will Not Resign. Washington. Special.?The attention of Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural Department, was called Sunday tc reports that he contemplated soon resigning from President Roosevelt'scabinet. The Secretary treated the subject very lightly, declaring that the re port was news to him. and adding in reply to a specific inquiry that he had no intention of taking the step suggested. I ?. , 'M t. , # i t CHEAP FOOD FOR HOKSESandCATTLEI Clemson College Makes an Important Suggestion to The Farmers. The following communication, is- ; sued by the Assistant Agriculturist J of Clemson Agricultural College, is of i so much value to the farmers of this 1 , State on account of the present high nrice of all Feed products for farm animals and stock, that I have determined to get you to publish it: As some of the products made up in the ration as made by Mr. Connor may not be available to every planter I suggest that any such planter write to Mr. Connor and state what Food, products are available to him, both rough forage and concentrated food, i and Mr. Connor will take pleasure in making up a ration to suit his needs as he has done in this instance. Yours truly, C. FITZSIMONS, General Manager of the Southern ! Cotton Oil Company. Columbia, S. C. To the Editor of The News and Courier: Farmers from various sec- j tions of the State have been writing asking about the advisability of feeding horses and mules on cotton seed m?al and hulls, and also asking for a cheaper ration than corn. The following prices are given in a letter from Scranton, S. C.: Corn, $40 per ton; oats, $45 per ton; wheat bran, $25 per ton; cotton seed meal, 1 *95 nor tnn Hee meal. $20 per ton. Of course, corn and oats are out of the question as a food for horses and mules at the above prices?so something cheaper must be looked for. The analysis shows that rice meal has about the same composition as-, corn meal, and we have found that it is just as good for feeding pigs. We j have fed it to horses with good results. I think we are safe in saying that it may be used in place of corn, pound for pound. If no hay or fodder is used in the i ration and hulls are resorted to as roughness, some nitrogenous food. ( such as bran or cotton seed meal, must 1 be used to supply protein. Hulls may | be fed without any fear of injury to the animal. Should they refuse to eat 1 the hulls a little corn meal or bran sprinkled over the surface will help to break them to it. A good ration may be made up as j follows: Cepts. Six pounds of rice meal, costing,.G.C Four pounds of wheat bran, costing G.O Two pounds of cotton seed meal, costing 2.5 Ten pounds of cotton seed hulls, costing 3.0 Total cost of ration per day 17.1 The above is for a horse or mule of 1,000 pounds live weight. It is evident that a ration made up : of corn and fodder and containing the i same amount of digestible matter as the above ration would cost much ' more than the abeve. The North Carolina Experiment Station has fed cotton seed meal and hulls to horses with good results, but the experiments along this line have not been extensive enough to say 1 that cotton seed meal can be fed In unlimited quantities for any length of time without injury to the animal. Numbers of farmers, however, have reported that they have fed cotton Beed meal and hulls to mules and horses with good results. C. M. CONNOR, Assistant Agriculturist South Carolina Experiment Station. Clemson College. Consuls Flag Fight London, By Cable.?Cabling from Tien-Trin. the correspondent of the Standard reports a dispute between tne French and American consuls there, | arising from the attempts of the French consul to include certain mission properties in the French settlement the American consul, says the correspondent, hoisted the American flag on the disputed bulidings. The French consul now threatens to hoist the French flag above the American. Panic in Tobacco Factory. New Orleans. Special.?A panic occurred among the 500 girls in the Hcrdsheimer Tobacco Factory, resulting from an alram of fire several i squares away. A strike occurred -orne time ago in the factory and there had been a renter for some weeks that an attempt might be made to blow up the , building. When the cry of fire sounded the girls frantically rushed to leave the build'ng and many were trampled n?17 vasts ana uruiseu. ma ? old, is thought to bo fatally hurt. War With Japan. London, By Cable.?In a dispatch dated Shanghai, the correspondent of the Standard says that Chinese mor- j chants coming from Port Arthur declare they have been ordered to remove their families from Port Arthur be-1 cause preparations were being made ; there for a war with Japan. Telegraphic Friefs. An ice combine has been formed in ; New Orleans. La. | Consumptive* In An?tmll.**. According to Dr. Sidney Jones, 16,- I 000 consumptives are moving about J Australia annually. , , j / r . * . ' " ~ * A SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL New Enterprises That Are Enriching Our Favored Section. An Immense Water Power. The Salisbury (N. C.) Sun publishes an interview with Mr. E. B. C. Hambley of Gold Hill, N. C., president of the Whitnev Reduction Co.. Dorticulars of which have previously been given in the Manuacturers' Record, in which Mr. Hambley gives some details regarding the great work proposed by his company. This includes the building of 6 3-4-mile railroad, now under con struction; the development o a waterpower planned to give at first 20,000horse-power, and eventually to be increased to 46,000 horse power. The plans include the building of a dam across the river, which Mr. Hambley states will be of granite secured from the company's quarries. It will be 1500 feet long, 40 feet high and 50 feet through the base. It is proposed that the power-house shall be 300 feet long and 100 feet wide, and estimated. to cost <200,000, with machinery figured at 4600,000. The company has purchased about 30,000 acres of land in order to avoid any trouble with adjacent property-owners in carrying out its comprehensive undertaking. Included in this is a gold and copper mine, on which It is understood about 4250 WO have been expended in opening up the property preparatorv to its larger development when the water-power has been completed. It is intended to utilize this water-power for electric transmission to Salisbury and a number of other towns in the vicinity. The capital for this undertaking has been largely secured in Pittsburg, Mr. George I. Whitney of Pittsburg being vice-president; F. L. Stephenson of Pittsburg, treasurer, and H. L. W. Hyde or ruusburg, secretary. $15,000 Knitt'ng mil. R. J. Fisher of Athens, Tenn., wTitea the Manufacturers' Record giving details of his knitting mill reported last week as to be established. Mr. Fisher has erected a brick building 50x90 feet in size, and has ordered for installation therein thirty knitting machines, thirty ribbers, twelve Icopers and auxiliary machines, besides dyeing plant. The product will be about 275 dozen .pairs of misses' and children's ribbed hose daily. The cost of the complete plant will from S12.OC0 to $15,000. Textile Notes. (From the Manufacturers' Record.) It is stated that a company has been organized to build a 5000-spindle cotton mill at Dunn, N. C. M. E. Whitehurst, New Berne, N. C.. wants addresses of manufacturers of cotton and manila rope. N. B. Mills of Statesville. N. C., contemplates the erection of a mill to knit fleece-lined underwear. ' -a * OA fr\ + Vixa flaf. Tfte report 01 iasi ?=> ? ? feny (S. C.) Carpet Manufacturing Co. adding 100 looms was an error. Releigh (N. C.) Hosiery Co., has obtained authority to issue 313.000 worth of 7 per cent cumulative first preferred stock. Monarch Cotton Mills c* Union, S. C., will build thirty operatives' cottages and a warehouse. This company has a 10,000-spindle and 300-Ioom mill J. Lewis Sale, 19o Main street, Dallas, Texas, is asking for information and prices on equipment for bleacher? to be used in connection with sheeting mill. Mr3. L. G. Miller of Shelby. N. C.. has purchased the Laura Glenn Mills at Shelby, which was sold recently at court sale to John E. Hurt of Baltimore. president of the former company. An order has been passed by court action for the sale of the Fayetteville? (N. C.) Cotton Mills. H. W. Lilly being? temporary receiver, with Messrs. C. JH Broadfoot and H. L. Cook as comm^H sioners. The plant has 3120 spind'e^^H Charter or me itamoru i v .i.j ?? Manufacturing Co.. has been recor<HU naming Geo. W. Mills, president: Fauler, vice-president-general m^B| ager. and Fred Painter, so-reras^B treasurer. lB John Calhoun of Dunbar. S. C.. co^H templates establishing plant for th<B manufacture of bobbins and shuttles for textile %iills .and asks makers of the reouired machinery to send prices i and information. Opelika (Ala.) Cotton Mills writes that it does contemplate installing ad- I ditional spindles, as reported last week. I but has not made a definite decision f.s yet. There are now 6300 spindles in position. and 1248 more are prposed. J HaurMon Ihril. Pittsboro. N. C., contemplates establishing plant for the manmacuire ui uwuiih iur ic*ui? mills, and is asking makers of the required machinery to send information and prices on the equipment needed. At the public sale of the Waynman Cotton Mills of Waynmanville, Ga., last week the property was bid in by the Maddox-Rucker Banking Co.. of Atlanta. The purchase price was $13,500. and it is said the company intends operating the nlant if the courts confirm the sale. This plant has 3403 spindles and seventy-six looms. Shamrock Mills of Winston, N. C., states that it Is adding n?w machienry, as was reported last week. The eom-H rany has ICO knitting machines, and adding enough knitters to increase tcfl "50 dozen pairs of hosiery every monthH and this capacity is to be increased fast as the demand requires and opcra^B tives can to trained for the mill. ^B