The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 10, 1903, Image 7
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ninor Event* of the Week la a *
Brief Form.
The rtarkets.
COTTON MARKET.
Those figures represent prices paid
to wagons:
fGood middling 13V?
Strict middling 133s
Middling IS1*
Stains and tinges 11 to 12
PRODUCE MARKET.
Onions $ 50
Chickens?spring 12^
Eggs 15
Hens?per head 25
Beeswax 20
Turkeys 12?/2
Corn TO
Ducks 22^ !
Wheat SO
Wheat?seed 1 00
Oats 45
Rye 1 00
Sides 0 J
JSrtlUS?'.'HII .
Hides?dry salt iO
Tailow?uarendcrcd - J
Palmetto Briefs.
At the last sesion of congress a bill
was pas-ed a; t' o. .'zing the quartermaster
general oi the U nited States to reimburse
all ex-Confederate soldiers,
from whom were taken horses, equipment.
or ether property after the surrender
at Appomattox in violation of
The terms of parole granted all the
^y*r.Qc?s of the Confederacy. Like all
* "Toihcr dealings with the general government
the securing of the reimburse.'ments
entails considerable red tape and
j detail difficult to understand. Congressman
Johnson is spending his
(spare time going about to different
| places in his district and giving to old
'veterans assistance ia making applications.
R. E. Cudd & Co.. the Spartanburg
liverymen. were the unfortunate losers
of two fine horses last Friday night
and Saturday morning, and a damage
^ suit against those whom they believe
caused the death is being spoken of.
The horses were hired out. one to a i
* - ? a iUa 9r\ O I
I traveling salesman anu iuc- uuci m ^
resident of Spartanburg, both for trips
through the country. One of the horses
fuve out at Moore's and died soon after
getting to town. The other died Saturday.
When they both came in they
gave signs of having been driven severely.
The stablemen believe they
were overheated, which, they think
cauocd them to die.
John Black, a Lancaster negro, employed
at the Haile Geld Mine, was arrested
last week, being charged with
murdering his wife, who lived across
the line in Kershaw county. According
to report Black went to his wife's
house Sunday and gave her some medicine
to take, telling her to go to bed
and keep quiet after swallowing the
dose. Black returned to the mine and
after his departure the woman followed
his direction, with the result that
she died in convulsions Sunday night.
It is thought that the medicine admin
isiered was poison of some kind.
H. A. Bowick. of Charleston, has
signed articles and put up forfeit to
j meet Fred Walls, of Augusta, In a 20
round contest for South Carolina and
. Georgia championship on Labor Bay
?jn Augusta. Bowick is in good trim and
expects to go in the ring at 135 pounds.
Walls will weigh 140 pounds and is
said to have won his most recent fight,
which was in Augusta some weeks ago,
with a man named Daws.
Ed. B. Moore, the young white raa:i
who was stabbed Sunday night in Columbia
by Mark Taylor, died next day
a' his home at 1 o'clock. He died in
agr.nv nnd a drunken stupor. The tragedy
was the result of a drunken rowbetween
the two n.en. .
Hre managers to the Marion Public
library expect to receive a donation
from Andrew Carnegie for the library.
The renrtiroas upon which all of Mr.
Carnegie's donations of this nature are
based have beer, complied with by the
library there. The amount expected is
J7.5C0. which will be used to provide a
handsome and comfortable library
building. The ground upon which the
building is to be placed has already
been given.
In a row on Saturday night between
M<>;'cr Alexander and Jim Thompson
at Seneca, two negro brick masons,
Alexander was killed. The supposition
is that both were drinking. Thompson
says he killed Alexander in self-d?ffnse.
as Alexander had made several
cuts a: him with h.is knife. Thompson
killed Alexander by hitting him on the
head "with a stick of wood.
Two negro children, one a girl about
36 and a little boy 7 years old, living
on Blossom street in Columbia, were
attacked aDd bitt' n Monday afternoon
by a mad dog while they were walking
up Sumter street. The girl was bitten
on the arm and leg and the boy
on the arm. Th<> dog was shot by Officer
Irord of the city force.
Louisiana Primaries.
New Orleans. Special.?The Demo
era tic State centia! committee has ordered
primaries to nominate a full
State ticket. The date will be selected
by a sub-committee appointed to formulate
the necessary rules. The same
primary will decide who shall be
bfiited States Senator to succeed Senator.
Foster. Senator Foster probably
will be the only candidate.
Raises Rate of Discount.
London, By Cable.?The rate of discount
by the Bank of England was
increased from 3 to 4 per cent. The
rise in the rate was attributed mainly
to the withdrawal of gold for the repayment
of the Ncltherlands railroad
loan and, to a lesser degree, to the demands
for gold from Berlin. The action
of the bank officials was a great
surprise to the stock exchange and
caused general all-around depression,
especially in consols. It was thought
the rise in the bank rate would hinder
the supply for American requirements.
PALMETTO CROP CONDITIONS
j The Past Week One of Abnormaly
High Temperatures.
The week ending S a. m. Monday,
August 31, had a mean temperature of
S3 degrees, which is G degrees above
normal. The day temperatures ranged
from 93 to 102 degrees, and the night
temperatures from Gd to S2 degrees.
The winds were generally light westerly,
and were very drying during the
lattor part of the week.
The week was rainless until the last
day, when showers occurred over a
large portion. cxrcpt the southwestern,
an 1 north central counties. The showers
were loecl in character, and the
larger part of the Stat? continues dry
and in urgent need of rain, as all
crops were suffering from the excessive
heat and lack of surface moisture.
The rainfall at the close of the week
is not noted in the correspondence except
from a few stations.
The hot, dry weather was very favorable
for haying and curing fodder,
and for rice harvest that has recently
begun.
The corn crop is making favorable
progress toward maturity, and early
corn is ripe, while late corn continues
promising but needs rain.
The hot weather was damaging to
cotton, causing excessive shedding of
squares and young bolls, especially on
light soils and where affected by rust
and blight, both of which have increased
rapidly. There is less injury
from insects than during the previous
week. Cotton is opening rapidly in
mstprn and central counties, par
ticularly in fields that have rust on the
plants, and picking has begun in
many places and will soon be general.
In the western counties cotton has a
larger growth of weed, and is generally
more heavily fruited, but open
boll are few and picking will not begin
for some time, the season being still
from two to three weeks late. There
is a general need of rain for cotton, in
all parts of the State, to prevent further
deterioration. Sea-island cotton
continues to do well and is promising.
Cow peas, sweet potatoes and cane
continue promising. Sorghum yields
are very good. Rice is improving.
Much hay and fodder saved in prime
condition. The hay crop will be
heavy. Pastures in fair condition.
Laborers for picking cotton are scarce
in all parts of the State. Fall truck
planting continues. It has been too
dry for fall white potatoes.?J. W
Bauer, Section Director.
flurder at a Picnic.
Torkville, Special..?A large crowd
of negroes had what they called a
farmers' picnic on the plantation of
Mr. John A. Latta, known as the W.
W. Jenkins place, on the Sharon road,
three miles west of this place Saturday.
In the afternoon some of them
get up a difficulty and a negro named
Alf Leech shot and killed another negro
named Alex Lee. From what can
be learned, Leech was trying to raise
a row and Lee remonstrated with him,
when Leech shot the latter with his
pistol concealed in his hip pocket.
There was considerable excitement on
the grounds and a party of Yorkville
negroes held tho murderer until the
officers get there from the town. Some
of the friends of Leech tried to get the
> _ ihn mnn who held him
p;jsuuvi Hum u.v ..?
but without avail. Sheriff Logan.
Constable Peters. Chief of Police Love
and a number of white men went
out there. Constable Peters secured
Leech and brought him to town, placing
him in jail. Not long afterwards.
Chief Love and Mr. H. C. Glenn came
in with two other negroes, one who
took part in the difficulty and the
other for having two pistols on his
person. At this writing I am unable
to give further particulars, as it is
supposed other /rrcsts will be made,
and the officers have not returned to
town from the scene of the disturbance.
Rich Gold Find.
City of Mexico, Special.?Excitement
here is at fever heat over the flnding
of a wonderful rich gold deposit at
Ejutla. All mining men here and many
business men and lawyers have gone
in a wild rush to the place and are
staking out claims. It is probably the
richest and most extensive gold district
yet discovered in this country and
a stampede to the section is antlciI
pated.
j
Fatally Stabb-d.
Columbia. Special.?Ed. Moore of
I No. 8 Hurlcyville, in an altercation
with Mark Taylor of 1910 Assembly
street, was fatally stabbed Saturday
night. The knife of the latter entered
the right lung, between the third and
fourth ribs. Both are carpenters, and
each Is a man of family. The fight occurred
in J. L. Shull's restaurant,
north side of Taylor street, about 100
yards east from Main. Moore died at
midnight. Taylor was arrested about
the time Moore was breathing his last.
From the facts obtainable last night,
Moore seems to have been the aggressor
all the way through.
New Religious Paper.
Greenwood, Special.?The Methodists
of South Carolina are to have another
religious weekly. Arrangements were
perfected here today by the Rev. C. W.
Crelghton, now located at Cokesbury,
and other prominent men in other
parts of the State. The new paper will
be known as the Christian Appeal, and
will appeal to the Methodists of the
State as a popular-priced religious
weekly of a high order. The paper
will be issued from Greenwood and
will be printed by the Greenwood Index.
A CRANK'S VAGER1ES.
Man That Wanted to Marry President's
Daughter.
THE DETECTIVES ARRESTED HIM.
; Fellow Tliat Claimed An Engagement
j Willi President Roosevelt Gave the
Secret Service Men a Chance to
Hern Their Salaries.
Oyster Bay. Special.?A man giving
his name as Frank Weilbrenuer was
j a: rested at Sagamore Hill late Tuesi
day night while making a persistent
demand to see President Roosevelt.
The man was armed with a revolver
i fully loaded. He was taken to the vil;
lag-3 and placed in ike town prison,
j Shortly after 10 o'clock at night
| Weilbrenner drove to Sagamore Hill in
! a buggy. He* was slopped "by the Secret
i Service detective on duty. Weilbrenner
| said he had a personal engagement
with the President and wished to see
him. As it was long after the hours
when visitors are received. the officer
declined to permit him to go to the
I house. The man insisted but the officer
J turned him away.
Soon after Weilbrenner returned and
J aeain insisted that he he allowed to see
] the President for a minute. This time
| he was ordcied away and warned not
to return. Just before 11 o'clock the
man returned a third time and demanded
of the officer that he should
be permitted to see the President at
once. The officer's response was to
take the man from his buggy and put
him in the stables, w here he was placed
nnrtor ori'-irH of two 6tablemen. A
revolver was found in the buggy. Later
Weilbrenner was brought to the village
and locked up. He is five feet,
eight inches high, 28 years old, has a
medium-sized dark moustache, dark
eyes a-r.d evidently is of German descent.
He resides in Syosset, about five
miles inland from Oyster Bay. He was
well dressed in a suit of dark material
and wore an old-fashioned derby hat.
While Weilbrenner talked rationally
, to the officers last night, it seems evii
dent from his conversation that, he is
| demented. He said that he had received
| a telegraphic communication asking
him to call at Sagamore Hill. Weilbrenner's
buggy was taken to a local
livery barn. When asked what had become
of the rig, Wilbrenner replied:
"Oh. the Preeident has taken care of
it. That's all right."
Weilbrenner. several years ago, had
j a nervous attack which rendered him
{ mentally helpless for a day or two. but
I his family supposed that he had been
* -?3 *? rMA^l/.nl raat.
quite resiorea uy ujc umiwi ?. v.-,.
meat he had received at that time.
Since then he had manifested no symptoms
of mental aberration. He had no
socialistic or anarchistic tendencies,
so far as known, never having been interested
in any questions of that kind.
He was employed daily on his father's
farm.
Weilbrenner was arraigned before
Juetice Franklin on complaint of the
Secret Service detective who placed
him under arrest. Weilbrenner's
brother. William, was present at the
examination. Justice Franklin questioned
the prisoner about his movements.
His replies were made in a quiet tone
of voice, but they indicated, apparently
beyond doubt, that the man is crazy.
Asked why he went to Sagamore Hill
, he replied:
"I went to see the President about
j his daughter, Alice."
"Had you an engagement with the
j President?"
I "Yes."
"How was the engagement maae: i
"I talked with the President lasv,
night," replied Weilbrenner.
"How did you talk with him?"
"Oh. I just talked."
"A sort of wireless talk, was it?"
"Yes. that is it: a wireless talk."
"Why did you want to see the President
about Miss Alice?"
"I wanted to marry her."
"Did you ever see Miss Roosevelt?"
"Yes. I saw her night before last."
"Where did you see her?"
"At my house."
"Did she go over there?"
"Yes. she came in a red automobile."
"Who accompanied her?"
"Her brother. Theodore."
Justice Franklin, after the examination.
concluded he would hold Weilbrenncr
until an inquiry of lunacy
could be held upon his case.
Norfolk Navy Yard.
Washington. Special.?The following
estimates for Improvements and expenditures
at the navy yard named
have been made by the chief of the
bureau of yards and docks, the figures
having been prepared by the civil engineers
attached to the yards: !Corfclk.
total $2,518,000. the principal
items being: For ships and d;y docks
S450.000; two 10,000-ton coal sheds,
wharves, etc.. $225,000; general store
houses. $100,000 ; 31 buildings, $315,000;
ship-fitters* shop, mould loft, pattern
shop. etc.. $300,000; offloe buildings,
$410,000; launching ways $100,000.
Jackson Finch Hanged.
Richmond. Va? Special.?Jackaon
Finch, colored, wa3 hanged at Boydton.
for an attempted assault on a
white woman of Chase City. Dock Bacon.
another negro, was convicted of
complicity in the crime, but was re,
prieved by the Governor today until
i September 4. so a3 to permit of further
examination into his case. The
I two negroes narrowly escaped lynch- j
Ing at the time the crime was commit,
ted.
END OF CUP RACES,
The American Boat Won Out It
Every Test.
cup cnnwtn hfd siiPfBinoiTV
JI1L JDV/flLV itL(\ wwi bnivnii i
The Final Race Was flade 01
Thursday?Sir Thomas Makes i
Speech.
The international cup contest that
has been in progress for the past twe
weeks came to a close on Thursday
when the American boat, the Reliance
won a third time. The racing this ycai
was peculiar in that the British challenger.
Shamrock III failed to scon
a single victory, losing in every sori
of weather. Sir Thomas Lipton has
made a brave fight for the cup, but has
failed three times in succession.
The events of the present seasor
have been about as follows:
The first race was a failure, both
hosts failing to cross the line within
the time limit.
The second race showed a signal
victory for the Reliance.
The third race was closer, the Reliance
winning by a very narrow margin?less
than two minutes.
The fourth and fifth races were both
failures on acoeunt of the slow breezt
blowing. The yachts failed to make at
efTort on Saturday because of th(
stormy weather.
On Monday the wind was stationary
and no race was run. un ruesua-y m<
conditions were the same, and Wednesday
showed no improvement.
The final and deciding race was rut
on Thursday and was a complete viei?l
* At***' "*" )/
amebica's err.
tory in favor of the Reliance, th<
American defender.
The details of the final race are giver
in the folowing dispatch:
New York, Special.?The Reliance
the American cup defender, won th<
third and final race, and the series foi
that famous sea trophy, the American':
cup. In a dense fog, which prevente;
vision beyond 200 yards, she finiahec
the race at 5:30:02, amid the acclama
tion of the assembled fleet. Shamrocl
III., after running for more than ar
hour in the fog, miS3cd the finisn line
passed by it, and then returned to i
from the opposite direction. As the Re
liance was then being towed throng!
the fleet yacht, ensigns fluttering fron
her truck and spreading in eelebratior
of her victory, the Shamrock III. die
not cross the finish line. As often salt
of the historic race when the Americ:
von the cup, there was no second.
This successful result was achieve:
only after four futile attempts to sai
off the final race and after the outcocn
had been admitted by even Sir Thomrs
Lipton to be a foregone conclusion
The day's was the eighth attempt tc
sail a race. After one fluke the Reli
ante won the two following races, on;
by 7 minutes and 3 seconds, and th<
other by 1 minute and 19 seconds. *
week ago the first atempt to sail th<
third race failed and attempts hav<
been made every day this week. Or
two occasions the Reliance led th<
Shamrock to the finish line by about
2 miles, but failed to reach it befori
the expiration of the time limit of 5^
hours. The day's victory means tha
the cup is destined to remain in America
until England is able to produce i
genius equai to HerreschofT in yacht
designing.
Sir Thomas Sp-'P.ks.
A banquet was tendered Sir Thom
as Lipton at New York Friday night
It was a brilliant affair. The toasts
and responses were felicitous. Th(
speech of Sir Thomas was as fo!
lows: "As regards the cup races
we have been beaten fairly and square
ly and I congratulate America upor
having the better boat. I wish t(
take occasion htre to express mj
"?*-- v.a onnrtoousness anc
in/UlKB lui IUI,
klndnes shown rae by the New Yorl
Yacht Club. I am especially grate
ful for the admirable way in whicl
the course was kept clear.
"I have heard much comment to:
and against the Sandy Hook course
It is as good a course as any otherr.av
there is no other course in thi
world like it.
"I am benginning to think tha
there is some magic spell About tha
bloomin' old cup. Two years ago
had almost within my grasp, but i
escaped me then as it has escaped m
now, and seems as far cfT as evei
Hcrreschoff is the greatest deslgne
of the age. but I am still very hope
ful that I will see that cup on th
other side.
"The American country is ver
t hard to beat. I am a very dlssaj
pointed man. but still I have the cor
solation that both conquerers and f
i conquered belong to the same good I
old race. The cup Is still in the fam
ily, only it is held by a younger and
more ahead generation.
I "Gentlemen, while I lost the cup. I T
rather did not succeed In winning it.
I have not lost the steem and good
will of my American friends, which
esteem and good will I reciprocate in
the very highest degree possible. I
am sure that as the days and years ?
roll by these contests will not have
been held in vain if they make us
1 realize that wherever we are all thr j
, world over we shall 'brithers be fra'
that.'"
Comm ts Su:cIJe.
: New York, Special.?Christopher
> Thompson, 52 years old, father of ^
' Hugh Thompson, the boy who was .
, rescued last Thursday from the French | .p
T unric Marie ^nui uc uuiuaui, iu... ?^
. miles east of Sandy Hook, committed I n
: suicide some time yesterday at his ei
t home in Brooklyn. He drank carbolic a
> acid. The man's treatment of his son 0
w
5 was being investigated by the Federal ^
authorities and this, with violent quar- v.
: re-Is with his wife, who was much an- g
gered because of the treatment her boy ^
i received, arc believed to have caused n
i Thompson to take his own life. ii
. fi
1 Collision On East River 81
New York, Special?The Metro- t]
politan was in collision with the gun- Si
boat Scorpion in the East river Wed- rr
nesday. The two vessels struck at a ^
i point in the river well toward the 0
; Brooklyn shore. The Scorpion struck >;
i the Whitney on the starboard bow a
i and drove two holes in the vessel, 8
one about seven feet above the water
r line and another about two feet a
) above. The Whitney put back to her y
pier, where she discharged her y
freight and passengers. 5
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Pore Urges Agreement.
Rome. 3y Cable.?Pius X. has repre- ^
sentcd to the Austrian Emperor the a
advisability, especially on the part of t
Catholic powers, of coming to an agree- J"
ment as to the best way to stop the T
massacres in Macedonia. Several cardi- b
nsls have expressed the opinion that
the Pontiff should publicly denounce t
">? aitunMnn trs Macedonia to the civ- t
Hired world without distinction of rc- 8
Iigion, calling on all the powers to 8
take common action on humanitarian
grounds.
Bulgarians Defeated. r
Salonica, By Cable? Hllmi Pasha, in- !,
spector general of Macedonia, has tele- c
graphed from Monastir that a Bulga- (
rian band was defeated September 1, c
between Klissura and Kastoria, with ,v
heavy loss. The remainder of the band g
:'a being pursued by the Turks. An- 1
other band was defeated the same 1
day near Veneelanogratsko and 30 of
the in6urengts were killed. Another a
band of 16 rebels waa destroyed near 1
Milnlk. I
THE TERRIBLE SMALL BOY.
How He Crested Discomfort for Pai- A
i censers on Car.
He couldn't ha?o been more than flf- t
teen, and he was a perfect specimen f
[ of the type of street boys one read3 :
about but seldom sees. He was stand- 1
; ing on the back platform, smoking, r
j when the attention of the genial pasl
senger was first called to him, and
At-1- La?* nff tho
uij8 utjuttubc uc uuj hi unu^u
; genial passenger's ccat and apologized r
i lor nearly setting It on flre. [
"Beeo ter the ball game?" the boy j
c Inquired. The genial passenger ad- i
~ mitted that he hadn't had that pleas- t
j ure. e
, "Peach of a game," said the boy. *
1 Just at this point a fashionably |
1 dressed young man boarded the car *
> and went inside, where, after seating <
himself, he pulled up his trousers, dis- ,
j playing a pair of brilliantly*colored c
; rocks. The boy moved over to the c
. doorway, and, crouching, with his
head inside the door, fixed his eyes
) in a fascirated stare on th'e gayly clad
- ankles. When he was sure he had at?
tracted the attention of all the passen- p
? ger3 to the ofTcndlng articles he yell- t
^ ed derisively: j
^ "Bum show! Drop der curtain!" *
[ By this time the geninl passenger
? had reached his corner, but before he
t had a chance to get off a good looking J
i middle aged woman pushed by him *
! and stepped off the car, remarking f
1 sharply as she did so on the evils of f
smoking. Of course her speech was
t directed to the boy. Quick as a flash
he retorted: "The old gal's mad because
I wouldn't flirt with her." J
The car moved off. with the boy t
smiling and happy and the woman i
j flushed with anger and wishing she j
? could box the young scamp's ears.? c
- New York Press. c
1 Bellows of 2,503 Years Ago. .
' Dr. Johnson says, respecting the j
j word bellows, "perhaps it is corruptc
ed from bellies, the wind being con- c{
- tained in the hollow or belly. It has c
i no singular, for we usually say. a pair ?
of bellows, but Dryden has used bel I
r lows as a singular." 1
,,c from an olrl his
onausj - - -? ?
~ torian. that Anacharsis, the Scythian
philosopher, who lived in the time of
t Solon, about COO vear3 before Christ,
t invented the bellows, as well as the 1
I anchor and potter's wheel, but this ac- :
t count Is very doubtful, as Pliny, Sen- j
e eca, Diogenes, etc.. who likewise
* speak of the Inventions ascribed to
[ that philosopher, mention only the f
e two last, and not the bellows. 1
It appears, however, that they were 1
7 known in ancient times to the Greeks, !
)- and Virgil mentions them in his fourth 1
i- Georgic.?Mirror. ,
'j
(ILLED AND INJURE I
? ? -I
here Were Seventy Passengers On
the |Cars.
LECTRIC CARS RUN TOGETHER.
he Acc'dent Occurred on the New
Hampshire Traction Company's
Line.
Pelham, N. H., Special.?Through a.
ead-on collision Sunday between'two
lectric cars on the New Hampshire
raction Company's line, each running.
. is said, at a rate of more than 25
lilcs an hour, four persons were kill?
tl and 19 so seriously injured that they . j
re under physicians' care and several
f these are expected to die. As there
ere 70 passengers on the two cars. g
lany others received cuts and minor
ounds which did not prevent their
oing to their homes. The accident ocnrred
on the line which runs through
;is town between Lowell and Nashua,
nd one of the cars, which was comig
from the latter city, was nearly J?
lied with people on their way to a
nmmer resort.
The collision was due, according to ;?
r.e officials of the road, to a misunder- y
Landing of the starter's orders by the
lotorman of the car bound for Nashua. '
he- car starter endeavored to rectify
his mistake by sending a man to shut * .
ft the power and trying to recall the
iashua-bound car, but it failed. The
ccident occurred on a curve, on either
ide of which we:e long stretches df .
iraight rack.
The dead as reported up to 10 o'clock
re as follows: Charles H. Gilbert, 50 <
ears old, Nashua; Gabriel Collett, 25
ears old, Nashua; George C. Andrews,
G years old. postamster, Hudson, N.
[.; Samuel Mays, motorman on Nasha
car, Hudson.
The cars met on the curve on ft
owngrade, neither motorman aeeU>K
he approaching car until too late to
void a collision. Neither was ther?
ime for the passengers to escape by j;
umping when the cars came together ' ' ' <
rith a force that threw the west
ound oar directly upon the forward :r
art of the other, crushing the top of
ar down upon the others and pinning
hose occupying the first three seats in'
he wreokage. Not one of the passen-..
ers on the two cars escaped injury of
ome character, although a number ?
tere not seriously hurt.
Awful Condition at Monastl.
London. By Cable.?The Dally Mail's
orrespondent at Monastir, telegraph- /,
ng under Saturday's date, says: i
There is no doubt that a Turkish war . -A
f extermination is proceeding in the vj
Jkrida district. The massacres of m
entury ago are as nothing compared f*
t ith these occurring daily in the villaet
of Monastir. I have obtained subtantial
evidence to prove that the J
"urki6h Nizaras (Turkish regular
roops) are in most cases committing
mheard-of atrocities, which are not
olely the work of the Ba3hi>-BasookS,
is the authorities are seeking to prove. *
"he plight of the survivors is terrible. 'S
Jot daring to leave their houses and
ubsisting on grass and water, they J
esemble people in the last stages of 1
amine. The Turks are also losing v<
ieavily. judging from the number of
vounded arriving." Among the alliances
he giv^ In support ot^om
tatcment. the correspondent relate#
hat a priest's son in one Tillage wu
iayed alive and kept in this horrible
c-nditinn for several days, to the deight
of his tormentors, until a mercJul
Turk shot him dead.
Fire at Columbia.
Columbia. S. C., Special.?Sunday
light about midnight a destructive
onflagration started in this city oil
Hain street. It originated in the sod*
ountain of Xepapas, in the Wiley
juilding, which war. a roaring mass ot
1;- .v bef.i-e the alarm could be given
:nd the department summoned. At 3
i. m., the fire was still in progress and
t is believed that the Desportes and "" '
iiimnaugh blocks are practically
uined. The losses will be heavy. The
Southern Railway's offices, Howie's
Photograph gallery, and Mimnaugh's
? /? ?? oro riostmred The loss
.'1UII1IH& acwi t ui v ? (
annot be estimated at this hour, but '
t is believed will mr.ount to $75,09ft.
Secured His Release.
Pittsburg, Special.?After threw
>revious attempts to have his resigns ?
ion accepted by his congregation,
lev. Frederick Brand, 'pastor of St.
'aul's Second German Lutheran
:hurch, succeeded in gaining his obect
and will accept a call to Trinity
Jerman Lutheran church, at Spring- ^
leld. 111. He will leave for his new
ield in about three weeks.
Turpentine Operators.
Montgomery. Special?A special from
acksonvilie. Fla., says: "The turpenine
operators' convention will be held
n Jacksonville next Thursday and
^riday. The official programme . in- .
ludes addresses from Mayor Nolan,
if Jacksonville: former Governor
Fleming, of Florida; P. L. Soutberand.
of Jacksonville; Captain John R.
roung. of Savannah, Ga.,* and Dr. CX
{. Herty, of Washington, D. u. inaiations
are that the convention will be
he largest ever held. Many matters .
if importance to the industry in Geor-'
:ia, Florida. Alabama. Mississ'ppi.
xmisiana and North and South Caroina
will be considered."
Attempted Regicide.
Vienna, By Cable.?Special dig- '
latches gave an unconfirmed report of
in attempt on King Peter's life at
v'teh on Saturday. It is said that stones
were thrown at the royal carriage, one
striking the King in the face, and a
pistol was fired from a neighboring
window. It is also rumored that the
Sixth Servian Regiment, notorious for
he part it played in the recent regicides,
has been ordered to Nlsh.