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BUNK'S TRABE REVIEW.
Industrias Situation Safe for Sev?
eral Months.
New York, Oct 25.-R. C. Dun &
.Co's Weekly Review of Trade tomor?
row will say : With mills, shops, fac?
tories and furnaces assured of full op?
eration until the end of the year as a
rule, and many contracts already run
sing far into 1902 there is no occasion
for anxiety regarding the industrial
.situation. Jobbers are still urgently
asking prompt deliveries by manufac?
turers of staple lines, while opening
tranasctions in fancy goods for the
holidays are unusually early, showing
that dealers anticipate a large trade.
Prices of commodities rule firm and
* collections are satisfactory, even
^southern payments coming forward
pomptly now that the tardy cotton
crop has begun to move freely.
Each week the situation as to iron
- and steel becomes more encouraging,
orders now running to the middle of
1902 in many finished products. De?
spite the extensive addition to pro
dcutive capacity last year, there is
still much work in progress or prepa?
ration, promising many new plants
ready to start next year. The feature
of the week was the placing ? of . enor?
mous orders for steel rails, practically
assuring another record breaking out?
put In cotton goods the situation is
disturbed by the action of a large
manufacturer, who advanced wages 5
per cent, a short time ago, and again
this week announced a 5 per cent rise
to go into effect on Nov. 4th.
Most satisfactory prices are received
by domestic wheat growers, last
year's figures being surpassed, not?
withstanding the large increased yield
just harvested. Smaller crops of other
cereals and hay caused the use of much
-wheat in fattening live sotck, and
-with lard more than two cents above
last year's prices and mess pork $3 a
barrel higher, this has been a most
-profitable proceeding.
Cotton lost part of the recent ad?
vance, owing to heavy port receipts
and the failure of frost to appear as
?arly as expected. Picking progresses
rapidly and a good yield is almost as?
sured.
Failures for the week numbered in
the United States 240 against 205 last
year and 29 in Canada, against 28 last
year. _ *
Secretary Hester's Statement.
New Orleans, Oct 25.-Secretary
Hester's weekly statement issued too?
day shows for the 25 days of October a
decrease in the movement into sight
compared to last year of 115,000, an
increase over the same period year be?
fore last of 234,000.
For the 55 days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is behind
the 55 days of last year 300,000, behind
the same days year before last 190,000.
The amount brought into sight dur?
ing the past week has been 555,948
against 493,945 for the same seven days
last year and 356,126 year before last.
The movement since Sept. 1 shows
receipts at all United States ports
1,164,993 against 1,878,801 last year; I
overland across the Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac rivers to northren mills
and Canada 108,307 against 158,724:
interior stocks in excess of those held
at the close of the commercial year
314,351 against 383,779: southern mill
taking 294,000 against 239,112 last
year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 276,157 against 231,642 last year,
making the total thus far for the" sea?
son 1,058,998 against 1,199,162 last
year.
The total takings of American mills,
nort and south, and Canada thus far
for the season have been 551,250
against 478,252 last year. These in?
clude 353,514 by northern spinners
against 234,405.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
leading interior centres have increased
during the week' 161,685 bales against
an increase during the corresponding
period last season of 183,46L
Including stocks left over at ports
and interior towns from the last crop
and the number of bales brought into
sight thus far for the new crop the
supply to date is 2,720,338 against
2,782,8S0 for the same period last year.
NINETEEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Awful Result of a Fire in Phila?
delphia.
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 25.-Nine?
teen known dead and property loss
. amounting to upwards cf $500,000 is
the awful result of a fire which occur?
red today in the business section of
this city. The number of injured is
not known definitely, but fully a score
of victims were treated at various hos?
pitals. Police and firemen are tonight
delving into the ruins in search of
Jbodies supposed to have been buried
beneath the debris, as it is feared
that others besides the known dead
may have lost their lives in the flames.
The buildings destroyed were the
eight story structure 1219 and 1221
.Harket street, occcupied by Hunt,
Wilkinson & Co. upholsterers and
furniture dealers, and three three
story buildings occupied by small mer?
chants. The big furniture buildings
extended back a half block to Com?
merce street and was owned by Henry
C. Lea.
At 10.20 o'clock the blaze broke
forth in the building occupied by
Hunt Wilkinson & Co. The origin
of the fire is unknown. It is said that
an explosion of naphtha or gasoline in
the basement was the cause, but it is
denied by Mr. Wilkinson, who says
there never was a sufficient quantity
of either explosive about the building
to be responsible for today's terrible
disaster. Rumor has it, also, that an
elevator constructor at work in the
basement permitted the flame of the
lantern to communicate with some of
the gaseous liquids stored in the base?
ment and that this was the cause of
the conflagration.
A company in London is undertak?
ing to supply four-cent meals to the
hungry. There are places in New
York where a person can get a good,
wholesome meal for about six cents.
Wilmington Star.
In 1890 there were in this country
2,000,000 more females than males,
but the males have gained on the fe?
males and outnumber them now by
1,815,097.-Wilmington Sar.
THE SOHLET COURT OF IHOjil?Y.
Admiral Schley Spends Day Upon
Stand. Testimony of Several
Witnesses Contradicted.
Washington, Oct. 25.-When the
Schley court adjourned today Admiral
Schley had not completed his testimo?
ny in chief. He took the stand about
half past il o'clock, after former wit?
nesses had been recalled for the pur?
pose of making corrections in and ad?
ditions to their testimony, and contin?
ued his statement until the court ad?
journed at 3.40 p. m. This adjourn?
ment 20 minutes in advance of the us?
ual time was due to the fact that the
admiral's throat had become somewhat
sensitive as a result of his continuous
talking yesterday and today. He had
made complaint to the court of the
condition of his throat immediately
after concluding his rceital of the
story of the battle of Santiago, and
Admiral Dewey, who evidently himself
had noticed the difficulty, responded
by showing a willingness to adjourn
the court. Mr. Raynor, however, ex?
pressed a desire to proceed, saying
that he had a nubmer of questions
which he wished to ask, and Admiral
Schley assented to his counsel's sug?
gestion. A quarter of an hour later
Admiral Dewey himself renewed the
suggestion for an adjournment, and
all concerned agreeing to this proposi?
tion the court adjourned until Mon?
day at ll o'clock.
The day was a notable one in the
court. By large odds the largest
crowd that has yet attended any of the
sessions was present, and earnest in?
terest was manifested throu^iout the
proceedings. Long before the begin?
ning of the morning session all the
seats reserved for visitors in the court
room were occupied, and the greater
portion of the space in the rear of
these seats was covered by men and
women standing. They not only stood
upon the floor but upon the window
sills and tables, and even the elevator
machinery in that portion of the hall
was covered by men. On only one
ocasi?n was there any attempt at ap?
plause, and this was suppressed before
I it had reached any magnitude.
The chiei event of the day was the
admiral's relation of the events of
July 3, when the American fleet sent
Cervera's squadron to the bottom of
the sea or to the beach. He told his
story of this historical occurrence in
plain words, and in unaffected style,
but the narrative was straightforward j
and to the point, indicating close fa?
miliarity with all the phases of that
event. He said that the Brooklyn for
a time had sustained the fire of all
four of the Spanish ships, and also the
fire of the Spanish land batteries.
Explaining the historical turn of his
own flagship, the Brooklyn, he said
that she had not approached within
less than 600 yards of the Texas, and
thai; he never had considered that ves?
sel in the least danger. He 'also
stated, in response to an interrogation
from Mr. Raynor, that he had never
during the battle engaged in any col?
loquy with Lieut. Hodgson, and that
he had not used the. expression attrib?
uted to him by Hodgson. This refers
to the alleged colloquy in which the
admiral is charged with having said
damn the Texas. Admiral Schley also
gave the details of the reconnoisance
of May 21, when the Spanish ship
Colon was bombarded. In this con?
nection he denied the statements at?
tributed to him by Commander Potts
of the battleship Massachusetts.
At the opening of the court Lieuten?
ant Commander Harlot of the Vixen
was asked this question by the court :
"Did the Vixen carry a verbal report
from Commodore Schley to the com?
mander-in-chief July 2, that there was
unusual activity shown by the enemy
in the harbor?"
"To the best of my recollection the
Vixen received by megaphone from an
officer on the quarter deck of the
Brooklyn on the night of July 2nd,
such message as that, and to the best
of my belief did, as she uusally did,
carry such messages to the flagship and
to other vessels of the squadron."
In response to Capt. Lemly witness
said he had no recollection of the de?
livery of this message to the com?
mander-in-chief.
Admiral Schley Cross Examined
by Judge Advocate Lemly.
Washington, Oct. 28.-The cross
examination of Admiral Schley began
today before the court of inquiry and
i hardly more than a third of the ground
was covered when the court adjourned
I at 4 o'clock. After Admiral Schley
concludes two other witnesses will be
called in his behalf. Admiral Barker
and Capt. Thomas Borden. The lat?
ter was an officer of the marine corps
aboard the Brooklyn. The judge ad?
vocate then will call his witnesses* in
rebuttal, of whom there are understood
to be more than 15, and it is probable
that Admiral Schley's counsel will call
witnesses in surrebuttal.
The crowd present while hardly so
large as on Friday last when Admiral
Schley told the story of the battle of
Santiago, showed unabated interest in
the proceedings. Nothing sensational
developed and the only outburst in the
court occurred when Mr. Raynor, Ad?
miral Schley's counsel, objected to a
line of inquiry of the judge advocate
designed to criticise Admiral Schley's
alleged failure to formulate a plan of
battle, with the declaration that as
Admiral Sampson was in command his
junior had no right to plan an order
of battle.
Admiral Schley concluded his direct
examination, which continued only
about 10 minutes after the court con?
vened this morning, with a statement j
of the effect of the fire of the respect- j
ive fleets at Santiago, showing that 36 j
per cent, of the hits suffered by the j
enemy were scored by the Brooklyn's J
5-inch guns, while his ship received
70 per cent, of the hits from the Span?
ish ships. Capt. Lemly's cross exam?
ination was very searching. Admiral
Schley, however, appeared to be un?
ruffled throughout the examination,
frankly admitting on several occasions
that he could not remember little
details after the lapse of three years.
One line of inquiry which the judge
advocate tried to press to show that
Admiral Schley did not proceed "with
dispatch" from Key West to Cienfne
gos by attempting to contrast the speed
made between Charleston and Key
West with the time between Key West
and Cienfeugos was curtailed by a
decision of the court, which confined
the questions to the time sub-sequent
to^May 19, the day on which the fly?
ing squadron left Key West., The
\
judge advocate in his cross examina?
tion dwelt upon the interview between
Admiral Sampson and Commodore
Schley at Key West before the depar?
ture of the flying squadron at which
the latter testified that Admiral Samp?
son instructed him not to expose his
ships to shore batteries until the
Spanish fleet had been destroyed, on
the fact that Admiral Schley issued
I no written order of battle, on the
question of coaling off Cienfuegos and
the steps taken there*to ascertain the
presence of the Spanish fleet. He was
cross examining the witness upon
matters connected with the cruise of
the squadron from Cienfuegos to
Santiago when the court adjourned.
The retrograde movement, the firing
upon the Colon and the battle of San?
tiago, which constitute the main fea?
tures of the precept, were not touched
upon today. *
RACE RIOT IH LOUISIANA,
Three Whites and Eleven Ne?
groes Already Killed.
New Orleans, Oct. 28.-The Pica?
yune's Amite City special says :
Three white msn and ll negroes kill?
ed is the startling and terrible news
! from Washington parish tonight,
j Your correspondent has just conversed
j with a man from Franklinton and he
I confirms the above information, but
he knew nothing of what has happen?
ed since yesterday evening. The first
news of the race riot was brought here
today by Corneli is Mixon, who, with
his mother, left from near Franklinton
this morning. He stated that white
men rode into Franklinton at 2
o'clock this morning asking for help,
saying that the negroes were up in
arms threatening to exterminate the
whites. The scene of the trouble is at
or near Balltown, where a negro was
bnrned last week for criminally as?
saulting a white ?vornan. This was not
the cause, however, of the murders
yesterday, in which three white men
and ll negroes wore killed and several
wounded. Mr. Mixon saw and talked
with many men from the scene and
they said that worse trouble was ex?
pected today as a:rmed men were flock?
ing to the scene and it was reported
the blacks were equally active in pre?
paring for a battle.
"P. B. Carter arrived from Frank
iinton tonight after dark and told your
correspondent that the situation was
terrible and that trouble is feared.
He said Joe Seals and Charles Elliott
and another white man whose name
he did not know, were dead and E.*
H. Thompson, a white man, wounded,
and ll negroes were dead. His in?
formation was up to last night and was
obtained from people who went to
Franklinton for help. At 3 o'clock
this morning a posse left Franklinton
for the scene in charge of SherifffSim
mons, and from all over the country
armed men were hurrying to the same
place. Mr. Carter said that probably
500 men were under arms today in
Washington parish. The trouble oc
currd at a negro camp meeting and the
origin as near as can be ascertained
was as follows :
"Creer Lott, a nergo, was running
a refreshment stand and a constable,
a white man, name not given, went to
him and asked for his license. He had
none and became impudent, cursed the
constable and defied him. The consta?
ble withdrew and obtained assistance.
He returned with several white men
when the negro LDtt rushed out and
fired pointblank into the crowd, kill?
ing Joe Seals and Charles Elliott.
The whites returned the fire and kill?
ed Lott. Then a negro preaeher|named
Connelly rushed oat of a house with
gun in hand, attempting to shoot,
when he was killed. His daughter
also was killed, it is said, accidental?
ly. In the shooting which followed
another white man was killed and E.
H. Thompson wounded, and seven or
eight negroes killed. The shooting
had no direct connection with the
burning of the negro Morris in that
section last week but it is undoubted?
ly a sequel to that tragic event. Since
that time it is reported that the
negroes have been balding nightly
meetings, preparing to attack the
whites.
Balltown is about 20 miles from
Franklinton in a sparsely settled sec?
tion. It is isolated and almost entire?
ly cut off from the outside world.
Franklinton is 277 miles east of this
place and there are no telegraph or
telephone lines.
FAKE STORY FROM NEW YORK.
Granddaughter of Gen. Hampton
Said to bo Starving.
Columbia, Oct. 28.-A senational
and remarkable story seems to be on
tap in New York. The story that is
offered is about a "starving grand?
daughter of Wade Hampton in New
York." The story is offered by some
newspaper men in New York. Inquiry
here developes these facts: Gen.
Hampton has no grand-daughter in
New York. All of the grand-daughters
he has are fortunately well provided
for and are in good circumstances.
So far as every grand-daughter of Gen.
Hampton is concerned it is a fake.
: His eldest grand-daughter is the
daughter of Col. John C. Haskell
and is happily married to Mr. Frank
Lindsey, of Roanoke, Va., where they
live. Mr. McDuffie Hampton, of Co?
lumbia, has three Lttle girls, all liv?
ing here. Mr. Arthur Hampton, who
is in the treasury service and is sta?
tioned in Maine, h?.s a little girl. The
only other Hampton is the widow of
Wade Hampton, Jr., who survives her
husband. Mrs. Wale Hampton, Jr.,
was a daughter cf Judge Phelan.
There are no children of Wade Hamp?
ton, Jr. Mrs. Wade Hampton has ?
been doing literary work in Washing- j
ton and New York. There are no
grand-daughters in New York.
When some men set their hearts on
anything they never let up. Sixty
years ago Ella and .Mary Ramsay, sis- :
tere, were the belles of Jersey Shore,
Pa. Gideon Thomas loved Ella and
Marv, and for the life of him he
couldn't tell which he loved most. So
? he flipped a copper to decide which he
! should ask to be "bis'n," and it flip
i ped for Mary. He married her.
: They wen- reasonably happy in wedded
?life for fifty years, then Mary died,
j Ella remained singlet, and in due time
: Gideon courted and married her with
; out flipping a copper.- Wilmington
' Star. ; *
WHY HESTER WAS APPOINTED.
Will Build Up the Republican
Party in This State.
j Columbia, October 25.-Dr. V. P.
Clayton, who was in the city today,
makes the following statement in ref?
erence to the appointment of Mr.
George R. Koester as internal revenue
collector :
"The appointment of is a novel de?
parture, but we have unusual condi?
tions to deal with and I am taking an
optimistic view of the situation. To
my mind .the great desideratum here
is a Republican party directed and
controlled by patriotic, conservative
and intelligent white men, at least the
equals in all respects of the dominant
influences in the Democratic party,
and as a preliminary to the oragniza
tion of such a party it seems neces?
sary to annihilate, the old Republican
machine which for a generation has
been a reproach to the national party
and a cancerous sore on the body
politic of this state.
"This machine has heretofore drawn
: its chief support from the collector's
patronage, which has been used for
the sole purpose of controlling delega?
tions to the national conventions and
loading the votes for spot cash or the
promise bf patronage. Mr. Koester
will certainly have a free hand to re?
turn to merited obscurity the class of
men who have manipulated the
machine, and if he does this and pav?
es the way for others to build on form?
er foundations he will merit the ' well
done of all good men', and the wisdom
of the President in making the ap?
pointment will be apparent.
Personally I feel no grievance at the
appointment. I was never in any
sense a volunteer candidate, and only
consented to allow the use of my name
iin that connection with the distinct
understanding that if appointed it !
must come as the best solution of a I
difficult situation. The responsibility
was the President's. He has acted
with great deliberation, with the
manifest,purpose to do the best thing
possible, and I sincerely hope good
results will follow." %
By-Products of *he Coke Oven.
"In a coal like the Connellsville
coking coal, containing from 29 per
cent, to 35 per cant, of volatile mat?
ter, there is from 8,000 to a little
over 9,000 cubic feet of gas per short
ton. On this basis the 30,000,000 tons
of coal coked in the United States
last vear would produce more than
250,000,000,000 cubic feet of eas," ac?
cording to the Engineering Magazine.
"Allowing-one-half of this production
for consumption in the oven, we have
remaining over 120,000,000,000 cubic
feet, or about one-half the annual nat?
ural gas production during the height
of that excitement. To convert this
fuel gas into illuminating gas in?
volves a change in the operation of
the oven, so that gas produced with
the recuperation air and gas may be
burned in the flues instead of the rich
coke-oven gas. Ammonia, that is
ammonia sulphate, is the most valua?
ble of the by-products of cokemaking,
? it having a market value of about $20
per ton. The yield of this by-pro
j duct from each ton of coal coked is
about twenty pounds, or a total vield
1 of over 300,000 tons for the 30,00*0,000
tons of coal coked last year, which
would make the value of this bv-pro
duct over $6,000,000. The yield of tar !
is about sixty pounds per ton of coal
coked. By-product tar is superior to j
tar that comes from the gas works.
It contains a less amount of pitch, and
its fuel value is about $5 per ton,
which would give a value of nearly
$5,000,000 for this product from the j
coal consumed in coking last year, j
In their primary state the combined j
by-products of cokemaking have a j
value of close to $1 for each ton of j
coal coked. After passing through the |
complex processes of modern chemis- j
try, these have a much greater value." I
HORACE HALE DEAD.
Denver, Col., Oct. 25.-Horace
Morrison Hale, president of the Uni?
versity of Colorado, who died today,
was born at Hillis, N. H., March 6,
1833, of old revolutionary stock. After
graduating at Union college, Sche?
nectady, N. Y., he adopted the profes?
sion of teaching. JHe came to Colo?
rado in 1863 and served two terms as
territorial superintendent of instruc?
tion before he became president of
the University of Colorado. The de?
gree of LL. D. was conferred upon
him by the Ohio Wesleyan University
in recognition of his distinguished
career as an educator.
GREW ON JACKSON'S GRAVE.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 26.-Dr. J. J.
Lafferty, editor of the Christian ad?
vocate, has in his possession one of
the strangest of canes. . It was made
from a sappling that fed on Stonewall
Jackson's body.
. At the time of the burial of Jackson
some one set out a mere twig upon the
grave. It grew in time to be a sap
pling several inches in diameter.
Friends of the Jackson family de?
plored the fact that a bush had ever
been allowed to grow there and Mrs.
Jackson had it removed.
The men found that the root of the
sappling had found its way into the
plain wooden coffin of the soldier and
had twined itself about his skelton, lt
was taken up and a cane was made of
a part of it. This cane was artistically
carved and given to Dr. Lafferty.
Sigerist, a foot-ball player, in Co?
lumbia, Ohio, had his neck broken on
Saturday and cannot recover.
The cadets of the Virginia Military
Institute will probably encamp at the
Charleston Exposition, in April.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, of Georgia,
will go on the lecture platform again.
That Montana man who by mail
courted a Chicago female, with whom
he became acquainted through the
medium of a newspaper advertisement,
and became engaged to her, seems to
j have struck the wrong girl. He invest
I ed about $1,000 in her, and when he
j went to Chicago to marry her and gave
? her a wad of money to buy things, she
j gave him the slip. He is very anxious
j to see her again, but more on account
I of the money invested than on account.
I of tiie girl. If he got that back be
j would be resigned to letting her go. j
! It is reported that there is to be a
; $30,000,000 salt trust.
Bandits Desperate Flight.
Sensational Incident in Nashville,
Tenn. Train Robber Es?
capes From Officers.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 27.-A despe?
rate man fought his way clear of two
city detectives here today and after a
thrilling chase made his escape. In
his race for liberty he utilized a two
horse wagon team, a horse and buggy
and a riding horse, all forcibly taken,
while two dead bloodhounds mark the
first portion of his trail.
Officers believe the man is one of the
gang that held up the great northern
express near V/agner, Mont., last
June, his attempt to get change for a>
$20 bill of the series secured in that
robbery attracting attention of the po?
lice to him.
This morning a raw-boned man
about five feet ten inches high, with
florid complexion, offered the bill in
payment of a small purchase made in
a storehouse on the public square.
Difficulty in making the change caused
the salesman to closely notice the bill
which proved to be on the Montana
bank. The police were quietly noti?
fied, the clerk meanwhile delaying the
matter of change.
Detectives Dwyer and Dickens were
soon on hand and approaching the
man demanded his name.
"Ferguson" was the reply and after
another question or two Detective
Dwyer informed the man he was un?
der arrest. Quick as a flash Ferguson
had a revolver in each band and start?
ed for the door. A hand to hand fight
ensued, both officers grappling with
the stranger who proved" more than a
match for them. Using his pistols as
clubs he fought his way to the door
and fled down the street.
A passing ice wagon caught- his at?
tention and the three nergo occupants
were soon out of his way. Then at a
fire engine clip the wagon was headed
acro.\- the Cumberland river bridge
int? t?ast Nashville, a fussilade of
she ts following it.
O i r Woodland street went the flying
tear. Lr* a sudden turn into First
stree 1 '?* >ught it to grief. One of the
horses iv 'I and broke his leg, but the
fugitive was not to be delayed. Run?
ning across First street he held up an
old negro who was driving by in a
buggy and the flight continued.
Out into the commons he sped.
Once the buggy overturned but was
quickly righted. Finally the tired
horse was abandoned and after a drive
into Shelby park on foot the supposed
bandit secured another horse hitched
at a point near tue park. Then after
a sensational ride the horse was left
and the flight continued on foot.
Further out pursuers found two of
their bloodhounds shot to death a
short distance apart and after that
trace of the man was lost.
The sheriff with a large posse is out
tonight scouring the country for the
missing man. When the buggy was
abandoned the man threw away a- wal?
let containing $1.040 in ten and twenty
dollar bills of the Montana bank.
The money was recovered by Chief of
Police Curran.
Si00,300 STOLEN BY ROBBERS.
Berea, O., Oct. 26.-One of the
boldest safe robberies ever perpetrated
in this vicinity occurred at an early
hour this morning in almost the
heart of the village. The hardware
store of Lawrence &, Brightman was
entered, the large safe was wrecked
and the robbers made good their es?
cape, carrying with them booty aggre?
gating in amount more than $100,000.
Baldwin University bears the heav?
iest loss. C. C. Brightman, the
junior member of the firm, is also the
treasurer and a trustee of Baldwin
university? and all of the available
papers of the institution which were
left in Brightman's custody were kept
in the safe. Bonds, deeds, notes and
mortgages of the university aggregating
$100,000 in value were secured by the
robbers. Many of the notes held by
Baldwin university were of long stand?
ing and bore numerous endorsements,
making it impossible to produce them
in duplicate. A diligent search for
the thieves has been instituted but as
yet no clew as to their wherabouts or
identity has been established.
A fact regarded as most singular is
that the explosion of the safe was
heard by parties residing a half mile
north and more than that distance
southwest of the centre of the town,
fahile those residing in the business
district were unaware that an explo?
sion had occurred.
The force of the explosion was most
terrific. The safe was constructed on
fire and burglar-proof principles, yet
the heavy doors were twisted from
their hinges as if made of paper, and
large pieces of the safe doors were
imbedded in the walls of the building,
one section weighing 50 pounds being
blown clear through a board parti?
tion into an adjoining room. Six
men are believed to have been engaged
in the affair.
Report of Dr. Rixey on Illness and
Death of McKinley.
Washington, Oct. 26.-4In the line
of duty, while receiving the people
was shot by Leon F. Czolgosz" is the
official statement filed with the sur?
geon general of the navy by Dr. P. M.
Rixey, medical inspector, U. S. N., as
the introduction for his report upon
the wounding, illness and death of the
late President McKinley.
The cause of death is thus stated :
"Gangrene of both walls of stomach
and pancreas, following gunshot
wound. ' '
The report itself is remarkable for
its exhibition in the closest possible
detail of the exact state of the patient
during his mortal illness. It is the
shape of a ship's log almost, showing
at intervals of a very few minutes,
sometimes a single minute, rarely
more than hour, the patient's progress
towards the* end. But perhaps the
most valuable data contained from a
medical point of view is the accurate
registering of the medication of the
case -not a single morsel of food nor a
dose of medicine, or a bath is omit?
ted in this account. Included in the
running story at the proper intervals
are the bulletins which were given to
the public as the case progressed.
The census reports show that the
trend of the negro population is to?
ward the large northern cities.
TURNIP SEED,
Onion Sets-leading
varieties.
Also assortment of Garden
Seeds.
Havana Segars
Large line of fine Havaria
Segars.
Toilet Articles.
A choice line of Toilet and
Fancy Goods to which atten?
tion is invited at
DeLorme's Drog Store.
FOR SALE AT A BA8&AIN.
For Casi, or on Approved Papers.
2 60 Saw Lammas Gins wi :b Feeders ana
Condensers
1 60 Saw Hal! Gin with Fwdor and Coa>
dtnaer
1 Sztra heavy Winship Press, a 6ne one,
complete.
40 feet of 2 inch Shafting.
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Apply to W W. OBSCHAMPS & CO t
W;s*ckv. S C*.
Or io A. A STRAUSS,
April 17-tf MevesTille, S C.
A CARP.
Sumter, S. C., Aug. 22, 1901.
Crosswell & Co. beg to an?
nounce that their business af?
ter September 1st will be con-?
\ fined entirely to the wholesale
trade.
We wish to thank the pub?
lic and our many retail cus?
tomers for their kind and gen?
erous patronage, and assure
them that should we ever enter
into the retail business again
that it will be our aim as in
the past to serve them to the
best of our ability. #
We invite merchants, here
and in adjacent territory, to
get our prices before making
purchases/ believing we can
save them money.
Yours truly,
CROSSWELL & GO.,
PHONE 53.
Aug 28
FIRST NATIONAL SANK OF
SUMTER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C.
Paid np Capital - - - - $ 75,000 00
Surplus ?nd Profits - - - - 25,000 00?
Additional Liability of Stock?
holders in excess cf tbeir
stock. 75,000 00?
Total protection to depositors. $175 000 00"
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Special attention given to collections.
S1VII?GS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Ic*
terest allowed ai tbe rate of 1 per cent per
annnm, on amounts above $5 ?nd not exceed?
ing $309, payable quarterly, on first days oft
January. April, July and October.
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R Vi. EDMUNDS, President.
08sbier
Fire Insurance Agency
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LIVERPOOL k LONDON & GLOBF
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE
HOME, of New York.
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