The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 07, 1899, Image 2
[ havoc whought by
i overflow in texas
Great Loss of Life and Heavy
'
Damage to Property.
PINE LANDS UNDER WATER1
District Flooded Is Five Hundred
311lr? Li (tig by Fifty Wide and I ho
Planters Are 3loving About in Hastily
Hullt ISouts.
t Houston, Jniy 5. ? A correspondent
has just returned from a voyage through
the flooded districts. The half has not
been told of the havoc wrought. The
disaster is so appalling that description
is not possible. After this flood will
Aninn oiolriiAL<a nii.l/Mihtmlli* > ud ?& !% ? f- >i
Iwcek ago was tho fairest part of Texas
Is uow almost a God forsukeu wilderness.
Tho waters of tho Brazos havo for tix
days coverod its valley to a depth of
from 0 to 30 feet; where a week ago
there were on ovcry hand fields of cotton
and corn and thousands of acros of
watermelons and cantaloupes, today
there is slimy mud over all tho vegetation,
the land, tho carcasses of cows,
mules, pigs, dogs and eats; mayhap humans,
for many are missing.
Our party left Bryan at sunriso yosterday.
morning, going to tho Navosota
bottoms and to a point abonc 3 miles
from MiHicom. Here were encountered
everywhere an overflow from the Nava ota
which spread out. fully 3 miles on
jetther side of the Houston and Texas
Central track.
Everything is under water from 2 to
17 feet. It looked on all sides like a
ftrront lulfA nviti tni> u-ntur wtic cn hitrh
1Kb at for a vast area it completely submerged
the telegraph and telephone
boles along tho line. In truth, portions
H the Navasota bottoms are even now
Htperfect sea, extending 1 or o miles
ide at certain points. I saw hand rods
W houses there totally snbmorged and
as many more were swept Irani their
foundations and destroyed. The plantera
of the bottoms are still moving their
help and whatever is left of their stock
to places where they can bo cared for.
They are all nobly helping each other
and taking refuge wherever they can,
sojno of them socking safety on housetops.
AH the planters stated that the
outside'^orld has no conception of tho
floods or losses incurred by the destruction
of crops, stock and buildings.
INearly every planter has built boats and
?ent them through the flooded districts
to render assistance to tiie people and if
possible save some of their drowning
stock.
The flood district has a length of over
600 miles, a breadth of probably i>0 mile j
oud in all this vast space damage incalculable
has been done. The lo-s to life
will never be fully known, perhaps; tho
bottoms were thickly settled, mostly
v??m ??=b'u ?
baa been the greatest, loss ojt Jtfo-^ , ,?C1A
who are in a position to know: Lives
lost, trout 100 to 800; loss to farmers, including
crops as well as live stock, from
<5,000,000 to $15,000,000; Damage to
railroads and county bridges, $2,000,000
to $4,000,000.
These estimates take in the whole
area. It is known that more than 00
people have met their death; that many
bodies have been recovered; it is not believed
that all of them will ever bo recovered.
FOUND DYING ON A ROOF.
Atlautn 51 an Drinks Too Much Luticlaniini
by Design or Accident.
Atlanta, July 5.?David P. Morris,
an old and respected resident of this
city, was found unconscious on the top
of the Forestry building at Exposition
park yesterday and died nt his home
last night without uttering a word that
might have tended to clear up the
tragedy.
A small vial that had contained laudanum
was found by his side and has led
to the advancement of two theories?
suicide or accidental ovofdoso, taken to
induce sleep.
The victim came to Atlanta just after
the war and was in tho grocery btisi
ness with his brother for several years
Recently he has been in tho real estate
business with his sous. Ho was a native
Georgian! and fought all through
the civil war in tho confederate army.
_ He was oneof the landmarks of the city
and had a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances.
P He was possessed of considerable
| property and there was nothing about
f his buisiness nifuirs to induce him to
commit suicide. Ho leaves a wifo and
three children.
A K...V !(.. ? <
v. Wl-UISlOII#
Oolumuia, S. C., ,Tnly 5.?Tho supreme
court has just, rendered a decision
which will be of general iutcrost.
The effect of the decision is that a party
iotay will or devise his homestead after
it has beeu set aside. It is a radical
opinion a id seems to open up an entirely
now phase of this much discussed
quoitiuii. The titlu (it the cum@ is Augusta
A. I"). Bostick versus Eloise Chovi,
And went ap to the supreme court from
Barnwell county.
Swindling the Old Slaves.
Ohart^-ston, July 5.?Negro missionaries
in the lower section of tho state
are still taking the dollars from the old
slaves whose heads are set on getting
government pensions. According to tho
estimate of officers, there are nearly
2,000 members of the order in Soutli !
Carolina The fact that each member '
pays $1.85 for the privilego shows how
much is being collected, though just
where this money goes is not explained, i
Census .lobs to Give Out.
Washington, July 5.?This week (ho
president will announce the appoint- j
mint of 200 or 300 census supervisors
who have been agreed npon with one or
two exceptions. Some friction exists
over the appointments in tho south. All j
supervisors must be acceptable to seua i
tors as well as representatives, as the I
Mate is required to 0<gfl^
MONTGOMERY FOLSOM DEAD j
Well Known Newspaper M.tn Expires
Ht III* Heme In Atlanta.
Atlanta, July :i.?Moutjoinery M. !
Foliom, ono of tho best known and ;
most versatile newspaper men in the |
south, died suddenly at his residence, 1
i55 East Fair street,*at 7 o'clock yoster- j
day morning, after an illness of only a j
low hours. Tho immediate cause of j
death was apoplexy, superinduced by
an affection of the heart, from which j
he had been a sufferer lor the past two j
years. '
Montgomery Folsom was born near j
Hahira, Lowndes county, Ga., Jan. hi, i
18.'ib, aud up to the time lie was 18 or J'.)
years of ago his days wcro spent in toil
on a farm and his nights in study. Arlived
at tho age of 20 ho became a pedagogue
and taught small country sclioos
in various parts ot South Georgia.
His first published writings appeared
in the Savannah Morning News, when
he was a mere boy. Tnoy consisted of
rooms and articles of a literary aud humorous
vein. Later lie began to contribute
to tlio northern capers and con?inn?irl
?a ,.?i-ruclui...l?.it ,?f enwut-itl ahuatu
V.W. . .4. V,. . V .... ...
in that section up to ^he day of his
death, being also, at various times, connected
with different publications
throughout Georgia.
ANOTHER INJUNCTION NOW.
Seaboard Kiigitu-or Cr? w llcgtrniiu'd
From Working at Columbia.
Coi-UMDIA, S. C., July 3 ?There was
l another injunction in the matter of tho
Seaboard work in the city of Columbia
Saturday. It came in tho shape of an
order from the officials of that system
restraining the engineering corps from
doing anything further either in ColumI
bia or in the vicinity for one weak.
It is understood that tho Seaboard
j proposes to await the decision of Judge
lfuchauau at tho hearing upon July 7.
| If that decision is adverse it is understood
that the engineering corps will bo
j forthwith ordered to Swansea to begin
' the survey of tho liuo from that po.nt
to Camden.
! Such action, it is said, will bo an absolute
nece>: ity in order for tho Sea[
hoard to connect its main lino and its
i Florida Central and Peninsular lin so
i<r to run trains by Jan. 1, a date taat
for legal reasons cannot be postponed.
STATE PRINTING QUESTION.
I ??
' Governor Says I: Is Uuforl utinte that
Florida Out bids Alabama.
! Birmingham, Ala., July 3.?Tho Alai
bania press has been printing many
! stories about tho stato printing which is
done by concerns in Florida. Tho gov?
crnor has been criticised considerably
I for this condition and it has boon asI
sorted that he was iaimicable to labor
in this state. Governor Johnston, wis;
is here, has rriven out an interview on
i the subject ' He says that according tc
1 law that bids are advertised for for the
i printing.
i The bids are opened in the presence
! of several of the state officials and the
! contract is awarded to the lowest bid'
ders. That a Florida concern should
i outbid an Alabama lirni for Alabama
j printing is very unfortunate, says tin
Kills Vn titer, Mother, Sister.
j Athens, Ala., July;;.?A 13-year-old
; boy named Thomas, living on a farn;
j several iniku in the interior, stabbed
and killed his sister, who had quarreled
with him for not helping support the
family. The hoy then turned 011 hi.aged
mother, who had conic to hei
daughter's assistance, and slashed liei
so terribly she died in a short time. A
few months ago the boy and his lather
were out hunting when tiie latter was
shot in tiie back and killed. The boy
was suspected of killing his father, but
110 conclusive evidence could be secured.
Young Thomas fled and so far has
i tjiuuuu capturo.
A Irajccdy \car Greenville.
Greenville, S. C., July What
' appears to be a fatal shooting occurred
about 7 miles Irom here noar the Reedy
river factory. An intimacy between the
handsome daughter of J. 1<\ Sloan and
a man by the nanio of Lum Watson
caused the difficulty. A rendezvous
i was appointed, which was overheard
1 by the father. That night when, at
\ tho appointed time, Watson appeared
; and signalled his presence, he was met
! with a load of shot at tho hands of tho
irate father, He is reported to bo dangerously
wounded and is not expected
to recover. No arrests have as yet been
i made.
No Crime to Receive Whisky.
Cakteusvillz, Ga , July 3.?Judgo
I J. W. Harris of the city court of Car!
tersville has delivered a decision in the
habeas corpus case of J. 15. Heyward
; against the city council of (Jartersville,
involving the validity of tho ordinance
known as the jug ordinance. In his decision
he declares the ordinance null
^tud void. This ordinance, so far as
known, is the most extreme measure
ever enacted on the line of prohibition,
no attempt heretofore ever having been
| made to make tho receiving of whisky
j by a person a crime.
Offense to Attempt Suicide.
Morilk, July 3.?Recorder Stautz, in
disposing of tho case of John R Kislow,
who was hold on tho charge of attempting
to commit suicide, held that tho act
of Kislow, who attempted to drown
himself in the river, was an offenso at
common law, and ue hound the prisoner
over to answer before the city court in
the Hum of #100. There have been several
unsuccessful attempts at snicide in
this city, but this is tho first time that
the would-be suicide has been dragged
into court and prosecuted for tho failure.
Suit Kntercd by Worth.
RM.Riaif, July 15.?State Treasurer
Worth has brought suit to compel the
penitentiary executive board to separate
warrants for debts duo up to tho
end of last year from those for debts incurred
between that date and March 7,
last. . _
Georgia Imwyers to Moot.
Wakm Spkinoa, Ga., July 3.?The
annual meeting of tho Georgia Bar association
convenes hero next Thursday,
July 6, and all indications point to a
m int mnMrfrl --T"1fr['-r .
MEMS VISITED BY
. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Loss May Reach Five^&Hndrecl
Thousand Dollars.
GAYOSO HOTEL IN RUINS
Former Chief Clary Probubly Fatuity
Injured While Fighting tlio Flumes,
j a Negro Cremated nod Severn! Poopie
More or L >s Seriously II net.
Memphis, July 5.?July 4, 1soo, will
remain memorablo as furnishing a full
sharo of excitement and disaster for
Memphis. A day of activity in the cmi
plovmeut of fireworks in celebration of
Independence day closed with a conflagration
entailing a loss of between $400,- 1
000 and ?-150,000, including tho Historic
| Gayoso hotel.
.-\dued to tho monetary loss was the
i probable fatal injury of ex Fire Chief
; J. E. Clary, tho rorions burling of |
| si? taut Firo Chief J. V. Ryan, tho death
of a negro in tho American Biscuit com- j
: puny's plant and nioro or icss in juries to j
! a number of others.
The origin of tho lire, which started |
in the basement of the Memphis Paper I
| company's storehouse on the west side I
of Front street, between Union and Me- :
call streets, is a mystery. The place i
I was closed for tho day and tho lire be- '
I gun its Work in tho rear part of tho j
l basement abutting 011 the levee and !
! difficult of access.
| The heaviest losses hv the confVjgration
are tho American lJiscu:1" company,
l tho Memphis Paper company, Biutheuthai
A: llell Bronuer, wholesale liquor
! dealers, and the Gayoso hotel. A do|
tailed statement of the insurance can!
not he obtained at iHescnt, but it is l?e1
hoved it will cover more than half tho
j lo^c.
' INCENDIARISM AT WILSON.
j Comni'sstoiiiT of Insurance Young to
31iilcc a:i 1 it vest i**a t io:?.
| Raixioh, July 5 ?Commissioner of
Insurance Young has left for Wilson to
continuo tho investigation intotliecauso
l nf ilie innendiarv fires. These fires bo
| gau last autumn and they were then
! political in character; tlmt is, they wore
due to the high feeling glowing cut oi
the election and the ropres-icn ol' the
' disorderly element auioug the negroes.
They have continued since and the good
people tliere are stirred up.
( 1 The insurance commissioner has as
t I much power in the ea>o of tiros us a
t coroner lias in an investigation of a
death under suspicious circumstances.
| and the local authorities are required to
, i co-operate with hini. This is purticu|
i lariy the case so far as the mayor and
chief of tlio tiro department are conj
; c lined. The latter aro required to look*
i into the causes of tires and if there are
, 1 susnicious circumstances to promptly
i jMw.it tl*o same to icsuTftllce Coinj
t^uite "naturally tne liwtraiico com;
panics will co operate with marked
j j heartiness. The insurance conimisj
siouer is a shrewd man and taken ali
1 j around there is every reason for belief
1 j that the law will bring about some very
[ good resuits. There are some places in
, | this stato where the companies havo
j | knowu that incendiarism is by uo means
. rare.
FARMERS MAY ORGANIZE.
Largely Attended and Jilutliuslastio
Meeting at Seneca.
Seneca, S. C., July 5. ? A meeting tc
demonstrate that the South Carolina al1
lianco is not dead was held at Seneca
yesterday, there being 3,000 persons
pvavuii rtiuuii^ IUU OWUUUL'lfl WUtU
Senator Tillman, Congressmen Latimer
and Talberc und President Wilberu of
the state ailiaucc.
It was evident from the burden of
speeches that there is a purpose now
011 foot to form an alliance of fanners,
merchants and others. It was admitted
that the farmers could not alone throt*
i tlo the trusts. President Wilberu au|
nouuced that a state convention of tho
alliance would be held tho latter part of
! this mouth, and urged "backsliders" to
| come in, pay np dues and take a hand.
When Senator Tillman told the audi*
enco they were slaves, a man ques*
' tioued:
"Who made us that way?"
"The fools that vote to put scoundrels
in ollice," yelled the senator. "Tho
! masses are misled by capital which own
j the 'newspapers,' and the country is
| drifting to tho devil. Bryan will be
the next president, and ho will be
elected on tho Ooala platform."
Uarr Meets a Tragic Death.
Brunswick, Ga.,-July 5.?James II. i
Barr of Chattanooga, general counsel
for (he Chattanoogu, Home and Southern,
was drowned or died of apoplexy
while in tho surf at Cumberland island.
His body was discoveied lying on- tho J
edge of tho surf, face downward, and
Within live minutes ufter ho had been
seen alive, apparently well and romping
in tho water. The remains wero car
rieii to Chattanooga. accompanied by a
1>arty of bis friends, who accompanied
llm here.
Mchaurlti Calls on Mclflnley.
washington'. July 6.--Senator MoIvaurin
of South Carolina was at tho
White House today in the interest of
some applicants for commissions in the
new military organization. Ho was
given to understand that tho preident
would apportion the officers for the new
regiuunts among the suvoral states in
tho ] roporUon of a captain and a first
litutenaut for each state, irrespective
O politics.
Forty linlhlliigs Destroyed.
Birmingham, Ala., July 6.?Fire at
Pratt City, yesterday, burned -10 buildings,
causing a loss of $58,000, with
only about #8,000 insurance. Tho fire
originated in C. It. Atkinson's giocery
store and us the fire department was inadequate
to cope witu it, it could not bo
checked until buildings in its path wore
torn down. Of the houses burned 21
Were business houses and the remainder
cottages.
SIX AMERICANS MURDETRED. |
Well Ivuown North Carolinian In the
Unfortunate I'llrty.
Asiiuviixe, N. C., July -1.?Itxis feared
Woldon E. Williamson, JrIt of Ashevillo,
has lost his life at the hands of
Indians in tho rubber forests of Brazil.
Lettors received seem to confirm tho
fears his relatives have entertained i'or
some mouths. Tho letters came to W.
B. Williamson, with a communication
from Assistant Secrotary of State Hill.
One letter is from tho Belgian minister
at New York, who writes, under date
June 2G:
"I find in my mail today this letter
from a Belgian gentleman living in
Brazil, giving information of tho murder
of American citizens by Indians. "
Tho letter referred to isolated Cujaba,
Brazil, March 23, 1830, and bears tho
signature of Edurudo Pottietiw, who
states that a North American expedition,
while ascending Xingu river, were
murdered by Sluas Indians. Tho whites
of tho party all porhhod to tho number
of six, to wit: Three North American.-.
?Mr. Williamson, Mr. Brownly, who
was born and married in California, and
the third namo unknown?and throe
Englishmen. Tlie writer says:
"I bavo been living in tins country
l'or five years, and am acquainted with
all inhabited parts, and even some wild
districts. 1 liavo placed myself at the
disposal of the president of the United
States to organize, if necessary, an ex
pedition to avenge the poor martyrs and
if possible to bring back their remains
and to continue their work."
Mr. Williamson was the second son
of Colonel W. li. Williamson of Asheville
and was !15 years of age.
ACCUSED OF KILLING JUDGE.
A Mini Wanted In (kor^i.i Arrested
j at Marietta, S. t'. *
j Gkkesyu l.k, S. C, July 1.?Messrs.
i J. W. New by, J. W. Hat son and others
j arrested a man named Smith at Mari|
ctta yesterday, who is supposed to bo
j the murderer of Judgo W. 13. Bell of
: Habersham county, Ga., who was killed
j on April U. The Marietta man had roi
ceived circulars in regard to the mur!
tier, and tlioy wore on tho lookout for
j strangers
I When tiie alleged Smith reached Ma:
riotta ho was recognized as liliiug tho
! description of tho murderer, and was at
1 * -1 - ? U
onco piacuu uuuer arrusi. suuu unui- i
wards a detective cunia along, claimed j
the prisoner and started away with him,
and it did not occur to the men who
made the arrest that the detective was
getting ahead of' them in the matter of
reward, as $1,100 had been offered for
the delivery of Smith to the sheriff of
llabersham county.
Thoy went after the detective and the
prisoner, and succeeded in gaiuing the
promise that one-halt the reward would
be paid to theui. Tho-prisoner dcuiod
that he was Smith, and asserted that he
was going on a visit to relatives in
North Carolina.
TRUSTEES NAME PETERSON.
New President For the Industrial
School at Moutcvallo.
Mo.ntevai.lo, Ala., July 4. ? Tho
board of trustees of the Girls' State Insor
Frances M. Peterson' otc^rc?^VoorSo
to the presidency of the institution.
Professor Peterson has been for 17
years professor of ancient languages in
the Southern university of Greensboro,
Ala. Ho is about -10 years of age and is
a man of Una executive ability as well
as a ripo scholar. The selection gives
general satisfaction.
All of tho trustees were proseut except
Messrs. Boulden and Abercrombio.
Former President Reynolds proposed
to the. board to arbitrate the differences
between them, but the beard declined
to do so until he surrendered to its committee
the account books of his administration.
REPORT OF GUILTY MADE.
But Mayor Woodward Is to Bo Given
Another Chance.
Atlanta, July 4. ? The committee appointed
by the council to invostigato the
charges against Mayor Woodward of
urunkenncs, etc., rendered a report of
guilty to the council yostorday afternoon,
without recommendation. This
report was acceptod and filed.
After Councilman Maddox, ii a redhot
speech, had called on the mayor to
resign, Councilman Thomson introduced
a resolution providing for the appointment
of a committee to investigate
the charges against tho mayor and render
a report with recommendations.
The council promptly tabled this resolution
by a good majority, thoreby
showing beyond doubt that Mayor
Woodward is to be given another chance.
To Complete the Stutehouse.
CoiA'jJliIa, S. C., July 4.?On all
sides the people seem to be taking kindly
to the proposition of the secretary of
state and others looking to the completion
of the storehouse. Although some
time has elapsed since an outline of tho
plan was made public and there has
been much discussion, not a single adverso
expression has yet been heard.
The county papers that have spoken are
unanimous in their approval. It is generally
believed that *he people o? the
stato arc jtiBt as unanimous.
A .Woman Hangs Herself.
CLARKSViLI.B, Ga., July 4. ?Mrs.
Butts of Fork district, in this couuty,
committed suicide hy hanging herself
with a rope. She was a young woman
about 25 years old, living with her husband,
and had two small children. No
cause is assigned more than temporary
insanity. _
Another Factory Chartered.
Raleigh, July 4.?The stato has chartered
the Scotland cotton mills of Laurinburg,
Scotland county, capital, $100,000.
It is the sixteenth mill chartered
this year and work is in progress on all
save three of this number.
I.Tglitnlng Kills a Woman.
Edgefield, S. O., July 4.?During a
storm iu tho Harris creek section, on
Mr. Samuel Miller's place, Luoy I toper
was killed by lightning. She lived alone
and was in the act of cooking her evening
meal when struck.
i
BIG COAll AND IRON DEAL, j
liislrrn Syndicate InvcsU Five MIU
licit Dollars at Jllrmiiigliain. >
BmMiNoiiAM, Ala, July 1. ? Messrs.
John E. beurles and Abrnrn S. Ilowitt
of Now York and some other of their
loadiug Now York mid Boston asiooiates
hnvo just succeeded in urrauging j
0110 of i!ao most important ccsl and'iron ?
consolidations ever effected in the south.
A syndicates with a capital stock of t
' 1- nl) nf I
>i;,uv/v,yvv UUS I'UCU UlgUUlliUu, ?* y
which has been underwritten, aud has j
purchased the Ciit'ton Iron company, ^
one of the most noted iron properties of
Alabama, owning #0,000 acres of land
aud two furnaces, ^
The Standard Coal company,0 a regu- *;
lar dividend paying coal property, owning
552,000 ai res of coal laud.
The Mary Pratt furnace in Biriniugbam.
?
The Gato City properties adjacent to '
Birmingham?which wero purchased c
some months ago by Baltimore and 8
Richmond interests? and the Gadsden, '
Ala., fnruaco and largo ore properties
in connection therewith. t
The consolidated properties will cover I
about 70,000 acres of land, four furnaces t
and several colro evens Repairs 011 ]
some of the furnaces, the building of *
500 rolto ovens and the trebling of tho t
coal output are now under way, ami
will be completed within four mouths,
when tho company will have an aggregate
capacity of 180,000 tons of pig iron ,
per yeur and a daily output of ever
2,000 tons of coal.
RAILWAY TAX ASSESSMENT. ,
North State Commission Klnlshss Its ]
Worlc and Reports. ]
Raleigh, July 1.?Tho corporation
commission has completed its assess- '
ment of the property of railways and |
other transportation concerns and its j
report shows immensely increased values.
The Atlantic Coast lino is in- (
creased from $9,780,000 last year to $14,
000,000; the Seaboard Air Lino from
$0,034,000 to $8,745,000; tiio Southern
irom $10,563,000 to $13,458,000.
The misceliatieous roads, which were
last year assessed at $5,700,000, are now
assessed at $4,3011,000, this decrease
being entirely duo to the fact that tbo
Cape Fear and Yadkin .Valley railway
was absorbed by tho Southern and Atlantic
Coast iine.
The total valuation of railway, steamboat,
Pullman car, telegraph and .telephono
companies are $44,114,000, tho
iucreaso over last year being $10,494,000,
and stateaud county and other taxes will
this year aggregate $450,000, an increase
over las: year of $120,000.
AFTER JOBS IN THE ARMY.
Hundreds Make Useless Application
to Governor Candler.
Atlanta, Juiy i.?Tho decision of
tho war department reached during the
past week, to muster the army to its
full limit uuder tho Hull bill and to call
for u least 10,000 additional volunteers,
has induced a flood of applicants to
Governor Candler from every part of
tho state for oflioes varying from colonel
to second lieutenant.
The applicants write under the impression
that a certain number of ap
nnintmeiits, at least, in the volunteer
service win eu puceu uc iuv. a..r?....i of
the governor of Georgia, while President
McKinley has announced through
the war department that all appointments
undor the new agreement will bo
made by hint.
Governor Candler has notified all the
applicants to him for positions in the
army that the places are not at his disposal,
and that taeir applications should
go at once to the president or the war
department.
RECRUITS AT CHARLESTON.
Only Regulars living Unlisted For
Service Iu the Philippines.
Charleston, July l. ? Lieutenant
Williams of the Eleventh infantry, who
is in charge of tlis United States recruiting
station at Charleston, has not
as yet reoeived any instructions regarding
the enlistment of volunteers for the
new volunteer army to be raised. The
station continues to enroll men for the
regular artny, however, and is sending
somo new men forward every week.
Lieutenant Williams is examining
both white and negro men who desire
to enter tho army, nud has quite a number
of applications ovory day. The
number successfully passing the physical
and mental examinations, however,
is comparatively small.
DR. BRUNNER JN SAVANNAH.
Now Health Officer Arrives Front Havana
and Takes Charge,
Savannah, July 1.?Dr. W. F. Brunner,
until recently sanitary inspector at
Huvana, hat who has resigned to accept
the position of honlth ofticor at the city
of Savannah, arrived yesterday. Dr.
Bruuner says the idea that the city of
Savannah has been thoroughly cleaned |
una nuiue ueunny Dy tho United States
| officials is erroneous.
He says when the rainy season starts
the sickness will increase just as rapidly
as ever before. He says the reports
that have boen sent broadcast over the
country of the fine condition of affairs
do not give the correct statements.
Steamer Mayflower Wrecked.
Plymouth, N. O., Jnly 1. ? The
steamer Mayflower, plying between
Plymouth and Windsor, Oaptain Hay*
wood Davenport, capsized uud sunk in
the thorouglifaro between Roanoke and
Oashi rivers. The crew and all the passengers
wero saved except an infant
who went d?owit with the steamer. Tho
steamer Petit brought the crew and
passengers. It is supposed the boat was
overloaded. _
Adopted Girl a Suiolde.
Calhoun, Ga., July 1.?Lanra, the
15 year-old adopted daughter of Mr. and 1
Mrs. R. D. Goswyck, died from an overdose
of strychnine, administered by herself,
at bcr home, 1 mile east of this '
place. No cause is known for theaot. <
Abels Hanged at Huxley. <
Baxi.ey, Ga., Jnly 1.?Will Abola,
who 21 days ago was oonvicted here for 1
the crime of assaulting Mrs. Edgorton, j
has oxpiated his offense on the gallows. ,
LU ooufssaed his guilt and died calmly, i
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IEWS STOKIE3 TOLD WITHOUT
EUUBLLISIIME^T.
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Wrdursday, June- 28.
Tlio president's projected trip to the
'acitiu coast has boon abandoned besu?e
of Mrs. TVTcKinley's illness.
Admiral Sir Windham Hornby. K. O.
J., rotired, died suddenly of apoplexy
t'liile presiding at a meeting of the
lotchkiss Oranauco company, in Lonlon.
Tlio Venezuelan arbitration com mi siou
resumed its sessions in Pfcris and
hr Richard Webster, the British attorney
general, coutinned his presentation
>f the case of Great Britain.
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson,
mrtnmnflnr.in-chief of the North At
antic squadron, after a year autt a half ^
>f almost continuous duty of tho most*
irduous kind, has obtained a mouth's
eave ot absenco.
Governor Johnston bus announced
;ho uppomuueiit of Hon John P. Hubjard
of Troy. Ala , to bo jang* of the
'ircuit roil raining tho eoun t ics of Heury,
fik?. Geneva, Covington and Crenhaw.
to succood Hon. Webb-' Fostef,
vlio died last week.
Thursday, Juno 2!).
Milo. Rhea, the actress, is dead at her
/ilia near Paris.
Tho government deficit for tllo fiscal
rear is $88,875,989.
Tho big plant oT tho El^ofleld and
Nashville Manufacturing company, makers
of hardwood fixtures and supplies,
mis been damaged $50,000 by fire.
Tho roads entering Atlanta are said
to have agreed ou a plan, which will bo
presented to tho state railway commission
on Aug. 1, for a new union station iu
that city.
Desperate because her husband had
deserted her, Mrs. Lizzie Ellis of Farniville,
Viu, aged 17 yoars, killed her 10months-old
ciiild by giving it laadnnuin
and theu attempted suicide.
Chairman A. M Lea of tho llepnbtican
statu executive committee lifts is
sued a cull lor a meeting to be Iraki iu
Jackson 011 Juiv 5 for the purposi of
considering tho Mississippi ceusus patronago.
l'rldnj', .Jun?- !W.
Robert D. Garret of
bus been appointed bank
tbo staio ot Kentucky.
Tbo Uniici States consul at Salvador
informs the state department that yellow
fever has made it s appearance there.
Tbo president has granted a pardon to
William McDowell, convicted in Nofth
Carolina in 1807 of breaking into a postofiico.
Governor Roosevelt declares be ie not
a caudidato for the presidency in 190o
and advocates the renomiuation ot*f Mr,liiuley.
General Otis notifies the war department
that tbo truusnort Morgan City
has left Manila for San Francisco wiih
40-1 sick.
Arthur F. Carey reachod Lynn, Mas# ,
after a tour around the world on a
wheel. He made the trip for instruction
and pleasure.
The American E liblo Nut company,
to control tbo peanut trade, is about to
be incorporated in Now Jersey with a
capital stock of $5,000,000.
Saturday, July 1.
Cyclist Charlio Murphy, paced $?ya
lqcomotivo, rode a mile iu 57 4 o seconds
on Long IslandMrs.
Emma D E N. Southworth, the
authoress, is dead at her residonce in
Washington city. ; ""s
A dispatch from Apia saj*s that Maltetoa
Tan us will shortly be transported
to the Fiji islands.
A now wage contract has boen signed
uy tua jalit imurn operators and miners.
The latter get a slight increase.
The anniversary of the battle of San
Jaau was celebrated at Fort Thomas,
near Cincinnati, with imposing cere?
monies.
Advices from Dawson Oity, Alaska,
state that a German has been lynched
near there for stealiug $3,000 in gold
dust from a miner's cabin.
Reciprocity treaty with Jamaica was
concluded at the state department at a
conference between Commissioner Ka$>
son in behalf of the United States and
Mr. Tower, the British charge d'affaires.
Monday, July 3.
A call has been issned for a meeting
of tho Democratic national committee
at Chicago Jnly 20 to consider matters
relating to party organization.
Whilo bathing In tho river at New
Orleans George Lannes, aged 17 years,
was drowned. He was taken with a
cramp aud sank before help could reach
him.
Tho aggregate value of exports fron}
Pensacola, Fin., to foreigu ports last
month was $1,283,317, the aggregate toi
n.n name (UUUIU lUSt 3'0?r L)6lU? Opljf
$350,819.
The trial at Columbia, 3. C.# of iyilliuiu
H. Moetze for killing Alec Cart*
lidge endod in his acquittal. Both wore
members of the First Boqth Oarqllqa
regiment.
Oriental avlviceu 9tato that, 20 ring*
leaders of the rioters who destroyed and
burned th?? oieetric tramvray car*
Seoul Inst inon<b were e^ocuteti in public,
?t Corea's cqpitql, lqyr weeks ngn>
'i'ut'KilHjr, .July 4.
A plot to set up a king in Cuba is said
to have beou discovered.
Governor Bradley of Kentucky ordered
out trcops ou falso information
receivod by telephone.
The contributions to the Dewey home
fund so fni* amount to $12,522- The
contributors to date number 10,474.
juou. r. uogera, Sr., has boon
elected, without opposition, senator
from iho Sixteenth Alabama senatorial
digccUtt to All the unexpired term of
Judge A. E. Caflee.
Kingston and Port Antonio, Jamaica,
enthusiastically Observed the Fonrth as
a compliment to Florida's generous exhibition
of Anglo-American sentiment
oh the queen's birthday. ' A
The gunboat Nashville strnck a snag
daring her recent trip up the Mtssf*
sippi. She is uow in dock at Norfolk,
inu the examination of her bottom has
?bown slight Injuries, which will oost
^,000 to repair.
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