The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 08, 1904, Image 8

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ICE KING LAYS GRIP ON EASTERN STATES Coldest Weather of Winter In New York. BIG DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE. Many of the Eastern States Report the Coldest Weather In Five Years. Traffic and Travel Seriously Interrupted Thereby. New York, Jan. 5.?When the government thermometer reached 1 be- 1 low zero at 5 o'clock this morning, ! all local cold weather records, since j 1876,, when 0 degrees below was reoorded, were beaten. The thermometers in various outlying parts of the city went several degrees lower, and in the suburbs ; from 8 to 12 degrees below zero was reported. At 9 o'clock the official thermometer had gone up and the absence ot I wind was some relief. The intense sold interfered considerble with all of outdoor occupations, and delayed ; all regular and suburban trains from 1 a few minutes to several hours. The : effects of heavy snow had been over- | come, but it was difficult to keep up J steam, and many local trains had to ^ be abandoned on account of disabled engines. Traffic on land and water was greatly interfered with. The Atlantic liners arrived looking like spectre ships. Both the East and North rivers were barely navigable, while the Harlem j river, for the first time in eight years, was impassable above Maceomb's dam bridge at One Hundred and Fitty-lifth street. Ferry boats and tugs were swept cut of their courses oy the drift ice ! and every ounce of paper in them was i required to reach the slips. The boats , which land at the battery had to turn 1 battering rams to part the ire In theiT | Blips. Mails from the west and east 1 were from six to ten hours late. Snow was not to blame for tins so much as the - inability of the locomotives to keep steam up under the great outside cold pressure. The severe weather, too, was the j cause or an unusual number of fires. ( Between 2:30 and 8:30 a. m. 130 alarms were sent in. These were all small fires. Coldest In Five Years. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 5.?This was the coldest morning in the last live years in Connecticut.' From midnight until 8 o'clock this morning the official thermometer reading In this city was 6 degrees below /.Pro. in* ^ J land points reporieo mucn lower tem- i peratures. the lowest among them being Banbury, 2C. below. Traffic on all divisions of the New York, New Haven and Hartl'ord. was again delayed on account of the difficulty of making steam. Below Zero In Pennsylvania. Wllkesbarre, Pa., .Ian. 5.?The tem-' perature today is the severest in many years. At Glen Summit the thermom- j eter was 28 degrees below; at Hill- . Bide. 25; at Mountain Top, 29. while ' in' this city 14 below was recorded. I A hoavy damp log accompanied the I cold. Coal mining is seriously hampered, and while the demand lor coal is great and many companies have been unable for a week to make deliveries, the mines cannot produce the fuel fast enough with steam and water pipes frozen and breakers too cold for men to work in them. Electric System Tied Up. Amsterdam. N. Y., Jan. 5.?The temperature in this city this morning was 29 degrees below zero. The electric system between this city and Glov- j eravllle and rlchenectadv is tied un. : Trains on the New York Central railroad are from throe to five'hours late. Thirty Degrees Below. Fishkill Landing. N. IT., .Ian. 5.?At Fishkill this morning the thermometer registered 36 degrees below zero. Along the Newburg hay ftedlion of the Hudson river It registered variously from 30 to 36 degrees below. Lowest in 25 Years. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 5.?'f wenty-five degrees below zero, the lowest in 20 years, was recorded here today. Coldest Since 1899. Youngstown, ()., .lany. 5.?The mercury registered 10 degrees below zero today. The coldest since 1X99, when the thermometer dropped to 24 below. An Unusual Case. New York, Jan. !>.?A cas* of anthrax, which is a malignant disease, rare among human beings, although common to cattle, has been discovered et a hosnltal here. The afflicted man supposed he had a carbuncle on the side of hlH head, which was badly swollen An operation for the remov- ' . al of the affected portion was quickly performed, and it is believed the pa tlent will recover. 8chooner 8unk In Harbor. New York, Jan. 5.-~-Tho schooner Charles K. Buckley, from Charleston, sunk today off Governor's Island in New York harbor. It is supposed she was cut through by the Ice. 8c far as known, no lives were lost. UNDER A SERIOUS CHARGE. fierce County Man Jailed Pending an Investigation. Ulackshuar, (Ja., Jan. 6.?John Manning. a white man, who lives in this county a few miles from Offerman, Is charged with the murder of his wife, which Is said to have occurred some weeks ago. The story is a complicated one, and bids fair to become more complicated still. Manning's wife was a Miss Rogers, of Wayne county. The pair did not get on well, and there were frequent quarrels. A few weeks ago trouble was renewed, and in the midst of it a brother of Mannings is said to have arrived on the scone. His brother called to him and told him to go for a doctor, and a lew minutes later called to him that he need not go, as his wife was dead. Next day the body was interred, but suspicions having been aroused because of the circumstances of Mrs. Manning's death, an inquest was ordered. the verdict of the jury, it is reported, being suicide. Subsequently. Mrs. Manning's people, being dissatisfied, had the body exhumed, and a further inquest was held. The jury, after investigating the case, returned a verdict charging murder upon the husband. It Is reported that her nock was broken. Manning's people, so it is said, will liave the body re-exhumed and examined by experts in order to establish :liat Mrs. Manning did not die as ? result of violence at the hands of hel liusband. It is charged that she died as a re- c suit of a largo dose of strychnine. * lakon with suicidal intent, and to es- * .ablish that fact Manning's people I lave had the stomach removed and c forwarded to Chemist Payne for an- 1 llysis. . t COAL BURNING AT SAVANNAH. 1 Efforts of Firemen to Check Flames 1 Prove Fatal. 1 Savannah. Ua., Jan. 5.?All day i long firemen have been lighting a great coal lire at the wharf of the 1 Herman (foal and Lumber company. 1 The lire was discovered at a o'clock t in a vast pile of coal on the wharf. 1 It is said there were two cargoes of ' coal in the pile. its ignition is said 1 to have been due to spontaneous com- 1 bustion. Streams of watey are being played 1 upon the lire at a late hour tonight 1 with little prospect of its being soon quenched. The firemen have worked 1 in cold so bitter that ice has formed ( upon them. The fire chief and his assistant have both succumbed to thd cold. A boat underneath the wharf, from which trie tlreinen were fight- 1 Ing the flumes, capsized, precipitating" 1 its occupants Into the icy water. The tire burned through the wharf md much burning coal dropped into the river. DID HIS WORK IN BROAD DAY. Nearo Arrested at Savannah for Bold Robbery. Savannah, (la., Jan. 5.?W. H. Bothvvell, a negro, was arrested for wholesale robbery. Ho had been systematically robbing the grocery warehouse of the Flxon Lumber company. He would boldly drive up, in shirt sleeves, with an order book, and start to work at the dinner hour, when the force was away. He would begin loading his wagon and passersby thought he was employed at the place. Ho secured and cold hundreds of dollars' worth ol' groceries. Hosiery Mill Chartered. Raleigh, NT. C., Jan. 5.?The state charters the Shamrock Hosiery mills, of Winston, capital stock $100,0(10. the stockholders being members ot the Hanes family. A charter is also ' granted the Hebron Industrial home ! at .Montreal, near Ashevllle, for or- | phans and indigent children, the directors being local and Ohio people. Supreme Court Seals Their Doom. Raleigh. N. C., Jan. 5.?The supreme eottrt has certified to Governor Aycock that it had affirmed the lower court in the notable murder cases of William Boggan, of Anson City, and Jabel j Register, of Columbus county. The governor lixes Feb. 2 as the date ot Register's execution at Whiteville, and Feb. 25 as that of Boggan's execution at VVadesboro. Nothinq Is Heard of Mann. Jacksonville, Fla.. Jan. 5.?The family of former State Senator A. S. Mann, who is reported to have lost his life in the lire of the Iroquois theater at Chicago, have heard nothing from Mr. Mann sinco last week. It is stated that his Chicago afldross was i the Palmer House, but that he was in the habit of making several occasional trips to New York, where he frequently stopped at 22 West One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street. The rumor of his death came as startling news to his family here. New Lines to Open. St. Louis, Jan. 5.?President Yoakum, of the St. I/Oiils and San Francisco, stated today that the 'Frisco will soon open two new lines into St, 1 Louis. The St. Ixniis, Memphis and Southeastern will be ready for operation into and out of- St. Louis by March 1. The St. Louts extension of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois will be opened for traffic by April 15. WAR CLOUDS HANG I HEAVYJVER LAST Russian Reply to Japan Not Yet Received. i BEAR PREPARING FOR ACTION. ] Eastern Situation Grows More Com- , plicated and It Seems That War Be- > tween Japan and the Czar's Coun try Is Inevitable. < Tokio, Jan. 5.?Tho Russian reply i | to Japan has not yet been received. It is reported from Vladivostock that ( the Russian squadron there is preparing for action. Official dispatches t- front Tokio to Paris late >esierd?.. evening say the minister for foreign affairs had ^ tiot received tho Russian reply, up to that time. The officials hero con- g jlued from tliis tliat Viceroy Alexieff 3 s awaiting an opportune moment to present it. No direct word had yet ^ >oeu received from St. Petersburg that he reply had been forwarded, but f ho unofficial reports to the effect ^ hat the answer has been made are T :onsldered correct . . uwing 10 me aosence or details retarding the Russian reply the officials lero are careful not to express an j, >pinion as to the outcome, but the gen ral tone of comment in official cir les is slightly less hopeful. ( The most significant feature of the t llspatch from Tokio is the statement , hat Japan is hastening final propara- t ien for a far more extensive des- t latch of troops to Corea than at first t :ontemplated. The government has iow decided to send an army of 35,- ( >00 men organized as two divisions, , o Corea. This is more than double c he strength of the expedition first , contemplated, and requires a large ( loot of transports and extensive ar- ( angements, which are proceeding rapdlv towards completion. t The destination of this army is ex- ^ lectcd to be southern Corea, particu- f arlv Fusan and Yongampho. it is * inderstood at first, that Russia would j lot object to the expedition, but the magnitude of the expedition raises ( lome doubts as to whether Russia will ^ acquiesce. , Rumors are in circulation at Mar- , seillos tliat a French naval division, ] composed of the armored cruisers Klebor, Dissix and AdmiraltAube and the turret ship Suffcrn is about. to receivo orders to sail for the Far East. , The reports, however, cannot be con- ( tirmed here, hut there is a reason to ; believe that the naval authorities are t considering the disposition ol' the war- , ships in the event of a serious turn < in the situation. This is due mainly j to the present smnll French naval < force in the Pacific, which is confined ] to two unimportant vessels. < FATAL EXPLOSION. I Fourteen Men Killed In Nitroglycerine Works In England. Fenzanoe, England. Jan. 5.?Four- ( teen men were killed and several Were , injured by an explosion today at the j nitroglycerine department at the Na- ] tlonal Explosive Works, 8 miles from here. The whole district was enveloped in a cloud of black smoke and nearly every window at St. Ives. I. miles from the scene of the explosion, was shattered by its terrific force. Many windows were also smashed at Penzance. FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH. Tragic Fate of Yraveling Salesman From Tennessee. St. Louis. .Ian. f?.?The dead body ot a man frozen stiif was found todav on Prairie avenue, in the west portir i of the city and identified as Edward Edmundson. a traveling salesman from Greenfield, Tonn. The police believd he went to sleep and froze to death unnoticed. Cru~adc Against Crime. Chicago, .Ian. 5.? To raise $50,000 to enforce the laws and prosecute flie ( crusano against crime is tno object of a committee just appointed by the Chicago Citizens* Anti-Crime committee. James H. Eckels, president of the Commercial National bank, will act as chairman of the new committee on ways and means. The other members are James L. Houghtaling, Ernest A. llaniill. Michael Cudahy, KrskinQ M. Phelps, F. E. Coyne, Jas. U. Forrnan and Edward K. Turner. Every member of the committee has personally accepted the appointment. Millions In Christmas Gifts. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 5.?Captain Frederick Pabst, whose funeral has just been held, on Christmas made gifts to every member of his family, said by his close friends to aggregate some $5,000,000 or $0,000,000. Captain Pabst fully realized that his illness would be fatal, and that the end was not rnr r.rr. The entire wealth of Captain Pabst ia estimated at 110,0011,000. Count More Dead. Dublin, Jan. 5.?Count A. J. Moore died tody In Tipperary. ife was horn in 1849, and was a former member of parliament. He was created a count and commander of tho Order of Gregory by the late Pope Leo. I COREAN PORTS. present Negotiations May Result li Their Being Opened. Londou, Jan. 5.?The Corean charg d'alTaiios, in an interview, said he ha good reason to believe that the nc gotiations between Corea, the Unite* States, Great Britain, Japan and Rua sia regarding VViju and Yongampho will result in the opening of tlios* ports at an early date. Russia, h< lidded, is still opposing the opening and a few Russian troops have occu piod Yongampho, but ho believed th< negotiations would terminate in a de Msion favorable to the views ol Core? and the powers desiring the opening if the ports. Corea, the charge d'affaires furthei leclared, would never agree to Rus jia's proposal to establish a neutra :one in northern Corea, as it woulc arejudice the sovereignty and integ ity of Corea, which is guaranteed b) he Anglo-Japanese treaty. Telegraphic advices received fron Jeoul by the charge d'affaires as latt ts two days ago, did not mention th< >ossibillty of Japan landing troops ai dasamnho. Coreais relation with Russia and J a jan were friendly , and the charge 1'aiTaircs did not believe war woulc osult from the present negotiations. CHICAGO THEATERS CLOSE. riany Attractions Forced to Make Other Arrangements. Chicago. Jan. 5.?Action by the Chi :ago city council having made the >peulng of any theaters inside of twe veoks improbable, the* managers ol he attractions now here have begut heir arrangements for the placing ol .heir companies elsewhere. Henry W. Savage, oC the Yankee Consul organization, called the compa ly and informed them that, a weelt >f rest would bo taken here at ful mlary. The Studebaker will remair jlosed until it can be ascertained what he revised ordinance will require. The Ward and Voltes company al he Great Northern will leave the city oday. The Bostonians, to have pre ;ented "Robin Hood" this week at Mc dickers, are devoting their enforcec eisure to rehearsing: Mrs. Fiske, who was to have appear fd at the Grand, has not decided whal vlll be done during the fortnight shf vas to have spent hero"" It is under Rood that Mr. Brady will send "Tht Pit" on the road next week. % T? Form an Association. New York, Jan. 5.?Former Presi lent William King, of tho Mechanics association, has planned to start Feb I, on an extended tour throughout the south and west with a YiCW to th< ultimate formation of a National Mer thants* association. Although /no def mite plan of union has been formulat Pd. it is the purpose to discuss th< feasibility of such a combination wltt existing local organizations ultimately :nking In merchants to the number ol &00. Operation Proved Fatal. Chicago, Jan. 5.?Frank Hodges Clark, of Evanston. 111., once privaU secretary to General Francis Butler Is dead at St. Frances hospital, fol lowing an operation. During 21 years he was a paymaster in the Unitec States navy. Since 181)0 he was ai official of the General Electric com pany, and tho Westingtionse Electrh company at Washington, D. C. Mr Clark is survived by a wife and sevei children. > ? Japan Buys Warship. New York. Jan. 5.?The warshii Captain Pratt, has been ordered t< proceed to dry dock and to embarl full war equipment says a* Herald di? patch from Valparaiso, Chile. It i presumed the vessel has been alread; sold to Japan. The Captain Prat was built at l.nSeyno, France, in 189( and is a third-class battleship of G,00 tons, 'with a maximum speed of 18. knots. Mrs. Latimer, Authoress, Dead. Baltimore, Jan. 5.?Mrs. Mary Eli! abeth Wormloy Latimer, the authoi ess, is dead at her home here. Sh was 78 years old and has been i feeble health for some time, the shoe of the death of her husband, Jtandolp limuMcr, on *jnrisimas evo, nastenin her end. Her husband was a men her of the engineer corps which lai out the Baltimore and Ohio railro?( Brought Valuable Cargo. San Francisco, Jan. G.?The Occ dental and Oriental liner Coptic, jus arrived, brought one of the most vah able cargoes that ever came here. 1 included 1,581 bales of silk, valued i about $1,200,ObO, besides, gold In Ja; ancse yen, valued at $1,250,000. Embarking Troops. Paris, Jan. 5.?A dispatch to Tk Havana agency from Tokio toda says: The preparations for the en barkatlon of two divisions of Japanes troops are continuing actively. It believed they will be dispatched I ports in south Corea to restore orde VA/n-L. "I M?n f ? v? r\ w wi i | wv it i v > 11 Pittafourg, Jan. 5.?Tho Hlack D1 mond Steel company mills of the Cr cihle Steel company of America wl resume work in nearly all depar moots tomorow, giving work to 1,0< man. m % COTTON MARKET ! FURIOUSLY ACTIVE s New Orleans mirl^et Thrown i Into an Upioar. i. ,, SHORTS ARE 8ENT TO COVER. 3 3 In Crescent City the Market Became Most Excited Over Reading of the } Census Bureau's Report of Cotton Ginned to December 1. 1 Now Orleans, Jan. 5.?Tho cotton 5 market was furiously active through' out the morning. The surprisingly r bullish Liverpool cables threw the " ; market into an uproar and sent' the 1 shorts to cover. The second sur1 prise of the day camo with the reading of the census bureau, report on ' the amount of cotton ginned to Dec. 13. ' The most enthusiastic bulls did not 5 expefct anything under a,000,000 bales 5 and the report of 8,520,244 bales sent ' prices up about half cent. At ono time prices were about 80 points higher than the close of yesterday. ' The bull leader was the most ag' gressive of the longs and bought heavily. His purchases yesterday were enormous and it is estimated that the advances of the last two days have made^the bull clique half a million 1 dollars. Late in the morning March was 79 points higher than the close of yesterday at 13.98; May was 79 points ' higher atl6.25 and July was 80 pointd 1 higher at 15.50. i t - SPECIAL GRAND JURY. 5 May Be Called to Investigate Iroquois Theater* Horror. t Chicago, Jan. 5.?A special grand I Jury may be called to investigate thd I responsibility for the Iroquois fire hort ror. The proposition has been discussed 1 at n conference between State Attor' ney Dineen and Coroner Traeger and the decision was that Assistant State's Attorney Barnes shall be detailed to I canvass the situation today when tho coroner takes up his plans tor the in* quest. t The coroner will inspect the ruins > of the theater during the day, after . which the public prosecutor will be j given an outline of the evidence to be deduced at the inquest. On the report of tho assistant state's attorney will hang the dec!. sion as to the summoning of a special grand jury. Tho regular grand jury - will be convened on Jan. 18. Its t docket already is heavy. 5 ? .? CHICAGO WILLJ^OT DANCE. ! Great Theate7~^>rror Ha8 Thrown p^..per on Amusements. outfcago. Jan. 6.?Because of the Iro! quois theater disaster Chicago did not > dance last night. Scores of dances set for the evening hurriedly were cancelled or postponed to a later date. For the same reason that young perj sons refrained from the waltz and ? two-step last evening. Chicago may not dance much for a week or more. Sorrow and respect for the dead 3 may have detained some, Iftit by fai* j the greater number avoided the wax1 ed floor because Building Inspector Williams had decided with Mayor Harrison "not to shoulder any more ' responsibility." ^ "Close up and keep closed until you have shown my inspectors that you aro complying with the ordinance with ty appliances," was the order sent out respect to exits, stairs and other safo0 by tho inspector to the proprietors of 1 300 public halls used for dances and other general assemblies. RECORD FIRE LOSSES. (! Total of $150,197,700 for Year Just Closed. Now York, Jan. 5.?A record of lose 3 by tire in tho United States and Canada for the year Just closed compiled by The Journal of Commerce, shows a total of 3156,197,700. This Is tho greatest sum since 1893, with the exception of the year 1901. e Forsyth County Tragedy. Suwanoe, Oa., Jan. 5.?At Joe King's, near Big Creek postofflce, in S Forsyth county, about 5 miles from this place, Will Gravett was killed j by Prank Bagley, who was himsoll cut 37 times, and it is thought his wounds will prove fatal. Gus and j Tom Bagley wore ulao severely cut, but will probably recover. The cause of the row Is reported to have been ^ whisky and women. it Ohio Legislature Meets, Columbus, 0., Jan. 5.?fPhe Seven ty-fixth assembly convened at 1( o'clock today In biennial session. Af |(f ter the members of tho two branches v had selected their seats the governor's message was presented and occuplcc ;0 the remaining time of tho session Economy In state expenditures Is the ,o keynote of the message. Noted Horse Breeder Dead. Lexington, *Jan. B.?Coionel Har Olbson, formorly one of Kentucky'! v must noted breeders of thoroughbred! and a brother of the^late Senate ' Randall I-ee Qfbson, of Louisiana, li * dead in St. Paul, Minn., of heart die ease. URUGUAY REVOLUYlOfc.- JL Government Adopting Measures to lift- A \ press Same. . . ? , New York, Jan. 5.?Preventative Jl measures are being adopted by the *T government, says a Herald dispatch from Montevideo, Uruguay, to repress ;1 the revolutionary movement just start- . " ed by the so-caled Nationalist party. j> The ostensible cause of the movament is the ptesonce of two regiments ,v of cavalry in the department of Riv era, which the government sent there 9 during the conflict between Uruguay and the Brazilians along the bounder^ lino. The Nationalists, who have ft majority in the department, say tffere 4 is no necessity for the troops to re* \[ i main longer, but the true cause seems , to bo the decision of the ggvernment -i to break down the influence of Sara? I via, a petty local chief, who enjoys ' great popularity and influence In Rlv- 1 era. i The movement up to the present j has been without importance, though * .1 there have bel>n several collisions. j EXPLOSION CAUSED ALARM. Excitement Among LocaT Members of * the Housesmlths' Union. New York, Jan. C.?A mysterious explosion lias caused considerable excltement among the local members of the Housesmlths' union who are ift . session in the Teutonia assembly room at Third avenue and Fifteenth street. While the delegates were busy discussing union affairs, a terrific exploj slon in Lho base incut shook the building. In the bar on the ground floor glassware was destroyed and the patrons lied to the street. Investigation .showed that a Japanese bomb of paper and tin had been set off. x The damage was confined to the glassware. Members of an opposition union ara charged with the deed. DOWIE'S PLAN. New Enterprise Under Way by Zlon City Founder. San Antonlo? Tex., Jan. 5#?John ! Alexander Dowle, tlie founder of Zlon City is not going to Australia on this * trip. lie has arrived here to Inves* i tigate Matagorda Island on the Texaa coast, as a site for a new "Bterftal City." Dowie's plan is to enter on exten* ? , sive stock farming and factory -work. < ljp has an option on the island which embraces ."0,0(J0 acres. I Dowle adtnits that ho has had thla plan in mind for some time, and that | he may bring his entire following to tffe new settlement. The senate' committee on military affairs has decided to report favorable Woo ,r 'rkvty) r-Crenwr* I lAonaxd stood 7 to 2. The situation In the Far East remains unchanged. The outlook for peace continues gloomy. 4The Cash Bargain A Happy New Year to One and All. I take advantage of this seaHon to thank .all our friends and customers for they- past favors of 1003, and I trut-1 that they will continue to favor me in l'JUT, prouneing our best endeavors to please them in the future. I remain yours truly, Mrs. D. N. Wilburn. 1 i | I Wood's Seeds.m S Twenty-five vears practical ex perience, and the fact that we do J -' I the largest business in Seeds in the ' l I Southern States, enables ua to supply.every requirement in ? GARDEN AND FARM SEEDS " j to the very begt advantage, both ) as regards quality and price. Truckers and Farmers * ' requiring large quantities of Seeds f| j are requested to write for special Jf* 1 prices. If von have not received a copy of WOOD'S 8KED BOOK J? j for l*.K>4f write for it. There Is net f $ another publication anywhere / that approaches It In the useful . : and practical Information that i It gives to Southern farmers t and gardeners. Wood's Seed Book will be moiled trco _ - ' '^jk on r?iqu**t. WrlUtMay(||HK 1 | do not delay. I [{ T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen. I S |