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J j^OL LIV ' WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 7 1900. ^ NO. 20. P MANY WERE KILLED. ^ ? Chemical Combustion Sc-.tters Twenty Buildings in New York. MANY NARROW ESCAPES. t (A Small Biaz* Starts O-.e of the Worst Catastrophes In the History of N^w | York City. Ab the result of a small fire in New York on Tue>cay of last week several suocefsive explosions of chemicals oc" ourred in the urug store at Warren and | Greenwich streets and blew down a L dozen buildings and badly damaged a ? score of others. The loss of life is not known, but from ail sources of informaf tion it is gathered that there are perhaps the bodies of 30 persons in the vmns_ though because M the hot de bris and the slowness of the moviog of ? it, nobcdy had been removed up to midnight. The disaster was one of the most terrible that has ever occurred in this city, 8cd rivals the Windsor hotel fire in its appalling results, though in loss of property it will be worse. Uhief i Oroker of the fire department said tonight that the Iobs is fully $1,500,000. The action of the tremendous catastrophe was more vivid aid awful than jj the oity has seen for a locg time. I Buildings fell in on themselves or toppled over on otbera, iron girders were thrown jards away, smashing through great walls, "whole struoturos fell into the streets in piles so that the line of thcroughfar3 could not be marked out, huge splinters of iron, tee! and wood were flung into the streets and into the buildings clean through the wails where they buried wemen and men. People walking through the streets were knocked down and dangerously injured by timbers, glass and steel, hoises were thrown jr ^ down, wagons, windows, store fronts and all sorts of property for blocks in ; every direction were wrecked and damaged. There were 35 persons reported -1c. missing and 100 men, women and children are on the list of injured. The building of Tarrant & Co., makers of medicinal specialties, standing at the nortnwest corner of Green-, wich and Warren streets and filled with ohemicais, took lire in some way that may never be known at about a quarter after 12 o'clock this afternoon. It was 16 minutes afterwards that a ?-? *Va V*/,rico A? 01U26U XU3LLCU iLi uu iiiw uvuaw v4 uav ^ engine 29, on Chambers street, near Green tfieJb, and shouted that Tarrant's drag house was on fire. He had seen a volume of bi&ck smoke coming from the third window. An alarm was turned in. f Soon afterwards second aDd third - alarms were turned iiu_^?e fire -co^u k pany had just arrived when a terrific explosion occurred and threw the entire Hfa^engine's crew down the stairway. The fcremen, realizing the danger of their m ftg^on, rushed, out of the building to j i ^sWfbeet. The explosion has filled the I street in front witn a shower of falling L glass and small debris, which sent the ^ crowd already gathered on the oppo site sidewalks, fleeing for safety and rtansp.d the horses hitched to the en-! gines to rear and try to get away. Ea-! gineer Hocksberry was unfastening ike Horses, and Fireman BrowD, of the oompany, was turning the safety valve ef tne engine when tne explosion occurred and covered them witn a shower of glass. Both were mjored, as was another fireman belonging to the oom- j pany. HURLED ACROSS THE STREET. J Capt Devanney, of the company, ordered his crew back into the building. They were dragging the line to the doorway for the second lime when another explosion, more terrific than the first, came and the whole crew was hurled across Greenwich street, Devanney being so badly injured that he was sent to a hospital. In the meantime the other engines that had responded to the alarm had collected and the firemen were busy rescuing people from surrounding buildings. Firemen had ai tKa at?1U reaujr UUCJI mauj uvnu uuij ^ lire escape upon the building, and more persons had been earned down the escapes of the Home Made restaurant next door, and the buildings adjoining upon Warren street. The second explosion occurred about five minutes after the first. From tne accounts of witnesses the building seemed to leap into the air, and in a moment masses of brick wails, timbers and stone were ^ falling into the streets. The force of l&Sgik the explosion tore away the wall of the commission storehouses fronting on "Washington street and caused them to collapse, falling ail at once in a mass of timbers, boxes and barrels, from which j r\n?of nnf frArv> fho tJLio uauiQs niLivu. vuisw vuw awu Tairant building like the Delching of a cannon, at once broke forth.. EXPLOSION AFTER EXPLOSION. Across Warren street to the opposite buildings the fUmt:: leaped, setting them all afire at once, the force of the explosion demolishing windows and all wooden structures about the houses. In a moment Warren street was choked up with a mass ef debris and the whole place was aflame. The great explosion was followed by half a dozen more scarcely less intense and by a countless number of smaller ones. By this time the fL:.e apparatus was arriving from every direction. Deputy Chief Ahern Sfei came about two minutes alter tne sec BBBk o&d explosion, and he at once ordered a fifth alarm sent out, followed by a general call for ambulances. The explosion and fire together had now asbumed the proportions of a great catastrophe, and it was at first thought that hundreds of lives had been lost. Throngs of people were rushing about in the nearby streets, many of them panic-strioken, fleeing from the fire. They mingled in the crowd that was rushing down from Broadway to see what had happened. Half an hour after the explosion the streets for blocks aiound tne fire were 1 3 ? - ~ ^ _ A ~ crowaea. ure ^pparaius, wnu a score of ambulances, whiie hundreds of police were being rushed from all the , lower precincts of the city to form lines, and many priests from nearby parishes were going here and there in the smoke-obscured thoroughfares, seeking for injured who might need theii aid. _ Fiom the burning districts ? a coiumD of smoke was rising high in the air, mingled with flames that could not be controlled by the hundreds of streams thrown upoD them. The second explosion oarried destrucj tion in every direction. That it did not I cause a wholesale loss of life was due I to the fact that almost 10 minutes ! warning came after the first cry of fire I ?a cry that was a real warning to j people who knew the character of the chemicals in the burning building?and fully five minutes occurred between the J first and minor explosion, which warn j e<l everyone witntn Bearing, ana tae i m cond one. J ast after the outbreak of ! 6re from the windows of tbe building a downtown train stopped at Warren street station of the Ninth Avenue elevated road. It pas3ed on in time to escape the explosion, and the few people who were left on the platform of the station are thought to have all escaped befcre the great explosion. The station master fled across the structure, oarryin with him the receipts of the day and his unused tickets while two women, who bad stopped on the platform to watch the fire, frightened by the ! firat AYr>]nRi.->n driwn the down j town tracks, assisted by the station j porter, who took them to the Barclay street station in safety. The explosion nearly carried away the station and the mass of masonry that fell with it broke through the flooring and almost demolished the structure jast below the building. MIRACULOUS ESCAPES. Immense masses of masonry, pieces of great beams, window casines and an indesoribab'e mass of wreckage of every description tumbled su Idenly into the streeti a iroot of the building. The force of the explosion below had thrown the firemen back acroaa the street, so that, they were not caught, but their e.-cape from the rain of debris was almo-ii miraou'eus. The wreckage was thrown aoross through the windows of the building in which the Irviog National bank is on tiv* northeast corner of the street. The ? i V. _l J , t QIUvJSS oi irviug ^aus, auu ui iucwa.iem Bros.. b*<;keii? and brokers, were nearly wrcoke i. President Franehfr, of the Irving bank, was away on business at the time of the explosion, tut the vioe pres ident, Charles FI. Miitlage, and John W. Castrei, the cashier, J as A Dennisod, and the assistant cashier, 3 F. Werner, the paying teller, Win. Danlap, and the adjuster, VanZeidt, were present At the ^rst explosion an attempt was made to gather all the money acd papers that were lying oa the counters, \and to throw them into the safes, and it was supposed that this had been done, when the second explosion brought flying glass and plastering from the sky lighted ceilings down aboat the heads of every body and caused thc-m to escape in a hurry. Capt. McCiuskey of the detective bures.u who hurried every available man of his sU5 to the fire was appealed to for protection fojELJthe funds of the bank, he beiog "told that they were in the bank vault the dior of which ws^ suprosed to be unlocked.. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. When-the.captain and his men entered, ho^evj^' t iey found about $10,000 scattered i%.confusion over the counters and fbqk;' This was hastily thrown in the vauk?jind the door looked. President^Ssencher of the bank arrived within minutes of the start of the fire and was nearly hysterical when he found what had happened. By half past 2, however,".the directors of the bank had met and posted a sign in the window stating that the bank would do busineas tomorrow. Down in Mecklem Brothers' offices in the basement there were H U Mecklem and his brother Wiiliam, with Frank Heekeoberry, a boy, Thomas Hacket,' a clerk, another man named Bruce and some girls, among them Ellen Van Deen and May Danklemann. When the fire broke out $9Q,G0U in money lay upon the counters. Heckenberry was stationed at the door while this was gathered together for putting in the vault. The first explosion filled the place with sulphurous smoke that nearly asphyxiated everybody. The second explosion blew in the windows and cut the two Mecklems seriouly. The boy Heckenberry found the two girls in a heap, fainted away. He carried them out, to a place of safety. Tne others, when they came to their senses, gathered the money from the floors, put it AAtWA^ if f A Wl ^ A I 1 I 1LI Uigai UVACD auu wauxgu XV VU TT auva and Go's. Cuts His Throat. Charles F. Jones, valet of the late millionaire Roih, cut his throat at the tombs Thursday morning about four o'clock. He was taken to Bellevue hospital where he is now closely watched by two keepers. The burgeons say that he will probably recover. A few hours before the attempted suicide Jones made a full confession. He said that he and Patrick had killed Rice with poison, and then forged his name to the fraudulent will and to cheeks on various banks fur sum3 amounting altogether to $350,000. When led back to the tombs after this confession Jones was confronted by lawyer Patriok and hi3 statement of what occur red is as follows: "I told Patrick that X had confessed everything. Patriot drew a pen knife from his pocket, gave it to me and said, 'The best thing you can do i9 to take this and cat your throat.' I went to my cell and tried to kiiimyself." Human Life Cheap. News and Courier. "I was reading in your paper the other morning where the next oriminal court here would have to take up about a dozen murder trials," said a visitor in Charlesten last night, "and I thought that a very bloody record. At first I was inclined to think that this was the reonre for the vear. but since I was in formed that it was the list since the last court only. My, my, but that looks bad. Of course, i know that the people who are charged with this serious crime are negroes from the wild section of the county. Four legal executions within the past year should have a splendid moral effect, it seems to me, although people here tell me that it has not had any appreciable tffect. It is certainly bad to thiDk that human life is held for so cheap a price. I shall watch the result of this court with a great deal of interest, for I want to know how it all will end with the courts." MILITARY DISPLAY Prcbabiy the Best Parade of State Militia Ever Given. GOVERNOR REVIEWS TROOPS Some Stylish Mounts In the Line of March. Thousands Witnessed this Feature of the Fair. The great military parade arid review took place Thurday morning in Columbia. Hundreds of people lined the streets to witness it, and none were disappointed, for the character of the parade was far above the expectations of Adjutant General Floyd, Assistant Adjutant General Frost anti those who have worked so earnestly to make the display what it should be. The result wa9 a narada which was DerhaDS the ; best ever given by the Siate militia of i South Carolina. The Parade wa3 formed at the oapitol grounds and below and the various commands appeared in regulation army uniforms and equipment. The line did j not move until some tima after the appointed hour, but when it came the j spectacle of soldiers marching oompany form extending from the post orf.cs back as far as the eye could reach was presented. It was a picture worth seeing, and refloated mac&oredit upon the militia of tne State. Oae of the features of the parade were the handsome mounts of the staff and field officers. 'They were the very beet private saddle horses in the city. _ The owners responded handsomely to a suggestion that they offer the officers A ^ K of n W f kftWA TDAVA r VLJU U3C Ui DICCU3 OUU llld C nwl v | more than enough. The Farmers and Mechanics company loaned for the occation a fall equipment of new army saddles and bridles. There were many band of music in the parade, the splendid U. S. First artillery band being about the center of the line, and discoursing magnificent music. The persoaal of the band Oa this occasion was as follows: Guslan Koitzen?Director. Coporal Frank Karas< k?Piccolo. Sergeant August Pfljger?E sharp clarinet. Sergeant "Wlllliam Oitermann?Solo clarinot. Coporal Edward . Ostermann?Solo olarinet. Private John Urbon?First clarinet. Private Sim Brenner?Second clarinet. Drum Majjr 0. V. Parkatone?Saxophone. Principal Masici.&n Michael Sullivan ??ola cornet. Private John Frehner?First cornet. Piivate George W. Cook?Firat cornet. Corporal Octavis Violivi?Second cornet Private Harrison K. Sjnaff?Third cornet. Corporal David Cross?Baritone. Sergeant Leon Trusson? First trombone. Chief Trumpeter Albert Nintz?Solo alto. Private Greorge Steavenson?Second alto. Private Fred Oitermana?Third alto. Corporal William Hopmeyer?BB flat basso Corporal Emii Roetche?E fiat basso. Sergeant Henry E. Anderson?Snare arum. Private James Adams?Bass dram. * Private John Kipper?Cymbals. T&e parade was about 25 minutes passing a given point and was watohed with much public interest. The review took place at the corner of Main and Lumber Streets. Governor's etaff was composed of Brig. Gren. J. W. Floyd, adjuUDt and inspector general; Cols. Jno. F. Folk, Bamberg; Greo D Tillman Jr. Edgefield; Waddy C. Mauldlin, Hampton. E. J. Watson, Columbia; August Kohn, Columbia; and E. J. Wannamaker. With the stalf rode Col. Asbury Coward, that magnificient Confederate soldier and southern gentleman, now superintendent of the Citadel. Maj. C. J. Owens of the Orangeburg Military Institute also rode. Then came these other memberj of the staff: Cols. H A. Tripp, Blacksburg; D. A. Spivey, Conway; Gilbert H. Greene, Kook Hill; Tom C. Hamer, Bennettsville; Adam H. Moss and Thomas F. Brantley, Orangeburg, The first military organization in line w7-. the cadet..batallion of the Citadel academy, under command of Major Caatey. The Citadel boys were the best drilled of all the commands. Second came the King's Mountain Military academy under command of Capt. Law. Following the cadets was the Second regiment, South Carolina volunteers, commanded by Col. Wilie Jones, who was accompanied b7 his stiff, oonsist iDg of Lieut. Col. D. 0. Herbert. Maj crs J. W. Caller, W. L. Lse and T. J. Drew, and Capt. Chas. Newnham, acting adjutant. The first company in line was the Kershaw Guards, under Capt. S. L. Zemp. Bamberg Guaris, Capt. W. R. Wright. Tillman Volunteers, Capt. J. H. Claffy. Richland Volunteers, Lieut. F. G. Tompkins. limmcnsville Guards, Capt. W. H. Keith. Sumter Light Infantry, Capt. H. F. Wilson Georgetown Rifles, Capt. S. M. Ward. .a n_... di.a VTUVCiUUl D VJUdlUS UULLLLJ _This completed the formation of the Seoond regiment, which was followed by the First regiment, under Col. J. C. Boyd, with Ms staff, consisting of Capt. W. W. Lewis and Capt. J. R. McKeown, acting adjutant. The companies in line were: Liberty Hill Rifles, Capt. J. G. Richards. Morgan Rifles, Capt. Wm. MoGowan. Clifcon Guards, Capt. J. F. Langston. Hazel wood Rifles, Capt. J. S. Mc ^vnu. Jasker Light Infantry, Capt. W. B. Moore. Greenwood County Guards, Capt. W. R. Gaines. Fort Mill Gaards, Capt. VV. R. Bradford. Following these was the First batalion. South Carolina volunteers, commanded by Major Henry Schacte, whose staff was composed of Capt. Jas. Allen Jr., adjutant; Lieut. A. J. Buist and B. A. Hagood. Sumter Guards, Capt. T. T. Hyde. German Fusiliers, Capt. H. B. scnroeaer. Palmetto Guards, Capt. ^telling. Irish Volunteers, Capt. Kearney. Washington Light Infantry, Capt. Julius E Cogswell. The baUlion of naval reserves, under Lieutenant Commander C L DuBos brought up the rear with their naval sun, the three companies being the Lafayette Artillery, Lieut Commander George S Ligare; Mt. Pleasant Reserves, C. Patjen, and the Beaufort Reserves. Lieutenant Commander George Eiliot ?The State. SAVED BY A SIGN. Passengers on a Pullman Anxiously Looked for it. This South Carolina dispensary law brings about some curious things," said a traveling man last night. ''If r>/%?? hr% ] :?a t-.hirartr ft Pullman jruu - oar you are liable to have the 'dry monkeys' after the train gets into this state. The Pullman company is very strict about selling drinks whei9 state laws prohibit it and the company is not anxious to take chances with the dis pensary. It seems that the constables have a right to tako anything that has a whiskey smell, although I have not heard of them seizing any Pullmans. '"The other day I was going to Asheville and there was a good old thirsty orowd on the Pullman. We had been ringing the ball and calling for life preservers, but the porter smiled and refused to deliver the goods. He said it was against the law. " 'If you'll wait till we pass de 3outh Car'iina line' 8*id the porter, I tmk I can save yer life.' The porter went oa to tell me that the stale line was mark ed amd as soon as the train got on the other side the wine corks would fly. '\Now as a general thing the trains on the Somthern made good time, but to that thirsty crowd of passengers this one seemed to be orawling. Seems to me like an ox cart could give this tram cards and spades and the two casinos and beat it to the liquor line,' said one of the passengers. 'Gee, but this is a long state.' "After a *hile the porter came to the middle of the car and told us that we would soon be 'over the river.' He told ns that we could look out the window and read the sign. Well, we thought we'd not take any chances about miss ing the sign, so every thirsty passenger stuck his face out, while his fingers were kept inside to cover the electric bell button. All at a flash the sign came tc view and not a pair of eyes missed it. Say, you should have heard those bells ring. They buzzed and rang and tingled and jingled and did everything that a well regular whiskey bell is expected to do, and then the porter rushed in to take orders. We filled him up with orders aad then he filled us up with drinks, but it was certainly a narrow esoape from death. Talk about train wrecks,?well, say, maoy a fine life would have gone out if we had failed to see that sign. It saved the passengers from a fearful death."? News and Courier. THE HAVOC OF WAR. Shown by Adjutant Gen. Corbin's AnT> JJLIUU. XWC^Jl/1 U, The annual report of Adjutant General H. C. Corbin, to the secretary of war, for the year ending June 30, 1900, is a complete statistical record of the army of the United States. It shows that the regular army consists of 2,535 officers and 63.861 enlisted men, and the volunteer army of 1,548 officers and 31.C79 enlisted men, a grand total of 98,790, not including the hospital corps, which is not counted as a part of the effective strength of the army. The regular and volunteer army at present is distributed as follow*: Uiuieu OtaiCO, wo uuwua, Ui nuvut 76 are volunteer officers and 18,898 enlisted men, all regulars; Alaska, 41 officers, 1,088 enlisted men; Porto Kico, 98 officers, 2,406 enlisted men; Cuba 260 officers, 5,468 enlisted men; Philippine islands, 2,367 officers, 69,161 enlisted men; Hawaiian islands 6 officers, 219 enlisted men; Cnina 80 officers and 2,060 men. There are 879 volunteer and"' enlisted men in Porto Kico, and 30.200 in the Philippines. These are the only places wnere volunteer ana ennstea men are serving. Some staff officers are serving in nearly all of the places named. The deaths reported in the army, both regular and volunteer, by the same divisions are: United States 14 officers, 264 men; Alaska, 3 men; Cuba, 7 officers, 146 enlisted men; Porto Rico, 36 men; Hawaii, 1 officer and 4 men; Philippine islands, 49 officers, 1,393 men; at sea, 3 offiaors, 84 men. Total, 74 officers and 1,930 men. ~~ During the year there were discharged from service 22,592 men; deserted, 3,993. The casualties in the Chinese campaign between July 1 and October 1 were 9 officers and 20 enlisted men killed. General Corbin commends highly the operation of post exchange! and the canteen, saying that the report from the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico indicate that the post exchange has beftftmp an ahsnlntfl necessity. He savs that the total amount received from the exchanges, so far as reports show, amounted to SI,915,862 with a net profit of $464,504. In the statistics given is a table showing the chronologioal list of actions in the Philippine islands from February 4, 1899, to Jane 30, 1900, together with the losses in killed and wounded. The totals show 33 offioers 479 men killed and 147 officers and 2,076 men wounded. A Small Town. One of the skyscrapers in New York has a daily population of 3,100, and the mail sent out from it averages 18,000 pieces a day. JtSvery forty five minutes a mail wagon from the postoffice carries away from this building about seventy-five pounds of outgoing mail. Another New York office building sends out 35,000 pieces of mail every week day. THE STATE FAIR. Largest Number of Visitors Ever Seen in Columbia. THURSDAY WAS THE DAY. The Crowd So Thick on That Day That Moving Was Difficult. Fair a Great Success. The State Fair this year was a grand succtss. The attendance was large every day, but Thursday wa^ a record breaker. On that day as The State says a score of counting machines and a score more could not register the orowds that were in Columbia on that day. The State says: Everything else faded into icsignificance beside the people. Everybody was here, and so was everybody's brother, sister, cousin and aunt. They oame by the carload and the wagon load. There were stylish city ladies and ladies from the couDtry whose attire was not so fashionable. There were rioh men and poor men, city men and country men, hat-db-jms men and luly men, sober men and drunk men, fat men and lean men. Sujh an aggregation! Up and down Main street all day from early morn until the wee sma' hours there coursed a steadily surging crowd, pushing and shoving in all good humor, viewing the parade and then moviug on out to the fairgrounds for the fooiball game and the other attractions. Bit back thoy came at all hours on f . ot, on oars, in hicks and herdicks, wa'oiiia^ thd street perform ances, loo^iag lor t-ouie:hing to eat and often not getting it, or hunting for friends, an almost hopeless task. On the streets there was a crowd, but at midday the fair grounds were simply packed and jammed. One would go into the main building and see a moving mass of humanity elbowing each other and laughing like it were' the greatest joke in all the world. On the stands faoing the arena all day long was a changing crowd, so large that one would think everybody was congregated in that particular spot; but, going over to the football grounds, one found there a still larger crowd, the grand stand being packed and the side lines crowded. ''Surely," so the * . i . nr r. 11 wanderer tnougnt. "i nave seen an the crowd or most of it"; "but passing through the agricultural hall he found a crowd there, upstairs aad downstairs, whiie out on the midway beyond was another crowd, gay and festive fellows, taking in the side shows. And Guch side shows! At night again the fireworks better than on either previous evening, drew a crowd of seme 3,000 people, who cheered and oheered the lovely displays and went wild over Bryan's pioture. At Hyatt park there was another dense crowd, and the street cars were kept busy hauling the people to and fro. Tbe street car system, by the way, has been taxed drcadfally alJ this week, and especially Thursday and the day before; but the service was excellent ail the way through. For afew minutes Thursday morning there was a cessation of traffic, caused by the breaking down of a wire, but it was soon repaired and nothing else occurred to prevent rapid transit. Daring the progress of the parade Manager Clark kindly had all the cars kept off Main street in order that the companies might present a company front formation. There has been considerable rivalry among the various counties having exhibitions at the fair, and Thursday when the awards were announced Columbia's near neighbor came out winner. The first prize was awarded to Lexington county, whose excellent ex- ' hibit-of various crops was greatly admired. The second prize went to Chester, the third to ftichland and the fourth to Marlboro. This matter of county exhibits is one whioh the fair authorities have been very anxious to have extended. The exhibits this year are much better than usual, but it is hoped the improvement will be still more marked next year and that more counties will be represented in this creditable contest. SHAKES IN JACKSONVILLE. People Thought a Biff Cannon Had . Fired. Eight distinot earthquake shocks were felt in Jacksonville last Wednesday. The first shook was at 11:10 o'clock in the morning and shook some of the large buildings in the city. Hundreds or people believed that heavy ordnance was being fired in or netr the city. At 11:25 another shock, equally as severe, was felt and they oontiuaed at 15 minutes intervals until 22:30 o'clock. At 4:04 o'clock in the afternoon the seventh shook of the day was felt, severer than any of the proceeding, followed four minutes later by a report and shock, the severest of the day. The last disturbance made the window panes rattle in several sections of the city. The local weather bureau officials realized the nature of the shocks at the first and kept the time. Director Mitchell, of this department, could not say officially, as he had no instrument to dedermine the matter, bat stated it as his opinion that the vibrations passed from south to north. There was no disturbance in the water noticeable and the shocks were not severe enough to cause any damage. Great is ew York. The census shows that the population of Delawrc, Idaho, Montana, Navada, Utah, Vermont, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Florida?eleven States?could be brought to the city of New York in place of the present population and they would not fill the place of the present population of Greater New York. ' Suicide in Atlanta An unknown manwhogare his name aa Warren Trackman early Wednesday morning committed suiside by throwing mnuintr frain I of the Georgia road at the Boulevard crossing in Atlanta. The ooroner'a jury were unable to discover any clue to his identity. A SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Rev. John Owen Killed by a Friend While Hunting. A dispatch from Johnston to The State says: '"The Rev. John Owen drove out to Mr. Gamewell M. Smith's to get some rough forage for his stock. IT/i n?/\vi<rl<t Vi?a Ancr on/? onn t.rt till a JLLG UlUUgUV mu UV5 ? v? ? w v partridge for a sick friend. When reach- : ing Mr. Smith's and finding him gone to Edgefield, he and Mr. Walter H. Smith, the youngest son of Mr. Gamewell Smith, went out huntiDg. In a few minutes they got into a drove of , partridges and began shooting. Mr. Smith was loading his gun in a hurry and a partridge flew over his head. , Smith went to cock his gun, when the 1 hammer slipped out of his thumb be- , fore it got locked, and the entire load entered the right side of the Kev. Mr. , Owen about the vest pocket. Mr. Owen stood still for a minute, helping Walter pull the wads out, then he fell, begging Walter not to leave him, , that lie would be dead beiore ne could return. , However, Mr. Smith became alarmed , and soon assistance arrived. He was carried to the residence of Mr. Game- , well Smith. In a short whilo Drs, ; Mobley, Sirother and Cos wore with , him and after consultation, Dj sv Wright and Moore of August were telegraphed for, who came on the midnight train. , The train stopped at Mr. Smith's place . for them to get off. There is no possible i ohance for his recovery. Though he is a man of poweful will power, his time i is abort. He called his wife to his , "* t . 1 1 i j5 11_ _ j a _ side during tne mgnc, ana cai&ea 10 i her about his business affair.-?, telling < her he knew his time was close and ; never to think hard of Walter for it was ] a pure accident. , Everything is being done that can be done both medical aid and loving , friends The accident took plaoa abouc , 5:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Ool 30. j Mr. Owen is thought to be dying at this | hour, 9 p. m. All of his family has been telegraphed for. The Rev. Mr. ( Ovven ia pastor of the Johnston Metho- ( dist oircuit, and is a devoted man to ; his family and work. Everybody ex- ( tends sympathy to both families." , Another dispatch says: Mr. Osven J died at 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon. J All of his family was present. Revs. 5 tt-j? -l: cr? j n j XJLUUgCB, -LVUU1UC3UU, UUUOUU, A/ttVID l%UU Anderson were with him in his last moments. He suffered very little pain sinoe he was shot. At 11 o'clock Thursday he made a statement in writing, stating that Mr. Walter Smith was not to be blamed in the least?that it was an accident. It is one of the saddest accidents that ever happened in ' this community. Mr. Owen was perfectly conscious until the last minute. He expressed himself williog and ready to go. A dispatch from Johnston sajs "the remains of Rev. John Off en were in terred in Mt. of Olives cemetery at 2 c a'aIaaIf An flTTiS V uivoa x iiua; caxiduuvu* jutvij j \j of the saddened throng that gathered * to pay his body their last respects looked J through mists of falling tears, and every * heart went oat in deepest sympathy to 1 the bereaved families. The funeral 1 services were held at the Methodist * church and were conducted by Presiding Elder E. T. Hodges, assisted by Revs. Davis, Anderson and Hutson, , and the request of the deceased to the people of Johnston, told by Rev. Jona- * than Bell, was to thank them for the ' kindnesses sh?wn him and family since being here. His words to his young I friend when shot were: "You are not ' to blame. All I ask of you is to meet ' me in heaven. God bless you." f Eat Fruit. The Augusta Herald says ''free eating of apples is the best thing in the world for sluggish liver. Three cr four at night last before going to bed will produoe the best effect. Apples should be eaten without peeling, as the skin is valuable. A ripe peach in the morning will give an appetite for breakfast and make one feel better ail day. Strawberries, raspberries, cherries and currants are all cooling to the system and benefioial in their effect on 1 the blood. Blackberries when ripe ? aid not over ripe furnish an excellent ( tonic from nature's laboratory. Figs < are a balm to the stomach, never pro- 1 duce acidity and are always easily di- ] gested. The "grape cure" is fally rec- j ognized by Continental doctors. Grapes freely eaten clear the blood and are of ] service in a large number of disease?. 1 Just at present apples?pineapples in- ' eluded?and grapes are mo3t in evidence and it would be a good idea to eat them freely." ? Largest Shipment Ever Made. , Eight steamships were cleared at the oustom house at New Orleans last Wed- t nesday for Liverpool, Barcelona, 1 Genoa and Hamburg with 76,767 square 1 bales of cotton and 4.921 round bales. I < This is the largest amount of cotton i ever cleared from any port in one day. These vessels will also carry large i quantities of other cargo bach as wheat, corn, cotton seed prodnots, etc. One of the steamers which cleared for Liverpool was the British steamer Machaician with 26,000 square bales of cotton, 32,000 bushels of wheat and 8,000 feet of walnut lumber. This is the largest oargo of cotton ever oarried from any port. The Mechanician is anew vessel of 9,043 tons, 500 feet long and has a stronge capacity for 30,000 bales of cotton. i - - - f Venezuelan isarmquaKe. ( The effects of the Venezuelan earth- T quake of last week show that San Casi- < miro, Cua and Charallano were entirely < destroyed. An islet situated at the ( mouth of the Nevri River has disappear ^ ed. At Tacariujua, Broohico and Car- ( iepe the damage done was considerable. < Tiiere are many dead and injured. Kail- j road and telephonic service between Car- j amaroand Rio Chioo is interrupted, t Railroad service between La Guayma and Caracas was resumed this morning. A Good Custom. t .At the birth of a Japanese baby a t '- Jo n?ViiaVi m-.cfr remain nn- 1 UCC J-3 j^iauwcuj nuivu "-'-wv touched until the marriage day of the c child. When the nuptial hour arrives e the tree i9 cut down, ana a skillful 1 cabinet maker transforms the wood into s furniture, which is considered by the v young people a3 the most beautiful of 1: all ornaments of the house. i SAID HE LIEDA Witness Who Would Hang a Man for Money. The Louisville Evening Post prints an affidavit of Finlcy Anderson, the telegraph operator upon whosa testimony Caleb Powers was convicted of complicity in the murdur of Governor Goebel, in which Anderson swears his story told on the stand at Georgetown was perjured. After telling a conversation with Attorney Campbell at Cincinnati in connection with the G-oebel case- he says: "I remained in Cincinnati after this conversation with Mr. Campbell and some time afcer that with Mr. Arthur Goebel, in his store where I had gone at his request, asked me if Powers had cot in my presence at Barbourville in January said to me in substance these words, referring to William Goebel: "They say he wears a coat of mail, but it won't do him any good,' or something similar to that. I told Arthur Goebel that Powers had never said anything of that sort in my presence to the best of my knowldege. He told me to think and see if I could not remember it. I could not remember suoh a remark and 1 know that Powers never did make such a ramark or anything resembling It in my presence, but being urged by 4 T raI In +A rxi tlilil \Jf UCUCl, A UUAll/ WUVIUU^U IU 3tate that he did make such a statement and so swore upon the trial, which testimony was false. "Before making my statement to Campbell, Whaiton Golden told me to make it as stroDg as possible, as they [referring to Campbell and Goebel) would take care of me and protect me. [ desire now to say that I never had but one conversation with Caleb Powers md that was in relation to my going to Frankfort with the men on the 25th of Jannary, and at no place was the name ?fWilliam Goebel mentioned or referred to in any way or in any connection by Caleb Powers. "I desire furthermore to state that 3ither upon the occassion of the first sonversation with Campbell or the day ifter I received from him $10 in cash, md since that conversation I have revived from him both before and after [ was a witness at Georgetown in the Powers case, various sums of money, wd I have since s.ucn conversation with Campbell and Arthur Goebel revived from Arthur Goebel various rams aggregating about $300, aud upon >ne occassion $10 frem Justis Goebel. rhe last sum 1 received was on Tuea3ay, October 28, 1900, which was $5, ;iven to me b? Colonel Campbell at lis office in Cincinnati. Just prior tc jiving me this $5 Campbell had teljphoned to Arthur Goebel to come to lis offioe, whioh Goebel did, and when le arrived at Campbell's offioe he went nto a private office with Campbell, and Campbell handed me$5." He gives further alleged data and letails, and concludes .his affidavit thus: 4'I believe that my testimony in the rial" of Caleb Powers aided in his conriotiou, and I am unwilling to suffer onger in silence by reason of the hought that the falsity of my statenents have added in conviotiDg Caleb Powers." Mail Matters The annual report of W. S. Shallen)erger, sccond assistant postmaster general, was made public Friday. It ihows that kon June 30 the annual rate >f expenditure for inland mail servioe ?as $55,146,080; for foreign service, !'? ftU trt+.ol nvnon/^itnroo 4?V7 1?A . >98. The experiment of box delivery >n star routes, whereby persons along he line could have the mail brought rom the next office by the star route sarrier and left in a box erected'by such )erron has worked satisfactorily in Jouth Carolina, and the next star route sontracts wili provide for suoh service, ncreasing the mail facilities in the -ural districts at a moderate increase in sosfc. The special and general weighing >f the mail throughout the United States whose results were announced ast February, showed that the rail oads carried an aggregate much greater ;han generally supposed and that 86 ?er cent ot tne total mau matter was lent direct to the railroads. The result >f the regular quadrennial adjustment )f the pay for railroad transportation n the second contract section, comprising North and South Carolina, 3-eorgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Cennessee and-Kentucky, based on a reyeighing under orders issued to Sept. LO, last, was an increase of'over 10 per sens. Ixcited Over Street Haming. The municipal oouncil had a stormy session in Faris last week in conse juence of a motion, made by M. (Jolly. :o name certain streets in Paris after Blanqni, Fiourens and other heroes of ;he siege during the France-Prussian war, M. Colly declared that the honor pas due them ltia recognition of their jfforts to save Paris from the shameful capitulation prepired by General rrochu." His proposal aroused a per:act pandemonium, which the president )f the oounoil was unable to quell. The jnmalists rnRfl pn ma-sfiand shook their ists in the faces ef the Nationality >1. Rendi offered a reolution protesting against a proposition tending to "awaken civil discord and glorify crimes igainst the country." Finally jiniet ;?as restored and M. Colly's m'otioa i?as carried. Oil As FuelThe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad is making cstecsive strides in ;he use of oil fuel on its lines, and by :he end of the year coal will not be ised on any of the locomotives in the State of California. This company has >il wells in operation near Fallerton, and )ther fhlds are being developed in the ncity of Bakers field and .Fresno. All ;he engines on the San Francisco and 5an Joaquin Valley railroad are no* >eing conveited into oil burners and dso those on the Santa Fe Picfic be,ween Mi*j 3ve and Needles. Earntd in the Jail. At Hazlehurst, Ga., Thursday night he town jail was consumed by fire. In he jail at the time was a negro, who fas burned to death. "The negro was iharged with robbery, and it is. suDpo.r>d that he himself set the ]*'l aSre, t- v _ rT:_ loping co Durn ma way out. cub hrieks were heard by citizens who pent to the scene bat arrived to late to >e of any assistance. The negroe's name s unknown. 4 OUR POPULATION. Thirteen Millions Gained in Ten Ytars. SOUTH CAROLINA'S SHARE, The Increase In the Country at Large Very Evenly Distrib uted. Encouraging Figures. The official announcement of the to* tal population of the United States for 1900 is 76,295,220, of which 74,627,907 are contained in the 45 States representing approximately the population to be used for apportionment purposes. There is a total of 134,158 Indians not taxed. The total population in 1890, with whioh the aggregate population of ^ the present census should be compared, was 63,169,756. Taking the 1890 population as a basis, there has been a gain N in poDulation of 13,225,464 during the past 10 years, representing an increase of nearly 21 per cent Following is the nffiaial *nnrnin<v* merit of the population of the United States in 1900 by States. The figures ^ is the first column represent the census for 1900 and the second for 1890 and the third column the number of Indians not taxed. Alabama- - 1,613,017 1,228,697 ...... Arkansas 1,311,664 1,120,179 California- 1,486,053 1,208,130 1,549 Colorado 639,700 412,198 697 Connecticut 908,365 746,258 Delaware..: 184,735 618,493 Florida 528,542 391,422 Georgia 2,216,829 1,837,858 Idaho 161,771 74,885,2,297 Illinois 4,821,660 3,826,851 Indiana 2.616,463 2,192,404 Iowa 2,251,829 1,911,896 - i arq aor, i aot noa JA.9U300 ?.. A^SVViZVV Aj JLM? jVVV Kentucky 2,147,174 1,868,635 Louisiana 1,381,627 1,118,687 ...... Maine 694,866 661,086 ...... Maryland 1,189.946 1,042,890 Massachusetts.. 2,406,346 2,238,948 Michigan 2.419,782 2,093,889 ...... Minnesota 1,751,396 1,301,826 1,768 ? Mississippi.... 1,561,372 1,239,600 ...... Missouri 8,107,119 2,679,184 Montana 243,289 132'169 10,746 Nebraska 1,068,901 1,068,910 Nevada 42,884 46,761 1,666 N. Hampshire. 411,688 876,680 ...... New Jersey.... 1,883,669 1,444,988 ......? New York 7,268.009 5,997,863 4,711 North Carolina 1,891,992 1,617,947 ...... North Dakota.. 319,040 182,719 4,692 Ohio' 4,167,445 3,672,816 Oregon 418,682 . 313,767 Pennsylvania . 6,301,36-5 5,263.014 Rhode Island.. 428,556 315,606 South Carolina 1,340,312 1,161,149 ...... South Dakota. 401,559 828,808 10,932 Tennessee 2,022,723 1 767,518 ...... Texas 3.048.828 2.285.628 Utah 276,665 207,905 1,472 Vermont 848,641 882,422 Virginia 1,854.184 1,655,880 Washington.... 517,672 * 849,890 2,581 West Virginia. 958,900 762,794 ...... Wisconsin 2,068,968 1,686,880 1,657 Wyoming....... 92,581 60,705 Total 45 States.74 627,907 62,116,811 44,617 TERRITORIES, ITC. Alaska (estimated). 44,000 32,052? Arizona 122,212 69,620 24,644 Dist. of Columbia... 278,718 280,892 Hawaii 154,001 89,990 Indian Territory.... 891,960 180,182 66,088 New Mexico 193,777 168,698 2,987 Oklahoma 389,245 61,884 5,927 Persons in service of U. S. stationed abroad (Estimated! 84400 Indians, etc at Indian reservation, except Indian Territory - 145,282 Total for 7 Territories 1,669,813 952,945 89,581 The Alaskan figures are derived from partial data only and all returns for Alaska and for certain military organizations stationed abroad, principally in tne rinlippmes, Has not yet Dees received. Bulletins will be issued fo? the various minor civil divisions in the different States and Territories as fiat as possible. The entire number, it is expected, will be ready for the pnblio use before the first of January. SOUTH CAROLINA'S GSOWTE. Population During the Last Ten Yean Very Satisfactory* ^ ~ According to the figures of the oensue bureau, which will be found in another column, the population of South Carolina is 1 340,312, or a gain of 189,163 during the past ten years. While this total population may not come up to the number that many people had expeoteditis considered a good gain for a State of South Carolina's size and the figures will compare most favorably with the population of other Southern Sfat-oq whinn had ranked r?A*r Snnth Carolina, in number of inhabitants. North Carolina, for instance, which hid five hundred thousand inhabitants more than this State ten years ago, gained in the ten years something l>ke 273,000. Arkansas in 1890 had .a population of 1,128.179. Tuis year the population is 1,311,564, or a gain or 183.385. In 1890 the population of South Carolina exceeded the population of Arkansas by 22,970. In 1900 the population of South Carolina is 28,784 greater than the population of Arkansas. Louisiana is another State whieh ranks not far from South Carolina and the gains there will be interesting whoa used as a comparison. Ten years ago Louisiana had a popultion of 1,118,588. The latest figures given out show a population of 1,381,627, or a gain of 263,039 in ten years. The population of the city of New Orleans helps to swell the figures of Louisiana and the growth in the city is responsible in a i large measure for the increase for the State. Mississippi nude an increase which is very near the increase of Louisiana. The population of Mississippi in 1900 was 1,551,372. In 1890 it was 1,289,- ' 600, or gain of 261,772. r v- > Killed By Falling Wall. O. Si. Biker, foreman af a garg of Uborers engaged in razing the old ^ ? Exchange hotel, Richmond, Va., ' iris- 7-" * instantly killed this morning by a fail-- * iog wall. He was about 40 yearsof age, and leaves a widow and an 'adopted child. ' - * - ' ^ ~~ -v ^