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sM-SS?S SSS'i'lB IS: I WHOLE NUMBER, 16.261.
RICHMOND, VA., SUADA V, .TUNE 7,100?.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SI?ARY OF DAY'S NEW*
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, June 6.?Forre.-ist for
Biinday and Monday:
Virginia--Showers Sunday; Monday fair,
warmer; light to f?eeh southeast winds
on the coact.
North Carolina?Showers Sunday; fair
ffxtcDt In extreme' west portion; Monday
luir: warmor In Interior; light to ficeh
south tu west winds.
Another showery ?lav mod** things stlcity
and unpleamnit yesterday, '??? tompur
Hluro. however, was not very high. Tho
weather peupla expect showers to-day,
and to-monow It la likely to be fair and
warmer.
STATE OF THE TlIDRMOMliTER.
? A M. ?2
12 M. M
8 i?. M. '?
5 G. ?. ?
11 P. ?. 63
12 midnight. <?
Avc'ra**?.70 1-3
Hiebest temperature yesterday. 78
Lowest temperatine yesterday. gfl
Moan temperature yesterday.1
Normal temperature for June. 75
Departure from normal temperature?. 4
Precipitation during past ?t hours.14
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
.Ii.no 7, 1903.
Sun rise?.4:51 I HIOH TIUE.
Sun f-ets.i.?; | Morning.2:2?
Moon sets_'?:l? ? ? Evening.Zitti
June R, 1903.
Sun rises.4:50 | HIC.II TIDE
Sun ret**.7::?? ? Morning.3:14
ilo.jii set?.3:51 I Evening.3.40
RICHMOND.
Fatal shooting affray among negree?
Parents arrested. chuig'd with poisoning
their children?Professor Jacot. Rein
ruirdt resigned after vear.s of faithful .-eer
vlco at St. Paul's Church?New ?"??
Alumni favor Professor Moore, for presl
aent of the University of Virginia??An?
nual conclave of the Heptasophe hero
Iiicsday-First opinion of tlie?. Corpoi
tlon Commission-Phyfllclane offer?
lili-lomas for J:'5 eacli-Nei change In tbe
ttreot-cai situation'-Richmond wins rend
loses a ball gamu-King (.use goes to tn?:
Supreme Court-? nights of Honor n?
r-emble bete this week-Captain ?. M.
Llnseomb In extrenili--A reception at
Lakeside Park-Good acores made by
Ilio gun clubs-Rain prevents aces at
UfrcD Hun tracks-losenh Plzzlnl dien
suddenly-Thrpe fine plantations In
Uoochland sold-Mineral wealth uf Vir?
ginia in?! her fruits to be exhibited at
St. Louis-Excellent financial showlns
of Jamestown Exposition-Richmond
C'o'lciso finals to he-Kin noxt Sunday
Beautiful sr;ene at tlie penitentiary
Richmond man Is killed In a wreck-A
naotor sets out of iiolltlcs-Schools in
Henrlco to be consolidated?-?.'.?tiling re?
union of th? ntchmonel Grays-An artist
to locate here-The Davis arch matter
-.Municipal Investigation delayed by
constitutional provision-Successor In
treasurer's office to Colonel Vf, P.
Smith-Monument to Rev. J. B. Laureila
to ?? unveiled TUeflday-Fine work done
bv punite In mu.iic. MANCHESTER
Tlio election I? postponed for a year
Cemetery Committee meets-Future
meeting?;-Death of Mr. R, S. Harwell
-Mason Anderson enters a nlea of self
defense.?-Masonic Lodge to elect officers
-Church services to-day,
VIRGINIA.
Kirn burns factories In Lynchburg and
near? destroys the splendid Rlvermotie
Bridg?.?George V. Polndexter killed i>y
train at Cbarlotwevllle-Shenandoan
Normal College ct?a?Kps bands-Primary
lenlered bv Democratic. County Committee
of Piltsvlvanla-8uffolk raises liquor
license?Mortimer? Cook e*ommlts eulclde
In Alexandria-L***-*v. Dr. J. William
Jone? makes Memorial Day address at
Harrlsonbilrg-Man !>tirte<l In Petersburg
with a mattress as a windln** sheet
Bon Air Chaufaiiqua blebantls for sum?
mer-Confederate reunion and amateur
theatricals at Waverly-Jewelry ste,*??
damaged by fire in Bedford City-The
Mann law is very nearly prohibition in
the Northern Neck-? temperance cam?
paign openo-l in Fi.-ii"'.-.'-k?burg by Pro
lessor Mitchell-Wvthevllle enjoined
from disposing of electric light franchise
-Th? University chairmanship much
discussed: narrows down in public ini'id
tfi three candidates-Newport News
ship-yard gets twei ?arge merchant ?hi?:?
to build-Five United States couleurs
loading coal at Lambert's Point-A
launch and a. lug keep'??,? np ferry service
for Norfolk surburba a lines-A. man's
Untrer found In the street In Norfolk?
Seven llnuor licenses revoked In Norfolk
?Supreme Court disposo of Interesting
rases at AS'ytheville-Serious shootlnj
affray at Low Moor between ?????? men
-Suffolk raises the llcenso tax on sa?
loon?.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The Federal Court at Raleigh decides
S case where large seizure of llnuor was
made In favor of government-The
Mavur of Salisbury thrown out of his
-?.?irrlage and hurt-New charters by the
Secretary of State?Preparation's at Wil?
mington to e-ntertaln State Bankers' As
?kociatlon at WrlghtHvliio Beach.
GENERAL,
Cloudburst destroys cotton mills near
Bnartanbtirg. S. C. causing the death
of main? *>,ei:-oris and u properly loss of
over one million dollars?'Michael Davi ft
tells graphic stories of the sufferings of
survivors ot Hie Klshlnofff massacre
I'.DPlngcr it Co., t hegreat grain broker
l*oning?ir & Co., the great grain broker
one million dollars-Senator Hanna Bays
Ills onlv political aspiration is to succeed
himself In tho Senate-Four mori, vic
ims of the Topeka flood recorded
Irish l.ad wins tlie Brooklyn handicap
? ? Presdent Roosevelt fully approves tho
course of tlie Postmaster-General as to
tlie investigation, ami tile Cabinet d!s
rusiios '^?, malto:?-New York stock mar.
ket free from liquidation of the character
In evidence during tlie week, ?mil the
?Derations largely professional-News
nf Senator Daniel's renomlnatlon received
In Washington with pleasure-The Pope
iftOOrtod to bo suffering from intestinal
Inflammation and his sfrangili diminish?
Ing-Chicago drops a game to New York
lent Is st'i' In Um lead; Bos f ? keeps'
ii head In '?ir? American League?Superin?
tendent (.'....nun, of tlie Mormon Mission,
nnel Ills fallili ? forced to leave Prussia
?The War Department assumes charge
nnd wii preserve order at Rosslyn.
? INCENDIARY ARRESTED
A Stabl?: and Horses Burned Because
of Spite.
(Special to Tlio Times-Dispatch)
KEATS, MECKLENBURG CO., VA.,
June ?.?On the niglit of the 'J8th of
. April, lilan. an Incendiary fire entirely
ronsumed the stable, tour fino horses and
other contente, tho property ?f Messt?.??.
Jvlmball Brother?*, situated In Warren
county, N. Q., two miles from this place.
The Klmhall Brothers on May 28th em?
ployed tho Richmond National Detect've
Agency (A. M. Browmll. general initna
?ter), to investigate tlie flro, and one of
Ilio agency*? operatives was dispatched
to the scone of the fire, and t h roue h
?.killful anil-Industrious work succeeded
)n obtaining evidence to cause tho arrest
on the -'d instant of William Smlths-on,
oolored, formerly In the employ of thu
Kin-balls, and who.ie enmity against
them, liad been aroused by being driven
off tho property for poacliln?, ?
A preliminary hearing of tivfithsoii was
liad before Magistrates' 13. D Stalllnga
and William Cole, which resulted In the
?prisoner bolng sent on by them to the
next criminal grand Jury turni of the
Warren county. N. (.'., court, which con?
venes the -'.'el of. this month.
Smitlisoii w.-.is commuted to Warren,
*N. C, Jail without bali.
ROOSEVELT
WANTS TO
PROBE DEEP
Stands by What Post?
master-General Does.
CABINET CONSIDERS
GREAT SCANDALS
Payne Did Not Go Fully Into
All the Details.
MACHEN'S COPPER
COMPANY GENUINE
Articles of Incorporation Filed in Alex?
andria?The Officers of a Iviining
Company Made Up Chiefly of
Government Employee.
Charges Dismissed In
Commissioners' C't.
(By Annodateti Press.)
WASHl.N'GTON. June 5. ? President
Roosevelt fully approve? the acUon of
the Postolllce Department officials In
pressing the liive-i-tlgaUon of the depart
ment's u(fairs. It is his Intention that the
Investlifatlon shall be ?weeping an?3 thor?
ough and that every chargo properly
vouched for ehaJl be probed to th? bot?
tom.
Tho situation in the department was
?xmsldered In Its Rimerai phases at ihe
meeting of the Cabinet to-day, but Poet
master-Gcneral Payne did not go fully
Into details. Tills afttwnoon, however,
the President and Mr. Payne bad a Ion?
conferf-nce, during which they consider?
ed tho situation at length. It la under?
stood that the President expressed to Mr.
Payne his desire that the Investigation
now being mude should be as st-ai-ching
ae the ingenuity of the officials could
make It and should be pursued until the
department has been purged of even tue
suspicion of dishonesty.
Imme<liatoly after Mr. Payne returned
to the department from the White House,
he sent for Assistant Postmaster-General
Hrlstow. whom he acquainted with tne
President's views on the investigation
Mr. Brlstow said to-night that he warn not
anticipating any important development*
In the investigation to-night or to-mor?
row.
FIRED THE SUSPECTS.
Post ma.ster-Gen eral Payne to-day dis?
missed Thomas ??. McOregor and C
Ellsworth Upton, the rural freo delivery
clerks arrested y?3Sto*xlay. Officials de?
clino to discuss tlie status of the erase
of C. E. Smith, the Baltimore contrac?
to*?., who furnl?h?-d the suppli?e that fig?
ure In the conspiracy proceedings again.st
McGregor and Upton. It Is slgnlilcant,
however, that he has not been arrested so
fur. although the Inspectors are in touch
with him. The Investigating officiale re?
fused to answer questions to-day as to
whether he waa to give state's evidence.
Mr. Machen's statement yesterday that
George E. Lorenz, of Toledo, waa his
partner In mining enterprises, Is con?
firmed by articles of Incorporation In
the possession of the postal authorities
of the National Capital Copper Mining
Company, a corporation organized at
Alexandrin, Va.,
MACHEN'S COPPER COMPANY.
Thn directors are named as follows:
In the corporation papera: August
W. Machen, of Ohio, president;
Henry H. Rand, of Wisconsin, ?vice-presi?
dent: J. D. King, of Wisconsin, secretary;
H. M. Baker, of New Hampshire, treas?
urer; George E. Lorenz, of Ohio; T. 10.
Lee. of tho District of Columbln; David
H. Fenton. of Indiana; Francis M. Cris
wrll District of Columbia, and? Samuel
W. Scott, of Texas, directors.
?Mr. Rand Is confidential clerk to the
Postmaster-General; Mr. King Is chief of
division In the rural free delivery divi.
Flou, and was an applicant to succeed
George W. Beavers as chief of the salary
and allowance division; Mr. Bftkor Is a
? former representative from New Hamp?
shire; Mr. Lorenz, formerlv postmaster
at Toledo, and once an official of the
Postonico Department; Mr. Fenton is the
law clerk of the office of the auditor for
the Postofllce Department, ft has been
alleged that the stock of this company
was sold to employes of the Postoflice De?
partment.
CASE DISMISSED.
United States Commissioner Taylor to?
day dismissed the case against A. W.
Machen, former superintendent of. th?
free deUrory servtce of the Postofllce De?
partment, which was pending beforo him.
Tho dismissal Is dun to the fact that the
grand Jury Indicted Machen yesterday
thus rendering further action before the
commissioner unnecessary. Mr. Maxhen
was present with an attorney.
Upton Admitted to Ball,
HAIjTJ.MUKE. MD., Junt 6.-C. Fllsworth
Upton, of Powhatan, Baltimore county,
an employe of the rural free delivery
branch of the postofflce In Washington,
who was arrested In this city yesterday
on a? charge ol entering Into ? conspiracy
with Thomas XV. McGregor, another em?
ploye, and Charles E. Smith, a trunk
denier, of this city, to defraud the gov?
ernment, was released on J5.000 ball to?.
day. Upton and McGregor will hrm-e a
hearing before Commissioner Rogers June
11th.
MORE FLOOD VICTIMS
Four Bodies Were Recovered at To?
peka Yesterday.
(By Associated Press.)
TOPEKA, KAN., June ?.-The bodl??s
of four moro Hood victims wore found
this afternoon. Money continues to come
In from outside In quantities sufficient to
keep up with the demand and to lay aside
for the expenses which will pilo up as
time goes on. To-night the total collected
money Is something ??? 123.000, including
1li.it received from Philadelphia, St. Loula
und Chicago.
Favor of Dr. Wright,,
In the ease of E*. C. Qoddln va, Edwin
P. Wright. In the Uw and Equity Court,
it was erroneously reported in yester?
day's Tlines-DlMpatch that a verdict lui?,
been returned for the plaintiff. H should
?tuve been for the defendant.
A CLOUDBURST CAUSES MANY
DEATHS AND MILLIONS OF DAMAGE
A PICTORIAL TALE OF THE WEEK'S
ONE DEAD;
Desperate Battle Among Ne?
groes Last Night.
A WOMAN BADLY INJURED
Great Excitement Created Among the
Colored People by the Occurrences.
One Arrest Made by the
Police.
Two shooting affrays In the city last
night resulted In the death of one man
and the serious, and perhaps fatal,
wounding of another, and the painful In
Jury of a woman, wife of one of those
involved.
In eaoh oaee those who figured In the
tragedies were negroes. One man?Wil?
liam Johnson?was shot in the? head and
killed almost outright; the other?Lon?
don Coleman?la still alive, but haa a
bad wound in his left groin. The wo?
man, wife of the slayer of Johnson, who
Is In the police station awaiting trial for
murder, was wounded In the arm, where
three pistol balls tore Into the flesh.
Her condition ls not serious.
The First Occurrence.
Intense excitement prevailed In the
neighborhood of tho first affair, which
occurred between 7 and 8 o'clock In the
evening, at Eighteenth and Main Streets.
Something closely resembling a mob
gathered around the scene, and the pis?
tol firing waa followed by a lively fisti?
cuff between a white man and ? negro,
who got In ? row over the shooting;.
Just how all of it came about is a thing
not easily determined, but from what ls
said by the man locked up In the sta?
tion charged with the murder, it would
seem that the circumstances were aa
given below:
The negro men were In a saloon at
Rlghteenth and Main Streets drinking,
during which operation thero was gradu?
ally stewed up a row. Finally ono of
the men, Vinto or William Johnson,
struck his whilom friend, John Hallte
Randolph, twice In tho face, With John?
son at tho time wns ono Jnmes Jackson.
This latter. It Is alleged, had been seen
no later than the day before?Friday
evening?with Randolph's wife. Though
not In tho saloon last night, the wlfo In
question was standing outside In the
street.
When he was hit In the face Randolph
left tho saloon and Htood nn the corner of
Eighteenth and Main. Presently the other
two camo out and Randolph accosted
Johnson, speaking of their . "Hendshlp
and attempting to make up t itlfferenoe
between them. The concilia' .4 wording,
however, hnd no effect, an jio Irouble
grew worse Instead of be' ? It' culmi?
nated when Johnson modo ,(?ash at the
other, chasing him Into ti, ?Iddle of the
car track, Mocking th? v.ay of a street
car. The prisoner declares that Johnson
flung his hand to his hip pocket as If to
draw a weapon. Whether or not this was
the case, Randolph whipped out a pistol
and sent a ball Into his erstwhile friend's
head. Johnson fell 1 nhls tracks, and
though he w*as taken to the Almshouse
he died shortly afterwards.
After he shot Johnson, Randolph set
after Jackson, who, he says, bIbo had
his hand In his hip pocket. At this stage
the woman wife of Randolph, appeared
on the scene. She attempted to protect
her friend from tho fury of her husband
and stuffed a fnn, umbrella, or something
In Randolph's faco. Jackson meanwhile
dodged clown an alley, Jumped a fenoa and
mudo the best of his time, putting a good
block of Richmond between him and the
smoking pistol. Randolph sont three bul?
lets after hlif) and all threo bit his wife
In tbo arm. Fearing that he would shoot
her the woman grabbed her husband.
Randolph says he told her bo would like
to end her Ufo but wouldn't do so.
The pistol shots quickly attracted a
crowd, and the pistol was taken from
Randolph, who? was shortly afterwards
arrested and taken to the First. Police
Station.
The above account of the affair was
given by hint when seen at his cell last
night,
?he luiibulano?? waa called ond treatca
both of the Injure?! The woman Is pain?
fully hurt in tho arm, but will recover
all right. Johnson was taken to the City
Hospital, but dlod bofore 10 o'clock. A
hemorrhage of the brain ret In and It
waa Impossible to attempt an operation.
The Other Affair.
Details from the other ahootfng scrape
a*re rather meagre. Neither the police
nor the almshouso people could give any
account of It last night
In this ??ase the man Injured was Lon?
don Coleman, said to bo a respectable
hard-working negro. About 8 o'clock laet
night he was shot on St. Paul Street by
his brother-in-law, John Garnett. alias
"Lady Cake." The latter has the repu?
tation among the police of being a wild
and irresponsible character who haa been
In Jail once or twice beforo, Ha Is still
at large, but the police of the Third Dis?
trict are hot on his trail.
Coleman la at the almshouse and Dr.
Crump, who attended him, hopes to pull
him through. He was shot In the left
groin.
THE POPE SAID
TO BE VERY ILL
?By Associated Press.
VE-NTCE, June ?.?The Gazerta dl
Venezia asserts that the Popo Is suffer?
ing from Intestinal inflammation; that
he eats practically nothing, and that hi*
strength Is diminishing. The paper adds:
"Though thero Is no imm?diat.? danger
there will be room for apprehension un?
less can Improvement Is soon ma i'?ested."
ROME. June ?.?Several high ecclesias?
tical pereonages who have been Inter?
viewed regarding the reports about the
Pope's 111 health say that during the
last few days he suffered from a slight
hemorrholdal indisposition, which entirely
disappeared to-day.
PARIS, June 1?The Temps to-day
nrlnted the following dispatch from
Rome:
"Leo Xm continues to receive, but
those who see him notice the gradual
decline which, without exciting appre?
hension that any catastrophe Is Immi?
nent, does not warrant a continuance of
the confident optimism. His recent audi?
ences were extremely fatiguing."
EPPINGER St CO. ARE
FORCED TO THE WALL
Bv Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, June ?.?Ep
pinger and CompRny, of this city, one of
the largest grain dealing firms In the
United ?tates, went to the wnll to-day.
The crash came euddenly and for a time
threatening to completely upset the local
grain market.
Aa It was, the failure caused a big bob?
bing of prices on 'Chango, and wrought
OLD RICHMOND BOY
INSTANTLY KILLED
S. A. Trainer was Engineer
on B. & 0. at Garretts. Ind.
Mother Lives Here.
Mrs. W. E. Trainer, of Venable Street,
near Twentieth, received a telegram yes?
terday, briefly and startllngly announo
Ing that her eon. B. A, Trainer, an engi?
neer on the Baltimore and Ohio, whose
home at tlie time of his death was In
Garretts, Ind.. had been Instantly killed
Friday night near that place. Not anoth?
er word did the message say, and hie
mother and family here know absolutely
none of the circumstances. Thoy think,
of course, that there must have ????? a
wreck.
Mr. Trainer was born and reared In
Richmond, and fur a number of years
was employed at tho Talbott machine
fhops. Ile lui?! in:iny"iriends In the city,
who will be deeply grlovod to hear of his
untimely end. He was ?bout forty-two
years of age Ho married a lady of West
Virginia, and she, with four children, sur?
vive him. It is not likely tiuit the re?
mains will be brought hero for burial,
as he bad considerable property at Gar?
retti., and bla widow and chlldron will
continue probably to reside there.
such excitement as haa not been witnessed
on the floor for many years. It 1b thought
that the losses of the firm will run up
Into the millions, while the London, Par?
is and American J3a**k, the money house
with which It deals, will also. It ls said.
suffer heavily.
Henry Ach, attorney for Epplnger and
Company, said this afternoon:
"At a meeting of creditors held In my
offlco It was shown by the books of the
firm that the liabilities wore in the neigh?
borhood of U.SSO.OOO. The assets, consist?
ing principally of lands, wheaat and gen?
eral and personal property, are placed at
$700,000. Nearly all of the oreeUtora are ?
partially or wholly secured." ?
The failure of tho Epplnger conoern Is I
the greatest and most far-reaching crash
In the California grain trade since WU- I
11am Dresbach waa forced to the wall j
seven or eight years ago. I
It was known that the company was ?
short on a large amount of December ;
wheat, and the announcement In the face ?
of this foot at once brought about the :
most marked activity. '
CAPT. ??. M. LIPSCOMB
IS IN EXTREMIS
The condition of Captain Martin Mere?
dith Llpscomb, who li?e critlcjally HI at
hfs home, No. 102 South Reservoir Street,
remains unchanged and his physician.
Dr. E. J. Moseley, declares that he can
live but a short time. He is unconscious
and has not taken nourishment for seve?
ral days.
HIS HEAD CRUSHED
A Serious Shooting Affair at Low
Moor?Capt. Fowle Moves Away.
(8pe?*1al te Tbe Ttme?-Dt-patch.)
CLIFTON FORGE. VA.', June 0.?Har
dln 8. Dunn, ejf Monroe county, W. Va.,
was engaged at a saw mill Wednesday,
and while helping to load a heavy log
tho log got away from the mon, rolled off
the wagon and fell upon Mr. Dunn,
crushing his head. He was fifty-five
years of ago, and leaves a wife and seven
children,
Joseph Mays shot Frank IT. Crowder
near Low Moor Wednesday, breaklng?
hls shoulder Joint, aa the outcome of a
quarrel which occurred some weeks ago.
Officers are on the lookout for Mays,
but so tar he has escaped capture.
J. H. Clilsholm ?t Co., who rnoently
purchased the Alleghany Steam Laundry,
have put In now machinery and made
mnny Improvements. Tha name has been
changed to the Louisa Steam Laundry
snd Is now in operation.
All the stores of the town now close at
S o'clock at night and a clerk's union
ls being organized.
Captain J. C. Fowls has removed with
)ils family to Philadelphia, whore they
will resido In the future. Captain Fowlo
has been connected with the Alloghar.y
Ore and Iron Company, of this place.
FACTORIES BURNT
IN LYNCHBURG
Rlvermont Bridge Came Near
Being Destroyed and was
Badly Damaged.
(Special to Tho Tltiiua-Diepatch.)
LYNC1IRURO, VA? June ?.?-The large
leaf tobacco factory belonging to Adams,
Chumbers & Co. and thu wood-working
plant of L. B. Agner &? Son wero de?
stroyed by flro hero hue this evening. |
The total loss Is between $BO,000 and
JG?.OOO. Tbo lire originated In the to?
bacco factory, which wns tlie largest
frame building in tho city, and spread
wirti great apidlty. Tho Agner establish?
ment was soon in llames, nnd In leas
than one hour both structures were in
ashes. A largo quantity of lumber lu
Agner & Son's yurd was also destroyed,
and It is stated that their timi did not
carry a cent of Insurance. Their loss lu ?
fio.non. The Agner building, owned by
p, I'. Morrison, was valued at ?8,800 and |
was uninsured.
? bo loss of Adams, Chnmbere & Co.,
which Is about $10,000, la thought to be
covered by Insurance.
RlyermOIlt bridge, which cost Lynch?
burg 1100,000, was almost dlreotly ovor
the burning buildings, and at one time
a large section of the flooring was In
llames. By the heroin work of volun
tfeirf, who In imminent dangor of their
Uvee fought on top of tlio blazing struc?
ture, the bridge was saved, but It In
-?carwl that It la nerioutilj? au*xun{<.J.
Michael Davitt Tells of Horri?
ble Things Told Him.
WOMEN ARE WRONGED
Stories Too Terrible to Be Printed,
Inability to Connect St. Petersburg
Government With the Massacre
Except Indirectly.
By MICHAEL DAVITT.
(Special Cable to the Tlmes-Dlspatch,
Copyright, 1903.
LONDON, June ?.?I attended several
m-setlngB of the General Relief Commit?
tee while In Klshlneft. The last one was
on the evening of my departure last Fri?
day. The committee meets dally to ex?
amino applications and distribute assist?
ance In money, food and clothing. Klshl?
neft Is divided for relief purposes Into
twenty-two districts. Bach has Its local
Committee which reports to the Central
Executive Committee of fifteen, whose
chairman, Dr. J. S. Mutcznlk, Is a lead?
ing physician end one of Klshlneff's
wealthy citizens. Assisting him are sev?
eral equally representative Jews.
A ladles' eommltteo gives valuable co?
operation, attending to. and reporting
upon the women, girls and orphans re?
quiring aid. The ladles showed mo over
the food and clothing In tho ?Jepartments
of the Central Committee headquarters.
I found everything well attended to and
efficiently executed. The robbl and lead?
ing members of the Ladles' Committee
harre founded an asylum for the orphans
of massacred parents.
CHANCE FOR MILI?JONArRE8.
When visiting the orphans and while
lenrnlng from tho girls and women, whom
tho rabbi assembled at his house to meet
me, the stories of their terrible torture
and their feara of a dark future, I In?
dulged In thn wish thot I had the wealth
of some of the Jewish millionaires, of
New York, London, or Paris, In order to
buy myself happiness- by the humane
task of aiding these orphans and terribly
wronged girls and women.
My hotel In Klshlneff was besieged by
supplicants. Hundreds of poor crea?
tures of each sex begged me to help
them to emigrate. Thoy were willing
to go anywhere, to any country whero
Christian? did not kill Jews. I have thn
names of ten women and girls I met at
tha Rabbi's house, who told me their
awful experience at tho hands of the
mob. Their experiences aro too dread?
ful to print. 8lx other young glrlu worn
ashamed to come to the Rabbi's houso
to meet me and tell their shameful ex
Biibjected to the most awful wrongs will
never be known.
Durine the continuance of the reign
of terror, house-breaking and robberies
were suspended, apparently by consent,
during the night, while the fiends sought
the hiding;-pinces of the womon. The
women wlin can do so naturally hldo
their wrongs, preferring to suffer In si?
lence. The actual number of these vic?
tims of the mob's crimes, therefore, can
never be known.
COULD HAVB BEEN AVERTED.
A thousand determined men. despite
the action of the Chief of Police, could
have saved many lives and prevented
tho outrages against the women and
children. Leon Koulherry, a plucky Jew
fireman, faced sixty Moldavalns, and
with a few assistants drove them out of
hla district. Many Russians of both
sexes nobly exerted themselves to pro?
tect the women In tho mob. I must re?
peat that no fact deducted during my
Investigation as to the origin of the
riots Implicates the Bt. Petersburg gov?
ernment. While the Minister of the
Interior Is necessarily to blame oOielnlly
for the occurrences, from the weakness
and ecml-lmbeeilltl of Governor Von
Rauben, ?and for the far mor? criminal
connivance of Chief of Police Tenen?
Kiirko, I could nnd no proofs to bring n,
guilty eanotlun of co-operation home to
itthu gyv?ruinent ut ?U l\iui?>j\i?&.
Mills Near Spartanburg.
S. C. Destroyed.
DEATHS MAY
NUMBER FIFTY
Many Dead Bodies Seen Float?
ing Down the Torrent
PROPERTY LOSS WILL
REACH $2.000.000
Storm Gathered Over Spartanburg and
Vicinity, and When Proportions of
Great Storm Were Reached,
the Cloud Burst?Telephone
and Telegraph Lines
Down?Aid Needed.
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(Spexrlal te Tlie TlmeM-Dftr-patoSb)
BPARTANBURa, 8. C, June (L-M*in-*?
live? lost and property destroyed to the*!
extent of millions of dollars la the re-e
suit of the cloudburst In this vioinity
last night.
It la thought by many the dead wiU
roach more than fifty. Many bodies
have boen se?n floating down tha mad?
dened torrent. Owing to the absolute de?
struction of all means of cominu.alca.tlon,
by telegraph and telephone, it la impos?
sible to obtain acourato Information.
The greatest destruction of life and
property oocurred at the Pacolet and
canon and Glendale Cotton Mills. Wires
are down and reporta conflicting, but It
seems certain that twenty-five or thirty
people were drowned, mostly mill opera?
tives.
The following la a. partial list of those
who lost their lives by the inundation?
at Clifton ?
AUGUST GALViEIRT AND WIFB.
.MISS LIZZIE CALVERT.
:\1. FELIX.
MRS. W. B. TINSLET.
MORLAY SIMS.
MRS. B. J. JOHNSON AND FOUR
CHILDREN.
MRS. MAGGIE KIRBT.
MRS. JOHN OWENS. "-'??'-.
ROY OWENS.
GARLAND LONG.
MRS. LONG.
MISS FLJ3TIA GOSIA.
ROBJ3RT FINLEY.
The Ill-fated Pacolet Cotton Mills were
the heaviest property losers, President
Victor Montgomery estimating tho drun
age to the plant at ?l,250,000. About 1,2'fi
operative:? In these mills are thrown
out of work, and within a tew days will
be In need of dally bread.
THE OPERATUVES WARNED.
At 0 o'clock this morning It was no?
ticed that tho water was rising rapidly
In the Pacolet River, but no special Im?
portance waa attached to it by the null
operatives, who began to form In line
tu enter tho mills. At Milla Noe. 1 ajid
2 the water pressure soon became dan
r;?~rous. the boiler rooms were submerged
nnel the workmen were ordered back. A
little inter the fury of the raging river
struck Mill No. 1. sweeping the plant en?
tirely away. Tlie strong curre-nt then
.swept against No. 2 mill, demolishing
it, and leaving only the cloth rooms
Standing.
Tho big bridge over the Paeotet "River,
a steel structure, was then oarrled away
by the furious water, whloh had burst
through the darns; the ware-room, with
nearly four thousnnd bales of cotton and
four thousand bales of domestic cloth,
followed, all the cotton being carried
down stream.
At Pacolet Mill No. 8 the picker room
nnd five stores on the loft side of the long
building were washed away. Thn main
building, supported by a thick brick wall,
ia still standing, but is very shaky, and
mny collapse nt any time. The boiler
room Is gone, but tho smoke-stack ls yet
ptnndlnff. The dam nt No. 3 Is tntact.
All the machinery In this mill Is ruined.
LOSS AT ODENDADE.
At Glendnlt? four warehouses filled with
cotton and cotton products were swept
away, along with thn dnm across Law
son's Fork and the (restio of the City
Elnctrla Railway. The mill nt Glendale
wns not materially damaged.
At Converse the main building of the
Clifton factory collapsed, and the water
rone tlil the ???pona (loor of tho mill was
four feet deep?forty or fifty feet above
Ihe ordinary water mark. The Convere?
mill Is utterly demolished, nothing stand
Ing except tha picker room building,
which Is bndlv wrecked.
The Clifton Mill Nn. 3 also lost Its
bollor-room, machine shop, en?tne-rnom
and smoke-stack.
President Twltclioll could not estimate
tho loss to-nlRht, ns h? hns not been able
yet to visit tho ruins of the plants.
The Whitney Mills, on l.nwson's Fork'
wore damaged hy the heavy rise of th
wnter, nnd some houses and the stei
bridge nt thst point wero swept. nwa\
At the Tucapau Mills tlie> water rose ?
the second lloor of th? building and cot
slderably damaged the machinery.
DAAUGE WIDELY EXTENDE
Territory Between Charlotte and Sp:?
tanbur? Terribly Affected.
CHARDOTTR. N. C, June t?.? Th?
heavy rains have resulted In an impalati?
bible losa to property between here and
Spartanburg, S. C, along the Une uf ;'
the Southern. Railway. It ls reported that/
a numbor of lives have been lost. G??
cotton mills have been washed away,
three bridges on tho Sou thorn Railway
lira lost and two others are badly dam
need, and telephone messages say thai
twelve bodies have been seen floating In
the Pacolet River.
E&rly this morning tidings of dlstre??
began to reach this city ?nd each re?
port Indicate?! great injury to the South?
era Railway, and to many Industrial In.
(?rests that are located between Charlotte?
and Spartanburg.
ADI, DRIDGRS GONE
'THree bridges on the main tine of th?
Southern have been swept tiwuy. and
all building's In tlie ?vicinity, of the tnlll-i
are gob?. The brldgo over (?iivion ? feirk
of the Pacolet River, near Spartanburg,
has gams. It bad one ?pan, nnel was HI
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