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I.J JL IA. NTNING, S. CWEDNESDAY. JANNUARY
THE TERMS.
Text of Articles of Capitulation
of Port Arthur.
OFFICERS PAROLED
But All Russian Soldiers Are Made
Prisoners of War. All Forts, Bat
teres, Vessels and Munitioas
Are Transferred to the
Japanese in Tact.
The people of St. Petersburg have
received with composure the news,.
known to the rust of the woild a day
earlier, of the fate of Port Arthur.
The event had been anticipated, apd
under oMfial direction the minds of
the populace -were prepared to re
eeive witai resignation the anno'.nca
ment of t he fact by the publication
of dispate1hes forwarded week before
last by Gen. Stoessel describing the
straits to which the garrizon had
been reduced. The expectations in
some qua:ters that the surrtnder of
the fortress would be f.llowod at the
capital by a:ti-war demons'rations
bas rot been realzed. So far as
there has been any cxpretson of
feeliag, it tas been fur carryirg on
the war vith all the vigor pcssible.
At Tokic Tuescay night the surren
der of Port Arthur was celebrated by
a lantera procession trd a general
illumination. The Japaaese diet will
formally express the thanks of the
nation to Gen. Nogi for his conduct
of the seige.
Among Russian cillclals there is
a feeling that any propo-i:ion of peace
that may be made with the fact in
view that in order that peace mast be
lasting Japan mustrec:-gniza Russia's
right to free transit of its ships
through waters of the far east. High
Japanese <ificials declare that there is
no 'probebtility of aivances coming
at present from their government
looking toward peace negotiations.
In official quarters in St Petersburg
it i& said that no tender of good offices
from a third party would be accpteo
and tt at any proposal fur peace must
come Irom Japan dirtct.
The text of the articles of capitula
tion of the Port Arghur garrison
signed by the commissioners repre
senting Gen. Nogi has been made
public. All Russian suldiers, marines
and civil offials of the garrison and
harbor are made prisoners; all forts,
batteries, versels, munitions, etc., are
tran-ferred to the Japanese in the
condition in which they existed at
ncon of January 3, violation of thi4
clause to operate as an annulment of
the xiegotaticns, giving the Japanese
army warrant to take free action; the
Russian military and naval authorities
are to furnish to the Japanese army
an exhlbit of all forttications, under
ground and submarine mines, a list-of
military offcers, of ships and- the
~number of their crews, and of civil
lans of both sexes with their race and
occupations; and all publ c property,
as buizdings, munitions of ear, etc.,
to be left in the present position
pending arrangement fisr tneir trans
ference. Offcers of the at my and
navy are permitted to retamn their
swords and su<.h of their perronal
property as is directly necessary fojr
the maintenance of life and with one
servant each may, t p'n sigoic'g their
parole not to take up aims dur~ng the
continuance of the war, return to
Ruis!a. Non-cr mmrissioned cificers
and crivates will be held as prisorters'
For the benefit of the sick and
wounded Russians the Eanitary corps
and the aceoutants belonging to the
Ense.ian army and navy will be re
quiredi to serve under the Japanese
sanitary icorps and accountants for
such period of time as may be deemed
necessary.
ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION.
The following are the articles of
capitulation:
Article 1. All Russian soldiers mra
rines, voluntee's, alio government of
ficIa's at the garrison an1 h.;rbor of
Port Arthur are taken prisoners.
Art. 2. All forts, batteries, war
ships, other ships and boats, al-ms,
ammunition, horses, all mater~als for
hostile use, government buildings
and al1 01 j-ects belor-ging to the Rus.
sian government shaill be tram ferred
to the Japar-ese army in their exist
lng ccndition.
Ari. 3. On the preceding t'wo condi
tions teing assented to, as a guaran
tee for the fulfilment thereof the men
garrisoning the forts and the batteries
on Etse mountain, Sungshu moun
tain, Anrse mountain and the lme of
emineonces southeast. therefrom shall
be removed by noon of Jan. 3 and the
same shall be transferred to the Japa
nese t.roy.
Ar . 4. Should Russian military or
naval men be deemed to have des.roy -
ed objects named in article 2 or to
have caused alteratio-n ia any way in
their condition at the extsting time,
the signir g of this compac-t and the
nrgotiations shall be ann-ulled and the
Japanese army will take free action.
Art. 5. The Russian m litary and
naval authcrities shall prepare and
transfer to the Japanese army a arle
showing the fortifications of Port
Arthur and their respective positizns,
and maps showing Lhe location t f
mines tnderground and submarine,
and all (th'er dangerous objects; abho
a tab-le snowing the comnpositon and
system cf the ar my and naval services
at Port Arthur; a list of army and
navy oflcers, with nams and rank
and tduty of saidi officers; alist of army
steamers, warsbips and other ships.
with the numbers of their respective
crews; a list cf civilians, showing the
number of men and women, their
race and occupations.
Art. 6. Arms, including those car
Tied on t he persons; ammunition, war
materiais, government buildings, ob
jects owoed by the government,
horses, warships and other ships, isn
cludir g their contents, vxcepting
private property, shsll be left in the r
present positions and the commission
we of the Russian and JananesA
armies shall (ecide upon th e o
Lf their trarsf;ielnce.
Art. 7 The Japanese army. cn
sidering the galiant res stauce . ffared
by the Russian aroy as hing bon r
able, will permit the <tiers of the
Ri sslan army and navy, as %ell as
<mcais telonging thereto, to carry
sword,; and to take with them private
property directLy necessary bor the
maintenance of life., The prev'ously
meutioned offiers, eitc'als and volun
teers who will sign a written parole
pkdgi! g that they will not take up
arms and in no wise take action con
trary to to the interests of the Japa
nese army until the close (f the war,
will rfrceive the consent of the Japa
nese army to return to their country.
Each army and navy oMff% r will be al
iowed one s-rvant, and such ser*.aat
will be spccially re'eased on signing
the paro'e.
Art. 8. Non-comm'ssitned officers
and privates of both army and navy
and volunteers shall wear their uni
terms ahd, taking portable tents and
necessary private p'operty, and com
manded by their respective cfm:ers,
,hall assemble at such places as may
be indicated by the Japanese army.
The Japane:e commissioners will de
'de the nece:sary details thereof.
Art. 9. Tae sanitary corps and the
vrcountants belonging to the Russian
army and navy shall be retained by
the Japanese while their services are
deemed necessary for the caring for
s!ck and wounded soldiers. Duritg
such time such cmrps shall be required
o render service under the direction
of the sanitary corps and accoantanUS
f the Japanese army.
Art. 10. The ireitment to be ac
noided to the residents, the transfer
>f books and documents relating to
municipal administration and finacce,
and also detailed fi.es nacessary for
the enforcement of this compact shall
be embodied in a supplementary com
pact. The supplementary c mpact
5hall have the same force as this com
pact.
Art. 11. One copy each of this com
pact shall be prepared f ar the Jpa
ese and Russian armiEs, and it saall
bave immediate effect upon signature
hereof.
Kii-d tximsIlf.
G. C. Welibrock, wholesale fruit
sealer of Charleston. S C., aged for.
y-three years, shot and killed him
elf at his offlle on Tuesday mornin
f last weer. He bad just entred
,he office and locked tbe door, wher
,he report of the pistol was heard.
ind upon the door- being broken open
ae was found lying on the fl .or in a
pool of blood with a hole in his right
emple and another on the opposite
de of the head, where the bail had
passed out, going through a pane of
1ae window glass beft re finally spend
og its force. As far as is known
;.tere was no cause for the suicide.
Sr. Wellbrcck was in ccmpany witb
YIr. Guy Stoner a short time before
te retired intc his cfflce ard to him
3e gave no intimation of his intention
o kill himself. He left a Lote, It is
inderstood, to Mr. Stoner, telling
im goodbye and expressing the opin
on that he would be happier, but not
plaining the cause of his trouble, 1
2noer which he seemed to labir. He i
was married on last Sunday night c
a Miss Schimdt. It was learned Turs.
lay that Mr. Wellbrock has been suf.
ering under some severe merita1
train, for a few nights ago he slept,
r spent the night, in the county j ii
pon his own request, stating that he
as in fear of bodily injury. Barring
~hs one fact, Mr. Welibrock had given
o evidence of any mental affection.
Wants Bis Whibkey.
In his mail Tuesday Gov. Hey ward
eceived the following commrunica
iOl: "We the under siners in our
wn belief will say that one Dare
ack whtm had his wuiskey stezed
ad taken from him by Fran Israel a
~onstable has to our own noliige
ever sold any whiskey around tnis
eighborhood whiskey was bought
~rom dispensary quantity was one and
halt gallons." This is signed by
J. J. Jones, Wilks Stevinson, Lock
art, S. C ; ii. B. Ash, Bulor Creek,
. C ; James gault, L ;ckhart, S. C.:
eorge gant, Lockhart, S. 0." Tne
following postscript is appended:
pleas let me have a hearing from
ou at an early Date as I want my
hskey or the money that I Paid fur
ame if there' is any law for me It
i >ing to have it." The Stat e says it
s somewhat siogular that ail the
iames seem to be sygned in the same
landwriting, and there appears to be
marked unifqrmity in the misspell.
og of proper n~mes. .
Barned To Death.
Fire consumed the home of Frank
Noweski, a Polish miner in Murris
Run, Pa., at an early ho'ur Tuesday,
ad the entire family of ten, except
rbe oldest son, aged 18, was either
:urned to death or smothered. The
Noweskis li oed in a log house on the
utskirts of Morris Run. There were
o immediate neighbo s. It is not
kown how the fire originad but it
is thought that a store fell ovtr and
the burnirg coals set fire to the i-sus2.
Noweski was employed by cne Momr1
Run Coal Mining campany. With ihis
fellow miners be a ocen on strie
since last Ap-il. Recently smrapox
orke out mn Morris Run. Noweski
and his family were amxong tie siffr
ers from the disease but ever y moem
ber of the family recovered and rne
quarantine had j ust bee n rakied frorm
teir home.
Tried w Escape.
While a train carryIng 130 conviets
in the emplcy of the Tennese Coal
and iron Riilway company was goi~nz
tr.. m M ne No. 3 to toe prison, Wi i
Fler a negro convict, exploded a
stick of dy namite In orne of the
coaches wi-.h a view of effecting a
whlesale release. J. Dawkins, a cr
vict from Henry county, was killed,
Guard Pickett lost a lEg and an arm.
Geo. Delaney, one of the traiemen
was hurt, and several convicts were
slightly injured. Dulng ta~e stain
pede guards from the other cars rush
ed forward and prevented the esca p?
of any of the convicts. Tue expli
son blew out the end of the coaca.
Fatal Negro F'estival.
At a negro festival at Mo ticello,
am Bell killed Be.n Peay and br ke
Dave Peay's jawbcne. Wylie suba
was shot in toe back by a party un
known. Dr. Scott does not think I e
will die. Another negro whose name
s nnown ha~d his skull crackad.
CALLS THEM TIGERS.
(hif Constable Hammet's Eeport to
the Governor.
Shows the S ties at the Local Dispen
saries to Have Increased
Very Greatly in 1904.
Mr. U. B. Hammet, chief constable,
has submited to Gov. H yward his
rrport for the last quiarter of the year
1904. Mr. Hammet takes cccasioni to
call attention to the charteri- g of so
cial ciabs in large cities, and ne de
elares some of these to be Iiagrantly
violating the law. In bis letter sub
mitting the report, Mr. Ha-nmet
s ys:
"Frcm t'ie figures given you wifl
see that the maintenance of the con
stabulary has reached a considerable
sum, but when you deduct the value
of the se'zres made and the fines
cllected, which went to the various
counties and towns, that expense has
been reducod to the very small sum
of $34,876 35, with numerous appeal
ed cases yet to be heard from.
"The illicit dealing in liquors in
every s.ction of the State has been
very considerably curtailed, and wtiile
I have nor been able to enforce the
law to the letter, I feel that my ef
forts have been of valu3 in that direc
tion, and reports received daily go to
show that there is an improvement in
the situation almost everywhere. The
dispensary law can be enforced, but it
will require the aid of State (ffiers as
well as municipal, in addition t) the
constabulary force to accomplish it. 1
"There seems to be a lack of inter
est, or fear, or something which I
cannot determine. on the part of some
of those who are charged with the en
forcementsof the law which prevents
them from taking as active a part, as
i- incumbent upon them. In many I
instauces I have been ably assisted
by the inl endents of towns and a few
magistrates, but as a rule there is lit
tle attempt made by others than State
constables.
"In my judgment the greatest me
nace to the enforcement of the law is
the promiscuous isuing cf charters to
-o cilled 'cluts,' and yet I am infoim
ed that unrer our present laws this I
aonot be prevented. We find them
lourishi- g in our ciies and larger
;owns, and while claiming to be social
>rganizations, complying with the re
luirements of the law, they are noth
rg more nor iess than open barrooms.
Every effrt has been made to put a
,top to the sale of liquors within their
nails, even to the exent of stationing i
Afi:ers in the building to prevent it, I
)u this bas resulted rece'.tly in the
Lrrest of the constables, on a charge of i
respass and their convicton and pun- E
hm-nt by fine. .
"Poritive and satisfactory proof
hat scme af these 'clubi' sell driekb
>f all kinds to the general pubile
tbeir membersbip in numerus cases
5eing entirely fictitLiou) seems una
7ailing in our endeavors to confire J
:hem to the rights granted them by
teir charters, and I desire to earn
tly recommend 'that some legisla
ion be enacted which will affect th. .
ndiscriminate issuing cf sucha char .
"The constabulary force Is in good
~ondition, loyal and energetic. Veryc
ittle has occurred to mar the admin-a
stration of the affairs of the depart-t
nent, and I look forward to the at- I
mair ment of even better results in the
uture than we have In the ptst.'
The total e xpense for the quarter
was S16,171 81. The amoun't of salesc
~rom the wholesale dispenstry wa<
5987,313 94, from the retail dispensa
jes $1,U38 733.00.
Tne summary for the year is as f al
ows:
?o'.al cast of coestabnla-1
ry for year......-.-..-8 64,388 26
rotal value of seizures
for year............$ 21.071 91
rotal sales for-State dis
pensary for year......2,996,918 30
rotal sales for local dis
sies for year...-.8.3,374,786.43
ro.at number of convic
tions for year....... 344
Total amount of fines
impsed for year.....$ 18946 00
Total amoulnt of fines
collected for year-.... 8,440.00
Total iumber of p -isons
s. nt t. chaingang . . 98
Total number of teams
s-sized--.....-.........-13
Total onmber of stills
sed......--.........-14
In the rep .rt for the last quarter,
Mr. Hamo.et says in addition to the
seizures of liquor and beer. "the-re
were two teams, 35 stills and 1,810
gallons of beer in kegs, the latter of
Rhich is of no value."
The itucrease in tne sales in the local
dispensaries over the same quarter of
1903 amounted to $172,007.69.
Q.z'te a number ot cases against
:iolators of the law have been ap
peale1 and are now pendirg in the
.;ourt of general sessions.
Big Dynamos.
The Canadian Niag ara Falls Power
*ony, th~e a!!y of the American
Niagara Fsils Power compaar, suc
cessfully set in motion Wednesday
two of thueir 10,000 horse power tur
oines anid dynamos before the of~cers
of thec power company and distingu
ished gut sts. These are the larges:
machines in the world and their opera
tioc marks an electrical epotb.
Francis Lynde Stetsr-n, of New York,
and President W. E. Beatty, of the
Canadian compatny, turned on the
po-.er. Cheers were given for KIreg
E-itward, President R ,osevelt and tie
ol110ers of the company. An elaborate
lunch was served and felicitous
speec-hes were made by William B.
Rankine, Francis Lynde Stetson. A.
Monroe Greel, Mr. J.- W. Langmaulr
and ethers.
Kille d tsrother ana S:11.
A special from Ozark, Ala., say s:
A double tragedy occurred at Mikdle
City in the eastern part of this count.)
Fn;day. Arch Pope and Jessie Pope,
brotiers, had a heated discussion aed
di-aegreement over a line fence and the
:ormer shot and killed his brother
with apistol.. Ax ca Pope then went
houoe a.nd committed suicide cy tat;ng
strychinine. The Popes are among trhe
most promninent and prosperous people
of southeastern Alabama. Botn men
leave families.
A YEAR'S RECORD
Of Lynchings, Murders, Hang
ings, Defalcations
AND OTHER THINGS.
Some Interesting Statistics Prepared by
the Chicago Tribune for the Past
Year, Showing the Number of
Violent Deaths, Robber
ies and Accidents.
O: muc1 interest and significance
ire the figures contained in the Chi
mago Tribune's annual review of the
year 19-A. Especially satisfactory Is
tbe showing that there, were fewer
ynchings than in any previous year
incn 1885. There was a marked I
alling (dff in the 3ggregate of dona
ions for educational, philanthropic I
Lnd religious purposes. There is a 1
Lc:ease in the number of legal hang- I
ngs, in t be total of defalcitions, for
teries and bank wreckings and in the
iurnber of homicides. Fire losses
how a small increase. ic a general I
>usiness, manufacturing and com
nercial way the latter half of the I
rear was a decided improv:.ment over
be first six mnths.
L yncbings f >r the year number 87,
ts compared with 104, the previous j
ear, 96 in 1932 and 135 in 1901. No
-em ber was bbe one mnath in twenty
riars duimg which no lynching was I
'-;porzed North or South. Of the 87 -1
ynchings 82 took place in the South s
Lnd 5 in the N rth. There were 83 c
iegro victims and 4 whites. Two. 1
wo.en were among the number. I
Che high water mark for lynchings a
vas in 1892, when mob vengeance I
vas wreaked on 235 persons.
Mississippi heads the list of States f
ith 18 lynchings. Arkansas and I
reo-gia divide dishonor with 17 each, t
Kentucky, Virginia, Texas and South I
arolina each has fewer than a half t
Lzen cases to its credit. E -ery state t
if the Uppar Mississippi Valley - es- t
apes without a blemisb. t
The alleged causes of the lynchings t
vere: Murder 38; race prejudice 19; a
.ttacks on women 20; murderous as- t
ault 4; c:inspiracy to murder 2; un- 1
mown 2; insults 2; threats 1, and t
obbery 1.
Na--urally the numb3r of killed and I
vounded in 'rar during 1904 greatly I
icaeds th.r. of 1903, because of the t
anguiear; confi:ct between Russia t
,nd Japan. Tne total loss of the t
ear is about 400,000, as compared r
vith 86,000 in 1903, 26,000 in 1902, 'l
,nd 3,000 in 1001. Of these ,josses r
,pproximately 370,000 were on Russo- v
apanese battle lields and seas. Oah- t
r lcsaes have been: Armenian mas- r
acres, 7,864; Tbibet 6,492; Philip- t
ilnes 3,230; Sumatra 2,379; Africa t
,7 14; Uruguay 2,035; Macedonia 820; d
lan Domingo 240; Bulgaria 239; 1
forocco 50; Arabia 40.a
Legal executions numbered 116, as c
ompired with 123 the year before ;
,nd 194 in 1902. There were s ity
wo executions in the North and -54
n tlhe S:outh, of whom 59 were whites,
5 jnegroes. one . Japanese and one
~hmese.- Ia 110 cases the victims
ere convicted of musder. Six were
onvicted of murder. Six were put to
eath for attacks on women. Penn
,lvania executed 19, OhIo 10, New
Ork 8. Missouri 3, Alabama 6, Ar
:asas 7, Calfornia 5, and Indiana 2.
Cere was marked fili ng cff in the
a~sS three months of the year.
Leaving out the operations of Mrs.| t
)ssie Chadwick, the extent of whicb
ias not been ascertained, the record s
>f the year shows that men intrusted j
with public and private funds are be- e
:ming more honest. At any rate '
ihe total of defalcations, embezzle- e
nents, forgeries and bimnk wrecking, e
s $4,742.5u7, as compared with 8,
62,165 in 1903. The figurES for the
eg.r are smaller than for any year
~ince 1903, one-sixth of those In 1904
nd less tha~n ha i those in 1895, 1896
nud 1897. The tabular statement for
L94 shows:'
irom tanks........ ....2,242 374
Sto!en by pubiic officials... 228 794
By agents...... ........ 758,879
forgeries................ 183,490
F'r.:n loan a'sociations .. .. 311,000
By postal employees........14,500 1
u~scellaneous stealings.... 637,970
While toere was a decrease of say
ar.. hundred in the number of homi
i es. is isa significant fact that there
Es been a g;eat increase In the num
er of mnurders committed by high.
waycn, barglars, "hold-up" men
tud all that class of Criminals. Chi
~ago in this particular makes a
~looay sno-ving. The growth of this
ra-ict y of crime has been steady for
ny.'yars. There were 464 in
9.'3. 333 in 1902, and 193 in 19('1.
10acturagement has been given to this
ind .f human slaughter by the great
prent ige of gallty men who escape
iapture and conrviction. The hang
: g of the b.>y be.ndits had apparently
no deterrent iffect.
Ti e principal causes for homicides
follows: Qiarrels, 4 181; unknown,
1651; jealousy, 613; liquor, 840; in
sane, 271; infanticide, 153; str~kes,
55; self-defence, 33.1
1n the list of great disaster, the
burig of the steamer Slocum, when
1,031 lives were lost, was the wcrit.
Six~ hundred were lost in a stczm on
Lake Baikal, 500 by the collapse of a
dam in China, 100 by an avalanche at
ragelato, ltsly; 100 by a hurricane
in Cocn, Coina; 100 by a storm at
Santiage, Cuba: 220 by a ferry boat
wreck in Rusmsia; 200 by flood in the
Philppines. The distribution fol
lows:
Fires, 1,006; drownings, 2,745; cx
ploions. Iiingr building and like cas
ulties, 306; mines, 589; storms and
cycones, 243, iighwiing, 189; electric
ity, 126.
S:ea m railroad aczidents caused the
lss of 2;950 livts, a considerable de
crease f--om t.be number of the year
previous. The seriously injured toj
taled 3,843. On trolley lines 479.
wer krilleand 3n,2049 ininred Thei
most fearful disaster of the year oc
curred Augut 7. on the Rio Grande
Railroad, when 118 lives were Icst on
account of a brokin bridge.
Donations and bequests for the
year total 846,296,988. as compared
with $75,000,000 in 1903, and $123,
000,000 in 1891, the record holding
year. Mr. Caraegie hs not given so
much to public libraries and many
multi- millionaires have decreased the
amounts of their benefactions. Never
tbeless, Mr. Carnegie has given $11, -
243,000, the big gift beirg $5,000.000
for the bero fund and another $5,000,
000 for the Pittsburg Carnegie Insti
tute.
Mr. Rockefeller's benefactions total
B1,461,000, one million of which was
ror charities. Dr. D. K. Parsons
gave $235,C00 to inal1 colleges.
Ninety-six colleges have teein among
the beneficiaries, getting 21.335.000
in the aggregate.
A SAD ACCIDRET.
I Little Son of Prof. Bain Killed by
Falling Bricks.
L'ttle Henry Bain, the 5-year-nld
ion of Prof. and Mrs. C. W. B in of
bie South Carolina college, was found
ying bleeding In the yard at his home
Friday morning of last week with a
rightful wound in the back of his
icad. His skull had been fractured,
ie had lost a large quantity of blood
nd was insensible when found. He
was removed by loving bands, doctors
vere hastily summoned and all that
ender care and medical science could
lo was bestowed upon him, but the
ittle fellow hovered between life and
eath until 8.50 o'clcck Friday night
Yhen he died without having regained
bnsciousness. He went out into the
ard only a short time before the ac
ident. A servant of Prof. Andrew
). Moore, who lives next door, was
a.sing not many minutes after and
ound the almost lifeless body on the
tep4 leading into the yard at the side
f the house. Mr. John Taylor, who
as visiting at the residence of Prof.
oore, was the first person to arrive
.t the side of the injured child, and
b was he who carried him upstairs.
There Is no doubt that the little
ellow was struck by falling brick?,
ushed from the parapet above by the
,ranch of a tree grow:ng near the
LOUsS. This branch rests uprn the
rick work, and the motion caused by
he unusually high wind prevailing at
he time had torn these bricks from
be wall and pushed them cfr. Three
ricks were found on the spot below
nd an investigation showed that
hree were missing from above. The
mb was scarred by rubbing against
he bicks. ,
Telephone inessages soon brought
):s. Taylor, DuBose, Griffith and
'shburne. They discovered a frac
are in the ba* of the head and saw
bat the bone was pressing against
he brain. The little sufterer was
much weakened by the loss of blood
lne.wound was not then regarded as
ecessarily fatal and any operation
ras deferred uctil later. Prepara
Lonswere made in the afternoon to
move the patient to the Columbia
.ospital for the operation. He began
o grow weaker, however, and the
octors decided to\ operate at the
ome. He grew weaker and weaker
s the night came on and before the
peration could be perforsied had
assed away.-The State.
Many Killed in Disasters.
Without including the last, week,
be accidents in North Ameiica in
hich five or more persons were killed
i 19014 caused thie death of 2,224 per
ns. The b irning of the Irajquois
hIeater, Chicago, and the wreck cf
be Duquesne flyer, near Pittsburg,
ocrred in the last week of 1903, and
heir death roll of 800. is not counted
a the figures given. The wreck of the
teamship Norge, with 646 lost is in
luded, most of the passengers having
ickets for this country. By far the
rorsi accident of 1904 was the de
truction of the New York excursion
teamer General Slocum, whicn burn
d in June, with a loss of 1,020 liv, a.
The worst railway accidents were a
ollision at Willard, Kan., 17 killed;
ollision at Jackson, Utah, 24 kill'ed;
ollision at Kewanee, Miss., 43 killed;
erailment at Litchfield, Ill.; 24 kill
d, collision at Midvale, N. J., 16 kill
d; Sunday school ex:ursion at Chica
o, 20 killed; train through bridge at
den, Col., 94 k:llel; colibion at
odges, Tenn., 58 killed, and collisi an
.t Warrentburg, Mo., 29 killed. Tor
tadoes during the year killed 38 at
vfoudville, Ala ; 12 at St. Paul; 5
.t Jamestown, N. Y., and 98 in east
irn Cuba. The worst tornado in the
Jnited States occurred in January, in
Llabama. The worst explosion was
n a mine at Cheswick, Pa., which
est 186 lives. An infernal machine
xplosion at Independance, Col., kill
d 13. The worst elevator accident
vas at St. Louis, with 8 killed. Ten
>ersons were suffocated by coal gas at
Williamstown, Pa. There was hardly
Smonth without a loss of numerous
ives in tenement house fires. Nine
chool children were sufficated in a
rault at Pleasant Ridge, Oslo. Eight
:aildren were drowned while batumng
L Alton, Ill, Tne average aiuoer of
leaths in the larger accidents of the
rear was 325 a month. It is a heavy
taste of life from preventable causes,
Sold to Indians.
Reports from Victoria say that
Wargaret Johnson the 1 1-year-old
iaughter of Sydney Johnson, a Ger
nan frcm Portland, is being held in
>ondage by the Forth Rupert In
lans. The information was obtained
~rom a m's-ionary by Secretary South
f the Cnildren's Protective Society,
ad Mr. South is now endeavoring to
earn the whereab outs oJf the child, in
nopes of rEscuing her. The natives
re said by the missionary, who had
ust returned from the far interior to
nave paid the father $1..000 worth of
urs for the girl. The father form
rly worked in tbe Dawson mines and
met the Indians when returning from
ne North.
Killeai by an Exploslon.
Specials from Covington, a town on
the Georgia railroad about 40 miles
ast of Atlanta say: The toilers at
the electric light plant exploded there
Wednesday and killed the fireman, J.
L. McCullougzh. The cause of the ac
cident is unknown, the boilers being
practically new, having been used but
fonr yars.
A SAD STORY.
A Wife, Deserted and 111, in an
Unknown Land.
IS BEING CARED FOR.
The Woman Is an imigrant from Poland,
0
and Comissioner Watson Has /aken
I
Charge of Her Case Although
She Was Not Brought
Here by Him.
C
Alone in a strange country; deserted ;
by the man who had taken with her s
the solemn marital vows; Ill with the C
dread which a woman alone can suf- c
fer; and unable to converse with those L
around her. Such was the pitiable
plight of a woman who was found
weak and starving In Columbia Fri- a
day. Applying at the homes of the a
people of Columbia, she was unable to
make known her wants, until finally 6
Rhe sank exhaustedupon the step;of 1
the home of kind ,hearted people who '
live in the most respectable part of 0
the city. The following particulara 1
of the sad case we take from the 0
State: .
Mr. E. J. Watson, the commissioner
of immigratien, was communicated s
with at once, and although he was en
gag d in moving his office effects from a
the S'atee house to a temporary r4fl0e
in the 12-story building, he gave im
mediate attention to the wants of the
suffering woman. With Mr. Frank
Myers for an Interpreter, Mr. Watson
went to the home where the woman
was being caredfor temporarily, and
as he had suspected, the unfortunate
mreature proved to be a native-of Po. s
land.
Mr. Myers engaged her in conversa- e
tion, the first time since her desertion c
by her husband that she had heard
her native tongue. The woman told
a story which cannot be disbelieved.
She is about 30 years of age and rather JH
comely in appearance, although she n
has seer. much anxiety and suffering g
recently. She was unable to write, A
even in her own'language, and her t.
name, as well as could be.': guessed
from her pronunciation, is Stephanki. o,
This woman and her husband, to f
whom she was married two years ago, P
3ame to this country-from the prov- g
[nee of Galatia in Poland three
months ago. Two months ago they. b
were brought to Greenville to work in m
bhe mills, having been secured among tj
a colony brought south by the South. 01
rn railway for one of the mills there.
Hler husband obtained work at a re- ai
muneration of $5 a week, and the two
ippeared to be living happily in ex- ti
pectation of approaching events until 01
Dhreq weeks ago when she was desert- r(
3d and left penniless among people ,
with whom she could not even con
verse. .e
After a period of 'soul-harasuing m
anxiety, the woman set. out on foot
!or C,>lumbia, and walked all the way. g
She was given assistance by the kind a
hearted farm peope along the way, t
and one family gave her a pair of shoes bi
which she needed badly for the al
weather has been very severe-.t
When Mr. Watson was notified Fr!- si
say, he found the woman in a state hi
af collapse and exhaustion. She was if
so weak that she could not keep va
awake and kept dropping off to sleep. b3
When throu~rh the interpreter Mr.
Watson had -s-cured the story of her (s
suferings he sat about to find a place al
where she could be cared for until he ti
could communicate with the govern- ki
ment authorities. For the federal
government makes provison for suoh n
unfortunate people as this and she di
would be cared for at the hospital at if
Eihs Island as soon as he could make p
the arrangements.a
The "Door of Hope" is crowded, a
and there was no place for the poor al
woman there. Finally Mr. Wataan a:
found a boarding place for the unfort
unate creature at a house .near the al
union depot, and here she will stay 'I
until she can. be sent to Ellis Island. fi
Tne woman's gratitude was a moving t:
spectacle, and Mr. Watsnn feels many se
times repaid for the three hours he
spent in try~ng to gether located tem
porarily.
The romantic part of the story is
this: The arrival of the Pole, Frank
Sobiets~ky, in Columbia, a~few.aweeksb
ago corresponds with the time that 1
the woman was deserted by her
husband, and it is more than probable
that be is the vagibond who deserted
his wife. The woman's condition did
not permit that she be allowed to con-s
front the unfortunate Pole who is lyinge
in a 'hospital in this city with one leg
cut ott 'a t.u result of an accident on
the Soutnemn railway last Sunday whene
v
he was caught walking across a long ~
trestle a few miles north of Columbia.
Ii will 'be recalled fthat when Soble
ski came' he're he was unable to speak
in English. He was engaged to work
for a farmer in R~chiand ounty and
was running away when he was knock
ed off the trestle. It is barely probable
that he was trying to get back to
Greenville when he was caught-pro
vided of cozurse he is the renegracle
husbaud of the suff- ring woman. In re
gard to this case Mr. Watson said last
nighit:
"The State department of agricul- S
ture, commerce and immigration has a
been placed at a decided disadvantage t,
by reason of such a case as this. Ttis ,a
woman was not brought to South Oar- ci
olina by reason of any action of the o
department, sand I regret .that it is o
impossible for me, because of her lack a
of knowledge of the Eoglishilanguage I
to ascertain by whom she was brougnt 1;
to the State. When the call came to d
me in the shape that it did and I saw f
the poor creature and talked with her t
through an interpreter it would have *
been neccessary for me to have had a
heart of stone not to have attempted
to do something fcr her. The poor
creature was in such a condition that
I did not believe she could have kept
her eyes open another hairffhour.
"After trying several places where
I thought it would be best for her to
hb TIfinaill took her to a barding
aouse of an E 2glish woman, where
;he now is and will remiin antil such
; me as I can notify the United States
Lutborities of her case and arrange
,or her removal to the hospitalgat
llls Iland. This is a class of imni
,ration that this department has
tudiously avoided, our efforts being
ontinec to the h!gher class cf people
vho speak English and who become
,fter a short time good citizens, assim
Liating readily with our own people
,nd-adopting their views, politically
,nd otherwise.
"At the same time when such c3sCs
a this and that of the Polander, who
ame here reoently, are brought to
ur attantion it is right that we
bould, acting as South Carolinians,
ee that these people do not stter.
Lt the satre time others, who are act
ag outside of the State departmrnt
a the matter of immigration, while
aeaning well, are only doing harm to
great movement for the upbuilding
f the State, without Interfering with
ny existing conditions. The low
rice of cotton that now prevails has
rved to check the movement of our
wn people back to the farms, and
onsequ ntly the demand for other
ibor in the mlils has been reduced.D
"I hope, therefore, that those who
ave been bringing in these people of
type that the department does not
ad will not handle, will restrain
bemselves from further independent
fforts and will leave it to the depart
ient to meet their need judiciously
rith due consideration of the welfare
f our own working people and the
ianufacturing interests as well. Such
ses as this arc not only deplorable,
ut each one of them serves to retaid
ie work of this department is de
[gned to do for the good people. I
Lacnrely truit that this will be seen
rd appreciated."
FTAR CLAIM O CONRDZRETES.
:ow They Will be Paid for Property
Taken After Paroled.
There has been a general misunder
andLng of the scope of the act of
ngress proposing to pay ex-Confed- I
:ates for horses and other property
)nfiscated from them at the close of
ie War of Sessession. Congressman t
yatt Aiken has secured from the 1
aartermaster general, Col. C. F.
umphrey, a statement detailing the i
Lanner In which claims are to be e
Led, no claims to be received after
pril, 1906. The following regula
ons must be observed:
1. Ech claimant must state -his
n claim under oath (the department
rnLishes no blank forms for the par
se,) mailing it to the quartermaster
meral, U. S. A , Washington, D. C. 8
2. In his affidavit he should state c
is name, rank, company and the regi- t
.ent in which he was serving at the
me of the surrender, and by whom
fleered. t
3. The date and place of surrender, I
id to whom surrendered. I
4. That he was paroled at or after t
ie surrender, naming the parolin t
Beer, time and place. Written pa- k
iles, if in existence, should be filed
ith claims; otherwise, the sworn tes- 1
moay of two credible persons (pref
ably soldiers,) knowing the facts, 1
nest be submitted as proof.
5. That he was required to be
counted for the- performance of his
ilitary duties, and that the proper- a
r taken was hisown and thatit was I
sng used In the Confederate -service I
Sthe time of the surrender and was i
iken by U. S. troops acting or pre
imably acting under orders, stating
:w, when and where (and by whom j
It is known) It was taken. State
iue of each horse or mule, saddle,
tidle, blanket and side arms. -
6. At least two credible persons 1
oldiers preferred) must corroborate
I the claimant's statements in essen
al particulars, stating how their
cowledge thereof was obtained.
7. If the soldier be dead, his widow 1
ay make the claim. If both be I
sad, his child, or children jointly; or
no children survive the soldier, a
a~rent may make the claim. Allow
ne for only one horse and equip
lent is made to a private sosdier
ad two horses, equipment and side
ems to a commissioned omcer.
8. All statements by the claimant
ad witnesses must be under oath.
'n credibility of each must be certi
ed to by the official before whom1
iey make the oath and his official
al must be affied to each affidavite.
Suspended by Smallpox.
The Florence Daily Times failed to
take Its usual afternoon appearance
'eday because the local board of
ealth quarantined the entire estab
sement and thoroughly fumigated
ae building. The foreman of the
ice had developed a case of vario
td. Some days before young Smith,
ae local reporter, was stricken with
nalpox and was promptly quaran
ned at his boarding house In the
astern suburbs and It was thonght
o further troub!e need be apprehend
I but the case of varioloid that de
sloped has caused the board of health
>take further and more drastic steps
i order to stamp out any germs that
~ay remain. Tue entire community
sympathizing with EBitoer Hart
-ell M. Ayer in the closing of his of
Ce, but Mr. Ayer Is .as anxions as
ae board of health tSaat all steps
ecessary be taken that will assure
ie stamping out of the disease, and
e and his entire force have under
oe vaccination and fumigation.
An Imnportant Capture.
A dispatch from Fort Mills to The
tate says an important capture was
ade In that township Thursday at
ernoon by Magistrate's ConstableT.
.Mills in the arrest of Will Springs.
lorei, charged with: the killing of
meier C. B. Coles of Mecklenburg
Dunty, N. 0., and the wounding of
[. M. Nabors near Sugar Creek churb,
1st across the North Carolina line.
Lst Sunday afternoon week. Imme.
:atly after the killmng, Springs fled
rom the scene of his crime and went
o Fort Mills to -vnship, where it is
uposed he h--s sicc.: been In hidding
GYr the arrest of Springs, Constable
ills wiil receive a reward of $300
.200 from the governor of North Caro
ina and $100 from the sheriff of Meck
org county. Corstable Mills took his
rsonier to Charlotte, where he was
.asitively identified as the man want
d for the killing of Cole and the
vnng of Nabors.
A WEAK BOILER
Exploded Killing Eight Men and
Seriously Hurt Three.
LADE A GREAT NOISE.
The Tow Boat 'Defender Brned to the
Water's Edge. Those on Board
Terror Stricken Plunged Into
the Water in an Effort to
Escape Death.
Eight men are known to be dead
wnd three seriously Injured, the re
mult of a boiler explosion and. fire
which destroyed-the tow bdat D3fen
ler at Huntington, W. Va., on Wed.
aesday. The dead are:
Perry Spender, mate, Point Pleas
Horace Wetzel, watchman, Pitts
burg.
James Seese, lamp trimmer, Wels
wile.
Albert Hamilton, fireman, Pitt
3urg.
Mike Stafford, fireman, Pittsburg.
Thomas Duffy, fireman, Pittsburg.
Will Wetzel, deckhand.
George Kid, deckhand.
Injured:
Ira Ellis, second engineer, Pitts
burg; Robert -Holland, flrdman;Bob
,rt Mann,,third cook.
The Defender was owned by the
11onongabela River Consolidatd Coal
Lnd Coke company ofPltPsburg. Capt.
rames Woodward was in the pilot
iouse atthe time ofthe accident and
with the exception of fireman, engi
ieer and the watchman, the remain
ler of the crew werejasleep. The ex
>losion of the starboard boilers blew
iut the entire side of the boat and
wakened the sleeping members of
he crew. The nohe washieard for -
hree miles. Survivors grabbed what
lothig they could find and plunged
nto the icy waters of the Ohio In the
ifort to escape. The night was bit
er cold, the thermometer hoverlag
.bout zero and tce who escaped
vere nearly frczen before they could
)e given shelter.
The boat caught fire Immediately,
bolowing the explosion and drifted
[own the river about 200 yards where
he sank fr. shallow water. The fire,
ontinued intil she was barned to
he water's edge.
Ellen Welsh, chambermaid, 'of
>ittsburg, the only woman dn board
he bcat, escaped In her night cl.,th
ag. Wher. rescued she was almost
rozen. Capt. Woodward says that
he origin cf the explosion Is a mys
ery, as the boilers were so far as
:nown in excellent condition. A
tumbei of men are working on the
rreck Wednesday to recover the
dldes of thedead. 'So far six bodles
tave been rscovered.
Sayor Of Portland Ore., Indleted
George H. Williams, once .chfa
ostice of Oregon Territory, formerly
Iited States senator from Oregon,
,ttorney general in President-Grant's
econd cabinet, and now mayor: of -
Portland, with the snow of 83 winters.
n his head, was indicted by a grand
ury of Multnomah county ona ar
f Malfeasance in off.:e- The indict
nent states that'on July 13, 1904,.
*udge Williams, while mayor of Port
and, refused to enforce the statutes
egulating gabling. This law, which
vas passed 't the last session oit the
egisiature, gives the mayor power to
Ildse; disorderly houses within four
riles of the city and it is alleged that
te failed to avail himself of that'
>ower.
Earnedl His &Rewar~d.
A dispatch from Columbia says a
triking instance-of a "Trusty" ne
tro convict's loyalty, was brought to
he governor's-attention in a pardon
ietition from Aien Thursday. The
iero of story is Andrew Washingt~n,
who was serving a two-year term on
,he gang, for killing a negro ~named
l-eorge. The governor Thursday
granted him full pardionon a petition
~etitioD, setting forth thai; on a -re
~ent occasion his heroism prevented
1he escape of all prisoners on the
rang. The guards were drunk and
when the prisoners made a dash for
iberty, Washington seized a gun and
ield them at bay, till assistance came
iext morning, Washington had served
mver a year, and was convicted after'
;wo mistrials.
Pee aniar Deadn.
*A spctal from Spartanburg to The
state says. Tom Smith, colored,
net with as tragic death Tuesday
norning while engaged in walling the
well con Mr. Lip Wood's premises,
aear Pacolet station. Some cof the
workmen on thle ground were lower
ng a massive bucket, filled with rocks,
:4 Smith, who wa~s working. in the
well, some 25 or 30 feet below. Sud
lenly the hoops of the ovear-laden
>Qcket gave way and the entire con
tents fell on the uf-ortunate man's
iead, crushing his skull. Death was
almost instantaneous.
Lef t Alone to Die.
The police are investigating the
mysterious death of an unknown
voung woman, found lying in the
mnow in the Bverside drive, New
York, Thursday and who died without
oecoming conscious. The suspicions
f the police were aroused by thle fact
hat her underskirt and hat were
round neatly 100 feet from where the
sody lay. The spot where the body
was found is a lonesome a::d deserted
ne. The~ police suspect that the
oLng woman while unconscious was
ett ttere by other persons to die of
exposure._________
They Cured Him. -
.Tohn (-ark, a negro five years old,
's dead at the homes of his parent at
Lyndon, Ky., cf acute alcoholism, in
:,oosequenc~e of excessive doses of wine
mnd a mi:cture of wine and whiskey
'dministe~ed to him by his step-father
isnd mother in the 1ffort to keep him
from ever having a desire for drink by
manlin h..m sick of it.