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VOIL. XX)(
BENNETTS VILLE, s. c., FRIDAY, APRIL 28,1905.
A RUNAWAY GAR
On the Aiken and Augusta Trol
ley Line Ran Into and
SMASHED TO PIECES
A Passenger Car On Its Way from
Alkea to Augusta. Two of the
Crew Killed and Six Other
Persons Injured. How
It Occurred.
Two person were killed, three fat
ally hurt and three others more or
less injured Thursday night in a colli
sion on the Acgusta-Alken Raliway
line, near Clearwater, between a regu
lar passenger car and a runaway coal
car.
Motorman J. E. noldman, in
charge of the passenger, car, was In
Btantly killed, his head being literally
crushed from his body.
Felix Boddie, an extra man on thc
road, who was enroutetothecity, and
in the front end of the car, was fright
fully mashed, receiving internal in
juries, and both legs were broken. II -
'lived until the relief car reached
Broad street.
Three of the irjjured, C. W. Chea
ham, of McCormick, S. C., A. W. Rtb
orbs, of Augusta, and Conductor A.
D. Hill, are seriously injured, and
the attending surgeons gi ve very lit
tle hope of their recovery. The first
two were passengers on the ill-fated
car.
Claude Atkinson, of Aumista, G.
W. Long, of Troy. S. C., and E A.
Kearnes, of Knoxville, Tenn., while
severely Injured, will recover or are
ody slightly hurt.
The accident was caused by a large
coal car, of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, breaking loose from the
large express car, and dashing down
grade for a mile or more, colliding
with an on-coming passenger coach,
and practically demolishing it. Only
thone who were on the rear platform
of the passenger coach, escaped with
s ight injuries. Those within the car
were either killed or seriously hurt.
BOKNK ?FTRE ACCIOKNT.
The accident occurred a mile or
more beyond the power bouse, at pole
SOO.. The actual collision took place
-^tiBtrat - tho edge of the. trestle that
occurs before reaching Clearwater.
The force of the Impact was some
thing terrific Tho large coal car,
which had been going down grade for
over a mlle, struck the front end of
the car, demolishing thepl uf.jrm and
not only telescoping the double
truoker for three-fourths of its length,
but literally reducing lt to kindling
wood.
The unfortunate motorman, who
baa been killed outright, was found
Jammed in the top of the rear of the
car. The conductor was found jam
med beneath the !? eats on thc il mr.
Passengers, seats and other movable
things in the car, were found in one
moss In the rear end. The only for
t?nate ones were Long and Cheatham,
who were on the rear platform.
The work of res-cue was undertaken
by the crew of the express car assisted
by others in the neighborhood. A-?
quickly as possible a message v-as got
ten to Augusta, calling for medical
assistance. A special car was Immedi
ately rushed to the scene, bearing Dr.
W. H. Doughty, Dr James H. Mor
gan, Dr. Goodrich, Dr. Traylor, and
a trained nurse, M ss Denby. On
reaching the scene the interior of the
express car was converted into a hos
pital, and the injured were given
eepvry ossible attention.
It was midnight when the special
car and the express car, both ladened
with their ghastly freight, reached
the city. They were met at the foot
of tho North Augusta bridge by the
two hospital ambulances, the nry?rz
patrol wagon and underta1^^ wagons!
On the advice '"LbjiJ-physlcians the
cars were r/ o'eifown to Washington
' fttAti t.J. J?irhe injured were remcved
and rushed to the city hospital. De
spite the lateness of the hours a hun
dred or more persons gathered to
watch the removal of the injured and
dead.
Tne details of the accident were
about as follows:
TIIK HUN A WA Y CA lt.
Thursday night shortly after dark a
special crew, composed of Motorman
A. A. "Whitmore, Conductor Gay and
a negro brakeman, left the po.ver
house and proceeded to Clarewater,
after a car of c al, to pull bick to the
power house. Toe trip out was suc
cessfully made, and the coal car, a
heavy affair of the Louisville mid
Nashville railroad, was attached ti
the Express car, which the spec'a'
crew was operating, the trip back tn
the power house was about succef-sfid
ly made when the coal cir started on
its runaway career. Thc brakeman
was down and opening the switch or
to which the car was to b.; run. Th?
switch had to be backed on to, ant
evidently in going over lt, the coup
ling broke loose. The heavy coal cn
started down the 1:111, Increasing lt!
momentum at every turn of th?
wheels.
The crew were unable to catch tin
car. They Jumped to another ant
lighter power car aud attempt el ti
overhaul the runaway, hut were un
successful. They knew the approach
lng passenger car, No. 107, and tba
it had passed Clarewater, the la
stop. Tiley were expecting it In ;
few minutes when the coal car brok?
awav form the Express car. Tiien
was no possible way of warning thi
approaching cir, bound for Augusta
of the danger.
Oar No. 107, in charge of Motor
man Holdman and Conductor Hill
was due in Augusta at ih.'iu. Th'
orew knew that the Express car wa
ahead with a car or coal. They passe?
Clearwater on time and proceeded on
ward, having no reason to expect au;
obstruction on the track, especially a
oar coming toward them.
NO WAUK INO OF DANGER.
Those left to tell the tale of the
collision can only say that it occurred.
The first they knew of their, danger
was when they felt the shook of the
collision. There was no other warn
ing. They do remember that the
brakes were suddenly applied and an
effort made to bring the ear to a
standstill. That ls the story as far
as they know it, for-they hardly real
ized what had happened until the ao
oldent was over.
Those who saw the wrecked passen
ger car declare that lt waa a Godsend
that the accident did not occcur
earlier in the evening, when the in
coming cars are usually crowded.
The number of seriously Injured was
limited only by the fact that but few
were on board. Everybody in the
car were caught like rats In a trap.
There was no escape.
The register of the car, which was
in the rear end, shows that there
were five passengers on board. The
conductor, the motorman and the ex
extra man en route to the city, make
the eight accounted for in the list of
the dead and wounded.
OFFICIALS ON 8CENE.
General Superintendent Hunt, Su
perintendent of Transportation Fur
hey, Claim Agent George Conklin and
Attorney W. n. Barrett, Jr , went
over on tile relief car, and rendered
every assistance possible in caring for
the dead and dying. As quickly as
possible, acting on the advice of the
physicians, the wounded were brought
to the city and practically all that
was possible had been done for their
relief and to save life by the time the
cars reached the city.
When seen by a reporter the olllcials
above named expressed their regrets
at the sad accident which they de
clared was onr; that could not be fore
seen or guarded against. A runawav
car they declared was something that
it is rare that a human being can con
trol, when it must be done quickly, as
in this instance.
DEAD AND INJURED.
Motorman Holdman, who was in
stantly k'lled, was a resident of Au
gusta. Ile ls a single man. Tlie ofll
c.als know very little ab mt his rela
tives, although they understand that
he has a married Bister In the city.
Felix lioddie is also a single man.
and a resident of the city. Ile is said
to have como originally from Lincoln
county. The uncials c.iuld give very
little information at the time about
his family.
Claude A klnson resides at 514
Broad street, Augusta.
G. W. Long resides at Troy, S. C.,
and is well-known there, being in the
mercantile business.
C. W. Oheatbam of McCormick, is
a prominent citizen of that section ot
South Carolina.
A. W. Roberts, of Augusta, is with
the Parker Railway News oompany,
and is well known.
E. A. Kearnes is a drummer, hail
ing from Knoxville, Tenn , and repre
sents the firm of M. M. Elkins & Co.,
and was returning to the city from a
business trip over the road.
The railroad officials know very Ut
tie of Conductor Hill, who has a frac
tured skull. He is a new man, re
cently put on, and the ttlljlals only
know that it was because he was
marked up to ha in charge of the car.
Nothing ls known about bis family.
As soon as the dead and Injured
had been brought to the city work
ears and a force of hands were sent to
the-scene of the accident to clear the.
road. It is expected tbat everything
will be ready for the running of oars
through without transfer Friday
morning.-Augusta Chronicle.
Killed Tin-in All.
William Stephens, who lived at
RJSS Valley, Marin county, Cal., on
vVeduesday, murdered his wife, shot
his five children, three of whom died
instantly, attempted to murder a
passing milkman and then ended his
own life. Stephens, who was ;i? years
old, was formerly a book agent, but
later was said to be connected with a
rubber goods house of San Francisco.
The family alsj conducted a chicken
ranch at their home in Ross Valley.
E-irly Wt?hesday Stephens emerged
rSlom nls house revolver in hand, and
tired upon a passing milkman. The
milkman whipped up his horses and
Stephens pursued him for 200 yards,
tiring as he ran. Stephens then halt
ed In the roadway, placed his revolver
to his breast, discharged the weapon.
The bullet did not cud his life and he
sent a second fatal bullet through
bia brain. When neighbors and oil!
eers entered the home of Steohem
they came upon a shocking scene.
The members of the family, each wltl
a revolver wound in the head, wen
found in their beds. The wife anc
three of the children were dead, ant
it is believed that two of the survlv
. it g children cannot live. The chil
dren ranged from one to eleven yean
in age.
A i'm in-tin Seene.
A dispatch from Savannah says ?
very unusual, as well as pathetic, sigh
1 was witnessed by those at the Unioi
Station Wednesday, when the fathe
1 and mother of Joseph Holland, the 8
year-old boy who was run over and hat
1 both legs cut titi by an Atlantic Coasl
Line switch engine, arrived at the sta
1 tion for the purpose of carrying thel
; dead son to South Carolina for inter
' ment. The body of the unfortunat
' child was wrapped in some white linen
and was borne In the arms of a siste
5 about, 12 years of age. The boy die
} fn m the effects of Ids injuries. Woe
thc father stopped to get tickets ft:
* his little family, ho bold the bystand
1 eis that he was unable to buy a ci file
' but would make one when he got t
his old mother's home in Carolina.
? Oe I H Two Yearn Moro.
t A dispatch from Washington Baj
t, August W. Machen, the former gem
; ral superintendent of the free deliver
B service of the postotfijc department
a was taken bacK to the Moundsvilh
VV. Va., penitentiary after being sei
tenced to another term of two yeai
- following his plea of guilty under hi
, joint Indictment with W. G. Crav
B ford of Washington and George I
s Loren/, of Toledo, Ohio, for com.rIrac
1 to defraud the government. Mache
- will not be prosecuted on any of tri
y remaining ll indictment.
A CREAT BATTLE.
Between the Russian and Japan
ese Fleets Fought
IN KOJREAN STJUAITS.
The Japanese Claim a Qreat Victory,
Putting, the Russian Loss at Twelve
or More Ships, but as Usual
Says Nothing About Their
Own Loss in Battle.
According to thc latest information,
the battle between the Russian and
Japanese naval forces for the suprem
acy of the oriental seas, on which
hangs the outcome of the far eastern
struggle, has begun, If it has not ter
minated decisively. All the dispatches 1
received by the Associated Press point
toa Japanese victory, though It ls not
yet known whether the full force of
Vice Admiral Itojestveusky's lighting
ships took part in the contest which
according to the dispatches, took place
in the comparatively narrow waters
of the Straits of Korea.
The first information came in a dis
patch from the American consul at
Nagasaki to the state department at
Washington telling that tho Japanese
had sunk one Russian battleship, four
other warships and a repair ship In
the Korean straits, and this was fol
lowed by a dispatch received by the
state department, the date of which ?
was not given, that the ^'Japanese
government had made the announce
ment that its fleet had engagadd thc
Russians In the Straits of K irea Satur
day and bari held them."
The state department also received
Information that the two vessels re
ported to have been sunk were the
sister battle dd ps Orl and Borodino
and that three of the other ships
were cruls rs. FiO.u Tsingtau, the
German po:t on the S ?autung penin
sula, came a report that a running na
val eng* cement took place near the
island of Oki In the sea of Japan, 200
miles northeast of toe Straits of Ko
rea, and that the whole Russian, tl. et
did not participate, the slow vepscls
bavin? boen sent around Japan. T e
Japs loss was one cruiser and ten
torpedo coats. Russian sources give
no news of the battle, while the Japa
nese government, following its cus
tom, is silent as to either the battle
or its outcome.
vr.' l-un.vMH OK.TUR ?Aarrxrc.
The St. Petersburg telegraph agency
publishes the following from Shang
hal, under date of May 28:
"From all quarters telegrams are
arriving here announcing that a naval
battle is in progress belwccn the T u
straits and the Japanese coaat. No
details are given but the tone of tele
grams from Cheto.? is favorable to the
Russians. The telegrams say that
the Vladivostok Mjuadron participated
in the engagement.
"An R lgllsh tirm in Shanghai has
received a telegram from Tokio to the
effect that the Japanese have been
victorious but nubidy here believes lt.
"There is the greatest excitement
In Shanghai. All the warships in the
harbor have cleared for action.
"The cable to Wooyung has been
interrupted since yesterday, but the
oau-e is not known.
"Numerous merchantmen have
postponed their departure pending the
receipt of further news."
NEWS I ICOM WASHINGTON.
A dispatch was received at the state
department Sunday saying that the
Japanese government had made the
announcement that its Meet had en
gaged the Russians in the straits of
Korea Saturday and had held them.
The belief in naval circles lu Wash
ington isthat tile Japanese resorted
to a free use of their torpedo boats in
their attacks on the vessels of Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky's ll?et. The
Japanese have a large number of tor
pedo boats in their tleet and they de
monstrated their effectiveness In the
operations around Port Arthur. Naval
t lllclals here express tito opinion that.
It was unlikely that such serious
losses as those reported could have
! been Indicted by ordinary tire,
i From information widch has been
received In 'Washington Sunday it is
i believed that two of the Russian ships
reported to have buen sunk in the
! Kjrean straits hy the Japanese ari
; the Orel and her sister ship, the Boro
I dino. They are battleships of 13,000
I tons. Three other vessels reported
. sunk are believed Lo have bren omis
. ers, the remaining one being a repair
i ship,
THE NEWS AT CHEKOO.
A dispatch from (Jliofoou says prl
t vate telegrams from Korea to the
t J ap??ese coo sui hero state that a bat
1 tie was progressing Sunday afternoon
r at or near the Korean straits between
the main portion of the Russian
j squadron and the .Iapanc.se Meet under
^ command of A 'mirai Togo.
Tt legrams almost Identical with th
,. above have been received here and an
nounce that a large portion of the
a Russian (loot was sighted approaching
the Korean stratus Saturday headed
r for tho channel between T.su Island
rl and the J apanese coast.
n According t i the best information
received recently the main portion
i of Admiral Togo's lieut has been al
, most constantly at Masampho bay.
? Advices from a reliable quarter re
ceived here are to the effect that
three Russian battleships, three ar
mored cruisers and several colliers
s were off S uiiigbal Fiid :y. It ls bn
?. lit ved that Vice Admiral II jeslven
y sky sent sutliclent ships to tue city ol
b, Shanghai in order to induce the be
lief that his malu ll .et was there
i- while the major portion of lt pusher;
rs on toward the Korean straits
ls Several Russian e lders were al
i- Shanghai at 0 o'clock Saturday night
5. Private telegrams received here fiotr
,y Shanghai Kay that as fast as the car
n goes of the colliers are consumed thc
ie ve sels ar.; dismissed by Vice Admira
Rojestvensky and return to Europe.
JAl'8 CLAIM VICTORY.
The Tokio correspondent of the*
London Dally Mall says that the Bus
sian tleet has been dispersed; that sev
eral Russian ships have been disabled
and that the remainder are in Hight
with the Japanese pursuing.
A bulletin from Tokio dated 2
o'clock Monday morning says it is
oOlcially announced that Admiral
Ho j est ven sk > 's il oct has been practi
cally annihilated. Twelve warships
nave been sunk or captured, and two
transports and two torpedo boat de
stroyers have been Bunk.
The correspondent of the London
Morning Post at Shanghai says that a
telegram has been received therefrom
Pekin announcing that RojestvenBky's
tleet has been defeated off the THU is
lands and is tiering northward and
that four Russian ships, including the
battleship Borodino, have been sunk.
.7 A I'S LOBE ELEVEN UOAT8.
A dispatch from Tslngton, under
date of Sunday, Bays there ls a run
ning naval engagement between the
Russian and Japanese fleets in the
straits of Korea, near the island of
Okio. It 1B reported that the whole
Russian tleet is not partioipatlng, all
the slower vessels having steamed
around Japan. The Japanese losses
so far are stated to be one cruiser and
ten torpedo boats.
CKNSOKSIIlP COMPLETE.
A dispatch from Tokio says abso
lutely no news concerning the opera
tions of the Japanese and Russian
tlects was obtainable there Sunday.
Newspapers are held under absolute
leash, and all telegraphs and cables
are closed to press dispatches. As all
the sources of news are under the con
trol of the Japanese it ls not surpris
ing that they claim a great victory
without reporting a single ono of their
warships as being even Injured. The
impression is that the Japanese tleet
su tiered severely and that ls the rea
sonthey suppress the news.
WRECK OF OGDEN SPECIAL.
Blamed on tho Crow lor Not Having
Train Under Control.
Before the Railroad Commission at
Columbia on Tuesday of last week the
i tholals and employes of the Southern
railway testified as to the circum
stances surroundirg the wreck of the
special bearing the party of Mr. Robt.
C. Ogden at Greenville, April 29. It
will be remembered that the train,
running at the rate of 40 miles an
b'-ur, crashed Into some empty freight
ears standing on the main line within
the yard limits.
From the bulk of the evidence it
appears that the railroad people are
willing to admit that the crew in
charge of the spacial train is at fault..,
The Issue devolves upon the quest'
whether or nob this was a train of the
Grst class. The crew in charge claim
that it was, as lt was b.dng operated
on an order which contained a de
tailed schedule between Spartanburg
and Greenville, which is .according to
their way of looking at it. an amend
ment to the regular schedule. Engi
neer J. R. Hunter, who was crippled
In the wieck and Conductor Acker
took the stand.
The rule governing the conduot of
yards in cities states: "Switching and
other trains and engines may work
within limits without regard tosecond
class and inferior t:a'.ns which latter
must approach and run through yard
limits under full control, expecting to
lind main track blocked. In case of
accident, respons bllity rests with ap
proaching train."
While lt was In evidence that there
was carelessness regarding the hand
ling of messages in regard to the
spf cial at Greenville, still lt was testi
tied by the e,Hidala that this would
not effect the result and that Engi
neer Hunter should have come into
the yard limits with bis train under
such control that he could stop within
half the distance he could see. Divi
sion Superintendent Williams, Baker
and McManus and General Manager
FI. B. Spencer of the Southern and
Engineer Llneberger of Charlotte,
testitied that there was but one way of
construing the orders received by En
gineer Hunter and that was that lils
was not a first class train and that he
should have had his train under per
fect control when lie approached the
Greenville statlou. The Southern
showed by its correspondence that
every etlort was made to handle with
success the movement of this Impor
tant train. Engineer Hunter was
familiar with the road and was se
lected to take the train from Colum
bia to Greenville for that reason.
Iloilor KxplodoH.
The boiler of the combination
dredge and pile driver of the Charles
ton Terminal company exploded al
Charleston Saturday at the nortl
pier of the Clyde Steamship company
completely wrecking the boat, killing
the llreman, Peter Johnson, colored.
Injuring John Dmgate, leverman anc
Gus Scott, a colored deck hand. Thc
holler explode! with terrible eEtect,
shattering the boat to pieces, excej
a part of the hull, which went duwt
to the bottom of the dock, carryh?(
probably the body of Johnson, w:ilcf]
has not been found. Tue pier ti
which tho boat was attached wa
wrecked and parts of tbe b iller ant
machinery wore driven to a consider
able distance from the scenes of tb
explosion, one piece eif metal weigh
lng about 150 pe>unds being hen
more than a thousand feel fro n th
wharf. A number of the bolts a:*
nuts fell on East Bay street, mor
than 1,500 fest from the boat.
Italian Laborer Killed.
Nicolis Demarchl, an italian laboi
. er, employed by Dorchester Lurabc
company at Badham, near St. George
1 was run over and killed by a frelgn
train on the Southern raliway betwee
r there and Badham Sunday night. Hi
body was torn to pieces and scattcre
along the railroad track for 200 yarc
1 or more.
VoauvtuH In Rrnption.
?j The eruption jf Mount Vesayii
. continues, the volcano showing foi
i new openings, through which la\
Hows, while the Immediate Hurroune
: lng country is covered with artie
1 The Furnicular railroad has been con
pulled to cease running.
RESTITUTION.
1
Nearly Half a Million Dollars An
ahymously Paid Uncle Sam.
A CONSCIENCE FUND.
Rascals anil Thieves Get Converted, and
Like Y?Chens, Make Restitution
to the Government of. the
1 .
Mopey They Stole Years
.2
Before With In
et
terest.
"A guilty conscience needs no ac
cuser," is an adage that is not believ
ed by officials of the treasury depart
ment, saya the New York Tribune.
They are of the opinion that the
guilty conscience does need a little
prodding once in a while to cause the
owner to repent and make amends.
As proof of this contention they point
with pride to the so called "Conscience
Fund," which within the last century
has gathered in nearly 3500,000 for
the government pocketbook. But for
tho fact that this mythical "fund"
has been; referred to from time to
time in tibe newspapers, the oOicials
believe, scarcely one tenth of the huge
sum mentioned would have been sent
to the treasury. The frequent print
ing of the mere words "Conscience
Fund" ls au accusation tc every per
son who afc some period of his life has
defrauded Uncle Sam. The constant
appearance of dispatches from Wash
ington giving accounts of unknown
persons in various parts of the coun
try sending 'conscience contributions'
to the secretary of the treasury Is the
most ck fluent of invitations to other
guilty ones to 'pay up and make your
peace with your conscience and your
country."
The person who sends the amount
of his debt to the "Conscience Fund"
learn that no effort will be made by
the authorities to discover his or her
ioentitysor to exact punishment for
the original crime. He fuels that by
thus making restitution he will not
only be'forglven for his former mis
deeds, but will be able to look the
world in the face once more, sleep
better and get more enjoyment out of
life. He is right in cherishing these
beliefs.Vor the government officiais
will make ns attempt to resurrect his
past, and there is no doubt whatever
, that fri >wn conscience will reward
hfr ?mg : the, aguare thing.
1? _ - ask ss treasury official for "the
office of tho MCoDSOlence Fund" he
will smile and say, "Go to the Fublio
Moneys Division." At the public mo
nevs division you will be told that
there is no suoh thing as the "Con
science Fund," but that the money
received from the owners of trouble-,
some consciences is turned into the
general treasury under the head of
"miscellaneous receipts." For the
sake of accuracy, a record is kept of
every cent thus received, and as long
as the treasury department keeps a
set of books, entries will be made of
such contributions under the "Con
saienoe Fund" caption. President
Madison received in 1811 a sum of
money from some repentant sinner
who wished to make restitution of
stolen money. Then and there the
fund was started, and it has been in
mythical existence ever since. No
sum is too large or too small for entry
in the record. J mt as much pains
are taken with the three stamps that
some schoolboy sends to make peace
with his inner self as with the fat roll
of bank notes some wealthy Importer
sends to silence the "stillsmall voice"
within his portly breast.
As Boon as money for the "Con
science Fund" ls received at the treas
ury department, Secretary Shaw or
ders a little item placed upon the
bulletin board in his outer ellice. Thc
newspaper correspondents who go the
rounds of the various offices in the
treasury building invariably make
note of thc case, and thus the news of
a good example ls sent broadcast to
the world.
1 On February 26 last, Secretary
Shaw found In his morning's mall a
letter containing 16 cents. It read
1 as follows:
"Inclosed you will lind 16 cents
which I send to pay for two slate pen
cils which I believe I book from an
Indian agency located at that time at
{ Colton, Cal. This was done when 1
was a small boy about sixteen years
! old. or something near it. It proba
? bly was more than that. I sent the
money to tho Indian agoncy at San
\ Jacinto, Cal., but it was sent back to
' me. I do this because I believe lt le
I God's will. I hope you will dispose of
, thc amount so that it will go to thc
proper place."
j. A fow days after the receipt of thb
, loiter, or to be accurate, on March 14,
, a somewhat larger contribution to tin
l "Conscience Fund" came In the mai
j to tho secretary. Thc missive whlcl
B accompanied the cash did not tell hov,
j the money was taken originally fron
the goverument, but lt was just a;
1 eloquent of a deBlro to make amend-,
as tue following copy will show:
, "I am sending you herewith in
E, closed ?12,000 which is to go to tin
rj use of the United States government
c Years ago I defrauded the govern
ment, but have returned lt all, am
now am paving fourfold In accordant
with the Scriptures. The way of tin
.- transgressor la hard, and no one bu
ir God knows how I havel suffered th
?, con8i quencos and would ask to do i
L bountiful restoration. May God par
n don while the Uulted States govern
is ment is benefited.
C? A SINNKK."
Is The postmark upon tho paokag
containing the 812,000 was very badi
blurred. Some of the clerks in th
secretary's office were of the oplnio
is -.hat lt had been postmarked Nei
ir York, while others believe that 1
fa came from N.:waik, N. J., but ther
1- was no doubt about tho amount t
s money nor of the quality of the billi
a- which were mcstlyof 150 and S10
denominations. Tho 912 OOO oontri
button was the largest ever received
with one exception. The record was
made in 1896 when United States
Consul General Patrick Collins at
London transmitted to the secretary
of the treasury 914,226 15, which had
been given to bim by the Rev. Pre
bendary Barff, vicar of St Giles'
church fn one of the suburbs of the
English metropolis. The vicar in
formed Consul General Collins that
one of his parishioners had handed
him the money with the simple re
quest that lt be sent to the United
States government. Although the
papers at the time were filled with
speculations by various authorities
who advanced various theories to ac
count for tho "conscience contribu
tion," nothing definite waa ever learn
ed either of the conscience smitten
person or of the theft or fraud that
he bad committed. It was generally
supposed that the sender of the mo
ney had, at some time, defrauded the
government through the Customs
Bureau, and the same explanation ls
now held in regard to the 912,000
package that came to the department
on March 14.
Many contributions received ab the
treasury department are apparently
due to recent conversion at revivals or
campmeetings These are almost al
ways signed "A Penitent," "A Sin
ner" or "A Lost Soul." The fair sex
is especially given to confession, and
f?minine contributions are nearly
always accompanied by long letters
telling in detail how tney smuggled
their diamonds, laces and Rifts to
friends in the couutry without paying
duty, or used cancelled postage
stamps. Many of the lette;s are sent
to the president ot the United States,
on the supposition, pn b^bly, that he
will see and read them. As a matter
of fact, he has too much important
official and personal correspondence to
be worried wi th the conscience trou
bles of unknown citizms, and Secreta
ry Loeb, who reads or directs the
reading of all bis mail, sends the
money, with the acc. a panying notes,
to the tnasury dc paiement. Scarcely
a week passes without bringing three
or four "conscience contributions" to
the white house. During President
Clevehnd's administration be OECB
received a letter from a 15 year old
boy, who returned three two cent
postage stamps. "When I was a boy
thirteen," writes the fifteen year old
penitent, ' I use 1 three postage stamps
that had len cancelled, but did not
realize the crime I committed. 1.
hone that I will be forgiven for the
crime, because 1 was only thirteen
years old when I did it."
One of the largest contributions
was during President Harrison's term
of cflLe. The money came in large
bills, which wera all cut In two, and
at first or:ly oue end of the "roll" was
received at the treasury department
"I will send the other half of the
money," the man wrote, "as soon as I
see br the papers that lt has been
received in Washington." Tue pub
lication in the papers was made at
once, Mid the man was aa good as his
word, directing the other halves to
Postmaster General Wanamaker.
The postotllcj department has es
tablished a "Conscience Fund" separ
ate from that of the treasury depart
ment, to accommodate the money and
stamps sent in (rom time to time to
the pestmcs'er general. As fast as
they ure received, however, the con
trltutions are sent up to the treasury,
and go, with the other mites, into the
big vaults, the contents of which help
to pay Uncle Sam's bills when they
come due.
?U?CES-F?L CAVALRY RAID.
Gen. Llncvitcli lt' pores that ltiiusiaiiK
Uent t lie JaiiN.
News of a successful cavalry raid by
Gen. Mistohenko comes in tue follow
ing dispatch from Gen. Linvitch to
tile emperor, dated May 25th:
"A civalry detachment commanded
by Lieut. Gen. Misti-henko, composed
of a portion of the South Caucasian
brigade and Trans- Baikal Cossacks,
while eng.-ged May 17th In repulsing
the enemy to the southward approach
ed Sln!ouutch"uan. On May 18th
squadrons of the vanguard succeeded
in reachi ig the L\ikmnan road where
they bumed a stores depot and de
stroyed the telegraph for a considera
ble distance. Lar^e bauds of Calnese
bandits encountered by the detach
ment were partly annihilated and
partly dispersed.
"On May 19tb the main body ar
rived at the ITakoman-Siiifudzy road
and fouud the heights south of Fako
man occupied by a large Japanese
force consisting of guards and infan
try with machine guns. The Rus
sians attacked and annihilated two
Japanese companies and captured an
other company with all of Its officers
and two machine guns.
"The Russians seized a road on the
rltfht bank of the L:ao river and dis
persed near Shifudzy a transport train
seven versts (4 2 ;{ miles long) witti
1 rice, timed food and fruit, destroyed
; the telegraph line and took several
prisoners aucl 100 boises.
: "On the return journey the Rus
sians dispersed several bands of Chi'
1 nese bandits. The prisoners taker
1 number live officers and 2.14 men."
1 WUIIH DrippoU ?ioiiey.
' At Hillway, N. Y., workmen en
' couraged in overhauling the McMahor
1 mansion, on Kim avenue, discoverer.
' that tho walls of a room in the thin
> story were drippii g with houey, wblcl
was oe zing from between the plastei
' and tbeuutddo boards. A dozen largi
! pailfuls of houey were taken out, ane
cnore r. mains. Pees swarmed In tin
room wbli?: thc honey was removed ane
? stung Mosei Reed. The lmuse hm
B been unoccupied two years. Rose:
0 and wistaria vine) grow over it. Mrs
t Murray says si i . has noticed bees Hy
e lng ab.iiit tho house for y ears and bat
a heard their hum and whirr la tin
' walls.
Had Dynamito.
Passengers aboard a Pennsylvani:
e train made themselves heard wbn
y tho train reached Li dford, Md., Wed
e nesday morning after the discover,
n bad been made that one. of the pas
n sei ger.-? had idx sticks of dynamite ii
t his possession. After a heated argu
e ment tin;obj -ectiunable passenger wa
if put otl thc train by the conductoi
?. ills action was prompted by there
0 cent calamity at South Harrisburg o
I- the same road.
STROM ADDRESS.
By Governor Glenn at Opening ot In*
- du6trial Parliament,
Denounced Immigration Agents of
Wcmcru Roads Who Have Mlarop
resented Condition? In South.
On last Tuesday week at Washing
ton, D. 0., the Southern Industrial
Parliament, having for Its object the
exchange of ideas re tr ard lng the best
means of directing attention to the
resources industries and climatic con
ditions of the South, was formally
opened with delegates from every
Southern State and Kew York, Phila
delphia and Boston. The parliament
was called to order by Commissioner
West, of the District of Columbia, who
introduced Commission McFarland,
through whom the delegates were ex
tended a hearty welcome.
Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina, was
unanimously elected the presiding offi
cer and delivered the opening address
After drawing a pen pioture of the de
velopments of the country during the
last hundred years the Governor touch
ed upon the devastation wrought In
the South by tbe conflict between the
States, and said the people of that sec
tion had gone ahead with a will to re
deem, reclaim and build lt up, He
spoke of the enormous production of
cotton, iron, timber and other com mod
ities in the South and declared, that
it had risen to the place where it ought
to stand "equal, if not superior, to
any other section in the universe In
which we live." But, he said, while the
harvest of the South was great labor
ers were few. Laborers were needed
anywhere and everywhere, and he de
dared that the South held out to them
vast opportunities, and if they would
come there wa3 no reasjn why they
could not have the same returns, the
same wealth and be even greater and
grander than in any other section of
the country. But while men of brains
and energy were wanted the South did
not want the riff raff of the country or
of the world.
Tbe governor then aroused his au
dience to a high pitch when he de
nounced the methods of certain immi
gration agents of Western railroads to
turn the tide of settlement from the
South by sending abroad maps show
ing the marvelous prosperity in the
West and pioturing the Southern
States in lines of black in order to
show that the negroes have numerical
superiority over tho white, that the
South ?3 a place where very few, if
any, whites live, where men of money
only can endure and where the whites
aborer can not endure, because it ls
the home of negroes and where the ne
gro is made an equal partner with the
whites.
"That assertion," he vehemently
declared, "is false, and I herald it
here today. It is the duty of every hon
est man in thc United States, whether
he ls a Northerner, Southern or West
erner, to remove this calumny from
the bast and purest people that this
country has ever known." In the South,
the Governor said, the negro is given
every iegal right he is entitled to.
Their children are educated as are
white cbildren. They aie given asy
lumns for their aeaf and dumb and
blind, and are everywhere given a
chance. "But," be said, "there is one
distinction, one Une we draw, and
thati ls the linc of social equality."
That, he proclaimed, could never be
The races were separated by the law
of eternity because, he said, the white
man never was intended to be put on
social equality with the negro. He ap
pealed to every one present to make
known the truth and thus "correct an
error and a lie." In vigorously deny
lng the charge that one of the potent
reasons for a less rapid development
of the South wa3 the existence of the
feeling of sectionalism and bate for tbe
North, the Governor bade welcome te
the people of the country from every
section, saying that they would be
given the higheiit chair, in the guest
chamber. The day bad come when
names of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert
E, Lee would be equalled applauded.
A Strange Find.
At Connorville, Penn., in the ofllCt
of District Attorney Thomas H. Hud
son is a woman's shoe, the hollowet
heel of which it is said, contain.*
enough dynamite and nitro glycerin*
to kill a number of persons. Tuesday
night Mrs. Engle of Uniontown
Penn , found a pair of ladies' sb.038 Jo
her back yard. While examining
them she discovered tbat the heel ol
one cf them was hollowed out am
four exploded oap? placel on four iroi
prgs set in the heel and the hole dllet
with wa^te soaked with nltro-(?lycer
lne. Tho shoes were turned over t
tbe authorities who are making :
rigid investigation. . .
Revolting Depravity.
The Columbia Record says Record?
Stanley, of that elty, on Wednesda
ordered Charles Taylor, a white mac
to leave the city, and also Imposed
tine of 840. This ls the first offene
brought up under the vagrancy ord
? nances passed a few weeks ago, au
i tlie testimony brought out at th
trial, which was by Jury showed ri
volthig depravity. Taylor lived in
negro house of ill repute and was
. keeper of accounts for a woman wh
? testillrl to that tilget.. The ma
I was formerly a drug clerk tn Colun
1 bia and was well thought of.
i
r Drowned Sri i and Children.
j Mrs Tip Sanders drowned herse
1 and children In a creek near her nomi
j two miles South of Sulphur Springi
I Texas, Wednesday. The oldest chll
, was a boy of six years of age. Tt
3 other children were two girls, age
three years and ten months respe
lively. Thc tragedy, .lb is said, wi
1 the result of domestic troubles. Sai
3 dors, the husband, left home in tl
morning to work on tho public roai
Returning home for dinner he foui
a note on the table from Mrs. Sander
a telling him that he would lind tl
> bodies of his wife and children in tl
creek.
* Au Artistic Thief,
,j The police at Paris on Wednesd?
. arrested Edward Israel Ebstein, wi
s is charged with renting apartmen
from Count Girlon and others and r
, moving valuable art objects. Tl
o police say tho prisoner is wanted
Augusta, Ga.
THE MILITIA
Sixteen Companies Disbanded as
Result of Inspection.
OLD LANDMAEKS GO.
Among the Companies Placed on the Re
serve List Are the Par Famed
Charleston Light Dragoons and
the German Artillery of
Charleston.
Acting on the advice of the adjutant
general, Gov. Hey ward will issue or
ders disbanding the following militia
companies:
Troop B, First cavalry, Edgefleld.
Troop G, First cavalry, Panola.
Troop D, First cavalry, Pac ks ville.
Troop H, First cavalry, Eutawvule.
Troop 1, First cavalry, Levys.
Troop K. First cavalry, Sampit.
Company D, First infantry, Green
wood.
Limestone Guirds, Gaffney.
Morgan Rdl s, Clifton.
Company H, Second infantry. Fort
Motte.
Company E, Third infantry, Char
leston.
Company L, Third infantry, St.
Stephens.
Company H, Third Infantry, Bish
I opville.
Mullins Guarrls, Mullins.
Company A, F^rst battalion, Char
leston.
Company B, First battalion, Beau
fort.
The two companies last named are
I composed of colored troops. As there
were no otber compauies of this kind
the State has no negro soldiery, for
the first time in many years
.The Limestone Guards, Mullina
Guards and Murgan ll His had never
been assigacd to regiments and their
being dlsuanded will not affeot the
brigade of infantry at all. Tue First
regiment loses but one company, that
at Greenwood; the Second regiment
loses tue company at Fjr& Mjtte and
the Third regiment loses the Palmetto
Bides of Charleston and the St. Ste
phens and Bisbopville companies. It
will be possible to bave a brigade of
?three, small regiments, each regiment
i cern tal ng ll cumpanles.
The cavalry arm of the service suf
fers most heavily. Ti ie field and staff
I of the infantry brigade will not be af
fected, but it ls probable that the
cavalry arm of the service will be re :
i duced to a battalion. Six troops of
j cavalry have been oidsred mustered
out and six are ordered to become re
I serves-two with the option of chang
ing to infantry.
The famed German Artillery of
Charleston, commanded in the war by
the gallant Gen. John A. Wagner, has
also baen placed on the list of reserves.
The Charleston Light Dragoons, once
a famous command, will be permitted
to retain a nominal organization.
In the order publlsned Friday, the
adjutant general says:
"The following organizations are
hereby placed on the reserve list, the
I status and equipment of each organiza
tion to be defined in subsequent or
ders: Troop A, El ge held; Troop E,
Charleston; Troop F, Wulte Hall;
Troop I, Georgetown; Troop L, Con
way; Troop M, Jedburg; the Gal man
Artillery, Charleston.
"Troops A and L, First cavalry, are
allowed the privilege of changing to
infantry organizations.
"Troop E, First cavalry, shall have
the option of taking advantage of sec
tion 3 of the act of 1903, the histori
cal clause, or of changing to an In
fantry organization, or being placed
on the reserve li?t as before mention
ed.
"The companies disbanded by thiB
order will at once collect all property
belonging to the State or the United
States, Issued their commands, and
report by Inventory to this office,
which will advise disposition of same."
On? or the militia officers who has
lucked into the situation carefully
?says that it ls better tn dibband some
of tho cavalry companies, fur in case
of trouble au Infintry company could
be ordered tuero from a neil by town
or city befure the cavalry company
could be assembled, as the member
ship generally is scattered.
MJUB On'in ( lunch.
At the services at the First Baptist
Church at Spartanburg Sunday night
the question of wearing or removing
nats oy tho female portion of the con
gregation at the night services was
voted on, aud tho result was unani
mous for removing bats and bonnets.
The experiment has been carried on
by the ladies and young people of the
congregation for several Sundays, and
Jie result has been satisfactory.
Sleeping io Druin.
At Pittiburg, Pi., Dr. Erwin Fis
cher of the E ist E id is dying from
oversleeping. Ha bas been asleep
about dvc weeks, and lt is feared can
not recover. Overwork and worry
about patients eau. e l the breakdown.
Dr. Carl A. Emmerling diagnosed the
cas'3 as meningitis, buo of an ent rely
different nature from the cerebro-spl
nal form._
Four Hu ntl rr il Multi? Burned.
At East St. Lois on Tuesday of last
week four hundred mules perished In
a lire that destroyed thu s.iles stables
of Maxwell & Crouch, and Sparts
Pros., at the National Stock Yards
Tue l:ss ls $100,000, and Is said to
bo covered by Insurance. The origin of
the tire is unknown.
It< y Killed.
At New York an eleven-year-old,
James Jordau, was run over and killed
by a "Seeing New York" automobile
on E*st S:x:.y-tifth street Wednesday
morning, cm top of the automobile
there was a large crowd, many of
whom were wemen who for the most
part painted, Chauffeur Kines was ar
?ted.