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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-06-26
OUR .iDOPTED ISLANDS

\ series of special revenue stamps
viii be made for Porto Rico.
Tho Philippines Commission will
permi; proceedings in the courts 10 he
conducted in English and native dia.
lectS
Washington was asked for $40 600
To defray the expenses of fifty Filinino
teachers who are to study for n wear
In normal schools Of America.
The election of ut least eight MAYORS
VIII he reversed. rs many frauds in
the recent municinal elections in Cuba
We're brought 10 light.
Surveys made of the Cuban coast
under direction of the Navy Depart
ment. developed many desirable sites
for naval stations
General Cailles. head of the insur-
gents in LuZon. Il. l., signed terms of
surrender by proxy.
The United States Philippine Com
mission appointed seven Supreme
Court Judges. Arellano being named
Chief Justice.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-06-26
MINOR EVEN!SOFdHEW WEEK
wAsurN.roN ITEMS.

The st. Elizabeth Government Asv,
lum for Insane. near Washington. will
be extended Mt cost of S1.0OO,OOO.
The Presidents yacht. the Sylnh.
was orCered into dock at Norfolk, Va.
to undergo repairs
a Red Book. reviewing foreign rela-
tlons in the war with Spain. was is.
sued by the State Department.
In further retaliation for American
imposition of duties Russia raised her.
tariff rates on American products OF
resin and bicycles.
The United States Civil Service Com.
mission will hold an examination
July 23 for farmers in the Indian ser.
vice.
President Mckinley disapproved n
resolution of the Cherokee Indian
council for n new agreement with the
Dawes Commission.
y petition bigger than nm unch chridrcd
dictionary was sent President Nc
Ninley. asking the appointment Of
lohn Albus rs postmaster of st. JOS.
sph. Mo.
Julian Phelps. United States Consul
at Crefeld. Germany. resigned
Secretary Root raised the standards
of admission to the West Point Mill
tary Academy.
The Industrial Commission nd
iourned until Sertcmber. after hearinc.
over 700 witnesses.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-06-26

reached place Of safety with them
only to discover that both We're dead.
1t is certain that the total list Of the
dead from one end of the Elllhorn VAL
ley to the other will exceed 200. Hun.
dreds are missing, having taken ref
uge in the maintains to escape the
fury of the7ffood.
At least 300 mine mules were
drowned. But little permanent dam
age is done to the mine proper. as the
drift mouths We're high up the mount
am sides. Several mines, however
are flooded.
On the North Fork branch of the
Norfoik and Western, which is five
ana one-half miles long, hundreds
were repdcrcd homeless. and are
camped in the mountains The dam
age to property on this branch is
heavy.
Only one OF the ten colleries escaped.
the Ashland. at the head of the stream
The Mcdowell Coal Company lost two
buildings. The Roanoke Comnany
lost Its boiler house, and big boilers
were swept four miles down The
stream. The Louisville Company's
storchUlse is q wreck and the stock
n total 'oss.
In Roi'c many miners houses We're
swept away. Twenty-Five houses were
damned together in one large mass OF
broken timberS and debris
At the Gillian Company's Collie-y
the powder house and fourteen houses
are demolished. At Indian Ridge tho
company store was considcra hly dam
aged and the stock lost.
The North Fork track is nearly all
washed away. all the tresties being
gone except one. In the Ellhorn Val
ley 1t is estimated that the loss to the
railroad and coal interests will exceed
S2.O00,000.
Out of twelve miles of main line
double track only one mile remain.
ana all the bridges are gone. Some of
the bridges Were of the heaviest ma
sonry and iron. hut they could not re-
siSt the force of the flood.
The Crozier Company. one of the
largest corporations. lost n thousand
horsepower electric plant and many
buildings and coke ovens. Its loss Is
said to he $4,000
The Houston Company is damaged
some $4,000. The Tieruey interest.
consisting OF four colle..ies. will lose
$4,000. There are over twenty coll
'eries whose damage is great Many
miles of the tracks leading to coke
ovens and mines are gone.
In some instances mine locomotives
and cars have been swept for miles
down the stream. Fifteen hundred
laborers were rushed to the scene to
work on repairs.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-06-26
FOREIGN.

a violent storm burst over a large
area oil Southern Russia, flooding seV-
eral towns and greatly damaging
crops.
y monument to Frederick William
l. was unveiled at Kiel. Germany.
Two CZechs named Orsoyle and Ia
roa were arrested ut Prague, Bohemia.
on Il charge OF being implicated ifi n
plot against Emperor Francis Joseph
Of Austria.
Yellow fever appeared at San Saliva.
dor.
-Four men were killed 10y soldiers
who quelled Il riot at Rio Janeiro.
y t~pedo engine, in the torpedo
works at Friedrichport, near Kiel.
Germany. exploded, killing an eugi-
neer and wounding number Of other
persons.
Sentenced to banishment, a Paris
thief stabbed in judges room the
woman whom he accused Of tempting
him 10 career of crime. g
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-06-26
Two Heroic BOYS Drowned.

Suffolk, Na.-While seeking TO save
an eight-year-old brother who was
being swept away in stream two
sons of John Ely. colored. of Exit. Va,
gave up their own lives. The older
heard from the bank of Scott's Creek
an appeal for help. and turning they
saw that their brother had got beyond
his depth. and was being borne down
by the current. With no thought of
their own peril the boys jumped to the
rescue. They reached the drowning
boy and struggled to drag him from
the force of the current. but could not
The three brothers, their arms locked
about each others necks, went down
together
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-06-26
Wind md Knin in Ohio.

Columbus. Ohio.-A terrific storm pre-
vailed in Columbus and vicinity. The
chief damage was from water which
flooded the easements of many bust
ness houses. The losses amount to
many thousand dollars. Several build
ingS were unroofed.
tornado, the path of which was
about thirty yards wide and four or
five miles long. cut through the south
ern part of Mount Sterling. Everything
in the path of the storm was leveled
The damage will amount to several
thousand dollars.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-06-26
SCHOOL CHILDREN TORTURED.
Forced to Eat Soap For Chewing Gum I'm
study Hours.

Chicago.-Charges have been placed
before Superintendent Lane by Hugh
Brady that children in the summer
school have been punished repeatedly
for chewing gum during school hours
by having soap forced into their
mouths. being compelled TO let il re-
main until it dissolved and ran down
their throats.
Children subjected to the soap treat
ment returned home with burning
throats and raw mouths. Lester Bra
dy, one of the sufferers, was unable
to eat his supper. and after repeated
questiOnings the story came out. Three
other boys also assert that they were
compelled to undergo the same treat.
ment. -