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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
A ROW IN ATHENS.
Caused by the Opposition to the
Translation OF the Gospels
INTO MODERN GREEK.
Twsnty thousand Psopls Join
students IN RlotTng. Thara IL
sIoodshed In the Streets
of Athens.

A dispatch from Athens says ag;t..
lion against the proposal to translate
the gospels into modern Greek contin-
ned Thursday. Twenty thousand per-
SONS assembled around the ruins of the
temple OF Jupiter Olympus and took
part In 9 demonstration organised By
the students. A resolution was passed
calling on the holy synod to exoommu-
nleate any person who translated the
gospels into Greek es row spoken.
Eight hundred marines were lana, d and
coopersted with the troops in pstroliicg
the locality. Several collisions occur.
red and occasional shots were fred. :
Darlng the encounters between the.
military and the demonstrst tors, seven
persons were killed, 80 were severely
and many others were slightly wound
ed. Several shots were fred at M.
Theotokis, the Greek premier, but
without effect.
Great excitement prevailed Thursday.
Strong military detschments guard the
palace and the residence of the pro-
mier. Everywhere anxious groups are
discussing the situation.
Heartrerding scenes occurred wLsn
the bodies of the dead were handed
over to their relatives. 1t is rumored
that armed men have arrived at the
university but the building is still
guarded by the students, who are adopt
ing military discipline. Opposition
deputies paraded the streets during the
day, exciting the rioters by violent
language.
There were no further disturbances
during the evening, but it is feared
that there viii be renewal O; disorder
Friday. Among those slightly injured
are the prefect Of police Of Athens and
the project cf Attio,.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
A Postofiice Robbed.

The safe in the postoffi SO st Joaas4
vile Wss blown open Wednesday n 20
and $500 In STAMPS and cash were
taken. The town m.rshAl had q flh
~ T.;; he robbers, Who escsped. h,
Bros. About month sgo this E g,
vas broken open and robbed. NiFht'
Marshall Claude Walker wAs abuut 1901
yards from the store when he heard Grl
explosion. He hurried to the store aud
found three men whom he tried tp
arrest. After fight with pistols tie
men got away, starting in The direciCSn
Of Union. Dynamite had b.en used ih
getting the safe open. Three atrangers,
whose business WAS not discovered
gere seen about the town yesterday.
Safe bio wing has become as common As
chicken stealing III tho upoountry.
Scarcely small town has escaped IN
the last year. The impression is dc.
oided that q gang is at work, but 80 for
no clue has been found aud no one has
seen the robbers until last night. Safes
have boen blown in Pacolet, Fair
Forest, Wellford and Converse. Two
attempts hsve been made on Benson g
store at Wexford. A later report from
JonesVliie says the amount taken from
tho safe Vas S50O. The safe was ruin
cd. No one was hurt in the fight be-
tween the wstchman aDd the robbers -
SpBrtsuburg JSIrnsl.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Twenty-TwO Perished.

What is likely TO prove the most dis
ssteTous accident that has ever occur
red ID s metslic miro in Colorado, re-
suited Wednesday from fire, Fhich
Suf5st che kJG1ingF ~ the mouth of
the bullion nnuel, through which lne
Snuggler Union mine is worked and
under which filed the mine with
deadly gase5 and sm. ke. Ii is impossi-
Ole to give even an approximate Of the
loss OF life, but it is believed it will
reach nearly, if not quite 100. Twen-
tytwO are knOWn " have perished.
The fire started early this morning
from defective f1ue IN the bunk house
Of the mouth of ins tunnel. 1t quick.
~ communicated win the other build.
lDg5. Tie dsIee smoke from the burn
ing converter house, which was satura-
ted With oil began pouring into the
tunnel, which with the shafts Of the
mine acted as a chimney. The day
shift of 200 men hsd just gone on duty
and before they could be warned of
their danger the levels and the slopes
were ii led with gas. AS soon as the
men became aware of their danger. et-
forts Were made TO reach the surface
through various exits and about half Of
ti'so 10 the mine escFp,d 1t will be
Impossible 10 ascertain the number stili
IL lho miue for several hours, on &C
count q the gas In some Of the levels.
Seventeen of the % bodies found we're
found on the sew nth level. Between
10 and 80 men were working on ths
ulnth level aod this has not yet been
explored. On account of the gas and
smoke, these Levels cOuld not be enter.
Cd becsuse of the danger of suffocation
for II hours sf.er the flames started.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Railroad Earning.

According TO compilations by the FL
naaoial Chronicle, the gross oArni Il gs
Of lO5 railroads 10 the UoitC6 States in
October agRrogs ed $77, 5S3 O00, an in
crease of IS, 232 900, or nesrly ~ per
Ceut. The earnings Of the NOrthwss
ten group we're bonof,tod by the
heavy spring wheat yield, while other
systems had to contend with n mailer
production Of corn, barley aud osts. In
spite Of the cotton shortage, the South
western group increased 10 per cent.
The gain 10 gross earnings OF 100 roads
for the ten months to November is
sos, ,273, 600, with the total $62f, $40,
600.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Government Fish Exhibits.

The secretary Of STATE received last
week the folio o8ing letter from Mr.. w.
NJ. U. R,venel Of Washington, ID. c.,
representative OF the u aited States fab
commission, which is of special inter.
ess In Charleston:
Dear Sir: presume you kaow that
the hjh commission expects to make
an exhibit Of fishes at Charleston this
winter, aud | have been detailed by
the commissioner to take charge Of tho
same. 1t will be necessary from time
to time to make collections of fishes
from the Eiislo, Cooper, Sautee and
other rivers In the STATE and to make
these collie Gins properly it will b
necessary TO use selne5 and other
iomsOf fishing nets. l would like to
have authorization at once frome the
proper State Cfi5iSl to make such col
lecuons as | desire In any par5 OF the
SAFE. The permit should DO so broad
that | or any of my assistants can do
this work without fear of being mo-
Tested by State officials. shall ap
pre- ciAte very much any assistance
that you csn render me IN this mat
ter. If this does not como under your
jurisdiction please refer my letter to
the proper fi1ial.
Ihe secretary of state thought it
best to have the governor grant the
authority asked for, and this Gov.
Mes Teeney did at once in letter
which has been msiled Mr. RRyene,
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Miracles of Development.


Poor Manual, which 10 always in.
terosting and remarkably reliable, in
Its latest editions gives a statement
showing how the Investments in rail
roads II the unitei States hEve grown
since 1870.
ThireY years ago the total railroad
capital II the UnIted States was S954.-
$50, 4jl. By the end of ths year 1900
IL hsd risen to the enormous SUN OF
81, 4l8, 79O. 67l, or more than three and
a hslt umss lts amount in 1870.
sufp;sGsTS Z 80 AZ, AZ, thia shnylrE .is. il is
n. Bfady makes Tor the development,
OF electricity IN resent years.
In 1870, when there WAS nearly a bill.
lion dollars invested IN RAILROADS. in ,hiz
eouaTy there was not ceoJ IN cleo
tric enterprises. They hsd their be-
ginning several 3ears later and have
progressed at a rate that ia without
precondent in any line Of development
From nothing In 1870 to s3. 700, GOO,
OOO Is the growth of tho capital in
vested in electric railways, lighting
companies and other electric companies
in this country. TheiSct that there
is now 1892, 900, 900 moro money in
vested In electrical development in the
United States than in railroads will
surprise most persons.
Aud the fact that sinoe 1870 the value
OF Investments IN railroads and cleo.
tr.o enterprises in this country hiss in
creased S6,2l4 40, 24O is almost in.
cIedioie. Ii is one of the mary proofs
of the unparalleled increase OF the
wealth and industrial developments OF
the United States. Atlanta Journal.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
RsPU RLICAN5 Ar ODDS.
Serious Discussions Msy Occur In the
Coming Congress.

A dispatch from Washington says
unusual interest in the coming session
Of Congress is being manifested in ad.
vance OF the assembling Of the House
and Senate. Public men are discuss.
ing with great Gag g4rness tho many i'm
portsnt questions pending and which
will come up for consideration during
the winter and spring months.
The fact that there are wide diff
fercnces of opinion over these questions
in the party in po Yer adds to the in
terest of tho occssiou aud draws atten-
tion 10 the vinws Of Ir)ninent N II oers
of the national Legislature as tbey resch
tho city.
1t locks little now as il the tables
might DO turned aud the spirit Of dis.
sension transferred from the Dem 0.
cratic side of the House TO the Repub
iican benches. The Republicans are
pretty badly torn up ever the questions
OF tariff revision, reciprocity, war tax
reduction and ship subsidies. There is
this difference between them and the
Democrats, hoWcver-it is possible to
hold a caucus and hsrmonize their con
aictipg opinions in definite policy.
which would bs scrupulouslY folloScd
when once decided upon.
Signs niultiIl ly that the ship subsidy
bill, proposed by Senator Frye and
hacked by Senator Hanna, will meet
with vigorous opposition in Republican
quarters. Trouble is brewing for the
bill in several State delegations. In
diana and Wisconsin furnish the most
conspicuous examples, but opponents
OF the bill are scattered generally
through the Western d ,legstions. Some
Republican Representatives iu privste
conversation declare positively that tho
bill shall Dot become lsw.
Representative Burton of The Glove
land, Ohio, district, Senator Hauna's
own bsiiiwick, who is one of the prom
ineut Repub,icsns of the House and
will be chairman Of The rivers and hsr
bors committee, is outspoken against
the ship subsidy bill.
Some Western repr5sar tatives who
have arrived in the past few days say
in private conversation that they fear
there will be tendency on the part Of
this House to be extrsvsgant In appro
priatious. They report that there is
feeling Of that kind among their COZ
stituencies, and say that extrsvagsnce
while keeping up heavy internal reve
nue taxes, will certainly be resented :
the people in the Congressional cleo
tions next fall
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Schley Declines.

Following the report that the court
o. irqliry would cost Admiral Schley
$50, 900 the Knoxville Sentinel on Nov.
lS sent the admiral dispatch asking
II he would consent to public subsorip
tions to az the amount. WednCs lay
The Sentinel resolved personal letter
from Admiral Sohley, the puTport Of
which was that he cannot accept the
ofer He says the report as TO the
cost is mistake IS the amount iS rot
80 great. He suggests that the matter
is too deliosto to discuss" and truS, q
that his friends will appreciate HE
position and respect it."
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
A Close Shave

james Winn, of Oxford, Ala had a
narrow escape from being buried alive
Wednesday. After the funeral SER
vices, the cAsket was opened at tae
grave, when the body was seen to move.
The oasket was hurried back to the
homo Of VIM where he revived and is
now under tho treatment. VIM had
boon pronounced dead by physicians
and he lay apparently dead for two
nights srd 8 day.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Twenty Eskimos Arrive

Twenty E,kimos a. their dogs lave
arrived IN the city and are at tho mid
way ou the exposition grounds The e.
klmo villsge will be one Of the many
attractions on tie mid way during the
exposition. Tho hpkimos attracted
considerable attention upon their siri
va, aud when it was learned in the cicy
that they had gone into mporary
qla.ers 4. the exposition grounds q
lsrge crowd Of people won't ou5 to the
Ivory City" to ak,a look at the r,
kimCs, who cou'd Do seoo Glad in fur
suits wa'ki5G about the grounds Char.
lesion Post.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Five Persons Hurt.

Wednesday morning there was a COL
lision between the Southern trains at
LockhArt junction. Five persons
we're slightly hurt and there WAS very
little dsmags done to rolling stock,
The accident happened at 9.45 and by
II % the wreck train had gone up from
Columbia and had cleared the track for
traffic. The employees hurt were Dan
Graham Of Asheville, frem.n on No. 8,
passenger train, face cut; w. j. DaW-
kins, Pullman conductor, Columbia,
slight out over right eye and left knee
slightly injured. The three passengers
hurt were j. s. Curlee, Baltimore,
slight sprsin Of hip; j. II. Marshall,
Charleston, back Of head slightly
bruised; John Due, Reading, Ohio,
right foot sptNined. DR.. Mcintosh
went up from Columbia with the tool
car and attended the injured, none Of
whom are hurt badly.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
A Horrible Death.

A few moments after midnight
Thursday an unknown man threw him.
self into one of the furnaces at Sohoen-
bergers uills, Fourteenth ami E.ua
streets, Pittsburg, Pa. Almost his en-
tire body vas roasted beyond Identifi-
cayioD, bis left foot being the only part
not dlsfguTed. a few moments befo. c
midnight the man was seen to enter the
mill arcs and stand at the foot Of the
hosting c,ge which carries ore and
other supplies for the iurnrc1. The
moment tnat a warning was sounded for
the cage TO ascend with it's load three
workmen saw the suic de jump on the
platform ard stand within a few feet of
them. He Was pulled out about three
mlau,os later, every part of his body
reteubling piece OF half cooked meat.
No one csn remember having seen him
before. IL Is probable he will never
be Identified, Tho body ass removed
10 the morgue. The man was asout 30
years OF ago medium height, sandy
mOustache ard apparently al American
dc wore black laced shoes.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
He Knows IL All

The breadth and depth OF mind Of
President Eliot Of Harvard we're strik
iDgly displayed in speech he made the
other day 10 Boston, Gays the Albsoy
Evening Journal. La littlo more tan
an hour he discussed SUI ranging
from foot ball TO municipal ownership
OF street rsilways He talked on mar
rage for owe, money, on tho Europe ao
PEASANT women working in the fio' de-,
on the free silver and divorces. This
variety OF his subj was amszing.
Yet they al we're handled in an expert
and mastery way. And moreover, he
wsspracticsi aud convincing.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
The IcOnOClasts.

The usn who bss discovered that
Gen Putnam never rode down that
rocky pre- cipico to etcApe from the
BrlUsh ought 70 be suIprersoj. That
is ouo OF the iraliontb'o boliei, OF Am
cfiGaDs, and vs. have 20 patieroo with
tho mau who would disprove IT, Next
ching we know somebody will provo
that there was no Paul Revere, no Bos.
ton tea party, and We know not what
ue1t. We had rather believe few lies
than have ell the traditions of child.
hood dispelled.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
A Richmond Mystery.

The verdict Of tho ooroner's jury, in
the case OF John w. SCOTT, the young
club and society man who 1ss found
horribly beaten in the doorway Of west
ond Richmond, Va residence one night
last week and who died without regain.
ing consciousness WAS rendered Wed.
nosday. The verdict was that Mr.
S1otts injuries weIo ind oted by 4
weapon in ,he hands Of soma person
unknown to the jury. In othor words
that he Was murdered. Tho affair coo
tinues 4 deep mystery, aud IS exciting
the greatest interest.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
The Gospel Truth.

Pay your debts ii you ca and if you
osn {, go and see our crccitor snd make
an honest, straightforward statement
to him of you condition and prospects
Don't wait for him 10 see you; don't
dodge him on the streets; don't avoid
him in a crowd; for he Of all others is
the man you ought to see, al d you can
not feel yourself to be msn TO the full
extent OF the word until you have met
him with your head erect, looked him
in the face ard talked to hlm like 8
man. There is nothirg tha will take
the manhood out Of oDe faster and more
effec uAlly than lodging and hiding
from ogeditor-G,ffney Ledger.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
A Kings Bed.

1t is not every American millionaire
who can drosm Of his increasing wealth
while lying upon q bed upon whish
once rested the form of king Yet
the other day full bedroom suit Of
ash ard olivewood, onco used by
Charles y WAS sold to = weslthy Am.
eriosn for $500, low price when tho
sto ric associations Of the furniture
tA ko1 into consideration
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
KNVELoPED IN FOG.
Two Men Killed Outright and Mum.
bers Seriously Injured.

The densest fog ever experienced in
Ohicsgo caused numerous collisions be-
tween trains early Wednesday. In
these collisions two men we're killed
two were 80 badly injured that they
will probably notreoover and Is others
wore seriously hurt. Scores of others.
the police say, were injured in minor
accidents, due to the fog, but as they
were sble to assist thomseiv % official
! reports Wer9 made.
The more serious accidents occurred
on tho metropolitan and the Lake
S.reet Elevated roads. Collisions be
tween vshioles and street oars were
frequent but while a great number Of
people we're ii iured hq them, none of
the irjdr.os iuospaeitsted them aud
the dsmsgs was chiefly TO tho oollid
Ing objects themselves.
The fog ct an early hour was SO thick
that persons stsndingon the sidewalks
could scarcely distinguish street cars
passing within few feet of them and
motormen kept their sopgs Changing a
constant warning
Ths collision on tie Me,r1politan
was between trains going the same
Ts7, SO was the Gaze In other ecci.
dents. Both trains were crowded.
msny passengers stsnoipg on the rear
platforms. Ga the first train these
were almost the only ones to suffer.
The motorman slowed up going around
curve and vhilo WAITING for signal
to inoresso speed the Humboldt Park
express train crashed into the rear car
without wslning. Thomas Meeny vas
killed
On the Lake Street Elevated the ao-
c.dent was almost exsctly similar. The
people ipjared were stsuding on the
rear platform with the exception of the
motornsn, Mum, on the resr train.
he SAID he did not 500 the train ahead
ua;ii too late.
Lister in the day news of another col.
liston which had occurred Oh the Met
ropolitaD, became public. One train
was ovortskep by another. Otto Lsin
hert, the conIuctor Of the first train,
remained on the rear platform frantic
ally waving signal lantern while the
passer gers who had been standing
With him went inHide. His efforts were
IN vain. He was crushed and died at
tho hospital several hours later. Iu all
there were nine collisions on elevated
stTu clnrts during the FOG.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
TheY Were Buncoed.

New YORK cOn6dsnce men have Sc
cured 81 800 from w. s. Hunter Of
Goshen, Gs. Frank Palmer was taken
into custody on = obsrge of being one
Of the operators. TEE victims had just
returned from EQUATOR, where they had
been working on the construction of .
new railroad. Hunter had $40 and
Dell possessed 81 100. They were so-
costed by = large, we'll dressed man
near City Hall Park, In New York, who
said he vas a clothing manufacturer
and he iuduced th,m to so to a resort
on east Seventeenth street, whore they
were joined By two more men, one Of
whom Was gotten up to resemble west
ern Tanoheor. He produced cards and
proposed = game. The two southerners
were losth TO bet, but were induced to
show their money, which they laid
upon the tab Q. The stock man, it is
alleged, grabbed snd passed the money
over TO another, who quickly disAp.
pearod while Paimor aud che other feI-
low held the two victims. Palmer and
the other man then started TO make
thcir escape but Hunter grabbed Palmer
and held him until Dell ran to the
street sud found an ofhS.r who mad c
the arrest.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Negro Coach Line.

The negroes of Jacksonville, Fla,
who constitute SO per cent of the popu
lation, have instituted a close boy colt
against the Jacksonville street raIlRay
system on account of recent oriin.
AnCe by city council which separates
tho rsceS on tho oars and gives TO the
conductor aud motormsn police suthori
ty 10 enforcing 1t. Several mss meet
iaRs have b en- held by the negroes,
al some disorier has resulted. AZ 3
big mass meeting the negroes decided
to incorporate = company for the pur-
pose OF operating a system OF stage
coaches to be used exclusively for no
gro travel. It is proposed to pu, 2 coo
shares OF stock on the market, 10 be
sold TO the negroes, the enterprise to
DO managed by men cf that rsSe. Tho
better element of negroes oppose any
violence in the enforcement OF this boy.
cOtt, but despite this opposition of The
leaders cars have been shOt into on
mors than one occasion. Councilman
Wetmore, who isE negro, says bill
to repeal the ordinances will be intro
duced at tie next meeting of the ooun
oil.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Explosives in Cotton.

Seven large csnnoncrsckers and some
tulp' u: matches were found seoreGted
in bale of Gotten intended for export
to Bremen, Germany. The bale hsd
been loadsd on the British steamship
CAyo Llrgo which is taking on . solid
option csrgo Of 5000 bales, at Pen
a.oN1.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Stamped Queen,s Face.

A special dispatch from Budpest
Thursday says Newspaper there asserts
that Qlaeu Drsga and King Alexan-
driA or Servis recently quarrelled and
the king slapped he'Queen's face. The
latter thereupon drank poison, but her
life was saved by phystpiAns.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Robbers Dropped BOOTY.

The B INK Of Troy, Tenn, was robbed
Wednesday night. The citiz ms were
aroused and attacked the robbers, who
fed, dropping several packages Of sill
yer, containing 81 200, and other val
usbles. A posse with blood hounds is
in pursuit. The amount lost is not yet
known, but it is thought to be small.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27

The company Of marines brought
with them 3 inch field piece and
three small cannon captured in China,
one tf the Chinese make, the other
krupp quo. The guns were captured
by Capt. Leonard's company at Tien-
tsin, while he was leading an attack.
In this attack Capt. Leonard was
wounded b. the enemy, q ball striking
him in his left arm, and it was necss-
sary for the army surgeons to Emputate
the member to save his life.
The camp Of the marines has been
established near the cotton palace, on
the east side. 1t has been named
Camp Hey1ard, in honor of Col. Hey
ward, the commander Of the division to
which Capt. Leonard was attached in
China.
Capt. LeonArd said this morning that
he was glad to get to Charleston and
was quite certain that his stay here
would be a most pleasant one. He
said he hsd heard of Charleston all of
his life, and that there was no city In
the country that he would rather visit
at this time than Charleston.
Speaking about the exposition, he
said that the buildings aud grounds
presented besutiful appearance, and,
from what he had heard of the show, he
saw no reason why it should not bs .
success 10 every particular.
The marines we're busy all day pitch
ing their tents. The work will hs com
pleted by tonight. Daring the day 8
large number of people visited the
camp and watched the marines at work