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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-21
DEED OF cHpcTAW JACK.

Old iChoctaw Jack, the big black
bear Of the Dallas 700 at tho city
park. committed suicide recently,
After beating his head against tho
stone walls OF his cage and tearing
himself with his claws he deliberately
plunged into n large water tank.
placed his head under the water and
stubbornly hold II there until he had
drowned.
Old Jack was undoubtedly insane.
says the New York Herald For a
dozen years he had lived with his
wife. "Queenle Choctaw," and several
filters Of cubs were born to them.
Two years age the last litter OF cubs.
-four IN number---was born Jack
suddenly changed his nature, and
when the four little ones were two
days old he ate them
About n year ago In what was no.
garded as fit OF anger, Jack attacked
Queenc In the night and beat and lac
Grated her until she was helpless. Tho
keeper arrived Just In time to see
Jack push Queenie INTO the water tank
and hold her head under the water un.
I'll he had drowned her.
Jack had been cullen, snarly and
generally unpleasant ever since.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-21
THE REleNlNe HOUSE or RUSSIA.
II Possesses Greater Wealth Than Any
Other Royal Family.

The Russian rolgning house has, II
Is said, greater wealth than that OF
any other royal family in the world.
IL is said that the minimum revenue
the czar derives from the
crown and state domains is estimated
at G 100000 a year More than forty
members Of the imperial family not
In the direct line Of succession draw
revenues from landed estates set aside
for that purpose by the Emperor Paul
|. To these estates is given the name
Of the imperial appanages; they cover
an area Of 1000, 900 acres, larger than
Scotland, and the total income derived
from them lis G2,000,000 Before the
emancipation Of the serfs 100000 peas
ants were attached TO these vast es-
tates and were In a sense the property
OF their owners. Another item of the
vast wealth of the imperial family, we
are further told. is the quantity OF
jewels It's members possess. The most
famous jewels In all Russia are the
crowns worn by the emperor and EN-.
press. That OF the emperor "glitters
with diamonds" and the two parts OF
II are Joined by ruby OF splendid
size, on which stands pearl cross
The coronet OF the empress Is also a
mass Of diamonds, set In traceries and
clusters round superb sapphire
Westminster Gazette.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-21
The Federal women's Equality Asso.
citation,

4 statement of the aims OF the
federal women's equality association
has been made In the following terms:
ITO have suffrage headquarters in
WASHINGTON; to make this a bureau
for memorials and petitions to be pre-,
scented to congress on any measure
affecting women or any phase OF wo-
man suffrage legislation that is before
our national legislators; to gather UP
unorganized individual, suffrage sen.
timent. to secure from the states
memorials and petitions asking Tor
the submission of the 9Th amendment
and other woman suffrage legislation
that congress may have in its power to
grant. to work for federal suffrage;
to take note of, and bring influence TO
bear upon discrimination against wo.
men in the departments OF govern,
ment; to bring waGe-earniug women
to see their need OF the protection Of
the ballot; to utilize the strong woman
suffrage sentiment in labor and other
organizations Of men and mass this
upon congress in the interest Of wo.
man suffrage; and finally to work
along all these lines and have the suf-
frage sentiment SO centralized that It
can be brought to bear upon congress
to meet any emergency, as for In,
stance. the application of territories
! for admission as states,
| Any who are sympathizers in these
many opportunities for suffrage work,
which naturally centers In Washing
, ton are urged to communicate at once
with the corresponding secretary,
Clara Bewick Colby, 2,42O Fourteenth
street
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-21
A Gifted Indian Woman.

After school education Of four
years at a seminary in Fond du Lac,
Wis, Laura Miriam Cornelius has re-
turned to her people on the Oneida
In northern Wisconsin TO
carry out her work OF gathering the
literature Of her tribe for publication,
and TO classify her tongue into an In
dian grammar Miss Cornelius Is the
descendant Of two noble Oneida fami
lies. the Breads and the Corneliuses.
who can claim two great chiefs IN
their line, one being Daniel Bread,
the orator and her grandfather: she
was born to the civilized life which
the Oneidas have long led and her
father removed to the outskirts ~ his
reservation IN order that his daughter
might attend a white public school
rather than the government school.
for "he believes that reserve life is
most uneonduciYe - liberal develop
ment." Always In delicate health.
Miss Cornelius's studies have been fire.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-21

turned. retracting our steps along the
other side,
How do you like this one@" she
asked The picture on the right"
Isn't it supposed to be tourna-
ment?' | remarked, as We stood a
yard apart, gazing at the large paint,
ing
oh, but her hair is fairer than
mine. said Elsa, looking first at the
canvas, then turning her blue eyes
quite anXiously to mine,
Il don't see much difference" | as.
sured her,
She appears to have chosen the tall
knight for her companion" she sug-
gested.
Lucky beggar, answered
DO you think he is lucky" asked
Elsa, and she held her white gloves
by the wrist in her right hand and
struck the palm of the left With their
fingers
Immensely"
Why"
In some way she suggests your
self" | answered
DO you notice any thing inapproprt-
ate?" she demanded,
Inappropriate"
"ln-in the piCture?"
Nothing whatever"
Don't you think" she exclaimed.
as she turned her eyes toward it, that
it would have been preferable it the
knight had chosen the lady"
After ALL said, lit wouldn't have
made much difference"
"Nou-you really think it woudn't?"
cried Elsa, Frightening in the most ex-
traordinary fashion.
1t seems to amount to very much
- same thing"
why. of course" she answered, and
her clear laugh rang through the gal.
lery.
Especially if the chap got killed, :
"Oh. why should you take such a
dismal View" cried Elsa For my
part, she added Il feel convinced
they married."
And lived happily ever afterwards"
Il wonder she said quietly.
whether YOU can tell me something9"
WHAT" | asked.
ut appears perfectly certain that
she has chosen him"
Not doubt of it" agreed.
How did she let him know that he
that he was ChoSen?" asked Elsa
looking up into my face.
1T may sound little unromantlc--"
oh we'll" she cried with curious
timbre in her vouce, we quite decided
that romance and chivalry are dead.
Quite | replied.
81 imagine it was a prearranged
hing"
Still" she insisted, there must
have been some way of announcing
"Oh, WELL | said, Il suppose she
SHE'D a glove at him, or something
And as | spoke Elsa raised her right
| hand, and the next instant one of the
/ white gloves fell upon my shoulder
At first it seemed to be an accident
but her face, all gayety and smiles
one minute, grew grave and tearfu
the next, and then understood
Black and White.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-21
Advice aa to street Wear.

Il is now necessary 10 have two
cloth gowns, at least, in order to be
smartly clothed The short gown.
with skirt clearing the ground. is a
necessity and no longer a luxury For
this the eccentric nine gored skirt Is.
for the moment. the smartest; a plalt.
ed skirt. as well. Is used. but with
more fulness and with the plaitg not
stitched down 10 far on the skirt as
recently. The reason for this change
is that many Of the cloth skirts have
not in them enough material The
effect of stitched plaits has been
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09
HELP IL NEEDED.

Help is needed in Clifton. There
are five hundred people without
homes and four thousand without
means of buying bread. It will be
many months before they can be
given work here But, without look.
ing into the future, there is necessity
for immediate aid.
Rev. j. A. Snyder will receive and
turn over to an aid committee any
money that is forwarded.
Topography Of the Country.
The splendid water powers which
have brought the great cluster of
cotton mills to the Piedmont couL ~
of South Ca:olina have now brought
injury and destruction to these in
dustries. loss to their owners and
suffering to their operatives. A
series of rivers runs down from the
mountains of North Carolina, grad
ually merging until in the middle
section they form the great streams
of the low country.
First on the east is Pacolet river,
which runs east Of Spartanburg
and west Of Gatfney. Between these
towns the Southern's main line
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09
TWICE A WEEK, 81. so A YEAR

CROSSES it at Clifton, where the big
bridge wss washed away. Above
Clifton on the river is tho old Fin
gerviIle mill and at Clifton is the
cluster Of mills which represent tho
energy of the late d. Il. Converse.
Fourteen miles lower down, lust
two miles to the west Of the South
ern'" line from Spartnn5nrg to Co.
lumbla, are the Pacolet mills-the
life work Of the late john II. Mont
gomery, who lost his lifo j;,ot year
while inspecting tho ne", Pacolet
mill at G"lnesvllle, destrn. ed last
week by cyclone.
Next to the Pncoct river on tho
west is the South Tyger, whose
banks for miles arc dotted with cot.
ton mills Above Grcers, betwccn
Spartanburg ard Grccnvillc, is the
Arlington, now flooded, and lust east
of Greers is Tucapan. Also lust cast
of Greers the Southorn'p main linz
crosses 'ho Tiger tho bridge huv
ing been washed away.
AT Srartanhurg.
Reports from Spnrianburg say the
disaster is lookol upon Us almost AS
great rs could hnvr been suffered
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09
a PHENOMENAL RISE ,

Inside Of DO minutes the river ros,,
from it's normal confines to the fourth
story OF the first mill, Il height of III
feet. The mill operatives were Just
going to their earley breakfast when
the sound Of a mighty rush of waters
broke on their ears From their cot
tnges that dot tho hillsldes they wit
messed scene, for there was actually
not time enough for many of them
to get to the banks, that will live on
their memory. With one great bound
the flood surged down tho valley.
An ornamental swinging bridge that
connected north and south Pacolet
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09
Special to Herald and News.

!. statf' correspondent at Spartanbure
D last night summarized the situation
j there in these words
"Ihe unparalleled calamity which
has befallen the State for the last
few hours is increasing rather than
decreasing in proportions. You,
correspondent visited Pacolet, Glen.
dale and Clifton today.
The losses to milling property at
these points at conservative esti.
mate are:
Pacolet, $1,OO0,OOO.
Glendale, $4,000.
Clifton, $1,850,00O.
Nine bridges in Spartanburg and
adjoining counties have been swept
away at a rough estimate Of $780,
600 loss.
Fully fifty houses in the milling
villages Of Clifton and Pacolet. ALONG
with markets, livery stables, barber
shop, and other houses, represent a
loss of 100000 more.
Minor losses to mills at Whitnev
Arkwright and other points in Spar
tanburg amount probably to $780,
600.
Damage to railroad tracks, and
wires in this Immediate sec.
tion will 'connt up not less than $75.-
600.
-Four thousand mill operatives and
other employees will be thrown out
OF employment indefinitely.
No less than eighty lives have
been lost, all going to make grand
total unprecedented in the history Of
the State and frunghL with u Lor. ,r
which has staggered her people.
BY ferry and conveyance and a
boat your correspondent visited the
RUNS at Pscolet, Glendale and Clifton
today and for miles followed the
banks Of the rivers, Lawson's Forks
and Pacolet. A scene of devastation
the direst human pa,n-met the
eye on all sides.
The people arc disconsolate to the
bounds of most frightful agony and
suffering and the once beautiful and
peaceful valley, broken only by the
commercially musical melod, of the
looms and spindles, is ono vast
expanse Of waste and water fearful
to contemplate and nausenting in
vital pain and horror.
That most frurfnI nluu l,enr,rerd
erlng of all erica, the appeal for
bread, ia already heard and strong
men shudder as they listen aud won
der from whence it will come"
Contributions for the sufferers are
coming in nicely and the work of
relief will not be delayed. War De,
partment is sending rations and
medicines from Atlanta.
Columbia is entirely out off by
railroad from the upper part of
the State.
Southern cannot operate trains
either on GreenvilIe or Spartanburg
lines and tho c., N. & l.. treatle at
Columbia ia down.
Details of the Disaster.
Wreck and ruin mark the spots
whore on Saturday morning stood
two of the largest and most prosper
ons mill communities in the entire
South. Twelve lives known to have
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09

| P'oPo''J ueotIOSeO, with 4,UUI
men indefinitely out of employment
telle The story of the angry waters
which totally demolished Mills No,
l and z Mt Pacolet, the Converse Mill
at Clifton; which on Saturday night
had half washed away the Clifton
Mill and the Dexter Mill, at Clifton.
1t ID feared that when all is known
the death list may reach forty or
nifty, and some predict that it ma,
60 to $50.
The loss at Pacolct Oh Saturday
night was placed at something like
$l,OOO,OOO, summarized as follows
Inc loss at Pacolet j.. placed at 81 ,
100000, summarized as follows:
Null Nos. | and 2 demolished; 20,
OOO spindles wreck; 3, 500 bales of
cotton, 100000 worth of cloth goods
IN company's store damaged, grist
mill, cotton gin, postHtfice, shoe shop,
blacksmith shop, dental Office, livery
stable and Presbyterian Church all
washed away.
At Clifton, the Converse Mill. with
ol,ooo spindles, has entirely gone,
The Clifton Mill, with 27OOO spin
dies, is half washed away. The Dex
ter Mill, with 10000 spindles, is pro
badly half,ruined. All these mills
belong to the Clifton Manu.acturiup
Company.
More than 500 people are home
less and 1000 out of employment.
There was no wind and no damage
by lIghtning; only by water. This
fell in veritable torrents, converting
the surface of the earth into a sheer
lake of raging water. Rivers over
flowed their banks to heights never
before known; creeks became rivers.
and small rlvulets roaring torrents,
wlplng out everything in their course.
Railroad bridges we're torn from stone
and IRON piers; cotton mills were
crushed like straw befers TIA, flood
and grist mills and innnmarahle
smaller industries aud cottages We're
washed away by the a.,gry waters.
The Pacolet Disaster.
Randolph W. Smith, ely e.i;cr,
writes from Pacelet in th. State:
Pacolet Mills, June 6.--Nnt slnce
the Johnstown flood has there been
such calamity of the waters und
small wonder that the inhabitants, of
this valley are awed into awful silence
at the scene Of desolatlon that con-
fronts them.
The information received here ia
that the cioudburst broke just above
Clifton early this morning about 6
o'clock. Within an hour the u;iis
ut that point and a score or moro of
farm houses along the river had teen
carried away aud the debris came
with might rush to tins point
Jnst above tha gront structure
known as Mills No. | and 2 is tue
dam that confines the natural water
way which furnishes the power for
tho mills. Some idea of tho immen-
sity of the flood may be gathered
from the fact that it is not known at
this writing whether tho dam has
been washed away.
PHENOMENAL RISE.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09

The city of Spartanburg is cut of
from all railroad communications, the
power house was flooded, and street
car traffic was stopped for hours.
AT Greenville.
Two houses were washed away on
the banks Of the Reedy River, but no
loss of life has been reported.
Newry Mill Threatened.
Reports from Calhoun say the
Seneca River ia higher than was ever
known. Coal cars were run on
trestles to hold them down. On
Saturday night the water was up to
the second floor of the Newry cotton
mill
Sapphire Dam Broken.
Anderson reports news Of the
breaking of the Sapphire dam, in
North Carolina just over the line
from Pickcns County, at IL O'Clock
on Saturday night. If report is true,
the water will come down Keowee
Rive, omptylng into Seneca River.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09

One by one many Of the textile
mills Of Philadelphia have acceded
to the demands Of their striking opera
tiv"s for fifty five hour week
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09

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the eddies WAS begun as soon as the
waters began to recede at about noon.
| ENOUGH TO PRosTRArE HIM.
Victor Montgomery, the president
OF the mills, WAS almost prostrated
when he WAS informed of the disaster
in Spsrtanburg this morning. Com
ing 80 soon after the Gainesville
disaster it naturally strongly affected
him, but he was about the scene of
the disaster here early today, trying
to get soms order out of the fright.
| ful chaos. 1t has been a difficult
task with the operatives however.
The fact of being thrown out of
work indefinitely has made many Of
them desperate, and unless succor is
sent there their sufferings will be
great.
THE CORPORATIONS.
~,
The Montgomery mills we're
among the most prosperous in the
country, the stock being quoted at
l9O. 1t has been tho purpose Of the
management to keep the mills going
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this came rolling down bv the mil
lohs Oh toi's. Inc terrlhc force of
such hood cannot be described.
Inc river sPrang up ny bounds. A
ioo'' TWO leet' 'en 1eet' twenty feet-
"oulo IL ever stop lts wild, fearful
oouiee' Ah'r'y iee'! mere at last
~ Paoseo Du' III inc orie1 hour'ot
i'' noooii'S "ha' damage had Deen
'uhefeo!
Ihe yellow waters from the clay
hills curled over and through the
giant mills; it dashed against the
homes OF the operatives, and rushed
g
from their foundations, and t. dasbod
with inconceivabIa forco ,po;nst +bo
fortress like masonrv of tho Giant
factories-tbe nr;do of oos,,r, Snor
tanbnrg.
n
LII 'no i''''7''7 'laI were carried
"""y "e'e '''''s h'''"il oe'hgs'
'on'' ''o's 20 'he iloa'ing homes;
'o''' fo' o'' ''e'S' "eh """eo ana
SWAN 70 'ne 'esc''e ana 'here we're
''".' 'sr''' III '"'S ''oir o. 'errl'yihg
Poi"' ''" ih"'iy nav" 'eeh lost IL
ChuuOI no" Ee StAt S0--nOt less than
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09
RAILROAD WASHED AWAY.

Th" branch Of the Southern rail
way that passes the mill has been
washed away, Il freight car that was
standing in the rear Of the mill No. l
and wns picked up by tho waters
and turned over ut the foot OF the
road despite the fact that it was
loaded as if it were dry goods box.
The work Of recovering the bales Of
cotton that were floating about in
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09

was swept away as if 1T had not the
strength of cobweb. The mill op-
eratives, some Of whom had hastened
down to the waters side in hopes of
bei"g able to get across to their work
backed up the hill horror stricken.
In five minutes it is said that the
water rose more than 20 feet.
CHURCH SWEPT AWAY.
The Presbyterian church, which
WAS picturesquely located on the
river side just between the mills, was
the first building to 60. It stood
out on little promontory of land
that made it great mark for the
waters.
QUICK DESTRUCTION.
Hardly had the fascinated specta.
tors recovered from the scene when
the little flat of buildings comprising
the postoffice, market, barber shop
and blacksmith shop went down be
fore the inrushing flood. These
buildings were near the church and
at tho foot of the road or main street
of the village. They went down in
The rush of waters one after the
other so quickly that the spectators
differ az to which went first.
BY this time the river had risen
about 10 feot higher until it's waters
were snrgi"g through the third story
windows Of tho mills built to with
stand ordinary freshet, but in no
contemplation of flood of such pro
portions as the existing one. The
walls of the building known Hs No. l.
and z mill were seen to be trembling
and the crowds of villagers we're
watching them closely when scene
on tho red torrent arrested their at
tenticn.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09
AN APPALLING SCENE.

A raft which looked like the side
Of house WAS coming down the
great red turbid mass of waters at
lightning speed. Seated on the
rafters near the edge was a child in
his night dress. A rift in the clouds
had let the sun through brightly and
tn" face Of the baby WAS tcrned up
to the light, pale and appalled,. The
raft struck the falls below the dam
with an ugly smash and the child
stepped on into the waters. The
great torrent turned the little body
over and over, dashing it against the
rocks until it disappeared around the
bend Of the river.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09
PACOLET, CLIFTON, AND GLENDALE
DEVASTATED BY ANGRY WATERS
Eg0y LIVES lost -Four Thousand People Homeless And The
Appeal for Bread is Heard
PROPERTY LOSS REACHES HIGH UP IN THE MILLIONS

wong 10 Make Grand Total Unprecedented in The Hsorv
VI inc state and Fraught With Which Has stap
D. gereo Her People-Contrbutons From the Peonle of
South Carolina and the War Department st A.
lahta-Ihe Details Of the Terrible Disaster
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09
GREAT PROPERTY LOSS.

In brief space of time the great
warehouse in which were stored some
5,OOO bales Of cotton was swept
away. Three thousand bales of
goods and 3,649 Bales Of cotton were
lost IN this wreck, and it is now diff
cult to SEQ just where the founda.
tlOne we're
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09

Tho mill No. was the last one to
go and part Of the structure was
left standing that it is thought can
be restored The end Of the mill
nearest the town ia wrecked, the
slasher room, engine room and boiler
room arc also gone and Mr.. Victor
Montgomery, the president of the
mill, has "lready made arrangements
to sell some Of the machinery for old
Junk.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09

Wreck and ruin mark the spots
whore on Saturday morning stood
two of the largest and most prosper
ons mill communities in the entire
South. Twelve lives known to have