Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-04
Bits OF News In Condensed Form.

nre occurred In the Hall OF lnscrip-
tions, in the Vatican, in Rome, on the
and the fire was soon under control. No
idea of the damage can be obtained.
Last Saturday night the barn and
stables of j. d. Lantland, of Saluda
county, were destroyed by fire. A
quantity of corn, fodder and hay, and a
fine cow were consumed. The fire was
of incendiary origin.
A charter WAS issued Friday to the
Home Loan and Trust Company of New
berry, capitalized at $500, 1000, and a
commission was issued the Cauimet cot
ton mill of Liberty, Pickens county,
with $4,000 capital.
w. r. Dillingham; has forwarded his
resignation as Deputy Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue for the Fourth District Of
South Carolina. The resignation was
addressed to Collector of Internal Rove
nue., Micah Jenkins, at Columbia. Mr..
Dillingham; resigns his Office for good
business reasons. Joseph w. Tolbert, of
Greenwood county, is to be appointed to
succeed Mr.. Dillingham;.
j. d. Samuels, the Southern railways
night telegraph operator at Aiken, met
tragic and an awful death on the
Southern's bridge near Graniteviile Sat-
urday evening about O'Clock. He was
caught near the centre of the bridge by
train No. 1873 bound for Augusta, and
was instantly killed, his body being
horribly mutilated.
.Ladeie MoCqrley, twelve-year-old
Mill at Anderson last week. The girl
was going down one of the alleys be-
tween the. rows of machinery and
stumbled over boys feet which were
stretched in the alley, and fell. An
open knife in her apron pocket pierced
her heart and killed her almost in
stantly.
Last Saturday night at Bennettsville
robbers from the country drove team
to the front door, on Main street, of
Simon Strauss's store, broke the thick
plate glass and entered the store. Much
clothing, several pairs of shoes, q num-
ber of ladies' skirts, dry goods, some
flour and bacon were stolen. Attempts
were made to enter other stores. There
is no clue to the robbers.
Twenty-one men, three women and a
1O-months- old babe were burned to death
or suffocated in fire that started early
Sunday morning in the "House of All
Nations" five story tenement house at
No. 428 Eleventh avenue, New York.
The police and coroner believe the fire to
be of incendiary origin. The fire was
practically extinguished in 20 minutes,
and the police could learn of but one
person being injured, other than those
who lost their lives. The property loss
was only $1,000. The dead are mostly
Italians.
Four people were instantly killed and
a corpse was torn from its coffin by the
locomotive of No. 80, the fast south
bound train on the Southern Railw at
point four miles out from Concord, N,
c., when the train crashed into funeral
procession at $50 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. The wagon was struck with terrific
force. The casket containing the corpse
was broken to pieces and the corpse was
hurled through the air along with the
four victims. The bodies were badly
manglcd and the corpse itself was mutt
lated
Wentz, the young Philadelphia mil
lionaire who was last seen in Wise
county, Virginia, about two weeks ago,
is now reported as being held in irons in
the Cumberland mountains for a ransom
OF $4,000 An agent of the kidnapers
visited Wentz's father and told him the
young man would be delivered unharmed
for the above amount. The father told
the man he would have to have letter
from his son before he could consider
such a proposition. The agent then re-
turned to the mountains under pretense
OF getting the letter, but has not made
his temperance.
W. o"iS vi uyudiDlte WnlCn exploded
In the Pennsylvania Railroad yards was
the cause of great excitement at Crest
line, Ohio. last Sunday night. Officials
or the road say there are no less than $50
cars smashed. Where the explosion oc-
Cured hole 100 feet vide, twice as long
and 10 feet deep has beeu torn into the
ground. Engines at work on the railway
were thrown from tho track. The ex-
plosion was plainly heard so miles away.
Trains on the Pennsylvania road will be
delayed for at least one day. The loss
OF lives and property Is heavy, though it
cannot be told accurately.