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KING ALEXANDER AND QUEEN DRAGA
__ SLAIN BY THEIR REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
THE KILLED. [
KING ALEXANDER.
QUEEN DRAGA.
THE QUEEN’S TWO BROTHERS. I
PREMIER MARKOVITCH.
THE MINISTER OF WAR.
TWO AIDES-DE-CAMP.
TWO OTHER OFFICERS.
Belgrade. June 11. —A military consplr. I
ti-y, which subsequent events show had '
the sympathy c f tTie majority of th'e Ser
vian people, was carried out in the early,
(hours of this morning and King Alexan- ■
de-. Queen Draga, her two brothers and
several ministers were assassinated.
Prince Peter Kairageorgeovltch, pre- i
tender to the throne, has been proclaimed 1
king by th" army, and th"ro is every rea- ,
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KING ALLXANDI R AND QUEEN DRAGA
eon -o that thi' dc'-ismn w'l! be
i■ ’ the Servian parliament.
whl<- I has been summoned to meet on
T! •’ revolution wa: executed without
any opposition on the part of the people
of Belgrade, and th capital and the coun
try remain tranquil.
While the main outlines of the events
which took place within the royal palace
are known, the beta;-■ arc conflicting, ow
ing to the extraordinary secrecy with
Welch the plot was contrived carried
out. The < . ief conspirators ver* all men
of high rank, who a-i •<! in concert with
the army. The particii-.tt n of too lat
ter in the .is-.ossin..time . ; ; ast night,
which blhtted out th< <u nas-
ty, whf h '• .s rui-d &•!••. :t w ith a short
aid his eon toward the Ulcers of the
. : . ■■■ , , t ■ ■ with scant
s. !lO' Isl »,, l;.',;;:-. f , J- 1 ~i;z pirticu-
SIHISTER DA? .N HISTORY
OF OBRENOVITCH HOUSE
To.ho is .< sii'ist-r one in ue history of
■ ’ ■ ' th by a 'nt .
pitted the throne of S v: , :igali:.o Crm
< 'brenovitch family. and whoso head.
Prince Petr K. ..;;• 'i go< vit •:> i-as en
proclaimed king.
Dissatisfaction against King .Alexander's
rule has been great since his suspension
of the constitution lust April. and It Is
from that time that uie military plot
nates. Tim organiz 111. li »f last night's
moody doe.l was carried .nt with con
summate -1:111. T o king for the last two
months was thrown .ff hi- g. 0., by the
apparent quietude , f r . i;q
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c inspirators had Her hied on Jun-' 11 ns > lie
for reasons, firstj; . it ’s the ?nniversarv
•f.-le Michael, and so.-, nrlly. because It
was feared that further delay would per
mit th” sku’itsehtina to the sn-
.■■-slop to the ti '•'> ■■ ;■ ■■ ung to the
i.ngs' w. he. and it was b ; • that
,e !■:• th; r of til ■ ii .ted loi '-n would bu
The prime movers In the pl ,t were IJu- j
bomir Schlckovics end A oglslav A'eiiko
who have ent ■: •■ 1 tlie new cabinet
as ministers of justice and finance re
spectively. M. Schlckovics was ■■ ndemn- J
ed to twenty years penal servitude for an j
■ tempt to assassinate the former King j
The king and queen passed the eve of
I heir death quietly They attended aj
a ral festival, then to -k supper In the I
Konaq and afterwards retired to rest. ■
Meantime the conspirators held a meet-I
a In Kallmcgdcn ’park. The Sixth In-
' try regiment, which w.:.-: chosen to '
.irry out t tie coup c ''lit, was recently
los'-hc I for having usel its weapons
a crowd of demonstrators.
KING AND QUEEN SLAIN
LOCKED IN AN EMBRACE
;■ j <i . lot n ihe morning th*- Sixth
ami Sr-•.•■nth v'-irnt-n* - were called to
arm. ami xv»*f hd .•> th** ro./.il palace,
tv' i- i lie ~ entirely sei i<>unci**d. A band
~f thirty olli-- is, led b.x <oLik-l Mnsehin
: Colonel MiSi'hi ' . son t d their way
Into the palace. shooting all who attenipt
d tn bar their passage. They were aided
t- v iti in. Tho aide de camp on
duly. L i--., i ?< nr.o.ics, had been won
over by the conspirators, ami was en
trusted with the plans for action within
the royal enclosure. Several doors lead
ing to the royal apartments were blown in
by dynamite, Colonel Naumovics himself
bursting in the door of the royal cham
ber with a iio.nb. Tie- officers had culled
on the king to open, but he had curtly
refused.
As the door fell the king rushed to a
wind >w and appealed for assistance, but
no answer came. Realizing the situation,
he returm d to the queen, holding her in
is ,u:. s io prote-. t her. and awaited th"
conspirators.
Colonel Naumovics and the officers then
entered the room. Naumovics presented
to th,- king a form of abdl atjon for his
signature, The document contained the
statement that by marrying a “public
prostitute." the king had degraded Servia.
and that h" must abdicate. The king’s
answer was to draw a revolver and kill
Naumovi s on the spot. <'olon»d Mischic.;
picked up the document and presented ic
t ; -giJin. King Alexander waved it from
aim. Teo ollicors then, with their drawn
’■ \*olv«ts, iirod a kail of bullets ami the
: r '.vai coup'o fed together to th- ground.
The king lingtrod until I o'clock this
■ | morning, when ho died.
The band who carried out the assassina
’ tions appears to have mot with a great
\ re -istai.e on the bal- .»ny side of the
1 p.iiaci . w’c the fiirtalns arc torn and
t.. - '.v broken as though the o -u-
• y ants had tri* d to escape into the garden.
. i’orn giove.s and articles of ■ oldjors’ cloth
ing iic scattered h w. 'Phis ro-i.-'fancc
■ was probably offered l\v two loyal aides
«a cam]), who wore kih -J.
SINGLE CANNON SHOT
TELLS OF BLOODY CRIME
A single cannon shot announced the
execution of th* plot. a’| the terrible de
-1 Ji’- of which perhaps max- never accu
rately be* known. Deta- hmenls of troops
i immediately marched to ihe bureaus of
I'•»<;.- and t»''.<-grapits .and the railway sta
mps and o- iipied them. Other troops
immediately n-ar • -d to the' barracks and
pi < • !.> i ; Pt-in-" Ka -ageorgeoviteh king.
A body <>f mm.lite.] officers, wlt'n Lieuten
,mi < ■•il(in<’] (iiuu-s. son of the present
ambassador nt <'onsiantinople, at their
h-ad. rode to the center of the town and
a imoun- rd 11.•- .army's <-noicc to the peo
p; who, no T \ alarmed, thronged the
streets.
1 Enthusiast ic shouts were raised of
• ‘ I.ong liv Karageorgeovltch” and “Long
: live the army." The warmest welcome
• was extend- d to Queen Draga’s brother In
i . v'. Colonel Mas-'hin. one of the regicides.
; The troops of the barracks received the
nows with joy. Tlmro was only one ob
. jrctor. Gf'ner.il Nikolics, commander of
the I >n u i>e d i vision, wll o wa s prornpll .v
shot down .and severely wounded, but. not
before he had shot and killed Lieutenant
’ < logics.
idm *‘s of b islncss are closed and many
in : habitants h.avc est the town. Even
ith a pas ■. it is didic all t»> **'.»?uin admis
■i i o> lb ’g: .id“, so • arofully is It
1 mmrdfd.
Tho n- '.vsnapers are almost unanimous
in apnrox lug the revolution. Some < >rn
’ ■ . n is frit for the unfortunate king,
be.: the people g*umraily .admit that no
other ohiiion to an intolerable situation
wa.- possible. The radical papers assert.
• t ict the recent scaudaloiis elections xvere
j the chief causes of the conspiracy. There
i Is some talk of a republic, but the ma
’ jnrity of the people desire the accession of
■ Prince Karageorgeovitch.
! HOW KING AND QUEEN
WERE KILLED IN T'ALACE
i About 1 o'clock a. m tho troops, who
' had been tampered with by the foes of
i tlie dynasty, surrounded the palace. The
doors were forced and the leaders of the
i plot entered and assassinated King Al
i exander. Queen Drags, tlie queen's two
i brothers, ITem'cf Markovich, the minis
ter of war. two aides de camp and two
■ other officers.
'l'he time of tlie assassination Is given
' officially as 2 a. m.
.Accounts as tn liow the king and queen
wi re murdere i vary. One story goes
that an officer approached tlie bed of tlie
king and queen and, rousing them, de
m.'i'ided that Alexander abdicate, as lie
had degraded Servia by marrying a "pub
lic prostitute. ' Tile king's reply was a
shot from a revolver, which killed the
officer.
Alexander and Draga, attired In their
night • lothes, then tied to tile roof of tlie
palace, where they were pursued and
shot to death. Another account states
that Queen Drags was brained by an ax
in tile hands of her brother in law, Colo-
. ne] Alexander Machin.
‘ PRINCE PETER CHOSEN
TO RULE OVER SERVIA
Owing to the rigi.l censorship it is al
most impossible to learn exactly what
i happened m th" palace save that the
1 king . nd queen ami other members of
j their household wen- assassinated.
i The murders were ill result of a mili
tary revolution The leaders immediately
proclaimed "Prince Karagcorgevltch king.
A new government was formed and the
. following proclamation issued:
“TO THE SERVIAN PEOPLE:
"Last night the king and queen were
j .-hot. In this grave and fateful moment
friends of the fatherland have combined
to l'm:n a new government. While the
' government makes this announcement to
I .he in epic, it is ■ -i.nvtnc'-d that the Servian
I people will gather round it ami lend it
| (heir aid lo maintain order and security
I throngmint 11, i.iml.
■‘The governnif :it hereby makes known
[ that from today* the constitution of April
1 c. Ural, eo.m in force. A meeting of the
I national rej res ntutive.«. diss lived by a
ptoi-lan..':i i<> . of March :'l. is summon, i to
. meet at Belgrade June 15.
j tSmm-d,
van A vokim."v,< s. premier.
j Jubonur Kaliovics, foreign minister,
i “Stojan Pr «ti« s. minister of the interior.
■ “Georg G nsc’nit s. minister of com
j mer o.
“< J<n\ar Ala nazknv Ir?. minister
j <>f war.
; “Vojislav \'"iik<?viesi. minister of finance.
i Alexander Machin, minister o f
i pnliiiv works.
: “L. Jubomir S hioliovirs*. mini-ter of
justice.”
I 'i he streets nrr thronged with people,
I whose* actions seem to approve the coup
. d’etat. M. I’roti -s. the new mini-tei of
i tiie int'-ri-.ir, was iomlly cheered as he
i drove to I’m* mini try.
i M. Ov<»kumo.’CJ : . the new premier, be-
• longs to th» independent libera! party.
: As the nioinmg advanced the excite
mej(t I;, the streets pr-w Tn spite
’ of th'* iDiin: r. rain, tlrmsands of people
; gatin'; -d in the vieinity of the paiaco.
i ’'veryv. . tioops of a'i arms were post •
Led and mh: yens w *rt p'a- ed in positions
j to .b . i quick: • with any oppasit ion to .
| tin* newly formed gow rnment’s w ; i’. The ■
‘ .’ m.. .J <’ • ■ ip •)<,■!L‘ -••
..io i< e King .A! ■.v.'iria°rT ‘pin-: ' and .
suoslituled for it (low-rs. .-.•i-'-ea wigs and i
Bands of van ng men paraded the streets '
waving flans anti shouting:
f *!. .!•; live Karageorgetivifch
| I'iugs are dying from nearly every
| lions” in Belp.rade and there is absolutely
i no display v. into >:■? of crepe or nth' r
i signs of mourning. ’1 ; royal standard
‘ has Id . n lowered from over the palace.
! Reports from places outside of Belgrade
■ indicate that ih“ oouniry ■ pts the dis
| appear-an. <> of the < tbernovitrh dynasty
i without regret.
' FEW FRIENDS FOUGHT
FOFv KING AND QUEEN
White the king and queen of Servia
were facing death at the palace, the :
sireets of B *lgrad<' were already oocupied i
by soldiers and :’.’i armed force surround- '
od the royal residence. The horses and
guns of the batt»]iis o .'.t - : illery were
all decarat- f] wb.h <-\-”-grv< i *•. is for a
festival. '1 ne sold ' 1 ■- discarded the bftflge !
of Klug Alexander liom their helmets.
An attempt was mad-- to support the i
dynasty by the commander of the Dan - ’
übe division, who tried to march the
Eighth regiment of infantry into the .
- city to help the late king, but he was
i opposed by body of troops under Colo- !
nel G igowits in the fight which ensued i
bo!Ii the otllvrs nimtioned wore killed. ;
What purports to he an oflicial expla- i
nation of the tragedy was issued at. Bel- i
grade during the day. It says:
’ ‘'After dinner on Wedno.sday evening j
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ROYAL PALACE AT BELGRADE, In which King and Queen Weie Killed
the king and queen, with some of their
relatives and several ministers, sat on
the balcony of the palace. Suddenly the
king demanded that Queen Dra.ga leave
the country. She refused and was sup
ported by some of the ministers. When
tho king saw this opposition ho ordered
tlie military to occupy the paiace. In
tlie meanwhile tlie queen's friends were
also active and collected her supporters, j
It was in a fight between tile two sac- J
tions that the king and queen were |
killed."
PEOPIE SEEM WILLING
TO ACCEPT NEW KING
All remains quiet tonight, an encour
aging effect being produced by tlie ab
solute unanimity which prevails regard
ing the choice of a new ruler, whose
proclamation as king by tlie army will
undoubtedly be ratified by parliament,
'fliis quiet acceptance of tlie revolution
is apparently tlie same througlio it the
country, tmt fears are entertained that
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1903.
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i mnniinal anthoritic- lb ■ u- ,'"ni--nr,
. theref'o".-. h.:.; lakcii ati'una ■.) ir-'a
t , cuppre 1 any 0,.->,,.-;!rion to i will.
I Ii hail been expt -.1 It’.iil I' Kara
gi-crgcvitch won'.il a- A- iintni-c.ite.lj-. but
it is said tonight in- wiii tirii.- Tier he
has been stimmonvil y par’!.: ,-c-:i.
Colonel Ho:’,'lnn Danilinovi" in been
, appointed pr".--- -t of Belgra. nd the
iT-cinb- rs n ' the late gover-cn- :n. who
‘ v. -re not mnrcfei d haw be-i IB -rated.
Th former leaders of the radi-:H partj'.
Mc-i-srs. I’;,. ;, s, Vusies and Nl uvis-lcs,
who itavo be n slaving at Ai-i:;:-. .1. have
been summoned hitlie:
Spat on the Corpses.
Bc’gr.ido, JuiH' r Tin -tssns:- lion >f
IDng Alexander n» ; i C•< ; Ti D *g •. th *
oi.fcfs two broth rs ■ *h .1 pr.-
Diicr. the ministc:- ■ ' and ti former
milxster of wc. . p , , -I : n ’..e dark
1 hours of ye-it m : h a hm .
; the pretender to (he t iro’: " i king o
I S‘-rvin. hes apparent 1 .” k u),t\ be said
‘rew, th it thirix-G?-; ’• !> . -ass d.
; been accepted by the «•• iia! and ■ si-.-i
--j vian people wltmeii .me •. Th iA mec
‘ Jig of the skup.schtiha a ?.b miay ii’c;. ;s
j now expected to conhr.’ Hu ;r, atk*.i
•a king of Prince K i.- ■ »rg> \ iicli nd to
i regularize the new yi: ■ .1: ion
| Th-* only new ek’neg i.” 'no situation
.is a fooling among 11 *s
<hi favor of the abolition of a Servian
! monarchy altogether and tin creation -f
la republ!.- ami this s-”. imem. i- h.i* d
I l>y at Jo ist <>!>o memb« i f tie prov i - <nia!
t povcrninent. I 'iffercji < s , op »n on this
point developed today ai a nn ting of she
cabinet when the new 'rei 1
I Ejubonir Kalievics ex;e - ed 1 hns> if for
I the establishment of a r-publican form »f
I government. The majoiky <>: it. - mi....;
jters, howo\o-r. declared .. 'm v-.-. m fa
j vol of a new king in J . c o Peter Kara*
I e,eorgeovi!('h. 'l’ll '.v •-■dii-iied tfcojr
p ('ciaration by the :.:< ig argument
1 that it was certain that Aust’*: i ami R »s
--| sin would not eounten;::'. • the croation of
la republic. This is tie mow generally
1 snared by politicians
| The remains of the ■ Jed king and
queen w-rre buried sb-a.; kiiy ’ i - night in
j the cla'ip' i of St. .Mark. v. ’• i .io rn m
■ 1 ors of the Obrenovitci nm'ly are in-
I torred.
I Tlie government has ■ i inn to the
i possessions of the I it; ni-i-i.i r<-h. It is
| not known whether he l< . i -i fortune, but
lit is supposed that he v»nsi<iei nl>le
savings, having lived economically during
tihe last decade. It is reported that the
greater part of his money was deposited
in England, but it Is questionable wheth
er the money would lie delivered to the
Servian government. The opinion here
is that all belongs to tho sfate, even in
cluding tlie king's foreign Investments. It
Is possible that former Queen Natalie may
> also appear as an heiress Queen Draga
' was in receipt of 30. W gulden ($11.550)
monthly, and also had groat savings,
which will be handed over Io lua three
sisters.
Shortly atter midnight tin bodies ot
tlie dead king and queen w“re carried
to their last resting place. Ail dav long
tlie victims lax in rough coffins exp sed
to 'he gaze of those who had killed
them and to tho privileged curious.
There have, been unpleasant evidences
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WITH TRUE SPARTAN FORTITUDE
i SPARTANBURG IS NOW RALLYING
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By Fred Lewis. • ®
Spartanburg. S. June 8. -fSpeci.il.)— ; £ F ‘ ~ *
Spartanburg md her surrounding mill • Y'Yh-’T't p.Ai' a
towns have Just begun lo recover from 1 • ‘ i ’
Lie torrential shock ih.it swept awnj one- « j s i ?
fourth of the taxable properly of Spar- * | . j *
lanbii'-g eountj- ami the work o' - relief to • j fOfczUS? ‘’yi-e k ‘„ ■ «.
the distressed mi operatives, which has. * “f* y’" \ ' *
preceded onl.v b. a brief i ' Hint of • 2 j-1 .-> «?■
i ictnoving tin- debris of the > entered mills. , • °
,is progressing most favorahlj The] pie j ®
• f Spartanburg have taken hold of the, 4 , x C i~ • ? *
■ sltuatl-m with a .llermin d hand bef'-re » I ,<! V 'i *
asking for outside assistance, and right 1 ■ t '» j ' M : b ®
he ■ • will be raised at least half the i i > ’
i amount nced"d to relieve the preset;' u:s- - • | < t » ♦ ■‘i
■ Already ill" people of the plucky ( * i » f > •
lit;." oily have subscribed near;-, . j k “t A ,'L.'SoJc i <r.sr' ,
110 the relir-f fund and to this at least SU Oil | o i ’ ~~ yy ,_Ty~~ - ' "• "j;”
will be added tomorrow. Outside, * I t ■' ■ - . *
s m-a-rlirtions are now more than $3,000. j '- I I*' ” "J ’’ C" A” • ' ’ "
Ido not anti o’a,e that it will be nee- • I ’ > ’ | ' < *• I " j ’ ■ i
e .-»..-o .■ o- a o ■•■•■*■ a ta-• » ? ? I ; : ' 1 i ■ ;L i
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i I’aeolct mills Nos. 1 and 2 formerly stood whir; reprex.-nted by the ' -I; d--“ - i
o pi.'ltire. betwe. n the tree and th- li:tb- cioih ho-, wh -a w-= left a !•
- mills were wip--1 out of existence. It v. is hero that riier <-::ang"<l i- , ~ • - ; - n o
| • wit h t heir 50.00 Iles, formerly stood. Notn rick, pi 1
1 plant is tob" seen on the site where it stood, tin whole having ~■•< n siml-s-d ar. in , a i. ■ :n a
6 ' the waters ami sn- wn for miles along th ri ■'.
« .•.o-«-i»-»-®-«-o-»-»-e-9-< o-«-® » .. o-.-© . a . e-«-9-'- e-» • - o .o.e-« »-»-®-«-o «-o-’ * >-»-• i•- >-
■ iar-, to care f these people more th in I
a week at the out.ode." said Treasurer I
S. 'l'. : -■ 'in th" relief eoniinitt".-.
■i toil: "iVl'i! LTtc are lit."c> or more
! of them <!"p.-ndent t:;>i>n factory wage:
I this terrible disaster will not long k. '
: many of them oit of employment. Tliete ■
I is a ••.rent s.-nr<-ily of labor in all tho mills •
j in this so -ilon and many of them have ■
e tn! >loyt a c n I • • ■
i iv.il! rapidi.i provided for in this way
th:■•lii’.li the plans of the committee ->n
i getting work, -if which It. Z. Cates is
i eoiiirm in. an I tii • great majority of them !
will ilnd -ilniost im’nediale , mpioyiin-nt :
: ’ tight in tlie mills of Spartanburg county. I
'Ae.illu’r fact which will aid miteriall.v '
in tiie relief work is that President A. i
II Twitehell, of the Clifton mills, lias '
al-r nl;,' arranged to pay all hands for tile ,
w>rk of the last two weeks, and this
mine;, will lie fort,'i-ii’nitig within a day:
or tw ' ! believe Ila seme will lie done :
i io th ■ P.'ieolot mills, though I have heard ,
i ithiiig ilotiniri- on tlie subiect. I estimate i
’ 11:t we will need about X12,0P). certainly
mt more than Sl'i.Ooe, much of which will j
be raised right at li uno. We have nut '
yet asked for outside aid. though it will •
l probablv be needed and any contribution ;
will ho .gratefully received, t T.ntributlons !
jso fir n ceived from outside source : ;
! inr.uni. to more than of which VC.
j l'. Heath, of ■< jiarlotto. president of tlie!
! Anr'i ican Manafacti:; ing Association,
s-nds divii’i'il equally iietween tlie ,
t.vo niiis; Sumter. S. C. Jt.'si.at; tlie
Creenvilie lioarl if trade, $100; Columbia
S. C , $.:2G.50; Rock liii! i lurches S|SO. ■
M -rcliants' national bank "f Phllaijel ■ !
' (ina, Sine New Y.ir!-; Sl.ion, and there ao
! s vreai small •aibscrip'ions."
! Committees have been at work all day '
: End Spartanburg lias been well can- I
ivissed; relief e immittecs. too. have been '
ibi.y in the factory settlemeiits, and tlie 1
.wants of tlie needy have been promptly j
jninistcred I". Some of ts-’ operatives
| hive already gone to work clearing away >
■’<> debris from Clifton mil's Nos. 1 and
, 2 if.il r.-ieolet mil! No. 3. which were only i
i partially destroyed, and which, it is said. •
!Cm be repaired and put in running order '
vithin three to five months. This will ;
i tj-ime ns a later source ot! relief, but of |
! Siurse ft is the present distress that must i
to given prompt attention. Altogether, i
! 1 waver, the situation from a standpoint
' C physical distress is not so .ad ns was •
i fl-st supposed, and with a comparatively >
‘ snail amount of outside relief, say SII,OOO ,
I t< SB,OOO, when the number of people in- .
i viived is taken Into consideration, there
I ti little doubt that every necessary want
Ic: n bo promptly satisfied
i The groat diflii't''.:y that confronts tlie !'
' lelief committees is the lack of means to i
, tet their supplies to tlie point, of distri- I
i 'lution. Transportation facilities are !
i <arec, and sinee those in need of relief :
.now little about helping tliemselve.«. the
result may be « onsiderable temporary dls
ress, which is sure to be relieved us !
■xpericnce more clearly points out tlie 1
nclhods which must be employed. The
ieniand for labor in other mills is tlie !
saving (iri-umstanee of tlie situation. ’■
which otherwise would undoubtedly de- •
\ < lop info one quite serious.
The trill owners cannot afford not tq re- i
| bui’d these n'i'.l.-. say the :-■■■■
' tunica;;, an,l tilt’;, fee! : - A•• ■ m
■ the face of t!m awful d o!.•.!!■■:: Cue fb’o i
waters have icf', l!'.,a; m mills will ' ■
! Citpy. if not I!:.’ rib’s of th o'd poj'i.
; t 'ons of ■■• -'ll • ti.; Ihe ime '•< •' 'i' ; -
! At <i.. lercnr-
i rent of fear in . imp qi:.-i 'iers lha; sli >n d
• !.•:■■ mills again ■■ ■ . : wi mil
! of years ami not Cue e; sb.ot nf iinnm .
I iary enihus!a.<m and tin-.- were i-ii.i;.’
among th'- mo.- : me ’ . fill mil'..- ••! ii ’
i entire country with a market for a.l
i their output and a big ; i ci'ini mi tli ••’.
■cipiai stock. Con. .-' iriif ’ tin a' sciule
sweeping away of a niillioit ami a lie.l >•'
I Hie property of em'li of I u's'- eom;.,i aie ■,
i until it is difficult to tiud a splinter or u
'bolt is m the owners <li.-!;, r t--’ii:..-i...
: getitig John i'. C’.ei- and, peril
weaithii si man in Spart nburg
i and a director in h >;li mi is. . a : li ,!:;
"It is impossible to t !! now what • ..
; will l»e pursm-d i.y tlie stoi ltli'ildei i’l •
lioldiiigs, in a great ineasur ■. i
i iy diri'i; p.-ar. d. with nothing to show f ■<-
| them. I hope and believe tlie ■ nieli am
i wirl be reached to rebuild, but it must be
i s-omc da's before anything positive c.in
I be decided."
I North- rn i n pita lists v re 1,-irg,-; \ in
terested in these properties, and whether
j tl; y will consent to rebuild upon sri""-
! which have proven so treacherous is
doubted by some.
Withal there is i general
ing tl 1 . •' ii -w n>one; wb lie for;ii.-ooii -t
to ri pi -re ~ ariiy the properties .• <> mil
deniy alii iterated.
No picture of lie awfid <!■ .astation al
these mill sites has beim overilrawn. H
lias been fnnitd i'i-aeti-ally impessib!- to
convey in ad qiiuti- iorm. to tlie minds of
those who have not seen tlie whole troth
tion was tlie effect of tremendous pres
sure rather than a .-inlilcn rush of
waters Had tlie whole v" nine of water
swept down file I'acoba valley, :1 s from
the- bursting of a gigantic dam tin' loss of
life must have been many times what b:
was. ami yet the gradual but rapid rise,
foot by foot, developed an irresistible
pressure which carried everything be
fore it.
Pacolet Site Now River Bed.
Strangest, perhaps of all. the site where
once stood Pacolet mills Nos. 1 and 2 is
now the river bed. 'i'he dam lias aided in
diverting tho river from its course, turn
ing it directly across the place where
stood these mills foundations and not a
vestige of this great four-story structure
or the extensive machinery it Inclosed
now appears to view.
A few splintered timbers interwoven
with bits of iron, once parts of looms and
spindles, abe all that mark tlie site of
the million dollar structure Clifton mill
No 3. brick and machinery, perhaps
strew tlie river's bed. while timbers have
floated downward toward tho sea.
Two of the Southern's iron bridges
spanning streams near Spartanburg,
swept from their fastenings and twisted
and bent into shape almost unrecog
nizable. lie 200 yards below tlie tracks,
interwoven with trees and foliage brought
PRICE: Ff VE CE NTS.
fr'-m ob'c.-e. s if the gr-cwtii ot year? m l
. -
1 I t> •-. shrub ami bush ims hem.
wrencliei! fro u '.lie vaibyc smp-'s
I , .. . '. • would hi '
• work .s 1., ick wail.- iii'.'i misiiafi .i
C _ 1. I i!.. ■rs of the Pa< let ha ■ buri -i
Piesident Twitchell Talks.
Pr< ;-i<l. it Ails .-I 11. Twitehell. of the
Ciii'tmi and Gli mlale mills, s- jd tod.i-
"H will I- •inyossil,!.' Io ov,n apprux
i'n.io- i'.i,. entire loss at this time. I an
mr, d, mitely as io :lm rebuilding of
Cm mili . 1 may say, however, that Clif
ton mills Nos. I and while frightfully
mill No :. v Hued at $1 000,000
1 a total loss, she company lias a property
iniimd at some $250,0'10 in homes for op
; I'ra-'ivi el ~ and I hardly think this
: propett?' will lie left useless. J have just
beep m.-il.ing a tmir of all 1 lie mills, ami
; : will report tile result of my investigations
.it a nmiimg of tho dir-ctors to be hold
tomorrow. 'l'li-sc directors are F*. ii.
Pelzer and ri B. k'nist. of Charleston: R
11. Ki st. r. of Cni-m and W. S. Mannion,
All ate here and liav- be-n active in pro
viding lor t.lm suffering.''
"1 am verj •-■.lad to s: v that there will
lie loir ot work for those so suddenlj
thrown out o: employment. 'Ao have
notified our foremen that tile names '
any who will not w-ork bo handed into
the office, and th-y will immediately b"
ask'vl to vacate their homes, in this
way the charity <>f generous friends wi I
not be wasted on tlie undeserving. As f e
tlie willows ami famili of children, r—
i lice has been sent to issue rations from
I the mill store that will pi event any im
mediate want.
"Tite response from outside friends
I has been most generous I received one
! t< legrani from a. ilrm of commission mer
: chants m New York asking me to draw
on them for sljiA There were several oth-
■ iis for less r am >unts Such kindnesses
i are certainly appreciated at. this time."
Missing XVare House Found.
I A remarkable find was mode this af
' ternoon 'l'he ware house of Clifton mid
■ No. 1, which iias been reported as missing.
was found nearly a half mile bel >w- the
! site on which it formerly stood near the
j mil! and practically intact, the flood re
i moved lite building, floor and all. and
| will) it 100 bales of cotton and a number
!of bale- of cotton goods. This is the
I best news Hie mill neopie have yet had.
Corrected List of Dead.
The following is a corr-ctid list of the
dead:
John Owen, wit- and four children;
Sam Sw.inigim ami wife; Miss F'leta
Gossa; Miss .Haggle Kirby; Joe Hall and
family of eight children; Mrs W J
Waddles and child; Mrs. Bud Johnson