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ESTABLISHED IX 1S(
THE RAGING RIVERS.
DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD
IN THE STATE.
Columbia's NewWitter-Works Completely
Demolished?Serious Damage to the
Canul and Other Public Property
Gloomy Keports of Great Losses to Far
mers.
Columbia. May 21.?We have a
deluge in South Carolina. No wonder
can he felt that the rivers are furious
and unmanageable, when it is learned
that the rainfall here night before last,
between C P. M. and G A. M.. was six
and ninety-one-hundredth of an inch.
This is what the gauge of the signal ser
vice office registered, as the observer re
ports to-day. Dr. Jackson's smaller
gauge was overflowed as reported yes
terday.
Although the rain had ceased in this
section the rivers continued to rise, and
great uneasiness was felt here last night
as to the fate of the t wo bridges which
connect Columbia with Lexington Coun
ty?the one over Broad River, above
the city, and the other over the Congarec.
opposite- Columbia. Fears were enter
tained also for the (.'anal. A large
force of convicts worked yesterday to
build a "protection embankment" at
the upper end of the Canal, and made
great progress. They were stopped at
sunset, leaving the bank five feet higher
than the water was at the tune. It was
unfortunate that they were not kept at
work all night to insure the safety of the
work, because what they had done
proved to be useless. Manager Ander
son, of the Canal, was unfortunately
sick in bed and could not direct the
force as it should have been directed.
This morning alarming ru.nors were
circulated on the streets concerning the
bridges and liie Canal. Shortly before
11 o'clock a representative of the Xews
and Courier went down to the Cougarce
bridge to begin a canvass of the situation.
A large number of vehicles were found
collected at the Columbia terminus of
the structure, having been employed to
convey sight-seers to the spot. Many
ladies were among the visitors. The
eight which met- the eye was wild and
thrilling. At the ferry crossing, just
below the bridge, the river at its ordi
nary level is 250 yards wide. Xow a
foaming mass of water fully 500 yards
in width hurried downward toward the
coast.
The water had spread all over the
lowlands below the bridge, carrying de
struction with it. The ferry approacbe's
and Pearcc's granite quarries were sub
merged. A negro house on the Colum
bia bank near the bridgemau's quarters.
n?mO t:tt"jp"iirrl t? the eaves ot the roof.
A walk across the bridges furnished ex
citement enough to stir the most slug
gish blood. The s.vollen stream was a
seething mass of tawny water, speckled
with debris of all kinds. Huge logs, up
rooted trees, boxes and trash were hur
ried down the torrent at a speed which
could not be less than ten miles an
hour.
Tip water covered the great granite
biu'resses of the old bridge, about five
feet ;,c'o\\ the flooring of the present
structure. It raged against these piers,
swirling around them in huge eddies,
many yards in diameter, which boiled
like maelstroms. The tumultuous yel
low water, breaking into foam every
second, the black shapes of trees and
logs dancing and whirling down the cur
reut or being momentarily arrested by
the blockade of the debris which formed
about some of the piers, formed a
strange contrast to the bright sunshine
overhead and the pretty dresses of the
ladies who, undismayed by the aqueous
saturnalia, looked from the bridge upon
the rare spectacle.
The river at noon had risen two inches
since 10 A. M. Opinions differ as to
whether this flood is greater than the
famous one of 1852. The bridge is built!
upon piers superimposed upon the piers
of the bridge of that year. It is five or
six feet higher than the old structure,
which was submerged in that year. Old
observers hay that the river is three feet
lower than it was then, but other ex
perienced judges dissent, and it does not
seem probable that the first statement
is correct, as the water was at noon
within live feet of the flooring of the
bridge. All agree that it is higher than
it was during the noted freshet of 1805.
The Canal was full of water, aud
leaving the bridge still supreme above
the Hood, a visit was made along the'
bank to the Penitentiary aud the upper!
works of the Canal.
Superintendent Lipscomp of the Peni
tentiary was iu great distress about the j
ravages of the freshet. He considered i
the losses great, but could not estimate j
what the damages to the Canal would
be.
At 10 o'cloek last night the protect
ing embankment at the upper end of the :
Canal bad broken, and' from an empty
rcscavoir that great ditch was suddenly j
* transformed into a furious river. The j
outer bank, m anticipation of freshets, j
had been securely rip-rapped except j
where there was an old and naturally
solid bank.
The water at noon filled the Canal to '
a depth six feet greater than the "work- :
ing level" which would be used Ii* It ?
were complete aud in operation. Be-1
sides, the current in the channel was'
infinitely more rapid than it would be 1
under any circumstances were the Canal
finished. Well, the flood having enter
ed the Canal raged through it and play
ed havoc with the inner bank. By an
unfortunate circumstance the mostvalu-j
able section of the river wall just above
the city water-works received the
fiercest attack of the current.
On the river at this point the obslruc-,
tion made by the remnant of the dam of
the old Geiger mill?pulled down to \
make clear the path of the Canal?turn-j
cd the river current against the Canal
bank, aud at the same time some huge |
Col M 0lover Jan 1, '83
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boulders of gr?mte, stdl rcmaiuging in
the Canal bed. turned the Canal current
against the same section. Now, this
section was really an island which had
been adopted as the river wall ol the
Canal. It had a group of tail pine trees
upon it and was the site of the new
water-works. It had braved all former
freshets aud made a high enbankmcnt,
three times as broad at the top as the I
Charleston Battery. But not being rip
rapped, and being infringed upon by |
two previous streams, it soon began to
melt away.
At 9.30 this morning the first breach
was made and the waters of the river j
aud Canal met. The boulders in the I
Canal still turned the current upon the |
lower section whereon the water-works ,
were located, and gradually the bank j
was eaten away, the red clay dropping
in huge masses into the boiling water as
the island was underminded. When the
representative of the News and Courier
reached the spot shortly after noon, the
break in the Canal bank was a hundred
feet wide and the island was melting up
like loaf sugar in a bubbling tea cup.
By noon dozens of hacks and buggies
had concentrated upon the Geiger mill
hill overlooking the island, and one or
two buudred people were watching its
rapid disintegration. Messrs. llennies
and Boucher, photographers, had a
camera on the hill and took several good
views of the picturesque scene. Ladies
in numbers occupied the carriages and
took mental impression-;. Alderman
\V. B. Lowrancc, chairman of the water
works committee of the city couucil.
climbed partly over the Canal on the
water mains and swam from the point
where they were submerged. He reach
ed the islaud, made a rcconnoissance
and returned with news that the works
were doomed. Cheers greeted him
when he emerged from the water. A
dozen big pine trees on the island had
beeu washed down. Only three were
left and those were deep in the water.
Bets were made as when the water
works would go.
At 1 10 B. M. the island had been
dissolved as far down as the porch of
the upper building containing the engine
and part of the porch was swept away.
By 1.40 P. M. the roof of the porch fell
iu. 1.55 the main door of the building
was burst by the force of the water and
the structure began to settle. Five
minutes later, the current having caught
the outward wall, the building toppled
over and went down with a crash.
The roof had a cupola, aud as it sailed
majestically down stream with this
cupola rising from its centre and the
smoke-stack of tl j engiue still project
ing from the top at an angle of forty-live
degrees, it bore a marked resemblance
to a turreted_ njpuitor with a big pivot
gun on deck. In this shape it bore down
on the Congaree bridge, and the people
from the commanding eminence, watch
ed for the collision. Luckily the mon
itor had no ram. The turret struck the
bridge aud was knocked to pieces, and
the disabled craft went jolting harmless
ly down the Congaree. The sensation
was over and the crowd thinned out.
During the entire afternoon the hacks
were very busy conveying sight-seers to
the Canal bank. The second house con
taining some pumping machinery, was
reached later in the day. and was lodged
bodily against some sunken trees in the
stream. A third structure, the last on
the island, was this evening partly pro
tected by a concrete reservoir, but will
probably disappear by mowing with the
rest of the island. The destruction of
the water-works is a great blow in the
city. They cannot be replaced for
$10,000. and besides the valuable and
convenient site they occupied is being
obliterated. The old water-works, upon
which Columbia must now rely, cannot
lurnish more than a third of the water
now consumed iu the city, and here wc
arc at the begiuiug of the heated term
with a water famine in prospect.
The status of the Canal is this: There
are live crevasses, one at the upper ter
minus of the earth work, another oppo
site Cemetery Hill, the water-works
crevasse, a fourth at the great waste
weir, and the last opposite the Peniten
tiary wall at a point where the old water
wheel used to be. They are constantly
widening, aud none seem to be less
than a hundred feet wide. The newer
earthwork on the inner side of the river
wall is washing out very fast. The
riprap on the river front is holding out.
but as rar down as the waste weir there
is no telling what will be left besides
those rocks.
The city bridge across the Canal at
tlie water-works is gone. It cost about
live hundred dollars. The bridge over
the Canal opposite the penitentiary has
also been washed away. The prclimi- j
nary rock work for the river wall exten
ding about two hundred yards above '?
Cemetery Hill, is safe and solid. Its'
presence is marked by a broad streak of!
foam. Engineer Lee, who accompanied i
the Reporter along the Canal, estimated I
at 2 o'clock that the damage to the |
Canal was equivalent to about live j
thousand dollars, two-thirds of which
was represented by labor, as the wash
ing was of earthwork, not more than IU .
per cent, of which was represented in!
this case by cash.
But the loss must be much greater'
than that now. it cannot well He esti
mated accurately until the waters sub-?
side. The banks oT the Canal were
raised everywhere, except at the upper
terminus, to a height life feet greater
than the highest water mark previously ,
known, and the altitude has proved to
be ample. They were so massive that
it seemed to many a waste of labor so '
to make them. The disaster to the!
Canal resulted simply from the absence
of a sufficiently high temporary dam at
the upper terminus. During the later ?
part of the day the river lias seemed to 1
he stationary, and as the Congaree and ;
Broad River bridges arc still several {
feet above the flood they will doubtless :
withstand it. Others disasters may be |
RAXGEBTTEGr, S. C, TH
in store tor the Penitentiary.
A hundred couvicts arc at the Seegcrs
place iu the lowlands below the city and
forty are at the Aughtry place in the
same section. These plantations are
being operated by the Penitentiary.
They were reported to-day to be water
bound, and Superintendent Lips comb
was organizing a boating expedition to
ascertani their condition. This evening
two guards arrived from these farms
and reported that they thought the con
victs were safe, but that the inundation
was great. They could not tell what
the fate of the crops would be. It is
certaiu that there will be great loss in
the cotton and corn fields.
The Walker brick yard, above the
Penitentiary, and operated by that in
stitution, was abandoned last night and
is overflowed, involving a loss to the in
stitution of 300,000 bricks. The Peni
tentiary tract, lu Lexington County, is
inundated. Two hundred cords of wood
have been carried away, and the crops
of oats and corn are ruined. It is im
possible to estimate the extent of the
losses of the planters anil farmers in
the Congaree bottoms below the city.
Great numbers of the cattle and hogs
have been drowned and many fields
have been washed out. Dead animals
have been floating down the Congaree
all day The negroes on various plan
tations have bad to seek refuge, on the
foofs of their houses.
Accurate details are lacking. All in
all, the flood has been as disastrous to
this section as any which ever preceded
it and the reports of losses will grow as
communication with isolated points is
resumed.-News and Courier.
BIG TIMES IN GEORGIA.
Gordon anil Hacon iu Joint Discussion?
Hot Words and Threatening Violence.
Eatonton, May 17.?"Who asserts
it lies, who insinuates it lies, who re
peats it after hearing me to-day lies?
that I ever resigned any public trust, in
peace or in war, when my services
would benefit my people or country,
and when I was physically able to
serve, and let him come who dares to
defy."
That was Major Bacon's manly aud
significant reply to-day to Gen. Gor
don's insinuating inquiry H he had uot
resigned from the Ninth Georgia regi
ment, as adjutant, when his country
needed his services.
During tiic delivery of this bold re
buke ol an unworthy insinuation Major
Bacon looked Gen. Gordon fully in the
eyes and shook his finger at him. The
sensation it produced caused a hush
over the audience that marked the
significance of that stern rebuke. Even
Gen. Gordon..scerned imjjjctgn??-$a^
Iiis nonchalant air vanished. The day
was signalized by several other notable
incidents. Among them was Gen.
Gordon's serving indirect notice on
Major Bacon that he proposed if neces
sary to run a bolting or independent
campaign.
Dr. B. B. Nisbet introduced both
(Jen. Gordon and Major Bacon. In
presenting the former he made a stump
speech of some length in favor of the old
soldier, which was a surprise to even his
friends, as the chairman of a joint dis
cussion is presumed to say nothing lean
ing to any candidate.
Gen. Gordon recited his Amcricus
speech, firing a few shots with which
he had been loaded at Atlanta on Sun
day, and using a fuse of rhetorical
flourishes to set them oil'. The burden
of his song was that Bacon is a chronic
candidate, declaring that he had been a
standing candidate for so long the mem
ory of man runneth not to the contrary.
When Nisbet rose to introduce Bacon,
he said the Major was one of Georgian
blood and an honorable man, who had
as much right to run for governor as
either Gordon or the speaker, and as
often as he pleased. This unhappy
reiteration of Gordon's chief point was
cheered. Major Bacon, with dashing eye j
and voice as if choked with indignation,
spoke in spirited terms to the chair
man's reference to his right to run as
often as he pleased. Nobody disputed
the proposition, but it was a question of
taste as to the. chairman's lugging it in.
Dr. Nisbet jumped up excitedly, and
would not sit down at Major Bacon's
bidding, but proceeded to say he would
leave it to the people present to say if
he bad reflected on Major Bacon. He
had used the expression "right to run as
often as he pleased." out of extreme
courtesy, as Gen. Gordon had pressed
Major Hacon so hard on that point.
Major Bacon said if the gentleman
had ollcrcd it out of courtesy, lie could
only say he was not used to such -.our- j
tesy.
"Then you have not been accustomed j
to associating with gentlemen," Inter-1
jectcd Nesbit,
"To that I reply in forbearance of
severer language, that 1 am accustomed i
to the society of the gentleman's own i
blood in my home city," responded j
Major Bacon with perceptibly suppress
ed emotion and witn courageous forbear-1
ancc.
Continuing, he said : "I ask before I
proceed that some impartial person be j
appointed chairman, or at least that j
such a one be made keeper of the time
of our limited speeches.''
A friend of Majer Bacon's then took j
the tune. While this was going on two
of Dr. Nisbet's sons, who had pushed
their way through the court house to the
rear where the tilatpjrm was. the
audience being on the green, swore that
"thai man Bacou? should not speak
here." Instantly as they uearcil the
door leading on the platform they were
seized and forced back.
After several minutes excitement
order was resumed and Bacon proceeded
with his criticism of Gordon, whom be
fairly roasted over the fire of logic iu the
crucible of truth.?Augusta Chronicle.
The recent freshet has been very de
structive to property all over the State.
tJRSDAY, MAY 27, 188
CHOOSING FOUR .BISHOPS.
AN HISTORIC EVENT IN THE METHO
DIST CHURCH SOUTH.
The Election WltneiHMMl by mi Immense
Congregation?Dr. Duncan, of South
Carolina, Keceive* the (Jreat Compli
ment of being the Kir.it New Btaliop
Chosen.
Richmond, May 18.?This was the
great day q( the present session of the
Genend Conference; 11 o'clock A. M.
to-day was the time that had been set
for the election of Bishops. Centenary
Church where the Conference sits, was
crowded to its utmost capacity. Ex
pectation was on tiptoe, and the mem
bers were getting restive, as the routine
business was being transacted. When
the time arrived, Bishop Keener, who
presided to-day, called the Conference
to join in singing and prayer. He next
stated the order of the day and the
mode in which the election was to he
conducted. There were 242 votes cast
at the first ballot, each delegate (lay
and clerical) voting for four persons.
The vote was very scattering, as is not
unfrequently the case upon tirst ballots,
where there are no nominations, and
nominations were of course not to be
thought of.* I think as many as 85 per
sons were voted for. Galloway received
79, Hendrix 74, Duncan 08. Fitzgerald
G3 and Key 02. These were, the highest,
and it was evident the four Bishops
would be chosen from among these. As
123 voles ? ? necessary there was no
election. '. ballot, with counting in
open Conference, consumed nearly
three hours. The second ballot was
taken in the afternoon. Only 243 voted,
and 122 votes therefore were necessary
to elect. Duncan received the highest
vote, 152; Galloway the next, 130, Hen
drix 122. These were declared elected.
Key received 105 votes and Fitzgerald,
the editor of the Nashville Christian
Advocate, 80 votes. It was clear that
one ol these two would be elected as
the fourth Bishop upon the third ballot,
which proved to be the case. The next
ballot elected Koy. This completed the
great work of the day. A brief sketch
of the new Bishops will be in order.
The Rev. W. W. Duncan. D. Ii..
was born December 27, 1839, in
Mecklenburg County, Va., graduated in
Woftbrd College, S. C, in 1858, and
joined the Virginia Conference in 1859,
where he preached very acceptably, ami
was much beloved as a pastor. In 1875
he was elected prolessor of mental and
moral science iu Wollbrd College. This
position he has filled up to the present
time. In his capacity of "financial scc
rctar^^f this institution he has 'travel
of South Carolina. He developed con
siderable preaching power and gained
great popularity. Iiis election by such
a llattcring vote to-day was a substan
tial proof that Dr. Duncan's reputation
had reached beyond the narrow confines
of his own State. Bishop Duncan is in
his best years, of robust physique, and
doubtless will do good work for his
church.
Dr. Charles B. Galloway was born in
Cosciusko, Miss., September 1, 1849,
and was educated in the university of
his State, entered the Mississippi Con
ference in 1808, and was engaged in
regular pastoral work till 1882, when he
was made editor of the New Orleans
Christian Advocate. lie is probably
the youngest Bishop the Methodist
Church has had.
The Rev. Eugene Russell Hendrix,
D. 1)., was born in Faycttc, Missouri,
May 17, 1S47, graduated at the Wcs
leyan University in 1SG7, ami at Union
Theological Seminary, New York, in
1809; joined the Missouri Conference in
18G9, served on missions, stations, and
in the presidency of Central College,
Missouri, holding the latter position
since 1878. He accompanied Bishop
Marvin in his travels round the world in
L87C and 1S77, and upon his return
published a volume giving :ui account
of his tour.
The Rev. Joseph Stan ton Key, 1). I).,
was borne July 18, 1829,graduated from
Emory College, Oxford, Gn., in 1S48,
entered the Georgia Conference in 1849,
and has been in the regular work of the
Methodist itinerancy ever since, filling
missions, stations and serving as pre
siding elder in districts, lie Is a mem
ber of the South Georgia Conlerence.
Ho was appointed delegate to the
Kciiincnieal Conference in London, and
the Centennial Conference iu Baltimore,
but was providentially hindered from
attending either.
A MADMAN'S SUICIDE.
Terrible Leap Eroni a Train of a Victim
of Sunstroke.
Louisville, Ky., May 19.?A
shocking suicide occurred Wednesday
afternoon on the Short Line Railway
near Glencoe Station, forty miles from
Louisville. The fast passenger train
from Cincinnati was running round a
curve at the rate of forty miles an hour
when a tall line looking man about fifty
years old, who had been silling on a
soat with two other men. sprang to his
feet with a mad shriek and dashed tit
the front door of the couch. He stood
for a moment on the platform of the
coach, and Mien, with another shriek,
pluugcd headforemost into space. He
struck the side id'the deep cut through
which the train was passing and rebound
ing, his body rolled under the wheels of
(he living train. The train was slopped
quickly and the irhastlv remains of the
line looking man were picked from the
track ami placed in the baggage car.
The suicide was E. F. Walker, aged
forty-nine years, once a promiimcnt and
highly respected citizen of Louisville.
He had been coufinend in a sanitarium
in Cincinnati for severai months, and
was beirg brought to the Anehragc
Lunatic Asylum, near Louisville. His
madness was the result oi sunstroke.
6.
PRIG
victim of a coachman's charms.
The Gramlllleee of Commodore Vander
Hllt Marries her Father's Groom.
New York, May 18.?Another
coachman has secured for his bride the
pretty daughter of wealthy parents.
This event was all that was talked about
in Tarrytowu yesterday afternoon when
it got noised about, although it was the
intention ol all the parties concerned to
keep it a secret and not let it get into
the newspapers. The lucky groom in
this case is Ceorgc Mintou, the good
looking and gentlemanly appearing
coachman 6f the Rev. J. 13. Morse, and
the bride Miss. Grace Morse, the twenty
two-year old daughter of the reverend j
gentleman named. She is tall and j
graceful, something of a blonde, and,
with a pretty face. She is a little taller :
than her husband, but the difference Is
so slight as to be scarcely perceptible.
Her mother is an old resident of Tarry
town, a niece of the late Commodore
Cornelius Vandcrbilt and a cousiu of the
late William H. Vandcrbilt. She in
herited a fixed income from the old
Commodore's estate, and she and her
husband, who is engaged in mission
work on Bluckwcll's Island, have always j
lived in luxury. Their residence is a j
handsome brick mansion on Broadway,
Tarrytowu, in the most aristocratic j
neighborhood. Their house is in the
centre of ample grounds, and is reached
by a winding roadway, shaded by state
ly elms. *
There had been no love-making or
anything akin to it noticeable between
the coachman and his young mistress,
although the young lady, who is the I
eldest of three children?her sister Ethel
and brother Howard being a few years
younger?had often been out riding with
no one but the coachman in attendance.
It is supposed they improved these and
such other clandestine opportunities as
olfercd for their lovemaking.
It had not been decided by them that
yesterday should be the wedding day,
but the sudden marriage was brought
about i? this way : The coachman had
taken Mr. and Mrs. Morse and the maid
to the railroad station, where they took
the 10.41 A. M. train to New York.
Mintou then returned to the house and
took Miss Grace out for a ride. As they
were driving along Broadway they met
Henry Lyons, whom young Mintou had
previously asked to be a witness to the
marriage. Lyons bade them "Good
morning." and Miuton asked him to get
into the carriage, saying they were on
their way to Father Joseph Egan's the
rector of St. Teresa's Roman Catholic
Church. Their banns had not been pub
lished as i3 required by the rules of
that church, and as they desired the
marriage to be kept strictly uecrct they
had got the rector to apply for a dispen
sation from the Bishop to allow the
marriage to proceed without that for
mality.
When the party reached the parson
age Coachman Minion jumped out of the
carriage and went in. lie soon returned
and said: "It's all right; come right
into the church." The three then went
in, walking up the main aisle, and took
a position directly in front of the alter. |
The only other witness to the ceremony
which was then performed was a lady un- J
known to either bride, groom or Lyons.
The bride was dressed in a slate-colored
i dress and a fashionable spring hat.
I Mrs. Morse, alter finishing her shop-1
j ping in New York, took the 5.10 1\ M. I
i train to Tarrytowu. When she heard i
Iof what had transpired during her!
j absence she was prostrated with grief.
! mingled with anger and disappoint
! mcnt. It is said there was a scene in
j the house, but this could not be verified.
bloody fracas in virginia.
! Several Men Shot Down in a Street Broil
at Murtiiisvllle.
L Washington, May IS.?specials
j from Martinsville, Virginia, give the j
! following history of the tragedy of which
I brief mention was made last night :?
j .Saturday niyht :.u anonymous circular I
1 was issued and posted up all over towu. |
! it seriously reflected on W. K. Terry, a
1 young business man, and his father, the
; late William Terry, a prominent citizen,
i Monday morning Terry telcgraped for
j bis two brothers, J. K. and Bcnj. Terry,
' living at Aiken station, twenty miles
j away. They arrived at 1 V. M., and j
! alter a brief consultation went to the
; printing ofllec and demanded the author'
I of the card. The printer--told them it!
\ was Colonel V. 1). Spencer, member of
i the. Town Board, and one of the leading
, business men. Monday evening soon
! alter the tobacco factories bad closed
lor the day and the sin els were filled
with operatives returning from their
! work. 11 to Terry brothers started in the
j direction ol Spencer's factory. When
1 about half way they were met by
Spencer with his brother and several:
' friends. W. K. Terry addressed a few
I words to Spencer, who told llllll not lo
shoot. Just then some one fired a pis- ,
tot and the shooting became general.;
forty shois wen: tired. W. K. 'ferry
I was shot from the rear, the ball enter-!
' iug near the spine and lodging in his
i right breast, .lake Terry was shol i
; through the abdomen ami fell dead.
I lieu. Terry was shot through the neck
and in the body. Spencer was shot in
the hip, and his business partner. Tarl
lon IJrown, received two bulls in the .
groin and is thought to be fatally j
wounded. K. L. Jones, a saloon-keeper; |
II. L. Gregory, a clerk attheT.ee Hotel,
and Sandy Marlin, a colored mechanic,
are all seriously hurt. The last two
were hit by stray balls. The Tern s arc
well known and are members of an old
family and occupy a high social position.
, None of them arc. married. Saturday
afternoon W. I\. Terry circulated a card
ridiculing the lax bill passed by the
' town board, of which Spencer was a
j member, but this did not justify, in
popular opinion, the card which follow
| cd it at night and which brought on the
I tragedy.
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E $1.50 PEE ANNUM.
A CHAPTER OF HORRORS.
a MOTHER BUTCHERS HER THREE
DAUGHTERS AND HERSELF.
Pour Children Burned to Death?Attempt
ed Murder anil Suicide Near Savannah?
Explosion at a Chemical Factory.
Wheklixo, W. V.V., May 19.?A
terrible murder and suicide*oecurrcd in
Lincoln County, this State, on Monday
night last. Mrs. Margaret Donau, a
widow, became insane from religious
lanticism, and imagined she had been
called upon by the Lord to sacrifice her
self and her three children to divine
wrath. Early in the evening she threw
herself upon her knees and spent several
hours in wild ravings. She then arose,
aud arming herself with a large, sharp
carving knife made her way to the room
occupied by her three daughters, agcu
twelve, ten and eight years, cut the
throat of each child, and then plunged
the knife into her own heart. The
bodies were discovered yesterday by
neighbors, who state that the room was
so bespattered with blood as to bear a
very strong resemblance to a slaughter
house.
Akron. O., May 19.?The home of
widow Mary Moonc}" was burned at
midnight with four of her children. The
widow was awaKcncd by the Haines,
and taking the youngest child, aged two,
in her arms. leaped from a window, tell
ing the other children to jump alter her.
They did not do so, and perished in the
tlamcs. Mrs. Moouey and her brother
in-law were badly burned in endeavor
ing to rescue the children. The brother
in-law will probably die. The child
which Mrs. Mooncy find m her arms
when she leaped from the window is the
only one of the family unhurt.
Savannah, Ga., May 19.?In a
quarrel between Captain Lowcry of the
British hark Lydia and Steward Horritz
man at Doboy to-day Ilorritzman shot
at the Captain, the ball grazing his hand
causing a slight wound. The Captain
fell and Ilorritzman thinking he had
killed him turned aud shot himself in
the heart.
Jersey City, N. J., May 19.?Eire,
preceded by a loud explosion, occurred
in FranckjS chemical factory, corner
Seventh and Washington streets, IIo
boken. to-day. Thron men at work on
the third floor were rescued after being
badly hurued and one was also injured
by falling from a third story window.
All three will probably die.
A PARIS TRAGEDY.
Sensational Suicide of a Bridegroom Un
der Unaccountable Circumstances.
Paris, France, May 18.?A domes
tic drama with a tragic ending lias just
made, a great sensation in the .busy
quarter of the Faubourg du Temple,
(hi Saturday a merry party met at a
bouse in the Rue Saint Maur to celebrate
the marriage of the daughter of a work
ing tradesman and a respectable clerk.
The bride was pretty and the bridegroom
a steady, hard working man.
The young couple scorned deeply in
love with one another, and the marriage
bid fair to be a happy one. After din
ing heartily the wedding guest had a
dance, aud about midnight, when, ac
cording to the custom of the petite bour
geoisie of Paris, the bride had received
the kisses of all present, site retired with
her husband to her new home near by,
her father promising to awake her about
12 o'clock the next day.
At noon precisely the father knocked
at the door of the nuptial chamber and
invited the young people to come to
dejeuner with him. The husband, who
was apparently in high spirits, accepted,
but asked his wife to go on without him,
promising that he would follow imme
diately.
Time passed, and 1 o'clock struck,
then 2, but vet no sign of the bride
groom. Getting alarmed, the wife and
her father went to look for him, she had
just reached his house when a cab drove
up, followed by a crowd of people.
Drctulhuj misfortune the bride rushed
to the cab and looked in, and the next
moment, uttering a cry of horror, she
fainted.
Un a seilt in the cab lay the dead dody
of her husband, shot through the head.
Reside him lay a letter, on which lie had
scrawled the following words: "1 am
resolved. 1 write this on the Boulevard
de Sebaslodol. I have hired a cab and
hope I shall not miss my aim.
"Henry j.
"Rue Saint Maur."
On a separate sheet he had added :?
??Let them bury me quickly ami cheaply,
and let my mother and father-in-law
break the news to my mother. Fare
well."
No clew whatever can br discovered
to the tragedy. The widow is beside
bcrscll with despair and has to be con
stantly watched lest, like her husband
of a day. she should also commit suicide.
A CHARNEL HOUSE.
A Woman Found Dying ill a Cabin With
Six of Her Family Head Around Her.
Pawxkk. Kansas. May 20.?Two
drummers driving from Grayson to Paw
nee. Kansas, lost their way and finally
came, to a shanty. In it were two beds ;
on one lay a woman who looked like a
living skeleton: nn the other wen; the
dead bodies of a man and live children.
The woman could talk and told this
story: "My husband. Howard Ralliu
ger. had been sick a long lime. Five
weeks ago we very nearly out of provis
ions and I sent my son, twennty-two
years of age, lo Grayson to get sonic
provisions. We waited and waited for
his return, but lie did not come. After
a while the children got sick, and one by
one the little ones died. My husband
was the last, one In he dying last
night!" The drummers had a lunch
with them, and giving it to the woman,
went out to lind help. Several people
from Gray son said that they saw young
Bui linger in town, and he said lie was
going to San Francisco,
