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"Po Thou Liberty Great. ^Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives iii. Thy Possession Ipppy, or Our Deaths Glorious hr Thy Just Defence."
: *' lit?NNETTSY?LLE; S, ^W?AY, M?ROH 8. 1901
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SENATOR TILLMAM TALKS
Ho Rifehtly Thinks that the C?ti
zsri? bf tho Erttlr-? ?tat?
Should Not bo Held
to Account.
Tho Philadelphia North ?morioan
has in its josttco of .Monday . and Tuts
day inaugrntcd a orusado against tho
?yo tom of "sjayory" ' whi?h obtains in
AndorsOA.qojiniy. This was brought
about by tho rooo?t ooourronoos whioh
led to Ju^go Benet's ohargo to tho
grand Jury tb investi gato tho matter*
Mt. Goo. IS. Prinoo' of AndoiBon. a
member of'tliOrgoi^rhl a?sombly ?nd^ a
very pronii'n?fat lawyor, wari in tho oity
yoatorday j a??V statod that tho . grand
jury is bompos?d of mon who ?will, do
their duty, "und-tho pooplo Oatt? rost aa
, sured, that tho oonoluaion rc nob cd will
' . bo ?"propor Adding.
- Another gontloman rooalldd that ovor
two y oars ago, Judge Gary proaiding,
tho grand jury of Andotaon had aoino
tbin? of tho kind otdlod to ita nt ton
tionf ' *?? v
During the aoasion of tho gonoral aa
s?mbly Capt. fBanks bf Nowborry in
troduced-a bill.to provide for a consti
MuiO?p? .?moi?UiViortv ><J IUUIURHV vuu
jurisdiction bf magistratos in oases of
violation of labor ,odntracts.
Mr. W?lling of Fairfiold opposed tho
mensuro vohomohtly and oxolaiuiod
that; in''Anderson .oounty a voritablo
ay'stem of ?lavory oxiats, that mon aro
bought'abd SOld os bhattols.
Thl? Waa indignantly doniod by Mr.
I R. B<*A,'Robinaoo, and tho two moiu
: hers .of-tho genoial assembly noarly
. oai.no to. bio wo.
. Mr. Wplling'8 ropoatod ohargoa pro
parod thcijegislat?ro for tho announo
mbnt. not a Wook lator, that Judge I
BohoC had bcd tho mattor oallbd to his
attention by an anonymous lotter and
that ho bad givon tho grand-jury in
struotiona to invoatigato tho mattor..
ThOj Philadelphia North American,
aftor,tbp,.oourt had ordorod tho investi
gatipo^ aont. a ataff correspondent to
Anderson and now claims to havo inado
an "oxpOauro," Half pago illustra
tions JIU up tho front pago.pf tho paper
and tho Andoraon "alavo tarffio" ia
dopiotfid in phoaphorcsoont colors.
. ThorO,aro oolumnn upon columna of
intorviowa with preachors and othora,
and ,tJiot .staff oorroepondont, writing
. from Columbia, .describo? tho condi
tion 61 aa ho saw them when in Andor
'Among'-tho fbaturos of tho "ex
pbsur?'VT?o?day, wore numerous intor
Vt?vro With uungrOuainun.
Tho following ia tho atory of tho
Washington correspondent. .
;v" Washington, Fob. 25th.
The North Amorioan's oxposuro of
the revival of slavory in South Caro
lina was road with am azo mo nt by con
gress. .
That such a condition could oxiat in
\hat?aHbf tho United Stotoa ia thia
day was almost beyond tho boliof of
senators and representativos, and thoy
said Tho North Amorioan had dono a
public aorvioo in making tho facta
known.
Tho-form of tho qontraot whioh thc
nogrobs employed by tho cotton plant
, orS"aro'required to aign waa porueod
with ' special intorost. Wondor waa
oxprossod that South Carolina should
hayo toloratcd euoh a plot for a mo
mont.. , . .
; .v OAN 00NGRE8S INTKItFKUH?
1'On tho question as to to whothor con
gress had a right to interfero, on tho
. ?rouj?d that it was in violation of tho
thirteenth amendment lo tho consti
tution, Opinions differed.
;? ^r4afc 'many lawyers in congrosa
,rofUsodrto givo an off-hand opinion,
,deplaning that tho mattor waa too seri
ous, bugall ngrood that, whothor oon
^gxofls acted or hot, Tho North Amori
-o?n.should continuo it9 work by mak
ing tho poo pb familiar with tho doiaila
of the oriminal wrongs involved in the
pernicious.-, system.
TK?'Nbrtn?Am?rican scoured tho fol
lowing expressions from Roprosonta
tivo Asbury 0. Latimor, of. Bolton,
Andornen oounty, 8. C.
' : "Yos, wo soil nogroos in Sonth Caro
nia.
"I'SOO nothing so. inhuman or out
rageous in this statomont Of faots.
When.I aay. wo soil nogrbea, I wish it
di nt i notly understood that not' ono of
. tho bcjttqrolaaa of tho rao o is sub joe tod
to this tro atmont.
. .j. ; Hore tho South Carolina rcprosonta
. tivoof tho olavo diatriot stopped,^.?nd
for Several sooonds looked at tho hoad
. lines of Tho North Ame noan.
- "I wiah to say," ho said, "that I
don't npprovo of tho praotioo aa. it ia |
now.oarricd-on. Wbilo tho rrinoiplo!
of soiling mon to mako thom pay for
violations'bf tho law may not bo wi olly
wrong; I do think that it ia now oar
ried too far. Tho governor and tho
courts of South Carolina have, and aro,
investigating tho mattor, and I fool as
. nuro'd that justioo will bo dono.
' SHOUDD TUBV BUN FRKB?
"ithink tho pooplo of South Carolina
. roalize. that, tho manner of treating
? thosb : unf?rtUnato wrongdoora has
gOno too for. and that a moro jmt pro-,
codiiro will bo horonftor followed.
, ); v.'^W.o *ro oensurod for not allowing
Jinogro?s to.r?n foe. . Aro they not law
? broakors? - Should wo allow thom to
-runTloOt?o? ' It is not oustomary to al
? ;1<)W bonvlcta all tho privileges of a oom
, r?unity. li While all thoso oonfiood may
. '.. ;:V?^?^X^vM?? ovory .ono of tho mon
i .h?*- neon guilty of aomo offbnao against
. law and sooioty. Tho question will bo
, oottlod, and.I know that tho results
;>iV;.tvill-satisfy tho Amorioan people,"
. 1 flRNATOK TILLMAN.
Senator Tillman in an intorvlew said:
"l^ am aufprised that a rospoetablo
nowspapor-and I oonBidor Tho North
American ono.of tho most rospootblo in
thU country-should lond .itself to any
Sonnational aasunationa ngainat'tho poo
. plo of a Btate of this oharaotor.
' "Tho oxlatonco in ono oounty of
South Carolina of an unlawful system
of conti aol s had already boon called to
tho attention of Ibo grand jury of that
county by tho presiding judge, who
mkz..'T 'v.. ... ?.., ' '
soorcd (ho system in tho strongest pos
oiblo language, and .onllod a spooled
term of court to reo?iyo thoir roport, BO
that ho can tako tho matter undor ju
dicial consideration,
"Boaidos, tho State authorities, as I
know with,?bjojuto oortainly, havo no
sympathy wljatovcr with any suoh
wrong doing, ? Thoy, do not proposo to
oou?tenanoo it! in any way, and tho
State government'will bond every ef
fort to Btamp out any suoh unlawful,
eruol aystomi
"Tho leasing of convicts has been
broken up by tho legislature, and no
con viotti aro allowed to bo hired to
privat o partios, apd tho cooping in along
with tho con viotti of ignorant and .-silly
negroes AB prisonors can no longer exist,
ovon though publio opinion did 'hob
frown upon it.
"From my knowledgo of tho foeling
of tho pooplo of tho State-and I think
I know as niuo!* about public opinion
in* South Carolina au any otbor man
thoro is no sympathy with any viow of.,
doaling with labor that iii not fair and
just. v , . ;
"Tho naiuro of our orops requires a
contract that involvou a yonr'n work, and
tho effort of landowners has boon in thq
direction of ooouring suoh \ an ogroe
montj authorized by tho legislature, as
to compel persons, whito and black,
who havo mado contracts to cultivate
tho orop on shares to carry out thoir
contracts. . .
"This is for tho re anon that the ox
pondituros of money for supplies and
olothing during tho winter, and, in
fact, all through thc Bummer, would
all bo lost unless tho orop was workod.
and gathered and propared for ship-,
mont. . )
Tho propara ti on of .land for tho crop
and pioking and and ginning takes-ton
months, and droppers on shares who
woro not bound by co?tr?o't to labor by
tho y oar would bavo tho landowner at a
groat disadvantage ,
"Thoro is absolutely no ground foy
any aflaortion that the pooplo of Suoth
Carolina sympathize with this sohom?
to reestablish slavery undor a contract
system, and I.am euro that. tho..,.Sjato
I authorities will tako all ncooeeary sto^s.
i to stamp it out."
CIT A WOK IN LORD CAMPBELL AUX
Granting Exemplary Damages in Gase
of Death by Accident..
Following is tho text of tho aot to
grant exomplary damages in casos of
death by aooidenf and entitle d an act
to "amend an aot cntitlod 'an , aot to
amend section 2316 of tho roviscd
Statutes of this State, tho saino being
a part of tho Lord Campbell aot,' ap
proved tho 11th day of Fobiuary, A. D.
1898:"
Soo. 1. Bo it onaotcd by "tho gon'oral
aasombly of tho St ato of South Caro-,
hoa: That section 1 of an. aot entitled
"an aot to amond sooti?n,j$16i. of-tho
revised statutos of this State, tho samo
boin g a part of tho Lord (Jamb oil apt,"
approved tho 11th d*y of February,
1898, bo, and horcby is, amonded in lino*
14 thoroof by inserting after tho. word
"damages,' and boforo thq. word "aa",
tho words "induding exemplary dam!
agos whoro snob wrongful aot,-. nogloot
or default, waa tho result, of rookloas
noss, wilfulness or in??ibo"; sb that
said ablion, as amonded;''shall road as
follows: .' '.' -ij.
ty Soo. ?; That sootion'23l6 of thc io^
yisod statutos of South Carolina of
1898, bo so amondod as'to road as fol
lows: -.
Sootion 2316. Evory,8uoh aation shall
bo for tho bonoiU of tho .wifo or hus
band and child, or children, of tho por
Bon whoso death" shall hayo boen
caused; and if thoro bo no. suoh wifo,
or husband, or ohiid. or children, thon
for the bonoftt of tho p?ront or: pa
routs; and if thorp bo no suoh, thou for
tho boncfit of tho hoirs .at laW of; tho
distributees of tho person whoso - death
shall havo boon caused as' may'ibo''.d?-'
pondont on him for support, and shall
bo brought by or in tho name of tho
oxooutor or administrator of 'such por
son; and in every suoh aotion tho jury
may givo suoh damages, including CK
omplary damagos, whore such wrong--'
ful aot,-nogloot or default was tho ro
nni t of rcokloasnosB wilful nods or malioo,.
as thoy may think proportioned to tho
injury resulting from suqh death to'tho
parties, rospeotivbly. for whom and for
whoso boncfit suoh aotion shall: bo
brought. And tho amount so recovered
shall bo divided among tho before mon-.
tionod parties, in nuoh sitares as thoy;
would'havo boon ontiiled (o if* tho do-;
ceased 'had diod intestato and tho
amount reoovored had boon personal
assets of his or her oatato."
Tho purposo of (his moasuro is to oom
pol Corporations, Railroad Companion,
oto., whoro recklessness is proven, to
giyo damagos in tho way of pupiehmont.
to-tho relatives of tho party , who waft
negligently killed.
Tho 8uprcmo Court of South Carolina
has always held undor Lord Campbell
Aot that while a poison oould rcoovor
damagos in punishment as woll as
aotual damages whore a person was
oripplod by a R. R. Co., y ot if that
aajmo portion was killed instoad of orip
plod ino rolativos of tho dcooasod.per
son could only rooovor aotoal damagos
and cou?d not punish tho R. R. Co., by
making thom givo punitivo damagos
for thoir carelessness,
This Aot whioh Sonator Brantloy
.suoooodod in passing af tor a Imvd' fight
rovorsoatho Supromo Court of S. O.,
and how allowa a jury to givo Punitivo
damagos whoro a portion is killed aa well
as whoro ho is oripplod.
Looting iii China.
Mr Goorgo Lynoh, tho war artist and
oorrospondent, gsvo hid looiuro, ''In
tho Hoart of Pekin," at Now ?York..
Among tho steroontioon views with
whioh Mr. Lynoh illustrated his lpo.turo
woro tbono of tho apartmontfi of tho
omporor and or?proao of China in tho
saorod palace, in tho forbidden oily.
Thoso rooina' of ptato had', hovor boon
photogrphod, nor had a photographer
ovor sot foot within tho sacred walls
until Mu Lynch-and ,J. 0. Horamot
entor?d With r tho ?lliod ' troops. Mr.
Lynoh had nomo Bu>p*ris?siji (?h?^hapo
of photograph? whioh show how tho
Roldiors of oortain nations conducted
thomBolvofl whon tho opportunity to
loot onmo.
i * MURDER AND SUICIDE
' ?~--!.. ..... ? . . .
Dr. wi fe ?)k*n Shoots His Beautiful
Wife, Then Himself.
' Dr.jw. F. Aik?n, aloadingspbolallst
of Savannah, Ga., shot and' killed his
.wifo in'i'hoir bedroom at an oarly hour
Wodno?dSy morning.- Tho roport Of tho
pietolj awakened their little, non, aged
oight years. In his night ol o thoa and
barefooted; the child ran ia - the street
to call a policeman, whon tho offioor.
ontor?d tho houao ho found Mrs. Aikon
dead on tho bcd, with a bullot helo
through h?r headband Dr. Aikon, with
a pistol in band,' lying on tho floor
doadJ Aftor shooting his wife ho had
plaood tho weapon to his own hoad and
sont a bullot through, his brain. Tho
child jBaid, that ho had hoard his father
count, .'oho two throe," aud .thoa tho
pistol shoot. ,
. Itiv??-d'ovolopod at tho/ corner^ in
quest! thiq afternoon that Dr, Aikon
was about 38* years old. ' Hb WftB b'orn
in Wow y/ork/ and was'grhuttatod at
Yalo 'nt flirp. ago 20 y bars'.' Aftor ?radjuta?
tioh'Wwaa clonrieotod for ? tinao with
tKe hehlth db'pfertmont bf tho oity of
NoW 5 York;/Then 'ho took a spooial
oourBo'ia; diseases 'of tho oyo and oar,
and damo south to cottle Ho married
M?B8?An?a?K?v. Potter, daughter of tho
Rsv. A 0. Potter, a clergyman of Now
Bpdf prd, Mass. Tho Rav. Mr, Pottpr
was a Qloio pprsonal friond ofKalph
Waldo J??iojfson.. A., brothor of Mrs.
Aiken, Alfred*}.' Potter,,is now Bira
rien ? of, ' jriaryArd . uiiiv?rsity. Thia
Jjrothor^Jilts .boon tologrphod for,, and
will irrivo foinor^ow lo Uko .oharge of
tho b'odi?B and ijbmove* them . to Massa*
'?huB?Cts.'i?r interment. ' .
T?iO.oAi?iao for the tr?g?dy was clovol
o po nod-af tho inquest. lb.wan brought
tout jt.hat'^Bif.1 Aik?n^-was a toigarotto
?smoker to . eXQQSsi arid that* - ho-, was of
fan, exU?moly ? nervous - temperament.
TwotWeoks or so ago.-hohad to have tho
;sprviopj?,of phyniotnn.9 in . what was bo
lioved to be morphine poisoning* and
it was rumored n.t.tho. time.that ho had
attompted BttloidQ;; but tho att'oriding
aioia?a ! skid 7?nat ?was : improbable,
ly his, frionda had not?ood an ox:
tromo abstraCtion-ahd irritability. ;t?
Vf. Aikon was. devoted to Boionoo,
and.waa an inventor.of some n?to, tlc
is the originator .of many opthalmolug
ioal instruments that aro now in oom
mon use all over tho oountry. Ho re
fu'nod' to patent bia inventions, say.inf
thoy were-for tho benefit of mankind
Ho .had. a very largo and Juoratiyi
praotioe, and was in indopondont oir
ouniatanpos. 'Mrs. Aikon was a lady o
groat . bosuty and..-many accomplish
monto, Th?y loaye tour liUio ohildren
Choating.tlio^.^v'iji?ni?ient.
Tho.roport of/tbVovSpoo?al pommitte
of OongrcBs'wmon'investigate^
Sloy mont ??l lu wr H made public^ Thurs
ay by ?bairmaiv Moody. - 'It says Cha
"gome-of theifaults obserVed.iA.tho ad
ministration of aff airs of the house sr*
?tlributabl?'to tho persistence'pf mem
bor? o?.tho houso in urging upon t
officers- tho appointment ot their ooo
Htituonto ?md friends . to, subordinat
placoH." In tho offiooe of tho o!ork an
doorkcopor t li o o om mitton roport tba
thoy -'found cor tain abusos, namoi?
Transfer of ompioyes from tho diitic
of tho positions to whioh they wero a;
pointed to other duties, unjusitfiabl
paymonts of compensation to employe
whilo n!) J ont from tholr. posts of dut j
and divisions of salaries." Tho bon
mittoo saya that ono employe haa nc
worked ovor six months in r early fou
year*, during whioh hp has drawn paj
and has not boon in Washington ic
clo von or tv/olvo months; Many baac
of contributions by employ OB of ..SA
aries aro mentioned, ono of thom in tb
last, oprojgrpss, being $1,600 annal ly oi
of a salary of $3,600? It is "oxplainc
that theapeporjitributiong ,wqn$ towal
cquafizing salaries of oth'or omployoi
Tho commit too fi nd Hno ovidoneo of tl
pract*no of aan'oflimont, oonhihutio.n <
division.of,salarios.in thp present ooi
gross. Tho commit too .reoommond
'p?r??a?ont statute whioh; shall proper1
?hd equitably adjust compensation'ai
om ploy ment ?and specifically ' rrevoi
theso abuses. . . ? ' - -
A C?s'tly Sweop Out;
Playing about ? trash dump in tl
oity of Charleston i Thursday iittlo Oa
San.bbrg, tho six yoar old grand son, <
Oh arion Oolaon, found ? paokago of ui
oponed United Staten mail.-.Tho obil
thinking tho' papera worthier, to
?p'en somb',pf 'tilt loftolrs"hut whon '.1
?Oiit?d monoy in them took them to b
grand f n thor." T nvtic t igrl tion 'showed tl
letters to oobtairi $5,000 in feonoy ai
ooHified,-endorsad'ohcoks.. Thedotte
had hoon IB on t from Rook II il 1 t o -bank
firms and po?plo harcV'.Ono of (ho ohoo
was for $26 --IV;and another $18.60, f ro
tho Comptroller Oonoral. to Preside
D. .B... Johnsen of Win.tbrop polio-!
Thp .money, was"ippay. for sopolaraln
?or. ?-tf?bro or so of'young' ladie*} frc
all ovec-.thostatoYwhc^ at til
i n fi t i tut ion. 'J'ho, p OB ti ?MO .. a?thoritt
:eayiho papkag?^muat haye boort s'fyc
:out of tho. jFcdbralivbui?dlngV.with t
:wasto papor. <A thorough investigati
-lB.boing.nlado. - ?.,"..
' ; . rr?io South in: tho Sadtli?..
Tho Now York Kvoning Post' fcf<
ring to thc. southern cotton mill indi
try, malton tho.claim that tho southe
mills aro driving tho. Fall River mi
to'th?' w?ll, "soTli'?g bloth to tho pr
works andbloaQhjorios in Pall Rivor
pr^ioos whibh tho 1 looa), mill's, 1 oan?
moot.. Tho southorn mills, fbrbxamp
mako a profit on ololh ali 3 Odn'.s ft yr
f?r whioh* tho MassaohuaOtts mills'ini
havo'B l-8'C?ntBi Aad-Chisis not a
for oompotition ?9 promised Boon
ovon tho standard wido print doth, t
38 12 i noh. 61x64 S. Fur thor mor o
is to bo addod that tho south has
oroasod hor.spindlos in tho pa?t year
an amount equal te two thirds of tho
fal spindlehgo in Fall Ki vor, about
000,000 Bpind?os.
Opposes ?i\e Stoal.
The Springfield Ropublioan sa
"Tho lower branch of tho Wfsoou
l?gislature is 1 ovorwholmingly Itop1
Hean, having only sovonteon . Dei
eratic mombera, against eighty-th
Ropublioans; but for all that, it 1
adopted resolutions urging the W
oonsin mombors o'! Congress to opp
tho.llauna ship subsidy bill, by a v
of flovonty-oight to flfloon. Thia i
alono shoulcf auffioiontly warm
party in Oongroas to koop olear
committing itself to any such ni
s|to.'r s
A NEGRO BURN Iii)
iii
In tho Street of Torro H?ut>" In
diana For >?
' .. .
KlLLiNQ' A WHITE WOMAN. ?
1
Crowds o'? Meir, Women and:
Chl'dren Witness the Bat bor? ; .;
ou8 Scone. No Attempt
at Concealment
Punishment, swift and torrjblo war
?joted out' Wodnosday at Torr? Hauto,
Indiana to ^Gcjorgo Ward, tho ' Negro
Who ipurdcrod Mimi Ida Kin kolo U in,
tho school, toaober, by shooting hor
witli a shotgun and'(jutting hot* throat
Tuasdoy afternoon. A fow hours aftor.
his arrost an angry mob battered down
tho doors of tho jail, draggod tho pris?
oner to tho Wabash bridgo, sovoral
Bqnaros away and hanged him to tho
biidgo draw. Not oontont with /tho
hanging tho orowd out tho corpse
down, and, laying it on a sandbar un
dor tho bridgo, kindled a Uro and oro
matod tho remains. It was tho first
lynohing that Torro Haute ovor oxpe
rion oed. .
i Ward was arres tod at 10 o'olpok at
tho oar works, where ho was omployed
as a laboror, and aftor bolng fully
-i'dontifiod by two oitizos, mado a oon
fossion. His only excuso for tho mur
,der :Was that Misa Finkoiaioin hud
oallcyihiin a "dirty Nigger" and slapped
him in tho faoo. Shorlff . Fasig com
municated . with Gov. Durbin, but tho
mob' accomplished its work boforo . tho
militia ould.bo ordered.out.
Tho governor had wirod ,0?pt.
Thomas of Oo.B, to i hoohis company
fully armed in roadinoss for duty. \
. At noon tho crowd outsido tho jail,
numbering nevar al bund rod, in duding
moa, Women and boys battered down
thoiron doors, but woro driven baok
by 'Jailer Lawronoa -O'Donnoll, who
fired ovor tho hoads of tho mob. Doputy
Shoriffs . Coopor, Hossiok and Loforgo
woro fit runic by soattoring shot and
slightly injured, but nobody in tho
orowd was hurt. A detail of polioo
vainly tried to disporso tho crowd.
Ar 12:35 o'olook another orowd bat
tored down tho oulor doors of tho jail
Recuring possossion of tho keys and cn-,
toring tho pell room. Tho sido door
was opened for tho roat of tho orowd.
Tho ooll was qiiiokly oponod and Ward
waa draggod forth. Ho. fought with
tho deep ora to forooity . of. a boast at
bay, ' Ho was dragged out to tho
stroet, still, fighting with all his
strongth;. but a blow from a hqavy
ha.mnor f ol? od bim to tho ground.
A nooso wai.quickly adjustod to hi?
nook' and' tho . niob .startod .with its
vietim1'toward ' tho . Wabash bridgo/
Tho f?oblo ^rQ?UUno? niad?:?'by"-tiuF
wrotobed oroaturo after that blow with
tho hammer was soon quio tod by tho.
pavago blows of tho mob. Faoo down
ward ho waa dragged through tho
street to tho bridgo and aoroas tho
rough, planking of tho dvivoway to tho
drawbridge Many aro of tho opinion
that tho follow was doad boforo, tho
Hoono of tho hanging was. roached.
Howovor, tho rope was thrown ov?r
ono of thouppor beams and tho bqdy
drawn up.
Thon burning* at tho stake was
narced on 'unanimously, and a ...Uro Vas
quickly kindlod on tho bank o? tho
river just, south of tho bridgo. Tho
body, bearing no sign of lifo, was
thrown into tho fire, and faggots woro
pilod upon it. Tho stako was omitted.
Tho body was in a horizontal position,
tho foot protruding ab ono o nd, tho
hof\d at tho othor. Tho can of ta'rp?'n
tino:-was poured" on tho cagor flames.
Aftji; that- ?bmbustiblG oils scomsd to
flovj' ?p^M?auepAsly toward the flrO and
tho baines leaped high,while; ;thb'bbdy
of tho Nogrb was rapidly oonsucneu".
Nono of tho mob attompted disguiso.
i?* 'Whon tho body -waft-taken down to
booarriod to tho fire tho bridgo - wost'
of tho draw was barrloadod, but tho
cast bank of tho ri vor a tul tho bridgo
poi . tho pity ,?i?o of- tho draw wero
orowdpd with thousands of mon, wo
men an.d children, gActog at tho awful
sneotnolo. With grim dotormination
tho mob fed tho flambs and watohod tho
flosh i shrivel to oindors and tho bonos
.crumble and burn.
^'^ouvonir hunters woroon hand in
,foroo,. and fragments pf.tho body ar?
now Boattored broadcast. Ono. mah,
while tho foot still protruded from tho
fiamos, offorod $l'for a too from "tho
Nigger^loot1." A vonlureBomo youth,
drawing a knifo from his pookot, made
? flash for tho brizo. . Ho quiokly'ampvj
t?jtod^ a t?p,/dollvorod tho goods and
vgqt,his ?ponpy... ;" .
Ah tho bonos bogan to orumblo and
fall, apart tho fragments woro takon
from tho .firo and. oarricd away. At 3
o'clock ?boro was nothing loft of tho
bony oxo opt a nm all section of tho trunk
and tho baok. pf tho hoad. ' Busy hands
.k?pt tho ' burning faggots pjlctl upon
tho roasting, sbgmonta. . Women como
to tho Boone by eooros. At about.2?80
o'olook tho barriendo was romovod and
tho orowd surrounded tho firo.
i.Ward waa 27. y oars old, and lo avon a
widow and'two children. Ho oamohere
fouis yoara ago, from Ciroio villo, O.
The-' StatomPnt - that ho was? ono timo
'iii an inX?no asylum is denied by his
wifo. Ho sorvod a jail nontonoo in 1?89
for laroo ny. Tho loaders 'of tho mob
aro unknown, -and as publio sontimont
upholds .tho ly nbhifig j' no proaooutlonu
aro oxpdotod,
- A Mystery of Verdi's Will.
Vordi's will, eays the London Ohron
iolo, contains ono vory ourious itom,
His ros id nary logatoo ia his nicco,
Maria. Vordi, whola marrlod to Signor
Qarraitr. . To . tho infant asylums and
tho hospital for tho .blind in Gono? ho
boq?oatbs ?1,000. Largo sums, aro also
lott to tho oharitabio ihstiutlo?? and to
tho poor pf his nativo village, Honoolo,
and also to thoao of Bouoioto, whoro
ho lived for many yearn. Thon comen
tho following rcquoat: "In tho dining
room of my yijfa; St, A^ata; will bo
kfoupd two largo woodon, boxos of groat
antiquity. Tdtis?r? that noithor ?hall bo
ononod, but. that bp^U.bo, burnod imme
diately ?ftor.imy oJ)rfojiu|o9,M It is pro?
flumed tha6 tho two myaiorlous boxofi
oontalnod manuaoripts of unpublished
opora? whioh tho maxtor did not wiah
to soo tho light,
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Ohangoa Were Made nt tho Re
cent, Legislativo Beneion.
yho.ro wdi'b fow oounty . govormnont
M?^utca passed by dho l?gislat?rb of
LOOt.- Tboro was a committee of 40 sp.
pointed to draw up a gonoral bill. Thia
uoaiiiro Was presented to tho houao
md'ioontinucd until next sossion as
weiro; nearly all other important gon
Hanstor Poan.?introduood a bill toro
lun^:.tho pomuiuiation tax in Groon
?llo?apuuty from '%% to $1. Additional
?nmnqinonM relating to tho humbor of
lajsJf?V road working were mado for
ibo, oounticB of Union and Darlington.
Tho ebmmulation (ax for* Laurons and
L?lor?^??j.wa? reduood from $1 50 t?$l, i
und fbr Hampton was inorcaa?d frein
ai to $2;. With tho oxooption of a spo?
dal J nie asuro for Mailboro,. thi?! was
;ho oily, oounty govomrw.ont aotpnssod.
?Sootion' 1. That sootion'4 of an act
mtUlcti . "Au aot to amend Bunions 3
\?? 4?.?? ah .adi ontitled 'An aot to rro
/ido a'; oyotom of county govommont
'or thoi ?oyoral ooiintioB of tho Stato, BO
'a? no H relates to tho maintaining and
working of - tho roads and highways in
;hb Stafp," approvod 19th of Fobruary,
\, D.. ?900, bo amondod on line 55, by
nsortiugb?twoon tho words,"Fairfield"
md "Glenwood," tho word ' Groon
;illo, ? ,fthd on lino 59 by Btriking out
;ho wow, "Granville;" and by insort
ng iftoj'Groonwood tho words "and
Jhbstornold," and by striking out tho
vord''-tarlington" boforo th? . wor,d
'Groonvillo," and "tho" Word "Union'
)ctweon.. Ihn words * 'Lexington" and
'Williarnb?rg," and inserting tho
vord.'^Arlington,'' and by inioiting
)etwoonxtho words "day,' and "pro
ddod" tba worua "Union two days,"
md by B?rUdug out tho word "Hamp
?n" from tho proviso after tho words
'Lauret? vmo dollar" and inserting tho
yord "Ui-npton" botwoon tho words
'Qoorg?h^n" and "Horry," so that
aid, fico?ivV whon so amondod, ehall
cad as f?bpw?:
Soo. 4. 'Pjiat all malo porsons ablo to
lorform.th&labor'heroin required, bo
woonthb ?go bf 18 and 55 years, ox
iopt in thoi oountios of Goonoo and
^iokons, ' wuoro tho ages ahall bo bo
wo.on 18 /aM 55 yearpf and oxoopt in
hociuntipy'pf Groon wood and Chert or
iole! whorb .tho ago ahall bo botwoon
ho agos bfJ8 aird 50; and oxoopt in
S^b b o viii oV 'QAio rokoo, Groonvillo. Hor
y, X)?angobuyg, Spartanburg and Union
aunties, whM'o tho agos shall bo from
il to 50, one? "also oxoopt ininiatora of
ho gospel Sn'aolual ohargo of a oongro
;atlon, arid ?oraons pormanontly dis
,bl?d in 'tholmilitary F.orvioo of this
Itato, and p C?O?O who sorved in tho
atq war bb' cou tho "'State,'and all
?orionfl.^iS illy, om ployed in tho
LuarantiriuH V^po of .tho Stato, shall
io required* ".Vrt?ally to porfoim, or
iaiiqp;to -bo po?i?rmcd, labor , on tho
lighwaya ?ridtj'? tho dir.ebtioris of tho
lyorHb'cr.-"o,!'??n'b'a'Q?^.?.dlBtrioi? in which
iQ-..spAl).:.Xvb{iir . *nll9wa^ ?^^iH
10 ti u tio ? 6 f . Gi^s ??iviv (o^i ?A?i?ko n s 'ia^r) ti
lpartaoburg,: throo days. In tho oouu
ios of Abbeyillo, Aikon, Anderson*
3arnwo.ll, Ohorekoo, Ohbstorfioldj Fair
lold, Greenwood*- Ivorahaw, Larioaator,
jfturons, libxirigton. Darlington, Wil
iamsbprg, and York, four. days. In
ho oounty' ..of Fbrcnob flvo dayj. in
ho oountiot). of Bamborg, Ohoster,
Olarondon, Colloton, Dorohostor, Edgo
lola, Horry,.Nowborry, Ooono, Saluda,
Jrangoburg and Sumter, six days. In
ho oountios of Beaufort, Borkoloy,
Jhavlonton, Georgetown, Hampton and
darioTjj'oight days; aad in tho oounty
*f-Jl?eltlaiid? too days. Union, two days;
)ro.vidod, tatton & ;ur's labor shall bo
reid to bo a day's work; providod, that
he o.oxinly. board of oommiEsionors of
my oounty may oauso to bo loviod a
oad tax not to exooed ono mill on all
axablo proporly of any township in
hoir oountyj when so roque?ted by a
vritton petition, signed by two-thirds
?f tho freeholders of auoh township,
luoh tax io ho oollooted as other taxos,
md to ho expended on tho roads and
iighw?> J or winh townships (oxoopt in
ho county of Ciokens, whore Buch po
ition flhall not bo nooossary.) And
3amborg oounty--in Bamborg opunty
inch spooial sohool distriot now or
icroaftor ostahlinhod shall bo "a road
listriot," and tho oounty board of oom
nls?ionoru may oauso to bo loviod a
oad tax not to oxoood two mills on all
axablo property within said road dis
.riot,r on a potition Signed by two-thirds
if, tho froonbld voters owning'proporty
vithin said road distriot <<?xoopt that
n Don mark road diatriot no potition
ihall bo nb.oeflsary, but thoro Bbatl bo
ovicd and oolleotod annually a tax of
iWO miloft on all tax&blo property with
p. said district), said to bo col looted
is ?thor tosca, and tho funds so ool
oo tod uh all bo paid put on tho warrant
>f tho townnhip oommissionors, ooun
oraignod by tho suporvisor of tho
lounty, said funds to bo expondod on
ho publio londs within. said road dis-,
.riot wlioro oolleotod. Prqyidod, furthor
hat In lieu of performing or causing to
>b ; porformod the labor of ton hours'
mr day, as horin named . for tho .no.v.
)val counties, a commutation tax may
?0 paid by tho porson BO liablo on or by,
?ho 1st day of May of this yoar, and on
>r by thp 1st of fobruary of* ? oaoh year
loroaftor, Whioh in thc oountios of
?Ybbovillo, Akion, Andorson, Ohorokoo,
jhOBtorflold, Olarondon, Darlington,
l?dgofiold, Fairfiold. Groonvillo, Groon
,vootl, Piokorifi, Hioiiland, 8partanburg,
)umtor.. Marlboro and Union, olmll bo
mo dollar; In tho oountios of Floronoo
md Laurens, ono dollar; and in tho
jountios of Barnwoll, ' Bamborg, Boau
!ort, Borkoloy, Qharloston, Chester.
Jolloton, Dorohestor, Goorgotown, llor
.yj;' Hampton, Korsliaw, Lanoaotor,
Lioxlngtbn, Marlon, Nowborry, Orango
)utg, Balucla, Williamsburg and York,
mall bo two dollaro; and in tho oounty
>f Ooonco ahall bo throo dollars. Pro
ddod, por?one liable to labor untlorthis
mb shall have tho right to furnish a oom
ictontBiib.stiluto tolaoor In his atoad.
?jfo Bocbi^? a Banker
Tho oompa?y of Augusta capitalists
vho have vooontly acquired the Harils
^.ithia'Springs havo now assumed ooo
-roi of tho property and Harria, tho
lufltlcr-r-tho wizard of tho watora, who
on nd thia spring in tho Wlldorncss
lino years ago and a fow days ago oen
rorted it into;$100.000 oagh-i? about to
rngago in tho banking buoincrs, If ho
ihall bo half as euoooaaftil in his now
iold aa ho was in tho old flold whoro'
io found tho spring, hin v?nturo will
M> a oonflplououa auoooas '---.Ool?mbi?
State.
THE FREE PASS BECORD
How ih^e Members of tho House
Voted On lt.
Wo havo beon a?kod by mombors of
the houso of representativos who voted
against' tho bill to ropoal tho anti-free .
pass not-why no ither Tho Stato nor <
Tho Nows and ?Jourior printod the vote .1
in do tail. To this wo ropliod that wo ^
did nob know; that the legislativo rc- <
porters of Tho Stato, and wo bolioved 1
of Tho Nows and Courier as well, wero ]
instructed to givo tho voto, by yoas and |
nays on issues affooting important legis?
lat ion; but that tho omission of tile do- -<
tailed vote in this o RHO might bo at
tributed to an error of judgment on tho |
part of tho roportors as to what oonati- <
tutod a ni o asure of importance At tho (
request of thoso mombors-who, it is
hardly noooanary to say, votod against
tho bill-wo rcotify tho omission ny ro
producing from tho jyur.aal bf. tho pro
ceedings of tho houso of roprosont?'
tivos on Fobruary 8 tho following
record:
II. 467.-Mr. Spears: A bill to re
peal an aot ontitlod "An aot to piovont
tho uso of a froo puss, oxpross or tolo
graph frank On any railroad by any
Unit od States senator or mombor of eon- ,
gross from this Stato, or by auy mom
ber of tho gonoral assombly of this i
Stato, or by any Stato or oounty o iii omi,' ,
or by any jud go of a oourt of record in j
this Stato," approved Dooombor 22nd,
A. D. 1891. ]
Mr. Tatum moved to strike out the 3
onaoting words. Upon that motion tho j
yoas and nave woro requoBtod, and it
was decided in tho negativo. T
Yoas, 38; nays, 64; i
Thoso who votod in tho affirmative t
aro: , t
Messrs. Austin, Baoot, Boamguard, t
Brooks, Dorroh, Elder, Frasor, Gaston, i
Galluohat, Gunter, Hallo, Hardin, Hoi- 1
lia, Koola, Kiblor, Lido, Logan, Lo- t
max, MoCall, McLaughlin, MoLoo.d, -
Mishoo, Morgan, MOHOS, Moss, Prinoo, 2
Rodtoam, Riohards, Ruok'or, Sanders, 1
Strom, Tatura, Thous, W* J Thomas, J
Thompson, Wilson; Wingoand Wood- t
ward.-38. /-j j
Thoso who votod in tho negativo aro:
Hon. W F Stovonson, spoakor; Mossrs. ?
Ashloy, AU, Baaks, Batos, Bivens, 1
Bloaso, Brown, Bryan, Butlor, Camp
boll, Uar tor, Coo por, OdBgrovo, Croft, i
Cram, Dantzlor, Doau, Dennis, Dodd, <
Dominick, Dunbar* Durant, Efird; EB- I
tridgo, Fox, Prooman', Gourdin, Hill, I
Humphroy, Johnson, Kiaaoy, Lovor, i
Littlo, Lookwool, Lofton, Lyle?, Maul- <
din, MajBon, MoUraw, McGowan, F H
MoMaator, J no. MoMastor, Morrison, ' t
Murohison, Niohols, W L Parkor, Pat- a
tcrson, Rankin, Richardson, O E Rob? .;.
inson, R B A . Robinson, Robortson, s
Sinkler, J B Smith, M L Smith, Spoars, i
Vincent-, W?lling, Wolla, Wost, Wos- ?
ton, Williams and Woods.-64, 8
Mr. Hpoaro moved to reconsider tho C
voto whoroby tho bill was ?rdorodtoa "
third reading, and to lay that motion 1
on tho tablo. Whioh was agrood to; ? j |
v Tte journal ;el the noxj. dayV Fobrl i
j?$y!?}s;:f?0?;'iyiiX'i$ti hill'passed Us
.third reading in tho houso without di- i
vision.-Columbia State. ? ; c
STIR, UP.CHINESE IRE. \
The Hatred of Foreigners May Last;
A Long Time- ^ ?
Aooording to tho opinion of Sir Chih i
Chou Lohfongluh, UhinoBO minister in I
London, anti-foroign sontimont will
abido in China long aftor tho pr?sont f
troublos aro aottl.od. Ilia oxoollonoy
assuros that tho "ono-sidodnoss" of tho ^
powora' programmo and tho ''atrooitios"
committed by somo of their troops havo )
givon Wostorn civilization an indolibly
black oyo among tho ChinosO pooplo. (
Tho Ohinoso ministor said:
: "1 rogrot to be forood to tho oonolu- I
sion that tho reoord of tho powora in
China will livo in history as tho rooord i
of ruined opportunities. Not the moro
signing of poaoo torms oan remove : tho 1
prcoonooivod impressions whioh ovents,
in tho popular mind, havo not . only <
justified, but intonsi?ed.
Our pooplo havo not oxporionpod any >
of ibo refining influonoos whioh thoy
wore told belonged lo tho occident. 1
Thoy havo soon European soldiors mur
dor, outrage and stoat. Tiioy have soon <
diplomats domanding oxaotions some
what out Ot hooping witn tho piulan- J
thropio motives wnioh. brougnt tho 1
groat nations to our a hovea. Thoy have 1
uoon, in short, tho polioy of an opon
door with tho door ?1 a m mod in China's, ;
faoo.
"Yoars ago I translated the H voa of
Cromwoll, S ha ko apo aro, Bia marok, t
Napoleon, Washington and Liu o oin. ?
1 wanted to show my countrymen tho ^
sort of oharaotor that grow and flour
ished in tho Wost, lam gi'iovod, na
a believer in that oharaotor, that tho'
last year's history has failod to sup
port tho ideals whioh I sought te pio- -
turo." - ..*.>. '
Lahfongluh intimates that China ia
likoly to intorpoao objooti?ns to pay-'
lng heavy indomnity. Ho thinks nono
ought to. bb'domandod or givon in ox
ocaa of tho actual'value of tho property
destroyed.
Praise for tho Second.
Tho Columbia Stato says Gen? J.
Warron Koifor, undor whoso eommand
tho 8ooond South Carolina norvod in
Cuba, writing from his homo in Sring
hold, O., to Col. Wilio .Jono?, formor
oolonol of tho Sooond, says somo nioo
things about that model rogimont of
voluntoera. Ho writos:
'Taoivory thankful to you. fer a
boautlful copy of 'South Carolina in
tho Spanish-Amorload War,' and I am
vory gratoful to you for tho genoious
and kind things y ou say of mo on pago
139 of tho book in your history of your
excellent rogimont-tho Sooond South
Carolina infantry, I reoiprooato tho
good feoling you cxprdss towards mo,
and I know you must foci that I was
alway proud to havo you and your gal
lant regiment itf my coinmaui. I nover
ooaso to spoak of the promptness of tho
troops who served uhdbr me to oboy,
and tho kind spirit the of?oors and mon
oxhibitod uniformly towards mo. Your
oxample was a good one. for all to fol
low. , ? " '
"Romombor mo moat kindly to any of
your offijors'or men you may moot.
Assure all ?hat I shall novor forgot tho
regi.mont," oto.
-.?---*"1.
Four Children Cremated.
Four,ehildren, 4. to 12 year J of age,
woro orcmatodin tho burning rosldonoo
of Jacob Bait, at Litohflold, IV, early
Thursday morning,
EVIDENTLY, A CRANK,
fl, ?an Vieits Charleston Who I?
.Certainly Off.
( ^r. James Buoharian Weaver who;
sUitqs to bo a retired lawyer of Phil
adelphia, annouuood today at the oeurfc
housp,' whore ho was a visitor, that ho
would bo ft oandidato for tho Proai
lonoy of tho United Staten, io 1904, Gfo
vVoavor is a gold Domoorat ""d flays
bis platform will bo a govofhmout for
me pooplo and by tho people.'
Mr. Weavor is an cx-Oonf odor ate fcol
lier,' having fought under Lo? ia tho
ALtno'y of Northern Virginia. Aftor tho
lurrohdor ho drifted to Philadelphia,
whoro ho wont into tho drug business,
studied modioiho and family took up
tho law. As a lawyer, ho says, he noon
mado.anamo for hirnsolf as*well as
plenty of monoy. Soyoral yours ago his.
wifo diod and having no enoumboranoe
ho rotitcd and?.of Tate' years., ho ha?
boon travoling and studying".political
quostio?s
Thia morning Mr. Woaver was a visi
tor at tho court house. Ho was'a stran
gor whon ho entered but it was not long
boforo he know Judgo Aldrich and
overy mombor of tho Charleston bar
who was present in tho oourfc houso at
tho timo. Ho intreduoo.d himsolf, do
alaring to his newly made friends that
ho oxpooted to beoomo a candide to for
IVosidont of tho United States in 1904.
So said that he was a grand, nophow of
President Buohanan and had a right. J
lo tho offioo.
' "Ob, I am a smart men,"-said Mr.
beaver, in talking to ah J&voning Post
.oportor, "I knowhow to build, poli
iioal fenoos that Mark Hanna with
\\l his wealth and potter oan not do
itroy. It will t.ako Aunt Carrie Na
.ion and hor i?ttl? hatchet to smash
;ho politioal fenoos that I have oon
itruotod.
"Oharloston is a gold bugtown and
pou oan say to tho pooplo through your
paper that I'll bo nero whon tho n?xt
Presidential oampaign opens and will
;alk Domooraoy and good gold monoy
o thc pooplo of this ancient old oity.
This is a grand old town and I love it.
lust toll thom that you saw mo and
,bat I want a big vote in Charleston.
Mr. Woavor talked about blind tigers
n tho oity. doclaring that thoy wore as
Lhiok .as biaok birds in the summer
imo, and whilo ho has only boon in
Charleston a fow days ho know all tho
opos and could soaro up a tigor at any
>)d timo.
Yesterday ho visited th? oity hoapi
al and St Franois Xwior, Infirmary,
ind wont over to tho Isle, of Palms.
'At tho palm bo?oh," ho said, "I
wiped a pal motto, boxed it ub: and sont
t to my littlo darling in Philadelphia.
.Oh? i^ouneod not laugh, for lam on
^?od. - oven ' if I < am a widower," ho
xplainod.
VTcll tho pooplo of . Oharloston that
?rn going to o ?ll on Gov. Mo3woonov
ind got ;hisv-influenoo and support .in
ny raso for tho;^^Pro?idcn?y4' ;
Mrc.-Woav?vr??hl hd v/?es. j&Jn'g&f .s?4?
n .Obailo3ton- for flovcral days ?orumr
md'that ho would reboivV all fcoliti
li?ttB afc the "Charleston' Hotol.-Ohar*
oston Post.
MaroU Weather
Tho following data, oovoring a poriod
>f thirty yoars, havo boon- oompliod
rom tho weather bureau rooordh at
Oharloston for tho month of March:
Moan or normal tomporature, 57 do
5rco9.
Tho war most month wa? that of 1871,
nth an avorago of 64 dogroos.
Tho ooldost month was that of 1872,
pith an averago of 52 dogreos.
The highoBt to m por aturo was 86 do
does on March? 21. 1897.
.The lowest temperature, was 24 do
?roos, oa Maroh'5,,1873i... ,
..Average dato on which jlrst "kil.linr?"
frost ooourodin autumnv November 20.
?Avprag? dato on which last "kilting"
Frost Qcourcd in spring,' Mnroh 3...
Avorago precipitation for tho: month
3.78 inoKos.f V . "I :
Avorago. number pt days with ' Ol. ?f
iii inch or moro, ton. v -
'Tho greatest nYonthly precipitation
?va? 9;78 inches in ;1872'.' ' ; ?s*
Tho least monthly precipitation wa?
,59 inches in 1887.
Tho groat out amount of precipitation
rqcoidod in, enV twomty-rqur oonsoou
tivo h'??tra wa? 3,14 indhos oa M?fdn 13
*nd 14, 1889. .'.' M
Tho groatosfc am?uM?f ' snowfall'.'ro-,
oorded in any- :tWehfcy-fo?r.cottBoo?tivo
hours (record oxtoridin? to winter- of
1884 1885 only) wastHraoo . in'ohes on
Mareh7,1899s . , '
Average" number', vt golear, day's, ll;
partly bloudy 'd?ysi'V^rolo'ndy days,- 8.-,
Tho prevailing wlnmJ'-have bot?n from
tho southwest, 26 per cont
j The highost. volooity of tho wind was
dj) milos from tho northeast. on Maroh.
30, laos,' . -: " . ..
Outr ago by a Nofrr?.
' An unknown negro ontorcd tho rosi
donoo of Mrs. Buchanan, 86 Spring
street, in tho hoart of Atlanta, Ga.'-,
Thursday morning, and oompollod her
to oook broakfaat.- Thon,'tying her foot
a'nd hands, ho quiotly ato tho breakfast
rvftor whioli ho set fire to tho 'houso by
placing-a quantity of paper, in tho. bed
whero ho han forced Mrs. Buchanan to
l?o.. Tho negro eBoapod without, b??
ing dotootod. - Mrs. Buchanan novoamod
and asflistanoo,carno boforo th?.lire had
Rained much headway, ?csroli ,lfj ?Ow
Boing made for tho nogrO.
It Comos High.
Wednesday tho commissioner of pen
aions dismissed his entire foroo for a
woek's holiday and tdrn'od over' tho
building to tho inaugural em?lalo, wno
will then make ready for tho inaugural
ball. To make room for tho dancers it
wl)l bo noooBsary to movo 300,000 pon?
son onsos, Tho uso of tho pension omeo
for tho inaugural ball will cost tho gov
ornment $25,000 in salarios alono. Many
think this is tho last timo the pension
offioo will bo usod fer tho inaugural
ball. .
. A Tough Yarn*
A nowspapor at Kastamuni states,
aooording to a Coylon 'paper, that
while a poasant was shooting in a
forest'?oar that placo ho hoard tho
?owlingof abear; which ho found un-'
dor a treo sufforing - groat pain from
a largo thom in Ma pay?.' The: animal
permlttod tho sportsman.to,-.extrft'ot tho
thorn, and shownd its gratiftfd? by
taking tho matt, by mertps of wavr"
its paw, to a tree in which.WAS a hot
oond) twenty pounds in woight.
ill: ll lilli
mr?umv,mm?tfn,u?mM^i<m^miM li.ult
M?F5?E ESWl?),
Thlrly-flyo Men Ol? In a Coal y
Min? Fir?.
A HORRIBLE I HO LOO AU ST,
Mah ?uddanty Found Them
selvoe 8hutl.off from Ufo
i !iby a Wall of Raging,
Flame?.
Tho worst disaster in tho biat?ry of
coal mining ^Wyoming sinqe/tbo Al
my horror olght yoara ?go, ooourrod at
Diamoudsvlllo Wednesday night. Thir
,ty. ?vo mon aro boliov?d to havo perish
od in a Aro whioh started in mino ND. 1
of th? Diamorfd?villo Ooal and Ooko
company. ;
^ The blare was first discovered shortly
after tho night shift oommooood work.
It is though vto havo originated from' a .
oaroloss miner's lamp ia-tho oil room.
The flames made., such- prpgross * th$$ !
only ono man osoaped from the iw? :
ontrios in whioh it was confided. 'His
nanto is John Aodordoh and, ho was ;
frightfully burnod in running tho
Sauntie t of tho fiamos,, Ho .was BU^-..
only oonfrontod by a nail of uro and
smoko and wrapping his Hoad in an
o vor coat he ran in tao dirootion of tho
main ontranoe. Ho fell unoonaolous
and was o?rriod to tho mouth ?? tho
mino. Tho alarm WAS Bounded and
hundreds' of ' minors at work in tha
minos aad'on tho Outside ruihod to tho
rcsouo of their imprisoned oomvados..
Tho firo had by this timo nr?ado suoli'
progress that it was impossiblo "to ou
tor tho rooms bf flames.'
Tho ontiro night was spent in confiar ?
ing tho fire to tho two ontrios and this
morning it was noooesory to soal thom
up to provont tho flames from spread
ing toothor parts of tho mino. This
stop Was only dooidod upon, after -all
hope of saving tho lives of tho mon liad
boon abandoned. Nothing. could ; livo
fivo minutos in thc'firo, whioh was in
creasing in fioroonoBs cvory minute.
The plugging of the twp ?utrics will .
smothor tho firo, but it may l)o". f overal
days b of oro the barricades ooii bo rie
moved and tho ohainbots explored. Tho
oxaot total of mon entombed is not yet,
known as a numbor*aro missing, somo y
on' sioklo?vo and,others ia tho hospital
suffering from burns received whilo
fighting tho fiamos so that an ' aoourato
oount is atproflontimpoisiblo. tH\^j%':.
The Boones at the mouth of tho mino
during tho night and today woro henrt
ronding. Belajlivoa and frionds of tho
ontombod minors rushed into tho mino,
frantically \ waving their hands., and
Crying to tho mino offiolale and, minors
to nayo their doar onos. Many . of tho
womori and children Woro slightly in-,
jdrod?n the c?owd aud by falling over
vbSvRvlos.iwjihu dwrkii?BH. :
...APiainuvu'' )\h ha? bec? ?lie ? fl^cno.
a?'number of tUaa?tro??i fices omeo: tho
opal minos were opened tbo%; tori; yo'*iwr
ago, but tho conflagratlono woro ?over
attonded with serious logs of lifo
Tho mino ia owned by tho Oregon
Short Lino railroad, ita output ia
about 170,000 tona of.ooalpor yoar and
upwards of 700 minors aro ouiploycd.
Tho firo was disoovored by a boy
namod Jamos Hotson who bravely it,n
and told many mon who wevo inside
Biebern Fern, 15 yoars old, also ran .
through levels NOB. 6, 7, and 8 and noti
fied tho mon, and many woro saved
through his ooursgeouB notion. Sovon
mon, hoaded by Minc foroman Griffin,
mado several deaporato attompta to
reach tho mon through the lower level,
but thoir offerts wore ip vain, four or
tho sovon hoing koookoi down by firo
damp, tho others being o>mpoHod to
carry them to frosh air.
' It is givon out by SuporinUdent
Thomas? 'St?eddonr-$bd confirmed by
others familiar with tho\ - conditions
tbaMbe livos ?f efl tho men wore ocr
tainly extinguished withia thr?o min
utos nf tor tho 'firo gaiiicd aso?nd?iioy.
Tho fire is fully under? Ooht roi to
night, and Su por i atondo nt Suoddo? an
nounces that ho will opon the mino to
morrow for the recovery bf tho bodies,
and resumo work before tho . week
8upbrintondont Simpson, with his
young son, who are among tho victims,
oamp to Diamondsvillo from Alabama,
about six wooka ago, bringing hU wife,
in tho hope that tho ok.ngo of oMmato
would bonofither hoalth. Tho shook of '
last .night's tragedy rosultod in Mrs.
^ImpBbn'g.do'sth today.
Cotton Goods Lew.
Prosidont A. A. Marginals' bf ther
Sunnis cotton mills of Now Onloann
aid VYednosday. that ko had entirely
ut offjh'o manufaoturoofyarn foVmar
kot for tho past two wooks. Ho has: al- .
Ho materially roduocd tho output of
oloth. Tho reason be gave waa tho ex
cossivo high prico of cotton and the
yory low price of cotton goods, Ho
said the cotton goods market was in a
worse state of stagnation than ii had .
boen for several yoars. Ho was asked if
the Soothorn Yarn'Spinners AbPo.oiiiU?n?!*
of which ho is a prominont member,
did not havo fer its ohiof objoot tho
general reduction of tho output through
out tho south, but ho avpido^ the sub- ;
joot. He also statod that it was not
trae that English mills had boon forced
to olo.io thio season on Account of tho
jaok of ootton to oporsto thom.
A Romarkttblo Man. .
Thoro is a remarkable old white man
liying'noar P?hteg?, "Beaufort county.
Min nama is-Hansom H au nd ors. Ito is
pearly 90 yoars ?ld, ho has boon mar
ried six timos (his sixth wife still Uv
ina) has boon ^he fathor of neatly 40
obi ld ron and apparently hatf \ still "?V
long loase of life. Ho is w'oU and strong:
and works hard. HQ droosoo very thin
eVen in tho coldest woathor, about like
the average man doo? in summer, and
novorwoarsan overcoat. He is oover
'ed all over his poison with thick, long
hair that is grcAtor piotootion than ?Qtfi
of ole^bos would be from tho cold, l?o
is regular ia Nhis habits and a good
olttxou. i-' ?; : / '.
KillodinlvWrock.
Two doad, throe badly hurt, othei?
?lightly hurt and a passongoi' treiu
barned is the result of? heaa en coll!"
sion botweon pas/jotigoy train No lb*,
fiouthb??nd. and a local freight on tho
Pittsburg, Virginia and Oliaricston, i&Vl
wAy Thursday ovoning at ?oal Valloy,
J\vo mllos'from MoKopupott. W, ^a

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