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'Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Livoa in Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Dofenoe."
VOL. XXVI
BENNETTSVILLE, S, C., FRIDAY. JULY 5, 1901,
NO 27
WORK OF VANDALS.
Raid of Sherman's Army Told oy
Ono of Them,
A HORDE OF THIEVES.,
Lotter Written by a L?utenant
?Just Af tor Burning of Co
lumbia Corroborativo of
Charges Made.
To tho Editor of Tho Stftto:
Bolow will bo found a oopy of tho
original lottor mitton by Ki rat Lieu
tenant Thos. Q. Moyer?, of don. Sher
man's anny whioh oountormarohod to
roaoh tho goal of tho "Secession Stnto,"
whioh be only did after bombarding tho
ospitol from tho hoights. of Lexington
oounty, whioh aro in plain viow fro u
tho high points of this oity, lying "just
aorois tho rivor." Upon theso olay hills
woro plantod tho battoricu, tht sholls of
whioh soaxred tho oapitol, thoo in
ooureopf oonstruotion, andsoundod tho
doath knoll, ns it wore, to tho fair oity
on tho Uotgaroo. This lottor puta tho
pause of tho buriog of Columbia whoro
it proporly bolongs, and plaoes tho
responsibility upon Gen. Sherman and
his sub offioirj, who wero diuguisod as
privates," abd did tho looting."
In this oonncotion I may say that this
' communication carries out tho idoa, 60
foroeably advanood rooontly, by Prof.
Spahr and Ooh J. G. GibboB, who havo
translated n..? writton up on tho tu'o
Joot.
Though tho letter alluded to is from
husband to wife, and sont "by Hag of
truoo," I trust I boir^y no ooufidonoo,
as tho letter was piokod up by an old
southern "nigger," and carried to htr
"Missus," to know if it wss of valuo.
It is by reason of great eouucay that
I havo a oopy of thu lotter, ?aved from
tho aohos of Jacksonville, ?nd per foroo,
is of a privato nature. There wo tnou
Banus who havo novor hoard anything
upon tho Bubjcot; ao with gracious pov
miBBion, I am pormitted to givo thin
information whioh ovory truo sympa
thivsor of a "JoBt causo" will no doubt,
appreciate. Tho information is from
. pr?valo journah; eo tho printing, for
ealo, of this avtiolo is ?triotly enjoined
and all. copyrights roaervod. For ob
U?QMU rjjBniiu bomo names aro omitted
in tho pape id Bont.
llobort S. Sparkman.
Juno 22, 1901.
February 26, 18G5.
My dear Wife: 1 havo no timo for
particulars. Wo havo had a glorious
. timo in thin Stato. Univorsal liacueo to
..,??rarn and plunder waa tho order of tho
day. Tho ohivalry have boon atripped
of most of their valuablos. Gold
r ft^ohos.iU^
forks, oto., ole, oro as oommoU in
oamp na blaok horries? Tho terms of
plutidor,aro aa follows: Tho valuablos
proourod wo ootimato by companies.
Eaoh company is . required to exhibit
the result of its operations at any given
plaoo. One-fifth ntid first ohoioo falls
to the Bharo of the oommandor in ohicf
and staff, ono firth to Hold officers of
rogimonts, and throe-fifths to tho com
pany. Ofiioera aro not allowed to join
thoso expeditions without disguising
thomsolvos as privates. Ono of our
oprpB oommandors borrowed a suit of
rough olothca from ono of my mon and
was suooossful in this plaoc; ho got a
largo'rnmntity of silvor, (among other
things} an old timo Bilvor milk pitohor)
and a very fino gold wacoh f tom a Mr,
DoBausBuro at mis plaoo. DoSausBuro
is ono of tho F. F. V.'s of South Caro
lina, and was rnado to fork over lib
erally. Offioeis over tho ratk of oap
tain aro not made to put thoir plunder
in tho estimate forgoneral distribution.
This is vory unfair, and for that reason
in order to protect thombolyop, sub
ordinate officers and privates koop baok
everything that thoy can oat ry about
thoir porson, suoh un ringB, ear-rings,
breastpins, etc., of which, if ovor 1
live to got homo, 1 havo about a quart
I ard not joking-I havo at loast'a quirt
of jowolry for you and all tho girls, and
some Nb. 1 diamond rings and pins
. amony thom.
Gon. Shorinan has silver sud gold
enough to Btart n bank. Ilia Bharo in
gold watohcB and obaina alono, at Go
nimbin, was two hundred and sovonty
fivo (275); but I said I could not go into
particular?. All tho gonoral offioerB and
many privatos had valuablos of ovory
doBoription, oven to ladies' embroidered
pookot bandetohiofs (L havo my bharo
of thom too.) Wo took gold and tilvor
onoUgh from tho d-d rob?is to havo
rodoomod thoir informai ourronoy twioo
ovor. This, (tho ourronoj) whenovcr
wo como aoroBb it wo burn in wo OOH
alder ituttorly worthless. I wish all
tho jowolry this anny has could bo oar
riod to tho old Bay Stato, it would deok
her out in glorious style, but alaal it
will bo fccaitt rod all over tho north and
middlosStntes. THO d--d ncgroos as
a rulo prefer to Blay at homo, parlicu
lally aftor thoy found out that wo only
wanted tho able-bodied men, (and to
toll you tho truth, tho joungcBt and
best looking womer.)' Somolimcs wo
tako off wholo families and plantations
of negroes by way ot ropayipg tho so
oossionifltB; but tho uao?op? part ol
tht po wo noon manago to loso-aotu?
times in oroflsing rivers--Bornotimos in
other Ways. I shall vaito to you aghin
from Wilmington, Goldhboro, or como
othor plaoo in North Orolina. Tho
order to maroh has arrived acid I mu it
ojoso hurriedly.
Lovo to grandmother and Auut Char
lottoi Tako oaro of youisvtf and tho
ohildron. 1)? not show tina biter out
of tho family.
Your affootionato husband,
Thos. (4. Meyeus, Lieut., oto
; 1\ B.-1 will Bond this by fiag of
truoo to. bo mailed unions 1 huvo a
ohanoo of Bending it to Hilton Head.
Toll Sadie 1 nm Baving a pearl braoolot
and oarringa ' for her; but Lambo rt got
tho nooklaoo and breast pin of tho samo
S?t. *J. am trying to trado him out of
thom. Ihcso woro lakon lrom tho
M?naos Jamison, daughtois of tho pro
sidont of tho South Oarolica soocssion
oonvontion. Wo found thom on our
trip through Goprgia.
* Tho foregoing ?B aoopv of a lottor
.found by Misa Florido ?anloy, of Gam
don,, ot tho Y ah kc 0 oamp, noar' th At
oity. It is dircotod to Mts. Q, Moyer?,
Bonton, Ma??., and oorroboratos what
* ''.V, . " : >'.\ : ?
was boliovod at tho timo, tbat oflioera
woro oitizans' and privatos' droBS, io
Oidtr to rob without comprising thoir
shoulder strapB.
Tho following is a lotter from M?BS
Florido Oantoy, now tho wlfo of tho
Hov. Mr. Johnson, rootor of St. Philip's
ohuroh, Charleston, S. C., writton to
hor son, Mr Joo Johnson, whoonquircd
of hoi' conoorning tho authenticity of
tho aforoBaid loitor. All thoso aro in
tho poB80?H?o? of, and form part of tho
journal, of Mies Grace .101 moro, whioh
sho kopt during thoBO troublous timos.
Charleston, March 29th, 1899.
My Dear Bon: Tho lottoryou wroto
of was writon by ono of Shorman's
soldiois, ard piokod up noar our old
homo (llobkhk Hill.) Tho lottor wac
slightly damp from lying on tho ground
whon brought to mo by a nogro woman
who had piokod it up. Thia wo ama had
always boon oonBidorod a quiet, good
woman, nob remarkably bright, and
could not read a word. Sho lound it
jina after a part of Sherman's army
had raided Camdon and tho surround
ing country, aud brought it to mo to
know if I oould toll hor whoso lottor it
was. Sho did not havo an idea if it
was lost by Boldior or oiviliau, or to
whom addrosBod. Aftorwardu, 1 loarnod
that tho silver pitohor namod, oorroB
pondod with ono takou from Maj.
Jno. M. DOSAUO?UI'U'S home: it was the
only picoo taken, Naa it wai loft out by
mistako when iho rost of tho family
silver was oonooalod. Tho lotter was
prinlod in tho Camion uowspapor, but
it ha? novor bcon roturnod to my pos
session. I would bo glad lo havo it
DOW, or at loast a oopy of it. This
nogro women had boon a ?lave of your
Rrandmolhcr'fl, and aotod thon and af.
torwards, oa if ?ho still boro allogianoo
to her, and you, 1 think, remomborhor
as bho nursed your sister, yoursoif and
littlo John. Sho was n*mod Cinda, and
wanted to go with us to Charleston, but
her mother was old and fotblo aud
wanted her to stay in Camden. In my
own mind and that of my family thoro
iu not a doubt of tho lottor hoing au
thentio.
1 enjoyed your lotter, and will writo
poon. My lovo to my cousins in tho
houso,
V our affootionnlo Mother.
WREOKED IN A FOG
Ship Sank and PassonRors Became
Paulo Stricken
Tho Oriont Slunin Navigation Com
pany's Btoamor Laaitania, Captain Mo
Nay, from L ivorpool, Juao 18, oi?
Montroal, having BOO passoagors on
board, was wrooked Wodnosday night
off Capo Bollard. No loas of life oo
ourrod. All tho pa?songors woro ros
ouod. '
Tho Luaitauia was bound round Capo
.UflOd for Montreal, with n largo cargo
iud a Khip load of. passengers. Sho
oiisfook hortoo?r??b^
Wont a3ho'r?,f "boar lt j nows, twenty
i milevs- north of Capo ltaoo, boforo day
broak. Tho ship ran over a roof and
hangs against a oliif. Tho passengers,
who aro mostly emigrants, woro panio
striokon. They stampeded and fought
for tho boats, aud they woro ovoroomo
by tho o?f?oors and crew, who Boourod
control af tor groat troublo and a pro
longed strugglo with tho roughor ele
ment among tho passengers, who uaod
knivos. THO women and children wero
first landed and tho mon followed. Tho
crow stood by tho ship.
Tho passongorB of tho Lusitania had
a terrible exporionoo. Tho first knowl
odgo whioh thoy had of tho disastor
was when, owing to tho ship rasping
ovor tho rooka, thoy wero all hurlod
from thoir borths. Many of thom woro
bruised and thoy all hurriod on dook
in their hight cloths. A noone of groat
oxoitomont onsuod. Fivo hundrod por
Bons wero oluiuoring tu osoapo whilo
tho oiow triod to pacify thom and
l&uuoh tho boats. Tho malo passongors,
iu thoir attompt to seize tho boats,
trampled tho women undor foot ana
fought tho orow with knivos. Somo of
tie moro cool-headed of tho paesongors
assisted tho orow in thoir efforts to got
out tho boats.
Tho women and children rosouod
woro almoBt uakod. Dfcnohcd with
spray, thoy wero pilled up tho cliffs by
tho ooast peoplo. Some of tho boats
wero do mol urned in tho surf whilo at
tempting toland and their half drowned
oooupantu held on to rooks shivoring
with tho oold until rt souod.
This morning tho unhappy passen
gers, aftor shivoring for hours on tho
Hill top, trainpod ovor weary miles in
thoir endeavor to renell thojiouso ot tho
fi&horuion, whoro thoy aro fyow shelter
ed.
Provious to roaching tho oliffe, tho
passcngors paasod two hours of terrible
anxiety on tho wrook. Tho Btoamor
Gl?mme, biioging tho Lusitania's pas
fcODgoru, waa duo hero Wednesday night.
Tho moufiODgor v/ho brought tho nows of
tho wreck to St. Johns lays tho passen
gers on boaid tho Lusitania drow thoir
ii niven to out . tho boat lashings and
threatened tho orow of the, stoamor
whoo they thought tho latter attempted
to iatoifero with thom in to doing.
Tho hst moflsngo to tho ?gout? of tho
Lusitania hero says tho vossol is hard
and firm aground on tho roof and a hopo
less wrook.
PostofTicoB Washed Away.
Oftioial advioes to tho pOBtoflioo do
par inion t show that tho break on tho
Virginia and Ohio division of tho Nor
folk and Western raiiroad, oausod by
tho flood extends for a distanco of f)0
milos, from Williamson to l?nnis, txoept
tn spots tho In an.J h lino running Iratn
Goodwill to BranwoH is priotioally on
tiroly wshod away. Chief Clerks
I Goodlofrom Waohington, ano Sales from
Lynchburg, of tho railroad mail hoivico,
have gone to tho flood district to mako
a report on tho situation and noed in a
pontal way. Tho postmaster at Cedar
Bili ff, Va., wirod Woduoedty that tho
monoy ordor funda, forms, blanks and
stamps, together With transit mall from
Paint Ltok, Va-, woro swoptaway by tho
flood. Cedar Bluff is on tho Clinch Val
loy division of tho Norfolk and Wcnttrn
railroad, in Tazowoll oounty. Tho post
master at Konis, Va... also reports his
ornoo swept away. Tho first notion of
tho po&toffioo dopartmont in furnishing
emergonoy mail sotvioo into tho flood
di?tnut waa taken Wodnoaday whon
Assistant. Postmaator Gonoral Shallon
borgor au',horlzod tho ostablishmont of
a epooial sorvloo to Duhring, via Bran
wo ll and Prooman, *
IN WAKE OF FLOOD.
Tho Wreck of Railroad? and
Bridges Woro Complete.
GREAT LOS8 TO MINES?
No Coko Can be Hindlid. for
Woe ks Whlakoy Courage
Caused Loss of Sev
eral* L?vos.
Tho (Iamago in tho coal fiolds hogina
at Colo Dato, which ia 15 miloo
west of Bluofiold. At that plaoo groat
embankments supporting tho railroad
traok havo hoon waahod out.
Al Mayborry, from tho train oan bo
Boon fivo houeos upsot and partially
demoli? li od. Tho branch road leading
from this point to tho Norfolk and
Doha oolliorios haa Bustainod heavy
damage; tho traok io washod out in
somo pl?008 and oovorcd ovor in others,
and thoBo lott of tho long row of valu
ablo ooinpany housos havo an unsightly
appoaranoo on account of material
washod in thoir yards.
Tho loss boro and at Li ok Brr.noh ia
$15,000. At Lick Branch tho wntor was
very high, and at this plaoo damago to j
tho main linc of railroad begins, and
doatruotion of ooal company property
incrcasos.
At. M >.ntfl nun ho SOC" tho vom?i??S of
a valuablo houso, and on d inn bolow,
lumbor from many building* is ool
loo ed high against bridge abutments
and othor unmovablo slruoturos. At
this plaoo tho cast bound ti'Aok begins
to entirely disappear and at Homo dis
ta&oo further tho roadbod is entirely
gouo from both traoks.
Tho iron bridgo Btruoluros still ro
main but tho aiproaohoB to either ond
in most all casos havo boon entirely
washod away, by reaiion of lumber from
domoliahod housos and othor matonal
hoing wodgod against tho abutment*
causing tho water to How arnuud. All
woodon budges aro gone. Tho Turkey
Cap coller ios'loss is $29,000, tho tip
plo is slightly damaged and tho ooko
traoks gone.
Tho delivery and coko ovon traoks of
tho Crosser and Houston operations aro
moni entirely gone. Bndgoa and ali
oars aro turned ovor ompty and partially
loaded, and somo aro deinolishod. Tho
Crozer boiler houso is wa*hod out and
tho damago sustained is $25,000.
Tho damage at Houston io $15,000.
At tho Upland company tho boitor
houso and tipplo is partially washod
away. Along hero tho camp housoo
havo boon moved and destroyed. - Bo
twoeu this operation and Kyle, all
traoks aro badly damaged, nearly ovory
.ihing having ?x?haheod^p?>.H?oi?' -filth*
tho termer orook bod. . Tho groat Alla
whioh tho railroad company havo been
ni&king and riprapping cvor sinoo tho
high water of 1897, havo boon levelled-.
All operations havo had heavy loss and
weoks will havo passod boforo they oan
work aguie to advantago.
Heavy damago wa3 dono at Ljmoh
burg operations, mostly to tho tracks.
Up north Fork bran oh a ruiuod houso
oan bo soon, besides a lot Of building
material whioh was lodged against
North Folk bridgo. Tho wator han
ohangod its oourso at this bridgo by
removing tho embankment at tho oast
approach. Tho North Fork operations
all Bustainod oonsidorablo damago.
Algoma lost houses and traoks and
no reasonable estimato oan yot bo made.
]?lkridgo lout a number of houses, ooko
ovons and I rostios. Tho powor house
and thoir traoks woro washod out. Tho
tippleid also damaged; loss. $20,000.
Ureonbrior lost a numbor of housos
and thoir traoks woro damagod.
At Hollo tho tipplo and trostlo wcro
I damaged.
At lloanoko tho damago to housoB,
trestles and traoks will amount to $7,
500.
At Arlington bridgoa'aro gono abovo
and bolow tho tipplo and tho loss is
estimated at $10,000.
At MoDowoll tho traoks aro washod
out and houses destroyed.
Gillioma loss is heavy in small
houaos.
Indian Ridge lost a numbor of housoo
and thoir storohousos waa damaged.
Dr. Workman's houso and ornoo woro
washed away, los? $12.000.
Ashlands loBt botweon eight and ton
thousand. Bottom orcok lout $25,000.
Tidowator lost hoavily.
At Koystono tho Btroots aro washod
irrogular and dobris is ovorywhoro;
floors of tho building standing aro oov
orcd with mud and water has boon all
ovor tho town to a oonsidorablo depth.
Had it not b?on for tho jamming of
tinco or four buildings at tho upper ond,
noar tho susponBion bridgo, no doubt
tho outiro proporty of tho town v/ould
havo boon n total loss.
Just opposito Calhoun's buildings on
tho othor Bido of tho orook, all housos
woro cntiroly swept away, inducing
tho most o? Bolioher town. Property
is undermined and badly damaged at
Burke Tho wholo fill, on whioh tho
two traoks pass through Koystono, is
cntiroly geno, track* and ail, Tho
wagon bridgo and tho ooal ooinpany
housos on tho company's sido aro alua
gono, and Bank's building known as
''Ibo First Chango Saloon," is domol
iohod. Many per mus had narrow os*
oapoi with th?ii' lives andmon, women,
and o li i Ul r n suuocodcd is escaping
through waior waist doop, while ethers
w"ro oarriod away. A Mr. Abbott sue*
oecdtd in roBOuing a man mimed Look
wood on Main stroot by fa>toniug him
Bolf to post by moans of a ropo anet mak
ing n dive in tho swift water just us
Lookwook was sinking from viow.
Many similar rosouos wcro made.
Fight hue ien have been found bctwCOU
i Jin Ko and kkiknun. Thcro is no doubt
that many lost thoir liven through mero
pro jool-! and from hoing intoxioatod.
Ono white man got on a section of sido
walk aud loft town with hi? aims folded
roinarking that ho was going down bo
low to find out how ovorything was.
His body was recovered afterwards. .
Tho lon? at Poorlcsj is ostima,tcd at
$30,000 and at Shawnoo at $30,000.
"How to Koop Cool" rooipoa aro tho
order of tho day, and liko a oortain
othor long Bought roinody, havo novor
yot provod offioaoious. Candidly-if a
bull bo pormittod-tho only way to
koop oool is not to try.
THE CROP OUTLOOK
Tho Weather Conditions Laat Wo ok
Were Unfavorable.
Bolow is givon tho wookly bullotin
of tho condition of tho weather and
oropa in tho Stato issuod last week by
Uirootor Bauor of tho South Carolina
sootiou of tbo oliniato and orop nov
vioooftho U ai tod State B won thor bu
reau. It is of special interest in view
of tho gloomy viows of tho farmers:
Tho week onding Monday, Juno 24th,
had nom-Jy normal tomporaturo, and
olosed with oxtromoly hot woathor,
with maximum tomporaturos hetwoon
95 sud 100. A minimum of Ol was ob
sotved at Spartanburg on tho 18 oh.
Thoro was loss than tho usual amount
of suuBhino ovor a largo portion of tho
Stato, but gouorally it was about nor
mal. Thoro was a sovoro hail and
wind Btorm in Lexington oouuty on
tho 22d.
Tho rains of tho wot k woro looal in
obaraotor, but woro tho hoavioBt of tho
season at a fow points. TI19 hcnveSt
rains ooourrod gonorally in tho North
Carolina bordor ocuottos, v/horo bot
tom lands wcro flooded for tho fifth
timo this yoar. Cultivation made good
progross in tho oonual and southeast
cm oountios, but ovon thero lowlands
aro Btill too wot to plow, while olao
where plowing was praotioablo on only
from ot; o to throo days, and fiolds con
tinuo (0 bo foul with grass and woods,
in plaoos, to such an extont that both
ocrn and cotton have boen abaudonodj
and lowland oats have boon out ano.
cured for hay on account of tho gras?.
Colton improved shghty whoro it
could bo worked, but tho plants oon
tii'.UG to M? U?pC??uii?uly numil, ana
much of it io yollow. Somo cotton is
soaldod and lioo aro still in ovidonoo,
although lofiR nurnerouB than last
week. ; Chopping is hot fi dished. Many
iioldi arc still grassy and much cotton
?B being destroyed ia oloauing it of
gias? and woedr. foomo fiolds have
been abandoned on aooouat of their
foul oondition aud .looroity of laborers.'
Sot island made a decided improve
ment.
Upland oom looks woll whoro it was
worked, hut muoh looks yellow and is
very proal)j while lowland oom is ir
retrievably injurod by OXOOSB of mois
turo and luok of proper cultivation.
Bntoin* hsvj not all been planted or
replanted. Corn ia tasseling low and
is unpromising gonorally.
Tooaoco is toing cut and ourod in
Plorouoo county; it is small and poor in
all sootions, hut has improved daring
ttio wook. Rioo is excellent in tho
Charleston and Williamsburg districts,
somo was damagod by ovorflows and
stagnant wator in tho Colioton dis
I ti iot, whilo in tho Goorg?town dis
trioto froshcts injurod it. and only
about one-fourth tho usual amount ol
Juno rico could bo planted. Wh|$?
harvest is noarly finished, and hie
wheat was poor owing to rust and.
gialnfl atc sprouting in tho shook \?o
nomo extent. Throshing has boguh
with gonorally good yiolds.
?woot potato slips aro still hoing set
out. Some peas have boen plantod. lu
placos melons uro blighting, but a goo
oral improvement is notou. Poaohos
aro rottoning oxtonsivoly as thoy ripen.
Apples continue to drop.
Wild plums'and bordos aro plentiful.
A continuation of dry woathor is
needed to improvo orop prospeots
whioh aro still very unfavorablo.
A Little Boy Killed.
Tho Columbia Stato says a deplorable
aooidont ooourrod at tho hipworth or
phanage during Ibo storm of Wednes
day afternoon. AA old cow shod was
blown to tho ground, killing ono little
follow outright and wounding two
othors. Tho boys-niuo io numbor
-w?ro ia tho orchard gathoring
plums. Overtaken by tho rain
j thoy wont undor a nearby cowshed
together with two negro mon, a half
dozen oows and two horses. Tho old
shod was unable to withstand tho in
creasing foroo of tho wind and soon af tor
foll with a crash. As soon as tho ne
groes could disent anglo themselves tho
wrookago was removed. Charlie Staok
was found lying on his loft sido pinnod
to tho ground by a hoavy sill whioh had
orushe? his skull. Thoro wero sovoral
bruises on his body and his log was
btokon. J>JO White had a long gash
down tho forehead and faoo to his lip,
it hoing out to tho bono, and John H.
Park or had his right olbow dislooatod.
Tho agos pf tho injuret* boys woro 9, 6
and 12 years rospootivoly, Tho littlo
follow wno was killed, Charlio S?aok,
caine to thcorphanago about throo and a
half yoars ago. His former homo was in
Florones whoro ho aud his oidor brother
livod up to tho timo of thoir father's
death.
Killed With an Axe. -
Hov. Patrick Chambors, ono of tho
most prominent oitizons of tho Holly
Springs sootion, Goonoo County, had
diod tro ti tho eflcota of a blow ro
ooivod at tho hands of his son-in-law,
Han Hoaoh, sovoral days ago, with an
axo. All this trouble, it is said was
o;>u:.od by Keach not providing for his
own family. Ho lives at tho homo of
Mr. Chainbors who told him ho ought
to got to work and muko a living for
his family. KoaohbeoAino furiouu, so
oirod hi? r.xo, and dealt n deadly blow
with tho siuo of it baok of tho loft oar.
Mr. Chamber* is a leader of his sootiou,
honefat and rosptotod. Hoaeh has boon
in trouOlo bo fora, his father in law al
ways coming to his rosene, trying to
in&ko tumo-.liing ou/o him.
Ki Hod by Lightning.
A groat many moro persons eonm? to
bo kilted now by lightning than fm mor
ly. Whilo stacking wheat on his farm,
six miloii liouth of Piodmcuot, Ala., on
\Yodnesday. Hebert Coo- aud his Sou
wore idruck by lightning ?ind instantly
killed. Whilo wurkiug in a held in
Lincoln couaty, Noi\h Carolina, Wed
nesday afternoon,. William Huss and
ono son woro instantly killed, and
another son probably fatally iojurod by
lightning.
A Long Sontonco.
One of tho longest and diroot son
tonooB ovor pronouoood upon a oriml
nal is probably oonlainod in tho doois
ion ol'a Judge in Naples, who in Hided
reooutly upon an Italian advonturor,
who ploadod guilty to and WAS oonviot-.
od of sixty four soparlo forgeries. Tho
judgo figurod up tho ponaltiosand .. omi
dally Bcotonoed tho prisonor to .1,088
years of solitary oonfinomont.
?TARVING IN CHINA.
Tho 8nd Condition of That Un?
S happy Country.
ILLION? DYINQ FOR BREAD.
li
Vfi are of Drought the Causa.
/ Death by the Thousands.
Children Sold for
Bread to Eat.
b Twonty millions of mon, womon and
'ohildron starving ; a universal huogor
that oausos thousands of doatho daily;
yarohod ilolds and a drought of throo
years' duration; wholo villages abandon
ed to tho doad, and tho population sub
sisting on roots and herbs; mothers
polling thoir ohildron for broad, and
tho horrors of oannibilism.
j Suoh is tho awful pio'.uro that has
? veoontly boon brought to tho attontion
!of tho world from boyond tho niouu
'tains whioh onoloso tho -prov?noos of
Shonai and Shonsi, ia China.
Tho first break in tho silonoo of do
pair, tho ii cst signal of distroos from
tho millions of statving in thoir iso
?".j.tion oamo in tho form of a cablogram
to Amorioa from Li Hung Chang,
tabina's '?Grand Old Mau,"-tho Bis
Wrok of Asia.
i Tho oaMogram ia ilsolf was a strango
thing d^or tho licit timo in that long
?history whioh began in tho dawn of
timo, China was appoaliug for aid to
\ih<? no wer world boyond tho Groat Wall
Knd tho.grcat sea Njver boforo had tho
like ocourrod. Calamities and wars
/and pcstilunoos thoro havo been ia
^Ohina ^ during tho long, monotonous
|dyna'jtios, but nouo that shoo^naidorcd
jiUmpoasiblo of roliof from roeouroos
Mithin lier own bordors. Ail tho tradi
tions of her past, all prcoodenfand ro
(ligion, woro opposed to a pica for aid
'{ft?ox a foroigu powor. Sid, indood,
Wet bo tho plight of tho 20,000,001),
(.lion Li Hung Chang says tu Christian
.America: "Help, or wo por lob I"
) ''Very soriouj famiuo," Earl Li oa
hjod; ''sproads ovor wholo provinoo of
\Shanai. Over 11,000,000 population
a?ooiud. Urgont rohof noooesary. Con
dition warrant immodiato appeal."
m Wu Ting Fang, Chmoso minister to
.tho Utiitod States, supplomontod tho
wiooroy's words with an urgont inos
?jiago of his own, and forwarded a
translation of tho following louohing
$ppoal from, tho govornor and nativo
? cl?of ootnmittoo of Shansi:
I 'To 0ur O ?n Pooplo aud-Foreigner*:
"Thia timo. tho famine is moro pori
?8m't.\iai\ ovor,.heo\ufjo in tho nov^h ard I
vUf^rV; (vows? ?:^".iti>'<M?o. HO?H)UW,??I
haVQi Boyer al plaaos in rebellion. China
is very poor now, and tho peoplo aro in
suoh a Blraightonod position that no vory
,big iassistanoo oan bo oxpootod from
thom. Sinoo moro than sovoral months
now, tho famiuo has boon beginning in
plaoos in this provinoo. In somo vil
lagos thoy aro eating human flesh.
"All our brothers in tho world should
bo very sorry for^.us, and should know
how unfortunato wo aro. Wo wish all
our pooplo to sharo somo of your monoy
whioh you spond amusing yoursolvos.
and for travoiing, and for drossing ana
for all kinds of comforts, to rosouo
thoso poor pooplo. It is much bottor
to eavo tho starving and dying mon,
womon and ohildron horo, than to build
a pagoda or tomplo, or ovon a o h uro h
booauao from ton to twolvc million poo
plo aro Buffering to doath."
Tho two provinoos of Shansi and
Shonsi aro sido by sido in tho northoru
part of tho Chinoso empire, 600 mile?
from tho soa ooasc, thoir oombinod
aroa of 157,000 squaro milos, about that
of tho Now England Statoa with Now
York and Pennsylvania; yet, orowdod
into this small torritory aro 20,000,000
human boings, moro than ono-quarter
tho ontiro population of tho Uni tod
States.
Shapsi and Shonsi woro onoo beauti
ful and fruitful. Thoy aro mountain
ous and.furrowod by pioturo&quo val
loys. In faot, a literal translation of
Shansi would moan "Mountains bf tho
East." For oonturios buforo wostorn
history began, tho denso population
oultivatod noe on tho terraces on tho
hillsidos. Shansi is old over for China.
Its principal oily, Tai-y lien, was tho
capitol of tho ompiro wlion Fokin was
now. Its pooplo woro simple, oontontod
and poaooablo.
Daring tho last dooadoEuropean and
Amorioan oivilizationhasdrivou an on
toring wodgo into tho proj adi?os and
suporaititionB of tho mountain pro
vinoos. Eapooinlly was this tiuo of
Shansi, tho noaror of tho two to tho soa
obast. Until rooontly it was tho scone
of tho labors i f moro than iyo mission*
arios. Agonts of foreign firms in Hong
Kong and Shanghai havo orossod tho
mountain passos, and havo made a bo
ginning in what will somo day bo un
doubtedly a largo import tr.ado with tho
farmers of tho terraced valloys.
Thoro aro ooinparativoiy low ntroama
in tho two proviuocs, and wator for tho
rico Hold j is supplied by irrigating
ditohesand wolla. TUoio dry up whoa
rain fails, and tho nsult is a faiiuro of
crops and famino. Suoh is tho condi
tion now. For two yoars eoarojly any
rain h/o f Allon in Shansi and Shonsi.
Boforo tho last of tho missionarioa
loft Shansi, tho black shadow of hun
gor hung HO low over tho land as to
mako oven tho famiuo horrors of India
small by oumparison. And tho shadow
has continued to doopon. No ono will
probably over know tho exact number
of vioiiins, but rooont accounts givo
somo idea of tho doath harvost that is
hoing gloanod in tho parohed fields.
Rico, tho ono important staple of food,
is worth its woight in gold. As a sub
stituto tho people, in sheor despair, oat
grass and tho loavos of tioos.
Deaths aro too numorous to mako
funorals any longer possiblo. Outoido
of ovory vilbgo a doop pit is dug, and
every morning aro laid tho bodios of
thoso who havo diod during tho night,
oovorod only, by a thin layor of oarth.
Lator in tho day anofchor ghastly layor
j 1B plaood upon thom and tho process
octntinuod until tho pity is ll Hod, whioh
seldom takes longer than a fow days.
Largo towhft aro dbpopulatod. Tho in
habitant! waldor Uko tylld boaato
?through tho fiolds ?oarohing vainly for
food.
Loathorn strapB and saoks aro boiled
and eaton to satisfy tho oravings of
hunger. Somo idoa of tho horror of
lt all oan bo gathered from the follow*
ing lottor roooivod in this oity from a
Chinaman in Shansi:
"A man Just oamo from a villago
out?ido of this oliy, and doBoribod tho
oondition of tho starving pooplo, whioh
mado mo fool as though I waa among
thom. Thirty dollars was tho prieo of
a bag of rico. Thc poor have no ?ico;
they killed ovory thing in ai glu, if eat
able, and cooked evon loather boxos or
bags, and Btowod troo-bark and grass.
Somo of thom woro BO famished that
thoy woro oven oating oarth.
"Ca tho first day, ho saw a numbor
of poer pooplo Bolling their ohildron
for rioo. Cn tho ?coond ho Baw tho
Bamo party lying starving on tho road,
and on tho third day about half of
them woro dead, and thoir misorablo
bodioB woro lying at tho morey of
hungry dogs and wolves.
"Nearly ovory oity, town or villago
ho passed through was doaortod or tho
houses oooupicd by tho doad. It is
said that in ono town tho people havo
oponed a human Ooah msrkot.
"Anothor friond told mo of a fair *'v
of nino. Tho mother oould not boar to
hoar tho ory of tho famishod ohildron
and fiaally oommitted suioido."
Tho Christian Herald oaught up Li
Hung Chang's appoal and sproad it
broadcast throughout tho United
Statos. Tho roBponao has boon moro
quick and gonorom than to any provi
ent! callo on tho gonorosity of Ameri
can!). Ono of tho lind contributions
was from President MoKinloy, who,
from his special oar on bia journey
aoroBB tho ooottinont, telographod hia
?on?fiuutio? along wiih thnt of Mr.
John II ty, norn olary of stato.
AI rood $20,000 havo boon oablod to
tho Italie! committee of fi90 mi t.. si o n
arios in Tionlsin. Tho obstaeloawhioh
lcd nomo portions in this oountry to
fear that tho distribution of i'?imino re
lio! in China would bo a di Hie ult ta? k
havo melted away.
Shanta's now governor is a Y o ry pro
grossivo Chinaman. Ho is a friend ol
tho foroginors, and ho recently sont au
official escort to Pekin to oonduot thc
missionaries back to Tni-Yon-Fu.
Shtnai, too. has boon found to bo quite
aa aoooBBiblo for roliof operations af
any other part of tho empira.
Tiloso aro tho dsya whon olootrioitj
and H to a m aro knitting tho world to
got Kor. $20,000 oan now bo sont fron:
Now York to China almost as emily ai
Philkd?lnhl^
Whilo you aro reading thin a flo! il lr
of small janka and river boats is prob
ably well on its way up tho Yang-tat
rivor. Tho flotilla is laden with toni
of rico. It will follow its winuings to
ward tho southern bordors of tho twt
provinoos, and thon continue up tin
rivor Han to a point whore its oarg<
will be loaded on wagon trains am
oarriod far into tho interior. v Thou
uanda of livos will bo tmvotl, and, a
Wu Ting Ifang rooontly -?ttfei^^Ss
?O?toiV'tl ?o ? long "- wayr?i>w'aid h'?.p
ing tho Chinese to roalizo thc foroigu
ors aVo not their o no mies."
YOB. $20,000 will go a long way ii
Shansi and Shonsi, but aftor all. it i
only a beginning. A great doal mor
is needed boforo tho shadow oan b
iiftod from over tho dosort valley.')
A fund is now boing rained whioh it I
hopod may rival tho huadrods of thou:
ands contributed for India.
Oruahod, hoartbrokon China toda
looks to America as her best friont
Thoro is something pathotio in 1
Hung Chang's soleotion of this ooui
try for his appoal.
Li Hung Chang waa tho friond <
Gen. drant. By his instructions, th
Chinoso minister ovory memorial da
j lays a wroath on tho tomb on Hive
sido Drivo. Li Hung Chang mado i
us tho firat admission of his oountry
suffering*
Shall his appofl bo in vain? Wi
tho countrymen of U. S. Grant gi'
no hood? No, as Dr. Louis Klops?
says, in a littlo pamphlet juit iasiiod I
tho roliof fund:
'* 'Lot tho dead past bury its deat
Thoso pooplo, though thoir skin bo yt
low* though thoir oustoms bo strang
though thoy livo in a different elim
though thoy havo orrod, and gric
cu sly errod, yot aro they our brothrc
and wo will not dosort thom in tl
hour of torriblo affllotion and d
trosa.
"Thoy shall not dio if wo can prove
it. Their ohildron shall not bo st
for food, for to thom thoy aro as d<
as our own prattling babos aro to 1
thoy shall not starve, Booing that G
has givon us enough and to spare. I
of our abundanoo will wo assist tho
and, God helping us, wo will do
thom as wo would, under similar 0
ditions, havo thom do to us, and tl
reducing tho Goldon ltulo to praoti
wo will givo thom bread to tho full
tont of our individual ability."
Saving lives in North China is not
ozponaivo proooss.
Ton Amoriean eonts will pay tho
ponncs of a small family for a <
and twonty oonts will savo a lifo fo
woek, A dollar is all that is nom
to maintain a family of fivo for a w<
and $100 will keep alivo a good si
villago. All contributions towards t
dcaotving cause should bo addros
to tho China Kami no Roliof fund, 0
Tho Christian Horald, Biblo Hoi
Now York._
A Fatal Collision.
A collision occurred on ono of
streets of Montgomery, Al*., Wodi
day afternoon between a trolley oar 1
hmso oart oausod tho death of ono 1
and four woro injured, '.?be fire;
woro responding to an alarm of firo
woro crossing tho railroad track w
tho'hoso oarriago was struok by tho
Tho Btreot had recently been graded
that point and tho out waa of suoh a
turo that neither party oould seo
other until too lato to stop. Tho 1
oarriago wai totally domoiishod and
front ond of tho oar badly brokon. '
oonduotor and motormen woro arres
A (Jaroloss ISnginoor.
A froight of tho Seaboard Air 1
ran into a freight of tho Plant sys
at tho or Dieting at Bladon. Ga., Wed
day morning? It 1B tho law in Goo
that all trains shall stop at oro?sl
From tho ovidonoo lt acorns that li
Bradford, onginoor of tho Seaboard t
failed to Slop his train. A crash wat
result. Bradford was seriously inj
and Ids Aroman, Robert Simms,
instantly killed. Nobody on tho I
systom train was hurt, Sovoral
woro smashod and tho Seaboard 011
THE OROP OUTLOOK.
On the Whole the General Condition
ie Bettor
Tho growing cotton orop mado fair
pr ogre tm tho last wo ok and is doing
woU cxoopt in tho AUantio Statos,
whore oxoossivo moisturo and laok of
cultivation hay o kept its condition low,
hut in those sootiops, tho orop lc'kg
well. In tho oontral and wootorr-. dis
triots squares aro forming and blooms
havo boon noted rot far north as Mis
souri, whilo in southwostbru Tox?s
pioklng has begun.
Wo at of tho Mississippi droughty
conditions prevail that will soon injuro
tho prospootB unloss roliovod by rain.
Lioo aro oausing nomo approhonaion in
tho Atlantic Statoa, and tho boll woovil
in Texas has caused damage locally.
On tho who to, tho orop is in a fairly 1
promising condition. j
In North Carolina frcquont showers
with oloudy, oool woatnor provailod
during tho wook Just pasaoi. Bains
eoe ur rod at soino plaoo or other in the
??talo on every day of tho wook, and
woro quito hoavy on tho 21st and night
of tho 24 th, oausiag fren h o tn ia tho
smallor stroams; but gonerally tho
rains woro looal in olnvraotor, and ovor
many oountios thoro woro favorablo
opportunities for farm work. Cotton
is making vory slow growth, but looks
woU in cultivated Molds; grass oontiu
uos to bo troublesome; in somo ooun
tios lioo havo appoarod on cotton.
Soma early plantod cotton ia beginning
to lorm tquaros.
In Mouth Carolina ootton improvod
slightly whoro it could bo worked, but
the pl s nt s continue to bc uaroaiO?ubly
small, and much of it is yoUow. Somo
ootton is sodded, aad lioo aro still in
ovidonoo, although loss numorous than
last week. Chopping is not finished.
Manv fi J ld -J aro still grassy, and much
OOtton 18 being destroyed in cleaning
it of grass and woods. 8omo fiolds
have boon abandoned on aoaouut of
their foul oondition and soaroity of la
borers. ??A island mado a dooidod '.im
provement.
In Georgia hoavy rains foll in tho
oasioru oountics carly in tho week;
otherwise generally fair weather has
provailod with high tomporaturo. Ali
orops havo boon gtvon muoh needod
cultivation, but tho supply of labor is
not equal to demanda. A slight im
provement in tho orop situation is
noted in many oountios, whilo in otil
?te tho dotrimontal effoots of tho past
heavy rains aro still apparent. Cotton
is still in poor condition in many lo
calities, but oom iarooovoriug rapidly. |
In Alabama hot, dry woathor pro?
vailed, tho day temperatures averaging
well up in tho ni notion, and, on a fow
days during tho latter part of tho wook,
reaching 101 dogrooa at ?orno stations in
middle and o ns torn oountioe; practically
no rain oeourrod, except Boattorod show
or? ia oxtremo castora oouutios Sahdav
afternoon, onda general rain would now
Ih^vbonntloiM .to, alt orops. Tho dry
; woathor- was favorablo tor work, and
ootton has been mostly worked out, and
is now olean, and, whilo it is small, it is
gonerally healthy and ia improving
Btoadily ; squares aro forming vory gonor
ally, and somo is ready to bloom.
In Mississippi ovor tho oontral and
northern portions of tho State tho work
was vory favorable for tho cultivation
and growth of orops; which aro gen
erally in good oondtion, but nooding
rain. Ia tho southern oountios tho
continued dry woathor oommonood to
show its ill offoots on orops, especially
oom aad gard on a. Ovor tho most of
tho Stato ootton is olean aad is mak
ing a satisfactory growth, although
gonerally from two or throo weoks late.
lt is beginning to bloom ia somo of tho
Eouthora and oontral oouutios.
la Louisiana tho week has boon pvao .
tioally vainicas, and for tho second
time during tho prosont growing season
drouth of damaging intensively pre
vails in all parts of tho Stato
Cottonis reportod in fine oondition ia
a low looalitios, rough and kinky or
turning rod and ia other ways show
ing tho bad effoots of tho dry, hot
woathor ia other plaooa, but gonerally,
although from ono to thrco week lato
aad growing slowly, it is looking heal
thy and tho first planted is blooming.
Ia TonucsBoo eottoa is still small, but I
tho high tomporaturo of tho wook was j
favorablo to ic, and tho outlook is moro
onoounging now than at almost any
prc rous timo this soaason.
v;,*:>. Texas vory light rain was roport
od from a few looalitios ia tho north
eastern aud over tho oktromo north*
wostorn portion of tho Stato, and show
ors occurred boro and thoro along tho
Brazos aud Trinity rivera on tho 17th
and 18th, but ia no oaso was tho raia?
fall euffioioat to reliovo tho nooda of
orops. All portions of tho Stato need
rain and in a groat many sections, not
ably in tho oontral, southorn and oaa.t
orn, a sorious drouth is prevailing.
Cotton, oo unidor i n g tho dry woathor,
has dono woU; tho orop is gonerally in
bloom. Tho crop needs rain, but thoro
aro only a fow iostaaoos notod whoro
tho piantis aotually Buff criag for mois
turo. Tho boll woovil continuos to
damage otton, but thoir depredations
aro oonlined to limited areas in tho
southorn portion of tho Stato; r o por tn
indioato that they aro hoing rapidly
thia nod out by tho var iou y mot bods
unod to oxtorminato thom. Karly oot
ton ia tho cxtromo south ia opooiog and
is hoing piokod.
In Arkansas tho woathor continuos
hot and dry. No rain of* oonsoquonoo
oooutred during tho wook, oxoopt in the
northwest sootion, whoro soattorod
showors ooourrod on tho 18th inst. All
orops aro bogioning to need rain badly.
Corn and cotton havo mado rapid
growth.
In Oklahoma and Indian Toirltory
oloar, hot woathor, with high southerly
winds provailod during tho wook; looal
showors ooourrcd on tho 17th, 18ih, 19th
and 2lat. Cotton ohoppping ls about
oomplotod, and tho plant is squating
and oommonoing to bloom; it made a
good growth and is in good condition,
In Missouri ootton, in tho southeast
ern oountios, ls making oxoollont pro
groas and is beginning to bloom.
In Virginia thoro was too muoh rain
for ootton.
I ? I 'ill
His Family Lopt.
I Lowell I). Hoamor, tho formor dis
burser of. the publlo.workB department
ot Vor to ltlco, died Juno 17. His wifo
and family havo boon. unsuooeis:?ully.
sought for. At ono time they *cxo bo
liovodtobo at JAoksonvillo. h'ia.i or
Memphis, Tenn. Amoiioans a> San
Juan took nhargo of tho funeral <
rsa
WRECK OF A TRAIN.
Cars Pillid One on thelOther In
an Incx'rloable Mass.
SIXTEEN PERSONS KILLED*
The Accident Occurred in a Lon?*
ly County at Midnight
Hours Bftfore Wounded
Ware Treated.
Sixteen poraons woro ? killed and
about . 50 woro soriously injurod in a
wrook o? train No. 3, tho wost bound
Wabash limited, nino milos wont of
Poroa, Ind., ot 12.30 a. m., Wodnofl
day. Tho doad aro al?'?isl'an Emigrants1
on routo to Colorado, whoao'narabs aro
unknown. Two sortions of train No.
3, ono oo min g {from Detroit and tho
othor from Tolodo. woro oonsoHdatod in
this oity into a train of olovon oars,
making ap tho flyor for its Jourooy to
St. Louis. It oonsistod of tv combina
tion baggage and oxpro??, combination
baggago and smokor, day ooaoh, emi
grant ooaoh, throo ohair oars, throo ,
Bloopers and tho privato oar of Gonoral
Suporintondont Jottor of tho Iron
Mountain railway. Having loft this
oity ono hour late thc train was speed
ing westward at a high nato whon at a
point nino milos wost tho ongino
plunged through a trostlo which had y
boon undermined by tho. raonnt ho*vy 'Vj
rains? Tho ombankmont on both sides
of ?ho littlo stream droppod at a sharp
dogroo a dint nuco of forty foot. Owing
to tho momentum of tho train tho on- i
gino appaarod to leap nearly aoroas tho
ombankmont, plunged into tho soft
earth on tho opposito sido and foll hjok
to tho bottom. Eoginoor Bailor and
Firouian Adams wore thrown from tho
oab but not aoriouuly hurt. Tho ox
pross oar and tho first ohair oar wore,
tolosoopod. /Tho emigrant oar folio wod
by two ohair oars wont down on tho
left side of tho track and tho first
sloopor pito ?tod forward upon tho mass
of dobris. Its windows and truoks
woro broken, but nono of tho ooou-*
pants wore injured. Tho romainiug
oars also loft thoir truoks, but wore not
badly damaged, lt was in tho emi
grant and day ooaohoa that most of tho
u??iuH and injuries ooourrod.
There was absolutotly no moans by
whioh tho ongino orow could nco tho
impending dangor; in faot, tho ongmo
ran out upon tho trostlo b of oro tho .
struoturo gavo way.
Tho night was intonaoly dark. For
a fow minutes af tor tho fatal plunern
and dreadful roar of orashine Umuprs,
a-deathly, stillhosa' provailod) whioh
was.ndv brokon by tho orioa of tho in
jurro. iVainmpn oaught up thoir lan*
torand rush od to tho uoighboriug ?
farm housos for assistance. ' Tho farin*
ors, with their wives and ohildron, ?
bearing torohoa, hastonod to tho soono,
AU elforts woro bout to giving first .
aid to tho injurod. Tolophono mo?
o ago fi woro dispatohod to this oity and
ovory physioian was hurriedly takon
toa spooial train wbioh oarriod thorn
to tho sopne. Tho injured Woro plaood
about on opts and ovory thing poosiblo
dono to ameliorate th?ir oondition,
For a time aftor tho roBourors reach
ed tho soono of tho wrook littlo could
bo dono in tho way of moving tho
doad. Hundrod of tons of twisted Iron
and brokon timbers rested upon tho .
oar vt boro tho unfortunato omigranta
wore orushod.
By moans of wro oking. dorrioks tho
mass was gradually oponod and by
daylight noarly ali tho doad had boon
romovod to tho oity.
The Deadly Lightning.
Tho storm whioh struok Bitsburg and
vioinity Wodnosday afternoon waa
short in duration, but torrifip in-power
and disastrous in off uot, Tho lightning
and thundor was practically continuous
for about thirty inmuto?, tho wind at
taining a volooity of thirty milos an
hour and 40 inohes pf rain foll, Tho
tomporaturo foll 2<1 dogroos within au
hour. Ono woman was killod instantly
by lightning and sdvOral othor persons
may dio from tho samo oauso, numbor
loss houses and ohurohoa woro struok by
lightning and sevoral pionio patties
woro paniostriokon. At South Avonuo
park, a-pionio party, oomposod of 1,200
persons, 700 of wnom woro ohildron,
gathorod in tho danoing pavilion, for
sholtor from tho storm. Lightning
struok a troo within oight foot of tho
pavilion and sot fire to tho struoturo.
Tho pioniokors woro- panioatriokon,
womon fainted, ohildrons oronmodn
and ovontho mon in tho party
gavo way to thoir fright. Fprtuatoly
tho hoavy rain oxtinguishod tho Hamps
and although a largo numbor of tho
party woro moro or loss hurt, in tho
panic, nono woro seriously injurod. A
similar panio ousuod at St. Joaoph'B
paroohial sohool, on Mount Olivor,
whoro oommonoomont oxorolsos v/oro
hoing hold. Tho hall was fillod with ohil
drou and thoir paronts whon lightning
struok tho building, toaring a portion,
of tho roof away. No fatalities result*
ed.
Jumps from Steamship.
Tho captain of tho Anobor Lino
stoamor Furnossia, from Now \ ork,
June 15, whioh arrived at Glasgow,
Wodnosday, roports that lllphard
Waiko, a lawyor of Virginia, jumped
overboard from tho stoamor Juno 20
and was drownod, A dipatoh says
Riobard Waiko was a roaident of Norfolk
and ono of tho moat distinguished law?
yera of the Stato of Virginia. Hp loaves
a wifo aud four daughtors. Tho widow
of Oominodorc Truoxton ia his stator.
Ho was aooompanicd on tho trip to
Europe by bia wifo and a g?ntloman
friona. His doath is tho result of his
third attompt to ond his lifo in rooont
year*, and ho is tho third of bia family
to dio by thoir. own hands within tho
past three yoara. In 1899 Honry Waiko, %
his brother, shot him?olf ia Brooklyn
?bilo on a visit to that oity, Littleton
, Waiko, son of Biohard Waiko,
stabbed hirnsolf t? doRth in his room
at tho University of Virginia roopntly.
A Goorgito odltor gays if any farmer
Hots tho weeda grow while it rains, and
doon not work fast and ooutimiowly
whilo tho sun shinos hp is going to find
(Arming a failure noxfc autumn.
This is a good timo of tho yo** to uso
wbitowaoH on fonoos.

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