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l1 . S POPL E'S AOURNAL . T I Vo.Xi ~CK IN S, S. C,, T l l .R S DA Y, ,1 A NIiA?RY 15, 190: N tE A FIERCE BLIZZARD. Extremely Low Temperatures Afflict Northwest, LAKE MICIlIGAN BOATS FROZEN UP Street Cars Forced to Suspend Oper. ations-Blizzard at Niles and Three Rivers. Detroit, Iiel., Special.-I.ower Michigan has been in the grasp of a alnow storm11 Sunday, that in the west tern part of the State assumed the proportions of a blizzard. Lake Mioli gun is lashed by a 40-mile wind Into a condition that made it impossible for boats to leiave their h(eithis. At Benton harbor. the street ear servic' Is stalled and Sunday trains on the M. B. H1. & C. RLailroad hall to be aban ,ioiied. Three Rivers and Nilcs report a hiizzard, the teinperature very low and trains delayed) by the snow. At (rani Itapids the storm is the worst of the season nil(1 the temperature lais fallen 20 (egrc(s since noon. At 11 o'clocl it was 10 degrees above zero with I he wind blowing a gale. Iu llc troil fi\e inches of 5now tell. Traini froiii thrle We:t were fron one to two hours Iato. Milwau$ee Expects 5 Below-Much Sickness and Suffering. M ilw aukec. Specia1.--The thermloml et(' regist('ie(d 2 degrees below z'eroa early :Sunday (-vening. and it is pre dic(ed 5 below before daylight. A very high north wind is blowing and few pe'rson,s are ol the streets. Similar ('oniliti(1ns exist throughout the State. A numt(ier of physiciatis report con sidcrable sickness in tills city on ac (oulint of t he cold WeIther' because their patl iils did not have sillieiint fiuel o e warm. in many instances physic-ians furnishi'd cerliiicates for Sulipii ( f r1 ecal, iut many of these could not 1Te filled. 'rho -or'k of soft (oal on hand in Milwaitke(' is estimated at 11)0,000 tons. an11d d('alers say ther' is not the renot('st probability of a soft coal famninle. Most. of the big manufacturilng concerns of the city have guarantees from dealers that make their position secur'. Large shipments of all rail soft coal are being received daily. .\ost of the (ities and towns in the State out.:ide of Milwaukee report a fairly good supply of coal (an hand and where there is a scarcity of ('oat plenty of wood can he had. Chicago Pastors Preach on the Coal Situation. Chicago, Speci:al.-Tle temlperature in ('hicarw Sunday dropped 24I de grees in less than two hours and it is hovering around the zero mark. I.ate in the day a brisk northwest wind sprang up and intensified the low ae iimi-r1atuire.. 'Thore is muitich suffering but as the worst cases of destitution have leen provided for by charitable institultiomts no deaths have been re i ofrte! during the (lay. The coal situation remains un chang(d a11(1 its causes and effect were diisi-uss(; by many Chicago pastors in their serlons Sunday. The actual search for nvidence of a comn bine of coal dealvrs for the purpose of forcing up the price c.; fuel in the Chicago iiarlk(" will be rrsumed by the special grant , jury 1"it"!h began its lask Sun (lhay.I Suffering and Death in Chicago. 'hi(ea:. S p cial .---T wo lundred thou11 sand po'rsons in (icago ait suftfeing~ fromj ailmn i''s direct ly due to -obuiI andl '.\Iosu're resulting fiomt t he ('oal fam1in.it lc'coriding to thec weekly Int1i letin of0! thle healItIh de'partmenc'it issued. Serciouils r<suts are alIready seen in a heavily increa'sed rate of deathus. Th'eo deoathi rate last week was I!. lper tudc live y'-ars of a.4e' was i12 p(Onding w'eek of last yeari. andc amllong personts over (.0 year-s of age it w"as Gales and Snow Storms in England I.ondocn. Spiecial.-The recenlt perIod (of u nusually il d weather has gi veni way ~ to a I titurn of sever'ie co0ld, atnd gales andic snow stormis ar'e pr'evalent ovei' (reat lI ritain., In the north' of IEngland and in Scotland. tihe fall oft snow has been'f very heavy, trailns have been imbedded in sno0w drifts and loeo mot0i1ves hav'e beeii derailed. Hungry passengers have been kept for hours~ on the snow boutnd trains. Much damn. age has; he.nI done by floods In Iro land. Five Degrees Above at Kansas City. Kansas City. Sleelal.--Thie loWgst temtiperature of the preCsen1t cotld weather was 4 degrees abov'e zer11o ear'ly this 7mor11ing. A sharp wind made thle most5 ullnmort.able of the win ter'. Th'ler'e Is much suffering among the por', ow ing~ to thle hiighi price of coal, bt. thlere is iio xcenre'tty of coal. lin many11 townis of Kansas anld w(est('rn M issourii. however,. tfuel of ever'y ki ind can he Purc'(hasedl. Awful Cold, But No Fuel Famine In St. Paul. ther'mometr r' eg ister'ed hut 2 di gres below 'ieroc Suinday' was one of t ho most disagreeable of the witter. A high northlwest wind greatly intIensi fled the coldI. 'Whi lre fuel is l'ar'ce and higher, conditions have not yet i'e'm It' ed the famine stage and there is bit little suffering. A Lawyer. Frozen to Death. - proiiOlnent lawyer' of thuis c'ity, iui fund on the roadcside. flye mniles West hf th city, early Slinda:,, frozen'i to deathI. Uleckett had beei~ Ill for' s eratl days and lie is le e'd liol e wvantde red In to the 'Cutily Ii', 1111 i ave fallen1 exhlau'stedc. wher'' he was 'and Sundca'y h.y a dairvmnan Below Zero In Neb raska. Omaha, Sp)ecial--Sundhay wvas one cf the coldest of the witer, I dlegree he l ow zer'o being reCgister'ed this muorn ing. Sundhay'1 niht the therrmoioter is lowver. Thie cold Wave extends thriough. out Nebraskta, lutrts of IOwa andic Do. 1 kota. Five Degjrees Below in Burlington. Bur1lingtoin, Iowa, Speci:al.-WVithi ~#the temiperiattlire 5 degrees below zero .sncw is drifting b,efore( a heavy wvind. CONGRESS AND COAL Both l-louses Tackle the flatter in a Businesslike Way. A lively debate was prec"ip itt'( in the Senate Monday participated in by AMessrs. Aldrich, Vest and .Carmack, when the forner endeavored to secure a postponement of the Vest resolution requitring the committee on finaflee to prepare ahld report a bill' removing the duty on coal. Nilr. Aldrich annonnced that there were strong hopes of art ion being taken elsewhere with the view to removing the duty on coal. Tho pr"OPosition was not ne ceptable to Mir. Vest, who vigirously objected, saying that he had no assuriance that any thing will be (lone in any' other place. "Cir("ttnstantial eviien(re"' he said. ''is strongiy against any such assulhp( lon. No act ion has been taken and 11o sus l,ietio (f any action has been sell anvy vhere and tliereafteri uncler existill g conditions to allow this resolution to s go into the uncertain and neulullIls fli tine would be eqivalent to its defeat." NIr. Vest called attention to the ac tilon of the L.egislature of ihode Isl and, for the remnhoval of the duty. Mr. Vest said he did not want to eI ar raiss the Senator from Rihode Ic sian(i,d, who was amlply able to defend hlimiI-iif I. but his desir(e Was to placs before the Senate proof of the sentiilent for tree Coal,. nowv existing. r %lr. Vest again reverted to wiat ho( all ((I his "nnl'ortunIat' "eferencs" to c Mdr. Uingley." which hai been so vig orousy r'e5:'nt("il and seill to the disk I ain(i hadl readt a letter fromt Congress-- f man lienilig, of GieoI'gia, enlosinl , on1(" from forler Ritn'sentatiave King, 01' t'tahi. detailing a conl-ersaition w"ith Alr. l)ingley at the tIme tlh( IiigIry bill was untider consideration in ('on gress. in which ie is said to have ap- c pi'ehended changes in the bill, whi"chl were pleCessary to obtain foreign lar. kets for Atmerican ods and that tie trend of Nl'. )ingiey's mind was inl that dirertiotn. .\lr. ('artainck, of Tonnessee. charged I th:t re"iproc'ity "l(am h,nn strangled" by protection. "It llhs been murdered \ Ill cold blood by protL'crio." said ih lr The benoiteiaties of the protected ltan- 1 itfarture's and the protected trusts, ho said. ha'e appropriated to thIemselves t every particle of the tariff dIty pro vided int the D)ingley act. .\r. Aldrich said the r"emarks of the i Senator from .\Missouri and the Senator f from Tennessee only confirmed his for mer01 stanttemenit thailt, the i'esolut ion I was for no other l,ut'pose than to dis- 1 cuss the questions ottside the coal I (It,nsti1on. The resolution went over. Mi. Nelson continued his rema'ks in t opposition to the omnibus statehood 1 bill and had not concluded at. 4t o'clock when the Senate took uil inobjected I pension bills on the calendar. a large number of Which were passed. House on Coal. ''he House Monday, after adopting a I resoluition to authorize the merchant marine and fisheries committee to Ill vestigate the coal situation at once, adjourned out of respect to the mem ory of (he late Representatie Tongue. ( of Or'e1ou, who (lied in this city St- i day. The. usual resolutionts of regret t were adolled and a comllittee was aIlp pointed to attend the funeral. The rosolution to investiga to he coal I situation. authorizes the to mlnittee to f investigate ""fatcs. charges and neces- ( Hit ies; to in(tiIre inito the (e5lements antd condll itons in volve'd ill said sIcoal t"ade p suplyling said North A; lantic States. th e cost' of thle coal, the me(thiodls, fe P1ilitiles and( 'ost. 0f tr .nspoIrtat ion alndr distribtution of thes same. and4 the re:as- f (s or caulses of1 slIeh >car'eity ansI is- ( trless." The r 110 meings ar to' ( be held( inl \\'sh - ingtn and 81( iln .uch other'l pllacs as thlef 'Tax May Lic Remnoved. It i exipected t hat, Cotngi'ess will pas 115 a billi'remlovinlg tile dulty of (17 ('ents a tOnl on ('0al1i implor'ted' in to this coun ltry3. ThIiis bill may01 take( the formtl of a r'e bate 0or dra'iwhack for' 0 day13s, and11 also free of dutty ('oal imlpoted into this (ounttry frloml' ('ounltries grant ing the .same pr'ivilege to the United States. Thlis means that. Canada will allow( Nova Scotia coal to come to ils coun try fr'ee, whIile coal fr'oml tIle Alle ghlenies and wiestwarid will go~ into< Canada free of duty13. Th'le way0s and l means comm~itte w0~iill meet and lpr" plare a1 lill 01n the above l ines. It is ex 1)Oeled that thle 1' ill will pass ii the loise It wsill bie taloni IIp ill the S'nalte( 1 very3 soon) andI tbhe ilntenltion is to havel'( be' (If tepuibl ican~s whol have lieenI beenl heret ofore opplosed to chlanigin the dutty on coal salid they03 w1ouldC noIt opp1ose the bill, prhoviding it slid not .1 01pen iip thle wthole tarIFf quetstiltni ad aifford ftan opplort unIty to offer ilnnum-II D)eath, of D)r. Ramisay, Griahaml Itamlsay, of tils city, one( of the last surv'1iving mlembeirs of t hes Con fede rate Conlgress, diled in the 8th year00i of ils age at the hiomie oif hii- soIl, Posttmas&ter~ James x. Iam1say, at 2:45 o'clock Sutnday mor'ning. uj. i sIx monthls ago, when 113 began to deeline toward'(s his death, Dr1. Ram. say' ('n.joy'd ai sinlgularly gr'een old aigo, thle na11'taltnd prloper0 r'ewavdil of a ('lean and t.emperate life. :onitest . begant ini the Probate Coiurt Monday, w'shen' thle widowVv of thle late m11 iioaIre, .loh n MlcCoriek Gibson01, (if thlis r'ity, whIo died at Asheville, N. C., a fewv monthis ago. lireuenltoed fot pr'obato a copy of his will made fr'om steCnogr'apilc notes lle5ged to have been pr'eser'vedl 1by Att.or'ney wells, of Asheville. The ri'ginlI will, it Is as sorted, 1has neOver been' found sineo the death of Mr'. Gibson. It biieethed lils entire estato to 11ls widotw to whloml ho was maurried a few~ hiourts boeforo hisi dnath. SiOT HER TRADUCE[ ieorgia Woman Defeiids tier Ilono Willi Revolver 3USINESS COLLEGE STUDENT SLAI W Woman Shoots )own the Plan Ac cused of Slandering tier-- Then Sit Surrendered and Was Released. Macon. Ga., lspccial.- -Mrs. Effie 1, 'arson, wifce of a railroad mnachintist rnerly the wife of Ernest l'homlp on, a pr'inlter", shot and instantly kill. I Rohert A. iRigsby, a student in ; usinvss college here. ''he t traged 1)ok place in the law office of Marna. Ike (. ltayne(', an attttrney to whlt he had gone for advicet. She sht't tit inn twice in the headt and onct bough the heai t. Shet emptied her r(" olvi', the other shots going wilt. Sitl t ont"e delivered herself to the( shltriff oillg act'ross the Stretet with the smokc. ig weaponl in her hand. She wal 'onliptly placed in jail and snbse uently released otn a bond of $1.000..1 Orolt('r'S ,jury' Iondt a verd inl. of vor" Diary mal nslaulght(r. Mrs. ('arson was a tealier of teleg. tphy inI another busin11s,s college. Sih harged that iigsby had circulate< tl'i's dlamaging to hte- character. 51h( ad gone to th' lawyer with a Iapel ti liigsby to sign. ( txoneratiing her 'l.e lawyer took Iie paper to the tol. TgO and Submitted it to Riigsby. wh( t'clined to sign, btt asked a persona literview. III. Went to the lawyer' ffice and immediately asked the( law er Jln.d I his slenographer to step int< he hall. The door was at onte tc lose nd( lot1ked In a few mttom1eWts tit hots rang out and Mrs. Car'sont eared. aunolnlcing that she had killet he( man. Itiushv was found on I1 t' (too, ith t his own rt-velvter nt'ar his righ and. What ot"currecd htmwcen thtem i of knlown1, except an admission h1; Irs. Carson that. he applied an a'pro ions epi'het to Ier'. Itigsly was originally from 11owlint Kree. Ky., or a village near by. at said t.o have been a mnembht' of amily prominent there. He hal tonl ltt't('(I a butsintess college in 'T'amnpa 'Ia., but had come to Macon to om lete his education and intended open ng another college ip .lute. iII, wa bhout 25 years old. IHe had pt'cvious ti he killing been threatened hy memn tets of Mis. Carson's family. Her mnai len name w'as Fletcher, and she wa t)rn near Ma?Itt:. Chief Justice McIver Dead. Columbia, S. C., Special.-1 io Ienry McIver, Chief Justlee of tih tate Supreme Court, died at. his ho111 t Cheraw Molttlay afte'noonl at 41:T 'clock. IIe had lwnen a sufferer fron ancer of the tongte and had beol a(F nvalidi Sevvral tonths. ilis resigna ion woul havt' gone to the lt'gisla iLr' to-mtorr'ow ht. death dtc'rced tI'ha e shoull dlie an in inclt'nt in th(' of te which Ite has honored for mor< han a decade. lit. was perhtapis lithe mos It'tremarli Itate. A man of thei motst gentleit n<i it ti, he wvas- i a .judge of Iin dt' Iis'cerni 1lent and his w ilings wt''tren msit-i iil. 1Ic' had bteni ii n the Suiprtemt 'Ourit bench'i sint' [877, anti Fit t ha or' thet gcood tot th' Sh tt,i as the lit ub i Ilan who w'as Chif C .1 isti1('ec ailt' .s thtt rilghtfuil Governortt. Jutdge Mt Vetr wFas FLaF gliant but not ('onspti< otis soldi er'. IHe stuirvived( the severtn~ olitiiFal revoilutions int t his State lth nly3 mantf in puliie life wh'lo wasl lit laitghter'." Tlhe (Genal Assembh; C' (c11onvened ini Itiie to send a dlele'ga ion to) thle funiertal. The State Suptre, ralt will lb'et bhI tomaorrtow a fternoont30 I'he Governtoir hacs setnI t t messalgt o Of Intetrest ini the KCiten. het faiiy boiardc will be initrestedi i hc stuggestionrs i'ot' the meanu311 F appa. ttg in Tlhe D)el ineaYttor for' lebtruar. i tom ah intyv ways of s'iv In g m11i< ro W\inter' vegtablies sihotuldi het Ft pritd by'i 1 thos' wh fit ndIiit it il Itract ivtely. D ishets renowned'iL'c in Sco t isht historyv Is Ft feaFturei Fandt tffel Whiipped atnd Oredred to i.-:ave, son1, Ft netgro whio assaulted a1CiF cipilt whlit hoy it A ikent, S. C.. laist Satu citv night, was whtippetd by ai ertwtd ntight t. TheJ( negrol( wats arted ( A iIhei, S. C.. Saturdac:y Faftternioon. it w'as irelease'd- upo 1 h1 tis. prom0itt11 ileave town. Upiont learitning tat tht' n gro( weouild boardtt a trinii at GrianitI ville, ',vhite (citizents.of thatt iliacte m1 the nl'gro- andJ gaveo hiim otver i laishes, -aedinipan1iedt by theo or'der leaIve the c!oinunity atonceU. menCf of D3. 0. Greenc andc John I". (On unor, fuigitives from jutstice fotr allogt fr'atuds in connection wvith 11iprovI the Savannah harbhor, ar'e pireparhl to pay lato the registry otf the Uitl States Court $80,000, the amtotunt. the bondi. Tfhe bonds wetre eschteat in the United Sfates Cour't. Wmn. Kirtk6, r's treene'se botidsni.n and t lat'e joihn b. Letary, of New York, w onthe bond of (Gayner. The exeut of Leary will pays Gaynor's bond. lHE WAS MOBBED. Man Attacked, and Used His Pistc With E.ffect. Wells, Nev., Special.-Additional die tails have been receIved here regar(l ing the tragedy enacted at Keyston Mine, wIierv the twelve union mlinor attacked Stuperintendent Traylor fo the alleged purpose of running hiti out. of the town and which resulted ; - the death or wounding of several c) the miners participating. SIucee; branch of tli Western Federation Miners wits organized a few weohs age at lllI, the minor"a are said to havi taken a decelsive .stant in labor mit Sters. the partietuir oblect of tliii wrath being the New York & Nevad, - ('ompany. Sulperintendc nt lohn It Tiraylor. who formerly was connec-tc". wit ii the I"ernando Mining ('pny1ca1J" of Uirange, Mi Xco, and also wit h t h, l'nlion Copper and (oil liill .Mines. it North Carolina. had h-en ioifitl(I o; several occasions Ihat he had hi. i leave Ih c"ampll. prisunmbt ly he i '. lie had recently (-orered a redution i:n .Ihis employes' wages. Te'leIramtus w\ ,n sent to New York. it is said. thrc-aten ing to floodh the min.s and take othin stern measurrs ilile:s Ilie suiperitid ent was reoillved. A delegation finally presented Tray 1 r wo t iti an tillimattim tco be sl14necl and figreed to within tweve' hotiirs I.ater. it is charged, I'resident i.loyd1 of the Miners' t'nion, and a commuitte1 of niners went to Traylor's ofil ie an asked him to go along cluietly. t ; they would be coml1-1led to Iake him dead or alive. 'fr'yalor emicavotrecl t argue w%"ith the meni, but i,yod orcer ed his riIpanions15 ti seize tle slper intcndlent aInd bring himn along. Thrll men started for Tirvalor. who coml mIencdl shooting. At it first shot the mniners mtad dash for t he door. 'I'hc names of tll men that wcere shot and killed are: .atnes Slangs. Sam .1ohnson and .1 Smith. Tile iniies of lie three wontil -mniiir: an. not given. The Indianola Case. t W\\ashireton. Speiial--The Indianola Miss., postoffice Was again the subjer of some consideration at the cabinel m eettrig, but Postmaster Genera lcyne ha<l little in the way of develop Inients to communicate. Attorney Gen oral Knox. to hon the ca:se was re ferred, said that he had not. had tim:, yet. to take it lip, hil he expected it begin consideration of the papers al immediately. Reference to the India nola case led to some discussion of th subjcet to Southern appointillents, b no action was taken as to the genera policy of the administration, it was do cided that the resignat.ion. of Mnniii Cox as post master. will not I)e accepte and the question of re-opening the of flee is left for further action. It is fel . y the administration that to aemet the resignation at this I ime would es tablish a bhid precedent. Opening New Coal Fields. Knoxville, Tenn.. Special.-i.ease have just belen closed by tihe l'opulal Coal Creek Company, owner of vain t able coal lands in the Oliver Spring, district, whereby four larg( operat inm romnpanies will develop coal Iand: along Cow ereek. II is vxpeeted tili operations will inean an otput of no - lrss t han 5,000 tons (if col daily 'hitefly st eami coal. The KnoxiXVlle. La~n Fo'llet te & .1 elliico Railroad (the L ouis ville & Nashville), will In a1 few (lays begina contruction of brainchi lines a iailroadl from D)ossietts and Olive Springs into the Cow creek seeti Men andl materials arec now being sen out for that purpo'Pse. Bly an arrange mtent withi the L,ouisv'ille & Nashvilit the inies ai e to ha2ve a car' sul: 1qul. to the coai out put. An exclusiv right of wny into the coal propert; Iwas given with that undi(erstandinig. Judge Speer May Succeed. Macon, Gn., Special.-lt Is state, here that the name of Jutdge Emnor: Speer will he0 presented to the Presi dent for the sucecesion to the assoclat julsticeshipl of the Circuit Comrt of Ap peals of tihe fifth cIrcuIt sion to be vai cated by the iotll'emient of Jtrdge drew P. McCormtick. Judge JpDet b. beeni 18 years on the D1i4r.riet COur bench and is well known as an ato on legal and national topples. Had to Be Supported. rAugusta. GIa., Speelal.-Solomol n Iunn, (colored, was hnnged here "ri -day for tihe mutrder oIf a young whit inn namiaied WVilUlam Spr'ings. IDun1 was soi10 nevous iandi fighlen ed upJl - the s'a ffoid that be had to hile hieid ii unti11llth t rapI was- spru ng. His mi-H was birokeni. Springs was a bartndei andl the negr-o shot imi heenuse5i hei r fused to s'l 1 him at: dinkiil(, abiout a yea~ News Notes. The spleindbil pagorant of the Durhali: ywals witnessedl by a vast thr ong Delhi, Indian, anid th li'supremelt at nouncemnit was madei of King I1 Th'le coun1ter-propitSiIion ci I 'e. dent Castro, Of VeneCzula.ii to theii pr posal of arbitIration Is not indio i s biy the WaTushiingtn governmii it. a:1 it. is believed thie diiirence.s are rt ooncilabile. MIor' ('arIIthqa ke shoeks wvere fil -i Ce,ntral Amrtien. iunal'a-c 'i 't Asiatic plague hsapae Mazatlatn, A exico,. altd the inhab21 itanl are*( f.eintg fat the rate of 200i a dlay. Gent raci V. Gre'ne assumedi'i I ofieeof olceComiutissionri In Ni' York cit.y. Another lHarthquzake. Laredo, Te-..., $pecial.--A chilypacit go, Mexico. special says: "Informalth has been received here Ithat a sovye earthquake shock wa.. felt at TVapa It l a. At 1La Un ion, noit far firom th Splace suhtcirran an noises have br frequently hiear d. Thie shlock at 'Taii chuila was of shrtt dlurationl and ii no consi di .abito dlamiage to prioport' but thei piio le ucr. inie-stricken al manny oif thlemi r"ft ii- tretuirn to thm homes.< DEATHI IN A WRECK. Terrible Calamitv Results in Death of Seven Persons SERIOUS CRASH NEAR PITTSBURG The Collision Was Caused By Care lessness on the Part of a Flagman, Who thas Disappeared. Pittshrg, Spe(Ial.--:As a reslit of a oillisionl het we(n a passenger train aild tilti rear etil of at freight traiu n h .\ Nl()nungllhlelIa livisiott of tl I 'ennsylvania e\'lnesday night at 'CIoh Iane St at ion. .utlst a b)Ov't i )ius (Incsnc', s('ven mlen area d( i. one Is dlying ancd live (olters art" injured"t. Te dilead 11111 ar: C. 1'. Stroud, bag Eae a te . llizabeth a("(" IIIm( da. ton. of 1iiinmewoodi: (. 1. Itorhnel. - bralct'man o' nacomlinodaltion. I'il(5 h,uIrg: .lohn Sitewa;Irt. Ia.steng;er. resi delnco. 111n nown Iwo Iinknown1 for eiguers. killed oitrighlt ; i wi iknown fo'eitiners. ditdl on way to hospital. 'he in.iured are: T. 1). 'ook. will probably IlE. before morning: Sam Sullanloksky. - hotilder blade frac ltred; 'eter Kimloskcy, ilii'ned; .lJ hnt Smith. 5(eriously injunre"(; \lili hoin iek. sligihtly inji red; like (h41i till. slightly illjiredi. 'I'he passenger train in tih- wreel,. was th(' West. llizabeti a("omloda tion. Which left 1ittsbuhrg at. :1:2o p. Im. It wa1" Is ()n1 111 ' ni haI d a. 1 lear track:. :uecording; to thn' displa-e( iigtnais. At the siIing at. Cochrane it r"an into the( r ear ear of an extra freight wlic"h had1 taken Ill' svitch. u1)I failed to ch'ar the main line. Th offh-ials of th'' roadI attributte the dir, aster to the I"ailur"e (if Patrick Quinn, the rear braherman of the freight. to 'see that his irain had fully clearcedl. 1'1) to 11 p. Iil.. Qrtinn has not been locnted. Whlienl th" lalsscnger train amenl along the eaboose of the freight ove'r lapped thne main track enough to catch the( I(en"ler of the( passenger 'n giue, which was forced back upon the ("ombhination baggag}e and smoking cal, .with terri)ble force. TIhe thirteen pas seng("rs were jamdlllll( against tille l'eil t end of the ('a' into almat a.;t. b mass. Three of tile Vi1timts were ap parently killed outright. two of (iih othr fourtwre w Iiterarally roasted t d'at.h, aind the two wlo d(ied on tl l way to the hospital were so bad1; burn(edl that recognition was almos fiml possible. Ilmlil a 1ilt'hly after the fi pact fire in the stove ill tile simoke ('011n111 I t(11('(d to the woodwork. Con (lduetor Cook was found untconscioum under the (Iharried bodly of itaggag-' Mast01' Stroud. lIe is so badlly hur1 that. he '1n hai'iiiy live through thi night. Strange to say. not. a. trck exc"el the t.end('r. left the tracki(, th' pas sn'lLgers in the eoa(hesZ Ieint"g till. -of tile smioItr Was inljuried anld thIi whVtlile aflter' thle Iiecidenl. New W~itness inl Wilcox Case. - 10I Izablethl Cit.y. Spbecil .-- A illw an<1 imlpor'tanft Witness is to1 he inItrducer((' ~'at the nlew~ trial ofI .lamles Wilc'x nex weP'ek. The (witness5 is aL111 man 1 namet Norris, reshldinig in HaitI more. t h oulg hel residled hlere up to and1 i I di:ingl till early stages of tile Crzopsey mlystery 1 At tis wrItIng (Lawyer Andre11w Crop v OCy, of UJrooklyn,. is en route to ilalti1 -more to mleet Norris an a1er ompany1111 0 him11 to lbh1s city. Tile inaturiie of Norris -testimony~ cannollt he~ alscert4ined .. thloughlt thalt It will greatly concerni'f th< ti fl6ht QIf WVih;ox is evideCed(CC by tb tiay Reopen Office. - C,OX, wh'lo lately reCsIigned as postmast.e Cl iteI neIgrol a'~sIsitant, passed thromug] .\linnil 1Co((x slated thalt shle expected t he a'll to1 r'e-oIpen tile plOStoffIe a r IIh' mos)t l'III prominnt reslidents of th t iy had11 always endorsed5C( her' for th 11osition1 andl that theIy were still he fri '111s. She st ated that~ I these friend 1 ile worIik illg ini herI behailf1 anrd an ('I I. IIort will he 11nadle to haive the0115 ost, Safe hllowerq Arrestedi. I loward, Edwa~:rd Dutgan, ThlomnlIt Nt I'DrInh ' ' inueu bank('s and1' posltldote inffmb C r. LTeyaveb e,im m'oney laviily- tile for somI ofunle \n.d teplice l.;ptede 'lthm.fT1 Offl111 1 i For fob r i ~eIl I were' ;I Doored meni, 12 wVomen'i andI 1 ni s'e ttl'. Thlly comel from1 Irwlin 'ouInt a-G eorigi. OneIof th Ile men saIid51: ''We ai i'I jus lt ('((Ii farmellrs. I lushns was5 v'in i y. ver'y I'o ad with us, so wI' got togethle e'. soldl oIlt 0ur farms andl are goinig (1 'ir ,to Libleria to begin lifeo again." TA' I.at ae bu 20 Dui-ttitts the 1a.1 yra $ea*Aat t .I cl igr"at'ed ftrom ol2nnania. li rr Caspar Ge':rsthte. I t ilh"s 1 at .esr Autritti1, IlIta js it't, a T1h(e heirs of W\ago('r. ith(. onti osr . revtt $11f.4i11 in roty;lti.". frnm hi.q (elar:ts during i:N r. A\ .teuer h:as been"1 1aun111t fi. l (Ili. U pper Zanmhesi itiver. abovo I te \(.. toria "'alls. It is e:lle'd tll- lL.iig. i':cei'ritnil s it fte USe taof ejt'etririly l. :1s al :InatIestht,lt i i' :'1eb n t toi le' In:ie,k 0il ht111 1:111 stihtj('t"ts by :t I"'enV'l hll titelfrt r -i NaniIt . 1l T1ht' last yeatar. atneortiue- to rpt'I),,rts i fJot thei (:erlal:tll :arIs, was w; I (le of ( ure:t artivily ill the shflihntiltdini iIn. i ellstry of It -rin:anIy. Int ::llihta liat wt'a;t' of the rarn lf . horer hais li'ei a r dt' -edt!,'tl Ib1:11 Ito s "tIar tint to del'atih ea a p it-n -e(' of fro. t iithree tI Nixttee atents it 4a:1y. '" '111 tay t!11n1 in lany r(1ltia.'' was the I1 re'iut't 1,i1 e. in hi. will by Fr:nii, i Iao'y, a ltig:ri:al hig -itaue(' hunlter-. whaa,ha tli'etl. ag!ed'a nitely t'eiht, .i%lnt'y I'lark, of ltlark l:iver.Wi. th4 invve tl r of att r (-()a. 1 s n w 1 :11 11h4 4)' ifni , y throw. ;1, wor'k onl l wh"li:tI le' calls a p r atltuIl.ohti '. 1 it irioos:1 'ill bu' nati' to 11t0 l'ten' l a t I'ari.1att'ci tt a ' r anse''r" (Il- re(' suaiils If ate'il1u. I:ai -, .li.-vhelt ag14 tt L a r:1 (O:ilt tt to aite' l'::alhte'u. l'aris. at 'I' ts lt;aI t e 'I ttof T'u keIi itn,ists 1tha:! sI eve'r rulrt' r polti ateir.l t et'rsonna ee t shunhl i,i :1 na:tlral dth':tl. at thera tn lt.t'' of tt:I Ilt :a're 4e in t "r',e' , tnize't'" elli. rely by Nisthan 1-:'e'ntli. ithe' censor. w nIntaa g rere.tt ni e ''rirte'nts iat literlin, ' by ah liac: r (f e l'i thel 1144-l hefi ntio of I r. I'- w lin. :tt .\ tericaIt. for Ie'sserlin l t'e rv. ,isI'tane' in tait-listane't. te I'gralh :1n.1 teep'tht net Wir('s. fuassages st'nt b 't'lt thoe wtr't tautel' to pei'rso5s s:anl. it in Iibirly fet or Ilt)i t away frol: the recei ver. PROMINENT PEOPLE. John 1>. Iweft ewl:tawy Over .1 L:, .IIN .,tuh ir-:: 1+'a . ( A\ t r,\w I tl'ne i,'s ..-:ifts oif iul icll li 1 1';t'' tIe"' efil a Ito aie''I 11tte'. ti I e'at'n 'l . ibl'. u ill tibit the I,t olt'an pt e:tlilal.s lin'fore' I11"rning: to lhe I'ited', in aon.sieelnence of ite rtrent attempt tietn his lil' Kiz I.'opohl el l;:'lgiinta ht:t re oel'l tt Ie' tritl' inl his tator ra:r in th futre and Iis ordert'l It lTh iev. ''hnnla s i. le'wis has the rate dtist inctititn tat bain~ prle'sielh-nt of Swo olie'ges at e' Iitut' thte' \V'este'' .\larytani and tht' \trian, of Atlrian, \I ieble. annte"1 llur4we't'. of \\'esl 1'nion, 0., It' etlde'st dt'titor itn ilit' Stat a' has r(' tir't'l fro ativ' work at tit' :te' of eighty yrars, haVing been'(' in tih' halt iess fiar half a t'enintry. 'rof'essor Morisa:ii. of N:plies 1Uni. ri, o hthnts I!It' p)osit!in t hIy"' sIt'ian to Qaueena Ileh'na of It:aly. is both I stat Iii'e adt proportions fh' nost di tinltivte ('!ottor in lher wuorll. - 'Enip'eirr 'illiat inttetnds to Inlt'lde In flt' ('oinniiion it bring his gitl of 1 statlie oft l"r''eri'ck 111t' (;r'aI to Atnelie a d'sliants of (.('rntan ofl c'rs who fttu.t undte'r W\ashington. ( ii'. S'ei'n'r, (f .trt(nsky. ()hio, wloe w 'ill wrilt' ''olsti's biograpthy. is at 'I'olslaiatt lisciple. antl h:ts worketl as a tlay labor(r w It inith tte iunigri:tlt peo lid of the' te<ttl States to sIudy tIheir ' at'e'aV .t T ''r I' .ll i. :ln et' thn "i . tit i hiltelt. " a'it.re nit t'a'peatstt' ofs tahter ar wtin Itetitn e'i l'.'te t toearrro hisno h e artlll aat hewas at t'o'tak his e ar-el ing''5e' i litonttofia htistiI hotl el-t keep it ats a tokn oft (a'his ad(ineat.aIon.. LABOR WORLD, Tfhe. "TO() v'i.a'yeS of' the /our ele vate'd roadts ina (I Chingto hat a- or'gan ize'd, Alit the telt'ati(al woertes In I ndtii-. itptel is, 11ta1., areL ont stik e for Ithither wages. lTelt'phonate g irls it I tes .\ ltees, Ia. leave wean titair' sIt'ike feor :an advancei(' in wvaiges. inag in (levehunitt, ( ).. heas eceided'a tot 'e igton. Ill., hae ' setn-aed at t'ln Iert' cet. Int'cae oin wages. The'i sw111 i'eutn-tn'e sti oatn thel lwa gi vineg I th' en' moe' peay. The Norfottlk. ''e'tsmioiithI tl New laoat. N'ews lIneitwaay ( 'pa ny: waT. ~ill t ( t \ arbaitr- 1ia hetlecardle haas raise'd th t' t wg;e's teofaa In bara tenl .shopat empetloeye5 \\'ithotutt etalaiin-z waages thtet liiver Gl itlai the'I lanex villae \\'oolen .\ulls, jelayeas ten ltste:tt 'af e'tavan hoursi' for n a tly~'s work't. J'.Thet ac aiin it . S'it I'rjeal tist lymet'~ for' ,u t,oaa a nd ::aa I:V.atlwoeni. 'lThe faiaiai'etat:titts e inere 27,771) 111t atiid l ie pea'r catnt. itt Ite walge' of: its; luo I lerie'nI t ta' cittltnst 1'ra's. at t~~t tt in the nethttts ocf I )t'e'berv, .Jaanuar'y, F"ebruary:t' :tttl .\aia'reb, ho the cxtenat of' Al t ertti y a ' of aa'rmol I and .' ' srfI the ,t'rue baeint sli d for' sIx ye'r'ts. The'y lea ve dit d ttt haI ttt ntrhdi taon is bet'hter' 0 tha strikes~ for both sidt's. .Itn 1900, the Unitedl St.ates pr'odnee'd 'a $Th,17l,000 of thte world's total gold >ta t prtdetlon of $229. It5.0'S0, andI eXCed-' *r- that of the ntex-t la'rest prtodneectr A tia, bay abutflc ill dl linor Events of the Week in' a Brief Form. Vhile the banqueters in. Georgetowiv ere oelebrating Wednemd'ay evening,. 4e octaionti wvas soumewira:l disturibed l o '4lok by the inessartv ringing of ' tire hell. Upon examination it big aze wai (isovered La the better rooin the Gardner & Lay LumLber Com ny. ''here was a rush for t,he" boats 1(1 the ttrowd began esossing t.be river. he Ilug boats w(e1( 0(,n OIL the sceno :11 in lls-i tIian twenty minutes the ( 'Iiz<dIun and ieir"less iad. towed I( ite igii s of the city a r-ross on ghtr s andI t. hroutghi it elTorit s of the r'eln the only damage was the de ition of It ! e laning mill, invo+ving loss of about $7,5:tul. fully coVerel by 6urat1i'e. Thet building Will be re ,alned at once. T' t'ha l 'sturn football team re- } Irtect l"rid;iy morning from Savan tih. brllisecl and hattered. as a re dII o!' Iti-Ir game inl savannauTu, t . The .;v,11ng mnlc,t brought back a ory of the oitragE'otus treatment to hit-h1 they were libje<"ted by the Sa inaii team and about 400 1)pectator5; ho rowit (lecl into the field andi assault i them. we thliey had had the Savan thian hard1:l'(! pr'ecced. Immeucdnitely tIm tihe beginning of the game sticks ii ::tones were used and vases were led wheric C'harlestol men were held hile they werct plied with a horse hip in Ithe t;eunral scheme of dlisah ng Iten. All the men were severely an dled an td ( lits and brluises e' i ence their hard treatment. Almost, o0 poor llihidren sat. down a the big fensl. which had beetn pre ared for the in by the charitable peo le of Charleston at the Masonic tem Ie Friday. Tle dinner was given under he au1spi('es of t.he King's )aughters. I was a feast wthich broughlt good heer to the little thildren and they ined1 hai llily and well. A hand of nusie was in attendance to brighten he oc''asioni d the hail was beauti 'ully decorated for the dinner. The wiyer and a(iress was delivered by tev. C. S. \'edder, of the lHuguenot hurt h. A;! the children were given bags of candy to take home. Satuirday morning abolit, 10 o'clock P. fatal shooting affray ocured be tween two white nei, a mile or two from Cayco's In Lexington county. From wiiau wavs learned the men were named Charles Hutton and West Spelrs and the former was killed, hav ing had a double load of buckshot fired into his body. The men had been u.n frIendly for some tine, it woman being he cause of their enmity. it Is said. tvidently each had expected violence )n the part of the other and bo(ht were lrepared for it. Spieis was arrested nd taken to joll at I .exIngton. On lIecember 2tt',. a white man giv ng as his nane .Jake Spencer. hire(d horse and biggy from E. I.. Vlson's ivery stal 1(is in Spartanburg. stating hat lid wishid to go to (rc lifon and 'cturn. Mir. WIilsOn has not. sinc 11Cseen lit muan no(r his horse andi butggy. floi't s have been made to t.race and1( teate thle mani andtt teiamr, bult. so) far hlese has been I ieffetutal. The turn mt1 Wats tra'ic'ed to Henriietta, N. C., Init nothIting further has Mrl. WVilson J1. 8. Drlaklefordl, of Yorklville, th rough htis att.orney, Frank P. Mc Ca in. Esqj., Saiturnday priocuried an oi' ler from J1udge (lage, at Chester, apl poInting Paul TI. MeNeel receiver of lie D)rakefordl Newspaper Company, nib ilihers of' the Yor'kville Yeomnan. I Is thbought the creditors will be paid ni full. The first new eottonu mrill projected hIs y'ear got its 'omiiiisslin from thu ne'retariy of State Satur'day. It Is tn ('ar the namte "GhluIck Mills'' and( will e located iieair Anderson, having a apital oIf hallf a mIllion dollars. The 'orpoa tors are: R. S. Hil11; N. B. iiullvian, Rtobiert 10. Idgon and1( Jon. N'. An aimendmient of (,har-ter was :ianted 'hanigling the nanme oIf the Corris-Cooner-K ing Company to the 'tirris-Cooiner' ('omtany. TIhis is one f C'olumblia's leadling wholesale gr'o. 'ery ('onicerns11 (aii tal ized at $1 00,000. The l'armners and Merchants Blank, )IranIg('bu(rg's fothi' blank, opened its looirs for business ridlhy ' mioring. let: . 11. Th'oimpson, cashier, and )lavtid Wo,lfe, assista.it. Thel New Year' starts out with a wew lhanik--the bank of Foiuntaln 11nn, a'irnvl lIe (count.y. it Is 1.0 have a ('api-1 ai sIo('k of $15,t000. Thle cor'porator"s ire, I). M. Garrett, J. I". Sloan and H1. .Shatw, of Fountain linn, 0. A. No. wood and 1 . J1. Ifay'neswor'tb, of :3rieenivilie, and4 R. WV. DavIs, of Urakeman I Iarpe'r (ilenn, (f thle (Greenvlille switching crew of th. Southern road1. nar'roivIy escaped( death Sat.urdtay mrcning bet.ween Gireitnvillev atd Piedmot b y bieling~ hurtld t th g it roun id from a eab that was over'turnedC wile goIng at thu rate oi about11 50 miles ani hour. A ('ommlisslon wVaH issued Feridlay to It' Southerni Mutual -Jnisurantce Come' panliy, of Spar'tanhurg, wVhich is to do andt indust81rial, accident, sick benefit an jindemniIiity insulranc(e .buiness'.~ on a t'ital stock of $10,000. The cor'pora-i tors alr': Wmn. Magitess, 11. M. Clevo-. landt anid C. 11. Biarber. it is learnod that U.ho oirganizeation )f the 1ndepeniden't Cotton 011 Com-. liny, cap)itlized 'at $ l,000,000,t was jturfeeted In \ ai'lingtoun last Friday with M. IsraJ1%,' Chiar'.esten, prest. tient. BrIght Wiiamson, (If i)arling, er'al manager'