- " - "' , ' - -Jbs8 rjjQk ', " " V... " 4 \ ^md ***** TJu *?^ r**" # 0*rr?U Nme, niuiivciy small remaining long-loaf pine district iu Moore and Richmond counties has been swept by the most fearful forest lircs ever known in that section. Whole pine orchards have been destroyed, and the little town of West End was almost blotted out of existence. Tho loss of property is almost incalcu'ablo. PALMETTO CHIPS. New* and Notes From Here, There & Everywhere in South Carolina. Jno. L. Sullivan gave an exhibition spnrring at Columbia last week. C. W. Ingram will build nyarn mill at Cheraw. A Columbia druggist savs that he has recently had several "drummers" to solicit orders for bitters and tonics. The salesmen say that "there is a big demand for the strong bitters in most dry towffrs.' Elisha Young, colored, one of ilvo men convicted of the murder of Alfre4 McAliley, colored, died iu jail in Chester. A lecturer says that Peter Stuart (Mar shall) Ney fainted in tho school room at Darlington, B. C., when tho news of Na Esleon's death reached him. He told ol. Benj. Rogers afterwards: "With the death of Napoleon my lost hope is gone." The authorities of Convcrso College have issued the invitation for the services at the College on the 21st of April The address is to be delivered by Governor Northen. of Georcria. An 'address on Education is to be mnde by Dr. Geo. T. Winston, president of the University of North Carolina. Deputy DukcB arrived in Columbia with George Hush, who escaped from the Penitentiary in February, 1878. Rush was sent up for two years on the charge of grand larceny. Ho was caught ic Orangeburg, where he has for nlougtimc been quietly conducting a farm. H( ays that he escaped by bis father paying the colored guard under whom he was working. He alleges that the bribo was only $12. ALMA IS 17 AND A MURDERESS She Stole a Revolver and Shot a Girl Enemy at a Dance. Atlanta, Ga.?"Murder in tho firs! degree" is tho way tluj Coroner's jun defines the killing of Mnttio Mooio b] Alma Wooten. The shooting occured a a dance on Thursday night, and the fata shot was fired by a seventeen-year ole girl, Alma Wooten. Tho dance was t regular "break down." Alma Wootoi was among the first to arrive, and asked if Mattir Moore had arrived, and whet told that she had not, said that she was going to square an aceount with her. She bad In ber pocket a pistol, stoloi from her brother, with which to kill thi girl. As she now admits, she went t< the dance expressly to shoot Hattie. Alma was in tho midst of a Bet whci Mattic Moore entered. Bhc?lcft her part ner on the floor and walked up to th< girl. "1 want to see you just a minute," sh< said. "Como out here." . She was holding ber band behind her and suddenly threw it up and shot Mat tie in the abdomen. The wounded wo man was taken home and everybody a< the dance agreed to keep the matte from the police. Alma Wooten remained in hidinj while her victim continued to grov worse. Mattie Moore died, and whei Alma heard of it she gave herself up Sho says that Mattie Moore told lies 01 her and she warned her that if she dldn' ; quit she would kill her. Sho says, how ' ever, that she did not intend killing he 1 it/Knn oKa flmt\ V?a aVtrtf An Earthquake In Georgia. Augusta, Oa.?A special from Lin oolnton. says that two distinct shocks o I earthquake were felt at that placo Frl i day morning. TV 3 * A KbiA.' V~ . .t&Meciti ? .;. 1 "" : WT THE NEWS IN BRIEF. 'y T , The Latest Happenings Oondensad and Printed Here. Carter Harrison was re-elected "frajor of Chicago. At Pittsburg. Pa,, Dennis Clonnon. the wife-muraerer, was hanged. The Arkansas senate has rejected the bill to establish a railroad commission. , The Massachusetts Episcopal diocese has decided upon Dr. Grier, of New York, to succeed the late Bishop Brooks. The Mormon Temple,40 years in building and costing $15 000,000 was dedicated last week at Salt Lake City, Utah. It is ssid that there are over 10,000 applicants for postmastcrship in the State' of Georgia. David Mcriwith, ex-Governor of New Mexico, and Honry Clay's successor Mo , the United States Senate, died at Lo'uf$vi.lo last Tuesday, aged 09 years. Ttio Arkansn1 Senate passed the bill confi rring on ars,sons of Mr. James Crane, 1 living near Fall Creek, were struck by * lightning and instantly killed. They were in a barn, supposed to be cutting 1 feed for the horses, and while there the 1 electric storm came up and the barn was stiuck by lightning. As the boya did 1 not return to the house in time, a search 0 was made and the two children were 1 found dead. An examination being made it was ascertained that the neck of each 1 had been broken and the akin about the neck and foot blackened. The body of Doc Young, a youth of about twenty, wae found Tuesday in the. woods near Doswsll, in Hanorer county. In company with another mem 'cf the neighborhood, Young atarted out Monday morning to fight fires that were raging in (he section. He beeatne separated from his friends, who could not oooaitnt #a* kie si teanneaeanAA (UomK . nvwuuv uio w ion|/^vni nuw> wvwivu y iog parties started out to look lor him, , and Tuesday morning his body waa die, covered in tb e forest, with nearly all of the clothing burnt away, la bis attempt [I to extinguish the burning timber the t poor fellow had evidently fallen Into the . flames and lost his life, r ?am The Wrecked Nashville Bank. W AsniNQTON, D. 0.?Comptroller Hepburn appointed Jamas W. Black. more, of Oallatin, Tenn., reoeiver of the f Commercial National Bank of Nashville, Tenn. Blackmore is president el the First National Bank of Gallatin. % ^8E1 ~ S^^pND OF A MERRY PICNIC. Founpit of a Party of Ten New Or leftfe* People Drowned in Lake '> Poatchartrain. Ntw Oki.bajns, La.?By lire overturn ing of ?<*aH boat on Luke Pontchartraiu Sunday afternoon four persons, Mm Mary A. Kelly, Miss Agnes and Mis; Manila Fiyon, bar nieces, and Miss Eflic Kelly were drowned. Several others who formed the party narrowly escaped a similar fate. The Party, consistiog of t.n persons, all residing within a stone thro.v ft each other in d his city, bad gone out to Milneburg, a pleasure resort on the lake shore, for a picnic. The morning was spent in various sports, and after lunch a sail was Qosed.. A catr'ggcd yawl was hired a boat keeper, and the party started out h?toftn?.folr the Spanish light house. The wrather was fine, and Mr. Kelly, who pro/.ssed himself entirely competent fUliltfl ihn fit. nlnntr morrilw T*l*^ K~Ua ?~""j? """iK"1 house was reschcu ssfely and the boat then put about f r the return to Milneburg. In tacking tho yawl careened and her rccupauts strove to right her by rushing to the opposite aide. This capsized the tcs cl and all on hoard were thrown strung ing into the water. The streams of the women attracted the at tenlion of n party of men fishing from a skiff ome di tnuce away and they put off to rescue at ancc. William Mezcnach. one of the fishing party, .saved four of the occupants of the yawl and two others were saved by his coroptuiona. Four victims of the accident sank before their eyes. The persons rescued were Ink- n to Spanish Fort, whence they were sent to Milneburg and tlicnce back to the city. Search was ot once made for the bodies of the drowned, but up to midnight none had been found Florida's Exhibit for World's Fair. The exhibit of Florida minerals now In pnoaration for the World's Fair at Chtcags promises to be one of a novel and moth valuable character. Under the ears of 2r>lon B. Turman, manager of the exhibit; the arrangement will produce a moat desirable effect. A case or cabinet has been bu\ltJto receive the exhibit, which stands upon a platform 16i by 21i fret in size. It is fven feet in height, and in its outlines "jllows the here and boundary lines of th. State ol Florida. At pointa relatively o?.. ^ied by Pcnsacola bay and tho mouth of th( St. John's river are doors allowing en trance to and exit from the interior ol the cabinet-,' where the manager of th< exh'bit will have his office, and when descriptive litem'ure and maps of th< mineral districts will be placed. On th< outer ?ide of the cabinet, about two feel tmm form, is a broad ledge, on which peoSlo phosphate and other minerals will be placed. Under this ledge, will riso a wall of rock phosphate collected from different points of production. Abovo the ledgo are three shelves which w*ill hold several hundred glass jars in which various minerals, in both a crude and various minerals, in both a crude and manufactured form, will be exhibited. The exhibits will be arranged by counties for competitive purposes, the best exhibits securing awards. The cabinet was constructed at the exEeoso of Mr. Turman by the McNeill fpvelty Works at Tampa, Fla., and the material used in its construction is a beautiful sample of Florida curly pino. President to Have a Country Home. Washington, D. C.?The Presides and Mrs. Cleveland arc going to have t home in the country as they did foui ^sfars ago. ? By tho end of the present monthTt is expected that the Mindletor house on the Woodlcy lane road will b< ready for their occupancy. The house is a large old-fashionec structure, toomy, comfortable, and oc cupying an ideal location. It is nearc the city than Oak View, which was thi homo of the Picsidcnt during his forme: Administration. The house stands on an elevated knol surrouuded with fine old oaks. It i some distance back from tho road, am commands an extended view of the roll ing country to the north, perhaps th most striking and picturesque section o the famous Itock Creek region. "Pros the windows there is one of the moi charming and striking views of the cit to be found in this vicinity. In every way the house is larger tlia the one at Oak View. There are som thirty acres of land about the house, am if Mr. Cleveland is inclined to agricul tural pursu ts he can have ample swinj for his fnncv in this direction. The Girls Rode him on a Rail. Fort Dodge, Iowa.?William Frits a self-satisfied young man living in th village of Clare, is the laughing stock c the country round. He has been urgin his attentions on the daughter of a we) to-do farmer. He was repeatedly tol that his attentions were unwelcome, bi he persisted in forcing himself upon th fsmilv. Fritz called one evening whe the girl's parents were not st home, ant as he had been drinking, made himse especially obnoxious. Tha rrtrl ArHnroH Kirn Atlf. Kit if hn Fi fused to go. 8hc then called her tw sister# to her assistance, and * the tbn girls tied the young man's arms, and ? cured a stout hickory rail. Fritz wi perched upon it, and while two of tl girls carried the rail, one held their vi tim in position. Fritz had a free ride i town, while all.who saw the spectac applauded the plucky girls. Town Burned by a Prairie Tir< Bbavkr CitT, Nbb.? A gale prevail* hero from the northwest, driving befoi jt a fierce prairie fire. Many houses wei burned. The entire population turn* out and fought all day with the flame Whether there is any loss of Ufa is n< known. Much property has been d< Th* Bra (a hnrninu in Trunin A* Urge mm bus been burned over. Negro Prose Association of Virgmii Pbtbmboro. Va.?There areAprent; tarb paper*in the State of Virgin^ elite and published by negroes. The owne and editors of these Journals held a coi ventionhere aud organized a colon press association. The name adopU was "Th^Negro Preee Association - v _ , ' ) ce> BIG DIAMOND ROBBERY. j I Mrs. Palno's Jewels Stolen from a l t Trunk in the Hygeia Hotel. Fort Monroe, Va.?Mrs. Clinton F. Paine, the wife of Gen. Paine, prominent t in rociety in Baltimore, was robbed of t more than $2,000 worth of diamonds on I Inst Sunday at the Ilygeia Hotel. The 1 hotel is crowded with wealthy people 1 ftom Boston, New York, Phi iidelpld i, t o..^ ??1 ..1 1 .1 -IS.. f *'? viiuv/n, niiu ui i iv) i (iiiivx?, hum i iiu HO- v Kliiy of diamonds and other costly jewels y fashionable women had beca much commented upon by newspapers. On Sunday evening Gen. and Mrs. Pninc left their n| nrtments and went to tea. Much of Mrs. Puiue'a jewelry, i eluding three diamond bracelets and several soli aire tings, were left securely, locked iu a small trunk b side the bureau Upon returning to her rnotn she noticed that the lid of the trunk was partly raised. Examination showed that every article of jewelry in the trunk was missing. The hotel t manager was notified at once. Private police ami the llvgeia detectives were put on the case, but no trace of the mi sing jewels could be found. Gen. Pninc ttlegnphod to Philadelphia for a detective and also retained the scrvie s of a Baltimore agency. Oue of the bracelets, priz 'I most highly by Sirs Paine, was a wedding present from her husband. When the robbery became known there was a gcucrul lush for ro mis. Jewel circs wore carefully examined by scores of women at the hotel bu t no other looses wcro reported. , Talk of a Religious Boycott of tho Fair Terrs Haute, Ind ?The Rev. R. V. ' Hunter of the Central Presbyterian Church of this city, who represented the American Sabbath Union ami the Young People's Bociety for Christian Endeavor i Ki fnun ilin nnmmittffi of CoDl/TOSS lfl OP Iiosition to the opening of the World's fairod Sunday, siys it lios been fully determined to test the legality of the ac- " tion which the directory is reported to be in favor of taking. The sentiment of opposition, he says, J is as strong now as ever it was. lie be licvcs that from a tinauciul standpoint the Fair management would bo unwise in hnvinc nu opcu Fui-, even if they could do so legally. He has been in cor i rcspondencc with the editors of thirty ? religious newspapers, and without ex i f ccption they are not only opposed to 1 open gates on Sunday, but believe Chris t tiun people should refrain froiu visitiug - the Fair at any time if the gates arc open, f Scvcrnl of these cditois ore squeamish on > the boycott phase, but express ib?ir in ' tention to advise tbeir readeis of tliV.'J ? own views on the subjeet. Mr. iiuattT > says the boycott idea in repulsive to Lino, but that the action of Christian people in 1 i this direction does u t come under the dc 1 icriptioa of a boycot t, f twou'd b -no nior? ' a boycott than is observed by Christian 1 people who consch-nt ously refrain from 1 going to saloons or gunbling houses, lie ? is of the hel ef that should it be decided i open the Fair an expression of opinio t J > will be made by re igious bodies that will ^ cause a falling off in attendance more y 1 than enough to offset ihe receipts on the twenty-live Sundae. He remark) d thnt the management n-* longer discusses the Suncluy question from the standpoint of its being an ae commodation for wage earners, but that it is t:catcd sole y with reference to the t debit and cicdit side of the ledger. Hi-* estimate is that not more than 100,00.) persons will attend on each Sunday who would not pay thesnmo admission money ^ on other days. This would net $1,250,000 for the tw nty-live Sundays, lie is r coufiilcut that 1,50 ?,000 or 2,000 000 persons who would have visited the Fair t not less than three days, will remain , away The minimum loss of receipts therefore, would be $'2.250.000. 1 A NEGRESS GETS $800 DAMAGES. r A Southern Conductor Forced Her to 0 Rido in the Second Class Car. r New Yoiik.?A jury in the United 1 States Court uwarded Mack W. Caldwell, s a ucgrcss of Brooklyn, fbOO damages j against the East Tennessee, Virginia and [. Georgia Railroad Company, because a e conductor forced her to ride in the car ,f provided for negroes. Caldwell and her Q three chil''-on had provided themselves it with first-class tickets from Johnson City, y Teun., to Chicago. The conductor forced ber to take the "Jim Crow" for nen grocs, where she said had been annoyed e by profanity and unseemly conduct of d the other passengers. Her husband 1. brought suit for $5,000 damages agaiust g the railroad company, and the caso came lo irial luunjutiy. i uv uuicuse wnsuim the laws of Tennessee permitted a company to provide separate cars for people 5 of different color. Judge Walace in charging the jury ex )f plained that the Constitution of the ? United States guaranteed equal rights to j. all citizens irrespective of color. d Yea, We Want Immigrants. le lD Of the 375,000 immigrants who landed lt at New York Inst yenrjl is said that If much less than the oncTPhidrcdth part came to the Southern States. Only 160 q. of them came to South Carolina. The ro Memphis Commercial uinkes the point M that "it is not altogether an unmixed e- aril that the South has shared but little u of the great and increasing tide of forK eign immig.ation," and this is very true. c. We need more people in the South, to There is an empire here for development and there are opportunities possessed by no other section of this great country, but If we would develop the South on the right lines?if would preserve the ( eWllixitinn nt th? Smith onH th? id genity of the Southern people?it mutt re be accomplished by the proper rcgulare tiou of the people who are brought here, id It is stated that a colony of Wnldenses a. have determined to establish a settlement it In Western North Carolina, and they are ? the kind of peeple who arc worth having; a. we can well spare the pauper immigrants to the Northern States.?News and Courier. Or "* " j. Tale is Again Triumphant, id A Charlottesville, Va., special says: rs The Yale Colloge baveball team defeated n- the University of Virginia nine here by id a score of 11 to 4. Batteries : Unverslty id Parker and Marshall; Yale, Greenway of and Davis. A large crowd witnessed the game. There were many errors. BOUNDARY LINE OF TWO STATES. 'ho Supreme Court Refuses to Set ^ Aside the Compact of 1803. Washington, D. C.?Iu 1889 Atorncy General Ayers, of Virginia, tiled a ill wi h the Supremo Court of the PI Jnited States, in which he alleged that F rennessee was exercising jurisdiction un- ?j awfully over a strip of territory from w wo to eight miles wide from the North F "arolina line, a dm we t course in lati- ir udc :16 degrees 30 minutes north to the 11 icutucky lino. j? In the territory described Aycrs claim;d that seiious conflicts of jurisdiction tad arisen, especially over matters cou- 1' icetcd with the towns of Bristol, Tcnu., md Goodson, Vu., and ho asked that an ^ igreement between the States of Vir- 11 rinin anil TpunragrK nnflpp irlnpli fli? " >oundary line had been established in 803, be declared null and void,and that 1} Virginia be quieted in poss ssion of the * lisputed territory,lying north of paraded it) degrees 30 minutes. In an elaborate opinion by Justice ! Meld the Supreme Court io has declined o grunt the prayer of Virginia,going into 11 he historical facts exhaustively and disussing the law involved briefly. The B( :ourt held tint inasmuch as the two n Mates had in 1803 adopted the report of c he boundary commission; that the com !' >act bad been implici'ly ratified by the J Congress of the United States and that ". *r a period of more than 85 years the , inc. laid down by the boundary com nission had been rccoguiz-d as the true ? loundary, il would r. fuse the petition of ^i ginia to now establish anew one. Any mark on the old line that may lave be omo indistict or been destroyed, Ilist icj Field sdd, could, by proper j >ro ceding nt this term of the court, t>9 ? il tluruil itulovh I f^ THE LAW'S SOLEMN WARNING, q tc Che Brotherhood a Conspiracy and w Under the Ban of the Law. sj Toledo, Ohio.?Judge It cks read n' fudge Tatf's decision in tli s Ann Arbor s| junction case, in which Chief Arthur, p )f the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kngi- f( icers, was made a party, lie decided j :hat the whole Brotlu rhood was a c.ui- _ ipiincy against the laws of the country, t and that, ieasmuch ns Arthur gave or- | dcrs that precipititcd the boycott, the ( oracr ior lemporay injunction agausi ( Arthur as prayed for was allow*, d. , AHP JUDGE Ulcus CLINCHES TUB NAIL. I Toledo, Ohio.?Judge liirlo, in the United States Circuit Court, rendered his decision in the case of the Lake Shore , K?g!!ioer8, who, obeying t iio inns of the I Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, refuseilto handle Ann Arbor fieight,,aB ... there wnit n -strike orr tliat toad. The c :ourt he'd that Engineer Lcniion, inas- v uuch as he had been twice ordered to J '1 novo cars by the oflicials of (he company ' f ind divl not do so until ordered to do so >y the Brotherhood ollieer', after the I joyco'.t was raised, was guilty of con- g cmpt of court. The seven other men '1 vcrc discharged. o BE KIND TO TRAMPS. 1, Mr. Krissing Cave Ono ?\ Men! and Got a Legacy for $12,000. v PiTTSiu iio, Pa. - As a reward for giv ing a tramp a meal and helping him on his way, C. L. Krissing, of the Home Dressed Beef Company. South Twenty- | second street, has been bequeathed $12,- , 000. ( A year ago Krissing, while walking , down Carton street, was ncco-tid by a i stranger, who told a harrowing story of i hard luck. Krissing was on h s way to ; a restaurant, and. takin" the man with , him, bought him a nicai The trump re | fused to drink liquor, and that caused ( Krissing to take additional interest iu < him. After the meal Mr. Ivris ing gave the tramp his address, some change to | help him buy a ticket to his home in Kit- , tanning and left him. I A few days ago Mr. Krissing received | word from a firm of lawyers it Kittan ] ning stating that the stranger whom ho ] liad helped hid died a d left him $12,000 that he hid coins into possession of a few weeki before his death. Our Dead in Hollywood. Richmond, Va.?A roster of the dead from the different States who are buried at Hollywood has been furn shed tiie chairmen of tlic respect iv - boot lis in the Richmond Canfedcratc Ibizinr, an l the lists will be published under the auspices of ihe varioui committees iu charge of ilie tents. The following shows the number of Confederate soldiers from the respective States who now sleep in the .e ret cry: Alabama, 51)1 Arkansas, 19 Florida, 87 CJiorgiu, 1,314 Kentucky, 7 Louisiana, 208 Maryland, 23 Mississippi, 309 North Car dina, 1,819 South Carolina, 882 Tennessee, 39 Texas. Ill Virginia, 000 Total, 0,102 Unknown dead in Hollywood 13,000 R. R. Commissioners Issue a New juaw. Rai.kigii, N. C.?Tho railroad commission issued the following order: That "all common carriers subject to the supervision of the railroad commission shall provide such means or appliances as may be necessary to sceuro the careful handling of and to prevent injury to any Earcel of bnggage to which a check may e affixed; that at all minor stntions, where no proper appliances are supplied and no regular depot binds employed, it shall be required of the train hands to assist the baggsgemaster au i lift with care all baggage from the cat doois." The Georgia Wins the Race. Baltimomc. Mi),?The all night race between the Bay Line steamers Georgia and Alabama from Norfolk, Va , to this city resulted in favor of the Georgia, she Arriving ten minutes earlier than the now vessel. It is generally conceded that the Georgia is still t?e fastest boat in thefto waters Her rbn averaged over eighteen miles siwfeovr. FEMININE FOLLY IN DAKOTA* . ., J rom.cn Mako a Riotous Assault.on B ' Groggory and are Roughly w " ' Handled. ^s9 Faiuio, N. D.?According to a R dir wau full nf nr. nated feminity. When the women u there d themselves up out of the street :veral were bleeding from brutal blows nd all were somewhat disfigured. Proeedings for assault and battel y were at ne'e instituted against the "Piggers," ut the 3tate's attorney knockcel them ut by a motion to dismiss. The women invaifu dire vengeance and will see the liing through. ASTER MONDAY EGG~ROLLING. ronrly Ton Thousand Children on tho White House Grounds. Washington, I). C.?Nearly 10,000 liildicn, with a lew nuw timnnanii ??* miners, big sisters, mints and nurses, iok part in the anniial Easter Monday jg rolling iu the White IIouso grounds > the music of tiie Marine lhind . The lather was delightful, and the youugiers enjoyed themselves in the cgg-rol??;, games and eating. Many prolincut people came to see the unique ight, which Mrs. Cleveland and Baby tuth with a party of friends also enjoyed or tlic balcony of the mansion. The 'resident, too, was not indifferent to the ;aycty. lie left his desk several times o gaze from his oiUcc window on the ivcly scene, and at 1 o'clock, the hour if his regular Monday reception, lie received several hundred of the children villi their attendant guard isus iu the DID HE KILL HIMSELF? Walter Griffin if Dc'roi', roods noinYllA/^ffond one inilo east of ? \dlii^as4rcvr^riu,re was a wound in his ace and a pistol lay by bis side. Two y ntng men registered atf hc Leon Iotel here a few days ago with no bagfago and paid their bill in advance. 'hey took a walk Thursday and ouly ne returned. That one reported tlfs afternoon that lis friend was missing and that lie feared ic had committid suicide. Search was instituted and the body vas found as do cribod. To K-ep tho Office in the Family. llii.i.snoito, llii.n County, Tex.?J II. M has received Judge Abbott's endorsement for the Itasca Post Mlice, mav be consid red a lucky iudiiridua1. JIi< mother in-law, Mrs. Dunn, tv?s appointed Postmistress shortly after die inauguration of Harrison in 188'J, nnd Mfsnint r assumed charge of the oflice, tonducli-ig it for her. Later on Mrs. Dunn died, and Motsimer's wife suc:ecdeil her, he continuing t) p.rfonn the lutics of the olliee. Upon the tueeessi n of Cleveland to ho Presidency Mess inter promptly startid a petition asking for his appointment <> tIn- ni.ie<> in succession to his wife, and [he f*c* 111 it lie Iris the endorsement of his Congressman leads many to think liitnsifc for four y. his more. He says his wife is a Republican, while ho is a Democrat. Four years hence should tho Republican party succeed Mrs. Messimer will in all probability seek a vindication by retaliating against her husband and bringing about her red statement tc lrer old place. PLUNGED INTO THE WATER. Three Men Killed on tho Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. Jacksonville, Fla.?South bound through freight train No. 209, on tho Jacksonville, Tnmpa and Key West railway, was wrecked nt midnight. The engine turned over on Buffalo Bluff draw-bridge, six miles below Palatka, and plunged into the river, carrying six cars with it. A. C. Knox, engineer, of Sanford; J. II. Olmstcad, fireman, of Birmingham, and J. A. Lewis, of Boston, a stockman, in charge of horse9 and mules bound for Barbcrsvillc, this State, were killed. The train whs composed of fourteen cars. Couductor Ward was in charge but escaped uninjured. FLORENCE SCOURGED BY FIRE. Flames Itagod for Hours and Destroy* ea a u>ianer 01 a minion i^oiiara. Florrncb, 8. C.?Tho business porlion of the town was destroyed by Monday morning. The flames started during the night and burned until after 9 o'clock. The Central Hotel, city hall and at least fourteen business houses wcra destroyed . The loss is estimated at $150,000, with only partial insurance. The tire originated in T. O. Parker's grocery on l)argan street, and spread southward to Cox's furniture store, then westward to the city hall. Aft< r the fire was gotten under control at ths city hall an incendiary set fire to James Walter's store on Evans street and all the buildings from the Central Hotel to itie western union xeiegrapn onico were destroyed. A Young Wife Kills Her Husband: Huntington, W. Va.?John Compton handed his revolver to his wife and requested her to put it away for him; She accidentally dUchaiged it, and the bulltt entered Compton's head just abovja the yo. Compton will die. The .Couple have been married only 0 m<^tt|| i