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PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLj SCORES PE Misers A e Caught Like Rats ? a Trap ; Jid Lose Their Lives. AN0T3ER MINE HORROR Fire and Gas Block Their Escape, and Without Warning Between Fifty and Sidy Men and Boys Meet Ter rible Death in Pennsylvania Coal Mine Village. One of the most serious mine disas ters of t!iat section occurred Friday at the liti:le village of Throop, a short distance from Scranton, Pa., when the lives of between fifty and sixtv men and boys were snuffed out. Amoni;: those known to have per ished ar< Joseph Evans, who was in charge oS the United States mine res cue car; Isaac Da we, a fire boss, and Walter Knight, a foreman. Evans' death was the result of a defective oxygen charged nrmoi. Charles Snsian, the expert in chargb of the m hie rescue work for the Fed eral Government, was also overcome, and is s iid to be in a critical condi tion. ?Up to a late hour Friday nignt nearly two score of bodies have been piled at the bottom of the shai't, but It was thought advisable not to brng them to the surface until the crowd had dwindled. A temporary morgue has been erected at the opening to the mine, and here were congregated hundreds of women and children, rel atives of the men and boys fh"> had been so suddenly snatched from them. Their grief was pitiful, children of tender years clinging to the skirts o? their mo :hers, while older male mem bers of :he family sought to soften the anguish of the distracted mothers and sisters. j None of the bodies recoTsered was| mutilated, death doubtless having been caused by inhaling flames and gases. The rescuers are pushing into the mine, and It is thought all of the "bodies will be rescued within a few hours. The fire started in an engine house at the opening of a slope 750 feet from the surface. There were 400 anen in the mine when the fire started, about si'rty of them In the workings, Into which the slope led. The sixty were at work in a "blind" tunnel at the end t>f .the slope. Escape was blocked by fire, smokt and the generated gases, possibly,) bt'ore the men and boys realized their daager. Jamei Vickers, a fire boss, tried to get to the tunnel where he knew many men were at work. He could So only a short distance before ht. was forced to turn back, and it was wi*h difficulty he dragged himself through the smoke at the point of the fire. He said no man could live five miuutee in the tunnel he had tried to traverse. The United States miners on the car stationed at Wilkesbarre were summoned early In the afternoon and later the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, hospital car and the Lehlgh Talley Company's force, from Wilkes barre, came to the scene. The finding of three bodies led the rescuere: to believe that no one was alive in the tunnel and they renewed the attick on the burning area to reduce the awful heat. When tht& work hud proved somewhat effective a corps; of the expert rescue men, with tho latest style rescue armor, pushed on Into the slope and later came upon several bodies strewn along the roadway. The bodies were carried to the foot of the shaft and stacked up in piles in, the narrow space to be taken out after nightfall, so some of the horror would he hidden from distracted rei* stives of the victims. The colliery is owned and operated by the Price-Pancoast Coal Company, at the head of which is John It. Bry den, general manager of the Ontaria and Western collieries in this section. It is one of the largest and most up to-date collieries in the region. * j Three Negroes Lynched. At Ellaville, Ga., Dawson Jordan.) Charlie Pickett and Murray Burton, negroes, were lynched Saturday. The\ were accused of murdering Newton Eason, a white man on January 5. Jailer Cliff Bough was awakened by 6everal men who told him they had a prisoner to place in jaid. He ad mitted them and was immediately overpowered and forced to unlock the cells containing the negroes. They were taken to the outskirts of the town, hanged and shot. Another Investigation. Senator La Follette introduced a resolution for another investigation of the Senate Lorimer case. It names as the committee of investiga tion Senator Works of California. Townsend of Michigan, McLean of Connecticut, Kern of Indianna, and Pomerene of Ohio. No action was taken, as Senator La Follette intends to speak on the resolution another day. ? Swallows Hatpins. Accidentally swallowing four black-headed hatpins perhaps four inches in length, Miss Pernice Hillis, pged 17, of Peorir., 111., is in the hos pital In that city and may die. She had placed the pins in her mouth. Then she tripped on a rug and swal lowed :hem. {. NEGROES BURNED TWO DEAD AND SIX INJURE*) AT HARTSVILLE IX A CAR. While the Victims Are Sleep, Flames Burst Forth?One of the De?d is Hartsville Man. One of the most horrible accidents that have ever occurred in Hartsville happened Saturday morning at 5 o'clock in the baggage coach pf the I negro show, "Silas Green," which was [sidetracked in the Atlantic Coast Line yards. After closing an en gagement of two days there, the troupe had packed and was ready to leave when fire wa3 discovered in tht baggage car. In this car were eight negro men, five Shetland ponies, a horse, a rauio, trunks and other paraphernalia. It appears that the men, having worked hard, had fallen asleep. The doors of the car were closed, as a heavy rain had fallen during the night. As the fire burned on the top and on one side, a natural Inference would be that the fire was caused from ig nited gas, but it is denied that theti] was any gas in the car. One man was taken from the cai dead, being horribly burned about] the face, hands and feet. On, of | the injured, Willie Dundee, Harts ville negro, died later. The others, [six in number, were sent to the hos pital at Sumter. All are very serious ly hurt." Three are thought to be fa tally injured. The ph3'sicians oi" the town have done all in their power to relieve the suffering of the in jured. The wounds have been care fully dressed, and it is hoped that | three will recover. It is a pitiful steht. The faces 01 some are burned almost beyomi re cognition. Three of the five Shet land ponies are dead, and two are In jured. The show is entirely a negro aggregation. There are 40 in the troupe, which has headquarters at Milwaukee, Wis. The owner is | Ephriam Williams, the business m an ager R. C. Puggsley. The show travels in two cars, ?ind its exhibits, consisting mostly of minstrel numbers and acting pouiles, takes place in a large tent. It has been well received in the towns vis ited. The show came here Thurs day morning from Darlington, and was to have appeared in Tlmmohs-I \ .'lie tonight and Florence Monday | and Tuesday. Wha teffect the loss, amounting to I about $1,500, and the death and se-| rious Irrjury of several of the em ployes will have on the show Iii not known. Much sympathy is felt here for the sufferers. BOYS IN BANDIT GANG, Masked and Armed They Terrorized Gainesville, Gn. The arrest of two 12-year-old boys who broke in and robbed a confec tionery store in the business section of Gainesville, Ga., this wek., un earthed a band of probably the youngest bandits known. For the past several months num erous robberies have occurred upon stores in Gainesville. The perpetrat ors have always escaped and the po lice have been puzzled. Wares amounting to thousands of dollars have been stolen from various places. The night of the arrest two raisked boys were captured on the outside of the store they had just robbed. They confessed and incriminated several boys under 13 as being implicated in the crimes. A hiding place was found in an abandoned tunnel, but no booty was discovered. As the boys were members of the most prominent families in Gaines ville their names have been withheld. The leaders were sent to the Jnneville farm. HOOKWORM IN GEORGIA. Board of Health Finds 5,000 Cases I Under Trer*ment. Hookworm disease has been found in 127 out of 146 counties in Georgia, according to statements of officials at the ofliec of the state board of health. Director A. G. Fort, of the field san itation department of the board, stat ed the board has records of more than 5,000 cases which are now under ac tual treatment in Georgia. This, it is said, is only a sma>l per centage of the actual number oi ^ases ; of the disease in various tages In the 'state. The extent and seriousness of the disease is nowhere realized except by the officials of the board and the phy sicians who come into actual contact with it. METHODICAL, EVEN IN DEATH. I Before Committing Suicide Man At tended to Every Detail. After telegraphing his wife and daughter to return home from a visit, ! Oregon Richmond, of Kalamazoo, Mich., ordered a coffin, told the cor oner how to conduct the inquest, planned details of his funeral, direct ing how deep the grave should be dug, and then took poison. Richmond : was 72 years old and had been a ' captain in the Civil war. lie killed himself early this week ' ! but his body was not discovered until his wife reached home from North Dakota, two days later. The body was I on a couch, wrapped in a flag, and I across his chest lay his sword. BOMB EXPLOSION HOTEL GUESTS HASTEN TO THE STREET SCANTILY CLAD. New York Startled by Concussion? Neighborhood for Fifteen Blocks Jjirred.?No One Injured. "What's that?" exclaimed the Ten derloin of New York with one voice Friday morning, and rushed to the on street. Some one had exploded a bomb in front of the basemeni. doer at No. 131 West Forty-fifth street, be tween Sixth avenue and Broadway, in the very centre of the all-night dis trict, set thick with chop houses, lob ster palaces and hotels. It was five o'clock and the Tenderloin was eithei getting its first beauty sleep or mak ing ready for it. I The terrific report jarred the whole neighborhood for fifteen blocks in all directions. The force of the explo sion blew in the basement doors ot the building and shattered all the windows. The upper stories were ten antlesB and the ground floor, occuplea by a furrier, was vacant at the time, so nobody was hurt, but the bomb so far from the East Side quickly drew a crowd of thousands. In the Hotel Lyceum, a biscuits toss away, the telephone operator was blown from his stool and stunned by the fall. Guests who tried to learn through the house exchange what all the excitement was about got no an swer and came piling downstairs in a panic. At the Hotel Astar across Broad way, at the Knickerbocker, three blocks away and the Cadillac, the clerks at the desk were kept busy answering inquiries. From the St. James apartment house, the little Ho tel Belmont in Wes. Forty-fifth street and other apartment houses, scantily dressed, the crowds poured onto the pavement, surveyed the damage done and went to bed again. The police have a theory that the case is one of spite work.against the owner of the house and not an ordin ary "Black Hand" bomb throwing. * THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN. Outline of Legislative Program is Made Public. A Washington dispatch says Leg islative plans of the Democratic ma jority of the House, made known to day from a reliable source, indicate that the Republican Senate will bt given speedily important measures for action. The definite outline, subject to further caucus ratification, lists as follows: The order of legislation to be pushed forward by the ways and means committee as soon as the House organization is completed: Popular election of United States Senators. Publicity before elections of cam paign contributions. Statehood for Arizona and Nev? I.Mexico. Canadian reciprocity. Revision of schedule K., the wool schedule of the Payne-Aldrich bill. Revision of the cotton schedule. Beyond this the present program does not extend, other tariff matters and general subjects being left for further consideration, dependent a great deal upon time. It also practically has been decided that the Canadian reciprocity bill to be brought forward by Chairman Underwood will be almost an exact duplicate of the McCall bill. It will carry no tariff rider. CHILD PROTECTS MOTHER. While Wolves Howl About Fallen Hut Stork Pays a Visit. Amid the calls of a pack of hunt ing wolves, which were answered by the cries of her four-year-old daugh ter, Mrs. Walter Darrah, who alleges she was deserted by her husband, gave birth last week to a baby in a partially roofless shack at Pellican lake, near Duluth, Mich. For a week previous to the birth of the child, Mrs. Darrah had been crit ically ill, and only the services of the your-year-old child were extended to her during that and the ensuing j periods and up to the time when hunters seeking wolf pelts, stumbiea across the shack containing the wo man and her children. ? The weather had been extremely cold. There h?..d been no food, and no fire in the cabin for the last week, mother and child were nearly starved. Tried to Blow Up Buildings. A bold attempt was made last week to destroy the tower of the new mil lion-dollar group of municipal build ings at Springfield, Mass. A charge] of dynamite or gun cotton was ex-1 ploded at the base of the structure, j tearing a hole through the brick wall three feet thick and shattering win-1 dows in every building for blocks. No one was hurt. The actual damage was small. Wife Slops With a Razor. Claiming that his wife, Mattie Ar' nold, sleeps every night with a ra^or, under her pillow, and has threatend to use it on him if the occasion and the opportunity present themselves.' William Arnold, a white man. of Ma-' con. Ga., has filed suit for divorce, j In the meantime until the judgment: of the court is announced, he will, continue to live with his wife. LTRG, 'S. C, TUESDAY, APRI ANSWER PRAYER The Power of Speech Was Restored to a Han at Westminster, S. C. DUMB FOR THREE YEARS Like the Marvels of Early Christian Days, Reads Story of Mr. Dray ton Poore, Who, Dumb, Speaks Again, the Thorn in the Flesh Having Been Removed. A letter from Westminster to Lbe News and Coruier says without ques tion the most conspicuous Eian In up per South Carolina to-day is Mr. Thomas Drayton Poore. He had this unabating consplclousness since the afternon of Feb. 7, 1911. It does not dwindle in the least, but rather grows greater as the circle covering the knowledge of his experience grows wider. People from different parts of the state and the neighboring State of Georgia have come in num bers to Westminster for the sole pur pose of looking on the person of this new marked man. Letters have been received by the hundreds making in quiry about him. The thing that has brought Mr. Foore into the lime light is the sud den restoration of speech, of which he had been totally deprived for al most three years. To he more ex act, the thing that has pointed him out as a conspicious character is not the simple fact of the restoration of speech, but the circumstances under which his speech was restored, and more especially the cause that Is be lieved to have been behind it and responsible for it. A brief history of the case of Mr. Poore will tell the story and put before the reader the evidence upon which the claim of a miracle is posited. Mr. Poore, who is one of the most reputable men of the town and coun ty in which he lives, began to lose the power of speech on the 11th day of April, 1908, and continued to grow worse in this respect until on the 18th day of December of that year he was utterly unable to make an audi ble sound, even in the form of a whis per. The physicians told him that it was the result of a case of nervous indigestion that had been troubling him for a long time. Mr. Poore was unable to make a slngle sound in the nature of speech until the afternoon of February 11, 1911. It is the re turn of the power of speech, espec ially in the light of the circumstances of its return, and, as it is confidently believed by all, the cause of its return that makes Mr. Poore to be a subject of great interest at this time. The circumstances are these: There was a protracted service in progress at the Baptist chuch in Westminster, of which Mr. Poore is a member and officer. The services were being con ducted by the Rev. S. E. Stephens, a returned missionary of that denomi nation. On the afternoon of the ?ta of February, at a very quiet meeting in which prayer was the predomi nating feature, Mr. Poore wrote on a slip of paper a request that prayer be offered for him that God would give him grace to bear his affliction. At tention was called to the fact that, it might he God's will to restore to him his voice, and this was made the bur den of the prayers offered at thai time. Like Paul of old, the brethren prayed that the "thorn of the flesh" might be removed, but If it was not for the glory of God that it be re moved that their brother might be given grace to bear it to God's glory and praise. After the season of prayer was over, without asking if the answer had been given, the ieader announced a hymn, and none was more sar prised, perhaps, than Mr. Poore to find that he could join in the singing with as strong and melodious a voice as any one present. The amazement was startling when Mr. Poore, just as the minister was about to dismiss the congregation, rushed to the plat form, lifted his hand and began to tell, with lips that had been speech less for three years, of how wonder fully God had answered the prayers of His people on that occasion. At the request of Mr. Poore the ??ongre gation sang, "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow," the subject of the blessing leading the singing with a thrill in his voice that by that con gregation was never heard on land or sea. If any one imagines that there was any drag in the meeting after tii-.it they are quite mistaken. An ovation was tendered Mr. Poore on the) ground, and as the remarkable inci dent spread through the town and surrounding country multitudes thronged the streets, delegation after] delegation met him on his way home, or called on him after he reached home. The house was packed at night with people, who. like the Jews in Bethany that came not for Jesus sake only, but to see Lazarus whom He had raised from the dead, came not for the meeting's sake only, but that they might see the man who had received such a tangible and apparent blessing in answer to prayer that had been offered in that house. The crowds still come to Mi. Poore's homo and such an occurrence in the life of one so well and so fav orably known, and in a denomination that is noted for its conservativencss and quietude, and yet in the life of a! man with such an implicit and abid L 11, 1911. MARTIN Tfle LEADER ELECTED AS BEAD OF MINORITY IN UPPER HOUSE. The Progressive Democrats Vote for Shively, Wbo Polls Sixteen of the Thirty-Seven. Senator Thomas S. Martin of Vir ginia was selected at the -Democratic senate caucus Friday as permanent' caucus chairman and minority leader1 during the present congress. He re ceived 21 out of the 37 votes cast, 16 going to Senator Benj. F. Shively of Indiana. Senator W. E. Chilton of West Vir ginia was elected secretary, heing! elected by acclamation. Senator' Owen declined reelection as secre tary. The expected long contest did not develop. Prior to the session the progressive Democrats, as the follow ers of William J. Bryan prefer to be designated, met in the office of Sena tor Owen to canvass the situation. A number found themselves in an embarrassing position, because of pledges made many weeks a.<o that they would support Mr. Martin for the minority leadership. It was der'ded that the progres sives should vote for Senator New lands of Nevada, as Senators Culber son of Texas and Stone of Missouri both declined to become candidates. The plan was changed in caucus, however, whoa it was learned tnat Mr. Shively, who was the vice chair man under the leadership of Senator Money during the last congress, would not object to receiving the complimentary vote of those who would not vot> for Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin was nominated by Sen ator Clark and Senator Shively by Senator Kern. Senator Stone sec onded the Shively nomination. The 37 vote,-; cast account for the Democratic sfrength except four. Senators Tillman of South Carolina, Terrell of Georgia and Shively were absent because of illness, and Senatoi Martin did not vote. The roll call follows: For Martin: Bacon, Bailey, Bank head, 'Bryan, Chilton, Clarke, Culber son, Fletcher, Foster, Johnstone, Overman, Paynter, Percy, Rayner, Simmons, Smith, (Md.), Swanson, Taylor, Thornton, Watson and Wil liams. For Shively; Chamberlain, Davis, Gore, Hitchcock, Johnson, (Me.), Kern, Lea, Martine, Myers, Newlands, O'Gorman, Owen, Pomerene, Reid, Smith (S. C.) Stone. * ing faith in the promises of God, has received no other explanation than that God was pleased to hear the cry of His people and answer them "ac cording to His loving kindness and tender mercies." The following affidavits, made in the presence of an officer of the law and unde: the seal of the Common wealth of South Carolina, will at test the historicity of the incident, even to the most sceptical: "The State of South Carolina, "County of Oconee. "Personally appeared before me Thomas Drayton Poore, of the town of Wertminster, State and county aforesaid, who, being duly sworn, says: That he is 49 year of age, and that he deals In real estate and farm ing; that on the 11th day of April, 1908, he began losing his power of speech, and that his power of speech had become totally lost on the 18tn day of December, 1908, the loss being attributed as a result of nervousness. That he had been unable to ispeak, even in an audible whisper, from the aforesaid date, December 18, 1908, unntil the 7th day of February, 1911, t which time the power of speech was completely returned to him; and that he Is firmly ot the opinion that the return was due to prayer offered in his behalf on that date, February 'i, by members of the Westminster Bap-i tist church, during a series of revival services, conducted by the Rev. S. B. Stephens, assisted by the Rev. F. G. Lavender. That he requested tht, special prayers, and that at their con clusion, immediately, his voice re turned and he was able to return thanks to God, loudly singing His hymns. "Signed) T. D. Poore. "Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April. 1911. "E. M. Scott, "Notary Public for S. C. Physician's Testimony. "Personally appeared before me Burt Mitchell, M. D., of the town of Westminster, who, bein? duly sworn, says: That he is a practicing phy sician of 3 2 years' service, a graduate of the Baltimore Medical College, and that he has been treating Thomas Drayton Poore about five years, his first trouble being an acute attack of neuralgia. His second and last trou-j ble was .lervous indigestion, which! caused loss of voice. That Mr. Poore | lost his voice about two or three; years ago, and that his speech was returned to him during a religious service on February 7. 1911, when1 special prayers were offered that his! voice be returned to him. That it. is' his (deponent's) opinion that Mr. Pooro's return of speech was duo to his strong faith in the Almighty. "(Signed) Burt Mitchell, M. D. "Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April, 1011. "E. M. Scott. "Notary Public for S. C." Minister's Deposition. "Personally appeared before me] am GAIN THIS YEAR. MORE MONEY THIS SEASON FOR CLEMSON COLLEGE. Fertilizers Tag Tax Receipts Much Increased?Many New Uses for Fertilizers. For 1911 the total income of Clem son College will be considerably larg er than in any previous year, and the prospect is that this income will steadily increase, at the rate of $25, 000 or more per annum, being de rived from thb privilege tax of 25 cents a ton upon artificial fertilizers, the consumption of which is greater each succeeding season. The entire receipts from this tax go to Clemson. The Columbia Record says Judge J. Fuller Lyon, who handles the priv ilege tax account in the office of State Treasurer R. H. Jennings, said Fri day that to date the 1911 receipts from this impost had been $227,229, whereas at this same time last yeai the receipts totalled only $202,416. In Judge Lyon'8 opinion the receipts for the current year will aggregate $275,000, as against only $240,098 for 1910, so that the increase in this one season will in round numbers be $35,000. Fertilizers are now in demand the year round. Formerly they were used only in the spring. Fertilizers are put nowadays to a variety of uses not hitherto known. Quantities are ap plied to growing crops. The con sumption has been surprisingly in creased by the corn-growing move ment and new uses are constantly be ing found in various fields of agricul tural work for the different kinds of artificial manures. An entirely new kind of fertilizer?or rather a famil iar kind produced by a new process? will come on the market when the Southern Power, company's big plant at Great Falls begins turning out ni trogenous fertilizers, derived from the air by electrical treatment. * GDTtLS OFFERED FOR SALE. Two Men Under Arrest on Charge of Luring Them Away. A sensation was exploited in Sheve port, La., this week, by the arrest of N. P. Wainwright and O. P. King, on charges of kidnapping Beulah and Pearl BIcham, young daughters of Scott BIcham, residing on Will Hol llngsworth's place. Sheriff Flournoy states that allega tions of contemptible conduct have been made, and several serious charges, including violation of the white slave traffic law, are apt to be filed against the prisoners. The girls, who are wearing short dresses, apparently not over 16 years old, arrived in Sheveport. with their father, and will be put under bond as state witnesses. It is charged, states the sheriff, that the girls, who came here, looking for work ftome time ago, were given promise of marriage and lured into the country. It is also re ported to the sheriff that they were offered for sale, against their knowl edge, to women in the local disorderly district. the Rev. F. G. Lavender, of the town of Westminster, who, being duly sworn, says: That he is the pastor of the new Westminster Baptist church, and that he was present at the service when Mr. Thomas Drayton Poore's power of speech was returned to him; that the return followed four especial prayers offered In behalf of Mr. Poore. That he (deponent) Is firmly of the opinion that the return of voice was a direct answer to these prayers; that he has known Mr. Poore since he (deponent) came to Westminster, sixteen months ago, and that he had never heard Mr. Poore speak prior to February 7, 1911. That no excitement existed in service prior to Mr. Poore's return of speech. "(Signed) F. G. Lavender. "Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April, 1911. "E. M. Scott, "Notary Public for S. C." The above are only a few speci mens of testimonials that have been taken or that are available. They settle beyond controversy the fact of the occurrence. There may be "Doubt ing Thomases" who will refuse to be lieve. That is their prerogative. The fact remains just the same. If they so desire let them make a journey to Westminster and there they may hear with their own ears what God hath wrought for those who believe His promises. The Question of cause may be con sidered as still an open one. So was that of the miracles of old. However, those in the community who haves carefully studied :he matter, includ ing some of the most conservative theologians of the country, say that it is the direct result of the attitude ! of belief on the part of God's people. They aver that this is an example oi what the church might see today but for her belief. Prominent ministers , are urging that it is not the limi'.a j tion of God's power or willingness, but the limitation of the faith of His I people that keeps the church today : from saying in thousands of instances I to her deaf and dumb, both physical I ly and spiritually: "Eph-pha-tba' ? j "Be thou opened." * 0 TWO CENTS PER COPY. WERE ALL DEAD No Longer Any Hope of f inding Any Victims Alive in the Nine ? i CAUSED BY THE ROWDER Tlie Lives of One Hundred nnd Twenty-Eight Convicts, Working in an Alabnma Mine, Snuffed Out by An Explosion on Ijast Satur day Morning Early. A dispatch from Littleton, Ala., says with the precision of clock-work the trained corps of rescuers is bring ing a steady stream of bodies from the Banner mine of the Pratt Con solidated Coal Company in which Sat urday's disastrous explosion occurred. It is believed tonight that 128 Is the exact number of victims. This figure was obtained after mak ing a careful check of all the men who entered the mine Saturday morn ing. There is no longer any hope of finding men alive underground. Of this number five were free men, sdl the others convicts leased by the State. Of the 128 dead, only 14 were white. Dr. J. J. Rutledge and a party of ten government rescuers were over come by after-damp in the mine early Sunday morning, and for a time the lives of three of the party were de spaired of. It was 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon when the rescuers were able to establish working conditions In the mine, and at 3:20 o'clock the first three bodies were brought to the surface. They were all negroes, George Lawson, Joe Brown and Arthur Welsh. Within two hours ten more had been brought up, including Lee Jones and 0. W. Spradling, both white. James Hillhouse, State mine inspector, expressed the belief that the mine would be cleared by morn ing. James Oakley, president of tho State mine inspection board, escorted the second party into the mine, and when he returned he had no com ment to make. He said a thorough investigation would be made Into the cause of the explosion. The general belief is that powder caused the trouble, due principally to the fact that the greatest damage was at" the point where the day's supply of powder was kept. When the rescuers asked for as sistance company officials called for volunteers among the convicts, stat ing that no man ned go in if h9 were afraid. Sixteen of the negroes In stripes stepped forward in response to the call and accompanied Mr. Hill house and six white men went under ground. There are practically no mourners at Banner, none of the convicts hav ing relatives near, but a few curious negro women stood around the open ing and would break into a low mournful dirge-like chant when the bodies were brought up. ALL THE SENSATIONS OVEJR. Old South Carolina Dispensary About Wound Up. A Columbia dispatch says none of the principals care at this time to be quoted directly, but it may be said without violating any confidences that the winding up of the State dis pensary is not now expected to re quire much time, that the revelations incidental to that process will not be either numerous or startling, that dispensary affairs are not likely to be aired further in the criminal courts and that comparatively little probing if any into the doings of the commission recently dismissed will be done by the new Blease commission. It is questioned now whether au ' thority in law exists for investigation of the old by the new commission, I and the old commissioners would no? submit to such investigation without a fight. There are not to be any more prosecutions of alleged dispen sary grafters for the present. There is a feeling around the State house now that the old State dispen sary has produced about all the sen sations It will yield and that it will shortly be done with altogether, if not forgotten. Things are fast work ing around, of themselves, to the point where it will be said by every body, "Let the dead past bury its dead." Cost Him $10 to Contemplate Suicide. j John J. Iteid, 4 0 years old, was ! fined $10 and costs in Chicago this j iveek in the municipal court because J he had contemplated suicide. Reid, j who is a Scotchman and out of em i ployment, was arrested after he had j purchased a quantity of carbolic acid i with the intention of killing himself. Biill Kills a Man. Disregarding the warning that a bull in the pasture was vicious Wil liam Payne, of Norristown, N. J., was gored and trampled to death this week. He had declared he could conquer any mad bull. Cost Woman to Kick Cripple. Kicking a 100-pound hunchback from a doorstep is an expensive past time, as Mrs. Catharine Zimmerman, of New York city, has discovered, .lustire Maddox awarded a verdict of $750 to Louis Schwab, the recipient of the kick.