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"Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thvff oasossion Happy, or Our Death? Glorious in Thy Just Defence." HB VOL. XXVI BENNETTS VILLE, S, C?^RIDAY. JUNE 21, 1901, NO 25 COAL MINElORROR A darius of Explodions Gunson A .Terribie Disaster. MANY BRAVE LIVES LOST. Mine Was Considered Dangerous and Explosion Was Causad by tho Greed of tho Woikers. A most disastrous oxplosion took j plaoo in tho Port Royal mino near Wost Nowton, Ponn., on last Wcdnos day. Thoro is no firo in tho mino, to judgo from appearances at tho pit mouth, but tho foroo of tho oxplosion was so groat that nono of tho mon, so tho minors say, oould havo survived tho shook. Tho oompleto list of tho dead inoludoa: William MoUuno, superintendent, married, four ohildron. John Hock, mino boss, marriod, throo ohildron. Will'aui Allison, superintendent, Wost Nowton, married, iour ohildron. Daniel Alsop, mino bots, and thir teen minors. .William MoUuno was superintendent of tho Port ltoval district comprising fivo raines. IIo was a lntgo stook holdor in tho Pittsburg Coal Company and his family lives in a handsoino rosidonboou Vino stroot, West Nowton. William Allison was a oousin of Presi dent MoKinloy. i?ariy VVCJ uotiuay moreinK ??nrry Bovcridgo and two minors, tlnoo of a rosouing party that wont to tho mino to bring out their mates who woro en tombed, woro sent to tho MoKoosp^rl Hospital. Beveridge had both bauds brokon and tho other two were badly burned. At 9.04 A. M , Wednesday an in spootion party wont into tho mino through tho shaft on tho Baltimore and Ohio sido of tho Youghioghony Uiver, i twas their purposo to pono trato as far as possiblo to looato tho dead bodiop, with haidiy hopo of find ing anyono alivo. Tho rcsouo party had beon in ?ho mino about an hour whon tho multi ul roport of anothor explosion was hoard, issuing from tho dopths of tho shaft, and a rush for tho oago wno mado by tho mon above, who thought that those rosouers had mot tho fate of thom who had gono before A dozen mon volun teered to go down and try ar<d rooouc tho party, but thoir servions w>ro not required, as tho signal to hoist thoongo was givon from tho hoitom and when it roaohed tho top throj uncoonoifi'ip forms were found ljing on it. Fivo Id Bpeotor Uallahan and Firo BJSS W. MoFoo, of tho Wick Hayon minos, woro tho most dangerously hurt of tho party, and these mon wore taken to tho hotel noarby, whoro two pliysioianB worked with thom almost au hour bo foro thoy oould bo brought bank to lifo. This last explosion, in thc minds of many, seems to sottlo tho fato of tho entombed mon, and ail hope of gotting any of them out alivo has boon aban doned. Tho disaster ooourcd about G o'oloek Wcdnosday evening. An oxplosion was hoard by mon at shaft No. 2 and sud donly a oloud of smoko burst from tho mouth of tho shaft. A soarohing party, ooiuposod of Suporintoudont William MoCuuo and nino othors, wont down shaft No. 2 Nothing was hoard of them and in an hour another rosouing foroo, hoaded by James Bailoy and William Williams, firo bossos, woro lot down tho shaft. They groped their way about 200 foot whon two explosions woro heard in rapid suocossion. Tho shaft lamps in tho hands of Bailoy and Williams woro blown fifty foot away, and they thom solvos woro thrown violently to tho ground. Thoy aroso to thoir foot and oallod for thoir oomrados, but thoro was no anowor. Both men hurried back to tho shaft and woro takon up in tho oago. From that momont until 0 Ol A. M. not anothor soul wont down tho shaft, as it would havo moant oortain death from tho aftor damp. Tho part that wont in this morning was oompoBod of Mino Inspootor Bor nard Callahan, Gonoral Suporintcndont John lioso, Firo Boss William MoFoo, Firo Boss Daniol MoCullough, Firo Boss Potor MoLindon and Pit Boss Robert MoKinnoy. All but Callahp.n woro brought from tho various minos of tho Pittsburg Coal Company. Tho Portlloyal mino has always boon oonsidorod dangerous. Thoro was a similar oxplosion in tho mino sovon yoara ago, by whioh ono man was killod. Tho uso of safoty lamps had beon mado OBpooially imperative in thone minos by thodistriot inspootor, owing to tho groat daogir that was known to oxist, but oareloss minors sornotimos uso opon lights, bocauso thoy oan seo bottor to mino by thom and this helps them to make a bigger day's wages. This is what probably caused tho ox plobion, but tho inquiry whioh will fol low may dovolop a differont causo. Ministor Sont To Jail. Tho Kev. William Wado, tho Yolpin, Ind., miniator who was arrostod sorao timo ago on ohargo of oountorfoiting and who has hold revival aorvioos in tho jail almost nightly einoo his incar ceration, was found guilty by a f?deral oourt jury and sontonoed to ono year in prison and to pay a Ono of $1,000 Ho doniod on tho stand that ho know tho money bo had waa oountorfoit and whoa asked if ho had anything to Hay why sontonoo should cot bo passed up on him ?oplied: "I thank God that I h?vo had tho oourago to toll tho tiuth throughout this trial. I am cn tiroly innooont of this ohniyo." Given Knock Out Drops. ?ommandor B. F. Tillor, of tho United State? navy waa givon knoon out dorps at San Franoiso Friday night rt?bbod'and was loft insonsiblo by two thugs thia morning. CoxnmandorTilloy is govornor of tho island Tutuila So mnn. A Bttd Slip. A Colorado editor has been oompoll cd to apologize to Miss Tampioo I'rudon beoauso his proof roadora permitted it to go in as "Tapiooa Puddin'. An odi tor novor knows whoro troublo ia going to riso noxt, ? A WOMAN MURDERED And Her Bo<ly Skipp sd in a Trunk by Express. Tho mystery ooncorning tho disap pcaranoo from Boston of Margaret Blondin, wifo of J. W. Blond?n, ro mains unsolvod. Her hoadlosa body WAS found near Chelmsford, MasB., and idontificd by hor eietor. Tho hoad wa9 hidden noarby. Tho thoory hao hoon that tho.husband oonnnittcd tho murder in a fit of joalousy. Friday it was inti mated by tho polioo that tho oriino was committed in tho (Jroon atroot housoin Boston, whore tho oouplo boarded, and that tho woman's romain'? wore sont away in a trunk. This thoory was givon woight by an intcrviow bctwoon tho polioo inspectors and Mrs. Mary Hannigan, tho landlady, tho lotter say ing that on Saturday, April 27ih, tho day of Mrs. Bl jud i n's disappearance, sho was sitting in thc front Hall Just boforo 4 o'olook when Mrs. Blond?n carno in and askod wbat timo it wai. On boing told sho txolaiiuod: "My hus laud will kill mo," and raA upstairs to her room- Tho husband immediately outeved and domauded that Mrs. Han nigan loll him how his wifo spent tho day. Upon hoing told that she spout (ho day quietly ho ru mod up stairs as if in a furious to mp sr, pushed tho room door open and olosod rt violently. Tho laudly heard angry talk aud tho fall of a body. Ton minutes lator Blond?n 0311)0 out wearing his best olothos. Ho looked tho door not only by tho ord in ary faotoning but with a padlock wliioh ho had attaohed that morning. Mrs. Hannigan wont up stairs, but got no roo pon so from tho roam. Sho thought that tho woman was ashamed to talk afior what bad taken p'aoo. Blondi? roiurnod itio foi towing ?"UOR day. During tho interval MM. Hanni gan tried to get word from Mrs. Blon dir). Whoo Blond?n roiurnod ho looked haggard. Ho wont to his room, rc maint d thoro an hour and whon ho left in a hurry he doubly lookod tho door. In half an hour ho roto mod with an expressman, explaining to Mrs. [lanni* g&n that ho hui aonoptod a position on a government boat iu Canada and that ho was going to Monlroal. u Whore is your wife?'' askod Mri. Hannigan. Blond?n muttorod something wliioh tho landlady could not oatoh. In reply to Humorous quorios, Mrs. Hannigan was g ?von to understand that Mrs. Blond?n was at tho depot waiting for hov hubband. "I eau not understand what you havo kept her loekod in her roora so long for," oontinuod Mrs. Hannigan. 'Ts she going with you?" askod tho woman. "Yes, sho is at tho dor ot now," re plied Blond?n. Around tho trunks which tho ex pressman took away were heavy loathor bands. Thou Blond?n left, tho kouso and tko landlady?did ujt seo him again, Tho polioo learn that a trunk similar to tho ono dosoribed was shipped toClomsfoid on tho night of April 30. Blondiu disappeared a woek ago and is now boliovcd to bo noar Montreal. No Third Torm for Him, President MoKinloy last wook an nounood that ho would not aooopt a nomination for a third torm in tho fol lowing statomont: "I rogrot that tho suggestion of a third torm has boon mado. I doubt whether Ian oallod upon to givo it notion. But thom aro now qucstion*M)f thogravostimportanoo boforo tho Administration and tho country and thoir just consideration should not bo prejudiced in tho public mind by ovou tho suspicion of tho thought of a third torin. In viow, thoroforo, of tko reiteration of tho sug gestion of ii, I will Pay now, onoo for all, expressing a long sottlod conviction, that 1 not only am not, and will not bo, n candidato for a third tomi, but would not aooopt a nomination for it if it wero tonderod mo. My only ambition is to sorvo throughout my seoond term to tho aocoptancc of my country mon, whoso gonorous oonfidonoo I so doeply apprcoiate, and thon, with thom, do my duty in tho ranks of private oitizsn* ship." William McKinley. Au Eye to Business. "Now, if you will show mo whoro tho burglars got into your shop," said tho dotootivo, 'Twill soo if 1 oau find a olow." "In a moment," said tho pro prietor, aooording to Answors. "1 am working at Bomothing a little moro im portant than hunting for a olow just now." And whilo tho dotootivo waitod tho morohant wroto as follows at his dosk. "Tho burglar who broko into Kat'/onhoftor's bhop on tho night of tho 15th and oarriod away a silk hat, a pair of Fronqh calfskin boots, ufur trimm od ovorooat, a blaok broadcloth suit and two suits of silk uuderwaro wan a blaok koartod villlau aud scoundrel, but a man whofo judgmont oannot bo oallod into quostion. Bo know wher? to go whon ho wanted tho finost clothing tho markot affords. " "Jaoob," ho said to tho bookeopor, "sond a oopy of this to all tho popers and toll 'cm I want M printed in big blaok typo, to oooury half a column, tomorrow morning. Now, Mr Ilixkshaw, I am at your sorvioo.' Forest Destruction. Tho Raloigh Nows and Obsorvov brings forward further testimony to provo tho disastrous rosults of ftrost destruction, lt sajs: "Mr. W. 10. Myerj, of tho geological survoy, says tho sooret of tho bad c ff sot of tho ro* oont Hoods iu Westen North Carolina Hos in tho deforestation of tho moun tain section. Tho oountry is being Btrippod of trees, and Mr. Myora says thst thc outting away of tho timber, is entiroly rei pons, bio for tho ROI i eus Hood. Tho aotual damago exoeedtd $500,000. Tho Appalaohain Korost Pre servo association was organized none too soon, and tho establishment of tho park ought, to bo prossod whonomgrosp moots in Dooombor."_ Break Him in Gradually. It is said that Sonator Do pow intonds to mako a newspaper man out of his son, as there is so muoh monoy in that tu lincfcs. Tho Bonator should not push tho young man to tho highest point of wealth* getting j int at fir il; lot him tako Mr. Sohwab s pinos as hoad of tho stool trust at $800,000 A yoar, for a whilo, BO as to gradually break him in tothomas sivo fortuno II?B nowspapcr ontcrpr?BO will yield. FIGHTING FEVER In Italy oy Pp o ad In g Nets to Kocp Out ths Plaguf, THE DEADLY MOSQUITO. The Wonderful Discove ries of j Dra. Boss, Risori, Lav oran, Bignam', Bastin? nelli and Qrassi. A diapatoh from Homo oayB a sarango land to BOO ia tho Roman Uarapagna nowadays. Sinoo it baa boon dotcrminod that thia famous torritory bag b3cn tho B pro ad IT of tho ourao of tbo world, ma laria, for so nany oonlurioo, ontiroly boiauao of tho mosquitoes with whioh it ia info&tod, a vaso quarantine has boon dcolarod against trio bloodthirsty inaools. " Tho ont'.ro Campagna ia wrapped in notting. This is dono uot moroly booiu^o tho inhabitants wint to do it, but because tho Govorumont has foro.id many to do it by odiot. They aro not permitted to sleep exempt under mosquito notting; may not labor in tho holde oxoopt with netted hoaddreaaoa and gauntlets to protoot thoir anns and banda; every aperture of thoir bou?es, oven tho ohimnoya, muat bo oovored with motel* Ho notting. Thoao laws have a double ond. First they aro doaigned to protcot the i nd i vid ...1,. iL_1....1 -nvr -* - getti?g tho malaria through tho hitos of tho moFqiitoss; sooondly, tho law3 aro onforood bcoauip it io hold that ovary individual that gota tho dijoaao isa walking nouroo of propagation of tho soourgo and that any lav/ that will protcot nia ncignbora is justifiable. ThoBo who sillier froth tho disoaito al roady aro not privilegod. They must dwell uodor notting like tho ollmra, and, in addition, tho Seato ia pulling them through a rigorous oourao of tre? mont for tho oompWint, doaiu^ th.cm with dooootoina of Peruvian bark, iron, arsenic and other apooitua. In tho Ca up agna now folks phut thcnnolvea up in thoir mosquito-proof houses at sundown, and tboy do not stir abroad after that exiept on urgent, buainoMS, and then ouly thoroughly oovorod, with veils and gloves. Tho rigorous obaorv&noo of thoao rules ia uooossary. ll ;ad n of tho Sunday Press will remomber tho arti c!o in an is-uo somo mon tba :>go, in whioh this terrible Kunian Oairipjgna wan dceoribod aa a land of pl most BU rb death, whero the laborers ora vied around like yellow ojrpses and where hardly auy inhabitant oould hope tu cWapo tho plaguo of malaria. Sooner or la'or it waa bound lo oAtoh bim rind kill bim br loavo him a wrook tor tho vost of bia wrctohod lifo. lt ia a queer oxporionoo. to travel over tho railroads that run through tho quarantined districts now. There is not a peep bolo in oars, waiting rooms, bignal toworB or flag stations that is loft unovorod. Tho lUgnion, tho oon duolors and brakomon, tho statiou mas tors and tho baggago amashors all aro voilod aud havo thoir arms in gauntlets that roaoh to tho olbowa. All ?long tho lino of tho road you seo ourioua mutlicd figuros ploughing and following Othor agricultural pursuits, attired as if for purposo of disguise. Your follow passongora aro so biddon behind thoir voils that you oannot for tho lifo of you B:O a singlo faca, liven tho oxen in somo of tho holds r.ro owathod in tho stuff, an I they look odd enough as they stalk along ma joalioal ly with yards and yarda of gauzo not ting hanging on thom. It inakos ono think of tba old-fashioned parlors in Now lOagland farm houses in fly timo, whon tho furnituro waa oovored awful ly and mystorioualy with tho samo kind of gauzo JOmployoos of tho railroad aro watohod oarofully to soo that thoy do not violato any of tho sanitary rules. Oflioials examine oaoh laboror and warn him to tako oaro that ho is proporly veiled. To doors of all waiting rooms aro protootod with doublo doora, whioh oloso altornatoly and automatically. It is laid ou tho inhabitants of tho Jampagna ovorywboro to bo vigilant to a painful dogroo. Thoy aro asked, whonovjr ovou a' singlo mosquito mon agos to ponotrato into thoir houses, to drop all othor occupations, whatevor thoy may bo, and not to rost until thoy havo killed tho wicked thing. It may havo in its sting the doath of a part or ovon all of tho houaohoUl. To ni ak o tho destruction of a mosquito intorlopor moro easy ovory bit of wall in every part of tho railroad proportios is pain tod a dead whito. Tho disoovory that it io tho mosqui to that transmits malaria, and tho sub sequent diseovorios duo to tho experi monta of Dr. ROBB and othors, aud the tenta oarricd on in tho Roman Cam pugna tir.it announced to tho publio in tho Sunday Press from timo to timo. Thc disoovory is of world-wido impor tanoo, but in Italy, tho olassio land of "tho melina"-malaria, "bad air," as tho word'B derivation inoorrootly sug gests- it amounts to a national "hud." in tho 8,217 Ooratn?n?i bf tho King dom malaria takos ho ivcy annual tri buto from H.838. livery year 2,000 000 woiktng people, chiefly agmul tural, aro alt ?eked by tho periodic fevers. Indcod, tho malaria of thoir nativo land ia ono of tho prinoipal oiuscs of tho onormous emigration of Italians. Up to yosterday, almost, it had boen | imagined-from tho oarlioBt limos that tho paludcl, or marah fovcr, wai duo to poisonous gises ariaing from BWrtinpugrouud from tho dooomposition of organic matter. Tho ooltbratod Dr. Rason, haying ooncoivod tho proabil ity of a para9ittio origin for it, tho idea vapidly gained ground All over tho world, in li trope, North and South Atnoriea, Africa and India, solon li fi) modi ?al mon bogan investigation?, of whioh tho readers of tho Press got nows from time to tinto. Franco olatics that Dr. Lavoran, until rcoontly a pro foanor at Van do graoo. WAS tho fired, in 1880, to find in tho blocd of malarial patienta traeos of a pans'iio which ho Oillod tho bomatoi )airo of marsh fevor. Ia 1881 Dr. Manson demonstrated that tho common mosquito (who had boon suspootod all along) ioooulatod people with ?till enoihor par?sito, tho filar?a, whioh st tho moment of ,bia biting ontorcd into tho blood of mtf.n. Thin faot mado ovorytlung oloar, Tho' imf quito must oarry tho malaria about with him. NovorthloHH, fiftoon yo ark pa?and without anything hoing donner : take praotio&l advantago of thia theor^v' ' Dr. Boan, tho Indian army surgeon*; disoovorod in 1808 that mocquttS*^ developed in thoir bodioa tho protoos^ mo Libbo, a parasite whioh ho uhoviod oauscd malarial fover in birds MWh by thom. So tho oonnootion wag^M?? It only roinainod to disoovor tho a?tl6n. of tho anopholo mosquito as tho vomelo. of hum a a malaria, and this is duo ram ly to D.\ Ross and partly to Dr. GrSfti, profeasor of vs )ology at ltomo. |;f _ For ton years past Dr. Qrasal pt? bom pursuing his exporimonts on *iM? paroioular spooios of mosquito, wfidn, tho dita of Dr. Kos3 auggOBted to-Mm.) tho ulterior roRoarohoa whioh Onpod in tho deoisivo rocult. IQ 'Ootop?r,' 1898, aided by Drs. Bignnmi and Ba? u'anolli, ho aoquirod tho oortainty that thonnsquito who oarriod tho malaria poison was indeed tho anopholo. Tho P'Arr.oiLio gorm) whioh ho ourles.in him o*nciot livo whon thoy pass into bivds or domostio animals, but thoy livo and devolop luxuriantly In tho blood ol' man, whioh has tho uul^oky quality of so strengthening (md inn I i plying them that thoy not only .infopt him willi malaria, but oauBO him,.' in turn, to infoot othora. It is tho for?nlo anophclo only wh'oh is dangorouj. Tho milo dooa no', bito. Tho oouoludvo oxmrimonta woro made ie a hospital hall of the' 'Santo Spirilo, at Homo, ou a dozen individu ala in good health and of philanthropie disposition, who allowod themaolveo to bo bitten by mosquitoes from malarious districts. D,- Griiaai rapidly obtained oonurma tiou ot'tho other important fae ty; that tho mo-quitooi themajlvoa of to ne? bo oomo inloolcd by absorbing t.ho blood of a person oiok with malaria. T.'?o red globules of tho blood of euoh persona oontain par?sitos quito distinot ' from thoao eau uni any othor eon ta doun malady. There aro of tho olass^ef'?ro to*/ ?orofl, that ii to Hay 'unioolhllar orgaeisiins, who obtain thoir orgatoa or reproduction only aftor a singular bono*) moon trip to tho stomaoh of tho anoph:lo uiosquitoos. It is th?r6 that tho sexual distinotion of thoso gorms oomincnoos; that is to say, thoir ropro duoiion and dovolopmont. Sometimes thoir numbor oxoooda 10,000 id ofro in dividual bidy. Aooording to ?litaatio conditions they arrivo at maturity ?lowly or rapidly. Then tho capsulo whioii coo lbina them breaks; they How in,to tho vioooro of tho anopholo, thonoo into tho salivary glands and thonoo to tho bito of tho iuHoot. Tho mosquito, wlji?n ho pitos or prioks us, inooulatos iafco tho wound a tiny quantity ol this/saliva containing tho germ?. And as,[io do'.-a not get lid of his poisonous provision in any ningle bito, tho anuio. mo ..quijo may intcot fcovor.d parson*, ono tho othor. in a siglo night. Oao(singlo bito of malaria 'wMoTirnhy last a xu?hYa ruo time or oarry him to tho gravo 'in four daya. Whon man is thus bitten and infoot od tho rod globuloB of his blood oom monoo to altor, after about twolvo days. lt is at this momont that tho feverish symptoms of chills and flushos begin to show thomsolvos. '.''hoso fevors aro slight or strong, long or short, aooord iog to tho malignity of tho individual parasites with whioh ho happens to bo incoulatod, and noording to tho soason in whioh ho oontraotcd tho infection. In tho apring thoy aro lighter than in summer or autumn. They gonorally reappear each suoeoodiug yoar. Dr. Manson took with him to London a quantity of infootcd mosquitoes, whioh ho caused to bito his aon, who had novor boon outsido of England in his lifo. Ho novortholcas developed a tpyioal attaok of intermittent fovor. Malaria, therefore, ia a malady whoao oontagious oharaetcr manifosts itaolf uniquely in plaoa whoro thoro aro ano pholo niosquitooa and during tho warm Boason. Vogotation, tomporaturo, stagnant watora and marahy ground oombino poworfully to aproad tho ovil, booauso thoy mako oonditions favorablo for tho porpagation of both mosquito and germ. But thoro aro looalitios Uko Foostum-whioh havo booomo only recently iufcotod; and it ia oloar that malaria may bo oithor brought into a neighborhood or stamped out of it. Homo n m ?ina for somo reason f roo from malaria, though surrounded by an in feotod zono of tho worst kind. Tho stamping out of malaria, whioh hal boon accomplished in tho towns ot Motaponta and Siharia, ha* hooomo tho groat hygiontio work of Italy. Every thing demonstrates that tho diaoaso ia not oausod by any oonditions of "bad air," as its ?amo orignally indio tated, In 1809 Dr. Colli bogan his oxpori mont on tho railway omployocs of tho lt jinan Oampagna in soaroh of a pro vontivo rogirao. Ho ohooso two pointa known to bo tho most olassioally mala rial, Corvara and Pontogalora. Thoso ( xporimonts intorostod iii a whole aoion tifio world. Tho oolobratod Dr. Kooli on mo to follow thom and tho English Govornmont sonta oommission whioh int ulled itself at Ostia. Similar oxporimonts woro begun in tho infootod zono of tho provinoo of Saleruo by Dr, Grassi .Ho efltablishod his quartior gonoralo at tho railway stations of Albanolla and St. Nicoli Varo), on tho ISapha ltoggie Calabria line, in tho midst of a dooolato, muddy oountryaido, inhabited only by troops of domestic bullamos. Thoy woro so buoooraful that thoy havo boon oon tinuod oaoh summer, ainoo, and tho prusont yoar will soo a groat bxtonsion of tho work. Lieut. Loo Killoe!. Colonel Kline, of tho Twonty-first Infantry, roports that forty m;n who wcro hunting for rillos in tho vicinity of Lip? Buargas, woro attaokod by a baud of robols. Liout, Springor, of tho Twonty-first Infantry; Liout. Walter L?O, of tho onginoofs and two mon woro killed. Captain Wilholm was seriously and Lieu1,, ltams?y filighth wounded. Thrco mon woro alao wound ed. Liout. Loo of orops of ongineers, was tho youngest oflnor in this branon ofaeivioo. Ho waa born in Nashua, N. C., aud wai appolntou .from that rftato. Ho graduitod at Ot? Military Aoadomy in 1000 and ?flsignod to tho craps of onginosrs. Jiojwas otdor od to Manila in Marah last tad artivod thoro on April 18 II) waakillod dur ing his first month of actif o Ii ERE SLlG?lt?I) Philadelphia Merchant? Havo Thus Treaded tho Visitors to INDU STRIAL CONVENTION, The Dni?gales Left to Hustle for Thomselves. Th? Obj >ct of tho Visit Badly Hurt Tho Sou' horn Industrial Association mot in Philadelphia on Monday of last week. Dologntos woro in attendanoo from nil parts of tho South. South Oarolins waa roproaontod by tho follow ing gontlomon: C. W. Kollook, John F. Fiokon, J. 0. llomphill, J&mos M. 8eigniou3, W. B. Whaloy, P. G. liana han, A 0. Kiufman and 0. Bissel] Joukius, all of OitarloBton; J )hn B. Olovoland, Dr. Jjasa P. Clovoland, Thoa. JO Mooro and W. K Burnott, of Spartnnburg; Sol Kobo, Orangoburg; 0, S. MoCall, BonuolUvillc; Charles H. Fisher, Kdgc?uld; D. KL Norris, Andersen; A. B. Onrpontor, Groonvdlo; W. Ii Dur?t, Greenwood. In oponing tho oonvontion on Wodnos day morning I'roaidont Hartgrovo of Shreveport La. said: Tho businoHB nun of tho oily havo nogleotod tho oonvontion and tho dolo gates oomposcd of mon who orne hero from plnoaa aa far distant aa Au ?tin, Texaa, with tho understanding that tho buaincPBDeu of tho oity would attond their Huaaions, tako au intorost in what thoy had to aay aadoaooit thom through thoir oatabliahuionts aud do tho many othor graooful things that invito oiniidouoo, ocmont friendship and build up trado, aro diaplonsod at tho failuro ol tho merchants and uianu faolurcra to koop tho promiacB mado. Tuonday thoro waa a fair audionoo but Wodnohday morning thoro woro not moro tlun a dc/.m Philadelphia buai noDB mon pronont at tho oponing of the Hendon And thoy were for tho most part mon who woro required to be thoro ow ing to their scrviooH on oommittooa. . Tho first troublo dovolopod at Tuca d&y ovoniug'a soaaion when ltobort 0. Ogdon, of Philadelphia, spoko on "Popular cduoation, tho power of in dustrial progroBa." Tho delegates took umbrago at thia roforonea to th j poor, illiterate whito womon of tho South, whom, ho htatod, required oduoation aa much, if not moro, tba? tho Ne gro. Tho threatened discussion was pro vouied by 1'rcudont II. H. Ilargravo, who ar?d that Ogden muBt bo mwn foimod. At tho rooming's acaaion, howovcr, Mr. Hargrave, who haiis from Shreveport, L?., and is editor or tho Now Orleans Picayune, got back *fc.Gg?oa?.?tt a spcooh, whioh rcllootud o'v ve* ?us si ia ' PhUadAl phi A.. ..._ "For tho first timo/' ho said to tho .10 poraona prosont, "I fool misgivings as to tho Buoooss of this oonvontion. "Thoro was a good start made, but I fear a bad ending. Wo of tho South aro familiar with Now York, Baltimoro and Boston, but know nothing of Phil adelphia. "Whyj wo novor soo a traveling man from Phi'adelphi? in tho South. Wo know nothing of your goods. Wo m ?ko no attompt to get your business. Send your oommoroial agonis down so that roal oommoroo may grow Up. "That would bo bottor than talking so much and doing nothing. I soo fow Philndolphinns boro this morning What now faoos aro in tho hall aro now arrivals from tho South." Tho gonoral opinion is that tho busi noBB of tho oity with tho South will matorially suffer through tho laok of oourtoay that has boon shown tho mon who came boro with tho expectation that tho oity would extend to them open arms; that thoy will bo troatod kindly, thoir appoals for oapital to do volop thoir industries liatoned to with intorest and oiforts bo mado to scouro tho investment of monoy to foster thoir natural rcBourooa. Njt oven tho roocption that was tonedorod tho ddcgatou by tho Mayor Tuesday night did tho business mon of tho oily consider that it was worth whilo to attend. Thoro woro soarooly moro than a acoro of Philadelphia mon thcro and tho roooption was a dull, flit affair that did moro harm than good to tho ioputation of tho oity for warm-hearted hospitality. Tho afternoon session waa dovotod to rodding of papora doaling with tho manufaoturo of cotton in tho South. At tho evening soaaion tho Ohineno Ministor Wu Ting Fang spoko on Amorioan trado with tho Oriont. TUX NIC .KAUUA GANAI. Tho diuoussion of tho Nioaragua oa nal was oponed by Hon. Sowoll Uobb, of Ponsaoola, Fla. II j said in part: "Fivo hundred and fifty millions of people of tho fur ead, for half a -jen ni ry, havo ou treated tn to opon a high way through tho narrow strip of land that oonnoots tho two great oonlinonts of Amor?os, but wo havo had at tho holm of tho ship of stato mon of limit oi mar?timo information and a doaf oar has beon turnod to thoir requests. Whon our military army sought oppor- | tunity for promotion (in rank) our om ci.dfi rushed to a coull ?et with a pooplo loss than 10,000,00;) in population and already havo oxponded in tho offert to inooulatn thom with "bonovolont as similation" inwards of $300,000,000 and oountlosa lives. This money CK pondod in tho othor proo.'ss 'oommor oial assimilation* wnuld havo construct ed tho Nioaragua oanal and established liuos of stoamahips numboring not loss than 100, eaoh of 5,000 lons oapaoity, oarryingour own produots, "Tho twontioth oontury oalln for hu man advanoomcnt. Wo of tho south loamed at tho clono of tho war that if wo would dovolop our resouroos tho military arm must bo subsorviont to tho civil authority. "The Clayton Bulwor troatv is only a protoxt for delay. Wo oannot oon ooie tho right of any nation to dictate either looality or manaor of oooupation to tho?: whoso mutual intcrost de mand a work froa from entangling al lianoos. Costa Hioo, Nioaragua and tho United Stato J of Amcrioa aro oompotent to dooido what is best for thoir inter ests." Gcorgo .11. Anderson, of Pittsburg, spoko briefly on tho oubj mi, oxpross ?Dg tho opiri ni (hat tho Unitod StatOB omi build an isthmian canal without tho holt) of 10 igland or any othor na tion. Tho Suez oanal, ho said, ie a groat boon to British cummeroo and ho as sorted that thin country nooda a short and ojonoinio o)urso by whioh to soud its' produots to tho Paoifio ooaat and thonoo (o tho niarkola tho world. W. H. Cavanagh, or St. Louis naado a briof address and tho disouuaion was oloscd by Waltor C. Stcvons, of St. Louis, who spoko on tho ooining St. Louis exposition. A Grand Old Man. Tho Oolu ubia Stato says tho an nouncement that Dr. Oarlislo will ooi! tinuo to sorvo anothor year as prosidont, of Wolf ord oollogois good nows. Qocd nows not only to tho patrons and sup porters of Wolf ord, but to every ono in South Carolina who h&3 tho carno of education at honrt or who ndmiroB and respects nobility of oharaotor and in telloot, Whon Dr. Oar?Blo a year ago oxprosscd his dcBiro to bo roliovod of tho hoavy burdons of thiB high offno. Tho Stato said his place oould not bo filled, that no suooerair oould bo found who would inoauuro up to tho Cftrli.do standard. Hut for anothor yoar tho ool lego is lo havo tho benefit of this liront inan'B direction and Woff ord is to bo con gratulated, Tho inflacnoo Dr. Cirlido URB oxortod io South Uarolina is in oaloulablo. lt oxtonds far boyc-nd tho oirolo of thoso who havo boon uti.dents at Wufford or who h*vo oorno in per sonal ooutaot with hiir . lt is not con fined to tho Methodist denomination, but touohos tho?o pf all oroois nod no oroods. Ho ia rovorod by many who havo noyer soon him. Such a man oan ill bo spared in any position." . Tho Value of Knowledge, lt has been well said that thero is al vaya work for tho ' man who knows." N J t. tho mein who thinks ho knows it all, but tho man who baa full kuowlodgo io any single hold of industry, iljro is au hom, that id going tho rounds of tho proas thal originated somewhere in North Carolina. A mau in wo3torn North Carolina was soiling standing timber-walnut trocs Tho man who was buying oamo to ono very handsomo troo. Ho told thc owner ho would pay aa muoh as $50 for that troo. This ox cited thoownor. Ho did not eoll, but sont for oxports. Tho ownor gol $1,500 for tho troo (ourhd wainui) as it stood. Tho man who out it down realized $3 OOO for it on tho oars, lt was shipped to Now York and venoorod ono sixdi to half an in oh. Tho sal os woro watohod and esti mated as tho bebt that oould bo dono, and whon all tvas disposed of it turned out that tho tree brought $50,00. To Hang for Burglary. In tho Supiomo Ci urt nt Asheville, N. C., loot weokltush Gatos and l?\-ank Johnson, whilo, and Bbu Foster, Harry Foster ?nd Harry Mills, colored, woro fouud guilty of burglary in tho first dogroo. Uudor Noith Carolina law tho penalty for burglary is death. AU fivo mon will bo*sentonood tobo lia'bgod boforc :ho term of Qiixik'nnd*. On tho 8th of February those men en tored tho nt oro and postoffioo at bhnmn, two milos from Ashovillo, and, holding pistols on Samuol Aloxandor, oponod a safo and bogan to riflo it. Aloxandor watohod for an opportunity, and whon tho burglars' attontion was diverted grabbed a pistol and oponed ?iro, seri ously wounding two of tho mon and ro ooiving almost fatal wounds hinisolf. Tho burglars Hod, but woro oapturod. Postmaster Gonoral Smith wroto Alex? andor a porsonal lottor commending his bravory. BatleshipS Illinois. Tho United States battleship Illinois, built by the Newport Nows Shipbuild ing oompany and Dry Dook oompany, was given hov ofhoial trial over tho govornmont oourao from Capo Ann to Hoon island'thursday. Tho vessel loft tho uppor harbor whoro sho had boon an chored since her arrival hove on Mon day, soon after 8 o'clock, and inado her way bbwly toward Glouooatcr. All oonditions woro pericoe for a suooossful tost of tho big vossol. Tho sky was oloar and bright, and warm sunshine balliol tho battleship as sho pressed hor way toward Capo Aon. A light bree zo from tho north wost ooolod tho heat of a Summor day and gavo a olear atmosphoro. Tho oiliioal oourao over whioh tho Illinois ia to fulfill hor con tract, must sustain a Fpood of 16 knots, in length, tobooovoroa twioc. Govorn mont voesols woro stationed to mark tho oourso. I?pidomic of Suicides. An opidomio of suicides in lOurparia, Kansas, culminating Wodnosday in throo attempts, all oxaotly similar to rooont successful suicides, caused tho mayor and board of health to day to forbid publication of details i auioido or attempts in 1 mal papers. 'Tho board is aoting on tho thoory that publioation spreads tho ojnlagion of suioido by (wy obie ouggOiiiton. Mayor Morao oontonda that tho liberty of tho proas is second ary to tho publio health and is propar od to uso foroo, if noooesary, under tho Nuiaanoo Aot. All tho editors, how ovor, havo agrood te aupprots dotails of suiotdos or attempts until tho cpidomio abatos. The opidomio began with tho suioido of Charles Cross, pre sidon t of a wrooked bank, and in tho last thirty days there havo boon aoven oasos, thrco of whioh wore tuooossful. An Apology. .'Woowo our lea lera aa apology," says tho Howorsvillo Md. Clarion, "for failing to appear oa timo thia week. Hut tho fostivo goat bolonging to our gonial livorymin, P?ttriok Casoy, got into our prcairoom Tuosiay night, aftor our? entiro edition had boon printed, and ato tho papora all up. GonscrpiOQtly tho entire resources of our odilorial and moohanical forces havo boon oallod into play in a stren uous effort to got out anothor edition to roplaoa tho ono that waa oaton. Whilo wo admiro tho literary tasto of tho aforesaid goat, wo shall horoaftor koop tho proasroom looked." Four Men Drownod. Tho saboonor Cz ir, bound to Labra dor, with fiahormon and thoir families, 70 porsona altogothor, was drivon ashore on Cabot island, on tho north ooast of Now Foundland in a fog and galo Sun day night. Four mon woro drownod and aix othors woro ie jared, but tho womon and ohildron wore nil landod iafoly? MORE TRUSTS FORMING. Prows, Shovels, Mat oho? and Pianos tho Latest to ba Morned, Tho formation of groat trusts pro ooodti npaoo, aud hardly a day passos but what tho anuounoonient is inado of combinations of nianufa itu rora of arti* olofi of absoluto human ncojsity. Pretty m nob ovory thing a mun eats or woura or tools ho uses in his trado, and even tho coffin ho ii buried in is subjoob so far as prioo isoonoornod, to tho regula tions of trusts, and tho end of it all is not yob in sight. Among nomo of tho latost trusts to bo formed aro tho following'. An official of tho Diamond Match oompany says that*a consolidation of tho Eaglish brm:oh with tho Bryant & May oompany would bo ailcotod soon. O. 0; Barbor, president of tho Diamond Matoh oompany, and sovoral managors and 0. II. Palmor aro now iu England olosing tho negotiations for tho consoli dation, and it is annouuood that Charlea Baird, its attornoy will leave within ton days on tho eatuo mission. Tho Bryant & May oompany had a oomploto mo nopoly of tho iu:i to li businoss in Eng land uutil tho Diamond Matoh compa ny built itu Livorpool factory a low Yoars ago. Siuoo thon tho two have di vided tho busioo?s of thc Uaitod king dom. Tho Diamond Matoh company of Amcrioa owns 51 per cont, of tho English corporation, so that tho o muoli dation will bo of groat benefit to tho fenner company. A ocmbinaiion of tho piano manu facturers, embraoing tho ontiro output of tho oountry, is in prooosa of organi zion. Mato A. Blumonborg, oditor of tho Muaioal Courior, of No-v York, is in tho oily promoting tho solnmo. Ho says thal tho purposo of tho combine is to roduoo tho tolling oxponnos. whtnli aro now $7? for ovory piaao m ado. Ho | auyn that whtlo tho combination will out oil a number of hangorsonof tho trado, it will materially bouofit tho workmen in tho faatorioa. Wherosomo faotorios shut down a largo part of tho yoar bo cado ol lack of capital to aoouniulato Htook, tho combination arrangomonb would furnish fuads to koop thom run ning, thus bonoliting all oonoirnod. Ho will ondeavor to intcroat Cincinnati manufacturera in tho sohoino, and says that nearly ali of tho largo faotorios hnvo tho nullor undor consideration. Negotiations whoroby twonty or moro of tho loading plov manufauturing fir nu of tho njiJdlo WoBt will form a trust with a oapital of about $70,000, 000 havo been practically complotod in Ohioago. Tho oompany will bo finano od by tho Unitod Statos Mortgage com pany, of Now Vork, which will obtain tho money from tho Mutual Life and tho ' Equitablo Lifo Insurance oom pauio?. Tho headquarters will bo ia Cbioago? Sixteen of tho largest manufactur ers of shovols in tho Unitod Beaton aro forming tho shovol trust of whiohmany ruinera havo boon oiroulatod, and C. 0. Luring, of Bo?ton, who waa ono of tko organuirs Amor?o AU S :ool Wiro oom pany, is engineering tho doal.for thom. Pho oapital of tho corporation will bo about $10,0U0,UU0, and a Joraoy ohsreor will bo boourod. Tho papors havo already been drawn up and all tho western Pennsylvania manufao turora havongrcod to join. Tho Cleveland rivals of tho Standard Oil oompany have given up the battlo ?gain?t that oonoorn and aro combin ing to soil out their intorosts to thoir foo. Tho Staudard Oil is to pay about $1,000,000 for tho wholo of tho propor tioa. Thoro aro throe of tho oonoorns Schofield, Shurmor & Gonglo; tho Clovoland Rofining company and tho Soio Rofining oompany. R. T. Wilson, of Now York, is oroditod withonginoor ing tho deal, whioh extinguishes tho last spark of oompotition with tho Standard Oil oompany in Ohio. So tho list will bo oxtendod until ovory oonooivablo arliolo of human consumption or uso, with tho oxoop lion of air, will be in tho control of monopolios^_ Au Interesting Case. M. B. Carnell proseoutod Emanuel Oxindino, Jess Aloxandor and Jolt' An dorson, defendants, ohargod with ouraing and using blasphemouslanguago on tho highway. Tho caso was triod nt Spartanburg and tho following particu lars of it wo got from tho Herald of that city: Tho dofondants woro first indiotod h J foro Magistrate Kirby and a motion was mado boforo him by dofondant's attornoy, John Gary Evans, to quash tho indictment on tho grounds that thoro was no offonso ohargod in tho warrant. This motion was ovorrulod by tho magistrate Whoroupon dofon dants moved for a chango of vonuo. Tho oaao waa transferred to Magistrate MoGowan, bofoio whom a similar^ mo tion to quash was made. Ho dismissed tho OASo, holding that tho point was woll taken. This happonod la ii Satur day. Tho prosooutor on tho samo day went boforo Magistrate Williams at Converso and swore out a warrant against tho do fondants for tho saino offonso. Tho CABO waB hoard boforo Magistrate Williams in tho court house hero. Tho dofon danta attornoy mado tbo samo motion to quash tho in diet mo nt (hat ho hid mado boforo Magistrate Kirby and MoGrowati. Magistrate Willi? ms ovorrulod tho motion, thus agrooing with Magistrate Kirby, and tho o HO wont to triai on its menin. After hearing all thoovidonoo and argument tho dofondants woro found guilty, and oaoh waa sontonood to pay a linc of $5, or aorvo fivo days on tho 3 ninty ohaingang. Defendants attor noy g wt) notice o intontion to appoal, and tho OMEO will bo oarriod to tho high er oourts. C. P. Sims, Esq , roprosont ol tho prosecution._ Bad Enough Eithor Way. Out in Missouri a man wants a di vorce on tho ground* tbat his wifo de ooived him rogaidtng hor age, but it is to bo hoped ho will be nonsuited, It ls no moro of a orimo far a woman to do ooivo her in ton dod regarding hor ago than it is rogaidiog hor boauty. That billy Missourin would rob matri mony of all tho olomontB of ohanoo. Latham, Aloxandor & Ce. of Now York, havo issued a ootton aoroago lot ter undor da bi of tho 31. Tho 4,000 loltors asking aoroago catimatos doy havo 2,155 roplios of avorago dato May 24th. Upon thoso they hmo an OBtimato of an inoroaso of asroago ovor last year of ?1.08 por oont. Prom all Statos thoy havo roports of a late orop an unpromis ing start. Tho avorago planting v/au about 17 days later than fast yoar. FERRY BOAT SINKS With One Thusand? Paoplo On Board of Har. SEVERAL LIVES WERE LOST. Many Boats Hu shod to Sho Ras cu? and Savid Hun dreds o* L?V?8. How lt Mnpponod. Thowoodon eldo whoolor Northfiold which has hoon in tho sorvloo of tho Staton Island For ry oompr.ny plying botwoon Now York and Jorsoy Oity for tho past 38 yoars, was rammod Fri day night by tho stool hulled propollor Mauohohunk, mod as a forry boat by tho Contrai railroad of Now Joraoy. Tho oollision ooourrod just off tho Seaton Island ferry slip at tho foot of Whitohall stroot and in loss than ton minutos nitor tho Northfiold, whioh was orowdod with passongors, sank at tho outor ond of tho Spanish Lino pior ia tho IQ ist ri vor. Tho Mauohohunk, whioh was badly damigod, landed tho two do/, ni passongoiMwho whoro aboard of hor. Ovjr a hu nd rod of the paBBon gor i of tho sunkon Northfield wore drnggod out of the wator by people along shore and oro wa of tho fl act of river tuga v/hi ih promptly rospondod to tho ferry boat's oall for holp. A fow of tho Northfield's passongors worohurt ia tho anoidont and tho polios bcliovo that souio liv JD woro lost. Capt. Dan iel. Gally oi tho tugboat Mutual, who saw tho forry boats crash togo thor, says that immediately aftor tho ool lision botwoon 25 and 30 of tho pas*: songers loapod into tho v/Ator and that many of jbhosa porishod. Capt. Gully also doolaroB that ho is suro ov jr a huu I drod of tho N jr thli old'sp RH songo rs woro drownoi. Tho oaptains ofothor tug boats who woro early on tho soono, howovor, aro inolinod to think that tho disastor was not so sorious as regards loss of lifo. Thin far no doad bodies havo boen rooovored. Tho roaBon for suoh a difioronoo of opinion as to tho oztont of tho disastor is that tho wildost uxoitomont prevailed on tho Northfield. Tho tug Mutual savod in all about 75 persons from tho Northfield and tho tugs Unity and Arrow saved botwoon thom 150 per sons. Two palio JIU on of tho Old Slip station olaim to havo rosouod noarly 30 - pooplo botwoon thom. As soon as tho orowd whioh had followed tho sinking forry boat along tho ri vor front woro ablo to rendor any aid they workod with a will and in many instanoos mon spraug into tho water to save lifo. Tho groatcst norvioj was rendered by tho tugboats, whioh as soon as it was pos sible oirelod around tho Northfiold. and mado a bridgo to tho Spanish lino pier * and mon and women olaraborod ovo: tho tuftajtaJihriflhoro. 'Tho1,swift run ning flood tido and- tim question of whioh boat has tho right of way wau the CAUSO of tho disastor. Capt. Abra- , ham Johnson was in charge of tho Northfiold and Capt. S. C. Grfiln was in command of tho Mauohohunk. IDjtoh lays tho bl tun o for tho oollision on tho othor. Tho Northfiold, with a load of pas songors, variously ostitnatod at bo twoon BOO and 1,000 at 6.01 p. m. started out of tho wost slip at White hall stroot for St. Goorgo, Staten Island, and at 5.53 p. m. tho Mauoh ohunk loft tho railroad slip at Commit nipaw for Whitohall stroot. Tho lator oraft was abreast of the bargo offioo at tho Battery who? tho Northfiold oamo out of tho slip. An oxohango of whistloB botwoon tho boats was follow- " od by tho ora sh. Capt. Griffin appar ently boliovod that tho Staton Island forryboat would bo hal tod until ho had workod his boat into thouppor slip, and on tho othor hand Capt. Johnson sup posed that ho would bo allowed to croan tho Maunohehunk's bows. Whon tho nooidont appoarod inovitablo tho speed of tho Comm unipav/ ferryboat was xo duoodod as niuoh as possiblo undor tho oiroutnstanoos, but borno along by tho swift running flood tido, head en, tho' Mauohohunk struck tho Northfield on tho starboard sido at tho hood of tho forward ladies' oabinon tho main dook, 'tho blow was a torrifio ono and tho forooof it wrecked tho stocring gear at the forward ond of tho Mauoh ohunk, to up about 10 foot of tho main dook, wrookod tho dookhouso on tho port sido and broko through tho dook rail and throw down tho stanchions on . tho forward part of tho Oontral railroad boat. As tho bumping of ferryboats is not unusual in this harbor tho passongors on tho Northfiold did not for a minuto or no roalizd tho soriousnoss of tho ool lision. Whon, howevor, two firomon ran upon dook to savo thomsolvos from tho inflow of wator and tho Northfiold was hoing drivon full spood up tho Hist river instoad of down towards Staton Island and all tho timo sohrooohing for holp they know that somothing sorious had happonod. Thon oommonood tho panio whioh oontinuod until tho North hold wont down. At no timo was? tho Northfiold moro than 500 foot out in tho rivor boyond tho bulkhead lino but tho tido was maning with tho volooity of a mill raoo and had tho vossol sunk out in tho stream only tho tugs would have boon ablo to givo aBsistanoo. Soriously Bitten hy a Shad. William Dunoan, agod 26 yoars, ft Dula wuvo river ii ahorman, was bitton by a shad and is now in tho Dolawaro Hos pital at Wilmington, Doh, minoring novoroly. While hauling his not some ton days ago ono of tho fish, whioh was partiou'arly vioious, so!zod hie hand in its mouth and inflicted a painful injury. Tho fish had fino tooth, whioh out tho fiosh. Tho wound was rogaxdod as trivial. Now it ?B inflamed and abol l?n mu oh largor than tho usual <uV, and sorious losults are fcaved. The injury is infootod with ft poisonous mai* tor and tho outcome may be blooa poisoning. ^_. Tho following is ft remedy thal wi1.1 novor fail to kill tho potafe bttg? r?#k? i four pounds ot bluestone and nv* pounds of uulok Hmo; dissolve the Vine* stone in ?bout two gallons of water? slako the limo tot ?.ny WM*), tuU t>wh to fifty gallons of watets *ttt Weil, ?na spray tho plants freely*