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" j9 Tol XT.VI. WINXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1890. NO. 9. I ' A'TERPJFIC EXPLOSION, j ted States?Six Mills and Fiftv Dwell- j - - - icjjs Destroyed?a jjozen or .uum ??, men Killed and Many Injured. Wilmington, Del., October 7.?The | ofllce and six mills of the Dupont Pow-1 der Works, near here are in ruins. l Fifty or more houses of workmen at F the "upper yard" are wrecked. A dozen perhaps more, workmen are dead, and a score or more others are injured, as a nssnlf. of a series of nowder explosions i at o.30 this afternoon. . The Dupont works which are well-1 known throughout the country, are the i L largest powder mills in the United 1 r States. The mills extended along the ^ j^ruui M muiUQggHHrrau, in one of ^Lcted with thb guying a can of P when in some way a spark commiTn^f cated to the can and it blew up. Instantly the packing mill exploded, and the Si ^ other mills in the upper yards, seven or eight in number, followed at intervals of less than one second from the concussion. All these, except, one, were rolling mil's in which the ingredients of gunpowtltr are pulverized by the ac-1 tion of vertical rollers of stone turning | slowly around a central post. The j whole machinery is driven by water j power. The odd oae was a mixing i mill. L The shock was simply terrilic, and i was felt evt-n in Philadelphia, thirty-j live miles away, and in New Jarsey arid j elsewhere. At the "upp^r yards," where the ex-; plosion occurred, are some fifty houses I inhabited by employees of the" powder ! milk and :hev are all wrecked. The! office of the Dupont Company is a com- { plete wreck, and six mills are in ruins. All buildings within a radius of half a mile are damaged. and the concussion even broke windows in some parts of Wilmington, four or five miles away. Immediately ?;fter the explosions the large building known as the "refinery," located near the centre of the village, Look fire. It was a ina'.ter of life and death to the whole population that this fire should be extinguished before it communicated with the powder the bnild- j ing contained. Taking their lives in ! their hands the Dapout fire brigade j fought the flames, which had caught - " ^ - J - - ?--i- I uie rooi. 10 was touca ana go uetweeu ; success ana destruction, but the lire-1 men won. Had the roof failen in it is ; man, woman or child would have escaped i jury. .uniies are rendered Jisaster, and many of ized by the terrible w seconds as to seem of where they are or i u g. T h e i nj li red are to the hospital buildto the works, and are irgical and other aid ing to the rocky and of the locality, but in the way of search Ui adCCl uuuiu^ | ||!fe done tc property unl||||ftr is a partial list of the i BjaPri Dolan, James Dolan, j ffirvey, John Hartigan, Wm.! Bcoha Dietz, John Hurlike, "ougherty, Wm. Green, John and a woman named Rose Dougherty. Several others are missing. The more seriously injured, so far as learned, are: Daniel llarkins, Wm. T niT'in Ac?)! n?-.iicj>ilv fl ri?ii#? 1 V"-"' " / ~ - Marie Dolan, daughters of .James DoIan, who is among the- kiiled; James Ward, leg brokt-u and bu.*. internally; Hugh Ferry, picked up uu ;:nscious, injuries unknown; John McDowell, head badly hurt; Mrs. Wm. McDowell, ear cut oil and head very badly cut; her two-year-old daughter "seriously injured; Lydia Anderson, arm broken and badly bruised. Among the slightly injured an* Eugene Dupoiit, Ihe head of the.tirin; JfrancisG.Dupoutamt Chas. J. Dupont. J ;- i. -* I xney auu sevtutu u*tusu iur umuc were cut by fragments of broken glass, but none seriously. The dead were all employees of the company and were in and about the mills that exploded. Several workmen are missing and .".re j believed to have been blown to fragments. The wounded received their injuries j among the walls of their falling houses ! and by broken glass ana flying debris, j Had there not been a general exodus j from their houses at the first shock, the death list would have been much { heavier, as many would have been crushed in the ruins of their dwellings. Undertakers have gone out from IVilminrrfnt* t#\ o-ivr> 1 )>pir cr>rvtr>.,?5 in * ? WW A ? l<tWA ?.?>** ? * ?* j preparing the dead for burial, while Wilmington surgeons were prompt to hurry to the spot and render aid. ^ Yesterday's Fo.rtier Explosion. Wilmington*. Del., October 8.?Ele-" ven persons were killed and twenty injured in yesterday afternoon's explosions at the Dupont powder mills. The men who were killed were all working in and about the magazines and mills, , and except in the case of three were blown to picces. so that only fragments of their remains hays been found. The body of Patrick Dougherty was found this morning in the water of the race along the creek shore where it had beea Jhrown by the explosion. The body of Grt-en was found just outside of the ruins of the magazine in which k the first explosion occurred and stange to say was Dot mangled or bruised. It is the theory of the workmen that the explosions "were started in some way by a soldering iron which Green wnc i cirxr in snkiprincr tin covers on the cans of powder. This work is ex-! treraely dangerous and Green was the j only man trusted to perform it. lie} * was an old employee who thoroughly understood his business, but it is supposed his soldering iron became too hot and that its heat tired the powder in spite of his carefulness. Green and McGarvey wtie ihe only men in the magazine"at thctimSr^ k Join Bra-itr, eicplov^s^by the powW der manufacturers as a" teauWter. hadu miraculous escape. He was drrfeng a Ha double team through the powder $\j<rd tvvnen me cxpiosion occurred and his wagon was domolished and the horsed attached to it were killed. Brader was ' not hurt. The wounded are being cared for by neighbors and friends and the dead bodies prepared lor burial. Three hundre d or four hundred home less people are provided with comfor- j table quarters t-y their friends living in i more favorable localities and will be j looked after until their homes can be restored. The original powder works were i founded by Elenthere Ireene Dupont j |jg?jy?mours in 1802, and the upper j Wils^S^TFcSterday's explosions oc- j curred, were added "toin and j since 1872. The total worfc^asthey , exist to-day have a capacity for lSIP^ ing out 12,000,000 pounds of powder an-1 nualiy, and the firm Dupont de Ne-1 mours & Co., own and operate also new j additional mills in Luzerne, Schuylkill j and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania. In 188G there were used in these works, including the Pennsylvania mills, over 16,000,000 pounds of salt- j pete and nitrate of soda, the chief in- i greilients of powder. The Brandywine plant numbers in ! its entirety some eighty different build-1 ings, extending along the Western I [ bank of the creek and for a shorter I j distance on the Eastern bank about | two miles. Including the site of the [ mills, dwemngs 01 trie etupiuvcco, j churches, schools and other buildings.! and the adjacent farming land, the j ! company's tract on the Brandyw.ne { [amounts to about 2,500 acres Upon j this property,besides the buildings mentioned, are three woolen mills, a cotton mill and a population of about 4,000 people, of whom over 300 are employed in the works. UNDEMOCRATIC DEMOCRACY. Some Plain Truths Plainly Spoteen by the j V Greenville News. re one "1^^. of abstract principle, but he is far from j being one in actual practice. Eeliefs j are good and words are very well, but \ actions are the proper things to Judge j by. The essence of Democracy is the rule of the people. That is the fundamental, foundation principle of the party. The essence of Republicmism. or Federalism or Whigism? the thiee are the same in their essentir', moviug \ principes-is the rule of the many by the j few-lhe theory, inherited fron the old i days of au aristocracy established by law { and kings and emperors, that the wis- j dom and virtue of the State are concen- j trated among a few. Judge Haskell was a member of the j Democratic party of this State. An over-; whelming maioritv of the members of j that party demanded the nomination of* | B. R. Tillman for Governor. Judge Haskell then counted himself a j member of the wing or faction of the ! Democratic party which called itself j "Straightout" or "anti-Tillman." An j overwhelming majority of that faction, | through a conferpncs composed of its j most influential, earnest and prominent i members, voted to support B. It. Tillman j when he became the nominee of the party. That vote was taken after long and earnestjdiscussion of the subject and after Judge Haskell's views and arguments had been presented with all the | l A I imcc uuu yuwri ui ^aiuiui mvu-ui, j elaborate preparation and eloquent! delivery. Xow Judge Haskell bolts the decision j of his own wing of the party. He is a! law unto himself. He calls the decision ! of the mafority of his party folly and j the decision of the majority of his faction ; ot the party cowardice. His action in setting up a new ticket | and a new organization of his own is I virtually a declaration of his belief that j the wisdom, courage and patriotism ot the State is concentrated in him and his ; followers, whom he khows to be few. j because thev have been outvoted every-1 where. To establish orer the State the rule of j this many times refined and trebly dis- j tilled essence of virtue and wisdom he j proposes to appeal to the negro vote ! which has never heretofore supported j any rule but that of corruption and im-1 becility. The white people cannot meet Judge! Haskell's fastidious ideas. The bulk of j anti-Tillman men who swallowed their i medicine like men and hafe fallen in \ line lor the uood of the State and party ! and in obedience to the requirements of common sense are evidently counted as of coarser clay. They can take it, but Judge Haskell cannot. It' Judge Haskell's movement should succeed it, would inevitably result in one of two conditions. A few white men would ruie the State with power which would be despotic in its character, and therefore repugnant to every lover of libertv. however its exercise micrht be. the black vote being the means used to maintain that power, if those fewwhite men should lose their control of the black vote, as they probably would very soon, the black vote itself would rule through its own chosen agents and representatives. AVe do not suppose that Jud-e Ilaskeli would admit holding tlu:so ideas or acknowledge the accuracy of our pre-; dictions. The truth i.s. probably, he has j no properly formed ideas on the subject ; of any kind. He is an intensely angry j mau, and he lias allowed i-.is anger to ; sweep away his judgment and shape his 1 arguments and form his conclusions. I Xo man ever committed suicide with a j doubt of the necessity for the act. No j Malay ever ran amuck with bared j knife slashing friend and ?oo alike with- i out profound conviction that !;e was do- j in- a praiseworthy and lioimraoie act. j While the suicide and the Malay lanatic ; are both better than the coward who I avoids an issue or the sneak who sacri-: fices his principles or caters to depraved j impulses for his own advantage, the cool; judgment of the world condemns both j and restrains and punishes them. We do not believe many of the people j of this State are prepared to follow Judge ; Haskell in the wild exploit he has now j declared his purpose to begin. We think ! he following he has wiil drop away as ! fast as men allow themselves to reason ' on facts and look squrarely and honestly ' at the future and that very nearly the j full strength of the party will be polled j for Tillman. We believe as strongly j that within two years the people will j again be united on sale and conservative i men and measures, and that the Demo cratie party will hold its -rip on the! oimc ilUU IHillil cUiLi, Jv i.UO UUHt, XitX ; purity ami prospeiiy. Sample of Kectl l-o^islation. "Washington, I). C. Oct. 2.?It up-1 pea s t^c an important omission was! made in the tarill bill as enrolled and! Jvctim 7->rAcir)pjit Spinn HO.^t.he i Ol^iiVU KTJ vav Jk. *w*?v..v. -w ~ J internal revenue schedules, which was j originally stricken out by the Senate and : subsequently restored by the conference,! was completely omitted in the enroll- { ment. This section provided for the al-! lowance of a drawback on smoking and j manufactured tobacco and snuff held in unbroken packages in the hands of man- i ufactures at the date when the reduc- j tions will go into effect. As this is i January 1st, next, however there will j still be ample opportunity for Congress at its next session to correct the error bv 1 supplemental legislation. " ! DEAD LETTER OFFICE, j THE QUESTION ''WHAT'S THE MAT-i TER WITH THE MAIL" ANSWERED. ! t if Observed* I OUIUC , Would Save a Great Deal of Trouble to JVriters, their Correspondents and Postal Officials. The dead letter ollice of the^T5?feffkf?" department at Washington, D. C., has sent out a circular for public informat!nTi frnn-, Tx-hiVh t-hp following extracts are selected: Over six million pieces of mail matter are sent annually to the dead letter office by reason of incorrect, illegible or deficient address, instnTicient postage, insecure enclosing1, whereby mailed matter becomes separated from the envelope or wrapper, or the failure to be called for or delivered to the person addressed. This is a daily average of over twenty thousand pieces. Of these the greater portion either are not called for at the postollice to which they are directed, or, in case of free delivery offices, the addresses cannot be found, notwithstanding every j known means is resorted toon the part of the postal officials to effect delivery, j Matter sent to the dead letter office, [which cannot be delivered to the per^Hgfeddressed, is required to be opened for the purpnse-w?re-'? turn to tn^^Sler, and if the name and I address of the sender be not shown or I cannot be ascertained from the contents, s.nd it contains no valuable enclosure, it must be destroyed. Letters opened and found'to contain any enclosure of obvious value are entered upon proper rccords, and, of such, those who do not disclose sufficient information to enable them to be returned are filed, subject to reclamation upon proper application and identifica-; tion. Letters which contain no enclosure of obvious value are not recorded, Packages nnd. parcels are recorded, and where they do not disclose the name anu address of the owner are filed; if not called for or claimed within two years they are disposed of at public auction and the proceeds covered into i the United States treasury. CAUSES OF FAILURE TO DELIVER. j A large proportion of the packages j and parcels sent to the dead letter oliiee ; fail to be restored to the owners be- j cause of the absence on the wrappers i or enclosures of anything to indicate | ownership thereof. Misdirection, incorrect, illegible and j ueucieui/ iiuuicss <ucg;vcu ici:uui^ ; causes which occasion the failure of j mail matter to reach its proper destina-; tion, and affect alike that which is addressed to either city, town or village. In addition to these, in the case of i matter mailed to cities or free delivery j offices, are the failure to give, street or number, business or occupation, or some designated place of delivery of the person addressed; inability to find transient people, and their neglect to give forwarding ordersfoc their mail; the neglect of permanent or temporary residents to notify the carriers or postofiice of change of place for the delivery or tneir man luiiuiur upuu nuning from one part of the city to the other, together with the failure of newcomers to furnish the postofiice with, their names and places of address. It is to these causes, with others of more or less consequence, that the non-delivery : of mail matter is in the main, attribu- j table, and they are conditions over which the postal service has no control, and may alone be remedied by the people themselves. The following suggestions, if observed, will aid the dispatch and delivery of mail matter through the MT.iilc r<afitrri riir^r-t 1 C fn inn. (ier in the event of non-delivery, and ! thus prevent the annoyance, delay and! embarrassment caused by sending mat- j ter to the dead letter office, TIIE DIRECTION OF LETTERS. Mail matter should be plainly and i correctly addressed, the name of the postofiice to which it is to be sent should be clearly and distinctly* stated, and to avoid confusion i'rom the similarly of abbreviations, as frequently used, the name of the State should aiso be given in full. . In the case of mail addressed to small offices, or where there are offices in like names in different States, the name of the county should be added. Where mail matter is addressed to cities or free delivery offices the street and house number, or postoffice box number of the person addressed sire important, a-:d should always be given win nit is possible to do so. Where this cannot bo done, the business or employment of the person addressed. if stated, will often secure tie livery. a small proportion only of the mail received at the free delivery oflioes is j called tor at the general delivery of the j Iiostoflice, the public xpecting delivery j by the Utter-carriers; and hence the importance of giving street, und number, or some other designation whereby i the person addressed may be found. I Letters addressed to persons tempo- j rariiy sojourning :n a city where the letter carrier system is in operation j should bo marked "Transient" or "Gon-1 eral delivery/' if not addressed to a J street and number, or some other designated place of delivery. The name and address of the sender, either printed or written, should be i nlar.ed unon the unoer left-hand corner ; of the envelope or*wrapper of all matter mailed. This will secure its immediate return to the sender from the mailing oilice for correction if improperly ad-i dressed, insufficiently paid, or otherwise defective. Letters and all other matter mailed, so marked with the name and address of the sender, that should fail to be i called for or delivered to the person ad- j dressed, and upon which l ull letter j rates of postage has been paid, are not j sent to the 'dead letter ofiice, : i:t are i returnable to the sender directly with- i out additional charge, and "with ? he j reason of non-delivery endorsed there-1 on. TIIE PACKAGE MAIL. Packages and all matter mailt*;! at: less than letter rates of postage should, j in rrtrlit.ioM to rlift nuine and address of the sender upon the envelope or wrap-! per. bear in connection therewith a request for its return in the event <jf: non-delivery, in which case it is also; returnable directly to the sender .-rorn j the postoffice addressed, charged with j return postage at the rate required-for j the class of matter to which it belongs, i All matter mailableat less than rates of postage must be so wrapped <m inclosed that it can be readily examined i at the office of delivery, as well as at the | mailing ofuc?\ without destroying' t.hc wrapper; otherwise ir is subject to letter postage. Much of the package and parcel matter received at the dead letter oliice is that which has been deposited for ; mailing- sealed and closed against inJ spection and prepaid ;it less than let| ter rate; beinj; unbailable in such con; dition, and the name and address of the I sender not annearing upon the cover, j whereby it might be returned for cor| rectionand proper compliance with ! postal conditions" it necessarily is sent p?o ifTe dean it-tter oiijgfc. TIIE KOUEIGN MAIL A large proportion of the packages sent to the dead letter ofiice are addressed to foreign countries. in addition to being sealed or closed '* - - ? _ against inspection ana aencieiu iu postage, many of them contain articles that are unmailable through the post because ct' customs regulations and conditions of the countries to which they are addressed, or exceed ihe limit ol'size and weight. In mailing packages addressed to foreign countries care should he rnks?a to ascertain whether they are prohibii tec! from transmission to the country of destination, or can only be forward| ed when tiie postage is fully prepaid at | foreign idler rates?5 cats per half I ounce. Only bona. fide. trade samples are transmissible at reduced rates of post Persons desiring to mail matter ctner than letters to foreign conntriesshould consult thi-ir postmasters, who, being provided with the postal laws and regulations, are enabled to give proper information respecting conditions, etc. etAof mailing to foreign countries. nahle .matter to I-e sent by mail should be rroistered", receive such protection as it is not always possible to give to matter sent in the ordiuary mails.. Money should t>e sent i>y money oraor or registered i letter. Proprietors of hotels should omit the return request from envelopes supplied gratuitously to their guests;and guests using envelopes furnished by hotels should be careful to designate what disposal should be made of letters sent by them in ease c.f non-celiverv. On mail matter to foreign eonntries, especially Canada and England, in which many postoliices have the same as officers in the United ^tate, the name of the country, as well as the postollice. - t ?* - - - - IT.. 1 huuaiu uegivca ::i iiuj. In smiling packages an-! parcels? j books, pamphlets and other articles? by mail, the address should be placed on the article enclosed as well as 011 the wrapper. Should the wrappers become detached, as they frequently do, through handling incident to mail transportation by sea or land, it may still be possible to restore tin; article if this precaution is j taken. While the efficiency of the postal j system and service has attained high j standard, the pubhc may materially! aid in the fuller and more complete I delivery ot n.s man matter, or me j prompt return of the same to tlie sen-; tier in cas<-s where deiivery from any ; caus'.1 cannot Lv effected, if tin* forego-1 ing suggestions are conformed to. Ail Example for Otlu*r States. Spkixgfikld, 111., Oct. 8.?Attorney; General Hunt received from Assistant,, Attorney General Vance the following: i "The Louisiana Lottery states that the | lottery company being forbidden the use : of the" United states mails advertises it I will use the express companies as the J medium for transmitting moneys and ! tickets. Circulars announcing the result of the drawings can be had from the express agents through whom tickets are procured. In short, the express companies are made agents of the lottery."' lie asks if this can be prevented and punished under the criminal code of Illinois. Attorney General Hunt, in his reply, says if the express company undertakes, through its agents, to act as the agent of j the lottery it wiil violate the provisions of the States statutes and be liable to the penalty imposed, lie further adds that should any case of violation come to his notice he will call the attention of the prosecuting attorney in the County in which it occurs to it and do all lie can to aiu in suppressing me lottery uusi-1 ness. The Shoo lSe?irmin? to Piucli. Baltdioiu:, Oct. 9?The Sun says a foretaste of the development of the iron industry in the Son*:1, is given in bids for the water works pipe at Atlanta, Ga., opened a few days ago. The lowest bid, 822.24 per ton. was by the Howard Harrison Iron Company of JJessenmer, Ala. The next lowest, 8 22.95, was by the Anniston Pipe Work. Other bids, giving only name of cit-its, were as loilows: niiiaueipuia, ->~o; .Ljouisviue, 525.80; C'incinnatti. 828: Philidelphia, 828.91, and Burlington, X. J.. 829.71. Thus, with the exception of one Philadelphia concern, which was 82.76 higher, the Northern bidders were 8<> to 87 i a ton higher than Bessemer company, j As Atlanta has about 0,009 tons to buy j the difference in the whole bid is from 830.000 to 42.000. Referring to this, the j Atlanta Constitution remarks: ,:A difference of twenty-live per cent, is not explained by the remoteness of Northern foundries. The condition of iron manufacture are more favorable South, a:id that is what made the bids lower." ? t.i ."SLVitUUTi k+lKJWIA i'KOniA, 111.. Oct. 3.?The steam Gold-1 en Eagle blew up yesterday. The Gold- j en Eagle is n small pleasure boat, and at th*time of the accident was making ! one "1' her regular trips around the lake ! in front of the eifv. The boat carried (if-! teen passengers, every one of whom : was rescued. Only one or two persons ; received injuries and those were not j serious. Reports of the cause of the accident are conflicting, but the best j authenticated is that a break in the ma-! cnincry caused it. A panic ensued among the passengers, crowding to-j rncli i'nr usf'i.tv nnrl I ??-? "f I the excursionists swampecl the hctle craft and she went'to the bottom of j the Jake. The accident happened a j short distance from the shore aud those J 0:1 terra lirma put off to render a^sis-j Lance. The rescuers succeeded in sav-j ing the passengers and crew, although : several narrowly escaped drowning. T'i?r Cholera Scours--*. London, Oct. Horrible accounts | come from the lied Sea of the condition nf v'Vtims. The Arabs audi strangers in th.it section are dying by j scon. s. Persons are seized withcholera j and die within an hour, with clenched | teeth and bodies terribly drawn up Birds and dogs feed on the corpses, which the people ;>re afraid to touch, and vast docks of vultures, with the four-footed scavengers, dispose of the prey. From the interior of Arabia the 1 -full,. '.-i/iiff-rafirlirxY siwJ tlCLUUHLO <11^ -Lllixj cio nvcuuv.imnijj ?n\? i the victims are said to be numbered by ; the thousands. _ Four Hollers Hurst Together. Muskeegax, Mich.. Oct.S.?A terrible explosion occurred at the Ducey Lumber Company's lower saw mill this morning as the iireman was getting up j* XV _ "* t 1 1 I steam, i- our 01 uis six uuiiei & twpiuu-, ed, wrecking the mill and. throwing the other two boilers far from their foundations. Six men were injured and one lireman, Zerger, cannot recover. The cause of the explosion was low water. | ! TOO SIIAIU : FOR TIIOl. _Sj SOUTHERN SCAMf >s TOO SMART FOR NEW YOF }K SCAMPS. Greeit Good* Men Jwiio Iluve Come to ! Grief?The Latesi Incident?Alabama j Men TVlio Carried pistols and Gathered ! I a Pile. New Yoeic, 0 8? In time tbe [ -2gr68n~ goGu?s>T>?]anthropist who is | ever trying to sellftea good dollars for i nnfi ordinary doll will learn that he ; must not attemptJLs little game on the { Southern man. fllolland, of Texas, | gave the "green gaicds" men a violent shock by shoaj^ag their recognized leader, "Tour is, several years :igo, j and others hai^^ftntriluitft] milder object lessons. HEmiined frr two Alabamians, ho\\^W|, to furnish a u:eioI dramatic climax fjy n successful raid upon the genuine "capital as well ?s.the | dummies of an enterprising gang.: The names of the men 'are supposed to be! 1J. II. Lindsay alks James II. II alley and Robert D. George, but all of the names may be fictitious. Both men are locked up in t'^e Twenty-third fc?ubPrecint Station House, in the basemen' ( of the Grand Central Kail Road station, and their "bag^a^e" is stowed away in the safe. The baggage consists of one brown . leather satchel, oije towel, four big re- < vol vers, two "gjten goods' packages < T.'iO^Hrcn inrw orrppiilnii^ks ' The two last^Srrrems are not reeoguized by the Alabamians as portions l of their baggage, but were found in a their satchel nevertheless. * Saturday evening, about G.30 o'clock, \ Detective McMahon, of the Twenty- ri third sub-Precinct, was standing near 11 the :nost southerly door in the New York Central li.an Koaa station scanning the faces of people who entered in I his search lor suspicious characters. A a young man accosted the detective and J1 inquired where he could find a police- " man. t "I am one. What do you want?" the ? oiUcer inquired. ' There are two men who robbed a man of several thousand dollars downtown," t he young man said, pointing: to two men who had just purchased tickets for Western Alabama, "and what is more, they are green goods men," he continued. ''They are robbers and I know it, and I want them arrested." The detective secured the assistance of J, Patrolman Lane and arrested the two ? men. They evpressed mild surprise. but asked no questions, and w> nt quietly to the station house downstairs. The voung man who made the charge ac- ' companieu me party, ?uu m aumun house gave his name as Thomas Eaton, *; ami his address No. 225 West 126r.h Street. The men arrested gave their v names as James II. Ilatley. aged thirty- t one, and Hobert D. George, ;i<red twen- ? tv-nine. They both said they lived in Mooresville, Limestone Countv, Ala ; s'.V fine ine 1/WU [JllSUUCia ivcir uciiig searched Eaton slipped out of the sta- j tion unobserved, and nothing has since ii i>een heard from him by the police, ci Die prisoners wore sack coats, and in n each of the side pockets of both coats a n murderous looking revolver was found, a Other pockets revealed two rail road p tickets, SO or *10 in currency and a i( 'green goods" circular addressed to B. ij il. Lindsay, Belle Mina, Limestone si County, Ala. Belle Mina is a small .. station seven miles from Decatur, on the Memphis & Charleston Rail Itoad. The satchel they carried is a medium iized brown satchel, with a leather a strap around it. It outwardly appeared to be empty, and the officers. were sur- ' prised on opening it to find even a soiled towel and four small brown paper par- " eels. The towel bore the stamp of the ' "Roanoke Hotel," and at one time ^ evidently comprised the entire contents ^ of The satchel. Two of the parcels contained slips of paper the size of national f; banknotes. The other two contained genuine bank notes, one being filled ^ with 810 bills and the other with ones. r twos and lives. The former contained 81,270 and the latter 8484. The four * packages corresponded in size and gen- ; eral appearance and were apparently j * intended to be interchangeable. That they were put up by "sawdust" men there is uo doubt, llatley, who appears r, to l>e the leader, when asked how much money the package contained pretended ' not to know and suggested to the officer: "Countit if you want to find out." lie was equally noncommunicative as to where the four packages came from 1 - - j. T\ or how the charge or roooery against i' them originated. Charges of robbery n and carrying concealed weapons were a entered on the record, and the men ^ were locked up. Yesterday morning r( they were taken before .Justice Mc- P Mahon, mi the Yorkville Police Court, c, and remanded until to-d-^v. They spent ^ Sunday in the Twenty-Third Sub Pre- tj cinct station. " tl The prisoners appear to be fairlv well- P to-do farmers, and both of them look n and talk intelligently. They are tail, 4 slender, dark skinned and determined- ^ looking men, half smooth-shaven. 10 They discuss any subject introduced u freely except their experiences in New York. "I've been robbed and I i(ot even,*' is Ilalley's explanation, and that 4 remurk is the only allusion to the sub- t jeet the poiice have forced out of either ! ot' either of them. Start them on the ! ? resources of the -South, the race prooiem, turiIT, Alabama cotton raising or IL' religion, however, and they talk freely j and interestingly, Ilatlev owns 800 i A acres of land in Alabama, he said, and i ^ raised cotton and corn. 13oth men in-;.> timated that thev have influential ~ friends in America, but they declined ,r to communicate with them. They said ^ they came here via Washington and I ' ' - ? & .jersey nty. i ney win not i^ju v >vu?u , asked whether the money found in the . satchel belongs to them or whether they intend to claim it. ' The police think no claim will be j, made on the money and that it will go J, into the Police Pension Fund. Nobody imagines the "sawdust" inen will claim it. The prisoners exchange remarks a when they think they are r.ot liable to n be overheard. Some of these remarks j( have been overheard, though, ami will |? them and other facts in their posses- i\ sion the police have been able to build | y what they consider the true story, so i g far as it jjoes. of the affair. They are ! 3, satislied that Hafley, or Lindsay as he ! [; is probably known at home, has atjjj some time been victimized by the New j n "-rr-oor, frjwlc** 1 (S rtn;l flftpr- r. jlviiv i u. ? ^ mined to adopt the tactics of Holland, ] of Texas, and get even, lie made a v confident of George and probably c of another man, as it appears that s there were three of tneni. The trio opened correspondence with a Xew York "green goods" gang and the lat- t ter sent them a genuine 61 biil with ? the usual price li.-fc. Detective Mc- c Mahon has the circular and also the: t Si bill, but he says there is nothing in i r the circular to indicate where the "green goods" men make their headquarters in Xew York. When the scheme was all arranged the Alabamians came to Jersey City and probably met the sharpers there, according to the police theory, although the meeting may have occurred in this city. Eaton said the "rob bery" oceurrea "uowniown." xne po lice fix the time us late .Saturday afternoon and they think the three Southerners were all with the "green goods" men and watched them count and put up in packages 85,000 of good money. Before the usual exchange was effected Ilalley and George each suddenly drew two revolvers and held up the "green" good" gang while the third Southerners swept the good money and the "cmrdncl" micL-yo-p; intn flip sjitr-hf? and then the trio lel't and subsequently seperated. The third man taking the bulk of the money for safety and the other two starting for home via Ohio, where they intended investing the 81,754 in horses. When they h-f' a messenger was sent to track "them, and he followed the two who remained together instead of the one man, as the two men had the satchel into which the money had been thrown. Ilailer appears to have friends in Ohio and spoke nf -in iVtunfinii tn vicif tliftm 'I'hfl lice did not repeat the various remarks on which they founded this story, hut thev appear to be satisfied that it is well founded. It is agreed that unless the Alabamians are prosecuted by the ' green goods" men they can safely claim the money. If nobody claims the money it must be turned over to the police pension fund. The prisoners can be fined ?10 each for carrying concealed deadly weapons, ind unless tney claim the money iu the | satchel they apparently have not | annnorli tv\ nn: fho finc-c luif (-Vdri I :loes not disturb thwiLT^^Wice are j yuioved at the as j hey sav if i >een given by the Alabamians when .rrested the "green goods" gang might lave been captured. This was iraposible after Eaton slipped away, as he mdoubtedly went in haste to notify lis principal that the arrests had beeh nade.?Xew York World. Henry Howrcn Dead. Charleston, Oct. 7.?Henry I>. lowren, the evangelist, died here this fternoon after an liirtcss cr several i nonths. The deceased was a well :nown journalist, having been at varius times connected with newspapers in liis and other .Southern cities. * He was orn in Jjainbridge, Ga., in 1857, and ,'as educated by Jiishop Pierce at Emry College, Ga. shortly after he gradated from the college he went to Florla, where his parents were living. lie ras sent to the Florida Legislature rhen about twenty-two years old. IIowen was a brilliant writer,and wouldjliave ttained eminence in the profession of jurnalism but for his one fault. In I Lpril, 1881), he announced that he had |' wpswfirn rum rsnrl thnt. lip TTitfndod to : evote the rest of his life to preaching tie Gospel and temperance, lie receivi a big send oft' here, making his first , ppearance as an evangelist at O'XeiTs ' rrand Opera House. There Ave re no , lergymen on the stand on that occas- ' m. lie made his debut surrounded by is newspaper friends, one of whom introduced him to the immense audience, liter that he made a successful tour:: jroughout this State and Georgia and j' i ---11 i 1 ? xi. ~ -\ r?AV. I . ausequenuy was receiveu 111 uie ^ueui- j. dist ministry. The W. C. T. U. took : im and made liim an honorary member, j' .bout two months ago he had a drink- ; lg spell and it proved too much for his I j Dnstitution. A widow, Mrs. McCown, |: ursed him faithfully through his ill-!' ess and his newspaper friends as soon 5 they were informed of his illness, also ' roffered aid. He had the best of med- < :al skill, Dr. Planning Simmons offer- : )<r his services free as consulting phv- ' elan. The funeral will be to-morrow, i 1 -Greenville News. ' The Anti-Lottery Law, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9?The postal;, uthorities to-day seized the weekly J: iition of the Atlanta Constitution, i hich contained a prize distribution j Her to its subscribers to be settled by : Christmas drawing. Abut 100,0;fO I i apers got out before the seizure was lade, and the Northern edition of 1-3,- 1 30 is detained. The paper ol'fe.red to ive bond for any amount to cover any I erdict which iniaht be rendered, but | ic postal authorities refusal to let the apsrs go through the mails. The oh- : ectionable feature consisted in the anouncement that it would distribute rizes in its Christmas box, which jature tiie Constitution, like many ther papers, has been running in conection with their weekly edition for ears. The postal authorities claim hat this violates the recently passed nti-lcttery law. Only Tongue Wagging. Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. 1.?An import nt meeting of the Standard Oil Coinany magnates and producers is being eld here which may cause a sensatton mong oil men. Oil brokers say that iie object of the meeting is to elt'ect a ^conciliation between the Standard and roducers. The Standard is held to acount for tre break in the market and lie existing low prices. Producers claim liat oil is worth a great deal more than lie selling price to-day, and that the resent condition of the market does ot justify-drilling and getting the prouction to market. The production for eptember showed an increase of 10.000 arrels, and to this the Stadard attribtes the reduction, in price. iUilllU r.icttiuu ^viukmi J5oi.se City, Idaho, Oct. 2.?'i ho estimate of the vote of Boise City and daho County is a Reptilican majority f 175 on the entire state ticket. Binsam returns give the Republican tickt a majority of 300. Boise County reurns from lour precincts give Wilson, )emocrat, for Congress 12 majority, .'he same precincts gave Ilawley, Demcrat, for delegate in the vote of 18SS, 0. Incomplete returns from live counies give .'Sweet, Republican, for Conress 'J50 majority. Meagre, returns ulicate that the Legislature will stand . [J Republicans and 22 Democrats. The lepublicans claim the State by u.ouu lajoritv. The Democrats concede the tare to" the Republicans by 800 maDrity. The returns received show irge gains for the Republicans over"" he v.ote of 1S8S. Koine's Trajric Sensation. Home, Oct. 9.?This city continue:: in highly excited state over the developments in the case of Mrs. Wimpee, who, ; was discovered yesterday, had been oisoned by her friend and neighbor. Irs. Doss* McKee. Eliorts to relieve r ??,i ITS. \> liiijjte were uiis^iv-^coDiui he died at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Irs. McKee is still at large but the offers are making vigorous search fur er. She is a young and attractive wo lan. 25 years of age. It is thought that he has gone to her father in Florida, ler husband is completely prostrated irith grief and says he is unable to amount for his wife's action. There is +411 offlVn!tnmonr nvor t!?o mnttPT* Cili. VAVi-LLUiWiil. wtiv A young lady explained to a "fellow" he other day.* tlie distinction between minting and publishing, and. at the end >f her remarks, by way of illustraion, said: "You may print a kiss on ay cheek, but you must not publish it." STATE COMMITTEE MEETING. ; Col. Jno. C. Haskell Toe.s the Mark Like h T.Iais. ! I I Columbia, S. C., Oct. 4.?The State J Executive Committee met at the Caro! lina National Bank at 8 o'clock last i nr?/*l romoino/l ir> coo. I ?? cuuco'uaj t.iavi. a a-.a i j sion until some time after midnight. The following members were pre! sent: J. D. Todd. Abbeville; W. A. | Xeele, Anderson; G. D. Bellinger, Barn| well; J. S. lleade, Beaufort; T. W. Stan: land. Berkeley: D. A. J. Sullivan, Char! leston; A. G. Brice, Chester; M. C. Gal 1 achat. Clarendon; Dr. A. E. Williams, J Colleton; il. B. Townes, Edgefield; T. ! \V. Daggetr, Ilorry; J. L. M. Irby. i Laurens; II. A. Meetze, Lexington: | Wilie Jones, Kichland; G. B. Peake, ! Union; II. il. McCown, Florence; ColoI nel John C. Haskell, the member of the i National Committee, and Major W. II. j Brawley, of Charleston, were also prej sent and took part in the proceedings, j The credentials oi W. J. Ingram, of I Sumter, were presented, and the aues i tion of his right to a seat taken up" and j argument pro and con was heard, Mesj srs. Altamont Moses and Mr. Ingram i himself speaking on behalf of that j gentleman's right to represent Sumter | County, and Messrs. J. J. Dargan and III. R. Thomas in opposition. Mr. Galluchat moved that Mr. Ingram be not seated. Mr. Stanland offered the following substitute: 'That the question of Mr. Ingram's right to a seat be postponed to some future meeting of the committee." The Stanland substitute was adopted bv a vote of 16 to 2. On motion of Col. Joim C. Haskell it mittee thr.t seven members should con- ; stitute :i working quorum, and that the < County assessments should remain as J before. < The following were appointed as a j sub-committee to take charge of the j State canvass : J. L. M. Irby, II. A. Meetze, V?"ilie Jones. J. C. Haskell, G. D. Bellinger. The following resolution, introduced by .Mr. Stanland and seconded by Col. 1 J. C. Haskell, v.-as unanimously adopted : ' lie-solved. That His Excellency the Governor be requested that whenever * any of the appointees to the office of s commissioner*of election shall act or r affiliate with those proposing to act t independently or in opposition to the 1 ~ ~ f U A T^AVV? L IfgUicU" Ulgililt/.UliUU VI cuc i/cmuui?t,- tie party to remove s;iid commissioners v and appoint others who will act with ( the regular Democratic party. , Vfhilst the committee was in session Chairman Irby received a telegram from 0. V>\ Buchanan, of FairiMd, 1 stating that the two factions in tliat s county had agreed 011 ;; compromise, and the details were then being arrar.g- r ed.?liegister. i Crop Kcport. The following is summarized from the reports of 200 special correspondents of i: the Department of Agriculture of an | average dateof October 1st: The weather for the past month lias J been most unfavorable for the maturing } ;uid harvesting of all crops; corn, cotton ^ and rice are sprouting in the lields and stacks, and the damage to the hay crop c has been heavy. Cotton?The crop is at least two i weeks earlier than usual, and, while the r quality of the staple lias been seriously ] injured by t lie excessive wet weather. ? this with the increased acreage and } heavy fertilization, warrants the predic iLon that the yield as estimated a monui :igo, will not fail short of (500.000 bales. Xo appreciable damage from J caterpillars is reported. The condition J is: for upper Carolina S2, middle Care- 4 lina ST, and lower Carolina 94: Aver- * age for the State ST against 89 at the | same time last year. The indicated j yield is 1T2 lbs. of lint to the acre. Cokx.?The corn crop too has suffer- ; ed heavily, and will not approximate '' last year's yields, which was the largest j on record. The condition is: for upper 1 Carolina S8, middle Carolina 80, and lower Carolina 90. Average for the State 1 S8 against 104 at the same time last s( year. The indicated yield is 11 bushels \ to the acre. * J Kick.?'This crop, like corn, is far in- ? ferior to that of hist year. Complaints J are general of loss from sprouting in * the stacks. The condition is: For up- s per Carolina 93, middle Carolina 91. and * iower Carolina, where the bulk of the crop is produced, 86. Average for the c State 91 against 9T for the same date \ last vear. The indicated yield is 16 1 bushels to the acre. Otiieii Chops.?'The condition and yield of the minor crops are reported as follows: Peas?The condition is: Tor upper Carolina ifO, middle Carolina bl>, and lower Carolina 1)1. Average for the State S'J against US in 1888-8'J. The indicated yield is 7 bushels per acre. Iuisii Potatoes?The average for the state is: against 1>3 in 1889. Tlie indicatied yield is 82 bushels to the acre. Sweet Potatoes.?The condition is: 101 against last year. The indicated yield is 103 bushels to the acre. SroAJi Caxe.?The condition is: against (.'3 last year. The indicated yield is 111 gallons of syrup to the acre. Sonohum.?The condition is: 07 against f7 last year. The indicated yield is 85 gallons of syrup per acre. A Solid Auti's View of It. , Easi.ey, S. C'.. Oct 7.?The editor of 1 The News is a Democrat and so am I. ( Why are we Democrats'? Because we i belong to the white man's party of South ' j Carolina. Juckre Ilaskell did good work, in helping to redeem our State in To'. We appreciated it and followed him. , Why did we iollow him? Because he j and'the whites of our State rose iu their ; manly strength and by the help of God e threw oli' Radical and Xegro rule that j c had blighted our lovely land for years. | c Who is Tillman? lie is the legal no;n-! i^e for (joyernor of the white man's j c party, and TiFsaotnri--bff^te^ed7tr^wiirf \ be elected; I was as much of a straight-1 ' nrt nml n* true ns Judcrc Haskell. I * I fought Tillman as long as there j was any hope for us. All true Pom- ! ocraits will vote lor Tillman. To do I 1 otherwise means (if successful) death to ' j our party two years lier.ee. If Judge |! Ilaskell opposes Tillman lie is not a!' straightout Democrat, lie is an Inde- j j pendent, and one of the most dangerous I ] kind because lie has beer, a power in our j J party, loved and respected by all. The i, Judge is acting just now like a spoiled ] boy. If he can't have his own way in , making the play house he will try to j tAir rifivvn !nu] destrov what his little I brothers raid playmates arc building. V.'e hope Jurije Ilaskell will think over j i the matter and fall into ranks where he j is needed and where he rightfully be-'. ion?s. If he persists in opposing his j i paSt it will be a surprise to know what; < a limited amount of respectable whites i ] wiffTollow him. ii. j. g. |i SENSATIONAL ESCAPE. 1 A MURDERER ESCAPES FROM GREENVILLE JAIL IN HIS WIFE'S CLOTHES. || "Little Sill" Howard, With the Aid of jH His Pretty Mountain Wife Eludes the Jailer Dressed in His Wife's Clothes and With His Baby on His Arms. Greenville, Oct. 6.?A sensational escape fiom jail was made here at 6 o'clock this morning. "Little Bill" Howard, under sentence of death for . the murder of lien Ross, went out of the jail dressed in his wife's clothes and with his baby on his arm. The jailer, who H let Him out at the door, thought it was Howard's wife, and the trick was not discovered until two hpurs later, and^S Howard was then on the road to his? mountain home. m Sheriff Gilreath occasionally alloweB Mrs. Howard to stay with her husbaifl in his cell at night. She is a pret? S$ mountain girl, 17 years of age, and watjM about Howard's size. Sunday night sh< stayed with him and before day Monda] J morning she assisted him to dress in her ciouies ana put on ms neaa a large Don net which almost completely covered his ,a| clean shaven face. Howard then called to the jailer that his wife wanted to B leave early for her home in the mountains. The jailer suspected nothing an$L 91 Howard walked out a free man, witbiiis fl baby on his arm. The jailer peeped-'un- m der the bonnet but was sure that.there was nothing wrong. Howard left the baby at a friend's house, changed cloth- fl ing and was probably given assistance to hurriedly leave the city. Strenous'efforts will be made to cap- 1RBI tnrp liim TTmvarrl ttac: V>nnvictor? nf murderingBenRoss on sion. Ross and 'arRTothers belonged^ .* tuna of moonshiners in the JUIinty. Koss threatened to betray the ;ang." One night he was shot dead in his house through a window. Howard confessed that his cousin "Big Bill" [loward forced him to go with him and see him murder Koss. "Big Bill" proved an alabi and "Little Bill" was con- -.j ricted. The woman has been released irom jail and has won hundreds of friends by her loyalty to her husband. -Columbia Register. A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. ??? V Kepubliean Congressman Likely to Saccced Perry. Spartanburg, Oct. 7.?The result of o-day's nominations is destined to ;hape political events which mean nuch to South Carolina. It may bring he now divided Democratic factions ogetker and it may precipitate a crisis vhich may defeat Captain Tillman for Jovernor also send a Republican to Congress from the Fourth. The present situation in South Care- -?^ ina is the gravest that has existed iuce 1870. J udge Haskell's manifesto np;in<: hnsir??>5<s fmrrt tno rrn Tt. s no child's play. "While the majority f the Straightout faction do not enlorse Judge Haskell's position, there ire many influential citizens who do. t is believed, however, that Major Duncan's nomination would avert the )ending Kaskell movement and virually clear Captain Tillman's path to he Governor's chair. But if Captain shell is nominated there is trouble ihead. Hundreds in this Congressional Disrict and thousands in the State who lave resigned themselves to Tillman vill never consent to swallow Shell, iQii, in opposing tne latter, tney will -vagc warfare against all his allies. L'tiis straw will show which way the ,vincl blows. Dr. J. F. Ensor, a white Republican )f this city, has already been nomina:ed bv the Republicans of this district ? 'or Congress. He is at present a United States rading deputy. During the Republican administration of South Carolina ho was superintendent of the unalic asylum. His official record is >aid to be unimpeachable and his charicter as a citizen beyond question. imong the Democrats of this district le has many warm personal friends. A prominent gentlemen told me last light that a number of strong Democrats have declared their inteucion to ;unoort Ensor in oDnosition to Shell. [f the latter is nominated the negro najority of course prevails in tlie idis:rict, and with white Democrats to ceep an eye on the ballot box, who can .ay that Ensor would not be nominated? Let those who shrug their should;rs at the Haskell manifesto look the situation throughout the State squarely in the face. From a parallel standpoint there are at least 12,500 liepubliian voters in the District, which are of:ect by only S,COO Democratic voters. At east 20 per cent, of the Democratic roters were opposed to the nomination 'PillwMtn rtr*/? in />onf oro oHl] Jl X 111111(111, CklJU. XV K^iJkU. <M.\s ouiii jpposed to him, or 7 per cent, would ict array themselves against a movement to defeat him by an independent Democratic ticket. Therefore if the jrthordox Democratic convention, ivhicn is called to meet in Columbia on ruesday next, puts out a ticket it will eceive the almost solid support of the Republicans, ami there will be enough vhite Democratic sympathizers and lilies to see that the ballots are put in .he box and counted. A victory is never won till the foe is lisarmed. " The prevailing opinion is that the following ticket ot the Straightouts ? * -i.- i i ? iVlii uh uominateu. uy tuu v/uiuuurt wu,-ention on Tuesday next: Governor, 1. C. Haskell; Lieutenant Governor, iV. L. Mauldin; Secretary of State. J. Marshall; Comptroller General, Genial E. Bacon; Adjutant and Inspector General, M. L. Bonham; Treasurer, T. \Y. Woodward. After Duncan's defeat became apparent many influential citizens here who resterday expressed disapproval of the proposed opposition to Tillman changed heir opinion and will now no doubt m mter into any honorable method to iefeat the election of him andhigJiieiJ^""'^ Ensor,the KepubliesTfcaadidate, is 'nthuiastic over The result, and confllentiy expresses his ability to defeat Japt'in Shell at the polls?Augusta Jhronicle. ? Eube Burrows Killed. * A Birmixgham. Ala., Oct. S.?Rube 4 [Jurrows was shot and killed iu Linden lail early this morning by the sheriff ana guards. They allege that he was trying g .0 escape. 1 iurrows complained of hun- 1 er and was given his wallet in which ivas food. There-from he pulled forth W :?vo pistols and captured his captors, making them release him from jail He j ivoke up J. V?\ Carter, a deputy, who tiad his money and rille, and demanded Hip return thereof, when Carter opened [ire and live shots were interchanged, Carter being shot in the shoulder and A Burrows in the abdomen. Burrows died almost instantly. B. R. Tillman, as certain as he lives, will be the next Governor of South |ra Carolina, and the men in the Demo cratic party wno splits me pari} uy ranaing an opposition ticket will regret their action when it is too late.