The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, December 09, 1891, Image 1
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^ VOL. XLVI. WIN NS BOKO. S. ., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 0. 1891. NO. 17.
, MERCIES OF THE LORD, j
| SERMON BY THE SEV. T. DE WiTT j
TALMAflE, SUNDAY, NOV. 29.
Oo?l H?s I5**u :o the People I>nr- j
||jL ins tk* Y?ar C ]o*ed by Tha.a?r-sivics j
? 1>?T? Let All tk? CreHtvrei ?f the KjxrHi :
r?rai?e ?h? Lord.
u Brooklyn, ;S"ov. 29.?Dr.Talmage's !
11 sermon thi?> morning had a distinctly !
||| Thaukejivicg character. The appear- I
?1* ance of th? Tabernacle was in keeping j
* with it. The doctor's text wat taken ;
irom Psal*i cxltiii, 10, 12 and 13,
4kBeasls, and all cattle; creepiojj things j
and fljin/ fowl; both jouag men, and ;
maidens; old men, and children; let j
them praise the name cf the Lore,"
\?hat a scene it w??s *hen last Thursday,
at the cali ol the president and
sovemors, this aatioa assembled to
chant the praises of God. liui the day
was too short to celebrate the divine
jjootiness of such a year. The gnu did j
not rise over iirookiya entli one minute
before seven o'clock that morniag, aud j
it set fo?r o'clock and thirtj-tive minu- j
tes that evening. What a small space j
of time m which to meditate upon twelve ;
mant.hft of h^nafnorio**. Sno T add to !
that day this Sabbath morning service, \
and with the Iru.ts and harvests of the
^arth still glorifying the pulpit and the ;
^-tileries, ask you to continue the re- j
hearsal ?f the divine goodness.
Br a sublime egotism man has come !
to appropriate this world to himself. |
when the fact is that our race is in a}
small minority. Tha instances of hu- j
man life, as compared with the instances i
of animal life, are not one to a million, j
We shall enlarge cur ideas of God's
goodness and corns zo a better under-'
^ statd! j? oi the texi 'f, beftre we come
to tenk at the cup of our blessing, we j
look at the goodness of God to the irrational
creation.
Although nature :s out oi joint, yci j
even In Its d-jrUDtk-r I ana surprised to j
lind the almost universal happiness o; i
tthe animal creation. On a summer day, j
when the air and the grass are most j
populous with life, tou will not bear a!
ROCml <?K f'ls;r?c? non^K'infP a
|reSS heartless schoolboy r:as robbed a bird's j
B nest, or a hunter has broken a bird's j
*'mg, or a pasture has been robbed oi'a ,
Iamb and there goes up a bleating from j
gPfPl the ilocks.
The whole, earth is filled with animal j
Hi ueligfet?joy feathered ana scaled and;
horned and hoofed. The bee buns it; j
Big the frog croaks it; the squirrel chatters j
pHH K; the quail whistles ii; the lark carols |
it; the whale spouts it. The snail, the j
gjgg rhinoceros, the grzzly bear, the load,
the Wksp, the spider, the shellfish have j
their homeij" dthgtiu?joy as ?reat to
thc.T? ;?? r>nr inx ift tn u*_ f.lirnb- I
Bl ing the rocks; anaconda crawling through j
K the jungle; buffalo piunging across the |
prairie; crocodile baskins in tropical j
||| sun; seal puling on the ice; ostrich,
striding across the desert are so man j i
|S bundles of joy; they do not go moping
melancholy; they are n?t on!}' half
?sappli?d; God says they are tilled with
The worm squirming through the sod
^fWupturned of piov.saare, and the ants
f racking up and down the hillock are
H ! happy by day and happy by night. Take
I up a tirop Ui vraicr uuucr uicunuuswyo
audyoa find that within it thcr# are millions
of crtalures that swim in a hallelujah
of gladness. Ti e sounds in niitart:
that are rtpulsite to our ears are oi'i?n !
onlj utterances of joy?the growl, the
croak, th? bark, the howl. The good
> Gcd made these creatares, thinks o'
them ever, and will not let a plowshare
turn up a mole's nest, or fisherman's
' hook transfix a worm, until, bj eternal
decree, its time has come. God's hand
feed all these broods, aud shepherds all
these flock*, and tends all these herds.
"He sweetens the clover tap for the ox's
v taste and pours out crystalline waters
-3 f%r\y tho V? m/1 f % I
I"*V IUU03CU I'Up Ui ivi ? ?
mk out of on his waj down the craus.
d poors nectar into the cup of tLj
nersuckl* to refresh the humming:
>ird;-aid spread* a banquet of a huu?d
fields o! buckwheat, and lets the
a?y bee put his mouth to any cup oi
the ba?quet, and tell* the srasshopto
?o a ij where he likes, and gives
<i flocks of heaven the choice ol all the
In fields. The sea anemone, half an:al,
half flower, clinging to the rock in
docean, with Its tentacles spread to
ich its food, has the owner ?f the uni:se
to proTid# for it. \V? arc repulsed
the hideousness ot the elephant, rmt i
for the comfort and convenience!
||p- ' of the monster, puts fortv thousand dis- j
tinct muscles i* his j robosci*.
? I 20 flown on the r?arieu seashore and !
W ??aj, '\S'o animal car. lire in this place j
jgflF o: desolation;" but ail through the sands i
faff are myriads of little insects that lean I
Bjff with liappj lile. I go down by the marsh j
Bp aad say, "In this damp place and in!
Wf t.iese loathsoru# poois of stagnant *7*-1
W tex there will be the r,uietnt?ss o? death;" j
W b* Vlo! I sec the turtles on t-ie rotten ;
\pnn:n? themarires and hear tbe |
boj.^quake with :nuititudinous lite, j
VT nei.\ine uiiuou^cu ouu.uo aic T <
Gc?"*sac>ws the old robbln where she
~ - - can ?%t looa to p?: into their o:en
mouths.
The animal creation also has its army ;
* aad navy. The most insijniiicant has j
lis means o? defense?the wasp its a tin;, \
the reptile its tooth, the bear its paw, .
the dose its muzzle, the elephant it* tusk, j
the tlsh its scale, the bird its swift win;,
the reindeer its antlers, the roe its tleet
foot. We are repelled at the thought
of stinj and tusk as.d boof, but God's
coodaess provides ;bem tor the t!e:case
of the animal's rights.
Yea, God in tae ]>ibl? announces his!
care ior these erders of creation, He I
S> says that he ha# heaved up fortifications !
I lor their defease?Psalm cir, IS, "The
high hills aren reftgt for Ihe wiiu goats;
and the rocks for the conies." H-j
I vratches the bird's nest?Ps>aim cir. 17. j
I "As for the stork, the fir tree? arc ;<er ;
? house.'' He sees that the cattle hare j
I. enough grass?Psalcn civ, 14, "He cans-1
r c:h the grass to grot* lor the cattle."
B lie sew t? it that the cows and sheep
E and horses have eacuijh to drink?Psalm
civ, 10, 11: "He seudeth the eyria^s
|? iut? th* ralleyt, irhlch run ainoig the
hills; tkey jive drink to every bean of
the field. The wikl asses quench their !
thirst."
n Amid th? thunders of ;>ir.ai (fod ut?S|
t^red the rights of catUe and said that
Ba they should hare a Saobath. "Thou
j||| fchalt not d"> acy vrork, thou uor thy
p?sa cattle." He declared with iuinite tr*.
i ,Ka ^r, t'r.t. fKr-o^'nin^f fl.inr I
I should have the privilege of ealinjj some !
of the ;rain as he trod It out, and Ban/.-'
zlm^ was forbidden. It youu^ birds'
ware taken from the nest for food, the j
despoiter's life depended ou the mother j
going free. God would not let the moth- j
er bird sutler in ute dar tie loss
of h9r youni: and her own liberty. And
he who regarded in olden time the eon
duel oi" uasta toward the brutes to-day
looks down fro re hearen and :s interested
iu every ruin nor,- that swims the
stream, und every rook that cleaves the
a;r. and evert herd that bleats or neighs
or Ioks in the pasture.
Whr did God make all these, and why
make them so happy? How account i'or
*11 this sirciu ' ?r>d dancing and i'riskinr
araid the irrational creations' Why this
hfartu ibr the auimalcule in a dew drop?
Whj tor tlitt condor a throne on Cbiruberazo?
Way the glitter of the phosphorus
in lie ship's wake on the ^ca,
which is said to be only the frolic of millions
of insects. Why perpetual chanticg
of so many roices from the irrational
creation in earth aDd a:r and occan?
beasts and all cattle, creeping thiols and
flying fowi, permitted to join in the
praise that goes up from seraph and
archangel? Only one solution, one explanation,
one answer?God is good.
"The earth is full oftho jjooOacgs of the
Lord."
I take it step higher, and notice the adaptation
of the world to the comibrt and
happiness of man. The sixth day of
creation had arrived. The palace of the
world was made, but there was no kin<
to live in it. Leviathan ruled the deep:
the eagle the air; the lion the held; but
where was the scepter which should rule
nil- A r.ew stile of hein" was creatcd.
Heaven and earth vrere represented in
his nature. His body from the earth
beneath; hissoui 1'rora the heaven above.
The one reminding 1 un of iiis origin,
the other speaking of his destiny?himself
the connecting link between thn animal
creation and angelic intelligence.
In him a str^n^e comaiiayjlinu el the
temporal and eternal, tli3 tinite and the
infinite, dust and sjlory. The earth for
his tloor and heaven for Lis roof; God for
his Father; eteruitj for his lifetime.
The Christian anatomist, ^azin^ upon
the conformation of the human body,
exclaims, "Fear:ally and wouderfrlly
made." 2\'o embroidery so elaborate,
no sauze so delicite. ns color so exquisite,
no mechanism so graceful, no
handiwork so divine. Sro quieilv find
mysteriously does the human body perform
its functions that it was not until
ere thousand years after the creation ot
She race that the circulation of the blood
was discovered; and though anatomists
of ali countries and aires have been *o
lony exploring this cast:e of life, they
have only begun to understand it.
hnon wrift.pn ,'>f t.'ns>
hand. Wondrous instrument.! With it
we jive friendly recognition, and grasp
the sword, and climb the ruck, and write
and car re and build. It constructed t:.e
pyramids and hoisteJ the Parthenon. It
made the harp, and then struck out of
it ail the world's minitreisy. In it the
white mar :>!c c-iTenteiic&n mines dreaev
ed itself away into immortal sculpture.
It reins in the swift engine; it holds the
steamer to its path in the sea; it snatches
the lire from heaTen; it feels the pulse
ef the sick child width its delicate touch,
and makes the nations ouake with its
stupendous achievements.
\That power brought down the iorests,
and made the marshes blossom, aud burdened
the earth with aii cities that thunder
on vrith enterprise and power':' Four
lingers and a thumb. A hundred million
dollars would uot purjhase for jcu
a machine as exquisite aud wonderful as
your own hand, ilijjhtv hand! In all
its bone?, and muscles a ad-joints I learn
that frocl is ?ood.
Behold the ctc. which, in its photographic
gallery: in an instant catches the
mountain and tbe sea. This perpetual
telegraphing of the nerves; these joints,
that are tke only hinges that do not wear
out; these bone3 and muscles of the body
with fourteen thousand different adaptations;
these one hundred thousand
glands; these two hundri J million pores;
this mysterious heart, contracting four
thousand times everj . hour; this chemical
process of digestion; the laboratory,
beyond the usderstanding of the .cost
skillful philosophy; this furnace, whose
hoof in L-prit nn fr.im rrarllft in ('rave: this
lactorr of life, whose wheels and spindles
and bands are God diiected. If
could rediiz* the wonders of our physical
organization we would be hypochondriacs,
fearing every moment thai some
partoi the machine would break down.
But tiaere are men here rrho bare lived
tbrou;b seventy \ ears, and not a ni?rve
has ceased to thrill, or a muscle to contract,
or a lun^ to breathe, or a hand to
manipulate.
I tike a step higher and look at man'smental
constitution. U^kold the benero
lenca cf God in powers of perception, or
lac lacuiLV cu u~uu9?;vruui^ m.i "juwoiuc
werid into your o^n mind?gathering
into jour brain the majesty of the storaa
and t!;e splendor of the day dawn, and
lifting inty your mind tha ocean is easily
as you might j)?t a ijlaas of water to
your Hps.
Watch the of association. or the
mysterious liukin^ together oi ail 70u
ver thought or kiisrr or lei I, and then
i^ifiDii you the power to iak? hold of the
clew Hue and drurr through tour tnlnd
che lynir iram vrith indescribable veloci
tj?one thought starting up a hundred
and this asain a thousand?as the chirp
of one b.ru soirsil&ies wakes a whole
forest of voices. or the tiiru:n of one
string will rouse aa orchestra.
WatcH yoar memor*?that sheaf binder.
that soes forth to gather the harvest
of the past and br:n_- it into 1'ie present.
Your pews- and v: -;ilT of thought?
thought of the swift w:ng and the lightsi
ag loot; thought that oetspeeds the
star and circles through the heaven; and
weighs worlds, and, from poi*iu<; amid
wheeling constellations, comes down ;o
count blossoms in a tuft of raiscr.ouetie,
t:u:a surts a^ain to try the fathoming
of the bottomless*, aad the scaling
of the iusurmouatabl*, to be swallowed
up ia tht lucoraprthensible and lost in
GoC
In reason and understanding. aim is
alone. The ux surpa??*s hies ia strength,
I:a antelope ia spe?d, iha hound in keenness
of n. -vSiril, the c^jle in far reaching
sight, tee rabbit in quickness cfhear!n^.
the honey bee i:i d-Aiceer oi ronjv.e, the
spider la llnenes-* at teach. Man's
power, thereto:-#. conv.steth col ia what
n? can ii:t. or how la:-*; ha can ran, or
how stn.tc^ a wrestler be ."an threw?for
in these rejects the ox. the orrlch and
la* hyena a;c his superiors?but br his
reason he comes forth to rale til: through
h:s ic?euio?s coutrivance t-o outruu, oei!nt.
outwrestle, oatsee. outhear, outdo.
At his at! conquering decree tha forest
that bad stood for ages iUjs aside to ;et
him build his cabin and cultivate his
larm. Tae sea* which ra red and foamed
u^-on the race Las L*;co?e a crystal
pathway for commerce t? march on.
The thuader cloud that slept lazilj a'rx-.ve
the mountain is staiie to cosee down ami
carrr mail bags, lias, dissatisfied with
his slowness of advancement, shouted
to the water and :h9 fire. "Come and
lift!" "Cotnc and draw!" "Come and
help!" Aud they answered, "Aye, aye,
we come," and they joined hands?the
! nre and tiie water?aud lha shuttles dy.
i and the rail train rattles on. and the
j steamship comes couching, panting.
J flaming across the deep.
j I tak* a step higher and look it man's
| moral nature. Made in ibe image of
! Uod. Vast capacity for enjoyment. j 1
i capable at first of eternal joy, and
though now disordered, still, through
the recuperative force of heavely grace,
able to mount up to more than its orier- <
mal felicity: faculties that may blossom
and bear fruit inexhaustibly. Immor
j tidily written upon every capacity: a|
J you I destined to range in unlimited i
ispheres of activity long after the %vorid j
j lias put 02 ashes, and the solar system j
j shall have snapped lt3 axie, and th? stars c
j that, In their courses, fought against, i
j Sisera, shall have been slain and buried i *
i amid the toiliin? thunders of the last; i
j <iay. 11
You see thai <rod has ad&ptr-d every- j a
| tiling to our comfort and advantage. I ?
j 1'leasxnt things for tke palate; music j j
] lor me ear: ueuuiy ior uie rye; juuuiu ; >!
for nostril; kindred for our affections; j
I pot-try for our taste; religion for our i
; seu!. We are put ia a garden, and tuld j I
j that from all the tress we may eat ex- j ?
j cept here and there one. ile gives the j
! sun to .shine on us, and the waters to re- j p
j fresh ua, and food to strengthen us; and I (
i tne htr'os yiela medicine when we are s
sick, ard the forests lumber when we I
wouid huiid a house or cross the water
in a ship. t
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The rocks are transported tor our *
foundation, and raetais upturned for
oar currency, and wild beast must give
us covering, and the mountains must be
tunnelled, to lot us pass, and the iish of
the .sea come up in our net, and the birds
of the air drop at the Hash of aur guns,
nlid the cattle on a thousand hills cor;:e
down to givo us meat. For us the peach
orchards bend down their fruit nrd the
vineyards their purple clusters. To feed
and refresh our* intellect, tea thousand
wonders in nature and previdence?
wonders of mind and body, wonders of
I ii 1 1 a or>,l S
Oriru: iiiiu mi, auu uccp autuv^iso auu
antitheses, ail Colors and sounds, lyrics *
in the air, idyls in the Jield, conllagra- J
tions in the sunset, rob^ of mist cm the [*
mountains and the "Grand March" of
God in the storm.
But i'or the soul still higher adapt a- i
tioas:a fountftin in which it may wash: (
a ladder by which it may dimo; a song j
of endless triutnp that it may sing; a [
crown of unfading light that it may t
wear. Christ came to save it?cam? with t
a cross on his back; came with spikes in t
his feet; came when no one else .vcui i ?
come, to do a work .vhich no one else ,
. 1.5 j.. c-... i.?
| wuuiu uj. ofc nun suucu iu uiau 3 wii|
dition is what God has done for hirr:.
1Ma* is a sinner; her* is a pardon. He
hs.3 lost God's imag?; Christ retraces it.
He is helpless; Almighty gracais proffered.
lie is a lost wanderer; .Jesus
brings him home, lie is blind, and at
one to<:eh of him who cured Bartnneus,
etfrnal glories stream into his soul.
Jesus, I sing thy grace! Cure of worst
disease! Hammer to smite off heaviest
chain! Light for thickest darkness!
Grace divine: Devil3 scoff at it and
men reject it, but heaven celebrates it!
I wish you good cheer for the national
health."Pestilence, that in other years
H-io ^nm? 1 n tW5v*? nut ifx thmisimd .
hearses te Greenwood and Laurel Hill, 5
has not vis-ted oar nation. It is a glorrious
thing to b? well. How strange (
that we should keep our health whea j
oae breath from a marsh or the sting of .
an insect or the slipping of a foot or ,
the falling: cf a tree branch might fa- \
tally assaul* our life! Regularly the t
lungs work, and their motion se?my to bf?
* snirif, within us r>antin;r after its
| immortality. Our sights "fail not, j
though the air is so full of objects i
which by one touch could break ouc the i
soul's window. What ship, after a year's ;
tossing on the sea, could come in with ]
so little damage as our.-;elv?s. though 2
we arrive after a gear's voyage today 'i (
I wish you 2?od cheer for the national
harvest. Reaping machines never ^
swathed thicker rye and corn hnsker's t
pag novsr ripped out fuiler ear, and t
mow poles never b^nt down under ]
sweeter hay, and windmill's hoppsr ;
never shook out larger whieat. Long t
trains of white covered wagons have 1
brought the wealth donn to the great
thoroughfares. The earners are fuli. t
the storehouses are overcrowded, the I
canals are blocked with freights pressing:
down to the marktts. The cars j
rumble all through the darkness and
whistle up the flagman at dead of night
to let the western harvest? come down
to feed the mouths of the great cities.
A race of kings ha3 taken possession of
this land?King Cotton, Kiiij Corn,
King Wheat, King Kiee, King Grass,
King Coal.
I wish you good ch?er for civil and
religious liberty. Xo ofiicial snr watch?
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*~o uui nci c, uk/l uva"o an cvijjllk:u i
soldier interfere with th? honest utter- ]
ance of truth. We stand here today j
with our arms free to work and our <
tongues free to speak. This i3ibie?it
i<* all unclasped. This pulpit?there is j
no chain around about it. There is no t
snapping of musketry in the street. (
Blessed be < 'rod that to day we are free t
men, with 'be prospect and determma- i
t'.on of always being free. No establish- i
fed reiijioa?Jew and (ientile, Arminiaa j 1
and Cnlvimst, Trinitarian and L'nita- j
rian. Protestant and Komaa Catholic ! 1
on the ssine footing. f
If prosecution should come against (
the most unpopular of all the sect?, I
believe that *!l denominations would
band together and arm themselves, and
heart would b? stout, and blood would
be frfo, and the right of men to worship
God according to the dictates of their
consciences would be contested at the
point of the bayonet, and with blood
Jlowing up the "bits of the horse's bridles.
For mercifs temporal and spiritual
let consecrated lives be offered. Wherefvt-r
God's light shines arid God's rain
descends and God'? mercy broods let
the thanksgiving ariss!
A Human HolaeHuet.
Dktkoit, Mich., Dec. 2.?The most
r:?>palling catastrophe that has visited
Detroit since tne uurmng oi me niaeii j
school, two years a*o, took place about
2 o'clock this morning. Fire broke out <
in the grocery store of George J. Keis. ;
332 Orleans street, and communicating I
to the dwelling house overhead, smoth- 1
ered to death Charles Ileis, aged 22. and \
nis brothers Josie and Eddie, aged 11 M
an i 7 years. The latter children were 1
found in their bed a.nd tbe older boy j i
was discovered by the fire:nen lying 1
I upon the floor before a wi *dow as if he, j i
| realizing the danger, had attempted to 1
j escape by that egress. <
I The father and mother were found i
| locked in each other's arm at the head <
j of the stairs leading out into the yard, i
i'iiiey were burned to a crisp. Why i
j they took the rear steps may uever be t
j known, for if they had taken the front 1
j war they would undoubtedly have been t
!saved. As it r.as they rushed into a ;
j riery furnac-, for th? conflagration did i
j the rr.ost damage where their bodies 1
were found. J
Two oUer children?Max. aged 15, j
j and Ton?j, aged 12, and a nireci giri, (
j whose name could no: be ascertained. 1
j e caped by jumping out of the windows i
j into ?he arms ot the police and firemen. 1
There was no means of 1'mding out just t
how the fire started. When first seen ?
j It was Issuing from the front windows !
up stairs, but an examination of the <
grocery store showed an overturned 1
stove, and the damage done to the i
lower storyjveokl indicate that the lire 1
started in the store. 1
A DIABOLICAL DEED, j
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fHE. WRECK OF THE DOWN COLUM- j
5!A TrtMIN INEAK GrtAHLt3 I UIN.
>n? Pfcrt'in Killed and five I?l?red?It i
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nil ? XJe!ll>?r?tely riaauwl nnd Well j
Executed Train '.Vreelt?The Detail* of
the Disaster.
Charleston, .S. C., Nov. 2y?At 10
ninrJ-if- o train nn th(* ^rinfh 1
' loot' I* UIUU Vii v??v
arolina Railway, on its way from Colimbia
with nearly 1 xo hundred passen:ers
on hoard, v. as thrown into the
wamp just this side of Liacolnrille
md one person was killed and five inured.
The following is a list of the
:a usualties:
Killed, Mason Parker, colored, Orenan.
Injured, Thos. Anderson, white,
iscrgage master, serious; S. M. Preston,
vhite, express messenger, seriously;
Victor La Ver?ne, white, passenger,
>robab!v fatal, Charleston. Mrs. Phillip
Jahrs, white, passenger, Charlestoa, not
erious. Annie Kelly, white, passenger,
iroken arm.
There is abundant evidence that the
rain was calmly, deliberately and maiciously
wrecked. The rail on the east
ide of the track had been systematicaly
loosened, and even the tools which
iad been used for the purpose were
ound on the side of the track. The
rain consisted of live coaches, lnciudDg
a Pullman. Ail except the Pullnan
car were thrown down the emtjirTiwI
and cnmnleteir
vrecke-J. That 50 few persons were
njured can only be attributed to the
niracuions interposition of L)ivi*e
'rovidence.
The crew of the wrecked train, or
uch ?f them its were not. disabled, actd
prt mptly, one of toe brakemen runling
to SummerviJle. three miles dlsant,
for assistance, liy 12 o'clock a re
ief train arrived from Summerville,
ind a halt hour later ons irom t^naries-1
on. under the charge of Manager C. M*
kVariJ. Dr. Lee, of sjummerville, carae
loffn to the scene ard aided Dr. F. D.
'rost, who was on train and who had
jestowed as much attention as possible
.0 the injured. The locomotive jumped
the track, but remained on the cross*
ies. The tank was thrown into the
iwamp and the colored liraman was
:rushcd to death under it. His body
emains at the scene of the wreck, only
lis legs being visible. It was not until
titer 1 o'clock that the rescurers suc:eeded
in cutting a way out ol'the wreck
,o remove .Baggage Master Anderson.
Conductor Speissiger was uninjured.
Engineer William. Waters remained on
he can, which ran fully three yards
'rom the displaced rail on the crossties.
rhe five coaches were crowded, two of
;hem with white arid two with colored
people, there being an unusually large
Droportion of women among the number.
These were picked out of the wreck
)y the passengers and taken up on the
:iubankrnent, where they remained un:il
the arrival of the first relief train j
'rom Summerville.
On the train were tbe passengers wno
.uine from Columbia lacluding a numjerofthe
members of the Legislature
md some officials and a representative
)f the News and Courier, and a large
lumber of Charlestonians who got on
;he train at Branchrille, having com?
that far on their way from the Augusta
Exposition, and a number of ladies who
jot on at Sumrnerville. The ill-fated
:rain left Urancliville at U o'clock and
Hide the run to .Sunimerville without
stopping, iorty nines in nity mmutes,
[t was only a few moments after leaving
buniinerville that the catastrophe
)cuurred.
The railway authorities lost no time
whatever in starting out in search of
:he villian, who moved the taps from ;
;he bolts on the tra^k. Trial Justice
L-imehouse was communicated with
md t:-e Charleston police were asked
;o detail an oflicer to assist in working
up the fearful case.
There was a heavy downpour during
;he several hours the passengers were
detained at the nineteen-mile post.
Work on the wreck had consequently
:o he abandoned until a cessation of the
ain storm.
Th? train arrived at the depot at
ibout minutes after 2 o'clock. The
passengers hurried out of the coaches
.0 meet those who were waiting for
;hern, and it was not long before everj
carriage was crowded and the passengers
ho had been miraculously saved
;roin death were on their way home.
Although there had live hours passed
between the accident and the return
lome of the Providentially saved passengers,
no on? was in condition to eay
mything about the wreck.
A diabolical deed was what everyone
pronounced it. During the day at the
scene of the wreck many made personal
Conservation and convinced themselves
,hat it was a premeditated and deliberate
act, done with satanic intent. The
vrench with which the bolts were unfastened
was left upon the scene. The
position of the bolts, one of them being
eplaced on the wire edge after being
,aken out of the rai/'s, all indicated the
ie!ioeraLei:c5.-> u; UJC
Yuuo;? La Vergue was lyin^ in the
;xpress coach of the relief train. Immediately
upon arrival of the train
cind friends rushe-i to the coach, and,
ticking up the pallette, carried the
rrcunded man to the ambulance of the
3ity Hospital. He was yet alire when
:arried to the Hospital.
Superintendent .T. H. Agnew, of the
>outh Carolina Railway, Is one of the
nost competent persons In the city to
rite a description of the wreck and its
Causes from a railroad standpoint. He
eft here on the relief train, and remained
at the scene of the disaster until the
irTMP'tr hM/i hb??ii jilsared. lie was seen 1
resterday morning by a Reporter for
die News and Courier, to whom he
jave a minute account of some of the
features of the wreck and Its clearing.
"It is two clearly evident from the
ippearance of everything around the
>cene,'r he said, "that the spikes and
jolts had been deliberately removed
,'rorathe rails by some one who evidentinderstood
how to derail a train; it
rvould have been impossible to hate had
the track, in a bitter condition for a devilment.
The splice bars were moved
'rom one joint (that is where the two
ails come together) and all of the spikes
sv^re drawn for the entire length of one
>f the east sidt1. The rail was disconlcct^d
where the splice bars were taken
)ut and was pressed inward and held
n -.hat position by a bar of Iron. This
larrowed tha guage to such an extent
;h:it wh*n the wheels came to the joint
ivhere the splice bars had been removed
l-w?.? .1 Af *-Vw? oil nr?A r\ n<.< J /> r\ f tii.a
?1IC CUU VJ. Uin Ifiil MI KJLX fiiT>
md caused the derailment. After leaviig
the rails the train only ran about
Svc car-lengtbs. The rail oil the opposite
side was not disturbed.
'There was a track wrench and a
;Iawbar ljinj near where Ihe bar had
>-en removed. The spikes that had
seen withdrawn were lyinsr on the
;ies from which they had been
;aken. It was absolutely impos- I
ilble for the derailment to have
3een accidental under the circumstands.
The rail next to the misplaced on?
pras intact throughout its.entire length
ilso the rail on the opposite side, except |
;hat the ties were cut up to some ex:ent
by the flange of the whee]g." ;
"-s
MISSION OF THE NEGRO.
f |
The Governor of Texas K*calves a Com- i
of PrcHchers.
Austin, Dec. 3.?Bishop Grant and
a committee of eight prominent preach- j
ers of the Colored Methodist conference
called on Governor Ho^g at his office in ]
the capitol. The governor, In a brief j
address, said among other things:
"You colored people do rery well, except
when you go into politics. When
you do that you generally have some
mean white man to stir you up and get
you into trouble."
Governor Hogg referred to the peaceable
and praiseworthy conduct of the
negroes during the four years of the
war when the white men were in the i
" -loniAo fimil'na tin. I
UlLUJ auu iivmvo auu ww .
protected; when the negroes had the i
opportunity to pillage, burn and destroy,
but did none of these things. The
governor said that in his own county,
during the war, there was not a case ol
incendiarism. The negro had maintained
his fidelity to the whites till the
proclamation of emancipation.
The governor alluded to the lynching
oi a negro in ^ass coumy anu 10 ms eu- (
dearor to put down mob law in Texas
[applause by the committee], aud said
he would do his part as governor of the
state to protect their race in their lires,
libertj and property. [Applause.] Governor
Hog* counseled the colored people
to lay aside race prejudice, which
ihe intelligent men ot both races ought
10 educate the people against.
A colored preacher, recently from
Pennsylvania, replied to the Governor,
saying there ought to be no antipathy
lelt by the negro against the white man
aud that they ought to have the white
man?s confidence.
Governor K022 replied, saying the
state was dominated by the Democratic
party which had equally divided the
school fund with the negro when it had
the power to do otherwise.
Addressing the Pennsylvania preacher,
the 2?vern?r said: "Whea you go
back north tell your people that the
people of Massachusetts first brought
African slaves to America. Slavery was
a godsend a*d emancipation was?a godsend,
because, "as the gouernor believed,
these two events will eventually result
In the enlightenment of Africa, which
can be done by the negro himself better
than by the white m*n." The governor
counselled the colored race of the south
to send all its surplus educated young
men to tthe dark continent. That he
believed was the great missicn of the
southern negro.
K*t?bc? Lonjr Nnrs?d.
Augusta. Ga., Dec. 4.?The past is
not forgotten, nor are our ills forgotten.
The truthfulness of this 9ayicg was
given by a mo3t remarkable incident
which really occurred here. During the
war a Confederate soldier, who was
wounded in battle and was unable to
contend further against the enemy, was
arrested in Augusta by a Confederate
officer 1 '.cause he did not have proper
furlough napers. This private Confederate
soldier, who is now a resident oi
Augusta, while walking in the streets,
slightly intoxicated, this afternoon, accidentally
noticed and at once recognized
the officer who*had caused his detention
in Augusta while he was on his n&j to
Columbia to j oin his sick wife. The old
soldier had neycr forgotten the occur
rence nor xorgiven me oiacer, anu wueu
he met him to-day he piled in on him and
abused and reproached him for having
caused his arrest.
The officer, vrho is bow a JNew York
drummer, had forgotten the affair, but
recalled it when the offended and revengeful
veteran rciadft mention of it.
The o'd officer avoided any difficulty
with the infuriated soldier who bore malice
toward him and who wanted to satisfy
his grievance by carving him. However,
the vindictive survivor was again
searching for the officer to-uight, arra^d
with a knife with the avowed intention
of (loins him bodily harm, but the meeting
was prevented. The wounderful
memory of this old private is something
remarkable, and his identification of the
man whom he considered had done him
an injustice upon first sight, after thirty
years' interval, is still more wonderful.
Tli? Jap?B?8? Earthquake.
Vancouver, B. C., Dec. 3.?Advices
from Japan via the steamer Empress
of China give later news regarding
the great earthqaake of October 28.
Careful tigurin* now places the number
of dead at 7,560 and injured at 10,120,
with 80,020 houses wholly and 282,G25
partly destroyed. Uver 44b,ui'O people
bare been rendered homeless and destitute.
Many curious freaks of the earthquake
have been noticed. In one place
a tissure swallowed up four persons,
who have remained visible, but whose
escue proved to be impossible. Fortunately
tbe weather remains mild. Rain
or cold weather would cause terrible distress.
Decent burial has baen cjiven to
most of the bodies recovered from the
ruios in tba larger towns, but horrible
sccnes are presented in the country
where the people are unable to inter
their dead. Foreigners have come forward
generously with gifts of money,
clothing, medicine, etc. Twenty thousand
dollars have been contributed by
tbe foreign reident-s, exclusive of the
Chinese funds, which Is large. Shanghai
ha3 sent $5,000 and $110,000 has been
raised in various ways in Tokio. In
addition to these sums the Japanese
<rr>v*rnm??rit bad mnile ti crrnnt, of K12.22.5
000 to the two prefectures that suffered
most.
Tw#1t? Instantly Klllod.
Tacoma, Washington, Nov. 25?One
of the worst accldants in the history of
the Northern Pacific Railroad occurred
at noon to-day at Canon station, on
Green River, about 100 miies east of
Tacoma. About sixty workmen -were
sent to the locality of the recent landslides
to repair washouts on a branch
of the main lime, and while thus employed
at the base of a high bluff several
thousand yard3 of shell rock sudAnlt'
f n r?K1 a/1 Ar> f V\ Ano V\t?T140fh 1 fl
WGU1J LUIDU1CU WJU iJCUVUUii, *4*
stantly killing twelve, wrecking about
300 yards of roadbed, carrying two men
into the river and burying several
oth?rs, some of whom it will be impossible
t? rescue alive.
Dl?d at Hln Post.
Daiilixgton, S. C., Dec. 3.?R*v. J.
W. Murray of the South Carolina Conference,
how in session h?re, was
stricken with apoplexy duritg tiie services
last night at the Methodist Church.
He was taken home where everything
possible was done to relieve him. He
died during the night and will be buried
h*rp Wis ?nn w.is with him. He was
pastor of Fairfield Circuit and well
known asd admired by raanj Columleaves
a wife and several
ctMK|g|r He was a good man, greatly
SHSh-V r11 who ^neTr him
THE LEGISLATURE.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GOES TO j
WORK WiTH A WILL.
i
Wbnt lias Heen Uoue lr. Iiot'.i HouMee--|
a*vcrai impuriKit, i?;n? xuti ?.?? j
Kcf?rr<ni and Oilier* Voted I pon aed j
JKiiI?d.
CoLLMKIA, S. C., Nor. 24.?iioth
branches of the Legislature assembled
today at twelve o'clock. In the House a
multitude ot new bills has been introduced,
but up to this time decisive actios
has been taken on very lew of
them.
The first del/ate in the House v>as
brought about by Mr. Fickcn's uiil to
proride for ir.arrige licenses iu ihis
Tlia ri\ VlQi! l.PfkTl flisolKSPli !
in a measure at the last session and
would probably have gone through but
j for the tinkering that simost invariaoly
follows the passage of a bill wnich has a
few vigorous opponents. After some
discussion the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
The next bill to get a black eye was
the bill to authorize the Governor to
remove sheriffs from oflice In certain
contingencies. This was cenerally
credited with being an Administration
measure, but it dees not appear that
the Governor or his friends made much
of an ellort to get it through. It was
killed without discussion lu the Senate
there was nothing of special import
ance in this the opening day.
Among the bills intiodueed was one
to permit the construction of a private
; railroad from Glovers in this county to
the Ashepco River.
By Senator Evans, to provide for the
reapportionment oi the House of Representatives
under the census Oi 1890.
By Senator Stckes, tn incorporate the
town of Pre wit, Orangeburg County.
Senator Stokes gave notice that he
would ask to make the bill on the subject
of Calhoun County conlirm to the
lines of survey on the map before the
Senate.
On Wednesday in trie iiouse tiie marriage
license biii was reconsidered and
passed to a third reading, and the measure
is now likely to become a law. It
provides for a license fee of lifty cent.
Bills requring railroads to provide
separate coaches for the race3 and for!
the prohibition of trains on Sunday has 1
been introduced.
An invitation from President Walsh,
of the Augusta Exposition Company,
for the Legislature to be present on
Carolina Day was, on motion of Mr.
Evans, accepted.
Thp hill to nroride a fee of liferents
por diem for coroners' jurors vras'indefinitely
postponed on motion of Mr.
Evans. There would probably have
been a lively light over it if Mr. McLaurin
had not stated there was in
course of preparation a bili to reorganize
county matters and Hiat this would
be treated therein.
The following were introduced. Joint
resolution to extend the time for the
payment of taxes for the liscal year
commencing November 1, 1810, to the
1st day of February, 1?'J2.
iiill to license persons or corporations
to sell clocks or patent medicines
rlfp.la.H'ncr them
IUIUUJU l/L l\s ??0 X* " "
dler* and imposing ;i line of 8500.
Bili to amend the act providing for a
license for the sale of pistols and pistol
cartridges so as to include ririe cartridges.
Bill to amend section 1,(X& of the
General Statutes mating to the compensation
of county school commissioners,
so that they shall receive annually.
in addition, su^.ri sums as mar oe necessary
to pay the actual expenses incurred
by him in attending meetings called for
the purpose of advancing educational
interests and in visiting schools.
Bill to prohibit tha giving as security
and the taking as security any hen or
mortgage on an} . le athered crop.
Bill, with petition, to incroporatethe
town of Vance's, Orangeburg county.
In the Senate 0:1 Wednesday the" invitation
of the Hon. Pat Walsh. President
of the Augusta Expcsilotn, for
the Legislature to attend on Carolina
Day was communicated by message
from the Governor, and accepted.
A joiDt resolution extending the
time for the payment of State and
county taxes to the 1st January, 1SU2
was introduced.
A bill to empower the governor to remove
sheriffs from office who willfully
or negligently allow prisoners to escape,
or to be injured or killed by lynching
or otherwise, while in the custody of
said sheriffs was indefinably postponed.
Among the third reading bills on the
calendar is a joint resolution calling
for a constitutional convention. At
the requ?st of Mr. Meet/.eit was passed
over for the present.
Anothei third reading bill on the calendar
i3 the bill to reduce the salaries
of the State officers, clerks and employees.
It was recommitted to the corhI
mittee together with the amendments
I proposed during the closing scenes of
the'last session.
Thursday being Thanksgiving Day
there was do session oi the House 011
that dav, but on Friday the regular
work 0? the session was resumed.
The bill to require the several Counties
to pay all expenses of their lunatics
in the State Lunatic Asylum, and
to provide l'or keeping separate accounts
of the same by the Comptroller
Genera], was killed after a short hut
breezy debate.
A memorial was received setting
forth the necersity of South Carolina
having proper representation at the
World's Fair. This was ordered referred
to a special committee consist-)
lng of one from each Congressional
District to be appointed by the Speaker.
Mr. John C. Haskell introduced the
following resolution: Resolved by the
House of Representatives, That a com-J
mittee of three be appointed by the
Speaker to investigate and report to
this Ilc^e upon the conduct and management
of the- phosphate Interest of j
the State fur the past year, and that the :
committee hare power to send for per-1
sons and papers, and t.o take such steps
as will enable them fo make a full In- J
nuiry into the management by the j
/ioard of Phosphate Commissioners.
The Senate bill to amend Section,
11.5S4 of the General Statutes relating j
to the Lunatic Asyluiu passed ii-i third j
reading and v;as ordered enroll*' fwr
ratification. This bill prondrs tbatj
the Goveruor shall appoint. by and with I
tfee advice and consent of the senate,!
live regents of the Lunatic Asylum, |
who shall nold office for six year? from i
the day of appointment, except upon
the occurrence of a vacancy, vrhen the
Governor shall till the same by an appointment
for the unexpired term only;
that for the purpose of conforming the1
administration of the Lunatic Asylum j
f)Q trtrin
| L'J LUC lUirjviu^ iv'vvuiuu, w-w
j practicable af?>r the approval of tins
Act, the incumbent regents bhall decide
br lot cjri four of their number, who
shall thereupon ceasto be regents, and
the remaining lire shall *or the present
constitute the board: that of the remaining
tire, tiro shall i>< srlected br
lot, to serve for two years, :v/o to serve
for four year?, and one to serre fer six
years, their successors to be appointed
by the Governor as above.
"The House bill to authorize and re-1
quire th? Governor, Lieutenant Gov-)
m
ernor, Attorney General, Secretary of 1
State, Treasurer and Superintendent of
Education to designate annually in
each County a newspaper in which all [
oilicial advertisements in that county
must be inserted was indefinitely postponed.
A hill to amend Section 2,120 of the j
General Statutes in relation to the salaries
of Circuit Judges by making the
same S2,000 instead of 83.500; also, to
abolish costs of attorneys in civil ac
lions was introduced.
The Senate, like the House, held no
session on Thursday, but was hard at
work on Friday. " c
The following new business was in
troduced:
A bill to establish a bureau of geolo- c
gy and mines, to provide for an ayri- i
cultural, geological, mineralogical aod c
physical survey of the State and for ?
other purposes. ^
A bill to am?nd section 547 of the .
Wfofnfnp +V?<a Ctfltfl flfl/l
VJCAJ-UIax ijiai'Uics ui ouio wjtaiv auu w
provide for the appointment of an examiner
for banks of the State and banking
Institutions.
A bill to repeal the tax on fertilizers
and a bl!'. to incorporate the Orangeburg
Ilailroad Comp ny.
In the House on Saturday the following
bills vrere introduced:
Bill to proviJe salaries for sheriffs
and clerks of court, in lieu of nulla
bona cosis in criminal cases. The bill
provides annual salaries ' 8700 for
shoriffc onH for r?lcrirc r.f fDnrf. in
piace of nulla bona costs in criminal
cases, except sheriffs' accounts for dietin?
p-rsons, w hich shall be paid as heretofore.
Bill to require court stenographers
to furnish tree of charge certified copies
of procetdmgs and evidence takeu in
appeal cases.
Bill to amend section 1,636 of the General
Statutes, relative to Itgal holidays.
The amendment adds September 1 to
the list of holidays. f
Hill to ni>vt>nt the movinc. destroy- ,
ing or leaving down of fences, bars, <
gates or drawers, providiug a penalty
of from S10 to $50 or imprisonment for
thirty days. This bill does not apply
to the owner.
Iq the Senate on Saturday the most J
interest centred around the report on
the bill to establish the new county of <
| Calhoun. There were two bills before }
the Senate to establish this new coun- ]
j tv, and one, the old bill, was rejected, i
rn. mill,
x HU uuier uae jjues uu iuc k/aicuuai ??mu
the unfavorable report of the judiciary
committee.
Senator Woodward, of Fairfield, has
introduced a bill to prohibit State officers
and members of the Legislature
accepting free passes on railroads.
WIND AND RAINSTORM.
I
D;?max? and Loss of Life Ileported from j
Diflereut Places.
1
Washington, X?v. 25.?A terriGc i
wind and rain storm amounting to al- i
most a hurricane, passed over this city '
about 12:30 o'clock, doing a great deal {
of damage to buildings, in the ruins of j
icq *f which several peoDle were buried
and completely prostrating the tele- !
graph wires. Tbe storai seems to have j
been quite general. The worst damage 5
was done to the fin3 Metzeroa music <
I " " - ?l. t. n ^ <
nan, me wans 01 vnucu were wen auvauoed
to completion, and were at that \
stage of progress when they oiler the \
ieast resistance to it. The wind swept i
into the Li^h walls of this building and i
part of the structure went into a crash,
breaking into several stores on F street
near Twelfth, adjoining the Metzerott i
music store. One of these stores was 1
occupied bj George White, ladies' tailor, 1
and the second by Gude & Brother,
llorists.
Four persons were in tbe rear 01 (
White's establishment, and were buried
in the ruins. Three persons were taken 1
out not very seriously injured, but the
life in Proprietor V? bite's bedy was ex- J
tinct when he was reached.
A number ol'persons had narrow es- I
capes, but. the accident occurring at the I
noon hour, workmen and others were, 1
fortunately, at lunch at the time of the 'i
storm. j
A section of stone balustrade around '
Mie mute nouse roc* was oiovra ar>frn
and crashed through the roof of the i
portico at the eastern entrance of the i
basement. i
The east portico was also wrecked by i
falling stoue. The accident caused '
commotion in the president's household, (
but it was soon found that no one was :
injured. The president was receiving a i
Minnesota delegation at the time, and <
his lkst action was to haste a to the pn- ;
vate part of the housr to reassure the
ladies of his family. Lightning struck '
one of the large gas reservoirs of the i
Washington Gas company, in George- i
town, near the water front, snapping i
one of the tall iron columns surrounding 1
the tank; the gas was ignited and 500,000
feet, stored in the reservoir, was 1
consumed before the lire had spent it- ]
self. The gas company's loss is about, <
?50,000; no insurance.
Many buildings were unroofed and a i
number were partly blows in. The 1
total loss will considerably exceed $100,- i
000. I
Mistook Morphine for Oulnlne.
Greenville, S. C., Dec. 4? W. ii.
Anderson, a well known and highly respected
young man of the Cedar Grove j
section of Laurens County, died Monday
morning from a mistake In taking
medicine. He had not been well, and !
Monday morning got up oat of bed to (
take some quinine. It seems from 1
what can be learned that there was a <
bottle containing morphine near the <
one containing quinine, and the two
bottles were much alike. After taking i
what he supposed was quinine Mr.
Anderson started from home. About
half a mile from his home he became
suddenly ili and was taken into a ]
neighbor's house. Before anything 1
could be done for him the morphine had 4
done its work. lie was about 20 years (
ol-i. Mr. Anderson was given tfce dose
I of supposed quinine bj liis mother, who <
took it from anions some medicine that (
had be^n left several years ago bj her 1
husband, the late J)r. Anderson. She 1
supposed it to be quinine. i
(
The R?v jlatlon Iq Chin*. *
Shanghai. Nov. 26.?The special i
correspondent in China of the United t
Press is able, on the best authority, to ]
state that the rebellion ('orit is really a t
rebellion) is spreading rapidly in the
northern provinces, so that there is consWw-ftWo
fV?U at. Pp.Vini.flnd its .
neighborhood. The rebels arc advane- .
icL'iu masses upon Pekin, and are being 1
ic'aed en route by reinforcements irom ?
the people and from the array. Several ]
squadrons oi the so-called regular cavalrv
have already joined the rebels, in ad- *
dition to bai ds of deserters from the j
troops classed as regular infantry. Fin
ally, the rebels have been joined by a j
number of mandarins, and each day tneir <
strength auu audacity have been increas- (
ing. All the Christians at Kinchow f
have been massacred. (
)
WILD SCENES IN .JAPAN.
5ETAILS OF A TERRIBLY FATAL
EARTHQUAKE.
tatlroad Irons TwMted aad Klver Euib^Biioeuts
XbroTVB Bown-New Lake
at tbo foot of Houatalni?Great
Fissures and Cracks Appear.
Sax Fkaxcisco, Xoy. 28.?These
letails have been received of the Japan
;arthquake of Uetober 2S: Ttie up ana
iown trains a a the Tokiado Railway
Tcrc ju3i meeting at GIIU statioa, the
:cntre disturbance, when the first
shock occurred. The sheck was ac:ompanied
by a rumbling scuad and was
riolent.
People on trains thought a collision - ? '
lad occurred. On looking out ol the
windows, however, thiy beheld the s talon
in ruins. Some of the passengers
aade their "way into FIfu and found im
nense heaps of ruins.
ilany houses had fallen, while others
vere so shattered that succeeding trem>rs
of the earth threw them to the sxoond.
in almost everj house some unfortunate
vaa buried and the chances of escape
vere diminished greatly by conflagra,ious
in many places.
The railway line was too much damaged
.0 allow of the moving of trains,
ind passeri2ers ^ere accordingly compelled
to make their way on foot ta the
leighborin* towns. Tne roads were
buDd to be almost ia.passable by fissures
and landslides.
The town ot Kano was found to be
wholly in ruins, not a house remaining
standing. Kassamatsu suffered a liue ~
ute, every dwelling being a. mass 01
lebris. Everywhere survivors were digring
out the dead and wounded aad fi^ht- |
n^r Q^flbU^onfiagrationi on ail sideV. "" --?
At Ichinomya and Kiyosee the people
nanaged to save a few mats and were
^reparino; to pass the night in the fields.
throughout the day and night the work
>f carrying the wounded to Xogoya.
proceeded, a continual stream of bearers
massing aloaa the railway, which was
.he only available route.
The inhabitants of the ruined tewa
say that th? first sensation was that ihe
aou3es were being shaken and then sadleal
y lowered two or three feet. In
act there was a marked subsidence of
:ke earth's surface for a considerable
irea about Glfu, showing that this town
was the centre of the disturbance.
Very soon after the houses were
;krown down and while hundreds of people
were buried in the debris, flames
burst from the ruins or silk factory and
!n a short time spread to such an extent -~"
:hat the citizens were compelled to desist
,n their work of rescue. The ceaflagraiion
burned out in one direction, bat
;hrec other Cres broke out and soon joined . **
:ogether, sweeping from street to street,
ianned by a strong wind.
The police, aided by normal school
students an<; prisoners in jail, frught the
Ire all nisrht, but it was not subdued un
Lil the forenoon of the next day, when ilmost
the whole town had been burned
Drer. Potteries in the prefectures of
Owari and Mino, great centres in porcelain
manufacture in Japan, and those at
5eto and other towns were almost entirely
ues-joyed, and it is reported that
there is no prcsoect of resuming their
industry this year.
The shock was so severe that scarcely
i sound house is left standing, with th??_
exception of the castle. The Go bo te*- ^
pie, belonging to the Shi* sect of Biddiiista,
was crowded with worshippers
fvhen it fell, burjmg at least fifty peopl*.
Ihe ruins took l:rs and the shrieking
rictins were consumed before the eyes
31 the horrified ?n-lookers,
ii siignt sn?CK was ieu at jxageya oa
the night of Sunday, October 25. Ok
Wednesday morning, while forty Christians
were assembled in one ef the buildings
of the Methodist school, the structure
bczan to totter and the worshippers
rind. One Christian and his wife were
killed an 1 two Japanese were fatally iajured.
Mr. and Mrs. Yan Dyke, missionaries,
and one other white person \:
were dangerously hurt.
Out of doors the city was in at uproar,
wild shrieks and indescribable
noises filled the air, while every few
moments came terrible thunier from the
angry earth. Many streets were blocked
with fallen houses and others were
liU <3 ~ .1 ^ A J. 1 J
;iiuKcu willi ueemg psopie. -a. inreau
factory and a large brick building caved
in, killing hundreds of persons, but the
old castle, despite In its foar hundred
years, stood firm.
The loss of life in the three townswhich
go to make u? the city of Xagoya
is estimated at irom 950 to 1,000. Lp
to the morning of Friday, October 30,
368 distinct shocks were reported aa
following that of Wednesday.
As the wounded were brought into
the city from surrounding towns, reports
continued to come of lives lost,
:lamage done and stirring incidents.
Reports vrere also received of fissares
in the earth two feet wide and several ?
feet deep. Railway rails were twisted, ^
iron bridges, river embankments crumbled
and fields flooded. A lake six hun
ired yards long and sixty yards wide
cvas formed at the foot of the Hukusaa
Mountain, in the Gifu prefecture, aad
>reat cracks were formed in the greuad
reside the hills in Gifu.
Water sprang from the cracks ia the
srouad, and the water m the wells wa? a
changed in color to a browei^h tiat aad ^
svas rendered uniit for drinking. The
imbankments of most of the rivers were
destroyed, and ia this city's prefecture
250 miles of embankment must bt;r?- /".
JUllt.
Express R?bb?ry.
Q-p r r\Tt< T\or> A ThA A jamt' Tvr.
press Company, it Is now stated, will
'ose about $75,000 by the robbery of the
'Frisco" night express car near Glaciate
Monday night by six masked mea.
rhe safe of the express compaiy was
completely rifled and although yest?lay
Superintendent Damsel placed th?
oss in the neighborhood of $20,000,it is
lot known that the safe contained far
nore than that amount. Superintendent
Damsel refuses to deny or confirm
.he story that the total loss reickes
575,000. but admits that it txoeeded the
imoum ne nrst gave out as in? c?aijanj's
loss. There is still no clue to
;he robbera.
Fazalao In Mexico.
Duiiaxgo, Mexico, Xov. 25.?The to;al
failure of tha corn aad bean crops
n this state, oring to the drouth, is
:ausmg intense suffering among the
?oor. The price of corn has risen to an
mmense figure, selling it some parte
)f the state at over one dollar per bushil.
The laboring element of Durango
iave neither work nor feed. The bet
,>l9??P5 n.*hn sr* en fi-irtnnflt* *s f/>
lave food, are compelled to guard their ^
supplies closely to prevent th? famishid
horde from robbing them. Only the
severe measures of the government solliers
keep the people in subjection.