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ja, < . ?. -?" >p * - * - .. , : * V?' ' Mhp " f. I ?' --is ' ? * ^ ? -. j ?erv,,0\9 sca.k i j 4 an^y jfrmtpiptr : #brtf|f #h?w<<a? <a? >.3al, igaataa. cuawirnit ifx 1 imtabf1 s>iw 4 y* ^ | E?ito* *.m< mimmpv ? . * * vat-*!*** ? . :. \ ;: k i) k c ; ; m b b b 31, 1002 '.' fcto. i 28 Killed in a CoiiUion. Freight aula F sponger C' -I Both Were Making Fa>t Time and CMtue Together at Full Speed. London, Out., Doe. 27.?-The most frightful railroad accident in the annals of the pant deendt happened a short distance frotr the little station of Wanstoa 1, on the Sarnax branch of the Giant Trunk Railroad, last night. The trains in collision wero tbo Pucitie 1 Express and a freighjt. Tho express was running nearly tw< hours late and was making fas' time. The freight was endeavor iug to make a siding to get cleai of the express, but failed by a minute or two. There was u dreadful crash, the locomotive! reared up aud foil over in a ditch, the baggage car oi the ex pros: tcloscoped the Bmoker and in at instant the shrieks and cries oi the wounded and the dyiug fillet: the air. The loss of life is 2S. The injured will number considerably more, and many of thesd may die. Many of tho dead were terribly mutilated. Heads were cut off, legs wrenched from the bodios and the level stretch ol subw became crimson with the blood of the victims. The respousibilit) for the acci dent has not been definitely fixed, but it soetns to have been due ca ttlcgrnphoiblunder. A Ml I,I,ION VOO 'r; Could hardly express tho thank, of Homer iiiKb, of Wesi PpJn; ,**J-. .!/ ?Vb ?;h? > . * settled on his lungs, eau in a most obst:nate cough. .- > v. ml physicians said tie had ump> tion, hut could ndt help him. When all thought ho >\as d mined be began to use Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption nd writes "it completely cured me and vived in" life. 1 now weigh 227 lbs." It's positively guiran teo I for Oo'ig i C.dds and Cling troubles. Price 50 "and 5? I ( () Trial bottles free at J. F. M ickey & Co & Crawford liio's 15,000 Houses Destroy o I Ashkabud, Russian Tiirkest to, Dec. 26.?The oscillations of the earth at Andijau continue. i lie people there are using milroue curs to live in; they are not leaving the town on account of uheii business interests Committee! have been appointed to prepare lists of the losses of life an 1 prop eny. in me midljun district 15000 houses were destroyed Until the shocks cease 'guards will be kept on the railroad betweet Andijan and Fedohenks to'watch for fissures along the line. The railroad stution at Andijan throatens to collupse. Barracks to be used as dwellings are being rapidly constructed and will soon be mud v fnr nc.p.ima.r\o\r J 1 ~J Ton Know Wnat You are Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the form ula is plainly printed on every botWe showing that it is simply Iron an 1 Quinine in a tasteless form No Cure. No Pay. 50c. A Woman Brutully Murdered. Charleston, S. C , Dec. 27. ? Sanders, a negro aged 21, aftei accepting the hospitality of a woman near Hodges, in Greenwooc county, charged her with stealing $1.50 from him. Hp n h r re fn i?w o surrender ?' , -c got i sliot-g i" and fi vd twi , killinj. her inst. Li v He iVuti a r >ted and lodged in jail. Negro And Wife Lynched. i A Sticking Murder Followed b^ ihe Death of tbe Murderers at the [lands of n Mob. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 27.> A .special to L'ho News and Cou t rier from Greenwood, 3. C. > sa\s: "W. K. Jay, a protninen i young farmer of the Troy seetioi , of this county, was foully mar I dered in his own yard by a ne J gro, Oliver Wide man, or his wife i both of them living on tho plane Both of the negroes were lyncher > by Jay's infuriated neighbors 1 Mr. Jay, on returning home oi ' Friday afternoon, heard Wide r man abusing or fighting hi k (Wideman'a) wife. Ho wont t ? the cnhin and ordered the ne i groe8 to be quiet. Immediate!; i afterwards Mrs. Jay heard tht report of a gun and saw tho tw< 1 negroes running away. Calling f for her husband, she had no an ' swer and on looking over th yard found him dead in a pool o his own blood. Almost his en 1 tire head had been blown off. "The alarm wm given ant 1 parties were soon scouring thi > country in pursuit of the negroes They were captured. Beforo tin > coroner both acknowledged th deed, but the man said tho worn an did it, and the woman ucousei i iho man They nover changet M f row this, but died, accusing ear] other of tho crime. While ii I the custody of a constable on tlv way to jail tho were stopped a itne v\ inter seat bri< go t?y a erowi '' ' ; I i * uiit) net git | col's oi .J.i) and .both negr io ware lynched. The lynching t. v \< pitt c about iniild ly, sevei 1 b in* artcr liio inquest. W. lv i * Jay wn-> a good citizen und pro mi m at Mason, having been a high : Oiiiciui of LilO errand Indira n ^ j South Carolina." > l V ri i> AT ?lt i V C'S I) U E X K 4,I know'l would long ago hav been ii my grave," writes Mrs 8. H. Nowsom, of Decatur, Ala. j * 'if it had not been for Elcctri j Bitters. For three years I suffer : e<l untold ugotry fioni the woi> > forms of Indigestion, Waterbrasli . Stomach and Bowel Dyspepsia I But this excellent medicine di me a world of good. Since usiu it 1 can, eat heartily and hav gained 35 pounds." Foi Indi J gestion, Loss of Appetite, Stom ) ach, Liver and Kidney trouble Electric Bitters are a positive guaranteed cure. Only 50c at .J F. Mackey & Co. and Crawfor Brps'. drug store. i Miss Lizzie Hillhouse Fires Si l Shots Into Marsh's Body Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 23.j Today at Toone station, a villag near mm city, Miss Luzzie Hill , house, a prominent young woma in the locality allot and fatall wounded a young man name ' Maish. She called Marsh froi the breakfast table, seized him b the arm and with her disengage , band tired six shots from a rcvol ver into his body. Marsh was to have been marrie soon. , Til K PRI I>TTo" ?IKKOK1 Many soldiers in the last wa wrote to say that for scrnteln^ " lirumes, Cuts, Wo'xnds, Corn* l Sore FeeL and Slid Inintx. ltnch t Ion's Arnictt Salve^ is the *>est i , th>? wor'd Same for Burns ill I, Boils, Uleers. Skin Eruf Ji n k..<! i'iliis. It. euros or n i Only tioe ni ,1. K. Mae-ke ' <'o. and v ra^ford Bros', dru stOl'O. ( OURM ; -> " DRESS GOOD s was a n ? n "y The Ladies WE had TIEST e plete ' ev< 9 3 e i They Man Ter Store sho ii I - ? I things and $ 1 j * never.-'dreaifl s looks like 1 , ? " 1I11F THEY ABE i : FOR 1HESF or r> IN'MEN'S IS ' Overcoats, H (1 wear, etc., w x We've got tl ; assortment?' n In FURNI y a kJtUfUOi JL dill I n 7 a are HEADQ Come and ] d it don't cost 5* ' will make Y< '? i -Laneaster g s iuNERY m WD -; *i . , IS DISPLAY GRAND SUCCESS. > all said the PllETand most eomlines tliey had jr SEEN HERE. =& r? ; reled that a Lancastdtl have sueli nice m PRICES they ^ery d ay ill SCRAMBLING : PRETTY GOODS. MnranMwnBHnnBaBBKs WEAR--Clothing, a r^?-i -w~r ars, ?noes, U ndere are hard to down, tie best. The best rhe best PRICES. TURE, Hardware, :s and Groceries we UARTERS. look before you buy. YOU anything. It )U MONEY. iWlPSSltilo lil ait* jf lliilllil 1JI i Happenings In lie State. . j As Chronioletl hy the Alert Cor. rcsj>;udca(s of The Columbia Stale. HOliT. MCOANIKI, SLUUKNDKKS. L^xingtyn, Dec. 20. ? Early this mnrni'n<?ltobei i McPumel, of Ssvviinunfi iro va himunl f m? WK,m. - I iff ( aughman hero and is now confined in jail. Ho is charged with the murder of Policeman ?J. Lee Neeee, in Swansea, on hi istmas eve. REV. W. M. .lOXKS WOUNDED. Williston, Dec. 24.?While out hunting Tuesday Rev. W. M. Jones, the pastor of the A'illiston Baptist church, was serioud\ wounded in the right arm by the accidental discharge of his gun, in relieving it from the buggy, in which lie, with Dr. J no. A. McCreary, was riding. It was at first thought that amputation would be necessary, but hopes are now entertained that tho arm may bo saved. CONSTABLE NKWKIX SHOT. McCormick, 'Dec. 23. ? State Constable li. H. Newell, while looking for contraband booze last night, was shot and seriously wounded by a negro on the up train from Augusta. Air. Newel's wound, while not n; c. ' I / fatal, is (pii'o serious j and ve. v painful, tne bill raving entered ;i little Inlov the lungs aud i i ;iif- i ight yf the tu <tiani liTv^l rTwVTloTxn to and" ,7r.)uni; the l>oe?? and out ju-t In 'vv the pet itie lie i- rc-ting (juicily this u ot ning. ( AM>1! Vli:s It'll TIIK tJAI.I.OWS. liejuu'. Dec. 22. -Daphne Scaht'f"!: is the numo of the D? j u..i ??u? infill g II i IIM1 UiS huving bceu assaulted l>y Wulltr Brown and Milliard Alack Saturday night on St. Helena Inland. Her assailants forced her into a grave yard at Kdditigs Point where they succeeded in ravishing ! her before her screams J or help were heard. Thorn as Brown, ' who was fatally shot when he ran to her rescuo, w is brought hero this morning and died this afternoon. An energetic search is still being made for Walter Brown on St. Helena Island. Mack will haye a hearing in a few days. THE GRADED SCHOOL 111*11. DING IIUKNED. Greenville, Doc. '^0. ? The ele- j gant and commodious building at O ~ I Pelzcr built for the graded school was destroyed by tiic at an early hour yesterday morning in eonsequenco of a defective line on the second floor where the tire originate!. . DEATH OK THE OLDEST MASON IX SOUTH CAROLINA Chester, Dec. 23.?Mr. Neely Ilardin, the eldest citizen in Chester county and the oldest Mas -n in South Carolina, died Monday in the 90 year of his age. He has lived a long and useful life boing hoi n near the neighborhood in which In died ? his present homo bcii g no ?r Capers ch apel, about three miles from this city. The burial will be under Masonic lion OIH ? liurglars entered two placeof busi ss i Charlotte last Wednesday ? gill and nlew open sates but got no money. A t orrlble < fate In Georgia * ' Mi rc'iiii.l Muid? ivd aiul Body Hutucd in Stoic l>> Rol Iter* Who Mill Rifled Safe of $1,200. Special to The Slatfi. ? ; tfV Augusta, Gii:,' Dec.^-26. ? A unn/iml ?* ? * \f .. 4 i 1? f * - o|fvviui All-in lumi ijuws^ vi u. y sa>>: A horribly crime was perpetrated near this place on Christmas eve night. Mr. Ed Gray, who was at home after his place of business was closed for the night, was called to the door by an unknown man and asked to change some money. Not being able to make the change Mr. Gray kindly consented to go to the store, which was a short distance awa\, to gei the proper money. Mrs. Gray, dunking her husband was staying longer than necessary,* became uneasy aud started to the front of the house to see if ho was coming hdie was startled to see the storehouse a mass of dames and gave the alarm by screaming. Before assistance could arrive the store was gutted. Among the remains Mr. Gray's skull, fructured. was found and the. snfn veil* open. It is believed the man, alter forcing Mr. Gray to open the safe, which .contained $1,200, murdered him, rob he 1 the t< re .to i then set lire to it to cover tip ats crime. There :s no clue to his identiKilled By His Brother. Asheville, V Pec. 22.? 11>i< : nation ' - r?.-> ; ived hero tonight i hat / b d-op, 'cc.-ntly elcc d Si., t itor fr< i h anee\ >. .;.! v.a- ixiileti . !.it. at liui n cv: i ? ?.i- brother, iliram Wilson. It is reported 'hit the broliiers ipmrreie 1 in connection with the sale of a horse. Killed by His Step-son. Cor. of The Observer. Bonk iiill. S t1 Doc >? ? Last night iit u negro frolic on Mr. Hoi) Cowan's plaec, about two miles from liock Hill, Sam Allison was shot and almost instantly killed by his stepson, John Smith. It seems that Allison was beating his wife, when the boy came up and interfered. Allison upon seeing that it was the son, jumped up, kicked him and then went for nis shot gun. lie tried to shoot Smith, but the gun failed i to tire the first time, and us Iks was trying the second time, Smith shot him w?th a SS-calibt'e pistol. FOILS A DKADLY ATTA< K 4'My wife was so ill that good physicians were unable to help licr,'"* writes M. M. Austin, of i Winchester, Intl., "hut was completely cured by Dr. King's New Life Pills." They work wonders in stomach and liver troubles. Cure constipation, sick headache. 25c at .1. F. Mackev Co. and [Crawford Bros', drug store. I v I ? Washington, Doc. 2t>. Some approaching scandal is promised us a result of tiic inquiry into tho expenditures of a hair million dollars l?y iho Isthmian canal commission. Col. llcplairn charges that it lias hoen tho practice of ihoi inuiission to make places for tho ms oi army and navy otlicers of high tank nr.d influence as well as t 10 sons (>f s n dors .in.I con* grcsstnen paj ing them mora than their mi vices wcro worth.