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VOL. XX-.. PICKENS, S. C., rlItURSDAY, OCTOBER A TERtEFIC EXPIjOSION. DESTRUCTION OF THE DUPONT MILLS IN DELAWARE. The .liggelst owder Factory in the Uni. ted States-Six Mills and Fifty Dwell ings Destroyed--A Dozen or More Work. mnu Killed and Many Injured. WILM INGTON, DIPEL., Octob'er 7.--The ollc and six mills of the Dupont Pow der Works, near here are in ruins. Fifty or more houses of workmen at the "upper yard" are wrecked. A dozen perhaps more, workmen are dead, and a score or more others are injured, as a result of a series of powder e~plosion s at 3.80 this afternoon. The Dupont works which are well known throighout the country, are the largest powder mills in the United Statet. The mills extended along the banks of the Brandywine, chiefly on the west side, for about two miles. They are divided into "upper," "Ilagley" and "lower" yards. The first named, where the office of the company is lo cated, is about three miles, and the last named about five miles from Wilming ton. A workman' named Grau, in one of the packing mills connected with the "upper" yards, was receiving a can of hexagonal powder to be shipped for the use (Pt the United States Government, when in some way a spark communi eated to the can and it blew up. Instant ly th, packing mill exploded, and the other Mills in the uber yards, seven or eight imk number, followed at inter vals- of less than one second from the concussion. All these, except one, were rolling mills in which the ingredients orgtinpowder are pulverized by the ac tion of vertical rollers of stone turning slowly around a central post. The whole machinery is driven by water power. The odd one was a mixing mill. The shock Avas simply terrific, and was It-It even in Philadelphia, thirty live niles away, and in New Jarsey and elsewhere. At the "upper yards," where the ex plosion occurred, are some fifty houses inhabited by employees of the powder mills, and they are all wrecked. The ollic of the Dupont Company is a com pletv% wreek, 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 Darts of Wilnimngton, four or five mile's away. Immediately after the explosions the large building known as the "refinery," located near the centre of the village, took fire. r It was a matter of life and death to the whole population that this fire should be extinguished before it com nmunicated with the powder the bnild ing contained. Taking their lives in their hands the J)upont flire brigade fought the flames, which had caught the roof. It was touch and go between success and destruction, but the fire men won. Had the roof fallen in it is doubtful if aty man, woman or child in the vicinity would have escaped death or serious injury. 'V About fifty families are rendered homeless by the disaster, and many of theim wero so (lazed by the terrible events of those few seconds as to sceni hardly conscious of where they are or what they are doing. The injured are being gathered into the hospital build ing appertaining to the works, and are receiving such surgical and other aid as they need. Owing to tihe rocky and wooded character of the locality, but little can be done in the way of search ing for the missing, or ascertaining the extent of dlamnage (lone to property un til daylight. The following is a partial list of the killed :Martin Dolan, James Dolan, WVm. McGaR ey, John Hlartigan, Win Dennison, e ohn D)ietz, John IlurIlke, Patrick D)oug herty, W mn. Green, .John iNewall, andl a woman named Rosu -IDougherty. Several others are missing. TheII more seriously injured so far as learnied, are: Danuiel I Iark('ns, WVim. 4Logan, (wvill probably dlied,) A unie andl Marie liolan, dauigh ters of ,James D)o lan, who is among the killed; .James Ward, leg b,roken andi huni inoternially IIugh Ferry, picked up) i unons5cious, injuries unknow~n; *Jolhn McDowvell, hieadi badly hurt; Mrs. Wmn. McD)owell, ear cut oft and head very badly cut; her two-year-old daughter seriously In jured; Lydia Anderson, arm b)r5ken and badly bruised. -Among the slightly injuired are Eu gene D)upont, the head of the firm-i ,Francis (1.1 uponmt andi Chaus. i. D)upont. Tlhey and several clerks in the ofhice were cut by fragments of broken glass but none seriously. Tfho dead were aif -employees of the company and were in~ and about the mills that exploded. Several:workmen are missing and are believed t. have been blown to frag. ments. 'Tho wounded received their injuries among the wails of their falling houses ands by broken glass and flying debris. Hlat there not been a general exodus from their houses at the first shock, the (loath list wvould have beeni much * heavier, as rdany wvould have been crushed in the ruins of their dwellings. U14dertatkers have gone out from -Wihhington to give their services in preparing the dea.d for burial, while Wilmington surgeons were prompt to hurry4o the spot and render aid. .Are in yesterday-asfternoon's explo sions al the DAqpont pOwder mills. 'The men Who *era killed were all working in and ab)out.the magazines and mils and exjept in the csse of three were blow to p*ece~ so that only fragments \ of h'e 1tgal aye been found. The.body of atrick Dougherty was - founid'this morning in the water of the race along the creek shore whbere it had been thrown by the explosion. The body og Green was found just outside of -the' tuins of the magazine in which the first explosion occurred and stadge o.was not anugled or bruised. 440. Wry of the, workmen that the a rd started in some way ar rIn iron which Green was using InibolderT - tin covers on thaeanne of powder. This work Is ex tremeily dangerous and Green was the only rpm&u* trusted to perform it. He I.as understood his biiess, but it is sup posed his soldering iron hecame too hol ant that its heat fired the powder ir spite of his earefulness. Green ait MeGarvey were the only men in'tlh magazine at the time. John Brader, employed by the pow. der manufacturers as a teamster, had a miraculous escape. H1e was driving i double team through the powder yarfl when the explosion occurred and his wagon was domolished and the horse. attached to it wore killed. Brader was not hurt. The wounded are being cared for by neighbors and friends and the dead bodies prepared for burial. Three hundred or four hundred home less people are provided with comfor table quarters by their friends living in more favorable localities and will In looked after until their homes can bn restored. The original powder works were founded by Elenthere Ireene Dupont de Nemours in 1802, and the upper mills. where yesterday's explosions oc curred, were added to the plant in and .ince 1872. The total works as they exist to-day have a capacity for turn ing out 12,000,000 pounds of p.wder an nually, and the firm Duipont de Ne Mours & Co., own and operate also new additional mills in Lizerne, Schuylkill and Northumberland Counties, Penn sylvanlia. In 1880 there were used in theso works, including the Pennsylvania mills, over 16,000,000 pounds of salt pete and nitrate of soda, the chief in gredients of powder. The Brandywine plant numbers in Its entirety some eigh ty di iterent build ings, extending along the Western bank of the creek antl for a shorter distance on the Eastern bank about two miles. Including the site of the mills, dwellings *of the eiployets, churches, schools and other buildings, and the adjacent farming land, thei company's tract on the Brandywine amounts to about 2,500 acres. Upon this property,besides the buildings men tioned, are three woolen mills, a cotton mill and a population of about 4,000 people, of whom over 300 are employed in the works. Henry Howron Dand. CIT Alt LESTON, Oct. 7.-I[enry 1). Iowren, the evangelist, died here this afternoon after an illness of several months. The deceased was a well known journalist, having been at vari otis times connected with newspapers in this and other Southern cities. IIe was born in Bainbridge, Ga. in 1857, and was educated by Bishop f?ierce at Emu ory College, Ga. Shortly after lie grad uated from the college lie went to Flor ida, where his parents vere living. Ile was sent to the Florida Legislature when about twenty-two years old. Ilow ren was a brilliant writer,and wvouldliave attained eminence in the profession of journalism but for his one fault. In April, 1889, he announced that lie had fo'-esworn rum, and that lie intended to devote the rest of his life to preaching the Gospel and temperance. iIe receiv ed a big send off here, making his first appearance as an evangelist at O'Neil's Grand Opera House. There were no clergymen on the. stand on that occas ion. IIe made his debut surrounded by his newspaper friends, one of whom in troduced him to the immense audience. After that lie made a successful tour throughout this State and Georgia and subsequently was received in the Meth o(ist ministry. The W. C. T. U. took him and made him an honorary member. About two months ago lie had a drink ing spell and it proved too much for his constitution. A widow, Mrs. McCown, nursed him faithfully through his ill ness and his newspaper friends as soon as they were informed of his illness, also proffered aid. IIe had the best of med ical skill, Dr. Manning Simmons offer ing his services free as consulting phly sician. The funeral wvill be to-morrow. --Greenville News. The Shoe leinning to P'inch. BA LTIMORE, Oct. 9.-The Sun says a foretaste of the dlevelop)ement of the iron industry in the South is given in bids for the wvater works pipe at Atlan ta, Ga., opened a few (days ago. T1heo lowest bid, $22.24 per toii, was b)y the lloward Harrison Iron Company of RIes. senmer, Ala. Theo next lowest, S22.95, was by the Anniston Pipe Work. Other bids, givingf only name of cities, were as follows: Phiiladelphia, $25; Louisville, $25.80; Cincininatti, $28; Philidelphiia' $828.91, and Ilurlinigtonr, N. J., $29.71. Tihius, with the exce ption of one Phil adelphiia concern, wvhich was $2.76 high er, the Northern bidders were $f6 to $7 a ton higher than Bessemer company. As Atlanta has about 6l,000 tonus to buy the (differenice in thre whole bid is from $36,000 to 412,000. lieferrinig to this, the Atlanta Constitution remarks: "A dif ference of twenty-live per cenit. is not explainedl by the remnoteniess of North ern foundries. 'The cond(itioni of iron manufacture are more favorable Southi, and that is what made the bids lower." Idaho Elect ion Ret truns. IBOISE CITY, InA rHo. Oct. -2.--Th'ie es timrate of the vorte. of Boise City and Idaho County is a Re.puiicani nuijority of 175 (n the entie St.ate ticket.. liing hnm returns give the Republican tick et a majority of 300. Boise County re turns from four preecinets give Wilson, Democrat, for Congress 12 majority. 'i'he same precincts gai ve IIawley, Denm ocrat, for dleegat.e ini the vote or 1888, 20. Incomplete returnis from live coun ties give Swveet. Repuiblican, for Con gress 9)50 maijority. Meagre, returns indhicate that l.he Legislaiture will stand 30 Republicanrs and 22 D)emoc,rats. '[he Republicans clainm the Stat.e by 2,500 inajority. 'The Democerats concedle tihe State to the lle'publiencns by3 800 mua jority. The retuirns received show large gailns for thle liepublicans over the vote of 1888. Fouar ilollers iiura~t T~,oethr. MUsIEEO AN, MIii., Oct. 8. -~A terri ble explosion occurred at thre D)ucey Lumber Company's lower sawv mill thus morning as the firenmn was getting tup steam. Four of the six boilers explod ed, wrecking the mill and throwing the othier two boilers far from their founda tions. Bix men wvere injured anid 01ne fitemang Zerger, cannot recover. '[he cause ok the explosion wvas low water. THE man' who likes his toddy is destined to have a hard time in this world if the signs of -the times atre worth anything. In Missouri he maus Btandl up to dIrink, whIle in Massa chusetts he mrust sit- doWn, In K(ansas he must swear that lhe is HOhieted wt sglandhers or pink-eye, raml in Iowa he Innst commit perjury and endanger hig soul1, while in Nebraska it 18 a peniten. 1! ofene totreait on';eahr. DEAI) L1ETTE:R OFFICE THE QUESTION "WHAr'S THE MA TER WITH THE MAIL" ANSWERED SomH Little DotalN, Vhich, if Obscrv WoulId Save a Great )ea l of Trimbs. Letter Writerm, their correspon(v,. und Postal OHicials. The (lead letter oflice of the pstoili depaittient, at Washington, I. C ., I sent out a circular for public in form tion, from which the followjri e:dra are selected: Over six million pieces of mail ma ter are sent anniailly to the dead lett oflice by reason of incorrect, illegiil! deficient address, insuflicient, posta insecure enclosing, whereby ma.ii matter becomes separated from the e velope or ivrai)l)er, or the failure to l called for or delivere( I o the,1 person a dressed. This is a daly average over twenty thonsand pieces. Of these the greater portion eit.h are not called for it the postollie. which they are directed, cr, in (iSe free delverf oflices, the addresses cai not be found, notwithstanding evel known means is resorted to on the pa of the postal odicials to elfect. deliv(r Matter sent, to the dead letter ofliy which calinnot, be delivered to the pc son addressed, is reIuired to bu opew, in its treatmient for the pitrime of r turn to the sender, and It the naie ar addrLss of the sender he not s:own. cannot be ascert,ained from dhe coz tents, and it contains no vahltale cI closure, it must be destroyed. Letters opened and founld o otat:i any enclosure of obvious valho- are ei teed tupon proper recordo, and, of Sic those who (o not discloso sufficifent il formation to enable th-eii to be rituri ed are filed, subject to reclamatio upon proper application and identIde tion. Letters which contain no eiielosm, of-obvious value are not recorded, Packages and p:ireels are recordet and where they do not disclose I name and address of the owner are I!le< if not called for or claimed within tw years they are disposed of at puibli auction and the proceeds cov,ered, int the United States treasury. CAUSES OF FAILURE TO DE:1VER. A large proport-on of the paclka and parcels sent to the dehd lett I offik fail to be restored to the ownv-rs h cause of the absence on Ihe v:rapiw or enclosures of anything to indita ownership thereof. Misdirection, incorrect, lillgible ai defleiqnt address are givcn ::s leadii causes which occasion the failire mail matter to reach its proper destin tion, and affect alike that which addressed to either city, town or v lge. In ddition to these, in Ile Case matter mailed to cities or free delivei offices, are the failtre to give street, number, business or occinpation, Some designated placo of delivery the person addressed; inability to in transient people, and their ne.lect. give forwardina orders for their mai the ne-lect of permanent or temporat residents to notify the carriers or pos oilice of changeof place for tihe deliveu of their m m I Iatter uo mo ..i from one part of the city to the othec together with the failure of newcomae to furnish the postotlice with the namaes and plaics of address. It, is 1 these caus~es, wit h othters of tuore< less consequnenee, that the non-ileli vei of mail mtatter is in the mnain:, aittribl table, and they are condit.ions ovi which the postal serviec has no co)ntre' and may alone hie remedied b y the pe pIe themselves. Thle following suiggest ons, if 0 servt,ed, w.Vill aidl th:e (ii spa t.ch and d livery' of ntil m atitier through tI mailIs, or its retuirn direth to (the sii der' ini the e vent. of non11--1eliv~er'v, au thus preven t the antnoym,tee, delay s emblarrtalsment cauised by se~.nd ing atma ter' to the dead letter odice. TrHE;1) l>rnte-rIOov O;::irreis. Mail mnatt er shaouh1( be plain;ly mt correctly addressed, the name of I 1 postoilice to which it is to he a'; should lbe clearly andu di st.inctly vstat . and to avoid confuasint from the s;ini .lar Ily of a bbrev'iat.ionse, as fr'eclueta;i mised, the naine of the State shmould al bie given in full. In Lthe case of' unt addr iesed to( siallt 1 nlices, or' whlo there are oIlices in lik:e noniies in di fit ent States, the tmunie of the coun should bie added. Where inailI matter is addressed ci ties or free <ieli very ollicet fihtr and house nut miber, or 1iostoflic. b niumb Ler' of the person addr1 essed r I iportanit, aind should always be giv~ when it is possible to d10 so. Where10 ii ('anntot lbe done. I le b~u ness pr enmploymeunt, of the person r dIressedl, if stated, wVill often se.oure< livery. A small proportion only of the man receivedl at the free dehi Very Otiles called for at the general dh ev of L postolllce, the puii c h peetin eli (11V by the lh:tter-eairriers; andh btere' t imnportantce of giving street andI niu her, or some1( other desIgnation whe(re thei personi add rssed mtayv1 b ftund. Letters addressed to pe-rsons te:n; rarily sojourning In a city where letter carrier system is; in operati should lbe marked "ifTanient," Or "G4I eral dlivery," If not addlressedh ti street andI number, or 8some other dI bg,tatedl placo of diehvery. 'Pho nlame and-adldross of the send( either printed or written, shouldl phiced upon the tupper leftthiand corr of the envelope or wrapper of all m; ter mailed. This will necure its imumedliate: tur to the sender from the miaili oli:ie for correction If lrmprope,rly i dressed, insuflicintly paid, or ~oth wise defect,lve, Letters and all other matter lnail 80 mIarketd with the name andu ad(dr( of the senderCl, thait should fall to called for or delivered to) the person F dressed, and uponl wvhkh. tull hlt rates of postage has been paid, are ni sent to the 'dead letter ollice, biut t returnable to the sender directly wil olit afltional f-h:irgA-, :rid Wit.h Uhe rao of1non-d(liVery entiors.;-; tht-re on. T- TiO:il.u l:.1.;, V'aeka-vs anld li ilat.ter Imlailed at le.:s thn letter rates of' po.i,ago should. in addit ion to the naine and address of the senlder 11ponl the envelope or wrap per. bear in conmnet ion thterc with a re to puest for its return in tho (vent of noni-delivery, ill which case it. is also ret.iirniable directly to the sediiter from the post,office addressed, charged with 10returni posta--e at the rate .roquired f'or the clao of Inal ter to u hich11 it belongs. Is All llatter Ilailable at IeSS thanl let ter .rt Cs of postage 1tist be so wrapped or Inclosed that A C1n Ibe readily exalliilnwd at th Cdice of delivery, as well as at the I1ailiir olli1.c, witiout, dstroying the - w*rapp1r; otherwiso it ii si!juct to 14t :r ter postage. Miich of the packag! and parcl niatter recrived at the d1,!ad letter olUice , is that which has lvei dlCil)-i1ed for d llailing .- Cald and closed agai!nst in. SSpeetion andl prpaid at irss thna lIt iIte ratv; bvin-f nm la l :,ill-i.; con ditill., anld I he nam11 alld :h 13 ti : 1uder o1!. apperit- up,,r; the ---r i e. l,b i' tigh lie e iwr - re .-:ie.1 'or c.r rC10i aihd pr:p'r cimaji:ev with ol tall oit lil 0iit i , ii i-w eii:riity ,i t 1 1 the d Li -I i" r I. 0*,!. I :11 - <n pd -:'I! s . 111( i igd t A a.1'1roportilwn of the packagerts - n s n o l t r etter odcvr e ti a wd cineeta oi gn CU Oie:. . 0 i &:- ill to bein seai-d or clos d pv. 1.ns i io amd m-iilc-cil in . "Ot:g ,t of 1h.n1 vonin articbts e,| u aeu ialbethroilgh thet 1w4,s 'v.,aus of'emn regitlation.4 and conditionw, or thw coaitries to which d Mhy arn addrwo.l, "r excuod Im limit I . ' ackages addresscd to d t1ri'vigni couintries tare should be takern fto aslertain thet,her hov ari Ilruhibi - 1 f f*rva I ransmnission to te Ill'v tuin.y lo. dc;tiniat.id. or czu: onily be r'orw- w-r ci whell t e po is f111iy prepaid at fAreign bltivr r:Va1 (-I-5t-.01ls per hal f o lunce. I- iOn. bowa fide tr"ad(! samiplos aro t roi.nsile at red erfd rat.es o* 11 .t, lanletters to forei;rn ountril estul Pr:i 9 )v ti- lliaile( 11:04c).other 11-an 1(,.ti:, to '15 I it-el e y 11 u s Illih ir posil!1asters, who, bingcf provid-l with the IpSt7d laws aind reg tidatioans, are enabledI to give p)ropcr in - for-ii 11ionl 11spectin;, cond(litions, 1-tc. f t. fI iigto[oreign coluntries. kl vai,twhv bill,cs sIle liL bydeC All vauable attcr to b etb nail should ibe.- registervid. It W ill thus IIIse ch protction as it is not always possilu to give to mlatter w,nt ,i 1nth ordi:-3 milails. Money Sh1oIN o bie si-iit :y m ionoy order or nlgistered Proprivt or1 , f hotel.-, shouid omit t he r-iurn reIes fn vronvvlpwsHppHi1 * Wauitously to Lheir guitt,sts;anid guests enivulopus i)ii frihd by hotis 1 01b1 he canref,111 ti o e(1(-S41i a l rwllat ,I tiiposal shIould beo mlade tf let onr slt I. by theni in vaso ol no-etlvery. S On mail vintter lo forAin votintris, L e i l 1l i ktla n111i lEng1'iand, in w.hich ml*1ay lpoAolict".s hive te Saille l ,-u-aoic ol'S in the U'niilt lSat, ltlie mi-uie I: of tce count ry, is well as tile postofdilce, I- shoilbo ho givoln in [tilt, a- 1 sening ackagTes arid parvels is boolks, p)anip',lfos and othecr artcle-s L- by 11);iij, the ;Iddress should the plaved on I hi article .n11losv(d as W4.l as oil tho ,gwrapper. .Y \I-y1id the wrappers become detafh >r ed, as they frequoutlyldo, throuigh hand ir hle i(l(nt. to ai tran3rsportation hy >r Se ortland, it way still be possible to> 11 restorc the I if thi:i pree it.ion is .otakenl. l Whil"! the(! eficieicy of the postal Y systenj a[.-d servive has. at(ainled hlit"h t- st.;Indard, tho pubhic I ia' lmlteril lRy (I'( aid titil (fllr and inort comipl, ef t eliv r oIi3C.fs, (ini! m0tter orI theIi (3de il 1ases wherl dllv1 ioo eryi ant 31irtisi canno be 11 fit ie i the reg 'I An Exaple fort OtherIiI1 Stte V (,I- C 3IC Nvl-' to,Ill.,O t ioAttorney0) -rl General, hmt receivedI'4 f drom Assistan or A 11orne GnerIa l Vane the foloig: i>- "ITotis 35 ianottr ii tates dii ~lI(tt th >- of th 'nie States1 maiil~ slvertiesitg .( e- w ill V t he erels comaniesb i ai ih - ticke (s . ( ' larsl- :(lioneI n 111I rth e d thekeireg agents 1'I3trough1 wom jtilkets x- areo pro<; rJ. W.'i short, th ( express,~~li tery."i mneysks1if 11his' 31:u( beIpreventdC d- thd l'cu ru ished otuuler ilh (cri'tinl' OlCode (ays arte bpeinsoC topiy shulder aes 1' allyos i ilipsed Il further addrs a ii (lid iit ccus to nit':y. oal m T 00 SHARTP FOR T1EM. SOUTHERN SCAMPS TOO SMART FOI NEW YORK SCAMPS. Greenl o20ct Most Who Have Colue t4 GrItyl--The IlAttelit Inc01110n1--Alabnami Men 'Who Carried PIstol aind Gjathore4l a 1ie. Ni-w Yoli, Oct 8.- In time th( "gr1en goods" philanthropist who i" ever trying to sell ten good dllars fo] on1e ordinary dollr will learn that I mulst not attem't pt his little game on t h( Southerini im . lolland, of Texas gavv the "greei troods" men a violentl shock bly shooting their recognizef leader, "Tom" Davis, several years ago al otllers have conltribIUte'd !Iilder oh jti, lo.isons. It remained for i vo Ala b-iamii.', liowever, to firish a melo dramatic clitmax by a stccessful rai( up"11 the gentline c:IptpiI as well Is th< (It II uII ies or an enerprisi ig g1 ang . 'Ti1 inmes of the in(it are supposed to bN B. H1. Lindsay alias James 11. lalle and lIobe' 1). Ceorge, hit all of tlu :na ne tiay bo fie it iolls. 30oth met are locked Ilp in the T venty-third Sub l'recint St at ion House, inl the baseiei of I Ihe Grand Central Iail Ito;:d stat ion and I "ibai ige" is st owed away it the sale. ''lie b)aggrage consists of one browi leathir satcliel. one towel, four big re, vo!vers, two "green goods" packager andt over .750 in gein green backs lhe two last-iamd items are not re coginIizi'd by ther Alabamlians as portionm of their baggage, but were found ir Ht i r satchel nevertheless. Saturday evemnig, about 6.30 o'clock i)etective mcNiahou, of the Ti wenty third sub-Preci IC, wai Standing lea the( most soutiherly door In the New York Central INail Road station sean. I,ilg tue faces of people who entered ii his search for suspicious characters. A yoiig Imani accosted the detective ant mipire(t where he could find a police hiatt. "I am one. What do you want ?" tl( oflleer inquiired. "There are two men who robbed man,of ,vvral tholmand dollars down towi," he yontig man said, pointing tc t.wo men lwho had just plurcllasedl ticket, for Western Alabama, "and what. i mure, they arte green goods men," I continuted. "They are robbers and I know it, and I want. them arrested' The detective secured the assistance o: Patrolman Lane and arrested the tw< men. They evpressed mild surprism but asked no questions, and wrnt quiet ly to the stationi house downst airs. 'Th y'oung man who made the charge at compan iedi the party, and in st at io house gave his 1namle as Thomas Eator and lis address No. 225 West 126t Street. The men arrested gave thei names as .Janes 11. lIalley. aged thirt3 one. and Robert ). George, aged twer tv-nine. They both said they lived il Mooresvillo, Limestone Cou'nty, Ala b:umm. While the two prisoners were beinj .searched Eaton slipped out of the sta tion tinobserved, and nothing has sine been heard from him by the police The prisoners wore sack coats, and ir anch of the side pockets of both coats r muitrderois looking revolver was found Other pockets revealed two rail road tickets, $9 or $10 in currency an 'green goodls" circular adtdressed to 13 II. indlsaiy, Belle Mina, Limestonr Counity, Alat. Hello Mina is a small stationti sevein miles from D)ecatur, on t,he M\emnphis &~ Charleston Rail lload, T[he satchel they carried is a metdiumi iized brown satchel, wvith a leat.her atra p arond it. It, ottwardlly appeared to be eiipty, and the o)llicers were sur-' prised on opening it to Iind even a soiled towel and four small brown paper par eels. T1he towel bore the staimp of the "lI oanoke Iliot el,"' and at one ti m< o vidently complrised the entire contentr of the satchel. 'Two of the parcels eon tatned slips. of paper the size of ntatioia bantk notes. The other two containiii' geinine hanki notes, one beinig hilt with 810) hills and thte other with ones twos anad lives. The former corttainet( $1 ,27(0 aind the latter $48 t. 'The foitn packages corresponded in si ze and geni cral appcaramnce and were applarenttlJ i ntenided t.o be i nterchangeale. Thal they were 1)1t, up ty "sawdusat" me: here i-i lit doubt. Ilallev', who appeart to b e the leader, wh len asketd howi i iuel mtoniey the packa go conita inedi pret,entdet riot, to know andi sitegested to the of. 'icr "Counit it, if you wvaunt to find ouit.' lI I was equ.ally nionmmunicative le to whItere thle foru paekages camae Iront or how ii the charge of r'obbtry againilsi f.hten originated. ('harges of robber3 and carrying .concealedl wea ports wern ente.iret on t he reenot). nrai t.h o mm, were lock ed op. Ycsterdaiy inorn ini they weire taken btefotre .1iistice MeI -.lahoni, in thle Yorkville Police Court anrtd rematnirded unitil1 to-dli y. They spen Simtday' in the Tlwenty-Third Sub P're cinct stait.ion. 'The prlison1ersi appear' to he fairly well to-do f;irimers, artd btoth of them h0ol aiid talk intelligent,ly. 'IThey are tall rlend er, (lark skin ned and determaninted looking nmen, Ihalf smooth -shaven They dIiscuiss any subjtect int,rodite( freely eop!t fIhei r texperiencees in Neu 'York. "1 ye beeii robbed aid I gol even," is 1llalley's explanation, and thal reimark Is the only alluIn-on to the siib. ject thet pollce have forced onut,of ei thl of etither of tem. St art them uotn t.hn re.0e rees of t,he Soutth, the race prob. lemo, tarmff, Alabamta cotton raisinrg of rel igiona, ho we ver, andis they taulk freel) and interestinagly, IIalley owns 80( acres of hIn d In A labamai, Ito said, and raised cott.on aind corn. Blothi nuen in t.imiatedr that they have inlluentla) friends in A merica, buit they deccllned' to communmiente with thtem. They said t.hey camte bere via Washilngton ani Jersey City. TIhey wiill niot reply wher aske'd whlethier the money found in thu salt.chel belongs to them or whether the) iintn to claIm it. 'T'le p)oltce thinuk no olafin will bi mta'le on the money and that it will g( intt thte Police Pensio)n Funtd. iNo holly imiag ines the "riawdust" meon wvil chaimitI. The prIsoners exchange remark wvhen they thintk they are not lIable t be overheard. Some of t,hese remark~ havn beean rwaom,. +tm..g., .-flt ... them IIInd otIllr facts inl twir Ip oses sion the poicei have i)e,n aleti4 to I)buildI what they consider the trut story, s( far as it goes, of the affair. They are satisiled that Halley, or Limnds;ay * is , probably known at h1nn-, as at some time been victinized by tire New York "green goods" scheiie anl deter mined to adopt the tacties of Iollani, of Texas, and get even, Ile madea conildent of George aml probably of another man, as it appears that there were three of themi. The trio openied correspondence with a New York "green goods" gang aid tie lat ter sent themi a genuine $1 bill with the ustual price list. Detective Mc Maion has the circular and also the $1 bill, bttt hie says there is nothing iii the circular to indicate whero the 'green goods" men make their hreadquarters in New York. When the scieme was all arrange<l the Alabanians nme to Jer sey City and probably met, the sharp ers there, according to the palice theory, although the neel.ing mray have (Pcci red in this city. EIaton si i the --rob bery" occurred "dow iiow n." The po lice fix the t tine as late Sat unrday after nomi afid they thinh the three .d iit.iiei ers were ali with .1th( "frI'ri ;.i rIiei auld watched theni vilt alid put upil ipack:i.gs ry,i-.; of goonI rre'nhiy. Before the 11sial excianme was (lluefc ed Halley and Georgv each sabinldry dviv. two revolvvrs ail h1rld rip tihe -grt1n" good"gang while tie third Solithrni ers swept Lhe good imouey anti tho "sawdist" packages into the sat,chel anid their the Irio leit ari( jle-qetly seperate(l. The third rnan takmn- the bulk of tie IIonley for safety anI lire other two startiig ftor it.re via Ohlo, where they int.-enided invce-tmng tht - I 751 in horses. When ty ht' ' a me.4 serrger was sent to track them, aie he followed the two %% Iro renrained Logeth er iiist-ail of the one im-in, as the t.wo rienr hal the satchel ilnto which 1ire ironey lal lievie -th1rown. Haller ap p.ars to hra ve frielnis in Ohio and Spoke of aI initenutior to visit, theli). The po lice did not. repe;t. Ihe various re-iarks mn which they foundted this story, It they appear to Ire satisfiei Ihat it rs well foltled. It. is a1greeud I hat IIuess tihe A lahaimatis it rc proseWl! iA c1v i he "fgreur goods" ien tiy can nafk-ly claim the 1uon11eV. If nobody claim-s tire ioney it must i tiuiin-d over io the police pension fluid. The prisoners cair be linvii .r10 cach for carrying coicealed deadfly weapons, anil unliess Iney clam IIi te in onevy inl tihe satchel they apparently hav not enough to pay the lines, but uVei tiat dIo"s not disturb thrin. The police 'are annri1oyed at the coull(llct of tie llen, as they say if promnpt informatioi had been given by the Alabamians wheI arI'rested tihe "green goods" gang inight. have been captured. This was impnis sible after'-aton lippId away, l ie idoubtedly went in haste to notif his prini pal that the arrests had been iade.-New York World. The Anti-Lotter.v Law. ATLANTA, Ga1., oct. n.---rthe vosLad atlhoritis to-day seizi!d the weekly edition of the Atlanta Conititition, which contained a prize distribuition offer to its sbiliscrihers to bi -settled by ia Christmas drawing. A bitt 1W, 0 r papers got out before Lhe seizIrIe was imade, and the Northern edition of I5, 000 is detaiined. The paper offered to give bond for any amount to cover any verdict which might be rendered, but the postal autihorities refisvd to let the papers go throigh the Imalls. The ob jectionable featurre conlsiste( i) the an nouincement that it woild distribute prizes in its Christmas box, which feature the Conistitution, like 1rmarry other papers, has beei running ii con nection with Lieir weekly edition for years. The postal authorities claimil that this violates the recently passied anti-lottery law. On1i' 'Toungure waiggho. ant mneetig of' thle Stanart'd ( )il ( 'ori painy mangnates and( pirouiers5 is ibeirng hldl( heire( wvhicht miay en rise a sernsat ion. airnorrg oil men. (OilI brokers say that't tire object, of lire meet in g i:; t'. 'ief e a reconrcili at in between tire Starnda I r and pfodulicer's. Tihe Stanitird is h eid to nec count ior' thie break ini tire rmarrket mid tire ex ist inig low pirices. I 'ri ducer's ch jani tihat oil is worl ih a great I dal inoilre th anl Lihe sell inig pice todaIy, anil Lihat fIre piresenrt conirtion ofi thIe irnark(el doi es ducIr(tioni to nutrke't. Their produiiction for1 Septerrubnr shrowed air inrrerasn' ofi id,iiri barrels, :inul to tiris ire SI adarid aLtirib rites the redulction ini price. SiriJu,e iof Rei4u i.n'aisliou iun. pears~ tIit airlu iotniat (,innisiril wats ilad(e inl tire taif il~l :ts erluleui| rnii sigined iry Lthe I'rel.idlen. Sei'tin 30, 1 lie or'igiiily stirickeni outl iby tire Serrnari;d srsue<jueintly iresto r'ed iby tir he onflern'ce, Was coipetely omnitted irr tire enrroll inentr. Th iis seetion iroided forM I ihtIe alI lowairce of a dra'lwback on1 smoikir riniu momfacti('uredi lobaccou mal snifl hreld ini urnbr'oken pacikages.' in thre handIso numrr tionis w'ill go intio tLffect. Asi thIs is - .an uar'y 1st , mnext, h oweve'r the(re w iii ,still b)e mnprle oipprtuity fr' (Conress'' at its ne(xt se'ssiion to corr'ect the errorii b)y - suppilemeincit al legislat ion~ . ilonire'is T1raic Sensatrn iuun. I tom: n, O ct. ft. Ti ic nit y' corti iiutes ini ,a hrighnly e'xcited( state over' tire del(~'op - merits in the case of Alrs. W\impe)ei, wino, it wvas dliscoveuredl yesterd(ay, hadi been poJisoned' by lier' frienrd aund n!eighibor, 'ir's. iDoss \lcK'ee, l-llfor'ts to relieve Mirs. Wimpnee wven'e unisucceessfuil arid sIre dlied at 3t o'clo)ck tis afternioonr. -is. Alckee is still n' large burt thre of ticer's ar'e rmakiing vig >r'gus search for her. Shre is a young anrd attracLtive wo mian, '5 years ofl age. ft is throuight flit site Ias gone to her'i fatheri in Floida.ii lier' husbandn is confleltly priostratedl witih gr'ief and( says lhe is unable to ac comnit for' his wife's ac'tioin. T1here is still great excitement over the matter, Tire Cholehran Scourgo. L)N DON, Oct. 9t..--Horrible ntccountds comeii from the lied Sea of ther condition oif cholera victims. Thie Arabs andi strangers ini that section are dying by scores. Persons atre seizedl ilth cholera and( die witin an hour wvith clennchied teeth and bodies terribly drawvn upl Blir.ds and dogs feed on thep corpses, - which tihe people0 are afraid'to touch, 1 and vast i Focks of vultures, wvith tire four-footed scavemngers, disposo of tire s prey. From tire interior of Arabia tire a accounts are frully as hecartrendiung, anid a the victims are saidt to be numbered by IItihn ihnuan~d8 SENSATIONAL ESCAE, A MURDERER ESCAPES FROM GREEN VILLE JAIL IN HIS WIFE'S CLOTHES. "LiIttlo ill" Iloward, With the Aid of Il1 'retty Mountalu Wife Eludes tMe .ilor )reicsed in Ills Wife's Clothes and 'itl lps naby on 1is Arms. Vi ,I.:, Oct. 6.. --A sensational escape I oiml jail was mado here at 6 0 Clock this ilorniig. "Little Bill" mloward, iller svltence of death for th.( inrider o lien iROM, went out of the .jil dressedla uhis Vife's clothes and with his baby on his arm. The jailer who let him oIt at the door, thought It was Ifoward's wife, and the trick was not discovered uitil two hours later, and IIoward was then on the road to his molmtain home. Shbriff Gilreath occasionally allowe( Mrs. froward to stay with her husban< im his cell at night. She is a prett3 motintaim girl, 17 years of age, and wai about 11oward's size. Sunday i htsh staye(! wt-him al- ' day ii morning she assisted him to dress in her clothes and put on his head a large bon net, which almost conl)letely covered his clean shaven face. Iloward then called lo the jailer that his wife wanted to leave early for her home in the moun tains. 'h'l jailer suspected nothingand I I oward walked out a free man, with his baby on his arm. ''he jailer peeped in der the bionet but. was sure that there was nothing wrong. Howard left the iaby ata iriend's house, changed cloth mll- and was probably given assistance to loirIri,-dly leave the city. S, ronous efforts will be made to cap tre hin. Hloward was convicted of .numrderng i en loss on is own confes sion. loss an lloWard and others be longed to a band of moonshiners in the coniaty. Iloss ti reatened to betray the gllig. Otne inight lie was shot dead in his house throigh a window. Howard coniessed that Iis coulsin "llig Bill" llow:ard foreed him to go withl him and see him muirder Ross. "Big Hill" prov [.1 an alabi and "Little 1il" vas conl %icled. 'l'he woman has been released 1.rom jail and has won hundreds of frind'; by her loyalty to her husband. --C ohinibia Ilegister. A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. A Iteimilean COigressmai Likely to Succoodi Perry. SPA RT ANnl'no, Oct. 7.-The result of to-day's nominations is lestined to shap. po!itical event-4 which mean imuch to South Carolina. It may bring the now divided 1)emnocratic factions loguthcr and it may precipitate a crisis which mIay thefeat Captain Tillman for ("gove-rnor also senl a Republican to Congress from the Fourth. The present situation in South Caro lina is the gravest, that has existed sincm 1876. ,ludge IIaskell's manifesto iema; h uivsiness from tAie word go. It I; no childt's obhv. Whil- tho majority of tihe Straighto'lit faction lo not en ijhwse . jlulge H Iaskell's position. there are miany JIfluential citizens who do. It i; believed, hiowever, that Major I)tII-nqli's nomination would avert the penIdIng 11.askell movement and vir ttially clear Captain Tillman's path to I he Covernor's chair. Iit if Captain Shell is nominatecl there is trouble allal. Illind(reds in this Congressional Dis trict and t hiousands in the State who have resilied theuselves to 'llma1nal will .le'ver consent to swallow Shell, aid, inl oppo>sing the latter, they will w'age warf are against all his allies. This straw will show whlich way the wind blows. l)r. d1. F. Ensor, a white Republicant othis city, has already been nomina tel by t he Iliepublicana of this district for ('ongress. iIe is at present a Unit d Slates~ r:uing dlepuity. Dunring the Il'epu li can admhilnitration of South Carolinai lie was suIper'intenident of' the luinat ic asylulm. 1 is olhlcial record is said t o be ulnim1)peachable amnd his char ae:ter aS a citizen beyond question. A luoeng the l)emnocrats of this district he ha:s many warnm personal friends. A prioininen t gen tlemeni tol me last niight tha Int a i nmber of strong I )emo erats hmve declaredI their1 intention to supp);ort Eiisor in oppiositlion to Shell. * I f thle hiter is no11 miatedh the negro imijority of Course prevails ini thle adis trict,. amnd with whlite D)emocrats to keep an eye on the ballot box, who canl say that En sor would not be nomrinat c(d? Le(t those wvho shrug their should era1 at lie Ii la:kell mnani festo look tihe situoation1 thrioughiout the Stat.e square ly ini thle lace. From a parallel stalnd pit.t there are at least 12,500 RLepubli enn v*olera in t lhe D istriet, which are of feet by only 8,XX) D)emocratic voters. At heist 20 per cent. of the D)emocratic vo:ter.i were opiposed to the nomination of Till uimn, and 101 per cent. are still. 0oppose,d to him,ii or 7 per cent. wvould not, arrav themsei4lvexp nenainut 0 mlent to <tefeat himii by an independent D)emocratie ticket. T.herefore if thle orthordox Democratic convention, n hieh is called to meet mn Columbia on Tu'iestlay netxt, puts out a ticket it will receive thei almiost solid support of the ltepaublicansi, andl there will be enough whIiite Demnocratic symripath I .rs and allies to see that the ballots aro' 1: it in the box and counted.. A victory is niever wvon till the foe is dIisarm ed. Tlhu p)revailinig opinion is that the following ticket ot the Straighitouts ill tie nominatted by the Coro)lina con vention on T1uesda&y next: Governor,. A. C. I laskell; Lieutenant Governor, W. L. Maiuldlin; Secretary of State. J. Q. Marshall; Comptroller General, Gen eral E. Bacon; Adjultant anti Inspector Geneioral, M. L. hionham; TIreasiurer, T. WV. Woodward. Alter Dunncan's defeat becamell appar ent many influential citizens here who yesterday exp)ressedl ilaipproval of the proposed opposition to Till man oharnged their opinion aind will now no doubt enter into any honorable method to defeat the election of imr anid his tIck 0t. Enisor, the R{ep)ublia candidate, is enthumastic over the result, and confl dhently expresse3s his. ability to defeat 4 Captin Shell at the polls.-Auguista Chrole..~ B. Ri. TI'LLMAN, as5 certain aS lie lives, will be the next Governor of South Carolinua, and the men ill the D)emo- * eraitic p)arty who sp)lits the party by run ninr an opposition ticket will regret '4 the r actioni when it is too late.