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U SiHhSs _____r t. _ P x.IICKENS S. C., TIIUJRSD)AY, FmlBRUJARY 2, 1893. NO. 20. " EY WILL FIGHT. E r PENSARY LAW TO BE CON -STED IN THE COURTS. 'or Men Met In Obarleeton and a erini t 4rgaulzatio---The 0 of thowe Who Attended the . Es'V(ON, S. C., Jan 25.-A con - of liquor dea-ers of South Car 3 held in the German Artillery iterday to devise the ways and 41 of lighting the Evans dispen N. Te Ileeting was composed -inent liquor men from differ o C '1ODs of 1,he State and the pro ,1 s were conservative and bust , , e. No mention of pohties was eq everyone seeming to be intent p d on the subject under discussion the constit.utionality of the h id establishing, if possible, its 0 0 ity. I l nearly 1 o'clock when Chair r n Miantoue, of the local execti 0 mittee, called the meeting to rd read the call for the conven Mantotte said: "I am very ' leased to see so many of you I nere to-lay. I wish there were It it is a long (listatnice for some v- aud I have received numbers s and telegrams pledging sup mcial and otherwise. I hearti ne t hose w ho are with us. This a any sense a political light, but - light for our coiimoi rights, n protection of our inteiests and erties. Snoxios law was passed at tho p lent of the Legislature; but it cessary for ine to go into de Ve are here simply to organize d bring a strorg line of battle e the quiestion and decide on courso of action to be pur oil should choose a committee e -ed to act for you all and for M Interests of all. There is no tere; it is simply an effort to m e protection of our rights and erty." ' hetion of temporary secretary easurer was then declared to It# (er, and Mr. E. E.. Welimann .lo secretary andi Mr. Simon tie, easurer, . i!tiofi it was agreed to aseer ames of those present. b.N call inties in order, and the rep i wam found to beas follows: le--. ('. O'Neill. eI-Mike Brown, .J. It. Cole ey---,J. G. Linstedt, 11. Frank, S. ton-F. WV. WVagoiner, It. .\Man. Iunest,, 1.. N. .Jal(on, .1. P, John IloIling, G. Anspaue, E3 4on, j. S. P1inklmss hit, 11, itmion Fogiarty. E,. . Weli A(bferph y, Vinceint hi ieco, n rwtigit. Barney Lovat.l, 11, . Steencken, I). Steencken, ra iage, C. 11. S% ausea, 11. Soul n-W. 13. Sandors, A. .1. San .1.). Elliott, G. W. Swevtt, if. ch. ington--,J. It. James, C. Alexan Lewenthai. ice-C. Morgan, J. II. Taylor. tiaw-W. GeisenhIieinmer. -aster-J. WV. McWhorter. geburg -S. 11. Link,,J. L. lIar Albrecht., A. C. L,indste,it, .1. It. . Fenchel and .1. 1. l], 'lonig. 0 id-J uliis 11. Alancke, ,J. 1'. 1. 1,. L'. lilbenicht, -Frank O'hnnell, 11. Man. Weinberg. lie roll had ben coi plet-ed t he read a telegram frain several 3aler-s ini Greenville, pledging irty co-operation in Ihe work, imber of letters fromt other in unties wvere qluoted. iest of t he chairman (Capt. F. e' then took the chair. A t organization of the Liquor sociationi of South Carolina 1d by elect.ing the fr-lhowinig .esident, II. Alantone; see r' E . ehmuann and ,J. II. itreasuirer, Simon F"ogarty. a : Mantonie, in tak ing the mas follows: "Gentltfeen ittle to add to what. has al' h aid. WVe must all unite as it t hat money is promptly Said into the treasury. It eof the 01(1 comtnittee to r k as promptly as possible, unestioni of right or law can we have riullicient legal so. It will lbe necessary ,arge amotunt of motney. 1 aenit have come prepiared to lbi;te and, if not, to nmake a re f what can pirobably be doneW In localities, and that wvhen they get they wvill get together money and at once to otir treastirer. hank y ou for the honor you1 have me. I assure you It is a pleasant ,and I intend to carry it, otit till ire successful. I f we are niot, it not he my fault or thant of the ttee." Mike Brown offered the follow - olutions, which were second(edi f a dozen delegates: lved, That an executive con to consist of filLty persons, be ited by the chairman, of which ilrman, the two secretaries and1 ausurer of this meeting shall rue *cio members and1( the ofillcers 5f, and of wlihih se(ven1 shall be u i n, w ho shall be authorized to re Ssuch counsel as they may deemi )er and obtain from themt their 1110n as8 to the validity of the Act moiilyknowii as the Evans l)ispen ~Act and as to the proper course to Jpted. jolvedl, Thiat said commil.tee be iiwith full power and authority Lake such fInancial arrangements 10 take such other action as they fdvised or may (deemi neces 'able dilscutssion aroAo over I er that should coripose the i , some of the delegat.e s argu fly was too har-ge a number -dy, while othersi preferred to -. dast onie mnemb r from each 'l'he re-solutIon U'were finally 5 (olfered. D). Alexmra r here moved to ecess unr.J 4. .o'clock lii the at tou#the president time to ,,mt his committ ee, bunt In consider inof the fact that a muimbi r of the mbers wanted to leave en the after. 'n trains the motion (hid not prevail, he real Issue was no w discussed \question of raising funds to carry on the work. Capt. Wagener asked what amount would probably be re quired to conduct the fight, and the president replied, "in round numbers $10;000 to $12,000." le also stated that in Charleston city alone the committee had on hand 81,500 in sight vnd about $1,500 yet to be collected. Capt. Wag. ener said it was no ti mne to look at the dollars and cents. They must employ the fnest legal talent obtainable and pay full price for it. The lawyers would not begin the work without a retainer, and it. would be far the wisest plan to raise a large amouut of money, and then if necessary refund a pro rat a amount to each cont'ributor. Col. Brown mentioned that there are nine hundred bar rooms in South Carolina, and that each one in Barn. well County could be relied on for $25. Severol other delegates spoke on the subject, those from the interior, espec ially, urging that the validity of the law be tested now so as not to cause a stoppage of the traftc if it be declared unconstitutional. Various amounts were pledged from the different coun ties and a number of letters were read from gentlemen who authorized the committee tj draw en them for differ eut alnounts. Capt. Franz Molchers read an earn est, honest and ainusing letter from a York County wine-grower, who was emphatic in his denunciation of the new law. Col. l). A. J. Sullivan, Mr. T. W. Ba cot and Mr. George F. Vron Kolnitz, Jr, of the Charleston legislative delega tion, were present by invitation and de livered brief addresses, after which the Convention aljourned.--News and Courier. Hill Is the Man. COLUN111A, Jan. 25.--Gov. Tillman yesterday appointed I. S. Hill, of An derson, as commissioner under the pro visions of the Evans dispensary bill. About all that is known of Mr. Hill here is that lie is a Tillmanite, and a merchant of Anderson. It is stated that he is a successful business man, and t hat he will devote his entire time to the duties of commissioner, and that lie will make a success of the new ollice. Mr. Hill, it Is stated, has never taken any active part in politics. When he will come to Columbia to un dertake the work of his position is not yet known. Notwithstanding the fact that there were fifteen or twenty candi (Iates Gov. Tillman appointed Mr. lll, who nlad made no request for .he po sition. Gov. Tillman said yesterday that the law was going to be given a thorough test, and that further objec tion was useless.-The State )ECLINES THE PLACE. ANintIsON, S. C., Jan. 26.-Mr. Hill, recently appointed State dispenser by Gov. Tillman, declines. Mr. Hill ex presses his appreciation of the compli ment to his business ability, knowing the ollice to be one of great responsibil ity and trust. AIr. lill's refusal is not a siirprise to his friends. Ile could not accept the appointment without a seri ous sacrifice of his large business inter ests. lie is president of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank and manager of the Alliance store here, and has large imercantile interlbsts in other portions of the State as well as in Georgia. Purging the Pension Roll. IV ASI IINUTON, Jan. 2i.--Tie Demo cratic members of the llouse sub-com mittee on appropriations, in framing the annual pension appropriation bill for suhinsion to the full committee, have inaae a vigorous onslaught on the depeient and (isability pension act paesed by the lRepublican Congress in 1890. They have adopted a number of andinents changimg that law. Fol lowing are the principal changes m..Ad.e: T"ri_t. no wa(Iow shall receive a pension uinder the act of 1890 unless she was married to a soldier prior to 1870; that no person shall receive a pension under the act of 1880 unless disabled in service from manual labor and In receipt of an income of less than $000 ai year; and that no non-resident or the Unitt-d States shall receive a pension unless he was actunally disabled in the service. Another amendment provides f or the appointment of a commission to conisidler niecessary modihications in the pension laws, and to report at the next Congress. Most of these amend ments were oil'ered by O'Neil, of Mas sachuset.ts, who st.ated that they were framedl so as not to exclude persons actually dlependent, but would require all persons to prove that they were in fact disabled and (dependent, as con templated in the title of the act of 18910. lhey were adiopted by a vote of 3 to 2 the D)emocratic members vot ing yea, anid the Itepublicans nay. The State D)ebt Arranged. t'O LI: M l iA, S. C.. .January 25.-Gov. Tillmain is perhaps vEry proud of the telegram lie has received from the Hai ti more TIrust andl Guiaran tee Cornpany, informing him that the contracts for Wardled for signature have been uinani mnouisly signe d. The cont ract that has been signed is the same as that published, and is for *2,000,000 worth o1 the bonds at once, ani t,ue right to take the remainder of the issue-S3,800,000, provided the terms are compliedi with prior to April 1, '1893. Gov. Tillman feels confident that, its Bialtiniore syndicate will in due time take the entire issue of stock. le seems to have assurance to that effect. If the syndicate takes all of the bonds they will get them at par, with a bon us of the amount of a semi-annual int,erest. The syndicate wats to place yesterday with the Hank of Charles ton a deposit of $100,000 as a guaran tee of its carrying the part of the con tract. There is, at last, every indica lion that the bonds will be placed. Th le State. Vruely o a woman. HEDVORDn, VA, Jan. 18--The wife of A. W. l"illie. who come here from 1111 nois recently, was found chained in a deserted barn near town yesterday. Fihne had spread the story that the wo man was insane and wouhld soon be sent to the asylum. She proved per fectly sane. It is supposed that FillIe and a woman who posed as his house keeper were trying to put Mrs. Fillie out their way Fillie is under arrest in jail heavily guarded, as t,here Is danger of lynchinig. The Only Survivor I)iee. COMO, Col., ,Jan, 21.-James Cormen cina, the only survivor of the recent King mino disaster died yesterday, makIng 25 victitms. lie died without having uittered a sentence or given any intelligence as to how the accident oe curred. WIITE SLAVERY. 31X FRENCHMEN DISCOVERED IN A STATE OF SERFDOM. 'he Assistant Attorney General ReportI the KesUt of His Investigations In the Phosphate Fleld--The It allans are Vol. untary Slaves. CoLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 25.-Assis. ant Attorney General Buchanan hat 'eturned from Colleton County and hat nade his report to the Governor as t< ,he condition of six French phosphate niners illegally restrained of their liber. y at the Ilorse Shoe Mines. Mr. iluch. man's report fully confirms the state. nents already made as to the inhuman Lreatment given these workmen. Ilia report is a very interesting account o ,he way laborers are obtained and how Lhey are treated. IIis mission resilted in no arrest, but the reason the-efore 18 ruily explained. The following is the report. [Ion. B. R. Tillman, Governor of Sout, Carolina. DER Sit: In obedience to your in. structions, I investigated the complaintU of ill treatment referred to in the lettei of acting Consul General Maximne During and upon the liersons of certain Frenci subjects in the Horse Shoe Phosphat, Mines near Ashepoo, Colleton County After making a pretty searching in vestigation of the matter, I beg leave tc report: I found at the said mines six French men engage(d as laborers whose nameE and place of nationality are as follows Trarier Duzel of Lille, France; Hona Dufactean of Paris; Henry Jura Savoy Jules Vernier,;*aris; Felix Daur Borge Ferdinand Desverges, Uherbourg Through one of them as interpreter, talked with all of them. They claime< to have been fraudulently induced t< come to South Car-)lina, havinr con tracted to work on a railroad in Florida and knowing nothing of the countrv, thouiht they were there for that pur pose nutil shown the work on their ar rival at the mine. They complained ol getting insufficient tood, being curset and driven to work, and being restraine< of their liberty. They also say that th< last man in authority over them wai constauly threatening them. That draw mg his shotgun upon his iimediat< squad, composed in part of the French men, for some alleged disobedience o orders, lie di,charged the contents o small shot In the crowd, 'voundini s!ight ly four Italians. I think these chargek substantially true. I find that an Italian employmen bureau of New York city, operated fron II Varick place and 31 Mulberry street was largely instruoent,ai in perpetrating this fraud on the unsuspecting French men. It seems to be the custom of Ih( owners of the mine to contract witli some one firm or company for the labocers, such firm being restricted to n< particular race, the only cond tion be ing that the men shall be able-bodiet and strong. Such firm collects thest men up into convenient squads brought together by a sub-con.ractor, who is al lowed a --onmission for every mar turned over to the bureau. A recen1 arrival of a foreign tongue would be solicit,ed by a fellow count,r)man in hI own language. Thus we find at the mines nine tenths of the men unable to make themselves understood in the Eng lish lauguage-and these Frenc.imer were no exception. In ftct, it is no much use for an italban to learn t.h< language for they live separate anJ dis tinct from all others. They have a chie for each squadl who seems to (do all the bustness, advance them, keel) their ac count,s and make thiem trade at, the Italian store. They live to themselves for themselves, some half mile from al outsidlers, and no one knows anything of their life or t,heir existence, excep when they are seen in the pits. These sn-veral chiefs or sub-contractors stant t,o each other and they are conivince< that as long as any of t,heir men ow< them a cent he may be kept, there am restrinied of his libert,y. They claim that the rep)resentative o; their government has told each one o their men that, ho cannot, leave theii employ so long as lhe is in dlebt. Thest sub-contractors, of course, are not, ver.3 particular about the comiiort or health o their men. Their main obiject is t,o maki t,bem pay as high as possible for whia they eat, or drink and wear. Trhev art paid by the amount of dirt removed1 f'rn a pit-so much a foot.. These Frenchmen certamnly have ni: been p)aidl anyt.hing since their arrival al the mines, t,heir Italian chicf having B< peculiary kept, his books that, they have always been in debt, to him. They havt protestedi to him only t,o be ctursedl and and t.hreat,ened. (Jut, of t,be twenty-t,hret who arrived on December 4 only six re main, the others having escaped froni t,heir chief. They say t,h it ',he Italiar who tired at them has runa oIl and re. turned to New York. Their pirincipa cause of complant being their virmta imp)riso)nment, for an ulleged debt, I ex plineid the law to thenm, t.'ild tbem t,be'j could not be held against t,heir consent, They exhibited the liveliest, evidences o joy. They left the pits and wo:ii two listen to any dlelay, however short,, loi t,he purnose of lodging or furthering an3 prost cunon for their past, injuries. Al ter they left, I advised t,hem to comnmuon Icate at once with t,be consul at, Chiar lest,on. - The ehief contractor or head man one Antonio Galossi, claiming tha these men could not leave until thei debts were paidl, boarded the train to Charlest,on to have an audiance with th4 Italhan consul, under whose advice hi claimed to have acted in keeping ti,es, Frenchmen at the mines. It will be noticed that a foreitrier us able to speak English in this cam' might as well he in Italy as far as an: relIef is concerned, unless lie reache t,he ear of his consul, for however harsh ly lie may be treated he cannot commiuci icate It to any one. A nat,ive mih ride tbrough their camp every dlay for year and know nothing about it. Eatc italian labarer tninks it perfectly righi and proper that he shqald be kept ther until all claims against him are satisfled He belIaves that such is the la= in real, and he cannot utAdurstand why it should be ditlerent at the mines. Under any circumstances he will never say any thing against his countryman. . I found the situation there about as described by the French Consul, M. Leon Guran, in my talk with him in Charleston, and have given the French- y men relief as suggested by him. The oppression and ill treatment of these men wae not owing to any nevligenee on the part o I any of the officers of the county, On the contrary the Sheritl, Mr. Black, has been very active in try Ing to ferret out the matter and protect W these men since his atteniion was call. tl ed to it, and I was enabled through his S, previous knowledge of this condi6on to find out tihe facts herein mentioned. T e t contractor is an Italian, the storekeep- M er an Italian, tind all Wil h whom they pj came in contact were Itations. I am ir glad to state that no charges have been w made avainst any citizen of the State. s The French Consul being Inable to ai leave Charleston, the investigation was bi made by Mr. Black and myself. Ex pecting to arrest the boss who made the ti assault upon them, Mr. Griflin, a Trial p .Justice of Walterboro, was on hand. ti As this man was supposed to be In I New York, and these particular French- s4 men did not charge any one else with ol any crime, nothing was left, to be done, bi except the freeing of them as mentioned 1 above, which was all they asked. There a were very few natives around the mines, I but those there were uaiformlv polite ti and kind, ani gave me all the infibrmii- b tion about the people, both lavorable ( and unfavorable. h, In conclusion, allow me to say in my k humble judgment the remedy for this a evil is beyond the jurisdiction of the ti State. The crime is degun in New York and often in Cas,le G4arden, where Ral- if ian padrones aid immigrant steerers lc paint in nignilic(nt colors the proflit in the emyloyment in the several States inl and territories. 11 the regul-ition of imi- ti IiiiLration by the P"ederal governnent w be applied to a complet.e trip from Eu- sc rope to the place of delivery in one of rc the States beyond the port of entry, it at certainly should apply to the temporary ol stoppiug from necessitv, comfort or con venience. in the pol l of entry while the ai intention to go furthe ir has not been aban- el deled. It also should apply as strong- o hy when the des'inat-ion im a dis- ( Lant Sta:e his been chatnged so h lon as the inten tion is .ot to) remii tin il t the port of entry, a The State, h(oWever, shiouild see th it c these immigrants while mi her borders s are not is.jired and tli praictical relief of freedom assured tht-m. About the l only way this can lie done effectually is a by the enmploymeint of a detective when- ti ever there is any cause to suspe :t su,el a offenses and a proper conviction in the o courts of the State for the crime. o 0. W. 11tUiIA N A N, a Assistant Attorney General. e The Whit4key Fight M. COLUM 1I A, S, C., Jan 2d.-Maj. S. -1. Hamilton of' Chester, represering d the sa'oon-keepers of Chester, appcared a betore the Supreme Court yesterday - with a petition,to re(uire the town conn cil of Coester to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not he -,ranted to U rt quire them to issne licenses for a year. W Thus hits the ligiit as to the constitution alit,y of the Evans Disiensary law teen started. The proce(dini,.gs of MAlj. 11am ilton were soMlewhlat unexpecte'd ati it i is net now known whether lie will have counsel assisting him or not. iIe says ',lat lie proposes to-tight the hattle out to theelid. It depends entirely on what t is donle b the liquor men its to whet,ber the Sitate will hake atny hi'tid in t,heC test ing of the law. Mai IIaniilton h-is pre pared a somewhat loue. stattement, of' the caMe for the liquor men. Th'le liqauor as sociation it might, be stated, is niot act, ing throligh M aj. I tailton. TIhe Sn preme Courtrflhas fixedl the 18tfh of Ap rIl for tbe hearing o I the cases andf every b one wvill watch eiarly for t,he imiport,ain hearing.----The: Stale. - A i faor 1.aiv,. i ian artist , tu ibeirti fl'inlinat, uaid his hi st,e p-aister, Celeste M tieggo, at tempt le , mi to (lie together i'nfh , t forve they, ii sai. I 'aagtina in a I rescoeir wolf knowni tc in art i ircles, havIng taiken prizes/ both ini this country andf in f';uropae. A few hi weeks ago lis step-sister camie here t.o ci visit, her mother. The ir~l, who is a mi hieaut,y, had been l iving ini News .Jersey. 1 Mbe and(1 l'itinia fell in hove w ith each r< other, lie fiats ta wvile andl she discov- m -eed it,. To-maght they quniely won',t to Ii t,he Metropol tain floeLd and1 took roorrns. 'in Soon ailtr shots wer'e heard in t,he girl's h room. Tihe dl(orI wiis brokeni open and ni the two were found Ivn.g on tbe bed in cach other's armms. I 5at,ina bird shot. p the girl and thena him1 >elf. They loft, a n: lett,er on the tabfe sitying thiat ats the 1 law of' the land forbade tfhe-n living to- bi gether they would die to)gethe0r, andl s askedI t.o be hburiedl ats found , loc'ked im r eachif othier'i ni'arm . - A t mmidnih t ne- r then is duid, fbuit bith atre unconscfis. t,i Not I L 1 I,tt avedl ViENNA, ,1 a 1. '>. - -A it hope- of reseii ig ala ye t,he men en tomnbed fby thei ex plosiont of' Iirie-daimi in i the I;'ortnscri t, ineai at 1)ix, llofiemria, is abiandionem , In veit.igationm of the Iist 01 emiployeii re- ei veatls the fa~ct, that i3 ii mein fost theiar gi lives in thie dis ister, as it is generally hi concede &d that ihosei who weore not kiffed fr bly the exploiominimust fhe suffocat,ed by 01 af ter-damtlip. Th le minri is bifng cared( he (It wreckage as rapidly as plossiblei, bitt 1, thie worik i" i(ecessaiI y show. I' very m I lort w'ifl bie miiade to reco ver the bodie's of' the dead. Mamy heatrt-rendinig scenes w~ere wi tnessed about the iouithi of the shaft when it was. announced b001hy the im ine oflicers that beyond the shadlow .of a dhouibt, eveiry ium ini the minei was dead. No explanation 1s maide as to ho w the exp losionl olccuriroed. IA y ENt'omnT. Iia., ,Jan. '1. -A hltter i ree vedl fby a residenit oh this sl ate who was connected with the Iowa- lt'usian famiie relief par'ty a year ago from a And(1rew Whlite , thle A merican miinis . tor at, St. I ietersbuirg, gi ve.s the presen1'lt,I -sItuation in P -' inn anid in the soitth i'ern provinaces of I issia its most diu- ni tressing. Although the~ dhanger of ti famine Is not so wideIspriead as a year tl a ago there is st,i'l pressing nteed of sup- i t' plies to most the present and imminent a Wants. Mi nister White offers t,o take -gersonal charge of any fund that may L 7 clat and forwarded to hIm. v A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT, WENTY PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH AN0 OTHERS BADLY HURT. xcruciating 8ufferings of the inured in the Hospital-Heart-Ronding Scenes The Accident Coused by Oil Tanks Ex ploding. ALToN, Ill., Jan. 2t.-The South estern limited express, west-bound, on e Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and . Louis Itailroad, due here at 9 o'clock is morning ran into an open switch at lanna, four miles east of here. The issenger engine smashed a number of eight cars and oil tanks and set the reck allre. Engineer 1towt ot the pas - uger engine was caught In the wreck id burned to death. Both trains were irned up. Loss $100,000. While the great crowd stood wa'ching ie buruding wreck, an oil tank car ex loded. with terrific force, enveloping ke spectators in a sheet of burning oil. ight of them were instantly killed and ,ores werA frightfully burned, a dozen whom, at least, will die. Six bodies, .irued to a crisp, were not identified. wo were Identified, as H iram Cornelius, student of Shurtlifle College, from owa, and Edward Miller, of Alton June. on, Twenty-Ive people were so badly Lrned that the mjority will probably e, and the total list embraces over one indred. A large proportion of the lied and injured are boys and voting en, students in educational institu Dns. An eye witness says that the shock of ie collision was such as to split two aded tanks wide open, and the oi I im ediately caught fire, the flames shoot g liltt, feet into the air. The locomo ve and baggage cars were totally reeked, but the remainder of the pts ner train was removed beyond the ach of the flames. In an incredibly ort time the freight train was a mass fIlanes. Fear of an explosion prevented any .tempt to save it. A wrecking train tme up from East St. Louis at I1 'clock, but could do little, and half a )zon switch engines were run out from 2re to clear the yards. Traille on the vo roads was entirely sowpended, and special train was made up on the Chi igo and Alton to carry the belated pas mi-ers through to St. Louis. Hearing of the wreck, hundred of pe le from this city and vicinity were Ltracted by curiosity to the scene. and ,en occarred one of the most awful dis sters on record. A few minutes past 12 'clock there was a slight explosion of ie tank, which scattered the debris on 11 sides, setting fire to the stock yards iclonsre. This produced the impres on that the danger of explosions was asesed, an(l the throng of bystanders ishied in to save the stock yards from estruction. A minute later there was deafening teport that shook the earth r half a minute and spread one sheen sheeting, burning oil It all directions or those within a circle of 100 yards ere was no escape. Their clothing as burned and literally tell from their >dies. In a moment those who were )t disabled began running hither and Ltiher, waving their hands and scream - g for help. Some went to the nearest ater and others ran into lields imd are issing yet. A panic reigned tor a short tine, until i u Injured recovered their presence moI t.o ar for the aflicted. T1 wo rriels of linseed oil were taken from a 'ocery store and applied to the wounds several phIysicians who happened to on the ground. Every hiousehiold in e litt,le village and it.s vicinity wias immoned. As soon as possible a t,rain as made up and twenty sufferers were -ought, here to St, Josephis, Webb Itoss, the brave engmneer who at his life, leaves a wife andl six chii 'en at Matt.oon. No attempt, t.o lix the blame for the tai wreck has yet b)een madle, andl >tineiL furtber will be known untIl aitter le ivcst.igation of the coroner's jury uilorro(w. Si. Lotus, .Jan. 22.-leveni (eat.hs tve been added to the record of t,he itast.rople at, Alt,on .1 unct,ion simce id-i giht Saturdaiy. Of Lhe injured, four cin, tihe hospi6al physician said1, cannluot cover. 01 the fatally In jured, all are ore or' less seriously burned about the nbs and1( body, but, t,he most seriously jure<d are iearlully burned about, the 31ad1 and faces. All are in)uredl int,er ul ly irom inhaling the burning flames. Th'ie sceines in the wards of' the hos ii al)cuipied by the injured were even 'ore heart, rendling than on yest,erdlay. Ving on cots, swaIt,hed 'n cotton and1( nidages until they have almost. lost, obhlanice to human beings. alrd sur mundled by weeping relatives andi son >wiing f'riends, thley formed a ictura iat, broughat tears t,o t,be eyes of eveni ae Physicians. Perhaps the most, pitiful sight of all as that, of' thirteen-year-old Willie Mc arty. Sitt,ing on his bedside, tiryinig mi jij1, by gentle words iandi shoo)ting~ tressee, While her voice trembled with 'ietlti,hat was brieaking tier heart, was a mother. The boy's flesh was cooked 09m head t,o foot; his eytis were burnedI it; t.he skin had1( peeled oIl his face iad mad, taking wit,h it, large pbortions of io flesh. T1he only resp)onse the anx ous ot,ber received t,o her inquiry as to >W lie felt wits: "Ohl! my head! Doc nr, why catn't I diey'" All Went the Saane Way. CINOINNATIz, .January '25.-Jules ampoi local manager of the Washington if e Iusurane Company, of New York, ho shot himself' because lie was short, lis accounts, was buried yesterday. ampe, 'Samuel Mc(Glasson, Samuel lark anid Fred Boles, were for several Bars inseparable cOmplanions ant all ur held responsible positIons. i oles d( a shortage and shot, himself in the sad( four years ago. Clark did the same the p)resce of0 Kaimpe and McGlasson ie latt,ir following by taxing poison in ie Virginia hot,t and now Kit ape has uken his own le. Mr.1U. Burns Anderson, of Columbhia, as leased the Bennetsville Banner, and tIll conduct that nanp,- In the fre. MILLIONS SHORT. The Rlepublicans Leave the Tretauiry l: Sad Plight. VASHINiITON, Jan. 2i.-The stat ment of the condition of the treasur which has just been niade public, is tt most interesting contribution to theI nancial question that has yet been nat It has been prepared with evident car and the line It alian hand of that shrew politiciaU. Charles Fo,ter, is also appa ent all through it. According to the stateiiint the ca balance in the treasury on the 31st ( last Decemnber, excht-ive of the SIOt 000,000 gold reserve, was $I,92,588. is expected, accorming to 1te stattvilelm that this balance wilP bo decre:ased o the 1st day of next .l Ily to !2(P,0o yp N I This would bu at perfect ly satisat tory showing if it told the w hole t rItJ It does not to so. Ii other words, S. retary 'oster has inade an apparel balance in the treastiry by withholdin payinents oil the sinking fund, rt ititre by law, to the attioit of iJ,itH Of this amoiuit it1,3(Yj,0(i shou it ha been paid last, year. bit was otnitte while no attelipt has beenl 11ade ti year to mieut tite reimlreitit. of $t W0),(K). Ii addit ion to th is Ihe t. re ury owed on the 31st of )eeinuo r, Ist oil contracts enteed into iinder exis Ing appropriations, the enorilotis mu of $ii, ),0N ). It is triie thtaL all t1i aiountit is not lieces:il Iy Ito be ex p-n ed in any one' year, Ibt Il25,i 00 i is be spent t his yvar intider Iliv colilrac already iade, and tie b,lliac'e ill IS1. It is quite evi'lit that i these col tracs are net and the law relating I the extingiishing of the' public delit I paylents to the sliking 1,1nd is col plied withi, the delicitt in tlie t reasim will be at least ,I,p ipvxipo. Secretary Fostt!r adnitted in convei satioi this afternoon with a promiii leader of the Hlouse that it. woIll'i I) impossible to liloet, the ait lorized e: penditures of te (Iover-'1i11ent, Ile> year 1in1less -.i,i-01,pN were1 aidIt I the revetlits. Thiis view is concrle in by Chairiman Sprin rc, (t i ie way and mieaits C( iit Lt'e, \ ho, in spiak iil to your corresponlent ins ai lroo added that, Ssol.,*,.. A5 t n as m:n ofliclally app.i thr th gh 1-th iInvet gat,ionl soonl t) be com lillict4, ;Ili el deavor would be aid to svtmi a cit census of oplulon flotni the )-ioera ic majority as to the lest way to rai this lnuony. it svem in impossitile t(o e. (own thi expelit tit's Th' lutost I'igl ecolloniy (jtlilIoj, biiIg ilowI Iii4 iihPPr priat,ion bills to less it han .i,0000i year, for no inai ter how iLIe-i re'dIU tion iW accoliplished li other Iliret in the pension bill coiiii's to grow a1 grow until it swainl is 'eryt.hing. Whether the tax -m wilskey, is to I incieastd or whethier sugar is agai I be subject. to a niolerate duty On %% het er the reventivs will icleaet iy r a of the reiuced diies on iinportat,iot are all q iqestions t hat nlist, be nilly di Cuassed before any <lisci:,ion is renei'he There is a feeling favorable tola Itil tax on whiskey, wit, the proposed siloi larill is utt poptilar nid will not hII r sorted tc unless all otler inetihois pn ov unavailing. It, may he too that soin offort will be utade to auniei tlt pi sion liws so that, expdllflitlires illi hi direction cal be ctirtaileil, aidii ti. (Illest 10ov is now 11ll0vir considterationl b tile tibl-coininfttve of the appropriat io :olinilittev wich has te pelsioll lII ill charge. There is a Ieling on I i e pal t oI good iany leioeiais tlit. it, was it wise to ask a statemenviit. Irini Secret at Foster. It has a4lorded hiiii ai oppoi tfny, ol which hlie is na.1 Ilrally Lake prolipt advalitage, t inake t a slowIll of flih- treasuiry whiiichi is ha vorabIlte o its fiee. It, wotlubl have beenl liti ter', i i8 1it)w I hotigh I, to lhave waited uintI Secret ary C arl isle' -ntertd utptti Iis at thle books couill have btee niade- by t', perts5I wlit hi ild 110 lii ti-iest iii t isg ilisti the real facts, bt the st.epi has btie taken all(d it will de'vtlvye tipor0 i wia)s autd iinais 'olliliitte't to liio' the laisity of the tatt-tuieit. Tihiis wi he dol)ie iiioi t,he iies Itlit-atet'ti SiitsdHatl --New aiCtlid ttWrier. ANiiviiy 1,.i0, N.(.,. l.l, 22..--..Tb burst this to1ti 111ii2. I L was sixty liw hiL'li aid fotunL' -fve feet i eI'lietuf,'reneit wvithi a ena.uty oh steveii hiiuliril all abouit, fiorty- live feet iil wat.er' in theii Pp it, t,be titlte ioi 1.b coli i'e, Whuch with loss5 to the elit y waLs abuit I l2,1no. Th waiter' was at, oncie thurnedl ino the resci voir, ati the citLy was iiily ioill <i wa t. Ia fewy hlus. uditntionis iare that tuie ( tiiiti A i ant st.*ires wh~Iieb aie nowII liuti:i'd at I 4:u ptorted t,hat the cornpatiny opeat"ingt: thi stores hazs l,itui Lthemi unpriloht,alec, an will as soiton ats ptoss ibl arranigei~~ 1l it idraw' their' capital frini lih S 'iihi. Th'l Alliinn.'e hia's cisiimed thait tese stitrt hiavet saved I,he it iiembers of the assi eb ageis o; the stor'es dIo nolt car ii tal II UN'li I (T''i, WV. \'t., Jitn. 22 loded'i i,h(ICe uc mill ttl the kllog Ptowder'u Workuis', near' this rity, wireckini tIle plant ani shiakinit til tIe eCt.v fea fully. F'ortuniat,ely 1u> one was h tu't, th emplo yees hauvmiti on tttoii i nnhter Th'lis is the isixt exIlion111 in les~s LI,ha t,wo years. tOni the I Mhl of, Janary, I 59 seven mnen were killedi and a tgreat main woundetd by ani exploin at thtt works. A stlt has b>een ini citurt son' t,ime to comp jel their remlovd. Dali ages $lt0,00t. (leic Li,rt. Au voUsTiA, Ga~,.,an. 2I.-~A s prcial the Chronlicle from (.ireenuwood, S. ( says: Sher-iiff Nance etf A bbeville Coti ty to-day di"tained the thiroiugh llreig and mnaterAal train otn the Il'trt lioty and Western Carolina litilroadA by tax execuitiomt Both trains were sto ped for two hours, anti were ordered side-track to await the SherifFs ordei but they pllied out andI left the chi grined oincial to the amusement of crowd of ci tiens, A "DOG FALL." THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN THE RAILROAD CASES. , it 31 .ritn of the Fight Not Settled-The Qw1Nton of Juzrintliction Decided Onal ., iVi&r mn Itelatee to the Amount In t, v<,iy.', I'oMMi M A, S. C, Jan. 24.-It looks very much as if the railroad cases are as far from settlement as they have h ever been. After months and months )f of delay, a decision has been secured which is practically of no value. so far tas ihe final settlement of the cases Is concerned. The State selected its own cases, and, it now appears, made the very worst choice. The counsel ror t.he State picked out the two cases on t whieh decisions were reached, in the g hope of securing a more complete opla d ionI thaii could be secured in any of the 1. other suits. e Nit-sterday afternoon the press dis 1, patches received inaicated that the is SI ate had not, secured near as big a vic ,- ory as it had supposed. It is stated s- that the merits of the case were not , o iched 11pon, and that the decision is -wv bael upon the unimportant point that n the amomit of taxes involved did not is bring the case before the United States Il Curt. The telegram from Washing Lo ton reads as follows: Is k'hie lnited States Supreme Court 1. <i~i11misaed, for want, of jurisdiction, i- witli directions to the United States .o Circuit Coirt for the District of South y ('aroina to do likewise, the suits b 1wrouight by the Northeastern Railroad y ('.unipany and the Central Railroad ('oipany against Walker and Ellis, to I'- 0ljoin these county otlicers from the it, collection of the tax imposed on rail v roads by the State. The taxes were - for State. comiy and school taxes. ( G(overIor Ti'ian's board of equaliza o timi assesset the railroad property at a dt higher rate than other property, and S tht! rad0s (Wimed this was unconstitu g tioina. The ltiestion at issue has 1, st 11rrel i the railroad companies of the v State anIt has been a political issue be i- twen the two wings of the South Car i- oli,t Democracy. it, is held that jur i- i-net lol caimot he male to attach by t- combinung the various forms of tax in w a nui1wer of -ounties and thus swell it I ng t he otal amount involved to above if .M,aun, the ainount necessary to take a > case into the Federal court. The mer a its oft the case were not gone into. -(imon 1 by Justice Brown." s, It is stated by one of the counsel that t the word "forms" must mean "aiouits." From the meagre report )v receivetd there is every reason to be o litve that, thi. whole fight will. have to i- he gone over again, or the injunctions ii i-stivd by th circuit courts will stand. is 'Ir. '. ia rron, of the Atlantic Coast s- 1Line, said I the decision was jist what 1. was expected when the lawyers left !r Washington, aud It leaves all of the im Lr portant, cases undecided. The injunc tions wuich were being gotten ready e will nave to be kept in reserve for a " good vf. le yet.-The State. Ao (emannual Occurrence. 8 (IAiLEY, l',ERiKELE*Y COUNTY. Jan. 2.- A most untisial occurrence took i plave soinday, the suicide of a genuine I tiegro, 'eter Barnes, who lives on the Dvwlkon plantation, belonging to Mr. T. a W. I leyward. IBarnes had been work ing for MNlr. tleyward for years, and y hardly a wee passed but what his - nat, was on t he pay roll for a greater a or less amoiut. Last year he made u IlIlit.t a good crop and had quite a good 'a lade of rice untouched in the barn, so L that, su fferinig could not have been the I uaotive. lie waIs getting to be an elderly man and wvas physically incap ablle of doing what he used to, added to) which mioiiey was not. as plentiful as ini years past. Sunday he went to at eh urch as usual, and conducted himself 0' in his ordinary manniier. Last night e hi wenit, biotiie, took off his overcoat I anid shoes and1( aft.er some talk with ii the yoinger members of lis family welnt init the upper part o1 the house t o ge't I e'ed 10or h is mule. Then he ina<ae a naoose of one end of a plough ~ huie, put that ar'oundi his neck, tied - thle otheor end to a rafter, and Is sup. ,laoseda t o ha ve gotteni from a box, which twais Iliid ini t.he apartment, and , t r,angled hansewlf to death, lie seems ito hlave gonle very methocically to work anid to have determined to die, .(Ior het could easily have saved his life i \even aftier the rope tightened by simply stoladin.I straig4h! tiponi his feet, but he l otdot.Tal,utc Haynes, aatain has coronrer, empanelled a jury jihe jry was that, liatrnes had commit I (d oniile bay hiainging during a temn I" rary abjerrat ion of mind.-N ews and (ouirier. iouthi oN JanSUen Lamar. S M .w ( N, (ia., ,lain. 23.-Justice Lu 1ius11uinus C<incinntmus Lamar, of' the >Iupriemeu ('ourto of tioted States, died herei at 8:3>u o'tjock this eveming. It, is a terriible shock to the commnunity. D eath was suddlen ini the extreme, for althaougha lhe hadl beeni ailing for some SLtime, , lusice Lamar111 appelaared to be r iadually anig i haitb. Hie came -from Wasiunatona t.o Macon about a mouth au.o, iad hias beeni visiting at the k resalciae ol Mr. WV.11. Virgin, in Vine ville, a subuairb of t,ins .Aty, This after tno.i aibuut 3 o'clock J1ust,ice Lamar took is- o)verioaLt, initeningii to go to the ity, blat was met at, the door by a friend, i)r I Jewelly'i, with whom he returned to Ite sitting room. At t,hat time, and duingi' all the af'ternioon, he waa in good saparits, and( itt dinner, at 6;50 this even mla, lie seemedl to have a good appetite. Dr. I,lewollyn lef t, the house abont 8 o'c(locuk, andI a few minutes later Justice I aimar wasa seizedh wit,h violent pains in ethe heart, aiid he dlied at the hour men SeALioned. Bight?s' disease, with angina Spectoiie was the direct cause of Justice I.amuiar's d(eath, and is given by the phy -icians as the chief comp)lication in the (h,v. TIiilman Wviii (0. -- Coi.Mami.A, S. C,, .Jan. 26.-tiovernor . it 'Tillmian will attend Cleveland's inau al guration. lIe has received an invita a tion from the comnmiee asking that p- lie amid his staff attend with as many Lo o1 the State troops as possible. He s, fias written to the members of his staff a- asking them to notify him as soon as a possibyle whether they can attend. Register.