Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ ' -i _ ^ M aT- r=gr? i rr-T ~ r^-~ , ,. f ~t p-:rr^.- ," , , ;>vf. ?+? ... 1 ' , ' . -. ""- r=r====^--=r-- - . . , ? , * DESTRUCTION ' OF THC DUPONT . * MILLS IN DELAWARE. ? j The BlggMt Powder factory la tfco United 8t?tss?Six Mills and Fitly Dwellings Destroyed? A Doxen or More Workmen Killed and Many Injured. " Wilmington, Dkl., October 7.?The ^jrofflco and six mills of the Dupont Powder Works, near here are in ruins. J Fifty or moro houses of workmeu at v tfce "upper yard" are wrecked. A dozen /*) perhaps more, workmen are dead, ahd a score or more others are injured, ns a result of a series of powder explosions 3.30 this afternoon. HBtehe Dupont^ works which are well: K^wn thro a gbout the country, are th e " States.' The mills extended nlohgr the banks of the Brandy wine, chiefly on the west side, for about two miles. They are divided into "upper," "Ila&ley" and "lower" yards. The first named, ^^here the ofllce of the company Is lo^^p.ed, Ih about three miles, and the last TTafmed about five miles from Wilmington. A workman named Gran, in one of the packing mills connected with the \ "upper" yards, was reoeiying a can of hexagonal powder to be shipped for the use of the United States Government, when in some way a spark communicated tothecanand it blew up. lnstaht ly the packing mill exploded, and the other mills in the upper yards, seven or eight in number#followed at intervals of less than one second from the concussion. All these, except one*, were rolling mills in which the ingredients of gunpowder are pulverized by the action of vertical rollers of stone turning slowly around a central post The WhQkj machinery is driven by water power. The odd one was a mixing mill. Thu shock was simply terrific, and was* felt even in Philadelphia, thirtyfive miles away, and in New JarSey and elsewhere. At the "upper yards," wtaero the explosion occurred, are some fifty houses inhahitixl by employees of the powder tnill*, nnd they are all wrecked. The office of the Dupont Company Is a complete wreck, and six mills are in ruins. All buildings within a ragttus of half a mile are damaged, and toe concussion .even broke windows in some parts of Wilmington, four or five miles away. Limned lately after t he explosioos the I....... i * ? "MI,U,,,K Miuwii as tne -rennerv | Wok flre!1Uar th? centre of the village, Cw?s? matter of life ami death to JhnnM i? P"Pu,ation that this Are should be cxtiog uished bufnrA a nnm j^^^^^*^t|^iop^vderUiebnildi,**. fought "the flnflPMr r? the voof. it was tounh and gd between success and destruction, hut the Bremen won. Had the roof fallen in it la lu?, doubtful if any man. woman or child *ir the .Vicinity would' have egcaped death or serious injury. About fifty families are rendered homeless by the disaster, and many ol them v&ere s^ dazed by the terribli events of those few seconds as to seen hardly conscious of where they are o what they hre doing. The injured ar being gathered into the hospital build Ing appertaining to the works, and ar receiving such surgical and other at as they need. Owing to the rocky an wooded character of the locality, bi little can be done in the way-of searcl lng for the missing, or ascertaining tl extent of damage done to property ui til daylight. - The following is a partial list of tl killed : ^Martin Dolan, James Dola Wm. McGarvey, John Hartigan, Wi Dennison, John DletK, John liurlit Patrick Dougherty. Wm. Qyeg^ jgl Newau, and .Dougherty, be. vend others aWTHMSn The more seriouslv Injured, so far learned, .are: Daniel "llarkins, W Logan, (will probably died,) Anuie n Marie Dolau, daughters of .lames] lan, who is umong the .killed; Jar Ward, leg broken and hut*, interna Hugh Ferry, picked up uu^onsch Jpr^ne.s unknown; John MeDov , flead badly hurt; Mrs. Win. McDov ear cut off and head very baflly < her two-year-old daughter serlonslj jured; I.ydia Anderson, arm brt and badly bruised. Among the slightly Injured are Sene Dupont, tlie head ot thi: I 'ranclfcO.Dupontand Chas. 1. Dii| They and several clerks in .the < were cut by fragments of broken f but none seriously. The dead Wei ^.employees of the company and we ana about the mills tnat expl (Several workmen are missing an< heliaved to have been blown to . meats. ML The wounded received their In iy among the walls of thel* falling h Hod by broken glass und flying c " Had there not been a general e front their houses at the flrst the death Hat would have been heavier, as many would havt crushed in the ruins of their dwe Undertakers have gone out Wilmington to give their serv preparing the dead for burial, Wilmington surgeons were pro hurry to the spot and render aid Yesterday's FoWder Eiplotlu Wilmington, Del., October I ven persons were killed and twi jured In yesterday afternoon's skxts at the Dupont powder ml ? ? *-- ?tnio/l VMTS all i HTOU WHO WOIU kiiAVva ?i v?-w ?in and a bo tit the magaxlnee am and except In the caae of thr blown to pieces, so that only fri of their remains haye been ton The body of Patrick Dough< found this morning In the wet race along the ^eelc shore who the first to nay was not mangled or bn ttiithetheory of the work c. the explosions were started way by a soldering iron whl was using in soldering tin < the cans of powder. This grc treraely -dangerous and Greer i " only man trusted -to perfori waa an old employee who tl " . mm IHMIUHH WWHU>. I..A 1 ana that its heat fired toe powder in spite of his carefulness. Green and tiMcGarvey were the only men in the magazine at the time. John Brader, employed by the powder manufacturers as a teamster, bad a s miraculous escape. He was driving a ? double team through the powder yard i when the explosion occurred and his . Wagon was domoliBhed and the horses attached to it were killed. Brader was n not hurt. ? The wounded are being cared for by -neighbors and friends and~the dead de bodies prepared for burial. 8e, Three hundred or four hundred homo- n less people are provided with comfortable quarters t>y their friends living in ar' more favorable localities and will be < looked after until their homes can be tei restored. The original powder works were founded by Elcnthe^e Ireeno Dupont "e de Nemours in 1802, and the upper in ^rnms^^pe^^^^s^rnqplosmns^o^ ,,, exist to-day have a capacity for turn- c* ing out 12,000,000 pounds of powder an- dr nually, .and the firm Dupont de Ne- 0v mours & Co., own and operate also new additional mills in Luzerne, Schuylkill and Northumberland Counties, Penn- ar sylvania. % W In 1886 there were used in these fr, works, including the Pennsylvania mills, over 16,000,000 pounds of salP* pete and nitrate of soda, the chief inrrro/1 mnln af "m 5?vuivuvn u& tn/nuvi * UL The Brandywine plant nurobdhc In its entirety some eighty different build- , ings. extending along the.. Western bank of the creek and for a shorter 30 distance on the Eastern bank about in two miles. Including the site of the mills, dwellings of the employees, , churches, schools and other buildings, and the adjacent farming land, the ca company's tract on the Brandywine te amounts to about 2,500 acres: Upon this property,besides the buildings mentioned, are three woolen mills, a cotton -trill! and a population of about 4,000 at people, of whom ovetfBQterc employed to ijUhe .padtfrac - 11 * th Henry Howren Dead. fo Charleston, Oct. 7.?Henry D. ed Howren, the evangelist, died here this uj afternoon after an illness of several tic months. The deceased was a well known journalist, having been at vari- . ous times connected with newspapers in 01 this and other Southern cities. He was born in Bainbridge, Gat, Jn 1857, and an was eduoated by Bishop Pierce at Em- na ory College, Ga. Shortly after ho grad- lf uated from the college he went to Flor- 11 Ida, where his parents were living*, ne ye was sent to the Florida Legislature at when about twenty-two years old. Howren was a brilliant writer,and wouldjhave attained eminence in the profession of . journalism but for liis one fault. In April, 1889, he announced that he. had an foresworn rum, aud that he intended to fa devote the rest of his life to preaching ca the Gospel and temperance, lie receiv- or edablgseud off here, making his first ov trodnced film to the immense ancueqce. ? 1 After that he made a succ&sful tour la throughout this State and Georgia and 1 subsequently was received in the Meth- nc odist ministry. The W. C. T. U. took ol ' him and made him an honorary member, n 1 About two months ago he had a drink- s< 8 ing spell and it proved too much for his t 1 constitution. A widow, Mrs. McCown, t r nursed him faithfully through his ill- g e ne8s and his newspaper friends as soon t l~ as they were informed of his illness, also j j8 proffered aid. lie had the best of med- c ? leal skill, Dr. Manning Siramon3 offer- < ing his services free as consulting pliy- j lt sician. The funeral will be to-morrow. \ E ?Greenville News. I le . O- Shoe Beginning to Plneh. ^ JIaltimoue. Oct. 9.?The Sun says a ie foretaste of the developement of tlie .11, iron industry in the South is given in m. bids for the water works pipe at Atlanas was byVhe Annisbo^ff^ V.' k in. bids, giving only name of cities, were as ind follows; Philadelphia, 825; Louisville, Go- 825.80; Cincinnatti, 828; Philidelphia, nt?s *28.91. and Jiurlington, N. J., 829.71. - * ? nun By; Thus. with the exception or one mums, adelphia concern, which was #2,70 highfell, er, the Northern bidders were 80 to 87 fell, a ton higher than Bessemer company, cut; As Atlanta had about 0.000 tons to buy f in- the difference in the whole bid is from ken #30,000 to 42,000. Referring to this, th< Atlanta Constitution remarks: "A dif Eu- ference of twenty-tive per cent, is no trm; explained by the remoteness of North >ont. eni foundries. The condition of iroi >illce manufacture are more favorable Soutl flass, and that is what made the bids lower, re all ire in Idaho Klf ctlotvUeturna. oded. Boise City, Idaho. Oct.-2.?The e d are tlinate of the vote of Boise City ar frag- Idaho County is a Repulican majorli of 175 on the entire State ticket. Bin juries "ham return*give the Republican tic lOuaes el a majority of 300. Boise County i lebris. turns from four fcfeetnets give WilsC xodus Democrat, for Congress 12 trtdjbri shock, The same precincts gave Hawley, De much ocrat for delegate In the vote of 18 t been 20. Incomplete returns from live cot illings. ties give .Sweet. Republican, for O from gress 950 majority. Meagre, retu Ices in indicate that the Legislature will sti ?.iitHnun, iithI ^2 Democrats. 'I while OU IWUUUiivaim >?..M , mpt to Republicans claim the State by 2, I. majority. The Democrats concede State to the lb-publicans by 800 i >*?. jorlty. The returns received si 3_Kle- largo gains for the Republicans c inty in- the vote of 1888. Ih*?ha Four Bollera"llar~t Together. vorkinff Muskkkoan, Mian., Oct.8.?At d mills. ^le explosion occurred at the Di ' r "mb?r Oomoany's lower saw mill ?AA WAT% . --(L morning as the fireman was geuin, ml steam. Four of the six boilers exj nJ*? mo. ?d, wrecking the mill and throwiui pr other two boilers far from their fou re it had Hons. Six men were injured and on The ,iroman^ ^r8?J|^J??^5??over-, HR in some stand 'wp to k Ich Green jchusetts he must sit down. In K lovers on he must swear that he is afflicted rk Is ex- glanders or pink-eye, and in loi i was the must commit perjury sod emlanjj in it. lie soul, while in Nebraska it Is a pe thoroughly tiary offence to treat one's neigh * * m * I imaii LWTI KK. unrreBT^ HE QUESTION "WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE MAIL" ANSWERED. uin Little Detail*, Which, If Observed, - * ~ iVould Save a Great Deal of Trouble to P v setter Writers, their Correspondents ,nd Costal Otftclnls. The dead letter ofllco of the postolllce paitment at Washington, 1). C., has nt out a circular for public inforina>n, from which the following extracts e selected: Over six million pieces of mail matr are sent annually to the dead letter Ice by reason of incorrect, illegible or ficient address, jnsuftlcient postage, secure enclosing, whereby mailed utter becomes separated from the en? Tttiwrffwrpp: lied for or delivered to the person adessed. This is a daily average of er twenty thousand pieces. Of these the greater portion either e not called for at the postolllco to hichtbeyare directed, or, in c.ise of ee delivery otllces, the addresses canit be found, notwithstanding every lown means is resorted to on the part the postal officials to effect delivery. Matter sent to the dead letter olllce, hich cannot be delivered to the peril addressed, is required to bo opened its treatment for the purpose of rern to the sender, and If the name and Idress of the sender be not shown or innot be ascertained from the connts, and it contains no valuable enosure, it must be destroyed, tetters opened and found to contain ly enclosure of-obvious value are enproper records, and. of snf?h 030 who do ndt disclose sufficient inrmatlon to enable them to be return-. I are filed, subject to reclamation pon proper application and identifica>n. Letters which contain no enclosure obvious value are not recorded. Packages ?\nd parcels are recorded, id where they do not disclose the ime and address of the owner are filed; not called for or claimed within two :ars they are disposed of at public ictlon and the proceeds covered into e United States treasury. CAUSES OF FAILURE TO DELIVER. A large proportion of the packages id parcels sent to the de.sd letter office II to l>e restored to the owners beuse of the absence on the wrappers enclosures of anything to indicate vnorship thereof. In addition to" these, in the case of latter mailed to cities or freo delivery tfiees are the failure to give street or umber business or occupation, o ttnvMieaignftWd he person addressed; inabllttj to ??" ranslent people, and their p,!g ? = ive forwarding orders for their inai he neglect of permanent or temporary esldents to notify J iver >ftieeof change of place lor the deliver \f their inaif matter upon movinj rrom one part of the city to the othei together with the f^lure. of newcomer to furnish the postomcu wmi uici names and pluces of address. It is t those causes, with others of more c less consequence, that the non-deliver of mail matter is in the main, nttrlbi table, and they are conditions ov which the postal service has no co/itr< and may alone be remedied by the pe pie themselves. ?''MffUpNtll aidthe dispatch ami < livery or*iail matter through t mails, or its return directly to the s*j derin the event of non-delivery, a thus prevent the annoyance, delay a embarrassment caused by sending m ter to the dead letter ofllce. THE DIRECTION OK LETTERS. Mail matter should be plainly ; > correctly addressed, tlie name of i postoffice to which it is to be s s should be clearly und distinctly sta . and to avoid confusion Cfom the si t larily of abbreviations, as frequei used, the name of tho State slioulil a be given in full. In the case of i ? addressed to small oflices, or w ,** there nre ollices in like names in di ent States, the name of the coi Should be added. Where mail matter is addressee . cities or frfco delivery ollices the s y and house number, or postoliice 5" number of the person addressed . important, and should always be p ^ vyhen it fs possible to do so. | ? Wlirife tflij fcoppot be done. the "* nT'as or employ moot of the' peraoi 2a dressed, if stated, will often secui 7%' livery. ?- * ?L, r,n. A small proportion omy ?u uk rub rWlftived the free delivery otTI md called for at trie genoral dt-llverv Phe postoHice, the public xpectins de ^()0 by the. 1* tier-carriers; and henr tf,e importance of giving street and ma- ber.or sonio ottier designation wl ,ow the person addressed may Iw foui ,ver Letters addressed to persons 1 "Varlly sojourning in a city who letter carrier system is "in opt should bo marked "Transient" 01 erri- eral delivery," If not addresse ticey street and number, or gome oth this tgnated place of delivery, g up The name and address of the jloa- either printed or written, slio ; the placed upon the upper left-hand nda- of the envelope or wrapper of a one ter mailed. Thel This will.secure Its Imtnedl w. J turn to the sender from the f ltupi fassa- ui c and annas of the sender, that Should fai tflth called for or dellverervto the pi va he dressed, and upon which fv ;er bis rates of postage has been paid, niten- sent to the {dead letter orilco, bor. returnable to the sender dlreol i'aekages ami all ma^r^ratiftiei! at less than letter rates of'p^et^gejhould. in addition to tho name and, address of the sender upou the envdlopdor wrapper. bear in connection the^ptith a request for its return in tho eVfcnt of non-delivery, in which saselMs also returnable directly to thp seqdel from the postoillco addressed/ chgigefj with return postage at the r;Jo required for the class of matter to which fthalQPgs. . . All matter mnilable at less than letter rates of nqstnge must bo so wrapped or inclosed that it can bo readilytCxfimned at tho office of delivery, as well af at the mailing office, without destroying the wrapper; otherwise it is subject to letter postage* J Much of the package and parcel matter received at the dead lfftcr otllco is that which has been deposited for mailing sealed and closed ugnlnRt Inspection and prepaid at less --than lethjti.nnr tmm Uui-li pom rdittonrimd the n?m?p.f>tFiSp*r?*y-<i fn? sender not appearing upor^the cover, whereby it might be return?-! for correction and proper .compliance with postal conditions, it necessarily is sent to the dead letter office. THE FOtlKION MXll. A large proportion of the packages sent to the dead letter oilice are addressed to foreign countries. In addition to being sealed or closed against inspection and deficient, in postage, many of them contain articles that are on mailable througli the post because of customs regulations and conditions of the countries to which tltev are addressed, or exceed the limit of size and weight. In mailing packages addressed to foreign countries care shfluld be taken to ascertain whether they,are prohibited from transmission to the country of destination, or can onlj be forwarded when the postage is fufty prepaid at foreign letter rates?fccents ,per half ounce. Only bona fide trade jfearaples are transmissible at reduced rfces of postlVrsons desiring t6?m ait tn site r other irun letters to foreign countries should consult their postmaster*, who, being: provided with the postal laws and regulations, are enabled to give proper information respecting conditions, etc. etc.. of mailing to foreign countries. All valuable matter to be sent by mail should be registered. It will thus receive such protection as it is not always possible to give to matter sent in the ordinary mails. Money should be sent by money order or registered letter. Proprietors of hotels should omit the return request from envelopes supplied gratuitously to their guestsfand guests using ^ envelopes furnished by hotels should he careful to designate what disposal should be made of letters sent by them in case of. non-celivery. On mail matter to foreign countries, especially Canada and England, in which many postofliftes llhve the same by UI:ii U the J on the article enclose^ ^ T7 * Shmdcfthe wraPP?W^fKhhSnded, arf*?ey frequently dotty 8 lon by ling 1 ni?in 1?it^may^tlll ^possible tc : * While the efficiency oV^/hill sms-tern 5 unirci j - - ? _ ^ . r, prompt return of the saitymo iho Ber s tier in cascsi where deliver/ from an ir cause cannot be effected,/f the foregi o ing suggestions are confirmed to. >y An Example for Outer State*. u- Spkinokield, Ill^pk. 8?Attorn er General Hunt receivetljfrOm Assista )], Attorney General Vahfetbe followin o- '"rise Louisiana Lotto rffltafcos that t lottery coiup;|n v u? tickets. Clrcular^^^^j^jgt^e nd suit of the drawings OonTrbe nad fr iid thoexpress agents tun^jflfwhom tick at- are procured* In short, the cxpi companies are made agents of the tery. lie asks if this can be prevor . and punished under the criminal c J of Illinois. Attorney (ieneral Hunt, in his n "n~ says if the express company underta through its agents, to act as the agei 'J1.1* the lottery it wiil violhte the provis ,l,ly of the States statutes and be liable t< al9.(J penalty imposed. Ifb farther adds nan 8iiOU|d any casfe of violation comot ?7-e not'co ho will call the attention o "er" prosecuting attorney in the Count _ y which it occurs to it and do ail Ik to aid in suppressing the lottery I to ness. treet 1 l,nx A Stoumer llliiwn Up. arc rEOiilA, lil., Oct. 8.?The steam [iven en Eagle blew up yesterday. The en Eagle is a small pleasure boat 4JU?b at.t^e time of the accident was mi a ad- one of her regular trim* around tb re de- in front of the city. The boatcarr! teen passengers, every ofto of > mail WrtS rescued. Only one or.two p< cea is received injuries and those weef the serious, -iteports of the cause < livnrv accident are corffltctlng, .but th --?i?.,.o?..,i in t.h?t a oreak in tl 1(1 t,h(5 UUHlCiiuvwii \? ? ______ num. ohinery caused it. A panic i lereby an>?nx tl>? passengers, crowdii ni|# pother in a mad rush for safet tempo tf)o excnrnlontets swamped thr re the craft and she went to the hotl 'ration 'he lake. The accident happ< ?(jen- abort distance from the shore an id to a on terra lirma pntoftto rende er des- tluK,,>- The rescuers succeeded ing the passengers and crew, a! sender, several narrowly escaped drowi ("J1' be Rube Burrow* Killed. ,C? ?r BfUMINOUAM, AtA., Oct. 8 ii ami- Burrows was shot and killed in jail early this morning by the Bh ij re" ?uar(la/ They allege that ho wi rson ad- the return , are not Carter being shot iM&sflihot ^ but are Hurt-ovta in the abdomen. V . - SOUfHERN SCAMPS TOO SMART FOR! n N EW YORK SCAM PS. I is - s( Green Goods Men Who llnve Coino to ^ tr Grief?-The T.atest Incident?Alabama Q Men Who Carried l'istols and Gathered C 0 a Pile. tl New Yokk, Oct 8.?In time tho ^ "greet! goods" philanthropist who is ever trying to sell ten good dollars Cor tl one ordinary dollar will learn that he ? must'not attempt his little game on the Southern man. Holland, of Texas, c g*.yythe "gteen goods" men a violent ; shook by shooting their recognized ; leader, "Tom" Davis, several years ago, ? and others have contributed milder oh- e ject lessons. It remained for two Ala- i . h..f?ii?n?i -i>auinv?r, to famish a me j?- J dtamatifc climax by a successful raid { upon the genuine capital as well as the e dummies of unenterprising gang. The i names Of tho men are supposed to be 1 B. II. Lindsay qfias Jaines II. Ilafiey j and Robert J>. Gedfge, but all of the t names may lie fictitious. "Both m?n u are locked up in tke^L vrenty-third Sub- I Precint Station Hoflsp, in the basement of the Grand Central Pail Road station, s and their "baggage" is stowed away in t the safe. ' The baggngo consists of one brown \ leather satchel, one towel, four big re- s volvers, two "green goods" packages ' and over 81,750 in genuine greenbacks. * The two last-named items.are not re- , cognized by the Alabamians as portions j of their baggage, but were found in ? their satchel nevertheless. ^ Saturday evening, about 0.30 o'clock, i DHectlvfiL McSlahon, of the Twenty- v third sutKPrecinct, was standing near ? the most southerly ddor in the New c York Central Rail Road station scan- n ning the faces of people who entered in p his search for suspicious characters. A young man accosted the detective and ' inquired where ho could (1ml a poljcc- s man. e "I am ono. What do you wrtht?" the <] ofllcer inquired. a "There are two mei) who robbed a ti man of several thousand dollars down- i( town," the young manli'nid, pointing to a two men who haa just purchased tickets h for Western Alabama, "and what is P more, they are green goods men," ho v continued. "They afe robbers and 1 |, know it, and I want them arrested." t] The detective, secured the assistance of Patrolman Jiane and" arrested the two men: They evpresaed inild surprise, but asked no questions, and wrnt quiet- a lv tothcstation-houso.downstairs. The one. hod ?*ed twen- ? : TM- l j SCrtrCUCU Xidbuu , tion unobserved, and nothing has since ' been heard from him by tho police. { The prisoners wore sajck coats, and in jj each of the side pockets of both coats a 3 murderous looking revolver wds found. y Other pockets revealed two rail road e tickets, ?i) or ?10 in currency and a 0 'green goods" circular addressed to B. l" II. Lindsay, Belle Mina, Limestone y County, Ala. Belle Mina is a small 3" station seven miles from Decatur, on - the Memphis & Charleston Itail Road. I _ The satchel they carried is a medium ' nzed brown satchel, with a leather strap around it. It outwardly appeared to be empty, and the oillcers were surhe prised on opening it to find even a soiled towel and four small brown paper pareels. The towel bore the stamp of the '-Jioanoke Hotel," and at one time om tainea^lips of paper the size Of nation* bank notes. The other two' contaiffM ' ? genuine bank notes, one being lille< >ot_ with ?10 bills and the other with ones itoH twos and lives. The former contains ode ?1'270 and the latter ^481- The fou .packages corresponded in size and gei >nlv eral appearance and were apparent! ikes tended to be interchangeable. Thi at of they were Pl*t UP "sawdust" mt lions there XH 110 doubt. Hafley, who appea otbo ')B 'ea('er? vyhen asked how mm that luoney the package contained pretend' l'j not to know and suggested to the < f the ,lcer: "Count it if you want to find ou : He was equally noncommunicative a can to where the four packages came fr( I ' i- or how the charge of robbery agaii them originated. Charges of robb< and carrying concealed weapons w entered on the record, and the ir Cold- were locked up. Yesterday morni Cold- they were taken before .Justice J and Mahon,'n the Yorkville Police Coi aking and remande4_until to-dsy. Theysp alake 3uuday in the Twenty-Third Sub 1 iediif- dlflcfc station. whom The prisoners appear to be fairly v, arsons to-do farmers, and both of them 1 u. * and talk intelligently. They are of tho "lender, dark skinned and deterrnii o best looking men, half sinooth-sha ina- They discuss any subject introdi ensued freely except their experiences in ] ng to- York. "I've been robbed, and I y, and oven," is Ilafley's explanation, and remark is the only allusion to the > Htuu >0111 of ject the poilce have forced our.or ei sned a of either of them. Start them on d those resources of the South, the raco ) r u^sis- lein. tariff, Alabama cotton raisin in sav. religion, however, and they talk f Lthough interestingly, Ilalle'y owns ling. acres of land in Alabama, he said raised cotton and corn. Both me timated that thev have intlu< y?liube .friends in America, but they de< Linden to communlcate'with them. The eriffand they caino here via Washingtoi is trying Jersey City, They win nut iojjij i of him- asked whether.the money found i in which satchel belongs to them or whethe led forth intend lo claim it. .4 it t ntV, who into the Police Pension Fund ataanded body imagines the "sawdust" m< ir opened claim It rchanged. The prisoners exchange r dder ana when they think they aro not 11 Burrows be overheard. Some of these r have been overheard, though, ai / % rhat they consider the truo story, b< ?r as It goes, of the uftair. They art itislled that Ilalley, or Lindsay as Ik i probably known at home, has a >me time been victimized by the Nev rork "green (foods" scheme and deter lined to adopt the tactics of Holland f Texas, and (jet even, lie madei onfldent of George and probabh f another Man, as it appears tha here were three of them. The tri< nened correspondence with a Nev . ork "green goods" gang and the hit er sent them a genuine 81 bill witl ho usual price list. Detective Mc lahon has the circular and also th H bill, but he savs there is nothing ii he circular to indicate where the "greei joods" men make their headquarters ii 'few York. When the scheme was al iirranged thejVlabamians came to Jei ey City and probably met the sharj irs there, according to the police theorj ilthough the meeting may have oecui ed in this city. Eaton said the "rol >ery" occurred "dowutown."-. The pc leeilx loon and they think the.ttttee Southern ire were all with the "green goods nen and watched them count and pu ip in packages ?5,000 of good monej lefore the usual exchange was cffecte rlafley and George each suddenly drei .wo revolvers and held up the "green rood" gang while the third fSoutherr irs swept the good money and th 'sawdust" packages into the satchi ind then the trio left and subscquenll leperated. The third man taking th >ulk of the money for safety and th itlier two starting for home via Obit vherethey intended investing the 81 151 in horses. When they left a me: lenger was sent to track thetn, and h "oliowed the two who remained togetl u* instead of the ono man, as the tw nen had the satchel into which tli noney had been thrown. Ilailer aj lears to have friends in Ohioandspok 1' an intention to visit them. Tb? l>< ice did not repeat the various remark m which they founded this story, bu hey appear to be satisfied that it i veil founded. It is agreed that unles he Alabamian?,are prosecuted l>y th green goods" men they can safe! laim the money. If nobody claims th loney it must be turned over to th dice pension fund. The prisoners can bo fined $10 eac! or carrying concealed deadly weapon! nd unless tney claim the money in th iitehel they apparently have no nough to pay the fines, but even tha oes not disturb them. The police ar nnoyed at the conduct of the men, a hey say if prompt information ha rrested the "green ^ods' V Whei ave been captuS S , ,m,?h ible after Eaton ?lmn, i Wi's imP0f ndoubtedly went in h, as ,l ?s principal tfmf hnste to n?tif ^.ae-XeV vork Mm """"' be0 Tho Autl-Lottery Law. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. o.-Thc postuthoriUes to-day seized the week] CHTStitutior lection able refused tcnSl m' louocement that ib worm* -.ml,J* V prizes ia its Christians box, wiftv feature the Constitution, like mar other papers, has been running in co nection with their weekly edition f years. The postal authorities elai that this violates the recently pass anti-lottery law. Only Tongue Wagging. Pittsbukg, l'a., Oct. 1.?An impc | ant meeting of tho Standard Oil Cc pany magnates and producers is be held here which may cause a sensat among oil men. Oil brokers say t the object of the meeting is to elTe -?..?nniiioUnn hetween the Standard 1 CV/UllV>iii??i/tv.. _ producers. The Standard is held to count for the break in the market ! the existing low prices. Producers cl , that oil is worth a great deal more t - price to-day, and that ( September showed an increase of 1 [J .barrels, and to this the Sladard al ,r utes the reduction in price. Sample of Heed I.c^inlut ion. g Washington, I). 0. Oct. 2.? !D pears that an important "omissioi rs made in tho tarilf bill as enrolle 3h signed by the President. Section : ed internal revenue schedules; whicl >f- originally stricken out by the Sena t." subsequently restored by the con ft as was completely omitted in the >m ment. This section provided for ist lowance of a drawback on smoki 3ry manufactured tobacco andsnulf ere unbroken packages in the hands c len ufactures at the date when the ing tions will go into effect. As Vic- January 1st, next, however the jrt, still be ample opportunity for C ent at its next session to correct the < .'re- supplemental legislation. Kome'i Traclo Sengallou. ook Komk, Oct. 9.?This city conti tall, a highly excited state over the ( .ied- ments in the case of Mrs. Wimp ven. it was discovered yesterday, h iced poisoned by her friend and n New Mrs. Doss McKee. KlTorts tt "" unoiionGQC ?Ot Mrs. Wlinpee wcia iuuxwvu. that 8ii0 died at 3 o'clock this at sub- Mrs. McKee is still at large bu ither (ieors are making vigorgus se t he her. she is a young aiul ivttrac prob- man. 25 years of age. It is thoi or she lias gone to her father in reely ner husband is completely p with grief and says he is unal . and count for his wife's action. n in- still great excitement over the antial 'lined The Cholera Scourge. y said London, Oct. it.?Horrible l and come from the lied Sea of the when of cholera victims. The A n the strangers in that section are ir they scores. Persons are seized wi .. and die within an hour, witl fill be teeth and bodies* terribly * RBI fftT TUrds and dogs feed on tVi I.' No- which the people aro afraid 5n will and vast llocks of vultures four-footed scavengers, disi emarks prey. From the interior of able to accounts are fully as heartre emarks the victims are said to be m id will the thousands. 3 I VILLE JAIL IN HIS WIFE'S CLOTHES. v - "Little Dill" Howard, With the Aid of 'j III-* l'retty Mountain Wll* Kludos the y duller Dressed In Uia Wife's Clothes and t With IIIs llnby ou Ills Arms. 5 Gueknvii.lk, Oct. 0.?A sensational ' escape fioin jail was made hero at. rt r o'clock this morning. "Little J Jill" 3 Howard, under sentence of death for the murder of lien Koss, went out of the e jail dressed in his wife's clothes and with a his baby on his arm. The jailer, who a let him out at the door, thought it was a Howard's wife, and the trick was not . discovered until two hours later, and Howard was then on the road to liis mountain home. [? Sheriff Giireath occasionally allowed ^Irs. Howard to stay with her liusbaiK m his cell at night. fSlio is a prettj U mqmngtain .gteMTweaEB of age, and wai U.v * hbotftn?Dir?W mm- ' i lif| I l||>i|il i if i i tfMfijm V, stayed witli nyn and before day Mondaj ' <JHHI morning she assisted him to dresd in her * * clothes and put ou his head a large bon' net which almost completely covered his a clean shaven face. Howard then called y, to the jailer that his wife wanted to ; leave early for her home in the mouutains. The jailer suspected nothing and j Howard walked out a free man, with his * baby on his arm. The jailer peeped uny der the bonnet but was sure that there e ?,io uuliuiik wrong. Howard loft thiv e baby at a friend's house, changed clotliing and was probably given assistance ?* to hurriedly leave the city. Streuoii3 efforts will bo made to capie tare him. Howard was convicted of murdering Ben Boss on his own confes? sion. Boss and Howard and others be10 longed to a baftd of moonshiners in the 3" comity. Boss threatened to betray the e gang. One night he was shot dead in his house through a window. Howard 3 confessed that his cousin "Big Bill" lt Howard forced him to go with him and 3 see him murder Boss. "Big Bill" prov3 ed an alabi and "Little Bill" was cone victed. The woman has been released y from jail and lisis won hundreds of u friends by her loyalty to her husband. e ?Columbia ltegister. h A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. J, : 0 A ICrpiibllcan CongrcnHimin Likely to t Succeed I'erry. g Si'AiiTANiirna, Oct. 7.?Tho result of s to-day's nominations is destined to d shape political events which mean 1 much to South Carolina. It may bring ^ the now divided Democratic factions e together and it may precipitate a crisis y which may defeat Captain Tillman for n Governor also send a Republican to Congress from the Ftmrth. Tl... 1 ? - - 11 iina'7/7hTt B,tuaHon m South Caro1 na 13 tho gravest t^at has existed aincc ??* '-'go Itakeir, .mS n jne.tns businoss from the word go it F Pjajg* While the majority / "> o It f3 aj?rily y Duncan's nn!5 'iowe?er ' tftT^3^>,',,v lt Pending IIasken^on Wou'lfi aver^?r f iy fwcV?Sf"?r'? c,,!"/11; "" ? path t? n-1 have resigneiT'TJmA..*!^^ ]* ^aptain 1 or will never consent to swan*?W'?uhie ^ m and, in opposing tlie latter, they will * ??. ed wage warfare against all his allies. This straw will show which way tho wind blows. Dr. J. P. Ensor, a whito lie publican >rt- of this city, has already been nomina>ra ted by the Republicans of this district ju,T for Congress, lie is at present a Unition et* States fading deputy. During the jlilt Republican administration of South Carolina ho was superintendent of'the auJl lunatic asylum, llis otlicial record is i'ac- 8a'^ to unImPeachable and his charanil acier as a citizen beyond question, aim Among the Democrats of this district han '1HS m?ny warm netftopal friends, the. A proiuineutventlfemen told me last does night that a number of strong Deraowo. crats have declared their intention to J 1 support Ensor in opposition to Shell. <>000 "jaOCW1 I a nomit ittUni the negro t'rib- majority of course prevails in the district. and with white Democrats to , ? ?" ' ? u.ill/\fr Kav ivhii Pari KUCJ) till UU iui< uanwb uva| h say that Ensor would not be nominatItap ed? i was those who shrug their should, ' , ers at the Haskell manifesto look the to T) . B'*-l,:,t;ioii throughout the State squareV.1^ ly in the face. From a parallel stand} point there are at least 12,500 ltepublite ami can vo^ers jn the District, which are offence, fect i,y onlys.bGO Democratic voters. At enroll- iuast 20 per cent, of the Democratic the ai- voters were opposed to the nomination i-^hman, and 10 per cent, are still heiuin opposed to him, or 7 per cent, would >1 man- nut array themselves against a movereuuc n,ent to "defeat him by an independent tins t?^pem0cratlc ticket. Therefore if tlie re Wl^^rthordox Democratic convention, ongresy ^hich is called to meet in Columbia on jrror oy q^iesday next, puts out a ticket it will receive the almost solid support of the Republicans, and there will be enough iuups in white Democratic sympathizers and ?> , allies to see that the ballots are put in reveiop- hox and counted, ee, who, a victory is never won till the foe is iad been disarmed. eighbor, j'he prevailing opinion is that the i relieve following ticket ot the Straightouts tful and will be nominated by the Oorolina conternoon. yention o.i \ uesday next: Governor, t the of- a. C. IIaskell? Dieutenant Governor, arch for \y. I,. Mauldin; Secretary ot State. J. tive wo q. Marshall; Comptroller General, Genight that eral E. llacon; Adjutant and Inspector Florida. General, M. L. llonham; Treasurer, T. rostrated \\r. Woodward. * -- - ? .lufoul lionamft aiiDar we 10 aV" Alter unuum 0 ? rm.__ There is ,ent many influential citizens here who matter. yesterday expressed disapproval of the proposed opposition to Tillman changed t their opinion and will now no doubt ; !!!,, enter into any honorable method to rabs and <1efeat t,l? election of him and his tlckJEnsor, the Republican candidate, is enthuiastic over the result, and confldently expresses his ability to defeat ITvSrnSS Eaptun Shell at the polls.?Augusta ie corpsts, chronicle I to touch, ^romcle 1, with the 11. R. Tillman, as certain as he lives, >os? of the will be the next Governor of South Arabia the Carolina, and the men in the Demonding, and cratlc party who splits the party by runimbered by ning an opposition ticket will regret their action when it is too late. *