Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Denoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domeotie Economy, Polite Literature, Atitice and-the Current JNVtrs ?j the Day. \ * .A- ' _ V -'A r ./ i i ? ^ | i i ?11 .... . . ? '.* * * * * ~~~ * * * * * ? i. .i ??*? ? m < ? SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTII CAROIFRP|A?.JANtTARY 15,1892. NUMBER :?. THE SOUTH TN 1891 I nonilinrr fimn nf 1 Qon TM. ~ i~ '' ^ ifftnoDUAm ?* ??* * irvwnuniuvi n UOVCT W UrCj ^^^^^Hfirattdaes the New York Commercial aad that is tho cookery book. BSp^"~ vi(lfhfe supply seems literally unending. It . Is cfcrious to know that nniler the ocoati instruction tho difficulty of Hw^,' r- *;jfrdcuring adequato cooks seems to be R|^ steadily prnwin;'. Four new cookey ^fcodks have just been laid before a hungry - ^/ p^Tho United States has uivte another ?? ???htributio:i to the advancement of industrj and with it tho cause of civilizaP; tlbo, observes tho Chicago Timet, with fuidoj The nation tint gavo to tho ")^ ,* ilk. - - . a . . "u coiion-gtn, the sewingand the telephone scores another triumph In the application of auechanical skill to a great and useful purpose. The biggest lathe in the world has just been completed at Watervliet, N. . Y., and will boused in turning steel guus ' for the navy. The floral display at Iho World's fair ^ will bo something perhaps without paral lei iu beauty and variety, opines the ,JNew York Post, if Mr. Thorpo, Chief of |the Bureau of Floriculturo, is successful ? * , lin his inig3iou to the East. Ho hopes to fca lobtain the consent of Messrs. Qcorgo IK W. Childs, Walter Honeywell, Erastus t Corning, Robert Garrett, J. R. Colgato, Jay Gould, and ox-Governor Ames, of Massachusetts, to lenil some of their rar est plants uud exotics to the Exposition Company. Mr. Gould will bo <u>UoU, or has already been asked, to contribute (pant paltns; Mr. lioueywell, East Indian plants; Mr. Childs, the historical palm* "that were on exhibition at tho Centonntal; ex-Governor Ames, ornameutal foli; #ge plants; Mr. Colgate, sage palms, of which he has a fine collection; and Mr. Robert Garrett, some specimens from his conservatory at Baltimore. Mrs. Stevens of Castle Point will bo asked to contribute a number of trop:cal plauts. Mr. Corning is said to possess a small plantation of Japanese bamboos under glass, and ho will be expected to show his patriotism by parting with some of these treasures. * Captain .1. 11. Oorst, ol the Ifourtn Ml^S^^United states Cavalry, who was on duty j^|jip|^WttA>ajJ^jpaat summer in Sequoia Park, Sierra Navrda' Mountains, iu County. 'Cnl. 'The Captain's priu yPvdtttios were to stop the depredations HT #BBjmjH#iber thieves, trespassing, bunting Md fishing. He siiys that Sequoia Park It. contains some of tbo largest trees iu the K sjjrld. In one grove, in which every tree was a giant, he inado the followiug . !* measurements; One tree was uinetyk.' Rnvnn ff>n.t flrnnni flip trunk nnnMmr wn? I eighty-seven around the trunk at a (listatfto of ten feet from the ground, au<l waq?|S0 feet high, aud hundreds of trees were twenty-tive to thirty feotiu circuraiference. The forest is almost inacccssi'ble except to the most hardy mountaineer. Two trails penetrato it?ono whose windings seem to be interminable, - and the othe# so steep that as it ap^^Jk-proachea tho forest it rise3 45J0 feet in iTiji# miie and a half. G'aptaiu Dorst found park a sawmill which was being operate ? by a man named B.irnhard, who claimed V." , that ho had takeu up a bomcstecd tract of ICO acres prior to the time t'10 land was reserved by the Government. Sec-*. Votary Noble has allowed Baruhurd to stay. / Says the St. Louis Slar-Sayingt: When, at the clo3e of tho war, wo found ourselves burdened with a National debt of $3,000,000,000, with State and municipal obligation* to tho amount of A inn aaa aaa ? - ?*UU,UOV.UUU, It I00K&1 AS U WO Ila! taken on our shoulders all wo could carry, and that part of it might as well bo repudiated at onco. But soma of our sister Republics of Smith America are .^..exhibiting a capacity in this Hold that surpasses anything wo ever droatue I of In our most extravagant humor. Whoa our National dobt was $ 1,003,030,033 y , wo had a population of 33,000,003 to "JLi ' stand under it, aud this made it only $100 per capita; and by persisting in tho kr^ti^At 1. , iinu'iuiii [iuuuj ui luiuv/iiuu, vtc u.ivn | paid off about two-thirds of tho dobt, so that tho remainder, divided among a population of 65,003,005, is now only |30 per capita. The Argentine Republic, with a population of -4,003,000, has a > National and provincial dobt of nearly 1800,003,000? $20) a head?and it Hahes all tho gold that can bo collected through the Customs Department to pay S. * Ihe interest on what U called the foreign v4- l^fugoay, a small Republic ftBuhS^dioktiag, with a population about onelarge as that ot Missouri, has a HHRit of over . $100,000,000?$133 a Brazil has a population ot 14,^^VJfo.OOO and a per capita indebtedness of HMhw a head. Chili, with a population W than that of Illinois, has a dobt of - ^% '^^El5,000,(>03. And several of these American countries are threatwith revolutions, or have just I^^^^Btirgsd from wars that will largely inImm their burdens. A Year's Progress in Commerce, Industry and Agriculture. Activity in Every Branch of Manufacturing and Mining. A Period of Notable Achievements Along All Lines. The year 1891 has been one of the most trying periods through which the financial, commercial, agricultural and industrial interests of this country have ever been called upon to pass. The great financial crisis resulting from the Iluriug collapse in November, 1890, overshadowed everything in the beginning of the year, and the last twelve months have been a striking illustration of tho abii.ty of this country to recover from a heavy blow to its fiuancial and commercial infTL * ... i iiu great resources 01 tins country have been fully equal to tho emergency, nnd the advent of the year 1892 finds us in a prosperous condition, with all our industries in a state of great activity. Unlike the great panics of 1873 and 1884, the crisis of 1800-91 was due cutirely to outside causes, aud not to conditions created in this country England, by ill advised speculative ventures, precipitated the trouble aud in the emergency the United States was culled upon lo right matters. The mccssitics of the case caused h severe draiu upon the 11uaucial resources of this country, but the equilibrium has been once more restored, with comparatively little injury to our tinauciul and commercial mtcrests The past year has been a period of slow recovery from the great blow, but the recovery has been steady, continuous *ud thorough, and the opening of another year bring* prospects wf the brightest character. Nature has come U.uir to the aid of this couutry with bountiful crops of every kiud, ample enough not only to meet all requirements of home consumption, but also to supply tho deficiencies existing in other sections of the world. The last half of the year has been especially a period of activity and urns perity in uenrly every line of business, and the growth of the trade shows how fully and how rapidly the recovery has taken place. Between the beginning and the end of the past year there have been trying periods in every section of the country. Speculative ventures of many kinds hat e collapsed, business enterprises without sutlieient capital have been forced to suspend uud unsound banks have been top- j pled over All of this has had a beneficial ellcct upon the country at large, and business interests arc to-day in a more healthy couditiou than they were twelve months ago. Tlicro has been a general clearing of the business atmosphere., nnd sound concerns can now breathe move ' ? - is" " " It has-been especially Interesting to note the manner nnd locations in which the reaction from the crisis of a year ago has manifested itself, nnd hers again the South has cause for satisfaction. There have been been many large failures in business the jiast year, and the aggregate <u iiauiuiu's nat doc it unusually heavy, hut the disastrous failures have been contiucd almost exclusively to the oldci financial centers of the North. The reactionary influences were severely felt in some parts of the West, where there had been widespread collapse of speculative ventures, hut fortunately tlie enormous grain crops have again brought prospcri ty to that section. The failures in the South have been limited mainly to a comparatively few small concerns of insccuic footing and limited menns. None of tho inore important interests in the South have met with disaster, and we hclicve that any well-in formed and unprejudiced observer will admit that the South has stood the strain of the nast vo.ir in phenomenal manner. In view of the great proportion of new establishments in tho South it would not have been surprising if mnuy of them had collapsed under tho pressure that has overthrown ao many large and long-established firms in other sections of the couutry. and the fuct that such lias not been the c sc is ihe best possible evidence of the stability of the South. The South has not only held its own against tremendous odds in 181)1, but it has made a record of substantial progress which, in many respects, has never been equalled in the most prosperous years Mature has been especially generous to tho r-outh. The cotton crop of 181)0-01 urnassed sll records, nn i licit if ihoi. 02 will not (all far short. There liar been an enormous increuse i i the yield of wheat and corn, th?. sugar crop has distanced previous records aud the miuor crops have beeu bountiful beyond all exIieetation. The South has given more iberally of its products to the world than iu former years, as is indicated by the great activity at the seaports. In the development of mineral resource? ami the establishment ~>f dependent industries there has becu g cat p'ogtess, and it is gratifying to note that what has been doue in the past year has been done well, aud with a view Ic pcrmanancc and profit. There tins been less of the speculative spirit und more of sound business principles than ever before, nud what has ueen done in the establishment of now in dustrics in tho past ytar will tell powerfully in the futuie of the 8outh. The year 1891 has not been a year of uninterrupted prosperity for any section of the country, hut it has resulted in immeasurable benefit to the South. During 1891 tho South completed 28 blast furnaces, 10 rolling mills, 1 Bcesemer steel rail mill in Maryland and 1 Bessemer plant in Kentucky, nnd nearly finished 2 cotton tie mills and 1 tinplate mid, and is about ready to commence buildiog another tinplate and steel mill. Its production of pig iron was 1,900,000 tons, and of coal 23,000.000 tons The assessed value of property increased to $4,800,000,000, a gain of 820,000,000 over 1890, and of $1,900,000,000 over 1880. The corn crop was the largest ever produced, being about 668,000,000 bushels, a gain of 117,000,000 bushels over 1890, while the gain in wheat was 16,000,000 bushels. The foreign trade of 1860 was the largest the South ever had, the total value of the exports for the 11 months tended November 80 having been 1296,800,000, <n increase of 28,000,000 over the correa .? "O **>MV V* tVVVi A UV IIIIUUI 13 UI Southern ports for the same pcriou showed an iucrease of $9,000,COO, although the total imports for the whole country decliucd uboul $4,000,000, or a net decline outside of the South of $13,00^,000 In November the exports from the entire country wcro valued nt $110,000,000, and of this amount nearly one half, or $53,800,000, was from Southern ports. LIGHT BREAKS ON THE FARMERS. Mew Methods and New Crops Engage The Attention of Darlington Planters. Darlington, S. C.?The farmers nrc beginning to make inquiries concering the advances for tho year, but the applications nre not very numerous yet. Credit will be harder to get .than for upuiy years p'ist, and.it is diflicuit to say what' nrrnngftticnts iota? wiJJ be able to make who will absolutely requiro advances to make their crop on. If they are reasonably sure of making n certain number of bales of cotton the merchants will have no reasonable certainty of what the market price of cotton will be, and in the present condition of afTaiis it is safe to say that advances will be hard to get. The farmers show a decided inclination to reduce the acre age 01 cotton, but no plan of action lias yet been decided on. The idea lias been formally and informally discussed, and if nuy plan for concert of action can be arranged the cotton acreage will be very decidedly reduced. It will be reduced whether a definite plan be settled or not, as the farmers all show a decided purpose to plant less cotton thau ever befoie. Tobacco will bj very largely planted, and, as the cultivation of this crop is no longer an experiment, but on established success, wc confidently expect this valuable plant to become one of our staple r- nnw a rcrv important crop with our farmers, luiumc age is increasing yearly. Small graiu crops arc planted more larcelv cverv _ - i ? year, aud some eutcrprising and progressive farmers are seriously considering the advisability of planting broom corn. Tim News and Courier gave valuation information couccriug the cultivation of tobacco, and the recent articles recommending the culture of broom corn, and the figures given, are attracting the attention of our thoughtful pWutcrs. Truck farming has become more of a business since the establishment of the Champion Cnuning Company, and one very large truck farm will he planted this year, the land being situated vciy iic r the Champion Canulug Company's works and also convenient to the shipping facilities of the Charleston, Sump tcr and Northern road. ANDERSON'S SEVEN WIVES. ffie^rilltantlwatrimonial Career Re* I ceives a Budden Chock. Ci.evelanp, O.?The day aftir Christmas Jobu Anderson of St. L'.uis deserted his wife in this citv. after takinir th? sum of $1,200 tint was seweil lip iulier skirt. It was their wedding trip, and tho bride find formerly been Mrs. Elleu Purcell, of St. Louis. Anderson departed for the Fast at once, but was intercepted nt Albany and returned to Cleveland under arrest. While on his way to Albany lie sent a telegraph money order to 120 Concord street, iloston, Mass , and it was subsequently learned that ho had a wife residing there. As soon as the news of his nrrcst was made public other wives begun to be heard from. Number 1 married John nt San Miguel, Cal , and now re-ides at Sau Jo e. Number 2 is a Danish woman who became Mrs. Anderson at Cherokee, Iowa, and was robbed anil deserted nt Omaha, and is again a resident of Cherokee. Number three is livinir at 120 f!?nrnrrl street, Boston. She whs married at Ho- j boken, and is the mother of an infant, two weeks old. Number 4 resides ?< Kansas City. Number 5 wedded Anderson in Illiuois, and is now a resident of Cbieago. Number (i was heard from in the p rson of Mrs. I. I). Madson, of Eluiira, N. Y.. who has had the same experience with Anderson as all the others. Numb r 7 is Mrs Purcell. who is this city. In each e?se Anderson got all his e|ctim's money, lived with her for a time, and then deserted her. lie is now under indictment here for departing with Mrs. Parcel I's if I,'400. The police are of tho opinion that ail the returns from his wives are not vet oil. Itn is rhoorfnl nod quite contented to be in the county jail awny from his numerous wiver. THE MINERS WILL SHOOT. Tho Tennessee Difficulty Apprnachtuvr Another Crisis, and the Troops Are Uneasy. Nanii vii.r.e, Tens , [Snccinl. ] ? %oother outbreak is expected every ijk>nienl in tlwi f Vxo I f V/.?L ...? Uv VMV X ?*%?( \ ll'j?iUll. ipv I following lias been circulated among t&n miners to rouse them to action: "The convicts shall never gain a fuothold here again. Our prayer must be: 'B casings on our people and destruction to the c invicts, the les ces, and the State militia.' We must act with prudence and give tit for tat. No matter what comes, death, destruction, or anarchy, we must stand together One hundered and sixty-seven men think they may intimidate us. Shall we endure it? Never. The time to strike once tnorc for our families and homes is almost at hand." To-day, when a United States flag was put up, the troops cheered it,but a miner yellod in derision, "It won't stay there long; wo'U shoot it down, and you with it." The miners come about the camps aod watch the soldiers standing about i: knots and examine their positions. The trouble is bound to come inside of a week, and there will be bloodshed. Eu-. gene Merrill, the leader of tho minors, has issued a proclamation calling for n meeting. After that tho outbreak is expected, and the State troops nro preparing lor it. The cost per family of food in the United States is $243.'6? a year, against $122 52 in Europe. , iivuomivnv AllAl PARSNIP FKITTKUS. This is one o( the best ways of Cook- ? iugparsnip3: Scrapo, and if large, cut them; put them into well salted boilicg water and boil uutil tender; then mad) them, adding to four or Are parsnips a heaping toispoonful of flour, ono or two eggs we'd bcatcu, popper and salt to ? taste. Form the mixture into small fi cakc3 three-quarters of an inch thick and two and a half iu diameter and fry them on both sides to a delicate brown in a 1 little hot butter.?St. Louis li-public. DAINTY 8ANDWICIIKS, Ilam sandwiches dainty enough to set i before the Queon are made as follows: \ Pound or chop together the yolks of two t hard boiled eggs with six ounces of n cooked ham, a dust of cayenne, and six I. ounces of butter, rub it all through a After spreading roll the slica up, pinch- N ing the ends a little to make them hold c in shape, and pile lightly on a folded * napkin. A few drops of carmine in mixture before rolling give an appetizing c 'pinkinesa" to the ham.?.Vcjo York I Times. \ STUFFEDCADUAGIS. * Tlxc followiug is an excellent way to j cook cabbage: Ohoose a firm, nice cV). "t bage, pick off the outlaying leave-. and r plunge the cabbage into boiling water, j pressiug it down in the centre to allow c the water to penetrate au I loosen the j leaves. Then placo the cabbage on a meat board and opeu each leif gently l until you reach the centre, out of which > cut a piece the size of an egg. . Fill this n space where you have cut out the heart f with a mixture of minced cc' * m ?st or ' chicken, chopped bacou au 1 two well- * beaten eggs: bring the nearest leaves " wen uTnsS-iv.?- . , _k j j(( / each space between the leaves, with a thin layer of the mincc, bringing each ' leaf back as nearly as possible to its t original place. Lay two strips of bicoi side wise over the cabbage an 1 tlo it all | around with thick thread so it cannot ( fall to pieces. Make a nice bro.vn gravy s and pour over the cabbage; in this sim- j mer the cabbage gently lor four hours , ?Brooklyn oitizen. _ ( s A PINK PUDDINO. ( A woman whose experiments in conk- ' ing are usually successful ones has * evolved a pink pudding that is the envy 1 ..f i. i, i?i. isi? ii I wi iiui nanus. it met) iuvjiv nivu iiuui mors, but it lias only to bn taste 1 to In found ns delicious as it looks. To make the pudding, whip enough swoet cream to make a quart. Put the cream where it will keep cold, aud dissolve au ounce of isinglass, lirst stirring it in a cup of cold water aud Ihuu healing' It just to the boiiiug-poiut, where it is to b3 kept until dissolved. It must not be boiled. Add to the whipped cream enough liquid ^ cochineal to color it a pale rose color; add livotablespoonfuls of sugar, half a saltspoonful of salt, and beat thoroughly. Set the creatn in a par. of ice and heat in the isinglass when it is nearly cold. When it lias begun to thicken turn into a mold. Servo on a low Hat dish of glass and pour about it whippc I ;rcaui. Candied rose leaves are so:ne times used to decorate the pudding au 1 creatn. Gelatine may bo used to thicken the jelly.? \e:o York Post. * HOUSKUOL.D HINTS. An oystei is the best bait for a rattrap. A rrr tin nf kiH will nflnt m?!re orn.ai>? vehi's Salt a Ided to cooked fruit, especidly in pica, increases the flavor. No thin? takes the sorensss fro n bruises and spraiui in quickly in alc>hol. 1?* ?se kid gloves, worn when iron?avo many callous placet 0:1 one's nan Is. Never iron black cotton stockings, at the heat fades thorn rapidly. Dry the n in the slut le. If the color lias bcoa taken out of silks by fruit st vim a aim >nia will usually restore the co'or. Sou tint the lamp wicks are turned down after trimming, else the litmus will bo eovero 1 with od. Circles of^ felting, pinko 1 orsc iljope 1. are invaluable to put between choice china p'atej when piled in the closet. To clear n stove of clinkers put a ban 1ful of rait into it during a hot tiro. Wncu cold remove the clinkers with a cold chisel. Fine shavings from soft pino wool make a pleasant pillow. Thoy have special curative virtues for coughs and lung troubles. Uc novo ink staius from silver plato i ware by rubbing thorn with a paste composed of chloride of lime* and water, then wash aud wipe dry. Clean collars on woolen jackets, men's coats, etc., by sponging with (tnmoaia and water, theu with alcoh >1, then rub dry with a llruiel cloth. Copper kettles inay be cleaned aul polishc I by taking a lemon, catting it iu two; dip one of the pieces in salt and I r ib well over the Conner. To make burning fluid, lake eight gallons of ninety-five percent. alcohol, ami aid two gallons campheuc, teu grains camphor, hu<1 ten to fifteen grains of nitre. Hyposulphite of soda is recommended for cleauiug tarnished silverware. It~i* applied simply with a cloth or brush dippc I into a saturated solution of tho s ilt, no pj .viler of any kind being necessary. In two or three rubs all tarnishes are removed. To make r. very superior article of oologoe, take one gallon of niuety pet cent, alcohol, aud add to it one ounce of the oil of bergamot, one ounce of the oil of cringe, two draohms of the oil of ce1r.it, one drachm of the Oil of Neroli, and one drachm of the oil of rosemary. wvll, it i? ^*dy for use. ' _ -xr* - A SILVER BOMBSHELL. lenator Stowarfc, of Novada, Maintains that Froa Silver Coinage is Already the Law of the Land. Washington, D. C.?Senator Stewart, if Nevada, added a new feature to tha ilver qucsti >n hy the introduction of a ( solution founded on the proposition hat the holders of silver bullion are enitled under an existing law never re >ealcd, so far as the nator can asceraiu, to the free coinage of silver. The esolution is as follows: Whereas, by the 14th section of an Vet approved January IS, 1SJ7. it is prodded that gold and silver bullion brought o the mint for coinage shall be received ind coined by the proper officers for the loueiit of deposition; And whereas, b^- Act approved JaimO 28, 1878. entitled, "An Act to auuorir.c the mill age ' of J ho ^n'darduul rcr dollar, and to restore the legal tcnler character," it is enacted "that there hall be coined at the several minis of the Jnitcd States silver dollars of the weight if four hundred and twelve nud a half pains Troy of standard silver as provid ( 1 in tlie Act of January IS, INJ7, on vliich shall be devices and subscriptions uovided in said Act." Tiiciefore be it ltosolved, That the commit tee on the uilteiary be, ami it is hereby, instructed . * inquire if any further legislation is lecessary to make it the uiitv of the roper oilicers of the mint to receive and :oin silver bullion for the benefit of do jositors. When asked what was the meaning of lis losoluti n. Senator Stewart said : "It s provided in the Act of 1 s:i7 that gold nd silver bullion brought to the mint or coinage shall be received and coined >y the proper officers for the benefit of he depositors There is no o'her mode >r manner provided for coinage in that tct. 'I he liland Act of IS7N revives the ilverVuKfonToV';Ylfe 'fte.l^fVWW[MVf or.s. The requirement that oilicers < f he mint shall coin silver bullion for do lositors as provided in the Act of 183? s unequivocal. That Act makes it their luty to so. The Act of 1837 also jSrc icribcs devices and subscriptions to be mprcssed upon the silver dollar. The dficers of the mint dill not hesitate to ollow that Act as to such devices and uperscriptions. Why they have not iceived and coiued silver as prescribed in lie Act remains a mystery. The oniisiion to enforce this provision of the lav. s uuaccountuble. It appears to hav? >ecn overlooked by all parties. I myself inve hesitated to call attention to this aw, fearing that there might be sonic )thcr provision repealing, suspending or i!/?* !a juaiu \ nig 11. JEALOUS OF A TYPEWRITER. tfrs. Lemon Pounded Miss Scanlan On the Head With An Umbrella. Mkmimiis, Tknn.? Hobe'i J. Lemon, jookkecpcr in the office o the Memphis 3nrrel an?l Heading Company, incidentilly spoke in < omplimcntary terms of the ypewriter in the olliec, MissMollie ?cunan, to Mrs. Lemon, the other evening. She jumped to the conclusion that her iiusband was infatuated with the typewriter, and the wife visited the oliice. Her husband, MissHcanlan, A. K. Ward, secretary of the company, and a clerk, were all at work i.t their desk-. Mrs. Lemon at once broke cut in a tirade of abuse, accusing Miss Scanlan of trying to steal her husband's affections. "Mv God, Mollie, you will tufii me!" said the astonished husband. It chanced that both women bore the same name, am! the wife shrieked out: "Which Mollie do you mean, your slave or your pet ?" Mr. Ward ami the c lerk got Mrs Lemon into the hall, and tried to persuade her she was entirely mistaken in her suspicions. Just then the spring lock clicked, and realizing that she was locked out and that her husband and the typewriter were alone inside the ollicc Mrs. Lemon grew fur on*, and tried to break the door down. Mr. Wind then unlocked the door. The typewriter was found weeping bitterly, and Mr. Lemon was apologizing for his wife's unseemly conduet. lleforo she could be prevented Mrs. Lent n rushed at Miss Scanlan ami dealt her several blows 011 the face, head, and shoulders with her umbrella Hie was removed horn the ollicc by force, but insisted that her husband should go with her. Miss S'aul.tn will give up her place. Mrs. Von Phul Stole Diamonds. Nbw Oki.f.anr, La. ?A tew days ago a well dressed woman called at the jewelry store of Scooler & C'o. to look at some diamonds, representing herself as the niece of Mrs. ('. A. Whitney, one of the wealthiest residents ef \'ew Orleans. The caller did not have the money to pay for the diamonds, nnd a chrk accompanied hcV home to get it Mho went into Mrs. Whitney's, to show the diamonds to her aunt, she said, the clerk remaining outside He waited for half an hour, and became alarm-d He began to search, but the woman had niysi,. .lie ....*...,./.,! ?...i .... ... .1... house could account for her. The pojicc and tlio detective agencies have I ecu on the alert ever since. She attempted to pawn some of the diamonds. The police vera summoned, hut again she mysteriously disappeared, leaving the diamonds behind. They were identified bv Mr. Scooltr. The police have arrested Mrs. Henry Von Pbul as the thief, just as fho was about to leave for baton Rouge. Several diamonds and other jewelry were pointed out hy her in her house as those she had taken from stores. Mrs. Von Plud comes of one of the oldest and mod highly respected Creole families ot the State, ller hnshnnd was formerly a rich sugar planter of llnton Hoguc, and n son of a well-known St. Louis million aire The family assert that Mrs. Von Phul is insane, and say that she was once in an insane asylum. Two tratns between lierlin an 1 Pots dam haei to stop in the woods bet wee the two cities because* the German E c peror was hunting across the trac.t. 0 I FATAL MINE EXPLOSION. Two Hundred Men Killed and Many Wounded By a Gas Expiosion. Human Life Hold Entiroly Toe Cheap By tho Largo Mining Corporations. McAlisteii, M??., [Special J? An ap p iling disaster occurred at 5 o'clock in t .o evening at mine No. 11 owued I?v the Osage Coal and Mining Co.. at Kreb sat, near here, in which two men were killed and many more wounded. At the time of the explosion there were :}5U men in the shaft, most of whom wen; waiting for the cage to take them out. The foot of the shaft is one mass of dead e:..i.?.. ?! uiiuivi). -iivo mcu cainc out ol an old entry and forty-two were saved by 4JtCLjdiaftt4)?Mt oL \thoin are more or less luVtoccf bruised. The pay men had just changed off anil reached the surface when npulT of smoke was seen to is?uc from the mouth of the shaft. Immediately after this a terrific report followed which could he heard for some distance in the surrounding country. The men who were around the inou'h of the shaft knew instinctively what it meant aud at ouce sounded an alarm. A throne gathered at once, but there was nothing they could do to rescue the unfortunates. At daylight this morning ten dead bodies were carried to the surface. They were so badly bruised and blackened as to be scarcely recognizable. The mouth of the pit is surrounded by a crowd of men, women and children, nearly all of whom have relatives in the | mine. Their grief is pitiable, their prayers and erics are agonizing as they beseech the rescuing party to increase their efforts to save their loved ones. It is believed that the explo-ion was caused by firing a shot when the mine ' A dispatchKM., morning says the one hundred aud forty miners had been rescued The men w ere greatly exhausted and some of them were unconscious, but revived soon after reaching fresh air. A later dispatch received at the olfice of the Osage Mining Company in ft. Louis says that a hastily constructed cage has been placed in operation aud the j work of rescuing the entombed miners is being expcdialed as rapidly as circum- j stances will permit. SHERMAN NOMINATED. End of The Struggle Between The ; Republicans of Ohio. Con MBt's, C> , [Special.] The joint i legislative caucus convened at s o'clock ] in the hall of the House of Representa- I fives, Sneaker Layliti presiding. The | vast autiicucc crowded the galleries, hut they were cleared out after much trouble. The lirst division took place on a motion of the Foraker men for a secret ballot. After an hour's excited discussion the motion was defeated, and a substitute providing for an open ballot was adopted?IT to 44. three members not voting. Sherman, Foraker, Mcliinlcy and FosIor were formally placed in nomination. The nonrnationa of Sherman and Foraker were seconded by several j gentlemen upon each side, and it was 10 o\ lock hefote a ballot was reached. du-t before the ba'lot, a telegram from , McKinby was received saying: 1 luve been at 1 vised that my name may he presented, i'rompt'ty withdraw it. I" pon tint authority the thairmm witlnlrew M? Kic.ley's name, but this action did not prevent Mr. Welch, who nontioa'ed liiin, front subsctptonth voli-tg for his can lidate. The result was: Sherman 5:5, Foraker 0^, Foster I, Mr Kin'ty 1, n:ui amid treincnduons applause Mr. Sherman was declared the nominee. A QUINTUPLE LYNCHING. Threo Men and Two Women Hanged By ft Mob in -Alnbnnta. Momr.ii, A 1.1 ?News came in the i night from Womaek Hill. Ala , the scene of the recent Sims outrages and hanging, that Neil, a brother of Itch, t ao other men, and Laura and Ihntriee Sims, two daughters of I'uh, were on their way from Womaek Hill, going in the direction of I.nek, Miss., the rendezvous of the rest of the gang. 'I hey were met by a posse searching for Neil Sims, who i-; wanted for murder. It is said that Neil resisted arrest ami was hanged ami afterward shot, also that the rest of the putty attempted to interfere in Neil's behalf and were .strung tip to an oak tree along the roadside, the women being among the number lynched. t ?.vehement is said to ore ^ Dashed to Death. Asiikvii.i.k, N. C., [Special [?While a freight train was making its way to Murphy, the engine became detached on a heavy grade about forty miles south of Ashevillc. The momentum it gained in fl\ ill" down the mountain grades soon caused it to becomeuiiniiiin?rcnble.and the e- gineer sat in liis cab utterly powerless to do anything. ill' revoiwd the steam, nml put no tfie breaks, which locked the /'lent drivers and made them motionless, but still the massive weight of thconginc made it slide down the iron track with a velocity seldom ever reached by the best runners on the best roads. When the wild engine reached Dirk ridge trestle, in its maddened fury, it left the track, leaped into space, and went living into the gorge one hundred feet below. The engine wns a total wreck ; the machinery was broken, and the steam made it a fearful spectacle, while the bodies of four men. who went out on this fatal run. were being extricated from the mass of debris. The killed were: Sun Francis, engineer, of Asheviile; Sun Arthur, fireman, Kufus Iloinp1 hill, and a colored man. i Old Soldier* Rewarded. Washington, I). C. ?Senator Pascoe introduced a bill providing that Rurvivors of the Florida ami Senimole wars, who served 00 days, shall receive the :1 sanfa pensions as veterans of the Mexican 1 War. TELEGliAPHIC BEEVI Cold Blasts From the North and Foreign New?. Some Interesting News Also From Our Southern States. There arc 100 Confederate tlags in the collection of war rcli* ? at Washington. Twenty live liionsatnl people turned out to the funeral of the dead firemen in Nashville. Karthipiakc shocks were feii Wednesday at Verona. Ill'co, Parma, Modcna, ('! invari ainl I'Lvfiiin... ' ? 1 11 __ M. V w > titviU} ilill Y? it Li H not 11ester, N. Y. The bodies of the steward ami second olliior of the steamer Cavalier have bctu w ashed ashore on the coast of Cornwall. Influenza is spreading in Yorkshire, Dorset, Essex and Kent, England. The disease is of a severe type, and many .. deaths arc reported. Diphtlicrii, in a violentepidenrc form, exists in and around Heading, Ha. Four children in one family, at CrosskiH. Mills, have died with it. The schools have been ? loscd. The firm of Lowcnthul, Livingston & Co. grain and commission do tiers of San Francisco, filed a petition of insolv oncy. Liabilities $:>08,O0Q. assets ^Hm,0(!0. Losses tut account of speculation in chat ters in vh at cat tying vessel.;, at e the chief causes of tlie in olvcney proceedings. In the storm at Cash's Depot. S. C., houses and tines were blown dov n. the track being HO fret wide and sweeping every bing I cfot c it. A handsome monument to cost $'>,000 is to be erected to the Confederate dead in front of the court house at Orangeburg. S. ('. INMAN WON'T RETIRE. All The Directors Want Htm to Re 'main, Xi'.w Youk City. [Special. |?The report has been circulated that Colonel Inniau vvouhl he succeeded iu the presidency of the Terminal by George S. Scott, the former president, is emphatically deused by nil the directors and by Mr. Scott. It is true President Inucan desires to rctiro from active management, and l.e might do so la'er, but Mr. Thomas and the other directors will not hear to such a programme now. they arc very anxious to have liitn tain the presidency permanently. It all depends upon Mr. In man's health, which as heen anything but good recently. Two Slick Ducks in Augusta. Ait.i sta. <!.\.. [Special.J?Messrs. J. I. Thorp and .1 It. Howlsnd, both young men. who claim to hail from Spring Mill, Montgomery county, were arrested for cartying concealed weapons, atul were nis i held as suspicious characters. They went to the college and asked permission to cat their breakfast, which they had with them. While in the room the janitor says they changed their clothes and went out hurriedly, but tetu;ned shortly afterwards. Thorp ami How land claim that they arrived on the Central train on their way to Philadelphia. where they intended buying a stork of drugs to open a store iu Towns, Ga. 'I hey had tickets to Phi'adclphia, Thorp 1 ad $diu, but Kowlund had only a few dollars. Thorp savs he is a ginduatc of the medical college of Augusta . of the class of 'St. Among the men's papers were found green woods circulars, and on the h ck of one of them was written: We will take three hundred dollars' I worth of goods. We will be in Ntav ! Yoik Momlav morniiiir J o * Why tho Calhouns "W&tb Ousted. Sanaknaii, Ga , [Special.] -The Savannah Kvening Press prints what it claims to be ir.side facts in the matter of the misting of the Calhouns from the <li r etory of the 'JVrmfmil Company. The Press says that the principal reasons of ilitVerenee was that .lolin ('. Calhoun presented a bill against the Terminal Company, for $:> "?.000 for services as broker, ami threatened it th t sum was not paid that suit would he entered against the i ompaiiy for $o0.00(>. Another point of difference was tho feeling on the part of the Terminal Ilint Patrick Calhoun's political ambition was roust rued by the < oinpany as an cmhar..ssment to sa:d < onij?.tiry The Press claims to have 'is authority for tiie?e st dements from a high source, ar.d its article creates much interest in Savannah. Bids For Tho Convention. Washington, I) 0.. (Special. J ?In a short time the Democratic National Com >.!i ton tfill nwiol in fliia /it v t/i colni t flwi 'J I>l:n e for holding tlie Democratic National Convention. A mimlifr of cities desire to got the convention and their representatives are already hard at wuik. Detroit. Milwaukee, St. l'nul, St Louis, Kansas City and other Western cttics have entered into a hot competition, ' which will not cease for a moment until I the coinniittec makes its decision. $1,000,000 M >re Census Money. Washington, I). C , [Special ]?The I Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Interior nskincr j Congres.to give immediate considera; tion to the estimate of $1,000,000 for I continuing the work of the eleventh censua. Secret;try Nohle sa\s the appro1 priat'on is made necessary on account of ! the small clerical force now at work. Of ! the entire nnnronri>tion made, amount jug to more thin $0,000,000 there in only a surplus of $1 14,002 remaining. What is the Matter in AtlantaP I Atlanta, 05a?On January 20 the Brosius Sewing Mitch nc plant will he sold. It represents an outlay of $200. 000, and an indebtedness of $.5,000 is the cause of safe. The company h <3 not failed, hut the stockholder did not want to Maud an assessment to continue the factory In operation, and its snlc was ordered at a meeting of tl'e stockholders.