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ESTABLISHED IX 1S( THE RAGING RIVERS. DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD IN THE STATE. Columbia's NewWitter-Works Completely Demolished?Serious Damage to the Canul and Other Public Property Gloomy Keports of Great Losses to Far mers. Columbia. May 21.?We have a deluge in South Carolina. No wonder can he felt that the rivers are furious and unmanageable, when it is learned that the rainfall here night before last, between C P. M. and G A. M.. was six and ninety-one-hundredth of an inch. This is what the gauge of the signal ser vice office registered, as the observer re ports to-day. Dr. Jackson's smaller gauge was overflowed as reported yes terday. Although the rain had ceased in this section the rivers continued to rise, and great uneasiness was felt here last night as to the fate of the t wo bridges which connect Columbia with Lexington Coun ty?the one over Broad River, above the city, and the other over the Congarec. opposite- Columbia. Fears were enter tained also for the (.'anal. A large force of convicts worked yesterday to build a "protection embankment" at the upper end of the Canal, and made great progress. They were stopped at sunset, leaving the bank five feet higher than the water was at the tune. It was unfortunate that they were not kept at work all night to insure the safety of the work, because what they had done proved to be useless. Manager Ander son, of the Canal, was unfortunately sick in bed and could not direct the force as it should have been directed. This morning alarming ru.nors were circulated on the streets concerning the bridges and liie Canal. Shortly before 11 o'clock a representative of the Xews and Courier went down to the Cougarce bridge to begin a canvass of the situation. A large number of vehicles were found collected at the Columbia terminus of the structure, having been employed to convey sight-seers to the spot. Many ladies were among the visitors. The eight which met- the eye was wild and thrilling. At the ferry crossing, just below the bridge, the river at its ordi nary level is 250 yards wide. Xow a foaming mass of water fully 500 yards in width hurried downward toward the coast. The water had spread all over the lowlands below the bridge, carrying de struction with it. The ferry approacbe's and Pearcc's granite quarries were sub merged. A negro house on the Colum bia bank near the bridgemau's quarters. n?mO t:tt"jp"iirrl t? the eaves ot the roof. A walk across the bridges furnished ex citement enough to stir the most slug gish blood. The s.vollen stream was a seething mass of tawny water, speckled with debris of all kinds. Huge logs, up rooted trees, boxes and trash were hur ried down the torrent at a speed which could not be less than ten miles an hour. Tip water covered the great granite biu'resses of the old bridge, about five feet ;,c'o\\ the flooring of the present structure. It raged against these piers, swirling around them in huge eddies, many yards in diameter, which boiled like maelstroms. The tumultuous yel low water, breaking into foam every second, the black shapes of trees and logs dancing and whirling down the cur reut or being momentarily arrested by the blockade of the debris which formed about some of the piers, formed a strange contrast to the bright sunshine overhead and the pretty dresses of the ladies who, undismayed by the aqueous saturnalia, looked from the bridge upon the rare spectacle. The river at noon had risen two inches since 10 A. M. Opinions differ as to whether this flood is greater than the famous one of 1852. The bridge is built! upon piers superimposed upon the piers of the bridge of that year. It is five or six feet higher than the old structure, which was submerged in that year. Old observers hay that the river is three feet lower than it was then, but other ex perienced judges dissent, and it does not seem probable that the first statement is correct, as the water was at noon within live feet of the flooring of the bridge. All agree that it is higher than it was during the noted freshet of 1805. The Canal was full of water, aud leaving the bridge still supreme above the Hood, a visit was made along the' bank to the Penitentiary aud the upper! works of the Canal. Superintendent Lipscomp of the Peni tentiary was iu great distress about the j ravages of the freshet. He considered i the losses great, but could not estimate j what the damages to the Canal would be. At 10 o'cloek last night the protect ing embankment at the upper end of the : Canal bad broken, and' from an empty rcscavoir that great ditch was suddenly j * transformed into a furious river. The j outer bank, m anticipation of freshets, j had been securely rip-rapped except j where there was an old and naturally solid bank. The water at noon filled the Canal to ' a depth six feet greater than the "work- : ing level" which would be used Ii* It ? were complete aud in operation. Be-1 sides, the current in the channel was' infinitely more rapid than it would be 1 under any circumstances were the Canal finished. Well, the flood having enter ed the Canal raged through it and play ed havoc with the inner bank. By an unfortunate circumstance the mostvalu-j able section of the river wall just above the city water-works received the fiercest attack of the current. On the river at this point the obslruc-, tion made by the remnant of the dam of the old Geiger mill?pulled down to \ make clear the path of the Canal?turn-j cd the river current against the Canal bank, aud at the same time some huge | Col M 0lover Jan 1, '83 o: boulders of gr?mte, stdl rcmaiuging in the Canal bed. turned the Canal current against the same section. Now, this section was really an island which had been adopted as the river wall ol the Canal. It had a group of tail pine trees upon it and was the site of the new water-works. It had braved all former freshets aud made a high enbankmcnt, three times as broad at the top as the I Charleston Battery. But not being rip rapped, and being infringed upon by | two previous streams, it soon began to melt away. At 9.30 this morning the first breach was made and the waters of the river j aud Canal met. The boulders in the I Canal still turned the current upon the | lower section whereon the water-works , were located, and gradually the bank j was eaten away, the red clay dropping in huge masses into the boiling water as the island was underminded. When the representative of the News and Courier reached the spot shortly after noon, the break in the Canal bank was a hundred feet wide and the island was melting up like loaf sugar in a bubbling tea cup. By noon dozens of hacks and buggies had concentrated upon the Geiger mill hill overlooking the island, and one or two buudred people were watching its rapid disintegration. Messrs. llennies and Boucher, photographers, had a camera on the hill and took several good views of the picturesque scene. Ladies in numbers occupied the carriages and took mental impression-;. Alderman \V. B. Lowrancc, chairman of the water works committee of the city couucil. climbed partly over the Canal on the water mains and swam from the point where they were submerged. He reach ed the islaud, made a rcconnoissance and returned with news that the works were doomed. Cheers greeted him when he emerged from the water. A dozen big pine trees on the island had beeu washed down. Only three were left and those were deep in the water. Bets were made as when the water works would go. At 1 10 B. M. the island had been dissolved as far down as the porch of the upper building containing the engine and part of the porch was swept away. By 1.40 P. M. the roof of the porch fell iu. 1.55 the main door of the building was burst by the force of the water and the structure began to settle. Five minutes later, the current having caught the outward wall, the building toppled over and went down with a crash. The roof had a cupola, aud as it sailed majestically down stream with this cupola rising from its centre and the smoke-stack of tl j engiue still project ing from the top at an angle of forty-live degrees, it bore a marked resemblance to a turreted_ njpuitor with a big pivot gun on deck. In this shape it bore down on the Congaree bridge, and the people from the commanding eminence, watch ed for the collision. Luckily the mon itor had no ram. The turret struck the bridge aud was knocked to pieces, and the disabled craft went jolting harmless ly down the Congaree. The sensation was over and the crowd thinned out. During the entire afternoon the hacks were very busy conveying sight-seers to the Canal bank. The second house con taining some pumping machinery, was reached later in the day. and was lodged bodily against some sunken trees in the stream. A third structure, the last on the island, was this evening partly pro tected by a concrete reservoir, but will probably disappear by mowing with the rest of the island. The destruction of the water-works is a great blow in the city. They cannot be replaced for $10,000. and besides the valuable and convenient site they occupied is being obliterated. The old water-works, upon which Columbia must now rely, cannot lurnish more than a third of the water now consumed iu the city, and here wc arc at the begiuiug of the heated term with a water famine in prospect. The status of the Canal is this: There are live crevasses, one at the upper ter minus of the earth work, another oppo site Cemetery Hill, the water-works crevasse, a fourth at the great waste weir, and the last opposite the Peniten tiary wall at a point where the old water wheel used to be. They are constantly widening, aud none seem to be less than a hundred feet wide. The newer earthwork on the inner side of the river wall is washing out very fast. The riprap on the river front is holding out. but as rar down as the waste weir there is no telling what will be left besides those rocks. The city bridge across the Canal at tlie water-works is gone. It cost about live hundred dollars. The bridge over the Canal opposite the penitentiary has also been washed away. The prclimi- j nary rock work for the river wall exten ding about two hundred yards above '? Cemetery Hill, is safe and solid. Its' presence is marked by a broad streak of! foam. Engineer Lee, who accompanied i the Reporter along the Canal, estimated I at 2 o'clock that the damage to the | Canal was equivalent to about live j thousand dollars, two-thirds of which was represented by labor, as the wash ing was of earthwork, not more than IU . per cent, of which was represented in! this case by cash. But the loss must be much greater' than that now. it cannot well He esti mated accurately until the waters sub-? side. The banks oT the Canal were raised everywhere, except at the upper terminus, to a height life feet greater than the highest water mark previously , known, and the altitude has proved to be ample. They were so massive that it seemed to many a waste of labor so ' to make them. The disaster to the! Canal resulted simply from the absence of a sufficiently high temporary dam at the upper terminus. During the later ? part of the day the river lias seemed to 1 he stationary, and as the Congaree and ; Broad River bridges arc still several { feet above the flood they will doubtless : withstand it. Others disasters may be | RAXGEBTTEGr, S. C, TH in store tor the Penitentiary. A hundred couvicts arc at the Seegcrs place iu the lowlands below the city and forty are at the Aughtry place in the same section. These plantations are being operated by the Penitentiary. They were reported to-day to be water bound, and Superintendent Lips comb was organizing a boating expedition to ascertani their condition. This evening two guards arrived from these farms and reported that they thought the con victs were safe, but that the inundation was great. They could not tell what the fate of the crops would be. It is certaiu that there will be great loss in the cotton and corn fields. The Walker brick yard, above the Penitentiary, and operated by that in stitution, was abandoned last night and is overflowed, involving a loss to the in stitution of 300,000 bricks. The Peni tentiary tract, lu Lexington County, is inundated. Two hundred cords of wood have been carried away, and the crops of oats and corn are ruined. It is im possible to estimate the extent of the losses of the planters anil farmers in the Congaree bottoms below the city. Great numbers of the cattle and hogs have been drowned and many fields have been washed out. Dead animals have been floating down the Congaree all day The negroes on various plan tations have bad to seek refuge, on the foofs of their houses. Accurate details are lacking. All in all, the flood has been as disastrous to this section as any which ever preceded it and the reports of losses will grow as communication with isolated points is resumed.-News and Courier. BIG TIMES IN GEORGIA. Gordon anil Hacon iu Joint Discussion? Hot Words and Threatening Violence. Eatonton, May 17.?"Who asserts it lies, who insinuates it lies, who re peats it after hearing me to-day lies? that I ever resigned any public trust, in peace or in war, when my services would benefit my people or country, and when I was physically able to serve, and let him come who dares to defy." That was Major Bacon's manly aud significant reply to-day to Gen. Gor don's insinuating inquiry H he had uot resigned from the Ninth Georgia regi ment, as adjutant, when his country needed his services. During tiic delivery of this bold re buke ol an unworthy insinuation Major Bacon looked Gen. Gordon fully in the eyes and shook his finger at him. The sensation it produced caused a hush over the audience that marked the significance of that stern rebuke. Even Gen. Gordon..scerned imjjjctgn??-$a^ Iiis nonchalant air vanished. The day was signalized by several other notable incidents. Among them was Gen. Gordon's serving indirect notice on Major Bacon that he proposed if neces sary to run a bolting or independent campaign. Dr. B. B. Nisbet introduced both (Jen. Gordon and Major Bacon. In presenting the former he made a stump speech of some length in favor of the old soldier, which was a surprise to even his friends, as the chairman of a joint dis cussion is presumed to say nothing lean ing to any candidate. Gen. Gordon recited his Amcricus speech, firing a few shots with which he had been loaded at Atlanta on Sun day, and using a fuse of rhetorical flourishes to set them oil'. The burden of his song was that Bacon is a chronic candidate, declaring that he had been a standing candidate for so long the mem ory of man runneth not to the contrary. When Nisbet rose to introduce Bacon, he said the Major was one of Georgian blood and an honorable man, who had as much right to run for governor as either Gordon or the speaker, and as often as he pleased. This unhappy reiteration of Gordon's chief point was cheered. Major Bacon, with dashing eye j and voice as if choked with indignation, spoke in spirited terms to the chair man's reference to his right to run as often as he pleased. Nobody disputed the proposition, but it was a question of taste as to the. chairman's lugging it in. Dr. Nisbet jumped up excitedly, and would not sit down at Major Bacon's bidding, but proceeded to say he would leave it to the people present to say if he bad reflected on Major Bacon. He had used the expression "right to run as often as he pleased." out of extreme courtesy, as Gen. Gordon had pressed Major Hacon so hard on that point. Major Bacon said if the gentleman had ollcrcd it out of courtesy, lie could only say he was not used to such -.our- j tesy. "Then you have not been accustomed j to associating with gentlemen," Inter-1 jectcd Nesbit, "To that I reply in forbearance of severer language, that 1 am accustomed i to the society of the gentleman's own i blood in my home city," responded j Major Bacon with perceptibly suppress ed emotion and witn courageous forbear-1 ancc. Continuing, he said : "I ask before I proceed that some impartial person be j appointed chairman, or at least that j such a one be made keeper of the time of our limited speeches.'' A friend of Majer Bacon's then took j the tune. While this was going on two of Dr. Nisbet's sons, who had pushed their way through the court house to the rear where the tilatpjrm was. the audience being on the green, swore that "thai man Bacou? should not speak here." Instantly as they uearcil the door leading on the platform they were seized and forced back. After several minutes excitement order was resumed and Bacon proceeded with his criticism of Gordon, whom be fairly roasted over the fire of logic iu the crucible of truth.?Augusta Chronicle. The recent freshet has been very de structive to property all over the State. tJRSDAY, MAY 27, 188 CHOOSING FOUR .BISHOPS. AN HISTORIC EVENT IN THE METHO DIST CHURCH SOUTH. The Election WltneiHMMl by mi Immense Congregation?Dr. Duncan, of South Carolina, Keceive* the (Jreat Compli ment of being the Kir.it New Btaliop Chosen. Richmond, May 18.?This was the great day q( the present session of the Genend Conference; 11 o'clock A. M. to-day was the time that had been set for the election of Bishops. Centenary Church where the Conference sits, was crowded to its utmost capacity. Ex pectation was on tiptoe, and the mem bers were getting restive, as the routine business was being transacted. When the time arrived, Bishop Keener, who presided to-day, called the Conference to join in singing and prayer. He next stated the order of the day and the mode in which the election was to he conducted. There were 242 votes cast at the first ballot, each delegate (lay and clerical) voting for four persons. The vote was very scattering, as is not unfrequently the case upon tirst ballots, where there are no nominations, and nominations were of course not to be thought of.* I think as many as 85 per sons were voted for. Galloway received 79, Hendrix 74, Duncan 08. Fitzgerald G3 and Key 02. These were, the highest, and it was evident the four Bishops would be chosen from among these. As 123 voles ? ? necessary there was no election. '. ballot, with counting in open Conference, consumed nearly three hours. The second ballot was taken in the afternoon. Only 243 voted, and 122 votes therefore were necessary to elect. Duncan received the highest vote, 152; Galloway the next, 130, Hen drix 122. These were declared elected. Key received 105 votes and Fitzgerald, the editor of the Nashville Christian Advocate, 80 votes. It was clear that one ol these two would be elected as the fourth Bishop upon the third ballot, which proved to be the case. The next ballot elected Koy. This completed the great work of the day. A brief sketch of the new Bishops will be in order. The Rev. W. W. Duncan. D. Ii.. was born December 27, 1839, in Mecklenburg County, Va., graduated in Woftbrd College, S. C, in 1858, and joined the Virginia Conference in 1859, where he preached very acceptably, ami was much beloved as a pastor. In 1875 he was elected prolessor of mental and moral science iu Wollbrd College. This position he has filled up to the present time. In his capacity of "financial scc rctar^^f this institution he has 'travel of South Carolina. He developed con siderable preaching power and gained great popularity. Iiis election by such a llattcring vote to-day was a substan tial proof that Dr. Duncan's reputation had reached beyond the narrow confines of his own State. Bishop Duncan is in his best years, of robust physique, and doubtless will do good work for his church. Dr. Charles B. Galloway was born in Cosciusko, Miss., September 1, 1849, and was educated in the university of his State, entered the Mississippi Con ference in 1808, and was engaged in regular pastoral work till 1882, when he was made editor of the New Orleans Christian Advocate. lie is probably the youngest Bishop the Methodist Church has had. The Rev. Eugene Russell Hendrix, D. 1)., was born in Faycttc, Missouri, May 17, 1S47, graduated at the Wcs leyan University in 1SG7, ami at Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1809; joined the Missouri Conference in 18G9, served on missions, stations, and in the presidency of Central College, Missouri, holding the latter position since 1878. He accompanied Bishop Marvin in his travels round the world in L87C and 1S77, and upon his return published a volume giving :ui account of his tour. The Rev. Joseph Stan ton Key, 1). I)., was borne July 18, 1829,graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Gn., in 1S48, entered the Georgia Conference in 1849, and has been in the regular work of the Methodist itinerancy ever since, filling missions, stations and serving as pre siding elder in districts, lie Is a mem ber of the South Georgia Conlerence. Ho was appointed delegate to the Kciiincnieal Conference in London, and the Centennial Conference iu Baltimore, but was providentially hindered from attending either. A MADMAN'S SUICIDE. Terrible Leap Eroni a Train of a Victim of Sunstroke. Louisville, Ky., May 19.?A shocking suicide occurred Wednesday afternoon on the Short Line Railway near Glencoe Station, forty miles from Louisville. The fast passenger train from Cincinnati was running round a curve at the rate of forty miles an hour when a tall line looking man about fifty years old, who had been silling on a soat with two other men. sprang to his feet with a mad shriek and dashed tit the front door of the couch. He stood for a moment on the platform of the coach, and Mien, with another shriek, pluugcd headforemost into space. He struck the side id'the deep cut through which the train was passing and rebound ing, his body rolled under the wheels of (he living train. The train was slopped quickly and the irhastlv remains of the line looking man were picked from the track ami placed in the baggage car. The suicide was E. F. Walker, aged forty-nine years, once a promiimcnt and highly respected citizen of Louisville. He had been coufinend in a sanitarium in Cincinnati for severai months, and was beirg brought to the Anehragc Lunatic Asylum, near Louisville. His madness was the result oi sunstroke. 6. PRIG victim of a coachman's charms. The Gramlllleee of Commodore Vander Hllt Marries her Father's Groom. New York, May 18.?Another coachman has secured for his bride the pretty daughter of wealthy parents. This event was all that was talked about in Tarrytowu yesterday afternoon when it got noised about, although it was the intention ol all the parties concerned to keep it a secret and not let it get into the newspapers. The lucky groom in this case is Ceorgc Mintou, the good looking and gentlemanly appearing coachman 6f the Rev. J. 13. Morse, and the bride Miss. Grace Morse, the twenty two-year old daughter of the reverend j gentleman named. She is tall and j graceful, something of a blonde, and, with a pretty face. She is a little taller : than her husband, but the difference Is so slight as to be scarcely perceptible. Her mother is an old resident of Tarry town, a niece of the late Commodore Cornelius Vandcrbilt and a cousiu of the late William H. Vandcrbilt. She in herited a fixed income from the old Commodore's estate, and she and her husband, who is engaged in mission work on Bluckwcll's Island, have always j lived in luxury. Their residence is a j handsome brick mansion on Broadway, Tarrytowu, in the most aristocratic j neighborhood. Their house is in the centre of ample grounds, and is reached by a winding roadway, shaded by state ly elms. * There had been no love-making or anything akin to it noticeable between the coachman and his young mistress, although the young lady, who is the I eldest of three children?her sister Ethel and brother Howard being a few years younger?had often been out riding with no one but the coachman in attendance. It is supposed they improved these and such other clandestine opportunities as olfercd for their lovemaking. It had not been decided by them that yesterday should be the wedding day, but the sudden marriage was brought about i? this way : The coachman had taken Mr. and Mrs. Morse and the maid to the railroad station, where they took the 10.41 A. M. train to New York. Mintou then returned to the house and took Miss Grace out for a ride. As they were driving along Broadway they met Henry Lyons, whom young Mintou had previously asked to be a witness to the marriage. Lyons bade them "Good morning." and Miuton asked him to get into the carriage, saying they were on their way to Father Joseph Egan's the rector of St. Teresa's Roman Catholic Church. Their banns had not been pub lished as i3 required by the rules of that church, and as they desired the marriage to be kept strictly uecrct they had got the rector to apply for a dispen sation from the Bishop to allow the marriage to proceed without that for mality. When the party reached the parson age Coachman Minion jumped out of the carriage and went in. lie soon returned and said: "It's all right; come right into the church." The three then went in, walking up the main aisle, and took a position directly in front of the alter. | The only other witness to the ceremony which was then performed was a lady un- J known to either bride, groom or Lyons. The bride was dressed in a slate-colored i dress and a fashionable spring hat. I Mrs. Morse, alter finishing her shop-1 j ping in New York, took the 5.10 1\ M. I i train to Tarrytowu. When she heard i Iof what had transpired during her! j absence she was prostrated with grief. ! mingled with anger and disappoint ! mcnt. It is said there was a scene in j the house, but this could not be verified. bloody fracas in virginia. ! Several Men Shot Down in a Street Broil at Murtiiisvllle. L Washington, May IS.?specials j from Martinsville, Virginia, give the j ! following history of the tragedy of which I brief mention was made last night :? j .Saturday niyht :.u anonymous circular I 1 was issued and posted up all over towu. | ! it seriously reflected on W. K. Terry, a 1 young business man, and his father, the ; late William Terry, a prominent citizen, i Monday morning Terry telcgraped for j bis two brothers, J. K. and Bcnj. Terry, ' living at Aiken station, twenty miles j away. They arrived at 1 V. M., and j ! alter a brief consultation went to the ; printing ofllec and demanded the author' I of the card. The printer--told them it! \ was Colonel V. 1). Spencer, member of i the. Town Board, and one of the leading , business men. Monday evening soon ! alter the tobacco factories bad closed lor the day and the sin els were filled with operatives returning from their ! work. 11 to Terry brothers started in the j direction ol Spencer's factory. When 1 about half way they were met by Spencer with his brother and several: ' friends. W. K. Terry addressed a few I words to Spencer, who told llllll not lo shoot. Just then some one fired a pis- , tot and the shooting became general.; forty shois wen: tired. W. K. 'ferry I was shot from the rear, the ball enter-! ' iug near the spine and lodging in his i right breast, .lake Terry was shol i ; through the abdomen ami fell dead. I lieu. Terry was shot through the neck and in the body. Spencer was shot in the hip, and his business partner. Tarl lon IJrown, received two bulls in the . groin and is thought to be fatally j wounded. K. L. Jones, a saloon-keeper; | II. L. Gregory, a clerk attheT.ee Hotel, and Sandy Marlin, a colored mechanic, are all seriously hurt. The last two were hit by stray balls. The Tern s arc well known and are members of an old family and occupy a high social position. , None of them arc. married. Saturday afternoon W. I\. Terry circulated a card ridiculing the lax bill passed by the ' town board, of which Spencer was a j member, but this did not justify, in popular opinion, the card which follow | cd it at night and which brought on the I tragedy. it E $1.50 PEE ANNUM. A CHAPTER OF HORRORS. a MOTHER BUTCHERS HER THREE DAUGHTERS AND HERSELF. Pour Children Burned to Death?Attempt ed Murder anil Suicide Near Savannah? Explosion at a Chemical Factory. Wheklixo, W. V.V., May 19.?A terrible murder and suicide*oecurrcd in Lincoln County, this State, on Monday night last. Mrs. Margaret Donau, a widow, became insane from religious lanticism, and imagined she had been called upon by the Lord to sacrifice her self and her three children to divine wrath. Early in the evening she threw herself upon her knees and spent several hours in wild ravings. She then arose, aud arming herself with a large, sharp carving knife made her way to the room occupied by her three daughters, agcu twelve, ten and eight years, cut the throat of each child, and then plunged the knife into her own heart. The bodies were discovered yesterday by neighbors, who state that the room was so bespattered with blood as to bear a very strong resemblance to a slaughter house. Akron. O., May 19.?The home of widow Mary Moonc}" was burned at midnight with four of her children. The widow was awaKcncd by the Haines, and taking the youngest child, aged two, in her arms. leaped from a window, tell ing the other children to jump alter her. They did not do so, and perished in the tlamcs. Mrs. Moouey and her brother in-law were badly burned in endeavor ing to rescue the children. The brother in-law will probably die. The child which Mrs. Mooncy find m her arms when she leaped from the window is the only one of the family unhurt. Savannah, Ga., May 19.?In a quarrel between Captain Lowcry of the British hark Lydia and Steward Horritz man at Doboy to-day Ilorritzman shot at the Captain, the ball grazing his hand causing a slight wound. The Captain fell and Ilorritzman thinking he had killed him turned aud shot himself in the heart. Jersey City, N. J., May 19.?Eire, preceded by a loud explosion, occurred in FranckjS chemical factory, corner Seventh and Washington streets, IIo boken. to-day. Thron men at work on the third floor were rescued after being badly hurued and one was also injured by falling from a third story window. All three will probably die. A PARIS TRAGEDY. Sensational Suicide of a Bridegroom Un der Unaccountable Circumstances. Paris, France, May 18.?A domes tic drama with a tragic ending lias just made, a great sensation in the .busy quarter of the Faubourg du Temple, (hi Saturday a merry party met at a bouse in the Rue Saint Maur to celebrate the marriage of the daughter of a work ing tradesman and a respectable clerk. The bride was pretty and the bridegroom a steady, hard working man. The young couple scorned deeply in love with one another, and the marriage bid fair to be a happy one. After din ing heartily the wedding guest had a dance, aud about midnight, when, ac cording to the custom of the petite bour geoisie of Paris, the bride had received the kisses of all present, site retired with her husband to her new home near by, her father promising to awake her about 12 o'clock the next day. At noon precisely the father knocked at the door of the nuptial chamber and invited the young people to come to dejeuner with him. The husband, who was apparently in high spirits, accepted, but asked his wife to go on without him, promising that he would follow imme diately. Time passed, and 1 o'clock struck, then 2, but vet no sign of the bride groom. Getting alarmed, the wife and her father went to look for him, she had just reached his house when a cab drove up, followed by a crowd of people. Drctulhuj misfortune the bride rushed to the cab and looked in, and the next moment, uttering a cry of horror, she fainted. Un a seilt in the cab lay the dead dody of her husband, shot through the head. Reside him lay a letter, on which lie had scrawled the following words: "1 am resolved. 1 write this on the Boulevard de Sebaslodol. I have hired a cab and hope I shall not miss my aim. "Henry j. "Rue Saint Maur." On a separate sheet he had added :? ??Let them bury me quickly ami cheaply, and let my mother and father-in-law break the news to my mother. Fare well." No clew whatever can br discovered to the tragedy. The widow is beside bcrscll with despair and has to be con stantly watched lest, like her husband of a day. she should also commit suicide. A CHARNEL HOUSE. A Woman Found Dying ill a Cabin With Six of Her Family Head Around Her. Pawxkk. Kansas. May 20.?Two drummers driving from Grayson to Paw nee. Kansas, lost their way and finally came, to a shanty. In it were two beds ; on one lay a woman who looked like a living skeleton: nn the other wen; the dead bodies of a man and live children. The woman could talk and told this story: "My husband. Howard Ralliu ger. had been sick a long lime. Five weeks ago we very nearly out of provis ions and I sent my son, twennty-two years of age, lo Grayson to get sonic provisions. We waited and waited for his return, but lie did not come. After a while the children got sick, and one by one the little ones died. My husband was the last, one In he dying last night!" The drummers had a lunch with them, and giving it to the woman, went out to lind help. Several people from Gray son said that they saw young Bui linger in town, and he said lie was going to San Francisco,