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ESTABLISH^ IN 18 TWO MEN SHOT iftr-a Doctor Who Had Two Pis tols on His Person. VlCmiS ?NiEMED. The Citizens of Lancaster, Where Snoot ing Occurred. Are very Much Stir ! red Up Over the Tragedy. Tbe Two Young Men Shot Are Very Popular. A serious shooting affair took place in Lancaster on last Saturday morning tit half-past eleven o'clock. Dr. Edgar McDowsbot, and it is thought fatally -wounded, Mr. Hazel Witherspoon, and inflicted two serioui wuuuds on a Mr. Bronn, who is an associate of Mr. Witherspoon in the store of Heath Springs Company. The shooting is said to have originated through a inisnnderatandirtg over a baby car riage, which Dr. MoDow purchased I several days ago from Mr. Wither -spoon. The carriage was unsatisfac tory and was returned by Mr. McDdw, but through some oversight on the part of either Mr. Witherspoon or Mr. Brown, the purchaser was never given ? credit for it. No information is given as to what words passed between the gentleman, but it is stated that after an attempt had been made to explain why Dr. McDow had not received proper cred it for the carriage, he drew a pistol and shot Mr. Witherspoon through the lung and when Mr. 'Brown inter terred, the pistol was turned on him and two shots fired, one taking effect in the hand and the other inflicting a serious wound in his j vw. At this juncture Mr. George Heath a son of Mr. 0. P. Heatn came on the scene just in time to prevent Dr. McDow shooting Mr. Witherspoon a second time. Mr. Witherspoon was immediately put in tbe hands of physician?, bu: it is thought that no amount of atten tion will save bis life. He was suff st ing very much when the physicians arrived, and It looked for a time that he would die with!? a few minutes Mr. Witherspoon is about 30 years of age and is said to be an exceedingly popular voung man in Lancaster and with his employers. Mr. Brown's condition is not thought -.0 be critical, though he was painfully wounded. It is not de finitely known wb ether he was shot twice, or whethr ii an attempt to .-shield his face, just one bullet pene trated bis hand and j iw. Dr. McDo w was placed in the coun ty jail within a few minutes after the shooting occurred. Up until 3 30 o'clock Saturday aft?ruoon he had made no statement regarding the un tunate affair. It is srated that both Mi. Witherspoon ana Mr. Brown were unarmed and were not given an op portunity to protect themselves in any way, the shots having been fired without warning. Two pistols were found on Dr. McDow. A message from Lancaster states that public sentimert is very much against Dr. McDow. There is no an t'e pation of any violence, but it is understood that the citizens of Lan caster are very indignant over the catastrophe, the general belief being that the thooting was unprovoked. Mr. L>roy Springs, the proprietor ?of the Hcath-Sprirg3 Company, by whom Mr. Witherspoon was employ ed, was at Fort Mill, S. 0., when he was informed of the shooting. As soon as he learned that it would be severai hours before he could get a train to Lancaster, he ordered a spe cial, and was speeding to the scene within a very few minutes after the shooting occurred. Deadly Tornado. A dispatch from Troy, Ala., says a tornado struck the school hou^e of of Josie Bf a& Thursday and two boys were killed by falling timbers. The dead: Twtlve year old &on of Albert PitbmaD. Aaron Lee, aged 11. Tae school house w?s demolished and none of the occupants escaped with out ii j ary, tucugh the wounds of only 14 are herious. Raman Caurch was damaged by the tornado, the resi dence of Cito Green was wrecked, and the. postcfiloc and m; nv outbuil dings were damaged. When the wind struck the school building tne sides of the structure gave way and the ruof fell upun the oxupants. Wants DtptfW to ii-Bigr.. Senator Brackett, of the New York Legislature, on Wednesday introduc ed a r; solution demanding the resigna tion cfCaauncey M. Depew3s United States Senator on sccjunt or Depew's relations with the Equitable Life As surance Society, as d:tclosed before the investigating committee After several Senators had eulogiz.-d Depew and protested against ref.-rnng tte resolution to any committee, Brack ett seid he was willing it should be put over, but he did not want to be "kissed out of existence." He subse quently withdrew the resolution. Killed Fattt-r *tuti fist. Dcfcniiag hi3 mother against ter quarrelsome husband Joseph Pollock aged 22 years, of 138 West Cumber land street, Philadelphia, struck his father In the face Mouday a blow, whici resulted in his death. Tae son has been arrested, charged1, with mur er, and his mother held as a witness. nothcr son, who is a lay preacher, as ab-ent from home conducting a hri stmas entertainment. Iiove Danbar of Alken Has Price oi $200 on BUs Head. The Colombia State says a, reward of 8200 has been offered for the arrest of Love Dnnbar, a negro who Is charged with having killed Mr. E. H. Fisher near Salley In Alken county on the night of December 24th. The hominide was one of tbe most shock ing of ail of the list of terrible crimes ofCbristmis week. Three negroes are now in arrest but Love Danbar is a fugitive and it is believed that he is the one most guilty. Mr. Fisher was a man of large means and his death was a calamity to tbe neighborhood in whichihe was such a prominent citizen. Col. D. S. Henderson of Alken called on Go v. Hey ward yester day and put before him the matter in such a way that the offer was made, Sheriff T. P. Raborn wrote the gov ernor: "Several parties have been arrested in connection with the mat ter, but one of the men who is believ ed to have implicated in the mur der has not been captured. Tnis man is Fred Dunbar, Jr., alias Love Dun bar. I have made dellgent search for this man and have had my depu ties searching for him but to no a vail as yet. I desire to recommend that a liberal reward should be offered for his apprehension. In this recom mend at Ion I am joined by the people of Salley. Attached to Sheriff Rabom's letter is a communication from Dr. H. J Salley, Intendant, written by a sad coino* denes on the letter paper of the late E. H. Fl her. Dr. Salley writes: "Sala partly, we believe from evi dence was one of the men who fired upon the person cf E. H. Fisher, who was killed on the night of Deo. 24, 1905, at the home of Barney Dunbar. Following is the description of Frea Du ibar, Jr., aUiS Love Dunbar, giv en by Sheriff Radorn: "Lipht ginger c? k , smooth skin negro, 27 years old six feet two to three laches in height weighs 175 to 185 pounds full bust, thick through chest, small ears, good, black hair: keen black eyes, lit tle pop-eyed;- long keen pointed nose. Black mustache;' which he wears trim med at corners of mouth. M.ujh is small?unujually small for his race. Good teeth, the front tooth on right side of upper jiw is plugged with gold gold also shows on eye tooth. Wears No. 8 shoes and when last seen wore a new pair of black patent leather shoes with tan, tops. Size of coat and vest 42, pants 44 and 35 length. Fond of low dives and lewd women and drinks to excess frequently. Dunbar Is a fine figure, neat in appearance, often wears blue overalls with apron front His a black nappy overcoat. Does not like farm labor, but works carpenter trade and Is said to be a first class hotel porter." TERRESLg ?XPSRX?NC2. Shipwrecked Seaman Wabhed Ashore in Dying Condition. Six days in an open yawl boat with waves constantly dashing over then: and with only a few tins of canned beef and one gallon of water, is the experience of Capt. Bodden and the six memoers of tne crew of tne Amer ican scaooner Nakomis. Tne men reached Pensecola, Fia, Thursday, Oe ing brought from St. Andrews, where they were washed upon the beach in an almost unconscious condition, with iimb3 swollen and benumed and al most dead from exposure. They were round by a party from a small settlement nearby and given at tention until they were able to be placed in a boat and brought down to Pensacola, where the vessel is owned. The story of the suffering of the men is a terrible one. Toe vessel put out from Gulfport about two weeks ago for Cuba with a cargo of lumber. Shortly after getting to sea a leak was oiscovered and although tne pumps were started, the water continued to rise in the hold until there were sev eral feet. A heavy gale then came on and the men began to throw tff the deck load. The vr^uel continued to take water and it was sjou afterward) that she listed heavily. The men then decided to abandon the ship and gathered food and nautical instruments, plac ing them on a cabin house, when a big wave swept over the vessel, turn ing it completely over and throwing everytuiag into the bea. A.;m,st by a miracle one of the lifeboats, a jug of water and a lew cans of meat were saved. The men then set out for shore, and for six days aad nights, with the seas running aln est mountain high, they pulled the open boat sometimes nut knowing in which direction they were going. Towards the close of the sixch day land wa3 sighted and although an tff rt was made to keep the boat cIX, the strength of the wearlel crew was not sufficient, and a big wave cast the boat and its contents upon the beaco near St. Andrews. The men were un able tu move, be.ng almost dead from cold and hanger. Narrow E lOape. Henry C. Langford, agtd 19, a ma chinist, bad a narrow escapa from death Thursday in the engine room of the state cipital at Atlanta. He was inside a big boiler painting the inside with aluminum paint. The fumes were so overpowering that Langford and a helper could not stand them and decided to rig up an electric fan to give them tresh air while they wurked inside the hot wa ter tank. Liugford lacked light to see how to ?x the fan and asked for a match. A negro struck a match and held it to the man-hole opening of the boiler. Instantly there was a tre mendous explosioun and smoke and fire poured from the opening. Lang ford tumbled out. He was terribly burned about the face and head. He went to a physician, where his burns were dressed. ORANGESIFllG, I MINERS KILLED. Twenty-One Men Lost their Lives in a Mine. FEARFUL DISASTER la tbe Cooper Mine at Coaidale, W. Va. . Toe Explosion Was Very Sudden and Its Rambling' Could be Heard for Miles and Miles Around. A special to The Times f rom Blue field, W. Va., says: Twenty-one min ers were killed in an explosion of mine gas in the snaft of tbe Cooper Mine company at Coaidale, W. Va., at noon Thursday. Up to midnight Thursday only one body had been recovered. Im mediately following the explosion, which was heard for several miles, rescue parties set to work to explore the wrecked shaft. Coaidale is a mining town situated in Mercer county on the line of the Norfolk and Western railway and is 15 miles west of Bluefield. But once before in the history of the Pocahon tas coal fieid has there been such a fearful disaster as that in the Coal dal Coal company's shaft Thursday. The victims of that other disastejc sleep in the cemetary at Pocahontas. Thursday at noon while the mines were crowded with noen there was a sudden and heavy rumbling a mile and more in the depths of the mountain and through the miles of passages and air-shaft of that immense mine the shock was felt. Before the detonations had died out, Bank Boss Thomas Wil liams, who was a long ways from the explosion, staggered to his feet, and feeling his way to a mine telephone, called to those on the outside that there had been a terrific explosion of mine gas and asked for helD. Gathering about the entrance, has tening crowds urged by coal heads and anxious hearts hurried to prepare for the rescue of the missing ones and an exploration of the wreck workings. At 4 o'clock one man was brought out. He was H. C. Conrad, and bis body was littrilly torn to pieces. His clothing was hanging in shreds. Up to a late hour Thursday night no other bodies had been recovered. There was considerable smoke and gas in the entries and notwithstanding the faot that tbe big fans were in good order and were working with full capacity, the gas and smoke were n?-t being driven out very fast. Tne following are the dead and their bodies are with the exception of Conrad, still burled in the mine: J. W. Larne, W. Larne, Jim Bloss, Laraz Aladar, Hungarian; Anthony Bruce, Pole; H. C. Conrad, Silas White, John Patterson, Gus Harris, W. T. Sullivan, William Price, Wil, Item Ward, Walter Gvinn, SiDh Grayi Sterling' Williams, Albert Biruum, Nithan Harrlston, William Curr>, Silas Harris, June Kelly, Lee Price. The Ccald de operation 5s owned and operated by the Cooper Brothers, who are also owners of the MM Creek and McDowell Coal and C ike companies. The Coaidale plant is conbidered one. of the best operations in the field. Ed Cooper is on the ground supervising the work of rescue. Cannot Haul Corn Crop. The railioads of Kantas are unable to furnish oars to move oae-half of the corn crop. Grain men, farmers and millers appeal in vain for trains in which to ship to market the 190, 000,000 bushels of this cereal. All along the lines ot the corn belt are heaps of corn waiting to be snipped. AtBome temporary cribs have beea built to store this but in the great majority of the places it has been merely piled up on the ground, and some of these piles contain i as many as 10,000 bushels. Tnls corn has been hauled to ship ping points with the Idea that it was to be loaded into cars which had been ordered, but in most instances the corn got there before the cars and is still waiting for them. Sturme might seriously damage this corn, which is Exposed to the elements, and the men who own it are keeping the wires hot with messages to the railroad asking that their orders for cars be tilled. Charged With Marder. A dispatch from Anderson to the State aays Robert Bird and Lon An derson, two young negroes living in the lower part of this county, have been lodged in jail cn charge with the murder of a negro worn, in at a hot supper. It was alleged that the ne groes were returning home from the frolic, when they met a party slso re turning home. Toey fired two shots into the ciowd, one of which Btruck a uegro woman and iUlicted injures from which she died a day or two af terwards. A prelimiuary hearing was given the negroes yesterday by Mag istrate McAlister and the evidence was such that accused were sent to tie county jail to await trial at the approaching term of the circuit court. Swept by Cyclone. Serious property damags and loss of life was wrought Wednesday after noon, shortly after 0 o'clock, by a cyclone whici swept Jacksonville, a negro settlempnt about a mile north or Langley. The negro Baptist church was completely wrecked, as were also several of the best dweUng houses in the settlement. The wife of Calvin Nealer, one of the most respected and prosperous negroes in the place, was killed in the wreck of their home and his eldest daughter seriously injured, 5. C, WJSDNES04r, JA1 TOMADO SWEEPS A GEORGIA CITY WITH DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. Two People Killed, Many Injured and a Great Seal of Property Destroyed. A tornada of terrifflc force passed over Albany, Ga., at 1.30 o'olock Wednesday afternoon, coming from a southwesterly direction and spreading ruin and desolation over portions of a dozen blocks. Several persons are dead, others will die as a result of in juries and many are more or less ser iously hurt. Viewing the wreckage lets by the toouado, it seem9 a mira cle that scores were not killed out right the tribute claimed in tbe way of outrun lives being astonish ingly small. The known dead are: Ben Jone, a negro machinist in the employ of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company. Jake Johnson, a 9-year-old negro boy. Among those whose injuries will in all probability prove fatal are: Luta Gladden, Jesse Davis, Annie Davis and Jessie Woodall. The list is still incomplete owing to the fact that much of the destruc tion wrought was well beyond the city limits. Reports from the torna do after it left Albany have not been received. Hundreds of negroes in the city are homeless tonight and many have lost all their household effects. The in jured are being cared for and efforts are being made to secure shelter for all. This is difficult owing to the scarcity of all kinds of dwelling hous es in the city. Under direction of Mayor Rawson, relief will be secured and promptly furnished those in greatest distress. It is difficult to estimate the prop erty loss. The Virginia-Carolina Chemical company is tbe principal sufferer, its destroyed buildings and machinery having been worth' prob ably 360,000. It is safe\to say that tbe total lo^s will be found to exceed 8150,000. Very little of the destroy ed property was protected by tornado insurance. The southern Bell Telephone com pany is among the heaviest sufferers. Its lines were blown down in several parts of the city. Some little ap prehension is felt for Pretoria, in the southwestern part of the county. The tornado came from that direction and as the telegraph wires are down nothing can be heard from there. BLUST BE RESPECTED. A Snobbish Officer of the Army Re duced, in Rank. For requesting a sergeant of artilery to change his seat at a theatre, First Lieut. Roy I. Taylor of the coast ar tillery is redue?d in rank 12 Lumbers. He was tried by courtmartlal last week at New York and the veralcb was announced Wednesday. The of fense was cummitted at a theatre In New London, Conn., where a sergeant of Taylor's own company, who was in uniform, vacated a seat at the request of Lieut. Taylor. "It is hoped," states the decision which Is signed by Brig. Gen. Grant, 1 'that the sentence of the court will leave no douot In the mind of any one that tbe uniform of a soldier is a mark of honor which must be respect ed in the United States." It also stated that a sentence more severe than the one given is warrant ed. The theatre Incident took place last October. Sergt. Patrick F. Buttler of the One Hundred and Twenty-fif ih company, coast artillery, which was Taylor's campany, was seated in front of his superior officer at a perform ance. Lieut. Taylor was not In uni form. Nearby were a party of friend whom he knew but who were not members of bis party. It was in or der to make vacancy for one of them that he told the sc rgeant to move. His words to the under officer, accord ing to the printed verdict of tne court martial, were; "Sergent, you had better get your ticket changed and get your seat somewhere In the rear,' or words to that (ffdet." Lieut. Taylor pleaded not guilty to the charge of conduct to the prt ju nice of good order and military disci pline, saying that he had asked the sergeant to move but he spoke as one might to another and did not intend to convey to Sergt. Butlor the idea thac he was being ordered to move. Ail Were JbOHt. The British bark "Pass," of Melfort, Captain Caugal, from Ancon for Pug et sound, drove asnore on the rcckt* of Vancouver Island, a quarter of a mile east of Amphltrlte i^olrt, Tuesday night, and all on hoard were lost. Tue vessel was making for the en trance to the straits wnen a ter-liic southwest gale drove her to the lee shore on Vancouver Island and the doomed ship drove with terrific force onto the rocks, breaking up soon af terwards. Tne bodies of lost seaman are coming ashore. Negro Drowned. A dispatch from Edgefield says a middle aged negro man uf Colliers, uamid Ned Thoma3, was drowuod Wednesday night in Log creek, four miles west of that town. He was under the inlluence of whiskey and his mule was drowued with him. His daughter walked across a bridge and got safely over. He was an indus trious fellow and had just borrowed a sum of money from tne Bank of Eige deld, which money he Is supposed to have had upon his person. f AURY* 10, 1906. MADE SLAVES. Ugly Traffic in Chinese Laborers For South Africa. WILL WOBK IN MINES. Herded Like Cattle. Ths Contractors Furnish Them to the Mine Workers and They Belong To Their Em ployees, Body and Soul. Sent to Mines. A letter from Washington to The Charleston Post says an Interesting story has just reached this country concerning the traffic in Chinese collies in tbe mines of the Transvaal. The methods of collecting, seperating and shipping the coolies is fully de scribed and tbe whole treatment of them resembles the selection of cat tle for the great slaughter houses more than of human beings. Durlug the last year the "industry," as it is called grew to large proportions. White labor, since the close of the South African war has been found in sufficient for the purposes of mining gold in the Transvaal, and conse quently ft has been neccessary to ex port thousands of c xfiies to that place. The primary work of collecting the coolies is begun by missionary doctors, at the expense of the contractors. Tbe ?C3epted coolies are first marched to the nearest railroad station and for warded to tbe sniping point. Being taken from the trains they are placed in barracks of different sizes, usually large enough, however to accommo date from three to four hundred Chi nese. Each is then stripped and examined by the doctors, including tests for eyesight and hearing. Those accepted pass into a large tank of warm water and are there scrubbed with soap bv other coolies. Tney are then vaccinated, photographed and their identification cards written up on. A number is hung about their necks, and they are ushered again into another compound until the next transport sails. It is said that they are here furnished with a copy of the contract they are to sign both in Chinese and in English. It is even claimed that the coolies are told what the contract means, where they are going, the wages they are to receive, etc., but this is seriousty doubted. Few coolies have enocgh intellect to understand a contract even should it be read to them. Opium and Chi nese" liquor are now denied him, though ne may ha *e all the rice and tea his stomach is capable of holding The day before shipping, the cool.es are taken in lots of ten to the office of the Chinese protector for a final ex amination. Here they are not only given another severe physical test, but are asked many questions in the endeavor to ascertain wuether or not the heathern understands fully where ne it going and wbat he is expected to do after getting there. In a large hail stand or squat some two hundred coolies in rows along the wall. Their oniy clotbmg is a piece of string and a paper tag. If passed up as being all rigat, tney are given anotner wash aud are then given clean clothes, shoes, belts, socks, straw hats, etc., and reappear in dark blue un'.forms. The paper or temporary tag which has heretofore been hanging around the coolies neck is now exchanged for a permanent leid one with a number on it. He has no name, hereafter a number. Tnls lead tag becomes as muc 1 a part of him as hi i finger or any other sec tion of his antomy. He is now given 838 (Mexican) two months pay, aod 88 oonu.i, and asked again if be prefers to return home or retain the silver. The answer is in variably in favor of the silver. Hav ing decided to retain the money in ex change for a tag with a number on it be puiihes it into a tiu pan, which later serve him for his rice bowl, his wushpan, and for ma?y other use to which he may wi^h to put it. At this point the c >oly belongs to the con tractor soul and bod v. ? He is now placed in a kind of jail, and here he bids farewell to his ram?y and cred-l itors. He receives his kit bag con taining clothiDg. a biank.it, a tin cup and a baxboo pillow, and id now iea dy to take his piace In t?e gold mines of the Transvaal. The first' Hhipm?nt of coolie., was m^de in July, 1904, aud tne total numoer of shipments from all ports to Che present time is twenty-nine Tne total number of coolie> shipped from all parts of C iina is 49,0??. The deaths have been comparatively few. Contractors are making many cliou sands of d -liars annually out of this slave trail! o, and as wih be seen from the numerous pny.ncii te.its to wuich the coolies are pu?, they endeavor to transport only wnat are c msidered gcod risks. On the. others uiey would undoubtedly lr se money. \ Picked up *l Sia, Advices were received in Charles ton on TLurBday of the safety of four flseermen, John Plnckney, Lawrence Washington, Mlney Gibson and Frank Simmons, who were picked up at sea by a passing vessel and carried Into Norfolk. The men were though to ha7e been lost and thzt they were safe was pleasing intelligence to their relatives and friends. They belonged to tbe fishing smack Charleston and while off snore last Saturday, their small boat got adrift in a sudden squall and disappeared from view. Tbe smack returned to port without the men and there was only one con clusion?thas they had been swept out to sea and drowned. LOOKING FOR BAD HL&Jt. Poat< nice laapeotora and Detective t at Woik. Postoffice inspectors and secret ser vice men are quietly workln around in the P.'edmont section atrain looking for Gus Daford, the noted yesrgman who escaped fronrthree United States deputy marshals while on his way to Charleston for trial, by jumping through the window of a flying passen ger train near Cades. He is one of the most notorious safe blowers in the country, and bears the traces of frequent narrow brashes with federal officers, who have a most hear ty respect for his nerve and intelli gence, There are three large scars from burns on his left fore-arm, ugly slashes on the forehead and left jiw and a long out on the top of the head, extending down across the forehead. This was made by the four inch blade of a pole axe. With all his scars, however, DeFord who is twenty-three years old but looks twenty eight, is a dapper, well dressed fellow who has the ear of be ing "stuck on himself" and loitors about bowlin alleys and pool rooms. He is an expert pool player, well known in Richmond, Norfolk, Balti more and New-York, under one or the other of his numerous aliases. Some of these are Augustus DeFord, Wm. R. Smith, Gus B. Ford, G. M. De IPord, W. W. P. Thorton, C. C. Carter Lawrence Bailey, Lawrence Cockrell, Gus Walter. Among his yegg nick names are "Gus," "Walto" "Dick" and "Bugg8y." Deiord was wanted by the postoffice inspectors for the burglary of safes in the postoffice at Camaron, Rowesville, Montmorenci, Batesburg and Enoree, and was indicted with several other yeggman for these burglaries in the United States district court at Char leston on April, 8, 1903. He was found at Churc'Qvllle, N. Y., where local au thorities were holding him on charge of bank burglary and started south in charge of three United Stated deputy marshals, but escaped by leaping head long from the train at Cades. He has not been seen since, although the inspectors have several tlme3 been hob on his trail, and have a tip now that he's looking about for likely spots for his operations in the Piedmont of South Carolina. The erlief postoffice inspector has offered a reward of 8250 for his appre hension as a fugative from justice, and Inspector Gregory of North Caro lina and Pulsifer of South Carolina would give years of their lives just to sse him ones more. Sold a Grave. The grave in whioh lies the body of the man she called husband was yes terday deeded away by Mrs. V. J. Dubois, of Des Moines, for 840 to Mrs. Mary Dubois, cf Denver, whose claim as wife of the same man has been substantiated by ? the courts. With the transfer goe3 the Desmois wo man's claim to-ohe body of the promi nent and wealthy Des Moines contrac tor, E. T. Dubois, who was found to have three wives, one in Des Moines, one In Denver and one in New Orleans. It is said that Dubois also had family connections in Naw York and Phila delphia. It was only that the title might rest with the legal wife that the transfer was made. Mrs. V. J. Dubois, firmly beiiving that the oth er women were imposters, had purch ased the lot in the c.metary, and the possession cf the grave remained with her until the courts decided that the legal rights rested in Mrs. Mary Du bois of Denver, and she then parted with the remains of her supposed hus band for 840. Eighteen Thousand Stolen. It has just been discovered that 818,000 has been stolen from the Southern or Adams Express compan ies. The money was sent from Au gusta and consigned to New York and was transferred in Columbia, For this reason an investigation is being mado in Columbia as well as in Wash ington and New York. The money, otner'vaiuables were In a pouci ship pad from Augusta. In Columoii the express from Augusta Is always trans ferred to tuo Jo-cksoavUle-New Yo k expresa and is again transferred to the Adam3 Express company In Wash ington for ohfpment to New York. Tne money was transferred in Coium bla last Saturday week and Monday when the pouch should have been de liverer! in Now York it was ml-sing. The express officials claim that the seal was intaot wneu the pouca was delivered there, unless a persoa had dopiicite seals, and for that reason the iiiv?sr.L'atiiOu now going on there Is most rigid. An Old Couple. A dispatch from W?;kes Birre, Pa., two of the uldest couples ever mirried in that part of the Soate were wedded T lursday and F;idiy. Taelr com-1 Dined a^:3 are 270 years and the ages of the bridegrooms a'one is 150 years. I Tnursd.iy Jerome B K illy, of Avery, Wayne County, and Mrs Annie Ha mill, of Duumore, were married, the bridegroom being eltrhty and the bride, sixty-seven. Yesterday Ben jamin Smith aged seventy and Ribec ci E. Haucock, age li.'ty-nlne both of New Albany, IV, w-*re mrrrjed. Alleged AHSHtttfui. Charit Z'.mmerman, who shot and lnstanily killed Jim Stevens just across the Siluda line in Eigefield county Wednesday night, was lodged in jail there this evenirg for safe keep ing by Messrs. W. D. aud J. G. Pad gett. Stevens, it is said, was sitting in nls home and was snot by Zimmer man through an open wiudow. Both parties are negroes. A Liandt?lide. Oa account of recent heavy rains a landslide occurred Thursday on the South and Western railroad, In pro ess of constructing near Pine Bldge, N. C, killing three men and fatally injuring two others. The bodies of the dead men have been recovered. $1.00 PEE AMTJM. BURIAL ALIVE. Distinguished Washington Fhy?* sician Discusses the Horror. SOMETIMES HAPPENS, Many P ople Insist on Past Mortem Sur gery to Satisfy Themselves That Their Relatives [and Friends Are Dead. Instances Are Recalled by Doctors. The Washington.Post says. lt not; infrequently happens that persons who have baen seriously ill are thought by friends and attendants to have breath* ed their last when there is still life in the body. In fact, oase3 are on record of premature burial, and this particu larly so in times of war and pestilence. So great is the horror of such a pro bability among some people that they have insisted upon post mortem sur gery being performed upon them atoer their death, something that would be fatal itself, in order to prevent the dire calamity of being buried alive. There is one Instance on record in this city where a woman, a member of a prominent family, who at the time of her last illness exacted a promise from her family that when sue was pro nounced dead her heart should be taken from her body. This operation was made by her family physician, one of the bes*-- known among the old prac titioners of former years. There are many residents of Wash ington today who hear well in mind the circumstance of a certain gentle man, a physician himself, and at one time a Burgeon in the Confederate army, who, when his wife died, ob jected for several days to her inter ment. There was not sufficient evi dence of death to prove to him that she was lifeless, and his contentions that she was only in a trance, in wnica he was sustained by others, were so strong that only after several day* and when there could hi no longer I doubt of her death, disoompo3ltioa< having become much advanced, would be consent to her burial. - Discussing these and similar topioi j one day during the past week, a prao [ ticicg physician mentioned a circum stance that cama immediately under his observation. "When I was pur suing a kind of post graduate study not very long ago," he remarked "aud was nearing the end of my worn In the contagious disease hospital in New York, a call was made upon me one oay to attend a little girl who was.se riously ill from dlptheria, I founi the patient in the attic of a tenamenC house on the East Side of tne city, not more than a block distant from the hospital. "If you have ever seen that pathe tic picture in which you notlca tha doctor sadly gazing upon an unconsci ous child lying upon pillows fixed upon two chairs, aud th? attitude of tbe sorrow-stricken parents," he continu ed, "you may get some idea of tha scene presented to me when I entered the room. Tne absence of the doctor was the only thing that prevented the painting from reproduction as a liv ing picture. "The mother was sobbing, with her bead bowed over a table aud the fath er was in a standing poslcioo abso lutely dazei with sorrow. Tua cilld was lying on pillows stretchad upon two chilrs. 'Don't toucn her, doctor,' the father said to me. 'Sie is dead! And in heaven now, and so I tiou/at myself," said the dooior, "jj.g upju careful examination, I founi the faint est indicitions of respiraoioa, aud without any delay I inaroiuui Inno the windpipe tne lates i surgloil in strument invented forou^ cases, and in a few seconds plalaly discovered tue chili breajQing. Liter ou, hav ing called for a hospltu amoulauoa, I wrapped the child la a blanket and took her in my arms to tue prop3r ward. "To sum it all up, the little one re covarei, aad when her parent came to see her tuay found nar close upoa complete rec >very. I had difficulty in escaping taelr embraoas wujq taey knew for an abioluoa bruoo. that tnay still had tnslr oaby. " Waen I first saw that child," he said iu conclusion, "I felt as carbaia sue was dead as I knew I myself was alive." The Toy PlttoJ. As a result of having accidentally shut bim.self in the hand with a blank cartridge about two weeks ago, Will Pittman, aged 12 years, of 117 Wells street, Atlauta 6a,, was taken to Grady hOapital Friday afternoon suf fering from lockjaw. He is in a ser ious condition. A few days before Christmas the young fellow was play ing with a toy pistol of the kind that shoots cartridges In some* manner the weapon was accidentally discharg ed and tne paper wadding penetrated the flash of the boy's hand The wound at first, was not considered serious, but rapidly grew worse until tetanus, or lockjaw, developed. Wif? Won't Stay. Rav. J. Soevensoa recently resolved to face a week's incarcernatlon rather than pay the cnurcn tax in Scotland. He had no prop arty wnich could be distrained upon, and on the form waich he received on whici to state what he was willing to hand over to be sold he wrote: "Salf." In the next column, in which he was required to state the value of the goods, he in-? sorted: "Wife won't stay."