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\ S S?Ucv Statt ESTABLISHED IN I? BIG LOSS OF LIFE in Several States Caused by a Destructive Cyclone THREE HUNDRED DEAD 1 Over One Thousand More or Less Injured, and Many Thonsands Are| Homeless.?Storm Covered Mach Territory, Nearly Fifty Towns Be ing Wrecked, Some of Which Are Almost Wiped Out. Three hundred and fifty killed, a hundred or more persons fatally in jured and many times' this number painfully hurt, together with a prop erty loss running up into the millions, Is theN record so far of a series of tornadoes that originated in the West Thursday, sweeping across Texas, Ok lahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis sippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Geor gia Friday and Friday night. It left a path of death, desolation and want in its wake, seriously inter rupted communication between cities fcvthe South and brought about chao tic conditions in many smaller towns. Mississippi bore the brunt of the Stenn. Reports from that State in-1 dicate that the loss of life will be by far the greatest of any section through which the storm passed. Estimates of those who loss their lives as a result of tornadoes in Mis sippi place the death list at near three hundred and fifty, with a thousand or more injured. In Tjexas, Louis-l iana, Alabama and Georgia the death lists are also large, with loss of life in Arkansas and xennessee. Authentic information is in many instances lacking owing to crippled facilities for communication and the lack of time to form anything like an accurate estimate of the damage. The storm, which first appeared in ?Georgia at Columbus, on. the Ala bama line, seems to have moved in a northeasterly direction, striking the towns of Chipley, Harris, LaGrange Griffin, McDonald, Locust Grove, Ce dartown and Cave Springs, while a portion of its fury was felt in the; eastern su*-burbs of Atlanta shortly after midnight. * . Most of the-dead are negroes. Per haps a dozen white persons were caught in falling buildings and either fatally injured or so serously disabled is to require medical attention. The loss of life was in the quar ters of colored persons where the wind destroyed their cabins, burying the occupants in the debris, or in the farming section of the country where trees were uprooted, telegraph and telephone polls torn up and general destruction became an encore to a storm which, with almost tornado fury, swept through the country. It is difficult to estimate the loss of life or the extent of the disaster, for there is little or no communica tion with the points where the wind and rain did its greatest damage. In Louisiana It is estimated that a score of small towns were destroyed or nartially wrecked. These include Amite City, Arcadia and Independ ence, Belle Grove, Melton, Lorman, Pine Ridge, Quitman, Landing, Fair Childs Creek, Purvis and Lumberton, Miss, are reported seriously damaged by the storm. In Alabama, Dora was the chief sufferer. This town is also known as Bergen. Four or more persons were killed, among them the wife and daughter of Section Master Moore. Fifty persons at the lowest estimate were injured. Those most seriously hurt were carried to hospitals in Bir mingham, Ala. One woman, a Mrs. McCully, died on the train. Two other members of this family were seriously injured. At Bergen cars were Mown from the railroad tracks and considerable other property de stroyed. Reports also say that the storm struck Abertville, Ala., and de stroyed nearly the entire northern portion of the town. A cotton mill was blown down, the storm ranging northward, doing much destruction to life and property. An unconfirmed report from that section gives the death list as from 30 to 35 with other persons injured. A special train was sent from Birming ham, carrying physicians and a squad of State militiamen to the district. Aid is also pouring in from all drec tons. From Meridian, Miss., comes a re port that Mrs. John Minniece and her child were killed outright and John Minniece was seriously injured, while a number of other persons were hurt and there was considerable destruc tion of property. Richland and Lamourie. La., were struck by the storm and nearly a fifth of their population injured. Winchester, Miss., a small town, is reported wiped out, though only two persons are known to have been killed. Natchez, Miss., reports sixty are known to be dead in the northern Louisiana storm. Hundreds of plan tation cabins are reported destroyed in that section. ?Mobile reported nine dead in Hat tiesburg. Miss., but this has not been confirmed. , * A Wonderful Cat. The Newberry Observer says: "There is a pet cat in the family of Thomas Barberry, of Hopkins Cor ners, Mich., that will never play with the baby without first bitting off the sharp point on Its claws _ * 69. THE PRESS GANG how time well be spent at gaffney, Many Interesting Papers to Be. Read. People of Gaffney Expect to Make Visitors Have a Good Time. President E. H. Aull, of the South Carolina Press Association, attended a meeting at Gaffney last week of the subcommittee which was appoint ed to arrange the details of the pro gramme for tbe annual meeting of thej Associaton at Gaffney, June 15 I8.1 J. E. Norment, C. M. Galloway and1 Willarn Banks were also of this subcommittee, but were unavoidably absent President Aull and Mr. Edward DeCamp met and went over the pro gramme as partially agreed upon at a former meeting of the committee, and President Aull was requested to put the programme in shape and ar range for its publication. As a result of the conference the following pro gramme is announced for the annual meeting: - ? Tuesday Morning, June 16, 10 O'clock. ' Association called to order in aud itorium of Limestone College by Pres ident E. H. Aull. Prayer by the chaplain, the Rev. W. P. Jacobs D. D. Address of welcome on behalf j[ the city of Gaffney, by Prof. H. P. Griffith. Address of welcome on behalf of Limestone College by Dr. Lee Davis [.odge. Responses to addresses of welcome by President E. H. Aull and Secre tary R. Itt. Freeman. Business Session. Subject, "The Business End of a Newspaper Office," H. L. Watson, Zrrconwood Index. "To What Extent Should News papers Give the Fiee Use of Their Column to Candidates," C. W. Wolfe, Kingstree Record. "My Esteemed Contemporary," T. R. Waring, Charleston Post. Afternoon Session. "The Impress of Environment Upon ;he Newspaper and its Formative In luence," J. E. Norment. Miscellaneous business. 4:30 o'clock. Drive around the :ity. including visit to manufactories md tin mines. Evening Session, 8:30 O'clock. Address, "The Great Importance of ;he Development of, our Rural Schools," Miss Mary T. Nance, pres dent of the Rural School Improve ment Association of South Carolina. Wednesday Morning, June 17, 9 O'clock. Visit to power plant of the Elec ;rical Power (and Manufacturing Company on Broad River in a special rain. A general picnic will be served it the power plant. Night Session. Adiress, "The Postofflce Depart ment and the Legitimate Publisher," rlon. A. L. Lawshc third assistant Postmaster General, Washington, D. Address, Hon. R. R. Edmonds, iditor of the Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore, Md. Thursday Morning, June 18, 0:30 O'clock. "The Technical Construction of a Newspaper Story," Jas. A. Hoyt, The News and Courier Bureau, Columbia, 5. C. "How to Prepare Copy," C. H. Gal loway, the State, Columbia, S. C. "The Use of the Telephone in Gath ering the News," A. H. Carpenter, the Daily Mail, Anderson, S. Ci Afternoon Session, 8 O'clock. "Historical Symposium," paper and addresses by Col. T. B. Crews, Her ald, Laurens; N. G. Osteen, Watch man and Southron, Sumter; Jno. W. Holmes, People, Barnwell; Hugh Wilson, Press and Banner, Abbeville; Miles B. McSweeney, Guardian, Hampton. Miscellaneous busiuess. Election of officers. Night Session, 10 O'CIock. Panquet, tendered by citizens of Gaffney. It is earnestly requested by the citizens of Gaffney that all members, with their families, will reach Gaff ney during Monday and Monday eve ning. The officers of the Association, also, earnestly request that every publisher in South Carolina attend this meeting. The people of Gaffney are very much in earnest in their efforts to make this a most enjoyable meeting, and when they undertake to do a thing they do it. In addition to the program Editor! Lo>less. of the Augusta Chronicle,] and Editor Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer, have accepted invitations to meet with their South Carolina brethren. "If you are not a member of the Association," says President Aull, "send your name and initiation fee to Treasurer August Kohn, Columbia, S. C., and make your arrangements to take a week off, leaving your home on Monday, so as to reach Gaffney in time for the opening session Tuesday morning, and have your business so arranged that you can remain away from your desk until the following Monday, so that you may take the trip through the beautiful sceuery of Western North Carolina, which trip is being arranged and the details of which will be announced in a sep erate circular. "We will live together as one Tam ily during the session at Gaffney, ;n the Limestone College. While there ORANGrEBU SHIPS COLLIDE. Twenty-Eight Men Are Dead 01 Missing as Results. CRUISER AND LINER Come Together Off the Isle of Wright and the Cruiser Goes ta the Bot torn With Part of Her Crew.-?The Accident Was Unavoidable Is the General Opinion Among Shipping Men. A dispatch from London says the total number of dead and missing of I the Gladiator's crew as a result of the collision- between the American liner St. Paul and the British cruiser off the Isle of Wright is 2S. Divers Sunday searched the sunken cruiser for bodies, but were not successful in finding any. The opinion among shipping men and naval officers and officials appears to be unanimous that the accident was unavoidable, being one of the chances .of the sea which all seamen must risk. . All witnesss of the disaster agree practically that both crews behaved as well as possible. Coming so soon after the loss of the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, which was sunk by the cruiser Ber wick off the Isle of Wright on April 3, last, 36 men being drowned, the sinking of the Gladiator is a severe blow to the British navy. The damaged bow of the St. Paul indicates that she forced her nose at least 20 feet through the cruiser's side, but, fortunately the greatest damage she received was above the water line. The bow post was buckled, while the plates on both the port and starboard bows were crushed in and gaping cracks extended along the side. Neither Capt Passow nor any of his officers would discuss the acci dent, preferring to wait until they can submit their reports to the proper officials. It was learned, however, that Capt. Passow is sorely grieved at the disaster, this being his first serious mishap. ' Had the cruiser been painted any other color than slate she might have been seen earlier and the collision avi ided, but Great Britain has decid ed that her warships attract less at tention when thus painted. * HUNT FOR LOST BOY. James K. Willard, of Ogden, Utah, Is Searching Whole Country. The Atlanta Journal says on Wed nesday morning a well-dressed man with a distinctly western appearance walked into the police station and be gan making inquiries as to whether they had heard anything of a strange woman with a nine-year-old boy being seen in Atlanta. He Eiated that about four months ago his only child had been kidnapped and. he was searching for bim, com ng to Atlanta from New Orleans upon hearing that the woman and boy were headed this way. Upon being questioned the myster ious man stated that his name was James K. Willard, and that he lived near Odgen, Utah. He stated that his child, Karl Willard, was stolen from near his home about four months ago and practically ever since that time he has been searching for him, and intended to keep searching until he either found the boy or knew positive ly where ho was. The child was described as being a pretty nine-year-old boy with gold en curly locks. He said that the boy was very smart and that he knew he would hear from his child if he ever got an opportunity to write him. * BRYAN WINS AGAIN. Massachusetts Will Send Delegates to Denver Favorable to Him. A dispatch from Boston says the Bryan men report the state for Bryan at the caucusses held to elect delegates to the state convention. No contest worth the name was made for any other candidate, aud the dele gates chosen, weue, generally speak ing, favorable to Bryan. In Boston only four per cent, of the party vote came out. and the same thing was the rule throughout the state. In oue Boston ward, where efforts were mude to elect delegates, pledged to Johnson, the attempt was unsuccess ful. , * we will be the guests of the city. Editor DeCamp made that statement at the Isle of Palms last summer and insists on carrying it out. '?If yon desire transportation ft.r yovrseli or any member of your fam ily write in ample time to the presi dent at Newberry, S. C, or to the secretary at Bennettsville, S. C, stat ing by which route you desire to go. and efforts,will be made to secure you necessary transportation. "Let us repeat our request that yet atteud this meeting and see something of, this wonderful Pied mont section of your state. For two y^ars we haw enjoyed the sea i veezes anl hospitality of the people of the City of Charleston, and this year we want you all to go with us to Gaffney." RG, S. C TUESDAY, AP . TIGER SPRINGS UPON MAN. Driver of Bullock Cart Has Narrow Escape From Death. A dispatch from Calcutta says a correspondent at Chamarajankar sends the following:. A cart be longing to the forest range officer was going along with some twenty other carts, at 4 a. m., at a very lit tlf distance from Atigulipur, eight miles from Chamarajanger. There were two persons in the cart. Both were wide awake. There was noticed some uneasiness among the bullocks that were drawing tae carts. The cartman saw this symp tom and became aware that there was danger. The bullocks began to run, as the road was sloping. The tiger was perceived by some of the cartmen pursuing them, and the cartmen began to beat the kerosene oil tins and shout wildly to scare away the tiger, But the tiger, not daunted by this, sprang upon one bullock that was to the left side of the hindmost cart. The two persons, though much frightened, yet took courage and began to shout and howl their loudest. The tiger/ enraged at this, sprang on the man who was driving the cart. But the man managed to slip back into the cart, and the tiger lost its hold, and sat by the roadside. After awhile the two persons issued from the cart and tried to lift the bullock, but found it was dead. Then, taking the other bullock, they pro ceeded to the town. * BANKER'S CONVENTION Met in Columbia Last Week in Reg? ular Annual Session. The eighth annual convention of the South Carolina Bankers' Associa tion was called to order at Columbia Thursday morning by the President, Hon. W. D. Morgan of Georgetown. There was a large attendance of bank ers from all sections of the State. The invocation by Rev. Kirkman G. Finley, rector of Trinity church, opened the proceedings, and Presi dent Morgan then intrcduc??d Mayor W. S. Reamer, who extended to the convention the welcome of the city and placed the keys of the city In the hands of the visitors. He was followed by Hon. D. C. Heyward, president of the Columbia Savings Bank and Trust Company, who, on behalf of the Columbia Clearing House iAssociation, extend ed the welcome of the Columbia bankers. The response of the association wa^ made by Hon. John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield, who made an eloquent address, referring to the time when thirty-five years ago he first came to Columbia to a meeting organized to rescue the State from misrule and the courageous part of the people Coluinbia had taken in that move ment. * MARTYR TO SERVICE. Attendant in a Contagious Hospital a Victim of Septicemia. A New York dispatch says one of the most popular and efficient nurses of the Rierside Hospital on North Brother Island, Miss Maybelle F. Strawski, has given her life to her calling. Riverside Hospital is a city institution given pver to the treat merit of contagious diseases exclusive ly and about three weeks ago Miss Strawski was in charge of several diphtheria patients. She pricked her thumb with a safe ty pin in the care of one of the pa tients and at the time thought noth ing of it. In a few days, however, it devel oped that the pin was badly infected aad Miss Strawski was found to be suffering from a violent attack of septicemia. ONE MAN KILLED. Four Others Injured in Street Duel at Bernice, La. At Bernince, La., Tuesday, a spec tator was killed during a street duel, and four others were wounded. Both duelists were wounded, but not ser iously. The fight was between C. J. Morton and W. F. Barhara. The cause of their quarrel is not known. Morton was just stepping off an Ar kansas Southern passenger train, ac companied by his wife and seven year-old son, when Bar am appeared. Both men opened fire and Morton's little boy fell, mortally wounded; T. W. Clarke was instantly killed and Thos. Rivers was wounded in the thigh. Conductor Alford of the train and a male passenger were in jured. Morion was struck by two bullets and Harham hit by one. * A SEVERE CYCLONE. Bodies of a Man and His Wile Car ried a Mile. A destructive cyclone visited Ne braska last Thursday, sweeping through dimming County. Three people are known to have been kill ed, a number injured and a number of houses destroyed. Telegraph and telephone lines are down and reports are slow in arriving. The tornado struck the house of John Mangleson, near Pender. Neb., and then swooped up into the air, taking the wreckage and both Mr. and Mrs. Mangleson. Both were kill ed, their bodies being carried a mile. George Wacker and family were at lunch when the twister struck their house. Three of the family were seriously injured. 'EIL 28, 1908. TIE 1EST SPESH Made By Jas. C. Hardfn, Represen tative of Wofford College. GIVEN FIRST HONOR. J. Wi Hicks, of Fnrman College, Maks Second Best Speech, and Is Given Second Honor. Nine Colleges Were Represented by Nine Talent i ed Young Gentlemen in the Great Oratorical Contest. A dispatch from Greenwood to The News and Courier says promptly at eight o'clock Friday night the doors of the Lander College au9itor lum were closed and the tenth annual State oratorical contest was commenc ed. After a song of welcome by the Lander College chorus Club ?ffnd prayer by the Rev. Robert Adams, president of the Presbyterian College or South Carolina, Mr. Hardin, of Wotford Collge, being the first speak er of the evening, spoke, the subject of his oration being "The Battle Against Ignorance." Then followed the other speakers, the following pro gramme being carried out: "The Handicaps of the South," R. S. Owens. "The Spirit of the Age," T. C. Heyward: - ... "The Small College," J. B. Brown. "Christian Citizenship?The Hope of Democracy,'-*'B. E. Petreay. "In Defence"of-the Flag," J. F. Nohrden. "The American Shibboleth," J. W. Hicks. "The Menace of Mammom," G. N. McCormlck. "The South and Her Heroes," R. E Gcnzales. At intervale music was rendered by the faculty of Lander College and the T ander College Chorus Club. Afte the speechesva wait of a few minutes was made necessary for the judges, v-ho were the Hon. J. C. Otts, of Gaffney; the Rev. J. B. Green, of Greenwood, and the Rev. J. Phillips Verner, of Columbia, to make their decision. These few moments were moments of suspense, and anxiety, was plainly written in large letters on the contestants' faces. But v/hen the judges announced that Mr. J. C. Hardin, of Wofford had won l^'si place, the welkin was made to :ing.I:v the -todentf from Wofford, and their presence was made know! by yells and the flaunting and waving of their college colors. Mr. J. W. Hicks, of Furman, was an nounced dinner of second place, and ln's supporters cheered him to thf echo. The contest was a battle, royal so far as thougt, oratory and elocution was concerned. For gracefully and well did the young orators endeavor to hold up the reputation of the col leges they represented. Indeed as the judges expressed it, It was a hard matter to pick the winner, but all are agreed that the right man, Mi liar din, won. Mr. Hardin's speech was one of the best ever delivered by a college man in Greenwood, and he deserves great credit for the master ly thought and beautiful composition of ideas he injected into his speech. However, all the speeches were good, and taking them as a whole they have been excelled and many thought never equalled, at any of the previous contests held here. Mr. J. C. Hardin, the representative of Wofford College in the State or.v tor'ful contest, is 21 years old. is rrr?t'? Colver, S. C , and is a mem be.* of the junior class ?f Wofford Co'lf.ge. Soon after entering college M.' Hardin won a reputaM in ftr l;m self as a speaker and because of his thoroug literary work. He has serv ed as president of his class during h'.s sophmore year. The same year he was elected second censor, corres ponding secretary and monthly ora tor in the Preston Society. During the present year Mr. Hardin is serv ing as chief marshal, assistant ex change editor of the Journal staff nnd vice president of the Y. M. C. A. He was also elected to represent bis Society on the preliminary Emory debate and the junior debate. Mr. Hardin is a brother of the Rev. E. K. Hardin. who won the State con test at Greenwood in 1904 for Wof ford College. BOLD ROBBERS HAID And Rob Club House at Pistol Point and Escape. At Hot Springs Ark., four masked men with leveled revolvers entered the club house of the Indian club on Central avenue early Wednesday, forced the occupants to line up along side the wall and looted the place of a large amount of money. The occupants were then locked In to a room and the robbers escaped. No definite statement concerning the amount of money taken can be se cured but it is estimated at between $0,000 and $10,000. After gathering up all the money in sight the robbers forced the oc cupants to enter "a small room and the door was locked. The robbers fled and ^o quietly was the robbery conductel that the persons in the cafe were unaware or the proceeding. One man finally crawled over the transom from the locked room and then liberated his companions. The alarm was at once given and the po lice were called on to search for the robbers. . . SOME GOOD REASONS. WHY THE COTTON ACREAGE SHOULD BE REDUCED. A Big Crop This Year Means Five Cent Cotton and Hard Times For the South. The following circular letter has been sent out by Mr. J. A. Taylor, president of the National Ginner's association: Cotton has reached the lowest point since Jan. 1, 1903, except from No vember to May of the big crop year of 1904-05, when it sold two cents per pound lower than this. What has caused this decline of three cents per pound in spite of the fart that the cotton crop of the world is about 4,500,00 short of last year's crop? 'The only answer that I can find is "Lack of Confidence." The retai'er is not buying except as he ne^ds the goods, the jobber Is doing th es.ime, consequently the mills have no orders ahead, while last year, and to: sev eral years past, they have hau qr ders booked from three to six months in advance. What causes this lack of confi dence? They are afraid we will raise a*??bumper crop of cotton again this year. Why are they afraid of a large crop? They look at the past. In 1903 we had a short crop and good prices, which was followed by a large acreage and good seasons and a bum per crop. The next year, 1905-06, we had a short crop and good prices, which was again followed by a large acreage and a bumper crop. Had it not been for the September storm in the Mississippi valley and the exceptionally good trade the mar ket would probably have gone to eight cents or under for the crop. We got a good average price for the good grades in the crop, and a large acre age was set aside, for cotton last sea son, but owing to th eweather dur ing planting time the acreage was cut some and crop poor in Texas and Louisiana enabled up to get a good price for the most of this crop. A month ago every indication was that we would have a large acreage this season, and the people did not care lq place heavy orders for cot ton goods, knowing that with a large acreage and fair season we would produce more cotton than the world needed and the price of cotton goods would decline. Tfiey'are good busi ness men and you can't fool them. How can we restore confidence? In place of planting the same acreage as last season in cotton r'^nt 25 per cent. less. As soon as th_- acreage re port- is out in June or even before the trade will know that there will be a moderate crop raised this year and we will have the ?jd time activ ity in the cotton trade. Jobbers will place their orders ahead to enable them to supply their trade and the mills will contract in advance for supplies of cotton, and the market will advance l ach faster than it has declined. The result will be that you will market a crop of 11,500,000. If the weather conditions should be unfav orable for the growUg crop and it should turn out a million bales less it would sell for 15 cents and bring a total of nearly 1 $800,000,000 and ac-d to this the value of the feed crops that can be grown on the acreage intended for cotton and it will give us another $50,000.000. Suppose that you plant the same acreage as last year and with favor able weather we would likely make anyway 13,000,000, possibly more. What would the price be under the present trade conditions? Not over an everage of 8 cents per pound and persaps lower. Say that it averaged $40 per bale the crop would bring $520,000,000; at least $300,000 000 loss to the south. How to bring about this reduction? - It is not too late yet to plant corn, alfalfa, sorghum cane, millett or cow peas for hay. Or It will pay you to let the land lie die for a season rather than plant in in cotton at a loss. Let every planter that reads this article at once arrango to re duce his own acreage in cotton and show the article to his neighbor, or better call a meeting at every coun try school house in the south and discuss this matter intelligently, then go home resolved that each one will , do his part. If you kave any neighbors that will not reduce send me their names and I will take the matter up with each one personally. This is no small matter, and t hope that members of the Southern Cotton association and J the Farmers' Cnion will stand side by side in this great fight. With a heavy acreage Wall street wll set the price for our cotton crop, with a light acreage we can get our own price within reason. Don't delay, but get busy at once. There is plenty of time yet if you will only do your part. Iu 1905 bv reducing the acreage 15 per cent, the price advanced G cents per pound, and we can do it again. I will be glad to hear from every farmer that reads l his and indorses it. Do you want to return to the old days of 5-cent cotton? If not, join this move ment and we will make the south more prosperous than ever. Russian General Dead. Lieut. Gen. Llnevltch, aide de camp to Emperer Nicholas, and the commander of the first Manchurian army, died at St. Petersburg of pneu monia Thursday night. He had been ill for a little over a week. * $1.50 PEB ANNTJM. WILL NOW QUIT Selling Booze or Go to Jail foe Contempt of Court AFTER BLEND TIGERS Court Injunctions Will be Pushed ami. . an Earnest Effort Made to Stopf the Illegal Sale of Liquor?Cov^ Aijsel Will Authorize the Attorney 1 General to Proceed as Supreme Court Gives the Right.' "What will be done now that the? supreme court has sustained the in junction policy as applied to blind tigers? This question has suggested? j itself to a great many people n the last two doys. Gov. Ansel himself declines to talk, and Attorney General Lyon is out of the city," says the* Columbia State. "But it is reported that Mr. Mar shall P. DeBruhi; assistant attorney general, has been given a batch of of injunction affidavits and has beert ordered by Governor Ansel to pro- - ceed against the places regarded as 'blind tigers.' It is. said that among these cases are five right here In Columbia and that Capt. T . E. Dixon has been given orders to enjoin not only the keepers of the places, but the owners of the property from ever again toleratng the illicit sale of li quor on the premises, such sale con stituting a nuisance under the Carey Cothran act and subjecting the prop erty to be handled In injunction pro ceedings. It is believed that Gov. Ansel will now push the injunctions against bling tigers in Charleston?and In., other cities where they may exist?* and by this drastic measure drive these people out of an unlawful bus iness. "When Gov. Ansel was a candidate for governor he received nearly 75 . per cent, of the otes in Charleston county. Some time after he assumetL his official duties there was some, talk to the effect that Charleston, was getting more and more 'wide* open,' depending upon Gov. Ansel's political friendship. When .his mat ter was brought to Gov. Ansel's at tention he inquired of the attorney: general if there were any way effect-? ually to go after the bllnc1 tigers. "Mr. Lyon suggested the injunction method. This was approved by the Governor and the State disoensary a?aitor, Mr. W. B. West, was sent . to Charleston to work up evidence** against suspects. The dispensary constabulary was used and upon af fidaits thus obtained the attorney* general issued injunctions closing a. f number of liquor shops In Charles ton. -^.J.!An aDnpal wai> taken to the su preme court and the court decided irt -" favor of the injunctions. Mr. Lyon had been advised by Gov. Ansel to* suspend tho enjoining proceedings until the court should act. Mr. De Bruhi, it is stated, has received in structions that as .the court has sus tained the injunctions the work should be pushed. It is said that in Charleston when a law breaker was enjoined front selling liquor he would move his place to the upper story of the same building and conduct the business in his cherk's name. Mr. Lyon will now issue injunctions against property owners also. These Injunctions are perpetual, and the punishment is sure." ? COAL MINE VICTDIS. Exploson in Pennsylvania Coal MimX Kills Four Men. Mine Inspector Henry Loutett and the miners who volunteered for res cue work in Mine No. 1 of *he Ells worth Collieries Company, at Ells worth, Pa., where an explosion oc curred early Thursday, have complet ed their search of the mine and report that only four men were killed. There were over one hundred meni at work at the time and their scape is, due to the fact that the axplosion happened at a point beyond where* they were workng. The explosion re sulting from the victims striking at pocket of gas while at work far back: in the mine and ahead of the air supplied by the ventilating system. Fire followed the explosion, which! was terrific, but the affected sections have been bratticed and the damage will not be heavy. This was the second explosion in the mine, but no deaths resulted fiom the first. In spectors regarded the mine as gaseous to a dangerous degree and protested against it being equipped with elec trical appliances, but their protests were denied on the hearing of tho suit against the company. -/ ILLINOIS FOR BRY.vN. ' Instructs Her Delegates to Vote and Work for Him. The Illinois State Democratic Con vention, which met at Springfield on Thursday, adopted the unit rule and instructed its delegates to the Na tional Convention at Denver to vote for W. J. Bryan and to "use all hon orable means" to secure his nomina tion. The resolution endorsing Mr. Bryan was adopted with enthusiasm and a flattering demonstration fol lowed the action. One by one the Western States are falling in line fort j the great Commoner.