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PUBLISHED THBEE KEPT IN A CAVE A Young Man Held a Prisoner by His Two Consins Some Time ESCAPED BY RUNNING Hit; Abductors Are Arrested and Released on l$pntf?It is Sadd They Intended to Kill Young Chummey, Who Had Been Held in Captivity for 24 Hours. A Spartanburg dispatch to The State says Joe Chummey, a youth of 17 years of age, son of Smith Chummey, who lives near Hobbeys ville in that county, was waylaid and caught, it is alleged, on'his way from school last Thursday afternoon by his cousins, Frank and Simeon Chum mey, sons of Ben Chummey, of mat section, and imprisoned in a cave six miles below Woodruff, where he was held prisoner for 24 hours. The Chummeys, It is said, learning Friday afternoon that the people in search of Joe Chummey were close on their trail went to move their pilisoner /to another hiding place, when he broke- loose and ran, mak ing good his escape. The alleged kidnapping of Joe Chummey has stirred the neighborhood about Woodruff and Hobbeyville as it has never been stirred Tjefore. From what can be learned of the affair, Frank Chummey and his con rederate may have intended to kill Joe Chummey. The cause of their iL feeling toward their cousin Joe is said to be a grudge of long stand ing?a misunderstanding between the families of Smith Chummey and Ben Chummey. The place where Joe Chummey is alleged to have been confined is a cave of 6 by 20 feet, within 300 yards of Ben Chummey's home. Joe Chummey, it Is charged, was led to this cave with a rope about his neck, Frank Chummey tell ing him on the way that they were taking him to kill him. Within the: cave the lad was placed in stocks and made to lie fiat of his back, bound down by ropes. His jailers kept guard over him, tneir sister j sending them food in a basket from i the house. Hundreds of people visited the' cave a few days ago. Within it is a post with chains to it, a mean bed. ? with two quilts, a small brass lamp I and shotguns. No more secluded place of confinement could be de-: vised than this jail which so resem-j bles >tX2 |robber barons;' dungeons of old. When Joe Chummey made his es-j cape Friday afternoon about 2 o'clock 1 he ran to his uncle Will Chummey's house and Mr. Chummey's son ea?i corted him home. But getting to his ' uncle's house was a hairbreadth es cape. Behind him, he says, was Frank Chummey with a shotgun, threatening to shoot him down at; every step. The kidnappers got wind that Joe's friends were close in be hind them and that they had better change the hiding place. About 1 o'clock Friday they let down the sheet iron door of the j cave and emerged with their priso-1 ner. At the first opportunity Joseph , made a dash for liberty and was so successful that he gained on his pur-' suers. When he ran itno his un- j He's house he found the family at dinner and his tale was soon told, i Mr. Will Chummey, being on the grand jury, was in Spartanburg at tending court, but his elder son saw the lad safely home. Frank and Simeon Chi mmey were arrested and carried b .ore Magis trate Bragg at Woodruff Saturday.! They were placed under a bond of $500 each. It is reported from Woodruff that Frank and Simeon Chummey will be rearrested, together with their sis-1 ter, who cooked food and sent it to the cave to them. The Chummeys' are supposed to be in Enoree. It' is said that the papers will be served on them at once. F'arnk Chummey's bond, it is said, will be increased to $2,000. Frank Chummey is about 20 years old and Simeon is about. 13 years old. Singular Freak of Lightning. During a storm in Frederick light ning played a peculiar prank at the residence of S. Herbert Greh. A bolt struck the lightning rod and ran down the rod at the side of the house until it struck a nail in the metal band by which the rod was fastened to the wall. The bolt drove the nail through the brick wall and across a bedroom into the oppo site wall, where it was imbedded in a lath beneath the plaster. * Served Him Right. At Spartanburg L. A. Mathew?, a well known citizen, who on Sep tember 9 .whipped Miss Elizabeth I Morrow, his adopted daughter, in flicting injuries that came near cans- 1 ing her death, was found guilty on | the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. He was sentenc-j ed to pay a fine of $S00 or serve eighteen months at hard labor. The prisoner broke down and wept when sentence was passed upon him. Many Are in Want. A dispatch from Monterey, Mexi co, says the suffering growing out of the recent Hood is very acute and unless something is done thousands of people must starve. ; WRIGHT FLIES SWEEPS UP THE HUDSON FROM GOVERNOR'S ISLAND* ; Circles in Air and Then Speeds Back j to Aerdrome, While Whistles Shriek and Crowds Appland. At New York on Monday an aero plane flashed past the white dome of Grant's tomb, then turning grace fully in midair over the waters of the Hudson, shot like a falcon back to Governor's Island, 10 miles away. Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, thus placed his name in the rank with i Hudson and Fulton in one of the, most spectacular feats in the his-] tory of aeronautics. Over the masts of warships, from whose decks hoarse cheers, of the! sailors were borne up to him in his j derated seat, he flew for 30fmiles? 10 miles up and 10 miles back?re-! mainlng in the air for 33 minutes and 33 seconds and alighting at the aerodrome without mishap. ' During .the flight' /Dusin^ss was practically at a standstill in'all that part of Manhattan from which a view of his remarkable performance was available. Harbor craft Shrieked their applause, cheer after,' cheer swept up from the banks of the Hud-1 son and the lower bay, for the Day ton aviator had "made good,'vcrown ! ing the aviation program of the Hud-' I son-Fulton celebration with a record. Wright started on his flight upi the Hudson at 9:56 a. m., and finish ed at 10:29:33. He had intended to; improve upon his achievement of the morning by making a ronger and more hazardous flight at sunset, but the crippling of his motor just as he was about to start on the evening attempt dashed his hopes as well as those of the thousands who had assembled on Governor's Island to cheer him on. The flight was made under-condi tions only moderately favorable. The wind was blowing about 10 miles an hour, while an overcast sky added to the uncertainty of the weather. ; Amid the clatter of the machine's exhaust which sounded like musketry fire Wright climbed to his seat in his aeroplane. In a moment the machine was off. With the planes tilted slightly to one side, the man-bird slowly ascend-1 j ed into the air, rising to a height I of -barely 20 feet, while it swooped in a semi-circle toward the water'3 edge. Here the presence of many craft, all historically- tooting their whistles, caused him to ascend fur ther into the air before making for the mouth of the river. Almost indisUiuguMshable against the gray hanked clouds, the machine! soared past old Castle William and | soon entered the cayon made by th? giant skyscrapers of Manhattan Is land and the Jersey hills. Over the warships of five great powers he passed, his progress mark ed by hceers from the sailors of his own country and those of Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy. When the air vessel reached tho British cruiser Argyle, anchored an j eighth of a mile above Grant's tomb, Wright described an easy and graceful curve and started on his return journey down the river. The wind conditions which had bothered him on the journey up were now more favorable and it was here that the speed possibilities of the machine were demonstrated. While the 10 miles up stearin occu pied 20 minutes, the return flight was made in little more than 13; minutes, or at a rate approximately of 4 2 miles an hour. Nearing the harbor entrance again he was confronted with the saniC| architectural condition which caused | him to vary his altitude on the way up. Again he lowered himself and when he reached the open water of the bay he was flying barely 601 t'eet ajbove the snrfade. Thence! onward he gradually lessened his height. Past Governor's Island thej machine sped, an eighth of a mile, over the bay, then veering sharply j around. Wright headed swiftly for tho landing place, on which he set tled with the ease of a bird, amid the enthusiastic plaudits of soldiers! and civilians. ROBBED AND SLAIN. Body of Man, With Skull ( rushed, Found in River. Vonderan Kennon, aged 2.">. a J white farmer living a few miles from ! \\ atkinsville, Ca.. was robbed awl t it is believed murdered in Athens,. Ca.. on the night of Saturday, Sep-| tember 2"., and his body thrown in; the Oconee river at the cemetery1 bridge. He lef home on that day to go, to Atlanta to have his eyes treated.. He had with him He was in Athens on that date and was uot ? later seen alive. Monday morning j tho body was found in the river.. His skull had been crushed with a-j blunt instrument. The coroner's! jury is making a sweeping iuvesti-. gation. Treat All Alike. The governor of Mississippi has directed the penitentiary officials that Charles E. Smith, one of Mississip pi's weathiest citizen.-, who was sentenced to lif-- imprisonment for the killing of E. A. Laurent, of Nashville, must go to the hospital, if sick, or if vvellj i:-.- must be put to work. OKANGEBUBG CENSUSAGENTS Special Men Will Be Needed to Collect Data From Manufacturers. DO YOU WANT TO BE ONE? ! If So, Read Over This Article Care-, fully and Then Enter the Class for Examination at Columbia? Some of These Positions Will Pay Good Salaries. A competitive examination before the board of civil service examiners for special agents in connection with the collection of statistics of manu I facturers and mines and quarries, I will be held in Columbia on Xovem I ber 3. Those who most successful | ly stand the examination Will be ; among the eligible of the 1,600 to I 1,800 persons who will be employed by the national government for the I purpose indicated. The applicants will be required to take a practical test in filling out a schedule, such as is used in the actual work of a special agent. Applications for a card entitling persons to take the examination must be sent to the director of the census at Washington. Applications will ba i r.ecerv/d Jtrom women having the ! required experience and education, but the opportunity for the employ ment of women in this work is slight and but few, if any, such appoint ments will be made. As far as possible it is desired I to obtain for this work persons who have had college or university cours es in statistics or economics, and persons who have had service in the accounting department of some man ufacturing or other business estab lishment. Applications will be re ceived by the director of the census until the close of business, on Oc tober 25, 1909. Blank applications may be obtained by addressing the director of the census, Washington, D. C. Applicants must be between the ages of 20 and 60 years, must be citizens of the United States, and in good health and physical con dition. Good character and habits must be vouched for by at least two persons personally acquainted with the applicant. Generally speaking, the duties of special agents will consist in obtain ing in person, from manufacturing establishments and mines and quar ries, the statistics required by law as indicated in the printed sched ules with which they will be furn ished. These statistics cover invest ment, quantity and value of pro ducts and of raw materials used, number of employee and their wages, character and quantity of power, etc. Special agents will be divided into two classes: Class 1, chief special agents, who will collect statistics and supervise the work of assistant spe cial agents within a given territory or district; and Class 2, assistant special agents, who will be assigned to the collections of statistics under the direction of, and substitute to, special agents of Class 1. Special agents of. Class 1 will re ceive compensation at the rate of from $1.50 to $6 per day (including intervening Sundays.} Special agents of Class 2, if paid by the day, will receive from $3 to $4 for each day (including intervening Sun days); such agents may. however, be compensated on a piece-price bas is. Special agents of Class 1 will be employed from 6 to 155 months, and those of Class 2 from three to six months. Each special agent will, upon ap pointment, be <assigned an official station, and no expenses of sub sislance will be allowed any special agent while working in the imme diale vicinity of his station. Special agents who are necessari ly absent from their designated sta tions, engaged oa official business, will be allowed their actual and ne cessary traveling expenses and a per diem in lieu of subsistence under regulations to be hereafter promul gated. I Xo appointment of .Class 2 will j he made until about January 1, 1910.1 There will be two separate tests in tilling tin- schedules, designed for special agents of Classes 1 and 2| respectively. Any applicant. may. take either alone, or both, and fail ure to successfully pass the test: of Class 1 will not necessarily pre-j elude eligibility for appointment in' Ciass 2. The test for special agents of Class 1 will consist principally of the fill-, ing out of a sample schedule from! tiie details given in a typical balance she<-t and income account, supple-' mented by other data in tabulated form uecessarj to complete thesched iile. I 1 he test for special agents of Class 2 will consist principally of the fill ing '.mt of a schedule from a simple narrative statement of facts rela-i ;.*?<? t" a manufacturing .esablish uieiit, in which statement will appear ail i be figures and facts necessary to the completion of the schedule. A; !? as. several days prior to the each candidate will be furnish ed a copy of tie- schedule and a sei if printed instructions regarding the method of lilling them in. The papers prepared by the candi lates in these lests will be graded a p< rfect mark will represent ."it loints of a scab.- of 100 determining 8. C. THURSDAY. OCT LOST HIS WIFE .CONTRACTOR OF SPARTANBURG GOES TO COLUMBIA IN Search of Her But Fails to Find Her and Then Goes to the City of Charlotte. The Record says R. L. Lawson, a well known contractor of Spartan burg, was in Columbia Saturday night and reported to the police that his wife, Mrs. Allie Lawson, had without any reason, left her home. Detective Forde and Lawson went over the city in search of her, but after several hours' unfruitful en deavor, Lawson left at night for Charlotte, where he asked the police to aid in the search for his wife. The following from the Charlotte Observer concerning Mr. Lawson's presence in Charlotte will be read with interest: "In search of his wife who he says left home Monday morning,'R. L. Lawson, a prominent contractor of Spartanburg, S. C, Was in the city yesterday. He has notified the police to be on the lookout for her and has engaged one or more private detectives to assist in the search. So far it has been unavailing. "Mrs. Lawson on leaving Spartan burg, went to Columbia, thither her husband followed her and attempted to discover \:%r whereabouts, but tailed. Learning of h/is presence probably there she left and is sup posed to have arrived in Charlotte Saturday noon. Her name is Mrs. Allie Lawson. She is described as good looking, which is, of course, not a very definite description for any one ir. Charlotte, where nearly all of the ladies may thus be char acterized. When she left home slfe was wearing a dark brown tailor made suit. She is about 35 years old and has four children." Mr. Lawson has only recently com pleted the building of the Hotel Ore gon in Spartanbiirg. He ha? erected a number of other large buildings there and is well known in that city. He seemed at a loss to understand why his wife should have left him without 'any apparent reason and said if she would return be would be glad to see her again. He thought she would return in time to avoid a sensation, and for 'treason he hesitated 'about gdvfing particulars of the case to newspaper men, but after waiting a reasonable Jength of time he set out to find her. He gave a reporter for The Record the address of the family in Spartanbiirg and said he would appreciate any assistance that the press or the police might render him in finding his wife. LOSES HIS MEMORY. Prosperous Man Unable to Tell Doc tors Anything About Himself. In New York An expensively dressed man _ wearing rich jewelry, and apparently well educated, mys tified the doctors at the Bellevue Hospital a few days ago where he appKi'J for treatment. He could not remember his name or anything else about himself. All that he could remember was that while riding in a surface car. something in his brain had snapped and after that his memory of the past had been blank. The doctors declared that he was suffering from no physical ailment and that the loss of memory was his only failing. Papers found in his pocket, while not revealing his identity, indicated he was a man of considerable bus iness affairs and wcs prosperous j financially. All efforts to revive his memory I failed and he was sent to a ward to await a claimant. Has Caught Up. The State says the $30,000 re turned by the Bernheini Distillery company, the Louisville whiskey house, was received by State Treas urer Jennings Monday through Dr W. J. Murray of the State dispen sary commission. It will be recall ed that this was one of the concerns represented in this State by Jas. S. ; Farnum. Killed His Father. At Ferris, Texas, as the result of a quarrel over the use of a well on the property of Uurr Bryant, aged 25, he blew out the brains of his father, A. 13. Bryant, aged 01, with a shotgun. the final grade of a candidate. The grading of tin remaining 50 points will depend upon the evidence of the candidate's experience as shown on his application blank. All ap plicants who receive a combined rat ing of 70 will be placed on the eligi ble list. Selections from the eligible regis ter will he made as the needs of the service require. Eligibility is not of itself a guarantee of appointment, but selections will be made solely with reference to equipment and availability for appointment. There win be no geographical ap portionment of appointments as such. It will be the policy, however, as far as practica!?Io. to assign appointees to duty in the local it-res in whlcn i hey reside, and it therefore follows that the number of agents to bo ap-: pointed from a given State or lo-; cnlity will depend largely upon the, amount of work to be done in that State or locality. OBER 7, 1901). Ml USCH From a Living Tomb in a Well Sixty Feet Below the Ground. HE TALKED THROUGH PIPE Shifts Constantly Change in Order to Make Greater Progress in Digging. Hope Was Abandoned but Sounds Cause the Rekindling of Hope Until Success Comes. The father of John Cozzens. who was buried alive on Sunday morning at the botton of a sixty-foot well when it caved in, and two hundred of his neighbors at Center Islip, Long island, who had wonted day and night to reach the imprisoned youth, had given up all hope of recovering him alive Monday night, but early Tuesday they were still working in relays at the excavation when they is believed t o have come through a two-inch pipe which had been driv en down into the collapsed well. This faint cry, which was inter preted as one for help from the bur ied man, spurred on the rescuers to frantic efforts to reach him and as sured them that he was still alive. As only four men can work at a time, two digging and two hoisting, the workers, doubled their speed and they were relieved every few minutes by fresh crews. After digging for thirty-six hours all hope was practically abandoned of reaching young Cozzens alive, but no chance was to be taken and the rescujers continu/ed their efforts. They were at their work when a muf fled, far away human voice was heard and it required but a moment to dis cover that it came from the pipe which ran down into the well and which was used for pumping water before the sides of the well caved in. This news brought many other neighbors to the Cozzens farm and with excitement at fever heat, and all of the men working to their lim it, it was expected that the prisoner would be released before the day was over, and such proved to be the case, as the young man was released in the afternoon. PUSHED INTO THE RIVER. ,_ I Many Try to Hoard Torpedo Boats at Same Time. At St. Louis fifteen thousand en thusiastic and curious persons tried to board four liny torpedo boats at the same time a few days ago. The boats could not hold them, an I par. of the overflow, numbering 153, were' pushed into the Mssissippi, to be ?irawn ashore v tl.e police, satiora and others. Many wero trampled under foot, when the police reserves charged the crowds to drive them back from the boats. Scores of women fainted. These were carried into the wharf boat at the landing. The executive officer of the fleet has ordered the boats closed to the public. The greater part of the crowd, which was good natured, though rough, then dispersed. The boats are the Mardonough, Wilkes, Tingey and Thornton, under command of Lieut. Witchell. They are at St. Louis to escort Presi dent Taft down the Mississippi river to New Orleans. They belong to the flotilla which has headquarters at Charleston. COME TO STUDY COTTOX. Germans Want to Learn About the Fleecy Staple. With a view to increasing the cot ton yield of German East Africa to such an extent as to make Germany independent of the cotton of the United States, Bernhardt *Dernberg, German Agricultural Department, has arrived at New York to study cotton culture. The German minister will seek information from the Department of Agriculture at Washington and with experts will make a thorough inves tigation in the Southern cotton belt. They will investigate methods on the New Orleans and New York cot ton exchanges. Deceives Nurse. At Winsted Mrs. Alice Andrews, sixty-five years old. widow of Charles H. Andrews, was enabled to end her life with gas by shamming sleep. Mrs. Andrews recently suffered a nervous breakdown. A nurse re mained in her room until midnight, and then, as Mrs. Andrews appeared to be sleeping, retired to her own room. On going to the patient'sI room the next morning the nurse| found Mrs. Andrews dead and a gas jet wide open. * Kills Rival and Self. Near Hannibal. Mo., Oscar Wilk inson shot and killed his rival, Ar thur Dix, at the home of Miss Ellen Brock, and then killed himself. j Wilkinson, who was l!' years old, also wounded Henry lloeksrher. HO years old, who tried to disarm him.] Miss Ellen Brock secreted herself j in the house while Wilkinson search-, ed in vain. His body was found later in a field, where he had shot himself in the head. Hoelacbcr is nor expected to recover. FRAUD ORDER ISSUED MRS. LIZZIE SMITH OF ULMERS, S. C, CLASHES WITH THE Postoflice Department and Is Denied the I'se of L'ucle Sam's Mail Privilege. A special Washington dispatch to The News and Courier says a fraud order has been issued by the post office department against Mrs. Lizzie Smith, of Ulmers, South Carolina, charged with conducting a scheme through the mails to obtain property by means of false and fraudulent pretences. Advertisements were pub lished by Mrs. Smith in leadiDg mag azines under the "For Exchange" column exploiting a proposition to exchange dry goods and useful ar ticles, for premium ; tobacco tags, coupons, signatures, soap .wrappers and cancelled postage stamps. As might be expected from an adver tisement of this nature, it produced many replies, and Mrs. Sni.th, is is said, received great quantities ot the numerous articles adverised for. One party who forwarded Mrs. Smith 7,000 cancelled stamps be came suspicious when no reply was received, and made a complaint to the postal officials, who made an investigation of her business. A postollice official wrote Mrs. Smith regarding the batch of cancelled stamps which had been forwarded to her by the complainant and he got an answer to the effect that the sender of stamps had been written to several times to send postage for their return. At the same time.she stated the stamps were not the kind desired and that the stamps had been returned to the complainant at her own expense. This the complainant denied at the time, but later stated that about one-half of the stamps had been returned, most of the stamps being held by Mrs. Smith. Of the numerous complaints that have been received against Mrs. Smith by the postoffice officials prac tically all are to the effect that noth ing had been received in turn, and that no replies were made to com munications addressed to her, after the articles were sent. When the postoffice inspector called at Mrs. Smith's place of business he learned that the business was conducted by Frank B. Smith, the husband of Mrs. Smith. When asked why the busi ness was conducted under his wife's name, Smith would give no reply other than that he was her hus band. KILLED IX OIL MILL. Man Beaten to Death Between Floor and Ceiling. A Spartanburg dispatch to The State says Edward Ham melt, aged 45 years, was killed at the Greer oil mill Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock. His death was a horrible one. He was caught up in a belt and beaten to death between the floor and the ceiling. His legs were torn off, his arms broken and his head crushed. Mr. Hammett was a native of Greer. His wife is serious ly ill and has been so for some time. It could not be learned just how Mr. Hammett became entangled in the belt, but it is supposed that he must have been oiling up the machinery. KILLS HIS WIFE. Wounds Another Woman, Then Tunes His Own Life. At Indianapolis, Ind., Albert Car nahan, ."?.1 years oid, shot and killed his wife, fatally wounding Mrs. Ida Calvin and then killed himself. Carnahan had been separated from his wife for five weeks. Apparently he had become insane. Mrs. Carnahan filed suit for di vorse from her husband a month I ago. He persisted in calling on her I and she obtained from the court an | order restraining him. Monday night while she was in bed ill, attended by several women, Carnahan enter ed the room and drew two revol vers. His wife sprang from the b<>d and; she and the other women fled from! the room. Carnahan opened firej ami shot his wife four times. He then ran to the front porch and shot at the other women. He miss ed all but one, Miss Calvin, who re ceived a bullet in the abdomen. Carnahan returned to his wife's bed room and shot himself in the head. He fell across his wife's body and died immediately. Hui-led Into a Tree. Just before a speeding automobile struck a tree near Coney Island,, there were live men in the machine, and after the impact the ambulance] doctors found only four men. all of | whom had broken ribs or other In-1 juries. when one of the four re covered consciousness he inquired for! the fifth member of the party and a search revealed the unconscious man hanging over a limb of the tree, where he had been hurled by the col- J lision. Died by His Own Hand. A special dispatch fro:.~. Hamburg says Albert Pulitzer of New York, has committed suicide by shooting himself while in a hot< 1 iri that city. The dispatch adds Pujitz? r was suffering from a nervous break down. Alberl Pulitzer was a brother of Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World. O CENTS PER COPY MINERS KILLED Thirty Die From Explosion of Fire Damp in Canada Coal Mine. SHOCK WAS TERRIFIC Over Fifty .Men Entombed In ??oaI Mine, Whose Chambers Extend Under the Sea, and Only Twenty five Are Rescued?Flames Retard1 the Rescue Work. Thirty lives are known to have been lost in an explosion that en tombed more than fifty men in the Extension Mine of the Wellington Colliery Company at Nanaimo, D. C, Tuesday. Twenty-five of the imprisoned men were rescued, but the rapidly spread ing fire prevented the rescuers from completing their work. Eight bod ies were recovered and the workers were making every effort to force further entrance into the two levels I affected by the explosion in an effort to save any who may be living and to recover the bodies of the dead be fore they are consumed. The fire was constantly gaining headway, and while it continues, there is little hope of the rescuers being able to reach the imprisoned men. All the men rescued were badly injured. The men employed in the colliers on Vancouver Island are of the bet ter class of British miners, are well paid and have comfortable homes. The Wellington Colliers Company, which owns the Extensive Mine, is controlled , by British Columbia cap italists, Lieutenant Governor James Dunsmuire being the head of the corporation. The shock was terrific, but its ef fect was confined to the slope where in it occurred. All of the men in the other slopes and leveles escap ed. ' . H Fifty men were engaged in rescue j work. Hundreds of inhabitants and miners volunteered aid, but the na ture of the rescue work precluded I more than fifty being engaged. The rescuers hoped the flames would die down so as to permit the rescue of the entombed, but thrir chances seemed hopeless. The exnlosion was due to fire damp, the timbers in two levels at once igniting and the fire spread ing with great rapidity. Residents of Nanaimo have been I prevented from going to Extension, where the disaster occurred, and only rescuers, miners and officials are on the scene. ; The mine is situated sixty miles I north of Victoria, near the seacoast. Some of the chambers run under the sea. More than three thousand men are emjployed |*? those colliers, which are the second largest in Canada, and have been operated for forty years. They have been the scene of several disasters In recent years. LARGE INCREASED SALES Of Fertilizers in South Carolina During Past Year. According to figures obtained by Commission"!' Watson, the total sales of fertilizer in the State during tho past year was 625,04s tons, valuo $14,0G2,r.SO. The number of tons of cottonseed meal sold was 133,315, value $3,466,1 5)0. The annual In spection tax collected from the sales amounted to $139,590.75. The above figures were derived by estimating the average prico per ton of fertilizer. $22.50, and cotton seed meal at $26, per ton. The figures show a great increase in sales during the past several years. In 1904 the number of tons of fertilizer sold was 404.447. value $0. 100.057.50; the number of tons of cottonseed meal, 77.1 (In. value $t, 996,100. The total annual inspec tion tax 'derived in that year was $120,40 1.75. HOl'NI) AND GAGGED. Baker's Wire Banged From Rafter by Two Robbers. At Lansing. Mich., Mrs. W B. Scott, wife of a baker of that, city, was found in the woodshed of her home Monday gagged and suspended by her wrists from the rafters so that her toes touched the floor. The woman had been hung there by two masked men and had been tied up for more than two hours when ber husband an.I a neighbor found her. She was utterly exhaust ed and has suffered severely from lie shock. According to the story by the po lice*, after Mrs. Scott was bound arid gasged am! nuns to the rafters, lie men entered the house and earched for money. Dooze Burned. The dispensary at Rrookland, uear "!i)l;.rnbia, burned in Monday eight, ir.d the stork cif booze on hand mounting to $1,200, was totally des troyed. There is no remedy for the hirsty. the county having voted dry ::?] the law forbidding any further