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vol IvI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1890. NO. 44. A TEIRIi1C" EXPLOSION. .DESTRUCTiON OF THE DUPONT MiLLS !N DELAWARE. he Bigget Powder Factory in the Uni ted States-Six 3I1l1s and Fifty Dwell ings Destroyed--A )ozen or More Work Men Killed and 3Many Injured. WIL1N roN. DEL., October 7.-The office and six m:lls of the Dupont Pow der Works, neztr here are in ruins. Fifty or inore 'iousies of workmen at the "upper y -.rd" are wrecked. A dozen :perhaps mor , xorkmen are dead, aid a score or more others are injurcd, as a result of a series of powder explosions -at ).30 this afternoon. The Dupont works which are well known throughout the country, are the largest powder mills in the United States. The mills extended along the banks of the Brandywine. chiefly on the 'west side, for about two miles. They are divided into "upper," "Hagley" and -lower" yards. The first named, where the .tlice of the company is lo cated, is aboit three miles, and the last named abour. five miles from Wilming ton. A workmtia named Grau, in one of the peuking mills connected with the -"upper" yards, was receiving a can of hexagonal powder to be shipped for the use of the United States Government, when in soae way a spark communi cated to the can and it blew up. Instant ly the packing mill exploded. and the other mills in the upper yards, seven or eight in number, followed at inter vals of less than one second from the -concussion. All these, except one, were rolling mills in which the ingredients -of gunpowder are pulverized by the ac tion of vertical rollers of stone turning slowly around a central post. The whole macilinerv is driven by water power. The odd one was a mixing mill. The shokll was simply terrific, and was felt even in Philadelphia, thirty five miles away, and in New Jarsey and elsewhere. At the "i. ppe'r yards," where the ex plosion occurred, are some fifty houses inhabited b)\ employees of the powder mills, and they are all wrecked. The office of the Dupont Company is a com plete wreck, aud six mills are in ruins. All buildings within a radius of half a mile are danaged. and the concussion even broke windows in some parts of Wilmington, four or five miles away. Immediately after the explosions the large building known as the "refinery." located near the centre of the village, took fire. It was a matter of life and death to the whole population that this fire should be extinguished before it com municated with the powder the bnild ing contained. Taking their lives in . their hands the Dupont fire brigade fought the flames, which had caught the roof. It was touch and go between success and destruction, but the fire men won. Had the roof fallen in it is doubtful if any man, woman or child in the vicinity would have escaped death or serious injury. About fifty families are rendered homeless by the disaster, and many of them were so dazed by the terrible events of those few seconds as to seem hardly conscious of where they are or what they are doing. The injured are being gathered into the hospital build ing appertaining to the works, and are receiving such surgical and other aid as they need. Owing to the rocky and wooded character of the locality, but little can be done in the way of search ing for the missing, or ascertaining the extent of damage done to property un til daylight. The following is a partial list of the killed : Martin Dolan, James Dolan, Win. McGarvey, John Hartigan, Win. Dlennison, .John Dietz, John Hlurlike, Patrick Dougherty, Wmn. Green, John Newall, and a woman nfamed Rose Dougherty. Several others are missing. The more seriously injured, so far as learned, are: Daniel 11arkins, Wmn. Logan, (will probably died,) Annie and Marie Dolan, daught~ers of James Do Ian, who is among the killed; James Ward,1leg broken and hut internally; Hugh Ferry, picked up uni:onscious, injuries unknown; Johu McDowell, head badly hurt; Mrs. Wmn. McDowell, ear cut off and head very badly cut; her two-year-old daughter seriously in jured; Lydia Anderson, arm brjken and badly bruised. Among the slightly injured are Eu gene Dupont, the head of the firm; F rancis G. Dupont and Chas. i. Dupont. They and several clerks in the oilice were cut by fragments of broken glass, but none seriotusly. The dead were all employees of the company and were in and about the mills that exploded.' several workmen are missing and are believed to have been blown to f rag ments. The wounded received their injurie's among the wvalls of their fallinighouises ard by broken glass and flying debris. Ilad t here not leen a general exuduis froim their houses at. the rirst shoek. the death list would have been i mch hieavie'r, as manuy n4auld have beenu crushed itn the rums na.' their d weilim!gs. U'ndertaikers have gone~ ont fromt Wilmington to give their services in preparing the dlead for burial, while Wilmington surgeons were prompt to hurry to the spot and render aid. Yesterday's Powder Ex plosion. WILMIusoo Del., Octob~er 8.-Ele yen persons were killed and twenty in jured in yesterday afternoon's explO sions at the Dupont powder mills. The men who were killed were all wvorking in and about the magazines and mills, imd except in the case of three were blown to pieces. so that only fragments of their remains haye been found. The body of Patrick Dougherty was found this mcrning in the water of the race along the creek shore where it had been thrown by the explosion. The body of Green was found just outside of the ruins of the magazine in which the first explosion occurred and stange to say was~ not mangled or bruised. It is the theory of the workmen that the explosions were started in some way by a soldering iron which Green was using in soldering tin covers on the cans of po wder. This work is ex tremely dangerous and Green was the only man trusted to perform it. lie was an old employee who thoroughly understood his business, but it is sup posed his soldering iron became too hot and that its heat fired the powder in spite of his carefulness. Green and .\eGarvey were the only men in the magazine at the time. John Brader, employed by the pow der manuf acturers as a teamster, had a miraculous escape. lie was driving a double team through the powder yard when the explosion occurred and his wagon was domolished and the horses attached to it were killed. Brader was not hurt. . The wounded are being cared for by neighbors arid friends and the dead bodies prepared for burial. Three hundred or four hundred home sseoplnn are provided with comfor table quarters by their friends living in more favorable localities and will be looked after until their homes can be restored. . The original powder works were founded by Elenthere Ireene Dupont de Nemours in 1802, and the upper mills, where yesterday's explosions oc curred, were added to the plant in and since 1872. The total works as they exist to-day have a capacity for turn ing out 12,000,000 pounds of powder an nually, and the firm Dupont de Ne mnours & Co., own and operate also new additional mills in Luzerne, Schuylkill a i Northumberland Counties, Penn svlvania. in 1Ss6 there were used in these works. includini the Pennsylvania mills, over lt;,000,000 pounds of salt pete and nitrate of soda, the chief in gredients of powder. The Brandywine plant numbers in its entirety sonie eighty different build ings. extending along the Western bank of the creek and for a shorter distance on the Eastern bank about two miles. Including the site of the mills, dwellings of the employees, churches. schools and other buildings, and the adjacent farming land, the companv's tract on the Brandywine amounts to about 2,500 acres Upon this property.besides the buildings men tioned, are three woolen mills, a cotton mill and a population of ab:>ut 4,000 people, of whom over 300 are employed in the works. UNDEMOCRATIC DEMOCRACY. Some Plain Truths Plainly Spoken by the Greenville News. Judge A. C. Haskell says lie is a Dem ocrat. No doubt he is one as a matter of abstract principle, but lie is far from being one in actual practice. Beliefs are good and words are very well, but actions are the proper things to Judge by. The essence of Democracy is the rule of the people. That is the fundamental, foundation principle of the party. The essence of Republicinism. or Federalism or Whigism- the thiee are 1 the same in their essential, moving principes-is the rule of the many by the few-the theory, inherited fron the old days of an aristocracy established by law and kings and emperors, that the wis dom and virtue of the State are concen trated among a few. Judge Haskell was a member of the Democratic party of this State. An over whelming majority of the members of that party demanded the nomination of B. R. Tillman for Governor. Judge Haskell then counted himself a member of the wing or faction of the Democratic party which called itself "Straightout" or "anti-Tillman." An overwhelming majority of that faction, through a conferencs composed of its most influential, earnest and prominent members, voted to support B. R. Tillman wheahe became the nominee of the party. That vote was taken after long and earnestdiscussion of the subject and after Judge Haskell's views and argu ments had been presented with all the force and power of careful thought, elaborate preparation and eloquent delivery. Now Judge Haskell bolts the deci3ion of his own wing of the party. Hc is a law unto himself. He calls the declsion of the mafority of his party folly Ind the decision of the majority of his faction of the party cowardice. His action in setting up a new ticket and a new organization of his own is virtnally a declaration of his belief that the wisdom, courage and patriotism ot the State is concentrated in him and his< followers, whom he khows to be few, because they have been outvoted every-1 where. To establish over the State the rule of1 this many times refined and trebly dis-3 tilled essence of virtue and wisdom lhe proposes to appeal to the negro vote which has never heretofore supported any rule but that of corruption and im becility. The white people cannot meet Judge Haskell's fastidious ideas. The bulk of anti-Tilman men who swallowed their I mediciine like men and have fallen in J line for the good of the State and party1 and in obedience to the requirements of common sense are evidently counted as of coarser clay. They can take it, but Judge Haskell cannot. Itf Judge Haskell's movement should succeed it would inevitably result in one of two conditions. A few white men would rule the State with power which would be despotic in its character, and therefore repugnant to every lover of liberty, however its exercise might be, the black vote being the means used to maintain that power. If those few white men should lose their control of the black vote, as ther p robably would very soon. the black vote itself would rule through its owni chosen agents and represeutatives. We do not suppose thait .ludge Hlaskell woubl admit noldin:: these ideas or ac knowledge the accura , of ouri pre dictions5. Tihe truth is, probably, he has no4 proprlyil formed ideas' on the sub~ject of any kind. ..le la an im:enlsely ainery man, and lbe has all' w.-l hisam'.er to sweep away his judgeut andf shape h is arguments atad form lts concuionsi'l. No man ever commito suicide with a dobt of the nees v fur the act. No Malay ever rn muick n. ichi bared km!ii/slasing friendl and fue a iike with out profoundl conlviction that h~e was do ing a praiseworthyV and honlorable act. While the suicide and the Mlalay fanatic are both better than the coward who avoids an issue or the sneak who sacri fies his principles or caters to depraved impulses for his own advantage, tile cool judgment of the wvorld condemns both and restrains and punishes them. We do not believe many of the people of this Statt are prepared to follow .Judge Haskell in the wild exploit lhe has now declared his purpose to begin. We think ie following lie has will dIrop) away as fast as men allow themselves to reason on facts and look squrarely and honestly at the future and that very nearly the full strength of the party will b~e polled for Tillman. We believe as strongly that within two y'ears the peopleC will aain be united on safe and conservative nen and measures. and that the Demo cratic party will hold its grip on the State and mainitaini, as it has dlone, her purity and prospeity. Sample of iReeud Legislation. pears that an important umissioni was made in the tariff bill as5 einrolled and sined by the l'resident. Section 30, the internal~ reve ne schedules, which wvas originally stricken out by the Senate and susequenitly restoredi by the conference, was completely omitted in the enroll ment. 'This se.~tioni provided for the al lowance of a drawback on smoking and manufactured tobacco andl snuff held ink unbroken packages in the hands of mani ufactures at the date when the reduc tions will go into effect. As this is January 1st, niext, however there will still be aimple opportunity for Congress at its next sessioin to correct the error by Ss,,,m etaln legision. DEAD LETTER OFFICE. THE QUESTION "WHATS THE MAT-: TER WITH THE MAIL" ANSWERED. Some Little Details, Which, if Observed. Would Save a Great Deal of Trouble to Letter Writers, their Correspondents and Postal Oticlals. The dead letter office of the postoffice depaitment at Washington, D. C., has sent out a circular for public informa tion, from which the following extracts are selected: Oversix million pieces of mail mat ter are sent annually to the (lead letter office by reason of incorrect, illegible or deficient address, Insuflicient postage, insecure enclosing, whereby mailed matter becomes separated from the en velope or wrapper, or the failure to be called for or delivered to the person ad ressed. This is a daily average of over twenty thousand pieces. Of these the greater portion either ire not called for at the postoflice to which they are directed, or, in case of free delivery offices, the addresses can aot be found, notwithstanding every known means is resorted to on the part Af the postal officials to effect delivery. Matter sent to the dead letter office, which cannot be delivered to the per ;on addressed, is required to be opened in its treatment for the purpose of re :urn to the sender, and if the name and iddress of the sender be not shown or annot be ascertained from the con ents, and it contains no valuable en losure, it must be destroyed. Letters opened and found to contain my enclosure of obvious value are en ;ered upon proper records, and, of such, hose who do not disclose sufficient in !rmation to enable them to be return d are filed, subject to reclamation apon proper application and identifica ;ion. Letters which contain no enclosure )f obvious value are not recorded, Packages and parcels are recorded, d where they do not disclose the ame and address of the owner are filed; f not called for or claimed within two ,ears they are disposed of at public tuction and the proceeds covered into he United States treasury. CAUSES OF FAILURE TO DELIVER. A large proportion of the packages d parcels sent to the dead letter office ail to be restored to the owners be ause of the absence on the wrappers >r enclosures of anything to indicate )wnership thereof. Misdtrection, incorrect, illegible and leicient address are given as leading uses which occasion the failure of nail matter to reach its proper destina Jon, and affect alike that which is Oddressed to either city, town or vil age. In addition to these, in the case of hatter mailed to cities or free delivery )f>ices, are the faildre to give street or iumber, business or occupation. or ome designated place of delivery of he person addressed; inability to find ransient people, and their neglect to ive forwarding orders for their mail; ~he neglect of permanent or temporary esidents to notify the carriers or post ffice of change of place for the delivery >f their mail matter upon moving ~romn one part of the city to the other, ogether with the failure of newcomers ;o furnish the postoffice with their iames and places of address. It is to hese causes, with others of more or ess consequence, that the non-delivery >f mail matter is in the main, attribu able, and they are conditions over hich the postal service has no control, md may alone be remedied by the peo ,le themselves. The following suggestions. if ob erved, will aid the dispatch and de ivery of mail imatter through the nails, or its return directly to the sen er in the event of non-delivery, and hus prevent the annoyance, delay and ~mbarrssment caused b~y senlding mat ;er to the dead letter oflice. THE DIRECTION OF LETTERS. Mail matter should be plainly and :orrectly addressed, the name or the postoffice to which it is to be sent should be clearly and distinctly stated, nd to avoid confusion from the simi arIly of abbreviations, as frequently ised, the name of the State should also Le given in full. In the case of mail addressed to small ofiict-s, or where here are offices in like names in differ ent States, the name of the county should be added. Where maiil matter is ad'dressed to sties or free delivery offices the street nd house nmmer, or postollice box Uuber of the~ person add ressedl are importaot, ed~ should al ways hie given when it is p >ssible to do so. WVhere- 1 (ihn c:mot he dlone. thle busi ess ' employmnent of the- person rad ,ressed4, ]f1 ' ted, will often seure de hvery. . smnall prprto onIly of he umaiil ece ved at the free delivery (itliees is cal for at. the genemLral delivery ofI t he iost ofice. he pu blice xpeetnng deli very by the let Ler-cairriers: and hence the imlortance~ if giving street andi num-i er, or som- other designationmwhmereby the person addressed may be found. Letters addressed to persons tempo rarily sojourning in a city where the etter carrier system is in operation should be marked "Transient" or "Gen ral delivery," if not addressed toa street and number, or some other dles ignated place of delivery. The name and address of the sender, either printed or written, should be placed upon the upper left-band corner of the envelope or wrapper of all mat ter mailed. l'his will secure its immediate re urn to the sender from the mailing flice for correction if improperly ad iressed, insufliciently paid, or other wise defective. Letters and all other matter mailed, so marked with the name and address o. the sender, that should fail to be called for or delivered to the person ad dressed, and upon which full letter rates of postage has been paid, are not ent to the 'dead letter oflice, but are returnable to the sender directly with out additional charge, and with the reason of non-delivery endorsed there THE~i PACK{AGE1 MAIL. Packages and all matter mailed at less than letter rates of postage should. i addition to thet name and address of the sender upon the envelope or wrap per, bear in connection therewith a re quest for its return in the event of* non-delivery, in which c-ase it is also returnable directly to the sender from the postoflice addressed, charged with return postage at the rate reqluired for the class of matter to which it belongs. All matter mailable at less than letter rates of postage must be so wrapped or: inclosed that it can be readily examined t theaon ofnelvery, a well as at the mailing office. without destroying the wrapper; oth-tirwise it is subject to let ter postage. Mueh of the package and parcel matter received at the (lead letter office is that which has been deposited for mailing sealed and closed against in spection and prepaid at less than let ter rate; being unmailable in such con dition, and the name and address of the sender not appearing upon the cover, whereby it might be returned for cor rection and proper compilance with postal conditions, it necessarily is sent to the dead letter ofice. THE FOnEIGN MAIL A large proportion of the packages sent to the dead letter office are ad- c dressed to foreign countries. In addition to being sealed or closed against inspection and deficient in postage, many of them contain articles that. are unmilable through the post s beeause of custons regulations and 1 conditions of the countries to vhic-h they are addressed, or exceed the limit of size and weight. In mailingz packages addr-ssed to I foreirn countries care should be taken to ascertain whether they are prohibi ted from transmission to the country of destination. or can only be forward- d ed when the postage is fully prepaid at foreign letter rates-5 cents per half, ounce. Only bona fide trade samples are transmissible at reduced rates of post age. Persons desiring to mail matter other tl- an letters to foreign c, untries should consult their postmasters. who, being provided with the postal laws and reg ulations, are enabled to give proper in- t formation respecting conditions, etc. etc.. of mailing to foreign countries. All valuable matter to be sent by mail should be registered. It will thus y receive such protection as it is not a always possible to give to matter sent - in the ordiuary mails. Money should be sent by money order or registered letter. .0 Proprietorsof hotels should omit the t return request from envelopes supplied gratuitously to their guests;and guests using envelopes furnished by hotels should be careful to designate what t] disposal should be made of letters sent t] by them in case of non-celivery. On mail matter to foreign countries, especially Canada and England, in which many postoflices have the same h as officers iu the United State, the name y of the country, as well as the postoflice, H should be given in full. In sending packages and parcels books, pamphlets and other articles by mail, the address should be placed 0 on the article enclosed as well as on the n wrapper. t< Should the wrappers become detach- t, ed, as they frequently do, through hand- f( ling incident to mail transportation by n sea or land, it may still be possible to c, restore the article if this precaution is k taken. T While the efficiency of the postal p system and service has attained high a standard, the public may materially b aid in the fuller and more complete 11 delivery of its mail matter, or the y prompt return of the same to the sen- c der in cases where delivery from any h ause cannot be effected, if the forego- a: ing suggestions are conformed to. S An Example for Other states. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 8.-Attorney General Hunt received from Assistant Attorney General Vance the following: b The Louisiana Lottery states that the lottery company being forbidden the use of the United states mails advertises it i will use the express companies as the ti medium for transmitting moneys and b tickets. Circulars announcing the re suilt of the drawings can be had from a the express noents through whom tickets w are procureI. In short, the express C companies are made agents of the lot- 1f terv." Ie asks if this can be prevented ' an punished under the criminal code of llinois.C Attorney General Ihunt, in his reply, s says if the express company undertakes, It through its agents, to act as the agent of 'I the lottery it wiil violate the provisions M of the States statutes and be liable to the si penalty imposed. ie further adds that t~ should any case of violation come to his pl notice he will call the attention of the tc prosecuting attorney in the County in c) which it occurs to it and do all he can to aid in suppressing the lottery busi- e ness. 0 The Shoe Beginning to Pinch. b; BA LTIORE, Oct. 9.-The Sun says a gi foretaste of the developement of the ni iron industry in the South is given in ta bids for the water works pipe at Atlan- $ ta, Ga., opened a few days ago. The p; lowest bid, $22.24 per ton, was by the el ~oward Harrison Iron Company of Bes- it senmer, Ala. The next lowest, $22.95, tl was by the Anniston Pipe Work. Other tl bids, giving only name of cities, were as tt followvs: Philadelphia, $25: Louisville, ni 825.80: Cincinnatti, $28: Philidelphia, n 828.1l, and Burlington, N. .,. $29.71. I1 Thus, with the exception of one Phil- Il adelpiia concern. which was $2.7i; high- t< er, the Northern bidders were 863 to S7 o a ton higher than Bessemer company. ti As Atlanta has about 6.000 tons to buy al the difference in the whole bid is from ei 836.000 to 412.000. Referring to this, the n .thamta C'onstitution remarks: "A dif- ti ference of twenity-five per cent. is not A explained by the remnotenes of North- a era foundies The condition of ir on t imauacture are mo)re fav orabole S outh. e and that is what made the bids lower." A Steatner iClown U. p en Eagle bde w up yestershiy. Thei Gold- i en Eagle is a mzuul pleasure boat, andT at b.w time of the :aeiden-mt was nmaking gi 0ne of her regulair trips arouniid the lake 'i in frout of the city. The boat carried li f- e, teenm passengers. every one of whom rt was rescued. Onmly one or two persons j received injuries and those were noto serious. Reports of th~e cause of the rt accident are conflicting, but the best li authenticated is that a break in the ma- ri eninery caused it. A panic ensued a: among the passengers, crowding to- at gether in a mnad rush, for safety, and r; the exeursionists swamped the little ti raft and she went to the bottom of fr the lake. The accident happened a t hort distance from the :lhore and those t on terra firma put off to reader assis tance. The rescuers siucceededl in say- a: ing the passengers and crew, although s several nairrowly escaped~ drowning-.i The~ Cholera Scourge. L ,xia N, Oct. 9.-- llorrible accountsF come from the Iled Sea of the condition of cholera victims. The Arabs and strangers in that section are dying byj scores. Persons are seized wvith cholera a.nd1 die within an hour. with clenched teeth and boudies terribly dIrawn upI Birds and dogs feed on the corpses t which the people are aflraidl to touch, and vast flocks of vultures, with the for-footed scavengers, dispose of the prey. From the interior of Arabia tile acounts are fully as heartrending, and the victims are said to be niumbered by the thousands. Four Boners Burst Together. fl ItsKIEA N. Mm1ii.. Oct..-A terni o ble explosion occurretd at the IDucey c Lumber Company's lower sawv mill tis morning as the fireman was getting up tl steam. Four of tile six boilers explod- C ed, wrecking the mill and throwving the1 other twvo boilers far fronm their founda- t< tios. Six mnen were injuired andl one ti fireman, Zerger, cannot recover. The ausa of the explosion was low water. I TOO SIARP FOR THE1. OUTHERN SCAMPS TOO SMART FOR NEW YORK SCAMPS. ;reen Goods Men Who Have Come to Orier-The Latest Incident-Alabana Men Who Carried Pistols and Gathered a Pile. NEW YoRnK, Oct 8.-In time the green goods" philanthropist who is ver trying to sell ten good dollars for inc ordinary dollar will learn that he n ust not attempt his little game on the outhern man. Holland, of Texas, ave the "green goods" men a violent hock by shooting their recognized -.der, "Tom" Davis, several years ago, lid others have contributed milder oh eot lessons. It remained for two Ala )anians, however, to furnish a mlo ramatic climax by a successful raid *;:on the genuine capital as well as the u mmies of an enterprising gang. The ames of the men are supposed to be . II. Lindsay alias James H. Ilafley nd R1obert D. George, but all of the ::mes may be fictitious. Both men re locked up in the Twenty-third Sub recint Station House, in the basemen! f the Grand Central Rail Road station, nd their "baggage" is stowed away in he safe. The baggage consists of one brown sather satchel, one towel, four big re olvers, two "green goods" packages rd over S1,750 in genuine greenbacks. he two last-named items are not re ogUized by the Alabamians as portions f their baggage, but were found in heir satchel nevertheless. Saturday evening, about 6.30 o'clock, etective McMahon, of the Twenty bird sub-Precinct, was standing near 3e most southerly door In the New ork Central Rail Road station scan ing the faces of people who entered in is search for suspicious characters. A ung man accosted the detective and iquired where he could find a police ian. "I am one. What do you want?" the licer ing'ired. "There are two men who robbed a ian of several thousand dollars down-. )wn," the young man said, pointing to: xo men who had just purchased tickets >r Western Alabama, -and what is ore, they are green goods men," he :ntinued. "They are robbers and I now it, and I want them arrested." he detective secured the assistance of trolman Lane and arrested the two en. They evpressed mild surprise. t asked no questions, and went quiet to the station house downstairs. The oung man who made the charge ac >npanied the party, and in station ouse gave his name as Thomas Eaton, nd his address No. 225 West 126th treet. The men arrested gave their ames as James H. Hafley. aged thirty ne. and Robert D. George, aged twen -nine. They both said they lived it [ooresville, Limestone County, Ala ama. While the two prisoners were being !arched Eaton slipped out of the sta on unobserved, and nothing has since en heard from him by the police. he prisoners wore sack coats, and in ch of the side pockets of both coats a orderous looking revolver was found. ther pockets revealed two rail road ekets, $t0 or $10 in currency and a treen goods" circular addressed to B. . Lindsay, Belle Mina, Limestone ounty, Ala. Belle Mina is a small ation seven miles from Decatur, on ie Memphis & Charleston Rail Road. he satchel they carried is a medium zed brown satchel, with a leather rap aroundl it. It outwardly appeared >be empty, and the officers were sur rised on opening it to find even a soiled wel and four small brown paper par ls. The towel bore the stamp of the Roanoke Hotel," and at one time ridently comprised the entire contents [ the satchel. Two of the parcels eon uned slips of paper the size of national mk notes. The other two contained enuine bank notes, one being filled -ith 10 bills and the other with ones. ;vos and fives. The former contained 1,270 and the latter $484. The four ackages corresponded in size and gen ral appearance and were apparently itended to be interchangeable. That iey were put up by "sawdust" men iere is no doubt. Ilafley, who appears Sbe the leader, when asked how much oney the package contained pretended t to know and suggested to the of cer: "Countit if you want to find out." l was equally noncomlmunicative as >where the four packages came from r how the charge of robbery against e originated. Charges of robbery ad carrying concealed weapons were teret on the record. and the men -ere Acked up. Yesterday morning ey 'were taken before .Justice Mc ahon, in the Yorkville Police Court, aid rrmanded until to-d'iy. Thmey spent uday in the T'wenty-Thirdl Sub Pre inct ation. The prisoners a ppear~ to be farly well -do farmers. aud both of them look nd talk intelligently. Trhey' are tall, ender. dark skinned and determined iokmg men, half smooth-shaven. hey discuss any subject introduced ely except their experiences in New ork. "I've been robbed and I got en," is Ihatley's explanation, and that mrk is the only allusion to the sub 'rt the police have forced out of either teither of them. Start them on the 'sources ot the South, the race prob n, tariff, Alabama cotton raising or igion, however, and they talk freely ad interestingly, Ihntley owns 800 .res of land in Alabama, he said, and ised cotton and corn. Both men in mated that they have influential. 'ends in America, but they declined >cm.unicate with them. They said ey camne here via Washington and ersey City. Tlhey will not reply when sked whether the money found in the tchel belongs to them or whether they itend to claim it. Tlhe police think nio claim w'll be rnde on the money and that it will go ito the Police Pension Fund. No ody imagines the "sawdust" men will aim it The prisoners exchange remarks hen they think they are not liable to a overheard. Some of' these remarks ave been overheard, though, and will 1em and other facts ini their posses on the police have been able to build -hat they consider the true story, so ur as it goes, of the affair. They are itisied that IHatley, or Lindsay as he probably known at home, has at me time been victimized by the New 'ork "green goods" scheme and deter mined to adopt the tactics of Iholland, f Texas, and get even, IHe made a onfident of George and probably f another man, as it appears that 3ere were three of them. The trio pened correspondence with a New 'ork "green goods" gang and the lat r sent them a genumiie $1 bill with ie usual price list. Detective Mc lahon has the circular and also the~ 1 bill, but he sa.s there s nothingr in I the circular to indicate where the "greet goods" men make their headquarters ir New York. When the scheme was al arranged the Alabamians came to Jer sey City and probably met the sharp ers there, according to the police theory although the meeting may have occur red in this city. Eaton said the "rob bery" occurred "downtown." The po lice fix the time as late Saturday after noon and they think the three Southern ers were all with the "green goods' men and watched them count and pul up in packages .5.000 of good money Before the usual exchange was effected I1alley and George each suddenly drew tw o revolvers and held up the "green' good" gang while the third Southern ers swept the good money anl the "sawdust" packages into the satchel and then the trio left and subsequently seperated. The third man taking the bulk of the money for safety and the other two starting for home via Ohio, where they intended investing the 61, 754 in horses. When they left, a mes senger was sent to track them, and he followed the two who remained togeth er instead of the one man, as the twc men had the satchel into which the money had been thrown. Hafler ap pears to have friends in Ohio and spok( of an intention to visit them. The po lice did not repeat the various remarks on which they founded this story, but they appear to be satisfied that it is well founded. It is agreed that unless the Alabamians are prosecuted by the "green goods" men they can safely claim the money. If nobody claims the money it must be turncd over to the police pension fund. The prisoners can be fined 610 each for carrying concealed deadly weapons, and unless tney claim the money in the satchel they apparently have not enough to pay the fines, but even that does not disturb them. The police are annoyed at the conduct of the men, as they say if prompt information had been given by the Alabamians when arrested the "green goods" gang might have been captured. This was impos. :ible after Eaton slipped away, as he undoubtedly went in haste to notify his principal that the arrests had been made.-New York World. Henry Howren Dead. CHARLESTON, Oct. 7.-Henry D. Howren, the evangelist, died here this afternoon after an illness of several months. The deceased was a well known journalist, having been at vari ous times connected with newspapers in this and other Southern cities. He was born in Bainbridge, Ga., in 1857, and was educated by Bishop Pierce at Em ory College, Ga. Shortly after he grad uated from the college he went to Flor ida, where his parents were living. He was sent to the Florida Legislature when about twenty-two years old. How ren was a brilliant writer.and wouldhave attained eminence in the profession of journalism but for his one fault. In April, 1889, he announced that he had foresworn rum, and that he intended to devote the rest of his life to preaching the Gospel and temperance. He receiv ed a big send off here, making his -rst appearance as an evangelist at O'Neil's Grand Opera House. There were no clergymen on the stand on that occas ion. He made his debut surrounded by his newspaper friends, one of whom in troduced him to the immense audience. After that he made a successful tour througiout this State and Georgia and subsequently was received in the Meth odist ministry. The W. C. T. U. took him and made him an honorary member. About two months ago he had a drink ing spell and it provea too much for his constitution. A widow, Mrs. McCown, nursed him faithfully through his ill ness and his newspaper friends as soon as they we::e informed of his illness, also proffered aid. He had the best of med ical skill, Dr. MIanning Simmons offer ing his services free as consulting phy sician. The funeral will be to-morrow. --Greenville News. The Anti-Lottery- Law. ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 9.-The postal authorities to-day seized the weekly edition of the Atlanta Constitution, which contained a prize distribution offer to its subscribers to be settled by a Christmas drawing. Abut 100,0C0 papers got out before the seizure was made, and the Northern edition of 15, 000 is detained. The paper offered to give bond for any amount to cover any verdict which might be rendered, but the postal authorities refused to let the papers go through the mails. The ob jectionable feature consisted in the an nouncement that it would distribute prizes in its Christmas box, which feature the Constitution, lIke many other papers, has been running in con nection with their weekly edition for years. The postal authorities claim that this violates the recently passed anti-lottery law. Only Tongue Wagging. PIT'rsacoG, Pa., Oct. 1.-An import ant meeting of the Standard Oil Com pany magnates and producers is being held here which may cause a sensation among oil meni. Oil brokers say that the object of the meeting is to eifect a reconciliation between the Standard and producers. The Standard is held to ac count for the break in the market and the existing low prices. Producers claimi that OIl is worth a great deal more than the selling price to-day, and that the present condition of the market dloes not justify drilling and getting the pro dulction to market. Thle productionl for September showed an increase of 16,0000 barrels, and to this time Stadard attrib utes the reduction in price. Idaho Election Returns. BOIsE CITY, IDAHo, Oct. 2.-The es timate of the vote of Boise City and Idaho County is a Rlepulican majority of 1735on the entire State ticket. lDing ham returns give the Republican tick et a majority of 300. Boise County re turns from four precincts give Wilson, Democrat, for Congress 12 majority. The same precincts gaye IIawley, Dem ocrat, for delegate in the vote of 1688S, 20. Incomplete returns from five coun ties give Sweet. Republican, for Con gress 950 majority. Meagre, returns indicate that the Legislature will stand 30 Republicans and 22 Democrats. The Republicans claim the State by 2,5(0 majority. The D)emocrats concede the State to the Republicans by 600 ma jority. The returns received show large gainis for the Republicans over the ;ote of 1888. Romne's Tragic sensation. RO.i Oct. 9.-This city continues in a highly excited state ove'r the develop ments in the case of Mrs. Wimpee. who, it was discovered yesterday, had been poisoned by her friend and neighbor, Mrs. 1)oss McKee. Efforts to relieve Mrs. Wimnpee were unsuccessful and she died at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. McKee is still at large but the of licers are imakinig vigorgus search for her. She is a young and attractive wo man. 25 years of age. It is thought that she has gone to her father in Florida. Ier husband is completely prostrated with grief and says he is unable to ac count for his wife's action. There is still great excitemenmt over the nmatter. A young lady explained to a 'fellow' the other day, the distinction between printing and publishing, amnd, at the end of her remarks, by way of illustra tion, said: "You may pint a kiss on STATE COMMITTEE MEETING. Col. Jno. C. Haskenl Toes the Mark Like a MIan. CoL-1IuA, S. C.. Oct. 4.--The State Executive Committee met at the Caro lina National Bank at 8 o'clock last Wednesday night, and remained in ses sion until some time after midnight. The following members were pre sent: J. D. Todd. Abbeville; W. A. Neele, Anderson; G. D. Bellinger, Barn well; J. S. Reade, Beaufort; T. W. Stan 1 land, Berkeley; D. A. J. Sullivan, Char leston; A. G. Brice, Chester; M. C. Gal luchat. Clarendon; Dr. A. E. Williams, Colleton; II. B. Townes, Edgefield; T. W. Daggett. Iorry; J. L. 1. Irby. Laurens; H. A. Meetze. Lexington; Wilie Jones, Richland; G. B. Peake, Union; R. M. McCown, Florence; Colo nel John C. Haskell, the member of the National Committee, and Major W. If. Brawley, of Charleston, were also pre sent and took part in the proceedings. The credentials of W. J. Ingram, of Sumter, were presented, and the ques tion of his right to a seat taken tip, aMid argument pro and con was heard. Nu:r srs. Altamont Moses and Mr. Ingrain himself speaking on behalf of that gentleman's right to represent Sumter County, and Messrs. J. J. Dargan and 11. R. Thomas in opposition. Mr. Galluchat moved that Mr. In gram be not seated. Mr. Stanland offered the following substitute: "That the question of Mr. Ingram's right to a seat be postponed to some future meeting of the committee." The Stanland substitute was adopted by a vote of 16 to 2. On motion of Col. John C. Haskell it was resolved to issue an address to the Democrats of Sumter County, urging them to bury all differences and come together for the regular organization of the party. It was further resolved by the com mittee that seven members should con stitute a working quorum, and that the County assessments should remain as before. The fcllowing were appointed as a sub-committee to take charge of the State canvass: J. L. M. Irby, II. A. Meetze, Wilie Jones, J. C. Haskell, G. D. Bellinger. The following resolution, introduced by Mr. Stanland and seconded by Col. J. C. Haskell, was unanimously adop ted : "Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested that whenever any of the appointees to the office of commissioner of election shall act or affiliate with those proposing to act independently or in opposition to the regular organization of the Democra tic party to remove said commissioners and appoint others who will act with the regular Democratic party. Whilst the committee was in session Chairman Irby received a telegram from 0. W. Buchanan, of Fairtield, stating that the two factions in that county had agreed on a compromise, and the details were then being arrang ed.-Register. Crop Report. The following is summarized from the reports of 206 special correspondents of the Department of Agriculture of an average dateof October 1st: The weather for the past month has been most unfavorable for the maturing and harvesting of all crops; corn, cotton and rice are sprouting in the fields and stacks, and the damage to the hay crop has been heavy. COTTON.-The crop is at least two weeks earlier than usual, and, while the quality of the staple has been seriously injured by the excessive wet weather, this with the increased acreage and heavy fertilization, warrants the predic tion that the yield as estimated a month ago, will not fall short of 600,000 bales. No appreciable damage from caterpillars is reported. The condition is: for upper Car.olina 82, middle Caro lina 87, and lower Carolina 94: Aver age for 'the State 87 against 89 at the same timre last year. The indicated yield is 172 lbs. of lint to the acre. CoRN.-The corn crop too has suffer ed heavily, and will not approximate last year's yields, which was the largest on record. The condition is: for upper Carolina 88, middle Carolina 86, andlow er Carolina 90. Average for the State &S against 104 at the same time last year. The indicated yield is 11 bushels to the acre. RICE.-ThiS crop, like corn, is far in ferior to that of last year. Complaints are general of loss from sprouting in the stacks. The condition is: For up per Carolina 95, middle Carolina 91. and lower Carolina, where the bulk of the crop is produced, 86. Average for the State 91 against 97 for the same date last year. The indicated yield is i16 bushels to the acre. OTIIERt CoRs.-The condition and yield of the minor crops are reported as follows: PEAs.-The condition is: For upper Carolina 90, middle Carolina 89, andiow er Carolina 91. Average for the State 8S9 against 98 in 1888-89. The indicated yield is 7 bushels per acre. IRisi POTATvOEs.-The average for the State is: 93 against 93 in 1889. The indicatied yield is 82 bushels to the acre. SwEET POTATOES.-The condition is: 101 against 99 last year. The indicated yield is 103 bushels to the acre. ~SroAIn CANE.-T1he condition is: 98 against 95 last year. The indicated yield is 141 gallons of syrup to the acre.. SORiGilt UM.-The condition is: 97 against 97 last year. The indicated yield is 85 gallons of syrup per acre. A Solid Anti'r View of It. EASLEY, S. C., Oct 7.-The editor of THiE NEws is a Democrat and so am I. Why arc wc Democrats'. Bccause we bclong to the white man's party of South Carolina, Judge Haskell did good work, im helping to redeem our State in 70'. We appreciated it and followed him. Why did we follow him? Because he and thc whites of our State rose in their manly strength and by the help of God threw off~ Radical and Negro rule that had blighited our love'.y land for years. Who is Tillman? Hie is the legal nom inee for Governor of the white man's party. and he should be elected and will be elected; I was as much of a straigh t cut and as true as Judge Hlaskel11. I fougiht Tillman as long as there wvas any hope for us. All true Dcim oerait~s will vote for Tillmian. To do otherwisc means (if successful) death to our lparty two years hence. If Judge Hiaskell opposes Tillman he is not a straightout D~emocrat. lie is an Inde pcndlent, and ois of the most dangerous kind because he has b~een a poe in our party, loved and( respected by all. The .Judge is acting just now like a spoiled boy. If hec can't have is own way in miaking~ the play house he will try to tear downi and~( destroy what his little brothers anid playmates are bulding. We hope Judge HIas-kell will think over the matter andl ltl into i-anks where lie is needed and where he rightfully 1be longs. If lie persists in opplosimg his party it will1 be a surprise to know what a limited amount of respectable whites will follow him. It. J. (;. SENSATIONAL ESCAPE. A MURDERER ESCAPES FROM GREEN VILLE JAIL IN HIS WIFE'S CLOTHES. "Little Bill" Howard, With the Aid'of His Pretty Mountain Wife Elades the Jailer Dressed in His Wife's Clothes and With His Baby on His Arms. GREENVILLE, Oct. 6.-A sensational escape fi om jail was made here at 6 o'clock this morning. ."Littl Bill' Howard, under sentence of death for the murder of Ben Ross, went out of the jail dressed in his wife's clothes and with his baby on his arm. The jailer, who let him out at the door, thought it was Howard's wife, and the trick was not discovered until two hours later, and Howard was then on the road to his mountain home. Sheriff Gilreath occasionaly allowe( Mrs. Howard to stay with her husbant in his cell at night. She is a pretty mountain girl, 17 years of age, and waZ about Howard's size. Sundaynightshe stayed with him and before day Monday morning she assisted him to dress in her clothes and put on his head a large bon net which almost completely covered his clean shaven face. Howard then called to the jailer that his wife wanted to leave early for her home in the moun tains. The jailer suspected nothingand Howard walked out a free man. with his baby on his arm. The jailer peeped un der the bonnet but was sure that there was nothing wrong. Howard left the baby at a friend's house, changed cloth ing and was probably given assistance to hurriedly leave the city. Strenous efforts will be made to cap ture him. Howard was convicted of murdering Ben Ross on his own confes sion. Ross and Howard and others be longed to a band of moonshiners in the . connty. Ross threatened to betray the gang. One night he was shot dead in his liouse through a window. Howard confessed that his cousin "Big Bill" Howard forced him to go with him and see him murder Ross. "Big Bill" prov ed an alabi and "Little Bill" was con victed. The woman has been released from jail and has won hundreds of friends by her loyalty to her husband. -Columbia Register. A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. A Republican Congressman Likely to Succeed Perry. SPARTANBURG, Oct. 7.-The result of to-day's nominations is destined to 3hape political events which mean much to South Carolina. It may bring he now divided Democratic factions together and it may-precipitate a crisis which may defeat Captain Tillman for lovernor also send a Republican to Congress from the Fourth. The present situation in South Carc ina is the gravest that has existed 5ince 1876. Judge Haskell's manifesto neans business from the word go. It s no child's play. While the majority -f the Straightout faction do not en lorse Judge Haskell's position, there re many Influential citizens who do. Et is believed, however, that Major Duncan's nomination would- avert th pending Haskell movement and vir tually clear Captain Tillman's path to' the Governor's chair. But if Captain Shell is nominated there is trouble ahead. Hundreds in this Congressional Dis-. trict and thousands in the State who 1ave resigned themselves to Tillman will never consent to swallow Shell, and, in opposing the latter, they will svage warfare against all his allies. This straw will show which way the .vind blows. Dr. J. F. Ensor, a white Republican of this city, has already been nomina ted by the Republicans of this district for Congress. He is at present a Unit ed States rading deputy. During the Republican administration of South Carolina he was superintendent of the lunatic asylum. His official record is said to be unimpeachable and his char acter as a citizen beyond question. Among the Democrats of this district he has many warm personal friends. A prominent gentlemen told me last night that a ;umber of strong Demo rats have declared their intention to support Ensor in opposition to Shell. If the latter is nominated the negro majority of course prevails in the ,dis trict, and with white Democrats to keep an eye on the ballot box, who can ay that Ensor would not be nominat Let those who shrug their should ers at the Haskell manifesto look the ituation throughout the State square ly in the face. From a parallel stand-* point there are at least 12,500 RepublI can voters in the District, which are of fect by only 8,000 Democratic voters. At least 20 per cent. of the Democratic voters were opposed to the nomination >f Tillman, and 10 per cent. are still opposed to him, or 7 per cent. would not array themselves against a move ment to defeat him by an independent Democratie ticket. Therefore if the orthordox Democratic convention, which is called to meet in Columbia on Tuesday nlext, puts out a ticket it will receive the almost solid support of the Republicans, and there will be enough white Democratic sympathizers and allies to see that the ballots are put in the box and counted. A victory is never won till the foe is isarmed. The prevailing opinion Is that the following ticket ot the Straightouts. will be nominated by the Corolina con :ention on Tuesday next: Governor, A. C. Ilaskell; Lieutenant Governor, W. L. Mauldin; Secretary of State. J. Q. Marshall; Comptroller General, Gen :ral E. Bacon; Adjutant and Inspector General, M. L. Bonham; Treasurer, T. W. Woodward. After Duncan's defeat became appar ent many influential citizens here who :esterday expressed disapproval of~ the proposed opposition to Tillman changed their opinion and will now no doubt enter into any honorable method to defeat the election of him an&L his tick Ensor, the Republican candidate, is enthuiastic over the result, and conti dently expresses his ability to defeat Capta'in Shell at the polls.-Augusta Chronicle. ________ Rube Burrows Killed. Box1INGIax, ALA., Oct. 8.-Rube Burrows was shot and killed in Linden - jail early this morning by the sheriff and guards. They allege that he was trying to escape. Burrows complained of hun ger and was given his wallet in which was food. There-from he pulled forth two pistols and captured his captors, making them release him from jail He woke up J. W. Carter, a deputy, who had his money and rifle, and demanded the return thereof, when Carter opened ire and live shots were interchanged, 'arter being shot in the shoulder and - Burrows in the abdomen. Burrows '. died almost instantly. B. R. TIrLMAN. as certain as he lives, will be the next Governor of South (aroliina, and the men in the Demo cratic party wvho splits the party by run ning an opposition ticket will regre their action when it is too late.