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VOL. Xlii. JUL 2ED 1$97, _____ NO.V 2I THE COLITMBIA EETNG. FIRST MEETING WITH ALL "HE CAN DIDATES PRESENT. Characte ristice of the Sfnatorisl Cam pagn Meei-' g in Coiambia-The speecht Dc Ilvered Vary Very Littic Frcm Those Made at the Previotz Meetings. The campaign meeting in Colum bia Tuesday wss charcerizrd by some senatorial poiticsl revelations, but it passed cf peactafully and quiet ly. The meetirg was called to order by Rev. P. L. Kirtcn. C(hairman Ray with brief p-eliminaries intrcdu:c ed Senator McLsurin, who wras re ceived with applause. Mr. McLaurin. in .bis preliminary, stated that when the campaign began he thought on:v national issues were to be discussed. but state and local is sues hsd been dragged in. As far as rings in Columbia are concerned he1 had nothing to do with any one of them. The only ring he knew of was by three or four gentlemen, whoee sole object was to defeat him. Mr. McLaurin first went into a dis cussion of the silver question, making a very able argument to show how the free coinage of silver would benefit the whole people of the country. Mr. McLaurin then spoke on the tariff question. He said that the only way to get up money for the expenses of the government was by a tariff. or by an icome tax. In his connection with the Dingley bill he bad acted on the principle in the party platform thatthe tariff should not be sectional or assist any certain class of citizens at the expense of ethers. He said that neither he nor the Democrats were resoonsible for Ding ley tariff bill. Mr. Evsns is going the rounds telling the farmers that my vote would increase the price of wool en goods. That is an insult to the farmers. A voice: "Don't run up against John Gary." Another voice: "Jump right on him." McLaurin: "It is not necessary. The people have already done that (Laughter and applause.) Mr.McLaurin said that the rice tariff was an important one to South Caro lina. He read his record in congress as reported in the Congressional Rec ord. He said that he had received complaint from Mr. Graham and other rice planters against the republican tariff bill. Should he not heed their plea? What he wanted was proper classifications for rice. Something that will help the rice farmer and not the western brewer. The importation of rice flour last year was 70,000,000 pounds. That rice is imported by one or two firms in this country for the benefit of the brewers. The reason he opposed such a classification was not to put a tariff on anything the people eat, but to prevent western brewers from having advantage of southern rice planters. As to cotton, he referred to Mr. Evan's statement that Egyptian cot ton and Peruvian cotton did not come in competition with South Carolina cotton. He read something from Shepperson, a great friend of cotton growers. He has been going around with a crash suit to prove his statement, but he only wore it at two or three meetings. Now he is mourn ing. (Laughter.) Mr. Iby calls it "long island cotton." (Laughter.) CoL. Irby: "Oh, yes, but I knew better." Mr. McLaurin: "Possibly my friend was thinking of the lemonade in the city of Washington." (Laughter.) Mr. McLaurin continuing, said that Col. Irby voted for a tariff that would benefit western wheat raisers. Yet he and Mr. Evans are going around talk ing about the great disadvantag~e which would come to the Democratic party by me-the Republican-Populist Protectionist. At tiis point Chairman Ray called Mr. McLaurin to the fact that his time was up. Mr. McLaurin: '-You are not going to call me down too?" Several in the audience, srome not from the city or c-mety, called on Mr. McLaurin to contirnue. Col. Irby: '"Let him speak as long as he wants. I will do ao too." Col John P. Thomas: "As a Dem ocratic voter, I say that the Richland voters are running this meeting and as these other men are attacking this man I do not believe his time should be limited." Mr. McLaurin then continued, no body objecting, but several yelling for him to conminue. Mr. Mcbexrin's speech was in substance the same as at previous meetings. Na. MAYFIELD. Mr. Mayfid jumped on Mr. Mc-Lau rin for taking up one hour and a half in his speech and tiring out every body while at the same time he has two 01 three daily papers working in his in terest. It is unbecoming arnd urjast in him to charge the other candicates with being in league against him. He said Mr. McLaurin had a paper in Codumbia, in which he has *300 in vested. Col.- Neal has $150. McLaurin: "I have not a cent in vested in that paper. Mr. K.estei came to me arnd said he Lad been dis charged from his position on accouni of friendship for me. I put my Land& in my pccket and gave him $500. He said ne had a wife and child to sup port." May field: "You have given Koesta: $500. What did EuIerte andNmalgiv money to him for ?" Mciaaurin is tryirg to misrepresen me by saying I'm in a combtnation He knows that I wrote him and that have his reply, in which I told him: was going to run for senator. I'm no running to beat him, but I ask the suf frages of the people as against him because McLaurir~'s tariff views ar wrong atnd not in keeping with th4 ideas of the people of Soiuthi Carolina lHe saw in the morning papers tha Tillman was going to vote for tt< Dingley bill. Mcbaurin say s that he and Tiliman are on the same side. I that is so, he is orne of the blackest Rie pubolicans, and the people of the Sta; and the South wili not endorse Till man or any other man in such a vote even though by it be raskes a dea whereby the Senate passes mie cispen sary bill. Mr. May field again referred to Mr McLaurin's vote on lumber, and th latter interrupted that he had vote for a duty on white pime. Mr. May tield turned to the audienc and aesed whether it was to their im terest, the farmers and business me: of every calling, to have to pay $1 es tra on every box, door, window, etc. made of white p ine-? A citizen: "T wo dollars:!" His vote on junmber was a tax o2 c..;re's If vte p"s w: com5 ?ct it v.1 take hint t o hours to explain: his t.ijtio1, and the neople will turn hi:- face down. McLaurin-" i em c it Mavtied-"W\l\ we ar ot as ic Maas T arc-we >3'r ani s Mr. May field said th at McLa 7is hld run as an inependent to the nstitutiona! co nvertion I M-:Larin-T ht' not so.." 'I~syeld-"I take that. bock then. Lilt you did write the i'op uhct plat formf'i eLaurn--"TLS. none of your busine's," A citizen-"But Johnnie didL'. o that. did he?" (Laughter ) Yr. Ma ield said that he dii. IT' all a combination. I struck Mr. i lcrbe because his paper strucs me. I know about this combination. He and Neal have extered into a comb5 nation to coun tt:i the state. T;ei platform is that Johnny sho.il be sen ator. Neal ite next governor and EUetbe to succeed Tillman. That's the bargain. IREY NET. Cu?. Irby was the next s-eker. As he arose, there was much applause aid cheering. "Hurrah for Irby." "The old war horse," were some of the expreswions used. 'sae a rood drink," was another. The senator humorously replied that be didn't drink, when somebody in the audience said: "You look mighty fat-hke y ou had been drinking." Col. Irby s arted out by saying that he was still what he had always been -a Democrat-the only origial p .ck- { age. (beE.rs and laug hter. He said he had been baptising converts tn *e I-ue Dencracy e-er since 18i2. (L aughter.) Before begi'nting his speech propr, he said that he hoped N. G. Gonzales weld be manly. generous and true. If he don't tell the truth on me I'll call him down, so help me God. He referred to tre telegram published in all the dail y nevmpaners when t h word "now' was used for "not" in his eech, totally chengitg his meaning. Ie said that the editor of The State' ead jumped on him, but he (Irby) was stiiised by his nersonal statement and that of the mansger Of the Western Union tMat it was not Mr. Gonzales's ault. Neither was it the fault c Mr. Kohmn. It was an error in the tele gram, and he would say to Mr. Gon zales "go and sin no more." lie said that he was the only farmer and Dem ocrat running. He is a Reformer, and when he was driving the Tiilmau wa gon through Marlboro, and it raininr, he heard somebody say: "Are you on your way to Officevilie . ' I said "Yes," and he ssked to get in; that W. D. Evans had beaten him. I told him to jump aboard, but we hadn't gone more than half a mile when he wanted to do the drivinz. I told him: "No, Sir; you can't do that." This hit at Mr. McLaurin was ap preciated and caused much laughter. I'm going to talk politics. I have stood by you. Where would these bucks have been if Tillman and Irby hadn't picked them up? Evans would have been in Uncle Bill's office in Au gusta-a good law clerk; Mayfield wo'jd be teaching in Barnwell and Doncan would be on a farm-where he ought to be now. (Laughter.) Where would curley-headed Johnnie be? He would be probate jadge of Mariboro. (Laughter.) .e citizen: "What are you bragging about them for?'' Irbv: "I'm sorry of it. Hope God will forgive me for ever finding them." ICol. Ir by spoke at some length, his speech being about the same as at othsr places, of a humorous character and a general attack on the other can - didates. IDUNCAN NEXT . IMr. Duncan started on by defend ing the dispensary. He said that he was thoroughly in favor of the ad ministration in its position. He felt that the law was one of the best sela tions of the liquor question. He be lieved that it was best for the state to cntrol it. He thought Mr. McLaurin magnified himself when he said all the other candidates are against him. The thing that made the conservatives stand to him was the "Dear Appelt" letter, in which he attacked the dis pei'ary and Ben Tillmnan. You can't count on bima. What do you love him for? Is it because he turns his back on the reformers? Won't he do the same thing by you if it suits his purpose ?As to Ben Till man. I'm for him against any man, though I will criticise him at anytime. Mr. Duncan then spoke at some length as to the dufferences between the railroad corporations and United States courts, and defended the state ccurts verv much on the same lirne that his pr~oceedings in court showed. as already published in The Register. He was very brief in his talk. GovERNOR EvA~S. Governor Evans was next intro duced, and his speech was sucht that he caught the crowd, judging from the applause. He said he hoped to meet the people of Columb'.a to dis cuss issues sin~ce 1SI)2. Ile hoped to discuss principle that affect farmer and mierchant, and to skthem not to vote for any m'an who is untrue to those principle.. McLurin tris to c'.ver the issue 3 alking'- about the financial issue. tat's settled. The gaestion now is of his ownl making. Tia issua now under, co'nsideratin is one that the people of S-outh Ca-rolina will not endorse. We ar heoe who stick to principlie 'n th trdi that they can '.ke al' th omia tion th~ey want, but I don' care, o the people alway s knc out combina~" 'u~"d o'nose nie 7ith all thXp)e of his adninistraticn, but whec:- i chat he would stab the ne t frie~ a ha ever haa. I did nothirg to g him to oppose mec to thte seinat:s?i nor did I allow my friends to do so taough I was endorsed by 40,000U vot ers atnd was beaten by 135 votes. Ii should never acted so that Elerbi coald say I had cringed at his hands Here before vot~ers I would say that i is not with the governor or superinten dent of the pen~ectiary who snall b sen~ator. The issue between Mcwa~rin an : t isths But I must say beforeh' -tatonything isthat n a sry-ech published by the espe e and nobody else can no so. read McLaurin's own wcrds. 1L es to make it appear that I'm wron ja-regardi to Cawoun'. In la th: pgeof South Clarolirna raid tf ' - tiar. was not moditied South Car. lim: 1 ''Aold withdiow fromn the Union ?Tat ws nu!ide an Ca'.hcu; , stuok to it to his end?. M-: Webstr o New England finaly became a prote ticnist while he was at tirs: a fre< is ry to carry O the rovel m;'r trd pay expens. Hia p.e.:s to make up nhs by tsxes on. V. oo 'oods and everv other i the farm era r Fd. Th: Demo1 crat:s say thiat: should 'e siuch as io,) oC rel e. Iw me;: han this is m2de i illbe rbber.. Pr'.~ton a re*r i1 seted.' by Rhas b n wh ! as. Ce Lth .iie blood o thee in dustry f th souh. T . st i ?n agr(a tural country. oe a.scu i:-ed idustris, v a are acndo m e a c:reston -r :o v county \ e emnpetod w cith t te worm ctio .e a-:e dua:: g t to is, i 1 s rao th f w::" ca. stri' to 1 CcottoD. oL) 200 bales -is -.enat abroaid. -.oCountry can : /o tt eon. last year oui. was aa.rs e r apt'-n c itto Ca e . Wht is that compn.d to ote se n milliona outere sape a ti EYi-~ er 'thing th e 'eope wear is m....i, thed not Ye-. tc o. u asled to pay a:l hree l +ie gre^::uer tax to err jeu mauacues.L erhd re rd THE SU&A., i .'SIt '.t' STi.i aman could buy for one thir.::d wh1at he now has to Pay for C thA ,in. The rest of Mr. Evans' seec was. devoted prinemam.y tow aiscu:ion t of the tair:t? In whichr he tried to : k ?.t2appear thrdt ::. Met urica ws es pouring the wronr cause and that he was no :east . 1 The gist of the meetings at other p'.a-ES as about _ e same as thie abar Ce, atd did - not vrmu-, otero otuQ-er. THESU03A TRUS.. Tr. end 0t oCompny !sca? Cp - T rol Or -h3 13 mat- r. Julius Ca imirs, witimg in the NetYork Jthea on Juf y :J,:y followin to sy a bru t . Sat: ar Tr aund the 1::a.'ard OAl Cam;pvny: Coresetes toavin:1 e iuarante a 12 S er cent. t ruel divend, and! don teod a $13.00 t%000:ta nom to the Sugar Trt. th S:audard 0.1 Company. al-.v a go? thin wchen it aces it, ths entered the open market and s cured contol of tn the saccarine oian zt.-at has r r the reaofest t r presented to the Rock~efellers. They kuney that the Sugar Trust c rt.rlled St per cent. of the entire sugar output, while the 8:andardl Company only cad absolute swyover 6 ,jer cent. o0 all the Oil produced. The refore. they and theirl friends hate ouaht fuliy 20,000r of its 375000 shares of coemon stock, and he ncforth,doubt les will msanage it on the saue lines that have characterz d the rule or ruin policy of the Standard d Trust. Ths nbrie,', is the explanatica of; Lthe sensational incidents that have 1ie occ urriT in Wall Sreet s:ice, Ionday. Tae Sugar Trust magnates had co fidence i Congre:,s. Tne smal hold ers have been wheeded out. Whea the extra session was summoned sugar Swas 110; yesterday it touched 1"16 1-4. Until the last two days the stock has been slowly acquired by the Standard Oil people. Thn Wall Street a oe to the situatior, and the determiaed Imen who had resoled to corol the sumgar market of the wrid comp eted their capture in a splendid and mast erly manner. Any old campaigner on that Bir bary Coast woulo have understood the battle. The chimes of Trinity Church have been drowned for two days past in thoers and thevcteorsadthe from herodecee in coeca ie wre caeto the sec hrt thside of the r kean wereio ropele tossurentder this msetteat teiler acioies whc wua frust asa passe than noea and, and theifrengied broldirs.h wer brernl wiiereprtesenives ttth oinsof the Sugarlarons siler ha ecied sote lmes agoice ina the esend priatedispatchers arouth the ettadotiteon d of the l wsoise weas resoaie foreakedline. Outsier gelinrokrs cleatsuet toa this man that the rsemool inhpice casmed ulanousl moretha th ear 0;uneroersr of the oldpinion that i the odgs rftegio. ha th te lessen de m fr silvr, thon rom the aoion eNwo thewgo sdaondo byJapat amongoter rsea sos, wasdi resosifo the declne. Outdersn gnrally'-r ca lledeninto hen achat? them recesin inepric cawho wsmutanousl with te oanh nounrea m enet oith greagold disce e Acciden atSan _ bond rom osto to Nwpoi News daoeo te wa teroguage glasse broe nd n onsqunc the anje and enge r oom s ere iled rita' u escaping stheam.~ tiue Eainer Jam. e Aodty o s asistant y. M. whotwas beo tthe timr e of athef me had ar~ ndclou tnescpe r calron . Assoon, aCtesta a boafrmwhcpon the ursiiP\ ' n A:- ant Spararery .auerips $1 caution A l~sar r rprino SU1 tD Lim 1I:1.to UIUR T W;,S DEALT SY JUDGE SiMCNTON THURSDAY. th me aceta., Ca;e-Th:" De--t a r FAach ing 1'-jacctiou Y',t iuci-r."hat Mr. i Icn-s Putrpos UTe erig ''::e Columbia State of lost Friday rm shed the feli csvig eaile: At las it Eoiks as it the very essence th:e Gi ise-say-originasl package is . ,s e he J oe sqarl Vfr th L tedi 'ta: "ecurt. Mr. . H. Ne as , as read anotither move in that | -s i rings the q''?stion of the ": ' - yth o~ noiacage stoles by men actin- as aGsents r:f mnufacturers culisid the PSte own to that point w er': a de-"isin bd he secured. Mr. Nelson anu.un re: his purpose then, if he; winsi this yt, to have the court decdo te hct' er Mach an sen.t cannot. briwg i;ipOr in yv the barrel, bottle it and retai it eecly in the manner that the dis pusaries do it. Mr. Nelson says that I this is the real issue in the situation: shut was: time o hve the court as~s on esses wh're such and such Tsices are used to mate packates :*stittte original packages. In order iet the m'tatter up for an absolute 1", Mr. Meetze has sold lioer by the e. Jiir' Simonto" las already :n -Meal ve-ry piainly that su~ch ae es d! the ricts thast the dispensary any :.. se,n det ' c a pe !- ceeda to bringt''t o Ji ' 3 k .:5 y ecmpy with the. reguati._s of _A 'VERY SFNGUHN~o :., cuse'd venll i. beta-n: c ^n t J nto'had issued a rurc her oerder of inaclnin the ldetze case w idyn. is m1ore ssv epin: :n its character than any L--rtofore su ed in any case, s.n order prevent an on, whatever fr '-bm tr er r~riVs'ith Mc. M<;ee:za in t:'e opJe"tri of h is cririnal ackare store uu'i tit .uce has o,,en disposed o', 0:. Wy ednesd.aV morning Mr. Ni son heard that Attorney General Bar her had advised the governor that he could have his constables rearrest Mr. - etze and seize nis liquors. He made icq'":rics and linding that this was true. he proceeded to prepare a furth er restraining order, which he sent to Judge Simonton for his signature. About noon yesterday Mr. Nelson received the following telegram fron Jadge Simonton. FLAT ROCK, N. C.. Jaly 2:. P. H. Nelson, Esq., Columbia, S. C.: Orders signed and mailed. Can hear cases on 27th. C. H. Si oTox. ment as to the meaning of this dis pitch, said: "I got the original re straining orders against those three constables- Morehead, Koon and Bishop-only, thinking that after Judge Simonton had been made fa millar with all the facts as to Metze's sales, the governor and attorney gen eral would pay sufficient respect to his order as not to have Meetze arrested or' interfere with him till the final hear en. But - after having the orders! served, I was informed that the gov ernor and attorney general intended to anpint other constables than those enoined, have Meetze rearrested and his d1ace closed uo. After getting that information, I went to see the govenor and attorney general and did see them, and told tacem that Judge Simonton was fully asvare of all the facts as to how Meetze was making the sales, and they still expressed the de termination to have his stopoed. I thereupon notitied Judge Sinmonton of what they had told me and sent him an order requesting him to sign it, enjoing Bahr, chief State consta boe, acting as constables by virtue of appointment by the governor and all persons acting as constables under any alleged authority in the dispensary law of South Carolina from int er fering with Mee:zr. I req aested Judge Si monton that i? he granted the order to mail it to the clerk of court with di rections to Serve it at once. I t bis morning notitied Governor Ederbe of he rece'ipt of this telegram, as I had no deu~re to have any cf his censta bles ruled for contempt cf court." Mr. Nelson sttted further that he had been rcouested to have the hear ing of the Meetzr case advanced so that it could be tak:en up along wita te other cases on the same subject on Tesday nExt. He will do this, and no doubt this case, which gces more to the real meat of the issue than any others, will be takea up first. The oir.ion will likely be rendered in this ease decided in accordance with whatever that opinion may be. Mr. Neso i r conIident of ee~tAblin ing Lis point. ATroRNEY GENEP aL HCSTL1'o. WhleMr Nelson 'as seting all th ab.ve inomto ps.ecMc Koo an Mrehad s g an C~ni ingmeril, ude'r o. and 4e eed n deM~erc*ie would'- 's caled p to ign a rc!ilaci to. )ee auin 'th ~e ppand then Ju*dge t ' t.:a:: ha' une irt U the rm he iseiaru ori~i ugal packagse...ore ree ifro aic Intadion atd sted:.-l toabe inera thrivin b usimess. During the day he rceive d a ship ent of fine whis kies from the widely known and popu lar Cineinn'.tii distilling concern of A Tracer & Co. , of which Mr. Mee::e' bas been cde a;ent. This liquor came in boxes which were opened and te bo s s were taken ou: and din pIly '-?n the shelve; in the stcr2, cg 'red for sale in that shape. Killeci ! but a )C!hool. anc section, about eight miles west of Marion, was on Wed ne-lav 1e scene of a =mnd7 and fatal a tray bet ,veen W alu;W. Alirt a Phiilip Balla rd,in. :.'?i:h the f or:ne.r was :ivled T' twvo men lived cn adj1)ining farrs For some time past tuey bave disag;reed as to the mgln :emrent of the' nei.'7 brhiood Fchoni; each ha.,ing his fa' ri- candi'j'te fur principaishio. Wednesday between 2 and 3) o'clonrk t""ey 'et in a field n3r B llard's house when, it is said, they qarrelied ccgaia crer : tte. Bail1ard claims that A'.aa1 struck hi uirst with. the rod of a su.r veyor's co-m ss wiea ne as carying, and chased him in sight o his ouse, beating hir over the bead and b dv, when he called for his dun, which was brought by his daughter. Hye then shot Alt-nan, when the latter turned and seized the gun. In the strut ie which follcwevd the oun way broken, and Bail .=d, seizirg th-e barv rel, struck Altman with it. dealing him is death b'o t. The gun that Balla-d used was loaded with b;ird I shut, some of hich struck Altman! in ? te bac of d:e& headi, and under the shouder blade. I: was the bio v tha, I kt d him C. rone"r J. C. c we.nt to ti: Cr. e ' th e "iicg a d h d an iln g 2 o r the b yi J the sJai mt -i'""ary rendered a verdict that "W. W.l .imau came to his dath by bloVs -o a 'uu in iIt' hanrds of Paili Bald ' uri E ans imnaediately .e0is tc n scene and arrested Bi tl. His head and carts of his b.>d; were badly gashed by A'tman's blows. The stfir is areatiy de.lored by the ,eople of t'iat seotion. as both men had many friends. Altman a s a orrmas, and it is said that he has had hb fdv of his deceasd wife cke up in his house for slrme time past, i'1 tending to shio the same to Utah for ilCr:nent -The tate. Ellied by H!s Fatner.Jn.Law. A special disnatch to the Columbia Stat: f rom its correspondent at Dillon. ( 2., Thursday, says: --Wtat seeo.s to have been a oreneditated marder was committed near here on Monday last when Steve Bryant shot his son in law. Lonnie Praratt, from the effects of which he died yesterday. From the information I have been able to tather, bad blood has existed between tie tno for some time, owing to the circumstanc3, it is said that Praratt married Bryant's daughter without his knowledge or consent. Recently one of Bryant's children has been staying at the home Praratt and started reports of some kind which were refuted by Praratt with a warn ing to the child to desist, bat he pro ceeded again with some report, for which Praratt gave him a lit:le pun ishment. Bryant, having heard of it, borr wed a gun to shoot a hawk, and on aionday morning he went to the ield where Praratt was cropping to bicco and asked him if he hit his Doy. Praratt answered in the affirmative, with an explanation. Bryant asked: "Are you going to do it agamn," to which Praratt respad ed "Not unless he tells another lie on ma whereupon Bryant raised his gun. saying, at the saaie time he fired: "I guess you will not." The entire load of buckshot took eifect about the head and body with the result stated. S3o far we have been unable to flnd out anything regarding the character of the two men. shoti out er a Tree. Another lynching was enacted in Alabamna Tuesday night. A mob of sarariated citizens of Coosa county shot to death JYames Daniel, a burly negro, who had attempted an assalt on Mrs John B.tker, the wife of a white farmer living near here. Baker and his wife had retired for the night and both were asleep when the negro burglarized his way into their room. He went to the bed in which Mrs. Baker was sleeping and threatened her with death it sne soreamedt. She did scream, however, aad he: husband rashed to her assistance in time to see the negro jamp fromn a window and escane. Since tha: time a vigilant search has ueen made with bloo~i hounds for him. Tne track was iost and found several times. Yesteiday the dogs struck it, and after a spirited chase of several hours, the negro was treed in a forestina Uoosacounty Tues day night. From his perch in the branches the cdender prayed to his pursaers to spare him but at a given si gnal a volley was tired into the tree. It was too d-ark to distinguish any ob j:.cit, ba chnecarried a dozen of the onlet itothe negroes body and he feil to the ground dead. I - Acin __yoPaceofBi_ ig haI Ac la ..yx reques tL Ano1l- e P~s; p rs o ge proieL1. to di ~ao llpsm ii cin n~ue een r Iore.Al ..ohrsu s in t '.l cwas a s.. Wii :ey and.~ rjpotiol underi th' .oeae is ' 50 orperto an 'ma it is hop co:.sidreous o e 't 0 1 . 'pnin It i in a ir o'Gia -prane tit sOcn a prc ~ ar:ct of: hi WASHED OUT OF BED. A CLOUD DESCENDS ON YOUNG. TCWN, OHIO. Cries of .he PerIihog Seard in the Dark. news when No Help Could ba Given. Caused by a'Coud bnrst. An Associated Press Dispatch from Youngstown. Ohio, on Thursday night cires the following description of a clcuiburst at that place: A 7 o'clock tonight a terrific cloud burst struc this town, flocding the ea ti-e valle' and causing great damage to property, both in the city and along the railway lines. Many Peopie are su.- posed to-be drcwned. The entire country east and west for 20 miles was flooded and the damage will be enor ncus, the railroads being the heaviest losers. The Erie railroad west of War rtn. i1 miles and north of Sharon for tie same distance, was entirely flooded out and orders were issued to discon tinue all trains. Many residences here were flooded out, and the occupants were taken away by the police and fire departments. The Mahoning Valley electric lines were flooded out and all the bridges washed away. The Catholic church at Niles was struck by lightning and nearly destroyed by fire, vhile business houses and manufac tu'ring concerns were tiooded out. Henry Myers, a tailor, while standing at his residence on Mill street, was struck by lightning and killed in slartly. He icavesa family. The exeursion trails wbi:h left here tis morr.ine zcr Like Eric are all sidetrack:d 3. iles out and will prob ably not reach the city tonight. On every rs'raad :eading into the city reports crmc of extensive washonts and bril es swept away and railroad odicials say the loss wil be the heavi es: they have ever known. At 10:30 tonight came the first tan fible inform-tion of the Oanage done b- tae storm along Crab creck, run mnig into the city in the northeast alo"" the E--le and Lake Snore rail roads, and emptyiug into the Mahon ing river near the Lake Shore depot. A cloudburst occurred about 10 miles oat, the water did not begin to rise much in the city until after 9 o'clock. After about 10 o'clock the water came down into the city and formed into a ilbod. sweeping everything that was not fastened down before it. The creek was not more than 20 feet wide and the flood soread out to a width of 2.000 feet. It rose quickly and in less than 30 minutes the water was up to the second story of all the dwelling houses in the 11ooded districts and was still rising. It is a certainty at 11 o'clock that none of the people escaped from this immediate vicinity. The whole dis trict was in darkness except one small place whe.-~ a lone electric light shone. Firemen, police and others were on hand quickly but were powerless to rescue any body as not a boat of any kind was to be had in that portion of the city. The cries of the perishing were heart rending to those who stood at the wa tor's edge and were forced to retreat slowly on account of the gradually rising water. It is almost certain that many people were drowned. One whole family was heard crying for help from upstairs windows when sud denly there was a grinding noise, as if the house was being'moved from its foundation, aud soon the cries from that place ceased. The intense dark ness made it impossible to see what was going on, but it is supposed that the house and occupants went down in the flood. People at the water's edge heard a man crying for help who was apparently being carried down in the lood. Erery moment it grew fainter. Pitiful cries for help were heard continually, but the crowd on the shore could do nothing in the way of giving aid. Police and firemen went at once for boats. It was mid night before boats were gotten to the ilooded Crag creek district and the work of rescue started. The boats were manned by firemen, who went to work with a will, but could not make rapid progress on accxunt of the swift and dangerous current. Nine families were taken out of sEcond sto ry windows within a half bour and many people were picked up clinging to debris. Nothing definite will be Iknown as to the loss of life till morn ing, or even the names of the people that are ia the flood and perhaps not then. At midnight the water commenced trecede rapi'Ily and the creek will likely be back in its natural course by morning. The Erie and Lake Shore trains, including passenger and excur sion trains, were stopped where they were caught and will not likely be moved before daybreak, as the offi cials refuese to take chances of locs of life. Leaded cars have been placid on bridges with the hope of k:eep ing them. usp, as the Mahoning river is nigh' and rii:g rapidly. a rt -- c ~aae veterm. 'ThAna Reuni of the Unitedi Co.2'e dra \ c' tran's of the South irolia Dision fo -r 180~7 will be held r . Gevle, . C. commi-eneingat & a.m. ugus ::.h.The lo y rail "o-I ~ oI cant per mile, whic ilbe ia o l pct. wti th e :aew i lo a ta~ laratedac of Deegats. Al corade of the - ca :arm~e eanestly in te o b01 .y pave argh t ~ e in eon win o W'CnfIrat'e' (eter.swou wat' -.: jner the U.e G. V. are rd al~ ;sedtoj:,u eruforme tom raos in-: thi e g and ~ re . .he Dii e- D~rgetuever0l, ofi Et Jaeir eenrfte bre ing every arrangi warere toe eae ine t of. motemho s alle ad o frecei Atuies an iacinatet-:d enonwl Lynched for Murder by a 4'.b" Who Travelled :n Carriagi . Dispatches receiv d in Atlanta from Talbotton Wedcnesday fay conr>em the reported nching ner here day right ofD. W. L. r murcered Miss alie iEma O. Ue: ,"t Talb--ion a ear ego. JVu r Umr on in evidecce that Cc1. "orii Columbus, the iesding cunsel :'or Ryder, could rot be rs. d, sickna.s, cont:iued the e t un i te i'uar term in Sepi-mber. Dr. R' der, "be prisoner ho was to have been etur ned to M c J jail in the S2,) p. i. train taken to Waverly Iail, the nearest sation froi Talbot ton, for ilt prose. In a iew min utes. a~ftr ns deputies arrrived with tirh_ priser at t:. station the mob dron up ad to k the prisoner by fore: fr-m the cti9ers atd retrned with m to a 'oint just across the count line and lynched him. His bed-, ..s found ha::ig from a limb at an e:it hour this morring. His tongue -as out and his face was hor ribly blackened. Deputy S-riff *ur y, who was in charge of the pisoner, suys that hi. in cmaywit r.o oell and Dr. Ryder. reached Wvl l i j't be fo~re Itk, in a earr-age, and tinat Cte d o(c -r r :as s a'md in the re . s"-a r i his -tuonthe back o^ Ci s-Ea~ in fron. H e st on the lest sid : of Rv. de. a'd e" Sel onI the s in frOnt look; i . out of the carr sct win o .'' , exelet -ed : "L~ak out, inee is aman on he:rse .. e they ct e, he sh'outed, i n .";: :f .". dh t -.Vo d p is, ' py and'"1' B.stl, were s to. ;riu and fouad themselves coezed ) pis tols in the iandL of an 1Lur'ted mob. Tt.e mob orde:ed them to thro-v up their h:Ids ant deliver teir piso s. This. 'auro.xy sys, he rafa d to d> at frst, hat, hii pistal was saatc::d rrotn his l.uads. T ;en he began to bed ant plead with t"- crowd for the safety of as prisoner, bat was itnmediately ordered to shut his moue i. Eydar made but little resistanc% to the moo, and while they were draving him from the carriage did not utter one word. The heipless wretch was taken to auother carrie close by and thence back to Taibot county and hung to a tree just over the Pinc in Talbot county, near the home of J. C. Willis. Tne mob, while returning with R7 derfrom Waverly Hall, was met by Sher!r Richards and his party, but owing the darkness of the night the sheriff caun ,ot distinguish t e per sons nor gain a. clue to their identi ty. Richards way ,informed by the men who had Ryder ir'charge that he was too late, so he pushe"Peto-WA7 erly Hail, only to find that he had been misled, ae i at that ti:.e R;der was suspeaded from the limb of a trae, where his remains were discovered a short time after wards. The reason assigned Wednesday for the action of the mob is that the peo ple were tired of the case being con tinued, bit the fact is that the friends of the prosecution had given up all hope of ever bringing Ryder to the gallows by reason of his being hope lessly insane. BURGLARS GALORE. Atlanta, (G.i., Is Infested With "K 'aights of the Jimmy." A special dispatch from Atlanta to the Augusta Chronicle says: Bar glars continue their wholesale work nere and their fine Italian hand was exhiibited in four quarters of the city Ilast nignt. The oceupants of the resi dence of W. Ai. Mare of WValea and and Cone streets, were awalkened about half-past wo by :he s-nell of chloform. The alarm was .gi-en oby Mrs. Moore ad so~con there w-as ~ gen eral panie in theC househoja. Investi gation showred thar he dliaing room was full of the deadly druz to thie poirnt of sutIfocation, but waen the door w~as ilang opea th fames were quickly distribute and nor ibraking or stealage was discovered. Th buI glara s~ad missed in their c culatiaa. The either mistook thes dinng rom ora bed room or else presumed that the grdu.al durasion of the famnes wouai c.apify the sleepers insi-ad of awakening theta. It is p'esuaed ta?t the lad was pumped and sprayedin through the windo. blinds undt that tne aroussa houseuol1d oreve'-ted fur ther atemps on the part of the ,vould te burglars burn ac anue, nea- two~ muery, the "jm, a~ . s ~ym and a ' "i2 s'atracted rom tac cott rds ase'ts. In theC .,To rema ig.rs t!:e ' -rgas lef teio mru ce ar a a orsto acount for the inrod c n professils .that has been sicy enfoe'J *ut th hee ha.ve b-n harp en'o'h to a'oi dtec'.o2 A hol- cr e d-:tioc cam day-'-- a'.ano irn. I anldu sa JUatn um.-.ther widn of 3 e m. a tr h" d-adws o'ia huorr. 1 ar~er cwnrb 0trnl l: ard m othr fo raear old.cTa childreneca ifo di'iss ef ci poue aend ar niatin lai dhe a wee~t alo wasn Mrus. Jr,y Mr. Haer' ohead ye l.n EXPLOSION HORROR. FOUR WOMEN AND TWO MEN VIC TiMS OF POWDER. A T.wing Sceue-Mangled Bodies Strtw the Gro:nd-- . Tang Wlfo Killed by Her is band's Side. Fou- women aid two men were klilld Wednesday at New Haven, Conn., by an ex plosion in the loaling department at tht armnory of the Win chester Repeati.- Arms company. Fire others were taken to the hospital badly wounded. The dead are: Wil Ha F. B murner, Mrs. Mary Baumer, Miss Jennie Baumer, Miss Ida Brown, Wii!'am Hill and Miss Tracy Conrny. Fatally injured: George Bardoff, Ed wa:d Bardof?. The explosion occurred in the load ia room. E oployed in this room were 15) hands, two-thirds of them :iris and women. Nearly all of the female hands are employed on the loading machines, each of which re Cuires threa operators. The full com plement of hands was at work in the room when the explosion took place. lFor y feet of the side of the building . blown out and hurled many feet and fr a mnts of hiauan bodies were ar a sc'taing manner. A hurry cll wad sent for all available y las The Gra department, the :oic. tie ambutl.nc and hospital eirgs were speedily svnimoned and the work cf caring for the dead and in" jrel v-as begun. .J.arro nnr sseres were witnessed : 'e vas' thronz congregated about acc. As rapidly as possible the ij-,d wrre cared for. In two in s~ance the suffering of the wounded ;as frighf al. One was partially dis embor:eled. bAs apidly as a victim was seen to be ali-e, the ;utferer was tenderly cared for, made as comfortable as pos sibie and co aveye:i with all possible speed to his home. T wo of the bodies ihad been decapitated. Others had been partia17 torn asunder, and still others had been dismembered. The officials of the company expended every effort to assist in the work of relief. Perhaps the saddest scene was en acted when John Baumer learned that his wife was among the dead. He lived in Hampden and had been but recently married. At the time of the explosion he was at work a few feet distant from his wife. Mary Baumer was but 16 years old and had been in the factory but three weeks. She was married a little over a month ago and she and her husband, Fritz, used adjoining machines. The girl was blown fully 53 feet and so crushed out of shape that it was almost impossible to identify her. The husband, curi ously enough, was apparently blown rith the same force and by the same last, and yet he is one of the least serioasly injured. He struck the ground but a few feet short of his --. wi:e. The explosion did not cause any .ie, and the fire department confined its efforts to aiding in the work of re lief. The cause of the explosion has not been determined and perhaps its cause may never be known. Some of those at work in the room at tL time say it was due to the fact that a cart ridge in process of loading had been imroperly placed in the machine. Of0 the injured, those able to taik remember nothing, except a blinding fidash. Some did not even hear the ex losion. The two Bardorf boys, work ing side by side, were thrown' at a tangent out one side of the building. They struct the ground 30 feet away. They were so crushed and mangled that they will die. Edwvard Blair, work i 1fetaway at his machine was I en uwad through the roof. He fell on'an ash heap with broken bones and a ratured 'skull and his legs t i d ot of shape. The doctors say htoo, will die. EKiward Bardorf d-e& after being taken to the hospital. Id B ow', one of those killed out rigtcauefrom Detroit, Mich., in whih ctyher parents live. T.G. Bentt president of the company, said: "~We have been running auto matic loading machines for something m-ore than 20 years, and this is the nrst time that any one has been in jue ntheir use. Since the adoption of tosemachneswe have had no ac iden in the use of black gunpow der." -r Bnett expressed the belief tha thog the car-elessness of an typrator or the p~owder boy, the ma cn- ins exploded had been over charge't. ______ 1Gou tervreio Arrested. Qt:.oi oter of the United States sacatsme Wednedynigh;arrest d . C T-iran, a Frenchman, who w.as, se.ording to Captain Porter, 10out o ake counterfeit money. Trn sa-s he was going to make Ins for a Cahan plantter, and that the planter desired his labels made in tespeof a fi-re dollar note. He sem to be rather hazy as to the iden y o the~ plater who ordered the s. Jha Williams, who was nue of Trevan was also ar s-l' o sp'arious money was d, oat, for all that the govern -als regard the arrest as an prta o ae.' Williams has been ~re-s:ed bei orc for making counterfeit Trou?bi. in &labamia. A scial to l'he State Herald from ne , Ala., under date of July20 :Arace war :s on at Riverton, a. : ow-n of 600 inhabitants, to a ndcriOi:s trouole is feared. -vgr at eplda cri-ninal assault ca kS L Vaughan. an~destimable Ig;. gonda 'tr:o L, bout was beat a e n dt~L u.gjbohood aroused. A~. 'are'i p-ry' is said to have caugh ic iid and shot: him, but mistey i at dait After the nehi~nte wities became incensed a d ih t --Ls:eu to exterminate the ne o-es . ):th sies are armning and one .e mnhas been seriously injured. s. 'Va'' han is in a delicate condi a ~a er death is momentarily ex Struck it R'~ch. Fr nkPiscaler, of Newcastle, Ind., o .etto Kiondyk e Alaska, last t-rhs ius:. returned with $50,. 0 in nold.~ Phisaler reached the til 1ichedad of wiater. He dug a ol in the- "ran large enough to hol h -'slf nd provisions. After -ian wes of searching, he one day cs' uwn a. little stream whicah tow edi do- a te side off a mountain and eu-oned :io a basin. The water was ciar arad in perng don its shallow dephs Pmscaler discovered gold. He