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\NV -- Ll XVN 'i\I\ G, 7, 1900 1SO ;I 34S) SNO E B R MANY1 \VI K KILL:1'_I), CnemicJ C mbustin.-n c r Twenty Bui s rg ir: N-'w Y'rk. MANY NARROW ESCAPES. A Smil1 Bez t Starts 0 ( <1 the Wo-se Ca'astr ph-s in the H story .f N w Yo, k City. As the r :t f a snLali Ore in Ncw York on Tu. - a. of last we:k sevtrai t-ucce-sive t >ien . of chemicals Co curred in the rug store at Warren and Greenwich stret is atC blew QownI a cozen butidings and badiy daigted a score of other. The less of htie is not known, but from all wouroes t f iaferms tion it is gatlercd that there are per haps tie boeies of 3'k persons in the ruins, though Iecau-e uf :ho hot de bris and; the &lowncs of the tuovieg of it, nobcds L.:d been removed up to midnight. 'l .e disaster was one < the mzost terrible -.hat has t v :r oceurred in this city, and rivals the Wir.dsr htel lire in its a!,pliing results, thouk in loss of property it will be w-r-e a idf Croker of the fire dcpartwent sai > right that the loss is !ull $1,500 UU The action of the tremenaeus catas trophe was more vivid and awful than the city has teen for a long time. Builcings fell in on themselves or toppled over on ot'ers, iron girders were thrown }aids away, mashing through great walls, whole structures fell into the streets in piles so that the line of thcroughfare could not be marked out, huge :plnters '.f iron, teel and wood wtre flung into the streets And into the buildings clean through the wails where they b-ried wemen and men. People walking through the streets were knouked down and aangerously injured by timbers, glass and steel, horses were thrown cown, wagons, windows, store franti and all Eorts of property fcr blocks in every direction were wrecked and dam aged. There were 35 persops reported missing and 10 men, women and chil dren are on the list of inj ird. The builiing of Tarrant & Co., makers of medicinal specialties, stand ing at the nortnwest corner of Green wich and Warren streets and filled with chemicals, took fire in some way that may never be known at ab ut a quarter atter 32 o'clock this afternoon. 1i was 16 minutes afterwards that a citizen iushed into the house of fire engine ', on Chambers street, near Greenhicn, and shouted that Tarrant's drug hcuse was on fire. He had seen a volume of black smoke coming from the third window. An alarm was turned in. Soon afterwards second and third alarms were turned in. One fire com pany had just arrived when a terific explosion occurred and threw the entire engine's crew down the stairwa;. The firemen, realizing the danger of their position, rushed out of the building to the street. The explosion has filled the street in frogt with a shower of falling glass and small debris, which sent the crowd already gathered on the opp.o site sidewalks, fleeing for safety and caused the horses hitched to the en gines to rear and try to get away, E:1 gineer Rocksberry was unfastenmitg the norses, and Fireman Brown, of the company, was turning the safesty valve of the engine when tne explosion oc curred and covered them with a shower et glass. Both were injatred, as was another fireman belonging to the com pany. HURLED ACROSS THE STREET. Capt. Devanney, of the company, or dereQ his crew back into the building. They were dragging the line to the door way for the second time when another explosion, more teriific than the first, came and the whole crew was hurled across Greenwich street, Devanney be ing so badly injtea that he was sent to a hospital. in the meantime the other engines that had responded to the alarm had collected and the firemen were busy rescuing people from sur rounding buildings. Firemen bad al ready taken many girls down the only are escape upon the bailaing, and more persons nad teen carried down the es cpes of the Home .Made restaurant next door, and the buildings adjoining upon Warren street. The second ex plosion ccurred about five minutes af ter the first. From the accounts of wit nesses the building seemed to ieap into the air, and in a moment masses of brick walls, timbers and stone were faling into the streets. T he force of the explosion tore away the wall of the commision storehouses fronting on Washington street and caused them to collapse, falling all at once in a mass of timbers, boxes and barrels, fromn which the flames which burst out from the Tarrant buiiding like the nelening of a cannon, at onc brokc fvrah. EXPLOSION iFTER EXPLOSION Across Warren street to the opposite buildings the flames icaped, settung them all afire at once, the force of the explosion demolishing windows and all wooden sanuctures atiout tbe houses. In a moment Warren street wns choked up with a mass of debris and the whole place was aflame. The great explosion was followed by haelf a dozen more scarcely less intense and by a countless number of smaller ones. By this time the fire apparatus was armvng from every direcuion. Deputy Chief Ahern came about two minutes after the see od explosion, and he at once ordered a tiftn alarm .ent out, followed by a general cai f or ambulances. The ex plosion and diro togetner had now as sumed the propertions oi a great catas t-ople, and at w.as at r:st Lhougnt ,that hundreds of lives had Oven lost. Throngs of people were rushing about in the nearnY streets, marny of them panic-stricken, fleeing from the fire. They mingled in the crowd that was ruhing down from Broadway to see what had happened half an hour after the explosion the streets for bioeks around the fire were crowded withi dre apparatus, with a score of amb~ulances, while hundreds of police were being ru:,hed from all the lower precinets of the city to form lines, and many priests from nearOy parishes were going here and there in the smoke-obscured thoroughfares, seeking for irnjured who might need a .;inan . k wa. r iig high in the a r, :. .i .S t h t1 iin's that could unt be co oled by ite i:uidreds of -treaui- thrawo upyj them. T b e eed ,! xsion carried d:strue ion, i ,very d;r- eion. Tu ,at i. did not C u-e a k h1 e 3:e loss of life was due S : iac. tha. aim s ii minu'es i:. te af:er the fir.t cry of fir, -- cry that was a real warning to woo kew the ucharac:er of the hee a~s ii the burninehuiiding-and ui.. Lve ir-utes oceurrtd between t ie -t .:ndt min~ -c % xplsi, which war,1 er ous with-n :earig, arid the e:nn oaie1. .Justafcrthe cutbrcak of ir.- 'r.-u1 he wiydois of ti C buiding d a ) t :- :nt train s; iTed at Warren ,treet -atiot, et the Nt th Avenue ele vaied r. a i It 1 aied on in tim4 to es eate 11' he-x 'lo..ion, at:d th' few , eople wi1 we h-ft the plaforrm of the -tatio: atT thoug:t to have all escaped befere the reat ex'dosi)n. T be sta:tr.n waster tied aco:' the stiutire, e try in with hlin the rec'ipts of th, day and fis uouscd tickets while two we nen, w ho: ha: t",- d on t he platform ro watrh The fire. f:ightened by the i-.t ex.si ti-d down the down town tract. a;-iited by the station p.or er. who to;, nem to the Barclay treet station it: sa-ety. 1The explosion pcarl- e~arcd away th-' station and the ass e. w-onry that fit with it broke throu the ti ioring and almost demol seed t;:. ::tru::ure j it blow the I.il i. T US EsQ'APES . Imierse tea<Ses of muasonry, pieces of great b.sri,, window casions and an tcdescriba^' rars of wrckage of ev ery deserip-' .un: 1 i-. m-euly into the stree: I . r.:n <f th. bulling. The force of tue explosion below had thrown the S-etnen back acrois the street, so try they were not caught, out their e- ea: from the rail of de bris was almost miracu'ous. The wreckaze was thrown aeross through the wmtdows of the building in which the I-ving National bank is on tbe northe-t o.r e- of the atr-et. The offi)es of tie ini e bank and of Meck iem Bros., Ta :s dc: brokers, were nearly wreCAe Pre:icent Fraceher, cf the Irving bank, was away on busieess at the time of the exaosion, tu u the vice pros ident, Charles H. Mtela:e. and John W. Castre-;, the cashier, Jas A Denni son, and the assi-tant cashier, B F. Werner. the paying teller, Wm. )m lap, and the adjuster, Van Z ;idt, were present. At the fi:st explosion an attempt w.as made to gather all the m~nsy and pa pers that were lying on the c)unters, and to throw them into the safes, and it was supposed that this had been done, when the second explosion brought flying glass and plastering from the sky lighted cellings down about the heads of every body and caused them to escape in a hurry. Capt. McCiuskey of the detective bureau who hurried every available man of his staff to the fire was appealed to for protec tion for the funds of the b ink, he being told that they were in the bank vault the d .or of which was Euprosed to be unlock ed. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS Whon the cap tain and his men enter ed, ho never, t ey fouad about $10,000 scattered in confusion over the cunt ers and fb~or. This was hastily thrown in the vault and the door locked. President Fcencher of the bank ar rived within a few minutes of the start of the fire and was nearly hysterical when he found what had happened. By 'half past 2, however, the directors of the bank had met and iosted a sign in the window stating that the bank would do busineas tomorrow. Down in Mecklem Brothers' offices in the basement there were H C Meck lem and his brother William, with Frank Heekenberry, a boy, Thomas Hiacket, a clerk, another man named Bruce and some girls, among them EA len Van Deen and May Danklemann. When the fi-e broke out $90,000 in money lay upon the counters. Heck enberry was stationed at the door while this was gathered together for putting in the vault. The first explosion filled the place with sulphurous smoke that nearly asphyxiated everybody. The second explosion blew in the windows and cut the two Mecklems seriouly. The boy H.:ckenberry found the two girls in a heap, fainted away. He carried them out to a place of safety. Tne others, when they came to their senses, gath ered the money from the floors, put it in cigar boxes and cairled it to Wadel and Co's. Cuts His Throat. Charles F. Jones, valet of the late millionaire Reih, cut his throat at the tombs Thursday morning about four o'clock. He was taken to Believue hospital where he is now closely watch ed by two keepers. The surgeons say that he will probably recover. A few hours before the attempted suicide Jones made a full confession -He said that he and Patrick had killed Rice with poison, and then forged his name to the fcaudulent will anid to checks on various banks for sums amounting altogether to $350,000. When led back to the tombs after this confession Jones was confronted by lawyer Pat rick and his statement of what occur red is as follows: "I told Patriek that I had confessed everything Patrick drew a pen knife from his pocket, gave it to me and said, 'Trhe best thing you can do is to take this and cut your throat.' I went to my cell and tried to kill myself." Huuman Life Cheap I was reading in your paper the other morning where the next criminal cour,. here would have to take up about a dozen murder trials," said a vi-,itor in Charlesten last night, "and I thought that a very bloody record. At tirat I was inclined to think that this was the record for the year, but since I was in formed ibat it was the liet since the last court only. My, my, but that loots bad. Of course, I know that the people who are charred with this serious crime are negroes from the wild section of the county. Four legal ex ecutions within the past year should have asplendid moral effect, it seems to me, although people here tell me that it Las not had any appreciable etteet. It is certainly bad to think that human life is held for so cheap a price. I shall watch the result of this court with a great deal of interest, for I want to know how it all will end with the courts." I MI11FARY DISPLAY Pr b ib-y the Best Parade ot State MIicia Ev.r G.ven. GOVERNOR REVIENS T ROOPS Some S-ylish M punts Ii the Line of March. Thous-nds Wit nessed this Feature of the Fair. The great military parade a:d review took place Thurday m->rning in Colum bia Hundreds of people lined the streets to witness it, and none were disappointed, for the characti:r of the parade was far above the expectations of Adjutant Gencral Floyd, Assis:aat Adjutant General Frost and those who have worked so carnestly to make the display what it should be. The result was a parade whic was perhaps the best ever given by the State militia of South Carolina. The Pe.rale was formed at the capi tol grounds and below and the various camaands appea-cd in regulation army uniforms and equipment. The line did not, move until some time after the ap pointed hour, but when it came the spectacle of soldiers marching company form extending from the post office back as far as the eye could reach was prescnted. It was a picture worth see ing, and rt if eted m'tcn credit upon the mil:tia of tMe State. OWe of the fea'ures of the parade were the hinisome mounts of the staff and field ,ffuera .They were the very best private saddle horyes in the city. the owners re-ponded handsomely to asuggestion that they cffer the officers the use of their steeds ani there were more than enough. The Farmers an i Mechanics company loaned for the oc cation a full equipment of new army saddles and bridles. There were many band of music in the parade, the splendid U. S First artillery band being about the center of the lice, and discoursing magnificent muic. The perso ial of the band on this oc casion was as follows: Guslan K{itzen-Director. Coporal Frank K ras' k-Piccolo. Sergeant August Pfl:ger--E sharp clarinet. Sergeant Willliam O termann-Solo clatinet. Coporal Elward ' Ostermann-Solo clarinet. Private John U:bon-Firs: clarinet. Private Sam B:enner-Second clari net. Drum M,jar C. V. Parkstone-Saxo phone. Principal Musician Miehaei Sullivan -Solo cornet. Private John F ehner -F:rst corn :t. Priate George W. Cook-First cor net Corporal Ottavis Violivi-Second cor net Private Harrison K. Sanaff-Third cornet. Corporal David Cro:s-Baritone. Sergeant Leon Trusson-First trom bone. Chief Trumpeter Albert Nintz-Solo alto. Private George Steavenson-Second alto. Private Fred 0Ostermann-Third alto. Corporal William Hopmeyer-B B fiht basso Corporal Emil Roetche-E fiat basso. Sergeant Henry E. Anderson-Snare drum. Private James Adams-Bass drum. Private John Kipptr-Cymbals. The parale was about 25 minutes passing a given point and was watched with much public interesit. The review took plaoe at the corner of Main and Lumber Streets. Governor's Etaff was composed of Brig. Gen. J. WV. Floyd, adjataot and inspector general; Cols. Jno. F. Falk, Bamberg; Geo D frillman Jr. Edigefield; Waddy C. Mauldln, Hampton. E J. Watson, Columbia; August Kohn, Co lumbia; and E J. Wannamaker. With the staff rode Col. Asbury Coward, that magnificient Con federate soldier and southern gentlemad, now superinten dent of the Citadel. Maj. C. J. Owens of the Orangeburg Military Institute also rode. Then came these other miembiri of the staff: Cols. H A Tripp, Blacksburg; D). A. Spivey, Con way ; Gilbert HI. Greene, Rock Hill; Tom C. Hamer, Bennettsville; Adam H. Moss and Thomas F. Brantley, Or angeburg, The first military organization in line was the cadet batallion of the Citadel academy, under command of Maj r Cantey. The Citadel boys were the best drilled of all the commands. Second came the King's Mountain Military academy under command of Capt. Law. Follo ~ving the ca-lets was the Second regiment, South Carolina volunteers, commanded by Col. Wilie Jones, who was accompanied by his st.ff, consist insg of Lieut. Col. D. 0. Herbert, Maj ors J. W. Culler, W. L. Lse and T. j. Drew, and Capt. Chas. Newuham, act ing adjutant. The first company in line was the Kershaw Guards, under Capt. S. L '4emp. Bambe:-g Guards, Capt. WV. R. Wright. Tillman Volunteers, Capt. J. H. Claffy. lhehland Volunteers, Lieut. F. G. Tomp~kins. 'limmonsville Guards, Capt. W. H. Keith. Sumter Light Infantry, Capt. H. F. Wibon Georgetown Rifles, Capt. S. M1. Ward. Goveroor's G uards Capt. John Black. This completed the formation of the Second regiment, which was followed by the First regiment, under Col. J. C. Boyd, with biL staff, consisting of Capt. W. WV. Lewis and Capt. J. R. McKeown, acting adjutant. The comn pas?ies in line were: Liberty Hill Rifles, Capt. J. G. Rich ares. Morgan Rifles, Capt. Win. M,-.Gowan. Ciifton Guards, Capt. J. F. Langston. Hazelwood Rifles, Capt. J. S. Me Keown. Jasker Light Infantry, Capt. WV. B. Moore. Greenwood County Guards, Capt. W. RI. Gaines. F rt Mill Gaard . Capt W. I. Brad r o't. Following thcse was the Fir-t ba'ai ian, South Carolina volunteers, com mna':ced by V j ir Hen1iry Sobatt:e, whose i.taff Aa comnpa d - f Capt. J is. Allen Jr , aUja:amt; L cut. A. J. Baist and B. A llarn .4 Suwer G lards, Capt. T. T Hyde. G.'rman Fusilier , Capt. H. B. Sehr cder. P-lm'-to Guards, Cant. Stelling 1rich Volunteers, Capt. K-arney. Wa-hinz'on Light Infautry, Capt. .Juhiu. E :'ogswt 11. The bata ion of naval reserves, uncer L eutenant Commauler C L DXuilos brought up the rear with their naval gun, thettree coupanies being the Lay.:.te Artiilery, Lieut Comm ind'er George S Ligare; Mt. Picasant Re .erves, C. 1'atj>-, ad the Hlamf.-rt Re.erve; Lieutena!t Commander George E 1 o -The Sta:e SAVED BY A SIGN. Passengers on a Pullman Inxiously L Joked for it. Tnie South Carolina dispensary law brings abou: soie curious things, said a traveling wan last night. 'If you happen to be thirsty on a Pullman car you are liable to have the 'dry non ker s' afier the train gets into this state. The Pullman e~mpany is very strict about selling drinks where state laws prohibit it and the company is not anxious to take chances with the dis pcnsary. I. seems that the constables nave a right to take anyting that has a whiskey smell, alhough I have not heard of thr m seizing any Plimas "The other day I was going to Ashe ville and th:re was a good old fhir:ty crowd on the Pullman. We had been ringing the bell and calling for life pre servers, but the porter sutled and re fustd to deltvcr the goods. He said it was against the law. 'If you'll wait till we pass de South Cariiu lie' sti-l the p~rtcr, I pink I can save yer life.' The porter w'nt on to tell mne that the state line was mark ed and as soon as the train got on the other side the wine corks would fly. "Now as a general thing the trains on the Somthern made good time, but to that thirsty crowd of passengers this one seemed to be crawling. Seems to me like an ox cart could give this train cards and spades and the two casinos and beat it to the liquor line,' said one of the passengers. 'Gee, but this is a long state.' "After a while the porter came to the middle of the car and told us that we would soon be 'over the river.' He told us that we could look out the window and read the sign. Well, we thought we'd not take any chances abut miss ing the sign, so every thirsty passenger stuck his face out, while his fingers were kept inside to cover the electric bell button. All at a flash the sign came to view and not a pair of eyes missed it. Say, you should have heard those bells ring. They buzzed and rang and tingled and j ngled and did every thing that a well regular whiskey bell is expected to do, and then the porter rushed in to take orders. We filled him up with orders and then he filled us up with drinks, but it was certainly a nar row escape frm death. Talk about train wrecks,--vell, say, many a fine life would have gone out if we had failed to see that sign. It saved the assengers from a fearful death." ews and Courier. THE HAVOO OF WAR. hown by Adjatant Gen. Corbin's An nual Report. The annual report of Ad jutant General . C. Corbin, to the secretary of war, for the year ending June 30, 1900O, is a omplete statistical record of the army f the United S.ates. It shows that the regular army consists of 2 5:35 offi cers and 6$3.861 enlisted men, and the olunteer army of 1.548 offisers and 31,1 79 enlisted men, a grand total of 8,790, not including the hospiual orps, which is not counted as a pas of the effective strength of the army. he regular and volunteer army at resent is distributed as followe: United States, 998 officers, of whom U are volunteer tilers and 18.898 en sted men, all regulars; Alaska, 41 offi ers, 1,058 enlisted mnen; Porto iRico, 98 fficers, 2,4'A enlisted men; Cuba 2430 ficers, 5,446S enlisted meu; Philhppine sands, 2,367 officers, 6i9,16$1 enlisted en; Hawaiian islands t3 cificers, 219 nisted men; Cnina 81. officers and 2, 0 men. There are 879 volunteer and nisted men in PortolRico, and 30.200 n the Philippines. TIhese are the only places where volunteer and enlisted men are serving. Some staff officers are serving in nearly ali of the places nam ed. The deaths reported in the army, oh regular and volunteer, by the same ivisions are: United States 14 ofiers, t4 men; Alaska, 3 men; Cuba, 7 ofii ers, 1446 enlisted men; Porto lbico, :3 en; Hiawaii, 1 cficer and 4 men; hiippine islands, 49 oflicers, 1,393 en: at sea, 3 ofliccrs, 84 men. Total, 4 utticers and 1,931) men. During the year there weire discharg d from service 22,5l92 men; deserted, Tne casualties in the Chinese cam pign between July 1 and October 1 were 9 officers and 20 enlisted men kill General Corbin commzends highly the peration of post exchanges and the canteen, saying that the report from the Philippines, Cuba and Porto 1Rico ndicate that the post exchange has be ome an absolute necessity. lie says that the total amount received from the xharges, so far as reports show, amounted to $1 915,8632 with a net profit of $44,4504. In the statistics given is a table showing the ehronological ist of ac ios in the Philippine islands from Febrary4, 1899. to June 30, 2900), to getr with the losses in kil:ed and oned. The totals show 33 officers 7 men killed and 147 officers and 2, 1474 men wounded. A Smali Town. One of the skyscrapers in New York has a daily population of 3 100, and the mail sent out from it averages 18,000 pieces a day. l3ery forty five minutes a mail wagon from the postoffice car ries away from this bnilding about seventy-five pounds of outgoing mail. Another New York office building sends out 35,000 pieces of mail every ek day. THE STATE FAIR. Largest Number of Visitors Ever Seen in Columba. THURSDAY WA3 THE DAY. The Crowd So Thick on That Day That Moving Was Difficult. Fair a Great Success. The Stat- Fair this year was a grand suecss. The attendance was large every day, but Thursday was a record break~r Oa that day as The State says a score of coun'ing machines and a score more could not register the crowds that were in Columbia on that day. The State says: Every thig else faded into icsignifi c iee beside the people. Everybody was here, and so was everybody's brother. sister, cousin and aunt. They came by the carload and the wagon load. There were stylish city ladies and ladies from the country whose at tire was not so fashionab'e. There were rich man and poor mur.,, city men and countuy mn, haridiomw ue-1 and ugly mntn, w rer men and dunk u:u, tat men a-, le meu du -h an aggre gstnr! Up a id down Main street all day fre n Lariy m.rn until the wee sma' hours there coursed a steadily surging crowd. J'u'-iw and shioving in all good n1.Lor, v:ewijg the parade and then u mg on ou to the f:irgrounds for the foo bail Fame and the other at tractions. Ba.&t ba k they came at all hours on f. ot, o;, cais, in hicks and herdicks. v.ir the street perform ances, loo tig fvr -nieshing to eat atd often not getting it, or tiuating for friends, an almost hopeless task. Us the streets there was a crowd, but at midday the fair grounds were simply packed and jammed. One would go into the main building and see a moving mass of humanity elbowing each other and laughing like it were the greatest joke in all the world. Oa the stands facing the arena all day long was a changing crowd, so large that one would think every body was congregated in that particular spot; but, going over to the football grounds, one found there a still larger crowd, the grand stand being picked and the side lines crowded. "Sarely," so the wanderer thought. "I have seen all the crowd or most of it"; but passing through the agricultural hall he found a crowd there, upstairs and downstairs, while out on the midway beyon& was another crowd, gay and festive fellows, taking in the side shows. And such side shows! At night again the fireworks better than on either previous evening, drew a crowd of some 3,000 people, who cheered and cheered the lovely displays and went wild over Bryan's picture. At Hyatt park there was another dense crowd, and the street cars were kept busy hauling the people to and fro. The street car system, by the way, has been taxed dreadfully aU this week, and es. pecially Thursday and the day before; but the service was excellent all the way through. For afew minutes Thurs day morning there was a cessation f traffic, caused by the breaking down of a wire, but it was soon repaired and nothing else occurred to prevent rapid transit. During the progress of the parade Manager Clark kindly had all the ears kept off Main street in order that the companies might present a ompany front formation. There has been considerable rivalry among the various counties having ex hibitions at the fair, and Thursday when the awards were announced Co lumbia's near neighbor came out win ner. The first prize was awarded to Lexington county, whose excellent ex hibit of various crops was greatly ad mired. The second prize went to Ches ter, the third to .Richland and the fourth to Marlboro. 'Ihis matter of ounty exhibits is one which the fair authorities have been very anxious to have extended. The exhibits this year are much better than usual, but it is hoped the improvement will be still more marked next year and that more ounties will be representel in this reditable contest. SH&XKES IN JACKSONVILLE. People Thought a Big Cannon Had Fired. Eight distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Jacksonville last Wednes ay. The first shook was at 11:10 o'clock in the morning and shook some of the large buildings in the city. Hundreds f people believed that heavy ordnances was being fired in or near the city. At 1125 another shock, equally as severe, was felt and they coctin~ued at 15 min tes intervals until 12:39 o'clock. At 4.0)4 o'clock in the afternoon the seventh stiock of the day was felt, se verer than any of the preceeding, fol owed four minutes later by a report and shock, the severest of the day. 'The last disturbance made the window panes rattle in several sections of the city. The local weather bureau officials realized the nature of the shocks at the first and kept the time. Director Mit hell, of this department, could not say offic ally, as he had no instrument to de dermine the matter, but stated it as his opiion that the vibrations passed from south to north. There was no disturbance in the water noticeable and the shocks were not severe enough to cause any damage. Great is ew York. The census shows that the population f Delawre, Idaho, Montana, Navada, Uah, Vermont, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Florida-eleven States- could be brought to the city of New York in place of the present population and they would not fill the place of the present population of Greater New York. _________ Suicide in Atlanta An unknown man who gave his name as Warren Trackman early Wednesday moring comnmit-ted suiside by throwing himself under a rapidly moving train of the Georgia road at the Boulevard crossing in Atlanta. The coroner's jury n ere unable to discover any clue to his ientity. A SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Rev. John Cwsn Killed by a Friend While Hunting. A dispatch from Johnston to The S.ate says: ' The Rv. John Owen drove out to Mr. Gamewell M. Smith's to get some rough forage for his stock. He brought his dog and gun to kill a partridge fora sick friend. When reach ing Mr. Smith's and finding him gone to IEdgefield, he and Mr. Walter H. Smith, the youngest son of Mr. Game well Smith, went out hunting. In a few minutes they got into a drove of partridges and began shooting. Mr. Smith was loading his gun in a hu-ry and a partridge flew over his head. Smith went to cook his gun, when the hammer slipped out of his thumb be fore it got locked, and the entire load entered the right side of the Rev. Mr. Owen about the vest pocket. Mr. Oxen stood still for a minute, help ing Walter pull the wads out, then he fell, begging Walter not to leave him, that he would be dead before he could return. However, Mr. Snith became alarmed and soon assistance arrived. He was carried to the residence of Mr. Game well Smith. In a short whil: Des. Mobley, S.rother and Cox were with him and after consu!tation, D. s. Wright and Moore of August were telegraphed for, who came on the midnight train. Tae train stopped at Mr. Smith's place for them to get off. There is no possible chance for his recovery. Though he is a man of poweful will power. his time is short. He called his wife to his side during the night, and talked to her about his business affairi, telling her he knew his time was close and never to think hard of Walter for it was a pure accident. Everything is being done that can be done both medical aid and loving friends The acaident took place about 5:30 o'clock Luesday afternoon Oac. 30 Mr. 0 en is thought to be dying at this hour, 9 p m All of his family has been telegraphed for. The Rev. Mr. Oven is pastor of the Johnston Metho dist circuit, and is a devoted man to his family and work. Everybody ex tends sympathy to both families." Another dispatch says: Mr. Owen died at 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon. All of his family was present. Revs. Hodges, .dobinson, Hudson, Davis and Anderson were with him in his last moments. He suffered very little pain since he was shot. At 11 o'clock Thursday he made a statement in writ ing, stating that Mr. Walter Smith was not to be blamed in the least-that it was an accident. It is one of the sad dest accidents that ever happened in this community. Mr. Owen was per fectly conscious until the last minute. He expressed himself willing and ready to go. A dispatch from Johnston says "the remains of Rev. John Owen were in terred in Mt. of Olives ceetery at 2 o'clock Friday afterneoa. Every eye of the saddened throng that gathered to pay his bo iy their last respects looked through mists of falling tears, and every heart went out in deepest sympathy to the bereaved f itnilies. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church and were conducted by Presid ing Elder E. T. Hodges, assisted by Revs. Davis, Anderson and Hutson, and the request of the deceased to the eople of Johnston, told by Rev. Jona than Bell, was to thank them for the indnesses shewn him and family since eing here. His words to his young friend when shot were: "You are not to blame. All I ask of you is to meet me in heaven. God bless you." Eat Fruit. The Augusta Herald says "free eat ng of apples is the best thing in the world for sluggish liver. Three or four at night just before going to bed will produce the best effect. Apples should e eaten without peeling, as the skin s valuable. A ripe peach in the orning will give an appetite for reakfast and make one feel better all ay. Strawberries, raspberries, cher ies and currants a:-e all cooling to the ystem and beneficial in their effect on he blood. Blackberries when ripe ad not over ripe furnish an excellent onic from nature's laboratory. Figs re a balm to the-stomach, never pro uce acidity and are always easily di ested. The "grape cure" is fully rec gnized by Continental doctors. Grapes freely eaten clear the blood and are of ervice in a large number of diseases. Just at present apples-pineapples in luded-and grapes are most in evidence nd it would be a good idea to eat them freely Largest Shipment Ever Made. Eight steamships were cleared at the ustom house at New Or'eans last Wed esday for Liverpool, Barcelona, enoa and Hamburg with 76,767 square bales of cotton and 4,921 round bales. This is the largest amo'int of cotton ver cleared from any port in one day. These vessels will also carry large qantities of other cargo such as wheat, orn, cotton seed products, etc. One f the steamers which cleared for Liver pool was the British steamer Machaician with 26,000 square bales of cotton,32, 00 bushels of wheat and 8,000 feet of walnut lumber. This is the largest argo of cotton ever carried from any port. The Mechanician is a new vessel f 9,043 tons, 500 feet long and has a stronge capacity for 30,000 bales of cot on. Venezaelan Earthquake. The effects of the Venezuelan earth uake of last week show that San Casi mire, (Cua and Charallano were entirely estroyed. An islet situated at the outh of the Nevri R iver has disappear d. At Taeariugua. Brochico and Cur epe tbe damage done was considerable. Uere are many dead and injured. Rail oad and telephonic service between Car maro and Rio Chico is interrupted. Railroad service between La Guayma nd Caracas was resumed this morning. A Good Custom. At the birth of a Japanese baby a ree is planted, which must remain un ouched until the marriage day of the hild. When the nuptial hour arrives he tree is cut down, and a skillful abinet maker transforms the wood into furniture, which is considered- by the oung people as the most beautiful of a oaments of the house. SAID HE LIED A Witness Who Would Hang a Man for Money. The LouisvJ'e Erenrg Post prints an affidavit of Finley Anderson, the tel egraph operator up.n whos> testimony Caleb Powers was convineud of complic ity in the murdur of Governor Goebel, in which Anderson swears his story told on the stand at Georgetown was perjured. After telling a conversation with Attorney Campbell at Cincinnati in connection with the Gaebel case he says: "I remained in Cincinnati after this conversa'ion with Mr. Campbell and s me time after that with Mr. Arthur Goebel, in his store where I had gone at his request, asked me if Powers had not in my presence at Barbourville in January said to me in substance these words, referring to William G ,ebel: "They say he wears a coat of mail, but it won't d) him any good,' or something similar to that. I told A-thur Goebel that Powers had never said anything of that sort in my presence to the best of my knowldege. He told me to think and see if I could not remember it. I could not remember such a rmark and 1 know that Powers never did make such a ramark or anything resembling it in my presence, but being urged by Arthur G ,ebel, I finally concluded to state that he did make such a statement and so swore upon the trial, which tes timony was false. "Before making my statement to Campbeli, Whatton Golden told me to make it as strong as possible, as they (referring- to Campbell and Goebel) would tske care of me and protect me. I desire now to say that I Lever had but one conversation with Caleb Powers and that was in relation to my going to Frankfort with the men on the 25.h of Jannary, and at no place was the name of William Goebel mentioned or re ferred to in any way or in any connec tion by Caleb Powers. "I desire furthermore to state that either upon the occassion of the first conversation with Campbell or the day after I received from him $10 in cash, and since that conversation I have re ceived from him both before and after I was a witness at Georgetown in the Powers case; various sums of money, and I have since such conversation with Campbell and Arthur Goebel re ceived from Arthur Goebel various sums aggregatiug about $300, au-i upon one occassion $10 frem Justis Goebel. The last sum 1 received was on Tues day, October 28, 1900, which was $5, given to me by Colonel Campbell at his offi1e in Cincinnatti. Just prior to giving me this $5 Campbell had tel ephoned to Arthur Goebel to come to his office, which Goebel did, and when he arrived at Campbell's office he went into a private offise with Campbell, and Campbell handed me $5." He gives further alleged data and details, and concludes his affilavit thus: "I believe that my testimony in the trial of Caleb Powers aided in his con viction, and I am un-illing to suffer longer in silenae by reason of the thought that the falsity of my state ments have added in convicting Caleb Powers." Mail Matters The annual report of WV. S. Shallen berger, stc~nd assistant postmaster general, was made public Friday. 'It shows that ;on June 30 the annual rate f expenditure for inland mail service was $55,146,060; for foreign service, 2 014,538; total expenditures $57,160, 598. The experiment of box delivery n star routes, whereby persons along he line could have the mail brought from the next office by the star route arrier and left in a box erected-by such perron has worked satisfaatorlly in South Carolina, and the next star route ontracts will provide for such service, increasing the mail facilities in the ural districts at a moderate increase in yost. The special and general weighing f the mail throughout the United States whose results were announced last February, showed that the rail oads carried an aggregate much greater than generally supposed and that 86 per cent of the total mail matter was sent direct to the railroads. The result f the regular quadrennial adjustment f the pay for railroad transportation in the second contract section, com prising North and South Carolina, eorgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, lennessee and Kentucky, base I on a reweighing under orders issued to Sept. 10, last, was an increase of over 10 per en s. Excited Over street Naming. The municipal council had a stormy session in Paris last week in conse uence of a motion, made by M. Colly. to name certain streets in Paris after Blanq'ai, Flourens and other heroes of the siege during the France-Prussian war, M. Celly declared that the honor was due them "in recognition of their efforts to save Paris from the shame ful capitul-.tion prepasred by General Trohu." His propsal aroused a per fact pandemonium, which the president of the counoll was unable to quell. The socialists rose en masse and shook their ists in the faces of the Nationalits. M. Rlndi off ared a reolution protest ing against a proposition ter~ding to "awaken civil discord and glorify crimes against the c~untry." Finally quiet was ret Lored ard M. Colly's motion was carried. Oil As Fael. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rairoad is m ain; extetsive strides in the use of oil fuei on its lhnes, and by the end of the year coal will not be used on any of tae locomotives in the State of California. This eninpany has oil wells in op;eraition near Fullerton, and ther ficids are being developed in the vicity of Bakersfield and Fresno. All he engines on the San Francisco and San Joaquin \alley railroad are no s eing converted into oil burners and also those en the S.nta Fe Paca be ween M1.j ave and Needles. Barned in the .Tail. At Hlazlehurst, Ga., Thursdav night the town jail was consumed by fire. in the jail at the time was a negro, who as burned to death. The negr" was harged with robbery, and it is SiPvS d that he himself set the sgi aarg, oping to burn his way ol'. Ihs hrieks were heard by citizens who ent to the scene but arrived to late to e of any assistance. The negroe's name is unknown. OUR POPULATION. Thirteen Millions Gained in' Ten Years. SOUTH CAROLINA'S SHARE. The Increase In the Country at Large Very Evenly Distrib uted. Encouraging Figures. The offi 3ial announcement of the to tal population of the UnitedtStatei for 1900 in 76,295,220, of which 74.627, 907 are contained in the 45 States repre senting approximately the population to be used for apportionment purposes. There is a total of 134,158 Indians not taxed. The total population in 1890, with which the aggregate population of the present census should be compared, was 63 169,756. Taking the 1890 popu lation as a basis, there has been a gain in population of 13,225.464 during the past 10 years, representing an increase of nearly 21 per cent. Following is the official announce ment of the population of the United States in 1900 by States. The fgures in the first column represent the cen sus for 1900 and the second for 1890 and the third column the number of Indians not taxed. Alibama.......... 1,513,017 1,228,691 ...... Arkansas ........ 1,311,564 1,120,179 ...... Californii........ 1,485,053 1,208,13) 1,649 Colorado......... 53-,700 412,198 697 Conne:ticut ..... 908,355 746,258 ...... Delaware ....... 184,735 618 493 ...... Florida......... 528.542 391,422 ...... Georgia ......... 2,216,329 1,887,8368. Idaho ............ 161,771 74,885 2.297 Illinois........... 4 821,560 3.826 851 ........ Indiana ......... 2.516,463 2,192,404 ...... Iowa ............ 2,251,829 1,911,896 ...... K nsas ........... 1,469,496 1,427.096 ...... Kentusky ...... 2,147,174 1,868,635 ...... Louisiana ....... 1,381,627 1,118,687 ...... Maine............ 694 366 661,086 ...... Maryland ...... 1,189.946 1,042,890 ...... afassachusetts.. 2,405,346 2,238,943 ...... Michigan ....... 2.419,782 2,093,889. Minnesota...... 1,751,395 1,301,826 1,768 Mississippi .... 1,551,372 1,289,600 ...... Missouri........ 3,107,119 2,679,181 Montana........ 243,289 132'169 10,746 Nebraska ...... 1,068,901 1,058,910 Nevada ......... 42,331 45,761 1,665 N. Hampshire. 411,588 376,530 New Jersey.... 1,88.1,669 1,441,933 New York ...... 7,268.009 5,997,853 4,711 N rth Carolina 1,891,992 1,617,947 North Dakota.. 319,040 182,719 4,692 Ohio'....... 4,157,445 3,672,816 Oregon.......... 413,532 313,767 Pennsylvania . 6,301,36. 5,258 014 Rhode Island.. 428,556 316,606 South Carolina 1,340,312 1,161,149 South Dakota. 401,559 328,808 10,982 Tennessee...... 2.022,723 1 767,518 Texas............. 3,048,828 2,235,5:3. Utah ............ 276 565 207,905 1,472 Vermont ....... 313,641 332,422 Virginia ....... 1,854,181 1,655 980 Washington ... 517,672 849,390 2,631 West Virginia. 958,900 762,794 Wisconsin ..... 2,068,963 1,686,880 1,657 Wyoming 92,531 0 ...... Ccli 4.5 St~ates.574 627,90762,116,811 41,617 TERRITORIES, ETC. Alaska (estimated). 44,000 32,062 .... A~izma...... 12222,622,9 64....4 Dis. o Coumia.. 28,182,79.69 Hawaii.,67.316......5,0 990 Indin Teritry... 3 11,1814 ...... New exico . 13,7718,693 1,987 Okiaoe.....38,I 761,8318 ...... mated).2,422..84400 Wyoien.......,692,313 952,945 89,581 paral 458taeo.74 a2790 62,1681 returs17o atson (stiated a44,000 princpall ...... ntiate n Territor ies1,6 18a18 fa6,0a8 bore the irsttofd ury moat........ Du 4n th400 TnYer [nias ery atictry dAcongsevtionefgrs ftecn sexceau, wichwn b ondi n Territolumn ....... po45,282 oSut rlais.........130,1,31r a5,4 gano89, 163 duasng iguest re erive While toashe nmber cthain mtay orgadi exetedn ttisonidrad prinoipallyin foh ae oflppn Suharlna's iet aendre thBueis will cbe mo foral wituth piopivltiions othe Sditer ntStates cad Trinored nar fSotha possile. The nmbmer inaitans.x Nothd waoilbeay for te whih hse bfe hdredtofanunabiay. or Popainrn thisSaetnye ago, gainer in thorin teersomthigre lfie 73000 othe 1,1olu9mTnsea the population8>t Dais 131 401, or a gain of 18385 In3 durin the puatiten ofrs SWuhilero isa exoedeah population of Aomkaup o the 2nu70.Iner0 ththan peopulatiod oraSaeof South Carolina's ,8 sireae tan ithe populatio of othernsas. er arusina is noter Sinaetantch rak otrao oth Carolina, o ntne hc ad te gaindre thesalld intereints moe han thas at taisn en years ago ndi Louisansasn9 had a population ,1, 5f18.18. Ths iyear given popultiow a popu1,56o, or 1,3g1,i27oor183,385.o 263,09i teyr.'he population ot ao swaexee the popultio of LuiAnaan-h grws iy ta,70 ciy i90 hepoplina lag maure orolinainc,71reae fr thae hae.pplto o rass Lousianip ad anherease which ans ery far thfresof Caroisna.n Giin popultion of ip n118, was 1,T1,e2 Ines figure gite was 1sho9, p~,orulaion of 21,381,2,o ano 63,039 ier, yearemanh afpuagan f hecity efNaedwi Oreazng hep o wesll le thes oriinb an fall ingwwall. tHe ways aosiblear of a Mindlsippi awdow and nadpeic child. yFlln al