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V L. XVI -MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1902. THE FARMER. They Have Shaped the Destinies of the Republic. NOBLEST CALLING ON EARTH. So Said Governor Candler in Wel coming the Ifelegates co the National Farmer's Con gress in Macon. The 22nd annual seesion of the; Farmer's National congress was open ed in Macon. Ga., on Tuesday of last week. One thousand delegates were present representing all sections of the United State and Territories. Gov. Allen D). Candler of Georgia, welcomed the delegates to Georgia in a speech which was received with en thusiasm. He said in substance that, he had closed the governor's office in order t> come to Macon and extend a. welcome to men who represent the noblest calling on earth. Upon the farmer rests everything. If he pros pers every industry and calling pros pers. The men who have shaped the destinies of the republic since it was born were farmers or the sons of farm ers. He said the farmers of the coun try did well in selecting Georgia as the place to meet this year. A state which owes her greatness to her sons who have tilled the soil. Referring to the race problem, he said Georgia had her burden to bear and she was doing it, and that the condition of the negro in Georgia was better than in any other State. He was being educated, without discrimina tion, had an equal protection under the laws and was taught that Georgia. was the best State for a good negro, and the worst State for a bad one. He said that in the exercise of his authority as governor he had been compelled many times to listen to the pleas of negroes, and that he had never allowed himself to think of them save as men entitled to equal and ex act justice under the laws. He said it was no time to enter into a dis cussion of past differences. The men who fought under the Stars and Stripes believed they were right, and the men who fought under the Stars and Bars thought they were right. A WELCOME TO GEORGIA. He said that Georgia with her land devastated, her homes darkened with mourning, through the reconstruction period had succeeded because her soil and resources were the most prolific of any place on earth. To that Geor gia, and in her behalf, he extended a cordial welcome to the delegates and bade them godspeed in the great work that called them together. Mr. George A Smith, president of the chamber of commerce, tendered a welcome on behalf of the city of Ma -con. Hon. Harvie Jordan, vice presi dent of the Farmers' congress, re sponded for the convention. President Flanders also responded, the substance -of his remarks being as follows: "We have lived to see the demand for agricultural education which should educate the boys back toward the farm, that should educate in the calling of the agriculturist so that that calling might be dignified also with the title of' 'profession,' grow until today we stand upon a pro minenee and see the path made by this steady progress, and I am thank ful to say that that prominence upon which we stand is the result of the re corded will of 43 States of this union, to the effect that education shall be provided, for among those who are pursuing agriculture for a living, to the end that they may unlock the secrets in the laboratory of nature in such a way that they may make use of her greatest ability without im proverishing her strength or injuring her future usefulness. "The granaries of the world are be ing filled until today we are confront ed with the fact that in the United States five and two-thirds million farms are producing five and one-half billion dollars worth of agricultural products, a sum said to be much in excess of the total income of the fai - mers at any other time in their his tory in this country. This year we are raising in the United States as much corn as was raised in the world last year. PRODUCTION VS. DISTRIBUTION. "The education that has been going on in the interest of the agriculturist during the last 30 years has produced wonderfull results, but all, or nearly so, are upon one side of this two-sided question, viz: Upon the side of the production touching the question of distribution of the question of the re lation of the agriculturist to the gov ernment or governments under which he lives and by virtue of which he is protected. We are living in an age of combinations, an age when corpora tions and corporate interests unite for purposes which to them seein wise and just, an age when the labor element is organized for purposes which to it seems just and right, an age in which capital, generally speaking, is organ ized and combined for reasons which to it seems just and right, so that when any problem arises from the question of distribution to the question of leg islation they are prepared at short no tice to determine what action should be taken and then act as unit. What is true of these combinations is not true of the agricultural population. and yet that population is ten-twenty ninths of the entire number engaged in the industrial work should now be such that it will extend to this class of our population as much in formation as possible through some kind of an organization or by some means best suited to that end, the fundamental principles involved in economic ques tion of the times and of their political . duties and obligations to themselves and others through the government or governments under which they live. in other words. the theories and fundamental principals of constitu tional law should be taught alongside of the fundamental principles under lying the production of agricultural products. Those princi ples are stable. undergoing few changes. Every agri cultural citizen should understand that teover-nment of the United States under which we live is a government of derived powers, that it has no powers except those that have been conferred upon it and that the conferring was done by the sovereign States of the Union and that the mat ter conferred is enumerated in that document known as the constitution of the United States. and that. when he desires the national government to do anything in his interest he must first know whether the power to do that thing has been given that gov ernment in that instrument. "If the power has been conferred then it is plausible and feasible to petition the congress of the United States to do the thing desired. but if it has not been conferred then all the effort put forth in that direction is useless be cause if such a law were passed it would be declared unconstitutional by the United States courts: in other words. the instruction should be so given that the whole general schemes of the government of each State and or the national government should be understood by the agriculturist: he should be familiar with the powers that have been given the national goyernment and from what derived. "I believe that no better work can be taken up along educational lines in addition to the work already being done than to put the agricultural pop ulation of this country in possession of such knowledge relative to the gov ernment and its workings as will qualify or equip each and every one to at any time step into the legislative halls of any State in the Union or the congress of the United States and legislate with intelligence upon the question that will be placed before them." SPOKEN LIKE A PATRIOT. Commander-in-Chief Torrance read his annual address and reports of ofli cers were read. In his address Gen. Torrance devoted considerable space to consideration of the status of the ex Confederate soldier, repeating in spirit his plea of a month ago for the mani festation of good will and brotherly kindness toward the late adversaries of the members of the Grand Army. He said he had been prompted in making that appeal by the belief that such action would tend to bring still closer together all parts of the coun try in the bonds of a common citizen ship and there were already,he added. evidences in the responses received from the Southern States that he had not miscalculated. Indeed, he said. with but two exceptions the entire press of the country had commended the spirit of the latter. Continuing on this point, he said: -It is not expected that the Grand Army of the Republic as an organiza tion will embark in the building of homes for soldiers north or south, but in no possible way can the greatest fraternal organization in the world more becomingly crown its labors of love in behalf of its own membership than by extending the hand of help fulness to their fellow countrymen, against whom they were once arrayed in deadly strife. The most disastrous results of a Civil war are the animosi ties and bitter feelings engendered thereby, and I am convinced that one of the most patriotic services we can render of country is to earnestly aid in removing every barrier that sepa rates or estranges the people. "The victory of Appomattox will yield imperfect fruit if we do not win the hearts as well a~s the flags of the men who wore the gray. A union of hearts as well as of hands is indispen sable to an indissoluble union of inde structible States. I rest confident in the belief that no influence or condi tions north or south can successfully construct or maintain a sectional line that will prevent the manifestation of the most kindly feeling and cordial good will by act as well as by speech, between the surviving veterans of those who wore the blue and those who wore the gray." To Improve Ou~r Cattle. The following list of breeders of fine cattle is published for the benefit of our readers who may wish to improve their cattle: Red Polled-Samuel B. Wood, Char lottesville. Virginia; C. G. Hamber ger, Antelope, Virginia; Robt. Brid ges, Antelope, Va.: W. S. Southall, Elkton, Va.; J. McLain Smith, Day ton, 0.: V. T. Rills, Delaware, 0.; W. T. Donoho, Tenn.: R. L. Armstead, Madison, Tenn. Shorthorns or Durhams-J. F. Lew is, Lynwood, Va.; Heatwale & Suter, Harrisburg, Va; Geo. Chrism an, Chrisman, Va.; M. M. Jannan. Elk ton, Va.; W. W. Berotly, Pulaski, Va.: RI. J. Hancock, Overton, Va.; Edward Butler. St. Francisville, La.: George W. Truitt, LaGrange, Ga.: Chas. C. Smith, Watertown, Tenn. Herefords-J. B. Steigel, Harris burg, Va.: W. B3. Yancey, Yancey, Va.: Murray, Boscowook, Keswick, Va.: R. J. Hlavercock & Son, Char ottesville, Va.: L. L. Dorsey, Anchor age, Ky. Devons-Rt. F. Jones, South Mont rose, Pa. A Marine Disaster. A special from Kincardine, Ont., says: The schooner Anna Marie, of Alpena. Mich., loaded with coal for the Kincardine water works, was wrecked here Wednesday night. Capt. Gordon and three of the crew. with Mr. Ferguson, of a rescue party, were drowned. The rescuers got the crew off and were about to start for the shore when a huge wave swept over the schooner and upset the lifeboat. throwing the occupants into the wva ter. Two sailols and three townsmen u eceeded in regaining the'schooner. A steamer Suink. The North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz. Wilhelm, which sailed from Southampton Wednesday for New Yor!. ran into and sank th~e British stan.or Ingham. during a dense fog otf Beachy Head. The Robert Inghiam went down about four minutes after the collision, but the Kronpinzu WVil helm saved all her crew of 13 men. wth the exception of the mate, and the only passenger she h1 (fn boar~d. To Save His~ son. Dr. G. B. Crawvford. a prominent pysician of Luvelake. La..- shot and kiled .John A. Vickers in a Texas street saloon. Crawford's son and Vickers hado a dispute and Dr. Craw ford says he shot to save his son's life as Vickers was advancing upon young MILLIONS LOST By Forest Fires in the United States Every Year. RECORDS OF GREAT FIRES. The National Bureau of Forestry Moving to Stir Up People for Prompt Action in Outbreaks. The reports of recent forest fires in Washington. Oregon, Wyoming and Colorado, in which many lives were lost, will add to the interest in a special study of the subject which has engaged the bureau of forestry for several years. The results of this study, in the form of a bulletin, enti tled. "Forest Fires," by Alfred Gas kill, will be published soon. By im pressing the public with some idea of the nerils it suffers from forest tires and .the enormous damage they do. the bureau hopes to induce more ef fective legislation in suppressing them. Investigation has shown that, in an average year, sixty human lives are lost in forest fires, $25,000,000 worth of real property is destroyed, 10.274. 089 acres of timber land are burned over, and young forest growth, worth at the lowest estimate $75,000,000, is killed. A special canvass of the coun try by the Department of Agriculture in 1891 discovered 12,000,000 acres of tember land destroyed by fire. These figures are mere estimates. which fall far short of showing in full the damage done. No account at all is taken of the loss to the country due to the impoverishment of the soil by fire, to the ruin of water courses and the drying up of springs. Even the amount of timber burned is very im perfectly calculated, and the actual quantity destroyed is far in excess of that accounted for. Forest fires in this country have growned so com mon that only those are reported that are of such magnitude as to threaten large communities. The lumbering industry in remote sections of the country may be ruined and people forced to flee for their lives without a mention of the disaster beyond the places near where it occurred. The fires that burnt this year in Washington and Oregon were uncom mon only in the number of lives lost. The burning of logging and mining camps and farm buildings, the loss to the country in the destruction of tim ber and young tree growth, is of year ly occurrence. Every fall, not only in Washington. Oregon, Colorado and Wyoming. but up and down the Pacific coast and all over the Rocky Moun tain country, fires burn great holes in the forest and destroy the national wealth. The air of the mountains over hundreds of miles is pungent with the smoke of conflagration, and navigation on Puget Sound has often been impeded by smo'ke. The follow ing comment by Dr. Henry Gannett f the United States geological sur ey, should convey a fair idea of the amage done in the State of Washing ton: "In less than a generation two fifths of the standing timber has been estroyed in one of the richest timber regions on the continent, and of the :estruction more than half has been aused by fire. Assuming that the timber would, if standing, have the value of 75 cents per thousand feet, not less than $3.0,000.000 worth has gone up in smoke, a dead loss to the people of the State." According to the bureau's records, the most disastrous forest fire in the history of this country occurred in October, 1871, simultaneous with the burning of Chicago. It extended all across Northern Michigan and Wis consin and into Minnesota. At least 1,000 persons were burned to death and 15,000 were made homnelcss. The property loss has never been calculated. The Hinckley fire of 1894, which de stroyed Hinckley and five other Min nesota villages, burned to death 418 persons, destroyed $730,000 worth of farm and town property, and about 400 square miles of forest. A fire in Southeast Michigan in 1881 burned the forest on forty-eight townships, destroyed $2,000,000 worth of other property, burned to death 125 persons, and made homeless 3,000. Another Michigan forest fire, which occurred in 1896, made homeless 2,000 persons and destroyed town and farm property worth $1,250,000. Wisconsin lost by fire in May, 1891, 100 square miles of forest and other property worth 82, 000,000. In 1894, in Wisconsin, thir teen persons lost their lives and 3,000 their homes and $2,000,000 worth of town and farm property was destroyed in the Phillips tire. The enumeration of great forest fires could be extended almost indef initely. One feature, however, is common to them all: They were small fires before they grew uncontroll able, and with little trouble might have been extinguished. For example, the Hinckley fire smoked as a ground fire for weeks, and nobody paid it seri ous attention. But one day the wind rose and fanned the smouldering em bers into flame. the flame caught in the dry underbrush, leaped into the trees and became a fire of so terrible a volume that no human power could stay it. Legislation, even in the East, has~ done little toward solving the forest tire problem. Pennsylvania, Mi nne sota, Massachusetts and New York arc possible exceptions. The best forest fire laws are probably those of Penn sylvania, which make an annual ex penditure of81 5,000in su pport of them. State constables ser ve as tire wardens in their townships and receive extra pay for their services. Minnesota, brought to a sense of responsibility by disas tr.of which the inckley tire was the most terrible, has established an elicient forest- fire system. Massachu-i setts has had good legislation in the matter. The New York forest-lire laws. though generally limited in their eYect to State reserves and parks. have brought good results. West o1 the lRocky Mountains little is done to. ward the suppression of forest fires, except~ by the forest rangers on gov ermient reserves, who are employed y the Department of the Interior. DEADLY STREET BATTLE Three Men Killed Outright and eral Others Wounded. Three men were killed. another die and two others were wounded shooting affray which occurred on streets of Eldorado. Arkar Thursday afternoon. The < are: H. L. Dearing. constable; Parnell. farmer: Walter L. Par farmer. The wounded are: Gu; Tucker, city marshall, fatally; Hilton. wounds not serious: Jim nell. not serious. The shooting, alleged.is the sequel to the killing Sept. 18, at Eldorado, by Dearing Robert Mullens. The Parnells friends of Mullens and Thomas 2 ton was a friend of Dearing. Ti: day afternoon .lim Parnell and 3 ton became involved in a dispute. is said that both factions prep; for trouble. Later Dearing, Tu and Newton were walking alon front of the Union Grocery comj on the east side of the square v they met the Parnell brothers. Parnell is said to have tired at b ton and in an instant a fusilade gan. Seventy-five shots were fired the crack of revolvers sounded li pitched battle. The men were c together and their aim was deadl developed into a man to man at Dearing and Tom Parnell empt; their several pistols at each other distance so close that when they unable to shoot any more,their bo formed a cross. The others were 1i proniscuiusly. and it is supposed 1 I a shot from Marshal Tucker's pi killed Walter Parnell. Dr. Hil who tried to separate the men, also shot, but not fatally. In c pliance with a request from the s itf of Union county, Gov. Davis dered the company of the State gi at Eldorado on duty to supp trouble and preserve the peace. citement runs high at Eldorad< consequence of the tragedy. A Gruesome Story. Thirty dead bodies were found cold storage plant in the rear of at cream factory on Eighth street Louisville, Ky. The same pipes wl vere used in congealing the ice cr for table use were connected wi small plant in a shed in the where they kept the bodies cool. heads of the several colleges intere in the establishment asserted 'that bodies were obtained legitimately f the penitentiaries, insane asylums other institutions of the State of I tucky. The building is a small and is provided with numerous t1 mometers for maintaning the pre temperature. The bodies were fo in boxes and most of them were good state of preservation. The es1 lishment is maintained by sev Louisville medical colleges. The t of these institutions say they given the bodies by the State with understanding that they are t held 30 days for identification. Ir der to assist in. the identification cold storage plant was established an arrangement made with the cream plant to furnish the cooling A Soldier Killed. At Shenandoah, Pa., Win. I ham. aged 25, a veteran of Spanish-American war, was shotc by Private Wadworth of Compan Eighteenth regiment. Thurn morning. Wadsworth was a men of a squad that had been detailet Provost Marshal Simmons to gt the house of John Bulcavage wi was dynamited Wednesday. Durh it is alleged, was walking toward house and was commanded by We worth to halt. He disobeyed command and the sentry fired. bullet pierced his heart and he instantly._________ A Genuine Novelty. The Columbia State says the cri of spectators that usually assemb] the glass factory will not longel admitted. They interfere with work and are so numerous that management will not admit any other than those having business the office and they must then g permit to go through the fact Later on, one day a week will be apart for visitors and of this the] lic will be advised as to the day sel ed. Glass blowing is something entirely new in this community,1 it naturally attracts the sightseel A Maniac Teacher. A special dispatch from Vienna nounces that a fearful tragedy wa: acted at D~royssig, Bohemia, on 3 day. A village schoolmaster, 40 y of age, while talking to his class; denly became insane, rushed to desk, drew a revolver from it and amuck, shooting right and left an the terrified children. Three acht were killed and three were danger ly wounded. On hearing the scr4 the villagers quickly arrived at school, and infuriated at the which met them, lynched the sci m.ster. Ammunition Seized. One thousand rounds of ammun. was seized and confiscated at the I ware and Hlundson freight static Olyphant, Pa., Thursday by ordi Col. Watress of the Thirteenth ment. The ammunition was coni ed to Bastiano, Passano, a le among the Italian coal strike in u Lackawanna county. Passano placed under arrest as he was a to receipt for and remove the amnr tion from the freight station. Monument to Heroes. The State monument to the m ry of the Confederate soldiers wh( during the battle of Perryville, and who are buried there, was veiled at Perryville Wednesday ir presence of a gathering estimatb nearly 10,000 people. Orations made by .Judge N. C. Saugley,. R. .1. Breckinridge and Gen. A West. Mis~s Ella Hay unveiled shaft. Express Agent Robbed. A special from Newbera says: A. Wilson of Dover, N. C., city and Southern Express agent, was bed of $4.50 last night between night anid daylight by burglars blew open the safe in his store dynamite. The robbers, who ai to have been professionals, left -GETS MORE SERIOUS Sev Riotous Scenes on the Streets 01 will New Orleans. in a the 'ea THE MILITIA ORDERED OUT. lead rom nel, A Large Mass Meeting of the Dr. Labor People who Sympathize Par it is With the strikers is r on of Held. ere ew. As a result of the continued ditticul urs- ty experienced by the New Orleans ew- Railways company in attempting to it resume their schedules on account of ired eker the conflict between the strikers and ; in those who attempted to tilled the dis >any satisfied men's positions all the militia 'hen in this city was ordered under arms Jim ew- Wednesday night. be- Another riot took place Wednesday and morning when the railway company ke a tried to run out a passenger car and lose the police trying to retrieve their re It cord of the day before offered some Pair. resistance and a dozen men were more ing or less hurt. Gov. Heard was reached at a during the afternoon and after a tele fell, phonic correspondence ordered Maj. dies Gen. Glenn, in command of the First ring military district, to report to the shat mayor. stol The riot Wednesday morning oc ton, curred in the same neighborhood as was the one of the day before. One car om- was started from the Canal street her- barn, about 9 o'clock, with 10 Chicago or- strike breakers and 10 policemen lard aboard. ress Two blocks from the barn strikers Ex- pulled up the wooden crossings and in constructed a barricade on the track. The car stopped and Robert D. Koontz, one of the non-union men, agot off to remove the obstructions. in He succeeded, though set upon by the ice crowd. , in The strikers then made a rush for rich the car and a lively fight ensued. eam There was a regular fusillade, fully th a 100 shots being exchanged by the men rear and police on the car and the strikers. The At the first volley from the car the sed strikers broke and ran and a regular the stampede followed. Then the police rom got active and arrerted the non-union and men for carrying concealed weapons. Len- Three non-union men were put in a one patrol wagon and while en route to 1er- the station the wagon overturned and >per all the occupants were more or less und injured. Officer Fordice, who sus in a tained the worst injuries of the dayf b- had several ribs broken and got a eral scalp wound. The injured are: ead Policeman John Fordice, ribs frac are tured and scalp wound. the Policeman Blouin, leg and hip frac be tured. or- Policeman Hessel, hit in the eye the and on the leg with a brick. and Policeman Schlessinger, hit in neck ice with a brick and bruised on head air. shoulder and wrist. Policeman Hattier, scalp wound from a brick. ur- Patrol Driver Brown, arm broken. the Peter Jensen, strike break contrac ldtor, jaw broken by a brick. y A Louis Christiansen, badly bruised. day Thomas Jones, badly bruised by her bricks. by M. L. Kenny, conductor of car, shot Lain foot. nch A. M. Clark, assistant to Jensen, am, hit in eye with a brick. the Charles Ferguson of Chicago, elbow ds- broken by a blow. the Bud Lynn, striker, shot in arm. The Fred Eichling, switch boy, shot in ied leg Alex Derbes, laborer, sympathizer, shot in leg. wdUnknown striker, shot in head, >wdt scalp wound. e Besides charging all the strikers te with carrying concealed weapons, the Christiansen, Jones and Jensen, oe Chicago strike breakers, were charged oneh with inciting a riot. Quite a number e1ta of the strikers were arrested after the ory general melee on simple charges, such set as being drunk and refusing to move set- on. The progressive union was tc lec- have held a general meeting Wed .-nesday afternoon to discuss the situa soa tion, but under the advice of the htmayor and with the assurance that 'the governor would place the State .troops at the disposal of the mayor, it an- was called off. en- Wednesday night a big labor mass ion.. meeting was held in Washingtor ears Artillery hall. Three thousand labor sud. ers were present at the mass meeting. his It was presided over by Robert E. ran Lee, the Republican candidate foi iong congress and president of the Centra >lars Trades Council. Speeches were made ous- by Fred Alexander, president Typo :ams graphical union; James Leonard, or the ganizer of the American Federatiot ight of Labor; Ben Commons, president o0 i01- the Car Men's union, and R. J. Malo ney, attorney for the car men. We Need Them. tion Dr. G. E. Nesom, of Clemson Col )ela- lege, has gone to Atlanta to attenc in in the meeting of the association o1 er f agricultural and mechanical colleges -egi- nd also the meeting of the southerr ;ign- veterinarians. From thence he goe ader o Indianapolis to buy a carload o: pper registered "beef cattle," which wl was be acclimated here and then furnishec bot to breeders throughout the State. Dr. Luni- Nesom says they will become accli mated in about 60 days. Three breeds will be purchased: Herefords Shorthorns and Polied Durhams. amo--_________ >fell shot His Rival un- Isaac Turner, a young farmer, wa the called from a house where he wa d at visiting in Floyd county Va. Thurs were day night and killed by Jos. Slump [on. Slump was arrested several hours lat Ser while in bed at the home of a re the lative, and later lodged in jail. Friend! of Turner are indignant and ther4 was at first threats of lynching. Jeal ousy is said to be the cause of the W. shooting. lekA Strange Freak. mid- S. A. Fewell. of Rock Hill, has who mare mule that has to be milket with twice each day, about a quart beini pear drawn at each milking. This is no strange freak and is altogether unac THE PROMISES REJECTED And the End of the Strike is a Long Ways Off. A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says unless President Mitchell's hur ried visit to New York bears fruit, the end of the mine workers' strike seems a long way off and the prospect of sufficient coal being mined to satisfy the public demand is extremely poor. Every local union of the miners' or ganization throughout the hard coal belt held special meetings, either Wednesday night or Thursday and resolved to remain on strike until the mine owners grant them some conces sion. And while the reports of these meetings came pouring into Wilkes barre, President Mitchell dictated a letter to the president of the United States In which he gave his answer to the proposition that the strikers re turn to work and trust to have their condition inr proved through an in vestigating commission. What the answer of the miner's chief is he re fused to divulge, but it is difficult to conceive that with the replies of the local unions piled around him he could do othewise than respectfully decline the president's proposition. Mr. Mitchell sent his letter to Washington before he had heard from all the locals and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon accompanied by the three district presidents, left for New York. It was a busy day for the miners' officials about headquarters. From early morning until late tonight the returns came in constantly. This evening the corps of newspaper cor respondents stationed here were in vited to examine the reports and not one was found that was not couched in firm language. Briefly stated, the resolutions In these reports affirm the confidence of the men in the integrity and judgment of their president, praise President Roosevelt for trying to end the strike, denounce the presi dents of the coal carrying roads for their alleged abuse of the chief ex ecutive at the conference in Washing ton, denounce the employment of the coal and iron police, thank all or ganizations and citizens throughout the country for the financial assistance given, and denounce Gov. Stone for sending troops here. Nearly all the resolutions contained a sentence to the effect that the men will remain out "though all the troops In the United States were sent here." until they are granted some conces sions. Additional troops for this re gion have not yet arrived, and the general strike situation remains un changed. There is no increase in the shipment of coal, very little of which is being produced. No violence was reported today. A FATAL EXPLOSION Caubed by Packing Dynamite in a Hole With a Drill. A dispatch from Anderson to The State says a premature dynamite ex plosion at the rock quarry at Port man Shoals about 11:30 Friday morn ing killed James Tobin, white, super intendent of the quarry, and Sam Oglesby, a negro laborer; and Joe Whitmer and John Robinson, negro laborers, were slightly injured. Mr. Tobin had a force of hands at work getting out stone to be used in the masonry on the dam now nearly completed; a hole had been drilled in a rock and this was being filled with dynamite preparatory to blasting. The dynamite was in the shape of a cartridge and it was the custom to use six or eight in each hole. Mr. Tobin was directing the operation and was standing directly over the hole with the cartridges in his hand. Oglesby was ramming them down with a wooden crowbar but the wood en instrument did not give satisfac tion and he laid it aside and began using an iron drill to force the car tridges down. It is supposed that the iron drill struck against the stone and caused a spark which ignited the dyn amite and caused the explosion which was frightful. Mr. Tobin was blown upward and backward and fell several feet away. The top of his face was blown off and he was otherwise terribly mangled. Death was instantaneous. The negro Oglesby was bruised and torn from the chest downward but lived about two hours after the accident. The other negroes were hurt by the flying stones and the concussion, but their injuries are not serious. Physicians were summoned from the city at once and went to the scene as quickly as possible. Mr. Tobin's remains were brought to the city this afternoon and em balmed and will be sent tomorrow to his home at Norwich, Conn. He was about 50 years old and was in the em ploy of the Flynt Construction com pany, which is building the new dam at the shoals for the Anderson Water Light and Power company of Ander son. He leaves his wife and a daugh ter at his home in Connecticut. How It Works. A unique case came up in the recor ders offce in Columbia recently. The State says a negro who had had a pis tol stolen from him was placed in a peculiar position by the mysterious working of the law. The dusky dam sel who had filched the weapon was given 30 days, and of course the negro thought the "gun"~ was his again. It was explained to him, however, that if he attempted to carry the pistol home he would unintentionally violate the law against carrying pistols under "twenty inches in length and weigh ing less than five pounds." lie left the pistol with the police department. Murder u d Suicide. Miss Alice Fisher, a young woman employed in the government printing offce, at Washington. was shot and instantly killed at noon Thursday by Win. Dougherty. an employe of the same ollice. Dougherty then shot and killed himself. Jealousy was the mo* tive. The affair occurred at the home of a friend of the young woman. Miss Fisher had gone to the friend's house at the request of Dougherty, who wanted her to resume past friendly relations and cease accepting the at tentions of another young man. A CRAZED YOUTH Kills His Mother and Sister and Beats Others With an Ax. While laboring under mental aberra tion, the result of the strain of perfect ing an appliance for patents on air brekes, which are pending in Wash ington, Charles Cawley, a 17-year-old boy of Homestead, Pa., early Friday killed his mother and only sister and seriously injured four other children. He also tried to kill his two older brothers, but was detected, overpower ed and turned over to the police. The weapon used was an ax, with which he crushed and hacked his vic tims beyond recognition. The dead are: Mrs. Hanna Cawley, aged 40 years, head and upper portion of body almost pounded to a jelly; Bell Cawley, aged 12, who slept with her mother, head frightfully crushed. The injur ed are: Joseph, the baby of the family, aged 15 months, head and chest bat tered; Adeline, aged 6, skull fractur ed; Raymond, aged 6, twin of Adeline, head horribly injured; Agnes age 10, head crushed. Some time about 3 o'clock this morning Charles quietly arose and dressed himself, but not putting on his shoes, crept down into his moth er's room, where the victims were all sleeping. After turning up the light the maniac approached his mother's bedside, .swung the axe high in the air and brought it down with such force that the skull was crushed. The mother evidently never knew what struck her, but the crazed son, think ing that his first blow did not do its work,pounded the dead mother's head almost to a jelly. Belle, the oldest daughter, slept throughout the time. The full sound of the axe on her mother's head did not arouse her. Charles hurried to her side of the bed and struck her with the axe. It is thought that the first blow slipped and awoke the girl, but only for a second. She did not have time to scream, for the next blow killed her. The fiend then turned to the smaller children and struck each one over the head with the bloody weapon. Believing that he had dispatched them all, he started for his brothers' room, but James, the eldest had been awakened by the groans in his moth er's room and as Charles entered, he seized a heavy rocking chair and after a fierce struggle overpowered him and turned him over to the police. On the way to the station he fought fero ciously, but after being placed in a cell he calmed down, and did not seem to realize what he had done. He is now confined in the county jail here. He denies emphatically that he committed the deed. He tells a fairly connected story, in which he reiterates his innocence. He says he was awakened at an early hour by sounds on the first floor and went down stairs to investigate. Returning up stairs he found his sister lying across the bed covered with blood, and fled to give the alarm. Anna, the four year old sister of Cawley, died Friday night at the South Side hospital. It is reported that the three others injured will probably die before morning. After a thorough examination by the coro ner, it was reported that the young man's story of the robbery has been disproven and that Cawley did the deed in a fit of insanity. Raymond Cawley died at the South Side hospital Friday night at 11.30, makIng four A Very Serious Accident. The Beech Hill correspondent of the Dorchester Eagle tells of a very seri ous accident that occurred in that part of Colleton County recently. The correspondent says on Tuesday night Mr. Seabrook Tucker and his sister, Alma and their cousin, Miss Ollie Tucker, of Slandsville, wrere in a buggy returning from church at Giv hans, and driving pretty fast to get out of the rain. In 'the-road before them, and meeting them, were a couple of negro men in a buggy. They had just started from a colored church and were cautioned not to drive fast on account of the darkness and the probability of meeting some one. They disregarded the caution and dashed away as fast as the horse could go. In a few minutes two teams came to gether with a crash. The horse Sea brook was driving was instantly killed, its neck being broken. A shaft from his buggy entered the breast of the other horse and came out behind his shoulder blade, causing his death In a few minutes. Seabrook was thrown violently to the ground and stunned. His sister received some painful bruises, but was not seriously hurt. Miss Ollie escaped unhurt and found herself standing behind the buggy, facing the way they had been going. How she got there, she doesn't know. The two negroes appear not to have been hurt, and fled. Some negroes from the church, hearing the crash, came to the rescue. Seabrook was carried to the church, where he re gained consciousness in about half an hour. How he escaped further injury Is one of the things we shall never know; for the plunging of the dying horse wrenched the front wheels off of the buggy. It was certainly a seri ous affair and suggests very strongly the necessity of the carrying of a light when driving n the dark. The Christan Church. The quadrennial convention of the Christian church of America met in Norfolk, Va., last week. The con vention is the first one that has ever been held In a southern city and there are 700 delegates attending the con vention, which Is held in the Memorial Christian church, of which Rev. J. P. Barrett Is pastor. Ohio, which is the strongest State of the denomination, sends a very large delegation, headed by Rev. 0. L. Pride of Cincinnati and the Rev. J. B. Bishop of Dayton. The convntion will be in session the entire week._________ Fatal Explosion. At Gravette. Ark., while a gang of men were at work blasting in a cut on the Kansas City Southern railroad, some sparks by accident got into a lot of powder, consisting of about 20 kegs, which exploded with terrific force. instantly killed three men and dnanoul burning six others. A SLICK RASCAL A Woman Fooled and Robbed of Over Seven Hundred Dollars. THE SAVINGS OF TEN YEARS. Made His Dupe Believe That Banks Were Unsafe, and Induced Her to Trust Her Money With Him. Some months ago a slick rascal,who called himself Prof. Duane, fooled an old credulous citizen of Augusta, Ga., out of several hundred dollars, and then silently departed between two suns. No one knew where the rascal, went, but recently he turned up in San Francisco, where under another name he worked identically the same game that he worked in Augusta as the following story shows: As the result of her trusting belief in the integrity of a vagrant palmist who- assumed the fairy-tale name of Professor Karnovah, Miss Hulda Jacobson, a domestic of San Francisco is mourning the loss of $750, the sav ings of ten years. The story of how Miss Jacobson became acquainted with the "prophet," who read in her face the extent of her bank 'ccount, and who, without the aid of any magical passes, converted her shining gold in to a roll of greenbacks, is another at testation of the frailty of human na tore. Prof. Karnovah, as he was known to his landlady and patrons, occupied a suite of rooms at No. 684 Sutter street. In these quarters he did an enormous business in magic spells, - palmistry and kindred delusions. His specialty consisted of everything that was calculated to please. He could read the past and prognosticate the future with astounding accuracy. I one desired a position of power and needed influence the only requisite was the payment of a small fee, and every wish would be instantly grant ed. At this rate business increased to immense proportions. From 9 o'clock in the morning until long after sun down a steady stream of callers passed through his study. Among those who visited him was Miss Jacobson, who Invoked the pow ers of Karnovah in search of her miss ing brother. After writing her name on a slip of paper and passing it to the man of mystery, she was aston ished to see how quickly her queries were answered. Thinking that Kar novah was more than human. Miss Jacobson instantly confided in him and believed whatever he said. "I was so anxious to hear some tidings of my long-lost brother," says Miss Jacobson, "that I would have done anything to learn of his whereabouts. The man must have hpynotized me. He ap peared so kind and good that I can scarcely believe be meant to steal my money. "He - took my hand and instaptly . exclaimed, 'I see great things in your palm. You have money in the bank. Yes, 'I replied, 'I have $750. 'Ah, said the sharper, 'I am sure that you will soon lose it.' He then told me bout the insecurity of banking in stitutions, saying that I should no longer trust them. I did not fully understand him, but when he said that he was in the habit of keeping money for a number of persons, dis playing at the same time a large roll of greenbacks, I thought I would let him take care of my money. He in sisted upon my getting it at once for him, but I delayed until last Monday, when I withdrew the entire sum and gave it to him to keep for me. He placed it carefully in a small sack and put it in the safe. He told me to re turn at the end of two weeks and re eve my money. I then returned home and that evening when I went to - bed I could not sleep. I thought how foolish I was to let a strange man have my money wlthout the slightest - security. The more I thought of it the more nervous I became. "After sossing in my bed all night, at an early hour Tuesday morning I hastened to No. 684 Sutter street and rang the door bell. Getting no re~ spose I aroused the landlady, Mrs. Andrews, and asked if the professor was at home. Finding the doors all locked we made an investigation and found that he had moved out during the night. I didn't know what todo. I had often read of women giving money away for foolish things, but never thought that I would .do any thing so crazy. That man certainly had a strange influence over me." The police are endeavoring to pre vent the seer's flight from the city, if he has not already gone. A Mysterious Murder. The Kingstree Weekly Mail says when a wagoner on the farm of the Mallard Lumber Company near Gree leyville went to the cotton seed house on the farm on last Monday afternoon to unload some seed he saw on the top of the pile of seed what he took to be the feet and legs of a man. Calling to the man on the seed and getting no reply, he went some distance and re ported the matter. On returning to the seed house the crowd of men made an examination Into the matter and brought to light what appears to have been a most brutal and mysterious murder.. They found Luther Mc Knight, a colored laborer on the farm, buried up in the seed with nothing but his feet and lower part of his legs exposed to view. They pulled him out of the seed and found that his necr was broken, both eyes nearly knocked out and the lowerpart of his forehead fractured in several places. The cotton seed had been packed tightly around the dead man and had so scalded him that the skin on his face had come off so badly that he was almost beyond recognition. Magistrate Windham impanelled a jury with Capt. T. W. Boyle as foreman, which after examination of the body render ed a verdict that the deceased came to his death by the hads of parties un known to the jury. Luther was last alive on Sunday afternoon, and as he was known to be a quite man, the sud den and brutal manner in which he has been slain is a most unaccountable afir to the public in that section.