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SUICIDE GERM. Several Cities Said to be Infected With It FIFTY ONE SUICIDES In the Little Town of Huntington West Virginiu, Whose People DorruM? rri n x o i VMM *7 JLiiut 11117 VUIIUUt OUt't'fSS" fully Struggle Against the Dreadful Infection, and Kill Themselves. Huntington, W. Va,, is a place which appears to be hopelessly infested with the dreadful suicide germ, just as other localities are so thoroughly saturated with tuberculosis germs that even the healthiest persons are likely to be attacked. Persons have declared that they felt the suicide sense upon them and were unable to struggle against it. Huntington is a modern town named after the late C, P. Huntington and was incorporated in 1871. It is a busy, financial prosperous place, but some deadly influence has fallen upon the minds and hearts of its inhabitants, causing them to take their lives with such frequency that Huntington has come to be known throughout the State as "the Suicide City. The suicide habit has prevailed and increased since the city's birth, but this year it has grown to a terrifying climax. Fifty-one suicides have occurred during the present year in this city of less than 20,(X)0 people. A large proportion of the suicides took their lives by the agonizing agency of carbolic acid. The only thing to recommend this poison is that it is easy to obtain, but as there are several comparatively painless forms of death available to everybody. it seems as if the intending suicide prefcred to suffer in dying. Many i>ersons chose fantastic methods of suicide, William Barnes, a wealthy merchant, with calm deliberation placed the sharp point of a pair of scissors directly over his heart and with a four-pound iron weight drove them through that vital organ. John Hagerman dashed himself to death from a five-story building because an engagement to call on his sweetheart had been postponed by her for twenty-four hours. William Calking almost severed his head from his body with a sazor because of some trilling financial loss. The suicide of a colored woman ^ because her lover, a chef in one of the hotels, weighed something like 400 pounds and had failed to wear a dress suit on a certain occasion, makes even death grotesque. One of the saddest and strangest cases in the list was that of William Weber, a wealthy contractor, who _ built the United States Government Building at Huntington. Mr. Weber and his wife made their home in Huntington while the building was in process of erection. About the time it was nearly completed Mrs. Weber, a delicate, refined and pretty woman and a favorite in society was heard to declare that the suicide mania was upon her. Shortly afterward she went to visit friends in Texas, and the next day after her arrival there committed suicide by drowning herself in the Neches River. Husband in Huntington upon hearing of her death, killed himself. Among the latest instances was that of beautiful Dora Spears and her stalwart lover, Samuel Montrose Rittenhour. The youth had gone to a neighboring city on a brief business trip and through some inadvertence failed one day to write to his sweetheart. When he returned two days later, it was to look upon her britiy, destroyed by her own hand, and waiting him a note read "If for one day your love has failed, life's bright light has perished, and so, good night, sweetheart." The lover only waited till she was luiried and then died at the grave by taking carbolic acid. lizzie vance, a girl in her teens, apparently without cause of trouble, drank carbolic acid. She died. William Adkins, a youth, scolded by his parents for not attending school, shot himself dead. Julia Ward, married two months, believed her husband unfaithful and took carbolic acid. She died. Rena Clark, twenty?without any known reasou, ended her life by taking an overdose of morphine. Ella Jordan, seventeen, had a quarrel with her sweethcu. I. Che arank carbolic acid and died. Bessie Bonnett. a beautiful girl of eighteen years, the only support of her aged mother, became weary over the cares of life and committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid in a dry goods store, in which she was employed as a clerk. Tilly Williams, a pretty girl, still in ner teens, una ner mother that life held no charms for her and, going upstairs, was found an hour laI ter a corpse. ^ Margaret Chadwick, was another young girl who drank carbolic acid and died. ^^k Mary Swanson, worried because of the sudden departure of her sweet ^heart for another city, slash ed her ^^^Hhroat with a razor and killed her^^^^klf. She was eighteen years of age. ^^^^ ffolly Swisher, for a similar reaended her life. She was twentyH Bkrgie Swisher, despondent wedding day had been post^^^^^^^^hot herself. Walker, for no known rea life; like many of the drank carbolic acid. ^^^^^^^^ Spurlock, bred a bullet ^^^^^^^^^Bhoart, and death was inwas forty. No ^^^H^HAtfor her aged twentygirl who carbolic carbolic At ' *_ tv H p Susie Creraans quarrelled with her lover late in the- evening, and the next morning was found dead in her room, having taken carbolic acid. Stella De Volt committed Buicide over a love affair. She was twentyfour, and, like so many others, used carbolic acid. Lillian Mabley. because of a quarrel with her lover, drank laudanum and died, Susie Stealy poisoned herself for no known reason. John Davis, a railroad man who knew that he would have to bear the responsibility of a railroad wreck, shot himself and death quickly followed. Frank Stovers, because his sweet heart attended church with another, ended life by shooting himself. Jacob Hatten, a young commission man, brooding over a downward tendency in the market, fired a bullet through his brain. Reese Craigman cut his throat while intoxicated. He lived a f w hours only. Fred Shannon, a youth of nineteen, was another victim of carbolic acid. Frank Sullivan, fifty-two supposedly because of failing health, drank a poisdnous drug and died. Howard Shober was another who ended his life without any apparent reason. He drank poison. John Galleher leaped from the wharf boat into the Ohio River and ended his life. Harry A. Gibson ended his existence by firing a bullet through his heart. C. R. Barnett, worried over illness, drank carbolic acid and in an hour was dead. William Simms, brooding over financial trouble, sent a bullet through his brain. Jenk Barrett, disappointed in love, ended his life with a pistol. William White, failing in health, ended his life. He used carbolic acid. Edward C. Christian, forty, wealthy, apparently happy, ended his life with carbolic acid. Sanford Ferguson, twenty-eight, quarrelled with his sweetheart and then leaped down a flight of stairs. He broke his neck. French Barton shot himself dead. Samuel Pinson, an aged man, living at Le Sage, a suburb, was found early one morning hanging to an apple tree in his yard; his life was extinct. He had been weak, mentally, for some time, and during the night had evaded the guard and self-destruction followed. Others in this city who have ended their lives in the past few months by drinking poison, are Milly Trent, Harry Schenk, Isabel Helton. Claudius Bronson, Mabel Stiles, Kyle Blosser and Henry Workman. Out of this list of suicides, there was but one colored person. The craze of self-destruction continues, and Huntington is known as the suicide city throughout the State. An even more tragic outbread of the suicide epidemic occurren at Des Moines, la., because there the victims were all girls in fortunate circumstances, surrounded by loving families and having apparently everything to live for. A great series of tragedies revealed the existence of a suicide club among the most highly educated and socially prominent girls of Des Moines, la., and the vicinity. Eight of them committed suicide in various places at 8 o'clock in the mornimr nreciselv. evidentlv n nrr? arranged hour, and many made determined attempts at self destruo tion which through some accident were unsuccessful. Miss Phoebe Rroell, aged twentytwo, was found dead in her room by her father. Miss Kate Farrell, aged twenty, who had been at home ill, died in the same way. The poison had been sent to her by another girl. Mrs. Lily Milburn, aged eighteen, took poison because it is said her parents had coerced her into marrying. Miss Elizabeth Fletcher, also aged eighteen, swallowed carbolic acid, but was revived before the poison could kill. She expressed bitter regret at the rescue. Miss Lida Golden took carbolic acid and died immediately. At the same hour Miss Kate Kessler killed herself with the same poison. An noyance over a lawsuit in which she was charged by relatives with exercising undue influence over an uncle, was mentioned as a reason for her act, but it was ridiculously inadequate. Miss Belle Wilson rose from the family breakfast table with the remark that she could never lead a good enough life, went to her room and killed herself with the dreadful acid. Miss Hannah Tomlinson. having remarked that life was a hideous failure, killed herself with the same fluid. Proof that these tragedies were the icsult of a compact was found ir. the following letter, written by Miss Kate Farrell: "To Dear One?I am dying. I belong to a club. Miss is president. We all of us take poison together. Good-by. "Katk Farrell." The name of the president had been written and then scratched out so thoroughly that no clue to this woman's identity can be obtained. It has been found extremely difficult to obtain any details concerning the orginization which resulted in these tragedies. Many members of it are now dead, those who failed to carry out their suicidal attempts oro nnuri 11 ??-* 1 u.v uimiiiiHK w ifvi-w ttiiyimiiK ana those who may now be bound by oath to kill themselves are silent. Nearly all of the dead girls were graduates of the State Normal School or of the Iowa State University. From an admission of Mrs. Lily Milburn, it appears that the suicide club was formed at the last Summer session i of the State Normal School. It was comDOSed of unhannv nnH ton ted girls who had some cause of i dissatisfaction with life which, howaver, would appear utterly ridicu- 1 lous to a normal person. Officers 1 vere elected whose names are un- 1 tnown, and it was agreed that all the 1 nembers should kill themselves at a j ?rtain time in obedience to a decis- s on of the whole club. \ The suicidal mania is almost entire- a CONTEST DECIDED. Names of Winners of Corn Contest in State Announced. Some Difficulty in Arriving at Decision but Results Finally Determined. x The South Carolina commission appointed to judge the result of the corn contest in this State announced its decision Friday. The commission was appointed last year after a special appropriation had been made by the general assembly for the contest in this State, there being a national contest also on hand, which, by the way resulted in the prize coming to this State. The following statement was is sued by the commission: "The commission has had some difficulty in arriving at what they considered a just and proper distribution of the prizes in accordance with the announcement originally made on the national contest on the one hand and on the part of the State commission on the other. However, after thoroughly canvassing the situation and going over all of the data in connection with the connection wjth the contest the commission has determimed to award the general prizes as follows: "First Prize?A, J. Tindal, Manning, $200. "Siecond Prize?B. E. Moore, Bennettsville, $100. "Third Prize?T. C. Willoughby, Florence, $50. "Fourth Prize?W. B. Chitty, Olar, $25. "The above prizes are for general results, including yield and all other points going to make up the total score. "For the best work of any competitor on the one acre of corn, which, of course, includes the methods of culture, the scoring has resulted in the awarding of the folowing prizes. "First Prize?A. J. Tindal, Manning, $50. "Second Prize?B. E. Moore, Bennettsvilie, $20. "Third prize, divided between T. C. Willoughby of Florence County and J. B. Moss of Orangeburg county($10 each) $20. "Fourth Prize?W. B. Chitty, Olar, $10. "In addition to the prizes the commission has determined to award two prizes to school children, there having been only two entries in this portion of the contest. The commission has provided $25 for these two prszes. These names will be announced in a few days. "In view of the above announcements the final awards, therefore, by the commission cover the $500 appropriated by the State for the purpose are as follows: "A. J. Tindal $250,, B. E. Moore $120, T. C, Willoughby $60, W. B. Chitty $35, J. B. Moss. $10 school children $25. "Mr. Tindal, as will be seen, as a reward for his efforts and success in placing South Carolina at the head of the columns of the United States for yield per acre, has beeu awarded by the commsision one-half of the prize money allowed by the State. "In view of the fire which destroyed the entire plant of The American Agriculturist, the national contest, which was to have been continued over a period of five years, has been abandoned for the year 1907 with announcement that the five years' period will be resumed with the season of 1908. "At the last session of the ceneral assembly provision was made for $500 in prizes for the State contest this year to be participated in by South Carolina farmers entered in the national contest. In view of of the fact that the national contest is not running this year the comp i i i J ii?a *i li unci general noma trial tnis money is not available for the State contest under the terms of the treasury. Consequently there will be no State prizes offered this year. The correspondence between the comptroller general and myself will be made public later so that the matter can be thoroughly understood." Commissioner Watson, who is the chairman of the commission, will at once forward to the winners of the contest their warrant for the several amounts due them in accordance with the awards as announced. No one ever dscovereil a saint by looking in a mirror. Give some men bread to-day and they will expect pie tomorrow. About all that some men are good for is to i>ose as horrible examples. Patience is a slow-going virtue, but those who have it win iii a walk. We would never suspect how good some people are if they didn't tell us. ly confined to the class of collegebred and highly cultured girls. They are infected by a common despondency, and a sense of the useless ness 01 existence and of all effort. This condition of mind is infectious in a certain sense, as science has indicated, and when a person suffering from it is surrouded by others of the same mind it becomes almost impossible to jscape from the tendency to self-destruction, It is to be feared that many girls of the well-to-do classes in Des Moines and in Iowa generally are afflicted by this dreadful mania. Consequently their parents are in a cruel state of anxiety, not knowing at what moment their children may end their lives. , No sooner was the epidemic among the girls made known than the men beiran to kill thpmw>ivn? in Des Moines. Edward Surak, aged twenty-four, hanged himself in the laymow on his farm near the city. 1 Henry Saunders, the father of a 1 family of four, swallowed Paris , ?reen. George Ruth hanged himlelf. Charles Keehold mortgaged lis body for $25 and then shot him- i elf. 1 WHISKEY SOLD | ? ' V During the Month of May by County Dispensaries. QUARTERLY REPORT. Dispensary Auditor West Compiles Statement Showing Sales for May and for the First Quarter.?New System Ilecidcdly More Profitable. Sales Will Go Over Two Million ' Dollars in the State for the Year. A special' from Columbia to The News and Courier says Mr. \V. 13. West, dispensary auditor, has compiled a statement showing the sales of the county dispensaries for the month of May and also for the three months since the county dlepeusar> system has been in operation. The statements made shows that over $200,000 worth of whiskey has been sold through the dispensaries in that month, which will mean at this rate the sale of about $2,500,000 of whiskey through the dispensaries in one year. Uuder the old dispensary system a business of about two million dollars per year was done, but since that time several counties have gone dry. The figures on file in Mr. West's office and the statements published and sworn to by the county boards, however, show that the profits under the new system, even with the small number of dispensaries, will bo larger than the profits of the old system. The statement for May is as follows: Sales in May. Total gross sales of the dispensaries of South Carolina for the month of May, 1907: Abbeville County. Total $ 7,131.60 Aiken County. Aiken, No. 1 $ 4,693.45 Aiken^No. 2 657.35 Aiken, No. 3 887.35 Aiken, No. 5 970.88 Sally, April 952.91 Sully, May 1,954.20 Total $ 9,163.23 Berkeley County. Eutawville $ 1,003.50 Holly Hill 675.20 St. Stephens 772.20 Monck's Corner 687.90 Total $ 3,888.80 Beaufort County. Port Royal $ 777.80 IlAOnf/^ei " " d,D0?.?0 Yemassee 1,080.79 Rid gel and 601.00 UlufTton 564.45 Total $ 6,584.59 Barnwell County. ( Allendale * 1.979.15 Barnwell 2,512*20 Blackvllle 1,846.85 i Fairfax 1,038.201 Sycamore 292,70 VVilliston 1,076.85 Snelling's 198.85 Total $ 8,94 4.SO Bamberg County. Bamberg $ 2,185.98 Denmark 1,244.8J Olar 78 4.5r. Ehrkardtt ^ 830.0T? Total $ 5,145.4) Clarendon County. Manning v - . 3,304.40 ? < < vuuoicr VAJUUiy. Chester $ 7,411.00 Chesterfield County. Chesterfield $ 1.966.J.0 Cheraw 5,121.15 Total $ 7.088.25 Colleton County. Walterboro $ 2,073.15 Jacksonhoro 1,200.69 Dodge 510.(55 Total $ 3,793.30 Dorchester County. Summerville $ 2,513.47 St. George's 1,47-5.10 Itldgeville. 473.69 Total $ 1,462.26 Florence County. Florence % 7,269.45 Tinimonsville 2,429.65 Total $ 9,699.10 Fairfield County. Winnsboro $ 2,825.22 Rldgeway 1,647.00 Total .. .. $ 4,472.22 Georgetown County. "Beer" $ 2,581.7". Georgetown 1 0,035.6,". Total $12,017.41' Hampton County. Hampton $ 1,066.3,'. Varnville SI7.se Hrunson 082.05 Luray 726.to Scotia 687.05 Total $ 4,256.55 Kershaw County. Bethnne.L $ 1.3(5*. s:i Camden. 3,857. l*> Total . . . . $ 7,222.4 8 Lexington County. Lexington. No. 1 $ 1,908.95 Gilbert, No. 2 665.90 Poak, No. 3 774.95 ] Total $ 3,339.80 , Lee County. ] Bishopvllle $ 4,131.37 [ Laurens County. Laurens, No. 1 I 8,0'jS.lt; Laurens, No. 2 1.071.00 Total. . . .: ? . . . . . . 8 9,166.16 -] Orangeburg County. Fort Motte % 862 18 g Uranchvillo. . . ? u > ? .. 1,393.20 g Mf ' ^' wijt* y Orangeburg, No. 2.. 963,15 Utrlngafon.. .. ? 786.50 'M. Matthews 2.326.50 brtBgelHirg, No. 1 6.467.35 t^tal. . y .. 513,099.38 % Richland County. 309 Main street 8 7,173.25 >fM2 Assembly street 4,287.70 " BP1 Assembly street . . 4,747.00 eIK3 Miun street.., .. . 5,539.15 x^RGerrals street.;. .. 5,911.15 V-^Siain street.., .. 5,327.95 1,1:9 Washington street. . 2,3 61.05 Lady street 2.964,80 Gervals street tvB4l.6f> 40b Main street. ^,972.75 Taylor street. 2,307.65 1,117 Blandlng street. . . . 813.50 Total $45,947.60 Sumter County. Sumt'i", No. 1 $ 3,932.12 Sumter. No. 2 1,607.55 Mayeiville, No. 3 > 1,117.45 Total v.$11,657.12 Williamsburg County. Kingdree... -. . . $ 2,389.20 Soraiton. 557.46 Lake City 2,303.25 Total $ 5,249.91 Charleston County. Tota... . $15,069.91 Gra>d Total $212,04 6.72 Sales for Three Months. The statement for three months is as ?>llows: T?tal gross sales of the dispensaries of South Carolina for the moithB of March, April uud May, 1907: * Abbeville County. Total $ 19,506.85 Aiken County. Alteu, No. 1 $ 16,840.30 Alien. No. 2 2,008.84 Alien, No: 3 1.590.38 Sa.?ey, No. 4 2,4 82.20 Wegener, No. 5 3,089.93 To al . . $ 26,011.05 llamberg County. Denmark 3.4 00.4 9 JlNuberg 5.559.71 Oltr 2.236.00 .Ehrhardt 2.2S9.55 Tot. ill $ 13,485.75 Uurnwell County. Alendule 3,821.05 lUrnwell 5,900.86 Hackville 4,263.00 Fairfax 3,169*0 S.'camore 7 4 5.75 \Yillfstou 2,706.70 Snelllng8 198.85 Total $ 20,895.81 Beau fort County. I'ort Royal $ 1.4 07.02Beaufort 5,^5-2.3 5 {eniassee 1/841.79 Rid gel and.. .. .. . . 1,220.85 31utTton 1,121.45 Total $ 11,443.46 Berkeley County. Eutuwville $ 1,003.50 Holly Hill 675.20 St. Stephen's 772.20 j Moucks Corner 637.90 Total 3,088.80 Clarendon County. Manning $ 11,022.75 Total % 11,022.75 Chester County. Chester $ 22,218.38 Total % 22,218.38 Chesterfield County. Cheraw $ 11,944.45 Chesterfield 3,97 4.80 Total $ 15,919.25 Colleton County. Walter born $ 5,251.85 Jack son boro 3,774.14 Lodge 1,287.35 Total $ 10,313.14 Dorchester County. Stimmerville % 7,534.95 St. George 4,703.40 Ridgevllle 1,311.69 Total S 13,550.0 4 Florence County. Florence $ 19,341.25 Timmonsville 7,087.45 Total $ 26,428.70 Fairfield Pfinnlv Winnsboro $ 7.7G0.46 Rldgeway 4,236.56 Total $ 11,997.02 Georgetown County. Georgetown, No. 1 .. ..$ 28,470.75 Georgetown, beer, No.2.. 4,375.85 Total $ 32,846.00 Hampton County. Hampton $ 1,669.25 Varnville 1,044.55 Brunson 1,390.35 Luray 1,026.65 Scotrb 787.15 Total $ 5,914.95 Kershaw County. Camden $ 19,100.45 Bethuuc 4,412.88 1'otal $ 23,513.33 Laurens County. Laurens, No.l $ 18,608.91 Laurens, No. 2, beer.. .. 1,841.00 Total $ 20,449.97 Lee County. Bishopville $ 10,661.08 Total.*. $ 10,661.08 ' Lexington County. Lexington, No. 1 $ 4,112.00 1 Gilbert. No. 2 1,796.15 Peak. No. 3 1,838.60 _ I Total $ 7,746.75 1 Orangeburg County. < Port Motte $ 2,416.62 I Hranchvlllc 5,823.45 < Orangeburg, No. 2 . . . . 2,021.58 1 Mvingston 2,630.24 1 4t. Matthews 8,237.64 Orangeburg, No. 1 .. .. 21,074.84 1 fOlloree 3,611.34 ( ? Total $ 45,765.71 Richland County. Total, all dispensaries ..$127,480.90 ^ Sumter County lumter. No. 1 $ 28,808.60 ' lumter, No. 2 3,449,10 * PREACHER COW^H After He Received gation With Enra|ed Him Neoer to Rev. Frank Hawle^T*^01" of the most prominent Church and one of the mini6c*o> or rtilton Ky., was horsewhipped by W. W. Meadows a leading capitalists and foremost citizens of that city, and lifter being flogged until he was prostrated, was sent from the city under threats of death should he return. ' The shocking affair, which has created the most profound sensation in the history of Fulton, is an after math to the suit for divorce filed by Mrs. Meadows, a few days ago, her allegations of cruelty and aversion on the part of her husband being generally construed as being a direct result of her much-talked of association with young Hawley. The Rev. Mr. Hawley went to Fulton some two years ago from Charlotte, N. C., and becoming at once a most popular member of society through his attractive personality, was accepted as a welcome factor in religious work of all kinds. No breath of gossip was associated with his name until the denouement of a fortnight ago when Meadows publicly denounced him in the Meadow's hotel as a wrecker of his. Meadow's, home, and ordered him from his hostelry and forbade him his roof. The suit for divorce by Mrs. Meadows followed at once and Hawley left town. When it became known Monday that the preacher would return home on the midnight train Meadows together with a few of his friends, all most prominent citizens of the city quietly met the train, overtook Hawley as he stepped from the station platform, and. securinc- his wrists with handcuffs, led him to a vacant lot near the depot, where he Was stripped. With three buggy whips he was (logged, but despite the terrible agony he uttered no* whimper of pain, but again and again declared his entire innpcfence of any harm. With tears streaming down his cheeks, Meadows applied the lash and upbraided the minister bitterly but the latter displayed the most calm nerve, and told his tormentor that though he blamed him not for his actions, he was committing a terrible mistake. The tragic ordeal over, Hawley was placed in a carriage and driven to Pierce, Tenn., three miles from the city, and there he was placed on an outgoing passenger train. He was made to swear that he would never return to Fulton. The statement of Meadows was issued in The Daily Leader, and in his statement. he pleaded justification of his act, on grounds of the unwritten law. No arrests have followed. Frank Morton Hawley is of fine family, and an earnest young minister. Much sympathy is accorded him. and Meadows' act was construed by many to be hasty. Nothing has ever in the history of the little city caused such a shock to society as the whipping. The affair is on every tongue there-today." A woman always likes to have the telephone ling when she has company. Mayesvllle, No. 3 3,556.77 Total $ 35,814.47 Williamsburg County. Kingstree $ 3.550.58 Lake City 3,034.55 Scran ton 010.40 Total $ 7,504.59 Charleston County. Cnarleston, No. 2 $ 4,474.00 Charleston, No. 3 4,727.75 Charleston, No. 4 5,132.25 Charleston, No. 5 5,171.75 Charleston, No. 7 3,.>90.95 Charleston, No. 8 2,720.90 Charleston, No. 9 5,589.60 Charleston, No. 10 .. .. 4,304.20 Charleston, No. 1 1 .. .. 4,477.44 Charleston, No. 1 7 .. .. 4,843.55 Charleston, No. 18 .. .. 4,529.60 Total $ 49,567.99 Total (for State).. ..$573,147.95 J. H. I HOST TI.MH TO <iKT W KIX. %ii i?..: " ? ' -* in iiisiim \ ilil IM' I >11V (II (Hit Or tin- System Now. flight, now is the best season of the year to get rid of the blood, liver and kidney affections that, have been troubling you. 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Of the eight men who were working in the main gangway at the time of the second explosion, seven were instantly killed, One man is so bad ly mangled, it is impossible to identify the body. News of the explosion spread rapidly through the village of Pittsburg, a mining hamlet just north of Scranton, and hundreds of wives, chrildren and other relatives of those who are employed in the mine hurried to the scene. So badly disfigured were the remains of those who were killed that identification nt- thr. fir*.*. ? >? ? ?iiv iuuc niu iiM|niasiblc, and the wildest excitement prevailed. Harsh measures had to t>e pursued by the mine officials to keep the crowds back and hundreds followed the ambulance to undertaking: establishments. About 1.500 men work in the mine, but as no account was kept by those who had come out before the explosion occurred, it is impossible to determine until the rescuing party returns if the death list is complete. SULPHUR BRINGS HEALTH. 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