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CKNT SHALL Kl'Li:. Tl'lvSDAV, AlGl'ST 4, ll><>:5* T K U MS, IN ADVANCE. NO. *><!. CUT THEIR WAY OUT. Thirteen Daring Prisoners Escape trom Folsom Penitentiary. GUARD CARTER CUT TO DEATH. A Suiik nl ii ?? ry Huttlf* Was I'ouuln Itnfore tlio Otllclnln Wcr? Ovor poworeri, Somo otllcern Tukcn Away I'rUniKTM. A special from Folsom says Uii desperate prisoners confined In the Folsom penitentiary made a success ful break for liberty at the breakfast hour Tuesday morning. - After a He roe tight In the captain's ofllce during which 'a turnkey was fa tally stabbed, a guard was killed and another oflleer was wounded, the coiw view seized arms and ammunition and, using the warden" and other oilleers as shields ocaped. Tmsday night it Is believed they are making for the Paid mountain. State t r? ?< . p-> ordered out by Gov. Pardee have gone to the scene. The dead: Wiu. L. Colter, a guard, cut in abdomen, died live hours luter. Wounded : C. J. Cochran, turnkey, stabbed In back; will probably die. W. C. l'almer, cut in the head. The convicts made their break fur liberty about 7 a. m. They went to the olllee of II. J. Murphy, captain of the guard, and seized Warden Wilkin son, Capt. Murphy and several other otlleers and guards. A desperate lijlii took place. The convicts were armed with knives and razors, and with tln'se they assaulted Warden Wilkinson and his ollicers. The warden's clothing was slashed into shreds with a razor, but the blade dki not touch the tlesh. Turnkey Cochrane fought the convicts with a chair, raining blows upon them right and left. Finally he was felled by a knife thrust in the back. Guard Carter was disemboweled by a cut in the abdomen and he died about noon. Palmer was severely cut in tho head. The lloor of the otllec was covered blood. The otlleers were easily out- number ed and were soon relieved of their arms Then, using the otlleers as shields, the convicts started for the armory on the outskirts of the peni tentiary grounds. They passed a Gat ling gun on one of the walls, but the guards were afraid to shoot at the convicts for fear of killing the prison otllcial8. When the armory was reached otll eers there attempted to interfere but were quickly overpowered and the convicts after fortifying themselves further with rilles, knives, pistols and ammunition made a dash for the coun try Convicts, each armed with rifles, marched on either side of Warden Wilkinson, who was threatened with i death if he attempted to escape, and the otlleers were told that if any of the pursuers took the life of one of their number they would retaliate, life for life. At Mormon bridge, about a mile from the penitentiary, the warden, his grandBon and Capt Murphy were re leased and sent back. The others were marched along with the convicts. Further on the convicts went to a farmer's house, seized his four-horse team and wagon, stripped the house of all Its portable valuables, took the farmer with them as a driver and headed for Hald mountain. Evident ly It Is their Intention to reach Alabaster cave, situated near this mountain. All the convicts are s Li 11 at large. Among the otlleers carried off by them is General Overseer Mc Donough. Some fears are felt for his safety as he boars the especial 111 will of the convicts. The several hundred remaining pris oners made no atteempt to get away and were quietly returned to their cclls and locked up. Warden Wilkinson was the first to return to the penitentiary. The con victs had taken his hat. Capt. Mur phy appeared afterward, minus part of his clothing, and later young Wil kinson came In. Folsom penitentiary Is the prison without walls. It Is situated in a rocky amphitheatre close to the American river, about 20 miles from Sacramen to. Nearly 1 ,f>00 men arc confined there where ft has been the practice to send the most desperate prisoners. ONK CONVICT KILt.KD. The result of the tight between the convicts and the two otlleers at 7 o'clock Wednesday night, in Eldorado county was the death of Fred Howard, a oonvlct killed outright, and the. wounding of another convict, a negro named Soavls. The coroner at Placer vllle at the request of the prison officials will hold an Inquest on the dead convict. When last seen the convicts wore In citizens' clothing, vyhllo their prisoners woro stripes The latter appeared to be having a hard time of ft, as they woro heavily ladon with bundles and amunitlon. Tho latest Information Is to iho effect that anoth( r oncounter has taken placo between tho lloolng convicts and their pursuors, resulting In the death Of John Addison, a oonvlct and of an othor whoso name Is unknown. The posse and militia are closing In on the dosperadoes. Tho capture or destruc tion of the comploto band Is only a mattor of a short time. At 10 o'olock Wednesday night the convlots turned Uornard Schlottman, .foo Foster and tho following prison olllclals loofle: .1. C. MeI)onough, J. H. .loiter, J. W. I>olan, W. IIop tona and Thoe. Heavy. They woro releaaed In the brush about four miles south of Plela placo and camo Into l)i*la about fl o'olock Thursday mflrn Ing. John Klendorff, one of tho guardfi, tumbled out of tho wagon during tho Wring at Pilot Hill and escaped unhtirt. This makes all tho trod men acoounted for and safo. The oomvlcts are somewhat short of ammunition and are without supplies, having lost thom In tho fight at Pilot Hill. AU of thom had lunohos In their pockets, and when the shooting began they tbrew them Into a box In the wagon and a few minutes later | ir;V 1 lied. Nearly all of them have a little i | money. They debated whether to kill their hostages or turu them loose, I but tlnally they decided to let them go I unharmed. About 100 shots were ! exchanged In the battle at Pilot Hill. I j The tight at Pilot 11111 Wednesday! [night between the convicts ami their j I pursuers seems to have been a more | (mtImus alTair than at tirst reported, i , A iter they had looted a provision store at Pilot Hill they were practically surrounded by the sheriffs of Sacra mento and 1'iacers counties, each com manding a strong posse. All four horses on the convicts' wagon were shot and one of the criminals was kill ed outright. Then the outlaws raised a white Hag and marched up the road with the guards and others whom they had captured on each side of them. A general* volley was not or dered. as it might have killed several Innocent men. In this deliberate manner the second escape was made. The pursuing otll<-ors have been in stntot-vd to shoot the con viols on sight and tiielr death or capture in the near future is expected. TWO TRAINS CRASH \ l'n?ii Vi'Ni ilinU* Dnshi'N Into a Slow Work Train. Two people were killed and seven injured in a rear-end collision between the South-western Vestibule Limited on the Southern railway and a work train at Springtield, Va., seven miles from Alexandria at 7. 1 "> o'clock Sun clay morning. The engines and several of the cars were badly damaged. The killed: W. W. Woodward, Jonesville, \*a., 2l? years old. a postal clerk. Walter Meeks. lircman. The injured: }!enj>min Uawlngs, Orange. Va., postal clerk. both legs broken; may die. Peter Harrington, engineer of the passenger train, seriously injured about, head: may die. John L. Thompson, Washington. I). C., postal clerk, in charge of the mail cars on the limited, wrist badly cut. J. Frank Keller, postal clerk, Lant zer's Mills, Va., right arm broken. Fred J. Larrick, postal clerk, contu sion of right leg atid foot. T. A. Fontaine of Hethel llill, N. C.. badly bruised. One unknown passenger, The Southern is double tracking its line between here and Atlanta and the work train had been on a siding at Springfield getting ballast out of a pit. The brakes refused to work and the train, beyond the control of its crew, slipped out on to the main track. I he limited, the crack train of the Southern between here and New Or leans, due in this city at (>.42 o'clock, was between half an hour late and was running at a high rate of speed. En- 1 glneev Harmgton was unable to hec the work train until within 200 feet of it. The collision occurred about lii feet south of the siding and the baggage, mall and express and several passenger cars were thrown Into a ditch. The engine of the limited was turned on its side and the other engine was badly wrecked. The tracks were made Impassable for several hours. Fontaln, Keller and Rawlings were brought to this city and treated at the Emergency hospital. Engineer Arring ton and tho other injured were taken to Aloxandrla. lillntl Tijier Clubs. The Columbia State says Gov. Hey ward's attention has been called to the fact that there is an increasing num ber of social clubs in the city, and It is darkly hinted that some of these clubs exists only for the purpose of selling liquor. It Is a very delicate question. Recently one of these clubs on lower Main street was raided and the consta bles found an Ice bov in which were a few bottles of boor and a large num ber of bottles of soda water. The proprietors of the club asked the con stables to leave the "soft drinks." Whereupon the constables became suspicious and upon opening the bot tles supposed to be tilled with sodo water found instead that they were loaded witli real K?oo/.e. t\ Diitllllcr In Trouble. A Special tojTho State from I'lckens says Chief Constable C. L. Cuieton of that division assisted by K. IV McCravy and < ?. W. Coleman Thursday set. a watch over government distilery No ij.'iu, operated by .1. I). Stansell. It was not long before they saw Stan sell go Into the cistern room and In a few minutes he emerged with a tin bucket containing two gallons of whiskey and started with it toward his house. The oillcers pursued and soon captured him. They confiscated the whiskey and brought Stansell to the magistrate at IMckens before whom lie pleaded guilty on a charge of transporting and paid the line of $100 an unusual price for two gallons of whiskey. The distillery will probably be broken up. Fntnl Accident. At New YV>rk three men are dead and several Injured as the direct result of the blowing out of a cylinder-head of an engine attached to an ammonia pump in the Jacob Iluppert Mrewln companies ice plant on Alexander avenue early Tuesday. One hundred and lifty men wore at work at one time and as soon as the engine stopped working the ammonia flowed from the pump, tho fumes spreading to all parts of the building. Pat rolman David J. Goss was overcome by the fumes while rescuing unconscious employes from tho building and his Injuries may prove fatal. A Fatal lt<?w. A tragedy occurred In Mason county, Tenn, last week, in which thrco mon were killed and a fourth desperately vfounded. The trouble occurred In tho home of Miss Julia Hell whllo a dance was in progress. Miss Hell, It is said, had shown a preference for J. Frots and Dick Mason, Tom Fields, Clay House and Mike Johnson attack ed Frots, who it Is said, began to shoot with the result that tho three first named wero killed and Johnson In thought to bo mortally wounded. Frets, It Is said, shot only four times, agglng a man each time. A FATAL ERROR. Mistook Nitric Acid for Water and Poured it on Nitro Glycerine. WHICH CAUSED AN EXPLOSION Of INnvtlop which \v?n Taken From ih?* Magazines and Loaded oil V.'h^ohh at the Tl inc. At Lowell, Mass., two small gun ?powder magazines, situated in the very midst of the humble residences of .r>0 mill operatives, exploded Thurs day with a frightful concussion, and the resultant wave of death cut olT the lives of more than a score of human bcinx and injured nearly 60 others. Half a dozen men who were loading keys of powder frorfi on.e of the maga zines were blown bF^leccs; four boys 200 yards were killed by the force of the explosion, and I l framy houses within a radius of 1 1>0 yards were blown down as if they had been built of cards. Seven of these houses Im mediately caught lire, probably from the kitchen stoves, and were complete ly consumed. At least three persons were caught in the ruins and burned t/O death, while seven or eight others who were rescued died subsequently or their injuries. It is estimated that 70 separate pieces of property, inclu ling thoso al ready mentioned, were destroyed, while the force of the explosion wrecked windows for live or six miles around, and its thundor could be heard distinctly mure than ">0 miles away. The following is the list of those known to lie killed: George Finn, John M e Masters, Louis E. Richards and James I). Grady, all employed by the United States Cartridge company; James 15. Sullivan, Charles Moore, Jean Roleau, all employed by the Stanley Forwarding company : Gilbert McDermott, 10 years; Michael McDer inott, 12 years: Thomas Houlihan. 11 years; .Joseph Houlihan, lOyears; Wil liam Galloway and son Robert Gallo way, Albert Lebrun, Mrs. Catherine Rlggs, Eddie Hodgers, George A. Mc Dermott, four years; Josephine Pe russe, 11 years: Mrs. Victoria Perusse and Sephriam Perusse (the nine last named were killed by the fall of their houses or burned to death); unkuown man. Four persons are missing, two car penters, names unknown: John Rlggs and Patrick Spencer. Those fatally injured arc. Amador Boulager, 1* years; Clarendon Good win. 00 years, both employes of car tridge company: Mrs. Howard Bur kett, Miss ^JoDermott,. Eliza Gallo way and Clara Superna. The magazines were the property of the United States Cartridge company of this city, but fortunately were sit uated more than a mile away from the factory itself. They were con structed some 30 years ago, in what was then a broad, open field on the banks of the Concord river. During the last decade small wooden dwell ings hate gradually sprung up in the' vicinity, crowding noarer and nearer with fancied security to the two inno cent-looking little buildings until they were almost completely surrounded by them, except on the river side, the nearest house being scarcely 50 feet away. Both magazines ordinarily contain ed two or three tons of gunpowder in tin kegs. The company lias for some time been desirous of strengthening the floor of the magazine nearest the street arid this morning eight men, three of them employes of the com pany, three expressmen and two car penters, were sent there with three large express teams to take out the powder and mend the lloor. Two or the teams had been loaded and the other was almost full when, at six minutes past 0 o'clock the explosion occurred. it was discovered that a can of nitro-glycerlne, which wasstored Inthe magazine, was leaking. Mr. Goodwin picked up what he thought was a jug or water and began to your it on the nitro-glycerlne with the idea of dilut ing it and was washing It up. As soon as t htt Muifl from the jug struck the lloor, lie found that it was nitric acid. The Ikxir at, once began to smoke, and when the men saw It they rushed from the building, but had not gone 10 feet when the explosion oc curred. This magazine was. therefore, the first to go up, followed immediately by the gunpowder In the three teams and several seconds later by the second magazine. To those, who henrd the crash, II, seemed as if there were two distinct explosions, with a continuous roar be tween them. There are, however, live holes in the ground, which clearly Indicate live explosions. The entire catastrophe, however, occupied the space of scarcely live sec onds, but In that time the surround ing property was swept as if a small volcano had broken forth In Its midst. Every house within 200 yards coll laps ed trees were blown down, the grass within a hundred yards mowed as ir by a lawn mower, while bricks from the two magazines were burled far across the river and all over the nelgh l>orhood. For several minutes afterwards the air was completely filled with smoke and dust, Illuminated by the glare from the already burning houses. The work of rescue began at once, but In many cases the flames had al ready gained full sway over the crum bled ruins and several persons were buried to death before the debris which covered them could be remov ed. Tho property Is situated just over the Lowell line, In Tewksbury, but the Lowoll flro department, did most of tho work in oaring for tho wounded. Before a stream of water was started from tho engines, tho hose from all the wagons was taken out, and the bodies of the wounded were placed In the wagons and hurried to the hos pital. Ambulances soon appeared on tho scene and assisted the firemen, and all sorts of vehicles were pressed I iuto the service. Nearly 10 persons I were taken t<i the two hoiipitalg with ' In half an hour, while many tuore whube injuries were slight had their wounds dressed and remained on the scene, where they assisted in caring for the less fortunate. The explosion shook the city and within half an hour there were at least 5,000 people on the scene of the catastrophe. The crowd so badly hindered t lie work of caring for the wounded that the mayor sent out a militia call. Three companies respond ed and three hours later lmd thrown a cordon of men around the district and cleared the place of every one cxcept those. Immediately engaged In quench ing the ilames and searching for vic tims. Two hundred yards further down the river from the second magazine^ the tiremen suddenly came across tlMi* bodies of four little buys who welt' about to have a swim. A llfth mem ?.?ber of the part was in the river when the explosion 'occurred, and escaped without injury. ' Apparently the farce from this sec ond magazine was expended in two di rections, north and south. On the I north it completely demolished the I house of William, Iliggs, about f?0 j yards away, almost, burying Mrs. | Iliggs, and badly injuring her little son Mrs. Iliggs died before being ] taken to the hospital. On the other side of the magazine was a grove of trees, through which the explosion tore a path f?0 feet wide tor a distance of nearly 300 yards. The four little boys were eauglit in the centre uf this path, and three were instantly killed, the body of one of them being frightfully mutilated, the head being completely blown -oil. .The fourth was alive when he was discovered by the police and llremen but did not long survive. Most of the property destroyed con sisted of small buildings constructed of wood, and at a comparatively small cost. The property loss, there fore, will not be heavy. The selcct men of the town of Tewk.sbury believe that $7.j,000 will cover tlje entire loss. RAINFALL VERY LIGHT The Weekly lleport of the Weal her and Crops. Section Director J. W. Hauer has issued his report on the weather and crops for the week eiding July 23. It Is as follows: The week ending 8 a. m., Monday, .July 27th, had a mean temperature of HI. 5 degrees, which is practically nor mal. There were no very cool nights, nor .hot days, making the temperature conditions quite favorable. 'J' he winds were generally light, variable and very dry. There was more than the usual amouut of bright sunshine. The relative humidity was unusually low throughout the week, that caused veg etation to wilt considerably - In the day time, but it generally freshened during the nights, but this condition was favorable for ridding fields of grass by cultivation.. The week's rain fall was very light, averaging only 0.1 1 inch fpr the State, and consisted of widely scattered showers. These show??&-wanr benefi cial where thejfcj^uri^. There is a need of ral vindicated for all -parts of the State, although:early corn is the only crop that haA*as yet suffered to any material ex>ent. The rain is needed to counteract the severe work ing that crops received in ridding them of grass. Laying by is either !'.nish?d or well underway, and but few ueUs remain grassy. The drought is most severe in York and adjacent counties. Corn is firing in the eastern coun ties. In places old corn in safe, in other places It is in a critical condition for want of rain. Young corn is gen erally promising, but needs rain to maintain this condition. Some fodder has been pulled. A general summary of thccoudition of cotton shows that on clayey lands, and over the western counties, the crop has improved, but that on sandy lands, and over the eastern counties, except parts of Hampton, Barnwell, Orangeburg, Sumter, Marlon and Marlboro, the conditions are less prom ising. The cotton crop would be ben efitted by a- general rain. Sea islanr) cotton is In excellent condition. Tobaco curl' -r is making lapid progress, and-in places Is nearly finish ed, the crop Is about half gathered. Some is "burning" in the fields. Mar keting is underway, and prices are un satisfactory. Karly and late planted rice are do ing well, while intermediate plantings are poer and grassy in the Colleton district. I'eas are not doing well. strtlo Hftfonnd All. A special dispatch from Sailey's to The Stato says last Friday night week robin; rs entered the room of Mr. Sirtli van Sawyer and stole a small Iron safe containing about) $ 7f> in cash and sev eral valuable papers. It is not known how the robbers entered the house but the supposition is that while Mr. Saw yer was eating supper the parties went into his roorn^and parried the safo away. Saturday the safe was found oonaealed In the woods near the town but it had been opened and everything carried away. Mr. Saw yer Is one of the most prosperous mer chants of the thriving little town of l'erry If, Is hoped that the guilty parties will soon l>e caught and speedy justice meted out to them. Thh is Mie second time that Mr. Sawyer has hern robbed in the last month and ik seems that the rubbers must bo famil iar with the place and where the money Is kept. This ought to be a lesson >o all who keep their money and papers in such places that can be easily moved. Ootnlng Houtli. A dispatch from Kvansvllle, Ind., says for twenty four hours many strange negroes have been paasing through the city on their way to the south, where they will sedk homes. Many of them came from Danville, III., and points on the Illinois Central railway. Two coaches filled with negroes passed through at one time. A numl>er of the negroes who left Kvansville during tho recent riots have not returned. The feeling against the negroes In the southern Indiana towns has grown more Intense since the trouble In Kvansville. SOME PLAIN TALK. Senator Tillman ttirs lip a Wiscoa ?in Audience by His TALK ON THE NEGRO QUESTION Didn't Ij?ko What Ho Said nt l'irnt ?t: lint W hen Ho Wan Through They Thought Host ol' l.h?' A run inont . ? Senator 15. U. Tillman. t>f South J Carolina, matched his wit and sar casm against the loyal mind and wes tcrrt inamjors of Senator J. U. lhirton, of J(?ansnH) Monday night of last week In a jointT'dei>ate on the ne*ro ques tion at Madison, Wis. The lollowhfg report of. the meeting wo take from The News and Courier: Senator Till man said the people of the North were as bad as those of the South in their handling of the negroes who committed "unspeakable crimes." "When a negro up here shows the outcropplngs of the Instincts of his inferior raise,'* said Senator Tillman, "you mob, string, lynch, burn and outrage humanity with him. It makes a mighty big dllTerence whose family Is struck, whose home ?s en tered, whose wife or daughter Is the victim. You men in the North are | not slow to act when jour women are | outraged, ?lnd 1 want to say vou are j men to do it. "If you had an many niggers as we j have in South Carolina you would j feel as I do, and your people would i not sustain your anti-nigger senators' as my people sustain me." Tue fiery I Southern fc?nator was unpopular at : lirst with the audience of s.<kh> pro- ; pie, but at the close of the debate l ho j impression seemed to prevail that he had the better of t'.e argument. Senator Tillman said the colored people owed all the progress they had made fn America to the fact that they were once in bondage, and that the South had nourished them into whatever Industry, virtue and intel ligence the* ever attained; that the North weu&bo war to "free the nig gers" first flfihfl to "save the union af terward. Republican party, he said, playcttTthe friend of the blacks in order ' ib get black votes. The greatest disturbing element in the problem wa$ the fact that the people of the North, alTeotlng motives of charity, Christianity and humanitar ianism, werfc attempting to poke their "great, ion$ Yankee noses'1 into the business of the Southern states, that were equal &> the problem that would not be In danger of overwhelming them un lefts the Northern inlluence brought about a war of extermina tion. < Senator Tillman said the negroes were recognized in the South when they deserved It, and sometimes when they aid not, mentioning the recipi ents of the United States' executive appointments. The Southern sena tor asked the audience to hold an af ter meeting to form a negro emigrat ing society, for the purpose of bring ing to Wisconsin .'100,000 negroes, the proportionate share of this state of the negro population of the whole country. The after meeting did not develop. Seuator Burton agreed that the ne groes had apparently grown more de graded and criminal than they were before the war, but he said It was the fault of the South, lack of schools, and the "euchrelng" of the negroes out of their constitutional righis by the Southern whites. Me said in education lay the solution of the prob lem. Senator Tillman agreed with Sena tor Burton in this but fcaid the South would take up arms rather than allow the north to force an Impossible so cial or political equality between the whites and negroes In the Southern states. Senator Tillman said that the United States barred Chinese from their gates because of the Inferiority of the Mongolian race and the Impos sibility of Chinese ever becoming the social or political equals of Ameri cans. "The Inferiority is greater and the impossibility more Impossible with respect to t he negroes and particular ly the Southern negroes," Mr. Till man declared. Senator I'urton placed stress on the great, possibilities which, he said, lay in the negroes. Their capacity for development, he said, had i>een pp?v ed In every Northern state, and not only in the North, but in the very heart of the South. At Tuske^ce, Ala., Hooker T. Washington, ;i black man, had demonstrated there for sev eral years that the negro, when v;iven the advantages of properly adminis tered education, could outstrip the whiten In the moral and Industrial world. Senators Tillman and liurton con tinued their debate, on the negro ques tion at, Moline, III., on Thursday. The Kansas speaker suggested an educational standard as a remedy for negro Ignorance, and Senator Tillman delivered a striking speech. "<!od made a negro Inferior to a white man," said he, "'as Africa proves. I Would not put him hack in slavery, but he shall never govern us. Von wouldn't let him, and we :ire as j?ood as you are, and we. will see hiin in hell l>efore we will permit it. We don't, Intend ever to let him get on our hacks to govern us. When you hold sacred the fifteenth amendment, that says the races are equal, you arid fuel to a race, war that Is hound to come. I do not believe in lynching for any crime but one. When a negro as saults a white woman the only thing to do Is to hunt him down and put him out of his miserable existence as soon as possible. We aro doing this and we are koIuk to keop on dtong it, and If you don't like it you can lump it." Ilookor IIIdhpiI. At Boston while Hooker T. Wash ington was addressing a meeting of colored people Thursday three persons were arrested and elected for trying to Interrupt, ids remarks by hissing. Twenty-live policemen were eallod In to quell the disturbance. A MEETING CALLED Colored C'iti^-iiN to l)l>cn-> l.ytich i ii;? :? ml 1 1 H I'll u?*e??. Kov. M. (I Johnston, pastor ? >! L:d ?<?0 I'reshyti ri.in cl. iuIj, L-luiubia. S. C.. has issued a vail for a meeting of colored ut:zens of lli,s and ad joining counties on Tucsdav. August ?J"). '1 ho follow! in: is tin' call: To All Colored Cit:/.'iis < f Kichland and Adjacent Count;<s: You are in v ? to<l and most earnestly leqwes'td t attend a convention to We he'd in tins city on Tuesday. August for the purpose of taking under eonsidoru ion ly tubings, its causes and its nimdy. And also to consider ways and irians pertaining to higher moral elevation of the race. Wc also note Hi.- sad fact that ?*u ry year hundreds of our people l?*nvo their firms in the oun try and crowd into the towns and i cities, where they u'et little ?.i ? n<?u?- I ing to do and very often s ime of th-m | commit crimes that are hurtful ami j humiliating to us all. All the a'?o\e morits our most serious and pra\eilul ] consideration, prnmiii and di cUi. d ac- ; lion. 1 f ill w? hear and read ah u' t * ? . - rai-e ho 1 1 ii . then we ha\ e ;t w . ? i U I o ' d > which can only he done I > v an lion est. I i it lit ul and united eil'ori ? ;i tiie! part ot the hest thinking people of > <ur j race. While there no doubt will he >onie ( among us w ho will not j >iu in nii h : an ell'oit for the moral up liuim: of I 1 1 10 race. 1 am satislied that there are i thousands of men and women who! stand ready to do everything in lin n- ! power for a higher moral elevation of , the race. Therefore we appe.il t" all < ministers of the pospel, teachers ol j private and public schools and !??:> 1- j ers ol the rate to at lend thi.> conven tion. and lei us see where \>u standi and w hat side you are n. A number of speakers will address l the convention and a number ol papers ! will he read. Nothing will he <!<<? j cussed hut the motal condition o| tliel race, lynchings. it.: ??uum's and its! curses. We expect to secure reduced j rates on all roads leading into Colnai- ! bia. Names of speakers and rates to j the convention will be published later. This call to the con vent ion is endorsed j by the ministers' union of Columbia. THE SOUTHEND THE~ NEGRO. I Remarkable Resolution* Adopted by Negro Methodist Conference lly denying the negro social equall ty. Southern whites befriend him. de clares a resolution adopted by the con ference of the African Methodist Kpiscopal church, recently in session at Macon, (hi. The South is declared the best placti for the negro, and the crimes wide!) provoke lynchiog are condemned. In part the resolutions arc: "Wo commend the Southern white man beeauses he refuses to let negroes drink at his founts, eat at Ins cafes, sleep in his hotels, for the foil iwing reasons: It forces the negro to build his own resorts, teaches him business and turns a ilood of money to negro vaults and bank accounts. It wives h is boy and girl work and establishes thrift, industry and economy. "We condemn the heinous crimes so often charged to our people. Such crimes are brutal, vicious and deserve the most severe punishment that the law iu allowed to inflict.. They mar our civilization, hinder our progress and stamp us as villains. "We equally condemn and regret that it Is evident that tlm mightiest, civilization on earth should resort to so Inhuman and bloody work as to lynch a fellow being without due process of law. "Wc believe, after carefully recit ing facts, that the negro is as safe, or safer, in the South than in the North. Safer, because he can earn a living In any vocation in the Sout h that he pos sesses ability to do. Safer, because no Southern preacher is on record as hav ing pleaded to :i,000 people to burn a human being." An to Wutchen. Kverjltody carries a watch m.wa days men. women. k i r Is and buys. 1 'rices range from $1 to as many thou sands as one ('.ares U> expend in jew elry settings. The $1 watch keeps just as good l ime as the $r>,0oo one. Did yon ever consider the amount of labor performed hy a good wateh in its life-time of f>0 years? 'I'lie balance wheel vibrates Im,ooo times an hour, 4.T2.000 times a day or 1 "?7.iiM0.0U0 times a year. The hair spring makes an equal number of vibrations, and there, is the satire number of ticks from the escapement. Multiply I r? 7 , - (iso.ouo by 50 and you have 7,kh l.ooo, OUll pulsations. Ytit. the watch is in good condition at the end of half a century of labor. A Sntl Don tli. 'I'll" Anderson correspondent of the Slate says M r. Lamar I '.u lord, a son of Mr. I). Huford of Calhoun Falls, was drowned at Jackson ville, Florida, last Friday morning. The young man was a telegraph operator at Jackson ville. The supposition is t hat he was trying to cross t in; St. Johns river in a small boat and fell out. His body was recovered .'ifi hours later and was buried in Jacksonville. The young man had many relatives mid friends in Anderson who will be grieved to learn of hiu tragic death. He was an expert telegraph operator and had a most promising career before hlmJJ Me was only I !l years old. Ilrlhn TnkorH Hontnnord. A t St. IjOmIn. Mo, Wednesday J udge Ilyan passed Rente nee on live, members of the house of delegates, four of whom we.ro convicted of bribery and one of perjury in connection with municipal franchise deals. Following arc those sentenced: John A. Sheri dan, bribery in connection with street railway deal, live years: T. Kdward Albright, drlbery, suburban deal, live years: Jerry J. Ilanulgan, I ? r I! ?e r y , suburban deal, live years: Louis Deckcr, bribery, suburban deal, four years; Km II Ilartman, bribery, city lighting bill six years. All II led ap peal bonds In t he sum of $10,000 each. SHE POISONED HIM V Gi'oi'uut Woman (?!*<??? Ilor Hwk Itaml Strychnine I'm- t^>u i n i nr. lhcent'v S. <?:.!" !'S was Mill". ID' 1 1 1 i ? rrsst i n. 7 ti: < .< s nor t h o( Kivtinii1. t'i make irivst. I'ptm ar rinii^ i'U llic sc< lie he found a mob i f os-'i ">oo tl i reaten t > ^nch 11 >U rl Cawt'.ioii. tfli i tin \ I.. !n.'\o was m iraey with M ; s. |;. .1. Tucker, who /!'.'? Ik;' !...shand for 1 1 u i : i ' (!?? in ; eap>u'e i tie In -fore. ? Tin ker dsin^' in less i an an hour a'ter 1 ;k i doso, Cawthon hash'. <n w- ikuiv: on the | farm fur Tucker hn a >?. it nr mure, j and he and Mis. Tu. iter w -re exceed i Ingly H'hkI fiien K. She sas>> lie ask ! ed her t<' k:>s h'tu < i.ee. Mr SUys her ! earesses were at his i o:i,iuand. She I >ays sou e 1 1 iii'1 ;i^. . t .( wi h ii l old In r j he waul 'I h marry a tic.i widow, and' I ft i:i I she was 1 he widow. or would In1 | if she would hei p hi n. i (?n June 2-ad. it is said, he went t ? i iOni pt'ie and h u>: lit s . . i ; stiv h nine tru-n 1 ?r. Kimhrly 1 > poison j d"^s. It is said lie v |ur the poison ;ti a i " i ? . - U ' I' wnisk'-;. tl.at Tucker had. knowing tlial soi.m : . i later he would dlll'k i!. ( >!l J 1 1 . > iMIl .hivl Horn, a prospi r 'tis tanner. with his wile was pi.-sin^ Mr. Tucker's home and tolit Tiu'ki r he was not leeiin^ well and Tucker told him he had a drink ot whiskey and to drink it. and it wou'd prohahly do him o,l. Horn drank the whiskey and died U lore he ha< 1 potion a mile a way. Tuesday ni^ht Tucker took a cap sule of supposed <iuimne and died of poison in .'io minutes. Mrs. Tin *k?'r sa\s Caw t hot i j.'a\e it to him. ('aw thou s, i \ s she did it. They hot h have partly confessed and it is I > ! 1 1 ? \ - ed they will f u:!y c< n! e -.s h.h >re n hi . Incitement is at fever heat, and 'I i.s believed by many that an ellorl will he made to lynch Cawthon Thursday. The stomach was taken to Atlanta Thursday morning for a chemical analysis hy l>r. Clarke. Had it not heei i for the timely arrival of SherilT Hotels. Cawthon wotdd have hcen ?suminaiii) dealt with aV ilresston Thursday. U ? ?t h man and woman are now in jail. An ell'ort will he made to have Jud/e Huberts hold a special term of court for trial of this case as public sentiment demands speedy justice. --Au^usla Chronicle. PLUCKY YANKEE GIRL l unlshes a M usIut i'or His Insulting A t tent ions to ii or. Armed with a whip which she took with her from I .or pony carriage, Miss Mary Heed, daughter of police Lieutenant John lleed,<vor Philadel phia, followed a masher into the Lake wood train at Winslow Junction Thursday night and administered a sound thrashing. The man only escaped worse punishment, at the hands of the rather or the Kirl through his train pulling out before the lieu tenant knew what was going on. According to the story of eyewit nesses, the man left the Atlantic City train at the junction to make connec tion with one to Lakewuod. Miss Reed was waiting lor her father, who had been to Atlantic City in charge of one of the police pension fund ex cursions, to drive him to their country home at Kim City. While the yonng man ;ind a party of friends were waiting for their train he amused himself by making insult ing remarks to the young lady, who sat in her pony carriage. She could not resent his unwelcome atttentions on account of her horse being restive, and he at last took bold of the horse's bridle and held it in spite of the girl's protests. Justus the Ljikewood train pulled into the station ilud the young man ceased worrying' "the girl In order to catch it,, her lather arrived on tile scene. Without telling him or her intentions, the girl handed him the lines, and s< i/.ing the whip from the socket ran to the ear which the young man had entered, and, catching him in the aisle, belabored him soundly until be cried for mercy. The affair happened so <|iiickly that none of the friends of the man bad time to interfere and Miss Peed ran out of the car and jumped from the platform after 1,1 ki train had be gun to move. When her father heard Hie sort y from her be was furious and made, an elfort to have the man ar rested further up the line, but did not succeed. Miss Heed is twenty three years of age and very pretty. IVi-IhIhmI in | In: I-'Iiiiiicn. The S -a View I louse, on t he camp ground at Old Orchaid, Maine, was burned to the ground Thursday, ;ind two women guests. Mrs. A. K. Stevens and Mrs. Helen Martin, both of Last, ? Jrafton, N. II., are missing. The value of Hie property burned was about *1.000. The body of one of the missing women was found in the ruins this after 'goon. It was so badly burned as to make recognition im possible. Search Is being continued with energy, as the lindiug of one body is taken to show that both wo men perished. M unbred Mis \V I IV. At Mount Vernon N . V , Coroner WeisMiidaoger Wednesday afternoon announced that, Martin Kl>elt. whose wife's body was found in a sew< r pipe on Sunday with a shot; bice tightly around the throat, bad confessed 1,0 hi in and to Chief or I'olice Foley that he had murdered the woman. It Is said 1 1 wit, I0be.lt, had complained to his sister that bis wife was constantly ap plying to him for money. lie told Ids sister that he was tired of these up plications and that his wife was a continual nuisance b> him. ?lumped In to ft < 'i-e?k . Passenger train No. 2 on Urn \ lr Rinia and .Southwestern railway was wrecked near Mwidota, Va. , Tuesday The engine left the track and plung ed Into a creek, carrying with It, the baggagn and combination ears. Flag man Charles Sproles was badly injur ed and several passengers were hurt. I The engineer and fireman saved them selves by lumping. EXCESS FARES. Are Declared Unlawful by the Stwte Supreme Court AN IMPORTANT DECISION i . C <>mt iioinrM \ re Not Allowed Here* after to Collect the Twenty live Ccntu ICxcchh on Cash Karon. Itailroad companies have no ri^lit i to charge excess fares of persons who ; not oil the trains without tickets \v here t hey oanbeobU*isrs<^-?a??J?? isthe f ?Iec|slmi cr t ho State supreme court In ' a c.ise which attracted much atten j linn. Sn important was the ease eon j sldcred to he that t ho supreme court calle 1 tlie Judges of the circuit court to ! sit upon the cast. j I l.nl roads are accustomed to charge (passengers cents when passengers i fail to get tickets. It is objection ! al>le l ' railroads f: >r conductors to re iceivo c isii fares, and for thai reason I 2*i cenls excess is charged. but a rebate cheek isghen and the "i.'i cents refunded to the passenger by the i agent of the company upon the ar rival of the passenger at destination. It is claimed that the custom is In violation of the law limiting the rate of f.irc to :t cents per mile. This was ! one of the main points In the two cases heard hy the court "en bane"' and decided in the opinion tiled Wed nesday. The cases are Duncan against the Southern, tried before Judge Henet j in UariiNNclh and Eulmer against the Soushern. tried before Special Judge I /.Ural Newberry. In each case the railroad company won. and the losing plaintitT appealed to the supreme court. After argu ment. in thai court it was ordered that the case be reargued before the court "on bane" comprised of the supreme court justices and seven of the eight circuit judges. The court "en bane" duly assem bled. Judge Watts being retired hi the drawing of lots. The leading opinion in each ease is delivered by Associate Justice Gary, and it is concurred In by Chief Justice Pope and Judges Aldrlch, Klugh, Dant/.ler, Purdy and Er nest Gary, the last named tiling a separate opinion. The conclusion readied is that under the existing statute a railroad company is limited to the rate of passenger fare? :i cents per mile-- fixed In the statute and that it cannot exceed that rate. It is further held that the 2f> cents ex cass fare Is charge,1' notwithstanding the agreement of the railroad, In its "rebate check," to refund the sum to the holder of the check. Judge Er nest <iary holds that the railroad company may exclude from its pas senger car any person not provided with a ticket, but having permitted such a person not provided with a ticket, to become a passenger with out a ticket, the excess charge is un lawful. The dissenting opinion iB written by Associate Justice Jones and con curred in by Associate Justice Woods, Judge Townseud and Judge Gary. It. holds that as the passenger paying the 2f> cents excess, because he lias not procured a tlckot may get back that sura by presenting his "rebate cheek" to the company's agent, there, is no extra charge but simply a reasonable regulation of the railroad company in the management of Its passenger busi ness. In each case the judgement of the circuit, court is reversed and the case sent buck foranew trial. In the Fulmer case the plain tl !T was represented by Messrs. Johnstone and Welch and the company by Mr. B. L. Abncy and Mr. Thomas P. Oothran. In the Duncan case Messrs. Davis and Best and Mr. John S. Reynolds Repre sented tin; plaintiff, while Mr. B. L. Abney and Mr. .1. W. Barnwell ap peared for the company. The St, ate. Ijoiik limine i'rndlctloiiH. W. K. Foster, writing to the News and Courier from Washington, says August, September and October will bring unusually severe and dangerous storms to the east coasts of North America and Asia, the Mississippi drainage basin, along the northern steamship routes of North Atlantic and North Pacific, Fast Indies, West hidies and (Julf of Mexico. Severe storms may occur any timo during these three months, but the danger period seems to hover around August I I and S.">, September 7 and 20, Octo ber r>, la and 20. Voyages on water should be avoided almut these dates, and precautions taken for safety on land. Very low temperatures al>out August September 25 and .'10. A r?|Milnr Oovnrnor. The Pickens Sentinel- Journal says: "(Jov. Ileyward has proven himself (/very inch a man and Is faithfully carrying out with the people the promises he made to them on the stump. lie is a clean man and a true one. and furthermore, lie. is i* man that Is easily approached and lends a lis tening ear gladly and willingly to any appt al that will help his State or his people. Pickens county people are proud of the record he Is making and will be ready to hold up his hands In t he discharge of his duty. Dong life, good luck and several terms In the gul>crnatlonal chair, for the mantle of state Ih on most wort, by and excel lent shoulders. * Willi lloporl.. Tive Columbia State says (Jov Iley ward Is pleased with the verbal report of St, ate Constable Holmes of the Charleston division. The constables declares that the sale o 4 Illicit liquor In Charleston has materially decreased. At aa Informal conference between the governor, the attorney general, Chief I lammctt and Constable Holmes it, was decided t<o make war upon the so called clubs in that city who operate blind tigers under the pretence of l>e ing social organizations.