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No. 10. GOD AND OUR NATIVE LAND. Kb a, P7sXsbsDi S-isr St-''?EC? 55$ R-AT?g *ieat *0* Per *1.00 Hoq ?^brat^f , Qot HI**1 tr-NI ,0? ?. Douo?ed | * defan,., >51 0"e> &l3KDgjff ^tension m J. A. COLLECTOR a aod i DlMCOH W.I 11 camden, r AND iiotlit-r ;r, but lives , has; Wtf\ by ,J. ir>. Ami lere by no le<lge that b ai line," had twenty t-> iuHicteil )n fifty ?>r ? I the efficirt! itiHl H JnMiti;;, * hi;-li aft. r )<i MS?-<J HtJ Hb.!!v |>r<M-!uim ite ({*-}>? '5jif.ory to ot the Arruv which a snfc vuied hv Act Wl the fact rhat and in Congress >n was caiied to le building, and l! mmjitfibility med to he used rment of nearly iion record divi fofdiseriminatioo, what could be re iM not he j<o eadilv * clerks were trusted ing, the original re in the substantial ipartmeut building < tin? official assnr- ! while thirty clerks ; lied, the pension re i and uninjured. i >llapsed in the midst } effort to reined v some > le moral of the dia- J an 7, is emphasized bj j re are known to he at j government buildings, i office and the Winder annex <>f the War I)e- j ch containing -many more ? were caged \in Ford's I trap, whiih are in an j irous condition. |?f the disaster was very j the departments had set- I wotJK. The workmen, ! ions on the building: were pate cause <>t the catastrophe, leering upon it for two >re. Half an hour earlier >w lives woulfl have been t clerk:?, employed in the and nearly all of these were when the building tell. An for an electric light plant made in the cellar of the a three story atfkir^and ac to the best information obtain the workmen this mornioff had I.were 47 "> persons, mostly fc?eath the fouiulatioii *?up|><>rts mul of the buiMimr, weakening to such au extent that the walls ay before they eouM In- jacked, plar.atiou, of course, ti >r the ac Is the only on* advanced, but somewhat strange in view o* fact that the fc>p floor gave way en wh?> were in the building .?ay j X the era h came without warning, j "3e on the top tlour were suddenly j ipitated to the t!o?>r below, ami | weight of the tailing timbers and ' iture carried the second and tirst with it. Fortunately only the ?rward half <>r' the ttoors irave way. ?[he outer edges "t the tt<>->rs ami tne ?ear part <>t' the structure remained lotact. The walls did not fall. i The m*\v* that the building had |kllrn spread with lightning-like pitiity ami so?>n Tenth street ami e adjacent thoroughfares were crowd ed with jie??j>'e. Within an hour the lie ws known all over Washington and hundreds of anxious relatives anil friends swarmed to the vicinity of the old theatre. Women appealed anxious Iv to every bystander tor information about some particular person, while men came with tear* in their eyes and imploringly besought the policemen to | let them through the police lines that thev might obtain some knowledge of their friends and relatives. The general tire alarm was turned in a few miuutes after the crash and then all the ambulances in the city were som i rooned. As quick'y as possible the police and, firemen formed and ready hands assisted then, to take out the killed and wounded. Ia less than a {hour about twenty- hve people had been taken out* and every tew minutesrthereafterscme still form would be borne on a stretch er fr<?m the building. Police and army ambulances, cabs, carriages and | vehicles of every description were I pressed into service for taking away | the dead and injured. All the hospi tals in the city were utilized in caring for the injured, and scores of physi ! ciat.s volunteered their services for this work. Those who were early o*rr the scene | found the body of a colored man in f the alley in the rear of the building, i where John Wilkes Booth bad his horse tethered the night he killed Lu><*>iu. This was ( ic?rge M. Arnold, a well known colored clerk from Virginia. He had l>een at the third story window. He was warned not to jnrnj). but despite the protestations of numbers of people he climbed out and . lowering himself from a sill let go lie fell upon the covering at the lower fl'jor and slid off into the cabblestoned alley, striking on his head, instantly killing him. His head was mashed to a jelly and the cobbles for a dis ) tance of several yards were spat tered with bl?xxl. One of the bravest and most daring ' incidents connected with the calamity was performed by a colored boy 10 or -0 years of age and named Basil Lockwood. As soon as the floors collajKsed and the dust cleared away, realizing the danger of those at the rear windows who were wildly climbing out and calling for aid, he climbed up a large telegraph pole as high as the third story and lashed a ladder to the {x>le, putting the other end in the window. By this means ten or fifteen were assisted down the ladder in safely. None of those who- escaped injury could tell which of the floors first gave way. To the occupants of each floor there was but one crash heard and [ instantly the - whole building was filled with blinding lime dust. Run ning directly through all of the floors and in the middle of the building was a light well ten feet or more square. The fatal area was in the front of this, having u space of six or seven feet in width, undisturbed on either side. The entire back part of the building, containing more than halt of the floor , space, remained intact. There were many very narrow escapes from death. A number of clerks whose desks rested directly upon the line where the floors broke away, saved themselves, while the desks at which they sat were precipi fated down the awful chasm. Others who were walkings across the room heard an ominous sound and stopped just at the very threshold of death. When the crash came those who survived heard a mighty scream of anguish from their comrades as , they sank out of sight and then groping in the darkness they found j their way to safety, trembling in every joint, with the pallor of death in their faces. No women were employed in the building, but in a few minutes after the crash the wives, mothers and daughters of the victims began to arrive. Within a very few moments a hundred or more men, stripped for hot work, jumped into the building and began throwing out the wreckage in front and under the floors, which remained standing: in the rear. About 10.30 o'clock the dead and injured began to arrive faster at Emergency Hospital than the corps of surgeons could attend to the in juries. The injured were carried in on stretchers. They were dumped at the most convenient places. Those who were most seriously injured were first attended to, while the others, groaning and crying from the pain of broken limbs, lay limpless, beseeching the doctors to dress their wounds. Shortly after the arrival of the first unfortunate a crowd began to assem ble in front of the hospital, many of them being wives, daughters and rela tives of the dead and injured. Their weeping and frantic cries for in forma- ! tion were heartrending. Load after load of the wounded, j blind from the debris, and with limbs | broken and maimed, were dumped at the door. As quickly as the surgeons, j who were shortly reinforced by young men graduates of the city, could do so they examined and dressed the wounds and they were then sent up stairs to more comfortable quarters. Priests and ministers were 8003 on the spot and being at once admitted, repaired to the cots of the injured where they administered spiritual con solation. Several men reached the hospital in a dying condition so badly injured that they were taken from the dressing room and sen*, to the morgue, where they shortly expired. Charles S. Miller and J. Brad Jones were among them, vfbile the\other was a young man of handsoaie appearance and about 25 years of- age. The tirst two were horribly Ttfutilated, but the last j one did not bear apparent trace <>f even an abrasion. Every few minutes during the first : two hours after the accident dead and wounded men were taken out of the debris. To the on-lookers all the bruised, maimed aud dust covered ; bodies seemed bereft of life. One man whose face was covered with blood and who was seemingly dead, suddenly raised up in the ambulance in which | he was placed and swallowed a glass of whiskey. This brought a cheer from | the crowd and thereafter every rescue was accompanied by applause. 5 There was much danger to the res ? cuing gangs, for the edges of the fal | len floors hung threateningly down ward over the heads of the workers. | It seemed that little progress could be made in clearing away the immense mass of fallen rubbish, but the work nevertheless progressed rapidly. *>The hairbreadth escapes narrated fby survivors were numberless. One ( of the most thrilling scenes of the whole affair was the sight of a dozen men who were left in a corner of the j third story climbing down the hose i pipe to the ground. The Jast man taken out of the build I ing alive up to 1.30 was Captain j Dowd of Indiana. He was found near : the Southwest corner of the building, i covered to a depth of two or three feet 1 with brick and mortar. He had lain : there three hours, but a falling beam ! had lodged near him in such a j>o*itiou as to break the fall of brick and tim i hers, and when lif'ed up he raised his j hand showing that he was conscious. ; Between 10 o'clock and noon the I ambulances were kept busy carrying away the dead and injured. The j faces of many of the victims were I covered with pieces of cloth, an old J coat, newspaper or whatever else could j l>e had, but some of the mangled bod j ies were carried out with their faces I exposed to the gaze of the great j throng that surrounded the building. As can well be understood, there I were many appalling scenes. On the i front seat of one of the ambulances as | it rode away was one of those who I had gone down in the crash. His j lace, hands, hair and clothing were j completely covered with blood. He did not seem to be seriously hurt, but the spectacle was revolting in the ex treme. All during the long hours while workmen were working with all their strength to rescue such as were not past lielp the mothers, sisters and (laughters of those that had gone down hovered around the front of the building, and with wild eyes inquired (4 all whom they met of some tidings of their dear ones. Some could hard ly be restrained lrom pushing their way into the building. A look into the interior tells a sick ening tale of how some were taken and others lelt. I)esks seen half top pling over the brink of the broken floor. Others stand upright, but the chair which stood beside it and its oc cupant went down with a crash. When the crash came there were supposed to be in the building 4% clerks, eighteen messengers, twenty laborers, a total of 534 }>ersons. The President was informed of the sad event just as he reached the en trance to the White House by one of the clerks, and he at once interested himself in the relief measures. tThe work of clearing away the de bris continued from 11.30 until 5 o'clock before another body was found. Work was being done in the cellar in the extreme front of the building when one of the laborers announced that "he saw a hand." Shovels and picks were immediately dropped and the debris was removed by hand. The body of the unfortunate man was removed with all possible care and sent to the morgue to await identifica tion. \ The body found shortly after 5 o'clock was vaguely identified to-night as I)r Nelson. $ The laborers did not cease their efforts until about 7 o'clock. By this time they had reached the bottom of the excavation in the basement and further search seemed useless as the debris in all parts of the building had been entirely cleared away. The work was therefore stopped, the streets roped close to the building and a police guard stationed there for the night. The question of the responsibility of the accident of course is already earnestly discussed. Though the officials connected with the building are nut inclined so to state and declare that they cannot understand the reason for the fall, there seems but little doubt that the primary cause was the excavating which was being done under the front wall. The fact that the collapse occurred through the girders being pulled out of their places in the front wall towards the centre is established in a remarkable manner by unimpeachable, though inarticulate testimony. Against the front wall of each floor hangs an office clock. All of these clocks were un injured and now remain there keeping perfect time, though every piece of flooring is in the bottom of the de molished structure. Arthur Dietnech, whose name ap pears among the list of killed, was not hurt. The body identified as his, was tonight identified as that of I. C. j Chapin, of South Carolina. Up to a late hour tonight Mr Mul- j ledy, of I?uisiana, had not returned j to his home and he is supposed to he j among the killed. His friends have j telegraphed his family that he is dead. At midnight it was known positive ly that twenty-four men were killed ond forty-five injured. A meeting: of the citizens wa s held to raise funds for the sufferers. Presi dent Cleveland was asked to preside, but declined on account of official business. Strong remarks were made de nouncing the officials who forced the clerks to work in this insecure build- j ing while worthless records were ! stored away in the War Department j in a secure hall on the fourth floor. Over So, 000 was subscribed at the i meeting, President Cleveland sending his check for 8100. The number of injured reported is about fifty, but many others who were able to proceed to their homes were ; hurt more or less badly. j Several of the dead are almost un- j recognizable and the names by which J [ the others were identified do not ap- I pear on the official list of the persons employed in the building. The following list of the dead, with the names of State from which they ; were appointed, accounts for twenty | two people, including one unknown ! and one probable duplication, only ; twenty-one bodies having been taken | from the ruins. They are: ! Unknown man, taken from the ruins at 5 o'clock this evening, evi i dently a clerk; George Allen, Penn sylvania: George W. Arnold, Virgin* S ia: L. W. Boody, New York; Samuel I P. Banes, Pennsylvania; John Bus f sius, District of Columbia; Arthur L. i Dietrich, Kentucky; Jeremiah Daley, i Pennsylvania: James R. Fagan, Kan 1 gas; Joseph B. Gage, Michigan; i David C. Jordan, Missouri; M. M. Jarvis, Michigan; J. Boyd Jones, i Wisconsin; F. C. Foftus, New York; ! F. W. Maeder, B. E. Miller, New I York; Howard S. Miller, Ohio; J. H. I McFall, Wisconsin; F. G. Shull, ? Kansas; WTm. Schriever, Maryland; j H. S. Wood, F. M. Williams, Wis | consin. j C. H. Miller is reports! killed, but j it is probable that the name is meant l for C. K. Miller, who was supposed to I have been killed, but will recover. | The names of Jordan and Paul have also been attached to the unofficial death list as having been taken out dead, but their bodies have not been located. The injured are: A. L. Ames, Iowa, skull fractured, leg broken and injured internally; F. F. Calvert, Maryland, right leg fractured; S. J. Dewey, New York, Louis Dusapy, Geo. W. Davis, Missouri, scalp wound; H. B. Eeterling, Fork- Scott, Kansas, seriously injured; Washington Fry, head badly cut; W. S. Gustiu, Ohio left arm broken; Dr. James H, Howard, colored, scalp cut, intenal. injuries; C. F. Hathaway, Ohio, J N. Hammer, Tennessee, injured in eye. Geo. Hanndy, colored, slight cuts on head; Thomas Hynes, Missouri, skull fractured; J. G. Johns, leg badly cut; W. Kugler, New Jersey, scalp wound; Clifton Love, Iowa, scalp wound; Wm. W. Lecture, District of Columbia, Miss E. I>eger, head cut and injured internally; Frank Metcalf, Massa chusetts, dislocation of hip; G. M. McLaughlin, Tennessee, J. P. McCor mack, Wisconsin, depressed fracture of the ribs; M. McLachlan, leg broken ; R. M. Patrick, New York, cuts about head and face; Police Officer Pod y , injured after accident; G. T. Pruitt, Texas, scalp lacerated, P. K.Penning ton, Alabama, skull fractured; Charles Robinson, Colorado, slight injuries in head and back; J. A. Stewart, cut about head; F. F. Sims, C. .D Shad bolt, colored, Missouri, dangerously injured; F. B. Smith, Tennessee, R. A. Smith, Connecticut, compound fracture of skull; F. F. Sams, Illinois, cut about head; Wm. M. Smith, P. U Sommers, Ohio, ribs broken and head badly cut; John H. Thomas, Sedalia, Missouri, arm broken; F. W. Test, Illinois, Contusion of the scalp; C. R. Weller, scalp wound and contusion ot back; N. F. Worley, Tenn., back and legs injured; James A. White, Georgia, cut on head and leg; A. G. Yount, Pennsylvania, head cut and injured internally; A. C. Black, Indiana, fractured cheek bone and arm; Charles J. Moore, District of Columbia, ribs broken and scalp wounds; B. F. Driscoll, New York, scalp wound, leg injured and injured internally; J. A. Miller, District of Columbia, both legs broken between knee and ankle. The superintendent in charge ot Emergency Hospital says none of the men at the hospital will die. ? Register. JUDGE ERNEST GARY Formally Dons the Ermine Relinquished by Judge Kershaw. Camden, June 8. ? At the ap}>oint ed hour for the opening of court yes terday morning, Judges Kershaw and Gary being on fche bench, Judge Ker shaw spoke as follows: "Gentlemen of the Bar: 1 beg to I introduce to yonr acquaintance, offi cially. my friend, Judge Gary, late of Edgerield. I am sure that he will prove worthy of your confidence in all respects, and I bespeak for him the best thing I could ask of you, and that is that you show him the same courtesy and kindness that you have always shown me." In reply Judge Gary said: "Gentlemen of the Bar of the Fifth Circuit: I assure you that it is with no little hesitation that I assume the duties which have been performed so well by His Honor Judge Kershaw, j I realize fully that he has contributed more than his proportional share to make South Carolina the State which we are proud to be citizens of; he has contributed more than his share to the i Bench which has stood so high in the j estimation, not only of the liar of the I State, but abroad. Expecting, then, to follow in the wake of him who has I discharged these duties with so much j satisfaction to the profession, I say it is natural that I should enter upon \ the discharge of them with some hesi-J tation: but, gentlemen, with your as- j sistance and the assistance of the I officers of the court, I trust that I may | be enabled to administer justice, i even though I may not hope to do so | in the satisfactory manner that my ? distinguished predecessor, Judge Ker shaw, has done. Hoping he may yet j be spared a long life of usefulness to j our State, that he has served so well | and faithfutfy, I now bid him an j affectionate adieu." The two judges then cordially j shook hands, and Judge Kershaw left | the Bench of South Carolina amid the ; regrets of all, Judge Gary going on . with the duties of the court j However, before the duties of the J l court were entered into, Solicitor Nel son expressed to the new Judge the satisfaction of the Bar that he was the , successar to Judge Kershaw, and as sured him that he, the members of the Camden bar and the officers of the court would uphold him to the best of their ability in the discharge of his duties. Judge Gary then ordered that the | resolutions of the Bars of Camden and Lexington, the latter being read in open court, and a letter from ex Governor Sheppard, should be spread upon the minutes of the court ? State. THE RULE OF THE MOB. IT IS ANARCHY IN ITS MOST ALARMING ASPECT. Judge Hud&on Eloquently Depicts the Hor rors of Lynch Law and Kxhortu the I'eople to Rely Tpon the Courts of Justice. Darlington, June 6. ? In his charges to the grand juriesaround this circuit, Judge Hudson has taken oc casion to conlment upon the growing spirit of lawM&suess in the State, as shown by the ^character and number of the recent lynchings. His remarks have made a profound impression up on the audiences which have heard him. The charge is as follows: I exhort you, gentlemen of the grand jnry, and you, petit jurers, to see that the law is fearlessly, faith fully and impartially enforced so far as your duties enable your to do. In this endeavor aft law-abiding, liberty-loving people should co-operate. If we cease to be law-abiding and despise and defy its mandates and sanctions we resolve the community into a state of barbarism, where might makes right and each man becomes his own judge and avenger. Destroy the confidence of man in his fellows and teach him to despise the law and the courts, and you break the bonds which hold society together, and upon which all government rests for security. The rule of the mob is anarchy in its most alarming aspect. There is nothing so calculated to spread terror among a people as the cry of the in furiated mob. It is more to be dreaded than the war whoop of the savage> the bugle blast ol the robber band, the roar of the tornado, or the silent approach of the deadly pestilence. These, at most, are tem porary, and may be resisted and checked. They bind man closer to his fellows and sustain him in his increased reliance upon the laws of God and man. They call forth the exercise of the noblest qualities of the soul and the display of the highest attributes of manhood and patriotism in the effort at* resistance and relief. From the devastations of the savage and the bandit, the storm, pestilence and famine society soon recovers, and the law and government are as strong as before, if not stronger. Not so with the howl of the frenzied mob. Its deeds are more alarming and far reaching in their effects upon society and government. It is vain in a land of Christianity, enlightenment and good govern medt to apologize for the excesses of the mob, because the crime of its victims is atrocious. The most heinous and revolting crimes can be effectually punished by the law of the land. Appropriate punishment is prescribed by statute against all crimes known among our people, and the courts are- invested by the constitution aud statutes with full power to enforce the law. These reflections are appropriate to this place and occasion, and are sug gested by the alarming progress ot mob law in our State. Until recently the mob rarely assembled and then always aimed at secrecy, manifesting thereby a consciousness of the law lessness of their bloody deeds, but now the lynchers assemble in daylight, and in open defiance of the law and its offcers, play their victims. More alarming than the lynching itself is the fact that frequent mass meetings are being held in the State at which the lynchers are commended and the advocates of law and order denounced as enemies to woman. It is indeed time that all citizens of the State should strive to check this appalling progress of lawlessness, and to restore in the minds of all the people a reassuring confidence in the law and the courts. Mass meetings to denounce lynch law have been followed by mass meetings to endorse and commend it, and thus bitterness and strife have been engendered and the public mind inflamed. We should al strive to allay excitement and res tore reason. The idea has taken root in the minds of some of the citizens of the State that the death penalty for rape must be executed by the mob as the only means of avenging the wrong done to innocent women, and is the only method of preventing the crime. This sentiment is entertained by 3ome good and patriotic men, and it cannot 3ie eradicated by crimination and Recrimination, invective ami vituj?era tion but must be done by reason and by a prompt and rigid enforcement of the law against all criminais. There is no crime so shocking and alarming as rape. The assault upon the sacred person of woman arouses a feeling of indignation in the breast of man and a thirst for vengeance far greater than mnrder, arson, burglary or any other crime. The co-existence of the two races intensities this feeling I of indignation manyfold when the negro assaults a white woman. All concur in the opinion that the ravish er should suffer death for his shocking crime, and such is the law. This ex ! treme penalty is prescribed for raj>e, ninTder and arson, and no greater could be enacted against any crime. That the intolerable crime of rape j should be promptly punished and I crushed out no one will deny, and so, | too, with murder and arson. But , how shall this be accomplished? | Shall it be done by the enforcement J of the law through our courts of justice i or by theVnaddened mob? Here is : the vital question, and upon it there I is a wide difference of opinion, a small portion of our people thoughtlessly . advocating swift execution of the mob, ' but the great body of law-abiding citizens preferring to have the death peualty executed by the courts and the officers of the law. Can the peace, happiuess and pros perity of society be promoted by turning loose men with their unbri dled passions to set law at defiance and take into their own hands the execution of the death penalty against one charged with or guilty of this frightful crime? Is the lustful brute more deterred from perpetrating this crime by the howls of the infuriated mob than by the solemn sentence of a court of law, pronounced at the end of a fair and impartial trial? But a short time ago a highly re spectable young white lady in the county of Marlboro was ravished by a negro man. He was arrested, incarcer ated, tried and convicted iu the Court of General Sessions and exe cuted. The father of the lady aided in restraining the indignation of the people and in securing the triumph of t law and order. This Christian man deserves praise, and no one of the neighbors has any remorse of con science or any cause of regret that the law was thus vindicated and the wrong redressed. In no community are men more brave, chivalric and loyal to women, being ready to make the greatest sacrifices to defend her, but they recognize the fact that true loyalty to women is best shown by loyalty to the law. If lynch law for rape is right aud the most efficacious, then why not have it legalized by the legislature? Can & man in a land of law and Christianity be found who would in troduce in your Legislature a bill to take from the courts of justice juris diction of the crime of rape aud turn those charged with it over to the mob? Would he not be regarded as de mented? Away, then, with the last ed doctrine of a "higher law." It is a delusion aud a snare, and the- plea of those who would plunge society into anarchy under the vaiu pretence . of punishing crime summarily. Then why should anyone advocate or participate in these lawless execu tions? It is clear to any reflecting mind that the punishment for no crime, however atrocious, can be safe ly intrnBted to the mob. The conse quences are too far-reaching when people thus defy the law and familiar ize themselves with deeds ot violence. Society is thus torn loose from its moorings and has its foundations and security destroyed. Lawlessness ap proved or tolerated by public opinion easily and inevitably proceeds from bad to worse. From lynching for rape the step is natural and easy to lynching for murder, arson, burglary and other crimes. tThe only safety of a people is to ab a from all lawlessness and to nnii li the law and aid in securing its enforcement. Tolerate the rule of the mob and who can arrest it? Where will it 8 top? To what extremity will it not go? It is frightful to contem plate. There is no foundation for any want of confidence in the efliciency of our courts to punish the crime of rape. Jurors have never failed of their duty in trials of this nature and never will. The j>eople can safely rely upon that. They will let no guilty man esca|)e when charged with ra{>e. Erratic and erroneous verdicts may have been rendered in trials for murder, but no one charged with raj>e or arson has ever been acquitted when he should have been convicted. All false sentiment in regard to mob law must be abandoned, and the people must array themselves upon the side ot law and order and do all than can be done to maintain the law and strengthen rather than enfeeble the courts of justice. By this course alone can the peace, happiness and ? prosperity of society be secured.? State. THE ROGERS BANK BANDITS. The Sheriff# I'oxne Worsted In Three Ki> cagements. Bentonvii.i.k, Ark., June 7.? Farmer Stone, who was wounded b\* j the bank robbers Monday, is still alive, but tbere is no hopes of his re covery. After three engagements j with the robbers, in which the sheriffs j posse was worsted, the partv returned, j The pursuing party lost live horses killed in the second tight Six others ' were wounded. Mayor Patton and a farmer named i Goirasely, continuing the pursuit, ! came uj>on the dead body of one of! the bandits just across the line in the Indian Nation. He was about thirty years of age, and was stripped of al l marks of identity. The bandits are I thought to be a remnant of the old j Starr gang. I nited States Marshal Cope land, with a strong posse of deputies, inter cepted the robbers after they got into 1 the Nation, and an effort is being j I made to exterminate the entire gang. mi " ! | I hey were corralled in a clump of I bushes at night fall last night, and : there is no escape for them. J The bank, though crippled, is as ? sound as a dollar, and will make all accounts goods. The stockholders have offered 810,000 reward fl?r the capture of the robbers, together with, 50 per cent, of the money recovered, j The robbers secured S 1 2.' '<><>. The First Regiment, S. C. V.. met r at Aiken last week through officers , and correspondence representing six \ S companies, and determined to go j into encampment at the Aiken j : Schuetzenplatz for four days, begin- j ning probably July 10. This will be i j during the Citadel cadets' sojourn! j and will add decided interest to that ! interval. EDWIN 800TH IS DEAD. ! The <;r?-at Actor Peacefully Awkt. | Nkw York, June 7. ? Edwin Booth, ; the great tragedian, quietly passed away at his department in , the Players | Club at 1:45 o'clock this morning. | At his bedside at the time were Mr. ! and Mrs. Cirefcsruan, his son-in-law and daughter, his physician, Dr. St. Cliar Smith, Superintendent McGongle, Wm. Bispham, an intimate friend, I anil Charles Farryll. The dea(h of | the renowned actor, which had been I expected at any time daring the past { two days, was very {teaceful, being j scarcely noticeable to the anxious watchers at his bedside. Mr. Booth's first serious illness - came on April o, 1888, when he was stricken with iucipient pahdysis while playing in "Othello" in the Lyceum Theatre in Ilochester. The last four years of Mr. Booth's life have been passed at the Players' Club, | in comparative retirement. During ; the summer months of 1891 and 1892 | he spent considerable time with his i daughter at Xarragausett. It was in : the latter year, while making his I annual visit, that he wa.s so seriously ! ill at her house. His friends, who | were particularly solicitous for his j health just at that time, had grave I apprehension that he would not have ! sufficient strength to warrant at i tempting a return to New York, but I with cooler weather came an impro ! vemeut in his condition, and he ! returned to the Players Club in Octo ber. From this time th^se who know him most intimately remarked the steady decline in his health. EDWIN BOOTH'S FUNERAL. Tl)?- K,M|y to lie Interred Near liontoa on Friday Afternoon. Nku- York, June 7.? Rl?ii. Booth s body will be buried about ha If- past 5 o'clock Friday afternoon, in Mount Auburn Cemetery, near Boston. The funeral services will be held in this city at 9:30 o'cjock a. m., in the Church of the Transfiguration, the "Little Church Around the Cbr ner." Bishop Potter will officiate, assisted by the Rev ])r Houghton, rector of the church, and by Rev C.' W. Bwpham, of Washington, D. C. The pallbearers will be Joseph Jeffer son, A. M. Palmer, ex- Judge Charles 1 . Daly, Parke Goodwin, Eastman Johnson, Horace Howard. Furness and William Bispham, treasurer of the Players Club, {and one of Mr Booth's most intimate friends. No one will be admitted to the church without card. The chief mourners will be Mr and Mrs Ignatius Grossman a.nd their two children, Mr and Mrs William Bisp ham, Mr Grossman's brother and sister, and John Henry Magonigle and his wife. ^ Immediately after the service the funeral cortege will move to the Grand Central depot and be placed on board the train which starts for Boston at 1 ] a. m. There the face may be exposed for a while for the benefit ot a few old friends who can not come on here, at the residence of Mr and Mrs Grossman. A cast of the dead man's face was taken by John Walthauaen, who has taken the masks of many famous per sonages after death, including Barrett Aguew and Sherman. He said that Mr Booth's face was. life-like in ex pression, and looked just as natural as when he had last seen the great actor alive on the stage. ? The body will be buried in a massive plain oak casket, bearing this simple inscription on a silver plate: Edwin Booth, Born November 13, 1833. Died June 7, 1893. No flowers will be taken to the church nor placed upon the coffin, except a wreath of laurels from Mrs Grossman. It is expected that a large numl)er of the dead actor s friends will accom pany the body to Boston. A plaster bust of Mr Booth will be made by the artist and sculptor, Augustus St ( iaudens, from the cast taken this morning, to be placed in the Players Club. sifting Out the reunion Frauds. W ApuiNvros, June 7. ? To pro perly comply with the order of Secre tary Hoke Smith of May 27, 1893, revoking order No. lf>4 and directing the Commissioner to "have an exami nation made to determine what pen sions have heretofore been allowed under section 2 of the act approved June 27, 1890, in disregard of the terms of said act, and in conflict with the ruling of this department in the case' of Charles F. Bennett," Commis sioner Loch re n today organized a "board of revision," consisting of twenty-three men who have been selected with special reference to their fitness for the place. The duties of this board of revision will l>e to draw from the admitted files, as rapidlv a & may be practicable, all cases allowed under section 2 of the act of June 27, 1*90, aggregating over 300,000, and, to determine whether the allowances \ are in accordance with law. The 1 board ^ will act under i:he immediate sujiervision and direction of the Com misioner, who will give proper instruc tions as needed. Yellow Jack Rt CosU Rica. Washington, June 7.? The Marine Hospital Service has received a telegram, through the Department of fMate, from the United States Consul at San Jose, Costa Rica, stating that a yellow fever epidemic prevails at Limon, Costa Rica. -The Surgeon General at once notified bv telegraph the health officers tit Savannah, j Mobile, Charleston, New Orleans and Jacksonville and the officer in charge I of the gulf quarantine station.