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EXPLOSION KILLS 5. .. ? */ " / Dangerous Fire Fighting Anions tli? Burning 0:l Tanks. MANY FIREMEN WERE IN PERIL 1 ho (Ircat Oil Reservoirs a Mass of Raging, Roaring I lames? Heroic Work. V Philadelphia, Special. ? Flvo pcroi;:; are known to havts been killed by tho the Atlantic Refining Company 'si oil works at J'uiui . TITo dead arc: .? t ?!? n McCuUotu, Kn glno Company 10; James Falls, En Kino Company 4i>; John Dougherty, Truck Company No. !), and a fireman and an employ* -*.f i n?; com pany, loo badly burned to be recog nised. , When the explosion occurred the firemen of Kngino Company 4y, and employes of the Atlantic Reft n ln.s Company, in 'atl about "60 inen^ wero at work in the pumping house draw iu,; oil' oil fu m liic l-miting tanks. The llair.es sliot hiy.lt in the air and the 1 leaping ?iomo was almost completely demolished. The 1 'emeu, who had been playing firearm; en the other * t( ukSt then directed their attention the IcHGite or the men who had been imprisoned in the popping house. It v-us nearly an houi before the men could be reached. Meanwhile a scpro of streams of water were pouring | upon the ruins of t he pumping house. M'he promptness with which the fire men turned their attention to the res etui- of the men undoubtedly saved a score-oX.Hvois I ' ? Since early morning the llames have spread to five additional tanks, mak ing 18 that have been destroyed. The ? firn is by no means under control and alt hone, h mo^c (.1 thj tanks net yet on lire &ve. niore or less iaohtted from those that are L-nrriug, there is ??m stant fear, of the flames reaching some of these that have thus far escaped. The almost exhausted firemen are paying no attention to the burning tanks, devoting their endeavors to saving the tanks r.n'l other property not on 111' The heat is ro fierce that they hVo been driven away from the hose. A device is used that will hoid^ the nozzle stationary and in a position to "throw water on the sides of the tanks and the fire fighters retired to a safe distance to observe their ma chine:* S.t woik. Meanwhile the oil in the tanks nearest those on ft re is bciiiK pumped to the most distant taircs. The big coper shop was on fire at one time but the flames were extinguished before Che structure was much damaged. As usual, the officials of the company refuse to give any esti mate of the loss. Those in position to know estimate it at fmmi $500,000 to SI. 000.000. ' The Point Breeze Oil Works has been devastated by fire on severat ncmMtanB. I'lfrvcn years ago a~ ' fme startod which burned fiercely for three dav.7, destroying much property and causing heavy loss. Seventeen years a?.;o tfte-e was another fire which deled The efforts of the firemen lor six Jays. Profitable Peacli Growing. Rome, Special. ? Tho last of tho fil hcrta reach crop has boon nhlppci, arid fruit gcowers have time now to "pause amfVourit pr^Hts. The bulk of tf:e rrop was shipped last week, hut many. iars went to market this week. The rains did not injure or interfere with shipments and growers are Jubi lant as a conse^n-nee. It Is cs 1 irated that BOO to 600 cars were ship ped out. of Floyd, Barlow, Gordon, I Polk and Chaftooga counties. Of thta amount Floyd ??!&- out about 100. While the crop naa not eo large as rted the price's obtained tore m offset this. Orowcre made more ill ;e?r than any year aii-.-e tho 1n * began. 'f i i< ? - ? w ? To Fxcfa***? Crop Reports Washington, Special.'- John .Hyde, I ike statistician of the Agricultural De partment, returned from a tour of the anatrlee of Berope. w*ere he went ler die nupoae of arranging a system for the exchange of telegraphic crop re, ports. He awMneM that hie trip war im ?--./gltlpCtn |? r tho * reporte ?f the. ? oovfltteg if the wrW Ugly Uus'ncfs i:i Mlsyourl Plcrco City. Mo., Special. ? For nen'1. iy 15 hours, ejiding about noop, this' , town of 3,000 people lias be.n hi the bands of a mob of nrmed whiten, ?!-? tcrmined to diive every from iu precincts.' In addition to the lynching _ . last night of William Godlcy, acc;i?/) I of the wanton murder o ! Mis 3 Oaze'.lo Wilde, and the shooting to death of hU grandfal hi-r, fr'r^npii Godley, the mob -cremated Prt~ Hamptnn. an n?ed negro, in h!s home, set the torch to tbe houses of fjv/ blacks aud with the afd of State ml.Utia rillrs, siolen from tbe local company's armory,, drove dozens of negroes from town. At noon l! o excitement died down, the mob gradu ally dispersing more from lick of ne groes upon whom t6 wreak theli' hatred than for any other cause. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL New Hntirpriues 'Mint Aro Enriching Our Favored Section. North Carolina Textile School. The coming fall will mark ono more step in tho progress of textile cduca lion In the United States. Tho new textile school in North Carolina at Raleigh, of which Mr. llenry M. Wil son is director, will soon be completed and its doom opene 1 tor tho reception of the many atndcnta who are clamor ing for this form of industrial educa tion. Tho work of instruction will he carried o'ut along the usual lines, with the aim, however, of meeting the j CUOC-'m Civ VMWVA. Vviv-tv T\-- ?] mains a vacancy in (he ((tips of in- I structors in the school. A designer and fancy weaver is wunteil, one' who . can handle (lobby, lone and jacquard wo: i;. Thlfi po li|dh w}11 pay $.1,20.0. j Rushtou Cotton /'Wills, The stockholders of the HnsHton ! Cotton Mills of Uriflin, (la., mot dur- I in#; the week and ratified the recent | deelKlon to double their 5,000-splndle j plant, which was announced in thia department. The common stock will . bo increased from $ 1 00,000 to $125,- ? 000, anil* the preferred stock by $75.- ' (?no. The company declared a divl- J dend of 4 per cent, and carried an j amount to surplus. > Arrangements will be made at once for commencing work on the $65,000 addition. The company rxpccts to have the im prove incuts completed by November. Knitting Mill at Waco. ' The Waco Knitting Mill has been organized at Waco, N. C., and Is es- ( tabllshing plant of twenty-!!^ ?*na chlnes with a daily capacity of 150 dozen pairs of half-hose. A one-story and basement lmibling 34x60 feet is l being erected, and about thirty-five UaiuIjA will ? bu- cm idayxul ? Tliii-inv-esl-- . ment will be $(5,000, which is to be in creased to $10,000 within a year. The plant will be operating in sixty days. W. A. Cioode is president; M. C. Heam, i vice president, and M. HQUoode, sec j retary-trcasu rer. ? ? ? ^^r liiiliiatrifil Miisccllsiij'. lix -Senator Clyirles T. Wcstcott and Messrs. WlUKun E. an>l Thomas Trenchard qf^Maryhind, have pure lias- j ed a large /umber mill an:l 100-i a r?; tract of timber lanftein Northumber berland county, North Carolina. They will take charge of their purchase on the 15th inst. The Messrs. Trenchard and John (J. Wcstcott will manage tho business. The Montgomery. I I'll & Fu'eher Hardwood Dimension Saw Mill Co. at Memphis, Tenn., has bern incorpora ted by Mack A. Montgomery, (Jt'orge U. III11 and Joseph W. Ftilcher. Th*: ; "capital stock of the new company Is $25,000. Hardwood dimension stuff, I blocks, pins, etc., will be manufactur ed. The work on the Old Dominion Crej soting Co.'s works at Money Point, near Norfolk, is bckig' pushed to co n pletion, and the plant will be in readi ness by September 1. A cargo of creo-" acted lumber left tho Norfolk Creoso Works at Money Po nt last wct',% for (Tape Tormentlne, Canada. Tho cargo was valued at $G8C0. A lire last week in the main ware house of t lie Ilaffner-Lothman Sash and Door Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis completely destroyed two large buildings, partly consuming (wo ad jacent lumber yards. Mr. Lotliman cs timatcs the loss at. $200,000, with $"00. 0'K) insurance. The destroyed build ings will 1)?! rebuilt at once. Mr. E. L. Moore of Valdosta, Ga., has purchased R. F. Goety's saw-mill ami tlmljcr, which Is located on the Iirunswick and Western Railroad thirty miles west of Waycross. The Gocty mill has a capacity of 30.000 feet of lumber daily, being located near a fine body ot timber. The pur chase price for the plant was $*0, coo. The Perkins Lumber Co. of Ail gnstn, Ga., has received a contract to furnish lumber and other building ma terlal for the new barracks, office and officers' residences on Sullivan's Island. The contract calls for 100 carloads of the best product of Per kins Company's mills, and will re pre. sent $300,000 when completed. The J. C. Drown Lumber Co. of Marinette, Wis., has sold to the Weyerhanser Syndicate 70,000 acres of pine land In Louisiana for ,.630. 000. The pine Is located In the I "parishes' of Vernon, Sablne. ^aTcasieu and Natchitoches. There is said to be trvcr soti.oucr.utw feot of pfnti Ctf the tract. . , It Is stated that Marlon Hatlor will erect a cotton factory near Elliott, N. C., Western parties to be interested. The furtiiturc factory at Warrenton, N. C., recently chartered, Is now Bear ing completion. Aqtyre operations will probably begin about November 1. The -forests- In Warren county abound in pine, oak, ash. hickory and maple, and It Is expected that the en terprise will be im^Mful. It Is understood that the Qxay Koble Lumber Co., doing business on the Savannah, PM4? and Western Railway between Dnpont and.Homer Iyflle, fcss been dissolved, Mc. Henry Gray retiring from the ,Mxm. Tbtr business is- to be continued by Mr. 1L B. Wbattey, ltf High attest. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Steamer Strikes an Iceberg and Goes Down. SUNK WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES. Collided When at l ull Speed -v.JSIxty. Seven Lives Are Known to Havo Been Lost. a ? - P rt Towns.nl, Wn., Special. -The Menmer qv.cen has just hi rived f.-om tho nor.h. in iiii^ it ; n-ws of the mos'. O dim C?"Csk Cfc" ' roast. Tho strainer I.- l.iudT, sailing from Skagwj.y, August l.:h, when nearing the ojntlienst en 1 of Douglas lBloilJ. at 2 a. m? August lotlii' nit'i vanning at full spool, etru/k a fum ing Po'.crg and in le^^ than 2 0 minut ;s vent 10 t li<? liotmn ol the tkvp channel, carrying mm women and rhll irrn to watery graves. The Islander had lo> passengers, and all were in bed when the vessel struck. The shock was so severe that many w?i'? thrown from their lor. ha and tlu: wildest excitement prevailed. Word <Tas soon passed that the vessel was doomed and a general scramble fo. tho life 1 oats ensued., many jum;lu{ overheard and attempting to swim to the shore, the distance Leing short. I rt the scramble to get into the boats^ many were hurled headlong Into tho chilly water, which, according to pas sengers airivng the scene, seemed a ivo^^ih human beings, lie fore hII the TTOsengers ha I left tho vfrf sel ihe gave a'luuse and went uowir, tow fir 3t. It is known that sixty-seven lives were lost. It will be some time before their names can be definitely learne I as the purser lost h s i assenger list. United States Consul Smith, of Vic torif., who was a i as en;.;er on the Queen I'r. m Juneau to Victoria, glean ed the following story of the wreck from among for.y survivors who were insscngers on the Islander: " 1 he Islander left Skaguay for Vic toria on last Wednesday with 108 pas sengers, among them 12 stowaways. A l went well, the steamer making her usual record of 15 kno s an hour until 3 o'clock, Thursday morning, >vhen Juneau was passed and the south end of Douglas It-land was reached. Then suddenly the steamer encountered an obs ruction, said to ha.e been an Ice beig, and etopi.e.l with a ja ? which aroiucd many of tho sleeping passen gers. v- ? "Captain Fcote was having break fast- and the pilot notified him of the trouble. Ntynen the vessel struck, water ruehel in forward in great vol un.e.V and tho pilot advised that the vessel be r..n on ihe beach, not ofer hal a mile di3 ant. at cnce. The cap tain object* d to thiH. saying that the beach wib toj abrupt. He thought there vai no immediate danger, but would run a few miles lurthor down where he I new th ra was a good land in?. The captain assured several passer. gcra the.e was no immediate danger aivl (hat (hoy could to back to bed and rent (he first officer down to ex amine. That officer rep u ted there v.fts pi'eat deal of danger and /ta^od (hut. ihe vetsol be beached at Cnce. Tlit? first o fllcer ordered the boats let < own, but (hie was countermanded 'jy the c a; tain who, however, finally re Ired the seriousness of the sitnatlo;i and allowed the nrst officer to get down the boats. Meanwhile, the pas senger# aroused to their peril, ap peaied on the deck End a rush was made to the purser who had been given much treasure for safekeeping. Purser Bishop banded all cut excep: two bags of $10,000 each, which were not claimed and went down with the vessel. The bow of the steamer sunk pjuf 20 mlnutew^Jater the propeller an i dudder we e higfSin the an* and use less, but (he captain remained on the bridge until the lasr. and finally jump ed on a H e ra't. When ?he fto:mer went under an exploH >n occurre'. 'I he cap ain 'est his hold on the raft an.' went under. Scarcity of Cotton Ties. * Pittsburg, Special. ? A dispatch from Sharon says: "The cot-ton planters of the South are beginning to feel the ?flscts of- 4h?-aUol. atrlkfl, according; to -advices received there. Tho clos lng of the _mlll& oJL the Steel H<*>d Company cuts off theXrmaln supply of cotton ties and theyseem willing to pay any price in order tcKhave a sufficient fuppl;/ whwi the time comes to ?ove cotton. ' ? ? ? Arizona Flooded. El Paso, Tex., Special.? All the southern portion of Arizona has been partially covered with water for m*ny days , and the destruction to property, especially to railroads, has been enor mous. The Southern Pacific and the ?mailer mineral roads have suffered matojv washouts. The "Burro" road that raos from feedson to Nogalear, has been unlit for use for several weeks and nearly every day fretfh floods come that destroy parts of the, tracks. Is all orer ten miles of the track has been ? wept away and the compswy has ail surplns at work repairing lbs VYTATIII R AM) CROP COM)! HONS. Cotton Opening Slowly, Though a (io;?d D.'al Later Than Usual. Tito week (it ling N'a. in.. Mop-la./, August lJHlt, hid even. nearly no. n ni tea peratufes, wiUi a nuuinmm o" > negroes ?t (!re nwiod. ar.d a mitt mum of (!t> dcf-foi's at (Jreeuvll e Those lent! natures wi-re fivtt a M ' for eiop growth anil development. There was a slight deficiency in : na shine over the soutlK n*:e. n port'on, while ovr r the remainder of the S aLo gore al < louditiPFS prevailed, 1 geiio.'- 1 ally d> trim imhI to cimp (level ipmen '.. 1! gh winds damaged eo: n and c >u "i ii^aho e\tie:r.e northwest nr r i-nU; s, K*( t^aive n ?- axwcd sM,w* sv.^ ? western an I nor.hu'n ei. untie ! < nil ; lug freshets in nil tin' rivirs and crecks, that d s f yvd wli:i* lot on 1 lid e. ops reaiulne Ll.uen.llo iui 1 7.04 ineiifH, 8j>Hritinb.urs 7.M>, All or son 8:20 ;.nd Idlcriy (i.HS, win o n.a y other i lares had smiller, hut ?\ ?;? sive anion n "k for the week. Over th ?? tential, southern an I m tern e >un ties, tliu rain'n 1 was ni ratal, i r 1 il ?.v, and generally l,ene!U ial. Man / p > ir.s )ta<l Mime rain on every day. In small see i ms of lldgoflc'd and tire nwoo I counties the ground is slill dry, but with those exceptions, the need ol dry weather is ind.ea'ed, On sandy lam's, cotton has taket on rust extensively, is she. hi ins f:eu ly, t it'l is losint' < o or, but on clay l$frls a further improvement is in dlcated (luting the wick, especial y for early cotton which is h avily fruited. Young cotton is g owing too much to weed j;ud is not fraltlng Mills-'5' faetorily. Early cotton i.i be., 'inning to open over practically the who u State, al hou/li picking will not be general fcr some tlmje, Tliu J]r_t L;Uo of the season was marketed at Char leston on the 17th. l irst I ales weio marketed, usir.ly in August, in pre vious years, as follows; 19C0 on Gib: 1 09 on 4 : h ; 1S98 en Oh; 15 ft 7 on 2nd; 1 ? Oil on July 2<1h; IMG on Au gust 20th: ISfit on 1 5th. Seai.-lan'd cut ton continues to jinp:ove an 1 is fruit ing, but remains undersized. Young corn looks promising \\li ?ie not, destroyed by freshets, I ait the gen eral' condition of <o n in.l:en!e.i an extremely .short yield. Fo lder pulling is general. Totaeco cutting and ci r ing ls0nearlng completion. altluugh some tobacco has taken cn a new growth. It'co is headiiV^ and fi 1 ' n 3 1 well, end some is ready <0 harvest. ! The forage crops, inrludin < Aj)ea vines and ginss. look p omitting. Sweet poiatoes nre doing we!!. h"e..oad crop of white potatoes are coming up. Turnip sowing con'iuucs tinier favor able soi). conditions. In many sec tions Ihle late reach crop is rotting extensively. ' Army worms have ap peared in large numbers, In a few eastern conn' Jet, and arc destroying much gra:;s. Pastures are excellent. Tht* Deported Spaniard?. .Tampa, Kla., Special. ? The Spanish minister at Washington has aske 1 VI cento (iuerra, iho Spanish vice con sul here, for the naim s of thv sub jects "who yvere recently deported by the citizens' vigilance commlUees as leaders of the Reslstenda cif.ar makovs' strike; and for an investiga tion of Hi c> whole affair, ho far a:* Spain is- ceuc^ned. The vlcer consul lias begun un In vc-stlgation and hns called upon t'.jo: e who reported the matter to the Span isli minister to appear I efare him and give testimony. Hp ^ayn to fit:* as he can ascertain all of the deported Spaniards were naturalized citizens of the tJ ni Led States. Glass Woifcs Trust. I Brussels, By Cable. ? La Reform o announces that thi> glass works in lloux, Courcelles, Floreffe and Mlt;* nlos arv to be amalgamated In a single company with a capital of 10,000,000 francs. If the ffm Arms, however, fall to come to terms, the Roux con cern will be the only one to accept the assistance of American capital. Two Negroes/Killed By a Dymmlte / Explosion. Columbia, S. C., Special.? Ed Walk jlihI *uolln<s uwjo wire Uluwu to atoms Wnile working in a rock quarry at BTac^Sbdtg. They haindi'ded the ? hole..wrnen a drill was aceldentlly drop-'1 ^-frpTcl^ causing an -instantaneous and ter rifle explosion, killing bath mn. ?v - , ' tr Tersely Told. The Pennsylvania Democrats are or peeled to nominate Judssr. Harmon Yerkes for the Supreme Bench and John B. Keonan for State Treasurer, Congressman-elect .T. A? Conry and W. F. Francis, cf Boston, were stab be# during a melee In Mew York. District Attorney Pbilbln, of New York, has asked the grand Jury to In dict Folic# Captain Thomas J. Dia mond for alleged neglect of doty. i: Tho cotton operatives of Fall River, Mass.. say they will resist tj>* propos ed 14 per cent, w atfe cut September 3. Because of the discovery of alleged Irregular diplomas Ooreraor Yates baa asked th? Illinois fttate board of Dental Bxamlners to resign. B% Wr? la RictaMtM. . ...Bfefcmand, -Bpeclsl.? Fire destroyed |. wkat Is-loeally known m tkf J. Wright srae ??? m. VENEZUELA INVADED Not Rega'ded as an International Af. fair By lite People. - ? + ? ? mm C AROMA'S VI: RSI UN OF IT. ~ The Washington Authorities Send ing War \ 'es.scl.4 to Piotcct Amor kai) Interests. Now York, Special. The following cable message lias been received b> tlu> Asssx iatew Press Hum Toj'vi's , cJ?.snv,'snw., nt'fiiT'rt'i secretary of Protd (lout Castro, of Venezuela, in leply to a dispatch addressed to (iu* President ai'Kiiw;- foi" a statement on tho \ eno xuela PoIutv t-ta ?"ttnaM. n ' CaiatHM, Venezuela. Aug. 17. la tiie name of Ills lOxcelkney. General Castro. I reply to your cablegram in tho following teiim;: "Tho go* em inent of Venezuela, preside ! over by General Castro, is fully justified in all its works and ac;?. It is essentially liberal iu its practices. It is ol ttio opinic.n tl:iu^b<^ Conservatives of Co lombia, TTTohably led by ruinous an I wtoked pas. i..ns, haw resolved ,to as sist iu a revolutionary movument against Venezuela an. I tier govern muni. All of this ban boon actually proven by lh\> official publications Is j sued by the caWfiiot in Pogota. Tliey A(late from tiro first of April. This view has not boon denied, either by the Conservative, government of (' > lombia. or by her envoy extraordinary ami minister plenipotentiary in this capital. "'When the government of Veue whh- KMrprb by the flrnt und ? and second invasions of her six thousand and two hundred thou sand men, lospentlvely, the invaders were victoriously expelled by tho gov ernment and the people of Venezuela. Since said events. 10,000 men have j been massed on the frontier for the i defense and integrity of Venezuela and Its national honor. Those aro quite apart from her active service troops on other parts of the frontier as well as nationi I troops scattered over the republic airl the reserve miil tia now under arms. " 'Venezuela has not aeeeptod tho Invasion as an international attack by the people of Colombia against tho people of Venezuela, hut knowing its real source, recognizes in it the Work of. the Conservative government of Colombia a^rfffint the majesty of tho nation of Venezuela.' Washington, P. C., Special. ? TJio Navy Department, which is directing a!) its energies to hurrying ships to the scone of Colombia-Venezuela trouble, in order <?? enforce our treaty guarantees, experts to have three ships on tho way vlthin 24 hours. The Machlqs, which has been detained at Hampton I toads by the threatening | weather south i.f Cape Hall eras, was ? able to start on her Journey Saturday, J assurances having been glvcij by the. Weather Bureau thai all dangers from i the (Jjrk storm along the southern At lantic have now passed. Word was received at the Navy De partment that the battleship Iowa hid arrived at San Francisco, and she was instructed by telegraph to proceed as soon as possible to Panama cn tin west fount. It in probable she wi have to take some coal aboard, but the Department bo I es sue v. i.l i.e. j nblo to Rail on hor 3.4W, mile journey by Sunday morning. The Ranger.. has sailed from San Diego southward. Sclilcv in Washington. Washington. 1). C.. Special. ? Ad miral Winfield S. Schley arrived In tho eity Friday night from bis home in New York on business in connection with the court of inquiry. He was ac companied by Mrs. Schley and duriuji his stay here the admiral will cojisull with Jeremiah Wilson and his other attorneys as to the case. Morgan ftMy*>Stentiicr l-'nc. London. Special. N^lr/is reported in frlasgow that J. It. Enerman, of the 1/oyland Iwn-c, has purchased the old established City ITTnc *of*"T4 " HTPSWVdf?" enraged J? Uift.ICaaL IiuILaa. trade. tluc price* being nearly 1,000, m po;md3. Mr. Ellcrman. according to rumor. Is acting for J. P. Morgan a'nd liis a?ao elates. v ^ \ * Ordered to Hampton Roads. Nantucket, Maaa., Special.? Th? I North Atlantic squadron baa received) orders to sail for Hampton Roads. All preparations for ths contlnuenco ol the manoeuvres at this place have been countermanded and the vessel* of the squadron are already setting up steam, preparatory to their departure Wfcile the exact reason of the chance of plans is not known, it is believed here that the trouble In South America has sprfnethtof to d<f with it The res ?elf were scheduled to be fo Newport on August 1Mb, sad the camp here wai to teve remained until Friday. e' * Floods at Coal . Coal Creek. Tenn,, ^ Creek la two feet ktgW than ... fore. Half the town U inuniatfd jinJ, at#. motinit k> bridge* scad-treatise e? j A TERRIBLE CHARGE I'fElERREl). \ouiik VV hlte Man Accused of At tempting a Criminal Assault On o > on up White <lh I. Florence. Special. A warrant sworn out li.v Mr, A. .1. I.yndi, of KiUi^ha'n town-hip, before Judge Smith alleges t !i >i t Mr. I,. Cool^iif young white man attempted a li'amele.-s crime upon tho person of Mr. I.vmh's daughter, a girl about 1 <> years old. Tho alleged as sault occurred 1 I miles from tho *?! t y am) a deputy has gone lo a- rest Mr. CooV The Kill states that Mr. (Vo'i made impropr r proposals ami threat* ? i i ? ! ? ? ? t force. Sim refit* d and in t',:o wrujiffif i"!i at T< mow cd her face an I arms were scratched ami bruised. Tiio Uv.i wore returning from church In i lumuy at nighL Makinn a ru promo eTnil, Hi > tue.s that she escape I from Iho huggy ami lan Into tin) wo>uls. Tho night being dark she fell into a dix p dlteh. Tho allege;! nssatl ?*.it did not follow. Relatives foun 1 ho;* a half hour afterward sitting by the roadside ciylng as if her h arj would >>:*?* :i l\ . A Sail Story, r'lorenoo, Special. News has reach id Florence of the drowning near Jo cassco, in JMekona county, of youn;j Victor Wilson, sou of the Hev, J. 13. Wlls >n of Anderson. It aooms from th(-. meagre reports, that the young man was on" of a party of bathers in Ke > ?vee river. lie was caught in tho swift current of the mountain Jjtro.am and whirled to h's death lx ."tffe tho eye i of his companions, who wefo powerless to render any assist anee. Miss Man lo Wilson, a sister, witnes ed the dlatn i ijing accident from the hanks of tie* stream. The Rev. Mr. Wilson livid in I'lurunce k??v>ih! years it ?-*<> as p-rs 'l ing cldej'. of tho Florence district of the Methodist church. Victor, for thus !<?? is remembered in Florence, was t'.o Idol of the family. Ho graduated from W'olTord College last year. He ??> >it an enviable st tml in his c'ass, and vps very pevpuiur among his c ? ? 1 i ;; ? mates. Two Coroners fleedeiJ. (Jovernor MoSweeno,\t finds himKc'f confrqntcd wi<h the i\pcesalty of ap pointing two coroners in view of va cancies made by death. A few days avo Coroner Tuten of Hampton county pasod away in the mountains. Tha governor has asked the legislative do legation in both the counties to meet and recomnund suitable persons to M l the vacancies. It is rare that a e:>ro :? cr dies in oflbe. A Drowning* Walhalla, Special,/? Victor Wilson, ?:>n of Rev. B. wilsnn of Anderson ; was drowned In Whlto Water tlwrj Saturday at Joeasseo. His body was not recovered till Monday afternoon. His remains left here Monday aeconi panled by bis parents' family. Assailant Idcr.t'fled. Macon, Special. ? At nn rarly hour Saturday morning O/llccr Arthur Jjhn si n arrested a nejro named Tom Itr.y, who is < barged with criminally *s saultlng Sophie MeArtby, colore:!, aged 70 years, on last Satn day nl lit> in Vinevtt'le. When arrested Kay Je claed that he did not* commit the crime. At 10 o'c'ock Ray was carried into .be p: e?' nee n, the weman nn 1 n i1 p positively Identified him as ho* r.s ailant. Itay wan taken back to j if! to await (be Nov<ynber term of 1 I b rnpnrlor court. The woman has boon ton'ined to l.o I flnce last Sunday fro.n the injuries in lifted by Itay. May lie Jones' Alurdercr. Rochester, N. Y., Special.? A mgro! /riving the name of "John Flayer" j for a night's .lodg-ng Tu-h- j day night at the central pol1?''',, s'ltDn and was locked ui>. Chief Cleat y ex amined the man and after taking hi) measurement l?y the Bertillon sy.Uom, suspects the man la Jim Lowry, of Hhelby, N. C., wanted in that city far the fnurder August 4th last of Chiof o I I'oi'.cc Jones. When <ju(si?one<! by Die chief, Flagler, or Lowry, t'j^ld a^veral conflicting ftorifs ??s to his .wherea bouts during the past week or two..( flarion Butler to Build a Factory. Clinton, N. C., Special. ? It Is re ported her? on good authority tiiat iiariuu liuller ha* formed a company , to establish' and operate a cotton mill at Kiliott, his country home scTcrat miles from Clinton. It Is understood that the capital other than his own was subscribed by parties In the West whom he met on his way to Alaska. In Paragraphs. Norfolk Is to have a $60,000 plant erected on the south branch of/ the Elizabeth river by the McNallf Oil Manufacturing Co. for the 'purpose of manufacturing castor and other vege table oils. The plana for the main building and warehouses bave beea completed, and are now in the hands of the contractor, who will pubmit bids at once. ? Texaa cotton aeed products are now only fairly steady. Prime crude oil. loose, and prime summer .yellow oil are both nominal, while llntera arc quoted at 1 M to 2 1-4 cents per pound, of t. o. b, mill at Texan interior points; cotton aeed meal and cotton aeed cake are $21 to JS1.M per ton. and baled bulla $6, all f- cf. b. Oatafc, ton. ~ LOST IN A STORM, .ilucli Dam ?C Done By Wind anil Kain. ? A FAMILY Or FIFT! I N DROWNED l he (Ircnt 1 1 11 1 ^ Storm Mas Swept All Telegraph Wire* Away? Meavy l.osa of Property. Now Orb ms, Special. ? <Tho storm which has I n 11 s\\ coping tho.UuK const I'rom I'ensacola and moving w<:tward during (ho pant two days, tms protftrntcfl ttTiORrrtp1\ and lo1o? phono wires to such an extent that ut-'W:-. from the outlying sections la hard to get ;;t. The greatest fears have been r ntortatned . tor tho safety or the people living at Port Eads, w 1; leh i.-i at tho mouth of tho river, an I for tho rdiips that started for sen jusl before ( ho storm began. Tho wlrek (here have been prostrated Bince Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, but Tlu? Picayune reached a man who b ft Pol l ICudx at 2 o'clock on Wednea ?lay. lie wan seen at Hunts, which iu *?!> miles down the liver, and tho 1 farthest point with which there ia \slr<> ^coiuinun but ion at tho present titne. This man describes tho storm wU< h swept (hat section as a regular tidal wave, similar to the one which resulted iu such an awful loss of llftr; - iu 1M?{. ll?* mys all the people llvihg" on the east bank of the river have moved up to the "jump," which is 16 miles from Pie mouth of tho river. The house of a man named Cobden; half a mile; above tho quarantine sta tion, was swept away and tho fifteen members of the family, including nine children, drowned. The quarantine buildings woro bad ly damaged, hut no one injured. Thy big tow-boat Chamberlain was driven high and dry In the marsh, but her i row are safe. Tlio government boat (lonorab Kelso in believed to havp been Jo^t. Captain O'Brien's houso was swept away, but he was on the p boat which was believed to bo out> ffl side. The piled liver at Port Eads was \ sunk. Tho steamboat barge was driven ashore near the lighthouse and later it was reported that sho ha'd sunk. Her crow wore said to have been saved. Tho tug Veleseo wont down to Pass l/()utre, which Is tho eastern mouth of tho liver, with two barges. When last scon she had her decks awash, and it is feared sho has gone down, if IftlM. 4xj|&t 1 &Ud her barges have been lost. 20 poopje mora .have been drowned. There are nuifl' oroua reports of individual casualties all along down tho passes. Tho steam ers which started for the sea Tuesday remained inside tho passes until Weil nesday evening and then wentK out safely, among tho number being the Cromwell linor Proteus, and th<t British transport Mechanician, which was dynamited while in port a few days ago. Not a singio vessel has passed up the river since tho storm began and great. foarB are entertained for the ones which are expected. There is serious apprehension concerning the Cheirtere, Caulinnd* and Grande,, isle sections, on tho south Ixjuislana ( oast, west of I ho Mississippi i^ver, where 2,000 lives were lost in 1892 by the tiral wave. Up to Ihfs vyiUhfl no word has been received tr^mihat ' section which is largely Inhabited d* ? fishermen, im^.tly ChlnOHo/ftOrf MAI ?Up to Thm^vij^? 4^1dMght every* i thing seemed to bo saro nt tho Mlsf sisttl ppi roil fit towns, May St. Louis, I'asja Christian, Miloxi, Mississippi City and Oman Springs, but since thpr. not a \vor(i has been beard from them. Ail wires are down. The only reports of damage y.o far received are of de h' roved bath houses and uprooted trees. The Louisville and Nashville road Is Mocked off beyond Chofrf^en* teur, :;o miles from this city. The, big s'.eel bridge there is safe, but beyond there are several washouts on the road. The New Orleans and North' pastern mad is also blocked by wash- . outs and lis Fig trestle" fcver* fjako Pontchartrnin has been shaken by the heavy sens breaking against it. There has lecn much damage done at Shell Ilcaeh, Southwest of tho ?dty,: and which connects with .Lake Pontchar* train. All (he buildings there haVe hern swept away, and there are re-, ports of Inns of life amons the fish ennen, but the exact extent of this Is not known. A tidal wave swept over tho land there as it did nine years ago. In the city of New Orleans and su burbs there has been considerable ? damage. At Mllneherg, one of the I.flJte resorts, tho railroad pier head -ruMitiiiH iutl- UiU* tb? lake .<? taurc of a thouHaud yards has been* . destroyed aud ail light bulldlnga dam agon. The big buildings on .shore withstood the gale. There wa$ no lens of life. The steamer Neptune, tied tip toi this plor head, pounded herself to pieces and sank. ? ^ - l ight With Strikers. Cleveland, -Special. ? A flght red Sunday night between two clal policemen at the Crescent Mdte and a number of strikers. The men Were escorting a couple of men from thejr home to tfe? when the strikers tried 'to the 'men qot to return to i action angered the oO?c~ their claim on thoee p Zlgler aai had kls head Mwtl otb^r ?e? wi qr tat The afali p was y??v