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CUBA FREE AT LAST Plan of Local Self Government Went Into Effect May 20th. WAS APPROPRIATELY OBSLRYLD ? ? - - ? Much linthuslasiu Shown on the Oc casion? Til* New Constitution Went Into Operation. I'O Havana, Hv Cable,? The natal day of the republic of Cuba found Havana ar rayed iike ft Qucm, to await the com Ins of her lord. She seemed re-invested for the occasion with the dignity of the prosperous days of her power and wealth. The decorations were universal In some eases men had worked all nigh,t by the li.nht of torches to o:u phte elaborate design*. There was not a residence, pretentions or humble, that did not bear upon Its iiuatni fa cade some emblem In honor of tin event. The many arches erected at the entrances of plazas by political so cieties, frakn\al clubs, and various civil organizations of the city, hut had an air of real grandeur. The scaffold ing was covered with canvas painted in imitation of marble and from a dis tance tho illusion was completed. Na ture seemed in harmony with tin* spirit of the festivities. Tho parks were lit erally aflame with tropical flower, and the vaulted sky above might have been chisselled out of turquols. Above every' red-tiled roof rose gt Cuban Hag. The whole city seemed snddt nly buried l>< - lieatli a forest of waving banners. Th decorations along the water front wor exceedingly lavish and all the shlppim In the harbor was dressed in gala at tire. The majority of the ships few the American ensign at the main, with tin Cuban colors at the fove or mi/.xen. Tho United States armored cruiser 13 r o't lyn which was to t.n;e (Jencral Wood away, and the steamer Morro Castle, of the Ward Line, on which the troops were to embark .as well as the foreign i warships which had Ikhu suit by the r governments to be present at the birth of the new republic, were dressed with at reams of signal tlags, fore and aft, man-of-war fashion. The American ? colors which were to be hauled down In a few hours still floated above the grim walls of the fortress which guard , the entrance of the harbor. Not anoth er bit. of color showed upon them. The early morning was cool and delight ful and the entire population, re-en forced by thousands or visitors, was abroad soon after daylight. All was animation and expectancy. The streets were swarming with people and were filled with a ceaseless din. Much curi osity was aroused by a statute of "free dom," which had been raised during the night in Central Park, upon t'.'.e pedestal where for centuries a statue of Queen Isabella bad stood. During the morning a bountiful breakfast was given to several thousand poor chil dren by Mr. Payne, of lioslon. who has passed the winter in Havana for many years. The actual transfer of the ( oc troi of the island occurred exactly fit noon, Havana lime, which Is 1 2 : *i0 p. nir. Washington time. Those invited to the ceremony Included, besides the American officers and the visiting war ships, the foreign consuls: Wm. Jen nings Bryan, and a few other specially invited guests. 1 AMERICAN FLA CIS I.OWRURP. Senor Pnlma attached his signature to the document of transfer as Presi dent of the Republic, after an exchange of congratulations and the veteran, Genoral G tiww. ascended to the roof of the palace. Ho was instantly recog nised and met with a g eat demonstra tion of welcome. General Wood himself undid the halyards from the Hag staff and lowered the American colors. As they fluttered down, the cavalry below saluted their flag and like an echo of the cheers that arose, came tho dis tant boom of one of the great gutia of Cabanas fortress, across the bay. It was followed by another and an other. until forty-five shots bad been fired, one fnr each State in the I nion. As tfao first gun spoke the flags on Mnrff Castle and those on the hj?nt:? Clara and Pnnta fortresses were low ered. The Jurisdiction of the I niter j States had ended: Til 15 FIVE-BARKED SIGNAL SlAR REP FLAG RAISED. In the. meantime a Cuban flag had been bent on the halyards of tl.e pa nee fiapstaff. and by his own hand. <.??> eral Wood raised it. as an ?< t of th rn'tel states. General Gomez assist " ' , m i lie nai; fl.uv ">??? < >? rtwti Mow fairly ?avc will. .? cheer that arose, it was caught up ?> ? 2! *"?? plaza, at ? af country .and ST ?????? fc.UM.lg In ? t ftimrwiprf (I tho strength of z "CSJ ^ r th* war ?? ? maothead anil bo fblg of c,,h? honors due to the stored upon V Great Rritaln nations. The fnsign. i i univ baa recognized t.ie i a.,. and ItalJ NS j*;r.\RT. ? ^vi rvVh cled and marched to Th? ca! thcj^fnitned lately t:n the wharf wherktosj Castle. Goneral . barked on the t general. Colo Wood and hij aftor a last Scott with tjo^am^; ^ driven exchange of gone 1 on(rr<>fi ^ftttoch to the pier where ^ tho end were fl!?|K lindcr way as soon'1 Both ship" P , out 0f the ps'poss'K 8?:n at the taffrall of the *arbS? w.&< -no*""; !*! Brooklyn wa<\ * v ^ 8alutws of the <Ug ,B / Jnon the water front who thoo**nd? up? tr? x large flotilla ..tcb.ll fc.t 4<-ort?l th.. ' T?rloo? wat? wh?e ^jg wM occor ' Brooklyn? fitmiur ?ceno was . ring W*IJ -t Santiago where 3en ? saasti'-tsnrss. C*f9iTZi??rf r*maia?d on Cuban aoH. I 1 : STR1SKT3 PACK 10! > \ N I ? ROOFS CROWPKD. 1 Owing to the limited space the people j | w? re to have bo sight of the ? erenioiiy which was to' contribute them a n i i lion before the world. but outside the : palace t hoy were to witness a spoeta i Mo which would stir their pulses. i'? >i they wore to moo t h ?? beloved five-barred I unci single barred llag whioh -i ? ? ? ? I ^ ^ ' lU'Bt throw to the breezes in is?-s, at J tho opening of tho ton year#' war rais- ? I od by tho act of tho I'nlted St.it> s j above tho palaoo. Many arrived oeforo | tho palaoo with tho risipg sun. and . . t:;)ii)o ovon earlier. A motion l)f tho ' I plaza was K?pt dear by tho polhr* very ; n.ulv. Tho remainder was oackcd with poop I o so thlok that fho ground seen.crt ' alive. Soon all tho side streets running | I into the plaza wore choked i it t ?.> a solid j mass of humanity, and every door and window fronting tho stjauro ,w?is walled j in with faces, white and bl.<R^ old and young, male and female. Then crowds : nought thp roofs, overflowing every , j building that commanded a view of i tho lias statf on the palace. It was a J j sight to live forever in memory, j FLAG RAISING PRKIdMlNARlFS. Drawing up below in the open space j of the plaza were eight dismounted troops of the Seventh Cavalry, with { ?abros at their heels. The horses were I already on board the steamer which \ was to take them hack to t!o? i'niled [?States. Shortly before 11:30 a. in., those who wore to witn-ss th.> ceremony bc I gan to arrive, in carriages, through a ' . street kept clear by the police. All the I i naval officers weio arrayed in full ui.i- I | form. The Cubans ??em rally wore black | frock suits, white waist coats and silk f hats. They formed a distinguished looking assemblage as they agather?d ! in thr? audience chamber. T ? c( remony ! itself was brie! and simple. After for I mal Rtcetings, General Wood read the j documentary transfer prepared by the I War Department, pledging the new ' government to immediately erochoin the constitution and the Piatt amend ment contained in the appendix and | to undertake all obligations assumed I l>y the I'nited Slates with res'w?ct t>? Cuba, by the treaty of Paris, C Jen r? 1 Wood also delivered the following h t ' tor: PR1SSIPKNT ROOSFA'Fl.TS I .KT TKR. "White House, Washington, D. C.. May 10. 1 i>0 2. "To th? President and Congio.'v, of the j Republic of Cuba : 1 "Sir: ? On tho 20th of this month the j | military governor of Cuba. *vill. by my j j direction, transfer to you the cont:::! 'ami government of the isl ?: ud of ''uha. io he thenceforth exercised under the provisions of the con-:' itnt ion adopt "d by your /const it utioa.il convention. us on that flay promulgated, at.d h ? wiP t hereupon doefttre the orcapat sou of I Cuba ly the I'nited States t > be at an | did. | "At the same time. I desi io a ; press to you the sincere t'r:< mhdtip s*nd good wishes of the I'nited Stales and our most earnest hopes for t'.o stabil ity and success of your governnw r.'. for the blessings ai' peace, justice, pros perity and ^ordered freedom anions your peoplo^ynd for enduring friend ship between tho ropubl'c of the I'nit ed States and the republic of Cuba. "Til KODORK ROOSSCYFl.T, "President of the United States." Drcwnlng N;ar Wilmington. Wilmington, Special. ? A few years ago Harckiess Grceu, of Brunswick rountv, lost throe children by drown ing within a few yards of Navassa factory, four juIIch from Wilmington, at the mouth of a creek, which enters the rivet* at that point, lli1 was in a boat with his children at the time of the accident and miraculously cs caped himself. Friday at about the game spot he and Ills son, Parry, aged about 10 years, were in a boat, which capsized and the young man j was drowned. The father again bare ly escapcd. New Railroad Deal. Baltimore, Special.? A syndicate, of which Ladenburg, Thalman A Co.. of New York, are the managers, have fiought the ICast and West Railroad, of Alabama, from the Kelley estate, of New York. Tho purchase is in the interest of the Seaboard Air I. in."* to take that system to Birmingham. Ala. The terminals nt Birmingham are to he secured by purchase of the Birm ingham Bolt Railroad. Presidential Nominations. Washington. Special.? The Presi dont has sent t<S the Senate the fol lowing nominations: Herbert Oold smith Rquiers. to be minister extraor dinary and minister plenipotentiar> to the republic of Cuba; I'M ward S Bragg, of Wisconsin, consul general at Havana; John < Jardnor Cooiidge of Massachusetts. secretary of tin legation of the United States at IV l<in, China: Jnmea .Teffrlos, Tcnncs sec, surveyor of customs. Mem phi;! Yenn.; Clarence O. Smithcra, Yir ginia. collector of customs, district ol Cherrystone. Ya. I:ire in Packing Mouse. Chicago. Spot ial. ? !>urlng flic pro gress of a fire which destroyed the lard refinery of Armour 4jr Co., in t !i e Union Stork yards^j^rpSpple were injured. four of th^m In aS? manner which will probably cause dAai.li in a short time. The Iosr of tho company is estimated by Its officers f at be tween $7r?0,000 *n1 $000,000 With all the chances in favor of tho latter figure. Captnra AtaiMl C?rtRla, ' Durlug tbe past thirty years.there have been sixty-six escapes frfyu Sing Sing, and of this number but ttn bavo never been recaptured; si* mors were at large for many years, two of tho > tlx befog retaken only after fifteen j**rs" absence; nine othera were gone for from six months to two y?*r?; four were killed outright; U|wo yfw* severely wounded and recaptured; one/ came bock Tohmtarily and tolltaty re quested tho pcMlea* of ? v 1 r n - * as- 1 ? ^ a iBn tiro, JDM nlno Wm* |om hot a > JlL V? ' A RIOT IN ATLANTA! ? ? Seven Men Killed and a Number of ! Others Shot. BLOODY FIGHT FOLLOW! I) BY FIRL j - ? ? - barricaded Ne^ro Mad n Regular Ar- ! deiial and Piled Ills Rifle With a Deadly Aim. ? ? Atlanta, Special.- Four white ifn 1 and three negroes dead, live white n\ > n md one negro wounded and an <nt-.ro olock of buildings burned, is tin' re sult of ft conflict whirl) began here early Saturday hot wren the I lacks and police. Will Richardson, wlio is b? li< \ od to lu;\e> been half- Indian and h.ilf negro, me owner of a store on M : Hand 6trevt, in the suburb of Pittsburg. and four other negroes, brought on the trouble by resisting arrest and defying tin* officers of Kul ton county an-l At lanta. The dead are: Ed. Rattle, a baliff of Kill ton county; II. H. O/.burn, a police man of Kul ton county; Thorn is Grant, a city policonuin; Kelward (Tnbtreo. a city policeman; Will Richardson, tha negro desperado, who killed these men;; Milton ltosby, a negro, who at tempted to escape from a sewer; rn known negro, killed in a near-by yard. The wounded are: S. A. K< rlin, beaten by a negro, and W. A. Wright, a c. unity policeman, wounded in thn left shoul der; W. T. Jackson, a street car man, wounded in hip; Owen Hoard, a county policeman, wounded in the thigh; Call Officer Spradlin. wounded in the arm; Shepherd Klnzcr, hac'unan, shot through the hand. The light between the officers and negroes occurred in Pittsburg. a 11 ->gro settlement directly south of the city limits, on Mchaniel street. The >'T; cers attempted to arrest Ave negroes suspected of having beaten former Policeman .'V A. Kerliu nearly to death Kriday afterno:>n. The negroes resisted arrest by entrenching themselves in a house and the light ensued. The vicin ity is shickly settled with small nogio cabins. There are out-buildings and barns and shrubbery over the entire neighborhood, which provides .inch shelter that it was possible to es <;:;;)??? from house to bouse and dodge be tween fences without being detect: d. As soon as information of the fight oe tween the negroes and the police' n ach ed the city wagon-loads of policenn n hurridly armed, were rushed to the scene of action, and Governor Can I.Vi ordered out a detachment of the S.'ate militia. The shooting was followed ':>> ; a speecr from Sherifljfc.Nelms. of )?"'?!? | ton county, advising ?hlmnoss on the I part of the crowd and the efforts of oi' /icers thereafter were directed to\va:di controlling the temper of the while men. who w?n> walking Uic streets o! the suburb with drawn weapons. While returning to his home on the Me-Phcrson road Kriday afternoon former Policeman S. A. Ke rlin \va?? waylaid by five negroes with whom lit hael had trouble while a member of the fe)ie-e>. 1 1 n t for the' timely arrival of a trolley car. which frightened his assail ants away, Kcrlin would have been killed. A sergeant stationed at Ko t MePherson, who heard cries for help ran to the place and femu>l Iverllu un conscious. At midnight County Police men Golden heard that Kerlin's fi v? assailants were located in a house or McDaniel streot, and he hastened le the> city and seeing a warrant fen tlieir arrest from Justice Orr. Polie-e man Golden was joined by Officers Ozhurn and Cheshire and accompani ed by a number of Kerlin's neighbors including Owen Heard, the party start ed for the hieling-place e>f the* live ne' groes, arriving at 1:30 Saturday morn ini:. The house was dark, hut as the offi j cers approached the inmates openei j fire and Owen Heard fell to llie ground | He was borne out of range by liis fal lows. The house was at once surround i'd by the posse and daylight r,;u ) awaited before making another ad vance, the officers, however, having de termined to make the arrests unaided The house in which the negro Rich in! son was located belonged to Anni< Milburn, also colored. Richardson own ed the store adjoining the house. Her* he kept ammunition and gtins and waj rnererore well prepared for a fight. At <> o'clock this morning the group of of ficers who had been watching the hous' ail night approached the place and called upon those within to surrenles. The answer was a volley of shots an< County Officer Rattle dropped dead The attackers retreated some distant* and from behind tree* and telegraph and trolley poles commenced firing int< the store. In a few minutes the door of the house was thrown open and W'il. King, a negro, ran out and gave him self up to the officers. Inside the hoi s Richardson had an unobstructed viev In three directions. One block away Po lireman Tom Grant stepped from hi: shelter to lire into the house. A shot from the bc^igcd house. l.ilWul him be fore he could lire. The attacking part \ sent word to police headquarters and Chief of Police Ball dispatched the re serves to the scene in several patro wagons. The officers to whom Kiltj. had given himself up determined tfl mako use of the nfnRro and at the point of a rifle they forced him to walk up 10 the rear of the house and fire it. As soon as the flames .started the officers, eager to get the inmates of the house, stopped out of their shel ter In every direction. Again then was a shot from the house and thlf time Officer EdVard Crabtree met death. An instant later there was an other shot and County Policeman. Robert Ozburn fell dead. The shoot fng had by this tip* attracted huri dreds of people and n^#Iy every man who came to the scene carried a rifle. The shooting Into the house becam< general, citizens and officers firing to gather. Governor Caagler was adris cd 1 >j telephone of the rioting and or ' In W. W. rker, of - the Fifth Regiment, wa* ordered to proceed with M men add ? platoon gan to the scene of th< shooting Mad co-operate the city iurthoctUw a?4 the sharMf ?f ^H? coanty. . , ? ? Chief of f'oMeo nail hnnlr.l to (h sceno on horseback and was joinc 1 l< w in 1 nil tos later by Sheriff NYlm. I ho desperado, Richardson hud i? ? lost sight of. Tho house i.diii, I rapidly and a number of inmate wore soon to run from the store to ; I woodshed ami to a harn in die n? \ l<>(. Orders woro qui* klv i;ii> n to ilr i ;hot>? buildings and in a few minun overal of tho buildings wrro barnln.-i 1 \N . T. Jackson, a h 1 r ?:? ? t ear < ?>n in< (m I in uniform, was one of those u! ' raeted to tho smie l.\ the .--.hoot in: \s ho was Hearing the lu>n.se )*? w,i | hot In tho right hip. presumuldv t Uchardfion. A iio^i o cabman d?o h spectator to tho vlolnlt.v of tho riot ;ng, was struck in tho hand hy a bul ! lot. Call OlMcer Spradlin. speeding to | the so- lie on his bicycle, received a I wound in tlx* arm. A main sower which runs through this part of tin* city wan utilized b\ two of tho maroon as a possible moans of est ape, hut to n<> avail Tin* crowd had increased until :t.oon poo pie, L'.ooi) of whom woro armed. sur rounded tho burning area. Milton Itosby. a negro, was Keen to emerge from the mouth of a sower. A shout j wont up and tho fleeing negro wu^ *hot doad. I lis hody was surrounded ".ml was literally shot to pie. es. Tho crowd of enraged citizens had scarce ly finished this work when another negro was r.rcn coming- out of the neighboring sower. He made a run uinl managed to get to the back yard ?i . one of tho neighboring houses, where ho was shot to death. The fire, which had been started by ' (In attacking party, spread vapidly I and soon the cntiro Idyck of bnihi- j ings. almost wholly composed of ne gro houses, was destroyed. The police j woro busy arresting tin few negroes i found in the vicinity. Two of them, j Steve Nisbot ami Jim Singleton, be- I lieved to bo members of Richardson's j gang , woro arrested. The police had ' great dlllloulty in getting out of the I crowd of enraged people with the <<>1 ! orod men. A mob of L'.ooo surg ?d j around the patrol wagan and clamor od for the lives of the prisoners. Tim i olliieis throwing their men into the bottom of the wagotl. drew their re vol vers and forced a pas; age through j the crowd, finally bulging their prison ers in safety in tho Fulton county i jail, on Hutler street. In le.'is than an hour the block of wooden houses was burned to the ground and a search of the ruins im mediately followed. In the woodshed in the rear of l\ lchardson's more, was found a skull and near to it the steel barrel of a rifle. It is believed that the skull represented all that is left "f tho infill who did the shooting. The police believe they have arrested I'll the negroes concerned in th" shooting, but have been given orders by the. t li i? f to bring into custody all suspicious characters found in the neighborhood. The rioting caused the utmost excitement not only in the lit tie suburb of 1'lttsburg. where it oc curred, but nil over the city. In the barricaded storj' were three negro: s. It is believed there were at fiisl as ma\iy as five, and that two escaped before daylight. Tho store was a small arsenal in which wore a number of Winchester rifles and a small Catling gun. It was a rcn mnrdorors. Within were sharpshooter.: murders. Within were sharpshooters who picked off the men on the out side with precision and deadly ef fect. Every time a man showed him* s.df he was shot to death. After the burned body of Kicltsjdson had been found an angry crowd of white men sei/.ed it and bore it towards the city. Chief Hall threw a cordon of po lice across a street at the city limits and took tho body away from the crowd ami sent it to the city in a wagon. While tho poeesslon was pass ing, Will Cregg, a negro, was heard remark that it was a shame to kill negroes that way, and he had no sooner spoken t^e words than he was riddled with bullets. He was taken to the county Jail, where he died tonight. Fifty men of the Fifth infantry did patrol duty In the dis turbed district all day, being relieved tonight by the Cate City (>unrds. As a further precaution .Covernor Cad lor ordered every militiaman in Atlanta under arms antf to remain at their company headquarters until further onlers. ^ Perfect order \tid peace prevailed Sunday in I'ittslmirg, the negro set tlement, whore tfce desperate battle between officers rs the law and ne gro outlaws occurred Saturday. The only evidence oI*Alio terrible utrug glo are the h/nps of a.sheH which iuui )< the srffit whore the buildings formerly sheltering Will Richardson, I bo negro desperado, and bis com panions, and the det.nil of military patrolling the scone of the distur bance. Although good order prevailed all day, the oity and county nu thorlties decided to retain a strong force of military In Pittsburg, and fh<> companies of militia located In this oity have boon ordered by the Governor to remain under arms for the present. No additional arrests have boon made nnd the police roport j everything quiet. Humors of renewed rioting wore li?:n r?l st??rint? t.hp dnv A r<?r?nr* muoli. I ed I h? city in {no morning that tho rioting li?d recommenced and a squad of 40 policemen wore hurried to the scene omfr to find that they had re sponded to a false alarm. Captain F. M. McCurdy, of the ec-ntral station, was fired on by a nogro at 3 o'clock Sunday morning, at the corner of Fair and Walker streets. Tho bullet passed near C'aptlan McCurdy's head. The officer jumped from his horse and although he gained on his as sailant enough to see that he was a negro, Capt. McCurdy was unabje to capture or wound the colored men. ft was. nearly daylight before the hoodlum element which made dls I orderly demonstrations In the down * town dUtrlets during the night, dis persed And the police went to their barrack* after a hard night's work. At one ' time there were 9,000 petyhf congregated afrth^jymer M Jfarwta and Peach tree streets, but' the pres once of SO policemen, mounted and on foot, doubtless restrained any serious demonstration. Tho , crowd waa addressed by several prork faint rltiMM, who counselled moderation. COAL MINI; injRROR.I Ncarl) 200 .Men and Bojs IriiiomhcJ j at Fratcnille, Tennessee. ? PROBABLY I Vi RV Lift WAS LOST j # <i.is I xpludtd and Portion of Slate ! Root Cflvfd Vcotillatiou in Mine ! Wiw Drfeccit e. Coal Crook. Tenn. Special. Tlio worst disaster m tlio history of Tea ncssco mining occui rtid a( 7 : !U> o'ci'>* k Monday morning. when bo t woe 11 lT.'i and L'L\"> nun and boys met instant death at llie mine two miles west of town as a result of a gas e\ plosion. Out of I Ik' large number of men and buys who went to work in the morning, developments./'' At 10 I'jiliK'k a( night shuW thai only ono isVnlive and lu> is so badly injured tiint he eannot live. This man was Win. Morgan, an aged Knglishman, who was a road man in the mine and was blown out of the eulranee by the fore e of the explosion. One hundred and seventy live miners were checked [ in for work. In addition to those were ho.VH who Acted as helpers and drivers, roadmen and others, to the number of perhaps f>U . FYaterviilo Mine is the oldest mine in the Coal Creek district, having been opened in 187". It is fully three miles from the mine's opening to the point, where the inwn were at work. The* had not been ut work long before the terrible explosion occurred. There was a fear fill roar and then flames shot from the entrance ami the air shaft. News of the disaster spread like wild lire, hut as soon as possible .two rescuing parties were started in, one at tie main entrance, the other through Thistle Mine, which adjoins, and in which no men were at work. The Thistle party were Enable to make any headway, as the gas stifled the I workers. The l'Taterville party went fully two miles under the earth, until a heavy fall of slate was encountered. At this barrier the men worked like | demons, hoping against hope that those beyond might be safe. The scones at thu mouth of the j mine while the workers were within, were beyond description.' Musiness had been suspended in Coal Creek | uiul all its mines as soon as the news of the disaster became known, and men, women, children, gathered around th?? Fraterville entrance. Wo men were wild with grief. All day the rescuers tolled at the. slate obstruc tion and not until ,r> o'clock this even j ing did the force gain an entrance ! through it. Up to that hour only live 1 dead bodies had been recovered and j hope was still high that many with i In were safe. The hopes of the living were doomed, for when once the resellers could enter ami proceeded, they walked through a continuous tomb of dca|h. There was no sign of life .ISvery man had perished, they believed, although it will be some time before all the rooms can be en tered, Kight dead bodies were first recovered and these were sent to Coal Creek. Twenty-six more were soon found. They were not disfigured beyond Identification and each corpse as it was borne from the mouth of the gigantic tomb was surrounded by eager crowds of relatives and men who were entombed. The mine, was not on fire, except in remote portions, and all bodies were easily reached. \ i, 600 Dead in St. Vincent. WuhTTi ngton, Special. ? Secret ai v Hay has received the following cable gram from Consul McAllister, at Harbadocs, dated today: "SixteerKhundrcd deaths at. St. Vin cent; 4,000 destitute. Immediate wants aro supplied. Aid will he needed for six months." The Navy Department received the following from Commander McLean, of the Cincinnati: " Fort -de-France, May 10. ? Water barge not neded. Ash^s and volcanic dust falling thickly here. Now like a thiek fog; deeks covered." The Potomac is reported to have reached St. Ludn Saturday. Alt. Pclee Acting Ugly. Paris, Hy Cahle. ? Governor I.-Hur re, of Martinique ,has cabled to the Colonial Minister, M. Dccrais, an nouncing that Mont Pelec continues to throw up immense quantities of cinders, which, owing to a change in the direction of the wind .are now covering the southern districts of the island. Violent explosion.", have been heard at l.e Carhet. The governor further declared there is no danger I of an outbreak on the part of the population of fho northern districts of the island as alleged in conse quence of the people being out of work. Suicide in New York Motel. New York, Special.? A man w 1 ~ registered ns "T. Taylor, Charleston," committed suicide some time Tuesday night In hi6 room in the Harrct House, Thirty-eighth street and Sixth avenue. He was found on the floor of the room with a bullet hole in hla head. Noth ing was found that would identify the man, or show why he had killed him self. Brief Mention. The President signed the Oleomar garine,, bill. I Student Vincent Noll, who re fused license to preach by the New, York Presbytery btcaose he believed Adam waa a myth, Is dead. u : Till" WllowlBf -were e4eete*Tat tbe corporation election ' at Berkeley fiarteca. w. va.; Mayor. Pete* J. recorder, Uvla J. W ? fM ? IT ? 1 1 SPARTANBURG WINS (lets Imposition Award l or lifst 01*" I pl?v in \V omitn's holldlnfc Oharluaton, Special. The coiunil'te# appointed to divide which county has the host ('xhihlt in the woman's huild t n K report cd Saturday afternoon and i Spattanburg wins tho si Ivor cup offered l.y Mi. .las. Alh-n, the well known | Charleston jeweler This decision may he a Biirprlne to some, tor Spartan burg's exhibit is not an extensive as j some of the ot hers. although tl pre sents an air of elegance and of com pleteness which Is in Keeping with tho superb exhibit from that county which won the prize of $1,000 In the South Carolina building. The committor se hvt< d to decide i>!i the merits of the county exhibits in tin* Woman's hulld i ii K consisted of Mr. niand. one of tho Missouri commissioners, Mrs. Weather red, one of the Oregon commissioners riul a gifted newspaper w riter, and Mia. Roman. who i.-. eonneetod with tho i Louisiana exhibit and conducts tho so ciety loiiimn of the ICvening Post. T!ie following counties have exhib it*: I 'orehest er, 15 rocn v ille, Laurens, j 1 nion, Orangeburg, Sumter, Florence, Spartanburg. Uerkeloy, Aiken, Nowber i y, KdgelieUl, Anderson and George town. In making itA report the commit tee says: "'I he Spartanburg exhibit contains specimens of woman's art truly re markable. Considering tho artistic beauty of the work displayed In the Spa rt nn burg exhibit, its variety and superiority, the united opinion of tho comniittee entrusted with the examina tion of t lie couty exhibits in the oW man's building is that the prize offered by Mr. James Allan has been fnlrl/ won by the county of Spartanburg, which tine and progressive c'ounty Is air honor to the State of South Carolina." I 'hi ehe.stev is complimented for itsi j tea exhibit, ami words of conanenda- ! t ion are expressed for each of the other exhibits. Kdgcfleld for Its art, em broideries; Anderson for Its painted porcelain work; and of Orangeburg Un report says: "This is the most artis tically ariangod;" of the Union exhibit the committee declares, "Union Is with out a doubt ahead of any other county in the building in historical exhibit* the beautiful handmade quilty surpass es anything in design and workman ship on exhibition." The people of Spartanburg spent $?*?.000 on their exhibits In the Woman's building and in the State building. The prize of was not dearly bought, for it Is said that the exhibits already attracted new capital to Spa*K tanhiiig ai d the good results of tho exposition are Just beginning. I 'gly Cn.ie l.i Union. 1 *11 ion . Special. Will Palmer, a ne gro, wan badly nit In tlio buck and on c.'uli arm liy Will Wallace. Palmer was employed by Green & Hoyd and was at I lie t i mi* working In their black* t;ni it h shop. Mr. Wallace walked in and a?k? d If .HmH.ittlc was there. When told be was not be stabbed tho negro in (be back afTd cut lilni once on eac h aim. When tho llrst Blabbed tho u?*gro ran and whh followed by Uin pur suant. M M. Hoyd, who was preaent, asked Mr. Wallace to leave the shop and not cause a fuss. Mr. Iloyd said lie (old him lift would givo him a few "swipes" and made at him, but he ran behind a buggy. I'almer was carried to Duke's drug store and was attended by several physicians. The wounds will probably not prove fatal. He is a good negro and an excellent workman, hav ing been brought here from Spartan burg by Mr. Hoyd. The actions of Mr. Wallace speak for themselves. When arrested ball was given for his appear ance at tho Mayor's court, on Monday. Hngllslt A1III Tien In Spartanburg. Spartanburg, -Special. ? Spartanburg was viutcri last week by a party of Knglisii mill men who have been mak ing Irllts to various eitles In the south Inspecting the cotton manufacturing plants. The following gentlemen com posed Ihe party: J. H. Smith,. D. T. Shackoltou, "John Taylor, Henry Hig son, James N. Gray, William Hartley, all of England. They were met by Mayor Calvert, Mr. Charles H.H Henry, and Mr. W. S. Glenn. Tho visitors [ spent the morning at the Spartan mills i thoroughly Inspecting these two largo I factories. They also Investigated tho I workings of tbc Pacolet mills through | the office of the company at the Spar | tan mills, where ('apt. John H. Mont gomery extended to them every cour tesy. The visitors expressed the opin ion tliat neither in England nor in New England would manufacturers long be able to Tompeto with the south. They feel hssured that this section of the country can turn out as finely finished a product as can he found anywhere. The party left on tho evening train for the North. A Texas Cyclone. Hoston, Tex., Special. ? A telegram frrm Superintendent Forbes, of the New York. Texas to Mexican road, lo General Manager Van Vleck, In this city, says that eight blocks of business houses were blown down at Goliad. Thirty negroes and 27 white people were killed and 75 or 80 others in jured. Dallas, Teax., Special.? A special from Houston, says that a telephone mes?aKc received from Goliad late Run dny flight reports that 150 are more persons were killed and Injured by the tornado which swept, over that village. No verification le obtainable. Among those reported lost are tho members of the family of the* Golld telephone manager. Mt. Poke Active. v Par la. By Cable. ? A dispatch to The Matin from 'Fort-de-France," Mar tinique. 'dated Saturday, May 17, aays that daring the previous flight 1+ violent datamations from *Mont Pale* panted hp lightning which lit up tha entire Inland. The ?n " LABOR WOHLO. ' I r T'nion bakers of Boston, Mass., now have a ten hour day. Cleveland t<>.) gravel roofers will probably form a union. At I lio coal Ulrica In Central JLSclg.um 2500 i it*' n arc ini strike. All craft* of the Iron trade in Sun i'mncisco, Cal., have returned to work. Union masons at Albany, N. Y., ob ject to outside union uicu trespassing ? u their territory. Carpenter* and bricklayers at Bir mingham? Ala., demand an eight-hour day ami substantial increase in pay. Painters, carpenters and plumbers at Cheyenne, Wyo., have asked for an eight-hour day and forty cents au hour There are many labor unions in Porto It loo, organised according to the prin ciples of the American labor move ment. The Monterey, Mexico, Steel Com pany will soon open a school l'or the children ot the men employed in the works. . At Vancouver, B. C., the City Council* has ordered the union label on all print ing ami lo be placed on ail policemen's and liremeh's clothing. Postal clerks of all the ioweV ^nida tions in all the large cities will receive more pay about .lul.v 1. They will also get an eight hour day and vacation. 1. umber loaders of the 1-ake Superior district will demand tin increase in wages; they are well organized and Uh\ e practical control of the situa ioii. Papermakers on strike at Neenah, A is., have been successful. Union men will return to work a$, sooli as places now tilled by non-union tnou can be vacated. ' , 4 ' J & A l'orlpiitatio C-hrMtmm r.':;. A, merchant In Belfast, Me., received n Christ mas present that li!\^ a history. He has been In business about twenty live yeais and one of his first orders Included a tlo7.cn lemons, one of which proved to ho green and consequently dried up very ^quickly. Tho next Christmas ho received from his cus tomer tv very large popcorn ball with the lent'On livable. He saved the fruit voitf' carefully and several years later put It In the middle of a barrel of flour which he sold to the samo customer. 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