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MANY PALMETTO MATTERS Railroad Valuation. Columbia Statoj 151 li. 1 l*o Stato board of equalization of i tilroad property held another session mid practically completed its work, tnough it has not adjourned and it is possible that ojio or two other changes ! ? 'i assessment^ will be made. The ??ourd has carefully gone over all tho i ''turns made by tho railroads and hns fixed the figures it. considers upon an equitable basis. Last year taxes wero collected on a valuation of <$20,177,030, the total mileage being a, 921. 67. This year the total valuation will be con siderably higher, something over one million dollars, if the liguroB agreed npon st'.ind. Tho changes made in last year's as sessments were as follows: Ashevllle and Spartanburg Railway - Uaised from 50,000 per mile to $10,000 per mile. Blue Ridge Railwa^ ? Raised from $2,500 per mllo to $3,000. Charleston and Western Carolina ? liaised from $7,.")00 to $9,000. Carolina Midland (fram Allendale to llardeevllle, 60.97 miles) ? Raised from $8,000 to $10,000. Last Shore Terminal? liaised from $S,()00 to $10,000. F. C. & l1,? Raised from $8,500 to $1(1,000. llarlsville Railway ? Raised from $2. GOO to $2,760. Lancaster and Chester ? Raised from $2,500 to $2,760. Manchester and Augusta? Raised ?from $10,000 to $11,000. Manchester and Augusta (Lucknow Branch) ? Raised from $2,000 to $2,500. South Carolina and Georgia Exten Dion? Raised from $5,000 to $6,000. W. C. & A. (112.05 miles) ? Raised from $10,000 to $11,000. Walterboro and Western ? Raised from $2,500 to $2,750. It will bo noticed that all the changes mado were in the nature of increases, Tho assessments per mile as fixed by tho board yesterday stand, for all rail road lines, as follows : Lines. Value per mile. Ashley River $11,000 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line. 16,00<) Ashevllle and Spartanburg .. .. 10,000 Berkeley . . 2,000 Branehcville and Bowman .. .. 1,500 Blue ltldge .. 3,000 Charleston and Western Caro lina 9,000 Cheraw and Darlington 6,000 Cheraw and Darlington (Gibson division) 7,600 Cheraw and Darlington (Salls " bury division) 4,000 Carolina and Northwestern .... 2,750 Chesterfield and Kershaw .. .. 10,000 Columbia and Greenville 10,000 Columbia and* Greonville (Ab beville branch) .. 4,000 Columbia, Newberry and I>au rens 5.000 Carolina Midland 10,000 Carolina Midland (from Allen dale to Hardeoville) .... 10,000 Central Railway of South Caro lina 8.000 Charlotte, Columbia and Augus ta Railway 13,000 Carolina and Cumberland Gap .. ?,500 Charleston and Savannah (Sea Shore Rraneh) 5,009 East Shore Terminal . 16,000 Florida Central and Peninsular 10,009 Florence Railway 15.000 Florence Railway (f/atta br.) .. 4,000 Georgia, Carolina and Northern 10,000 Green Pond, Waterboro and Branchviile Railway 5,000 Georgetown and Western 4.000 Glenn Springs Railway 2,000 Hampton and Brancheville .. .. 1,000 Hartsville Railway Lancaster and Chester 2,150 Manchester and Augusta 11,000 Manchester and Augusta (Luck now branch) 2,500 Manchester and Augusta (Preg nall branch) 5,000 Manchester and Augusta (Dar lington branch) 0,000 Northeastern Railway 16,000 \ North western Railway (branch) 1.850 >5outh Carolina and Georgia .. 15.000 South Carolina and Georgia / (Camden branch).. .. .. ? ? 10.000 South Bound Extension Railway 10,000 South Carolina and Georgia Ex tension Railway 6.000 Palmetto Railway 10,000 Spartanlmrg, Union and Colum 9-oon Pacific Railway of South Caro Una . ? 8,000 Seivern and Knoxvillo Railway 1,600 MVIImlngt m, Columbia and An gusta Railway H.00^ Wilmington, Columbia and An gusta Railway . . lo.OOO Wilmington, Columbia and Au gusta Ry. (CoAway branch) .. 6,000 Waterboro and J^^estern Rail- ^ ^ Carolina Midland Railway .... 6,000 tfumter and Wateree Railway . . 6,000 jLpjckena Railway Conway and Seashore Lj)?o I ockhart Railway L&ou ' Thc date of hearing of protests from the railroad officials has not yet beenj fixed. ? Pnarto brilliant Destructive Sttirm in Union. Union, Special.? This pjlace was vis ited Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by a terrible tornado. The storm came from tho north and It seems there was also one from the southwest, meeting In this vicinity^ ft played havoc,, toxir deaths and tonslrferable loss of property being the result. The niorm from the .north was preceded by a heavy rain and what appeared to be a dark bm? stout, 100. yards wide. It traveled wfth great speed and paopfc barely had time to gat In doors fcaforq the atdrm waa upon the town. A wla* of tha'atora paaaad along Main street anil blow several store doors open, doing more or less damage. Knitting Mill Hill, south of the town, caught the full force of the tornado, t which blew down the school houso and i two residences, converting them liter ally Into kindling wood. The occupants ilew from one of tho houses before it went to pieces and took refuge In an other nenr by. but this housu was also crushed to splinters. In this house Misses Sal, 1 io Hart and Annie Lawson A'ore Instantly killed, Mrs. Maxey Sims, died in an hour and her little daughter. Vora, died about S> o'clock. Maxey Sims escaped with a broken finger. Lee Sims received two bad cuts on the head from falling timbers and was Internally in jured. Mr. Mabry sustained a fractured shoulder, his leg was badly burned by a stovo falling on him and he was in ternally injured. His case may prove ! fatal. ( Mrs. I^ee Sims received a bad but not fatal cut on tho head* Mrs. Mabry and her two other children escaped with i slight injuries. It took some time to get the victims from the debris. Every physician in town was soon upon the scene, also President Nichols and Man ager Gault, of the Excelsior Knitting Mills, and willing hands assisted in re lieving the sufferers as much as possl- ' ble. The news spread rapidly and tho hill was soon full of people from town, anxious to render every assistance pos- ( sible. Everything that the families had \^b destroyed. JO'nesvllle reports in a telegram to Miss Lawson, the lady who was killed, that the storm was fearful at thai point and that one of her family had been killed there. 'Mis Lawson was dead when the telegram arrived. The prop erty damage will aggregate about $20, 000, divided among a number of stores and residences and coton mills. Statue to Rochnmbcnu Washington. Special. ? Amid enthusi astic demonstrations o? a great con- j course of people, tho superb statue of Count do nochambeau, who brought ? the forces of France across the sea at the hour of greatest peril In the Ameri can Revolution, was unveiled Satur day. Seldom has an event presented so many brilliant features of wilitai y j pageantry and at the same time given occasion for the manifestation of the j strong bonds of friendship existing be tween the French republic and tho I United States. Released By Friends. ' Atlanta, Specyil.? A Constitution special from Jackson, Miss., says: "Oliver Lamai> recently convicted of murder and sentenced to life im prisonment, was released from Jail at Mendenhall, early Sunday moring by 1 a inob of his friends. Sheriff Mngee i sent out several posses In pursuit, . but Lamar has not yet- been appre- j hended. The bars were pried off the | Jail fro mthe outside. It is not thought, j that more than six men were in the j gan^. Lamar was, convicted of the ;ih- j sassination of Win. Sanders, a 1 i v- ; eryruan. Two men, supposed to have I assisted in the escape, worn arrcstedj | at Mendenhall tonight." Covered With Liva. London, By Cable. ? The Morning ! F'ost publishes a dispatch from the island of St. Lucia, dated May 24, which Bays that St. Piere is now com* ( plctely covered with lava and that i it will he dangerous to approach the place until the covering hardens. Ash showers and detonations continue, says the dispatch. Fort de-France, ac- ! cording to The Post's correspondent, I is safe, but the.. people are appreben- j slve lest the lightning Hashes shall flMs the hundred rt of tons of explosives ; stored in the forts. The inhabitants j are fleeing. Two (hundred of them ar rived here Sunday and 1,700 are in j the island of fiuadaloupe. Most of ! them are destitute. ,? News of the Day. Miss Rbosevelt is said by a writer in Munsey's to have the distaste for old- I fashioned domesticity which is more or ! less characteristic of the modern girl. | Mrs. Iioosevelt is an exquisite needle- j woman. Her daughter's utmost efforts in that line arc confined to the making 1 of little gifts for her friends. Mrs. Roosevelt Is a notable housekeeper, aa . well as a brilliant hostess. Miss Roose- ! velt, although she cheerfully enough 1 answered any call frrr house duties at ; the family's Oyster Ray homo, has nl- ! ways preferred a free, outdoor life, j She is, howevor, scrupulous In social i matters, keeping her calling lists post- i cd with the exactness of a bank book j and answering all invitations with her j own hand.*" She 'is, moreover, .an athlc- I tld* young woman, with an inherited I fondness for walking. One million five hundred thousand Rrftesian children every year receive their education in elementary schools maintained by -the orthodox Greek Church. The sum of 20fr rubles, or about $105 a year. Is the average amount devoted to the maintenance of a school. Nlnety*four per cent of the teachers are themselves uneducated, and one-third receive less than a year. ThtT^fchool houses are almost invariably miserable huts, and many of the tphoolSrbave neither books for the pupils to read nor pens and ink with wfcloh they can write. N" evert helesa, the Russian Gowsmeat favors the? schools malsUiosd by the orthodox Greek Church far more than the more" efficient schools maintained by the 1 ? csi auth6fHfcs. 'l**' .j.y SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Temperature Slightly Above Normal l;or the Week. The average temperature for the wook ending .Monday, May iMHh, was 7."> decreet*, which is about 2 degrees above normal. '1 li ** week had a max imum of 91) degrees at MlacUville, aud a minimum of 5t> decrees at Howinan, Kingstruet , St. George and Seivcrn on the 23rd. The sunshine was below nor mal early in the week, with an average amount timing i h ?? latter pan. The rainfall was- generally light, and poorly distributed, with, however, heavy showera at places. notably, Spar tanburg had i.ir. inches, Klngstree 1.0-1, and St. Matthews 1.33. No other points had over an inch, and most pla ces had less than U.25, except ih.it the thunderstorms on the 2f>th increased the amounts over the western and cen tred counties, which will appear in next week's bulletin. The need of rain is al most general, but Is greatest along the coast from Horry to Beaufort, and in the west central counties, ? especially Chester, Lexington. Aiken, lCdgelltld and Saluda. The ground was too wet for cultiva tion. early iu the week, in Greenville county, otherwise farmwork was not Interrupted and made rapid progress, and ileitis are well cultivated, and free from grass and weeds, except In Ma rion and Oconee counties, where some fields of corn and cotton are grassy. In the dry vo' itics, named above, some bottom lands are too dry and hard to plow, ami in those localities much corn remains implanted. The' condition of corn is very satis factory, and it is said by some to be the best in many years. Cutworms have continued to damage stands, especially on bottom lands, while in Hampton county wire worms are doing it great injury. In Lexington corn is turning yellow for want of rain, but generally has, good color, is growin well, and looks promising. In Florenco -ounty, cut worms caused some fields to he plowed up and roplanted, but there has been less replanting necessary than usual. Cotton has generally good stand, vig orous stalks, healthy color, and has iO celved proper cultivation, over the whole State, with few exceptions. At a few points' it has been too dry for late cotton to come up well. Chopping is advanced everywhere, and at many places has. been finished. Lit e have made thofr appearance at a few ad ii tional points. There is some complaint of tho nights having been too cool for cottyn during a portion of tho week. Tobacco has irregular stands, and worms have appeared in a few locali ties. Rice is doing well and has re ceived its second flooding. Some is still being planted, and preparation of lands Is underway for June plantings. Wheat is in full head, anil iu pla.es is ripening. Its condition remains poor, although somewhat Improved during the week, with here and there very good fields. Knst has appeared in Fairfield county. The straw is short, but the heads seem to be well developed white the stands nre thin. Oats are ripening generally, and are poor, though slightly improved where rains occurred. Harvest is advancing slowly westward. Peaches, pears and apples are Btill dropping. Watermelons are not promising. Gardens only fair. Heavy shipments of beans, potatoes and other vegetables being made from tf)e truck raising sections. The general outlook is very promising for the sta ple crops, ami generally so for the mi nor ones. Paragraphs of News. The strike of bakers at Denver, Cob. has been Settled by a compro mise. The Ohio .monuments at Shiloh battlefield will be dedicated June C and 7. A forest tire has enveloped the top of Sheep .Mountain, near Canon City, Col. Domestic troubles caused .Fred M. Gale, of Peoria, 111., to kill himself. Southern plow manufacturers met at Cincinnati, O.,- to establish Uni form selling prices. Angered by his supper not being ready, Frederick W. Kberhardt killed bis wife at Chicago, III. /fcrffsliiR the Sheriff at eevry breath. ! Hamilton was hanged for murder at | Whatcom, Wash. ! A Town of Death and Silence. Castries, Island of St. Lucia, By Cable. ? St. Pierre, Martinique, is no longer of interest, except to the scien tists. Mont Pclee is still active, but ! all within its range are dead or havo fled. Fort dc France is quieter, and tho | exodus of its inhabitants to neighboi ing colonies continues. The Martinique, sufforera^bave sufficient food for th? present. The 8t. Vincent volcano, the. Sourfrfere, is less active. The total losi finally placed at 1,700, about the origi nal estfmate. The wounded and burned number 600, ? ? . Minister Wu at Charleston. Charleston, S. C., Special. ? Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, who had been formally Invited to the exposition and had declined, unexpectedly arafred here, accompanied by Ills private secre tary, Mr. Chung. Monday Mr. Wu ex pressed great admiration tor the expo and esp*cla11>admfred the sunk en gardens and the oourt of palaces. Work of %au]i Carolina Toronto. ChariestonT^Bpsilsl.^? The ' tornado ? which struck Unioa county Sunday af ternoon sat sis to .bhre can a wldd swath. It completely destroyed the tons storage wan rOotas of the Fee IfliWMiii ilium ft of tho-Vlr "on Chemical Company to MM J? ollshsd a negru cabin, hfUtng n mill bey. The loss of the Pan Dae pa Company is ! PLAN Or CAMPAIGN. I ' ' ? | I ' ! ! The Appoiiitntmcnts For Speakings j By Candidas SENATORIAL AM) STATE OFFICERS. ? The Schedule Made \N Ith a View to the Convenience of Both the Caiull ! dates and tiie People. After a very full < onsideration of a'^ ; j matters rgUtiug In n ny way t >> the ,j matter of the arrangement of the two , series of campaign meetings to I)-1 held throughout the Stale this summer. kin - ^ ; |mk duo consideration to the toba r ? I harvest time, the convenience of cnwli ? dates, the savins of mileage to <he travelers, tho sub-committee of th?? ! Btate Democratic executive coinniittee. ' after a session continuing for several : | hours adopted the campaign schedules j for the two campaigns the oi>e for the party of senatorial and congressional i candidates and the oilier tfor the parly of candidates for State oftjceis. The schedules as adopted provide lor j tli f- starting of hoth campaigns on June I 17 and the ending of hoth on AngnM 81. allowing certain off days now and then for railroad connections and for candidates to go home and look" after ? business. These schedules were iuojL ! carefully prepared in advance ol tho meeting after four days work on I ho \ part of Col. Jones and others ihm ! oughly familiar with railroad sched ules and connections. Only slight changes were made in them as orjg.n i ally drawn and thosqjihanges only re I lated to the substitution of a boat trip 1 down the Wuccamaw instead of a rail i trip out of Conway. The State cam- j paign party is to open up in Sumter , find close In the Pee Dee section, the , final meeting being as usual at Colum- j j Ida. The senatorial party will open up in Columbia and take the Pee Dee country first, several days being al ! lowed the candidates to be In Green ; villo during the Confederate reunion j i and will wind up at Winnsboro. Tho j schedules call for a trip in each case of not over 1,700 miles. The two schedules are as follows-: SENATORIAL, f 1. Columbia. Tuesday, June 17. 2. Camden. Wednesday. June IS. 3. Chesterfield. Friday. June 2n. 4. Bennettsville. Monday. June 23. 5. Bishopvllle, Tuesday, June - I (?. Darlington. Weum'sflay. Juno 2f>. j i 7. Florence. Thursday, Jupe 2'!. S. Marion, Friday. June -7. y. Conway. Monday. June 30. 1 10. Coorgetown. Wednesday, July 2. ? 1). Kingslrce. Friday. July 1. 12. Monck's Corner. Monday. Jnnejf. | 13. Manning. Tuesday. July ^ j ' 11. Sumter. Wednesday. Jul.v#;'' 15. Orangeburg. Thursday. July 10. It!. Bamberg. Friday. July II 17. George's, Satu.'day. July 12. i 18. ChaTtPSTDTi. Tuesday, July 15. j in. Waltcrboro, Wednesday, July 10. 20. Beaufort, Friday, July 1*. ? ! l . Hampton. Saturday. July 19. ! 2:2. Barnwell, Tuesday. July 22. 23. Aiken, Wednesday. July 23. 24. Fdgelletd. Thursday. July ^4. 20. Saluda, Saturday* July 20. 2t!. Lexington. Monday, July 28. 27. Newberry. Tuesday,..! uly 29. 28. Laurens, Thursday, July 31. 29. Greenville, Friday, August 1. i 30. Pickens. Saturday, August 2. ! ?|. Walhalla. Monday. August 1. i 32. Anderson, Tuesday. August 5. j 3<t. Abbeville, Friday, August 5. ( 24. (Ireen wood, Saturday, August' 9. 35. Union, Tuesday, August 12. 3t>. Spartanburg, Wednesday, Aug. id 27, Gaffney, Thursday, ^ugust 14. 28. Yorkville, Saturday, August Hi. ' 39. Lancaster. Tuesday. August 19, | i 40. Chester, Wednesday. August 2". \ 41. Winnsboro, Thursday, August 21. j STATE. 1. Sumter, Tuesday, June t], 2. Orangf'burg, Wednesday. June 18. j 3. Hamburg, Thursday, Juno J!*. 4. Georges. Friday. June 20. 5. Charleston, Saturday, June 21. G. Wrtlterboro, Monday, June 23. 7. 13eaufort, Wednesday, June 2.r>. 8. Hampton. Thursdey, June 26. 9. Barnwell, Saturday, Juno 28. 10. Aiken, Tuesday, July 1. 11. Edgefield, Wednesday. July 2. 12. Saluda, Friday, July 4. ?Ui* Ij-xington, Saturday. July 5. 1 4.\Ntwberry, Tuesday, July 8. 15. Greenwood, Wednesday, July !>. II',. Abbeville. Thursday, July 10. 17. Anderson, Friday, J n ly 11. 18. Walhalla, Monday, July 14. 19. Pickens, Wednesday, July 1?>. 20. Greenville. Thursday, July 17. 21. Laurens. Friday, July 18. 22. Union, Monday, July 21. 2H. Spartanburg. Tuesday, July 22. 24. GafTney. Wednesday. July 2.'$. 25. Yorkvllle, Friday, July 25. 2?>. Chester. Saturday. July 26. 27. Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 2 'J. 28. .Lancaster, Wednesday, July 30. 29. Camden. Thursday, July 31. * 30. Chesterfield, Saturday, Aug. 2. 31. Bennettsvllle. Tuesday, Aug. 5. 32. Hishopvllle, Wednesday, Aug, 6. 23. Darlington, Thursday, Aug. 7. 24. FJorpnce, Friday. Aug. 8. 35. Marion. Saturday, Aug. 9. 36. Conway. Tuesday, Aug. 12. 37., Georgetown. Thursday, Aug. 14. 88/ Klngatree, Saturday, Aug. 6. 39. Monk'# Corner. Tuesday. Aug. 19. 40. Manning, Wednesday, Aug. 20. 41. Columbia, Thursday. Aug. 21. WORK FOR, TOE COMMITTEE. When the conLnittee met In the of fice of Col. Will* fonfta, the State chairman ,at tine Carolina bank build aX there ware preaent from mfrw com* ttee Meeara. Manaina /of Sumter, Orlffltk of Lexlagtoe, Wtfbera of York. Bleaae of Newberry, * lfbftweency of . Hampton, TrmxHr of Florence, Kitchen Ot FalrteM. Of <3arend<m and Creenwood on August This pro\ Id | oil (or a continuous performance of i bo t h parties from start to finish, and ! the idea was to start one party out on : the modulo three weeks earlier than the other, both using the identical ! route. Mr. Dcrhum clalmod that it would nave the candidates In hotel lulls i and time and bo better in many other ] respecta. Mr. McMahan spoke earnestly j In advocacy of this quick moving cam 1 palgn He urged that it was notch shot tor in iniloaKo than the schvdulc pre pared, but <lid not have the figures ;u to mileage at hand. TIIH PLAN'. Col. J ones told with retciViice to what points the other campaign wrhed tihs had been prepared and held that it would be risky to change iroin tho general arrangement. The s. lit dole of the State meetings for instance Icid been prepared with special roloreilce to giving a laiger party of candidates aut ple time in each place visile I. wh<-i 'is tin' other schedule called occasionally f i > ?? time onl.Vi for the si natorial can dates to speak and make their train Finally Mr Mease moved tlte l t ion i ?f the ^("kedulo ploposl'd by ('<>1. .Fours, llefofe thi' vote was taken Sen ator Maiin/ng u:ffi\rJ to have the Si lie schedule anbst tinted for the seuat<>ri:d ticlu dale, (the </.< it of this na tion I ing to taky-Ui?< initial senatorial nieil- , iug to Sumter instead of Columbia, < ha<l no other desire in the matter than that one of the senatorial candidates j had told him he would rather have the j opening meeting in Stumer than in Co- ! luinbia. Col. .lun os stated .tVit ih.s cliau.",' would not do for the vciu.on that the schedules had been a i rallied wit.i j a view to a large an. I a small pariy of candidates respectively. though both allow d tit least three weeks between the apuraraiieo of one party at a givea point otid the appeal aiicc ot the other. Finally Senator Manning withdrew liis motion to change the plans. I ben slight amendments ns to the dales for the nieelings oil both sides of the i <>n way meeting, so as to allov. a boat ri?e on tho WiK-eamaw were adopted and the schedules were adopted as a whole. thi motion of (iov. McSwccuev the chairman was inst rm tod to notit.v tli county chairman in ample time of Hie dates of the meetings and suggests to each eon illy chairman the propriety of assigning each of the candidates to homes of local people for entertain ment. The chairman then call id lor a list of the county chairman in the State and it was made up. A spec ial committee consist ing^of I lie chairman, Mr. Wilborn and Mr/Trax ler was appointed to watch the pi og ress of the campaign and when it was found nc<Wssary to arrange for special trains for the movement of the cam paign parties to undertake to make tnieh arrangemcnti;. The committee Instruclcd the i hair man to take up the matt.er ot securing cheap rates for the campaigners from the railroads, asking for half rates. There was some discussion of the form of the tlcketntto be used in the coming-primary election, but the mai ler being plainly s-'t forth in the party rules no action was taken. The State committee prinlu all the tickets for United Slates senator, and Stale ofL i cers. and the several counties look tor the tickets for the congressional candidates. The candidates are required to lib' their pledges with the chairman of tho committee at Columbia not later than ]'2 o'clock noon on the day before the campaign opens, and assessment is payable upon the tiling of the pledge. The assessments are as follows, being left as they were two years ago: Unit ed States senator and < ongrcssman, $50; governor. $:'?<>; lieutenant governor $12. ."0: adjutant general. and ail other State officers, $37.50. The county assessments as here- j toforii in proportion to tTtiMrVeprc. men tation in the leigslalurc. ^ J A resolution was adopted prohibiting | county committees from assessing can didates assessed by the State commit tee. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Flour.* A. Ilaveinoyer gave $20,000 n to Ilryn Mnwr College. A (iornian edition of Carl Schurz's i Autobiography is likely to bo put out ! in HerUh. ICmpi*rof William gave I<Mnp Alfonso i a handsome Damascus sword for a cor onation gift. Kear-Admiral Coghlan has taken an Asiatic assignment- instead of a berth ul Philadelphia. Archbishop Corrigan's will has been filed for probate in New York Citv. Ills personal property is estimated at the rest of his holdings belong' to the church. It ret Ilarte, who died at tho age of sixty-three, probably exerted a greater influence on English literature than an other American author, thinks the London Hpeetntor. M. L>e Wltte, Secretary of t lie ltus tdau Imperial Treasury, Is one of the very few Itussiaiis who has risen from its down-trodden peasantry. Such a feat, In tjial country, is almost mar velous. y? Lord Kelvin Inja* returned to Knglund more Impressed ' tlimi ever with the greatness of the American people nnd the magnificence of their industrial and political future. He Ik enthusiastic on the subject of an Auglo-Amcricau alll? ancc. Former Secretary of the Navy John I). Long say* that for the first time in forts year* he I* enjoying himself and taking a real vacation. He I* ?t LI*; home lu II Ingham, Ma?f.. and jvlll not reaume the active duties of bid profession until tbe fall. r. ' : " PrtaldMl iRvltsl. Macos, Oa.. BpeciaL? ?fca Macoa ettjr codicil %ad Vioa PrsaMant Hferrta Jor 4aa, of tha National Farmara* , Ow* gnm, lavs )o*m*d la aa wit Ottobar,aC Uw t^i?rf|kliiil^ PROF. HILL REPORTS First Accurate Scientific Statement Concerning Destruction By Volcano ? ? - MS 1 1 1:1) Till** SCENE PUSONALLV ? ? Interesting Account By the First anil Only r\t tn NN'lio 5et l oot on the Mountain Since the Fruptloit. ? ? # . ? . Fort tie-France. Hv Cable. ? l'rof. Hobt . T. Hill, Fulled States govorn ulent geohglst and head of tho expeu tliiion scut l>> tin4 National (biograph ical S eiity, has just come In from a ilar, in; mid prolonged Investigation of tlu* volcanic activity of ^Martinique. Prof. Mill is i lie fust and ortty.u^m who lias si t foi l in the area of tlio^kr'a lissiir* s and because of his hl);h j^p?I ti<>n as a scientist, his story is valuable. Il<' reports as follow#;: ? The zone of the catastrophe in Mar tinique forms an elongated oval, on land al>out eight square miles of de struction. This oval Is partly over 'the m .? The land part Is hounded by lines tunning from I Prechoro lo the break of Mont IVhe, thence curving around to Cirbet. There jfrere three well marked zonoti; First rri centre of anni hilation, in which all life, vegetable, animal, etc., was killed. A large, outer non-destructive zone of ashes, wherein Kfuiie vegetation wub injured. The focus ef annihilation waa the now cratei midway between the sea and the peak of Mont I vice, where now exists a new ana of active voleanlsm, with hun dreds of funtaroles, or miniature vol canoes. The new orator Is now vomjt { iiu; black, hot mud, * nlch is falling in I to 1 he sea. Both craters, the old and ! new. are active. Mushroom-shaped j r.tenm explosions constantly ascend j from the old crater, while heavy ash ! laden clouds float horizontally from the j new crater. Tho old crater ejeets steam ! smoke, mud, pumice and laplla, l>St no molten lava. "The salient topography of the re gion is unaltered. The destruction of St. Fieri e was due to tho new crater. The4, explosion had great, superficial force, acting in radical directions as is ovhh need by tho dismount ing and car I tying for yards or the guns In tho bat ! lory on tho hill south of St. Flerre and the statute of the Virgin, In the same | locality, and also by the condition of i t lie ruined houses in St. Pierre. Accord j ing to the testimony of some persoiYtt^ there was accompanying names. Oth ! ers think the incandescent cinders find tho force of their ejection were nulll- ; cient to cause the destruction. This must bo investigated." This Is tho tlrst scientific statement bnsed ot^jbserved facts. Prof. Hill has now Started on horse-back for tho volcano, elf will study the wholo af fected area and will try to get to both craters. The undertaking is very haz ardous, as explosions may occur at any moment. Terror In Fort-de- France. Fort -de- Franco, Hy Cable. ? Mont I 'el co is ngnin In eruption. Hugo black j cIoiuIh are rolling over Fort-db-France In gio:tt masses, in which there are peculiar lightning Hashes. The Inha bitants arc now flocking into the great square of the town. If the demonstra tlon increases a panic ia imminent. A very heavy surf has been beating on, the shore for the last two hourft and an enormous greyish-yellow cloud at a great, height is visible in the direction x?f Mont I'elee. Tho night Is intensely dark, and the stars are only faintly visible, Fort-de-France la In no danger from the volcano, but there Is consider able apprehension of n panic In tho night time should the greyish-yellow cloud reach here and ashes and stOn^t* begin to fall. There are no noises from'' the volcano at present. * Beef Supply Cut Off. Chicago. Special.? Chicago's beef supply from the stock yards has been almost entirely cut off and unless the concesslonn demanded by the striking teamsters are grantod within the next day or two the city will be face to face with a famine. The situation Is grow ing more'alarming witll the passing of each 'lay. ?? . ^ One Killed: 100 Injured. ^ New York, Spcclal.? Kllan Coolldge, circulation manager of the New Yorfc Commercial, wai alroost'instantly klll c<y and about 100 Injured Tuesday evening, by the breaking down of a temporary sidewalk ai Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street. Some of these Injured may df\e. Those who fell were part of the crowd gather*! to watch the parade of the milttfa In honor the visit of the French Roehambean commission to thla city. Two hundred pvaons were on the sidewalk when it They wete predyttated j$ feat Utto aa excavation tor a aew MM* i*yT*n<l fell onpilea of boildlif a?te> rid. DCSTROYl:!) BY rARTMQUAKE City of 35,000 Population Swept OH 1 lie Pnce 01 t lie U&rth. Hamburg. liy Cable. ? A special dis patch to the Hamburg Hoersonhalo, J from Gutemala, says that the town ot ' Qucszaltonaugo has been wholly (16 | e toyed by flu earthq^ike, whlejj) last ! od th roe-quarters of iv, minute. Husl : ness is entirely suspended in Guate j mala. It was reported from Guatemala City. Guatemala! April 20, t.hat earthquake shocks, which wore general throughout that country April l!> and 20, partly ob literated tho.^pwn of Queszaltenango ami badly damaged Mattlln, Solola, ; Santa Lucia and San Juan. Two hun j dred persona were reported killed, ,vUi?>s;tlv women, and many people were Injured. Quesaltenango has a popula tion of 25,000 people, Is handsomely built and well paved and has a rlchly , decorated cathedral, several other ; other churches and a tine city hall. No Shock Pelt In /Mexico. MjoxIco City. Special. ? The dispatch from Hamburg stating that a paper there has advice that the town of Qucsaltennngo, Guatemala, had been wholly destroyed by an earthquake shock has been rocelved here. No shock was felt here, as was the case on April IS last, when a shock was felt. It Is possible the Hamburg paper may have rocelved mall advices referlng to Uilo earthquake. Probably Three ili'tuU^d Killed. Vancouver, LV C.. Special. ? A special from Ferule, 11. C.. says: ? "In the ter rible explosion at 7:30 Thursday even ing in No. 2 shaft of the Crow's Nest l'ass Coal Company's inlno, near Fer ule, which also expended to No. 3 shaft ' only 3;') of the 300 men Working In the minojtre known to have escaped. >flno dead* bodies have been taken out up to noon today. Of 160 men entombed it Is feared the majority are doad. The seems at. the mines and in 'be village of Pernio arc heart-rending. Hardly a house has escaped affliction. Th<^work of rescue is being hurtled a nif 'perfect order prevails, assistance coming from every available source. The presoneo of coal damp is adding to tho danger. of rescue work. A fear has became gen eral that the mines may catch tiro at any time and survivors ore being be sought. by their relatives not Ho ven ture into tho shafts .even for rcscue work." ? ? ' I>RE?ifr?TEI<IANS ADJOURN. I in is li the Session* of Their, (ienerat Assembly. Jackson, Miss., Spoclal. ? Thoforty Bocond General Assembly or the Presbyterian Church adjourned Frip day afternoon, the business of the session having been concluded with tho appointment of ftho following ? delegates to the Liverpool Council: " Delegates nt largo": Dr. T. 15. Con- . verms Hon. Wm. Fisher, Judge J. W. Martin, Drs, A, W, Webb, ? W. 1 W. ? Moore, W. H. Marquez; Alabama, Drs. Neil Anderson, Jt??; McQne^UT Arkansas, S. G. Miyc?r; Florida, tt. S. Yeagor; Georgia, Wm, Goddard, T. J. Plunkett; Kbntucky, H, Ruther ford, I. S. McIQlroy; Judge Denton; Louisiana, E. Mack; Mississippi, O.' " E. Cunningham, J. E. Jones, Missouri, W. R. Dobyns, O. G. Lacey; North Carolina, A. J. McKelway, Eugene Daniel, tt. E. Caldwell; ttouth Canjr Una, W. T. Hall, W. A. Clarke; Ten nessee, N. M. Woods, W. S. Jacobs; G. W. McCrea; Texas, J. Jbhnson, W. - H. Lcavell; Virginia, W. H. Lacid, E. IJ. McClure, II. A. ATTen^L^WHker son. Tho committee appolnte^io fill tho vacancies to the Pan-Presbyterian' Alliance Is composed of Dr. N. M. , Woods and C. W. McCrea. - A NEW BOOK AGENT. General Conference Discards Bar bee end Retains Smith. Dallas. Special. ? The election 6tw eonnectional officers absorbed the in*' terost of the delegates at Friday'? sesHiou of the General Conference of tho Methodlat Episcopal church, South. The flection of senior^' and junior Ix^ok agents today caused spirited contests. II. O. Bidhatu, of Georgia, was olocted to succecd Dr. J. G. Rarbee, of Nashville, Tenn., a-1 * the book agent, and D. M> Smith, el . tho Arm of Harbee & Smith, w a* r? " elected as junior book agent., H. M. ?Dubose was selected . on the first ba?* , la* for the position of general secre- a jmry of the Epworth League and edl* tor of The fipwortb Era. Dr. Lamboth - was elected missionary secretary with no opposition. At the afternoon see* ?Ion, Dr. Winter, 6t Monterey, Mex., was elected editor of The Christian^ Advocate, the organ of the Church at Nashville, and Dr.. J. B. Tlger^ was re-elected book editor and edlC5r of TJie Review. 1 ' ?? . : la Industrial Fields It. is rumored -at Lambert V Norfolk, Vs., that the Po^ Manufacturing Co. and carpet *?U1 secured toy parties who will chi plant C<r a knitting mill, which erty has, ^ Waco Knitting ***** has been Ineorpc stbek or IW.OOO, hy ehell, J. T. -Tyler annouseemest ?f mads