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HIFUL DISASTER and 29 Others Were Fatally Hurt MCI ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY fiSxcuralott Train, Loaded With tea, Jumps tlic Track on Jligh tment* llngham, Ala., Special.? On ling a curve on^a high embank f near Berry, Ala., at 9:30 o'clock morning, the engiho and four M an excursion train on the Soutb hilway leaped from the track and over and over down the incline, t?lng the roaches into kindling and causing the Instant death of Bisons and the injury of 81 other.}. Tcians say at least 29 of the in connot live. With the exception f. M. Dudley, trainmaster of the lern Railway, and Engineer J. W. >k, living at Birmingham, and U??s ?helhyr?f Columbus, Miss., all of ?dead and injured are negroes who rd taken advantage of excursion rales fl>m points in Mississippi to Birming ]tm. MTHa rlnuri- U M .DmiIIpv Sin master, Southern Railway; J. > Crook, engineer, Birmingham; K? Shelby, Columbus, Miss.; negroes, l Smith, Isola', Little Martin, child, jlumlRis, Miss.; Charley Carp, Co bus, Miss.; Ezel PEterson, West int, Miss.; Ed. Clarke, pohu'nbus, Nute Green, Columbus; Willie tompson, Columbus; 20 dead whoao ies have not been identified, Tv?cn excursionists arn thought to be y injured and l>2 others sustained tries of or less serious nature. Mario Cox, white, injured and Sprained. Tfien the wrcck occurred the train _ running at the rate of 30 miles an rijr and just started around a <;i*r-ve ' *~>p of a GO-foot embankmoivfc tV'-th wavning the tender of the en;?:ne ftdcnly left the track> jerking the ;ine and the first four cars wilb it. iero were ten cars to the excursion in. but the fourtlv. broke loose from fifth and with the heavy engine ,ged down the steep incline. The frs, which were packed with passen rs, turned completely over several " ,Cs aftd Avas crushed like egg xaclls, lling and crippling the inmates. Persons who have returned from the icene of the wreck say it is indeficrib Tilci. The dead bodies of the ncgror.? scattered ir^ every direction and \\3 moans and appeals for help from '$h'o wounded was heart-rending. A s soon as the accident was reported ?to the* officials of the road,, wrecking .trains, canwing physicians, were liu.r ^ tled from Columbus, ?'^iss., and Llr. ? fningham. and everything possible ia pbolng done to alleviate the sufferings V of the injurod. The dead bodies have |~'Leen pre^Ted for burial. - - ? Labor Day Observed. p ' Knoxville, Tenn., Special'. ? T^bor L. r)a:/ was aPProPriatfely celebrated bore jp by, the Central Labor Unions of east wfcn&flffiife. This morning a bfg parade _ occurred in which labor unions anil r.'. merchants and manufacturers partici ..Weil. Memphis, Special. ? Labor Day was observed in tHe usual way by the closing of banks and the postofflce af ter one descry, the paredo of labor unions and Various outings. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.? La bor. Day was generally celofTraC . here. , - ftoanoke. Va., Special. ? Labor Dcij was celebrated here in a fitting man *ior, business being generally" . bus fended. In the morning an immense l>Arade took place, which was partlcb pa ted in by the Union men of the citv'. At Crystal Spring Park Mayor Cuteh in, of Roanoke, and State Labor Com missioner Doherty addressed a large crowd. 0 Louisville, Special. ? Labor Day was more generally observer! throughout the State than in previous years. Gov ernor Beckham having declared it a local holiday for the first time. The feature of the day in thin city was a big parade, in the afternoon, partici pated in by nearly every labor organ isation in Louisville. A big mass meet ing and picnic was scheduled at Phoenix 11111 Park at night. Business was almost at a standstill. h A Suicide. Durham, Special. ? Mr. D. A. Simpson who has had the mauagement of the West Durham store 'of Rr-fBihrknall & Fon foi- some time, committed' suicide Monday morning by taking laudanum. Hn was found in his room at an early hour in an unconscious cdhdltion. Phy solans were summoned at once and did ..nil in their power to save his life for more than twohoura. but to no avail, lie was at his &oric yesterday and closed hie West Durham store as usual and came down town. The young man's motive for taking hi* own life Is un? J&own. His remains were carried to Roxboro this afternoon for burial. He came here ahout a year ago from Rox horo, where he left a mother,, rather nn?1 several sistois and brothers. He was about 22 yea/s of axe. - ? = In honor of Army Officer*. Berlin, By Cable.? Major Generals Corbin and Young and Brigadier Gen < 1 4] Wood and the other members of Iht* American party visited the mili um* school at i-itchenfleM;' Uettenant t:nlone! J/H. Kerr, the United 8Utes ir. litary attache. gnee a 6\nn*r fhls eyeing IB honor of the Ttefttng Ameri n iritifjMm. _ BeaMe* 3n army tracers. r n or 4aa. niuiiaj ???? t>?mWr of the highest Bama* mili tary ommmTmm ? -v ?- ?' *? - ? ??* -Ufa* PALMETTO CROP CONDITIONS, Summary ol Report* For lite Past Week. the week ending Monday, September 1st was decidedly ' Color than usual with an average- temperature of about 73 degrees, a maximum of ti:i degrees at Greenwood on the and a mini mum of 38 degrees at How man on the 27th and at Darlington ou the 2i)th. The (hat and last days wore partly cloudy to clear, but Uio middle of the week w:i a cloudy, humid and rainy. There wore no destructive winds or hailstorms. On the 22nd there was a heavy rain - fall in the middle coast counties, and a quite general rainfall on the 23rd, while on 'the 20th, 27th and 28th light, cold, at times drizzling rain covered I the entire Htatc, heavy at a few points ; where landg Were washed, but general ly very gentle, so that nearly all was absorbed, putting th? roll Into good condition for fall growth, and for plow ing for oats which is underway to a slight extent. Over most of the State the. work was favorable for farm work, although the ! rains Interfered with cotton picking, fodder i??'.ling, r iw harvest and haying,' bUi turnips came up to good stands. | Late corn wll bo gieatly benefitted I 1)V lilt? ))mv J> />!>>)<' ); 1 1 1 > r> 1 , , , and looks quit promising. Some earU* I O ' corn has been gathered No Improvement is noted in any but Very late cotton, on the contrary all report* continue to note the spread of Viist that stops growth on th* plants attacked, whllu on *andy lands the plants hnvc reached maturity and all ni'Owth has stopped. Cotton opened rapidly previous to the rains, which chocked opening somewhat and inter fered with pk'king, and also stained some Open cotton- or boat it to tho ground. In places half the crop is open and the work of picking Is *, belng urgently pressed. This ir, ttliuRualty early. Yields aj-w disappointing. Late cotton on stiff soils Is still fruiting, but the general prospect for a top crop is poor. Sea-Inland cotton is putting on a email top crop, and blight is less prevalonL than for years. Rico harvest made satisfactory pro gress. Feaa, sweet potatoes, cane and fall gardens improved materially. Late fruit is scarce, except grapes which are plentiful. Live Items. There is a great demand for dwell ing is Richmond. Millie C. Clark, a well-known West Virginia teacher, died at Rowlesburg, \V. V.-u Mrs. Greene, wife of Martin Green, Baltimore and Ohio train dispatcher, is dead at Grafton, W\ Vft, The annual confercnco of the Metho dist Protestant Church of West Vir ginia is In session at Grafton. ' While handling a gun at Great Ca eapon, W. Va., last night Charles Thompson accidentally shot.and killed his little sister. _ ?? The plant of the Phoenix Peed Mill ing Company In Petersburg was de stroyed by fire Thursday night. The loss was i20,<)W,-wnh- SinaTT Insurance. A -writer in a scientific journal, in speaking of the growing use of per* fume, says that some of them have real value medicinally, but many arfe exciting to the nerves, if not poison ous. The perfume of violets is help ful In diseases of some kinds, hut the essence must# be from the flowers themselves and not a chemical imi tation. Nine-tenths of the essence now sold is an Imitation. Lavender is very soothing to the nerves and the lavender scented sheets of our grandmothers, were excellent promot ers of sleep. Jessamine is another scent that has a distinct medical val ue, but it must be used alone,%and not in compound, for in the latter its ef fect is positively injurious, inducing nerve exhaustion and profound de pression. Full of Soldiers.. ~ Florence. Italy, Ily Cable. ? The em ployes of forty different callings have joined the strike which began last Friday. The town appears to be In a state of sirge. Troops have been re called from the manouevres and -from camp, and every square in the city is occupied* by a company of soldiers. Witl) fixed bayonets , lhc.. cavalry . pa trol# are- parading- -the- streets of Florence and Its suburbs. Six thou sand troops In "addition to a numbe r of policemep, and carbineers have been concentrated In the city. Plenty of other Holdlcrs are available should order bo disturbed. It is esJtf&uUod that 40,000 men are tdle. / (Express Car Robbed. Nashville. Tcnu. Special ? As through passenger train No. 2, on the Ixnils vllle & Nashville, due here at 7:20 p. in., was pulling out of Franklin, Tenn., 18 miles south of here, the express car j*as boarded by two masked men. With a Run at his head the messenger .waa forced to open the outside safe, which the robbers rifled. The nien rode with the messenger Into the Soutfi Nashville yards here, where the train ?lowed down and tfrfc?; disappeared. The exprqss men estimated the loss at about 1500. Minor Mention. The Mechanics* Lumber Co. of Shaw nee, Okla., has been chartered, with a capital stock of $5,000. The Incorpora tors are S. B, and A. C. Davis and Rosamond GMtmnn. - It in stated that n Innre fnfnltte ?nnnflMMftmr plnnt in- in be abort!?, erean* JnAUnntn, On., by Rjwtall r vfem company.. *m_ cost from nae.tM to - REPLIES TO CRITICS.I President Roosevelt Makes Some Re marks Concerning Trusts # ? *""? ?? - POSITION HAS BtEN MISCONSTRUED I The Evil Combinations Should Ho Singled Out For Prosecution ? Le gitimate Trade ShoulJ .Not Sirff.'r.* Fltehburg, Masfc., Special. Tho first Important stop of l'reaident Itoosovelt after he had resumed his travels through Massachusetts was in this city, where hu found the p iopI*' keeping n general hotldny. A utop of rtn hour was made hero and the I'-e.-i deiit delivered an address, thour.un Is of persons being assemble^ ' ? h'-av him. In his address ho'dovotert hiui self almost exclusively to the liutiiri. In answer to Ills ciitlcs, Ho Kuii in part: "If some of those who hitvo se;.i cause for wonder in what 1 have said this. fall on the situation of grjjat. cor porations, which are popularly, al though with technh al in.ieeufacy, re garded as trusts, would take thu trouble to read my messages when I wgs Governor, what I Paid on the stump two years ago, and what 1 put in my first message to Congress. I think they would haw been bur- as ^amI??Ii44 9 - ??# * * ... i rr i . aj t%if hllltlip that, I did hot think 1 could make good, and I shall not heaitato now ;o take the position which I then advo cated. I am even more anxious that you who hear what I pay should think of It thiiu that you should ap plaud it. 1 am not going tft try to do i line with technical accuracy what | ought to he meant when wc speak of a trust. Dut if by trust wc mean merely a big corporation, then I ask you to ponder the utter folly of man who either in a spirit or rancor or in a spirit of folly says, 'Destroy the trusts,' without giving you an idea of what he means really to do. I will go i with him if he ways destroy the evil one ? thrt trusts ? gladly. (Applause.) \ 1 will try to tihd out thai evil. (Much | i applause.) 1 will {seek to apply renve i dies, whteh 1 have already outlined in other speeches. Hut if his policy, from whatever motive, whether hatred, fear, panic or just she::r ignorance, i3 to destroy .the trusts in a way that will destroy all our' prosperity, no. Those men who advocate wild and foolish remedies which wyuld be worse than the disease are doing all in their power to perpetuate the evils against which they nominally war. be cause if we are brought to face with the naked Issue of either keeping or totally destroying _ a prosperity in which the majorlfy share, but in which some share improperly, why as sensible men we mviiJt decide that it j is a great deal better that some peo ple should prosper too much than that ho one should prosper enough. So that the rhatl who advocates de stroying the trusts by measures which Would paralyse the induatries of the bountry all is at best a yuaek and at worst an enemy of the republic. fcNow it <loea not do anybody any good and Jt will do most of us a great deal of harm to take steps -which wili check any proper growth in :? corporation. A big corporation may be doing exactly the work for the whole country, ai\d you want, above all things, when striving to get a plan which will prevent wrong doing by a corporation which desires ' to do wr<i|g, not at the same time to have a scnome which will interfere with a corporation doing well if thnt cor* porat.ion is handling Itself squarely and honestly. Noyt what 1 am saying ought to be treated oh simple, elemen tary truths. The only reason it is necessary to say them at all is that apparently -qome people forget them. I believe something can be done by national legislation. Note my words. I say I believe. It is not in my power to say 1 know. When I talk to you of my own duties, T can t ?*11 you defi nitely what will and what will not be" done. When I speak of factions or any #He else I can only say that l bcltovc something more can be done by na tional legislation. I believe it will hq| done. I think we can get laws which will measurably Increase the power of ther Federal government on cor porations; but. gentlemen. I believe firmly in the end there will have to bo an amendment to the constitution conferring additional power upon the Federal government to deal with cor porations, To got thnt will be a mat ter of difficulty, and a matter of time. I want you to think of what I have said because it represents call of the sincerity and earnestness that I have, and I say to you here from this platform, nothing that I have not al ready stated and nothing that I would not say at private table with any big corporation managers o? the land." Died From Hydrophobia. Ashevllle, Special. ? About three weeks ago T./j. Harris, of this city, took his five-wear old son to the Pas teur Instltute\in New York, the little fellow having ueen bitten by a suppos ed mad dog. Ttvcsday* afternoon Mrs. Harris received telegrams frctn Mr. Harris saying that the lad was dying, and that bo would arrive la Ashevlll? Wednesday. The boy was terribly bit ten about the face and head but at first the New York phyalcians expieeBed the opinion that the young patient could be save<i,Jfoni rihe dreaded hydrophobe. But ,6 ehange\for the worse. how^>ui, canje jBunday. v f."7'-} 1 No Choice In Vermont. White River Junction. Vt., Special. - Election returns from 150 cities and towns out of 246 do not show'u majfrl \ ? t y over *11 of any one gubernatorial cnndMete. The returns Include cities of- St. Albans. Berre/Vergcnoe*. but do ngt include tkc large -eltteo Mil ? It _ UULjefcufttfljl citlee *tre ? Vote tkm iriHl Tlofnacriai^Un- j ORDERED TO SHOOT. * r ' rT ' Latent Developments li> the Ureal Coal Strike. Philadelphia, Special, ? Having ex hausted every other moans for pre serving tlio peace and In protecting the non-union men from violence on their way to and from the mines, Brigadier i General tJobin, in command of the troops now in the coal Acids, has Is sued an order that the soldiers shall shoot any person detected In throwing stones or other missiles and that if any mob resist the authority of the troops that they shall finely uSe their bayo nets and butts. The 1'anther Creek valley has been in almost contiuQftl turmoil this week and th" trottpn Motioned them have I had a difficult tlmo in protecting the Uvea of workmen. Tonight the tdtua tion in that valley has improved con- | slderably and It Is hoped by tho mili tary authorities that the lawless and abusivo language directed toward the soldiers will now cease. The other sec tions of tho coal regions are com para tlvely quiet. A mob gathered at the Dorrancc col Jiory, near Wilkesbarre, early In the day, because it was rumored the col liery was about to start work. The crowd soon scattered, however, when it was found that the rumor was lncor ie?H. r.. general strike .... unchanged'.' There is some coal being shipped, but the quantity Is so small compared with the normal shipment that, it has little or no effect, on the market. The fuel now coming to mar ket Is principally washery and loose coal. Killed by a Mob. Monroe, Mich., Special,? -Walter Le merand. lately from Toledo. O., came home and found a man, a French inn n named Jos. Labarge, also of Toledo, in I the house with his wife. , A quarrel en sued, finally rcunning from i t hn houne. Ah officer ntte.mpted to ?r [rpst hi, in, when tit rdit down Third street, a crowd pursuing n',r... Th? cry "at-featilter" was raised and the mob be gan to shoot. La bar go ran into a? corn field, where ho was surrounded and shot doad, a bullet penotrating his h<jart. /Mrs. Lemerand said: "The man was sitting in tho parlor with me when my hu&band came home. There was noth ing wrong:." Mrs. Lemerand said that she and Labargo had planned an olope mcnt. <? An autopsy was performed on La barge's body. Two men whfise ?hoU klllod La barge are known, but no ar Vcsta aflll be made until after the in quest. V Crief Mention. j t>C?'lcGs to attract congregations to Church arc spreading from sensation alism to a business like esthetic-ism. There is a place of worship where tiny boquets of (lowers are at the close of every morning service hand ed to each lady member of the con gregation. During sorvlce the flow era decorate the alter and the pulpit. The parish, it seems, mainly consists of houses without gardens, and flow ers, therefore, cannot bo grown to any great extent. ^ As an instance of the qare which the proftent curators are asking of Stonehfenge a correspondent mentions" the experience of a party of collegians who paid a recent visit there. They were told that tho taking of provis ions near the stones la prohibited for this reason: It is believed that the presence of fragments of food would attract rodents* whose possible bur rowing would b^a mehace to the sta bility of the stones. Hundreds of horfics and thousands of cattle in tho Hawaiian Islands nev er take a drink of water. Thoy livo on the upplir altitudes of tho moun tains, where the cattle run wild from the time they are born until they aro sent to the slaughter house. Except possibly for two or threo months in ' the rainy season there are no streams or pools of water la any part where the cattlo roam, but everything there grows a roetimbent, jointed grass, known by the native name of maninia. This is both food and drink. The Newcomer Lumber Co. of Jack son. Miss., has been chartered, with a capital stock of $100,000. The incor porators are D. J. Batchelder, Jr., C. E. Newcomer and I. D. Newcomer. The Kerr Furniture Co. of Green ville, S. C., has been chartered, with capital stock of $6,000. The officers of the company aro J. S. Kerr, president und treasurer, and J. S. Stark, vice president. ~ Two Hundred Killed or Wounded. Wlllemstcad, Curacoa, Dy Cable.? Advices of an official nature which have reached here from Caracas, Vene zuela, are to the effect that a servere fight occurred yesterdaj^Vtween gov ernment forces and tfio advance guard of the revolutionary army under Gen eral Matos. The revolutionists were commanded by Generals Zpllo and Vldal. They made an attempt to occuyy thc iovvn of Taguay. but, after a fight of five hours, they abandoned the field to the government forces. Two hun dred of the revolutionist were killed or wounded. ^ Killed for Family Difficulty Bristol, Tenn., Special.? As the re sult of an alleged family difficulty Charles Amburfcy, Whltesburg, Ky., w M nhot and killed by George L*rawr, of Abingdon, Va, Urnir attwiii Am IT IS ACTIVE AGAIN. Mount Pclcc Violently Eruptive Once More PEOPI.I": THOROUGHLY FKI(illTIM:D. j ????'??? # ? " I The News from Neighboring lalnndd I Is tu the i:ffcct That Rumbling Noises and L>etonatloii> arc Heard In the Direction of A\arttnlquc. Willi* Showers of A.^ca Continue to Descend. Polnto-A-PUro, Island of Quadalupo, By C able. ? This entire poft han hewn covered with a cloud of lino dust since 0 o'clock Sunday morning and the pop ulace is panic-stricken. Fine ashes aro falling continually In n alight drizzle. Semi darknosa Is over the sea and the ships ia the harbor seem to ho envolopl cd In a cloud of smoke. Advices from | Bassso Terry assert that rinco day break today the entire island has been covered with a cloud of dust coming from the southeast. tho direction of tho island of Martlr.que. The population of Bopho Terry is greatly alarmed. 1 *>? I Mt'ATIONn OK YOT.iCANIR AO Roseau, Ronmnnda, B. W. I., Hy Cable. ? A thick mist has enveloped Roseau and its neighborhood and dust I* 'ailing. St. John, Antigua, lJ. W. I.? Many very loud detonations were hen id liorA from 9 o'clock to midnight. Basse Terry, St. Kltts. B. \V\? A se ries of loud ropoi'tfi was heard here last night from 7 until It o'clock. A severe eruption of Mont Peine, Martlnrpio, was reported to have oe eurrod nt noon, August 21. This report was brought to Castries, island of St. Lucia, by officers of the French steam whip Itahome. This ?ruption was fol. lowed by total darkness for five miles away from the roleanO. A dispatch received from St. Thomas, i T?. W I., August ?X>, said that butwocn j 10 o'clock in HT6 r.^rriiiug and 3 p. in., August 25. elouds of dust were fleen IxiS the direction of Monte Pelee. island of Dominica. Detonations were heard and i there wero light showers of volenti fc dur.t on the island. Tho following mes sage was received from Dominica: "Since 2 p, m. today (Tuesday) pro longed rumbling noises in quick suc cession have tf^n heard from tho southward. Thcrf-Ui every indication 1 that Monte Pelee is in violent erup tion." ' A dispatch from Paris, dated August 28, said the latest dinpatchos received at tho Ministry of the Colonics from Fort-de-Fraueei island of Martinique, i dated August .25. They made no men tion of the reported eruption of Monto Pelee. Tho Paris dispatch said bIbo that tho cables to Martinique both north and couth continued to bo interrupted Effort* made to c6mmunlcate by cable direct with the island of Mritlnique have proved unsuccessful. Tolegraphic eominunieation with, that Island from New York ia still interrupted. .Roseau. Domlneia, B. W. I., By Cablo. ? Tho thick mist which enveloped Roseau Sunday, was taken, as it ap proached, for a<#ain storm. The dust ia still falling, although, lightly, but during the night tho quantity of dust which feil here was greater than upon any previous 'occasion since the . flrnt crnptiou of Mont Pelee. At night fall a dark cone-shaped ctoud emitting electric flashes ro3e In the South but It *as gradually obscured by tho mist caused by the falling ash ea. Humbling noises and a few detonations were heard during the night of the 30lh. The people hero aro quiet. No news has yet reached here from Martinique. News Front the Strike. 13 Wllkesbarre, Special. ? Jacob Smith, a coal and Iron policeman in the em ploy of tlio Kingston Coal Company, was hold up by two unknown men Sunday whilo ho wan on bis way to ono of the collieries of the company to relieve an officer. His assailants took his revolver away from him and then gave him a severo beating. Tramway Employers in Switzerland Strike. , Geneva, Ry Cable. ? All the em ployes of the tramway of the city struck because the manager of the electric workshops, who Is an Ameri can, dismissed 112 men employed In the Bhops and offered th?3m positions as conductors. It is feared the strike will extend to employes on: the steam ers on Lake Geneva. Tamaquah, Pa., Special. ? Only one disturbance was reported in the Pan ther Creek Valley Sunday. While Joe and Albert Kutzek, non-union men, were leaving church they were at tacked by a number of foreigners and compelled to return to the church for safety. After remaining there for somo time they succeeded in escaping. This afternoon officials of the switchback notified Major Gear heart that strikers wore Interfering with their passen gers at Summit Hill. Company E. of the Twelfth Regiment, was sent to the scene and succeeded in restoring order. Tomorrow a large force of solf dters will patrol the valley and pro tect non union men while on their way to work. A W??hery Pump House Dynamited. Scrinton*, Special- ? The pump hous ? of the National washery at Minook* was b)own to pieces Sunday by dyna mite. Manager fiharkey says no dam pge wan done the wa?hc^ and that work will proceed, it In not known who placcd the dyimmtte. The. West I HHge and Martfae collferlea are pro OVER 200 Kil l 1 1) BY VOLCANO. ! i Still Another Violent t;ruptlon Docs Castries, Inland of St. Lucia, B. \V. 1 , My Cable. - The steamer Korfrtui ar rived hero Monday from Fort* di Franco, Inland of Martinique. She reports that a terrible f i u pi ion of Mont Pelee occurred at o'clock Saturday night, and that people who arrived at Fort-de-France from ih" north part of the Island re ported that (lie village of Monroe Kougo ui- ih?> district not previously destroyed, svas badly damaged by a tidal wave. Hundreds of people lost their llvoa. A sloop from the Inland of St. Vincent, report h that Mont Pelco'o crater Is now quiet, but that the de foliation* during Saturday night were the loudeot heard up to that time and 8 Inhabitants were tembly Monte Peleo hag been In Constant ^rirptloil since August 15. There y/BLB an enorm6ufl f?ll of allies from the vol cano the night tit Mie 95111.- There wag u very severe eruption the flight Of th? 28th. when the volcanic rumbling# word heard at a great distance. Ttyo moun tain burned fiercely that night aiid out at sen pausing vosflelM were covered with ashes. The night of (hfl 80th there were three separate eruptions. It ia impossible to approach the ru ined town of St. Pierre from the ?ea. The people of the village of Leo Arbel, I on the coast, are terror-stricken and, I Hying to the interior. Hot water is I pouring down on Lorraine and Basse i PoJnl vlJhjiii'.-j ui /lie northeast ot the r" VT.TtTr "TTo rr ff 1 1 e <Te" ton a fit ? m" "i r<1 "Tftei F<K The ground rocked and quaked a fid ar ! Helen on tables w?re thrown to tllo i door. The governor of Martinique ban i ordered every available boat to rfemovo j people from t!i" coast villages to Foi't ! de-France. i At H o'clock in the eyoning of Satur ? (lay. tltf 30th. the flky was cloudless, j Suddenly and without warning oftchalt ; of the horizon whs obscured by a pitcfi I black ? loud of dtist. Tlilft eloud was itlie centre of most inagnlllcent etne , trical effect1}, the flumes of light sur ! passing tho most elaborate fireworks. ! Flames and dashes continued to burst i from tho cloud until nearly midnight. ! Columns of dames shot out of the era | ler of Monte Pcleu to explode about the cloud In showers of balls of golden j Pro. Which fell through tho darkness ill ' uiyrliids of nparks. Three large aureolas ^<vere seen in unj otor the opening L of the crater. \A tidal wave rushed upon Fort-de-' 'rancu, and the terrided inhabitants deil in large numbers to the Interior. The wave was not severe and did but slight damage. At midnight of the 30th Montf Pelew was quiet. Shortly aftef this (hour there came another shower of ashes accompanied by vivid sheet light nlng. in addition to the 200 persons report ed to have lost their lives at I^e Carbel and Morno Rouge, many other persons are sa\d to havo been killed all over the northern districts of the island. The governor of Matlnique is bellsvcd to have started for tho BCieno of de struction. When the steamer Corona arrived here yesterday she was cover ed with ashes and scoria. Passe Terro, Island of Quadaloupe,. [" F. W. I.. Sunday, Aug. 81.? Tho J>?0ncfc Trans-Atlantic. Company'* ftteamer Salvador, which has just arrived at Poiat-a-Pltre, reports that she left for Fort-de-France, island of Martinique, yesterday and passed Mont Pelee at 7 o'clock the same evening. The volcano was then in violent eruption. Ofi ap proaching the islands of Les Sainted fifmall islands off the south, extremity of Guadeloupe), ashes" were falling on the vessel. She arrived off Polnt-a Pitro at ft o'clock, but wae unable to enter port naXi 1 11 at night, owing to the obscurity. (treat Damage. Cut in Two By Train. Oreenaboro. Special. ? 'Ivory Alston, a negro fniili about 23 years of age, met a horrible death Monday morning about 11 o'clock between th6 coal chute and the passenger depot. He was walking up theftrac.k when some oho fcHfcd to him, and upon looking back he saw a yrtrd engine coming and stepped upon the track running parallel Just In time to be struck byj another engine, in charge of Engineer Jess Copeland, who Was running along towards the chute for coal. It la said the engine that killed Alston was not running over four.jniles per hour. The body of the negro was terribly gled, the lower part being severed from the upper part at the waist., and both feet torn off. Coroner Turner was soon upon the scene, but did not think an Inquest necessary, and or dered tho body removed at once. About 20 cenu' In n:oney and a 38-call bro pistol were found In the pocket of his coat lying near tho body. It Is presumed he was walking along with his coat on his arm. Alston, who has been In West Virginia for some time past, returned to Orcensboro yester day. His father and sisters live on North Olimcr street. The Cotton Crop. New Orleans. Special, ? Tho- total of] Secretary Hester's annual report of the cotton 4p-op of the United States pro mulgated Monday Bhows receipts of cotton at all United States ports for the year to have been 7,679,290 bales, against 7,6t>6.452 last year: overland to Northorn mills and Canada 1,103,958 bales, against 1,140,237; Southern con sumption taken direct from the Inte rior of the cotton belt 1,897,437 against] 1,570,733, making the cotton crop of ttfW United States for 1901-1902, amount to 10.680,680 against 10,383,422 last year. Reports from every mill consuming J cotton in the cotton growing States, in cluding woolen mills that have nsad cotton, show a total of 1,978,971, of thla 10.534 \\erc taken from porta aad in cluded in port receipts. For Archbishop. t New York, Special? The proganda. after a lengthy sitting, decides to w t'ommoml that the Pope to appoint tlfte Right Rev. John M. Partey, TX. -'jSr auxiliary Rlahopof New York, I bishop of New York In LI VI: 1TF.WS OF NEWS. Many Mutters of General Interest la Short Paragraphs, .. ? . The Sunny South, The plant of the Phoenix Feed Mill ing Company in Petersburg was de stroyed by Are Thursday night. Tho loss was $20,000, with Binall Insurance. Wliiie handling a gun at Great Ca ?upoa. \V. Va., last night Charloa Thompson accidentally .shut and killed hl? little sister. Mrs. Oreene, wife of Martin Green, Baltimore and Ohio train dispatcher, la dead at. Grafton, W. Va. Millie C. Clark, a well- Known West Virginia teacher, died at Rowlcsburg, VV. Va. At The National Capital. Secretory fcUiaw has discovered that Treasury rierks uso two hats to enable thrni to slip out of the building In working houra. Official figures show that the battle b Ii ij? Maine did not come ui?feo her eon tract. speed of 18 knots on her official trial trip. Tho War Department has decided to reduce tho force of medical officers In the Philippine#, School authoritieH of Washington are considering tin* question of burning iioft coal in the public schools the coin in 77 --rn '.rim-.- - ? ? ^ ? At The North. ? ? > *? k ^ y A mob of several hundred persons-:... bombarded with eggs an<l other mla- 1 silos Rev. ICdward V. Miller, a Chicago revivalist; Revs. A. M. Bulloittc, pastor of the Methodist Church of tjhl* clty,^_ and Henry Hens, pastor of the Baptist'" Church. The trustees of the Iowa State Agri cultural College have agreed not to se !"ct a successor to the' lato Presidents WRIIfiftt HV Beat-shear tlrtltl 1903." Tilery ' Is no doubt, If Secretary Wilson should resign, that he cQtiJd have the positlon. If he desired the position the board, would bO'HinanimouH for his election. President Roosevelt was the guest O t 3 Secrotary Shaw and Dr. Wj Seward 1 Webb in Vermont. The war game off thq.New York and NWOCngland eoast was suspended while tlid Du^beBS of Marlborough via I ted tho !lag*sfitp ICearsarge. . :--P Jay Cooke, tho agetKflnancifcr, In an Interview at Ogontfc. PftV,? <4!*?? he be-^ lieves big combinations of cmjftal a good thing -for ti.o country. Vermont has Just closed the moat . exciting State campaign It has had for . ? years, the election taking place tomor* row. " Five Newport millionaires hare been summoned to court and will probably --y be tried for fast automoblBtffr The school trustees of Summit Pa., have elected a?,a director one Jaelt Bonner, a middle-weight prlae He has many admirers in the towtt,*ftd the 'school trustees declare he wttt' : make a .satisfactory; director of the ucatlonalsaffairs of the dlstriot^ William Gonld Brokaw, * New society man, Is spending i a small apanese garden in near Oraat Neck. tiunderva gardener he la employing seventy etl men on the plot, whlfib.: i*. iSul only 200 feet square. It will 01 the rare trees, shruba and natlfe to ajpan, and. the sigh will be after thp Jap There will be little, bat H summer houses, ters. The-wallnr and*lw^__ ing, but. all in an exact ayatsacL-J Brokaw expects to have tin completed In the early fall. From Actya* Tba Sofc Mount Pelee, Martinique, JH'j Violent eruption and tMre ni ' the city of Fort de Franie; fclany troops have been seat t ence, Italy, on account of the .atrlKe : .there. The Columbian Government ing troops to help General B< Is besieged' by rebels at Agua Venezuelan gunboata will ag bard Ciudad Bolivar, which hi Insurgents.#' ? King Victor Emmanuel left for Italy. M f sccllahr aim M atf ?riL ^3 A. H. Jackson, the Republican . dldatc far Congress In tfre^Jth district. was a poloughby Itt ht?i then became a street auctioneer circus manager and proprietor*' settling down as a ns*nut?c"~ bustles, to this buslneeshe Horts of women's underwear heroine wealthy and ambittoaajot ' lit leal *? -'"fflTtf hi* money and very popular.; The Right -fterr. Dr. wwlCw gllcan BIsbop' (9r i>anwl?nT-it?W landi Is reported to be fomlm a dlcate, largely composed of c! and church members, tor: the ,_, of saloons , and the building . o? formed" h otettinthelr^ ^ sir Bdmnnd ; ^rtmx -pripMr of New Bouth Wftles. aaji: Australia are very audi laad your country. "* ~