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[ill] INDIANAPOLIS FIRE ! tight Buildings Wiped Out Within Short Space o\ Time, ^ ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT C'onfl*K**filioii Slarleil ii> (itor# of yithiilfiy & McCr?H-l hr?? < Coitiplelely eil? No I.lve* B?? lUrrd to liuvo Ueeu Lont-Aliont 91,000,000 Dnmage Don*. Indianapolis, 1ml.? Eight buildings wore wiped out in three-quarters of an hour andnnany more menaced by ? fire that begun at niglit in the big store of , Fahuley tUt MeCrea, wholesale millin ers, and shortly before midnight was threatening the entire business district. Violent explosions In the A. Klefer Drug .Company's warerooins helped to spread the flames and imperiled the lives of scores of fire lighters, Walls rooked ojt.nll sides when the chemicals burst like giant bombs and sheets of (lame shot out from the bit? drug store. Practically the whole Fire Depart ment was on the spot in a half hour af ter the blaze was discovered, but by the time the last eugine got there It was evident the v'lt.v was doomed to a conflagration that would stand as a record in its history. The loss before the end of the evening was estimated at $1,000,000, and it was evident that was only a beginning. Three hotels ? the. St., Charles, the Sherman and Hie Savoy ? were burned to the ground in the earliest stages oi the lire. I;i additioOVto Fahnley & Me Crea and the Kietfer Company the principal lovers up to midnight were Crlfllth lb-others, wholesale milliners; Deimetseh & Co.. toy manufacturers, and the United States IOxpress Com pany.- Parcels and cases containing goods worth many thousands of dollars were stored in the company s . v? a i e - rooms, and all were lost. There was no one in any of the busi ness buildings except watchmen* it be ing night, and it could not be learned in the evening whether all the watch men escaped. It was believed, how ever. there was no loss of life In the business district. Whether the hotel men and their cmnloyes and guests had been saved without exception re mained to be disclosed by a personal canvass. The lire chief thought no lives were lost. All the wholesale district inclosed by fJeorgla and Meridian streets, tlie Cnion Station and Jackson place was in danger of destruction at 11 o'clock. When the lire chief saw what was be fore him he sent out special alarms that called to the spot not only every engine and truck in the city, but doz ens of volunteer companies from out lying villages. Many hundreds of llre inen were at work at 11 o'clock. Manv dozens of stream* were ployed on the" biasing buildings, but they were powerless to control the uprush and consequent downpour of firebrands i hat threatened to cause additional fires every minute. Heroic deeds be came common before the fire had burned two hours. Paid and volun teer firemen risked their lives again and again to check the spread of the flames and save persons who were in danger of being cut oft by the rapidly -traveling wall of flame. Thrilling rescues were made In the three hotels that. were burned. Women flad in thin nightrobes were carried rrom window after window by ladder men. who first wrapped them in their own lieavv coats or in blankets to save them from death in the intense cold. Several of the women were uncoil/ Pdioirs when found by the firemen, and almost all were hysterical. They were rushed to hospitals or accommodated In private houses. Society. women pro vided them with clothjug and prepared hot suppers for them with their own hands. The snmo women carrlocl coftoo ntm sandwiches to the firemen and helped the surgeons to dress tiio burns of fire fighters. One woman In a gown of del icate color and texture passed unceas ingly from line to line distributing food and coffee to the firemen, her long skirt trailing in the mud. her light wrap full of holes from sparks. Kahnloy & McCrea's store was in South Meridian street. The flames worked so quickly from 'milding to building that in less than an hour af ter they were discovered the roof of the Union Station was ablaze. It was feared much of the railroad rolling stock would be destroyed, and em ployes worked in a rain of sparks and glowing embers to shunt the passen ger coaches and freight cars out of the yards. J A PAN', S NEW DESTROYERS. Ttffr Fast Ones in 'Commission and a .r Third .Ready ''or Launching. Tokio, Japan.? Tl?o new torpedo-boat destroyers Arlake and Fubuki, con structed, "in Japan, have boon placed In commission. Their average speed is twenty-nine knots per hour. The tor pedo-boat destroyer A rare is linishod at the Yokoauka Navy l'ard, and is ready to be* launched. Manufactures Hold Well. I ron furnnces and stool mills operate close t?> their full capacity, and the quarterly report of the loading voncern showed a n ^enormous tonnage of busi ness onf lira, books at the end of the year, despiwthe fact that th& closing mouths of l'JUi made vefy good exhib iML^AVcoieir'nrtTIs maintain records -of activity, but there I* ftlll much to be desired at rottou- plants, and shoe factories have only a uioderato amount of business in sight. - - , J. :P. f liefuse Proposal of Greece. . The Ambassador* of Great Britain.. France, Italy and Ifiuuda presented n note to tb? French Foreign Office de clining to acc.edc fo l*rliico Ocorge'w proposal for tbo annexation of Crete bj Crccce. Russian Council 8 iyu indued. - The Conncll of the QAsslan Fmpire trM iflinuaoijfu m tynaoidimi/ *?? cootWw the i PRESIDENT'S TRIP SOUTH : i : Plans For Visit to Tox\s and a Hunt in Colorado. Itinerary of tlift .Juul lu-y ? Koulllte OnlM Work to IS *? <'nrri?"il on in Sptclul Cur# l?y Itrjiiltr Stult, Washington, D. C, ?Secretary Loeh has almost completed the itinerary for* President Roosevelt's trip to Texas and the limit to follow. As executive business might delay or advance tlio time of starting for I wo or three days, Ihe secretary does not Intend to make a formal announcement of the program until shortly. before the actual depart ure from Washington. The objective point of the journey to Texas Is, of course, San Antonio, where the re union of" Kough Riders Is to be held. The President will be with his old com rades oH, March .",1, it has been dell nitely deqlded, so it is fair to say that this datejwill be tiie princinal one of tin? celeliratlon. In addition to a speeeh bjr the PresnJcnt, the most sen sational \of tiie '/bronco busting." rough riding and shooting events will lie scheduled Tor* that day. in order that the President may see that l^is "boys" have not lost any of their prow ess since the days of Han .loan. The President will probably leave Wash ington on March 25. Taking in Louis ville. Ky.. Fort Worth. Dallas. Waco and Austin, Texas, op the way to San Antonio, Texas, he Avjll make brief stops and speeches af the towns men tioned and after the reunion will visit Houston, Texas. With Houston the snccchmaking and formal nortion *? r the President's journey will end. In the next four or five weeks lie will at tempt lo take as nearly a complete rest from business of state as nossib'e. After Houston will come the jack rab bit hunt, which bis Texas friends have been trying to induco the President to take for several years. Then will come the excursion into Colorado, if uuhlie affairs do not prevent, and for about a month the President and three or four friends will be separated from civili zation while they go Into the lloekies in quest of mountain lions or any other big game that harncn* their way As it is impossible for the President to "loso himself" eomnletely for any length of time. Secretary Loeb will ! make arrangements to keep near i enough to tind him if imperative need arises. After the President's camp Is | chosen, the train in which lie travel* 1 to Colorado wiK be sidetracked twelve or fifteen miles away. One of the cars will lie fitted with all necessary oflieo appliances, such as typewriters, tele graph Instruments, files and record cabinets. A force of stenographers?, clerks and telegraph operators from the White House will transact ttie reg ular routine business just as they do at the capital, it may be necessary to tap the wires, for there will probably lie no regular telegraph oflice -within a score of miles of the place where the President'* train rests. A post o.'Hcc, to continue In existence only whllc^the secretary and his force are transacting White Hou*o business at the sidetrack, may also have to be es tablished. If this becomes necessary an employe of the Postofflee Department in the person of some Inspector who happens to be in the neighborhood at the time \^i]l probably be pressed into service to rf?t as postmaster of "Loeb ville." lie will sell stamps, money orders, postal cards, .".nd stamped en velopes, register letters 'juul packages and perform all the duties of a post master w^iile he Is there.- ile will be requiretj^'to make reports to the de partment at Washington, and all his communications wili go through the regular channels. When the Presi dent's train leaves the Sidetrack after the hunt the post office of "Loebvillo" will be only a memory. If public business does not require the President's presence in Washing ton at an enrlller date, lie will prob ably return from the West about the middle of May and remain there until about June "0, ?when lie expects to ^o to Oyster Bay, L. I. STEEL TIMJST ATTACK Bl). Sells Armor Plato Abroad Cheaper Than Here, Says Mr.* Liu-king. Washington. I). (\ ? In the course of the House debate on the Naval hiil Mr. Lucking (l)em. Micli.) opposed the measure as in the interest of the Steel i Trust, which lie said sold its armor plate to other countries cheaper than it did to the United States. I "The Steel Trust, said lie. Is sell ing and furnishing materials to build up the British Navy and other foreign navies for about one-third loss money than it gets for furnishing materials to our navy. 1 believe in pitting a stop to that some way or other." As he sat down Mr. Lind iDem., Minn.) arose and added: "The late Chief Constructor of the Navy, Ad miral llowles, appeared before the (Maims Committee of this Congress and testified that claims were pending by contract; that after these contracts' were lei the Steel Trust compelled the contractors to pay $2.10 to S'J.oO a pound for steel forging*. which they .were selling abroad for, ar.d which were worth in tlio markets of the world, $1.-0." TWENTY PERSONS KILLED. Explosion on a' Naphtha D^;e ? Flames Spread to a Landin^Ktage. Baku. ? ; An explosion on board a naphtha barge set lira to several other j barges and a landing stage. It is re ported that twenty people perished. "FIRE" PANIC IN THEATRE. .1 ? Fight l? Rush Foy ?xtts j;? Scare Caused by tfeuftie, Detroit, Mlcb.? A >(?iiuie occurred In the gallery of tko Avenue Theatre when n cry of x'flghl" was mistaken lor au Alarm of tire. A frenzied crowd of men fought each other in a mad ruth for tho exits, but no one was ficriottily iuiur^* remninK cu wa m tnmble, irtro; arret**! lor altera vrl; *""? a + ~ . . Sim CAROLINA IMS' | Many Newsy Items Gatnered From all Sections. A \ Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to WilgODH: Strict good middling . "Vi ! Good middling ^Vi I Strict middling 7% i Middling 7*4 i tinges ?? to ? | Stains 0 to G I General Cotton Market. Galveston, steady .... Nov/ Orleans, firm ... Mobile, quiet Savannah, quiet Charleston, quiet Wilmington, steady . . Norfolk, steady Baltimore, nominal .. New York, steady . . . Boston, quiet Philadelphia, steady . ?outh Carolina Items. A sOrloiUs rear-end collision hetweea two local freights occurred Monday momiufr A'jrfnit (? o'clock on the South ern railway net ween Greers and Tay lors!' It Appears that both trains were, running as extras, southbound, and th<if train in front had stopped to net. up steam, when the train following crashed into the train which wa.j standing. The engineer on the froc. train, whose name could liyt be learn ed, sustained painful though not. serin* injuries. One of his arms was brokc.i and he was considerably bruised about the body. The colored fireman on th? rear train was badly hurt and is not ex* peeted to live. 1'hysicians worn -sum moned immediately and went to the scene of the accident. Mr. F. G. Trefzcr, the well known jeweler, who mysteriously disappeared from Union on Tuesda/ afternoon, Fcb ruary 7th, was late Thursday aftermon found in the Fair Forest creek and evi dently committed suicide while in a. state of mental aberration, as a wound ' was found near his heart. For a week the keenest anxiety lias prevailed and searching parties have scoured the | country, but though many idication* pointed to his body being in the creak. | nothing could be really done, as the stream was greatly swollen on a< coi#?i of the recent melting of the snows, and not until Thursday afternoon was iL possible to take out a bom and insti tute a thorough search, llis body was discovered about 4:15 and the wound near his heart was apparently made by a 38-callbre pistol ball. The discovery was made by J. F. Mabry at the ben 1 in the creek, a stream about six miles west of Union, half a mile below the big Rice bridge. The body was kept under water by some willow trees. By the crossing of an electric light wire with telephone wires at Hock Hill early Mqnday morning, a Are was' caused outside of the telephone office which called for the fire department's attention. Tho damage to the telephone system put all telephones In the city except those on Main street out of ser vice. Some were burned out entirely. It is difficult to estimate tho financial loss. The street lights were out and tho large force of men' seeking for the crossed wires were unable to find them. This is tho second blow to tlie tele phone systerta \vithln a week. Much damage was done ? recently by the bllz~ zard, and the company had not quite finished the work of reparing. Will Brown, colored, was accident ally shot Monday morning at Travel ler's Rest, Greenville county, by Mr. Otto Evans, a merchant. Brown was in Mr. Evans' store and ' was wounded while handling a pistol. The ball en tered the stomach and Inflicted a dan gerous wound. Dr. Goodlett. of Green ville. was Immediately summoned and gave the injured man every attention, but it could not be learned whether or not the wound would prove fatal. Mr. Evans is very much distressed over the occurrence. t> 16 ?lYt 7-n> .714 ? 714 .7% ? 7% :?f .s.or> i While her mother had gono out to a well for a bucket of water, Ethel, tlio three-year-old daughter of R. W. I.ewis, head of the card room of tlio Tucapau mills,, at Sr^rtanburg, played too near the fire and the flames from the open urate set her dress on fire. She was fearfully burned and despite the attention of several physicians, died of her injuries. The police department of Spartan burg Is to have r. "hurry up" wagon. This was determined at a meeting of the city council Monday afternoon. Capt. John Adams, for 12 years keeper of the life-saving station on Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, die 1 suddenly Sunday morning from natur al causes. lie was buried Monday af ternoon from the Charleston Trinity Methodist ehuroh. Capt. Adams wan in his 58th year. Col. John D. Cappellniann. of Char > leston, lwis been appointed to succeed himself as a member of the board of visitors of the State e<hool for the deaf, dumb and blind at Cedar Surlngs. Capt. N. A. Walker, superintendent of that institution, reports the affairs of the school to be moving along in a vary satisfactory manner. The friends of W. Greenberg. the Jew who was shot Inst Saturday by Mrs. J. D. Blvens at Breech Hill, on acount of alleged Improper conduct, havo begun a collection for the pur pose of further investigating the shoot ing. Greenberg wan burled Monday in the BdW^^halom cemetery. Albert White and Kit Green, color ed, while on their way Monday morn ing from Coosa w Island to the Farm ers mines near Beaufor; in search of work, were drowned by the capsizing of their row boat. Kd Mack, colored, was convicted of murder without recommendation at Mailing. Mack slew on* negro with a shotgun and tried to kill two others, th$ load wounding tha second one in lha irtt. Kluftf ?enwurtfr&Tjar t? M UH*d JTrfcUj. M?rcb lift CLOSING DAY OF LEGISLATURE \ Doth Houses of South Carolina Gener al Assembly Closed Their Work Sat urday. The Olemson Dill. Debate began Friday in the senate on the Pollock bill. This is tin* house hill to establish at Winthrop an in speetlon bureau to examine fertilizers. , Clemson now derives the total income from the privilege tax and if the hill passes the senato Winthrop will bo a part beneficiary in It. The bill has oeen on the calendar j for some time, ever Rim e it c ame over from the house. Senator \V. J .John son has on the senate calendar a aim liar bill but he will let it rest now i that the Pollock hill has arrived A good deal of speech malting was i engaged In Friday on this hill, but no ' action was taken. Its consideration j occupied both the morning and even ing session. Tho house of representatives has I declined to pass any legislation to I amend tho dispensary luw Saturday' the senate bill was considered as a substitute for Mr. Brantley's bill, and ! tho whole matter was indefinitely post- ' poned after a long tight. Will Increase Levy. The "supply bill," or the hill to fix ! tlie levy for taxes for the current I your, was given second reading in the ! house of representatives Sat unlay, j The levy for Stato and county pur poses is raised in .ii lie bill from 5 to I f> 12 mills. This is the first time in two score years that the levy has ex ceeded 5 mills. This bill occupied prac tically the entire time in the House. In the Senate routine business only was considered. Many members were absent. The Reformatory Bill. Tho Reformatory bill canic up in the ?Senate Tuesday but was not disposed nf. The hill to give part of the ferti lizer tax to Winthrop College failed to pass. ICarlies in the session the militia bill passed third reading without a murmur. As it has already passed the House, it is now ready for ratifica tion. The hill to code the land for the State armory was also favorably re ported. The bill to allow Robert L. Llmehouse of Dorchester to be admit ted to the bar without examination was unfavorably reported and this report was adopted. The judiciary committee recommended that the b'!i to red nee passenger rates b^ combined until next year and this was done. Senator Mclver submitted a resolu tion that three senators be appointed to examine rhe books of the State offi cers. There is a resolution in the bouse providing for the appointment of five representatives. The report of the findings of the ways and means committee of the House and finance committee of Hie Senate in the matter of the legisla tive committee and Secretary of State Gantt was read and will be printed in the Journal,. A communication from the legisla ture of Arizona asking that our sena torial and congressional representa tives bo asked to plead for statehood for that territory was received as In formation. f, Both houses of the Legislature rounded up uncontested measures Wednesday, with tho rosult that a hun dred or more of theso were passed, and tho calendars are relieved of prac tically all of their dead wood and are both short. Tho Legl3lature has now practically finished Its work, and la to be judged^py what it has already done. All thkt remains to be done, now is for tho two houses to agree on the measures that have already passed one branch or have passed both with amendments that liavo to be agreed upon. Mr. K. D. Edwards introduced a res olution forbidding the nse of the hall of tho House for Slate ball purposes. The resolution will be killed. Tho House refused to raise tho pay of Supreme Court Justices to $3,500. Instead it passed the bill as it came from the Senate raising the pay 5130 each. The Appropriation Bill. The free confercneo committee on tho appropriation bill reported that it had been agreed that differences be tween the two houses should be set tled as follows: Tho salary of the electrician of the Stato House shall begin January 1, 1905. A stenographer at a salary of $3^,0 per annum shall be allowed to the Immigration department. The House concurred in the amend ment to increase the comptroller gen | oral's printing appropriation from ?2, COt) to $3,000. The Senate receded from its amend ment as to purchasing "Rflrd's Digest." To the bill was added n subdivision: "For the purpose of purchasing land and building armory in accordance i with the act passed in 1905, $7,750. Also as*<^ subdivision : "The commis sion for the completion of tho inside of the State House is authorized to Hell the old hollers now in use and complete the work now In their charge." The Senate receded from its amend ments increasing the appropriation to the South Carolina college. The re port of the free conference committee was adopted and thus the appropria tion bill passed. Committee*. President Sloan announced the ap pointment of the following commit ter s: To examine tlio books and accounts of certain State officers? Senators But ler' and Doufilas3. To examine biennial sessions legia laHon? Senators Mclver, Rogers and Hood. To investigate the work of the code commissioner? Senator Hudson. To Investigate the affair* of the State dispensary? Senator Warren. To examine into the financial and physical condition of the State col leges? Senator Hardin. To examine the flail and oyster indus try of the State? Senators Christensen and Mcl/eod. ' " , ? To cxamnc the penal and cnaritahie institutions of the State ? Senator Brooks. ? ' SKNATfc. vBy far the most important work of tbc Senate waamthJUSforniatory bill. 55 wm fou?hl to au Tmuc and dually a volt1 wart taken and at lirst | appeared ! y the d? < iding vdIi* of tho I |!i?'Si?l?M?C of tin* Small- that the mfcUS u iv h a < l survived. \ second voto was taken atul (be bill by one voir was con tinned until next year. Among t bo other important matters was tho Senate's concur reuoo to the free lonfciciico committee's report on the appropriation hill Whin t bo appropriation bill came over from tho Senate, Mr. Moses asked j for it to be submitted to the ways and j means rommitt?v that the amendment; mi ?h i be consido-. <d. The committee took the bill under ? onsidoralion and repoi ted unanimously for conourronct; in the f??n??wln(? senate r.mondmeuts: Salary of governor's stenographer, J0?n? to $7f?u. Compt roller general's printing fund, $500 to $K50. Railroad commissioners' btonogia |)her, $400 to $1S0.. Circuit judges. $V>4.000 to $30,(100. Solicitors. $r.?.3oo to $ir?,?oo. Court stenographers, $10,200 to $12, 100. Insurance, Cedar Springs, $1,311. Printing, general election, $f),000 to not hing, William Elliott, jr., fee, $1,000. Dispensary commission, expenses, f 3,000. And several small claims. The House refused to concur in the Senate's amendment as follows: Increases for South Carolina college: i |300 for stenographer of commissioner i i *f immigration; $3,000 lor tux depart : ment. Increase in appropriation for pur diase of copies of Eiird's Digest" from ? $300 to $000. Some Important Wo'k. i The conference committee appointed j ui these four items consisted of Sen j itors R;iy: or anil i'flrd and Represen tatives Harrison, Spivey and Hen m - guard. When (his cominlUee was un title to agree, the free conformed com I mittcei apj.oinlel on the bill consisted | >f Senatois Manning, Hrlco and Hardin ! lml Kepre. i ntat i ves Moses, I. yon and j Sinkler. 'I lie House agreed to the Senate imemiment appointing tho ntlorney general instead of the secretary of slate as a member of the hoard to build she State armoury^ The other commis sioners are i hu/^ovcrnor and the ad jutant general. '1 he House also agreed to the Senate's amendment to appro priation bill taking out of liu* hands of tho secret :ij.v of state, historical com mission and comptroller general the supervision of the construction oT fire; proof receptacles for documents in the State House. The Stale house commis sion is charged with the execution of this wni k. Tho House mei.-.'-.ors of the free con ference committee on the solicitors' bill consisted of Messrs. Gaston, Hra,ut toy and Cot h ran. The matter at issue was the proposed raise in salaries. The House concurred in the Senate aim mlntc ills to the supply bill and to tho legislative appropriation bill and the bill providing for jurisdiction and pay of magistrates. These were sent to the engrossing department for en rollment as nets. The House of Representatives yester day prantcd the use of its hall to the Conference for Education in the South at lis meeting hero the 2Gth of April. PAY CERTIFICATES. The pny certificates were filled out at the afternoon session and the mem bers of the House came up and receiv ed their per diem at $4 for 40 dayg and mileage. The pay certificates were cashed at the banks, which kept open until dark for the accomomdatlon of the members. ,, * "All those In favor of the fSotlon of the senator from Lee, that tho senate do now adjourn, will mako it known by saying, aye, and those opposed no. It appears to the chair that the ayes liavo it. And the f>enat$ stands ad journed sine die," said President Sloan and his gavel f<>|| sharply three times. And so at seven minutes after four o'clock Saturday ...afternoon tho work of the senate/ was \>ver for the year of 1905 S \ It. bawl been n long/and tiresome day and ycknothing was done. It was tho | wait which wore everybody out. The senate met early in tho morning, hop ing to get through by noon at least, but there was an unavoidable delay, and after waiting 3everal hours for some bills from tho engrosing depart ment the few senators who had re mained in the city decided to come back in the afternoon. At 4 o'clock or thereabouts the last acts were rati fied and th<5 work was done. When the body met In tho morning at 9 o'clock there was a scanty attend ance. A large number of the law makers had left the city. Empty chairs glared at one where the day be fore had sat the senators. The senate took n recess and th* members of the I body wandered back and forth between j tho house and their own chamber, or else sat about and talked about the sesHiou and politics in general. Every body was yawning and stretching their | arms by 11 o'clock, but there was even j then no end. The trouble lay in the ien I growing department, and yet it. was i in no '-way the fault of that excellent ! department for the employes had worked until 1 o'clock yesterday morn ing. While waiting for the acts to be ready for ratification, tne senate held u short session about 11.30 o'clock and the usual resolutions were submitted !?? Senator Hrown thanking the presi dent, officers of the senate and news paper men. The resolution to Presl j dent Sloan was no empty and formal j tribute, for he has held his office with great dignity nnd clearness this year. Whilo bis rulings are decisive, he is al ways, willing to explain them courte ously, and no appeal was made during . tho entire session, nor a parliamentary .manual called Into use for reference, even in the most delicate situation. The first, two of the resolutions read as follows: ^ "1. Rosolvi'J, That the senate de sires to put on record its high appre j ciatlon of tho ability, courtesy and dig ! nity with which Its president, the Hon I John T. Sloan, has discharged the dif ficult and delicate duties of his office. ?2. Resolved. That tho senate tend to tho Hon. Richard I. Manning, it? president pro tern, its thanks for mt able, courtly and efficient performance of tho duties of the chair." These two resolutions .were adopted by a rising vote on motion of the Sen ator from Newberry. President Sloan expressed In' fitting words his graUO cation that his services had been ap preciated. The re]WDr ttil C0M?J?Ut W-U> vcstigato the In i i l? r explosion was read ami the senate aga in look a recess. About noon tho speaker ami the dork rami' over from tlu> house, and a mini ! l>*?r of m Is were rati tied. Iml (his did j not finish all of tho work, for tin1 ap- ' propriat'ion bill ami several other Im portant measures woro still in (ho iiamls of the engrossing department. At 1.30 it was decided to adjotirn until o'clock and at this hour the senate again came to order, with Senators I lay. Karle, McLeod, C. I/. Mleaso, Ilrlco, Christousen, Williams Ktllrd, Davis, Kardin, Wells and 10 S. llleaso present. The speaker and his clerk wore an nounced, and to the surprise of tho senate, tho members of the house who were in the State house also attended the ratification of the arts. There were live aelti in all and the speaker left the chamber at 10 minutes to 1 o'clock. A commit too of Senators Wells, K. S. Itlease and Kfflrd was appointed to In form the governor that the business of the senate had bpen dispatched, and presently Private Secretary Nor ment appeared with the regular mes sage. Clerk of the Senate Hemphil1 informed the house that the senate was ready to adjourn and Clerk of the House Hauler visited the senate with a similiar mesage. Senator MeLeod then made tho motion to adjourn. TWO ON TRIAL FOR LIFE White Men on Trial For Murder at Spartanburg. Spartanburg, . Special.? Tho Court of General Sessions, Judge R. C. Watts, presiding, convened Monday morning. Oidldtor Sease was on hand and handed nut a number of indictments. Tho (jrand and petit jurors were all present., which Is worthy of mention on account )f the had condition of the roads and the fact that a number of them camo i long way from points in tho country. A true bill was found against. Polk Odatn, who shot and killed H. 11. Hein !)rc*\ The defendant was arraigned and entered the plea of not guilty. His trial has been act for Thursday. He Is represented by C. P. Sims. Arthur Leister, who shot and killed George McAllister at Arlington Mills, 6ij December 2#, will be tried on Wed nesday. lie in represented by Stan yarno Wilson, while Solicitor Sease will be assisted in the conduct of tho prosecution by J. B. Atkinson, Late Saturday afternoon Acting Cor oner Holt held an inquest over the re mains of C'orrle Mammond, who was niji over and killed by the (ilenn Springs train. Tho tragedy occurred on the short trestle between the Southern .lepot and the C. & W. C. station. The woman was walking the track and con tinued her way across the trestle, de spite the fact that the train was ap proaching. When it neared her she made an effort to outrun it, but foil and before the engineer could bring his train to a stop, she had been crushed to death beneath the wheels of the en Bine, .Her face was mutilated beyond recognition. INTERSTATE Y. M. C. A. CONVEN. TION. A Highly Interesting Meeting to Be Held at Aehevllle In March. The Second Annual International Convention of the Young Aden's Chris tian Association will meet*i Aehevllle, N. C., March 11-14, 1905. The pro gramme will be a very attractive one, Including some of the leading reli gious speaker^ of the country. Ad dresses on toplcSj^pf the work will be made by S. D. Gordon, Cleveland, O.; E. 1j. Shucy, Dayton,* O., (expocted); Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, Newberry, S. C.; A. O. Knebel, New York; W. D. Weath erford, New York; Dr/- Geo. J. Fisher. New York; C. L. Gate3, Atlantu, Qa. ; It. H. King, Charleston, S. C. ; H. J. Knebel. Charlotte, N. C. Topics ? "Advance Steps" will DC the general theme. 3* Studios will be made of the various departments,* Religious, Educational, Physical, Social, Boys" and "Advance Steps" will bo suggested. Special Features ? The "Quiet Talks," by S. D. Gordon, of Cleveland, O. Mr. Gordon has few equals In giv ing helpful messages to the Christian life. Tho Men's Meeting at the Great Au ditorium. Platform meetings. The Boys' Meeting In the Associa tion Auditorium. The Reception to Delegates and Lo cal Membership on Saturday evening. The Presentation of Educational Work, by E. \*. Shuey, of Dayton, O. Addresses by Dr. J. A. B. Scherer. Each delegate or visitor must be supplied with credentials. The meet ing will be a very profitable one and a large attendance from both States Is expected and desired. A SHOOTING NEAR DARUNGTO^. / ? V Mr, Mack James Dangerously Shot by\ West Skipper Whiff Acting as Peacemaker, Darlington, Feb. 19. ? Mr. Mac\ Jaines, who lives about six miles from here on the Timinonsvllle road, was shot 5n the abdomen on Friday night at his home by West 8klpper. Mr. James had giver, an entertainment at his home. Two of the men present became involved In a dispute. Thoy went out of the house. Mr. Jamds, wishing to "pour, -oil on trouble^! waterb/' appeared on tho/ scene. He was received with a bulletf which en tered the left side. The wounded man was brought to town. Dr. O. B. Ed wards probed for (he bullet but fitted to locate same. The intestines were not penetrated and the wound is not necessarily dangerous, as It is thought that the bullet lodged iu the hip. Ancient Fountain Unearthed. " An ancient" fountain baa haen found At Mexico City in excavating ^or the foundation of "the new >fauoAal^Jr6at *r. It Is covered with hieroglyphics and figures of Indian warriors and priests. The foundation* of some en* cfent building* of some alxe wait also discovered. The fountain will he Placed in the wikmSl m Deadly Work of Coal Gas in Alabama Mine ALL THE MM BELIEVED TO BE DEAD Cave-in at the Virginia Mines 18 Miles From Birmingham, Buries All th? Men at Work, and No Hope Jtf Entertained That Any Are Left Alive. ' ? Birmingham, Ala., Special. ?Iiy an explosion In tho Virginia Mines, about 18 miles southwest rof Birmingham, at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon mora than 100 union miners are entombed, and It is believed that the entire number suf fered death. Scores of vigorous res cuers aro at work digging into tho mine to relievo their friends and com rades on the inside. Tho explosion is. believed to have been caused by gas, although the mine has heretofore been noted as being entirely free from gases. It is also believed that as the entire quota has* probably been killeil, the details of tho cause of the disaster will never bo known. fiwa horror grows. The news sproad like wild firo throughout the wholo district. Tho camp is Isolated froiit the rest of tho world, as there is no telephone station at Virginia, and the only wlro running to the place is a dispatcher's wire oC the Birmingham Mineral Railroad, on which Virginia Is locnted. Details of the disaster were slow to come in, but each man who arrived in th? city from the scene told a mora grueiomo story; of the horror. * / BEST CLASS OF -MINERS. Tho class of miners employed was till best in the district, anfl all belonged 1 1 tho United Mine Workers of Amerlcf. Since the stNke ha$ been on In tho Birmingham district, many of tho most industrious and thirty miners of Pratt City and other mining points have ri.? moved to the Virginia mines, so that tbo^jnlnes were being worked to thelj full capacity by the -most skilled mln? era of tho community. Relief trains with Burgeons and workmen were dls? patched from both Birmingham and Bessemer. They began the work of Buccor in earnest before 6 o'clock, and at midnight had not gotten half wajr through the mass of debris. It ii ' thought that it will be 10 o'clock to? morrow before the interior of the slop# is reached. Tho slopes are well ar ranged, and there has never been the least trouble In the mines before,. Tho/ aro owned by the Talamada SteeLJMllL Wire Company, .but are leaded and o#* crated by Reld & Company. OFFICIALS ON THE WAY. J. D, Hlllhouse, assistant Stat timing Inspector for Alabama, will go to the mined early tomorrow morning to la* vestlgete the disaster ofHclell y. Freit* dent Bd. Flynn, of the Alabama Unitet Mine Workers and National -Commit* tfeeman W. R. Fatrley, ? together ^wHlT joe Halller, dlstrl^ organizer, nare* left for tfce scene. President Flynn eaM before leaving thjit there were 135 mea employed in the mh)e generally, but as yostcrdap was pay day ho cotM not aay whether the full quota wee In the mine at the time of the disaster OS not. > 4 President Sees Cotton Qrowero?c V* Washington, SpocJal. ? Presid?Bf ? Rooeevolt received a committee **? Tainted by the recent Southern Inter* Eta te Cotton Convention at New'Ol* leans to urge th> creation of a com mission to extend the foreign market* for cotton products. The delegation consisted of about a dozen member^ headed 1 Hj former Senator McLJturta, of South Carolina. The' comrfcltioe urged immediate steps looking to>fcMF giessional action for this purpose In behalf of the cotton interests. ?m. President discussed the question with, the delegation and said he would tslui it up with the men who represent t)U| cotton belt in Congress. Southern Itinerary. Jacksonville, Fla., Special. ? Prtft* dent Gamer, of tho board of tr??ai;r hag returned from Washington, who** lie went to extend to President Roooon volt an invitation to visit Jacksonville The Proisdent assured his acceptaOO* of the invitation, in a tour to incUriM Hichmond, Atlanta, Montgomery possibly some other Southern citftMV but fixing no definite tim*. for visit. McCue's Will Probated. Cha-loUesvHle, Va., Special. w|]l of J. Samuel McCuo, hanged tor wifo murder in Charlottesville on wmr. ruary 10, was admitted to probcto it the Charlottesville Corporation Monday. Four bruthera of M< qualified as executors, giving 9100,000. The will Is In McCuO'9 writing. N The entire estate Is !? tho ex-Mayor^ cflfMj-eo, three and one glrL Twtr hundred di la left to erect a monument ovofrj Cue's parents' graves. ... The iHH " made ?0 September 10. 1504, six 4 after tho. murder, and Jthrce days tho arrest, m " ^ Oisastriouc Flood in Oeorgto^f1 Atlanta, Ga.? Special.? A Twin SV0yne?IW>77 tut disastrous floods that section' gia haa. experienced In yeQra In foil. sway. B*fry ^ OhoopOe river, to Kmanoel nail couattea. ' <K? to *T