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O No. ti VOLIJMK XVIII. CAM DION, S. C.. KlUDAY. M ARC H '-'2, l'.Hh. OHIO RIVER FLOOD ? WORST III HISTORY Twenty Lives Lost ami $50,000, 000 Damage at Pittsburg. WATER REACHES, 30 FEET 1 01 Ho'.iare Miles of Territory inun iintcd?Fiifs Spread Terror and DoM met ion?Dynamite ('liockst 1' I mill's?I,out ing A mid Siili'fi'injj. Pittsburg, I'u.?'1 lie flood of 1907, the most disastrous Pittsburg ever *aw, Iiuh caiiHod a ioss of (),ou0,<)00 and a score of liv<;j?. Tito crest of the flood came when the rivers reached 30.6 feet, breaking ail records. Thon tluj waterw slowly began to recede. Hut the dauber lv.ul not passed. All night the chiefs of the 1'ire Department had been in sus pense lor fear a lire would break out, with no water to li.-i.ht it. At i> o'clock a. m. the expected happened. A small blaze star union Mount Wasu ington and the firemen were pov;er less. Vile fiood had put the city water plant out of service, an?l soon an entire block in Shiloh street, thi' business part x>f Mounl 'Washington, was buwmffT fiercely. Tlie. flrtfoien used chemical ?? urines and bucket brigades were foinior], out 'die llanies continued to bj-.-ead. Then dynamite was resorted to and 'several buildings wore blown up. la that v.ay the flames were arrest .-.l a/tor twenty buildings had ,>eo:i ilcstro>eu with a loss of half ;i million dollar.-'. Within '.no, day other lires broke out at v:>,4'Jous plaet.*, bin fortunately mfno ol them was t>?;iio;is. i:> the morning the street system was blocked completely. T'jore was 1.0 clt:ciric iighv, not a '.elephone in service, and no water. 10very railroad entering Pittsburg, ?;xcepf. the Pennsylvania from tho east, was out of business. The newspapers were badly crip pled and some were compelled to print in the pressrooais of rivals sit uated on higher ground. Twenty lives were lost in the Pitts burg district, two at Gloucester, Ohio, four near Parke.sbiii;>. W. \ a., and sixteen near Steubenvill?, Ohio. r'ushiess was practically suspend ed. and reports of crime were many. Valuable goods were stolen under the eyes of the owners, Pickpockcts reaped ri<-h harvests annuity tho crowds of sightseers until Hie police issued an appeal for people to slay at home. Five men mv thought io Lave lost their liv^s in the Ohio River at So- | wickley. Four wall-dressed men alighted from a train on thy Pitts burg ami Lake KrJo Railroad, which whs stalled ut l.tishicl's ferry, and engaged James Grssiiway, a ferry man, to take i hem across the Oh;<> River, a mile wide at this point, uo Sewickley, where they could c-atch 1 a train. Grcenway collected $10 from the men'and, after turning it over to his wife,put out in the raging torrent in a yawl with t?ie four men. With in a few minutes erics for help came out of the darkness. The party never reached Sewickley. Jt is believed their frail craft was crushed 4} the heavy ice tlosc, A city distressed is McKocaport, Death rode on tho wave In that fa mous little steel town. Eleven lives were lost. Paul lllce, while trying to Bftve hid household goods, fell into the Youghiogheny and was drowned. A wharf boat broke from its moor ings, carrying Watchman ..lias Gray to death !n th2 flood. The fo'.jv-von.r old son of .1. B. Yomodolsky fell from a porch into the water. Three Hun garian children were diowned. The relief co.-ps of McKeesport re ported that 25,000 sufferers had ap plied for and received relief. There Is fear, however, of a breaif and milk famine. There was much looting there. Mayor Coleman gave orders that the policy should shoot any (no found looting without asking any questions, "Shoot, and let th3 Coroner ask ques tions-?I'll answer him," was his curt order. It was a day of suffering in Alle gheny, All tho city officials, under tho direction of Mayor Kirechler, worked, taking people out of lloodeU houses and providing retreats. Kun dreds of persons ara now without food, Mayor Klrsohler got all t,ho money in the Charltioi Department, and sent boats through tho streets delivering food, crial and medicine to tho marooned ones, Supplies had to be holsied up to second and third floors by ropes. The Ice gorges, from which so much was feared, passed out without doing much damage. ; Eleven Drowned In Flood. Athens, Ohio.?-The flood waters of the Hocking River took seven lives In Athens and four elsewhere in the county and for several days cut Ath- ' ens oft" from tho world. Communica tion by telephone was restored. Those drowned Jn Athens are: E. l>. Sweet, Albert Sweet, ? Turner and wife, ? Young. Charles Hears, Otto Barth. All the person?*, vith the exception of Barth, wore in a'skiff which can- j afced. The other drownings occurred , ^ at Neleonville, where three lost their lives, and at Trimble, where one was 1 drowned. Fifty houses were swept f and | fifty more are tolterinp. A thousand ; persons are liom^lass and living In ] churches and hall?. The busings part of the town is not iu danger. Standard Oil Claims Overruled, /j A decision In the United States Circuit Court in Chicago upheld the contention of tho Government in tbo Standard OR trial that a route ex isted by which alleged illegal ship ment* ot oil bad ueen made between WMttaf. 111., and St. Louie. foclalleta Qur.^e Interfere*^*. Socialist ri&hnbers of tho ReldKa* Us bade charges of interference In electlona by .the German Ootern ? - ? v. ;-i v 1 4 > - f -r OKLAHOMA'S CONSfflUIIOH Convention Adjourns anil Its Work Will Be Voted on August 6. Woman's Suffrage Defeated?I'rohb bilioii is Dcrliiri'd and a l''e| k>\v Servant law ln< ludcd. fluthrie, Okla The Constitutional Convention, after completing its work of drawing up a set of laws to | govern the proposed new State of , Oklahoma, adjourned sine die. The constitution as prepared wi.l be sub mitted to the people of Oklahoma and* Indian Territory for ratification or rejection ;?t a special election 0:1 August c, next. i The convention war in session 1 1 i> day#. One of the Ins' acta of the eon vent ion was to appoint .1 committee to solicit funds to pay for the election , of August f>. the convention having exhausted all the money appropriated i>y Congress. The convention was I composed of 100 Democrats and i twelve Rcpubllcsns. ? | Probably the most impoi tant n,cas I use killed by the convention was that I providing separate railway coaches | for whites and negroes. Female suf frj'rre was defeated by a few votes, i The initiative and referendum, j patterned after the Or?S'on law, was ! adopted, as was a provision provid ing for the nomination of all State ! officers and United Stales Sena I firs by primaries. I Oklahomrf will be a prohibition State, the most stringent liquor law in existence, prohibiting not onlv t ,u> l sale, but the introduction of liquor into iho State, being provided for. The enabling ttct provided that In dian Territory must accept prohibi tion for tweniy-one years. Provision is made for a State Rail way Commission, to be elective, and a two-cent passenger fare is ordered. A fellow servant law is embodied in the constitution. I Corporations are prohibited from owning more land than Is absolutely necttjsary in the operation of their business. Tho issuance, of watered .stock is prohibited, and (he books <>r all < or* i porations am made subject to in spection at all times. A commission is appointed to nn sctiate the purehH.se of the segre ; g.'-.ied mineral lands in the Indian Territory, valued many millions of d< liars, and State ownership and op eration of tiie coal mine:; ilurrcn is conicm plated. kills .ikkskv < u.\in - Annual House ('lea ??ii?y, of Delin quent HfOO Corporations. Tiviiton, N*. J.?llovernor Stokes issued a proclamation revoking the charters of more Mian .1 GOO New Jer sey corporations which have failed to pay ilie annual franchise tax* levied by tho State for the ilscal year clL 190,r>-'0G. ? The proclamation is an annual af fair, provided hy tho corporation laws for the weeding oni" of delin quent corporation:;, and it. seldom makes its appearaiico without sensa tional stories of a great fight being vaged against corporate interests by the State. -The fact Js that tho revoking of the charters of. even 1 (500 companies has little effect upon tho business Korld, since u largo porccntage of tT.o corporations involved are with out actual existence, except on paper. ft la estimated that probably eighty per cent, of tho delinquent companies have never transacted any actual business since their incorpora tion, many of them having failed even to obtain subscribers u> $1000 worth of stock, which i?. the minimum .'?mount with which they may atari business. CONFINED TO WALL STKKET. Cradstreet's and Dun's Agencies He* port No Outside Depression. Nc'.7 York. ? Both agencies agree that the depression In Wall, Street has not affected commodities. Brad Mreet's thus ouillues this situation: ? Trade conditions coritinua to ir.i prove, tho tendency in this respect b?ing tho direct antithesis of that dis played in the stock market, whom prices have been moving downward at a rapid pace. This movement has given rise to some pessimistic senti ments, but it is noteworthy that con sumption of commodities throughout tho country is going on at an enor mous rftt^, and that high price? seem to have little, if any, ofTecton demand." Dun's Review bays: "Depretaion In the stock market did not extend be yond Wall Street, common ty prices ruling high and general business con tinuing vigorous." GOLDFIKLD SHUTS DOWN. % .Mine Otvneijfj and Merchants Snspe id Dullness to Fight a I'll ion. Goldfleld, Nev.?Every inino and store in Goldfleld Is closed. Tho streets-are crowded with idle men, and aWned guards are everywhere as a result of the general lockout Insti tuted by mine owners and business ? iien against the Industrial Workers ol tho World. Everything' is at a clar,ti.st.il! and will be for an indeliiuto time. This is the culmination or labor troubles that have been almost continuous for months. The mine owners and nior , chants, who have thesnpport of mem bers of the unions affiliated with tho I American Federation of Labor, aro determined to fight vthe Industrial Workers to a finish. i ? ? "" Killed Wife and Five Children. > . A crime of particular horror oc curred la Dresden, Germany lier i mann Wiledorf, a retired (02 ester, 1 shot and killed five 0f his six chil; j dren, and wounded the slith ohilo He man kllltt'hts trite, after wnich ; he committed suicide, s The police t round Indications that the entire f aui lly had aireed to end their lives ow ing * > a scarcity of food. The child j that.was wounded was sent to n bos* FATAL OHIO RIVER FLOODS Lives Lost Amid Ice Floes as Towboat Sinks. Hililroari lU-idgr S\\?*pi Away in IVnn. kylvania, Prccipltaf\ny, 1'ieigUt Train Into ttiisliin^ Wntcrs, Pittsburg, Pa. ? 111 ono of (he greatest river boat disasters/in re Cent years two lives were lost ami a I score threatened on tho Ohio Klvor, und eight others are known to have been drowned In other places 011 tho I river aAid its tributaries. The spring floods promise to be the worst since 1873. The dead, besides John Kennett and a deckhand named Session, lost In the boat wreck, are Lloyd Weyant, of Hakersvllle; William Heard, Jones Mills, and Annia Bhute, of Hastings. Three men drowned, a railroad bridge washed away, a county bridge in danger of following *ho railroad bridge into the Allegheny River and an englno and Ave cars in the water are the first results of the rapid rise during the night of Deer Creek, near Harmarsvillb, on the West Petin Hallroad. A freight train east-bound entered on the bridge about 5 o'clock a. in., but had not gone further than the second pier when the pier suddenly gave way. liofore the engine driver, fireman or a hrakenian on the front nart of the train could realize what had happened tho bridge went down, carrying the engine, trainmen and five-freight ears with it. So rapidly had the Deer Creek risen during the night that it had at tained a height of sixteen feet in stead of the normal, from four to six feet. So great, too, was the force of the current that onwjof the five freight cars, heavily loaded, was car ried down the creek a distance of over a quarter of a mile before its progress was stayed. The fireman, engine driver and brake-man had not the slightest possible opportunity of escaping, but were immediately dragged into the roaring current and drowned. About ten miles below Pittsburg at 8 o'clock p. m., the great, tugboat. Cruiser, of the River Coal Trust, went down after striking the abutment of a Government dam. Twenty other persons were plunged into tho Icy water. Captain llarry Swaney, of the Cruiser, mot his brother at the pilot-house door. They swam out together into tho stream, holding to the same bit of wreckage. One mile down the river they were rescued by Joseph McDonald, who, from his residence, saw the lights of the Cruiser disappear and jumped Into a yawl. He took the captain and pilot to shore, and started across tho river to where the steamer Valiant lay with steam up. Dispatches from all sections of Western Pennsylvania report heavy rains. Connellsvillc streams rose at. an alarming rate. Dunbar is inuu dated and Oakdale, Ingram, Carnegie, Wllmerding, Sharpsburg and Turtle Creek borough were already under water. At the latter place many wero rescued from houses by skiffs. Pittsburg rivermen prepared for a flood stage of twenty feet. Cincinnati, Ohio. ? Heavy rain storms throughout the Ohio Valloy did much damage in the Mill Ch'eek Valley and other suburban sections. Lancaster, Ohio.?The worst flood since 187 3 swept Lancaster. The polico and fire departments are work ing to rescue people from the second stories of their homes in the west and south ends and the Hocking Val ley tracks are washed out for more than a mile. Springfield, Ohio. ? Twentv-fivo families were rescued in boats from the flooded district near Buck Creek, where a section a mile long by four blocks wide is under water. Mrs. Mary Wills and her four-day-old child were removed to the hospital. J This is the worst flood fri eleven ycafs. ADMITS JAPANESE TO SCII ^OLS. San Francisco School Hoard Adopts Resolution President Asked For. Sau Francisco, Cal.?In accordance with a promise to President Roose velt the Board of Education passed a resolution readmitting Japanese children of limited age to the primary schools of San Francisco. The board members declare they have now kept :aith with the Presi dent and as*e waiting for him to ful fill his part of the contract. If the large influx of Japanese should con tinue the board will ask an explana tion from Washington. Mayor Schmltz was at the meettoig, but there was no discussion of the .resolution, vrhlch was prepared at Washington. P. S. Barber, hhlef rlerk to United States District Attor ney Devlin, was present, and tia soon as the resolution was adopted he sent a telegram to the President. Robbers Wrcrk Rank. ^ The Union StatoBank of Hunne welV, Kan., was , wrecked by safe blowers. Five explosions aroused the ?residents, who gave chase to the bur glars. The robbers escaped-on a handcar. Former French, President. Dead. M. Caslmir-P^'ler, former Pres ident of France,d|ed suddenly at Par is of embolism or the heart. He was barn In 184 7. OFFICER KILLED IN A DUEL. Captain von He?ck<te's Opponent m . Berlin Dnggiit. Berlin.?Captain von Bercluen, of the Ninety-third Regiment ot Infan try, wm kilted In a$>lstol duel on the drill ground n?ar< the suburb of TV gel, by n druggist, whose name h^e not been dleeloeed. The conditions of the encounter ?%ere the exchange of three shots st fifteen paces. Thecaptain fell at the first .Are?shot in ths abdomen?ano died in a Itcspltal soon afte* IflBS. RUSSELL SAGE GIVES 510,000,000 FOB (MBIT* Founds Trust Fund to Improve Living Conditions. RESEARCH IMPORTANT FEATURE Will lie K now it ii h Hugo Foundation, nml is to lit* National in Scope? Social ('oiulit ion* Are (o Hi* Item* edied?Helen tioulil a Trustee. Albany, N. Y.?Ten million dollar* of the Itussell Sago fortune is to bo given by Mis. Sane to the Improve ment of social and living conditions In (ho I'uitod Suites. An orgunlzn (ion known as the Sago Foundation, managed by prominent philanthrop ists of both sexes, is to have chnrgo of the fund. Only" the Income from the $10,000,000 Is to be used. A bill incorporating the Sage Foun dation was introduced in tho Assem bly by Assemblyman Prentice, of Now York. Theso persons are named as tho incorporators of the Foundation: Robert \V. I)o Forest, Cleveland P. Hodge, Daniel C. Oilman, John II. Oleun, Miss Helen M. Oould, Mrs. Wllllnm M. Ktcu and Miss Louisa L. Schuyler. Mrs. Sage, through her attorney, I!. W. Do Forest, makes the follow ing statement concerning the founda tion: , v "I have set aside $10,000,000 for the endowment of this foundation, lis object is tho improvement of so cial and living conditions in tlio United States. "The means to that end will in clude research, publication, educa tion, the establishment and mainte nance of charitable and beneficial activities, agencies and Institutions and the aid of any such activities, ?agencies and institutions already es tablished. "II will be within the scope of sr. oil a foundation to investigate and study tho causes of adverse socloi condi tions, including ignorance, poverty and vice, to suggest how these condi tions can be remedied or ameliorated, and to. put in operation any appro priate menus to that end. "It will also be within the scope of such a foundation to establish any new ageniy necessary to carry out jMiy of itjs conclusions and equally to contribute, to the resources of any exist ing-agencies which are doing ef llclent and sat ^factory, work, just as the present general education fund, organized to pi\moto higher educa tion. is aiding Misting colleges and u nlverslties. "While its scope is broad it. should, preforably, not r.ndertnke to do with in that scope what Is now being done or Is likely to be effectively done by other individuals or by other agencies with less resources. It will bo Its aim to take up tho larger and moro difllcult problems, and to take them up, so far as possible, in suCh a man ner as to secure co-operation and aid in their solution. In some instances it may wisely initiate movement? with the expectation of having them maintain themselves unaided after being once started. In other Instances it. may start movements with tho ex pectation of carrying them on Itself. Income only will be used for it? char itable purposes, because the founda tion is to be permanent and Its action continuous. It may, however, make Investments for social betterment which themsolveB produce Income. "While having Its headquarters in New York City, *r&ere Mr. Sage and I have lived and where social prob lems are pressing artij^complleated, partly by reason of Its oxtent and partly because It Is the port of entry for about 1,000.000 immigrants a yoar, tho foundation will he national in its scope and in its activities. I havo sought to seloct as my trustees men and wonven who nro familiar with social problems and who can bring to their solution not only zeal and Interest, but experience and judg ment." NIAGARA 1(1 CLE KILLS MAN. Drops on Trolley Car mid Five Pas sengers Aro Injured. Niagara Falls, N. Y.?A huge Ici cle dropped from the cliffs of the Nla I gara Gorge onto a trolley car of the Qorge road as It was passing the Whirlpool Rapids. Everett Rams dell, a conductor, was killed, Dr, and Mrs. I. E. Nerveg, of Slout City, Iowa, and Miss Nerveg wcro struck on the -back and badly bruised, and 8. C. Lindsay and wife, of Pittsburg, wero Injured, the lormer having his hand smashed. Tho injured wero taken to tho Prospect House. Dr. Nerveg and wife wero on their honeymoon. Ten days ago they wero married in IJarvey, 111., as tho climax of a pretty romance in the Sioux City College of Medicine, of Sioux City, Iowa. Dr. Nerveg had ohargo of ona of tho surgery classes and Miss Edna Shadlo, of No. 7 20 West Fourth street, Sioux City, now hla bride, was one of his students. TWKNTY-TVff) MEN DROWNED. Only Tw? Saved When Hoat Cap sized in the Sacramento. Ilcddlng, Cal.?Twenty-rrtur Greek laborers started to cross the Sacra mento River in a boat at Pitt. The boat cnpslred and twenty-two of the men were drowned." Tho men wero employed by tho New Delmar-Pitt Railroad. fi-CENT FARE FOR KANSAS. House Pauses the Senate Mill?Three Mileage Book* Provided. - Topeka, Kan.?The House pfcsacd the Beaate Two?C?fct Fare olll. It provide* for 500, 1000 and 2000 mll?-book*, and 2000-mile book* to be interchangeable. * Manufacturing 1* Active. Manufacturing is active the conn try over and finished line* of iron and steel are a* brisk a* heretofore. FRENCH WARSHIP ISM _UP AT DEB BOCK Fatal Disaster to the lena tn Toulon Harbor, POWDER MAGAZINES EXPLODE fi|)0(lai'lc tt TerrifyiUK One?ilodies of \ i> t i111w Kiii U iI I'Iir<hi)? 11 (Ik Air?Spin's Jumped lino Water ?Death (toll Large. Toulon, Franco. 15y one of th?> most terrifying and strangest disas ters in history, tho ureal l>a11)i|> lena, tho pii?lo or the French navy, W113 blown up." As a result, Captain Adlgurd, the eommandcr of tho bat t losl? I p; Captain Yurtioz, Chief of Staff nf tho Mediterranean squadron, and from seventy to eighty hluejnclt ets art- <li.a.I, while U? ?;???-A?1 m 11 al Manceron and hundreds uf other wen aro suffering from horrible injuries. Naval rirtdes are ainhfV^t ;ti the e.\ teut of thi' fearful catastrophe, anil the public is Mumiei liy the :?|>|;aU lug ilt tails <>f 11.is accident, rooming' so poon alter the loss ot thi? Flench submarine boat l.utln, tn which si\ teen men n.<-t a fearful death. '1 here were aPoui ?;;!?( oiitc-T;; ;ij?I men on hoard (he Una at the time of lite disaster, but. many of llieiu Jumped into the water. Tho lena v.:.s undergoing nn in spection of her machinery in tho llrst basin <if the ,Mi?-.sioy?y dock. Tho cone .ission caused hy tit? > ex plosion of a compressed air torpedo net /ire to the after powder !ii;t>',U'/.itte, blowing the whole al'terpart of tin: vessel up. Further explosions on the lena oc curred at frequent intervals and de bris flow over the dockyard for a diu t(tnee of Mid yards. The windows of tho workshops* around t ii.> sc-no of tho tytplosion wero all brok a. The electric wir.'S Hashed in the fits >.?; and then broke down ai! about the Mis siessy dock. A shell weighing twen'y . ounds was hurled a quarter of a mile be fore striking and sinking into the ground. A complete panic prevail* d ..mong Iho employes ot' the arsenal, who wero returning to work from lunch when the powder magazine blew tip, and many of them made a rush tow ard the Mlsslessydock, whence clouds of thick smoke were arising. No one seemed to know what had happened until some one shouted: "Tho lena has blown up!" An ofitoer then peremptorily called out: "Save yourselves!" and all the workmen and others made a rush, for tho nearest exit from the arsenal. Later squads of workmen and Min ors approached the scene of the dis aster, tit tho peril of their lives, and as tlioy neared the dock I hey could dimly observe through denso smoke human romains flying constantly in the air, following further explosions on the doomed vessel, which present ed a terrifying spectacle and caused the arsenal employes to wring their hands with horror. Suddenly blackened forms with haggard eyes rushed madly through tho lines of spectators, not knowing where they were fleeing. Officials declare that the magazines of the lena were completely filled with explosives and that the recur rent detonations indicated that they were all on Are. A signalman on the Iepa, named Oludicolll, who escaped, cAys that a large number of the crew of the bat tleship wpro gathered iu the forepart of the ship, llntening to a lecture which was being delivered by an ofll cer when tho first explosion came. Most of these were able to escape. Many of the crew saved their lives by climbing down ladders and reach ing tho quayn, Whence they fled to places of safety. The lena was flying tho flag of Rear-Admiral Manceron, command ing ono of tho divisions of the Med iterranean squadron. The command er of tho vessel was Captain Adl gard. riTTSDURG HAS A BRAINSTORM When News Comes That It ami Alle gheny Will He Legally One. Pittsburg, Pa. ? Pittsburg had a brainstorm when word came from Philadelphia thai the Supreme Court had affirmed the Greater Pittsburg bill, making the consolidation of Pittsburg ana Allegheny a certainty ten days hence. Whistles were blown nnd every body acted foolish for a time. The annexation of Allegheny gives Pittsburg a population of 521,000, probably making It the sixth largest city In tho United Btates. although this claim may bo contested by Balti more. By the consolidation Pitts burg moves forward from eleventh place among the ellles, passing Cleve land, Buffalo and San Francisco, ?v ?? """??* 87,323 Rural Mai! Route?. ^The repbrt on ?he npera.lJons of tho rural delivery service up to March 1, 1007, mads pjibljc at Washington by the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Gen eral, shows that tho total nuniudi' of potltlons received up to that dato was 59,920, upon which 15,701 adverse reports have been made, nnd there are now In operation 37,82H routes on which 37,1 74 regular letter car riers are employed. Immigrants Legally JJero Now. While holding that they could b* excluded, Attorncy-tt^neral Bona parte baa decided that tho immi grants Illegally brought Into this country by South Carolina are legally* hera now. ^idnaped Daughter*. Erra Morehouse, formerly a preach er, was arrested In Lima, Ind? tor taking his daughtora away from thelv mother la Kalamaioo, Mich. WliolcMult* l'i'ifos Qiiohul lii NV\v York Mir.K. Tin* M?IU Kxcliurige price (or standard onalit > js ;l '4 i'. per i|iiarl. in n KM. Creamery Western, extra $ .'<1 (ti? 32 Firsts ?Ji? <y) 30 Slate dairy, hnest (i? .'10 (iood t(> prime 'JO (<i? DO Factory, thirds to lirsts. ., IH'yfu) '2\% f llfcKSi:. State, hill cream, fancy..., 1414(3!! 11% Small . . 14%J'* l'art skims,good to prime 8 (<t) 0 Full skims 2 (/i) 3 K()08. Jersey Fan< s 21 C<^ 22 Slate (iood in choice 18 (<i) *2*) \\ cstern Fir?t* - - (<j) 17% Duck vim*., M (ji) 40 1IF.AN8. Marrow; elioiee 2 10 (<J 2 15 Medium, ehoiee I 47,;<j(<J) 1 .*i0 I led kidney, choice 2 2Tk<$ 2 HO IVa ... 1 50 (<i) 1 r>2Vi White kidney ? (3) 2 00 Yellmv eye (<i) 1 !K) I Mack turtle soup -- (ir 2 00 lama, Cul H H) (<i? 3 0.1 Kit I'ITS A N I/' 111-" lilt I KS J tt IIS 11 \pjdes t ri'einiiir, per 1 >1 >1. 1 50 (<7) 3 50 King. per bbl 2 75 C?? 4 00 I'en Davis, per Idil 1 50 (it* 3 25 Cranberries. t' t'od, per bbl It .'>0 (i?j 8 50 .Jersey, per l>UI 5 00 (i/) 0 00 I.IVK rot'l.mv. I'owl*, per lb.... ? (<i) 15 |{oo?ters, per 11? 9 <?/> 11 Turkey*, per II ? (<>} 13 Ducks, per l!? ? (<i) )ii per lb 10 (>f; ]H I'.iJioiis, per pair (<i) 30 i>iti:.s.Mi,i) I'otjlthy. Turkeys, per ll> 10 (5T1 15 ( hiokens, per l!> 10 <>i) IS Fowls, per lb 10 (a) 14 t'apoiui, per 11) "l'i'/i?"! 21 tieese, spring, per II) 8 (<i) 10 Ducks, spring, per II) 8 (o) 1*2 Sijuabs, per dozen 1 75 (<? 4 50 JtAY A N II 8 l it AW. May, prime, tier 100 II)..., ? (3) 1 15 So. I. per 100 III 80 0v 1 1?) \o. 2. per I'M) II) 05 Oo 75 t'lover mixed, per 100 lb. 70 (?' I 00 Straw. Ion;? r\ e 00 (d) 05 1101*8. Slate, 1000. choice 21 22 Medium, 10 05 0 (</} 10 Paetlir ('oast, l!WKJ, choice.. l.'l 00 14 M/dium, ! 1105 8 (<i; 10 vkorta u i. lis. Potatoes, L. I., per bill.... I 75 dp, 2 00 .Jersey, per Hack 1 50 Uj) 1 tkl Sweets, per 1)1)1 2 75 ({/) 3 75 Tomatoes, per carrier 2 00 (>"/) 50 'jui plant, per box 2 00 (d) 3 fiO STpiash, per box I <M) w 2 50 Peas, per banket 2 00 ('!? 4 00 Peppers, per carrier 2 tK). (w 3 60 Lettuce, per basket, 40 (?> 2 00 Cabbages, per ton .'.15 00 (<r50 (K) String beans, tier basket... 1 00 (rt) 3 50 Onions, Ct., white, per bbl. 4 (K) (a) 7 00 Orange Co., per bug 1 21 w 2 75 Carrots, p??r bbl..., 1 25 (<0 2 -10 Heel*, per 1 00 (<i) 1 .it) t 'etoiy, per case 1 25 (a} 2 50 Turnipa, per bbl 1 12 (<i) 1 25 Okin. per carrier 2 (H) 3 00 Cauliflower, per basket.,,. 2 5(4. (al 4 tK) Hi'ukscIs sprouts per <jt..., 5 20 Parsley, per bbl 3 00 (?> 4 00 Spinach, per bbl 1 00 @ 2 00 Watercress, per UK) bunches 1 00 (a) 2 50 Kale, per bbl 1 25 (a) 1 50 Shallots, per 100 bunches.. 2 00 (<i) 4 00 Radishes, per basket. 1 50 (g) 2 00 Pa?nip?. per bbl 1 75 (it) 2 25 Moraerauish, per bbl 5 00 0 (X) GRAIN, ETC. Flour?Winter patents .... 3 00 ? 3 8.1 Spring patents 4 15 w 4 75 Wheat. No. 1 N. Dulutli... ? 6) 03V4 Xo, 2 red " ? ^ Corn, No. 2 white No. 2 yellow Oat?, mined Clipped white., Lard, oity,, ? LIVE 8TOOK, Bocrcu, city dreused 7 Calves, city dressed 8 Country dre?ed 7Mi Bheen, per 100 lb 3 00 Lambs, per 100 lb Hoga, live, per 100 lb. Country dre&ned, per per 100 lb 7 50 .... 7 60j lb.. 0% MANY BILLS HIT AT ROADS. Western Slate Legislatures Have Con sidered 712 Measures. New York City.?How prolific rail road legislation has beon during the past year is shown by the fact that in ten Western States 712 bills have beon presented during sessions of Legislatures, and forty-flve in the Na tional Congress Just closed. The bills nre apportioned as follows: Illinois, seventy-two; Iowa, forty-seven; Wis consin, 125; Missouri, 177; Nebraska, seventy-nine; Kansas, flfty-flve; Colo rado, four; Montana, eleven; South Dakota, ten, and Wyoming, seven. In every State an anti-pass measure has been presented. In Illinois a legislator offered a bill requiring Are escapes on passenger cars. Another bill would prevent freight trAin men from riding on top of freight cars while in motion. Safety devices come In for a large share of attention, and one man In Minnesota offers a series of prises for devices which will prevent train wrMkd-. The rtnit prite is $20,000 in cash, and the four dtnferri hrd graded down to $2500.' The bill does not say how the winners of the prizes Hhall bo determined, other than that they shall bo awarded for devices which will prevent train'Wrecks. larger fcrojis Exported; The West knd South (at'o calling carty for funds and the onqjatid is larger than geherallx occurs at Jhe start of the season; yet this onlSK means extra preparation for enlarged planting operations, thus insuring, with ordinary weather conditions, more than average crops. ? , Morf Horses Wanted. " .More persons want to buy horses than at any time In twentyyear:;, Railroads Plan Improvements. Every road In tho country has plans, ftfr IrnprovemeMs^lhat In the aggregfttt. Vwld Mr. Httl. wfcP Uys tt would reduiri the. outlay eI 11,100,000,090 a year tor firs years for the tfraasportat*? "? to catch op with business. ?? ' ? ? ? . Hoy For VMIif. Hoy Is selling In the country fro? $1S to 117 a too and la worth at much a pound as eqmftntM farm*. Oc< urrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina ? ? ? ?? MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS ? - ? t\ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover a Wido Range?What is Going On in Our State. Tho Water Turned On. (?real Fall.-;, Special.?The Catawba river was turned into the great dam at Great Falls, Wednesday, and the water wheels set to running for the Hist time. Of the 10 turbines six are now iu operation, being limbered up and made ready for active service. The process will likely require two weeks time. The machinery equip ment 'of the (iieat Falls station con sists of eight ;<,()()() kilowatt, three phase, 'J,2(H)-volt Westinghousc gen eratois, direct connected to,'six hori zontal turbines. The main dam gives a head of 72 feel. Tho normal de velopment will furnish .'12,000 borne pow.jr. With loading 40,000 elec trical horse power can be furnished. McClcary Confesses to Attempted Assault. Columbia, Special.?-Nathan .. Mo Cleary was lodged in the South Car olina penitent ii\ry Thursday morjn-^ ing al 2;.'I0 o'clock, having beenv brought here front Huleigh on--**the Southern train by Special Deputy A. II. Wiggins of Dillon, by order (low Ansel. He will remain here for safekeeping. Me('leary made a con fession to Mr. A. .1. Bethoa, the gov ernor's private secretary, at the pen itentiary of having attempted the assault upon Miss I'ittman, tho Marion eoujity school teacher. lie talks of implicating other darkies iu the crime. Now Concerns Chartered. The secretary of state lias issued a charier to tlic? Columbian-Metal Manufacturing company of this city, having a capital of $5,000. The con cern will eng$?ge in general metjtf and i oof in;; work and Charles Ifamsley'~ ami ('. It. Cheshire are the corpora lorn. .. The Bobo Undertaking company of Union was commissioned. The capi tal is $4,000, and If. P. Brown and others arc I ho petitioners. The Lanes Hotel company will erect a hotel at Lanes on a capital of $4,000. " :; The National Schnetcnbund of the United States was issued a charter. _ This is a German organization of Charleston and II. Janz ia^the president. J Proposed Electric Line. Abbevilee, Special.?Messrs, Van ? Etten, Pinlcney and Kelsey, repre senting the South' Carolina Public ? Service corpoffetion, met a large num ber of business men here in the Com mercial club rooms. These gentlemen made a plain and forceful talk about the electric road they propose build in- throughout South Carolin. All of those present at the meeting ?# pressed themselves as highly pleased at the prospects of getting this*road", and Abbeville will undoubtedly do her wart when the time comes to sub scribe fo the stock. Due West and Antreville both had representatives here and both towns will make an effort to secure the road. Labor Agents Arrested. Aiken, Special.?Robert' Pearson and Will Doaa, negroes, were arrested on Saturday for violating the labor laws. It is alleged that Deas and Person came from Tennessee and were engaged in inducing farm hnda to leave and go to work for W. J. Oliver & Co. A number of farmers have complained recently that their hands have left suddenly of late, and it was a mystery as to the cause of their leaving, and upon an investiga tion being made it was found that these two negroes had been here for about ten days and had induced quite a number of farm hands to leave the farm and it is supposed that they wont to Tennessee. Delcgatos Appointed The following special order hn3 been issued by Gen; J. C. Body, ad jutant general: "T^he following of ficers are hereby appointed delegates to "represent the State of South Car- v olina in the National Guard assoeia-; 1 . tion, which meets in Columbia on ftfcfoeh 25th and 2(>th: Gen J. C. Boyd, Brig. Gen. Wilie Jones, Col Henry C. Rchachte, Col. Henry T. Thompson, Col. W. W. Lewis, Maj- .. E. M?Bly t be,- Capt. T. T. Hyd?.s JS3L_ order of the government and ?com mander-in-chief." ' - .v j ? / '? State Penelo* Board. olumbia, Special.?-The state pert board met last ww* the roils ea *7 it. Jt will Ufrri * , , up the work, - pert relating to the fund. The board eonebto * W. din of Cheeter, B. M. , lefton and D. K. R?uAf* IW. Welti* ot ? ?