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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY. AI'RII, 21. !<JOK SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS ... ' *- <??.*-' '^r. i j ii r "? ' . V ^ t * . N^wsy Items Gathered Frcm the Different Sections o South Carolina. HpjUTtAnburg County Swept by Cy clone. 8pm I anbury Special.? A negro man *a* killed iu*ar Weal Spring.*., uevnra] houses wera blown down and a number of people were injured about West Springs, 1'anliue mid tjonettville. hh the result of a tevrili? eyqloue which passed through that section Wednesday between the hours T of 12 a ud 1 o'clock. The cyclone cleared everything in its path, uproot ing giant trees, blowing down dwell ing* nnd outbuildings and injuring (juite u number of people. Its path wart fi ?om west to cast. but wan very narrow, not being at any point over 44H) feet wide. After passing through the lands of Dr. Chan. Jeffrie#, four miles east of Jonesville, the eyclone '? took a northeastelv direction towards C..1U shoals on the I'acolet river and -rW#8 seen no more. A young negro man by the name of Hunter, living with his mother on/? i?ile t rom West Springs, was kille<l by the house being blown down (in hiui. His mother had an arm and a .. leg broken; m. The home of Mrs. F. 1\ West near West Springs was partial'#/ destroyed by the cyclone, but no one was injur ed. The blacksmith shop of Herbert & foiens, near West Springs, was lifted l*3iip and set down 400 feet away. There r&were several men in the shop at the /time seeking shelter, but the w>id 'j/Ufted ? their eovering and enrried it ? fiway, leaving them standing, amid .the anvils and forges. > The c.yelone did great damage just ^ihfelow Jonesville in the way of dc ?t roying property, but there was no ?J loss of life. Several persons were in r^-jured but none of them are thought ??fo be fatally hurt. The home of .1. ('. |r^S|>eais, witji the exception of the din ? fug room, was totally destroyed. Mr. fc? Spears, his wife and his daughter, pMney,, were all more or less injured by f- falling timbers. The barn of W. H. Fowler and his well house were blown Home hundred U vards away. Several mulcK were in I lie stable at the time, lint none of \them injured. Tiie dwelling of W. F. Ilames was destroyed* end he and his wife nnd daughter were seriously injured. Miss Haines, who is 15 years old, had her collarbone broken. There was a wag m standing in the yard and it was lifted several hundred feet, striking the earth with such . force, that it was broken to pieces. Reports from (ilenn Sprinys. Roe buck and Paeoli-t state tlmt there was but very little wind at those places. No report has been received from Pauline, but it is understood . consid erable damage was wrought in that vicinity. ?A gentleman from Spar tanburg. who was on the road be tween West Springs and Glenn Springs just before the storm, states that the rain fell in torrents '3;j' nnd the roadways were cut up so badly that travel was almost impo> ?ib'e,. A telegraphic report from r\f- -Joneeville about the cyclone, says: "A cyclone passed over a section about a mile south of Jonesville ? about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, do inir considerable damage. A bouse belonging to Mr. J. ('. Spears was ?: wrecked and Mr. Spears was badly ~ injured bv t'ae falling timbers. Mr. W. 15. Fowler's barn and well bouse were blown some hundred yards away. "M. W. F. Haines' dwelling was also badly wrecked, he and his wife being more or loss injured by the wreckage. Tree j. fences and outhouses suffered considerable 'damage in the wake of the cyclone. The storm travelled from west to east for a distance of ervyrroi rnilos. but was very narrow." Mr. r. P. Giles Dead. Lancaster, Special. ? Mr. Frank P. tiiles died suddenly at his home here Wednesday about 10 o'clock. Mr (iiles was enjoying his accustomed good health a few minutes before and attended to his business Tuesday as usual. He was taken, with a violent coughing spell about 10 o'clock and died in about five minutes. He prob ably burstcd a blood vessel. ?'or a JNcw Shipping Company. Charleston. - S|>ecial. ? The certifi cate of the charter of the Charleston Transatlantic Shipping company was recorded' rft the office of the register of monse conveyance. The capital stock is $(>0,000. Tho company pro poses to operate a lino of steamers between Charleston and , Liverpool and Bremen, carrying chiefly cotton out of Charleston. John .F. Maybank is the chief promotor of the steam ship line and as has been stated, the prospects are bright for the success - of the venture, especially with the ar rangements which have been made for a larger business at the port. ? TV- ' ______ v ;? Dirpsnscry Wins In Aiken Oonnty. Aiken, Special.? The election, held here last week as to dispensary or prohibition, resulted in a Victory for the ?ounty dispensarjr by a very small majority. With all bat three small boxes heard from the dispen sary has a lead of Snd it i? prob ablc the other three;. boxes will mn v the majority up to lOO or n>oro. Oreat interest was taken in the election alt over the county. ; Winthrop Dormitory to be Ercctcd Hhoruy. Columbia, Special. ? The Winthrop college board of trustee* met in the J office of (iov, Ansel to consider the plans for the dormitory to he erected J shortly . The last general assembly appropriated #24,000 for 1008 and the same amount for 11)00 which, with $12, (MM) given by the pea body edu catioual board, will enable the trus tees to erect a dormitory for '200 ad ditional pupils. The board Thurs ! day appointed a building committee, 'consisting of Mr. W. J. Koddey of Hock Hill, President Johnson and State (Superintendent Martin. ttumtor Municipal Election. Sumter, Special.? The regular citv eleclion was held for mayor and ' aldermen. Tl^g regular nominees of the recent Democratic primary were I elected. Commissioner of Public Works H. L. Edmunds was elected without opposition. The following are the members of the incoming city council elected: Mayor, W. B. Boyle;' aldermen from Ward 1, Hugh ('. Haynsworth, Willie Bultman; alder men from Ward 2 Henry 1).' Barnett. R. J*. Haynsworth; aldermen from Ward '1, J. R. Ligoii, R. L. Wright: aKermen from Ward 4, Walter (I Stubbs, P. P. Finn. The Peabody Board. Columbia. Special. ? Prominent ed ucators throughout the State have for some days considered the appoint ment of a South OaroHnian to till the vacancy on the Peabody edu cational board created bv the death of William A. Courtenay. The faith ful work of Capt. Courtnav on this board was responsible largely for tfot re<'ognit ioiv of several of the institu tions in this State and it is the de sire of those prominent in educational circles to have this State represented in the appointment of a successor Several have suggested the name ol Oov. Ansel for the place hut it is not known yet who will he named, the. jnattor of supplying the vacancy be ing. left with the board. New Hotel For Gaffney. Gaffney, Special. ? Messers. C, (J. Parish. .1. A. Carroll. Z. A. Robertson, j I ). C. Phillips and J. II. Curry have decided t?? erect a modern, np I < > dattf I hotel building for Gaffney. The capi tal stock will be $2">.0UU, $10,000 ol ' which has been subscribed and the | rest is in sitrht. as a number of. mer ' chants and business men of the city | have indicated their willingness to as | sist in the Enterprise. The building will be located on the corner of Rob erson and Greuard streets, near the ? pansenger station and is an ideal lo cation for a hotel on account of .its proximity to the passenger station as j well as to the business section of the city. C. E. Mfi,y Declared Elected. Edgefield, Special. ? Hon. ('. E. May was declared elected mayor of Edgefield and was installed in office. Col. \V. P. Calhoun, his opponent has given notice that he will contest the election. Magistrate at Gadsden. Columbia, Special. ? Gov. Ansel last week appointed Julian B. Weston as magistrate at Gadsden. Mr. Weston takes the place of F." E. Williams. . who has resigned, and the appoint ment is made on recommendation of jthe Richland delegation. Jfoung Man Drowned. Spartanburg, Special. ? P. Kirby, I aged 18 years, was drowned in the upper pond at Pacolet mills Saturday afternoon between the hours of f> and (i o'clock, while shooting ducks. The ! bodv was discovered about ?) o'clock ; Saturday night and an inquest was ; held Sunday by Coroner Turner. The jjtirv returned a verdict of death from [accidental drowning. Laurens Oldest Citizen Dead. Laurens, Special. ? Mr. Allen .Motes, Laurens county's oldest citi ' zen, so far as can bo ascertained, I died last week at his home near Mad ! den, five miles from the city. The de ceased was born in 1813 and was, | therefore, 95 years old at the time of his death. He ifyjnrvived by his s?c i on J wife, who was n Mrs. Lovine. He never had any ' children. lie J owned a small homo and hore he spent hi* entire life, one of upright n*r* and respectability. . V. 'v c_ May Ideuo Sends. * Fort Mill, Special.? Fort Mill ii considerably stirred up just now -ovel the question of issuing: bonds. An ej ection to decide whether or not $10 000. in bonds shall be -imwed ? to htfile! a new school house has heen t>rdcfe<\ | by the trustees of the district. A p ! tition is also beinp: circulated A skin f : the city, council to order ait ulcctio' for the purpose * of 'htrthtfrfltng th ; issue of $10,000 in bonds for the put J pose, of making street improvements frightful Railway Accident in Australia . GREAT SUFFERING RESULTED Australian Trains Collide Killing Forty-One and Iujuring Sixty Oth ers ? Fire Almost Consumes Wreck age. Melbourne, Australia, By Cable.? Two trains from Hallarat and Hendi* Ko, respectively, collided late Mon day night at Biaybrook junction, about M miles from Melborne, 41 per sons being killed and <50 injured. The Uendi^o train, with two heavy en gines. crashed into the rear of the Hallarat. train. Five rars of the lat ter ^rain were wrecked,. The wreck age took f|re and was almost com pletely consumed. Many of the bodies were unrecoguixtlble when re covered. The Hcndigo train buffered hut lit tle damage but the two engines were piled on top of the rear coaches of the other train. Terrible scenes fol lowed the accident, many of the in jured being caught in the wreckage and with difliculty rescued. It was a long time before doetors and nurse# arrived on the scene mid as a conse quence intense buffering prevailed among the injured. For Release of Thaw. Poughkeepsie. N. V., Special. ? Tlio lira! step in procee. liners looking' to I ho release of Harry K. Thaw from the State asylum for the State ? in Kune at Matteawan. was taken Mon thly. James (}. (iraham. of Newbury, appeared as Thaw's counsel before Justic# Morsehauser. of the New York State Supreme Court at White Plains, aiul applied for an order di recting the superintendent of the asy lum to permit Thaw to sign an appli cation for n writ of habeas corpus. The order wan promptly issued and it probably will he served at once. According to the usual procedure in such cns?>? Thaw will sign the appli cation for ? writ u? habeas corpus which will then be submitted to a justice of the Supreme Court for a hearing to determine, whether he should be released from the asylum as sane. Probably this hearing will brt held before .Justice Morschauser a! Ponghkec psie. This method of ob taining the release of a prisoner at the Stale asylum is usually taken when ihc State lunacy commission is unwilling to declare' that the prison er is sane. Young Man Kills His Sister. Winston-Salem. N. C., Special. ? News reached here of a most deplor able tragedy near (Jermantown, Stokes county, when Oscar Tut tle, aged 22 years, son of Mr. John II. T nt tie. a highly respectable citi zen and a prosperous farmer, shot and kil'ed his sister. Miss Mollie, who was 28 years old. The brother en tered a room where his sister was en gaged in making the bed and without warning shot her in the back with a single barrel shotgun, the entire load taking effect. Death resulted instantly. ? Abstainers in Session. Hudson, Special ? With the celebration of high mass, followed by a parade through the streets of the villnge, the thirty-second animal convention of the Catholic Total Ab stainenee Union of the archdiocese of Boston was opened here Monday; Plans will be made for the extension of the temperance work of the union among the Catholics of Boston and vicinity. Cypress Lumbar Company Closes Down. Albany, Special. ? The Red Cypress Lumber Company, at Preto ria, nenr here, a $-100,000 concern, is being closed down .the purpose being to j*o into liquidation. The big new pine mill has nlreadv closed down and the hip cypress mill closes down at onoe. Over 400 employes will bo thrown out of work. Excitemcnt Among Nejroea. Spartanburg, S. C., Special ? There was great excitement here among the colored peoplfe over the report' that a 4-year-ohl colored girl had been crim" innllv assaulted by a colored man. Hundreds of negro men and worn eft gathered at the, hour-o where the al leged assault is said to have occur red and the negroes, with several po lice officers, instituted a search for the man. A physician was called in and after a eonsyltation with him it waa learned that no crime had been committed. Naval Stqrc fclant Eunicd. . Yaldosta, Ga., Special ? The South ern Naval Stores Distilling Com pany's plant near horc wo* hurnrt<1 lestheetg Bop v ROatV MFWPP Monday afternoon. Loss abou.' ?41 000; insurance^?, 000. Tl" *m"*' '?? %^pos?d to haVn eausrlit frr>"? *?nark from ^h? smoVa *f*cL\ 1! M.int was owtTed rHffly h" noT**"^** ?npitnlists. It l-??t Sunday and had partly b~cn reWlf. CONGKESS Al WORK ? Do&g? of Our NatloiuU Uw MUert Day by Day Tli?* agricultural appropriation bill which was reported to the Senate by the committee on agriculture pro vide# for a number of important in vestigations. The hill as reported to the Senate carries $1 l,t>-t2,H0, an in oreaae of $Ki!),!i-iO over the amount of the bill as it was parsed by the House. The Senate commit tee recommeiid ed an appropriation of $ 1 0.4)00 for co-operation between the Department of Agriculture and the reclamation secvico in demonstrating the feasi bility of crop production on lands under the latter service. Another item of $10,000 was recommended for the purpose of securing hardy forage plants from Siberia for use on the northcr?i portion of the great plains area, Of the appropriation for demon strating the best' methods of meeting the ravages of the cotton b<?ll weevil ? 10,000 is made immediately avail able. An amendment was made by the committee to the provision in regard to fixing definite grades of grain so that such grades when fixed shall be come the oDIeial standards for the grading of grain. Vroeland Measure Lost. Tlu> House committee on bunking and currency voted to lay on (In* table the llnaneiul hill offered by Hep resentative Kdward It. Vreelaud, of New York, us a substitute fur the Aldrjch hi!! and decided to report favorably the hill reeently introduced by Chairman Fowler, providing for a currency commission to consist of 4 'I members, 11 members of the Senate, 11 members of I he House and 21 oth ? wi-whfl must h* citizen*-***'- the- Fnit* ed State. The action of the committee was taken late in the afternoon, after a meeting lasting all day. Representa tives Vreeland appeared l>efore the committee and made a long argument in favor of his hill, saying he thought it would he criminal negligence for j i 'ongress to adjourn without passing some measure of protection in the event of another panic this fall. lie did uot, however, think that a panic was imminent. /iV. Vroeland said tlm* his bill was an emergency meas ure only, and he favored the appoint ment, of a currency commission to consider a permanent banking and currency law. Naval Bill is Reported. After consideration of less than two hours the Senate committee on naval affairs Mond:vv reported the I naval appropriation bill to the. Sen ate, Jt '-carries $11 1 ,54(1.540, an in crease of $7.579.0.11 over the amount of the bill as it was passed by the house, On the battleship construction pro gramme the Senate committee adopt ed the. policy of the i I oust;, making no change in the pi-tvision for two ves sels. The President \s message advo cating the construction of four bat tleships was not considered, as it was known that the committee was unani mously opposed to that programme. Concerning the construction' of col lier;-. a provision was ineoroprated in the bill that one should be built on the Pacific coast, which . means ^iare Island Navy Yard. An appropriation of $1,800,000 whs made for the pur chase of three colliers eonstructcd by the Fore River Shipbuilding Com pany. Othet important amendments were made as follows : Amendments to Bill. Increase of 20 per cent in the pay of officers of the navy and civilian professor# and instructors at .the naval academy, and of 10 per cent in the pay of the enlisted force, $3,553,000 ; an increase of the pay of professors of mathematics,' construc tors' corp< and civil engineer corps to equal that of officers of the -same rank in the medical and pay corps. $10,150. For public works, additional ap propriations were made a? ? follows: Portsmouth. N. IT., $00,000; Nor folk, Va., $200,000: Puget Sound, $140,000; Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Is. Inn-Is. for naval station and dry dock. $1,000,000;" Charleston. $.12,000; ma rine corps. $05,000. The appropria tion for the marine corps, exclusive of public works, aggragtes $021,143. Fire in Alabama Town. Eutaw, Ala., Special. ? Fire which broke out in the store of the. Eutaw Drug Company did damage estimat ed at about $40,000. Every building on tho block fronting Prairie street and running; from Boligee to Clinton, was destroyed. There was no insur ance. Tho stores bnrned were: C. .Teary, F. P. Jnrvis, "William R. Maw and J. II. Harris. B. D. Palmer, liar wood & McKinlev, T. G. I/A'mW ' ?ry stable ; \V. \V. Holly, D. W. Dun- j can. -'i ~tt. i v* " * a. . Urison Asiong Steel KaynatCB. Hoboken, Spceial. ? There was no trouble at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the United States Storl Corporation hero ,nnd the re port that a committee nf stockholders would attack the present administra tion proved unfounded. There . wa?. but one ticket in the. field for election, composed of the present board, all of whom Tvera ije-clccted. ?_> i n ?D ?? 20 (id 1 M (<i) ??. :I7> (< f) : 2 in 0 15 3 M if 15 IVkulmlo l^rlu'i Quultfd In New York MILK. ?Th? Milk Kvcbmna price lor atandard quality i? 3'4c. per quart UUTTKII. Creamery? -Weaiem, e*tru * *?8 "211* Firata ' Wv.r. *J7*i? Second*., , ... .......... '24 (<0 2fl ?tate dairy, goo?1 to choice . 24 6# 20 t'uctory , KNOIidl t<? liinta ? 1UV4(?) 21 BBANfi Myroyr. choice .. Medium. v'boie?. ? . .... Red kidney, choke Yellow eye. , . . White kidney.. Rlack turtle *<>i|p Limit, Lai . ... OIIKKBK. State, (till cream, i 8mall .......... ....... Pint xkiiiiH, common Full MkiuiH 1 oil runs. Jemey ? Fancy, , 1* ? istato (Jood to choice..... 17 (?! We*>tern? Firvla ... .. 151,466 Duck eggs .... , . ? , 2i) (<il Uoose eggs ..... 00 (df riiurrn am> hkuiuks? rnr.Hii. Apple* ? King. per Mil .1 00 (d> 4 Oil Greening, per bhl. ....... I 50 Cranberries. I Cod, p?r |>l?l .10 cH* Jersey, per bbl ,.,.10 On Strawberries, per <]t.. .... 0 (<i) 18 1,1 VK I'OUI.THV. MwU. per lb. , . . . , ? Rooatera, per lb...... II I'urkeyH, per lb 8 Duck*, per lb ? ? li eeae , per lb 7 t'igeons, per puir ......... , ? ouknsko i'oui,rr.r. (it j XI OH I 75 (tfi 3 30 (A l.V, (n) 15 (26 4 fx! (0,12 IK) (a 12 00 (J) (<?J 0i} oi 00 1*. 12 15 1% 8 26 Purkeya, ner lb.... ...... 12 (3) Hroilers, 1 hila., per lb...,, 3,1 ?H pe Fowl*, per lb 12 'Jocks, per lb... Ducks. per lb 8 Ueese, per lb 5 Squab*, per dozen 1 2 5 IIAY AND STRAW, Hay. prime, per 100 lb.... ? ~K<>h i i oir, peFioinn: : : : Clover mixed, per 100 lb. 70 Straw, long rye #5 HOI'S, State. 1907 12 Medium, 1007 ,*??? ^ I'ncilic Coast, 1007, choice.. Choice, 19CK5 V K<l KT A III. KB. I'olatoeB, Me., per sack.... State, pel* buck . . Sweet*; per banket.. Tomatoes, per carrier...... lOgg plunt, per box Squash, per box I'eaa. per basket. Peppers, per carrier lettuce, per banket t'abbaguH, per bb! String beans. per basket. . Onions, white, pur urate... Yellow, per bug lied, per bag Carrots, per 100 bunches... Heats, per 100 bundle*..... Turnips, per bbl.'. . Okiu, per carrier Cueumbera, per banket .... Parsley, per basket Leeks, >per 100 bunches.... .Shallot*, per crate......... Celery, per crise Watercress, per 100 bunches .Spinach, per bbl. Kale, per bbl.. ....... Oyster plants, 10"J bunches. Horseradish, per bbl Rhubarb, per 100 buncoes.. I'iirsnips, per bbl Radishes, per basket,..,.. Asparagus, per no*, bunches a iiain. crc. 3 (a) m (3! S 3 2 50 2 SO 75 1 00 2 00 1 50 75 1 50 1 00 1 00 I 00 - . 75 1 50 1 50 1 00 1 (HI 1. 1 1 (HI 2 00 50 n (X) 2 00 1 00 1 00 80 50 1 <AI :? oo 2 50 25 1 00 17 40 15 11 10 8 50 07% av - K5 70 13 8 8 5 1 ? 2 75 $ 2 05 ft 2 6ti 5} 2 00 |a) 3 50 (tf 2 00 fit 2 (K) 2 50 2 00 & 1 25 (n> 4 5tl M 1 6U (oi 2 50 (a) 2 50 ($ 2 50 <n\ :t no \M 1 12 % 4 00 (a; :t 25 Cd 1 25 (at 4 00 (it) 3 (Kl ^ 1 75 On l 5o Oi: 1 00 OQ 75 (4 O' 00 O'l) 4 OO lai 3 00 <ti 75 (iH 50 ^ 3 75 Flour-? Winter patents . ... 4 50 @ 4 80 Spring patent* ..." r..:... 5 10 5 05 AN heat, No. 2 red.... ..... IWH No. 1 Northern J Jul nth.. ? (?; 1 07% Corn, No. 2 ;... ?? (a/ 72 No. 2 white ? 72 Oats, mixed.. ? (a) bi 5 itye. No, 2 Western ? (aj tv'l L?ard, vily.i ? (?} H1/, UVK dl'UC'K, Jieeves, city dressed 10 (a) ]1?{ Calves, city dressed;... H (a? 13 Country dressed 7- (<y 10',$ .Sheep, per 100 lb H (10 (a) f? 50 Lumbu, per 1U0 lb...- 0 00 (< 4 8 50 '5 (aj U Country dressed, per lb.. 0 (<$ 9 WHAT Til K HAH VESTS CAN DO l'niiit1 Averted in 1801 by Immense ' Wheat Crops. New York City. ? What a lucky harvest can do by way of averting panic and panic depression was shown in -1-891. This country was then be ginning lo feel the full effect of the London crash of November, 1890. We were heavily in debt to England, England had to call back Its cupltai to provide Tor needs at home, and a heavy drain on our gold supply had begun. Our currency waB making trouble, and the Treasury was get ting rapidly Into a tangle. There aro many who to-day believe that panic would have come that year, but fot the harvest of 1831. Europe's wheal crop ran short no less than 150,000, ooo bushels in 18'JO, and in the tac? of this the Lulled States produced, by the commercial estimate, 250,000,000; bushels mot;e than 1S90, and at least 100,000,000 bushels more than we; had ever previously raised. The re sult was an enormous export, a .quick reversal of the foreign exchanges, import of $OU,000,000 gold, revival of business confidence, and postpone ment of the panic for two years. n * * * The Short Crop in Cuba. The Cuban crop of 1,428,000 torn of sugar last year was so large and ytat tne unexploited areas of sugat land in that country are so great, that all concerned were left lu doubt as to what the posslblecrop this year would be. 4 The limit of crop production in Cuba for somo years has seemed to be the limit of available labor. This year, however, nature has Intervened with a great drought, and the crop now promises to bo less than esti mated. * ?? ? + > it '? ? * W<**t and South l'/rtpfr, Dispatches from tiia We At and South are mo?t lavt>?able as to the general commercial pituatloii, a few I cities reporting the volume of buat n ess fully equal to last year's, and those fltat?kiiv?ita ar.* supported by bauK exchange. #' ? * ,r" ' _ of <?'r.rd Time*. - New "Voru wnui?i.i.e?-'?ia.)?.?hmems report ttrrf tlr?y vntd soods to more country ; ftpvJKg the last four weeks than at r.u> pluvious tiuio in uiany y?ar*. .fL * a H-'V MAO ELEPHANT KILLS WOMAN Gores Her With His Tusks and Tramples Her Body. Beared It. v Explosion, Clear* Knuihvuy I'm' it Milt*, DemolUlies Iturlwr Shop, Wrecks Dry UootU Miore. I Riverside, CM. ? A bull elephant driven mad with four following the explosion of several i a 11 k m of oil in iIih Standard oil Company'# storage plant hero killed h woman, seriously Injured three men, partially wrecked the ground floor of 1 1??* Hotel Glou wood and kept the wholo town, undor siege for several hours. Mlna Klla Uibbs, u deaconosn of the Klrht Congregational Church, who camo to Riverside three years ugo from Chicago, wan the woman Killed. Tho elephant gored her with his tusks and trampled her under h i? feet. A circuit hud net up on tho out skirts of town three blocks from the oil tanks and the aftornonu'a perfor mance w?h about to begin when a barrel of oil on a delivery wagon driven by J. J. Wormier exploded' in side llu> Standard eompauy'H yard*. Wormaor was hurled Into the air and bin clothing caught ttro from the blaze. While rescuer* were ex tlnqulshing the lire in the man's clothing Beveral other barrels of oil went off and tho tlumea apread to a largo oil tank, which blew up before (he tire companies could get to the scene. At the bound of the "cig explosion the elephant* in the circuit menagerie began to trumpet and strain at their chains. The keeper* tried to quiet them, and other circus attaches has tily cleared tho arena of tho poople who had taken their seats there. Be fore the tent was cleared the herd of olephanta broke tholr fastenings and charged through tho side of tho men agerie tent out Into the open fields. The beasts, headed by one big tuaKer, ranged through orchard* in the vi cinity, breaking fences and tipping i over shedB and farm machinery. After hard work and an exhibition of fine daring the circvjs men man aged to round up all the elephants but the big leader. Ho grew madder with every minute of freedom. Turn*' lug into a turnpike leading to town he ran toward the contro of tho city, causing a general rout among all tho vehicleB there. After running a mile the mad elephant turned into tho courtyard of the Olenwood, one of the neweBt and beHt known of tho California winter hotels. MIhs tiibbn hnppened to bo cross ing the open Spanish court of tho hotel. The elephant suw her and charged. The terrified woman had no opportunity to find a doorway. She wuh caught by tho animal's ti?nkn, pinr.ed against tho wail of the hotel and gored and trampled so badly that she tiled within a few minutes. After Iho elephant had killed tho woman he seemed to be possessed with greater fury. I). P. Chapman, | ono of the hotel gueRtH who had run ; Into tho court to Miss Glbbs' assist ance, was picked up in the elephant's trunk and thrown violently to one aide. ...He managed to crawl away out of further danger, although several ribB were broken by tho fall. After tossing Chapman tho mad beast walked through the door of the hotel barber shop, carrying the frame with him. Ho waded through the shop, leav ing wreckage behind him, crossed the main street of the town and smashed his way into a dry goods Btore. Here he trampled a clerk, though not. Berioualy, and leaving tho store ran down tho street to a livery stable. There the circtiB men, who had been In hot pursuit of the runaway with fdur of the quieter elophants of tho herd, managed to get the wild fellow in a corner and chain him. I but not before on? man was thrown, the entire town was in terror and the local police force were preparing to turn out with riot guns. The oil Are which had started tho i trouble burned 60,000 gallons of" oil i before the flames were checked, at a 'total loss of $10,000. Miss Gibbs, who was killed, was a well known worker in the Japanese and Chinese missions hero and had done much to help penniless con sumptives who come here from the East seeking a cure. DUCHESS IGNORED DUKE. Consuelo Gave Him No, Glance of Recognition in Paris. Paris, France. ? The Duchess of Marlborough Is spending a week in Paris at the Hotel France Choisene, while tho Duke Is here on hia way to Reaulleu to visit Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson. The Duke and the Duchess dined In different parties at tho Ruiz. Their simultaneous presence excited the ut most curiosity as to whether any glance of recognition would pass, but t they appeared to-be the only two peo- I pie In the room unaware of each oth- ? er's presence. The Duchesa left first to go to the theatre, and while two members of her party saluted the Duke as they passed out she swept by w4th delightful unconsciousness of his presence. The DuchesB' friends here say the Duke Is now desperately anxious for a reconciliation, finding his present anomalous position Irksome and dis agreeable. His ambition Is to become Viceroy of Ireland, like .his grand father, under the next Tory govern ment. hut It will be Impossible un less he is reconciled with his wife. . . Cuspidors For Street Can. The West Virginia State Board of Health paased an order requiring that cnspldors shall be provided for all' railroad coaches and street cars. The order applies also to theatres. ?? _ Forestry Bill (Jnooastl^UionJil. The report of Chairman Jenkins, declaring unconstitutional the Appa ! hiehian-Whlte Mountain Foatery bilk was submitted to the House JudlcUry | Committee, at Washington. DEMOCRATIC CHION r ? #? '"?"J"1 9 1 ? ? Now York's Delegates Go to Denver Uninstructed. llir> Mrf'arrrtt Men From T?'? Hli* tiUt*. With MvCm-ren at Head* Oiutcd After u Fi?l?t. New York City.? Charles V. MyftW j>hy and his nlly, William J. Cu^M leaders of tho Democratic Vt$n (ho State, weeded Patrick rt'ii out of the organ IzatUuljfl of tho most sensational BUte convention eve; held tftate, It followed a dramatic ap^? pyaranco of Senator McCarren be fore the convention, in which be hurled defiance at Tammany and threatened It* disruption. On? of the moat exciting episode* occurred at midnight, when more than two Hcoro delegates rushed to tho platform of Oarnesrle Hall, and, with shot! Its of "Gag rule! " and "Out rage! " (Uuuuiidud their rights. They declared aubstltutlon had been made In the list of the new Statj? Committee and that the Murphy-Con** nera combination had seized absolute control of the organization. The chairman announced that the convention, instead of the Senate dis tricts, would choose the delegate*. ? This precipitated a riot. Delegates rushed toward the platform to assault tho chairman. Mr. Carmody, of Yates, who wan presiding, broke hi* gavel. The serg<?ant-at-aruiB and hla . assistants were k rooked down.. .JTha reporters and their tables were over turned. Half tho policemen seemed to bo afraid to molest anybody or to take aides. In the middle of all the disorder the chairman announced the resolution carried that the convention should name tho State Committee men from the Twenty-seventh, Thir ty-sixth, Fortieth and Fiftieth Senate i DlaUieU. More than 100 jdeleg&twf . were on their feet protesting. The secretary called tho roll while the crowd clamored and Carmody de I clared that tho resolution was car ried through, 26 4 to 128. Then he said the convention was adjourned. It was the most sensational Demo cratic State Convention held since Van Wyck was nominated for Gov ernor agalnsf Theodore Roosevelt, In 189 8. After much trouble and many dec linations from prominent Democrats, these four delegates-at-large were se lected: Alton n. Parker, Lewis Nixon, Charles F. Murphy and Charles Kroob. Alternates-at-large, JameB B. ;~ Schwntzonbach, Steuben; Francis K. Pendleton, Now York; George H, Thacher, Albany; William P. Raffer- ' ty, Syracuse. . ;?/ ' Nathnu Straus, of this city, and W. If. Fltzpatrlck, were selected aB elec tors-at-largo, District delegates from the thlrty-BRvon Congress districts, were selected by their delegates. Under tho Instructions of the con vention the seventy-eight delegates i from Now York to tho Denver conven tion will vote ns a unltand as directed by Murphy and Connors. Tho State Convention's resolutions r commlttae flatly refused even 00 much as to consider a Bryan resolu tion. Harry W. Walker, one ol Bryan's most enthusiastic supporters In New York, declared he would issue a call for another State convention to send a contesting delegation to Denver.' ^ SHOOTS OBSTINATE DAUGHTER ? Ah She Bits at 1'inno, Then Kills Flim self in Ashcville School For OlHs. Asheville, 1 N. C.? Dr. C. 0~ Swi&L * ney, formerly of New York, who cams . hero from Marion, N. C., about \W9.? weeks ago to Visit his daughter, Nel lie, a sixteen-year-old student at thSL Normal and Collegiate InHtltute, called 011 his daughter at the college ... While tho two were alone in * ception room anH Nellie was At the piano playing, Swlnney fired three shots at her and then fired a fourth shot through his own head, 'killing himself inBtantly. Miss Swlnney was picked up un* conscious and is believed to be fatally Injured, two of the shotB having taken effect in her head. Miss Swlnney, who is considered the prettiest girl In the -college, had been receiving attentions from young men contrary to her father's wishes. Ho had remonstrated with her, but t to no purpose. During their talk h* the afternoon Nellie grew Impatient and commenced playing the piano. - "COL." WARD SENTENCED AGAIN. At Agt? of Seventy-four He Begins Another Prison Terra in Boston. Boston, Mass. ? "Colonel" Daniel S. Ward, wbo for fifty year* has been one of the most picturesque and In teresting characters in ths criminal history of the United States, was sen tenced In the Superior Court to two and a half year I Is the State prison for forgery, and at th* age of seventy* four will commence Ms eighth or ninth prison term* ; The "Colonel" commenced his pri son career In 1868, when he was ar? rested in New York during the draft riots with two other men for plotting to burn the city. His confederates were executed, bat Wsrd was par* doned by President Linooln. Iron and Steel Dull. Manufacturing conditions are IlttlO f altered, about fifty per cent, of tk* iron and atoel producing capacity being in operation. BARS BETTING IN WASHINGTON* Senate Passes Bill Thai Also ITlhpi lnates Poker Playing. Washington, D. C. ? The Senats rushed through a bill aimed to put an end to betting at a local race traek. - It li broad and it eliminates the Con- - gresslonal poker party, and nrohlblta bridge t whist, of which the Congres sional women are fond. The House had already passed tb* measure. > b