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ip ’T'”. v • • 4 r*—■ -* r ^ • ■■^- ■■>■ ^— ■»■*»-» - >, - - t " YOL. XXVI. SENATOR TILLMAN , JKr; .. BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1903. Bpeaki To ft Lftifo Crowd ftt Biihop- ville Laat Week. A BYU0PSI8 07 Hli SPEECH. f *mr The Senator Sajrs the Selection of a Democratic Presidential Noini-._ I ~ aee la Difflcntt. j... ;*; Negro Question _ Senator Tillman arrived at Jlishop vllle on Tuesday evening of last ' week and was escorted by the reception com mittee to the BishopvHle hotel, arbicb was his headquarters during his visit to that town. ^ .After supper he was called upon in an informal way by many .dtUens/ with whom he chatted upon every sub ject but politics. After a quiet night’s rest on Friday morning be was driven around Bishop* ville and vicinity and shown the Im provements made in this lively and progressive little town, and expressed himself as highly pleased with the evidences of enery and enterprise. At 11 o’clock be was escorted to the Woodworth grove the “central park” of the town where he was to address our people on the questions of the day. The turnout of the citizens at first seemed disappointing as the assem blage was much smaller than was ex pected, but it must be remembered that this is the busiest time in the year for the farmer and that several important meetings are to be held in the next ten days, and they could not well, at this juncture be spared from It is estimated that from five to eight hundred people were present, in cluding a goodly ndmher of ladies, and that among those present lines bad been entirely obliterated. Reformers and Antis, according to tbe old demar- oaM*ji, -intermingling to do honor to a man who had faithfully and strenuous ly served bis state under tbe most ad verse circumstances. \ The meeting was called to order by Mr. Ralph W. McLendon, who re quested the Rev. T. W. Phillips to open proceedings with prayer. Senator Tillman met the people of Lee County for the first tinie. He said he bad tried to come over when ‘the country was in the throesnf birth, but the people did not seem to want him. He was pretty well up on the geogra phy of South Carolina; had traveled over every cotfnty but, Lee several times. He thanked the people for their handsome vote at the last sena torial election and felt tliat he de served it. ”■* r — He found it bard to say anything about the next presidential election; everything is in doubt. Parker, of New York, and Johnson, of Ohio are spoken of as banner bearers but, in fact, no one seems to be prominent. Cleveland is a beg of beef, only tit for pitchforking. Bryan does not want tbe nomination and could not get it If be did; he is talking too ibuch. Tbe method must be to adopt some par ticular policy or perhaps wait until the Republicans show their band and then formulate a platform which will appeal to tbe people. Tbe Northern people are highly pro gressive—in industry, money-making and dishonesty. The Republican party Is built on that basis and all tbe leg- lsl*4?pn is in tbe direction of fraud. He mstanced the pension swindle as an example. All must play into the hands of the 6. O. P. and by degrees all the money in the country will be diverted in that direction. He then told in bis graphic way how he had .gained for South Carolina against the government by -playing Allison against Joe Cannon. The democratic party is sick. The silver question must be put aside lor the present. He personally Is as sound a free silverite as ever, but it is best for financial reasons to avoid the issue just how. He does not see much hope for democratic success in tbe presi dential election. Sentiment enters largely into politics. It was sentiment that brought on the civil war. Mrs. Stowe’s book, “Uncle Tom” and. the feeling must be considered. Theodore lot and then—the deluge. The negro question hangs over tbe South like the sword of Damocles. The time must and will come when the constitution of tbe United States must be amended and the entire ne gro vote of the nation eliminated for ever. « * r " * ^—— The senator thinking that some of his remarks might have been thought lurid and Tillmanesque here made a handsome apology to tbe ladies pres ent if hl> language bad been a little too fiery. He spoke loud, plain Anglo- Saxon English and did not try to orna ment it as bis friend Lever did. And with a little pleasant chafing at the latter gentleman the senator closed amid aloud applause, ^ The meeting was a remarkably pleasant one. Senator Tillman was at bbt heft. There were no “burning is sues” to excite bis wrftth or induce those “flows of vituperation for which he seems to have acquired A reputa tion, but spoire easily and forcibly with enough of hu usual fire to give his hearers and impressive idea of the con dition of things through the country. Another enjoyable feature of the occasion was the entire obliteration of tlie old factional lines. “Reform ers” and “antis,” of the nineties, S'xs'td shoulder to shoulder,not to bail a loud-voiced agitator and an inspirer of strife, but to do honor to a man who had worthily “worn the senate- 1 rial toga and who hrs ably and fear lessly discharged the duties of the high office to which he bad been elect ed practically by the unanimous vote of Lis state. THE DEADLY HOT SUPPER. One Negro Rilled and Eight Others Wounded at One. The Charleston Poafr -of- Wednesday says “at a bot supper given by negroes i -a- # Roosevelt knows how to appeal to this; be is a straddler and a shrewd one; witness his Action in the trust case and in the matterol tbe appointment of Crum as collector at Charleston. The only straw which shows the cur rent In the plank in tfie platform en- doning the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments and declaring that they must be maintained. This meant the- Inauguration of a campaign to cut down Southern representation. This would mean a loss to South Carolina of three or four congressmen. IT the idea-prevails the fight may be made upon this issue and the speaker would feladly welcome it. On that Is sue tbe democrats could carry the north as well as the south. But un less that or some similar mistake is made bv them there Is .little change for the democratic party. In answer to an inquiry he said he did not care about talking about tbe frauds in the postoffioe department. A committee would be appointed at the next session of Congress which would give tbe matter a thorough in- vesthfation.V The senator then warned the peo- ple that tbe negro question was by no means settled. The constitutional convention had arranged things for a time, but the trouble was by no means over. Tbe negroes were educating their children and the rising genera Hop would not be prevented from voting by the “illiteracy” Clause. Being edu cated they would demand tbe bal- one night last weeekat Bee’s ferry in St. Andrew’s a. terrible battlfe was fought among negroes. One min, William Edwards, was killed and nine are reported to have been seriously wounded. It is said that 100 shots were tire 1 during tbe fight. Wednes day morning Paul Lucas was arrested on the charge of killing Edwards and Robert Robinson was arrested on tbe charge of being an accomplice. They were committed to jail by Magistrate Struhs. The particulars of the riot and the facts that led up to the trouble could not be learned here. It is stated that whiskey was at the bottom of the shooting. Several days ago it was an- nounoed that a hot supper would be given at Bee’s ferry, near Drayton station on 1 the night of July 20. The frolic was well advertised throughout the surrounding country, and on Mon day night negroes gathered from far and near. They brought pistols-with them, for when the difficulty occurred and the first shot fired the men pulled their revolvers and commenced to shoot In every direction. The riotoccured about 3 o’clock in the morning. Tbe negroes had been drinking more or less all night and having a good time with tbe girls, soma whom imbibed freely, too, and aided and abetted in bringing on the trouble. uprm dead earnest tbe negro women took to the bushes and remained under cover until daylight. Edwards was LEPERS MARRY Some Said About a Havana Hospital WHICH SHOULD BE REMEDIED. Habana Poat Discovers a Horrible Condition of Affairs at the ^ Leper Hospital fn the Caban Capital. It is hard to believe that in a civi lized community and in this day and age of the world that suchja condi tion of affairs can exist as does exist in almost the heart of that city today at San Lazaro hospital, the place where the unfortunate people suffer ihg from that dreadful and loathsome disease, leprosy, are kept*. The Post has heretofore published stories about this hospital but never before has such a serious condition of affairs been known. Before The Post published about the patients from the hospital escaping and mingling with the peo ple in the streets, and going where they wished to go over the city. Dr. Alfonso, the director of the hospital, took occasion to deny the story of The Post, but in an inUrview cel ebrated with him at the hospital a few days ago he acknowledged that The Post was right. Allowing lepers to escape from tbfe hospital and risk tbe spreading of their dead disease to other people is bad enough, and no censure is too se vere for this, but it passes belief that Dr. Alfonso and tbe board of mana gers of the leper institution would al low people afflicted with leprosy to marry and bring into the world chil dren afflicted with the cause. But, horrible as this may seem, it is true. Some time ago two lepers named Juan Yaldea and Ricardo Martin asked Dr. Alfonso for permission to marry two woman patients. Dr. Alfonso referred the matter to tbe board of managers, and it la understood recommended that permission be given. Tbe board of managers gave tbe permission, and the twojnen spentall of their savings in fitting up two rooms in tbe hospital for their brides-to-be. But tlie news of tbe approaching marriages reached the ears of Secretary of the Govern ment Yero, and tbeday before the marriages were to take place and af ter tbe priest had been secured the word came from the secretary of gov ernment that it would not be allowed. It waa reported that marriages bad been celebrated before in tbe hospital, but this could not be verified. Dr. Alfonso was found to be a very hard man to catch in the hospital, the re porter having to go many times be fore tbe doctor could be found in. In deed, the last time he was not in and bad to be sent for. Tbe failure of Dr. Alfonso to ever be in when The Post reporter called, led to tbe con clusion that be waa trying to the found It. impossible almost to do so because both of his bands had been eaten off at tbe wrists. Tbe reporter called attention to this and the reply came that the lepers received hardly no attention from doctors but are simply shat up and Allowed to cure themselves if they can. When asked by the reporter as to the location of the doctors who are supposed to be connected with the institution they repl'ed tliat they scarcely gave them any attention at all and were seldom seen. The Post reporter could easily see that carelessness of tbe worst kind was in evidence. Dr. Alfonso said that the funds allowed by the state were insufficient and that conditions were due to this fact. He said that be bad made repeated endeavors to get a large appropriation for tbe hos pital but that all efforts bad so far been in vain. He regretted the cir cumstances more than any one. Re garding his consent to the marriage of two of the Inmates be wotlld say nothing. No amusements of any kind were noted by Tbe Post repor ter. No library is there to help the poor victims while away the long hours before death finally overtakes them, and they must remain there day after day, with nothing to occupy them other than to watch the ravages which the disease is making upon them. The hospital used to have a school for education of the young boysfn tbe lospital. This school was taught by Senor Morejon, a very Intelligent Spaniard, wbqjs also a patient. Mr. Morejon speaks English fluently. When asked why he did not continue the teaching of the school he would not say, but another patient told The Post reporter that it was because Dr. Alfonso had told him that he ‘was teaching the boys meanness and for that reason suspended tbe Softool. All of the patients insisted that The Post urge Secretary of Government Yero to visit the hospital and see for ilmself the conditions which prevail there. They say that their condition is becoming uiore pitiful dally, and they knowing the integrity of secre tary of government, want him to see with his own eyes the condition.—The Havana Post. * Flans to Exterminate the “Gem of T-xitiMa” Airey Made. THE SOUTHERN STATES ACTING. _ Interview, though be was very WhetTtbe ateottojT opened} 00 !”'^ 0 ” when finally found. Tbe hospital is in a terribly unsani tary condition. Words are not strong enough to express tbe condition in which 33ie Post reporter found the toilets. —One could smell tbe sicken ing stench long before one reached them. No conveniences of any-klnd, not even newspapers, were in evidence. The sanitary effects were new, hav ing been put in by tbe goverumeut of intervention, and their condition was due to nothiog else than neglect, pure and simple, ‘fhe most pitiful thing about the poor people, who are compelled to stop in this asylum, is that young boys, who are suspected of of being lepers are kept there and in tbe same rooms, eating and sleeping with lepers who have been there for years, playing games with men who killed early during the trouble by Paul Lucas, who, It is said, fired tbe first shot, and Robert Robinson bad a hand in the affair. Lucas and Robinson were arrested Wednesday morning by Magistrate Struhs’ constable. It is expected that other arrests will be made. — 1 * One Negro Kills Another. At Spartanburg Tuesdav night two negroes, Hub Fiack and Dock Jones, had a fight. Flack struck Jems on the head wlth sofflethfttg that "dated him. He walked to his home and lit tle waa thought of the affair. Tues day afternoon about 5 o’clock be died. . . ... .. . r . . ■ Constabk* have gone out to arrest Aave—lost their tingen and la some Flack. Nothing definite is known as CM * R their hands. If these children to caqse.of quarrel or what the Slow was given with, . w Killed In Aeoident, Mrs. AdelaideHa#ley of New Mil ford, Pa., was Instantly killed and others wlth-her hi an automible party were seriously injured by the overturn • ing of their car, going at a tremendous rate of speed on Ocean Park way, Brooklyn. Mra. Elizabeth Elberts of New Milford, Pa^ Sbffered a concus sion of the brahrand may die. Mrs. Hawley’s sou was cut and bruised. Two others escaped uninjured. Killed Over Cerda. ^ As a result of a free-for-all fight over cards at Opekiska, W. Ya., on Tuesday night, Tom Carter was kill ed outrighU\Chas. Lewis was mortal ly wounded ancM^illiam Jenstn and Henry Horner sefloqsly wounded. All are negroes. Tbe said, was done by Robert negro, who-jaade his escape not yet been crptured. Aged Lady Killed. The police were notified Tuesday moruing at 1:30 o’clock that Mrs. Reid, mother of R. B. Reid, the well known expressman, was murdered in her home on Mount Pleasant Mass., some time after midnight. It is re ported that two men entered the bouse and assaulted tbe woman who was 76 years old. Shipping Cotton Back. A dispatch from Havre sayi a large proportion of the cargo of tbe General Transatlantic Line’s steamer La Bret agne, which sailed for New York, con sists of cotton which has been re-ship ped to the United States on account of the American speculation in staple. " v A Terrific Tornado. A terrific tornado visited Patterson, N. J., Wednesday. During the blow which lasted about three minutes, two persons were killed and at least three score more or less Injured, Half a4ozen men were at work j asking up house. When the tornado struck this building it collapsed.^Jos. Van Dam waa buried under tbe wreckage and instantly killed. Four other men were caught, but were dug out alive, although unconscious. At St. Joseph hospital tbe patients were throwo in to a panic. Big trees in the grounds around the hospital were blown down, the windows were smashed and tbe awnings carried off. Thomas Hancock, eight years old, was struck by a piece of shafting blown from a wrecked laundry building which com pletely severed his head from his body., Tbe monetary loss by the storm is estimated at between 1160,000 and 9200,000. As nearly as can' be estima- avoid ted fifty-two bouses have been blown down or so torn by the wind as to be beyond repair. About double that number are badly damaged and sever al times that number slightly dam aged. . ' do not develop tbe disease whether or not they had it before it will not be tbe fault of Dr. Alfonso or the board of managers. There are boys there from 10 to 14 years of age who have to sleep in the same ward with pa tients who have lost bands legs, ears, nose and eyes from the disease. What has gone before seems Incredible, but the public will hardly be prepared for the news that all of the slops from the patients are sold to an enterprising man for 910 dollanTa month, to be fed to bogs. Pork fed on bread scraps, meat and soup which has been handled and left by lepers, may not communi cate the disease to a person eating the pork, but it has not been demonstrat ed that It has not, and It is safe to say that no one would eat the pork if they knew that it had been fed on such slops. Despite what has been said in de fense of the management of the hos pital there la no doubt in the world that the lepers do escape from the building and mingle when they pleased with the general public. On the 20th of May. two women escaped from the hospital and were gone three days when they returned voluntarily. How many cases of leprosy will result rse, can from these two women, of oou; only be conjectured. The Post repor ter talked to a number of the inmates and they thanked Tbe Post for call ing attention to tbe bad management heretofore. They themselves said that they could leave the hospital whenever they chose and showed The Post reporter how they could get over tbe wall. Ope even aaked the repor ter to name a day and hour to meet him at tjlje office of Tbe Post and he would escape and be there on time. While talking with these patients the that reporter noticed a negro trying to bandage up his leg. Tbe poor fellow Agreed to Sutoide. Gerald Jordan, a promoter who, Uon gives bis age as 42, and bis wife, Laura, twenty-years younger, made two attempts at suicide'in liew York Wednesday. Mrs. Jordan 1 says that they came to an agreement to kill themselves Wednesday night and swallowed laudanum. Tbepolson did not take full effect and at noon the couple drank more of it. Mr. Jordan apparently relented after the second dose and called a doctor from the grdund floor, who summond an am balance. Mrs. Jordan recovered rapid ly. Tbe man was slower in respond ing to the treatment. It is thought that both will be well enough to be arraigned in the police court Thurs day. Jordan is from the south. His wife says he has lost everything. ‘'Train Wreckers Caught. Detective WftTlam G. Baldwin, of Roanoke, Va., recently arrested James W. Bailey and John W. Kennedy, near Shenandoah, charged with wreck ing a Norfolk and Western passenger train near Greenville, on tee night of December 29 last, when Engineer Wesley Bailey waa killed. The men Jiad shearing Tuesday pleaded guilty and were sent to Staunton jail with out bond. They are charged with murder. la a sworn confession they say they planned with Mrs. Ellen Painter to wreck the train and kill any pasangers who might escape death in the wreck. Only the engineer waa killed and the plan for wholesale mur der was abandoned, Mrs. Painter comes from North Carolina and will tearrested later. Exodas of Negroes. .The Spartanburg Journal says: The exodus of negroes to the North which ba(s been in progress for sevral years is showing a very marked Increase this summer. Wednesday morning three car loads of negroes through on No. 36 going Nsrfh. The negroes had teen picked up at points South of here and were going North as laborers. In tbe country this sum mer much complaint Is being made by the farmers on account of the lack of colored labor which in some cases is so scarce that the farmers have to do their own work with tbe aid of their families, women in many instances going into the fields to labor. fftdekto. W. A. Jtang, a well known business man of Atlanta committed suicide Wednesday montfng. Ha waa a pro minent Knight of THE HOOK WORM. Eradicate Thought Dlseaae. Bren One of the Plaguee Kgypt. Although it has been less than six months since Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, chief of tbe division of zoology of the public health and marine hos pital service,officially announced the discovery of the book worm, or “germ of laziness,” preparations are already under way in several Southern States to utilize the discovery in combating tbe disease. The State board of health of North Carolina, through its secre tary, Dr. Lewis, of Raleigh, has taken the lead iu the work, and it la confi dently expected by scientist in Wash- ngton that the health officials of that State soon will make an important an nouncement as the tesult of the ex periment they are now conducting. Tor obvious reasons the experiments are being carefully"guarded from pub- Icity by the officials both in Washing ton and in North Carolina, but it is given out that as soon as satisfactory esults have been obtained they will )e fully exploited in language that the layman can easily understand. * The disease which results from the ravages of the bookworm is called uni- cinariais by the scientists. In common parlance it is known as laziness. Ap- >arently the disease mainly is confined o warm climates, for it is there that the hookworm abounds in greatest numbers. Dr. Stiles thinks it quite probable that the ancient Egyptians, nearly 3,500 years ago, were acquaint- ed with the ^parasites which he has named as the hookworm, and whose mbits he is still studying with tbe en thusiasm of a novice. _ ; The disease appears to have attained ts must virulent form among the Egyptians of that period, and was much more damaging to its victims than it is now. However, unless agpfe clfic is found for it there is seemingly no reason why in time it should not lave as ruinous effects in the United States as it had in Egypt more than 3,500 years ago. A study of tbe conditions of tbe most widely infected regions of tbe South, mainly In Florida, appears to show that the parasite attacks chil dren in the rural sections at a very early age. It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that children who go mrefooted or permitted to loll around freely on the ground in summer time are tbe special victims of the book worm. When the parasite thus gets started it thrives marvelousely, to the njury of its victim, actually arresting .he development of certain parts of the x>dy and delaying the age of maturity to a noticeable extent. When full growth finally is attained the victim a all through life indolent and ahlft- ess. This aqpounts for the large num ber of people in the South who are red lazy. In point <5f fact, they are lazy, but their laziness fir due to the presence iu the systems of hook- i r and not to a natural indisposi- to work or exert themselves. Iu a severe case of tbe hookworm disease tbe face is blotted, the shoul ders droop, the abdomen is enlarged, and tbe arm and legs are thin. It baa been observed tbat tbe disease is most common among the dirt eaters of the South and among people who live in the sandy regions of that section. .In deed, Dr. Stiles declares tb&t nearly every case of tbe disease found during bis trips through the South while studying the subjects was either liv ing at the time in a sandy district or had lived in such a district a few years Del ore. Dr. Stiles also observes tbat be would hot expect to find the disease originating In cities, and owns that they are well paved and sewered. Paved streets and grass lawns, he de- Typographical Error la an Almanac Qaaaetf Conatcrnatton. , A Gainesville, (Ja., dispatch saysJ Rev. J. t>. Lovejoy, colored, pastor o( the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church of Gainesville, has the negroes of that city wrought up to a high pitch of excitement over a sermon be recently preached from Amos viil, 9. The occasion of tbe sermon was fur nished by a typographical error Iu Grier’s Almanac of 1903. In tbe November tabje of tbe rising and setting of tbe sfin on the 25th the astronomers calculate that the sun will rise at 6:69 a. m. and set at 5.0 p: m. t ^ Here is where tbe “devil’’ proof reader or printer comes in and makes tbe error upon which the colored clergyman’s remarks are baaed. In stead of tbe printer setting in up 5 01 p. m , be substituted a figure 1 In place of tbe figure 5, and Rev. Love- joy in looking over tbe almanac sees tbe error and comes to the conclusion that this is the day aet apart for the ending of all eartly things. Therefore he takes bis bible and turning to Amos Till, 9, selects the following scriptures for-the text. “And it shall come to pass in that day, salth tbe Lord, God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon and I will darken the earth in the clear day.” _ j. With a voice trembling frith ex citement and his frame shaking with apparent fear Rev. Lovejoy cited bis hearers to the scriptural quotations and the typographical error in tbe almanacs as proof positive that the Judgment Day was near at hand and would surely arrive at nooo, Novem ber 25, next. Although there is one hour and one minute’s difference be tween the going down of the sun as appears in the almanac and tbe scrip tural quotations this matters not to either Rev. Lovejoy or his congrega tion—they both believe that the end of'the world is scheduled for this par ticular day and time. With the roar of tbe recent tornado still ringing in their ears, Lovejoy and his congregation are prepared to believe that a similar or even worse visitation may come at any day and the error of the almanac furnishes them with dates upon which they can agree—and this time is the end ing of tbe world upon which they have decided. St. Paul. Qhurch was destroyed in the recent storra and tbe creduillty of this congregation now knows’ no bounds. A TRAGIC DEATH. Clares, do not favbf the “ffeveloptnent of the bookworm. Another interesting discovery he has made in Connection with the ravages of tbe “germ of laziness” is that tbe pest Is more active in summer than iu winter. This accounts,* In a large measure, for the apparent increase of laziness In hot weather. According to the testimony of Dr. Stiles, tbe symp toms of tbe disease begin to increase in the spring and decrease In the eatly winter. “The periodicity,” says the discovery of the “germ of laziness,” will be noticed, of course, only in lo calities which are above the frost line, and it is easily explained when we take into consideration the biology of tbe parasites. It is probably that the sea sonal periodicy of the symptoms noticed i iv our Southern States will be modified in the tropica, so that the symptoms will increase in severity in the vainy season and decrease in the dry period of the year. One of tbe mbit Interesting features of Dr. Stiles’ observations is this: “Uncinariasis,” says be in his report on tbe subject, and brunettes, and in both the white and negro races, but, so far as my ob servations go, the disease is more severe, or at least more noticeable, iu blondes than in brunettes, and more severe, as a rule; in the white than in tte. negro.-- ■ h Little Boy Killed. In an altercation at Belle Sumpter Ala., Joe Moore shot and severely wounded Sol Burnette and killed his seven-year-old son, the killing being by accident. The men quarreled over Burnette’s alleged abuse of his wife, sister of Moore. - A Lady Thrown from a Wagon and DIm from Fall. The Spartanburg Herald says Tues day the news reached the city of the tragic death of Mrs. Lee Bogan qd Sun day afternoon. Mra Bogan, with her husband and two of their children, started to a meeting on Sun day afternoon at the Holiness church, few miles above Oowpens. Mr. i fan lives a distance teyood Oowpens. They were traveling in a one-horse wagon, to which ,a mule waa atteobed. The mule became frightened, from some reason, and became ungovern able. Mr. Bogan and the children jumped from the wagon, and escaped without aerlouslnjury. The frighten ed animal carried tbe wagon and Mrs. Bogan a considerable distance forward, finally striking tbe vehicle against a tree. Mrs. Bogan was thrown from her seat, and In failing sustained fatal injuries from which she died shortly afterwards. . .. _ ; ■ Her death ii a peculiarly sad one. She leaves a devoted husband and sev eral children. She was a middle aged woman, and a useful, pious soul, who exerted her influence for the tetter ment of her circle and her neighbors. In her bumble sphere she labored faithfully, and eternity alone ean tell the fruits of her work. Her remains were burled near Oowpens. Cat Him Batty. A serious and perhaps-fatal cutting affray took place about one mile Grom Union Tuesday night about 10 o’clock. William Gilliam went to tbe home of bis son-lu-law, Richard Railey, while under the influence of whiskey and cursed and used very abusi ve language. Mr. and Mrs. Railey endeavored to get him quiet, but be became more angry, and it is reported that be struck Mrs. Railey and knocked Mr. Railey down with a bottle and jumped on him. When he did so Mr. Railey pulled bis kolfe and cut him seriously. There are seventeen gashes. At last report Gilliam was In a critical condition. . Snakes Escape. !} Altoana, Pa., was thrown Into a flood of tetinor and excitement Wed nesday by an accident at a cage cbn- tainlng 800 snakes. The door was opened by mistake and tbe reptiles made s wild break for liberty. Soon the <dty was overrun by them, speed ing terrors wherever they crawled. Collector Albright, who attempted to Dylag A dispatch from Soiedad, Venezue la, says for hours on Tuesday after noon the battle between the revolu tionary forces at Ciudad Bolivar and tbe Venezuelan government army, commanded by General Gomez, baa raged madly. Block/ after block was disputed, tbe government troops en tering tbe city slowly. All the houses bad teen barricaded and the revolu tionists had been forced from flat roofs called Azotoas. When tbe revolu tionists finally abandoned the bouses, after having taken ail tbat could be used for barricades 6r to otherwise stop tbe advance of tbe government troops they were immediately occupied by the government soldi els who bored holes in them so as to communicate with tbe next house. The city ap pears to have been struck by a cyclone. At 7 o’clock in tbe evening the gov ernment forces, which were advancing from all directions arrived near the center of Ciudad Bolivar. For two hours previously firing had diminished; but it was renewed with mdre vigor at 10 o’clock at night and Illuminated tbe sky. At 3 o’clock In the morning when tbe inhabitants of the commercial and foreign parts of tbe city near thC Aia- meda saw the advance of the govern ment troops they all abandoned their homes and sought refuge in other parts of the city crossing the streets amidst a bail of bnllete . and sbehs, the women carrying their Chil dren; the strong helping tbe weak; many men in trying to protect tbe women falling, struck by bullets. In the middle of the streets what with the firing, the yell of the wound ed and the crying of the women and children, a terrible scene was witnem- ed, bad enough to disgust anybody forever with civil war. The govern ment troops, however, acted with hu manity, especially the forces of Gen eral Rivas, who fighting bravely, waa the first to order the attacking force te merciful. At 8 o’clock the govern ment generals having effected a junc ture of their foroes, nortk and south, and having received further supplies and ammunition, decided to push the attack on the center of the city. At 10 o’clock the government troops. had captured the north side of the Alameda, the public park of Olodad Bolivar, which has teen defended by a double row of barricades. Behind one of tbeee were found more than 30 dead aoldlers lying ou top of each other while wounded men were seen on all eidee. At 10 o’clock tbs government commanders seeing that only tbs ar tillery could make a breach In the bSr- of tbe Alameda ordered twelve guns to open fire on them and at tbs same time the Venezuelan fleet which changed its anchorage so as to hvfog Its guns to tear effectively on the city, opened fire. Tbe soldiers on both sides bare bad no food for two days, no ambnhuioas are being wed and yet the fighting continues. The old custom bouse and waterworks have teen taken. The Dalton block, tbe property of the United States counsel, where all tbe leading German and French families reside are now being attacked, jail is tbe centre of a terrible anoe. AH the defeated revolutionists have concentrated there. It is esti mated that more than 200 men hare teen killed In tbat vicinity. TtefeST- Ullery of the revolutionists Is fiercely replying to the attack of the fleet. it * Early in the afternoon 6,200 govern ment troops stormed and captured the “Zamora,’’ called tbe * Ciudad Bolivar. Ninety-four dead re- were found inside, among them Genera! Axauza, one of the rev olutionary leaders, whose bead had been blown off by a shell. The escape of tbe revolutionists after the capture of the capitol, which la inevitable, seems impossible. They most either surrender or die: At t o’clock Toes- day night the custom bouse was taken after a ten-hours fight. The Associ ated Press representative counted sixty killed as a result of this fight. Tbe Dalton Block, where the Ameri can consulate and moat of the foreign business bouses are located, waa oap> tured at 5 o’clock. Tbe revolutioniste are without proviatoos and water, the supply pipe having been cut Monday. Their situation Is considered desperate and hopeless. The shops are being pillaged. Thunderstorm Is Chlesgs. Two persons were killed outright at the result of a storm at Chicago Tuea- close the cage and stop the rush of the | occurslnbbth biondea 8D * k <» ,K) ® fche * r P 1 ** of oonflne - ■ .ment, was bitten four times. sped Is Beach, to tbe Augusta Chronicle, by tleing one ehdof a roie' nd his neck and tbe other around a bush and then leaping overV cliff, WiUiam Roark, a farmer of Ashe county, H. C., ended his Ufe after having made several threats of suldd- ing. - • - ^ Four Drowsed. Jason Ramsey and three children weredrowned by the capshdog of a skiff on tbe Calfklller, near Sparta, Tenn., on Wednesday. day, via, Bessie Jilerle, 2 crusted to death by s‘ piano from the hands of movers, and Temm, strode by lightning standing on a street corner, persons suffered from broken and severe cuts and bruises runaway accidents. Tte storm accompanied by a high wind, and tbe hall, which formed in jagged pieces of Ice while falling, (Hayed havoc with plate gate window* throughout the down-town district. <Ad» blown Henry while Many Umte doe to i The Toy Ten deaths have resulted from look law tn Cleveland, Ohio, slnee Julr 4. The latest vicitim was, He died as a jasolt of a i i received Hot handling a July 4. ■■