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All Of them had lunches, in or Po their pockets, and when the shooting A FATAL ERROR. ~ Mistook Nitric Acid for Water and Feared it on Nitre Glycerine, -t Away tiers. says 13 d in the a succesa- x A special from desperate prisoners ooi Folsom penitentiary mad' ful break for liberty at th hour Tuesday morning. After a fierce fight in the office during which a turnkey tally stabbed, a guard was kiill another officer was wounded, L victs seizerl arms and ammunition and, using the warden and other officers as shields escaped. Tuesday night it is 'believed they are maklrig for the Bald mountain. State troupA ordered out by Gov. Pardee have gone to the scene. The dead: > ' “ Wm. L. Cktlter, a guard, cut in Abdomen,''died five hours later. Wounded: C. J. Cochran, turnkey, stabbed in back; will probably die. W. C. 1’almer, cut in the head. The convicts made their break for liberty about 7 a. m. They went ^ the office of R. J. Murphy, captaT| the guard, and seized Wswen ion, Capt. Murphy and seven! oUknr officers and guards. A desperate fight took place. The convicts were armed with knives and razors, and with these: _ they assaulted Warden Wilkinson and his officers. Tire warden’s clothing was slashed into shreds with a razor, but the blade did not touch the flesh. Turnkey Cochrane fought the convicts with a chair, raining blows upon them right and left. Finally he was felled by a knife thrust in the back. Guard Carter was disemboweled by a cut in the abdomen and lie died about noon. Palmer was severely out In the head. The floor of the office was covered blood. ~ ■ tl. l' r ' The officers were easily ouU number ed and were soon relieved of their arms Then, using tire officers as shields, the convicts started for the armory on the outskirts of the peni tentiary grounds. They passed a Gat ling gun bn one of the walla, but the guards were afraid to shoot at the convicts for fear of killing the prison officials. 1 — -- - When the armory was reached offi cers there attempted to interfere but were, quickly overpowered and the convicts after fortifying themselves further with rifles, knives, pistols and ammunition made a dash for the coun try . / Convicts, each armed with rifles, marched on either side of Warden Wilkinson, who was threatened with death if he attempted to escape, and the officers were told that if any of the pursuers took the life of one of their number they would retaliate, life for Ule, —• _ At Mormon bridge, about a mile from the penitentiary, the warden, his grandson and Capt Murphy were re leased and sent bask. The others were marched along with the convicts. Further on the convicts went to a farmer’s house, seized his four-horee team and wagon, stripped the bouse of all its portable valnables, took the farmer with them as a driver and headed for Bald mountain. Evident ly it is their Intention to reach Alabaster cave, situated near this mounUin. All the convicts are still at large. Among the officers carried off by them is General'•Overseer Mc Donough. Some fears are felt for bis safety as he bears the especial 111 will of the convicts. The several hundred remaining oners made no atteempt to get away began they threw them into a box in the wagon and a few minutes later fled. Nearly all of them have a little money. They debated whether to kill their hostages or turn them loose, but finally they decided to let them g6 unharmed. ^About 100 shots were exchanged in the battle at Pilot Hill. The fight at Pilot Hill Wednesday night between the convicts and their pursuers seems to have been a more serious affair than at first reported. After they had looted a provision store at Pilot HIM they were practical!/ surrounded by the sheriffs of Sacra mento and Placers counties, each com manding a strong posse. All fouf bones on the convicts’ wagon were shot and one of the criminals was kill ed outright. Then the outlaws raised a white flag and marched up the road with., the guards and" others whom they had captured on each side of them. A general volley was not or dered, as it might have killed several inuocent men. In this' deliberate manner the second escape was.made. The pursuing bffieere have been In structed to shoot the convicts on sight and their death or capture In the near future Is expected. A er which was Being Taken nea—ami J lioaded on Wagons at the Time. TWO TRADfS CRASH. A raat Vealtbale Bashes Into a Slow Work Train. • Two people were killed’and seven njured In a rear-end collision betweep -the South-western .Vestibule Limited on the Sontbern railway and a work train at Springfield, Va., seven miles from Alexandria at 7.15 o’clock Sun day morning. The.englneaand several of the cars were badiy damaged. The killed; W. W. Woodward, Joucsvilhi, Trv 29 years old, a postal-clerk. i iHfowas - yjmm waiter Meeks, fireman The Injured: > Benjamin Rawiogs, Orange, Va., postal clerk, both legs broken; may die. _ 4 Peter Harrington, engineer of the passenger •> train, seriously injured about bead; may die. John Lr. Thompson, Washington, D. , postal clerk, in pharge of the mall cars on the limiter/ wrist badly cut. J. Frank Keller, postal clerk, Lant- zer’s MiHs, Va., right arm broken. Fred J. Larrick, postal clerk, contu sion of right teg and foot. T. A. Fontaine of-Bethel Hill, N. C.. badly bruised. ’■ ■ - One unknown passenger, The Southern is double tracking its line-.between here and. Atlanta and 4 . . _ .... _ the work traiff had been on a siding. ^ factory itseiL They were con- r a theTr and were quietly re' cells and toeieed'Up. Warden Wilkinson was the first to return to the penitentiary. The con victs had taken his Capt. Mur- phjTappcarecl afterward, minus part of his clothing, and later young Wil kinson came in. Folsom penitentiary to the prison without walls. It Is situated in a rocky amphitheatre close to the American river, about 20 miles from Sacramen to. Nearly 1,500 men are confined there where it has been the practioe -to send the most desperate prisoners ■’oNB CONVICT KILUCD. The result of the fight between the yon vlots and the two officers at f o’clock Wednesday night in Eldorado county was the-death of Fred Howard, a fikm&t killed outright, .and the tern . . A tragedy -#u* exercises. a Sonvlet Kiuea uuvr.gu.. Tenn. last •. later wounding of auother convict, a negro wer# k jjj f . named Seavis. The coroner at Placer ville at tbe jssaneat tb « P rl i?h officials will hold an Inquest on the dead convict. When lasts seen the convicts were In .citizens’' clothing, vyhlle their wore strii At Lowell, Mass., two small gun powder magazines, situated in the very midst of the humble residences 'of fJtrncrtlt operati ves, exploded Thurs day with a frightful Concussion, find the resultant wave of death cut off the Ives of more tlian a score of human being and injured nearly 50 others. Talf a dozen men who were loading,, cegs of powder from one of the maga zines were blown to -pieces; four boys 200 yards were killed by'The force,of i;he explosion, and 14 frame houses within a- radius "tif 4Q0 yards were blown down as if they had been built of cards. Seven of these houses im- media,tely caught lire, probably frdra the kitchen stoves, and were complete- y consumed. At least three persons were caught in the ruins and burned to death, while seven or eight others who were rescued died subsequently of their injuries. it is estimated that 70 separate pieces of property, including those al ready mentioned,, were destroyed, while the force of the explosion wrecked windows for five of six miles around, ami Ws thundor could be heard distinctly more than 50 miles away. The following is the list of thf»se Itnowu to be killed: George Finn, Jo’hn McMasters, Louis E. Richards and James I). Grady, all employed by the. United States Cartridge companyr fames B. Sullivan, Charles Moore, Jean Roleau, all employed by the Stanley Forwarding company; Gilbert McDeifmott, 10 yearfe; Michael McDer mott, Ui yeaw, Thomas Hooligan. 11 years: JCCeph Houligan, 10 years; Wll- llatp Galloway and son Robert Gallo- “““ Albert, Lebrun, r?utliorinn idle Rodgers, Mrs. Catherine George A. Mc- way, Albert Lebrun, Riggs, Bd Dermott, four yeant; Josephine i’e- russe, 11 years; Mrs. "Victoria Perusse and Sephriam Perusse (the nine last named-werefilled by the fall of their houses or burned to death); unknown man. Four persons are missing, two car penters, names unknown; John Riggs and Patrick Spencer. Those fatally injured are. Amader Boulager, 18 years; Clarendon Good win, 60 years, both employes of car- 1,ridge company: Mrs. Howard Bur kett, Miss McI>ermott, Eliza Gallo way and Clara Superna. 'The magazines were the property of the United plates Cartridge company of tills city, but fortunately were sit uated more than a mile away from burned to death before the debris which covered them could he remov ed. —' "f The property is situated just over ;he Lowell line, in Tewksbury, but the Lowell fire department did most of the work in caring for the wounded, lefore a stream of water was started ! rdm the engines, the hose from ati {he wagons was taken out and the bodies of the wounded were placed in the wagons and hurried to the hos pital. Ambulances soon appeared on — 4he scene and assisted the firemen, and all sorts of vehicles were pfessect into the service. Nearly 40 persons were taken to the two hospitals with- n half , an hour, while many more tvhose injuries were slight had their wounds dressed and remained ou the scene, where they assisted in caring for the less fortunate. The explosion shook the city and within half an hour there were at east 5,000 people on the scene of the catastrophe. The crowd so badly, hindered, thp work of caring for the .wounded that the mayor sent out a militia call. Three companies respond ed and three hours later had thrown a cordon of men around the district and cleared the place of every one except those immediately engaged in quench- I ng the flames and searching for vic tims. Two hundred yards further .down Jie river from the second magazine the firemen suddenly came across the bodies of four little boys.who were abaut to (jave a swim. A -fifth mem ber of thb part was In the river when the explosion occurred, and escaped without Injury. Apparently the force from this sec ond magazine was expended in two.di- rectlons, north and south.. On, the north it completely .'demolished the house of William Riggs, about 50 yards away, * almost burying Mrs. Riggs, and badly injuring her little son. Mrs. Riggs died liefore being taken to the hospital. On the other side of the magazine was a grove of trees, through which the explosion tore a patli 50 feet wide for a distance of neafly 300 yards. The four little boys were caught in the centre of this path, and three were instantly killed,-the body of, one of them being frightfully mutilated, the head lining completely blown-off. The fourth was alive when he was discovered by-the police and firemen hut did not long survive SOME PLAIN TALK. sin Audience by His _ r; ..r--: ...„ ., crime but one. When s ne^ro'as saults a white woman the only tiling to do is to hunt him down and but him out of his miserable existence aa Senator Tillman Stirs Up a Wiscon- gixin ; IS possible. We are doing this ' and we arc going to keep on doing it, and if you don’t like It you can lump It.” - x TALE ON THE J11GR0 QUESTION. A MEETING CALLED" Didn't Like What He 8ald at Flr*< Colored i. illz«ns to DI*cum L>neb- Hut When He Was Throanh at Springfield getting ballast out of a pit. Tim brakes refused to work and the train, beyond the control of its crew, slipped out on to the main track. I he limited, the crack train of the Southern between here and New Or leans, due in this city at 6.42 o’clock, was between half an hour late and was running at a high rate of speed. En gineer Harington - was unable to see the work tralri until within 200 feet of it. The collision occurred about 15 feet south of the siding and the baggage, mall and express and several passenger cars were thrown- Into a ditch. The engLhe Of the limited was turned on its side and the other engine was badly wrecked. The tracks were madedmpassab're for several hours. Fontaln, Keller and Rawlings were brought to this city and treated at the Mtmwrgency hospital,Engineer Arring ton and the other metedsome 30 years ago. iijLsbat was then a broad, open field on the banks of the Concord river. During the last decade small wooden dwell ings have gradually sprung up in tire vicinity, crowding nearer and nearer with fancied security to the two inno cent-looking little,buildings until they were almost completely surrounded by them, except on the river side, the nearest house being scarcely 50 feet away. Both magazines ordinarily contain ed two or three tons of gunpowder in tin kegs. The company has for some tfme been desirous of strengthening tho flf^r nf thft mnpaylnA nPftrftBt, the street and this morning eight men, three of them employes of the com pany, three expressmen and two car penters, were sent there with three large express teams to takfe out the ‘imtf^weri; token lewder and mend the floor, Tm ^ — of the teams had been loaded and the other was almost full- when, at si^x minutes past 9 o’clock the explosion At New. York Uu and several Injured of the blowing out o of an engine attach< pump In the Jacob companies ice pla* avenue early Tuesd and fifty men we> time and as soon at, working the amm Fayu Acoi-^.t. * '.n are dead Ifect result f A nder-head >ort'« ammonia ho ii, Brewin whe» xaodcr pump, the fumes s of the buildiug. Goss was overoom rescuing reech’ uudred at one illiig i come tl . . ger bitten Oak nu Jtn the eeob a bod A parts •vid J. < while uncor <W«I1 Baptist ^ ^ from the building - twill nieetatG - may prove fataL /Hday »«pt. 4..‘ entR entitled to / »ee that you *n coupty, three men > jsperately curred in ell while wounded the boro" —‘ Ji "- dance ' RE GIST R AT 1C igg Bell, it is said The Tjtfwn Books rfenoe for J, .' Frets now open at the >toi Com Fields, The latter appeared to be having hard time of It, as they were hearily laden with bundtofMapnKj*! The latest infoEmatlpn to to the effect net. .that another place between the their pursuers, ' of John Addison, a other wbosename posse an desperadoes tlooof the ^ matter of encounter haj^taken Is .d K Jr. and tonnknown. The 1*00 thf.iu m nlfi- and will remain op.asoo attack before the inunic!j t began to Slihi? mvv?® ^hat the three (ember 1903.. * tn d Johnson i Ytally wounded. ft only fopr times, Love makes \ time ' »* thefbol 90m ph » Creek. " Son the Vir- railway was Va., Tuesday and plung ing with It the Won cars. Flag- badly injur- ers were hurt, vedthem- occurred. It was discovered that a can of nltro-glycerine, which was stored inthe magazine, was leaking. Mr. Goodwin picked up wh&t he thought was & jug of water and began to your it on the nitro-glycerine with the idea of dilut ing it and was washing it up. As soon as the fluid from the jug struck the floor, he found that it was nitric acid. Thb floor at once began to smoke, and when the men saw it Urey rushed from the building, but had not gone 10 feet when the explosion oc curred, ^This magazine was, therefore, the first to go up, followed immediately by the gunpowder In the three teams and several seconds Ister by the second magazine. To those who heard the crash, it seemed as if there were two distinct explosions, with a continuous roar be tween them. There are, however five boles in the ground, which clearly Indicate five explosions. The entire catastrophe, however occupied the space of scarcely five sec onds, but in that time the surround ing property was swept ss If a smal voicanu had broken forth in its midst Every house within 200 yards collaps ed trees were blown down, the grass within a hundred yards mowed as if by a lawn mower, while bricks from the two magazines were hurled far across the river and all over the neigh borhood. ’ For several minutes afterwards the air was completely filled with smoke and dust, illuminated by the glare from the already burning houses. The work of rescue began at once but In many cases the flames bad al- lost of the property destroyed con sisted of small buildings constructed of wood, and at a comparatively small cost. The property loss, there fore, will not be heavy. - ~ . -The select men of “the town of Tewksbury believe that $75,000 will cover the entire loss. HtoleHaftoand All«_ A Special dlsnatch from Saljey’s to The State says last Friday night week robbers entered the room of Mr. .Sulli van Sawyer and stole a small Iron safe containing about $75 in cash and sev eral valuable papers. It is not known how the robbers entered the house but the supposition is tliat while Mr. Saw yer was eating supper the parties went into his room and Qarrled the safe away. Saturday tiie safe was found concealed in the woods near the town but It had been opened and everything carried &way. Mr. Saw yer is one of the most prosperous mer chants of the thriving little town of Berry. It Is hoped that the guilty ^arttei will soon be eaught and speedy justice meted out to them. This is thejgcond time that Mr. Sawyer has been robbed in the last month and it seems that the robbers must be famil iar with the place and where the money is kept. This ought to be a lesson to all who keep their money and papers in such places that can be easily moved, A Distiller In Trouble. A Special tojThe State from Pickens says Chief-Constable C. L. Cure ton of that division assisted by E. P. McCravyandG. W. Coleman Thursday set a watch over government distilery No 239, operated by J. D. StanselL ft was not long before they saw Stan- scll go into the cistern room and in a few minutes be emerged witli a tin bucket containing two gallons of whiskey and started with it toward his house. The officers pursued and soon captured him. They confiscated tUp whiskey and brought Stansell to the j magistrate at Pickens ' before whom he pleaded guilty' on a charge of transporting and paid the fine of $100 an unusual price for two gallons of whiskey. The .distillery Will probably be broken up. Blind Tiger Clubs. The Columbia State says Gov. Hey ward’s attention has been called to the Tact that there is an increasing num ber of social clubs in the city, and it is darkly hinted that some of these clubs exists only for the purpose of selling liquor. It to a very deBeate question. Recently one of these clubs on lower Main street was raided and the consta bles found an ice box in which were a few bottles of beer and a large num ber of bottles of soda water. The propristors of the club asked the con stables to leave the -‘soft drinks.” Whereupon the constables became suspicious and upon opening the bot tles supposed to be filled with sodo water found instead tbat_they were loaded with real booze. Pleased With Report. The Columbia State says Gov Hey ward is pleased with, the verbal report of State Constable Holmes of the Charleston'd i vision. Ttzer constables declares that the wale of illicit liquor in Charleston has materially decreased At an informal conference between the governor, the attorney general Chief Hammett and Constable Holmes It was decided to make war upon the so-called clubs in that city who operate They Thonght Jlest'of rthe Argument. •Senator B. It. Tillman, of South Carolina, matched his wit and sar casm against Lite legal mind and,wes tern manners of Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas, Monday night of last week In a joint delate o‘h/the negro ques tion at Madison, Wis. The lollowlng report of the meeting Re take from The News anif Courier: Senator Till man said the people of the North were as bar) as those of the South in their handling {>f the ifegroes who committed “unspeakable, crimes.” ‘When a negro up here shtfws the outcroppings td the instincts:-of his inferior race,” said Senator Tilifnan, you mob, string, lynch, burn and outrage • humanity 'with him. Tt makes a mighty big ^difference whose family is struck, whose home is en; tered, whotjc wife or ditughter Is the victim. You men40 < the North are not slow to act when your women arc outraged;,' and 1 want to say you are men to do it. - * vw ~ k . ‘if you had as many niggers as we have In South Carolina yog would feel as I do, and your people would not sustain your anti-nigger senators as my people sustain me.” Tnc fiery Southern senator was unpopular at first with the audience of 8,000'■'peo ple, but at the close »f t he debate t he mpression seemed to prevail that he had the better of the argument. Senator Tillman salcPthe colored peoplfTowed all the progress they had made In America, to the fact that they were once in bondage," and that the South had nourished .them Into whatever industry, virtue and Intel- igenee they ever attained; that the k Nortli went to war to “fBee, the nig gers” first and to “save the union af terward. The Republican party said,-played the- friend of tup 'blacks in order to get.black votes. The greatest disturbing otement in the problem was the fact that the people of the North, affecting motives of charity, Christiauity and humanitar- anlsm. were attempting to poke their great,'long Yankee noses” into the business of the Southern states, that .were equal to the problera-that would not be in danger of overwhelming them unless the Northern Influence tirouglitabout a war of extermina tion. * ' ' _ Senator Tillman said the negroes were recognized in the Souili when they deserved it, and sometimes wheu they old not, mentioning the recipi ents of.the United States’executive appointments. The Southern sena : tor asked the audience to hold an af> ter meeting to form a negro omigr ng society, for tiie purpose of brlhg- ng to Wisconsin 300,000 negnieE, the proportionate share of this state of the negro population of tlte' whole country. The after meeting did uot develop. ' / ~ ' Senator Burton agreed that the ne groes had apparently grown more de graded and criminal than they were before the war, but be said it was the I'ault of the South, lack of schools, and the “euchreing” of the negroes out of their,, cbnstitutional rights by the Southern whites. He said in educatfcfl lay the solution of the prob- em. '; _ .... Senator Tillman agreed with Sena tor Burton in this ^fttaid the South would take up'armir rather than allow the north to force An impossible so- cial or political euuality between the whites and negroes in the Southern states. Senator Hillman--said that the United States barred Chinese from log and its Cannon. >flad- Itev. M. G. Johnston, pastor ol son Presbyterian church, Columbia, S. C., hasissqed a call for a ffieetiug of colored citizens of UBS and ad joining counties on Tuesday, August 25.:. The following Is the call: 1 To All Ggiored Citizens of Richland $nd Adjacent Counties: You arc In vited and most earnestly-requested to attend a convention to he held In this •vprea* Court, AN IMPORTANT DICIilON. Cooilnctora Ar* Allowed B • after to Collect .the Twenty- five Cento Kxotoo on * Caoli FOt eo. lUilropwl companies have qp right to charge excess fares ; of ^ersoos who get on life 1 mins* Without tickets •hcre they canbeobtained. • Such tothe declslotf of the State supreme court in a case which attracted much atten tion, So important was the case con- ■‘W* city on Tuesday, August 25, forttbe aldered to be that the supreme court purpose of taking under consideration lynchlngs, its causes and its remedy. And also to consider, w^ys and ireans pertaining to' higher moral elevation of the race. We also note the sad fact that eyery year Jtigndreds of our people leave their farms In the coun try andxcrowd into the towns and cities, whertTthey get little or noth ing to do and-very often some of the.m commit'cilmes-that arc hurtful and humiliating to utt” all. AH'tfie above merits our most serious, and prayerful consideration, prompt and decided ac tion. ^ If all we hear and read about the fare lie tru -,-then we have a work to do which can only lie done by an hon est, faithful .atid united effort on the part of the best thinking people of our race. While there no doubt- will be some among us who will not Join In such an effort for the moral up-lQfling of the race, 1 am Satisfied that there are thousands of men and women who stand ready to do everything in their power for a higher moral elevation of the race. Therefore we appeal to ail ministers of the pospel, teachers of private and pubAc schools and lead ers of the rate to attend this conven tion, and let us see where you stand and what side you are on. A number of speakers will address thecodventiou aud a numbefttf papers will .be read. Nothing will be dis cussed hrit the moral condition of the callel the judges of the uircuit court to sit upon the cast. * Railroads are accustomed to charge - passengers 25 cents when passengers fail to get tickets. It is objection able to railroads for conductors to re^ 1 oeivc cash lares, and for t|iat reason the 25 cen^s excess is charged, but a rebate check is given and the 25-dsflts ’refunded to jbe passeager by the agent of the company upon the ar rival of the passenger at destination. It is claimed that the custofa to In violation of the law limiting the rate of fare to 3 cent* per mile. TMs was one of the malfi points In the two cases heard by the court "an bane” and decided in the opinion filed Wed nesday. The cases are Duncan against the .. Southern! tried before Judge Benefe raoe, lynchings, its causes and its curves., We expect to secure reduced The/rates on all roads leading into Colum bia. Names of speakers and rates to the convention will be publlshedlater. Q ar . This oall to the convention is endorsed * - - by the ministers’ union of Columbia. TH^xSOUTH AND THE NEGRO. ReniarkabYe Resolution* Adopted by Negro MethodletlDonfference., .. Barnwell; and Fulmer against the 1 Noushern, tried before Special Judge ’ Izlar at Newberry. ; In each case the railroad company won, and the losing plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. After argu ment in that court It waa ordered that the case be reargued before the court “en bane”- comprised of . the supreme court Justicee and seven of - the eight circuit judgee. The court “en bane” duly bled, Judge Watts being retired the drawing of lot*. The leading opinion in each case to delivered by Asaoalate Justice Gary, and it to concurred In by Obtof Justice Pope and Judges Aldrich, .Klugh, Dan tiler, Purdy and Sr- , the last named filing a separate opinion. The oooclnaion reached is that under the existing statute a railroad company ia limited to the rate of passenger fare—3 cento per mile-vflxed In the statute and that it cannot exceed that rale. 1$ s further bald that the 25 oeots fix- ten r/i Atl • By denying the negro social equali ty, Southern whites befriend him, de clares a resolution adopted Ry the con ference of the Afrlcap Mi iscopal church, recently in Macon, Ga. The South is dec! the best place for the negro, and the crimes which provoke lynching are condemned. In part the resolutions are:. __ ' J-' “We commend the Southern white man because* he refuses to let negroes drink at his founts, eat at his cafes, sleep in his hotels, Tor the following reasons: It forces the negro to holld bis own resorts, teaches him business and turns a flood of money to negro vaults and bank accounts. It gives his hoy and girl work and establishes thrift, industry and economy. tbeirgatce because of the inferiority of the Mongolian race and the Impos sibility of Chinese -ever becoming the social or political equals of Ameri cans^ 1 ‘“T'lie Inferiority Is greater and the impossibility more impossible with respect tp the negroes and particular ly ihejfcmthern negroes,” Mri'-TIll- mandecl^red. Senator Burton placed stress on the great possibilities which, he sqid, lay in the negroes.' Their capacity for development, he said, had been prov ed in every Northern state, and not only in the North, but in the very heart of the South. At Tuskegee, Ala., Booker T. Washington, a black man, had.demonstrated there for sev eral years that the negro, when given the advantages of properly adminis tered educatibn, could outstrip the whites in the moral and industrial world. Senators Tillman and Burton con tinued their debate on the negro ques tion at Moline, 111., on Thursday. The Kansas speaker suggested an educational standard as a remedy for negro Ignorance, and Senator Tillman delivered a striking speech.- iJ God made a negro inferior to a white man,” said he, “as Africa proves. I Would not put him back in slavery, but he shall never govern^us. You wouldn't let him, and we arc as good as you are, and we will see him in hell before we will permit it- We Ron’t intend ever to let him get on' our backs to govern us. When you sacred the fifteenth amendment, that says lb« races are equal, you add fuel ready gained Tull sway over the cram- blind tigers under the pretence of be- tQ_a race war that Is hound to come, bled ruins and several iwraoos were iqg social organizations. U do not believe in lynching for any the bolder of the check. Judge Er nest Gary holds that the railroad company may exclude from Its pas senger car any peqttfi not provided with a ticket, but having penhltted b a person not provi^d with a to become a passenger with out a ticket, the excess charge to un lawful. |The dissenting opinion to written by Associate Justice Jones end con curred in by Associate Justice Woods, Judge Townsend and Judge Gary* H holds that as the passenger paying the ■ 25 cent* *««***, »**«»““** hehaajiQt procured a ticket may get bank ftat sum by presenting his “rebate cheek” to the company's agent, there is no extra charge but simply regulation of the railroad company 'We condemn the heinous 6rim» $e j M* management of Its passenger buel- ofton charged to our people. Such crimes are brutal, vicious and deserve the most severe punishment that the to inflict. They mar hi Oder our progress law is allowed our civilization, and stamp us as villains. Wp equally , condemn ^and regret tliat it is evident lltot' the mightiest civilization on earth should resort to so inhuman ,and tybody werk as to lymph a fellow being without, due process of law. “We believe, after carefully recit ing facte, that the negro is as ssfe, or safer;in the South tian in the North. Safer, because he can earn a Tiring In anvocation in the South that he pos sesses ability to do. SafCf,"because no Southern preacher toon record as hav ing pleaded to 3,000 people to burn*, human being.” - > In each case the judgement of the circuit court Is reversed and the case sent back-fora new trial. In the Fuliher ofiik the plaintiff was represented bjOteeus. Johnstone and Welch and the company by Mf ..&» It., Abney and Mjr. Thomas P. Cothran, la the Duncan Jirt and Id# John S. Reynolds repre* seated the plaintiff, while Mr. B. L. Abney and Mr. J. W. Barnwell ap* peered for the company.—The State. Bribe Taken fientetteed. At St. Louis, Mo, Wednesday Judge Ryan passed sentence oh five members of the bouse of delegates, four of whom were convicted of bribery and one of perjury Id connection with municipal franchise deals. Following are those sentenced: John A. Sheri dan, bribery In connection with street railway' deal, five years; T. Edward Albright, driberv, suburban deal, five years; Jerry J. Hannigan, bribery, suburban deal, five years; Louis Decker, bribery, suburban deal, four years; Emil Hartmpn, bribery, city lighting bill six years. All filed ap peal lx>dels in the sum of $10,000 each, Long Range PvedleUoM. W. F. Foster, writing to the News and Courier from Washington, says August, September and October wtit bring unusually severs and dangenw storms to the east coasts of North America and Asia, the Mtorisatppl drainage basin, along the northern steamship routes of North Atlantia and North Pacific, Bast Indies, Wsrt Indies and Gulf of Mexico., storms may occur any ttma duriog these three months, bat the danger , period seems to hover around At 11 and 25, September ? and 20, • her 5, 15 and JO. Voyages on should be avoided about these datea, j and precautions taken for safety 1 land. Very low temperatures! August 28, September 25 and SO. "^4 The Pickens Sentinel-Journal “Gov. Heyward has proven Murdered HI* Wife. ' At Mountf-Vcrnoo N. Y*, Coroner Weisendanger Wednesday afternoon announced that Marthi Elicit, whose wife’s body was found in a sewer pipe on Sunday with nshoe lace tightly around the throat, hod confessed to him and to Chief of Police Foley that *he had murdered the. woman. It said that Ehelt had complained to his hold sister that his wife was constantly ap plying to bimfor money.—He toM hto sister that be was tired of these ap plications and that hto wifi was continual nuisance to him. •very inch a man aikMr carrying out with the people promises lie made to them m stump. He Is a clean man and a one and furthermore, be to a maa 1s easily approached and lends tenlng ear gladly and wilUnglf appeal that wtil help hto State people. Pickens county »peo| proud ef the record h«ris making will be ready to bold up 1 the discharge of his duty, good luck- and several gubernational chair, to* I of state Is ou most wortbr —