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) r •J3 i- r-- '.J-s. 23: VOL. rxyr r- BAimnELL, S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 16, 1908 NO. 88 ORDER SERVED On thn Disptnstry Commission by Jodgo Prltcbard In COLUMBIA ON FRIDAY. CoraniUcrion Otven Fire Dhj* to I>r- • \ cld« as to What Trhejr^ Will Do lt Is Said* They Will Hold the —Fort and tin to Jatl Rather Than Obey Judge Pritchard's Recent Order. *- pei • } The Columbia correspondent of } The News and Courier says the order of Judge Pritchard granting a sup- , ersedeas on conditions was not serr- ed until Friday when it was received through the mail by Chairman Mur ray, of the dispensary winding-up commission, and the other members of the commission; as well as by At- tornqiy General Lyon from the office of the clerk of the Federal <^>urt, in ^Charleston i The order Is dated April 8 and re- Vqulres Compliance within live days from date of order, not five days from service. The commission will not give the heavy bond required by Judge Pritchard, and will not surrender ttye collateral, which requires to be sur rendered, so that the commission will be in contempt in refusing to obey the order to deposit the collateral with the Federal Court. As a matter of fact the collateral is not In tlje possession of the com mission. but Is with the State Treas urer, And has been in his posession for a long time, even Itefore the books and records of the dispensary ware placd in the Treasurer's vaults. So that the commission can make answer that the-ooUaUaral u ttpj .in Its posession at ail, and they cannot comply with the primary and most Important condition of Judge Prit- cbard's order _ Of cburse. If Judge Pritchard can get hold of the collateral he has the case in his hand absolutely, and. of course, the State Is not going to sur render the collateral. Judge Pritchard may serve an or der on State Treasurer Jennings, but It happens that Capt. Jennings Is ijn Mississippi and not at this time in the Jurisdiction of Judge Pritchard's order. He Is having a pleasant visit out there and Is doubtless not In a harry to return, unless he Is requested to come home by Governor Ansel. The Governor will not, however, ask the treasurer to come back to give up the collateral, aud he will not In struct any one to give It up. because the State Is going to keep its hands on the collateral, { These collaterals were deposited as security for the deposits of the dis pensary money with the various banks of the State, and the banks III not pay out the money without ttlng their securities back. This int Is the milk In the cocoanut. ind ths State holds the cocoanut. • May Review Case. The State says an appeal to/the United States circuit court of appeals on some ground Is absolutely certain and when this court meets it will be presided over by Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme cdurj. It Is believed that the chief Jus tice will temporarily, at least, hold off drastic action until he can hear the arguments, the appeal having already been perfected. A dispatch from Asheville to The News and Courier says Judge Prit chard Friday recelvel a letter from Justice Fuller In reference to the case, but stated, as it was a private letter, he would not refer to Its con tents. While the Chief Justice It considering the idea of a special jes- ston, It is quite probable that^n* move will be made In the case ftorr or In South Carolina by the receiv ers. * TILLMAN IMPROVING The Senior Senator Says He Is Feel- % Idk Considerably Stronger. ’ A special from Atlanta to The State says “reports from the sanitar ium indicate that Senator Tillman is Improving even more rapidly than expected when he came here. To a friend who saw him for a few min utes he said he waa feeling consider ably stronger, but realised hia dan ger and expressed his purposa to ^mtjd all forms of mental eXclte- rrrent tor some time to come. He walks around the sanitarium, but proposes to lead an absolutely quiet existence for the next six weeks a--, or two months, sailing for Europe 4 soon as he feels he is strong ugh to stand the trip. ALDERMAN IS EXPKLLNl). Norwpod’a Name Erased front Rolls of Columbia City Council. At a meeting Tuesday night the the roll of members the name of Fesster' A. Noorwood, “for conduct unbecoming an Alderman," because he recently pleaded guilty before a magistrate of petit larceny. Not a dim anting vote against the reeolutlon THEY ARE SCARED. THE REPUBLICANS FEAR THEY WILL BE BEATEN. Troubles Without and Within the Pnrty Cause Alarm—Many Think Roosevelt Will Be the Nominee. I A Washington letter to the Char leston Post says Republican leaders in Congress make.no pretense of con cealing their anxiety over the out come of the. national elections next November. It is a common thing to hear Republican members of the House admit that thdVchances are against the election of a Republican majority in the House next fall. Some Republicans entertain very grave doubts over the Presidential election, but console themselves with the hope that the Democrats may do the wrong thing at the right time” ahd thus compensate for ex isting disadvantages under which the Republican party Is said to be laboring. It is admitted that this Is some what of a new role for the Republi can party to be playing—prospective beneleiary of the mistakes of Its op ponents. It is pointed out that heretofore the Republicans have won upon a policy of action, agression and progress. The great victories on the money question, the tariff question, the Philllpines question and other issues were gained in this way. Two main -causes contribute to the anxiety of the Republicans at this time. They are. first the widespread industrial depresalon, the resulting hard times, a fertile and prolific field for Democratic growth. Second, the factional troubles within (he Re publican party in a great many ■Bmafr- ■, ■ - ^ . ' i Some Republicans Id Congress are of the opinion that conditions are rapidly growing more favorable to possible stampede for Roosevelt. They say that unless Secretary Taft Is nominated on the first ballot the way will be open for a coatee? In the convention which will make Roosevelt's renomlnatlon unavoid able. They think that conditiona are working rapidly to this end. It la a fact that the average run of Republicans entertain the opinion that President Roosevelt's renomina tion will be the outcome of the pres ent muse In which the party finds It self. Opinions vsry whether In that event the Republicans would win or lose. Sonttt think that President Roosevelt Is so strong with the com mon people that be would override all opposition. Others believe that the third term question could be raised against him with effect. Still others say it would all depend upon the Demo cratic nominee, and on that side of the queetlon as to whether Bryan or Johnson would be the stronger man there are as many opinions as there are facets to a diamond. * NEGRO KIDNAPS DEPUTY. Officer Captured by Man He Tried to Arrest. At Anniston. Ala., Acting Deputy Sheriff J. C. West, who was kidnap ped by a negro named Cunningham while he was attempting to arrest the negro, returned to that city the next day minus his revolver, money and badge. West says the negro marched him to Riverside. There the negro made him get into an em pty freight car. which he then closed •ip and made his escape. West fi nally succeeded in getting qjut of the oar and returned. Officers are still searching fqr the negro- ■'* STARVED TO DEATH. At the End of the Thirty-First Ray Maw Diee. * : At St. Paul, Minn.. Knute Ohn- ttead died at 195 Grove street early Saturday, having literally starved himself to death In an attempt to fast for forty days In order to demon strate his theory that the mind cpn^. trols the body and that mind is mightier than matter. Ohnatead' fast lasted 31 days, according to those in the house. PICKED IT AT SKA. Thrilling Rescue of Twenty-Eight Men by a Steamship. A thrilling rescue of 28 shipwreck ed men was made during the trip of the steamship Voturno. which picked has not yet ventured to the city. Hplqp roe men floating near the al most dismantled schooner Chapgne. which had been hit by a hurricane. Th rescue %*n made February 27th. The stenm ship reached New Tork on Friday. AN OLD BRIDEGROOM. Iowa Anti-Saloon Leader Weds Mrs. Nellie Ingalls at Detrlot. A dispatch from Fort Dodge. Iowa, Columbia City Council erased from skya: L. S Coffin, founder of Hope TOOK THE SHIP. Pirate Craw Capture Vestal and Murdtr All tea Officers. IN THE SOUTH SEAS. The Captain ami the Mate Are Driven Into the Sea With Tomahawks by the Seamen, Who Are Afterwards Captured on Board a Derelict Ves sel Jn Gilbert Island—They 'Will fa® Dealt With by the Authorities. News has been brought to Victoria, B.. C., by the steamship Marotna, which arrived one day last week of remarkable piracy and murder In the South Seas. The Captain and mate of a Callao schooner were at tacked with a tomahawk and forced to jump overboard by Joseph Mor timer. a Belgian; J. Taylor of Man chester.-and'0. Jackson of Loudon, who then stole the schooner, the Neuvre Tigre, of Callao, and started for Australia. The vessel was wreck ed In the Gilbert Islands, where she was found by Captain Marshall, of the trading schooner Laurel, who re ported the piracy and murder to the authorities at Suva, where the men were made prisoners. JecksM later confessed. He said: "The schooner milled under the Italian flag, being • "> i<*d by the master .and mate, both of whom were forced to jump oieiiju-rd — “The schooner sailed out of Callao early In November Inst, having on board a crew of five, the captain mate, the cook (a Belgian) Joseph Mortimer and myself as cabin boy. and J. Taylor. . “The vessel had only got about 14 miles off the coast and the first day from Cellao when the cook made en attack oh the mate and captain. He ruhsed at the mate first and struck him in the head with a tomahawk. He r was felled by the blow but quickly recovered himself and took to the rigging. ' The captain, hearing the scuffle, came out of the cabin and he was Immediately felled by a blow. “Immediately afterward the cook got hts gun and forced first the mate and then the skipper, to jump over board. The mate sank, but the skip per struck out for the shore, distant fourteen miles,' and Jackson threw him a plank. The cook threatened Jackson, who agreed to assist In working the schooner,. The cargo was Jettisoned and they started for Aus tralia. The vessel finally went ashore In ths Gilbert group."~ PICKS HEYWARD TO WIN. Oolanibia Banker Says He Will the Next Senator. Be That Duncan Clinch Heyward will be the next United States Senator from South Carolina is the opinion expressed by W. A. Clark, presi dent of the Cgrolini National Bank, of Columbia, in an Interview in The Washington. Post. ‘ The contest between Ex-Gov John Gary Evans and ex-Gov. Heyward will be hard fought probably," saya Mr. Clark, “but I think the latter will win. He Is a high class man In every respect, and la allied with no element." Mr. Clark predicts the reelectlon of &>v. Ansel next fall without ser- lous Opposition^ and says ths Dem ocrats will be for Bryan in the na tional congress and the Republicans for Taft. • A FATAL FIRE IN A CROWDED NEW YORK TENE MENT FRIDAY. Two Lives Lost aud Many Persons In- /bred in the Conflagration Which ly Supposed to Have Been Set. x- At'New York two lives were Ibst, a score of persons injured, and twelve families driven panic-stricken and half clad from their homes in a Are »ln the five story tenement house at No. 25 Pitt street, early Friday. The police believe the fire was set by thieves for th purpos^ of drawing off the police from the neighborhood. fhe dead: I - William Chesner, 4 1-2 years old. Solomon Chesner, 3 1-2 years old. The seriously njured: Jacob 8. Chesneri, burned about the face, hands and body. Mrs. Jacob Chesner, burned on the face, bands and body. Butchki Chesner, burned about legs and body. Abraham Lustlg, «a boarder lu the Chesner family, bands and face burned. Julius Spainer, of Engine Col, No. 31, who was off duty, but happened to be passing the house when the alarm of the Are was given, manag ed to clamber from the narrow corn- lee on the adjoining building, to the cornice over the stores of the first floor of the burning tenement. Cling ing to the wall and with several oth ers forming a human bridge, he suc ceeded In getting a dozen persons to safety, v. ,• A squad of firemen bad fought their way to the third floor with a hose when they were blown down stairs by a tremendous back draft. Herman Bower, the noxileman, was knocked unconscious and over come by smoke. He was carried to the street by his comrades. He re vived quickly and immediately went back Into tVe building. In the meantime Mrs. Chesner had discovered that her boys were miss ing and urged by her frantic appe^U men from truck No. 18 finally suc ceeded in making their way to the top floor, where face down and suf focated by the smoke, they found the body of William Chesner, four and a half years old. Later the body of three-year-old Solomon Chesner was found upon ttia bed on the top floor, whither the little fellow bad crawled in a vain effort to avoid the flames. After the Are was under control, Samuel Seligman, reported to the police that his store at No. 27 Bridge street bad been broken into div ing the excitement of the fire and a considerable sum of money taken from the cash drawer. The police believe the Are was set to draw off their attentlori and give the robbers a chance tg break into the store. • JORDAN URGES REDUCTION. WILL PUT IT BACK. Certain W T ords to be Restored to the .'•v ’ Jackson Monument, A dispatch from Memphis, Tenn., says the words "The Union Must Be Preserved,“ are to be restored to the monument of Andrew JackBon^ In court house square. "DuribiPthe civil war a local confederate patriot took a chisel and removevd the words from the monument," said Col. Gallo way, a member of the park commis sion. “Now that the civil war is long past, and we are all so proud of the unloq, R seems to me that It would be only proper to put the language back." President of Cotton Association Ad vises Fanners to Curtail Acreage. In a signed statement to the far mers of the South issued last ween. Harvle Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton association, urges a reduction In cotton acreage of 33 per cent. Unless this Is done, he says, prices will be lowered in the fall. Mr. Jordan also urges grow ers to hold to what remnants of cot ton they have. His statement says In part- "With a shortage In the world’s supply of cotton amounting to 4,000- 000 bales, due to bad seasons last year, the price of cotton continues to go steadily down. , American mills have been for some time cur tailing the manufacture of cotton goods, due to trade depression and the condition of the foreign trade is none too Might at the present time. If the same acreage is planted in cotton this year that was planted in 1907 and followed by good seasons in America, India and Egypt. • the growers will find but little or no profit in the harvest next fall.” BLIND MAN WANTS OFFICE. BLOODY MYSTERY. Woman I/rinfl in^Pnol of Blood and Rev Husbwnd 'S^ot Mrs. EmJaa Reiss, aged 32" grs, Yg[uitll It F. Reiss, proprli ofMOId Economy hotel, at Economy station, near PtUburg, was found dead in a pool of blood in a bed at her home, having Pen ahot through tha heart. On the floor near the bed lay her husband, with a dal gerooa pistol shot wound throagh his temple. Considerable mystery sur rounds the affair. * Tea Hall and former president of the An ti-SalOon League of Iowa, was mar ried Friday to Mro. Nellie Ingalls, of a special dispatch to Bath. Eng- Detriot. Mr. Coffin will celebrate his lead, says tett miners lost their lives elghty-flfth birth day today, sad apoa t n the Norton Hill eelilery la hla arrival at hia couatry home willjsauhUe. MoadSy aa a result of coal [to atm i rniRttot»trim*. •i fM . . . \ Prof. J. E. Swwinger a Candidate for Superintendent of Education. Prof. Jl'ii. Swearlnger of the Cedar Springs Institute, who has announced his candidacy for State Superinten dent of public Instruction, says he will issue within the next few days a statement of his views and an out line of his platform. Prof. Swearin- ger Is a nephew of Senator Tillman. He Is totally blind and has held the position of professor at Cedar Springs, the State Institution for the blind, for nine years. He is a man of rec ognised ability and has a wide ac quaintance and connection through out the State. He is a native of •field. V Kills Two 1 OF LIGHTNING. But DM Not Kill NKHT OF TERROR — / SevM-Pmwtt Stott* Doott and ' Many Woundnd In THE CITY OF LISBON Dispute Regarding Counting of Vote* in Municipal Elections Starts Biot in Church, from Which Guards Fire on Reseiging Mob for Three <u • —- L ' -—r : : - . I ■ Hours Until Aid Arrives.—Great Excitement Prevailed. At Lisbon. Portugal, seven persons were shot to death and fifty others wounded by soldiers afte rthe voting in the elections In that city had end ed. The rioting was widespread and such was the confusion during the violent conflict between the populace and the municipal guard that the guardsmen, mistaking Infantrymen who had been called out for members of the mob, fired a volley Into their ranks', seriously wounding three of the soldiers. ( The night was one of terror for Lisbon, seemed suddenly aflame with seething revolt. Bands of men fan wildly through the streets, brandish ing weapons, while the sharp crack of rifles was heard in various sections of the city. Thpusands of the most peaceable citizens fled to their homes ust as they did on the flight after assassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince. The principal rioting was the result of a dispute l>etween the Republicans and the Monarchists regarding the counting of votes. The Repuoucans, who feared fraud- at- th*.-various Lisbon polling places, made a deter mined stand for their rights at St. Domlnfflues Church, whlcd ip tu the centre of the city, the district that is practically the stronghold of Repub- Icans. Bath the Republicans and Monarchists kept -a sharp watch throughout the day. The voters, fol lowing the ancient custom of vot ing In the churches, they filed atead- lly, but slowly, Into the historic Dom iniques and deposited their ballots in the official voting boxes. When the polls closed the Monarchist election officers declared it was too late to count the votes and proposed to keep the list In the church and count them thetnext day. The Republicans tel lers refused to assent to this, insist ing upon an immediate count, fol lowed by the sealing of the boxes. The difference between the officers spread to the crowd that were In the church and In a moment blows were struck and tbeu a general fight fol lowed. Suddenly the municipal guard arrived and cleared the edifice of the struggling combatants at the poiqt of the bayonet. In the meantime the crowd outside of the church had been greatly augmented and the guardsmen’s appearance at the doors after they had forced the people into ths streets was the signal for a show er of stones, under which they were forced to retreat. As they retired they fired a volley from tnelr rifles, bringing down several of the rioters. The mob steadily Increased and shouts and Imprecations and cries of anger were heard on everysidff The rioters armed themselves anew and eoon the edifice was literally sur rounded and beselged by a maddened mob. The guardsmen fired Intermittently through the doorways, but the volleys were feeble and Ineffectual. Even tually, the comiflanding offlear placed detail on the balcony over the main portal, from which point of vantage the guardsmen fired repeat edly Into the surging populace, and wounded a large number. Still the mob did not give way, but only at tacked the church the more furiously. Several of the guardsmen were wounded, but they were replaced on the balcony by others and for three hours the fight continued. Then three companies of infantry and a troop of cavalry, with one bat tery appeared, driving all before them. SHOT GIRL AND SELF THE TERRIBLE ACT OF AN OLD FOOL. " An Old Married Maa Becomes Infat uated WJtb a Young Girl and Mur ders Her. L Jealous of a 17-year-old girl, Sam uel H. Gardner, aged 59, a prominent civil engineer, residing at McKees Rocks, a surburb of Pittsburg, Pa., Wednesday shot the yonng woman. Miss Dorothy Yost, through the heart causing instant death, and then fired a bullet into hia mouth, dying threa hours later In a hospital, without having regained consciousness. Gardner, who Is a married man, with several grown children, lived next door to Mrs. Bradley's, the girl’s mother. Both Gardner’s and Miss Yost’s families are prominent, and have up to the time of the shooting been on the best of terms. Wednesday evening, Miss Yost, ac companied by a young man friend at tended services at the Presbyterian Church, where Miss Yost was a mem ber of the choir. It Is said whdn Gardner heard of this he became greatly enraged. He arose in excellent spirits the next morning, however, according to his wife, ate his breakfast and after kiss ing her, left the house and ^rent to a hardware store nearby. Here he purchased a revolver, informing the clerk he was “going to fix some bur glars.” After leaving the store Gard ner met the young man who escorted Miss Yost to chuch, and shaking his fist at him, said: I’m going to get ev en with you.” Gardner made his way past his own home and entered the Bradney residence. Miss Yost was on the second floor, and Gardner -/partaking —UMlshmeat. went up there to her. What passed between them there will probably never be known. • The next instant a number of per- sons, including Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Gardner, were attracted by two •hots. Rushing Into the Mg honae they found Mise Yost dead and Gard ner dying. Mrs. Gardner said that two weeks ago her husband conftssed to her that he was Infatuated with the young girl. The girl’s mother, how ever. says that Gardner’s infatuation has been of long standing. Gardner was a borough engineer, but lost his position about a month ago, when the administration chang ed. BORER EXPLODES On UcmtMw WMn On Ti* Wm h Slow Botha MEN ARE KILLED. The Accident Occurred on the Aahe- ville Line of the Southern Railway Near Hillgirt, N. C. The Accident Wae Not Due to Low Water. Tha Big Engine Was Blown Into Scrap Iron. of * 'ocottotive on the Asheville division, a brief account of which was published, wa* a most unuasual as well as most shocking rosualty. The Asheville, Gazette- News has the following account of the exploaion: “The remains of Engineer George Lauder back, one of the victims of a torrlblsacc^e near Hillgirt, on the AshevtllS * Spartanburg line of the ity"* dl * 1 * km ’ tbout Saturday midnight, when the boiler of engine No. «28 blew up with frightful j*. suit, .were shipped to Augusta. Ga for interment. The remains of Fire^ man W. M. Kemp, the second vic tim of the accident, werA sent to Candler, ten mllee from Asheville, where the Interment occurred. “The frightful accident cast a gloom over the railroad boys of the division. The remains of the two trainmen were brought here and giv en In charge of Brown’s undertaking parlors, where the bodies were pre- pard for burial. During the morning many trainmen and others visited the is ’ No Longer in Race For United States Senator. The Hon. D. 8. Henderson, of Aik en, has withdrawn from the race for United States Senator. ' He gave out the following statement: “Some time ago 1 announce! that would be a candidate for the long term for United States Senator, hut there are now reasons, in which the public would not be Interested, mhich Induce me not to enter the race, and I feel It my duty to my friends to so state at this juncture, in order that tb^v may t»Mgn themrelvof where and with whom they s«^ fit.-. “I am very grateful for the sup port which my faithful friends have tendered me. “It -any issue personal to ptyaelf was made or if there was aoy>i*ui>llc Issue In which the ^welfare of the State and public at large were In volved that would arise In the en suing canvass I would continue the race to the end; but aa none mien ex 1st there Is no duty whlsh requires such action on mjt part. There will be no dearth of candidates from pres ent appearances, and for the room of the State I hope the people will make a wise choice.” got her picture back. Tuesday morning-lightning struck a buggy, driven by B4an^ Tracey, a fanner, near Adams statiSji, Ga. It shattered a wheel and killed !thVtwo horses. The bolt rafl lo the leaf reins aad divided Into two parte, fo lowing tha veins to the heads of the horses. Mr. Tracey was shocked, bat Taken From a Dead Union Soldier — Daring the War Taken from the body of * Union soldier on the battlefield of Chancel- lorsvtlle, a daguerrotype of a young man and girl has been returned to the girl in the picture after a search lasting thirty-three years The search .has been conducted by Edgar M. Whitenour, a retired free holder of Patterson, N. J. His wife’s father, Nicholas Barnes, member of a New Jersey, regiment, was captured in the clvR war. The daguerrotypA waa given to him by a Confederate to send north. On the back of the case were the names of John RhVson and Nellie Augusta Nettleton. Mr. White nour . for years has been trying to trace these names and locate, if pos sible, the woman whose likeness was presented. Recently the history of the NOt- tleton family was consulted and tha result was the finding of a claimant for tha picture. Nellie Augusta Net- etoa was finally located la the per son of Mrs. T. 8. Stowe, of Milford, .Cona. Tha dagaarrootjrpo known la ibor f^Als sow is bor HENDERSON WITHDRAWS. WAS AFRAID OF BANKS. go Hid Hie Money in Wall of His House. Lacking faith in banks as places of deposit for his savings, William H. Wilkins, of Whltestone, L.. I., who died recently at the age of eight-five, devised a unique arrangement for the safekeeping of his money. He caused a sort of repository to be built in the wall back of his kitchen door fac ing. After it was once tealed he had no way. of opening his home made bank and he dropped money through a slot from time to time. From the day he had the place built up ttf the time of the death he never dis turbed his hole in the wall savings bank, in which was found 77,682. cident was the one topic of oonveroa- tkffl, while much speculation waa in dulged In relative to the cause of the explosion. “That the exploaion was not daa to low water is certain because It has been established as fact, according to trainmen, that Engineer Lander- back stopped at Hendersonville, last alx miles from the scene of tho acci dent, for water, fllllng up before mak ing the run from Hendersonville late Asheville. It la said that the aoeMeot may have been due to a defective toiler. Such aa accident as that of laturday night never before occurred >n the Asheville dlvtskm within the memory of the oldest railroad men. The track at the scene of the ac cident was badly torn ap and It was not until shortly before noon the next day that the damage had bean re paired and trains seat past tha scene. Train No. 14 from Asheville lb Spar tanburg was held here several hours swsiting the clearing of the tract “The explosion, it is believed, oc curred while the train was mafctafe between 30 and 36 mites an hoot It made a frightful noise and aroused farmers in the Hillgirt section for a . mile or more around, who came flocking to the scene to learn the trouble. The boiler waa literally blown to pieces, while the great aM>- gul of the rails was almost coaverted nto scrap iron. The drivers were blown a way and the entire engine ifted and blown 60 feet or more from the tracks. Fouf of the seven care constituting the extra freight were derailed, two of them, it la said, be ing hurled clear off the right of way. The brakeman of the freight had a norrow escape. He had. Just a few seconds before the explosion occurr ed. left the engine or near the en gine and gone to the rear of tho train. Had he remained near tha engine another minute or two a third victim would have been added to the list. The engineer and fireman ware hurled a great distance through Ike air and their bodies almost blown to pieces. , : . . “When picked up Fireman Kemp was disem bowled and one leg aad an arm were m lasing. These mem bers were found, however, some dis tance from thfl body. Engineer Laud- erback waa also terribly mangled. That death waa instantaneous la certain. Tha men never knew what struck them. Conductor W. C. Bry son was In charge of toe extra freight He escaped uninjured. The freight waa headed for Aahevtlle end waa just turning the hill at Hillgirt, It miles from Asheville, wl^en the ex plosion occurred. In discussing the affair one railroad man declared that an accident almost smllar occurred on another division of the Southern some time ago, a boiler txplodlng while the train was in motion aad re sulting In the death of the engineer and firemen.” A RATAL FIRE. 3 -e- -J Had Beea Carrying on Carousal aad Lamp Exploded. At San Francisco, Cal., Tuesday morning two persons were burned to death and H la believed that an other victim still lies In the rnlns and that two firemen were fatally In jured In a fire at 2863 Clay street The fire started in the lower floor «I a two-story cottage in which were several families. Bo far as the police were able to learn, tha rasMaat of tha place had beea Indulging la quor aad la tha course of the a coal oil lamp waa exploded, fire to PRANKS OF CUPID. Aa Odd Man and Old Woman Kan Awny. Mrs. Carrie Emmons, 68 yean of age. who left PlymqMh. Pwv*eceaUT. aaylng that she was aotna. to vkST" friends In Scranton, went Instead to . Dover. N. J., aad waa there to John-P .Johnaon, who is 7i old. They inet several and were infatuated with but while their friends they did not .expect thej fa «