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SOME DISASTERS ? . t Caused by Earthquakes and VoL-a* J, noes in the World's Hjstory. J MARTINIQUE ONE OF WORST ! 1 i v Kuui m Willi liislion mill Krakuton I ' . . j mill Far lteyoinl Pompeii. j j Dcscrlpt inn of Two of tin* Worst Disasters. Some of the greatest disasters eaus-! ed in modern and ancient times by vol-; ^ . canic erupt ions and earthquakes were j tut! lOHOWIIlg, OCgmillUg Willi 1110 lill- j est: Quesaltci ang), and other cities in Guatemala, April it), 1902 300 killed ] by earthquake. Chll panel ngo, Mexico, January 1*5. | 1902?300 dead; earthquake. i Sliamaka, Russian Traliscaueasia, i February, 1902 J00 killed: earthquake. Erzeroum, Armenia, November 12. i 1901?22 killed: eailhquake. Mt. Koelet, Java, May, 1901 About i 200 killed: volcanic eruption. Mt. A/.uma, Japan, July, 1900 2oo | killed or injured; volcanic eruption. i Island of Oram, East Indies, ()et<>ber 10, 1899 1,000 killed; earthquake. < Aidin, Asia Minor, September 20. i 1899?.'100 kifier.: earthquake. < Venezuela, Vpril 21. 1MM .'5,000 < A killed; earthquake. Southern Greece, April, 1894 1,000 i killed; earthquake. Island of Hondn. Japan, October, i 1891 ?10,000 killed: earthquake. Charleston, S. C., August and Sop * tember, 188(5 -38 killed: earthquakes. * Manna Loa, Hawaii, 1880 79 kill-j l ed: earthquake. " i Isle of Ischia, 1 SS.'t 2.000: killed: : earthquake. Krakatoa, Strait of Suuda. May to]; August, 1883?30,380 killed: volcanic 1 eruption. t Djokjokarta, Java. 18*57 1,000 kill- c ed; earthquake. * Island of Martinique, isr.7 1.(500 t , uuau; eartiHiuiiKr. , k Calabria, Italy, 1857 10.000 killed: 11 earthquake. i Fort ltoyal, Martinique, is.'t'.i Too 1 dead; earthquake. Mt. Caron. Vincent. 1812?10,000 killed, volcanic eruption. Canton, China, Mt. Taal, Lisbon, Portugal, J ed: earthquake. Kuehan. North Persia. 1755 10.000 1 pT killed; earthquake. Canton, China, November 20. 17:t I i 100,000 killed: earthquake. < k Palermo, Sicily, 1720 0,000 killed: 1 earthquakes. B ^ Oaliola, Poland, 120* 20,000 killed: I | earthquake. I Syria, 1158 20,000 kilcd; earth-1 B quake. I Can tan ia, Sicily, II.'17 15.000 killed: earthquake, r Constantinople, r>."?7 Thousands killed: earthquake. k Pompeii aun ilereulaneum, A. 1>. 79?2,000 to 5,000 killed: vulcanic eruption. It'will he seen that the cataclysm in MaTiinlqhe, .-^BBtTehorls <*1 10.000 dead prove correct, ranks anions the very worst of recorded disasters. S TIIK LIS HON KAltTHqOAKK. History exhibits few eatastruphies more terrible than that which was caused by the great earthquake which j 011 Noveiulicr 1, 1755. leveled the city of Lisbon to the dust. < >11 other oc- ! casions, such as thai of a siege, n famine or a plague, calamity ap t proachcs hy degrees, giving its victims BT^ time to measure its growth and preparing them as it were, to sustain an increasing weight of misery: but her dertruction fell upon the devoted cit y with the rapidity of a flash of light-1 A bright sun shone over Lisbon on ^^^B that fatal morning. The weather was B B as mild and beaut iful as on a line sumHBB mer's day in Ameriea. when, about to ^BB minutes past 1) in the morning, an H^B earthquake shock, followed almost imHUR mediately by another and another. ^B^B brought down convents, churches, palHBpB aces and houses in one common ruin, j B and at a very computation occasioned the loss of (io.uoo lives, i Bj^B '"The shocking sight of the dead bodies," says an eyewitness of the H^B scene, "together with the shrieks and DPi cries of those who were half buried in [ the ruins, exceeds all description: for L fear and consternation were so great B that the most resolute person durst B not stay a moment to remove a few stonesolT the friend lie loved most. BB though many might have saved ^B|^^ hy so doing; hut nothing was thouglit HH^B of hut self-preservat Br Many of those who were not cri B^^^B or disabled hy the falling building* HHH fled to the Tagus, vainly hoping iliat they might find there tlie safety which tbey had lost on land. For, soon after B t he shock, the sea also came rushing W In like a torrent, though against wind ^ and tide, and rising in an enormous wave, overflowed its hanks, devouring all it met on its destructive path. Many large vessels sank at one: other* torn from their anchors, disappeared in the vortex, or, st riking against each other, were shattered to piggi-s. ^ new stone quay, where alniut '..ooo persons had assembled for safety slipped into tlic river, and everyone wa* lost; nordia so mueli as a single body appear afterward. llad the; misery ended here it inieht in some degree have admitted ol redress, for though lives eon Id not he restored, yet a threat part of the immense riches that were in the ruins might liave been recovered: hut .1 new cnluin ity soon put tin end to such hopes: tor, in atmut two hours after the shock, tires broke out in three different parts of the city, caused b> the jo<> k and the kitchen tires iicing all jumbled together. Almut this time, also a fresh gale suddenly springing up made tiie lire rage with such violence that at the end of three days the greater part of tin; city was reduced to ashes. What tiie earthquake had spared fell a pray to tire, and the llames consumed thousands of mutilated victims, who. Incapable of tlight, lay halt huiicd in the ruins. K KA K A TO A K.I; I' ITION. & The terrible erupt ion of Mount katoa is well lie red ley tin ands of the present genorati 'srakatoa is a volcano on an island M^^Hf tiie same name in the Strait. of ^B^^^^^^^^^unda, between Java and Somalia Its earliest recorded eruption was in 1080. The volcano then lieeamt dm mant and si 2,022 feet high until k-k wlem thenjQMnfflsHK occurred one of the most stupendous eruptions ever known. sSBSBa^m The eruption began in May and con tinucd until August 27, When a large 9HK Hk A m ^ " * ' m aMMM SSSSSBBSSSBS mrt of the Island was blown uwayi dd raiments of putnice and dust wet hrown to a height of twenty mile: iainiiw the region of the upper u urrents. the dust was carried nroun lie entire earth and produced remarl ihle twilight glows Tor many month: Thesound or theexplosioii was hear it a distance of 2,247 miles. Tl vaves pnxlneed in the air travels fot uid a half times around the world. S? vaves tiftv feet hi eh swept the neiirl Miring simros and smaller waves wei iheervcd on distant coasts over lia lie ^lolie. One hundred and sixt; liree villages were detroyed and .'to tso human beings perished. THE AWFUL EXPERIENCE >f a Survivor of I lie Si. Pierre Vn eaiio Disaster. James Tavtor, who was one of tl illieers of the lloraima, the l^ucbt line steamship that was destroyed i lhe harbor of St. Pierre, irives a u''; phic story of t he t rairedy of last Thur lay, says a dispatch to The New Yoi Herald from St. Kit ts. Island of S Christopher, It. W I. "We experienced the greatest dill ulty in Kettinjj into port."said In "Appalling sounds were issuing froi the mountains behind the town, whir was shrouded in darkness. All tl passengers were up and some were tn injr to obtain photographs. "Suddenly I heard a tiemendoi .\\Illusion. Ashes bewail to fall thieki upon the deck and I eould see a hlai loud sweeping down upon up. lived below, and. drantfiuir with n Samuel Thomas, a gangway man an I'ellow count it man, sprang into a roou shut t inxr t he door to keep out the he; l hat was already unbearable. "The ship rocked and 1 expect* very moment that it. would sitil ' tut side I heard a voice pleading ft I he door to he opened. It was Scot the first olticer, and I opened the do* ind drapired him itit ot he room. "It soon became unhearahly lit ind I went on deck. All about we yinjr the dead and dyinir. Kitt hildren were moaning; for water, lid what 1 could for them. I ohtaii d water, hut when it was held heir swollen lips they were unable wallow, because of the ashes whit l,,<ri,'ed their throats. One little chu took water in this method and rinsi nit the ashes, hut even then eon ml swallow, mi badly was his thro; mined. lie sank back uncotiscioi md a lew minutes later was dead. "All alt llie ship was aliie, ai from the land eaine draughts of ten de heat. At last, when I ?iould stan it no longer I sprang overlniard. Tl water was hot enough to partioil in hut a wave soon swept in from tl eeaii. bringing with it cool water. "I was caught in the receding wav which was of tidal velocity, and w carried nut to sea. Then on the r turn of the second wave I was wasl ed against an overturned sloop, w hich I clung. A few minutes late 1 was joined hv another man. whom learned was Captain Muggah, of tl Koraimn. lie was in a dreadful agot and kept liegging plteously to lie p on hoard his ship. "Picking up some wreckage and tool chest. 1 and live others who joi ed me. succeeded in forming a ru raft .on which we placed thecaptai Seeing an upturned boat. I asked o of the live to swim out to it and brii it over so that captain Muggah mig have an opportunity to live. T man succeeded in getting the ho righted, hut instead of returning picked up two of his countrymen a went away in the direction of Port France. "Seeingthe Ihnidam. which had a rived in port soon after we anc.horc making for the Koraima. 1 said got by tot la plain Muggah and swam tot Koddam. I lel'ore 1 could reach li she hurst into llanies and put out sea. I finally reached the Koraii about half past 2 o'clock in the aft' noon and later was taken oil by t cruiser Sachet." Samuel Thomas, the gangway ms whose life was saved by Taylor. < scribes a woman who was burned death while she held her baby in 1 arms, protecting i' with her own b< from file tire t hat tilled the air. '1 child was alive long after its mot! had ceased to sutTer. ('iii'iK'Kic'H < liter. Much discussion h;.s been a rout in Washington by a story printed New York Thursday that Audi Carnegie has offered to furnish l twenty million dollars this eoui i paid to spain for the Philippines > i.., ii...i .......... i. .n.i i... ..i i . .. i ?? (IKK mi ,in.-> lie < (Mim I?L: amr in I sure the Filipinos that their indep dence would idt imately he aeknowlei ed hy the Fnited States. The sta mem was made hy (Jon. F. Steward New York, president of the Fidel i and <'usually Co., who is a wa friend i f Mr. < arnejfie. lie says h t he original anti-imperialist and ad< that Mr. Carnegie went to I'residi MeKinley before the11eaty withSp was signed and said lie was eonvim that we were forcing war on the Fi j inos and wanted to he sent to Philippines with full power to pron the I'iIipin*?s independenee and i t hose conditions would pay hinr I tie treaty priee. Volenti!) in Nebraska. After a silence of thirty ye; ; Mount Intra, 1 lie only volcano in I nit,ed Mates, is now reported to sending ont smoke and steam, ; some of the people in the surround county sa> that low rumblings can heard. These reports an- brouj from Cedar County. Neh., where ; mountain is situated, hy travel* who sa> that t he sett lets in tlie nci| iHirhood are preparing t<i leave i county. The mountain is situated the Missouri Itiver, led miles ah (hnalia. and. while tint of jjieat licit; is hitflt compared to the surround country. It has been for years a end place wit Ii the I ndians. and it \ near there that the last Ilijz sun da was held in lv7s. No Indian will to the mountain Itself, as it has !< heen known to them its 1 lie hill of li Volcano In >le\ico. The ( oil in a volcano shows strong I dicalions of a tficat eruption and inhahitants living in the valley at' hiise are moving to safe distances fr t he peak from which smoke and pi of (lame hate heen b< Irhin.tf for Neve days. Mount Ci.IIma has threatei renewed activity for several wee This condit ion caused t he work of e< sl ruetint,' the extension of the Mexii < cntral railroad to Manzanillo. pass! near tlie base of the mountain, cease temporarily. The route of t extension will proltably he changed order to avoid any possible disas that and eruption inij.;ht brintf. A flood 11 ule. A ('hieaco Unman Catholic w obtained a lejfal divorce hecanse I wife deserted him, now wants to mat attain, hut is troubled because I church says the divorce is of nocfTet : * I N APT HA EXPLODES. re s. ,1 A Terrible Disaster in the Railroad s. Yard at Pittsburg. <1 4 le . m TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE HURT. !a , lr?; The Vuliltilti fluid Hui-iim Over a ir y. Wide Area, Canning Injury ami Itulll, mill Killing Many I'eeple. The Sheraden yard of the Panhan' die railroad at Pittsbuig, I'a., was the .c?ne Wednesday afternoon of one of the most disastrous explosions and ic tires known in that section for many c years. At least twenty one lives were lost and about 2lH) persons were s. so-liadly burned that, according to the k judgment of physicians in attendance, L 75 percent of them v\i 11 die from the ! effects of their injuries, j, The cause of the catastrophe was m the explosion of a train of naphtha 'h ears whitli was being switched at the ie yard, and in the switching the rear car telescoped t hecar forward. 'J'hc leaking naphtha ignited from a switch is light, causing an explosion, which *r threw the I lames fifty feet high, k Much of the escaping naphtha ran I t hrough Corks llun to Esplcnborough. ie I a distance of one and one-half miles, id causing an explosion, blowing to atoms ii. the Sheraden Hotel and the Collins it House, and badly wrecking a frame building nearby, in which were eond gregaled 200 or more sports from !< Pittsburg and vicinity, betting on ?' the races, base ball, etc. Pew of the t n....i,....nlc >.f ll.l.. l.i.iMi.,.. ............I .. >IM ' "I nil,-. u Hill' jury, many being badly hurt. Mrs. Seymour and her daughter, of the >t Slieradcn hotel, were seriously and, il re is feared, fatally injured, lc The first car of naphtha exploded 1 about 4.10 o'clock and the spectacle a- soon at t raetcd a large crowd on st reets t<? lining the hills on both sides of and to parallel to the railroad. The section 'b car exploded about "? o'clock, but it ip was at i>. 1 *> o'clock, when three more 'd ears oft lie deadly stutT went up with Id a roar that could be heard for miles, it that the work of destruction really he's gan. A 'oirent of llame belched forth on id each side of the track, sweeping back i- the tcrritied spectators like a charge d of artillery, and sent a shower of io Haines over their heads, resembling c. Mont l'clce on a small scale. The scene that followed beggars description. The successive explosions e. had hea'cd theair to such an extent i's that before the third explosion many e- were rendered unconscious by the exIt treme heat and the gaseous fumes, to and were being carried away when the r. torrent of llame swept over the excited 1 i crowd. lie There was an awful hush for a moty merit, then followed a scene of frenzy, nt Men and women, their clothing ablaze, their faces scorched and blistered and a their hair burned olf their heads, ran n- wildly shrieking hither and thither, de only ii'tent on escape from that awful " furnace of tire. Some gave vent to I "e frenzied appeals to kill them and put 1 g them out of their misery,'and little bt children, with their curly locks and be light summer clothing, small pillars nt of tire, cried pitcously as they were lie swept along by the tide of burning "d humanity. The town people did all de ; in their power for the stricken victims and all the I'ibsburg ambulances it" I were immediately dispatched to the 'd. i scene with a* corps of physicians. *1 I Many of those not seriously burned he | were removed to their homes in Sheraier | den, while others were sent to the i-" various Pittsburg hospitals, and tlie na ; dead removed to undertaking estab''i'* lishments in Slieraden and vieinity he and to the l'ittshurg morgue. The Panhandle Kail road Company hi. ha*, thirty-six tracks through Sheraden and has succeeded in keeping com1? uunication open. The property loss >er vili amount to at least $<>00,000. The 'dy list of known dead numbers twenty, |C all residents of Shcraden or vieinity. >er Several died last nig! ! in hospitals. Among them is Carl Eatings of Tipton, Tenn.. who was badly burned ,(.f| about the head. A complete list of I,, the wounded could n ' be secured last ow night . A partial list contains twenty [il0 names. ity The accident happened in the rail. if road yards at Slieraden. where the as- Panhandle railroad makes a turn, near en- Corks run. I tanked by two high hills rig- hundreds of people were caught. At .to- this point, which is about one-fourth I of of a mile from the city line, there are ity thirty-three tracks. I pun these rin tracks were several hundred ears, e is Near tlii'middle of these t racks about led t.4.*?o'clock a heavy height train was nt being made up for 11> west. In t Ills ain train were ten tank ears, containing t'cd rctiucd petroleum and naphtha. In lip- the shifting necessary to prepare the I lie train for her journey a switch was lise made with too much force. Five tank on ears, two of them tilled nn i t! i re lined ?elf petroleum and two with naphtha, wore switched with too much force and one of the ears of naphtha was srs broken. Instantly the inflammable II,,. by-product poured out in a stream. , i The. trainmen, seeing that one of tile , cars was damaged, started to pull 1 " them all out of the way. Ing J lM. Already the men in charge of the ,1,1 switch light had made his rounds and the lights were burning. As the tank .,s car passed over one of the lights the ,lr>...nl..,> 1?? _r i, _ | ........... .1 ' .I..K HI ""'III HUH 11. Maine and almost instantly an explosion followed. A l'mctlcal Keform. jIt,r A IVnnsylvanian tells of a practical s.,_ reform in his State thai is #ood v;is enough to he put in operation everyIH.r where, lie said: "All over Pennsylj,)( vania antl-swearin# societies are lieln# i formed. and the people are joining j,.r them hy the hundreds. The object of the societies is to brin# about a cessation of profanity inordinary conin versation. I believe that a vast deal the of #ood will come of this movement, its | and hope to see it spread to other 0111 parts of the I 'nion. The fact is that ill's a lar#e per cent of men use profane ral speech to an extent that they scarcely ted realize. A gentleman ou#ht not to ks. mar his talk wit h coarse and incanin#>n I less expletives, and 1 believes. the day an Is com ill# when frequent oaths will to# ' not be tolerated in decent societies. to \\ an Too i.inic k. jn i When jailer Crai# entered the jail ,(>r corridors at Roanoke. \ a., Thursda.\ evenin# lie was murderously assaulted by tw o nc#ro prisoners who bad Imped to make their escape. Durin# a stru#Iki #le which followed due of the ne#roes, liis Mob Payne, was shot and fatally in ry jurod by jailer ('rai#. The men cslis caped from jail two weeks a#o with :t. | ten others but were recaptured. A-STORY OF HORROR t'llfflicr I'artlciilrirH ol' the (ji'CUl IXfiHfilrr to St. I'ierre. A dispatch from Fort IFrance, wliit-li is an Miitine?pie Islam', fen miles from St. I'ierrc, says vessels have ItPen sent t<> the latter place willi soldiers, priests and a quantity of, lire wood, petroleum and quirk lime, for use in the cremation of the lxxlies of the victims of the terrible volcanic outbreak. When nearing St. Pierre the vessels met a number of tugs towing lighters tilled with refugees. Ileat. from the smoking lava, covered the ruins of St. Pierre, was suffocating and the stench from the corpses strewn along the streets is awful. Only few walls are standing. On all sides were found portions of corpses, which were gathered up by the soldiers and gendarmes and burned oil one of till* tiolilic ?nii!irr>? V.,? ? drop of water is procurable ashore. Darkness was caused by the clouds <>f volcanic dust, shrouded t lie town, and continuous subterranean rumblings added to the horror of the scene. The fort and central quarter of the town were razed to tlie ground, and were replaced by beds of hot cinders. Iron grille work gate of the government otllces alone are standing. There is no trace of streets. Huge heaps of smoking ashes arc seen on all sides. Hundreds of corpses were lying in ail kinds of attitudes, showing the victims had met deatli as if by a lightning stroke. Every vestige of clothing was burned away from the charred lmdies. Curiously enough the features of t he dead were generally calm and reposeful, although in some cases terrible fright and agony is depicted. Hrim piles of bodies are staked everywhere, showing death to have stricken them while the crowds were vainly seeking to escape from the fiery deluge. On one spot a group of nine children were found locked each in eacli others arms. Itrielly put. last Thursday morning the city of St. l'ieerc disappeared wi^iin live minutes in a whirlwind, tiro vomiting from Mont Pclee: :td.000 persons were instantly and horribly killed am! the volcano, whose crater for more than ">0 years had been occupied by a quiet lake in which picnic parties bathed, suddedlv discharged a torrent of ticry mud, which rolled towards the s> a. engulfing I everything before it. Then the lust of cable communication was broken, and the doomed city was isolated from the world. Thirty thousand corpses are strewn at tout. buried in the ruins of St. Pierre, or else floating, gnawed by sharks, in the surrounding seas. The st ill smoking volcano towered above the ash-covered hills. The ruins were 1 truing in many places and frightful odors of burned llesh tilled the air. Not one house was left intact. Viscid heaps of mud. of brighter ashes or piles of volcano stones, were seen on every side. The streets could hardly he traced. Mere and there amid the ruins were heaps of corpses. Almost all the faces were downward. In one corner Ik idles of men, women and children were mingled in one awful mass, arms and legs protruding as t lie hapless beings [ fell ill the last struggles of death's I agony. Huge blocks and still hot stones were scattered atiout. From under one L.rge stone the arm of a white woman protruded. Most n< ,Millie was the utter silence and the awful, overpowering stenpli frojn the thousands of dead. Careful inspection showed that the tierv stream which so eomplotely destroyed St. Pierre must have beer, composed of poisonous erases. which instantly sutfoeated every one who inhaled them, and of otherwises burning furiously, for nearly all the victims had their hands covering t heir mouths or were in some other attitude. showing that the\ had sought relief from sull'ocation. All the bodies are carlioni/.ed or roasted. A POLITICAL SENSATION. Iiulgo Ciark Says .lutlgc Simoiimii It.xlc on l-'ree I'asvos. A dispatch from Charlotte says IJudge Walter Clark gives out for j publication the letters he wrote to C?ov. Uussall during the fusion rule i:i connect ion therewith defends himself the charge that he instigated suits against corporations and persons knowing that later the eases would come before hiscnurt for adjediial ion. lie says all that lie did was honorable | and for the best interest of the state. I and that tlie tight against him is instigated by the big railroad corporaj lions, who wish to defeat him because ! they can't control bis decisions. (IllC of the letters wliii-h .Initio Clark admit* writing is related t< alleged five trips to Ikileigh made 1 > ' United States ('iivuit Judge Simonton. and is as follows: "Permit a suggestion Aets lsol, chapter .'t2o, see. I clearly and unmistahly makes any discrimination 'at olTenee" pnnisliahle *hy line not less| than 91,0(10 nor more than $f*,oon. Send W. i . 1 >ouglas today to Sdicitoi ; Pou, inform him what he heard n! ; Page and have hil! v. railroad sent for hauling for one-lialf price. Summon Pudental freight agent here sit! ills books, and the party whose g>- .d> | were hauled free (or one-half price. I lie cannot refuse to testify, as he i> not indict aide, only the common carrier. "In this way you can get the evidence you want. Again lu.sf January ' Simouton came here to hold court not only on a free pass, hut in a private palace car free, lie is not indictable, but the railroad can he made to swel ourschnol fund *">,000 for 'having ha< the honor." etc., to give him free cars, 1 ] free passes, free food etc., and tin nstional and state publicity given tin J t ransactioii will open the eyes of flu i 'plain, common people." hoth in Nortl Carolina and throughout the I nion. "A very little trouble will get hill> as to above transactions, and it i> worth it. "Destroy this after leading." More than one of the letters wen I uiiirkt'ii rersonat. and asked that they he destroyed. This -Iud^e Clark says, was in order to keep the railroads from seizin# them and tryiin 1? make capital against Win. Shot and hilled. Hillary llolloman was shot and killed on Monday afternoon while on lib jreturr home from Kin#streeL h\ liis hrothei-in-law II. II. Hrown. They | had hoth heen imhihin# freely ol | liquor and were riding in a wa#or together when a drunken quarre I arose. Tub News and Courier say-"if (Jen Weyler knows an opporl unit \ w hen In | sees one he will not fail to move hi? Government to make some kind of protest in the ri#ht quarter regardin# I In I uncivilized character of the war in ISamar." / < ? THE WEATHER AND CRoi>8. . ... . x TliO i'liKt Week lla* HtM'ii Favorable in Kvrry ltett|?ect. Tlie weekly bulletin of the condition ! of the weather and I lie en ps was is' sued last week by Director Hauer :.t the South Carolina section ot' the ?-l I mate and crop service or lhcl!nit?d States weal her bureau as follows: The temperature was again aliout (? degrees per day alnive normal, during the week ending Monday morning, May 12th, the average for the week having been 7<i degrees, with maximum of tit) degrees at Ifowman on the llh, and a minimum of is degrees at (SulTncy on the Nth. The sunshine averaged aliouL normal, with partly eloudy days and clear nights. The rainfall for the week was generally light, except in spots over the southeastern counties and the Savannah valley, where it was copious, and of great Iwnetlt to crops, although it failed to t huroughlv relieve thedrought at any point. There were also numerous hut widely scattered showers on the 7-8tli over the entire State, hut t.hev were local, partial, 'generally light, and entirely insufficient. In the l'ec !>ee sections the drought is Incoming s< rious. There were heavy showers on the early morning of the 12th, in the cent ral and northeastern counties, and possibly throughout the State, hut they occurred too late to is4 fully reported in this bulletin. The week was favorable for farm work which made rapid progress. Planting operations are practically tinished, except on Imttom lands tha have been either too wet or too hard to cultivate. It is the exception this year to have poor stands of corn reported, and much less than the usual amount of replanting has been necessary owing to birds and worms. Corn has a healthy appearance, and is well cultivated, most of it having received its lirst and some its sccound working. As yet, the dry weather has not hurt corn to any appreciable extent. Cotton is up. or coining up, from "very good" to ''fairly good" stands over t he whole State, with slight exceptions limited to late plantings, where the ground is too dry for germination Much has been chopped to stands, and considerable has been cultivated. The plants arc sturdy and healthy in appearance. Tobacco is not doing so well as last week, owing to the prevailing dry weather that injured stands but where siillicieiil rain fell the crop continues in excellent condition. Wheat failed materially end will he below the average. It is heading and some is turning color. Outs arc exceedingly variable, but generally stand in need of rain. Harvest has made slow progress. Truck and sea island cotton were benefitted by the rains along the coast. Uice planting Is practically finished: i stands are good, most favorable in the ! (leorgeiowr district. There is an ' increased number reports on peaches j dropping. Sweet potato slips are being i set out. Colorado beetles on white poj tatoes are more numerous and destructive than ever before known. (Jar! dens, pastures and minor crops need a irniiiM-il u c?L-i?or ? .? ? 6 """ COULD HAVE ESCAPED. Scenes in I Sic City ??l* Si. Pierre lusi j Helore ilic Eruption. Ilelat Ives and friends of Thomas T. Prentis. t'nitcd States consul at St. Pierre, whose hotne is at Melrose. Mass., arc in prave fear that he and his family were anions those who perished in the lake of molten lava that swept over the city. With him were his wife and two daughters and no word has been received from them since the destruction of the island (Jit y. Friends of the family have not entirely abandoned hope that they may have escaped with their lives, arpuinp that the severing of the cables and general demoralization in Martinique j and St. Vincent could easily account I for t lie absence of news from Consul | Prentis. Miss Alice 1-rv, a sister of Mo. Prentis. who lives in Melrose, re eiveda letter from her on Friday, hearing the date of April J."?. Tl'he t ieltei was m part as follows: I '"I-ids morninp the whole population of the city is on the alert and every eye is directed toward Mont IVlee. an extinct volcano. Everybody i is afraid that the volcano has taken into its heart to burst forth and deI st rov the whole island. "All the inhabitants arc point; up to see it. There is not a horse to he had on the island, those hrlonpinp to 1 the natives licinp kept in readiness to leave at a moment's notice. Last Wednesday, which was April I was in my room with little Christine, and we heard three distinct shocks. fh.y were so prent that we suppose at tirst that there was someone at the Idtmr. and Christine went ami f.niml j no oiii1 there. The lirst report was very loud, I>nt the second and third ! j were so great that dishes were thrown , j from the shelves and the house was completely rocked. "We can see Mollt l'elee from the rear windows of our house, and although it is fully four miles away, we can hear t lie roar and seethe tire J and lava issuing from it with terrific force. The city iscovcrid with ashes, 4 and clouds of smoke have heen over our heads for the past live days. The smell of sulphur is so strong that | horses on the street stop and snort, and some of them are obliged to give uy, drop in their harness and die from the sulToeation. I "Many of the people arc obliged to I wear wet handkerchiefs over their faces to protect them from the strong fumes of sulphur. My husband assures me that there is no immcdatc danger, and when there is the least particle of danger we will leave the place. There is an American schooner, the II. .1. Morse, in the harlmr. and will remain here for at least two weeks. "If the volcano becomes very had we Khali embark at once and go | out to sea." Late re (Sorts leave no doubt of the sad fate of Mr. I'rent is and bis family, j Tlicv were all burned to death in the > fated city. "If the state has the right to tax the people to educate the children of t be state." says President C. K. Vaw( ter or the Miller school, "then it suroll should use the money in that way which will give the state the best rc> suits. It should educate our children , toward what they have to do in life. I not away from It. There Is no denying the faet that our present scholastic education tends to draw our chll; dren away from industrial pursuits. Surely the object of public education ! should be to enable our children tohe. come good, useful, honest, loyal ei*ii r.ciis, and equip them for life-work that lies IsTore them." I tae most healthful city. tlurloii, ta.< OlTfn This hilllaelloa lloaitltul Sfrvlre, The most healthful place in the I'nited Stutes to litre is Marion, Ja., according to report* received by the murine hospital service from l.lbO cities and tpwns havino a population of 1,000 or over. Th it may have been a more healthful place than Marlon, hut if so no oiticiu! returns were received from it. Marlon has a population <jf 4,102, and there were only six deaths in I'JOO, making a death rate of ;ti- phenoiuinully low figure of 1.46 per 1,000. The average of the death rate in all the cities and town# was 17.47. It appears from the compilation of the murine hospital service that the state having t he best record for health last year was North ihikota. with a death rate of only B.M per 1,000 'population. liy far the most healthful of the *>tipulou-, states, however, was i iwa. the death rate being 11.17. Ohio, which made reports from towns aggregating a population of more than 1.500,000 shows a death rate of only 14.*4. The notable reports of healthfulness come from the northwest and central western states, Minnesota, the Dakotos, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa. Idaho and Montana all have exceedingly low death rates. On the other hand, the state* wlich are widely known a* health report*. sneh as \r(znna, Colorai'., and ( alifornia, have a fonipnrativ-lv high mortality,probably because many persons suffering from incurable pulmonary troubles go there and die. California last year had a*n average death rate of 17. OTt; Colorado, 2.V 29, a ml \ri/.ona, 32.2S The last named state had the highest rat" of mortality of any ?tatc or frritnry in the union. N< w York state's nmrtaliiv w.i? 10.3.1 The town in the I'nitet! Stat**? having the highest rate of mortality lasr year was Carlyle, 111. The population was 1.H7I, and the number of deaths, 100, making a tb ath rate <>f .Vt 3t. The most tinhea 11 h ful of the large ritiev was Washington" with a death rntr of 21.71 Haltitiiore's death rate was 21.02; Philadelphia, lit.38; ltoston, 20.K2, and Chicago, 14.IVJ. WILD MAN IN THE WOODS. A Moat ttartllna Dlacovarr la Halt > 7 Tnu lluntera In <h? Wilda of Mlelilwan. Adolph Meiser and John Slattery, two younp inen from Crystal Falls. Mich., who were hunting partridges on the headwaters of the Deer river, about 14 miles from thnt city, met what they ass, rt was a wild man. His hair was lonp and shappy and long a hiskers nearly eovercd iiis faee, showing that they had been growing for some time. The hunters pot within 30 feet of the man before they saw bin) or be them, and all were surprised when the si ranper snarled at them. .Meiser altt mpted to talk to him, b it all the response be could get war; "Public.public, public." Who)Slattery and Meiser moved forward thestranger gave a ttrrible yell and darted into the bus.be- lie ran like n deer, bounding over the windfalls and stumps. The strange man was large, but had become emaciated from exposure and hunger. The clothes lie had on were in shreds i xposing bis body to view, lb carried part of a gun harrt 1 and a tent pole in bis bauds a: d when found was eating the carcass of a dead skunk. The Crystal Falls mm hurried to town and reported th< discovery, and a p.;sse was organized to hunt for tin man. It is thought that the man is some unfortunate hunter who has been !>.-t in the woods and become insane j front fright. The territory whore tin man was seen is a large stretch of woods, and a person might rt am there for months without meeting anyone, l'he posse will stay out until they find | the man. Mtiitafer Referee# lloilnv Mutch. ! Members of the congregation of St. John's Episcopal church in IIobokon, N. J., are in a state of turmoil ..war ?],? (ant tl.-.f tJ.eie nnntnn ! llov. Da rid I?. Matthews, noted ns n > roforoe at a boxing mat oh the other nipht. Under the aitspieos of the St. John's cadets, an oreani/.atloti eontieeted with the church, a minstrel show was piven that even in p. and the last number on the proprainnir was a boxinp bout between Charles Ropers anil Aupust Tierney, two members of the oadets. The reotor ! v. as referee, and the was an exceedinply warm one. i"i was of three rounds' duration, and both yoimpsters were pretty well punished. The minister showed u fa, miliarity with the tactics of the rinp that amazed some of the staid members of the conprepntion. (ftud'lrt s rornti. The Ottawa fOut.? correspondent of the New York Tribune says: Canada's forests are found to be cipinl to supplying the world with pulp wood alone for S4n years, on the basis of 1,500,000 - tons of manufactured pulp a year. This is t he est inrate of J. C. T.anpeller, ! superintendent of the forest ranpers if tjuehec. It is piven in a paper t?. the Canadian Forestry association, reproduced in 1 he second annual report of the association just issued. Mr. T.nnpelier takes 1,500,0:10 tons of pulp yearly as his basis, that beinp about the total production of the United States. I'lnln Mnritrr Hither Wnr. If a crowd is justified in lynchinp a man one mnti is justified in putflnp another man to death, says the Indianapolis News. In fbe latter instance it is perfectly plain that the act Is murder, hut it is just as plainly an act of murder when the victim sutlers death at the hands of a ruobThe Ilerlin correspondent of the rw York I inn * says lli.it, according to the Berliner Tagehlntt, the minister <>f education has i>>uuTi new regulations in regard to the admission of i foreign students at the Berlin teehI nieal college. The (termans complain 1 that the foreigners crowd them out ; of the laboratories and lecture rooms. : and that the foreigners are admitted | without any documentary evidence of previous education. The chief ofTend| era are Russians. I It is now reported that the ininis[ ter directs that Russians are only to i he admitted if tliev can prove previous | attendance or matriculation at a KutI sinn technical college. Other foreignj era must produce a certificate of general education as well as proof that tlicy have attended a tcchtiicnl col| lege. It has also been decided, according I to the Berliner Tagvblnt t. tliat a small j class of students called "hospltante," I now admitted to the lectures at fler| man universities as guests, without I the right of obtaining certificates or degrees, shall he abolished in th??-mn1 chine engineering department of the college, and only allowed in other departments under exWptlonal circunist nnees. (liARlEsTllN. S. C. ^ ?.: .1 l)cul(Ms in Building Material of all UhulK ? I The World's Greatest Fever Medicine.! 1*or ?? Jor"" of f? r take JOHNSON'S CH'XL AND PBVEK TONIC. It la 100 I times bettor than quinine and does in a single day what slow quinine cannot I njVile b^qulnlna * W CUr?8 are lQ iti iking contrast to the feeble cures A yqu n ne ^ CENTg ip |T CURES E WANT'S A HATCHERY. < >1- Reck with that l.e wasgoing "ruin (Jeorgla,'* to (ten. .lames II. Wilson lliat lie was going to leave a trail that Orangeburg Claims Tins Very 1*1 are \%illl>c lecogllized lifiy jears lielicc." , , .. , 44 Kvervl <h!v knows," the Courant !..? I i>li < lllture St ;> 1 )<>n. . . , remarks, "now he kept Ins word. ... . , , \%t i . , "KveivLuiy kia ws," it adds, "what A dispatch from Washington to ... ... , . . r ' , , . , , Sheril.-i) rid to the Shenandoah I he State says Orangeburg is already , V;ll|..v - App|yin^ tiK. k.ss m of ,hese inurlaMling her forces to land the new I s,in , ;S(V,u., s hi defence lish cultural station provided to. in Smit !i, the paper goes on to say: Senator Tillman's 1>111 which has pass- -He has done no more * * * than the ed the senate and will very probably creates. American general; have done pass the house this session. The hill in o n own e > intrv. To tlnse great carries an appropriation of 000 generals war was war. It was in the for tills purpose, hut leaves the selee- army which iiloli/.cd them than Jacob tioiiofa site to the tish commission. " ^nilth lotcd a musket and won his Representative Lever has placed oi irst shoulder strap;. Nj wonder he 11.e with the eommissoners a petition doesn'i sea why war should be waited signed by the mayor and leading cit- so uuicii more gently, tenderly and hens of Orangeburg setting forth tlie pdilely on treacherous Malays claims of tliat town for the new sta- than it was. in li . va n h. o:i white tion and asking that a special agent b< yineri ins " sent there: to go over the ground and ' j- v. v , and Courier, from which r?. port to the commission before a si t? is detcrminduponinea.se Senator Till- iwi?cr we clip h?4 a mve, says weha*c man's bill becomes a law. Represent i 11 "".s" ''' 1 t;> the Courant s s.atetive Lever saw Coniinissoner Rower.- ' nits. an 1 n I :n ike no comment. on Friday and was assured that Orange- its-line of argum uit, p-rhips. except 1 burg's claims would iiave careful eon- that it appears to have fully made out sideratlon and that the suggestion of its ease. an agent to Inveslgate t lie topography of that section would probably Ik- island or si. Vincent. adopted. It seems that in loklng Vincent is a British possession. ^ around for a suitable site for such a Island is about IT miles long and station special inquiry is made as to lt) ,njios iqoad. l lie abundance of the water, supply. |*.?pnl itiun, appr ixim itely, f?,000, A U'linrnt-nr It !?. , >> i ?olt? lo -..l.... " Vv ' .,YWT""" ' which there are .'to,out) negroes, .'1,000 fk ted iiim.ii a hill Horn winch Hows a whites and 12,ooo. of mixed races. ^pP' nuinhcr ot dear water streams, it is Whole northern part ?>1 the island n<cessary thai Hie stieaius >< tree swept by lake of lava from the crater from refuse and so located as to pe.nit ?r Snuthere and Morne C.in.i,, the latthe establishing upon tner.i the numer- ler hi>j ,,)0 k ()f lhe volcank. oris ,?onds connected wi a the station. rj(, , f?vifk.s tllL> isl:UK, casL aiu) Itepresent at l\e Lever is of the opinion vu.st that a location admirably til Hint these i^ava-tUKxled district lies between requirements is to ho found just out- |}e|air and Heorgetbwn. side the town of'Orangeburg on what CapilaI ?f , ,u. isUlu<i is Kingston, is known as 1 hikes tislieij. in W|,-M a population of about 8,000, talking I- rulay Lommissonei ohietly negroes. This town is 12 miles Lowers he outlined the advantage ol fn,m the volcanoes now in 1 oca tine a tisli station here and tiled eriipt i??n. with him numerous pa pets and maps st. Vincent was once prosperous by showing the topography ?>t the reason of sugar cultivation, but this country, hepresentative s,ll( industry has fallen into decay, that he considers orange jurg s? i.inces Tile chief product now is arrowroot, adtniratile tor securing the us i sta. .on The whole island is of volcaniccreaand if an agent is sent clown by the (ion commission to look t lie ground ovci In- This is the second devastating flood iiopes to accompany hhn and assist in lava that |las swept the island, tlic showing him around, lhe establish- ofher occurring In 1812. inenl. of it $25,000 fish stat ion io I lie state means mueli for South Carolina v Narri)? Frmn Denih. and while Orangeburg would benefit r j . especially bv having it placed there Ld Hurnett. a youog man of Macon, * the entire Slate will enjoy it advan- had a narrow escape from serious tages inju y and perhaps death Wednesday. He was leaning out of the second story Not an Innovator. window of a store when he lost tils The Hartford ('onrant explains, in haninee and tell out lieadtorcinost. . , . .. . .. ... ,, His bodv made a half turn in the defence o! octi Smith. or Ilell-hoai- . , . .. . . . ... ..... , , descent and lie struck upon his right nig 'Make as lie is known to Ins s!lollkkthc awning over the doortroops. that he has only lioen fo.lowing way and lM.iindcd oir. lie made a the examnle hi our own count rv of k..i.o.. ...~ > j v.i<ui|iitu' niiilicnauil' illHI iitiUHXIOn IDS "the greatest "American generals, feet on I lie stone sidewalk and did not under whom he was trained. He is sustain the slightest injury. Spectalir>t quoted as saying for himself in a tors who saw lhirnett fall thought. published interview: he W(,idd strike upon his head and "Of course I understand why the ',ro:in his in ck. insurgents hate me. It is beeause I .. , have kn.>ckc<) them out. im?il order ,T"E ? wl.,ltc , ,, . nan by the name of Clvde Douglass (general order ion) had been unilor.no ,y;|S km,.r, ;lt St M:it,,Vws on bust enforced throughout Luzon, there Thursday* night at 8 o'clock by the would not even l>e the ghost of a re- train. Too correspondent of The bellion to-day. Inhuman? I think S;;" 'says tlie unfortunate man was not. If it was not too severe for our in St. Matthews Thursday drinking own people at home during the civil pretty heavily and had declared to the war. it is not loo severe for these Porter a t;,e intention to \ja|.lvs ride theb.'nd baggage to Columbia. No one sai the incident, but it is 1,1 '**" ' 1111 ' ' 1 supposed he was eudavoring to carry ' ourant. should set people t .linking lll(j his expressed purpose while drunk and remembering, it does not refer and was killed. Nothing definite of to the doings of "the bushwhackers the man is known and he is set down and jayhawkers. the "Quant rolls and as a tramp mechanic. The train crew Sherman's bummers." What it does ignorant of the tact that a man had refer to is very carefully specified. been killed unt il w ired to up the road. What follows is the substance or the so uU!K",K's to the railroader Courant \s own statement and for the , !l!' In I U'ceinlwr, tscd. lien I hillock, in YGUNGBLGOQ command in Missouri, ordered I hat all ? - -?? ? pretended I'nion men caught tfivintf i LUMBER COMPANY information to the enemy, burning " "" """ bridges, destroying railroad or tele- kugusta, cr graphs, etc. "or "tacitly conniving at Okhckanu \Voi:ks, such things with a "guilty knowledge Xoitrn Avovsta S C of them," should Is* shot, and here- .. , .... , ... i , i \r: , ,i i Honrs, Sash, blinds and tinder's mn.ded the Missourians that the laws ,, , ..i i- . . Hardware. Ot war make no distinction ot sex. In lsi?2 (Jen (Jranger wrote from '<K>r''ig. Siding. .Ceiling .'and Inside Hienzi," There must be some definite Mulshing Lumber in and fixed pel icy on our part to combat ? ?HEOIKJIA 1MNE and break up this most infernal truer- A|] t.ortvspon(lonc.e Tjvcn ? , at. rilla system ot thieves. It is bound lention. July2-ly soon to waste an entire army away ?~ and for no equivalent. We must push J every man, woman aim cmio in-tore ik. .*1 tk? or put even man 'o death found in ^ > OTld S GfCfltCSt In the same year (Jen (f. M. Hodge 'A? fjL?L?--jPr Malaria. A. wrote with reference to three eoun- Pk , . . , .. W-4 ror >>1. forma ot JMalsrlaj potaor, | ties in I ennessee "not in Samar. as tr-v ik tak? .i?ho?on*? chai ?n.i p??tr theCourant otiseives: -| Indieve on. gl |.oliey is to hum up t hese counties. gg They pay no attention to the oath, .ohjson s ?onic In the same year (fen Sherman, then B( ? at Memphis, ordered an Illinois regi H t? ?t#t? "* ,aieb inent to go on board a steamer, cross cftjiBijrHttaarr .f..-, a, the river, disembark In-fore daylight on the Arkansas side, near Eimgrove ^.-u-u-u-u-._n. ,irVimcV' np nnc V <'?ml In :*>cm .lay,. all the houses, farms and cornhelds jlnllfA I Ten days treatment from that iMiint 110 in 11 < n ,<*tt>> I, I " I ! ' i?w TI.JI Hisiui.e IkMw.mii til.' two Would ho glad to have names of all Mil. ik1w Mil iii. iwo sufforj| r wjth (lro,)sV () K (X)Lplaccs is not mentioned. I he provo- H'M DHOl'S V MKI?1C1 XE IX)., 312cation for tho order was that guorril- 13 Lowndes Building, Atlanta, Ga. las had tired ona gunboat. In 1HCU the same ofllcer wrrote from Home, Ga., to a one of his subordinates. Gen. Wat kin*: fyft^ "Can you not send over almut Fair- ^ IllOlint and Adairsvillo, hum ten or Thin nismstnro Is on rvery box of tho froniiine twelve houses of known secessionists, Laxative BromO'Quininc T?hiK? kill a few at random and let t hem t ">?> ^oHsty that cnre? ? eolfl In on* ???jr know that it will lie repeated every . time a train is tired on from Resacatoi if ii j COCAINE mi> WHISKY K.imston." itrl'ure start ing to thesea 11 |U |f ft he wrote to Grant that he was going & vj] of i*frnn<m. ... , .... I M ?l ""?J? lr..iaiMt Mm KKFK A.ldrw to make desolation everywhere, to'^^ ? * w^ooulsv. 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