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4\ . >1 ? f a ? VOL. II. NO. 14. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 4,1905. Sl.SO Per Year. THE SPLENDID SPUR IDE ADVENTURES OF JACK MARVEL Bj ARTHUR *. QUILlER COUCH.* CHAPTER XIII. ? The Adventure of the Hetrse. ? The day spring came at last, and la the sick light of it I went down to the cottage for spade and pickaxe. la the tumult of my senses I hardly tooted that onr prisoner, 'the dragoon, had contrived to slip his bonds and steal off in the night. And then Delia, seeing me return with the sad tools .on my shonlder, spoke for the first time: "First, if there be a Well near, fetch me two backets of water and leave us for nn hour." ller voice was weary and chill. But a dozen paces from the spot where Joan's father lay, I dug a grave and strewed It with bracken and heather and gorse petals. I lifted her softly and bore her down the slope to the grave, and there I burled her, while Delia knelt and prayed, and Molly browsed, lifting now and then her head to look. When all was done. We turned away, ?lry-eyed, and walked together to the cottage. The bay horse was feeding on the moor below; and finding him still too lame to carry Delia. I shifted the saddles, and, mending the broken rein, set her on Molly. ?'Delia, have you nothing to say?" For a 'while she seemed to consider; then, with her eyes fixed on the hills ahead, - answered: "Much, if I could epeak; but all thia has changed mo somehow?'tis, per haps, that I have grown a woman, hav ing been a girl?and need to get used to it and think.." She spoke not angrily, as I looked Tor, but with a painful slowness that was less hopeful. * "But," said I, "over and over you have cliown that I Am naught to you. Surely" . "Surely I cm jealous? 'Tis possi ble?yes, Jack, I am but a woman, and so 'tis certain." "Why, to be jealous, you must love me!" She looked at me straight, and an swered very deliberate: "Now, that is what I am far from . eure of." "But, dear Delia, when your anger "fcaj cooled"?? 1 * 'My anger was brief; I am <**sap pointed, rather. With her last breath, almost, Joan said you were weaker than she; she loved you better than I. and read you clearer. You are weak, .Tack"?she drew in Molly, and let her hand fall on my shoulder very kindly *-"we have been comrades for many a long mile, and I hope are honest, good friends; wherefore I loathe to say a harsh or ungrateful seeming word. But you could not understand that brave girl, n:ul you cannot understand me; for nn yet you do not even know yourself. The knowledge comes slow ly to n man, I think; to a woaia** at one rush. When it comes, I believe, yon may be strong. Now leave me to think, for my head Is full of a tangle." ? ? * ? ? Our pnee was no slow (by reason of the lame horse), that a great part of the afternoon was spent before we came In Right of the House of Gleys. A"<1 truly the yellow sunshine had flung soma warmth about the naked walls and turrets, so that Delia's home 'coming seemed not altogether cheer lew. But what gave us more happi ness was to spy, on the blue water be* yond, the bright canvas of the God send, and to hear the cries and stir of Billy Pottery's marines as they hauled down the sails. . Aud Billy himself was on the look out with bin spyglnss. For hardly were we coine to the bench when our signal?the waving of a white kerchief ?was'answered by nnother on honrd; anil within half nn hour a bont puts off. wherein, n3 she drew nearer, 1 counted eight fellows. After many warm greetings, the boat was made fast, nnd we climbed up along tho peninsula together. In close order, like a little army. All tills time there was no sign or found about the House of Gleys to show that any one marked us or noted our movements. The gate was closed, the windows stood shuttered, as on my former visit; even the chimneys were smokelesr, Such efTeet had this desolation on our spirits that, drawing near, we fell to speaking in whispers, and said Ned Masters: "Now n nmn would think us come to bury somebody!" "He might make a worse guess," I answered. Marching ?P to the gnte, I rang a Iov?l peal on the bell; and to my as tonishment. before the echoes had time to (lie nwny, tbe grating wns pushed t>*ek, nnd tbe key turned In tbe lock. ? "8rt?p ye in?step ye In. good folks! A sorry dny of sobs an* team an* af flicted blowing# of tbe nose?when the grasshopper I* a burden nn* tlie mourn er* go about seeking whom they may devour the fup-"wJ inert* V are wel come, gentlemen. ?Twas the voice of my one-eyed friend, an he undid the bolta; and now he stood In the gateway with a pro digious block sash across his canary livery, so long that the end of It swept the flagstones. "Is Master Tlngeomb within 7' I holped Delia to dismount, and ?*?? ear two horses to a stable boy that stood shuffling some paces off. "Ales!" the old man heaved a deep *lgh, and with that began to hobble tcroto tbe jard. We trooped after. wondering. At the boose door he turned* "Site, there to cold roasted capons, an' a ham. an' radishes in choice pro* fusion, an* cordial wines-alack the day!* He aqueesed a frosty tea* from his one eyev and led us to a large. bare hall, hong round with portraits; where was a table spread with plenty of vic tuals, and horn-handled knives and forks laid besides plates of pewter; and at the table a man in black, eat ing. He'had straight hair and a sal low face, and looked up as we en tered, but, groaning, in a moment fell to again. "Eat, sire," the old servitor exhorted us; "alas! that man may take noth ing out o' the world !" I know not who of us was most taken aback. But, notlnc Delia's sad. won dering face, ss her eyes wandered round the neglected room and rested on the Uttered portraits, I lost pa tience. "Our business is with Master Han nlbal Tlngcomb." said I sharply. The straight-haired man looked up agafti. his mouth full of bam. "Hush!"?he held his forS up. and shook his head sorrowfully, and ? won dered where I had seen him before. "Hast thou an angel's wlng3?" be ' asked. "Why, no. sir; but the devil's own boots?as you shall find If I be not answered. "Young man?young man," broke in the one-eyed butler, "our minister is a good minister, and'speaks round about as such, but the short is that my master Is dead and in his coffin." ?The mortal part," corrected the min ister, cutting snother slice. "Aye. the Immortal is a-trippin' it f the New Jeroosalem, but the mortal was very lamentably took wl* a fit three days back?the same day. young man, as thou earnest wl' thv bloo-ly threats." ?A fitr* ??Aye, sir?an* verily, such a nt as thou thysel* witnessed. 'Twas the third attack?an* he cried, 'Oh!' he did, an' 'AhT?Just like that. 'Oh!' an' then 'Ahr Such were his last dyln* speech. 'Dear Master/ says I, 'there's no call to die so hard;' but might so well ha' whistled, for he was dead as nails. A beautiful corpse, sirs, dang my but tons r "Show him to us." " "Willingly, young man." He led the way to the very room where Master Tlngcomb and I had held our Inter* vied. As before, six candles were burn, ing there, but the table was pushed Into a corner, and now their light fell on a long black coffin resting on tres tles in the centre of the room. The coffin tvas closed, and studded with silver nails; on the lid was a silver plate bearing these words, written: "Hannibal Tlngcomb. MDCXLIII.," with a text of Scripture below. "Why have you nailed him down?" I asked. "Now where be thy bowels, young man, to talk so unfeelln'? An' where be thy experience, not to know the ways o' thy blessed bed In summer time?" "When do you bury him?" "To-morrow forenoon. The spot is two miles from here." He blinked at me, and hesitated for a minute. "Is it your purpose, sirs, to attend?" "Be sure of that," I said, grimly. "So have beds ready to-night for all our company." "All thy?! Dear sir. consider; where are beds to be found? Sure, thy mariners can pass the night aboard their own ship?" "So, then." thought I. "yon have been on the lookout;" but Dc'.la replied for tne: 41 am Delia Kllllgrew nnd mistress of this bouse. You will prepave the beds as you are told." Whereupon what does that decrepit old oinner but drop upon his knees? "Mistress Delia! Oh. goodly feast for this one poor eye! Oh, that Moo ter Tlngcomb bad seen this dayl" I declare the tears were running Cov/n bis nose; but Delia marched out, cutting short bis hypocrisy. In the passage sho whispered: "Villainy, Jack!" "linsh!" I answered, "and listen: "Maktev Tlngcomb Is no more in tint ccffln than I." "Then where Is lie?" .."Ti nt iuti. jvliai ..v.'a ta dis cover.** Abotrt 11 o'clock tlmt same night 1 cropt out of the house, niiJ, finding, as I 8usp3ctcil, n benrce In front of the door, crept into It, along with Matt Soame3, whom I had summoned to help me. By colling up our limbs we managed It, but only Ju3t before I caught tho glimmer of n light and heard t*.vo per sons approaching. They wero my one eyed friend and tho good minister They came very flow, grumbling all the way. r.nl of coun?c I knew they carried the coffin. "All right, 81m?" asked the minister. "Aye," piped a squeaky volrp by the horses' heads ('twas the shuffling sta ble boy), "aye, but look sharp! Lord, what sounds I've heerdl The devil's 1* the hearse for sure!" They raised the coffin and pusbtfd it Into the hearse. It'was a close squeeze for Matt. The door was clapped to. and the three rogues climbed upon the seat la front, and we started. I I bop* I may amr U oM to pan *h Uithtr half boor u that which nilmd. Aa toon aa the wheels left ]turf for tho hard road 'twas Jolt, jolt 'all tho way. Finally wo turned sharp to tho right with a Jolt that shook our tooth together, rolled for a little while orgr smooth* grass and drew a p. 1 heard the fellows climbing down and got tnjr pistols hot; ? "Simmy/' growled the minister, "Where's the lantern r*' There was a moment Or so of silence, and then the snapping of flint snd steel and the sound of pulling. "Lit, Simmy r* "Aye. here *tlsH ! "Fetch It slong. then.'* ' The handle bf the door wee turned hnd a light flashed into the hearse. "Here, hold the lantern steady! Come hither, old Squeaks, and help wl* the end.** * "Surely I will. Well was I called Toung Lookallve when a gay, fleeting boy. Simmy, my son, tboa'rt sadly drunken. O youth, youth! Thou wine bibber, hold the light steady or I'll tell thy mammy r "Oh, sir, I do mortally drend the devil an* all his worker* "Now, if ever! The devil,' saye he?an' Master Tingcomb still iivin' en* In his own house awaltln' us!" Be sure his words were as good cs a slap In the face to me. For 1 had counted the hearse to lead me straight to Master Tingcomb himself; "In his own house/1 tod! A fright szlzed me for Delia* but first I must deal with these scoundrels, who already rero dragging out the coffin. "Steady, there!" calls the minister*; The coffin was more then Jic'.f " way outside. I levelled*my pistol over the* edge of the tool chest, and fetched & fell fit to wake a ghost?at tho same time letting fly straight for the ruin later. In the flash of the discharge I caw him, half turned, his eyes starting find mouth agape. He clapped bis hand to his shoulder. On top of his wild chrlek broke out a chorus of screamo and oaths, in the middle of which tha boffin tilted up and went over with a crash. "Satan?Satan!" bawled Sim* pay, and, dropping the lantern, took to hi* heels for dear life. At the same moment the horses took fright, and before I could scramble out we were tearing madly away over the turf and into the darkness. I had made a sad boss of it. Leaving Matt to mind the horses, I caught up the lantern aud looked about me. " As well as could be seen, we were* In a narrow meadow between two hills, whereof the black slopes rose high above us. Some paces to the right my ear caught' the noise of a stream run ning. t turned the lantern on the coffin, which lay face downward, and with a gasp took In the game those precious rogues had been playing. For, with' the fall of it, the board (being but thin) were burst clean asunder; and on both sides had tumbled out silver cups, sliver saltcellars, silver plates and .dishes, that in the lantern's rays sparkled prettily on the turf. The coffin, in short, was stuffed with Delia's silverware. 1 had piaked up a great flagon, and was turning It over to read the In scription, tvhen Matt Soames called to me. and pointed over the bill In front. Above it the whole sky wns red and glowing. "Sure," said he, " 'tis a lire out yon der!" "God help us. Matt?'tis the House of Gleys!" It took but two minutes to toss the silver back Into the hearse. I clapped to the door, and. snatching the reins, sprang upon the driver's seat. CHAPTER XIV. The Adventure of the Ledge; and How I Shook Hands with My Comrade. The great gate stood open. I drove straight Into the bright-lit yard, shout ing "Delia!?where is Delia?" "Here!" called a voice; and from a Croup that stood under the glare of the window cam* my dear mistress run ning. "All enf?, lack! But what"? She drew tiPck from our strung*' equipage. "All In good t!r.:e. First toil me? how enme ih? iireV* "Why, foul work, ns It seem*. All I know Is I was sleeping, nnd awoke to hear the black seamen hammering "on my door. Jumping "up, I found the room full of smoke, nnd escaped. The rooms beneath, they say, were stuffed with straw, nnd tho yard outside heaped also with straw, and biasing. Ben Hslllday found two oil Jars lying there." "Are the homn out'-** "Oh, Jack?I do not kcow? fchnme on me to forget thorn! I ran toward the stable. Already the roof whs ablate, and the straw yard beyond a very fnrnncc. Hushing In. I found the two horac^ cowering In their stalls, bathed In sweat, and pquenllng. But It was all fright. Ko I fetched Molly's saddle, and spoke to her. and set It across her bark. and the sweet thing was quiet In a mo ment. turning her head to vub my sleeve gently with her muzzle, and fol lowed me out like a lamb. The bav gave more trouble, but I toothed hint In the same manner, ami. "fitting lil* neck, led him. too, to snfei.v. I had fastened the hovses by the gate, and was reacy to join In the work, when a shout was r.tlstl "Billy?where's Bl'ly 1'otte.Man any seen the skipper'"' "Sure." I called, "you fTon't Kay he was never alarmed!" "Black Sampson v.as In hi* room? where'* Blnck Snmpiion';" "Hero I be!" cried n voic\ "To be itire I woke the skipper before any o' ye.H 1 "Then where's he hid? Did any see him come out?" "Now, that wo have not!'* answered one or two. (To he eontluued.) GEN. FffMUGB LEE Strickea Will Afipfciy While N Baart a Tiato fa Washiaf taa i m MSTINGUISOtlAN PASSES AWAY hid ami? Coi^tdtiitl MaJoMtntral Oovernot* of HI* Stat*, and Consul Gsnarai at Hqwanna, and also a Ra ti rad Brigadisr-General in tha U. 8. khnfi C Washington, Special.?General Flts hugh Lm, Unites States army, retired, And one of Virginia's foremost sons, died at the Pravtdence Hospital hero Friday from a4 attack of appoplexy, which he suffered on a train while en route from Boatm to Washington. In the room when he died were Dr. Montgomery, one of the physicians at the hospital. Mt*s Dorsey, a relative, and a nurse, two of the attending phy sicians, Drs. ^Ite'and Kean, having retired temporarily. ? pathetic feature of tha case la that although General Lee had a family consisting of a wife end five children not one of thdill Wa4 With htm ftt the ilmd of his death. The fefenerai Was fc8 jrfcars of ag(i. Arrangements for General Lee's fun eral, together with the selection of the place for Interment at thfc remains; will not b? made until after the arrival In Waahlngton of Mrs. Lee. who Is now on her nay to Washington from Fort Oglethrope. Ga. Meanwhile the body will be prepared for burial and will re main at the hoepltal. It Is possible that the body may be laid to rest at the national cemetery at Arlington, al though It Is expected that General Lee's friends may mske on effort to have a site choecn somewhere else In Virginia, the State In which he lived so msny years and with whose interests he was so strongly Identified. A widow and five children survive General Lee. Two of the boys are ar my officers and two of the girls are wives of army officers, while the re maining child is a young woman still In her teons. The children are Mrs. J. C. Rae. wife of Lleutenaut Rae, now at Fort Oglethorpe; Lieutenant Fits hugh Lee, of the calvary branch, now In Manilla; Lieutenant Mason Lee, of the Seventh Cavalry, who Is nqw In San Francisco; Mrs. Anne Brown, wife of Lieutenant Brown of the Seventh Cavalry, who Is now at San Francisco, and Miss Virginia Lee. General Lee was stricken with ap poplexy, the entire left side being af fected, at S o'clock Friday morning, while on a train en route from Boston to Washington. The train had just left the Harlem river when the stroke came. The train bearing the general arrived In Washington shortly after 10 o'clock. Under tho direction of Ma jor Kean, United States Army, o'f the Surgeon General's office, the patient was removed to Providence Hospital. A physician was taken aboard the train at Jersey City. At Philadelphia he gave'place to another, who accom panied the general to Baltimore, where still another wis taken aboard and made the trip to Washington. General Lee had been spending a few days In Boston and was returning to Washington, on his way to join Mrs. Lee. Hi? Distinguished Career. General Lee long has been a promin ent figure In Washington, and he al ways was given a hearty reception wherever he went. Prior to the civil war at the begin ning of which he resigned his commis. slcn in the United States army, Gen eral Lee saw considerable frontier duty In moving against the Indians. Ho was an ex-cavalry officer. His services In tho Confederate ar my as a major general are well known, end during the Interval between this war and his active work In the Span< ish-American war, General Lee filled a number of Important positions, Include ing governorship of Virginia, the presi dency of the Pittsburg ? Virginia rail revd, the collectorshlp of Internal rev enue for the Lynchburg district, and the consul generalship at Havanna. Following his honorable discharge Crom the volunteer army on March 2, 1901, Genoral Lee was appointed to the regular army with the rank of brig adier general, and with this rank he was retired In the March following. Illinois Gambling Law*. Chicago, Special.?The Worth Jock ey Club on Friday definitely abandon ed the clubs raco meeting, which was to begin Saturday, opening the race season In Chicago. The stockholders decided that there was nothing cIro for them to do but to bow as grace fully as posslblo to the ultimatum of the State's Attorney, who declared that the laws of Illinois concerning gambling must be observed. Hall Goes Through Roofs. Savannah, Ga., 8peclal.?Dispatches from Southwest Georgia report a se" vere hall storm Friday. Fifteen miles west of Albany, In Doughtery and Worth counties cotton and other crops were broken to the ground. On J. H. Bynum's f?.rm the roofs of houses were broken through. Near Harts field. Joseph Stovall, an old and well known citizen, was killed by the blow ing down of the house of his grand son John Stovall. Monument to Jos Jefferson. Richmond, Vs.. Special.?A popular ! subscription has be?n started here for ! the erection In this city of a monu ment to Joseph Jefferson, the actor. If. bids fair io be successful. The city lo expected to provldo a site. Steamer Passed Warships. Island of Penang, 8 pec I al?The Brit ish steamer Catherine Apcar, from Calcutta, reports having passed two detachments of eight and seven war ships, respectively, Thursday night sixty miles south of Penang. The? wars heading for Singapore TO PENSION PROFESSORS. ! MiwHteUnt 01ft of Andrew Csrnegie For The Purpoee of Am!sting No*<y Ex-Teachers. ? Now York, Special.?A gift of $10, 000.000 by Andrew Carnegie to provide ?annuities for college professors who are Sot able to continue in active service, was announced by Frank A; Vanderllp, rice preeldent of the National CltJ Bank, 6t New York. Professors In the United States, Canadi and Newfound land will share In the distribution of the Income of the fund. United States Steel Corporation 5 per cent, first mortgage bonds for $10,000,000 have been transferred to a board of trus tees, and steps will be iaken at 6nc# to organise a corporation to receive the donation. Dr. Prltchett, preeldent of the Massachusetts Institute of Techno logy, and B#r. Vanderllp hsve been se lected by Mr. Carnegie to obtain data on the subject, to be presented st the first meeting of the board of trustees, which will take place on November 15th. The bonds have a par value of $11,000,000 and will produce an annual Income of $500,000. The corporation which Is being formed will be styled "the Carnegie Foundation." Mr. Carnegie's secretary h&s tent a letter to the press, giving the forego ing lnformstlon and Inclosing a letter from Mr. Carnegie, dated April 18th, which says. In part: "I have reached ,th6 Conclusion that the least rewarded of all professions Is that of the teacher In our higher edu cational Institutions. New Lork city generously, and very wisely, provldea retiring pensions for teachers in her public schools and also for her police men. Very few, indeed, of our col leges are able to do so. The cons&> quences are grievous. Able men hesi tate to adopt teaching as a career, and many old professors, whoss placet should be occuplod by younger inon, cannot be retired." Mr. Carnegie says that tho fund will apply to universities, colleges and technical schools "without regard to race, sex, creed or color;" but not to Institutions supported by State or colonial governments. Another class excluded Is sectarian institutions. "On ly such as are under control of a sect, or require trustees, or a majority there of. or officers, faculty or students to belong to any specified sect, or which Impose any thcologlcal test, sre to be excluded." Mr. Carnegie specifies the duties of the trustees, and concludes with the hope that "this fund may do much for the cause of higher education and to remove a source of deep and con stant anxiety to the poorest paid, and yet one of the highest, of all profes nlons." Among those named as trustees are Presidents Edwin B. Craighead, of Tu lane, and George H. Denny, of Wash ington and Lee. EXPL08I0N KILL8 SIXTEEN. Every Man In the Mine at the Tims Lost His Life Except One, and He Will Die, Du Bols, Pa., Special.?Sixteen men were killed and one will die as the re suit of an explosion at the Eleanora shaft, near Big Run, Friday night. The mine Is owned by the Rochester and Pittsburg Conl and Iron Co. The night shift was small or there would have been more fatalities. Every man who was in the mine at the time of tho explosion, except one, was kill ed. Three bodies have been recover ed. The men were English speaking and roslded at Eleanora, a small min ing village two miles from tho shaft. Great College For Tennessee, Columbia. Special.?Wyckllffe Rose, dean of the Peabody college at Nash ville, made the announcement here that the $800,000 required of Tennessee, had been raised to match the $1,000,000 the Peabody' board voted on the 24th of last January for the establishment of a teachers' college at Nashville, on the condition that Tennessee raise $800,000. Of this amount $250,000 comee from the State and $50,000 from Davidson coun ty. the home of the proposed college, which will be the largest teachers' school in the South. In addition to the $1,800,000 thus available for tho Institution. J. P. .Morgan has made an offer of $250,000, provide! a similar amount is raised. Death on N. A W. Train. Roanoke, Special.?Captain Thomae Alderson, an extensive planter, of Dev il's Lake, "N. D? died auddenly on a Norfolk k Western train west of Roan oke Friday night. He left here for his homo, apparently In good health, He was a native of Pennsylvania, and dur ing the region of the "Molly Magulres" in 1876-78, he was chief of detectives for the coal operators around Potts vllle, Pa. Later he came to Virginia, and was prominent in coal mining. The remains will be interred In Roanoke. Peonage Case Dismissed. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?Judge Locke, of the Federal Court. issued an ordor sustaining p. demurrer to an Indictment ng^ltiBt John W. Bonnet and Richard Be 11 net. of Hradford coun ty, who were indlrte I on the charge of holding Maggie Williams In peonage July 1. 1003. All parties ere v.-hite, and the Benne?s prominent citizens. Judge Locke's order virtually dismisses the cese. This la the only cme of alleged peonage ever bro*:r.ht In Florida. (250,000 ?aw Mill. White Springs. .Ha., Special.?'The saw mill of R. J. and B. F. Camp, one of the largest concerns of the kind in Florida, was burned here Thursday, with the dry kiln; veneering mill, com mlsaary and 2,000.000 feet of lumber. The fire spread to the neighboring houses and several of them were de stroyed. The loss will reach at least $250,000. Sir Thomo* Llpton -has invaded Parln. He has opened a store In tha Place da I'Opera. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Jcc?rr?icN of latMTMt la Various Parts of the SUts. CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET. Those figures represent prices paid ?jo waxons: Strict good middling 7 1-4 3ood middling 7 1-4 Strict middling 7 1-4 Tinges 6 to 6 3-4 Stains 5.00 to 6.00 GENERAL COTTON MARKET. Middling. Galveston, quiet 7 1-8 New Orleans, firm .* 7 3-16 Mobile, steady 7 1-8 Savannah, steady 7 1-8 Charleston, aulet 7 Norfolk, steady 7 3-8 Baltimore, nominal 7 1-2 New York, quiet 7.65 Boston, quiet 7.55 Philadelphia. Bteady 7.80 Houston, steady 7 1-4 Augusta, steady 7 5-16 Memphis, stcdy 7 3.8 St. Louis, quiet 7 7-8 Louisville, firm 7 5-8 Union 8choola. Union, Special.?"The Indications are that the enrollment of pupils In the traded schools of Union will this year exceed by far the enrollment of last fear." said Superintendent Jeffries to a press representative one day this week. "In fact. Including the night ichools I have reason to believe that the enrollment will probably reach >ver 2,000. As it now I9, Union holds the record in South Carolina for the number of children who attend school fn proportion to t,hc population. Last fear the enrollment was 1.883 from a population which numbers about 10, )00, which includes Monarch and Aetna, but doesn't count in Buffalo. "Accord ing to the national superintendent's di rectory received this week, I ceo that there are but three other placcs In South Carolina that have a larger en rollment than Union, namely, Charles Ion, 8,161, with about 60,000 population; Columbia 2,833, with about 35.000 In habitants, and In Spartanburg, which I believe, claims some 15,000 people, the enrollment Is 2,298. The figures show that Union had 33 more enrolled than had Greenville, 103 more than Ander son, fend 343 more than Sumter, the other towns of the State falling far be low these figures. I have not examined the directory very carefully yet. but an examination showed last year that the lerord held by Union for the proportion of her population of those who were seeking an education through her com mon schools Vas not excelled by any other town In the United States. About our night schools, I find that the at tendance on them Is even better than during the day, and now is something more than 200. The work Is very en couraging, as all the pupils seem to be anxious and work hard that they may derive all the benefit possible from this opportunity." Severe Storm at Union. Union, Special.?About 6 o'clock Wednesday afternoon a terrific storm raged here for ten minutes and In that time great damage was wrought, and that many lives were not lost Is mirac ulous. The only person injured was John Campbell, aged 20, an operative of Union cotton mills, who was badly bruised about the forehead and hurt Internally by the falling walls. The greatest damage was done to the spin ning room on the fourth floor of Union mill No. 2, the southern end of which was blown In for over 100 feet and a big strip of the rcof torn off. Tho many children working there only cscaped with their lives by fleeing when they saw the windows beginning to fall In. Eight spinning frames were Injured. The damage Is estimated at $5,000, The Beer Dispensaries. The dispensary directors have not yet decided upon their action In re gard to the beer dispensaries. The questions submitted to the attorney general, and upon which an opinion will be given some time this week, are as follows: 1. Whether the State board can, un der the law. give each beer dispenser a royal Instead of a fixed compen sation? 2. Whether bottling plants are Ille gal? 3. What constitutes drinking on the "premises?" Had Mis Skull Fractured. Pickens. Special.?W. R. Taylor, town marshal at Calhoun, wan danger ously and probably fatally Injured at Calhoun Thursday afternoon. He was In the discharge of his duty, trying to arrest a young man by the name of Barker who Is said to hare been drink ing. While the arrest was being made, Bplnks Barker, father'of the young man, ran up and struck the mnrshal on the head with a hoe. fracturing the skull. Just before General de Sonnar. an Italian 8enator. expired on April P. h* had himself dressed in his general'^ uniform, and all his medals and dec orations. Then he called for a glass of champagne and. with bin relative? gathered around his couch, drank to "The King's health and the prosperity i of Italy." l.cndon's new county hall, on the I bank,* of the Thames, will covar 5> ' acres. I Pied ?t tarrcr. Lamar. Special.?Mr. Mitchell Rey- j nolds died f.e:e on the 20th after sev- j eral dav$ illne?s. He was about 79 years old and a veteran of the War j Between the Sections. The remains ! were Interred In Newman Swamp cem- I etery Friday afternoon in the presence ] of a large crowd. Mr. Reynolds wan a prominent farmer and leaves a large family connection. A man who used glue to thicken th< gravy In the meat pies he sold at Old ham, Kngland, la now serving n thre? months' sentence In the jail there* SPECIAL IS WRECKED Ofdca Party Tboroighfy Shaken Up ia Fatal Coll'sioa TIE LIST OF DEAD AND WOUNDED Rounding a Curve in the Yard Limits of the Southern Railway at Green villa# S. C., the Train Bearing the President of th? Conference for Edu cation and His 100 Guests Crushes Into the Rear of a Freight. Greesnvlle, 8. C.. Special.?While rounding a curve In the yard limits of the Southern railway at Greenville, and running at an estimated speed of 50 miles an hour, the special Pullman train bearing Robert C. Ogden and too members of the Southern Conference for Education, crashed Into the rear end of a freight at 7:55 oclock this morning, killing four persons and in juring a score of others. None of Mr. Ogden's guests were killed. The dead are: Charles M. Cope, white, brakeman of the special. Columbia. S. C. John Little, W. W. Cummlngs and J. F. Ha.vne. negro employes on the dining car St. James. The in lured arc: Prof. Henry W. Farnhani. Yale Uni versity. arm broken and cut on head, and Mrs. Henry W. Parnliam. badly bruised about head and arms. St. C'.^ir McKclway. editor of Tho Brooklyn Eagle, bruised on back and shoulder. Dr. Julius 1). Dreher. former presi dent of Iloanoke college. cut on tho head. Robert M. Ogilen. secretary to Pres ident Ogden, cut on hand and head bruised. Mrs. J. O. Thorpe. Cambridge. Mass.. cut. and bruised on head. Bishop W. N. McVlckar, of Provi dence. R. f.. bruised. James Hunter, engineer on special, leg and arm broken. Walter Kershaw, electrician on spec ial, car and head cut. Conductor Edward Acker. bruised. John F. McCoy, ngent Pennsylvania railroad, gash on head. R. Shull, negro cook on St. James, cut on arm. George Williams, waiter on diner Waldorf, bruised. Ogden Calls For Inquiry. The Greenville wreck will be invoa Igated as Is shown by the following: "Hon. D. C. Heyward, Columbia, S. 3.: Would respectfully suggest the extreme u*e of tho executive power is may exist by the coroner's Jury or railroad commission for investigation Df criminal negligence, local and man agement, that caused wreck of my iraln. Four hands killed and others injure 1. also Prof, and Mrs. Farnhain. My Impression Is that the case Is a bad one and needs drastic treatment. "ROBT. C. OGDEN." Governor lleywar;! replied as fol lows: ? Robert C. Ogden, Greenville. S. C.: I have referred your telegram to tho railroad commission, who will imme llately Investigate wreck. Coroner's nquest will be held by county author ities." Making Investigation. Greenville, Special.?Prof. Farnar. of Yale University, md Mrs. Farnar, who were injured in the wreck of tho Ogden special, are both resting easily in a sanitarium here. It has not been decided when they will be able to trav el, but the attending physicians say not before Tuesday. Electrician Ker shaw, also Injured in the wreck and detained here, Is doing well. Assistant General Superintendent H. Baker and Division Superintendent McMonns. of tho Southern, are here, ond an Investigation of the cause of the accident Is being held behind closed doors. 8t. Paul Globe 8uspend9. 8t. Paul, 8pecinI.--Tho St. Paul Globe, after Sunday's edition, will hum. pend business. The Globe w?s tho cnly Democratic morning dally In Minnesota, and It was tho recognized organ of Its party both In State ard in municipal affairs. The reason an? r.cunccd by the paper for Its auspen slon was that, In spito of Its largo circulation, it was not properly patron ized bv advertisers. Sixteen Killed in Texas Storm. Laredo. Tex., May I.?Later deatila from the tornado, which sJ:iick this city Friday evening Indicate that Prat reports In dvctilation here were by no means exaggerated, either ns to tho number of lives lost or tlie financial damage resulting. Score* of people were injure:! and a.c bring attended by tho various physl: inns. It will be impossible to p'ate tha number of the ioju;e1. but it is not bellved that may deaths will result from iolurles. The number killed is eh.Uen In thla city. Stntenc* Commuted. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?An lm | pertal rescript summons Count Voron i tzoff-Dashkoff, viceroy In tho Caucas 1 us, to the council of the empire and appolntn him a member of the council of mlnlstera, and charges Baron Noldc, Secretary of State, to represent tho viceroy in the council's declarations. 1 A rescript commutes the sentences of j the Officers concerned in the incident | of the firing during the ceremony of the blessing of the waters of tiro Novo*