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y-o ; " mxvi "Po Thou Liberty Great. ^Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives iii. Thy Possession Ipppy, or Our Deaths Glorious hr Thy Just Defence." : *' lit?NNETTSY?LLE; S, ^W?AY, M?ROH 8. 1901 T " prrrn-:-" ..J:' \ vl:;-. ... AndorsonICountv'?ota Much Free .'. '??yerU?trig ... ;,, SENATOR TILLMAM TALKS Ho Rifehtly Thinks that the C?ti zsri? bf tho Erttlr-? ?tat? Should Not bo Held to Account. Tho Philadelphia North ?morioan has in its josttco of .Monday . and Tuts day inaugrntcd a orusado against tho ?yo tom of "sjayory" ' whi?h obtains in AndorsOA.qojiniy. This was brought about by tho rooo?t ooourronoos whioh led to Ju^go Benet's ohargo to tho grand Jury tb investi gato tho matter* Mt. Goo. IS. Prinoo' of AndoiBon. a member of'tliOrgoi^rhl a?sombly ?nd^ a very pronii'n?fat lawyor, wari in tho oity yoatorday j a??V statod that tho . grand jury is bompos?d of mon who ?will, do their duty, "und-tho pooplo Oatt? rost aa , sured, that tho oonoluaion rc nob cd will ' . bo ?"propor Adding. - Another gontloman rooalldd that ovor two y oars ago, Judge Gary proaiding, tho grand jury of Andotaon had aoino tbin? of tho kind otdlod to ita nt ton tionf ' *?? v During the aoasion of tho gonoral aa s?mbly Capt. fBanks bf Nowborry in troduced-a bill.to provide for a consti MuiO?p? .?moi?UiViortv ><J IUUIURHV vuu jurisdiction bf magistratos in oases of violation of labor ,odntracts. Mr. W?lling of Fairfiold opposed tho mensuro vohomohtly and oxolaiuiod that; in''Anderson .oounty a voritablo ay'stem of ?lavory oxiats, that mon aro bought'abd SOld os bhattols. Thl? Waa indignantly doniod by Mr. I R. B<*A,'Robinaoo, and tho two moiu : hers .of-tho genoial assembly noarly . oai.no to. bio wo. . Mr. Wplling'8 ropoatod ohargoa pro parod thcijegislat?ro for tho announo mbnt. not a Wook lator, that Judge I BohoC had bcd tho mattor oallbd to his attention by an anonymous lotter and that ho bad givon tho grand-jury in struotiona to invoatigato tho mattor.. ThOj Philadelphia North American, aftor,tbp,.oourt had ordorod tho investi gatipo^ aont. a ataff correspondent to Anderson and now claims to havo inado an "oxpOauro," Half pago illustra tions JIU up tho front pago.pf tho paper and tho Andoraon "alavo tarffio" ia dopiotfid in phoaphorcsoont colors. . ThorO,aro oolumnn upon columna of intorviowa with preachors and othora, and ,tJiot .staff oorroepondont, writing . from Columbia, .describo? tho condi tion 61 aa ho saw them when in Andor 'Among'-tho fbaturos of tho "ex pbsur?'VT?o?day, wore numerous intor Vt?vro With uungrOuainun. Tho following ia tho atory of tho Washington correspondent. . ;v" Washington, Fob. 25th. The North Amorioan's oxposuro of the revival of slavory in South Caro lina was road with am azo mo nt by con gress. . That such a condition could oxiat in \hat?aHbf tho United Stotoa ia thia day was almost beyond tho boliof of senators and representativos, and thoy said Tho North Amorioan had dono a public aorvioo in making tho facta known. Tho-form of tho qontraot whioh thc nogrobs employed by tho cotton plant , orS"aro'required to aign waa porueod with ' special intorost. Wondor waa oxprossod that South Carolina should hayo toloratcd euoh a plot for a mo mont.. , . . ; .v OAN 00NGRE8S INTKItFKUH? 1'On tho question as to to whothor con gress had a right to interfero, on tho . ?rouj?d that it was in violation of tho thirteenth amendment lo tho consti tution, Opinions differed. ;? ^r4afc 'many lawyers in congrosa ,rofUsodrto givo an off-hand opinion, ,deplaning that tho mattor waa too seri ous, bugall ngrood that, whothor oon ^gxofls acted or hot, Tho North Amori -o?n.should continuo it9 work by mak ing tho poo pb familiar with tho doiaila of the oriminal wrongs involved in the pernicious.-, system. TK?'Nbrtn?Am?rican scoured tho fol lowing expressions from Roprosonta tivo Asbury 0. Latimor, of. Bolton, Andornen oounty, 8. C. ' : "Yos, wo soil nogroos in Sonth Caro nia. "I'SOO nothing so. inhuman or out rageous in this statomont Of faots. When.I aay. wo soil nogrbea, I wish it di nt i notly understood that not' ono of . tho bcjttqrolaaa of tho rao o is sub joe tod to this tro atmont. . .j. ; Hore tho South Carolina rcprosonta . tivoof tho olavo diatriot stopped,^.?nd for Several sooonds looked at tho hoad . lines of Tho North Ame noan. - "I wiah to say," ho said, "that I don't npprovo of tho praotioo aa. it ia | now.oarricd-on. Wbilo tho rrinoiplo! of soiling mon to mako thom pay for violations'bf tho law may not bo wi olly wrong; I do think that it ia now oar ried too far. Tho governor and tho courts of South Carolina have, and aro, investigating tho mattor, and I fool as . nuro'd that justioo will bo dono. ' SHOUDD TUBV BUN FRKB? "ithink tho pooplo of South Carolina . roalize. that, tho manner of treating ? thosb : unf?rtUnato wrongdoora has gOno too for. and that a moro jmt pro-, codiiro will bo horonftor followed. , ); v.'^W.o *ro oensurod for not allowing Jinogro?s to.r?n foe. . Aro they not law ? broakors? - Should wo allow thom to -runTloOt?o? ' It is not oustomary to al ? ;1<)W bonvlcta all tho privileges of a oom , r?unity. li While all thoso oonfiood may . '.. ;:V?^?^X^vM?? ovory .ono of tho mon i .h?*- neon guilty of aomo offbnao against . law and sooioty. Tho question will bo , oottlod, and.I know that tho results ;>iV;.tvill-satisfy tho Amorioan people," . 1 flRNATOK TILLMAN. Senator Tillman in an intorvlew said: "l^ am aufprised that a rospoetablo nowspapor-and I oonBidor Tho North American ono.of tho most rospootblo in thU country-should lond .itself to any Sonnational aasunationa ngainat'tho poo . plo of a Btate of this oharaotor. ' "Tho oxlatonco in ono oounty of South Carolina of an unlawful system of conti aol s had already boon called to tho attention of Ibo grand jury of that county by tho presiding judge, who mkz..'T 'v.. ... ?.., ' ' soorcd (ho system in tho strongest pos oiblo language, and .onllod a spooled term of court to reo?iyo thoir roport, BO that ho can tako tho matter undor ju dicial consideration, "Boaidos, tho State authorities, as I know with,?bjojuto oortainly, havo no sympathy wljatovcr with any suoh wrong doing, ? Thoy, do not proposo to oou?tenanoo it! in any way, and tho State government'will bond every ef fort to Btamp out any suoh unlawful, eruol aystomi "Tho leasing of convicts has been broken up by tho legislature, and no con viotti aro allowed to bo hired to privat o partios, apd tho cooping in along with tho con viotti of ignorant and .-silly negroes AB prisonors can no longer exist, ovon though publio opinion did 'hob frown upon it. "From my knowledgo of tho foeling of tho pooplo of tho State-and I think I know as niuo!* about public opinion in* South Carolina au any otbor man thoro is no sympathy with any viow of., doaling with labor that iii not fair and just. v , . ; "Tho naiuro of our orops requires a contract that involvou a yonr'n work, and tho effort of landowners has boon in thq direction of ooouring suoh \ an ogroe montj authorized by tho legislature, as to compel persons, whito and black, who havo mado contracts to cultivate tho orop on shares to carry out thoir contracts. . . "This is for tho re anon that the ox pondituros of money for supplies and olothing during tho winter, and, in fact, all through thc Bummer, would all bo lost unless tho orop was workod. and gathered and propared for ship-, mont. . ) Tho propara ti on of .land for tho crop and pioking and and ginning takes-ton months, and droppers on shares who woro not bound by co?tr?o't to labor by tho y oar would bavo tho landowner at a groat disadvantage , "Thoro is absolutely no ground foy any aflaortion that the pooplo of Suoth Carolina sympathize with this sohom? to reestablish slavery undor a contract system, and I.am euro that. tho..,.Sjato I authorities will tako all ncooeeary sto^s. i to stamp it out." CIT A WOK IN LORD CAMPBELL AUX Granting Exemplary Damages in Gase of Death by Accident.. Following is tho text of tho aot to grant exomplary damages in casos of death by aooidenf and entitle d an act to "amend an aot cntitlod 'an , aot to amend section 2316 of tho roviscd Statutes of this State, tho saino being a part of tho Lord Campbell aot,' ap proved tho 11th day of Fobiuary, A. D. 1898:" Soo. 1. Bo it onaotcd by "tho gon'oral aasombly of tho St ato of South Caro-, hoa: That section 1 of an. aot entitled "an aot to amond sooti?n,j$16i. of-tho revised statutos of this State, tho samo boin g a part of tho Lord (Jamb oil apt," approved tho 11th d*y of February, 1898, bo, and horcby is, amonded in lino* 14 thoroof by inserting after tho. word "damages,' and boforo thq. word "aa", tho words "induding exemplary dam! agos whoro snob wrongful aot,-. nogloot or default, waa tho result, of rookloas noss, wilfulness or in??ibo"; sb that said ablion, as amonded;''shall road as follows: .' '.' -ij. ty Soo. ?; That sootion'23l6 of thc io^ yisod statutos of South Carolina of 1898, bo so amondod as'to road as fol lows: -. Sootion 2316. Evory,8uoh aation shall bo for tho bonoiU of tho .wifo or hus band and child, or children, of tho por Bon whoso death" shall hayo boen caused; and if thoro bo no. suoh wifo, or husband, or ohiid. or children, thon for the bonoftt of tho p?ront or: pa routs; and if thorp bo no suoh, thou for tho boncfit of tho hoirs .at laW of; tho distributees of tho person whoso - death shall havo boon caused as' may'ibo''.d?-' pondont on him for support, and shall bo brought by or in tho name of tho oxooutor or administrator of 'such por son; and in every suoh aotion tho jury may givo suoh damages, including CK omplary damagos, whore such wrong--' ful aot,-nogloot or default was tho ro nni t of rcokloasnosB wilful nods or malioo,. as thoy may think proportioned to tho injury resulting from suqh death to'tho parties, rospeotivbly. for whom and for whoso boncfit suoh aotion shall: bo brought. And tho amount so recovered shall bo divided among tho before mon-. tionod parties, in nuoh sitares as thoy; would'havo boon ontiiled (o if* tho do-; ceased 'had diod intestato and tho amount reoovored had boon personal assets of his or her oatato." Tho purposo of (his moasuro is to oom pol Corporations, Railroad Companion, oto., whoro recklessness is proven, to giyo damagos in tho way of pupiehmont. to-tho relatives of tho party , who waft negligently killed. Tho 8uprcmo Court of South Carolina has always held undor Lord Campbell Aot that while a poison oould rcoovor damagos in punishment as woll as aotual damages whore a person was oripplod by a R. R. Co., y ot if that aajmo portion was killed instoad of orip plod ino rolativos of tho dcooasod.per son could only rooovor aotoal damagos and cou?d not punish tho R. R. Co., by making thom givo punitivo damagos for thoir carelessness, This Aot whioh Sonator Brantloy .suoooodod in passing af tor a Imvd' fight rovorsoatho Supromo Court of S. O., and how allowa a jury to givo Punitivo damagos whoro a portion is killed aa well as whoro ho is oripplod. Looting iii China. Mr Goorgo Lynoh, tho war artist and oorrospondent, gsvo hid looiuro, ''In tho Hoart of Pekin," at Now ?York.. Among tho steroontioon views with whioh Mr. Lynoh illustrated his lpo.turo woro tbono of tho apartmontfi of tho omporor and or?proao of China in tho saorod palace, in tho forbidden oily. Thoso rooina' of ptato had', hovor boon photogrphod, nor had a photographer ovor sot foot within tho sacred walls until Mu Lynch-and ,J. 0. Horamot entor?d With r tho ?lliod ' troops. Mr. Lynoh had nomo Bu>p*ris?siji (?h?^hapo of photograph? whioh show how tho Roldiors of oortain nations conducted thomBolvofl whon tho opportunity to loot onmo. i * MURDER AND SUICIDE ' ?~--!.. ..... ? . . . Dr. wi fe ?)k*n Shoots His Beautiful Wife, Then Himself. ' Dr.jw. F. Aik?n, aloadingspbolallst of Savannah, Ga., shot and' killed his .wifo in'i'hoir bedroom at an oarly hour Wodno?dSy morning.- Tho roport Of tho pietolj awakened their little, non, aged oight years. In his night ol o thoa and barefooted; the child ran ia - the street to call a policeman, whon tho offioor. ontor?d tho houao ho found Mrs. Aikon dead on tho bcd, with a bullot helo through h?r headband Dr. Aikon, with a pistol in band,' lying on tho floor doadJ Aftor shooting his wife ho had plaood tho weapon to his own hoad and sont a bullot through, his brain. Tho child jBaid, that ho had hoard his father count, .'oho two throe," aud .thoa tho pistol shoot. , . Itiv??-d'ovolopod at tho/ corner^ in quest! thiq afternoon that Dr, Aikon was about 38* years old. ' Hb WftB b'orn in Wow y/ork/ and was'grhuttatod at Yalo 'nt flirp. ago 20 y bars'.' Aftor ?radjuta? tioh'Wwaa clonrieotod for ? tinao with tKe hehlth db'pfertmont bf tho oity of NoW 5 York;/Then 'ho took a spooial oourBo'ia; diseases 'of tho oyo and oar, and damo south to cottle Ho married M?B8?An?a?K?v. Potter, daughter of tho Rsv. A 0. Potter, a clergyman of Now Bpdf prd, Mass. Tho Rav. Mr, Pottpr was a Qloio pprsonal friond ofKalph Waldo J??iojfson.. A., brothor of Mrs. Aiken, Alfred*}.' Potter,,is now Bira rien ? of, ' jriaryArd . uiiiv?rsity. Thia Jjrothor^Jilts .boon tologrphod for,, and will irrivo foinor^ow lo Uko .oharge of tho b'odi?B and ijbmove* them . to Massa* '?huB?Cts.'i?r interment. ' . T?iO.oAi?iao for the tr?g?dy was clovol o po nod-af tho inquest. lb.wan brought tout jt.hat'^Bif.1 Aik?n^-was a toigarotto ?smoker to . eXQQSsi arid that* - ho-, was of fan, exU?moly ? nervous - temperament. TwotWeoks or so ago.-hohad to have tho ;sprviopj?,of phyniotnn.9 in . what was bo lioved to be morphine poisoning* and it was rumored n.t.tho. time.that ho had attompted BttloidQ;; but tho att'oriding aioia?a ! skid 7?nat ?was : improbable, ly his, frionda had not?ood an ox: tromo abstraCtion-ahd irritability. ;t? Vf. Aikon was. devoted to Boionoo, and.waa an inventor.of some n?to, tlc is the originator .of many opthalmolug ioal instruments that aro now in oom mon use all over tho oountry. Ho re fu'nod' to patent bia inventions, say.inf thoy were-for tho benefit of mankind Ho .had. a very largo and Juoratiyi praotioe, and was in indopondont oir ouniatanpos. 'Mrs. Aikon was a lady o groat . bosuty and..-many accomplish monto, Th?y loaye tour liUio ohildren Choating.tlio^.^v'iji?ni?ient. Tho.roport of/tbVovSpoo?al pommitte of OongrcBs'wmon'investigate^ Sloy mont ??l lu wr H made public^ Thurs ay by ?bairmaiv Moody. - 'It says Cha "gome-of theifaults obserVed.iA.tho ad ministration of aff airs of the house sr* ?tlributabl?'to tho persistence'pf mem bor? o?.tho houso in urging upon t officers- tho appointment ot their ooo Htituonto ?md friends . to, subordinat placoH." In tho offiooe of tho o!ork an doorkcopor t li o o om mitton roport tba thoy -'found cor tain abusos, namoi? Transfer of ompioyes from tho diitic of tho positions to whioh they wero a; pointed to other duties, unjusitfiabl paymonts of compensation to employe whilo n!) J ont from tholr. posts of dut j and divisions of salaries." Tho bon mittoo saya that ono employe haa nc worked ovor six months in r early fou year*, during whioh hp has drawn paj and has not boon in Washington ic clo von or tv/olvo months; Many baac of contributions by employ OB of ..SA aries aro mentioned, ono of thom in tb last, oprojgrpss, being $1,600 annal ly oi of a salary of $3,600? It is "oxplainc that theapeporjitributiong ,wqn$ towal cquafizing salaries of oth'or omployoi Tho commit too fi nd Hno ovidoneo of tl pract*no of aan'oflimont, oonhihutio.n < division.of,salarios.in thp present ooi gross. Tho commit too .reoommond 'p?r??a?ont statute whioh; shall proper1 ?hd equitably adjust compensation'ai om ploy ment ?and specifically ' rrevoi theso abuses. . . ? ' - - A C?s'tly Sweop Out; Playing about ? trash dump in tl oity of Charleston i Thursday iittlo Oa San.bbrg, tho six yoar old grand son, < Oh arion Oolaon, found ? paokago of ui oponed United Staten mail.-.Tho obil thinking tho' papera worthier, to ?p'en somb',pf 'tilt loftolrs"hut whon '.1 ?Oiit?d monoy in them took them to b grand f n thor." T nvtic t igrl tion 'showed tl letters to oobtairi $5,000 in feonoy ai ooHified,-endorsad'ohcoks.. Thedotte had hoon IB on t from Rook II il 1 t o -bank firms and po?plo harcV'.Ono of (ho ohoo was for $26 --IV;and another $18.60, f ro tho Comptroller Oonoral. to Preside D. .B... Johnsen of Win.tbrop polio-! Thp .money, was"ippay. for sopolaraln ?or. ?-tf?bro or so of'young' ladie*} frc all ovec-.thostatoYwhc^ at til i n fi t i tut ion. 'J'ho, p OB ti ?MO .. a?thoritt :eayiho papkag?^muat haye boort s'fyc :out of tho. jFcdbralivbui?dlngV.with t :wasto papor. <A thorough investigati -lB.boing.nlado. - ?.,".. ' ; . rr?io South in: tho Sadtli?.. Tho Now York Kvoning Post' fcf< ring to thc. southern cotton mill indi try, malton tho.claim that tho southe mills aro driving tho. Fall River mi to'th?' w?ll, "soTli'?g bloth to tho pr works andbloaQhjorios in Pall Rivor pr^ioos whibh tho 1 looa), mill's, 1 oan? moot.. Tho southorn mills, fbrbxamp mako a profit on ololh ali 3 Odn'.s ft yr f?r whioh* tho MassaohuaOtts mills'ini havo'B l-8'C?ntBi Aad-Chisis not a for oompotition ?9 promised Boon ovon tho standard wido print doth, t 38 12 i noh. 61x64 S. Fur thor mor o is to bo addod that tho south has oroasod hor.spindlos in tho pa?t year an amount equal te two thirds of tho fal spindlehgo in Fall Ki vor, about 000,000 Bpind?os. Opposes ?i\e Stoal. The Springfield Ropublioan sa "Tho lower branch of tho Wfsoou l?gislature is 1 ovorwholmingly Itop1 Hean, having only sovonteon . Dei eratic mombera, against eighty-th Ropublioans; but for all that, it 1 adopted resolutions urging the W oonsin mombors o'! Congress to opp tho.llauna ship subsidy bill, by a v of flovonty-oight to flfloon. Thia i alono shoulcf auffioiontly warm party in Oongroas to koop olear committing itself to any such ni s|to.'r s A NEGRO BURN Iii) iii In tho Street of Torro H?ut>" In diana For >? ' .. . KlLLiNQ' A WHITE WOMAN. ? 1 Crowds o'? Meir, Women and: Chl'dren Witness the Bat bor? ; .; ou8 Scone. No Attempt at Concealment Punishment, swift and torrjblo war ?joted out' Wodnosday at Torr? Hauto, Indiana to ^Gcjorgo Ward, tho ' Negro Who ipurdcrod Mimi Ida Kin kolo U in, tho school, toaober, by shooting hor witli a shotgun and'(jutting hot* throat Tuasdoy afternoon. A fow hours aftor. his arrost an angry mob battered down tho doors of tho jail, draggod tho pris? oner to tho Wabash bridgo, sovoral Bqnaros away and hanged him to tho biidgo draw. Not oontont with /tho hanging tho orowd out tho corpse down, and, laying it on a sandbar un dor tho bridgo, kindled a Uro and oro matod tho remains. It was tho first lynohing that Torro Haute ovor oxpe rion oed. . i Ward was arres tod at 10 o'olpok at tho oar works, where ho was omployed as a laboror, and aftor bolng fully -i'dontifiod by two oitizos, mado a oon fossion. His only excuso for tho mur ,der :Was that Misa Finkoiaioin hud oallcyihiin a "dirty Nigger" and slapped him in tho faoo. Shorlff . Fasig com municated . with Gov. Durbin, but tho mob' accomplished its work boforo . tho militia ould.bo ordered.out. Tho governor had wirod ,0?pt. Thomas of Oo.B, to i hoohis company fully armed in roadinoss for duty. \ . At noon tho crowd outsido tho jail, numbering nevar al bund rod, in duding moa, Women and boys battered down thoiron doors, but woro driven baok by 'Jailer Lawronoa -O'Donnoll, who fired ovor tho hoads of tho mob. Doputy Shoriffs . Coopor, Hossiok and Loforgo woro fit runic by soattoring shot and slightly injured, but nobody in tho orowd was hurt. A detail of polioo vainly tried to disporso tho crowd. Ar 12:35 o'olook another orowd bat tored down tho oulor doors of tho jail Recuring possossion of tho keys and cn-, toring tho pell room. Tho sido door was opened for tho roat of tho orowd. Tho ooll was qiiiokly oponod and Ward waa draggod forth. Ho. fought with tho deep ora to forooity . of. a boast at bay, ' Ho was dragged out to tho stroet, still, fighting with all his strongth;. but a blow from a hqavy ha.mnor f ol? od bim to tho ground. A nooso wai.quickly adjustod to hi? nook' and' tho . niob .startod .with its vietim1'toward ' tho . Wabash bridgo/ Tho f?oblo ^rQ?UUno? niad?:?'by"-tiuF wrotobed oroaturo after that blow with tho hammer was soon quio tod by tho. pavago blows of tho mob. Faoo down ward ho waa dragged through tho street to tho bridgo and aoroas tho rough, planking of tho dvivoway to tho drawbridge Many aro of tho opinion that tho follow was doad boforo, tho Hoono of tho hanging was. roached. Howovor, tho rope was thrown ov?r ono of thouppor beams and tho bqdy drawn up. Thon burning* at tho stake was narced on 'unanimously, and a ...Uro Vas quickly kindlod on tho bank o? tho river just, south of tho bridgo. Tho body, bearing no sign of lifo, was thrown into tho fire, and faggots woro pilod upon it. Tho stako was omitted. Tho body was in a horizontal position, tho foot protruding ab ono o nd, tho hof\d at tho othor. Tho can of ta'rp?'n tino:-was poured" on tho cagor flames. Aftji; that- ?bmbustiblG oils scomsd to flovj' ?p^M?auepAsly toward the flrO and tho baines leaped high,while; ;thb'bbdy of tho Nogrb was rapidly oonsucneu". Nono of tho mob attompted disguiso. i?* 'Whon tho body -waft-taken down to booarriod to tho fire tho bridgo - wost' of tho draw was barrloadod, but tho cast bank of tho ri vor a tul tho bridgo poi . tho pity ,?i?o of- tho draw wero orowdpd with thousands of mon, wo men an.d children, gActog at tho awful sneotnolo. With grim dotormination tho mob fed tho flambs and watohod tho flosh i shrivel to oindors and tho bonos .crumble and burn. ^'^ouvonir hunters woroon hand in ,foroo,. and fragments pf.tho body ar? now Boattored broadcast. Ono. mah, while tho foot still protruded from tho fiamos, offorod $l'for a too from "tho Nigger^loot1." A vonlureBomo youth, drawing a knifo from his pookot, made ? flash for tho brizo. . Ho quiokly'ampvj t?jtod^ a t?p,/dollvorod tho goods and vgqt,his ?ponpy... ;" . Ah tho bonos bogan to orumblo and fall, apart tho fragments woro takon from tho .firo and. oarricd away. At 3 o'clock ?boro was nothing loft of tho bony oxo opt a nm all section of tho trunk and tho baok. pf tho hoad. ' Busy hands .k?pt tho ' burning faggots pjlctl upon tho roasting, sbgmonta. . Women como to tho Boone by eooros. At about.2?80 o'olook tho barriendo was romovod and tho orowd surrounded tho firo. i.Ward waa 27. y oars old, and lo avon a widow and'two children. Ho oamohere fouis yoara ago, from Ciroio villo, O. The-' StatomPnt - that ho was? ono timo 'iii an inX?no asylum is denied by his wifo. Ho sorvod a jail nontonoo in 1?89 for laroo ny. Tho loaders 'of tho mob aro unknown, -and as publio sontimont upholds .tho ly nbhifig j' no proaooutlonu aro oxpdotod, - A Mystery of Verdi's Will. Vordi's will, eays the London Ohron iolo, contains ono vory ourious itom, His ros id nary logatoo ia his nicco, Maria. Vordi, whola marrlod to Signor Qarraitr. . To . tho infant asylums and tho hospital for tho .blind in Gono? ho boq?oatbs ?1,000. Largo sums, aro also lott to tho oharitabio ihstiutlo?? and to tho poor pf his nativo village, Honoolo, and also to thoao of Bouoioto, whoro ho lived for many yearn. Thon comen tho following rcquoat: "In tho dining room of my yijfa; St, A^ata; will bo kfoupd two largo woodon, boxos of groat antiquity. Tdtis?r? that noithor ?hall bo ononod, but. that bp^U.bo, burnod imme diately ?ftor.imy oJ)rfojiu|o9,M It is pro? flumed tha6 tho two myaiorlous boxofi oontalnod manuaoripts of unpublished opora? whioh tho maxtor did not wiah to soo tho light, COUNTY GOVERNMENT. Ohangoa Were Made nt tho Re cent, Legislativo Beneion. yho.ro wdi'b fow oounty . govormnont M?^utca passed by dho l?gislat?rb of LOOt.- Tboro was a committee of 40 sp. pointed to draw up a gonoral bill. Thia uoaiiiro Was presented to tho houao md'ioontinucd until next sossion as weiro; nearly all other important gon Hanstor Poan.?introduood a bill toro lun^:.tho pomuiuiation tax in Groon ?llo?apuuty from '%% to $1. Additional ?nmnqinonM relating to tho humbor of lajsJf?V road working were mado for ibo, oounticB of Union and Darlington. Tho ebmmulation (ax for* Laurons and L?lor?^??j.wa? reduood from $1 50 t?$l, i und fbr Hampton was inorcaa?d frein ai to $2;. With tho oxooption of a spo? dal J nie asuro for Mailboro,. thi?! was ;ho oily, oounty govomrw.ont aotpnssod. ?Sootion' 1. That sootion'4 of an act mtUlcti . "Au aot to amend Bunions 3 \?? 4?.?? ah .adi ontitled 'An aot to rro /ido a'; oyotom of county govommont 'or thoi ?oyoral ooiintioB of tho Stato, BO 'a? no H relates to tho maintaining and working of - tho roads and highways in ;hb Stafp," approvod 19th of Fobruary, \, D.. ?900, bo amondod on line 55, by nsortiugb?twoon tho words,"Fairfield" md "Glenwood," tho word ' Groon ;illo, ? ,fthd on lino 59 by Btriking out ;ho wow, "Granville;" and by insort ng iftoj'Groonwood tho words "and Jhbstornold," and by striking out tho vord''-tarlington" boforo th? . wor,d 'Groonvillo," and "tho" Word "Union' )ctweon.. Ihn words * 'Lexington" and 'Williarnb?rg," and inserting tho vord.'^Arlington,'' and by inioiting )etwoonxtho words "day,' and "pro ddod" tba worua "Union two days," md by B?rUdug out tho word "Hamp ?n" from tho proviso after tho words 'Lauret? vmo dollar" and inserting tho yord "Ui-npton" botwoon tho words 'Qoorg?h^n" and "Horry," so that aid, fico?ivV whon so amondod, ehall cad as f?bpw?: Soo. 4. 'Pjiat all malo porsons ablo to lorform.th&labor'heroin required, bo woonthb ?go bf 18 and 55 years, ox iopt in thoi oountios of Goonoo and ^iokons, ' wuoro tho ages ahall bo bo wo.on 18 /aM 55 yearpf and oxoopt in hociuntipy'pf Groon wood and Chert or iole! whorb .tho ago ahall bo botwoon ho agos bfJ8 aird 50; and oxoopt in S^b b o viii oV 'QAio rokoo, Groonvillo. Hor y, X)?angobuyg, Spartanburg and Union aunties, whM'o tho agos shall bo from il to 50, one? "also oxoopt ininiatora of ho gospel Sn'aolual ohargo of a oongro ;atlon, arid ?oraons pormanontly dis ,bl?d in 'tholmilitary F.orvioo of this Itato, and p C?O?O who sorved in tho atq war bb' cou tho "'State,'and all ?orionfl.^iS illy, om ployed in tho LuarantiriuH V^po of .tho Stato, shall io required* ".Vrt?ally to porfoim, or iaiiqp;to -bo po?i?rmcd, labor , on tho lighwaya ?ridtj'? tho dir.ebtioris of tho lyorHb'cr.-"o,!'??n'b'a'Q?^.?.dlBtrioi? in which iQ-..spAl).:.Xvb{iir . *nll9wa^ ?^^iH 10 ti u tio ? 6 f . Gi^s ??iviv (o^i ?A?i?ko n s 'ia^r) ti lpartaoburg,: throo days. In tho oouu ios of Abbeyillo, Aikon, Anderson* 3arnwo.ll, Ohorekoo, Ohbstorfioldj Fair lold, Greenwood*- Ivorahaw, Larioaator, jfturons, libxirigton. Darlington, Wil iamsbprg, and York, four. days. In ho oounty' ..of Fbrcnob flvo dayj. in ho oountiot). of Bamborg, Ohoster, Olarondon, Colloton, Dorohostor, Edgo lola, Horry,.Nowborry, Ooono, Saluda, Jrangoburg and Sumter, six days. In ho oountios of Beaufort, Borkoloy, Jhavlonton, Georgetown, Hampton and darioTjj'oight days; aad in tho oounty *f-Jl?eltlaiid? too days. Union, two days; )ro.vidod, tatton & ;ur's labor shall bo reid to bo a day's work; providod, that he o.oxinly. board of oommiEsionors of my oounty may oauso to bo loviod a oad tax not to exooed ono mill on all axablo proporly of any township in hoir oountyj when so roque?ted by a vritton petition, signed by two-thirds ?f tho freeholders of auoh township, luoh tax io ho oollooted as other taxos, md to ho expended on tho roads and iighw?> J or winh townships (oxoopt in ho county of Ciokens, whore Buch po ition flhall not bo nooossary.) And 3amborg oounty--in Bamborg opunty inch spooial sohool distriot now or icroaftor ostahlinhod shall bo "a road listriot," and tho oounty board of oom nls?ionoru may oauso to bo loviod a oad tax not to oxoood two mills on all axablo property within said road dis .riot,r on a potition Signed by two-thirds if, tho froonbld voters owning'proporty vithin said road distriot <<?xoopt that n Don mark road diatriot no potition ihall bo nb.oeflsary, but thoro Bbatl bo ovicd and oolleotod annually a tax of iWO miloft on all tax&blo property with p. said district), said to bo col looted is ?thor tosca, and tho funds so ool oo tod uh all bo paid put on tho warrant >f tho townnhip oommissionors, ooun oraignod by tho suporvisor of tho lounty, said funds to bo expondod on ho publio londs within. said road dis-, .riot wlioro oolleotod. Prqyidod, furthor hat In lieu of performing or causing to >b ; porformod the labor of ton hours' mr day, as horin named . for tho .no.v. )val counties, a commutation tax may ?0 paid by tho porson BO liablo on or by, ?ho 1st day of May of this yoar, and on >r by thp 1st of fobruary of* ? oaoh year loroaftor, Whioh in thc oountios of ?Ybbovillo, Akion, Andorson, Ohorokoo, jhOBtorflold, Olarondon, Darlington, l?dgofiold, Fairfiold. Groonvillo, Groon ,vootl, Piokorifi, Hioiiland, 8partanburg, )umtor.. Marlboro and Union, olmll bo mo dollar; In tho oountios of Floronoo md Laurens, ono dollar; and in tho jountios of Barnwoll, ' Bamborg, Boau !ort, Borkoloy, Qharloston, Chester. Jolloton, Dorohestor, Goorgotown, llor .yj;' Hampton, Korsliaw, Lanoaotor, Lioxlngtbn, Marlon, Nowborry, Orango )utg, Balucla, Williamsburg and York, mall bo two dollaro; and in tho oounty >f Ooonco ahall bo throo dollars. Pro ddod, por?one liable to labor untlorthis mb shall have tho right to furnish a oom ictontBiib.stiluto tolaoor In his atoad. ?jfo Bocbi^? a Banker Tho oompa?y of Augusta capitalists vho have vooontly acquired the Harils ^.ithia'Springs havo now assumed ooo -roi of tho property and Harria, tho lufltlcr-r-tho wizard of tho watora, who on nd thia spring in tho Wlldorncss lino years ago and a fow days ago oen rorted it into;$100.000 oagh-i? about to rngago in tho banking buoincrs, If ho ihall bo half as euoooaaftil in his now iold aa ho was in tho old flold whoro' io found tho spring, hin v?nturo will M> a oonflplououa auoooas '---.Ool?mbi? State. THE FREE PASS BECORD How ih^e Members of tho House Voted On lt. Wo havo beon a?kod by mombors of the houso of representativos who voted against' tho bill to ropoal tho anti-free . pass not-why no ither Tho Stato nor < Tho Nows and ?Jourior printod the vote .1 in do tail. To this wo ropliod that wo ^ did nob know; that the legislativo rc- < porters of Tho Stato, and wo bolioved 1 of Tho Nows and Courier as well, wero ] instructed to givo tho voto, by yoas and | nays on issues affooting important legis? lat ion; but that tho omission of tile do- -< tailed vote in this o RHO might bo at tributed to an error of judgment on tho | part of tho roportors as to what oonati- < tutod a ni o asure of importance At tho ( request of thoso mombors-who, it is hardly noooanary to say, votod against tho bill-wo rcotify tho omission ny ro producing from tho jyur.aal bf. tho pro ceedings of tho houso of roprosont?' tivos on Fobruary 8 tho following record: II. 467.-Mr. Spears: A bill to re peal an aot ontitlod "An aot to piovont tho uso of a froo puss, oxpross or tolo graph frank On any railroad by any Unit od States senator or mombor of eon- , gross from this Stato, or by auy mom ber of tho gonoral assombly of this i Stato, or by any Stato or oounty o iii omi,' , or by any jud go of a oourt of record in j this Stato," approved Dooombor 22nd, A. D. 1891. ] Mr. Tatum moved to strike out the 3 onaoting words. Upon that motion tho j yoas and nave woro requoBtod, and it was decided in tho negativo. T Yoas, 38; nays, 64; i Thoso who votod in tho affirmative t aro: , t Messrs. Austin, Baoot, Boamguard, t Brooks, Dorroh, Elder, Frasor, Gaston, i Galluohat, Gunter, Hallo, Hardin, Hoi- 1 lia, Koola, Kiblor, Lido, Logan, Lo- t max, MoCall, McLaughlin, MoLoo.d, - Mishoo, Morgan, MOHOS, Moss, Prinoo, 2 Rodtoam, Riohards, Ruok'or, Sanders, 1 Strom, Tatura, Thous, W* J Thomas, J Thompson, Wilson; Wingoand Wood- t ward.-38. /-j j Thoso who votod in tho negativo aro: Hon. W F Stovonson, spoakor; Mossrs. ? Ashloy, AU, Baaks, Batos, Bivens, 1 Bloaso, Brown, Bryan, Butlor, Camp boll, Uar tor, Coo por, OdBgrovo, Croft, i Cram, Dantzlor, Doau, Dennis, Dodd, < Dominick, Dunbar* Durant, Efird; EB- I tridgo, Fox, Prooman', Gourdin, Hill, I Humphroy, Johnson, Kiaaoy, Lovor, i Littlo, Lookwool, Lofton, Lyle?, Maul- < din, MajBon, MoUraw, McGowan, F H MoMaator, J no. MoMastor, Morrison, ' t Murohison, Niohols, W L Parkor, Pat- a tcrson, Rankin, Richardson, O E Rob? .;. inson, R B A . Robinson, Robortson, s Sinkler, J B Smith, M L Smith, Spoars, i Vincent-, W?lling, Wolla, Wost, Wos- ? ton, Williams and Woods.-64, 8 Mr. Hpoaro moved to reconsider tho C voto whoroby tho bill was ?rdorodtoa " third reading, and to lay that motion 1 on tho tablo. Whioh was agrood to; ? j | v Tte journal ;el the noxj. dayV Fobrl i j?$y!?}s;:f?0?;'iyiiX'i$ti hill'passed Us .third reading in tho houso without di- i vision.-Columbia State. ? ; c STIR, UP.CHINESE IRE. \ The Hatred of Foreigners May Last; A Long Time- ^ ? Aooording to tho opinion of Sir Chih i Chou Lohfongluh, UhinoBO minister in I London, anti-foroign sontimont will abido in China long aftor tho pr?sont f troublos aro aottl.od. Ilia oxoollonoy assuros that tho "ono-sidodnoss" of tho ^ powora' programmo and tho ''atrooitios" committed by somo of their troops havo ) givon Wostorn civilization an indolibly black oyo among tho ChinosO pooplo. ( Tho Ohinoso ministor said: : "1 rogrot to be forood to tho oonolu- I sion that tho reoord of tho powora in China will livo in history as tho rooord i of ruined opportunities. Not the moro signing of poaoo torms oan remove : tho 1 prcoonooivod impressions whioh ovents, in tho popular mind, havo not . only < justified, but intonsi?ed. Our pooplo havo not oxporionpod any > of ibo refining influonoos whioh thoy wore told belonged lo tho occident. 1 Thoy havo soon European soldiors mur dor, outrage and stoat. Tiioy have soon < diplomats domanding oxaotions some what out Ot hooping witn tho piulan- J thropio motives wnioh. brougnt tho 1 groat nations to our a hovea. Thoy have 1 uoon, in short, tho polioy of an opon door with tho door ?1 a m mod in China's, ; faoo. "Yoars ago I translated the H voa of Cromwoll, S ha ko apo aro, Bia marok, t Napoleon, Washington and Liu o oin. ? 1 wanted to show my countrymen tho ^ sort of oharaotor that grow and flour ished in tho Wost, lam gi'iovod, na a believer in that oharaotor, that tho' last year's history has failod to sup port tho ideals whioh I sought te pio- - turo." - ..*.>. ' Lahfongluh intimates that China ia likoly to intorpoao objooti?ns to pay-' lng heavy indomnity. Ho thinks nono ought to. bb'domandod or givon in ox ocaa of tho actual'value of tho property destroyed. Praise for tho Second. Tho Columbia Stato says Gen? J. Warron Koifor, undor whoso eommand tho 8ooond South Carolina norvod in Cuba, writing from his homo in Sring hold, O., to Col. Wilio .Jono?, formor oolonol of tho Sooond, says somo nioo things about that model rogimont of voluntoera. Ho writos: 'Taoivory thankful to you. fer a boautlful copy of 'South Carolina in tho Spanish-Amorload War,' and I am vory gratoful to you for tho genoious and kind things y ou say of mo on pago 139 of tho book in your history of your excellent rogimont-tho Sooond South Carolina infantry, I reoiprooato tho good feoling you cxprdss towards mo, and I know you must foci that I was alway proud to havo you and your gal lant regiment itf my coinmaui. I nover ooaso to spoak of the promptness of tho troops who served uhdbr me to oboy, and tho kind spirit the of?oors and mon oxhibitod uniformly towards mo. Your oxample was a good one. for all to fol low. , ? " ' "Romombor mo moat kindly to any of your offijors'or men you may moot. Assure all ?hat I shall novor forgot tho regi.mont," oto. -.?---*"1. Four Children Cremated. Four,ehildren, 4. to 12 year J of age, woro orcmatodin tho burning rosldonoo of Jacob Bait, at Litohflold, IV, early Thursday morning, EVIDENTLY, A CRANK, fl, ?an Vieits Charleston Who I? .Certainly Off. ( ^r. James Buoharian Weaver who; sUitqs to bo a retired lawyer of Phil adelphia, annouuood today at the oeurfc housp,' whore ho was a visitor, that ho would bo ft oandidato for tho Proai lonoy of tho United Staten, io 1904, Gfo vVoavor is a gold Domoorat ""d flays bis platform will bo a govofhmout for me pooplo and by tho people.' Mr. Weavor is an cx-Oonf odor ate fcol lier,' having fought under Lo? ia tho ALtno'y of Northern Virginia. Aftor tho lurrohdor ho drifted to Philadelphia, whoro ho wont into tho drug business, studied modioiho and family took up tho law. As a lawyer, ho says, he noon mado.anamo for hirnsolf as*well as plenty of monoy. Soyoral yours ago his. wifo diod and having no enoumboranoe ho rotitcd and?.of Tate' years., ho ha? boon travoling and studying".political quostio?s Thia morning Mr. Woaver was a visi tor at tho court house. Ho was'a stran gor whon ho entered but it was not long boforo he know Judgo Aldrich and overy mombor of tho Charleston bar who was present in tho oourfc houso at tho timo. Ho intreduoo.d himsolf, do alaring to his newly made friends that ho oxpooted to beoomo a candide to for IVosidont of tho United States in 1904. So said that he was a grand, nophow of President Buohanan and had a right. J lo tho offioo. ' "Ob, I am a smart men,"-said Mr. beaver, in talking to ah J&voning Post .oportor, "I knowhow to build, poli iioal fenoos that Mark Hanna with \\l his wealth and potter oan not do itroy. It will t.ako Aunt Carrie Na .ion and hor i?ttl? hatchet to smash ;ho politioal fenoos that I have oon itruotod. "Oharloston is a gold bugtown and pou oan say to tho pooplo through your paper that I'll bo nero whon tho n?xt Presidential oampaign opens and will ;alk Domooraoy and good gold monoy o thc pooplo of this ancient old oity. This is a grand old town and I love it. lust toll thom that you saw mo and ,bat I want a big vote in Charleston. Mr. Woavor talked about blind tigers n tho oity. doclaring that thoy wore as Lhiok .as biaok birds in the summer imo, and whilo ho has only boon in Charleston a fow days ho know all tho opos and could soaro up a tigor at any >)d timo. Yesterday ho visited th? oity hoapi al and St Franois Xwior, Infirmary, ind wont over to tho Isle, of Palms. 'At tho palm bo?oh," ho said, "I wiped a pal motto, boxed it ub: and sont t to my littlo darling in Philadelphia. .Oh? i^ouneod not laugh, for lam on ^?od. - oven ' if I < am a widower," ho xplainod. VTcll tho pooplo of . Oharloston that ?rn going to o ?ll on Gov. Mo3woonov ind got ;hisv-influenoo and support .in ny raso for tho;^^Pro?idcn?y4' ; Mrc.-Woav?vr??hl hd v/?es. j&Jn'g&f .s?4? n .Obailo3ton- for flovcral days ?orumr md'that ho would reboivV all fcoliti li?ttB afc the "Charleston' Hotol.-Ohar* oston Post. MaroU Weather Tho following data, oovoring a poriod >f thirty yoars, havo boon- oompliod rom tho weather bureau rooordh at Oharloston for tho month of March: Moan or normal tomporature, 57 do 5rco9. Tho war most month wa? that of 1871, nth an avorago of 64 dogroos. Tho ooldost month was that of 1872, pith an averago of 52 dogreos. The highoBt to m por aturo was 86 do does on March? 21. 1897. .The lowest temperature, was 24 do ?roos, oa Maroh'5,,1873i... , ..Average dato on which jlrst "kil.linr?" frost ooourodin autumnv November 20. ?Avprag? dato on which last "kilting" Frost Qcourcd in spring,' Mnroh 3... Avorago precipitation for tho: month 3.78 inoKos.f V . "I : Avorago. number pt days with ' Ol. ?f iii inch or moro, ton. v - 'Tho greatest nYonthly precipitation ?va? 9;78 inches in ;1872'.' ' ; ?s* Tho least monthly precipitation wa? ,59 inches in 1887. Tho groat out amount of precipitation rqcoidod in, enV twomty-rqur oonsoou tivo h'??tra wa? 3,14 indhos oa M?fdn 13 *nd 14, 1889. .'.' M Tho groatosfc am?uM?f ' snowfall'.'ro-, oorded in any- :tWehfcy-fo?r.cottBoo?tivo hours (record oxtoridin? to winter- of 1884 1885 only) wastHraoo . in'ohes on Mareh7,1899s . , ' Average" number', vt golear, day's, ll; partly bloudy 'd?ysi'V^rolo'ndy days,- 8.-, Tho prevailing wlnmJ'-have bot?n from tho southwest, 26 per cont j The highost. volooity of tho wind was dj) milos from tho northeast. on Maroh. 30, laos,' . -: " . .. Outr ago by a Nofrr?. ' An unknown negro ontorcd tho rosi donoo of Mrs. Buchanan, 86 Spring street, in tho hoart of Atlanta, Ga.'-, Thursday morning, and oompollod her to oook broakfaat.- Thon,'tying her foot a'nd hands, ho quiotly ato tho breakfast rvftor whioli ho set fire to tho 'houso by placing-a quantity of paper, in tho. bed whero ho han forced Mrs. Buchanan to l?o.. Tho negro eBoapod without, b?? ing dotootod. - Mrs. Buchanan novoamod and asflistanoo,carno boforo th?.lire had Rained much headway, ?csroli ,lfj ?Ow Boing made for tho nogrO. It Comos High. Wednesday tho commissioner of pen aions dismissed his entire foroo for a woek's holiday and tdrn'od over' tho building to tho inaugural em?lalo, wno will then make ready for tho inaugural ball. To make room for tho dancers it wl)l bo noooBsary to movo 300,000 pon? son onsos, Tho uso of tho pension omeo for tho inaugural ball will cost tho gov ornment $25,000 in salarios alono. Many think this is tho last timo the pension offioo will bo usod fer tho inaugural ball. . . A Tough Yarn* A nowspapor at Kastamuni states, aooording to a Coylon 'paper, that while a poasant was shooting in a forest'?oar that placo ho hoard tho ?owlingof abear; which ho found un-' dor a treo sufforing - groat pain from a largo thom in Ma pay?.' The: animal permlttod tho sportsman.to,-.extrft'ot tho thorn, and shownd its gratiftfd? by taking tho matt, by mertps of wavr" its paw, to a tree in which.WAS a hot oond) twenty pounds in woight. ill: ll lilli mr?umv,mm?tfn,u?mM^i<m^miM li.ult M?F5?E ESWl?), Thlrly-flyo Men Ol? In a Coal y Min? Fir?. A HORRIBLE I HO LOO AU ST, Mah ?uddanty Found Them selvoe 8hutl.off from Ufo i !iby a Wall of Raging, Flame?. Tho worst disaster in tho biat?ry of coal mining ^Wyoming sinqe/tbo Al my horror olght yoara ?go, ooourrod at Diamoudsvlllo Wednesday night. Thir ,ty. ?vo mon aro boliov?d to havo perish od in a Aro whioh started in mino ND. 1 of th? Diamorfd?villo Ooal and Ooko company. ; ^ The blare was first discovered shortly after tho night shift oommooood work. It is though vto havo originated from' a . oaroloss miner's lamp ia-tho oil room. The flames made., such- prpgross * th$$ ! only ono man osoaped from the iw? : ontrios in whioh it was confided. 'His nanto is John Aodordoh and, ho was ; frightfully burnod in running tho Sauntie t of tho fiamos,, Ho .was BU^-.. only oonfrontod by a nail of uro and smoko and wrapping his Hoad in an o vor coat he ran in tao dirootion of tho main ontranoe. Ho fell unoonaolous and was o?rriod to tho mouth ?? tho mino. Tho alarm WAS Bounded and hundreds' of ' minors at work in tha minos aad'on tho Outside ruihod to tho rcsouo of their imprisoned oomvados.. Tho firo had by this timo nr?ado suoli' progress that it was impossiblo "to ou tor tho rooms bf flames.' Tho ontiro night was spent in confiar ? ing tho fire to tho two ontrios and this morning it was noooesory to soal thom up to provont tho flames from spread ing toothor parts of tho mino. This stop Was only dooidod upon, after -all hope of saving tho lives of tho mon liad boon abandoned. Nothing. could ; livo fivo minutos in thc'firo, whioh was in creasing in fioroonoBs cvory minute. The plugging of the twp ?utrics will . smothor tho firo, but it may l)o". f overal days b of oro the barricades ooii bo rie moved and tho ohainbots explored. Tho oxaot total of mon entombed is not yet, known as a numbor*aro missing, somo y on' sioklo?vo and,others ia tho hospital suffering from burns received whilo fighting tho fiamos so that an ' aoourato oount is atproflontimpoisiblo. tH\^j%':. The Boones at the mouth of tho mino during tho night and today woro henrt ronding. Belajlivoa and frionds of tho ontombod minors rushed into tho mino, frantically \ waving their hands., and Crying to tho mino offiolale and, minors to nayo their doar onos. Many . of tho womori and children Woro slightly in-, jdrod?n the c?owd aud by falling over vbSvRvlos.iwjihu dwrkii?BH. : ...APiainuvu'' )\h ha? bec? ?lie ? fl^cno. a?'number of tUaa?tro??i fices omeo: tho opal minos were opened tbo%; tori; yo'*iwr ago, but tho conflagratlono woro ?over attonded with serious logs of lifo Tho mino ia owned by tho Oregon Short Lino railroad, ita output ia about 170,000 tona of.ooalpor yoar and upwards of 700 minors aro ouiploycd. Tho firo was disoovored by a boy namod Jamos Hotson who bravely it,n and told many mon who wevo inside Biebern Fern, 15 yoars old, also ran . through levels NOB. 6, 7, and 8 and noti fied tho mon, and many woro saved through his ooursgeouB notion. Sovon mon, hoaded by Minc foroman Griffin, mado several deaporato attompta to reach tho mon through the lower level, but thoir offerts wore ip vain, four or tho sovon hoing koookoi down by firo damp, tho others being o>mpoHod to carry them to frosh air. ' It is givon out by SuporinUdent Thomas? 'St?eddonr-$bd confirmed by others familiar with tho\ - conditions tbaMbe livos ?f efl tho men wore ocr tainly extinguished withia thr?o min utos nf tor tho 'firo gaiiicd aso?nd?iioy. Tho fire is fully under? Ooht roi to night, and Su por i atondo nt Suoddo? an nounces that ho will opon the mino to morrow for the recovery bf tho bodies, and resumo work before tho . week 8upbrintondont Simpson, with his young son, who are among tho victims, oamp to Diamondsvillo from Alabama, about six wooka ago, bringing hU wife, in tho hope that tho ok.ngo of oMmato would bonofither hoalth. Tho shook of ' last .night's tragedy rosultod in Mrs. ^ImpBbn'g.do'sth today. Cotton Goods Lew. Prosidont A. A. Marginals' bf ther Sunnis cotton mills of Now Onloann aid VYednosday. that ko had entirely ut offjh'o manufaoturoofyarn foVmar kot for tho past two wooks. Ho has: al- . Ho materially roduocd tho output of oloth. Tho reason be gave waa tho ex cossivo high prico of cotton and the yory low price of cotton goods, Ho said the cotton goods market was in a worse state of stagnation than ii had . boen for several yoars. Ho was asked if the Soothorn Yarn'Spinners AbPo.oiiiU?n?!* of which ho is a prominont member, did not havo fer its ohiof objoot tho general reduction of tho output through out tho south, but ho avpido^ the sub- ; joot. He also statod that it was not trae that English mills had boon forced to olo.io thio season on Account of tho jaok of ootton to oporsto thom. A Romarkttblo Man. . Thoro is a remarkable old white man liying'noar P?hteg?, "Beaufort county. Min nama is-Hansom H au nd ors. Ito is pearly 90 yoars ?ld, ho has boon mar ried six timos (his sixth wife still Uv ina) has boon ^he fathor of neatly 40 obi ld ron and apparently hatf \ still "?V long loase of life. Ho is w'oU and strong: and works hard. HQ droosoo very thin eVen in tho coldest woathor, about like the average man doo? in summer, and novorwoarsan overcoat. He is oover 'ed all over his poison with thick, long hair that is grcAtor piotootion than ?Qtfi of ole^bos would be from tho cold, l?o is regular ia Nhis habits and a good olttxou. i-' ?; : / '. KillodinlvWrock. Two doad, throe badly hurt, othei? ?lightly hurt and a passongoi' treiu barned is the result of? heaa en coll!" sion botweon pas/jotigoy train No lb*, fiouthb??nd. and a local freight on tho Pittsburg, Virginia and Oliaricston, i&Vl wAy Thursday ovoning at ?oal Valloy, J\vo mllos'from MoKopupott. W, ^a