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. XXVI mm "Do Thou Liberty Great. .. Inspire Otu* ?oule and Muh;e'-Our. Lives iii, Thy P?$bssiou ?uppy, or Our Deaths Glorious in'*Thv J'usl l)< IV ' vt" la n B?NNETTSyiLLE; S, cl ihtl?AY; MAROU 8, 1901 10 SEVE;p],YIUNDLE? AnclorsonlCountY'?at? Much Free SENATORTII?LMA? TALKS He Rightly Thinks That the Cl? xori?; .bf ina Entire State Should Not be Helcjl, to Account. Tho Philadelphia "North ?morioan has in its ?BBttoa of Monday and Tues day inaugratpd a or u sado against tho system of "slavery*' I whioh "obtains in Andor?OA. qojAnly. This was brought about hy the rooorit ooourronccs whioh led to J?^g'o Booot's ..ohargo to tho grand jury td invostigato tho matter^ Mr.^Gjoi -IS^Prinoo of Andotapn. a mombor of^tli?^?onbrhl'assembly and a vory pr?i^i'i??htlawy?r, was in tho oity yontordny ami stated that tho. grand jury is coWpOBod of mon who ? will ';. do ihoir duty, a^nd th? pooplo Can? i'o'at as surod.dhat tho oonolusion rc nob cd will ho a'prbpor finding. * Another gontloman' rooalled that.ovor two years ago, Judgo Gary prosiding, tho grand Jury of Andorson had aomo thing of Wo kind oallod to ita atten tion;-- "?-' ? ? ' , ?Mrii?g the session of tho gonoral as sembly Capt. ; Banks bf Nowborry in troduced a bill to provide for a consti tution rd .amendment, to in ero one tho jurisdiction of magistrates in oases of violation bf labor. con tracto. Mjv W?lling of Fairfiold opposed tho measuro vohomohtly and exolaimod that ?? ^Anderson pounty a veritable system of ?lavory oiists, that mon aro boughtf'ahd-t?dW as bhattols. Thi?'WaS indignantly doniod by Mr. B, Br A. Robinson, and tho two mom ? hors pf- tho gcno??l assembly nearly o runo to. bio wa. Mr. Wplling's ropoatod ohargos pro P^red tho legislature for tho announo m?^t. not a Wcok lator, that Judgo Benet bnd bad tho mat tor oallod to bis attention by rm anonymous let tor and that ho had given tho grand jury in otruotionu to investigato tho matter, '??jj..' Uh?jPhiladelphia North Amorioan, af tor,tho court had ordorod tho investi gation,,^ Bent, a staff oorrospondent to Andorson and now olaims to have made an "...loxp?suro." Half pogo illustra tions' fill,?p tho front pago.of tho papor arid tho Andorson "slavo tarffio" is depicted in phosphoresoont colors. . .- Thore aro columns upon columns of in.torv.iews with prcaohors and others < and ; tho staff .correspondent, vritiug ..frouv Columbia, doseribes tho oondi v tion?t fte'ho flaw them when in Ander "Spn.^ '; 'A^phg tho featuroB of tho "ex p09??oM,Tuosday, woro nUmorous inter vsJtoo'WHh uongroaBinon. Tho following is-'tho slory of tho / Washington correspondent. >??:-iiWashington, Fob. 25th. Tho North Amorioan's oxposuro of tho revival of alavory in South Caro lina was read with amazoment by con 'gross.'' ... That ouoh a condition could exist io thatpirt?f tho United Statoa in this day':was' almost boyoud tho bolidf of sons (ors and representativos, and thoy said Tho North American had dono a pubiio sorvioo in making tho facts known. Thpifprm of tho contract whioh tho nogroos employed by tho ootton plant er? kx?required to sign was perused with' special' intorest. Wondor was expressed that South Carolina should hayo tolerated ouch a plot for a mo .'.mont..' ' J . .- v OAN.OONQRK88 INTERFERI? ''.'On tho-question as to to whothor oon gr?.BS had a right to interfere, on tho , ; ground that it was in violation of tho tbi'rtoonth amondmont to tho consti tution, opinions differ?d. ;.A?great many lawyers in congress j rofusodrie give an off-hand opinion, .d.ooia?ing that tho matter was too seri ous, bugall ngrood that, whothor oon Tgitofls;:acted or not, Tho NoTth Ameri can.should continuo its work by mak ing tho poppla familiar with tho doiails of tho oriminal wrongs involvod in tho pornipious, system. Th'?'Nwtfi'Amorioan scoured tho fol lowing jdxprossions from Boprosonta tivo AebUry 0. Latimer, of. Bolton, jAndorspp'county, .S. 0. "YOB, wo soil nogroos in South Oaro Inia; -. '?rsoe nothing so. inhuman or out rageous in this statomont of faots. WhenvI.s>y.we floll nogroes, I wish it distinctly understood that not oho of . the bqttqr class of tho raoo issubjootod to this ireatmont. k , Hero the South Carolina represents " tivo of tho slave distriot stopped,'and for B?Veral sooonds lookod at tho head linos of Tho North Amcrioan. *T wish to say," ho said, "that I don't approve of tho praotioo aa. it is uow.oarn?d . on. While tho irinoiplo of soiling mon to mako thom pay for violations of tho law may not bo wi olly wrong; I do think that it is now car ried too far. Tho governor and tho 'courts of South Carolina have, and aro, ^investigating tho mattor, and I feel as mired that justioo will bo dono? ; ?lipUljD THBV RUN FRKB? "Ithink tho pooplo of South Carolina . roajlisso that tho manner of treating Ih?cib i un for tu na to wrongdoers bas gprip too far. and that a moro just pro*, eodt?'o will bo horoaftor followod. ', j ; ;?. W-0'?rd consurcd for not allowing ,<h?gro0B to^jcuu fee. . Aro they pot law '? breakors? '. Should wo allow thom to -run loOao? . It is not customary to al ..??.'?W-j?p&vlots'aU tho privileges of a oom ; /nmpUy, . Whllo all thoso oonfmod may . ; ta0tbe opnvipts',' ovory ono of tho mon , ; .has been guilty pf spmp pffo'Oso against . laWi BPfUooioty. Tho quostion will bo . -BotUodj end. I know that tho rosults - will satisfy tho Amorioan p?ppie." . 8BNATOR TILLMAN. fjonator Tillman in an intorview said: "1r am tutprised that a rospootablo now?papor-^-snd I conBidor Tho North AoioWoan ono.of .tho moat rospootblo in th?#0oun<ry-should lend .itsolf to any .Sensational^ aseusations against'tho poo . plo ol? a ?tato of this character. ' "Tho oxist'onco in ono, oounly of Boutii Carolins of an unlawful systom of oontraots had Already hoon called . to tho attohtion of ibo grand jury of that eourityby tho presiding judge, who doored tho ?yatom in tho strongost nos eiblo language, and .oallod a spooial term of oourt to reo?iyo thoir roport, BO that ho omi tako tho matter under ju dicial consideration. "BosidoS, tho Stato authorities, ail know withabnoluto certainly, havo no symt/athy 'wqMfeveg with any suoh wrong doing, ^Thoyvdo not propose to oouutennnoo it'in any woy, ano. tho Stato gcv?inmoat' will bund eVory-of fert) to stamp out any suoh unlawful, ?ruol aystona. \| "Tho leasing of oonviots has hoon brok on up by tho legisla'uro, and no oonviots aro allowod to bo hired to priv.ato parties, and tho cooping in ?along with tho oonviots of ignorant and .-silly negroes as prisonora oan no long?r exist, oven though imbi io opinion did'hot frown upon it "From my knowledgo of tho focling of tho pooplp of tho Stato-and I think < I know as much about public opinion ' in'South Carolina as any dthor man- 1 thoro is no sympathy with any.viow. of... doaling with labor that ia not fair and ( just. , : . ! .j "Tho nature of our orops requires a 1 oontraot that involves a year's.work, and tho d?ort of landownors ha? boon in thq I direction of soouring suoh / an agree-1! mont; authorizod by tho legislature, as to oompol porsons, whito and blaok, who havo mado oontraots to oultivato tho orop on sharon to curry out thoir oontraots. "Thin is for tho reason that the ex poridituroa of money for supplies and clothing during tho winter, and, in faot, all through tho eummor, would all bo lost unions tho orop waa workod and gathorod and prepared for ship ment. ' . "... Tho preparation of Jand for tho orop'T] and pioking and and ginning .taken - ton mon thu, and droppers on sharoa who woro not bound by oontr?ot to labor" by tho y oar would have tho landowner at a groat disadvantage , -.1 "Thoro is absolutely no ground fojp| any assertion that tho .people of Sooth Carolina sympathizo with thia BO he iud to rooBtablish Blavory under a oontr?ot ] Bystgm,_and I.am suro that. tho.,.Sjate authorities will tako ail neoossary Btop9 I to stamp it out." CHANGE IN LORD CAMPBELL ACT Grauting Exemplary Damages in Case of Death by Accident.. Following is tho text of tho aot to grant exemplary damages in oasos of doath by aooidont' and entitled nu aot to "amend an aot cntitlod 'an aot to omond s(otion 2316 of tho roviscd Statutes of this Stato, tho saino hoing a part of tho Lord Campbell aot,' ap proved tho 11th day of Fobruary, A, D, 1898;" . Soo. 1. Bo it onaotcd by tho goncral aasombly of tho Stato of South Caro-, lina: That section 1 of an not cntitlod "an aot to amond sootion "#116 of tho revisod statutos of this Stato, tho sam? boing a part of tho Lord Cambell aot," approvod tho 11th day of February, 1898, bo, and horoby is, amonded in lino | 14 thereof by inserting after tho. word "damagoB,' and boforo thq. word ''afc" tho words "including exemplary dam; agos whero suoh wrongful aot,-. nogloot or dofault,'was tho result.,of rooklosa noss, wilfulness or inalt?o"; sb that said sootion, as amonded','8hall road as follows: -; '. ' .. - > ' . ' " Soo. li That sootion 2816 of tho ro " vised Btatutos "of South Carolina of 1898, boso amondod as'to'road rio fol lows: .. ? Sootion 2316. Evory,suoh action shall bo for tho bonofit of tho . wifo or hus band and ohild, ot children, of tho por son whole death'Bhall hayo boon oauscd; and if thor? bo no. suoh wifo, or huaband, or ohild. or ohiidron, thou for tho bonofit of tho paront or pa-: rente; and if thoro bo no BUdh, then for tho benefit of tho hoirs at law of ; tho distributees of tho person whoso death' shall havo boon cnusod as' m ay fi fed. '.V.do-' pondont on him for support, and shall bo brought by or in tho namo of tho oxeoutor or administrator of sudh per son; and in ovory suoh aotion tho jury may. givo suoh damages, including 'ex emplary damagoB, whoro suoh wrong ful aot,-nogloot or default was tho Td nuit of rcoklossnoss wilful noaa or malioo,. ai they may think proportioned to tho injury resulting from suoh death to tho parties, rospeotivoly. for whom and for whose bonofit suoh - aotion shall; bo brought. And tho amount no.recovered shall bo divided among ibo before mon* tionod partios, in suoh shares as they would havo boon ontitled to if-tho do-, craned 'had died intcslato and tho amount reoovorcd had boon personal assots of his or her ostato." Tho purpoBO of this moasuro is to oom pol Corporations, Railroad Companion, oto., whoro reoklosBDOBB ia provon, to givo damaged in tho way of pupishmont. to tho relatives of tho party ; who was negligently killed. I -, .. Tho Supremo Court of South Carolina has always hold under Lord Campbell Aot that while a person oould recover damages in punishment as woll as aotual damagoa whero a portion was oripplod by a ll. R, Co., yet if that Primo portion waa killed inotoad of orip plod tho rolativos of tho dcoeasod por son oould only rooovor actual dmungon and could not punish tho H. ll. Co., by making thom givo punitivo damagos for thoir oarolosanoBa. This Aot whioh Senator Brantley suoooodod in passing af tor a hard' fight rovorsos tho Supromo Court of S. C., and how allows a jury to givo Punitivo damagos whore a porno? io killed as well as whoro ho is oripplod. Looting in Ohina. Mr Goorgo Ly nob, tho war ar tint and oorrospondont, gavo his lecture, "In tho Hoart of Viking at Now -York. Among tho -storooptioon viows with vrhioh Mr. Lynoh illuotratod binlooturo wore thono of tho apartments; of tho emperor and omprons of China in tho saorod palace, in tho forbidden oi ty. Thoso rooms of stato had", hover boon photogrphod. nor had a photographer over sot foot within tho naovcd walls until Mr/ Lynott and, J. 0. Hommot ontordd with, tho immtroops. Mr. Lynoh had some surprises? iiitihotthapo of photographs whidh show how tho soldiors of oertain nations eonduotod thomsolvos whon tho opportunity to loot carno. V V MURDER AND SUICIDE Dr. wi VK Aiken 8uoots Hie Beautiful i WJfe, Tnen Himself. ! Dr?iw. F. Aikon, a loading spooUllst of Savannah, Ga., ?hot add killed hie wifo in lhoir bodroom at an oarly hour Wodno?day morning; Tho roport of tho pistole awakened their litiio. ?on, ?ged oight years. In his night olothes and barofOotod; tho ohild ran in - tho stroot to onli a policeman, whoa tho . oilioor ontorOd tko houao ho found Mrs. Aikon dead on tho bed, with a bullet hmo through hor hoad, and Dr. Aikon, with a pistol in hand, lyirig on tho floor ?load.' Aftor shcoting his wifo ho had plaood tho weapon to his own hoad and sont a bullet through, bio brain. Tho jhild said.that ho had hoard hi? father munt, ."oho two throo," and thon tho pistoliShoot . . It wa?rdov?lopod at tho ; oorner's in; iucstjthis. afternoon that Dr, Aikon ?vas about 38* y caro old. i. J3o WBB born in Now York,; and was graduated at VTalo lat tltp. ago 20 year's: Aftor gradua tio?i hb was oonneotod for a timo with tHo h;chlth- db'phrtmont bf tho oity of NoW : York;'Then'ho tobk a spooial aourso'in'; 'disoaaon.of tho oyo and oar, and darno Gouth to settle Ho married Minti ?Ani'ui K. Potter, daughter of tho ttav. A 0. Potter, a clergyman of Now Bedford,. Ir?ass. Tho lt9v. Mr. Pottor waa a OIORO poraonal friend of Ralph Waldo 13p??r;son.. .A. ; brothor of. Mrs. Aikon, Alfred ?!." Pottor, is now libra rian ? of ^Harvard . utiiv?rsity. This lu -oin or jbas. boon tologrphod for,, and will arrivo tomorrow to Uko ehargo of ^ho bodioB'and rbmove them to Massa ?hU8ot?s.for -interment..' ?..: "N?yo'Att8.o for tho trogody waa c! o vol opened at t ho ibqu?at.. Ik-.was brought mt .-jt.haV:'TDr,! Aikbri^was a .?igaretto ?mokor to cxeosaj. and thot' ho/, was of ari cxtromoly < nervous i tomporamant. A'wojweeks or so ago-ho hod to. .havo tho services, of physicians'; io.:- what ? wasbo lievod to bo morph i no poisoning* and it was rumored at. tho. timo that ho had attompibd aUloidm; but tho att'ondipg phvijioia?a ;8aid 7ina.t>wa.B : improbable Lately his. frienda' brui noticed an ex tremo ? abstraotion-and irritability. Dr. .Aikon was devoted tb ablon o o, and was an inventor.of som? .nOto. li? ia the originator .of many opthalmology ioal inatruments that aro now in oom mod use .all- OVer tho. country. Ho rc f?aod'to patont bia invontions, saying thoy wero for tho bonpfit of mankind. Ho-had a ' vory .largo and ? lucrativo pra?tioo, and waa in indopondont oir oumstanoes. 'Mrs. Aikon waa a lady of great beauty and, many accomplish*, morita, Th?y leave tour littlo children; Ohoating tlip,. ^y^mhent. Tho .report ofJ^OvspbeTa]'' oommittpo of Congress wnioli invoBtigatcd- tho om ploynmnt f?lfsWBB made publie: Thurs day by Chairman:'Moody.-* 'It says that "somo-of tho faults observed in dm ad ministration of aff airs of tho house aro attributable to tho poroistonoo of mern hors of tho houso in urging upon t o officers-tho appointment ot thoir oon stituont? and friends-.to. subordinate piscos." In tho offiops of tho olork and doorkeeper tho oommittcb report ?bat thoy ''found certain abusos, namely: Trau nf cr of employes from tho duties of tho positions to whioh they were ap* pointed to" other duties, unjuaitfiablo paymonts of compensation to employes whilo absent from thoir.posts of duty, and divisions of salarios.',' Tho oora mittoo aays that ono omployo has not work od over six months in nearly four year?, during whioh hp has drawn pay, and has not boon in Washington for oloven-or twelve months; Many casos of contributions by employes, of ..sal lirios aro inontionod, ono of thom in the last, opngross, .being $1,600[ariually out of a aalary bf $3,000. It is 'explained that thosp.;. contributions .W.?ut toward oquafizing salaries pf othor oinployos. Tho commit too Ands no ovidorioo of tho practico of a sa'Q?fl mo nt,- contribution or division.of,salaries.in thp prosont oon gross. Tbo ' oommitto'o r?ooinmond a pbrniationt statute whioh;shill proporly &bd equitably adjust compensation'abd omploymcnt and specifically ' prevont. these abuses. - ' - .. ?. - * - ,, ? Costly Sweep Outr; Playing about ? trash dump in tho oity of Oharloston: Thursday ?ittlo' Oarl San.b?rg, tho six-yoar old grand eon, of Obn'rlos Colson, found ? paokago of un opened United.Hiatos mail. -Tho ohild, thinking tho papers wor'thloFS, toro opbn abnib/'of'th? loftera'but whon>.ho found monoy itt them took them to.hja grand father." I n von t igri tion 'showed thO lett ors to contain $5,000 in - monoy and oortibcd, "endorsed .ohooks.. Tho-iotters liad boon -fon t from Rook I lil 1 to banks, firms and pcoplo horo.yOno of tho' ohcoka was for $20--1'/.and another $18.60, from the Comptroller U on oral. to President D.. Bfsi Johnson of ..Winthrop college Tho .money, was lo,nay. for soholaxships rorJa'S??ore or so of'young^ladioi from all over tbpstato . who^ar^rmw. st that institution, Tho., postefnoo . authorities ?aytho papk&g?.s^muBt b**yo bocn svy?p't out ot t^p.'v^pqb^ I wasto papor. TA thorough investigation' Is?boing.mado. ; ....;..* f, . ' ' ; ' Tho Bouth in the SadtlJ6. - Tho Now York l?voaing Po?t' ref OJ. ring to thc. ?'odthcrn cotton mill ind?s try, makos tho.claim that tho southorn mills aro driving tho Fall River mills bo'th?1'Wall, '-Bolltilg ?loth to (ho print works andbloaoluorioa in Fall Rlypr "at prloos which tho local milla, ; cannot moot...Tho sotithornmills, forOxamplo, maleo a profit on cloth at 3 Oon'.a a yard for whioli tho Maa9achu9?tt? mills'mbst liavo'3l'8'?cnt'Bi Aad Chials not all, for oe m po ti tion i j promised soon in ovon tho standard wide print' olotb, tho 38 12 inch. 64x64 a. Fur thor moro it is to bo added that tho south has in oronncd her. spindles in tho pa-it year to rm amount equal to two thirds of tho to tal spindlongo in Pall Rivor, about 3,< DOO,OOO spindles. Opposes tho Stoal. Tho Springfield Republican says: "Tho lower branoh of tho Wfeeonsib legislature is overwhelmingly 'Repub lican, having only nevon to on . Domo oratio mombo;:.*, against eighty-throo Uopuhlioans; but for all that, it has' adopted resolutions urging tho Win son sin mombora of Gongresa to oppoqo tho liannr, ship subsidy bill, bya voto of "sovoniy-eight to fifteon. This faot alono should suffioiontly warm tho party in GongroB? to koop olo*r of sommitting itself to any suoh moa? L ( m A; NEGRO BURNED ? 'In tho Stroet^f Tdir? H?ut^l)^ diana For u KILLIN <A W. HIT E . W 0 (VI A N. Crowds bf 'Mer, Woman and; Chi'dron Witness the Ba? bor otis Scene. No Attempt at Concealment Puhishraont, swift ?ed torriblo was mo ted out Wednesday at Torr? Haute; Indiana to Gcmrgo Ward, tho' Nogro Who murdered Miss Ida KinkoloUiu,, tho sohool. toaohpr, by shooting hor 'with a shotgun, and; putting-hot throat Tuasday aft or noon. A few hour.-J af tor his arrest an angry mob battered down tho doors of tho jail, draggod tho pris oner to tho Wabash bridgo, sovofal squaros away and hanged him to the biidgo draw. Not oontont with . thc hanging tho orowd out the oorpse down, and, laying it on a sandbar nu der tho bridgo, kindled a tiro and oro niatod tho romains. It was tho first lynching that Torro Hauto over ox po rlonoed. . t Ward was arrestod at 10 o'olook at tho oar works, where ho was omploycd as a laborer., and After boing fully idontifiod by two oitizos, rando a con fession. His only exouso for the mur der was that Miss Finkoistotn had oallqd.hiin a "dirty Nigger" and slapped him in tho faoo. H nor iii . jf.asig oom* munioated., with. Gov. Durbin, but thc mehi a co om pl iah od its work boforo . tho militia ojuld.bo ordered out. Tho governor had wired ,C?pt, Thomas of Co. M, to rlaoohis oompanj fully armed inroadinoss for duty. i At noon tho orowd outsido tho jail, numbering ticvaral hundred, including mon, women and boys battered do wi tho j iron doors, but woro driven baot by Jailer LawroD03 -O'Donnoll, whe firod ovor tho hoads of tho mob." Doputj Shoriffs . Cooper, Hossiok and Loforgc wore struok by scattering shot anc slightly injured, but nobody in tin orowd' was hurt. A dotail of polio* vainly tried to disporso tho crowd. Ar 12:35 o'olook anothor orowd bat to rod _d ow n tho outer doors of tho jai Booming possession of tho koys and cn toring tho cell room. N Tho oido doo w.vi opened for tho rost of tho orowd Tho ooll was qiiiokly oponod and Wari waa draggod forth. Ho . fought witl tho: desperat o foroo'ty-of. a boast a bay. ' Ho was dragged out to th stroot, still fighting with all hi strongthj. but a. blow from a hpav; hammor, felled him to tho'ground. A noose w.es.quiokly adjusted to Iii nook' and tho . mob .atartoi with it viotim'.' toward ' the Wabash bridge Tho 'fceblo-'re?t?ta^eo;.made''fey th wretched oreaturo after that blow wit tho hammer was soon, quieted by th savago blows of tho mob. Faoo dowi ward ho was dragged through th stroot to tho bridgo Und across th rough, planking of tho driveway to th drawbridge Many aro of the opirdo that tho follow was doad boforo, tb socno of tho hanging was roaohot Ho wovor, tho ropo was thrown o Vc ono of thouppor beams and tho bqd drawn up. Thon burning? at tho stako wi agreed on 'unanimously, and a;"firo.,Wi quickly kindled on top bank: pf tl river just, south of tho bridgoi Tl body, bearing no sign of lifo, wi thrown into tho fire, and faggots wo piled upon it. Tho stake was omittoi Tho body was in a horizontal positioi tho foot protruding at ono end, tl ho (ul nt tho other. Tho ona of tur po : tino, w^s poured'on tho cager flame After that -combustible oils, scorned ?flow Bpgn'tano??tsly .t'gty'afd the fire ac the Hanlon Ipapod high, while: tho bo< of tho Nogro was rapidly oonsumot None of tho mob attempted disguise : 'Whoh tho body was-takon down bo carried to tho Aro tho bridgo - wo of tho draw was barricaded, but tl east bank of the ri vor and tho -brid, on. tho oity oido of tho draw wo orowdod with thousands ot mon, w mon and children, gazing at the awl spootftolo. With grim detorminatii tho mob fod tho fiamos and watohod t fio'sh - 'shrivel to cinders and the bon orumblo and burn. ,. Souvenir hunters woro nn hand force, nod fragments e'f tho body , a now s oat tor od broadcast. Que. mi whilo tho foot Btill prohudod fr?m t flamoB, offered ll'for a toe' from "t Nigger'^ i?ot;'? A venturesome youl drawing a knife from his' po ok ot, ma a. d?sfi f?r the prizei Ho quiokly amp tajtod. a t?e.* do?lVorod I tho goods a .gQt.m's money... As tho Bonos bogan to orumblo a fall apart the fragments woro tak from tho . Uro andoar ried away. A o'clock th oro .was nothing loft eft bou y oxo opt a small s co tion of tho tr u and tho bfmk of tho head. Busy har ?kept tho ' biirniug faggots pjlecl ?jp tho roasting s?gmonts. Womon ot to tho Roono by sooroB. At about.2 o'olook tho barrioado was removed a the crowd surrounded tho firo. l.Ward was 27 yoars old, a- i. lo ave widow and'two ohildronu Ho oamo hi foun years ago, from Ciroiovillo, -The- Statomont that ho was- ono ti in an -i ny ano asylum is doniod by wife. Ho served a jail sentence in li for laroony. Tho leadors'of thp n aro unknown, "and as publio sontim uphold? tho lyu?hing, no proscoutii aro oxpo'otod. A Mystory of'Verdit Will. Vordi's will, cays tho London Ohr iolo, contains- ono very ourioua lt< His residuary lega too is his eic Maria Vordi, who is inarriod to Sig Carrai(. . To . tho infant asylum^ i tho hospital for tho blind in Genoa bequeaths ?1,000. Largo muns aro.! loft to tho ohavitablo ihstlutiohs aiu the poor pf his nativo village, Bono and also to thoso of Bono soto, wli ho lived fer many years. Thon coi the following requost? "In tho din room of my yijfe) St. Agata, will found two largo wooden boxes of gi antiquity! Tdctoiro that neither shat oponed, but that bo,^h.|)o, burned im dlatoly aftor.may oWcjiujos." It is j su'med thtt?' ine two mysterious bc contained manuscripts Of rinpublis operas whioh the master did not v to soothe light. COUNTY ?oVBR?MBNT. tnt ?hanecoa "Were Made at the Re \ cent; Legislative Session, .There wero fow oouuty. government m?M?vcs panned by tho l?gislature of 49 Oy Th oro wan a oommitteo of 40 ap! pointed to draw up a honorai bill. Thia mo?.?iuo was presented to tho houeo and-' continued : -until next session as were nearly ali other important gon erajplts, Senator Dean introduced a bill to re el j v th o commutation tax in G roon Vilw||c|?ntj !/om,t.2 to $1. Additional.' ame???mon.la relating to v.s.o number of dajsijjfar road working wero mado for tho counties of Union and Darlington. Tho commutation tax for Laurons and Florene?, wah rcduood from $1 50 td$?, and for Hampton was inoroasod from $i to *2> With the oxooption of a apo oial ;jiioasutQ for Mailboro, . this; was .tho only county govorninpnt aot passed. It roads s . \, ??? -, )? V . Sootlon 1. That ?ootion'4 of an act ?ntit??'|i /.''An act to omond sections 3 and i:(ti an act ontitlcd 4 An aot to pr? vido s?i SyBtom of county govornmont j for thu ?overa! oountios of tbo Stato, so 'far no it. relaten to tho maintaining'and working of ? tho roads and highways in the Stato," approvod 19th of Fobruary, A, D.. 1900, bo amondod on line 65, by inserting botwoon tho words4,Fairfiold" and ,,Gtfonwood,,, thc word 4 Greon villo.H abd on lino 59 by striking out tho wotdi MGreonvillo;" and by insert ing af tOjvGroonwood tho words "and. Ohostomold." and by striking out tho word..'^Darlington" boforo th? . word "Groonv'iUo," and tho wo;d "Onion1 botwoon ibo , words "Lexington" *nd ''Witliim^urg," and inserting tho I word 4'Darlington," abd by insetting bctwoooxiUe words "day,* ard 4'pro vided" tho words "Union two days," and by striking out tho word 4,Jlamp ton" from ; tho proviso after tho words .4L*urbril>;\no dollar" and inserting tho word ''R epton" botwoon tho words "George! yVm'' and 44Horry," so that said soot i v>?; whon so amondod, shall read as fdlipwsi Soo. 4. That all malo persons ablo to porfonn thc>|abor 'horoin rcquirod, bo twoon thV.l'-sgo of 18 arid 55 years, ox copt in t^o( Countios of Goonoo and Piokons. ' w|ero tho ages shall bo bo twoon 18x$ftd,55 year?}, and oxcopt in tho oDuritioSOf Groon wood and Ohortor fiold whore,tho ago shall bo botwoon the agos bf48 and 50; and exoopt in Abbovillo, UMorokoo, Groonvillo. flor ry, OrarigbbuVgi Spartanburg and Union oountios, v/hiro tho agon shall bo from 21 to 50, rmu niuo oxcopt ministers of tho gospol inWotual ohnrgo of a congre gation, arid sortons porm?nontly dis abl?d in tbelmilitary tomoo of this Stato, and pfrsonn who sorved in tho lato war bo/ 'cbtt tho S'.ato, and all poiMonn no; illy omployod in tho quarantine 1 m?o of tho Stato, shall bo required^ ..lyrtually to porfoiin, or oari?b to bo perf?nwod, labor , on tho high^ay? urid^? tho directions of tho ovqrsoor bf thcd'bftd distrlo.t in whioh j ho ?jmil.. rein' '* ollbv?s^ It?'^h? OOhhtios. of 'Gj?o ?vr?.(?, '. Picken a and Spartanburg, throe days. In tho obum tios of Abboyillo, Aikon, Anderson/ Barnwell, Oherokoo, Ohostorfiold, Fair field; Greenwoods Kershaw, Larioaator, Laurens, Loxington, Darlington, Wil liamsburg* and York, four. days. In tho county- of Floronoo flyo days, in tho corintios. of Bamborg, Ohoster, Clarendon, Odllcton, Dorchester, Edgo field, Horry, Nowborry, Ooono, Saluda, Orangoburg and Sumtor, six days. In tho countios of Beaufort, Borkeloy, Oharloston, Goorgotown, Hampton and Marion, eight days; and in tho county of Riohland, ton days. Union, two days; provided, thst ton hour's labor shall bo hold to bo a day's work; provided, that tho county. board of oommissionora of any county may oauao to bo levied a road tai not to exoood ono mill on all taxablo property of any township in their county] whon so requested by a wrltton notitiori, signod by two-thirds of tho frooholdors of suoh township, such tax io bo col lo o ted as o thor taxos, and to bo expOndod on tho roads and highways of such townships (oxoopt in tho oounty of Piokonn, whoro such pe tition shall not bo nooosaary.) And Bamborg oounty-in Bamborg opunty eaoh spooikl sohool distriot now or hore aftor ont nhl ioho d shall bo 4,a road distriot;V and tho oounty board of oom missioners may causo to bo lovied a road tax not to excood two mills on all taxablo proporty within said road dis trielmon a petition signed bv two-thirds ortho frOonbld voter? owning'property within Said road distriot (exoopt that in Denmark novd distriot no potition shall bo noooflnary, but thoro shall bo levied and oolicotod annually a tax of .two mites en all tax&ble property with in, said district),. said to bo oolicotod an other tax?s, and the funds so ool loo tod ?hall bo paid out on tho warrant of the .township ooinmissienors, coun tersigned by the supervisor of tho oounty, said funds to be oxpondod on tho publio roads within .' said road dis;, trio G whore colleotcd. Provided, further that tri Hou of performing or oaunjug to bo porformod tho labor of ten hours por day, as horin named . fer tho:,spy oral countios) a commutation tax may bo paid hy tho porson so Jiablo on or hy tho Int day of May of thia yoar, and on or by tho 1st Of Fobruary of oaoh yoar hereafter, whioh in the oountioa of Abbovillp. Akion, Andorson, Ohorokoo, .Ohostorfiold, Olarondon, Darlington, lidgofiold, Fairfield. Groonvillo, Groon wood, Piokonn, Riohland, Spartanburg, Sumter..Marlboro and Union, shall bo ene dollar; in tho oountios of Floronoo and Laurens, ono dollar; and in tho oountios of Barnwell,'Bamborg, Bofcu fort, Berkeley, Oharloston, Ohostor, Oolloton, Dorchester, Goorgotown, I lor ry, Hampton, Kershaw, LanoaBtor, Loxington, Marion, Nowborry, Orango burg, Saluda, Williamsburg and York, shall bo two dollars; and in tho oounty of OoOrioo. shall bo threo dollars. Pro l'vldod, portons Hablo to labor under this aot shall have tho right to f uroish a com petent substitute to laoor in his atoad. ' ^Po Bocbi?i? a Banker. I, Tho company of Auguata oapitallsts Who have rooontly acquired tho Harris Xiithia Springs havo now assumed ooo trol of tho proporty and Harris, tho hustler-r-tho winard of tho wators,whe { found this spring in tho wildomcss nino years age and a fow days ago con verted it into,$100,000 cash-is about to engage in tho banking business. If ho jJh'all bo half as successful in his now field as he was in tho old Bold whore ho found tho spring, his vonturo will J be a bonppiouous suoooss ~*,Oolumbis ! State. THE FREEPASS RECORD How ttys Mom bet a of the House Voted On It? Wo havo bcon tsked by mombors of tho bouHo of roproaentativos who voted against'tho bili to ropoal tho anti-froo pass aot' why neither Tho Btato nor Tho Nows and Oourior printod tho vot? indotail. To this wo replied that we did not know; that tho legislative re porte VJ of Tho S tato, and wo bolieved of Tho Nows and Oourior as well, woro instruotod to givo tho vote, by yoes and nays on issues affecting important legis lation; but that tho omission of tho de tailed voto in this oatio might bo at tributed to an error of judgmont on tho part of tho roporlors as to what - oonsti tutod a moasure of iinportanoo. At tho request of those mombois-who, it is hardly noooseary to say, votod against { tho bill-wo reotify tho omission by ro produoing from tho j/ur.nal of.tho pro ooodingu of the houso of roprosonta tivos on Fobruary 8 tho following rcoord: H. 467.-Mr. Spears: A bill to ro poal an aot ontitlod "An aot to pi ovo nt tho uso of a froo pass, oxproas or tolo? graph frank On any railroad by any Unit od States senator or mombor of oon gross from this Stato, or by any mom bor of tho gonoral assombly of this Stato, or by any Stato or oounty offioial,' or by any judge of a oourt of. reoord in this Stato,v approved Dooombor 22nd, A. D, 1891. Mr. Tatum moved to striko out tho onaoting words! Upon that motion tho yeas and nays were requcatod, and it was dc old od in tho negativo. Yoas, 38; naya, 64. Thoao who votod in tho affirmative aro: ? Meuora. Austin, Baoot, Boamguard, Brooks, JDorroh, Elder, Frasor, Gaston, Galluohat, Quntor, Hallo, Hardin, Hol lis, Koola, Kiblor, Lido,. Logan, Lo max, McCall, MoLaughlin, McLeod, Miahoo, Morgan, MOSOB, Moss, Prinoo, Rod foam, Richards, lluokor, Sandor^, Btrom, Tatum, Thous, W J Thomas, Thompson, Wilson; Wingoand Wood ward.-38. Thoao who voted in tho hogativo aro: Hon. W F Stovonson, spoakor; Moasrs. Ashley, All, BaakB, Bates, Bivona, Bloaso, Brown, Bryan, Rutlor, ?ampt boll, Oar tor, Ooo por, Cosgrove, Croft, Orum, Dantzlor, Dean, Dennis, Dodd, Dominick, Dunbar, Durant, Efird, Es tridgo, Fox, Frooman, Gourdin, Hill; Uumpbroy, Johnson, Kinsoy, Dover, Littlo, Lookwool, Lofton, Lylcs, Maul din, Mayson, MoOraw, MoGowan, -F H Mo Master, J no. MoMastor; Morrison, Murohison, Niohols, W L Parkor, Pat terson, Bankin, Richardson, O E Rob inson, K B A Robinson, Robertson, Sinkler, J B Smith, M L Smith, Spoara, Vinoont, W?lling, Wolla, West, Wes ton, Williams and Woods.-61, Mr. Spo?ra moved to reoonsidor.tho voto whoroby tho. bill was ordorod'.toa third reading, and to lay that motion I on tho tablo. Whioh was agreed to. vision.-Columbia Stato. STIR UfcCHINESE IRE. The Hatred of Foreigners May last A hong Timo Aooording to tho opinion of Sir Ohih Ohou Lohfongluh, Ohinoso minister in London, aim-foreign dontimont will abido in China long aftor tho preaont troublos aro Bottled. His oxoellonoy aBsuros that tho Mono-sidodnoso" of tho pu worn' program mo and the ''atrooitioa" oommittod by somo of thoir troops havo given Wo atom civilization an indelibly blade oyo among tho Chin?se pooplo. Tho Ohinoso minis tor said: 'I regret to bo forood to tho oonolu Bion that tho reoord of tho powers in China will livo in history as tho rooord of ruinod opportunities. Not the more signing of poaoo tormsoan romo vc tho preoonooivod impressions whioh ovonts, in tho popular mind, hayo not ? only justified, but intoasiiiod. Our pooplo havo not experionood any of tho refining influences whioh they woro told belonged to the oooidont. Thoy havo soon Europoan eoldiors mur der, outrago and steal. Tnoy have soon diplomats domanding exactions some what out ot kooping wita the philan thropic motivos winch brougnt tho groat nations to our shoros, Thoy have ?eon, in short, tho policy of an opon door with tho door slammed in China s, faoo. ? .1 ' " Voars ago I translated tho lives of Oromwoll, Shakospoaro, Bismnrok, Napoloo?, Washington and Lincoln. 1 wanted to show my countrymen tho sort of oharaotor that grow and flour ished in tho Wost, lam grieved, as a boliover in that oharaotor, that tho' last year's history has failed to sup port tho idoals whioh I sought to pic ture." Lahfongluh intimatos that China is likoly to intorposo o bj oo tiona to pay ing hoavy indomnity. Do thinks nono ought to bo 'demanded or givon in ex cess of tho aotual vaiuo of tho property dostroyod. Praise for tho Second. Tho Columbia Stato aays Gen. J. Warron Koifor, under whoso oommand tho Sooond South Carolina sorvod in Cuba, writing from his homo in Bring* ftold, O., to Col. Wilio .Jones, former oolonol of the Sooond, says somo nico things about that model rogimont of volunteers. Ho writos: Tam very thankful to you for a beautiful oopy of 'South Carolina in tho Spanish-Awaorioad War,'and I nm vory gratoful to you for tho sonorous and kind things you say of moon pago 139 of tho book in your history of your oxoellont rogimont-tho Sooond South Carolina infantry. I reoiprooato tho good feoling you cxproes towards mo, and I know you must fool that I was alway proud to havo you and your gal lant rogimont in my cominan 1. I never ooaso to spoak of tho promptness of tho troops who sorvod under me to oboy, and tho kind spirit tho offtoors and mon oxhibitod uniformly towards mo. Your oxr.mnlo was a good ono for all lo fol* low, , ' "Romombor mo most kindly to any of yotir oiHjors'or men you may moot, Assuro all that I shall novor forget tho rogimont," oto. :-. ' Four Children Cremated. F?ur(ohildren, 4. to 12 yoori of ago, woro cremated in tho burning roBidonoo of Jaoob B?lfc, at LUohfloW., Pai, carly Thursday rooming, ? h\\ EVIDBNTLY?A OK&HK. % ?Mftri Visit?. Charleston Who I? ; Certainly Off. Mr. Jamos Buohahan Woavor, who o?airos to bo a retired lawyer of Phil adelphia, announced today at tho oourt house, where ho was a visito*, that |te would bo a candidate for tho Proajh denoy of tho United States in 1904, Mri Woavor i? a gold Dotnoorat and says his platform will bo a govornmont' for the poojplo and by tho people. Mr. Weaver is an ex-Uonfcdorato fcol diorJ having fought under Lob in tho Army bf Northern Virginia, After tho surrondor ho drifted .to Philadelphia, whero ho wont into tho drug business, sludiod niodiciho and finally took up tho law. v As a lawyer, ho any a, he soon in ado. a naroo for himsolt as . well as plenty of money. Sovoral yoars ago his wife died and having no onoumboranoo ho retired and? of lato' years ho has boon traveling and studying political questions Thia morning Mr. Woavor was a visi tor at tho oourt houso. Ho was 'a stran gor whon ho entered but it was not lone bofore ho know Judgo Aldrich ami overy mombor of tho Charleston bar who waa presont in tho oourt house at tho timo. Ho introduood himsolf, Co olaring to his nowly made friends that ho oxnootod to bcoomo a oandidato for I PrbBidont of tho United States in 1904. Ho said that ho was a grand, nophow of Prosidont Buchanan and had a right, to tho ornoo. "Oh, ? am a H m ?rt man," said Mr. Woavor, in talking to ah Evening Post reporter, "I knowhow to build, peli tioal fonoos {hat Mark Hanna with all his woalth and power can hot de stroy. It will tako Aunt Carrie Na tiou 'and hov little hatohot to smash tho political fonoos that I havo oon struotod. ? ."Charleston is a gold bug town and you oan Bay to tho pooplo through your paper that .1 ll bo hero whon tho next Presidential campaign opons and will talk Domooraoy and good gold money to the people of this ahoiont old city. This is a grand old town and I love it. Just toll thom ?hat you saw mo and that I want a big Vote in Charleston. Mr. Woavor talkod about blind tigers in tho oily, declaring that thoy woro as' thick as blaok birds in tho summer time, and while ho has only boon in Charleston a few days ho knew all tho* ropos and could acaro up a tigor at any old timo. - Yosterday he visited tho oity hospi tal and St._Franois Xavier, Infirmary, and wont over to tho lalo of Palms. ..liAt tho palm beach," ho said, "I swiped a palmotto, boxed it up and sont it to roy little darling in Philadelphia. "Otu you need not laugh, for I am on gagod; oven if I am a widower," ho .oxplaincd. . . VTbll the people of c Charleston that I am going to o?U on Gov. MoSvyconov and got his influonoo and. support in my ra'&oitffctlibj:jPieji^<9^^y.^V^u ./ Miiv.WeftVi'V e'aid-.lib.vyae.-itbing 'in ;Ch?'ribstp'n . ; for sovorol days jbhg?r and'that ho would rocoivV all politi cians at tho Charleston Hotel.-Char leston Pq4. ;. Marok Weather , Tho following data, oovoring a period of thirty yoarsy ;havo boen' compiled from tho woathor buroau rcoordB at ICharleston for tho month of March: Moan or normal temperature, 67 do grcos. Tho warmoBt month was that of 1871, with an avorago of 64 dogroos. The coldost mOnth was that of 1872, wi th an avorago of 52 degrees. - Tho highest tc tn por a turo was 86 do? gcooB on Maroh>21. 1897. .Tho lowest temperature, was 24 do groos, on Maroh'5, 1873, Avorago dato on whiohjirat "killing" frost oooured in autumn; Novombor 20. ; Average dato on whiohlsyst "killing" frost qcoured in spring,' March 8..., Avorago. precipitation for tho. month 3.78 inoh.os, \7 . _ ' . Avorago number of day's; with Ol. of J ab inoh br moro, ten. 'Tho greatest monthly precipitation was 9;78 inohos in '1872; Tho loast monthly prooipitation was ,59 brohea in 1887. . . ,,. Tho groatoa't amoUnt.?f prooipitation rqeorded in. e>oy tw?nty-fqur oonspou tivo boura was 3.14 inohos en Mafo'n 13 and 14, 1889. ^ The greeted ahibiiht'?f j ?nbWfall; re corded in ?tiy. twpfifcy-fotir>GonBooutivo hours' (rooo?d. extending ' tb Winter of 1884 1885 only) Was?>traoo . in'ohes on .Mareh7,.189,9.... . , . , . Average:n^mh^fM]'blearf iSjjh Wi- j partly cloudy 'days', '12; folot?dy days? 8. ?J Tho pr?Vailing Winde have boen from tho southwest, 26 per dont. Tho highest, velooity of the wjnd was. Jp mi loa from tho northeast on Maroh. 30, 1898/ ; ! Outrage by a N?fcr?. ? An unknown nogro ontorod tho rosi donoo of Mrs. Buohanan, 86 Spring street, in tho heart of Atlanta, Ga.? Thursday morning, and ?ompellod her tb cook breakfast,-Then, tying her foot and hands, ho quietly ato tho breakfast after whion he sot nro to the ?house by placing, a quantity of-paper- in the. bed whero ho han for cod Mrs. Buohanan io Ho, Tho negro osoapod vithoul, ho ing dotootod. . Mrs. Buohanan sproamod and assistanoo carno ho toro tho. firo had gained muoh headway. Soaro'K is hbw hoing made for tho nogrb. k It Gomes High. Wednesday the oommissionorof pen sions diemissod hjs entire f oreo fora woek's holiday and turned over tho building to tho inaugural ofiioials, who will then m?k? ready fer tho inaugural ball. To mako room for tho danoore it will bo no?'osaary to movo 300,000 pon oon casos. Tho uso of tho pension omqo fer tho inaugural ball will cost tho gov ornment $25,000 in salarios alono. Many think this is the last time the pension ornoo will be usod for tho inaugural ball. i '. . A Tough Yarn* A noWflpapor at Knstamuni nt atoa, aocording to ft Coylon paper, that While a peasant Was shooting in a forest' near that placo ho heard tho growling of a bear. Whioh ho fou?dun-' dor a tree sufforlng gr?at pain from a largo thorn in his paw. Tho ; animal permitted tho sportsman.to, oxtrack the thoi.'n, and showed its gratitude b# taking thoman, by rnonjbB bf waving ita PAW, to ft troo in whio? was ft lionoy ooinb twonty pounds in weight, ONLY ONE ESCAPED! Thlrty-flvo Mor* Di? In a Coal y Mine Fir?. A HORRIBLE I HOLOCAUST. Mab Suddenly Found therr? 80!VQ8 8hutl off from Ufo by a Wall of Ragingv' Flames. Tho worflt diaastor1 in tho liiB??ry of ooal mining itf Wyoming sinoo tho Al my horror oight years ago, ooourred'at Diomondsvlllo Wodncaday night. -Thir ty ftvo mon aro boliovod to havo poriBh od in a firo whi?h! started iii mino No. 1 of the Diambtfdftvillo Coal and Coko opnipany. ' The blazo was ?rstdisoovorod shortly af tor tho night shift oonimonood work. It is though vtO have originated from a oarolosa miner's lamp io tho oil room. Tho flames made >fluoh flrpgroBS < that . only ono man eaoaped from tho two ontrios in which it was oonfiood. His namo is John Andordon and ho watt frightfully burned in running tho gauntlet of tho fiamos, Ho was sud Sonly confronted by a wall of firo and smoko and wrapping bia hoad in an overcoat ho ran in tno dirootion of tho main ? ontranoo. Ho foll unoonsolous and was o atrio d to tho mouth of tho mino. Tho alarm was Bounded and hundreds'of minors at work , in tho raines and on tho outsido rushod to tho rosouo of their imprtgooed Qomr?dos?, Tho firo had by thin timo made suoh progrosa that it was impossible to ou ter tho r'OOmsbf. flames, Tho on ti re night wno oponfc in confia ing tho fire to tho two ontrios and this morning it was noooesary to soal thom up to provoht tho flames from, spread ing to othor parts of tho mino. This stop Was only decided upon, af tor -all.. hopo of saving tho.lives of tho mon had boon abandoned. Nothing could ? livo ?vp minutos in tho Uro, which wno in- : leasing in fiorooncss ovory minute. -Tho plugging of,tho two ontrios will imothor tho firo, but it may bo . :overa! lays before tho barricades oan, bo re novod and tho chambers oxploro'd. Tho jxaot total of mon dntoinbod io not yon coown as a number, aro missing, somo . m' oiokloavo and others in tho hospital suffering from burns. roooivod whilo ighting tho fl ?mos'BO that an ' aoourato 30 unt io at pro ?ont impossible. < Tho soonos at tho mouth of the mino luring tho night'.andioday wero heart rending, llolatiyoaand frlonds of tho mtombod minors rushed into tba mino. ' frantically waving thoir handX and >rying to tho mine 'officials and minora to pavo thoiy doar ones. Many;, of tho ' ?Tom?n and ohilaren .woro slightly in-, iuvod in tho.dowd and by falling over jbstaolos in?)iho.darkniC'?s. .^iam^n^Uo/?k?is; bvcn ibo $fy%$-im i number bf viiaaitt'ouH' \fir?> : si nob tho jpal ?f?inoa wore\bpehod.' tuero tonyo\x? ?go; but tho conflagrations wero .nova* attended with B?ribus loss of lifo Tho mino is ownod . by tho Oregon 9hort Lino railroad. -lt% output ia ?bout 175,000 tons bf ?oal por yoar and ' upwards of 700 minora aro omploycd. Tho firo was discovered by a boy* named James Hot son w,hp bravoly ran and told many mon wau wero insido. lvioharn Fern, 15 yoars old, alao ran through lovols Nos. 6, 7, and 8 and noti fied tho mon, and many woro saved - tbrough his oouragooua aotion. Sovon mon, bonded by Mino foroman Griffin, made sovoral rte op erato attompts to roaoh tho men through tho lower level, butthoir offorts woro in vain, four of tho'seven hoing kno?kod down by firo , damp, tho othors being oompollod to carry thooto frosh air. . . .' lt is givon out by Suponntodont Thomas 'S?eddbtf' -Iihd confirmed by othors familiar with tho bonditiOns that.tho lives bi m tho mon wpro oor t ai ni y extinguiahoa within- throo m'ti nfoil af tor tho firo gained a?o?ndnno.v. Tho flr? ia fully under- obhtroi to night, and Superintendent Sncddori an nounces that ho will opon tho mino to morrow for the reoovory of tho bodies, and resumo work before tho wook olosos. , ij Superintendent ' Simpson, with his young son, who aro among tho victims, onmo to.Diamondsvillo from Alabama, about six wo oks ago, bringing his wifo, in tho hopo that tho oh ango of o!im?to would benefit her health. Tho shook bf last night's tragedy resulted , in Mffl, r^impB?n's doa th today, Cotton Goods Low. Prosidont A. A. Marginn?s bf tho ?Margin nia cotton mills of Now Oaloans ?>?d Wednoaday. that ho had ontiroly ?ut off\th'o manufaoturo of yarn tor'mar ko t for tho rast two wonks. He has al? immaterially reduced tho output of doth. The reason ho gave was tho ox op s ai ve high ptioo of cotton and tho yory low prioo of cotton gooda, Ho said tho cotton goods market was in a worno flt ato of stagnation than it had > boon for sovoral years. Ho was asked if tho Southorn Yarn'Spinnors Absooiatiop, ofwhiohho is a prominent membor, did not havo for its ohiof objoet tho general reduction of tho output thvough !ut tho south, but ho avoided tho SW.b'/i eot, Ho also s tated that it - waa not ruo that Kn gi i ob mills had boon forced to oioao thia soasen on no count of tho |aok of ootton to pporato thom, A Komarkablo Man. . Thoro la a remavkablo old white man Hying'noar Pantcgo, Roaufort county. His namio Is'llanaom S??ttdor?. Ho ia nearly 90 yoava old, ho has boon mar rlod six timoB (his oixth wifo still liv ing) has boon tho fathor of nearly.40 ohijdron. and apparently has ' still a long loaao of lifo. Ho ia w'oll and sts?n?? \ and works hard. Ho droaseft very thin ovon in tho coblo nt weather, about Uko tho avorago man doos in aummor, and novor woars an ovorooat, JHto ia cbvor> cd all over hts porson with thick, long hair that ia greater protooiion than lots of olothoa would bo front tho oold, He ia regular in .his habits and a good cition. ? ?[ . ':'_,: ' Killed liv a \Vrook? Two dead, throe badly hurt, others slightly hurt and a paasoogor train, burnod ia tho roaylt of^ a hod on oollh* ' sion, botwc?n paasongor train ' No 10. southbound, ?nd a loewi ftei^hfe on tho Pittsburg, Virginia and Oharlesttm rail way Thuraday ovoning at, Coal Valley, ftvo milos'from MoKccaport, W. Va,