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B?NNETTSyiLLE; S, cl ihtl?AY; MAROU 8, 1901
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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 (
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A; NEGRO BURNED
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'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,