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pr il . ff t "Do Thou Liberty Groat. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in 'J'W Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Deronco." VOL. XXVI BENNETTS VILLE, 8.??PAY. JUNE 21, 1901, NO 25 COAL MINE HORROR A Series of Explodions CHUSOS A Torrib.? Disaster. MANY BRAVE LIVES LOST. Mine Was Considered Dangerous and Explosion Was Caused by tho Qreed of tho Wot ker?. A most disastrous oxplosion took plaoo in tho Port Royal mino noar West Nowton, Ponn., on last Wcdnos day. Thoro is no fire in tho mino, to judgo from appoarnnocs at tho pit mouth, but tho foroo of tho oxploaisn was so groat that nono of tho mon, so tho minors say, could havo survived tho shook. Tho complete list of tho dead inoludos: William MoOuno, Biiporiutondont, married, four ohildron. John Hock, mino bos?, marriod, throo ohildron. William Allison, auporinfendont, Wost Nowton, married, four ohildron. Danio.1 Alsop,' mind bots, and thir toon miners. .William MoCuno WBB Buperinleudout of tho Port Royal distriot oomprising flvo winos. Ho was a latgo ?took helder in thc Pittsburg" (Jeal Company and his family lives in a handsoino roBidonbo on Vino atroot, WeBt Nowton. William Allison was a oouain of Presi dent MoKinloy. Karly Wednesday morning Harry Rovcridgo ned two miners, thioo of a rescuing party that wont to tho mino lo bring out their mates who wore cn tombed, were sent to tho MoKoospM-l Hospital. Rovcridgo had both bando brokon and tho other two were badly burned. At 9.01 A. M., Wednoaday an in speotion party wont into tho mino through tho shaft on tbo Raltiuuoro and Ohio sido of tho Youghioghony River, it was their purposo to pono trato RB far KS possible to looato tho doad bodiop, with hardly hopo of find iog anyono alive Tho rcBouo party had been in tho mino about nn hour whon tho multi jd roport of anothor explosion waa hoard, issuing from tho dopths of tho shaft, and a rush for tho oapo waa made by tho mon above, who thought that these reson?is had mot tho fate of thom who had gono before A dozon men volun toorod to go down and try ard renouo tho party, bul their services wiro not required, as tho signal to hoist tho enge waB given from tho bottom and when it readied tho top thrcj unoonodioiiB forma we-ro found lying on it. Piro lo speotor Callahan mid Piro Bjsa W. -MoKoo*, of tho Wiok Haven minos, woro tho most dangerously hurt of thc party, and Ihcso men woro taken to tho hotel noarby, whoro two physicians worked with thom almost au hour bo fore thoy oould bo brought bao] '* lifo. Thia last explosion, in the m. .da of many, seems to sottlo tho fato of tho ontoinbod mon, and all hopo of getting any of their, out alivo has boon aban doned. Tho disaster occured about 6 o'oloek Wcdnosdny ovcuing. An explosion was hoard by mon at shaft No. 2 and sud denly a oloud of smoko burst from tho mouth of tho shaft. A soarohing party, oomposod of Suporintondont William MoOuno and nino othors, wont down shaft No. 2 Nothing was hoard of them and in an hour anothor rosouing foroo, hoaded by JamcB Bailoy and William Williams, tire bossed, woro lot down tho shaft. Thoy groped their way about 200 foot whon two explosions woro heard in rapid suoooB?ion. Tho abaft lainpB in tho hands of Railoy and Williams woro blown fifty feet away, and they thora solvos woro thrown violently to tho ground, Thoy aroso to their foot and oallod for thoir oomrados, but thoro was no nmnvor. Roth men hurried back to tho shaft and woro takon up in tho oago. Prom that momont until 9 Ol A. M. not another soul wont down thc shaft, as it would havo moant oortain death from tho aftor damp. Tho part that wont in this morning was oomposod of Mino Iuspootor Bor nard Callahan, General Huporintcndont John lioso, Piro Ross William MoFoo, Piro RossDAniolMoCullough, Piro Ross Potor MoLindon and Pit ROBB Robort MoKinnoy. All but Callahan woro brought from tho various minos of tho Pittsburg Coal Company. Tho Port Royal mino has always boen considorod dangorous. Thoro was a similar explosion in tho mino roven yoars ago, by whioh ono man waa killod. Tho uso of eafoty lamps had beon mado especially imperativo in thoso minos by tho district inspector, owing to tho groat dangtr that was known to oxist, but earelosB minora somotimos use opon lights, booauso thoy oan BOO bottor to mino by thom and thia helps thom to mako a biggor day's wages. Thia is what probably oausod tho ex plosion, but tho inquiry whioh will fol low may dovolop a differont oauso. Mini?t?rBoilt To Jail. Tho Rov. William Wado, tho Volpin, Ind., minister who was arrostod somo timo ago on ohargo of oountorfoiting and who has hold revival sorvioes in tho jftil almost nightly einoo his incar ceration, was found guilty by a f?deral oourt jury and sentenced to ono year in prison and to pay a lino of $1,000 Ho doniod on tho Bland that ho know tho inonoy bo had waa oountorfoit and whon apked if ho hid anything to say why Bcntonoo should not bo pawed up on him inplied: thank Gol that 1 havo had tho oourago to toll tho tiuth throughout this trial. I am en tirely innooont of this ohargo." Given Knock Out Drops. Oommandor R. P. Tiller, of tho United BlatOB navy waa given knooK out dorps at San Pranoiso h'riday night robbod'and waa loft insonsiblo by two thuga this morning. Commander Tilloy ia govornor of tho island Tillulla So man. A Bad Slip. A Colorado editor has been compell ed-to apologizo to Miss l ampioo Prudon booauso his proof readopt pormitlod it to go in ns Tapiooa Puddin'. An odi tor novor knows whore troublo is going to riso noxt. . A WOMAN MURDERED And Her Body Shippsd in a Trunk by Express, Tho mystery ooiiosrning tho dieap pcaranoo from Boston of Margarot Blondin, wifo of J. W. Blond?n, ro mains unsolvod. Her hoadiess body was found near Uholcnsford, Maes., and idontificd by her oiator. Tho hoad was hidden nearby. Tho thoory has boon that tho husband oommittcd tho murdor in a fit of joalousy. Friday it was inti matod by tho polioo that tho orimo was oommittcd in tim (J roon stroot housoin Boston, whoro tho uouplo boardod, and that tho woman's romain's woro sont away in a trunk. This thoory was given woight by an interviow botwoon tho polioo iuapootors and Mrs. Mary Hannigan, tho landlady, tho latter say ing that on Saturday, April 27th, tho day of Mrs. Blondin's dionppoaranoe, sho was flitting in tho front hall just bcioro 4 o'olook when Mrs. Blond?n came in and asked what timo it wa3. On hoing told abo cxolaimod: "My hus land will kill mo," and rai upstairs to her room. Tho husbaud immediately ontorcd and domandod that Mrs. Han nigan toll him how his wtfo spent tho day. Upon bo'r.tg told that sho spent (ho day quietly ho ru dmd up stairs aa if in a furiou? to mp jr, pushed tho room door opon and oloaod it violently. The landly hoard nugry talk and tho fall of a body. Ton minutes later Blond?n O?ino out woaring his bostolothos. Ho lookod tho door not only by tho ordin ary fastoniog but with a padlock whioh he had atti?'?hcd that morpis?'i Mrs. tiannigau wont up stairs, but got no response from tho room. Sho thought that tho woman was ashamed to talk afior what had taken p'aoo. Blondi? returned tho following t'uea day. Buring tho interval MM. Hanni gan tried lo get word from Mrs. Blon din. Whon Blond?n rolurnod ho looked hoggard. Ho wont to hia room, re mained thoro au hour nod whon ho loft in a hurry ho doubly lookod tho door. In half au hour ho rolurnod with an expressman, explaining to Mrs. Hanni gan that he hud aouoptod A position on a government boat iu Cauada and that ho was going to Moo tr old. "Wncro ia your wife?" asked Mrs. Hannigan. Blondie muttorod something whioh tho landlady could not oatoh. In reply to numerous quorios, Airs. Hannigan was g?von to understand that Mrs. Blond?n waa at tho depot waiting for her husband. "I cannot undovstnnd what you havo kopi hor loekod in her room BO long for," continuad Mrs. Hannigan. "Is abo going with you?" asked tho wo m un. "Yeov ehe ia at tho derot now," ro pltod Blond?n, Around tho trunks which tho ex pressman took away wero heavy leathor bands. Then Blondin left .tho houso and tho lamllady*did njt seo him again. Tho polioo learn that a trunk similar to tho ono dosoribed waa shipped t>Clomsfotd on tho night of April 30. Bloudiu disappeared a woede ago and ia now boliovod to bo noar Montreal. No Third Term for Him. President MoKinloy last wook an uounood that ho would not aooopt a nomination for a third torm in tho fol lowing statomont: "I rogrot that tho suggostion of a third tomi has boon mado. I doubt whether Ian oallod upon to give it notice But thoro aro now qucstions-of tho gravest importanoo before tho Administration and tho country and their just ooiuddoration should not bo prejudiced in tho public mind by ovon tho suspicion of tho thought of a third tomi, lu view, thoroforo, of tho reiteration of tho sug gestion of it, 1 will nay now, onoo for all, expressing a long sottlod conviction, that 1 not only am not, and will not bo, a candidato for a third term, but would not aooopt a nomination for it if it wero tondcrod mo. My only ambition is to servo throughout my sooond term to tho aocoptaneo of my oountrymon, whoso gonoroua oonfidonoo 1 so dooply appreciate, and thon, with thom, do my duty in tho ranka of privato oitr/. m ahip." William MoKinloy. An Eye to Businoss. "Now, if you will show mo whoro tho burglars got into your shop," said tho dotoetivo, "1 will soo if 1 oan find a dow." ''In a moment," said tho pro prietor, aooording to Answora. "1 am working at somothing a little moro im portant than hunting for a clow just now." And while tho dotootivo waitod thomorohant wroto as follows at his dosk. "Tho burglar who broko into Kat/onhcftor'B shop on tho night of tho 15th and oarriod away a silk hat, a pair of Pron?h calfskin boots, a fur trimmed ovorooat, a blaok broadcloth suit and two auita of ailk uuderwaro waa a blaok hoartod villian aud sooundrol, but a man whofo judgment oannot bo oallod into quostion. Ho know where to go whon ho wantod tho finost clothing tho markot affords." "Jacob," ho said to tho bookoopor, "sond a copy of this to all tho papers and toll 'cm I want it printod in big blaok type, - to oooupy half a oolumn. tomorrow morning. Now, iMr I?4xkahaw, ' am at your scrvioo.' Forest Destruction. Tho Raleigh News and Obsorvor bringa lorwaid further tooti m o ny to provo tho disastrous results of forest destruction, lt sais: "Mr. W. 10. Mycrj, of tho geological tsurvoy, saya tho aooret of tho bad dfjot of ibo ro oont lloodn iu Wostorn North Carolina Hos in tho dvf ore station of tho moun tain acetion. Tho country is being stripped of troca, and Mr. Myora saya that the outting away of the timber, ia entirely roiporsiblo fer tho aoiious Hood. Tho aotual datnago exoceded $500,000. Tho Appalaohain Korost Pre servo association was organised none too aoon, and tho establishment of tho park ought to bo prossod whonongroas moots in Deoombor."_ Break J lim in (iradually. It is said that Sonator Do pow intonds to mako a nowspapor man out of his son, aa thoro ia BO much money in that tu lincfcH. Tho sonator should hot puah tho young man to tho highest point of wealth-getting jast at first; lot him tako Mr. Sohwab'a plaoa as hoad of tho steel trust at $800 OOO a yoar, for a whilo, so as to gradually break him in tothomas sivo fortuno bia nowspaptr ontcrpriso will yield. FIGHTING" FEVER In Italy ny epeadlng Mots to Kocp Out tho Plagu?, THE DEADLY MOSQUITO. Th? Wonderful Discoveries ' of Drs. Boss, Risoii, Lav* eran, Birnam', ?astla? nelli and Qrassi. A dispatch from Homo says a sirango land to soo is tho Roman Campagua nowadays. Sinoo it hus boon dotcrminod that this famous torritory baa L>3cn tho spreader of tho ourao of tho world, ma laria, for so many oouturioo, ootiroly boiau?o of tho mosquitoes with whioh it ?H infested, a vaso quarantine has boon declared against t;io bloodthirsty insnots. 0 Tho ontiro (Jampagna is wrapped in notting. This in donn not moroly beoiu-?o tho inhabitants w?nt to do il, but bcoiuno tho Government has forood many to do it by odiot. They aro not permitted to sloop except under nmequilo notting; may not labor in tho lioldB exoot t with netted hoaddrcHseo and gauntlets lo protoot thoir arms and bouda; ovory aporturo of thoir bou?es, oven thc ohimnoys, must bo oovorod with luotr? lio netting. Thoao laws havo a double end. First they aro designed to protcot tho individ uals themselves and aavo thom from getting tho malaria through tho bites of tho mosquitoes; sooondly, tho lawi aro onforoed bcoau io it is hold that ovory individual that gota thc diioaao ian walking Houroo of propagation of tho soourgo and that any lav/ thal will protoot nia neignborn is justUUblo. These who suffer fiom tho disoiito al ready aro not privileged. They inuit dwoll iindor nottiug like tho others, and, in addition, tho Scatn is putting them through a rigorous course of treat mont for tho complaint, dosiu^ th.cm with dooootoina of Peruvian bark, iron, arscnioand othor apooifua. In tho Qa tn pigna now folks shut theni lol VOS up in thoir mosquito-proof houses at sundown, and thoy do not stir abroad after that txjfpt on urnot<?, business, and then only thoroughly oovorod, with voils and gloves. Tho rigorous obsorvitioo of thoso rules is uooossary. R ;ad r.-i of tho Sunday Press will l'omomber tho arti olo in an ?.S?UO some months tvgo, ia whioh this terrible Roman Oftmpagna wan detoribod as a land of ?.bimst nur/ death,whore tho laboran om ;'led around liku yellow orpses and where hardly any inhabitant oould hopo to escapo tho plague of malaria. Sooner or la'or it Was bound lo oatoh bim and kill him ?r ?oavo him a wrook for tho ro?t of his wrctohod lifo. It ia a queer expo rion co. to travol over tho rail roads that run through tho quarantined districts now. Thoro ia nui a peep bolo in oars, waiting rooms, signal towers or flag stations that is loft uuovorod. Tho lUginon, tho 0011 duotors and brakomon, tho Blatiou maa tora and tho baggage smashors all aro voilod and havo their arms in gauntlots that roach to tho olbows. All along tho lino of tho road you aeo ourious mu tiled figuroa ploughing and following othor agrioultural pursuits, attirod aa if for purpose of disguiao. Your follow passengers aro so biddon behind thoir voils that you cannot for tho lifo of you s;o a singlo faoo. Even tho oxen in nomo of tho iiolds aro swathod in tho stuff, an I thoy look odd onough ns thoy stalk along mujoatioal ly with yarda find yarda of gauzo not tiug hanging on thom, lt makos ono think of tba old-fashioned parlora in Now lOngland farm houses in hy timo, whon tho furnituro was oovorod awful ly and mysteriously with tho same kind of gauzo Employees of tho railroad aro watobod oarofully to soo that thoy do not violato any of tho sanitary rulos. Ofhoials examine oaoh laboror and warn him to tako oaro that ho ia proporly veiled. T o doors of all waiting rooms aro protootod with doublo doors, whioh oloso altornatoly and automatically. It is laid ou tho inhabitants of tho Jampagna ovory whore to bo vigilant to n painful degroo. They aro askod, whonovdr ovon a siDglo mosquito man agos to non ? trato into thoir houses, to drop all othor occupations, whatevor they may bo, and not to rest until thoy havo killed tho wicked thing. It may havo in its Bting the doath of a part or ovon all of tho houaohold. To mako tho destruction of a mosquito interloper moro oasy ovory bit of wall in ovcry part of tho railroad proportioa ?B pain tod a doad whito. Tho diaoovory that it is tho mosqui to that transmits malaria, and tho sub sequent diaoovorioa duo to tho experi ments of Dr. Ross and othors, and tho tests oarricd on in tho Roman Oam pagna fir.it announood lo tho public in tho Sunday Prcas from time to timo. Tho diaoovory ia of world-wido impor tanoo, but in Italy] tho olassio land of "tho malaria"-malaria, ''bad air," aa tho word's derivation inoorrootly Bug gers--it amounts to a national "find." In tho 8,217 oommunoa of tho King dom malaria takoB bowey annual tii buto from il.833. livery year 2,000 000 woiking pooplo, chiefly agricul tural, aro attaokod by tho periodic fcYcra. Indood, tho malaria of thoir j nativo land is ono of tho principal onuses of tho onormoua emigration of Italians. Up to yostorday, almost, it had boen imagine d-from tho earliest limos that tho paludcl, or marah fover, wai duo to poisonous gises arising from BWrttnp..grouud (rout tho decomposition of organic manor. Tho ookbrotcd Dr. Ranori, having oonooivod tho proabil iiy of a parasittio origin for it, tho idea rapidly gained ground All over tho world, in lt!?ropo, North and South Amcrioa, Afi-ioa and India} solon li fl i modi tal mon began investigations, of whioh tho roadcrs of tho Rross ?ot news from limo to timo. Franoo elahts that Dr. Lay eran, until rcoontly a pro fosBor at Van do graoo. was tho tirol, in 1880, to find io tho blood of malarial patients (r?eos of a par?sito whioh ho oallod tho boniato? lairo of marsh fever. Ia 1881 Dr, Manbon demonstrated that tho oommon mose vito (who had boon suHpcolod all along) iuooulatod people with ?till eno'hor par?sito, i ?ilnris, whioh at tho nioinont or hiting ontorcd into tho blood of This faot niado cvorything oleas, imf < lui to must oarry tho malaria al with him. Novortlilosa, fift?ou;, parsed without anything hoing donM^ Uko praotioal advantago of this thoo;y, Dc Rost?, tho Indian army Burgoon. 1 in 1898 that moequit?e?J dovolopod in thoir bodies tho prqtowBB disoovorod mo L?bbo, a par?sito whioh ho &hov.v'od oauscd malarial fover in birds b?jrtwt' by thom. So tho oonaootion wasfiMp. It only romainod to disoovor tho aoWOty, of tho anopholo mosquito BB tho vchjolo.j of humaa malaria, and this is du?mfw ly to Dc Rosa and partly to Di. Gm?), professor of z lology at Homo. For ton yoars past Dr. Grassi had,' boin pursuing his experiments on ttiia pardoular spooics of mosquito, wltdn. tho d*ta of Dr. Ross ouggostod to Jilin tho ulterior rosoarohos which On$o.d io tho deoisivo rocult. In 'Ootobbx', 1898, aided by Drs. Bignami and Ba* I tianclli, ho aoquirod tho owtainty thftt tho in isquilo who oarriod tho malaria j poison was indeod tho anopholo. Tho P'ircsitio getim whioh ho cwriojj iu i him oiiiuot livo whon thoy pass into v_:..j_ .1_:_i_ !. - ?. ?? ... bivds or domostio nuimaiB, but itnoy is|tbo blood of man, v/hioh has tho utiljfoky live and develop luxuriantly quality of so strengthening and mul i plying them that thoy not only .in/oot him with malaria, but oause him,; in turn, to infoet others. It, is tho fowl alo ruiophclo only wh'oh is dangorou?. Tho milo doos not hilo. Tho oonoluuvo experiments woro nisdo in A hospital hall of tho 'Santo Spirito, at Homo, ou a dozon individu ? f.. . . J i. .. i. i._j.? u si.u'iu J_: ? IUU lil fcUUU UVWIbll r.nu Ul |)ll?<OLiinnv> j/iw disposition, who allowod thomsclves to bo bi;t-.m by mosquitoes from malurioua districts. D.' Grassi rapidly obtained confirma tiou of tho other important faet,/that tho moiquitoo? thoiusalvos oftono'at bo ODiDo inf noted by absorbing tho bipod of a person sick with malaria. Tito rod gl?bulos of tho blood of suob persona oontain par?sitos quito distinot"from thoso oauiinj any othor oonUtttpus malady. Thero aro of tho ola9s*4i!'?ro toz lores, that ii to say linioollwlar orgaoioiins, who obtain thoir org&hu. or reproducion only after a singular honounoon trip to tho stomaoh ?f tho anoph.'lo mosquitoes. It io th>r6 that tho sexual distinotion of thoso gorms oominenocs; that is to say, thoir repro duction and dovolopinont, Sometimes thoir numbor exooods 10^000 in ope in? dividual bidy. Aooording to ?liinatio conditions they arrive at maturity slowly or rapidly. Then tho capsulo whioh con tains thoth breaks; thoy flow in,to tho visoero of tho nnopholo, thonoo into tho salivary glands and thonoo lo tho, bite of th j insoot. Tho mosquito, wtyon ho bites or prioksus, inoculates into tho wound a tiny quantity of thia \ saliva oontaiuiog tho gernn. And as ho do'.'B not get lid of his poisonous providion in any singlo hito, tho sa'no. mosquito may intoot bovoril parson*, ooo a?tM, tho other, in a siglo night. Oao(singio.bitox Itf-.fii'* fti<*?*<?'??(<> frt t>,'i>\,r.t-/> n .l>Ae?iTj^f,( - \ Atan ol' malaria wJii'ofi.may lasTa m?uV? ?io timo or oarry him to tho gravo 'in four days. Whon man is thus bitton and infeot od tho rod globules of his blood oom monoo to altor, after about tw.olvo days. ' is r.t this moment that tho fovorieh symptoms o. ohiils and fluahos bogin to ?how thomsolvcs. Thoso fevers aro slight or strong, long or short, aoeord iug to tho malignity of tho individual parasitoB with whioh ho happens to bo incouiatod, and nojording to tho soason in which ho oontraotod tho infection. In tho spring they aro lighter than in summer or autumn, They gonorally reappear oaoh suoooodiog yoar. Dr. Manson took with him to London a quantity of infected mosquitoes, whioh ho caused to bito his son, who had novor boon outside of England ' his lifo. Ho novortholess developed t. yical attaok of intormittont fovor. Malaria, theroforo, is a malady whouo contagious oharaotor manifosts itsolf uniquoly in plaoas whore thoro aro ano phelo mosquitoes and during tho warm soason. Vogotation, tomporaturo. stagnant waters and marshy ground ooinbino powerfully to aproad tho ovil, booauso thoy mako conditions favorablo for tho porpagation of both mosquito and gorm. But thoro aro looalities Uko Boost um-whioh havo booomo only recently infected; and it is olear that malaria may bo either brought into a neighborhood or stamped out of it. Romo ri unios for somo reason froo from malaria, though surrounded by an in fected zono of tho worst kind. Tho stamping out of malaria, whioh has been aeooiuplishod in tho towns of Motaponta and Sibaria, has booomo tho groat hygiontio work of Italy. Every thing demonstrates that tho disoaso is not oausod by any conditions ot "bad air," as its namo orignally indiotatod, In 1899 Dr. Oolli bogan his oxpori mont on tho railway omployoes of tho Kinma Cainpagna in soaroh of a pre ventive rogirao. Ho ohooso two points known to bo tho most classically mala rial, Corvara and Pontogalora. Thoso (xporimonts intorostod ilia wholo aoion I tifio world. Tho oolobratod Dr. Kooli ' oamo to follow thom and tho Eaglish ? Govornmont sont a commission whioh insulted itsolf at Ostia. Similar oxpetimonts woro begun in tho infootod zono of tho provinoo of Saleruo by Dr. Grassi .Ho established his quartier genoralo at tho railway stations of Albnnolla and St. Nicola Varo ), on tho Naphs Roggio Calabria lino, in tho midst of a desolate, muddy oountryaido, inhabited only by troops of domestic buffaloes. Thoy, woro so Buooot-B?ul that thoy havo boon oon tinuod oaoh summer, sinoo, and tho present yoar will soo a groat extortion of tho work. Lieut. Loo Killoe!. Colonel Kline, of tho Twonty-flrst Infantry, reports that forty in;n who wero hunting for riflos in the vicinity of Lipa B Alar gas, wo.ro atthokod by a band of robols. Liout. Springor, of tho Twonty-first Infantry; Liout. Walter L?O, of tho onginoofs and two mon Wiiro killod. Captain Wilhelm was seriously and Licu-i. Ramsey slightly wounded. Thrco mon were ftlt|0 wound ed. Lieut. Loe of oreps of bngineors, was tho youngest oft'nor in this branch ofsctvioo. Ho was born fri Nashua, N. C., aud wai appointed .from that State. Ho graduated at tho.Military Aoadomy in 1000 and was assigned to tho oren? of onginoers. Ho was otdor od to Manila iu Marah kat md arrivod thoro on April 18. ll > was Ullod .dur ing his first month of activo oorvl?o, 'S.:.'' WERE SLIGHTED. Philadelphia Merchants Havo Thua Treaded tho Visitors to INDU 3TRIAL CONVENTION. Th? Delegates L?1t to Mustio for Thomnelves. Th? Obj ict of tho V)8it Badly Hurt Tho Sou'horn Industrial Association mot in Philadelphia on Monday of last week. Dologatos wwi in attondanoo from all parts of tho South, South Carolina was roproBontodby tho follow ing Kontlomon: C. W. Kollook, John F. Fiokon, J. C. lloinphill, JAEOOB M. Seignious, W. B. Whaloy, P. G. Hana han, A C. Kaufman and C. Bissoll Jonkins, all of Charleston; J )hn B. Cleveland, Dr. Jossa F. Cloveland, Thoa. K Mooro and W. M Buruott, of Spartanburg; Sol Kohn, Orangoburg; C. S. MoCall, Bonueitfvillc; Charles H. Ficher, Edgcliold; D. li N uris, Andorsou; A, B. C?rpontor, Grooavillo; W. Ii Durst, Grconwood. lu opening tho oonvontion on Wodnos day morning Prosidout Hartgrovo of Shreveport La. said: Tho businoss mon of tho oily havo ncglcotod tho oonvontion and tho dolo .- . J - .> _.I. ._v. ?;." Ulva UUIU^UDVIU wi mutt YTJ.V UIUII; nv i u rom plaoos as far distant as Au ?tin, Texas, with tho understanding that tho busjncFsiren of tho oily would attond their sessions, tako an intorest in what thoy had to say aadosooit thom through their oatablinhiuonts and do tho many other graceful things that invito oanhdonoo, ocmont friendship and build up trado, aro displeased at tho failuro ol' tho merchants and manu facturera to koop tho promises mado. Tuesday thcro was a fair audionoo but Wodnohday morning thoroworonot moro llun a dc/.in Philadelphia busi UOSB mon present at tho oponing of tho session and thoy woro for tho most part mon who woro required to bo thoro ow ing to their sorvioos on committees. ? Tho first troublo dovolopod at Tuos d&y evoniug's sossioo when Bobort C. Ogdon, of Philadelphia, spoke on ''Popular eduoation, tho powor of in dustrial progress." Tho dolcgatcs took umbrago at this roforonoo to th) poor, illitortttc whito womon of tho South, whom, ho (-.tated, required oduoation as much, if not moro, than tho Ne gro. Tho threatened discussion was pro vomed by Prefcidont II. H. Hrrgravo, who Bjid that Ogden must bo misin formed, At tho morning's session, no wo vor, Mr. Hargrave, who baits from Shreveport, L , and is editor or tho Now Orleans Pioayuno, got baok at, Ot??on itt a speooh, which rcllootod IIUVI;HJ*> vi?? l?hl?atl?lim?*. "For tho first timo," ho said to tho 40 persons present, "I fool misgivings as to tho success of this oonvontion. "Thoro was a good start made, but I fear a bad onding. Wo of tho South aro familiar with Now York, Baltimore and Boston, but know nothing of Phil adelphia. "Whyj wo novor soo a traveling man from Phi alolphi? in tho South. Wo know nothing of your goods. We m tko no attempt to got your businoss. Send your oommoroial agon?s down so that roal oommoroo may grow Up. ''That would bo bottor than talking so much and doing nothing. 1 soo fow Philadclphians boro thia morning What now faces aro in tho hall aro now arrivala from tho South." Tho gonoral opinion is that tho busi noss of tho oity with tho South will materially sulfur through tho laok of courtesy that has boon shown thc mon who oamo horo with tho expootation that the oity would extend to them open arms; that they will bo troatod kindly, their appoals foroapital to do volop their industries listoncd to with intorest and efforts bo mado to scouro tho invefltmont of monoy to foBtor thoir natural rosourooa. Not ovon tho reception that was tonodcrod tho dtlcgatoa by tho Mayor Tuesday night did tue businoss mon of tho oity consider that it was worth while to attond. Thoro woro soarooly moro than a score of Philadelphia mon thcro and tho roooption was a dull, Hit affair that diet moro harm than good to tho roputaiion of tho oity for warm-hearted hospitality. Tho afternoon session wu J dovotod to rodding of papers doaling with tho manufacture of cotton in thc South. At tho cvoniug sossion tho Chin?se Ministor Wu Ting Fang spoko on American trado with tho Orient, THU NIOAUAUUA CANAL Tho discussion of tho Nicaragua, ca nal was oponed by Hon. Sewell Cobb, of Pensacola, Fia. II) said in part: "Fivo hundrod and fifty millions of pooplo of tho far oatt, for half a cen tury, havo on ti ea lcd en to opon a high way through tho narrow strip of land that oonnoots tho two groat continents of A m or ie A, but wo havo had at tho helm of tho ship of stato mon of limit el mar?timo information and a deaf oar has beon turnod to thoir requests. Whoa our military army sought oppor tunity for promotion (in rani) our offi chin rushed to a conflict with a pooplo loss than 10,000,000 in population and already havo oxpondod in tho offert to inoculate thom with ''bonovolont an si aiilation" towards of $300,000,000 and countless lives. Thia monoy ox pended in tho othor proojss 'oornmor (dal assimilation' wauld hnvo construct ed tho Nicaragua oanal and established Huon of steamships numbering not loss than 100, onoh of 5,000 tons oapaoity, oarryingour own products. "Tho twentieth oontury oalls for hu man advanoomcnt. Wo of tho south loamed at tho olo90 of tho war- that if wo would dovolop our rosouroos tho military arm must bo subservient to thc civil authority. "Tho Clayton Bulwor troaty is only a protoxt for dolay. Wo oannot con cede tho right of any nation to diotato oithor looalityor manner of oooupation to thoa: whoso mutual in teros t, do maud a work free from entangling al liances. Costa Rico, Nioaragua and tho United States of Ameriear.ro competent to dooido what is best for thoir inter ests." Georgo IT. Anderson, of Pittsburg, spoko briefly on tho subj'o?, expross I ing tho opiri m that Ibo Unitod Staton oan build an isthmian oanal without tho holp of England or any othor na tion. Tho Suez oanal, ho paid, is a groat boon to liritiBh oommoroo and ho as sortod that this oountry nooda a short and ooononiio ourso by whioh to soud its) produots to tho Pacific ooaat and thouoo to tho markots tho world. W. II. Cavanagh, or St. Louis mado a briof address and tho discussion wan closed by Waltor U. Stevons, of St. Louis, who spoko on tho oomiug Sb. Louis exposition. A Grand Old Man. Tho Colu ubia Stato says tho au nounoomont that Dr. Carlislo will con tinuo to sorvo anothor year ns president of Wofioid oollogois good nows. Good nows not only to tho patrons and sup porters of Wofford, but to cv?, ry ono in South Carolina who has tho oauao cduoation at hoart or who admiroa and rospcots nobility of oharaotor and in telloot, Whon Dr. Uarlislo a year ago oxprosscd his dosiro to bo voliovod of tho hoavy burdons of this high offijo. Tho Stato said his place oould not bo fill jd, that no suoooHsor oould bo found who would inoaburo up to ibo Oarli.do slaudard. Hut for anothor yoar thc ool lcgo is to have tho benefit of this throat man's direction and Wolf ord is to bo ooo gratulatod. Tho influence Dr. Culhlo liRB exerted iu S nu.ii Carolina is in oaloulablo. lt oxtonds far boyend tho oirolo of thoso who havo boon utt. dents at Wofford or who havo oomo in per sonal oontaot willi Iii ir. lt io not con fluod to tho Mothodist denomination, but touohos thoso pf all orcols and no oroods. Ho is rovorod by many who h *vo never soon him_: S dob a bia?) om ill bo spared in any position." . Tho Value of Knowledge. lt has boen well said that thoro i al vays work for tho ' mau who knows. N jt tho man who thinks ho knowB ii al), but tho man who baa full knowledge in any singlo tiold o? indusiry. II iro is an itom, that is going tho rounds of tho pross that originated nomowhoro in North Carolina. A mau in woatorn North Carolina was selling standing tiuibor-walnut trees Tho man who was buying oamo to ono very handsomo troo. Ho told thcownor ho would pay as uiuoh ms $50 for that troo. Tliis ox oitcd tho ownov. Ho did not soil, but sont for oxports. Tho ownor got $1,500 for tho troo (eurhd walnut) ns itatood. Tho man who out it down realized $3 OOO for it on tho oars, lt was shipped to Now York and veneorod one six,h to half an inch. Tho salos woro watohod and esti mated as tho hebt that oould ho douo, and whon all wau dispo.'.od of it turned out that tho trco brought $50,00. To Hang- for Burglary. In tho Suprumo Court at Ashovillo, N. C., laut weokllush Gates and Frank Johnson, wlnto, and Bbu F.?htor, Harry Foster and Harry M lila, colored, wdro fouud guilty of burglary tn tho first dogreo. Under Nuith Carolin* law thu poualty for burglary it death. All livo mon will boJ seniorioad tobo h an god boforo :ho torm of Court..mds. On tho 8th of February these men on tored tho otoro and postolfico at Emma, two miles from Asheville, and, holding pistols on Samuel Aloxandor, oponed a safo and bogan to ritlo it. Aloxandor watohod for an opportunity, and when tho burglars' attention was divorted grabbod a pistol and oponed lire, seri ously wounding two of tho men and re ooiviug almost fatal wounds himsolf. Tho burglars ilod, but woro oapturod. PostmaBtor Gonoral Smith wroto Alox andor a porsonal lotter oommonding his bravory. B?tl?sliip* Illinois. The Unitod Slatos battleship Illinois, built by ibo Nowport Nows Shipbuild ing oompany and Dry Dook oompany, was given her oilioial trial over tho government courso from Capo Ann to Boon inland '1 hunchy. Tho VOSHOI loft tho uppor harbor whoro sho had boon an chored sinoo hor atrival horo on Mon day, soon after 8 o'olook, and made hor way tdowly toward Qlouoostcr. All conditions woro perle ot, for a suooossf wi tost of tho big vosBol. Tho sky was oloar and bright, and warm HUH thine bathol tho battleship as sho proBscd hor way toward Capo Aon. A light bree zo from tho north wost ooolod tho boat of a Summer day and gavo a oloar atmosphere. Tho oifiioal oourao OYor whioh tho Illinois is to fulfill hor con tract, mtibt sustain a Fpocd of 16 knots, in length, to bo eovorou twioo. Govorn mont VOBSOIS woro stationed to mark tho oourso. l?pidomic of Suicides. An opidomio of suioidos in Eurparia, Kansas, culminating Wodnoeday iu throo attompts. all oxaotly similar to rooont ?uooossiul suioidos, oausod tho mayor and board of health to day to forbid publioation of dotails of suioido or attempts in 1 mal papers. Tho board is aoting on tho theory that publication spreads tho ontagion of suioido by psy ohio ?ugge?tton. Mayor Rlorao contends that tho liberty of tho pross is second ary to the publio heall h and is prepar ed to uso foroo, if noooesary, undor tho Nuisanoo Aot. All tho oditors, how ever, havo agrood to supprofs dotails of suioidos or attompts until tho cpidomio abatos. Tho opidomio began with tho suioido of Charles Cross," president of a wrecked biak, and in tho last thirty days there have boon sovenoasou, thrco of whioh woro tuooossful. An Apology. 4<Woowo our leaders an apology," says tho Boworsvillo Md. Clarion, "for failing to appear ou timo this wcok. Hut tho festivo goat belonging to our gooial livorymin, Patriok Casoy, got into our prcsjroom Tuosday night, after our? entire edition had hoon prii?tod, and ato tho papors all up. Consequently tho ontiro resources of our odiloriai and mechanical forces havo boon called into play in a stron uous effort to g out anothor edition to ropl nc j tho ono mut wag oaten. While wo admiro tho literary tasto of tho aforoaaid goat, wo shall horoafcor koop tho pro?sroom lookod." Four Men Drown od. Tho aoboonor Cz \rt bound to Labra dor, with fishormon and thoir familios, 70 poraons altogothor, was drivon ashore on Cabot island, on the north ooast of New Foundland in a fog and galo San day night. Four mon woro drowned and six othors woro injured, hut tho women and ohildron woro all landod it af ely* WxBMm BLORE TRUSTS FORMING. Prows. Shovels, Matones and Pianos the Latest to bo Morned. Tho formation of great trusts pro ceeds npaoo, aud hardly a day PSBSOS but what tho announcement is m ad o of combinations of manufacturers of arri ?les of absoluto human uccsity. Protty muoh ovorfthing a mnn cats or wears or tools ho uses in his trado, and cvon tho coffin bo ii buriod in is subj mb so far as pr ico in OOH ocr nod, to tho regula tions of (rusts, and tho end of it allis not yet in sight, Among somo of the latost trusts to bo formod aro tho following: An offioial of tho Diamond Match oompany says that*a oonsolidation of tho lingi i H li brat oh with tho Bryant & May ooiapany would bo alf coted soon. O. 0. Barber, pvc sid.'nt of tho Diamond Matoh company, and several managors and C. II. Palmor aro now in England closing tho negotiations for tho oonsoli dation, nod it is annouuood that Charles Baird, its attorney will leave within ton day's on tho samo mission. Tho Bryant & May company had a oomploto mo nopoly of tho matoh businosB in Eng ined until tho Diamond Mateh compa ny built its Livorpool factory a tow yoars ago, Siuoo then tho two havo di vided tho busiuoBS of thc United king dom. Tho Diamond Matoh oompsny of Amerioa owns bl por cent, of tho E jglish corporation, so that tho o insoli dation will bo of groat benefit to the fenner company. A combination of tho piano manu fa nu'ors, embracing tho entire output of tho country, is in process of organi zion. Mato A. Bl u mon borg, editor of tho Milgie*! Courier, nf Now York, ia ia tho oily promoting tho solomo. Ho says that tho purposo of tho combino is to roduoo tho belling ozponsos, whioh arc now $75 for ovory piano mado. Ho suys that while tho combination will out oil a nulabor of liAngors-onof tho trado, it will materially benefit tho workmen in tho faotorios. Where somo f notorios shut donn a largo part of tho year bo oauso of laok ol' capital to aooumulato stock, tho combination arrangomont would furnish funds to koop thom run ning, thus benefiting all oonoirnod. Ho will ondeavor to interest Cinoinnati manufacturers in tho soborno, and says that nearly ali of tho largo faotorios havo tho mUtor under consideration. Negotiations whoroby twonty or moro of tho loading plo.v manufauturing firnij of tho mi kilo West will forma trust with a capital of about $70,000, 000 havo been practically completed in Uhioago- Tho oompany will bo financ ed by tho Unitod ?States Mortgage com pany, of Now ?ork, whioh will obtain tho money from tho Mutual Lifo and tho Equitable Lifo Insurance com panies. Tho headquarters will bo in Cnioago. Stxtcon of tho largest manufactur ers of sliovdls in tho Unitod States aro forming tho shovol trust of whioh many rumor j have boon oiroulatod, and C. C. Lori?g, of Boston, who was ono of tho organutirs Amoriotn Stool Wiro com pany, it) engineering tho deal.for thom. Tho oapital of tho corporation will bo ?bout fi 10,0Uu,UU0; " and a "Jttcsoy; ohartor will bo scoured. Tho papors havo already been drawn up and all tho wes tom Pennsylvania manufac turers havo agreed to join. Tho Cleveland rivals of tho Standard Oil oompany have given up the battlo ?gainst that oonoorn and aro combin ing to soil out thoir intorosts to thoir foo. Tho Standard Oil is to pay about $1,000,000 for tho wholo of tho propor tioB. Thoro aro throo of tho oonoorns Sohofiold, Shurmor & Goaglo; the Clovotand Refining oompany and tho Soio Relining oompany. U. T. Wilson, of Now York, is oroditod with onginoor ing tho deal, whioh extinguishes tho last spark of competition with tho Standard Dil oompany in Ohio. So tho list will bo oxtondod until ovory conceivable nrtiolo of human consumption or uso, with the oxoop tion of air, will bo in tho control of monopolios^_ Au Interesting Case. M. B. Carnell prosecuted Emanuol Oxindino, Jess Aloxandor and dolf An derson, dofendants, ohargod with oursing and using blasphemous language on tho highway. Tho caso was triod at Spartaaburg and tho following particu lars of it wo got from tho Herald of that oily: Tho dofondants woro first indiotod bjforo Magistrate Kirby and a motion was made boforo him by defendant's attorney. John Gary Evans, to quash tho indiotmont on tho grounds that thoro was no oliendo ohargod in tho warrant. Thia motion was ovorrulod by tho magistrate. Whoroupon dofon dants movod for a ohango of vonuo. Tho oaso was transferred to Magistrate MoGowan, bofoio whom a similar mo tion to quash was mado. Ho dismissod tho oaso, holding that tho point was woll takon. Tai s happonod lait Satur day. Tho prosooutor on tho samo day wont boforo Magistrate Williams at Converso and sworo out a warrant against tho do fondants for the samo offonso. The oaso was hoard boforo Magistrate Williams in tho court hou9o horo. Tho dofon dants at torno y mado tho same motion to quash tho indiotmont that ho had mado boforo Magistrate Kirby and MoGowan. Magistrate Willhms ovorrulod tho motion, thus agrooing with Magistrate Kirby, and thcoi?o wont to trial on its meriti). Aftor hoariug all tho ovidonoo and argumont tho dof ondauts wero found guilty, and oaoh was sontonood to pay a fino of $5, or sorve fivo days on tho 3)uuty otiaingang. Defendants attor noy gavo notioo o intontion to appoal, and tho oaeo will bo oarriod to tho high tr oourls. C. P. Sims, Esq., roprosont ol tho prosecution._ Bad Enough Either Way. Out. in Missouri a man wants a di vorco on tho ground. that his wifo de ooived him rogatding hor age, but it is to bu hoped ho will bo nonsuited, It is no moro of a crime for a woman to dc ooivo hor intondod rogarding hor ago than it in rogaidiog hor boauty. That silly y "ourin would rob matri mony o' tho olcmonts of ohanoo. Latham, Aloxandor & Co. of Now York, havo issued a cotton aorongo let ter undor dato of tho 31, Tho 4,000 loiters asking aoreago estimator! they havo 2,155 replies of aver ago date May 21th. Upon thoso thoy baso an CB ti m atc of an inoroaso of ajroago over last yoar of 9.08 por cont. Prom all Statos thoy havo roports of a lato erop an unpromis ing start. Tho average planting was about 17 days lator than last year. FERRY BOAT SINKS With One Thuiand* People On Board of Her. SEVERAL LIVES WERE L??T, Many Boats Rushed to the R AS CII* and Qavid Hun? dreds of Lives. How lt Happened. Tho woodon nido whoolov Northfield whioh hes boon in tho sorvioo of tho Staton Island Ferry company plying botwoon Now York and Jersey City for tho past 38 years, was rammod Fri* day night by tho stool hullod propeller Mauohohunk, mod as a for ry boat by tho Central railroad of Now Jorsoy, Tho oollision ooourrod just off tho Seaton Island ferry slip at tho foot of Whitohall stroot and in loss than ton minutes aftor tho Northfield, whioh was orowdod with passengers, sank at tho outor ond of tho Spanish Lino pier in tho IO ?st ri vor. Tho Mauohohunk, whioh was badly damiged, landed tho two do/-m pasQongorswho whoro aboard of her. O vor a hundrod of tho passon gora of tho sunkou Northfield woro draggod out of tho water by people along nhoro and crows of tho fl jot of ri vor tugawhhh promptly responded to tho ferry boat's oall tor holp. A low of tho .Northfield's passongors woro hurt ia tho sioidont ana tho polioo bolievo that somo lives woro lost. Capt. Dan iel Gully ot tho tugboat Mutual, who saw tho forry biata orash togothor, says that immediately aftor the ool lision botweon 25 and 30 of the pas sengers leaped into tho v/Ator and that many of those porishod. Capt. Gully also doolaros that hois euro ovjr a hua I drod of tho Northfield'spassongers were , drownod. Tho captains of othor tug boats who woro oarly on tho soono, howovor, are inclino J to think that tho disaster was not so sorious os regards loss of lifo. Thus far no dead bodies havo boon rooovorod. Tho reason for muk a difforonoo of opinion as to tho oztont of tho disaator is that tho wildost oxoitoinont prevailed on tho Northfield. Tho tug Mutual saved in all about 75 porsons from tho Northfield and tho tugs Unity and Arrow savod botwoon them 150 per sons. Two polio amen of tho Old Slip station olaim to havo rosouod nearly 30 .'< pooplo botwoon thom. Aa soon as tho orowd whioh had followed tho sinking forry boat along tho rivor front wore ablo to rondor any aid thoy worked with , a will and in many instances mon sprang into tho water to save lifo. The greatest sorvioo wa i rondored by tho tugboats, whioh as soon aa it was pos si mo circled around tho Northfield ead inado a bridge to tho Spanish lino pier and mon and womon olamborod over tUo tu^,,"taJih?eho.ro; .Tho' swift run ning flood tido ana-"Ibo questi?a of whioh boat has tho right of way was tho oauso of tho disaator. Capt. Abra ham J ohnson was in ob argo of tho Northfield and Capt. S. 0. Grain was in command of the Mauohohunk. ISaoh lays tho blamo for tho oollision on tho othor. The Northfield, with a load of pas songers, variously ostimated at bo twoon BOO and 1,000 at 6.01 p. m. otartod out of tho west slip at White hall stroot for St. George, Staton Island, and at 5.53 p. m. tho Mauoh ohunk left tho railroad slip at Oomniu nipaw for Whitohall street. The later oraft was abreast of the bargo offioo at tho .Bat to ry who? tho No rt h (lo ld came out of tho slip. An oxohnngo of whistlos botweon tho boats was follow ed by tho orash. Capt. Griffin appar ently boliovod that tho Staton Island ferryboat would bo halted until lio had worked his boat into thouppor slip, and on tho othor hand Capt. Johnson sup posod that ho would bo allowed to oross tho Maunohohunk's bows. Whon tho aooidont appoared inevitable tho spo'od of tho Commanipaw ferryboat was ro duoodod as muoh aa possible under tho ci rou mut ano os, but homo along by tho swift running flood tido, bond on, tho' \ Mauohohunk struck tho Northfield on tho starboard sido at the hood of tho forward ladios' oabin on the main dook. Tho blow was a terri li o one and tho foroo of it wrookod tho (dooring go av at tho forward end of tho Mauoh ohunk, to up about 10 foot of tho main dook, wrookod tho dookhouso on tho port sido and broko through tho dook rail and throw down tho stanohions ou tho forward part of tho Oontral rallied boat. Aa tho bumping of ferryboats is not unusual in this harbor the passongors on tho Northfield did not for a minut? or so roalizo tho seriousness of tho ool lision. Whon, howevor, two fi vernon ran upon dook to savo thomsolvos from tho inflow of wator and tho Northfield was hoing drivon full spood up tho li) tat rivor instead of down towards Staton Island and all tho timo sobro ooh in g for holp thoy know that somothing sorious had happened. Thon oommonood the panio whioh oontinuod until tho North field wont down. At no time was* tho Northfield moro than 600 feotoutintho rivor boyond tho bulkhoad lino but tho tido waa running with tho volooity of a mill raoo and had tho vossol sunk out in tho stream only tho tugo would have boon able to givo assistanoo. Seriously Bitten by a Shad. William Danoan, agod 26 voars, A Dolawaro river fiahetman, was Ditton by a shad and is now in tho Dolawaro Hos pital at Wilmington, Doh, sufforlng aovorely. Whilo hauling his not some ton days ago ono of tho flab, whioh was particularly vioious, so!zod his hand in its mouth and infliotod a painful injury. Tho fish had fino tooth, whioh out the flosh. Tho wound wot, rogardod as trivial. Now it is inflamed and swol len much largor than the usual MB\ aud serious sosults aro foarod. Ino injury is infootod withs poisonous mst* tor and tho outoonie way be blood poisoning? Tho following is a remedy that wilt novor fail to kill tho potato bug: Take four pounds of bluostono and fivo pounds of quicklime; dissolve the blue stone in about two gallons of wstor, slako tho limo in any vossol, add both to fifty gallons of water, stir well, sud spray the plants freely.