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VOL. XXVI
BENNETTS VILLE, S, C?^RIDAY. JUNE 21, 1901,
NO 25
COAL MINElORROR
A darius of Explodions Gunson A
.Terribie Disaster.
MANY BRAVE LIVES LOST.
Mine Was Considered Dangerous
and Explosion Was Causad
by tho Greed of
tho Woikers.
A most disastrous oxplosion took j
plaoo in tho Port Royal mino near
Wost Nowton, Ponn., on last Wcdnos
day. Thoro is no firo in tho mino, to
judgo from appearances at tho pit
mouth, but tho foroo of tho oxplosion
was so groat that nono of tho mon, so
tho minors say, oould havo survived tho
shook. Tho oompleto list of tho dead
inoludoa:
William MoUuno, superintendent,
married, four ohildron.
John Hock, mino boss, marriod,
throo ohildron.
Will'aui Allison, superintendent,
Wost Nowton, married, iour ohildron.
Daniel Alsop, mino bots, and thir
teen minors.
.William MoUuno was superintendent
of tho Port ltoval district comprising
fivo raines. IIo was a lntgo stook
holdor in tho Pittsburg Coal Company
and his family lives in a handsoino
rosidonboou Vino stroot, West Nowton.
William Allison was a oousin of Presi
dent MoKinloy.
i?ariy VVCJ uotiuay moreinK ??nrry
Bovcridgo and two minors, tlnoo of a
rosouing party that wont to tho mino to
bring out their mates who woro en
tombed, woro sent to tho MoKoosp^rl
Hospital. Beveridge had both bauds
brokon and tho other two were badly
burned.
At 9.04 A. M , Wednesday an in
spootion party wont into tho mino
through tho shaft on tho Baltimore
and Ohio sido of tho Youghioghony
Uiver, i twas their purposo to pono
trato as far as possiblo to looato tho
dead bodiop, with haidiy hopo of find
ing anyono alivo.
Tho rcsouo party had beon in ?ho
mino about an hour whon tho multi ul
roport of anothor explosion was hoard,
issuing from tho dopths of tho shaft,
and a rush for tho oago wno mado by
tho mon above, who thought that those
rosouers had mot tho fate of thom who
had gono before A dozen mon volun
teered to go down and try ar<d rooouc
tho party, but thoir servions w>ro not
required, as tho signal to hoist thoongo
was givon from tho hoitom and when it
roaohed tho top throj uncoonoifi'ip
forms were found ljing on it. Fivo Id
Bpeotor Uallahan and Firo BJSS W.
MoFoo, of tho Wick Hayon minos,
woro tho most dangerously hurt of tho
party, and these mon wore taken to tho
hotel noarby, whoro two pliysioianB
worked with thom almost au hour bo
foro thoy oould bo brought bank to lifo.
This last explosion, in thc minds of
many, seems to sottlo tho fato of tho
entombed mon, and ail hope of gotting
any of them out alivo has boon aban
doned.
Tho disaster ooourcd about G o'oloek
Wcdnosday evening. An oxplosion was
hoard by mon at shaft No. 2 and sud
donly a oloud of smoko burst from tho
mouth of tho shaft.
A soarohing party, ooiuposod of
Suporintoudont William MoCuuo and
nino othors, wont down shaft No. 2
Nothing was hoard of them and in an
hour another rosouing foroo, hoaded by
James Bailoy and William Williams,
firo bossos, woro lot down tho shaft.
They groped their way about 200
foot whon two explosions woro heard in
rapid suocossion. Tho shaft lamps in
tho hands of Bailoy and Williams woro
blown fifty foot away, and they thom
solvos woro thrown violently to tho
ground. Thoy aroso to thoir foot and
oallod for thoir oomrados, but thoro was
no anowor. Both men hurried back to
tho shaft and woro takon up in tho oago.
From that momont until 0 Ol A. M.
not anothor soul wont down tho shaft,
as it would havo moant oortain death
from tho aftor damp.
Tho part that wont in this morning
was oompoBod of Mino Inspootor Bor
nard Callahan, Gonoral Suporintcndont
John lioso, Firo Boss William MoFoo,
Firo Boss Daniol MoCullough, Firo Boss
Potor MoLindon and Pit Boss Robert
MoKinnoy. All but Callahp.n woro
brought from tho various minos of tho
Pittsburg Coal Company.
Tho Portlloyal mino has always boon
oonsidorod dangerous. Thoro was a
similar oxplosion in tho mino sovon
yoara ago, by whioh ono man was killod.
Tho uso of safoty lamps had beon
mado OBpooially imperative in thone
minos by thodistriot inspootor, owing
to tho groat daogir that was known to
oxist, but oareloss minors sornotimos
uso opon lights, bocauso thoy oan seo
bottor to mino by thom and this helps
them to make a bigger day's wages.
This is what probably caused tho ox
plobion, but tho inquiry whioh will fol
low may dovolop a differont causo.
Ministor Sont To Jail.
Tho Kev. William Wado, tho Yolpin,
Ind., miniator who was arrostod sorao
timo ago on ohargo of oountorfoiting
and who has hold revival aorvioos in
tho jail almost nightly einoo his incar
ceration, was found guilty by a f?deral
oourt jury and sontonoed to ono year
in prison and to pay a Ono of $1,000
Ho doniod on tho stand that ho know
tho money bo had waa oountorfoit and
whoa asked if ho had anything to Hay
why sontonoo should cot bo passed up
on him ?oplied: "I thank God that
I h?vo had tho oourago to toll tho
tiuth throughout this trial. I am cn
tiroly innooont of this ohniyo."
Given Knock Out Drops.
?ommandor B. F. Tillor, of tho
United State? navy waa givon knoon
out dorps at San Franoiso Friday night
rt?bbod'and was loft insonsiblo by two
thugs thia morning. CoxnmandorTilloy
is govornor of tho island Tutuila So
mnn.
A Bttd Slip.
A Colorado editor has been oompoll
cd to apologize to Miss Tampioo I'rudon
beoauso his proof roadora permitted it
to go in as "Tapiooa Puddin'. An odi
tor novor knows whoro troublo ia going
to riso noxt, ?
A WOMAN MURDERED
And Her Bo<ly Skipp sd in a Trunk
by Express.
Tho mystery ooncorning tho disap
pcaranoo from Boston of Margaret
Blondin, wifo of J. W. Blond?n, ro
mains unsolvod. Her hoadlosa body
WAS found near Chelmsford, MasB., and
idontificd by hor eietor. Tho hoad wa9
hidden noarby. Tho thoory hao hoon
that tho.husband oonnnittcd tho murder
in a fit of joalousy. Friday it was inti
mated by tho polioo that tho oriino was
committed in tho (Jroon atroot housoin
Boston, whore tho oouplo boarded, and
that tho woman's romain'? wore sont
away in a trunk. This thoory was
givon woight by an intcrviow bctwoon
tho polioo inspectors and Mrs. Mary
Hannigan, tho landlady, tho lotter say
ing that on Saturday, April 27ih, tho
day of Mrs. Bl jud i n's disappearance,
sho was sitting in thc front Hall Just
boforo 4 o'olook when Mrs. Blond?n
carno in and askod wbat timo it wai.
On boing told sho txolaiiuod: "My hus
laud will kill mo," and raA upstairs to
her room- Tho husband immediately
outeved and domauded that Mrs. Han
nigan loll him how his wifo spent tho
day. Upon hoing told that she spout
(ho day quietly ho ru mod up stairs as
if in a furious to mp sr, pushed tho room
door open and olosod rt violently. Tho
laudly heard angry talk aud tho fall of
a body. Ton minutes lator Blond?n
0311)0 out wearing his best olothos. Ho
looked tho door not only by tho ord in
ary faotoning but with a padlock wliioh
ho had attaohed that morning.
Mrs. Hannigan wont up stairs, but
got no roo pon so from tho roam. Sho
thought that tho woman was ashamed
to talk afior what bad taken p'aoo.
Blondi? roiurnod itio foi towing ?"UOR
day. During tho interval MM. Hanni
gan tried to get word from Mrs. Blon
dir).
Whoo Blond?n roiurnod ho looked
haggard. Ho wont to his room, rc
maint d thoro an hour and whon ho left
in a hurry he doubly lookod tho door.
In half an hour ho roto mod with an
expressman, explaining to Mrs. [lanni*
g&n that ho hui aonoptod a position on
a government boat iu Canada and that
ho was going to Monlroal.
u Whore is your wife?'' askod Mri.
Hannigan.
Blond?n muttorod something wliioh
tho landlady could not oatoh. In reply
to Humorous quorios, Mrs. Hannigan
was g ?von to understand that Mrs.
Blond?n was at tho depot waiting for
hov hubband.
"I eau not understand what you havo
kept her loekod in her roora so long
for," oontinuod Mrs. Hannigan.
'Ts she going with you?" askod tho
woman.
"Yes, sho is at tho dor ot now," re
plied Blond?n.
Around tho trunks which tho ex
pressman took away were heavy loathor
bands.
Thou Blond?n left, tho kouso and tko
landlady?did ujt seo him again, Tho
polioo learn that a trunk similar to tho
ono dosoribed was shipped toClomsfoid
on tho night of April 30.
Blondiu disappeared a woek ago and
is now boliovcd to bo noar Montreal.
No Third Torm for Him,
President MoKinloy last wook an
nounood that ho would not aooopt a
nomination for a third torm in tho fol
lowing statomont: "I rogrot that tho
suggestion of a third torm has boon
mado. I doubt whether Ian oallod
upon to givo it notion. But thom aro
now qucstion*M)f thogravostimportanoo
boforo tho Administration and tho
country and thoir just consideration
should not bo prejudiced in tho public
mind by ovou tho suspicion of tho
thought of a third torin. In viow,
thoroforo, of tko reiteration of tho sug
gestion of ii, I will Pay now, onoo for
all, expressing a long sottlod conviction,
that 1 not only am not, and will not bo,
n candidato for a third tomi, but would
not aooopt a nomination for it if it wero
tonderod mo. My only ambition is to
sorvo throughout my seoond term to
tho aocoptancc of my country mon,
whoso gonorous oonfidonoo I so doeply
apprcoiate, and thon, with thom, do
my duty in tho ranks of private oitizsn*
ship." William McKinley.
Au Eye to Business.
"Now, if you will show mo whoro
tho burglars got into your shop," said
tho dotootivo, 'Twill soo if 1 oau find
a olow." "In a moment," said tho pro
prietor, aooording to Answors. "1 am
working at Bomothing a little moro im
portant than hunting for a olow just
now." And whilo tho dotootivo waitod
tho morohant wroto as follows at his
dosk. "Tho burglar who broko into
Kat'/onhoftor's bhop on tho night of tho
15th and oarriod away a silk hat, a pair
of Fronqh calfskin boots, ufur trimm od
ovorooat, a blaok broadcloth suit and
two suits of silk uuderwaro wan a blaok
koartod villlau aud scoundrel, but a
man whofo judgmont oannot bo oallod
into quostion. Bo know wher? to go
whon ho wanted tho finost clothing tho
markot affords. " "Jaoob," ho said to
tho bookeopor, "sond a oopy of this to
all tho popers and toll 'cm I want M
printed in big blaok typo, to oooury
half a column, tomorrow morning. Now,
Mr Ilixkshaw, I am at your sorvioo.'
Forest Destruction.
Tho Raloigh Nows and Obsorvov
brings forward further testimony to
provo tho disastrous rosults of ftrost
destruction, lt sajs: "Mr. W. 10.
Myerj, of tho geological survoy, says
tho sooret of tho bad c ff sot of tho ro*
oont Hoods iu Westen North Carolina
Hos in tho deforestation of tho moun
tain section. Tho oountry is being
Btrippod of trees, and Mr. Myora says
thst thc outting away of tho timber, is
entiroly rei pons, bio for tho ROI i eus
Hood. Tho aotual damago exoeedtd
$500,000. Tho Appalaohain Korost Pre
servo association was organized none
too soon, and tho establishment of tho
park ought, to bo prossod whonomgrosp
moots in Dooombor."_
Break Him in Gradually.
It is said that Sonator Do pow intonds
to mako a newspaper man out of his
son, as there is so muoh monoy in that
tu lincfcs. Tho Bonator should not push
tho young man to tho highest point of
wealth* getting j int at fir il; lot him tako
Mr. Sohwab s pinos as hoad of tho stool
trust at $800,000 A yoar, for a whilo, BO
as to gradually break him in tothomas
sivo fortuno II?B nowspapcr ontcrpr?BO
will yield.
FIGHTING FEVER
In Italy oy Pp o ad In g Nets to
Kocp Out ths Plaguf,
THE DEADLY MOSQUITO.
The Wonderful Discove ries of j
Dra. Boss, Risori, Lav
oran, Bignam', Bastin?
nelli and Qrassi.
A diapatoh from Homo oayB a sarango
land to BOO ia tho Roman Uarapagna
nowadays.
Sinoo it baa boon dotcrminod that
thia famous torritory bag b3cn tho
B pro ad IT of tho ourao of tbo world, ma
laria, for so nany oonlurioo, ontiroly
boiauao of tho mosquitoes with whioh
it ia info&tod, a vaso quarantine has
boon dcolarod against trio bloodthirsty
inaools. "
Tho ont'.ro Campagna ia wrapped in
notting.
This is dono uot moroly booiu^o tho
inhabitants wint to do it, but because
tho Govorumont has foro.id many to do
it by odiot. They aro not permitted
to sleep exempt under mosquito notting;
may not labor in tho holde oxoopt with
netted hoaddreaaoa and gauntlets to
protoot thoir anns and banda; every
aperture of thoir bou?es, oven tho
ohimnoya, muat bo oovored with motel*
Ho notting.
Thoao laws have a double ond. First
they aro doaigned to protcot the i nd i vid
...1,. iL_1....1 -nvr -* -
getti?g tho malaria through tho hitos
of tho moFqiitoss; sooondly, tho law3
aro onforood bcoauip it io hold that
ovary individual that gota tho dijoaao
isa walking nouroo of propagation of
tho soourgo and that any lav/ that will
protcot nia ncignbora is justifiable.
ThoBo who sillier froth tho disoaito al
roady aro not privilegod. They must
dwell uodor notting like tho ollmra,
and, in addition, tho Seato ia pulling
them through a rigorous oourao of tre?
mont for tho oompWint, doaiu^ th.cm
with dooootoina of Peruvian bark, iron,
arsenic and other apooitua.
In tho Ca up agna now folks phut
thcnnolvea up in thoir mosquito-proof
houses at sundown, and tboy do not
stir abroad after that exiept on urgent,
buainoMS, and then ouly thoroughly
oovorod, with veils and gloves.
Tho rigorous obaorv&noo of thoao
rules ia uooossary. ll ;ad n of tho
Sunday Press will remomber tho arti
c!o in an is-uo somo mon tba :>go, in
whioh this terrible Kunian Oairipjgna
wan dceoribod aa a land of pl most BU rb
death, whero the laborers ora vied around
like yellow ojrpses and where hardly
auy inhabitant oould hope tu cWapo
tho plaguo of malaria. Sooner or la'or
it waa bound lo oAtoh bim rind kill bim
br loavo him a wrook tor tho vost of bia
wrctohod lifo.
lt ia a queer oxporionoo. to travel
over tho railroads that run through tho
quarantined districts now. There is
not a peep bolo in oars, waiting rooms,
bignal toworB or flag stations that is
loft unovorod. Tho lUgnion, tho oon
duolors and brakomon, tho statiou mas
tors and tho baggago amashors all aro
voilod aud havo thoir arms in gauntlets
that roaoh to tho olbowa.
All ?long tho lino of tho road you seo
ourioua mutlicd figuros ploughing and
following Othor agricultural pursuits,
attired as if for purposo of disguise.
Your follow passongora aro so biddon
behind thoir voils that you oannot for
tho lifo of you B:O a singlo faca, liven
tho oxen in somo of tho holds r.ro
owathod in tho stuff, an I they look odd
enough as they stalk along ma joalioal
ly with yards and yarda of gauzo not
ting hanging on thom. It inakos ono
think of tba old-fashioned parlors in
Now lOagland farm houses in fly timo,
whon tho furnituro waa oovored awful
ly and mystorioualy with tho samo kind
of gauzo
JOmployoos of tho railroad aro
watohod oarofully to soo that thoy do
not violato any of tho sanitary rules.
Oflioials examine oaoh laboror and warn
him to tako oaro that ho is proporly
veiled. To doors of all waiting rooms
aro protootod with doublo doora, whioh
oloso altornatoly and automatically.
It is laid ou tho inhabitants of tho
Jampagna ovorywboro to bo vigilant to
a painful dogroo. Thoy aro asked,
whonovjr ovou a' singlo mosquito mon
agos to ponotrato into thoir houses, to
drop all othor occupations, whatevor
thoy may bo, and not to rost until thoy
havo killed tho wicked thing. It may
havo in its sting the doath of a part or
ovon all of tho houaohoUl. To ni ak o
tho destruction of a mosquito intorlopor
moro easy ovory bit of wall in every
part of tho railroad proportios is pain tod
a dead whito.
Tho disoovory that it io tho mosqui
to that transmits malaria, and tho sub
sequent diseovorios duo to tho experi
monta of Dr. ROBB and othors, aud the
tenta oarricd on in tho Roman Cam
pugna tir.it announced to tho publio in
tho Sunday Press from timo to timo.
Thc disoovory is of world-wido impor
tanoo, but in Italy, tho olassio land of
"tho melina"-malaria, "bad air," as
tho word'B derivation inoorrootly sug
gests- it amounts to a national "hud."
in tho 8,217 Ooratn?n?i bf tho King
dom malaria takos ho ivcy annual tri
buto from H.838. livery year 2,000
000 woiktng people, chiefly agmul
tural, aro alt ?eked by tho periodic
fevers. Indcod, tho malaria of thoir
nativo land ia ono of tho prinoipal
oiuscs of tho onormous emigration of
Italians.
Up to yosterday, almost, it had boen |
imagined-from tho oarlioBt limos
that tho paludcl, or marah fovcr, wai
duo to poisonous gises ariaing from
BWrtinpugrouud from tho dooomposition
of organic matter. Tho ooltbratod Dr.
Rason, haying ooncoivod tho proabil
ity of a para9ittio origin for it, tho idea
vapidly gained ground All over tho
world, in li trope, North and South
Atnoriea, Africa and India, solon li fi)
modi ?al mon bogan investigation?, of
whioh tho readers of tho Press got
nows from time to tinto. Franco olatics
that Dr. Lavoran, until rcoontly a pro
foanor at Van do graoo. WAS tho fired,
in 1880, to find in tho blocd of malarial
patienta traeos of a pans'iio which ho
Oillod tho bomatoi )airo of marsh fevor.
Ia 1881 Dr. Manson demonstrated
that tho common mosquito (who had
boon suspootod all along) ioooulatod
people with ?till enoihor par?sito, tho
filar?a, whioh st tho moment of ,bia
biting ontorcd into tho blood of mtf.n.
Thin faot mado ovorytlung oloar, Tho'
imf quito must oarry tho malaria about
with him. NovorthloHH, fiftoon yo ark
pa?and without anything hoing donner :
take praotio&l advantago of thia theor^v' '
Dr. Boan, tho Indian army surgeon*;
disoovorod in 1808 that mocquttS*^
developed in thoir bodioa tho protoos^
mo Libbo, a parasite whioh ho uhoviod
oauscd malarial fover in birds MWh
by thom. So tho oonnootion wag^M??
It only roinainod to disoovor tho a?tl6n.
of tho anopholo mosquito as tho vomelo.
of hum a a malaria, and this is duo ram
ly to D.\ Ross and partly to Dr. GrSfti,
profeasor of vs )ology at ltomo. |;f _
For ton years past Dr. Qrasal pt?
bom pursuing his exporimonts on *iM?
paroioular spooios of mosquito, wfidn,
tho dita of Dr. Kos3 auggOBted to-Mm.)
tho ulterior roRoarohoa whioh Onpod
in tho deoisivo rocult. IQ 'Ootop?r,'
1898, aided by Drs. Bignnmi and Ba?
u'anolli, ho aoquirod tho oortainty that
thonnsquito who oarriod tho malaria
poison was indeed tho anopholo. Tho
P'Arr.oiLio gorm) whioh ho ourles.in
him o*nciot livo whon thoy pass into
bivds or domostio animals, but thoy
livo and devolop luxuriantly In tho
blood ol' man, whioh has tho uul^oky
quality of so strengthening (md inn I i
plying them that thoy not only .infopt
him willi malaria, but oauBO him,.' in
turn, to infoot othora. It is tho for?nlo
anophclo only wh'oh is dangorouj. Tho
milo dooa no', bito.
Tho oouoludvo oxmrimonta woro
made ie a hospital hall of the' 'Santo
Spirilo, at Homo, ou a dozen individu
ala in good health and of philanthropie
disposition, who allowod themaolveo to
bo bitten by mosquitoes from malarious
districts.
D,- Griiaai rapidly obtained oonurma
tiou ot'tho other important fae ty; that
tho mo-quitooi themajlvoa of to ne? bo
oomo inloolcd by absorbing t.ho blood of
a person oiok with malaria. T.'?o red
globules of tho blood of euoh persona
oontain par?sitos quito distinot ' from
thoao eau uni any othor eon ta doun
malady. There aro of tho olass^ef'?ro
to*/ ?orofl, that ii to Hay 'unioolhllar
orgaeisiins, who obtain thoir orgatoa or
reproduction only aftor a singular
bono*) moon trip to tho stomaoh of tho
anoph:lo uiosquitoos. It is th?r6 that
tho sexual distinotion of thoso gorms
oomincnoos; that is to say, thoir ropro
duoiion and dovolopmont. Sometimes
thoir numbor oxoooda 10,000 id ofro in
dividual bidy. Aooording to ?litaatio
conditions they arrivo at maturity ?lowly
or rapidly. Then tho capsulo whioii coo
lbina them breaks; they How in,to tho
vioooro of tho anopholo, thonoo into tho
salivary glands and thonoo to tho bito
of tho iuHoot. Tho mosquito, wlji?n ho
pitos or prioks us, inooulatos iafco tho
wound a tiny quantity ol this/saliva
containing tho germ?. And as,[io do'.-a
not get lid of his poisonous provision in
any ningle bito, tho anuio. mo ..quijo may
intcot fcovor.d parson*, ono tho
othor. in a siglo night. Oao(singlo bito
of malaria 'wMoTirnhy last a xu?hYa ruo
time or oarry him to tho gravo 'in four
daya.
Whon man is thus bitten and infoot
od tho rod globuloB of his blood oom
monoo to altor, after about twolvo days.
lt is at this momont that tho feverish
symptoms of chills and flushos begin to
show thomsolvos. '.''hoso fevors aro
slight or strong, long or short, aooord
iog to tho malignity of tho individual
parasites with whioh ho happens to bo
incoulatod, and noording to tho soason
in whioh ho oontraotcd tho infection.
In tho apring thoy aro lighter than in
summer or autumn. They gonorally
reappear each suoeoodiug yoar. Dr.
Manson took with him to London a
quantity of infootcd mosquitoes, whioh
ho caused to bito his aon, who had novor
boon outsido of England in his lifo. Ho
novortholcas developed a tpyioal attaok
of intermittent fovor.
Malaria, therefore, ia a malady whoao
oontagious oharaetcr manifosts itaolf
uniquely in plaoa whoro thoro aro ano
pholo niosquitooa and during tho warm
Boason. Vogotation, tomporaturo,
stagnant watora and marahy ground
oombino poworfully to aproad tho ovil,
booauso thoy mako oonditions favorablo
for tho porpagation of both mosquito
and germ. But thoro aro looalitios
Uko Foostum-whioh havo booomo only
recently iufcotod; and it ia oloar that
malaria may bo oithor brought into a
neighborhood or stamped out of it.
Homo n m ?ina for somo reason f roo from
malaria, though surrounded by an in
feotod zono of tho worst kind. Tho
stamping out of malaria, whioh hal
boon accomplished in tho towns ot
Motaponta and Siharia, ha* hooomo tho
groat hygiontio work of Italy. Every
thing demonstrates that tho diaoaso ia
not oausod by any oonditions of "bad
air," as its ?amo orignally indio tated,
In 1809 Dr. Colli bogan his oxpori
mont on tho railway omployocs of tho
lt jinan Oampagna in soaroh of a pro
vontivo rogirao. Ho ohooso two pointa
known to bo tho most olassioally mala
rial, Corvara and Pontogalora. Thoso
( xporimonts intorostod iii a whole aoion
tifio world. Tho oolobratod Dr. Kooli
on mo to follow thom and tho English
Govornmont sonta oommission whioh
int ulled itself at Ostia.
Similar oxporimonts woro begun in
tho infootod zono of tho provinoo of
Saleruo by Dr, Grassi .Ho efltablishod
his quartior gonoralo at tho railway
stations of Albanolla and St. Nicoli
Varo), on tho ISapha ltoggie Calabria
line, in tho midst of a dooolato, muddy
oountryaido, inhabited only by troops
of domestic bullamos. Thoy woro so
buoooraful that thoy havo boon oon
tinuod oaoh summer, ainoo, and tho
prusont yoar will soo a groat bxtonsion
of tho work.
Lieut. Loo Killoe!.
Colonel Kline, of tho Twonty-first
Infantry, roports that forty m;n who
wcro hunting for rillos in tho vicinity
of Lip? Buargas, woro attaokod by a
baud of robols. Liout, Springor, of
tho Twonty-first Infantry; Liout.
Walter L?O, of tho onginoofs and two
mon woro killed. Captain Wilholm was
seriously and Lieu1,, ltams?y filighth
wounded. Thrco mon woro alao wound
ed. Liout. Loo of orops of ongineers,
was tho youngest oflnor in this branon
ofaeivioo. Ho waa born in Nashua,
N. C., aud wai appolntou .from that
rftato. Ho graduitod at Ot? Military
Aoadomy in 1000 and ?flsignod to
tho craps of onginosrs. Jiojwas otdor
od to Manila in Marah last tad artivod
thoro on April 18 II) waakillod dur
ing his first month of actif o
Ii ERE SLlG?lt?I)
Philadelphia Merchant? Havo
Thus Treaded tho Visitors to
INDU STRIAL CONVENTION,
The Dni?gales Left to Hustle
for Thomselves. Th?
Obj >ct of tho Visit
Badly Hurt
Tho Sou' horn Industrial Association
mot in Philadelphia on Monday of last
week. Dologntos woro in attendanoo
from nil parts of tho South. South
Oarolins waa roproaontod by tho follow
ing gontlomon: C. W. Kollook, John
F. Fiokon, J. 0. llomphill, J&mos M.
8eigniou3, W. B. Whaloy, P. G. liana
han, A 0. Kiufman and 0. Bissel]
Joukius, all of OitarloBton; J )hn B.
Olovoland, Dr. Jjasa P. Clovoland,
Thoa. JO Mooro and W. K Burnott,
of Spartnnburg; Sol Kobo, Orangoburg;
0, S. MoCall, BonuolUvillc; Charles
H. Fisher, Kdgc?uld; D. KL Norris,
Andersen; A. B. Onrpontor, Groonvdlo;
W. Ii Dur?t, Greenwood.
In oponing tho oonvontion on Wodnos
day morning I'roaidont Hartgrovo of
Shreveport La. said:
Tho businoHB nun of tho oily havo
nogleotod tho oonvontion and tho dolo
gates oomposcd of mon who orne hero
from plnoaa aa far distant aa Au ?tin,
Texaa, with tho understanding that tho
buaincPBDeu of tho oity would attond
their Huaaions, tako au intorost in
what thoy had to aay aadoaooit thom
through thoir oatabliahuionts aud do
tho many othor graooful things that
invito oiniidouoo, ocmont friendship
and build up trado, aro diaplonsod at
tho failuro ol tho merchants and uianu
faolurcra to koop tho promiacB mado.
Tuonday thoro waa a fair audionoo
but Wodnohday morning thoro woro not
moro tlun a dc/.m Philadelphia buai
noDB mon pronont at tho oponing of the
Hendon And thoy were for tho most part
mon who woro required to be thoro ow
ing to their scrviooH on oommittooa.
. Tho first troublo dovolopod at Tuca
d&y ovoniug'a soaaion when ltobort 0.
Ogdon, of Philadelphia, spoko on
"Popular cduoation, tho power of in
dustrial progroBa." Tho delegates took
umbrago at thia roforonea to th j poor,
illiterate whito womon of tho South,
whom, ho htatod, required oduoation
aa much, if not moro, tba? tho Ne
gro.
Tho threatened discussion was pro
vouied by 1'rcudont II. H. Ilargravo,
who ar?d that Ogden muBt bo mwn
foimod. At tho rooming's acaaion,
howovcr, Mr. Hargrave, who haiis
from Shreveport, L?., and is editor
or tho Now Orleans Picayune, got back
*fc.Gg?oa?.?tt a spcooh, whioh rcllootud
o'v ve* ?us si ia ' PhUadAl phi A.. ..._
"For tho first timo/' ho said to tho
.10 poraona prosont, "I fool misgivings
as to tho Buoooss of this oonvontion.
"Thoro was a good start made, but
I fear a bad ending. Wo of tho South
aro familiar with Now York, Baltimoro
and Boston, but know nothing of Phil
adelphia.
"Whyj wo novor soo a traveling man
from Phi'adelphi? in tho South. Wo
know nothing of your goods. Wo m ?ko
no attompt to get your business. Send
your oommoroial agonis down so that
roal oommoroo may grow Up.
"That would bo bottor than talking
so much and doing nothing. I soo
fow Philndolphinns boro this morning
What now faoos aro in tho hall aro now
arrivals from tho South."
Tho gonoral opinion is that tho busi
noBB of tho oity with tho South will
matorially suffer through tho laok of
oourtoay that has boon shown tho mon
who came boro with tho expectation
that tho oity would extend to them
open arms; that thoy will bo troatod
kindly, thoir appoals for oapital to do
volop thoir industries liatoned to with
intorest and oiforts bo mado to scouro
tho investment of monoy to foster thoir
natural rcBourooa.
Njt oven tho roocption that was
tonedorod tho ddcgatou by tho Mayor
Tuesday night did tho business mon of
tho oily consider that it was worth
whilo to attend. Thoro woro soarooly
moro than a acoro of Philadelphia mon
thcro and tho roooption was a dull,
flit affair that did moro harm than
good to tho ioputation of tho oity for
warm-hearted hospitality.
Tho afternoon session waa dovotod to
rodding of papora doaling with tho
manufaoturo of cotton in tho South.
At tho evening soaaion tho Ohineno
Ministor Wu Ting Fang spoko on
Amorioan trado with tho Oriont.
TUX NIC .KAUUA GANAI.
Tho diuoussion of tho Nioaragua oa
nal was oponed by Hon. Sowoll Uobb,
of Ponsaoola, Fla. II j said in part:
"Fivo hundred and fifty millions of
people of tho fur ead, for half a -jen
ni ry, havo ou treated tn to opon a high
way through tho narrow strip of land
that oonnoots tho two great oonlinonts
of Amor?os, but wo havo had at tho
holm of tho ship of stato mon of limit
oi mar?timo information and a doaf oar
has beon turnod to thoir requests.
Whon our military army sought oppor- |
tunity for promotion (in rank) our om
ci.dfi rushed to a coull ?et with a pooplo
loss than 10,000,00;) in population and
already havo oxponded in tho offert to
inooulatn thom with "bonovolont as
similation" inwards of $300,000,000
and oountlosa lives. This money CK
pondod in tho othor proo.'ss 'oommor
oial assimilation* wnuld havo construct
ed tho Nioaragua oanal and established
liuos of stoamahips numboring not loss
than 100, eaoh of 5,000 lons oapaoity,
oarryingour own produots,
"Tho twontioth oontury oalln for hu
man advanoomcnt. Wo of tho south
loamed at tho clono of tho war that if
wo would dovolop our resouroos tho
military arm must bo subsorviont to
tho civil authority.
"The Clayton Bulwor troatv is only
a protoxt for delay. Wo oannot oon
ooie tho right of any nation to dictate
either looality or manaor of oooupation
to tho?: whoso mutual intcrost de
mand a work froa from entangling al
lianoos. Costa Hioo, Nioaragua and tho
United Stato J of Amcrioa aro oompotent
to dooido what is best for thoir inter
ests."
Gcorgo .11. Anderson, of Pittsburg,
spoko briefly on tho oubj mi, oxpross
?Dg tho opiri ni (hat tho Unitod StatOB
omi build an isthmian canal without
tho holt) of 10 igland or any othor na
tion. Tho Suez oanal, ho said, ie a groat
boon to British cummeroo and ho as
sorted that thin country nooda a short
and ojonoinio o)urso by whioh to soud
its' produots to tho Paoifio ooaat and
thonoo (o tho niarkola tho world.
W. H. Cavanagh, or St. Louis naado
a briof address and tho disouuaion was
oloscd by Waltor C. Stcvons, of St.
Louis, who spoko on tho ooining St.
Louis exposition.
A Grand Old Man.
Tho Oolu ubia Stato says tho an
nouncement that Dr. Oarlislo will ooi!
tinuo to sorvo anothor year as prosidont,
of Wolf ord oollogois good nows. Qocd
nows not only to tho patrons and sup
porters of Wolf ord, but to every ono in
South Carolina who h&3 tho carno of
education at honrt or who ndmiroB and
respects nobility of oharaotor and in
telloot, Whon Dr. Oar?Blo a year ago
oxprosscd his dcBiro to bo roliovod of
tho hoavy burdons of thiB high offno.
Tho Stato said his place oould not bo
filled, that no suooerair oould bo found
who would inoauuro up to tho Cftrli.do
standard. Hut for anothor yoar tho ool
lego is lo havo tho benefit of this liront
inan'B direction and Woff ord is to bo con
gratulated, Tho inflacnoo Dr. Cirlido
URB oxortod io South Uarolina is in
oaloulablo. lt oxtonds far boyc-nd tho
oirolo of thoso who havo boon uti.dents
at Wufford or who h*vo oorno in per
sonal ooutaot with hiir . lt is not con
fined to tho Methodist denomination,
but touohos tho?o pf all oroois nod no
oroods. Ho ia rovorod by many who
havo noyer soon him. Such a man oan
ill bo spared in any position."
. Tho Value of Knowledge,
lt has been well said that thero is
al vaya work for tho ' man who knows."
N J t. tho mein who thinks ho knows it all,
but tho man who baa full kuowlodgo io
any single hold of industry, iljro is
au hom, that id going tho rounds of
tho proas thal originated somewhere in
North Carolina. A mau in wo3torn
North Carolina was soiling standing
timber-walnut trocs Tho man who
was buying oamo to ono very handsomo
troo. Ho told thc owner ho would pay
aa muoh as $50 for that troo. This ox
cited thoownor. Ho did not eoll, but
sont for oxports. Tho ownor gol $1,500
for tho troo (ourhd wainui) as it stood.
Tho man who out it down realized $3 OOO
for it on tho oars, lt was shipped to Now
York and venoorod ono sixdi to half an
in oh. Tho sal os woro watohod and esti
mated as tho bebt that oould bo dono,
and whon all tvas disposed of it turned
out that tho tree brought $50,00.
To Hang for Burglary.
In tho Supiomo Ci urt nt Asheville,
N. C., loot weokltush Gatos and l?\-ank
Johnson, whilo, and Bbu Foster,
Harry Foster ?nd Harry Mills, colored,
woro fouud guilty of burglary in tho
first dogroo. Uudor Noith Carolina
law tho penalty for burglary is death.
AU fivo mon will bo*sentonood tobo
lia'bgod boforc :ho term of Qiixik'nnd*.
On tho 8th of February those men en
tored tho nt oro and postoffioo at bhnmn,
two milos from Ashovillo, and, holding
pistols on Samuol Aloxandor, oponod a
safo and bogan to riflo it. Aloxandor
watohod for an opportunity, and whon
tho burglars' attontion was diverted
grabbed a pistol and oponed ?iro, seri
ously wounding two of tho mon and ro
ooiving almost fatal wounds hinisolf.
Tho burglars Hod, but woro oapturod.
Postmaster Gonoral Smith wroto Alex?
andor a porsonal lottor commending his
bravory.
BatleshipS Illinois.
Tho United States battleship Illinois,
built by the Newport Nows Shipbuild
ing oompany and Dry Dook oompany,
was given hov ofhoial trial over tho
govornmont oourao from Capo Ann to
Hoon island'thursday. Tho vessel loft
tho uppor harbor whoro sho had boon an
chored since her arrival hove on Mon
day, soon after 8 o'clock, and inado her
way bbwly toward Glouooatcr. All
oonditions woro pericoe for a suooossful
tost of tho big vossol. Tho sky was
oloar and bright, and warm sunshine
balliol tho battleship as sho pressed
hor way toward Capo Aon. A light
bree zo from tho north wost ooolod tho
heat of a Summor day and gavo a olear
atmosphoro. Tho oiliioal oourao over
whioh tho Illinois ia to fulfill hor con
tract, must sustain a Fpood of 16 knots,
in length, tobooovoroa twioc. Govorn
mont voesols woro stationed to mark
tho oourso.
I?pidomic of Suicides.
An opidomio of suicides in lOurparia,
Kansas, culminating Wodnosday in
throo attempts, all oxaotly similar to
rooont successful suicides, caused tho
mayor and board of health to day to
forbid publication of details i auioido
or attempts in 1 mal papers. 'Tho board
is aoting on tho thoory that publioation
spreads tho ojnlagion of suioido by (wy
obie ouggOiiiton. Mayor Morao oontonda
that tho liberty of tho proas is second
ary to tho publio health and is propar
od to uso foroo, if noooesary, under tho
Nuiaanoo Aot. All tho editors, how
ovor, havo agrood te aupprots dotails of
suiotdos or attempts until tho cpidomio
abatos. The opidomio began with tho
suioido of Charles Cross, pre sidon t of a
wrooked bank, and in tho last thirty
days there havo boon aoven oasos, thrco
of whioh wore tuooossful.
An Apology.
.'Woowo our lea lera aa apology,"
says tho Howorsvillo Md. Clarion,
"for failing to appear oa timo thia
week. Hut tho fostivo goat bolonging
to our gonial livorymin, P?ttriok Casoy,
got into our prcairoom Tuosiay night,
aftor our? entiro edition had boon
printed, and ato tho papora all up.
GonscrpiOQtly tho entire resources of
our odilorial and moohanical forces
havo boon oallod into play in a stren
uous effort to got out anothor edition to
roplaoa tho ono that waa oaton. Whilo
wo admiro tho literary tasto of tho
aforesaid goat, wo shall horoaftor koop
tho proasroom looked."
Four Men Drownod.
Tho saboonor Cz ir, bound to Labra
dor, with fiahormon and thoir families,
70 porsona altogothor, was drivon ashore
on Cabot island, on tho north ooast of
Now Foundland in a fog and galo Sun
day night. Four mon woro drownod
and aix othors woro ie jared, but tho
womon and ohildron wore nil landod
iafoly?
MORE TRUSTS FORMING.
Prows, Shovels, Mat oho? and Pianos
tho Latest to ba Morned,
Tho formation of groat trusts pro
ooodti npaoo, aud hardly a day passos
but what tho anuounoonient is inado of
combinations of nianufa itu rora of arti*
olofi of absoluto human ncojsity. Pretty
m nob ovory thing a mun eats or woura
or tools ho uses in his trado, and even
tho coffin ho ii buried in is subjoob so
far as prioo isoonoornod, to tho regula
tions of trusts, and tho end of it all is not
yob in sight. Among nomo of tho latost
trusts to bo formed aro tho following'.
An official of tho Diamond Match
oompany says that*a consolidation of
tho Eaglish brm:oh with tho Bryant &
May oompany would bo ailcotod soon.
O. 0; Barbor, president of tho Diamond
Matoh oompany, and sovoral managors
and 0. II. Palmor aro now iu England
olosing tho negotiations for tho consoli
dation, and it is annouuood that Charlea
Baird, its attornoy will leave within ton
days on tho eatuo mission. Tho Bryant
& May oompany had a oomploto mo
nopoly of tho iu:i to li businoss in Eng
land uutil tho Diamond Matoh compa
ny built itu Livorpool factory a low
Yoars ago. Siuoo thon tho two have di
vided tho busioo?s of thc Uaitod king
dom. Tho Diamond Matoh company of
Amcrioa owns 51 per cont, of tho
English corporation, so that tho o muoli
dation will bo of groat benefit to tho
fenner company.
A ocmbinaiion of tho piano manu
facturers, embraoing tho ontiro output
of tho oountry, is in prooosa of organi
zion. Mato A. Blumonborg, oditor
of tho Muaioal Courior, of No-v York, is
in tho oily promoting tho solnmo. Ho
says thal tho purposo of tho combine is
to roduoo tho tolling oxponnos. whtnli
aro now $7? for ovory piaao m ado. Ho |
auyn that whtlo tho combination will out
oil a number of hangorsonof tho trado,
it will materially bouofit tho workmen
in tho faatorioa. Wherosomo faotorios
shut down a largo part of tho yoar bo
cado ol lack of capital to aoouniulato
Htook, tho combination arrangomonb
would furnish fuads to koop thom run
ning, thus bonoliting all oonoirnod. Ho
will ondeavor to intcroat Cincinnati
manufacturera in tho sohoino, and says
that nearly ali of tho largo faotorios
hnvo tho nullor undor consideration.
Negotiations whoroby twonty or moro
of tho loading plov manufauturing
fir nu of tho njiJdlo WoBt will form a
trust with a oapital of about $70,000,
000 havo been practically complotod in
Ohioago. Tho oompany will bo finano
od by tho Unitod Statos Mortgage com
pany, of Now Vork, which will obtain
tho money from tho Mutual Life and
tho ' Equitablo Lifo Insurance oom
pauio?. Tho headquarters will bo ia
Cbioago?
Sixteen of tho largest manufactur
ers of shovols in tho Unitod Beaton aro
forming tho shovol trust of whiohmany
ruinera havo boon oiroulatod, and C. 0.
Luring, of Bo?ton, who waa ono of tko
organuirs Amor?o AU S :ool Wiro oom
pany, is engineering tho doal.for thom.
Pho oapital of tho corporation will bo
about $10,0U0,UU0, and a Joraoy
ohsreor will bo boourod. Tho papors
havo already been drawn up and all
tho western Pennsylvania manufao
turora havongrcod to join.
Tho Cleveland rivals of tho Standard
Oil oompany have given up the battlo
?gain?t that oonoorn and aro combin
ing to soil out their intorosts to thoir
foo. Tho Staudard Oil is to pay about
$1,000,000 for tho wholo of tho propor
tioa. Thoro aro throe of tho oonoorns
Schofield, Shurmor & Gonglo; tho
Clovoland Rofining company and tho
Soio Rofining oompany. R. T. Wilson,
of Now York, is oroditod withonginoor
ing tho deal, whioh extinguishes tho
last spark of oompotition with tho
Standard Oil oompany in Ohio.
So tho list will bo oxtendod until
ovory oonooivablo arliolo of human
consumption or uso, with tho oxoop
lion of air, will be in tho control of
monopolios^_
Au Interesting Case.
M. B. Carnell proseoutod Emanuel
Oxindino, Jess Aloxandor and Jolt' An
dorson, defendants, ohargod with
ouraing and using blasphemouslanguago
on tho highway. Tho caso was triod nt
Spartanburg and tho following particu
lars of it wo got from tho Herald of that
city:
Tho dofondants woro first indiotod
h J foro Magistrate Kirby and a motion
was mado boforo him by dofondant's
attornoy, John Gary Evans, to quash
tho indictment on tho grounds that
thoro was no offonso ohargod in tho
warrant. This motion was ovorrulod
by tho magistrate Whoroupon dofon
dants moved for a chango of vonuo.
Tho oaao waa transferred to Magistrate
MoGowan, bofoio whom a similar^ mo
tion to quash was made. Ho dismissed
tho OASo, holding that tho point was
woll taken. This happonod la ii Satur
day.
Tho prosooutor on tho samo day went
boforo Magistrate Williams at Converso
and swore out a warrant against tho do
fondants for tho saino offonso. Tho CABO
waB hoard boforo Magistrate Williams
in tho court house hero. Tho dofon
danta attornoy mado tbo samo motion to
quash tho in diet mo nt (hat ho hid mado
boforo Magistrate Kirby and MoGrowati.
Magistrate Willi? ms ovorrulod tho
motion, thus agrooing with Magistrate
Kirby, and tho o HO wont to triai on its
menin. After hearing all thoovidonoo
and argument tho dofondants woro found
guilty, and oaoh waa sontonood to pay a
linc of $5, or aorvo fivo days on tho
3 ninty ohaingang. Defendants attor
noy g wt) notice o intontion to appoal,
and tho OMEO will bo oarriod to tho high
er oourts. C. P. Sims, Esq , roprosont
ol tho prosecution._
Bad Enough Eithor Way.
Out in Missouri a man wants a di
vorce on tho ground* tbat his wifo de
ooived him rogaidtng hor age, but it is
to bo hoped ho will be nonsuited, It ls
no moro of a orimo far a woman to do
ooivo her in ton dod regarding hor ago
than it is rogaidiog hor boauty. That
billy Missourin would rob matri
mony of all tho olomontB of ohanoo.
Latham, Aloxandor & Ce. of Now
York, havo issued a ootton aoroago lot
ter undor da bi of tho 31. Tho 4,000
loltors asking aoroago catimatos doy
havo 2,155 roplios of avorago dato May
24th. Upon thoso they hmo an OBtimato
of an inoroaso of asroago ovor last year
of ?1.08 por oont. Prom all Statos thoy
havo roports of a late orop an unpromis
ing start. Tho avorago planting v/au
about 17 days later than fast yoar.
FERRY BOAT SINKS
With One Thusand? Paoplo On
Board of Har.
SEVERAL LIVES WERE LOST.
Many Boats Hu shod to Sho Ras
cu? and Savid Hun
dreds o* L?V?8. How
lt Mnpponod.
Thowoodon eldo whoolor Northfiold
which has hoon in tho sorvloo of tho
Staton Island For ry oompr.ny plying
botwoon Now York and Jorsoy Oity
for tho past 38 yoars, was rammod Fri
day night by tho stool hulled propollor
Mauohohunk, mod as a forry boat by
tho Contrai railroad of Now Joraoy.
Tho oollision ooourrod just off tho
Seaton Island ferry slip at tho foot of
Whitohall stroot and in loss than ton
minutos nitor tho Northfiold, whioh
was orowdod with passongors, sank at
tho outor ond of tho Spanish Lino pior
ia tho IQ ist ri vor. Tho Mauohohunk,
whioh was badly damigod, landed tho
two do/, ni passongoiMwho whoro aboard
of hor. Ovjr a hu nd rod of the paBBon
gor i of tho sunkon Northfield wore
drnggod out of the wator by people
along shore and oro wa of tho fl act of
river tuga v/hi ih promptly rospondod to
tho ferry boat's oall for holp. A fow
of tho Northfield's passongors worohurt
ia tho anoidont and tho polios bcliovo
that souio liv JD woro lost. Capt. Dan
iel. Gally oi tho tugboat Mutual, who
saw tho forry boats crash togo thor,
says that immediately aftor tho ool
lision botwoon 25 and 30 of tho pas*:
songers loapod into tho v/Ator and that
many of jbhosa porishod. Capt. Gully
also doolaroB that ho is suro ov jr a huu
I drod of tho N jr thli old'sp RH songo rs woro
drownoi. Tho oaptains ofothor tug
boats who woro early on tho soono,
howovor, aro inolinod to think that tho
disastor was not so sorious as regards
loss of lifo. Thin far no doad bodies
havo boen rooovored.
Tho roaBon for suoh a difioronoo of
opinion as to tho oztont of tho disastor
is that tho wildost uxoitomont prevailed
on tho Northfield. Tho tug Mutual
savod in all about 75 persons from tho
Northfield and tho tugs Unity and
Arrow saved botwoon thom 150 per
sons. Two palio JIU on of tho Old Slip
station olaim to havo rosouod noarly 30 -
pooplo botwoon thom. As soon as tho
orowd whioh had followed tho sinking
forry boat along tho ri vor front woro
ablo to rendor any aid they workod with
a will and in many instanoos mon
spraug into tho water to save lifo. Tho
groatcst norvioj was rendered by tho
tugboats, whioh as soon as it was pos
sible oirelod around tho Northfiold. and
mado a bridgo to tho Spanish lino pier *
and mon and women olaraborod ovo:
tho tuftajtaJihriflhoro. 'Tho1,swift run
ning flood tido and- tim question of
whioh boat has tho right of way wau
the CAUSO of tho disastor. Capt. Abra- ,
ham Johnson was in charge of tho
Northfiold and Capt. S. C. Grfiln was
in command of tho Mauohohunk. IDjtoh
lays tho bl tun o for tho oollision on tho
othor.
Tho Northfiold, with a load of pas
songors, variously ostitnatod at bo
twoon BOO and 1,000 at 6.01 p. m.
started out of tho wost slip at White
hall stroot for St. Goorgo, Staten
Island, and at 5.53 p. m. tho Mauoh
ohunk loft tho railroad slip at Commit
nipaw for Whitohall stroot. Tho lator
oraft was abreast of the bargo offioo at
tho Battery who? tho Northfiold oamo
out of tho slip. An oxohango of
whistloB botwoon tho boats was follow- "
od by tho ora sh. Capt. Griffin appar
ently boliovod that tho Staton Island
forryboat would bo hal tod until ho had
workod his boat into thouppor slip, and
on tho othor hand Capt. Johnson sup
posed that ho would bo allowed to croan
tho Maunohehunk's bows. Whon tho
nooidont appoarod inovitablo tho speed
of tho Comm unipav/ ferryboat was xo
duoodod as niuoh as possiblo undor tho
oiroutnstanoos, but borno along by tho
swift running flood tido, head en, tho'
Mauohohunk struck tho Northfield on
tho starboard sido at tho hood of tho
forward ladies' oabinon tho main dook,
'tho blow was a torrifio ono and tho
forooof it wrecked tho stocring gear at
the forward ond 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 stanchions on .
tho forward part of tho Oontral railroad
boat.
As tho bumping of ferryboats is not
unusual in this harbor tho passongors
on tho Northfiold did not for a minuto
or no roalizd tho soriousnoss of tho ool
lision. Whon, howevor, two firomon
ran upon dook to savo thomsolvos from
tho inflow of wator and tho Northfiold
was hoing drivon full spood up tho Hist
river instoad of down towards Staton
Island and all tho timo sohrooohing for
holp they know that somothing sorious
had happonod. Thon oommonood tho
panio whioh oontinuod until tho North
hold wont down. At no timo was? tho
Northfiold moro than 500 foot out in tho
rivor boyond tho bulkhead lino but tho
tido was maning with tho volooity of a
mill raoo and had tho vossol sunk out
in tho stream only tho tugs would have
boon ablo to givo aBsistanoo.
Soriously Bitten hy a Shad.
William Dunoan, agod 26 yoars, ft
Dula wuvo river ii ahorman, was bitton by
a shad and is now in tho Dolawaro Hos
pital at Wilmington, Doh, minoring
novoroly. While hauling his not some
ton days ago ono of tho fish, whioh was
partiou'arly vioious, so!zod hie hand in
its mouth and inflicted a painful injury.
Tho fish had fino tooth, whioh out tho
fiosh. Tho wound was rogaxdod as
trivial. Now it ?B inflamed and abol
l?n mu oh largor than tho usual <uV,
and sorious losults are fcaved. The
injury is infootod with ft poisonous mai*
tor and tho outcome may be blooa
poisoning. ^_.
Tho following is ft remedy thal wi1.1
novor fail to kill tho potafe bttg? r?#k?
i four pounds ot bluestone and nv*
pounds of uulok Hmo; dissolve the Vine*
stone in ?bout two gallons of water?
slako the limo tot ?.ny WM*), tuU t>wh
to fifty gallons of watets *ttt Weil, ?na
spray tho plants freely*