The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, October 12, 1906, Image 1
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..DO TH, GREAT LIBHKTY, INPIRK OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN TH Y ifosSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OAUS^."
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, C
CTOBER 12, 1900.
FEARFUL DEATH
Of Many Miners in a Coal Mine
Which Is Now
FIEKC1 LY BURNING.
Seventy five Minera Are Onlomb.d by
tbe Explosion Ia tbe Minc Which
Was Caused by Oas. The Wo
men and Children Uurge
the Men to Rescue.
A dispatob from Bim field, W. VA.,
says there are sixteen known dead and
seventy-five men entombed as a recent
of an ? xplcBlon of gas, followed by Ure
? J tho West Fork mine of the Poc\
hontas Collieries company Wodncsdav
night. Thursday rosouo parties ou
deavored to get to the entombed men,
but the her.t ls BO Intense no man ca i
get hear them, and the whole mino in
Ulled with gai.
Women relatives aro orazed by tho
knowledge tl at loved ones aro either
dead or dying, spur on the reecuorK
and beg tote allowed to go in tho
mino themselves. Three men wero
brought from the bottom of tho shaf
where they were knocked down by ?bo
explosion, but they ctuld give no ac
ci unt as they were too far from whoro
the ixp]j8loi occurred.
A telegram from tho scene of tho
explodion says tl o work of resouiuj
bodies from ..ho Wew ?> mino hat been
in prb?ross since e*rly Wednesday
night. TiiO Uist res- u r.g party to g )
Into tho mine was headed by Super
intendent Williams. Leckie, who tool:
with btu John O diam, W. ll Talbot',
and J. T Brown. This party had
little sumst-, P.S thre.o rremb rs worn
evt?O'?me with ga.es, Udham aili'
Brown lobing theil lives, and Talboti
being brought) out unconscious.
I bo mine wan then hrattloed as tho
rescuing parties progressed and at chis
hem, 9 o'olock p. m , they haveabou,
rtaobxd the plaoe of tho origin of oin
explosion. Tho body of one miner has
been recovered up to this hour. He IK
S. B. Cook, who was wltblu 300 foot
of the outside when foutd cud ho was
fe only survivor of the explosion of
1884.
A number of bodies have been bea
ted by tbe exploring parties but can
not bo brought to the surfftos on ao
cuunt of the debris occasioned by the.
terr.Oin explosion wnloh in some
places has pilled up timbers and din
to the height of s'x feet.
' Tuero were "up|.o?Gd to be some 60
or 60 poople in this section of tue
mints when the explosion occurred
but a greater number of them beim
minors, there JS no reourd kept o'.
them, henoo the troubla to Btato ex
&okly thcBo Mat have been killed.
Parties oumirg to work Thursday
mornhn from the Tug river, on thi
WeBt V.rgiula side of the mine, dir
not know there had been auy tr? ubi
In the milieu until they ran into some
bodieB on the tracks, and some mule*
dead with a man pinned between
them.
While the force of tho i x loslor.
was terrille yet the foremen wno wert
at the mines' tilico did not knowi
there had lo n any trouble until tin
men ano mules failed to come cut al
the time f r quilling work. No re
port ti the ?xploilcn was hofc.d ci
tl.0 cuthide ( f the mines.
Supt. W. M. Leckie of tho mim-,
who entered the minc as one of the
robculng party, had a narrow escape
from death. Ile was overe?me hy the
lun e? and hae! to be curri* d out. E .
warn Jones, the inside mine foreman,
le d^the first redone party and when
that p&rtv failed ts return in a reas
onable time a second rescue party
uuder Supt. Leckie followed.
Two cf L'.ckic's party, John Ol
h*m and IO'. Hiown, were overcome
by gas ano oled, and Leckie barely
escaped with his life. Tue third par
ty wac formed and oontlnued the
work. Meanwhile tho llrst party had
readied another entrai.ci to the mine
in safety and sont word over the
mountain announcing that fact.
All this time the work of bratt'clng
tho mine, necoessary for carrying oo
tho work of rescue, was being en*.c
tively carried on. Some confusion
v.as caused in tho determination cf
the exict number of men entcmbod
by the fact that when the explosion
tcourrtd the ?xchangeof shifts wiit
in progress, added to whioh was thc
fact that a number or the men es
oapod from the Hug Fork entrance.
The scenes around the mine were
pitiful. Udall ves aud friends gath
ered lu gre ups at tho entrances and
elsewhere awaltiug tiding of tho v.c
tims gave vent to their ?rief as the
bodies one by one were brought out.
The authorities anticipated the
fearful extent of the oawmallilos by
ordeih g ? carloads of oi illus and bur
ial supplies.
MyHtory or* Kirim ppor.
A dispatch from Now York says
mystery ls the predominantoharaot r
istio in the disappearance Srptembei
21 of Willie 'larbaras, aged four years
surpofled to be lu tho hands of kidnap
pera who aro demanding tn 000 ransot
lr.m his parents, uuder throats that
the boy will be koied. Ills hedy wil
bo out up and scattered about the oily
unless tho money ls forthcoming if
the terrible threat m&do by tho orlan
Inala._
A 1' Atftl Kow,
Resulting from a quarrel as to ohoy
lng orders given by Charles Lav ton
foreman of a dalry at Ral?lgh, N C.
to Aodrow Mooney na rn, Lay*o;
strn k M oneyham over tho heat
With a shovel, oru.dilng tho skull art
killing him Mo neyhem was adva c
f?p on Layton with a stier at tin
time. Mooneyhpm's wife oame U|
ann aaw nor husband lyinv* on th.
grouud. Sho attacked Layton, win
struck her with lils list ano kn it ke<
hoi dO"-n She ls in - ?rr\ us coi d
tien. Layton was arrested,
/
BOLD BAf K ROBBERY.
Al mod Mon X*ko (ho ninn y In
Broad, Opon Day.
At San Francisco, armed with
pistols and pieces of gas pipe, two
xobbers ontered tho Japanese B*nk at
loon on Thursday, and after beating
'.wo of toe bank tfflolals, escaped
*ith $5.000 in gold. Urakta, man
igor of the bank, who was aoting iv
paying telW of the institution wher
.e was H'nuk down, died Thursday
Afternoon wiuhout having regained
consciousness.
The robbers selected a time wher,
there were but few persons transact
ing business In the bank and the sen
Clonal and bold daid was so qulokly
? ffeotcd tbat lt was all over before
lie crowd of people passing thc d ;ort:
f tho Institution woro a*are of what
nad taken place. Wntle one of tho
io'd up men engaged the paying tol
or of the hank, the other walked t<
the rear i f tho bank and going bo
hind tho counter ploked up a sack
containing Sft.ooo.
Tao aotlon of the robber who went
f;0 the rear of tho bank w a witnessed
by one of thc clerks who Immediate))
raised a ory of alarm. The cry hae
scarcely left his lips before be wa
struck down by tho man who w'
carrying out tho gold. The ro ber
who had boon talking to tho paying
teller drew a piece nf ga? p p : fro?
bis pocket and struck hi in a blow
that rond?n d bim UUOOUKCI.US.
Both robbers stopped long enoug)
to beat t;ieir victim s Into unconscious
ness and then walked leisurely fror
une bink and disappared. The. crime
.vasdlfioovered a moment) or vv/i late,
vhen several ouflomers rmerel th?
wuk. to make deposits. Toey found
he Japanese lying tu the fl^or ano
immcdlaiely gave tho ar'atm.
The police artlv?.d shortly after
ward and the two inj ired mon wo?
jakcu to a hospital where U rakia
died. Despite tho faot that the
police lu every portion of the olty are
>U the look out for tho robbers not
.he slightest trace of them has been
found.
URW GOLD B iirBTbWINDLR.
.Man AoouHOil of Tey li K io Wolli In
ternational y oin mo Arrestad* I
William Trimble, an oldeily well
dressed man, who saya ho lulls from
San Fi'.&nolsoo, wai arrest d it P illa
lolphia, Pa., on Wendisday at the
Instance of U dted States postal in
spectora and will face U itod StatPP
Jommissioner Graig upon a charge , f
conspiracy to usa tho malls to de
fraud.
His arrest, the authorP.ios say, P
iho culmination of a huge variant o'
?,h?? goldbrick s windit International in
itSBOOpfl. The Investigation that liid
,o the arrest was made at the direct
instigation of the British govertneut.
Tie postal inspectors say tnoy belelve
nat E igllshraen have beon mulcted
f I'.rge sums.
E:.rly in the summer tho family of
the lt* Thomas II ok. of L ?ndon,
found in his maii a letter written on
jhe St. Louis I?(rn!ted on Its way E st
Oho letter told ut ha\ ug found larg?
amounts of gold In lb lr j tut mine,
pait of whloti '-'V v ?ady to be given
Il'ck In persou. T -o letter was sign
ed 10 A. Sa: dys, a name unknown to
the relatives.
William Moore, representing thc.
(lick estate, s?ll d for this country
ai d nad a personal Interview with n
?nan i he postal authorities Bay was
Primble Mr. Mooro, they say was
nformed tut for iao.O'jo Mr. IPokV
liirs could at t] jiro the property ad
joining that described In the lotter
Mi. Moore returned to Eiglsnd and
?-.emmunlcated with the British pos
.al authorities, who oublod to Wash
lin/ ton.
T ?cn a cablegram was sent to
fri m bio t> Ung him to meet Moore in
Philadelphia. Dcteofvss waited,
md o.i Trimble's appearance yestor
day put him m tl 'r arrest.
Qorod io Doatli.
Frederick Gjwan and his seventeen
year old bride wore gored to death by
an angry bull in a meadow, near Mar
tlnsbUTg W. Vj., Thursday arter
i o in. Tho young couple had Just
left tho home of tho preacher, wno
md man l.'d them, after a sensation
*1 elopement. Tue bright red dress,
which adorned the porsou of the pr?t
ty bride, attaoted and enraged the
hull. Mr. and Mrs. Gowan li3,d cut
across th? Held Vu thc raliway s;;at on
In their eagern-ss not to miss their
crain. They had not gone far when
tho enraged animal cnarged. The
young husbandfought with the animal
dei.poratrly in an tlTort to save his
,oii'g bruie ao l himself, bat the
bi rna of the enraged buto ripped In
to his side and hurled him to tin
ground, wboro he was trampled to
death under the oruel hoofs. The
bull then turned his attontion to the
bride. Tho girl was too paral./.
by fright and horror thon to at;emp'
tt) make her escape and sho was ai:
easy victim. She was caught like ft
chip In too wind upon the al rt. ad y go
ry horns of tho great animal, tosser
into the air, caught again and finally
1 hurled far over a barbed wiro fenc
into the adjoining Held. The young
, woman was so badly 1 j ired that stn.
died within a few l oma of thc acol
dont. T.'io bull ls tho property ol
J ihn Hatfield, who lives near liiob
mond s, h. it leigh 0< u ?ty. Tue
' y ?ung Oouple han cloped and ir.dulg
ed In ft hu tied marriage In 'ppo ltl .i
to the w's" es of their parents.
I'..ni Alon Ki Inti.
Four men were, killed and eight In
j.ired, tw.i p rh.ip.. l..oa ly, In an at
. oident at the works cf tho Marylai t
Steel Gon.pany, at Sparrow.1 Point
? Md. Three of the dead aro negroes
. The v'otimn were overwhelmed by i
rubi) of Haming gas and ooke iron
a hole In one of tua blast furn*c s
? oaudci. bj LI.L f^ich * ont o? ?tu ?ti ck
ct o? easting wi c i li lt's t o om
' pr^?'d air pire, ''.In men had Jin
put in a nov air pipe and tho blas
had buen turned on ahmt, ten min
[) iPes v/hon tho aooldjut tcourre'
^ Oillolals aro ata loss to account fo
* tho accident, No expl jslou ccouired
and ino f urnaoo was not dama^od.
?s('Mt< PL IN TAI K
TO T H14 N10OKO10H PROM A
N O UT H10 lt N N IO W 8 PA 1? 10 lt.
It Says Very rmphatically That the
Segre Wild Boast tfust Bo
Tut ? own.
In dlsomslng Mn recent raoo riot at
Atlanta the No? them papers goner
a!!y have taken a very calm view of
the situation. There ls a notable Ab
sence of abuse of the South. The
following from the Philadelphia Led
ger ls a fair nam plo of tho comment i
of the Northern press ou tho race
problem lu the South, and lt would
bu well for the urgio to take notice:
A di ?/, ? o years ago it was the fash
?on for Northern newspapers and **or
gens of opinion" to denounce the
South for lynchings, aud to try to
make it apper that the Southern peo
pie woro a baud of semi c villzad oroa
tures, to be oarefnlly dliferentiatec
from their brethren of the North.
Thc North had no word but that of
unmeasured horror of the Southern
ers, and it v/as visual to Bay that lt was
t1 e Innato hav<?gery of tho white
)hio i led them to lynch and to burn
even when there were no attacks on
rhite w. mou Io fae'", for a lony
dme tue ass^rUon was repeatedly
nado that the reno ts nf the heinous
.Macks on women wi re mildly exag
er?rated and circulated for tho purpose
j H'.ifying tho lynohing duo to raoe
.ifcvifd.
Wi flin munt year1) this libel ls not
.oarJ so often. Within the past few
'eeks the lynchings in 9 iii th Oato
dna, whioh G v H y ward tiled lr, vito
to pr v nt, weie tho results or at.
.*cks on dtfeno lons women, At At
anta th re ls . .cid of thirteen
hideous as-taillis u..oo white women
y negro vag.?tr da within tw<
.ijn^tut Of that numb r one was cap
tured etd put to deat'i and the rust
neaped. The linal oh&pter was thc
record of lest Thu is Jay, when foin
ittaoks were made in tho oicy limits
upon wemou by negroes.
Tho North no lounor considers the
South as lu a class ap rt, because lt
understands the faors, and for tho bat
ter reason that tho North now has a
savage reoord of Its OMI Ia Wilmlng
iou, Del., on Saturday, a negro was
whipped and began to s ;ive a life son
oerce. for atti cklrg two womon in thc
illiliwa} ; in Meld i the J idge only the
odher day scnr.encjd anuemer, In Wil
mington o- J y a couple of years ago
practically tue whule oily turned ou
0 besiege t! e o uaty Jail and to bur.
it the stake tho wretoh who war
-vrested from the prison guard.
In tin se oas s, if lu be said that the
moo dh coted is fury toward tho cul
prit alone and spared the luuuoent, lt
is only m-o^sanry to point to tho race
riots in Spfiugti-dd, Odo, whero tin
fury of tho people was directed ag Uns*
M?IO ne^ro, poo< dation, l,t ls then fore
aeoes?ftrv for tho American people to
reoognlzi two fact"? very dearly: That
;inong the American negroes thora li
x very oousl ierable element of as dan
{(M'Oin and as d>>g/adod hu uau hoing
as f xlst ou tue planet, and that v, ho, -
ever any considerable body of negroes
ive there is alwi ys riarger cf an out
break of rao.j hatred and savage-r>
whioh actually lowers the on auto ter of
ohe ?hole people
T ose outbreaks will occur, and I'
*B now pretty well understood hy tin
people of the North, from their owi
experience, thu?; if negroes persist i?
attaoklug women tho law will break
down. It ls eaay to theorize on th?
subject and tu oe ploro thia primeva
savagery and this lamentable and nan
{erouj disregard t;f tue law, but as ?
matt-r of fact we now know that un
CHitndl.ble race hatred will result
(rom the hideous outrages. What lfc
o be done about ii?
T/iere ls ouly one thing RS appall
lng as those outbreaks, and that lb
tho seeming Impossibility of solving
me problem Involved lu the preaeno
of 10,000 U00 people lately from the
wilds of AMoa dwelling among 10,
000,000 peoplo of another laue, oolor
and civil zition. Ad a beginning to a
serious consideration i f the question
nothing better has boen said t. tan th?
warning issued by Hooker Washington
the other day, when he declared thai
there was altogether too much orlon
by negroes. The negroes had tiottei
listen to men like Washington than
to the frothy demagogues who de
nounce the whites because the neg roo
are not accorded thu.t ''full tquaality'
for whioh they are not equipped,
And cvory decent negro oom muni ty
should begin to rtoognlz) tho fae
that the most dangerous enemy to the
negro race In A mei loa ls the worthless
negro vagabond who brings upon the
heads of tho Innocent a terrible ven
geance and Involves all elements In
deadly anarchy. Tue negro wild boas',
must bo eliminated Too negro muse
oo his part, Mid as for thu whites o?
tho Uni leo St.ates of America who
poured out the b'ood of huff a million
precious lives and untold t.re-asuro to
freo tho negro-nc Kum and no pains
are too great for them tu expend In
ordor that tho resulU may be a blessing
instead of a curso.
iji?ii. i tioiiMi H untie,
Forty-four lighthouses were swept
into the sea and lost or the structures
are so badly elamaged that no llghlo
c n bo shown and four lighthouse;
keepers were elmwood during the
recent hurricane is tho dummary ol
tlie repurt made by the United Staten
lighthouse inspector, Toe lights wore
located on tho coast s.iifl adjacent ls
lanas between the mouth of tue Miss
issippi river aud Modle. Tue in
1 spootor did noe. investigate the light
house losses bctwoen Mobile aim
1'ensac?la.
Killurl In a 1'al-k,
" A great Herniation 1 aj been causee
1 at Itason, Piusala, by tue murder ol
? Miss MadolalUO Like., tho elaughtoi
ufan IOngllsii army Ulljer, whose body
1 terribly mutilated, was found ai
1 twilight, on Monday evening lu a city
' pa?k. Up to tim prisent tho police
liavo been unablo to throw any llghl
. on tho mystery Buroundlng Mic y0Ub{
woman's death Both temples wer
b beaten In, the throat was lacerated
' by tho hindu of tho murderer, wh<
. evidently strangled he r in addition ti
r ue? ting her terribly about the heae
. and arms, and tho body waa seyorol;
bruised,
LOOK ATiABEL.
Government R?gulations About
Buying Meat inEffcct.
DOW B$ IMPOSED ON.
Palse or Deceptive Names on Libels
Ne Longer Permi (led by Law.
Purity of Product Guar
sntced by Government
Insp cilon Mark.
The now law insuring the ire"'
ness and purity of lats meat paekors
product has now g ne into ci?vOt an?
tho householders may be <x.i>.inion
the labels on tho packages be assured
of what they aro bi/ing.
When tho disclosures woro made
somo months ago relative to the OOH*
ditton of the packing' h mses and
yards and the careless manner in
whloh the food supply was prepared,
th* demand for tho produots fell < IT
lu Charleston as at other plaocs ano
the retail stores have not been able tc
build up tho business to any greai
?xbont. TS JW, however, with the
Changes whloh have been mado in thc
-ystem of preparing the goods and
the new labels, attesting to tho fresh
ness and purity of the pro?uats, th?
stores aro looking forward to better
trade in the packers' pr< duots, bu
with tho IOSB whloh many stores ex
perieno<-d with old goods on tholr
hpnds, tho new stocks will not boas
targe as heretofore In Charleston,
U all the public pulse has boon felt on
ohe trado in the unods in q.iestion
The meat label regulations blt the
j ethers a hard blow, as may be noted
u the ext-sots from the uew law
whloh bau ju it gone into flffjot:
"Regula; ion 32.-U?ion each can,
pot, tin, canvas, or other rcotpt&ole
or covering containing any meat or
meat product for interstate or f uolgn
commet oe, ex;ept packages on whloh
meat inspection stampb appear, there
shall bo placed under supervision of r.
Icparlm nt employee, a trado label.
Phis trado lab?l shall contain tb*
*ords "U. S Inspeo.od and Passed,
under the Aot of Gougress < f Juue 30
19?0," in plain letters and ligures of
uuifoim b Z , tho Dum ter of the
s'.abllshineut at which tho moat or
.neat food product is last prepared o;
packed, and labeled, and the true
.?ame of che meat or meat food pro
Juot contained lu suoh package. Only
tr*idi rames whioa aro nob f.lseoi
eceptivj may be used upon the trade
label. A oopy of each, trado label
jual I bo ruh d with the Inspector in
obargo for,. UK approval, The In
Mp?otor in ?htfge shall! approve or
ol.appr ve each trade label, aud re
I porb lils aotlon for approval to tbi
j chief of the bureau of auimal indus
try, forwarding which have been ap
proved by tho secretary of agricul
ture Miall be used.
1 Regulation 33 -No meat or meat
food proi?uot shall ba ?old or off "rei
or sale by any porbon, tirm or or*
poratlon in interstate or foreign o >m
om roe under any false or deoep-jlvr
name; but estaolished trado name cn
james which are usual to suoh pro
loot s and whloh are not f?lse ard de
oeptive, and whloh shall be ap, r .ve?
by tho scorctary of agriculture ar
permitted. Trade labols witton ari.
falso or dooeptlve in any par d' ular
shall not be permitted. A meat f od
product, whether oomnosod of one
or more iugri-dlents, shall not bc
named on a trade label with a name
stating or purporting to show tha?
tho said meit food p.-oduot is a sub
jtinoe which ls not tho principal in
gradient contained therein, even
DhougU such name be an established
trade name.
"Regulation 30 -(0 No meat or
meat food product for interstate com
meic?, or for foreign oommeroo ex
ocpt as hereinafter provided, shad
contain auy substance which lessens
?ts wholesomeness, nor auy drug,
chemical, or dye (.inless spec'floally
provided for by a Federal statut?), or
preset vat! vc, other -.han com mon salt
sugar, wood, smoke, vinegar, pure
sp.ee, and pending further Inquiry,
laltpeter Inspection and sampling
vlf prepared mea-.s ?nd meat food pro
uiicus by department omployees shel'
on com'uted in suoh manLcr and at
snob times as may ba n?oc^ary to sc
ouro a rigid euforoeuionb of this reg
ulation.
"(. ) In accordance with thc
direction of tho foreign purchaser or
lils ageut, meats and meat food pro
duots prepared for exp ?rb may contain
preservatives tn proportions willoh do
not ooi ll ot with tho laws of tho Urd
ign oouutry to whloh they are to be
exported.
"When such meats or meat food
produots arc proparod for expirt
under this regulation thoy shall be
prepared in oompartmonts of the es
tablishment separate and apart from
those in whloh meats and meat food
products aro pr -> red acoordlr,g to
paragraph ( ) of tbH regulation, and
such products shah oe kept separate
and shall be labe.u? with special
trado label?, approved bv tho seme
.ary of agriculture, ai.cl indicating
that suoii produots are for oxport
?ortJtloates will bo Issu.d f >r meat*
and rn, at food products of thin
ib ar Act rf i and, if thc pri-ducts arc
i.ot exported, under no olrclm.Btanoe^
shall they bo allowed to cnttr domes
bio trade."
Tlio regula'.lon regarding falso or
deceptive names on tracie labels ls rc
gaidod as of first Importance in Job
bing olrolcs It bits tho prlvato la
1 ooi a cruol blow, lu that hereafter nc
' j ibbor unless bo be a manufacture!;
of the artlole will bc allowed to uei
. tho name of a brand unless ho hai
1 tho words "oaoked for" on tho label
Heretofore tho labels havo read ai
. though the brand mentioned ccveroc
1 a product by tho jobber h'm elf.
Hoi vod linn High',
I Bunk Walklo was o mvJoted at Jas
3 per, CU., on Ti-ursday of runnhu
j away with tho wife of one Praket
1 <uid was g vm two years hi tho poul
? .entlary. T ie runaway wife ww Anet
.60,
AOOojtIMNU l'O A KHOICNT UUIJ
INU ftlAllj BOXU8
Alus jib ht Certain Construction and
ary for Kot Moro Than Five
j Families
On Jj?oou'nt otihe inotease In the
numbe: of rural delivery carrier*
around ?olumblR, especially In the
seventli congressional district, Oon
gressrir^? L?vor b*a obtained from
ho pot*wast?r general an important
vulini/i _ tho '**?rtr box question. Tuis
-uling/j!i jrwj) frtaut b: causo rooenth
rAiorn ';. Vc rooi, a number of agente
" tu?fih b>i*i country representing let
) h i. . ii - " ''a and as tbe boxes sold
0 not oomplv with postoffioe regula
loon t .0 b xfti have been opndemnod.
lt Qouf;)i Mc. Lever w roto the post
n u narai asking lor the ruh
<ovon: ?'g tho manufacture of b x-.s
ty tho o Morons along tho routes of de
1 very i<(l ia reply bas been received
fcft'Mefli yuba boxes can be built by the
puron-J of a route If thoy comply with
M?o spi oifluattons. It is also stated
,lmt v?$ family and as many as five
oan usrf oaoh box provided tho nam,
of eacs\ is on said o. X iud the word*
"approved hythe posomastergeneral"
ls printed thereon in plain letters. Tib
;p8oJai requirements issued according
to the' letter to Congressman Lever
are as 'o?lows:
TO o > parson dosiring the rural do
livery service must ereot at hts own
ooat, and In the manner prosoribed by
the regulations of the deportment, a
ocx complying with tho following
ipnotflcitions:
Material-Galvanized sheet iron oi
sheet steel of not less than 20 gauge,
31za, not less than 18 by Q oy 0 lnoh
es.
TUo- edges must be supported bj
folding thc metal back upon Itself, or
by riveting to band iron or steel at
east one-sixteenth lnoh in thickness
md ali; least one-half. lnoh in width,
jr by tVlripg with not lesa than No. 20
gauge wire. Bxs made of heavi t
naterijil than 2u gauge need nob be
cointon,, xl.
M-.tftdal.--G^lvanl'/od shoot iron or
shootstoell of not less than 22 gauge.
Whet.-, back iron or sfceell ls used, and
^alvainz-?d . after b; are made, not
loss tl.-MI 18 Inches long by 0 luchos
in di? uetyr.
Tb ; edges mint tie supported and
itroiiglheuod by corrugating, bend
ing, cr curling, or by wiring with No.
IO gfiMgo wire, or by fjlding metal
<xok upon, Itself, or by supporting by
rlvetlbg to such edges band iron at
least .ohe-slxtd?nth inch in thickness
ind ono-bali lnoh in. width.
All boxes must be made.in work
?iani ka manner; no joints depending
soleil on solder, but all riveted; cov
?n, I .ls, or iuotscmcuts hinged or
iiv; . in a uirimgV-substantial marv
.lor, i?bdv eagei of ' bailie e*cond ?dwij
>r lap over the mail-holding compart
nent, so as to thoroughly protect the
mail from raiu, snow, or dust in all
conditions of weather; all exposed
parts, such as rivets and hinges, tobe
galvanized. Apertures lu rural mail
00X08, through which to deposit mall
vithout unlooklng boxes, Should be
?ade sma'l enough or proteote? b3
?omedtvlo , to prevent the improper
abstraction of mail.
M *VY A HEaVY LOSER
1710 Gull Storm Hank Vlw United
H'.atua Shi pf?.
Oflljers of tho navy estimate thai
tho Jedartmout lust ab ml. $1 OOO OOo
by tho storm whtoh swept ovt.r tn
guli of Moxleo and F.orida. lu coi.
>?>quonoo of a report from Command
ant llloknell, at the Pensacola station
Acting Seosotary Newberry bas lr
uruoted the chief omistuotor of th?
navy corps to prooeed at once to the
station and investigate the posai ol lity
of raising and repairing tho sh p
that were sunk. There are tho Ma
ohiaB,Waban, Aco-mao, Vixen and
Glocu?ster. Tho dispatch from Com
mandant Blcknellon whloh the in
structions wero lssuod reads as fol*
lows:
"M tobias sunk at moorings in ba
ilu, Waban sunk at wharf. Goal
bargo No. 1. Aooomao, Vixon high
on beaoh at west end of yard. Glou
o:;stor on be*.ob outside of yard, with
wooden dry dock destroyed. New
aealoln almo.it bil KO IS. Permanent
wharf destruyo-.). Some coal saved,
Dredge ashore east end of yard. Gon
er wharf des':ro>e ; pllea standing.
Old oial wharf ai.d steel drydook
wharf and ammunition wharf dam
aged, also Undine sunk, Barge
ashoro. broken up tsrgut rangt;
nouse dostroyed. Isle of Luzon afloat
in basin, leaking. S100! drydtok ap
parently undamaged. Mi: oh heav>
wreokage in yard, trees uprooted.
Wireless topgallant mast truno. All
oleotrloal wires wrecked. O ac houfif
uninhabitable. Water damage t<
maohinery on ground floors. No h vc
lost in navy yard."
Thc army was also a sufferer from
the sarao ?torin, as evidonood in a
dispatoh rcoolved by tho war depart
mont (ullin tho post at Mobile, Ala.
The dispatoh says; ' Post swopt by
terri flo storm, entire post having
been under water. Every buildup
Ju post seriously damaged: some des
troyed completely, Including pump
ing plant whloh furnished wator sup
ply to ordanoo storo houso, quarter
master's storo-houso, two primary
stations with InstrumontP, quarter
master's dock and main water tank.
It is thought posslblo to have water
transported from Mobilo tcmDoraril)
after storm subsides. ItoquoBt au
thority for nooossary omergenoy re
pairs. Rf quest inspector De sent to
' tHcertain and report upon damage
1 No casualties so far as known."
i
[ Stol?> Ono T/ioNHAml.
10 F. Jones, manager for the 1? ll
I lelophono company at Swainsboro,
1 Ga., has dit appeared with $1 000 ol
tue oompany's money and oannot b(
found.
A Iiuoky Girl.
I A 16-yoar old girl of Macon, Ga.
i fall three storlos out of a window 01
Thursday and si florad no ir jury be
1 1 ond spraining an ankle. She Ut 01
her feat,
By Boy She Had Refused to
Marry.
DYING IN HOSPITAL
His Victim Exclaims "I Love You ai d
Forgive You." After the Trag? dy
He Tries to Commit Suicide
and Shoots at His Cap
tors.
Soorned by the ?Irl bo loved, Wil
liam Kiley, who said ho waa a report
or, lay in walt for his erst-whll*
sweetheart, Margaret Lynch, Wodnesj
day night, and when she alighted from
a trolley o r, and was about to enter
her Williamsburg nome, he drew a
revolver and shot her tv?:oi.
And as mortally wounded, with a
outlet torough her loft eve and anoth
er through her hand, Bhe tried to
o awl awa/ from him, ho yelled in
glee at the BUOOC-B? of his orlme, turn
ed tho pistol upon himsolf, and, when
he failbd at su?oldo, tried to kill tin
two polioomeu who arrested him.
Kiley, whole leas than twenty yearn
dd, lives at NJ. 2320 Seoond avenue
New York. At the bedside cf his dy
lug sweetheart late Wodneslay night
ue told tho btory of the tragedy while
the girl gasped for breath and bowed
ber head weakly in oooilrmation of
the talo she was too near the grave to
tell hersolf.
"It was four years ago that I met
Margaret Lynoh,M said Kiley to thc
nurses, doo tors and pol i co mon gather
od about the oot. "She was the sweet
oat girl in Williamsburg, I fell In love
at the sight of hor faoo before either
of us said a word to the ot In r.
"No man waa ever happier-oaring
for a girl-than I, until a few weeks
ago some- thing happened whloh
wont tell about and-Margaret said shr
did not love mo any mee and that '.
must not oome to see her again. Twlc
after when I called her. parents For
mo away. Then I knew that ll*
wasn't worth the living any longer an
I dcoided that both Margaret and
should die together."
- At tills point in the story the dy
lng girl raised horsolf upon the oot
and whispered something to her lov
er? ? . ' "
"Yca?rled to kill nae,".she sobbed,
"but I lovo you yet, and 1 forgive
Klloy was so overwhelmed %*i tt.is
deathbed confession that he oould not
oontinuehls story, and Polios Free
stone, of the Uly mer street station,
who had arrested him, tc ok up thc
tale.
He said he was standing wltl
Speolal Otll ocr Tamnoy at the
corner of South Tenth street Wed
acsday night, when Miss Lynoh
alighted from a Franklin avenuo oar
iireotly in front r>t her home. As she
nounted the piazza Kiley arose fron
.IB concealment in the buRhes bear-by
?nd, ooufrouting her, said.
"I have fouud you out. You have
ruined me. But once before 1 go a
way I want to ask you to explain why
vu have thrown my love ab.de."
MiuuLynou consented to walk with
Kiley, and they had moved half
block when the man suddenly drew
\ 52 o:ilil).o rovjlvor from his utp
p okot ahd shot point blank a> tho
girl who still Btood by his sido. The
call penetrated her left eye and lodg
j ^d at the base of the brain.
As tho wounded girl f?ll to her
knees and started to orawl away
Kiley ?red a seoond shot whloh went
through her lefu hand. Tuen orying
out in gloe at his orimo he turned up
on himself and tired two nure shot*,
whloh failed to lind their mirk and
sped harmlessly through his hat, By
this time Polioemon Freestone and
Pa louey ran up and grappled with the
wculd-be murderer. Kiley let go bin
last shot at Tamney but failed to hit
and in a uniment tho ethcers had tho
gun away from him and the handout!
upon bis wrists.
A groat crowd gatherod about the
wounned girl and the man who shot
her. Still trying to orawl to safety.
Miss Lynoh was holding hor wouuJed
left handover the mutilated o;i
through whloh tho first bullet had
passed. Bl jod streamed behind hor,
and tho orowd, sooiug hor pitiful
plight was only kopt from mobb ng
K'loy by tho Olymer stroot rosorv s,
who had been oalled out.
Finally tho girl and hor assailant
were tu ken away in a patrol wagon
At tb-. Eastern District Hospital M fe:
Lynoh lapsed into unconsciousness
while her lover was telling tuc tale of
tho tragedy, and though an operation
was performed for the .vi i
of tho bullet lu hor brain tho phys!
oians said she would dio before morn
ing.
Kiley was looked up in tho Olymcr
street polloo station.
Killel ivy XrAiit
A young white man by tho name o' j
J. B E ih was killed at Sumptor on
last Thursday evening. Ho wan
aboard pasueugor train No. 32 gohik
to F;oronoo. In some way that htt
not yet been determined ho wat
struch In two places on the chin by
tho sharp points ot tho hoavy tin sig
al of thc snitch. His skull is be
leivel to havo boen fraotured. Ile
died in a few minutos after being hit.
Coroner Flowers investigated tho ao
olden D. An undertaker took the
body In ohargo. His brother, Engi
neer Ellis of the Northwestern, sayb
tho dead man was going to Atlanta
tomorrow to work for tho Llgerwood
Manufaturing company of Atlanta,
whoso ( flloo ls In the E npiro building
thore. The dooeasod was a single
mau and a native of Sunbury, N. u
11 where he has numerous relativos H
oame from Atlanta three weekh
ago to visit tits only brother. Ho waa
a member of tho order of Hoo Hooa.
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PL? N't V ? F Fl?rT.
TUE GOVERN vjKNT JJl?TBIBU'l'ES
A I<;V lt(; 10 NU M H M H.
Weaily Tv ry Waterway ia the Ktate
Gota Fresa Supply of Fish
last Year.
Tho work of propagation and dis
tribution of food fisheries for the
past year bas beou vigorously rroiio
juted lu all parla of the U.AU?
States by George M. Bowers, fhn
Jurs missioner, and his assistants.
Tho principal fuuoidon of the butta
3f tldierits, t:.e malu (enan oe and In
wease of tho available supply 0/
iqiutio food products, has its largest
'utllicont la th? artificial propos
ion and distribution o? Huh and eggs,
rue extensive and depleting commer
cial lljUeties for a number of spcoiet;
iud the constantly g owing demantf.
or food aud gerne Ashes for st?ckln?
priv?te Utk.-o amt htreams have led to
iueh an eular^?meut of the field of
jpcrailona that about fifty speoies are
now cultiv?t; ri, the l'st including th?
principal fikhis of all parts of the
country A vf ry important f ature ti
che tesoue of young tintes from thc
>veillo*ed lar.do ot the Missie lpp.
valley, whare, pthorwlse, they would
oe lost when the waters reoede, Some
.f tho mi st valuable and far reaohtng
results have ooma from the aoolloaati
zitlou of non lnd'gonous fishes in va
Mom waters.
Tue output tor the jear 1905 waB
jvei 350,OCO,000, nore than for any
previous year in tho history of tbe
onreau. Tblj in?rense represents In
particular a great prodootfon of P.o
. ?o salarions, lake trout, pike perch,
yellow perch, large mouth black bass,
lake herr?n? and lobster and In addi
tlon, the pr pagatlon of the blue tin
white Usu for tho flisb time. The
abad out-put was saall owlu*? to the
taot tbat an unusual proportion 0
dio ma k ted lisb were oaught In sab
,x brackish water but few being lef
to reaoh tho spawn!ug grcunds, wher
the egxs are obtained for tbe hatch
eries.
Tho work of the commission was
. lther to distribute eggs or fry, whiol
aro small tdzod lim nor grown, or du
terlings, yeal lings and adults, lc
vhioh olass IA lnomdei all fish oxoap!
he vrry small ones.
Durfnf tho last year largo mouth.
i&8i>, li: ge-linns, yearlings, and adulb
ua\o i.eot. clop sited at the following.
Ja e; : ' D.mmaik, Savannah l\m?, h
?ho'pond at Etstov r; In the . folioi
ng tributaries of E ureo riv.<r: Bjwet
Dam oreek, Buck Head ore k, O&dai
Shoal oreok,. 10 isha oreek, Booree
3CC0k, Fork Shoal Cr.ek, Poye's oreek,
TWO Mlle Orsek, Warrior .oreek.
Tho same variety of TU dr have alic'
benn" deposed 1 car Fountain'Inn.an?'
In H'o lo rtvor^ in Greei?vUie o unty.
. X G'eov?vino county.-tho. followhh..
ttrtams bavV b'on well stocked wltr
l'-vge mru'Ji bais: Buck Horn creek
Middle Tyg'. r ri ver, Mount oreek,
B-sedy R.ver MUI pot.d, Rlo'V.an' 1
oreok, sou I li oreo creek, South S.\
uda river uud Woo'g pond. Tn.
iama var ety has al o been pl-toe;
u?ar iT;flerern, J huston, Karana*'
Lanford, LH.SV?UO, I/v^ngstom
Lyaol bur^r, Mao?din, Minims', O ran
to, Noto s, R ?ok Hill, Catawba PJ<*
or Comp? ny'e pond, in Spartanburg,
>t Drayton M li pond, both lower au<
Drayton pond proper, Floyd's pond,
H ?h pon", Lawson's fork, Nei-blttV
p nd, R uqute'S pond and Wnlte'i
Mil poad. They have also boen left
i Su Tjpier county and at Swanpea,
Trenton, Troy, V^rdery, Wolford
Westville aLtl Wllllston.
R inoow t o at wer ? g^nerouslp dis
tribuced In Yoe's spring, near Green
.vood.
Sun tish were pis cd at Barnwell,
Bateuburg in Goose oreek, noar Char
.eaton, in the lake at Columbia, also
it Oowpr-ns, Darlington, Euoree,
Greenville, Ltneastor and Lindrum
In the lattor place the following
ponds were stooked: Belue pmd, Col
lie oreek, P.ge Pond, Smith oreek
They were also left at McBce and
lt ?ok Hill and placed in the oity
reservoir at Spartanburg and in the
Drayton pond. Trenton also recoived
. supplv. Tho largest number placed
were 5 250 large mruth blaok baas lr
the R.ok Hill of>nd.
k .nm Hull 1' ii.lit,
During a bull iUht at Bordoaux,
Spain, Thursday a matador foll dead
from excitement. Tho management
thereupon anuounced that tho per
formauoe was at an end. The speo
tators protestad, and refused tolcavo.
Tue management yielded and orderoi
that tba performance continue, but
tho performers re'used to take any
further part in the fight. Some mon
ff om among the apeotatora according
ly Jumped iuto the arena ho oarry or
the perfor manoo. The bulls attaoked
thom furiously and gored five of them,
-mo fatally. The management again
atlempemptcd to stop tbe porfor
manee, but tbe spectators again pro
tasted and attacked tho attendants.
They varied this performance wit!,
attempts to set tho amphitheatre or
Uro. Th? poltoo llnally expolled
them. _
Hilled by Yooldont.
Dr. Randall ?roft Stoney, formorly
of PlnopOllS, was killed by 11
.itreet oar In San FranoiBOO Monday
night. Ho was a son of Dr. Porob.es
Stoney i and a son-in-law of Coi. J. J
Wlbion, president of the San Franois
00 National bank, having marrlo<
the California oapttalists's daughter
only last April. He aohlovod distino
(don as a military Burgeon during tin
Spanish-Amorloan war. Dr. S:oney
was Instantly killod Monday mghi
and two other passengers wer<
seriously injured whilo standing 01
tho Si,eps of a northbound DOVIHBI
doro st root car. A oar approaohim
in tho oppodte direotlon left tin
tiaoa at a switch said to have boei
daleotive and orashed Into tho firs
oar.
1- utli l:oieoue<l
Hundreds of roaoh and Jaok hav
been found floating holp'ess or litolen
in the R ?er S oort, at Bishops Stoi
{o?d, England, and it la behoved tha
the fish have been poisoned by dishs
feulants, used In thestie?t gnll?tig an
the exudations from motor Oin?,
GAS EXPLODED.
Six Killed and t'czen Hurt In
Subway at Philadelphia.
PJWPERIY DAMAGJHD.
Explosion Due to Leak In Big Oas Main
In Busy Section. Flames Burst
from D zens ol Pipes and Fire
men Une Dirt to Extin*
gui vb.
A terrific explosion of Illuminating
gas in tbe subway of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company, nuder con
struction at Sixth and Market streets.
Philadelphia at 7 o'olook F.iday
morning, resulted in the death of six
men, Injuring of a dozen others and
.mused thousands of dollars' damage.
Tho explosion was caused by a leak
n tho olty gas main, whloh was im?
proporly repaired Thursday night
It ls holleved that a workman car
rying a lamp into the great hole, ig
nited tho gas.
Sixth and Market ls one of the busi
ness seoMons, but fortunately, there
was little trafBo th oro when the ex
plosion occurred.
About a dczen workmen wera gath
ar*d near a large derrick and abouti
dvc men are b. llevad to have been In
:h? subway. The force of the ixplo
?ion wrecked tho subway for half a
block and all thc heavy timbering and
?thor structural work, inoludlug tons
of earth, fell luto the exoavatlon. Tho
'oeavy rain during the night had
lightly weakened the wt ls of excav
ation and ad led to the damage.
Juri as the ga* blew up a double
team oart ws*s being driven dlreotly
across the covered subway. Vehicle,
ior?&8 and man were blown high in
the air, and the horses and oart fell
'nto the hole. Tho driver landed in
4h< street only slightly hurt.
Several workingmen standing near
??he derrlok were blown across tho
street an3 either killed or Injured,
i4d a number of pedestrians wore
h?rt by falling glass and abms from
all buahv ss hemes on boob sides of ,
, vjariet and SSx&h streets.
Thoso portiona of the subway nob
opvorad Vvtth dirt, burst into names
. nd for a timo no person dared
venuture' .near tho place- for
fear'.cf siurther exploefcn?. Fireman
WC?O qd?okiy''. on the' ?pot bu?
vator was of l?ttlo mb, owing to thc ?
faot that tho flames were, shooting
froixv d.zans of gas p'pes; aud tho
"rgomain.
D.'rt was thin resorted to, and hi
ho oourse of a few hours the flames
vero entingulshed.
From Fifth to Seventh streets on
.darket abd for halt a square on Sixth
.treet North and South large plate
{lass windows wore broken and thou-?
lands of dollars' worth of goods In
v.-ow windows damaged.
Hurled to Their Death.
At Cleveland, O lo, olutohed In
aoh others' arras, two young men
fell from tho fourth story of the Lake
Shore Railroad c?loe bulb?lug and
-vere hurled to tbier death on tho
pavement belom, at 5 o'olook Friday
evening. Tho dead men are J. W.
Hunts, agoci 30, and Harry Wilfred,
vgod 17 years, both of whom were
Vorks in the cffl je of tl e superinten
dent of motive power ot the Lake
Shore railroad. Bunts was killed in
stantly and Wilffed died In an ambu
lance while being taken to a hospital.
Tho young men had had somo trouble
prevlruil} ano a renewal of this late
that afternoon led to an altercation
.ootween them. It was as a result of
ibis that they fell from the window,
which was in the center of the down
town business dlstrlot, and dc zma of
Horrified pedestrians wltn ssed it.
During their flight through the air
'rom the U urth story to the pavement,
in which their bodies turned over and
over again, neither of the men relax
ed the grasp maintained from the
beginning of tho souilla which led to
their fall, and each held on to tho
thor with a death-like grip till their
oodles struok the pavement and lay
.motionless whore they foll.
Or*/, y Motorman,
A Btreet oar filled with terrified
passengers dashed aorossed New York
Thursday at full speed while Motor
man Leo Soiwartz, suddenly boreft
of reason stood on the fob ward plat
form fl 'urlshing tho heavy controll
ing bar and threatening to brain any
one who approached him. He waa
dually subdued and tho oar brought
bo a step after a desporate struggle
vlth half a dr zen policemen and
itroet railway employons during
whioh several passengers Jumped from
v,he swiftly moving car and sustained
painful bruises. Oae of tho motor
man was so badly ir j ?red that he
nad to be taken to thp hospital.
Body or Child found.
At Phllldelphia the dismembered,
body of a male ohlld was discovered
in a trin k in tho storeroom ot the
Young Women's Christian association
Saturday. Tho polloe made evory ef
fort to keep the affair a seorot, al*
chough tho dlt>o:>very was made Sat
urday no word escaped until Thursday.
Tho police admit they are ab sea and
havo nothing tangible to work on by
whloh they oan untanglo tho threads
of tho mystery. Tue little body
shows ovldcnco of callous brutality
combined with skill, as p tVhioiana
who examined it say the death VA.und
was not delivered before tho cutting
up began. _
1 I JbYl blighty freut)
l| Arthur Turner, a 10 yt ar-old boy
working on tho Southern railways
Ootigareo river bridge near Columbia
Friday tripped himself by stepping on
a piece of iron on the bridge and fell
eighty feet into the water, missing a
raf t of u .ber floating by, by about?
six feet, He swam to the raft and
wa k*3 koine. When the doctore
gob ip him they found only a bruised
I lifo
I