Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?SO TH, OB?AT MBMTT, JMPIB? OOH ?OWLS AJTD MAMOOS ?VE? lit THT ?0 VOL. XXX 1\ BBNNETTSVIIXE. S. O., FRIDA* . J AN tTAR Y ll. 1907. ?B?8I0N HAVPT OB OVB DflATHB GLOBIOU? IV THT CAUSB." ?SO TH, OB?AT MBMTT, JMPIB? OOH ?OWLS AJTD MAMOOS ?VE? lit THT ?0 VOL. XXX 1\ BBNNETTSVIIXE. S. O., FRIDA* . J AN tTAR Y ll. 1907. ?B?8I0N HAVPT OB OVB DflATHB GLOBIOU? IV THT CAUSB." and capital employed against bim, thoroughly uudoretandlng the situa tlon, getting etatlBtlos, studying ona dltlons. knowing jubt when end how to combine their foroes to strike nina when he ls weakest, and to take ad vantage of his ignorance and his laok of means to control the situation. Now tho work of the Southern Cotton association ls to bring the producer of cotton in the South to a like under? standing of their side of the question, and combine their brain and oapltal and to force tho world to divido tho profit? in ootton with tho mau who produces iii, There is no sentiment in this bin: ;;, lt is an entirely business ?ght between tho buyer and seller to malu? tain a profitable business. The South* ern Ootton association, with tbis con dition olear in Its mind, has done missionary work for two years, and the sentiment seems to be right throughout the South to crystal)z-: tbo knowledge and oapltal of the pro ducer into a practical form for his benetit. This oallB for a oousldorablo obange and modification of plans heretofore adopted. At Birmingham there will bo an entire revision of our methods and aaodllioatlon of suoh of our plans as bave been found partially practical up to tho present and tbe introduc tion of those that exp jr lonou bas taught us to be necessary. We all realize tbe blundors tbat have been made, but we also realize the absolut? uooessity for tho continued exlntonoo of our organization. Though tbore ls not tho same apparent enthusiasm, yet thoro is a deep and abiding de termination in every State in the South to continue the work until tho problem ls solved. The South will continuo to grow ootton for an indefi nito length of timo, Tho desire of the grower to share in the profits wli: continue as long as cotton le grown. And by a patient applica tion of brain and oapltal, we will -.olYO tho problem. In conoluBlon, I want to urge every man who oan possibly do so, to attend ?he Birmingham convention, and give rhatever aid he oan in helping to for nu lato tbe new plans of campaign for another year. Let me give a word as to the condi tions In referonoe to the ou block for ?-ho prloo of ootton. Referring to tho widening of Cifferehoos between mid 'ling ootton and the grades above and bo grades below middling, I want to vam the holders of spot ootton uot 0 submit to any such au outrage. Che faot of tho business is, because >f the bad wo&thor and the oonse nient iaoroase in the amount of low *rade cotton does not warrant suoh a ilffsrenco between tho better grades ind the lower grades. Tho brokers and those who are ac customed to sell to tho mills certain jradea of ootton at a certain number )f points above quotations for the Ugh grade, and a oerta'n number of b-'-v., rc... 5E? ?t'wor g?tica, 'ound themselves unable tc get mough of the higher grades to fill ?heir contracts, and consequently ;ho premium of jhese grades w&s ad /auoed rapidly. And in ordor to ave themselves, the dlsoount on the owtr grades was made equally as reat in order to make up on wbat wer low grades they delivered for vbat thoy lost in their failure to de lver tho bigher grades; and tho nun vbo is holding ootton ought not tc ubmlt to any such an outrage. If thoro ls suoh a tremondoufl iraount of low grade cotton, and thc .pinners cannot get enough high ;iade option to fill lheir oontraoti, -hey should not bo allowed to dis .ount the lower grades to make ur. or their loss. Lat every bolder ol .otton deland for his low strict nlddllng, good ordinary aud ordin?r) v price reasonably relative to tbal vi liol i is offered for tbo high grades (n other words, if middling ootton is forth ton oonts per pound, domanc 9 3 4 U> 9 7 8 for striot low, and fron 1 0 to 1 4 olf, aooordlng to tho gradei lolow tbis. It is monstrous fo: itrlct midd lng cotton to be bringing 10 3:4 and ll oents, and striot lov middling cotton bringing from 8 3 . DO ti cents. Tbe world will need al /our low grades AS well as your bigl grades, Do not saorifioe tue low bo cause they soemlngly offer a piemiun m the high. E D. Smith. Oolumbia, S. G., Jan. 3, 1907. Uovornniont ?nd 1'rlvMo Hntorprlsoi As usual, the posto thee departmen ?port? a deficit, and tho publio i busy guessing where tbe retrenoii ment ax will fall. It ls plain tba somobody must pay more for post? faolUtios than heretofore or the ga botween rcooipts and disbursement will oontlnue to turn up oach yoai Tho proposal to inorease rates of po; tage on second olass matter ls mc with the argument that peri?dica stimulate lotter writing and are foot ors for tho postal matter paying tire olass rates. Tho Spartanburg Jouriu says a novelty of tho situation is til proposal of a private party to tak over tho ontire postal servloo, and ru lt as a private enterprise. As figure out In detail tho soborno I? based o tho thoory that tho government har? ling of tho postal business ls wast) ful, tho dopartmont extravagant an graft oaten. Just at this time whe lt is seriously proposed to Incrcai tho activities of tho general goveri mont it ls a matter of momont to ba> tho business ability of this importai department of publio aorvlce challam ed with the aisertlon that it oould 1 run at one-half tho present cost to tl pooplo for postage. The farming oi of privileges in ordor to seouro ir provemont la a leap Into unoortanti and not to bo thought of until aft other methods have failed. ituruutt to Uoiktfi. Tho Augusta Chronicle says nug tbe two year-old son of Mr. and Mi J M. Glover, who reside at 1013 IC: mot street died Wednesday afterno at 3 o'olook from burns rcodlvod ai result or nw olothlng having oaug fire. Tho little child went out on t front poroh of his fathi J rosidoti Wodnesdav afternoon a little befe :t o'clook and in some way he obtain a mutch. It was struok by tho oh and his olothlng was ignited. T blaze soon sproad ovor tho win dross. Tho oliild diod almost by t time medical aid could be snmm< ed, MANY KILLED In Appalling Railroad Disaster Near Washhigton^D^C. COLLISION lOe TRAINS. At Terra Cotta, aad Many Persons!Wait ing at the Station to board the Train Either Killed or [lojured While Waiting. Another appalling diB&Bcer ocourred about seven o'oioolc Sunday night on tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Torr? Uotta, about thrco milos from Washington, D.O., In wbloh thirty eight persons wero killed outright and over alxty Injured, mauy of them so seriously that they ^111 die. The ao oldont was caused by the collision of train No. OG, QUO at Washington at 0 25 p. m., from Frederick, Md., known as tho Frederick Special, with a dead hoad passenger equipment spe cial of eight oars. Over 200 passengers wore aboard tho Ill-fated train. As soon as the nows of tho wreck reached Washington all ambulances available with as many physicians as could bo assembled were sont to tho scone. Of tho in J uved savon were takon to Freedman's hospital, 16 to the United States Soldiers' nome hospital, and 20 wero brought into Washington on a speolal train to be oarrled to various hospitals. Among tho In ju rea was Dlstrlot Attorney Baker of Washing ton, who, dospito his Injuries, walked almost two miles to Brookland and brought the llrsb nowB of tho wreok. He was completely ozhausted and af ter medical treatment.was sent to th city. Describing his experiences Mr. Ba ker said- "1 was lu tho second car from the engine ooncing from my homo In Germantown. I was four seats from tho end of the oar, and Just as the train left Torra Clotta station tho orash oamo. Wo wore earrled iu the wrookago for some distance. 1 do not know how I got out of the wreck age, but Mr. Darby, of Washington, us&lsUd mo to tho drugstore." Frank P. Bodlitz, a newspaper man of Fred erick, Md., who was slightly Inj trod, in describing his exporlenoo said: "I was in tho oar next to tho smoker talking wich a gentleman aud his wife from Detroit, Mich. We wore all standing up, the oar being crowd ed. Suddenly wo heard an awful noiso and then a orash. Women be gan screaming and tho next, thing 1 ??uevf 1 fouiid myself .loi.iug down an embankment where some one pioked mo up and I found I was not badly hurt. Is ls impossible to desoribe tho soono. Women and ohlldron wore run ning about orying for their parents, and mothers and fathers wero rushing around trying to lind their ohildron. Tho 'dead and ic j ur ed wore st own along the Jiraok for a distanoe of a mile." Tho dead bodies wore"found lying beside the track for a considerable, distance. Tho wreok oocurrod at 0:30 p. m. A dense fog WM prevailing and mada odjeots perceptible but a few feet ahead, it vita impo sible at iirst to determina the (Xict c xtont of tho catastrophe. The moment tho iirst of tho suivlvors reaohod Brookland a general oall was tant out for dootors and ambulanoeti. Dr. H. W. Fris Ohorn, Dr. Stern and Dr. J. H. Brooks f Brookland responded and wore taken to tho noone iii automobiles. One member of tho ore w of tho pas senger train, who hobbled Into a drug sbore a half hour aftor the acollent, said: "I oan't tell how many have boon killed, lt ls awful. I don't oven know just how lt happened. The freight engine went through tho en tire train and it seems to mo as 1/ every one was killed in tho last ooaoh and many in tho iirst." When the nows of the acoldont spread through Brookland, may citi zens with tboir wives hastened to tho scene to glvo their aid and comfort to the wounded. Mrs. H. F, Fisher while responding to tho oall of a nu it ?rer, almost stumbled ovor tho body of a two-yoar-old ohlld lying near the track. Tho baby was terribly bruis cd, but was still alive. It was said that the mother of the infant had been killed. Tho Ill-fated train runs only on Sunday for tho beuoilt of Washing tonians who oither have country plao es on the lino or go to visit relatives, lt leaves Frederlok at l o'olook In tho afternoon and is sohedulod to roaoh Washington at 0;26 o'olook. O. W. Galloway, superintendent of trans portation of tho Baltimore and Ohio, stated that lt was impossible yet to cioteruiin? tho oauso of tho wicek. lt is statod that tho dangor signal atTakoma Park, a short distanoe from the scone of tho accident, was sot whon tile train of empties passed. The train was going at the rate of no milos an hour and Engineer Hilde brand stated that on account of tho heavy fog ho could not soc tho signal, His train ran into tho Frederlok train just as it was pulling ont of Terra Gotta, whoro lt had stoppod to take on four or ruo paf>songers. Two of these wore among thc killod. Both Englnoor Hllbobrand and tho fireman on tho train of tho empty oars W?ro placed undor arrest and brought to Washington in the charge of oftloers. Ono of the woist featuros of tho catastrophe was enacted at thu station of Terra Gotta. Here a num ber cf a passengers were walting to take tho train into tho city whon the collision occurred. Of the largo imin bar only two esoapod; tho remainur 1 wero either killod by being throw.. under tho trainor injured by Hying pisces cf wrookago. ) Itcoovorod Illa Hight. ' Tho Uev. James Boulton, of Nor > wioh, aged 02, lost his sight llvo years I ago. Ho recently consulted an omi I nont eye specialist, and, after sub > mlttlng to an oporationj ieoovored his > sight. He ls tho o\dc?t Primitive > Methodist minister in England, and . ia now superannuated, ne ha? boon in tho ministry for alxby.tWe years. WBECK AND MUKDEB A*JyVKMVTKO BY FOKMIOlt MOUTU BKN HAIIiWAY FI1OMAN. Diabolical Crime Was Frustrated by the Runaway Train Running; Into Two Engines. The passenger train that loft Branchville Friday evening, Deoem ber 28, had a narrow esoape from bo* lng wreoked by a runaway train sont out from Augusta by Royal Sego, a former fireman of the Southern Rail* way, for tbat express purpose. It seems that Sego had some grudge against Engineer Oliver Ewing, who was running the engine attached to the passenger train, and ia order to injure him opened tho throttle of an eugine in tho railroad yard at Au gusta and started lt on Us errand of destruction, thereby imperiling the life of evory passenger as well as tho orew ot tho passenger train. The fol lowing aooouut of the attempted orlme, whiohwo take from tho Au gusta Ohroniolo of last Friday, will be road with lntorest: Royal Sego, a white man atout 30 years old, was arrested yestorday by Constable IColly and taken to Magis trate N limburger's oliloe, between 2.30 and 3 o'clock, charged with hav lug oponed the throttle of tho engine which puV.id the run away train out of the Southern ooaoh yard last Fri day night and whloh was only pre vented from wrecking the Incoming passenger train by colliding with en gines 3045 and 1404 on Washington street, between Broad and Reynolds. Sego is a former Aroman of the Southern road, and ho olaims that tho oompany owes him to tho amount of 933.00. He was arrested on a warrant sworn out by the railroad oompany. Judgo W.H. Nurnburgor being the magistrate, the evidence warranting tho issuance of tho paper having been furnished by M. E. Boyett, an em ployo of the road. Boyett states that a day or two ago Sego came to him and stated that he was guilty of opening tho throttle of Southern engine No. 1752, tbe one whioh pulled tho train of two oars through tbo heart of Augusta. Sego stated that If the two freight engines had not been on tho traok at the time of tho collision, ho would "suro have got Oliver Ewing." Oliver Ewing ls tho engineer who was pulling No. 17 last Friday night, the passenger train from Branohvllle. and whloh train would have oollldod with the runaway engine and coaohes, if lt had not been for tho proseuco of tho two freight en gines in tbe path of the runaway. B_yett also states that Sego en deavored to persuade him to asBlnt in derailing another train, but he says that ho refused to aooept the teRo*:>0. wT.auous Initiation. When tuc au thorities of the road heard of the statements whloh had been made to Boyett, and investigation was held, and the arrest of Sego was the result. He was arraigned before Magistrate N?rnberger shortly after 3 o'olook, but in default of bond he v/as commit, tod to jail. When making his statement to Judge Number, Sego absolutely de nied that ho had mado any statements whatever to Boyett, and vehemently olaimod that he was innocent. Boyett says, on the contrary, that Sego even went so fV.r as to describe his manner of starting tho engino, saying that he sioaked upon th) enginoer's side of the oab, pulled tho throttle half way open, and then Jumpod off. Ho then ran into ono of the nearby trainmen's shacks, and tho suspicions of the man inside were aroused, but ho paid no especial attoutlon to the matter. Considering tho faot that tho oharge ls one of the most serious whloh oan bo brought againet any man, lt ls gcnorally thought that, in oase ho ls provon to be guilty, ho will rcooived a very heavy sontonoo. It ls said that Sego is at times slightly demented. MouHRttii At Hen. Thoro has been washes up on the boaoh at Castle Rcok in tho north of Ireland, a bottle oontainlng a mes sage from several members of tho orow of the steamship Huronia, which disappeared In the spring of 1902, to the effect that ?ho was sink lng fast. Tho messago, however, gives no looation. This ls rho second time the Huronlan has boon heard from sinoo she sailed from Glasgow on Ftb ruary ll, 1902, for St. J .lins, N. S. The Huronlan bolonges to tho Allen line. She was llrst reported overdue in Maroh, 1900, and whon nothing had been heard from her by tho 1st of April, all hopo for her was given up. In splto of this, however, tho British admiralty, at the request of the own ers, ordered tho oruiaor Thames to soaroh for tho steamer, and in tho lat ter part of April tho cruiser Bellona was ordered to tho North A tlantlo to help the Thames In this wo;k. Tho search was kept up b> theao two cruisers until well into Ma}, but no traco of tho Huronlan was over found. A report from Montroai, dated June 17, said that on Juno 2, a bottlo wa? picked up forty live milos east of Hal ifax, oontainlng tho following noto wrltion on a scrap of paper: "Stoamcr Huronlan turned over Hunlay night in Atlantic. Small boat, fourteen of us." Came Too flato, Will Harvoy, a negro, was hanged at Marysville, MIBS., Thursday three minutes boforo notice that lils sonton oo had boen oDtnmuttod reaohod the Sheriff of Isaaquona County. Thurs day Harvey's attorney waa notified by Govornor Vardaman that the negro's sontenoe had been oommuttnd to Im prisonment for life. Ho huriiodly call cd up the Itisaqucna sheriff, but the latter did not reaoh the telephone until threo minutes aftor the drop fell. Harvey waa aonteuoed to bo hanged for tho murder of a nogro nam ed Pote Bromo, in Maroh last. V< atoning WhlHkoy Fight, A lotter to the Atlanta Journal says tho poople of Columbus aro tak ing a great Interest in thu whlskoy light in Atlanta. They waloh tho rc ports of the orogross of tho contest , very closely. Columbus pooplo, at loast i many of them, feel that lt will not bc Ia groat while before there will bo ? fight on tho whiskey question in thli olly. ?SO TH, OB?AT MBMTT, JMPIB? OOH ?OWLS AJTD MAMOOS ?VE? lit THT ?0 VOL. XXX 1\ BBNNETTSVIIXE. S. O., FRIDA* . J AN tTAR Y ll. 1907. ?B?8I0N HAVPT OB OVB DflATHB GLOBIOU? IV THT CAUSB." A WARM TIME. Atlanta's Mayor Scored by One of the Aldermen. ALL ABOUT WHISKEY. Tiis Alderman Said (be Mayor Was Do ing as Dictated to by a Doss, and tbe Mayor Replies With Strong . Epithet and the Lie Was Passed. V The Augusta Chronlole says proba bly uo more sensational or raw meet ing of a municipal body in thc stato of Georgia was over held than that of tho Glty Gc undi of Atlanta on Tues day evening of last woek, oalled for che purpose of Investigating charges made b* Mayor Woodward uga sst an ?mir .od member of the body, on the Allegation of improperly receiving re muneration from the liquor interests of tho olty in connection with the re cont wooding out of whiskey licenses. Both Councilman Key and the May or became so exceedingly raw in tholr scathing orltioism and so freely ban tered tho word lie, that it Anally be came so common as to pass unnoticed by the other members present.. Tho result of tho investigation was a oomploto vindication of Councilman Key and absolute freedom of Oonlcll man Pomeroy from tho rumored con ncotion suggested by oertain newspa per publications, and a sovere scath ing of thc mayor. Gounoil met as a oommittee of tho whole and immediately took UP the oharges made by Mayor Woodward. The mayor gained the lloor at tho out set and, as ho had indloatod in the public print he would do, at once named Councilman Key as tho mem ber to whom he had referred, nts talk was rather rambling throughout, and his entire oharge and tho inoldent statements were based on a stato mont whloh he said had beon made tc him by a man by the namo of Min hlnnott, who was formerly a saloon keaper hore, but whose lioonse was not renewed. He was also a membor of oounoll at ono time. Tho state ment, as alleged, was to the off cot that Oounoilman Key had been known by Mlnhlnnett to have rcoelved fees (rom applicants for liquor licenses. When oalled upon to substantiate this Mlnhlnnett denied absolutely that ho had ever made suoh a state ment to the mayor, hence his oharges, ??lnu?S th? JOUl'.oiliOtla foll ?fct, unc? ibo body adopted a resolution vindi cating Mr. Key entirely. Another resolution was introduced severely orltlolslng Mayor Woodward and oensuring him for making suoh public oharges on such flimsy founda tion and for bringing suoh matter into counoil, but lt was tabled. Immediately after Msyor Wood ward's statement Mr. Key gained the lloor under a question of personal privilege, and the words he used in oharaoterlzing the mayor were about an rough as ever uttered In suoh a bo'ly. Ho termed the mayor a dirty Uar, called him a flunky and said he was under the oirectlou of a political boss. Mr. Koy said he had received Absolutely no money from tho retail liquor dealers of Atlanta during the recent Investigation and during the woedlngoutof ot j?otlonable saloons. He frankly admitted that some time ago he had received a foo of $160 (rom their association for drawing choir constitution and by-laws, but that was long beforo thoro was any kind of liquor agitation, and purely in his oapaolty as a lawyor. that ho bad nover received another cont from thom or othor liquor mon foi any work in a legal oapaolty or for any tnlng else. Ho said the liquor dealers of the olty had oomo to him during tho Investigation and asked that ho tako their sido of the oase when the licenses were being gone over and he had emphatically refused to do so, stating that ho was a member of ocun oil. He says they askod him to re - oommond ojunsel and he flatly refusod to do so, explaining that any suoh sot would lead to an intluonoo upon hts vote, and he could not havo any con nection with tho mattorexoopt in the oapaolty of a oounoilman Ho said he had triod to bo a frit nd of tho mayor, and when he flrst went into oounoil it was with that intention; that ho was the mayor's frlond up to a certain pe riod, but soon found that a frlondship between thom was impossible. Ho said slnoo ho had been in coanoll thoro was no ac of his of which ho was ashamed, t J none whloh he oould be j mt)Y oritiolsed; that he would defy ibo ma)or or any other man to suc cessfully point tonne; and that if tho mayor had wantod facts In this ORSO ho oould easily havo gotten them by going to '.ii-i liquor association. Con tinuing ho said: "But that isn't lt, ho hates me be oauso 1 nave advocated a policy against that dictated to bim by his boss, and he has shown it in oounoil and in tho mayor's chMr." "Hols one of the most wining flunkies the olty of Atlanta has ever had in tho mayor's ohatr-" Mayor Woodward hero Interrupted with the remark that tho assertion was "an infamous lie." Continuing Alderman Koy said: "I do not propose to tako his slang any longer; ho has to bo oalled down," Turning to the mayor and speaking dlrootly at him, Mr. Key said: "I'll toM you this, aud I want you to oarry tho message away with you? Youi boss han been trying to assassinate raj oharaotor; he has tried it repeatedly, but ho cnn't do lt. He has boan try 1 lng lu every way to injure mo, but ht oan't succeed. The only way he wil over Buocced ls to assassinate mo per (tonally. He might meet me on tin i streot and strike mo down. That wll ? do lt, but lt's its tho only way." ) ne thon revertod to the charge: 1 made by tho mayor, and said: '*] f brand lt an ln-ernal Ho, and I brant i tho man who uttered lt as a dirty c vulgar liar? It ls ono ol lue penaltie Q of a publto servant that ho comes Int oontaot with ?nd ls forocd to MMotftt with gome people whom ha would otherwise not be brought In oontaofc with; that he has to submit to mud slinging from theu." Mayor Woodward again gained the ileor and ls a strong rejoinder, dented that he had any boss or that ho was lnfluonood as had been indicated by Mr. Key. He said ho had never, with one exception, thrown mud at any. body who had first thrown mud at him. The retolutlon absolutely exhonor atlng both Mr. Key and Mr. Pomeroy and declaring the entire oonfldenoo of oounoil in their integrity was passed after the statements had been- mado and several witnesses heard from. Tho resolution oondemnldg Mayor Woodward wai tabled by a vote of 9 to 8. _. A F?KAM OF HEATON. What lt MOHHH to tho Btorm VONBOO? Woury I'ftnil, Every enlightened soul who has uover given the matter sorious thought, has some oonoeptlon, some Ideal of heaven. There be many, to. whose imagination tho representation appears dim, intangible, immausur able, but an elysium of grandeur, rlohea and Indolenoe. Humanity strlvlug for the loy it longs to roaoh in the beyond, hopes to attain all things denied and sought for through out life. To the lonely, starving heart, heaven moans lovo,-satisfying ineffablo love. To the poor, weary and overburdened, freedom from toll and trouble, to the wayfarer, earth ward and without where to lay his head, the hope of homo with its com forts and delights. To the obscuro, but> deserving, tho "poor in spirit," r?cognition and the promise of reward richly fulfilled. To the shephord out on the bleak hillsides, Searching for lost ones, guiding them into tho kingdom, lt is tho sheltered fold from j whloh his Hook shall never stray. To tho storm-toBsod, soul-brokon by cor row, and crooked by hardship too heavy to bo borne, heaven means rest-one long, sweet, peaceful, ever lasting rest. What a balm for the weary and heavy-laden, what a ouro for Ills and t mictions. People often wonder, and express conoern about the heavenly home, and what it shall bo like, but for mo, says a deoply pious but terribly i Irl'ot ed soul, I shall not oaro what abodes others maj ohooso among the glories of the celestial olty, my own little re fuge bas long been prepared and is awaiting mo. Years ago, in a time cf heart breaking anguish, I wes ber? mitted to behold it, as one may look upon a beautiful pioture from r.far and through years of a ill lotion and lu times of deepest trial, lt come to mo a living reality, a solace, a joy and a glorious hope th&b .shall b$ re*li/.p.d when tho gates are oponed for nie. 1 have no desire for tho mansions oi pearl and crystal, a marble palace, whose steps lead down to golden streets, possess no charms for me. I would not wish to dwell near the glittering, jeweled gates, where multitudes throng the way. It may se ms before I shall be permitted to Bee the great white throne, or to hear the sweet, gentle voloe of The Lamb of God. It takes an eternity to seo and eh joy the beauties of heaven, and so lu that time of walting and of prepara tion, I shall have a little, retreat where my soul shall rest, freo froxu pain, from toll and sorrow, lt ls a ilttlo, quiet nook, nestled within an arm of the hlllB, that embraoo the green pasturos. There ls no Bhelter or roof, for none ls needed*, the warmth of heavenly sunlight makes lt one long summer day. The othor above ls as blue as sapphire, and tho vordure of the hills and valloy soft and shimmering as tho rarest velvet, strewn with myriad scented flowers of wondrous boauty and bloom.. In the distance echoes tho song of birds, and the muslo of ohildren's vol?os and abovo all hovers tho puro spirit of peace and sweet ropose. Into this litt e secluded valloy I shall enter some day, when I havo earned the heavenly rest. Then Indeed, will be happiness and re j Dicing, when the felicity so long desired shall bo at tained. There will be no burdens, no heartaches, no tears, nothing but rest and peace forevermore. This, then, ls my earthly consolation, my sustaining hope, dream of heaven. Dotootivo ?hot. lt. D. Blackburn, a dotcotive of the Louisville and Nashville railroad and former marshal of Warrior, Ala., was shot at that place at midnight Wednesday night and is dying in a hospital hero i Ho was on bia way homo when ho was fired on from am bush and as he was wounded by both pistol bullets and buckshot from a shot gun it is ovident that moro than one man prrtiolpatod in tho assassina tlon. The guilty parties are supposed to havo boon negroes, who had a grudge against Blaokburn, and escap ed. Thoj Aro Km*wu, It is stated on good authority that the investigation oonduoted by As sistant Attorney General Purdy at Brownsville, has revealed a olew that will lead to the arrest and probable oonvlotlon of every negro soldier whe participated in tho raid on Browns villo. Lem Reeves, a negro soldier, revealed the names of the two mer missing from his oompany at thc time the sonni for arms wasglvon al Fort Brown immediately aftor thc outbreak^_ Died In Fire. At Delhi, JN. Y,, three lives wore lost in a fire that destroyed th< American hotel at that plaoo Suudaj morning. Tho fire was disoovered lr partments of Mr. Winter and hli i wife on the third floor and by th< i time the firemen arrived tho struo ' turo was a mass of flames, ?'?unuu; J also oooupiod partments on tho thlrc 1 floor. The othor guests et Gaped b; leaping from the windows In thol j night clothing._ Klllotl by QM. i The entlro family of George Devin I at Winooski, Vt., consisting of si ! persons, tho father, mother and fou , ohlldron, were killed during Sunda s night by illuminating gas whloh or 9 fcorcd the house from a break in th e street wain through a sower pipi?, IN WHICH M?NY ?H; - :.\3 t?? Many pf tbo Victlrtt? Were Pinioned the Wreckage and Their Bodies Were Cremated In thc Fire WWch Follow ed the Disaster. Thirty-four persona, all Mexicans but two, were killed and tho bodies of 30 Moxloans woro incinerated oar ly Wednesday lu a head-on collision of two passen ger trains of the Chicago, Kook Island and Paoiflo railroad near ' Tolland, Kansas. Tho wreok ooouv rod v/hli-3 both trains were running on a our ve lu a out whore tho grade was stoop. . All tho killed woro In tho south- \ bound train except a tramp who w?Hk ?1 on tho baggage oar on tho northbound train. This tramp, a negro porto* and a workman accompanying a gfchg ? of Mexican laborers woro tho only Americans killed 80 far as known, al- . though a passenger says that & woman and a olilld were burned in a tourist oar. There were 32 Moxloans and ti ve Americans, composing a gang of rail road workers, in the smoking oar of 1 tho southbound train, Ot these, 30 Mexicans were burned in tho wreck age and two died lator. Most of tho injuries were due to tho sotting of the emergoiioy brakes^, Most every passenger m the southbound , .' train was thrown to the ear floor by ; : the quiok setting of tho blakes. Tho northbound train, was. running 10 milos an hour up grade. ' The Moxloans wore pinioned under the seats and tho doors wore Jammed I so thoy could not get out. In tho ohair oar, also, many passengers w?re held down by the seats. The train caught Are fiona the gas tanks. Then came the orles for help among the Mexicans in the smoking car and the people pinlonod fast in the chair oar. Bvory mon or woman on tho train tried to rescue tho unfortu nates, but tho flames noon beoamo too hob to par mit of approaching tho oar. Tho injured were removed fxbn> tho ohair oars with less dlitioulty and ap parently all were resound all YO frpoi these oar?. ulam ' ?auo, ' oonauotor -u< ?ho ' : " southbound train, has a broken i 1 bone andi is; muoh brui;ed about thb face. Ho said: The train wao just pulling elean or, the Volland yards vend was tUvelllng about 30 milos 'an hour, J? dropped into the front seat of the smoker ?nd dozed. There wore 3 ? Mexicans sitting two in a seat bnok of mo. also Link, an in- " ter preter, a foreman and five paid fares. 'Twas awakenod by tno setting of- ; tho brakes. I Jumped head first out. of the window and struck on my shoulder. "When I turned and ^?^v.V? train I saw flamp.p^\^r "^teefchlg-i from, the^gmok?r. Tho foremost tourist sleeping oar Of the southbound train also burned, but j all the occupants c?oapod serious in jury. John Lynes, 10 years old, tolegr&ph . operator at Tolland, who let the south bound train get by his station, where : it was to pas i the northbound train gave tho following statement before being taken to jail: "1 had been awake ali night and was sober. At about 4 or 5 o'olook this morning the train dispatcher gave me four orders; one was for the south bound train to meet two trains afc Yolland instead of at Alta Vista as previously arranged, The southl ound train headed into s switch and letona train pass, baoked out of tho swltoh and headed down the main line with? out walting for tho other train. .1 thought it was going to stop to take water, as trains have been doing, but instead it went by at about io miles an hour. The southbound board WAS at 'danger,' acoording to the lover lu the (.otoo, but the train did not stop, and I ran ont with my lantorn. but with two swings aoroBS the track lt wont out. I then ran to the pump house, grabbing tho pumper's lantern, wavod a few times and it also went I out. I went baok and told the dis patcher that tho southbound train went by and we waited tooee lt lt was going to come book or hit tho north bound train. I told, tho dispatcher that I was oomlng to Topeka and was trying to get thoro when arrested." \. 1 . it'olloil ?nd ltobliotl. While on his way from AuguBSa to Aiken on Tuesday night Mr. Preston lOrgle was knookod from bis buggy, ohooked. into unconsciousness and rob bed by Gus Glover, a negro di the lat ter place Mr, ,lOrglo was driving through tho oumtrv alone and. on roaohlng Robinson's pond, about three miles from Aiken, some ono approach ed from the rear and. before ho dis covered the pres?nos of tho highway man Mr.' Ergio was follrd to the gound. The negro thon robbed him )f tho money on his person togothor with his watch, knifo and gloves. The highwayman was cap tur ?6 and j ??Wu. A Poor Kxoufco, Anthony Koooher, of Pittsburg, who ls In a orltloal condition from self Inflicted wounds cn his threat and abdomen, made with a razor, said: "I tried to kill myself bsoause ? was tir ed ot kill myself because I wa? fried ot living in this kind ot weather." Koooher on (ht to have nairn South und his osuno for suicido would have been remo wi. Mfty Homos Uo*nto<S. A ?5o/m persons wore injured, to families were made homotess, 2,000 persons wore driven temporarily i their homos, bo horses Were roosted to death and property valued at ?200,* 000 was deatroy?4 Tuesday in tho worst early morning ?ie Now York, has wen in ?;?ny months,