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arlfoor .DO TKO!', GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POI VOL. XXXII BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., If HID AX, DECEMBER 27, 15)07 DON'T WANT IT. Augusta Opposes a Dispensary at North Augusta THE CITY IS AROUSED And Wili Endeavor to Restrain Her Citizens from Buying Liquor on This Sido of tho Savannah River, Censures tho Aiken County Dis peusary Authorities for Opening Dispensary There. Tho order of th? Aiken county dis pensary hoard establishing a dispen sary at North Augusta has appar ently stirred up the neighbors just over tho lino in Georgia ns they have not been stirred for a long time, j Tho effort of the city council of North Augusta to block tho purpoeo of tho dispensary hoard having fallod. tho city of Augusta has now taken up tho light, and thoro ls promise of some warm scrapping. Tho State prohibition law goes in to effect in Georgia the first day of January and Augusta peoplo figure that if n dispensary ls established at North Augusta it will receive a large patronage from Augusta peo ple, and tlilu they do not take kindly to In tho least. They do not care to soo nionoy poured out of th pockets of the Georgia folks into the treas ury of tho Aiken county dispensary board. The following from the Augusta Chronicle shows that very unusual steps may be taken to prevent n heavy Georgia patronage being glvon tho North Augusta dispensary: "Tho city of Augusta has gone af ter tho South Carolina dispensary good and strong. By a resolution adoptod in council, presented hy Mr. Bothwell and seconded by Mr. Blackshenr, if tho North Augusta dispensary is continued in operation tho strongest members of council will be . used to curtail the trade which it has been alleged the dispensary is seeking after the 1st day of January: that of the city of Augusta. "The featuro of ibo fight to bo made ls tho fact that if their purpose is successful Augusta will revive a custom which has long since died out. that of charging a toll for the use of u highway. "The subject of Mr. Bothwell's resolution, offorod verbally by unan imous consent, was that the etty at torney be instructed to examino into tho contract botween the City of Au gusta and thc North Augusta Land and Investment company, hy which tho North Augusta bridge was pre sented to tho city. ..?>."'! ??certain just what ?fte rights of Augusta are in tho premises; if tho city han the right to charge a toll for the use of tho bridge; and under what condi tions the toll may be charged. "Mr. Bothwell stated that the ob ject of tho resolution was to guard Augusta against the inlgulty of tho North Augusta dispensary after tho State prohibition law goes into ef fect. He said unless something of the kind ls done North Augusta dis pensary bottles will bo littering the streets of Augusta, and the institu-. tion will cause the city more trouble than anything in the whole commun ity. "The opinion was entertained that a toll can not bo charged on the North Augusta Bridge unless it is also charged on the Centre street bridge, but certain of tho members of council bel ieee that only exemption on the North Augusta bridge ls ibo freo traille of street cars being inter fered with. "It is Mayor Dunbar's idea to charge a toll of 2 or 2 1-2 cehta each way for each person using the North Augusta Inidgc; allowing all vehicles free use of the bridge. This would mean that passengers on the street cars could go over free, by paying tho street car company ten cents fare; that buggies or persons could bo driven over tho bridge without paying anything, but tho people In the buggies or wagons would have to pay a toll for themselves. "It was generali believed that this can be done, but the city attorney will take the matter up at once and make a report to council. I! is un derstood that if this should not Ix possible council will hud some ol ho: way to block tho free use of dispon sary liquor in Augusta, and out off tho expected trade of that instila tion. "Mr. Bothwell suggested, during tho course of the debate, tba if the etty could find no other way around tho dispensary, the commissioner of public, works could probably con demn the bridge and have it torn down." A Close Call. On tho arrival at Selina, Ala., ;i passenger train on the Southern Road from Birmingham, one day last i week the mail agent opened (he car ' door and threw out ?i bundle, lhere foll out a half-pound stick of dyn amite, which, fortunately, did not ex plode. If the dynamite bad explod ed, the concussion would have bf en great enough to have wrecked the depot and killed a large number of the people who were al the station, as well ns wrecked n great uumber of houses in (he vicinity Fatal Practical oko. At. Memphis, Tenn., carrying out a mock lynching Willie Gordon, a 1 ? yenr-old negro, was hoisted to a shaft, at a local manufacturing con cern by several companions. Before ho could be released his clothing caught, in a belt and his heads and nrms severed from his shoulders. Several of tho participants in the af fair, nil of whom were nogroos, wore arrootcd, on charges of Involuntary manslaughter. CAUSES SENSATION Fall of Hitchcock, First Assisant Postmaster General. The Withdrawal of Southern Patron? ago From His Disposal Stirs Un Hungry Hoys. Tho Washington correspondent of tho Charleston Pos* Day? from Al exandria to El Paso there will he a sensation among Federal ofllcoholders who have boon part of the plans of Frank R. Hitchcock, First, Assistant Postmaster General, when they learn that Mr. Hitchcock has boon practi cally deposed by tho administration us postofllco dispenser in tho South and that the work of handling ap pointments down there hnB pnssod diroctly into tho hands of Postnmstor General Moyer, whose loyalty to tho Prosident is not questioned. Tho President's dlBploasuro with Mr. Hitchcock ls now too woll known for nnybody to doubt. It is n polit ical history. So far no move has been mudo by tho administration to hint that tho resignation of tho as sistant postmastor general is desirod. Whothor Mr. Hitchcock will rotlro bofore the hint ls given or whether he will romain in ofllce are matters for the futuro to determine. Shorn, howevor, of tho tremen dous prestige nnd power ho had ns solo dispenser of Southern postofllco patronage Mr. Hitchcock will no longer bo tho figuro iu tho South that ho wns. It is predicted that every plan ho mude in the South will quickly fall to pieces as the oincoholding rats desort the ship ho ' placed on tho political sous. If that ship had ever gotten into port it 1 would have unloaded tho most cur ious assortment of politics over seou. When George B. Cortelyou be- ' canto Postmaster General, ho placed ! Mr. Hitchcock in charge of the ' Southern patronage. Mr. Hitchcock had been thoroughly familiar with ' the situation in tho South from tho 1 Gmo he resigsed ns chief clerk of tho ' Department of Commerce and Labor ' to go wth Mr. Cortelyou iu the mun- f ngement of-the 1901 campaign, it ! was his duty in that campaign to 1 learn all about tho Soul bern load ers and their methods of business. ' In no time ho found out that they 1 will rally around tho pie counter ' quicker that around a gospel meeting ' or a good card game. Ho played ' them accordingly. In loss than threo years ho formed thom into an ! Organization that played bold poli tics. On tho surfnco tho organiza- 1 lion shouted for Roosevelt for an- J other term. Under tito surface lt 1 was for Secretary Cortelyou for 1 Prosident, Even in the national committee it worked with tho pro- < cisi?n of a trained rgelmont in op- ! position to everything that the Taft ? people waniud. ... 1 The president hoard many stories . about tho combine. For a long time ? he remained in doubt. Ho believed ' Mr. Hitchcock to bo one of tho great- ? est living third termers. Ho could 1 not conceive it possible that there ' was any other motivo buck ol' the work of the Assistant Postmaster ' General. Every bit of gossip that ( carno to him he mixed it with plenty of salt. At last ho saw that tinder ? the third term guiso Socrotnry ' Tuft's head was being cracked at the 1 rate of fifty times a day aud the ' Cortelyou boom was becoming a power In tho lund. What followed ' every Intelligent man now knows. 1 What ls to follow may be conjectod. ! In tho only eases that havo arisen In the South In the last few weeks, ' Postmaster General Meyer has per- < sonnlly handled thom. Tho Annis ton, Ala., ease was ono of these. In 'hat case tho recommendation of tho < .nen who have been playing with 1 Mr. Hitchcock was turned down and '.he recommendation of a new power < ?n the State was accepted. In two ' 'leorgla appointments about which ? 'here is a fight In the Senate, Mr. 1 Meyer ls personally in charge. These are the officers at Toe.e.on < and Conyers both of which have been filed by women. Until these appoint- : ments came up Mr. Meyer lind not bothered with this work and did not tesire to do lt. From now on he will bundle it exclusively. Mr. Hitchcock eeelved a tip about ton days ago .o tum over Southern appointments 0 the Postmaster General. It ls understood that the White Mouse does not give any credence .o n story that an antl-Roosevoll tombtne has been formed in the donate to hold together tho Hitch .< ck coalition by refusing to con firm appointments thal may ho made ')v tho. Presiden! thal are contrary 'o the plans of the coalition. Hun Doun hy Train. A long distance telephone mes ingo from Knoreo says Prank Alver ;on, a willie man. ,r>:> years old, was fatally injured there into Wednes day afternoon hy hoing run down hy 1 passenger train on tho Charleston o- Western Carolina Railroad. Phy sicians say ho cnn not recover. He has a wile and several children. Too Much Booze, News has just reached Ponsocoln, Fla., of tho killing tho other night Ut Argyle, Kia., of (J. A. Wood lo Illa friend. Alexander Anderson. It is said the two men had been drink ing ami while talking tokothor An derson drew ?i revolver and shot WOOd. Anderson was lalor placed itnder arrest. The next morning An bison said thal he knew nothing of tho shooting. Doth men ure prom inently collected lu that section. A Thieving Officer. A dispatch from Kamloops, fi. C., says Ihn? Cap' D. I.. Keller, alias 1). Smith, a Knited Staten anny ofll '.or of Reno, Nov.. was arrested there Friday night, charged with having stolon n bank chock from the United States qualm master's ofllce at Fort Sheridan. 111., und afterward having Ulled ll in for $92,000. RASPS TEDDY Senator Tillman Takes President Roosevelt to Task and HITS RIGHT AND LEFT. Ho Hurls Shari? Tines at "That's Another Ho" Cortolyou, nod Says tho President is Too Careless With Words nod Too Careful of Hand* cuffs.-Gives His Idea of tho Pou le and Its Effect. Senator Tillman one day last week in the Senate spoko of his resolu tions directing an investigation of tho recent bond ?HSUOB mid clearing house certificates, but he took occa sion to comment on a good many matters concerning tho financial af fairs of tho country. "I must confess I have not studied finance very much from tho booka," bogan Mr. Tillman apolgotlcally, "my own labors In that direction having boon confined to my own ex penses." Mr. TiPm.in said lie did not know ? whether tho criticism of tho chair- , man of the house committee on , banking and currency (Mr. Fowler) j bad caused the secretary of the | treasury to hall In the issuance or ( bonds, but a change of plans seems | to have been mado and he had not ( been able to learn how much of the , proposed bond issue had been put ( out. He expressed tho opinion that , tho secretary had violated thc spirit :)f the law, if he had not violated tho , law itself. . "If wc arc not in the midst of a . panic, wo are In the midst of a chill j produced by tbo danger of a panic," j declared Mr. Tillman. . The treasury, ho said, has dump id," its money in Wall Street, and - Lhe country luis praised the patriot- f Ism Of J. Pierpont Morgan "in aid- ^ inp the country lo get a grip on it- | jolf and not le' "Verybody go crazy . ind precipitate further loss and hor- j pore on tlie Country." Speaking of a published interview j svith tho priesldent hy Mayor Dahl- j man. of Omaha, in which tho prosl- j lent is alleged to have said that if ( fie was responsible for tho panic he was glad of it as it had brought to vlow the rotten conditions of the country's finances, he said: 1 "I fear that Mr. Dahlman is in imminent danger of jdlning tho An anias Club. Perhaps somebody will use tho telephone and find out about ^ hat." , Ho said that he would not worry ? ibout the panic, but he found so j many facts connecting the treasury , lopnrtmont, oven the senate and tho N louse of representatives, with Wall Street, that ho was obliged to re- t iognlze them, especially as the far- j uer, the cotton planter and tho ? manufacturer were affected. Ho said io wanted to know who struck "Dil- ( y Pnttorson." ( Ile spoke of Die manner in which - be financial stringency has oporat Sd. "And," he added, "the president . ays ho ls proud of it. T cannot bc- j love lie paid it. He has Bald many p liiii.i;:; lacking discretion, but I do lot believe he is so callous as to feel . my pleasure in tho condition of " ?aralysts which confronts up. 1 be- j levo he is a patriot though ho bas g lierhaps shown it badly at times." The senator held aloft, a banking , louse certificate, and in a loud voice ( ?.ailed upon the senate to look at it. , "Hore is a specimen," he declared. 'Looks Uko what you call Confed erate money shin plaster rind yet bey are issued hy National Danks. Nook at it! i am going to have it -?nmaved If it can be done without lest roving it and pul In the Congrcs donnl Record. But I don't propose Lo have il destroyed and lose a dol lar just to enlighten you on the , currency." Ho wanted only good greenbacks, md, in rasping tones, speaking of tho necessity of money, he said: "You will have to go to tho bone yard if you can't get it." Aa between ibo "shin plasters," la tho form Of clearing house corti cales and greenbacks, ho said he would prefer greenbacks based on railroad bonds, although they were In his opinion filled With water. He was. he said, daily In receipt Of letters from papers who think ?.hoy know all about the currency asd have sc hemes for currency reform. .Mut I don't even read thom," he said. lt had been ollogod he said, iii il tho bonds recently issued bad not i.ii sold to tho highest bidders and ho read ll newspaper copy of a let ter hy Mr. Sherman, of New York, saying ho bad hld 103 i-i? on $fin, 000 Of the bonds, hut had 1101 re ceived any of them, allhougl thoy had been sold as low as $1(11' Tho committee on finance, ho added, could lind Old whether Ilia! ls true. The comptrollers of tho CU'TOUCy, ho said, are so compla isanl and po lite while they are in office (hal 'al most every one of thom bas graduat ed into the presidency Of ;? hank.' Turn on (be Hand < tills. Tho officials about the presiden!, he said, gc out and join the klug? ol' finance. "The president tinny on Hie light. Why don't he (urn On the band-cuffs when he. linds somebody stealing? Ho goes to the country and makes speeches and deslio; s tho ci.p.,(me of tho pozole, hu* wo do not find him putting anybody In pris on " He referred lo tl resolution he had introduced ht the senate a year ago for an Inquiry In lo the failure of the bank of which .lohn R. Walsh, of Chicago, was president, hut a year and a half had gone by before the trial had begun. As Walsh ls un der trial, be said ho would not com mont further on thal subject. Ho had OU Saturday telegraphed the district THE CAUSE UNKNOWN. Another Goal Mine Disaster Near Birmingham, Ala, FortyTwo Bodies Taken From tho Mino and Twenty-Six Aro Known to Havo Escapee V Not since tho dlsastor nt Virginia Minos north of thoro, two years ngo, has thoro occurred such a catastrophe aa tho oxploston wfcieh took placo In Mino No. 1 of tho Yo lande Coal and Coko Company nt Yolande, Ala., just hoforo daylight os Monday morning. It ls estimat ed that sixty people perished in tho mino. , Tho explosion is now known to have occurred In either the fifth or sixth right ontoruncos. All of tho bodioB havo boon recovered from thoBo ontrancos and somo of thom wore so horribly mutilated that identification is almost impossible. Up to 8 o'clock Tuesday night forty two bodioB lind been taken from the mino. , A total of 2 0 mon who wore in tho mino at tho timo of tho explosi?n mndo .their escape. Among thseo wore Stove Stofoko, a Scotchman. Ho was far down tho ?lopo lu tho fourth lift whon tho explosion oc curred in tho sixth right. Six other mon wore with him, and all oxcopt ng Stofko made a dash for tho air passage. Stofko, instead, mndo for die main entry and when he saw thc light of day In tho distance, linnie tho last of his coffee, took a ihow of tobacco and walked out saintly With his face wreathed in UllllOH. , , One negro of the original party ?Heaped through a dog hole from tho lir passage into tho main entrance ind escaped. Tho other live'aro now niddled together in death In tho air lassnge and the rescue parties havo IO far boon unable to reach thom. Neg?os were tho greatest suffer 'rs from tho disaster as less than u hird of the victims aro wdiito. In ho scene of desolation there is one loy who is rejoicing at. his escapo, foo Smith, who came from Georgia 0 this place to work lu tho minos ind for the past several weeks hus leen on tho night shift. On Sunday io was transferred to tho day shift. ?ut overslept himself and did not go o work. RUSHED TO SAFETY. (Toting School Teacher Brutally As saulted nt TurnorsvlllOi Pa? ?Miss Maude McOrumb, twenty hreo years ol' age, u school teacher, if Jamestown, Pa., is in a serious ondit ion from an alack alleged to wive boon made by Charles Sum ners, a wealthy farmer, of Turners illc, Pa. Summers who was later captured ?y a posse, was taken to Greenville, ?a., to provent mob violence, threat ?ncd by enraged farmers. .Miss McCrumb was walking from ho school house to her home, when ho assault was made. Her screams it traded a farmer, who gave the. ai inn. A posse was im medial (dy formed md following a search of several lours, Summers was found hiding in i cemetery. Word of the assault had spread Hld hundred of persons gathered ihout the pail demanding tho prls inor, when it was decided to rush hunmers to Greenville for safety. Miss. McCrumb was nearly choked o death, whllo her face and body iro cOvord with many scratches and nuises. BOUGHT BY THE POUND. Cha Bride Had to be Paid For Be fore .Marriage. The mayor of Kolked, a Hangar nn village, has acted as arbitrator ii a dispute about tho value ol' n ?ride. lt ls the custom in the district Ol' the bridegroom to pay ll sum to ho bride's parents, and In the case n dispute the parties could not agree m tho amount. The mayor who is a cattle dealer, ,vas called 111, and after inspecting ho bride, ho declared that she was Worth half a crow a pound, and hal Koot voes, the bridegroom, who ?S n well-to-do peasant, must pay at Illili rate. The verdict was accepted by both parties, and the bride was weighed lind found to seal" ld SD pounds KoOlvoea paid $56, and tho wedding coromony was" porfbrmod. CAUGHT IN CA I I ld: (.1 Alli) And ( nine Near Being Bun Over By Hand Car. Al San Ita foal, Cul., Stewart Dun bar. a prominent insurance brokoi Of Honolulu, while on bis way o> meet, a party of friends fell through a cattle guard on the narrow gauge track fl of tho North Western l'aollh Railroad Thursday and his loot caught In SUCh a way Ililli llO would have boori crushed lo death beneath thc wheels of an approaching build car had ii not been for his presonce of mind in lighting a clearing house Certificate and holding ll over lils head as a Signal. The signal attract ed tho at h ut ion of IllO occupants ol tho hand car, who Stopped. attorney in Neu York ..slung about recent bank failures, but thal O?I? dal had replied thal ho could not givo ont the Information regarding tho Investigation that is being made. "I expect to bo put off," declared thc senator. "That seems to bo the policy of tho department of justice and tho treasury department." Mr. Tillman said ho only Intended to bring these matters hoforo tho committee on finance as questions for thom to answer. When they Should answer (hem, he said he would uah moro questions. THM GOT TOO HOT. ? V - , >, Congressmen Williams and De Ormond nave s Fight, Doinoo? ,tylO Congressmen Moot in a I'orsqjW -Kncouutor % tho Flooi* of U. . House. ThO'^ii'lt of rivalry that for Ave years, b/ju ultornntoly smoldored and blazed 'nWeen John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, loader of tho minor ity, nm David t>.. HoArmond', of Mis souri, .'?ador of the minority oppos ition, (.Eliminated lu a fist fight Fri day on "ie floor of tb?,' flo The Armo ."? 'O' Wood \to How down tho f ..".! ? -M.'allve William's, and o-.. friend: Do Arm' ' pori liv, dj Tho '^mediato causo bf tho fight was ti e.' passing of tho li Armon s '? Mr, Williams, resulting of n c^haptnint, hy tho formor tl.il tho iiv'h'ority loader had broken faith ;? "burying" Representativo Poohor'.' of Missouri, by rocommond Ing hit assignment by Sponkor Cnn non tV tho committee oh coinage, woight andi measures. Aced toing to tho statements of the partlcflpntt? Mr. Williams defended his nc) pu by declaring that ho had "been ti Id by Mr. Hooker's col longue, Ropr?j?ntatlvo Lloyd, of Missouri. Hint .tr?e eommltteo assigned would bo satisfactory to Mr. Hoohor. Mr. 3)eArmond bluntly questioned Ibo tvftlh of the statement, and af ter tll| failure of an offort on bis part t?'transfer tho scone of impend ing tflttlo Williams struck DoAr mond./Ti tho face with his closed list. Thwexcltlug incldont will not be set dtifvn tn tho olllclal records of tho tfulh Congress, for tho House had leon somo minutes adjourned when 'ho first blow wns struck. But LlioroJ*>Tas no lack of witnesses. The Organization of tho House had boen ^completed by tho announce inont.ef tho Speakor's assignmonts ?f n)> imbers to committees, tho Re luhlii.iii committeemen having boon ' 1< i i (i by tho Speaker and tho .lome ..alic by Mr. Williams. Gr? ups or Repr?sent?t ives were .e;>I tc 'od over tho floor, discussing lie, i/ipointments, the causes, per mpa,. fhehlnd them and tho effects, nayb Ho follow, in tho overlooking vu ll oj ^s loitered a scoro or HO of .vom1 ? and four times that many nea si?g tho aftermath of an nd ni; session. Mr* nv INDIANS. l\vc Mexicans Stripped and Shot to Death. Info prmation which has just reach d Nogales, Ariz., tells of tho fright, ful murder of 12 men by a band of I f?0 Yaqui Indians, 45 miles south ?ast of Magdalena, state of Sonora Mexico, last Wednesday. P. J. Mc Intyre and a party of mining men of his section have arrivod from the icenc. whore they viewed tho remains if tho murdered men. The Yaquis captured the party of 13 mon. Among tho number was foso Fernandez, son of President fernandez of the town of Cuircuipo ind owner of the Mosca plantation vhoro the killing occurred. Thc ?Ibers were Mexican laborers on thc auch and some Canneu miners look ng for work. Ono American was among the nimber, but bo was rescued by nu vho told him that they were Amer cans. Tho remaining 12 were strip ped naked, stood up against rtoos md shot through tho head. A band >f Yaquis ts reported to be on the varpath. KILLMD HY AUTO. Major Curry, United Slates Army, Meets Violent Death. Major M. D. Curry, Paymaster of he Department of tho Cult', was kill >d in Atlanta -Wednesday night by being thrown from an automobile while on bis way to the torminal fallon io catch a train for Macon. Major Curry ha/I. i.o?>n visiting Hu lionie of Dr. William Carnes ana \. liebig driven to the station by the loctor. When tho machino reached ihe end of tho Washington street vla iluct; Qr. Carnes failod to turn In lime to avoid a collision with the railing guarding an under-pass en trance. The shock threw Major Curry to the street. lie was quickly moved to a hospital, hut died an hour later from concussion of tho brain. Dr. Carnes escaped injury. Major (miry was a son in law of United States Son a tor Ducon, and a well-known Georgian. M MAN TI1IHVKS. Robbed Hie Corner Stone of a Dap ties Church. When tho masons engaged in tho building Of tho now Amity Baptist Church In New York arrived at tho site of the Church for work they dis covered thal thieves had looted the corner stone which was laid the May before, and had carried off the con tents Of tn.' copper box, which had been placed In the hollow of the stone and covered with four courses I of brick. Must De Crazy. At Dudgepest, Conn., Thomas Mc ('inn. deliberately set Uro to tho house In which his wife lay bedrid den. Their daughter rushed through the smoko and flames and . car ried her mother to safety. Doth I women were slightly burned and nearly suffocated. They will recover McCann later gave himself up lo tho police, saying the house was bli and ho had a right, to burn lt. His family refused to leavo tho house, he said, and liq was trying to sm ok ihem out. Ovar Two Hundred Men Sent to Their Doom. ONLY ONE ESCAPED. Terrible Explosion in Dmr Coal Mino j, nt Jacob's Creek Noni- Pittsburg. A C?l?bration lu tho Greek Ohureh Saved Scores Who Would Hov? ?con lu tho Mine lt They Wau" Not De< V tit Church Ul O' \v ol l! V( 1)1 of lu hr vc vc at; ne ly wi of co th wi po ch Un tin ric ort sa; ?1" ed Upi Hu "Y "N thc Go Or Iv rai Ho all of Su ros prl ila soi foi hu W tl nu bt I ; u n day entombed lietwe.on 200 uuitvjmp; minors, and timr?. ?!! ..;.?:.>.< Hy r?. ray of hope that a single ono of thom will bo falcon from tho mines ajivo. Partially wrecked building? In the vicinity of the mino and tho condi tion of tho fow . bodies found early In tho rescue work ind?calo an explo sion of suoh terrific forco that it BoouiB impossible that any one could havo survlvod it. This is tho third mino disaster since the first of tho month In the vlons of the bituminous coal under lying Western Pennsylvania and Wost Virglniu for tho Naomi mino, nour Fnyotte City, and Gio two mines lt Monongah, Wost Vrginla, in willoh the earlier explosion happen ed, are lu tho same belt, as tho local workings. Thursday's catastrophe iwools tho number 6 f victims of loudly mine gas for tho nineteen lays of December to between 550 to >00. That tills disaster does not equal ir even surpass In loss of life und ittondant horrors tho ono lu West /lrginia is duo to the devotion to ill ur Ch duties of u considerable num> ?er of tho minors. In obbsorvanco of ho church festival many of Gio foui mildred or more mon regularly em ployed nt tho mino did not go to Pork that morning. Those who es aped through this reason aro moni tors of tho Greek church and they impended work to celebrate St. .Moli?las Day. As was tho cuso at Monongah, thc xplosion followed a brief shut down he Darr mine having boca closed lURSday and Wednesday hoforo tho xplosion. It was 1 1.3 0 o'clock when ho tenth trip of loaded cars had eon brought out to tho tipple and hore carno an awfutyunibling sound iiilowod ?inmediately "?y a haul rc ort and a concussion that shook oarby buildings and was felt wi Ov il a radius of several miles. At ibo ame time thoro. came out et' the louth of the mine an immense loud of dense smoko and dust that outed across the Youghioghouy tiver. Intutively every one in the vlcln ty knew what had happened and all bai ted for Gie one place the mouth f tho mine. The river seperates he mino and tho homes of many of he miners, so that only a portion if those will started for the sc ia vero able- to reach it, there bellin cant facilities for crossing tin trenm. To those who could no ross tho water the Smoke and dust louring in from tho mine's mouth old a story of seething fiamos bac', n the workings and from this so ure? ame reports that were persistent tutll lute in the day thal tho mine tas burning. The ventilating fans were kept in iporating almost without interrup lon, however, tho power plant hnv ng withstood tho force of tho oX ilosion, and tho rescurors hare Oltnd no fir?' al any place in thc nine. As far as is known only one nan who went to work Thursday norning escaped. Joseph .Mapleton i pumper, emerged from one of thc ide entries sheri ly after tho oxplo on. He had loft Hie part of Hu nine whore most of the men wen vorking and was on Iiis way to Itu agine roo! i for oil. "I was near entry 21," said h( 'when 1 heard an awful rumbling, tarted towards Gie entry, hilt tho text, instant I was blinded and for n ittlo time i did not know anything, Then { go\ lo tho side entry and vorkod mi -'>v tout." Maple ton vus somowhut cm. ano -rr.-nTKcti. ntVt ater returned to tho minti and joined he rescuing partlos. William Kelvlngston, superlnton lent of tho mine was not In tho mine vlien the accident occurred and ho lUickly organized rescuing parties, darting one force ol' twenty-live teen villi reliefs at short Intervals In tho nain entry and a similar force al li dde entry, lt is hoped to reach tim rreator par! of tho victims through ho latter. Ho far little trouble has been on . mutend tm account of tho gas 0 nek of air by the rescuer:;. Whil he Officials and tho resin?is h;>\ inly tho faintest hope thai any of lbi llion may bo living, all work is ix ing carried on upon tho theory thal mollit? may have found places of sal? ly and every point of tho working.- ] will bo explorod. The main 0 ill CO of the company ls In Pittsburg ami Immediately upon the receipt ?d' news of the explosion tho officials hurried to tho mine and aro loading and directing tho rescue work. About 1.500 feel from the mom li of thu mino a heavy fall of roof was encountered by the rescuers, li lu hoi ie vd thai most of tho men will be found nearly a mile and P hali from this point. How long it will reunir? to remove enough of tho fallen roof to open a passage to those romo?t> workings can only be conjec tured ns lt. depends on how frorjuenj those falls uro mot with. It ta hop ed from the progres? made up to this time, however, that tho farther toc tlon will bo roached early. Thoro aro several side entries, trough which li is GX poe ted some of Gm men will he reached. Mfa. John Cauipbol), wife lot ai slr by OVi pr? set da ch Sh do sn dis ld? 1.? go sic 111 III til lui mi wi b?' po sn fie wi ot to ?I I ai re ; CALHOUN ELECf ION New County Gets Large Majority of Those Who Voted, Many Opposed Could Not Vot? l?e cause Their Voting Muco Was Out?if?<S tho '?.ViiJte.ry, Tho voto for tho formation of Gal iounf County took placo on Tuesday vlth the following result in OraOge >urg County: ?*W*?t Foy. Again,!, ?ameion.(;<j Ldyan?e. , 45 74 . !t. Matt lin?? t'Jt J . ' ,, ! lt will bo been that' the total vote > Orangohurg County foi is E?6o end ?ninst IUI. Add those two vogothor und thoy uko tho ontlro vote in Orangohurg ounty CGO. As it takes a two thirds YO to to In, tho opposition to tho formation tho new county only had to poll 20 moro votes to dofoat it. It ls estimated that thore aro 80 >ters in the territory whoso voting ectnets woro left out of tho limits tho proposed now county who would ivo Yotod against lt had any place ?en provided at which thoy could ito. Count, in these 80 disfranchised [tera on the side of the opposition, id wo have 181 votes against tho !W county. It would then take on forty moro votes to make 221, 3loll would havo defeated it. It is said that, twice that number voters, who are oposod to tho now unty, refrained from voting, as ey considered tho fight hopeless th such a large number of the op uonts of the new county disfran ised by its advocates running its ?es ns thoy did. There were ol IHM- Irregularities in 3 elect lon (hat will likely bo enr ?d to tho courts for sell louent. In lerlng, the election (!ov. Ansol vs in bia proclamation that all all fled electors within tho propos aroa shall bo allowed to voto on sahl question, those favoring 3 'proposed now county to vote es" and those opposed to voto o." The' Governor further says: "That i Commissioners of Stato and unty ?S3?ctlous Of the Counties of angeburg and Lexington respec oly shall make all necessary ar ie,* monis for holding said elec n, shall appoint malingers and do other things necessary for holding said election; that the County pervlsors of the said counties pectlvely shall have prepared nted tickets and furnish samo to > Commissioners of Election to be it out to tho Managers of Election ? tho uso of the voters." Lexington ('ounty. There was only one poll In Lex ton County and tho vote nt that s IT for and 12 aglanst. lt ro iled a change of only eight votes MO to defeat the new county. Thc ito says Mr. R. H. Welch, of Col lina, attorney for tho now county opie, was on hand at the Lexlng 1 precinct. Why this Columbia vyor should 1)0 at tho polls is not lied. The State says "it ls said I hose who came lo Columbia last [.liing that at Rod 'Store, the only T.'cinct in Lexington, there were mes which reminded one of the ys of 1 R7fl. Gov. Ansel had been requested to nd a suflletont force lo this pro mt lo keep order. Accordingly, eriff Colley and a number of his puties wore on tho scene and lt ls id their presence prevented any <play of feeling. ?"lt seems that tbe expected trou > was not caused by citizens of xington, but from men Who had no to Hod Store from the othel lo. lt is said that many guns were evidence about this precinct." n IWA .Kill) INTO TUA P. rglni' Caught Breaking Into Depot M_ hy tho Agent, .lack Dickey, eol?^^" ' yis arrested S other night nf fl SVljLJJMkOn Lo tho depot at Clifton, seven iles from Spartanburg. Thc arrest. Hts made hy Station Master Cliam rs, who was secreted in the de Ht. Dickey gained an entrance by lashing tho glass lo tho ticket, of Ho. Several nights ago tho depot is broken Into and two gallow jugs whiskey was stolen. Station Mas Hr Chambers heard of the robbery ol went to Clifton Thursday night ul laid in wall and hts effort wore warded t>y arresting Dickey. the mine foreman, whose home is crated about fifty yards from the (tilth of ibo min?, graphically de rilied the explosion. She said: I "About. 11.30 there was a loud pori and tho dishes in my cupboard id on the table rallied and were nocked out of place, whlto the indow were shattered. instinctive 1 knew what had happened. 1 have ?r a long time feared an explosi?n i the mine, for I know it was gp SO IS, My husband and I had talked ii and ho often referred lo the ns In tho mine, My husband was isl about duo for hts dinner when lis loud report, came, and 1 looked nt the back door towards a man ay from tho mino through which 0 tame to lils meals, lusted of my nshand I uaw a great cloud of dmd nd smoke pouring out and through IO mum way. ll floated upward and Isappoared across tho river. I um uro Mr. Campbell will ho found In tie entry not far from tho mouth of lie mine, for 1 know ho must have oou on hi? wgy to O?nnor." BIG FUI Impressive Specta? Passed ftj?ru v ir >0 'JV (ll Roosevelt, ou thc ,v Officers ?na Men Adi Voyage-Tho Lino li Etends FoM* Milo? in [. ' unm ?ad Speed of Tot* Oiled Ulttlf Presldont Roosevelt came from Washington on tho nnvM yacht" Mayflower. His arrival ru tho road stead was signalized., b/ a roar of salutes. A brief reception followed, the President having a briof meBsngo tor the four rear admirals and six teen captains who aro taking tho shtps through to San Francisco. Tho President shook each commandor by the hand as ho wont over the side ind bade thom an ofllcial adieu. Thou the Mayflower turned and lcd :he floot ns it went down the bay, die Mayflower leading to tho Thinibio 3honl light. Hero the. Mayflower urnod for a final review. As a naval pagoant (ho rovieW ind doparturo was tho most notable u American history. The guns vhich voiced a welcome to tho Pre? tlont on his arrival in Hampton toads uttered a good bye tributo as hoy passod tho Mayflower outward ou nd. The salute of welcome was aid in unslon, whilo tho farowell 'ns an individual offering from each f tho sixteen ships. Tho fleet passed out in sh jlumn. with the government built, oniioolieult, Evans' flagship, lead ig. Tho vessels ran four hundred nids apart, tho Uno extending from io flagship to tho last vossol a dis tiico of over four miles. Tho fleot ion disappeared from view and ls ow well on its way;to tho Trinidad ilands, where lt will spend Christ-.;, las Day. Wo publlshoYi _ a um dos-' iption of this fleet in a six column listratod article last wo ok. .emurknblc Incident at Palmetto Club Rooms "hi " Georgetown; ' A special dispatch from George .>wn to Tho Stato says the Palmetto. I uh rooms Wodnesday night wore ne scone of a remarkable incident, oing a public apology made by a oung business man to a young lady Lonographor, who hold in hor pos sslon a letter written by him which ho had passed around to tho 40 or 0 leading business men whom she ad requested to 1)6 presov.t to hoar is apology. Tho languago of the itter is absolutely unbecoming any art of gentleman. The facts of the case, as learned re that tho offender had rccoivod n anonymous missive, and ho pro umed thnt tho abovo roforred to Lonographor was the author of lt, 'horoupon ho wroto Gie outrageous oto coughed in tho most obsceno arms and mailed it to tho steno raphor. ..pon rocoipt of the same the oung lady was almost prostrated Uh grief and humiUlation, and was olng to wiro for hor rolatives and eport the matter to tho postofllce uthoritles. Hut friends interceded or tho offender and bogged hor to crept a public, apology from him .hlch she agreed to do. Tho entire ff air was a very humiliating ono. SOME HOM) ROBBERS LU Attempt Made to Roi? Express in. Philadelphia. A hold ntempt td take $00,000 in ?old and silver coin from tho B?f alo, $xpress at the Reading tornii ial was frustrated in Philadelphia Vednesday night, and ono of the bree men who tiled the job is un? nry/H?- Ho is "William H. How lit, of Now York. Tho moll . "'\ ming sent, from the Phlladolp\i'. nint to Buffalo, Shortly before tho time sehedulod or the doparturo Of tho flyer a yard man saw three mon crouching under he ex pr ss ear that contalnod tho nonoS*. They wore sawing plecoi nit of tho acetylene pipes. Two of bo three undor the car were koep .ng a lookout on either side, They mw their danger and mado a dash 'or liberty. Ilewott was caught. Ofllcorfc found a small adjustable iaw With a blade of tempered steel .hat the robbers loft behind. It ls supposed tho mon intended to lot the acetylene out of tho tanks io that tho train would ho in dark ness after leaving the station. Then [hoy could work with more safety. S WALLOWER NEE I HJES And Is Hying in a New York Hos pital. Mrs. Mollie Desmond, of Now York, who, lu a flt of desperation sovoral months ago attempted to tako her Ufo by swallowing 14 4 noodles, IS dying In tho Fordham hospital. Btlt tho neodles aro not directly re sponsible for her death. Tho last of twenty-four operatioT for tho removal of the needlos Wi performed on Sunday. That nig] K' ? was taken with a sovore ci coughing and the woniids of tho j orations wero oponed, causing loss of blood. Tho doctor* hob no hopo ?or hor recovery.