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1 if* . I I ? I II. I 1 ( , , ' - - ' VOL. XVI. LEAVES CLEMSON. Sixty-Nine of the Sophomore Class Quit the College. TWO MOKE ARE DISCHARGED. An Attcmi t i?y tin* Faculty <? Enforce a Itulc of tin* College Was tli<? Ciiiisc ol' the Trouble. Last Tue:day bit ??f the 7 1 members j of the sophomore class of Clcmson college ?111 i t and went home. Two of the | remaining live secured discharges and left also and it is understood that the remaining I hree will leave Wednesday. The act i? n of the students in leaving was the result of the action of the faculty io suspending Cadet 'Idiomwell of 1'ort Mill a few days ago. When Thornwell was suspended the sophomore class petitioned to have him reinstated. This the faculty re- | tuscd to do and therefore the class agreed to li ave. Tuesday afternoon this correspondent visited tlie college for the pin-1 pose of gel i iug at t he facts of t he case, lie talked with President ilarlzog and a miml crof members of tlie faculty and also with a great many of the students, i tot li sides of the story agree very closely though there are some dilferc nccs. Till-: FACULTY MKT. Wednesday afternoon after the st udents had gone there wasa meeting of the faculty at the close of which the following statement was given out. It. was was written by Col. It. W. tstmpson, chairman of t lie board of j trustees, and was endorsed by President llart'/.og. It is as follows: "The faeulty last week awarded j punishment to a student of the sopho-1 more class by suspending him until the end of the session. The sophomore I class petitioned the faculty to rein-1 state the, student. The faculty met! again and beard acommlttcc of the I class but saw no reason to grant their request. Thereupon a number of the class left and went to their several homes. While the faculty regret this action on the part of the students they * feel compelled to maintain discipline. TOOK OLAS8 TUIIKS. The offense Cadet Thornwell was guilty of was taking four glass test tubes from the chemical laboratory without pemission. The members of the faculty say they have been troubled a great deal by action of this kind and determined some t imc ago to break up the practice. Notice was given that the next offender caught would be severely dealt with. Cadet Thornwell was caught and bis suspension followed. These tubes which are small glass cylinders with little or no value may not have been taken with any wrong intent, the faculty say, but the taking of them was a violation of the rules. As a matter of fact the faculty say the college has been annoyed a great deal by the disappearance of a number of small articles such as tools, wrenches, etc., and it was so considered absolutely necessary to put an emphatic end to the business. STATEMENT KKO.M HTl.'DENTS. The students side of the question is tliis. They admit that there is a rule that no test tubes or other college apparatus shall he t aken for use by any of the students without t lie consent of the professors, but they say it has not been observed generally. Cadet, Thornwell did take four of the tubes from the general store to his desk or stand, as it is called, in t he building but that he took them for use in class work and they consider Ins suspension an outrage, as no wrong was intended. The students say they thought the facts had been misrepresented or exaggerated to t he faculty and petitioned for a rehearing of t he ease in order that all the circumstances might be brought out. When the faculty refused their request they felt that loyalty to their classmate demanded that they should leave the college in a body and this was done. The main point urged by the students is that the punishment indicted on young Thornwell is in excess of that warranted by the case. For instance they say there is a college rule that a student found with mess hall property in his room shall bo given lo demerits, yet here was a st udent who simply violated a ride and unwittingly took certain college property for use in his class work, wit hout, wmnv. ing it from the. building and was sus- ] ponded therefor. This correspondent Wednesday af- ] tcrnoon talked with a great many college studcifts on the campus. The students arc very much wrought, up and arc overwhelmingly in sympathy with the sophomores. The senior class met Wednesday morning and adopted a resolution of sympathy for j the sophomores, endorsing their action. A copy of the resolutions will he sent to the family of each of the students who left. When the reporter was leaving the grounds a notice was being sent around calling a meeting of the senior class for the same purpose. MONEY ADVANCED BY COMRADES. When the sophomores decided to leave many of them did not have money enough to get away on. Money was furnished them by tbe members of the other classes and the college societies exhausted their treasuries. The departure of the cadets was conducted in a quiet and orderly manner and there was no demonstration or excitement but a great deal of feeling and determination. President llartzog and Lho other mcmlicrs of the faculty said Wed ties- l day afternoon that they regretted the matter very much, but they felt that they had simply discharged their dut y 1 as mmired l?y the circumstances. "It ; was simply a question," said Col. ' Simpson, "as to who would run thisj college, the faculty or the students, i The faculty felt that they were the ones to run it and have proceeded accordingly. NO .M KKTl No Of ItOAUD. "There will he no meeting of the ! board of trustees," said Col. Simpson, I "because there is no need for it. The ' incident, while very much deplored; lias occurred and has ended, and the ! college will proceed as though nothing had happened. We deeply regret' t he hasty action of the students and h we believe no one will regret it more j than the student themselves when! they realise what a mistake they have 1 made." 1 TKXT Of COM I'IjAlNT. The following is the text of the j < complaint hy the sophomore class: To the Faculty and President of Clemson ("ollege: The sophomore class has asked for ' a reconsideration of CadetThornwell's ,' \V(> I Ii>r, .ii'i t 11 nintniil /?ni> sons. Our action is based upon the i>clicf thai wo consider Cadet Thornwell's punishiueol greater than ids olTense j deserves. Cor example, it is obvious that tlic faculty does not consider Cadel Thornwell's olTensc the same as thai of stealing. else they would have j expelled him. ! I" not stealing, we con- : siderthat his punishment should not l>e made so much severer than that i inllieted for similar olTenses. Cadet Thornwell only took ti e test t.ulies for use in the lalmratory with- ' out the professor's permission. We can cite no case of exact parallel. W e do know, however, that two years ago when t?ot t les and ehemlc lis were taken from the lalxiratory, not even were reports entered against the boys in whose rooms they were found. In cases where property taken from t lic mess hall is found in the student's , possession, the penalty is not suspension, hut only ten demerits. In hot h of these instances we consider the olTense evidently worse than that of Cadet Thflrnwcll, inasmuch as the articles taken were for private use, | and not for class work. Cadet Thornwell is not Kuilty of an unusual or peculiar crime. lie simply did what has been the practice of I the entire class during its course in chemistry. , We, therefore, believe that the faculty laboring under t lie misunderstanding, or has been led to regard with creat, seriousness an olTense which has not been so regarded in the past. L We appreciate the position of the faculty, when it takes the stand that the college should he protected. Hut |( we do not believe that this position should he maintained at the expense of one cadet, when so many otliers have committed similar obelises and been released. , It is because, therefore, of a deep conviction on the part of the sopho- , more ciass mat Lite raeulty lias been led into some misunderstanding, pos- I sibly through the failure of Cadet Thomwell to present his case in the proper manner that we ask for a reconsideration. Clarence Norton, Chairman <'ominittee. V. It. Hall, (). M. Roberts. T1IK JUNIORS' RESOLUTIONS. These were the resolutions adopted by the juniors: Wc the meml)crs of the junior class do hereby resolve: First t hat the sophomore class has I been treated unjustly by the faculty and that the steps taken were taken in defense of their rights and honor. I Second, That after considering the action of the sophomore class we hear- I tily commend every step that they have taken. Third, That wc commend the sophomore class on t he gent lemanly manner in which they acted on this occasion: furthermore at no time was any member rash or ungentlcmanly. Fourth, That a copy of these resolutions be given each member of the | sophomore class. Class '0,1. Tried to Kill Kncli <)t!ier. in*J iM spence has received Information that 11is cousin, James Spence, was killed in a light at Pino I doom N. with a log contractor named Smith, The two men had quarrelled some time a pro. Wednesday morning they met at Pine llloom and each pulled a | revolver and began shooting. Young Spence was shot in the neck and died almost instantly. Smith received one , or more bullets through the stomach and is reported Wednesday night to be dying. Spence was prominently connected in this State. Smith is a native of North Carolina and is con* j nected witli a large lumber company. Killed by Doctor. Town Marshak Weaver of England, Texas, was shoL and killed by Dr. Win. E. Allen ^Wednesday night. The right arm of Arthur Young, a bystander, was broken by a stray shot. Dr. Allen was seriously wounded In the hip by Weaver. Dr. Allen had been arrested about 10 days ago by Weaver. Witnesses state that the I two men met and after some angry words, Allen pulled his pistol* and shot Weaver four times. As Weaver fell he pulled his pistol and shot Allen in the hip, then expired. To lie Hanged. A special from St. Petersburg says IlalshanefT, tlx; man who assassinated | M. Slpiaguinc, the Kussian minister of the Interior, A pril 15, lias been sentenced to death, lie will Ik> hangod j May 3. 0 It Xh CONWAY, S. A GOOD SPEECH. Sibley, a Republican Roasts General Jacob Smith and Says He Is A BRUTE IN UNIFORM. IliH SlHM'dl .\|>|>lntl<lt'<! by DeillOrrutH a ml Mat With Kvhlencoh ?>I* Approval lYom th?* ItcpiihlicuiiN. Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania created something of a sensat ion in the house Wednesday (hiring? the general debate on the agricultural t>i 11 by severely denouncing (Jen. .laeoh II. Smith for the orders he issued in the Sainar campaign. Mr. Sibley's speech was enthusiastically applauded l?y the I >einoerats and was; reeoi vi?d willi vim,.. evidences of approval on tin* Kepubli'iin side, .'rite speech was considered the more remarkable in thai it came from a llepunlican wljo loft the Democratic party on tlie issues raised by I lie Spanish war and who has since been an ardent supporter of expansion. Mr. W illiams, Democrat of Mississippi, endorsed what Mr. Sibley had said. Mr. Sibley said he had been an expansionist and defended the policy of t lie adminislrat ion in t lie acquis!! ion of the Philippines: that duty and honor justified our position there: that the commercial welfare of the nation demanded tiiat we should contml that archipelago, which standsas the gateway to the oriental world. " \ IIKUTK IN I'MKOltM." Ile then continued: "Therefore, when I am compelled to rand utterances contained in military orders t hat make the blood of men run cold, when I have heard the statements made that we were cruel in the conduct of that war, I have thought, perhaps the partisan was speaking. Hut when 1 have read, as 1 have wit hin the past IK hours, that a general wearing the uniform of the army of tin* United States, one who stands under the shadow of our Hag, issues orders, not to conciliate a province, ? ' 'for anybody! c^X /LL HAVANA TILLER attempting to justify :i?*ts 1 ?v which men arc pumped so full of water to nearly drown them and then brought hack to life by thumping them over the stomach with the butts of muskets. That is not civilization that is not Christanizing the world. I am thankful that these arc sporadic eases. WILL NKVKIt I'A( IKY. "They will never pacify any race of human beings on this earth by first drowning them and then bringing them to life with the butt of a musket; and against that , as a member upon this side of the chamber, against that, as a man who belongs, I hope, not alone to the Kcpuhlican ranks but to the whole brotherhood of man the wide world round, 1 want the members of this house on this side of the chamber and 011 that, to voice their protest, and against all such measured. (Applause.) A friend of mine said a few minutes ago, 'Oh, you had better wait and hear his defence.' 1 hope the president of t he United States will have the courage, upon what the man admits, to discharge him dishonorably from the service that he had disgraced. (Applause.) Wp'AI.S KINO III''.KOI). "lie admits that he issued the order to leave the province a howling waste and to kill all above ten years of ago, the innocent with the guilty. That man never ought to he permitted to . .. .. .1 . . Dt<i(y in uiu i>n viru ui tiH' * IlllUd rMillOS until the hum goes down, lie is a disgrace not alone to the party, hut to every man who ever wore the uniform of the t'nltcd States, and he is a blot and disgrace to our present civilization. Wait and hear what Ins justification may be. That man does not live who can justify such orders. (Applause.) There is no justification. I care not how adroitly his lawyers may frame theii plea or how subtle be their reasoning. The fact admitted by his own mouth that lie issued such orders is surtlclent for the hope that there is the courage and patriotism and the humanity and the Christianity at the ot her end of the avenue that will not let him wear the federal uniform 24 hours hence." Mr. Wil'iams of Mississippi heart ily endorsed Mr. Sibley's onslaught upon (len. Smith whom he described as a "brute in uniform." "Hut 1 am a little afraid," he continued, "that he does not strike the evil in the right quarter. It is the system which should he struck at not the man who consciously carries out the spirit of the system. Wherever there is a war of conquest against a weak and inferior colored people deeds of brutality naturally occur. The chief danger is not the injury to the weak race, but that the temptation to m ( C., THURSDAY, M, tyranny will react upon the strung race and make brutes of its soldiers. ! For that reason such wars should he avoided. I agree with t he gent letnan from Pennsylvania that there can he no Justification for a civilized man to issue tin order to lay waste a whole country and kill everybody, including I children over ten years of aire." TO MEET IN CHARLESTON. .\ Cull to Hie Parents ol* Hie Sopliomore <'lass. The following letter, mailed to j1 every parent of a member of t he < 'lem-1 | son sophomore classs whose address; could be ascertained, is self-explanatory: Charleston. S. C., May 2, l!>02. Dear Sir: You have doubt less been as much concerned at the unfort unatc occurrence at Cleinsou college, as ourselves. We take the liberty of addressing you t his let t er.al'ter considering all the circumstances ol the ease, believing that it is equally to your interest as jours, to take further steps in regard to 111is matter, and ascertain whether t lie facts do not warrant the parents; of the members of the sophonn>re classs asking for a hearing before the hoard of t rust ees of t he college. We t hi ilk you will agree wit h us that I for the members of the sophomore! ; class at t his .important juncture of their college course, to bo denied the | I right of cunt inning their studies, will involve not only a year's loss of lime! ! to each man, hut also considerable expense to them, which an investigation 1 : may show to lie unjust. We notice by yesterday's paper that t he sent imont at the college was so st rong t hat t lie members of t he junior and freshman classes had determined to leave, and only after an address by ' (' >1. Simpson, president of the hoard of t rustees, were they persuaded to remain at college, upon'his promise t hat the whole igicstion would lie taken up by the board and thoroughly investigated. We also note by today's paper that Col. Simpson has stated that he expects in a fe.w days to publish an in- j tervlew, setting forth the facts of the case, and we believe that before this statement is published, it is fair to the yubers of the sophomore class as oerjs to all the students of the eol- 1 caul'1'1* their side, should be heard. Ii(.s\hat any interview published mavY" oll|y after all the facts from Kleei'es have been placed indole t he thernV trustees. riiey/uggestion is that a meeting of " We ft parents or guardians of the eia aiVs of the sophomore class he writeJthe earliest possible date, and (> . bul'cr suggest that this meeting is Klefci Charleston on Friday the hth .?<) eenf s:iti.sful>omnicu<l tliis city for the Vecause at present very low .Mrs * be obtained to Charleston on eon .'<y s an(' Thursdays of each week, in i|,f.order to give all parties ample I time to make their arragements to j irome we have suggested the alsive date. As we do not know your address we have enclosed this letter to the cadet I whose name appears on the roll of the j | college asa member of the sophomore ! class, and who we understand was one who left the college on Tuesday last, requesting that he deliver it to you promptly. As some of the adrcsses arc not ; known; the college catalogueonly giv: ing the counties in which the cadet lives, we have requested The Charleston News and Courier, The Columbia] State and The Greenville News to pub- , 1 isli this letter. If therefore, any of the parents or guardians of these cadets, for reasons given above, have not received one of these letters, a reply to either of the undersigned by such parties, stating whether or not t hey will attend the meeting in Charleston, will tie appreciated. Yours t ruly, G. Walter Mclver, 21 Itroad Street. Henry Schacte, broad Street. l.'iiou \ft I | ' I J I I uo, 1 H i Went wort h St,. II. II. Mtiller, f>f> Laurens Street. II. M. Manigault, 12 llasfll Street. Damaged l>y Hail. A special front Savannah says a heavy rainstorm, accompanied hy Itail, passed over this section Wednesday afternoon. The precipitation was one Inch in about -to minutes. Hail fell at t Itree separate times during the disturbance. There were frequent shocks of lightening. Reports from the t ruck J farms tonight are to the cITect that consid.vrahle damage was done hy the hail to young vegetables. The extent of the damage cannot he ascertained before Thursday. During the severest part of the storm a negro farmer named Post was struck by lightning and instantly killed. A Young Woman Disappears. A special from Lenoir, N. C., says that Miss Cordie Chllders who disappeared from the home of her uncle ; near Lenoir Wednesday night under circumstances similar to those that surrounded the death of Nellie Cropsey of Kllzabcth City, has not been found. It is said that she was seen at Chestertlcld a little town between Lenoir and Morganton Friday on her way to the latter place. Later it Is said she was at the Southern railway station in Morgan ton, where she told some one that she was on her way to Hildebran, a village live miles west of Hickory, where she had taught sc^d. AY S. M><> _>. PECAN SWINDLER CAUGHT Will l?c Trlcil in Sa vantiiili mill i'licti in <'oliiinhln. The Columbia llecord of Thursday says.I. Luclen \nders. ullo^od owner al pecan orchards in various sections r?l' Ihe country, lias been caught in \ Icksburg, Miss., and will he tried at Savannah on the charge of opcrating a fraud through the t'niied Stales mails. Algiers lias swindled people in every city in the'South, and many Columbians were caught. He advertist I In a great many newspapers and s ail thousands of circulars through the mail. They stated that he was the owner of varisus expensive pecan nurseries, on which a pecan tree of excellence was grown. Trees of this variety lie oll'ercd to sell to an unsuspeet ing public. Ills victims have been almost as numerous as t he saudsof I lie sea. They are residents of almost every section of t he Sout h and very probably of ot her parts of the country where pecans may ll,< kiuwovcl'llllll ..I, I I I > I ... I 1 ...1 l'.. j < llll I Mll< VI. IS tin- posessor i?r ;i bland and seductive address, which he lias no diniculty ol convex ing through the medium of printer's ink. It has won him many a victim and brought inanv a dollar to distill. In some eases Anders sent no trees at all to those whom lie caught on his hook; toothers lie forwarded the trees he was enquired In gathering when he was located in Vlcksburg. The sxvamps in that locality are full of wild pecans, that hear the outward appearance, so far as hark and leaves arc concerned, of t he cult ivated trees. If they are not exact rcproductions they are sulliciently like the real tiling t < > < lecei \ c the inexpert eye and for A tillers' purpose they snlllced very weP indeed. When he was located near \ iekslmrg he was down in the swamps indust riously digging up wild pecan sprouts and sending I hem to his confiding customers. Save for ornamental ion these sprouts arc practically worthless for every purpose whatever. Complaints without number have poured in upon the poslotllce depart ment and several fruit Journals have described at length the method of his operations. All this does not seem seriously to have interfered with his business. When he has been tried in Savannah and his sentence has expired, provided he is convicted, he will be brought over here and dealt with. Schley <?reeled l?y TIioiihhikIn. A special dispatch from Jackson, Miss., says one year ago Thursday Jackson received President McKinley as a visitor and ."i.OOU patriotic citizens of M ississippi came to pay him homage. Thursday an equal number gathered in that city in honor of the arrival of Vrlmirnl -mrl l.lo ?ao> and I he welcome they received \v:is one of wholesouled southern hospitality. The city was given over to the distinguished visitors from the. moment they arrived at in o'clock in the morning from Memphis until they departed for Meridian I hat night, and t housands of people from tnanv parts of tlx; State enthusiastically greeted the admiral upon the train's arrival. A parade composed of military, civic and other organizat ions t rn versed I lie principal streets of the cit.v to Smith park, where (iov. Longino extended a formal welcome to which Admiral Schley responded briefly and appropriately. At the conclusion of the speaking the part y visited the public schools, where 2,0(H) children greeted them singing "lied, White and blue" and "Schley on the bridge." As a part of their programme the children answered finest ions, giving the record of Admiral Schley in t he war with Spain. Couldn't Stop Train. An attempt was made at 0 o'clock Thursday to hold up the northbound Frisco express No. >, between Seligman and Washburn, Mo. Two men boarded the blind baggage car at the former place and after the train pulled out climbed over t he tender into the cab and covered the engineer and liremen with revolvers. They ordered the engineer to increase speed, but to stop when they gave the signal. Two milles bevoild SeliLfllian t liev mdoi-nrl him to stop. Seven or eight men appeared at the spot, designated as the t rain approached. Meanwhile the engineer had pulled the throttle wide open and when ordered to stop was making more than a mile a minute down tirade. It was impossible to stop within half a mile. After leaving the confederates out of sight the robbers abused the engineer for not stopping and ordered him to let them off at Washburn, a way station. The engineer obeyed and the. wouIiI-Ihrobbers escaped. lie ward Offered. The (Jovernor Wednesday received tin application from a number of residents of Colletyn county asking t hat a reward be otTered for the capture of one .Mm Itlack, alias Itud Black, alias .llm Brown, as the murderer of Mrs. W. W. .tones at Bavcncl. The petitioners say they are advised and believe that a chain of proof almost conclusive fixes the crime u pon .llm Black. I? is believed that, the fellow has left the. State, for a thorough search has been made for him by the ofllccs, and the people of Colleton county are exceedingly anxious that this brutal crime not go unpunished. The governor promptly ottered a reward of #100. The negro is about lt> years old, Is coal black, weighs about 170 pounds, h:is a "dragging" walk and frequently ufest.he expression "natural Iwrn" In conversation. t \i DRAWING TO A CLOSE. Tht* lv\ |?<imI t ion Will llnve Many \ 11 ran Ion/. this Xmitti. The special correspondent ot the exposl t Inn bureau of the Columbia State says t lie c.xpositsnn is drawing to a close. It is generally tbought that the show will close on the 1st of June I although there has liecu no definite action taken in regard to this matter. The weather is^ettin^ very warm and the vent ilat ion of the buildings is not suehthiit it is conducive to comfort In the summer. The success of the month of May promises to lie very mat li ving to t lie promoters of the exposition. The trains coming Into the city Thursday were packed and hundreds of people had to stand in the aisles. Since the beginning of the new scheme of rates ottered by t he railroads, the city of Florence has sent over l.nOO people to the show. There is every indication that the fest Ivit les of <lerman Week will he attended hv t I ii ilis:i ink < .f viull/.i-u Tlw. occasion will ecu no towards the close of the show and (hern will he a great many Suifh Carolinians here for that reason. Then tin? visitors from a distance will l?e (icrinans come here to do honor to Capt. I?\ W. Wagoner, the president of the exposition company. ('apt. Wagoner has shown himself to he a man of nerve, lie litis held up the drooping head of this exposition and has administered linancial succor when otherwise it would ha ve perished. And l his is not the only t lilng in which his , progressive spirit has asserted itself. Look around and it will lie hard to Mud in Charleston anything which litis not felt the inspiration of his example and there tire many industries which are i successful because of his connection with them. lOven the militia of the city feels his influence, for he Is flic captain of the (human Artillery; in ( mercantile matters lie is one of the | most progressive men in the cit y; lie Is connected with the management of leading hanking institutions and is at j the head of manufacturing enterprise. | lie is a man of personal graces which make him esteemed hy all who know him and t he (human people of the. I country will come here to make Wag- j oner day a great success. May 22d Is Wagoner day and will he the great day of t lie ex posit Ion. Col. Averill is pleased with the prospects of the success of 'West Indian Week." The days set apart for the t rude convention to be held Is J that on May 1(1 and IT. The preliminary announcement of the convention has at t racted a great deal of aftontlon and the director general Is now in receipt of a number of letters of Inquiry. The plans have not been matured, and it is yet two weeks until the holding of the convention, but Col. Averill expects to have everything mapped out by the lirst of next week. Col. Averill came into his ofllcc | Thursday with a great hunch of grasses and oilier specimens of forage crops. These he had gathered on the government's grass "farm" nearby the South Carolina building. Nobody should miss the opportunity to visit this place, it. will give farmers new and very valuable lessons in how to take care of their lands by changing the crops occasionally. The government lias spent lot of money here and Mr. heard, the gentleman in charge, will be delighted to explain the exhibit to visitors. To Ho Held in I OO I. The following statement was given Thursday by President David it. Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Fixposition company: "The sundry civil bill which passed the house several weeks ago and is now before the senate, contains an appropriation of $1,018,000 to provide for a government exhibit, a special Indian exhibit and the additional cost of the government building at. the Louisiana Purchase exposition. It was deemed ad visible to have the date of the fair definitely fixed in that bill, in the event any change from lOOJl should be decided upon. For many months past the fair virtually has h<>on postponed for one year. A decided majority of the directors prefer Pioi and have for six months or more. The repeated re<|nest of iKit li domestic and foreign exhibitors for postponement, evidences from foreign governments that they had not sulllclcnt time in winch to make preparation for a representative | exhibit in 1 and tlu* fact that the general public have for months past ; considered postponement a foregone I conclusion, were some of the reasons that moved the executive committee to authorize me to inform the national eommissoner that any action of congress changing the time of the exposition from 1 iio.'l to IU04 would In; acceptablo." Terrible Cyclone In India. A special from (Calcutta says A tornado lias devastated the city of Dacca and adjoining towns. Four hundred and sixteen persons were killed. Crops were ruined throughout I the district. The tornado tirst struck I'osgola on the afternoon of April 2tf, where it wrecked the Datta Jute Works. From I'osgola it moved to San Achar, where the India General Company's ware houses were destroyed by a great wave, which was whirled out of the river by the wind. Everywhere in the pat h of the cyclone huts, trees, the roofs of houses and people were carried up into the air like paper. Thirty-one persons were killed at San Achar, 110 near Dacoa, 175 at Nagulhand and 100 at liumlghat. v\ A. I I ' ? I ? NO. 41. TKKIMKLK PANIC. A Sudden Fright Seizes Twelve Hundred Oirls Who ATTEMPT TO RUSH TO STREET. HlalrwayM lllockeil with Screaming II iiinniilty. Mini) Killed and Injured. Heart rend i iik Scene*. An unfortunate accident to n deaf and dumb hoy, (sudor Baceus, in Philadelphia Wednesday was direetly responsible for the death of eight girls and young women, the fatal injury of three others and the serious injury of more than two score girls employi ed in the cigar factory of llarhurger, 1 Ionian \ Co.. a branch of the American Tobacco company, located at Tenth street and Washington avenue. Tilt; dead are; Mary Geneva, aged I.V, Helen Tollnl, aged 12; ICIizabeth Tart.lnc, aged 12; Annie ilossehneider, aged IS; Louisa de Sepi, aged 10; ida Green, aged 18; Annie Ford, aged 1,'i; t'nldentllled woman, about 25 years of age, whose body Is at the morgue. Fatally Injured; Mary Mesino, Injured internally, skull fraetured; Josephine O'Konco, injured internally. IJnidetiillied woman, fractured skull, uneousclous. The Injuries of the others consist mainly of bruises uiiotit the Iiody and fract ured limbs. The building in which the disaster occurred Is a live story brick structure ami reaches an entire block. Twelve hundred persons were at work at the time, DO per coot., of whom were girls whose ages ranged from 12 years upward. The trouble began on the fourth Moor of the structure. Itaecus, who was janitor of the building, started for the tifth Moor for a hall of twine. The elevator was at the top of the shaft and Itaecus pulled the rope to bring it down, lie opened the door leading to the shaft and leaned forward to see where the carriage was. As he did so the elevator, which was descending slowly, struck him across the hack of the neck, pinioning his ! head between the elevator ami the Moor. A stock boy released Itaecus i and cried for help. The foreman rushed from the building to call an J ambulance and immediately there was a panic among the employes. Some of the younger girls fainted while othI crs, not being able to control their . feelings, cried tire. Instantly there was a mad rush for the stairway leading Into Tenth street. The girls rushed down the narrow staircase until they reached a bend in the exit, between the second and third floors. In their eager* ness to escape the frightened leaders fell. Others immediately following tripped over the struggling mass of humanity and in less than a minute there were hundreds of ,children and I young women struggling in the passageway. The shrieks and screams of the terror stricken girls could Ik? I heard for a block or more. During the excitement an alarm of tire was j turned in, hut before the engines could reach the scene several of the occupants of the building had rushed to the windows and jumped to the street *.# - u vimuaii^v oi iivit ;>u ieei. ncien Toll til, one of those to jump, was almost. instantly killed. When the firemen and policemen arrived every effort was made to quiet the terrorized girls. The firemen rushed up the starway and l>ogged the girls to Ik1 calm, telling them that there was absolutely no danger, hut the sight of the fireman seemed only to add fuel to flame. While the policemen and firemen were endeavoring to quiet the girls on the stairway ladders were being run upon the outside of the building and the employes who had climbed out on the tire escapes and window ledges were quickly taken to the street. After a few minutes the men were enabled to check the awful crush on the stairway and then began the work of rescuing those who had been trampled and crushed between the second and third fUxirs. A call for ambulances had been turned In, and as quickly as the dead and injured were carried from the building they were hurried to hospitals. The number of ambulances was entirely inadequate and patrol wagons were brought into use to carry the victims away for treatment. While this was going on the scene alxmt t he structure was heartrending. The building Is located in a section largely inhabited by Hebrews, many of whom were caught in the terrible crush. Parents and relatives of the unfortunate girls were screaming and rushing al>out thestreets like mad and it was almost impossible for the police officials to restrain the mothers and relatives of supposed victims from entering the building. . The work of rescuing the girls from the windows was necessarily tedious. They were so excited that they did not seem to understand the pleadings of the ilromcn. At nearly every wln - * * x.wr. w. uiv iiuhu Miuciure were girls screaming and crying for help. Many were so excited that It was ; with the greatest difficulty that they were prevented from jumping from the building, notwithstanding that there was not a sign of tire and their rescue seemed only the work of a few moi men Us. The panic was over in less than half an hour, but in this brief space thousands of persons had been attracted to the scene by the wild screams of the relatives of the victims and the shrieks of the girls at the windows.