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VOL XVII. v THE FARMER. 9 They Hav Shaped the Destinies of the Republic. NOBLEST CALLING ON EARTH. So Said Oovoriior Cuiuilor in Welcoming the Itt?? the rtaiionnl raruior'H C'onKi'css In Mucoti. The 22nd annual seesion of the Farmer's National congress was opened In Macon, (la., on Tuesday of last week. One thousand delegates were present representing all sections of the United State and Territories. Gov. Allen 1). Candler of Georgia welcomed the delegates to Georgia iti a speech which was received with enthusiasm. lie said In substance that he had closed the governor's olllce in order to come to Macon and extend a welcome to men who represent the noblest calling on earth. Upon the farmer rests everything. If he prospers every industry and calling prospers. The men who have shaped the destinies of the republic since it was born were farmers or the sons of farmers. lie said the farmers of the country did well in select ing Georgia as the place to meet this year. A state which owes her greatness to her sons who have tilled the soil. Referring to the race problem, ho said Georgia had her burden to bear and she was doing it, and that the condition of the negro in Georgia was lietter than in any other State. I le was being educated, without discrimination, had an equal protection under tlie laws and was taught that Georgia was the best State for a good negro, and the worst State for a bad one. lie said that in the exercise of his authority as governor lie had been compelled many times to listen to the pleas of negroes, and that lie had never allowed himself to think of them save as men entitled to equal and exact justice under the laws. He said it was no time to enter into a discussion of past differences. The men who fought under the Stars and Stripes believed they were right, and the men who fought under the Stars and liars thought they were right. A WKI.COM K TO GEOUGIA. He said that Georgia with her land devastated, her homes darkened with mourning, through the reconstruction period had succeeded because her soil and resources were the most prolific of any place on earth. To that Georgia, and in her behalf, he extended a cordial welcome to the delegates and bade them godspeed in the irrcat work that called them together. Mr. George A Smith, president of the chamber of commerce, tendered a welcome on behalf of the city of Macon. Hon. Ilarvie Jordan, vice president of the Farmers' congress, re\ sponded for the convention. President Flanders also responded, the substance of his remarks being as follows: "We have lived to see the demand for agricultural education which should educate the boys back toward the farm, that should educate in the willing of the agriculturist so that that calling might be dignified also with the title of 'profession,' grow until today we stand upon a prominence and see the path made by this steady progress, and I am thankful to say that that prominence upon which we stand is the result of the recorded will of b'l States of this union, to the effect that education shall be provided, for among those who are pursuing agriculture for a living, to the end that they may unlock the secrets in the laboratory of nature in such a way that they may make use of her greatest ability without improverishing her strength or injuring her future usefulness. "The granaries of the world arc beimr II1 lnrl until f/i/lo u u/n o ??rv 111^ 11 1 IV.V4 until IAAUVJ TTV- U I U Wi I I 1 VH 1 t" ed with the fact tliat in the United States live and two-thirds million farms are producing live and one-half billion dollars worth of agricultural products, a sum said to he much in excess of the total income of the faimers at any other time in their history in this country. This year we are raising in the United States as much corn as was raised in the world last year. production vs. distribution. "The education that has been going on in the interest of the agriculturist during the last .'10 years has produced wonderfull results, but all, or nearly so, are upon one side of this two-sided question, viz: Upon the side of the production .touching the question of distribution of the question of the relation of the agriculturist to the government or governments under which he lives and by virtue of which lie is protected. We are living in an age of combinations, an age when corporations and corporate interests unite for purposes which to them scc.n wise and Just, an age when the labor clement is organized for purposes which to it seems just and right, an age in which capital, generally speaking, is organized and combined for reasons which to it seems just and right, so that wliei any problem arises from the qucstior P of distribution to the question of leg islatlon they arc prepared at short no tice to determine what action shouk he taken and then act as unit. Wha< is true of these combinations is no1 true of the agricultural population and yet that population Is ten-twenty ninths of the entire number cngaget in the industrial work should now l> such that it will extend to thlsclas of our population as much informatioi as possible througli some kind of ai organization or by some means lies uitcd to that end, the fundament? ? I ~ principles involved In economic question of the times and of their political duties and obligations to themselves and others through the government 01 governments under which they live. In other words, the theories and fundamental principals of constitutional law should l>o taught alongside of the fundamental principles undcr' lying the production of agricultural products. Those urincioles are stable. undergoing few changes. Every agricultural citi/.en should understand that the government of the United States under which we live is a government of derived powers, that it lias no powers except those that have been conferred upon it and that the conferring was done by the sovereign States of the Union and that the matter conferred is enumerated in that document known as the constitution of tlie United States, and that, when lie desires the national government to do anything in his interest be must first know whether the power to do that tiling has been given that government in that instrument. "If the power lias been conferred then it is plausible and feasible to petition the congress of the United States to do the tiling desired, but if it has not been conferred then all ttie cifort put fortli in that direction is useless because if such a law were passed it would be declared unconstitutional by the United States courts; in other words, tlie instruction should lie so given that the whole general schemes of the government of each State and of the national government should lie understood by the agriculturist; he should lie familiar with the powers that have been given the national government and from what derived. "1 believe that no better work can lie taken up along educational lines in addition to the work already being done than to put the agricultural population of this country in possession ui miuii Knowledge relative id ine government and its workings as will qualify or equip each and every one to at any time step into the legislative halls of any State in the Union or the congress of the United States and legislate with intelligence upon the question that will he placed before them." Hl'OKKN L1KK A 1'ATRIOT. Commander-in-Chief Torrance read his annual address and reports of olllcers were read. In his address Gen. Torrance devoted considerable space to consideration of the status of the exConfederate soldier,repeating In spirit Ids plea of a month ago for the manifestation of good will and brotherly kindness toward the late adversaries of the members of the Grand Army, lie said he had lieen prompted in tpaklng that appeal by the belief that such action would tend to bring still closer together all parts of the country in the bonds of a common citizenship and there were already,he added, evidences in the responses received from the Southern States that lie had not miscalculated. Indeed, lie said, with but two exceptions the entire press of the country had commended the spirit of the latter. Continuing on tills point, he said: "It is not expected that the Grand A 11 t\f t a 1) ar\?i 1-vIIa ?? a * - * " - - -1? i\ i ij v/1 inic IVV[IUU11U (in ill! UrgitlllZUtlon will embark In the building of homes for soldiers north or south, but in no possible way can the greatest fraternal organization in the world more becomingly crown its labors of love in behalf of Its own membership than by extending the hand of helpfulness to their fellow countrymen, against whom they were once arrayed in deadly strife. The most disastrous results of a Civil war are the animosities and bitter feelings, engendered thereby, and I am convinced that one of the most patriotic services we can render of country is to earnestly aid In removing every barrier that separates or estranges the people. "The victory of Appomattox will yield imperfect fruit if we do not win the hearts as well as the Mags of the men who wore the gray. A union of hearts as well as of hands is indispensable to an indissoluble union of indestructible States. I rest confident in the belief that no inMucnceor conditions north or south can successfully construct or maintain a sectional line that will prevent the manifestation of the most kindly feeling and cordial good will by act as well as by speech, between the surviving,, veterans of those who wore the blue and those who wore the gray." Ii<>ok Out Tor tlie Content. If you have not seen the comcnt and are at all anxious to locate It, the following minute detailed description of its position will greatly aid you: It is understood that Thursday night the comet was within live degreess northwest of Alpha, of the constellation of Swan. On October 10 It will lie near to ten degress of the star Vega, in a southeastern direction. October 12 will find it almost strait south of Vega, and on October 14 it will have gone still fourther south and a little to the west of that star. On October 18 the comet will be in the vicinity of the bright star of Beta Ophlochl, and then It will pursue Its Journey to the sun. The comet is moving so ' rapidly that the vast distances It traverses over the heavens are apt to confuse the unitiated observer unless he watches closely and looks carefully 1 for it. its path lies from the north1 east In a general southwestern direction, which may l>e iixed by the observation of certain prominent stars In the great constellation of the ^ north. fatal lOxplOHion. 1 At Gravettc, Ark., while a gang of 1 men were at work blasting in a cut c on the Kansas City Southern railroad, s some sparks by accident got into a a lot of powder, consisting of about 20 n kegs, which exploded with territic t force, Instantly killed three men and tl dangerously burning six others. it* i CONWAY, S. MILLIONS LOST By Forest Fires in the United Stat Every Yenr. RECORDS OF GREAT FIRES. The National It u roan of PorcHti Moving to Stir I'p People for Prompt Action in < >ti t brenkw. The reports of recent, forest tires i Wnxhincrton Orninm VVi'iiniimr mi n j v ? p> ?*" Colorado, In which many lives woi lost, will add to the interest In special study of the subject which hr engaged the bureau of forestry ft several years. The results of tlii study, in the form of a bulletin, ent tied. "Forest Fires,"by AlfredOaj kill, will be published soon. Hy iir pressing the public with some idea t the perils it sutlers from forest lire and ?thc enormous damage they d< the bureau hopes to induce more el fective legislation in suppressin them. Investigation has shown that, in a average year, sixty human lives ar lost in forest lires, $25,000,000 wort of real property is destroyed, 10,274 089 acres of timlnir land are burne over, and young forest growth, wort at. the lowest estimate $75,000,000, i killed. A special canvass of the com try by the Department of Agrlcultui in 1891 discovered 12,000,000 acres < tcmber land destroyed by lire. These figures are mere estimates which fall far short of showing in fu the damage done. No account at a is taken of the loss to the country du to the impoverishment of the soil b; lire, to the ruin of water courses an the drying up of springs. lOven t h amount of timber burned is very in perfectly calculated, and the actua quantity dest royed is far in excess < that accounted for. Forest tires i this country have crowned sc? con in on that only those are reported tha are of such magnitude as to Lhreatei large communities. The lumherin industry in remote sections of th country may be ruined and peopl forced to llee for their lives without mention of the disaster beyond tlv places near where it occurred. The lires that burnt tills year ii Washington and Oregon were unconi mon only in the number of lives lost The burning of logging and minin camps and farm buildings, the loss t the country in the destruction of tini her and young tree growth, is of yeai ly occurrence. Every fall, not only i Washington, Oregon, Colorado an Wyoming, butupand down the I'aciti coast and all over the Rocky Mom tain country, fires burn great holes i the forest and destroy the nation; wealth. The air of the mountain over hundreds of miles Is pungen with the smoke of conflagration, an navigation on l'uget Sound has oftei been impeded by smoke. The foliov ing comment by Dr. Henry Gannet of the United States geological sin vey, should convey a fair idea of th damage done in the State of Washing ton: "in less than a generation tw< tiftills of the standing timber has bee destroyed in one of the richest timbc regions 011 the continent, and of th destruction more than half has bee caused by tire. Assuming that th timber would, if standing, have th value of 75 cents per thousand feel not less than $50,000,000 worth ha gone up in smoke, a dead loss to th people of the State." According to the bureau's records the most disastrous forest lire in th history of this country occurred i October, 1871, simultaneous with th burning of Chicago. It extended a nmt/ioa hAMr, Hf * : 1 ttrt (iVyMM.-) IMM IIICI II IT! <11111 YV ft consin and into Minnesota. At leaf 1,000 persons were burned to dent and 15,000 were made homeless. Tl: property loss has never been calculate! The Hinckley lire of 1804, which d( stroyed Hinckley and live other Mil nesota villages, burned to death 41 persons, destroyed $750,000 worth c farm and town property, and aboi 400 square miles of forest. A lire i Southeast Michigan in 1881 burne the forest on forty-eight township; destroyed $2,000,000 worth of oth< property, burned to death 125 person and made homeless 5,000. Anoth< Michigan forest tire, which occurrc in 1890, made homeless 2,000 persor and destroyed town and farm propert worth $1,250,000. Wisconsin lost I lire in May, 1891, 100 square miles < forest and other property worth $2 000,000. In 1804, in Wisconsin, thl teen persons lost their lives and 3,0( their homes and $2,000,000 worth < town and farm property was destroyc in the Phillips lire. The enumeration of great fore: tires could be extended almost Inde initely. One feature, however, common to them all: They we small 11 res before they grew uncontrol able, and with little trouble migl have been extinguished. For exam pi the Hinckley lire smoked as a groun tire for weeks, and nobody paid it ser ous attention. Hut one day the wir rose and fanned the smouldering en hers into llamo, the llame caught I the dry underbrush, leaped into tl trees and became a lire of so terrible VUllllllU MlilU IK) fill IIIit.ll power COll stay it. Legislation, even in tlic East, hi clone little toward solving the fores fire problem. Pennsylvania, Minn sota, Massachusetts and New York a possible exceptions. The best fores tire laws arc probably those of Pen sylvania, which make an annual e penditure of$15,000in support of thcr State constables serve as lire wardens IOVVII v., THURSDAY, OC their townships and receive extra pay for their services. Minnesota, brought to a sense of responsibility by disasters, of which the Hinckley tire was 68 the most terrible, has established an efficient forest-tire system. Massachusetts has had good legislation in the matter.. The New York forest-tire laws, though generally limited in their effect to State reserves and parks, have brought good results. West oi the Rocky Mountains little is done to'y ward the suppression of forest tires, except by the forest rangers on government reserves, who are employed by the Department of the Interior. DEADLY STREET BATTLE. n Tliroc Men Killed Outright ?n<l Several OthcrH Wounded. re Three men were killed, another will die and two others were wounded in a ls shooting all'ray which occurred on the ?r streets of Eldorado, Arkansas, s Thursday afternoon. The dead are: II. L. Dealing, constable; Tom Darnell, farmer; Walter L. Darnell, farmer, The wounded are; (iuy 11. l( Tucker, city marshall, fatally; Dr. Hilton, wounds not serious; .lim l'ar( nell. not serious, The shooting, it is alleged.is the sequel to the killing on Sept. 18, at Eldorado, by Hearing of Robert Mullens. The Darnells were n ' friends of Mullens and Tliomas Ncw. i ton was a friend of Dealing. Thursl( | day afternoon Jim Darnell and Newton became involved in a dispute, it "(l is said that both factions prepared I, for trouble. Later Dealing, Tucker ls and Newton were walking along in ' front of the Dnioii (iroccry company . , on the east side of the square when they met the Darnell brothers. Jim Darnell is said to have tired at Newton and in an instant a fusilade he'll gun. Seventy-live shots were ilred and II the crack of revolvers sounded like a |(, pitched battle. The men were close y together and their aim was deadly. It (l developed into a man to man affair. Dcaring and Tom Darnell emptying . tlu ir several pistols at each other at a I dist ance so close that when they fell, unable to shoot any more,their bodies n formed a cross. The others were tiring promiscuously, and it is supposed that t a shot from Marshal Tucker's pistol killed Walter I'arnell. Dr. Hilton, ^ who tried to separate the men, was 0 also shot, hut not fatally. In come pliance with a request from the sher;i iIT of Union county, <?ov. Davis orL, dered the company of the State guard at Kldorado on duty to suppress , trouble and preserve the peace. Kxcitcmcnt runs high at lCldorado in conse(|ucnce of the tragedy. g A UrucNoiiin Story. Thirty dead bodies were found in a p. cold storage plant in the rear of an ice i) cream factory on Fighth street, in (I Louisville, Ky. The same pipes which u were used in congealing the ice cream i- for table use were connected with a u small plant in a shed in the rear tl where they kept t he bodies cool. The is heads of the several colleges interested t, in the establishment asserted that the (1 I sidles were obtained legitimately from n the penitentiaries, insane asylums and f. other institutions of the Stale of Kentucky. The building Is a small one - and is provided with numerous thcre nioujeters for maintaning the proper r. temperature. The bodies were found in boxes and most of them were In a n good state of preservation. The estab>r lishmcnt is maintained by several 1C Louisville medical colleges. The head n of these institutions say they are e given the bodies by the State with the e understanding that they are to be k held 30 days for identilication. In or. s der to assist in the identification the iC cold storage plant was established and an arrangement made with the ice i, cream plant to furnish the cooling air. e I) A Maniac Teacher. 1(1 A special dispatch from Vienna an" nounces that a fearful tragedy was enacted at Droyssig, poheniia, on Mon^ day. A village schoolmaster, 40 years of age, while talking to his class sud10 denly became insane, rushed to his * desk, drew a revolver from it and ran amuck, shooting right and left among the terrified children. Three scholars s were killed and three were dangerous* ,f ly wounded. On hearing the screams the villagers quickly arrived at the n school, and infuriated at tl)e sight 1(1 which met them, lynched the schoolR' master. jr s< Ammunition Hcl/.ctl. ir One thousand rounds of ammunition was seized and confiscated at the Dela,s ware and Ifundson freight station in Olyphant, Pa., Thursday by order of Col. Watress of the Thirteenth regirncnt. The ammunition was consigned to Hastlano, Passano, a leader r" among the Italian coal strike in upper f Lackawanna county. Passano was j placed under arrest as he was about ! to receipt for and remove the ammunition from the freight station. fit Monument to Heroes. is rc The State monument to the memol_ ry of the Confederate soldiers who fell Jt during the battle of Perryville, Ky., and who Sire hnrleH thorn u/<iu nn. fj veiled at Pcrryvllle Wednesday in the .j_ presence of a gathering estimated at nearly 10,000 people. Orations were' made by Judge M. 0. Sauglcy, Hon. I ln it. J. Itrcckinridgc and (Jen. A. J. )G West. Miss Klla Hay unveiled tlie ., shaft. '(' lOxproHH t\((cnt KOIIIKMI. iis A special from Newborn says: W. t- A. Wilson of Dover, N. 0., city clerk e- and Southern Kifpress agent, was robre bed of $450 last night between mid* t- night and daylight by burglars who n- blew open the safe in his store with x- dynamite. The robbers, who appear n. to have been professionals, left no in trace. TOBER 1(>, 19<)2. IGETS MORE SERIOUS. I i Riotous Scenes on the Streets of New Orleans. s THE MILITIA ORDERED OUT. , t A Ijnrjjo >lans Mcotiuv ol* t li?* s I(' liiilior IVople w ho Sympathize ! j Willi the Strikers Im k Hold. 11 J As a result of the continued dirtleul- ' ty experienced by the New Orleans " Railways eomv)any In attempting to resume their schedules on account of 11 the conllict between the strikers and h those who attempted to Idled the dis- [! satisfied men's positions all the militia ( in this city was ordered under arms t Wednesday night. e Another riot t(K)k place Wednesday N morning when the railway company |f tried to run out a passenger car and 0 the police trying to retrieve their re- . cord of the day before offered some (| resistance and a dozen men were more ^ or less hurt. Gov. Heard was reached ^ during the afternoon and after a tele- 'j phonic correspondence ordered Maj. |( Gen. Glenn, in command of the first military district, to report to the mayor. 'flic riot Wednesday morning oc- (> curred in the same neighborhood as (> the one of the day before. One car n was started from the Canal street (> barn, about o'clock, with 10 Chicago n strike breakers and 10 policemen aboard. Two blocks from the barn strikers pulled up the wooden crossings and 1 constructed a barricade on I lie track. (1| The car stopped and itohcrt 1>. lvoontx, one of the non-union men, got olT to remove the obstructions. j( lie succeeded, though set upon by the (| crowd. ,| The strikers then made a rush for the car and a lively fight ensued. (( There was a regular fusillade, fully n 100 shots being exchanged by the men r and police on the, car and the strikers. ^| At the tirst volley from the car the f strikers broke and ran and a tegular stampede followed. Then the police got active and arrested the non-union a men for carrying concealed weapons. ' Three non-union men were put In a patrol wagon and while en route to the station the wagon overturned and s all the occupants were more or less ' injured. Oltlccr h'ordice, who sus- ^ tallied the worst injuries of the day, ^ had several ribs broken and got a '| scalp wound. The injured are: Policeman John Kordico, ribs frac- ' tured and Scalp wound. Policeman Itlouin, leg and hip frac tilled. Policeman Hessel, lilt in the eye and on the log with a brick. < Policeman Sell less i 11 go r, lilt In neck with a brick and bruised on head shoulder and wrist. Policeman llattier, scalp wound s from a brick. Patrol Driver Brown, arm broken. Peter Jensen, strike break contrac- I1 tor, Jaw broken by a brick. Louis Christiansen, badly bruised. J1 Thomas Jones, badly bruised by . bricks. . M. L. Kenny, conductor of car, shot in foot. A. M. Clark, assistant to Jensen, hit In eye with a brick. Charles Ferguson of Chicago, elbow [ broken by 11 blow. , Hud Lynn, striker, shot in arm. I. Fred Fielding, switch hoy, shot in leg. Alex Dovbes, laliorcr, sympathizer, shot in leg. Unknown striker, shot in head, scalp wound. Besides charging all the strikers with carrying concealed weapons, Christiansen, Jones and Jensen, ( Chicago strike breakers, were charged witli inciting a riot, (^uite a number of the strikers were arrested after the . general melee on simple charges, such as being drunk and refusing to move , on. The progressive union was to ' have held a general meeting Wed- N ncsday afternoon to discuss the situa- ^ tion, but under the advice of the , mayor and with the assurance that . the governor would place the State . troops at the.disposal of the mayor, it was called off. Wednesday night a big labor mass meeting was held in Washington Artillery hall. Three thousand lalx>rers were present at the mass meeting. It was presided over hv Robert, F. Lee, the Republican candidate for ] Congress and president of the Central ' Trades Council. Speeches were made ' by Fred Alexander, president Typographical union; James Leonard, organizer of the American Federation . of Labor; Hen Commons, president of the Car Men's union, and It. J. Malo- 1 ney, attorney for tho car men. Mhot HIm llival. Isaac Turner, a young farmer, was / called from a house where lie was t visiting in Floyd county Va. Thursday night and killed hy Jos. Slump. Slump was arrested several 1 jours later while In l>cd at the home of a re- , lative, and later lodged in jail. Friends j of Turner are indignant and there WU& lit. tl rut. t hro'itc /?f lon/ililm* Io?l ??? ?? ww hi nv vmviivn v* MJ nvi iiu^' 'vai^ ousy Is said t#> he the cause of the ( shooting. A HI range Freak. S. A. Fewell, of Rock Hill, has a mare mule that h;is to be milked twice each day, about a quart being drawn at, each milking. This is a strange freak and Is altogether unaccounted for. r jgsr ;? \ lit ????? THE PROMISES REJECTED And (lie Mini of Ihr Strike is a ItOiiK \V ii y h on, A dispatch from Wllkesbarre, Pa., ays unless President Mitchell's hurled visit to New York I wars fruit, he end of the mine workers' strike eenis a long way otT and the prospect >1 suillclent coal liein^ mined to satisfy he public demand Is extremely poor. Cvery ItH'al union of the miners' oranlzatlon t hrouyhuut the hard coal lelt hold sncri.'il m??itl,nrw ..ill.... r- - ? mil' i Vedncsday ni^ht or Thursday and esolved to remain on strike until the tine owners grant them some concesion. And while the reports of these lections came pouring into Wilkes arre, President Mitchell dictated a Jtter to the president of the United tates in which he gave his answer to lie proposition that the strikers reurn to work and trust to have their ondltion improved through an lnest (gating commission. What the nsweroftho miner's chief is he reused to divulge, but it Is dittlcult to oncelve that with the replies of the >cal unions piled around him In1 could oothewise than respectfully decline he president's proposition. Mr. litchell sent his letter to Washington icfote. he had heard from all the icals and at .'I o'clock in the afternoon ccompanied by the three district residents, left, for New York. It. was a busy day for the miners' tibials about headquarters, from arly morning until late tonight the eturns came in constantly. This vetting the corps of newspaper corespondents stationed here were inited to examine the reports and not ne was found that was not couched i tirm language. briefly stated, the ^solutions in t hese reports atllrm the Linlidence of t he men in t he lnteirrlt v nd judgment of their president, raise President 1 loose vol t. for trying i end the strike, denounce the presients of tin; coal carrying roads for lieir alleged ainise of the chief exsutlve at tiie conference in Wash infill, denounce the cmploynient of the >al and iron police, thank ail oranimations and citizens throughout lie country for the tinancial assistance Iven, and denounce Uov. Stone for Hiding troops lie re. Nearly all the resolutions contained sentence to the elTect that the men rill remain out "thoughall the troops l the United States were sent here." nt II they are granted some conces* ions. Additional troops for this reIon have not yet arrived, and the cncral strike situation remains unhanged. There is no increase in the hipmcnt of eoal, very little of which ; being produced. No violence was sported today. A FATAL EXPLOSION 'niiM'?t l?y Packing Dynamite In n Hole With a Drill. A dispatch from Anderson to The laic says a premature dynamite oxlosion at the rock t|iiarry at, i'ortlan Hhoais about 11 :II0 Kriday mornng killed James Toblu, white, super[ltendent of tlie quarry, and Ham )glesby, a negro laborer; and Joe Vldtmer and John Itoblnson, negro iborers, were slightly injured. Mr. Tobln had a force of hands at vork getting out stone to be used in be masonry on the dam now nearly ompletcd; a hole had been drilled in , rock and lids was being fi 1 led with lynamite preparatory to blasting. I'he dynamite was in the shape of a art,ridge and it was the custom to isc six or eight in cacli hole. Mr. robin was direct ing the operation and vas standing directly over the hole vi tli the cartridges in his hand. Oglesby was ramming them down vitli a wooden crowbar but the woodin Instrument did not give satisfaction and lie laid it aside and began ising an iron drill to force the carridges down. It is supposed that the ron drill struck against the stone and iaused*a spark which ignited the dynimite and caused the explosion wlileh vas frightful. Mr. Tobln was blown upward and mckward and fell several feet away. I'he top of his face was blown otT and te was otherwise terribly mangled. Death was instantaneous. The negro iglesby was bruised and torn from Jie chest downward but lived about avo hours after the accident. The )ther negroes were hurt by the Hying itones and the concussion, but their njuries arc not serious. Physicians *cre summoned from the city at once tnd went to the scene as quickly as KiKfiihln Mr. Tobin's remains were brought A) the city this afternoon and em>almed and will be sent tomorrow to >is home at Norwich, Conn. He was dxnit f>0 years old and was in the employ of the Flynt Construction company, which is building the new dam it the shoals for the Anderson Water bight and l'ower company of Anderson. He leaves his wife and a daughter at ids home in Connecticut. Ifow It Workn. A unique wise came up In the rccorlers oftlce in Columbia recently. The State says a negro who had had a plsLol stolen from him was placed In a peculiar position by the mysterious working of the law. The dusky damsel who hud tilchcd the weapon was Klven :i0 days, and of course the negro thought the "gun" was his again, it was explained to him, however, that if he attempted to carry the pistol home he would unintentionally violate the law against carrying pistols under "twenty Inches in length and weighing less thau tlve pounds." He left the pistol with the police department. A SLICK RASCAL 1 A Woman Fooled rind Robbed of Over Seven Hundred Dollars. THE SAVINGS OF TEN YEARS. MimIo 11 In iMtpo llotloTfl That ItankM Were I'iihhIV, 1111?I Iii<1iic?*<1 ilrr to Trust llor Money With llim. Some months ago a slick rascal,who called hlmseir Prof. Duanc, fooled an old credulous citizen of Augusta, (ia., out of several hundred dollars, and then silently departed between two suns. No one knew where the rascal went, hut recently he turned up In San Francisco, where under another name he worked identically the same game that he worked In Augusta as the following story shows: ^ As the result of her trusting licllcf in the Integrity of a vagrant palmist who assumed the fairy-tale name of Professor Kurnovnh, Miss ilulda .laeobson, a domestic of San Francisco is mourning the loss of $750, the savings of ten years. The story of how Miss .lacolxson became acquainted with the "prophet," who read in her face the extent of her bank account, and who, without the aid of any magical passes, converted her shining gold Into a roll of greenbacks, is another attestation of the frailty of human nature. Prof. Karnovah, as he was known to ids landlady and patrons, occupied a suite of rooms at No. SHI Sutter street. In these quarters he did an enormous business in magic spells, palmistry and kindred delusions. Hts specialty consisted of everything that was calculated to please. He could read the past and prognosticate the future with astounding accuracy. 1 one desired a [sisitlon of power and needed Influence the only requisite was the payment of a small fee, and every wish would tie instantly granted. At this rate business Increased to immense proportions. From 9 o'clock in ino morning until long after sun down a steady stream of callers passed through his study. Among those who visited him was Miss .lacobson, who Invoked the pow? ers of Karnovah In search of her missing brother. After writing her name on a slip of paper and passing it to the man of mystery, she was astonished to see how quickly her queries were answered. Thinking that Kar- ? ?? novah was more than human. Miss k .lacobson Instantly conilded in hlin and m believed whatever he said. "I wasso anxious to hear some tidings of my long-lost brother," says Miss Jaeobson, "that 1 would have done anything to learn of his whereabouts. The man must have hpynotlzcd me. lie appeared so kind and good that I can scarcely ljclleve he meant bo steal my money. "lie took my hand and Instantly exclaimed, 41 see great things In your palm. You have money In the bank. 'Yes, 'I replied, '1 have $750. 'Ah, said the sharper, '1 am sure that you will soon lose it.' lie then told me aijout the insecurity of banking Institutions, saying tbat I should no longer trust them. 1 did not fully inulorulniul lilm l.nf > > K.... i. - ?' * u..v.V*?V??IIM niiii) uut n nun iii" nniu that ho was in the habit of keeping money for a number of persons, display I n^ at the same time a large roll of greenbacks, I thought I would let him take care of my money. He insisted upon my getting It at once fojr him, but I delayed until last Monday, when I withdrew the entire sum and gave it to him to keep for me. lie placed it carefully in a small sack and put it in the safe. He told me to return at the end of two weeks and receive my money. I then returned home and that evening when 1 went to bed 1 <xnild not sleep. I thought how foolish I was to let a strange man have my money without the slightest security. The more I thought of it the more nervous I became. "After sosslng in my bed all nigt)t, at an early hour Tuesday morning I hastened to No. (184 Sutter street and rang the door bell. Getting no response I aroused the landlady, Mrs. Andrews, and asked If the professor was at home. Finding the doors all locked we made an investigation and found that lie had moved out during the night. 1 didn't know what to do. I had often read of women giving money away for foolish things, but never thought that I would do anything so crazy. That man certainly had a strange iniluencc over me." rm? v *? ? i in; poucc ;ire endeavoring to prevent the seer's Might from the city, If ? he has not already gone. Inspecting Trouble. It has been ascertained that the New York police department In pursuance to a request made to Commissioner l'artrlde by Mayor IiOw, has been making an Investigation as to the coal situation In New York and that they have also been making preparations for any disorder that might be caused by a continuance of the coal shortage after cold weather sets in. A Horse Killed Itself. A horse liclonglng to George Gathers, colored, of Wedgefleld.was frightened by the Atlantlo Coast Line train i 1 * * oaturuay evening, ana In pulling twtck the hitch rein broke and the horse* head struck the ground hard enough to rupture a blood vessel which caused the animal's death. Wm. It. Hearst, proprietor of the New York Journal and Chicago American, has been nominated by the Democrats of the Kieventh New York district for congress.