Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A MAD DASH ffor Liberty Made by the Convicts in Missouri Prison, TWO GUARDS KILLED.) ?he Prisioners Used Pistols and Nitroglycerine to Effect Their Escape. After an Exciting Running Battie in the Capitol City the Desparodojc Are Recaptured, At JilTirsoa City, Mo., in a draper :ate attempt to escape from the State prison Friday live convicts fought for freedem with weapons and nitroglycerine at the prist n gale, killing two prison cllisers and wounding Deputy Warden .See and fcur men made a dash through the streets of J - iterson City under tioe, ouly to be captur ed after two of the escaped men had been wounded. Five prisoners, tak ing advantage of the absence of War den Hall and six guards, who left with ft'd( rai nrlsnn?r? fr.r iL >avfii-vortli. K ins., attempted to escape, but only four left the prison aiuer wrecking the gate. Convicts Harry Vaughn, Charles .'Raymond, Hiram Blake, George Ryan and Ell Z lgler, who were working close inalue the priion gate, having se cured pistols and a bottle of nitroglycerine, entered Deputy Warden 11. E. See's ottlce and shot him in the arm and the hip as he sat in a chair, lie sank back helpers and the convicts rushed to the gate where they met Giteman John Clay. Before Clav could raise his weapon he was shot dead. E Allison, commissary ofllcer, ran to Clay's assistance and was shot 'dead. '1 lie convicts placed nltmgly3erir,e und? r the gate, dragging Clay's body with them. T.ioy slammed tne gate close and fasieued it. Z dgler was left lnshle. Tne convicts placed nl troglyc&ine under the outside gate and blew an opening through the steel doors. Tne f' ur men crawled through this rupture and dashed Lhiough a number of trusty convicts who were woiking in the street. Almost beh re the f<ur escaped convicts had covered a block prison otlieers were In pursuit shooting as they ran. The chase kept on for a dozen blocks, the eruvicts outrunning their pursuers. Near the Missouri Tactile railway depot the convicts came up with a wagon driven by Orville Lane. .Jump ng into this wagon the desperadoes sdz d Lane ard used him as a shield frrm the bullets of their pur surra. () ie couvict lashed the horse into a run and escape seemed ure, when suddi nly a ?quad of ci y pollceimen and armed citizms appeared and stopped the horse. Sheildmg them selves as well as possible behind the sides of the vehicle, the four convicts fought the policemen. Volley after volley was 11 red in the street by both sides to the couilict. The policeman sheltering themselves behind trees, splintired the wagon, dually putting a bullet through 'Vaughn and Hlake. Uiake died of his wounds. Then the convicts surrended. Lane and his horse and Convicts Ryan and Uaymonc were unini j m ^ i jureu. x iiu uuuvJotH wert3 luiuur ulately taken bsck to the penitentiary. /i HiKtiltloant MtatHinmif, In his speech at Akron, O:iio, See retary Taft told the people that ' William J Hryan would become the buc ces.sful leader of the democratic party and a menace to the prosperity of the country unless something shcu'd be pcoximplishec by President It ios? veit." Tlvls is not only a significant statement but it is a compliment to the Nebraska democrat, and, reading between the lines of the utterance, the fact stands out that the "something" President Roosevelt must do to prevent democratic success in the nation is to carry out the reforms for which Hryan stands and which have giveu birth to the term Bryanism. All of this g en to show that Taft has a level head. He knows that the people are getting their eyes open and that unless the Republican party mends Ps ways it will he permanently retired. Girl CauHP.fl Trmr^dy. At Nyaoh, N. Y. the body of WillInn Jones who Wednesday ni ht shut killed Hurry Hritiou and wou"ded Frank BrtttoD, waR found Thursday morning near the scene of the murder, jolch had shot himself through the heart The murder and suicide followed an attempt cf Jones to see Jessie Rritton with whom he was infatuatrd. Her brothers refus ed him admittance to the hou?<e, whereupon lie dee v a revolver and began tiring. Harry Kritton was killed instantly and his brother Frank waSHoverly wi unded. Jones was a decorator of about thirty-five yearn and ciaioced to b j a Cuban. Wrecked By A Wreck. One man killed, five injured, twenty five freight cars, two postal ears, one baggage car and a Pullman car j totally wrecked is the result of a rear end collision of two westbound I freights and a subsfqnent collision of ^pahsenger train Into the wreck on Pennslyvanla railroad Friday morning at Thombsontown, Pa. D. E. ITunesbee, a brakem&n, of Harrlsburg, was killed. A BIG CATFI8H. Yields $1,<)00 W( rth of Aatb ~t<? to a School Hoy. Gittieb O'Brien, of Menfconne, Mich, made a hit; strike this week be cause of his knowledge of natural ulstory, which he learned in the grad ed school in his village. In the process of excavating a county ditch a large slcugh, not far from Mystic River, was drained out aim >st entirely, s<> much so that a number of very large cattish, which had lived for manv years in the centre of the lake, were almost uncovered in the shallow water, and an easy prey to any one that wanted them. But when a few of them were taken out they were seen to be thin, scrawny and unhealthy looking, so that no one cared to take them away. Now, there are no other flsh in fresh water that look so much like whales as cattish do, and it struck young O'Brien that ruleN and regulations applying to sick whales might also apply to sick cattish, and he asked the owner of the laui If he could have the tish. The owner was glad to get rid cf them, and to'd O'Brien he could have them and welcome if he wou.d take them away before they died and spoil- 1 ed. The boy waded out into the mud ; and mire and cap'ured the fl-h, which wsre of great slz), in any of toem as much as tiO pounds in weight, and. carrying them oil to a soclubd spot, he cut them up and found, as he had hoped, that nearly ev<ny one of them was tiitted out, as sick whales often arc, with a goodly amount of that valuable article, ambergris whic.o 1* sometimes found floating on the sur face of the ocean. The boy found in the tish 40 pou ids of ambsrgrls, and so d It to a chemist for $40 a pound, or a total of $1,600, which was more than the tract of land where the swamp 1 ly was worth altogether. The man who gave O'Brien the tirh was inclined to make trouble about the matter, but his lawyers told him he had no case whatever and he dropped It. Will Take Courage. In a brief autoprophical sketch, Anus Luck, who represented a New Hampshire district in congress some tifty years ago, describes the growth of the cause with which he identified himself and the success of those who espoused that oauHe. The Commoner says in the course of his comments he | gives expression to a sentiment which deserves to be emphasized at this time. He said that these men had "some title to be considered far sighted," he adds, "they simply had faith in the wisdom of doing right." This has been expressed before, but It is douotrui whether it has ever been ex pressed as consisely, as simply and as forcibly. The dictionaries ought to ('etine political foresight as "faith In the wisdom of doing right " What a contrast between this candid recognition of the triumph of the truth and the miserable, shoat sighted doctrine of exedicncy! There Is no | bas s upon which one can calculate exped'eticy, there Is a standard of morality and conscience by which one can measure eveey public question. One seeks for expediency as the hunter searches for game, uncertain where he will Had It and fearful that even when discovered It may yet escape him, but as the farmer follows the plow confident that sun and soil will reward his Industry and that in spite of local food or drouth the earth will yeild its lnorease, so he who attaches himself to a truth knows that he works in harmony with Immutable ano Jrreslstable laws. Let the democracy take courage form the recent elections; let the democracy of all the states and the democracy of the nation, like the democracy of Ohio and the democracy of Pennsylvania, appeal to the honest aud the conscientious, even if in doing so they risk the alienation of the selfish ai d the sordid. Lot them nut. fr.Hair trnof-. nrvf In - - puv uuwi I u& uiJU iiuu 111 KJ\JJL 1 upl/l' 'U UI deception, but in that sense of j istice which is at once the source and the guarantee of good government. Terrible Ntory of the He*. Third Mate E. C. Ihlce, of the British steamer K >ranna, just arrived at New York from Cileutta, tells of the terrible plight of the crew of the German nark Werra, which the steamer eime upon a hundred miles north east of Cape Verde Islands. Seven of tne bark's crew out of twenty-two, iie said, wore laid out oh below decks about ready to pass over while the rest were so weak they could hardly keep awake The crew w?,To sulforing from souivy and starvation. The K < xanna supplied Warra with lime Juice and provisions. The sickness was caused by her cargo of redwood fumes which destroyed all food cn hoard with the exception of i alt pork and 3alt beef, and upon these the crew had b en subsisting several days. Tue ship bee .me calmed. Q^oi'KoKiWji'h (Jonioiiitl. The people of Georgetown are mak ing elat) /rat? preparat ions for toe en tertainmeut of many thousands of visitors at the CeutiiiQial o-l ibratjo wolco will lake place ou December 19th. The railroads have granted a iow rate and many from ail parts of the S^ate will no doubt avail themselves of the opportunity to see the "awakening." Many pleasing and attractive features nave been provided for r.h? day. Tne marine parade will bet-spec lally attractive. Tne Tnird Regiment will attend in a body and many diver slons are promised. In as jdi c i as this Is the eyent of Georgetown's lifetime, it is likely that the event will oe made notable. s VALUK OF tfIRD!*. Fow North Carolina Protects Her Feathered Tribes. DIto Publicity to Moymont in Tfii Stato Will Cauho the People to Think. In view of the fact that an Audubon society is being formed iu South Carolina, It will be interesting to many to know just how the work of this organization is operated elsewhere and what may be accomplished by the Audubon society in this State. Mr. T. G. Pearson, secretary of the National Au dubon society, who is in the city, wps seen Wednesday morning at the ( dice o'i' the State superintendent of education, where he lias made his temporary headquarters, and the following statement of the work of the Audubon society in North Carolina was secured lrom him: "During the year 1902, this society was organized in that State and a general call was made for all persons interested in the protection of birds sod game to become members of the society and contribute Htianclally to its support. When the legislature met in January following, the organization which had then grown to several hundred members, was incorporated with the powers of a State genu commission. The society was given authorl ty to select game wardens who work under the direotlon cf the Aur ubon society in the enforcement of the bird and game laws. "A law was also passed requiring non resident hunters coming Into the State to secure a hunter's license at a cost of $10. Tne money receirad from this source, together with tne fees and contributions of the members of the s ciety and friends of the birds, constituted tne Income of the society. No State appropriation was asked of the legislature, but tne income from tin si two sources lias amounted to about i 10 000 annually. With this fund, the org in zatiou has b en able to employ 46 game wardens in the tield, some of whom are paid bv salary, others per oiem. "Large quantities of educational Ir n ft lion rlmr <.n thn noln.. ?' " ?' Vf V wv Mviti lUg vm l> IIV/ twiuc U1 v CM I * ous birds to tue agricultural interests of the State have been distributed among the school children and others. Digests of the game laws have been printed on cloth notices and tacked up in conspicuous places throughout the State. As an example of the ex tent to which this educational work has been carried forward, It may be btated that during the past year more man ii,?00,000 pages of printed information were distributed in the State. This does not include a large number of circulating libraries of bird and nature study books, whioh are used and enjoyed by hundreds of teachers and children. "Though the activities of the game wardens, many persons guilty cf violating the game laws nave hi en successfully prosecuted in the oouits, Since the last annual report, which was issued in March, f>4 convictions iiave been secured. The whole idea of the work is well rec lived among the people generally, and al though the game Is not as effectually protected as could be done if a larger fund was at the disposal of the society at the same time, it must be home In mind that what has been and is being accomplished does not cost the taxpayers one cent, with the exception of those people who voluntarily subscribe to the support of the organization. "There is no doubt that the work of the Audubon society is responsible for saving the lives of countless tbous adds of birds In all sections of tne State, and all reports go to show that not only birds but deer and other game are on the increase, owing to the vigilance of this organization. "About a year ago the members of the society contributed $1,400 for the building of a launch, which is used by the game warden located neai CaDe Hatteras. whose srental hnatnoBt It IB to guard the breeding places ol the sea birds during the summei months. These valuable and beautiful creatures had been nearly exier mlnated in North Carolina waters, owing to their wholesale and systema tic slaughter by men who killed th< birds to get their feathers for the New York millinery houses. "The lirst year of that protcctioc there were deposited in the breeding colonies about 1.700 eggs. So greatly did the birds increase from the protection r If jrded tnem that summer, that the second year about 2,800 egg* were la d, while the uast summer, which is the third year, between 6, 000 and 7,000 eggs are known to have been laid and hatched "Too Audubon societies now pro tect the sea buds in their breeding phices along the coast of every Atlautic State except S juth Carolina and Georgia, ai d it is very lrnportai?tthat an tl >rt be mate to .-ecure wardens at once for this important region. "By means of public speaking, by the distribution of literature and the u:>c or circulating libraries, by c instatic recou s; to the press end by tbe vigilance of lis game wardens, the Au .ubon society of North Carolina is doing a tremendous work for the preservation of birds and game." Hurts II is lilfo. Drinking carbolic acid in his ofll ;c, James Snyder, Pennsylvania Han way agent at Colliers. W. Va., Wednesday ingot committed suicide at his supper Snyder recently complained of having trouoles of some sort, but told no one what they were. Ilia accounts are straight. Snyder was thirty years of age, unmarried, and a very popular railroad employe. . . ' (' T ^ i'^wuLl'VR OA r \ C ; Hallroa<l *1z?n or North s/ For alleged'J}u*?n,*c x> post certain rates and schedules at North, a station cn the Seaboard Airline Railway, suit was brought by a ottizm of that place for 132 900 some time ago aud a decision was rendered by the supreme court last week, throwing the suit out of the courts. The case was decide,! by Judge Towsend in the lower courts on a demurrer entered by tlie Seaboard, which stated that the complaint was defective and that parts of it were unconstitutional. This dis poses of this suit, b it it is said that another case will be brought shortly, Tne complaint was one of the most interesting brought in a long time and was as follows: That section 3092 and 2093 of the oivll cede of South Carolina provides that the railroad commissioners of said state shall tix a schedule of reasonable freight and passenger rates for each railroad corporation doing business in this state. , That the defendant is a railroad corporation doing business in said state, and that North is a station on said railroad corporation between Columbia, S. C., and Denmark, S. C., but the said station of North is who! ly within the state of South Carolina. That the railroad commissioners of said state more than one year prior to the commencement of this action 11 x ed a schedule of freight aud passenger lates for the defendent corpora tlon. rpi.n, nnno ? * ? ?' n 5 x iiau acuuiun 6Uif.) Ul lilltJ 131 V1 i (.'O K! or South Carolina provides that any railroad corporation falling to post at any of its stations a c >py of the schedules aforesaid shall incur and buffers penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every day during which time such corporation shall fall to post sush schedule and that such penalty may be sued for by any citizen of the said state, and the reoovery shall be equally divided between the citizen so sulug and the state of South Carolina. Tnat the defendent failed to post such schedules at the said station of North, S C.from January 1, JUO.'i, to I) camber 9, 1903, a period of three hundred and twenty-nine days, and and that thereby the defendant has incurred and is liable for a penalty aggregating thirty-two thousand nln<* nurd red dollars. That tiie plaintiff Is a citizen of the said state, and suts for the said penalty of thirty-two thousand nine hundred dollars according to the provisions of section 2093 of the code. No Sccroih Krom the People* Mayor Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, announces that one of t ie pullets which lie will pursue in the city which hno inut on/?n?,r4? '1 him o iiu j j uiiv i?vcv/iuc i tiiii-i rt lidllunv/ULll/ endorsement by a re eiecUon will be to "keep uopen all doors and books in r,bo city hall." No score 8 from the people. Mayor Johnson has been classed as a dema^o^ue, but the people of Cleveland appear to like his kind of deooatfotflsm. Ilia elfort to make the acts of all public servants an open book that all the tax pavers may know the exact status of their own interests will not detract any from his popularity. The people have been Ketttntf a ?.asto of publicity and they are now demanding it to the fullest extent. Desltfuintf politicians may not like the idea of publicity,but the people have learned that it is the proper way to curb the grafter. ancj that it is better to prevent the mis use of funds than to punish thos who are fecieuit, after the funds have been dissipated. Removal of the temptation for graft and punishment to the fullest extent of those who are false to their trust ought to bring about a better condlti m of alfairs in ! all municipalities. 1 TAikniK to tlui It ijfM. A Missouri cotemp >rary rises to remark: "Once I was young but now 1 | am old, and X have never seen a girl . that was unfaithful to her mother that ever came to be worth a one , eyed button to her husband. It is , the law of God, It isn't exactly in the bible, but it is written large and awful in tbe miserable lives of many unfit, homes. I'm unealHru/ for . t.ho 1 bays this time. If one of you chaps comes acr. as a girl that, with a face f full of roses, says to you as she comes to the door, 'I cant go for thirty k minutes, for the dishes are not wasnr eci yet,' you wait for that girl. You ; sit right down and wait for her, because some other fellow may come al jiig and carry her cff, and right there you lose your angel. Wait for that* girl and stick to her like a burr 1 to a woolly rtog. Air? Htcd in Ooiiiiiioia, The 0 ilumbia State says: "A negro, James Chapman, was arrested here Wednesday night charged with hav ing stolen several articles of clothing from the negro with whom no l.Oirded , whiie in Oiangebwrg attending the i recent frstival. He was tak n to Orangeburg by Doputy Sheriff Frank Dukes Thursday afternoon on a war rant is sued by magistrate (J. P. lJrun json, charged with petit larceny. The ! arrest was made by Detective iiro.nn in a resort on Senate street. Chapman at tirst stonily denied any know ledge of why he was arrested, but tin all/ said that he was probably held on suspicion." Chap nan was tried and convicted before Magistrate lirunsou in two cases. lie wai given tuirty days on the chain gang in each case. OinithiroiiN l'.artti<|iiA.k.o. Thirteen monks were killed during an earthquake at Mount Atnos by the fall of r^ok, which crushed them. Several otue/s who were in a boat were drowned by & big wavu which crushed the boat. I B?icg Recalled by His Arrest at Swainsboro, Georgia Tho >Un Wlia AHHANHlnatcd Troaiur. or CO|ich, of OraiiKobnrK County. Will Horvu Out 11Ih Tortn. The story of the career of Dan Murphy, the escaped oonvlet who Is said to have been captured at Swalusboro, Ga , has recalled Home singular incidents In connection with tue ooiur ence. It was published In The State on Tuesday of last week that tho amount taken from the body of Treasurer Copes was $10,000. The State of Wednesday Hays "tbo accuracy of this statement has been questioned by two former citizens of Orangeburg, one of whom says that the murdered treasurer had ou his person but $1,000 and another former citizen of that place states that the amount was not; more than $425. '"In one particular thev both atrrae. The money was not fouud by the murderer. Treasurer Copes had the bulk of the money in his pocket where It was not discovered. The money which the assassin secured was not more than iMJ, principally in pennies. The cowaruly murderer pertiaps did not stop to open the hand bag, whose weight no doubt deceived him Into thinking that it contained currency of value when as a matter of fact it was tilled with one cent pieces. And upon that depended the conviction of Murphy. ''Ta? crime startled the State and for some time there was no clue, it Is said by one of these Orangeburg gentlemen that tho case was ferreted out by Mr. Ceo. li. Kittrell, a man of inquiring and investigating turn of mind, wno got his tirst clue from an examination of the subscription books of a county paper. He dlscjvered that just 30 days before tho murder a man from some point in Florida had subscribed for tills paper for a short period. On investigation it was found ttiat the paper was going to the tictitious address given, but had been taken out of ttie postollloo by Dan Murphy. If there was any motive at all in this move it was that the man planning the robbery might know the uates on which the county treasurer would make his rounds from town to town in tne discharge of ins duty as taxgatherer, as was permitted under the law of that time. "In this way Murphy's name was for the tirst tine connected wrlh the all ilr, even by suspicion. Murimvwas then followed aurl it was found that ai a remote place in Colleton cjunty he had exchanged a large number of pennies for silver. This was another link hi the chain. "Finanly It was discovered that Murphy had a shot ^uu which showed certain characteristics noticed in connection with the shells lired in the gun whien killed Mr. Copes. The plunger struck the shell in a peculiar plunger struck the shell In a peculiar manner wnlch ccrrespouded exactly with Murphy's gun. 'These facts taken in connection with Murphy's stolidity when arrested and his refusal to say anything In answer to enarges or to excuse himself in any way wouud the rope around his neck. The evidence was circumstantial In the m In, but had ho been innoceut he might have proved an alibi, when his neck was In danger. However, he would say nothing and would tell nothing of his movements or 10 days preceeulng the killing. "As recounted yesterday, he was convicted and se? tenced to be hanged and the very afternoon before the ex ecutlon he was given a commutation of sentence on an alibi framed up in Augusta, it is said, by relatives of Murpny. This alibi was discredited oy the people of Orangeburg to the extent that they cried out in criticism of the governor who at that time granted tne c mimutatlon and of tne attorneys employed by Murphy's relatives. "it is said by parties who knew Murphy at school that he was not a man of nerve, but was a skulking cowaro, and that he was a black sheep all of his life, his main occupation after being grown having been the peddling of liquor at negro camp ~ -- - ?? luccbiugs. Tae county paper Murphy subscribed for while in Fijrlda was The Times and Democrat. He did not subscribe la a ticlllious name but in his own name, Tue amount of mjney Mr. Copes had wlthiiim when aisasonated was 1000 00. All of this money, except about thirty dollars in ctiange Mr. Copes had in his pocaet. The small change was in a saicael in the back of his buggy. When the assaa sin nad done his dastardly act of assafiliating Mr. Cjpes, tie hurriedly graboed trie satchel which he evident iy thought contained all the monev Mr. Copvjs had collected that day, and In this way lie failed to get what he had assassinated Mr. Copes to get. Tae amount one assassin got was dl) dollars, much of which was in cop pers, wliicn Mr. C ipes generally earn ed with him to make change. Mr. Geo. B. Klttreli worked hard to find out LUC assassin, and, as The State aays, was one iirst maa to su.poct the man wcu was convicted of tne crime Dan. (J. Murphy. Orangeburg rimes and Democrat. T.iwii buriiuu. A dispatch from liurk, McDowell county, Vi,, is to the ctl^ct tnat the enure town was uestroyed by hrc early Wednesday morning. Hurk is a mining town of 2 000 people about. 150 miles from there. More than 100 buildings were destioyed. ? ' BOLD IHILVlS. Burglars Cast off Safe With Seventy Thousand Dollars WORT[l OF OEMS. The Home of a Millionaire Resident of Patterson, New Jersey, Robbed While lie Wai Attending Revival Serviae. Safe.Thrown From Window. A 870,000 Jewel robbery, engineered wilh remarkable delicacy and daring, occured In'4 Patterson, N. J., Thursday Inlght, when the.home of Frederick W. Cooke, millionaire member of the Passaic Steel Company, and one of the b3st known men In Northern New Jersey, was entered and a heavy safe, containing practically every bit of jewelry In the family possession, was hurled from a second story window to the soft dirt In a yard and carted away. Absolutely no trace of the direction the housebreakers took could be found by the police. The. skill of the robbers was amazing. They vised no tackle to lower the safe, the contents of which wore diamond v and other 1/nmH ftiirroiwni > " ?1 * * ?^vuktvuv/ Aiiu vdiuftoic papers. I The only attempt to hldo their preaj ence was made when they ohose the j rear of the house by which to escape with tholr loot. Mr. (Jooke went to the Chapman | revival meeting about 8 o'clock, and I remaluod there until the end of the services. Ho returned promptly to j his home at No. 384 liroadway. No evidences of the roherry were i found by the millionaire when he opened tho door which was securely | locked, but when ho reached tho secI ond lloor he found a window open. This was unusual, and he luvestlgai led. Thinking of the safe, which contained jewels left by Mr. Cooke'a j mother to his wife, he entered tho room where the steel device, about two feet square, had been stored. It was gono. Looking out the window the victim j saw a hole In the turf of the yard. He descended and found a dent such as the corner of the safe would have made had It been dropped. It made no noise when In struck the ground, and the burglars presumably tigureu on this ruse for avoiding attention. The police were Immediately notified, but not even the suggestion of a clow to the robbers could be fouud. Nobody had seen a vehicle standing opposite or near t)ie Cooke homo, and j It is certain that the looters did not j carry olT their booty by hand. When Mr. Cooke's mjtner died she j left all her jewels, worth many thousands of dollars, to her son's wife. There were family heirlooms worth just as much In the safe, and jewelry belonging to the millionaire's wife and to himself, besides valuable papers which Mr. CinW? c?nm.t ? ? ? ? w wmuuuu a u M U WU lose. Wlioro U the Fool Killer?" A dispatch from Louisville, K.y., says a unique social fuuctlon was that given on Friday by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur K. Lord in honor o' their dog, Hoots, the occasion being the elghteenth anniversary of his birth. Surrounding the board were a number of well known local people. The guest * of honor, Hoots, was seated at the right hand of the hostess, and, all things considered, he bohaved remarkably well. Ills meuu consisted of tldJ bits of beef, rice and bread, and he went through the bill in a manner said to have been edifying to the , guests. Hoots had his dinuer served , in silver platters, and he would not t accept anything less. His one article of adjornment was a blue bow about r his neck Blown to 1'teoon. Four men were blown to pieces ' Wednesday afternoon by an explosion at the lab ratory of the International 1 .Smokeless Powder and Chemical com' pany at Parlln, N. J. The cause of the explosion win never be known, as 1 only toe four men were in the build1 ing at the time. The building was a 1 one story frame structure and hecau-ie 1 of tiie liability to explosions was separated from all the others in the plant ' t;xceut one h* a sd-um of ?.?v , _r w? w f wki?i nuir dred feet. The next builciiu# was a storehouse in which supplies used In 1 tue other were stored. This caught 1 tire and was burned. aoomuiik. A special from Cranberry, N. G., says two accidents occured there Friday at the plant of the C a iheiry Furnace Company, as the les.ilt of winch ooo man, Thomas Fowier, of Johnson City, Term., will die, and three otlv.r men are s ;rlousiy injured. Fowlers' injury was hue to nis clotniDtf, beintf OiU^nt by a be.t, wuicn t.(? v.. * - nuuuu Lit a uuuy aUollt A tOVOiViug shaft. . Tne three men injured, whoso nam ? are not giveu, wore at work on a he tl <ld. tairty foot high, whoa it ^ave way. Both accidents tosurrdd within a bhort time. Nfjfro IjynolUMt. Dave Sim*, tl e ngro who shot and kil.ed It. F. .l inos, Sunday idgui, was lyncned by an arm d mob &u tha soeue of his crime, near Biugh statu n, Ala., early Friday. Sims was cap* cured last night and brought to this i place. Tne negro is said to have made a full confession. %