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GIVEN A CHANGE. County Dispensary Bill Gives Way to Prohibition Bill. ROW IT CAME ABOUT. Stale Dispensary Advocates Prefer Prohibition to County Dispensaries and Vote Wi^h Some True Blue Prohibitionists to Put Whole State on Water Wagon. Tbe friends of tha State Dlspanaary In tbe House of R presanUtlves put some or the rronr ltionists in * role last week. At tl s opening of the session Mr. Nash, cf Spartanburg, Idtrccluoed a prohibition bill pure and simple, but when It came up in the form of *n amonuiuout to the County Dispensary bill he voted squarely against his own bill, because the dispensary people went o^or In a bor'y and supported it. Other Prohibition ists also voted against prohibition when they that there was some chance of fa being passed by the House. It seems that the State dispensary folks preferred straight prohibition to the oouoty dispensary bill whioh had been introduoed In the House a week or more ago, ana when the time cirne voted for the prohibition bill. The position of the dispensary people was revealed when at the morning session of the House on Tuesday of last week the Cothran-Carey County v.111 j j-sittpouMftry ?nii c&iur. uy iur wifimaratlou, Mr. Richards moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill, whloh was voted down easily. Tnen Mr. D. L. Smith offered his prohibition bill as an amendment to the title of the Cothrau-Carey County Dispensary bill. came suddenly and the members hvd lit to. a time to debate it and on an aye and nay vote decided not to table the amendment. The vote was as follows: The folio wing members voted to kill Mr. Smith's prohibition amendment to the Carey-Cothran County Dispensary bill: Speaker Wbaley and Messrs^ Beattie, A. G. Brloe, Bryan, Carey, Carrigan, Clarv, Clinkscales, Cosgrove, Oothr&n, Courtney, Croft, Cox, J. H. Dodd, Dowling, Fraser, Frost, Gauge, Hall, Harbv, Harman, Harrison, Johnstone, Kellahan, Kershaw, Lawson, Leg are, McArthur, MoMas toer, Mann, Marshall, Miller, Ntsh, Nlohola, Kioholson, Patterson, Reaves, Richardson, Ruoker, Saye, Scarborough, Sellers, Shlpp, K. P. Smith, Thomas, Todd, Vanderhorst, Von Kolnitz, Wallace, White, Youmans. Total 51. The following members voted for Mr. Smith's prohibition amendment to the G&rey-Ccthrin County Dispensary bill: Messrs. Arnold, Aull, Ajor, Bailey, Baiientme, Banks, Bethune, Bovd. T. S. Biiott. Rranfclow. finnnnn. Carson, Carwlle, Darham, DeVore, Diet, Dingle, D'xon, Doar, J. B. Dodd, Douglass, Mpps, Eptlng, Garrls, Gary, J. P. GlbBon, Glasicock, Goodwin, Gyles, Harris, Hlnton, Hughes, Hyciriok, Jones, Klrven, Lane, Lester, Leltner, Little, MoOoll, McKeown, Miley, Morrell, Nlver, Parker, Richards, Robinson, Sawyer, Scruggs, Sharp*, Slaughter, D. L. Smith, J. E. Smith, Splvey, Stillwell, Stubbs, Taturxi, Tompkins, Wlggind, Wimberly, Wtngard, Woods, Wyche, Yeldoll. Total 64. Those not voting were Culler, W. J. Gibson, Hemphill, Greer. Nssbitt, Norton, Verner, Wade, Walker. 9 In all. ^ Mr. Smith's amendment was read attar the vote was announced. It pronoses to abolish the State dispensary, turning the stock over to a commission to be sold at bnoe, pay all the debts and turn over the remainder to toe State school fund. The reading was listened to with cloiest attention. The vote was like the busting of a bombshell in the ranks of the oounty dispensary advocates. It showed very plainly that the State dispensary advooates would force prohibition on the State ratber have county dispensaries. After the bill was read Mr. Smith explained his amendment. He o?Tered It-. h? khz-innhk Ik kViA fc *. aw uvuau?i| uv |UUU(U| ? IUD uoaW BU' lutlon. w\e had personally solved the problem ti?t> aud one*half years ago. He thought the people wanted prohibition. He wanted to go on record as doing South Carolina one service before he died. He urged the support of the members of the house for the measure and promised that they would never regret this aot for their Stato. When the nouse adjourned on Tuesday night the several dispensary bills were pending, and the House had refused to lay on the table an amendmont to tho oounty dispensary bill declaring for prohibition. After a debate of nearly three hours and one of the most exciting contests In reoent years, the House Wednesday Thoso who walk by faith are never alone. ?% It takes Aureal sleety day to make s man realize his sdvandng years. tabled the amendment (or prohibition Introduced bv Mr. D. L Smith, passed to a third r: adlng the C?cy>Gothran bill and killrd tbe Richards bill, thus completely routing tbe diipecsary forces and making tbe supporters of that institution lose heart completely There were times In tbe fight when tbe vote wsh alcae. Tbe vote was first taken on tbe moMen to adopt the Smith amendcaaut As soon as its defeat was announced the clincher was put on by motion of Mr. Uuoker. i Tbe (i lestion then reverted to th* ( original Dili. Mr. Ayer ban an amendment for high licence through county boards. It was voted down. < Mr. Richards moved to indefinitely i postpone the passage of the bill to ] third reading. Mr. Girrls moved to ' adjourn, which motion has precodenot < over all others, but it was withdrawn \ on rtquest of Mr. Gary, who asked j that tho matter be r-eUlod at once. \ The House refused to indefinitely > postpone the bill auu then settle ( ores for all the dispensary situation In that bracch of tbe general es??m- 1 bly. Mr. Uuokor moved to labia rive j Richards bill which Lial the support \ of the dispensary side. Again au aye and nay vote v/m taken \ld T,i?ahaib* i bouse voiod do* a the di:,p?rsary i Ti e necessary clincher aotauoea. i The votes of the members on the d'f- < ferent questions are reoordod in an other ooiumn. COTTON DIttJKASfeS. A Matter That Fat more Aro Vitally IntoroHtob In. Print'ln*! lnnanH<.?Hn^? "nr." A. tnvviuoi IU lEJUiKKVlUliO U^Uli UUU dEear.es c f the ootton plant In South Carolina have L*en started at the South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, and tbeoe investigations can be materially aided by the oo operation of the cotton growers In the State. During the coming season specimens of diseased ootton plants are earnestly solicited from growers who will send with the epeclmens the following Information: 1. When planted? 2. When were diseased plants jfirst observed? 3. Do you find lice or red spiders on the under side of the leaves of the plants which appear diseased, and when were they first observed? 4. What kind of fertilizer was used (formula); when applied; and how much per aore. 6. Do you find the boll-worm doing much damage? When did it first appear.' G. What crops were grown onj,the land the three proceeding years? 8. Is the soil red clay, yellow day, pipe day, or a sandy day; loam, sandy loam, or ohiefly sand; if ..black .soli, 1 bottom land or upland? 8. Has the weather been dry or rainv and is the croD jrrowlncr viirnr. I ously or Is it unhealthy? 9. Has the particular trouble reported been observed In previous years and are the affected areas in circular ; or Irregular patches, or la it scattered here and there over the field? Address all communications and specimens relating to this subject to the Botanist, Clomson College, S. 0. AuHAUlted by Burglars. Unconscious, gagged and bound to , a chair, Nellie Campbell, chief opera- i tor at the local telephone exchange at Cumberland, W. V., was found nearly i dead at her home yesterday. She has not yet rallied sufficiently to tell who her assailant were and it is still doubt- i ful whether she will recover. Mlvs Campbell lived with her widowed mother, Mrs. W. D. Campbell, and her sisters and was alone in tbe house. Apparently the girl's assailants were | burglars, who after assaulting her, tied and gagged ner and then ransacked the house, taking several articles of valuo. The oolice of New Cumberland and all the adjaoeut towns are at work on the case. Uainu Too LKio. James Oullen, who was lynched by a mob at Charles City, was a brother of R O. Oullen, formerly a banker at Warren, Ills. R. 0. Oullen's will, which was filed Thurday, leaves an estate worth tlOO.OOO to the man who was lynched. Years ago James Oullen lived near Warren, Ills., and was forced to leave town for brutal traitmant. a* Vila, ?- ?- --J J L* - .?wh?*mvu? v/i uig nil* ?UU U&UtfIllriBT Later he settled at Charles City, Iowa, where he was lynched by a mob some weeks ago after murdering his wife and step-son, attempting to commit suicide. Burned Co Death. At Macon, Ga., on Thursday Net ' Turner, a negro woman 90 years old, i and a one-year-old negro child were I burned to death In a negro shanty on i Murray's alley. The fire started 1 while the mother of the child was ' attending polloe court. The roof was 1 ablaze wnen passers by noticed it, and although they made every effort 1 to get the old woman out, the flames drove them baok. The department responded promptly but all the fire men oould do was to protect the other property. I>ropped?De?d. , G At Oharleston while delivering an address before the Olty Federation of Woman's clubs In St. John Hotel Thursday afternoon, Major Julian Mltohell, chairman of the sohool board and prominent lawyer, fell dead from a stroke of appoplexy. Agitation Is the deadliest foe of stagnation. i Some men mistake moral dyspepsia for senotlficatlon. VAHI sad CASE. A HIQULiV CONNECTED YOINU liADY CREATE* SENSATION By Leaving Her B01110 and Going Off With a Married Man, Who is Arrested. J. M. Dampater, v/ho was arrested it a Uuarloite, N. 0., hotel ou Tuesday of last week for abduotlng Miss May Foster, of Greenville, S. C., was jarried to Greenville Wednesday ' morning and lodged in the oounty I 11 to await a preliminary beariog. The trial was lirld up at> the rr que>t )f Ool. T. B. Butler, of Gaffaev, an incle of MUs Foster, who wired to tllow no preliminary to take place lutll ha could reech Greenville, which he would do as soon as he )ouid. The youug lady was broug >t back from Charlotte where she was ?foua i 'eglsocrti under au avumul name, ' iiid is now at her home In Grcenvhlc. i Dempster waa found at the same ho- , :el tV,; t the young laciy was stopp'ug , ir. Oharlottd. The oa.-;e has created <reai< excitement in Greenville on ac- ' oount of the prominen ce of the girl's * family ooimeotlons. She Is a grand- ; nleue of former Uolted States Senator Matt. U. Butler. Dempster, aooomoanlflri hv Mm torney, If. M. Lleda, reached Greenville ut 4 o'clock Wednesday morning "Mid was pieced In the countv Jell, where he will remain until the lawyeis agree on the time for holding a preliminary. Abduction, under tho South Carolina law, Is a statutory offense &ud punishable by three years' Imprisonment. The Spartanburg Journal Bays J. M. Dempster, who was arrested in Charlotte Tuesday on the charge of abduction, running away with Miss Mary C. Foster, of Greenville, taking her to Charlotte, where she was also apprehended, passed through Spar.aitburg Tuesday night In the custody of oUlcers. Dempster, it if* said, lives at Kershaw, where he has a wife and several children. When arrested neither Mr. Dempster ncr Miss Foster would tell a full story. There are many breaks In the aocountfi which they give of their movements slnoe leaviug Greenville Tuesday morning. Mr. Dempster asserted that he was nothing more than a friend of the girl, whom he knew slightly, and that he was aoticg for a friend of his, ' George B. Barron, of Spartanburg, S. 1 C. He did not explain how he oame ! to register the young lady under the . name of Miss Annie Evans, of Greensboro, nor oouid he tell of the cxaot , whereabouts of his friend for whom be was safeguarding the girl. Miss Foster tells the saoae story as Mr. Dempster, deolarlng that she left Greenville of her own free will and that she hoped to see George Bar ron nere in a day or two. To a reporter she said that she was en route ' to Washington to visit relatives. Miss Foster dlspatohed a message * to Mr. Barron shortly after her arrest j Tuesday morning. It read as follows. ; "Come to Charlotte on next train. Jack in trouble*" No reply was re- 1 oelved, nor did Mr. Barron appear on the tirst train. Ha had evidently 1 gotten wind of what was happening ana discreetly decided to stay away. 1 Mr. Dempster, against whom the ( charge is for seduction, as well as | abduotion, was born and reared in ' Morning Star township. He is well 1 known in Spartanburg as is also 6. B. Barron. The case has oaused a great sensation in Spartanburg as well as at Greenville. Fought About Nothing. Waltcn B. Barksdale, a farmer about thirty-five years of age, was morrally wounded, and Joe Eshols, a young famer, seriourly injured In a duel fought late Tuesday evening several miles from Danville, V*., with shotguns. The men quarreled at a country store over a pack ofJ cigarettes and agreed to return to their homes and secure their weapons and fight thi affair out. Barksdale arrived first, and when Eohols came up he opened fire without warning. A large hole was torn in the Bide of | canrsaaie, ana Hohols' body was riddled with small shot, * . Killed wire ana Baby. At Wayoross, Ga., H. E. Llles, proprietor of a looal barber shop, Thursday night shot and killed his wife, blowing the side of her head off as j she held their four-months-old baby In her arms. Che taby fell to the door. LUes aimed his gun at It and fired, the charge cutting off one of 1 the baby's arms. The child will probably die. Llles was arrested. A coroner's lury Is considering the oase. Llles had been drinking during the i day and had threatened his wife. i Second Sutotde. Edward P. Hippie, a brother of the late Frank K. Hippie, who ended his life last summer after wrecking the RealEitate Trust company, of Philadelphia, of whloh he was the president, committed sulolde at his home Friday by shooting himn*if w vruy VI Mr. Hippie's friends said that Mr. Hippie worried a great deal over Frank Hippie's part in the trust company (allure, but be did not think he was in any way Involved in that orash. The door of hope has no blooki, bolts or bars. Straight voting often makes orooked politics. J HOW THEY VOTED Line Up of the House on the Liquor Question. DISPENSARY MKN Deserted Their Colors and Went Over to the Carev-Cothran Bill Which Abolishes the State Dispensary and Establishes County Dispensaries. The vots on the dispensary bills Wtduesday was a surprise. The prooibltionists wltn few exceptions voted tgalnst Prohibitionist Smith s Amendment orovldinK for prohibbloa. The real taut vote was on the CareySothran County Dispensary bill, and jut of the 1211 members of the house, Duly 49 favored the roteution of the State dispensary. Those who voted for Prohibitionist Smith's amendment wore: Messrs. Ayer, Bailey, Bethune, Boyd, T. S. Rrtno. ri*nrir?r? 0??on? 'i--' ? , -??oauuu| U?1 mil) VJftl ''111), UU1* ler, Derham, Dick, Dingle, Dixon, J. B. Dodd, Douglass, Epps, Eptlng, Garna, Gary, J. P. Glbsou, Glasscock, Goodwin, Gyles, Harmon, Harris, IllntoD, Hughes, Hvdriok, Jodcb, Klrven. Lane, Lester, Laltnes, Little, McGoll, MoKeown, Mlley, Morroll, llaavftB, Richards, Robinson, Sawyer, Scruggs Sharpe, Slaughter, D. L. Smith, J. E. Smith, Stllwell, Stubbs, Tatum, Tompkins, T/lugard, Woods, Wyche, Yeldell -65. The 68 who votod down the Smith proposition wore: Speaker Wnaley and Messrs. Arnold, Aull, Ballontine, Banks, Baattie, Brantley, A. G. Brioe, Bryan, Carey, Carrigan, Clary, ClinkBcalea, Cosgrofo, Cothrau, Courtney, Cos, Croft, DeYore, Doar, J. H. Dodd, D iwling, Fraser, Frost, Gause, W. J. Gibson, Greer, Hall, IUrleyHarrison, Uempuill, JohnBtone, Kclla, ban, Kershaw, Lawson, Leurare, MoArthur, MoM iator, Mann, Marshall, Miller, Nash, Neabltt, Nichols, Nicholson, Nlver, Parkor, Patterson. Rlohardson, Ruoker, Saye, Soarborough, Sellers, Shipp, KurU P. Smith, Spl^ey, Thomas, Todd, Vanderhorst, Verner, VnnKolntU, Wade, Walker, Wallace, White, Wiggins, wimooriy, Youmans?G8. So the amendment was rejsoted, rbe only absentee was Mr. James Norton. Mr. Rucker moved the clinched, which was agreed to. The following reasons for voting were sent to the desk: "I vote aye on the pending Smith lubstltute, for the reasons: (a) That I prefer It to the Carey-Cothran bill; (b) that the continued reports of graft <oing on in the management of the State dispensary causes me to seek the needed relief through the prohloitlon bill. "Ilowell Morrell." "I vote aye on the Smith substitute, for the reason that I profor that io the Carey-Cothran measure, havng determined, from an investigation )f some oounty dispensaries, that Shey are yery oorrupt, and I do not wish to see corrupt oounty dispensaries all over South Carolina. "Herbert E. Gyles." "I voted for the Smith amendment as preferable to local option, though I represent a constituency favorable to the State dispensary, provided it could be purified. "T. W. Soruggf." "1 vote against the proposed sub stitute for the following reasons: I #rote the original of that substitute. I Introduced it in the house, so that I and other prohibitionists might have an honest and fair opportunity to express ourselves and go upon record. Soon thereafter I became satisfied In my own mind that advocates of the State dispensary Intended voting for it, with the view of dividing the antl-dispensary forces and saving the State dispensary. I became satisfied the bill could not pass the senate. The bill wm then rieia in tr.e committee, at my suggostlon, until such time as it might not interfere with anti-dispensary 'eglslatlon. If I believed the bill could pass the senate, I would support it heart and soul. "It comes in today with a new father, and I honestly believe the effect of its passage by the house would be to hold the State dispensary In this State another year. I believe it Is my patriotio duty to help defeat luoh a result under these circumstances. I must refuse to be used as a oats paw to draw dispensary chestnuts out of the fire. "J, Wright Nash," "I vote no on this bill and ask that my reason be Incorporated in the Journal. Ilaving been elected to this house on a State dispensary issue, and finding that I am in a minority, I accepted a prohibition measure in good faith, aa preferable to county dispensary. "L. A. Carson." Mr. Corey offered the following amendment, whlon was ageed to: Amend section 4 by adding at end: Sunday piety is not an antidote oi week day depravity. Trouble will double when worried about. 'The term lmaaufao?ure,' wherever used In this aot, h? i Include bottling estaVjsbmeots for m?U liquor*." M*. ttlobards moved to indefinitely p< 3ti)c>ne the bill, &Dd demanded the 'eas and nays, whioh woie taken, re suiting as follo w*: Ycn -*9; nays 73. Those who voted in the affirmative are: M ?8vra. Ayer, Halley, Bethune. Brantley, T. S Brice, Cannon, Car son, Carwile, Culler, Dorbam, Dlok, DIdk'Ci Dixon, Douirlass, Kppe, Eptlng, Ga*rls, Gary, Glassoook, Goodwin, Gyles, Harris, ntntou, Hughes, Hydriok, Jones, Kirven, Lane, Lester, LMIr.er, Little, MoColl, Mllev, Richards, Robinson, Sawyer, Soruggs, Slaughter, D. L. Smith, J. K Smith, Sllllvrell, Stubbs, Tatum, Tompkins, WinRtrd, Woods, Wyohe, Yeldell?49. Those who voted in the negalive are: Speaker Whaley, Messrs. Arnold, Aull, iUUeatine, Bauks, Beattle, A. G. Hi Ion, Bryan, Carey, Carrlgan, Clary, CUnksoales. Cosgrove, Cothran, Cjurlrev, Cox, Croft, DeVoro, Dear, J. B. D tdd, J. If. Dodd, Dowling, Fraser, Frost, Gausa, J. P. Gibson, W. J. Glb?on, Graor, Hall, Harley, liar man, Harrison, Hemphill, Johnstone, Kellahan, Kershaw, Lawson, Legarn, McArthur, MoKeowu, MoMaster, Mann, Marshall, Miller, Marrell, Nash, Nesbltt, Niohols, Nllcholhou, Nivor, Parker. Patterson, Reaves, Richardson, Ruoker, Sayo, Scarborough, 3ollors, Sblpp, Kurtz i P. Sllllth. Snlu*V Tlw>m?a TW1/4 1 f ?r> ? wj ) XUUU) I Vanderhorst, Vurner, VonKolntiz, ' Wade, Walkor, Wallace, White, Wiggins, Wimberly, Youmans?73. The proposition on the Richards bill, a new edition of tho Raysor- I Manning bill, was to table. This was carried aud Mr. Rucker moved the 'clincher." This motion prevailed and the bill was killed by the following vole: Yeas, (17; nays, 53. Those who voted in the attirmatlve are: Mr. Speaker Whaley, Messrs. Arnold, Aull, lieattio, A. Q. Brloo, Bryan, Carey, Garrlgan, Clary, Clinkscales, Cothran, Courtney, Cox, Croft, J. B. D)dd, J. II. Dodd, Dowllng, Fraser. Frost, Gause, J. P. Gibson, W. J. Gibson, Goodwin, Groer, Hall, Ilarloy, Harrison, Hemphill, Johnstone, Kellahan, Kershaw, Lawson, Lagare, MoArthur, MoKeown. MoMaster, Mann, Marshall, Morrell, Nash, Nesbltt, Nichols, Nioholsou, Nlver, Parker, PatterBon, Roaves, Richardson, Rucker, Saye, Soarborough, Sellers, Shlpp, Kurtz P. Smith, Spivey, Todd, Vanderhorst, Verner, VonKolnltz, Wade, Walker, Wallaoo, White, Wiggins, Yeldell, Youmans?67. Those who voted In the negative are: Messrs. Ayer, Bailey Ballentlaa, Banks, Bethune, Boyd, Brantley, T. S. Br Ice, Cannon, Carson, Car wile, Cosgrove, Culler, Derham, DeVore, I).ok, Ihngle, L>OM, Pouglaw, Epps, rt 1- ? " luyvmgt urarrm, Otarry, UiaSBGOOk, Gyles, Harman, Harris, Hlnton, < Hughes, Ilydrick, Jones, Kirven, Lane, Lester, Leituer, Little, McUoll, Miley, Richards, Robinson, Sawyer, Soruggs, Sharpe, Slaughter, D. L* , Smith, J. E. Smith, Still well, Tatum, , Tompkins, Wimberly, Wlugard, Woods, Wyohe? S3. BcuKtit Infernal Machine. J. A. MoDonald, of Atlanta, bought a package at an "Old Horse < Sale" of the express company and i when he opened his prize he found he had bought an Infernal machine, and that he and the express agent had a close call. The box bought by Mr. LioDonald was shipped as "soap" from New York last spring to "P. Guy, Atlanta, Ga." Upon being opened it was fcund to contain a crude infernal m&ohl ie, oarrying an enormous oharge of dynamite and gun* powder. The machine was wrapped carefully lu copies of the New York World and the New York American. That It was In operating order when shipped Is shown by tho fact that It partially worked while In the express otbce, and the entire charge of destructive material would have gone off, but for the faot that the gun powder in some way, became wet and refused to Ignite. Hays Dispensary Safe, Senator Tillman does not believe the dispensary to be In peril or Imminent danger and so expressed himself, though not in exact words. Ha sawa tbal Ansel's vote, received In the last election while a majority of the votes, was not a majority or the regular qualified vote of the Senate and that this point has been overlooked by those who are trying to kill the dls* pensary. He does not believe that the dispensary will be killed and says that It will be time enough to speak when final aotion Is taken on the question. He puts strong faith in the faot Ansel did not reoeive a majority of the vntlre vote in the State and says plainly that had the full State vote been brought out the result I,might have been very different. A Maniac's Deed. Claiming that God had Instruoted him to burn down the town of Smithfield, W. Va., a man who gave the name of Harry Howard was arrested thero. Ha ward resisted arrest and before oaptured shot four men, two of whom reosivad fatal wound. After plaoed In the lookup a mob attacked the building forthe purpose of lynoh iug him, but the orowd was driven off. I A lazy man Is a dead lots to himself. I ] A tight man and a lcote dog are J equally dangerous. NOT ONE SAVED. Ninety-one Miners Met Death in a Coal Mine. MEN CAUGHT IN TRAP And Those Who Were Not Killed inHtantly by the Terrible Explosion Five Hundred Feet Under Ground Will Die From the Poisonous (issues Down There. Like rabbits caught Id a burrow, 80 mea mot mat u.t death GOO Let under ground, %hen a terrlMe explosion occurred In the Stuart miue, *1? Kayettevllle, W. Vs. T'\e v'oMms who aero dlRglug ooal were at the bootom of n cut th.xt was found to tills:! by the debris, and It Is believed there Is no possible o'uanco for any cf Ui^ju to be taken out alive. lOvou If some of them did survi ve the explosion gas would kill them before rosciors could cut a path to save them. At the least calculation, forty eight ho ns will be oonsumed in clearing a srav to the suddenly c-eatod tomb. The work of rescue was begun Immediately and was as uulokly stopped. About two hours after the explosion three men woro lowered Into the shaft, Before descending sixty feet ~w ui una uigii w?*re overcome wltii foul Mir and the third was barely able to give the signal to his oomrades at the top. All further attempts wore abandoned for the time. The mine was supplied with air by moans of several large fans. The mechanism was damaged by the oxploNlou and all fresh air was out otT from the viotims. After two hours the fans woro started, but there U small likelihood that they will supply a a draught except to corpses. The Stuart mine is a veritable death trap. There was one small opening, and when that closed there was neither exit nor entranoo. A new entrance was to have been cut, but the work was postponed until the fatality it had been designed to present, had oocurrod. Smoke and dust rushed Into the air for hundreds of feet from the ventilating oompartmont. Nearly all the men were &t work In the entries near the bottom of the shaft. The mine had been having a good run and eyer^ possible laborer was busy. No ofllolal announcement of the dieaster or Its eauae has been rarde by the officials of the company. That dust caused the exploslou Is the statement of persons at fchesoone, but Investigation may prove otherwise. It Is said that little or no gas has been encountered in the mine, but that the dust had frequently sprinkled. The Stuart mine Is owned by the White Oak Fuel Company, a part of the New River Fuel Company, of .ViloV. U- 1 rvi - - nuiuu okiiiuoi UIIOD )B prBBllBUti tod J. W. Smiley secretary and treasurer. The general otlloes of the White Oak Company are au McDonald. The mine la on the White Oak Railroad, owned and operated by the fuel oompany. Secretary Smiley Informed Chief In* Bpector Pau, of the disaster. as soon at* possible. He was not at the aoene and could give no facts, hut he said about ninety men were at work when the explosion ooourred, Given Up for Lost. At Baltimore with the return Wednesday of the olty tug Baltimore, from a two days' fruitless search for some clue to the live men who have been mlsalng for the last ten days all hope for them has bean abandoned. The diappearanoe of the men came aa a climax to a day of pleasure, spent together at a tlshtng shore whloh they owned Jointly. In the evening the men embarked In a small boat and started to row to the terminus of island. Kobbery and Arson. At Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. E. H. Alley and daughter, Miss Emalle, of 41 Woodward avenue, were awakened early Thursday morning to find tbelr house in dames. It developed that kba bmiaa - - * ? a . " u?u ucnu SCW UU U TO 1Q nVS places, a oan of oil In the ball revealing Incendiarism. Twenty-live dollars In money, several diamonds and otber valuables are missing. Tbe Are was extinguished, but not befoie all the furniture w%? damage Millions lor Charity. The London Globs says that William Whltely, the MUniversal provider," who was murdered In his department store in London last Thursday by HUlard George Rayner, has bequeathed five million dollars for the purpose of providing almshouse for the aged and derserving poor in. England. SuftMin Kill Police. At Warsaw Victor Gruen, chief of fha 1 * vuo ouvio puiiuO) UW D(IQ UUSlQft* ted by terrorists. The attaok occurred Friday night while he was passing through the leading street. Several shots were tired, killing him instantly. The assassin escaped. While man wants but little here be* low, he never gets quite enough. Graft often goes about disguised a( a baskets opportunity,