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SHIP LOST While on Way From New York to Galveston. WITH SIXTY PEOPLE. She Is Now Overdue Several Day* nn<l Ik Kimivosod to Have Found pi'imI at Sea Off the Coast of North Carolina Lust Sat unlay?Slit* Was An Old Vessel. New York. Feb. 2.?The Mallory line steamship San Marcos, which left here on Wednesday for Galveston, Texas, with ten passengers and a crew of 50 was reported today to he missing and there are gravel fears that she is the vessel which went down off hiizabeth City, N. C., on Saturday. The San Marcos was due to pass Sand Key, near Keywest on Sunday night, but up to today she had not been cited off that point. The Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico have been scoured with wireless messages to the San Marcos, but tip to today there has been no reply front the vessel. The Mallory line officials here today declared that they had no anxety as to the safety of the San Mavcos, but they were forced to admit that they have heard nothing front the steamer since she left here last Wednesday. She Is due in Galvestion tomorrow, hut should have been spoken by other vessels long before this. A message from Key West today stated that anxiety over the San Marcos had reached that city and wireless messages had been sent out for a radius of 150 miles from Sand Key, calling for the San Marcos. She has not replied. None of the vessels passing Sand Key have reached the missing boat. The San Marcos is nearly 3 0 years old, and is one of the more old fashioned kind of iron vessels. She was at one time a Ward liner, then was sold to tlie government for an arnty transport for service during the Spanish-American war and since that time has been in the Mallory service between here and Galveston, Texas. The vessel that went down near the Diamond Shoals lightship, off Klizabeth City, N. C.\ so far as can be learned, was not unlike the San Marcos in appearance. She had a passenger deck like the San Marcos, was plainly a coaster and flew the United States ensign. The vessel that went down or Diamond Shoals was a 11 re at the stern. She was seen by the observer at Cape Hatteras, by the man aboard the Diamond Shoals lightship and also by those on the Savannah line steamship Savannah, which was not far off at the time. The strange feature of the vesse foundering is that not a trace of hei has been on the sea since. Sh< was completely engulfed. Not i single spur, not a boat nor even f piece of drift wood has been found Her stern was spouting smoke ant flames when she was last seen ant she seemed as if to plunge down wart nose first. There was a tremendous sea run ning when the unknown vessel wen to the bottom. This prevented tin Savannah approaching the vessel But the Savannah was .herself en gaged in keeping her head on t< the storm and could not have ren dered assistance if her ofhcers hat wanted to. The Savannah sighted the un known vessel hours before she sank But both vessels were engaged it fighting their way through the ter riffle gale with the thermometer a the time at nearly zero. Both vessels kept plunging on t< the southward, but no signs eve came from the stranger. The un known vessel seemed to be weather ing the storm well enough until th flames broke out at her stern am she went down in a few minutes. The San Marcos was in com mam of Captain Davidson. She Is of 2, 188 tons, 317 feet long, 39 feet bear and draws 21 feet of water. Sh had a single funnel and two masts GOOD JOB FOH TKDDY. Some Connecticut Yankees Want t Show Him About. Washington, Feb. 1.?An offer c $10,000 a week, engagement fo thirty weeks, with an organl/.atlo to be known as "Roosevelt's Coi gress of Rough Riders," has bee formally made to President Roos< velt by a former circus man, actin for a Bridgeport, Conn., syndicat< In his letter the circus man aske for an appointment. He consldei $10,000 going some. The syndicat is ready to furnish a private car c two. All the presiednt is asked t do is to make one appearance in tli show. His part will he to lead charge of San .Juan Hill, followe by a Buffalo Bill outfit. ? THblR UNION LABtL KAHMKItS SHOULD AIM>I?T THAT OF THK (X)TTON' FABRIC. Prwld^nt Barrett Urges Them to Wear Cotton and Use It In Kvery Way Possible. President Charles S. Ilarrett, of the National Farmers' Union appeals to members of his organization to promote the use of cotton by em- ^ ploying it as bagging and clothing to as great an extent as practicable, | in a letter issued recently. The address is directed to all the officers and members of the Union, and begins with the request that at the next meeting all organizations take action looking towards the promotion of the movement. He trusts that everything possible be done to widen tiie use of cotton in every direction. "The Farmers' Union is on record as being the first in the field to work for such extension of the use of tin' Sou til's leading staple crop." he says. "Our work from year to year, and at our conventions, iias tended to promote this idea. There have been several indications of late that responsible organizations of the country arc waking up to the advantage of assisting us in this regard, and wo simply cannot afford to neglect the duty of pushing this great movement at this most prosperous time. "Activity is demanded of us from the fact that source after source, government department after government department, association after association, has taken steprf looking to increasing the consumption of cotton. "At your next meeting I urge most earnestly that you request the local and wholesale merchants you patronize to specify that aU commodities they handle in wrappers he; enclosed in cotton. Of course there will be some cases where the substitute is not practicable. It is practical in any number of instances, where no other coverings are used. "The man from whom you buy your sugar, your flour, your meats, your clothing?the majority of the everyday necessities of life?has it in his power to help on this movement. lie can do so by demanding that the manufacturers and Jobbers and wholesalers use cotton wrapping wherever possible. You patronize him. Make him assist you. it is to his interest no less than your own. "Visit such men personally, through strong and influential committees. You will never accomplish , anything unless you go after the matter yourselves. , "lOfforts, practical and persistent, , in this direction, can increase the annual consumption of coton hunt dreds of thousands of hales. It can . raise the price a cent or the frac. tional part of a cent every year, for , good. "I draw your atention to the fact I that mills are already manufactur, ing cotton for the wrapping of cot; ton hales in suhstitute*for jute. t "This matter is one of the most t urgent now before the Farmers I'nion. 1 helieve that the public can j he educated into the use of cotton j articles in such fashion as will ulj tlmately double the present consumption of the staple. The suggestion I have outlined for immediate ^ action will make a good beginning in , that direction. "My work in connection with the commission on country life is now } virtually concluded and the report of that body is to be.made in a few j days. It is a source of gratification to me, and I helieve will he to our members, that many of the recom mnndiitlnna In thlu rmwu-t .......1 in.,, VIIIU I VJHil V 1 V.CIU I 1 I\ V, ' resolutions passed at a Farmers Union convention. 1 am convinced t that I have been able to be of material assistance, both to the member* of our organization and to the rural v population generally, in )coi\ection with the commission's work. It has not been permitted to interfere witli (i my duties as your president, but i j think the extra ttjime crowded in will prove to have been an excellent j investment for the cause I represent It may be of interest to the brethren to know that the members of tin commission deferred to my judgment in a number of matters vltallj affecting their recommendations." With reference to the movemen to promote the use of cotton goods Mr. Barrett states that no time ii o to be lost, and names the followlnj committee to urge it: J. Z. Green North Carolina; I). Niell, of Te: ,f as; and M. F. Dickerson, of Arkan ? sas. ' >r 11 Mnnv n Canton, China, Feb. 1.?At leas 200 lives were lost In a Are whlcl R occurred In a fleet of flower boate j, The charred bodies of 170 victim have already been recovered, bu ,8 many persons are still missing. e )r l>les In Klectriet Chnlr. o Osslnlng, N. Y., Feb. 1.?Salva ie tors Cloverlane was put to death ii a the electric chair at Sing Sing prls d son today, for the murder of tw< New York city policemen. RACt FttLING HIGH IIUCKS WILL THY TO PHKVKN'T A CLASH. Kafii Day firings It* Quota of AtI tiifku anil >\t(ark^ 1'iutn Youn^ White (iirl*. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 5.?To bring justice to the perpetrators of the many recent attacks ou white women and girls in the Herron Hill, Law; renceville and Southside districts of this city, and to take steps to prevent a recurrence of the crimes, the better element of the negroes have issued a call for a general mass meeting to be held next Tuesday night. The feeling between the white people and the negroes is becoming more acute as each day brings its quota of attacks and reported attacks on white girls by negroes. The populace of the affected districts is highly wrought up over the 1 existing situation and only the most | careful vigilance on the part of a double force of policemen prevents a serious clash, between the races, i Blanche Smith anil Hose Sesock residing in a suburb, were attacked by negroes today but their screams frightened the assailants, who escaped. Two negroes, accused r f i being those who attacked the girls, j were later arrested and sent to the workhouse for three months. .John Stokes, a negro, aged 32, was I arrested on charges preferred by Mrs. .lane Thompson, of the Southside, who alleges he entered her home and the room of her daughter, but was frightened away by the screams of the girl. The man will be given a hearing tomorrow. At Johnson, Mrs. Mary Krulse, aged SO years, was attacked at her home near here, today by a negro. The aged woman's screams frightened her assailant who escaped, leaving his victim in a critical condition. The people threatened to lynch the negro. At Uniontown, Anna Davis, of Lynn's Station, shot and fatally wounded James Donahue, when he, another white man and three negroes attempted to force an entrance into her home. The men laughed at the woman when she warned them to leave. Seizing her husband's revolver, she tired through the door. * BKFOltK DAY CLUllS. Magistrate Clement's Negro Const a l?los Disappearance. Columbia, Feb. 6.?Magistrate U. Lebby Clement, of Wadmalaw Island, Charleston county, was in the city today with a very surprising story of a condition of affairs in his island. He has been magistrate there for several years, having been appointed by Tillman when he was governor. Lately the constables he has appointed have been mysteriously disappearing. He has lost two within the past few months and the two he now has have received warning from the Black Hand Society of the island that their time was near at hand if they did not give up their positions. Besides this, the barns and buildings on two of Magistrate Clement's places have been burned. He is determined to ferret out the perpetrators of the crimes, if possible, and to this end has secured private detectives, and comes here to get the governor to offer reward for information leading to the conviction of the parties guilty of the recent crimes. He will personally duplicate the reward offered by the governor. The situation on the island is really alarming. Magistrate Clement attributes it to a secret organization 1 of tbe negroes, who greatly out1 number the whites. 1 There were forty-three white men 1 on the island in Republican times. 1 Over 1,200 negroes used to vote and 1 their number is greatly increased 1 now. He is obliged to have negro constables, for be can't get white men. Of coure it is mainly against " tin; negroes that the arm of the J law is used. The negro secret so' ciety is believed to be the centre of ' disturbance. Several well authenticated stories 1 from this and surrounding islands show a renlly alarming state of law8 lessness on the part of the negroes ? If attempt is made to break up the gangs trouble is sure to follow 1 (Jovernor Ansel will, upon receiving and going over the papers, offer s reward. * Sliot (Jirl aiul Self. 1 New York, Feb. 3.?Harry Pope ^ a saloon keeper In Brooklyn, sho ' Bessie Schroeder, 23 years old in th< 8 back this afternoon and then klllet * himself in a brooklyn hotel. Shot While Hunting. Hawkinsville, Oa., Feb. 3.?New: - has just been received here that Dr t\ E. C. Brown, a well known physlciat - of this city, had been accidentally 3 shot through the eye at a dove shoo several miles above here. i J .A TRICHINA PARASCITE WHICH RIVALS PKLLAGRA, APPKAKM IN GKORGIA MKAT. It Conies From Fresh Pork, and Cause* a Lingering Disease, Which AlutvfH Proves Fatal. Above the terrors produced by recent discussions of that new disnfldn "Pollnorro M * W ^ 1 vviuv ? uiiu^ia, i uoi; lilt; WOIBB IIOTrors of "Trichina" at the State capitol Friday morning, says an Atlanta dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle. The dispatch goes on to say that if promised discoveries anent the latter are made and the dangers of it not lessened by the investigation, country pork must take its place with suspicious eatables along besides "pone bread." The apeauance ,of trichina was ilrst brought to the attention of the State Agricultural department by Mrs. II. Strickland, of Duluth, Friday morning. Several days ago she purchased a half portion of a newly slain hog. While preparing a detachment for a meal, she discovered that something was wrong with the meat. Investigation disclosed foreign growths in what otherwise appeared to be perfectly healthy flesh. The family physician was called in. but he knew no name by which the condition of the nork minht h*> pIiupho. terized. A young medical student examined it. and pronounced the complaint "trichina." Encyclopedias were searched, and they disclosed the fact that the trichina parasite contains more horrors than Dante's inferno. Mrs. Strickland promptly shelved the pork for scientific inquiry, and brought several slices to the scientists at the State capitol. Dr. R. E. Stallings, State entomologist, ap plied tnycroscopes to the exhibits and confirmed the medical student's diagnosis. Trichina is a disease usually found in hogs. It is caused by a parasite which must be taken internally. When once in the body it multiplies by hundreds, invades every part of the system, particularly the muscles. According to physicians there is no known cure, and the only hope of a person or animal so inflicted is to endure the suffering until the disease works itself out. This is seldom done, as the depravations are so severe that few constitutions can survive an attack. One human patient is said to he in Atlanta now, and is being made the subject of considerable study by local physicians. orien apparently health y~ swine | are afllicted with the disease, and such meats should be carefully examined. The germs are easily discoverable with the naked eye, being small and of pea shape. The danger of them may be avoided by all meats being well cooked, as heat destroys the life of the parasities. Hut the heat applied to a "rare" or "medium" steak is said to be insufficient to rid it of danger, but trichina does not often appear in beef. To prevent the larger packing houses from using meat so infected, the federal government is now keeping inspectors at their plants who examine each carcass and order all those found afllicted destroyed. * Cure for Chicken Cholera. A little flock of chickens, for nearly a year their owner's pride and delight, enjoyed apparently perfect health at night, but the next morning nearly a fifth of the flock lay dead. While these were being properly interred, a sixth of the remaining fowls followed their sisters, and the heart of the owner grew very heavy. Just at this time, says the Farm .Journal a neighbor came to the rescue. talked learnedly of cholera and prescribed Venetian Red mixed with their food. The remedy was procured and mixed not only with their food but scattered in the drinking vessels; and now after two weeks, there have been no more deaths. Mange Kusily Cured. Mange is a distressing affection ; that should never be permitted to i retain a place on any farm, as it is easily cured, says the Farm Jour. nal. Hub on oil of tar one ounce, ' and whale oil two ounces, or onehalf pound each of tar and sulphur, t and one pound each of soap and al1 nntinl t... nil sto 1 ~11 1. x^nwi. ai& <?ii uuii an inaimt'is, and treat with a strong solution of caustic potash all woodwork, harness, brushes, combs and whatever , is possibly infested with the germs t of mange. 3 L 1 Attacked by lluffians. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 2.? Fletcher and Donald Comer, sons of Governor Comer, a few days ago knocked down Frank P. 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