Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEGRO OUSTED And a Lily White Republican Party Organized in the State. THOSE WHO ATTENDED ' R?p?bllcan Office Holdera OonapicuOiw by Their Absence.?Blalock War Kleoted State Chairman and "'I Committeemen Were Nunied from ka- -.1. o^mi?aiaaal/knul i wwt rii't nam V/uhki un.-)iun?? ...... .v?. A new Republican party wan organized in South Carolina on Thursday. Eliminating the negro entirely and'asking nothing of the Federal ofllee-holders, none of whom was present at the Convention, about 113 of those who believe in the Republican doctrines met at noon in the Columbia Theatre, in Columbia, and inaugurated a branch of the national organization for this State, which . the leaders think will be fruitful of much good. The organization meeting was held under the exclusive direction of John G. Capers, national committeeman frona this State, and a well known Hgure in Republican politico. The convention was pulled off without a hitch for everything had been piepared by Mr. Capers and it was not neeossar.y to debate any question. Following the appointment of tno several committees to mechanically assist in perfecting the organization, the nomination committee made its report and the following are the oftieers of the party: Organization IOITectod. 1*. W. C. Blalock, of Goldvllle, J^aurene County, chairman of the Republican State executive committee. f. H. Norrls, of York County, vice chairman. D. H. Wallace, of Union, secretary and treasurer. ?ln addition to the above named officers of the committee, the following were named on the Republican 8tr,*e executive committee: At large?Z. A. Robertson, of Cherokee; John Canty, of Kershaw. First district?W. B. Utsey, of St. (leorge, (two more to bo appointed). fleeond district?<M. W. Watson, Ridge Spring; T. A. Odom, of Kdgofleld; II. D. McCravey, Ridge Spring. ' * ? 4. ? I ? A r 11 IQird CUKiriCL .1 . II. IV tuiaiiio, Newberry; C. 13. George, of Westminster; T. D. Harris, of Pickens. fourth district?G. It. May Held, of Greenville; John Hart, of Sp lrtanburg; G. W. Shell, of Laurens. Fifth district?Charles Dudley, of GofTney; J. P. Clayton, of Shelton; T, G. Moeer, of Fort Mill. Sixth district?J. Vlsanska, of Georgetown; L. J. Tuckey, of Mullins. (One more to he appointed.) Seventh district?G. G. Fox, of Sumter; L. D. %ielton, of Columbia; F. C. Cain, of St. Matthews. (By a resolution the convention affirmed its loyalty to the principles of the Republican party as adopted at the last national Republican convention held in the city of Chicago. This resolution was recommended by the committee on platform and unanimously adopted. This was the entire platform of the convention so far as wan announced by Mr. Capers. That the convention of the white Republicans in South Carolina is f iverable to the present national admini istrat.ior and especially so to Presiw dent Taft was stated by Mr. Capers and laior embraced in a resolution which was adopted without murmur of dissent; in fact, there was not a murmur of dissent on any question that was put before the delegates. Mr. Capers made it very plain on J all occasions to express that the con- 1 vention w;'.s absolutely devoid of fed- b oral ofilce holders and that there was : not one of those present as delegate. ? To attend the convention required a ticket with the name of John G. i Capers affixed. There was a door-, keeper and unless the ticket was presented there was no admission. x The object or this was to prevent 1 the entrance of any negr<). The formation of a white Repumican party under the leadership of Capers means that the negro has been read out of: the party in South Carolina. The question now that presents it- j Bolf most prominently before the Re- ! publican situation in this State is which delegation, the white or the - - mi i? ~?i~.1 ?< ......i M. rblftCK, Will u? H?-an-u ill iiie iic.M ill- j publican convention? The negro ! convention will send a delegation to the next national meeting and so will the white. John d. Capers claims that the negro convention was not legal, ancording to the laws of the party, 1 and that there were not 20 register- ( ed negro voters out of GO who at- ( . tended the convention. J In one of his speeches at the con- 1 rention Mr. Capers stressed tho 4 point that all of the 112 delegates ( had paid (heir own expenses. * The following Is a partiol list of j the delegates to attend the conven-' tion, Capt. Capers thinking that It would not be expedient to announce j the names of others attending with t the exception of the members of the 1 yar1^"c; <fte*?s: < ftlcfcland?O. E. Hutchison, L. D. 1 Melton, T. F. Brenuen, A. D. Palmer; alternates, John B. McCravey,: L. R. Marshall, J. F. Daly. Greenville?John G. Capers, Geo.! R Mayflold. J. A. Bramlett. Oharloa j Hicks, F. B. McBee. Mr. Mayfleid,' who has been for twenty years a teacher, was one of the Taft electors.1 Orangeburg?William Bryce, Geo. Nobles, P. Gerlach. Lexington?1>. J. Knotts, Emmanuel Cockrell, L. W. Redd. .Sumter?George Fox, Ed. 13. Wagnon. Laurens?L. W. C. Blalock, J. W. Shell, .1 allies Boyd. Union?L. Y. Young, D. H. Wallace. York?I. H. Norris, J. F. Jenkins, T. G. Moser, G. W. Stegall. * ?H ii?? ? 'Al lilt? run oh.ii uiuru wkic no delegates to answer from Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Edgefield, Georgetown, Hampton, Dee, Marltioro and Saluda. That candidates for congressional honors will be placed In the filled in 1012 is shown by the following resolution, which was adopted without dissent, as were all other resolutions. "Resolved further, That the delegates return to their homes and organize the party In the counties and (congressional districts based upon the organization perfected today looking to active effort in 1012 by the nomination of a candidate for congress in each of the seven congressional districts of the State." This resolution means that the white Republicans will not put out candidates this year. The negroes have already nominated candidates for two congressional districts the First and the Sevonth. There were a number of resolutions embraced in the report of the committee on organization. Among Hiirtrra hv the convention were a more rigid immigration law, child labor law prohibiting the working of children under certain ages that have been passed by the State legislature, a standard eight-hour work day for the laboring men and women of the country, a continueu adjustment of the tariff according to the Republican way. D. H. Wallace of Union was elected secretary and treasurer of the permanent white Republican organization in this State. He is a son of the late Judge W. H. Wallace, well known as the speaker and organizer of the "Wallace House which was organized during the days of Radical regime in Columbia. The occupation of the secretary and treasurer Is given as that of merchant and planter. Another delegate to the convention was C. E. Crey, who comes from Westminster and represent the only majority in the general election for this State. The negro has been kicked out of South Carolina politics and the delegates to the State convention of white Republicans were open in their expressions that they had thrown off the "mill-stone.'' This was the characterization of the negro in Republican politics by several of the delegates. As enumerated by John G. Capers, there were 113 delegates at the convention from practically every county in the State. The names of many of the delegates were withheld by John G. Capers. he following are the members of the several committees that were appointed by Mr. Capers as temporary chairmen: Credentials??L. W. C. Rlalock, Laurens county; A. G. Varnes, Orangeburg; John llart, Spartanburg; L. J. Tucker, Marlon; Jno. Can toy, Kershaw; .Jos. cornet, ifamuerg, Resolutions and Organizations.? L. 1). Melton, Richland county; J. XV. Shell, Laurens; Or. W. Nobles, Orangeburg; K. A. Hannon, Spartanburg; E. B. Waggoman, Sumter; 0. E. Hutchinson, Richland; V. P. Clayton, Fairfield. Committee on Platform?Geo. F. Fox, Sumter county; W. H. Cox, Oconee; ('has. Dudley, Cherokee; F. C. Cain, Calhoun; J. A. Bramlett, Greenville; M. M. Scott, Fairfield; 1. H. Norrls, York. Committee on Nominations.?Geo. R. Mayfield, Greenville county; Jas. F. Jenkins, York; Emanuel Cockrel, Lexington; Jas. Boyd, Laurens; J. H. Williams, Newberry; Jno. McCravey, Richland; Chas. Dudley, Cherokee. - Was an Old Friend. When Coroner's Physician O'llanlon commenced to perform an autopsy on the body of a man who died suddenly on the sidewalk in New York ho recognized the victim as Aaron D. Jenkins, an old time friend find at one time assistant state treasurer of North Carolina. Jenkins ha^ lieen living in New York with a son. Ifis Wife liOok'Nl On. With h ? wKo ir d bnby s rnding by his side, Frank Hell shot and killed Harvey Duncan and Chus. Duncan in the Mobile and Ohio depot -t McCary, Miss., Wednesday After having shot the two men He'l boat I?d an outbound train and wen' to Columbus, where he gave himself up to Sheriff Prowell. Sent Up Five Years. Milton A. Carlisle, aged sev?nty pears, former president of the .\*f- . Llonal Dank of Newberry was sentenced to serve five years in '.h* . federal penitentiary at. Atlanta for violating the national banking laws. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. It a boiled custard Ir neglected V cooks lumpy. If It 1h removed from the stove and beaten with an egg beater the lumps will disappear. Use ? wheel beater. Keep cookies In an earthen crock and they will taste fresh eveu when two weeks old. Pack mashed potatoes into irJaa<* meat jars, previously floured. When needed, the bulk of potatoes can be shaken from the iar. cut into slices and fried Save the shoe polish daubers from liquid polishes since they are useful for polishing stoves. A small sponge can be inserted in the wire when the brush is worn out. A Hilkatecn spool nailed to the floor hack of the door and puiuted the color of (lie woodwork makes a convenieut (loot -st op. Tiny cardboard slippers covered wllli crepe paper make ornamental /udders for holding; a porta* 1<;?. long hot lies covered with paper and tied witi) ribbons arc serviceable for hatpin holders. Half-fill the bottle with shot. Heart-shaped hair receivers are made with three hearts, covered with crepe paper and decorated wlili ribbons. Get an ounce of collodion at a drug si ore. Cover the out with a little, and Jboroughly soak a snia'l piece of medicated cotton that will a little more than cover the cut. I'ress it down and smooth out with the finders unlit tin edi;cs of the cotton have r. luored t< the flesh. It will quickly dry, afto, w I,icli the hands can be v. cL, a^d i. wii? stand hard wettr. I have at 1 ant found a way to peel onions without ihe eyes bein^ effected by them. I automobile glasses; they art' only 10 a ills, in five a;:d t. :: cent stores, and any amount of onions can be jieeioa will)oni any irouuie. To keep apples for winter use put them In etudes or bins, in layers, well oo\ercd with <lry sand, each layer bo ^ covered. Tins preserves thein yojjj air, from moisture and from **ost; it prevents their perishing by hei? own perspiration, their rnoisure bei ig absorbed by the sand; and \t the same time it preserves the flavor of the apples and prevents their lilting. Pippins have been kept in ' .his manner until mid-summer, sound and fresh. Any kind of sand will answer, but it must be perfectly dry. A good pair-of shears, careless y left I out of doors inr some time, seemed hopelessly rusty until at the sugges4ion of a friend they were secured with 1 .salt, moistened in scalding vinegar, loahod ftu a day in kerosene oil, then lried, sb:ti pom i! and vigorously rubbed with a Jlann-.l cloth dipped in sweet oil. The ,*c ?11r was they were restored it) their original use and brightness. To take out mildew wet the cloth and rub oe soap and chalk mixed together. and Uf i:i the .-nm, or la> the cioih in haft orm Ilk lor a short time, hen place in the hot sun, or wet with lemon juice and treat 'h sine way. if the tooth h:o* a cri'i.'y a . lujmd ammonia. Spr.iy frur.i medicine dropper directly into the cavity. He very sure ano not touch the tender gum. It there is an u lee rated root prepare a poultice of flaxseed meal, mixed with water. Put in a small vessel and apply In the gum, covering the swelling. Spread on. small pieces of litter, no larger than the end of the finger fold one thickness over the poultict Renew just as fast as they cool. This will soften the ulceration and cause it to break in a short time. Have a second party prepare the poultice, if possible, as it must be dono quickly. Keep hot water bottle outside ol n dage. If i he glass stopper refuses to come nut of that new hottle of Christmas oerfumc, light a match and heat the neck of the bottle-?not the cork, howner--and the neck will expand with bent. The glass stopper cau then b6 a: ily removed. Tissue taper stuffed into damp shoos will absorb the moisture as quickly ?s absorbent powders. When fresh oornmeal begins to sour j*aiv it in a pan and heat in tho oven, Tcqmn.y stirring it up from the botom of the pan; pack in a lard bucket iud keep in a warm place. To keep fur neck pieces clean, after removing tl-c scarf, cover it with powdered magnesia and place in Its own box. This shakes out and removes all grease and dirt. A small floor of hardwood can be quickly ami easily swept with a feathor duster. Narrow halls can bo swept in the same manner and tho woodwork at the sides is not injured as with the wooden portion of a sweeper or broom. Squash should be baked In tho skin. Clean a ripened squash, remove the seeds and slight y season with salt. Place in the oven and bake. When done remove the contents to a heated pan, mix with butter and pepper and a few teaspoonfuls of cream, mash and heat light wilh a spoon. Every household should be provided with a trolley clothes line for use in n/Ofi u-mthrr This will relieve one of the necessity of going into the yard to hang garments on the line. A 3.othos lire of this Kind will cost less than a dollar and it will be a time sav?;r in <ho household. An authority claims that superfluous hair can he removed, in time, by the application of aqua ammonia one day and peroxide of hydrogen the next, repenting this urtil the hair is Pleached end dies. It takes endless lime, almost, ?o kill hair in this manner. but it is e.Tectiv? and safe. < ABUSED BY TEDDY CAiilJSn JUDGE ANDERSON A CROOK AND A JACKASS. lkvau.se lie lU^fus^l to 'Kvldc * Cmo the Way llouscvolt Want?I it Decided. It is reported from Indianapolis Ind., that Roosevelt during a reception tendered him at the Columbia Club of that city of October 13th charged Judge A. H, Anderson, of the Federal Court, with being a I "damned jackass and a crook* and then a "crook and a damned jarn- j ass." The language was used to Capt. Harry New, formerly chairman of the Republican national commit* tee who stood in the line inI troduclng Colonel Roosevelt to the vlub members. The Indianapolis News gives Roosevelt reason for thus speak of a judge, by saving Judge Anderson rendered the famous decision refusing to send Delovan Smith and Charles U. Williams of the Indianapolis Xeivs to Washington for trial on | a charge of criminal libel, on which Col. Roosevelt, then President, had had them indicted. Some one introduced Judge And* rsoti to Roosevelt at the club. This :nt roduction was acknowledged bj loosevelt., and Judge Anderson pass f al on. New opposed the appoi itut nt of Anderson as judge. When 'apt. New k.iw Jhdge Anderson pre j | ocnt?d to Roosevlt he th >ughl 11 ?? J saw a fh'irice to disabuse R otfovoit'a I | mind of any prejudico ihrtt mi;lu that might exist there on account of 'Mr. Nevv's opposition to the appointment. i "Colonel," said Mr. New, 'you will remember that I opposed the appointment. of Mr. Anderson to the United States bench." "Yes, yes, yes; I remember,' t Roosevelt said hastily. "Well, 1 wish to say, Colonel," continued New, "that I was wrong In my opposition to Mr. Anderson uul you were right in appointing him. He has proved that I was wrong." "Is Judge Anderson that man that decided that libel case out here?" Roosevelt asked sharply. "Yes, 1 believe he did decide h libel case," said New. "That was the decision of a damnad jackass and a crook," Roosevelt retorted. "Yes. he is a crook and a jackass, ind I said it. This is not confldanI n r, 1 * ' 11 (ft 1 And with that Roosevelt moved Hong and New gave over the business of introducing people to some one else. The matter has caused a sensation and much bitter feeling amoivA I ho members of the Columbia Club, vhich is the oldest and most ex lusive Kepublican organization in Indiana. Judge Anderson is a member of the club. Efforts have be >n made to prevent the story getting out, but it is being discussed quietly by hundreds of public men. Judge Anderson is one of the not>d lawyers of Indiana. He is an ai lent Republican but not a politician. His appointment was made Jargeh on the recommendation of Senator Reveridge, in whoso behalf Col. Roosevelt came here to spean. Judge Anderson has presided ovsr the Federal court of the Indiana district for several years, during which time he has made a fine record. It fell to his lot to sit In JudgcLandis court in Chicago nt. the petition for a re-hearing of the famous $29,000,000 fine case ag.ainst the Standard Oil Company. He threw it out of court. Hater he presided during the trial of John R. Walsh, Chicago banker and railroad mag nate. He presided throughout the litigation to remove the proprietors of the Indianapolis News to Washington for trial on the indictment chars tng them with libeling some of Co?. Roosevelts intimate associates in the Panama canal bond matter. After a thorough hearing Judge Anderson denied the authority of the government to remove the newspaper men to Washington. ,?.,? Agree to Spend No Money. Candidates on Democratic and publican tickets in a Colorado Com ?I,, Untt/. nltenll.lnlu f / ! mil ! \ y 11 a y c u^i ucu ci uovm uivij iu i ir win all expenditure of money on election j day at vhe polls which wont 1 or j eon Id or might obtain voles and remain in their homo precincts ai) election clay unless called away on a matter of life or death. ^ Negro I tank Kails. At Richmond, Va., the Savings Bank of the Brand Fountain of the Order of True Reformers, the largest negro industrial and social organization in the country, was placed in the hands of a receiver Wednesday. Bank examiners say they can not tell what are its assets or liabilities. Turns l*p Safely. The Norwegian steamer Blucflelds. which was believed to have been lost in tbo recent'Wes-t Indian hurricane, arrived safely at Havanna Monday morning, and sailed for New Orleans the following day. This innf-M T*- - received by the owners of the vessel. GLaANINCiS AND OOSblP. t1\e hoys of ancient Egypt plmye* rlth toy soldiers. Two-thirds of the native population i>f Uganda has been wiped out by th sleeping sickness within the past even yearo. A new variety of broom, whose ex lerlor only is made of broom corn, ha* been put on the market. The tilling ol \be broom is hay. The Indianapolis News has an rtv teresting story about a man whc j carved bis initials on the back of a ' soft-she'1 turtle. Probably he used s butter knife. The Chinese pupil turns his back to lis teacher when reefing a lesson i A'hlch must make it a good deai i - - . >..rr ? I layer lor u i^hiii hi uhiuci w t> < >COod mark. There hit really a pood many of m * ho are nil worrying much over the aide citculntion of that counterfeit >?(? bill. A plugged nickel bus f?ii inoro terrors. lddiict \ttorney Snlsburg, of Tai erne county, ('a., questions the right >f railway conuipunios fo sell liquet n uining cars without a license iron VH< h county through which the lino? ,g?rtu. Seven conductors h?i\e lieei unmnoncd to court charged with sell tig hqeor contriny to law. Church hyninalo in any qusiitit) free u> any church for the asking, i 'i.e Iritf at Chicago novelty. An enter arising advertising rum^ni in thai city is now sup.il/ ng poor churches 1 *\hh hyi !H hoolci. ft?n- uf charge, tin I co:npau> geHir g it., ivruin I'voiu p ige?? of advert! orceins sprinkler- ! t.h. o gh ihe In oka. li ic. f' it >i.?. ?? ?i 1; ? )>i 'i?c| :rir, rdVs or *,o . ' r.t't ? ' i-'or (' ? K .1 Sea < ?ast he \ .truck ar * i deld arid that tbo pusl >? :>' navi uncovered arc hicrci ung . out pin *\ery day. il the repot I is tr ue, ii wiV ,?f groat valtio not o'l'y giving Fgypt cheaper fuel but in having oi1 where the Rritish navy csn get 11 pnsily when in the far Ward. Charles M. Dow, president of the Jsmestovii park commission, and o citizen who takes great interest ir. whatever counts for the benefit of thr city, lias placed in the hands of tin mayor St 00 to be awarded as prizes to the citizens who keep their lawns and street fronts in the most attractive condition for the ensuing year. Th? noney is divided into two parts, one for the north side and one for the south side of the city, and the prizes in each r ase are to be$'k~, $ir> and $lo, is lirst, second and third prizes. French scientists explain the de crease in the number of marriages in France in recent years by the state utont that eligible men now insist upon a handsome dowry with a bride. Om writer says that the .oason why young men make the size of the dowry chiei consideration is that the expensive j*nd luxurious tastes of the model's young woman cannot be gratified on a f.maJl income. Formerly a girl wnc brought her husband a dowry of $20, 000 wan considered eligible, but today that, amount is looked on as itisufh dent. SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY. Tlieie are a number of th'ngs, liow ever, it. is best not to learn by %x- I perience. During a hot summer some of th< handkerchiefs carried by men lool. ' mighty touch. Some nun uever settle down until the earth is carefully tamped ana | sodded above them. When a man loses he says he "j.isl plays tor amusement." But he isn't qmused; he is mad. From your effort of thinkir.g 01 Something u> say, spare a liitle time to think what not to say. What is there more helploss looking than a church social before the pat runs have begun to arrive? Hero is a rule that will not fail onct In a hundred times: He polite to ? boy, and bo .I be polite to you. If you want to make trouole for the most envied perron or, earth, toll him he is seeing his happiest days. A woman conies pretty near being an idea! wife il" her dry goods bills art never as large as the bills for eating .Nine in ten who tele; hone take Hilt for granted: "I do not have to te.l who I am for every one knows M) Voice." When a young man dies you hear oJ at leaf five girls he in tended t.< ninny, and who wore greatly shocket at his death. The women's idea of a "hard ano unfeeling" man is one who does run look sad when some girl yets up ami screeches "Home, Sweet Homo." Amateur ball players do a great, dea. of talking about a game alter it If over. Professionals don't; after gaino they try to get a little sleep. It occasionally happens that a mr.i tries to be nice to every woman through a dosire to make a btate. showing of friends than ins enemy. If a man will take a frank look at his past foolishness he will go oat a rut spread himself as a door iuat befon his own front door. llow careless people are! Wo saw a mail in a store this mottling buying a pair of suspenders, who said he hao been trying to think of them for l\v< yearn; he had needed a pair for two < years, but always forgot, when down town to buy them. Is it any wondo that this sort of a croatur? occasion aily forgets to kics his wifo bet'or* leaving the house In the morning? ( A now popular wedding song is en titled "If 1 Hut Knew." Heavens, thr, Ik why tk) coromonv gc\%s on: bloats- , neither on* kn?*w? - Aickisou fllobe. i LOSS OF LIFE From a Terrific Storm Thai Visits Naple* and Island of Ischia. REPORT OF TIDAL WAVE i Great Ixiw of Life and Property t(<>?The Island Is Hwept anr* Hundreds of People Arc I)ri wikO. Tilt* I Li ni'.i (Ei> f/i I t/ A iktikii i i "V ' "|-v? VJ to Millions of Dollars. The Island of Ischia, in th?? Men'torranear* son, 10 miles south wr?i of the city of Naples, has been atovo* swept. First reports gave a very considerable loss of life from a tida-V | wave, but the latest reports ituju,Ue that the victims are few. Communication with the Isiann ditiicult hut brief d ispatelus fronv Oasa Micciola state that wliib ii tr believed some persons were ki!>ed uy ;he collapse of houses, only om body that of a woman, has so far beer, recovered. Naples suffered from a hriOM* storm of wind unl rain Sunday night. and all Monday, the damage amounting to millions. K\ery section v?f the city boars Uu* marks the gale ami the suburb?* v\ ere even more seriously ahecteri several persons being killed The surrounding country has bo< n devastated, great qualities of grapes vines. 11*< i , walls -\n parts of hounw being scattered about in all directions. An avalanche of stones and mudt rushed down Mount Vesuvius above the lava lino of the eruption of tDdu It swept all before it as far an the town of Portici. It wrecked tlw? tram line and engulfed nearly a stora of victims. Up to the present there is no ooufirmation of the report that fuohia suffered l'rom a tidal wave or soIkinic disturbance. It was in the direct path of the hurricane whku topple over the house" in Casa Vie ciola and other villages. After the earthquake in 1883 thv\sf? places were rebuilt with I he very thinnest nouses, which woro unable to withstand the violence of Mil storm of the 2 4 hours. Wnilo it i?believed that there are seme bodies under the debris the very lliiusy nature of the structures probably p?vmitted most of the occupants to escape death or serious injury. A dispatch from Rome says th? ministry of the interior received a report that a tidal wave as Oaj&a Miceiola, on the island of had drowned 2 00 persons. Communication with th j island ias heen interrupted and veriheatiop. of the report is impossible. P'our men of war have been ordered if hurry to the scene with inen and supplies. , Casa Micciola is twelve mile? southwest of Pozzuoli at the foot o* Mount Epotno. It was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in July 1883, when about 1,700 lives werr :ost. it Has since neon reouirr ano has a population of about 4.0no Tin* beautiful coasts of the iiay V Noulosa mihI the Owlf or Saliva c; ami i he islands of lschia and I'roeidt* hive hci'i) dcvastcd by a peculiar combination of the elements. Threxact number of victims ha& not boot* h a mod, but 2T>0 persons are HUi.li to have been killed. The in one. a i'x loss is event. Th< disaster appears to ha< ? come in the form of a cyclone having th eo centers, tlie first over the '*?Ir.ii i ijt Ischia, the second over thr* r n n of Torre !> 1 (Iroeo, on the east 0 st. of the Hay of Naples, and this 1 rd sweeping the (?ulf of Salerno. Accompanying the cyclone were t* ii u'il hurst, a tidal wave and violin. eruptions from Mount Vemvtuft ,in*l troni a crater suddenly opened on the summit of the long c.vtiek Mou.it Kperneo, on the island of isoh' a. The coasts of the mainland, whl"i4 Monday were beautiful with foelr growth of orange, lemon and inan^urln troes, have been overrun wi'U rivers of rand and ashes from M,f? Vesnvious, Human bodies and tht? carcasses of dninb animals have tie t* otscovered in the molten stream Next to the loss at Ischia, ,tlx? event est damage was ilnnc tn thf* towns of l ortici, Torre dv I t.lroc K Kesino. Amalti, Sorrento, Maiorit, Ftavello, A n g r i, Fontecagnoa, Ceter and Mounte Corvino. 'Pb n t it # I ?"*"? .\ r,t ,x?? /v * b * m?. I .? 1 11 vT null IUII I I I elk* I V I Uil till; I ?% F i wil U at Vietri, <> mile and a half west of Salerno, was killed by an electric shock while attempt ng to telegraph the news of the disaster to other points. Reports from Ischla describe tho situation there as distressing. The? famous paths at Lucullus hare been destroyed. At some points the lava from Mt. Epomeo is twenty feet deep Ibiin in One Spot. There is a phenomenon at Ileltlin Cleburne county, Ala., which ha? ati racted much attention. According iO the report an incessant ralr\ hapbeen falling on a pu t. of land aeren reet square, at Heflin, for the past week, while everywhere around tu* Atmosphere was perfectly dry.