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•AROESt ^1 Any N<w*pli))0r Pe Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Tht RaliabUity of iCvory Advor» titer Who Utet the Col umns of This Paper* A Newspaper in ail that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHEJ) FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C. f FHIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1901. S1.50 A YEAR. CONTEST IKS NOW BEGUN IN EARNEST lo Small Play Between Trust and Strikers. 4- ' OPENED TODAY OVER THE STATE. Tbcre Hus 1> but If (irni l KllVctlvc It He Needed. u No Violence us Yet, 1 Istrike Order Hecome^ i Suid Slate Troops Will PlTTSBUKO, iiiK quickly 111 up. 8. —Events are mov* lie steel strike now and a tiles* there is onie unlocked for inter- ▼eutiou the c itendiup sides will sfKiu face one allot4r in the full measure of then- etrJigth. This /oriijnj the Uni ed States Steel icorporfion .-uaceeded in reopening the farm/ttiil at the Lindsay and Me- Cuto^ou plant, and President Samuel J. (Aupers of the American Federation of libor arrived here to confer with piident Shaffer of the Amal^aiuated bciatiou. Ihe steel corporation counts the re scuing of the Lindsay and McCutciieou till a material victory over the strikers, rhile the latter insist that the company has not suflh-ieut men to keep the mill in operation. There was no disturbance over the reopening of the inilL Most of the men who struck at that rail! have found places in independent plants and when the start was made there was no- bony on hand to offer opposition. The steel officials are elated at their success at the Wellsville, Hyde Park, Clark and Lindsay and McCutcheon plan is and are. preparing to open other miiis. They have ihe tires alight at the Painter mill and may produce the men needed to start up any time. There has been no violence as yet,but it is predicted here tooay that it the general strike or der becomes effective state troops will be needed almost at once to preserve order. President Shaffer and President Oom- pors are now ia conference. The latter came here last night from Atlantic City, accompanied by Secretary Morri son', ami ejiu red the strike quarters un observed. The conference is a secret one; in fact, it is not generally known here yet that he is in the city. The re sults of tnis conference ari of the great est importance to the strikers. Thou sands of the Federation men work si le by side with the Amalgamated men and their policy as to the strikers will bo vitally important. Besides that, the Federation has a vast membership and its financial assurance is an importam consideration. “Nothing In if,” Says Shaffer. Prcsifuit Shaffer, when shown the report of tiie starring of the Lindsay and M'-Cutcheon plant of the American Steel Hoop company, said: “There is nothing in it. I have a re port from Vice President Gibson inform ing me that there are only two men at the works. One is a roller and the other a common laborer. It wouid do them uo good and would do the company harm to take men away from other mills and put them there, as they would only break the machinery and spoil the ma terial. There is no place for them to get raw material as they cannot get f uddiers to muue it, so now can tney run the finishing mills. “Why, 1 can’t get puddlers for uuipu Dulls. I have an order for 90 puddlers to go to work at once at the Sligo mills on the south siue, and cannot get them. Men are wanted at St. Louis, Birming ham, Ala., and all over the country. We have advertisements in the Amal gamated Journal for all classes of skill ed men, and it is impossible for us to get them. “What I can’t see is bow the trust can secure men to work in their mills that are on a strike, when we cannot get them to fill good union jobs in union mills. “The Pork Ilonsc mill in Lower Al legheny, lias been after me for some time to get them men, but I cannot furnish Them. “I have a report from Vice President John Ward, at Cleveland, stating that the men there are strong and will stick by their brethren and also word from Vice President Ciiapijelle, at Newcastle, who says all is well and quiet.” Mr. tihaffer was asked us to the al leged refusal of the furuacemeu in She- nango and Mahoning valleys to come oat and said: “I have%ot ordered thorn out. The furuacem'-n in question are iu the American Federation of Labor.” To Start Cbartiers Mill. The management of the Chartiers mill at Carnegie, Pa., will make an effort to start that plant next Monday. General Manager Henry notified the strikers yesterday that work would be resumed on that day and that in future the mill will lie run non-union. The strikers are credited with saying that they will guard the mill night and day and prevent strike breakers fn-.m tak ing their places. The Hepublie iron works on south side were working today, bu^^ Amalgamated people as sert that the 900 men employed there W)d obey the strike order. The strike is virtually over at Wells- Thirteen more mill workers wero Jiere yesterday from Scottdaie work without trouble. Very remain iu the town. The for noting are to bo tried [CBsiuau R W. defend the .will as- Newsy Item* from Other C'mintles Orouped Together. Governor MerSweeney has removed County Treasurer Dickinson, of Bam berg, and appointed John F. Folk 10 act in his stead. There was found to be a shortage in the treasurer’s otl^e. There was a political speaking at a picnic in Lancaster county July lid that bus just come to ligiit. There >\us not a single newspaper corres pondent present, but benator Till- man, Congressman Finley, \V. 1*. Pollock ami others made speeches. Rich -Staggs, a wh'to moonshiner, was killed in Spartanburg county Friday night last by Will Camp, bis help in the mountain distillery. The negro is iu jail. Staggs’ body was leit on trie ground in the still until the next morning. Meanwhile lour other white men made a number of gallons of winsKey. At ‘Primus, in Lancaster county, Ned Duncan, was accidentally shot in the neud with a pistol Sunday morning by Peter Phillips, trum the effects of which he died Monday af ternoon. Both parties are colored, and live 011 Mr. Eniest Hinson's place at Primus. They were looting with a pistol. Action has been taken by the State sinking fund commission disproving the charge frequently made in the past year or more that there was a shortage of several thousand dollars in the office of County treasurer Hol lins, ot keishaw county, ana also lo the effect that there had been no discrepancy in the accounts of the deceased treasurer, Mr. italic. There is to be u big political meet ing at Chester baiurduy (tomorrow). Senator lillman, Congressman Lati mer and John J. Hemphill will be there, and so will Gov. McSweeney if he can get off, and Senator Me- Laurin if his sica cuild does not get worse. The railroads will give cheap rates and a large crowd is expected. Miss Laura Sheenan and her broiher-iu-law', Harry Harbot, went to the home of James Duggan in Charleston Monday night and made a demand that Duggau marry Miss Sheenan. On his refusal a pistol was fired, but nobody was hurt. The police were called and cases will be made by Duggan against bis assail ants. Arthur Clement about July 28 had gone out from New Prospect, above Spartanburg, seven miles from borne. A storm approached and he took refuge under a shelter by the road side. A negro living on the premises came up to get out of the rain and invited Mr. Clement into the house. He took a seat in a chair and the ne gro sat down in the door. The nouse was struck by lightning. Mr. Clement was severely shocked and the negro died that night from the shock. Saturday afternoon in a difficulty between John Davis and Will Bailey, two negroes living on Mr. Springs Massey's place in Waxhaw, the former was cut in several places by the lat ter. The quarrel seems to have been between Davis and a negro woman, when Bailey, who was in the room asleep when the quarrel Started, arose with a knife in hand and began cut ting Davis. Davis was able to go to Lancaster Monday and swear out a warrant against his assailant, who has left and gone to North Carolina. E. H. Pringle, president of the Bunk of Charleston, and director of the exposition, is in Anderson working in the interest of the exposition. He made an effort to induce the city government to take stock in the exposition. He found the members of the city council thoroughly In terested and more than friendly to the enterprise, but the city attorney advised that it was not possible to legally take such steps as the council desired to take in aid of the exposi tion. On Salesday in Spartanburg Mr. W. J. Sizemore, a farmer from Fair Forest, made a disastrous trade on the boneyard, which came near cost ing him his life. He bargained for a- mule, which he hitched to bis buggy, and at night when he starfed home the obdurate animal would not budge. Mr. Sizemore reached forward, lean ing over the dashboard, and struck at the animal with a whip. The mule kicked the man in the face, crushing the cheek bone and knock ing a portion of it under his leit eye. He was very painfully wounded. Last Saturday afternoon while Mr. John K. Beckham, of Pleasant Hill, was in Lancaster, with a load of watermelons and his wife was at her father’s, Mr. Marshall's, some one entered his house, by raising the sash it is supposed, and stole therefrom his best suit of clothes— the suit he was married in. Before taking the clothes the thief took off the suspenders and left them lying on the Moor. He also ransacked trunks and drawers, hut nothing else was missed. W. C. Ivey, for the past year editor of the Freeman, a newspaper pub lished at Humter, was arrested Tues day night by Hheriff McIntosh, of Kiberton, Ga., on a warr^^Bfeiiug s Illicit in here he MHftir LOWER CHEROKEE NEGRO RAPIST MEETS LOCAL GULLINGS. MOST HORRIBLE TATE A Fine Rain Visits the Sec. John Pennington Burned at tion in the Nick of Time. ACCIDENT DURING STORM Fruit Drying Seasnu Over- rtSM'Itt-g are Kuttliig-Klckem I’lent!fill-Some One Spits Tolmrco .1 ulre on Church Weuth- erhoanlhlg J’erHonal Items. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Aug. 6—Yesterday evening and last night this section was visited with a fine rain. It came in the very hick of time to help the freshly ‘‘laid by" corn and other crops which were beginning to lan guish from the excessively hot, dry weather. Mrs. Ed Clary and Miss Ellen Kirby, cf the Bowlingsville section of our county, visited friends and relatives in this section last week and attended the meeting at Mesopo tamia. Their many friends are al ways glad to see them. During the rain storm yesterday evening Mr. Rufus Estes, who was plowing near an old house, took his mare into it to.get her out of the rain. The planks in the floor gave way and she fell through and it was with some difficulty he got her out. How ever, she was not hurt. Several of our Chester friends and acquaintances came up last week to attend children’s day at Salem. Our old friend, VVm. A. Robinson, of McConnellsvillc, with several of hie neighbors, was there, too. Mr. Rob inson is one of the oldest living mem bers of Salem church. He attended there in his youthful days and was brought up largely in that church He says he never intends to let a children’s day pass without coining, if he is able to get there. Among those who attended chil dren’s day was Mrs. Mary Castles, of Texas, a daughter of Rev. R. Y. Russell, who preached at Salem in the early sixties and long before. Our friend, Mr. James Garner, has our thanks for a sample of his most delicious watermelons. He is the champion watermelon raiser among us this year. Mr. George Petty, of Pacolet Mills, was in this neighborhood last week. George is a great Ledger man. Anything he sees in The Ledger he can tell with such a signifi cant air as tu make the unsophisti cated think it is impossible for it to be a falsehood. He said he could not stay long as the VV’idow Petty wt a looking for him to return. Mr. Sain Brown has returned from a visit to the White Plains neighbor hood. whither he wont to visit his old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Wood. The fruit drying season has ap parently closed for the present. Lots of choice peaches are now rot ting on the ground for weather suita ble to dry them. The protracted meeting closed at Mesopotamia last SubbaL.i with sev eral accessions to the church. Rev. Mr. Marion preached at Sa lem last Subbath. Rev. C. A. B. Jennings and Mr. 8. M. Rice, both of Union, attended children’s day at Salem last Thurs day. Each of them, with Rev. S. T. Creech, made an address. Our friend, “Bachelor," of Buffalo, need not console himself with the idea that the area of land he has laid out for burying the kickers of Chero kee county will anything like hold them, If they are allowed the usual !5xG feet. Why, brother, this township alone can fill a large portion of the area you lay off, without including the cases experienced by some young men who would be glad to have it otherwise. We don’t suppose that we have any more than our proportionate share of these kickers, either. In fact, we know we haven’t. Mrs. H. B. McDaniel and children, of Hickory Grove, spent a few days on this side of the river last week. Mr. P. B. Love, of the Rock Hill Journal, was at Salem last Thursday. Messrs. J. H. Bigham and John Whitesides, of Sharon, with their wives and children, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes last week. Some dirty, low-down, ill-behaved, accomplished scoundrel spit tobacco juice on the nicely painted weather- boarding of Mesopotamia church sometime during the late meeting there. We can’t think it was any one who attended the services there for we don’t believe we have any such people hi this or that community. But when we hear of young men, members of respectable families, drinking whiskey and using profane language about a church, wo are ready to believe they are qualified to do anything else that is mean and lowdown. These have been spotted and should bo held up to public exe cration until they feel the weight of the odium they have brought upon themselves. The rain yesterday and last night raised Broad jiver about ten or twelve feet, The ferry has baao has '•1 Stake In Alabama. HE CONFESSED HIS GUILT Assaulted 3Irs. J. C. Davis Near Ku- terprise. Was 1‘ursued by Hob, aud Heiug Captured and Fully Identified, Was Speedily I*ut to Death. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 8. — With agonizing screams ami ins eyes bulging from his head, John Wesley Penuinq- ton, a negro, was burned at the stake near Enterprise, Ala., before a crowd of 600 enraged aud determined citizens of Coffee county yesterday morning. The j assemblage w r as composed of both whites and blacks aud though the suffering wretch pleaded for mercy aud frantic ally endeavored to break the chains that tightly bound him, not a trace cf sym pathy was shown ou the hardened faces that peered at him through the flumes. Peumugtou had committed a brutal as sault up )u Mrs. J. C. Davis, the wife of oue of the most promineut farmers of Coffee county, and confessed his guilt. The crime was committed the evening before while Mrs. Davis was gathering vegetables iu her garden. Pennington slipped up behind Mrs. Davis, choked the fearstnekeu woman into insensibili ty. accomplished his intention ami fled through the woods near by. As soon as she regained her senses Mrs. Davis crawled to the house and told her hus band what had happened. Chased by Bloodhounds. A large posse was quickly organized, aud, with bloouhouuds, they chased the negro until early in the morning, when he was captured in a swamp. Penning ton was bound hand and foot and taken back to the Davis homo for identifica tion. Word of the assault on Mrs. Davis had been sent by runners for miles around Enterprise aud every farmer in the ueignborhood had left liis plow to join in the search. Some of them wero too late to join the pursuing party ami went to the Davis home ana awaited their return. When taken before her Mrs. Davis immediately recognized Pennington and the negro broke down and wept. He admitted havini. committed the assault aud pleaded for mercy, but with cries of terror the trembling man was dragged from the house and into the woods, where the crowd had gathered. Evidently expecting the confession several of the citizens had already driven a stake iu the ground aud as the men approached with Pennington both whites aud blacks were piling brusiiwood around the iron pipe. The negro saw his doom, aud with an awful scream of terror fell to the ground iu a faint. He was quickly revived and dragged to the stake, while the crowd stood si lently by. The frightened man was limp aud had to bo held up while the chains wero fastened around his neck ami body. When all was ready the cry was given aud the crowd stood back. Itaplsi's Awful hate. A match was applied to the pile aud, with oil to feed upon, the tiny flame soon burst into a roaring fire. The ter rified negro again pleaded for mercy in the most agonizing tones aud prayed God that those around him might per ish. He then called upon the Maker for forgiveness and as the flames leaped up 1 aud encircled his neck an unearthly shriek was heard aud the man’s eyes al most bulged out of the sockets. By this time tiie fire had gained such headway tiiat nothing could be seen except a wriggling motion in the center of the circle of fire. A deathly silence enveloped the awful sight and iu a few minutes the flames had sufficiently subsided to see that Pennington’s head had fallen forward aud hung limp over the iron chain. The body was quickly consumed and all of Pennington that remained was a pile of ashes. The crowd then quietly dis persed. CONVENTION OF TYPOS. Laws Committee Preparing For the Meeting Iu Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala, Ang. 8.—The laws committeo of the^ International Typo graphical anion met here today prepar atory to the annual meeting of the union iu this city ou Monday next. The com mittee consists of President James M. Lynch of Syracuse, N. Y., G. P. Nich- ols of Baltimore, Edward M. Haggerty of Atlanta, Samuel G. Gosnell of Ana conda, Mon., John W. Hays of Minuo- nnolis aud H. M. Meuzel of Albany, N. Y. 1’ne committee has under considera tion the matter of changing the laws with reference to district organizers, sentiment seeming to favor longer terms of office and fewer changes in the office an well as enlisted jnrisdiction. The eight-hour question will also prob ably come up. The committee may be in session several days. All prepara tions have been completed for the na tional convention ou Monday. A large attendance is promised. President and Secretary Arrive. Birmingham, Ala., Ang. 8—James M. Lynch, president, aud J. W. Brain- wood, secretary and treasurer, of the International Typographical nnion, arrived hero yesterday afternoon, ac companied by their clerical forces, and established headquarters in the Morris hotel, preparatory to the meeting of the international body here on Monday next. HUson Is State Printer. TAU.vUJfeRK, Ang. 8.—The board of jltate institutions has tlissesof state rs to the Tai- u (Fla) Jour- the lowest SUMMER SCHOOLS FOR COOHTt TE1CHERS. Cherokee Has Reason to be Proud of Her Schools and PROGRESSIVE TEACHERS. Tills a Day of (ireat Things in The Fdu- catlounl Held Origin of the Summer MHiooIm and Prejudice Against Them - System Not Perfect. Cherokee county has reason to be proud of the deserved reputation she j has won in the past for possessing superior schools, progressive teachers and a people very generally interest ed in educational matters. In some respects, educationally, she is the banner county in the State. Now, i does Cherokee county mean to main- i tain her fair record? Surely she cun- | not afford to have it marred. And i yet she must bestir herself or lose her place of honor in educational af fairs. This is a day of great things in the educational field throughout our whole country, and particularly in the south. In this section we have waked up to the realization of the fact that the tide of our opportunity is at the flood, that it is sweeping by our very doors, and that even conserva tive South Carolina, peering over her borders and catching the spirit of educational progress, lias dared to launch out, too, upon the tide, and means to fall no whit behind Iter neighbors in the great work of im proving her common schools. That State or that county not wide enough awake to note, to test and to appro priate the progressive ideas aud methods of the day, deserves to be left behind. Now I believe that the people of this county know a good thing when they see it, and that it is only neces sary to cull their serious attention to the merits of a subject to have them pass a wise judgment in the pr-. mises. In this matter of maintaining teachers summer schools, it would seem that there exists some opposi tion throughout the State, and from what I have heard and seen written in the Cherokee papers, there must prevail considerable ignorance and prejudice in the minds of some in this county relative to the above in stitution. A certain person a few days since asked one of the teachers, now attending the summer school here, this question : “Do you know how much your summer school is costing the county?” The teacher replied that bo did not know exactly, but supposed -1*200. This man then volunteered the following amazing information: “Why. your school is costing the State $1,000." As a matter of fact the total expense will be about $100, paid by State and Tea- bodv funds. Now the individual who made this assertion is above the aver age in intellig nee, and has held officii 1 position in the county echgol manage ment. Of course, there are very few so ignorant us this, and yet there are, unfortunately, pessimists and politi cal jumpingjucks in every community whose main business is to retard the wheels of progress, and who can swear to the rankest poison in every pie out of reach of their own fingers. It is not the usual habit of these pes simists to suggest a remedy or lend a helping hand toward the effecting of more perfect results; but if by slur or insinuation or damaging half- truth they succeed in wielding the assassin’s weapon, why, their object is attained and they are satisfied. Some one in writing for your paper a few days ago alluded to the sum mer schools as a “nuisance"—nui sance was the word! Well, of course that was a joke. Certainly no onu understanding the meaning of English words and able to write for a news paper, could have used the term in any other sense. 80 no further com ment is necessary. Now, my reason for writing this article is to try to remove this preju dice toward the summer schools by throwing some light on the origin, purpose and needs of the organiza tion. This prejudice, I firmly be lieve, will be removed in the mind of any one who is willing to give the subject a moment’s earnest consider ation. I doubt not that it is the impres sion of many that this whole system of summer schools is oqe devised by our State Superintendent of Educa tion and thrust upon the people as a costly experiment. Not so. It is the outcome of the best educational thought of Europe and America. The late Henry Barnard, second only to Horace Mann as an educator, said in a speech before the Connecticut leg islature in tlie-interest of educational reform many years ago: “It is idle to expect good schools until we have good lechers, and the people will rest satisfied with such teachers us they have until their attention is di rected to the subject, aud until we can demonstrate the necessity of employing better by proper training in classes aud seminaries established for this very purpose." That speech led to the establish- ment iu 1848 of sixteen teachers’ schools in Connecticut. Horace Mann, of Massachusetts, and Lyman C. Draper, of Wisconsin, were using their Influence to the same end in their respective states. Hiuco that time everv state In the union hue taken up the idea and possessee summer schools of some kind rmerlj professor f nil y comjpe- menllon in 1 VJo Pennsylvania, now American con missioner of education to Porto Ric used the following words in a spec made at the National Educatior Association in Charleston last veu “What avails an enriched ourriculu|n if we have impoverished an<f enslav teachers. If we really seek enrioji- ment of the pupil, it will be achiev only by a fuller enrichment of t teacher." Normal schools were the first inaii tutions established to meet this frit want. They were accessible, how ever, to only a few, so tho teachtrs institute was organized to reach fur ther. Then it was found that for the average teacher something nopre practical was needed, and the <mt- come has been the state and county summer schools. Now, it is (lily necessary to examine the report^ of tho United States commissioner of education to learn how these schools are estimated by those fully cor: tent to judge, Suffice it to the report from Minnesota It is as follows, relative to sunutier schools: “Teachers’ institutes, after having accomplished much good, have been gradually giving way to those more energetic institutions, tho summer schools. Tho latter tend far to supplement the normal schools, whose accommodations are inadequate for those in need of them. These schools have become of so se- tiems import that many superinten dents have seen fit to limit to sixteen years the age of those attending Despite several inequalities attend ing their operation so far, the judg ment in their favor has become gen eral with county superintendents, boards of education, boards of trus tees and teachers.” Such is the re port from the north six years ago. In the south the great State of Texas held 107 summer schools last summer of four weeks duration, with about ~> 000 teachers in attendance. To be sure, the summer school system in its present working in our State, is not perfect. What system, however, of human device has ever been perfect? But is any good going to accrue from harsh criticism alone? It is wonderfully easy to criticise. The man is yet to be found too igno rant for that sort of business. But, if the critic has nothing better to of fer, is it not, to say the least, tho part of common sense and good taste for him to hold his peace? After all, however, it is easy to, discover that the trouble about the summer schools is the want of coop eration on the part of trustees, pat rons, teachers and, sometimes, of county superintendents. There is nothing seriously the matter with tho schools themselves. To be sure the instructors are uot Salons every time; but as vVm. Xye would say, “That is neither here nor there," for it is the assembling of earnest teach ers for the purpose of honest study that makes these schools valuable. In Arkansas and other States the teachers choose their own instructors from among themselves, and in some cases where no state aid is given, they pay the salaries of their in structors. Unquestionably, ti e great need now of the summer schools for the bringing about of their highest efficiency, is proper encouragement and assistance given to teachers in their attendance upon the schools. In spite of all drawbacks, however, the schools have been a success on the whole, and it does not require any extraordinary discernment on the part of one at all familiar with the educational tendencies of the day to perceive that the summer school has come to stay. Politics in this State may thrust in his cloven foot and upset the present order of things for awhile, but uot even politics will be able to blind the State to the fact that such senseless upheavals arc dis astrous. Then the old commonwealth will “right about face" once more, hut not until she has been compelled to suffer the mortification of realizing that she has lost ground in her match toward tho educational goal* No one can believe that Cherokee county or Gaffney are going to throw stumbling blocks ih the way of true educational progress. It were al most an insult to hint at such a thing at the home of Limestone Col lege and its distinguished president, Dr. Lee Davis Lodge. And allow me to say in parenthesis that not the least of the advantages attendant upon the assembling of our teachers here was tho privilege afforded to some of us of hearing the scholaaly address of Dr. Lodge, delivered some days ago to the old veterans of the county upon the real causes leading up to tho civil war. Would that the whole nation could have heard his (lawless argument. Most convinc ingly did he establish the constitu tional.validity of’tho south’s position in tho great contest between the see tions. Incidentally tho speaker made an eloquent plea for more thor ough history study and historical re search in our schools. For its sim ple style, faultless delivery, searcb- ing argument and masterful use of English speech, this address was, I think, remarkable. In closing let mo not be misunder stood in the foregoing remarks about tbc summer school. I am nut one to attempt to restrict freedom of speech. The summer school system Is sus ceptible of improvement and tbe sub ject invites intelligent discussion— but let it bo intelligent. Hut of crokers pewtlrniNtlc, And of erltW** vandMlatlc, Men of firalii* lire ifHtlnK duud sick - Veu they lire! W. G. Blake. What most people want is some thing mild and gentle, when in need of a physic Chamhirlain’s Htomach and LiverTabletsJMjtbe bill to a dot. They up iNtiy to take aud pleasant iLsgset. • For sale by Cher- OCEAN STEAMSHIPS GOLLIOE IN CENSE EOS Accident Occurred In the Irish Channel. SEVEN REPORTED LOST Vessels Were ilie White !-tar Oceanic and tiie liiueoia, I he fci Belli;* Mil.it—Former Onig Sl| Damaged. p , Queenstown, Aug. 8. — The White Star line steamer Oceanic, Captain Cameron, wnicii tailed from Liverpool yesterday for New York, via Qaeeu- town, arrived here this morning, and reported having been iu collision last night, in the Irish channel, with ’he steamer Kmcora of Waterford, Ireland. The Kinoora sank. Seven persons were drowned. The Kinoora was a steel screw steamer of 4f>:j tons. She belonged to the Water ford Steamship company. The collision occurred in a fog. The bow of tiie Oceanic was damaged. The Kmcora was a coasting vessel, trading between Water.onl aud Lim erick. She had a crew of 14 men. Tue Oceanic brought the seveu survivors to this port. Tiie damage sustained by the Oceanic will not prevent her proceeding ou her journey. Lnu-r details of the collision wero ob tained and it was then learned that the only damage sustained by the Oceanic consisted of a few dents in her port plates. She proceeded at 3:60 p. m. The collision occurnd this side of Tuskar at about 1:30 in the morning. The fog was very douse. The Kiucora was struck amidships. Ail tiie passengers of the Oceanic were iu bed, and tnero was some com- motion until the captain assured them tiiat there was uot the slightest cause for alarm. Headway wgs kept 011 the Oceanic after she struck the Kiucora in order to give tho crew of the latter a cliauco to clamber ou board the Oceanic. The boats of the white Star liner were lowered to rescue every man possible. The Kmcora sank very rapidly. The Oceanic remained in the vicinity of the collision until daylight, but nothing was then visible beyond some floating wreckage. TEN PEOPLE INJURED. Two Excursion Trains Collide Near C01 fltirnce, I’a. PiTTSiiUKG, Aug. 8—Two sections of an Atlantic City excursion train col lided near Ooufitience, Pa., 8t miles east of this city today. Teu persons were seriously injured and a number of others slightly hart. , Those seriously hurt were: Fireman Shaunou, Pittsburg, Pa.; P. J. Collins, wife and infant, Youngs town; J. W. Davis. Newcastle, Pa.; Mrs. J. H. Lewis, Newcastle, Pa.; A G. Shaw, Pittsburg; Miss Helen Le in our. Pittsburg; Mrs. Dora Hartsell, Newcastle; J. SI Stillwagon, Connells- vdle. T he trains left here shortly after 8 o’clock this morning. At Confluence the first section was stopped aud the second section rouudiug the curve, go ing at the rate of 36 miles an hour, crashed into it. To Invest Ig ite Freight Kates. St. Louis, Aug. 8.—John L. Mar- chand, agent of the interstate commerce commission, is here for the purpose, he says, of investigating tho demoraliza tion of freight rates in generaL It is stated, however, that he had come to seek evidence to sustain the report that southwestern lines were making rates so much lower on wheat than flour for export ns to seriously handicap the ex port flour business. Mrs. Mary Pickens Marries. New York, Aug. 8.—Mrs. Mary Pick ens, granddaughter of tbe famous war governor of South Carolina, and daugh ter of the late James W. Pickens of Corinth, Miss., has just married at her home in this city Artiiur Shirley of Camden House, Fales Hill, Coventry, England. Mr. and Mrs Shirley have gone to California and will returu to New York in tbe autumn. » ('uptatii Noble Wiley 8hot. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 8.—Captain Noble Wiley, son of Congressman Wi ley of this district, and who has recent ly recciveMl an uD(>oiiitmcnt as lieuten ant in tbe regaiar army, was shot and seriously wounded here last night by Dr. J. H. Crosslauci, the ball striking aim in (he shoulder.' Immediate cause of tbe difficulty is uot known. Weather Station at Yellowstone. Washinutom, Aug. 8.—Professor W. L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau and acting secretary of agriculture, is going to Yellowstone park to inspect mat reserve with a view to locating a w< ather station there. This action baa been suggested by Captain H. M. Chit- tendon, U. 8. A , with tne approval of the secretary of war. Lightning Kill* t hree. Columbia, 8. 0.. Aug. &—Under a oe<iar tree, 7 miles from Columbia, five negroes sought sneiter from a thunder storm yesterday. They occupied the time eating dinner. A bolt of lightning killed two men, a woman uud two mules. Ed Owens, oue of (be im-n killed, was manager of the farm, and a promi nent negro planter. Joseph Fnr.idfle Dead. London, Aug. 8 —Joseph Fornuale, who was chief constable of Birmingham ut the nme of tiie Fenian movement, iu which Egan, Daly and Gallagher ware concerned, died this morning. It was alleged ut the time *uai Farudala hatched the conspiracy. *- hx-Lovernor N* vv>*H Di-wdf ThkxVon, Aufc 8. —£x G ham A. Sewell ai^ at n< home iu AlidffonV X. J, *