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~~LEI GUL11F OF X~~JJ~f I blocke by inbif ,t r..,. SWEPT BY STORM. AWFUr. TIuAl. WA vi1)i1TIUOY; MANY alMinwia p,l Rive-r 1, 1)ivot, 1ITckc by ttto S.at---Thu Cot of 1Irfo eiul tilt l)iuuego to Proiperty HecallN tho Terriblu Troptcal I;Fluaot of 1893 Wheit ThlttAui,u1' t(:rielhetl. Now Orloans, August 15.-The storm which has beon swooping the Gulf coast from Pensacola and mov ing westward during the past two datys, has prostrated telograph and telephone wiros to such an extent that news from the outlying sections is hard to got at. Tho greatest foars have boon 11 tortained for the safety of the peoplo living at Port, I;ads, which is at the mouth of the river, and for the ships that started for sea just before the storm began. The wires there have boon pros trated sinco Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, but '1'he Picayune reached a Man who loft Port En;ades Wedns day. He was soon at Burns, which is (10 miles down the river, and the farthest point with which there is wire coummunication at the present time. A RnE:cULAt 'TIDAL WAVE. This man describes the storm which swept that section as a regular tidal wave, similar to the one which resulted in such awful loss of life in 1893. He says all the people living on the east bank of the river have moved up to the "jump," which is 15 miles from the muouth of the river. The houso of a man named Cob. den, half a mile above the qtuaran tino station, was swept away, and the 15 members of the family, including nine children, drowned. The quarantine buildings wore badly damaged but no one injurod. The big - towboat Chamberlain was driven high and dry in the marsh, but her crow are safe. The govern ment boat General leiso is believed to have been lost. Capt. O'Brion's house was swept away, but he was on the boat, which was bolieved to he outside. The pile driver at Port :l',ados was sunk. The steamboat Barns was driven ashore near the lighthouse and later it was reported that she had sunk. H1or crow were said to have been saved. The tngboat Velasco went down to Pass a L'Ontro, which is the eastern month of the river, with two barges. When last soon she had her dock awash, and it is feared she has gone down. If this boat and her barges have ben lost 20 peopl more have b)een drowned. There are numerous reports of individual casualties all along the river from Burns dowvn to the Passes. OREATL ANXIETY. All the steamers which started for thme sea Tuesday remained inside the P~asses until WVodnesday evening and then went out safely, among tihe number b)eing the Cromwell liner Proteus, arnd the British transport Mechanican which was dynamited while in port a fow days ago. Not a single vessel has passed up the river since the storm b)egan and great fears are entortained for the ones which are expected. here is serious apprehension con the Oheniore (laminada and sections, on the south twest of the Missis 2,000 lives were ial wave. Up inas been re hich is st its frost O( 1 ,alo 'onichartrniti has been siihakon by the heavy seas breaking against it. ALL BUI.DINI)o SWEPT AWAY. Thoro has bon much (lalmigo done at Sholl Beach, Ia settleiment of the on Lake Borgno, touthoast, of the city, and which connects with Lake Ponchartrain. All (ho buildings there have boon swept tway, and thero aro reports of loss of life among the fishermon, but the exact extent of this is not known. A tidal wave swept over the land there as it did nine years ago. In the city of Now Orleans and suburbs ther has boon considorablo damage. At Iiln oburg, one of the lako resorts, the railroad pior head running out into the lake for a dis tanco of a t housrnd yards has boon destroyed and all light buildings do molished. The buildings on shore withstood the gale. There was no loss of life. Tho steamer Neptune tied up at this pierhead, pounded herself to pieces and sank. At West End the lake rushed over the rovertiont and destroyed nearly all of the buildings there. The big dancing pavillon at Lake View was pounded to pieces by wreckage, washed up bv the waves. The shell road to West End was under threo feet of water, and "Bucktown," a gambling rorort at h1 h 1(end of the ro ventment, ha boon swept away. The old basin canal coming into the city on Toulouse street over-flowed its banks, inudating the entire second district. A thousand men have boon at work on it and are raising its banks. A coal fleet of 1-t barges, belong ing to the Monongabola Coal com pany of Pittsburg and anchored at Coal Port, nine miles above the city, had a rough exporienco and every tug in the harbor wnas sent to save them. Six of them with an aggro gato capacity of 6,000 tons of coal, sank. The towboat henry Marx, belong ing to the Interstate Transportation company, pounded a hole in her bottom at' Gretna this morning and sank. A HEAVY WIND, TOO. The storm which developed yestor torday continued throughout the night and a heavy wind was still blowing today. Wind and rain were general along the coast and many trains are belated. Much of the low section of Now Orleans is under water and scows have boon brought into requisition to enable people to get frm their homes to the higher portions. Sev eral factories have been compelled to shut down. Lake Pontichart rain has been backed into the old and now canal. Both overflowed their banks for a considerable distance. Theotear, or low portions of this city, thickly populated territory two milos in width, is flooded to depth of two feet. There is considorablo suffering among the poor. A Louisville and Nashville train from the east, due at 7:25 a. mn., has not yet arrived1, nor have the coast trains over that road. The high water in the lake and the flood in the rear of (lhe city have caused the delay. Hundreds of business men of New Orleans live along the gulf coast during the summer and thus far have been unable to roach the city. Many Louisiana people aro spend ing the summer at Grand Isle, which is adjacent tD the (Cheniere. ver 2,000 lives were lost at the lat lace when (hat neck of land by storms a few years ho excursion steam izod at its wharf is pounding ir. Those5 t Nop. caw the Irain n; h r the "iver woro in dblo to iiik i boIh Iirndiings. All the Iug- inl the harbor are oi gaged today in trying to save tho floot of aIuonlt '.00 boats lying above the City. I weN'0en six and toi boats havo alrendy been lost.. Till; 1AWJ'2-' OWN EilXInIT. sulserintentlerit A.- W. Lovo lankeH anl JIiirent iug RepIot. Mr . A. W. I ove, sulerintendont of the ;ttato ('xhibits of the South Carolina I niter St ato and West Indian Exposition, has made a report, to tho director general, in which he speaks of tho interest that is being awakon od in the sovural counties and tho probabilities of good exhibits from the variou; sections of South Carol - na. Io lit.s already visited twenty counties and in a majority of those he has found considorable interest, in the coming Exposition. In some of the countis the con mLissioners ap pointed have boon actively at work and already indicate that the ex hibits made in the name of their ,oenties will be representative and oxcellont. In some of the countios the work has not yet gotton a good start, but may be expected to get in to the procession as timo goes oi. Chester, Colleton, Fairfield, G root woud, Ocone and Orangoburg havo Imrdo long strides towards prepa'a ration, and in soveral places money has boon raised to defray the expenr sea of getting the exhibit together and arranging it properly. Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Clarendon and Pickens counties are also enlistod and will be found in lino when the roll is called. Some of the other counties have made but little progress, and there are said to be one or two that really pretended to be indifferont to the magnificent opportunity offered by the Exposition to advertise the good things that their special locality is especially proud of. It is more than likely that as the work goes on '.l of the counties in the State will appreciate the Exposition and wili be glad enough to come in and join hands with their sister counties to make a grand State display. In the matter of special exhibits Mr. Love speaks of the tobacco in dustry, and says that he has written to a large number of tobacco ware lhousomen and without a single ex ception all have promised to aid in the enterprise, and will firnish speci mens free of expense for exhibition. The exhibit of rico will be very in teresting and Mr. Love has been promised the aid of many wholesale dealers. Mr. J. L. Sheppard, of Charleston, has generously offered to give the commissioner every possible assistance and this will be a groat help. It is probable that a "rice kitchen" will be opened and the rice will be served free to visitors, in order that the style of cooking this South. emn staple may be demonstrated. State phlosphato commissioner has been requestedl to assist Mr. Love in arranging the phosphate exhibit, and this will be most creditable an'd in teresting. The new industries in South Caro linai of raising tea, and silk, and nuts, will be fully demonstrated, and there will be samples of tea and growing tea plants from Pinehurst, the mag nificent ten farm of Dr. Charles U. Shephard; specimens of South Caro lina silk and pecans and other nuts from trees at Orangeburg and else wvhere. Mr. Love's entire report, wvhiilo too long and detailed to be given in full, was of the greatest interest, and plainly indicated the awakening of a lively and general interest in the Ex. position and its posasibilities all over South Carolina. Mr. Suburban-IL was called on by a committee today, who wanted me to contribute something toward the building of a now fence around tile old cemetery." "Mrs. Suburban-"And how much did you give them, dear ?" Mr. Suburban-"I gave them nothI ,simply because I do not see the esity for buildi'g a fence. Those re ix' the cemetery can't get d I 3on't believe there is any. nxioutoe in n. n"----nnlti C0NCLS ACTION WVin"1T lit; ->ttlY i F ' O>llUlN:1NCt PASSEi IN :1't .1 -UON. It.lIlet"ve it wia4t win Countrte - \nu J1< tto W hy thtt 1)-.it..us:;ry I,:tw ( un ut t t1 EnMforemd 1'ro,rty i3"- thu ',itct: Ftti e,. [The Stat,, 1 5th.] '['here has hoen considtteraile s:pec.c Ilation iii thlt lsst few days t1inct) tho adoption of thrte ow ordinlance in the city of (harleston by I ho coiniel of that city lookinig to tho einforcement of the dispensary law by the police forco in regard to t he offect this act, of the nluniciial at horitio' will havo on the altiido of the board of <irec torn of the Stato dispensary anl(d the other Stato authorit ies;. It was inpossiblo yestorday to ieo ainy of the mienbers of the Stato board but Governor McSweoney was anked what ho thought. of tho actior: takon. 'iThe governor expressed li.t self freely. Ho said to a relresenta tivo of The Sttte "I think iat, the city council of Charleston hits shown excellent judgmnt an:d I believo that Mayor Smath and his council have dono the vory best thing for ('har leston. They have, as I s'idl, dis. played excellent judgient" in atlopt ing this ordinanice and plthing Char leston in tho positiot: i hat sho dlo. serves to be placed in. W1ith this action of the city cor'lii the State board of directors, if the police carry out the law and enfor-e it and prose cute the blind tigers in the polico court, should p1ace Cliarleston in the position occupitd by titt other towns andi citios, and "ive her back her share of the 1'1.6'ts. .I heliuvo tlht eo will be pti .tek on ihnt ba1i. Jusit horo permit me10 to iny that I think Columbia hm oil.: i"llow in li;o and adopt ju:t st") t;.t ordlinaico. "As I have ;t I an lorig, on the stump and elsewir .", I would be in favor of taking the cor.stables out of Charleston altog~'tici if the munici pal authorit'es in .h ilcdon would show me thi.t thy ar e1 forcing the dispensary liw. I ha'.o id ways taken tho'ground that thoro ought to bo no constailes in ainy city wh1")so munici pal authorities will ettforce the law; that the polico ought to enforce the law. Take the case of the town of Anderson; I am assurod that the po lice there enforce the law absolutely and that tlere are no blind tigers there now. The peoplo say they have no neod for th constables. I believe that thin cana he done in Char loston with a first-class~ police fore not afraid to doe its dutly. Nowv lot the police force do its duty as has1 boen1 done in Anderson and as other cities and towns are dboing."' Asked as to the result of tihe on forcement of thle law in Columbia since the( extra piolico were given the constables, the governor remnarkeod: "Chief Baoa' report shows that the result so far has boeon first rate. It speaks for itself." PANDIEIONIUM IIICIONS IN Viii GiNIA'sI CON VENi'ION. 'The Pliatftorm "EixpreaKos AdantIration for All tihe Leaders of ithn Pairly freom Jeffeon to fiyan." Norfolk, Va., Aug. 15.- --The Demo. cratic State Convention co1mpletedl its wvork late this afternoon. The plat form adoepted expresses adlmi rati on for all the leadoers of thie party from Jefferson to B3ryan. Thlis plank wasi not dliscussodl by the convention, not withstanditg the fair atpplauso whlich had1( greeted utterances against Bryan and free silver prior to tile submis sion of thle committee's report. A leading plank endorses a gener al primary plan for the election of United States senators, congressmen, and1 State, county and municipal of. locors by the direct vote of the poo The ticket was completedi by thie nomination of Major W. A. Anderson of RXockbridge for attorney general over iIon. J. J. Jlfilii, in 0on(3of the most bitterly fought batt.les ever seen in a Virginia coinvention. Other can didates for thie nIommltation Were Judge WV. (1. Robertson of floanoko and Judge 8. W. Williams of WVythoI. The b)ody was stampeded for nearly two honr4 and mounty ate cont il!l\ : i v. ii it V .I elfrit s;' iuun . An. 4It'r1: l. w aIV. tl1(- t :c)IIilttt( tl I,) \' tc'"i . ntat1he fol ia (iIV t.CIi T11I i.-T ' )llirm' olhi.l t l o tht nat\ina it 1 1.1 : ifo+? ("Il I ) 1 il oiu tl Ilh1mocrate Irai( :rl'ty, Il dll Co n(dI s (tovern,or TIyler's; athiiIst rattion. I Z,o. rrin t , ili Stat r n r it ii Ilarod itho pb11.lic etbht h:t: b e tiitlsfactori.y Ilutil,ed aittl int('lst tirolmlltly mout; Itlt thero has( hI t b lr i "ain of lMttl. (lo1t) inl net rV enUUO witlltlt in(riso of rit of taixation: thtt tho public School iyt tm ; h l bcten 1.tadily main tiaint tl and( hl.lrOVed(; ',pu)laltiOnL has. grown, olum of famit hroutcl io-n cre i mt l ia th and conlInl(r0o lat vitnc(1d1. Iii el tcolnomly is hromristd in all departmJel(nts of S;tatl g;Overn t o t, in;l it i-i stattu(l t, bu (tho "not - 0:,1 tlla 1(1 lii lt c;ii; I1 1 lgtrl)) of t ho (lidllandI unihigig uroofth arly to fnrthetr im(provo tho public 't.i"ttt of i;'; l ll I')is :' (l.' l-r e+ i al i to eltsurvin ; I s1io11nos, :tlt to omit notling2 it tho way of on actrmet. and Nxcnt ion of tho laws that will ontl to prom ot( IIth intol. lechnl am( material Ilrogrson of tho N iolh ail.e. I it. St Ml. I na ofNor t ("it it a. :utli DIO tllrd 4 ofo \vh;t a t \1I-n Trihet-11,1 ia to y ?l Ituut Thiv-rn. "hllert" for lmre whit ' 1ly ll di ,il. So r ies: in I-perat'0on mi W es ter N11orth Canrolina I,,w ltan 1 havo oveor known beforo, an.1"1 1 111vo horn living in th Sa t(? for1 th:, 1.-4 '', yearl',"' isaidl a Cill:.n1 fr',!m '.r;;*.0n, \ . (. : "ti t i:' 1(' i orl't ly klil"wnI thant t101'. Ti) rh io- ! :I collt atin s-; ibou t on f. tl'rl of th "f ld plntb r of i istil-I loriesa in the( l' .itoed Sltates. T.lusl is not tiaying;' tha. th1( -whiske'y Output of North Car ni ono-thirdl of tho total mituunl aiu1nufinturod t hot countiry, for th.o arl f bonsand- of (imiill li>htill.r'' in tho 'Shato wu ith very Ihmt 11d o"t; r, ilier. U'1 toa f wro a r eat Ia Mi ill of tw' nItty gtl. loll"' iorl'?toitli irl y waS lit n hjoet of enni,)-tiy m' tha:t ilrt. of thfe Bluo ligt Iii unbtt,ne, Illd anything In th no :;hnl+ of l11uor il:uchiury fttlt w\ouilld ttract, :;I,eciatl attoul.tionl upl inl thos hifrtgni 111ut, of couret, bl somnctlhing ox r":.o)rdlinary. Auidlo from at groat ntuinb.r of govorntment diis. tilleri(s wVith IlIrg8 cpllacitio thero are alit tie tilmo lnmirons in0on. shino inlndatri!, ablo to turn out. from lfonlIftolry go s uofi tonje Oin twentliIy-orh. 1nc eoioM (pitol of th v) i imc outfith1 very 81Hum' 1 oeeu llicer ho blokaors tate increasting lmanuatr of tra)nri th)osoAV m oa ins.ko Thei iniCOsliilrs codo o the most icsibJlo laces, ~~and eve. i 1t hi ic iii (st.a lish e t. ar b)lroo u I)hato ati odern u-toato stdan hloyfitod ou wi a1 very sllf (ourt. P1ay.1 To Ol,dvikN or Stato 'iuting tlotJ of contrabacn 1 d ozt ony tho mrei tianl will1( contni t don o longe all th woldlmostands." omo The;Den 11r:1(l )covt.tio le'pors ofu tenounce) t'the ahonsty fIth selrtfei te oertunt.vrmet iarroeyish1arg, it P r.,lAugust,15.----h Dornoctic Stato11( Coral0ven t.ioitoday nminted Jtdg narmnYrky Judg autnd Represna oe Andew J.t ofreThaorsatr inaogt n reo affars,'e! being1 cond ntily toa tlnd the rit) rI)t.it l' t r"i , f110 1 l1i ex\t(nt. that Ite l.t :.; i<)n of I ourl" Ib' lyihit 11'(4 out hort ti o I I('rotl ill iits infam1i('s. (.V I r)le!l it H h1 O1tt (orrluj)t' lis lagIsittivo bodly 1 hat evor as s n letI in Iny Stit e of tho I'nion. itrl vnry or;aiI Z w(yi fon le ol the )utr'i,oo of verud leg;isitor)s w\ithl monet(y anll phre'I, mal( ;t. (lo.=(11 'ts Hot'M i,.i with 11te cr'Owni11l intfamiy of t111 , 111o iti. Nt1 l>tulo fi'his't! ilisO H I Hilo 1t1i11? thi m)oratl "enso of til 'lirt i COll nt ly. h llE l 01 of ia It'IL il( St;c Hilrlit(<>r WaS a i n.C011 jlihilu'(d inl a carnival of c'o:rruptioll dilt ribery." n11nent1 11,1': I i n ti (s I A utl,A Ii Ili) IIt Iss 11ist I i "tIli rrll,, i is 41 M .1tlt Ii,1 rutt-(,1--n:oIf 1'I ttlli, U t,l r I'rot,'Nt. [t.l T he Stato.], S.\ it thowi, Angm,l 13.--A har-i' rowin g t1l col0s from iho C )ngaroo seCt ion about, 1i11u milsI from tiis Plact'. A few (il,'; ago No( Heci1pio, Colored, itllicted. mit 1unerclfutl boart. il:;r 11Uo11 the P 'io! of hiis 11tin 11o. ralt;, lt avinia l ; ;if. 'ho womant1 took to 11hr bod avid nver rcOverrod1, dying nI thn 111h. Scipio huried ),hs victin it n I thi p ers,itbot of ai f,'\w of the D1 i;'gins Wo.m'1stl frie(! whieb evo utllyill\" h'''lllIral o io Oitroig that ihl en mi was re)prtet trlh e o nrs who hadcl tho body isinturrelt on the .ith. THEi 1,011' Mr WT.:li r(vy a111 I li )lo c:1,it it '!, ti ht Ile hI ihout th t h"r.lo . r i breait walt n 11 't o tat o , t r of h: ribi worn ibrokon o i I wil~ 'tt ad t of thei o(Ng coniidtI, :h-lowilgf that [)Lte'11o tlof It; (1e 11i~ 'ie The1n coroner's jur1"' (r1o d cild('rd thaitl donto wv ), bb caustfine by the toril1, bt)oatini given by fi;jio, who l ll a isru llas) arr t 1r i ,r(ll i jail by th(s ( .'r11.; . .11 1 io hat , o("tb re o(ed (o ofa ir itdih t"hur;!h. Pl MO U t?I ("y tls I . Ouwe1'r of ultu Old l ollnr,+ :anae 114 T . Tt [The'I Stato, (Ity.] 1'slordy t.ho ;orait bctor! raied two m "O of tho rals-ivo Colu n to111118 their p)ositions4 onl ut front. portico of thne Stol.o capitol. Th(,y wor0 two m11or0 of th old conilt. iey and prove to bol lint 1yac.11( Fivoaf th fovnry enrcolumr n (hat wlilt go ngh raiseod anior a bfno accidentr or btmobl 0 ranylo dind in ih hani, nyg ofi any J)oforhedm. Manyi are aiulyC wafcinkrg tho hisltiOnl tpross'. Yos oAy a thou elt first~, day thass~ot, Awo of thbeo colun havty gon01 itorpos ito Jna singlo dlay.Ilttdy(ltnril to hilec this woro i bingy ratdl donore ti gaitosi wIork abo*uit, thf tbaistr of the noiisic progres lieydthe carpontors 15'3jiIg.f'1 ar oig nlo imian Ih copletong po the oe covleCrig ofii teu dioo.r Cont ator Uofo'.or sated yontrayri thei yesorffaycrl nd woedo anihoturl. Thon aparawlyd down ad qui,o say inho roforred toi und ichance PO' [a I) l)1D !.O(f( (4, t,n i o T I,'e 1- 1i 13RO E i t , )r 1, , l t,, i it'ue t Ioi t ; e, lh111 Sinto, 17th. 1 A vo;"ti livoly iort'ret wai s muan i. rest Id all ty . rd inr t ill tho ralt.n for tho position of talito p)hoshtaIitto inSp)ec tirl, inad,t vacantt by th elthtl o f (t) latO o.i. W. Vanuco. '.l'horo wOrt Some 1 pplicntts for tho p.t iition tnnil angii thein woro the lno!t prit!linet nt o ,n in tI hlo fo ato t,oting; from ovt'ry ;ivction. Soveral of thnm w(or horo ysoitorday 1usohin; theiir claimll for theo position. It w as known that (I)m rco wast to hn (1f in. tore!ting olnt frot tho Sart nl] fl Iutsl1i i oit of intertoHt" wa t lao in th intter. Thloei ting hadt b)e1echocluled for Ionys) y b uoitla hit jt beforr that hour at m (ologra n o from At tornoy Geonoral BIollineor", on1 of e lemihors of thto boar<i , saying tht !wVing to dllayed train, ho coudtt)lt tri. hoto h I)nil evening. Tho other memberr of tht oard it, o ct grotd tIo p1 n1th meetig ooiuntil voning to await l;th arrival of MTr. 1ollinigmr L it1 night att rS.30 o'elock tho Roard roailtsemllhi'd itt tho eOxeutiV') tmnr0ionI. 'Shortly brforn another mne ll amit eto from NirI. lt) liitltr, iaying thutt (ho train had0 not yot loft, lSpatrttanbulrg;, andt thoro was! no toll 'in; whtn it wouhl got away. Afte"r ill.- iitliin l iiig tter of thto nhb4eneog of M11r. .1Illingrr; thn b)oiard dotorml if;,dt to Iprt.uoOld witht fho eloction, v in, by iirot nallot in oxocutiv1 , .9ovrii . Th veini,,ct v,Aing continuotd for a 1,ln tt (imlo In it wit ovidorernt afttlr t) timt fow hIallota that. a lealofl. was o.. Tit cotinc unt,i wh thirty. lit hanllot., which r ltc e it tin (lt (tiolt of MI0r. i. d. tUnning iam of Chrit. Th ,;nbt",rd hi ben(ajolluned, makting; no li'ton ( iwtoi - to hlot tho vot iir' I,ttl iunil .II{ -th' el l1 voning. MrI. Iun: ;ton1, the tw inirl . Iri is t willII n nwin (1 it.iz"n (f ChO!i ttr eimty, rodt1 l'an1 booninor political o for iolno inLo, I to iu thorough. y well <iliifid(( to fill tho eiw pot 1O whit- ho hsiv breen olocte(d, tld rhr nitny friolidl who will conigratn Iato him on wiiting tho rnc, thouigh it wis it long andt waro n oo.li l r. ;unnin~iatn wts forlnorly prt)sidnt of th Stato Agricultural and Mo. sevelTain,nen1 [ rt enn tn HaoiuthTrn flGretnlle,Augnst 1re-r colli "Sin on t SIothe dunlwy oc..h wasl tbroen" a n h was ganfull shoubr waitoae.Th oa