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puro miik.| jr riinor Events of the Week in a x M Brief Form. 1 ttSTOKSSkSSSSSSSSHiSSXftSiiSIi Sheriff Logan and Magistrate S. N". Johnson, of Yorkville, left for North Carolina Monday with requisitions for fugitives from York county justice. Sheriff Logan went to Charlotte after oue James Howard, who is wanted for trying to kill G. A. Buchanan at Rock Hill, about two years ago. and Magistrate Johnson went to Winston after J. White Wright and Charlie Floy, who arc wanted for patieipation in a riot in Bethel recently. From the correspondence in the office of the secretary of State Greenville will in all likelihood have a blcachery. The Union Bleachery and Finishing company bas taken up the matter of establishing a plant in tlii3 State. There is now a successful bleachery at Clearwater. in Alkea county and. of course, there is room for another one in the Piedmont section, if the mills will Lave their work done here instead of at the North. Chaleston has been afflicted with . another negro official, this time in the person of J. A. Brier, who has been ap pointed by United States Marshal Adams to be a bailiff of the court, succeeding a very competent anil obliging white man, Capt. Isaac H. Daggett. Brier took charge of his office Monday. The appointment of Brier makes two ?iegro bailiffs of the Federal court. Information of a horrible accident has been received from Savage, in the lower part of Florence county. Swintor. 4 Cozier, a well known resident of that community, was killed by the kick of a mule cn Sunday afternoon. The kick was so strong that the abdomen of Mr. Cozier was cut open and his liver torn t?y the bcofs of the animal. The proceedings of the State of South Carolina against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company instituted by the attorney general some time ago charging the company with violation of the j a&ii-tvrst lar,- of the State, will be j opened ir. Columbia soon by the taking j of testimony before the master of KieV j land county for f.n::l decision. Ti tslsy -.naming Senator Aivln II. j Dean, c* Greenville, attorney for j 1Ic-e:v Sacidvh, received a leic'ram from Gov. II. yrvard notifying hira thnt Henry Gnlduth had been pardoned from the State penitentiary It'will be remembered that Sudciutii was convicted of rape and sentenced | to life imprisonment in the penitential y. J. A. Wright, of the firm of Vv'right A Patmaa, proprietors of a beef raarliet ib Greenville, attempted suicide Tuesday nftrrr.ccn in room No. 37 of lit rttreSouthern hotel in that city, by cut tlng Ms throat and severing the veins ?of nit arm3. The act is said to be tl:e result of dependency ever financial circumstances. r Air. McCormick about 70 years of 1 age, who lives cn Factory hill in Dillon, was killed at Little Pee Dee trestle, two miles north of Dillon Wednes- i day 3fternoon at 6 o'clock by the south-bound train, No. 23. The train was stopped, a boat procured, and the body recovered and taken to the ir?nn's home. ~U is rumored through the Congaree ? section that the kacline beds are to be t utilized in a few weeks and crockery j t manufactory is to be built in Sumter by j "Northern capitalists, who will own the entire enterprise. The factory will | from four to five carloads of kao- j 1 line per week. The governor has appointed Judge ; Ernest Garv Stmreme Court Justice! tp hear the case of the Independent Oil Company vs. The Pee Dee Ice Company. In place of Justice C. A. Woods, who was disqualified by reason of being .Interested in one of the concerns. < Arthur Simmons, a negro preacher living near Beaufort, has been arrested for running a blind tiger in his borne. The constables had quite a tussle with him when they went to search bis house. y Industrial Miscellany. The hig saw and shingle mills of "William J. Gooding, Jr., at Gooding. Ga.. were destroyed by fire last week, together with 85.0GC shingles and 55,000 feet of lumber. The loss is estimated at 320.000, with no insurance. The plaining roil! and dry-kilns were not burned. H Is understood that the plant will be rebuilt. The large saw-mill of the Charleston Lumber Co. located at Brickyard, several miles from Beaufort, S. C.. will be romplcted in about two weeks. 'l*;e company has acquired large timber rights, and the output of its plant will 40 25,000 feet daily. Another mill of 60,000 feet capacity will be erected shortly by the same company in the vicinity of Brickyard. Lumber Notes. The n.'3t:c.a for a new trial in the T?i,nrLi'-..T!i)r'-n r'nv,. trial wjr; hf.lrfi by Judge Town-rend at Chesterfield. After hearing the arguments of counsel on belli s'des the court refused the cotton. There is en exhibition ia Columbia . a handsome ?ol 1 headed umbrella. inscribed with appropriate Insignia, and it is to he presented during the reunion to the oldest visiting veteran. The "Womack-iJan'.el Lumber Co. 01 Caldwell, Texas, has been organized by !M. L. "Womack and C. J. Daniel of Caldwell. The company has purchased t"he two lumber-yards at that place, and will consolidate the business. A shingle-manufacturing company H'ith a capital of $lo0,000 was incorporated latt week at Wilmington. N. C. Sixly thousand dollars has been paid in. The company will be known as the b New J?aD3\er Shingle Mills of "WilI >?LigtOIl. th: products of Jamaica. Flow Kanan.i, Coconnut and Chocolate Tree.* Are Cultivated. ono of tlie most interesting features Df Jamaican life is the niauner in tvhich the large fmit n.ud nut plantations arc conducted so as to yioid a profit to their proprietors. This is iu seine instances a difficult result to obtain. particularly in the case of the banana. The banana plant takes about a year to mature and bears but one bunch, and that is the end of it. but almost Immediate! t a sucker .conies up at the root to take its place. However, after two or three years, according: lo the richness of the soli, the old roots are dug out. and the "banana walk" is repiauttd with fresh suckers, as after a time the plants front the old roots will not prodoce what is called a "bunch." which contains nine "hands." All below nine bauds are called "stents." A stent with eight hands counts as threefourths of a bunch, one with seven on?boif. and one with six one-fourth. If by chance a stem contains more than nine hands it is only recognized as a "bunch." Each one is checked tip as it passes along the dock to the ship on the ton of a black woman's luad and the "checkers up" become very skilful, being able io toll at a glance just how many hands each stem contains. The planters try to make their plantations produce the most fruit at the time of year when it will bring the best price, and this is from March through the summer, as it is easier to handle in the United Siaies during warm weather nml is in much greater demand. j ins <au l;o done l?y pruning, letting only the right sized suckers remain to take the place of the plant which has borne. Aside from banana cultivation a pood deal of attention is paid to the cocoanut. This consists more in marketing the product than anything else, as after the seed has been planted there is very little cultivation necessary, except to keep the grass down, and this is often accomplished by rattle, after tbe tree has become a few years old. It takes nearly seven years before it "frill produce nuts iu any quantity, but after this time it blooms every month in the year. A healthy coconnut tree is never without fruit m different stages of ripening. I The chocolate tree hears its fruit in a | most peculiar way. putting out its b!com directly from the main trunk and th? principal branches, forming an oblong pod resembling a eau'.al ?npe somewhat, and containing seeds a little thicker than, a lima bean. These seeds are taken from the pods and passed through a simple process of /..-mAu'rtt!,.,, tl?OM /llMOll fPl?rt ? U'i ?uai iu\ a uu.u. a ?>? . , bears fruit in about four years. and with little care will produce for many years. Nearly all the field work on the?e plantations is done by Indentured coolies, both men and women, sent out from India. Tliey make very reliable laborers. The loading of the steamers* Is largely done by the native negroes.? New York Tost. The ltllndflsh. rerhaps one of the most Interesting facts in connection with the blintifisli f Arablyopsis spelaeus) of the Mainmotit Cave in Kentucky.the Wyandotte Cave In Indiana and the dark subterranean waters of the limestone rocks of the Central United States. Is that, like many human beings who are deprivfd of the power of vision, its sense of bearing is most acutely developed. These curious aquatic creatures, absolutely colorless, without the slightest trace of external eves, and measuring only about live Inches in length, have such quick hearing that, although they rente to the top of the water to feed, and can he easily taken by the net if iii? strictest silence is observed, are so sensitive to sound that unless one almost holds one's breath they Avlil dive downward with lightning-like rapidity and hide themselves beneath stones or rooks at the bottom of the water. As though to further protect them nature lias provided them with organs of fouoii arranged in a series of transverse ridges 011 either side of the head, by means of which they are able to toll the near proximity of enemies in the most wonderful manner. Another wonderful provision of nature is that, being obliged to find its food o:i the surface?there being very little life in tiie deep waters of these caves?Its mouth is so formed that it is directed upward, and the head being very flat above, the mouth, as it swims, is just at the ton of the water. In this way it is able to take its food quickly and easily, and so needs no eyes, its acute sense of hearing more than making up for the deprivation of sight.? Collier's Weekly. Mortem Delivery Wninm. A eli\ ery wagon of the latest type stood in front of a well-known jewelry store the other night. Inside the store the clerics were closing up. Very soon one of tker.i came out armed with a screwdriver and began removing from the sides 01 the wagon two large sliver plates hearing the linn's name. The plates were the only adornment othei than a very high polish on the rig. "That's funny," remarked a bystander who watched the clerk's operation. "Funny, eh?" said the clerk. "Well, those plates are worth ?200, and y$u don't suppose we're taking any chances with them in a hi# livery stable." lie took the plates inside and pni them with other silverware in the safe. The same .tiling happens in more than one store. Up-to-date delivery wagons in this city are often rather valuable property. The wagon of one florist bears his name in large gold letters <.;i the sides. They are so arranged that they can bo removed every night and replaced in the morning.?New York Sun. One-third of the physicians of Ecrliu earn less than $05 a month. i WEATHER AND CROPS. The Crop Conditions for the Week Showed Little Progress. The week ending 8 p. m. Monday, April 27th, had a mean temperature of about 58 degrees, which is 8 degrees below normal. There were no warm days, and the nights were unusually cool, with general frosts on the 23rd and 24th, and with thin ice in the northern portions on the latter date, '."he damage done by the frosts was sagnt, tnougn tenaer vegetation was killed in places, but the frosts were light in those sections where field ciops are generally up. The cool weather did harm by retarding the growth of crops, and by preventing rapid or favorable germination of planted seeds. It also caused young corn and cotton to turn yellow, and look sickly. High winds prevailed at times that had a bad effect on cotton. The precipitation was light and confined to the first one, and last two days, with an interval of dry weather that permitted rapid progress of farm; work. Hail occurred over the northern portions on the 20th that destroyed much tobacco in Marion and adjacent counties. There was another hailstorm on the 22nd that did little or no damage. There was also a flurry of snow in I^ancastor county on the latter date. The rain at the close of the week was beneficial, by softening clay soils that had become baked and hard, and that broke up cloddy. Corn planting is almost finished in the eastern and central counties, but made slow progress in the extreme west where lands continue too wet Corn that is up looks sickly, owing to cold weather and stands have become worms to such an extent that some worms to sue han extent that some fields are. being plowed up and replanted. First cultivation is general in the eastern counties. Cotton planting made rapid progress over all except the extreme westprn nortions nnrl if? nearly fin ished in the central and eastern counties, making the planting season practically as early as the average one. The weather has been too cold for the favorable germination of cotton seed, and the growth of that is up. Some cotton is large enough to have received its first cultivation. Tobacco plants are doing well, except where damaged by worms and hail, and transplanting has become general in the more westerly districts and is about finished in the easterly cr.cs. Rice planting is very backward in the Georgetown district, but has progressed favorably in other districts where much is up to fair stands. The cats crop shows slight improvement in localities, but none over the greater portion cf the State. Lice are still doing some damage. Cats are heading low in places and harvest has begun in Charleston county. Wheat shows no improvement and rust is spreading rapidly. Truck was unfavorably affected by the cool weather. Minor crops and gardens need warmer weather. THE nARKElS. PRODUCE MARKET. Onions I 70 Chickens*? Spring 13 Hens?Per head 33 Eggs 13% Besewax 20 Turkeys 12% , Corn <j'0 Ducks 22% Wheat 60 Wheat-Seed 1 CO Dates toKyc 1 00Shies.. 9> S!c1e3?Calf . .. 40 Hfdes?Dry salt .. 10 Tallow?Unrendered 2 COTTON MARKET. Thos^' figuirs lopresent prices paid to wagons. Strict goorl middling . .. . .10..35 Gocd middling 10.25 Strict middling TOTS , Sta'ns and tinges S l'-4 to lftiiO Market?Film. The State Pensions. Miss Kate Maher. clerfe^of the pension departixent. has prepared the checks to be sent to the several counties to be distributed among the pensioners. The following are the aip/Jtrnts at the warrants:. Abbeville $3,705.90, Aiken Anderson $10,302.15. Bamberg $1,492.95. Barawcll $3,257.20, Beaufort $037.90. Berkeley $2,403.10, Charleston $2,889.CO, Cherokee $4,940.70. Chester $3,471.10. Chesterfield $5,619.00. Clarendon $3,371.05. Colleton *7.058.80, Darlington $4,953.65. Dorchester $1.6-36.10, Edgefield $3,618.85. Fairfield $3,156.20. Florence $3,764.35. Georgetown $1,055.45. Greenville $10,850.50, Greenwood $3,332.30, Hampton 54.190.05. Horry $4.94)2.20. Kershaw $3.333.75, Lancaster $0,170.80. Laurens $6,372.50, Lee $3,113.10, i^exingcun 341.40, Marion $3,624.30. Marlboro $3,4S7.G0, Newberry $3,675.35, Oconee $7,302.30, Orangeburg $4,34d.05. Pickens $5,237.05. Richland $4,940.35. Saluda' $3,927.40. Sj>artanburg $16,606.60, Sumter $3,057.25. Union $4,C22.25, Williamsburg $3,865.25, York $S,038.70. Total $19C.l 75.75. There are 8,250 pensioners this year, an increase of 500 over lase yaar, when there were 7,750, but the amount of the appropriation was not increased. The increase has been general throughout the State. The most numerous class will get $17.35 per capita, whereas the pro rata appropriation last year was $19.65 for this same class. The total amount appropriated v;as $200,000, but 52,000 was set aside for the artificial limb fund and $2,000 for the expense of the county boards. Palmetto Briefs. , Governor Heyward is still in receipt of numerous invitations to deliver commencement speeches. He will be unable to comply with the tenth of the requests, all of which he appreciates very much. The governor's office is stiH in receipt of a great many letters congratulating him upon selecting Gen. Wilie Jones as the member of the dispensary board. | BILL ARP. | k1i$iItiilHE1klfiiKXliini3IK$$XiiSXli1t^ Where is my grindstone? Where ia my rake and ray axe? Did anybody ever hear of a negro stealing a grindstone. He stole it to sell or else he thought it was a cheese. I'll bet there are twenty negroes in sight of iny nouse wno Know an aooui mai grindstone, but they won't tell. That Is a race trait?not to tell on one another. Who steals ray young pigeons before we get up in the morning? We haven't had a squab to eat in three months. Mr. Cleveland made a good speech in New York on the race problem, and so did Mr. Parkhurst, but you can't make a good citizen out of a negro without he has a master or a boss on whom he has to depend. My opinion from observation is that Tuskeegee can't do it nor any other school. The more education, the les3 inclination to work for a living. Where are the Tuskeegee graduates? Just lazying arcund or teaching school. I read in yesterday's paper where a negro school teacher was caught in having made a fake list of his scholars and drew more money than he was entitled to. But neither Cleveland nor Parkhurst nor any other northern man know-; enough about the negro to talk intelligently about him. Nor does this generation of southern men know much more. Nobody knows now but the few old men who are left Our editors and newspaper men do not know. They are all too young and most of them came from stock that did not own negroes in the old slavery times. I do not assert this through conceit, but it pains and astonishes mo to hear northern speakers and some editprs from tho south saying that since the negro was set free he had mado wonderful progress, considering that for a thousand years he had been either a savage or a slave. Mr. Cleveland said "there is still a grievous amount of ignorance, a sad amount of viciousness and a tremendous amount of laziness and thriftlessness intermingled with their citizenship." If Mr. Cleveland had been an old citizen of the south he would have said: "Before freedom came the negro was decile, moral, industrious, and as intelligent as thousands of the uneducated white people of the south. Not an outrage was committed by ?hera during the war from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. There was not a convict camp nor a changing in all the south. The marriage relation wa5 faithfully observed, and negro families were contented and happy, for most of them had hind masters and mistresses, who would get up in the night and minister to their sick. Bad negroes had to be punished, cf course, and so do bad white children, but it seldom had to bo Jone. Talk about the shackles and the chains of slavery. It is all rot and imagination. Our children have a master until they are 21. The negro had one all his life, and. as Dr. Parkhtirst said, most of them needed one, and need one now, and so do thousands of white people. The fact is there are but few people who have not got one. I do not admit that I have, but I have a mistress, and that Is the same thing. There is not a clerk in a store, whether male or female, bnt is under the control of somebody; not a conductor on a railroad nor a sailor on a ship nor a pupil in the schools nor a policeman ! in the towns. Nine-tenths of the peo- f pie In civilized countries are subor- i dinate to the other tenth, and it ; looks like everybody in these United \ States belong-.? to Teddy Roosevelt, f save a few besides myself and some Mississippi hears. The old-time slaves got a good, fair education from contact with their masters their master's children and that is where they had the advantage of the poor whites. Most all of the family servants could read, notwithstanding there was a law forbidding their being taught, shackles | and chains! Where is my grindstone and my rake and my ax? The negro, especially those of the copper colored type (I don't mean mulattos) are naturalbom mechanics. We had in Georgia more negro carpenters, blacksmiths and shoemakers than there wwe whites of the same trade. These kind of mechanics are an over the State now, bnt they didn't come trnm TiK'l/nooft FV>r several vpars I have been looking for a laboring graduate of that school or any other negro school, but have not found one. A New York friend told me not long ago that 1 could find fifty of them as waiters in one hotel in New York city. That is all right. The money for their education came from up there and we can spare the whole turnout. "Just emerged from bondage and ignorance and were a thousand years behind the white race when their shackles were knocked off." On, my country! where is my gridstonc? fore those imaginary shackles were knocked off our slaves were so obedient and law-abiding we did not need a prison, and now there a~e 4,400 in the c hain gangs of Georgia. Wonderful nmcrrcc * With all their education they are meaner, lazier, dirtier and ton tlm<s more immoral in their domestic relations than ever before. And yet somo southern editors boast of their acquisition of property and run it up in the millions. Of course there are some gcod and some thrifty negroes who have made money, but they are not 5 per cent of the masses. One negro in this town is worth more money than ail the rest. The cities are full cf vagabonds who play craps and steal and snatch purses from women and burglarize houses and keep women and children in a state of constant alarm. Stealing is as much a race trait with them as it is among the Bedowin Arabs. Where are my young pigeons and what becomes of my sto've wood and coal? No our editors are tco young to realize the difference between now and t'usn. Why, my faithful man servant Tip could tell them more about slavery than they all know. Did I ever whip Tip? No, never. I never thought of such a thing. I never whipped but one of my negroes. My wife's father, V Judge Hntchine. owned ever a hundred and I never heard of hlra whipping one of them. lie had one very bad negro who got mad and run away and stayed in the woods a month out of spite and when he got tired and came home the old j ulge. drove him off again and told him to stay in the woods, that he didn't want him any more, but ho finally begged his way back and gave no more trouble. Chains and shackles! Mr. Lincoln knocked them off of his. There pre many kinds of chains, but the chains I of slavery were not to ue comparea with the chains of the chain gang or the chains of matrimony that many a poor wife is suffering from. Now let us hear no more about shackles nor about the negro being a thousand years behind the white man. The truth is the old-time negro was morally a thousand years ahead of the rascals up north who brought him here in slave ships and sold him to us because they could not use them at home. But the Lord is merciful and we had rather endure the negro than listen to northern slanders. They have just found a mare's nest. If it has taken them forty years to realize their folly, how long will it take them to pay us for what they swindled us out of? Where is ray grindstone? It was an unshackled nigger that stole it and the folks that unshackled him ought to pay for it.? Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. BELIEVES PRIEST INNOCENT. Rev. Cbas. Rciclilin. Brother of the Murdered (iirl Makes Statement. Loraine. 0.. Special.?The Rev. Cbas. Relchlin. pastor of St. Joseph's church, in this city, and brother of Agatha Reichlin, who was murdered last Thursday night, Sunday made a sensational denunciation of the authori ties for the arrest of Rev. Ferdinand Walser, on the charge of murdering his sister. The occasion was at the services in the morning in that church and the place was from the altar steps. Father Reicblin was greatly affected over the happenings of the week and could hardly speak. Several times his voice was husky from emotion and he paused frequently to overcome his feelings. Father Reichlin's statement was as follows: "Various events have happened during the week past. No doubt they are a lesson to us. The lC3Son is that we should always be ready for death: for we know r.ot when it will pleas? the Lord to call us to Himself. Avoid sia and'do good. The lesson is how little wc ran trust the world. "Brutality is net a thing that is confided to so-called dark ages, it is delusively confined to non-clvllized countries: it is right here at our home, in this twentieth century. The world sees it every day. "I am sorry to see that Father Walser is connected with the murder of my j oJotor- I n m onrvr hcr-fli;sr> 1 kflOW I ! OIOIC* A um JV4 * J - ? ? - - . am convinced before God that he Is ab- , solutely innocent, and that no matter j how strong public opinion is. how spiteful, how atrocious that public opinion may be, it cannot make him out a murderer, the murderer of my sister. The time will come when I will # give the version of the bloodhound story upon which the character of public opinion seems to be based. My friends, I believe Father Walser innocent until he is proven guilty. "Personally, I most say that I do not know which assault is most brutal ?the assault of the murderer upon my sister, or the assault upon the reputation of Father Walser?the assault made by public opinion upon that good priest. "In yonr prayers pray for my poor sister. Pray also for Father Walser. Let us help him carry his cross and heavy though it be let us act with fortitude and as becomes Christians." The seene of the murder was the . point of interest for thousands of call- J ers at the Reichffn home, where the ! body was in view until it was taken > into St. Joseph's church, at .1 o'clock, j where the vespers for the dead were j sung by Rev. Chas. Reichlin and two j assisting priests. The congregation was- j so great that it entirely r.LMra au tn? seats and all the standing room. , Father WaTser, who is confined in the county jail at Elyria. was not accessible to visitors, and he has seen no one. He is treated as any other prisoner except that he has the freedom of the corridor. His preliminary hearing will be held probably on Tuesday. There is no excitement at Elyria and no sign of any unlawful action. Theories concerning the crime are as many as there are individuals, while the authorities are not disposed to give expression to any views. Support of the belief that a burglar committed the crime was given impetuosity by the statements of several neighbors who had seen a stranger hanging around the Reichlin home for several hours on the night of the crime. Emperor Visits the Pope. Rome. By Cable.?Emperior William 1 was received by the Pope Sunday. He had a conference with the Pontiff of 1 40 minutes' duration and then returned ' to the residence of the Prussian minister to the Holy See. The day wa3 bright and as the Emperor and his . suite traversed the streets of Rome. His Majesty presented Prince Fredrick William and Prince Eitfcel to the Pontiff. At the Vatican the Emperor was received with military honors by the Falatin Guards and a platoon of gen _ . ... V uarmes, ana ne was welcomed by the high dignitaries of the pontiflcial c-:?urt. The visit of Emperior William was returned by Cardinal Rampolla, Pcpal Secretary of State, at the Prussian legation. , Spaldings Damaged by Firo. ! Chicago, Special.?Fire destroyed ( the five-story building at 151-153 Wa- . bash avenue, causing a less of $150,000. ' The principal losers are the Water- j bury Clock Company; Spieglc Bros. ^ tailors, and A. G. Spalding & Co. The | latter firm used the two upper stories ( as a store room and their I033 is fcc&vy. wrnammmrn? w i??mmrnrnmmm FALLS ON T0W% 'jp .'i Hundreds of Villagers Meet Dealfa ifl the Wreck. I OVERWHELMED BY TONS OF ROCK. . Houses Were Crusked Like EzZm Shells?"iightcen Mm Imprisoned in a Mine. Vancouver, B. C., Special.?Overwhelmed by countless tons of rock, Wednesday morning shortly after 4 o'clock, and with probably 112 of it? * inhabitants killed almost instantly, the little mining town of Frank, in Southwestern Alberta is threatened with complete destruction by flood. Old Man's river, which flows through the centre of the town, is dammed up by the falling rocks to the height of nearly 100 feet and the entire valley above the town is flooded for miles. A big body of water is pressing with force upon the dam. the only protection the town of Frank now has. unless the river shall find another channel. Should the impromptu dam break, the entire village would be swept away. A dispatch from Frank says: "A tremendously loud reverbration shook the whole valley of the Old Man's river and scarcely half the inhabitants of this town awakened to a realization of the impending danger, 1 when, from the top of Turtle Mountain. overlooking the settlement, trillions of tons of rock were hurled, "The Frank Mines, operated by the^^ French Canadian Coal Company, ^ across from the town, were seen to be burled under hundreds of feet of rock just as the morning light was breaking. Inside of fire minutes from the first thunderous shock, half the town realized what had happened, a small force of men had started to the relief of the miners, despite the great risk they ran of being buried under the rocks, which were still being precipitated from the lofty mountain top. The volunteer relief force was unable to get into the mine, but managed to get near enough to determine that uot a man at the workings had escaped death. Many had been fearfully mangled. "The disaster was merciful to those men who were employed above ground in that they must have been killed instantly, while those meu in the workings of the mine may yet be alive if, they have air to breathe. If all the air shafts to the mine were closed up under that awful avalanche all the men must have died by this afternoon. Th? disaster was not confined to the vicinity of the mine alone, for many of the dwelling houses in the town of Frank were demolished by the falling rock. Some of the occupants of these houses escaped death, but many others were instantly killed. It is conservatively estimated that the loss of life will exceed one hundred and the latest returns place the number *>f dead at 112." It is impossible to arrive at any accurate estimate of the loss of life,, as, owing to the excitement and harry and rush of people on the streets, no one could say who is mdsuing and who is not. There are no records available that will teH how? ' many men were working in and about '?- At- A* me mine at uie wime l* iuv uuuwi. It is variously reported that there were from 18 to 50 miners under ground. The railroad track for a distance of two miles or more east of the station is covered with from ten to forty feet of rock and the telegraph wires are down. All communication is being cond acted over one wire, running west, and this one line is so blocked with private messages and inquiries from the outside it is only with the greatest difficnlty that press matter can be sent out. The eruption influences seem to centre at the crown of Turtle Mountain. An appeal has been made from Frank to the government and mounten police arc being hurried to the unfo:*tunaee village. Aid is also being sent from neighboring towns, but owing to the interruption of the train service and the mountainous country, it wdl be several hours before help can reach the stricken community. Lumber Boat Disabled. Newport News. Va.. fTpecial?The new lumber ship Francis H. I^eggett, from Newport News to San Francisco, returned to port, having been badly crippled in a gale off Hatteras. On bcr voyage out to her home port, she ran into a nasty northeaster. Har steering gear broke and the vessel, which has very little free board, shipped a quantity of water. With difficulty she was brought about and proceeded to the shipyard here for repairs. The Leggett had cn board 1,300 tons of steel rails and two locomotive for the Hammond Lumber Company. For Division Tallahassee, Fla., Special.?The House voted to reconsider Representative Long's resolution and passed it by a vote of 45 to 15?one more th.->n the necessary majority. The _ resolution proposes an amendment to' the constitution which would divide the school fund between the race3 in proportion to the amount paid by each. Indications point to the defeat of the resolution in the Senate. Telegraphic Briefs. Thomas A. Edison has *aken out 791 patents in all. for which he has paid in fees 151,000. Of the whole number *11 were taken cut before 1S95. Since then he has taken out each year from ) to 23 new ones. La3t year he took aut 19. The clerks of the patent office have kept systematic accounts of the patents of Mr. Edison, tabulated and indexed, so that reference to them Is .asy.