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PRSgJg v "% ' : E KINC ^cHONl r A NOVEL OF AMERICAN LIF ^ tv- . CY MAUBIC: Copyright, i8?S ?ad 188! CHAPTER I. SOiTE INTRODUCTORY ADVENTURES. Jules Vernoa with liis wife, who was much jounger thau himself, and his ouly child Pauline went to the Vernon plantation house, or Vernon Place, as it was called at Bay Saint Ijouis, to spend some monthE. There were few residents on that wild, lonely and lovely shore iu those days; Cor our story begins at the time wheu I war with England, commonly called the War of 1812, was at its high tide. Why Mr. Vernon hud sought this j isolation will be disclosed, perhaps, in due time; at present we must be content to know him with only such a glimpse of his character and motive} as circumstances permit. He is a man of giant stature; and feds face, almost covered with grizzly Iward, wears that look of rugged strength whioh perfect health often gives to the countenance of an aged M#n whose life has been spent at sea. tlis shoulders are sqnare-set andj "powerful, hia head large, shaggy, leonine, his arms heavy and muscular. | When ho langhs, there is u suggestion of sea-roar iD hi} voice?a mellow jkoaraeness not unlike the beating of long swells on a reef. y. His wife is a bright, clear-faced,} 'WolatUe Creole, just beginning to show the lines of age in her pretty face, j albeit her hair is almost snow-white. As for Pauline, she is lovely, a girl to catch the eye and heart of almost any man, with her regular features, ker expression of modest simplicity, j lighted up with a cunruaiug vivacity, &er plump, supple figure and her lpxariance of shining hair. Here they are, these three, living for the time a life of ntter loneliness ill a large, rudely built house, iu the aaost out-of-the-way nook to be found I en the wild gulf coast. It was not as strange as it se?ms romantic, that they were thus isolated; for in thoso days men ven- 1 tared witnont fear and risked every- I thing without hesitation. Mr. Ternon was a very rich mau, j %ho, since he abandoned sea-faring j life, had been one of the chief leaders ?f afoirs in New Orleans. His bnsi*ess relations had been many and 1 . fa*--reaching. Perhaps he u ow wished to get rid of some of them, and had P come to this lonely plantation with the hope of breaking away from en- ' tanglejnents which had become irii- . I come to him. A tall, slender, emaciated, but yet seemingly vigorous old man, one stormy March night, sought the hospitality of the Vernon household. Of course, as was the old Southern custorn, they took him in, although his motions were myterious to the point of j suggesting a doubt as to his sanity. He had crossed the bay in a little . - * .... VI_ I open boat, wuicu capsizea wuu aim sear the shore; and wlieu he entered I the house it was evident that he had ' 'suffered much. Next morning he was ill, and for many days ho seemed at j at the point of death. In this extremity, ho confided his J life-secret to Mr. Vernon. Simply : told it was this: His orphan grand- 1 -daughter, a sweet and beautiful girl, "while jet scarcely more th^u a mere j okild, had becu influenced by a darling young scapegrace to elope with luin and become his wife. This was in Scotland. Tho old man, who gave hi3 name as Max Barns, did not dis dose the n&me of his graud-danghter's -nbductor. Perhaps ho had good rea-?oas for keeping it a secret; bat he went on to tell a touching aud almost incredible story of how he had spent many years and a large fortune iu trying to find aud in someway take back 3iis wanderius grandchild Margaret. | The young man, immediately after marrying the girl, too!; her to Italy, where he became a robber. The grandfather followed him,only to find that he had fled to Spain. There, too, ? lie was au outlaw; and after souio ! .years of picturesque and terrible ad"venturo, he was so closely pushed by j fie authorities that ho left the country a?<1 was next heard of iu San Doluiugo From there, at length, he came to New Orleans. AH this time Mux Burns, who was a "Presbyterian preacher, had followed Lira as best ho could, making every effort that money r.ud tireless energy coaM 'sustain to capture the mau aud tegain Margaret. 4 And now, almost penniless, his fortune dissipated iu his vain endeavors, , liis health ba lly broken aud with old age'gripping bis vitals, lie was once more, close upon the object of his long and apparently hopeless quest. "And so," he went on iu a feeble, panting tone, "just as I can almost reach hira it seems that I must die. Oh, Margaret, Margaret!" and ho lay gazing at the ceiling as if in prayer. The story was s;> strauge that, told nuler the peculiar uud pathetic, circumstances, it filled the hearts of the" Vernon household with inexpressible sadness. Xo one hearing the old man speak tfouid doubt the truth of what he said; h there was tho unmistakable stamp of '' fcixeerity and deep, absolutely poignuut fueling on every word as it came Irom his feeble lip3. Bat coutrarv to every probability, Ihrns got well and departed as mysteriously as he came, going off on toot vi trie directiou of tho Pearl Riyer and Jiairey Island, n regiou which at that was the Lome or a robber-band, r'~" !' ' ? } O F.v BY ISLAND J4J<^ E DURING THE WAR OF 1S12. r*r>r ~~ l THOMPSON. t hy Robert Bonner * Sena. i it.. 1 j L- -_y f_i iuo must uesperate iuu puwonui c?ci known in our conntrj. The old saving is, it never rains but pours. Scarcely had old Max Burns gone away, leaving behind him the almost weird impression of his strange story and of his mysterious personality, when another wanderer thrust himself into the life of the Vernons; und this time it was a young man of distinguished bearing, handsome,winning and withal not devoid of most that goes to add romance to character. Pauline had bcei out to the cabin of one Lapiu, the overseer of her lather's servants, to see Lizctte, the overseer's daughter, Avho had been ill. P?eturning thence on horseback and followed by a negro groom, she was making her pony gallop briskly when at a turn in the path he suddenly scared, whirled about and flung her off. The object which had frightened fl*? lifflo onimol nrnvBil to hn an I .J ? I easel roughly improvised by an artist who had been sketching a cluster of moss-hung trees. The artist himself was near by, and ran to Pauline's assistance. 1 The fall, though hard, had rather' dazed than hurt the astonished girl, atid before she fairly realized what had happened, she found herself upborne in the arms of a strange, handsome young man, who held her as if she had been a little child. "Are you hurt?" he inquired, his face close to hers, his eyes tenderly regarding her. At first she could make no answer, and she was too weak to struggle. The groom hastened to the spot; but seeing his young misjtress in the possession of a stalwart, heavily armed white man, was afraid to say a word or move a hand. The pony, freed of its burden, bad run home at full speed, and the thoroughly frightened negro, after glaring a moment, whipped his cob and rushed away iu the same di* rectiou, leaving Pauline a helpless captive in the arms of her rescuer. Mf. Vernon chanced to bo at the house, when the groom, wiid-cyed and gasping, arrived with his but half-co hcrent story of the adventure. "Pierre Rameau!" be hoarsely cried in a half whisper. "Pierre Rameau done got Miss Pauline! Oh, de good Lor', de good Lor', Marse Vernon run dar quick!" Mr. Vernon did not need to be told twice. He snatched a brace of heavy pistols, mounted the groom's horse and galloped toward the scene of the tragedy. Pierre Rameau was a terrible name in the Gulf-coast region in those days, more terrible even than that of John A. Murrell became a few years later. Indeed, Rameau was reputed to be the leader of all the robbers, pirates and creole forbans in the whole Southwest. His deeds had hung a fascinating inist of romauce about him which appeuled to the imagination of the people. Little wonder, then, that Mr. Vernon felt, as he urged the clumsy horse ( lniv/v renrn n Vtrlillo.nilHl Hr.lflr "*""b ?? '"o"" " - r the trees, a terrible whirl of mingling aud, so to say, crashing emotions. His daughter was his idol; he worshiped her as only an aged man can worship an only child, the offspring of a belated marriage. Pauline in the hands of Pierre Ramean! The thought was absolutely unbearable, and yet it had to be borne, at least for a few minutes; aud the strain upon the old mau's feelings showed in the swelling veins of his neck and forehead as he leaned forward over his horse's shoulders and seemed trying to pierce tho dark, thick woods with his gaze. When he turned a sharp curve ol the way and looked down a straight stretch between heavy liveoaks and under gray festoons of Spanish moss, he saw something which, as a picture, hung tver after in his memory. It was Pauline walking side-by side with a tall young man, who, armed like a brigand, with ritle and pistols, 'y ??? a^ict'a Conn aau uuauug uu ai uou a ut??4u tered with the careless ease and grace of o?o at homo in any place. Tho two seemed quite on good terms with each other, and were coming toward Mr. Vernon, who checked his liorsg in time and glowered darkly at them. Pauliue ran forward to meet her father, her face beaming. "Paps, this gentleman is Mr. Fairfax, of Virginia; when my pony threw me a moment ago, he came to my aid." "Ho is au artist, and is staviug at Monsieur Vasseur's. I hope you will thank him for his kindness to me." The young man came up jnst then, and Mr. Vernon bent upon him a steady, searching look. "Are yo i Mr. Barton Fairfax, sir?" lie demanded, patting away the pistol that he had been holding for deadly use. "Yes, sir.'' Evidently the yonng man was surprised. His face showedit. "The negro tcld me that .a robber had caught my daughter, so I was scarcely prepared to seethe son of my .old friend, Colonel Stirling Fairfax." Mr. Yeruon had regained perfect composure,' a"d was now smiling kindly. "Yon knew my father?" inquired Fairfax. "Many, many years ago, in England. "NYa were tue besi of friends, ard I em proud now to see his ?on r \ , and to thank him for his gallant kind* ness to my daughter." "You give me the deepest pleasure, Fairfax said, the strangeness of the u'tuation preventing a clear under| si anding of it. "Your mother was a Burton," Mr. Vernon went ou. Ho dismounted and took the young man's hand. "Fine oiu jamuies, me -dutiohs ruu me r airfares?fine old families. Glad to fake your baud, sir." Paaliue stood by, looking on. It was a picturesque group, and evidently the young girl felt deeply the romance of the occasion. Her feelings heightened her beauty. Mr. Vernon pressed the young man to go to Vernon Place, and the three walked thither along the woodland 1 road, the horse following after them. When they reached the house the i two gentlemen were quite like old acquaintances. Mrs. Vernon was glad to see the son of her husband's old frieud, aud thus Fairfax found himself the center of charming attentions. It was like a leaf from some old romance, like being cast into a nook where the poetry of life still survived and where scarcely a ripple of the now order of things was ever hoard. Rich, fatherless, motherless, withsut a tie to bind him to any spot, the : young man, after much travel aud many adventures, had come to New Orleans, whence, in search of whatever was new or skctchable, he passed on into the wilderness, and finally found iiis way to the lonely shore of : BaySaiut Louis, where he was glad to make his home for a time with a queer little fellow, Vassenr by name, in a ramhlintr old backwoods house overlookiug tho beautiful water. Vasscur was an enigma to the young adventurer and as such very interesting. He was very dark, could speak English, but brokenly, aud in many ways his actions suggested a past life not above outlawry. All the furniture and belongings of Vasseur's house hinted at plunder; all of the man's actions had about them an atmosphere of furtiveuess. To pass suddenly from such surroundings iuto the charming circle of the Vernon household was a change which gave emphasis to the effect, and it caught the young mau'3 imagination at once. And how was it with Pauline? A young girl under such circumstances does not analyze her feelings, aud who shall do it for her? She eat in the spacious room, aud instinctively her chair was drawn close to her mother. Her heart was full of vague happiness, and any observer could have seen that she was quite uuconscious of her beauty. Her expression was all attention, for every faculty of btr nature bad assumed a vn/?nr?tivo nftitnrln* nml wliila "\Tr V.H noil auil Burton Fairfax discussed tlio ancient social relations of the Veruons, the Fairfaxes and the Bnrtons, she found a most satisfying pleasure in the details, although it would have beeu quite impossible for to explain why. Fairfax gladly accepted an invita-tion to take luncheon at Vernon Place; indeed, it required a little heroism on his part to refusoMr. Vernon's urgent request that he remain in the house during the rcet of his sojourn on the bay shore; especially hard was it to hold out against tho hospitable insistence of the ladies, who, in the good old Southern style, joined in pressing him to stay. As it was, he took his donartnro late in the afternoon: but ' Yasseur's was not so far away that bo .could not come back every day if bo saw lit. If he saw fit! Did a young man ever fail to see fit to go back nnder such circumstances? Vernon Place was better in every way than Vassenr's; ,Mr. Ver%ou was a more interesting man than Vasseur; Mrs. Vernon was a charming woman; and Pauline? certaiuly Paulino was lovely, even if she did not talk much. The young man leit a very pleasant impression in the household. So pleasant, iodeed, that it wiped out for the time all memory of the old wanderer who so lately had occupied almost their entire thought. Pauline, after bidding good-by to Fairfax, ran to her own room and watched him go away. Ho had put on again his belt hud pistols, "his pouch -of drawing-materials and his broad hat. Tho rifle across his shoul- 1 der erleamed bravelv in the suulieht. O V W "We could but laugh at such a dis play of weapon? in our day; but then I it was different. The wonder is that a man could feel quite safe eveu when thu's apparently ovcr-aruied. To Pauline there was 110 suggestion of the bravado of mere outward pretense in the appearance of Fairfax, nor ought there to have been. The times were tragic enough. War between the United States and Great Britaiu was already progressing in the North ami at any moment ipight De transferred to the Gulf coast. Not only this, but all the lawless men of the remote aud to a degree unprotected regions were taking advantago of the disturbed state of things to redoable their defiauce of local authority. The spirit of violeuce was in the air, and au unarmed man was an exception to a prevailing rule. The vivid imagination of Pauline Vernon caught au impression from the young man's showy armament quite ' m* J. r ? l. .... umereiib noui wuut suiu a >isiuu would produce iu the mind of a bright girl of our day. To her came a thrill of the romance in the midst of which she was living. She was not self-conRcious enough or sufficiently trained in self-analysis to be aware of the sonrce from which the glamour came; but she felt her right to enjoy to tho full tho deep an.d rich though elusive chcrnrofthe moment. She watched the young man until he passed out of sight, then closed her eyes, the simple-hearted maiden that she was, as if she could thus shut iu I forever the fascinating picture. 1 (TO BE continued.} HAVOC OF FOREST FIRES Destructive Flames in New York _ I State, New England and Canada. I Damage to Property Up in the Bflll'oniGame Anlinnl* ?ml Hird? Killed by the Thnuiiudl. Now York City.-Jteports from the northeastern'counties of New York, from all the New England States and from Canada, show that the property loss by the forest fires will go well into the millions. Villages In Maine and in New Brunswick, Canada, have been wiped out. hut, so far as known, two women near St. John, N. B., are the only victims of the flames. Definite information is lacking from the Adirondack counties. It is known that great tracts of woodland have been swept by fire in eight counties, that hotels and cottages have been burned, and that thousands of game birds arid animals have been destroyed. Estimates place the loss at from $1,000,000 to $1,.100.000 in New York State. In Maine the forest fires are fiercest, have wiped out small settlements and devastated great areas of timber land. The damage to property is estimated at $2,000,000. and the crops of the farmers may be a total failure from drouth. In the rest of New England the forest fires have caused a loss of $1,000,000. The greatest loss in all probability will l>e in Canada, as the fires cover 1000 miles of territory. The damage so far reported is greatest near St. John. N. B. One village was wholly destroyed and 200 persons are homeless. Two women, in try in? to save their cows, were caught In the flames. From New Brunswick the fires have extended southwest through the Province of Quebec, and news came of forest lands ablaze in Ontario. The entire section of the country northeast from New York has had no rain for a month, and In some places for six weeks. The latest news had no promise that the I fires would be checked. The smoke that spread over the whole of this portion of the country was everywhere reported to be particularly irritating to eyes and throats. *The Dev??tateri Area. . Washington. D. C.?The United States Weather Bureau saw no relief from the lurid pall of smoke which had settled over the entire eastern section of the country on the Atlantic side of the Alleghanies and as far south as Washington. Nothing but wind or rain would dissipate the smoke, which was caused by the great New York and New Englaud forest fires, and neither wind nor rain could be predicted for shortly, according to the reports received from Weather Bureau stations throughout the smoke affected country. The area covered by the forest fires was declared to be something less than 200.000 square miles, the burned aren, of course, being much less than this amount. ROOSEVELT IN WASHINGTON. During HI* Tour Tlx Traveled 14,000 Alias and Made 265 Speeches. Washington. D. C\?President Roosevelt returned to Washington from his trip of more than two months' duration throughout the West. He was given a hearty reception by the people of the capital, who lined the sidewalks as his carriage, escorted by the battallion of High School cadets, was driven to the White House. lie looked the picture of health. A large crowd of people repaired to J the rear of the White House, where the Marine Band gave a concert in honor of the arrival home of the Chief Executive. The President made a brief speech to the gathering, saying: "My friands and neighbors. I thank you very, very much for coming hert? i to greet me this afternoon, and I have appreciated more than I can say the welcome back home that I have received to-day. I have been- absent over two months and I have traveled ninny miles. During this time on? thing lias struck me. and that Is the substantial- 1 ness of the American people. One can travel from ocean to ocean and from Canada to the Gulf and always he at home anions one's fellow-Americans. 1 I thank you again, my friends, and 1 now I am going in to my own folks" Mr. Roosevelt and his party traveled ] over 14.000 miles on railroads and scv- 1 ernl hundred miles in stage coaches j and carriages, hut not an accident ] marred their Journey. During the sixty-live days that lie spent on the road he made 265 speeches. One of the features of the trip was the non-partisan spirit displayed in the reception of the President everywhere. The crowds i In the different places visited were orderly and friendly, and gave the Secret Service men little cause for concern. 1 1 WOMEN WATCHED LYNCHING. Netro RaiiRfd to r Telegraph l'ole on a < C'roiriled Street. Greenville, Miss.?John Dennis, colored. was lynched here by 2(K) men. The negro had attempted to assault a young lady who was returning home from the telephone exchange where she ; worked. While the streets were crowded with 1 women shoppers the men went to the * jail, demanded admittance and were ( refused. Securing a railway rail they . battered down the door of the prison. ' Dennis was taken to the telephone exchange and hanged on the cross-arm of a telephone pole. Many women wit- - nessed the lynching. The negro only asked time to pray. Richmond'* Now Cathedra1. The cornerstone of (he new Catholic Cathedral, at Richmond, Ya., was laid with elaborate ceremony. 0 Ten War* For a Lyncher. Samuel Mitchell, white, who led the mob that lynched Thomas Gilynrd. a negro, at Joplin. Mo., recently, was sentenced to ten years' Imprisonment i in the penitentiary. (Jilyard killed a j policeman who was trying to arrest ' him. ( Hid For Raisins the Main Rejected. The Secretary of the Treasury, at Havana. Cuba, rejected the bid of Tibacio Castaneba, the only one received. < for tlie raising of the Maine. The Sec retary will again advertise for bids. , I LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of Oeneral Interest In Short Paragraphs. Down in Dixie. The regular term of the Circuit Court began at Jackson, Ky., and the alleged assassins of J. B. Marcum were brought into court. Two young men were killed and another wounded from ambush by unknown persons in Laurel county, Kentucky. Witnesses have been subpoenaed at Westminster, Md., to appear before the grand jury in the case of ex-Superintendent of Free Delivery A. W. Machen. It is eaid that North Carolina has at last got rid of all the slot machines and other gambling devices in the State. At The National Capital. The Supreme Court adjurned for the term. President Roosevelt returned to Washington Friday night, after his long trip through the West. The application for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Whitaker Wright *as denied by the United States Supreme Court. The grand jury found a true bill against Machen, the man accused of i robbing the postoffice department of over J13,000. I At The North. i The disabled Old Dominion liner Monroe reached New York in safety. The number of persons ' certainly ! killed by the flood at Topeka, Kan., is now put at 34. At Kansas City also ( a considerable number of lives have been lost. j It is told as a true story that John i Chapman, at (ialena. Kas, fell down a twenty-foot tramway at the Blind I Tiger mine and dislocated his shoulder. He went home and stumbled down the callar steps, and in falling his shoulder was thrown back into place. He took a drink and returned to work. From Across The Sea. The Chilean Congress was.opened at Santiago by Vice-President Lueo, the Pcsident being too ill to do so. Edna Telfener, niece of Mrs. John W. Mackay, was married In Rome to Signor Gino de Martino. The Porte appointment of commission to investigate the massacre at Smcrdesh, Macedonia. The revolt in Yun-Nan, China, grows j worse. I ; Miscellaneous flatters. The engagement of Anthony Hope j Hawkins, the novelist, to Miss Eliz- \ abeth Sheldon was announced at the j wedding of Miss Suzanne Sheldon to Mr. Henry Ainlee. , In his last will Dr. Ladislaus Jas- 3 inskl, a leading physician in Lemberg, 3 Galicla, bequeathed $65,000 to a fund " for assisting widows of doctors, and ' ordained at the same time that not more than 8 shillings should be spent : on his funeral. His numerous orders ? and medals of distinction he had given j away the day before his death to. a Kr>ctlor onH nnstman ' Newspaper clipping bureaus, of 3 which there are said to be over 400 now [ in existence, employing thousands of J people, find many patrons among royalty. His Majesty King Edward XII is said to subscribe to two and to receive from them some hundreds of cuttings weekly. But the King, like any other ^ English gentleman, is also known to 3 it-ad his papers first hand. Ex-Governor Johnson, of the Chicka- ^ saw Nation, is a man of good address, ^ polished and courtly, and so well up in 3 the civilization of the white man that || no one would think him of aborigine [ stock, except for his coal black hair r and the suggestion of copper hue. (. Enterprise Mills of Kings Mountain. ' N. C., will erect an additional building & 75x100 feet in size and install 2400 c spindles and complement of cards, ' frames, etc. a f Two Men Killed. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.?Two men met instant death Thursday afternoon at a pumping station of the Southern * Railway, at Bridgeport, Tenn., by the c explosion of a twenty-four power 1 boiler. The dead men are Frank v Owens, of Knoxville. pump inspector j af the Southern, and John Blanchard. engineer at the pump station. The ' building was practically demolished. c r J Next Confederate Reunion c New Orleans. Special.?Gen. Mickle.* v adjutant general of the United Ccnfed- ^ orate Veterans, said that he hoped all the cities which desired to invite the organization to hold the next reunion is their guest would send their namt-3 to him as soon as possible. He said that while it is probable the reunion . will go to Louisville, the executive ^ rommittce would consider all invita- t tior.s and decide for any city making t the best offer where he believed it t would be most advantageous to hold q 1 ?Ml ??11 ? maoUn. nf - me reunion, ur ?jw v.aw c u.tcnu,, c the executive committee in the fall, ia t Louisville when the place and date c Rill be fixed. p Miners T*ke n New Sta?-d. c Wilkesbarre. Pa.. Special.?Since the reported statement of Judge Gray, takiifg sides with the miners in their contention that their first conciiialirn w committee was legally elected, the c miners have taken a new stand ami a l.romincnt officials of the Mine V?ro.-k- n rrs in (his city stated that there would very likely lie a suspension of work p unless the operators receded from their n v I - I _ AWFUL WORK OF TflE TORNADO Fuller Details of the Havoc Wrought? At Gainrsville, Georgia. Gainesville, Ga., Special.?The 6,000 Inhabitants of this city have begun to realize the extent of the appalling disaster of Monday. It now seems certain that the death list will not be tv? 110V oVtrvof a# "1 AA r\ nAmanhfll "?uuu ouvit ui iuv, pciuapo ouuionu?% over 3 hundred, considering the number of dangerously wounded whose chances for recovery cannot now be calculated. But through all the glcom and desolation that surround the two like a pall of darkness there radiate* a beam of hope and encouragementhope that the death list may not be so numerous as reported and that encouragement to those who are so bravely and devotedly assisting the work of relief. The storyv of the storm's work of desolation has already been told. All that remains is tho compilation of an accurate list of the dead and the chronicling of the burial of the victims. Figuring from all available source* and giving credence only-.to those reports which are believed to be trustv?ortby, the ollowing is a summary of \ the effects of the tornado in ^Gainesville and its environments: Oae>Jiundred killed: 150 injured, of whom probably 20 will die: eight hundred homeless, their residences having been wiped out of existence: property loss of \about half a million dollars, none of which was covered by storm insurance. \ A concise and accurate statemen\ of the casualties cannot be rendered lor several days, but the physicians in ?tendance believed that it will not gto above 100, although 25 or 30 are de*A perately injured and may die within! the next two or three days. The deathA list so far compiled includes 32 at the\ Pacolet Cotton Mills at New Holland. ill of whom were killed in the demolltlon of the company's cottages, and 36 MH it the Gainesville Cotton Mills, near the Southern Railway station, where the tornado first struck. h The entire pathway of the storm, ex- 1 tending tvo miles from the Gainesville 1 Mills, around the outskirts of the city | to the Pacolet Mills at New Holland, fl is a mass of ruins, but fortunately IhA 1 rottages in the train of the tornado be- J tween the Soutbern station and New I Holland were those of negroes, who 1 were all absent from the city yesterday | in attendance upon a colored execur<ion. Businc.# Is almost entirely so*- j "cnaea mrougnuui ine cuy, iuc munition of everybody being given to the ^are of the wounded and suffering. There is no lack of medical attention, nany surgeons being present from Atanta and other cities. There is great leed, however, of clothing, antiseptics ind other medical supplies. The local , xiilitia have been called out for police duty. The city is very orderly and ] juiet and only a few instances of pll- J aging have been reported. ' The work of the tornado was compete. From the factory where it first lescended, upon the doomed city to the lills beyond New Holland, where it 'ose into the upper air, the destruction >f property is appalling. Along this enire course, for a distance of two miles, here is not a fence standing, not a labitable house, most of the latter beng reduced to strips like laths and icarcely a tree left. At New Holland the storm did its rorst. Nothing but the barren red hills ire left there to tell the story of the twful disaster. For a distance of threeluarters of a mile on the hillsides and n valley to the left of the Pacolet dills the ground is covered almost enirely by the fragments of the 150 louses that were there when the twistng tornado swept down. Standing on . . be hill-top nearest the city of Gaines- - ^ ' 1 riue, ana loosing iiuriueasi, u oui|i ui >erfectly smooth swept territory is preented to the eye of the observer and he entire vista is paved with the wreckage of destroyed homes. Negroes Run From High Water. Newberry. S. C., Special.?A very iard rain began to fall Monday afterioon at about 6:30 o'clock. Scott's reek rose rapidly and soon overflowed ts banks, surrounding and even rising above the floors of houses occupied iy negroes near the stream. While no erious damage is reported, all the md near hem is washed considerably, mmcdiately after the downpour of ain and while the cieek was at its lighest, some very amusing scenes Fere witnessed by the spectators, who iad gathered to see the high water. hlef among wnicn was a negro man arrying the occupants of the house cjoss the water to "dry land," for rhich he received 10 cents per capita. Killed at Supper. Waxahachie, Texas. Special.?A louble .'tragedy occurred Tuesday light near tl}e little village of Rankin, 4 miles south of Waxahatchie, in vhioh a farmer. Samuel Weslmoreaml, and his wife, were shot to death n their own, house. The shooting it is harged was done by a young man lamed Ellis Claridy, a brother of Irs. Westmoreland, who has not been aptured. Mr. and Mrs. Westmoreland rere eating supper, when. It is said, "oung Claridy appeared in the doorray with a double barrelled shotgun nd killed them. The Topeka Situation. Topeka, Special.?The flood situation a Topeka may be briefly summarized hus: Known dead 4S; river ha3 fallen oday three feet and is now receding at he rate of two inches an hour. Disress will be great among the refugees. ioveruor Bailey issues a proclamation / ailing for help for flood sufferers of he State. Fifty deputy sheriffs, arind with Winchesters, go to North Toeka to protect property with orders to hcot looters whenever they are aught stealing. neaa cnopp.ja uh. Tazewell. Tenn.. Special.?Sam Daivs as killed late Tuesday, Fale Minton acpping '-^s head off and burying the xe several times in hfcs body. The iea engaged in a difficulty at Minon's house. Mintcn was put in Taze.rell jail at night and the sheriff made reparations for protection against job violence, fears of which were ex;rcsge? chtiirg the night, ., . .