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BLOODSHED I COLUMBIA. Striking Machinists Make Night Attack on Non-Union Men. Columbia, June 22.-At last the leal trouble over the machinists' strike of the Southern Railway has come, following upon the heels of the ?rst bloodshed on Main street last sight. The affair is the talk of the city today and there is more or less -excitement. As a result a number of aon-union men are badly bruised and four of the attacking force have bullet ?oles in their bodies. Besides one of "lae guards at the railroad shops has M flesh wound on his head. He was struck in the forehead with a pistol bullet which glanced instead of enter Song. This man's name is Myers, who was on duty along with Mr. Dickert. "Both were armed with shotguns. It was about 2.40 o'clock this morning, when a perfect fusillade of pistol and gun shots rang out inside the yards of the shops. The yard is enclosed fey a high picket fence running around a "space of several blocks. It appears that a party of about fifty or seventy? -five men wearing black., close-fitting snasks, or having their faces blacked so that none could identify them went to the Laurel street side of the yard, and palled off some of the palings of the lenee in the rear of the carpenter shop, -entering the company's premises. The story is to the effect that the men ? crossed the yard and encountered Watchman Myers, who tried to halt ? the intruders ; that they told him J there were men in there who wanted j "io leave and they were going to escort j them out. This story has it also that j Myers's gun was fired and then a j ?general fusillade began. Those who heard it say that there must have ?seen about 150 or 200 shots fired The ?nen made for one of the shanty cars in which the non-union workmen were sleeping and surrounding it presented "weapons, telling the men to come out jand fall into line. There were about " "twenty men in the car and they obeyed. The crowd then marched on out of '"""the yard, going through the opening in the fence. Police Officer Fowler says he had heard the shooting-about 350 shots-while he was about the station. He ran around to Laurel street, where he met the party. The ?nen were in line, the party being divided, some in front and others be? hind the non-union men. The officer j halted them, but; was powerless, of j course. .He asked the crowd to turn over the men to him and let him take *them to police heodquarters. This they declined to do. The officer begged ?he crowd not to injure them and went on around and reported to police head? quarters, as the crowd marched off and went in the direction of the railroad .track, thence going up the track out of the city. The officer could not re? cognize any of the men : ali of them, he says, having on either black masks or having their faces blacked." COTTON OIL COMBINE. V. C. Company Has Eyes on Other Mills. It is understood that the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company has made the management of the Florence Cot? ton Seed Oil Mill an offer. Whether it will be accepted or not. is not known. It was reported that the V. C. C. Company would certainly buy the mill, and suspend its operation for a time at least. This would be a blow to Florence. It looks like the report that the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company is working to form a" combination of the oil mills of the State is true. It was learned this morning that an op? tion until July 1 had been given on the mills at Marion and Dillon. Other mills in the State are seriously con? sidering the offers of the fertilizer trust. The management of the Darlington oil mill declares it will not sell out to the trust. Whether or not the new mill to have been established at Cheraw will be completed, is a matter of speculation. This is particularly interesting taken in connection with the report from Philadelphia of a proposed $100,000, 000 trust to absorb all these smaller combines.-Florence Times. SURRENDER OF GEN. CAILLES. Santa Cruz, Province of Languna. Luzon, June 23.-G^n. Cailles, who is to surrender on Monday, is now at Pasan jan, a few miles from here. His followers have been congregating there for some days past. Col. Caballes, who, with one hundred and twenty of Gen Cailles' command, fled to* the mountains in fear of being hanged by the Americans, has been overtaken by messengers from Cailles, conveying the general's orders to surrender. When Cailles' messengers caught np and explained the situation to the fleeing colonel, the latter apologized to his general and returned to Pasan - jan with still another one hundred and twenty men whom he persuaded to come in and surrender. Caballes brings at least five hundred rifles from the outlying posts beyond Pasan jian. It is reported that a large number of Cailles' followers have approached him with the proposition, that he issue a strongly worded proclamation, declaring all Fillipino insurgents who refuse to surrender tomorrow to be considered as bandits, and that this proclamation be published by the in? surgent presidenter of every town in Lguna Province. Gen. Sumner has requested Gen. Cailles to leave Pasanjan for Santa Cruz at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. SURRENDER TAKES PLACE. Santa Cruz, Province of Laguna. Tjuzon Island, June 24.-Gen. Cailles surrendered here todav with 650 men and 500 rifles. >. Oaths of allegiance to the United States were administered to the former insurgents. Col Caballes, who fled to the moun? tains with a portion of his command, likewise surrendered. Cailles did not sufficiently control the populace to bring in all the insur? gents in his district. The proceedings cf the surrender were orderly. Six Hundred People Drowned Appalling Disaster in West Virginia Floods Destroy Life and Prop? erty Without Warning. Bluefield, W. V., June 23.-This en? tire section has jnst been visited by a flood, the extent of which in all prob? ability will equal or exceed that of Johnstown in 1889 so far as the loss of property is concerned. Early yesterday morning, shortly after midnight, a heavy downpour of rain began, accom? panied by a severe electric storm and steadily increased in violence until 10 o'clock in the morning, then ceasing for several hours and beginning again with renewed violence. This contin? ued throughout the entire day and night and at 10 o'clock this morning, while the storm had abated the lower? ing clouds indicated another terrific downpour at any moment. Many miles of the Norfolk and Western railroad track, bridges and telegraph lines are entirely destroyed and communication is entirely cut off west of Elkhorn so that it is* impossible to learn the full extent of the loss of life and property, but officials of the coal operations locat? ed in the stricken district have sent out messengers to Elkhorn, the termi? nus of both telegraphic and railroad communrcations, and have received a report that conservative estimate of the loss ois life will easily reach 200. Some of the drowned are among the most prominent citizens of the coal fields. ^ The Pocahontas field is located in a basin with high mountain ranges on either side. Elkhorn creek flows through the centre of the basin which ranges from one-fourth to one mile in width. From Ennis, W. Va., to Viv? ian yard, W. Va., a distance of 10 miles, miners' cabins, coal company commissaries and coke plants line this basin. Elkhorn creek being fed by numerous small streams coming from the mountaain sides rises very rapidly and this water spout came so suddenly that i;he entire basin between the two mountain ranges was flooded, and before the terror stricken people real? ized what was upon, them they were carried down by the flood, which swept everything in its path. The little town of Keystone, ;with population of about 2, OOO*, seems the greatest suffer? er, ?practically the entir town being wshed away. This town is the princi? pal one in the Pocahontas coal fields and is located near its centre. It was to a great extent headquarters from which the mining population purchased supplies and was also the only place in"the field where whiskey could be purchased. At this place there were some 12 or 15 saloons, all of which washed away. The report comes that the mining population are now occupy? ing the banks of the streams below, catching the merchandise and barrels of whiskey and beer as they float down. A number of the coal and coke plants throughout the Pocahontas field are re? ported practically destroyed and in, some instances entirely washed away. On account of the very high water which has flooded the region and prevented communica? tion, anything like a correct estimate of the loss of property is impossible, but from the best information obtain? able at 2 p. m. Sunday the loss to property will reach easily 82,000,000. h BLANKET INJUNCTION. it is Granted Against Each anti Every Member of the Internationa! Associa? tion of Machinists. Milwaukee, Wis. June 22.-A sweep? ing injunction of widespread scope and importance relative to the strike of the machinists was issued today to the Vilter Manufacturing Company. The order prevents the strikers from in any way interfering with the workmen ? employed at the Vilter Works, from posting pickets, from combining for J the purpose of preventing tradesmen selling to workmen, who have refused to quit, and from doing anything that will in any way operate to damage the Vilter Company. The injunction equals in its effect the combined strike order issued by Judge Jenkins in Northern Pacific circles, without em? bracing many of the defects of that or? der, which led to its revocation in the Court of Appeals. There is not a ref? erence to the strike in the injunction : the men are not restrained from strik? ing, as they were in the Northern Pa ciafic strike order, but they are sim? ply restrained from taking'any action or doing anything which will in any way tend to cause damge to the Vilter Company. The suit is without parallel and is the first of the ki-nd ever instituted. If it shall be successful it will play a most important part in labor disturb? ances of the future. While the action is brought in the name of the Vilter Company, iris really the National Metal Trades' Association that is the plaintiff, the Vilter Compa? ny haying been selected to serve as plaintiff, because, it is said, the equi? ties existing were greatest in its favor, and Milwaukee was considered as the best place in the country in which to fight the battle in the Courts. The injunction is directed against each and every member of the Interna? tional Association of Machinists, and all persons in any way connected therewith. The injunction is return? able in the Circuit Court atMilwnkee, over which Judge Eugene S. Elliott presides. No date has been set for the hearing. Charleston. June 22.-The soap fac? tory of W. J. Storen was destroyed by fire this morning, causing a less of ; 810.000. The propertv was onlv par- ! tially insured. The factorv was ]<>- ' ; ca ted in the suburbs, being a con? siderable distance from the water ; mains and the engine had much diffi ; culty in putting water on it. The long stretch of hose detracted from the j volume and pressure of the streams and the fire practically burnt itself i out. The tallow and other imflamable j materials in the building helped the flames to eat their way. The cause of the fire is not known." The War With the Boers. London. June 23.-Lord Kitchener has as yet sent no report of the Water kloof mishap. Recent events in Cape Colony seem to prove the Boer invasion of that country to be serious. TBE WEST VIRGINIA FLOOD. Reported That Number of Dead Will Not Exceed Sixty. I Roanoke, Va., Jnne 24.-There has been very little news received here to? day from the "West Virginia flood. One train came in this afternoon but very little new information conld be gained j from these passengers. The trains are running from Biuefield and Ennis which places are outside the territory visited by the cloudburst last Saturday morning. All day long today Roanokers who have friends and relatives in the coal fields and the coal operators here who have large financial interests in the devastated strip have been lounging aroud the railroad station awaiting the arrival of the belated trains. These people making inquiries as to relatives and property have been be? sieging the railroad and commercial telegraph offices since early this morn? ing. The wires all being down west of Biuefield, save one wire which goes through to Ennis but is being used as a train wire, prevented the public from gaining any additional particu? lars. How many are dead is not definite? ly known and it will necessarily be several days yet before the exact num? ber can be given out as official, but the various reports in circulation here are that all the way from 50 to 200 have been drowned. It is probably safe to assume the first figures as being more nearly correct than the last. The damage to property will certainly amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Miles of railroad track are washed out and great gulches have been created. The devastated section covers an area of about 20 miles west of Blue field. It is a very narrow valley not much wider than a broad street in some places. Coal mines are scatter? ed all along the road. Keystone, the town reported to have been so greatly damaged, and at first believed to have been wiped out of existence, isa village of between 2>000 and 3.000 and is built along the narrow valley and on the sides of the bluffs. There is a creek which runs through the town, over which most of the houses are built on piles and rock work. ?his creek which runs through the town, the narrow village and has a gradual fall. The mountains on each side loom up for hundreds of feet and the town is so narrow in places that one is obliged to go into the middle of it to see the sky. Those familiar with the situation of the town know that it would be a death trap if the flood was as heavy as reported. Yet they reason, occurring in the day time there was no reason why but few people should have been caught in the rush of waters. All reports agree that between 200 and 300 houses were swept away in the Elk horn valley, but it does not follow necessarily that the occupants were drowned. The railroad folks are rush? ing material and supplies to the Elk horn. One hundred and fifty laborers came in over the Roanoke and South? ern today on an extra train and went west and nearly all the work trains on the road have been sent to the Elk horn vicinity. J. W. Croty. a fireman on the Norfolk and Western road, who re? sides in this city, received a message yesterday from Biuefield stating that his father, mother, one sister, two brothers, and sister-in-law with her two children, were lost in the flood Saturday at Keystone. Mr. Croty's people lived in the centre of the town. A neighbor of the Crory's who escap? ed the flood informed Mr. Croty at Biuefield Saturday that he saw the Croty house move off into the waters. So far as getting news from the ter? ritory west of Biuefield is concerned, the Western Union officials say the situation is unchanged, and they have nothing new to give out. The Associated Press was given the following short statement tonight by one of the general officers of the Nor folk and Western railroad: "Restora? tion of telegraph lines develop that damage by flood through coal fields was exaggerated. Loss of life will not exceed 60 or 75, and damage to proper? ty, including repairs to railroad and coal operations, wll not exceded 3500, 000. It is expected that the railway will get the line opened through to? morrow or next day."' ADELBERT HAY DEAD. Falls From Hotel Window And is Instantly Killed. New Haven, Conn.. June 23.-Adel? bert Hay. son of Secretary Hay. the former United States consul to Pre? toria. South Africa, was found dead on the sidewalk in front of the New Haven house at 2:30 o'clock this morning. He retired to his room at 10 o'clock after spending the evening with a party of friends, in apparently excellent spirits. It is believed that Mr. Hay became ill after retiring and went to the win? dow for air. It is supposed that he became dizzy and fell. Mr. Bartlett, the medical examiner, stated that Mr. Hay undoubtedly came to his death by accident. The bed clothes in his room were found turned over on a chair. On the window ledge was found a partially burned cigarette. From this it is inferred That Mr. Hay had lit it for a smoke before retiring and was either seated or standing by the win? dow. Whether he fell out while asleep or in an attack of vertigo cannot be determined. Braiden, Fla., June 23.. News reaches here of a bloody duel to the death near Miakka, in Manatee coun? ty. Judge Seth E. Stevens, a county j justice and wealthy farmer, and John A. Webb, a neighbor, also prominent in county affairs, met on the road three miles from Miakka and renewed an old feud that existed between them. Webb was riding when overta? ken and asked by Stevens to stop and set;lr then and there, the di Spute be- I Tween them. lb* did so, telling lu's liri ver to go ahead. When the driver proceeded several hundred yards he looked back to see both men grappling in the road. He returned to find Stevens dead with a bloody knife in his hand and Webb seriously stabbed in several places. Webb is yet alive and may recover. ELECTROCUTED UPON THE ROOF OF THE COLUMBIA. A Negro Painter Touches a High i Voltage Wire and is Quickly j Killed. About 5.20 o'clock yesterday after? noon Charles Pickett, one of the negro painters engaged in putting a fresh coat of paint upon the roof of the Co? lumbia hotel, was almost instantly killed, being electrocuted. The negro, who appeared to be about 30 years of age , and who was known to many in the city, was on the roof of the middle rear wing of the hotel, along with a number of other painters. He started across to the roof of the main build? ing. In order to get there he had to pass under some electric wires run? ning over the top of the building into a transformer just below. These were two large wires and they were insulated, but they happened to be of high voltage. In other words, the wires carried a current of 3,140 volts. The electricians say that with such voltage-indeed anything over 500 volts, the insulation is of no protec? tion. They also say that the current goes into the transformer with this voltage and the transformer sends it out over the various wires running from it only 113 volts strong. Though the wires were strung high j enough for the negro to pass under without touching them, he caught one of them with his hand. He ut? tered a few cries and his hand closed over the wire. His paint bucket fell from his hand, and his companions rushed to him. They were afraid to touch him, but finally took the butt of his paint brush and broke his hold upon the death dealing wire. He pitched forward upon his face dead. State, June 25. HOW UNCLE SAM'S OFFICIALS MAKE MONEY. Washington, June 24.-Another pet? ty scandal has come up in connection with the American exhibit at the Paris exposition, to be added to the many that have already found public? ity. This particular one does not in? volve any dishonesty or any real turpi lude on the part of anyone, but is merely considered to be a rather stupid attempt to get exorbitant money by the sale of handsomely bound copies of a stupid report. It emanates from A. S. Capehart, who was employed by Mr. Peck as ed? itor of his report at a salary of $400 a month and traveling expenses, who has sent out a circular advertising copies of the work. It seems that Congress did not really consider the report worth printing at all. An effort was made to provide for an edition, but it was found that the appropriation could not be passed through Congress, at least not without a fight, because so many influential members of both Houses were annoyed at the constant criticism over the expenditures au j thorized by Commissioner General ! Peck. At the last moment, however, an ar? rangement was quietly effected by which the report was printed as a Sen j ate document. Such an edition con? sists of a total of 1,682 official copies of the book, of which 500 copies go to designated libraries, 600 to members I of the House and Senate, fifty-two to the library of Congress, fifteen to the House library, fifteen to the Senate library, and 500 to be reserved for binding upon orders from members of Congress. There is. however, a law, providing that any person can have printed for him not more than 250 copies of any Government work by giving his order in advance and paying the cost plus ten per cent. Copies so printed are not bound. Mr. Capehart took advantage of this by ordering 500 copies of the set of six books, which were delivered to him at a price which, withn the Mud? ding, would amount to about 63.60 per set. These Mr. Capehart now wishes to sell for 820.00 a set. Adding in 61.40 a set to cover all expenses of advertising, packing, shipping and col? lecting will bring the cost of the full set of volumes up to the moderate sum of 85. Mr. Capehart's selling price is just four times that amount, and ap? parently he is in a position where he expects to make a profit of 615 dollars a set on 250 sets or a total profit of 63.750 on a report, for the editing of which he was paid by the United States government at the rate of 64, S00 a year. It should be said in justice to Mr. Capehart that he has made no at? tempt to misrepresent the situation. In his circular to exhibiters he says: "The purchase of these reports from the Public Printer is a private enterprise and you are under no obli? gations to take them from me." He manages, however, to affix the official seal to the transaction by saying: *'Having served as a member of the committee which compiled this report, and as its editor, it would be inappro? priate for me to comment upon its merits as a publication.** ?J To fix Mr. Capehart's official con? nection with the Paris exposition com? mission it is sufficient to make a note of the fact that he is officially desig? nated as director of liberal arts and chemical industries, and as such he receives a salary. The final financial reports have not yet been submitted, so that it is impossible to learn just when he ceased to draw his salary, if that time has yet arrived. There is no law preventing the sale of government publications. Secre? tary Gage or Postmaster-General Smith could order extra copies of their annual reports and sell them to the public at a generous advance on the cost, but these distinguished officials have not thought it proper for a gov? ernment officer to attempt to sell the report he was paid to write. Johnston, June 24. Saturday after? noon a young son of Mr. Burrel Abney accidentally killed himself at his father's home three miles from this place. It is stated that the deceased was fooling with a revolver. He was looking down the muzzle of the weapon when a cartridge was exploded in some way. The ball entered the cheek below the right eye and passed through the top of his head. THE SANTIAGO MEDALS. The Meritorious Service Badge Will Bear the Likeness of the Admiral inf.Command. Washington, June 24.-Acting npon the nnanimons recommendation of the naval board of awards, Secretary Long today approved the designs for the two medals provided for by congress to commemorate the achievements of the United States navy in the campaign in the West Indies during the Spanish Amercian war. Of these two medals the first is known as the "battle medal" and the second as the "meritorious service" medal. The board states that it has placed Sampson's head upon the medal because he was commander-in-chief of the West Indian squadron, and Dew? ey's was placed on the Manila medal. The Sampson portrait is a profile taken from a likeness made just before the outbreak of the Spanish war. ? On the face of this medal the in? scription reads: "United States Naval Campaign in the West Indies, 189$ William Thomas Sampson, Command? er-in-Chief. " The suspending bar above bears the American eagle above a design in oak leaves. The reverse of the medal marks the government's recognition of the splen? did service of the man behind the gun." It portrays a spirited scene on the deck of an American man-of war in full action. Over the bulwarks and in the distance is the outline of a war ship in full play. The meritori? ous service medal is for those who have rendered distinguished service otherwise than in battle. It will go to such men as Hobson, Lieut. Ward, Victor Blue, Lieut. Buck and a very few others. TYPICAT CAUCASIAN. On page 24 of Maury's Elementary Geography, Revised, there is an excel? lent picture of Senator Zebulon Baird Vance. Underneath the picture is written, "A Caucasian." In a conversation with Prof. R. B. Hunter, supervisor of county educa? tion, the agent of the Maury Company told an interesting story of how the picture of Senator Vance happened to be in the geography. When the geog? raphy was revised a committee was appointed to select a photograph that would serve to faithfully delineate the type of each race. To obtain the com? posite element, or to get a picture that would best serve to portray the varying features of the Caucasian, the" committee selected 100 photo? graphs from various places in Europe and 150 from America. In writing to the photographers the committee re? quested that they select the picture they considered as representative of the Caucasian. It is singular that six American photographers chose the photograph of Senator Vance as that of a typical Caucasian. When the committee came to make selection from the 150 photographs they reached their decision by grad- j nally discarding photographs that were comparatively unsuitable. At the last the six photographs of Vance remained which indicaated that the choice of the committee was unani? mous. To these who have seen Vance or his photographs the conclusion of the committee is not surprising. His physiognomy embodied the best and strongest in the Anglo Saxon who is ? dominant among Caucasians.-Char? lotte Observer. Exactly as Advertised. An indignant working farmer re? turned to a horse dealer's about an hour after purchasing a horse. '.Look here, sir!" he exclaimed. "I "Thats the reason I sold him," don't want this horse you sold me ! He shies. I can't get him to cross the bridge. " said the deaaler. 'calmly. "Why did you come to me for the horse?" "I saw your advertisement in the paper. " "I thought so. I gave my reason for selling him. " "Yes : to be sold, you stated, for no other reason than that the owner wanted to go out of town. ' ' "Well, if you can get out of this town with him," said the dealer, "it will be more than I can do."-London Answers. Few persons know that the United States government derives an income from some of the largest bathing es? tablishments in America, if not in the world. The hot springs of Arkansas, which have been a resort for invalids for many years, are owned by Uncle Sam. and he exacts a payment of 830 a tub for the use of the medicated wa? ter. As there are 534 tubs", the spring brings him an income from that source of 816.020 a year. The various hot springs, which are said to number 73. issuing from the west side and base of Hot Springs mountain, and which now are obscured from view, have been converged in many instances into one outlet by development work done on the reservation under the supervision of the various superintendents. These springs vary in temperature, the hot? test being 151 degrees. The flow of practically all of them is constant. The basis of estimate of the maximum of supply for each tub daily is LOCH.) gallons, which at present, if used to the full capacity, would be 534,000 gallons. A conservative estimate of the supply at present under control is 750,000 gallons daily. In addition to the selling of waters to hotels and san? itariums, the government maintains a free bath house for the indigent. Williamston. W. Va.. June 22.-The miners' strike in the Tucker-Matewan coal fields is growing critical and resort to fire arms has been the result. The whole field is in a state of excitement and serious trouble is feared. Already two or three conflicts have occurred between the striking miners and the guards which have been placed on the works by the operators. A New York {taper remarks that it is notable that "again this year of the j girls from the public schools who have passed the entrance examinations to the Normal College, the majority, as their names indicate, are Jews. The same is the rule in the examinations for the boys' free colleges-': the best scholars of the public sfmools, girls and boys, being usually J-?ws. " TARIFF WAR WITH BUSBIi Secretary Gage's Construction of the Question at Issue Faulty. St. Petersburg, June 24.-On compe? tent authority the correspondent of the Associated Press is able to say that the Russian ministry, of finance regards Secretary Gage's explanation of the petroleum question to be with? out point. Russia has adopted reprisals in the form of increased duties on American goods for the second time not because a certain shipment of petroleum was taxed at unduly high rates because it was not accompanied with a certifi? cate of its origin, but because Rus? sia does not admit the correctness of Secretary Gage's interpretation of the tariff laws of the United States. Sec? tion 626 of these laws place naphtha and the products of naphtha on the free list unless the country whence they are exported charges duty on similar articles from the United States. Russia does admit that these laws authorize the collection of a tar? iff on parafine, made in Great Britain from Russian naphtha as decreed by Secretary Gage in this circular of March. The impression has been conveyed to the correspondent of the Associated Press that the hope of Secretary Gage that Secretary of State Hay will succeed in explaining these matters to the satisfaction of M. de "Witte, will be vain. If further action against Russian trade is taken by the United States Russia's answer will follow in due season. A CELEBRATED DOG. Miss Laura Conger, daughter of E. H. Conger, United States Minister to China, has the most celebrated dog in the world. The little fellow bears the nme of Taner, which is the Chi? nese word for peach. When the empress dowager fled from her castle in Pekin before the recent uprising, members of the Russian min? ister's staff went into her apartments, and in her bed chamber an aide caught Tau?>r. He presented the dog to Miss Conger. The little fellow was only a few months old at that time and was so small that in her haste to get to a place of safety the empress dowager overlooked him. He has grown, into a fine black and white spaniel, with square body and a nose so flat that he holds dollar on it without any effort. Taner was brought along when Mr. Conger and his family came to the United States for a visit a few weeks ago. Miss Conger prizes him highly. He has been taught many tricks, but the words of command his mistress has. to give in Chinese. SURRENDER1)F~CAILLES. Santa Cruz, Province of Laguna, F" L, June 24.-When Gen. Cailles sur? rendered here today with 500 men and 500 rifles he entered Santa Cruz to the music of native bands, which were drawn up in six lines in the church yard. Cailles and his staff entered the church, where mass was celebrated by Chaplain Hart of the Eighth U. S. in? fantry, the column passed, in review before the United States army head? quarters wth arms at port, returned to the convention enclosure, there sur? rendered their rifles and received re? ceipts entitling them to 30 pesos each. During the surrender of the arms Cailles and his staff, who were outside the enclosure, with 60 of the officers afterward walked to headquarters where Cailles tendered his sword to Gen. Sumner, who gallantly handed it back. Gen. Sumner also handed back the revolutionist flag, which Cailles will personally present to Gen. Mc Arthur. Gen. Sumner congratu? lated Cailles on his surrender and the latter responded that it was a happy day for Laguna province. Frank Mekin. the deserter of the Thirty-seventh infantry, who has been acting as lieutenant with the insur? gents under Cailles, was placed in irons. In comparison with the wonderful mineral wealth of North Carolina, its iron, copper, gold and silver ores, its native gems its valuable clays and sands, but little is known of the minera? resources of South Carolina. The time has come, however, when these re? sources will be exploited, together with the already well developed agri? cultural and manufacturing advantages of the State. The recent appointment of a State Geologis:. by Governor Mc? sweeney has been mest timely, and his first work will be done in collect? ing and classifying the geological wealth of the State for the Exposition at Charleston. I A large amount of space in the State Building will be set apart for a col? lective exhibit of minerals, ores and manufactured mineral products, gath? ered from every county in the State. Due attention will be paid to these manufactured products, which would include decorative terra cotta tiling, oil pressed brick, firebrick,e tc, etc. Mr. Earle Sloan, the State Geolo? gist, has sent out a circular letter in which he requests those who hold in? terest in quarries or deposits of build? ing stone to have specimen blocks of ? stone carefully cut and finished, and calls for information concerning valua? ble mineral deposits, quarries of build? ing material . clays, mineral springs water-powers, etc. If the Exposition should do nothing more, it will have accomplished great things for the State in awakening in? terest and in disseminating informa? tion with regard to the unknown and uncounted wealth which now lies hid? den and disregarded-as the valuable deposits of phosphate rock did for ages -in the depths of the earth. 'New York. June 24.-The American Sugar Refining company has reduced all grades of refined sugars 10 points, The National Refining company fol? lowed this cut. Arbuckle Brothers reduced all grades of refined sugar 5 points, making their prices the same as those of the American Sugar Re? fining company. Cotton Oil Trust. Trenton, N. J.. June 24.-The United Cotton Oil Company, capital ?12.000,(KH? was incorporated today. The company is to manufacture and deal in cotton and other oils and their products. The incorporators are Frank H. Lord and C. C. Giles. New Yorit, and K. K. McLaren, Jersey City.