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TRA8E0Y ?N JOHNSTOWN
Hundreds of Lives Were Lost in
.Mine Explosion.
Johnstown, Pa., July 10.?Job
town has again been visited by an ap
palling disaster.
It is only less frightful than the
awful calamity of May 31, 1SS9, in
cost of life, but in its terrible conse
'quences it has brought the shadow
of sorrow into hundreds of homes
made desolate by a mine explosion
which took place in the Cambria Steel
Company rolling mill mine, under
Westmont Hill at 12.20 o'clock this*
afternoon.
How many are dead it may take sev
eral days to fully determine but that
it is a long and shocking list is cer
tain. It may reach 200 or more men.
It was nearly an hour after the ex
plosion before any. general knowledge
of what had happened got abroad.
Men who came from the mines, escap
ing with their lives, told the terrible
news, and soon it spread like wild fire
ali over the city. In scores of homes
there were the most pathetic scenes.
.Mothers, wives, daughters, sons and
relatives were frantic with grief.
- Hundreds rushed to the point and
with sobbing hearts awaited news
thai,did not come from the ill-fated
mine. At the opening across the river
. from the Point, the Cambria Iron
Company police with several assist
ants stood guard, permitting no one
to enter the mine from which noxious
gases were coming. It was nearly 4,
o'clock when all hope of sending
rescue parties from the Westmont
opening was abandoned. Two men
who had escaped from the mine, Rich
ard Bennett and John Meyers, went
back two miles to see what assistance
could be rendered but the .frightful
d^mp drove them, back and they fell
prostrate and after a desperate strug
gle reached the outside. The doctors
gave the .men assistance and after
working with them half an hour
restored them.
Their story of the situation, in the
mine made it clear that the rescue
work could not proceed from the West
mont opening and then hasty prepara
tions were made to begin that sad !
mission at the Mill Creek entrance.
Soon after the news of the- explosion
reached the Cambria officials, Min
ing Engineer Marshal G. Moore and
one of his assistants, AL G. Presser,
made an attempt to enter the mine.
They were followed by Mine Saperia-*
tendent George T. Robinson but the
gases stopped their progress and they
were compelled to return to the sur
face.
? Mine Foreman Harry Rogers, his as
sistant, William Blanch, and Fire
Bosses Jno. Whitney, RetalHck and
Jno. Thomas were overcome by the
gases and it is feared they penshed in
an effort to rescue the miners!. A son
of Harry Rogers then tried to reach
his father, bat he was- quickly over
come by gas and was carried out un
conscious.
William Stibish spent several hours
at the Mi?l Creek opening. He said
that he believed as many as 450 men
were st?R in the mine* In his opin
ion, from all he could gleam, not to
exceed 150 men had come out.
Ilumber of Dead Exceed First
Estimate.
And the Evidence of Suffering They En- !
dared are Harrowing in the (Extreme. \
_
Johnstown, Pa., July 1L?This has
been a day of heroic rescues at the
Rolling Mill mine of the Cambria
Steel Company. Thrilling experiences
attendee! the efforts of the 40 brave
and daring fellows who went down
in :o the bowels of the earth with a
very faint hope to spur them that still
there might be time to restore to life
some of those who are entombed.
Death lurked everywhere around
them, but, undaunted, they surged
forward, swayed with the noblest
human purposes.
The reward of their efforts was the
saving of the lives of 14 of their fel
lo* men and bringing them again
: into the sunlight and back to loving
familias.
\ Dead and maimed bodies wer?
located, but no effort was made to
bring them out of th? vast theatre
of death on til every human energy
was put forward towards seeing that
no living soul might escape their aid.
That-c done, the dead wert,-attended
to and put in train cars, brought up
and exposed to morbid gaze, while
being transferred to wagons in which
to be taken to the morgue.
At 11 o'clock tonight the number of
known dead is 90 ; number cf injured
in hospitals IS; number of injured
who w?re able to go home 4.
Later?Two members of the relief
party sent home* for a rest said upon
leaving the mine shortly after 1
o'clock this morning that 52 bodies
e were loaded on cars ready to be
brought out the first thing after dav
light.
This will swell the dead list to 143.
The Best Liniment for Strains.
Mr. F. H. Wells, the merchant at Deer
Park, Long Island, N. Y., says : WI always
recommend Chamberlain's Pain Balm as
the best liniment for strains. I used it last
winter for a severe lameness in the side,
resulting from a strain, and was greatly
pleased with the quick relief and cure it
eSected." For sale by Dr. A. J. China.
-mam . . mm -
*' Thou shall not steal" was written
by God on the tables of stone given
by him to Moses on Mount Sinai. This
law is in full force and virtue today,
and if the person or persons who have
' not the fear of God before their eyes
continue to steal every pencil, pocket
knife, umbrella and pen they find in
The Herald office will be collared by
the sheriff if caught after this notice.
?Dillon Herald.
Poisoning the System.
It is through the bowels that the body is
cleansed of impurities. Constipation keeps
t?ese poisons in the system, causing head
ache, dnlness and melancholia at first, then
unsightly eruptions and finally serious ill
ness unless a remedy is applied. De Witt's
Little Early Risers prevent this trouble by
stimulating the liver and promote easy,
healthy action of the bowels. These little
pills do not act violently but by strength
ening the bowels enable them to perform
their own work. Never gripe or distress.
J. S. Hughson & Co.
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: THE OBEEN-??YHOR GASE.
Canada Lawyers Attack Mr. Er
; win?Declare That he Made
Proposals to Gaynor and
! Greene.
Quebec, July II.?The proceedings
in the Gaynor-Greene cases today were
of very little interest as regards the
case itself. In referring to the reports
sent to Attorney General Knox by Mr.
Erwin, M. Taschereau strongly pro
tested against the remarks made by
Mr. Erwin respecting the judiciary in
this province and considered it an act
of effrontery.
He regretted his absence here today
as he had something interesting to tell
him, but hoped that counsel for the
posecution would do so. He was quite
suiTrised, he said, that in his report
Mr. Erwin had not informed the Uni
ted States authoriies that he had
made an offer to the prisoners to drop
the case if the later would pay over
$5X0,000 to the United States govern
ment. This offer, M. Taschereau
said, was made in the Windsor hotel,
Montreal, on the Saturday following
the arrest of Gaynor and Greene.
Messrs. McMaster and D andurand
protested against Mr. Tasene::eau's re
marks regarding Erwin's report and
said the latter had not reflectad on the
judges, but on the contrary had ex
pressed high appreciation of them.
They did not believe that Mr. Erwin
ever made such an offer to the accused.
Mr. McMaster then presented a j
motion to quash the habests corpus
writs issued on June 20 and 21 by
Judge Caron. Counsel for the accused
asked for a delay to Tuesday next to
reply. This delay was granted and j
counsel for the prosecution was given i
until Friday next to arrange the re
plies of counsel for the defense. .
Mr. Taschereau also moved that
Judge Caron fix a day for a hearing on |
the merits of the case, but the judge i
remarked that the motions to quash
the writs of habeas corpus had preced
ence.
EBWIN'S DENIAL
Washington, July iL ? Marion
Erwin, the special assistant to the at
torney general in prosecution of the
charges against Gaynoi' and Greene,
today made the following statement in
reply to the charge of Mr. Taschereau
of counsel for Gaynor and Greene
made is the Quebec court today, that
he (Erwin) has offered to drop the
case against the defendants if they
would pay $500,000 to the United
States government:
"There is nothing in the statement
from Quebec that I offered to settle
the case for $?300,000 except this : When
the prisoners were taken to Montreal,
Benj. D. Greene in a conversation
with me, which* he requested, stated
that he and Jno. F. Gaynor would
! be willing 1? pay the government
1300,000 in settlement of the whole
controversy. ; I replied that the sum
stated was not sufficient for me to
mention to the attorney general. I,
however, did mention it to the attor
ney general, Mr. Knox, who said that
my answer was the proper one."
A DESPERATE NEGRO.
Norfolk, Va., July 10.?Dr. J. C.
Barts, city coroner and a prominent
physician, was murdered tonight by a
negro named Gray, to whose house Dr.
Batts had been summoned to attend
Gray's wife. Police surrounded the
house after the murder and were
fired upon by Gray. Much excite
ment prevails and a lynching will oc
cur if Gray is captured.
(Later)?After holding the police at
bay for over two hours with a ten bore
duck gun and in a darkened room,
Gray was charged by the police, f?e
fired repeatedly at the offiers and tore
the walls to pieces before he fell, after
having refused to surrender, riddled
by bullets from the officers' pistols.
Not a policeman was shot, though
several narrow escapes were made.
Gray was taken to St. Vincent's
hospital, where he is in a dying con
dition.
Charleston, July 11.?The suit of
Henry S. Powell of New York against
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, to
recover damages in the sum of $30,
000 because the railroad company
refused to validate a return ticket to
Washington last February, was
given to the jury today and after being
out for an hour a verdict for the
plaintiff in the sum of $5,000 was ren
dered. A motion for a new trial was
made by Mr. W. H. Fitzsimmons, but
was overruled by Judge Gage. The
case was begun yesterday morning
and the entire session was devoted
to hearing^the testimony in the case.
This morning argument was begun
and shortly after 12 o'clock the case
was given to the jury.
The Same Old Story.
J. A. Kelly relates an experience similar
to that which has happened in almost
every neighborhood in the United States
and has been told and re-told by thousands
of others. Ee says : ''Last summer I had
an attack of dysentery and purchased a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
D.arrhoea Remedy, which I nsed according
to directions and with entirely satisfactory
results. The trouble was controlled much
quicker than former attacks when I used
other remedies." Xr. Kelly is a well known
citizen of Henderson, N. C. For sale by
Dr. A. J. China.
St. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
July 11.?On Wednesday there were
three loud detonations from the Son
friere volcano, on the island of St.
Vincent, between 8 and 9 o'clock at
night. Advices from Barbadoes say
that loud detonations were heard there
Wednesday night from a westernly di
rection.
Mother Always Keeps it Handy.
"My mother suffered a lon^ time from
distressing pains and general ili health
due primarily to indigestion," says L. W.
Spalding, Verona, Mo. "Two years ago I
got her to try Kodol. She grew better at
once and now, at the age of seventy-six,
eats anythiag she wants, remarking that
she fears no bad effects as she has her
bottle of Kodcl haady." Don't waste time
doctoring symptoms. Go after the cause.
If your stomach is sound your health will
be good. Kodol rests the stomach and
strengthens the body by digesting your
food. It is nature's own tonic. J. S. Hugh
son & Co.
NEWS ITEMS.
j Thanks to the strenuous appetites
! of the jay birds English sparrows do
I not increase in number. A gentleman
j who spends considerable time in the
! court house shades remarks that all
j this Spring the jays have lived largely
i on unfledged sparrows, occasionally
! murdering the older ones.?Barn well
Sentinel.
Your Uncle Jasper Talbert bad an
? idea when he announced his candidacy
for governor that he would have a
walk over with frequent rests under
the shade. It looks now as if he
would have to strike a lively trot to
keep out of the way of the procession.
?Carolina Spartan.
During the storm Monday afternoon
lightning struck the steeple of the
Methodist Church tearing open the
zinc covering, knocking out the venti
lators on two sides of the belfry and
the brick down one corner of the
tower, being conveyed off by the gut
tering on each side of the tower.?
Lancaster Ledger.
The trestle over Waxhaw Creek on
the S. C. & Ga. Ex. was burned early
last?Sunday morning and the passen
gers had to be transferred at the ' point
Sunday and Monday. It is thought
the trestle was set afire as no trains
had passed over it since Saturday.?
Lancaster Ledger.
The Federal Sugar Refining Com
pany, recently organized with a capi
tal of $50,000,000, claims to have a new
process by which sugar can be refined
for $5 a ton less than by any other
method.
Colonel J. N. Smythe, who commit
ted suicide in Little Rock last Satur
day, was an able journalist, who was
squeezed out of his chosen field of use
fulness by a combine because his sense
of duty forbade him to do its bidding.
The end was- suicide or pauperism.
He chose the former.
Edward Everett Hale bases his
plea for pensi?ne for old people on the
following conditions: First, to per
sons who have never permanently
abandoned their native State; second,
to those who have paid taxes since
reaching manhood ; third, to persons
SO or 85 years old. Dr. Hale thinks
$100 a year would keep old folks from
the poor house.
Advices from Vera Cruz report yel
low fever as - having been especially
virulent this season. A number of
people long resident and deeming
themselves immune have died. The
United States Government commission
has been in Vera Cruz studying condi
tions and the local treatment of the
? disease. Dr. Miller, who had a speci
\ fic for yellow fever, has died in Vera
Cruz of congestion of the brain. He
had presented his system of cure to
the United States Government.
The annual games of. the insane
colony located at Ward's Island, were
held on July 4. That simple announce
ment means much, for on the natal
day of our country about 4,000 of the
insane poor forgot for the . time being
their mental aberrations and devoted
themselves to all kinds of athletic
sports. A base ball game was success
fully run off without the players or
fans displaying any greater insanity
than characterizes the actions of
cranks of the outside world. All in
all the day was a success, causing the
participants and spectators to forget, if
not only for a day, their various hal
lucinations.
There is in contemplation a new road
between Salem and Manning, which
inbuilt will cut off at least seven miles
of the distance between this place and
Salem. The projected route is from
Alcolu by the John DuRant place and
intersect the road at Sardinia. The
cost of buiding this road wall be about
$1500, and it will be worth many
thousands of dollars to the business
interests of this town.?Manning
Times.
On Tuesday afternoon a large box
near the C, N. & L. trestle, contain
ing tools, rope, buckets, pick-axes and
numerous other things belonging to
the sewerage people was blown into
small fragments by the explosion of
two sticks of dynamite inside the
box. It is not known what caused the
explosion, but it is supposed chat in
some way the box was set on fire, and
the fuse lighted in this manner.?
Newberrj Herald and News.
It is rumored that the Southern
railroad shops are to be located here
in Camden, and also that there is to
be a handsome new brick and granite
depot erected. A telegram to Mr. E.
H. Shaw at Blacksburg late yesterday
evening has failed up to this hour (11
a. m. ) to confirm or deny this report.
However, "when there is so much
smoke there must be some fire" and
we may expect some radical changes at
the foot of DeKalb street in the
near future.?Camden Chronicle.
Vacation Days.
Vacation time is here and the children
are fairly living out of doors. There could
be no healthier place for them. You need
only to guard against the accidents inci
dental to most open air sports. No remedy
equals De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for
quickly stopping pain or removing danger
of serious consequences. For cuts, scalds
and wounds. "I used De Witt's Witch
Hazel Salve for sores, cuts and bruises,"
says L. B. Johnson, Swift Tex. "It is the
best remedy on the market." Sure cure
for piles and skin diseases. Beware of
counterfeits. J. S. Hughson & Co.
Since Messrs J. S. Horlbeck, John
Boyd and Murray Muirhead, all of
whom own and cultivate large tracts
of land near Mount Pleasant, experi
mented successfully with tobacco
plants more than a year ago, and
discovered that a high grade leaf
could be readily adapted to the soil, a
number of others have procured some
of the plants and are trying to see
what retruns they will yield. It will
be remembered that the sample sent
to Florence last fall for determining
the worth and grade of the products
were pronounced by experts to be equal
to that grown in the Pee Dee section
and what little crop there was could
easily have been disposed of at the
market prices. The crop in Charleston
connty this year is in excellent con
dition, and unless unusually adverse
conditions come later the experiment
ers will be amply compensated for their
trouble and worry with the young
plants.?Charleston Post.
Fort de France, Island of Marti
nique, July 11.?There was a fresh
eruption of Mont Pelee this morning.
THE CAMPAIGN MEETINGS.
Where and When the Candidates
Will Meet the People.
The schedules of the remaining
j meetings for the State and Senatorial
? campaigns are herewith repnblished,
j by request, as a matter of information
for the public generally :
state"
16. Abbeville, Thursday, July 10.
17. Anderson, Fridav, July 11.
18. Walhalla, Monday, July 14.
19. Pickens, Wednesday, July 16.
20. Greenville, Thursday, July 17.
21. Laurens, Friday, July 18.
22. Union, Monday, July 21.
23. Spartanburg, Tuesdav, Julv 22.
24. Gaffney, Wednesday, July 23.
25. Yorkvilie, .Friday, July 25.
26. Chester, Saturday, July 26.
27. Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 29.
28. Lancaster, Wednesday, July 30.
29. Camden, Thursday, July 31.
30. Chesterfield, Saturday, Aug. 2.
31. Bennettsville, Tuesday, Aug. 5.
32. Bishopviile, Wednesday, Aug. 6.
33. Darlington, Thursday, Aug. 7.
34. Florence, Friday, Aug. 8.
35. Marion, Saturday, Aug. 9.
36. Conway, Tuesday, Aug. 12.
37. Georgetown, Thursday, Aug. 14.
38. Kingstree, Saturday, Aug. 16.
39. Monck's Comer, Tuesday, Aug.
19.
40. Manning, Wednesday, Aug. 20.
41. Columbia, Thursday Aug. 21.
SENATORIAL
15. Orangeburg, Thursday, July 10.
16. Bamberg, Friday, July 11.
17. George's, Saturday, July 12.
18. Charleston, Tuesday, July 15.
19. Walterboro, Wednesday, July 16.
20.. Beaufort, Friday, July 18.
21. Hampton, Saturday, July 19.
22. Barnwell, Tuesday, July 22.
23. Aiken, Wednesday, July 23.
24. Edgefield, Thursday, July 24.
25. Saluda, Saturday, July 26.
26. Lexington, Monday, July 28.
27. Newberry, Tuesday, July 29.
28. Laurens, Thursday, July 31.
29. Greenville, Friday, August L
30. Pickens, Saturday, August 2.
31. Walhalla, Monday, August 4.
32. Anderson, Tuesday, August 5.
33. Abbeville, Friday, August 8.
34. Greenwood, Saturday, August 9.
35. Union, Tuesday, August 12.
36. Spartanburg, Wednesday, Aug 13.
37. Gaffney, Thursday, August 14.
38. Yorkville, Saturday,-August 16.
39. Lancaster, Tuesday, August 19.
40. Chester, Wednesday, August 20.
41. Winnsboro, Thursday, Aug. 21.
New County Troubles.
Would-be new counties will please
noet the fact that Bamberg wants to
do away with term of court in order:
to cut down expenses. Our representa
tives in the general assembly should
also remember this when the question
of fixing salaries for county officials
again comes before them.
On account of the sadly depleted
state of the county's finances, it is to
be hoped that the effort to do away
with the jurors at the coming term of
court will be successful. Several
hundred dollars will be saved in fees
of bailiffs, witnesses and jurors. In
this event, only equity cases will be
tried.?Bamberg Herald.
Summer complaint is unusually preval
ent among children this season. A well de
veloped case in the writer's family was
cured last week by the timely use of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy?one of the best patent
medicines manufactured and which is
always kept on hand at the home of ye
scribe. This is not intended as a free puff
for the company who do not advertise with
us, but to benefit little sufferers who may
not be within easy access of a physician.
No family should be without a bottle of
this medicine in the house, especially in
summer-time.?Lansing, Iowa, Journal.
For sale by Dr. A. J. China.
James Blade, Leck Allen and James
Murray, prisoners in the Buchanan
County Missouri jail, wrecked the
rear wall of the jail building with a
powerful charge of dynamite. Allen,
Blade and Murray then made a despe
rate effort to escape, but the guards
beat them back with Winchesters.
Seventy-five prisoners are confined in
the jail, but those who tried to follow
Blade and his companions were club
bed into submission. No one was in
jured
Acts immediately.
Colds are sometimes more troublesome
in summer than in winter, it's so hard to
keep from adding to them while cooling
off after exercise. One Minute Cough Cure
cures at once. Absolutely safe. Acis
immediately. Sure cure for coughs, colds,
croup, throat and lung troubles. J. S.
Hughson &, Co.
g London, July 10?It is said on good
authority that subject to the approval
of 1 King Edward's physicins the coro
nation will occur Aug. 9.
CASTOR IA
Por Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bough!
Bears the
Signature
SUM AND LOCKSMITH.
I take pleasure in giving co
tice to my friends and the pub
lic generally, that, having re
gained my health, ? have re
opened my shop, and am ready
to do any work in the
line of Guns, Locks, tre wing
Machines, &c. Prices reasona
ble/work done promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop removed to No. 22
West Liberty ?street, two doors
from Osteen's Book Store.
R S. BR AD WELL.
vPrPTSCr.S CURE FOR
^:>t*C ?N S'? M P.TTJ ?
TliQ Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over SO years, lias borne the Signatare of
er and lias been made under his per
^-^y^? sonal suPerTision since its infancy.
^^^^ Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
infants and Children?Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOR IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishmess. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep*
The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
He Kind You Hare Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STOCKT, HEW TORN CITY.
AND
We took in a lot of
: Good : Young s Stock %
Which have since fattened tip, and being
acclimated are really more fit for present use
than fresh ones.
The time approaches when planters are pre
paring for the next year. Come and see them.
They will be sold worth the money.
HARB Y & CO.
Dec 8
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(Successor to C. P. Poppenheim.)
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