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VUMTKR WATCHMAN, C#CMilldated Au?. 3.1881. Cbt flMitrbman aub Southron. ?BY? MTtLN PUBLISHING COMPANY, ?UMTJDJi a. c. ItU nor annum?In advance. aiinliniiU; first Insertion.tl.lt it inanition.59 tor thrne month*, or W4I1 bo anada at reduced raten it ions wbtoh sub nrtvete inter mU win be char red 9 en advertJMfnonta. Otttaorice end tribute* of reapeet* for. . mm wie mm, HORROlt IN PENNSYL? VANIA COAL ip.NE. Two Hundrol Men Are Entomb ed a* Jnoob's Creek. Pa.?Detotlou To Csmren Dntv Saved Many. Jacob? Creek. Pi.. Dec. I*.?An ex? plosion of gna In the Darr mine of \h? PIttabur? Coal Company, located here, today entombed between 200 end StO miners and there Is scarcely n my of hope that a single one of them will be taken from the mine* olive. Portia'../ wrecked buildings In the vicinity of the mines and the con dttion of the few bodies found early *ln the rescue work indicate an ek plosion of such terrific force that it neon si impossible thst sny one eould survive*? it. All of the IS bodies l^out up to this time are terribly igdsted and three of them sre Hees. This Is the third mine dis sincv tho first of the moatn in of bituminous coal underly Pennsylvania and Wed the Naomi mine. near and the two mlntes St W. Vs.. In which ths Motions happened, sre in belt set ths local workings. swell* the <num dejaVr mine gas for sa af^wean 550 and 6G0. t today's disaster does not equal surpass in loss of life and at ?sniant horrors of the one in West i Virginia Is dne to the devotion to I Church duties of a considerable num? ber of the miners. In observance of Use church festival many of the 440 or more men regularly employed -1 the mine did not go to work this morning. Those who escaped through thin reason are members of the Greek Catholic church and they eaopended work to colebrste 8t. Nich? olas* dny. / As was the case at Monongah tne explosion followed n brief shutdown, ans Darr mine hsvlng been closed Tuesday and Wednesday. It wss 11:SO o'clock when ths tst.th trip of loaded had been brought out to the tlp and ths re came an awful rum sound, followed fmmedlately by a load report end a concussion ths? shook nearby buildings end was felt wrtsnn a radius of several miles. Ons mmnrksble feature "of this dis? aster Is the slmost complete absence ef narrowing scenes usually enacted %W women friends and relatives of the victims Condition* preventing of essry s#csss to the mouth of the mine are partly rosponslble for this snd those In charge o<? the work Are doing svrythtng possible to keop the women and children sway. , All who approach are turned bsck to their homes, ufler being assured Ejfcat they can do absolutely nothing to sgswat their lovsd ones, and tnst tho corripany will do everything possl ble to bring out the men, dead or eltve. The backssnlth shop hss been fitted ap as n tsmportry morgue snd a number of physician* sre In waiting. ? ^ - # Appenr* to he no Hop* For Entomb? ed Miners?Onl) Sis iimlle* so Par Recovered Jacobs Ot* k. Ps.. Dec. 20?From the Dorr mine of the Ptttsburg Coal ?mpeny, where a t^rrlno^ explosion ?rdsy Imprisoned and almost be doubt killed every one of the 200 more men who had entered th$ for the day. only ?lx bodies had tn bruoght to the surface up to 10 'clock tonight. Others have 3e?n lo Itod and s propitious time Is awatt | for their removal to the temporary of the men, however, are still imed In by heoVy falls of slate id other ro >f formation, a mile and half snd more beyond the point to the rescuers have penetrated to this time. There is still a flick hope that some of them may yet ring, but the disclosures of the so far atede loner lit that* I ihed April, 1850. 'Be Just ai SUM! Is little 'probability of more bodies be? l?g found tonight. Here and there one or more max. be found who had fallen during a vain attempt to reach the exits, but the almost universal belief Is thai nearly all will be round In the leads three miles from the mouth of the mine, where they were working when the explosion happened. C Rescue work hfls been halted. A vast amount of brattlcing must be done before it can proceed. The res cueing parties 7,500 feet from th4 main entrance have found conditions such ihnt to avert an additional dis? aster precautionary work must b? done. The )>oisonou8 gases must be forced to sections beyond and addi? tional air and ventilation must be provided for that section. It is not believed that the great man* of bodies will be reached before late tomorrow nftcrnoon. ? Conditions arcund about the mine and In the lltlc mining town are great? ly Improved. The men who yesterday began a holiday by drinking and fus? sing have sobered up and ceased their carousing. x Probably more potent than all else In this improved condition was the ar? rival from Klttanlrg of Rev. Father l.awrenv.- A. Carroll, former rector of St. Timothy's Catliollc church here, of which a majority of the victims were members. During the day he guve *r;rllual consolation to the widows und orphans and talked to the men ulonr lines to make them aooer and r?ll?ctive. Aa to the number of victims, esti? mate** vary from ITS to 2C-0. Coroner A. C. Wlnn of Westmoreland county said tonight after a careful investiga? tion he was satisfied the number would be between 180 and 19?. Conrad Schuth, 48 year.* old, erased by the death In the mine of his son and other relatives, ended his own life today by dro\lnlng la the river near the mine.' He was a widower and leaves four small children. Mrs. Carrino Delano was with great difficulty restrained from committing suicide tv*ia>-, ?a? lee* her husband and two sons in the disaster and in quest of the bodies was crossing the river In the ? *ky ferry," a basket car suspended from a cable, when she tried to leap into the stream. The ef? forts of three men were required to re?tro'n her. President John Mitchell of the Uni? ted Mine Workers of America tele ?rraphed from Indianapolis authoriz? ing district officials to draw' on the na? tional trcaadry for' $1,000 for families of victims. 1 IK FUSES TO INDORSE HUGHES. Republican Committee of New York Leye Over Resolution. New York, Doc. 19.?By an almost unanimous vote the Republican com? mittee of New York county tonight refused to adopt a resolution Indors? ing Governor Hughes for the Republi? can presidential nomination. When the resolut.on was offered a motion was immediately introduced providing that tho resolution go over for^conelderation at the next meeting of the committee In January. This motion was adopted with a shout that could be heard ouUide the committee room. FARM CROP ESTIMATES. Acreage,. Production and Value of Wlf at, Corn and Outs. ' Washington. Dec. 20.?The depart? ment of agrtcuUure today issued a re? port giving final estimates of acreage, production and value of farm crops, showing winter wheat acreage to be 2S.IS2.000- production 409,442,000 bushels, value per bushel of 8S.2 cents. Spring wheat acreage 17,079, 000; production 224,646.000; value 86 cents. Corn, acreage 99,931,000; produc? tion 2.592.320,000; value 51.7 cents. Oats, acreage 31,837,000; produc? tion 74.443.000; value 44.3 cent*. The averages weight per bushel Is shown by reports received by tne de? partment to be 6?.9 pounds for spring wheat, f.8.9 pounds for winter wheat und 29.4 pounds for oats. WOULD ELEVATE THE BAR. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 19.?Wiscon? sin brewers have declared themselves ready to do all In their power to ele? vate the saloon business of this State. The State association already Is on record as favoring the closing of "dive" saloons, and the local associa? tions now have.m passed resolutions taking a similar stand and offering to cooperate with public officials in an endeavor to elevate the morals of thAKy, as well as of saloons. Seal brewera also declared them selvee In favor of closing the saloons from 1 o'clock to 5 or 6 o'clock a. m. rid Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aln 'ER. 0 . WtbNESl FICHT IN CONGRESS. WILLIAMS AND De AHMOXD MAKE BLOOD FLOW. Parsing of the Lie Cause of Encount? er?Committee Appointment Was Beginning or Trouble. ) Washington. Den. 19.?The spirit of rivalry that for ilve years has alter? nately smouldered and blazed be? tween John Sharp Williams of Mis? sissippi, leader of the minoritV, and David At DeArmond of Missouri, lead? er of the minority opposition, culmin? ated In a fist fight today on the floor I of the house of representatives. The blows of Representative DeArmond caused blood to flow down the face I of Representative Williams and only ] the forcible intervention of friends I cut the combat short. Mr. DeArmond I bore away a scuffed nose. The immediate cause* of the fight I was the pausing of the lie by Mr. De? Armond to Mr. Williams, resultant of a complaint by the former that the minority leader had broken faith in "burying" Representative P?ooher of Missouri by recommending his assign I ment by Speaker Cannon to the com? mittee on Coinage, weights and meas? ures. According to the statements of I the principals Mr. Williams defended his action by delclarlng he had been told by Mr. Pooher's colleague, Rep? resentative Lloyd of Missouri, that the I commlt? assignments would be sat I lsfactory to Mr. Boo.ier. Mr. De I Armond bluntly questioned the truth [of the statement and after the failure I of an effort on his part to transfer the I scene of impending battle Mr. .Wil? liams struck Mr. DeArmond in the face with closed flst. I The exciting Incident will not be I set down in the official record of the sixtieth congress. For the house had been some minutes adjourned when 1 the Bret blow was'struck. But there I was no lack of witnesses, e The organization of the house had been completed by the announcement I of the speaker's assignments of mem rtnm trt committee^," the Republican" I comrr.itteemon hnving been selected I by the speaker and the Democrats by Mr. Williams. Groups of representa I three we:e scattered over the floor, I discussing the appointments, the causes perhaps behind them, and the effects maybe to follow. In the over I looking galleries loitered a score 01 1 so of women and four times that many men, viewing the aftermalh of an interesting session., * j Mr. Williams, relaxed from the long strain of allotting preferment among I the 167 fellow Democrats, whose mi fnority strength he officially lead3, was seated at east at the desk of Rep I resentative Wallace of Arkansas, on I the centre aisle on the Democratic I side of the house. Mr. DeArmond j approached, greeted him, and took I the adjoining seat. At once they en? gaged each other in earnest talk; but I pitched their voices so low that after I .vaid only one or two members who I were very close to them could recall anything they had said. They had I been thus in conversation no longsr J than a few minutes, when both men I sprang to tnelr feet, shoving their I chairs back, and the gentleman from Mississippi struck the gen|}eman from I Missouri a glancing blow on the' nose. Some representative cried out: "Look! Look at the fight!" Everbody I looked; but so startled were they by I what they saw that no one seemed for J the moment to think of rushing for? ward and stopping it. M antime Mr. Williams and Mr. DeArmond wedged I between two rows of desks, were still exchanging blows. Blood was flowing I iown the face of the leader of the mi? nority, while Mr. DeArmond was en? deavoring to grasp his opponent by I the throat at the same time receiving j and vigorously returning blow for blow. Then everybody awoke to the Un? seemliness of the scene and crowded In and made an end of It. Mr. De? Armond was seized and his arms pin? ioned. Mr. Williams was pushed back against a desk and laced about with deterrent arms. Thus restrained he Irelaxed hll aggresive attitude; but his adversary struggled in the em I brace of hrs friendly captors and Itried to lash out. Whan Mr. De Ar? j momi Interrogated Mr. Williame as to what he wns excited about. Mr. Williams smilingly, though tears of mortltleatlon stood In ids ryes. de? nied that he was excited and took out a handkerchief to staunch thr flow of blood from a cut In his cheek. Pres? ently Mr. Williams was led away In one direction, and both men were re? leased. Both Belligerent* Think Thoy are Bight?Friends Trying to Make Peace and Talk of Duel la mi in I. Waschlngton, Dec. 20.?Yesterday's physical encounter between Mr. John ls't at be thy Country'3, Thy God's ai DAY. DECEMBER 2i Sharp Williams of Mississippi and Mr. DeArmond of Missouri, on the iloor 01 the house of representatives, hed no aftermath today so far as the princi? pals themselves were concerned, but friends of each traveled tack and forth between the camps of the min? ority leader and the leader of the minority opposition, waving boughs of peace. It is understood, however, that they acted out of iheir own friendliness and of their own volition, not by authorization of the combabt ants. e Rumors of the likelihood of a chal? lenge to a duel floated about the cor? ridors of the capitol today, but proved purely fanciful. Mr. DeArmond's at? titude is stated to be this: He has no mind either to persist in the quarrel or to make the overtures toward a re? conciliation. He feels that Mr. Williams was the agressor in having intimated that he was a falsifier and in having struck 'the first blow and therefore that peace overtures, '.f any there are to be, should originate on Mr. Williams' side of the line. Mr. Williams Is understood to be? lieve himself to be In?the right. It Is contended In his behalf that he suf? fered Mr. DeArmond to question iff* truthfulness and sought to turn his wrath ' aside; then suggested a less public plaice to pursue the dlscussioin and when this was ignored held him? self In check until Mr. DeArmond had a second time cast at him the He. For the sake of many things he does not desire to continue the unpleasantness, neither does he feel that an amend is due from him until the firvt plank to bridge the breach has been laid down by the gentleman from Missuori. Notwithstanding the exact opposite ness of these two views it is predicted by common friends that the two dis? tinguished Democrats will yet clasp Viands and covenant to forgive it not to forget. % In Mr. Williams' behalf 11 is ex? plained today that his real reason for resigning from the 'ways and means committee was to make a place for his ^co^engue, Mr. Bowers,, on the ""committee on appropriations; as, in view of the fact that Mississippi's del? egation numbers only eight rcpresn tatives he felt that to have two Mis :-issinians on the two chief committees of the house would be bestowing too much preferment on his own State. Though the house was not In ses? sion Mr. DeArmond visited the floor today and sat for a while at his desk at work. He discouraged any invita? tion to discuss his encounter with Mr. Willlaims. The latter spent most of the day at his home. AGREEMENT WITH RAILWAYS MAY BETTLE TROUBLES IN THE SOUTH. Conference Ileld In Washington? Lower Rate's ami Mileage Books Inehided in Agreement?Two Roads Oppose. Washington, Dec. 19.?An agree? ment was reached at the Southern railway offices here today that bids fair to settle the whole controversy between the railroads and Southern states over passenger rates. The rail? road was represented by President Finley, Vice President Andrews and General Counsel Thorn; the other side by Gov. Glenn and ex-Gov. Aycock of North Carolina. The tentative agreement reached on Dec. 11 was ratified and will bV come operative upon the approval of the legislatures of North and oSuth Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Ala? bama. It will afford a lower rate for passenger traffic than now charged in most of these states and Gov. Glenn expects that there will be no difficulty In securing the ratification in the dif? ferent legislatures. The rates fixed are, for ordinary tickets, 2 1-2 cents a mile; t,000-mile books, for 'he use of firms and their employes to the number of five per? sons, at 2 cents, interstate and inter? changeable; 2,000-mile books for family use, number limited, at 2 cents; HOO-mile books at 2 1-4. President Plnley declined to discuss the matter this evening. Qov. Glenn and Gov. Aycock stated that the Southern and Seaboard roads had agreed to the compromise, but that the Atlantic Coast Line and the Louisville & Nashville will not prob? ably do so until forced to. They be? lieve that tho agreement is a decided victory for the states concerned and that it will be an advantage to all the people of the South, as well as to the railroads. The Southern has agreed to pay all costs incurred during the recent litigation. The amount will reach neatly $LM).uOO. Ten men, composing the crew of the schooner Augustus Welt, which fountlerei;; off Cape Lookout, ?cfM picked up by the Clyde steamer Mo? hican and carried to Charleston. ill Truth's." TILE T1UJ 5 H C7 Seit St SHOT BROKER IN OFFICE. BEAUFORT MAN KILLS NEW YORK BROKER, Then Kills Himself?Refusal of Credit Said to Bo Cause of Double Trag? edy. New York, Dec. 20.?Jas. H. Oli phant, .en'r^r member of the stock ex? change firm of Jas. H. Oliphant & Co., is dying tonight from a bullet wound inflicted at his olfice this afternoon by Chas. A. Geiger a customer from Beaufort, S. C who after firing upon Oliphant killed himself. The men were closeted in Oli phant's private office at the time and all that is known of what immediate? ly preceded the shooting was learned from the lips of the ?lyin^ broker. Oliphant said that his refusal to ex I tend further credit to Geiger caused I the tragedy. There is reason to be j lieve however, Geiger had become I mentally irresponsible. A note book I found upon his person contained com I putations by which the writer appar? ently had figured that he would be [worth $3,000.000 by Jan. 1, 190S. He I actually possessed, so far as his per Jsoral effects showed, less than $11. Geiger owed the Oliphantfirm $5,000 I and had been asked for a settlement. I He called at their office today and af Iter explaining that he c?uld not meet I his obligation asked that the firm ad I vanec him sufficient credit to carry I 5,000 shares of a certain stock until I a rise in the price should yield him la profit. His prpositlon was refused I and the shooting lollowcd. I The offices of Jas. H. Oliphant *: I Co., are at 20 Broad street in the ccm I tre of the financial district and the I shooting caused a .sensation in the I street and temporarily interrupted the I business of the curb traders, the I scene of whose activiltles are over I looked from the big office tniilding. I Clerks who pushed their way into I Oliphant's office when they heard I shots fired, s|^mbled over Ge'ger's I dead bo^y. He had shot himself in the mouth and again in the right I temple. A revolver was clutched in I the right hand. Oliphant had slipped I from his% chair and lay half concealed I under his desk. A bullet had entered I the stomach. The broker was still I conscious. At the hospital where the I operation of laparotomy was perform? ed, it WOfl found that the Lullet had I grazed the kidneys and lodged In the I baek. It was not removed. Oiiphant's ante-mortem wassupple I mented by a statement from the bro Iker's partners,, who included Oli I phant's son, J. Norris Oliphant. STILL ANOTHER NEW COUNTY. Lake City Now Ambitious to Become A County Seat. Lake City, Dec. 20.?The citizens of Lake City met in mass meeting Wed? nesday In the auditorium of the new school building and organized an ef? fort to establish a new county, with Lake City as the county seat. After being duly organized, with Hon. J. H. Blackwell, ex-representative of Williamsburg county, and mayor of Lake City, as permanent chairman, and Dr. M. D. Nesmith, st^retary, various committees were elected. A committee was appointed to canvass the house and see if there could be enough funds raised to build the court house and jail, without asking the new county to build them, and it was soon learned that the money could be raised by private subscrip? tion, In Lake City to put up these buildings, and ere the next 60 days roll around It Is expected a new coun? ty will be assured, and those that sub? scribed to this found will be called on to put up the cash to erect these buildings. It has been said that there was only one thing that could get the people of Lake iCty to work together and that was fire, but it can be said that there Is something else than can get them together and that Is to go OOWn in their pockets and shell out the cash If necessary. Cantata at (lie (ion. Suniter Memorial Academy. There wl!l be a cantata, at the Gen. Bjimter Memorial Academy, as a part of the Christmas celebration ot this school, commencing nt 6 o'clock p. m.i on Thursday, the 26th day of De cember. It promises to be one of the finest pieces of work that has ever been done by this academy In the line of celebrations and all who attend may b<? sure of delightful entertainment. Besides the music and recitations that will furnish a feast of soul from the platform, there will be* "refresh? ments for the physical mat*,'* served by the pupils of the academy. Admission for adults, 25 cents; children, 15 cents. E SOUTHRON, Established Juno, J ries-Vol. XXVII. So 'LEVER ON NATIONAL FORES JOINT AUTHOR Ol* BILL TO PI TECT APPALACHIAN RIVERS Measure Introduced in the Hoi I'rovidcd for the Acquisition by t Government of 1*1 mis in this a Other Southern States ami in Mai and New Hampshire. Washington, Dec. 22.?A a mea of protecting the navigab.e conditi of the rivers rising in the Southe Appalachian and White Mountaii and incidentally of saving from d struction by fire and wastt lul exploi ation the rich forests of the two r gions, Representatives Lever of Sou Carolina and Currier, of New Ham. shire, have introduced bills in tl house authorizing the secretary < agricultue^ to acquire lands for n tional forest purposes in Marylan Virginia, West Virginia. North Car Una, South Carolina, Georgia, Alab ma. Kentucky and Tennessee, m tl South, and in New Hampshire ai Maine in the North. It is understoi that a similar bill will be introduce in the senate at once. The bill provides that the land* I more valuable'for the regulation stream flow than for other purpose and that they be situated on the ii portant watersheds in the Appal chain Mountains in the South, and White Mountains in New E#glan The land is to be required by pu chase or gift, and the sum of $5,00( 000 is asked to carry out the pr< visions of the Act. Small areas i land'chiefly valuable for agricultur which may of necessity or by inadve. tence be Included in th s tracts- a* quired under the proposed Act. aft; examination may be occupied f< agricultural purposes. Sieh atricu tural lands within the peogoeod M tional forests would be ottered U sale by the secretary ot agricultui as homesteads, at their true value, 1 tracts not exceeding eighty acres. Th la-nd may be purchased subj. ct to th reservation by the owner of the min eralf |r the timber which is mei chantJble at the time of purchase. It is further provided in the br that the civil and criminal jurisdic tlon of the several States over person upon lands acquireel in the Act sha^ fiot be affected or changed by thei permanent reservation ami admini^ tratlon as national forest lands, ex cept so far as the punishment of ol fences against the United states i concerned. In this way, th*- state wi not lose their jurisdiction in any wa; Ten per cent of the gross receipt of the proposed national forests wi go to the States and to the ce unties t which the forests are situated for th benefit of the public schools and in provement of roads, providing th sum, distributed to any one county i which there is a forest does ne>t ceed forty per cent of the total i: come of th? county. According I the Act, the secretary- cf agricultu may, for the further protection of tl watersheds of navigable stiearns, at minister and protect for a defip.% term of years as private fereet lam where the owner will cut and remoi the timber thereon only an i ules d< vised for the protection of the fore: thereon. By this cooperation mar thousands of acres of privately owne forest will be preserved through wh use without the government pcing t the expense of purchasing it. The government has a little mo: than a fifth of the country's foresti area In nati ^nal forests at presen and all of this land is in the Wef The remainder is in the hindc of pr vate owners, and. for the most par is under no s\stem of iore*t manag? ment but is being logged oK as fa* as the saw* can work. The w* t 1 depended upon now for conifer While the remaining mippl) of hare woods is largely In the Eavt in th mountains of the Appala? hian rang< In his report,/whii h wa* submitted t congress last week, Secretary Wll son recommended the purr hare of ne more than T),000,000 acres ol land I) the South and 600.000 acree in Nev England for national force!*, in or der to protect the flow of the import ant streams, on which COUlttleea in dustries of the E.*st aval <eu!h dc pend for navigation and w.ovr power and incidentally to conserve the re maining hardwood Umbel supply. Th^ dlapenaatv trouble yt Nortl Augusta Is still en. Attorney Genera Lyon holds that the town counci cannot say where the A ikon count, board shall locate the jug. The Nortl Augusta town council tried to blorl the establishment of a dispensary li their town by passing a a ordinanc preventing the location of the Ju within five hundred feet e.r the tw? business streets but the atte?rney gen eral calls a halt on that.