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NEGRO WOMAN RILLED BT THRU CmoWR WHITE HER. HOENIX-CITIZENS HOLD MEETING. ' IMmhIIii Initllm Adapted—One af ttw Talfcarta l«adhlH HU r*M AHltMiaaa. A special from Cotambia state* .that thsre ha* baan more bloodshed is Greenwood county, Booth Oaroliaa, and aling Ita borders in tha aiatar county of Abbarltla, but none of it ( can be laid to the door of the white * men who wreaked anmmary rengeanoe ;. Upon the blacks last week. A negro woman was shot through and through and is supposed to be ■ mortally wounded. The woman was in her own house, whioh stands near the point from whioh unknown parties fired upon Private Miller, wounding him so serlonsly, on the day of the ^'riot. The woman, Eliia | Goode, was beside her invalid daughter and a child when three white men came ' along and began to fire indiscrimi nately through the walls of the house. . It is supposed that they thought oer- r tain negroes they had been after were ' .' In the house. The woman and others saw,- the men, bat do not know yrbo they were. ■. ^* i The people held a mass meeting at PIpBnix and adopted a series of re-io- lutions, whioh are of particular inter est. They read as follows: Besolved, That we, the citizens of Phoenix and surrounding country, in mass meeting assembled, desire to ex press our deep regret at the loss of life and bloodshed that has occurred in this vicinity during the past few days, and to call attention to the faot that this section has always beon noted for the high moral character of its people, its psaoeful, law-abiding disposition, and the friendly relations thnt have heretofore existed between the races; Resolved, That the evidence of negro as well as white eye-witnesses to Tuesday's riot agrees that the first hostile attack was made by Thomas ' Tolbert and certain negroes, and that the first shat fired was the one that killed .1. I. Rthridge, and was fired by a negro. We regret that deluded negroes have had to suffer the penalty for misdeeds committed as a result of the influences of white men, whose greed and selfishness has led them to act the part of enemies to both the white and colored people of our coun try. Resolved, That we hereby express our firm conviction that the deplora ble troubles through whioh we have just passed are attributable solely to the evil influences exerted by John R. Tolbert, Rhett Tolbert, Joseph W. Tolbert, Thomas P. Tolbert and Robert H. Henderson, and we believe their further residence in Greenwood county or its vicinity will tend to im peril the lives and property of both the white and colored people, and we earnestly hope that they, will choose to remove themselves and .their evil influences elsewhere. "Resolved,' That a committee of safety be appointed, who shall be asked to suggest and put into opera tion suoh measures as will best insure peaoe and the protection of life and property; that we desire to assure the colored oitisens of this community that we will to the best of our ability protect them so long as they are in the discharge of their duties and in the exercise of their rights as peace ful and orderly oitlzens, and that we condemn all assaults of negroes by white persons." Immediately following action on the above resolutions, the following in formation was read from Elias Tolbert and aooepted as such: To the Oitisens of Greenwood County—Heretofore I have acted as I have from a sense of high Christian duty,from pure oonsoientious motives, not from a desire for any oflloe or the emoluments of oflloe. “I have tried to do my duty to my country as I knew it, my ohuroh and school. I have never shirked my duty as I saw it. I tried to do my duty as a fifteen-year old aaidier boy in the Seoond South Carolina oavalry, com pany I.' If there are any old soldiers present belonging to my old command they ean testify to the fact that I was always found at the front. “I find that in many things I made mistakes; that the two races cannot act together in the formation of a govern ment and that the oonntry should have white supremacy; that the Anglo-Saxon abould predominate, and hereafter I intend to stand shoulder to shoulder with the white people to do all in my power to have a government that will protect every one alike, but let it be made by the white people. I solemly promise to do all in my power and shall hevtHy oo-operate with them in doing this. E. ti. Tonnww.” EXPLOSION follows fire. nar Mea. Killed and Others Badly In jured at Haaever, Mass. Fire in the general store of 0. A. Stearns at Hanover, Mass., Friday was followed by a terrific explosion, whioh blew out the sides of the build ing, killing four men. . . Over a dozen people were injured, principally among them being Stearns, the proprietor of the store, who had one arm and leg broken, his shoulder crushed and has considerable burns- SPANIARDS ARK DELAT. Wo MsstlRf of tho P«m« Commission Woo Hold Monday. A Paris speoial says: There was no joint sessions of the peace commis sions Monday. Secretary Moore, of the United Slates commission, re ceived from Secretary Ojeda, of the Spanish commission, a note saying that the Spanish commissioners had found it impossible to prepare their memorandnm for presentation, and asking if the United States commis sioners would be inconvenienced if, owing to the late arrival from Madrid of expected data, the Spaniard* would request that the next meeting be de ferred until Wednesday. Secretary Moore replied that the Amerioan commissioners were quite ready to accommodate the Spanish commissioners ia this matter, and the joint session was, deferred until Wed nesday. Importance wjjb attached to this de lay, it being regarded as indicating that the Spanish commissioners are preparing for a final stand in the ne gotiations and it may be now definite ly stated that they will not sign a treaty whioh yields to Spain no more for the Philippine islands than has thus far been offered or indicated by the Americans. Should ^tha latter announce that the United StAtea ia only willing to reim burse Spain for her paoiflo expenses in the Philippine islands, the Spanish commissioners will reply that their mission ■ is finished. Should % this occur it is possible the Spaniards will also suggest a suspension of negotia tions through the commission and the ■ eanmption of negotiations between Madrid and Washington. The attitude of the Spaniards is ex plained by the faot that the members of the Spanish commission have polit ical allianoes and personal responsi-' bilities to constituencies and the na tional creditors of Spain whioh re strict them- to certain lines, whioh is as far as the ministry at Madrid cares to go. __ COMPLICATIONS MAT ARISE UnlffRi MoiIcrii Authorities IteleuBO sn American Prisoners Illegally Held. A Washington speoial says: The state department is making strong efforts to aeoure the release of the American, Temple, who is in a Mexi can jail on tbs charge of murder com mitted in the United States, and it has instructed Mr. Powell Olnyton, United States minister to .Mexioo, to address himself direotly to the Ameri oan foreign oflloe on that anbjeot. Tho principle involved in the case is re garded of the highest importance, for if Temple is held for trial by the Mex ican authorities it will amount to an admission on the part of the United States of the right of Mexico to exer- oiss extra territorial jurisdiction over Amerioan soil. Substantially the same claim was in volved in the celebrated Gutting case, which came near causing a,breaoh of friendly relations, and it arose again in the more recent case of Leonard Pacheo. Gutting was released by the Mexican government only after trial. Pacheo was released, but not on our demand, and in no case has the Mexi can government surrendered ita view that it hsd a right to try a person in Mexioo for an offense committed in the United States. Gutting was in jail for several months and Pacheo for two years. It is not at all probable that any suoh delay will be permitted in the Temple case. On Sunday last James Temple, a conductor on the Mexioo and Arizona railroad, was attacked by some Mexi cans and in defending himself shot one of them at Juan Arvalla fatally. This occurred about 2,000 feet north of the international boundary line. PECK BRINGS MESSAGE. HEALTH FOR TEN CENTS! FONTNE FAMILY. your I And my whole family received relief from tho first.smuli bos we tried. I certainly reooiumoudGAflCAftfSTOfor the cured they make end trust they will find a pi acc In eveiz home. Yeuv* for success." Petma Webb, Jr., Palm Grove Are., McKeesport, Ft. FOIOMLDREI. MKSffcSSS a tablet, and ory for more, he most nleasaift medicine rtried. TheThAverouad a t place In my home." Boniii,'Vtut&lScUj, I nd. FOR FILES. . brought on by constipation with which I was afflicted for twenty vears. I ran across your 4 in the town of Nowoll, la., found anything to equa day 1 am entirely freo fro feel like a new man." G. ■>. wans. 1*11 Jones 8t., Mourn City, la. FOR OEADACNE. ■ssnr'Mtvcrctf Uwy are tho best medicine we have •var had In the house. Last week my wills was frantic with headache for two daysi the tried some ef your 0A80ABKTN and they relieved tho naln In her head almost Immedlrtety. Wflfboth recommend Caeca rote." due. BTRhRroan. Pittsburgh Safe A PeimsItCo. FOROADOREATH. CANDY CATHARTIC FMMMTMTIM. seven years placed me In this torrlblo condition} I did everyth lag f heard of but never found any relief until 1 began using CA8GARETB. 1 now have each movement} It le suck n relief." FOR BIURNSRESS CURE CONSTIPATION 10c. 25c. 50c. ALL DRUGGISTS. GOLD KMBONBOX FREE re tit Ion and biliousn npletcly cured. He< Bnw. a. Manx, Albany, IV. Y. FOR WORMS. • “Vcrr,.—™ aklng tv "A 1 "! ri -.ure has caused my bad health for the past three years, f am stUI tab- jfflwgSBS* Oro. vr. nowLRa.Bai FOR DYSFEFSIA. ■Firitn mn I w — Mm in its v peardd,. _ constipation for some time, but after taking the first Cascarei I have gad S o trouble with this aliment We annot speak too highly of Gasea- reta." Fred Waathan, •u pm ABiy Abie who will mail the direction alfp~ ’ outM'iMeW tfSUBg: T wll ■ MKTS, or two direction slip* out of tvoUe boxen to ttw manu facturer fl address AAfll ORTA IM absolutely PhIe, anold-platod. bund- 1 far a Indr > dm. I ns table. »• e hand, and oonvenlent meptaclo for that er itimnlnnt and intmtlnal tonic. OABOAHKT8 Candj cnuianlo. YOU WILL RE RELIRNTED are so mild, so fragrant, so palatable, ao pleasant, jet positive, la their ac tion. thnt they form too only proper laxative for ladles, children, and tan household In general. Any one uaabto to obtain direction slips as above, by purchasing from their druggists^ send sin and digest i rca 1 began takl and since them I have steadily lim e roved, until I am as well at lever as la my iifk." Davit* M.Muarav, Wewark, a FRR LAZY LIVER. duces constipation. 1 found CASCA* RETS to bo all you claim for them,, and secured such relief the first trlsl that I purchased another supply and was completely cured. I shall only bo too glad to- recommend Gascareto whenever tha opportunity If pre sented." J. A. SMITH, MMusqnehanna Are.. Philadelphia, Fa FRR RAR RLOOD. Binpe taking- thorn purified and my c proved wonderful] better in every wi Proeldent FAure and M. Brleaon Send Hlgheat Regards to McKinley. Ferdinand W. Peek, commissioner general of the United StateB to the PsrU exposition, who arrived in Washington Sunday nigbt, called upon President McKinley Monday and gave him a brief aoeouut of what had been accomplished at Paris. President Faure, of France, and M. Brisaon, the late prime minister, had charged Mr. Peok to convey to Presi dent McKinley their highest regards. Mr. Peok said that the intentiou of t-'iis country to eVect a monument to Lafayette in Paris was pleasing to the French people and had gone far to ward helping him in hia work. IS DREYFUS DEAD! Iish Raport Widely Circulated Bat Nat OAclally Confirmed. It is reported in Paris that Dreyfus ia dead. Tha rumor is understood to be based upon a mysterious telegram received from Colmar,capital of Upper Alsace, signed by au unknown corre spondent. So far as can be ascertained, there ie no official confirmation of the report. The father-in-law of Dreyfus dis credits it. He says he has received excellent acoonntB from the Colonial office quite recently as to the prison er's health. TIN PLATE COMBINE UNDER YVAY. Promoter. Declare That Everything I. Id Reartlne.. For Signing Agreement. All the potent interests in the tin plate industry are now getting togeth er in the formation of a combination whioh ia to be capitalized at $50,000,- 000. The promoters of the combine have been in Pittsburg, Pa., for sev eral days and their success has been such as to justify the statement that the market will soon be in control of those signing artiole of agreement. On the Western Cattle Range. It la Don# With Olochllhe Regularity. On the bonndiesB eattle ranges in the western part of North Dakota and ensteru Montana the speotacnlar beet round-ups are done with the regularity of olookwork. System and order are pru-eminent. Regular oirouits are drawn. A foreman superintends the whole. Central piaoes are designated, and here the cowboys drive the herds, where all marketable oattie are separ ated and driven to the nearest rail way station and shipped, while the defective and nnmatured are turned baok to the hills. How many cattle aro in a largo range herd? Between 1600 and 2000. How many oattie are on the Western ranges? About 76,000 head. Within these figures are history and romanoe. Here it life in its primeval state. The drawing-room man is not conspicuous by his absence. Here the nnconth cowboy revels in his element, and the craok of the rifle makes sweet mnsio to hie ear. Bnt the glamonr is rapidly passing. The bellow and roar of trampling herd* will soon cease. Now all is oonoentrated life and activity. No longer the snn rises and sets on a hundred scattered herds browsing contentedly upon the plains. The desert splendor ohangos anew and the Virgilian oowboys ride on in the panoramio round-ups. Bronzed faces glow and voioes rise in oadenoe from morn to morn, frdm noon to night. The valee are dark and the hills are light. Around the appointed mesa wagons the exhausted sons of the saddle eat the supper, smoke the pipe, tell the story end drop off to sleep. Pig Fooled the Dog. Here is a true tale of a dog and a pig. They were both passengers on the same ship, and quite warm friends. They need to eat their cold potatoes off the .same plate, and but for one thing wonld never have had any troublo. This was the faot that the dog had a kennel and the pig had none. Somehow the pig got. it into his head that the kennel belonged to whiohever could get into it first, so every night there was a race. If the dog won he showed his teeth, and the pig had to lio on the Boftost plank he eonld find. If the pig got in first Toby oould sot drive him out. One rainy afternoon the pig found it rather unpleasant slipping abont on deck and made up his mind to retire early. Bnt when he reached the ken nel he fonnd the dog snug and warm inside. "Umph!" ho said, but Toby made no reply. Suddenly an idea flashed upon him, and trudging off to where their dinner plate was lying, he oarriea it to a part of the deok where the dog oould see it, and turning his book to the kennel, began rattling the plate and munoh- ing as though he hod a foast before him. This was too muoh for Toby. A good dinner anil he not there! Piggy kept on until Toby had oome round in front of him and pushed his nose into the empty plate. Then, like a shot, he turned aronnd and was safe in the kennel before Toby knew whether there was any dinner on the plate or not. There is not a moment without some duty.—Cicero. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.—Chesterfield. Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.—Antisthenes. The superior man is slow in his words' and earnest in hia oonduct.— Confucius. A doeile disposition will, with ap plication, surmount every difficulty.— Maniiins. Never do anything oonoerning the rectitude of whioh you have a donbt. —Pliny. There is no genins in life like the genius of energy and aetivity.—D. G. Mitchell. Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; nothing so hard but searoh will find it out.—Herriak. The lie indireot is often as bad and always meaner and more eowardiy than the lie direot.—Ballou. Ooonpation is one great souroe of enjoyment. No man, properly oeou- pied, was ever miserable.—L. E. Lan- don. If we did but know how little some enjoy the great things that they pos sess, there wonld not be mnoh enxy in the world.—Young. The chief ingredients in the com position of those qualities that gain esteem and praise are good nature, truth, good sense and good breeding. —Addison. Flower Worship. From the notes of a traveler in In dia, we 1 learn some very interesting foots in regard to the worship of flow ers as prootised by the inhabitants of Bombay. A Persian, in passing, stops before a oertain flower, and stands with his faoe bowed over it as if half in trance. His face is full of adoration, as if within the heart of that flower he saw some strange and supernatural vision. And after standing thns for some length of time, it appears that. the vision has been fulfilled, and then he spreads his mat and sits before the flower until sunset. Then he prays before it, and after that he folds his mat and goes home. Again he oomes on the following night; and, repeatedly, eaah night in succession, until the flower fadeB, and bringing his friends with him. Guitar or late-playing seems a part of the oeremony, and there they sit offering ap their worship in melody and in prayer; and after their prayers are done they still remain, sipping wines and chatting until toward the dawn. ^Finally the flower dies, and then, by way of a very impressive finale, they all suddenly arise before the flower, serenade it, and then depart. flannelling a Warship. The total cost of the lanneh of a modern battleship often amounts to over $10,000. About five tons of tal low and over a ton of oil and soft soap are used in greasing the ways—that is, the slip down whioh the cradle, in whioh the vessel is placed, glides into the sea. —- . . Facts Abont Water. There are some strange features about water. For instance, the more mnscalar a man is, the more able to take oare of himself on land, the hard er it is for him to keep afloat. Fat men and women—all, not the fat ones in partiodlar—float readily. It is possible to float ten honrs. A man has been known to stay un der water fonr minutes, forty-six and one-half seconds.. Another man swam 218 feet under water. The 100-yard record in a tank is one minnte one seoond. In open water one minute seven seconds. A man swims faster under water if ho oan see no light, under-water rec ords ore made witti the eyes closed. By the eleotrio- kemostat of Lawson Tait bleeding is arrested without the use of a litagnre. Hiftnan beings have six musoles to eneh eye, that they may.move it on either side. The plaoe of the old magnesium flashlight, whioh has done good servioe to the photographer, is abont to he taken by a flash wand of great brilli- anoy and ease of adjustment. Heretofore it has been possible to dissolve gold only in a mixture of strong aoids. In Liebig’s Annalen der Ohemie, Professor Zsigmondy now describes a way he has discovered of] dissolving gold in distilled water. The faot that skeleton remains o] elephants are so rarely found in c u port of Africa is explained by an plorer, who states that as soon ai bones beoome brittle from olii fluence they are eaten in by various rnminant ojn, ' It is now praetii by scientists that lii producing sound, anXtl to the color of textur* o! npon whioh it falls, ' greater or less. GAo sonnd best in a req[li] light also thrown tt], will prodnoe an andibl Importance of (1) Earache, howevl signify disease that, terminate in loss of hi life itself. (2) Beenrri children is almost al with lymphoid hype pharynx, depend on it; nent'impairment of the fnu| ear is prevented only by e. oal treatment of the “ade; Aoute inflammation of the may be frequently aborted, treatment—mostly of a tive character—be admi and with precision. (4 obtained, by'the seeo: pert examination of thi made, and proper snr; applied to relieve intri snre and possible invol mastoid eells or intraoraj Failnre at this stage to knowledge as possible tion of the middle ear ii leet.—Hinkel, Buffalo nal. Two Kindi of Human The Right Hon. Ceoil who has just reached th five, refused to enlist wi! the disastrous expedition itoj Gordon had, a year or been at the Cape and be| friendly with the future Fn was at this period that Rhodes the story of the. roomfnl of gold made to h| Chinese Government. “What did yon do?” askei “Refused it, of course,” ply; “what wonld yon have “Taken it," was Rhodes’s bi characteristic reply, “and as more as I eonld get. Yon can’t ear] ont big ideas nnless you’ve enoug! money to do it with.”—San Francisoo Argonaut. A Dwarf 'Soldier. The smallest soldier in France is Louis Bernadot, of Lnret, who is only twb feet fonr inches in height. He is a’dworf, with a slight mustache. When he presented himself to draw his num ber ont of the oonsoription hrn it was disoovered that his head did not reach to the top of the table on whioh the urn was placed, so a gendarme held him np by the collar to enable him to pnt his hand in the urn. In the pnblio schools! heat hoUdays have been by law.' The well-known faotl brain cannot work properly wheJ heat is excessive has been recognil there, and the ohildren are dismiss! from their tasks whenever the therm] meter goes above a oertain point.