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VOL. VI. NO. 18. MARINE HOSPITAL OFFICERS NO¬ TIFIED AS TO TIIEIR DUTIES. FEVER IS SLOWLY PROGRESSING. Panicky Feeling In New Orleans Caused Fy Report of New Case®—Serious Situation at Other Points. A Washington special says: Surgeon General Wyman has issued to marine hospital officers the following instruc¬ tions defining their field of operations in behalf of the government in aid of Btate authorities in dealing with yel¬ low fever: “Surgeon Murray, in charge ot all matters between Louisiana and Ala¬ bama, line sonth of but not including Jackson and Vicksburg. “Surgeon Sawtelle, at Atlanta, in charge of Georgia. “Surgeon Carter in charge of New Orleans and Louisiana. “Past Assistant Surgeon Glonnan, at Mobile, in charge of Alabama, and prepared to establish a detention camp near Mobile. “Past Assistant Surgeon Geddings, at Jackson, Miss., in chargo of north¬ ern Misiissijipi, is establishing deten¬ tion camp near Edwards, Miss. “Past Assistant Surgeon Young, at Memphis, to aid Mississippi river in¬ spection and co-operate with local au¬ thorities. “Each officer is to wire daily, if pos¬ sible, the number of cases and deaths at points in district ” The advices received by Surgeon Genera! Wyman Friday night in¬ cluded the following: From Vicksburg, Miss., Dr. Hud ter, president of the state board of health, reported that there had been one suspicious case at Nitta Yuma. There is no,one sick now. From Mobile, Dr. Guiteras reports: Day ending at noon, cases previous re¬ port, three; now cases, two; suspicious cases, three; deaths, two. Total under treatment five. The fever situation in New Orleans assumed a more serious aspect Friday ^ than at any time since Sunday, when ' six of the St.. Claude cases were de¬ clared to be yellow fever. At 6 o'clock in the evening the board of health of the city announced the appearanco of eight new cases, and of these one death. At the office of the board of health reports wove considered some¬ what surprising and disappointing. ' 7 *’ Friday was one of tho hottest days of the month, nud as yellow fever thrives in that character of weather, there seems to have been a rapid development of germs. Tho physi¬ cians still feel, however, that there is much that is satisfactory in the situa¬ tion. It is true that the new cases re¬ ported represent the extreme upper, the extreme lower and the central portions of • tho city, but there has been no serious spread from original foci, and the hopeful opinion is still expressed that the disease may be controlled and that there is no imi nent danger of an epidemic. Secretary Patton, of the board, said Jf Friday evening: “The appearance of eight cases to¬ day is not necessarily alarming. I said three evenings ago that tho pros¬ pects seemed to point to the develop¬ ment here of at least fifty cases as a result of constant intercourse we have been having with the infected towns on the gulf coast and the fact that a promiscuous throng of some 700 or 800 people had hastened into the city on the Monday evening following the declaration of tho Ocean Springs sick¬ ness to be yellow fever. We have had now twenty-eight cases and two deaths. The majority of tho remaining eases are improving. It is still quite likely that there will appear numerous cases in New Orleans, but the situation is not distressing and the chances of a disastrous epidemic are remote.” WORKING HOURS EXTENDED. Ton-Hour System Adopted by the I». I,. hifif'ffrac’ed its several* hours^time°!n”" fiouis time, an increase * n tla8 of cit two y °n hours ten e 47 ^,;t eWOrked «*? r. • ■ —------- ---- - NEW "CLEMSON PRESIDENT. Carolina** State C^lTgTlfa* a New Head In Rev. Ktuixog, A dispatch from Calhoun, S C says: The board of trustees of Cleni elected,the son ccHege miet at the college and Rev. Henry 8. Hartzo g president of the institution. Mr. Hartzog is a native of Barnwell county, uateJ and is 31 years old. He Lt- grad at the Citadel in 1886; bo wardft’he entered studied the Baptist law, au d .still l^er at Louisville: Ho Theological hj W ^taching. for four years. school in South Carolina na A?* WILSQN INST ALLED A S PRESIDENT Of Ws^&lngpon and W Hnlra„„ J-erlngton, y Bt Wllife Va. raj*-JjjEr. sssK At a£ eatly hdur students, friends and alumni of Washington and Lee university began to gather on the cam pus to take part in tbe ceremonies BULLOCH TIMES. PRESIDENT WILL ACT. The Shooting of HogansvlUe*s Postmaster Will Kesnlt In Prosecution. The attempted assassination of the colored postmaster of Hogansville, Ga., has attracted the attention of the whole country. The shooting has aroused the gov¬ ernment authorities, and President McKinley himself is making a personal effort to have the would-be assassins of the negro punished. District Attorney Angier announces that he will prosecute ex-Post mat er Hardaway to tho fullest extent of the law for violating the postal laws. It develops that tho Hogansville people had been told by the govern¬ ment authorities that they would lose their postoffice if they did not raise the boycott, against Loftin. The genoral opinion of the federal authorities is that the shooting of Loftiu was the immediate result of the visit of the postoflice inspector to Hogansville some days ago. The in¬ spector went to Hogansville to inves¬ tigate the reported boycott. He found on arriving there that the citizens had ’not only boycotted Loftin, but were mailing a postoffice of their own, with ex-Postmaster Hardaway as their postmaster. The inspector called a meeting of the citizens at his room at the Hogans¬ ville hotel. The business men of the town responded and met the inspector, who told them that they were violating the law by operating a postoffice in opposition to the regular legal office He further told them that they must raise their boycott or lose the post office altogether. No attention was paid to tho inspec¬ tor’s warning and his efforts to adjust the. trouble proved vain. When he left they were still running the oppo¬ sition postolfico. A day later Loftin was shot. District Attorney Angier has re¬ ceived positive instructions from Washington to prosecute the case. ATKINSON CRITICIZES 51’KINLEV. Intimates That President I® Accessory to Hoganttville Crime. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, tel egrapbod the New York Herald, in response to a request for his views on tho Loftin shooting, that President McKinley is morally an accessary to to crime of the man who shot the Ho¬ gansville postmaster. defend the The governor does not crime of the would-be assassin, but ho blames the president for the condi¬ tion which brought it on. The telegram was in response to a request from The Herald for the gov¬ ernor’s views, and was substantially as follows: “Tho court will convene In that county in November and the grand jury will inves¬ tigate the matter, and If there Is evidence to conviot anyone there will bo no trouble in punishing tho guilty party. The officers are capable men and will do their duty. The shooting of tho negro If universally condemned by the people. “The same spirit of oandoi In which I have written compels me to say that our people are uniformly of the opinion that tho man who appointed the postmaster at Hogansville over the violent protest of those citizens who furnish ninety-nine one hundredths of the business of tho office, who own almost tho entire property of the community and who represent the forees which made and constitute the civilization of tho community, knowing at the time that tho appointment would be taken as a delib¬ erate effort on his part to degrade and humiliate them, was himself, from a moral standpoint, an accessory to this lamentable crime. “Even these men, who took, this view, do not blame the republican party for giving positions to tho negroes who have been faithful to them, but it would have been better for tbe negroes and pleasanter for the white people of the sonth if they had given them positions where they were not brought so directly In contact with tho peo¬ ple to whom they are offenslvo as officers. “You ask me what is going to bo the ef¬ fect of this. I reply that the effect will he the same It would bo In Ohio if the same con ditlons prevailed. Leaving out tho ques¬ tions arising from prejudice, what would bo tho result in Ohio if the president, In mak ing appointments, ignored the views of property holders-*0'Wfce‘a man whom be *? 8W l ° 1)6 offwu,ive to thorn?'' The governor concluded with the statement that the law would be „„ iU Ge0rgia or fa DISASTER TO SHIPS. Storm n ( Japanese Coast. Dispatches received at the Merch ants exchange at San Francisco Jn neWS f con too the Japanese T ° “ terrifio burricano on coast. *.;L sailed h 7 e from / NorW v? Vancouver giftn b * rk for Alette, Yokohama, which k*and was caught by the hurricane at Nishis sailors was wrecked. Some of the were drowned. A P ° rt ° f tie cargo may be saved. driven ashore. were THE OLD STORY. Children Cremated, lorarllnlllnUdln, , nd gin** a. U.nal. irs&KSrvrja belD K eleven infas;s*af of her b years age, h ’ locked ,oc * ed un U P ln °«se. „ Da^ng her absence the h ouse caught fire * and burned to the ground, the five children being cremated. STATESBORO, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1897. EVERY TRAIN CROWDED WITH FLEEING REFUGEES. THE PEOPLE ARE PANIC STRICKEN New Caaes and Additional Death® at Ocean Spring®, Edward® and New Orleana—Plague In Cairo, Ill. The announcement of eleven new cases of yellow fever at Mobile, Ala , Sunday, following so closely on a sim¬ ilar number Saturday, and the fact that the twenty-four hours had found one victim, combined to bring the panic which commenced in the middle of last week to its zenith: • Monday fohihd the city practically depopulated, many stores closed, and wholesale business entirely suspended, while retailers are apprehensive of utter ruin. There may have been worse days in Mobile, but the oldest inhabitant fails to remember them. The outlook now is gloomy in the extreme, not because of the present fever aspect, but because of the entire suspension of commerce and partial stoppage of business. Every one who can afford it, with the exception of those whose callings compel them to remain, has sought re¬ fuge in cities beyond the state. People in the city now do not fear the fever, but they tremble for its oon sequences. Mayor Left the Town. Even the government head has refu geed, aud if a meeting of the general council were to be called no quorum would be found to respond. There is one courageous band, of which Judge Price Williams is the leader, which remains with the stricken city in her hour of trial. They have fought epidemics before. Some of them wont into the front ranks against the southern scourge in 1853 and are gray headed men now, and (he constancy and heroism which they have formerly exhibited is still to bo witnessed. J liese spartans are en couragmg.by all means in their power, those who consider themselves unfort .mate in not having the means to de sert their homes. 1 here were two deaths from yellow fever at Edwards, Miss., Saturday morning, one of them being just out side of town. A total of thirty-nine cases are pro uounced yellow fever by the doctors. The rapid spread of the disease is re markable, and it is now well distribut ed through the town. Four new cases were reported Sunday. The fever situation at New Orleans underwent little change Sunday. The record book in the board of health office showed a total of six new »ases and one death. A special from Cairo, Ill., states that Dr. Guiteras, the yellow fever expert, arrived there from Mobile at noon Sunday, and announced two suspicious cases at the marine hospi¬ tal to be yellow fever of a mild form, but owing to the prompf measure spread¬ taken there is no danger of the pest ing. The hospital is thoroughly guarded. ItOAD CONGRESS ADJOURNS. The Parliament Will Meet In Omaha Next Year. At the national road parliament in session, at Knoxville Friday, convict labor in building roads and govern¬ ment aid were discussed. Experimen¬ tal road bedding was advocated. Reso¬ lutions recommending slate aid and aid by tbe general govenment and a restricted use of convict labor were adopted. re-elected General Roy Stone was president; E. Rosewater, Omaha, vice president, and the following state Alabama—W. J. Kernochan. Georgia—George W, Harrison. Kentucky—M. H. Crump. Michigan—A. Campbell. Minnesota—William M. Hayg Ptiiiiij South t. — uona—-(J. c. Turner. Virginia—B. Carolina—W. C. Cain Wisconsin Chambers. Thomas B. Blackstock. lennessee—Governor R. L. Taytor. The next meeting will he in Omaha, subject to the call of the executive committee. MORE CHILDREN BURN. Negro Family l Mck Thcm In , BouU) and Attend Church. Andy Smith, a negro, and his wife AiT 8 f. n the conntl 7 near Donalds, Abbeville, county, S. C„ locked in their house si* children, four of their own aud two visitors from a neigh bor’s. The youngest was eighteen months of age and the oldest seven years. The parents went to church. An hour later neighbors heard fright¬ ful screams coming from Smith’s house the interior of which was in flames Negroes made heroic efforts to save the children, but it was impossible to them and they were cremated. TO INSURE PUBLIC PEACE. Dr. Murray Ask* Permission to Take Charge „f Affairs J at Itoloxi. In his daily report to Washington from Ocean Springs, Dr. Murray fers to visit to Boloxi, says* re¬ a and “It may turn out that the marine hospital service will be called on to as¬ sist the state and city authorities in maintaining guards and insuring pub¬ lic peace I wish permission to take charge if requested to do so by f the authorities. INSURGENTS SUFFER DEFEAT. Their Oamp Surprised by a Detachment of Spanish Troops. A special from Havana says: It is officially announced that a detachment of troops belonging to the Battalion of Cuba reoently surprised an insur¬ gent oamp in the bushes near Baracoa, province of Pinar del Rio, and after killing several of the enemy captured 56 boxes of ammunition, 56 boxes of Remington rifles of the Mauser pat¬ tern. Th6 military commander at tho Campo Florida, province of Pavana, reports that while reconnoitering he found 15,000 Remington cartridges and a medical chest. Unofficial advices from Turquino, near Cienfuegos, province of Santa Clara, are to the effeet that the insur¬ gent leader, Anastasier Jiminez, with twelve of his followers, all armed with rifles, have surrendered to the Span¬ ish authorities. FEVER STOPS FREIGHT. Shipments Prohibited In n Number of Infested Ulstrlcts. The Southern railway and other roads working east from New Orleans are suffering from a total stoppage of freight traffic into Alabama and Mis¬ sissippi from fever infested points, and tho same is true of business from those districts to the city of Charleston. The governor of Alabama has, by proclamation, prohibited the shipment of any freight from yellow fever in¬ fested districts into thnt state, and the same thing lias been done by the state of Mississippi and the city of Charles¬ ton. This stops 7 to 12 cars a day of sugar, syrup, molasses and fruits, which would have gone into the state of Alabama by tho Southern railway, and the whole trade o:i all roads into Alabama and Mississippi thus stopped amounts to several train loads n day. Several cars a day would go into Charleston, and this also is prohib¬ ited. This does not apply in Georgia, where as yet there is no state quaran¬ tine. IRRIGATION CONGRESS MEETS. The 8oii.horii Amiocinlion Haiti* Kc-Hsion In Nashville. The meeti of tbe Southern Irriga tion con waa field in Nashville, Tenn ’ xh nrgdny The Agates assembled at 1C oV . lock in tho moruing ft t the Knox ville building, on the centennial gronnd8i all(1 wer e called to order by President J. B. Hiuinieutt, of Atlieiisj Gft He 8poke ft few wor< is on the pnrposo * * of the meeting to enlighten he pul)licon tUo quest ion of irrigation, ftnd ften in t roduced Judge D. K. Y of TenneaS e«, who delivered a ■t - Prousse, of Kentucky, responded in very gracious terms. An interesting address was delivered by President Hunnieutt upon irriga¬ tion in the south. Ho strongly ad¬ vocated a deeper interest and a closer investigation in this important item in a county whose pursuits are mainly of an agricultural character. TO FUMIGATE MAILS. Train Inspection Service Inaugurated Oat of Mobile and New Orleans. A Washington special says: The postoflice department has taken the matter of the fumigatien of mai's from the infected districts under con¬ sideration, and railway mail superin¬ tendents will be directed tojfumigato mails from such places wlen it is demanded by the local o flic ills. Mail matter leaving New Orleans for Texas points is being fumigted under the direction of Assistart | Surgeon Norman. Surgeon Carter, at N# Orleans, and Past Assistant Surgecf dirlted Glennan, at Mobile, have inspectiojserviee been to es¬ tablish a train on all passenger trains leavini each city. Medical inspectors are linlof t(/accompany Georgia, each train to tbe state Tennessee, Arkansas and/exss. Color of Postage #m}». A Washington dispatf sav»: The attention of the treasiV Ie department Juts 6 pKiversal boon called to tigress fact that , postal recent y in session here (has agreed upon a system of c irs of post¬ age the stamps to be used v all nations in postal union. T eolor of the , wo cents United Sti is stamp as agreed on was carmin so that the proposed change to gt in will not be made. APPOINTMENTS BY RISIDENT. *an, Plum* Fall I„ Varl Part, of the Commonweal The president mode a age number of appointments Friday, ai.ong them tho following: snl George at Dusseldorf, D. Pettit, Genin of ijttburg, con . shal i i for the Uuitltl itatos mar¬ bama. northern di /trot of Ala¬ John A. Steele, regist r if the land office at Huntsville, Ala. vise Ellis re moved. Herschel V. Catchinl receiver of Avery moneys at Unit ville, Ala., removed. TENNESSEE GOLDTES. Executive Committee Meet.and Decide. 1**110 an Atldrffl, At a meeting of the Te.nessee state executive committee of he national democrats held at Nashville Wednes days speeches were madi by several leaders. It was decided to issue an address g *rt rtb P rinc: P ,e3 Of thf Dartv P art l r organization in * •Ute 4 will be maintained. MOB OVERPOWERS JAILER AND SWING UP SIX MEN. DEPREDATIONS INCENSED PEOPLE. Taken By Force From the Authorities and Death Meted Out T€> Them By the “Hempen Route.” A special of Wednesday from Osgood, T Ind., , says: “Incensed .. T . by numerous depredations, Repeated burglaries and daylight robberies, the people of Ripley countv f’. Indiana have taken the law into , their '. hands and . meted . out .... to the ZvStorKm la aiTd m w ent n! S from the autlorities lynched Lyle Dev WdlliamJenkinsInd Bcrt AndrewB Clifford HiW SSuler Gordon Stout ntoui ropes ropes, not not over over six six leet feet in in length, had served to send each to his eternity and their feet were but a few !»<*» tlie The mob was composed of citizens from Milam, Sunman and other towns. The mob on horseback entered the town an hour after midnight and call ed out Jailer Kenan, who, upon refus ing to give up the keys, was overpow ered. The mob soon pushed its.way into tho cell rooms and in their impatience fired on tho five prisoners and then dragged them to a tree a square from' “•Jsrs? sarsj^, been wounded, having been shot sov eral times while attempting to rob a store at Correct several days ago Schuler was in school for attempting burglary and Levi and Jenkins bad been indicted by the grand jury for robbery bond They lmd failed to give and were put in jail. It was thought that Levi and Schuler woro both dead from the shots fired by the mob when they were taken from jml. The bandages on the wounded men were found later in lie day on the streets through which the men were dragged along. Lyle Levi was an old soldier and bore on bis face wounds received during the civil war while fighting for the Union. None of the lynchers are known, They all came from a distance. people Versailles is a town of 800 U1 altb sta J> '1 r v' U ? ra,lr M "' ° Bd J*~*l W4 oXrtfr tt it JajKrKr ‘ ’ i K • -J 3 Jf. too, VJ9 „ longtary of Mloch counter tor t havvices, to fix his salary, an< |, I 00 ®“ gau purpoBes.” This Bept. 15th. 1 "*" lIM—— i fan the' side tho He B| .his uni' the Wei vigi subj ii t3 eo; miteo is “Gentlemen: The resolution of the ooti poratlon of Brown university owthe' 1 st in stant, communicated to me by you ims been carcfpjiy considered, i take picture in assuring you that tho action referred to entirely does away with tho scruple which led to my resignation. At the dato, how whon you laid tho communication before me I had undertaken to perform the coming year certain work, which, after learning tho judgment of the corporation on this subject, I camo to regard as Incom¬ with therefore felt obliged at first to adhere to £ give U to tho h 1 " 11 university * 0 ' 1 ' IiUt my bei undivided " K now fm > to ‘ service W “ rawu my resignation and have ssr—* - “I am, gentlemon, yours ■with sfneore os teem, E. Bknjamin Asdbews,” This move was entirely unexpected. About a weok ago Dr. Anderson, sec retary that of the corporation, admitted he had received a letter from Dr. Andrews renewing his resignation. DIAZ’S ASSAILANT LYNCHED. After thn. pec<L.Wani Hone Twenty, of the Lynqlierq Were Arrested. A special from Mexico City says: Arroyo, who assaulted President Diaz, was lynched Friday night l>y a mob. About twenty of the lynchers were ar¬ rested. The mob apparently had no organization, but it was directed in some mysterious way. They broke into the jail by forcing tho doors with huge timbers handled by a hundred men. They overpower¬ ed the guards and surrounded them, while a detail of men ran down the corridor and dragged out the trem¬ bling Arroyo. INDIANA FACTORIES RESUME. Wire Nall and Vdtuip Chimney Works lie- gin Operation® Anew. A dispatch of Sunday from Ander¬ son, Ind., says: The American wire nail works, employing 700 men, the Lippincott lamp chimney plant, which works 400 men and the McBeth lamp chimney works with a like number of men on its rolls, have resumed in full blast after a shut down of some two months and a half. THROUGH GEORGIA. The county commissioners of Deca¬ tur oouuty have taken control of the misdemeanor convicts in accordance with Attorney General Terrell a opin¬ ion', and have leased them to J. C. Donalson for the balance of the year. * « * Clayton county is first to begin a crusade against lynchings in Georgia. Quietly and without the knowledge of any one, her grand jury found true bills against eight men, charged with a conspiracy to lynch Henry Sims and John McCullough. ... The motion for new trial in the case of the state vs. A. T. Brooks, convict ed o{ murder in Jackson superior court, was heard at Lawrenceville 8at urday and the motion was overruled, Brooks and Reynolds will both be hanged ° Friday, J the 24tli, at Jefferson, + + The Fitzgerald Driving Association has been reorganized, and will be known hereafter as the Fitzgerald driving Club. The dates selected by the club for winter race meetings are November 28d m oi.i, 2 t , | ^ oc*h and { *ith. Large purses will 1( . '« »“"■ * “J The situation of the strike among the dock laborers at Brunswick is 1111 - changed. It is said that the long shoremen, composed of the laborers who handle lumber exclusively, will pun the strike next week, but this can not be verified. Slow progress is made in handling the phosphate frightened and cotton, ns green hands are away from their work by the strikers before “• In the enforcement of the law which directs the disposition and control of m.sdeamor convicts several of thelos hogs whose private camps will bo broken up as the result of Governor Atkinson’s crusade have sacrificed their own interests to the good of the state. Instead of contending with the governor or the oourts, they are doing all in their power to reach an amicable adjustment of their affairs with tho county authorities. The mystery surround ***,„. ng the Spnnz murder which occurred in Midville on April 7th, seems to be increasing every day It appears that a number of the residents of Midville belieVe that Dr. J J Ki patrick is gully of the deed, while others believe it was committed by ex-Marshal Morris. It is thought that there is little doubt that the grand jury will mdiot both of the men and %h r -'LT ? tml , > wlad n n V vl11 t“ke Place.soon after. * * * The state university faculty a few days ago considered the petition of iie « tfie university of the w k° were last year disbarred violation of intercollegiate regu ! UI1H b J playing baseball against erB. After discussing the matter faculty passed the following reso ion: “The faculty interposes no ioetion to the registration of Homer ans Dougherty, Floyd Foster, Will Sanford and n but debars them from ,'tioipating for in any intercollegiate >rts one year. ” Hie Talbot county grand jury ad rnod without indieting the Ryder S \x Wlieu Cl)urt convened m J albotton, n Judge Butt n J'lrya Strong charge gave the l* he on the sub ln w lc n told them to probe the “ att " *° t,ie b «ttom. Pursuant toifa h r "!‘ ,tlobg nobtn >’ 8> tlie examirfrng ft T *“d jfiry investigated •, r v of witnesses. When a large num • how that body ad i”!* f.‘ !,nrne, .‘ , “gainst . ever > no indictments were 16m W ‘ * tlle lynching. any persons The charging iw • P reaentmen t statements grapd Z ^ invofiti stated " <hl, ellt| but had gated the « y. not secured ° VUlence en °«gh to indict any one. At the next term of the court of Pike county the most irnnor tnnt cases will be those of the state “gainst Tom Langford and old man ® 0,k - This will he the fourth trial of Monday in October and it is expected that these cases will be the first to be taken up. They will be tbe most im¬ j portant on the docket for the term and will be disposed of as soon as possi¬ ble. It is probable that Judge Beck will bave Judge Henry to preside in his place. The first motion to be made by the attorneys on the defense will bo to ask for a change of venue. They will set up that a fair and impar¬ tial jury cannot be obtained in the county. It is said that a great deal of prejudice still exists against the gang of which Delk and Langford were among the leaders. DIAZ AGAINST LYNCHING. An Inquiry to He Instituted and Gnilty Parties Pnninlied. Advices from City of Mexico state that orders have been given to inves¬ tigate the lynching of Arroyo. President Diaz has decided that the inquiry be most rigorous and that the guilty parties be severely punished, as he feels that the act waa a reproach to the nation, which has taken pride in the fact that lynch law has been un known in Mexico. Twenty-odd men arrested are still in custody and formal papers are being drawn up in their cases. Food Is Higher In Spain. Advices from Madrid state that the price of all kindB of food is rising steadily, owing to the growing depre¬ ciation of silver and of paper eur rency. ' ! ■ BY THOS. A- MCGREGOR. PANIC FOLLOWS DISCOVERT OF FIRE IN BELLE ELLEN SHAFT. FITE HEN KNOWN TO BE DESD. There Were One Hundred Miner* at Work In the Slope When the Catas¬ trophe Occurred. Shortly after the men went to work in mine No. 2, ’nt of the Bessemer Land aud i Dnprmemeut mDrov company’s P T “ coal mines a t " m, near oc , on, . Bibb county, Ala., Monday morning, the fire was discovered far down Vi main slope About one hundred men are P oyed in the mine and an alarmi f« at once given A pamo foUowefl among the workers and in the little town of Belle Fllen. Hundreds of men, women and ohil dren gathered at the main entrance of *i._ smokinir ZrZ‘oZ mine to™.? while rescue “h”,'tt. par to miners, More than fifty were got out from the vftrioU8 ontranceB without harm, 0t h er8 were overcome by smoke and fe] , . the gide TheRe tho brava re8cuerg found aml dragged out, while tho8e at the entrance restored life to tbeir unoongcionB f rie nds. A scene of wildest excitement .. , pre vailed at the mine s mouth. Women *-?r ns a 1 0111 f ^ p ‘ “ Fiv who wero working abone the fire originated, coubl 1( ,t be reached, and it is regard ed as certain that they J are dead. The . . ” £ , YFramer, . r a white; Hubbard p , 4* whH ’ He " ReeT6 s, colored; „ T , d . ’ William Fair ’ . ^fij^ , T . ■ Zybe i that two tie in . ' The fire brigade battled with the vaiu attempt to ento mbed men, but at night flro wa8 still burning fiercely were abandoned. A later ’ ^ f Belle Ellen says the fire to bave originat ed from an ’ ‘ . ’ ignited , ■ cbeck - * . u f ma<le*oUhe list of miners in the * mj|1( wh( , r(> tho fire brok e out to ascer tain if possible if the death list will s<| far it ig Bot p0 sitive ly known that any others are missing. NO amriW* REF UGEES WANTED V i ANTED. “[ “‘’’p’ rolina Act* Itej ~7l- ^neat w Surgeon rteneraUohn itoy William* of tho North Carolina state board of' fr J“ , om !alth Asheville , telegraphed Monday Governor Russell "B h with as follows meets your approbation, I < 1,0 Passed to telegraph Marine Hnr K °° D 0ont,r '* 1 Wyman offering the mountain ,,loto * u of western North Carolina as • rufug0 for r,,f ugeeB from the yellow fever, stricken districts." The governor refers the matter to the state board of health. He says ho does not like to act regarding it, as, perhaps, a number of the refugees might become destitute and have to ba supported and finally sent home by the state. * BOUNCED NEGRO BOSSES. Charfeglnn Cotton Mill. k*p.ri„noo Mora Trouble With tin pierce*. The managers of the Charleston, S. C., cotton mills, where negro and white labor is employed, undertook to put in half a dozen negro bosses over the white operatives Monday and tho latter hands went out. A They left the mill, making threats. squad of policemen was detailed to prevent trouble, but things became s<x squally that the colored bosses wort promptly taken out, STEELYOMPANY RESUMES. Work, at Turn Men. After a two months shut-down and expending half a million ditflars for the erection of a blast furnacq, steel plant and plate mill, the Bellaire Steel company at Bellaire, Ohio, started tho; machinery of the plant again Monday morning, giving employment to 500 men. A SWEEPING DECISION. Judge Foster Says Kansay City Lin Stoelfi Association Is an Illegal Concern. United States District Judge Foster made a sweeping decision at Topeka, Kan., Monday morning when he de cslared the organization known as the Kansas City Live Stock association U«, legal under the provision of the anti«< tiust law. The exchange is an organization of commission men who control the sale of live stock in Kansas City. All stock which enters the city must pasa through tho hands of this organize* tion. Judge Foster enjoins the com* mission from doing business and de* dares it an unlawiul combination. BILOXI APPEALS FOR AID. Mayor of the Town Call* for Help for Fac¬ tory People. The city council of Biloxi, Miss., adopted resolutions calling on the pub-' lie for aid, stating all factories and other industries have closed down, thus throwing laboring people out of employment; that nearly all aiek are, of that class and unable to purchase medicine and other things necessary ft ' in such emergency. The appeal signed by the mayor and counoil.