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BIG EXPLOSION; MINERS KILLED flany Workmen Entombed In West Virginia Pit. BODIES BADLY MUTILATED Limbs Were Scattered la Every Directioa. Ugly Rumors Were Afloat Regard* ing Cause of the Disaster. One of the greatest calamities in the history of Barbour county, West Vir¬ ginia, occurred Saturday morning at 1 o’clock at the mines of the Southern Coal and Transportation Company, at Berrysburg, six miles from Philippi. As a result a score of miners are dead and many badly injured. The explosion was so great thai mules were killed at the mouth of the mine and cars blown forty feet from the track. One man was blown iu twe at the loins and bis body thrown against a pile of lumber at the mouth of the mine. The night shift went on duty at 7 o’clock. Everything went on smoothly until about midnight, when the explo¬ sion occurred. The dead were muti¬ lated beyond recognition, and the scene was calculated to make the strongest heart faint. The explosion was probably the re¬ sult of an accidental discharge of dy¬ namite caused, perhaps, by the con¬ cussion of a blast. The property loss is light. The force of the explosion was so great that two men were found sixty feet from the mouth of the mine. An hour after the explosion hundreds had visited the mine. The call for relief brought every The physician in Phillip: to the scene. sight was a most horri¬ ble one. Strewn along the main channel and about the opening were the arms, legs, hands and other portions of the bodies of the dead miners. Fathers and mothers were frantically hunting for sons, and as fast as a body was recovered they would glance at it, and recognizing it would give hysteri¬ cal screams. The hotel has been turned , into . . a , hospital ... and , those still ahv.e when brought out were taken there. There is a great deal of com- rnent about about the cause of tlje ex¬ plosion. The authorities refused to discuss the matter further .than to say it was caused by,s(n eX’CSssive charge of powder it beirfig used. The miners Insist that was caused by fire damp The mine was recently inspected and pronounced to be in good condition. John W. Green, who was in the mine at the time of the explosion and escaped injury, gives the follow- ing account of it: “I went into the mine at 7:30 o clock and went to room No. 1. I had been at work an hour or so when I smelled black damp. I noticed my lamp flicker, I went to the mine boss and told Vbout it. He tagh.,1 Rod »id it «, all right. I went back to work and about midnight heard a terrific noise, which knocked me down and put out my , amp. vas s unneci __ 0 ment and then realized what had hap- pened. I was close to the entrance and crawled over the bodies of two ine As f" *1 the work of removing • the ,, au ead i wen on mgs oo e v or . o men were brought out within an er o ui and the searchers reported that a dozen were still in the mine. Most of those brought out were mutilated beyond description. The mi... of Berrj.bnrg have only been operated a short time, They have had a great deal of trouble. First the mines were flooded and then the men struck. Last week the stables were set on fire and twenty-six horses burned. Now comes the explosion. Most of the miners had been at work but a few weeks, and as they were almost unknown to each other, consequently it was hard to recognize a man when he,was found. Most of the men came from North Carolina aud District of Columbia. A later message from the mines stat- ed that the bodies of twelve men had brought out, eight of whom were INESE AND GERMANS FIGHT. Troops Capture Five Guns and Holst the German Flag. The Chinese question continues to overshadow all else in Berlin. The Tageblatt, Saturday, printed a special dispatch from Pekin saying: “A detachment of the Second Ger- man infantry, under Major Von For- ster, has fought a victorious engage- ment against a Chinese force of 800 iu a mountain pass near tbe Chinese wall, not far from Tsi Ting Quan. Five gun3 were taken and the German flag was hoisted. Major von Forster was wounded, seven other Germans were wounded or killed and the Chi- nese lost fifty killed.” PROMISCUOUS FIGHTING. Lord Roberts Reports Many Small Engagements With the Boers. Lord Roberts in a dispatch from Johannesburg, dated November 2, re¬ ports no less than eight fights at dif- different points, all unimportant, but significant of the activity of the Boers, Prisoners in the hands of the British say the Boer losses in the fight with Gen. BartoD, October 25th, were 140 killed, wounded or missing. FELLOWS TO DIE ON THE GALLOWS Negro Is Convicted of Criminal Assault on White Girl. TRIAL WAS A QUICK ONE Prisoner Was Closely Guarded By the State Militia. The trial of Gus Fellows, who as¬ saulted Dolly Hood, was begun at Jef¬ ferson, Ga., Saturday morning. A company of soldiers accompanied the prisoner from Atlanta. Soldiers surrounded the court house all day, but there were no threats or disorder, as the citizens of the county are williug for the law to take its course. Ouly jurors, witnesses, par- ters, attorneys, ministers and report¬ ers are allowed in the court room. This rule was adhered to strictly. Tho case was sounded at 9 o’clock. Both sides announced ready and the jury was stricken in tw r enty-eight min¬ utes. The general opiniou is that no better jury cculd have been had in the county. The first witness for the state was Miss Dora Hood. She said: “At 10 o’clock Wednesday ruoruing, October 24th, I went to the turuip patch, and had just finished getting salad arid started home, when some oue grabbed me. “It was the negro who sits there,” pointing to Gus Fellows. “I was carried to Athens jail to identify him, but I was so excited and nervous and the jail was so dark, when they took me in I made a mis¬ take and pointed out another mau, but when they brought him in the yard I pointed out that man. The negro had on a black square cut coat torn on the left pocket. Gus Fellows’s brother came before me aud I knew he was not the man, but I knew he bad on the coat my assailant wore. I knew that was the coat as soon as I saw it. I never saw Gus Fellows be¬ fore that day.” Here the state rested the case and the defense introduced a number of witnesses to prove an alibi for the prisoner. Gus Fellows in a lengthy statement denied being the assailant of Miss Hood. He recited his movements from the time he left home, after whipping his wife, up to the time of his arrest. After charge, delivered, by Judge' Rdssel] t hejury 'deliberation re ti,eJto their room, wb after the- over the .evidence', they returned a verdict of guilty without recommendation. Tho court immediately sentenced the de¬ fendant to be hanged on November 24th, just thirty days from the com¬ mission of the crime. Gus fellows wag returned to tbe tower in Atlanta, g a turday night ou a special train sur- rounded bv a stroug giJard of the s ^ ate militia Fellows is spending his time in the q i ower praying. He stoutly asserts his innocence. He believed he was going to be acqnittedf and he had S3veml -witnesses to swear he was far from the scene of the crime at the time it was coramitted . NEWS FROM PHILIPPINES. - Past Week Was Devoted to Scouting. Large Stores of Rice Burned. A Manila special says: Last week was devoted to active scouting. Tho insurgents, having failed to crush a single garrison, are now experiencing a reaction. Lieutenants Wilson and Dority, of the Forty-fifth volunteer iufantry, de- stroyed ]arge stores of rice, four gran- ar j e s and a barracks near Bato. Captain Atkinson, with thirty-four m0n 0 f t he ot.„ck,/l50 Thirty-seventh volunteer iof „ tty , insnrgenl, der Colonel Valencia, recovering two American prisoners and capturing a cona j derab i c quantity of ammunition and supplies. A native orchestra lured the United States troops from their quarters near Dagupau, while the insurgents attack¬ ed the rear, killing two Amercans and wounding three. Deueamina, Sunday Senor repre- senting the principal insurgents in Manila, requested Judge Taft to for- ward to Washington a signed expres¬ sion of their loyalty. There is considerable excitement over the presidential election, with a good deal of betting on the result. AGUINALDO AGAIN DEAD. Soldier In Hospital Gets the News From a Sick Filipino. James Hussey, of National City, Cal., has received a letter from James Thompson, a private of company E, Twenty-seventh infantry, written while he was in the hospital at Manila and dated September 1st, in which the writer says that the Filipino occu¬ pying the bed next to him in the hos¬ pital stated that Aguinaldo was really shot dead as reported some time ago, hut that it was to be kept quiet for political reasons. Ex-Councilman Sk-ps Out. O. J. Reed, au ex-councilman of Sbamokin, Pa., who was recently con¬ victed of conspiracy in connection with borough paving contracts and admitted to bail upon the decision of the supe¬ rior court for a new trial, has disap¬ peared. __________ Costly Tannery Destroyed. A. large tannery at Rancho del Chopo, near Mexico City, has burned, with a loss estimated at $500,000. It was owned by a stock company iu which were Aimerican, Mexican and German shareholders. HANY STILL MISSING. Eighteen Alleged Victims of Tar¬ rant Fire In New York Not Located. A New York dispatch of Friday says: The police department has been investigating the list of persons re¬ ported missiug iu connection with the Tarrant tire for the purpose of getting at a correct list of persons supposed to have lost their lives in the lire. The persons reported were investigat¬ ed through the station nearest the ad¬ dress given for them, and in many cases they were reported as safe. In some cases the police cculd not find the supposed missing person at the address given. The list as revised Fri¬ day shows eighteen persorts reported as missing and not accounted for. Of those, six are not knowm at the addresses given by the persons who reported them missing. On the list is the name of Benjamin Moorehouse, a clerk for Tarrant & Co. The authorities persist in declaring their belief that he is alive and pur¬ posely keeping hm whereabouts se¬ cret. “We have detectives out after Moore¬ house and expect to land him soon,” said Assistaut District Attorney Walsh, who is assisting the fire marshal’s in¬ vestigation. and neignbors, Moorehouse’s family at Mont Clark, N. J., are convinced that he perished in the disaster. The fire department’s investigation of the explosion closed Friday, after the tes¬ timony of Louis Patterson and George C. Thompson, employes of Tarraut & Co., had been taken. Dr. Lederie, health department an¬ alyst, who examined the seven drums found in the ruins, said that they had contained analyuejwhich is a little less explosive than kerosene. FAMILY HONOR AT STAKE. The Goulds Will Pay Debts Contracted By Count Castellans. A New York special says: On the authority an an “intimate friend of the late Jay Gould,” The Evening World of Friday’s issue announced that the debts of Count Boni de Cas¬ tellano will be paid in full by tho Gould’s at ouce. “The scaudal attending the claims, amounting to 84,000,000, against the spendthrilt husband of Countess Anna is to be stopped.” The.Evening World adds: “A lump sutn probably'will be contributed by George, Helen, Howard, Edwin a.bd Frank Gould to wipe out these eights, as they consider the honor of' the Gould family is involved.” Incidentally The Evening World ar¬ ticle says, “It was elicited that the Gould millions have nearly doubled since Jay Gould’s death, and Anna’s share is nearly $18,000,000, and her income nearly $1,000,000. Thp total value of the Gould estate is uow over $125,000,000.” KAISER’S TROOPS ASSIGNED. They Are D.stnbuted Around In Chi- nese hmpire By Waldersee. official telegrams from Count Yon Waldersee show that all the German ’3‘ J™ , ”™’ . , . , , distributed. lhe lirst aud second m armes, le ns- in an iy ligate am “ 8ma “ J° TCG a » d artllier y are stationed , at Pekin. lhe second j infantry J brigade, illery, with engineers a corresponding and force art cav- j ft j r o’ne y p ao Fun. battalion is at Shan Hai Kwnn. | The third infantry brigade, with a | company o{ s harp-shooters, Wo squad- 1 f cavalry and several batteries is ronB 0 : at Tien Tain. One battery and sev- eral howitzers are at Taku al’oSg and a force vaT : the ”,LrJhe wav f rom Pskin "ork to I'ancr omon.HultioT Tsun stmer- ACCEPT FRANCE’S PROPOSALS. Foreign Ministers Continue the Dis¬ cussion of Peace Negotiations. A dispatch to the Havas agency at Paris from Pekin, dated 31st, says: “The foreign ministers continued today the discussion of the peace proposition to be presented to the Chineso. The French proposals were accepted. Additional specifications will be discussed Monday. On ae- count of the necessity for thorough accord between the different cabinets, the final vote will not be prestnted for several weeks.” FREEDOM WAS SHORT. Alvord Dismissed By Magistrate and Is Immediately Re-Arrested. City Magistrate Flammer at New York discharged Cornelus L. Alvord, the defaultering note teller of the First National bank, from custody Friday. The magistrate said he was satisfied that he had no jurisdiction iu the case. Alvord was allowed to leavo the courtroom, but as soon as he reached the corridor he was re-arrest¬ ed by a United States marshal and taken before United States Commis¬ sioner Shields. The commissioner held Alvord in $150,050 bail for ex¬ amination. Bail was not offered, aud Alvord was taken to jail. WAS WASHINGTON’S SLAVE. Negro Reputed to Be 123 Years Old Dies In Long Island Poorhouse. George Washington Freeman Hor¬ ner Green, a former negro slave, died in the almshouse Rt Hempstead, L. I, Thursday at the reputed age of 123 years. Green is said to have been born on a farm near Elizabethport, N. J., on January 1, 1777. He was sold to a Virginia planter named Horner, by whom, it is said, he was sold to General Washington. GEORGIA GROWS. Official Census Figures Places Her Third Tn Population List of the Southern States. The census figures just made pnblio at Washington show that Georgia’s gain in populat on in the Inst ten years is greater than any other of the fouth- ern stntos except Missouri nn<l Texes, ami that she is new the third largest state iu the south iu population. She haR beaten out Kentucky for that position in the past teu years. The Blue Grass state had nearly 20,000 more people in 1880 than Georgia, but Georgia has swept ahead of her with wonderful speed. Georgia’s gaiu is Inrgest of all the southern states save Missouri aiul Texas, whose population 10 years ago was larger than that of Georgia’s uow. The following figures show liow the state has grown during the past twenty years: 1880: Population...........1,837,353 Population..........1,542,180 1890: 1900: Population...........2,216,329 1880-1500. 295,173 Increase between Increase between 1890-1900. 378,976 If the basis of representation in congress under tbe newly completed ceusus is placed at 184,000, which would be an increase of 10,000 over the present apportionment, Georgia will be entitled to a new congressional district, giving the state twelve mem¬ bers in the houso of representatives and fourteen votes in the electoral college. This fact was made clear on the announcement of tho census bureau that the population of the state has gone to 2,216,329. The existing pop¬ ular basis is one congressman to a fraction over 174,000 persons. To the Georgia public which has confidently lo iked forward to twelve congressmen under the 1900 census the question of interest is, will Geor¬ gia increase tho ratio of people over 184,000? If not, then Georgia is cer¬ tain of twelve representatives, and the re-apportiomnent committees to be ap¬ pointed in the state legislature will find plenty of work to engage their at¬ tention iu defining the limits of the new congressional district. A majority of the Georgia . >ers mem iu congress have expressed tho opin¬ ion during the last few months that the new basis of representation, pro¬ dded of course the old one is changed, will not bo fixed at more than 190,000. ONE IS WRONG ? Cleveland Denies an Interview While tll£ R e P° rter Firmly Sticks to His Story- The Philadelphia Times editbFbdly says: ‘ < The following dispatch was re- ceived by tbe editor of The Times from ex-President Cleveland relating to the alleged interview from him in the national presidential contest and published prominently iu this journal. i i ( Princeton, N. J., October 30.—Editor Philadelphia Times: The alleged interview with me, , published in this morning’s Times, is au absolute aud outrageous fabrication. “ ‘Grover Cleveland.’ “Mr. Cleveland’s emphatic den,a , of the interview in the president,a situation, published in this ,o, rnal yesterday morning, is accepted as Ct Ts soon as R. J. Black, whose initials were signed to the dispatch, heard that Mr. Cleveland had denied the interview,’he voluntarily went to The Times office and made the follow- ing sworn affidavit: “ ‘Philadelphia, Oct. 30, 1900.- I, Robert J. Black, had an interview with Grover Cleveland on the 23d day of October, 1900, in his home, in T. Princeton. • * xr N. J., t and .in.; during „.i a lengthy talk with him in his-parlor he told me that he favored Bryan, and said: “My boy, you will see a landslide for Bryan on the day after election;” that he also said Mr. Bryaa was a great orator. «< i li. J. Black, Vinton, Iowa.’ Editor Hearsey Dead. A New Orleans dispatch says: Ma- ior Henry J. Hearsey, editor of the i Daily States and one of strongest 1 newspaper writers in the south, is dead. He was born in the Western Feliciana parish iu 1840, and was ed- ucated privately. His journalistic ca- reer began when he was only 21 years of ago. SHERIFF EVADED M 03 . Hid Alleged Negro Rapist Until He Saw lhe Way to Jail Clear. Sheriff W. T. Stevenson, of Jackson county, Ga., arrived in Atlanta, Tues- Jay morning with Gus Jones, the alleged negro rapist, and placed his prisoner in the Fulton county jail for H afe keeping. Jones is charged with assaulting Dora Hood, a white girl, near Harmony Grove. Jones made his escape directly after the crime, but was captured last Fii- day night. Sheriff Stevens had kept him concealed, fearing mob violence, as indignation was at fever beat, until be saw au opportunity of reaching Atlanta iu safety. BRAINS KICKED OUT. Unmanagable Horse Causes Death of a Young Woman ond Probably Escort. At Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday as Lon Laswell and Miss Lillie Henley were out riding in a buggy the horse became unmanageable and literally kicked the vehicle to pieces. Hl8 , hoof , 8truck . , ... Ml8a Henle tho y on head, dashitfg hei brains out. Laswell was fatally injured in the same way. WHEELER REPLIES TO PRESS CRITICS Declares His Undying Fealty to the Democratic Party. ROOSEVELT TALK DENIED Says His Resignation Prom Con¬ gress Closed Political Days. lli a speech at Decatur, Ala., Friday night, which was a number not ou his programme in tho district, caused by the stinging animadversions appearing in The Huntsville Mercury on his al- >e?ed bad Democratic faith, General Wheeler declared his undying alle- gianee to the Democratic parly, an¬ nounced his fealty to W. ,T. Brynn.nud completely refuted Governor ltoose- velt’s statement that ho was supporting the Republican platform. The general emphatically declared it the duty of overy Democrat to turn out and vote the ticket, to give Judge Richardson a large majority, so lie would not be handicapped iu obtain¬ ing legislation. He replied to criti¬ cisms made l>y The Mercury, saying the Huntsville papers, through enmity to him, bad not treated him fairly, and had not reported liis speech at Huntsville as he had delivered it. He said he had made practically the same speech there that he hud made here. They criticised him because he had not used Mr. Bryan’s name. If he had not it was merely because ho had forgotten it in the earnestness of his talk. He could have done it with perfect propriety. No two men had stood closer than he and Bryan in congress. Only once lmil they dif¬ fered, but that could not keep him from being for him. He had never seen a man with such iiulomitablo will, such a clear, analyti¬ cal mind; such power of persuasion, and such influence over men. If elect¬ ed, Mr. Bryan would make one of the distinguished presidents of the cen¬ tury. Ho had said in his Huntsville speech that tho two great parties, uu- der normal conditions, had been nlter- nating in control of the government, taking up tho beginning of the alter¬ nation from the time of tho whigs and swinging tho pendulum ou down to Cleveland’s defeat of Blaine, Harri¬ son’s defeat of Cleveland, Cleveland’s second victory, and the last swing of the pendulum to McKinley iu 1890. In 1900 it should be Democratic, un¬ less you can show the conditions are not normal. “Was that a Republican speech?” he asked. General Wheeler said that when ho resigned from congress he had turned 1 upon political life forever. In a-'-HtFiiCt conversation Friday night hearing of hve citizens „ Ed- m itor Grubbs, of Nowb, denied the statement ever invited General Wheeler \n Alalnim*. General Wheeler has a letteiH'gned by Editor Grubbs, as secretary or^-no district committee, inviting him N® make speeches iu the eighth district.*' SCHEME IS SATISFACTORY. flail Box Delivery In Rural Districts Will Be Extended. The annua , ori , of w . s . sbaHen- b Becou d assistant / postmaster » , . nftde publio * rid jL It hoW£j that on Jnne 30tU lagt t aQ . lim |! r at ° of it * r e *° r inl * ad R vi*! 6 l /’ . \ , °* ’ «9 m 4 .1 588; tolul exl>Cl,dl r ' ' tu oy »,• lhe «P er >“«»* , . box delivery on . ron « 8 : whe eb y P 6 **™* w? ne could hare the . mail brought from the next office by the star route earner a,,d le ft in n bo* erected by such per- , ] satisfactorily far * oa ?> so aQ J Ihe next star route contracts will P 10Vlcle f Ior BUcU , Hervi(lp «ervice. SOCIALISTS JUBILATE. They Have a Turbulent Demonstration In the Windy City. Socialist labor orators raised the red flag in State street, Chicago, Friday night and were driven off"the thorough- f al p by the police, who were compelled interfere to stop a riot. It was so- cia Ustic labor night, and the Debs 8 P ea k e ^ H used half a dozen wagons to fl P ea k from along the street. Ihere were frequent clashes between the 8 P ea kers anil lhe big crowds which gathered around the stands. TAXES NOT PAID. F ulton County Grand Jury May Indict Many Professional Men. An Atlanta special says: Unless all j indications point in the wrong direc¬ tion, there will shortly be a large number of lawyers, doctors and den- tints urrested on indictments for prac- ticing their various professions with- out having paid their professional tax. The law provides a professional tax of $10 from all doctors, dentists, law- yers and other professional men. The tax collector, A. P. Stewart, has a list of nearly 100 who have not paid this 1 tax, some for several years. The grand jury has called upon Mr. Stew- art for this list. Quarantine Is Extended. j Tbe summer quarantine in Florida generally terminates at midnight on October 31st, but according to an or- der issued Wednesday by the Florida state board of health the quarantine restrictions will be continued until further orders. Senators Objected to Recess. I The Georgia senate refused to con- cur in the house resolution providing for a recess in order that the members might vote in the national election. DOOR m 77 NOW ASSURED British *Gerrnarj Compact Meets Our Approval. CHINA TO BE KEPT INTACT Three of the Most Powerful Nations Are Mutually Agreed on That Policy Respecting the Empire. The state department made publio Weduesday the British-German agree¬ ment respecting the maintenance of the “open-door” and territorial integ¬ rity of Chinn, with the answer of the United States government, sent in du¬ plicate to of the principals to tho agreement. Mr. Hay to Lord Poncefote: De¬ partment of State, Washington, Oct. 29, 1900—Excellency: < ( I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d of October, in¬ closing tho text of an agreement be¬ tween Great Britain and Germany re¬ lating to atfairs iu China, which was signed in London on the Kith instant by the Marquis of Salisbury and the German aml» no sador on behalf of their respective governments and inviting the acceptance by the United States of the principles recorded iu that agree¬ ment. These principles are: ami 1. It is a matter of joint perma¬ nent and international interest that the ports on the rivers and litteral of China should remain free and open to trade and to every other legitimate form of economic activity for the na¬ tionals of all countries without distinc- tion and that tbe two governments agree on their part to uphold the same for all Chinese territory so far as they can exercise influence. 2. Her majesty’s government and the Imperial government will not make use of the present complication to obtain for themselves any territo¬ rial advantages in Chinese dominions and will direct their policy toward maintaining undiminished the territo¬ rial condition of the Chinese empire. The United States have heretofore made known their adoption of both these principles. During the last year this government invited the powers interested to join in an expression of views aud purposes in the direction of impartial trade with that country and received satisfactory assurance to tho effect from all of them. When the recent troubles were at their height this government once more made an announcement of its policy regarding impartial trade and the integrity of the Chinese empire, aud had the gratification of learning ythat all the powers held similar views. Aiul since that time the most gratify- i n g-%armony has existed among all the nat* onH concerned as to the ends t 0 be p,ysue<J and there has been lit¬ tle diverg once of opinion as to thft details of there?& witli tu 1IiUcl1 be followed^^ ^H It is re S! tion that the president lull direot^gjlg inform you of tb e this governiinmt 11 Britunie majesty and purer iu tin: principles set^HHHH clauses The third of the clause agreement of the alii9^HHI| agrefl^H| provides: ^■1 3. In case of another power making hbo of the complications in China in order to obtain under any form what¬ ever such territorial advantage, the two contracting parties reserve to themselves to come to u preliminary understanding as to the eventual steps to be taken for the protection of their own interests in China. As this clause refers to a reciprocal arrangement between the two high contracting powers, the government of the United States does not regard it- self as called , npon to express au opin- ion in respect to it. I have. et(L John Hay. A similar note mutntis mutandis was addressed on the same day by the sec¬ retary of state to the Imperial German charge d’affiurs. [ROCKHlLL IN NEW ROLE. secretary Hay Appoints Him Coun* sellor to Minister Conger. Secretary Hay has cabled Commis¬ sioner Rockbill au appointment ae counsellor of the American legation at Pekin. He has been directed to pro- cee ^ at once from Shanghai to Pekin t0 insist Minister Conger in that ca- paedy in the negotiations for a final settlement. The purpose to appoint Commissioner Rockbill and General Vf ilson, fellow commissioners with Minister Conger to conduct tbe nego- Rations, was abandoned only because appeared that no other power was to appoint commissioners. Palmetto State Fair Closes. Tim state fair at Columbia, S. O., ended Friday. In three days the paid entrancos reached about thirty- three thousaud. Wednesday and Tliurs- day the electric street railway handled 81,000 people. The fair was the best that has ever been held. Fire Destroys Paper Atills. Fire Friday destroyed the Golden: paper mills, at Golden, Colorado, owned by R. C. Wells, entailing a loss of $50,000, covered by insurance.