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you and we abused your family, bu. we
cry for mercy" The ,3g of Carthage
looked down upon the people from his
chariot and said: 81 came to bless, l
didn't come to destroy. You drove me
out. but this day pronounce pardon
for all the people. Open the gates and
let the army come in" The king
marched in and took the throne, and
the people all shouted, Long live the
kingp
My friends, you have driven the Lord
Jesus Christ, the King of the church,
away from your heart; you have been
maltreating him all these years; but he
come back to-day. He stands in front
of the gates of your soul. If you will
only pray for his pardon he will meet
you with his gracious spirit and he
will say: "Thy sins and thine iniqui-
ties will remember no more. Open
wide the gate, will take the throne.
My peace give unto you." And then,
all through this audience, from the
young and from the old, there will be
rain of tears, and God Will be the
father Of that rainl
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MORE DEVASTATION.
A Cyclone In Mississippi and Storm In
Texas.

Texas.
New ORLEANS, La, July IA
Times Democrat, Madison Mlsslssipp:,
special says: A cyclone struck this
place about IL O'Clock yesterday. 1t
was preceded by fearful rumbling sound
that came from the southwest. Disas-
ters are reported as follows:
II. e. McKay's plantation, destroying
negro cabins, killed Wesley Young,
colored and, wounded several others,
DR.. j. H. MckaY's building was wreck
ed. The Storm than passed across the
rail road levelling telegraph poles. The
residences of Glascock and Brown w ere
first reached in town. Both houses
were wrecked, and much of the furniture
was destroyed and stock injured. The
Presbyterian church and school building
were completely swept away and onjA.
Nj. jones' place outstanding buildings
were destroyed and stock was injured.
Trees, orchards and shrubbery were
ruined. Pas lng out of the town to the
northwest, the cyclone completely de-
stroyed two colored churches and the
residence of Handy Lee, colored.
GALVESTON, Ten, July THE
storm which ragged here Saturday night
and Sunday culmin ated Sunday even
ing about Q O'Clock. A driving south
southwest wind, accompanied by rain,
caused much of the lower portion of the
city to become practically inundated.
At 7 O'Clock the wind reached velocity
of fifty-five miles per hour.
The electric light plaut was useless,
and the darkness, added to the fury Of
the storm, made anything like travel
impossible, and ca1s ed many TO fear a
repetition of the storm and flood OF 1885.
The most damage done was along the
gulf beach where the terrific force OF the
surf carried away almost everything
within its reach. The breakwater in
front of the Beach hotel was completely
wrecked and destroyed. The electric
railway tracks were undermined and
carried on the shore.
At the east shore end, witch is eX-
tremely low and flat, the heavy sea did
much damage. Buildings were greatly
damaged. In many instances The occu-
pants were compelled to ascend to the
second floor to avoid the water. On the
bay side of the city, or east end, small
boats were called into requisition for
travel, but boating was dangerous and
but few attempted to get about in that
way. Much uneaslness is felt for the
steamer "Franklln" from the Blue
Fields, (the banana fields of Nicaragua
due since last Friday.
The occupants of Pagodas and many of
the beach resorts had to be assisted here
by means oflife saving lines. Through
out the city houses were blown down,
and steps and stairs were carried away.
People were blown against houses and
fences, and fractured arms were the re-
suits N several cases. A mass of twist
ed poles, timbers and debris couples AN
army of workmen today. Taken in all,
it was the most disastrous storm which
Galveston has seen for years, and 1t will
take thousands of dollars to repair the
damage.
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Cantwell is still Supervisor.

CHARLESTON, S, g., July 2.-Judge
Wallace rendered his decision in the
Cantwell case this afternoon, speaking
briefly but emphatically on the points
of law. He reviewed the case as made
out against Cantwell, and also the au-
thority of the governor to remove. 1t
was in the power of the governor to ap-
point, with the approval and consent of
the Senate, and it was also in his power
to remove, with exactly the same con-
ditions. They must be contemporane
Gus. There was a special act by which
trial justices. auditors and treasurers
could be suspended, pending Il meeting
Of the Senate, but no general law. On
the letter of the governor about the two
offices, the judge said that the law had
been decided unconstitutional in the
Supreme Court relating to appolntive
offices; that the discharge of the duties
of clerk Of the county commissioners
did not at all conflict with those of SUI
pervisor; that they were not incompati-
BILE; and that he must grant the prayer
OF Mr.. Bryan in favor Of Mr.. Cantwell.
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An Honor Declined,

COLUMBIA, S. g., July 2.-Previous to
the appointment of DIR. Babcock as
Superintendent Of the Lunatc Asylum,
an account of which appears elsewhere,
the position was rendered to DR.. w. II.
Nardin OF Anderson, who declined the
honor in the following letter:
Hon. Is. II. Tillman, Governor, Co.
lumbia, S. G.
DEAR SIR: Your esteemed favor of
the 9th inst. to hand. Please accept
my thanks for the honor conferred up
on me by your selection for the high
and responsible position rendered, and
1T is with regret that am forced to de.
cline the honor. first from sense of my
unlitness for the position, and second
the unwillingness to raise my growing
family thus surrounded. With highest
esteem and hoping you may ind one
more worthy.
am with respect yours truly,
w. ii. NARDIN
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Terrible storm in GERMANY.

BERLIN, July "A terrible storm of
thunder, hail and ram passed over a
large part of Germany, last night. caus-
ing immense damage to property and
loss OF life in the villages of Suchtellon,
near Dusseldorf and Sittard.
In the Crcfeld district. also near the
Dusseldorf, many houses were COM
pletely wrecked and the inmates buried
in the ruins. Thirteen bodies have al
ready been recovered.
The tornado caused terrible destruc.
ton throughout the lower Rhine dis
trict. Rillemen's hall at Crcfccd was
lifted from its foundations and carried
clean away. The circus was blown over
and The pavilions were damaged and
thei. contents shattered. Several at.
taches sustained iniuries.
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Fell Into tho GIowinp Crater.

ROME, July 2.-Vesuvius has renewed
it's volcanic activity, and the torrent of
lava rushing down the mountain side is
rapidly increasing in volume. Yester-
day two Brazilian tourists assembled the
mountain, and had just reached the sum-
NIT and were standing on the verge of
the crater when they were suddenly en-
veloped in a dense cloud of smoke which
rushed out upon them from the volcanic
depths. When the outburst had sub
sided it was found that one of the gen.
tlemen had become asphyxiated and had
fallen into the mouth of the crater.
His companion was only saved by the
presence of mind of the guide who had
accompanied them. AS the sulphurous
smoke puffed out from the crater's
mouth he rushed forward and dragg ed
one Of his patrons out of danger, but
was unable to save the other. The VIC
tim of the accident was DR.. Silva Jar
din, of Rio Janeiro, Brazil, journalist.
He fell sheer distance of ITO feet into
the glowing lava of the crater.
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The DaYlA Monument.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 2.-Capt.
John w. Childers, chairman of the com
mittee from the Southern Press associa-
tion, delegated to collect a fund and at
tend to the details of erecting a monu.
ment to the memory of Jefferson Da-
Wis, is just back from a meeting Of the
committee at Atlanta.
He says that the committee feel much
encouraged at the progress of affairs.
About $4,000 have already been raised,
but before the actual work is com
menced on the monument they expect
to raise $4,000. Active measures will
be taken at once in soliciting for the
fund.
1t was decided to select general
agent to look after collections, whose
name will be announced in % few days.
The committee determined to request
President Screws, OF the Southern
Press association, to call meeting OF
the association at Nashville not later
than October.
At this meeting the committee is to
report $4,000 raised, that will insure
the erection OF monument, to submit
plans aid specifications, and to receive
full instructions.
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Broke Her SDine,

BOSTON, July 6,-On Saturday last
four, of Boston, a professional balloon.
ist under the name of Nellie Wheeler,
made an ascension from the grounds of
the Waverly Land Company as means
of advertising land sale. At a height
of 1,20O feet she grasped her parachute
and descended. NVhed about thirty
feet from the ground she became fright.
ened at the prospect of landing in a
greenhouse, and letting 60 Of the
handle, fell on her back, breaking her
spine. She cannot survive, Mrs. Wheel
or had made many successful ascen-
sions. She is the mother Of a boy of
twelve. Her husband is said to live In
Providence, II. /.
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New LISBON, o.. July 4.-Fully
5000 people were assembled here today
to sec Prof. Brady, ofCleveland, make
balloon ascension and parachute leap.
When the word was given and the bal
loon shot upward, the multitude was
Mortified to see man hanging head
downward Immediately below the car of
the balloon. The man whose leg was
entanglcd il a rope disentangled himself
and dropped to the parachute, striking 1t
in such q way that the knife cut the rope,
detached the parachute from the bal
loon, and he and the aeronaut fell to the
ground with great force. The upper
man fell about 200 ieet and was instant
ly killed. The parachute broke Brady's
fall, but he was seriously, though not
fatally, hurt. The name of the man killed
was William 1Iennessy, resident of this
place, who was helping to initiate the
balloon. He was nifty years old and
leaves q widow and four childIen.
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The Itata Case.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, July 8.-U. S.
Marshall Guard says he wilt seize the
Itata today. The officers of the Itata
offer to pay $500 penalty for sailing
without clearsnae papers, and it is re-
ported here that orders have been re-
ceived from Washington TO accept it and
discharge Officers Mauzel and Tejeda.
The United States District Attorney is
now preparing papers upon three
charges: First, clearance without prop
er papers; second, kidnapping deputy
United States marshal; third, violating
the neutrality law. He will take pos-
session of the Itata Immediately upon
her release by the customs officers. He
says the action Is against the vessel aud
not against the men. Mauzel and Tel
eda went to Los Angeles yesterday TO
consult with their attorney.
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Plant Iess Cotton.

At a meeting of Marlbor, County AL
lance held at BenneLtsvllle, on July 3,
1891, the following resolutions were
passed:
Resolved, First. That we pledge our
selves to plant only ten acres OF cotton
to the NOISE in 1892, provided we can
get the cooperation of the cNtton State,
80 as to decrease the production o: cot
ton and 80 obtain due reward for our
labor.
Second. That we request the State
Alliance to call for convention of the
cotton growers of the South, irrespect-
tive of class or color, TO meet at -
not later than December Grst, next, to
consider the same.
j. III. THOMAS, j. j. LANE,
Secretary. President.
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HoRRoRs OF THg ELEcraIc oHAla.
Terrib,o Work of tho Deadly Current ON
tho Victims.

inc NlctimB.
NEW York, July S.-The Evening
World, in its sporting edition, says: The
body of Murderer Harris A. Smiler was
brought TO this city this afternoon. The
body had been claimed by Smiler's
widow, the woman he married and de.
serted for the woman whom he after
wards murdered. The body was taken
from the train to the undertaking estab-
lishment at 265 West One HuE dred and
Twenty-iifth street. Three or four hun
dred people were gathered there to wit
ness the arrival of the body. BY pre-.
vious arrangement with the undertaken,
an Evening World reporter was in wait.
ing at the rooms to see the body of the
executed murderer. The coffin was
taken to the basement by the undertake
er's assistants, and the lid was quickly
taken off, exposing the dead mans face.
The reporter stood close by, and was
Mortified ut the sight that met his eyes.
Smiler's face had been burned and
scanned by the electric fluid until it pre-.
sented the appearance of having been
broiled. The hair on the front of the
head, the moustache and eyebrows had
been singed and burned of. The face
was furrowed and SCARED as though
with a hot IRON. These marks were not
those OF a dissecting knife or scalpel.
They were palpable burns. Pressing
closer to see the dead mans face PLAIN
er, the reporter attracted the attention
OF the undertaker's assistants, and they
seized him by the shoulder and COM
PEELED him to leave the place before any
other portion of the body was exposed.
In reply to repeated requests to be al
lowed to see the body, the reporter was
informed that no one but the undertaken
and his assistants would be permitted TO
see 1t until it had been fully prepared
for burial. 1t was learned through one
of the undertaker's assistants that
Smiler's left leg was burned to the bone
and the eyes were badly burned.
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ANOTHER RAILROAD DISASTER.
Fifteen Persons Killed. and Fifty- Eight
Iuipred.


CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 4.-The
greatest disaster In the history of this
community was the wrecking of Kan
aWha and Michigan train at Farm, a
village eight miles north of this city,
this morning. There is trestle there
thirty-fiye feet high, which caught fire
at some time during the night from an
unaccountable cause, probably from q
cinder from an engine passing about
midnight. While the bridge was not
consumed, Its foundations were so bad
ly damaged as to render 1T unsafe to
cross. No notification of the fact was
received here, however, and the train,
the first of the day, attempted to cross
it as usual. The engine, tenter and
baggage car passed over safely. but the
two coaches went through. Engineer
Fat Connor seemed to realize the situa-
tion and pulled open the throttle, in the
hope of pulling all over safely, but it
wins too late Both coaches were
crowded, and scarcely any one In them
escaped injury. The station is three
miles from the nearest telegraph Office.
was sent from this city, which returned
about 2,15 p. m, bearing the dead and
wounded.
One of the most pathetic incidents of
the accident was that of the annihila.
tion of the Welcher family. Mr.. Welch-
or, his wife and little child were on
their way to Point Pleasant to visit
friends. being their first trip outside of
the city for years. Mr.. Welcher was
instantly killed. and his wife was
brought here few hours later so badly
INFUSED that she died shortly after her
arrival. Their little child, aged two
years, was somewhat bruised and bleed
ing, three fingers Of its right hand
,bsing cut off.
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HANGED FOR HIS CRIME.
Brabham. tho Negro Murderer of an Ital-
ian. WIN Kill No More.

Ian. VIII Kill No More.
CHARLOTTE, N. c.. July 2.-The
hanging of Brabham. the negro who
murdered the Italian Mecca, took place
at 10:44 this forenoon.
A day or two ago he expressed a
desire that his execution take place
about IL o'clock that he might take din
ner ain hell" yet he changed his irrey-
erent maod this morning and had a con-
versation with three clergymen, to
whom he confessed repentance and hope
of pardon.
He met his fate with firmness in the
presence of about 200 persons. He
made no remarks to the crowd himself,
but Rev. u. =. Alston, the colored
clergymen, at Brabham's request said
that he had confessed his guilt Of the
crime for which he was to be hanged.
and that he was also guilty of the rob-
berry which occurred at the Buford
house some days before the murder.
Brabham, however, declined to betray
an associate In the robbery, who, he
said, was in possession of some of the
stolen goods. He refused to 60 further
in his confession.
He bade farewell this morning to all
his comrades in Jail with the exception
of Caldwell, who had twice assisted
Sheriff Smith in defeating his attempts
to escape from Jail. He had, however,
on the previous day included Caldwell
in his farewell.
He ate nothing since yesterday morn
ing, and also declined stimulants, which
were offered him. He slept we'll last
night, and seemed to have good control
OF himself when he was brought to the
scaffold.
He was the seventh victim who has
been hanged on the same scaffold. The
drop was cut, and the fall was four and
a half feet, which did not suffice to break
his neck. Death ensued in eleven
minutes.
The hanging caused much interest
here through the brutality of the crime,
threats of lynching which followed,
and a conflict between whites and
blacks in the nciRhborhood of the jail
in which he was imprisoned. The fact
that he has only recently made des-
perate attack on Sheriff Smith with his
shackes, which, but for the intrepidity
Of that officer and the interference of
Caldwell, prisoner in Jail for gam
bling, would have proved successful,
added to the public interest in the af-
fair.
tSbS " 90 ilo law lCCllhRy uOWcScI,
the justice of the sentence having been
acknowledged, quite number of wit
neSses being negroes.
A novel feature OF the occasion was
that tickets of admission to the Jail
issued by the sheriff were eagerly
sought, being peduled around at from
80 cents to So each.
The crime for which Brabham was
executed was committed last April. He
entered the small store of an Italian
named Mecca, where calling for glass
OF cider, he drew a car coupling pin,
concealed under his coat and dealt the
death blow while Mocca's back was
turned drawing the cider. This occur.
red at IL o'clock at night, and Brabham
today, said he had the pin concealed un-
der his coat from 4 o'clock on the pre-
vious afternoon, awaiting his oppor-
tunlty.
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Murderau. Negro KtII.d.

SAVANNAH. Ga, July 8.-Osnus Lee,
colored, ran amuck the Eastern part of
the city tonight and attempted to kill
half dozen people, among them Po-
liceman Andrew Clayton, whom he shot
twice through the body, Policeman
Neidlinger ran to the rescue and as he
came up Lee snapped an empty pistol
in his face, having emptied the cham
bers in attempting to kill Clayton.
Neidlinger returned the fire, killing
Lee instantly with bullet through his
heart
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Found Dead In Bed,

AUGUSTA. Ga, July 8.-Julius Neil
son. young Dane who has been over
five months in Augusta, was found
dead In his boarding house to-day with
five wounds in his stomach, three of
which were fatal. He had been unwell
and it is not known whether it is a case
Of suicide or murder.
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A Female Aeronaut Killed,

CLEVELAND, July As Nine 70
eta Bentley was making a balloon as.
cension at Elyria, o., to day, a strong
gust of wind caught the air ship and
dragged the trapeZe upon which she
was sitting through the etrees. She was
not able to retain her hold, and fell to
the ground, a distance of sixty feet.
She was instantly killed. Every rib in
her body was broken.
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Died Clutchinp n ia Gold.

SAN JOSE, Cal, July 6.-Prof Herman
kottinger, who up to twenty years ago
was the leading violinist on the coast,
and well known as Il writer of prose
and poetry, died yesterday in a squalid
hut on Colfax street. lie was worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, ac-
quired by a lifetime of miserly. But
one child, William Kottinger, was pres
ent at the death. When the old man.
in his death throes raised himself In
bed, the son rushed to his side. His
father, mistaking the act, with a frenzi-
ed yell waved him back, and clutching
at the bed clothes pulled them back, dis
closing to view a quantity of gold coin.
He mad a grab at it with both hands,
and, with the bright pieces in his fin
gers, fell back with gasp and expired.
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As bad as n Battle

SYDNEY, MS. W.. July G.ZThe Brit.
ish war ship Cordelia, Capt. Harry n,
urenfell, ten guns. $3.50 tons and 1920
horse power, has just returned to this
port after a most disastrous trip to sea
for target practice with her big guns.
Capt. Grenfell reports that while prac-
ticing with one of the Cordelia's six.
inch breech-loading guns the latter ex-
ploded, killing Lieut.. VIM. B. Hillyar.
Lieut. Gordon and four sesmen and
wounding three midshipmen and ten
soamen. The Cordelia Is a single screw
corvette, built of steel and iron, cased
with wood. She is attached to the Au-
stralian station.
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The cars were crowded, and it is a
wonder that there were not more fatal
ities. Scarcely any one in them es-
capped unhurt. The list of injured
numbers 58: killed l5.
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A Sad Accident.

BLAcKvILLE, S. c., July 2.-Mr.
and wellto-do citizen living about a
half mile from Elko, went this morn
ing with a party to Capt. w. w. Willis's
mill on a fishing expedition. About 10
o'clock he and his two grown daughters
went out into the pond in a boat, and
while padding up the pond the boat
struck a tree, throwing out the younger
daughter. He imme diately jumped
overheard to save her when they both
went to the bottom and did not rise
again. The daughter left in the boat
managed to get the boat out and re-
ported it. The bodies have not vet
been recovered, but they are being
searched fOr.--News and Courier.
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"A Passenger Train Run Into from the
Rear By n Freight Train, Train Fright
fully Wrecked and Set on Fire--Num-
bers of tho Dead Roasted to a Crisp.
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