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Through sleepers going East.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
A FATAL MINE EXPLOSION
appalling Loss of Life In a Western
Mine.
THIRTY-TW0 IS THE NUMBER OF DEAD
Believed That q Small Pocket of Gas
Was Opened, Causing the ExpIo-
sion---Forty-four of the Miners
Escaped---Six Injured.

A special from Carbonate, Wash,
says: In the mines Of the Carbon
Hill Coal company disaster oc-
CURED in which large number of
miners lost their lives. Sixteen bod
les have been taken from the mines,
and it is believed that few of the
seventy or eighty men who where in
the mines at the time escaped.
Shortly before IL As o'clock Sat-
uaday this extraordinarily quiet
mining village was stunned with the
first report of terrific subterranean
explosion in the Carbon Hill mine,
the tunnels of which run for miles
under the town. There was an enor-
nous rumbling, smothered sound for
a few moments, and then it ceased
abruptly.
LATER ACCOUNT.
Stunned by the suddenness Of the
mine horror, the people of Carbonate
seem too dazed for any expression OF
grief of a demonstrative nature.
Thirty-two is the number Of dead.
Two men were rescued at 5 o'clock
Sunday morning, after being entomed
in the mine all night. The injured
number six. All are severely burned,
The theory of Superintendent Da-
vies Is that small pocket of gas was
opened, became .ignited and caused
the explosion. The total number OF
men in the shaft was seventy six, OF
whcm forty-four escaped, or were
rescued.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
BIG BLAGE IN AUGUSTA, GA.

Lost by Fire VIII Amount to Million
Dollars.
A fire, which had its origin in dry
FOODS store in Augusta, Ca, shortly
after Q O'Clock Sunday morning, did
not cease, it's ravages until + O'Clock.
A solid Llock in the center OF the
business portion OF the city was laid
waste and the damage will approx
nate ST., 100000. There were no
casualties. The flames were dis
covered in the second story OF the big
wholesale and retail dry goods store oil
J. B. White, and by the time the flre
department. had responded to the
alarm, the flames were beyond con-
troll.
The Arlington annex and the stores
beneath it, abutted the store OF ). b.
White and were involved in the frst
onslaught of the flames after getting
outside of Whites big store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
IL[JlNDR|NO HAS GIVEN UP
arPORT THAT THE FILIPINO GEN.
ERAL HAs.sURRENDERED.
FVEHTY fILIP|A0s KILLED AND WOUNDED
genera1 Pillar is Slain in a Battle With
the American Troops---Was Com
mander of AguinaIdo's Body
Guard---Philippine Notes.

4 A Sundays cable dispatch from
Manila says
An expedition headed by the battle
! ship Oregon left Manila for Subig last
light.
i 1t is reported the Filipino COM
mander general, Alejandrino, with his
staff, has surrendered to General Mac
Arthur, and there is also rumor that
Aleyandrino is at Aguilar, suffering
from wound received in fight be-
tween insurgents and bandits, and
be will be given an opportunity to
surrender and will be properly cared
Tor.
Major Spence, with column of the
Thirty-second regiment, captured
new insurgent camp and uncompleted
stronghold in the Tassan district. He
left Dinalupan at daybreak yesterday
and marched ten miles along noun
tain trails, finally encountering
large band Of insurgeants, who re-
treated after a brief skirmish. The
Americans had no losses.
The records Of the treasury of the
Eso-called Filipino government, to-
|gether with quantity Of paper money
and another Nordenfeldt, have been
found at Mangatrem.
Three Americans who, with COM
missary sargent of the Twelfth in
fantry, were travelling from San Fer
nando to Angeles, left their escort for
B moment and went into the bush.
As they did not return speedily,
search was made for them, but they |
could not be found. They were proba-
bly, captured by the rebels.
A mail orderly disappeared between
Anbeles and Bamban. He also is
supposed to have been captured.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
GEN. Pillar is SLAIN.

The Commander of Aguinaldo's Body
Guard Killed in Battle.
General Gregoro del Pillar, COM
Inanding Aguinaldo's body guard,
sas killed by Major Peyton G.
Narch's battalion of the Thirty-third
ifantry in fight eighteen miles
northwest of Cervantes, Luzon, De-
bmber 3.
According to reports which General
Young obtained from escaped Span
hh prisoners at Vigan several days
|igo, Major March left the coast,
where he was pursuing Aguinaldo,
[snd encountered Gen. del Pillar on a
fortified trail. They fought for four
[hours, during which time seventy
FFilipinos were killed and wounded.
The American loss was one man
Killed and six wounded. The Span
<iards report that Major March is still
pursuing the Insurgents. Lei Thar
|xas one Of the leaders Of the present
and of the anti-Spanish revolution.
He was q mere youth and was re-
ported to have graduated at an Euro
pean university. Professor schur-
man met him as member OF the
drst peace commission and rated him
" remarkably clever.
The Americans occupied Bangued,
proyince OF Abra. General Grants
Expedition has visited Orani and sew
eral western towns, meeting small
bands. Ho killed several OF the
febels and captured a considerable
auantity of munitions of war.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
HUMOROUS.

Uncle Dick-I hope you are good
boy at school, Bobbie. Bobbie-Naw
Tn going to be hero.
Thine is money!" quoted Stiles.
f'Yes," said Giles and 1 haven't a
moment that I can call my own.'
He-Yes, she made fool of me.
She-I wonder why it is a man never
yecovers from thing of that kind?
"Why do they say poets are born,
not made?'" "They want to put the
blame on some one who can stand it. "
The preacher doesn't always take it
as sign of approval when he sees
members of the congregation nod
ding.
"Henpeck is a regular mouse in
disposition, isn't he?" "Heavens,
mol His wife hasn't the slightest fear
of him."
Ethel-They say it costs Percy Won
Noodle $40, 600 year to live. Pen
elope-Dear me! Then what does he
do it for?
Not to expose yourself to cold
Should be your firm decision,
For when you sit within draught
It's cashed by your physician.
Mrs. Hoon-Old Mr.. Snarley has a
very irascible temper, hasn't he?
Hoon-Yes; he'd growl at the weather
I if it was raining money.
Harry, just two years ago today
-" "What! Is this our marriage
anniversary" "No, two years ago
today you bought me winter over
coat"
Irate Female-See here; do you
mean to tell me that I have such an
ugly nose as that? Photographer
But my apparatus cannot lie, madam.
Irate Female-Then, for goodness
sake, go and get one that can.
He-I noticed that one of the lead
ing golf players at the recent feminine
championship contest was ruled of
the course because she was offered
some advice about her play by her
husband. She-It seems to me it
would be no more than fair to give the
women with husbands reasonable
handicap.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
EdInpurrh,s Big Railroad station.

The new Waverley station at Edin-
burgh of the North British railway is
reputed to be the largest in the king
dom. 1t covers 23 acres of ground,
one half of which is under roof. Liv-
erpool street station covers " IL
acres. or half an acre less than the
Waverley. 1t has 6 1-5 acres under
roof or IA acres less than the
Wayerley. In the Wayerley station
now there are 10 platforms, those for
the main line being each $50 yards in
length. The total length of all the
platforms is about two and three-quar-
ter miles. and their area is S2,o2o
square yards,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
SEVERE BLOW TO BRITISH ARMY.
'atacre's Forces Met Crushing Defeat
at Stromberg, South Africa.

'atacre's Forces Met Crushing Defeat
at Stromberg, South Africa.
A Mondays cable dispatch from
London says: 1t is hardly too much
TO regard General Gatacre's repulse
near Stromberg as the most serious
defeat British arms have yet sus-
tanned in the whole campaign.
Already the official advices show
that two men were killed, nine Off
GERS and seventeen men were
wounded and nine officers and 500
men are missing. But it is evident
that the worst is not yet known. The
proportion of wounded and killed is
so small when compared with the
missing-who are undoubtedly pris-
oners in the hands of the Boers-that
the supplementary list of casualties
is awaited with serious misgivings.
1t is also feared that there were
serious losses Of guns and equip
ment.
The most serious aspect of the af-
fair is the effect it is likely to have
on the Dutch in Cape Colony, who
have been wavering as to whether to
throw in their lo III tho Roars
Hosts of the n farmers are
now likely to join De rebellion. De-
feat is also serious because it will
delay the junction of General Cat
acre with General French at Naauw-
poort. The plan was for their COM
bined forces to relieve the pressure
on Lord Methuen's column.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
Diving for Pearls.

There are two methods of operating
at the pearl islands in Panama bay.
The owners of the oyster beds give
permits to natives to fish in them up
on the payment of certain rental and
heavy percentage of the pearls re-
covered, and they in turn pay heavy
tax to the government. The divers
can bring up all the oysters they
please. The shells are valuable for
mother of pearl, so that the time is
not wasted even if they contain no
gems.
The divers plunge into ten or twelve
fathoms of water, for the best pearls
are found in the deepest beds, and
bring up as many shells as they can
in their arms, which their wives or
assistants open in the boat. OF course
only few contain pearls, which are
deformities es-excrescences formed by
the secretions of the oyster clinging
to and accumulating upon foreign par
ticles which have intruded into its
cloister, Sometimes tiny bit of
sand lodges in the shell, and the
saliva and other secretions bathe it
day after day, just as they bathe the
inside of the shell, and form the pearly
coating it always contains. Pearls
are therefore accidents, and not one
oyster in a hundred contains them.
The diver works for days, sometimes
for weeks, without finding single
pearl, and the only reward OF their
labor is the shells, which are worth
from five to eight cents each in the
New York market, and from three to
five cents in Panama.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
ON SECOND THOUGHT.

Times thief trusted him
When he came to me with smiles.
had heard that he was grim,
Stern and tull OF artful wiles,
But he seemed so Frank and kind,
And SO honest-hearted he,
That full soon l changed my mind.
All, what gay companions we!
Times thief He stole away,
All before l was aware,
Gold OF youth and left the gray
or life's autumn in my hair.
Stole the roses from my face
0 youths roses fair to see i
Robbed my step of agile grace,
Laughing in his sleeve at me.
Times thief l said But stay
After all he was my friend,
Though he stole so much away
Has he not made some amend?
He has helped me climb life's sleeps,
He has given me home, and lit
On its hearth fire that keeps
All cold weather out of 1t.
Time, forgive me what I said.
What you robbed me Of was dear.
What you gave me In its stead
Grows more precious every year.
Roses fade as fade they must
For LIES withered flowers sigh =
But o Time, will be just
Greatly in your debt am l.
-Eben Il. Rexford.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
Four Children Cremated.

Friday night on Mr.. Ed walker $
n,ace at Walkers, Green county, Ga''
a negro woman, the wife OF Dunk
Broomfield, went to quilting party,
locking up in the house her four
children. whose ages ranged from two
to nine years, her husband being
ohsant from home. On returning to
the house she found it in ashes and
all four of the children burned to
Death. their bodies being hardly
racoonizable as human. How the
Gre originated Is not known,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14

The will of Major J. Beatty. who
died near Alexandria, leaves an es-
tate of $4,000, principally to a
nephew, ]. B. Hobson, OF Memphis
A negro boy is also provided for. An
interesting part of the work OF wind
ing up the estate was the blowing
omen of small safe in Gadsden Mon
day. Major Beatty had left the saie
in Gadsden years ago and no one
knew what it contained. The key to
the safe could not be found, and 1t
was necessary to blow it open. IN
the safe were found deeds, ETC., ana !
a large amount Of money, some OF she
coins dating back to 1882
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
MINERAL PROPERTY SOLD.
Purchased by New York Syndicate to
Be Developed.


Transfers OF valuable and extern
sive cold and iron properties to new
hands were signed in New York Sat-
urday morning. Frederick G. Dunn,
of Chicago, has been there for several
weeks carrying the negotiations
through. The properties comprised
in the deal are those of the Wood
stock Iron company, consisting OF
two well equipped and modern blast
furnaces, $4,000 acres of iron and
coal land; the adjacent lands Of the
Gurnee Land company, 20, 900 acres,
furnaces. etc., in Admission, Ala, and
the celebrated Etna Coal company
plant, of coke ovens, 18, 900 acres oi
coal lands, etc., located IN Tennes
see.
The consideration is more thar
81, 100000, and the properties pass
into the hands of strong men flnan
cially, who Immediately will put the
furnaces into blast.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
BAILEY WILL RENEW FIGHT

Ex-Leader VIII Renew His Case Against
General Wheeler.
A special from Washington says:
Representative Bailey, of Texas,
is ready to protest against General
Wheeler's admission to congress
should he return from Manila and
present himself to assume his posi-
tion as representative from Alabama.
Mr.. Bailey will contend that Mr..
Wheeler cannot hold two positions
major-general of volunteers and a
member of congress-at the same
time.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
BOTH DUELISTS KILLED
Prominent Arkansas Planters Figh. IN
Mississippi.

A duel was fought at Green.
vile, Mississippi, Saturday which
resulted in the instant death
Of j. G. Connerly, lawyer and plan
ter of Lake Village, Ark :, and Alfred
B. Duncan, general manager of the
Red Leaf plantation and stores, who
lived near Sunnyside, Ark. The ex-
act cause of the tragedy has not been
learned, but it is said to have been
the result of q business misunder-
standing in the district in which they
resided. Connerly received six bull
LETT in different parts Of his body,
while Duncan was struck but once, a
load of buckshot in the left breast.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14

While Germany has progressed
with tremendous speed. France has
remained comparatively stationary IN
its railroad facilities. During the
decade from 1S9e-1S97, Germany in
creased the number OF her locomotives
27 % per cent, passenger cars 36 IA
per cent, and freight cars 36 per
cent. and France, in the same period,
advanced her supplies only 5 per
cent, II 1-2per cent, and per cent,
respectively.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
Killed Mother and Babe.

Lucy Carbon and her child in arms,
were killed at Adamsville, Ga, by
Jim Mayfield. Frank Bird was also
wounded by the same shot which
killed mother and daughter. The
men we're at the woman's house and
ouarrelled over some trivial matter.
The murderer escaped.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
TAYLOR IS GOVERNOR
His Plurality In Kentucky is Placed at
1883.

His Plurality In Kentucky Is PIaced at
1883.
At AS Saturday morning the elec-
ton certificate of William S. Taylor
was signed by the Election Commits
sioners and he was declared to be
Governor r-elect of Kentucky. The
official figures of the vote filed with
State Finley are: Taylor, 1913, ia;
Goebel, 191, ,331; Taylor's plurality,
1888. The operation, which ended,
for the time being, at least, the bit
terly fought gubernatorial contest,
was conducted in the simplest man
nar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14


Il Is now certain that the Canadian
steamer Niagara, Captain Henry Nc
alory, foundered on Tuesday evening
last about 10 miles east of Long
FONT, Lake Erie, with all hands,
2Rmbering sixteen persons. Tugs
ent out from Port Cclborne and from
}uhalo to search for the missing
(eamer have returned, bringing with
an 6at quantities Of wreckage
ep near where the steamer Is
poeed 70 have toundered. The
ek6Se Includes 5 part Of the deck
ltlans X ~ sabln,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
commander Howell Dead.

Commander P. Howell, chief en-
Jneer Of the United States battle
hip Maine, when that vessel was
blown up in Havana harbor, died Of
lpoplexy in New York Saturday.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14

COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Chancery ard Circuit Clerk, N Batson;
Sheriff, w. T. Scott; Treasurer, ]. l..
Strahan; Assessor, G. w. Bilbo; Superin-
tendent of e lucation, H K. Rouse Sur
veyor, A. j. Ladner.
Chancery Court, Second District-Chancsl.
lor N. c, Hill. Regular terms, first Mon
day in January and July six days.
Circuit Court. Second Dstrict-Judge T. A,
Wood. Regular terms, third Monday in
April and October. Waller A. White
Dhtrct Attorney.
supervisors-J A Moody. President, g W
Smith, p E Williams, W c Stewart, j A
II Smith.
CHURCHES
Methodist-Rev W H Huntley. pastor.
Services first and third Sundays In each
month. Sunday school $50 m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night.
Baptist Church-Rev w B Holcomb, pastor.
Services second and fourth Sabbatha
Sunday school 10 m. Prayer meeting
Thursdav uight.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14

WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Juniper Lodge No 267.
R. E. Wilkinson, C. c.
T. p Lawless, Clerk.
Meets every second and fourth Monda
nights
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14

CITY DIRECTORY,
Msyor-D. F. Archer.
Treastlrer-W W. Strahan.
Clerk--R. Fl Reeves.
Marshal j. W. Ford.
Board Of Aldermen-W. T. Scott, N. Bat
son, j. NJ. Thornhll, j. A. Moody, j. S
Moody.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
The Plcayune has established at jackson,
the Capital Of Mississippi.
BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE


Under the Personal Management Of that
Experienced and Accomplished
Mississippi Journalist.
EDGAR S. WILSON.
who will discuss freely and broadly all
questions affecting the political. Industrial
commercial and socia! life Of Mississippi.
The Picayune has a correspondent AZ
every important point in Mississippi.
The Picayune enters Mississippi on tue
day Of Its publication every morning, De-
fore 8 o'clock. and traverses It's territory
In numerous directions before nightrall
Mississippi is thus supplied with great
metropolitan newspaper containing reports
of interest from every part OF the wor'@
At the same time 1t gives to the people
of Mississippi, besides the news OF tnen
own state, special timely comment on
every ything Of interest to them, so that, 10
all in.ents and purposes, the Picayune mas
become a Mississippi newspaper wi'hou'
ohating any of its metropolitan character.
The Sunday Picayune Is popular because
1t is peerless. =.
The Weekly Picayune Is necessary TO
.xory well-conducted household, ana con-
toins more Mississippi news than any osher
newspaper .,o
Doily and Sunday Plcayuae. .Sl2 year
Sunday Plcayune. ne.......'...''''
Weekly Picayune. ...,....'.''' 80 's1-
NICHOLSON & CO., Proprletors.
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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Pine Tree Lodge, No. 96
W. l. Thames, c. C..
N. Biison, K r. S.
Meets every Friday evening at 8 o'clock
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-14
SECRET SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.

MASONIC.
Sherand Byrd Lodge, No. 353, F, & A. NJ
Rev. W. W. Mitchell, W. M.
H. H. Bilbo, Secretary.
Meets every second Saturday at O'Clock
p. m.
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company them through the timber but
he refused and they were told they
would not be molestsd if they gave up
their arms and accompanied him to jail
After half hours talk they agreed and
Sheriff kingsbury was notified. He at
once made ARRANGEMENTS to afford the
Ieltners the protection of the militia
and special train was ordered to con-
vey the men to Jail
The Zeltners gave UP their arms. Each
was provided with a repeating rifle and
a revolver. There were - rounds of
rifle ammunition and two boxes of re-
Volver cartridges left in the house. The
Ieltners were very rrticent and did not
care to talk of the matter. only saying
that they regretted the death of Clar-
ence Weidmyer who was killed dur
ing the attack on the house. Mrs. John
Zeltner. who was in the house with her
three children during the trouble. was
not molested