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Mr.. Dominick Exonerated.

. The joint legislative committee in Ses-
sion Wednesday afternoon to inveSti-
gate the charges made against Repre-
sentative Dominick, after a lengthy
session. cXonerated Mr.. Dominick.
Several witnesses were examined, but
nothing of sensational character
was developed and at six O'Clock the
committee went into executive SeS-
sion. At $50 they came out, but
would not make public the text Of
this report. but ii was aSccrtained
that ali members Of the conference
committee will be eXOncrated. The
committee it is understood will hold
that the testimony shows that the
actions of Mr.. Dominick in attempt
ing to amend the bill in the way he
did was open and not accompanied by
misrepresentation OF facts. As to the
complaint that he tried to insert for
! cign matter, it is said that the at
tempt was made openly and he sup
ported the proposition upon the tiOoI
of the house at length in speech
| The report will attach no blame Il
| his actions except insofar as the com
mittce does not approve of such legiS
lation though it has been INDUCED il
! before.
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SnNs Itls Trmc.

Mr.. Adam LuSkoSkic, an Anderson
boy who has been serving in Uncle
SANS army in the Philippines, has
been spending Il week or so with rela-
tivcS in and near that city. Mr..
LoSloSkic fully corrOboratcS the stories
that have been printed in the news
papers about the crurlticS practiced
upon the natives by the American
troops. Some of the atrocities the
soldiers have been guilty of are. he
says. almost beyond believing. lie
saw the noted water cure ad-
miuiStcrcd numbers OF times, and on
one occasion he saw batch of ID ma.
tivcS taken ont and hanged because
they would not give certain informal
tion regarding the insurgents whicl
they were supposed to possess. ll'
said that the orders given by the
officers were often very distaSteful tC
I the enlisted men i'm carrying out thcS'
crucltieS. and that there was muci
/ dissatisfaction
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\ CALL TO ORDER.

i call the senator from Tennessee
to order. suggested Mr.. Hoar OF Massa-
chuscttS, and | desire n ruling from
the chair on my point of order"
The language said the chair.
was clearly out of order. But the
senator has taken his seat
/ do not, interpoSSed Mr.. Dolliver.
regard the language OF sufficient i'm
port2nce to pay any attention to"
'Tnat settler it,, said Mr.. Carmack.
If the senator from Iowa thinks il of
no importance it cannot be. However
Mr.. President, since the chair rules
that my language is out OF order |
will Withdraw it"
With this statement the exchange
Of personalities between the senators
from Tennessee and Iowa ceased. Al
most Immediately Mr.. Carmack rose
from his scat and walked over to Mr..
Dolliveraud shook hands with him cor
daily. After chatting Il minute or
two in evident good feeling. the
tennessee senator stepped down to the
desk Of Mr. lioar and shook hands
rs cordially with the venerable senator
from Massachusetts. Thus the sharp
Ucbate between senators was ended in
pcrrCCt good huuUr.
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Emrncd MhoIc Ncnr.

The Jacksonville Times Union and
Citizen of Saturday says: While the
fire which started on May ,, 1901, and
devastated the ciuy was under control
within seven hours, yet it has been
burning for the past 3G5 days. j. IL
Hooker, William Baker and Times
Union and Citizen reporter went TO
the ruins Of the old Mohawk block,
and with a shovel dug OFT the top OF
the pile or broken brick and mortar.
Three or four inches from the top the
place was warm and smoke was seen tC
come from the hole dug. Digging
still deeper each ShOyelful became hot
ter as it was taken out. Digging ;
little deeper. red Goals were found
and as soon aS the breeze famed il
/ it hlazcd The tire department wa:
notified and stream of water wa,
. turned ON
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\ Little Monster.

AS the result Of the death of Is year
old Colin McDougall of Atlanta, Ga,
which is claimed To have been caused
10y sewer gas poisoning, Victor Nutall,
aged IL, was arrested Wednesday
charged with the murder of the boy.
1t is alleged that several days ago
Nutall with two companions forced
the McDOugall child TO go with them
into Il street sewer and while there
Nutail is reported to have compelled
him to remain under the filthy slime
until he swallowed sufficient sewer gas
To have caused his death. McDougalI
died I'm convulSionS last Sunday. The
parents of the boy claim that in
statement before his death their sol
made certain charges against Nutal
| that caused his arrest.
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G'olier clubs, the Century association
and Sons of the Revolution.
Malcolm w. Ford was born in
Brooklyn Feb. Z, 1862. He was edu-
Gated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic in
stitute. He took up athletics while
at school and for number OF years
won championships in this country
and Canada and in the hundred yard
run, two twenty yard hurdles, run
ming broad and running high jumps.
He was the all around amateur champ
ion for half dozen years. He was so
passionatcly fond of athletics that he
is said to have neglected everything
else to devote time to running and
jumping. He married daughter of
Robert Graves, Il wall paper manufac-
turer, but they were divorced. lie
was member of the Lawyers club.
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Island of Guadaloupe. French West

Island Of Guadaloupe, French West
Indies, dated Thursday, says:
The Mont Pelce est. Pierre) crater
elected yesterday morning molten
rocks and ashes during three minutes
completely destroyed st. Picrrc and the
districts within four mile radius.
All inhabitants were burned. About
eight passengers from the Roraima OF
the Quebec steamship cOmpany'S line
were saved by the French cruiser
Suchet. The inhabitants of the south
crn district Of the island, who were
dependent ON st. Pierre for provisions
are menaccd by famine"
y dispatch from jamaica says:
The first intimation OF Il disaster
TAT Martinique was the breaking OF
the cables on Tuesday. The French
cable to Martinique from Puerto Plata,
was broken Wednesday. Cable com
munication with all the northern is
lands is stopped. The survivors OF the
British steamer HUddam describes I'll g
scene at Pierre as being 'glimpScs OF
hell beggaring description. The
Eoddam's men were killed chiefly by
molten lava. The ROraima was
wrecked in IL terrible uphcaval of the
land and sea. The whole crew per
ishcd. Two ships were lost with all
ON board in an attempt to approach
Martinique"
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DETAILS OF THE DISASTER
That Destroyed the City and All of
its Inhabitants.

A dispatch from Paris says the
commander of the French cruiser
Suchet telegraphed to the minister of
marine. ON Thursday night at ten
o'clock, from Fort De France, Island
of Martinique, as follows:
"IIave Just returned from ST. Pierre.
which has been completely destroyed
by immense mass Of fire which fell ON
the town at about s o'clock in the
morning. The entire population Of
%, 900 souls is supposed to have per-
!shed | have brought back The few
survivors about &c. All the shipping
in the harbor has been destroyed by
fire. The eruption continues"
The French Colonial Minister re-
ceived at o'clock Friday evening two
messages from the secretary general
of the government of Martinique, j.
Il. G.. Lchurre, sent respectively at j
p. M. and 1870 p m. Thursday. The
earlier cable reported that the wires
were broken between Fort de France
and st. Pierre but it was added il
view OF the reports that the crnptio!
of Mont Pelcc had wiped out the towr
of st. Pierre, all the boats availabl,
at Fort de France were dispatched t
the assistance of the inhabitants O
that place. The second diSpatcl
confirmed the reports Of the dcstruc
tion of st. Pierre and its environ
and shipping by a rain of fire an
said it was supposed that the Who'll
population had been annihiiJtcd wit
the exception of few injured person
rescued by the cruiser SuChct.
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Herr Most ana the Law.

Herr Most. the New York anarchist.
I OTK MOUudY. MuSU udu UUcIT rUurIu
guilty of circulating incendiary lit
erature some time ago and sentenced,
but his lawyer appealed the case.
Pending decision, Most was out on
bail and spent his time circulating
more literature of the same kind. The
case was decided against Most and he
was informed sunday that he would
be arrested that night. The anarchists
Of New York gave him rouSing send
OH, and the police had great difficulty
i'm getting Most out of the hall. The
New York papers S,ate that Most and
his associates have been going amongst
the newly arrived foreigners of the
city and exciting great sympathy for
themselves by posing as martyrs, op-
pressed by the government. and, as a
consequence. have gained many con
ycrts. who will in The future give tho
! police much trouble
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Some Americans pcrishcd.

The following cablegram mas just
been received at the state department:
Point a Pitrc, May 9, 1902.
Secretary of state, WhaShington
Att o'clock a. m. ON the Sth inst.
n storm Of steam, mud and fire en-
yeloped the city and roadStcad Of st.
Pierre, destroying every house in the
city and community. Not more than
20 persons escaped with their lives.
Eighteen vessels were burned and
sunk with all ON board, including fouI
American vessels and Il steamer from
Quebec named Poraima. The Unitcc
States consul and family are reported
among the victims. \ war vessel ha.
come to Guadalupe for provisions anC
will leave at five o'clock tomorrow.
'Aymc, Consul.
A dispatch from Pointe-a-Pitrc
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A GREAT DISASTER.
Forty Thousand People Perished In q
Fiery Deluge
ON THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE.
n Volcano Bun sts Mountain Asun
der, Destroying All Life on
Land and Sea. The World
Was Shocked.

The French cruiser Suchet arrived
ut Pointe-aPitre, Island of Guadalupe,
French West Indies, from Fort de
France, Island of Martinique Friday
morning, bringing several refugees.
She confirmed the report that the
town OF st. Pierre, Martinique. was
entirely destroyed at s o'clock ON
Thursday morning 10y volcanic crlIp-
tion. 1t is supposed that most OF the
inhabitants of st. Pierre were killed.
that the neighboring parishes were
laid waste and that the residue of the
population of st. Pierre is without
food or shelter.
The British Royal Mail steamer
Esk, which arrived at st. Lucia Fri
day morning, reports having passed
st Pierre Thursday night. The Stea-
mer was covered with ashes. though
she was five miles distant from the
town, which was in impenetrablc
darkness. A boat was sent i'm as near
ing soul was seen ashore, only flames.
The Quebec Steamship company
steamer Roraima was seen-to explode
and disappear.
The commander of the Suchet re-.
ports that at ! o'clock on THURSDAY
the entire town OF st. Pierre was
wrapped in flames. He cndeavored tC
save about 30 persons more or less
burned from the vessels in the harbOr
His officers went ashore i'm small boats
seeking for survivors. but were unable
to penetrate the town. They saw heaps
OF bodies upon the wharvcS and it is
believed that not d single person resi-.
dent in st. Pierre at the moment OF
the catastrophe escaped. The COVER.
nor of the colony and his staff colonel
and wife were In st. Pierre and pro.
badly periShed The extent of the
catastrophe cannot be imagined. The
captain of the British steamer Roddan
was very seriously injured and is now
in the hospital at st. Lucia. All OF
his officers and engineers are dead on
dying Nearly every member of the
crew is dead. Super Cargo Campbell
and ten of the crew eff the Roddan
-iumped overheard AT 81 1'in''"n "no
werc~vst.
The British schooner Ocean Traveller
of ST. Johns, \. b., arrived at the
Island OF Dominica, British West In
dies, ats O'Clock Friday afternoon. She
reported that she was obliged to flee
from the Island of st. Vincent, B. w
l., during the afternoon of Wednesday
May I, in consequence OF Il heavy fal
of sand from volcano which wa
erupting there. She tried to reach the
Island of st. Lucia, Il. w. l., but ad
verse currents prevented her from 81
doing. The schooner arrived oppoSit
ST. Pierre, Martinique, Thursday morn
ing, May s. While about mile o
the volcano (of Mont Pelee) explode
and fire from il swept the whole tow
of st. Pierre, destroying the town an
the shipping there, including the cabl
repair ship Grappler of the West ln"'
and Panama Telegraph com7"hS .
London, which was cngapC! III lcp"l'
ing the cable near The = uei'h i"c'oiN -'''N
The Ocean TraveNf Wllie on her wa
to Dominica ,Icountered a aquantity {
wreckag"
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\ Strange Law .

In the city of Hot Springs, Ark,
running is a miSdcmcanor,' says Vic
tor Smith i'm the New York Press.
ANY person going faster than walk
is sarrestcd and fined. This law is in the
interest of invalidS who throng the
streets and suffer relapScS from the eX-
citcment caused by the undue haste
of stranger. One who runs is sup
posed TO bc a thief, murderer or escap
ed inmate.
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SchIcN,s GcncrnsitY.

Admir- Schley made the following
statement regarding the death of Ad-
miral Sampson: Il regret very much
the death Of Admiral Sampson and
Sympathizc with his family. No one
has heard me utter one uniInd word
about him. On account Of his death
| have requested my friends i'm Balti-
more to postpone the delivery to me,
which was intended to have taker
place Wednesday night of the Cristo
bal Coloue service of silver, and they
have accedcd to my request.
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Four men were killed. two fatally
injured and two other terribly burned
by being caught i'm Il torrent OF molten
metal recently i'm the Pennsylvania
steel Works at Stcclton, Pa. All of
the men were Nustrans The men
were at work i'm the pit behind the
checkers when the iron orc boiler
over the furnace burned ont and the
entire pit was turned into Il pool OF
fire. The pit boss Docket, gave a
cry Of warming as the iron commenced
to flow into the pit and three OF the
IahorcrS escaped fatal injury. The
others thinking evidently that TIN,
overflow was a Slight one, similar tt
those which occur frequently pressed
against the side Of the pit and were
caught in the awful food.
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A RegrettubIc "Accidcnt."

The War Department Wcdpday
evening received the following cable
gran from Manila:
Adjutant General, Washington.
Gen. George W. Davis reports
Saturday afternoon, May ,, prisoners
that had been disarmed sitting ON
open hill top and surrounded by strong
guard, at a concentrated signal Sprang
to their feet and rushed down the
hill. Several cndcavOrcd to SieZe rifles
from guard. and one succeeded while
soldiers was drinking from canteen.
Direction of the flight such as to bring
them to ,hc rear of the company so
that firing upon the MoroS would en-
danger our men. Guard and one
company opened fire without orders
killing 30. Nine were rccapturcd and
the others escaped. Regret this a"-
cidcnt as it was desired to relCaS" the
prisoners, except a few OF the leaders
and encourage the return of others to
peaceful labOrS. Chaifee.
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MAJOR GARDENERS CHARGES.
Some of tho Atrocities Committed
hY Our Soldiers.

When the Philippine committee
met Thursday Senator Lodge pre-
sented cablcgram from Gen. ChatTcc
giving the charges and specification of
Maj. Gardner relative to TayabaS pro-
vince. These consisted of allegations
that troops had burned building, ill
treatment of natives by Lieut.. George
dec. Catlin and rape of five women by
soldiers. The cabl"gram is dated
May 4, and is as follows:
Maj. COrncliOuS GardncrS first let
ter contained no specifications on
which | could act. From his second
letter. however, in order to comply
with the present Instructions sub
NIT in the form of charges the follow
ing data which are aS complete as
possible under the conditions in
which am at present situated:
Charge The troops that succeeded
thc volunteers did not keep no the
scouting and patrolling system.
Specification That the troops sta
toned in the central towns OF Taya-
has, TO wit: In Lucban, TayabaS,
Luccna and SayiayO, did in the spring
OF 1901 for about three month fail to
scout or patrol the country except rs
escort to wagon trains ON the main
road.
Charge burning of barrios or vii
lagos.
Spccitication- That troops during
the fall of 1901 burned Il number OF
l,nrri,." i--,l.-----i--. -. rH-i--.-- - = u
jaccnt towns.
Torturing natives.
| Specification THAT United States
| troops coming from San Pablo in on
near the town of Dolores tortured 4
native 10y the water cure. This dur
ing the summer Of 1901.
! Specification THAT the command
ing officer of Laguiamanoc during The
summer of 1901 maltrcatcd or tortured
a native boy.
Specification That troops coming
from Lvccnc or TavabaS on Severa
occasions tortured natives belonging
to the Pueblo of Pabbilao. This dur
ing the summer ana iall OF 1901.
Charge Hash treatment OF ma
tivcS.
SPECIFICATION THAT men belong
~ TO detachment of soldiers sta
toned at Candclaria looted a store il
that town about the month of Novcm
Der, 1901.
Specification > That dctachmcn
Of troops took away from a peaceful
citizen of Dolores Il pony. This abou
the month Of September, 1901.
Specification That the house G
= nltiVp of CIudplari1 fOrcibly take
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HnYc You Lands 2

To the Editor of The State.
This department is in receipt OF a
number OF inquiries inregard to farms
i'm the State suitable for settlers. An
urgent request comes from parties in
San Luis Potosi, who want deScrip-
tions of locations. Information will
be gladly given 20 those who will cor
respond with such parties. Respect
fully, James G. GibbeS,
State Land Agent.
Columbia, 5. c., May Z, 1902.
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side ! would. have done So. did not
call him to order, because knew that
Io require him to speak the language
of dccency and courtesy in debate
would have been to condemn him to
absolute silence for the rest of his
lifp -
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Dca,h of Sampson.

Rear Admiral Sampson died at his
residence i'm Washington ON Tuesday
of last week
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A SPICY DEBATE.
Senators Carmack and Dolliver COM
pliment Each Other
AND THEN LAUGH ABOUT 1T.
Tie Two Senators Mixed on tho
Philippine Bill, Which is Now
Being Discussed in the
Senate.

Discussion of the Philippine bill i'm
the senate, while it scarcely abatcd in
bitterness, took on an amusing phase
| Thursday. In breezy speech Mr..
Dolliver of Iowa made such Il good
naSIred, and yet such sarcastic ar
raTnment of Mr.. Carmack of Tennessee
that senator's and occupants OF the
| thrOnged galleries were cunvulSed with
| laughter. While seemingly consider
able temper was aroused by the de
bate, good feeling was shown by the
active participants i'm the war oG
words-Mr. Dolliver and Mr.. Car
macl-who cordially shook hanG5 and
laughed over the encounter
Mr.. Burton of Kansas concluded the
! speech which he began Thursday. He
| rcfrrrcd,a ,aS instances of aStrociOuS cru
| city, TO the battle Of Wounded Knee,
| to the Mountain Meadow massacre ?n,!
to the massacre of Union soldiers at
| Fort Pillow and contcndcd that the
action OF the American troops i'm the
Philippines was, i'm most Instances
entirely within the regulations OF
civilized warfare. Continuing. Mr.
| Burton referred TO the remarkable
speech delivered i'm the senate Wednes-
day by Mr.. Tillman of South Carolina.
He paid Il tribute to the work being
done by Booker Washington for the
colorcd race and suggested that if
the colored people would follow his
advice they would be successful.
CARMACK 'LOosENs uP."
Mr.. Carmacli of Tennessee replying
to Mr.. Burton. made a bitter dcnunvia-
tiOn of Gen. Funston. He said he did
not question his physical courage but Il
few acts Of dare dcviltry i'm the Philip
pines did not make Il hero. When
Funston had stated thai Auguinaldo
had buried 300 people alive at one time.
said Mr.. CarmaCk, he told deliberate
and prCmeditatcd lie.
The sudden waking up OF Rcpubli-
cans, he said was for the dclbera G
purpose Of reviVing sectional hate i'm
order to divert this debate and the at
tention Of the people from tile atroci-
ties which have been permitted in the
Philippines.
suppose it is I'm obedience to in
SOIuCllOIlS from JHc NnlJc House,
said ha "thnf tho ...tT...t ;,,l..,;.,--
that have been healed"
Facing the Republican side, and
speaking with evident emontiou, Mr..
Carmack said: Il shall be ready to
meet every Slanderer Of the south and
every dcfamcr Of its honor. whether
the asSailant comes from some part
of the country beyond the borders of
! the south or whether ii be some rcCrc-
ant and degenerate son who has
proved a traitor to the womb and ho-
| som of his mother.
Mr. Carmack said, referring to the
charges of lynchingS. etc, in the
south: Won cannot help us 10y de
nuciation. The best thing YOU can
do is to keep your mouth shut and let
us alone"
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DIF#EEENT PURPOSES.

Mr. Carmack replied that Mckin-
ley's purpose was that of 'bcnevo-
lent asSimilation:' the purpose OF the
Republican party now is maIevoIent
disSimlat'on. OLaugter.)
Mr.. Doliiycr read an editorial from
4 Memphis newspaper upon Mt. Car
mackS recent speech ON the Ihiilp-
pine question inwhich that paper TOOK
sharp issue with the tennessee Sena-
tor as to his conclusions. Mr.. Dom
vcra comments upon the cdilorIdi Il,
he read 1T were highly amusing an'
both senator's ON the Iioor ana people
in the galleries laughed hrdril' ~ at 'il'
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While the deep silence still reigned
In the chamber as he spoke and with
every eye directed towards him, Mr.
Vest concluded as follows: 1T may
be but a very short time till ! shall
join the p colleagues | had i'm the
Confederate senate, and did not want
this statement to go into the record of
this country without my statement OF
these facts and my solemn denial that
there is no shadow of truth in this as
sertion which has been going the
rounds of the newspapers of the coun-
| try for the last few years"
, 1902-09-04
Special Agent M. B. camplin.

Special Agent, NJ. B. Camplin,
who had charge of the forest fires
above Encampment. did some
very effective work in stopbing
them. After he had seen that
they we're out in that vicinity he
then made it his business to see
after the fires on Beaver and Big
creeks and when he had come
down TO make his report to Spec
ial Agent Major n. j. O'Brien, he
was able TO make a good report"
of his time and talents. Mr.. Camp
lin has had considerable expert
ence in fighting fires and knows
Just how to 90 about it. He left
for his home in Newcastle Satur-
day, but the remembrance of his
pleasant countenance will remain
with us for many days.