The News and Observer. the mmi «MUffl§! of km lira mmm mi VOL v-iXiX NOBOO. THE CRISIS EXPECTED JIIE POII I' A . SITUATION IN TURKEY It EM AI S VERY CHI PIC % L. THE FIRMS HOT YET GRftaTEO An Astiurakce «( the ’Minister of for eign A flair' to h British Ambas-a dor Disregatdeti by the Sultan., and No Extra (•uanl Boats Will Be Al lowed to Pars the Dardavt lies— The Mussulmans Ex-cited and the Britisher Determined, CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. a*), via So fia, Bulgaria, Nov. 29.—The political situation remains critical, awd the cri sis may lie expected within the ensu ing twenty-tour hours. The Sultan, who is only more thor oughly under the influence of the pal ace party, Jed by l/.zet I ley still, ♦le elines to*give the firmans applied for l»y the representstives of tireat Brit ain, .Russia, Italy and Austria for the passage of extra guardsships through 1 lie straits of the Dardanelles. This is the more extraordinary, as on Tuesday Tweflk l*asha, the Turkish minister of foreign affairs, peFsonhlfy assured Sir Philip Currie that the Porte had determined to grant immediately the permission required. It would thus seem that while the Turkish ministers are apparently in favor of granting the firmans, the “palace party" priests, chamberlains and others, who are the leal advisors of AlxJul Hamid, are op posed to it s s calculated to lower the dignity of the Sultan. Meantime the Mussulmans are growing uneasy, look ing upon the threatened advent of the extra guardships as nothing less than a warlike -demonstration before Con stantinople. This is & dangerous feature of the affair, and is adding to the anxiety felt on all sides. In spite of the threatened storm, howewr, e«l insist that shv l>e allowed to pass in, backing up the order by . force, if that should be necessary. The Sultan is known to be in a state of greatest agitation.- by the news that the extra British gunboat is heading for the Dardanelles, on the strength of the assurance given the British ambas sador by tlte minister of foreign af fairs, and, consequently, the position of Tweflk Pasha is not a pleasant one. The latter was sent for at midnight and an exciting interview took place between him and the Sultan, during which the latter bitterly and darefullv reproached Tweflk Pasha for his ac tion in the matter. The Pasha tried to justify himself by Recalling that.the granting of tire firmans had been a greed to in substance bv the Sultan and that he, us in duty bound, so in formed Sir Philip Currie when the lat ter sent an urgent message asking for a prompt reply to severs!; communica tions on the subject. The Sultan insisted that it was im possible to issue the firmans as it would cause rioting in Constantinople and that the powers should be content with the measures taken by the gov ernment to maintain order and not hamper the authoritie.s bv making a demonstration likely Uj undo all the good he was endeavoring to do. f’he Hultac then instructed Tweflk Pasha to do everything possible to induce the British Ambassador to countermand his order for the gunboat. Sir Philip, however, refused to do so. saying that he was tired of being trifled with and reminding his visitor that Crest Britain was acting entirely within Iter treaty rights and upon the .assurance of a responsible member of Iho Turk ish government that the Porte bad de cided to grant the permission for the extra guard boat then j>ast the Dar danelles. I wefik Pasha returned to the p&lsce in a very unenviable frame of mind and announced the failure of his mis sion to the Sultan. The latter is said 1o have been fratie w ith rage and drove the Twefik from his presence with fierce reviling*. The President of the State Council, Baid Pasha, who is supposed to have some influence with Sir Philip Currie, was thereupon querrk-d and sent for arid reached the apartments of the Sultan after I:.‘{o a. m. Abdul Hamid eagerly besought him to go immediate ly to the British Ambassador and spare no effort to induce him to order ♦ the recall of the Dryad. The entrea ties of Sa id Pasha seem to have, had weight with the Ambassador, for Sir Philip finally consented to place the whole matter at that late hour once more before his government, and to await further instructions, Although I lie is understood to have carte blanche as to what steps he thinks it necessary to take in treating with the Sultan. The British Ambassador is awaiting a /reply from London. The Turkish officials believe the Marquis of Salis bury, acting upon the understanding that nothing is to be done to hinder the efforts of tin* Sultan in the work of maintaining order, may instruct Sir Philip to direct the commander of the Dryad not to enter the Dardanelles at present. Abdul Hamid appears to have eom | pletely lost his head and the public ! service is entirely disorganized. ; United States Minister Terrell, has received details confirming the report ed massacre of Christians and the des fraction of American mission property at Marash, on November 58. It is now established beyond a doubt that the schools of science attached to the Am erican Mission and other buildings were pillaged and set on fire, and that two other buildings belonging to the Americans were ransacked. Mr. Terrell’s advices also confirm the statement that no protection was af forded the Americans or their proper ty, in spite of the promises of the Porte, until eight hours after the riot ing. The American missionaries, tel egraphing under date of Tuesday last, November 26. from Marash, say they are all safe under the protection of the j Turkish authorities. An estimate is j being made of the damage done and the Turkish officials says they are do ing everything possible to recover the property looted from the American buildings.. Every report which reach es Constantinople, not only confirms the stories of reported outragebut adds to the list of horrors recorded and swells the death roll by hundreds daily. Blood, fire and famfene have been stalking unchecked if not encouraged throughout the Asiatic dominions of Turkey and the hour, it is again said, cannot long In* delayed when Eurpoe must cry “Halt" and the cross be up raised against the green banner of Ma homet. EYom Erae/ixrom some additional news was forthcoming to-day but it only served to paint the picture black er and redder. More attempts to ex tricate tin* t'hristevn population of that city and vicinity have been made and tiie -Armenians who survive arc .actually being induced by their priests tfr embrace Islam ism to save their lives. A desjMtch from KlmrpUt .dated ve«- terday, November 27. rep<»rts that it b is established Vtmt the American mis sion build ings which were recently de stroyed by rioters, previous to the mas sacre of about 800 Christians were set on fire by the Kurds in the presence of the Turksh police, who made ab solutely no effort to prevent them from so doing. It is added Hurt tin* Mussulmans also took part in the 'incendiarism, al though tbe American missionaries and tup unlnirned bouses were protected by a detachment of about one hun dred soldiers, t inly slight confidence is felt in tin* security of the American j missionaries who remain at Kbnrpot. j iifid the uon-arrivul here of letters I from them, giving details of the recent, j disturbances at Knarput. leads to the Iw-Lief that, in spite of the prominences i made by the Porte, to Mr. Terrell, they | have been interrupted by the Turkish ! a-tut iioritiea. Further adtiecs from the province* j establish tie*, fact that the local Turk j isb officials arc eont iiyuing their cf- I foils to force tin* Armenians, under J serious thrusts, bs sign addresses of j gratitude to the Sultan ami to declare ! thal the outbreaks -were the work of ! “a few misguided persons/* I WANTED A TASTE OF ROMANCE. That is why P«ettv Lillian W all Mar ried «n the Tram. WIKOTOX. 5- Nor 2th (Special.) Miss Lillian Wall, or' i-0ni.0,.,.. ami | Luther IjOtig, of Rural Hall, wi re mar ried on the Vi i Ikes bom tram last (idl ing while it was running between the homes of the bride and groom. Ilex. H. A. T renter performed the ceremony which wits witnessed by the conductor and all the passengers in the first-class coach. The bride is pretty and married on the train to get a taste of what peo ple term romance. The trial of the four Alleghany lynchers, Hiram Cox, Steve Taylor. (J. It. and John Woody, will come up in the Superior Court here next Thurs day. 'Flu* case was removed here from Surry county. A telegram received here announces the arrest of Buy Wooten, white, at Aberdeen, charged with stealing a horse from Mitchell Freeman, of Ran dolph county. Winston-Salem V. M. 0. A. has elec ted the following officers for the en suing year: President, J. A. McMillan; vice-presidents, W. S. Clary, It. A. Spa ugh; secretary, C. E. Crist; treas urer, F. B. Efird. Resolutions were passed to make an effort to raise* three thousand dollars to meet current expenses. A night school for young men is a probability. PIKE AT AftHEVfLLE. i he Handsome Residence of Mrs, JE» E Carter Burned. ASHEVILLE, N. (’., Nov. 29. (Spe- j cial)- -The handsome residence of Mrs. ! M. E. ( arter on French Broad avenue was destroyed by fire this morning; about three o’clock. Mrs. Carter and her seven children, her brother, C. T. Hawl.es, and two servants were sleep ing in the house when the tire broke out. Mr. Rawles was awakened by the smoke and aroused the other members of the household. Their escape by stairway being cut off, rescue was as- ! fee ted by the aid of ladders. Practi cally nothing was saved; tin* members of the family not having litfie to se cure garments other than* tl|lr night clothes. The house cost about six thousand and was insured for four thousand, with one thousand on the furniture. The latter figure is far short of the value of the furnishing. The origin of the fire is utvknown. RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY, NOV. 30 '895. HAVING A GOOD TIME THE iMKTHODISIS ENTERTAIN ED /X V ft EiDW (LEE INMOST KOI A L STY LE. THIRD DAY OF THE CONFERENCE A Barge Number ot Fret chets Pawfi; the Examination of t Traracter V es terday—An Enthusiastic Sunday School Muss Meeting -I>r. Barbee’s Address on ti e Publishing House In terest—Dr. Kilgo’c Report of Trinity (•‘©liege Work. REIDSVILLK, N. C\, Nov. 29. (Spe cial.)--The Western North Carolina Conference met in its third day’s ses sion this morning at 9 o’clock The routine business under the head “Are the preachers blameless in life and official administration?' was taken up and a large number of preachers passed the examination of character. One young preacher in making his report gave 117 baptisms and twelve accessions. Inquiry was raised as to what became of the large number of baptisms. The young preacher replied* “One hundred and sixteen of them were infants.”( Laug hter.) When Cent ral church, Asheville, w as called. Dr. Creitzberg, the pastor, re ported a tine year and everything up in full, w hereupon Dr. .lames Atkins arose and said: “Bishop. \shevi 1 1<* product's gocwl Christianity a* well as good ei i mate.” Dr. Kilgo, President of Trinity Col lege. was in* roduced to the conference and his report of the college Was re ferred to the board of educat ion. When pastor Jones reported Hender wonrille station,he remarked that t hey bad better climate than Asheville, whereupon Dr. James Atkins arose and sard, “Bishop, if he says that, we will have to arrest his character/’ Rev. George W. Ivey, one of the most honored and best beloved members of the conference, in making bis report seated that his collectiom* were not tip in full, but that he had the gratifi cation of having made a faithful effort To get them. He said, “Bishop. I rode fifteen miles for fifteen emits.” Dr. Barbee addressed the conference tm the publishing house iitterest. He represented the house as having a very flourishing business. He said that there is :no church lmtweer, the earth and the sky that is so true to herself is the Methodist Episcofjul Church South. In speaking of the Nushville Advocate Dr. Barbee said. “There is no editor in all this land in any church or rent of it. that is the equal <>l Dr. Hass. His great editorials are an education in any fare dy. When you pick up that pi,per you can challenge the whole world to .show its peer." The Doctor’s counsel to the young preachers was very timely and richly enjoyed by the eo» ferenee. In the afternoon many of Hie com* inittiees were in session. \ e»uisidcru ble part of the work of a Methodist Conference B done in the committee rooms. An important meeting of the com mittee on books and periodical* was held to-day. Rev. R. B. Johns and Rev. J. \ Cole, of the North Carolina Con ference, were requested to meet with that committee to confer alxmt tin- ed itorial imi n age meat of the North t co- Una Christian Advocate. At 7:30 j». in. a great Sunday-school mass-meeting xvas held. 'l'his is u de partim nt of Christian work that tin Western North Carolina Methodists are trying to develop into larger power a ltd usefulness. They gave it one of the best hours of the conference, and a great company of earnest workers were present. Rev. .J. W. Jones pre sided. The meeting opened with a lieautiful and fervent song service. Rev. Dr. Bar bee offered the prayer. Prof. 11. M. llamill made the address. He stated that he felt very much at home at a Methodist Conference. He said that he was rocked by a good old Methodist mother and that his father was a Meth odist preacher for fifty years. Professor Ham ill delivered an ad dress of very great wisdom. It had in it inspiration and power that set the Sunday-school work forward. Every pastor rose up with the purpose of giving more faithful attention to their Sunday-schools. .Professor llamill commended Truinbfdl's “Teacher and Teaching” to Sunday-school teachers, and Schaufiler’s “Ways of Working." The weather continues fine and the whole of Keidsville and her many hap py guests are having a good time. THE ff ATI ERAS MG II r IIDCn F. Government ti|firi*l* Frenatß c f'fnn» Hint Specifications. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. The en gineer secretary of the light house board is busily engaged in preparing plans and specifications for the new light house to lie constructed on Dia mond Shoals of Cape Hatteras, N. C. It is learned that the steel pilings which, at a cost to the government of $60,000 were put.down on these shoals a year and more ago to test the practicability of building a light house at this point, and which was badly warped and twisted by last winter’s gales, have re cently been entirely carried away. A Fa»al Shouting at Lenoir LENOIR, N. C., Nov. 29. —(Special) Samuel New land day before yester day went to the harness shop of Frank Steelman and shot him. Steelman’s condition was thought to Ik* favorable until yesterday, but he died this morn ing. Ncwland made his escape. HIS MESSAGE FINISHED IT IS A L AG DOCUMENT AND WILL FO-D t Y GO TO THE PRIM ffilDi. CONTAINS ABOUT 15,000 WORDS Hot if it is Decided to Leave Out the Fasts About Cuba and Venezuela lor Special Messages Later it Will Be Cut Down Considerably Dis cussed Yesterday i t a Full Cabinet Meeting—Caucuses of Henatois and Members of the Hoirec. WASHINGTON, Nov, 29. Tbe Presi dent came into town to-duy and the cabinet gathered for the last meceting before the assembling of Congress. Naturally the annual message of the President was the leading topic for dis cussion, the reports of members of t he cabinet having all been, prepared with the exception of those of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney- General. The message itself is nearing completion rapidly and probably will go to the printer to-morrow or Sun day. At the printing office all preparations have been made for its handling and a force of carefully selected men will soon turn the type-written copy into print. It is understood that th.* docu ment will be of about the same length of Just year’s communication, making perhaps fifteen thousand words, al though in the event that it is deemed necessary to reserve for treatment in u special and Liter message the dis eussum of Cuban and Yenezeufiin sif fnirs. the'principal message may be short* netJ eorrespundingl v. THE CvtiJHTTEKS M «UR I P. Host Decided on Nearly all of '( t** ns During toe Recess. U .VKHMNGTON, Nov. 29.- E\-Speak er mi id Sjxxiker-to-be-Ueed is guarding the make-up of the committees with the greatest eare. As his selection as Sjiewkcr was a foregone conclusion, he has had sample opportunity during the recess to block out the committees arid decide ujtoivthe various chairman ships. The members themselves gen erally wrote to him their views and aspirations. It is believed that before In* arrived hen* almost all tin* impor taut committee [tltices l,:ui ix-t n eaker Crisp and other Demoeratie leaders as to the mi nority representation on the commit tees. From the best information ob tainable it seems like Kereno E. Bayne, ofYork, will head the Ways A Mean#) Committee; Mr. Hitt, of iliinois. Foreign Affairs; Henderson, of lowa, Appropriations; Grosvenor. of Ohio. Rivers and Harbors; Walker, of Mas sachusetts, Banking and Currency, and Hepburn, of lowa, Interstate Com merce. IC:>I HE DEMOCRAT < Al" 18. Ic Will Probably be Held thi* After noon at T hrt e O’cliic* . W ASHINGTON. No' . 29. Kx-S|>enk e) - Crisp arrived here this morning from his Georgia hspne and afier. con sultation with some of the Democrat ic leaders, it was decided to hold the House Demoeratie caucus to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock. The cat tens probably will be very brief as no attempt will be made to outline a policy for the coining session. The line of tactics to be pursued by the Democrats will depend upon the development of the majority. The caucus will select minority candidates for the House offices, undoubtedly re nominating the officers to the 53rd House of Representatives. A caucus chairman and an officer to represent the minority as a “Whip” on tht* floor will Ih* chosen also, .fudge Holman, of Indiana, who has been chairman of the Democratic caucus for several congresses is not in she pre sent House and it is generally lieliev ed that the caucus will select Amos J. (’a mini tigs, of New York for this hon or. There are two candidates for cau cus officer. Col. Isaac U. Hill, of Ohio, deputy sergeant, at arms of ihe last House, and Henry H, Mohler, of Illi nois. who was cashier in the sergeant at arms office in the last Congress. TIIE SENATE RVRHIG tMZU IOV Tbe L*. pnClean* to C anens u». *» Mon* d«y Eveiling, WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29.- A caucus of the Republican Senators will be held, after the adjournment of the Senate on Monday next, A sufficient Hunifien of names have been signed to a < all to insure a caucus, which will consider the party policy for the com ing session. I’he reorganization of the Senate may be discussed, and the Northwestern Senators have decided lo present the name of ex-Mayor A. .1. Shaw, of Spokane Falls, Wash., for ser geant-at-arms. die test in the Senate over the re organization is scheduled to take this programme by those Republicans who are anxious to force the issue: The Republicans will move a resolution to elect a President pro tempore, naming, probably, Mr. Frye. The Democrats | will move an amendment proposing to substitute the name of Mr. Harris for j that of Mr. Frye. The Populists will move an amendment to the amend- : nient, proposing to substitute the name of Mr. Allen or Mr. IVffer for that of Mr. Harris. Those several mo tions are allowable under the Senate rules, and a vote would first come on < the Populist amendment to strike out < the name of Mr. Harris and insert the name of Mr. Allen. This amendment to the amendment would receive not more than about siv votes. So, the Populist motion having been voted down, the next question would be on the Democratic amendment to strike out the name of Mr. Frye and insert the name of Mr. Harris. 'That having been voted on and lost, Iho Senate would soon be brought to the consid eration of the original or main ques tion--the Republican resolution to elect Air. Frve to be President pro tem pore of tin* Senate. Assuming that Senators would then vote on one side or the other, the Re publican resolution would be adopted, unless, as previously suggested, all of the Populists should join the Pemo-_ crats in voting solidly against tin* adoption of the resolution. In the lat ter event the Republican resolution would lie lost. But tht* advocates of reorganization assert that defeat would be only temporary. There i nothing' to prevent the Republicans from repeating from time to time their efforts To have their resolution adopt ed, and members of that party have an nounced that such further attempts will lie made if in the first instance they shall fail to carry their point. Will ti empt Reorgio z»i|on. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. There is a growing probability that tin* Republi cans at tlieir caucus on next Monday, will decide to attempt to re-organize the Senate on Republican lines, and that a candidate for President pro tem will then he decided upon, Quite a number of Republican Sena tors, includin'* three or four members of the Steering committee, were at the eapitol to-day, and an informal ex change of views among them resulted in the general adoption of this conclu sion. There is a difference of opinion as to the wisdom of attempting more than the election of a presiding officer in the lieginning, hut the preponder ance of opinion is that action at that time will Is* confined to this office. If the Republican candidate succeeds in this contest flu* Republicans then will place candidates in the field for the other elective offices. So far. Senator Fry’s name is the on ly one heard in connection with the of fice of President pro tem here, but there are several aspirants for the oth er offices. * i * »» lIATFB FOR OFFIf E. Vorth t »im■ liiilt..* m Fnique One in *t r for: one. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. (Sp-eial.) .1. B. Fortune, of North Carolina, one of the candidates for postmaster of the House, is a State Senator. His father was a prominent judge in North Caro lina (he is a son of the late Judge Lo gan), and is the man who gave the famous definition of what constitutes a feme in flu* eyes of the judicial power. In charging a jury on one oc i camion in a ease relating to a fence, he was called upon to make plain what the law holds to be a statutory division fence. Tbe definition was brief and to the point. Such a fence, he said, must be “horse high, bull strong, and pig tight.” It was a definition such as the intelligent jury in the ease could easily grasp in all its hearings. Mr. Fortune is an entertaining talker of the true Southern stamp. He has the distinction of having been thrice bitten by snakes and surviving the dis aster in full possession of his vigorous health. “The first time,” he said to a Post re porter, “a copperhead nipped me in th* left ankle. This species of snake is one of the most venomous in existence, and its bite is usually fatal. ! was about nine years old. They gave me i quart of genuine old North Carol inn. whiskey to drink, and in twelve hour 1 was as well as ever. The second snake got its work in on my little toe. bat the same prescription cured me The third time a water moccasin tried to take a bite out of me and sunk he fangs into my flesh up to the gums, .but I knew it to be harmless and in e; bothered myself about the bite. Nor h Carolina corn whiskey will cure snuki bites. Put that down.” * * # J Ih* report of the commissioner . < (location shows that the total mimi c of pupils enrolled in 1894, in put?!;, and private schools in the was 15,530,208, or 22.88 per cent, of t!-< entire population -14,846,858 in public and private elementary schools, 4SU. r - in secondary schools, and 203,052 in ii slitutions of higher education. Os the prand total, 15,530,208, the number in Ihe public schools of all grades wa 14,012,408 and in private Schools of a" grades 1.517,770. LYNCH! rt; }\ TENVFSSf E. Tra n c, !h*> Mob and w' H.sp *is H nged, NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 2<). At s o clock to-night Joe Robinson nrd O/.ias McGhay were taken from jail at Fayetteville by a mob composed < people from Lincoln and Marshal c w ties and hanged. The .negroes had been taken froi Nashville to Lewisburg, Marsh;** couty, this morning, tried for at tempted rape, convicted and sentence*; to the full penalty of the law and a train had been held to take them to Tracy City. Kn route at Fayetteville, it) the adjoining county, sympathizer*' of the Marshal county mob, at the rc (picst of the mob, held up the train and forced a side-tracking of the cm containing the sheriff, guards and prisoners over the protest of leading citizens. The sheriff then placed the prisoners in jail from which they were taken. fVeUI sun doing (Jut. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The Treas ury to-day lost $1,750,000 in gold for export, which leaves the true amount of the gold reserve $79,330,855. PRICE TEN CENTS. NO IMPROVEMENT )ET VOLUME OF GENERAL iBADE FOB THE U F.EK SHOW** A CALLING OFF. ON ACCOUNT OF THANKSGIVING But the Failure cl limin' 'o Improve is Also Partly Due to th i* ron tinned Harm Weather ami ihe laeliaatiou of Hnyers to * «I«l io l heir Stocks Du« rim* i iomii! Months of the Year— Movement oi < rop* Small With a Holding Back for Higher Prices. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade, which issues to-morrow, will say: Business has not improved, though there is very little change except, in the shrinkage of prices, which a period of inaction naturally causes. After tho extraordinary buying of the summer and early fall, a mark'd deerame was inevitable, and it is yet too rly in most branelies of busii > . ' • judge how far the future was m • <1 in purchases. Retail stocks re ported full in nearly all bv ith delayed distribution in i ac count of unfavorable we I’he movement oi c:ops is onk nth cotton and wheat being 1, • * j»l back in the hope of higher and there is a prevalent feelin: »>r eign imports w II fall off. The iron nr’ et is decide /.er again, and v .;.!«* Bessemer • de clined to V 2 ■ I Bill s’,a i i •. rev Forge to 1225, a I plates to i6l 1 ‘ l l il adciplvia, so th; i tin* aver; g quotations is about '/ of one } nv. lower than hist wed;, the mai * are really much weak r than th quota tions, as concessions are generally given by manufac urers ii order to secure business. A sharp '■.-dine is noted in barbed wit . 92 of LSi.OOO. I-or the ninety days of the season jimi have elapsed, the aggregate is be hind the same ninety days of last, vear L 380.000, of the same days year before last 265,000, and is ahead of the same time in 1892 by 90,000. The amount brought into sight dur ing the past week was 275,570 bales against 475,272 for the seven days end ing this date last year. 377.921 year be fore last, 324,501 for the same in 1892, ami for the twenty-nine da vs of No vember it has been 1,239,176 this year against 2,077,293 last year, 1,621,619 the year before lasi.mnd 1,420,375 in 1892. 1 hese make the total movement for the ninety days from September 1 to date 3.509,323 against 4, *s. 2<> last year, 3,714,237 the year before, and 3,419.451 in 1892. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States P°rts 2,435,125 against 3,713,417 last yeajv 2,879,235 for the year before last, and 2,606,047 for the same time in 1892, ' MANY LIVES W EKE LOST. Laborers >n tb*. nn v ne (Jrimbed bv Falling Ffcrth. ( AJiMKL, N. 5,, Nov. 29.■ An acci dent, resulting in the ltks of thirteen or fourteen lives, occurfed at the Tilly Foster mines shortly after 3 o’clock this afternoon. foreman I at rick whs descending in to the pit to take the time of two gangs of laborers, nmnebring about thirty five men, who were working at the bot tom, when a vast weight of earth and rocks slid with the force of an ava lanche from the mouth of the pit to the bottom, a distance of three hun dred feet. J'he earth crashed over the men with tremendous force. Out of one gang of eleven only five came out nine, and three of % men employed in another gang were taken out dead.