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PUBLISHED TRl-WEEKLY COTTON ?ED Bil? i, ? b Nsrenber BwiT^ a -? CROP TWO "WEEKS AHEAD Apareatly it is Maturing Mach Earli '? ' . ' , ? ? [. 'ist Than Usual?Comparisons In <Iicate a Crop of From Fourteen to Fifteen Million Bales--liepbrt$ by States is Given. \- ... ? t ? - With a total of 9,968,17$ bales of cotton of the growth of 1911 ginned prior to November 1, as announced by the census bureau, the promised teoord-hreaking cotton crop of this season is fast -being made ready for the manufacturer. At no time in the history of the great American cotton industry has so great, a crop been ginned to this time of. the year. . - The amount ginned to November 1 exceeds by 1,777,000 bales the amount ginned to this date in 1908, the previous record. It also is great er than the ginning to November 14 of any other year, being about 200, $00 bajea more than was ginned to that date in 1904, the record year. This would indicate that the crop was at least two weeks earlier in matur ing and reaching the gins than In pre vious years. Calculations of the year's total crop, based on the ginning reports, would therefore, probably be more ac curate if figured on the November 14 reports of other years. In previous record years, about 70 per cent, has been ginned to that date and a rough estimate of this year's crop might be placed at a minimum of 14.000,000 ba>s. Commercial experts estimates however range up to more than 15, ?00,000. The census bureau's fourth cotton Sinning, report of the season issued at 10 a. m. Wednesday, and showing the number of running bales, counting round as half bales, of cotton of the growth of 1911 gined to November 1, with comparative statistics to ithe corresponding date for the past three years is as follows: United States: 9,963,172 bales, compared with 7,3 45,953 bales last year, when 63.5 per cent of the entire crop was ginned to November 1; 7, 017,849 bales in 1909, when 69.7 per cent was ginned, and 8,191,557 bales in 1910; 148,670 or 61.8 per cent In Crop was ginned. The number of round bales Included were: 68,343, compared wich 81,183 bales in 1910. Ginning by States, w:th compara tive statistics and the percentage of the total crop ginned to November 1 in previous years, follow: - Alabama?1,089,376 bales, com pared with 748,878 or 62.8 per cent, in 1910, 676,331 or 65.0 percent in 1909, 8!)1,667 of 66.9 per cent in 1908. Arkansas?443,505 bales, compar ed witfcf|24,769 or 40,7 per cent in 1&10; 472,252 or 67.7 per cent in 1909; 536,785 or 53.9 per cent in 1908. Florida?55,973 bales, compared with 38,924 or 57.9 per cent in 1910; 45,664 or 73.8 per cent in 1909, and 43,234 or 61.2 per cent In 1908. Georgia?1,906,256 bales, compar ed with 1,241,825 or 68.5 per cent in 1910; 1,384,913 or 74.9 per cent in 1909, and 1,387,641 or 70.2 percent in 1908. Louisiana?232,047 bales, compar ed witih 154,634 or 62.7 per cent in 1910; 188,112 or 72.8 per cent in 1909, and 287,885 or 61.7 per cent in 1908. Mississippi?585,021 bales, com pared with 576,641 or 47.6 per cent in 1910; 572,131 or 53.3 per cent in 1909, and 893,148 or 55.1 per cent in 1908. North Carolina?597,959 bales, compared with 386,096; or 51.3 per cent in 1910; 370,S91 or 58.5 per cent in 1909, and 373,713 or 54.7 per cent in 1908. Oklahoma?5 55, 705 bales, com pared with 585,237 or 63.6 per cent In 1910; 412,631 or 74.7 per cent in 1?09, and 217,629 or 3 1.6 per cent in 1908. South Carolina?1,021,972 bales, compared with 729,117 or 60.2 per <jent in 1910; 791,629 or 69.6 per cent in 1909, and 821.60S or 67.6 per cent in 1908. Tennessee?212,579 bales, com pared with 129,S40 or 40.4 per cent in 191.0; 148,670 or 61.88 per cent In 1509, and 198,7S3 or 59.5 per cent in 1908. Texas?3,210,218 bales, compared with 2,405,157 or 81.5 per .cent in 1910; 1,920,188 or 77.8 per cent in 1909. and 2,502,862 or 69.0 per cent in 1908. All other states?57,511 bales, compared with 24,835 or 29.3 per cent in 1910; 34.437 or 59.9 per cent in 1909, and 36.602 or 50.0 per cent in 1908. Arab Women Fight as Men. Arab women, dressed in men's clothing, are leading in the fighting against the Italians in Tripoli. The sex of these amazons was not discov ered until a number of them had been killed. This information was re ceived at Malta Thursday on steam ships from Tripoli. Welcomed at Tokio. Charles Page Bryan, former min ister *o Belgium, was Wednesday welcomed by representatives of the government. FIEND IS CAUGHT ARTHUR BOWEN TAKEN INTO ;^^T^T?DY NEAR NEESES. Was Arrested Wednesday Night, Brought' to Orangeburg and Then Carried to Columbia. Arthur Bowen, the negro fiend who attempted to 'assault a white lady at Springfield! a, short time ago, has been -cjiiight, ? and Ib now safe in the penitentiary. He was arrested on ?Wednesday night near Neeses only a short distance from where he at tempted his'awful crime, ^brought to this ?City,, and then carried to Colum bia Vipn the suggestion of Governor BlejBe^.who had been apprised of his ca&?re.r jhe; "whereabouts of Bowen had be&n known for several days, and the sheriff' and his deputies were keep ing a close watch on him, waiting for a fcood' opportunity to taks h!m,in custody. That opportunity came on Wednesday night, when Special Of ficer J. H. Oliver took the fiend in custody and landed him in jail in this city. Thursday morning he was taken to the penitentiary at Colum bia by Deputy Sheriff T. A. Salley and Special Officer J. H. Oliver. 'Bowen admits that he attempted the assault; that he was employed on the plantation where the attempted crime took place; that he knew Wade Tyler, the negro who was shot while in the hands of the sheriff, being charged with having silded Bowen to escape. It was reported that Tyler gave Bowen money and went with him to another negro's house. Bow en ,could not be seen because the of ficers did not care to have it known that he was in custody, and there fore kept him away from everyone. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says Bowen after reaching Columbia was identi fied by Chief of Police Jumper, of Springfield, as the right Arthur Bow e.n. who is wantec" for an alleged attempt at assault near Springfield some time ago. The other negro who was captured at Johnston Wed nesday night and carried to the pen itentiary for safe keeping, and who is said to have confessed to being Arthur Bowen, Is not the negro want ed, according to Chief of Police Wal ter Jumper, of Springfield. ' * ?-? Arthur Bowen, the fiend who at tempted to assault.a highly respected white lady of Spriagflctu a skort time ago, and who succeeded in making his escape, was arrested Wednesday af ternoon at Johnston and was taken to Columbia and lodged in the peniten tiary for safe-keeping. The fiend con fessed to attempting the crime with wnich he Is charged to the authorities at Johnston. Bowen was apprehended in John ston about five o'clock Wednesday af ternoon and reached Columbia Wed nesday night .it 10:30, accompanied by J. D. Bartley, mayor of Johnston, and J. H. Swearin'gen, chief of police of that town. The party was met at the union station by J. C. Robbins, a guard 'at the penitentiary, where the negro was taken immediately upon his arrival in Columbia. He Is now held there. The State says Mr. Bartley said that Arthur Bowen had been In John ston only sinjee last Sunday, but the negro's actions had been suspicious, and he was closely watched. A3 soon a3 an accurate description of the fiend wanted at Springfield could be ob tained it. was found that the negro's appearance was found to tally with It in all particulars and he was taken into custody at once. In order that there might be no disturbance, the arrest of the negro was not made known, and he was car ried to Columbia on the first train. A general man-hunt for the negro was in progress up to a few days ago. Johnston is about forty miles across the country from Springfield, the S/cene of the crime of which the ne gro is accused, and which he has now confessed. Under close questioning by the au thorities at Johnston, the negro broke down and admitted that he attempted to commit the crime. He also said that he worked for Wade Tyler, the negro who was shot by some member of a mob atsSpringfield after he was in the hands of Sheriff Salley. Chief of Police Jumper went to Columbia and Identified the man ar rested near Neeses as the Bowen who attempted the crime at Springfield. Chief of Police Jumper knows Bow en personally and he says the negro arrested at Johnston is not the Arthur Bowen wanted for tre Spring field crime, but that the negro ar rested near Neeses is the man that at tempted the crime. So that settles the matter, and the right fiend is in custody. Another Bowen Arrested. Just about the time the right Arthur Bowen was being arrested near Neeses on Wednesday night, an other negro by the name of Arthur Bowen was arrested at Johnston on the supposition that he was the man wanted for the dastardly Qrime at Springfield. Here is the account of the arrest at Johnston of the wrong Bowen: Accused of Wife Murder. Charged with causing the death of Ms wife, Etta Richardson Childers, at Leesburg, Va., by placing poison in a bottle of medicine she was using, y.ort S. Childers was indicted by the grand jury Monday afternoon. ORANGEBl SWEPT TO DEATH Chief Officer and Tw? Hep of toe Stea mer Mauds Carried Into Sea. BY A HUGE TIDAL WAVE Which Swept the Deck of the Big Steamship as She Plouged Through the Ocean Off the Coast of Florida on Friday Afternoon of Last Week. The chief officer and two men of the Morgan line steamer Momus were swept from the deck of the vessel by a tremendous wave on the voyage from New Orleans,' completed at New York, and drowned. The victims are: X. T. Beesch, chief offleer; J. P. Serge, boatswain, and. R. Nordberg, seaman. The unusual' tragedy occurred Fri day afternoon of test week off the coast of Florida, but it was not re ported by Captain John S. Boyce un til the Momus arrived at New York on Wednesday with her flags at half mast. The great swell, described as one of tidal wave proportions, swept over the Momus with a deluge like Niagara and carried the three men overboard as if they had been corks. Before the lifeboat could be lowered the victims disappeared. There were twenty-five passengers aboard the ship and through the cab in windows many of them saw the men carried away. A gale was blowing and the three men. were working on the forward part of the deck when, without warn ing, a tilad wave rose above the ves sel and crashed thunderously down upon the deck. Chief Officer Beesch saw Nordberg rushed across the deck and sprang to hiB assistance. Both went over the side together. Serge, the boatswain, was also caught in the torrent and, impelled by a lurch of the ship, shot over board after his companions. Orders to man the lifeboats were issued at once and as the. Momus rolled and pitched the boat was low ered. Until darkness set in the little boat risked the mercy of the increasing gale and sea in the hope of recover1 ing the bodies of the doomed men, hut without avail. Two of the crew were Injured while lowering the lifeboat. A GRAND OBJECT LESSON. What a One-Horse Farmer Showed at the Augusta Fair. The Augusta Chroncile says one of the most attractive displays at the Georgia-Carolina fair, demonstrating possibilities on a small farm, is the individual exhibit of S. T. Adams, of South Carolina, who is a small far mer. The explanations accompany ing the display furnish a lesson that could well be studies by any visitor who -is interested in modern farming. The exhibit is made entirely from Mr. Adams' small farm, which makes it more worthy of note, In the estima tion of visitors. In it are found corn, hay, sweet and Irish potatoes, meal, flour, hams, bacon, canned goods of all kinds, domestic ioods of all kinds, the exhibit being complete in every way. It shows, that the small farm pos sibilities around Augusta are great and there in really no limit to what may be accomplished. Mr. Adams' friends are congratulating him upon the award of second premium for this exhibit. Mr. Adams was awarded the first prize on baled cotton. He only rais ed two bales pf cotton and entered one and got the blue ribbon. Manchu Fleet Bottled Up. The fort? at Wu Sung, China, com manding the entrance to the Yang Tse Kiang river, surrendered to the rebel forces Thursday without firing a shot. With the fall of these forti fications into the hands of the revolu tionists the fleet of imperial warships under Admiral Sah Cheng Ping is now bottled up and can not escape to uea. Uncle Sam is Hands Off. Despite the plefc received from the Turkish government asking for inter vention to stop the alleged atrocities being committed by Italian troops in Tripoli, the general opinion in diplo matic circles at Washington is that the United States will, like England, maintain a policy of "hands off." Will Burn Rotten Corn. Farmers throughout the Illinois corn belt, although facing heavy loss on account of the large amount of srain that rotted in the fields, due to excessive rain, have determined to re coup part of their loss. They will use the decayed corn for fuel during the the winter months. Turkish Gunbout is Sunk. A Turkish gunboat has been sunk in a naval duel with an Italian cruis er in the. Gulf of Akabah in the east ern horn of the Red Sea. News of the battle was received at Constanti nople Thursday from the Turkish pommandant at Akabah, a fortified village of Arabia. I JRG, S. C, SATURDAY, NOVE EBEL LEADERS SLAIN ANARCHY THREATENS TO FOL LOW THE MURDERERS. Foreign Women and Children Or dered ' to Leave Several Chinese Cities for Safety. Matters are growing rapidly worse in China for the Manchu Dynasty, which seems to he on its last legs. A condition bordering on anarchy ex ists at Chang Sha,'owing to the des perate rivalry of the revolutionary leaders, who took possession of the city a few dayB ago. " The two most prominent republican chieftains, Generals Chiao and Tseng, were both murdered by soldiers Thursday. They had been jealous of each other's po sitions and their quarrel had been taken up by their followers. Foreign women and children have been ordered to leave Siang Tan and a similar order has been sent to Chang Li. Other important cities in this province have joined the revolu tionists, but in all of them the revo lutionists are conducting the govern ment peacefully. In an effort to con trol the situation, Than Tsuan, the republican governor, nas been pro claimed dictator. The city of Fu Chow Is now in the hands of the revolutionists. Af ter taking it tbey wiped out the en tire Manchu district. The foreign settlements have not been disturbed, but fires have broken out In Beveral sections of the native city, threaten ing its destruction. Fu Chow is one of the most important cities in the ' south, having a population of 700, 000. It Is the seat of a naval arsenal, government ship ,ryards," a-, mint, school of navigation and a large dry dock. The situation in Amoy is quiet but a serious state of affairs is threat ened, owing to the scarcity of provis ions. Most of the city's supply junks were captured by pirates in a spec tacular raid Thursday, the entire crew of one ship being massacred. A revolt of troops in : the village of Anhai, 50 miles north of Chang Sha, is causing trouble there. The sol diers have burned the magistrate's yam en and the provincial customs , house. Excitement at Peking is growing rapidly. The residents of the For bidden City are taking in great quan tities of rice and other stores. Fif teen hundred infantry and 500 eav alry of the ?Mo.nchu'frfeS division, wno fled from Shi Kia Chung, after the assassination of Gen. Lu Cheng, ar rived at -Peking Thursday. The lega tions consider that .all hope for the Manchu dynasty has vanished. Nanking in the south and Peking in the north appear to be the last remaining strongholds of the Man chus. Foreigners are Bafe. Foo Chow, the capital of Fo Kien pro vince, was turned over to the revo lutionists Thursday. Wu Hu is likely to capitulate any time. The Maachus still hold Nanking, but they are outnumbered 4 to 1 by the revolutionists, who are awaiting supplies of ammunition before re suming the attack. The rebels lost heavily Thursday without greatly damaging the enemy and Friday sus pended operations. The Americans, Germans and British have landed ma rines to protect the consulates, where the foreigners have gathered. In Shanghai the situation becomes increasingly serious. The imperial government has absolutely disap peared and the foreign consuls are unable to recognize the self-consti tuted government. British ware houses across the river were looted Thursday morning. The police fled upon the rioters' approach. The con sular body announced that the for eign settlement was prepared for self-defense and that the. revolution ists must maintain order in the near by districts; otherwise foreigners must interfere. SOLDIER WAS DEAF AND DUMB. Kan Away From the New Jersey to Fight for the South. Ben Oppenheimer, who ran away from his home in New Jersey during the War of Secession and joined the forces of the Confederacy, actively participating in some of the most des perate of the struggel, never heard vn order given or a shot fired. He is doaf and dumb and now 84 yecrs of age. At the State Confederate re union in session at Montgomery, Ala., rhe Memphis, Tenn., visitor was hon ored by many attentions from his comrades at arms. A cross of honor on the lapel of his coat attests to his faithful service in the sixties. He attended the reunion at the birth place of the Confederacy at the solic itation of the local camp. Oppen h'.imer was near Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston when the latter was killed and saw him fall. Negro Woman Gets Patent. A patent was recently granted to Laura Emma Hudson, wife of Charles P. Hudson, a well knywn negro citi zen of Lancaster, for an improvement on an ice cream freezer. The patent has been sold to the North Pole Ice Cream Freezer company. Killed Rabbit Hunting. The Rev. Henly Brooks, a promi nent minister of East Tennessee, was killed at Cedar Fork, in Claiborne County, Tuesday while rabbit hunt ing. His gun was accidentally dis charged with fatal effect. :mber ii,i9ii. MAKESJIPIY Dignified Letter Addressed to Governor Bfease by Committee PERTINENT AND PITHY Waiving the Discourtesy of Governor Blease's Action, Mr. J. J. Evans, of Marlboro County, Speaking for the People, Goes Straight to the Point of the Discussion. Mr. J. J. Evans, representing the committee appointed by the mass meeting of Marlboro County farmers, has made reply to the letter of Gov ernor Blease. The committee, fol lowing the instructions of the mass meeting of the farmers, telegraphed Governor Blease asking for a hear ing in reference to calling the legis lature in extra session to help the farmers maintain the price of cotton. Governor Blease declined to hear the committee and gave ohl a long let ter on the subject to the press. This letter was received by the committee after it had appeared in the newspa pers. The committee had hoped that Governor Blease would at least give the people of Marlboro county a hear ing, but in this they were.disappoint ed. The letter of Mr. Evans to Gov ernor Blease Is as follows: "Dear Governor: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date in response to my telegram requesting a hearing for the representatives from this county on the subject of an extra session. The request was made in response to the decision of a mass meeting of Marl boro farmers, held last Monday in the court house. "My message to you was not through the county prints, and L re gret sincerely that you did not accord us a bearing before reaching your de cision. Waiving, however, the dis courtesy to us, it does seem that a mass meeting of Marlboro citizens might have expected an opportunity to present the reasons which caused them to make this request. "The right of the people to speak in mass meeting In a free govern ment is supposed to be sacred, and will be a protection against injustice long after the ephemeral power of the wily politician has passed away. "The old-time'theory and the only valid reason for a democracy is to do the greatest good to the greatest number, and I do not conceive that there .is any manner that you could better employ the functions of your great office than in assisting the far mers of the State to secure better prices for the products of their la bor. governor, whoathatlsponsesxnire?h ?"It is not a good shepherd, my dear governor, who would sit on a stump and impartially allow the bear and the sheep to light It out. The crafty and the strong should not be allowed to compel the weak and the simple to fight them on their own grounds and the government take no consideration of mency, justice, and the eternal moralities. "Your excellency says that the holding of the cotton crop now will do no good except to a 'few wealthy farmers.' Most respectfully I beg leave to differ with you on that ques tion. Any advance in the price of cotton would be of great advantage not only to a 'few wealthy farmers,' but to every man, woman and child in the South. "Cotton is the basis of our wealth. In this country not one-half of the crop has been ginned. Much is being held In the hope of help from some where. I believe that a call from you for the legislature of South Carolina to meet in extra session to do what she could constitutionally to aid in the present, holding movement would of itself advance the price of cotton materially. If the crop of South Car olina is 1,200,000 bales, a cent a pound would mean $6,000,000 to the people of the State. "I think, governor, that you are mistaken about the 'poor farmers' getting no benefit. It is the 'poor farmer' who needs it most: the rich farmer can hold hi scotton. It is the poor farmer, operating under a lien and mortgage that these times are literally crushing into the earth. Compelled to buy his fipplies at ex orbitant prices, he is now forced to sell at a cruel sacrifice. The fact is, my dear governor, the 'rich farmer' is a myth?;.he last pne evaporated when cotton went below 10 cents. "You speak of the mill mergers be ing the cause of the depression. I think it goes deeper than that, gov ernor. The mill mergers are the out growth of the business conditions and policies of the past centuries. We are living in a new era, the principle of individualism dominant over the past is exhausted, and when the con sequences of a principle are exhaus ed, the structure built upon it crum bles away. We are living in a time when the principle of association is the controlling force, and with all the varied interests combining into trusts there is nothing left to pro ductive labor whether on the farm or in the shop except to make their gov ernments the vehicles through which by unity of action they may have some voice in fixing theii si are of the fruits of their own toil. It is a misfortune, governor, even if our people were able to hold their .cotton for them to be forced to do so unless adequate provision be made to bor HARMON IS PLEASED PREDICTS LANDSLIDE FOR DEM OCRATS NEXT YEAR. Signs of Victory for the Democratic Party are Evident Everywhere in Country. Passing his opinion upon the re salts in Massachusetts, Kentucky and Ohio, and other points where Demo cratic candidates were elected Tues day, Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, Wednesday predicted a national Democratic landslide next year. "The results of these elections have pleased me very much," he said, "and I consider them a forecast of the outcome next year. It is the strongest indorsement of Democracy that has been tendered by voters in recent years. Not only local elections do I consider significant but also the elections in Kentucky, Massachusetts and other points." Governor Harmon went on to say that the result of the city elections in Ohio show unquestionably that the public is pleased with the present ad ministration, the tax reforms that have been made in Ohio and the man agement of State offices under Dsmo /cr?tic sway. When asked regarding the Cincin nati resultB, Mr. Harmon said: "Per sonally nothing could have pleased me better. I have fought for twenty five years to free Cincinnati from the sway of Republicanism and am cer tainly delighted to find that the vot ers have awakened and broken the chains that'bound her. , "Signs of victory for the Demo Iratic party are evident everywhere. Next year I predict that this party will win the national offices, Includ ing the presidency. It 1b an endorse ment of the Democratic administra tive policies and the labors already performed by that party." SAILOR EATEN BY SHARK. Shipmates of the Sailor Witness the Horrible Spectacle. Death between the Jaws of a mon ster man-eating shark was the sad fate of Jules Antalne, an aged sea? man, in the harbor of Pensacola, Fia., Wednesday afternoon. Th? gruesome sight was witnesses, by tht crew of the British steamer Alders gate, on which Antoine was employed as a watchman and/by half a hundred baymen engaged In loading the vessel with lumber. Antoine evidently had fallen overboard by accident for the first seen oif him was when the shark swam leisurely out from between the ship and the lighter of lumber with tl'e body of the man clamped between its jaws, the head and shoulders pro truding from one side of Its mouth and the legs from the other. For a moment the shark remained on the surface, then sank.to arise a moment later with only the head In sight, the remainder of the body apparently having been swallowed. The shark remained on the surface the second time for nearly a minute and was seen no more. One of the watchers tinted from the spectacle. row money. "To tie up one hundred bales of cotton means that much money retir ed from circulation. . A warehouse certificate is now merely an asset in certain localities or channels of trade. If the name of the State of Louisiana makes her certificates good In all the money marts of the world, why would not the name of South Carolina be equally good? Why can you not do for our 'State what Gov. Jared Y. Sanders has done for Louisi ana? Whycould not the magnificent harbor and terminal facilities of Charleston be utilized for this State, as New Orleans' are for Louisiana, Mississippi and eastern Texas? The harbor of Charleston is a splendid asset, it belongs more to South Car olina; why not use it "As to the cost of holding an extra session, I am deeply gratified to learn of the patriotic spirit which prompted the senator from Newberry to refuse pay for services at an extra session. I am not willing, however, to admit that the Senator from Newberry had a monopoly of the patriotism of South Carolina, and if called on 1 believe the entire general assembly would serve in this emergency free of cost. "The act of 1908, page 1079, pro-J vi des pay for the regular session; therefore we may infer that the leg islature expected that members call ed In extra session would serve from patriotic reasons, or that no govrnor would ever be so progressive as to call an extra session Tor any purpose oth er than to elect some man to office, as was the case In the extra session to which you referred. "With assurances of my high re spect, I am yours, very truly, J. J. Evans, For the Committee." Five Hundred Were Killed. A news agency dispatch from Con stantinople says that It was official1 ly announced at the Turkish capital that the Tuiks had recaptured Derna, in Tripoli, and that ">00 Itai'ans were rending force were taken prisoners, killed and the remainder of the de Attempt to Wreck Train. Evander Ivey and Luther McLucas, colored, are in jail charged with at tempting to wreck the train on the Bennettsville and Cheraw railroad, near Blenheim. McLucas implicates another negro boy, Willie Ross. TWO CENTS PER COPY. HANKOWRNED Two-Tbinls cf (he City Destrcyecl Oer ing Hgkicg for Several Dajs MANY HADE DESTITUTE Horrible Stories of Brutality and Cruelty on the Part of Both Chi nese Rebels and Regular Troop*? Hundreds of Half Burned Bodies Lie Arno tig the Ruins.. Two-thirds of the city of Hankow, Cbina, has been destroyed by fire dur ing the las'; ten days, following fight ing between revolutionists and loyal troops. The lowest estimate of the loss is $50,000,000. Four hundred thousand persons are destitute. Hun dreds of half burned bodies lie among the ruins. Many of them are the bod ies of women and children. The customs house, the post-office and the American missions have been spared. The city has been looted, the imperialists taking a hand in the pil lage. Imperialists officers tried to check this work and executed a num ber of the soldiers. Refugees were deprived of their loot on entering the British concession, cart loads of val uable f?rs, silk and jewelry being; seized. It is suggested that the Red Cross receive the proceeds. On Friday afternoon of the last week the consuls appealed to the im perialists to cease burning the town. A proclamation, which was Issued Im mediately, declared that the rebeln were responsible for the fires and or dered that thesb be checked. The following day new fires started in var-. ious quarters. The David Hill Memorial school for the blind, connected with, the. Wes> leyan mission, has been looted, while, in contrast, all the property in Wrt. Chang, which Is held by the rebels, has been protected. On November 3 there was considerable artillery firing; beginning before daylight. The imperialist batery behind Ha* kow moved to the southwest in belat ed fulfillment of the promise to shift the line of fire from the concessions-. This battery and another stationed , on the plains engaged in a heavy duel with Han Yang Hill. The Wu Chan? forts joined occasionally in the de fense of Han Yang. A few hundred of the revolution- . hits are still in Hankow. Riflemen 02 onpo8lte of the Han river fought all day and there has been similar fight ing Sunday, but steadily decreasing. There is much open revolutionary talk among the imperialists. ' ?Foreigners.? are hearing horrifying stories of brutality. The imperialists: have hanged men, and falling to strangle them, tortured them to death by prodding with bayonets or crush ing with stones. The outrages against women can not be told. Red Cross bearers have been killed or wound ed. Soldiers on both sides have kill ed their wjdunded enemies. It was ascertained that Yuan Shi Kal, the premier desinate, is in this neighborhood, but he is keeping his presence hidden. It is suspected that he went aboard a British' gunboat, and it is reported that he has been in terviewing Republican ministers se cretly. A thousand revolutionary soldiers from Hu Nan reached Wu Chang. At I-Chang and other river ports the re publicans are collecting the custom dues. Consular reports from I-Chang say refugees from Chung Chang, in Sze-Chuan privnee, are bound thither. Secret societies, it is reported, are gathering control in Sze-Chuan. The mobs at Klu Klang are violent. MOST UNUSUAL FREAK. Cow in Greenville County Has Thirty one Horns. The Greenville Daily Piedmont says the most unusual freak of nature that that county has probably ever produced is a cow that belongs to Mr. H. R. Scalf, who lives near the CoDastee Mill, which animal has a multitude of horns growing over her back and hips. Mr. Scalf says the cow has thirty-one horns, though he tells people that there are seventeen so they will not be disappointed when they see the animal. There are sev I enteen prominent horns. iSome of them are very small, says the owner, but there are in all thirty one. The cow is eight years of age and the horns started to grow two years ago. Mr. Scalf has had the cow examined by a veterinarian and he says that the animal will in time be covered with horns. The horns arc growth. The lonesgt of the horns are the wo natural ones at the cow's he these being some four inches In length. The others range from an inch and a quarter to very short lengths. The cow gives milk and is a good animal. Mr. Scalf says he thinks he will sell her to some carni val company. Southern States Quarantined. Fourteen States in the South and Southwest today were placed under cattle quarantine by Secretary of Ag riculture Wilson. The prevalence of Texas fever among the cattle is the cause. The states quarantined are Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Ten nessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan sas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and California.