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4 * w PALMETTOJ;! News Notes From All Parts of ) j! Carolinians Fund is Growing. | TIip Columbia Stale oud Saturday I piyes tlie iullowii:- statement of contributions to Woman's Monument Fund: Fund by Bounties. Richland .$!H)4.00 oro 5:t3.f)S *?? 47!). tio > ?r no . 1i?1. n 404. J"> i 404.0.') ' ljrton 33(>.2) anbury IK 12. .30 J' .120.10 erry 200.4.3 .J* iwnod 204.24 ortield 100.00 iville 1 SO. 0.3 villc 1S.3.7.3 haw 174. .30 ml mi 172.21 104.2.3 1 ield 101.7.3 j !cr 170.73| Held 142..30 1 ireburjr 1.30.30 j aster 121.23 Florence 10.3.00 Barnwell 01. .30 Calhoun 00.02 Laurens . . is.t..?U Cherokee 73.25 Bamberg 71.00 Pickens 53.05 Oconee* S3.75 Horrv 50.00 Claraudon 45.25 Union 44.00 Williamsburg 2(5.50 Georgetown 25.00 Hampton 23.00 Dorchester 21.45 Colleton IS. 75 Saluda 5S.S0 Charleston 1(5.00 Berkeley 13.50 Beaufort.. .. 13.00 Anderson Teachers Chosen. Anderson. Special.?At the annual meeting of the hoard of trustees to the Anderson city schools the following elections were made for the approaching session: Su|K*rintcndent. Air. E. ('. Met'ants; teachers. Messrs. J. L. Yass. (J. W. Chambers. E. I). Pearee and B. S. Cogburn. and Mi cs Lenora Hubbard. Ellen Gordon. Mary Chapman. Inez Felder. Maggie Connor. Olivia Duckett. Ophelia Clinkscales, Mary McCoy. May Hussell. Anna Brown. Eddie Davis, Evie Lewis. Nellie ( ochran. Martha Clark. Mattie Barksdale, Werner Farmer. I Eunice (Jideon. Elizabeth Forney. I Willie Maynard. Neil Archer. \nni.?l Lou Smith. Elsie Tiller and Elizalvlh j Coleman ami Mrs. Lottie Esles. Mr. E. 15. Murray, who taught mathematics iu the hijrli school. di<l not apply for reelection, it beinjr his intention to 'jo-abroad to study. Mr. S. A. Derieux, who taught English in this school, also did not ask for reelection as he int>*mls to ?m to Harvard university to study. The session for this year ends on May 27. The schools have passed through a most successful year. New Press Cloth Plant. Columbia. Special.?The decision of the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association at its meet in jr in Memphis last week to put up a press clot It plant, the enterprise to be backed by a capital of $1100.000, part of which was raised on the floor of the convention, is of j;reat interest to Columbia, which is the home of the only press cloth factory in the South, outside of Texas. Particularly so since Mr. B. F. Taylor, a live wire public spirited man. is vice president of both tiie association and the CV*lumbia Press Cloth Company, and in very close touch with Mr. John J. Seibels, the president of the Columbia enterprise, and likewise always | seen ana alert to advance the interests of his home town. Five Suspects Are Released. Aiken, Special.?Charles, Henry and Ben Gaultman and Lonny Price were released from jail Friday night and the charge of being connected with the robbery of the express car between Warrenville and Augusta was withdrawn. \V. M. Markie, who was arrested Thursday night was also released, after being detained a day. Blood Curdling Trick. Orangeburg, Special.?A performance that was thrilling in the ex':eme happened at the Edisto river the foot of Hussell sreet last tesday afternoon. A party of gen men had gone down for a boat r le, and, running along in the grass is a big three-foot moccasin. Mr. ?"rierson, a member of the party, - ddenly cried, "Watch me," and 3 others did. Mr. Frierson ran up hind the snake, grabbed him by the il and quickly and swiftly whirled e reptile around and then gave a ap?as if popping a whip?and off .vw, i.~ i ? ?i * uiv uiu iicmi UI 1110 SUUKC. Fear For Cotton Crop. Torkville, Special.?This section, in common with the balance of the country, was visited by an abnormal rainfall last week and owing to the very cold weather that prevailed considerable apprehension is felt for the cotton crop. The stands of corn are the best in years past and the latter crop is especially promising at this time and the acreage is believed to be the largest in the history of the county. * IAPPENINCS | the Sta^te of Interest to South in GencraJ | Place for Calhoun Statue. j Washington, Special.?As the re- ! ! suit of a consultation bold here Mon- I lay between (inventor Ansel. K. W. Kuckst uhl an<l Klliott Woods, superintendent ??f tiie Capitol building and grounds, the Calhoun statue is to have an excellent position in Statuary Hall in the ( apitol when it is ? placed there, the latter part ot' Sep- ^ tenibcr l?v m- - 1 * uurhsciiii. < iovernor ami Mrs. Ansel were early visitors at tlu? Capitol anil after lunching and looking in on I In* Senate, the J House, the Supreme t'onrt and other plaecs of interest, tney met Mr. i Huckstuhl and Mr. Woods und agreed i upon tlie location id' tlie statue. i | The point chosen is a spot near tlie big door leading into the House i chamber, and second front the main aisle in the hall. This site was chosen because tlie statue l???invr very I la rue, will tind a natural and easy I place in between two otlvr largo 'ones, and will look better there than I were its surroundings smaller. Just behind the statue is a latere window, which will admit snllicicnt li^rlit and which will permit the statue to he seen at its best advantage. Mr. Kuekstulil said that he was well | pleased with the location and he | thought South Carolinians who come to the unveiling would like it. He has promised to have it in place by the latter part of September, and it is proposed by Governor Ansel to have the unveiling exercises take i place in December, when all the nutnj hers of the Calhoun commission will be present and make the occasion a brilliant success. _ The Governor, in his gallant way, _ told Superintendent Woods that he wanted the statue so placed that the two lady memlvrs of the commi?><"< - f could do tlie unvcilimr willi ease, and lie added that there was no use to say with jrrace heeause he was eon- ?, lident that the latter aeeoni|>aninient ^ would not Is- laekiinr. Mr. Woods jy said everytliiinr possible would he bI done for the pleasure and oonvett- ti ienee of the ladies in the party and ? he would lend his host efforts toward j1 making the oeeasiou a suecess. The (inventor said that he was n more than pleased with the location chosen and believed an ideal place h had been found for the "llreat Xul- E litter." Cl Aiken Bank Victimized. Aiken. Special.?A clever foryory has .just been detected in Aiken. A tl party whose indorsement is "Henry 1< Williams." carried a check t?* tin; n Fanners' and Merchants' bank, cashed it. and made irnod liis escape, and up to tliis time no trace of the ?( man has been found. c The check was drawn upon (i. L. Toole, Fs(|.. and the amount o.'i the si face of it was .*40. Tl;.' forgery was c one of the cleverest pieces of work n of the kind ever seen in Aiken. The check was drawn upon one of Mr. Toole's checks, torn from his checkhook. The writing on the front of the cheek i< o ^..i.?.l. i . .. _ .. .^.iv n.im lull I III loll Ol Mr. Toole's writing ami the signa- ^ ture purported to he Mr. Toole's is jy almost perleet. On the haek the ft name of llenry Williams, written in t.] an entirely ililVerent liaml. hardly li more than a serawl. is given as in- Sl dorsetnent. The elieeU was presented at the Farmers' ami Merchants' ^ hank, on which it was ilrawn on last ti Saturday, and was cashed. It was a not discovered, however, until some g time later, when Mr. Toole had uveasion to call for his checks, and found ^ this forjred one anion*; them. ' The police are now o ntlie outlook for "Henry Williams," hut inquiry p fails to locate such a person in this a city or hereabouts. t a Cotton Burned at Buffalo. s Union, Special.?Fire that started Monday night in the warehouse of ( the Buffalo cotton mills badly damaged about 1,000 bales of cotton. The ' fire was under control after many hours hard work on the part of the mill firemen. The damage is covered u nt by insurance. Withdraws License of State Mutual. J C Laurens, Special.?Insurance Com" missioner McMustcr Thursday re- j voked the license of the State Mutual ti Fire Insurance company, which has g its headquarters here. This is the last of the mutual tire companies ? which tried to do a genera IState ' L??; mi- - ?* * uusnics?. j ne omcers louml tliein- n selves unable to collect assessments p to pay the losses, which amounted t to about $7,000. The commissioner states that the company was economi- * cally managed, but could not accom- Q plish its purposes and the revocation c is the result. The company will apr s ply for a receiver. o c Oaffney'a Newest Park. ~ GafTney, Special.?Dr. W. C. Hamrick has purchased a tract of land in the southern part of GafTney, which he is improving. He is having the ^ property beautifully laid out by a c landscape gardener and will throw same open to the public on certain % days of the week. It will be a delight- ? ful place for picnics and open-air 1 concerts. GafTney now has three * beautiful parks, the Irene, at the * Irene Mills, City Park and Hamrick. t X .. . THE INVASION (John Bull's Late: 19Mf ?Carto< :ngland haunted b 'resident Butler's Remark That It is i Insanity Strikingly Borno Out fc Ix>ndon.?The speech at the Lake | o lohnnk Conference on International j d irbitration of Preside! t Nicholas ; rl lurray TJntler, of Columbia Cniver-j c< Ity, in which ho described Great Hri- | lin's attitude to Germanv as a form j h f "present-day emotional insanitv," tl as been strikingly confirmed during w tie past week. Sensational stnrii s' S f Gorman airships, slacks of Ger-! f: lan Mausers stored in a London eel- I si ir, thousands oi Gorman waiters and si air dressers eagerly anticipating the v Imperor's signal to deliver England r. 3 an invading army of their f dlnw s: Duntrymen. have been the main '< i> ures of the newspapers throupftiout e; tie country. ! \v The Mauser nivth. to which atton- r< Ion was first called by P:r John Bar- r> )w, has been eontempuouslv dis- 1 v tlssed by War Secretary Haldane in tie House of Commons as "an < seep- 1> lona'.ly silly story." but it has been t> uite surpassed by aeronnts of nvth- e :al nocturnal visitations of a Ger-j d lan alrshi.i. I it The pit an ton "Flying Dutchman" ; r oon developed into a la rue fleet, the j j, ompeting papers vouching for the n ccuracy of their respective stories; y nd giving signed statements circum- | u tantially detailing the maneuvres i ti BRITISH ARMY A SHA London.?"Our army is a sham' e lTe have no armv!" exclaimed Field n farshal Lord Roberts earnestly in a n ebate in the Hons" of Lords upon tl he Duke of Bedford's motion for an : iquiry into the condition of the re- si erve. Raid Roberts, who is known tl o Javor compulsory military train- a rig, declared that he was amazed at he manner in which boili houses a reated the armv as n nartv onestion a nd at the anatby of the nation re- v arding military defer.se. The na- ci Ion, he said, did not believe in the t< anger of invasion, and no wonder, n or their lenders told them there was h o fear of It. He added: a "I know nerfeetly well that the it eaders in both houses are anxious tl bout the future, but they do not tell a he country that we have neither an a rmv to send abroad nor to defend tl he country at home. While we are itting here, taking it easily and tl 5LUCOSE TRUST MAY Jalional Confectioners See a Big F Trade--Arranging For Factories--At Says, May Sell Their Product Thn New York City.?The Corn Prod- ii icts Refining Company, of which E. '. Bedford, of the Standard Oil Com- ii any, is president, and in which is ames A. Moffett. F. Q. Barstowe and n lharles M. Pratt are directors, and a V11 Ham Rockefeller and the late H Is I. Rogers were generally understood ? be largely Interested, is likely to p 0 into the retail candy business, fi As has been generally known, the o lrectors at their last meeting took li he preliminary steps toward starting p project for utilizing the glucose X nanufactured in the company's tc lants by establishing candy fac- p ories. This step. It was said recentIT. Jci llkplv t r? ho fnllAr.*A/l Vv etalllhg of the product of the fac- tl orles, through a company yet to be w rganized, in its own stores. The p andy business has recently seen in a tl mailer way signs of approaching it rganizatlon on the modern lines of t< omblnation, but this step will be far tj )riginal Honest Man Gives S the Great State of Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa.?William Wilon, a laboring man of this city, e ound $120 in greenbacks under a tin s an several weeks ago. y Did William Wilson spend that c 1120? No, he did not. He turned it s iver to Justice of the Peace Roe, s nade an affidavit as to how he fonhd h he money, and that's why he is ailed Iowa's Original Honest Man. b Wilson was picking mushrooms 1 tsar Beaver Creek when he made v to 1*4, OF ENGLAND. st Nightmare.) ! f i A in l>y Triggs, in the Now York Fresa. Y GERMAN GHOSTS 3 Form of Present-Day Emotional , ly Series of Absurd Events. t f the mysterious and swift-moving > irigihle at the same moment in va- i ous places on the east and west lasts. and even in Ireland. Captains of incoming steamers f ave been credited with statements tat they exchanged flare signals i ith the atrial visitor in the North ] or. and soni" newspapers went so j ir as to insinuate that the "scarelit)" had its home on a German wartin now in the North Sea at maneu- 1 res. to which it returns after its ightly night. Descriptions of the ? crrt fly-by-night became more and lore graphic, until certain ndvertis- , rs. who had been experimenting it!i model airships attached by >pos to motor cars, confessed their 1 art in the affair and exploded the arlous theories. 1 Meanwhile. Germany, as evidenced y ihe comments in the German pa- ( era on the latest nanie. came to ? melt the sann* conclusion ns Presi- ' ent Rutler. Contempt, disgust and tipatieiice have been the prominent oto;- in the German editorials, which t icittre England ns "the homo of t tore nervotis degenerates, who are , ielding themselves up to a frenzy, uworthy even of a decaying coun- . y." ' J a VA, SAYS ROBERTS. ; omfortahly, the danger is coming ' oarer and nearer to us daily, and ' nless you erase telling the people < !>ey are livittg in safety and get an t rmv fit to deal with any enemy we v hall one dav come to such utter grief . tat you will bitterly regret your h*i- . ction. "It is a perfect marvel to me how ' nybody can see what is going on " round us in Europe and be content v ith the condition of our army. No < ountry In the world would attempt , i defend itself with the paucity of ion and with the untrained men we J ave got. You will never have a real 1 rmy until you have taken the nation ito your confidence and tell them heir danger. You may think you re safe, but you are not. Tie frank I nd tell the nation what Is before s hem. Thev will respond." Ills admonitions were addressed to " he Government representatives. w v RUN CANDY STORES f 'ight Coming For Control of the id Afterward, President Bedford ough Its Own Establishments. t i advance of anything yet suggested. '' One of the principal ingredients { i the making of candy in these days i glucose, of which the company mnufactures betw-en seventy-five b nd eighty-five per cent, of all that M i consumed in the United States. If the Corn Products Refining Cora- f any uses its glucose in its own candy o ictories and sells the product in its V( wn stores, then the smaller and 0 itherto independent candy comanies, such as Huyler's, Loft's, the iirror and Repotti's, will either have > go into the bigger concern or comete with it, if they can. Members of the National Confeconers' Association, who discussed , he situation?and there w,ere many H" ejjoKe ireeiy on tne subject? o olnted out that the candy trade in i tie United States looked as though j . were going to take a similar course > that already taken by this coun ry's tobacco trade. ea Cuts Away Great Stretches * of Cape Cod Coast. 51 Wood's Hole, Mass.?The north- ' ast gale that for over a week blew 1 teadily along the shores of Vineard Sound and on Nantucket shoals ut up the beaches all along the hores of Cape Cod, and hotels and t ummer homes along the coast will lave to be moved back. I The life-savers say that they never lefore witnessed such great changes J n the coast line of Cape Cod. and 1 vhere they formerly patrolled the 1 >eaoh the tides now run riot. _ t ' - " I NEWSY GLEANINGS. Ex-Concrossmnn Seth W. CnT)t? died nt St. Louis. No attempt was made to enforce the Blue Laws at Coney I<!;; m' The new i?ri* 5sli I?* .<1 ;i a::";' < v. "' have twelve-inch purs <-f l:\rv- ::sr .1 power. A memorial s-?rvir? fo- C ir=e Meredith was '. .. Id at West minster Abbey. London. Impressive s'-enes were witnessed nt the annual military mass at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Many police and Sorialis's were injured in riots at the Cemetery of Pere Larhaise. at Paris. A Z. Drew, former pr< sident of the defunct State Bank of Hamlin, Minn., was sentenced to two years in Stillwater Penitentiary. Park Commissioner Smith, of New York City, asked for more policemen to guard against the stealing of plants in the parks Clifford \V. Hartrldpe made nflidavit that he spent $40,000 to head off the publication of scandalous stories about Harry K. Thaw Police Captain Walsh and forty policemen broke np a meeting n, Anarchists at which Knima Goldman had started to speak, in New York CityPostal authorities discovered that European lotteries wen- using in w mail order methods to catch the dollars of New York's downtown district. President Tnft is r-'iitmrinc ?.? haustive tariff data of his own, to ho In position critically to examine the Tariff bill when it reaches him for approval or rejection. When arrested for speeding in New York City. Charles L. Force, a Wall Street broker, admitted that it was his car, driven by William Darrapli. which ran down and killed Ingvaard Trimble on March 'J~. FIREMEN STRIKE SETTLED. Elxact Terms of Settlement Have Not Been Disclosed, But It is Said That the Conditions Are Eminently Satisfactory to the Georgia Railroad and to the Firemen. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.?The strike if the iirctnen on the Georgia Hail oad ?!i> otliciallv declared otf at J >. in. Saturday. An hour and a half later tin* lirst train after the re-uinipioti o| >ef\"ice was sent out of Au:u>ta with a negro tireman in t! cah. The terms ..t the settlement were mi oflicially given out. hut it was earned that I hey are suhstant ially as 'idhm s: The men to return to work under 'auditions exi-ling at the time the All iiegm liremeu at the termiii-'il t:i(i?m- will l?c dispensed with. All discharged I>i*< !Iicrli 1 lireii4*ii will In- reinstated. Three other |?i111~ are ye! 1-. h<lecided. :i> follows: First, whether ne:rro lin-men sliall >e < !i111i11:11< <I from tin* road. Second. if n<it <*liti:iti;it1. what percent a-re of neurocs then* shall he. v-ninrity of nc-tro iir.-incii over white irenien. These other f|iirs?ions are to lie dis-tis-eil a 11 < I if they are net adjusted, hey will lie settled by arbitration unlet the Aidiuati net. The strike eeiiiineiieed Mav 17 and listed l.'? days. It was caused hy the ittempt of the company to put nitre liretneii en the hest runs in the lace ef white tin-men. who were -jiv n inferior runs or made -uhs. The lien presented a new agreement to ercral Mnnaircr Seett. demandim? lint 1>- recognize the seniority ? f rhite tireiuen over hlaeks and thus radically d<> awav with the neyro in lie eahs. Seott refused. elaituili'* hat lie had lie authority to siirn sueh in airrcemcnl. The men looked in ain for some oflieini who had nnth rity. and failing to find one. strin-k. Vneral Mana-.Tr Seott retaliated hv iraetieally annulling all trains and litis tyimr up trallie. After a few days the situation beanie irrave in some i-nnim unities. *ood supplies ran low ami no new toeks eould he seeured. The new leeessaries of life were hauled in vntrons and automobiles. No mails i-ere sent or received ami even nnerals were prevented. Henry H. Rogers' Will. New York, Special.?The will of he late Henry 11. Rogers was admited to probate here Friday. Fraeieally the entire estate, valued, aeordim* tn Willi cf rnnf _ VI t.-<l IIIKKV^I ill otvecn $50,000,000 and $75,000,000. ill ultimately he divided anion*; tlie mir children and their heirs. Half f the equal shares int<? which the esidnarv of the estate is divided wiU e iriven to the four when the.v reach . lie aire of forty wars, Senate Discusses Su?ar. Washington. Special.?For more han seven hours Wednesday, the Senate was enirajred in the discussion f susrar. as that subject is involved n the tariff hill, which is now Mends','. IVirinnin,' with an effort hv Senator ?JcKnery, the l.ouisiana Iam .W-A^A ... . : * ' -i ii..p. 1111m 11.111 itiidiiisi. mere were '??ur set >p.*( rl:es. Three of t!.e-e vero in supp-t of the sucr.r sfbeoule. is report I'll from the eonnnittees ?>n inance. whilo the fourth was a plea 'or material ?e?liietions. CRYSTALLIZED CURRANTS. 8elect firm, ripe fruit, leaving It on he stems. Dip first in the beaten rhite of eggs, then in powdered sutar. Arrange on a paper, and set in i cool oven for 10 minutes; when the clng becomes firm, pile in a dish, ind set in a cool place until time hu terve.?Boston Post. W"""" Jm A TORNADO IN TEXAS hundreds Savei by Taking Refuge in Slcrm Cellars. DEATH AND RUN IN ITS PATH rimiy-'iwc Ferttr.s Xtllcd Outright and Perhaps I fty More Fatally \Vounaed Nca.ly Fifty Houses Entirely Dc::ic ished _ - Lightning Causes a Fire hat Sweeps Away a Business Blcca. Brnnwoo.l, T<\\\. Special.?A tornnilu <>i -jieat t'nr_\ struck the little villus** "1 Zephyr, in tiiv ciixtcrii portion of Blown county at 1 o'clock Sunday tiinminir ami left a path of death ami de-tructinii -cldotii paralleled. Tiie deal ii list lias ivnelicd a toal of .'fj iml ti e nuinhei of scrioiislv and fataii.v wounded will reaeli ."?!). A Mote are moi.> or le-- injured. 'I lie >'orm to in i,-. I halt a mile -o;;lhwv>t of /.cplix r Utld -\\ ept down upon ti,e viila*.*e. eutiimr a wide .-wath direetly tiiioiivth tin* residenee and bu-iue? di-t ra t. Nearly house- were entirely doimdi-hetl. I.i-iit :iim_" .-I rnek a lunilier yard and -tailed a eon Maura t ion whieh do.-troved one entire business hloek. No effort wa- made to fi?jht tin* tire :i- the care ?>! the dead and wounded vietun> demanded all attention. Hundred- of persons directly in the storm's path saved themselves by takin?I refuse in storm cellars. Mote than a dozen bodies were lu?r-:i.i. - " " ?" 11i?n 111 ii111:1 m'ii. i until v Clerk Tlia?l fabler. hi- wit'i- ami lun children. who lunl jriiiM* I" Zephyr i<> -peml tin- night were killed. Tin* big stone seliool buildim; ami twn i-lntrclies were swept from iIn- face i>t the earth. Hv daylight 1 ii surgeons were working on tin- wounded. HpiwuwinhI hurried her sei-oml relief train at ihmiii Siimlav loaded with provisions. i-lntliiii-.- ami necessary artieles ami lorly nurses. Sinnlav night lliree persons were still unaei-iiiuiii'i! for. Two eliildren were found dead late Sunday afterj noun, nvn inil<-> out liniu the tmvu, having hei-n hlnwn that distanee. | 'Hie Morn: was llinv- hundred yards wide ami swept the earth for only a short ilistanee. prohahlv les. than a mile. It- fnry i- eiiu>iilereil the most trritie of ntiv tornailu ever eyperieinvil in lais sei-tioti. Tiie h.il-iile- at Z-'phvr were eowreil with i|e!?ri> uf all K:ml- ami limits t' ih a<i animal- ami human beings. The ruin- v.i-ii- Iiii11\ lighted b\ the burning huihliit.-- jiii ! tin- cries the wounded lose a'?"\e 'In- -omul of the eh-lln lit- wliii-li I!II'ealI'liei! a -i-i-nllil storm. A ho-.' roaming through the ih-hri?11 ewji -ii--i-i> was k i 11- i while at 11 -??. "tin.' to i lev on i tin- I a HI \ of tin infant. I'.oiiie- wen* found nvisteil about t a:nl :u everv e..nei'ivab!.? shape. |'.-op|e walked the streets almost nake'l. crying mr their loved olles. 11 -si111 :ii-e? which escaped the storm, were inrm-il into i.ospitals where w.-re tarried the bodies of the dead ainl woiii.ib-il. One storm lauise collapsed on a family of nine wit hen; serious injury to any. Itrevvnwnoil, with <plnedid orjnnizr-il rel-if work, has t!;* sitnaitoii well in haml Zeppelin's Great Feat. Tteriin. i v\ fable. - fount Zeppelin. whose ri'ti ai kable perforiiiam't-s in his Itrst air-liip brought unhotiinleil lmnor- to the inventor Snmlay aeoompli-in-il the iim-t striking teat in his eureer. He guided !:is Zeppelin II from Fn-iilrieltslialeu to Hittertiehl. a ilistanee of more than 4"?ti miles with?\!lt 'I'l'" ........ I - * * im- ii'iuiii-v liisic-M nearly "JJ hours ami ?i far as known Sunday night Count Zeppelin was slill in tin* air. mi l!ie return journey to Fri'-drielisliat'en. lie ha* beaten all records Im dirigible balloons. Wind and Eelectrical Storm. Riloxi. Miss., Special.?A sevore wind and electrieal storm struck this section early Monday evening and grave fear is entertained for the safety of small craft and their occupants in tStilt* wateis near her.*. The city's electric li&rhtin*r system was put out of .commission. Uprising in Peru. Limn. Peru. By Cable.?A rising of political factions occurred here at 4:30 Saturday afternoon with the object of overthrowing the government of President J.esruia. An attack was made upon fly.* palace and tiring was hoard in nil parts of the eitv. It is reportod that many are dead and wounded. Adherents of Augiisto Durand. who was concerned in the revolution at t'lmsicn. near Lima, in May, lOOS. and of l>ais Pcrola. also a notorious airilator. made en assault upon the palace and s.-izcd President Lepiia. The army, however, remained loyal and came to his support. Labor Leaders Convicted. Chicago. Special.?After 4ti hours , of almost constant wrangling, the jury in the case of M. It. Madden, M. J. Boyle and F. A. Pouncliot, labor leaders. Saturday brought in a verdict of guilty, fining each of the defend- ] anta $500. Madden is the so-called 1 labor "Oar" of Chicago. The iron 9 were brought to trial on an indietment, charging that they conspired to extort $1,000 and did extort that sum, I from Emil Klicka,