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SOIL AND CROP. Work of the United States Ag ricultural Department. IMBEOViNU COrT< N Experiments in South Carolina. The Se lection of the Best Setd Improves the Standard Varieties of ot- ton and Ohter CrAps. Tea Grown in tbi* State. la tbo drag p’aofc investigations a i studv of small areas of many hinds of drug producing plant hM wan made in South Carolina and otb- ■r states, and It baa been shown that tiany < f the most Important binds sill do well where tr od, s eh a* p >p- »y. belladonna, d gtuua, wormwood, 0»ppprmlnt, ete. American w< rmeeed *m bteo grown in Scutb Carolina as Sdd crop with « profit comparing vary favorably with that of corn, oot or* snd teb toco. ExpeMtnonts have Iren made dnr • g *<he last year In tea ralslrg, and urlug this tliu 9 000 pound* of tea vere made at Sun m *v.lla. 11 mak ng the«o experlmtnU it has been rund that the moat Important varie- lea of the tea plant that from Oaylon xeeptdmtkea growth and give a tela comparing very favorably with be rasuita p-oducsd In their owe land. It has also been shown that regro o illdren make fxp°rt tea pick jra when properly trained. ' The annual report of the secretary of agriculture for the year 1935 ha just become available and con taint modi Interesting Information relatlvi to soli, oropa, methods of planting, etc., la South Carolina. In the breeding and improvement* Of ootton the first experiments were made in 1899. At this time little had been published concerning .cotton breeding. The fr> q-aency of nitura) crossing in the field has been given attention, so that d ff .rent varieties might be grown without risk of mix irg and deteriorating. Toe correla tion of characters, the law governing the splitting of hybrids, the form of plant 'and other important matters have been carefully s'udied. Tin most important problem in the oo ton industry is the securing or varieties sa productive as ordinary staple sorts, Jtut producing better and lo irer lint Tnls cm be done by two dWtinotly different methods. The fiMT method is to secure hybrids of the long ste pie, sea Island ootton with the stand Rsn Short ot Claah While on Western B- aed Short staples,-With a view towards j u9ti bgfbril “rdiffiimt m securing new sorts which combine first, improved length of staple with large bolls, opening we’’; ard, sec ond, the productive p <ar- oter of the plant of the short stable The de partment has secured h. b Ids, one class of which Is a distinctly upland : I r m BAIOIOEOOM ROD A II TRDII MovIuk Pictures Shbv s General Trepoff, The Tyrant, His OWN ASSASSINATION. The lofeniously Creel Trick bv Which The Savage Russian General Wes Forced to Cease Butt hiring ±L Ineocent Women and Chil dren and Resigns. Wedding Joarnry. Because he ran short of money oo ale wedding tour and had only cast enough for cne ticket, Uaorge Franc t> sent Ms wife thnu<h from D aver to C ilcago on a pa-sergsr train, and he almself att< mpted to make the trip in a trunk as h's wife’s baggage. He was taken out (f the tiuik at Omaha < jb., about three-qtrurtere dead, bu the wife got through her journey ah right. Taey had secured a large trunk putin some provisions and water, braced it thorough!?. cu r , bolts In it Mr air, and after F.atch tenk hi place the b x was securely locked and strapped. Tnen It was taken to the depot and checked through to Chi- edgo- « After btlng smashed sround, the trunk was heaved into a U ilon Paoi- fle baggage car and j »urne; neaday night, the baggageman heard a groan fn m a pile ot b. ggage. An Investigation re*u'ted in bis looatlrg type and produces large round 5 lock ed bolls, has fine sllkly lint from 112 to 1 5 8 Inches In length and'asmooth black seed, so that it may be easily ginned on roller gins la leshtd, X (• fiber of this will rival the Egyptian and lower grades ot sea island. Two other varieties secured bv the depart ment are similar, but have lint aver aging only 1 3 8 Inches. - A stoond method of securing 1m proved. stetW Which has glv n very atrjktifLAfeulta, is the straight sehc lion of the standard short staple va Tittles. It was found by careful ez amination of snob varieties as &u, •all and Jones Imprjved, that there was considerable vati itlon in the length of lint produced by different plants. Careful experiments have been made with both these varieties and the average length of lint In the breed ing stock of tbaae two varieties bv increased fromthecdtaary 1 to 1 1 ? r Inches until it is now (ram 1 1 4 to 3-8 inches; meanwhile tie plant* have maintained their full productiveness and all other good Characters. All vafliUee of ootton have been foundto vary greatly In their produo tlvlty In the case of d fforant indttid uals and d ff.irent strains of the sams • variety. One straih, Pride of Geor * gia, which has for several years been selected for Increased yield by a care ful system of pedigree breeding, has Shown marked Improvement. A ooo siderabk quantity of this seed will be distributed to planters IB the xprtng of 1906, and lnl9o7.a still higher grade of Mlsct seed of the same va rlety will be avallable. In the boll weevil Infested ares there Is great demand for earlier va riatles of big boll ty pee. The extensive experiments inaugurated In 1904 in this line have not yet reached a stage where safe conclusions can be drawn but preliminary experiments stated the year preceding have given one vary early strain, selected from a na live Texas big bell-sort, with which it has been coo-pareffH A limited trial distribution of the seed of this varie ty will be made In the spring of 1906. A large quantity of Egyptaln c. ttou Is Imported Into tMa country annually and used In the mills. It Is not Improb able that In soma v otlons of the cot ton growing srva suitable soil* tor this could to found. During the last two yean the bu reau of plant Industry has bad a skill ed corps of men In the field battling against the boll wesril, and wherever trtuble along thlsl.ee has been re ported, experiments have at one been oommecoed. The moat important work, however. In this connection, has been the fit Id demonstration wo k which has bad for its object the bring Ing home to the people practical metb cdsef tillage, cultivation and plant Ing to enable them to grow ootton de spite the presetoe of the weevil. Rios bss received special attention daring the last six or seven years The Japanese, or K ushu variety was brought Into the country and dtsslm Inated. Since this lutroductlon the developmsnt of the rice Industry In tba Sooth has been phenomenal. Be tween 1899 and 1904 the rice acreage of Louisiana and T« xas increased frem 210,396 acres, yielding 179,919 293 pounds of rough rlos, In 1896 to §10, 700 sens In 1904, yielding 869 426,SOt 1 an Increase of upward of 190 par cent In acreage, but far the great est increase bring In Taxas. In l88U Texas had 178 acres of rice, In 1899 8,711 teres. Utile In 1904 the senege had Increased to 376,600. or more then forty-three times U* area aider this otoptix yeveego. the souroe and with a gun In his hand he demanded to know who was inside threatening to fire through the trunk unless he was answered. In muffled tones eame the. answer and the story, With a request that the trunk be broken open and the man inside be llhsrted. This was done and Francis was assisted out. Hie trunk had beon delayed one train, and his water bottles had been broken soon after the trunk was fastened. He bad been without water for nearly two days. He was taken to police beadq aartars and taler released. ‘ It it remarkable ride. I aver took, and 1 dont want any more of It said Francis- Attacked By jfclogb Python Rudolph Fluegal, an anlmti keeper at the Cincinnati Gardens, had a nar row eacape this afternoon from heir g crushed to death In the folds of a auge^ python quartered In the snake cage.^JUusgat had gone into thecae to sweep it out t u i neglected to take the usual precaution of thro wing a oiat ket over the reptile, which Is one of tae Urgest In captivity. While he was at work the immense snake at tacked him fnm the rear, sinking its fangs Into his back. Toe keeper’s hesvy coat protected him from ser bu* lacerations, but he was panic aUicken.aa he,falt„the Img python envelop bis body and slowly begin to tighten. Keeper E1 ward Ooyne and three assistants rush to the cage, and while the for- m *r beat the reptile ovsr the head to nuke It release Its hold on Fluegal, their the latter e ter tad their strength^ unwrap 1U coils from about toe keep ers body.' They did nbt Succeed un till it t a 1 been b ateu Into Inaecsibll ty. F.u gal was u o tusoiou* wnen rescued and it was an hour before the physicians reau dated him. He is rrostrated by the naivjns shock due to fright. Whjle Family Hialn. Hear Indrp3ndanoe, lows, Mrs. William McWilliams and her fire ohll en, ranging from three to eighteen years in age, were slain at their farm borne and, ihe husband and father has to n charged with killing the members of his family. He declares himself fc be Innocent. Eicb person bad been killed wtih a hammer blow on the head. Mrs. McWilliams wss atro oiously beaten, a few knlfstbru ’shad been Inflicted on the crushid txdy. In the woman’s rigid arm lay the o )rpse of the throe-year-old biby, Its hood, cost and mhtens ore, and a piece of buttered bread In one hand. The baby bad b sn kil td by one blow of a hammer on the bead, The other children lay about the house, dressed In wortlng clothes. KlKbUng in Uubn. Tbs first shots between the rural guards and Insurrectionists wore ex changed recently near the center of Havana province. A telegram has been received from the captain of the rural guards saying that his detach ment discover da party of twenty In- samotlonlstsled by Mirin * R bau and Rafael Castillo, who organized the original band from Salud. The party, the telegram says, after an exchange of shots, Add, some towards the moun tains and others across tbs fields. Note dr was hart, with the exception of a sergeant of the guards, who was thrown from his horse. It is report ed that R *ban la wounded, but this Is not confirmed. The k'ur of Spain is a skillful and fearsas rid r, a keen matortet, a deadly shot with either rifle or revol* vet, a splendid fencer and an exesp- tioiaU; clever boxes.— u : A letter frr m St, Petersburg, Rus sia, to the New Y >rk American, says Mur very unusual moving p c ures have just sice ded in wielding a more powerful Itfl ienoe ever Genejal Tre- p ff than thousands of strikers, armed nob*, plottir g annihllists, hired as sassins and ang'-y men, women* and oilldren shouting for veogence. The pictures, It Usaid, have caused the fearless Trepoff to qu t his place as dictator of Russia, c ilef of police and Governor-Gjnersl tf St, Petersburg, they bave sue :eded in thoroughly Tightening Treptff-Hn tearing him, in fact, almost to ceath. Iu is reported that the entire set of mjving plot ares whlci, it Is declared, nave cowed this bitberto.dauatless man into abdicating Ms nearly bound less pow. rs c u.d not bo preserved In tact for all time. It is reported that they have been destroys d by some of the government’s secret police, bu : howsver, before the p’e jure*bad {tff taem, done the work for wt icb they were intended, and to Uu m many attribute bis recent resignation. : TBEPOKF SKIES HIMSELF. The pictures had just shown Tre poll himself being blown to bits as a punishment for his repression of Hus si an rioters. Tnls high offl .ial of the Czar’s em pire was attending a performance in one of the State theatres and was watching cinematographic views ol of President Lou bit’s rec.nt visit to the King of Spain. He wss surround rounded by members of the Enperor’s court and Several titled women as well as many of his own staff officers. The distinguished party was gossiping, whispering and lasting, -paying ou t aoant attention to the pictures ah jwn on the canvas, - --nrv. u S,ddenly the Spanish pictures vanished and ^vaulted darkened room stood upon the white screen. Around a table were crowded ab ut a duzon men in the act of taking a solemn oath.. Their hands were outstreidied and their beads were bent low. Lots were diawn. Two men, selected for some mission, qu ckly left the room. Then it was that Trepoff, whnhac up to that time been more interested in his conversation with tbs fair Hus •ian women, turned toward the can vas for the mysterious change In views the pictures on a band of supposedly Russian plotters natturaliy excited bis ourloaity. He wae still unmoved, but was thoroughly interested.., Q Uck as iightoang the (quare of Governor General Trepoff s palace in St. Petersburg, with his own stately mansion prominent in the foreground, replaced tne den of the conspirators on the screen. Toe from doors of tus traudiog were suddenly thrown open and at the same m meat t fi i6 earriige ai d spired horses draw log it drew up lo trout Of toe gover nor’s residence. TienTrep ff saw, tohlsamizMnent moving pictures of himself attended by members of tbe staff, whom he also reoognlz d, cm irgs from tbe pal ace. They were surrovnded by guards Sot the Russians have long promised to kill Trepoff the mo meat they get the slightest opportunity. That they will do so he well kno *s Down the bioed granite steps the par.y moved; and In the next Instant the Czsr’s military lieutenant saw himself spring Into bis own carriage, followed by a at. ff 119 ,er. Then the carriage drove rapidly away. N v,ki Prospect appear d n» x'< witi its fine buildings, broad carriage drives and stately towers In the back ground. Tnls was where tbe RU'Sian cavalry, the dreded Cossacks, r» c mtly mowed down by hundreds tne rioters as well as many innoosut people wbo were merely onlookers. Along the splendid street ('ashed a carriage which Trepoff as well as every other person in the theatre recognized in siantiy as his own. A man ian forward toward the vehicle, raising hla. right a r m, In the hand of which he was ^holding some thing which wss smoking. Pausing for better aim, he flung the bumlni ot jeot right under the carriage an< darted hack Into the little crowd which had gather, d. . There was a flash upward of blinding smoke, which partially obscured the carriage. It seemed as though the wheels had hjen blotted out aad the vsnlole left hanging In mid air. In an Instant the vapors were dissipated and in tils drlndow of the carriage seen dlstinoly for a moment the face of Trspt ff cm tor ted into a whirlwind of passion and pain. His arms were fl.ng upward and outward as though m tbs extremity of terror and tor lure. Tbe wheels of the carriage were seen flying through tbe air and tbs great eanlage benM were scattered to fragments Mr and near in tbe road way. U gh *bov * the wrek of tbs v bio • an. fl/ing among tbe feces o Mie aismenQ v e'td horses were arms, legs and bodlc s of two mao—‘ he oc onpantsof tbs oirrlsge, Trepcff in' tils staff assistant. jTrepcff sank far bark In bis seat ind btf.1% hie attendants coul< gather around him to shield him fron the stare of fifteen hundred pairs rf *yes be was ee*>o to a v^r bis fic with bis hands and collapse. Two oi the wo-ven In the official h x wit’ Tr p ff fainted. Secret service offltials and the po lice iu died toward the elQjmatcgrapr Some person had insert) d tbe aasassl nation views among those, wh'ch bar bem ptfsared f.ir the right's ent*r uent. T e msohlcs was stopped oi ohe Instant and tbe whole parapber aalis, it i* reported, wm taken. Trepcff hid b #n trickec ! He kjoev It In au instant after he bad ooilapa ed, But too late Toe nervous s’ ocl aad btea a 1 ministered, tbe otj$c' lesson blasted borne with the picture of a bomb. , - The governor general was morf carried than ltd from the theatre b;J to ble ctrrlage. Try as his suite dir to keep tbe s Otilrg pub 1c gsz- fron tnetr master lu i It terror and agony, they omld cot, and tbe authors of th« plot, to show Trepcff a moving pic tore ot himself being aa-asslnatei, a they hid so often threatened him must bavj seen that they bad beet succe * ful.v* Trepcff has resigned, Ha is at unnervtd man fur the time at least. He will leave St. Petersburg to as u ne tbe office of G ivernor of the imperial Paiaoe at Peterhaf. The office of Minister of Pollci for tbs em pi re Is to ba aOtjllsnad. Tae G aad Duke Nicholas wiU Ilk >ly be appoint ed to tha military command of St ’aiersburg. • la preparing the assassination scanes duplicates were made of foui of tbe pictures in the series, la tbsii nesrcu for the machinery snd-pic urs* the govemfieht uffl ulals kaew nothing Whom He Had Beaten to Death, in a Big Trunk, \ND THKN RVN AWAY. The Brute of s Hunband, Who A Two Th( usrud Dollars of His Vic Took tims Mosey, Tells His Wife’s ed About Whiskey. Thrcugh confession of his own mother, and uncle and brother-in law John Hammond now stands ic used >f tbe murder of his wife, whose body vas found squeez'd into a truok in the fireplace of their home on South F.rry street, Albany, N. Y Ttw po- itoe learned Tuesday i ight that H im- no d was in M ntr. a* and his arret t Is mmiuent. Al,bough Hammond showed extra •rdinary foresight in preventing .the vldencesof his alleged crime from at .ractlng attention, he oould not, sc vordlng to bh Relatives, beir tbe bur- iinof bis guilt alons. Before goln^t s gu X) Montreal on Nov mber 14, hp tul'd uls mother and brother-la law tba* ic htd killed bis wife and concealed uer body In a trunk. ? J tmes Mingint, Hammond's broth er-in law, was arrested Tuesday In Johoes and brcufbt to Albany. He old the police that on the night o N tvemoer 14 H ammond called on him nduoed him to accompany him to When the houss was searc led Mon day morning a ne w po ketbook wr fourd behind the piano. It bad s small lock, but bad been out to pieces It is believed that this contained tb« money drawn from the bank by Mrs. Hammond. The hourv where the reorder rccu'*- red wus f rmsrly used ms a pd oe eta tloe, and at least three suicides and seveial fires are said to he vs occurred there. Tne fam l'et now living then tre resoectable folk. A funeral in tbe upper etorv of the South Ferry street bouse Tuesday led to tbe discovery of the murder. A large gathering of people was drawn o the house to attend the fuueral Toe doors of the Uimmtnd room* vere b und locked. The p >1 c* were called In and tbe teriy wa* fou d ' T le autopsy juvt jf* f t ed by Cor< net’s Physic an lo i ey enows that Mrs. Hammond wan strangled to Isath two weeks ago,” Chief of P - ‘ice Hyatt said Tu sday night. "It nay develop later that po non w»a given her also. Ti lt mnat be deter mliipd by tbe police investigation and tbe o'emlcal analysis. •. "I bave obtained -a photograph of the woman's youthful husband and bave had copies of bis po.ure sent broadest ovsr the country. He was lis^ ■ en on N,uv.ii aa be went Irom tbe a; art men ts. The autop y show* that the woman met^lfath about this tlm-. Her Jewels—and she had many of thi m—ire m’sslrg.” Mr<<. Himmoud conducted a mil- litiery business, by which she manag ed to nuke %srug little fort uie. Sue was a widow fifty years old when she married Hammond two years ago She was exceedingly j alous ol him, and wn~GegaiipU> charge him with ffift- mg with ye ung girls He dmled it. To keep him from tamptmtlnn, Mrs Hammond had him give up his em ployment as a carpenter and remain it home. She paid him a stated sum i_ week for complying with her wish *e. Sue gradually oit down bis allow ence. He demanded more, and qumr rels were otm non with them. In tbe Harbor Sebastopti Be tween Mutineers and Troops. FHE L1TTEB GIVE CP Several of tk; IsswfMt SMps Won •ad the Others •-^59 Saak to the Esisias Aatherltiss. Greet Dastage Was Dobs - ihe hr fhels. ^ T kept by tbe NHOillsta who had con cted and executed the plot. It Is in tms manner that these picture* escaped. : ■ - 7^^..,. It was dus to (he wo: djrful cun ntng and skill of certain students that the assassibation of Trep II was pro ducttl In p.ctureform before Ms eyes At storet meetings it was decided that, while Trepcff was a reasonable objtctof hatred, he was not really so bad and desiv.ng of assassination as bad bden the Grand Duke Sjrglus. He was merely the too willing tool of the autocracy. He might be terribly puMshed an J some good might follow. To make tbe picture or the as*as- ■anation was the fi at thing and then men took a number of drinks, and Hammond finally told Manglnl that on Sunday before he and his wlfs had ■quarrelled. According to Manglnl'a story, both Hammond and bis wife bad been irinklng. Hammmd wanted anothtr drink and his wife would not let him have it. In a fit of rage he picked up an empty bottle and hit her on the lead. He left her lying on the fljor and went into the m xt room for more Hq lor. When he came back she was dead. , * ■ Then Hammond, according to Man- gtnl's story, roped her body and put it m the trunk, taking pains to stop up tbe doors and windows and to sprinkle sEUSr^iKBnc&UKE: to insert tiieou in the roil of fi m* chloride of lime over the b.dy and the for the performance at the theatre f room. Made to Leave. At Dublin, Ga., H. C. Crlstlan, barber, and Will B thea, a laborer, ire severely whipped Wsmesdar night by oltiz os of Dublin and run from the county. The negroes con fessed to being Members of a "black Her d ’ society wnioh had *>ent threat ening letters to chief of P ales J. L. (Jowart. They also confessed to hav ing sent a v *ry insulting and i obeoeno tetter to G. W. Williams, a .number of the legislature, from Laurens. Tula letter wss sent to Atlanta, and w*s mailed there. Toey implicated WiU Ansley and Cisco Wilson, two o<g'0 baroer*. Ansley la in Jail but Wt.soQ mads his escapee It U nut •erl- when Trep jff should be pre ent was the other nq ilslte. Tne whole mat ter was left to a selected band. In one end of a wide room a sosae paint ed to represent Trepoff’s mansion and the driveway before It was Dung. ^ - Ntvskl Prospect was represented and bung in the same manner The carriage c ntalnicg the supposed Trepcff was driven before It, Fig arts gathered, one man rushed out holding an empty bomb with burn ing fuse attached. He threw It. Tuen another scene was made by ex plodlng some fltshlng powder in uirmicas qianlty. Tne mext view MsngiM says that on the train Hammond showed him a roll contain ing 12,000 in bills. It was learned Tuesoay tnat shortly before the crime wasommltted Hammond Induced his wife to draw large sums from several banks. Oa Monday, the day follow ing tbe murder, be bought a 9200 fur overcoat. —— - Hammond’s story of the crime, as told by Manglnl, does not agrse with the conclusions reached by the pbysl- Mans who examined Mrs. Hammond’s believe tnat there will be auy ous trouble. The barbera have heretofore borne good reputations, and there is gnat surprise that they should be guilty of such' conduct. A dispatch from St. P-tersburg, Russia, says Sebastopol was on Wsf. oesday the scene of a desperate battle between the mutinous sailors and the troops In the forts on shore. Daring the battle the town and the forte bombarded by the gone of tba cruiser O.chak ff, wh’eb now list a burnlrg wreck off Admiralty' Point, Its huu riddled with shells aad its flaunting red sign of rsvolution baol* nd down. Many of tbs crew of the O chakoff fare killed or wounded. At- oordtng to one report the barracks of the mutineers was carried by storm after the mutinous fl jet. which la Mid to have numbered 10 veesele, had sor- rendered and the whole position to now in the hands of tba troopa vtoAit the command of Gao. Ksplusff. Too Associated Press, howsvnr, is unable to * uurantee the oorreotaese of this report. O wing to the Interruption of the telegraph, details of tbe bailie are difficult to obtain, bat as the H-' •oolated Press is authoritatively formed byjjbe naval general ClaR Ukdiy nlgfit, the bittls was tegaa by tbs troops on snors, wbo fire on tbe O&chakoff, which \ _ flsntly displaying the red flag, commander of the Otobakoff, Schmidt, immediately aeoeptod tbe challenge, replying with both belter ies, one trained on tbe town and otber on tbe Fort Alexander battertas on the north shore. Captain Z Hotel, aide da-eaasp to Admiral Wtrenlus, chief of the naval general sfa ff, Informed the Au elated Pres* that tbe latest received from Sjbastopol showed that ihe Otchakoff was oa flea and badly riddled, with its revolutionary colors hauled down, bat ha was to jive more dttfiolta InfortoMtohr de- Chief n c ived tao of tbe lettoih, one after Curistlan bad been whipped. In the letters ail of. the policeman and Alderman N. M. Moore were threatened. -' Wood Alcohol Fatal. At Rciford, V4. L Wallace W. was made uy suspending the carriage i rite whet 1 j being taken off, in the all l n by meaLS of ropes so painted that tney would not ba seen In the pic ture. Tne carriage wss taken to pieces and the sections hung in the air be fore the same backgr^un 1 as though they were being oiuwn up. DIsmear bend aeotions of dummy horses were aoetterecTarouud and portions of dum my men were hung cjnspicously in tOe foreground. Toe bomb thrower runs from the i ce jo tne momen t lie aurls me (Xploalve. He is then shown as b:uig tlez:d anl arrested. in spite of ad of the til iris of the secret service of Uiista and of all ol tbe tzar's police the students who devised and executed tbe plot to pe* cure to Trepcff the Invetltable fate whidh awaited him if be continued uls career, have escip^d. No arrests have folio wed under aired oaarge ol this crime for crime it Is In Russia. That the plotters must have had ac complices among the men In coarg of the state tbeawta cinematograph la prtbable, but if they any the Govern ment with its cunning of generations and Its great secret sei vice machinery nas foroi.es boeo completely M ffiod. body and who found unmlstabie marks of strghgulation and maiy bruises. Manglnl left his brotnsr-ln law at Ronsb’a Point, where Hammond told him he was going Into Canada. Tm police are searooing in Montreal and me vicinity. The Hammonds are a Can adian-French family and itls thought that the bugband of tbe murdered woman may V>e biding with one of his Janadian relatives. The Coboes police lateTuwday night declared that they aad definite informatron that Ham mond la in or near Mo'itreal. White, a druggist, his son Almon sod uls daughter Eva were arrested, oharg ed with manslaughter Iq causing toe death by poisoning of three persons. White and his son are charged with oauilng the death of Miry Lag road ear, of St. Armsnd, Q isbec Another warrant charges the father, son and daughter with ciualng the death of Marshall S. Smith, and a third war rant alleges Manslaughter against Wuita and bis ton in oiuslag tbe death of Nelson Roysson. It has been | alleged by the police that tbe deaths ware caused by wood aic jhol, which was solo, it was charged, by White Manglnl sa;s that Himmjnd was and his cuiidren, w .o acted as clerks G ittlna Ready. * The Japanese admiralty has entered upon an elab rate scheme of naval ex panslon which Is exp) cted to be ap proved at tbe coming session of the diet, according to advice received frem Toklo. Shlpe with heavier arnumen s and higher speed will te bu lt. Tne J'jl Shimpo says tbit the battleships of tbe future navy of Ja pan will displaj 22,000 tons armament of fourteen 12 inch guns and a speed of twenty knots, while the future cruisers will display 15.000 tons anr have a speed of twenty five knots. An immense gun factory, with twenty large buildings, covering eighty-three sores, is being established on the Sumlda river, near - Toklo, by the Jspsneae mll tary authorities, where 4,000 men will be employed making heavy drdoinok on tbe verge cf nerv jus collapse on tbe trip toward Oanada. At Rouse’s Pdlnt they went together to v.sit an uncle of Ham mood to whem tbe fugl live a'ao coifjsacd that he aad killed his wife. — ’ The autopsy upon the woman's body has shown that she was strangled great violence, and that before degtir she was brutally beat2n or kicked. The strangler gripped her so tightly that tbe hyoid bone at the bate of the tongue was fractured Toe body has many bruises on the face, chest aad hips. There seems to bo little doubt that tbs murder was oommitiei bn the afternoon of Sunday, November 12, for neighbors on th*t day beard the piano pla>ed as she of can played It, l or she was a musician of considerable I ability. The neighbors say that the playing stopped abruptly, and that after that no sound was heard fit m the Hammond apartment, though Hammond himself was seen about the bouse later that day. Hammond told a woman living on tbe first floor of the hi use, wnioh was owned by Mrs. Htmmoad, that his wife had gone down the rlvar to buj a farm, and would ha absent several diys. It was learned Tuesday that on No- mber 10 Mrs. Hammond drew up ward of 9830 from the savings bank, at first rsoelving a New York draft, but next day exchanging It for Two Many Wives. W. S. Franklin, a prominent man pleaded guilty at Birmingham," Ala. on Saturday to the ebarge of bigamy and was given fiur years In tbs pen itentiary. He had ia wife In New port, Ky., another* ToddvlUe “a ;v In the pharmacy. Tue alcohol 4 u'chased last werk as regular alcohol and Smith annd R yeson died Friday, a few hours after drlnging the liquids Mr. Legrondeur succumbed Saturday. Io Big Lack. Gauge Star ford, who had been a in Jersey City for the last two years at a salary of (83 33 a month left Thursday tjr Los Angeles, Cal after having retignid bis position on the police tone. Over night, so tossy, be oss become s rich man, and one ol ihe prospective helre to a fortune es llmated ao about 150,000.000. Strat- f rd’s uncle, an Ejgllshmaa named Tuomas Critehio*, made an enormeus fortune by some important It vuntlons In railroad appliances and, being Old and a batchelor, made an effort to flad some of his poor relatives, to let them enjoy pa; t of nls wealth, for which Le aad no use. George Stratford Is one of the nephews of the old nan and «hen his rich uncle invited him to corns to him, did not hesitate to pull up stakes Tu the East to drop into well feathered neat. from another seuce and pnrporting fee come from the admiralty, tba toMto began at 3 o’clock Thurelajr sfimwna. when Lieui. Soharidt, wot reoeiltaf A 1 reply to the demands of tbs sintlnesn. opened fire from a fleet of 10 tolps, to which tbe northern taaitettos at Fort Alexander, artlltotf the shore and lateral remained loyal rapUed. During the naval battle the on the shore entrenched la the bar racks defended their pceltioa with ma chine guns and rlflte against tot at tacking Infantry. During aa i meat lasting two and a half with the O.chaki ff riddled and on fi a and tbe cruiser Dnieper and 1 snob, Lieut Sehmktt, been badly wounded, i entire rquadron. The mutinous us on anon sunsndamd to tba Riato and Blsloatok regimen to. Aooordlag to Ibis report tbe Paa- tetaimoo, formerly tbe Katas Totem kin, wss Injured below tbo water Hat and a torpedo boat to ashore oa tbo rocks. No details of ths casualties or of the dasnags laflM by too town tea obtainable at this tissa by tba admiralty, bat owlgg ie-tbo opcflnsd space in which tbe action was fot^b*. it is Improbable tbit tbe town mm§» ed without heavy damage. m said to have ineluded, bosldm tba If- a proposals dealing with conditions, ths convocation of a* •titbent assembly sod the realization of ths liberties promised by tbe imperial manifesto. Important In this connection is the feet than on Monday, November 13, a man declared to be Hammond or dered from a leading clothing house aa expensive fur overcoat. They wnnlri not fit him, and aaked for a deposit on the oruer. Me left what was sup posed to be two ten-dollar bills, but when the clerk examined them, after Himmoad had gme, he fonod tbe Mils were 6100 each. At another plaoe the same man bought otber ootblng and toft hla name aad ad- dram, ' MixsO ia Land Fraad. Rev. G jorge Were, rector of th Episooosl Oburca of Lead, 3. D , has oeen i ad loud by a federal grand jury, charged with complicity In defraud log the government of 125,000 acrei of land In H-jokar and Thomas coon ties, Nsbnuka. Frank Lember, and Harry Welch art made joint de fendants with Ware. Each of tbe men are held in 95,000 bond. Ossea are also pending against Rev. Ware fDr alleged Illegal t ffanoes. He is one of the wealthiest men in Lead, and baa been general manager of tbe L B. D. Rmch, whlci has Several thousand aead of cattle on the range of West- een Nebraska. Too Many Ballot HoIm. Jake Scott, colored shot and tally wounded John Walls, of the tunnel gang on the Sjothom railway extension work hslwetii Jtito per, Ind., and French Ltak, Wednes day evening. A poses, composed of the workman aaeotiatod with Walls, punned Boot! and early TBuodag re turned to town with the i as formation that ths b xly off the negro bad ban found in the woods and that ha bad committed suicide. Later ths body was found at the place dssoribad by the worksosn. Tnere wi eight ballet holes in ths body. Valwo of a Aim. Mias Ella Hamilton thinirf ^ kim she altogm Hayden Marquis, a a wealthy young man, stole from her is worth 610,000. At toast tbe amount of damagMabo in a salt filed in the district coat of Dm Moines, Iowa. Ths suit wfii come to trial at the January term. Marquis Is ths son of R. W. Maiqnto reputed to be a miWooam. .Murder and Saietde. Goaded by jealousy, Steve Oilntel killed hla wits atcj then hlmaalf at their home in Dirothy, Pa., a little mining village, Wednesday, Gnl Oiborna. agodlt.was ly klltod on Saturday Ind., in a Marshall and Bjlimocs high and Wm. Maem of Uaton ! died In New Turk from Icj arias | game bet assn Uni vanity of Now