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VOL. LI1I ??? W?NNgBOKO g C., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31, 1898. NO. 4. ^ WORK OF A FIEND, j Two Women KiWed With Poisoned > Candy. - SENT THROUGH THE MAIL, j > J One of the Most Heinous Crimes-r Ever Committed by a Dev^ il in Human Form. |P - f With some design that no body will j )? tell, a tigerish woman in San Francisco i j.__j ^? n ! munrereu two wumeu in j . this last week, attempted the death of a baby giri and almost killed five other ' people, none of whom was kuowu to her. 4 The hand of jealousy or Vengeancc. cr pure malice, reached from ocean to j ocean to deal a hideous death to Mrs. J J. P. Dunning, the daughter of ex- ! Congressman Pennington and her child. I The child escapad. but Mrs. Running's j ' sister. Mrs. J. D. Deane, died with her L , and her brother, her niece and throe ; & young women friends also ate of the j rim'sinnp^ staphs t.V><?wprf1 sruised ! fas a friendly gift, with a forged message of love, and came very near to I death indeed. It was not ouly against Mrs. Dun. ning that the murderess directed her efforts. She wanted the baby girl dead as well. ':\?ith love for yourself and baby, from Jlrs. C.," the note in the. death package read. "What more natul ral than that the mother, opening the unexpected present and reading the ji . u ..n | Kiuaiy message, wouiu can uic cuuu and give her a morsel of the sweets? "Why anybody should send death to a young, amiable, home-loving woman, whose interests were only in her. husband, baby, father and the friends who weie theirs as well as hers; who only the outer world in a social circle the reverse of sensational, is an absolute mystery. "Why the murderess ' i "> t , . i-ii i: saouia pioc 10 kju an imam; iies as deep. ^ It was * hideous vengeance on oae who had never haraed a soul. All the authorities have to guide them, unless . somebody speaks, to the awful crimi ual is a simple white pasteboard box, a bonbon box, and so designated by a broad, diagonal gold lettered label across the top. There is nothing to tell -I--;- _ r e t. wuat cuuiecuouer s n uauie irum. ouuu glazed white bc&es are kept in stook by to nearly all of them. ft The bos was wrapped in orcHaajy maI nila paper?aot cconfectioners' wrapping paper. On this the addi'ess was writ-, ten twice. Delaware was misspelled "Peleware." It bore for postage four five-cent stamps aad a fcsro-cent stamp, which were caneelled fcv a bhir that missed most of them. The writing of xttapi rtrvrvo >?Anf_ one auuicoo viaiiipcu auu ayyai^ut ly disguised. tho*gh obviously a womall's. It differed from tie writing on ^ the note inside. The postmark ''Sap Francisco" is blaxred, but it can be > "jjfiade out. details these, and maybe tediBR. but no circumstance is unimport- ?- farit in o MU liVa ihic ond in + J?aqp fla teils there is to be read the'story of ike crime, and a wonderful, if horrid, ^ tale it is. There were t^o kinds of candy in the box. The lower layers were fine chocolate, bonbons, etc., packed, in professional style, evidently just as the box was sold. The Up layer' was of thin, irregular blocks of soft cho?olate eandy. home-made beyond a fKrtt /yivla mol'fi Art UI/UUC juat tile OVlb tUdU vu a kitchen stove instead of taffy* This eandy was laid in loosely. It was th? potsoned part, as analysis subsequently J~ showed. h/* On top of this was a new handker' chief, common, plain white, with the price mark, twenty-five cents, still in one corner. It wa# either meant as a > gift for the child or as packing to keep the candy in place. Ob top of all was the note, written in lead peficil on a ' ^ U1L UX CUIULUUU nunc i'lICU JJUIJtl. .? JLlt handwriting is small and jerky and obviously femica. While differing in its characteristics from the address, it mar still have been written by .the same person. It is easy to see what the murderess's process was. Analyze it and iook on this apja?lHn<j picture. When she had determined to kill . Mrs. Dunning and the little one she purchased a bo? of candy. She doubt; less knew enough of Mrs. Duuning's taste to select candks to suit it. She i ! l-ncu- An mi cli tA si-cm hf>r nftta Mrs. m C., for Mrs. Panning had two dear K friends with, that initial?Mrs. Corbally, of San Francisco, and Mrs. Craven, of New Jersey?both of whom are in the Hast now. It is sometime since Mrs. Dunning kiffc San Fjaaoiseo. though her husband reru.tniee tkere longer. The murderess brought the candy - ? . 1 . ai * i r*i_ . kome and tooK ou* tne top layer, ?ne ate some?no woman could resist a bit of bravado like that?and then prepared the poisoned clkoeoiate. Fancy the *j deliberatenesf" of it. Making candy is no momentary enterprise. SKe s-toed over the stove and cooked the chocolate and poured in the arsepic and stirred it up. She wat?hed it up to .the nvrmsv* mf.m/mt -PrtT T?lllSt ?f>t. 1?A cooked to lang, and *his had to be palatable. She poured it into a plate and it aside to cool?no short wait. ^ ^Such was die package that reached the kome of ex-Congressman Pennington at Dover by the evening mail of August 9. Diinnmr? to-e off the wraw>er. remarking to hej iriends and relatives: 'This comes from a friend in San w Francisco." The little party were on L *he porch of Mr. Ptfaniagtdn's howse. Mrs. Dunning aoted the enclosure wifeh W interest, a? she passed the *andy IP around. W ilI know a lady of that initial in San T?r?o T>r?>c(?r\ 1 %iVmf T'rr) c nr. prised that she should send me any j candy. Her father joined the group on the j poreh. "Loolc here, father." said Mrs. j * Dunning, "what a nice present I ha.*e * received, and I don't know who seijt ; k."' Seven people partook of the candies, j They were Mrs. Dunning. Mrs. Deane, their brother. Ileurv "Pennington; Mis? I Leola Dean. Miss Ethel Milling^on. j Mi*s Ethel Clark and Miss Josephine ! Bateman. Very soon every one cf them \ H** was violently iH. Henry Pennington j collapsed on the piam. The unmis- j takable symptoms o? arsenic poisonii>g j were present i* all the ca^es. Mrs. j r Dunning and Mrs. Dean died on Aug. j 12. The others, who had not eaten as | ifcfc freely of the ?andies, struggled back-to health, but for hours ikeir recorery wns most doubtful. The character of the victims makes [ the problem of motive insoluble. Con- . ceive anybody sending your trtfe or sis- i ter a box of candy impregnated with j deadly poison, ft is diabolical! Until | the chemical analysis of the candy there j were theories of ptomaines or the gen- j eration of permanganate of potash from ; the gelatine and the bitter almond fla- ! voriug the candy. But the chemist prov- j ed by his first test that murder had been j done. Before the Coroner's jury. Dr. W?lfe, of the Delaware Agriculture College, made this statement: "I received today from Dr. Bishop a box centainin? portion of oandy sup posed to have been eaten by Mrs. Mary j Elizabeth Banning and Mrs. J. D. i Deane and several others for analysis, j From descriptions of symptoms I suspected the presence of arsenic in the candy. My investigation was directed exclusively to fhe detection of that poison as near as possible. In the application of the usual tests I found my suspicions were correct, and that the. candy contained a very large quantity of arscnie, and I fuu*d pieces of arsenic j as larire as peas. A fatal dose is from j two to three grains, and I found in three bonbons from ten to twelvegrains, enough to kill four persons. It requires a prescription te purchase arsenic, but you could buy rough on rats with a little coloring, which is the same.'" The Dunnings are from Saa Francisco. Mr. J, P. Dauning wart a newspaper reporter r* San Francisco before the hurricane at Samoa that wrecked the German and American fleet* made him a famous correspondent. In after-years he wag the Westers manager of the Associated Press. When the deatk freighted box crossed the continent and struck his wife and his wife's sister to death he was in Porto Rico managing the war staff for_the great news gathering association. lie *as sent tor [ quick. It was this man's wife the candy was ! sent to kill; that Mrs. J. D. Deane should have been murdered with her J was accidental. '1 he murderess had no care whom she killed else than the J chosen victims. If somebody tells, or j the husband can guess or the detectives j trace Ae crime to her and the woman is ever brought to trial, tliere will be a prisoner at th* bar of a more remarkable sort than has foced accusers in the day of any of' ua. Such monsters as she are prodigies even in the ranks of murder-. ers. Mrs. D. A. Botkin. with whom the poisoned womaaJ? hwsband was intimate, has been arrested in San Francisco charged with sending the candy. Duani?g who was rath the army in Porto Kico as .correspondent, upon his arrival in New York admitted that it was his habit to write love letters to ? . n , it tiie Jtfotkm woman, sensational developments, are locked for when J>unning's letters to the woman are made public. THE PEAC3 COMMISSION. / Tie Members are Getting Ready to Go to Paris. Secretary Day announced Friday af- \ ternoon that the members of the peace onanmiccinii Kaf) K?on oTineon onn t.lisrt. they had all accepted. Official announcement will follow. The commission is made up as follows: Secretary of State Day, Senators C. K. Davis of Minnesota and Wm. P. Frye of Maine, Hon. Whitdaw Reid of N?w York and Justice "White of tho supreme court. The membership of the commission b#mg completed, becrefcary Day arranged to leave for Canton in order to make his personal preparations for the ; trip to Paris. He will bg accompanied abroad by Mrs. Day, wno has entirely ; recovered from her recesfc illness. The secretary ha(S already shipped to Canton a number of his personal effects, in anticipation of his early retirement from the head of the state department. The following attaches of the commission have been seleeted, and wrll be appointed by the President: John Moore of Massachusetts, now assistant , secretary of state of the commission. uulujl sji jl via., lv uc aasxsuant secretary. Mr. MacArthur was formerly secretary of the United States legalise at Madrid, and is now on special duty at the state department. He has had considerable expericnee in work ,of a diplomatic nature. These appointments were decided on by tie President Friday morning. The First to Arrive. The steamer Alicante with t&e shipment of Spanish prisoners from Santiago arrived as tarruna, spam oa ! Wednesday. Enormous erc*vd? gathered on the quays, but were hoS allowed to get near the vessel for fear o'f the ye-Uow fever contagion, All the military ar^ ciri1 authorises were present. The qu?en-regent seat a message to the j troops on lioard the Alicante, congratu- i latinfi theua ^tpon their conduct in the field and saying that ske proposed to be the first to yelcome tkem kome. The reading of the dispatch was received j with great enthusisn. The disembaskms. is now in progress. There was no yellow fever o* board, though SO iisd of other diseases during the voyage. . The True Cause. The Springnejd Republican says: ! ^Overproduction of print cloths is again I a source of worriment te the ai!i gaav ! gars of Fall River. Plans for <whail- | ment of output are under consideration, j and it is seriously proposod to pool $1-, j 000,000 worth ef the accumulated stoek J to be held oirt of the markets until the ! rkTinn TTnr>rAv^ XjF.'vnlrl if nnk V?o V>r*fcrf?r fnr : New England*? drop upon the fact that j there is no overproduction, that it is underconsumption that is the matter, and move on linos to enable workers to have a little aoney to pay for print cloths??Augusta Chronicle. A& Three Were Killed. A h?rrible accident occurrcd TVetl- j nesday on the Atlaatite Coast Line railwav, at a crossing known as Gross- ! < 1 A J* ^ ! 11. ! man s, a snort amauee irorn x ecersuurg j Va. Mr. J. P. Condrey, a jrrosperous ; farmer of Chesterfield eouiaty was re- ' turning home with his wife and little j son in a buggy and when he reached the ; crossing the young horse he was driving t became uiunanageafele and eerricd the : party upon the brack in front of the lo- : cal train from Ri<shmond to Petersburg. AH the occupants of the buggy were instantly killed. MICKEY'S WIVES. One of the Old Raseals Victims Talks. WON HER BY PERSISTENCE, j Daring Mackrey's Absence the; Wronged Woman Relates Her Sad Story and Then Flies With Him to-New Jersey. ; The follpwing excellent story which appeared in the New York World of Wednesday, containing an -interview with the judge as to how he proposes to g&t out of his matrimonial tangles involving a charge of bigamy, and an intorviftw with his beautiful, but now sad bride 2. in which she tells how j she came to marry the aged rascal, will 1 be re^d with deep interest by the peo- I pie of this section. It was 11 o'clock Thursday forenoon I and Judge Thomas Jefferson Mackey, i the aged gdant who has devoted his j life to captivating fair women, was j still sleeping in the first parlor, back j in the furnished room house of Mrs. j Daisy Catharine, near the northwest j corner of Twenty-third street and Sev- j enth avenue. The folding doors ]*jirted. A tall j in a "fl/m-inc rnhf a 2nd- ! o"4 "* "m"w c - o? j dess iu face and figure, extending & : partially bared arm to steady herself, ! appearod in the frame, ifcr voice rrern- j bled when she spoke. tfheR toM that i a World reporter wished to see hiui the judge replied from tie interior, ia a | well modulat-ed voice: "Tell him I.can't seo- him. I must kave my breakfast iirst. It may not be a reporter Tit ail, but some one who has ! eoine to arresi me." ' U'liftt- ia Jr. Mr Mo.pL-o'k? Whftt 5a I the trouble?" inquired the gJBJ. in i frightened tcmes. When he emerged tke judge wore a j Prince Albert suit with checked tsrous- < ers. He does not show his 09 years^ j The hair, bushy eyebrows, clipped mus- j t'ache and goatee are a yellowish grey. j "It is false that I have kept my "wife a prisoner," hs said, dramatically. 'Katharine, comc. out here and deny it." When his wife refused to come the judge tore his hair.- The landlady's daughter induced him to be quiet. "I have come te this city to have-my mhrriage to Mrs. Sarah Lenore (Curtis) Mackey annulled within 60 days," con tinued the judge in jury to*e?. "These newspapers which have re- i ferred to me as a fugitive from justice | shall ai^iwor in a court of law. On the j date ox my marriage wUh Miss Curtis j she was the lawful wrfe of another. I This action, of coarse, should have j preceded my marriage to Miss Porterfield, and I so intended, but the peculiar circumstances that surrounded me had the effect of temporarily clouding my judgment, and my devotion to ker Led me-to.mn the terrible risk of incur?* TiTO.fl?n+inn ?r>r t.ViA f TTIsnp ! of bigamy. <j "I shall prove by competent testimony of eEedible witnesses that notwithstanding my marriage of 1891, the same not being a lawful marital con-1 tract, I -tfas legally free to marry Miss i< Porterfield on July 19. i;In my trunk I have a letter in which Mrs. Curtis Mackey confesses that she had a husband living -when I married hor. I had intended to wait four months before marrying Miss Porterfield, in order that I might have this first marriage made mall, but Miss Por*??,ij_ ?I-*.: 4v.n reriiClU. S xwiauvcs Wi&iicu wiu man 1*5^ to take place. 'This child lad -a pure,, noble Kfe. md all our rektions had been honorable, smch as should be these of a lover and his sweetheart. Katharine, tell the geotlemaa if you did not know I had been m.irri'ed before, and if you kave been kept a prisoner her-e." "Yes, I kaew there was a woman who called herself the wife of Judge ^ i T r _ j "L :? ^ _ :uacxey wnen x matrieu mui, a,ueweced the girl timidly. "It isn't true that I have been kept a prisoner here."' Every action and Word of the young woman was controlled by the spell cast by the judge's fierce glances. When he is with her this cavalier of an ancient South Carolina-family, with a trail ol' intrigues running through his earecr, rules her. This Philadelphia landlady, *' continued the girl, heeding a *pd from her lord, "fired up ail this stuff about me. because she saw me smoking one tiary cigarctte by the windew." YOUNO WITB'S SAD STORY. Jfers. Katharine 8: Portccfield Mackej has a perfect figure. Sbse is tall but not awkward. The ooinplnsion is olive, tko face an oval, the eyebrows are delicately traced in black, the eyes are large and dart:, tho nose x straight, the upper lip wide, but becoming. Her features kariji^nize. 5-he hair is brown and straight, and net fretted with curling form. The game jas becoming teo hot for irhe judge. He is in mortal i'ear iest \ Col. Geo. A. Porterfleld, cashier of the i bank of Charleston. W. Via., sftailhayo i him pr?ecut?l for bigamy. He rushed j away from the Twenty-ftiird street j house when be believea the repair [ had gon^, telling b? wife he would I send directions as to the destination of ; their belongings a-nd a cab for ker. The street doer had no more than j closed upon tiie judge, wken his lovely | f La \V rtnnni?fn? iVl T T VI1U A "Ob. howl have longed, since vre | o&me in this hous? hut Friday, for some j one to whom I could eoutide my sor- i row!" began this tall, sad-eyed girl. 1 'First, read (his letter from *iy father." The epiitk, in a littfe blue envelope, bore a dozen posteaarks ani caueella- j tions. ;'My fatkeraoes not knowwkere ! T Tli, 1 .,M?r,A I JL am. Ili5 AMAAUVV aiwuuu. I like oxpiainei. Thi^is the communication, dated at | Charlestown, \f. V.: "My Dear Child: R is Sunday after- j noon and I am all aione with my grief, j Yowr mother and sister 3ftiry have gone to the springs to seek a ehangc of air and sowe jeoroation fr&m their terrible sorrow. '*1 fear jreatly for your fu: are hap j piness wish the man whom we thought you married. The inclosed clipping j gives me a great many sad hours. "It is such a scrrow to us to know ; that you esunnot retnm* to us again." Then was produced a copy of a long ! typewritten statement attested by j Katharine S. Mackey. In it she at- j tempts an explanation to her father of | the alleged circumstances surrounding j the marriage of Judgo Mackey. to Miss ! Sarah Lcnore Curtis Mackey, -daughter j of former Judge Curtis, of Stamford, at i the St. Paul's Methodist church in East j Fifty-fifth street, as toid iu the World J Wednesday. The legal-looking document i of five pages also purports to show how j rim indsro is to socure the annulment of ! his marriage with Miss Curtis, with \ whom ho has lived at No. 226 We*t One J Hundred and Fourteeniji street. . '"Of course I did not write this of ruy \ own volition. The judge dictated all ef j it to me. He made me write it," said j the unhappy girl. "I have longed for somebody to bare 1 my heart to, I wjjl tell the whole truth. I It is not true that I knew Judge Mack- j ey was already a married man when 11 was bound to him. While I was boarding in Washington last June he came to live at the same house. He began to r>av court to me at once. He was the most devoted lover I ever saw. Judge Mackeyhas spent his life in devotions to women. He knows-how to captivate them. "Without interruption he sent me flowers, candies, books, pictures, everything. He asked me to marry him. I didn't accept at first. He wrote to my father, and then accompanied me home. He was more constant in pressing his suit than before. "I remember one little episode in our courtship that was a nightmare to me. TI- clirm'rl liavp a. wnxnintr. We were out i'or a walk. The judge knew j that I wa* already engaged to Alexan- i der Spottswaod, of the Virginia Spotts- : woods, famous in the <;Goldea Horse j ,Inu. "He wanted to give me fourmanths' i probation tro see if I truly loved him. ; and was not thinking of Mr. Spotts- ! wood, the judge said. I #hafi'ed him ! about this and hinted that he, too, j might have another sweetheart, per- ! Tvmi * in liia thrmfrhts. He flushed and exploded with anger. '"What do you suspect me? I swear that I never had a wifa before,' he. axclailned dramatically. "After two weeks my mother said that either I must marry Judge Mackey or that he must leave 'Cassilis,' our home in Charlestown. My sister, Mrs. Washington! said: 'Why don't you marry the judge, Katharine, or let him go?"' So I gave up Mr. Spotts wood. He was a college student. He is now in San Francisco. I loved Mr. Spotts J T 1??;i Afv,o.lr?? WOUU. X UCVCi 1UTJCU o UUJJC .'iov.ai.j-. j He lias won me through pereeveranee, importunity. He was so desperately iu> love with me that my mother-actually pitied him. "I consented at lasfc and we were quietly married at my father's comfortable home. Then we went to Washington for three days. "We went to call at iliss Bell's in Vermont avenue, where we had formerly boarded. Miss Bell stretched out her hand and drew me near her to say something nice by way of congratulation. '\My husband was furious. 'Con??-J? 1 ~ ? l> A Am I ^xctLUUiUIUIiS^ >Vil4l lvi . jic ucxuauuwu. 4 Why, on your marriage, of course/ replied Miss Bell. 'It is all in The Post.' " 'We don't want any congratulations,' retorted Judge Meckey. "After reading The account of our wedding in The Post he said he objected to Miss Bell's congratulations on the assumption that I was the one who was not 1*0 be cosgratmlated. "Since then it. has been slop and fly, ever on the wing, east, west: The judge appears to have plenty of motley. T do not know where he gets it. He told me and my father that before he was maried he was worth $100,000. We L -1- j "L: ueneveu mm. "From "Washington we came to New York and stopped at the Hoffman house. One night while we were there my husband came in and very affectionately put his arm around my neck. 'Darling, I have something horrible to whisper to you. You must be very brave,' he said. 'There is a woman in this city who ealls herself my wife, and ? "l > to venom jl was married in i?i. "I turned pale to the very lips. 1 needed wine, and the judge gave it to me. He has ne^er been away from me an hour since we were married. ''lama prisoner in the sense that the judge never permits rue to leave him. ''Oh, God!" exclaimed the girl with a child's face and heart, "I am the most unhappy woman on earth. "What shall I do? Aa'd yet I feel that I owe a duty to my husband. Sometimes I think he wants to be kind to me. In -11 + rtifr T ViQTTa nrt4 twn ill! IJilO UJ.0 V1UJ m ii?iv vu?| ??? v friends. One is my brother. The other is young Mr. De Herburn "Washington, whom I used to know in the old days." Continuing with the narrative of their wandorings, Mrs. Mackey said that from tta Kdffpau house they went to a boarding house on the east side known as the Forrnan uouse. Then they jumped to Pittsburg, where she passed ?ne of the unkappiest weeks, in her life. Then it was a week in Chicago, tffter which they went to No. 510 Franklin Street, Philadelphia, as told in Wednesday's "^rld. ""My husband is jealoms of me. He is : " ' 'V X T __ !! ^ T .^1 ftiraia tnai i win gu my- iu Xorthport. The judge tears up my letters ana permits me to write only to certain people. It is not hypnotism th&t holds me in ?y husband's grasp. As I said, he wen 6'ecause he was persistent." At this point an expressman arrived with a note- from the j.udge commanding Mrs. Mackey to pack their trunks,, iump into a cab and meet him at the West Twenty-third street ferry at 1 p. m., to go to New Jersey. ;Good-bv." said the sad girl. "I have barci my heart. I have told the truth." In less than three-quarters of an hour, the limit which tkejudga had given ker, the beautiful Mrs. 3'ackey No. 2 had completed the task of fi'iiug three trunks in the W?61 Twenty-third street, house. She jumped into the waiting cab. the door slamm?d, and the mr&e ei" a hunted bird was off again with tire wreck of her young life. ?? Want to Return Home. A number of private soldiers of the volunteer army have to the Chattanooga Times that the war being over, they desire to he mustered out so they may return to their business. They say that they"did not enlist to do garrison or poli'-c dury. but do light," andtlrat nearly o .1 V - ^ x A. ^ an or tRose v. no are anxious iu go to i Cuba or Porto Kice are officers who are drawing good salaries, and not the private soldiers. THE COTTON YIELD. ?" Convention Will Likely be Held on an Important Matter. A LtUfcK r KUIvl YUUiVIAIMb. Southern Planters have a Plan Which is Said to be the Only One That Can Save Them from Impending Disaster. x Tho following letter from Mr. L. W. Youmans to the press of the State explains itself: Fairfax, S. C., Aug. 22, 1898. You have, I presume, noted Mr. Henry Neill's estimate of the present cotton crop, ranging between 10,500,000 and 12,000,000 bales. It was the consensus of opinion among leading cotton growers from all sections of the South at a m?eting in Memphis, Tenn., from which I have just returned, that Mr. Neill's estimate was about correct. At fine l<acf rAOf r?nt+rm TTTQA miAfarl in vuig uutv tuuw j wui vvtwvu ituo in New York at 8 l-3c. Before the 1st of November, without any suspicion that the crop would approximate anything like such extensive figures as 11,000,000 bales, cotton had declined over two cents per pound. Cotton is now quoted in New York at 5 3-4c; with an estimated surplus on hand of 1,500,000 bales greater than at this time last year, to be supplemented by a crop of equal if not greater magnitude than the crop of last year. Shouiu this enormous volume of cotton be hurriedly thrown on the market _ 1 .A..j.j. _ J j.'L __ 1? li. aireauy giuttea wim an over supply, it would be hard to predict how low prices would bo forced. It would seem not at all improbable for it to touch 4c. If- the plan of the Cotton Growers' Union could be put in operation it would insure 6c, net for every pound of cotton regulated by it. The difference between 4c. and 6c. in 10,000,000 bales would be $100,000,000?a atake Buf&cient, it seems to me, to interest the entire South. With almost every southern interest more or less interwoven with the interest of the cotton growers it does seem to me that they might flftmhi'no tTio orpiiw^rq in this effort to consummate a policy that promises such great benefit to our section. I enclose you a copy of i\ letter written to the Hon. J. C. Wilborn. president of the State organization, which will give you aa outline of the plan and more fully acquaint you with the situation. I earnestly solicit the powerful influence of the press in awakeni-Ntr r>nt.<-r>n rrnwArfl m a inst annrfi O v"v c.v..v?w ?* o -rr-ciation of the importance of the undertaking. Very sincerely, L. W. Youmans. The following letter on the vitally important subject of the handling of this year's cotton crop has been received by the president of the South Carolina Cotton Growers association: Fairfax, Aug. 22, 1898. Hon. J. C- Wilborn, Yorkville,'S. 0. My Dear Sir: I have just returned from Memphis, Tenn., where I have been a3 the vice-president for South Carolina to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the American Cotton Growers Protection association. At this meeting, after electing Col. Maxwell, of Louisiana, president to siicceed the late Hod. Hector D. Lane, deceased, and after simplifying the title of the organization by changing i* to that of the National Cotton Growers Union, it was determined by the president and vice-presidents to inaugurate a vigorous policy on the part of the cotton growers of the South to meet the requirements of the present threatening exigency of lower prices and impending ruin. From the best informed and most reliable sources of information, the committee unanimously ar^ved at the conclusion that the present crop would fully equal, if not exceed the last, and, if rapidly thrown upon th? market, would in all probability sell far below 5 cents. In view of the fact that the cotton growers have the present crop of from'ten to twelve million bales now in hand, while manufacturers and speculators have only about three million bales, if that, and thdt if the cotton growers wouia witnnoia tne present orop fre-m the market for 90 days, say till December 1st, the world would be bare of cotton and at the mercy of the cotton growers for their supply, it was determined to effect a thorough and complete organization of the cotton growers beginning with the smallest geographical sab-division with a view of holding the present crop and ;following up this line of action through the medium of township clubs, by enrolling all land holders in a contract to reduce ? ?_ 1 11? next year b acreage ous-uau. It is maaifestly clear Hhat such a line of proceeding would place the cotton growers in command of the situation and change the outlook from one of bankruptcy and ruin to one of profit aad competency. Ifr^'urther seems that an effcrt in this line would meet with the aid and approval of almoat every "business interest in the sou&. Well knowing that the principle obstacle to the accomplishment of this undertaking would consist in the maturing obligations of the cotton growers incurred in tke production of the crop, a special committee has been arranged for, consisting of one member from each State, to confer with capitalists and provide the necessary funds to take np these liens and carry the cotton until euch time as it can be disposed of at fair profit. Under instruction from the executive committee of the National Cotton Growers Union, with a view of placing Sou*h Carolina in a position to carry out these propositions, I now call upon you as the president of the organization in this State to call a convention to meot in Columbia at the earnest possible day. Pleaseiuse-such diligence as will sccure a full represestation from each county in the State. Should ourState act-with promptness j and decision, it would in all probability I have a most happy effect on all the other cotton growing States. This is a matter of vital conaeauenee to the en tire cotton belt and too important to brook any unnecessary delay. "While I nave thought proper to give you an outline of the committee's plan of procedure, it was thought best by the committee not to make it public just ret. Yours very sincerely, L. W. Youmaoi. j CAUGHT BY A SHARK. The Narrow Escape of a Young Man of i New York. A monsUr shark in Prince's bay opened and closed his jaws on Charles Boone,, a visitor at Father Drumgoole's nome at i>iount iioretta, otaten isiana, Thursday afternoon. Almost by a miracle Boone escaped instant death. Boone is in Smith infirmary now,-with horrible lacerations in his right thigh. The sergeons say that he will survive his -wounds uuless septic poisoning sets in. Boone, who is a good swimmer and very fond of the water, went i n bathing off a small wharf, which is built out into the bay at the lower end of Staten Island. Charles White, a young man of his own age, was in the water with him. White had swam ashore and was standing on the edge of the wharf when Boone began leisurely swimming in. There was a sudden rush beneath the swimmer, a mighty foirce that seemed to lift him up as on a huge wave, the gleam of a white belly, one glimpse of a monster jaw, with shinine white teeth, and then Boone felt a savage pull at his right leg. He was near the wharf, and the bigflsh had pushed him still nearer. He grasped a timber and swung himself clear of the water, and White grabbed him. Boone when pulled on to the wharf looked at once behind him, bnt the monster disappeared as he looked. "White had seen the encounter and he bezan to auestion his companions at once. "It was a shark," said Boone. "I saw him. I guess he's nipped me." He tried to stand up and nearly collapsedj As ho sank fainting to the ground White saw blood all over his thigh. The sea water had restrained its flow and the shock had come to Boone all at once when he had reached a place of safety. The huge monster had evidently opened his mouth and taken one snap at the swimmer's leg, but luckily had not closed his great jaws. The mark of the bite was clearly defined. On the inside of Boone's right thigh was a cut fourteen inches long that looked as if it had been made ' with a knife. A great flap of flesh had been taken out. On the outside of the leg there were the marks of twenty teeth in a long row. Each tooth had pressed into the flesh from half an inch to an inch in depth. Blood flowed from every cut. There was also a lateral, tear of the flesh, corresponding in lonjrt.Vi to tlio vinimis imnrint, of thfl shark's teeth and parrallel to it. Boone had lost a great quantity of blood. HE WAS TOO SMAET. In Trying to Teach His Wife a Lesson, He Learned One. "My wife has a disagreeable habit of leaving her poeketbook in exposed places," said the man who was telling the story. ?;I have cautioned her more than once that she would lose it if she wasn't more careful. "I came down with her the other morning, and the first thing she did af-' ter bearding the car was to deposit her purse -upon the car seat, while she relieved herself of the terrible suspicion that her hat wasn't on straight. A movement of her armskneked the purse ii a ?1 *1. . J i.M T on me noor, wuere it reiuameu uuiii x picked it up. 'Irescued that purse no less than a dozen times before we reached the bargain counter that was the goal of my wife's ambition. ':Bvents around a bargain counter occur with kaleidoscopic swiftness, and I soon found myself the sole guardian of my wife's purse, which lay before me on the counter where it had been deserted by her in a mad rush for the other end of the counter. ''To teach her a lesbou I emptied the contents of the purse in my pocket and retreated to the edge of the crowd to await developments. "it wasn't long before my wife crowded her way out, triumphantly holding aloft a twenty-five cent cream jar that she had succeeded in buying for fortynine cents. " 'I didn't know that they charged things here.' I began, feebly. ' " 'They don't, she answered. {I have money left for three ice cream sodas and a strip of car tickets.' And she exhibited the contents of her purse to prove her assertion. "I nearly fainted when it dawned upon me that I had taken the contents from a purse belonging to some other woman. "I have no desir* to retain possession, and if the woman who lost seventynine cents a postage stamp, three hair pins, and a recipe for making angel foed will call at my office she may have her property."?Detroit Free Press. The First to Muster Out. The adjutant general issued a bulletin "Wednesday afternoon saying that orders i li O A . naa Deen given ior mustering out tne following named organization*: First Vermont volunteer infantry, First Maine volunteer infantry, Fifty-second Iowa volunteer infantry, Sixth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Fifth Maryland volunteer infantry, battalion Ohio light artillery. Second New York vol.unteer infantry, First Illinois volunteer infantry, one Hundred and Fifty seventh Indiana volunteer infantry, Batteries A and B, Georgia light artillery. Twenty-eighth Indiana volunteer light battery. Troops A and B, New lork volunteer cavalry, Governor's troop of Philadelphia. Other orders to muster out troops will be announced as soon as definite decisions are reached. 'Will be Brought Home. The soldiers and sailors who died in Cuba will eventually be given graves in . i . 1 7 /-I 0. ^ tneir native lana. u-en. cnaiter marKcd the graves of those who fell in battle with a simple piece of wood, but he afterwards received orders to mark them in the future with stone, so there will be no mistake as to the identity of each one. The dead soldiers will be brought home and their bodies sent to their families. Ee Never Finished. <;NV she] said, "you are not such r ill _ . ? r . a man as i would nave mougni 01 choosing for my husband. '"That may be," he replied, but I thought, seeing that you had got beyond the point where choosing was possible, that you might consent to" . But he never finishd. STMKDTG V j Negroes Are "Working in Their [Place Under Guard. * Sheriff Coburn assembled 125 depu ties at tne city nan \v canesaay at rana 111., swore all in and gave them instructions to reassemble armed with Winchesters and meet a number of negroes expected to arrive from Alabama to work here in the coal mines. Ten negroes arrived in Pana Tuesday night to take the places of white miners at Pana who have been on a strike for several months. The negroes were escorted to the city limits by a convener - , ciuuvui iiiiueio a.iiu inuuwu uu Jica>c town. The strikers are being reinforced by union miners from over the state. The strikers Wednesday assembled near the Illinois Central railway tracks in large bodies awaiting the arrival of negroes. * During the day a special train arrived in Pana from Birmingham, Ala., witn 200 negroes. The train was rushed through the city to the Springside coal mine, outside the city limits, TTTI-U'WA *Vk/\ PKAAf TT*r\y*f\ /3 /M* wjjlciu tiic wac uiuuauuu uuuu the guard of deputy sheriffs. Several hundred miners were at the union depot to meet the negroes and talk with them, but were unable to do so. All the grounds at the Springside mine are under heavy guard, and no citizens are permitted to pass the lines. The strike leaders have requested Governor Tanner to take action regarding the mining efficiency of the negroes, and he has answered that he will send inspectors to examine the men. &urr.ms? wjsitlnu tu ha haw a. Several Ships have Arrived. Blanco Having Americans Cared For. A dispatch from Havana says Wednesday morning the American schooner B. Frank Neally, arrived from Key West with 20 passengers and a cargo of provisions. The French steamer Roger from Barcelona, and the Mexican and Vera \jruz, mi wiLLL pruvjuuuua, ai&u arriveu. Friday the coasting steamer line from Batabano, on the coast, to Santiago, was re-established. The vessels will carry mail, cargo and passengers to Santiago. The commanding general in the San'c ti Spiritus district reports that two American soldiers of the column operating with G-omez have presented themselves to him, being ill. They were immediately sent to the hospital. News has been received that Lieut. Johnstone i i . Tin j* n? . nas aiso arrived at oancti ointus.; Gen. Blanco has ordered that all Americans who present themselves be well received, that assistance be given them, and that they be treated with all consideration. The sick at the hospitals. Gen. Blanco's order says, must be treated with solicitude and kindness. The colonial government has decided, with reference to custom house duties that merchandise. from -Santiago, and other ports occupied by American forces oe considered ioreign merchandise. NATIVES CAUSE TEOUBLE. One of Our Soldier Killed in a Eiot at Manila. There has been a serious clash at Manila between the United State soldiers and the insurgents. A riot resulted in one soldier killed and another serirmclv fT-onrovi fT-nrlc/in o V II VMUMVMI \J> VVAfcjV w member of the Utah battery, became involved in a dispute with a native shopkeeper. Fearing trouble he fired his revolver to attract the attention of h^s fellow-sailors. A great crowd of natives ran to the scene of disturbance and immediately began firing revolvers killing Hudson and wounding Corporal Wm. Anderson same battery, alsohur-ried to assistance. A detachment of the fourth cavalry was called out to disperse the crowd which slowly retreated conunuemg emptying revolvers out without further damage. Some night soldier on guard duty saw a large body of natives stripping the wreck of a gun boat in Caito Bay.. . A boat with an armed force put out from the shore. The Soldiers hailed the natives who failed to respond. A volley was fired, killingone native and wounding another. Aguinaldo denies any connection with the affairs. .These fights shnw the snl leu disposition of the natives. It is feared that freqnent, letter uprisings will follow. A Street Car Struck. In Pittsburg, Pa., Thursday, during a heavy thunder storm, lightning struck a street caT on the* Second avenue line as it was% passing Greenwood avenue, killing B. S. Fear, aged sixtytwo, a well-known business man of Harlemwood, Injured?Mrs. Sarah1 Munyall, skull fractured and hurt internally, will probably, die, Eugene Mnnvftll snn Vioi^Ixt /??f. oKnr?li tVm head; David Thomas, head and arm cut and bruised; unknown foreigner, foot crushed; James A. Butler, shocked. The passengers were panic stricken ar.d made frantic efforts to escape. Mr. Fear, in jumping, alighted on his head, crushing his skull. All the injuied received their hurts in attempting to jump before the car came to a standstill. To Clean Cooking Utensils. Old porcelain-lined pots are made white with soda or borax, or with a weak solution of potash, and then wash well. The best way to clean polished iron spid ers is with vinegar from pickle for these purpose. To a pint of vinegar add a handful of salt, and let the mixture boil in the spider for about half an hour. Rob every portion of the inside of the iron with a cloth dipped in the salt and vinegar. This will touch the edges beyond where the boiling mixture reaches, finally scour the iron thoroughly after this with any good sand soap, or with sand and soap. The most blackened spider will shine like a new one. A Mule's Laugh. When Enos was still a youngster, his uncle one day drove a new span of mules into the yard. As the children were admiring them, one of the mules suddenly gave vent to a most terrific bray." The little fellow had never heard such frightful sounds before, and. badly scared, ran screaming into the house. The next day the mules were driven out again, but Enos refused to go near, and.when asked the reason, he replied, "T'se so' faid Uncle David's mule will iaugh at me again"' ' LA ^ UNIQUE DOCUMENT. jl Congratulatory Farewell Address - ~ From Spaniards. AnnuFccn Tfiniipsni niPPft The President Was Impressed by . the Remarkable Document and Made it Public at Once. A document entirely unique in the annals of warfare was cabled last week to the war department by Gen. Shafter. It is in the form of a congratulatory farewell address issued to the saidiers of the American army by Pedro de rwniA uuyu Jk/j. * uvv tfVAVUWj VM behalf of 11,000 Spanish soldiers. No similar document perhaps was ever before issued to a victorious army by a vanquished enemy. The President was much impressed by the address, and after reading it carefully, authorized its publication. Following is the text of the address, as cabled by Gen. Shafter: Santiago, Aug. 22,1898. H. C. Corbin, Adjutant General, U. S. A.. Washington: .; The following? address has just been received from the soldiers now embarking for Spain; Jjffl ToMaj. G-en. Shafter,- commanding the American army in Cuba. V Sir: The Spanish soldiers who capitulated in this place on the 16th of > * V July last, recognizing your high and just position, pray that through you all the courageous and noble soldiers under your command may receive our irnnd wishes and farewell whie.h we send them on embarking f6r our beloved Spain. For this favor, which we have no doubt you will grant, you will gain the everlasting gratitude and consideration of 11,000 Spanish soldiers who are your most humble servants, Pedro Lopez de Castillo, Private of Infantry. Also the following letter addressed to the soldiers of the American army: Soldiers of the American Army: We would not be fulfilling our duty '^1111 as well-bom men, in whose breasts tnere live gratitute ana courtesy, snouia we embark for our beloved Spain without sending to you our most cordial and sincere good wishes and farewell. We fought you with ardor, with all of our strength, endeavoring to gain jfche victory, but without the slightest rancor or hate toward the American nation. We have been vanquished by you (so our generals and chiefs judged in sign- fl ing the capitulation), but our surrender and the bloody battles preceding it have left in our souls no place for resentment against the men who fought so nobly. and vnliantly. ^ mt Yon fought and acted in compliance ~ ; with the same call of duty as we. for we all represent the power of our respective states. Yon fought us as men, face to . face, and. with .great couragej. as before stated, a quality which we had uot met with during the three years we have carried on this war against a people without religion, without morals, without conscience and of doubtful origin, who eould not confront the enemy, but maaen, spot tneir noDie victims irum ambush and then immediately fled. This was the kind of warfare we had to ' sustain in this unfortunate land. You have complied exactly with all the laws and usages of war as recognized by the armies of the most civilized cations of the world; have given honorable burial to the dead and the vanquished; have eured their wounded with great humanity; have respected and cared for your prisoners and their comfort and to ns, whose condition was terrible, you have given freely of food, of- your stock of medicines and you have honored us with distinction and courtesy, for, after the fighting, the two armies mingled with the greatest harmony. With this high sentiment of appreciation from us all, there remains but to express our farewell, and with the greatest sincerity we wish you all happiness and health in this land which no longer belong to our dear Spain, but will be yours, who have * ? conauercd by force and watered it with your blood as your conscience called for under the demand of civilization and humanity, but the descendants of the Congo and the Guinea mingled with the blood of unscrupulous Spanish and of traitors and adventurers; these people are notable to exercise or enjoy? their liberty, for they will find it a burden to comply with the laws tfhich govern civilized communities. From 11.000 Spanish soldiers. Pedro Lopez de Castillo, Soldier of Infantry. Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 21st. 1898. Shatter, Major General. A Wealthy Vagrant ' f: A man named Peter Cunningham, was recently arrested for vagrancy in San Francisco. Cunningham is one of the most remarkable vagrant^' that has ever come under the notice of the police. It was shown in court that he had deposited in local banks $52,000, and yet the old man has for years made it his habit daily to visit down town saloons and restaurants to pick from ashbarrels food sufficient to keep him alive. On the night of Aug. 16 Cunningham was arrested by Policeman Thomas Langford for vagrancy. He was searched at the station house, and his pockets ana coat linings produced a whole basketful of discarded bread, cakcs, pies, meat, vegetables, toothpicks, pins, needles and papers. Murdered a Candidate. The Hon. Thomas M. Adams, Demor>-r>n ti r* -Pnr t It ] Annclof r?w* rxtoo J . fS Vi OHV UUUiiUVV W! TIM ^ -^g assassinated Wednesday night at Giliis, .~- yS Chattahoochee county, Ga. lie had just finished speaking and was standing in the crowd, who were listening to Win. Bagley, his Populist opponent. Bagley. who was interrupted by Jeff Davis, a negro school teacher, and also a Democrat, left the platform and knocked Davis down. A general fight was precipitated. Several shots were fired. Adams was instantly killed. One shot entered his temple and one his heart. Nobody else was hit. Adams was very popular and bitter feelings have been aroused by the tragedy. Further trouble is feared. Declares for Bryan. The Ohio Democratic State Convention, which met in Dayton, Ohia, last week, declared for Bryan for President in 1000 on the same platform as in 1896*. ^