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m EDWARD'S HUM
Reports of His Condition Have Seriou?
Effect on Trade.
SUFFERS FROM CANCER, IT IS SAIC
An Alarming Premonition in Conrt Circle!
That the British Ruler May Not Lire
to Do Crowned?A Well-Dcflned Belicl
That the King is Thrcutcued With
Some Organic Complaint.
London.?The pertinacity with which
society discusses the rumors regarding
the health of King Edward has had a
? + 1<*rx nnn ilrnCCmnl.".
StTlUUS eilt'Cl UU IX1C VUUI c
ers, who expected before now to have
been busily engaged on the coronation
robes, etc. They are keeping
large numbers of employes in almost
^complete idleness. Fashionable society
has apparentljpHnade up its mind
that they will nbt go to any expense
until they feel sure that the coronation
will really take place.
There is a very clearly-defined impression
in tlio diplomatic corps that
the King is threatened with some organic
complaint. Some go so far as
.to say it is cancer or Brl.sht's dis
ease, or evoii Dotn. rrooauiy zuc ian
is that the cancer ruuior springs from
the King's often expressed dread oi!
cancer, which has made such ravages
in his own family. It is likely that
"Whatever ailment may threaten him
it has not reached any definite or dangerous
stage. If that were the case
he would be unable to keep up his incessant
round of public duties and
' private pastimes with the regularity
and zest which he continues to display.
In spite of these facts, th?re is undoubtedly
a feeling in court circles,
especially among the women, that the
King will never live to be crowned.
This is having a serious effect on
trade. One story, in this connection,
now current is that a palmist told
Queen Alexandra not long ago that
she would, never live to be crowned.
HAS CANCER OF THE THROAT.
London Weekly Says King Edward Has
Undergone Three Operation*.
London. ? Reynold's Weekly Newspaper
Is the first British publication to
. assert that King Edward actually is
suffering from cancer of the throat.
It declares that since His Majesty's
accession three operations have been
performed for the removal of papilloma
on the left vocal chord, and that
one was removed from the right vocal
chord last week.
"Assistance was hastily summoned."
says this journal, "as His Majesty
was breathing with difficulty, and an
immediate operation was performed.
But it was regarded as only a temporary
relief, the injured epithelium now
having become a cancerous growth,
and serious developments are ex
peticu.
POWERS AGAIN CONVICTED.
He is Sentenced to Lite Imprisonment
For His Fart In tioebel Murder.
Georgetown, Ky.?Caleb Powers, former
Secretary of State, was again convicted
of being accessory before tlie
fact to the murder oi; Governor William
Goebel in January, 1900, and for
the second time has been sentenced to
imprisonment for life.
Powers sat pale and motionless when
the verdict was announced by the
foreman. B. S. Calvert, his old schoolmate.
Opposite Powers, on the other
side of the courtroom with the attorneys,
sat Arthur Goebel. brother of
the late Governor, with his eyes fixed
on the prisoner.
The attorneys of Powers shook his
hand, expressing aloud their belief in
HIS JUUUUt'LlUt*. ?? UiJicu I.IVS"UEU uiuitwv*
Powers, embracing and kissing him,
and tears were shed.
A motion for a new trial was overruled.
The case will be appealed.
The sentence was rend and judgment
suspended pending the decision
of the higher tribunal. Powers was
taken to Frankfort and committed to
jail without bail.
TOWN ALMOST WIPED OUT.
A Destructive Fire in Pelroar, Del., Makew
250 Lives Homeless. '
""Laurel, Del. ? Delmar, a town of
about 1000 inhabitants, was almost
wiped out by Are. Nearly 250 people
are homeicss, and the property loss
Is estimated at about $100,000.
Owing to the poor facilities for
fighting the flames, the fire was soon
1 :?yond control of the local Fire Department,
and aid had to be asked of
Salisbury, Md., a short disiance away.
The postcffice was destroyed, but the
mails were saved. About fifty families
lost their entire possessions. Only
two stores are left, aucl nearly half of
the dwelling houses were burned.
Air Test on Submarine Boat.
A second submarine boat was tested
at Barrow, England. Six men
were sealed in the boat for twelve
hours. The air remained fresh.
Czo1ro.<7. Renounced Anarchy.
Czoljrosz, the assassin of President
AIcKinley, repented, renounced Anarchy
and re-embraced the Catholic
faitb.
Indian Territory'* Coal Production.
The coal and coke production of the
Indian Territory is steadily increasing.
?
All Kinds of tabor Scarce.
In many sections of the country
there is a scarcity of all kinds of labor.
900,000 Chinese Famine Stricken.
According to reliable reports 600,000
persons in the Province of Ngan-Whel
and 300,000 in the Province of KiangSu,
China, arc on the verge of starvation.
and the famine Is spreading. The
avuilable funds are insignificant.
Three Brothers Killed in a Well.
Three sous of Joseph Casper, a farrier
living near Spring Valley, 111., were
smothered in a well by gas. George
was twenty-three, Eddie eleven and
Clarence eight, years old. The parents
were away at the time.
Minor Mention.
Kansas wants 2G0 acres of St. Louis
Fair space for nn alfalfa exhibit.
The Russian Government will spend
$15,U00,000 on a new harbor at Cronstadt.
An ordinance has teen adopted in
Reading, Penn., to punish spitting oc
sidewalks.
The Philadelphia Councils have voted
to send the Liberty Bell to the Charleston
Exposition.
Ancient gold mines of Egypt, an ex
ploring engineer states, are capable ol
being profitably reopened.
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| STRENGTH OF THE ARMY
ueneral Miles, in His Annual nepori,
. Gives It as 84,51.?
Recommends Fewer Bureaus in Waahington
Dealing With tlie Management
) of tlie Organization.
Washington, D. C.?Lieutenant-General
Miles, in his annual report, gives
the total strength of the Army as S4,513,
of which 33,874 are in the United
States, 43,239 in the Philippines, 4914
in Cuba and the remainder in small detachments
In Porto Rico, Hawaii,
China and Alaska. He says It is expected
the force In Cuba will he reduced
soon, and hopes the force in the
Philippines also can be reduced.
General Miles does not approve the
present organization of the artillery
corps, saying it establishes another bureau
in Washington. He believes in
the fftrmer regimental organization.
<" nnnfcnti whiph
CvpeitKIIIK V'l tuc <n in.. ?..>u.v.v..,
Is abolished by the army reorganization
law*, he says uo injury has resulted.
and in the main the law has bnen
beneficial. He states his objections
to the management of military affairs
in the War Department in the following
language:
"While Congress has made ample
provision for the management of military
affairs in the organization of the
Army, whereby the companies, regiments.
brigades, divisions and departments
are made the units of adminstration,
and by statutes lias clothed
the officials not only wilh executive
authority, but with judicial powers
and responsibility, yet the tendency
has been to absorb and usurp the entire
corfduct of the military esablishinent
in the city of Washington, and
especially in the staff departments.
"This has been found most injurious
in other armies, and is one of the principal
defects in our own system. Tho
evil has been increasing during the activities
of the wars of the last three
years to an extent that, in my judgment,
requires serious consideration,
and I recommend that decentraliza
tlon be effected as far as possible, ana
that all proper and lawful authority
be restored to subordinate commanders,
"who are provided with an efficient
organization, and who can be
safely instrusted with responsibility
for the efficient and faithful administration
of military affairs commensurate
with their important commands."
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS.
fho Program For the Social Season of
1902 Announced.
Washington. D. C.?The official social
program for the White House was. announced
by Secretary Cortelyou. Foi
the first time the designation of the
President's home is not the "Executive
Mansion." In accordance with
Mr. Roosevelt's wish the historic
building will be known officially as
well as colloquially during his term
as "the White House."
The season of 1902 is included in
the month of January, and Is the
shortest on record. The program follows:
January J, New Year's reception;
Ja?auary 2, Cabinet dinner; Jahuary
7, diplomatic reception; January
9, diplomatic dinner; January 14, judicial
reception; January 16, Supreme
^ J! ???*%*** OO Pnn rryao.
UOUrt GiUXiui , uauuaijr ml>, vuu^tvw
sional reception, and January 30, reception
to the army and navy.
The usual Shrove Tuesday reception
to the public is omitted, for the reason
that Sirs. Roosevelt -will give throe
public receptions ? December 14, 21
and 28. She -will also receive the public
on Saturday afternoons during the
Easter season. On Shrove Tuesday
the official season will close with a
grand cotillion in honor of Miss Alice
Roosevelt, whose eighteenth birthday,
occurs on Sunday, February 9. This
will be the first ball given at the White
House since the days of Miss Nellie
Grant.
DUR CLAIMS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Fifteen Aggrieved Persons to Get a TotaS
of 830,000.
London.?At the resumption of the
sitting of the South African Compensation
Commission Major-General Sir
John C. Ardagh, on behalf of the Government,
announced that all claims of
foreign countries had been settled dip.
iomatically with the exception of those
of the Netherlands and France. The
final decision is as follows:
The United States, $30,000; Austria,
$45,000; Germany, $150,000; Russia,
$20,500; Italy. $00,000; Spain, $750;
Sweden and Norway, $5000; Switzerland,
$1250; Belgium, $4000, and Denmark,
$1250.
Newton Crane, who represented the
United States before the commission,
regards the settlement as most favorable
for the American claimants, of
whom there are only fifteen.
WILSON ASKS $1,000,000 MORE.
estimates of the Department of Agriculture
Keach 83,862,420.
Washington, D. C.?The estimates
for the Department of Agriculture for
the next fiscal year uggregate $4,789,540,
against $3,802,420 for the current
fiscal year, showing an increase of almost
$1,000,000 for next year.
The total for the Weather Bureau,
as submitted by Chief Moore, is $1,218,090,
an increase of $100,770. There
Is an increase of $113,^50 in salaries
and of $58,000 for vegetable pathological
work.
The total estimates for forestry
work are $200,180, an increase of $113,JOO,
and for soil investigation, $173,000,
an increase of $82,000. These in
creases are to meet the expanding
work along special lines.
Hawaiian Drought Broken.
The drought in Hamakua, which
nas affected disastrously sugar plantations
of Honakaa, Peauhau and
Ookala, Hawaii, has been broken by
the first good rainfall since last
>April. The rain was general all over
the district.
Only Thirteen Killed In Race Riot.
Reports from Balltown, La., thfe
anono nf vaco riotimr. says that peace
and quiet have been restored. The
number of dead reported is thirteen,
three white and ten colored.
Chilean Array Mobolized.
Chile is mobilizing its army and the
Argentine fleet is being provisioned
ind coaled in expectation of trouble
jver the boundary.
Twice Refused Knighthood.
A. G. Jones, Governor of Nova Sco*
i tia, has twice refused knighthood duri
Ing the visit of the Duke of Cornwall,
the last time to the Duke himself.
Unusual .Supply of Dried Fruit.
London speculators say the supply
of dried fruit f*.r the coming season
j will exceed all record.
DZOLGOSZ POT TO DEATH"
The As?assin of President McKinley
Executed by Electricity.
TRIED TO JUSTIFY HIS CRIME
While In the Death Chair He Declared
He Was Glad lie IIa<l Slain the President?Normal
Brain Revealed by the
Autopsy?Acid Used to Destroy the llody
Quickly?Tl?c Warden's Statement.
Auburn, N. Y.?Leon F. Ozolgosz,
the assassin of President McKinley,
was put to death in the Auburn Prison
at 7.12 a. m. Tuesday. The electric
current, of 1700 volts, was turned on
I three times before he was pronounced
dead. No fear was shown by the assassin,
and his last declaration was
that he was not sorry for his crime.
His watchers said that he slept well
during his last night on earth, apparI
ently unconcerned at the approach of
| death. Half an hour before the exeI
cution the assassin stated to Superinj
intendent Collins and Warden Mead
| that he wanted to make a statement
i "when there are a lot of people to
j hear me." Wheu told that he could
; not do that he said he would not talk
at all. but he later chnngcd his mind.
There was no unusual incident to
mark the execution. The witnesses
i gathered iu the otace of the warden
at G.45 o'clock. Dr. Carlos P. McDonald,
of New York City, and Dr. Gerin,
nP Anhnrn wovo thp nlivsiclnns.
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^ Shortly before 7 the party was taken
j to the death chamber, and its members,
after being placed about the electric
chair, were cautioned not to leave
their seats under any circumstances.
After a test of the apparatus Warden
Mead gave the signal for the prisoner
to be brought in. As he stepped over
the threshold of the death chamber
the assassin stumbled, but the guards
held him up. He stumbled again on
the little rubber-covered platform
upon which the chair rests. He was
very pale.
As he was being seated be looked
about at the witnesses with a steady
stare and said:
"I killed the President because he
was an enemy of the good people?of
the working people."
His voice trembled slightly at first,
but gained strength.
"I am not sorry for my crime," he
said loudly, as the guard pushed his
. Vioo/i 'hooir nn tho mhhpr headrest and
I umu uuvu. v.
drew the strap across his forehead
and chin. As the pressure on the
straps tightened he mumbled: "I'm
sorry I could not see my father."
He had barely finished this utterance
'when the strapping was completed
and the current was turned on. It
was kept on full for forty-five seconds,
cut off, turned on for a few seconds
and then, after an examination of the
body by physicians, again turned on
for a few seconds.
It was at 7.17 that Warden Mead,
raising his hand, said: "Gentlemen,
the prisoner is dead."
When the body of the assassin had
been removed to the autopsy table the
prisoners who had been kept locked
in their cells were released and work
was resumed. There was no excitement
among the convicts and no unusual
scenes about the prison.
The autopsy was made by Dr. Edward
Spitzka, under tue immediate
supervision and direction of Dr. Carlos
P. McDonald and Dr. John Gerin, the
prison physician. The autopsy occupied
over three hours and embraced a
careful examination of all the organs
of the body. The examination revealed
a perfectly healthy statet of all 1
the organs, Including the brain.'
After the autopsy the body ;was
placed in a black stained pine coffin.
Shortly afterward it was taken to the
prison cemetery and an extraordinary
precaution taken to completely destroy
It. A carboy of acid was obtained and
poured upon the body in the coffin
after it had been lowered into the
grave. Straw was used in the four
corners of the grave as the earth was
put in to give vent to such gases as
might form. It was the belief of the
physicians that the body would be entirely
disintegrated within twelve
hours.
After the execution Warden Mead
said:
"I went to Czolgosz's cell at 5.30 and
read the death warrant to him. The
guards said he had slept like a baby.
He half rose up as I read the warrant,
said nothing, and dropped back when
I I finished. A small breakfast was
---- * 1- XT r*
I given lilm ana ne are spunu^!.*. uc
l nsked for no priest, and that is why
j there was no clergyman In attendi
ance."
I Czolgosz held his last two Interviews
! on Monday night, the first with Superintendent
Collins, and the second
with Waldeck Czolgosz, his brother,
and Waldeck Bandowskl. his brotherin-law.
Both the Interviews were
brief, and the Interviewers did most
of the talking, until the question of
religion was mentioned, when Czolgosz
broke from his seeming lethargy and
violently denounced the church and
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tne cierpy uuu iuuuc ?j?o ?
promise that there should be no service
for him, living or dead.
It "was 7 o'clock -when Superintendent
Collins went into the death house
and tried to get the prisoner to talk to
him. Although he stayed in the cell
some time, he apparently was not successful
iu getting anything material
I from him.
At 8 o'clock the brother and brotherin-law
arrived and Superintendent Collins
took them down to the condemned
man's cell. There was no demonstration
when they met. Czolgosz merely
stepped to the front of his steel cage
and said:
V*Cotiatlon* With Bulgarian Brijjmnda
The State Department, at Washington,
is informed that negotiations with
the Bulgarian brigands who abducted
ftliss Storie have been opened, and the
brigands demand the original ransom
asked?$110,000.
Time Honored Custom Discontinued.
President Roosevelt has discontinued
! the time honored custom of giving an
annual reception to the public. He
does not lutend to give some miscreant
the chance to shoot him -while pretending
to shake his hand.
Baron Accnaed of Kxtortlnn.
Baron Walburg has been arrested in
Budapest on a charge of attempting
to practice extortion upon Emperor
Francis Joseph. He is a morganatic
son of the Austrian Archduke Ernest.
In consequence of his debts he was
compelled to leave the army, after
which he sank Into poverty.
Vew Gun Exp lodes; Six Noiawra nun
Six members of the Twenty-eighth
Battery were Injured at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., by an explosion of a new
model automatic gun. The Injured
men will all recover. '
I
"Hello!"
The brother venture;! to remnr':, "I
wish you -would tell us, Leon, who got
you Into this scrape?"
The assassin answered in .a slow,
hesitating way, "No one; nobody had
anything to do with It except me."
"That is not how you were brought
up," said the brother, "and you ought
to tell us everything now."
"I haven't got anything to tell," he
answered in a surly manner. '
"Do you want to see the priests
again?" asked his brother. And he
answered with more vehemence than
he had previously shown: "No; don't
sent tliem here again; I don't want
them."
The brother-in-law interjected here:
"That's right. Leon." The brother
looked rather disturbed by the answer.
Then stepping up close to the bars the
condemned man said:
"And don't you have any praying
over me when I'm dead. I don't want
it. I don't want any of their religion."
There was a painful pause of a few
minutes, and then the relatives resumed
casur.l conversation with him,
to which he replied in monosyllnbles
until the brother-in-law suggested,
raoicli to Superintendent Collins's surprise,
that he and the brother be permitted
to witness the execution.
Prtllrnc nnnl/1
UCIUIC OU|(UL IIIICXIUCUL VU11.UO vvuiu
reply Leon Czolgosz said:
"Yes, Mr. Superintendent, let them
see me killed." v
Superintendent"" Collins told the trio
In emphatic terms that no such thine
could he allowed and ordered them to
say good-by.
Czolgosz walked to the hark of his
cell, sat down on the edge of his cot
and did not answer the last farewell
Czolgoss had been an inmate of the
prison since early fln the morning ot
Friday, September 27. having heen
sentenced at Buffalo on the previous
afternoon. Ilis trial had occupied h\it
two days, having begun on Monday
with a verdict of guilty on Tuesday
morning, September 23, and ended
with a verdict of guilty on Tuesday
afternoon. He shot the President on
September G, fifty-three days having
transpired from that time until the
day he was electrocuted.
" BIG PROFIT IN BAD PENNIES.
Gang: of Connterfeltero at Lant Ran Dowr.
by Secret Service Men.
Washington, D. C.?The Secret Service
at last has found the gang of
counterfeiters of cent pieces. The evidence
in the possession of Chief Wllkle
shows that William Weiner, the
head of the band, oust have cleared
about seventy-five cents on every dollar's
worth of pennies put In circulation.
As this is believed to have been
going on for years the profits must
have been considerable.
Assosclated wkh Weiner are a step
son, Israel Usher, in Boston', and the
Lerner family?father and two daughters
in Baltimore. The Lerners have
also operated in New York City. Sev.
eral months ago Fanny Lerner, a little
girl, was arrested in New York
charged with selling rolls Of 700 cent
pieces, all counterfeits, to Chinese
laundrymen, all of of whom need a
great deal of small change.
Weiner and Israel Usher were arrested
in Boston and his plant seized.
Up to two months ago his counterfeiting
machine was operated In an attic
in Pulton street, Brooklyn. Michael
Lavlne was found In Brooklyn and
held in $5000 bail. The Lerners were
arrested In Baltimore.
Chief Flynn, in investigating the
Fanny Lerner case, found that since
1897 Connecticut manufacturers of
sheet metal had been selling sheet
bronze of sixteen gause, the requisite
thickness for one cent coins, to Willlam
Weiner. He bought 100 to 150
pounds at a. time.
BOY KILLED AT PLAY.
Was "Santa Clans" and Suffocated In ft
Holo In the Celling.
Philadelphia.?Nine-year-old Law- j
renoe Fox played Santa Claus at the J
cost of his life. Alone with his I
brother, Elmer, aged three years, j
Lawrence utilized a hole in the kitchen
celling above the range as a chim- J
n^y.
He entered the hole, which was eight
by six inches, from the second floor
back bedroom, feet first and then slid
downward. The aperture had been
made for the purpose of running a
heat register np to the second floor,
but had not been completed, and was
filled with dust and dirt.
The boy slipped and became pinioned
in the narrow hole, death by
suffocation resulting after he had i
mnrio frnntip strucreles to recover his I
position on the edge of the opening.
The child must have been held in the
aperture for half an hour before the i
arrival of relief.
TO REPEOPLE BOER STATES.
Lord Mliner Says the War May Never Be
Over In a Formal Sense.
Durban, South Africa.?The imperial
authorities have reached the conclusion
that the early repeopling of the
Transvaal and Orange River Colonics
is advisable, so that the normal industrial
and agricultural life of the colonies
may be resumed.
, In the course of a speech, Lord Milner
said it "was useless to wait until
the war was over in a formal sense.
It might never be over, he declared,
but It was burning itself out, and in
time "we ought to show ourselves
masters in the house Ave have taken,
by rebuilding it and beginning to live
in it."
Canada and the Monroe Doctrine.
The Canadian Minister of Justice
has written an article upon the Monroe
Doctrine and Interoceanic canal
conditions In which he demands that
Great Britain shall not sacrifice the
Dominion's interests by letting the
United States hp.ve its own way with
regard to fortifications.
Three Oatlawi Escape From Jail.
Three outlaws were helped to free
dom from the jail at Wayne Court
House, Va.
Noted Moonshiner Caught at Last.
Rhoda Hensley, one of the boldest
moonshiners in the South, has been
captured in Union County, Tenn.
Safe Breakers Made a Good Haal.
Safe-crackers secured $5000 in bonds
and $100 cash from Lawrence Brightman's
store at Berea, Ohio.
Small Whale Caught Off Newport.
A twenty-one-foot whale, known as a
"bottle-nose whale," was captured off
Newport, R. I., and towed into the
harbor. The sea monster will be
stripped of its flesh and the skeleton
prepared for shipment to the Smithsonian
Institution.
American Horaeraen Unfairly Treated.
Several owners and trainers now racing
in England assert that they have
been unfairly treated in the matter
of handicapping, and have declared
their horses out of the remainder of
their engagements.
! Hf KILLED III MCE RIOT1
Negroes and Whites Clash at a Louisa
ana Camp Meeting.
THE MILITIA ORDERED OUT
Posse Wont to Bald a Saloon Near Balltown.
La., and Were Fired Upon?The
Shots Returned and the Building Set
' on Fire?Governors of Mississippi and
Louisiana Take Action,
New Orleans, La. ? The bloodiest
race war the South has known since
the early eighties began at Balltown,
Washington Parish, La. The hostilities
were opened by the negroes, and
in the first engagement three whites
and eleven negroes were killed. The
conflict raged on the following day,
and the death roll was increased by
the killing of twenty more negroes.
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JLLie ULUULUU UCj^uu I?fc c? uv,s?v
meeting in progress at Live Oak
Church, three miles from Balltown.
There a pitched battle took place between
a posse of white men, gathered
by the constable of the district to investigate
the report that one Crea Lott
was operating a restaurant at the
church without a license.
The battle was begun by the negrofs
themselves. Lott, the negro who was
suspected of violating tlie law, saw
the posse coming from a window in
his store. He opened fire on the constable
and his men, and killed two of
the posse at the first shut, Joe S:als
and Charles Ellsworth.
Lott had time to fire but once, for
his fire was returned and he s-.mk to
the ground, riddled wilh bullets. A
begro preacher, Connolly by name,
rushed out of the building with a
double-barreled shotgun, which he
levelled at the whites. Before he
could pull the trigger he was killed.
The battle had by this time become
general. A number of negroes were
concealed In Lott's place aud kept volleying
at a body of men under the
I leadership of an officer. Another white,
man was killed. E. H. Thompson was
also wounded. The whites fired the
building.
The negroes, as they came running
out with all kinds of weapons, were
shot down. The whites wen a complete
victory, and the surviving negroes
fled to the woods. When the end
came and the restaurant had Leen,
burned to ashes it was found rh.T- eleven
negroes, all told, had been shot or
burned to death.
Three women who were In Lott's
were cremated. Two of them were
charred beyond identification. One of
the women ha<J a child with her. The
child perished in the flames, too.
The conflict was continued on the
next day. Later Governor W. W.
Heard, of Louisiana received the following
message by wire from Columbia,
Miss.:
"Terrible conflict Balltown Parish,
between whites and blacks. Send
troops at once via Poplarville, Miss.
"H. N. SIMMONS, Sheriff."
Upon receiving tne message uovernor
Heard wired General Jorn Glynn,
Jr., notifying him of the race war and
directing him to order out a company
of fifty men for immediate service. A
few hours later the Governor received
a telegram from Deputy Sheriff Branton,
of Marion County, Miss., to the
effect that Jie was just from the scene
of the trouble, and that quiet had been
restored and that troops would not be
necessary.
Governor Longino, of Mississippi, received
his first notification of the riot
[ from Governor Heard. Later he re[
celved a telegram frm the Slipriff of
j Marlon County asking permission to
dispatch the Columbia Guards to the
| scene. The Sheriff was authorized to
J do so.
It was in Balltown that William
Morris, a negro, was burned at the
staKc me outer aay tor inmost mm- i
clering the wife of a storekeeper. Since
this affair the camp meeting at Live
Oak began, and the negroes discussed
it until they were ready for anything.
It was in all probability the fate of
Morris which inflamed them to tho
step they took in ambushing and opening
Are on the constable's posse.
Morris's crime, however, had nothing
to do with the organization of the
posse, which was summoned legally
for the suppression of the violation of
law which was reported at the JJve
j Oak Church.
M'KINLEY PERISHED CM DUTY.
Official Report by Dr. ISlxey to the Surgeon-General
of tlie Navy.
Washington. D. C.?"In the line of
3uty, while receiving the people, was
shot by Leon F. Czolgosz," is the official
statement filed with the Surgeon
General of tha Navy by Dr. Presley
M. Itixey, Medical Inspector. U. S. N.,
as the introduction for his report upon
| the death of the late President McKini
l~?. TM</? nnnon nf Honfh ia tillia stilt".
ICJ. AUG v.i*ugC VI. V? W
ed:
Gangrene of both walls of stomach
and pancreas, following gunshot
wound."
The report Is remarkable for its exhibition
in the closcst detail of the
state of the patient uuring Lis illness.
It is in the shape of a ship's log almost,
showing at intervals of a very
few ininute3. sometimes a single minute,
rarely more than an hour the patient's
progress. Perhaps the most 1
valuable data from a medical point of
view is the registering of the medication
of the case?not a morsel of food
uor a dose of medicine nor a bath is
omitted. .
Tex*.* Desperado Shot llead.
Eugene Wall, one of the noted Wall
brothers of San Augustine, Tex., and
a participant in the bloody feuds of
the Wall and Brook3 families for several
years, was .shot from ambush and
killed, six miles from San 'Augustine,
Texas.
Kecluae Slept Five Years in Coffin.
Duncan T. Grandpre, a wealthy but
tccentric recluse, died in his lonely
imtrif> near Vestal. Susouehanna Coun
iy, I'enu. For live years be liad slept
iu a coffin.
Pollccmsn Kill* a Boy.
An unkuown white boy, about fifteen
years of age, was shot aud killed
by Policeman James Richardson, at
Birmingham, Ala. The policeman
says the boy and two companions
were attempting to rob a store. Richardson
is under arrest charged v.-ith
manslaughter.
Son Slaya His Father.
Edward Collier, aged twenty-flve,
was arrested at Madison, S. D., for
killing his father. The two men quarrelled
over the sale of a farm while
riding home in a buggy and the bob
cut his father's throat- '
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WEYLER UTTERS A THREAT
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inonieVi Conarol Tnftmafoa That Hft I
W ?/C* 11 lO 11 Uy?lV4M?.
May Become a Dictator.
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His Speech Creates a Sensation in tli? <
Chamber of Deputies ? He Says 1
He is a Soldier Before All. (
i
Madrid, Spain.?In a sensational sit- j
ting of the Chamber of Deputies Senoi
Romero y Robledo cleverly led the
Minister of War, General Weyler, to i
define his attitude and intentions.
Geberal Weyler declared that while
the war in Cuba lasted his views were
totally distinct from those of the Lib- 1
eral party, but that when the war was ,
at an end the motive for separation j ,
disappeared, and he saw nothing to I
prevent him attaching himself to a
Liberal Government. '
"I have always faithfully observed i
discipline," General Weyler continued, '
"and he who talks of dictatorship is
the enemy of discipline. Our recent .
manoeuvres have proved that .good
feeling exists between the people and
the army. As for dictatorship, no one
thinks of such a thing. Dictators are |
the offspring of circumstances.
"For myself I may say this: I have j
never thought of being a dictator, nor j
do I now. Nevertheless, if my aid '
were asked at a moment of gravity I j
do not know how I should decide between
my political and military duties,
but I should always incline toward
the latter." .
Loud and prolonged uproar interrupted
the Minister of War, and several
of his Ministerial colleagues were
unable to restivain expressions of surprise
at his words.
"I am a politician and a Liberal,"
General Weyler resumed, "but before
all I am a soldier, and, if it should
become necessary, I -will defend our
institutions and Parliament."
General Weyler's speech largely occupies
public attention, in view of the
possibility that he may become Premier
if Senor Sagasta. whose health is
Indifferent, should find it necessary to
retire.
El Pais asserts that Senor Sagasta
will snoruy resign me t-reujieisuip,
owing to ill health.
El Imparcial remarks that "a dark
cloud enshrouds General Weyler since
tne debate."
TO RAISE NO WHEAT IN 1902.
A Kansas Scheme to Raise the Price ol
the Grain Next Year.
Independence, Kan. ? A gigantic
scheme is materializing in Southern
Kansas to run the price of wheat up .
next year. It is original with B. H.
Giger and other wheat raisers here,
and is to include all the farmers of
the wheat belt of the country.
Every farmer is to sign an agreement
not to raise an acre of wheat In
1902. and thus force the price of wheat.
Each township will be organized, then
the counties and later the States. Each
farmer will contribute $1 toward advancing
the cause when he signs the
agreement. There is said to be no politics
in this proposed organization,
which is spreading rapidly.
SENATOR JONES A REPUBLICAN.!
He Announced His Return to the Varty?
Sa.vs Silver Issue is Dead.
Reno, Nev. ? United States Senator
John P. Jones, of Nfivada. has made
the announcement to his friends that
he has returned to the Republican
party.
"I hare suffered no change in any of
the convictions I have entertained in
the past," said the Senator. "I am as I
sincere a believer in bimetallism as |
when I left the Republican party. The |
enormous output of gold has accom- |
plished what bimetallism would have
accomplished. The silver Issue is
dead. I have always acted with the
Republican party upon every question
but silver."
Minister Commits Suicide.
The Rev. OttcP F. Lenk, aged twenty(ive.
pastor of St. John's German
Lutheran Church, at Cullman, Ala.,
tiled from a bullet wound just over
his heart, inflicted by a pistol in his
own hand. It is supposed the death
jf Miss Minnie Hartung. to whom the
minister was said to be engaged, was
the cause of the suicide.
Crownlnshteld's New Post.
Secretary Long, at Washington, announced
that Rear-Admiral A. S.
Crowninshield. Chief of the Navigation
Bureau at present, would be detached
from that position and take
command of the European squadron
aext March, being relieved of his present
duties by Rear-Admiral Henry C
Taylor.
Kill Tiventy-Flve Filipinos.
The constabulary had a fight with
Insurgents near Passi, Province of I
tloilo. Island of Panay, P. I., in which |
twenty-five insurgents were killed and |
three captured, together witn a quantity
of arms and ammunition.
In Touch With Storm Kidnapers. ?
The mislonaries who are operating
from Samakov. Bulgaria, are reported
from Constantinople to have put them!
selves in touch with the brigands who
abducted Miss Ellen M. Stone and her
companion. Mme. Tsilka.
Minister Killed by a Falling Tree.
The Rev. Daniel Frank and wife, of
Fairview, Kan., were killed and three
others were injured at Cedarville
Kan., under a falling tree.
Manchuria Treaty Settled.
It is officially announced in St. Petersburg
that Russia and China have
?oncluded an agreement as to Manchuria.
rivalry Troopers Run Riot.
Several cavalry troopers, stationed
near Holbrook, Ariz., indulged in a
drunken riot in that town, which ended
in an attack upon the house of
John Blevins. Deputy Sheriff. Blevins
was fatally wounded. Three of
the soldiers were placed under arrest
Kills Brother in Fight Over a Rabbit.
In a fight following a quarrel over a
rabbit which had been killed during a
tiunt near Axtor, Va., George Preston
stabbed his brother Alec to death with
a nocket knife.
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Pergonal Mention.
Li Hung Chang is breaking down
physically.
Andrew Carnegie has accepted the i
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nomination to oe ioiu revtwt
Andrew's University.
Mrs. E. H. Conger has sailed from
San Francisco, Cal., on her way to
China to join her husband.
Professor Virchow has been elected
an honorary member of the Opthalmological
Society, of Berlin.
Emperor William has conferred
upon Surgeon-General Koch, the
noted physician, the rank of a major*
sreueral
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Hop
Picking Big: Industry.
A London correspondent writes that
the railway officials who have been
superintending the departure of hop
pickers from the city state that the
contingents departing by the night
1
service of trams nave Deen numerically
stronger tbhn for many years
past. It Is calculated that within the
eight or nine days previous to the
opening of the season some 50.000
hoppers of both sexes and of all ages
have availed themselves of the rallway/
facilities provided by the railway sys-'
tem tapping the Kentish hop districts.
WlreleM Telegraphy on Motors.
Mr. Marconi has perfected a wireless
telegraphic apparatus inside his motor
car by which he can quickly travel
%? ? * /innntru nnrt POffl.
LV CLLiy [/ait VL IUC V.VW1*V*J ? .
municate to other cars and stations.
The messages are taken successfully "jv
with the funnel, which may be raised'
or lowered. Messages can be transmitted
while the motor Is traveling
This motor was specially built for mill- i.
tary purposes, and will take part In
the next manoeuvers.?London Sphere.
HlRhent Award on Cocoa and Chocolate.
The Judges of the Pan-American Ex*
position, Buffalo, have awarded three
gold medals to Walter Baker &.Co.,
Limited, Dorchester, Mass., for the superiority
of their Breakfast Cocoa'Snd
all of their cocoa and chocolate prepa
rations, and the excellence of their /
exhibit. This is the thirty-seventfr;.^
highest award received by them from,
the great expositions in Europe and
America.
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Barely Experienced.
"So Floaters has at last got a job ';t
with the corporation, eh?"
"Yes, and a good salary he gets.
too."
"For doing nothing, of course?"
"Yes, but you mustn't forget that
he brings a lifetime of experience In
that line."?Richmond Dispatch.
Winter Tourist Kates?Season 1901-1903.
The Southern Railway, the direct route to
the winter resorts of Florida, Georgia, the ,
Carolinas and the South and Southwest, an- i
nounce8 excursion tickets will be placed on
sale October loth to April 30th, with final
limit May 81, 1902. Perfect Dining andl*ullman
Service on all through trains. For full
particulars regarding rat?, descriptive matter
call on or address New York Office, 271 ana
1185 Broadway, or Alex. S. Thweatt, Eastern
Pass. Agent, 1185 Brondway.
The electric light pole stands in its own
light. .
Bad Coughs .
411 had bad cough for six
weeks and could And no relief
until I tried Ayer's Cherry 'Pectoral.
Only one-fourth of the bottle
VVUWU 141V
L. Htwn, Newington, Ont. ^ "
Neglected colds always .
lead to something serious.
They run into chronic
bronchitis, pneumonia,
asthma, or consumption.
Don't wait, but take
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
just as soon as your cough :
begins. A few doses will
cure you then. 8
Tkmihca: 25c., 5k.,$1. All <rsni*t?. I
"^onlulTyonr^octorrTNb^^^Jw^^l
then do u he aay?. If he tell* yon not I
to take It, then don't take It. He knowa.
Leave it with him. We are willing. B
J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Man, | J
Liver Pills
v qS
That's what you need; something
to cure your biliousness
and give you a good '
digestion. Ayer's Pills are .
liver pills. They cure constipation
and biliousness.
Gently laxative. Audita*.
I Want your moustache or beard a beautiXul [
brown or rich black 1 Then use j
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE??J
Dad way's
n puis I
. Porriy reiratabl*. ml I -n I reliable.^ a use ??rj I
IBCI l/lirestlou, couipici" WfnnmB . .. , ?
regularity, ior the cu.'-- o. all disorders of tM
Stomach, Uver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nerrotu
Diseases. .
LOSS OF APPETITE,
SICK HEADACHE,
INDIGESTION,
DIZZY FEELINGS,
FEMALE COMPLAINTS,
BILIOUSNESS,
DYSPEPSIA.
PERFECT DIGESTION will he a'-eouiplished bj
taking Radway's Pills. By th-ir AXTI-BILIOU8
properties they stimulate the livor in th* secretion
of the bile and its discharge through the biliary
ducts. These pills in doses from two to four will
quickly MgUMM xneucuonoi tae liver wu im -U?
patient from these disorders. One or two of B&dwuy's
Pills, taken daily by three subject to biyotu
ftalus and torpidity ot the liver, will keep the ty?em
regular and secure healthy digestion.
Price, 25c. per Box. Sold by all Drngglstfl.
RADWAY & CO.,
New York.
UNLfc
With rig to pell Poultry Mixture; str&lght
sularv. $15.00 weekly and ex|>enses; \ear's
contract; weekly pay. Address wltli stamp,
CrnEKA Mto. Co.. 1 it-tit. 0. East St. Louis. 111.
rlENSION^SSSOTJS
f Successfully Prosecutes Claims;
Lftto Priuotcal Eximlnnr U.S. Pension Burtu
3y rs la clrll war. IS adjudicating claims, attf sinoa
llflMTEn A bird c'.cv. Must be thoroughly
UU Nil * CU field broken. Address, :uU particulars,
J. H. Ernst, 18 V\ arrcii >t., New York.
nnilC MfAKTCn for waiting orstomer*
HflKMN WAHICU and our spring list
I MlllflU E.H.Hiney Co., New Kochelle, N.7.
nDADCY KEWDISCOVERY;gtm
O I qoick relief and oores wont
uhi. Book of iMtimonial* and 10 day 'traatmaal
Fret. Dr. M. H. MUl'l I0H. Bos ?, AlluU, 9*.
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