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KING HAS FLED' f From Lisbon aod a Republic Has Beet Proclaimed bj Rebels ? MANY PEOPLE KILLED By the Fierce Fighting Which Took f Plate in the Streets of the i'it,T? j jr p Portugal Now in the Hands of the Democrats, Who Have Set l*p s I Provisional iioveriuueni. c The people of Portugal has ded clared for a Republic, and thus Detnocracy marches onward. Theophile i Braga. republican leader, is the new president. The Portugese Marseil- * lalse is the new national anthem and w the emblem of monarchy on the palace has been replaced by the flag ( of red and green, the colors of the republican party. , That there was fierce fighting in ' the streets of Lisbon is evident oy a dispatches from all quarters.*' Dis- a orders at Oporto have been repress- u cd by the troops, many regiments ^ of which are said to be loyal to the king. King Manuel, the queen mother T and the queen dowager have taken * refuge in the palace at Mafra, a A short.- distance out of Lisbon. ' f Lisbon, the capital, was complete- 11 ly in the hands of the rebels a few hours after the revolution was pro- 11 .claimed, have formed a provision- 11 ial government with Theophile Bra- ,J ga as president. A new national 11 flag of red and green is flying ovor ^ all the public buildings, including a the town hall. The city of Lisbon has been considerably damaged by the bombardment of the insurgent warships. The * buildings occupied b>; the ministers t( around Praca do Commercio and the * Necessidades palace were made the '' particular targets of the shells, from a tht warships and today shows the 6hells from the effects by broken walls and turrets. The tower of the church attached to the palace b< was demolished. All hrough the night artillery and rifle fire was incessant and to- 11 wards dawn it increased in intensity. 1 At 11 o'clock last nicht insurgents. e encamped on the Heights of Avemda dt Llberdado., tried to force their 111 way to the centre of the city but r< were driven bsck )y the royal troops. a As the latter passed the barracks a of the First artillery they discovered that it was in the hauds of the w rebel civilians. They charged upon the civilians and dislodged Xhem " with consider.)hie loss to the rebels. ^he night firing was carried on ^ in complete darkness, the eWtric lights having failed. The insurgents u: were led by the retired admiral* Carlos Keis. Their forces was greatly augmented by desertions from ]o among the monarchists and they sueceeded eventually in getting ronto> of the city. V1 The inhabitants are parading the streets, most of them with rifles in ^ thefr hands, singin? the Portugese ^ "Marseillaise," which has now become the national an1 hem. Red Cross ambulanles, parties of police j and men from the fire brigade are patrolling the stretle and removing the tj. dead and wounded. * The revolutionists raided all buildings which flew the old flag and tort down the emblems of the mouaretoy. The warships greeted the boifeting of the republican flag with salVos of artillery. , _ Euseldo Leao, the republican lead- ^ er,': made a speech from the balcony of the town nan, saying mai ne entrusted the policing of the city and the maintenance of order to the care of:the citizens. \ f "Respect all persons and private property," he exclaimed, "and the life of all personn. whoever they may be. The republic is generous aud magnanimous." w The huge crowd that had gathered p around the building; cheered the j Bpeaker frantically. Notwithstanding the thrilling events of the pabt n( two day*. the people are now showing composure, and it seems likely that order in the city of Lisbon will be maintained. It is rumored that Gen. Gorjas, who commanded the fl( defending forces, committed suicide when he saw that the fall of tive nalace was inevitable. ,? Nearly all of the troops deserted the king and went o-er to the rebel^. Many ships of the navy did ]V the same thing leaving the king with ' no force to preserve order in Lis- ^ bon. b A special dispatch from Lisbon j says that the fighting in that city lasted 4 0 hours, both parties showing extraordinary courage. There were many casualties before the monarchists finally joined the win- N nint? slrif* The correspondent says the enthus- d . ia?m of the people was unabounded. c The citizens are fraternizing with the s' troops. Notwithstanding that there c is no organized police force, the pop- M ulation is orderly. The Portuguese newspapers state n the initiative of the revolutionary movement in Lisbon was taken by the -Sixteenth reziment of infantry, aided by a regiment of artillery, blue jackets and 5,^00 arnvd civilians. ^ The police were overcome without 11 difficulty. The total of those killed ^ in the fighting exceeds 200, while c hundreds were wounded. <3 Twenty persons were wounded in J clashes at Oporto. t Sir Villiers. British minister at Lisbon, telegraphed tbe foreign office early Thursday that the Republican revolu'ioo apparently bad been ] accomplifhed and there seemed to 1 be no reason to fear further vio- f lence. The royal family made their i j escape, and are now under the Brit- I isb protection at Gibraltar. i,< I mmmmmmmamtmmmm?mmmmmp?mmm CANT GO TEDDY PROMINENT REPUBLICAN COPIES OLT AGAINST HIM. las Resigned from the New Y?rk Club and Declares His Purpose to Vote for Him. Tn his letter resigning from the tepublican Club of New York Chas. i I. Young says: 'I do not feel I 1 rould be honest with myself in con- 1 inning a member of a club which 1 upport* candidates and a ticket that ' cannot support. * * * I still ' all myself a Republican. I want I o see Taft re-elected in 1912. I on'f want to vote for Stimson, oe- ' a use it will be Roosevelt and net ( 'aft in 1912 if, Stimson gets in. The New York World says while 1 be Republican Club of New York { as host Wednesday of the commit- < which notified Henry L. Stimson I hat he had been nominated aa the 1 Republican standard bearer, its pres- 1 lent during 1907-190S, Charles H. ( oung, a Republican of 29 years loy lty to his party, was voluntarily 1 bsent and deporing a political sit- 1 ation which compelled him to leave is party and his club. "I have nothing personally against Ir. Stimson," said Mr. Young to he World reporter. "I have served ith him on committees in the Bar .ssociation. I would not support ihe icket, no matter who might be nomlated. "I am against the Republican cket for two reasons. The first and lost important is that I believe' it i time that the Republicans were lrned out of office in this State, here should be a house cleaning nd a general one. "\Vh?n one contemplates the rasy and corruption laid bare at Alany it is the duty of every citizen ho is without personal political invest to vote to clean out the gang hich thrived on rascality. I beeve the people of this State want more economical administrator of leir affairs. They cannot expect it * om the Republicans. s "Secondly. I am against the ticket r Dcause it is Mr. Roosevelt':? ticket, believe that Roosevelt should < t 8 opped now. If he is not afcppc-U H e will be re-elected Pi'fsidovt in ^ 912, and I do not see how v ? wih ' i'cr get him out of the Presidency. 3 "The time has coniw when a ro.in a iust forget his party allegiance an-'! s 'member his country* Roosevelt is c positive menace to our Government t ad it3 sacred institution^ " c Mr. Young paused and ??rintk*d ben he discovered his visitors eyes 1 n a framed photograph of M-. c oosevelt as he looked when he Itf. a te Governor's office. r "Oh. I used to admire him." said c r. Young. "That is where a lo. :?f s went wrong. He Was turnel i>?:r Jniiration into a great mach'ie foils own personal advancement. Tjt ^ fily difference between me and -x >t of fellows who think as I do lat I have the courage of my conctions. "My one wish is that the Hearst ' ;ople will tie up with M" Koose}lt and his ticket. I woil'i like le voters to wipe them all out at e ae time. ^ "Let all the radicals go to?ethc am opposed to any kind of a prim- ; ry idea, yet I am going to .support ' le Democratic ticket. Tho Demo ats *ere honest enough tj wiila i honest declaration for i direct rimary. while Mr. Roosevelt dictat! a pussy-footing declaration, tor * rimaries which will fool nobody." Mr. Young's resignation, from the epublican Club astounded the meui;rs and they discussed little else. SOUNDS NOTE OF ALARM. * s ontinuatiun of the Republican Par- (; ty Means Ituin. r Asserting that Republican rule in ^ lis country is tending rapidly to- ' ard the disreputation of the union, p rof. D. Cadv Katon of Yale, in a 1 :tter addressed to the democratic * irty. declares: "A new secession. 1 ot handicapped this time by slavery * ay be the only way for the people * > regain their liberties and termi- e 1 ate the rule of graft." L He says the people are "tired or pntralization, imperialism, world ,v uwer. colonisation and everything 1 ( posed to the principal declared at r le beginning of the republic." c He says that though the establish- a itnt of an empire in this country c lav not be conceivable, a disruption * f the union into independent re'pub' ca is "conceivable, possible and to e feared if there is not a great tiange at Washington. 1 Served Him Right. Karl Rurgess. arrested in Greenille Wednesday on a bench warrant, c as carried to Spartanburg Thursay morning and the sentence pass- < fl upon him last week, which was ] paled until the defendant could be i aptured. was opened and read. He i as senenced to serve 10 years in i he penitentiary for striking bi3 ] lother-in-law in the head with a < hair. ; Buy Radium Now. Radium is growing cheaper. Sir < Vm. Ramsey in a recent London . ecture stated that the present uiar:et price is only $2,100,000 an tince?a drop of $900,000 from the luotatlon given out by scientifcts in anuary last.. Now is the time to ?uy. M ill Vote For Dix. rbas. H. Young. president of tbe Rppubliran Hub of New- York up t" apt year, announced bi6 retirement roru the club Wednesday and bis ntention to support John A. Dix, tbe Democratic nominee for Governor. / 9 RUSSIA IS LEADING ALL OTHEIt COUXTKIES IX LEGAL EXECUTION'S. Prison Congress Advocates Workhouses for Tramps?Suppression of Vagabondage is Urged. Russia is far behind other civilized countries of the world in the matter of decreasing the number of Jeath sentences, according to statistics given to the international Prison congress at its session Thursday by Dr. Frederick H. Wines, of Philadelphia. "In no country does the frequency ind enormous number of executions sxcite such horror as in Russia,' >aid Dr. Wiries. "Nowhere else is here waged so determined and unceasing war against the employment )f capital punishment for the supjressiou of crime This is more wor:hv of remark in view of the facthat the penal code limits the appli :ation to political offenders. And ret, in virtue of the system, by ivhich offences not political can be mnished by martial law, even in irne of peace, the number of executions is truly extraordinary. "The official statistics show that n 1906-1908. 2,108 persons were legally executed. So at least, it is itated, in one of the manuscripts >laced in my hands. In another, he number of military executions n 34 years from 1874 to 1908 id ;iven as 2,678 of whom 10 per <!enl. >nly were in the army; 2,410 of. hem were civilians; ana z,\uu were ninished for infraction of the comnon law." Dr. Wines gave an interesting re? >ort on other countries, but explain-1 id that statistics of homicide for the Jnited States were unvaluable at >resent. He declared, however, that n spite of statements to the conrary, there was strong evidence that rime in this country was on the de* xease. Accepting the principle of condiional release on parole as indispenable, the congreso approved of these esolutions. The supression of vagabondage ind street begging was advocated is necessary for social preservation. The congress endorsed unanimousy the recommendation of Se<-iion I, that tramps should be els..1 sifted iml th;it a system of identificar.'m hould he kept by the police of all ities and towns. Work hous\s fir his class were advocated with ag: iulture as the leading industry. This is of especial significance fo he United States, where the farm olony plan for segregating tramps rid burglars jmd making them work apidlv is becoming an important soial question. HOLIj WKIOVII, O.N THE Rl'X. Vork of the Experts is Effective in the West. The following statement of boll reev.il dispersion up to September 3, 1910, is made by W. Dwight 'ierce. bureau of entomology, lTnitd States Government laboratory. )allas. Texas: Xo work has been done upon the ine of infection of Oklahoma. The nfeUcd lino in Arkansas has fallen iack about fifteen miles off ihe wesern corner but slightly passes the 90ft line in the vicinity of Little lock, and from there coincides with he 1909 line until it reaches Lanont. in Bolivar County, In Mississppi. The line runs on a diagonal rom Lamont to the southwestern ine of Sunflower County, thence to leelake, in Holmes County, thence o Lexington through Sallis, in Atanta County, then turns abruptly outh at Plattsburg. in Winston )ounty, and then passes three miles ast of Newton, in Newton Cohnry lalf-way between Heidelburg and itringer, in Jasper County, crosses nto Wayne County directly east of illisville Junction, and probably caves the State of Mississippi at itateline. In Alabama the infestuion crosses the Mobile and Ohio tailroad at Fruitdale. in Washingon County, turning south passing ast of Citron?lle to the head of AIo ile Bay. The line is moving so rapidly eastward that even at the present writng it has probably moved twenty or no re miles further. A statement >f this nature will be issued as soon is i>ossil)le following the loth of ach month until the dispersion is snded. * 1EPI DIATKS HEAKST'S IJAIMjAlX To Sell Out the Independence league To Teddy. A dispatch from New York says :ontrary to the wishes of Clarence 1. Shearn. one of \V. R. Hearst s ;hief lieutenants and fuglemen, the ndependence League in session ia :hat city \oted early Wednesday norning to put a straight ticket in :he field and not to endorse the Republican ticket, as had been proposed. The vote was 212 in favor of i straight ticket, as against. 34 tor in endorsement of the Republicans, [t is officially announced that the Iniependence League will nominate John J. Hopper for Governor, W'm. R. Hearst, for Lieutenant Governor. The common report is that Heart had promised the support of the Independence League to the ticket put in the field by Roosevelt, but it looks as if the old turn coat will fail to deliver the goods this time. Speak Against Cannon. Tt was announced at Danville, 111., the nth^r day that William J. Kryan would spend two days 6tumping that congressional district against Speaker Cannon. He will go into the district at Kaukakee about Octobor 30. THEY WILL MEET Capers Issaes Call far Republicans in the State ta Meet PARTY OF LILY WHITES May Be Formed, as the National Committeeman Assures (lie Republicans and Near Republicans That They Will Be Welcome in the New Party. The Washington correspondent of The State says John G. Capers, fresh from the Republican gatherinng in New York on Saturday night, as national committeeman for South Carolina mailed out on Wednesday the following letter to over iuu men in various parts of South Carolina, in the effort to found a new Republican organization in that State: "Greenville, Oct. 5 ,1910. "Dear Sir: It will be established, when the next Republican national convention meets that there is no Republican organization in the State of South Ca'ol'.na at this time. Any organization, through a State central committee, or a State executive committee, which may have existed, has now ceased to exist and the necessity for party reorganization is apparent. "\V.here no party organization exists in a newly created State of the Union, or where a party organization has ceased, under the party law, 10 perform its functions the Republicon national committee re^gnizes what is called the mass meeting plan, for organization or reorgaan:zation as the case may be. "No such ojj> .ui:i.*has existed to improve the personnel of the Republican party in 3 > :!* Carolina since the Philadelphia noaveution of 1900, at ~'hic?* P??;4?st McKinley was renominated withou opposition and at that time the opportunity was not taken ij ?n iu r.t "Under the circumstances, made IossjhiC only by recent de/e rments, I feel c my duty, in spi: of a strong personal desire to refrain from further political effort, to ad vise our people of this opportunity to organize in South .iarolina a .-espectable, militant opposition party with some promise for a discussio.. hereafter of party issues and (mentions of government, rather tiian a j continuance of the one p*uy plan ' where the campaigns are confined solely to a discussion of the n.-iti's or demerits of the candidates themselves^ frequently accompanied oy violent personal attacks of. mouth and muscle. "Therefore, as the member of tbe national Republican committee for our State, I write you to aay that after full consultation with personal friends and due notice you will please cause to be assembled at your county ceat at 12 o'clock Wednesday. October 26, a meeting of meu in sympathy of the national Republican party, and from such a meet ling elect delegates, ana an equ?i number of alternates (the number allowed your county by law), said delegates to meet in convention at the opera house in the city of Columbia at 11 o'clock Thursday morning. October 27, for the purposes of party reorganization. "Those in your county who have participated recently in the Democratic primaries, the candidates being for purely local or State offices, are entirely eligible to come as candidates to the convention herein mentioned. if they are in sympathy with the Republican party and its administration of national affairs, all of which are of interest to the whole country and particularly at this time to the South. "Respectfully yours, (Signed) "John G. Capers. "South Carolina Member Republican National Committee." [ It is understood that the Republican national leaders are interested in t'nis movement and that an effort will be made to build up a white Republican party in South Carolina in time to participate in the campaign of 1912. ATTKM1T AT Ml'RDEU. A C'iiiiianiaii Wanted to Shoot the Cfiinese Prince. An attempt by George Kong to kill Prince Tsai Sutin, uncle of the emperor of China, at San Francisco, as he stepped from an overland train at the Oakland mole, half an hour before boarding the liner Chiyo for the return trip to China, was frustrated by Harry Hoffitt, a secret service operative, and Detective Sergeant Geo. McMahon. They siezed Fond, a member of the Young China association, as he was about to draw a revolver to fire on the royal fisitor. Smith Beat Brown. Georgia Democrats Wednesday rallied fo the support of the party's nominee. Hoke Smith, and elected him Governor by an overwhelming majority over Watson's independent candidate, Joseph M. Brown. It is estimated that Smith will receive Oo.OOrt votes over the state, while the Watson candidate is expected to roll up to total of between lo.OOt) and 20.000 votes. * Result of Race Mixing. As a result of race antagonism ai the Doolittle school. Chicago, Louis Brawnwein. aged six is at home suffering from stab wounds, alleged U have been inflicted by a ten year .ilc colored boy. Feeling at the schoo is intense. A month ago a color"' boy beat a white lad. The whii; boys are said to have banded togein er to drive out the negroes. Mm! r 1 TAKES HIS OWN UFE DESPERADO, AFTER SHOOTING 1 OFFICERS, SHOOTS SELF. Troops Cm I let! Out at Oral*, Fin., (o Capture William Sumnicrlin, Who is lUrritflded in His House. After fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff Hudson and ex-Sheriff Gordon at his home in the suburbs cf Ocala, Fla., Wiliam Summerliu placed the muzzle of a Winchester) rifle in his mouth and blew his head off. For three hours Summeriin was barricaded in his house, where ne successfully residted the efforts of the police department and sheriff's and sheriff's deputies to arreet hlm.j Firing on every one in sight, it I was finally decided by tho officers call out the Ocala Rifles and sutround the house. This was done and shortly after nightfall the cordon closed in, the door was broken down and Summertin's body was found lying on ?.he floor with half his head blown off. Early in the afternoon Deputy Sheriff Hudson went to Summerlin's home to serve a warrant for some minor offense. Summerlin warned the officer not to come into his yard, and when Hudson started in he was shot down. Ex-Sheriff Gordon,hearing the shot, went to the assistance j of Hudson. "While bending over the prostrate form of the deputy, Gordon was shot down, the bullet inflicting a fa'al wound. Seeing the two men lying prostrate, Summerlin left the house and secured the riflle carried by Deputy Hudson. Barricading himself, he offered stubborn resistance to all who attempt his arrest. A large crowd quickly gathered around the house, keeping a safe distance, as Summerlin fired at every one in sight. A guard was. thrown up around the house anuj several volleys were poured into it. movement was made to capture Shortly after nightfall a concerted Summerlin. A rush was made for the door. It was quickly battered in. Inside the body of Summerlin was found weltering in a pool of his own blood. He had placed the muzzle of the rifle in his mouth and fired. The two wounded officers were hurried to a local hospital, where an examination was made and their condition announced as critical. COTTON CROP SHORT. Smaller Than the Oop Made and Gathered Last Year. According to tbe figures issued by the census bureau of the cotton ginned this season, which is published on the first page of this issue, it appears that up to September 25 there was a shortage of 265,939 bales, as compared with last year. And last year, it should be remembered, was a short crop year. The total nuiubes of bales ginned this season wa? 2,302,21 1, so the shortage is more than one-tenth. If the same ratio should hold good the remainder of the season it would mean that the crop this year will fall; short about a million bales below last year's crop. And this seems to be just about what is to be expected. The last government report on the condition of the growing crop also shows a great deterioration. So, while there is already a shortage of ten per cent. In the cotton picked up to the1 present, an equal shortage is indicated in the nortion of the cron that re mains to be picked. A shortage is reported from all the states except Texas and Tennessee. The Texas crop last year was far below the normal, and oven the gains made this year still leave it below an avesage crop. The shortage in all the other states shows that in yield, compared with last year, fhey will lose more than Texas gains. So by the first actual figures, says the Augusta Herald, in regard 'o tne cotton crop the certainty is presented that the yield this year's. This means that cotton will be cotton before this time next year. Twelve Bodies Found. For the fifth time since the swamping of the barge of the battleship New Hampshire last Saturday night, when 20 or more of Uncle Sam's sailors lost their lives at New York, the North river began to give up its dead. Twelve bodies, all of which have been identified, were picked up Thursday, nearly all of them within half a mile of the scene of the acci dent. Taylor for Governor. The regular Democratic Convention, which met in Nashville, Tenn.. on Thursday, nominated United States Senator Robt. Taylor for Governor. No other name was mentioni ed for the place in the convention. Senator Taylor was given an ovation when he appeared in the hall to accept the nomination. Killed by Knginc. ! At Charleston Albert L. Knick> meyer. callman on a fire crew, was 1 knocked down and fatally injured, ' dying two hours later, by the new automobile engine which had responded to an alarm of fire at an r early hour Thursday morning. 5 * * * now About a Dog. > "Near Cookeville. Tenn., Payne I Rureess was shot and fatally wound I rd by Mrs. Emaline Roman, aged 72. I The ball passed through his body i and he will die. The trouble grew out of an attempt of Burgess to kill a dog belonging to Mrs. Booian. HHH - /- ; i HEAVY RAINS 1 ? - ^ In (iKMiMeWd^aj;!) silitiii H Great M?aej Less MANY HOMES FLOODED . The Kouthern Railway Tracks Were Washed Away.?People Driven From Their Homos.?Relief Expe-J (litioiiN Organised.?Business Eu* terpiises in Danger. | A dispatch from Louisville, Ky, says the downpour of rain which soaked Kentucky, Ohio and Southern g ^* COHON IS KING f VALUE OF COTTON LANDS ARE ltOUND TO 12NHANCE, ?- - <f Mr. Jus. V. Jackson, of Augusta, Ga., Is Very OptimifdiC: Regarding Outlook for the South. The Augusta Herald says Vice President Jas. U. .Jackson, of the local and interurban electric railway system, who is just back from a trip to New York, gives out a mo9t optimistic statement regarding the future of the South. Mr. Jackson says that the wealthy men of Wall Street are turning their attention toward the South and cotton growing one one New Yorker has recenly purchased abut 40,ty00 acres of Georgia land on. which to grow cotton. Mr. Jackson says that he has talked with a large number, of financiers in New York and they agree that the South is the coming, portiou of the country and they hive turned their attention to this section. The West was overated, according to the statements of leading men in New York, and the South will develop in the near future in greater proportions and much more rapidly than did the West. Mr. Jacksn says that the belief in Gotham that there will be no more 10 cents cotton is fixed and the general belief seems to be that 20 cents win soon De reached and one prominent New Yorker, says that 30 and 40 cents will be seen in the not far distant future. , People who own Southern lands have fortunes in their very hands, said Mr. Jackson, and cotton will so rapidly enhance in value in the near future that the lands will be mure valuable than ever before. I understand that the average number of bushels of wheat that can , be produced per acre In the West is 12, and the price of one dollar t per bushel is usually secured, making the income from an acre just a | dozen dollars. In the South where land is well ( cultivated and highly fertilized we , make a bale of cotton to the acre, , get 'J75 for the staple and from 40 and. 50 cents per bushel for the seed. , (The Northern people are begin- , nfng to realize more and more whal , a wonderful country is the South and , the production of cotton is going to , increase and the price will increase . because the world is rapidly growing , and ninety per cent, of the people ( of the world use cotton in some way. Cotton is indeed king. BREAKS HIS MOCK. ! Man Is Killed hy Falling From Gin ' House Platform. W. Osee Burris, a well known 1 j'onng farmer of Anderson county, { was instantly killed, about 10 o'clock Wednesday at his home by falling ' from a platform at his gin house. His neck was broken and he lived only a short time after striking the ground. With his brother, Erie Burris, the unfortunate young man was engaged in doing some repair work 1 on the cotton press at the gin, when he lost his footing, in some way, and fell backward to the ground, his head striking firsrt. Mr. Burris was 32 years of age and unmarried. He is survived by three brothers and two sisters all of Anderson county, except a sister, Mrs. Woods, who re- ' sides in Georgia. SEVENTY PERSONS PE1USH 1 Steamer Sinks at Sea From an Ex plosion of Boilers. ' Seventy persons perished when the < Qfoim Va t'lcoHnn utoomor Chirique plunged to the bottom of the Pacific ocean following the explosion of her boilers 90 miles from Pauama. according to advices received at Colon Thursday. The Chiriqui was being driven under high pressure in the endeavor to make up lost time, the report states, when her boilers bursted. It was late in the afternoon of September 27, and the vessel was making top speed through a calm sea, when without warning, a terrific explosion shook her from stem to stern, hurling everything movable about the decks. 1 Heats Gold Mines. Two hundred millions of dollars is the value placed on the cotton and corn crop produced in Georgia during the past year, in the report of the commissioner of agriculture just issued. The cotton crop was valued at nearly $150,000,000, which is approximately one-fifth of the value of the entire crop produced in the eleven states comprising the cotton belt. Killed in Cyclone. William Johnson, George Scott and Mrs. Scott were killed in a cyclone which swept over the country between the towns . of Earle and Wynne in Arkansas. Many farm houses were blown down. At Wheatley. Ark., two houses were demolished. * Negroes Lynch Negroes. The fact that a negro was lynched by members of his own race Saturday night near McFall, Ala., came to light ( Tuesday. The negro was charged with criminal assault on an aged col- ' ored woman and was shot to death. , Passengers Robbed. Paasengers on a Pullman car attached to a Rock Island westbound passenger train that arrived at Pueblo, Cal., Wednesday were robbed of $8,000 in cash, drafts, checks and jewels after leaving Chicago. inaiana during las Tuesday Wednesday, continued on Thursday in many sections of the above name! States and has extended southward into Tennessee, Arkansas and Missl^ * sippi. The Ohio is rising rapidly fmu Cincinnati down, owing to the flooii being poured in by the Licking and Kentucky rivers. Railroad traffic in several sections of the South is hampered owing to washout, and there / ; has been considerable damage to farm lands. Two trains ran into washouts in Southern Indiana and Western Kentucky, but there was no loss of life. All lowlands in the vicinity of Louisville have been submerged for twenty-four hours and there has been great delay to interurban and city j railway traffic. Among the heavy, rainfalls reported in the South in the past 24 hours are: Covington, Tenn., 8.40; Galveston, Tex., 6.60; Petersburg, Tenn., 6.20; Newport, Ark., 6.08; Browns ville, Tenn., 6; Milan, Tenu., 5.20, Paducah, Ky., 5; -Wynne, Ark., 4.60; Louisville. Ky., 4.54. One hundred homes are reported submerged near Boonville, Ind., and their inhabitants forced to seek alniter on higher ground. Relief expeditions are being organized to aid the destitute families. Enterprise and Eureaka, in Spencer county. Indiana, are completely submerged and Bullock and Dayville are almost inundated. Hundreds of bridges have been swept away and the rural mail carriers are only able to make a portion of their routes. These carriers ' J report that they were unable to find roads of any kind and that they faced j raging sea which was sweeping sverything before it. Many of the ;?rriers had miraculous escapes. The tracks of the Southern railway between Evansville and Boonville, i distance of 11 miles have beencashed away. The Interurban lines between Evansville and Rockport, al- , ;o Evansville and Boonville, have suspended operations. All along the line of the Southern railway in Southern Indiana wash- ' juts are being reported Reports lav bee nreceived from Jasper that three washouts have tied up the Louisville and Nashville division of :he Huttingburg and Evansville j ranch. From Tell City, Ind., reports have ieen received that the river is rising rapidly and theaiens to flood the * business houses along the river. Residents of Scuffletown, Ky., Have bPen forced to abandon their lomes and cross the river to Newjurg which is located on the bluff. A report from Hazleton. Ind., says hat the White river is rising rapidly ind that many homes are flooded ind thousands of acres of unharvest .*a corn nave Deen swept, away. The total damage for St. Louis svill exceed $1,000,090. Train No. 145 for St. Louis, leavng Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis route Thursday night ran into i landslide a few miles east of Haw;$ville, Ky., but was flagged before iny serious damage was done. The :rain with all its passengers was :ompeIled to back to Cloverport. Jt has been raining at Owensboro or 4 8 hours and records show a lownfall of seven inches, which is he heaviest in the history of tha lit y. Every stream in the Green River iistrict was out of its banks and ain was still falling in torrents at Midnight Thursday. YOIXG LADY QUITE SICK. 'rustrated Since the Death of Her Young Beau. Miss Marie Weaver, fiance of Paul iVilliams, who was killed by negro obbers on the Hagenbeck-Wallace :ireus train between Columbia and Vugusta, is still prostrated with ;rief on the tragic death of Mr. Wiliams. Miss Weaver is confined to ler bed. She is literally heartbrok;n over the affair and even her dear;st friends are unable to console her. 4er parents have returned from Coumbia. where they attended the fun;ral of Mr. Williams, who was a highv esteemed railroad clerk, recently promoted for his industry and effii;iency. The wedding was to have :aken place in the near future, all irrangements having been made. Miss Weaver may not recover from the nervous shock for some days. Her condition, while causing anxiety, is not likely to become critical. Had Case of Cholera Aboard. The steamship Sant 'Anna, from French and Italian ports, now detained af nuarantine. off Xew York has ii case of cholera aboard. The victim. a man in the steerage, died on September 15, and was buried at sea. Two other cases of intestinal trouble are under observation. Meanwhile the Sant Anna, carrying 2.M first-class cabin passengers, some of them prominent Americans, and 1,072 in the steerage, is held as a possible "chojera carrier," pendins furtlwr investigation.