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Christian Gans, a Government Ct
Tailor, Shoots a wemun and 1
Her Companion and Kills
Himself.
New York, Aug. 27. ?Lizzie sti
Otto, formerly of Stroudsburg, Cr
Pa.; Archer Campbell, of this m<
city, and Christian Gans, govern- le^
ment tailor at Fort Hancock, are to
dead, hh the tesult of a tragedy do
which took place to day in the cui
apartments of tho woman in East pr
Twenty-fifth street, where she was fr<
known as Lizzie Hall. The wo en
man and Campbell, it is believed, mi
died almost instantly. Gans died
in Rellevue Hospital to-night. It str
is said by the police that Gans of
shot the woman and Campbell tlu
because be objected to the pres Su
enco of tho latter there. Then ta<
he fired a bullet into the base of sei
his brain, striking tho spinal cord, pr
The following, dated New York, gr
August 26, 1902, was found in eri
one of Gans' pockets, by the cor- na
oner:
"This woman has ruined my co
life and 1 hope God will forgive an
me for what I am going to do. tn
And I am not sorry for what l am wc
going to do. Good-bye to all gu
CHRISTIAN GANS." ad
Tko ? it?J ?
*. uu v/nu nuiuau 11 v t'U 1U lUI'OO 8d
small rooms in the reur of the first er
floor of the house, which is a large m<
tenement. Her almost nude body
was fQund on the floor of the bedroom
with a bullet hole through
her heart. Campbell's body, fully
dressed, and also shot through ^,|
the heai t, was lying beside that ^
of the woman. Gans lay dying an
in the same room, a bullet having aQ
entered the base of the brain and Qn
shattered the spinal column. fr(
According to the tenants in the
house the two men entered the j8
woman's apartment this morning
and sounds of quarrelling were
beard soon after. . en
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A Family Of Suicides. be
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Coroner Green yesterday held th<
an inquest over the body of Bes~ an
sie Code, colored, who died Mod- ra
day night from the effects of mor- cr,
phine poisoning. The verdict of tra
the jury was that she came to her aCl
death from an overdose of mor- we
phine administered by her . own
band.
It was a case of suicide. She 0fl
bad attempted once before te kill 0ic
herself. Just a few weeks ago hit
Eugene Code, her brother, took tal
his own life. Suicides among we
negroes were unknown until a 0tl
few years ago.?The State, 27th.
Postal Men and Politics.
Washington, Aug. 27.?The cq
part which the postal employees ^
are to be permuted to take in the Hj
following instructions, which foi
Postmaster General Payne has ad- ro
dressed to a postmaster who sent a
a letter of inauiry: "You are ^
is
not prohibited from joining a political
club nor making voluntarily
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lonuviKi eoncrioutiojQB outside the de
g> vernment office or building, nor, ill*
from acting as a delegate to a tb
county; State, or Congressional ac
conventh n. You should not, 4<l
however, serve as chairman cf a to
State or county committee nor co
t-tko an active part in conducting is
a political convention or make ag
yourself unduly prominent in po- ag
liticul matters. tr<
uoai sinners in ugly Mood
it Trolley Poles to Prevent
'ransportation of Troops. Situation
is Serious.
Tamaqua, Pa., Aug. 27.?The
ikrng miners in the Panther
eek valley are in a very ugly
>od. Several poles of the trolr
lino which runs from this place
Summit Hill were chopped I I
wn today and the wires were I I
t. This was Probably done to
bvent troops from being taken
>m Manila park, where tbey are
camped, to Landsford and Sumt
Hill.
Major; Gcarhart outwitted the A
ikers by taking two companies /-A
soldiers to Summit Hill before
ay expected him. In Lansford,
immit Hill and Coaldile de
jhments of soldiers who wore
fit out to preserve order and to
otect the non-union men were
eeted by large crowds of strik9,
who hooted and called them
mes.
At Coaldale the soldiers were i -w- -wmpelled
to get off the trains j 1 |
d force the mobs back from the! I g
icke. In Lansford a crowd of
mien joined in hooting the m
lardsmen. Major Gearbardt ?
mitted that the situation was ""
rious. He would not say wheth
he, would request reioforceants.
Leg Cut Off While He Slept.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 26 ? ed
em son Wallace, a negro, was
nod asleep near the Brunswick
d Birmingham n.ilroad track at
early hour this morning with t t
e of bis legs entirely severed A
)iu bis body.
Just how the accident occurred 6 ct
not known, as there were no
tnesses, and the man was una- Q
3 himself to say, but it is genilly
thought that he was intoxited
and went asleep on a lutn- II0\^
r pile only a few feet from the
ick, stretching his leg across
s track, and that a Brunswick
d Birmingham passenger train ~i d
n over it. None of the train A V
3 w saw the negro when the
dn passed and did not know the U
cident had occurred until he
is found. .. fori
When the man was found he
is fast asleep, with the log cut
' as if with an axe, and the ac- OA"
lent evidently did not awaken
m from his slunher. He was cole
ken to his home and the wound
ts dressed. He received no
tier injury about the body.
It Was a Whiskey Murder.
Tifton, Qa., August 26.?The
roner't jury, after an all-day
sion investigating the death of
illman Faulk, a wealthy farmer
und dead and mutilated in the
p.i near here Sunday, returned
verdict of death at the hands of VI
aek D. Paulk, his brother, who
in jail. During
the day a citizens' mass LII cl I
seting was held to consider the
ath of Paulk and the matter of <??11]
egal liquor shops. There were ?
reats of summary justice for the ~ _
cused and it was agreed that the
>lind tiger" keepers would huve
get out immediately or take the _
ns^quences. Public indignation 1
at fever heat, almost as much m I '
ainst the whiskey dealers as II
ainst Paulk, and there may be
auble.
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[ave Bargains
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II the Time
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In Every Line
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ere Are! a Few;
[HOT ARE "HUMMERS." j
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000 yards striped and check-1
Dimities, worth 12 1-2 ets |
j.8 cts. !
000 yards Ginghams, worth j
;s, now 4 cts. ,
or 10 pieces Grenadette, <
rest thing for ladies unlined
A t*
is, iormer price 25 cts, now
its.
I
0 pieces Point de Bruxelles, [
ner price 30 cts, now 23. ;
pieces Scotch Lawns, fast
>rs, cheap at 5 cts, now 3 1-2
ts. !
SHOES!
?# -SHOES!:
'ie also have e lot of shoes
t we have thrown onourhara
counter and are selling at a
rifice.
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Weather and Crops.
Weekly Report of tho Agricu
tural Depurtaient in W ashington.
Washington, August 2t>.?Tin
agricultural department's weekly
summary of crops conditions says
As a whole, tho weather con
iitions east of the Rocky Moun
tains have not been favorable, be
ing too cool in tho northern dis
tricts eastward of the Missour
Valley, with too much moistun
in portions of the Central valley s
while excessively hot in the Southam
States, with drought ol
greater or less severity generally
throughout tho cotton belt.
Corn is greatly in need o
warm, dry weather throughout
the northern portion of the con
belt, whore the abnormally root
weather of the past two week}
bas groatly retarded the maturity.
l)vcr the southern portion of the
:orn belt an excellent crop of ear
iy corn is now piratically assured
A decided deterioration in the
condition of cotton is reported
generally throughout the centra
md western portions oftbccottoi
belt as well as over a largo pari
)f the eastern districts. The inos
favorable reports are from tin
uarolinas. In North Carolina tin
jondition of the crop continue!
rcry promising, although th<
prevalence of rust is widespread
On still' soils in South Carolini
new growth is blooming and fruit
og, but on sandy soils rust, shed
iing and premature opening being
general. In Texas the deter
ioration has boen pronouncei
and under most favorable coudi
tious a yield in execs of the aver
ige is improbable.
The week hnu vonr
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ible fur cutting to bacco and th?
irop has generally unproved, ul
hough it will be short iu Ken
,ucky and portions of Tennessee
Virginia and Maryland.
Weather And Crops in the State
Mr. J. W. Bauer in his weekly
report says:
The temperature was abnormally
high during the first, und decided
ly cool during the second half o
Lhe week ending Monday, Augus
25, with an average of 7S degrees
a maximum of 101 degrees at An
dcrson on the 20th, BlaCkvilh
and Longshore on the 21st, and i
minimum of 59 degrees al Clio
raw and Spartanburg on the ISth
Damaging hail occured in Anderson,
Greenville and Newborn
counties, accompanied by des
tructivc high winds, but the in
jury to crops was confined t<rlim
ited areas. There was more thai
a normal amount of sunshine dur
ing the first of th'? week, followei
successively by much cloudi.-.os
and then clear weather.
Quite general rains fell on th
17th, too late to bo reported fo
last week's bulletin, und scattei
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qvi duuwcih occasionally on th
20th, 21st, 22d and 23d, the lat
tor nearly general over the great
er portion of the State. Soni
points continue to stand inneed o
rain, hut generally tho ground ha
sufficient moisture for the. preson
need of crops. In places the rai
intorferrod with current farm
work, but on the whole it wu
beneficial to growing crops.
Lute corn continues to nmk
good progress, and with lunite<
exceptions promises fair^iehb
Bottom laud corn is very tine.
Cotton failed to share fully n
j the general improvement* f growj
ing crops, due largely to the
j J spread of rust that stopped further
growth, and caused shedding
j and premature opening, although
j on clayey s lis there is a now
growth that continues to bloom
and fruit. l'he outlook for a
large top crop is not promising,
except on low spots where there
has been plenty of moisture
hroughout the season. On sandy
uplands the plants have put on all
the fruit they >vi11 do, and are
now dying. Cotton is opening
rapidly over the whole State.
Some correspondents report nearly
half the bolls open. Picking is
^ actively under way in all sections,
but showers and extreme bent interferred
at tin.es with this work.
In places open cotton was damaged
by the heavy rains and high
winds. The crop ranges from poor
to very good; and this diversity
in condition exists in all portions
' of the State, and even in the same
township*. The season as a whole
is earlier than the average.
Peas, sweet potatoes and corn
improved. Rice is ripening and
harvest has begun in a suiall
way.
Thoughts for Partners.
Does subsoiling pay the farmer?
3 Tko question would be answered
4 "yes" and "no" according to
the soil, the time of year and tne
quality of top soil. Red clay top
soil with red clay hard pan will
ba little benefited by subsoiling,
for the clay will run together
when the first big rain comes,
A closo sandy soil, poor in humus,
will be little benefited by
subsoiling. But any land, with
four to six inches of top soil,
with a considerable amount of
stubble or humus in it, will be
greatly benefited by subsoiling.
If about two inches of the hard
pan are broken and mixed with
' the top soil it is soon assimilated,
the soil is doepened and the phos
phoric acid and potash stored in
the hard pan brought into soluble
1 condition. Tho only object in
subsoilinp is to deepen tho soil and
' render the underlying stratum of
* clay porous, so that tho surplus
f water will bo stored up for dry
t weather. Subsoiling to advantage
> goes along with a rotation of crops,
- the sowing of peas clover or other
o leguminous crops. The best time
* of year to subsoil land is October
* to April. Both the clay and top
* soil should be dry enough to
* crumble oasily. It should never
Y be wet enough to be sticky. There
- are two-horse subsoil plows that
- do good work. One man and
- two mules will subsoil an acre .a
u day. Another good plan is to use
- a one horse turn plow or a half
1 shovel, if tho top soil is shallow
?|anclfellow with a tongue plow in
s&mo furrow. That requires two
e hands, but it does good work. If
r the stubble is rank then a two
' horse turn plow could bo used
c which should bo followed with a
> tongue plow. Subsoiling is the
- process used by nature in reatoro
ing wu?-n out soils. That is just
f what the roots of old field pines,
s peas and clover does.
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? Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold In buQ^
1 Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
"somcthini just as good."
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| No-To-nae tor Fifty Cents.
? " Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
" nen strong, blood pure. &0c SI All di itftfisia.