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?tit ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1900. VOLUME XXXVI-NO. 10. If we have ever sold an article that failed to earn its full cost in service, no matter when the transaction, the purchaser is bound in justice to give us a, chance to redeem the pledge of satisfaction that goes with every sale. No Statute of Limitation here. Tell us the facts about any CLOTHING, HATS or FUR NISHINGS you have bought of us that have misbehaved. . 0. Evans & Co THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. THE H ALL GIN Is the Leader of them all in point of Speed? Durability and Ont-Turn. IT is, owing to the akiliful construction of the breast, the beat seed cleaner on the market. That part of the Gin covering the endo of the brush is bo formed that lint cotton cannot pack or clog at ends of brush. Many Gins catch fire from friction at this point. The HALL does not We guarantee these Gins to give absolute satisfaction, and if you are in doubt as to what Gin to buf^ask any owner of a HALL or any one who has ever seen one work, and they will tell you that it is the be?t. We have all sizes on hand ready for immediate delivery. Mc??LLY BROS. DON'TFORGET! 8 everybody r. ? - y * ?vi/ m. has been selllos: Frnit Jars this season, bnt np to this time we been telling Cherry Jars ; now we are ready to furnish yon with? T. u THE BEST FRTJIT JARS ;?Das beon on market this sea&m, and we give yon nothing bnt good, sonnd <ara-no broken ones. bft,t?B Vl?0oil?A^te^l??l4BBiY u up-to-date In every respect. Also, the H.?atehelKtiI^ fd^ft?t0^,toO8e? *?d Vhen It cornea to Pocket Knives and scissors we hive thorn or th? best make, sold under a guarantee. ?.n" '?W to call on us when you are In Town, sa ? -arc tcu skssss ?u Mn ^U??rf e=oi=- s? "jwrived one oar load of jLy nohburg Chilled Torn Plows, DilK?1?*0? tf????*ke^ Jobber? prices un S i ?,at3 ?n? Castinge. Yon can get them at our Store or have them shipped ^reotfromfiwtory. We sell OROCESBES as cheap as anybody. CARLISLE BR08. ? Anderson, S. C. eethinA ?a? JL (TeefhJng Powders) JULtEET^Rc?^^BowcS ^stsodyaSoa^atDf^?ste, awa^T T SECOND PR1 Governor : M. B. McSweeney. J. A. Hoyt. l?ientemiut-Governor : J. H.Tillman. Johu T. Sloan. Railroad Commissioner : W. D. Evans. J. II. Wharton. House of Representative* It. B. A. Robinson. J. B. Leverett. Clerk of Court . J. C. Watkins. L. P. Smith. 89f 02 101 i 0 ISO 118 72 77 113 The above is a correct statement of FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Otcn Correspondent. Washington, D. C, Sept. 10,1000. A genuine political sensation hae been caused here by Carl Shurz's letter to Secretary Gage exposing the shame ful pettifogging of which that oflicer was guilty in his recent authorized interview in which he eat his former words and declared that Bryan would, if elected, direct his Secretary of the Treasury to pay out silver, as interest on bonus, thus throwing tho country on a silver monometallic basis. As ?iaie? in this correspondence somo time ago, Secretary Gage disliked very much tho giving out of this interview. To do so, involved him in a nines of contradictions and forced him to directly reverse his former public statements. But Hannn insisted that he should do so, and Mr. Gage finally yielded. He stated openly that the gold law passed with such a flourish of trumpets t>y the administration, wns a fraud; that it would not accomplish the ends for which it was passed: that it could bo nullified at any time by a hostile Secretary, and that it was only of use wheu a friendly one was in office?and, of course, was of no use then, because a friendly Secretary did not need it to aid him maintain the Srtd standard. In a former interview, r. Gage had defended the refusal by the Senate to insert a provision that the interest and principal of bonds should be paid in gold alone, and pointed out that the refunding opera tions of the act had substituted gold bonds for practically all the coin bonds in existence except a few issued under the Cleveland administration. In his lntor interview, given out at the behest of Mr. Hanna, he took back all this and announced that Bryan could and would pay these bonds in silver. Now Mr. Shurz has literally taken him oft' his feet with the assertion, which has been an open secret for months, that the Republican party in the Senate re fused to insert the gold provision re ferred to above with the deliberate purpose of keeping the money question in politics and enabling it to be used as a threat in the approaching campaign. Then Mr. Shnrz colls tho Secretary's attention to the fact that the Republi can party is in full control of the gov ernment and that there is not the slightest reason, if Bryan bo elected, why it should not pass the provision it omitted at the coming session of Con Gess, thus absolutely tying Bryan's nds. The Republican party is now circu lating a most extraordinary document on the subject of pensions, claiming that tho present administration is spending more money than any of its {?redecessors in paying pensions; that ess care is taken to-day than over be fore in scrutinizing doubtful claims, and that more money was wasted by the lost Congress than by any preced ing one in providing for peole whose claims wero so fragile, so veak. so worthless, that even the liberal pen sion laws of the country con .d not be stretched to cover them. This List, by the way, is not surprising, seeing that th? chairman of the pensions com mittee of the House, Mr. Sulloway of New Hampshire, is the man who, at the beginning of the last session, re commended to his associais that every bill sent to the committee for a report, should be reported favorably to the House, without any consideration whatever. That is to say, he wanted to grant a pension to every man who could get a single Congressman to stand sponsor for him by introducing a bill pensioning him. This remarka ble document also boasts that in Mc Kinley's term, 52 percent, of all claims for pension are allowed against 81} per cent, in Cleveland's term. It also boasts that for every $100 of revenue collected by the government, $40 is paid ont in pensions, and that the en tire expenditure for pensions, army and navy to-day, is 67 per cent, of the total revenue of the government. The campaign managers are bestir ring themselves and Gen. Apathy is drawing in his outposts and preparing to retreat. Mr. Bryan is about to invade the East and the Republicans have organized a counter raid into Nebraska during his absence. Mr. Hanns, meanwhile, announces that ho has completed his campaign fund. Tho total amount of this no one knows definitely. It is known, however, that Philadelphia was assessed for $600,000 add that it claims to hove raised the amount. Judging from that city's per formances at the time of the rais'.ng of the Republican convention fund, how ever, Mr. Hanna will feel happier when ha has the money in lus pocket. He has since then boen cJ jseted with representatives of varions trusts and other large corporations m New York, the conference lasting several hours. At the close, Mr. Hanna made the an no?sces?st of h?ving C?ii?pleie? his campaign fund. When asked by an impertinent reporter what tho sue of his campaign fond was Mr. Hanna very properly replied: "It's nobody's busi ness how mnch money I have raised or how mnch we think we shall need in tho campaign." The important point is that Mr. Hanna is ready to stir the party, workers from their "apathy." It is perhaps a little significant that he shonid .find it necessaiy to moke so public tho announcement of his ability to drive "apathy" from tho rank and file of the party. It is noticeable that since Teddy made his bad. break in tho northwest, and had a subsequent interview with Senator Hanna in the wood-shed at Canton, he has been giving out state-1 MARY ELECTION FOR S^ ETI SISS5' S. I re o S a C3! 051 ) 147 1 104 M 3J If : ta , re ; r. re I Isrlsl 01 16 27 14?' nvi d ! 3} 5TO "* i re re re re 5- ? : 51 32 33 18 3107180 189 2 r>4il08!20i 0 !>|144 on 1 7 100,172 10 Oj 04 ilm? 188 114 ?osi l 72120 180 20 1021 1 31 7 38| 21 41 1 30 10 23 20 30 lit 20 1 4.10 52 30 11 ils E. &S a O ? j ?541 0 4:5 :!1 j IW 13 1020 13 S 4 l?j 08124 20 2 10 18 3013 70 34 811 18 4| 8| 831 0j 00| 20 ? : c 08 7'.) 80 mi 38 101 CI a1 ? 21 30 I :18| 0 0 38 871 38! 53 ? the vote of all the Clubs except Fork No, ments that his voice was in disrepnir and that treatment by a specialist was necessary to restore it to working order rgnin. In fact, Teddy has been silent Bince then except in making innocuous addresses on labor day, auu similar oc casions wiiere politics wore eschewed, and naturally his voice did not suiter. In fact, the injury to his vocal cords seems to be entirely a local one?it re' strainB him from talking politics and permits him to tnlk about anything elso as long and as loudly us he may wish. It is a convenientfniliug?wheu Mark is lurking around with a bundle of switches intended for Teddy if he should not prove amenable to discip line. _ .. _;-nm o ? Pointing a Gun. The action of Justice Pop in lining Jacob Katz, a Lexington street jeweler, for pointing a gun at Harry X. Abcr crombi?, a lawyer, who refused to leave Mr. Kntz's store when ordered to do so, has raised the question of the rights of storekeepers in such cases. Mr. Katz was found guiltj* of a.ssault by the justice and was lined $25 and ccsts. Upon tho basis of questions pro pounded by a subscriber of the Sun the law of thu case is explained as fol lows by William C. Smith, a former deputy State attorney of Baltimore: "Pointing a loaded gun or pistol at auother in a threatening manner is an assault, and it is immaterial that the person so using the gun did not actu ally know that it was loaded. So, also, if tho person assaulted had rea sonable cause to believe that it was loaded it is an assault, though it was not loaded. "If any one enters the home of an other and makes himself offensive he can bo ejected by force, but the degree of force must bo reasonable. The question of the reasonableness of force used is governed by the facts of the particular case. "A policeman, by virtue of his oftice, and without warrant, has a right to enter any house, tho door of which is unfastened, or when invited to do so by the master thereof, in which there is a noise amounting to a breach of the peace, and to arrest any person dis turbing the peaco there in his presence. "There is a distinction to be drawn between the rights of a master in his home and his rights in his public store. In the latter case there is an implied invitation to the general public to come in, and a person entering such nn establishment has greater privileges, and, consequently, the master less rights. Hence he is compelled to act with greater discretion in dealing with unwelcome intruders. If A orders B to leave A's store at the point of a pis tol and B refuses to go, whereupon A shoots and kills B, A is guilty of mur der."?Baltimore 8un. Cannot be Checked. If anyone thinks that this outbreak will stop or even halt the growth of Christianity he is very much mistaken. Look for a moment at the wonderful figures of nineteen centuries. The number of converts on the Day of Pentecost was only 3,000; at the end of the first century it reached only 300, 000. Even at the close of the tenth century there were only 50,000,000 Christians in the world. Come a little further, to the days of Luther in the fifteenth century, and we find only 100,000,000. But begin with 1800, and for every year of this century we have an increase of over 2,000,000, until to day there are in the world nearly 000, 000,000 Christians. Seventy years ago the Bible was rend in only fifty lan guages and dialects?to-day there are three hundred. At the height of her greatness Im perial Rome ruled 120,000,000 people. To-day Christian nations- govern 800, 000,000 people. The whole spirit of modern law and order and progress is in the growth of Christianity, and neither life nor money nor distance nor zone is an obstacle to its steady and inevitable conquest of the entire world. N?Tvi w?b it more vigorous than to day.?Philadelphia Evening Post. State of Onto. CiTr 0? Toledo, I ,. Lucas Co um t v, |"* FnmK J. Cubnky makes oath toat he I? tho seniar partner of the firm of F. J. Cnsarer ?. Co, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and SUte aforesaid and thai aald firm will pay the ?am of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catahp? that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catauui Cork. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before rno and subscribed la my pres ence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. [seal] A. W GLEA8ON. Notary Public. Hall's Cat?rrh Cure Is taken internally an3 acts directly oa the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Send for testimonial*, free. Address, F. J. CUENEY A CO.,Toledo O. 49~Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall1* Family PUIs'arelthe test. PATE AND COUNTY OFF 1, which is a small vote ami will not chni Belton Gleanings. Miss Mamie Latimcr, who has been ' absent sometime on a northern trip, ! has returned home. Mrs. J. L. Dean, of G re?u ville, and her two daughters, Lena nud Lucia, are visiting Mrs. A. B. Byrd. Mr. and Mrs. McDnvid, of Florida, are visiting Mrs. Williams. Mrs. J. K. Horton is visiting her j daughter, Mrs. \Y. ! '.. Long, in Cntce- : chce. The four-year-old son of Mr. Cookeic died last week of membranous croup. The little fellow was sick only a siioit while. The remains were interred in the cemetery at this place. Mrs. 1{. A. Lewis and Miss Am j Burch are in New York. Mr. F. T. Brea/.enle left Monday for Clemson College. School opened last Monday at this place with a comparatively large num ber. The services of a competent corps of teachers have been secured, aud we feel that much good will be done. The school building has recent ly been repainted and the grounds im proved. Mr. Millaid Grubbs left last week for Honea Path, where he has accepted a position. Miss I del le Bice has returned from her mountain trip. Jaquki.ini:. Accident Near Greenville. GitKKNVii.i.i:, Sept. S.?Friday night, j about S o'clock, Frank Chandler, the i eighteen-year-old son of one of our ! most prosperous fanners, accidentally shot himself, dying almost instantly. Mr. Chandler's family lives near Len dermnu. eleven miles below this city. They were sitting on the front piazza singing, when their dog ran down about n bundled yards to a grove, barking fiercely. Frank Chandler got his gun and with two brothers went to see what tho dog hod treed. The dog was in a ditch, which was filled with brash. Chandler took his gun by the barrel and punched iu the brush with the stock of his gun. It is supposed that a limb caught the hammer of the gun, causing it to discharge, the load entering his heart, causing death.? News and Courier. To Cure Peavines. The Yorkville inquirer has been t6j quested to reproduce the plan that Mr. I. R. Self, of Lincolnton, laid down last year for curing peavines. Mr. Selfs method aroused some interest last year but unfortunately the pea vine crop was so small as to admit of bus few experiments. Here is the way Mr. Self explained his plan to the in quirer : "My method of curing the peavines is to allow them to yellow up some two or three feet from the roots, and to allow some of the pods to ripen. I be gin cutting in the morning after the dew is oft, and next day, at noon, if there has been no rain in the mean time, I begin raking, hauling and pack ing in rail pens, ten feet or such a mat ter square, and five, six, seven or eight feet high. The size of the pens is alto gether a matter of convenience. I pack the vines down as tightly as a heavy weight man well can, being especially careful to secure all possible compact ness around the edges. The proper quantity for a pen is eight or ten 2 norse loads. Let the top of tho pen be covered with a good water-proof of hay, ex tending over the rails. It is im portant that no water be allowed to come in from the top. "Within three to live days a pen of peavines so put up will begin to smoke like a small volcano, and it is just at this time that most persons will be tempted to throw it down in order to let the air circulate through it. Do i; (th ing of t lie kind; for it will surely ruin the hay. Just let the pen smoko all it (vants to. There is no danger of fire. \t least this has been ray experience. [ have been pursuing this plan for hreo years and have not had a case )f spontaneous combustion yet. Last rear I filled my barn full of peavine iay, and the result was just as satis factory as if the vines had been in ions. "Cut the vines before tho leaves be rin to crumble, get them up without a in or dew, pack them tight and al ow no water to lAfti? on the ni. "This is my plan. I have been pur ging it for three years, and am to-day ceding as fine pea bay as is to bo bund in tho world. ? Atlanta has her troubles. Mayor Yoodward has again been misbehav ng, and the council started to ini icach him. But tho mayor saw his rrors and made a public apology and he impeachment was squelched. ? Tho demand for staterooms on the tearoers coming back from Europo is o great that it cannot be supplied, and a any people who have been at tho 'avis exposition arc obliged to take tecrago passage back to the States. tCERS lt>00. j :r ^ -< ,~ ;=. ~ 2 g I * 5 2 r. >2 28 22 21 2S le, i; o 17 5| j:; l m 17 15 4182 88 15 is >?i m (;(> \\ \\\m li! i I *7 41 50 47 80 20 :;:! ?,20 57 80 2180 <4| 21 10! (\\ 27 5 'J is 7 ;,| s p?07 ?0 1-1 15] 2!? 18 45 00 7 17 2 I 18,2? liai 50i S! 7,24 18 11)251 Ji:ii21!224tl I i i i 1721 5 7 45!:?' 01 24 ! ! 18] 8411.5] 5! 8 20 881 (1128 C If. K\ :t 5: ?), IS 17.il 82 10 18 45 20 1020 J 28< 9 22 ?2 :tl .'17:5 7 10; .t(|i Hi 1227 tigo tho result. UEKERAL NEWS ITKMS. ? California's almond crop this year is estimated at 0,000 tous. ? Oklahoma ha? ?uo.oo? inhabitants and a harvest worth * 1,000,000. ? The public debt increased nearly *8,000,000 during the month of Au gust. ? I'nclc Sam's soldiers are conceded t<> be the best shots in the international army in China. ? A reduction of 11 per cent, in wages is proposed by l'ail Hiver, (Mass. I cotton manufacturers. ? The South got $81,000,000 inoic from (heir short crop of last year's cot ton than for a full one. ? Suits for $115,000 are to be entert d against (he city of New York by ne groes injured in recent riots. ? The Indiana \V. C. T. I*, has startedan endless chain prayer for (he defeat of President McKinley. ? About one-sixth of the entire pop ulation of the country is embraced in twenty-nine of the largest cities. ? Forest tires in Eastern North Caro lina have devastated many farms and one man has been burned to death. ? There were 110 new cotton mills btiilded last year with an increase of 1,810,071 spindles over the year before. ? In the past ten years the annual consumption of cotton in the southern mills has increased from 547,000 to 1, 400,000 bales. ? Vermont shows a Republican fall iugoff and a Democratic gain over the vote of 1800. Bryan stock is moving steadily upward. ? During a thunderstorm at Ha vana, 111., an electric light wire fell upon seven horses, hitched under some trees, and killed them all. ? Miss Edith May Miller; said to be a very pretty and eloquent girl of 18, is stumping for Bryan in Maine, and carrying the crowds by storm. ? A farmer iu Cabarus County, N. C, emptied both barrels of his shot gun at a flock of English sparrows and thereby killed 104 of the pests. ? Farmer Angus McDonald, his wife and two children were killed in a tor nado which lifted their house at Wa pella, Manitoba, high in the air. ? Twenty-eight men, women and children were poisoned and made seri ously ill by eating a salad at tho reun ion of tho lliggerstaff family at Profj pect, 0. ? ?ishop Henry M. turner, of Geor gia, the head of the African M. E. Church, has declared for Brynn, and will make a number of speeches for the Democratic ticket. ? Arthur Se wall, who ran with Bryan in 1800, is dead. He was a mil lionaire shipowner. His nomination as the Democratic vice presidential can didate made him known to the public. ? The largest balloon ever con structed, capable of lifting over six tons, will ascend from Berlin shortly to make meteorological observations. It will be supplied with provisions for several weeks and two beds. ? According to tho latest railroad statistics more than one-half of the mileage of railway track in the world Is in the Western Hemisphere. The United States leads Europe, and North America is ahead of Europe, Asia and Africa combined. ? It is said thnt trained Great Dane logs are the latest addition to the jrorman army. This breed of canines is famous for its ferocity, strength and tenacity of purpose. Though they are trained to attack the cycle corps of ;he enemy, their best work is in the imbalance. They arc trained to carry tasks of stimulant, dressings for vounds, etc., and their sagacity is so jreat that they will find a wounded nan no matter where he is, on given vord of command, and will work even >etter in tho dark than in daylight. It s said that it is impossible for these logs to overlook any one in whom here is a spark of life. ? Hon. George D. Wise returned rem a it ly lu New York a few days ago ,nd told the Richmond Times: "I firmly relieve Bryan will be elected president. \>ur years ago when I was in New fork, all the talk was in favor of Mc Kinley. I was surprised to learn this reek of the remarkable changes that lavo como about. It is Bryan now. 'he people realize that free silver is a cad issue. Probably 85 per cent, of ho gold Democrats' in Now York are or Bryan. I mixed a f/ood deal with he people. I talked with them on the trcet cars, in hotels and gathered lformation from my political and >urnnl friends. Bryan, in my judg lent, will carry New York State." STATE NEWS. ? A large Uotaan Catholic school ia to be established in Greenville. ? Gov. McSweeney has prevented a lynching in Hampton county by prompt and decisive'action. ? Mrs. Ann Harris died at hei home in Piekcns County a few days ago ?1 the nge of 100 years. ? Votes for SI let ill' sold a.s high u> liftv dollars apiece in Charleston on election day, so it is said. ? The Rev. X. Stark, a colored Nun tiat minister of Greenwood county, has just celebrated his 100th birthday. ? The Republicans will hold a State Convention in Columbia on October , 3rd to nominate presidential electors. ; ? SheritVCathcart, of Richland coun ty, has tendered his resignation to Gov. j McSweeney, to take effect oil the lOtll j inst. j ? According to the otlicial figures ol I the census taken this year, the popu lation of Charleston has increased but j 850 during the past ten years. I ? W. F. Stevenson, of Chestcrlield, j and F. II. Weston, of Kichland. it is j reported will be.candidate? for Speaker I of the next House of Repr?sentatives, j ?The Fairview Agricultural and ; Stock Association of Greenville Coun ; ty will hold its annual exhibit on Fri day, Sept. 21st, near Fairview church ? The largest number of votes (I. Walt Whitman received was ."il votes in l'nion, the smallest was l in Uerkc ley. His total vote in the Stale was nil. ? The Lutherans of Charleston and the united synod have pone to work to raise an endowment of $30,000 for the theological seminary tit Mount Plens j ant. ? Miss Nora Peterson ol Greenville ! was recently married to Mr. Fred I Seibert of Louisville, Ky., whom she ( had never seen but with whom she had corresponded for quite a while. j ?An organization of the federation of labor was effected last week at Co lumbia, and one of tho. first pieces of I work will bo to secure f he passage of , the anti-child labor bill which the mills I have fought so long. ? Prof. W. F. Moncrieff*, who was at one time a member of tho Clcmson ! College faculty, has been elected to the chair of Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, made vacant by the re ! sign?t ion of Prof. Brca/.oulo in Win throp College. ? The Telephone .Manufacturing company of Sumter has been awarded the "medal of highe.-.t award'' for tele phones at the Paris exposition. The medal was won over all telephone man - I ufacturcs in the world and is a great triumph for South Caroliuatelephones. ? The Royal Rag and Yarn Manu facturing coinpauy, of Cluulcstou, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $225,000. Tho iucorporators art Messrs. Geo. A. Wngener, J. M. Signi ous, Stepheu Thomas, Gco. Lunz and J. F. Reading. The product of this mill will be bags and yarns. ? Last Friday night near Fork Shoals, in Greenville county, Frank, the eighteen-year-old son of James Chandler, was attracted from his father's house by a noise among his fowls, and taking his gun went in pur ?u?u Of t.bo trouble yyiillo handling tho gun in som? way It was discharged killing him instantly, the entire con tents of his weapon bnv.tng gono through his heart. ? Gen. C. I. Walker, commanding the United Confederate Veterans, has notified the Governor of the election of Messrs. W. II. Hard in, of Chester, W. D. Starling, of Columbia, and W. E. James, of Palmetto, as members of the State Board of Pensions under the new act of the General Assembly relating to pensions. The Governor will at onco issue commissions to these mem bers of the Board. ? Governor McSweeney has disband ed tho Capital City Guards, a local colored militia company, in Columbia, which engaged in riotous gcondnct on the State capitol grounds on Labor Day. M. R. Cooper, Secretary of State, has forbidden colored militia to use tho capitol grounds hereafter. In tho police court tho risting members wero fined $40, and some doublet hat amount, for contempt. ? Secretary of State Cooper has re fused an application for an increase of capital stock of tho Douglas Mining Co., of West Springs. Tho applica tion called for an increase from $100, 000 to $1,01X1,000 and the sale of stock at 20 per cent on the dollar. The ap plication was refused because it was violative of a clause of the Constitu tion providing against the fictitious in crease of capital stock of corporations. ? On Monday morning of last week, two miles above Union, Mrs. Tom Beutly killed herself with a shotgun. She was, when found, shot in tho abdo men, nnd it seems thateven bpirpioibee were scorched by tho discharge of tho gun. The direct cause of tho killing is not known; but it is said she has been very despondent for a year on account of the death of her daughter. She had stated several times that she did not care to live and had threatened to take her life, but no one paid any special attention to it. Monday morn ing as they were starting to work sho told the rest of the family to go ahead, that sho would bo on in a fow minutes, and they had hardly reached the Hold when they heard the report of n gun, und rushing to tho house found her seriously shot. She expired in,n very few minuted.