The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 03, 1900, Image 1

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TY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ' ANDERSON^ S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1900._ VOLUME XXKY1-NO. 15. For the approaching Fall and Winter season onr exhibit of attractive Noveltk j in? Men's and Young Men's Apparel Will be the largest and most diversified stock we have over shown. All the fashionable fabrics and shades we show in profuse variety. They are, as heretofore, made according to our very highest standard of manufacture, and contain that "chic" and finish that has given our garments their success. We will place on sale several new features in? SUITS AND OVERCOATS, Which, to avoid imitations, we will not as yet describe in print. There is no better proof of the genuine merits of our Goods than their being copied by competitors. J. you have never seen our Clothing, convince yourself of its merits by giving us the chance to show you our line. It will be time well spent. ^ Men's Suits from $5.00 to $20.00. Young Men's Suits from $3.00 to $12.50. Boy Suits from $1.00 to $6.00. . Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. Oat Season 1900. Seeding time has come and you come with it to LIOON & LEDBETTER and get their? Fine Sherman Texas Oats, Grown on ground where there is no Johnson Grass Just received 18,000 bushels. Price as LOW AS ANY ONE, according to the kind of Oats. Come and sec NEW STORE and toe* W OATS?either the BEST that GROWS. HGON & LEDBETTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS. Plenty Rye and Barley. THE HALL GIN Is llio Leader of them all In point of Speed, Dnr?Mlity and Ont-Tnrn. IT is, owing to the skillful construction of the breast, the best seed cleaner on the market. That part of the Gin covering the ends of the, brush is so formed tbat hot cotton cannot paek or clog at cuds of brush. Many Gins catch fire from friction at ihis point The HALL does not We guarantee these Gins to give absolute satisfaction, and if you are in ?oubt as to what Gin to buy ask any owner of a HALL or any one who has ever eeen one work, and they will tell you thai it is the best. We have all sizes on band ready for immediate delivery. McOTTIjLY BBOS. KB. MOFMI'S EETHIN (Tedhtrg Vow?m) the Bcwth* Makes Tttthfeg bay* TEETISlAlt^&sBw?? ?r*t^4*Gh9*?*?9 'ANY AGE. . ; &rOTVfcQUiStOHftf FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Otcn Correspondent. Washington, D. C.,Oct. 1,1900. The United States soldiers have been ordered withdrawn from Pekin, leav ing only a legation guard, and aban doning the native Christians to their fate. This is, of course, all right, from a Democratic standpoint. If the United States is not at war with China, its soldiers ought tobe withdrawn aa soon as possible after they accomplish ed their mission of rescuing the minis ters. If the United States is at war with China, Congress ought to be called in session to. consider the question. - In inner circles here, however, it is positively asserted, that the orders for withdrawal are not genuine and that, as soon as the elec tion is over, the President will show his teeth without fear of consequences. Meanwhile, he avoids giving additional force to the charge of imperialism, and gains time tosend battleships arouud to the Orient. It is said that almost immediately after the election, tho United States will formulate an ulti matum and force China to comply with our demands. "A high official of the government" is quoted os followa in the local press: "A proper interval of time will bo allowed in which the Em Soror of China may show his good faith v vigorously punishing the criminals. If the Emperor fails to do this as fully and as completely as America should do it herself, a peremptory demand will be made upon him by the United States envoys, accompanied by the designation of the persons whom America regards as guilty. If this de mand is ignored, a final ultimatum will be presented to the same effect. If the ultimatum is ignored, then war upon China." Germany apparently proposes to go to war with the Chinese empire unless the Boxerleadeis are punished i in advance of the peace negotiations. This "high official of the Government," who outlines our policy, declares that tho United States will make war npon China after the peco negotiations are concluded if the Boxer ^aders aro not dealt with according to their deserts. If this actually be the situation, there seems, so far as results may be con cerned, little diflerence between Ger many and American policy. Trnly, our "peace loving" President has moved a long way since March 4,1807. Senator Banna has formulated the charge that Mr. Bryan has promised his cabinet places in the event of his election. Mr. Bryan has denied this and the only interest that remains in tho subject concerns itself with Mr. Banna's cheek in charging it. Anyone might suppose from this that it was not Senator Hanna but some other man who promised everything fonr years ago, especially in the Sontb, where the Republican leaders were consulted, ana where they apportioned the Fed eral offices among themselves even be fore McKinley was nominated. Nearly everything of value in the way of Federal offices was mortgaged by Hanna long before he was able to deliver the goods. Without this, Mc Kinley would never have been even nominated. No one here justifies the attack on Colonel Roosevelt in Colorado, but it is at least true that it was no worse than Col. Roosevelt's attack on the men who attacked him. "Democrats," he shouted at St. Paul, "stand for law lessness and disorder, for dishonesty and dishonor, for license at home ana for cowardly shrinking from duty abroad." And he expected his audien ces, in a State that voted eight to one for Bryan in 1606, to receive him in tho most friendly fashion. It is not sur prising that they failed to do so. Col. Roosevelt has also gotten himself into trouble by his unfounded charges of cowardice against the negro soldiers of the regular army who really saved his own regiment from being decimated at Santiago. In bis magazine account of this battle, Col. Roosevelt wrote: "None of the white regulars of Rough Riders showed the slightest sign of weakening, but under the strain the colored infantrymen (who had none of their office: s) began to get a little uneasy and to thrift to the rear, either helping, wounded men or saying that they "wished to find their own regi ments." So the doughty Colonel drew his revolver and compelled the cowards to stay in line. Recently one of their white officers, who was present and held the hill after Co). Roosevelt left it, retorted, absolutely denying the Colonel's charges. It was unnecessary, however. The country knows that the negro soldier, whatever his other draw backs, is not a coward. A very canning scheme of Senator Banna's to prevent the drummers of the country from casting their immense influence for Bryan this fall, has been discovered. Through his instrumen tality, all the big trusts?which he says do not exist?nave been induced to send letters to all drummers whose ad dresses they can learn, asking them whether they can accept a good job "in case McKinley be electedMr. Uanna suggested, it is said, that the trusts could so conch their letters that thev would bind them to nothing, and 'would yet probably indnce some of the drnmmers who were thrown out of work by trust consolidations to vote for and support McKinley in the hope of getting work. A somewhat similar plan was tried in 1800 and succeeded? whether it will succeed this year is a question. The Democratic managers here are daily growing n?ore confident that they will-control the next House of Repre sentatives. In fact, they will scarcely discuss the subject any longer, feeling that success is so certain that nothing Short of a cataclysm can reverse it. Their confidence is based upon an inti mate acquaintance with the condition in all the Congressional districts. It is virtually assured that they will gain two members in Kentucky, one in Mis souri, three in North Carolina, one in Alabama, one in Texas, one in Iowa, possibly two in Illinois, and the same number in Indiana. They may lose two in Massachusetts, ono m Pennsyl vania, and possibly one each in Ne braska and Kansas. In this estimate, Populists are dealt with as Democrats. If the gains here claimed are realized, it is certain that the Democrats will have a safe working majority in the House of the Fifty-seventh Congress. Farther, although not much; is being said1 about it, even the Republicans admit that they probably will not have a solid delegation from Iowa in the next Congress. : I Notice to Democrats. Tho National Democratic Executive Committee has called for contributions to aid in carrying on tho cauipaigu for the election of Bryan and Stevenson. The Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee has issued a cir cular letter asking the County Chair men to obtain contributions to tho Na tional Campaign fund. Let every member of tho County Democratic Executive Commit tee solic it contributions and send to me, and I will send to the State Chairman to bo remitted to tho National Committee. The time is short. Whatever is dono must be dono quickly. Shall we hesi tate to lend a helping hand to preserve the government of our fathers? J. E. Breazeale, Chm. Co. Dem. Ex. Com. Negroes Overawed by the Militiamen. Georgetown, Oct. 1?The George town race riot does not materialize, at least it looks so up to midnight. Tho trouble arose Saturday evening when J. C. Scurry, a deputy sheriff, went in to a barber shop to collect delinquent taxes from a negro barber. John Browntield. A dispute arose and words camo to blows. In tho scuffle that fol lowed Scurry's pistol dropped from his pocket and was snapped up by the ne gro, (BrownfiekU, who, in rapid suc cession, fired live shots at Scurry, each taking effect in somo part of his body. The negro then tied but was captured by a policeman and placed in jail. Scurry died at 10 o'clock Sunday morn ing. Excitement ran high, for it was considered cold-blooded murder. The coroner's jury was composed of white men. A rumor was circulated among the negroes that the white men during the night would ring the tire bei, and when the negroes would rush to their engines then tho whites would run to the jail, take Brownlield out and lynch him. This is exactly what tho negroes did themselves about 7:30, and before the bell was through ringing, by prenr rangement, between 800 aud 1,000 ne groes gathered around the jail with guns and rifles to protect, as they said, tho negro from being lynched. The ringing of the tire bell was accompan ied oy screams and yells from tho ne gro women and children. Mayor W. D. Morgan, Sheriff Skinner and others went to the jail and tried to persuade them to disperse, but they told them flatly that they would not. Cant. S. M. Ward, of the Georgetown Rifle Guards, called out his company, and they have been under arms ever since. About two o'clock this morning the negroes left the jail but freely threat ened to burn the town. Then it was that Mayor Morgan wired Gov. Mc Sweeney for military help. A number of negroes weie in town to-day but no outward demonstration was made. Company H of Sum ter, under com mand of Cnpt. H. Frank Wilson, in re sponse to a telegram from Gov. Mc Sweeney, called out his company, and in 85 minutes 37 men were at the depot and boarded the train for Georgetown. They arrived at 0:10 and were met by the Georgetown Hilles and escorted to the armory, where refreshments are now being served. A special from Charleston bearing 180 men with Gnt ling and Hockiss guns, in addition to other arms, left Charleston at 8:40. At 1:05 a. m. only a few negroes are to be seen on the streets and every thing is apparently as quiet as a May morning. . Somo arrests will bo made to-morrow, but this will not create any disturbances, for the negroes seem overawed by the presence of tho mili tiamen. Early this morning Mr. Josiah Doar was shot through the leg by the acci dental discharge of a gun in the hands of a militiaman. He may lose his leg. ?Special to the State. A Letter About Your Orphans. Dear Friend: We need immediate aid for your orphans at tho Thornwell Orphanage. Think of it?a family of two hun dred and absolutely no present pro vision for them?and this family is made up of your little orphaned broth ers nud siaters. They are looking to you for their bread to-day, to-morrow and the next day?for all tho winter clothing, and it takes thousands of yards?that must be bought?for the fuel that will warm them an.d the books that they must study. We will be at great expense, as you see, to get ready for tho winter, while every day demands a hundred-weight of flour and other things that go with it. Do you complain that we did not tell you this so on er? Well, we are to blamo for it?for we waited and waited. There were the starving'Hindoos to help, and .poor devastated Galvestou to aid?and thero wore our Chinese missionaries to relieve. We could not speak till this was done. Now, dear friend, it is our time. Help us quickly, in dimes or dollars, Backs or barrels just os you can afford it. Our little people are well and happy, and all are at school. They haven't the remotest idea they* are near an empty table and a cheerless winter. They imagine that God will send them their dinner, as He did Elijiah. Shall they be wakened to find that the angel has forgotten. Dear friend, you are tho angel f Send your gifts to Rev. Wm. P. Ja cobs, Clinton, 8. C. /?- ' w? m mm Catarrh Cannot be Cared ?Rh LOCAL APPLICATION'S, M they cannot reach tho seat of tho disease. Catarrh I? a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to care It rpa moat take internal remedies'. Hall's Catarrh Cure Utaken Internally, and acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Halls Catarrh Cure vont Cure Wood_ Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physician* in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is com posed ct the best tonics known, comblacd with tho best blood purifiers, acting directly on tto mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients la what produces euch wonderful results to curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials ?ar-Sold by Druggists, 75c HaU'iFamlly'JPlUsraraithe.baif. * i The Woman's Missionary Rally. Williamston, S. C, Sept. 29. Mil EbiKOlt: The Woman's Mission ary Societies of tho Second Union of the Saluda Haptist Association held n missionary rally in tho Williamstou Baptist Church on Friday, Sept. 21. Representatives from tho different Societies came w ith their contributions for tho box to bo sent to Rev. J. XV. Barker, of El Reno, Okla. Mr. Barker ia one of 071 missionaries of tho Home Board of Southern Baptist Convention. Tho contributions amount to more than $100. The meeting was addressed by Rev. L. M. Roper, pastor of the first Baptist Church of Spartauburg, S. C. Mr. Roper is young, handsome, fluent, scholarly, and withal a mnn of great faith and earnestness. The pastor of the Williamston Church conducted the preliminary exercises, and read the Saviour's dialogue with Peter (John 21:15-10). This Scripture furnished the text for Mr. Roper's address. He said in part: There are two words used in this dialogue which mean to love. Jesus uses tho stronger word, which means to lovo devotedly. He says, "Simon, son of Jonas, do you love more devotedly than these others do?" j Simon takes the weaker word and says: ' "Yea, Lord, thou knowest that 1 love thee." He says to him, "feed my lambs." He says to him tho second time: "Simon, are you devoted to me?" He says to him, "Yea, Lord, tliou knowest that 1 love thee." He says to him: "Shepherd my sheep." Hu'says to. him the third time: "Simon, sea of Jonas, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because ho said to him the third time, "do you love nie." And he said to him: "Lord, thou knowest all things, thou kuowest that I love thee." Jesus says to him: "Peed my sheep." Mr. Roper continued: The first ques tion Jesus would have settled is wheth er the disciple loves him. Every Christian ought to know whether he loves Jesus. Our fathers used to some times siug: "'Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord or no; Am I hia or am 1 not?" I do not like this song. There should be no doubt about this question. Do you not know whether you love your husbands. It would conduce to domes tic felicity for a husband to be singing, "Tis a point 1 long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love my wife or no? Am I hers or am I not?" I emphasize not so much the strength of our love for the Lord as the fact of it. Do we love him at all? Jesus has no work for tho unloving professor. There must first bo love, and on tho strength of this Jesus issues his com mand: "Feed my lambs, shepherd my sheep, feed my sheen." .Jesus has sheep already in the fold; but there aro other sheep yet to be sought and gathered in. TheBO'sheep aro hungry, sick nnd help less. If you love him feed them. I believe in prayer for the Holy Spirit to open our hearts to liberal giv ing. If we pray earnestly wo will give liberally, when I was pastor of the FirBt Baptist Church in Canton, Ohio, there came a lady there to ask us to give $500 to supporta foreign mission ary. I told her I thought the time in opportune. Our Church was in debt, ana wo were making a special effort to raise a large endowment fund for Den ison University, and besides we had never given half so much for foreign Unissions. But she, my wife and myself read the Scriptures and prayed over the the matter. And we all felt that it could be done, nnd that wo should make tho effort. But by tho next morning my faith had weakened. And I began to doubt the success of the un dertaking. But my friends asked me to read Jer. 33:3. I read, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great aud mighty things, which thou knowest not." My faith revived, the plea was made and subscription cards distributed, aud the congregation bowed in silt, c prayer, then an audible prayer was made and the collection was taken. The amount collected that morning was over 8500, and nt the evening service it was increased to $538. And our general contribution was increased. I have had a similar experience in Spartauburg with even I greater results. Let us love, pray and give. Mr. Roper's address cannot bo repro duced on paper at all, and this effort several days after, and that without notes, docB hia address but scan* jus tice. After the address a sumptuous picnic dinner was served by the* women of Williamstou in tho Spring Park to friends nnd visitors. The occasion was a delightful one, and wo hope that much good shall result from it beside the expensive box, which was packed after dinner. X. Alice News. Our fanners will soon finish picking cotton. Several-of our neighbors will change base next year. Mr. L. E. Gable has moved to Ander son to engage in merchandising. Magistrate J. T. C. Jones has gone to the city to take charge of tho dispen sary. Wc regret to give up Mr. Jones, but wc are glad to see him get a moro profitable job. Tho Union Mcctiugnt Rocky River Church last Saturday and Sunday was attended by a large crowd. Messrs. Vv. P. Hell and Preston Spoon arc candidates for Magistrate. C. C. Vaughn has moved his saw mill into this community nnd is sawing a lot of lumber foi Dr. Hnlcy. Mr. J. Monroe Alewiue is spending awhile in this community with his brother, Mr. Parker Alcwine. Mr. Jesse McAdams, of tho Fork, came down to the Union Meeting. Miss Ella TownBcnd, who has been spending awhile at Lavonia, Ga., visit ing her sister, has returned home. Mr. W. P. Hall, formerly of this place but now of Greenville, came down last week and took his little daughter back with him. Tho members of Rocky River Church will elect their pastor for the ensuing year on their next meeting day. Mr. Bas. Taylor has rented J. J. Gniley's gin. Farmer'. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought . Bears the Signature of STATE NEWS. ? Clinton has a veal case of small pox, brought there from North Caro lina. ? Three storerooms, with all their contents, were destroyed by Uro at Troy last Friday night. ? Miss Sarah Thomas, an aged lady of Allendnle, while standing on tho doorsteps fell, breaking her neck. -? The South Carolina college has 100 students enrolled, the largest num ber present at the opening for years. ? This season's rice crop in South Carolina promises to he an unusually profitable ouo for both planters and dealers. ? Tho Synod of the Presbyterian Church of South Carolina will meet in annual session at Florence on Tues day. 33rd inst. ? Tho freight depot of tho Southern at Winnsboro with all its contents was burned one night lnst week. The loss will be about $15,000. ? Specimens of your finest grnins, vegetables, finely bred stock, includ ing poultry, should be bIiowii at the State Fair, Oct. 20th to Nov. 2nd. ? The managers of the State Fair propose to hold a military encampment in Columbia Fair week. General Floyd will have tents enough for the militia. ? Tho sate cracker has visited Spar tanburg and made an attempt to enter a safe. This makes the second attempt to enter sates iu Spartanburg in the last two months. ? The State Agricultural Society will pay freight on all exhibits raised in the State and sent to the Fair at Co lumbia released. Take advantage of ' this and Bend something to the Fair. ? Tho Mormon missionaries are still at work in Fairticld county near the Kcrshaw line, where their house of worship was burned n year ago. They say they have 50 elders at work in this S tote. ? Greenville is soon to have a first class opera house. The foundation hns beeu 'aid, and the superstructure is steadily going.up. It will be a neat and commodious building when com pleted. ? The Newberry Observer thinks that there is a prospect that those who have for years been pegging away at what is known as the three C's Rail road through Saluda, Newberry, and Kdgeficld mny yet be rewarded. ? Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr., aid do camp to Gov. McSwecney, has resigned his position on tho Governor's stall". Very complimentary letters passed between him and tho Governor, and there arc no ill feelings as a result of tho elec tion. ? In Charleston a negro's leg was amputated while tho negro was per fectly conscious and yet the negro felt no pain. This was accomplished by injecting cocnine into the spinal col umn between the fourth and fifth lum bar vertebra*. ? Another tragedy occurred in Greenville a few days ago in which the victim waa Mat tie Lindley and the slayer Duff White. Both parties in tho drama were colored, and the origin of tho trouble seems to have been the angty jealousy of the victim. ? In Georgetown recently a gen Ho rnau shipped 200,000 rice birds to the northern mr .kets. They weio captur ed, picked and cleansed by laborers on tho rico plantations, one man alone receiving $85 for his lot of birds, They bring fancy prices in tho north. ? A lively raco for the position of clerk of the House of Representatives is opening. Clerk T. C. Hamer has an nounced his candidacy for rff-elcctlou. Gen. Walter Gray, who was for several years tho clerk, will oppose Mr. Hamer, and Mr. Haynes of Newberry will also he in the race. ? Florence has just experienced an other destructive conflagration. Last Tuesday night a fire broke out in that town, which gained headway rapidly. Three brick storo houses, a frame ware house and a residenco were burned to tho ground. The loss is estimated at from $12,000 to $15,000. ? In Spartanburg County Joe Watts, a grown white man, and his younger brother, Tom Watts, decided to take a hunt, Joo carrying a shot gun. They went through tho pasture on a planta tion and while Joe was crossing a wire fence tho gun was discharged, tho loud of shot taking effect in the side of tho boy, Tom Watts, who died in a few minutes. ? A negro preacher was shot and seriously wounded in his own pulpit in his Church in Newberry County a few nights ago. The congregation had been in n big row a few nights preced ing the shooting, and tho preacher was told by somo of tho congregation that if ho attempted to preach there again thoy would kill him. Ten negroes have been arrested. ? From the mountains of Green ville county conies the news that a giant has fallen. A water oak known to have been over eighty years old, and said to bo the largest tree in tho State, per haps in thin part of tho South, split into three parts and camo to tho ground, ono part completely demolishing a house in which a family lived, but tho loud reports of splitting wood aroused them in time to escape before it fell. At tho has? tho oak was thirty-three feet in circumference and at midday shaded a quarter of an' aero of ground. At city prices" ita"* valde for firewood id $52. UKNEKAL SfcWS ITEMS. ? Richard Croker is said to liavo wagered $100,000 on Bryan. ? The pecan crop of Texas promises to be the largest known in many years. ? The dog population of Chicago is 40,200. Tho license of these is ?80,59*;!. ? Governor Sayers estimates tho dead in Texas its a result of the storm at 12,000. ? It will take 20,000 men, working every day three mouths, to eleau up Galveston's streets. ? Nashville, Tenu., is dissatitled with tho cousus returns, and is to take a re count at its owb expense. ? Tho total iucrease in tho value of the farm animals of tho United States in tho last thrco years was $570,000,000. ? Life insurance! experts estimate that New York coaipanies will have to pay out for loss of life in Galvoston alone $10,000,000. ? Cotton may no longer he king, but it is still a prim ely product. Out ex ports of unmanufactured cotton last year amounted to more than $240,000, 000. ? Dr. Hunter H. McGuire, who was the physician of Stonewall Jackson, died on September 20th at his home in Richmond in the 05th year of his age. ? It is estimated that three million dollars will be needed to carry tho sufferers of Gal veston and other Texas towns until they can take care of them selves. I ? Tho United States treasury will i issue a number of bills of small de nomination, for there is general com plaint all over the country about the shortage of ehange. ? The lato census proves that tho United States contains a greater num ber of cities with a population of over l.ooo.ooo inhabitants than any other country except China. ? There 1 >?v? been further riots re ported near Canton, China. The Pres byteriaa churches at She Klang havo been destroyed. Tho Catholic converts w ^.,. have been looted and the Catholic mis sions burned. ? The epidemic of cholera in India is carrying oil' natives at tho rate of .1000 per week. Tho trouble is duo to pollution of tho scanty water supply during tho famine. It is much worse than thebuconic plague. ? Mr. Richard Croker says tf\o dem ocrats will carry the city of New York by 100,000 majority. If he can make his word good, and it is believed he can, the electoral vote of New York will be cast for llryau and Stevenson. ? In tho Cuban elections the rovalu tiouary delegates will havo a majority in the constitutional convention, and will doubtless favor an immediate and absolute independence without tho in tervention of a protectorate by tho United States. ? What is said to be most densely populated patch of ground on earth is the block between Sixty-llrst and Six ty-second streets and Tenth and Eleventh avenues, in New York, which contains 0,888 people, not counting those that got away when tho census man hove in sight. ? The vegetarians of the country are planning a colony iu the South 9 ^ where they can live by their own rules and compel everybody iu tho colony to abide by these laws. Tho president of the Vegetarian Society of America, tho Rev. S. II. Chubb, of Philadelphia, is now in tho South looking for a suitable) locotiou. ? An order has been issued to the post-masters throughout tho country to observe the strictest economy with rubber bauds and to reuse old ;baud as much as possible, and to save all pieces of string for future use. Tho famiuo in India aud tho war iu the Philippines have advanced the price of both theso articles. ? Texas has just been visited with another calamity.^H^Unprecedented floods aro reported from various points south of Austin. Some of tho rivers are higher than evay before known, aud the crops on tho low lands aiu o been utterly ruined. The cotton crop has been seriously damaged and a large nurubei of cattle have drowned in the floods. ? The Chicago News says: "Nearly 2,000 prehistoric skeletons were dis covered in Galvoston just previous to the great storm which wrecked tho city. Apparently a city in prehistoric times was engulfed on' the spot on which Galvoston stands?a fact which at least shows tho Galvcstonians of to doy fared somewhat better thau their predecessors." ? James B. Howard, who has been on trial for several days at Frankfort, Ky., charged with tho murder of Gov ernor Goebel, was found! guilty, tho jury, after a number of ballots were taken, fixing his punishment at death. The first ballot was ut animons ns to guilt, but the disagreement was as to the degree of punishment, ten lof tho jury voting for the death penalty and two for life imprisonment. ? Daring the night of Galveston's' awful flood a roof to {which a man, his wife and two children were clinging, was swept into tho raging waters. One child was six yoars of.age; tho other four. Under tho fury of tho storm tho structure separated and] husband and wife wore swept apart. When tho break occurred the four-year-old baby rolled into the waters. Next day this child was rescned. It had fallen upon a table and clung to this slight support throughout the night.