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PUBLISHED THKEE TE RED Is Now On in Dead Earnest Eelweeo the GoroniseDt and Rebels. MEXICO AN ARMED; CAMP In Clashes With Government Troops Revolutionists Seem to Ii *ve Been Tictorions.?Reports Say tha Re public Faces Most Serious Situa tion. Southern Mexico practically, has been cut off from the Capital rail-' road bridges have been blown ?p and the "revolution 'has (attained great proportions in that section-of-the Re public, especially in Yucatan. ' This is the burden of unofficial'< advices received at Washington.. The recipients of the unofficial in formation declare that Vera Cruz will Ibe'captured by the revolution ists within three days, and that the revolutionary movement is sweeping northward. A copy of the proclama tion ' Issued by Gen. Madsro was received at Washington Wednesday. iSo- far it has not been presented to the State department.' It contains an outline of he proposed newr Gov ernment and pledges Mexican protec tion to American lives and property. One of the highest official and one who by virtue of his position is In closed touch with the revolutionary movement in Mexico, that fighting is now going on in CuatrO Cienegas, a large and prosperous city just be low Monclovd. It is regarded as a stronghold of the anti-Diaz forces. This same authority says'the sit uation now in Mexico-fs more ser ious than at any time in the past sev eral years. He dclares the excite ment'on the border is nothing com pared to what it would be If all was known of the situation in 'the inter ior. ' . A high Mexican official stated that it was his opinion that the Diaz reign was at an end. West Livua dais, a New Orleans business man, wha has reached El Paso, Tex., from Torreon, confirms the. report of a clash hetween Federal soldiers and revolutionists. The Government forces apparently were beaten ' and the ? rebels investtd Gomez Palacio and Lerdo. "The rebels at 3 o'clock Monday morning," said LIvaudais, "shot down the police on the corners at Gomez Palacio. The garrison was sent against them and many were re ported killed. The soldiers were forced to fall back and when I left Torreon a large force from there had been sent to retake the town. Tor reon is practically under martial law and everything is shut tight." (Reports of fighting in Gomez, Pai aclo- and Torreon, Mexica, are in part confirmed by Mexican officials and array officers stationed in Neu'vo Laredo, although ft is denied *hat the battles assumed serious proper ties. It is admitted that in bat tles between the insurrectionists and the Mexican itroops at both places sevtral deaths resulted, the ?oss of life being evenly divided on both sides. It is generally understood that the Government forces succeeded *n quelling the disturbances at both places. Reports were to the effect that Torreon had fallen in'to the handB of the revolutionists. This is denied by army officers in Neuvo, Laredo, who claim to be In touch with the situation. The army officers admit that the most bitter struggle occurred at Go mez Palacio, which is only four mil<?3 north of Torreon, in what is known as the famous Laguna cotton districc. At Gomez Palacio it is acknowledg ed several deaths occurred on both sides, but the officials decline to give out any figures. A passenger train on the Mexico Northwestern Railroad, running be tween Chihauhua and Madera, was fired into and several second-class passengers killed. The number, names and the other details couii not be secured as the telegrapn wires have all b?en cut. Documents fo\ind in the house of a revolutionist are said to have re vealed a conspiracy for the whole sale assassination of prominent Gov ernment officers, including Foreign (Minister Creel, Vice-Prtsldent Cor ral and other prominent men. Miguel S Macedo. sub-secretary of the Government, was also listed for death. President Diaz was to oe taken, but his life was to be spared, because if his past services to the country. The badies of those killed were to be suspended from electric light wire; in the streets. The build ing of El Impartial was to have hem destroyed with dynamite The papers exposing the conspir acy were discovered during a raid by yie police or. Sunday. Thr^e em ployees of El Imparcial had been fur nished with the explosive and In structed to use it at the first repo-t of the uprising, which was planned for last Saturady. The seizure of the plans on the day upon which they were to be executed is thoag r to have a great effect in heading o/f the rebe'Hon. Thousand Drowned. A dispatch from Saigon, French Indo-China, says one thousand per sons were drowned and 400 barks were l?st during floods in the pro vince of Qaungngia, In Annua, MES A WEEK. IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS IT WILL REACH THIS STATE. Our Farmers Should Bejdn to Pre pare to Fight and Throttle Trua Great Pest. The Augusta Herald says the boll weevil is a tangible evil, a terrible pest. The farmers of Texas have realized this years ago. The ?ir~ mers of Louisiana have learned it since, and 'the farmers of Mississippi are learning It nov. This terrible insect doesn't destroy all the cotton, but wherever it makes its appear ance l'ts ravages so greatly reduce the yield that cotton growing be comes unprofitable. . Ever since its first appearance in Texas a fight has been made ou it. > Individual farmers have done all they could to check its spread. The state governments of the states af fected aided in the work, and the federal government weat to the lim it of its resources aiding in the- figh\ but all to no avail. No method has been discovered to exterminate these weevils where they have once ap peared, nor even to check their ad vance. rThis has been steady. From the district j first Infested the boll weevil has moved eastward and northward steadily and almost regularly, so ithat it now only appears now tha't the entire cotton belt will be affect ed, but almost the time may be set for its apearance in any county, or when there shall be no uninfested district left; lAs.yet there are no bool weevils in Georgia, but unless a method is [found for fighting the pest, more sue cessful than any so far discovered, the time is near when Georgia also will, be the loser by its ravages. In anticipation of this coming calam ity ? great convention is to be held in-.the near future in Atlanta, at which the situation will be fully dis cussed and the best protective course mapped out. On this same line the Southern railway, so greatly interested indi rectly in the success of cotton grow ing, Das issued a circular giving ad vice as to the best course to pursue after the boll weevil shall have made its appearance. This is, ?1. The destruction of the weevils -in <the--fall by burning ^li rubbish and material in and about the field which might serve for hibernaMag quarters of the weevils. 2. Breaking (plowing) the Boil as deep as conditions will allow. 3. The shallow winter cultivation of "the soil If no cover crop Is used. 4. Delaying the planting 'till the soil and temperature are warm enough to make It safe. 5. The planting of early-matur ing varieties of cotton. 6.. The use of fertilizers. 7. Leaving more space between the rows, and on ordinary uplands having a greater distance between plants in the row than is usually al lowed. 8. The use of the section harrow before and after planting and on the young cotton. 9. Intensive shallow cultivation. 10. Agitation of the stalks by means of brush attached to the cul tivator. ?IT. Picking up and burning the squares that fall under the weevil conditions, especially during the first thirty or forty days of infesta tion. 12. Controlling the growth oi the plant if excessive by deep and close cultivation. 13. Selecting the seed. 14. T-he' rotation of crops and the use of legumes. As soon as cotton can be gathered, if the stalks are still green anJ growing, kill all unhatched weevi.a In squares and immature bolls, and at the same time deprive the adult weevils of food and breeding grounds by immediately cutting and burning all the cotton stalks. The earlier this can be done the better. Where a sufficient numb?r of entitle can be turned into the field to eat It clean in a few days ?thiB may be done, Instead of cutting and burning the stalks. In heavy soils, where the winter rainfall Is heavy, It may answer to cu't the stalks and plow them under, but care must be taken to have the stalks completely covered and -turn ed as deeply as possible. This section is still remote from the infested district, and it is to be Jioped that some method will be discovered for exterminating this pest, before it shall reach hpre. Town Burned Down. 'Fire which originated in the sec ond story of the Rose hotel Friday practically destroyed the town of St. Stephens, about 40 miles from Charleston. Ten stores and residences were wiped out. the merchants los ing practically all their stock in ad dition to the buildings. The loss will j aggregate about S50.000, while the insurance will among to about $10, 000. They Saw Him Hung. In. the presence of the horrified passenger and crew of the train, Bob Matthews., a negro, charged with as saulting Mrs. E. Snowden. near Pcn sacola. Fla., several months ago, was taken from the train at Gull Point ' by forty masked men Wednesday j morning and lynched by the side of 'the railroad tracks. OKANGEBUKG, I FINE COTTON CROP MAKES FORTY-ONE BALES ON 19 ACRES OF LAND. This Is the Record Made by a Farm er in Hampton County According to the Report. A correspondent writing to tha Augusta Herald from Allendale says he went to that town for the spec ific purpose of inspecting the cotton crop of Mr. Josiah W. Walker, who lives at Cove, a small station on the (Southern Railway about five miles from Allendale. The following Is what the correspondent says about Mr. Walkers cotton crop: 'Mr. Walker showed me two pat ches of cotton with a combined area of 19 acres, off of which he had picked nearly two bales to the acre, with the remaining remnant he con fidantly expected would make a to tal of forty-one bales gathered from nineteen acres. I do not hesitate to say that I share with Mr. Wal ker the confidence he expressed. I may have seen a3 fine cotton, for I have seen many of the finest specimens of intensive farming that this stction affords, but I never saw a field of such, luxuriant growth and fruitage, with every boll on the stalk mature, open and picked. IThe cotton is planted in five-foot rows and locked in 'the rows. It seemed to average about five feet high, and ran very regular all over the field. The ground perfectly lev el and free from grass, giving evi dence of careful culture. The stalks are full of empty burrs from bottom to top, and no half-grown bolls of any consequence. Mr. Walker says be gathertd more than a bale at a picking, and if he gets as much as five bales additional, which he Is al most sure to do he will have forty one bales from nineteen acres. |The land in this vicinity Is natur ally very soft and pliable, being, for the most part, a sandy loam, with occasionally a light mulatto subsoil. It breaks up into small clods that readily crumble and pulverize like ? ashes. Jlr. Walker broke his land up with a 24-inch plow, bedded and put in 700 pounds to the acre of the Southern ' Cotton Oil Co.'s 8-3-3 made at the Allendale plant. Next he made an application of 400 pounds of their Top Dream, or 4-7 1-2-4, and then a second application of 400 pounds of Top Dream. He used no nitrate of soda and ud lot manure. He ascribes the great number of fully matured bolls that characterizes his cotton to the "plant food" contained in the Top Dream. It sets the stalk with fruit that open before the killing frosts come, and consequently, his cotton is now fill ed with empty burrs from bottom to top. He showed me an adjacent field where lot manure had been freely used. It was very fine cotton, and in marked contrast with the cotton of the surrounding country, but the great number of half-grown bolls, near the top that had not opened and never would open, was most noticeable. I examined a number of them to see if there was any possi bility of their ever opening, and in every instance I found that the rain had soaked into them and soured. FOUR PEOPLE DROWNED. Three Others Are Rescued From Overloaded Boat. Four persons were drownded near Sault Ste Marie, Mich., early Sun day, when a rowboat capsized in the St. Mary's River. They were: Fred Parker, Cec'le Brown and Reginald Lev}, all prominent young men of 'Sault Ste Marie, Ont., and John Sherward, night ferryman, who used the rowboat after the steam ferry had ceased for the day. Three pas sengers aboard the boat were rescued when the little craft capsized. The boat was overloaded. Killed Herself. At Chicago, while her fiance. Dav id Nathan, was in the county build-1 ing got'ag a marriage license for the wedding that was to have taken place Tuesday, Miss Annie Neybers, the bride to-be, committed suicide, following a quarrel with her pros pective mother-in-law, who on learu ing of the wedding plans objected. Shot Him About Rent. As a result of a quarrel over some rent coftton jon their place, Matt Mall shot, and fatally wounded Jesse Hall. The men quarrelled Wednes day and next morning Matt Hall en I tered the store of Jesse Hall at I Thompson. Ga., and emptied a load I of buckshot into the latter's leit I side. Money in Cotton. The will of Hugh T. In man, who for many years was one of the best ! known cotton traders in the South, was probated at Atlanta Tuesday and showed an estate valued at from $.'!, 000.000 to $5,000,000. Much of it was in real estate. Goes to Florence County. Ninety-three square miles of Wil liamsburg County, including the prosperous town of Lake City, has 1 voted almost unanimously to annex Itself to Florence County. Tho vote I was 452 to 4 in favor of the prop ' osltion. S. C, SATUBDAY, JTOVJE FIEND TO HANG High tower, the Negro Convicted of Crim inal Assault in Columbia WILL HANG NEXT MONTH After Hearing Testimony of Victim ? and Several Other Witnesses Jury Returns Verdict of "Guilty" in Case of Brute, Charged With Rav ishing Young Columbia Married Woman. For the heinous crime of assault, Minus Hightower, a young negro fiend, will pay the death penalty in Columbia on December 23. The hand of the law moved swift ly and with unerring decision Mon day, in the trial of the young Mend, who, on October 18. ravished a inar ried woman of Columbia. Placed on tris.l Monday morning, at a special term of Court ordered by the Gov ernor, the evidence in his case com pleted at 5:30 o'clock, Hightower knew his fate within three minutes after tthe jury retired. The sentence of the .Court was immediately an nounced, following the verdict of "guilty." There was no special demonstra tio:! against the negro, although the crowd appeared eager for the law to be carried out. It is only within the range of ..surmise that might have been done if the verdict had been otherwise. Likewise is the question as to how many of the men had pistols. The Governor's Guards and the Richmond Volunteers were on guard during the trial. These are two of the oldest military com panies in the State. The husband of the prosecutrlx, during the morning hours, had a pis tol in his pocket. When this was found out by the sheriff, the pistol was taken away. The talk around the Court room was that the hus band intended to starlt something if his wife had to testify before the crowded Court room. That after noon, the husband was closely watch ed in Court. He is a pointer by trade, and there were many of his friends, both inside and outside the Court room. The police co-operated with the militia anil cfllcialr. of the county and Court in handling the case systematically. In addition to that of the prosecu trix, there was testimony by a negro, John Franklin, who stated that Hightower did not go with him on a hunt, as the accused had stated in jail. Policeman Hite, who made the arrest, and one or two othtr witness es also testified. The Court appointed Alfred Wal lace, Jr., and Richarl E Carwile to defend the negro. When Minus Highower was arrested, within half an hour after the assault, with which he is charged, was committed he gave the name of "Ed Byrd." Dur ing his arrest he had other alias is, but Minus Hightower is his right uame. Under the law, the newspaper* may not print the name of a wo man upon whom an assault or at tempted assault has been committed. The prosecutrix in this case is a pret ty young woman. She lives In the northeastern section of the city. The State did not take advantage of the law of 1909 as to the prosecutrix's testimony, but she was in Court and testified. On the convening of the Court che grand jury, Gen. John D. Frost being foreman, was polled and the indic* ment, drawn In usual form, waa | handed out by Solicitor Cobb. On the bench was the Hon. T. Yancey Williams, of Lancaster, presiding by appointment of Governor Ansel. The grand jury retired, briefly examined a bjy of the witnesses for the State and soon returned with a true bill. (Shortly afterward the prisoner was brought in for arraignment. Sheriff Coleman headed the little group, in the midst of which walked the negro. Rural Policemen Hipp and Huffman and Court Bailiffs Grimsley and Duming were the officers immediate ly in charge of the accused. They seated the negro in the dock an-1 took chairs around it. Other depu ties and rural policemen had pre viously been disposed about the room and among \he spectators bail j iff's moved with their staves, enjoin ing silence on all. One rural police man, standing, took post in the gale way leading to the bar from the main portion of the room. The tension was less than mig.it I have been expected. An interesf. keen, but impersonal, composed in the main of a lively curiosity, was the prevailing emotion manifested. There was no display of arms. The only soldiers within the Court room itself?though, of course, it w;is known two companies were under arms nearby in their armories?were j Major Joseph R. Allen, commanding ; the Columbia battalion of the I'd | regiment, and his orderly. Private W. j B. Williams, both in olive-drab ser vice uniforms. The viel im was not in the Court room. Her husband, a slight young man, sat beside the solicitor. It io happened that the attorney retained by the victim's family, to assist 'n \ the prosecution, Mr. A. F. Spigencr, is the same who defended the vic ! tint's husband, upon the latter's triai j for murder several years ago, the , case arising from the death of a young tinner at Epworth, following SMBEB 26 1910. WHAT CAUSED DEATH? WAS WALKER WINN,. OF HAMP TON COUNTY, POISONED? The Coroner's Jury Unsatisfied Whether or not Young Man Was Poitsoned with "Doctored" Whiskey Was young Walker Winn poison ed to his death when he took a drink of whiskey one Friday after noon about two months ago? This is the question that is perplexing the residents of the Fechtilg commun ity, where young Winn lived in i Hampton county, and the members of the coroner's jury.' lit is generally talked and was brought out in the testimony befor.e the. coroner'B jury that Winn was not on good terms with his young wife, Lillian, nor with her father, Mr. . J. W. Lee, that their relations were estranged and that threats on the life of young Winn were made. (Walker Winn, on Friday, Septem iberl6, at Fecbtig, was taken sudden ly 111. It is stated that he had just taken a drink with his father-in-law. He had convulsions, was paralyzed and blinded, and, although given medical aid, died within twenty four, hours to the minute after he was stricken. His skin turned black, and he died in conculsions. By request an inquest was held, and the testraony adduced at the I first meeting of the coroner's jury was such as to warrant the sending off for chemical analysis of the coa j tents of the stomach of the deceas ed. It appears that no other par's of the alfmenary canal were sent At subsequent meetings of the jury of .inquest, letters from chemists were read in which It was stated ; whether or not any traces of poisou were found. At the instance of the jury and the coroner, Judge Memminger at the recent term of Court passed an order requiring the body of the de ceased to be disinterred and other parts of the alimentary canal to be sent for chemical analysis. The coroner's jury or Inquest held its fourth meeting ueTsday, and in their presence the body was interrea and Dr. C. A. Rush took out the in testines and sent them off as re quired by order of the Court. Fur ther testimony was offered. iG. C. Owens testified that on Fri day, September I?, Mrs. Lillian Winn, wife of deceased, who at that lime was not living with her hus band, asked witness if he had seen her father with Walker Winn that day. When witness answered in the affirmative, she then said that Wal ker would be dead within three days, and that It was a wonder her father did not kill him that day. It is understood that Mrs. Winn will appear before the jury of in quest at Hampton next week. Dr. T. B. Whatley is reported to have testified that jf the deceased had been given poison, it was possi ble for it to have passed out of the stomach. It is stated that this di rect question was asked of Dr. Wtoat ley. The results of the chemical analy sis will probably put an end to the work of the jury of inquest, who will have met six times on the case. The report of the Columbia chemists is awaited with much interest by people there. HER WORDS WERE TRUE. Child's Premonition of Death Works Out Tragically. "Barbara," said Mrs. Mary Beg ensl>erger to her daughter of eight Thursday afternoon as she was dres sing tho child at her home in New York, "I want you to be a good girl today because I had a tooth to drop out this morning and that's a sign somebody is going to die in the family." "Why," said Barbara, "that's me; I'm going to d'"e." Her mother could draw no expla nation from her. but while she was playing on a pier end she fell be tween tho stringpiece and a barge and was drowned. an altercation. In this case 'the ac cused was acquitted on a plea M self-defence. The Conn appointed as counsel for tho defendant Messrs. Alfred Wallace. Jr.. and R. E. Carwile. Upon his arraignment the accused said his name was Minus High tower, and. refusing to plead, was credited with a plea of not guilty. His coun sel retired with him for a consulta tion, and, returning announced 'hey would waive their threeday contin uance and would proceed to trial at 1L> M. When the jury had bf>?n empan elled and polled, Mr. Cvwile, ?.' counsel for the accused, moved tint the Cour: room he cleared. He said that his first witness would ho the prosccutrix herself. Tin- Judge or dered the Cour'. room cleared, loav jng present only the jurors, tha Judge, the sheriff and one bailiff. Chief Cathfart. of the Columbia, po lice force; the husband and a fe male relative of the prosccutrix. the Court stenographer, the clerk coun sel lor the Slate and the defence, the accused himself and or.r- or twn others who were deemed necessary. Into the presence of these was led the prosecutrlx. She was placed upon the stand and there told her story to the jury. The telling took about half an hour. SLAIN BY TROOPS THE SOLDIERS FIRE VOLLEY IN TO CROWDS OF PEOPLE. Hundreds of Whom Are Thereby Killed and Wounded and the liest Flee for Life. One hundred persons were killed in riots which took place at Zacatec as in the interior of Mexico, opposite Tampico on Saturday night. Mexi can soldiers fired into a struggling body of rioters with disastrous re sults. One hundred is the lowest es timate of the loss of life,: which may reach 500. The American consul, at Zacatecas telegraphed the first news of the riot to the Mexican consul at San An tonio stating that that town was in a state of terror and that the loss Qf life was not less that 100. No de tails were given other than-that a company of soldiers were ordered to fire upon a vast crowd of rioters which thronged the streets. Zacatecas is the capital of the state of Morales, and is remote from lines of communications. News of the riots did not reach the outside world until late Sunday, although the battle took place on Saturday night. Jt is stated that quiet has now been restored by placing the city under rigid military rule. The latest reports are that the slain are still lying in the streets, where they fell. Reyes to Lead the Rebels. ' A dispatch from Eagle Pass .Tex as, says "Gen. Bernardo Reyes is coming.'' This is the whisper which has gone with telegraphic swiftness up and down the Rio Grande. If it is true, and many Mexicans assert that it is, it means that the revolu tionists have at their head a man superior in military training (to any other man in Mexico, not oxen ex cepting President Diaz himself. Gen. Bernardo Reyes, once a bos-, om friend fo Gen. Diaz, is now said to be an exile from his country. He was sent a year ago to Paris,. France, on a "military mission." Since then no word has come from him until now, when the coutions words were sent from Matamoras to Las Vacas. It was reported among the Mexicans that he had already 'taken passage for New York, and would reach Ea gle Pass within ten days. Reyes was Govenor of the Sta'.e of Neuvo Leon, the hot-bed of revo lution in Mexico. During the late campaign for Presiderj;. of Mexico, some of his admirers proposed his name as vice president. Subsequent events appeared to prove that Reyes, while avowing perfect amity and friendship for Diaz, was rioting against his downfall. Then it was thaic the stirring events in May 1909, occurred. Rey es was surrounded by troops and ~was. to all Intents and purposes a prisoner. He prepared to Mexico city, where he was sent on the for eign mission. Adherents of Gener al Reyes openly assert that he is now foot-loose and they claim he has a stron? following in all parts of the republic. THE WAGES OF SIN. Man Murders a Woman and Then Kills Himself. At Los Angeles, Cal., J. W. Wheel er, a blacksmith 36 years old, for merly of licho, Ala., last Wednesday night murdered a woman who regis tered with him as his wife, under the name of M'rs. May Wbeeler at an East Fifth street hotel. He then attempted to kill himself. The cou ple had been in their room less than five minutes when five shots rang out in quick succession. Persons in the hotel rushed into the room and found the woman's body on the floor and Wheeler standing with a wound in his head. He held a re volver in one hand and a knife in the other. P.eforn any one could in terfere he slashed his throat. GirP Drinks Poison. After handing two unaddressed notes to by-standers in the Bucna Visto hotel at Rome, Ga.. Wednes day, Miss .May Lancaster, aged 19, of Early, Ga., drank an ounce of car bolic acid and died in great agony a few minutes late. One of the notes read: "Tell Bob goodbye." The other told of her relations with "Bob." Bridges Closed. A big sign has been posted at the international bridges connecting El Paso. Texas, witli Juarez. Mexico,! denying any person to pass over be tween the hours of midnight and j six o'clock a. in. The action was taken at the instance of the Mexican! government. Crushed to Death. At Cleveland. Ohio, 'he wife of] Simon Frutkin, a tailor, his two] small children and a customer were j crushed to death by the collapse or j a new concrete building. An ex plosion of unknown origin is be lieved to have cruised the disaster. Kun Over by Train. At Kork Hill Henry L. Tnlley, a young "hostler" on the Charleston division, was run over by an englm in the yard late Wednesday night and so badly injured that he will lose one of his legs and perhaps an arm. WO CENTS PEE COPY i -1_?/ S That the Democrats Have Large Majority in the House. ?n -1- > ' THE RESULT PLEASING X There is One Socialist in the Bodjv \ and the Democrats Have Sixty- i three Majority.?In the Senate V the Insurgents Will Assist the Democrats. rrhe Democratic representation in the next honse will be 227, ? as aga'nst 163 Republicans and one So cialist, "' accord'ng to the roster of the house, published Tuesday. These figures.give the Democrats a majori ty of 63 and a plurality .of 64. .'According to this publication, Kan sas is the only State of any size which has a solid Republican dele gation. A number .however, coniain only one Democrat, among those thus included being Iowa, Minnesota, California and Wisconsin. IA11 of j the Southern States have solid Democratic delegations, except Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Maryland and Virginia have one Republican each, while Tennessee and Kentucky have two members of that party apiece. Colo rado is the only Northern.State rep resented entirely by Democrats, but | Indiana, possessing a. much larger (representation,, presses close upon its heels with 12 Democrats out of. 13 members. iDlinois has 11 Democrats in its membership of 25, . Massachusetts four out of 14, Michigan two out of 12, New Jersey seven out of 10, New . York 23 out of 37, Ohio 16 nut oti 28 and Pennsylvania nine out of 32. Missouri's delegation consists of 13 Democrats and three Republicans. The Nebraska delegation is evenly divided, three and three, as is Maine's two and two; Oklahoma has two Republicans and three Demo crats; Washington is represented by three Republicans. All of the States, having one representative only are Republicans. AUGUSTA TAKES CENSUS. Which Shows a Gain J Over United States Census Report. The population of the city of Au gusta is 41,295, according to the count taken Sunday by 300 volun teer enumerators, composed of all classes of people, including many of the most wealthy and prominent ?business men. This compares against the official count of H7.826 sent out by the census bureau l.ast week, and 29.441 as the official cen sus 10 years ago. The city's count shows that the federal enumerators missed .'M.69 people in the city, and, in substantiation of this a member of council, acting as a volunteer enu merator, reports an entire district, in the ward wherein he was work ing, which had never been visited by the federal enumerators. Every ward in the city shows an increase over the federal report. W OULD BLOW UP THINGS. The Trunk of a Black Hand Filled With Explosives. (Explosives enough to blow the city hall into fragments were found in a trunk in the police clerk's office at Cincinnati Wednesday aftemoou. The trunk has been kicked from cor ner to corner for the last two months with no regard to delicate handling. The trunk wtis found by local detec tives last September while searching the room for several men who were suspected of being members of the black hand. Wednesday afternoon, when it was decided to store the trunk, it was cleaned but thorough ly and in the bottom were fouud two packages of explosives marked "thir ty per cent, nitro glycerine." Plead Guilty. At 'Mays Landing. N. J.. Charles Vaughn. Charles Quinn and Jame* Sears, leaders of a mob that tarred and feathered Frank Sichort. a far mer at McKee City, pleaded guilty to indictments charging assault and battery. For a married man Sich ort was too attentive to a widow. Shot by Unknown Man. Oda Hubbell, a farmer near fier nard, Mo., and his wife, aged 30, and two children, a boy and a girl, aged 4 and 6 respectively, were shot and hilled at their home Wednesday night, by an unknown person, who sot fire to the house to conceal the crime. Crippen Was Hanged. A London dispatch says Dr. Crip ;peii was hanged at 9.02 o'clock Wed nesday morning, in the yard of the jPentnnvllle prison. The morning of I the day set for Dr. Crippen's execo* ! lion afforded the gloomiest setting. IA dense fog overhung the city and I trails was at. a standstill. Killed His Conisln. Tn a fight at Crane's sawmill ae?r I Liberty Sam Hogg* was shot and J killed by his cousin, Henry Boggs. , They are prominently connected. The slayer surrendered to the sheriff and I both are reported to have been drinking.