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VOL Anuiug Cint VOL. XVIII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 15, 1904. NO. 39 of consolidating Brooklyn, 'Manhatta, The Bronx and adjacent cities in Great er New York and succeeded in carry ing out the plan. For many years he was distinguished for his civil ser vices, and it was from these that he gained his title. WEATER AND CROPS. A Very General Improvement in the Cotton Crop. Section Director Bauer Monday issued the following report of the crop conditions for the past week: I The week ending 8 a. m., June 6th, I had a mean temperature of 78 degrees, which is practically normal. The ex tremes were a max'mum of 98 at Clark's Hill and Little Mounta'n on the 4th, and a minimum or 59 at Greenville on the .3rd. The relative humidity was about normal, and much higher than last week. The I winds were generally light to fresh southerly. The sunshine was slightly below normal. The week's rainfall averaged nearly twice the normal amount, with a maximum fa!l of 3 05 Inches at Wal halla. It was well distributed, but was insuffcient in parts of Charleston, Chesterfield, Barnwell, Marion, New berry, Richland, Fairfield, Williams burg and York counties where the drought was only partially relieved. In a number of localities the rainfall was excessive and lands were badly washed, damaging corn and cotton to a slight extent. A few places report the occurrences of damaging hail on May 31st. - Although farmwork was interrupt ed by the heavy rains that rendered cultivation impracticable, it is gen erally up with the needs of field crops, but with numerous reports of grass and weeds springing up rapidly since the rains, especially in cotton fields. Such reports originate in localities where the rainfall was heaviest and where the crops could not be worked. Generally all field crops are clean. There was a general improvement noted in the growth and color of corn. Bottom lands and stubble fields have been planted, and the late plantings are coming up to very good stands. Early corn has received its third culti vation, and some has teen laid by. Stands of cotton have improved, since the rains, on red and clay lands, with late plantings and replantings all up to good stands. There is a gen eral improvement in color and looks of cotton, extending to the sea-island variety that was suffering seriously from lack of moisture. The week's growth was rapid, due to the more favorable moisture and temperature conditions. The whole crep is now quite promising. Squares have been noted in Colleton and Hampton coun ties; lice in Greenville county. The rains benefitted both wheat and oats; harvesting made slow pro gress. Rice is growing nicely, and June sowings have begun. Tobacco is doing well, but is small, and it con tinues too dry in places. A large number of sweet potato slips were transp'anted. Truck shipments con tinue heavy, witb generally poor yields of white potatoes. Peach shipments are increasing; the quality of peaches1 s normal. Sugar cane has poor stands.. Melons are late but have improved, as have pastures and gardens.. All minor crops are flourishing. * Soap from a Tree. United States Consul Mahin at NTot tigham, England, has furnished the1 Department of State with an account of an enterprise In Algeria to manu facture natural soap on a large scale from a tree known as "sapindL's utils." This plant, which has long been known in Japan, China and India, bears a fruit of about the size of a horse chestnut, smooth and round. The color varies from a yel lowish green to brown. The inner part is of a dark color and has an oily kernel. The tree bears fruit in its sixth year and yields from 35 to 250 pounds of fruit, which can easily be harvested in the fall. By using water or alcohol the saponaccus ingredient of the fruit is extracted. The cost of production Is said to be small and the soap, on account of possessing no alka line qualities, is claimed to be superi or to ordinary soap of commerce. * Falls to His Death. Turning over and over in a long fall from the sixth story of the new Bel mont Hotel, New York City, which is being erected in Park avenue, be tween Fort::-first and Forty-second sreets, Charles Wiliidms, cf N'o. 135 Dykman street, Brooklyn, struck the shoulders of James Davidson, another workman, who was engaged just above the first floor, carromed to a pile of1 stones in the street, and died two hours later at Bellevue Hospital. Davidson had both shoulders fractured. Friends took him to his homne, at No. 36 South street, Paterson, N. J. Williams, in pulling a rope to get the boom of the derrrick into place, lost his balance. It was thought at first that the com rade's shoulders had saved his life. L..2 Old Death Avenged. W. T. Eldridge, general manager and vice president of the Cane Belt railway, was fatally wounded by an assassin at Eagle Lake Texas. This was the third chapter in the famous feud that started with the killing of Captain Unovant, president of the Cane Belt railroad, two years ago by Eldridge. B..th are millionaries. On a previous occasion, a year and a half ago, Eldridge was ambushed, but es caped death through tripping in his steps. At the time of the killing of Unovant., his sister took a solemn oath of revenge. A Sad Story. At Norfolk, Va., on Friday, E. H1. Jones, a trolley car motorman, tried to lift a fallen wire out of the way of his car. He climed on a sted and took 1hold of the wire. Hie fell to the ground dead, still holding to it. His wife, rstanding upon her frsnt piazza, saw Ithe accident and rushed out to extri Icate her husband. She too wa in stantly killed. Jones and is wife leave six small children, three of whom -saw their parents killed. Read This Boys. The board of directors of the Na - tional Union bank of Rock Hill in meeting Friday adopted a rule where by no one who smokes cigarettes car 1 Jfind employment In that institution. . SERVED AT LAST. Police Break Down Doors to Arrest Platt Badger Woman. AFTER A SIEGE OF OVER A WEEK. Thousands in the Streets Gaze Upon the Prisoner as She Emergers ron Her Elegant Mansion. RH.nnah E'ias, the cctoroon charged by John F. Platt with having produc ed from him by blackmail methods nearly $700,000, passed the night in the New York Mercer street police station. She was taken from her palatial res'dence in Central Park, west, (where the doors were knocked down with axes) and taken to police headquarters in a carriage. She was arranging her toilet. After having given her name,- age, etc., she was taken to Mercer street for the night. Efforts to serve a war rant on her in a civil suit had kept a crowd absut her house for a week and when the detectives attacked the doors with axes in order to serve a warrant in the criminal action which Platt finally had been prevailed onto bring, there was a large audience. As the woman left the house, leaning heavily upon the arms of the detectives, she had to pass between solid ranks of curious persons, while street cars, carriages and autowobiles were lined up in order that their pas-engers might view the outcome of the strange siege which has been on for days. She expresed no concern over her arrest. The specific charge on which the warrant was based is the alleged extortion from Mr. Platt of 87,500 in May last. The woman was Wednesday held in $50,000 for examination next Friday. Bail was not furnished, and she was committed to the Tomts prison. When the prisoner was ,taken from her cell to cab in which she was taken to the court she was met by a jerring crowd, which filled the street around the police station. The woman, accompanied by two detectives, entered the carriage and the start for the court was made. Just as the cab started, however, a large express wagon drove directly in its path, and the crowd closed in, many men climbing onto the wheels to peer into the vehicle. She appear ed much frightened, but it developed that the crowd was more cur:ous than threatening. Assisted by several patrolmen, the detective succeeded in clearing a passage, and the carriage continued to court. HISTORY OF TRAGEDY. No greater horror has ever arisenl from a case of mistaken identity than in the instance of the brutal murder of Andrew H. Green, "Father of Greater New York," by the negro Cornelius Williams, wl o, it now develops, mistcok the venerable municipal statesman fo - John.. R. Platt, an aged millionaire glass manu facturer. The wretched scandal that enmesh ed the old man when the asin's bullet had cut short his lire and silenced the only voice, seemingly, that could clear his name, has been an undying sensation from the time the negro told his astounding story. Where, a week .ago, mnen spoke sneeringly of Mr. Green and declared their belief in Williams' story, nuth ing is heard now but expressions of sorrow, and at last the well-earned laurel wreath is finding its place. The crazy negro in his cell at Matteawan asylum is apparently the least interested man in New York in the terrible mistaims he made. Re shot some one and vented his burning je-slousy, and he is content. XANY REVOLTING DE.TAILS. In defence to Mr. Green and his great public work the newspapers at tempted to squelch the scandal by re fusing to follow the developments. The romance of the lUfe of Hannah Elias, the mulatto woman who lived in extravagant luxury in a brown stone mansion facing Central Park, is now being unraveled in public print, and forms a revolting story, almost incredible. Williams was jealous of the atten tion an old man was paying to this negress. He thought it was Andrew H. Green. John R. Platt, 84 years old, captain of industry, prominent in exclusive clubs, and physically a prototype of Mr. Green, in his suit against Hiunah Elias to recover 8685,000, which he gave the woman in the years he has known 'aer, has identified himself as the man Mr. Green's slayer sought. Platt and Mr. Green were of about the same age and the physical resemn blance of the two was as remarkable as it proved fatal. WoMiAN RE.AFED FORTUNE. Hannas Elias, the negress, rose tC wealth and luxury through her hold upon the senile millionaire, Platt. For years she and her gorgeous home have formed the mystery of exclusivE Central Park West. Platt admits that be gave her 8186,* 429 last year and 8126 209 the previ ous year. Other yearly gifts ranged from $19,075 to $87,000. The re markable contention of the millionaire is that sne deceived him into believ inig that she was In love with him, and, believing this, he gave her freely of his fortune. Now, he says he considers that shi did not love him, but displayed affec tion solely for the purpose of black mailing him. PLATT PLANNED sULICIDE. In a public statement Plan saki that he had konwn the woman smnce she was 16 years old. He confess that shie had told him when Mr Green was shot that she had knowi Mr. Green but had seen him when h visited his neptew, who lived nea: the Elias mansion. Piatt said tha he had contemplated suicide whei his name was threateued with expo sure. He confessed that he had no inten tion of clearing up the nAystery to re move the shadow from Andrew H~ Green's grave. He brought the sui because of the woman's tilleged exces give demands after the murder upoi threats of exposure. -A ndrew H. Green conceived the ide A DEMENTED FATHER Murdered Three of His Children and Then Killed Himself. FAMILY NEARLY WIPED OUT. .1 Little Boy, the Sole Survivor Tells of the Last Dajys of His Little Brother and Sister. Officers Kenny and Hennessy, of Elzabeth, heard three shots in the house of Joseph M. Pouch, No. 139 First avenue, Roselle, when they rang the bell Tuesday evening to find what was meant by a letter sent to County Physician Westcott by Pouch. The front door was locked and the officers forced it in. When they reach ed the top of the stairs and pulled open the door to the front room on the second floor, the b dy of Pouch fell to the floor. There was a bullet wound in his temple and he died soon. On the floor beside him lay his daughter, Minnie, five years old, dead3 from a bullet wound through her body, and beside her Albert, her brother, ten years old, bleeding from a wound in his side, but not fatally injured. The door to the connecting back room was forced open, and the officers found lying on the bed, laid out in their night clothes, with their hands ros-ed over their breast, the bodies of Grace, eighteen months old, and Lillian, aged seven. These children had been choked to death Saturday night-, and to make their death sure poison had been poured into their throats. Pouch had been working for the Singer Sewing Machine Company at Elizabethport as a benchman, but after the death of his wife he had only worked but a short time. He grew morose and his mind seemed ready to give way under the burden. He did not refer to the death of his wife, but whenever it was mentioned he became excited and afterward would go away by himself and sit for hours without uttering a word. Pouch employed a housekeeper after the death of his wife, as the children ere too young to be left at home alone while he was at work. Several lays ago she left the home of Pouch, nd it is believed that be sent her Lway. Since that time Pouch has been in the house alone with his children, md the neighbors on either side of his ,ouse, which is a two story and attic, lid not see any of the children Sun lay. Sunday evening Pouch was seen alking to a woman in front of his ,ouse. Later, when a storm came up, Ir. Packard, of Elizabeth, who knew Pouch, sought shelter at his house. He, remained for about half an hour. Be says that Pouch appeared nervous mnd unstrung and he believes that Baby Grace and Lillian then were lead in the upstairs rcom, with their rother and sister locked in the ad Iining room, forbidden to leave their )eds. It is believed they were held over to me shot, when Pouch had planned to :.ake his own life. The letter to County Physician Westcott was received by him Tuesday aternoon, and was mailed In the norning. It was properly addressed and simply requested that he come to Lhe address given as there was some ihing for him to do there. The letter was signed by Pouch, who gave his address. Pouch was not seen around his home fter he went out, returning in a short while Tuesday morning. It is probable that with he, with revolver ready and hildren locked In the room with him, waited for the ring at the bell which would announce the arrival of the ounty Physician as the signal for kil ing his two remaining children. Albert, the eldest, has a bullet hole through his body, but the physicians at the Elizabeth General Hos;ptal say that he has a chance to live. He was conscious when taken to the hospital, and told what he knew of the tragedy which robbed him -f his sisters and father. He was not asked about the death of his mother, but probably can throw light on that If he recovers suficiently to tell In detail of the tragic events in his home. "My sister Minnie and myself sleep in the front room with papa, and Lil lian and baby Grace sleep in the back room," he said. "The door is open between the two rooms at night, and we can hear the baby or Lillian when they cry or want anything. On Sat* arday night papa told us to go to bed, and i don't know what time he came o bed. "On Sunday morning he got up irst, and went into the back room. He shut the door and was gone quite a long time. When he camea back into the front room he locked the door between the two rooms and said that Minnie and myself must remnain in bed until he told us we could gel up. He stayed in the room awhile and then went out. "He locked us in the front room and went out. We were afraid t~o get out of bed after he told us to stay there. He came in and out lots of times, but never seemed to pay any attention tC us. Minnie was hungry, and so was I: Finally Minnie started to cry, anc papa seemed to remember us and gol us something to eat. When it was dark he told we had better go to sleep and then he wrote a letter. He wai still in the room when I went t< sleep. "This morning the door betweer the two rooms was locked and we haC to stay in bed until after papa hat gone out. He came back soon though, and then told us we couki get up and dress. He walked up an< down the room, looking at us all the time, and neither Minnie nor mysel said anything, because we wer: afraid. We didn't hear any soun< from the back room where Bab: Grace and Lillian were sleeping. think he must hav3 made them stay iI bed too. "Every time a wagon or carriag Iwould come by our house he wouli stop walking and listen. We sa down and played with some things He watched us all the time. I was almost getting sleepy and was almost dark when somebody ran the bell. Just as soon as the bell ran p aa reached out and grabbed mi and then I heard a noise and it seemed to knock me down. I don't remember much, then." The Officers who went to the Pouch home say that Pouch, with his hand on the door knob, shot himself in the right temple, and was still leaning against the door when it was forced open. The little daughterlwas directly in the path of the body as it fell. She was dead, and in a short while the father also died. The.boy, dazed and bleeding, was curled up near the head of the father."- New York Ameri can. THE BOLL WMEVIL ANT. A hat He Is Expected to Do for the Texas Cotton Crop. Prof. Cook of the entomological de partment is on his way from Guate mala to Texas with a large colony of the red ant that is expected to de stroy the boll weevil. Great hope is placed in the ant by those who have seen him at work in Guatemala, where it is said he keeps the cotton free from the pests; but there are many skeptics. It is hardly probable that the ants, however efficacious they may be, can be spread over the infested belt enough to affect mate rially the growing crop. The weather bureau at Washington, in its report on Tuesday, says: "Boll weevils are increasing rapidly and doing consider able damage in a number of south western and south central counties of Texas." The Newberry Observer says a friend has handed us a Texas paper of recent date which contains some account of a red ant in the infested district that promises to do great things for the cotton crop. The ac count is given by a writer in: San An tonio. -It says: "Bexar county possesses an ant that has the Gautemala weevil-eating variety beaten to a standstill, with the advantages of being right on the spot now and in need of no transplant ing. They are in the field by the r millions and waging a relentless war upon the weevil. This little red ant is routing the boll weevil in Bexar county. According to reports from the county it will not be necessary to send to Guatemala to rid Bexar coun ty fields of the cotton pest, and it may be that this county can furnish all the ants necessary to eradicate the weevil all over Texas. "Jose Cassiano, ex county collector, b who has several hundred acres of cot, ton in this county, is the bearer of the good tidings concerning the work of the ant. Mr. Cassiano's fields less than a month ago were live with wee vil and he looked forward to discourag- t ing prospects of losing the greater part of his cotton through ravages of the insects. -Today he said that there was not a live weevil in his field. The rows are strewn with dead weevil, which the busy little red ants are car rying away by the thousands. Mr. Cassiano says a close inspection failed 8 to show a single live weevil on a cot ton plant or anywhere else in his fields. "The ants are on the plants and in I the rows betwee n n countless thous- I ands. They seem to have completed 1: the slaughter of the weevil and are y now engaged in carrying the corpses s away, probably to be stored away for food. Mr. Cassiano says that even the e roads in the vicinity of his ranches are lined with ants marching in columst bearing the dead weevils from the f fields. The importance of this discov ery to the cotton growers of Bexar 1 county and probably of the whole state of Texas Is inestimable. If the ants I that have cleaned Mr. Cassiano's fields can be introduced into all the cotton] fields of the state, it means a gain ofi millions of dollars to the farmers ofi the state." Dr. L. 0. Howard, the chief ento mologist of the department, has re-] ceived a report from his experts In 1 Texas regarding the reported discov-] ery in Bexar county of an ant that destroys the weevil. The report says 1 that the ant mentioned is the common2 Texas ant and that nothing unusual has been developed by the investiga- 1 tion into the matter. It suggests that I the weevils had been feeding and de positing eggs on the plants left over from last season and that many of the, females which had died and fallen] were eaten by the ants, and adds that that as the extreme dry weather had reduced the number of plant lice on1 the cotton, the ants, thus deprived of their natural food, merely took advan tage of the opportunit y to feed on the weevil. Sad Afrair Near Monroe. The Monroe (N. C ) Journal says a most distressing thing happened near Unionville last Friday night in thei death of Annie, the 12 year-old daughter of Mr. T. J. Price, and the circumstances which brought about this result. The child was thought to have dropsy, and while sitting on1 the piazza in the afternoon, fell over1 in convulsions, from which she never recovered before death came at 121 o'clock that night. When thisattack came a doctor was called, and the pa rents first learned that a crime, which is known to the law as felony, had been committed upon the person of their child, and before she died another life had been brought into existence. The child mother gave no indication as to who the perpetrator was, and this seems now likely to for ever be a mystery, and if so, the State's prison will be cheated of its just deserts. The occurrence itself Is very unusual In medical history in this climate, if not altogether une qualed, particularly as the offspring 1s of ordinary size, living and doing well. Shot Through the Heart. SAt -St. Louis, Don Menuel Cervera, a Spaniard, who on last Sunday week, before an audience which had gathered Iin a pavilion near the fair grounds to ~'see a bull fight, was introduced as the favorite matador of the King of Spain, .was shot through the heart and in stantly killed Wednesday by Carlton Bass, known as "The American Mata dor." Bass and five other bull light ters, who witnessed the shooting were arrested. The shooting resulted from a quarrel regarding the fiasco of Sun day when the authorities stopped the bull fight, and the angry crowd burn ged the structure. Cervera's body was taken to the morgue. CANDIDATES FIGHT. Messrs. J. G. Mobley and W. B. Eva: Have an Encounter. EITERR MAN IS MUCH HUR Wr. Mabley Attacks Mr. Evans, WI D. fends Himself. The Two Gentlemen Are Sepa rated by Friends. The Columbia State says after ha ng received an unsatisfactory reply ertain demands made by himse 2pon Mr. W. Boyd E vans, Mr. Jno. ( Wobley of Fairfield Thursday attack( Wr. Evans with a rawhide. T1 dliair created a decided sensation, f ,t occurred almost in front of V1 ourt house at a busy hour of ti norning and before the two me ould be parted a large crowd had cc ected. It was evident that no mere polit al disagreement caused the affair, P< dr. Mobley, though a man of big pirit, has always been regarded rery amiable and kindly m his natur le and Mr. Evans are candidates fi be office of railroad commissione d were contestants for the same p ition two years ago. It was sai ffednesday that at a political mee ng at Hampton an encounter of th :nd was narrowly averted. Mr. Mobley, witnesses say, struc dr. Evans at least four blows wit iis horsewhip which be had purchase or the purpose. Mr. Mobley was ur xrmed and offered this, he says, as th leepest insult which he could to or rho, he believed, had invaded his pr rate life in making a political can >agn. The two clinched after tt Erst few passionate blows from tb awhide, and friends rushed up. M: obley tore himself away from thoE rho were trying to calm him an here was another short encounter b4 ore Sheriff Coleman appeared an eparated the belligerent partiei ,ach was put under a peace bond f( 300 and summoned. to appear in th ecorder's court Friday morning. Mr. Mobley stated Thursday that i he last campaign stories damaging I s character were circulated. Nol ithstanding the fact that he h ourt recordland affidavits from hot rable men to show that the attac pon himself was unjust, the san: tories have been put into circulatio ecently. When he came to Columbi Vedesday from his farm in Fairielt e was told that Mr. Evans was n ponsible for the circulation of the, amaging reports. He Immediate] etermined to demand an explanatio f Mr. Evans, and failing to get a sal 1factory statement, he would app] he horsewhip. Thursday morning Mr. Mobley, a( ompanied by his counsin, Mr. F. N fobley, waited on Law Range unt: fr. Evans appeared. After introdu< rig his cousin to Mr. Evans, Mr. Mot .y stated the object of his interviev fr. Evans denied Mr. Mobley's acci aton. whereupon Mr. Mobley, it i aid, drew his rawhide from the pape a which it was wrapped and struc ,t r. Evans' face. The latter, war 3g off the blow, received the strok n his shoulder. In an instant severt lows with the whip were struc] rhen Mr. Evans closed in upon his at ailant. Before serious hurt was received I ither party friends interfered an nshed them 15 or 20 feet apart. Upc bth demanding to be released an reeing themselves, they rushed ti ether and several blows were passe ifore the sheriff arrived. The sheriff immediately telephone or Magistrate M~oorman and as soc . the papers could be executed M ivans anid Mr. Mobley were put undc peace bccnds. Mr. Mobley stated thu 5 far as he was concerned he wu atisfied and that he would not off' any furthber personal violence to M ivans. Later both were summonc o appear before the recorder's cou: riday morning on the charge 'disorderly conduct". It is probab: hat a full account of the whole affa ,nd circumstances leading up1 ['hursday's denouncement may 1 >ought out. Mr. Evans, when aski )y a reporter if he desired to mali statement of the affair, said he wu -eluctant at this time t> go into tI hole matter and only cared for ti ,resent to make the following stat nent. "I have been summoned to appe efore the recorder tomorrow mor ng, being charged with disorder ,onduct, and I presume that M1 VIobley is also to be tried. At ti rial I will testify, and d> not thir .t proper for me to make a stateme: rior to that time." Mr. Mobley was also asked for at utatement that he voluntarily cared nake public. His position as chara erized by himself is as follows: "Having been informed by a gent] nan of high standing that Mr. Eval was using unfair methods to dama, xy character I gave him an oppc iunity to deny or confirm this, whi< e evaded in an insulting manner, hen applied a horsewhip to him. "I was totally unarmed, npt ha ing even a pocket knife on my persi at the time 'f the encounter.2 uch as I regret. having to do this ave no excuse to offer for havlh thus protected my honor, which bold dearer than my life." The State says the affair betwei N. Jno. G. Mobley and Mr. W. Bo: Evans was not aired in the recorde: ourt Friday. It had been expect from the statements of the two parti concernng that interesting matt wud be presented. Mr. Mobl pleaded guilty to the charge of d orderly c .nduct and the case again Mr. W. B )yd Evans was. dismissed the charges could not be proved. TI result appeared satisfactory to all pa ties concerned. Ran Burglar Off. Sister Theodora, of St. Vincen Catholic school, four miles from Sb byville, Ind., early Wednesday hea some one prowling through the bui] ing. She instituted a search a suddenly met a negro face to face the hall. He flourished a revols which she grabbed and the two fell the struggle. The burgler escape but later was captured at Waldr and is in il there. He bad on hinz revolver, pieces of candle and burgla: tools. Sister Theodora was not RURAL CARRIEr'S SALARMIS. s Wages to Be BaEed on Number of 0 Miles Traveled. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gener al Bristow Wednesday announced that O he salaries of the rural free delivery a. mail carriers will be adjusted on the A basis of the number of miles traveled. ti Further than this, Mr. Bristow would not discuss the adjustment, which Is i now being made in the classifleation If of the carriers. The postmasters St throughout the country will be notifi- in d ed to the adjustments in the their re- tt ie spective c fices. Te following state- Si )r ment regarding the outside business h, ie privileges of the rural cairier was is- hi ie sued at the postofmce department Wed- ti : nesday, and the order will be promul- al . gated at once by the postmaster gen- C eral. ta . ' Under the law rural carriers are not tt >r permitted to solicit business or receive h orders of any kind from any person, st L firm, or corporation, and cannot, dur- pI !. ing the hours of their employment, W r carry any merchandise for hire except tY that they may carry merchandise for al hire for and at the request of patrons E d residing on their respective routes, hl t- provided the same shall not interfere se is with the proper discharge of theic official duties, and under such regula- tt k tions as the postmaster general may St h prescribe. w d "Under this provision of law no sc - mailable matjer may be handled by se e rural rarriers while serving their rout,- a e es, unless the proper postage has been te - prepaid, with the single exception of tc - county newspapers, which, under the si e law, are permitted to be carried free e throughout the county in which they e3 % are published, to actual subscribers, se e and such newspapers, residents on S1 d rural routes, must be deposited at the w . post office, the same as papers for In d other subscribers. se "The hire for merchandise carried ta ir on request of the patron of rural free da e delivery must be permitted to receive 9E any compensation from the seller of n such merchandise. cli 0 "Articles or packages which are th mailable, which are handed to the in s carrier or deposited in the postoffice or ag . In a rural letter box or In a collection Pa k box located on a rural route, with re- th e quest that the rural carrier deliver es n same, are subject,to the rules regulat- Je a ing mail matter, including the pay- at [ ment of postage thereon. ti . "Articles or packages that are not bi e mailable, which the patrons desire the y rural carrier to carry, must be deliver- M n ed to the carrier in person, and in car- in - rying merchrndise for hire rural car- fo y riers are not permitted to leave their in routes as officially laid out or to accept anything that will in any way delay hi [. the delivery of the mail or in any way cO 1 interfere with the efficiency of the ser- th vice." w] pt Flood Victims Appeal for Aid. w] F A strong appeal for advisory assist- se s ance for the people In the flood strick- te r en country in the west reached C1 k Washington Friday in a telegram to m I- the department of agriculture from e Representative Carles C. Reid of Ol al A kansas. He wired as follows: to :"Almost the entire Arkansas river ~ ;- bottoms inundated. Probably all thet cotton crop destroyed. It is extremely *y late to replant. Can you suggest the d kind of cotton seed that mature early m n in the fall and where it may be ob-.g d tained. It is contended that cotton ofg > planted now will not mature. Please da d furnish as early as possible any infor-u mation or suggestions that you may ar d have of value to us. The loss to this th n country is the biggtst ever known. T: r. Many families are destitute." m r ,Acting Secretary of Agriculture ti: t Brigham Immediately conferred with w LS hi; acsistants and later Gol. Brigham m r tel agraphc d in reply that he regretted T r. that the cepartment could not furnish u5 d the seeds, and said: "If the local ai t seed planted immediatlely by the 15tL st f there is possibility of getting a crop te Le but the chances are against it. It is cC Ir ditficult to procure seed from here in er a time to make a crop." t dJumped Overboard. e :e At New York George Billups of ti s Norfolk, Va., a cabin passenger on e the Old Dominion line Steamer Prin e cess Anne, from Newport News to e- Norfolk, jumped everboard Fridal while the vessel was steaming up the m r lower bay off the R'mer shoal. The: s - ship was stopped and a lifeboat t3 ly launched. Within 20 minutes of thed r time Billups jupdtruhthe port ie hole the boat was alongside the steam ik er and tbe man taken on board in a a it dying -condition. Every effort was made to restore life, but without y avail. A dispatch from Norfolk saysg o Billiups was a son of Cecil BillupsF c- one of the largest farm implement manufactures in the south. He had e- been in a melancholy mood for several ~ 2 months and his people were worried e over his mental condition. He had r- threatened suicide on several occa-a h sions. Found Dead. v- The Columbia State says: "A > white man about 25 years old was s found dead beside the railroad one a: I mile this side of Hopkins Friday. fi l From a letter found in a pocket it li I was learned that the deceased is E. E. 01 Hay who has been an employe of the a: m Richland mills. Coroner Green, Dep- II d uty Sheriff Cathcart and Dr. S. F. i s5 Fishburne went out to Hopkins to ii d make any investigation that circum- ' es stances might warrant. The body ti er was brought to Columbia Friday night it By and put in a morgue. The physician li s- will examine the body to ascertain the it t probable cause of death. It is believ- a s ed that young Hay was riding on a h is freight andi fell off sustaining mortal b Lr- injuries. His body was found about "' four feet from the railroad track. n Killed by a Cave-In. L's At Atlanta, Ga., one man dead, two a- probably dying'and two more in a pre- ti rd carious condition was the result of a o: d- cave-in late Thursday afternoon of f< r.d Mitchell street, near the centre of the b in city, where excavations were made for n 'er the New business block. All the men E in were negroes. Eight men were engag- o d, ed at the work when to12s of earth c on with little warning slippe d down on 'j a them from one side of the excavation. b t's The escape of the five was stopped by p n- a wagon which was being loaded with v dirt.f THE COTTON STALK WEEVIL. Irector Bauer Says the Matter Is Much Overdrawn. The "cotton stalk weevil," a new sect which has made its appearance Georgia and is almost as dangerous the boll weevil, according to the ugusta Chronicle, does not exist in tis State, so far as Section Director tuer is informed and believes. Mr. wuer Was shown this clipping from e Augusta paper Friday: - "A new insect, known as the cotton alk weevil, has made its appearance Georgia and is raising havoc with e young coitton in Terrell county. ate Entomologist Willmon Newell s just returned from Dawson, where made a thorough examination of e weevil and its work, and be is now ranging for a treatment of the tton plants which have been at cked by the insect and for a remedy at will completely destroy it. - "The insect attacks the stem or the alk of the cotton and nearly every ant attacked dies very shortly after irds. The farmers in Terrell coun are very much alarmed over the >pearance of the new kind of bug. 2tomologist Newell states that he s never seen or heard of such an in at before. "The bug Is almost as dangerous as e boll weevil, as it destroys the ailks of the cotton before the boll evil appears. If the insect should tter over the State as fast as it is ttering in Terrell county it will be serious thing for the farmers to con ad with this yeai, and the cotton cot a crop in Georgia will be materially .ortened. "Entomologist Newell says he will ert every effort to destroy the in at before it makts a spread of the ate. He does not think that the boll evil has as yet made its appearance Georgia, but he regards the new in t which has appeared and which at cks young cotton stalks as a very gerous factor and he is anxious to t rid of it as soon as possible." Mr. Bauer thought after reading the pping that about the only thing at could be calmly reported as hav g been discovered was an excited im inatin of another Georgia news per reporter. He was of the opinion at the Georgia State entomologist's imate of the importance of the sub t had been very materially changed d colored almost beyond identitca yn after percolating through the ain af the newspaper man. "Never heard of such an insect," r. Bauer said. "There is none such this State, so far as I have been in rmed; and- I don't believe it exists Georgia. "it will propably end like my 'new' ,kory nut Insect ended this week. A rrespondent in Charleston reported e appearance there of a new insect dich he thought would eventually t the hickory nut out of business. I ote him to hold his ibase while he 2t me ap some specimens of these rrible pests. I forwarded them to emson and have just received a for ti report from that institution to the ect that our new insect was a very and very common insect indeed and dismiss any harassing fear I or my rrespondent might have egardin e future of the hickory nut crop." Wrecked Newspaper Office. At Victor, Col., eight unknown en armed with pistols, rifles, shot ns and sledge hammers entered the ce of the Victor Record Wednes y night, ordered the men to throw their hands, broke the machinery d then told the men to get out of e district as fast as they could. aere is no clue to the identity of the en. George Kyner, proprietor of e paper, was at lunch, and Foreman alter Sweet was in charge of the en. The workmen obeyed quickly. de unknown men then wrecked two iotype machines, several job pressses d all the equipment of the offle and 2ashed the telephone and a typewri r. When their work of ruIn was impleted the3y marched The Record iployes out on the sidewalk and told tem to get out of town. The Re ird has been known as the organ of Le Western Federation of Miners in L section. Mob Threatens McDonald. At Indianapolis, Ind., James Mc onald, who was acquitted of the urder of Miss Sarah Schafer, a youni hool teacher of Bedford, after a jur; ial which lasts two weeks, has been rice sought by a mob in the last two ,ys. Except for the precaution that Shad taken not to remain at home night be might have bee1 hanged. cDonald applied to the authorities r protection, and Thursday night a ard was placed at the house. Early riday morning a mob appeared for ie second time, but when the police esented themselves the would-be rengers of Miss Schafer fled. There a belief that the real murderer of e young woman, who is said to.be well known citzen, is back of the ~monstration, and wishes to force cDonald to leave the town. Happy Household. When the toils and cares of the day e over, and the children are at home om school, then comes the most de htful hour to the family circle. The tside world is dismissed, and father id mother and children are together Ssweet communion and unshaken ust. There is no vacant chair. There not a face missing. Death has never sited this home. The hour of re ring comes, and blessed with father's structions and mother's prayers, the itle group retire for the night. May not be that angels hover over such home during the silent watches. All ames where the family circle is un token can be just such a home as this ith a slight effort on the part of each tember of the household. Accedes to Bandit. The Sultan of Morocco has acceded all demands of Raisuli, the captor SPedicaris and Varley. Official In >rmaton to this effect was received y the navy department Thursday orning from Admiral Chadwick. is dispatch reads: "The minister Sforeign affairs has Instructions ac rding to all the demands of Ralsuli." 'his means that Ralsuli, if he fulfills Is promises will release two of the risoers as soon as a ransom is paid hich it is believed will be about fty thousand dollars. A PITCHED BATTLE In Which a Number of Union EIters Are Killed AT THE TOWN OF DUNVILLE, COL. Soldiers Scouring the Mountains, and the Miners Firing Upon Them. intense Excitement in Mining Region. A pitched battle between the mili tary and union miners was fought at Dunnville, the new mining camp, 13 miles out of Victor, Colorado, shortly after 3 o'clock p.-m. Wednesday. John Carley, a union miner, was killed and five others. The troops returned to Victor at 8 o'clock Wednesday night bringing with them 14 captives. Before the special train left Victor bearing the force under Gen. Bell it was reported that the miners in the hills about Dunnville numbered about 250 men, and that It was their inten tion to march into Victor Wednesday night In a body and attempt to libe rate by force the Inmates of the tem porary "bull pen" in Victor. That the force actually consisted of but 21 men is the statement of one of the 14 who were captured by the militia. The train proceeded in the after noon to the immediate vicinity of Dunnville without unusual incident. When about a quarter of a mile dis tant from the Dunnville temporary station the officers could see the camp of the miners. It Included one'cabin and six or seven tents. The offeers left the train at the command of Ge Bell and prepared to advance u the camp of the unionists in skirmish order. As they eme from the cut in which the train come to a stop they were greeted wi a volley of shots, which came points of vantage surrounding hills. The deputies returned the fire & promiscuous shooting was indulged I' for a period of ten minutes. From the character of the shooting from the hills Gen.*Bell immediately recog nized the fact that the strength of the miners had been greatly overesti-' mated and that he had sufficient force under his comidand to make an Im mediate roundup and capture the en tire opposing force. The captured miners include John James, charged with shooting John Davis in the riot at Victor. Among the dead was John Carley, a union' miner of Cripple Creek. Great excite ment prevailed in this city upon the receipt of the news of the bat The deputies .secured the arms an ammunition of parts of the miners. C As the special train bearing t deputies drew up at Dunnville t*2' union miners, entrenched in the borhood, opened ffre. Gen. Bell go his men out and stormed the entrench ment, capturing 15, the arms and am munition being captured. In the fierce fight which followed six union miners were killed. The miners occupy well entrenched positions in the hills and are shooting down at the soldiers and guards at every opportunity. The surrounding a country is favorable to the miners, - and it seems that Gen. Bell will have -, to take every defense seperately. Town at Auction. Unless the courts intervene, the entire town of Carlisle, Arkansas, and about 3,500 acres of land surrounding the town'are to be sold at public auc tion on an order granted by the pro bate court of Lonoke county to the heirs of the orignal owner. The order was secured by the guardian of three minor heirs of a Frenchman, named Comio, who years ago owned all the land on which the town of Carlisle now stands, as well as much of the surrounding country. The original owner sold much of the land years ago, but in 1879, presumably to make title clear, he secured a patent from the state for the whole tract. He failed, it is said, to make new deeds, for the land which he had sold, and as a result the heirs now claim the prop erty. Three of the grandchildren of the original owner, who reside in Lou isiana, claim an undivided sixteenth of the property, and through their guardian secured an order for the sale of the whole tract. Boy Heroes. At Great Barrington, Mass., the wrecking of the Pittsfield-New York express with the almost certainty of a great loss of life', was barely averted Wednesday by the presence of mind of Raymnond Perbizet and Step hen McCue, two thirteehi-year-old boys. An unusually severe rain storm had undermined the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad on the outskirts of the town and carried away 25 feet of the road bed. The dangerous spot was dis covered by the youths shortly before the express was due at this station. The boys ran to their homes near-by and procuring a red sweater returned to the track and flagged the train. The eugine was brought to a stand still within a few yards of the wash out. The train was well filled with passengers who rewarded the boys by making up a purse for them. The Deadly Lightning. The Columbia State says Jane and Eena Fair, wife and 3-year-old daugh ter: respectively, of Myers Fair, a Taylor street negro resturanteur who has accumulated much property, were instantly killed Tuesday afternoon near the "tin bridge" by a bolt of lightning which descended the trunk of a tree under which the woman was at work washing clothes. The mother and child were together, but they were thrown in opposite directions from the base of the tree. Cruel to His Beat. A dispatch from Eastover to The State says the Star Band of Mercy, the local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, succeded in having a negro, Paul Grant, convicted of cruelly beating an ox. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $15 or work on the chaingang for 30 days. The society has the law on Its aide arnd Mr. Trumble, the pral dent of the bank, expects to prosecute vigorously every case of cruelty to animals reported to him.