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,'T . ?v? ^i'Tpk &? FORT MILL TIMES. 1 VOL. IX. FORT MILL, S. CM WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31,1900. NO. 33. PATERSON CASE Four Men Accused of Poisoning Pretty Jennie Bosschicter. POLICE SAY THREE CONFESSED Tlip Pi'l?nncr? Arc Mcinbrrx of I'rotnliiout Fmnllict ? Tlmy Arc Clmrceil AVItl? Stii|ii'fyltijj tin- f.lrl first, Then, Aflcr SSii> nio.l. Tliry l.eft tile lto?ly by tin- ICoikUMo?an Alroriou* Crime. Paterson. N. J. (Special).?The Inst traee of mystery surrounding the killin of .T-nnie Bosschieter. tlio seventeenyear-old girl whose body was found near the Wngnraw Bridge over the Passaie tlver. the other day. has been cleared away. Four men. members of some of the most prominent families in Fa! orson, have been arrested, charged with having murdered the girl wjth an overdose of a drug. Til., ci'lcnnn... \I-.. 1. ? _ . > ?. >1. .... |-> . ?.... I .11.- ...mil . . .IH'.lllSter. Andrew Campbell. <loorge .1. Kerr, and W'illi.Min A. Dcnth. The charge against them reajls that they "did wilfully. maliciously and with malice nforethought murder Jennie P.ossrhicter by administering to her a certain powerful potion or drug. from the effects of which, after lingering awhile, she died." Death Is the penalty of the olTense wlln which they are charged. Three of the accused have made full confessions. The Chief of Police made a formal complaint charging all Dimwit h wilful murder, and they were taki u before Iteeorder Seuior. They were represented by aide counsel, hut till waived examination and were committed to jail without hail to await the action of the (iratid Jury, now in session. The men under arrest are all well known. McAllister is the son of .Tames A. McAllister, a silk throwster, and is in business with his father. Kerr belongs to a well-to-do family of this city, and is a brother of former Judge Kerr. William Death is an advertising solicitor, and is a young married man. Campbell was a clerk in the office of John Hand & Sons, silk i mi mi faetnrers. The arrest of these men was followed ill) li\ the tnkimr into eustodv of Cos. tav II. Scowcroft, who confessed that It was in his hack, driven l?y htm. that ilie crime was committed. He was released on Sotm? bail, furnished by his counsel. The story In outline of what is regarded as one of the most horrible crimes in the history of New .lersey, follows: Mi>s Kossehieter was lured to a saloon about in o'clock on Thursday night. There she was drugged, placed in a cab with the fonr men. driven to a remote place on the outskirts of the town, taken unconscious to the ground and there, being then in a dying condition. Wits criminally assaulted by three of her companions. When they found she still remained nneonsciousafter being put back in the carriage and after all their efforts to restore her failed they drove with her to the house of a doctor In Parerson. who came down to the sidewalk, examined her in the carriage and pro notuiccd her dead. The carriage was then driven to the remote place near Ayer's icehouse and there the dead girl was I ed out. carried to the place where the body was found, thrown down like it dead dog and her head deliberately smashed against the ragged-edged rock on which it rested hen the body was discovered by one of Ayer's employes early the next morning. The families of the accused men arc completely prostrated by shame and grief. In jail. Campbell and Death. tin* younger of the four, are nervous wrecks, hut Kerr and McAlister arc stolidly indifferent. PROFESSOR EASTMAN INDICTED. The Harvard I untrue tor to lie Tried For tin* Murder of IIIh Brother-ln-I.aw. Cambridge. Mass. (Specials.?Prof. Charles it. Eastman. one of tiie instructors in t lie Agassi/, Museum, whom .1 utlge Aluiy. t?f tlie Cambridge Ihstrlet Court. discharged from enstotly last July after a hearing on the charge of n.-rdcrlng ltis hro*.Iter-inlaw. Richard II. (irogan. Jr.. hy t hooting him in tiie grounds of the late Alva n ('lark, the fatuous lens maker, was arrested again under an indictment found hy tiie Middlesex t?rnnd Jury. A week ago about forty witnesses were summoned to appear before the Middlesex tlrand Jury, including Kastman himself, to give testimony in an investigation of tiie ease by that hotly. As the ease was presented to the ( rand Jury it was not in the form I of an accusation of any one. but was simply an inquiry into tiie death of firogan. After being discharged by Judge Aliny. Eastman resumed ltis duI ill flw? ittl orovt iit' A iroaoiT Xlu^oitio Five i'hlldrpii SiifTocntPii. A lire which broke out in a small tenement house in .Montreal, (Juebee, resulted in the death ??f live children by suffocation. The father. Arthur l.eblnne. a shoemaker, was badly burned. ? but will live. The children were In an upper room and were dead before the firemen could reach them. Y?niterl>llt'? Men Ilmirnrd. '/. <J. (Iraham, Robert Karwood and itichard Russell, employes on tleorge i\V Vanderbilt'a B lit in ore estate, were drowned in French Broad River, nine miles southeast of Aeheville, N. C\ While crossing the river their boat was overturned \ lAc . ? THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. WASHINGTON ITKMR. The Treasury Department has discovered a now Indian Head $5 counterfeil. Rear-Admiral TIielii?orn. Chief Naval Constructor, advocates the construction of submarine boats and the building of war vessels in government navy ya rds. Mnjor-flenornl "Wood. Military Coventor of Cuba, called at the White House and was in conference with President M< Kinley. A rigid investigation of tlie collision between the torpedo boats Dnhlgren and Craven, oil Newport, has been begun. The annual reports of the SurgeonOeneral of the Army ami the Superintendent of the West Point Military Academy were made public on: ADOITRD ISLANDS. Registration in Porto Rieo exceeded /ill ??VlwwO -I I in III- mtni'lt* IlllUim ... . |.. n< in i(i i " v J/'"i r?v?nn qualifying to vote. The Cuban Secretary of Finance describes the municipal governments of the island r.s extra vacant, ant] urges lietter business management. The Philippine Commission has appropriated S47r,.ooo. cold, for October expenses of the Insular Government. Testimony of natives taken by the Philippine Commission showed continued hostility to the restoration of tlio friars to their parishes. 1IOMKSTIC. George MeCaskill. a wealthy and most prominent planter of Uayville, I.a.. was slim and instantly killed by Malcolm Mcintosh, prominent in serial and business circles/ The tragedy is supposed to have gro vn out of business differences. The citizens of Okl: homn and the Indian Territory wai^t single Statehood for the two Terri ories. The formation of leagues to jyomote this end lias begun. . President MeKinle\ reached Canton, Ohio, where he will ivtnain until after election day. t Mrs. Kllcn Coreorap, who sells newspapers at the Brooklyn Bridge entrance. in New Yoifiv City, purelinsed i forty-live thousa nl dollar house. More than lOO men were hurt in strike riots at the Empire Wasliery, near Wilkesharre. Penn. Henry E. Youtsey. who was convicted of the murder of Goebel, was placed in jail at Frankfort, Ivy. Captain John B. Adams, former com innuuer-in-eiiier or tin- Grand Army ?f the Republic. succumbed i<? an attack of hoart disease at Boston. The Russian battle ship TIctrizan, the lirst foreign battle ship and the largest of her elass ever built ill the Tailed States, went down the ways in Philadelphia. A young man in Augusta, (la., on the eve of his marriage accidentally discovered that Ids tianeee was bald. He refused to marry her. Captain Peter .Tohansen and his twelve-year-old son made a voyage from Gibraltar to Punta Gordn, Fin., in a small boat. In a crash of freight trains at Walllintn, Mass.. G. T. Cooper, a brakeman. -.'as killed and Fireman Harry Downs was injured. Replies so far ueeived indicated hat the presbyteries would vote about two to one for some change in tlie Westminister Confession of Faith. Joseph E. Tallis. a newspaper nan if Tennessee, was killed by falling from a window of the Occidental llolel. Quincy. 111. Severe earthquake shocks occurred at Kodink, Alaska, and one life was lost. Masked men blew up with dynamite the safe of the Farmers' Bank, at Nevada. Mo., securing $.'1000. The attempt to introduce "Headings from the Bible Selected for the Public Schools" Into the Chicago schools was defeated by a vote of thirteen to six. Gen. J. W. Fisher, a noted brigade commander in the Civil War, died at Cheyenne. Wyo? aged eighty-six years. He leaves a number of children and grandchildren. FOB KICV. The British Government lias leased the harbor works of Chung-Wan-Tno, on the Gulf of Liao-Tong China, for a winter port. .Medical students who attempted to mob Bowie, the Chicago "faith healer." in London were reprimanded and lined by a police magistrate. Fifty persons were killed and many others terribly scalded by a boiler exnlosion on board the sti-uinlui.-ii t-'m-'i i.t, running between Tomsk and Barnaul, Siberia. A filibustering expedition is said to lie preparing at Kingston, .Jamaica, for the overthrow of the (iovernment ol President Sain of Haiti. An American lady. Mrs. Margaret Foulks, was found dead at the Champ le Mars railway station in the grounds of tiie Exposition at Paris. She was about sixty years of age. Her home was in San Francisco. (ttierrilln attacks by the Boers are -till giving the British great trouble. John Bedniond issued a manifesto to Irish Nationalists, calling for a return to Parnell's policy of aloofness from all English parties. Trafalgar Day was celebrated in the usual fashion throughout England The Anglo-Merman agreement is commented upon in generally favorable terms in Continental capitals. The uew British Minister to China, j Sir Ernest Mason Satow. arrived in j Pekln A Mltk&ihfc a DECLARES STRIKE ENDED President Mitchell's Statement-to tho Anthracite Coal Miners, WAGES ADVANCED TEN PER CENT Tlio lii'OHl ('mil SlrlU?> in IVnnaylvnnln 'I'llirtv-11 iii<> Hiivm?ll? <*nM l? All Concrrtiftl Ationt 9ti.fl<i<K(HI(> ? Itnlopil tlio 1*ric?? of tlw> r.l??-U lliii. nimitlx?rrrsiilnil Mltrlu'll'* Slatonu-tit ITazlotnu. lVnti. (Special!.?Tlio great anthrnoito coal strike is off. It has lasted thirty-nine days, and ahout 140.000 men have horn idle during i iiiii iiiur. * um i?? niiiifir*. Piim: ami operators lias approached $11.Jitoo.noo. -nd it lias resulted in a considerable ndvatu e in roal priees. Its result is a victory for the strikers, who Ret an increase o;' lt> per cent, jn wages, guaranteed until April 1. 1!XX>. The end was formally annottneed when President .Tolin Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, issued a long statement addressed to all miners and mine workers in the anthracite region. The statement says, in part: "After carefully canvassing the entire strike situation, we. your ollieers. .district and national, have concluded 'that your victory is so nearly complete that no good end can lie served l>y continuing the strike longer. "The companies agree, in their notices, to take up with their mine employes nil grievanes complained of. We would therefore advise that when work Is resumed committees lie selected liy the mine employes and that they wait upon the superintendents of the companies and present their grievances in an orderly, businesslike manner. and ask that they lie corrected. "As there are some few companies who have neither posted, notified nor signified in any other manner their willingness to pay the ten per cent, advance in wages and suspend the sliding scale, we would advise that unless the men employed by such companies receive notice before Monday that the advance will lie paid, fliey remain away from the mines and continue on strike until tlie companies employing tliein agree to the conditions offered by the other companies: and the employes of the companies who have of- j terecl the advance of ton per cent, and abolished the sliding scale are hereby authorized to resume work Monday morning. Oetoher "9. and to be prepared, if railed upon, to eontribute a reasonable amount of your earnings for the maiutenanee of those who are compelled to continue on strike.'' ROOSEVELT'S GREAT RECEPTION. Over ! 00,000 Tin ned Out to Creel II Im in Nt'w York City, New York t ity (Special) Governor Roosevelt was greeted by cheering multitudes in .Madison Square Garden Friday night. There were 1",Onn pen pie there to hear him. while, all told, ion,000 turned out in his honor, of whom 40,000 paraded ii|> and down Fifth avenue. The marching clubs, with a dozen bands, entirely tilled tip? big arena. There were fireworks galore outsid" the Garden. and tifi.v hands played in unison while the multitude sang "The Star Spangled Banner" and "America." time being beaten with a great searchlight. While Governor Roosevelt was ad dressing 11??? multitude in the Garden, other speakers wore addressing the outside crowds from lifteon stands which hud l?oen erect oil at different points around the Square. Tito display of fireworks in the park, which began a half hour before the big meeting opened, and which lasted until after tlie (harden had been emptied, was probably the most elaborate pyrotechnic exhibition ever seen in New York City. The feature of Governor lioosevelt's speech was his severe arraignment of Mr. Bryan. BATTLE WITH FILiPlNOS. A I.arge Force of Kolicls Attacked t?y About IOO \iiw-l icons. Washington, D. C. (Special News of a desperate hattle between loo American soldiers and more titan fourteen times that number of Filipinos, was received at the War Department from Major-General MaeArthur. The Americans were compelled to retire with the loss of one odb cr and four enlisted men killed and a larger mini iter of wounded. Several tuen were imiilnriul The American troops ntta< fced about 1 too Insurgents intrenched hi a strong position fourteen miles cast of Narvi can, Ilocos Stir Province, iar/on. A desperate tight ensued and under pressure of overwhelming numbers the Americans returned to Narviean. First Lieutenant George I.. Febiger. of the Thirty-third Itegimciit. P. S. V.. was killed. The insurgent loss is es '.limited at 150. TRANSVAAL FORMALLY ANNEXED. Prorlmnntlnn Attended With lin|ir<<<si\p Cerrnionlrs at 1'retnrla. Pretoria, South Africa (By Cablet.The Transvaal has been proclaimed a part of tlie British Empire, the proclamation iieing attended with impressive ceremonies. The royal standard was hoisted in the main square of the city, the i Grenadiers prcseuted arms. and j massed bauds pluycd the national uu- I them SENTRY SHOT WRONG MAN Civilian, Mistaken For a Deserter, Instantly Killed by Guard. Army Kmplnyp, on III* Wny In it Voting Worn i? it. Ilrramo ('nnfiitpil nml itnn ? MiiminR niaii Tiikrn. Sandy Hook. N. J. (Special).?John Sorrenscn. a young Swede, was sli??r and killed liy one of the sentiuels on guard duty at Fort Hancock. Sorrensen was walking along the beach, near the fort and was taken for a private who had escaped front the barracks Willie muter arrest. Private Brown, who was detailed <o (lie Hospital Corps recently was. it is alleged. caught robbing a comrade ami placed in the guardhouse, lie niauaged to escape from there, hut was reraptured. I lis trial was set for Tuesday. He managed to escape again before he was taken to court. As soon is his escape wasdiseovered the guards were doubled at all points. John Morrensnn emtio here eight vears ago with his parents, his father being employed on the works. The voting man grew up in and around the fort, and had for several years In en steadily iu the employ of the army. After supper he left his home, which is near Fort Hancock, hound for the home of a young woman to whom some sav he was engaged to be married. As Sorrenscn walked along the beach he passed o e <>f tin1 inside sentries lit j seine distance. Tin command t-i halt | was given and repeated. Sorrenscn did not hear the challenge, or. hearing it. did not heed it. as he kepi on. After again calling on the mail to stop tlie sentry lired. The bullet was not aimed at the man. hut passed close to him. Sorrenscn. Instead of stopping, started t<> run. The seniry then tired again. The bullet entered Sorrensen's side. The sentry kept his post until I lie Corporal anil the tiles, turning out m the alarm, arrived. They found Sorreason dead. The I.Untenant of ihe guard caused the body to he carried Into the fori. The otlleers rcfr to allow the seatry's name to bo given out pending the itlieial report of the department. Hrown at noon surrendered at Fort Hancock. He said he was forced by hunger to give up his attempt to escape. IlllliWe! 'Political Notes** fiff? I The ro^. .(ration of voters in 1 In waii aumherc-d ll.sni. Longshoremen in New York t'ity . I'(?nnc(l a "Itryan and Odell" Cluh. The total registration in Chicago this year was -ini.ln."?, the largest in the ity's history. ??:??111 Stanley tjuay visited every legislative district in I'cunsyl vania inil asked for vo'es in his favor for Senat \ Senator* llanna declared that liis Wester, stumping tour was a \ indica ion of his r puiatimi as a I mis Hess and public man. Former President < I rover t'hvciand declared that lie had made no statement which would jnsllfy the report that he favored McKinley. Any mail who was horn in the Fni no until- iii;iii i wriu v i ue years riii?? ran vote for President regardless >i tin- nativity of his parents. Tin' only llryatt pnptr in Philadeli>11i:i is tli? Times, of which Colonel A lex Met'litre is editor, ami that was for MrKinley up to a few weeks ago. It is estimated that .'t.OOO.Obh .voting men this year east their first Presidential vote, or aItoitt twenty per cent, of the full voting strength of the country. Coventor Roosevelt suggested that suit for criminal lihel he instituted against parties who circulated in Kan -as false limitations from the Coventor's speeches. The Republicans of South Carolina nominated a candidate for Representative in Congress in eaeh of the seven districts of the State. Three of those named arc negroes. Former l'osttnaster-Cem ral .ighn W'atinmaker mane nis first political ad lrcss in two years at I'ottstown. Pent)., when lie i pencil a short iottr in the in terest of tlie (Miidldatcs for the State Legislj'.tr.r who are opposed to Quay, CO-OPERATIVE FAMILY COOKINC. f,oiiK\vnoil, III., Ili'lvott to KxperiiiK'iil l?j tlo- I.nek of Nci-vnflt (ilrln. Chicago (Speciah. The little village of Loitgwood, near I Hue Island, has adopted :i tie?v method of settling <lie servant girl problem. Owing to :'s (pilot iiml distance from the irlty, serv:inI girls fuse to stay m any numbers til l.ongwond A dozen of the fjtmilics in tiic village recently organized the Longwond Cooperative f'cok ing Assoc intion. a large private resiileticc was set tired and (piartcrs were provided for a chef, two dining-room Vv.titers-, a dish washer and an assist ant cook. Family meals are served in tiiis building, each family that holds a membership sharing in the expense.1 Kadi family has its own table and sup plies its own 11 en. dishes, knives, i ,forks and spoons. An executive com- i mittec ha. sole charge of the establish incut, two of its members attending to | i buying provisions. The results so fai . udlvat > that the scheme Is satisfactory i and effects a saving over the old method. . ? ... . 'x ? ' .. ARP'S GOOD ADVICE Bartow Philosopher Says be Reconciled To What You Can't Help. ? lift TRIPS IT ON IIIMSnr. De Declares the Philippine War Is Cruel and Useless In The Extreme. "Nil despotaiulniA." "Carpe diem." Don't despair. ISnjoy tlie day. He voeonciled to what you ran not help. That's good advice and I wish that \v? i wiiiu itii i:iiir u. i try to, l>ut sometimes it is hard work. When it rained all tlio month of June and we had a burning sun all th<> month of Srptea:her. I , ouldn't "rarpe diem. ' When ! ponder upon the eruel and useless Philippine war and the Porto Ilieo steal and the Chinese muddle ami all the other devilment that this atlniini tration has brought about. I ean't he reconciled. When I hear these M Kin ley men shouting prosperity it makes* ine hot tinder the e dlar. They remind nie of a gang of highway rohners who murder helpless travelers and roh them and then sn off and cry prosperity. Manufacturers of army and navy supplies are getting rich on contract and army officers in .Manila and Pekin are taking in the loot and cry pro p i ity. War always bring a show of pro. perity, lint it is at the cost of Idood and tears. Hut still we live in hope that there will come a change. If Hryan is elected I know there will. And if he is not we will he no worse off than w< are now. We ean't he worsted, and so we will try to he reconeiled. When 1 was a young man 1 was a Democrat because my father was hut I east my lirst vote for \V. \V. Clayton, who \\ is a Whig. 1 wa a college hoy at Vhom. and Mr. Clayton was so kind to us ami we all vot? d for him for State s nator. 1 knew Mr. Clayton for many years and always re- ported him. for lie had a kind heart and was a gentleman. Af'er his election he gave the college hoys a partv one night and was especially kind to me. and I have never forgotten it. "How far that little candle throws its beams So shines a Rood deed in a naughty \\ orld. Before the war. when I was in my prime of manhood and had more vitality than sense, I was a strong partisan and really believed that if my party t id n't succeed the .enmtry would he ruined. My father used to laugh at inv zeal and say "Oh. no my son. the country is safe;dnn't let the politicians and the newspapers alarm you." What a pitv It is that when a mm has treas tired up a lot of wisdom and experience ho is old enough to dies! What a pity it is that we pass the host portion of our lives in looking afar off for happi liess when really it is nearby and within our gr.i p. t'.f course, I ge-t excited now and then about politics, hut I fight it off. for I realize that "domestic is the only bliss that has survived the fall." The best things on earth are the c heapest ami most abundant. The joys and comforts of home and the fire ide the showers and fruits, the air and water and sunshine, the garden, the- birds and the welcome visit of kind friends and milieus. Neither wealth nor fame nor office will compare with tin >. in most eases office moms pedis: rewards from the public e?ib .ludv I'liderwood said that one time when he was a candidate and \va; making a stump sp"ech and had closed an eloepient par iiiiik, i Mil, ihin11 \ m.iii. vvnn \v;i an in lilrn. exrlaimed ' "ih?\ In- . ji'si sidowipin' around hunt in' I li<> or thonriphv of n lit11?* nffho." Tho judg" : tudh il politi< as a s ion and nm 1?stood it. Ono day when wo woro diaeiisxing tin groat stool of itns Tweed Co.. in N'ew York, a proneher who was pro. i iit romarkod: "Why all tlu-sr charges an tin-1 Twi r l inn f ho politi raI li? s ; nil slatuh r. . for tliov an l> in oi rats." "My inno. nt friond," sai?! tho judge. "yos. Two d K f'o aro all I> moi rat s, hut niy olr i r\at ion lias In i'ii th:;t it i- within tl>r i ini'i m p>-sibillt} for a Dmoiiat to teal." I'olitiis is a most demoralizing I msine s and has In . n so in all governments. Sheridan said. Thoro i. no ennsrp'iieo in gallantry or polities." ind Hamlet : lid "A pnlitii-ian i- ono who \v mhl i ir univriil Cod " Still thoro an nine honest politicians. hut tliov don't no ahout In iLo\os. Tho main roason why i admlro Mryan so much is he.-iiise oi his lion-My, his sim orlty. His political rn< mios admit that, and ovoryhody admits that ho is a vory wonderful man. both mentally and physic illy. If all tho pooplo mold soo him faoo to faro anil hoar him ho would ho ohetod by a million or two majority. When n polni-an speaks ho has to ho vory eaioful what ho says, hut whon a statesman liko Mryay f-p. ak: tho truth inmr:; nushinp forth spontanoous. Hurrah for Bryan! I in pitting excited now. Let nie walk ahout and cool off. Mv wifo is oallimr r?w.- wnnfa build a little hou-o lor the Muscovy (lucks. That will cool mc off. Yesterdav she kept me busy all the evening effing earth and ashes and fertile for the plants that, are to go In the pit. She has the earth changed every fall, and ray ha. k is nearly broken today. She h is some of those sharp pointed, stiekrry cactus plants that Carl sent her from Mexico, and I got my old hands stuck up getting them out of the pots ;ind tubs. Oh. my country, is there no rest for the wicked? Now here is a letter from another! Mississippi girl giving a poetic answer I I jM&i to that scriptural enegma. She writes as follows: "llazlehurst. Miss.? I am a school girl. Can't work out your Bible puzzles. but my <la<l can. My mama is a Presbyterian and my dad is a Baptist. They are taking both chances and the that gets to heaven will pull the other in. for you know the Bible says. 'They twain shall he one tlesh." sorter liJie the Siamese twins. "My name is Tellie. and here Is tho answer to your puzzle: Yes. Clod made Adam out of dust The truth of this admit we must. Some time before by 11 is own wishes He made some small and some great Italics. They had no souls or immortality. "Now Jonah for his great rascality Was swallowed by a whale one day. And in its hcliy had to stay 'Till he repented. Then he found The Lord's will lie must not question, Then was he thrown upon the ground By the tish's indigestion. The whale doth live in all the zones. in pleasure or in ion. And. in dying, gives to woman bones And yields to man bis oil." The Mississippi girl is now ahead. Next! I am getting poetry now. world without end. Mill Arp. in Atlanta Constitution. - . - I 11 otimoti <?? !* it I.ovIiik Cup. Lieutenant Itiehinoml I*. Ilobson was presented with a loving eup by the people of Alabama. The ceremony took place in eonneetioii with military day at the street lair in Montgomery. Krigadit r <Seneral Joseph Wheeler made the presentation speech Cotton I iiiluxl |-> in I In* Soutti. The cotton industry of the South has now l.sni.JIJU spindles in netivi* opera lion, and during the present year 1,4IS,*11)7 more will lie added. Prominent People. Lord Koberts lists decided not to write . boo' t. tlti war in South Africa. Lord Salisbury is said to have taken to ride a tricycle in the grounds of ilatlield. Coventor Kollins. of New llnmp shire, is to lie tlie guest of t'nllforuin luring his p scut, trip through thuf State. A successful surgical operation has been performed upon Senator (Ju*h man Ix. Ihivis, of Minnesota, for blond poisoning. Olillinv tiilil O 111 ? ? ! I tot li Dir. I'liiled Slates !>epu1y Mnrshnl H. A. Fuslion ami Tom Taylor, the most notorious moonshiner in Hell County, Ky? were found dying near Ilalsey. en oil tilled Willi lnillet holes. They had fought a ritlo duel uniil eueli dropped in his traeks mortally Womaled. For the past three weeks ^ Fuslion had heen on the trail of Tuy lor. Iiiiliiinx Stin t Imj ill ICrili-.li Ciiliniiliiii. Two hundred Indians were reported starving at lluinhertuii Meadows, 1J. 0. I.ulinr ^Vorlcl. There are titMMi members of the OriLi if l>iilway Telegraphers. Curb settirs and miters went 011 strike ait Solieiicelnily, N. Y., for !? ? pet iliiv A l.mit Thames lightermen struck :it London, considerably dislocating trade. Tin* colliery owiuts :H 1 JUicnshtre. Knglaml. <lo not like tin* eight hour day, 1 >11: the minors arc solidly or gatii/.cd and tin- systmn sooins to work well for all oonoorin <1 Tlifs Mori- i? iiolilii <1 Iti'^iiliiilv. For several yours past a store >11 t'or11;-11. Mi'., lias iiooti robbed regularly in tin- spring and full, a complete out til ol .-lothint,', : lo os and hats being taken on oaoli occasion, 'flic .semi annual visiiatioti has just taken place, with t o usual result. Cooiliiiiatloii ol' \\ .-.Iiin Itiillriuol*. The Western railroads ar? form.lis a eoinhinaiion in withhold orders for new rails until t o- price is reduced. TI'WKV < I t?ll II I The foot ;11.?I niourSi ?lis? :i-r h;is lu*o ken out in 'lie ISerliu ahattoirs. President I ?iaz has appointed IJafac lb-hollar A""nn-y ' ieneral of Mi xico. The I'ongri ss of Feiiador lias ar ranged to pity the entire foreign debt. Tin complete suppression of (In* rev olttlion iri Santo Immingo is ottlciallj annoiiii v?l Honolulu lias eontriluitod ?.',;too t( tin1 run-! ior the relief ol the stiffiTiTi at < Salve- :<>i. From pros -ns indications at Wash Ingtoii i he cost of Hi ' present c? nsui -ill lie S lo.nmt.iHM>. A lilllnisieriiig expedition Is said to lie prej aritig ai Kingston, Jamaica, for tlie overthrow of the (Sovcruiuont of ('resident Sant of Haiti. .(elm itedinond issued a manifesto to Irish Nationalists, calling for a return to 1'it moll's policy of aloofness from ail English parties. Trafalgar Day was celebrated in the usual fashion throughout England The Anglo- .'or in an agreement is commented upon in generally favorable terms in Continental capitals. Count Zeppelin made anothe? successful ascent ivith his airship at iTicdri lishafen. Germany. ? I If it were not for the provisions * the postal laws. Uncle Snm might J the sultno ou a postal card B