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F i? VOL. XII. Oil ON HEAVY BAIL Slayers of Russell Sherrill Give $25,000 Bonds. EVIDENCE GIVEN ON BOTH SIDES. It Was Proven That Sherrill Was Not Armed?The White Brothers Prove tiood characters. Salisbury, Special.?After a hearing before Judge Geo. H. Brown. Jr., here Saturday, Trios. J. and Cahners L. White, who killed Russell Sherrill at Mt. Ulla. on September 17th. were allowed hail In the sum of $25,000 each and released from custody. At iiie hearing in. the care the court house was jammed and crowded as it has seldom been before. This strong public- interest was induced by the peculiarly tragic circumstances of the killing. Two men of high character and well oonnocted admit the killing of the young man. also of prominent family. In an alteration caused by the ruin of their niece, the child of their dead brother. They allege circumstances of self-defence. On the other hand the prosecution contends that thov vmllin CVy.??l1l ?l ....... .... V.V.. ....iHh UIIUIIII mi- anllJHC alternative of .loath or marriage and that upon his declaring his choice of the fi rmer when he found that they would accept uo equivocation or dolay, they shot, him down, unarmed as he was. and before his mother's eyes. Largo numbers oi people wen- preset t both from Concord and the Mt. Villa section of Kowan county. Tin Sherrill family was represented by Mrs. Josephine Sherrill. mother of The deceased and the principal witness for the prosecution; her daughter. Miss l.ocy Sherrill; her little son. Price Sherritt. and her sciwn-law. Mr. \V. A. llarber, of Cleveland. The relatives of the defendants present were: Messrs. Tinslow and Thorn well White, df Concord, raid Sergeant R. C. Whiter, of Charlotte. The defense was represented hy Senator I-ee S. Murphy, of Salisbury, and Montgomery 6t Crowed, cf Concord. SolicS tor Hummer, L?. H. Clement, T. C.. Linn and "B. B. Miller appeared for the State. Representative Theo. F. Kluttz, wlio has ijeen retained for tbo defense, v. as not present, being away from towsi. All thte points a.islng during the bearing vere hard'fought and once or twice wat^m w.Joinders w**re passed 3 ret ween counael. When She evidence had her. concluded at 2.8U o'clock in the afternoon both sides agreed Vo leave the mutter of bai3 to the cowrt without argument. .Judge Brown announced that he would take the matter under consideration and file his decision in writing with the clerk eg" the court hi the meantime tin' prisoners wen remanded to the custody ? f the sheiifT. Mrs. Josephine IJuerrlll, mother of the deoousod, was tile first witness .for the S(ax<v She tetr.ifled that of six childret other than thie deceased there were in tin* resider.ee on the day .and hour of tin- killing, Price, a ten yearold boy. and Ijena a fifteen-year-old girl. There were i.so in the house J. H. Thayer and son, Charles Thayer, of Mt. Pleasant, who had come to Mt. Ulla to sharpen gia ?aws, and Prof. W. R. C-lcgg. a school teacher, begirding at the place. She continued '"I heard a knock at tie door about ?? o'clock in the morni?g and upon answering it saw two strangers. They said they wanted tc isee Mr. Russell Sherrill. I said tint he was not -up. but that I would caill him, an# I placed chairs for tlene on the porch. I then went and told my son. He asfced who the uk n were, but I couldn't bell hini. He rose fron bed and caine down in his shirt ind trousers and with his shoes untied. The gt ntiem'en told him they wanted to see him privately. 1 was it tine hall, bat hearing this, came ont. They told nwe to go back, but I refused. RusseJil had sat down on the bench near the door and as he did so the Whites inv snodiately covered him with their revolvers. rising from their chairs as they diil so. They told him he had rained their niece. Annie White, and had to die todav if he didn't marry her. Chal was the spokesman of the two. Russell said he didn't ruin the girl. I stepped between the two men and Russell and pleaded with Chal Whhe not to kill iny hoy. I then turned to the other man, Thomas White, and began to plead with him, begging him for the boy's poor mother's sake to spare his life. Tom said he was deaf and told me to talk to his brother. Chal repeated that Russell would have to marry the girl today or die. He told me to st< p hark and 1 did so. Russell said. 'I'll go with you,' and got up and stepped towards the door, whereupon Tom White, the big one. shoved him hack. Russell then said he didn't lovo the girl and couldn't marry her, upon which they both fired, almost together, so close. In fact, that I couldn't tell which fired first. In shoving Russell, Tom White had pushed him towards Chal and away from the door. After the shots Russell fell and 1 fell almost on him. Rising. I ran out into the yard, screaming and rrying out for the neighbors to catsh the men who had killed Russell. They left immediately. Further testimony was given by the Drescutlon. It was developed the Sher QR1 1 FO] rill was not armed. The defense tLon gave evidence. For the defense Col. Paul B. Means. Messrs. W. It. Odell. J. P. Allison. Charles Ritchie. Frank Smith. P. T>. Fetzer. A. Jor.es Yorke and Dr. Robert S. Young, all prominent citizens ?.*f Concord, testified to the excellent charac ter of both defendants. The defendant Thomas J. White then took the stand and, being partially deaf, was examine! by means of a speaking tube. He ti3.ificd thus: "I am J9 years aid. A in:e White is my niece, her father having been my oldest fuli brother. Sinc<- his death i have acted as her guardian, .hough not legally ouch. On th< evening of the 16th inst. 1 came to Rowan, brought by this loiter." Here tha witnes exhibited a letter. the reading of which was, on objection by the prosecution, excluded a; incompetent. As, however, it may figure when the ca:-e comes to trial. ! it is given here: "My Dear Brother: ' O. my brother, how an T tell? Annie j is a ruined girl and I want you to come ; at once and tell me what to do. RusI sell Sherrill Is the author of her ruin. O. Gad, this is so hard!?.Jennie." The writer of this letter was Mrs. Samuel 1 Archer, the mother of the girl and the sister-in-law of the White brothers. The witness continued: "Chalmers rame with me. Wo went to our sisterin-law's. arriving at about S o'clock at night. My brother ha.i an interview with Annie. I did not speak with her. but had a eonversation with her mother. We went next morning to Mrs. Sherrill's, reaching there about ?3 o'clock. We went early to make sure of finding Sherrill at hotne and to avoid publicity and als< to enable us to get home that afternoon. Mrs. Archer lives a half or three-quarters of a mile from Mrs. Sherrill's. We went to the house and Chalmers knocked on the door, lie had a conversation with Mrs. Sherrill. which I could not overhear. 1 asked him 'f Russell was at home and he said yes. I'pojt young Sherrill's arrival my ! brother began a conversation with hiui, I ut I could not catch the w ords. Sb?*r! rill sprang bo nls teet and brother drovr I hi* pistol. 1 also drew mine. Mrs. | Sfrerrill came out and t&lkc I with ray brother. Don't know what was srid ! !vl;s. Shenill stepper! In front of me and said something to ae. 1 tcld Irvr to talk to my brother. ?3 I was dnr.f. Sherrill then advanced on my brother. 1 following him. 1 was to Sherrill's right. He continued to adven-e on mv i brother in a ;hrcatRr-teig manner anj ; sprang past me at Chalmeis in siriimt-; ; attitude. At ihis point Chalmers Urrd, and I tired r' nost immediately afterwards. II Ml nn once. \V< went to thf? "V^'tgy Aad started for Salisbury. Thro ry dprts were fired. Chalmers "firing th/. "Jjf shot. 1 bad no agrettnent ' ^ /my brother when we went to Sherrill's. We went to ask Shenill to right the wrong he bad done oni niece without publicity; we had no intention of killing him. "We took nistciis h?? I cause of the night journey fron- Con! cord and not for zpossible use against | Shcrrill. I did not shove Sherrill away from the door. Ilid not touch him oxi cept when I shook hands with him on ; arriving. I had seen Sherrill before, hut did not know him." Cross-examined: "I borrowod my pistol, already I loaded, from a frtand. This was on the I afternoon we started. Nothing said between my brother and tnysel! about being armed. It 1b about 25 mile.-, 1 from Concord to "Nit. ITlla. We tiul not \ go to Sherrlll's "house early it order the more certainly to catch him unsusj pecting and unarmed, but on account of the reasons I nave already given. In accordance with our request Mrs. Archer woke as trp nt about f? ?'clock. On reaching the store near the hoifco I we loosed the horr.es but did nrt take them out of the buggy. We talked with Sherrill five or six minutesInefore the shooting, Chalmers carrying on all the conversation except the mio relimvk I made asking Sherrill to get into the buggy nnd go with us We drove to Salisbury quickly to forestall pursyit. I didn't shoot because 5 was in danger, but because my brother was." The testimnnv rrf Ck?i??? ? ?. vuuMiins ?> II: If* wa? eorolroratlve of that of his brother in -all substantial details. being Jhat tho idea of killing Slierrill never occurred to them. a?d that the act was done under the impression that their lives were in danger. At the close of the "hearing Judge Brown admitted the White's to bail in bonds 'Of $25,000 each, which was readily Riven. The Whltea then returned to their home in Concord where they were heartily congratulated by thea fi lends. Nrgro Elected. Oyster Hay, N. Y., Special.?John J Hicks, colored, was elected a- member of the Republican town committee for the ninth district. Hicks' election was tho result of a factional fight In the district, engineered by John Baker, who ran Hicka to get even with Wlllinm R T.nvtnr !??? ?? ? 1 * ? .w. , t?.v pi mtui UlflllUPr OI J ;he committee. New York. Special.?Louis Nixon Saturday night announced that he fs a candidate for the Democratic noni nation for mayor. He made public statement in which he said: "I am a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York. This statement is made with a full knowledge .of the uncertainties of the Democratic situation. I desire to make it clear th>t I am willing to stand with those Democrats however small their number, who believe that the Democratic party of thiB city should lead and not follow In the forward march of municipal reform." : Mil RT MILL, 8. C., WEDN MANY PEOPLE KILLED Women W ho Witnessed the Accident May Die From Fright. BAD WRECK NEAR DANVILLE, VA. The Train Was Running at the Rate of 50 oif.o riiles an Hour and Left the Track on an S" Curve. Danville, Va.. Special.?No. 97, the Southern Railway's fast mail, plying between New York and New Orlc .ns, plunged over a trestle north of tois city Sunday afternoon, killing nine men. injuring seven others and completely wrecking three mail and one exnress rnrs Tlin Lilln.l The Dead. J. L. Thompson, railway mail clerk. 101 V? itsliiagioa. \V. S. Chambers, railway mail clerk, ' 1 01* Midland. Ya. 1). 1'. Flory, railway mail clerk, of ; \ Nokesvillo, Ya. I 1*. M. ArgolwriBht. railway mail j clerk, of Mt. Clinton, Ya. J. A. Broady, engineer, of Placer- j ville, Ya. J. T. Illair, conductor, of Spencer, 1 ; n. c. A. G. Clapp. of Ciicensboro. , Flagman S. J. Moody, of Raleigh, | N. C. A I2-year-old son of .1. I* Thompson. Tile Injured. Th?^ Injured are: i l.ewis \V. Spears, of Manassas. Frank <1. Brooks, of Charlottesville. Percival Indeninauer. of Washington. Charles K. Reaines, of Charlottes- 1 ; ville. Jennings J. Dunlnp. of Washington. N. C. Man phi. or Charlottesville. J. Harrison Thompson. of St. Luke. ; All of the above arc railway mail clerks. It is sai 1 that this is tho first timo that Engineer Broady over ran a niajl trrun ami tho supposition is that ho was running ttio fast ami was not ; entirely familiar villi his road-bed. Tho ? reck oecnired on a stoop grade, | | the latter embracing the trestle, whioh j is in tiio shape <of the letter "S." The J train was probably running at. a rate j of between f>0 and 150 miles an hour when the engine loft the trnok. Tne train ran sonit distance on tho cross- j i tics, plunging over the trestle at a j tanpynt, when the engine was about half way across. The engine and all of The cars fell j 75 feet to the water below. The last j car tore up & considerable section or the'trestle. The engine struck and was i bunted in tho hod of tiro crook. The | cars piled on top of thv- engine, all of j thorn being vplit into kindling wool T>s* engineer was found "some little dis| taiice front At is cab. horribly tnang'.rd , and dead. All of the bodies save one ; have been recovered. The train carried nothing hut mail and express. The mail was not much i damaged, considering the extent of the , wreck. Some loose registered letters \ j and the valuables of the (lend nvn j have been recovered. The cxprt ss mat- I j ter was considerably fnjtired. The maH conch en were taken in ; charge by Ft B. Roulcfrng. a clerk who ' cponds bis Sundays in this city. Re arrived on a train within half an hour i after the disaster. Kiail clerks we-o J sent on specitil trains from Richmond. Charlottesville and Greensboro, N. C . ; to assist in rescuing (the government property. The wreck itself beggars descrrptior. All of the cars nie battered into 'kindling wood, and the engine is burted In | the mud of the creek. A wrecking crew is laboring to remove the d?T>: is, . so that the trestle can be repair?d for the continuance of truffle at as early an liour as possible tomorrow. All of the rnjured in nil clerks -were taken to the Home for the Sick in this city, where they received medical attention. The other victims may recover, although the physicians can give out no 1 definite information as Vo their condiI tion. One man. name unknown, is still In the wreck. He can be seen, but the debris under which he Is lying has not been removed. ESDAY. SEPTEMBER JETT IS SENTENCED; _ i; 1 his Is the Second Trial on the | Charge of Murder, O , J JURY FINDS THAT HE IS GUILTY. ? j i Motion for New Trial Will He l ilril I and an Appeal Taken if Tills Is 1 i Overruled. ] Oynthiana, Ky., Spctial.?After a ] trial lasting eight days, the jury in the case of Curtis Jett, charged with tin murder of Town Marshall Thomas Coekrill. at Jackson, Ky., July HI ! l'JOH, rendered a verdict of guilty, and fixed the punishment r.t death. When the jury outer ml the court room ntto:' in"' to ? vrriltrt nniot reigned lor a. few moment:;. Jett's I mother had gone away earlier undct the Imprest-Ion that no verdict would be reached. The reading of the ver I diet did not affect Jett, but his brothet was very much distressed. Elijah Me Kinney served as foreman < f the jury and after the delivering of the ver- ! diet to the court, the jury was polled The death sentence was then read tc Jett by Clerk T. J. Robinson, at.e: which Jett was given over to tin; ens tody of the deputy sheriffs. Colonel ltlanton. Jett's lawyer, will file a motion for a new trial and if the motion is overruled he will appeal the ease to the Court of Appeals at Frankfort, Ky. This is the second trial ?>f Curtis Jett on the charge of murder, la the 1 first trial for tin murder of J. 1>. Mar eum. Jett and Thomas White were sentenced to life imprisonment. Attorney llluntun stated tonight thai he will move for a new trial on Thursday on the ground of the absence of th" witnesses, absent counsel and er ruiu'cms mnngs. ocuieiice win ui'si br- passed ot .lott. and hia attorney ; will l>e allowed until the November wim to file bis bill of evidence for the appeal. Wanton says Jott has authorized j him to say that he has nothing to confess, and lie will make no confession. The jurors agreed among tlioinselv? s not to divulge the proceedings in the jury room. One jnror, however, stated that for four ballots eleven jurors voted for the death penalty. ( and one for a life sentence. All agreed. Farmers In conference. Niagara Falls. Spet i:vl.- Tli ? Farmers' National Congress assembled here Tuesday in its twenty-third annual itssioa. being ealle.1 to order by President (leorge L. Flmidcrs, of Albany. Rovernor Odcll delivered nn address of welcome, in which he made a pica for good citizenship, saving: "(me of the Hi st ih.ta s of our conn- , try is to tight ceaselessly an I energetically against all classes who defy law and whose principles are menace to society. We do Sind such people ail mcr the country. Tire farmer, the nie. domic and the professional man are responsible for such conditions, when liicy exist, if they lia?v made no effort to place within the reach of all these penury-stricken people ? these dwarfed ! in telle etualities that which is the basis and foundation of contentment, that is decent homes, fair remuneration and hours of toil that will permit of social and intellectual enjoyin est." Mayor Hancock responded lor j MtP / ' f v ?*n/i ll'irriio I/ivIom ' gia, ior tin farmers. Odd F-llnws l;!rC ''fficcr. rial ti more, Special. The Sovereign Grand Lodge of liic Inde; oudent Order ; h Odd Follows unanimously elected Otn. M. A. Itaney. of Marengo, low.:. 1 romctnnding pen era I ?>f tho Patrlari hs . Militant for a lonn of four yearn, ('.on j i a 1 Ranry was appointed commanier j to'thr military branch of the order last > year, and his fiction was received with rhcers. This ev< n'.ng there was a reunion of past grand representatives at Masonic Temple. A dress parade was Riven by the Patriarchs Militant at the Fifth Regiment armory in which all the visiting and local cantons participated. Shall It lie Pcnf or VVnr? Sofia. Special.?Within -IS hours the question of peace or war will proii11 '.y he s t tied. according in a .:! r native opinions here. Premier Petroff had an interview with All Feruli 1"5< y at which the whole situation in Macedonia was discussed. As a res..!: of t'jj - conference , a murh hotter .V' !'..ig prevails, and confident hopea a.e j;prruucr. that a satisfactory adjustment will be reached. This view i.s s rengtl.ei:ed hy a report from Constantinople 1 to the effect that the council <f ministers after some days' discussion is v'.'Mn measurable distance of agt cement on the chief poip <* of the issue. Superintendents to fleet. Atlanta, Special.--State Superintcnlcnt of Education W. B. Merritt has 1 announced that a meeting of the State 1 Superintendents of the Southern States j would he held in this city October t'?. The meeting will be for the purpose | if discussing Southern educational natters. The sessions will lust two , lays. ' Official Report. Washington. Special.? Official reports to the Southern Railway general offices in this city state that the wrecked train was on time at the last station at which it reported, and that it was going at tho rate of :$0 to .15 miles an hour when it approached toe trestle, nr.d ran off the track just north of tho trestle, carrying the trestle down when the engine ran off the track to the ground below. Rroady, the dead engineer, was about 55 years of age. and had been with the Southern Railway about 20 years, his service a large part of the time being on tin division on which the accident occurred. While reports leave it in doubt just how the accident occurred, and it will take further inquiry to make this certain. it Is l?elievori hprp (So ?n_ rldent was duo to a flange the front wheel projecting over the rail and striking the ties. The trestle where .the accident occurred will be fully repaired by an early hour to-morrow morning, and trains are expected tr he running over it tomorrow. The in jurod men have been taken to the hos pit -J at Danville, and are being givet every attention. Train No. 97. it p strted at the general offices, has been running about a year, and has had n< mishap, except that some months ago it ran into some earth that had fallen on the track. 1 n.Mi 30, 15)03. ANTI-SEMITE RIOT AT GOMEL. Tlij Police and milt* ry Openly billed With tlie Murderers. The Associated Press correspondent tins made an investigation on the spot jt the "Pogrom," as the Russians described ttie anti-Somite riots, which occurred here September It. and were rent wed for several days. The riots were smaller. V it horlians more remnrknhle than those which took place :vt KisLhincff. be. iusc the police and military jp( aly sided with the plunderers and imt; tleu i s the "Po:*ro;rshlks." as the Russians i tiled them. The troops, supported by many educated and well-todo Christians, formed :v movable shield h hind which the "Pocronishiks" ruthlessly demolished the Jewish homes and shops and cruelly clubbed such Jews as fell into tiieir hands, loiamely proceeding from street to rtrect and district to district, as they did s>>. The comnictce and industry of Clonic I. which is eons'derabie. is Inrpcdy in the hand.? of the Jewish poulition, numbcriiiK 20.0(H), Pew o;' the <!< f? an wealthy, hut none are panpors. The Jewish artisans incline to socialism. Tlie trouble bee n September 11. a holitlay (the day of the beheading or John the Ibiptist) i:i a wranrjo in the fruit and !ish markets h"tw*< n Vn .i iiks (peasants) an 1 Jews. The wran le < n 1ei'. it) a free lip, lit i:i whiih many were wounded, one Moujik succumbing to his iniurics. Ti.e Mnnjike demanded vrnger.n e and era ployed tin following day? in flc-niinu the anti-S'vnit" nuitut (> > . tin* leaders being an officer named .'ens' y and a rich merchant named lVltw a rl;o. 1'vi ryhody l;n w ! Vi. a "i'lwri. m" would occur on Monday an 1 tde v.; appealed for prop Pen to Chic.' 'if Police Itnvasky. who summon'd an it fantry regiment fiotn it - sumirer one: r.ipmcnt. Thus there were I.(too -old'ers in the town. At luncheon ?e? a* oi. Monday the anti-Senrit railw v workmen to the num'ier of s sue hendrcds hep an an organized att !. on the Jewish lioiises in Senir.nv ..tya street, sucking them and demolisnn- or - >'! itig tlie bulky nrtich s by ?li.'ri * them with kerosene. Police Chief Ravusb.y nun piaccu police anil troops on the Znmovaya. but they acted as though they were intended to pr?>t < t the "I'ogrontshiks" from int ; f? r 'i f. Jews who tried to crn^.s their lines to res-no their co-religionista were brutally clubbed with tlie sol liers' Runs. bayonett<ul or nrrcsteil. Meanwhile recruits for the "I'ogromshiks" pourotl steadily over the bridge leading front the railway workshops. A hystan li r hogged the eonitnatider to send Hoops to guard the exit from the bridge. T' e otTieer replied threatening the man with arrest, and saying: "We know what we have to do." The plunderers now proceeded from street to street, the troops an 1 police fol'owing them, and cutting off access to the devastated .Jewish houses. They subsequently visited the .Jewish quarter called "America." tin* Konnaya square, the upper ? nd of Koumank.i m vsksy.i street, the piincipnl thoroughfare of the town, and the district coiled "OaucnshiH." Altogether nearly t<;0 houses and si-ops were wholly or partially wrecked. the windows tarnished, the hi n is and frames being splintered and every si rap of furniture and effects, evrn the Samovars, sewing machines, mirrors and lamps destroyed or stolen. The Jews who did not take refuge with compassionate Christiana or conceal themselves i:i cellars, weie severely lieatcn and in many rues dangerously wounded. Sonic young Jews exasperated by the action of the police an I 11oops armed thtooselvrs with any available weapons and tried to fore ,> their way to the threatened houses. A Mysterious flurilcr Chicago. .Special.?Early We.hu Jay morning the dead bodies of linnet Elizabeth Weber and Innocent] T:i!:i mini, a marble cutter, were found on Lexington avenue, just south of Fiftyfourth street. I tot li bad been shot twice and while there are indications that the man shot the woman and then kill d himself, there are other features to the cave that make it somewhat mysterious. Arthur M. Laurie, with whom the dead woman had made her home, will ho held by the police until after the Inquest. There is no evidence connecting him with the shooting, but be is detained as 11 witness. May Close It- Plant. Pittsburg. Special ?Tire Flitted States Steel Corporation may close ail its otcel plants in the near future un. less the workers will consent to a reduction in wages. The reason for this attitude is an overstocked market r.u 1 dullness of trade at this time of the year. I*v t year the Amalgamated Associaticn reported a rein tion *: > r crnt. on all material made for for<:*n orders and the steel company, it is ?i ' intends to make a similar r? rjuest this /far. President T. J. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association, stated that he felt sure that the limit would no. i> : hanged, and that existing conditions do not warrant it. A Suicide. Charleston. S. O.. Special.?J. H. Polhemns, formerly city passen.v r Agent here and also in Savannah for the Plant System, killed himself' Thursday morning at Summerville. S Me went into the yard with a parlor rifle, the muzzle of which he placed against his breast and pulled the trigger. Ilia body was found by his ehlld The bullet passed through his heart. cs. NO. 2S. i A HORRIBLE CRIME : Two Men Blown Ip vv iili Dynamite i and R(.bbed. S OCCURRtD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. The n n llitl Lnid a Trap to Get the Large Am uat of fl n y Being T ransportcd. Washington, (la.. Special.?One ?>f the most fiendish and bloodthirsty murders and robberies in the history of Washington county occurred Friday afternoon on the Middle ton road, about 15 miles from her. Samuel T. Ferguson of the Ferguson Construction Company, of i'iitsburg, was instantly killed, and his secretary, Charles Martin, of Cincinnati, was fa tally injured. The two men were driving along the r< a 1 in a buggy carrying 5 ?.("'On in i ash with which t.? pay <ui . ome <;i T ti< :: men cmployi >1 on con t: lo tion work ?!<'ng tho lini<:f thr- Wabash Knilruad. when sud do.nly au explosion < f dynamite in lh?? n atlway literally tore the rig to piece:-.. killed Kcrjo on outright anil threw Martin 20i) tcet anil tearing his It H arm almost from the socket. It has been learned that two men sn{?po: to be IVles, placed the dynamite In the road for the purp so of killing Paymaster Ferguson and hail arranged to explod it by means i f (til eleetrie battery. The satchel contain ing the money is missing. Two suspects are under arrest in the camp of tin- < (instruction company near the village, but ths farmers of the section are seourinfc- the country for traces of the murderers, and believe they have one <f them at bay in an abandoned coal mine about a mile and a half northeast of West ViiddSctown. So quickly was everything accomplished that the men who are implicated got awav with their booty bofore they could be overtaken, although the county authorities beli.'ve that if the right men are not those under arrest they will have little dilH culty in taking them. Miller Case Considered, Washington, Special.?The execu tive committee of the American Federation of Labor considered the rase of W. A. Miller, the foreman of hook ! binders, who was dismissed from the I IJovrrnment Printing Office Iv.m ausir J hts had hern expelled from the local Hi okhindors' Union, and who was stibI iumjii ntly rc-in^lated by order of Presi! di'iit Hoosevelt, hut took no action, j Tlic matter wa.; thoroughly gone into, J documents read, and copy of the ovi! donee submitted. Further consideration was deferred until later in thu present session. No Hope lor Canal Trea'v. Washington, Special. ? Minister Beau pre has abandoned hope oi the ratification of the i'anama Final irt:uiy, ana ?an!cs the Ftato Department. under date of Ilogota. Se.pt am b? ISth. that the. Ritual ion is unchangc The discussion m ms hopc'f a.*. a-.-. ! the congress will probably adjourn October 20tli. Ilenna Will A Ide Decision Cleveland. O.. Special. Senator II.tuna stated that, lie would pay no attention to the challenge to debate of the lit mot-rath- candidate for United States Senator. John H. Clarke, until he had heard front Chairman Dick, to whom Clarke's challenge litis been rcfern d. Fastest Itle on Record. New York, Special.?Prince Alert, the pacing hero of a hundred ra"s. > and the champion of a score of half tnile traeks. went against the world's pacing tecorrl of 1:59. held by Dan Patch, and beat it most, decisively at the Empire City track Killed l-clit w Prisoner. Durham. Special.?Harry Kelly, white man. <17 years of ag", died in the police station as a ro.niit of in juries lie received at the hands ?(' G .. ?? jruu:irf w,iiie r.iau Both of these men wore lock m up Wednesday afternoon on the c!u of drunkenness en the street:;. S um afterwards Armstrong, who is a vicious character, attacked Kelly, and knocked him clown several lime-.. hi the fall his head came in con art . i? the steel hars of the cell, and corn us < sion of hrain is supposed to have caused death. Postofftc.i Cnscs. Washington, Spr-iul.?The Federal grand jury resumed consideration of the postoffice raseu, but a-lJo;:i .od without reporting any Indictments. Chas. J. Hon a parte, special coun: c! to assist the government in the proee.: tion of the persons Indicted as a reau of the postal investigation, had a Ion.conference today with Fourth Ac., scant l'ohtiu?atcr General Bristow. r-'" ^