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THE FORT ivSi^^riiVlES^ VOLUME XVIII FORT M11,L, f HURST) AY. MAY 13, 10O9 NO. 4 BRYAN REPLIES To The Criticisms of Congressman Clark of Florida UNABLE TO APPEAR So He Writes a Iictter In the Houha 1 of Representatives of Florida, Which Hud Invited Him to AddcrtiN It?He Discusses Several Mat tern of Importance. "When n representative cannot consclent lously do what his constituents conscientiously desire him to do, he ought to be conscientious enough to resign and let them select a representative in harmony with them." This, in brief, is William .T nrr?n'? attitude on the pending tariff hill, presented In a letter addressed to the Florida genera) assembly and read In the house Tuesday night. Mr. Prynn found It Impossible to accept, the Invitation extended by the legislature to come to Tallahassee and address them In answer to Mr. ; Clark's criticisms of the Nehraskan and certain doctrines contained in the Denver platform. The reading of his 1? Iter was greet- ] ed with prolonged applause. "There are two schools of ] thought." says Mr. Bryan, "in regard to the duty of the official: The aristocratic theory Is that people elcrst. representatives |to think for , th m; the Democratic theory Is, on the contrnry, that people think for , themselves, and elect representatives to give legal expression to their , thoughts and to voice their Bentl- ( ments. I "I am suspicious of the official , whose conscience Is dormant during j the campaign and only artlvo when he wants 10 find an excuse for do- f Ing what his constituents do not j want done." I Turning his attention from Mr. , Clark. Mr. Bryan addresses himself f to certain proposed legislation 63 , follows: f "There Is a reform which should ( receive the support of s?M, wlmther j they believe In prohibition or not. ( This reform Is this, that the Federal . government should discontinue the issuance of licenses for sale of Honor j In territory where local authorities ( decide to Ttrohlhlt Its sale." ( Tonrlllnc on Irnctc ? n A lies. Mr. Hrpn declares tbat "flip ( trust question Is on with which tho ' State must deal. T*nder our dual 1 form of government tho monopolls- ' tic corporations have lippn plavlng each government against flip other. ' Thov confond that thpv arp engaged 1 In Interstate rommpr^ when tho : State attempts to legislate, and arp staunch advocates of States rights 1 whenever the federal government at- ' tomnts to restrain. "The regulation of corporations ' Is usually the most difficult subject ' with which a legislator has to deal. ' because of the Influence brought to 1 hear upon the legislator by the corporations. "State government should employ their pow-rs for the protec- ' Hon of the public against the evils 1 of prlvnte monopolv and T believe that the best as well as the simplest solution will be found in legislation fixing the percentage of control which a corporation shall exert over the product in which he deals." As to the need of more adequate banking laws be says: "The hanks are not now sufficiently secure, as Is evidenced by the fact that the national government, the State gov ernments. counties and the cities all require special security. A large part of the hanks prestige Is due to the fact that It does hnslness undei a charter granted by the government and Is so regulated and Inspected as to give the depositors ronfl donee in Its solvency, and It is onh* fair." In conclusion Mr. Brvnn said: "The initiative aitd referendum nr being rdopted hy State after State and thev perfect our representative form of government by bringing the government nearer to the people." A WEIRD STORY. Trained Park of Wild Animal* Eat T'p a Child. A weird tale of the lonely northland Is brought to civilization bv Fred Allingham and two companions. .Tames and Mack J. Curftn, of Saskatoon. Snsk., who have been spending the winter around Moose Lake, northwest of the Pas. according to the Indianapolis News. A traper secured a nnmher of young timber wolves which he trained for driving, as they developed remarkable endurance and speed. On one occasion the traper was away on a long Journey. After finishing up a hard day's run in which the animals had not received any food, as Is the vav of treating dog teams while traveling, as the driver and the team approached the shanty that was their home, his little three-yearold child ran out to meet them. The famished animals Jumped on har In a flash and she was devoured heforo the father could raise a hand. Seizing a sharp axe from his "boat," the trapper went at the wild oreatures and never stopped unfll he had killed the entiro lot. . THE POTASH TAX COXTKOVKHHY BKTWEKN LHVKll AXI) THK DAILY MAIL Alxmt tlic Matter?Mr. Lever IK>om Not C'luim That He Killed the Proitoaed Tax Alone. The Anderson Mall printed the r following In Its editorial column of April 20: The glory tliut Representative Lever has gotten out of the removal by the house ways and means committee of the duty on potash salts Is amusing to those who know something of the facts. t Mr. I^ever Is a member of the agricultural committee, and ho has s doubtless Hvnlle/t ?' ? i. - . ' VFl <l lldlfVHr advantage this may have offered to e urge that fertilizer ingredients bo ? placed on the free list, hut It. may t he positively stated that he was not the only congressman from South ' Carolina who urged the committee ' not to tax potash Baits, and it Is '' very doubtful if he was the first '' to do bo. It is also very doubtful if the tax on the raw material will be worth ' a cent to the farmer. It Is certain t lhat ^he manufacturers and not tlio * farmers poured lu telegrams to the v dongressman to have tit- tax re- t moved. We doubt if Mr. I.ever can * show a single telegram or letter s from a single farmer in regard to ? it. I: Mr. Lever, with the Democratic t1 party, is voting for free products ^ if leather on the ground that, free hides with a duty on the products '' if hides, would help only the manufacturers. This may not be good 1 reasoning, but if is good Democratic ' loctriny, and If it Is applicable to 11 the shoe manufacturers It Is also r applicable to the fertilizer manu'acfurers. The practice with some national C1 datesmen seems to be to grab every- v' hlng In sight. While their right to 11 'oist themselves upon the people is int questioned, some little regard c ihonld he shown their associates who ri nay lie affected thereby. The friends if these public servants should not * alee press comments touching their ' avorltes too seriously. For ihstnnc>, his from the Newberry Herald and n \"ews: '"Congressmau Lever won the fieht '<>r the faruiers. not only of South ? r'arollna, hut wherever commercial ^ 'ertlllzrr Is used. n>* ho way, who ' an toll who tho othor inonihors of onprosg from South Carolina are? ^ A'e aro proud of Lever. Ho is a little X'wherry college boy." Perhaps other congressmen need '' 0 Inject more energy Into their press 1 iponts, or to do a little more press ^ igentlng themselves. Hut tlu> claim made for Mr. Lever ( Is amusing the sensible people. Fancy Messrs. Payne. Dalzell and all the other Republican bosses, fallng Into line when Mr. Lever cracks his whip. Fancy their having heard that Lever was opposed to taxing ' potash salts, and then breathlessly waiting to find out if the report was f 1 rue. Congiessmen from the North, r West, Fast and South, equally In- ( tor steil, were asked to stand aside r until Mr. Lever had his way. Lever spoke, and then the objectionable tax was removed. Hurrah! Also ' Ranrai! r The Herald and News may claim I as much ae it pleases for Mr. Lever, li but it should not attempt to dlspar- t are other congressmen equally as 1 enrmst and equally as faithful In I the discharge of duty. The Herald v and News' fling comes with mighty r poor grace from a city which has t recently been given a $r.0,000 public r building solely through the work of one other member of congress. The t Newberry paper displays rank in- t gratitude, to say the least of it. < Fetter From Mr. Fever. Fditor Daily Mall: My attention lms boon called to your Pdl*o fa:. "Mr. Dover and 'ho Tax on Pntrmh " <n your issue of April 20, in which vnu ridicule the idoa of niv being alti" o accomplish th removal of tieduty on potash salts and basic si a Your editorial Is an answer to one by the Newberry Herald and News. 1 which gives me all of the credit f <r 1 this fight. In your answer to this editorial, you go out of the way to criticise me for an alleged claim that I havo never made. I um sure that 1 vou want to bo fair In all matters, for wo have boon personal friends for many yearn, and no ona has a hieh?r opinion of your ability an a newspaper man than have T. and henre, I want to call your attention to my own statement, published in the Columbia Record of April 9. The Record's Washington correspondent has this to say: "Mr. I>over said this morning that the whole delegation had stood behind him In his fight. When nnestioned as to the effect of the amendment which will he introduced, Mr. T^ever had this to say. 'T have received numerous resolutions from the various farmers throughout the State, and have been materially aided by the entire South Carolina delega'ion and other members of congress la this flght. Commissioner Watson and Rrof. Warper have responded promptly and splendidly to my repueet for Information.* " I take It that this fa snffl^fent to- j awer to your adltorlal. OrdlnarHy, \ ! I would not feel called upon t/> make any statement in reference to an 1 j editorial, such as the one referred WILL NOT VOTE For Protection on Lumbet or Anything Else. TILLMAN AND SMITH Fakes Their Democrary Straight and Will Fulfill Tlu-lr Party's PItdge 1!) Voting to Carry Out Promise Made lu the Iknuocrutlo Platform for Tariff Iteform. Zaeh McGee, writing to The State roni Washington, says Senator Snilth howed some "emotion Krldav when 10 saw The State, containing the xtract from the Virginia paper fating the new South Carolina p<>nnor was going to Vote for profectlon hi the products of his State. He ins at that time turning off a lumber obby. which vant-d to convince him ie ciight to vote for h duty on luniier. Some of the lumber lobbyists seeni? the piece in the paper, suppflfced hat Smith was open to a projioslion. or at least ready to be coninced. This, in spite of the ract, he senator says, that he had told hem that he was going to vote the tralght Democratic ticket! ope'p'laTik f whose platform (f^clared speciftcalv for free lumber. The Virginia aper referred to Senator Smith of outh Carolina. ' There are a good many Sm iths n the country." said the senator. Kven the senate here is loaded with hem. This particular Smith is a leinocrat and whenever he eaji not et iu accordance with the Demorat ic party's principles, he's going :? resign his job and got out." The lumber lobbyists have lieen ailing on both the South Carolina nntors. Senator Tilltnan told them he same thing that Smith told them that he was going to vote in acnrriasce with the platform which nlied for free lumber. The lumber lobby, by the wav. bieli called on Senators Smith and 'illnian represented thertiselvei a* rnn. on.-tl. ??-- "' - - - " * ? "i wmirt. .-ii * men r men t Senator Smith's office on* day. Illne him thnt some of theni were pom South Carolina awl Rome 'rotr ther Sthtos, who had interests In onth Carolina. As they cam* out met thorn. Do nnv of you gentlemen live In outh Carolina." I asked. "W'll,' answered one stralphtfor ard. honest-looking fellow, "T have ntcrests there, hut I can not exctlv say I live there. I live In New 'ork." "Are nnv of the others from South J 'arcdlna"" I asked. "No sir." wns his renlv. ZACrl McOLE. Capers Designs. A dispatch from Washington says loyal H. Caliell of Klchmond, Va., ins heen selected to succeed John !. Capers of South Carolina aa commission' r of internal revenue. Mr tapers some weeks ago sent In his eslgnntlon, elective July 1. Mr "npers is very ill in WnshiiiKtoa. o. I>ut I feel thnt in justice to my olleacues from South Carolina that should do so. T wish to say In iehalf of nil of th*m. your represen stives nnd all. that they are alwavr liligenf in nil things that affect the nterests of South Carolina, and they rere no Iosh diligent In helping to move this *nx on commercls! feriHzers, which would have amount* d to r burden of more thRn a quar<>r of r million to the farmers of h*? State. You ridiculo the Idea hit Messrs. Payne and Dalzell, and ithcr Republican horses shou'd fall n line when T crack mv whip. T 'reply admit, that personally I hayc 10 influence with either Mr. Payne >r Mr. Dalzell. 1 am sure, however, hat I have many Influential RepubIcan friends who. in this fight, did not hesitate to lot Messrs. Payne md Dalzell and other members of h?* ways and means committee know hat they wore Interested In seeing potash salts and basic slag put on ihe free list and that this Interest was largely due to their friendship for rue. I mention among these. Messrs. Weeks of Massachusetts and i urrier or isew Hanipsntre, two men with whom T haro been Intimately associated with in the many fights th?? we have made here for the Appalachian hill. Tt so happens also that several of my cloRe personal friends on the Republican side were, at the same time, members of th" ways and means committee, and to these I went. Of course, you know that this matter of a tax on fertilisers was called to my attention hy a telegram from Commissioner of Agriculture Wat on, and T presume that he got Ir touch with me first because of th? fact that, he lives in my dlatrict and for the reason that 1 am i member of the agricultural cramlt tee, and presumed to be in ven close touch with mattera *ffeetlni the agricultural interests of the eoun try. I make this statement to yo? in justice to myself and haeaus< T am sure that you want to be fair and also in justice to th* ether mem oers of the South Carolina delega tion?all good men and true. Very truly, A. F. LEVER. Warhlngton, April 26. BREAM OF TRAGEDY ' * f s WHICH L^ADS TO TIIK A It REST , OF THE Ml'RDEHEH. 7 TLrt'i* Hon Arrested Charged "With the Muhler and One Confesses to the Chief of Police. Prof. James H. Hyslop, of the , American Society of Psychllcal Research, who, with Dr.' Isaac M. Funk, has levealed many of the mysteries of spiritualism, relates. In the forthMmlno Ton ' -- * ' * uuuiuoi ui i-syaiciii ltesearoh, the remarkable case of Mrs. Susan Dellinger, of York , Pa. Prof. Jlyslop has spent nlany years * In endeavoring to discover any actual c facts which would prove the exist- f ance of a spirit world. In the case ? of Mrs. Dellinger he believes a material fact has been found. 1 William 15. Hooper and his brother, Curvin, were shot and killed near t a little church yard at York. Three n young men were arrested and charg- v ed toith the murder. f Mrs. Dellinger, according to Prof. s jHyslop, dreamed two nights after i? the crime that she had seen one of a the alleged slayers, Henry Snydor, t pick up a revolver and throw It over \ the cemetery fence, where it fell by n the side of a grave, on which she read in her dream the epitaph of t "Curtis Site." t On relating her dream the following day to her son. Mrs. Dellinger de- i scribed minutely where the revolver ti was Feen by her In her vision, and e said that it could be" observed from h outside the fence. Tli>? eon went tj a tho? ceme.cy and found the weap -u a i xactly wicre she had de-cribed. t Svdnor subsequently confessed to ft iih-? cliicf of police, accordl lg to Prof Hyslop, and said that lie had dls- )> posed of the revolver In exnetly the w manner described by Mrs. Dellinger i> in her vision. a tl IMPORTANT TO FAftMKIlH. tl a {Supremo Court Decides Case in t] _. . - '? Tlielr I'nvor. p The Charleston Post say flip United c States Supreme Court lias Just rendered two decisions. which are of h much inf res-|l <o jtruck growers ^ through the State, involving more P considerate treatment o nthe part a of railroads in fostering the promo- ! ion of the industry. In lioth cas- o s J. NT. Voorhees, a truck farmer in d * . Andrew's parish, was the plain- o iff, and the Atlantic Const T.ine and b other roads the defendants. A decision favorable to truck interests was rendered in both suits. In one case the plaintiff shipped j, -iv carloads of cablmgcs from St. Vndrews to New York, for the transoortntion of whicli the defendants "barged less than the carload rate, because the Initial carrier performed 1 he loading service. The decision r of the court is that these shipments t( having been offered in carload quan- ? titles were entitled to the published 11 "nrload rate, and in the absence of h oerific tariff provision, no additional a "barge could he lawfully collected I '-opi the complainant to cover load- ' 'ng service performed by the rail- o road ronipany. v Tn tho other case, on a question of V "reasonable" rates, the eotirf de- d elded that the charge of sixty-three s rents per half-barrel rrate was "un- 1 reasonable' and a rate of fnrty-oigh' li rents a fairer one than the thirty- v wo cent rn'<% whieh had been -urged br the coninlnlnant before the railroad commission. Ttye orders of he rnnrt in both cases provide for s refund of eveess charges. Tho amount Inrloved is not large. but the nrineinle is of mnrh moment to the ruck farmers and the decision is being received with much pleasure t and satisfaction. * , - t SIIFHIFF KILLS PRISOXER. J fn a Fife ami Death Struggle in a > i Dark Cell. j Ely Holmes, ei desperate negro t prisoner in the Fee county Jail at ' T.eesburg, CSft., was shot to death 1 Wednesday afternoon in a hand-to- 1 hand fight with Deputy Sheriff H. ' !>. i ogan, in a dark cell in tho jail, ' a fight In which the loser could not ' leave the e> 11 alive. Hoth men rea- 1 11 zed tills, according to Deputy Logan, and when his chance came he killed the negro. Ho had entered iinline s ceil, ann 111 < negro aiiacicca < him. It was stated, with a stool, ' beating the officer unmercifully be1 fore the latter could draw his pis' tol. Then a fight began for its possession. which ended when Deputy 1 Logan fired, and the negro dropped to the cell floor dead. The officer | was exonerated. Will Soon He (Jons. I Within ten or fifteen years, ac( cording to J. H. Finney, secretary and treasurer of the Appalachian ' Forestry Association, there will he not a stick of timber standing east, . of the Rockies and within fVfty years g the entire country will-be as barren of timber as the American desert j unless something is done to avert I the disaster. Wagon Driver Slain. The* strike >f ih> brkers at Chicago Thursday resulted in the murder of Henry Teetilbohm, a bakery wagon driver. He was shot and j fatally wounded while on his wagon. I WERE IN PRISON Seaman Had Been Mourned For Dead THEIR SHIP SEIZED An Escaped Prisoner From AVnoznolu Tells n Stumor Story About the Missing Cuptnlu mnl Civw of tin* Whaling Ship Carrie Knowles Thought to Have Keen Ijost. It may be that Capt. Collin Steph nson and the crew of the Amerian whaling ship Carrie D. Knowlea, ong since thought to have been lost it sea, are still in a Venezuelan irison. An American seaman, who gives he name of Payne, an escaped prismer from Venezuela, has made his vay to Kingston, where he laid beore the authorities an astounding tory of the seizure of the Carrie I), tnowles at a Venezuelan port, where he arrived Ave years ago in disress, and the Incarceration by the Venezuelans of the captain and his aen. The authorities at Kingston have aken steps looking to a speedy and borough investigation of the case. On January 27, 1004, the Carrie >. Knowles sailed from Provinceon, Mass., on a whaling voyage. Her aptain was Collin Stephenson, and er first mate, H. A. Martin. In ddtion she carried a crew of about dozen. I'ayne asserts positively hat all are at the present time conned in a Venezuelan prison. The vessel was supposed to have een lost in a West Indian storm, rith nil hands. Some of the men elonglng in St. Vincent, and after 11 hope was given up of their return, heir relatives put on mourning and he local insurance company eventuUy paid the claims against it, on he assumption that th< sailors w. re ead. The story Payne told to the olieo authorities caused groat ox Itoniont. Pay no declared that the whaler ad been disabled in a storm off the 'en zuelan coast and had made ort in distress. This was live years go. She was at once seized and lie captain and crew were made prls ners and thrown into Jail. The tails of Payne's escape from pi isn are not known, as the police have im in charge. LITTLE GIKL KILLED. >el ivory Wagon Crushes Infant to I>eatli. A special to The News and Courier rom Greenville says Eugenia Giloath; the sixteen-months-old daugh?r of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gilreath. f Grecrs, was run over a few nfteroons ago by a delivery wagon and or skull fractured, death resulting t once. A young white man named tub Glenn, was driving the delivery ragon. and while looking over an cder book, ran over the litle girl, irho was in the street. He had not mown of the accident until he ha 1 Iriven a couple of blocks. It is aid he is almost frantic with grief 'he little girl had slipped out of tl- > louse and into the street, wh-ro ahu rati killed. HTIIANGH ACCIDENT. luck of Guano Exploded and Injur* tnl a .Man. Thursday afternoon on the plantaion of Mr. 3. L. Moore, between A'aterloo and Harris Springs, a very inusual accident occurred. A tenrear-old negro boy while trying to untie a sack of acid had his left land torn and lacerated by a terrible explosion. No one seems to mow the cause of the accident. The shock and jar were felt by others it work in the field and resembled dynamite. The boy suffered profound shock, sand and dirt being blown in his face and eyes. His lburnt) and fingers were amputated by Drs. Wilbur and Fennel, who are ittendlng the case. EX-GOV. .McSWEKNKY HETTEK. Condition Still Serious, but llccovery is Possible. A special dispatch from Hampton to The News and Courier says Ex(lov. M. It. MrSweenev. who was tf rirl/an Hnivn u' h i I A on hlfi WAV from his office to his r sidcnce on Tuesday evening, and who has since that time been in an unconscious condition, is much improved. Although the doctors in attendance entertain hopes of his recovery, still they will not. say that he is out of danger. The trouble seems to he acute Indigestion, hut the former Governor has been in failing health for the past two years, and his condition ts still very serious. Electrocuted. Jo? and lsham Taylor, two more of the negroep who figured in the recent terrible Powhattan county tragedy in which Mrs. Sklpwlth and Walter Johnson were murdered, were electrocuted In the penitentiary at Richmond, Va., WodncBday. : r SEWING MACHINE INVENTED I*Y HIT HOWE GOT TI1E CHEIHT. Colliding Whs a Native of South Carolina, and Designed the Machine While at College. An Interesting story that has more ; than the ordinary earmarks of trulh was tumbled upon by tho Greenville Daily News correspondent while rambling around in the vicinity of historic old Abbeville. Here is the story: Dark in the .Tft's there were in the old university at Ath> ns, C.a.. two mi u n nil mil ii necame nrtorward Presbyterian ministers of tnore than local renown. One was a quiet studeut. who devoted his heart and mind to his liooks and afterward heeame, in connection with liis ministerial work, a professor in old Krskin College at Due West. The other, a young man of n st less, energetic, inquiring turn of mind, was always trying to solve some problem, the solution of which weuld lighten the burdens of the working people. Among his "now (angle" machines was one which would do the needlework of the family in much quicker time than many seamstresses could accomplish It. He was enthusiastic about his invention. It was a crude machine, but it did the work a simple lockstitch mechanism turned by hand id mounted on a stand table or whatever was convenient. His pride In his machine was such that he showed it. and discoursed upon it on all occasions. There came one winter between 1S:{0 and 1S31. a young man from the North to winter in (leorgia. The ill veil 11 v? young student, who was afterward the Kev. Francis It. doubling. of Georgia, showe t his machine to his Nor hern friend aft? r their acqueintam !!: was struck to see Its posslhiliti s, and its value and upon his return North cuaipriab'i the design, mechanism and t nolo machine to his own use without the p lvance or consent of his Southern friend, nnd pit I en tod Up* first sowinn machine. Tito voting Northerner whs Kllas Howe. Young (ioulding was amazed and horror struck at what deprived him of his rights, for being a hoy of hut moderate moans h had not yet funds to take out letters patent on his machine. This story was told by the daughter of young doubling's classmate above (referred to, the late Rev. William MeWhorter. In his teachings In schools and colleges whenever ho saw Kllas Howe mentioned as the Inventor of the sewing machine, he would always close the book and tell the class Hie story above given, always ending with the statement: "Now, boys, always remember it was not Klias Howe who invented the sewing machine, but the Rev. Francis it. doubling, a Sontli Carolina boy at Athens, da.. University, whose design was appropriated without leave or license by Klias Howe, who saw it while on a visit to deorgia." Tills story he urged bis daughters, who became teachers, to tell their classes also. That justice might tie done to the geinus of Fraueis R doubling, a student of Athens University between l Ko and lXUTi, who was the inventor of and maker of file first sewing machine. William MeWhorter and Francis R. doubling graduated at Athens, da., in isrtr.. The two daughters of the Rev. William MeWhorter lived near Abbeville and have often heard the story from their father's lips, and know that he war a ,'cllow .. udent of Mr. doubling. rr? i- _. n .?...tit.. 111? /\ I rif llUM'IlV lilt* W WUMI lll\r to hoar from any of the deccndants of tin- Rev. Francis R. Colliding, and with them assist in making a somewhat tardy atonement to his honor. NAVAL NOT SACTIONAL. ('apt. Fremont llacs Not Object to tin- Portrait. Capt. John C. Fremont, commanding the Fnited States t>;ittl?-liip Mississippi. does not object to the placing of the portrait of Jefferson Davis upon the siiv- r service which tlie war vessel is now on Iter way up the Mississippi to receive front lit" State in whose honor she is named. Responding to a telegraphic request a-to whether he and the other officers of the Mississippi were in sympathy with the antagonism which the placing of the likeness of the dead chieftain of the Confederacy upon th silver service had aroused, Capt, Fremont wired The News and Courier as follows, his dispatch being dated N-"W Orleans: "The navy is without sectional prejudice, and its patrotism knows no boundaries save thoep of the groat, country at large." * Charged With Stealing Whiskey. Carl Summers and Jim Subur, two youne negrops, have boon arrested upon the charge of stealing whiskey out of a box oar at th? Lexington denot a few days ago. These two fellows undoubtedly had become very tbursty and In order to quench this thurst reported to this moansof securing tho necessary bevorag< HODJIN SAVED ______ Moslem Marauders Put to Flight by Troops 1 LIVING On GLASSES ! Attempt to Set Fliv to the City Frustrated?At llai-ni Kvery Man Mas Killed, the Moliammednn* Sparing tin* Women and Children l'lnler Ten Years of Age. A <11 ct\a f /?!? f r> - * ' ..inn iionjui, AsIaMo Turkey, says notwithstanding tlio prpsi'iirc of tlio troops here. tho situatir.i is d'sperato owing to the lack of food and medical supplies. The troops arrived just in time, as tlio besiegers lia.i succeeded in Betting tire to a house on tie edge of tho city. The lire spread, but as the breeze was blowing away from tho town, only live buildings were destroyed. A le avy t itle lire was kept up against those who tried to extinguish tho (lames. The Mohammedans outside tho walls who seemingly numbered many thousands, pushed their attacks energetically against the inhabitants, killing and wounding many. They were so eager to get inside tlie city ami plunder the place that they did not observe tho approach of l.ouftl I to j and his troops until lliey were close upon them, whereupon tli Mohammedans tied precipitately, earryitig off all the cattle outside the city. . A htter received b> messenger from llarni says that, evvry man i heie lias been Killed. Only women, giiis and hoys under 1 0 years of age have been left alive. The churches hi.I hull- os were plundered and most if them were Inirued. The 1- iter, which is from the widow of n clergyman says: "We have nothing to eat or wear. We are living on grass ilko animals. Worse than thK the Moslems are trying to force the women and girls to become Mohammedans. Already some of the women have been carried awav." T.ileitis O. T/e, a missionary here, says: "We are trying to send food iu iiaiHi, aiuinugu 11 is clangorous, and to bring away the women as well." Much excitement lias been cuased here by the attempts of the authorities to arrest some of those who luivo murdered Christ inns. FICIIT TO TilH DKATII. V Poultry Kaiser lias Contest With a Wild Cat. John Simonton. a poultry raiser, at Deep River, Conn., had a desperate battle for his life with a fiftypound wild eat. Sinionton heard a noise among the rhiekeits 'before daylight land when lie opened oie of the henhouses lie enoeuntered the wild eat. As Simonton's dog jumped at the brute the animal turned and struck Simonton a blow with one paw that tor" ^ his head open The poultry raiser seized a club just as the beast sprang for his face. lie missed and the cat sank its claws into his arms, lie shook it off, but it Raped again. They went down together and for fifteen minutes were engaged in a terrific struggle, with the dog assisting his master the best he could. Simonson finally hrought the club down on the wild cat's head, killing it, but not until he had been trtg'ni< *..11., i ii 11.v men n iru . lUIH'.S IN (DAI, MINK. Will lie Forced to Conic Out or Starve to Dentil. An unidentified negro, wanted for ^ nuirder. Is concealed In an abandoned mine, twenty miles west of Birmingham. and with a ritle and plenty of food and ammunition is defying the authorities. !! has been concealed for four days and it Is believed that friends carried him largo supplies before the officers located him. The officers are unable to seo down the slope, but the negro in the darkness below can watch their movement at th<> opening. The deputies believe that It will be necessary to starve him out. Stamp Out lllark Hand. Ttotormlned to stamp out the Tllack Hand, a number of wealthy Italian residents of Now York City are represent" d to have offered $2,500 a ' '* year to Thomas Colesanto, a detective of Waterhury. Conn., to ro to > Now York and, as far as possible, tako tho plaro of Joseph Petroalno. ~ w ho was assassinated in Sicily. i r <r | To Establish Airship Lines. At a meeting of the Wartarrtburjt Aerial Navy League. It became known that tho Z'ppelln Ainihip Company would establish'a rapular yf\ lino of airships from LueeWne or aaj" Frir Irirhshafen to North Germany, :-tho-Maln, to open | for traffic? next year.