prSENDS
HOT NOTE
Beuut Ma4r>e Said United States PrtUaged
far ia Nicaeraaga.
TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION
K ?
Tbf Secretary or Mate In an OtUcial
filMtoment Outlined the Govern*
ment'.t I'oUcy Toward the Two
Fx<Uom Madri^'a lYutest He
paired Sp?r?'Utl Action.
A dispatch from Washington says
Madriz has drawn from this government
a sharp reply to the protest he
made to President Taft, claiming
that the Untted Staffs had prolonged
the war- In tftoaragura because it
refused to allow the bombardment
of UluefletdB, or eveo to allow the
Venus to maintain the blockade
there.
Consul OUveree at Managua has
been furnished with a statement
which the codbuI has been directed
to hand to Madriz. It tersely observes
that if any violation of netraiity
has occurred, it was when the
Venn* sailed from New Orleans or
an- expedition of the Madriz faction.
Madriz protested not to the United
States alone, but to all the South
American and Central American republics.
The statements which he
set forth in his telegrams are construed
by the state department as
nothing less than an effort to place
In a false light the policy the United
States ha* adopted with dealing
with the Nlcar&guan affairs.
apposition tlV-reocmfwy etaoinslir
Some of the governments which
received his protests have asked for
mrormation irom wasntugton upon
which to bane their replies, and
there has been au exchange of telegrams
between President Diaz ot
Mexico and President Taft.
President ?tu, it is explained,
merely asked for Information and
President Taft. replying in a cordial
manner, seut U> the government of
Mexico City the same statement that
Consul Oliveres has been directed to
hand to Mudrir..
Secretary Knox Immediately decided
that the Madriz protested required
the special notice of this go\'ernm'nt
because the allegations
made evidently were founded on error
as to the actual facts and the
' applicable principals of international
law.
"A reply was demanded," an
/ flcial statement Issued today say -?
"because the United States would
hesitate to allow to pass unchal1
longed a statement from any source
which might tend, to however slight
a degree, place its position In a
false light."
The statement which Consul Oliveres
has been instructed to hand to
with Secretary Knox's policy of
keeping both factions informed of
this government's attitude has also
been sent to the Estrada faction, is
as fplows:
ij?e poucy or tne united states
remains as set forth In the secretary
of 'atat'a letter of Dec. 1, 1909.
to Mr. Rodrtguee. then charge d'aifalre
whereby relations with the Zelaya
govern ment were broken off.
That letter and statement 01 the consistent
applications of the same policy
to conditions as they arose were
duly published.
"As to the statement made in the
telegram of Dr. Madriz to the President,
the government of the United
States took only the customary step
of prohibiting bombardment or lighting
by either faction within the unfortified
or ungarrisoned commercial
city of Blueflelds, thus prot cting
the prepoudering American and other
foreign interests just us the British
commander had done at (Ireytown
where there are large Hriti&n
Interests. The government of United
States has acknowledged the right of
?ach faction to maintain a blockade
but has refused to permit vessels illegaty
and clandestinely filed out in
American waters, to interfere with
American commerce.
"The government of the United
States simply insists that each faction
shall collect duties only for t.r
ritory under its* de facto cntrl, and
refuses to permit tha collection of
double duties.
"If any violation of neutrality baa
occured, It was in conectlon witb
the sMling of the Venus from New
Orleans as an expedition of the Madriz
faction.
Attempts Suicide.
Leaving a note in which he declared
that ,'the wages of Bin is death,
Horace O. Noon, aged 16. who registered
at an Atlanta hotel from New
York city, but who claims that his
home is in the state of Washington
attempted to commit suicide Fridaj
afternoon la his roo mat the hole
by shooting He is in a serious con
ditien at a hospital. '
Tlonih Bursts ?t IVurvn*.
'A bomb was exploded with fata
results in a squad of gendarmes a
the Gorzisk station on the Wnn
railroad, thirty miles from Warsaw
Russian Poland, Friday. One of th
gerndarmes was killed and four r?
helved mortal wounds. The bom
thrower was arrested.
DYING IN HOSPITAL
HIT SAVED PASSENGERS FROM
LIVE WIRE.
Motormnn Endeavored to Save the
PtUMtngfTH of lli<< Car, While Himself
Sustaining Fatal Injuries.
Charles Diver, a motoruian, lies
from injuries he sustained Sunday
while endeavoring to save passengeiB
on his ear from t.he deadly electric
fluid of a broken feed wire.
The car, with others, had been
stopped where overhead wires were
In progress on the Cabin John
Hridfee line. The passengers had
ieft the car and were walking
about. Two young women approach- <
cd too near the sputtering feed wire. ]
Diver saw their danger, leaper for- <
ward, bi ashed them aside, and with t
| a newspaper in his hand, seized the ;
I wire. The current hurled him back i
against his car and his clothing t
burst iuto flames. I
As scores of people looked on |
shuddering at the spectacle of the j
burning man, some one sprung forward
and smothered the flames with *
a coat. Diver was then litted and j
borne to the bank of the Potomac >
river nearby where water was
thrown on him and fruitless efforts <
made to bring him back to con- t
sciousness. It was long after he t
reached t.he hospital that he regain- i
ed consciousness. His wife, who
had been a mother but two weeks \
and w ho had risen and come to his s
side, was told that there was little <
chance of his recovery.
It.\INS Hl'ltT COTTON.
Favorable Week Iteported for Crop
Fvropt in Three States.
The Commercial-Appeal of Memphis.
T'-nn., Monday published the
following summary of the cotton
crop conditions:
"The past week was favorable to
the cotton crop except iu the two
Carolinas and parts of Oeorgin,
where the rainfall was excessive,
washing the liehls and d* laying cultivation
so that grass is feared. The
Carolina fields were damaged by
flooding. Otherwise it appeared that
a week of bright w? ather will repair
much of the loss.
"The crop has rot grown rapidly
and is still small for the season,
the nlant ei s.?..iti. ?
hqwever. and would grow very last '
with high temperature day and
| night. In many sections wher
there are complaints, correspondents '
anticipate much l?etter reports next
week it' the weather is warm. it *
would seem that a week of dry I
weather would put the crop in ex- 1
cellev.t shape as to cultivation over 1
the South.
"In Texas the soil is dry hut as
yet little hurt has been received.
Moisture is needed, however, to
stimulate plant growth. Boll weevils
do not app-ar numerous, although
in .Mississippi ai:d some sections
of Ixiuisiuna they are more so.
In general dry. warm weather is
needed in east I'exus and Oklahoma,
while rains would be ben fieial in
these two states." *
COMIRMNKD NKtlHO KM AI'KS.
All in livuditusH tor His Kxecution
He K.srap?sl.
All preparations had been made to
hang (1 orge Fields, a negro, at West
i'alm Beach, Kla., Friday. The scaffold
was erected, the rope had been
teste.; and the witnesses invited. The
only t.'iing luekinc was the min
He escaped from Jail at St. Augustine
Thursday night, where he had
been held for safe, keeping. In the
meantime, not knowing of th escape.
Gov. Gilchrist wired a respite
of u week pending investigation into
newly discovered evidence in the
ease. T.he negro esc ped by overpowering
a deputy duriug a religions
service being conducted in preparation
for his death. *
rucked Alive in Trunk.
Th?* police of New York are apparently
balked at the skilfully planned
murder of Moses Sachs, Lbe
aged jeweler, who was murdered for
$3,000 worth of dlanion is and $M00
lo bank bills and then stuff* d into
a trunk which was found Saturday.
It is the hope of the police that bue
trunk can be traced to the debtor
and thence to the purchaser. The
autopsy shows bhal the old man was
phokril into ir*zi nalMllfv u??<l .?%
put alive in the trunk.
by < 'ar Wheel*.
Marcus C'ulp, a negro about six'
teen years oid, while attempting to
i boaril a freight train, at Manchester
, Mill, near Hock Ifill. Saturday, fell
f und?T the ears and had both legs
1 mashed to a pulp. He was carried
to llock Hill for medical att- ntion.
' The boy never recovered from the
shock sufficiently to be operated
on.
I Pint Writ ins to Husband.
a While sitting at a writing table
r, addressing a letter to her husband
e Mrs. Thomas Humphries, of Wash'
ington Ga., died suddenly Monday
U morning at 10..10 o'clock at Ute hom
of her father.
MAKES REPORT
Baj4-"rack Case Naw With Gareriar
Aisel Far Decision
I
TESTIMONY REVIEWED
Assistant Adjutant Onerul William
T. Hi-ook exonerated of Political
Charges.?It Is Thought that the
I
Office Will He .Made an Appointive .
One in the Next Few Years. 2
The court of inquiry sitting Kriiay
night exonerated William T. '
flroek. the assistant adjutant generul. '
>f the charge of acting a political 1
raitor to J. C. Boyd, the adjutant ]
p neral, but eondemued his actions .
n several iustanres with reference
o the tiling of expense accounts and j
lis expenses Incident to the iusp'c- j
ions of the State tuilitlu during the
>aat several years. I
The court in its report severely ,
jriticisr d the general system of til- j
tig -xpense accounts as practiced by ,
Tol. Brock.
All of the testimony taken by the
rourt is reviewed in detail. The .
ourt reached no decision as to what4 j
>teps should he taken, hut simpiy \ ,
reported the facts in the case.
It is left with Uov. Ansel as to . (
what action will be taken. (?ov. Au-J.
tel instructed the members of the ,
rourts to make the report public. |
jov. Ansel will no doubt make souie (
innouucement when lie returns to
he State. ,
As to Col. Brock's expenses while ,
n Columbia during the period of ,
nspection, the court holds that by 1
io rule can this charge to the State' ,
?e justified.
With reference to the letter of ;
Jeneral Boyd, in which he charged i
hat Col. Brock "has wantonly wast- (
d the State's money,' it is held by 1 (
:ho coiirt that the evidence fails to
iisclose any criminal intent on the
tart of Col. Brock, hut "that he was
infortunately ignorant of the rospon- i
nihility of the high trust reposed in
liiu and careless and extravagant in ?
j.o uuiiiiiiidii uuuii i?1 int' fl'UHt.
In reviewing the ru^'enge hook
harges as to the number of mileage ,
>ooks used by Col. Brook, the court
lays: "It appears to tho court that
Jie public business did not .cmami |
?o much travel on the part of the
?ccused ofllc r."
Concerning the filing of expense :
accounts by (Jol. Brock with the |
comptroller general, the court says:
'If such has heen the custom of t.he
jflice it is to b-% condemned, but we
fail to see wherein this eau justify
Col. Brock in filing in the office of
the comptroller general accounts containing
items which were false and
whicJi he knew to be false at the .
time."
The members of tho court who j
were appointed by Gov. Ansel are. |
Wilie Jones, brigadier general; t*;l.
William W. Ivewis. of the Firs. regiment.
Col. Bdwin 11. Cox. of the Second
regiment and Col. Julius K. Cogswoll
of the Third regiment. Gen.
Jones was the president of the court
and Col. CogswelJ t-h* recorder. \
The court was to have met Fri-j
day morning at 9 o'cb>ck. It was
found that Col. Lewis would be unable
to attend, so the session wur
postponed until 9 o'clock Friday
n ight.
Se veral weeks ago Adjt. Gen. Boyd
announced that he would not offer
for reelection. Following this announcemet
W. T. Brock, the assistant
adjutant general, announced his
ir.t ntion of entering the race for adjutant
general.
For several days tli.ire was noil;-'
ing said concerning the situation in
the adjutant general's office. G n.
Boyd went to Charleston nml Grunge- I
burg. When lie returned - ^1
- ? I
very bitter toward Col. Brock and
issued a slatem -nt to the press to
which he charged that his assistant
had acted as a political traitor..
When the first statement was issued
Col. Brock was making the animal
inspection of the State militia.
He Immediut' ly directed a letter to
Gov. Ansel, asking that he appoint
a court of inquiry to Investigate the
charges of Adjutant General Boyd.
Gov. Ansel took the matter under ad\
isj^ment and did not appoint the
court at that time.
While Gov. Ansel was considering
the matter ol' appointing a court of |
inqutry, Ad.It. Gen. Boyd went to
him with a statement as to the Itemized
expanse account of Col. Brock.
I.ater Gen. Boyd Issue J a statement
in which he charged Col. Brock
with wasting the money of the State
while making the annual inspections
of tile State militia during the past
four years. Several other charges
were made in the letter
, "v*u
I iu an unofficial way called upon Gov.
Ansel to appoint a court of inquiry
, to investigate the expense accounts
'of Col. Brock Again Gov. Ansel
| took this charge under advisement
[in au unofficial way.
in the meantime Col. Brock completed
the inspections of the State
militia and r turned to Columbia.
Before Gen. Boyd made public his
I charges. Col. Brock went to Governor
Ansel and asked If a paper j\ad not
' been filed with him by Gen. Boyd
^Gor. Ansel explained the charges ol
Gea. Boyd as to the expense account
/ ~ *
CITIES PROVIDED FOR
PUBLIC BUILDING MKASIKK RK
PORTKD TO HOUSK.
Conference* He(?t>en l.t-adcrs Intfi
c?tf thnt I'usMtfte of Bill Is As
*uml.
An omnibus public building bill
carrying authoridutiocs for unuro
pt'Laiions aggregating $ 19,288.500
with $.'{.0ST..000 additional, for con
tinuing contracts aver varying per
iods, was reported to the House oi
Saturday.
This action, while anticipated foi
jeveral months, is unusual during :
session when a river and harbor ap
propriation bill has been passed
Itoth measures are popularly calle*
"l>ork barrejs." ai\d they have hut
in unbroken history of altcrnutini
irn the past. Congress never passini
both at the same session.
Conferences that have been hel?
between President Taft and leader
)f both houses of Congress, inciu-'
ing Speaker Cannou, apparently as
sure the enactment of the bill iut<
law.
The bill makes liberal proviitc.i
for plans for new and imposing pub
lie buildings in Washington city
where the Government now pay
$500,000 in annual rentals to privati
vwners. It authorizes the prepara
ation of designs and estimates fo
three new department buil lings, oi
sites previously actjuir-nl?f ?r tti
departments of Stat'. jtts.*c? and i?;
bor v hose ultimate cost is liraite*
to 18.000.000; for a new city post
uflico building at the new t itort sti?
lion, at $3,000,000, and i n?.?d t
ifV.ee building, to accommodate t'?<
geological survey. Indit i i* i?.n*t*?:
nil mines bureaus, at $2,500,000
The appropriation for South C>n
liu.i were Henuettsville. $ >'? 00ti
['am.Ion, $50,000; Columbia. $75,
poo.
iiKAIt IH.OWN OK P.
No One Knows Mow Young huniic
Met Tragic Knd.
Carter Parks. a young former re
tiding over the North Carolina line
?:i VH - ! .liwliotnk 1
- ?? .. !?!? ?? ? u i | v ill I <tl IM'ilhUT, SO!
>f M. Alutdey Parks of Lancuste
tummy, met with a mysterious am
tragic death last week. On Wednes
Jay afternoon he left his home on ;
short business errand, and not re
turning, a search was instituted b,
family and fri nds. Nothing wa
seen or heard of -him until Frida
morning, when his dead body wa
found near the spring on his place
His head was nearly shot off N
further particulars are to be obtai
ed.
(. vrniDis Hat I Narrow Kscape.
A dispatch front Louisville. Ky
says Closer no is of four states ha
narrow cscup s Sunday while ridi 11
from Versailes to Frankfort in a
automobile, when lightning twic
struck near them. Those who wer
In tlit? party included (!ov, Hadle;
of Missouri, ai d his wife; (!ov. Ai
sel, of South Carolina; Gov. Sloat
of Arizona, and Gov. Wilson, of Ket
tucky. and his wife. At oue pt?ii
the lightning struck a railroad ra
near them ami sparks were throw
over them.
I.cg Shattered by Itullct.
K. A. Fuller, of .McCorniick.
traveling salesman, was accidental
sb< t in the leg 1>> .lames F. Ki
mnnils on Stevens creek Saturdi
afternoon. The bull t. which wi
from a Winchester rille. struck M
Fullers leg between the knee ai
the a nle, shattering both t?f tl
hones.
Train Wrecks Auto.
Italijlt C. I'roudfit, *2S years ol
and lis nephew, Kenneth I'roudt:
22 y.irs old, were instantly kill?
and liv others in the machine wii
them were serionsly injured Su
day right at Chicago when an (Ili
ois Central r.?u down It. C. I'rou
fit's auto.
To Gov. Ansel Col. Brock gave a ss
isfactcry explanation.,
j When the charges of wasting tl
! State s money was mad-* pnblie 1
Gen. Boyd. Col. Brock went to Go
I Arsel and insisted upon a t.horouj
i investigation of his entire record
assistant adjutant and inspector ge
|er:?l ol' the State.
'Jo". Acs I after taking the matt
, mi vr advisement for some time. a
pointed the court of inquiry. At t
hearing before the court of inquii
which was appointed to get the fat
in the case, many matt rs of int<
est were developed. The most i
I portaut matter brought out was f
I lax business system of the otllce
adjutant and inspector general.
| It is very probable that the oft
I of adjutant general will be made
I appointive one This opinion 1
been expressed fr ely in military t
e|es of the Stat<? and si nee the sin
I tion in the adjutant general's oil
i j h is been so thoroughly aired and
' j people have been shown jnst how
. 1 ol".ce is run. it Is expected that wl
. | In the next two years the militia
f th" State will ask that the legislat
make the otllce appointive.
" TEDDY'S HOME
Vast Crnwd Welcomes Hutcr Back
From Elbaesqae Jungles.
AROUSING WELCOME
>len I'runiintut In nil Walks of Life
i
and from all Parts of the COun> |
try Were On Hand to Hid Him
l
Welcome. Will Have NothlnK to
i i
Say About Politics. I
r Theodore Roosevelt set foot on 1
i home shores for the first time In (
- about fifteen mouths and received |
a rousing welcome on Saturday us i
1 he landed at New York. (
j The sharp crack of the familiar
r presldentlan salute awakened Mr. 1
] Roosevelt at seven o'clock as his I
ship, the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. i
^ drew into the harbor. From the t
H mists of early morning emerged the l
drab hull of the battleship South t
Carolina, two lean, swift destroyers <
^ and two torpedo boats b> hind her. ;
Then spoke the guns. Illue clad i
sailors lined the decks in close
packed ranks, while massed on the i
quarter deck of the South Carolina 1
! stood the marine band, a solid splash i
^ of searlet coats, pounding out ' The i
Star Spangled Banner." <
It did not take the colonel long I
J to get on the bridge, dressed for the
formalities of the dav in a frock ?
p
coat and a top hat. For a moment 1
j ive stood bare-headed and waved to
the men in silent answer to their
cheers. Then the sight of the South i
, Carolina touched a heart string.
n "Ry (leorge, that's one of my \
slfkps. he exolaitued. "doesn't she <
look good. 1 built her and those i
torpedo boats, too." <
He bore with his usual hoyancy a I
day of heavy fatigue, public duties I
, ind private emotions coutiugled and \
it 4:40 o'clock that afternoon left
the city ho had surveyed the same <
morning from afloat, reviewed in '
parade ashore and greeted by ex- i
1 pliclt word of mouth to be welcome t
more intimately by his life-long 1
neighbors at Oyster Hay, L. 1., that
II i W \\ t
As a private citizen he was still
the same vigorous man the city has
1
known for .*50 years in various public
offices from assemblyman to
president.
He had an expainslve smile for
everybody, a cheery word for "the j
boys." his old friends the newspaper
men, a pat an? odote for politicians,
especial greetings of affection for
his old o< mtnand, the Rough Riders, ,
and a quick eye for absolutely every"o
j thing.
"Roosevelt good luck" still folc
( lowed its namesake. Though hot
and suiry. t'te weather held fair
until the murine parade, the exercises
at the battery and the march
up Hroadway and Fifth avenu* to
^ (Central park had been carried
K through with punctuality and precis11
ion. Then it rained great guns. A
'** torretntial t.hunder shower, accom4>
pauied by a high wind that did
much damage, swept suddenly down
<?n th-? homeward bound visitors, but
' cleared again shortly before tive
o'clock.
11 I The welcome of Roosevelt was
shot through with a damatlc expec11
taucy which long ago found popular
expression in the typical phases,
"the return from Klba."
His welcome brought, men proma
incut in' all walks of life from ail
>' parts of the country?therefore it
i- was national.
i.v The lirst zest of public, curiosity
?s sutistied, speculation now turns on
r. what share Roosevelt will take in
id ait acute political situation within
!?' na n hurt v ll*\t ^v.?
* speculation must rest unsatisfied.
The Col. has positively declared hfs
intentions by wireless th?' night bed,
fore: "I shall .have nothing whatever
it, to say in the immediate future about
d politics." He kept his word.
11. -T herefore there was nothing in
n- the only speech he made at New
n- York Saturday that could be cond
strued as. applying specifically to
this or that phase of immediate
? State or uational issues. That he
d- vCill be importuned to take a hand
in the New York campaign this fall
he is a foregone conclusion, but by
by ills own declaration he will not rotalV
mif himself to any expression of
sh opinion until he has acquainted hlmas
self at first hand with Just how thn
political Isimd shapes itself.
cr Another Aeroplane Hecord.
Watter llrooklns. in a Wright bihe
rj. plane, at Indianopolis, Ind., broke
the world's aeroplane record for al,r.
Yldue Friday when he soared to a
n height of 4.SOU feet. according to
the measurement of the altimeter.
(>t- His motor stopped as he was descending.
and he made a glide of two
j miles. landing easily in a wheat
an flo'dKlS
!
.j,._ i Saw <'ompanion Hmwn.
ns?. Several days ago John Kerby, a
negro man working for the constructs
Hon gang IS miles north of Wadesthe
Uj'oro, N. (*., was drowed while atth
ftemptlng to cross the river. Three
of i other negro men were on the bank
ure | not over ten feet away when Kirby
, was drowned, but did not offer aid.*
*Y
FEIGNS TRAGIC SUICIDE
WORKS OrT DKTAIL8 Of' GRIM
DRAMA.
Buys Drug. TeJLs Krirndt (rood-hya
and Lies Down to IMe.?Curtaim
Kalis on Tragedy.
Because his wife left him ten days
igo and has never Informed him of
here whereabouts. Charlie Kelly,
living at No. 408 West I'almer St..
Uharlotte, N. C., bade his friends
goodbye, and made .his neighbors
oelieve he had attempted to end hu?
life by the laudanum route. His
jlans were indeed true to moderndav
itories. He lay prostrate on the bed
iur urealn and on the floor
beside the tn*d lay an empty laudmum.
A threatening note graced
he table.
Neighbors stood around his deathbed
and others gathered iu expecting
:o look upon one Charles Kelly, deceased.
when the physician Inserted
the stomach pump. Kelly could
no longer stand tdne tickling sensatioh
on his insides as the learned
doctor pumped whiskey from hi?
ilimentary canal. He instantly forgot
the sleeping effect the laudanum
which he poured out of the window
rdiould have had on him and hw
burst forth in vilest vituperation aui
abuse, waving his attendants aside
and wishing them to leave him to
lie so his soul could restrain iu 'he
bottomless pits of Hades.
Kelly works for the l.adew I,eatn?r
Melting Company on South College
street. He is noted lor his bib
ulous capacity and it may b th-,c
for this reason his wife left blan
ten days ago. She has not b- < n
heard from since and Kelly ru.u'o
threats to kill her and himself. Me
a rote a note to h- r sister asKing her
if she knew anything about his wauiering
life. He thought that, sinee
bis wife's sister seemed eonteut over
uer leaving, she evidently knew ^
where she was and he threatened to
'let the cat out of the water' if she
lid not throw some light oa a??r
whereabouts. This letter was never
nailed hn u.-?>v..i- J
he table beside the dying (?) niau %
>ed.
THIIKK KMKJH.WTS kll.l,Kf>.
1'iuiii l/<>iid<Mt \N i111 Homo S?*ekers
(Vashes Into liuroinutirr.
A passenger train loa<!ed with etcigrants,
enroute to the Wes'.. running
as the second section of No.
"i, the Chicago l,imit<d, on the Ontario
& Western railway, was wrecked
1 .*> miles southeast ot' Norwich.
N. Y., at 2.15 o'clock Sunday uornrug.
Three passengers were killed
and 25 injured. The wreck aeuvred
when the emigrant train crashed
into a locomotive running light. The
engineer, and fireman of the traia
escaped serious Injury as if hy a
miracle..
The train was made up af eight
coaches and an engine, and worried
o7l emigrants. It was roaming
about thirty miles and up the hoary
grade, and the light engine Making
about 25 miles struck it Ue?4-on.
When the collision occurred the first
passenger coach, an old one, immediately
behind the engine, was
crushed to ph-ees. the tender of the
engine passing nearly half through
it. All the Injured were in this
car, as the other seven couches of
the train remained on tho track
STOItM K1IJ.S MANY.
Nearly Thiv?? Hundred are kilh-d in
II unwary.
Nearly H00 persons were killed and
several villag??s annihilated by a
cloudburst at K rasso-S/.?.reny, a county
ot' iliniKHry. bordering ot Transylvania.
Roumania and Scrvla. The
capital of the county, which Is mainly
populated by Roumanians, is Rugose
It Is expected that the death
roll will be greatly Increased woecommunication,
which has te-sa almost
completely cut off, Is restored.
Bridges. telegraph and telephone
wires in the district have been destroyed
and it Is felt that many of
the survivors of the flood will die of
starvation or exposure before it 1*
possible to send assistance.. *
Convicted of Assault,
Gregorla Sala, the Italian arrested
at Ormond Kla last week, cbarwd
with attempted criminal assault upon
Miss Klehart, a wealthy spinster near
that plaie, was convicted In the criminal
court at Deland, and ? licenced
to twenty years at hard lobor in tbo
State penitentiary.
Heat Kills Three.
At Chicago Sudey there wero
t.hree deaths resulting from heat
prostrations although the maximum
than on h three days preceeding.
Lack of breeze, J except for a short
suffering from the beat.
< 'hinamen Arrested.
Seventeen Chinamen, believed to
have been smuggled into this country
from Mexico, were found by emigration
officers at San Marclai, Tex.,
Friday, hidden in a box car loaded
with hay. They will be held pending
an Investigation.