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% FIYE ARE DEAD As tie Resait ?f the Collision of Two Tmos Near M^Cormck. MANY OTHERS WOUNDED Krowitvn Fnils to Ikplivt*!* Mivt Orilrrs iinil I ( ! Train* With l-'ntal irtrvvr Hughe* Will l>ie. Only Trainmen Killed. A dispatch from Augusta. Ga.. says owing to the operator at M? Corcv.ck. 8. C.. failing to deliver "meet order" for Train No. 8. leaving Anderson. 3. C.. for Augusta, at 3.50 p. in.. Passenger train No. .1. leaving Augusta at 4.4 5 Sunday afternoon for Greenwood, collided with the Anderson train at 6.45 o'clock at the forty and a half mile post, two and a hall' miles of McCormiek. S. C. The trains were running at top speed and came together in head-on collision. As a result of the collision five trainmen were killed and seven trainmen and 10 passengers were injured. Both engines were completely wrecked, the two baggage cars [ were telescoped and the next two cars on both trains were badly danik fHl4t list of dead is as follows: daglOMr Arizona Kiwis. 0] A.i f cuata. Train No^. Fireman Jim 8pro*i? \ < <>K>r.-ii ta. Train No. 8. KirematT^lllm?a>.Wai e, colored, of Augusta. Trainee. * Mail Clerk W. F. Acker, o f Anderson. Train No. 8. Train Porter Heard Searles. colored. of Augusta. Train No. 3. The iujured are: "R I. Hurt lav a t 1'.. leg and ankle broken. A S. McNeal. baggage mister on Train No. 8. of Augusta, mashed in ehest and shoulder, condition serious. Tnciuoer F. S. Hughes, of Augusta. of Train No 8. fatally injured. J. G. Stilwell. Augusta, road master of the Augusta-Anderson division !Conductor Joseph Hernlon. of Train No. 8. body mashed. Baggage Master 11 K Burns, of Augusta, of Train No. 8. slight 1\ hurt The following passengers were also injured: W. F. Smith. HartsviUe. leg hurt. W. K. Cutltff. of. Albany, Ga.. .light ? hftnnss B. N. Sego, of Greenwood, ehe-u sanid hip injured. K. D. 9elg#r,*of McCormick. leg nughtly Injured tMtss Alma Williauis. of Greenwood. body bruised. \Loren/.o Rivers, of Augusta, sou of Engineer Rivers, slightly hurt Jenny Payne, of Greewood. ?erlinjured. a.ols8 Dawson, dead-head fireman, internal injuries Peter l.yeh, head scalded and leg bruised. All of tbe above passengers were nn tholt' a/??u j -? " u ? IU * I ? tcU TN UUU unci V\r j t? xent to that city in a physicians charge, a relief train was mad** tip I at Augusta on receipt of the ?? ?* of the wreck and litis train was inimek <tiately sent to the scene & Shortly after the wreck Dispatcher iirowden at McCormick telegraphed B the Augusta office of the r and W\ B C Railroad and stated that he was I ?o busy selling tickets that he foi got to show the signal to stop train | 1 No. 3 for Augusta for orders Train a iNo. 3 registered at MeC'onniek and left n-t once tor Augusta, a Conductor K. I. Fo:;er. who was ^ -on train No. 3. escaped injury mid ! | walked the two and a halt miles to; McCormiok v\it!i the news ot tin wreck Then* Capt. Foster secured ; 1 an engine and ran hack to the scene \ -and took the eoacli from the \uyus \ ta bound train bark to MeCorniiek \ mittdkic mystkkv ('i.kaiikd. Two Men Confess to the Mtit-deriiig j of Another Man. One of the most gruesome mid irysterious murders on record hi New Orleans was cleared up Sunday by complete confession, according; -*?tDC detective department. ot i.mi rn<?? held iu the parish prison for maker, whose dismembered ood>. wed up in a sack, was found float-! ing in the old basin last Tuesday, j The two men, the police say. con- i fessed that after felling Roldel and finding that they had killed him. | they cut up the body, placed it in a ! sack and threw it Into the canal in j an effort to conceal it Digs I |? (odd Coin, nigging in his flower bed w ith a I spade Kdward Casey, of near South I'end. Ind., came across a piece of something yellow which turned out to !*? a $20 gold piece. A little deeper he found and old tin can and in It was concealed $ 1,4 40. * . b 1 OUTLAW DIETZ QUITS AFTHK \ F1CJHT OF FOI K YKA15S Hi: SI KKKMlKKS. Showed White Flat* When lie a.ut S?ii Were Shot ami His Wife i About to Colla|>se. After four years of conflict. John Deitz, the outlaw of Cameron Dam. Wis., has surrendered to the Cnited Stales authorities and th?* unique struggle of this one man and .i;* family has come to an end. Tap last scene in the drama was enac?ed last Satunlav when, after holding oft 100 deputies amid a vertiable rain of bullets for over 1 *J hours. Dietz sent out his little daughter with a white flag, and the surrender of the fearless Wisconsin Settler followed immediately. Hoth Diet/, and his son Leslie, were wounded, and in addition Mrs. Diet/, was in a very delicate condition, and this led to the end of the unequal struggle. On < the side of the authorities one deputy had been killed and about a doen wounded before the battle ended. Came to the core, l>ei?z made a desperate struggle before he acknowledged himself beaten. When i an order was issued for his immediate arrest last week, the outlaw let it be known that he intended resisting to the last, and it was not until Saturday that a determined effort was made to capture him. Then 100 deputies with Winchesters, were sent out from Winter to attack the Deitz fortress at Cameron Dam. The attackers, creeping stealthily through the dense woods, surprised Dietz and his family, who were all outride their log home. Amid a hail of bullets from the posse the family ran inside the house, hut the tirst volley mured the beginning of the nd. for the bullets had wounded Dietz in his right hand and crippled his son in the leg. From that time on until marly nightfall the beseigers kept up a desultory tiring on the cahin. and Diet/, tearing harm to his wife and younger children, finally sent out a white tlag. Together with his family he was promptly placed under arrest and taken to the jail at Winter. There they will he held, as Mr. and Mrs. Diet/ and their oldest son are eharged with murder. Diet/ came into the limelight ahout four years ago, when he defended Cameron Dam, on Thornapple apple river, against one ot the largest lit in her companies in the state, lie claimed that dam was on his property and tied up several winters' cuts of logs, valued at thousands of dollars, hy refusing to allow them to pass the dam without paying toll. He was fought in the courts by the lumber company, but defied the order of judges and held off at the point ol a gun ail officers who attempted to serve papers upon him. Diet/, won The last controversy between Die'/, and the authorities of Sawyer county dates from Sept. G, when Diet/ abut tnd seriously wounded Hert ilorrel in Winter. Wis., in a wrangle. It is said, over rent due on a school house. Diet/ lirst quarreled with C. ti. O'llare. president of the Winter School board, it is said, and llorrel. taking O'Hare's part. struck Diet/.. Diet'/, tlieii shot and has since claimed it was in self-defence. ? IlKMDADI D TII1HTV Tllt)l SA\I?.| 4 'IlillCsc Kxeciit inner llss Killed That t Many I'coplc. Thirty thousand Chiuaiuen have lost their lives under the blows from the sword ot the public executioner in Canton. China He knows nmli ing of the electric chair, the hangman's noose, or the guillof inue. The ' Criminal who is condemned to deatn j in tlte Celestial empire ge.s short j shift. lie i- dil'eeted to tile plaee of death, kneels down, ami dueks his head well forward The e\reut ioiiei who is armed with a two-handed I double-edged flat swortl. takes ir.s I place and wiili one blow s< vims lilt criminal - bead. Then the next steps np for the same stiintnary treatment And they have been going s tine, for the e\e? 111inner is oiiD ?? year <>i age ami has been in the business not morel than half his life. Tile executioner !X about SIX feet tour inches t ill and his sword weigh about pounds. He is pmund ot his trusty blade and declares t never takes more than one blow to kill I hi Tuo-4'ent Tlietl. K.tl . . .. ^ I V . -< II i w 111 s 11 e from a store in Hnston. (iooi'Rc I*. Ifurrehan. ot Churlestow-n. .\la->s..i was scnifiict'd to spend si-von nionm* in prison. lie told tin* court that he wanted the whistle for his child, hut when it was found out that towns not married the lie.u i sentence followed * ! Inmil) l'i-ee I'loin llfiilti. Mr and Mr*. M.iunrie l-'n'tnonl eel?M>rat< d their golden wedding .it Tort Austin Mich recently. and "\er\ one ot their 1 "J children and their oflfsnrini; was present. I?e;ith has not invaded the Fremont family in fit) years WHO WILL WIN? ICe Democrats anl Republicans are Fighting for the House. DEMOCRATS FAVORED lint' llunitri'ii unci Kiclilcon l?i>tru'ts .\ro (H'batjililo Kiiiht.v-Two Soat?? Now llt'ltl l>y IU>|iutiliciins \it Vow in tin* I*. alamo?Squabbles lliml IkiMiiihtir.'inw ??? ! Ili'li* The most momentuous election the country lias seen in half a century is now in progress. It will determine whether the Republican party, the party of national administration is aide to keep control of the National House of Representatives Democrats of political foresight are emphatic in their claims that the next House w ill be Democrat ie and 1 that the Hon. Champ Clark will he ' the immediate successor of the lion. Joseph (?. Cannon, Speaker. Dissatisfaction with the ltepuhli- 1 can-made tariff is causing Republicans to give their support to the Democrats in the doubtful Congressional districts, of which political experts claim there are its in the country. There are It J*1 members of the House of Representatives. In the present House U 17 of these are Republicans and 174 Democrats. It is generally conceded that there ar*? 111- districts reasonably sure for the Republieuns and 141 for the Democrats. This leaves lis districts doubtful or debatable, in which the battle for the control of the House is now raging with more than the accustomed Congressional vigor. The Democrats feel they have a remarkable chance *o show their strength in this campaign, while the Republicans, satisfied in some sections over the tariff are dissatIstieel in others. in some sections torn by party tights and in other sections placidly content, are placed absolutely on the defensive behind breast works not t>11 iIt of solid rock. Of the debatable districts mentioned. are now held by the Republicans and I'.ti by Democrats The fact that there arc so many debatable itepublieun districts, indicate on the surface that tie- Republican party is in a perilous defensive pos ition. and that remarkable work must tie done by Republican campaign managers in order to save these districts and thus save the House for the Administration. l'olitioal experts in figuring upon the chances for a Democratic Hons, rely greatly for a base of operations upon the three special Congressional 'lection held early in the year. The tirat was in the Sixth Missouri distr'ct for a successor to the late David A. DeArmond. Mr. DeArmond, Democrat, had usually carried the district bv 3.000. C C. Dickinson Democrat, carried the district by approximately 3.800. The second, a pure out-and-out tariff battle, was held in the Fourteenth Massachusetts district, where rhe late William C. l^overing. Republican. w.i? accustomed to polling a majority of 14,000. Here Kugene M. Foss. Democrat, was elected by a majority of 5.COO. overturning as on see a tremendous number of normal Republican votes. The third was in the Thirty-second New York district, where .lames It. Havens, Democrat, was elected to succeed the late .lames It. IVrkiiM. Republican, whose normal majority was. more tbiiii In it"" XI.. i -"If I carried the district by .1 majority ??r j nhotit T.non. In this < lection. th<* i ti ti h t against tin* political prill-' . iples <?i He-- ' Alilridge. Havens j Itirni'licin op|i(ni.'iit rh:in .11;.mis 'in* ttirilT. These three r?*niark;i hi** spe?*i;il < -1. I ions were responsible I'ti i* the I leinnertits elit i 111 itiu ill ndvallee tile next Mouse <>i lie present at ives They j \eli* remarkable. too. in sin > vv ill p lie modern teiidenry Ml voter- to I shift easily from one party to an-j other, when oeeasions seem to ?! - j in.tint vigorous parti discipline It must he renienihefed. however, that in the acknowledged debatable j Republican distriets. the routests j v ill not !a* as strenuous as they were ' til the three distliefs mentioned ; 1 hov e. In Vermont. the Kepuldieatis shc.w j d their displeasure oj the present \ \dmiiiistration to casting a very . light vote for then two represent;!-I iv?*s. who. in order to he elected, had to promise not to vote for Jos- j ph 1; Cannon for Speaker In j Maine a month ago the Democrat.- \ won practically all alone ftte line.. ! two members ot Congress managing' to wiggle through in the irnni.i! He |tnlilit'itn ov'-rthrow Tito IUMiiorrats in Mnino. lone .i in si r<>tieho! I .; ii "In- eo\ rnor. hIIht srato oth> ?T>. both . hr:?nrh>-s 01 *ho logislai uiv. .uol two CoimrfHsnion Thf Hei-Mon of a Doinooral ir siu-n'ssor to Sonnmr llali- i> lln-ri'loi'i- assuioil Tli?. aotion > m fhoso Ni w l-'.nelaml stalos natiirillv tilloil flu- honris of flu* liortio rat-- ifu-ouehout the country wiln ! ho|io Kveu without tho Mii>j>urt of Tito HEAVILY PADDED ? thk <i:xsis i\ somk \vi:stki:\ citiks a swinih.i:. It Is Itelieved Tlial (irios frauds Have Keen l'er|?et rated ami an Investigut bin is (halfi-ccl. Staggered t?v tin* mormons growl o ?howu V?.\ the rc'iii'iis oi ine new ivnsus for a number of W'csi > i. ?ji ies. Director Durund, of the census bureau, has ordered an investigation. the result of whirh appeared in the announcement Sa'-iirda> night that gross frauds had been perpet.ai rtl. Cities specifically mention" ' i * ' being affected by the frauds. ar>- Taroiua. Seattle and A'tfrilcfa. V. asiiington: Portland. Oregon: Minneapolis. Minn.; Boise. Idaho, and Fort : Smith. Ark., hut is is staled tliti tlwre art* many others. The result of a second ?*n >iiie?-t-| ion of Taiotua. Wash.. was ami >.m. red. The cit> shows a population I of S-.ft7'J, an increase of t *>.-?. j nr ll'it per cent oxer the poptilati it; j of 1 firth. The first tip tires turned in fot Taenia were tltl.ltJS. Itt other wor I.; i lie aetual population was padded to! the extent ot Jlt.'.'ilti. whieh would have meant a further addition of ? ' per cent. 1 These additions were made in .1. ! out of enumeration distrie s jut Tacoma. In some of these distrb,;, j the number reported pro I <? :oi several times greater th >t. the ,u - | tual population. In ten districts the I lirst enumeration showed 2fi. names, whereas the eorreet ttuniher was found to In- I 1. ?4tl. Director Durand's statement consists ntaiuix of a letter front Itiuisi addressed to Secretary Nagel. of the department ot ctinimeree and laltor. dated Oct s. in which the whole ease is presented. Director Durand's letter sets fot tit that attempted "pudding" was mainly through the use of slips printed by private individuals and tout.lining the census questions. These were debar* <1 freely on t It street colliers ami elsewhere and were tilled out by thousands ot people xv ho either hud already been nenierafed oi who were not perm., nent residents of the city ami 110 entitled to -iiuiiiorat ion there It i.possible tlia in some eases Die names i were XX lit?l IX lieliliotIS These uaiii<-s were tinned over by: the private iutlivitltials win. eolle. letl t In-ni, through special agent St ace;. Il t'asei li> til III ill" and thrv. under 111st met ions of Special Agent Corwin. added the names to tin- enumeration 1 ?y assigning them as "boarders" or lodgers." to various houses in their districts. In other words, the director states, the numerators deliberately made the false statement that these persons were residents at this or that patuieuiar street number although the enumerators knew nothing whatever with regard to the natrnt. Sleeps With fauns. At raid to face his wife when he returned to his tent at the fair grounds in Detroit. Mieh., .lames Swonson. a lion tamer, crawled into the cage with his lions and sl--pt. There his wife found him, and (nodding him with a lent poll, declared ' he was the biggest coward she h .u ever k now u. | Death in Shirt Itosom. A stiff .-Dirt bosom and neckband j caused the death of Frank Amiel Johnson, of Hartford. Conn. He oecame 111 and fainted and while his J head was pitched forward on his j chest he strangled to death. * j odore itoose v el t. i he 'insurgents" in! 'lie Itepuhlica u rank- had reached high water mark in the states 01 j litornia. Washington, Oregon Wis-' cousin. Minnesota. Iowa, and Mich;- j gall. Ill everv state battle had raged between tin- two wings of the pari> I uid evcrv inch id ground was eon ... t ...i .-.-I <-11 lii \?-? 11 a 111 |isli iri> ilw Progress i v ? had in n li Mm n llii- old Miai'iiiiii at tli>- ??!? 11 primary, nominal ing Mr | llaNS. a Ufpulilira 11 not represent ing I In- railroad interests, lor governoi.j In Now York state, Tlieodoi ? j Htiosi'Vi'li, aided hy many oltieiais. j del'eatnl tin- Vim*-I'ro-uli nt tor t? in- | oorary chairman ot t ho Itepuhlica >t stat?' convention. dictated the plat-i torni. and nanioil tin- ticket. tlins ; -coring .1 strong: point lor the "in -ureonrs.' Ileveridgo has won in Indiana. another "insurgent" point. j The Progressive Kepiibllcns were! heaten. however. in Ohio. The "np| guard" ot Kepii .ileans practically won out in Missouri, and West Virginia Itepuhiieaiis have hacked up j Senator N It Scott, seeking re-eloc- i . tion The "insurgents" were routed; in North and South Itakota an.I n> Nt'l?rnnk:i. Marvland and 1 ?ela wan-, I Colorado. Idaho, ami Wynmini;. considered radical. were now in oienecd in tin- conservative U-|oihlican 1 in as (11 r a- nominations wore concerned This -urns it|% the critical politi- j ctil situation in a nutshell There I are three groat factors. Iieinocr.i s j. old-line Itepnhlicans. and insui , gent" Republicans in the figlf io>the next (louse with the odi- favor-I ing the democrats. DOES THE WORK t j Cotton Picking Machine Invented by an Augusta Boy Said to be A WONDERFUL SUCCESS I>?*v?-ri|iti<>n of the thicker nml How It (>ut hers tli?' Klpof)' Staple?4'an He lajuipped W'itli Klectrie l.iglits Kor Work at .Night?To In- Math* ill XtlgllstM. It is here at last. The Augusta Chronicle says, the Foureher cotton picking machine, that marvelous creation of inventive genius by a bright young \ngnstu boy. was given a practical demonstration in the presence of a number of cotton growers and business men in a nourishing cotton Held on the farm of Mr. Kohl. Fleming, four mites from the city. All who witnessed the demonstration agreed that Foureher cotton picker is the invention of the age. and that a great future awaits the machine and its maker The new cotton picker is the invention of Mr. Harry K. Foureher. of Augusta. Four years ago he coneeived the idea that a machine could In* made to take the place ot the slow and. too often, unreliable negro cotton picker, upon whom the southern farmer depends to harvest the world's greatest staple Mr. Four> her began to work quietly and said nothing of his efforts unit I he had his machine patented and ready for operation In the meantime cotton picking machines were invented and some were actually put on the oark.t. Mut none were built upon the Foureher plan, and he was enabled to eontiuue his work indisturbed by the tear of having his ideas "stoleu. Fatly in the summer of 11?01* Mr. Foureher exhibited his invention. The eottou picker was a very crude affair, luit the idea was there, and his friends were confident that lie world sonic day ;o tiic\>' success. The machine vv;is given si'voriil tests during the following tall. ami. iltliough i picked cot lon. the invention was still in tin- rough." Since that time Mr Fourcher lias Imsied hintselt improving upon his < riixiti: 1 idea, and now he announces that the cotton picker is alioui eoniyh-te. The cotton picker used for the demonstration is only a rough model o| what the finished machine will he. Other improvements have heen made, ami the machines thai will In- put on the market will he lighter and more eoiupact. The Fourcher cotton picking machine is very simple and wr) pructlral. A little narrow wagon gears a small gasoline motor, which operates a tiny electric generator. This in turn applies the power whicli works the picking machine carried In the' hand hy The laborer Upon the little wagon is a frame from which flexible, wires connect the generator in tinwagon to little dynamos carried on the backs 01 the men who operate tlie pickers. The little dynamos weigh about two pounds each, and ire attached by leather straps to finbacks ol the workers. The pickers carried in the hands of tin- men. are operated hy flexible shafts connected with the dynamos on their hacks The picker is a small simple little device. A little metal box with revolving burrs snatches the cotton out of tlie boll without any injury to the line and throws it hack info the cotton sack, to tin- month of which the machine i> attached, and which tin- worket draws along behind him Tin- p'c.ker will not gather leave* o.frast and the cotton is remarkably clean Koch picking machine in. y i he e11iiipped with apparatus foi eight { pickers. Duly one picker was used i iii ili<- demonstration. ami no effort . was made io show tin- capa* i. > oi tin 1 machine. a- a 'crei a' necm who had ?e\er pieto-d a II nl loilnn in his lit.- Iian.l ! <! (In- picket \s tin- |iM-l??-r> work i w11 in i-.n I. row, with .1 in!1, int.. nl i- nil I 11 a k rs atfai in-d to each iii i.-liiin . In lift 11* wacon is drawn >\ ha ! ilow .1 tin- miililli- row Tin- w a con is lich; an.I <-:iii In- iI > iiio\ I*.! o.tin 1 lii-lil When II i- Hi operation i .ilii >>1 i-iirlains jiroti-.-t tin machiner. Irmnf contact with i >111 >ii stalks weed i-'i Tin- iii.i- I. in.- is i-i|.ii11. -ill s it a elect rir licht. anil it is pos-nhii io altarh -.inall ini-aiiili-si-i-ai lichts : to tin- hats o! tin- workers. s.i tha i-otion ina.v In- pii-ki-rt at nifrhi. just j as coal iiiim-rs an- i-r|nij j>i-cl for their | work in tin- tihnk depthIt was shown b> tin- lest that each picker can easll\ gather .".hii pounds i?t' cotton :ii i-ai-h win kmc <la> of I hours This means a caj>acit\ of t.ioin |io ii nets for the machine Nil ! l-'ourclo-r declares that his finished' machine, hantlled i?v v.j-rt i-ott.ip : '.in mniii'i *111111 111>?1 j 11. t \ III 1" lllMlls I'll"' I'liln nil! lit* can ! >i1111 for Il'.'i" I'jo-ii .m l allow a good proili in thi' loiik' i The lull valio- oi tin* inwniionj lo (In* t'ainiors nl tin- South -; 1111 < ~ hr> osf i mat -ft When tin- srnrritv ol j labor i* et'ii.-idi'i'i il. and the tnatti i of rdim iiii-nri' m k?*tli?-rIiik and mar j kofinn tin- crop is un<1?-r inntl, tinimportant*' of tlo- invention is road I | BLOWS HOT AND COLD I:I:\ I:I:IIH;I: donk MOKK IIAIIM TII.W liooscvrlt's Incoasistennes Art- n> Potent That the l(cm(Mi ?t> I m* Them to Their Ailvnntnfi**. The Washington correspondent of The State says already I >e moo rats of Indiana have begun to make use of the material which was furnished them by Uoosevelt on his recent visit to the State. The ex-president went into the iloosier Stat*- for the purpose of aiding Albert Jeremiah lt?veridge in his up-hill race for the senate. He gave Meveridge his unqualified indorsement. and therein lies the material he furnished to the Democrats who are tightint lleveridge's re-election in the hope of substituting John Worth Kern for tits grand young man. In his endotBomet of B?veridge. Uoosevelt indorsed the action of Meveridge in voting against the tariff law. which, according to a signed editorial of Uoosepelt's in The Outlook some time ago is a better tariff law than was the last one. There is where the Indiana Democrats hate a good chance to trap the KooseveJt hurrah for Meveridge in the following particular: It w-ill be recalled that the colonel's New York convention discovered that the new tariff law reduced the average duty on imported goods about 1 1 per cent. D was very strange, ol course, that this fact had been previously discovered, but the colonel's New York convention was the only genuine, official and infallible authority on the subject, and so. epen if other findings had be-n made, they were of no force after the convention ot Uoosevelt Had given its idea of just what the new tariff law had done. In so far as the new law. according to Uoosevelt, reduced duties, .?? far was it an improvement over the Dingley law llut lleveridge supported the Dinglev law and opposed the Payne law because it did not reduce the duties enough' Yet ltoo*ev?>'.i indorses tin* action ot' Iteveridge. ta his Outlook utterance. he il1;?r?-d t he present law is belter than it?< predossor. hut Iteveridge was in favor of t 1k> old law and was opposed In tho now. Yet Koosevelt indorses him Thorn i> no dangei of t it*- people ot Indiana forgetting that Iteveridge lias changed front absolutely Kern and tho othor big Democrats of ibe State are not losing tho opportunity to show up his inconsistency. as well as that ot Ituosevclt. Tho ta> t that Iteveridge was in favor ot high piotortion until ho found that he could not ho reelected on such a platform is being worked with groat energy in tho Kern campaign As some oi the lionioeratie papers re putting it. the Kern candidacy is based u|ion convictions of a litetinie. and not upon expediency for the time being, a* oppoeed to lifelong convictions. .Mr. Kern is not holding a debate with his past speeches, it is declared his present campaign is not in refutation of his previous record, as is the case with Bevcridge. TUP CICOI'S AKK I'TXK. S?id to In* tin- lies! Kvcf Known in Thi>t ('(iiukitry. The government crop report ithnvj that 4!) records tor corn ind oatn have been broken despite >onie high figures in Hip past Indication arc that corn will reach lions are that rorn will reach IV4.t?rt(i ln?.-hols atraiiist a imp of 'J. b77 mot last year. The re. ord-lire;iking oats crop is 1 :i!!i,iiiiii bushels, compared with 1 017ono in ibob. the yield pt-r acre being III.!* hn-bels. com|>ar-?l with ::0 iii l ! *? and 2 ! ..* , the ten vein* average The prod net ion 01 >prirg wheat - e-iiniated hi tlie Crop Keportitic i'.o iril, lor 191" was 17. e die Is. compared with iMHI.vjl'.hOO nslo Is in 1 bn'.i The production of ill w heat tor I'.1 I" was t>9 1.7ti9.1111 it bushels, compared with 7--'. 7.|s?i IIIUI tilisllel ill IbOJl The pro .i -lion 111 iiiii irv i or I i? 1 U Alls 1 ;.S.i:: viiiift bushels compared wirn I 7 * J .nun (msle-ls mi l ! i 1* Incomplete i?-iiirn from tin* toluici ii hull indicate the > ield will be far >n\v the ten year avruI'i'iius. i\ania showing a notable iiiiipmsi'. * Slioois 11 i *> Kihiiii Male. .1 11. ORlesby, a voting \tlantn rheinlst, went Ilium- late Kriday ni^hi .lint was shot in tin- thigh by lohn Hasten, a hoarder, who thought his friend was a burglar The wound a ill mil prnvf fatal The two men had liwn rooniiiiR together ai the home o! Oglesln's mot lor 111 I ivi'i m tlo- host llil'lnl Till* ili'i -111 < -111 w deproed lit all i oimerted with it. >nt nobody blaiio'it either of the voting men as it seems to hate been tin a i idable. ily appremated Mr Konri iu-r plans to m ii facturc tin- machines in \uriita ami it is understood that a local company a ill lit- organized tie for the purpose.