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Fv i VOL? 26 "THE HAND OF THE DIMOEiNT SHALL RULE." CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY. S; C.. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908 NO. 43 DROWNEO BY FLOOD HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CAUSE FLOOD. Two Children Hare Been Drowned ?id Traffic Is Tied Up on Font Lines of Railroads. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C., says two children drowi^ed, traffic tied up on at least four lines of rail road and most of the navigable riv ers, crops badly damaged and in the large areas of lowlands entirely de stroyed is the partial record of the ?fleet In Eastern North Carolina of the West Indian storm that raged On the Atlantic ooait Thursday and mov ed Inland Friday, accompanied by a rainfall that was a record breaker in some localities and amounted to 9.76 Inches at Newborn, according to spe cials Friday night to the NewB and Observer from numerous points in that section. At Klnston, nine inches of rain in four days is reported, and in the city main streets are impassable to ped estrians. The Norfolk and Southern railway bridge over Soutbwestcreek, between Klnston and Caswell, is submerged and traffic has been block ed all day. Traffic is tied up also on the Klns ton 8now Hill Railroad, the track be ing washed away for some distance. Trains on the Washington and Vandemere Railroad are tied up by washouts and river traffic and fishing are at a standstill. The bridge of the Norfolk and Southern Railway, between Morehead City and Beaufort, recently built at a cost of millions of. dollars, la reported unsafe, and no trains are crossing. At Roper two children are report ed drowned on account of the flood. The chief damago in inland sec tions has been caused by the torren tial rains. Reports from Wilmington, More head City and Beaufort are that the storm has passed, and but little real damage has been affected. * KIDNAPPED AND DROWNED? Authorities Unable to Account Other ? - Young Lady's Condition. at Pittsburg, Pa, 18 years of age, , was kidnapped Wenty-four hours L;, had nut regain >man left her home, IB miles from Pittsburg, Monday afternoon, to mafce several purchasers. She failed to return and while the entire cottir munlty were searching for.her, Mrs. Konter, the girl's mother, found her lying across the bed of her room at home. Physicians have worked with the girl since Tuesday night In an en deavor to bring her back to conscious ness without success. According to Dr. Kerr, of Shousetown, a powerful drug, the nature of which has not yet been ascertained, was administer ed. Whether the girl was kidnapped and miBtreated is not definitely known. ? COTTON CROP'S CONDITION. Government Reports Note Improve ment Ovor Last Month. The average condition of cotton vh?> S3 per cent on July 26, -as against 81.2 a month ago, and 76 ? vpnr *?ro, according to the report of the department of agriculture giveti out on the flrBt. The condition on The condition of cotton on July 2 6 In 1906, 74.9 In 1906 and 81.4 for the past ten years. The r.rn^ltion fo cotton on July and the ten year averages respective ly by States follows: Indiana, 90 and 93; North Caro lina, 89 and 91; South Carolina, 84 and 80; Oeorgla, 86 and 81; Florida, 85 nnd 84; Alabama, 86 and 81; Mississippi, 8 6 and 80; Louisiana, 83 and 82; Texas, 82 and 82; Arkansas, 86 snd 82; Tennessee. 88 and 84 Missouri, 88 and 84; Oklahoma, 66 and 66. - * THRKB HOURS IN BALLOON. Successful Trip Made from Baltlmor' to Ifageratown. Rrnoat Ofll, r young man of Haiti more, accompanied by Lincoln anc' Hlllery Beachey, profenalonal aero nauts, mad? a succeflttful balloon voy age from Baltimore to Hageratown Md., Thursday. The air craft awcon* ed at 1.16 p. m. and 4.66 o'clock the party landed safely about four mllea north of Hageratown. Ita paaaengera ] reported" thai the experience waa pleasant, with no untoward Incldonta. A man fn Hagerstown, watching the baloon from the roof of hta houao. lost his balanco and fell to the ground and was killed. MR. OLRVKLAND'8 FORTUNE. Said That Fog*n?w IWdtif Left Kstate Worth ?2?0,000. . A dispatch trom Princeton, N. .1.. aaya while nothing In Mr. Cleve land* will, which was flled several weak* Ago, indicates the amount of hia fortune, and although no offlolal announcement has been made as to Ita extent, ft became known Friday that his personal and real property amotihU to $2*0.000. * , Killed by Train. Two men were killed and six more Injured, one of them probably fatal lr. on the Ontario and Western Road at May field, Pa., Friday. The dead: Michael Duggon and Samuel Ander eon. The men were repairing car* on i aiding when another tratn oraahed Into them. e DROWNED OR MURDERED? Coroner's Jury Former But Wo man Was in Shallow Water. A sinister aspect was given to the case of the drowning of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Ralsbeck, of New York, Monday night at Lake Bylvia, three miles from Annandale, Minn., when It becbme know Wednesday that Mrs. Ralsbeck's bobdy had been found In about three feet*of water In kneeling position, and that she had a long bruise on he aide of her face, which cut her upper Up, and one extending down on her throat under the ear. It was also learned that there was no water In her lungs. Dr. Ridge way. who examined the woman's body, said he believed that her death was not caused by drowning. The body of Dr. Ralsbeck was found farther out In the lake In about twenty feet of waer. The supposi tion is that the womah was stunned by blows and dragged or thrown into the lake. The boat in whcih the couple had gone shlng was found right side up and fishing tackle in it in good or der, thus Indicating that the boat had not been accldently overturned. Not withstanding this the coroner's ver dict was that death had been caused, by drowning. There were no witnesses. One farmer living near the Raisbecks said he had frequently heard them quar reling, but otherB say that their re lations were always harmonious. The couple were last seen about their cottage Monda ynlght. ? TELLS REMARKABLE STORY. Young Woman Assaulted and Thrown From Boat is Rescued. A young woman, bruised, limp and well-nigh exhausted, was found early Monday clinging to the side of u floating pile driver at the foot of Fiftieth street, Brooklyn, N. Y When rescued her account of how she came so near death was of a re markable outrage. She la Miss Amelia Stechel, of Bay Ridgo^ and she is at her home In a serious con dition. Miss 8teehel spent Saturday with a friend. On her way home in (he evening, she says two men, whom she thinks were Italians, suddenly seized her and threatened to murder her if she screamed. She was drag ged to a dock and there she lout con sciousness. When she came too, she sa?B she found herself In a boat with the two men; that she struggled so violently that the pair threw her overboard and that she tried to $w!m to the sfcorfi^ "trength_ was then so spent that she could on ly cling to tho pile driver in hopes of rescue. , A doctor who attended her sayB she wis undoubtedly assaulted. The police are looking for her assailants. IN DANGER FOR DAYS. Capialn and Crew Rescued from Sinking Ships. Capt. Foster and his crew of six men were taken Monday from the Ill-fated schooner Jose Olovorri, stranded on Bull's Island beach near Charleston Thursday night. For nearly four days the captain and hlB men were unable to leave the vessel and were In constant danger of being thrown into the sea from the break ing of the pounding ship in a boil ing surf. The loss of their small boats prevented the seamen from leaving the ship. Capt. Stevenson of the Bull's Island lighthouse succeed ed in" reaching the schooner, the sen and wind having calmed down suffi ciently to allow him to approach her. The schooner, valued at about $25, 000, and the cargo of cement, valu ed at about $8, ,000, seem to be a total loss. MILLS TO SHUT DOWN. "100,000 Spindles in Spnrtanbnrg to be Idle for Two "Weeks or Longer. Practically all the largo cotton mills In the Spartanburg section will close August 8 for two weeks, some of them for a longer period. The mills that will elope down are Tu capau, Enoree, Pacolet, Spartan Mills, Arkwrlflht and Whitney, of that ?3r>unty, and Clinton nnd Wnt* Mills The Pacolet Mills will close for an indefinite period, and will pay the operatives half tlmn and give then1 free house rents whllo opratlon If suspended. The other mills will fur nish house rent free. The closing down of the mills, August. 8, will be the second time this summer the mills hnve shut down, and will pr*v bably be the last. As a result of the shut down, more than three hun dred thousand spindles in the coun ty wlh be Idle. CAN'T RKfBK WIVISKKY OIIDKHS. Not Kven By Mail, Says the Georgia (Jourt, of AppeaiR. At Atlanta Judge Richard H. Rus sell Frldfty In tho Georgia Court of Appeals, with the concurrence of the entire Court, rendered an opinion to the effect that tho solicitation of or ders by mail In another Btwto for wblakay or other intoxicating bever ages in tho State of Georgia, as well as in tho State of Georgia by any in dividual or corporation, ts a violation of Che laws of the State of Georgia, as well as In tho State by any Indi vidual or corporation, Is a violation of the laws of tho Rtate of Georgia, and any preson making such solicita tion In guilty of a crime against the State. ? , Rat ties hip* IVeyond Wireless. ' A dispatch from Honolulu says for the first time since the American Atlantic battleship fleet sailed from that port for Australia, the wireless station fallen to oommunloate with the Connecticut. Wednesday night. ? LYNCHED BY MOB 4 " ki NEGRO WHO ASSAULTED LADY LYNCHED BY OITIZHNS. Execution Only Accomplished After Eleven Men Had Been Shot Down 4 by the Sheriff. A dispatch from Penaaoola, Fla., says two men killed and nine wound ed. some of them fatally, Is the re ?ord of the clash between the mob bent on lynching Leander Shaw, a negro, and the sheriff and his forces, in which the mob Anally overpowered the authorities of that plach Thurs day. The lynching was oarried out in the most prominent part of the city. Shaw Wednesdoy assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis, a highly respected lady of that city, during the absence of her husband, and after cutting her throat almost from ear to ear, club bed her over the head with a revol ver, which he had taken from the house. During the afternoon when it became known that the negro had been arrested, crowds began forming upon the streets and early in the night they were reinforced by large numbers of men from the country. The mob formed about eight o'clock that night and made an at tack upon the county Jail, where the negro was confined. The Jail gate was broken down by the mob, and the sheriff and his deputies opened (Ire. Three men dropped from the first volley of the sheriff's fire. Vol ley after volley was then fired by the sheriff's force, but the mob was repulsed. About midnight another attack was made, the mob having increased to one thousand determined men. The second attack was successful, for the reason that it was made upon all sldeB o f the jail. One party forced its way through to the rear, overpow ering the officers and securing the trembling negro. A noose was slipped about his neck and after being dragged for two blocks he was strunk up to an elec tric light pole in the centre of the park, where fully 2,000 bullets com pletely riddled his body. The dead are: Henry C. Kellum, street car motorman; Bud Nicholas, a planter. The wounded arc: Charlie Turner, probably fatally; Jos. Brewton, prob ably fatally; Jailer J. H. Beaton, probably fatally; "Bud" Knowles, probably fatally; Sheriff Jas C. Van Pelt, John Van Pelt, a brother; Fred Humphreys, W. P. Brownson and W. P. BftylloB* - - Probably a .dozen or more^^PHP were slightly wounded. The '-body of Shaw was cut dowij next morning by orders of the authorities. The baby, who was Btruck by the negro at the time he tried to kill the mother, it is said will recover. The fearful cost at which Shaw was secured and made to answer the penalty of outraged people is greatly deplored, and citizens are in a unit in great sorroW'^ver the re sults of storming the ^county Jail. Mrs. Lillian Davis. Shaw's victim, is in a desperate condition and her life is despaired of. The wounded men in Wednesday night'B battle are receiving every attention. The coroner's jury Investigating the riot found that Leander Bhaw. came to his death at the hands of men unknown to them. The jury Is also to investigate the death of Kel lum, who was shot and killed In the scuffle at the jail. DEER HELD UP TRAIN. Do? And Fawns Scattered But Buck Charged Engine And IViw Killed. A passenf?( train which left New Haven Th\ day night for Middle ton, was held up near Durham, Conn., in a most unusual manner. Four deer, a doe, two fawns and a buck stood on the tracks as the train approached. When the- en gineer blew his whistle, all of tho door, with the exception of the buck, loaped aside. The buck was run down and kill od as he stood challenging the loco motive. STRIKE WOT AT BOMBAY. Twenty Thousand Men Ont ? British Troops Disperse Ihom. At nombny, Twonty thousand mill hands who struck Thursday became riotous Friday and a detaohment of llrltlsh Infnntry was called out. They flred, killing one native and wounding rIx. Several Europeans and natives of the police foro.e sus tained Injuries. The rioters were dispersed. The strikers are ont In sympathy for Tllak, the nationalist leader and editor who was sentenced to trans portation for six years on a charge of sedition. NEGRO HRL'TE TO ME. Execution of John Finney Will lie Virginia's First Electrocution. A dispatch from Roanoke, Va., says John Finney, the negro, who two weeks ago beat, eieven-year-old Mary Jamison almost, to death in Franklin County, in an attempt, to criminally assault her. was Friday convicted in Court at. Rocky Mount. The i'?ry was out five minutes. Fln noy Is the first, criminal Hentenced to be electrocuted in Virginia. * Victims of the llndertovr. Two deaths by drowning occurred in Florida Monday, one at Amelln Beach, near Fernandlna, and the other at Dayton Beach. W "Me Beck ham, of Windsor, Fla, while In bath ing with a number of friends at Amelia Beach, was caught In the undertow, and at Daytotia J. B Buneh lost his life In a similar man ner. Both bodies are still missing HOLD YOUR COTTON. President Harris banea Letter to the Farmers. Remember Farmers that it all de pends on yQU to make the spot cot ton that Is now In your hands bring the minimum price ? fifteen cents. I know the speculators will try to scare you and endeavor to get you to sell. Now let us see if this 1b true. I met a farmer to day who told me that a buyer drove out to see him and tried to get him to sell hlB cot ton, stating to this farmer that in an adjoining county he had bought 400 bales from the farmers. The buyer told him that he had better sell as it was going lower; that new cotton wb8 coming In and that It would scon be selling at eight cents. Now, fururitiB, do not be "bluffed" by such falsehoods. The trouble with that buyer Is Just this ? he is buying for some broker who haB contracts, on which deliveries are due and he is being called on to fill them. Qentlemen, make him pay your price before he gets your cotton; it Is yours and you have a right to demand Its value and your demands are not too much. Fifteen cents is the price and If the old crop is held by the farm ers, It will come. They might try to scare you with the new crop, but let ua see If It not wlBdom to hold Tho now cotton crop cannot bo spun by itself until after sixty days after It Is ginned and packed and there Is not enough old cotton for the mills' consumption, so the mills have to mix two bales of the old cotton with one bale of the new cotton, be fore they can spin It to advantage. Why did this drop In price occur In the last fifteen days? Has the price of the manufactured goods fal len off and are trade conditions in a worse shape? No; some weak kneed farmers got scared, and when the price went up to 1 2 cents, they Just turned loose enough to feed the spinners for twenty days, and tho speculators said, "we will drop it down and scare them with the new crop." Now don't bo frightened. Remember last year there was a pre mium paid for old cotton in Septem ber. Why was this? Because the consumers had to have it to mix with the new crop before it could be spun. Now as to the condition of the growing crop. Our national presi dent, Hon. C. S. Barrett, called a meeting of the state presidents to meet him and the national executive committee in Memphis, Tenn., on the 16th inst., and all of the cotton grow ing States were represented there, with two exxceptlons North Carolina and. Florida. W? got a tnifl and cor rect report of the conditions existing in all of the states. The complaint was that there had been too much rain and the cotton crop had not been well worked and was very un even. The plant was growing too much to weed and was not fruiting well. The above is a true statement of the facts concp^'Mng the growing crop. The next forty days is the moBt critical period for the crop. The weather will have to be perfect for the balance of the season If we dupli cate our 1907 crop. I saw a statement in today's paper that TexaB had sold all of her old crop, that was being held. This is only another bluff to scare you. Just remembor that "futures" cannot be spun into goods and our last year's crop was 4,000,000 bales short, so take a firmer grip on your spots and victory is yours. B. Harris, President, South Carolina State Union. PEACH MOVEMENT GAINING. Congress Now in Session in London Much Encouraged . "Many signs of the Increasing im portance of the peace movement have developed during the progress of the Universal Peace Congress," said Ben jamin F. Trueblood, of Boston, presi dent of the American Peace Society and head of the American delegation now in London, in an interview. "First, wo have seen the number of delegatec grow until every civilized nation of the world now is represent ed at the Congress, and by men of standing In their own countries. The mooting of the Congress have beon exceedingly well attended, and the greatest interest has beon displayed, the most Important of which was that on the subject of armaments. "Make It clear," said Mr. True blood, "that wo aro not urging Im Imodiate disarmament, but a scheme by which the increased expenditure for arjnaments can. bo stopped. "Another Incident showing the growing Importance of the Congress was the recognition of the delegates by King Kdward, a precedent which doubtless will bo followed In the fu ture. The British Oovornment has ably seconed his Majesty by Inviting the delegates to the congress to n banquet Friday evening, there will be speeches which will advance the Cause which we have so much at heart. Those and other attentions wo are receiving from the official heads of Orent Britain Insure the success of (ho Congress In the future "The discussions In the Congress, while they aro doing much good, have not had so much effect as the impressions we have received from rulers and political leaders of coun tries so vitally Interested In the main tenance of poaco." * BAGGAGEMAN ITELO UP. Two M*m Rob Train of Mail Pouch. Watch and Money. Two men held up n baggageman late Thursday night, on the TTIster and Delaware passenger train be tween South Gilbea and Stamford, N. V. They helped themselves to the mall pouch, the baggageman's gold watch and $18 In cash. They dis appeared from the train as It slowed Aoivn a) Stamford. BRYAN WORKING ON SPEECH. Vast Crowd Will Hoar Him Deliver 4,. it on Notification Day. A dispatch from Fairvlew, Neb., say* I3ryan has made rapid headway with his speech of acceptance. He said 'that it would be completed on August 5. The programme of exercises in connection with the notification on August 12 was announced by Mayor Brown, after it had been submitted to Mil Bryan for approval. Wtih the exception of the speeches, the affair will be non paptri.*an and simple. Acivlces alrendy received by the committee on arrangements indicate that 'Mr. Bryan will face a vast aud ience jn the Capital ground swhen he is formally advised of the action of the Denver Convention in placing him in nomination. ?I^je no '><*rade of march ing*- (Tubs. Iuvltatlans wilJ be ex ten&e^L to all State and city officers of Nebraska and adjourning states and to citizens generally to attend the notification. The programme will be ended: with a dinner to the notiflca tion'committee at Fairview at 6:30 P. M. ; A visitor asked Mr. bryan Friday what he thought of the proposition to adopt the tiger as a Democratic emblem instead of the donkey. "I want .first to see the mule that is coming to me from Minnesota," said Mr. Bryan, laughingly, "before I dls cubs ary trade." ABANDONED YOUNG BABY. ) Heartless Attempt of Negro Woman at Hock Hill. A heartless attempt was made at Rock >1111 Thursday by a negro wo man named McFadden to abandon her month old lnfunt. The girl, Whose mother t*s a servant for a gen tleman of that city, came from Char lotte on the early train, carrying a month old baby In her arms. Walking down the railroad to White's pasture In the neighborhood of the^ Ice company's plant, she plac ed the^ baby in a clump of grass and too"k Uer departure. Some one saw the child and reported it to the po lice. l^They at once thought of the girl, ifho got off the train with tHe baby dud proceeded to look her up. It was a shrewd guess on the part of the officers, for the woman had no cht)d with her when found. She denledr knowing anything about this or &n{r other child, but when they toid her she would be locked up un less alio found her child In a hurry she gfcve in and proceeded to where she hPd deserteti^her baby. was apparently f^no the wor8^ror"7??BTxperfenS^"w?enTTT?r inhuman mother was found by the officers she was singing as though as happy as a lark, and with a con science "void of offence." She is now on the inside, looking out. ? MAN DIK8 OF FHIGHT. Barber Pointed Pistol at Debter Who Faints and Dies. Charged with homicide in having frightened a man to death by pointing a gun at him. Gurgois Marsho, 29 years old, a bartender of New York, is locked up at police neadquarters. His case is one of the strangest that has ever found its way to the police plotter. The address given by Mar sho is a barber shop. The police allege that Marsho went to the barber shop on May 14 last to collect a bill from Impade Nazarian, another "barber employed there. Naz arian appeared to be reluctant about paying the money and the two men exchanged words. In the heat of the argument, It Is said that Marsho drow a revolver and ])ointed It at Nazarian. At the sight of the revolver Nazar ian dropped to the floor In a faint and Marsho, who was badly frighten ed, took to his heels, although he did not discharge the weapon. Nazarian was taken to Bellevue hospital. Af ter he had been there afew house, Internal hemorrhages set in and he died a few days later. The doctors said that the fright was responsible for his death. The police have been searching for Mar sho for two months. ? JOHNSON WRITRS RRYAX. Ih Heady to HjKiftk for Party Whcro over Wanted. In a letter to VV. J. Bryan. mnlled Friday, Governor Johnson of Minne sota places his oratorical powers at the disposal of the national Demo cratic pommltt.ee. He nays he will tie available about September and will go whero wanted. The letter was In answer to one received from Mr. Hrynn several days aKO, calling attontlon to the fact that there was a desire In many Htates to hear the Governor. MINKRH 111 ' It 1 1 ; 1 > AlilVK. Resetie Work Dlfllcult, lint Twenty Ifnve Hcf'n Saved. A dispatch from Fernle, B. G.. says twenty-three mnn were burled Friday morning by a caveln In No. 2 mine at Goal Greok, owned by the Grow's Nest Pass Goal Gompany. The work of rescue was made dif ficult by gas, but rescuing parties had taken out twenty men alive at three o'clock Friday afternoon, and the other three will probably be rescued. Three men were killed in this mine two months ago. * RARY RKROTKI) FROM TVH. I>nrtors Worked Three Honrs to Re vive Spartanburg Child. At. Spartanburg Weldon Wilson, aged two years, ' wns found sticking head foremost In a tub of water at his homo Friday. Physicians worked with him three hours and Anally suc ceeded In reviving him. How long the child had beon In the water Is not known. * BAFFLES POLICE TWO MEN CONCERNED IN THE MURDER OF WOMAN. Laborer Tolls of Seeing Thorn Trylug to Burn Mattress Which Contained Her Body. That ut least two men were con cerned In the murder of the unidenti fied woman whose half-charred and acid-scarred body was found on the Green Point avenue dumping ground In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N. Y.. early Wednesday morning, was es tablished Thursday night. Philip O'Brien, a laborer of Green Point, saw a covered wagon driven to the dump at dawn- Wednesday. Two men got out and lifted from the wagon what the witness supposed to be only an old mattress. He saw the men pile a heop of brush on the mattress, pour oil over it and Bet fire to it. Bleleving the mattress was being destroyed because it was dis ease-infected, the man avoided the spot. There can be no doubt but that the mattress was tho one in which the body of the murdered wo man was concealed. This important development led to the discovery that the wagon was seen by. several other persons and the police now have a minute de scription of the two men who were in it. They were foreigners. Another startling feature of the case was disclosed when Coroner's Physician Wurst made a second au topsy on the corpse, His first autop sy revealed a deep cut across the woman's throat. The second autop sy shows that this cut was made by a person who is export in surgery. The Incision, says the coroner's physician, is such as is made In des perate cases of diphtheria, where it is necessary to pierce the windpipe to prevent strangulation. Whether this wound caused deatli or not Dr. Wurst is unprepared to say. Dr. Wurst' will make a careful analysis of the stomach to discover whether a drug was administered to the woman. Besides the incision In the woman's throat her skull was fractured and the police believe that poison may have been used to make thrice sure of her death. Failure to identify the victim is the greatest obstacle the police have to overcome In solving the mystery. A general alarm has been sent- out for Mrs. Mamie Muskovltch and her husband, Stanley, who have disap peared. . limn lu u dered woman may be Mrs. Musko vltch. Muskovltch and his wife left Qreen Point last Monday, supposed ly for Stamford, Conn., and Mrs. Muskovltch has not been Been since. Her husband returned to Green Point on Tuesday alono, It Is said. ? TESTED TORPEDO NETS. Steel Mesh Withstands Shock of Tor pedoes. A dispatch from Newport, R. I., says Important secret tests were made at Coddlngton Cove and in Buzzard's Hay Thursday with the new torpedo nets, a steel mesh, which is supposed to be able to withstand the shock ol torpedoes fired at close range. In Coddlngton Cove the torpedo boats Morris and Gwynn fired tor pedoes at different ranges and differ ent speedes at the nets, placed above the water, while at Buzzard's Bay the tests were mado by firing orved oos under water, thS second subma marlnc flotilla being engaged in the experiments. It was said unofficially that the tests were satisfactory. The nets are designed to be placed abord armored cruisers and torpedo .boats for protection in time of was against torpedo attacks. ? mkt HOiminTiH death. Young Man FoHtonecl Iteneatli HngJnc ami Fatally Scalded. Mr. I). W. Dunlap, a young man. son of Mr. Charles L. Dunlap, of Fort Lawn, met with n horrible death i' rlday night says a news dispatch from Lancaster. He was acting an engineer on the railroad between Fort Lawn and Great Falls, and while running what Is known as a dinkey engine yesterday afternoon, the en gine collided with a box car and ov erturned. Mr. Dunlap being pinioned under his machine and fatally scald ed, his death ensuing several hours later. The unfortunate young man was fastened beneath his engine an hour and a half before he could be removed, bolng conscious nil the while. * FOrxn MOTHKK MLKDKItKD. Woman, Sixty Years of Age, Shot ttlx Tiling by I'liknovrii Party. A dispatch from Tampa, Fla, says Mrs. J. W. Piatt., sixty years old, was murdered by unknown persons Mon day at noon at her home near 011 chrlst Institute. Discovery of the crime was made by her son, Walter Plat't, who, going home for dinner, found his mother's body on the kitchen floor with six bullet wounds In her head. Her daughter, Ml a? Mattle Piatt, a teach?/ at the Insti tute,' had left home thirty minutes before. HIilPPED OFF IIF/R HOOF. New York Woman Ix>st Ilalanoe, Fell Six Stories and Was Klllwl. In a moment of forgetfulness, while sitting on the edge of the roof of her home, Miss Annie Mc Nult.y, 1 ft years old. of 2.1ft Kast 122nd street, New York stretcehd out her arms In exercise, and losing her balance, fell to the street, six stories below. She died shortly after reaching the hospital. MATTERS POLITICAL. Editor Norman Mack to Hun I>emo crutic Campaign. Matters are still moving smoothly in national democratic affairs. Nor man E. Mack of Buffalo, an editor and a man who has the confidence of the party, and who la a hard work er, has been made chairman of the national committee, which meanB that an effort Is to be made to cap ture New York and me New York politicians think that the effort will be successful. Tha choice of Mr. Mack seems to give general satisfac tion. There is every evidence of the fact that the- democratic committee Is leaving no stone unturned to get the votes of the people and they are making progress. They will try to capture Ohio by bagging the Forak or support, which seems probable, they will sacrifice no principle, make no promises that will bind the party to anything objectionable in doing It. Gov. Johuson will set out Boon to make some speeches for the ticket which ho aspired to lead, and is great enough to help though he was disappointed. The republicans are also very busy they are trying now to mako terms, and this Information comes from the New York World, which la not very favorable to the democratic party, that the administration has surren dered to the Wall street capitalists and rapid pool and will permit the railroads In the west to raise their rates, and will make It convenient to have the employes of the road con vinced that their object in so doing Is to increase their wages, or prevent their reduction, and that their hope la in the republcan party, the party of the full diner pall. The collections for the campaign funds are growing very slowly, the farmers do not respond as rapidly to the appeal as was thought when they realized that the election de pended on them and that It was I lainly up to them now, If they want ed aucta government as thoy had been for years demanding, they had to support the workers In the field, sup ply the amunltlon for the batteries and pay the bill. SOI" T II IN" SPLENDID SHAPE. Southern Railway Officials Gratified At Hiisine?s Conditions How. At a confidence held in Washing ton last week between President Fin ley, executive others of the Southern railway company and affilated com paliies and officers of the traffic and operating departments of the South iiWlMNiii tlons of business in the south and prospects for the future were thor oughly discussed. Tt was the con census of opinion that there was a trend In the direction of Improve ment of business throughout the southern states. The agricultural outlook Is en couraging. Southern fruit and veg etable crops have generally been g iod and have found a ready mar ket at juices which, although, in some cases below those of former years, have been profitable. The present condition of the cotton crop and the grain crops of the south are good. if there Is no deter iroa tlon in cotton between now and the '* se of the season the yield will be huge. As a result of the general pros perity among the farming commun ities retail business in most southern towns has kept up fairly well. Mer chants have been buying conserva lively, however, and the effect has been a curtailment of wholesale bus iness and depression in some lines of manufacture. Goods of all kinds in the hand* oi dealers have been reduced and. with the good agricultural outloim. 'hero is tea son to expect a gradual im provement in all lines of business. * CONVICT AGAINST CONVICT. More Georgia Horrors nnd Irregular ities Disclosed. At Atlanta, Oa., (Jeo. F. Hurt, tes tifying before the legislative com mittee Investigating the conduct of ' he Htate prison hoard last week told the committee of un incident In which one convict armed with a pick was set upon another convict similarly armed In an effort to capture and subdue him. During the encounter this convict drove bis pick Into the Insurgent's face up to the hilt, the point of it. penetrating the mans lung. He afterwards died of pneu monia. Lessees of convicts called to the stand swore that, members of the fJeorgla prison commission knew that they wore paying extra salaries tr the State's officers. . Wardens acknowledged ignoring rules in reference to making out re ports of their camps and submitting them under oath. They stated they I were never reprimanded by the prls on commission for those lapses. . ? TWO TOTS IHK IN S I (HOI. I'arcnls, JuM Hwonrilrd, l>rovr I it < ?> Canal on Way llomo. A ftpoclnl from ItoporR, N (' . ro portH tho drowning of an infant two months* old and a r h 1 1 ?1 two yonrw old. of Mr and Mth R. H Kwaln, tho party bolng caught In tho ntorm Fri day night, and, mlRRlng a bridge, drove Into one of tho groat canals bo low Lake Heuppornong Tho couple had boon ORtranged for somo tlmo. Thursday, Mr Rwaln vlRltod her nnd a reconciliation followed. Train Killed A({0<1 Man. h hn Ollder. aged ft I years, nnd tho oldndt living employe of tho Mobllo nnd Ohio failroad, wa? run down and klllod by n locomotive of an In coming paRRonger train on that road WodnoHday noar Whistler, Ala. Ifln neck and logo worn brokon and tho pilot of tho onglno knocked a holn In hlfl head. * WANT FINE RESTORED GOVERNMENT TO ASK REHEAR ING OF STANDARD OIL CASE. The Case Is Going to Be Carried to the United States Supreme Court. Other Coses to Be Pressed. At Lenox, Mass., W-dnesday after an all-day couferecce of the leading Government prosecuting officers and Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, one of the special counsel for the Govern ment In certain civil suits, It was announced by Attorney General Bon aparte that every effort would be mado to secure a revision of the re cent decision and opinion of the\ United States Circuit Court of Ap-f peals In the case of the Standard OH Company of Indiana, and that ap ap plication for a reargument of the case and a motion for a modification of the opinion would be submitted to that Court. Although no time Is fixed, this ac tion by the Government will bo taken at the earliest possible moment, while the pending prosecutions against the Standard Oil Company and all other prosecutions In which the giving or receiving of rebates Is charged will be pressed to trial.] The declslpu to take this action was unanimous. Attorney General Bonaparte called to the conference Solicitor General H. M. Hoyt, of Washington; Krwln M. Sims, of Chi cago, United States district attorney for the Northern district of Illinois; Jas. H. Wllkerson, of Chicago, Mr. Situs's first asslstaut, and Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota. Mr Hoyt, Mr Sims and Mr Wllkerson have arrived and had a conference in the after noon with the Attorney General. Mr. Kellogg arrived also and participated in the two conferences which were held Wednesday, and which ended with the giving out of the following statement by Attorney General Bona parte: "The Government will make every effort In Its power to secure a revis ion of the recent decision and opiu ion of tlio Circuit Court of Appeals for the 7th circuit in the case of tbo Standard Oil Company, of Indiana, either by the Court of Appeals itself or if necessary by the Supremo Court of the United States. The gentlemen who have been In consultation with me all unite In my opinion that in (he interest of the impartial and ef fective administration of our lawB such action on the part of the Gov ernment 1b Imperatively demanded Kv Mia pirrnmatAnor^ nf thn the poHslble consequence If fon should stand as authority with out question by the Government. To this end an application for a reargu ment of the case and a motion for a modification of the opinion will be submit led to the Circuit Court of Appoals on behalf of the United i States at the earliest possible mo ment. Other appropriate steps will be taken afterwards, their character to be determined by the Courts ac tion on this application. The pend ing prosecutions, in which the giv ing or receiving of rebates or offences of like charucter are charged, will bo pressed to trial and Judgment by the Government with all possible energy and as promptly as practicable in view of the. Government's legal ad visers the reversal of the Judgment in the case recently decided in no way affects the merits or that controversy or the necessity and duty of bringing to punishment In possible In this and cases any individual or corporation shown to have evaded or defied the laws." In discussing the various aspects of the case Attorney General Bona parte took occasion to rofor to tho report published In certain newspa pers to the offect that W. Parmeleo Prentlst, tho son-ln-lnw of John I). Rockefeller, had given, or was to give, a dinner to tho Attorney Gener al, Mr Rockefeller and Judge Gross cup. Mr. Bonaparte said in this con nectlon: "The tale is wholly free from any taint of truth." HER NKGKO III U\. Alleged Assailant of White Girl Lynched by Citizens. "Tad" Smith, a negro boy 18 veas old, charged with criminal as sault on Miss Viola Delancey at Clay ton, Hunt County, Texas., was cap tured by officers Tuesday. He was taken before tho young woman and identified. Tho prisoner was then hurried to tho Greonvlllo Jail. He fore arriving there, however, a mob of citizens overpowered the officers, took the prisoner and burned him at tho stake. Fagots were piled up In the public square at Greenville and the negro was placed thereon, kero sene oil was poured on and a match applied Smith slowly burned to death while a thousand people look e ' on. qi k:k ji:htici?: i\ jkkhhy. Illn< kmnltli who Killed I'rrdflior July 1 1"5 Rontrncod to Dip. A dlapatch from Now Hrunawlck, N J.. wayn Anothor oxamplo of r| 1 1 1 r- k .Fosroy JuBtlco wan glvon Tiior dny wlion Arr.hlo Horron, tho form er hlackftrnlt h, who nhot find killed Mm Rov. R. V. H. F'rlckott, n Motho dlRt minister, on July 15, wnn con vlrtod of murdor In t ho flrRt dogr?? and wnn Rontoncod to ho olectroctit od at Tronton on Soptombor 7. Morion's trial bogan Monday and tho oftRO wbh glvon to tho Jury Tiior day. It. took but. forty-flvo minute* for tho Jurymon to bring In a vor dict of guilty. Horroti ?hot. tho Rev Mr. Prlckoft whllo hlR victim was walking In the Rtroet. HIh motive In believed to have boon to revenge him* Rolf npon tho mlnlRter, who, whnn reoordor of the Metuehon Court, Rftntoncod TTorron to R?rve ton daya In Jail for drnnkennoRK and dlRordor . ly conduct.