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HAVING TROUBLES. Our South American Neighbors Arc St;li Restless. NEWS RESTRICTED BY CENSORSHIP, A Disrupted toleration-' The Political Intrigue^. W4*ielt Threatens to t>*s? rupi .Soma The Republic*. Colon, Colombia, via Galveston, Special. ?The censorship here p:cv.mts tho transmission oC political news or news unfavorable to tho governmtn:. ri ho revolt of tho Liberal Cctfomblan robe-la', now two yeai'8%1 1, laie'.y a^ ruined a more serious* aspect by tho ^ Liberals' concentration on tho iathmi a. It la belieyed they aro contemplating Aggressive actions. Consequently un easiness prevails at Panama, the hob oval objective, which was nearly eap is-i. S w wA t?tiV??rrtrti Yon rebels wi.i molest thl railroad or in terrupt traffic. The rcw^it rebel raids nlong the railroad amounted to blood less raiding and the robbery of Chinese .storekeepers, Which the presence of a few government troops apparently stopped. The area of tho revolt is ex tensive. A notable distinguished feature of the revolution Is the actual moral sup port the Liberals are receiving from Vonesuela, Ecuador and Nicarrgua. 'n which countries Liberal govern. nents prevail. Columbia's Conservating. nov fernment is not popular with the gov ernments of the countries metionod, but is popular with the revolutionary elements in the same countries. The situation was likened to a disrupted federation composed of Venezuela. Ec uador. Colombia and . .rasasua. in which Liberal and Conservative parti sans are helping each other and Intrig uing together. Hut, being separate na tions, the political and armed intrigues threaten rnternatiomil trouble. It is reported that tlifT Conservative revolt in Venezuela against President Castro is receiving actual support from the Colombian Conservatives. Nicara gua's threatened revolution will prob ntdy bu.KlniiniViy aided, on the oseasjon arising. These conditions give ground ^ for- the reports of actual or threatened international complications betwpen the countries mentioned, in which tho Liberals are generally opposod to tho Colombia a COnsL'i va ii vu adiiiiuis; ra tion, whose propheslQ/,1 dowpfall is ac companied by talk of a federation or ?consolidation of some or all of the rountries mentioned under the Idea of a "Grand Colombia." The Colombian government is in straits, flnahcia ly. The conditions In the interior are bad. The government is well supplied with ammunition and this week unsuc cessfully trfed to become possessed of ?consignments of the same to Ecuador and Nicaragua in transit over the Panama Railroad. The rebels on the isthmus are ham-, pered by a lacK of arms and ammuni tion and are reported to be awaiting the arrival of shipments and the pres ence in the field of certain leaders be fore commencing activities on the isth mus. General Albah, governor of Pan * ama who was recently granted extra ordinary civil and military powers on both sides of the Isthmus, is now ab sent arsavanviile. lie Is supposed to be bringing troops for the protection of the Isthmus. He lately Invite 1 a num ber of friends at Panama to Paso, put ? ? a guard at tho door" and forced his guest s to contribute liberally to the government before releasing them. A Colombian holding monopolies under the Conservatives Is belm^forced to contribute liberally to the payment of the soldiers and police of tho Isthmus. The Liberal revolutionary movement in Colombia is well supported tnrouch out tho country and It. 1 3 gim^lly be lieved that it will eventually iVcceed. If the Liberals could win w'.thofil too* J* much bloodshed, the foreigners on the * tothumw would welcome their adminis tration. Some turn fn the present state \ of affairs is wanted as being profer \ able to the present pertirrbat'ons, but \ there is nothing to1 show that the Lib erals would go into the country. 1 The governiflent has about 400 sol Jdlers on the isthmue, while the wbo',? -^^TTTrjrrrrrrcrcrnTs to" rr5m^;tHJ0-To~T>^ C men. RniJcrs Again at Work. Nashville, Tenn., Special. ? The turn pike raiders have broken loose in the viclnityof Ooodlettsviiie and attempts were made yesterds\y to wreck two bridges on the Dickerson pike. Dyna mite was used and the abutments on both bridges were disturbed. About half the .population was awakened by the explosion, which was set off early in the morning, and people ran in* ? grwiyytvgiy to ttip "roodTrttsmTe Tram? f , under the impression that burg'ars I were trying to effrrrrm entrance into ~ lite vaulf. The raiders made the'r es cape, bnt before leaving set Are to and destroyed two old unoccupied gate housea. Boer* Will Continue to Fight London, By Cable. ? A dispatch from JJ>rd Kitchener, dated front Pretoria , cays: Three offlccm-?n<r SV meaJ who were sent north or Ladybrand. 1 Orange River Colony, on the right of I Elliott's column, were surrounded on I unfavorable ground and captured by S&SS; unwY pi.eaSuvf. seekers. the Rush to Resorts Has Ueen Un* A usually Heavy 'lhls Season. The annual cummer migration ? I Southern pilgrims tcY^ho pleasure an I hoilth resorts of Virginia ?nd the Northern cltl03 la on with a rush now, and has already surpassed all previous seasons. The pace set in tho spring and oa?ly summer promises to he more than kept up until the season n close. This is not at all romarkabjo when one reflects upon the numerous advantages for recreation and sl^h * seeing to be enjoyed for so small .hi outlay of tlmo and money. A trip over the ever obliging Seaboard Air Line Hail way with its quick sehedukvi and superb servlco-Mlie lino par cv cellenee to Virginia and other resor'a ? will afford rest, health and plear.uro to the tired business or professional man, and prepare him for better woj*k. TJja i j3?lTthern points now being run by our leading newspapers and Individuals, over the Seaboard Air Line attest fully iho high degree of public confidence enjoyed by thjs progressive and popu I lar system. ? Starvation in Texas, San Antonla, Tex.. Spocial. ? Reports from Zapata county thero aro news that t lie poor classes there are facing starvation. They must biivo imme-di ale help in tho way of food or tho re 1 cults will he terrible. Ilanc.li water has fail eU, and cattle aro too weak to travel and aro dying rapidly. The country la literally burned tip by drought. There is not a grega thing to be seen except cactus plants. Zapata county is 50 miles from tho nearest railroad and, whatever way food ia sont to tho farmers In tho famine stricken plaeo must bo hauled fronf I^arcdo, i\ two days' trip at be$t. Street Gar Struck By Hngrnc. Indianapolis. Special.? Fourtoen per sons were injwred hero Sunday In a col lision between the Greenfield inicr suburban car and a freight train on the belt road. The conductor of the ear signalled the mctormau to. go ahead and when on the railroad iraek was struck by the trajj,n, which was moving at moderate speed. Tho car was thrown to one side but not crushed and each of the 12 passengers was more or- Ic-b.^ injured. The conductor and motorman were alao badly bruised and were tak en to their honiPK Of a General Nature. Mr. George J. Joliffe, who rcpre fionts Trenails, Ifortel and Co., of Bal timorc, while stopping over night at a house near Slanorvlllo, \V. Va., was the victim of a robber, who tore opei^j two sample eases and stol^ about $50 worth of clothing and underwear and also attempted to break., open the trunks carried by Mr. Joliffe. The I.aGrangc Oil Mill at La Grange, Texas, was. rq!<1 to . th& !.a Grange' Cotton and Oil Mantfracturlng Co. The above company has been In corporated for the puropsp of manufac turing cotton seed oil and by-products of cotton seed. The oil mill has been rebuilt, and 1h now a" modern up-fo date plant. C. J. V. Rosenberg ha.-! been elected manager for the new company. * The Blackwatcr Gun Club, of Davis, W. Va., elected' the following direc tors: J. H. Heltzen, Joe Davis, Harry Best, Henry Male, J. M. Smith. George Amlaw and Oliver Twlgg. George B. Thompson was appointed secretary. It was decided to put their goounds In flrst-class condition. The cyib will In (he near future ercct a chip-house on the grounds, Miss Amand* H. Donohhe died at her home in Ixxidouii county, Virginia. .Monday last, aged 87 years. It is said aho was one* of the little girls who Btr^Wed flowers in the pathway of General Lafayette wjien he visited Le^Bburg In 1824, and she retained a very distinct recollection of that dla inugehs-htheeirtflrt marmahmahmahm tlngutsaed mAti .aad._Qt~ bis pleasant remarks to the children on the oc- 1 casipn. A Long Swim. Boston, Special.? To swim from Ros. ton to New York is thonfenfr that Rcter McNally will attempt, making the start next Sunday, the entire distance to bo covered within 30 days. Mr. Mc Nally hopes to arrive off the battery !u New York before noon on Monday, September 30. The actual dlatanca I? 283 3-4 nautical miles, but the swim ming distance will be very little les* than 400 miles. ' Disregard Iniunctlun. - Chicago, Special. ? Striking machin ists at the AU.is-Chalmers aijti the Gates Iron Works continued picketing the plants, despite" the temporary in junction issued * b y Judge Kohlsa.it. Pickets abounded at both plants during! tiisdsyandJtls reported that Ave im ported machinists employed at the Gates worlusrko ventured outside thd plant, were waylaid and severely bea ten by friends of the strikers. Kormej Governor John P. Altgeld .has been asked to flght the injunction on the iWit||M>f^W'> hut, It ts Nkl, his tit tvssd to take charts #: the cms. ex cept la aa advisory capacity. 1S7 VHmfca# BsrscA . ? lianfoi. |]r fl^li' Th> fpf ' InViK from tb* i^fcut fsrest Ire* which hate partially ieptwyt NNitl . ttwaii are aatlaurtatfV ? 1 ? BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM ? ? ? Conditions In The Steel Districts Re* main lric!ian<rod. o SOME NEW MEN ARE ATTACKED The American l.n Piste Company At tempted to li: Iiijj in Noii?Unlou Tien, lint These Are Attacked. ? - ? ? ? Pittsburg, Special.- Practically th< only significant event in the str-iko was tlic positive stand taken by tJu American Tin I\1 j\to Company in refer en< e to its course in tho future. An olficial statement fion) this company ; denies that thoio are neKDtia.lons I >ok. ing to a set: lenient of tho strike and anthnrl7.es" the statement ihat mills put Into operation .\uj iins i)>/^ . p>vTn no 'continued nonunion, and all men going to work now will W re tained in their positions. This state I ment will have its effect because of 'the fact that tho tin plate has always been considered as among the strong i holds of the Amalgamated Association and tho deal appears to have I'een brought ubont by the association de claring a strike Against the Tin IMato 1 Company after the scale for the yeav 1 had been signed. Notwithstanding I the fact that Iih Amalgamated, people claim justification on the ground that i their constitution provided for swii procedure, the officials of the Tin I Ma ! o I Company consider the action a breac h ! of trust and say tlfut henceforth they ' are determined logout loose from union ! labor entirely. 1 \ President Shaffer reiterated his positive statement lhat nil efforts for y*?ace that were being made by the Civic Federation were without authori ty from him. He said that if official overtures were made by the combine they would bo considered, but that was all. He denied that he knew of any move that was being mad<* in New York except what lie luts. seen JU- the. papers. Oilier officials of the Amalga mated Association.. said that there wa.: I no change in.-ttfe strike. Everything was quiet aiKt the men were satisfied with the wrfy things were going. The one \daeo within this district where the stickers have scored a vic tory is at lrondale. O. . At this place the American Tin Plate .Company was compelled to clone down Its recently opened plant for )n*k of men to oper ate it. The day was full of excite ment in the little village and street fights came thick and fast for a time until the inhabitants were wrctigi: i. into a state of exeltoment bordering on terror. The first fight of the morn ing took place when live non union men left their homes and -started joy work In the mill. On tbeMpain street of the village thoy were' met by a par^y of about SO strikers, who by" moral suasion tried to get them to desist from their determination to go to work. When this failed a stronger argument wa3 used and the men were given a drubbing and driven baek to their homes. The village had scarcely rerovcred from the surprise whieh tfifs attack occasioned when word was passed around that a party of new men were driving overland from W< 1 s ville. Almost all the strikers at on? o started lo ipe?t carriage, and/vhen they passed the mill office Ira House holder, a non unlrm.vnian, shouted at them. The action prcrj^ttatcd a ftsMr Manager Banfietd saveoHiouseholder by dragging him inside and shutting the door with difficulty. ThajTin. Plato Compauy then attempted/to nl<t Infor mation before Justice /Ifalsley. Charg ing the strikers with yiot..?but the jus tice refused to enter/aln* the charge, saying ho would issue warrants for those mixed In the fights charging as sault, but no more serious offense. The attorney then began the prepara tion of -papers for an injunction re straining the strikers from Interfering with non-unlonlsln in any way. It is learned that President T. J. Shaffer has sent out letters to all members of the executive committee of the Amalgamated Association in viting their approval of the peace plan agrped upon last Saturday by the representatives of the National Civic -Federation and tho- Ajaa4ganw*t??d- As sociation headquarters officials. The plan proposes: First, that the New York offer of July 7. made by Messrs- Schwab am Morgan, be accepted. Second, that a provisional scale he arranged but not signed for Painter's Lindsay and McCiftcheon's and the ,Clark mill, leaving recognition of the \inion open. Third, that the United States Steel Corporation formally declare Its at titude toward organized labor. Mil* declaration to take such form as will have a reassuring effect upon the men in the mills. Operatives Joining Union. .. Columbia. S. C.. -Special.? -Tnxtifc* (Tnion No. 211 was in session for seve ral hourae Tuesday night 'lind was ad dressed by members of the exe-utivc committee ? : ^ : , Many additions were made to the membership. A 'committee was ap pointed to look for bouses for the 600 operatives who have been suspended. The operatives tseclare that they have been shut opt and. that In doing the fight has haen forced on them. The operatives still Jn the mills were no required to rendu nee the Tmlon as the president .said they would be. This has postponed the crisis. Officials of the onion say a strike cannot ba averted as the members are determined to stand "by the salon. ? "? ' ' 1 r" a No Change to Cub in Tariff. Watbln^ca. ix C., Spccial? It la , protatta tttfl thete will be no change i ta tha 0naa tariff. Thecommisalon i lma Seen revising the pressnt i, MS yet reported and It was ? ? w,i. that 500 MILL OPI KATlVtS LOCklD Ol^T The Columbia Cotton ft lis Having Trouble. Columbia, Speeinl* Klve hundred oporatlvea at the Olympia, (Iranby, lichhmd ami Capital City Mills. \vlu> r? fused to make up the time that will be lost on l.al?or Pay l>> working: six. ho.ui'8 over time last .Saturday, wore denied admission to the mi'lls Mon day morning and were notified of their susp? nslou for a week. '1 bo opera lives fell In 1 1 lit' inul paraded through the village with much cheering. Tex tile I'nlon N'i>. >11 met Monday tflght t<> take action and received hundreds of new momhers, since the tuicngih of the union has born divulge 1 lMcsu dent Smlth-Whaley said: "We do not propose to have unionism In our bual nc-ss. The mills in South Carolina have agreed to employ no union In bur, whatsoever. ) will close down every mill before '1 will employ a v,vwv.. >\ Vi ? n my operaifv. S will be required to sign on agreement thai thoy will not belong to a union." The utiio'ft strength la estimated at DOG old members and has inercarrd hy several .hundred recently. TUo union its expected to declare a strike at Its meeting, which will affect 3,000 opera tiVCH. President Whaley will Issue his ul timntum it i? understood, requiring all employed to sign his agreement to leave the union, and will not. more ov<n^ vrju&tate the f>00 shut out until ?tftolr names are also signed to the pledge. The police are guarding thv/ mllla to profit dynamiting. I 'our Hen Klll?d. In an accident at the new r ?<! j Which the Southern Hallway is build in/; across the Congaree river, near Columbia, four men were killed ami Jhree injured, one fatally and two seriously. The accident occurred ai , &:3Q o'clock Monday morning and was ! caused by the falling of two steel | girders about seventy feet loiig. ! WOtghlrt? fourteen tons each. The two' ! girders were hoisted about midway o! , the liver above the bridge. The rain:? of the night previous had probably j caused the ropes holding them in ? place to flip. The crash came uwiih out the slightest warning and at tho, time when there wcro 7f> people on the bridge, spectators and workmen. Three of the men were pinned to the Jtrldgc and killed instantly, four more were knocked into the river, two *>f whom were rescued by a government j tug. which came up from the Congaree : locks, a quarter of a mile away. Tho i names of the dead and wounded are: S. J. Castleberry, killed; Reuben Alls ton. killed;- Job Debyas, killed; Jlui , Reese, drowned. The wounded are: ! David Stiles, fatally; A. T. Thornton, ' seriously; Sam Wfllifred, seriously, j All of the Injured live in Columbia. ! The river is considerably swollen at j present but will be dredged for tho : body of Jim Reese. Reese would prob ; ably have* escaped but he became ter rified and jumped to save himself, and } was drowned before the tug could ' reach him. The bridge Is beiueAuJ^t ! by the Phoenix Bridge CompaT?*of j Phalldelphia. The bridge was not ! damaged materially by the accident, though it is feared some of the Iron ? A-ork has been considerably strained In/ the falling of the girders. The Sea board Air Dine's tracks were Used ' by tho Southern until the wreckage could be cleared. A Fitting Monument. TH? Paris Debate says that a monu ment Is to bo crflrted at Trets, in tho Douches du Rhone, to the memory of a man whom it calls one of the national glories nf France-- namely. Urban Du bois, tho father of the explorer, Mr. Felix Dubois, author of "Timboucton la Mysterleous. Ho was chief cook to King William of Prusaia^nd natural ly resigned when the war broke out. He thereupon Immediately undertook to publish In tasteful and often expen sive volumes his vast and detailed knowledge of the culinary art. produc ing Tialf a'ilozen ""volume's "which "hiave become classical In their kind. Rorn in 1818, he died a few months ago. Shot a Han Who Testified Against Him. Columbia. S. C.. Special? Because Tom Watson testified against Barlow Warren at the trial of the latter for an express robbery which occurred In Warren* shot * Watson Monday afternoon, at Branehvillo, S. -C., fa tally wounding hi a. The shooting was' done in cold blood and.no woidn were passed". Warjron is still at large. Whole Crops Destroyed. ' Hamburg, Tenn., Special. ? The Ten nessee river Is higher than ever known at thin season of tho year. There- is at least 75 per cgnt. of this county's com crop under water. What corn i3 not covered Is that which stood op high ridges, and it being dry land, was burned up during the hot dry wmlhrr The river has backed up the creeks and sloughs for Ave miles in come places and killed both cor# an. I cotton. A large number of people here have their whola crof of .corn and totton destroyed* Their condi tion iacrltlcal. Telegraphic Briefs. ~ Governor Leonard Wood, of Cobi, arrived at Vineyard JM*** 1U*f gr?mrl?f#r?rid W* Postxaastar VAMUm Brlce. of Bilti ??.. Q>h?. f?n>? Bill Says He Receives Letters I ron? Old Men, KNEW I. AC II OTIItR LONG AGO I. Ikes the I. otters and Tries to An swer Them Rheumatism Iii Arm Cramps Ills Replies. They are not all dead. In fart, they ?eem to multiply as the years roll en? my contemporaries, 1 moan. I uvolve more loiters from old men than I cvpr did. and they write well and g vo 1 ng epistles. When a man nets along In tho {Seventies he foe's lonesome. notwith standing the iscitr presence of ch&htfui and grandchildren. The "ompaiu/ms o{ i'luulu. iC?, V, -V." , T.V.Tt "S"| :-,r7fi'1 0 or' these old men unbosom themselves to me for sympathy. I like s.ich letter* and try t ; > answer them all, but rheu matism In my arms and hands cramps my replies, ('tip old gentleman Horn 'Alabama says he fetls better after lie lias written, for he is * native <! o-gi an and loves her people and lit r o'd red hills and the sweet memories of lOmory college and his visits; t > Ath im. where his uncle 1-Jllzar NewJon lived. ??!ld lie met my there In tho forties, and Aihn (Irani a id Dan Unfiles and Jack Drown an. I ItiUy Williams win married my friend's oous:h and toAV charge of the blind asylum and i)ow ho heard IV. Church pce.teh an.l won charmed with the nyisk: of the e.!;ulr where Mh:s Ann Waddell and Itcsi Pringle and oilier pretty girls r.an.^. pud how a Uill, long, hle,h man. with a I'iiv hooked nose and a huge "i onium A damns" on his throat, sang base, j-u I how ho was a roommate of Tom Nor whod at lOmory and a classxato <f ltishpp Key and Juilga A. It. I ^ itreet, the author of "(Jeorgla S 'enes," w.ik tho president; and how lie remov rd to Alabama In 1S!0 and narrii d rn 1 ha s fir von daughters and no pons an I ha i 'ten lOrphan grandchildren, and !?*?*? to wtirid early and Into to support and odueatoyhem-, hut never sees and rare ly hoarsjkunn any friend o.V his youth ?nd is at times yad unit digressed an l longs for sympathy, l'oj/r old map, 1 wish that he lived near me, for 1 would visl! nitf] cheer him up, and tell him ancelotcs and antidotes, an l we would tnil; over the times and swap pollesc stories and brag about thp g >t d old days when there were no to'e graphs or telephones or bicycles, and wo did not want any; no sowing ma h n s or ??<????> vlothf". and wr- uiiiu'i m ?? i any; n-? football or baseball or hiv, n< Of suicides or appnndicit's. Ami in those days came Too nibs and Stephens fend Judge Dougherty and Howell Col li and Waller Colquitt and spake to tho people face to face, and such eloquent men a* (Jenrge 1'earcee and Ulshop Capers anil Jesre Mercer and Dr. II ?yt and Moulding and Ingles preached to them. Yes. we would t:'.k about tlio days of our boyhood, when there wan no gas op.*ker<u>lne or friction matches ? nothing )iut candles to give us light, and no Prometheus to steal fire from heaven LA light them with. S':iakc"p.*a:o knew how it was, for he wrote; "How far that little candle, throws its be a ms! So shines a good deed In a naughty ? world." If Shakespeare wrote by candle l'g'?t, why shouldn't wo? Ami he. loo. iiku] the Hint and stool to make a tft>ark to I i/?.h t thpm. "Pick your flint and hoop your powder dry" was (ionoral .lack son's order to New Orleans. When I was a young merchant gun-Hints wore ns common as marbles, and I gold tliem at the'same price ? 10 cents a doren. Woaderful. wonderful ar? the changes, and wo old people fall In with lht*m and adapt them to our use and our comfort. I wouldn't bo sot hick to the good old times. If I could, but I would enjoy seeing this general inn all set back about seventy years, just for about a week. My Alabama friend cn I other veterans would be tickled to death to see the universal dismay? no railroad* or -laUtgrapli, . no ?mall ? hut once a week ? and 2.r? cents for a s'n?le leMer. No dally newspapers In tho state and only four weeklies, with no sensations, no sulfide.? or lynchlngs. There would be no cooking stoves, n > coal, -no steel pens or envelopes, n > cigarettes. No millionaires or fr?e n!g giijrs. ' I romombor when est ten was parfctt? in round hairs with a o.*(jv?bar. TKe Wng bag was made P.rsf onf W3 suspended from a hole in. the gin house floor and Uncle Jack gal down in It and packed the cotton hard as If was thrown to him. He pickcd two bale* a dav and they weighed 401 pounds ^wcttr - Two of Tbrm fllTefl' Itio bed of the big wagon and Ave more were crossed on top and fastened down with a long pole, A 1^ the little spaces were filled with corn and fodder, the bljj cover put on and with a four ojr six-horse team we were off for Augus ta. It was a tenz-day's trip and we boys were happy to go along arid camp <mt all nig* t and listen to the nigger dri vers tell About ghosts and J&ck-Q' Lan terns knd witches and raw head and bloody bones. It wai great fun. We brought back sugar and molasses In great hogsheads. It was brown sugar, .for white sugar wasn't Invented, ex cept A kind called loaf sugar, which was put up in five-pound cones and covered with blue paper. That kind was for rich folks and was veryprec lous. It was crystallised like tnese lit tle square lump* that are common no#. When our^ mother would unwrap the loaf she would let as children tick the k sweet whits tlssos paper that was next 4o the amr* It was food; Most any-' thfof was foq4 then. A stick of strtped r?ndr wns s rare treat, so wss half an son*, sr a sf -reosins," as tS| an I slippery elm. \\ e \vt?ro always hun gry anil hunting for something. My Alabama friend is sad, not only be cause he has lost his youthful compan ions, but his youthful a it ??. lOven ringer cakes hav e lost their relish ami a Kainc or sweepstakes anil town l ull and hull pen t h ?*i r fascination. I i nvy the happy children as they play aroun 1 mi', hut I am happy, too. in trying to make them happy, for 1 Know that there Is trouble enough ahead of them, for man that is Inrn of a woman is of f e \y days and full of trouble. The h< si we can do is to do the b^s; we c.n to fortify against it an I take the had wit' iho pood. Trv to be an I .serene for Itto is full of blessings an I w should school ourselves to ma.'.ulfy them and be thankful. I have u >t for? gotten tlio poor little hoy' wh i ?iet< under the straw, and one cold windy night his mother laid an ol I >1 > >? 1hi> straw to hold it down, and he ; i ' d "Mother, I reckon there arc s >nie l.tth boys who ha vent got any door to pu; over them." It Is a good way for us to think about those who hi ?> worse oil then we are, and iny Alatum;: J i. d v.nows nveio are thousands of thc.ti. Hut I must stop, for it is hard to write a cheerful letter these Rlrnmy days. The weather is depressing nit i that helps my Alabama friend t > feel sad. Cohc saV i that ft long wet lain i; worse on a man than a loo? dry drought. We have not seen thV hiesped sunshine for four long d iya and the wind has blown down my pretty battel bean nrbur lint to the groanl.-lMl Arp in Atlanta Constitution. ANOTIItR LYNCHING c Follows Assault and Murder of a Rc> Kj??i.(ftl>lc White Woman. Chattanooga, Special.? A spcclal lo The Times from Winchester, 'lVnn. says: Ilcnry Notes, t ho negro who criminally assaulted and shot tu dentil Mrs. ('tins. Williams, wife of a promi nent farmer near Winchester, 'V'onn., last I'M ldnV, was captured early Sun day nU^VfiU)r Tank, near Cowan, Tent* vflp w as carried t ? ? Winchester by. "his eaptois and placed in the coun ty. Jail. Sheriff Stewart attempted "TOT bnrrlcado the jail and protect his I prisoner. A moh of several hundred gathered about (Jfhe jail. Assistant At i torney (4encral Matt N. Whittaker ap i peared at the jail and made a. speech j to the infuriated citizens, lie annealed | to Mio citizens to. assist him in allay ! ing -excitement ahtl upholding the ma ' jesty of the law. lie promised to re | convent) the grand Jury tomorrow to promptly Indict the negro and linvo him speedily tried at the nrosenl term of court, assuring the crowd that his conviction and legal ex-eeifTloh was^ a ' foregone conclusion. This appeal was supplemented hy Judge J. J. -Lynch, Foster Ramsay and others. No sooner I had their appeals been made than sev eral hundred citizens of the neighbor' ; hood where thu crime was committed came up anil augmented the crowd to thousands. They swept forward* upon the jail, overpowered the sheriff and his deputies, secured the prisoner ! and started for the scene of tho crime, 12 mites distant, at 10:15 a. m. j The mob was orderly but deter ' mined. It BOined that the whole popu lation for miles around had turned out I to -see the fate of the wretch. A pro j cushion inairhcd to th& Williams I luMiio. Arriving at u point In sight ut' I the crimeL the negro was placed on a J stump and given a chance to make a j statement, lie mounted the/ stump j stolidly and laughed as he began bla ' statement. 1-le said: "Tell all my sisters and brothers to meet me In glory., I am going to make that my hoineT Tell my mother to meet' uio wlu.ro parting will btr-tto more." ? , , He wus then asked a number of questions. Interrogated as to wheth er or not any one else was Implicated Tn the crime. 'Noles stated emphati cally t here was no one implicated but himself. ....Tin ?>?> ?'/?Why did you kill Mrs. Williams? was asked. ^ I !'I Just do_n<? ? littil tootliing eiso to do." ? lie was taken from the stump, car ried to a tree near-by, bound to the tree by chains and his body saturated with oil. At 1.40 p. m. a match was applied nnd Instantly the quivering body was enveloped in flames. Hails were pitched about tho burning body nnd soon life \tvas extinct. 'I he nc'iro made no outofy at any time and died as stolidly ad, a stoic. There were no disorderly scones about tho burning bodv. At leaat fi.000 peoplo witness ed the horrible fate of tho ifegro. Manv .remained until nightfall, ann wonting the blaze ufrUUtU?-WJdy waJ nuuylouily. coaautactl.. Thoy liuox -ut;. parted for their homes quietly. L^-liig on the- floor o I -Via family room with her face splashed with clotted blood and the oaken stained with the same drops/ Cbas 'Williams found his young wife *r,tl*> afternoon when ho returned from marketing his wheat in ^e'i^t^w" < tl Maxwell. A bullet had ^Nraahed through her head and life ^a^*:oln* pletely Extinct Two baby children witnessed tC crime est boy. a*?d\tgI4 what had occur rod. The youig* mother hid* - been shot and killed by Henry Noles, * negro hand upon Wllllama place. As S&^ortaHr yVjrt.womw the floor. NoteKBrwl afaln. barely grsxln* the chlWa jJ^aJUThe Red to the woods. .O*. WWJK news the al hounds. A LEADERS IN COUNCIL <? \i Probably Offer Anotlny Proposi tion to Employers. ONE MCRii PROPOSITION OFrERCD. .Mr ?chw ub to lie Acquainted With n Plan l or I i rial Adjustment o I 1tw Present D tflcuitio^ 4 PiMsburg, 8ijooial.-?Tho eonforence >i i lii> labor Isadora at tho otttees of !!?? Amalgamated Association was ' ? s* U nding feature of tho (Jay., The iii'.iinis t r :ho association, all aeetued >!--u.-el with (ho way tilings woro u>..u/ i H i (ii o <.i Uicm said Bomo iv'ias in vnl?M imisly: "In another six !?> < you will see a decided change In .?>?) i that will toll with greater -i(ii oj) i )>>. J '?".i' ? -- ? 1' . !'y* liual outcoiuo of this at rug Just what t lila change is to bo w 4s,ii,?i snid. but It was Inferred i. V.ly that the coming event hinged i. t,n the t oiiforeiico that was taking p!:uc. Two sessions were held, by the < hehiad cloned doom. Aftev ?ho udjout nmeut of the tlrst Bcsaton, :tnue of the participants would give >ut anv Information of the proj^cd'. i farther than to say that tho load nih had been called together for tho puit^oso of having the situatloh thor oughly explained to them and to havo Koi.jn action taken Joking to the aid >i tho sinkers morally and financially, \il : ( tho organizations were ropre* bellied. There were present at the confer < i? o, beside tho Amalgamated onu cinis, .lohn Mitchell, national pnesit dmt of tho United Mine Worker* oC America; j. W. JonkS, of the induft tiiil t ommlsslon; Grand Master Bar* nt. of tho i<ocomotiv<y-'"Flromen; Italph M. Maslcy. secretary1 "of ' . tho National Chtj> Federation, ahd Henry^jt M. Whit*, general secretary of thd^P Pnited Garment Workers. The loaders say that at tho.labpr ??onferenro Mr. JCnkB proposed - that Aoriio dlri utc rested persOftB ShoUld ? onvey.tu (J- Al. Sohwaltr-preaidcnt. nf ? 1 ; ibo steel corporation, tho information Diat a km Moment might . bo effected provided tho Amalgamated Assocla i !< >!i odlclnls should sign tho wage* : < * ;m ni of t ?io mills they controlled - ' ?> !.: t year. Tho mills that ha.ve been Vf * > 1 ,aul/ed since the Milwaukee con- ? v. -nti.iii ait? to he operated on a pro visional ' scale. Those thai are fully ----- ~ wgnnlzod will ho asked for the Amah* gtimated wage scale. and etnsdltionB. .. ThOHO that desire to Btav out of tho o-?:anlzat ion shall have the privilege . of doing ho. I'rof. Jonks will go East i ?! iC'?C v'lVii biaiiV) iv ovv * ivv id< nt Schwab. ' ;$? When President .Shaffer was seen at his home he said 'in reference to v i ho day's meeting that it was not a preconcerted one, but "Just ban ponod."- President Mitchell, lio Bald, " had telegraphed him that jhe , would liktf to boo liim on hiB way home from ? the ICastei n coal fields, 1.114 sopii a'- ? tor his arrival tho othor ge|ffleme/i " ;|i' M.nade their appearance. During the / ,1^ meeting, however, the whole strike situation was fliscussod. ^There nothing of importance accomplished. * :v ;? Mr. Shaffer said no arrangement hajl hern made to submfrii~how peftce Rfp position t(> the corporation, or a furth- .1. ?>r -pfTrpmial for arbitration, adding, however, that ho did' not know what individual action tho conferes might . ^ take in tho .future. No mention w?a^ ? . v* made of tho miners or other trades; . tahiir; s> in pathetic action.' .It Is bo liev.ed that, an a renult of tho meeting ? ah effort jvill bo mado to induce the corporation to enter ' another, coil* feremre. The specific means to. feritlg this about would not bo dlSfffssd9~hy any of those prcBont. Mayor 11. J. IJIack, of McK&sport, who left rather myBteriously last Sat urday night for the East, returned Friday morning. One of the first ' ttrtngr tnr <i T<r after 1ST iT*rng~ at nis or floe wan to give the Btrlkers a permit to parade* Saturday afternoon. The^ permit gives the strikerB permission to parade over all tho principal streets * of f.Ho city. BevefaT mounaiflf rii^U will be In line and there will be many j^rass bands. -The Btrikers, tt Is said, ** will march to Duqucsne *nd Home stead and try te get the jn'en^who are ^ betterment of heir coiutltion. They think that the parade vWltave a great oifect in briging out the men to he lo tfieir ?anks.