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vOLutorc xui. ^ - ? - , OAMDKN, S. 0.. FRIDAY, OOTOHKIt :t, lilt).'. NO. 39. Eton ZOLA DIES, ' * ? ffcnioiis Ucncli Novelist Asphyxiated in His Room . 0 VVAS NO SUSPICION OF SUICIDE From the Author's ^oy^Wthe Deadly Work - Mis Wil?Wa$ Made Unconscious. O ? CL; 1>arlsr By Cable.? lSmlle Zola, the TioveJiftt, wno gained additional proml - neneo In recent years -because of bis defense of the Jews and of former Cap tain Dreyfua, was found dead In bis Paris hgine Tuesday morning. Asphyx iation, resulting from gas from a etove in the bedroom, Is given as the cause or death, i> .. . m ?t-.- - . retired at 10 ccloek Monday night. Madame Zola vaa seriously ill when tho room was Vio'ien into this morning. At about Bvon sho was removed to a private hos Vitat where she recovered conscious ness for a short time and wf.a ub'o I briefly to explain to a magistrate what }iad happened. M. and Mme. ZSUi re turned to Paris from their country house at Medan. (hving to a sudden spell of cold weather the heating stove in their betfrooiu was ordered to be ilchtcd. The stove burned badly and 1he pipes of the stove are said to have been out of order. To the magistrate Mme. Zola explained that she awoke ?'- early this nigrning with a splitting f~,;.^?eadache/?*jibe awakened her husband knd asktd him to open a window. She Ittw'hlm rise and attempt to move to ward a window, l>tit ho staggered and Tell ."To IJte floor uncouscious. Mme. "iola fainted at the same moment and was, therefore, unable to give the alarm. Mme. Zola does not yet know of her husband's death, and it is feared ?h.> may suffer a relapso when Inform cd or ikJt Is thought tonight, how eve'', that she will rccover. Yhe death of M. Zola, which only be -t same generally known late Monday 'afternoon, caused a great sensation in " " "Palis an* there was a constant stream r; ;of. callerB at the Zola residence. Mr. r 'Zftts'tf hodv lies upon a divan in the center of. the spacious drawing room of his home under a canopy of rare and ancient hanging. The body Is cov - ?red with a sheet and electric lamps -tfcelr vivid light upon the wax tike features of the dead. ,Th6 seryants of the Zola household, hearing any movement in their apartment this morning, en - ^ bedroom at half past 9 o clock ryi r - ? -? and found M. Zola lying with his head r'fT- -aad shoulders on the floor and his legs rk~ . Ifie bed. Doctors were summoned Jwt they failed to reasuscltate him. Zola was unconscious, but after L-: v-.iiWQWBgoJ efforts on the part of the t>i*jstcians she showed signs of life, but. some time, before she became .'reported here during the day were evldonces of suicide in r.y~; v.tli?.oMth of M. Zola. Nothing has so - farytevcloped to substantiate this fry. and the statement made by JSola to the magistrate seems to i*e it. M. Zola retired with a good Its apd the servants of the house hz hold ate of the^same dishes. No un ? ; -pauat sound was heard from the bed r? - <o^'-dwring the night. Two little dogs ^?"Aetenglng-to the Zolas passed the night hr~ -I# -their master's* bedroom. They were :'^ '*llTe this morning. Ifls^elieved they 9 3. owe their lives to tho fact that one on the bed and the other on a V - chair, thus escaping the heavy car bonlc gr.a, which settled near the floor. ? ~ A druggist, who was the firat to ar rive at the house to attend M. Zola and wife said: "When I entered the bedroom, M. Zola was lying on the No special odor likely to cause asphyxiation was noticeable. M. and Mme. Zola did not presont conclusive Byibptoins of asphyxiation. The fa<tys " were contorted and their lips were " ~ bloodless but not violently colored. 1 think the accient was probably caused by the Zola's inhaling heavy ^orbonlc ? gas wblch lay mainly below the level Of the high bed. This wouln account for Mme. Zola's escape. Thej^ were not - saffocated on the bed. Mr. Zola* was awakened by the effects of the gas and ?rrr tried to rise, but be was seised with vomiting, and fainting, fell to the floor, where he was suffocated. Mme. Zola WM also overcome by the gas, but to a l?gs dogree thin her husband." The commissary of police was sum moned to the Zola residence and said ' In his report to the prefect of Paris: "The heating stove was not lighted and there was'no odor of gas. It Is believed that M .Zoja'a death was due to accl "dSltat Uotsoning hy drwga. Two lltUc __dogS found in the bedroom are alive." - In a second report the commissary of police endorsed the medical opinion that /fit Zola's death was accidental and /due to asphyxiation. tfrci fireman, Two Firemen Scalded to Death. Revoke, V*., -Special.? Two men 1 and another was serious in a freight wreck on the Western Railway at Allo 30 miles west of Roanoke dead i S?_ P. Jarrett, w>l,-Tenn.; J. C. Perling, nreniMu, nuanoke. Injured: T. F. Kete ter, engineer, Roanoke. Va. There was a coal train standing, in thevblock at Alleghahy and. it Is alleged, the tele . .. _ <^gaph operator at Houchins misread a train order, and let another coal t. ? train go Jn. and a rear end collision resulted The engine of the eecouJ " train was overturned and the caboose and six "battleship" box cars of the first train were reduced to fcindllng wool Firemen Jarrett and Perllng were caught under the overturned en ??'. gjnp and scalded to death by steam. !T-': ?? ? " " . " " ?r : , StYiff JirtNMkt. ^ jfobile,- Ala., Speeial.? The cteame^ :=i Masagua. which baa arrived here from Central American fMa. reports ssrl * v ? m Beotember ?. eat THE STATE FAIR, Big Preparations For the Annual Festivities. Columbia State, 18th. It Is exactly (our weeks from Friday next before the great South Carolina Stale fair begins, and the people of the State will begin to floek to the capital to spend a great gala week. This year there is more in fair week than the State fair Itself and the baud concerts' and t^txjt illuminations. It >vill bo a earniA'al week ftlao and after the people lea^vo the- fair grounds in the afternoon t\io fun for*4he day will Just be starting hp. Down in the city there will be no ciiXi of attractions in cident to the great\Elks' carnival. The streets will be illpyilnated and the side shows of various kinds will be In full blast. Confetti tossers will be everywhere and young and old. will go In for a roal good time. Hands of music and brilliant illuminations and attractive decorations will add to the scene of festivity, -and the fun will \ continue, until the midnight hour has arrived each night. The whole carni val will conclude with ft grand Elks street parade in which the militia \Vill participate, the live department will be out, and the queen will be crowned All along the line those who have charge of the various features of the great work are hard at. work and noth ing is being left undone to make the week the greatest In the history of the State Fair society." Tbe Elks havo' the guarantee In signed contract from the Carnival company furnishing the shows that all shows that will form a part of the street fair. will bo clean and moral, and that tuiore Khali bo no gambling brought Uy Columbia by them or oper ated unddr their auspices or control, and the ^Management of the carnival enterprise will be held strictly to the letter of The agreement in this matter, the flrstft appearance of anything of the kind} being the Rlgnal for the revocation of all privileges. Among the street attractions will be the Electric Theatre, tho "Statue Turning to Life," the "Electric War Show," "Lunetta," "Big Snake, Samp son," "Old Plantation," "Egyptian Snake Eater," Vaudeville Theatre, "Hall of Famc-L' "Palaco of Mystery," etc. There wiirbe several star free shows, and Prof. Griffin's brass band will be much in evidence. The Elks will run thoir own "Country Store" and Elks' Jail, and there wiU be vot ing for the quc&u of the caiwval and the most popiiiar Elk. A great many features of tho car nival are just at present being finally arranged for. The fair Itself promises to be an unusually good one. CoV. Holloway is as by?y as can be receiving entries. The exhibits in all departments this year promise to be largo and Interest ing. Several large concerns are al ready arranging for space for ex tensive exhibits. The merchants of Co lumbia are being urged to make ex hibits from their stocks of goods and if they carry out the idea some hand some displays of this character may be Bxp8ctecl> From all parts of the State comes information indicating a very large attendance at tho fair this year. Another feature of this year's fair which will be an improvement on pre ceding fairs will be the races. Good purses have been offered and some ex cellent stables will bo brought here for the meet. For the society folk the State ball committee is making Upparations on a more extensive scale than usual and they say this year's ball will be one of the finest that they have ever given. ? v- , t The managers of the theatre are booking in* a number of star attrac tions for the week, and this year pro pose to vary the plays with each suc ceeding night. . { Everything is' looking far ^ more promising than usual a S^eat gathering of the people of South Car olina. and if such is not the case It will be no faplt of those charged with the work of providing suitable enter tainment for the crowds, and enter tainment to suit all, rich and poor, old and young. Shot Girl and Himself. Memphis, Tenn., Special. ? Prompted by Jealousy, Joseph Emers, a young man from Vicksburg, Miss., this after 'tronTi" rhot nnd weriously- wounded Rasa. Rorodofsky, q young iady"who had re cently refused ills attentions. Emers then turned tho revolver upon himnolf, inflicting a wound from which he can not recover. No Pair at Spartanburg. There will be no street carnival In Sltartanbuffe this fall. At a meeting composed of representative citizens and a carnival agent last night the matter was discussed at length and the project was decided upon unfavorably. While there had been considerable talk concerning the question and some in terest displayed, when the time 'came for a concerted action no one was will ing to takethe initiative stepp:-. Prob ablythe streetfifllMnoWon ra Atlanta and the airing given its uncleanly fea tures by th* Georgia newspapers was partially responsible for the turn the nitter#>k at the meeting. Sad Cm* off Salclde. Y RetdsrlHe, Bpeclsl flam Lindsay, a respectable man, ti years off age, son of Robert O. Lindsay, committed sulfide at the home of his brother. Jack Llnd ?r. OS Irvlnestreet. at f o'clock Sun dtfUT jft ftsrnooa. He shot himself twice wit* a pi stoi la tte at** ??d head; and death wis tftrtiaS* The act wax probably dw t>o despondency, caned by MR. WILLIAMS TALKS j I" ? " ? ""] President of Seaboard Air Line Is sues Statement. CONCI:RNWG MORGAN'S MLRGER. nr. Williams Say a tlie Seaboard Ila4 All the liusluess it Can handle and Will Not He Effected. New York, Special.? President John Skelton Williams of the Seaboard Air Line lailway in response to inquiries as lo the effect which the proposed purchase of t he Ixmiuville ami Nash v III railroad liy tho Atlantic Count Line would have on the Southern rail way situation and especially on the Seaboard Air Line, said: '?Whether the pufchase of a control ling interest in the Louisville and Nashville^h.v the Atalantlc Coast Line will prove a profitable and valuable acquislton, or whether it will prove un fortunate for both, will depend entirely , Upon the new owners. If the linen of the Nashville are held open for the inter change of business on a fair and reclp ?o?.al basis with all (onnectious, with- ! out unfriendly discriminations, * tin? union cf these two Important system may be made advantageous to both., but i? an attempt is made to interfere with the free interchange of business between tlie Iyjuisville and Nashville j and its present connections, such a ! policy will be followed In due course | by th*1 ronwt ruction of new railroads ; into the Louisville and Nashville ter ritory and the building of such addi tional mileage throughout tile South. Such additional mileage can undoubt edly b*? built for less than one-half the cost per mile of the Jxmisvllle and ; Nashville, figuring on the basis which ! it is stated has been paid for its stocks. I fssumo, however, that the friendly relations which have heretofore exlr>? tfd between the I/wlsvllle and Nash ville railroad and its several connec tions wil not be Interrupted. It is cer tainly t!ie desire of the Seaboard Air LSiue to maintain cordial relations" with both allien and competitors. I do not know what arrangements were made on behalf of the Southern rail way -with the owners of the Atlantic Coast vine in connection with tho salo of the Louisville and Nashville to tv.e Coast Line; nefihdpl know whether there 1? any truth in the report which has reached me to the effect that a secret offensive and defensive alliance has been entered Into between the Southern railway and the Atlantic Coast Line covering a period of years. "!t is certain, however, th?+ nothing has hen dortc and nothing will be done which will affect adversely the earn ings and business of the Seaboard Air Line system. The lines of th43 ?ystem now tamlfy Leven Southern States, ex tending from Baltimore in the North to the Souhtrn limits of Florida in the South and to Montgomery and Bir mingham, Ala., In the Southwest. The business of the syatem at the present time Is limited only by its capacity to moVe tho freight which is offered to it and iheee conditions, will net he Inter fered with by any aetion of eouuee?.ing lines." Surprised M Williams. ? _ New York, Special.? A member of the flim of J* P. Morgan & Company exprepsed surprised at the tone of Mr. Williams' statement with regard to the p'litudo of thesSeaboard Air Line In the matter of L. Ac N. und AtHntic Ojast Line negotiations. No action of course hostile to the Seaboard Air Line was contemplated, he id though the leaboard. was not consider*. 1 a factor in the present neertl* 'oca. Further than this, however, the firm of Morgan & Company was not prepared now to make any statement-in the matter. Tho member of the firm Interviewed said he was unable to find any expla nation at the time of Mr. Williams' at titude. Died at the Stake. / Corinth, Miss., Special. ? Writhing In the flames of fagotH piled high by hun.-*' dreus>of citizens, Tom Clark, alias Will GLbson, a young negro, was burned at t-he stake here at a late hour Sunday. Clark had confessed to-?Jie of the most atrocious assaults and nmrders In the history of Mississippi, and said that he deserved his awful fate. On August 19th last Mrs. Carrie Whitfield, the wife of a well-known citizen, was found dead In her home. Investigation show that the lady... had _h eon assaulted . Hfcr Tread was practleaUy-eeverod fram her body. Both Whitfield and hlB wife were related to several of the most prominent families in tho South and the indignation of, jthe people. knew no bounds. Woman J"lurdere<f . ~ Moblle, Ala., Special.? Whilo defend ing her fifteen-year-old - niece. Helen Robertson, from an attempted criminal assault, Mrs. Helen Dickson, who lives In a suburb south of this city, was murdered in her home early Sunday by some* Ainknown assailant. Miss Rob ertson, Bliss Dickson and a three-year old son of Mrs. Dickson were In the room when the*murder won committed. Mrs. Dickson's niece was aroused oy some unknown person who had enter ed the roonr~and who attempted to as sault her. Her cries for help aroused Mrs. Dickson, who was sleeping by her, and in the struggle that followed Mrs. Dicktori was choke4-to-4<$th. There Is no duo to the murderer. -V- ' V ? ' \ New* In Brief. \ From 100 to 400 persons are beli&vcd to hare been killed by a cyclone In Ctetty. pietro Mascajcnt, the noted mWlctin. will tall from Cherbourg for New York today. - -T?ekWi woopa .. hai.5 bauuitfet. tnt? the Interior oCJttkctdoaNU | STRIKE TALK AT WHITE IIOISE. President and Cabinet Review Coal l-amlne Situation. Washington, Special. ?Tho Presi dent Tuesday took initiative steps to ascertain what, it' uuything, could ho dono by Federal authorities to settle the coal strike. Tin* result was a rather genera) expression of opinion by the advlaers Of tiio President to tlu> effect that the Federal laws and <<>n Btitution <iid n<ft ntt'ord means of Fed eral interference to end the strike, hut another conference will !>*? held and tho President will do all lie can to properly and legally bring about u settlement. At the temporary White House a conference was held with three cabi net olfleers. Attorney General Knox, Secretary Moody and Postmaster Gen oral Payne. Governor Crane, of Mas saehusetlB, was also present. These gentlemen met with President Hoo.se velt first and after the subject bad been considered for some time, tin y adjourned to another room and con ferred together for an hour. They all returned Inter in the day and held another conference with the Presi | dent and the Btrike situation was dis j cussed further. President Hoosevelt is deeply con cerned over tho situation. The ap proach of winter, with a coal famine imminent and (lie distress and Putter ing that must ensue unless < oal bt oomes available, presents a sitnatlon which he thinks should receive the at tention of the administration if there is any tiling that can be done by the government. Many appeals have been made to him nnd many suggestions have been leceived by him and It was with a view to ascertaining what power the Federal authority could evoke that caused the conference to i be held. During the conference every pha/.o of the situation was discussed; Tin? ; general opinion of the advisers of tho President was that the situation did ' not present a case in which there eouMv be Federal interference by any warrant of law. There has been no in terferonce with Federal authority in the mining region either by stoppage of tlie mails or resistance of United Statea Court process. It was pointed out that there was no occasion for the use of Federal troops, as Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, had not called on the government for assistance, nor had be even exhausted the resources of the State by calling out the full strength of tho State militia. The question of the right to Beek appoint ment of receivers, for the mines in order that they might tie operated was discussed, but neither in the constitu tion nor in any known law could any legal warrant be found for, such ac tion though the discussion on such lines went so far up tho consideration of how tho properties could be re linquished and control surrendered af ter the object of supplying coal had been accomplished, assuming the Fed eral "government could intervene through receivers. The tenor of the whole discussion was to the effect that there was a lack of power in the Federal administration to' take any action at the present stage of the strike, although the seriousness of the coal famino now and the much greater evils soon to follow were con >aidev,od at length and with the wish to discover some method of ending the industrial .deadlock. Governor Crane's presence natur ally brought Into prominence the pro ceedings begun in the Massachusetts courts to secure the appointment t?f receiver* for the coal properties, but the opinion was expressed that the situation could not be mot success fully by this method. Cotton injured By Rain. Washington, Special.? Tho Weather Bureau's weekly summary of crop con ditions says: Reports of Injury from rain to open cotton are very general throughout tho belt, with the exception of the Carolinas nnd portions of Texas, and sprouting and rotting in holla are largely reported, especially in the cen tral districts. Picking, though much interrupted, is well advanced and is nearing completion in some districts, bate cotton in central and norehern Texas is making rapid growth, hut will not mature unless frosts are unusual ly late, and under thes? conditions a light top crop may also he gathered \in Alabama. A fine crop of Sea Island jcotton is promised In South Carolina. ' Late tobacco has boen materially im Itrnvliil DaiwIii un.t vulnv tuulknK ,.i., ...... ? 'q which has been very general through out thWweek, has been very unfavor able for curing. /N Tried to Kill Himself. New York. Special.? In financial dif ficulty, as a result of the coal strike, Henry C. Scheel. a coal merchant of ~ thiw-rit y-.- tried to kill -himself by nb'ooi--i lng7~ The doctors " say 'Hie re" Is" Ullle" hope for him. Mr. Scheel is 45 yearB old. Ho lives with his wife and three children in a handsome residence and has been generally thought to be pros perous. A relative of Mr. Scheel said he had a large sum of money? aboud ! $200.000 ? tl^d up In litigation and that' his , business was his source of revenue. ? The disturironce in the coal market had affected hla business seriously. r causing" him to becomn despondent. Stage Coacli Robbed. Middlctown. N. Y., Special? The stage coach ??Pioneer," which mak**s daily tripa between Warwick and Goahen. was held tip aud robbed by "ITfiee masked TiOrscificn late Tuesday afternoon. Whlle'lWo of the highway men covered' the driver with revolvers, Uio third, with many threats, eompell> rd the patscngcsa to Rfye up all their money and valuables. / After the rob bery had be.cl i competed, the jobbers spurred up. their hr,r?e* and escaped. :~Heedvef PwoSnfti IJfaeort. an , A Uam*8vU1o 4a The Tolegrapk aays that a temporary receiver haa been appoint ed for the People'* Ba*k, ancce*aor to | the Baraeavllle Sawlpga Bafik, *btch rptfeT* few nomiha a to. Hit action t ffte W* WJH dortaken by J** ****** i>- aod flaarmnt^ Compaar <m *eount ? of a deposit of 1**0* 1 W the tax l inn,tar f for j !GETS A NEW TRIAfcJ Supreme Court Hands Down Opinion in Wilcox Case. MONTGOMERY WRITiS OPINION. Justice Clark Writes h Concurrent Opinion -Disturbance* at Trial In Elizabeth City Sufficient (iroundd. Raleigh, N. C., Special ? The Supremo Court Tuesday gave Jus. Wilcox, con victed of t ho murder of Nellie Cropsoy, at Kltzabeih City, a new trial. The opinion iu the case is written by .Jus tice Montgomery. There is a concur ring opinion by Justice Clark. The leading opinions in full follow: No person ought to bo taken or dis seizod of hie household liberties ?>i privilege** or outjnwed or exiled or in any munnor deprived of his life, lib erty or property but by the law of I be land. And that provision of our State constitution applies as well to proce dure and manner of trial in onr courts of justice ns to princi j)lci> of law which i: inter Hue our society. Under law all persons charged with crime are as much entitled to a fair and unpreju diced trial as they are to the pro t civ tion of their persons, their property or their reputation. They have a right under the same constitution to have counsel for defense, and any willful in terruption of such counsel while con ducting such defense, Intended to dis concert and embarrass, is not only un lawful as obstructing and preventing a fair trial, but Is deserving of the con demnation of ail good citizens. In tli is case tho prisoner was ar raigned for murder and was convicted , of that crime in the first degree. Tin* evidence wos entirely circumstantial, and while that character of evidence may, lu its very nature, produce a high degree of moral certainty In its appli cation. yet it is never to bo forgotten that it requires the greatest degree of caution and vigilance in its applica tion. ' In reading the records iu this case, it hardly seems possible that the Jury could have given that cautious and vigilant attention to the evld^M^e which the law requires of them, or to a presentation of the prisoner's case to them by his counsel that thought which tho Importance of the case do-, manded. In their immediate presence, 100 persons' in their deliberate purpose to prejudice the rights of the prisoner, committed a groat wrong against the Commonwealth, and contempt of court. On the outside of the couri house great lmpropertles took place for the purpose of prejudicing the pris oner with the jury. No such demon strations were ever witnessed In our State before, and for the honor of the Commonwealth, guch ought not to be repeated. In the statement of the cfiBe by hla honor, he said: "After the evidence Wbb all inland while one of the coun sel was making the closing argument for the prlsonor, about 100 people being about one-fourth of those pres ent in the coivt room, as if by concert, left the- roomf Soon thereafter, while the same counsel was addressing the jury, the lire alinn was given near the court house, wlTlth caused a number of other persons leave the court room. The court la of the opinion, and ho finds the fact, that these demonstra tions were made for the purpose of breaking the force of the counsel's ar gument. Hut the court does not find that the Jury were influenced thereby. There is no motion made by the pris oner to set the verdict aside in consc quonce of snid conduct." Sufficient excuse was made here by counsel for the prisoner for failure to make a motion for n new trial In the court below to justify the Attorney General In consenting to the agreement to consider the motion as having been entered at the proper time, which he did. In such a case as this It Is not Indispensable that the finding by his honor that the jury had been uninflu enced by the conduct of the offend ers should hava been made. Tho dis orderly proceedings assumed such pro portions as to warrant this court In de fjaring th??t the trial wag not conduct ed acconflng la low. Tlie i>rODil?iy 31 our ruling is strengthened by the cir cumstances that contempt proceedings were not commenced against those of fending. and that no motion was mado to aet the verdict aside and dor a new trial after such unheard-of demohstra tlous. Counsel for the prisoner, in hU argument here, in response to a ques tion, stated that if the verdict had been set aside the prisoner jrould have met a violent death on the instant. The prisoner myst -not only be trl*d aeeor4ing to th? forma of law, these forms being included in the expression "law of the land," but his trial must bo unattended by such influences and such demonstrations of lawlessness and intimidation as wen* present on the former .occasion. Court must stand for civilisation, for proper administra tion of law i? orderly proceeding?. There mast bo * new trial in this case. ?The following is Jludge Clark's con currence of opinion: ?*Th* judge having found as fact that the demonstration within and without the court room were made for the purpose of breaking the fore* of counsel** argument, the magnitude ibrtf nature of tho*6>d*mon*traUona - were such as to requlr* * new trial. The ad ministration- of i**k* annst not only lie fair and unbiased, bat it mnt it ?for* any Jn*t aoaplcio* of any iaflaeac* that credit whlrfcHhe jury *hafl giv*?to tho 'erMtatt* before them; H 4* I of vital Impnrtsar* to th* mhHc st*K f fare thai docUton* of cwt* off shali-totnimW W*? IrDQoMiM* of thers ' - 0 -V i y WEATHER AND CHOPS. Condition l:or Past Week as Suiniua rzed l?rom Reports. The week ending Monday, Septem ber 20th, wit a slightly warmer than usual witli a moan temperature of about 7 degrees, a maximum of i>3 de grees at Darlington on the 27th, and a minimum of 6i> degree* at Bowman and DcuiicttsvlllO. Sunshine wan slightly doiloicut with more cloudings towards (ho close of the week, when showery conditions provalled. The rainfall was quite general over the State, although below normal, with a nun\her of localities that had from one itT two Inches. The rain was need ed and benefited late cotton, late corn, peas, gardens, cane, thick, and put the Hull into excellent condition for sowing oats, and while it interfered with cot ton picking, it did not damage the staple to any material extent. ICarly and inedlwn corn Is being housed, while very late corn is only now ripening. j Karly 'cotton la practically all opeu, i and plcyid, except in numerous locall ! tics wheie laborers are Bt-arce. Some i fields haw been picked out. bate cot i ton Is now opening freely and is most i ly open, exempt the new fruitage that ; in a few localities, is heavy but will ; in <?(! a full month of favoVrrom'WvunnT ' io reach maturity; In most Holds there ; is no top crop or else a very small one. j Estimates of yields have been raised ; by .some correspondents, and lowered ; by others, and from the average of ! these estimates it appears that -the | yield for the State will probably com. j. paju favorably with last year. Seais j land cotton is a better crop thau usual, and although It opened slowly hereto | lore, la now opening rapidly. The Hut I of both upland and sealslnnd cotton is ! of a high grade, and very little has ? beun weather-stained. In general, picking Is farther advanced than usual at this date and will probably be lla Ished during October. Rico harvest made favorable pro gress, with May ana June plantings, 1 ripening 'and about ready to cut. The rlco crop is very t?alisfuctory. ? Truck > crops aro doing well. Peas vary great ly In condition, but average a fair crop. The saiuo is true of grass for hay. ' A moderate crop of both pea-vine nud other hay has been saved In fine con dition. Oats sowing made Blow pio grcss, but early sowu oats aro coming up to good stands. Minor crops cou ' tlnuc to <io well, but neod more rain in i i Shot While in BcA, ?? Beaufort, Special. ? Mr. F. 'Scliibn? | a young man who does a small mcr i chanrtlso business at Salt Water j Bridge on the Charleston and Westeyn. I Carolina railroad, nearly five P*1iea j from here. Sunday morning about 0 | o'clock while awake In and lying ; upon bis right side"1 a would-be negro assassin stuck the barrel of a pistol through a crack ir^^lhe side of the building and fired upon him. Not re alizing that he was shot, Mr. Schicn ran out of the house In ttmo.to Iden tify Harry Simmons as the miscreant who fired the shot. As Simmons was In full tilght it waB impossible to over take him. On returning to his store Mr. Sclileu discovered that he had received a bullet in the fleshy part of the left arm. about six inches from the shoulder. As he waB anxious to have the bullet extracted as soon as possible, Mr. Schlen arrived here about 8 o'clock, wharo he - receircdr prompt medical attention. The wouud caused considerable loss of blood and eonsequHt \ woaUvOD. lie returned homeat Jjo&n, however, greatly re lieved, ft* 'Jbullet having been ex tracted. Wk suspected that the ne gro was mfttwfciQed to commit the das tardly act^by l>it?emles of Mr. Scheln in thb vicinity who desire to get rid of him as a business rival. The Appointment* Announced. Lieutenant Governor-elect Sloan has i-ec-elved a great many appftcat ion b for t lio few appointments that come under hi? control. He nan already decided upon all of his appointments and It is useless to write to him further upon the matter. The two most important appointments are: Journal clerk, Till man Bunch, and bill clerk, A. H. But ler. Mr. Bunch, who has been ^elected for the position of Journal clerk, la a grandson of the late George D. Till man, !?nd Is from Rpartanburk Coun- . ty. Mr. Butler Is the efficient bill clerk who has occupied that place for some time. Brltf Mention. Tho following quaint announcement appeared in a recent issue of the Trlb uuo riu 8ud Ouest, Ma ntau ban, France: "According to our old custom both edi torial .and. .composing staffs will take ? tram.. tills rflffypiiwurd. After a fortnight's well-deserved rest, we shall, one and all, return to our respective posts to carry on tho strug gle In the interests of our dear city, of liberty and of. the republic." The forthcoming retirement from Parliament ?fw, K. H. Lccky. the hlfi toria^n, is said to be due to- heart7 weakness. He Is the most fluent speaker in Parliament and causes de spair to stenographers because his st?eeehes flow swiftly in a continuous st roam of most elegant but difficult language, with never a pause or break, the result boi?g that when he desires an accurate report he Is forced to sup-' ply 1t himself. A dispatch from Colorado Springs . states that Baltimore companies iur | Jiiahed bondfl -for t3.600.006 in the Strat ton will contest. D. M. Ferry. of Detroit, Mich., with drew as a candidate for the Seaate, thus almost assuring Oes. Rusasll A. Alger's election. Secretary Edwards, of the Psssuuah lc Congressional Campaign makes a warm rstfy ts nf Kansas, who important TROUBLE EXPECTED FROM MOUNT ETNA A Reign of Terror Through Sicily. The Country Swept BY A DISASTROUS CYCLONE, / ? ????--?? . , Followed by a Tidal Wave-Violent Marino Agitations Noted?A Hun dred Dead Bodies l-oun J at flodlca. ' The Disaster Relieved to Havt Been Due to a Waterspout at Sea. London, By Cable. ? A dispatch from Roino announces -thai a severe cyclone has swept over Cntunin, a city on the coast of fiicliy. The railroads have suf fered seriously, The cyclone also was - sever at other places and manyf'were killed. Mount IStna shows . further signs of aoHv.lt y niul the volcano of St ram hoi i is srlll active, Syracuse, Biqlly, Uy CaWo.~-For 24 hours before, t he^yelone burst over tho island, a violent storm rc&ed on the eastern cpast of Sicily. The path of the cyclone' was 124 miles long, and. rarer j^ifion n ' tiro rme tji me storm was destroyed. The sea swept inland' for several kllmotern, doing enormouq damage, while there were vidlent sub marine agitations between Sicily and. the mainland. Along the railuOad from Catania to Palermo, the force of the cyclone was such that rails were torn up nn.l huled to great distance. It Is reported from ModicA .12 miles south west from Syracuse), that a hundred bodies h%ye already been, found, hut that the mini her of dead bodies swept away by the torrent is unknown. The newspaper Frwcassaa expresses- -'-T? the belief tl\at some 400 people liare ? ? been kiiledd. -Tho-- torrent dmiroyed everything on tho ground floors in houses of the lower portions of Modi* ^ oa. Bridges and roads have disappear- * ed and damage amounting to many million Urn lias been d6ne. (A lire .la ' J; worth about twenty cents.) The sur-j:.;j vlvors of the catastrophe have taken VV j refuge In tho hills. , A. relief commHtee and teai ch parties have been organi sed at Modlca. The dlsastc. Is suppos ed to have been duo to a marine water- " , spout. Tho (Igrman steanffcr Caper*- " was wrecked aT Cfltanla after a terrible struggle with tho waves. Census of Philippine#.- - Washington. Special. ? President, ftoosevelt has signed the order ptckI vising for the taking of a census t&ir T--^ Philippine, 1 n accordance wlt& . Ufa terms of the Philippine act passed at- ~<f? the last Hpflflidn nf Congrftna and Upon the certificate of the Philippine copn- /% mission that the Insurrection* has been , ?uppressed. The commission's certift*" ^ cate except h the l^ake Lanao dtitrfct ; In Mindanao, where ' Moros arte arms, as not coming within the of the Philippine act. the tag never taken part in insurrection proper. The' President Is dated Septem recites the provision ,efth< act, , which . provides tiat: plete peace shall have b llshed and the ftict certified President, the census dered, which shallmake 1 latlng to the population as far as potable all ,takf>P In * conxus ot his discretion the ploy the present promulgating the tlon. Th? CnttoH * ? MP WVUVW -.yy Washington, Special. s peclal. -agents of the ,1 ? ? Agriculture have left Washin, the South and others wilt the purpose of InveS features of- tho tlstlclan Hyde's est! amount of cotton, actually TBI" ihe year 1 9 01-^02 and Bureau as to thiuramourit Ing the year botn differ c from the amount marketed/ ,. to the Commercial . reports'. Tho partment believes the- dMferenee _ made up largely of cotton carriedove? from preceding years and of lihters and re-packs. No expense! vrttllha:r spared, it is said, In an Investigation as to what the commercial amounted to and what ft " and a full statement of the result he made publUj. ^ Items of Interest. Pour per, cent of $1,000,000 hi sum Charles M. Schwab, the steel . ; king, is to pay annually for" Aft anfor- r.> nlshed apartment of 17 room Oil ttl?' sixteenth floor of the Ansonia, Broad- :~_ way and 7Sd atreefc~New -York. ' with ~pirTC?r^~^^vorr>r iVwIr years ago this ... J&QttllLJ_ startling rentiVfor anyone - The Chinese are a- very thrifty ] pie. The Rev.* M. Sear*. missionary China, In a. friends la Mttco, Mo., relate*? the body head jof jal: "his acQvatntai economical children' unt ther died, so that both- ^ led together. thin way . expense of providing two avoided.' ?? Well Olnter Oreensboro. found an metsdoa fWIE bewfc: a?-WMW?,?ukA.ri^ a , T-. ~vr TV