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BILL ARP. Kind friends, please forbear, ^know that the tlrno fur. compositions and debate ? ami essays Is near at hand, but I am sick and cannot help you this spring. I am weak, and don't want to elraiji my mind. J haven't been out of lfcc.i).QP.se but twice In three months. My wife and the doctor watch me nnu WOll't let mo go., a. few weeks ago I slipped off to my daughter's one pleas ant evening and hatl to b? hauled back in a buggy, for ii is up hill to my house, ami I was weaker than I thought. You k C'? I had a sunstroke last .June and have never recovered from It. Every night, if the weather is bad, I have to get up about midnight and sit by the fire ami cough for an hour or two. Hut I can answer letter* and have from a dozen to & score every day. It pleacca me to answer the let ters of tbo young folks, for many of Lh<ni need help. '! know that I did when I was away off at school. My father was an old school teacher ?s?l knew how to help me. Ho wrote nearly all of my junior orator's speech and 1 ' got credit for it, though 1 only crossed - the t's and dotted the i s and put my name to the end of it. Hat there are hundreds of boys and girls who have no help and I am sorry for tnem ami so for many years past I have tried to help them. 8omo of them Ju&t Want help to little, a few ideas, but other? want the whale thing. In far-t, one boy asked me to write him two eo that lie could take choice. Many of them forget to close a stamp and my postage ac counfrwot to bo such a burden that, as Blp Vftn Winkle said, "l swort off" . :uid quit answering Hindi letters. It if . bad inanncis to write to a man on busi ness that .docs not concern him and expect him to pay the return postage. I receive many long manuscripts with requests to read and criticise and re turn and tell where to have publish ed 'and what the writer will probably got' paid for them. I havo two on hand, just received? no stamps enclosed- cue is a grammatical curiosity. Hardly a Hue that does not contain bad gram niafc 6r a misspelled work. It takes nearly half a line for the word "specta cles" and It has fourteen letters in it. The word angel is spelled angle, and yet the writer expevts to get paid for the story. . The other manuscript is au inquiry Into tlio race problem? 110 stamps ? and It" uuutuiaw ivtftfi for IMP to. answer. Another long letter on fool's cap writes of tlio good old times and says In conclusion that if J \vi!l answer ll.lvc .W.Uljyrite jue again and put hi? name to the next letter. There is no "name to this. He is an Irishman, I reckon. One other request I wish to make about letters. I'loaso placo your IlQSl.offlQtf address plaily at the top' and ..your iiilifiO plainly at the boHo?r Many ; a time I have passed a letter all round the family trying to decipher the sig nature. Sometimes I have cut the sig nature off and pasted it on the back of the reply, thinking that probably the postmater at the writer's home would recognize it. If the postoffico ad dress is omitted and tho postmark on tho envelope Is blurred, as It frequently la* It Is Impossible to know where a ly should be scut, and if I guess at wrong it goes to the dead. | Jletter office. Now, you young people ? -muSt 'not forget these littlo things, for they are important, especially the stamps. Sometimes wo literary men are greatly* frtrpl^ed to know what to ~ tfo With some letters. Oiy? more re quest. Do noi write to mo- at,, Atlanta. I do not live there. My home is in Cartersvllle, and I thought that every body kne\y it fyy iitis time. I have been living here over twenty years. ? ? And now let mc ask the good' char I table ladles who seek to do something for some good cause to send no m<Jre endless chain letters io me. They are H "nuisance and have annoyed me ^greatly. I thought that when that eom mon cheat and swindler, Joel ^mitlt of ' Mohliceilo, Fia.. was broken tip and arrested the endless chain business had stopped, but of Into it has revived and I received three last \\c<A. One of them started in Canada for f so-called mis BlcJMtry .work nn-1 go ti all the way ? dawiL-tsuLoulsiana anVl from there to ! mc, waiting me to copy two IcttefJT ami tend ton cents in Christ's name, -and under no circumstances to break ihft ehfljn. \\vii. I broke it and shall break every ohtTthafcomcs to m*. and fahall burn the letters for they never, contain any return j ostage. Some years ago tho goo:l ladles of Fredericksburg. -Va.-, -wrote to me, saying they wanteo about $300 or to place head stones to the graves of 260 Georgia soldiers ?who wore hurled there. I mpde -an earnest appeal to our people ?n.d asked ~75Ta"cnmai< Trow each good man or woman, and I raised $300 in three. Weeks, Adjutant General Fiill Ilyrd me $2 all tho. way from New *??nnswick. I b6ugut tho marble; all --lettered nicely, from the northern men who own tho works at. Marietta' ? bought thern at one dollar each, which a leas than the cost, for the com v said they helped to put Our boys nnd they ought to help mark gravr* -^fha raikiiadfl. Jhippetl the^free There was no endless cha.n ra t^-TDirii esr. ? Three thousand 1 -negfected confederate graven at Mari etta! Our hoys, our dead buried on bur soil., died In defense oK their homes, ' their state, their people. On the pther aide of tho railroad are about as man^| wko wcro trespassers on our ?o1* S^S'ffnflats who came as Invaders with "Inns and torefc?>. r.uJ their graves are marked With ccstly marble and adorn W Kfr" gray** -walks, and flowersand evergreens. add there Is a grand en ?4*aaca.io thejr city of the dead, at. done by the n at !c n Al go v ern meet. ?m a lieepef errploycil. An<l yet it; is now we were tight and they wer ^ liberty andmjWn! .wh*t tr lines have beea eommitu ilat Secretary Root seems to be a {a K0;ng to help us mafce -MUr roll of oar say, MOive uk your hand, brother." Is it not about Cm.' for our women to tnuke an appeal to the government for aid In this patriotic work? N^t only for Marietta, but wh nver our soldiers are buried, Marietta bats many northern visitors who spend their winters there ami it seems to me if tlK-y brought along a heart and a soul with them, they \Vould go to these ladita and say. "Here arc ten dollars. Please mark ten of thof.e grnvea for me," But 1 reckon most of them just bring their todies and leave ihelr hiaits at home. V\'by not do iu o.;r Mr. O ranger did? 1 Ji'Ht a> w.(.n ns o. r ladhs started a move to lmiM a monument (o General Young amU-Our llaito.w beroos. he wue this first io ask the privilege of sub perl blog $(-'5 to tho cause. He has got | ten it all linok already in our good wrtl and gratitude. 4J.j bought; lila heart with htm when he moved down here and his wifeJprought her whole soul. Sj)e ij ahvayA doing something tor < omebody,? -Bllry\rp in Atlanta" Con 'atltutlou. SHOT IN HIS OWN HOME Another fatal Tragedy With a Bod Termination. New York, Special.?Pilled with jealous anger at finding another man being entertained by Ills wife, Win. J. Pepplei, of East Onehnndrod and Nin eteenth street, threw tho visitor out into tho hall, fought him from the third floor to the front door of the apart ment bouse in which he lived, his wife" screaming and weeping at their hcelr., and was then shot dead by tho man whom he thought had wronged' him. This man" was' "AVm; Karl' Dobeon. a easb!er in a stock-broker's office. lie tied, and th^ police have sent out a general alarm for him. Peppier was about :.<> years old and a clerk. He had not blcn married long. A policeman, summoned by the crits of the other tenants of the house, who wore alarm ed '? y the shooting, rushed into ll^e bul dins and in thr; hnll sturnblc:l evtr the de?d body o i Peppier ,on which his wife was lying unconscious. Pep pie bad been shot in the side, tho buMet passing cUar thiough tiio boiiy. "Vkfter being revived, "Mrs. Peppier said that .she and Dobson were to gether when her husband returned un expectedly from work and a fight fol lowed^. resulting in Dobson bring thrown from tho room and being pur sued down staira by her husband. In the lower hall the men clinched again and Dobson fired one shot. After that the woman remembered nothing, for she fainted. Dobson is said to lie a morric-cHtTa'n with a wifj?n|id two chil dren living somewhere ni North Caro DobsoirTmVJl recently was arrerpcrt accountant in the office of the South ern Railway Company, in Washing ton, Dobson was arrVstcd tonight in the Vaparlments of friends living' pn West ;One Hundred and Eleventh street. He took his arrest very calmly an:l re fused to ftiako any statement. At the police station ho said ho had a wife and two children In Washlngttfh. lie was locked up. Sew M All' Is Shut Down. ? Lowell, Mass., Special. ? Organized textile labor showed Its strength in the shut down of the seven ' largest cotton mlll? here, and -not" content with this, the 'Textile. Council, the delegato body of the local unions, considered the advisability of com' polling an t/en wld<rr application of the" strnt-Ttown ordered, bjr? bringing about u strike in the Lawrenco Hos iery Works. The hosiery mill was -tempted fron) _th? strike -order laft week, the Knitters' Union being per mitted to remain neutral, as it had *hown that it bad no grievance cither in wages or time schedule The coun cil did not find the proposition well received vand the outlook i.i not favorable for a strike of\the knitters. This incident was the chief one of . the day. Operatives wore their best clothes and promenaded tho rtreets, no awoke ca;ne from the tall mill chimneys aud there was an nbsenco of thV> hum of industry which marks a rushing, bustling New KnaUin.i mill city. No trouble of any Kind 0f;CUrr0,l at the mill gates, through which j.ome V^tativea passed at different times, and nothing occurred on thQ streets or meeting places of the strikers to bring forth criticism. tlndsr Hravy Bail. Newark N. J., Special. ? A. J. Cns satt, president of the Pennsylvania road; John D. Orjmmins, E. B. Gaddis, L?r. I.eslic I>. Ward and J. R. Shanley, directors of the North Jersey Street Railway Company, and E. IV C. Young, presidcut; David Young, vice pi est dent and general manager; Arthrfv W. Pratt, roadmaster; Charles M. shiiinmh. generat -fmperintendent, and Janivis Smith, division superin 'nn.Tggtrapjearfd in tke- Court nf ana. sions -here. .They, were present to answer' to the indictment for man alauihter in connection with tho troll#?. c*r. wreet Of ? February 19, i which resulted in death of a children. Each was placed under A?2,000 bail, whirl* was furnished. No dato was set for trisl. Training Ship Goes to Noi folk. W^ihlnfton. Spcclal.? AcUojTTUT taken J^y tho Navy Department to check the spread oi, diphtheria which has developed on the training ship at Norfolk. All suspects wilt be moved at once from the ship and quar tered In tents and the sick will be' cared for at the Naval Hospital It' Norfolk, A telegram was received at the Department tc day, stating that no new cows fc*4 developed in the last U hoars: Up to today one death and five oases have bee* rtcorded. It Is said at tfce Department that tie authorities at tl?r #*mmk *e!i STORM ON COAST.; Iligli Water and Heavy Winds Sweep Carolina Coast MATE OF WRfiCKED BOAT D RO W NOD \ Heavy Damage At fluiy Coa>l Point* j Strewing ill ) Shore Will Wreck-! ?ge. .?? . V I Wilmington, Spveial.- The northeast | storm predicted by the Weather Bureau j reached I tn greatest In tonally along. the coast between 1 and 2 o'clock Monday morning, accompanied and followed by a delugi of rain, which, with high tides, Inundated much of the low-lands throughout this section. The water ?a me above the street level along the city" docks, and tC'igle's Island, aero*# the river was practically submersed, however, without damage ex<\?pt tothe ninuJUe of lb',' Drunsiwk'K iU'Jdge an I Kerry Compariy. which crossea It. Fur ther iip. in the lowlands between the Northeast and Capo Fear rivers tho waters of the two sheauiri met aero^s the tracks of lh6 A I Untie' & Yadkin Railroad and undermined the ite.s for "a distance of ab.'jut 100 yard.?. An <>,it going local freight train at 6.H?? t*is morning ran Into tfTe washout qr.l four cri'S were d? railed after the r-n glne had passer! over n.ifcly. N'o one was Injured and the track will be I'lcaied by morning. The Fayeltevllle passenger train was sent around by Ohadbourn*} and 1-Jlrod. o In the city the damage was of no ronsrqr.cnce. The wind ret/Ued a maximum velocity of IC miles. Damage to hbipninjr along the t??aKt~miwt- h-?v?> been heavy and report.! are alivady coming In. The schooner John H. Hut n.-k. Captin 0. \V. Sprsgue, which nailed from Wilmington "Saturday . morning, for New Yorft. with a cargo ^ ot Something over .">00,000 feet of lum ber'! consigned by tbo Cape Fear Liim !.? r Company, of this c'ty, went ashore on Frying 'Pan Shoals during 'the night and was pounded literally to pieers, causing a total loss. 15. H.. Spragup, 28 years old. of Tremont, Me., a brother of the captain and llrst mate of the vessel, was washed overboard at I a. m.. and drowned. The captain and c:vw of TO. Including the 'captain's wife and son. were resetted at S.30 next morning bv the Wilmington tug Alex ander Jones and were brought to Wil niliiff!A|i { ii the f vrsiD"': Xlrt Snrjzun is suffering from nervous pnoslrnllou. Late tnis .-jftvrnoon the revenue 'cut (er T\i3.!atara towed Into Souli?porl the StandaritSoiT bark Conemaugb, ! bound from Philadelphia to Port Ar j thur, Tex. She was in tow of the lank steamship Winifred, hut broke loose a tew miles east of Frying Pan Shoal.s in t.he storm, went a;lrd?J and was picked up by cutter. Tffe Winifred Is be lieved to have giiiie nailTJTSS but jftotL* lug had been heard from her tonieht. and 'the Norwegian bark Hrodrfolktit. from Mussel Bay. arrived this evening, but have not yet reached do;:k. The Sew York steamer, due. to leave la.'U Saturday, did not clear until 4 o'clock this afternoon. Figltt at Sa u Norfolk, Special.? Captian Caruth erfh -of th*' BrUlsh steamship Induua, from PenKHcol-A for Grlifr&by. which put In here Mr coal, reports a mutiny aboard h.'ai vessel which resulted in one of the mutineers gottlng shot by a mate. While at Pensacola 11 mem bers of (he Indu.na's* crew refused to Work. Captain Caruthers had them put In Jail until thp vessel was ready to sail, wheij^they wore brought aboard and in the presence of the British Con sul. refuged to work. The Consul or dered the men put in irons. There was not room enough In the TuftuttVS brig for all of them, as two men were put aboard tho British steamship Nlth, which is now in this port, Four were placed aboard another vessel and five were kept on tho Imluna, which then put to sea. Shortly after Rhe nailed from IVjnsacotd (he mutineers broke out cf the brig, and armed with bars of iron, attacked the captain and crew a number cf whom were Pensacola ne groes who wero shipped to take the mutineers' .placed. It was then that tho mate fired on the prisoners/wound ing one of! them In the leg. Tno others cowed by this display of nre^jj^s. were replaced In rons. All will be t^ken to Kngland for trial High Tides at Charleston. Charleston. 8. C., Special. ? Abnoi mally high tides prevailed heie Sun day on account, of heavy winds. The lightship Relief, in Cooper, river, drag ged her anchor and went aground on Drum Island, about the city, where -sha stuck fast. The German bark Wols Inger was blown from her anchorage and collided with fhc wharf, but suf fered little damage. o A Registration Surprise. Cincinnati,' O., 8peclal.?-The regis tration here for the election April C, .**hlr-h ftngp/t Satiirilfty plgllV CaUBOd a sensation In political circles. The ad^ djtlonal registration yesterday was -$.42S,and today 8,141, making a total of 17,569, the largest Addition to the lists ever known for a municipal elec tion. U Is stated that durln#the con tention between the so-called John T . McLean and Tom I/. Johnson factions, last autumn, more than 10k000 Demo crats dfcfrjrrot reg later -and that they are reftste re^-iuijLiaM to support Mr. In ga lis. the fusion ^sb^idate for mayor... Consults th= I>mI<I:qI. Washington, Spectal.? Jl^n Mitchall. president of the Ignited Mfie Warmer;* ; 9. c. Burdett. . of Charleston, W, ^t.r sttoroey for the Wist Virginia Wire Worker*, and Christopher Evans, on ? of the ntfne leaders^ talked wfth Iho President, regarding the recent shoot ing of striker* l?y depoly marshals, at Btaalford. W. Va. They rw|??tf4 that a very thorough Investigation b ?irtenfUtt a ?air. T he P< evident took the spatter^***** n4?KttCBt.-~ TREATY IS RATIFIED - ? jjfe ' The Cuban Senate Accepts Without ? Argument, - ADOPTED WITHOUT CONDITIONS. Approved By the Senate By ? VoU of u to V -'l he Question of a Time Limit Dispensed With. Havana, By Cable. ? The treaty of reciprocity between Cuba and the United States as umeuded by the Sell ate. of the United State*, wb.s up proved at S o'clock Saturday night, in thu Cuban Senate, by a vote of 12 to ft. This approval is absolute and is not hampered by any conditions, the ip?< p.tionablc (line limit having been dispensed with through the receipts of the cable message from Secretary Hay, In which It was positively t'e c'arcrl that President Roosevelt would call a spcclal session of Congress. '1 he purport of this assurance was transmitted to tho Senate by IVesi t'.' iit Palmn and read at t h?? beginning of the session, an understanding hav ing boen reached previously with Senators Bustamnnte, Capote and Uo!z, compoaing the majority of the fo-eign relations committee with Mia i bjcctionablo condition In the report I" :ng eliminated, This was dune by j too offering of amendments by other | gc. ministration Senators substituting j tho unconditional adoption of the j auk millionth to the treaty by the Sen ; ale. Tho linal action wan delayed for a long time by the discussion or nn mu< nduic'iil offered by SCUalOTfi tfn'.l guilly, Tamayn and Heelo, requiring tin; public to pass Upon the treaty. This was voted down, 5 to 15. y An amendment to substitute for the "committee's report was' then offered by Senators Prion, v'Monteagiu!o an 1 | Jletanconrt, Tills approved and rati ?*i<?d all the amendments of the Senate at Washington and recommended the -Cuban executive take action conducive to ohta.'nlilg effective re ciprocity as soon as possible. To this substitute was added the following: "This recommendation must not lie taken as an amendment or a modi.T catkin of the treaty." Senator Bustamento announced their satisfaction at the outcome. Tiie chief contention* of the committee was tho action of the American ' C--*si giess. _ Senator Sauguilly. In a long and lrjj passioned sprech against the rati tlr ntion of tho tvaVy, Impressively pictured the gradual tiUsviptloh oT Cuba by the United State, in which ho said tiie present action was one step, lie argued that it was disgrace ful for Cuba to, be a party to *ueh a scheme. Senator Bust&mc-nfr, In a "brief uii'T Hbte final Kpeer-h, cited vuiiou$ incidents of history to show' Umt neither weak wicked nations make commercial treaties, and pre dicted with certainty the results in this ease. The vote was taken separ ately in each section of the substi tute report. TJia vote onr the uncon ditional ratification of the treaty was 1" to ft; on tho recommendation to the executive it was 11 to 0. The present session of the Senate then adjourned. The ratification v/lll be exchanged by cable. St<?ki Fatai'ties. St. Petersburg, Ry Cable. ? A great Strike rict, accompanied by Viuch bloodshed hjis Occurred at tho town of Slatbusk, In thu government of Ootffa. Twenty-eight . p?rson? were UUvd fend 50 others were wounded. The strike started in the State Iron WiirkH, - where 500 men walked out. . demanding the release or throe "Of their comrades who bad* been ar icstcj. The governor of llse province, who went to inquire into tho affair, was mobbed a.s he was entering the house of tho manager of tho works. The riofero stormed the home and smashed In tho doors and v/lndavvs. The mayor. with a force of gendar mes and a detachment of troops, then arilved on the scene nnd .ordered the rlotera -to disperse. The latter, bow i everi Mood thoir ground and tho mayor was wciiivicfl by n revolver cbot. Thu pewUrntoa nnd troops ini mouift'ely jej.died v.'l'h firing ^yollsys jnt the mob and hilled or wounded 73 <^mcn. - ^ : Safe Rnb 'tr-i at Work. Gibson. Special. -Safe-blowers -vlstt- j ed the town of MrColl, Marlboro cou)?- | ty. S. C.. Saturday night, entered the \ posJoffico nt?:l with nltro-^lyeeiine j b:'t;?v open tho safe and obtained $?50. j V, reitlon of tho money belonged to i several lo;:pl depositors, but the ma jority whs postofllee funds. There is ; no e!ne. but officers with bloodhounds ?> i,o pursuing different trails. Nava In Paragraphs. ft Tho Au%nttn Victoria while <r:t 4ldl?g wiiU hex Uuihand and ?on. Prinze- Adalbert.- way thrown from her l.ai- 'irni u p? Vinhon The Conservative majority in the Chertzy dlviRlon:"of"SrrnT7 at a bjr* rWl'.on wa.s cut about half and the re sult was considered. a^blow to the Gov ernment. I'cac^ hao been ratified and proelal?*i <d in Uruguay. ? The tc\t of the Irish I<?.nd bill was given'out. . V : "11 John >Y. Gates. JsJm Skelton Wil. U*?v> an? ptbera Utftlted befom the inu?itatc Casjmerce Commission. TB 'New York eoncerning the Louisville end Nsrhviile- dr*l and other matters. j z_ j ? N?^? *?? Brief*. ? Quanta ha mot Cuba, win be the prill el par United staiei navarBUMon in the West -Indies. 1 - j Tho message of President Palmn On i the amended reciprocity treaty tjnf debate* In the Cuban senate. Krapcror William of Germany iln* vit** the "Nortb Atlantic aqundron to ; t visit Kiel dnring the rejeatta. The in vitation has been Reclined. Gen. CIMaao Castro withdraw bit i-raaicnnUtm as Presbfc-nt of V*ua ?m?v - -rjt^Ti'ran riff I 'Iff wtwwrraBHMiaMM TUB HarKBt!?. J GR0CRMK3 \N*n PKOVIfllONS. Co fl'ee- The market eioicd quiet with ijii :>t at ions on (lie basis of .for No. 7 Kio. Mild Coltcea wer<? Heady at.iluw quotation*: fiantow, per pound ; Maracalbo 9%^f> J-'vc; Java, rj&'23c.', ?!*?, ISfjnyc In New York futures rloied barely steady, us follows: Baie^were 45,0u0 bags. Receipt* tit Kio for two days were 1?>,UI<0 bu^s; block. -JiKJ.OQl) bay*; ox ohanpe 12 i-;5U.I.! market wae dull. Re ceipts at Santos tor two days werv 20.000 bags; htock, 1,03.1,000 butf^; mar ket dull. At 1 1:? vi*? fulureu closed (toady a t Uf. decline. Sales wore II.* 00 ) !)aji?. * Mounted < *offt e. - The r.;-i? k? I w a ? steady ut quotations as follows: K. I, in caRci>ll01l i>5c, per pound. In oat s and bags. pure Juv? 82%&$#3:hv; pure Mariiilbo, 23^123', fcr.; .Santos, l?M,f*20c.; Java and Mocha biernl, 27 Vctfj 2$i\ Refined SiiKar*.? Tills market was dull at mil-hanged prJccs. The quota* tlons wore an follows: Per pound, Out* J,o-;f, ; Powdered, tr t ?? ?? dard (rinnulated, O.OGVie,; Fine (Iran ulated, D.Ofi'-'jfC.; Crystal A, fi.CG'.&e. ; Columbia A, 4. V. Yellow. 4,'J'Jtt COUNT KY PRODl.'Ci/. Jlatter? -There was no t-h:tnpr 'n tin- ] y?t:<r inrtloi.- Willi ? ? oMtinwil scan if. v of rho'.ro grades prices \veri firm liciillhy, but ili<> r.)CiV.*'tnrni wan quiet, The quotations wi rv a.; fol lows: * Creamery F.ypa'/alor ' ? ft -'5 1 Crcv.nu ry Gathered Cj < m .... ? '.'SO ; Creamery Imitation 2JJ Iowa Northwestern I.iidie Wertem Btoie Packed 1 ? li- 1 K j'C'*'uuitiy Priii U ( I - 1 1> } Creamery Prints ('V'b) Mil. Yo. and I 'a. I'r'.nts Creamery Works ( 1!- lb > 3 1 /f*>32 SJM71: Jobbing fnt# ??M l<* to " higher than t ho whoiefinle quotations. ('bccer ?? 'f bn e whr a stltidy Inquiry for Cheese a?) <1 prices wuc linn. The quotations were:. Per | o.'.nd. New York full orcam, 00 pounds, T.at 3*5 pounds, ! P?<3>14%c.; picnic, H%<0P iCe. Eggs? The undertone was eagy and it waK that pliers were largely maintained at the existing basis l>y the purchase of stock to go into cold stor age. This market is now about on a Irvrj with 01 li^i* centers and, therefore, no outlet In that direction ean be found for the surplus 3toek here. Quotation? at the elc.sc wove as follow*": rut eholee Maryland and Pennsylvania, He..; Virginia and Western. Ik'.; West Virginia. 1 1 o. ; Southern. 13 Vie.; Huck Eggs.. 23 (ft 25c. These prlvcst nre for Slrictly wholesale lots; jotfldng lots sell at le. higher. * Live Poultry ? With a continued *o\r?*I(y of Chickens, both young and old. ptk-es wore very strong. With the demand by no moans aatiailcd. Ducks weie alia Wan f ed anit^vcrcri^cmsht at~ full prices. Turkeys were searce fljid In slow demand. "The quotation* Were ;as follows: Chickens, llertB. i>er pound, He.; ;old Roosters, cach, 30$?3oe. young largo Chickens*, per pound, 15? 10e.; medium size, 18@?0e.; small winter Chickens, 22#25c.; spring Chickens, SJOe.; young stags, Htfipliic.; Ducks, puddlh, 13?10e.; Muscovy and Mongrel, 1-1? 15c.; white Pcklns, pei pound, 16c Geese. Wcsterniand South ern, each GG<980c.;, Turkeys, choice Hens, 18o.; young Gobblers, 16c.; old and mixed, 14(5>15<:.; Dressed Capons, large," 20tff23c.s small, 18?10c,; slips. IGttf 17c. Dressed Hogs -The warm weather check^t tho receipt a and the demanuT The rocket. {MrHdffi wbh quiet, with prices qbrely steady. The quotations were aa. follows: Oholeo lightweight, per pouqgl, 7:J4GSt\; fnotJium. 1Vi<& 7 >-ir- ; heaW, 7c.: Sows, Hoars and Stags, \/nZr., according to quality. FRUITS AND VEGJ3TA ULES. Prices were steady , hut the under tone showed an easier tendency for Southern Vegetables, the supply cow ing In quite fieel.v. The quotations were rb follows: Potatoes, per bushel, C _5@ 70c.; Sweet, per barrel. $ l.F?0(fr'2.25; Yams, Il.r>0ff2. Beets, per box. 25? 30c. ; do. Southern, per barrel, |1 25<f() I.50. Cabbage, per too, $T-fT 8 : Florida, fancy green Cabbage. $1.50?2 per crate; white, poor, 75c.<S$l per crate Celery, native, per bunch, 4*9 5c. Cu cumber?, FloridUv per box or baakc. Eggplants. Florida, ..|kr box to basket, $I.5U?/ 2.2f>. Kale, native; pci box, 10ir:!?c\; Norfolk, per barrel, 40'5 45c. Letturre, Southern. per basket. II.50<{j 2.50. Soiuach. . native. per bushel box. I'htt 50c. ; Norfolk, per lnr.-r rel, 7o<\<(j,$i. Turiiii native, per lu?hei box, 15Cf20(. Tomatofj, F'orida, pei carrier, $Lo0fr?!.&y. Ajjple*. per barrel |l.25{/3. Stvawbei ri< a, Florida, )?e? quait, 15(ft30<\ Clrctn Dean a. Southern per box, $2.50?f3. Oreen Peas, Florida.* per basket, $2.25?2.50. Oulolis, [. <?v bushel, S0@ 40c. Asparagim, Southu'-i per bunch, 20^ 40c. DAILY COTTON MARKET. | Galveston. steady 'J 15- h* | Norfolk, iteS9? .. .. i>H Ijuiiinrorr, nymtnxt-. .-. .rrr;. . i <? 1 ; ~ ? Wllmlbrion. firm fiVjJ i Philadelphia, firm i Savannah, steau/ O'.i j New Otlcana, quici 9 13-1 C ! Mobile. nominal VH j Memphis, steady^.? I'Vt ! Augusta, quiet lii 14 j Charleston, Arm OV* ! Cincinnati, steady ; Louisville, Tim ../...I* i i Louisville, firm frW I St. Louis, eaey iLlS-J' ! Housten, quici ' New York, quiet . *, . .,. 10.05,. A man In New York told of alieged threat* by A. 'ft. Pennell to tcll.l E. U lJurdlck. ... ' * Three Mexicans were killed In a col lision between the "Sunset Limited" %nd another train near San Antonio, Tex, J.- ,t A break of uiree miles Wide tn tt; levee at Greenville. Ml*.. t? Aoadia/ the great YoxoOdttt*. A bear mid wan *??* ? New Toft Central. yltanisw $t. 9*4 other reilroad stock* <m OfHtm |?rtj iCASE NOW CLOSED. Pccision in Burdfck Murder Mystery Given Cut 5 AYS HE WAS kll.ltl) BY PtNNCll rill* Htat<rnuiit i? fltde That tlie l)?ad iMh it Should Ho k'g&rd.d 1 4110c; lit Until Proven (iutlty. HulYalo, Special. ?The verdict In the IturdlcU inquer.t handed ilowu by Judge Murphy Tucixljiy, whllo "latlng yiut the identity of the murderer of Ktlwln lluidlck ha* not been ptoven. practically charges Arthur K. I'enuvll, the dead lawyer, with the crime. IVnuell luul^ji *t longer motive 'than anyone else for putting Hurdlck out of th? way, Judge Murphy nays, and all the fact 8 brought out by the in <ju<??il lonetltute just ground b for the iKhuamo of a warrant against Penn- ll if ho were alive. The verdict Is aoft cnctl somewhat ko fnr aH It relate* to I'cnnell by the statement that If P*?n 11 ?' ! I wan alive he won hi bo given the pretuimsUlvin of Innocence until proven guilty. In t he opinioh of Judge Murphy, I Hurdlek ha. I no woman Kiie;?t in his j den ' on t ht? night of tho murder and ?ho crime, was not (ho work of a l>ur. alar. H?> t?:on<>rafoH Mr#, (icrtrudo It. Paine m\U Minn Hutchison front any ? i. illici t ion with the crime and in ooin (liiiiciii criticises Mrs. Maria A. Hull, and niibitriM Mis. Burdick, t ho form for ii^r attitude toward tho au thorities and the inconsistency of her >j<{f?UH with tho N^oory that she haj no knowledge of tue murder. Judge Murphy staled thla afternoon that ho rt'ijl hold the tnqueBt Into the <leath :( Arthur H. lVnnll the latter part '! ?>f this week. The story of the llnding of Bur iluvdick's body in the morning aud of Hie events prerodJuK its discovery 5ft related hy tho different mcmbvrs ?>f {he household Is told, and tho dis crepancy In tho testimony of the nop vant* nnd Mr. 'Hull I* pointed out. "VViH're la lho motive for th ciljue?" asks Judge Murphy, and then ho takes tip tho relation* of Mrs. Bur ?i.'<k i:n l Penned and say.i that It seems that live years ago.'on the oc casion of a visit to Now JtTiVt u 'by the BurdlckH and PennelJj< Mrs. Bur djck "gave the, lciv*? which belonged to her husband to' another. She loved -PQ'&flcU And. he apparently became in fat ua! :d with ' Tier." BuVdicVni-anie^ the truth and a separation followed, but because of love for her children he look his wife back and forgave the author of his wrong upon hja promise to leavo Buffalo. "This promise and tho promiso which Mrs. Burdick made to her husband," aays Judge Murphy, "were shamelessly broken." Finally Mr. Burdick told her. she must lortve his hcirce and he applied for a dl- i voice from hi? wife. Pennell, however, induced her to defend the suit. Bur- ' ^^ had been shadowing Pennell and -^fciBurdlck and Penncll had detec ?^fmdowlng Burdick. T^SJg^aa appears In the ovldenre," fiuyad.utlijO Murphy, "Penncll had not 6ucco.?dcd In compromising Burdick in any way. Burdick. however, had a lot of evidence, consisting of letters wiltten by Pennejl to Mrs. Burdick of such a gushing, loVeelck. Importun ing nature that their publication meant ctWiplete humiliation and so cial ruin to th*lr author. This of all others," Kays the Justice, "was the mo tive strong enough- to incite a des perate mind already steeped In wrong doing, tv> so foul and cruel a murder. Did ho do It? Was he responsible for it? He had returned from tho dead mans wife the day before the murder. He was hefo that night. He was very mi^h <-xeIt(?fl' tfce noxt morning nnd wcnVNand purchased a revolver. The ?i N^resent at thebaic state at that time lie did not appear 6t ail like him self.'* 77? The judge tells of Pennells visit to the. Palls on the morning of the dis covery or the murder, of "his message to h;? wife to bring the papers apd of their failure to return for dinner ? that evening. Continuing, tho Judge ?aya in ona of Pennell's letters to Mrs, Hurdlek there was a threat that he wynld kill her husband. Tho cash ier and bartender of a hotel also tfstl flf>d f'c said ho would kill a cer tain "man and Mis. Penncll had writ ton Burdlak a waming letter. "Pen* noil had complete knowledge of the B^ivk^home^and consldcrfng hlsTe-^ been an oasv matter for hint to* ob tain a ho/ Lheretp. AllJKOth^r these facts would in my opinion constitute" lust grounds of ftusfdeion on which a variafcl could be issued were he alive. Thatv would not mean, howavor, that be wai gnHty. He would have the .ight cf a trial." th* report conthnv.s. He tan n^ve.- he placed on UUlihar*. aor can Jits case ever be JOdltfwiy de teraalned. Lot us be as fair tt>*n tc the ?l?a<l as the law presume* us 16 hie to tJnr ltvtny. He must be-iwiaaucifcd. Icnooans.vuntil proven aulity." fltfipr Iritis of N?w*. . (Tiuiavtt* F. Swift, prc*Mcnt of the* PWKl ra< ft i uj; Com Dam. died In Cbl aigo. Additional witoniw <111 l>o ? cx, amined in the BnrdlcX. Inquest *1 BiiVftto- and tk? lutttrr U?to*tV*> dM?< of Mr. ?4 Hn. Arttur ?. niuor l-vente of the Week in ? Brief Form. A commission was United tha_ Uunk of Springfield, Orangeburg <uiin(y. which will have a capital of $25,000; A c om mission lias been Issued th? Orccntll]c Improvement Company o' Greenville*, ,whlch will have a capit a of $25,000. The secretary of state. .has Issued a (barter to the Green Hunting and Fishing Club of Columbia, upon pet!* lion of E. O, Grleshaher and C. L. Kelly. The election bold a< Conway Tues day on the question of "Dispensary" or "no Dispensary" resulted in a vote of :tx no > to 2ti yea. Tbi# fle.ttles the fact for the time being that Gonway in to he rt^ry town. ^ # .I. A. Sawyer, off, Union, U back from Galveston, Texas, where lie wont hi search of two witnesses to the Hill will, which fell Into the hands of Mrs, John Hopkins. The estate is said to bo Worth $143ip00i l"?r. ^John Robert Smith, lovingly known throughout Laurens county Hiid by many friends In tbo State a* Dr. "I'egdeg" John Hmlth, died Ms linmn near Laurens. He was about 04 years old. He bud been In feeble health for more than a year but tola death w?r sudden. " y: The Tliad I-1. Clinton residence In Yorkvllle. for several years past ownoii by Mrs. Kmlly I j. Itiekord, of New York, and occupied by Mr. J. R. Oordner, was destroyed by Are last Tuesday morning. Mr. Gardner was away from homo at the time. The losi*T Is estimated at about $&00. and $50O of It In covered by insurance. r*N . A pitiful thing happened Thu^dey' In the lower part of Columbia. A young colored girl, Agn^H Mayfleld. bought *20 cents worth of morphlrfP ami used It. When bet' friends toiiMd her she was asleep In front^tfThei' titKj". !f a >??<< nnt come to her at wire and used strong: ? meusurcp hIjp would, never have awakened. But she was waked. ~ ~ ^aii Bradford, a well-known well digger, was painfully hurt last Sattjf* day. He wa? wotWugJn a well on tbo luemUea of Mr. Darnel Pratt, near I.ockliart. aud the injury waa sustain ed aa tlx a reault:oMhe fqlHD2^of_?^ bucket_ilf_i'QeV. Hla right leg wy Jiu' t ; but_j\9 'bones wore broken;.. Ho is not yet able , to be al however and la not UkelyL several daya. City Attorney W. J3, WMaon, Rock Hill, hag been' author council to make answer to plulnt served by the iielra niack lu thehv I the Southern Railway and a ttttfHtiter \fil Individuals to recover certain Mtahle qjjy property" now eohlvoTted t&z t he Southern alpng titer tracks ?JCMW3* Ing through a largo part of the bcat business section cf the city. Seventeen <arpenters, employed la the construction of the buildings now got n g up at the Brogon mllUat AlHtep v on . went on t on a strike ~ Tuesday, They are members. vt' - J - which was organ! Bed ago. S^everal^ days ^ogo ^ ploy union labmr, and Thursday the foreman in charge of the work waa no tified of the decision that had toaen reached. tri The case of Ada Brooks, colored, vs. Western Union Telegraph Canst'' pony. was hoard in the commonupleajL _ court in Greenville Friday. Tfct? t* a suit for $2,000 <la**a#;e#. fK*len hew ItiK taken under "the mental anguish Btatut eg. and also for punitive 4a?y - agea arising by reason of the failure of the telegraph" a telegram announcing; death o< plaintiff's father. The Jxiry returned a vlrdict of $750 for the plaintiff. A cano of intere?t--tq- layaaea and? lawyer* wp? tried In Lancaster Thurs day. U was an aetlon brought by Ik"' C. Socreat as receiver, ft* ? h ft Cf>,,- a former firm ? , , TT ? against the Hartford Fire Inauranc* j Company for *1,400. the* amount of piillcy of insurance Issued '?by?ma lotnpuny to Raid ftrpi January 1, 1M*. on, the atotjc or goods of 4ba,latt?t.\ liy diretttoiK of the Judge tttir Jnty - rendered a verdict In favor of thela Ktirancc company.. Ma vov J. Anger Smyth and Juda* Chan. IT. Simuton*. of Cfcarlestar. trustees of the G1bbs bluest, received Friday fhecfc for fl W thte fund troia^ha^aatate; tlon.'Of'thiff amonnt ffil. HM ?4 waMjfcfc? . posited in the People'* aBnk aa4-*4V Charleston, the balance yet from the estate held 'or- 4 ?^ fco the expenses of litfgati ntcesaary W >lnd up the due; money was left to tiw-ettv ct art Institute; Relative* ?aqSrgX)iO)fti.3 jEouit foi seme yeaw On? wniftj An<Hrcon Mliiw >'F^cfa*y" ptaat vu dttti HfifilHl tnornTag STjVA *anl