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BARNWELL, S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1903. AWFUL CRIME. IVw A FfttW, Crased With WMskey, - Kills His Thm Children. AEEE8TED AHO LOCKED IK JAIL. One ot the Meet FiendUb Acta f . • • „ • \ • ®»er Committed In •. Good Old State of North the Carolina. \ Transformed In a monster after a weeks’ debauch, Dr. J. Y. Jay, a pbysiclau oh prominence in the north ern part of Buncombe county, N. C., Saturday week drove bis wife from Lome, brutally murdered bis three children, and attempted to bura down bis'house. Tbe man became violent Friday nltfht, and after going borne terribly abused bis wife. Mrs. Jay had put tbe children to bed, and was endeavoring to quiet der husband, when tbe man attacked her and drove her out of the bouse. She went to the home of Tbomas Dillingham,' not far from where -she lived, and there spent tbe nighty Returning to her v home next mining she found her bus- ' band in a dangerous mood. Tbe man was even worse than before. Jay was - ooptinu tlly looking for his pistol, .threatening to exterminate the whole - —family. Mrs. Jay, however, had taken possession of the revolver and-hidden it from her husband. Duigng tbe time that Jay was seaicblng for tbe .pistol, Mrs. Jay was engaged4a..pre paring tbe morning meal, at inter vals assisting tbe children to dress. When tbe,children had been dressed And Mrs. Jay bad finally finished get ting breakfast, the brute bad worked ——himself- into a frenzied mood. Fall- “^■^ng inhis search for ifie ptstoi he had armed himself with a daw hammer, and with this chased Mrs. Jay around . tbe bouse. The frightened wife, feel- tog that her own life and tbi. lives of 'l. her childrep were In danger, went out of the front door and started for tbe little gruopry, where there was a tele phone to ask tbe neighbors for aid, a no to notify the offloers at Asheville. As she reached the road she turned t and saw her three children standing I on the top Step crying, and begging tor her return. The mother stood for a moment in helpless agony, knowing that the lives of her children were in danger, and knowing also that she was of her own strength powerless to shield and protect them. Her indecis ion waa of but a second’s duration. Steeling her heart to the cries of her little ones, she turned and ran with all speed possible for tbe store. There she hastily told the story of the chil dren’s peril, and accompanied by sev- crutches others eral taea wbo chanced to be at the place, hastened back to her home. The mother bad been gone but a few moments, but in that brief space tbe demon bad done his work, and as she entered her home al sight met her eyes such as words of nc language can describe. Lying upon the porch with the blood cosing from tbelr heads lay Ler three childrep . Tbe “Two oldest were already dead, while the baby was barely breathing. The men who bad accompanied Mrs. Jay tenderly gath ered 'up the little lifeless bodies to place them in toe bouse, but the door was fasten tied and Jay was called upon to open the door. This be refused to do, and declared be would kill tbe first one who entered. It was then thought that he had found the pistol and had terricated bfanseTf In the roam, and that death awaited the first one who entered. A PREACHER IV A FIGHT. Rev. R. F. Whllden Charged With Assault and Battery. Not long since the Rev. S. B. Jones had a fisticuff with the postmaster of bis town and now comec the state ment from the' Greenville News that Rev.R. Furman Whllden.a well known divine of the upper section of Green ville county, was arraigned and given a preliminary hearing Tuesday at Tigesville before Magistrate Ballenger on the charge of assault and battery with Intent to kill. ThejttaUi was represented by Adam C. Weldon,.of that city, while the defendant repre sented hlraMdf in the trial.-' Mr. Whllden is all< ged to have at tacked and assaulted SparWu C. Berry, a leading ' farmer oftheuper section of the county on September 23. • It Is said the trouble arose out of a dispute over a piece of land Wjhicb Mr. Berry had purchased, but which Mr. Whlh den still claimed. At .the hearing, however, a deed ty the property/held by Mr. Berry was presented as .evi dence, There were several witnesses sworn Who testified as to t!>e attack of Mr. Whllden upon Mr. Berry. Because of the prominence of the parties concerned the hearing attract ed much attention and there was a large crowd of spectators tin hand to hear the testimony, Including a num ber of the students from the North Greenville High school. Mr. Whll den, it is understood, has been preach ing for 50 years. He is now 77 years old, but enjoys splendid health and a strong constitution, it is said that as a result of his conilict with Mr. Berry be left his mark on his oppo nent’s face. After hearing the lest! ger docketed the case for the bight r court and it will be heard at the next term. A WOMAN’S SCREAM Of Terror in the Kiddle of tho Night Drove a Black VILLI AN PROK ERR RED ROOK After Robbing the Hooee He Wes Getting Ready to Co min It a Worse Crime, bat Waa Run Off. SAD PATX OF A BOY. .Columbia seems to be suffering from an epidemic of burglaries. The follow ing we clip from The State of Thurs- dayi s. - ^ There was brought to light. Thurs day the fact that there had been com mitted Jn the very centre of the city two rob&eries which were even more brazen and daring than the startling and unsuccessful attempts upon the residence of Rev. Dr. Lindsay a few nights ago. These last robberies oc curred on Lady street just one block on either side of Main street, but wittfc. in two squares of the police station. The methods of the robbers are al most identical, both houses on Lady street having been visited three times at cl.jse intervals. But there Is a per fection of execution and evidence of design sinister and. repulsive not be trayed in former depredations. The scenes of the robberies are Mrs. J. H, Folk’s boarding house, west cor ner Lady and Assembly, and Mrs. B. L. Gary’s boarding house, west cor ner of Lady and Sumter streets. The thief entered the former place by a rear, stairway to tbe second fidor of ^ i m the dwelling, three rooms of whUjh -pwsentea an opeif VERVE OF THE GRAFTERS. Llge Bowie 8ay« “Show me Before I l —Bat this waa not so. The man at that moment was preparing far self- destruction. Without waiting an-' other moment the men bunt in the door, and as It swung open, lustead of the crack of a pistol, tbe men were « wlth “Hello bojrs, come to, 1 t starting a fire to get warm LJ,’’ Jay waa found standing over a quantity of burning ^iothiog that be had gathered and placed on the floor near the fireplace. Tbe men rushed upon blaaaod succeeded In extinguish- iug tbe flames. Tbe man waa slight ly burned, but not seriously, fils clothing was ooVered with tbe blood of bis cbildren, as were his face and hand*. Sheriff Reed was telephoned for, and the man was held until the sheriff arrived. Upoo reoelVlng- word of tbe _ horrible tragedy Saturday morning Sheriff Reed at once notified Coroner Hemphill, and they left for Bareardsvilte. Sbelrff Reed returned to Asheville before dirk with bis pris oner who appeared to only half realise tbe tsrrible deed be bad committed. „ He is now in Jail. When asked why he bad killed his children Dr. Jay said be just could not help It after catch ing, sight of their blood. All Ashe ville is shocked by the tragedy. Dr. Jay la brother of W. N. Jay, who for many years held a position as deputy clerk lo tbe office of register deeds; HI* Blood Bolls. Judge Peter S. Grosscup, appointed to the federal bench by President McKinley, recently said: “When I see tbe laws of my country introduced to suable men to consolidate money for the public good, turned into the Harris confessed the whole thing, but excuse for swindles that abouW la d « be bad pot been drunk at the ••■v • the promoters in tbe penitentiary, and when I see that to be tbe almost universal history of corporations, every drop of my blood holla with hate And revenge.” Judge Groaecup itr also have expressed his lodigaa- it tbe failure oo tbe part of executive* to enforce laws which were 4hte%ded .to land tbe violators of the • Kwi in tbe penitentiary. Give Op mt Loot. voluntarily Heal You. • ~ Dowle. the great religiojs f iker who is now operating in New York, has fff eye on the main chance all the time. He is after money, and he is not particular how he gets it." Dash ing aside the guards who tried to stop them, twenty men and women stamp eded from bis “Healing” room Ip Madison Square Garden Wednesday afternoon when they were asked to give all their wealth to the Church of 2ton, City if they should be cured of tbelr His by the Dowle treatment. _ The indignation of the invalids was Intence. Many of them were on ts Were blind, while a few left the beds to test the. prophet with many gyraUpns, declar ed it was infallible to Christians. But they dashed over the Zion guards like a squad of heavy artillery and mide their way to the street. The stampede came after U'c riiid- day meeting when it was announced that all persons who, wished to he treated could meet Overseer Hiper id tbe “Healing” room. More than one hundred persons went to the rooiD,i Including those who began treatment yesterday. The place looked like a hospital ward when the subject were sealed. The usual steps were taken to see that no outsiders could observe what was going on. In others lost from $3 to 115—whatever amount left In their clothing. Tne clothing was left on the piazza and In the hallway. -There were three valua ble watch< a on the dresser? in Police man Hiers’ room, but these were un touched, although a lighted lamp was on the dresser during the entire night. Mrs. .It. L. Gary’s dwelling has three-stories. The thief gained an entrance through the front door and unlocked a door to tbefcrea part, then he worked btT way upTO the thinT the excuse given by young floor, examining the doors on tbe sec ond and third floors, all were except one. From this mom be took the occupants’ trousers and carried them down stairs Into tbe yard. He reentered and made an examlnatldh of the ground (Lor, but again only 'oqe was unlocked, presenting an in- vithig prey to this midnight maurau- dcr.-\ A married lady wluge husband, works until ^the latter part of the night occupied this room. She is a light sleeper, she savs. and hearing a. noise, opened her eyes. By accident,] in fulL her gaze was in the direction, of the washstand mirrof. The sight that He Waa 8a»othere<l to Death in a Pile of Cotton. Ercest, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. H. Kluard, of the Bachman Chapel community, of New berry co nty, met with a horrible death Wednesday. He was In his father’s Cotton bouse, playing bide and seek with his little baby brother, when he fell head-foremost Into a hole which he bad dug into a pile of cotton and his life was smothered out. At the dinner hour at Mr. Klnard’s home Friday, Mrs. Kinard asked her son, Ernest, to take his baby brother, a little boy about three years of age, out to play. As the boy started kway from the house with the baby be was asked by bis father where he was go ing, and replied that be was going to the cotton house te play. In about an hour M:s. Kinard called Ernest to dinner.- He failed to answer and Mrs. Kinard, becoming alarmed, went to t he cotton house. She fhqnd her son la the pile of cotton dead/NChe four little boys, sons of Mf. Kinard, had gone to tbe cotton house as they usually did every day, to play, firnest was the oldest child. It & supposed the children were playing hide and seek, and a- rnest fell into a bole about four feet deep which he had dug in the pile of cotton. He was in this position when taken out. Tt was found that breath had left the body. The neighbors were called In and every effort was made to restore the little boy’s life, but all to no. Avail.— Newberry News & Herald. TBIAL OF WHAM. The HUVDR1D8 SEARCHED. fendant On tbe Stand Tells of f the K rder. A QUEER TALE. field. From one room, he secured tne ouaers of the three occupants and rum another those of four heavy sleepers, and repaired to tbe piazza where he deliberately sear<?hed all tne clothing, and decamped . with a sum of $352 and a note for $75. Policeman W. Gi Hiers was the heaviest loser, having in his trousers $272 and a note for $75. Mr. J. H. Foulk, Jr., was rubbed*6f $45. Tbelpn Tuesday, and since then nothing A Defaulter Gives Remarkable/ - f - planatfon of His Crime. The Mapleton State Rank at kato,. Mion., has been closed peu« an invesllgatlouT tbe books, assistant cashier, Alfred A^ Buck| disappeared. Mr. Buck went to ker a week ago Saturday on busii and left there, ostensibly for Dut has been heard from him. He is the only son of Judge Daniel Buck of this city, a former justice of the Supreme Court, who is president, and owner u half the stock of the bank. A letter from the missing official was found, saying that the shortage of the writ er wasl 18,700,"with.the bank, and be tweea. $7,000 and $8,000 wffcb bi$ father who had placed bis personal funds In his possession to than. The strangest feature of tbe occurrence is WEAK PLEADS SELF DEFENCE. He Admits Writing an Improper r~ “Note to the Niece of the Sian Whom He Down. Shot The Wham, cl L. W. Ra was trledj W. Rama the defend last in th< been calk taking Buck for disclaims of the State vs John G. fged with tbe murder of age on the 9th of last July, t Laurens last week. L. v was shot and killed by it John G. Wham July 9 yard of the latter'Who had upon by the deceased to explain and reach a settlement, alnicably If possible certain conduct regarded reprehensible and charged to Wham toward a niece of Mr. Ivamage. ham admitted that .his plight was bad aud Agreed to make ackhuwledg- meufc ftt-the proper time and that would be from his .viewpoint when bis preacher would be. present, probably that day. Uaiaage insisted that be go over at once and explain to Mr. Simp son’s family. He declined and went back.in the bouse having met Kamage and his companion at tbe gate. Ram- age it seems entered the gate without being invited aftd“proceeded to the back of tbejbouse going around. In a moment Wham appeared 'at an up stairs window and ordered Blakely who had accompanied lUmuge to leave.-As he was wtthdrawing "he' beard the shot.—Wham shot Bandage with a purler rifle and Immediately escaped. • -> ' " ' The State had ten witnesses, two of whom were ladles Mrs. Thus. Simpson, molberof the young Woman, whose life the defendant Is alleged to have tried to wreck and Mr. Jas. P. Dillard "of Tylersville. Mrs. Simpson told of tnfe note received by her daughter from Wham inviting her over to spend the evening explaining that a young lady, a relative, was visiting at his nome, etc. The witness when shown the note at once realized that there must be some mistake, somei hing Wrong be cause she anew Mrs. Wnam and her company were at Clinton spending the afternoon and that tbe note therefore was a deception and an insult to the daughter and the family. Taking the daughter, witness proceeded to Wham’s house only a few hundred yards distant across the- road, and de manded an explanation of his conduct. At Aral he said the note Lo question For MiMing Millionaire, Bat no Trace Is Yet Foaad. The disappearance from the Wise County, (Va.), mountains of R. L. Wentz, the young millionaire, Is still a great mystery, notwithstanding the earnest work of a thousand men form ing a searching party. Tbe party is now divided Into 10 squads of a hun dred each, and the search is being ex tended along Black Mountain. The missing man’s father bad hot been notified of the disappearance of his sop officially until Wednesday. The aged mao gave out a statement In Philadel phia that he was dumbfounded, and could not understand tbe theory of murder, as his sou had no enemies. The father Is on the way to Big Stone Gap, Va., having left Thiladelphla Wednesday night. It is given out here that while young Wentx was an ad mirable young man, stlUJteJiad In curred the enmity of "Certain moun taineers. When Wentz left Big Stone Gap it Is stated be was to have joined the sheriff that daywserve warrants on certain trespassers, who bad fella) chestnut trees on the land of tbir Virginia Coal and Iron Company. Chestnut trees had been fresblly cut at every point where the young mill ionaire would have gone. The theory that Wentz was murdered, by outlaw and his body hid away Is most plausi ble. Certain of the mountaineers who gave up homes at a nominal figure when mountain lands were bought up by capitalists fifteen years ago, have ever since cherished the feeling that they had been cheated out of their property. An Idea jof how cheaply "those lands'sold to capitalize Is gained In the statement that coal properties in Southwest Virginia, owned by the Wentz family, were bought for $100,- 000. The same properties are now es timated to tie worth $2 ,000,000. The ■ NO 8 ANGRY AND PIQUED. to Sign tho Alas ka i Boundary Idas. AND THE FEELING IS BETTER. tation or fast living. Ha j> 21 had been found on the dresser written years of age- He informed his wife that twelve years ago he was made tbe victim of blackmail by a Chicago family,' paid the money demanded, though not legally or morally bound to do so, and that this family has ever since from time to time held him up. He has paid every demand, fearing the result of exposqre on the health of his parents if he refused, and the to tal amount paid over, he says, Is $30,- 000. He has finally obtained a receipt A Poisonous Worm. A number of .counties in the north ern part of Georgia are* greatly dis turbed over Lhe discovery of a small worm, very much resembling a snake, about twojriches long*which ha^beeh found in the beads of cabbages, and which has-just been profiounoed by- the state chemist to be a deadly p<4soon A number of deaths haver occurred recently in White county, which ere now attributed to the Insect.' The discovery of the worm.has resulted in cabbage being stricken from tbe menu cards throughout Northeast Georgia. Tbe state chemist says a single worm contains enough poison to kill 15 per sons.' It Pay* to be Polite. Because of bis Involence to a lady who was riding on bis car a colored Pullman car porter was put off a train In the woods near Brunswick. €ri, oo Thursday. He was left there to meditate how much better politeness would have paid him. He spoke to tbe lady something about transferring to another train. She did not under stand him and asked him to reapeat wbat he had saldL He did R very In solently*. George H. Smith, treasurer of the city ■ of Brunswick, was on the train, and, observing tbe manner in which the porter spoke to the lady, gave him a thrashing. He was then put off the train. - i . - , - j - 7. V Swift Justice. Jphn Harris, colored, murdered Policeman Deasback in Atlanta on October 5. Harris ran away* but was captured-at Abbeville, bis old home, taken back to Atlanta and tried last week and convicted. He was sentenced to be bung on Nov. 12. she beheld paralyzed her with terror— a form of a man bending over the dresser hurriedly turning over every thing. He emptied tbe drawers upon the floor Intently seeking for some particular things. . She says that every few momenta he would cast fugitive glances in her direction and that she lay - there, it seemed fpr hours, suffering the most torturesome agpny. At last after Searching the room thoroughly, be picked up a valise and as she thought left the room. Then the lady, lo the 3* from he with Vw» time he would not have done the deed. Some colored people at Abbeville in formed the autbortles that Harris was there, and this lead to his arrest. . - Death of G, D Tillman. ▲ dispatch from Clark’s HtU to Augusta Chronicle says Col., George D. TtUman, aged 23 jfpafg, youngest son of the late Hoo. George D. Till man, died at hts home there Tuesday night.. He attended Hie Citadel y at Charleston and wgs one tho most popular:, students In bis m. Hi was court stenographer of Mt for anomber a colonel oo -Goi. Mc- Fifteenth street, went down with the next Instant, resliaed that tbe eyes oftffetim and was drowned. Cahill was a negro were looking straight into her own. “I qeyer knew what “frozen with fear’ meant until that moment,” said she.. “He stood there for ages, it seemed, never taking bis eyea^off mine, then stealthily he crept closer to the bed; 1 could not move or cry out until be put into words his dia bolical purpose.” Her agonizing cry awoke tbe whole house, Mr. R. C. Augbtry, Mrs. Gary’s brother, and others were up Instantly, but Gouidool get a glimpse of the flee ing criminal. In the morning a suit of clothes and a rlppcd-open valise were found In tbe yard; a guitar and some household articles of value were found around the premises. — It was known Uy a few that the lady’s husband carried large sums of money at times. Fortunately he had deposited in a bank a very lirge sum recently. This Is the third attempt to rob bis rooms since last Friday night. „ ' Mrs. Foulk’s home has also been un der the ban for some! weeks. Three weeks ago a burglar successfully bur glarized her husband’s room during the nlght and relieved him of $20, all he bad In bis pockets at tbe time. Office): Hiers Is the custodian of the State bouse and has heavy expense on accent of illness but by scrupulous saving bad made some money, the loss of wntcb falls heavily on him, ft Monument to a Hero. Gentlemen of Augusta, .Ga., in terested in tbe Cahill mdbument move ment have decided to order out a handsome and costly bronze tablet, bearing the Inscription already select ed, to recoid for coming generations him whose noble sacrifice of his life won the admiration of allXTwo years ago Patrick Cahill, a young Irishman, Ifr «qdeavoring to save the life of a little girl, who fell from the bridge-*- — v — over the math level of tbe canal, at the fataPehot his ItTe wasihlmminent working on the bridge^ gang of the city. They were refloorlng the bridge. The child felt into one of tbe openings,' where the flooring bad been torn out. On several other occasions Cahill had risked his life and saved drowning persons. A subscription fund waa started to erect a m moment to tbe hem. The monument has been placed on the sceneof bis last heroic deed. Into this the brimro tablet will be In-, set. ^ Mrs. Tillman’s Injuries. A dispatch from Trenton developed that Mrs. Benjamin R. man, tbe wife of Senator Tillman, was more seriously injured in tbe runaway two weeks ago than wad at first thought. At present her condition is Improving, but the Improvement Is , flow. For several days she was crlti- iblly 111 as a result from tbe shock and the Injuries she received, and a week ago it Was feared her life was In grave danger. : Itrls nbw thought that all danger is past. Mrs. Tillman, while out driving with her son, Mr. B. R. Lost on the On tbe schooner John K. Kirkman, which arrived at.. Newport, Va., night, are two seamen of | crow of the Glouoeater fishing schooner, J. T. Williams, which went to pieces on a reef off Cape Cud light in the storm last Friday morning. They are probably the only survivors of the 14 men on - board when tbe schooner struck. Tbe rescued men, Walter J. Harris of Bangor, Me., and Cbaries Keeler ofiNew York, picked up lttt Friday Cod, after the vehicle and received very severe and painful gashes upon the head and face. The horse attached to the buggy was frightened and became unmanageable and rah'kway Created a Panto While going from Washington to Pittsburg on the Pennsylvania Rail road tt was discovered A. Rasyona, a servant employed at tbe Japanese legation in Washington, was suffering from smallpox. The conductor peeled that there was something wrong and sent a message to Hunting- ton, where a physician discovered symptoms of smallpox. Passengers fled frantically, and it was with great difficulty that a serious crush was pre vented. The car doors were looked, New York, werslaod from Haotlngto to Altoona, night 60 mpei nearly 60 milee, the Japaseae was tbe of the coach. Hero presumably by bis young lady visitor and addressed to Miss Simpson, that he simply picked it up and dispatched it without thinking much of the inci dent. Finally however he admitted that h®. w as the author of the offen sive missive. Mr. Reid Blakely who went with R image to Wham told how they were met at the front gate and thalrWham seemed to be willing to appologize but did not suit to go then and turned to go back into the house. Witness said to Ramage “bet ter not let him go back," whereupon Ramage followed but did not enter the bouse, going around lo the rear. Presently he heard shots. Called deceased but received no response. Knew he was shot, but Mr. Wham re- TuSed to let him and the others who had arrived go to the body of tbelr dead friend. . T Wham-and his wife who was the only eye witness to the shooting, testified in his behalf. Wham showed little or no hesitancy In making bis statement and declared.Jje believed when be tired djteBtfj that Ramage had his pistol leveled at-hkn and was standing with in ten feet Of him, when quick as a flash he presented his rifle and fired, killing Ramage, who had entered his yard unbidden and who was trying to prevent his escape from his own house. He admitted sending notes and tbe vi8MSs''of the Simpsons, Including the old gentleman to his house, and the discussion concerning the Import of the note. He denied cur&log Mr*. Simpson as had been stated, saying that be used tbe language with refer- ence to the party who'* told her or any bf tbe family that he had stole his property as chaiged, by the lady upon her second visit to his house. The 'note -was sent Monday mornini Tuesday he tjeard there, was going be trouble sb he left bomb and lay out that nlgbt^Wednesday and Wednes day night. He saw that Ramage and Blakely had, a gun in thelf bug refused to go with them Urthe Simp son house simply because he-Jiad.no friend to go him at that time. His wife Substantially corroborated husband bad sworn to. She Tillman, Jr., was thrown from tbet went out and begged Mr. Ramage to leave and followed him~ around the bouse. Just as he got around she saw Wham appear at tbe back door.. Mr. Ramage drew his pistol and a shot from her husband’s gun was fired, waa looking at Ramage. Sbe< was cool and told ber story quietly. The case will be concluded Friday. ^ - WorRed Cheaply. Is published to tbe effect the Servlau army officers who as sassinated Ring Alexander and Queen Draga received payment as foil] The Queen’s Machin, now grade and Dkoubfe divisions of the ar my, $6,000. Ool. Mlschitch, recently departmental chief of tbe ministry of war, and two others, 14,800. Junior offloers from 64Q0 to 61,000. M. Ava- kumorica, tof. undertaking the leader ship of Um provisional government, tlifctttL , A Brave Girl; The heroic conduct of a young lady of Linares, Mex., during the recent yellow fever epidemic there, has at tracted the attention of President Diaz and tbe Mexican congrew and a medal has been conferred upon ber. The name of this young woman Is Miss Mandela Fiores, and’•she lathe daughter of the mayor u of Linares. When tbe epidemic of yellow fever was raging in the city, thousands of peo ple were stricken aod among those was Mayor Flores. His daughters somed tbe-duties of mayor ind has capably directed the affairs of tbe city. The population of the city was reduc ed from 15,000 to less than 3 V 000 as a result of death and the panic due to the epidemic, All the city officials were stricken jwlth the fever and died, aod the burden of directing the af fairs of the city fell upon Miss Flores, the governor giving her full power to act as mayor of the city. The Outlook in Cotton. W. P. Brown, the new cotton king, announces on bis return to New Or leans that the bull campaign in which his syndicate actually handled 300,000 hales of cotton has been a j complete success. He predicts that the success of the corner inaugurated by him will permanently raise the price of cotton, thr tbe other hand it is reported that the New England mill men have en tered into an agreement to refrain from purchasing cotton except in small lots from time to time, hoping In thls'way to diminish tbe demand in the autumn and winter to such an extent as to hold down tbe price of cotton. Whether they can succeed Id tbelr aims a doubtful.—The State. Moaatola Mae Adopted Glvap the United States All the Terri tory la Dispute Including ~ the Coast. X J ;> An engrossed copy of the Alaskan" award was signed in London Wednes- d*y. % The Canadians declined to sign <he award, and in consequence of the attitude maintained by tbe commissioners Lord Chief Justice Ai vers tone dicided not to hold the ?ruposed^publlc meeting ot the Alas kan Boundary oommisston, l> but to hand the decision to Messrs. Foster and Sifton, respectively, the agents of the American and Caoiulian govern ments. The Canadian oomminlooen not only declined to sign tbe award, but tboy said they publicly withdrew from * tbe commission. They as well as the Canadians comiected with the faint.' 7- " are very bitter.” Telegrams from Premier Laurler and utbur prominent persons In Canada shows the sente- meat is shared generally throughout the dominion. Messrs. Ayleswortb and Jett will submit contrary opinions to thq. bunal so as to go officially on record, and while they decline to sign the award, they signed maps agreed on by the majority. Messrs. Jett aad Ayleswortb, tbe Canadian commissioners, in their statement ot reasons for refusing tbe record, say they consider tbe findings of tbe tribunal regarding tbe Island at the eutrauce of the Portland cnaonel and the mountain line not a Judicial one. They said: We urged our views as strongly as we were able, but we have been com pelled to witness sacrifice of tbe in- ' te rests of Canada. We are powerless to prevent -it, though satisfied that the course which a majority was deter mined to pursue in respect to the mat ters above specially referred to ignored tbe just rignts of Canada.” Toe mountain line aidopted as a boundary lies so far from the coast as to give United States substantially all tbe territory in dispute. The line when completed clears all the bays and ~ inlets and means of access to tbe sea, giving the United States a complete land barrier between Canada and tbe sea from Portland canal to Mount St. Ellas. ; ‘ Around the head 61 tbe Lynn canal line follows tbe watershed, somewhat in accordance with the present pro visional boundary. Tbe award relat ing to the Portland canal gives tbe United States two Islands, Kannau- gbunul and Stikilan, commanding the entrance' of Portland channel and an ocean passage to Port Simpson and destroying strategic value of Wales and Pearse Islands, which are given to Canada. ' 'J' Was Not Deodi _ W. S. Love of Savannah, Ga., wtthX has been missing from his horns for several months, and who was reported to have been drowned, turn been locat ed In Denver, Ool., where be has bean working as a bookkeeper. An eastern insurance company, in which he held policies, delayed payment upOu them until an investigation into his report- cd death could be made. - John W. The Ha bald/ steal. Tbe W ash ingtoq.correspondent of the' Chicago Trlbuhe agents of the oceafi steamship trust are collecting in the government de : part merits data to be used in an Atr tempt to re vl vet he ship subsidy bin when congress .meets. Commenting editorially upoq this statement, the Tribune says: “This is to be expect ed. .The man who has once set out on tbe hunt for a subsidy never aban dons it.” Mr. Hanna set out on the hunt for a subsidy and yet be has de clined to enter Into a joint debate with ibis opponent on the ground that there Is nothing-to discuss. Mr, is one gf the chief promote of this ship subsidy'scheme'. A Fine Bit af Diplomacy. At Vincennes, Ind., recei vorce was granted to a v the order she w$* prohibited marrying triHifh two years. Garrison was i vestlg&tion •and whLe lo in Denver on other business accidently met Love on tbe street and recognized him. Mr. guy that Garrison says that he does not believe that there waa^an attempt to defraud the company luMr. Love’s disappear- aqce. Mr. Love says fie made no ef- fort,to conceal bis identity aloce com ing here, but used h Vi real — In seeking employment gave tbe nanvre of Savannah business men ss refer ences. i ' newspaper dispatches say that tbe wo- mao arose and dramatically declared years so far as she was concerned. She said she was done with men as she bad bad enough experience; but tbe astonished Judge and law time to reooves, tbe woman i that she bad reference only to men outside of tbe courtT room. That was a tine bit of diplomacy, and might suifgest ah opening for such talents initiie court circles of Europe. Back, FoUaiwa. Tbe Maryland, Trust compiny, heavy backers of Mexican railway securities, and the Union Trust oom- “ pany, fiscal agents lot the Sopth aod Western railway in Virginia, both (ailed qd Monday, Um two failures succeeding each other In rapid succes sion and causing great excitement In Baltimore financial circles. The total llablliUes of the two companies million dollars. pUy shipped Into the Situation was falhms by the fi bura More Tramp#. Hows: brother-tndaw, Col. [but neither seriously, mmander of tbe Bel 1 V — - Reaatles of Divorces. A sensational shooUng affair oo- currred near Kinston, N. 0., on Mon day, Mrs. Richard Ward went to Ouok E. Stroud, from whom she divorced two years ago, and demande< possession of ber children. Stronc refused to give them up and a quarre ensued, In which sereral shots exchanged, both parties being Injured, If laws against tramps bonds are to be enforced lo the' the Southern States may expect even more formidable Invasion class, parUcularly daring the winter months. Tramps are annoyiag enough In tbe ciUes but In tbroountry they are a menace to the unprotected, many of them being able-bodied ruf fians. If our laws against vagrants were enforced tbe building of p«bUe roads would progress rapidly daring cold weather.—The State. Dead ta Um Hold. After reaching the navy yard Brooklyn the lifelere body of J. ■) Toomer of Elizabeth, N. J., $1 cbanic, was found In the bold of UM Chattanooga, where be had fallen from a platform near John Dendy a noted negro of Greenville county, was week and seriously stable Davenport, of tbe force. In a hand-to-hand Constable Da pearobaCph