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SERVED AT LAST. VkUm Break Dews Boon to Amst Platt Badfor Woman. ARBB A 8XZOX OF 07X1A WXIK. da In th« Streets Gaae the Prisoner ss she Her Upon Bmerse'rs from Eiepsnt Mansion. ■ - -y Hannah Elias, the octoroon charged by John F. Platt with having produtjj ad from him by bUckmail Marly 1700,000r'passed the QlKht in the New tfork kercer street police station. She was taken from, her palatial residence in -Central Park, west, (where the doors were knocked down with axes) and taken to police headquarters In a carriage.' She was arranging her toilet. After having given her name, age, - etc., she was taken to Mercer street for the night. Efforts to serve a war rant on her in a civil suit had kept.a crowd absut her house for a week and — whan the detectives attacked the doors * with axes in order to serve a warrant in the criminal action which Platt finally,had been prevailed on to bring, there was a large audience. AS the woman left the bouse, leaning heavily upon the arms of the detectives, she had to pass between solid ranks, of vuxiuiUk iwniuug, wiiht? strrT*L carriages and automobUes were lined up In order that their pas engers might view the outcome of the strange Msg* which has been on for days. 9be expresed no concern over her The specific charge on which tbs warrant was based is the alleged extortion from Mr. Platt of 17,500 in May last. The woman was Wednesday held in $60,000 for examination next Friday. Ball was not furnished, and she was committed to.the Tombs prison. . ( Whan the prisoner was taken from her cell to cab in which she was taken to the court she was met by a jerring crowd, which filled the streeVaround the police station. x The woman, accompanied by two detectivea, entered the carriage and the start for the court waa made. Just as the cab started, however, luge express wagon drove directly i Ita path, and the crowd closed in, many men climbing onto the wheels to pear into the vehicle. She appear ed much frightened, but it developed that the crowd was more curious than threatening. Aviated by several patrolmen, the detective succeeded in etssuring a passage, and the carriage continued to court. ' r HISTORY OF TRAQKDY. No greater horror has ever arisen from a case of mistaken identity than in the instance of the brutal murder of Andrew H. Green, “Father of Greater New York,” by the negro Oornelius Williams, who, it n r w develops, mistook the venerable municipal statesman for John R. Platt, an aged millionaire glass manu facturer. T^e wretched scandal that enmesh ed the old man when the assassin’s bullet had cut short, his life and silenced the only voice, seemingly, that could clear his name, has been an undying sensation from the time the negro told his astounding story. Where, a week ago, men spoke tringly of Mr. Green and declared that she bad told hiss when Mr. Green wqp shot that she had known Mr. Green but bad seen him when he visited his nephew, who lived near the Ellas mansion. Platt said that he had contemplated suicide when his name was tbresteued with expo sure. # 1/ He confessed that ha had no inten tion Of blearing up the mystery to re move the sbsdow (Tom Andrew H. Green’s grave. He brought the suit because of the woman’s alleged exces sive demands after the muider upon threats of exposure. Andrew H. Green conceived the idea of consolidating Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx and adjacent cities in Great $r New York and succeeded in carry ing out the plan. For many years he was distinguished for bis civil ser vices, and it was from these that be gained his title. LOOKS LIKE MURDER. A Fatal Shooting Scraps Street, Charleston, 8. C im BULLXT II VICTIM’S BACK. The Dead ytan a Dispensary and the Killer Ran a besides an aged father, mother and I sister, was a well known character] about the city beingaprinter by trade in HassllTand for some time be was connected with,*the dispensary constabulary oroe. He had many triads. Myers s the engineer on the towboat Protec- or, Capt. Flatley is the master of,the owboat Wabanand Capt. Francis Murphy are also engaged in maritime work. Hunter Sharp is connected with a transfer concern.—Charleston Post » Was Formerly Constable Blind Tiger. la Charleston George M. Caulfield was killei and Joseph G. Myers and unter Sharp were woondefrby J. Pr death of Annie, The IITyear-bid Improvement In the Cotton Belt. The weather bureau’s weekly sum- if^crop cohdltions says: Asa whole there has been quite a decided improvement in the condition of oot- tdh over nearly the whole of the cot ton belt. The crop has, however, suffered some damage in Oklahoma and Indian territories from ovei flows and from insufficient moisture in scat tered localities in Louisiana. Raf)id growth and a good state of cultivation are generally indicated. Boll weevils are increasing rapidly and doing 65h- siderable damage in a number of southwestern and south central coun- Id Texas. The week has ly favorable for ing tobacco, and this work has ad vanced satisfactorily, having been completed in Tennessee and North Carolina and about three-fourths finished in Kentucky and Virginia. In the extreme northern States there is an encouraging outlook for apples, but in the central Mississippi and Ohio valleys and middle Atlantic States the prospects ^appear Lo be ping. In the southern States a good crop of peaches is indicated. Wrecked Newspaper once. At Victor, 0ol., eight unknown men armed with pistols, rifles, shot guns and sledge hammers entered the office of the Victor Record Wednes day night, ordered the men to throw up tbeir bands, broke the machinery and' then told the men to get ‘out of the** district as fast as they could. There is no clue to the identity of the men. George Kyner, proprietor of the paper, was at luneb, and Foreman Walter Sweet was in charge of the men. The workmen obeyed quickly. The unknown men then wrecked two linotype machines, several job pressaes and all the equipment of the office and smashed the telephone and a typewrl ter,. When tbeir work of ruin was completed they marched The Record employ ei.out on the sidewalk and tol them to get out of town. The Re cord has been known as the organ of the Western Federation of Miners in this section. Soap from a Tree. United States Consul Mahin at Not-) request of Myers, he started for his tingham, England, has furnisbed the Department of State with an account of an enterprise in Algeria to manu facture natural soap oa^js large scale from a tree known ' as “ utilis.” This plant, which been known in Japan, .Cbina and India, bears a fruit of about the size of a horse chestnut, smooth and round. The color varies from a yel lowish green to brown. The inner part is of £ dark color and has an oily Carroll on Hasell street near the cor ner of Maiden lane Monday night, Jdne 6, about 10 o’clock, as a result of a difficulty previously had by Caulfield and Carroll on King street, in front of the Academy of Music. Caulfield was shot in the back, af ter be had turned to run away from Carroll, who was approaching him with a pistol, and Myers and Sharp were probably wounded by the stray bullets which Carroll continued to shoot at Caulfield who did not fall to the pavement until several minutes after he had received the first bullet tired by Carroll, although Myers said Monday night that be thought that Carroll meant to kill him also. Myers was shot in the left arm, just below the elbow and Sharp was shot in the right leg, midway between the knee rtop of his shoe. The wounds of Myers and Sbarp were both flesh wounds, which were dressed by Dr. R. S. Catbcart, immediately after the shooting. . The trouble probably had Its origin in the reporting of Carroll for violat ing the dispensary law. Carroll runs a place on Archdale street, and it is said that some time ago, Caulfield, who was onee on the dispensary con stabulary force, and who is said to have since been an “informer,” in the employ of the constables, bad given information against Carroll, causing the enmity which existed and which resulted in the shooting. At ail events, while Myers and Caulfield were standing in front of the Academy of Music talking, Carroll came up and almost Immediately the two men engaged in a fisticuff, finally clinch ing and falling to the pavement. Caulfield on top. The exact words which brought on the difficulty can not be learned. Myers said that the thing happened so quickly and with the more serious trouble which fol lowed, further confusing bis mind, that he can not positively say Just what provocation was given for "the fight: Myers pulled Caulfield off Carroll and just then, Hunter Sharp, - John Murphy, Capt. James .Flatley and Capt. J. B. Francis, who hid‘previously been along with Caul field andfMyers, rushed up and gave Myers tbeir assistance In trying to keep the men apartand to stop the trou ble. Caulfield seemed disposed to listen to the advice of his friends and on the most distressing thing happened ne§r ling received an unsatisfactory reply to Unlonvllle last, Frldayjalgbt in, the I certalo^demauda made by himself upon Mr. W. Boyd Evans, Mr. Jno. G. Mobley of Fairfield Thursday attacked Mr. Evans with a rawhide. The | affair created a decided sensation, for it occurred almost in front of the | court house at a busy hour of the morning and before the two men jwd had col- daughter of Mr. T. J. Price, and the circumstances which brought about <bis result. The child was thought <o have dropsy, and while sitting on ihe piazza in the afternoon, fell over n convulsions, from which she never recovered before death came at 12 ’clock that night. When thisaftack llected. “saplndus has long — F & dark cc their belief in Willtama’ story, noth-1 '' tn^reerbeara fruit In Its ing ls heard . now but expre^lons of| 8lxth year an( j ylel(j8 froin 35 ^ 250 on Anson street. CarroU was nd, as Caulfield and the rest walked up King street and turned Ifito Hasell street. It was said Monday night by one of the witness^ that just after the party turned into Hasell street, Carroll was seen to be following and was beard to remark, “1 got him now where I want him.” The party was walking slowly through Hasell street, and discussion of the affair had in fact ceased, when the men crossed Meeting street. The stre t is particularly dark in this ^ I pounds of fruit, which can easily be I block. Caulfield was walking, ahead laurel wreathis flndinjkfts pl£Qg, bar vested In the fall. By using, water of his five friends and when within a his ceil I or alcohol the saponaoous ingredient ■ ohnrt inne. Onul. The crazy WMattcawan asylum the * ' ■<' negro in bis is apparently the Interested man In New York in terrible mistake he' made. He some one and vented his burning jealousy, and he is conhsAt.^ * HA H^RKVOl/TING D*TA In defence to Mr. Green and his great pubUc work the newspapers at; tempted „quelch the scandal by xe fusing to follow the developments. The romance of the life of Hannah Ellas, the mulatto woman who lived in extravagant luxury in a' brown atone mansion facing Central Park,. Is now being unraveled in public print, and forms a revolting story, almost Incredible. v ~ Williams was jealous of the atten tion an old man was paying to this negress. He thought it was Andrew H. Green. _ - rJohn R. Platt, ifyears old, captain of Industry, prominent in exclusive clubs, and physically a prototype of Mr. Green, in his suit against Hannah •bum to recover $685,000, which he gam the women in the years he has known her, has identified himself as the man Mr. Green’s slayer sought. Platt and My. Green were of about the same age and the physical resem- btanoe of the two was as remarkable as it proved fatal. ^ — ' WOMAW RKAPKD FORTUNK. Hannas Elias, the negress* rose wealth and luxury through.Ji$r b upon the senile millionaire, Platt. For yean ihe and her gorgeous home have formed the mystery otexclusive Central Park West. Platt admits that he gave her $I86 f - prevl- Of the fruit is extracted. The cost of production Is said to be small and the soap, onacoountof possessing noalki line qualities, is claimed to be superi or to ordinary soap of commerce. * short distance of Malden lane, Caul field, suddenly stopped, probably see ing Carroll loom up before him with the pistol,-and'took a step or two back towards the party, when Carroll ■*'-» V3 t r j Vs VS VS F»IU to Hl« Death. : Turning ovei^and trver In a Ibng fal from the sixth story of the hew Bel mont Hotel, New York City; which is being Erected in Park avenue, be tween Forty-first and Forty-second streets, Charles Williams, of No. 135 Dykman street, Brooklyn, struck the shoulders of James Davidson, another workman, who was engaged just above the first floor, carromed to a pile of stones in the street, and died two hours later at Bellevue Hospital. Davidson had both shoulders fractured. Friends him to his home, at No. 36 South street, Paterson, N. J. Williams, in pulllng a rope to get the boom of the derrrlek into ptytee, lost his balance. It was thought at first that the com rade’s shoulders had saved his life. Old Death Avenged. W. T. Eldridge, general manager and vice president of the Cane Belt tohavtf WSed^pa^iDg any attenttoo to Carroll, and it w$s suggested Monday night that he had probably walked around the block, bounded by Meeting and Pinckey streets and Maiden lane and in this way gotten ahead of the party and come face to face with Caulfield. However this may be, Caul field was shot in the back, as he was retracing his steps from Carroll, god Carroll continued to shoot, until he had emptied the five cartridges of bis pistol. The'party naturally separated as the bullets began to fly, backing up against the .^buildings on. Aba-south side of the street. Caul field was near est to Murphy. He remarked that he bad been shot, a moment or two after Abe fire, and a little later, when the firing which bad been done at oloee range, probably within a few yards, bad ceased, Caulfield fell into Murphy’s arms and was laid on the sidewalk. He had a convulsion and then expired, before a physician could CANDIDATES FIGHT. Messrs J 0. Mobley and W. B. Ivans Have an XnoounUr. NEITHER MAN IS MITCH HURT. Sad Affair Near Monroe. The Monroe (N. C) Journal says a I Mr. Mebley Attacks Mr. Evans, Who Defends Himself. . The Two Gentlemeii Are Sepa rated b.r Friends. The Columbia State says after bav- came a doctor was called, and the pa rents first learned that a crime, which is known to the law as felony, had been committed upon the person of their child, and before she died another life bad been brought into existence. The child mother gave no ndloatlon as to who the perpetrator was, and this seems now likely to for ever be a mystery, and if so, the State's prison will be cheated of its ust deserts. The occurrence itself is very unusual in medical history in this climate, if not. altogether une qualed, particularly as theoffspring is of ordinary size, living and doing well. Boy Heroes. At Great Barrington, Mast, wrecking of the Pittsfield-New York express with the almost certainty of a great loss of life, was barely averted Wednesday by the presence of mind of Raymond Perblzet and Step- ien McCue, two thirteen year-old xiys. An unusually severe rain storm lad undermined the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad on lhjp outskirts 6f the town and carried away 25 feet of the road bed. The dangerous spot was dis covered by tbe youths shortly before he express was due at. this station. The boys ran to tbeir homes near-by and procuring a red sweater retained i/o the track and flagged the train. Tbe eugine was brought to a stand still within a few yards of the wash out. The train was well filled with passengers who rewarded the boys by making up a purse for them. OoL Bryan’a Joke on His Foes. A subscriber writes at length to five his reasons for believing that i be reorganisers will capture tbe St. Louis convention. He is earnestly advised to search for tbe moral in tbe following story: A resident of a Min nesota swamp district beard that frogs’ legs were commanding a high prloe In Chiesgo. “How much will you pay for legs?’LaHUfcek. ouestion ie wrote to a Chicago commies ton house. “We’ll pay $1.50 per dozen; low many can yob furnish?” replied the oemmiseloa bouse. “Ten thous and dozen,” replied tbe resident. A week later tbe commission bouse re ceived the folic wing: “I ship to day three dozen frog legs—all I could get. misled by their hollering.”— The Commoner. ~ ~ Happy Household. When tbe toils and cares of the day are over, and the children are at home from, school, then comes the most de lightful hour to the family circle. The outside world is dismissed, and father and mother and children are together in sweet communion and unshaken trust. There is no vacant chair. There is not a face missing, Death has never, visited this home. The hour of re tiring comes, and blessed with father’s instructions and mother’s prayers, the It was evident that no mere politi cal disagreement caused the affair, for Mr. Mobley, though a man of high spirit, has always been regarded as very amiable and kindly m his nature. He and Mr. Evans are candidates for tbe office of railroad commissioner, snd were contestants for the same po sition two years ago. It was said Wednesday that at a political meet ing at Hampton an encounter of this kind was narrowly averted. Mr. Mobley, witnesses say, struck Mr. Evans at least four blows with bis horsewhip which he bad purchased for tbe purpose. Mr. Mobley was un armed and offered this, be says, as tbe deepest insult which be could to one who, he believed, had invaded bis pri- life in making a political cam paign, Tbe two clinobed after tbe first few passionate blows from the rawhide, and friends rushed up- Mr. Mobley torafiimaelf away from those who were trying to calm him and there was another short encounter be fore Sheriff Coleman appeared and separated tbe belligerent parties. Each was put under a peace bond " $300 and summoned to appear in the recorder's court Friday morning. Mr. Mobley stated Thursday that' the last campaign stories damaging to bis character were circulated. Not withstanding tbe tact that be has court records and affidavit* from hon orable men to show that tbe attack upon himself wit unjust, the same stories have been put into circulation recently. Wben be came to Columbia Weduesday from his farm in Fairfield, be was told tHkt Mr. Evans was re sponsible for the circulation of these damaging reports. He immediately determined to demand an explanation of Mr. Evans, and failing to get a sat isfactory statement, he would apply the horsewhip. Thursday morning Mr. Mobley, ac companied by hla oounsin, Mr. F, M. Mobley, jraited on Law Range until Mr. Evans appeared. After Introduc ing his cousin to My. Evans, Mr. Mob ley stated the object of his interview. Mr. Evans denied Mr. Mobley’s accu sation, whereupon Mr. Mobley, it is said, drew his rawhide from the paper in which it was wrapped and struck at Mr. Evaos’ face. The latter, ward ing off the blow, received tbe stroke on bis shoulder. In an instant several blows with tbe whip were struck, when Mr. Evans dosed in upon his as sailant. Before serious hurt was received by either party friends interfered and pushed them 15 off 20 fe& apark Upon both demanding to be released and freeing themselves, they rushed to gether and several blows were passed before tbe sheriff arrived. Tbe sheriff immediately telephoned for Magistrate Moorman and as soon as tbe papers could be executed Mr, Evans and Mr. Mobley were put under peace bonds. Mr. Mobley stated that WEATHER AID CROPS. i ' i | A Very General Improvement in tbe v Cotton 'Crow- Section Director Bauer Monday issued the following report of th* crop for the part ~ The week ending 8 a. m., June 6th, had a mean temperature of 78 degrees, which is practically normal. The ex tremes were a maximum of 96 at Clark’s Hill and Little Mountain on the 4th, and a minimum or 59 at Greenville on the 3rd. The relative humidity was about normal much higher than last week 1 winds were generally light to fresh southerly. The sunshine was slightly below normal. The week’s rainfall averaged nearly twice, the normal amount, with a maximum fall of 3 05 inches at Wal- halla. It waa well distributed, hot was insufficient in parts of Charleston, Chesterfield, Bafnwell, Marion, New berry,* Richland, Fairfield, Williams burg and York counties where tbe drought was only partially relieved. In a number of localities the rainfall PITCHED In Which a lumber Are Killed m Soldier* Beoertag tbe tbe Kleen Firing Upoe Intense Exe Mining ffrgSSSU A pitched battle between tart and union miners T , M-d Dunnvllle, the new mining miles out of Victor, Colorado,' ^ after 3 o’clock p. m. Wednesday. Carley, a union miner, was ktQed five others. Tbs trw Victor at ^o’clock We bringing with them 14 Before tbe special train left bearing tbe force under GaC was reported that the mlnsm I hllla about DuuDviUe numbered i 250 meo, and that It waa their I ^ tlon to march Into .Victor was excessive and lands ware badly foght in $ bod/ and attorn^ to washed, damaging corn And cotton to a slight extent. ^ A few places report the occurrences of damaging hail on May 3m . •••'- Although farmwork waa interrupt ed by the heavy rains that rendered cultivation impracticable, it is gen erally up with the needs of field crops, but with numerous reports of and weeds springing up rapidly since the rains, especially in cotton fields. Such reports originate in localities where the rainfall waa heaviest sad where the crops could not be worked. Generally all field crope are clean. There was a general Improvement noted in tbe growth and color of corn. lands and stubbie Herds hivi been planted, and the late plantings are coming up to very good stands. Early corn has received its third culti vation, and some has been laid by. Stands of cotton have Improved, the rains, on red and clay lands, with late plantings and replan tings all up to good stands. There is a gen eral improvement in color and looks cotton, extending tothe sea-island vaHety that was suffering seriously from isck. of moisture. The week’s growth *$8 rapid, due to the more favorable ihqisturo and temperature conditions. The whole crop Is now quits prom taing/NSquares have noted in Colleton amkHamptoo coun ties; lice in Greenville comity. Tbe rains benefltted both wheat and oats; harvesting made slow pro gress. .Rice is growing nicely, .and June sowings have begun, doing well, but is small, and it con tinues too dry in places A large number of sweet potato slips were transplanted. Truck shipments con tinue hss^y, with generally poor yields of white potatoes Peach shipments Increasing; the quality of peaches Is normal. Sugar cane has poor stands Melons are late but have improved, ss have pastures and gardens All minor crops are flourishing. * — THX SCHOOL LAW opened fire. None of tbepmy'seflMfta mtle group fetfrfdFTf^ ntRbt. May as farjs.he .was ConoeraoL it not be that angels hover over such I satisfied and that be would not offer a home during the silent watches. All any fmAhar personal violence to Mr. homes where tbe family circle is on- Evans. Later both were summoned broken can be just such a home as this to appear before tbe recorder’s cohrt with a slight effort onTthe part of each | Friday morning on the charge of An Important Change Made By the Late Legtelatare. There was an Important change made in the school law last year which escaped tbe atteotiou of a majority of those Interested in education' and which is now being called to the at tention of the county superintendents of education br Superintendent Mar tin. The law has changed the time for the appointment of trustees by tbe county* superintendents from even to the odd yean. Under the other law the appointmenta were usually made in a political year and from a political, standpoint this was bad as many of them were made with a view re etetlon and those that' were rate by force tbs inmates of th* tem porary “bull pen” in Victor. That the force actually consisted of but 21 men is the statement of one*of the 14 who were captured by the militia. The train proceeded in the after noon tp * the immediate vidnlty of Dunnvi)le without unusual laeMsnW a quarter of tent from the Dunnvllle station the officers could see the of the miners. It included oa and six or seven tents. The left the train at the command of Geu. Bell and prepared to ad vanes upon the camp of the unionists in regular skirmish order. As they ourto vrhfeh the come to a stop they were greeted with a volley of shots which earns from points of vantage surrounding the hillA —> The deputies returned tbs tre and promiscuous shooting was indulged Iff for a period of ten minutes From the character of the shooting from the hills Gen. Bell ImmedlalMr recog nized the tact that the streiMth of the miners had been greatly oi ewtl mated and that he had sufBetmttome under his command to soaks an im* mediate roundup and capture tire en tire opposing force. The captured miners laetud* John jnes, charged with * K<wt t l ng John vis In the riot at Vietov. Among the dead was John Qarfey, a miner of Cripple Creak, meat prevailed in this city receipt of tbe news of tbs The deputies secured tbe areas and unitioo tbs deputies drew up unlnw borhood, ojfeoed ffre. Gen. Bell got his men out meet, capturing iVtbe arms tai munition being captured. In fierce light which followed six miners were killed. , . \ l The miners occupy well positions In tire hills and are down at tbs soldiers and every opportunity. The country Is favorable to the and it seems that Gan. Ball wW ham to take every defense separately. t VIcm OCI/U1CU vAim ms seam saasan on of parti of the minora. train bearing the drew up at Dunavtila tbe Town at Unless the courts entire town of Carlisle, about 8,500 acres of the town are to be sold at publlo aao- tlononan order granted by the pro bate court of Lonoka county to tda belli of the orignal owner. Tbsocder was secured by tire guardian of three minor befre of a Frenchman, named Oomio, who yean ago owned all tbs on which th*ifOWff of OhriWa stands, as wall as mash ef the The ortglnat owner sold much of tbe land made on merit sometimes made others ago, but io 1879, presutagbiy to make member of the household. 429 last year and $128 209 the pro oua year. Other yearly gifts ranged from 4t$,075 to $87,090. The re markable con ten tlon of tbs millionaire is that aha deceived him into believ ing that she was in love with him, and, believing this, he gavqher freely of his fortune. Mow, ha mys he oonsiden that did not love him, hut displayed afie*~{] tfcm solely tor tbs purpose of railway, wae^ fatally ^ wounded by^an j ^ summoned, dying probably within i- -- T - , — m nr " ‘- three minutes from the time that be was shot. No attempt was made then to stop Carroll who walked aw quietly, and was arrested later by Sergt Quinn at a place on Market street, who bad been ordered by Chief Boyle to follow up Carroll and arrest him. Tbe news of the shooting spread rapidly and on account of tbe parties to tbe affair being all well known men, tbe shooting soon became a gen- 'erel topic of con venation and several hundred people assembled in tbe street about tbe dead man who was lying on tbe sidewalk, awaiting tbe verdict of oorooer. Everybody was asking locations and eagerly gathering infer matton about the shooting. -After tbe woueds of Myers and Sharp tied been dressed by Dr. Qathoart, all the witness were arrested, being later re leased until tbe Inquest Tuesday. above, tiro parties are all Shot Through the (leart. At St. Louis, Don Menuel Cervera, a Spaniard, who on last Sunday week, before an audience which bad gathered in a pavilloa near tbe fair grounds to see a bull fight, wss introduced as the favorite matador of tbe King of Spain, was shot through tbe heart and In stantly .killed Wednesday by Carlton Bass, known as “Tbe American Mata dor.” Bass and five other bull fight ers, who witnessed tbe shooting were arrested. Tbe shooting resulted from a quarrel regarding the fiasco of Sun day when the authorities stopped tbe bull fight, and tbe angry crowd burn ed tbe structure. Oervera’s body was taken to tbe morgue. assassin at Eagle Lake Texas. This was the third chapter ig the fam< feud that started with the killing Captain Unovant, president of the Belt railroad, two years ago by Eldridge. Both are mlllionaries. On a previous occasion, a year and a hal ago, Eldridge was ambushed, but es caped death through tripping in his steps. At the time of the killing of Unovant, his sister look s Solemn oath if’toveoge. Ken Burglar Off. Sister Theodora, of St. Vincent’s tholic school, four miles from Shel by vllle, Ind., early Wednesday heard some one prowling through the build lug. She Instituted a search | ly met a negro face to faqe In He flourished a revolver Mm grabbed aaptfeA&o (Ml in Tba burgMr escaped, At Waldron Killed by a Oave-ln. t i, Ga., one man dead, two 1 dyIngland two more In a pre carious condition was the result of a cave-in late Thursday afternoon el Mitchell street, near tbe centre of the city, where excavations were made for tbe NeV business block. All the men were negroes. Eight men were ebgag ed at the worit when tons of earth with little wtfpibg tijpped -down on them from ondttds iR the excavation. The escape of tbs five was stopped by s wagon which was being loaded with dirt. * Took Heg Life. M(a N. V. Collier, of Talbottoo, Ga, committed suicide at noon Wed- neadsyr She was visiting Mrs. Finley Grew, five miles In the country. At dinner she complained of being ill, went to an adjoining room and shot herself through th* heart with a pistol. She was cheerful and years (fid i “disorderly conduct”. It Is probable that a full account of the whole affair and circumstances leading qp to Thursday’s denouncement may be brought out. Mr. Evans, whCfl asked by a reporter if he desired to make a statement of the affair, said he was reluctant at this time to go into the whole matter and only cared for the present to make the following state ment. , “1 have bean summoned to appear before tbe recorder tomorrow morn ing, being charged with disorderly conduct, and I presume that Mr. Mobley is also to be tried. At tbe trial I will testify, and do not think it proper for me to make a statement prior to that time.” Mr. Mobley was also asked for any statement that he voluntarily oared to make public. His position as ebarae- erlzed by himself is as follows: ^“Having been Informed by a gentle man ot high standing that Mr. Evans was using unfair methods to damage my character I gave him an oppor tunity to deny or confirm tills, which he evaded In an Insulting manner, I then applied a horsewhip to him. “I was totally unarmed, not hav- tag even a pocket knife on my person the time <A the encounter, - As much as I regret having to do this I have no excuse to offer, for having thus protected my honor, which I hold dearer than my Uto." Bandits Hold Up Train. A Denver and Rio Grande west bound passenger train was bald up osar Palisade, OoL, early Wednesday. Two bandits seriously wounded a ditched the engine and the mad so that a good officer was some times defeated. Tbe following letter is being sent out. To county superiutendents of tion: Gentlemen:—I desire to call your attention to tbe amendment to Sec tion 1219 of tbe Code, 1902, found on page 528 of tbe acts of 1904. It says T ‘Each County Board of Education on the first Tuesday of July 1905 and on, tbs first Tuesday in July two years thsreafter, shall appoint for each school district in tbeir county three school trustees, from the qualified electoroand taxpayers residing in the district” etc. As you knew, the old law read 1896 instead of 1905; so in title dear, be secured a patent the state for tbe whole tract, failed. It is said, to make new for the land which he had sold, and as a result tbe heirs now claim ths prop erty. Three of tbe grandchildren of tbe original owner, who restd* in Lou isiana, claim an undivided Mitesoth of tbe property, and through their guardian secured an order for the aria of the whole tract. Cruel to Hie 1 A dispatch from Eastover to Tht State says the Star Band of Mercy, * the local branch of the Society for tlM Prevention of Cruelty io ftnlmsM ' tucceded in having a negro, Paul appointing trustees this year, allow Grant, ooovloted of cruelly fruiTtif me to suggest that you commission them for one year only* so as to be ready for the new law next year. If you simply allow tbe prerent trustees to hold over. It win bav* th* same 1 effect. v Sincerely yours, O. B. Martin, * Superintendent Mob Threatens McDonald. At Indianapolis, Ind.. James Mc Donald, who wss acquitted of the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, a young school teacher of Bedford, after a jury trial which lasts two weeks, has been twice sought by a mob in the last two days. Except for the precaution that be had taken'not to remain at boms at night be might have been hanged. McDonald applied to the authorities for protection, and Thursday night a guard was placed at tbs house. Friday morning a mob appeared for |fee second time, but when th* police < themselves the an ox. He was sentenced to pay $ fine of $16 or work on the ohalngmng for 30 days. Tbe society has ths law on its side and Mr. Trumble, ths part- dent of tbe bank, expects to prosecute vigorously every cam of erarity^to animals reported to him. Filed! The .State says among the candi dates who filed their pledgw' with Gen. Jones were P. a for governor, U. X. Gunter, attorney general, O. B. State superintendent of Jha D. Frost for sdj A. W. Jones for The candidates have only 20 to file thalr pledges and backward this year. I- Private to a belief that