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0 NO 4b. - ■■ U "• * Fit* Genua JUreaiits Fal a Tbciua^ Feel te i HerriUe Fate. A BALLOON COLLAPSES # The Accid«at«I Kxplusioii of m Diri gible Air Hltip's lleazine Teak Wrecks the One lUg end the Col lapsed Balloon and Those la It itorled to "Death. Filling through space a diataace of nearly 1,0^6 feet, Oscar Erbsloeb, noted aeronaut and inventor, winner of the international balloon race held at 3t. Louis, Mo., in 1907, and one of the most promising of Ger man erperientmers in aerial flight, and four companions, were dashed to death in a field near Opladen Prussia, Wednesday. The others killed were: Herr Toelle, a manufacturer of Barmen; Engineers Poehhoeppe and Kranz and Motorman Spicke. Only peasants saw the tragic end ing of the flight of the dirigible hal- loon Erbsloeh, which, after a series of accidents since its construction a year ago, ha-1 recently been refitted for passenger service. They had ob served the balloon a abort time be fore aa It swung gracefully in the air. Soon it disappeared in the fog, and shortly a loud explosion was heard and a crumbled mass fell like a plummet to the earth. So terrific was the force of the fall that the gondola was smashed to splinters, the motor buried deep In the sod, while the five men were crushed and torn almost beyond rec ognition. Experts who examined the wreck age declared that the benzine tank had burated. The rubber envelope had been torn to shreds and the bow collapsed. Nearby was found a sadj memento of the disastrous trip. It was a leaf from the note book of Engineer Hoeppe, making a short record of the journey. There were only a few records: - “Departed Hall 9.04; ascend air 9.10; thick tog northward. Can not see earth; sun breaks through; heavy fbg beneath us. Elevating planes sloped downwards; altitude 280 metres (916 feet) at 9.14.” This la the sole record of the last voyagy of Erbsloeh, the details of which can not be learned owing to the death of all the occupanU of the car. Peasants near the scene of the catastrophe say that they heard the propellers working. They fired revolvers in order to indicate to the aeronauts, then hidden in the fog, that they were in the neighbor hood of houses. -Then the explosion occurred and they saw the broken mass hurling downward. The ErbsLooh has had a dubious career. The first time it ascended it crashed into a clump of trees and its occupants narrowly escaped in jury. The balloon, which was one of the non-rigid type, had just been made over, preparatory to the es tablishment of a passenger service between Klberfeld and nearby points. There were few eye-witnesses of the accident. According to these, the start a as well made. The Erbs- loeh rose gracefully, pushing iu way through the fos t« heights es- matod at 300 yards. At this alti tude a scries of ^evolutions were be gun. To the onlookers the airship appeared to obey her helm perfectly Suddenly there was a loud report and at the moment the fore part of the vesael crumpled up and the gondo las was twisted about until appeared aa thb standing on one end. As the gas eecai>ed from the forward com partment the prow swayed down ward. For a flash the airship flut tered like a woundpd bird and then fell swiftly to the earth. Erbsloeh and his companinos were killed the second they struck the ground. Their heads were battered in and every linmb was broken .The bodies of the victims were removed to a morgue. That of Erbsloeh would not have been recognized had it been alone. It was pierced through the breast by a piece of wreck. The eyes of the engineer were gouged out. The hands of all five were tight ly clutched as though they had held desperately to the car as it shot downward. Their shoes were torn from their feet. The death of Erbsloeh and his crew, urith the destruction of the bal loon from which much had been hoped following-closely upon ! the wreck od the German ship, Deuchs- tand. hna caused a gloom In avia tion circles. Voces for Income Tax. .1 The Georgia Legislature votes for income tax. After debating th» ques tion for nearly a week the lower houee of ffie general asaembly W®d- neaday paaeod the loctmie taxj tton by a rate of 121 to 45. Fo teen members pYesent did not vote! A similar resolution was adopted by the senate. •* Ron t>own bjr Anto. , The first really serious /tutomohile accident in Sumter happened Wed- Mahay afternoon. Jr© Huger, driving a heavy Cadillac car, ran In to WOtlam Burreaa. a negro mail The man’s skull was fractured and aocb The Board of Trustees Make Annual ■ ■ ' . “ Appropriations. ' •* , ;. • «* The anqual appropriations made by the Clemson College truateas for the cbnduct 6f the.college for the Coming year is as followa: For State work of various kinds. $85,000; for normal operating exponoes, $143,* 000, for completion of new bujld- inga, $11,000; for Insurance for nert five years, $14,000; for unusual ex penditures, $d,4M)0. Twenty thous and was appropriated foi a uiFry building and $8,000 for a diary barn. This will put the diary work on a fine basis. The agricultLfal committee of the board was authorized to t>sk the legislature for permission *•* estab lish experiment stations la the Bee Dee and possibly In the sand hill sections. The report of the auditing com- misssion was also received and rear This commission, consisting of W. B. West, J. P. Derham, E. C. El more and J. B. Haltiwanger, recent ly made a thorough audit of the hooks and accounts of the college for the past seven years. The report sets, forth that the accounts of the college are In every respect satisfactorily; that the mon eys have been economirally’spent in accordance with orders of the board, and that ail accounts are properly accounted and’ vouefied for. The acting president and the chairman of the board were autho rized to carry into effect the pur chase of the Lewis lands under the authority granted at the last legis lature, the attorney general to ap prove the titles. LESSONS IN FARMING MAKKH ITS Afl’KKAUA.VCK IN THK CASK IS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO HKR1K8 OF FARMERS INSTITUTES COTTON FIELDS. CLEVER RUSE. Dy Engineer Prevents Robbery His Train. of Cleverness on the part of the en gineer prevented three youthful and apparently inexperienced bandits from robbing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Southwestern ‘ flyer’’ near Larimore, 15 miles from St.Louis early Sunday. Three men were ar rested later as suspects and placed in jail pending investigation. Engineer Quinn through a ruse prevented the looting of the bag gage car and the passenger coaches. The bandits compelled engineer and the fireman at the point of re- folvers to descent from the cab and go with them to the baggage car to aasist in uncoupling it The engine- men in the darkness managed to glide away from the bandits and male for the cab. The bandits op ened fire on them. Scrambling in to the cab the engineer threw the throttle wide open and dashed away with the train. The three men. armed and mask ed. used a red lantern to halt the train. TOWN* IN PERIL. Forest Fives Sweeping Country With Heavy Damage. A sepcial from White Fish, Mont., says that town is in the center of for est fires which are sweeping the mountainsides, licking up logging and tie camps and threatening the town itself. While it is not felt that the city is in immediate dan ger, all precautions hape been taken, the water works thoroughly tested and the fire hose made ready for 'n- stant use. So far as is known there Is no loss of life. Rain appears td be the only tiling that can save this part of Flathead Valley from terri- ble losa. A dispatch from Kalishpeil rejiorts three other fires burning in the valley. WHEAT SHED FIRED. Hy a Big Holt of IJghtning Which Killed Four Men. Four men were instantly killed, three others seriously hurt and a taigc shed containing wheat set on fire by lightning during a storm at one o'clock Thursady "^afternoon, i he dead are William Haldrick, two Whitten brothers, and a man nam ed Scott. The injured are two Ma lone brothers, ani a man named Phillips. The storm and fire occur- r ed on Buck Ke^ place, eight mib's west of Florence, Ala. The men ’ve~p farm hands employed bv F. At Perry. Caused by Law's Delay. Aroused by the fact that an ap peal to the supreme court l^ad been taken, following his condemnation to death at Rayville, La., Friday on th> . .charge *tof ' having murdered Town Marshall C. C. Chenault. a nob battered down th£ doors of the psVian Jail at Rayville Sunday, and > '■figing i. D. ‘ Freeman, & white n- -n, frotp ~his cell hanged hinv on same spot where he had slain A * ill. “This Is the.otalponje appeal.” was 'the note ipuud to the dead mao’s clothing. ho was a- blafimnith, /killed Chenault thiaO* weeks when the ’fitter attempted to rrtit him for a’ ntioo '••Ntfe An Agent of the Agricultural De partment Tails Best Way of Com bating the Hnmti Bags. The red spider has broken out on the farm of R. H. Cough man, near Lexington, and threatens to be very destructive to the cotton crop should the present wet seaeon be followed by a continued hot and dry spell. The State says is appears from the state ments of those interested in this cot ton pest that a great many sections of the Stlte are Infected and it Is believed that unless its spread is checked it will become shortly as destructive as the boll weevil. The cotton affected wilts as if it were scalded and finally dies. No practical remedy has as yet been found, though there are preventive remedies which appear successful. The department of agriculture has established a laboratory at Bates- hurg for a thorough study of the rel spider and H. F. Wilson in charge of the work visited Lexington and made an examination of the Caughman field. He is positive, In his opinion, that the trouble is the red spider and, of course, he real izes the danger of its further spread. In speaking about this matter, he makes these inte.“pting observa tions; and desires tbu ’bey sJiall re ceive the attention of farmers all over the State: “Violets and poke weeds appear to be the plants from which the spiders spread to the cotton. I have seen a number of fields where volets in yards were badly infested with the spider before it passed to the cotton. The original infection began close to the violets and spread out first in a fan shaped form and then gradually the whole field became infested. The same thing is observed in connee- non with poke weeds. Jersualem oak, burkock, morning glories ana garden products are food plants for the spider and should be kept away fflotn cotton fields. The spider seems to be pretty well scattered about the State and is doing considerable dam age, and threatens to do a great deal more unless some means can be found for checking it. “I have hardly gone far enough with the work to be able to suggest a desirable remedy. However, poke weeds and violets near cotton fields should all be destroyed, and if the spider is only found on a few plants, these should be pulled and burned. The spider seems to be able to win ter In violets and the danger lies in infestation from these sources. “Where the infestation is bad I have found the following mixture to be effective in killing the most of them: One pound of sulphur to three gallons of water. The sulphur to t>e placed in a bucket or pan and enough water added to form a paste with the sulphur, then the remainder of the water can be added. This mixture can be applied with a spray pump or with an ordinary sprinkler. Care should be taken that, the mix ture is gotten onto the under side of the leaf. The spider propagates it self very rapidly and the failure to make a thorough spray leaves room for danger in the future. "The most pactical method In the way of prevention seems to be that of crop rotation and I hope that by the end of the season a satisfactory system of rotation may be worked out. The farmers themselves can do a great deal towards prebenting the spread of this pest if they will be careful about plowing around in fested stalks. The spider catches on the harness and may be carried a long ways into the field and a new colony planted. This is a very ser ious problem and to some extent a new one. The department Is do ing the best it can and is greatly in terested in the work." i CHARLTON TRAGEDY. ARK PLANNED. Detectives Not Suspicious Until the inly and August Will be Great DEATH TO ARMORED SHIPS. Pfijappenrance of Dr. Crtppen, the Woman’* Husband. A dispatch from L/mdon says Scotland Yard is -encaged with the murder of au American woman aud Thursday cabled the police of the United States requesting the arrest of thq woman’s huaband, Dr. Haw* ley Harvey Grippes, also an Ameri can. who is believed, to have sailed frojn New Tort on Saturday last. The case is strikingly similar to that of the Charlton murder at Lake Como, Italy. Both women were ac tresses who left their American homes to meet death by violence in a foreign land and in each instance the police pursued the American husband to ths' shores of his native land. On Saturday noon last Dr. Crip- pen disappeared and since then the police have not been able to locate him. Thursday a search was made of the Crippen home by police and the battered body of a woman was found burled in the cellar. It had been placed ln quicklime and was burned beyond recognition, but the finding of the body together wita other discoveries had left no doubt in the minds of the authorities that the murdered woman was Mrs. Crip- pen. Army Kagtnrer Nays Their Day of ‘ Utility Is Past. At Atlantic City. N. J.. Glenn H. Curtiss tossed oranges and mimic bombs within three fe§t of the decks of the yacht John K. Maher# II used in pises of s battleship during Moaths For the Tillers of the HoH ^ ,h*m battle arranged Wednev VKTTIMN OF FLYING MAOHINEH. CONFESSES TO MURDKTl After Contributing Materially to the Conviction of Brother. After testifying against and con tributing to the conviction of his brother, Albert Brown for the mur der of Atonza Addison, on July 28, 1909, Henry Brown went to the Sheriff of Lee County in Tupelo, Miss., and confessed to the killing of Addison. Both are well known farmers. Albert Brown had been twicijj tried and convicted of the murder of Addison. He was sen tenced to 16 years in the peniten tiary, but sentence was suspended pending the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court. The brother who confessed has been Imprisoned and habeas corpus proceedings will be instituted to secure the release of the convicted man. Names of the Men Who Lost Their Lives In Them. Captain Rolls/ who was killed in England Tuesday, was the twelfth victim of aviation in heavier-than- air machines, the history of flying with balloons, plain and dirglble, having a death list of greates length all of its own. Fatal accidents with the real flying machines Include the following in two years; 1908— September 17—Selfridge Lieut. Thomng E-. U. 8. A/ killed in fall with Orv’lle Wright near Wash ington. 1909— September 7—Ena, Rosso. Italian, killed in Rome, in machine September 7—Lefebyre, E., killed in Wright maohlne at Juvissy-Sur- Orge, France. September 22—Febre, Capt. Louts 1\, killed at Boulogne, France. December 6—Antonio Fernandez Spaniard, killed at Nice, falling one ihousnnd feet after motor exploded. 1910— January 4—DeLa Grange, Deon. killed at Bordeaux. France. April 2—Herbert, I^*beIon, in stantly killed, falling on rocks >t S&n Sebastian, Spain. May 12—Michelli), ChevieUe, kill ed at Lyons, France. ~ June 17—SpSyer, Eugene, kitted at San Francisco. June 18—Rob!, killed at Stettin, Germany. July 7—Warhter, Charles, kitted at Rheims, in AntoineUe monoplane. Baroness De La Roche was almost killed by a fall in her Voisin bi plane at the Rheims meeting on July 8Gi. —The Parties and Schedule. During July and August farmers’ institutes under the auspices of Clemson college will be held in the various counties of the State. The day afternoon to denronMratea the utility of aeropianos in ~ coast de fense. The mock bomba were drop ped from a height of about 300 feet. Expert* agreed that a fleet of oplanea armed with bomba t of ser* of high members of the Clemson college staff explosives <*>«td wreck any j.attle- who will travel throughout the State s^lp.,.heforeguna could be trained on in the Interest of the institute* will ■ tMja> c«l, William Jodm. retired, be divided into three parties, these formerly of the engineers corps, who parties being a* Jollow*! , 1—1. ^-: ' BIGGS STILL IN CHARGE. Can not Make Up Their Mind About New President. The annual summer meeting of t.he Clemson board of trustees ad journed Wednesday afternoon. No acting as president was continued, tlon of a president. The arrange ment by which W.'M Riggs has been actig as presldet was continued. The beard authorized Acting Pres ident Riggs and Chairman Johnstone of the board to make such arrange ments as they thought wise and nec essary in regard to the conduct of the engineering department, of which Prof Riggs Is director. The board expressed itself as well pleased with the condition of affairs at t¥e college, the business affairs being so thoroughly systematized as to meet the entire approval of the board, which felt that neither the college nor the people of the State could lose anything under a contin uance of the present arrangement until the board was thoroughly pre pared to elect a permanent presi dent. - - First Party—D. N. Barrow, A. F. Conradl, T. E. Keitt and T. K. Jack- son. Second Party—Prof. W. R. Par kins, Prof. L. A. Niven of Winthrop and Dr. B : Barnette. Third Jarty—Prof. J. N. Harper, Prof. C. C. Newman, and C. L. Good rich of the United States depart ment of agriculture. The institute at Gray Court will last two days, at Jooeeville three days and at Fountain Inn five days, will include besides regular work for the men, some domestic science work for the women, to be given by Instructors from Winthrop college. Following is the itenerary of the parties: — First Party. iMrCellansville—July 11 and 12, Jlorse Penn—July 13. Penlel—July 14/ Cross Swamp—July 15. Ehrardt—July 16. Georgetbiyh—July 18 and 19. , Pregnoa School—July 20. Scranton—July 21. fTurbeville—July 22. Ptmewood—July 23. Dorchester County (point not de termined)—July 25 and 26. Elloree—July 27. Jamison—July 28. Providence—July 29 and 30. Cameron—August 1. Bethel School—August 2. Fair Lawn School—August 3. Richland County (point not deter mined)—August 4. Wllkensvllle—August 5. Cherokee—August 6. Coleraine—August 8. Crors Keys—August 9. Jonesville—August 10, 11 and 12. Fountain Inn—Augusst 15 to 19. Second Party. Allendale—July 16. Willlston—July 18. Estelle—July 19. Gray's Point—July 20. Shiloh School—July 21. Point Not Settled—July 22. Leeaville—July 23. - Richland Church*—July 25. Young's Grove—July 26. Tom Keltt's—July 27. J. C. Courtney's—July 28. _ Trojn—Jul£ .29. Hodges—July 30. Apt Harmon Springs—August I. Antreville—August 2. Wardsworth—August 3. Woodruff—August 4. Gray Court—August 5 and 6. Liberty—August 9. Baucusville—August 10. Coinieross School—August 11. Townville—August 12. Rock Mills—August 15. Belton—August 16. Wllliamston—August 17. Maulden—August 19. Third Party. General Sumter—July 25. Not Decided—July 26. BlshopviUe—July 2Y. St. Charles—July 28. Orange Hill—July 29. Mount Coghan—July 30. Jefferaon—August 1. Union School—August 2. Bethune—August 3. Elgin—August 4. Van Wyck—August 5. Secrist Farm—August 6. Gold Hill Academy—August 8. Pleasant Valley—August 9. Stevens' School—August 10. Green Brier—August 11. Dillon—August 12. Marion—August 13. Sandy Plain School—August Mullins—August 16. Fork—August IT. Meriwether—August 19. r— • /H'ji 4 - mi ‘-9- to Kill The Ntearagaom Wire. State Departmart Keating j j " Against tike is an advocate of aeroplanes for coast defense, stated ihat. It was his belief that the air wach^ne had prov ed its efficiency. * “The armornff battleship has seen its last days** an engine of attack against a city or country guarded by aeropfanea,’’ he said. “Glenn Curtiss dr any other expert aviator oouhLdrop high explosive* on the decks or down the funnel* of * w*r- pertinent that he visited Pittman, ship m easily as Curtis*, tossed the discovered the revolting HubJects Ask Protect* n. Confined in a save by charitable liam Pittman, an American captmred by the Madrls government ton near Bluefleld*. wan found in a crowded local prison at Managua. Nicaragua, by Consol Olivares on Thursday. - .. .... The consol, who la station'd at that point, telegraphed the state de- oranges within a few feet. of the yacht. I believe a fleet of a score of air machines would absolutely protect any coaat city. • A night flight by «uch a fleet would not only rumKrttty. and through protests forced Dr rts to fornish the adventarsr better prison accommodations. Pittman, whose relatives I probably demolish an entire fleet of battleships, but coqld so demor alize the crew of the attacked ves sels as to make them useless. Curtiss also dropped oranges over a fortification marked out on the beach, making practically every shot a “hit.” although the trajectory was sometimes 30 degrees because of the wind and his speed. Wednesday night ended the meet. The purses of $5,000 each were presented to Brookins for breaking the altitude record and to Curtise for establish ing a 50 mile American record over the sea course. Twenty-two flights were made during the ten days of the meet. Hi •*#11 BOMBARD CHINESE PIRATES. Pirates In Turn Capture Port agues*- Military Post. A Portuguese gunboat company operating with troopa Wednesday bombarded the pirate settlement on the island of Golowan. destroying the houses and killing many natives. The Chnese retaliated hy storming add capturing the Portuguese military post. Portuguese re-enforcements were sent to the scene from Msclo. The island of Golowan la near Ms* cao and its ownership is a matter Of dispute bet ween the Chinees and Portuguese. A party of Chinee/stv- dents had been captured by ths pir ates and the governor of Mario sent an expedition to effect their rescue. The pirates resisted and were rein- forced by the Chinese from the in terior. The latter were armed with modern weapons and Smokeless pow der. In all two thousand persona were engaged in the rioting. Many of the Chinese were killed, while the Portuguese lost a coporal killed and large number wounded. Subse quently the Portuguese gunboat and a force of artillery was sent to bom bard the island. 15. HAVE FIFTEEN CHILDREN. In The Cotton Tare Cosy. ^ fewer words perhaps than it X 1W ( ■ has taken the Supreme Court to tell of much less important cases, that tribunal/ Thufeday evening in fit) opinion being handed down by Jus- The tiee Eugene B. Gray dismisses the ap- Sullivan s peal of W. G Mullins in the now invitation to famous cotton tare case Involving hit family to •fcftr tWO StiUow loll are - - . the frOest of More New Cotton Mills. The State seems to be on the eve of & revival of mill construction. On top of the announcement, for the plant called the Onnem&W Mills, at Laurens, and the establishment of a $400,004) mill on the Gltnchfleld above Spartanburg, comes the news the Newberry la to have another big Gov. Gilchrist Suggest* that Parents •/ • De Pensioned. / Mr. and Mrs. T. Barberi, of Pet^j aacola, Fla., received from Ghvarnor Oikhrist recently a handsome spoon bearing the seal of the State of Flor ida. Married 19 years ago, the wife is now only 37 years old, but Mr. and- Mrs. Barberi are the parent* of 15 children. Six of the childrep are twins. Governor Gilchrist suggests that the legislature pass an act al lowing the parents a pension. They certainly deserve R. Killed by lightning. Two University of Illinois students were ktlled by lightning on the sum mit of Monnt Pisgab recently. The young men started to ascend the mountain! in the morning. When they did not return that night a search party was organized. Their bodies were found under a big pine tree that had been shattered by the bolt. 7 cotton factory. Invite Senator board Of Of . \ Fell to HI# Death. Henry Mars, a negro convict at the State penitentiary, committed suicide Thursday by leaping from the main prison building. The negro a)iataiopd :S fractured skull, dying on Thursday afternoon. Although }t . ^ . that imlttod anioid*, this la the at the opinion. 1 MBit Mercy for the Merciless. Guilty with a recommendation to mercy wsa the verdict returned Wed nesday aftenuMm In the case of W. N. Kennedy, a white man, at Spar tanburg. charged with criminal as sault on a colored girl, under the age of 14 year*. The Jury remained out more than an bony. It 1* the discretion oJ the court to give from 5 to 40 years' imprisonment Down on Ofines. The Ice cream cone la the latest object of attack under the pure food regulation* of the ffiderat Govern ment. Thursday United State* Mar shall Henkltl with a force of depu ties visited a pier at New York and seised It orates, containing six hun dred boxes M the corrugated receptacles tor toe cream. 7 / MILL BE FOUGHT OUT. The Vanderbilt University Matter In the Coarts. The difference between the board of trustees of Vanderbilt University and the college of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, over the control of the University wlil be threshed out in the courts. Such is the meaning of the action of the bishops in session at NashbiUe recently. With Bishops Kllgo. Lam- buth and Hendrix, absent, the col lege of tflakwo* rejected the idea of any comfievnise and named a committee with Bishop Collins Denny as chairman to carry out an agre n d upon program of a lawsuit. Bishop Hendrix who is president of the board of trust of Vanderbilt University sttendel the morning sea- sion of the bishops and opposed the plan, which was adopted at the af ternoon session at which he was not present. The Qians of proposed lit igation were not made public. tnetr ipves and pr of the MadriS gove receded by Unite! repDNeutetives. a-,-, - * .ysf -i 9 . - ■ Struck Dead by Bolt. Isreal White, a negro, and a mule were killed by lightning about live o^elock on Thursday afternoon while plowing in a field two miles from Manning. There were several hands plowing in the same field when a cloud came up. The others took out their mules and went to the house, but Ureal plowed on und he was killed. KIBs Wife end Self. After firing four bullets with fa tal effect into the body of his 33- year-old wife, who bad run away from him, Bheiby Young, ST years old. a Chicago erevated railway con ductor, committed suicide Geneva, Ohio. arm varee that he left Oreytown inly 4. that since then hia captors have fail ed to provide him with food, leaving him altogether dependent for sub sistence upon charity. Pittman was starving. Olivares immediately protested, reminding Madrls of bis promise to treat Pittman with consideration, Madrls finally ogreel to transfer Pittman to a larger and cleaner ceil and te allow the consul to supply^* him with a sleeping couch at The consul reported that no action regarding Pittman had been determined on by the de facte au thor! tiee and that ha, Olivares, would exert every effort to secure humane treatment for Pittman. ? Whan the United States origlnou? . learned of Pittman's arrest Dr. Mad- riz assured Ollvarea that the prison er would be treated fairly and con siderately. Conatsat com plain to from Ameri can, citlsens at Matofolpa, to threats repeatedly their i$vee and proparty by agents government ora being United States consular ■ Consul Olivares cabled to the state department that the fsoling in the weetern part of n^ua. the section under control of the Madrls faction, is daily avhwten " * Mr. tifivaraa mado> presentations to Dr. Madrls and has ’ reiterated, to him Secretary Kaos'a warning that this government will hold Madrls Uctlona strictly oc ean life and property. BHllal and Matagalpa have appealed to their consuls la Managua for protection. So far no representatipas aa to these Aave been made to the German aril English home governments, or to Washington, probably became the - British and German consuls doubt less are Nicaraguan local me refloats. American Consul General Bbar- hardt. who is detailed at large, and happens to be Ui Nicaragua on a tour of inspection cabled the ststo de- dart men t corroborating the alarm of foreign residents over threat* of 4 Nicaraguans. He stated that tbsf * “ ® opinion at Matagalpa was that those anti-foreign demonstrations were in stigated by th* Madriz faction, whom officials have openly threatened the Americans and other foreigners. " " ij Most Serve Long Term. Twenty-five year* 1» the State . Itentiary was the sentence adminis tered by Judge Gruber at Spartan burg to W. N. Kennedy, the white man who was Wednesday convicted fn general sessions court on the charge of having committed criminal ‘ aasanlt upon a colored girl under 14 year* of age. Aa estimate of the population of South Carolina was mode by CoL B. . J. Watson. The figure* are 1.12$,- , 00*. The population eensu# of 1900 was 1,140.111 ing on ieemgm tor 1900 and Between 1A90 and 11 was 189,167. * What ah Oed DM. At Boulder. Col., an th* plant of tho Power company and into darknea*. The claw about negative wires, causing a burning I '» mirnr*. Soid fer i The naval yacht soel of 42$ ton*. M- rtogler «gd government tor U17,S0$ at Used Sheep At New Orleans the bone sheep was transfered to the a patient at the Charity hospital Thursday night. The forearm the patient undergoing tho novel oration .. TT* of a shot gun. Th# ■ '-SViS m. „ .c -V-~ ■ Mi w • y y ■ ■ s . xV- ' ' • . y. ' * c.; ' .V V -