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VOL. V. NO. 3. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908. Sl>50Per Year * TaU. of <*?? Anglo-Indian 5taif5troict YOUNG MISTLEY Henry imaru ' CHAPTER XXX. It I Continued. Then/* said the Englishman, "you have changed?" "Ym, I have changed.'* "I am sorry for it." "Why?" "Because/' said Charlie, "It brings you Into contact with such men as Monsieur Jacobl." Marie Balcovitch looked up sharp ly, but he avoided meeting her eyes. "What do you know of Monsieur Jacobl?" Charlie shrugged his broad shoul ders contemptuously. "Nothing, mademoiselle.** "But you hate him?" "Well ? scarcely. I hare never had the necessary energy to hate any one yet. I do not like him." "It is of Jacobl," continued the girl, "that I have to tell. It is against him that I must ask your holp. Re member, I do not ask it for myself ? for I do not fear him. It is for Lena Wright " . Marie Bakovltch looked up some what suddenly. She met her com panion's eyes, calm, impassive, in scrutable as usual, fixed upon her I face, i "Yes," he said; "go on." "He is connected with several se cret societies, political and other wise. Notably the Brotherhood of Liberty, of wblch he pretends to be the London chief. For some months he has been scheming to obtain money from Lena Wright for the pur pose of the Brotherhood." "I thought money would come in somewhere." "Yes, all Jacobi's plots are con nected with money sooner or later. He heard from sources unknown to me that she will be comparatively rich some day, and he has been en deavoring to persuade her to borrow this money. It is a large sum." ...j "You have not told me what hold he has over her." "He has represented that the Brotherhood has agcncles hnd con nections all over the world, and by these means he could with the aid Of a certain sum of ready money ob tain Immediate information as to the safety, or otherwise, of your brother Winyard ? She ? I think ? she " - "Yes," said Charlie, gravely, "I un derstand. But h<^w did he get to know of this? * He has surely had no opportunity " He stood there motionless and strong as ever man was created, but there passed across his face a mo mentary twinge of real physical pain. Suddenly he roused himself with an effort, and said with a practical, mat ter-of-fact energy: "Mademoiselle, we must waste no time. I am doeply grateful ? more grateful than evor I can hope to ex press ? for the confidence that you have placed in me. You said Just now that Jacob! pretends to be the London chief of this Brotherhood; have you doubts about the truth of his assertions?" "Yes. I know that such a society exists, and that Its headquarters are In Rotterdam; but I believe Jacobl is no momber of it. Me has repre sented himself to bo its chief simply for the purposo of obtaining money. He has, in fact, deceived us all." "Thank you. May I ask when you next assemble?" "To-morrow afternoon hi this room; and Miss Wright is to bo pres ent as a probationary member. Three o'clock Is the hour." "To-morrow at three. Thank you. You may leavo everything to me, mademoiselle. I have a friend ? Laurence Lowe ? who is a journalist of some repute. He will doubtless know about this Brotherhood of Lib erty ? the real one, I mean. I will endeavor to do everything in as quiet and seaman-like a manner as I can. I will see you to-morrow afternoon." CHAPTER XXXI. The Brotherhood. Lena's singing lesson the following Afternoon was Interrupted by the ar rival of Monsieur Jacob!. This gentle man wan accompanied by his friend, Mr. Ryan, a keen-eyed Individual, who was ever ready to espouso the cause of the oppressed of overy na tionality, provided there was money to be mado and little risk attaching. Prosently a feeble-minded English lady of uncertain age arrived, and Im mediately behind her n mild-man nered German gentleman of short sight and unkempt hair. This was the first time Lena had met the members of the Brotherhood of Liberty, and she was divided be tween an inclination to laugh and a desire to run away. But everybody was desperately serious. Monsieur Jacobl was sauve and gentlemanly as usual, but not entirely at his ease. His hold over the Baroness do Nan tllle, as she was still called, had never been very secure, and he Instinctively felt that It was slipping from him day by day. However, the man was pos sessed of a certalif superficial cour ts a uoe of bravery which thine* mo. in the presence of women,.. ?ut goes no distance among men. I'here was just enough mystery In the proceedings to content the Eng lish maiden lady and the short-sight ed Teuton without unnecessarily ag gravating the Baroness. "I hare considered it necessary/* he said, "to call the London Branch of this Brotherhood together, for the purpose of deciding a question of tome Importance. It la usual for my *elf and Secretary Ryan to decide puch minor questions as may arise, but we feel that this Is beyond our Jurisdiction." Here Monsieur Jacobl paused, and assumed a demeanor expressive of tome hesitation In the choice of words necessary to proceed with a some what difficult task. At this moment the door opened, and Charles Mistley entered the room alone. In one comprehensive glance he took In the situation, noting the position of every person In the room. He closed the door and stood with his back against It. Jacobl half rose from his seat, and then sunk back again with rather a plckly smile. Ryan made no move ment whatever, but his unhealthy face assumed an ashen gray. The maiden lady and the German sat gaz ing weakly at the stalwart Intruder. Noiselessly the Baroness rose from her seat and crossed the room to where Lena sat, and there she stood, waiting. Lena felt that the whole situation was intensely funny from an observ er's point of view; but unfortunately she was an actor in the comedy, which sadly altered the matter. How ever, Charles Mistley had too much tact to treat the affair jocosely. He looked gravely round him, and then spoke In a deliberately authoritative voice, which recalled to Lena's mem ory a half-forgotten remark of Law rence Lowe's, to the- effect that Charlie was essentially a foul-weath er sailor. "I am sorry," he said, "to disturb matters; but I think Monsieur Jacobl knows who I am. If he should re* quire any explanation, he knows where to find me." Jacobl shrugged his shoulders in differently, while Ryan watched him furtively. "Will you como with me now?" continued Mistley, addressing Lena. Nothing of a dramatic nature oc curred. Lena rose from her seat, and crossing tho room, she stood besldo .Charlie, experiencing a sudden senso of comfort and relief at the mero contact of his sleeve, which touched her shoulder. "I do not know." said Charlie to the assembled brotherhood, "and it is none of my business to inquire who is implicated in this , swindle and who among you are dupes; but it may bo of some Interest to you to learn that that man there ? Jacobl? la a com mon swindler. Ho Is no more tho London chief of the Brotherhood of Liberty than I am. Such a society exists, and I have been in communica tion with tho authorities at its head quarters in Rotterdam. It ban transpired that Jacobi was onco a clerk in their office; and they are at present somewhat anxious for his ad dress, with a view to tho recovery of soma funds which he, by mistake, re moved from their cash box and omit ted to restore. It is only fair to you, Monsieur Jacobl, to inform you that In tho course of my inquiries I am afraid tho Brotherhood nniBt havo loarned that you aro In London." Then he opened tho door, and by way of Intimating to Lena to pass out In front of him, he touched her nrm "lightly, It was not his habit to do this, as It Is with bomo men. Not even with his mother did he ever In dulge In such harmless famallarlties Lena noted the little touch, and some how, to her, it said much that Charlie never allowed to appear In his inter course with her. There was a sense of protection, a hint, as It were, of brotherly affection and reliability In this rare exhibition of fooling, alight though the indication of it rojjht bo.. At the head of the stairs ho stopped. "You will find Mr. I^owo down stairs," ho said. "I must go back and see after tho Baroness. Walk on ilowly toward Bedford place. I will catch you tip. My mother expccts us *11 to afternoon tea." Ho watched her descend tho stairs, *nd heard Lau ranee Lowe como for ward to moot her. Beforo they had gono far their heard a quick footstep behind them, ?nd Chales Mbtley camo to Lena's dde. They wero In Portland place, ind ns he Joined them ho beckoned to 'he driver of a hansom cab. There leemed to bo no question of Low? cettlng Into a cab with Lena. Ho nodded, and an ho boc'toned to a ipeond driver, Charlie took his scat at Lena's side. The young rnllor bejjan h!s ex planation at once. "I^ena," he said, "only Lowe and myself know of this, and It will bo better to keep the whole affair quiet for tome time yet. Of cours?\ It Is oot quite the right thing for you to k?o# It secret from your mother; lit ^ater ? later, parhapt? wh? Win la home again, you can toll her all about It." I Lost to rued slowly toward bin. 8he was leaning kaek In the cab* while ho eat forward with hi* gloved . hands resting on the door.s They were passing down Oxford street, and ,the smoothness of the pavement ren dered It unnecessary (or her to ralso ?her voice. j "When Win comes home!" sho re peated, wonderlngly. "What has Win to do with it?" j She was fully convinced that what* erer ho might know, he could not hare guessed at her motive for Join* lng the Brotherhood of Liberty. That* at all events, was never to be dis closed. But Charlie Mlstley had pro Tided for this. 1 "The Baroness de Nantllle," ho said, "Is Marie Bakovltch!" ; She seemed to be slowly forcing the realization of hli words Into her own mind. At the first thought It appeared to be an impossibility; but as she looked back at her acquaint anceship with the Baroness, the thing seemed possible, and she felt that there was no doubt about the truth of her companions statement. CHAPTER XXXIL Confession. Charles Mistley never gave Lena the full account of his discovery of Jacobl's little plot. It is so easy to put off an explanation till a more convenient occasion, which somehow never arises. From Lowe she could learn nothing? explanations were not his forte. I; And so the subject was shelved, 'partly with deliberate Intention on the part of the young sailor, partly by the advent of a more momentous question. Jacobl disappeared, and never returned into Lena's life to wake up memories best left to sleep. .Marie Bakovltch left England with Ivan Meyer. Some years later Mrs.. Mlstley heard of her in Paris, recog nizing the beautiful Russian 'girl in a vivacious French description of the "ravishing" wife of a rising young i artist. ? On the day completing the elgh [ teenth month after Winyard Mistley's departure there was a dinner party at the house in Seymour street. Any disinterested and experienced matron* watching' the arrival of the guests ft-om behind the laths of a Venetian, blind, would unhesitatingly have propehsied a slow and wearisome evening for the guests at this enter tainment. There were no ladies?? "absolutely no ladles, my dear!"? except Mrs. Mlstley and Lena and her mother. The only young man was Charles Mistley, and he was handicapped by the presenco of half a dozen veterans ? whlto-halred old warriors, who were desperately attentive and vastly gallant to the ladles, more especially to Lona; sturdy old rolling stones, ,with an Inexhaustible fund of anec dotes little calculated to entertain the fair. These old stagers, however, did weighty justice to the delicacies set before them, and were mightily pleased with the manner In which they each and severally entertained ! tho ladies. Mrs. Wright lod tho way to tho drawing room At tho first opportun ity, and tho old fellows were left to pull down their waistcoats with a gravo sense of satisfaction at tho skillful manner in which they had kept up the spirits of tho assembly. When they at length trooped Into tho drawing room, they found the two elder ladles sitting together near the llreplace, wlillo Lena stood in tho narrow window, taking advantago of the last rays of daylight to complete some dainty pieco of needlework. Charles Mistley lounged across tho room, and occupied in a masterly maunor tho remainder of that win dow. Tho fading light of tho sunset was fully reflected on Lena's face as sho stood in tho recess of tb ? tall win dow, working deftly. Charlie, lean ing against tho wall opposite her, was looking at lier absently. Ono would hardly have thought that ho was not ing tho littlo painful droop of her eyelids when she ceased speaking. He Jiad not the reputation of a keen ob server. His reflections were Interrupted by the advent of Adonis, who solemnly crossed tho room at this moment to pay his respects. He stooped and caressed tho dog's rough head for some moments; then, without. rab'nw his eyes, he said; "Lona." "Yes." The girl looked up from her work with her ready smile, which had of late grown almost mechanical. "At last ? at last I am going to do something." "To do something?" sho repeatod, with ready Interest. "To-day is Tuesday," he replied; "on Friday I start for Central Asia. I am going to seek Win." Sho grew very pale; the color even left hor lips. Charllo continued to gazo out of the window. "And I will keep you posted up as to my whereabouts. If I miss him ? If wo pass each other on tho way ? ? you should bo able to stop mo some whore; tho colonel Is arranging all that. But, after all, If I wander about there, say, for a year or so, It does not matter much. A year moro or less out of an Pile llfo Is of no great consequence." He stopped, and looked down at her with his lazy, placid smile. Pres ently sho loo'xod tip and met his eye?. ? To b?? continued. ? Wood In building Is usad mnch more sparingly In Franc? than In America; bene? dangtr from fir# ?? Ism. PALMEHOJAWMAKERS 6TATB AFPBOP1XATION& brciat Anml Ibm Dtn of construction to Bo Appropriated. The bill for the appropriation of State funda as passed by the House grants the following amounts For the State treasurer there were no changes exeept an appropriation of $2,000 for metal easie. The salar ies are as follows: Treasurer, $1,900; ehief clerk $1,500; two bookkeepers, $1,400 each; contingent fund, $300; for printing stocks and bonds, $200; stationery, $300; further clerical help, $600. State superintendent of education, salary, $1,900; ehief elerk, $1,350, an increase from $1,200; stenographer, $600; contingent fund, $2000; print* ing $1,200; stationery, $300; travel ing expenses, $30. 'There is a decrease in tho appro priation given the adjutant general The bill carries tho Allowing: Sal ary, $1,900; assistant, $1,350 ; armor er, $300; contingent fnnd, $500, col lecting arms, printing, etc., $650, which ie on increase of $100; station ery, $200; stenographer, $600; militia purposes, $20,000, a decrease of $10, 000. The biU farther provides that all encampments shall be held in this State unless otherwise required by the government. The Attorney General. In the department of the attorney general there are only a few increases and the totals as compared with last year show a decrease of several hun- ; dred dollars. No appropriation is given for the continuation of the 1 merger suit. The items are as fol- ! krws; Salary, attorney general, $1,- ; 900; assistant attorney general, $1, BOO, a raise of $500; contingent fund, $300, a raise of $150; litigation, $2. 000; stenographer, $600. ' There is a reduction in the amount given the railroad commissioners for contingent expenses; the items are as follows: Salary three commission ers, $5,700; salary stenographer $600; secretary, $1,500; contingent expenses and rent $1,500; printing. $250. The State librarian gets an in crease of $75 for the contingent fund the items being as follows: Salary. $300; contingent fund, $300; station ery, $275; prchasing books, $250. Stato Geologist. When "the paragraph rotating to the State geologist was reached Mr. Yeldell moved to striko out*the ap propriation. He said that he has not been#able to get any satisfaction from the office, although he had re quested information several tmex He Lad not even soon a copy of the rej>ort. It was explaned that tho re port had been printed and on this Mr. Yelilell withdrew' his objection. The item carries an appropriation of $1,500 for the salary and a like aounl for contngent fund, prntng and sur veys. The department of Agriculture I commerce and immigration pets tlu. following: Salary comissioner, $1, 900; salary clerk, $1,200; expenses department, $*.000; salary stenogra pher, $000; for printing 4,000 copies of handbooks, $3,000. The bill gives $500 for prizes for farmers who enter the cereal- prow ing contest*. This is expended under the direction of the commissioner of agriculture. tho president and the professor of apricnltnre of Clemson college. Ko chancres are made in tho his torical commission. The salary of the secretary is $1,500; for co'.lect inp and arranging Confederate re cords. $1,000; contingent fund. $2">0. printing historical records, $500 and the proceeds f;?r sales of the publi cations now on hand or hereafter is- : ' sued. i The cod? commissioner pets tho u?u ! a I salary. $100. The salary of the elc'rician and engineer1 of tho Stale house is $10(1 per month for seven mouths; for trr salary of one fireman and assistant .*"0 per month for the year; ono ad flit ional firerean for two months at a f alary of $10 per tnon'h; tho clectri. eian and engineer being given $7," per month f >r the remaining five months. Ife rlso rets ^400 for fix tures. supplies P'vl lights and $400 for replacing ntul repairing pipes in .3t"to bouse. The sum of $0,000 is given for lighting the Stnte institutions in Co lumbia. Th? ''ontngeut fund for the keep er of State bo"so grounds was placed at $200; the janitor's salary, $100; salary ??f jani? ^120; salary of two wnfehmen. per month each. 7n the iudhra' d^parlment the *^isr> in salaries of the just fees < \C the uprMw court passed several yean ^co ofT'efs Associate .Justice Clary. '"5 having been recent 1v reelected. jThis bill pas-- -d while M'?\ Clary wn . ;n office and therefore did not be com? effective until this year. Thf 'o!lo*.v'ng are The ilenis; Chief .Tns ?ce I'op", *3 000; Associate .Turtice 'nrv. .*2 012.50. r Justices .Tone:*, n?vl ?'.'oods, ?2c"i0 each; ten circuit jmlg ?30.000; solicitors. $17.000 ; s'en "rrn1 <15000; clerk of supreme 'uirt. $?00; Stale reporter, $1.300 ; brrrian svpretr.e court. $300; mes* on^i*, $200; stenographer, $600: at* endant, $'200; contingent fund, J^OO. ?n increase of $200; deficit for 1007, *107; for purchasing hooks for libra* ?7, $500; for purchasing certan su oreme court reports, $600; for secre taries for each of justices $500 each. The State board of health is given *2*500, for elerk hire $500. for en forccing the pure food law $1,000, to? quarantining the State against contagious diseases $8,000, to be ex oended under the supervision of tho governor. The governor is also auth orized. in cases of emergency, to bor row $7,000 addition; $100 is given for printing, transportation and death ceritficates. In the tax department the salaries of county auditors are fixed at $29, 672.98; treasurers, $30,146.05, and for printing books, etc., $3,500. Educational Institutions. The educational institutions re ceived all asked for without objec tion. Mr. Sharpe did not agree to fhe provision that children of profes sors of the University of South Caro lina receive free tuition inserted, but this went through by a vote of 53 to 39. The section then passed as fol lows: University of South Carolina ? Support, $43,744.64; promotion of Prof. Baker to full professorship, $500 repainting college buildings, $3,000; tin roof for DeSaussure col lege, $600; for other roofs, curbing., and repairs, $1,625; scholarships, normal, $4,100; for new class room and auditorium, $:>0,000. Winthrop ? For support of college, $64,535.23; regular scholarships, ?12,400 ; insurance, $2,659.82 ; equip ment, $3,000; septic tank, $2,000. South Carolina Military Academy ? Support, $25,000; library, $250: second payment on police station, $7,500; repairs and other work, $30, 000; insurance, $1,267.20. State Colored College ? Support, $5,000; dvnamo, $1,000; laundry, $2, 000. South Carolina Industrial School ?$10,000. Penal and Charitable. For penal and charitable institu tions the following sums are given : Penitentiary ? Salary of superin tendent, $1,900; captain of guard, $1,200; physician, $1,500; chaplain, $600; services of chaplain in reform atory in Lexington, $150; clerk, $1, 200, and all balances and proceeds from the hire of convicts or from tho farms of the institution. Stato Hospital for the Insane ? Salary of superintendent, $3,000; per diem and mileage of board, $1,200; current expenses and maintenance, $170,000, an increase of $10,000; re pairs and building purposes, $20,000; (leficiet, $8,177; insurance, $7,000, increased firo protection, $500. Deaf, Dumb and lliiiid Asylum? For support, $26,500; repairs, $500; insurance, $1,146.93; water and sew erage, $1,000. Catawba Indians ? For support, $2,000; for tho school fund, $200. For miscellaneous expenses the bill was an follows: For water for- public instutions in Columbia $5,000. Tho original bill carried an appropriation of $3,000, biit as mentioned before after a hear ing before (lie ways and means com mittee by city ollicials and others, the appropriation was increased by Chairman Banks on the floor of tho house. To pay claims passed by tho gen eral assembly in 11)0(5, $(i,000. Public print in*;- ? for ? lie year $20, 000, an incrcnSw- of about $1,2000, and of this $800 is applied to tho printing of arts and journals; for advance shorts, $175 is appropriated. For fuel for tho State house, $2, 000 is appropriated. For Confederal e pensions the sum of $250,000 wr.s appropriated witii tho usual restrictions. Confeder.it o Reunions. There wns considerable debato on tho parr.grnph r.|>propriating $3,500 for the reunion of Confederate vet erans. Mr. Jours made tho motion to kill the section. Mr. Sharpo saw no reason for tho appropriation as 1 hero was no demand for it from l!io old soldiers. Mr. Nicholson, who passed, tho bill last session at I ho re quest of the South Carolina division of the United Confederate veterans, thought the appropriation was do* served. It was carrying out a gen erous policy of tho State toward th# old soldiers and there was a demand for it. By a division vote of 50 to 40, however, tho houso struck out th* paragraph. For the phosphate commission $.100 was given for tho necessary expenses of inspection and meetings. For the completion of tho Stato house $">.0(!0 was given the sinking fund to return the loan mado in 1004. Other Appropriations. The State board of equalization wns given $2,000; the supervisors of registration, $12,300; insurance ex? cutive mansion, $23.33; insurance armory, $31.50; insurance barn at executive mansion, $11; rural libra ries, $5,000; repaiis and furniture at executive mansion, $1,400; fuel at mansion. $.'150; South Carolina room at the Confederate museum , Rich mond, $100; lonti to South Carolina fair society; $2,500; board of medi cal examiner, $80 and for a secretary $100; launch house at Georgetown, $250; hoard of fisheries, $7.fi00; Con federate Homo college at Charleston, $2,000 for scholarships ; bourd of pardons. $J00, which is a decrease of about $-100; Winthrop practice school $10,000, according to act of 1007; premiums on surety bonds of clrrks in State house, $145.35; commit* to examine dispensary, $70.40; fo.i.nit t?e to szamiflo books of Stu.e ofll cials, $440.40; committer on Stalo educational institutions, $200.05; committee on penal and charitablv institutions, $338.55; repairing to re fund loan from sinking fund for re pairs on interior of State house, $5,000; written off books of Statw treasury, $41.98, $14.70, $13.36; printing proceeds of annual meeting of Live Stock Association, $500; cop ies to be distributed among members of general assembly and farmers; in terest on bublie debt. $29,077.67. The Colored Fair. When the paragraph giving $500 for premiums for the State eolored fair was brought up Mr< Harmon ob jected to its consideration. He thought it was a waste of money. Mr. Richards favored the appropriation, stating that it wase for nothing but to cncourage the race in their work. The paragraph remained with only a few voting against it. The paragraph relating to the ap propriation of $50,000 for high schools did not pass until there were amendments suggesting an appro priation of $100,000 and $15,000 respecitvely. The $50,000 appropri ation. finally passed. Late ^Vcfce;?f In Urtef MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Prosperity's Livo Corpse. Unless some apparently trust worthy indications are misleading be yond belief retail trndo in the coun try at large for the approaching spring will measure well up to tho high average of recent years. From the New York Times we learn that over 3.000 out-of-town merchants and other buyers, chiefly from the West, have poured into tho metropo lis, surprising and delighting New York merchants. On Monday last, the New York Merchants' Associa tion's Pi rst registration day for tho spring trswlo. -11!) buyers, or the next largest number on record for such a date, inscribed their names at asso ciation headquarters. The second day's registration left no record un broken. All the hotels that cater to feho out-of-town buyers were over run. "The lv.jyrr# and ou'.-uf-iqttfn merchants," says The Times' story, "swarmed nb.mt 1 1 " hotel corr: lo:s fast night. {clliii'.' their New York friends that the business ouiio,ik was brighter than it had ever been be fore. Jinny \vl o \vi nt to the theater in the even;n*.r spent intermission time pre.sdictiug a great era of pros perity for tin? country." Though some of the country's v i"il indin tries are in a very unsntisfa'Mcry eon dition f:>r (lie time bei n- *, the facts just narrated certainly <1 ? ? int in'.ii eate general hard limes, til her pres ent or provpoctive. Prosperity hut mceived fo.no hard and temporarily crippling blows, but it is far from dead yet. ? Charlotte, N. 0., Observer of Feb. 10. Pittsburg riooc- Swept. T'i! Isburp, ]'a-, Special. ? Spread ing ruin and disas!cr in its path. the annual flood of the rivets n ml jmi.;!! streams of this seel ion hohls f'ilts hnrp in its prasp. At 10 oVIoel; the water had reached slope of 2t> feet and was visinp a half 1*:iot an lie''.''. The wcalher bureau predi.ls .'?() f vt and possibly a I'o ?t higher when the ' res? of the flood arrives. W I; ? "i* the weather conditions ore nm:,!i folder am' snow (lurries on- experi enced at iiil -ivj.ls the ? ? ! : n 1 1 3 '? ? 1 com ditions will have j ? I ? ~ ? 1 u t ? 1 i.o feet on the Idpli watc.'. At the headwaters t riveis continue to i i*-o ond scons of cities and towns in weslern Pennsylvania. efi-'.lcrn ')!ii> and Wcat Virginia a?v paribilly i undatid. In the J>; 1 1: bun; 'lis! !????! alone the damage, it i;-- e\pee'"d, will amount to sevcirl million dollars. T. K. Bnincr Dead. Raleigh, N. C., Special. ? Hon. T. K. Brunei*. who for 21 years has served the State as Secretary of Ag riculture. died here Sunday morning. Tho entire Slate will mourn his loss Ho was .72 years of ape and wa~ horn in Salisbury, trio son of J. ,1. Bruner, Jiis mother's maiden name be ins: Kincaid, and she being also i> native of the pood County of Rowar. IT'S father was for many years edifot and publisher of The Carolina Watch man, of Salisbury, a power in tho newspaper world of its day, and T. ? K. Tinnier was for some time asso ciated with him on that paper. Ho was devoted to the study <>f miner alogy and b'-rnme an expert. Yellow F:vcr at Galveston. Galveston, Tex., Special. ? On the steamer Crispin, which arrived in the roads from Para. Brazil, threo ? miles out from Galveston, Sunday there were two cases of yellow fever. The two men afieeted arc Third Knpineer De.is ond Third Oflicei Pritehard. NOT TUB WKATIIFR. Tom ? Why don't you call on MIr.s Pom pus? Dick? Too cold. Tom ? Nonsenso! The weather lifts nothing to with ? Dick ? You misunderstand me. I mean Rhe Invited mo not to. ? Caili olic Standard and Timet. DEATH RIDES STORM Furious Gale Strews Corpses in its Wake WIDESPREAD PROPERTY LOSS A. Dozen or Mero Dead, Scores Injur ed and Great Property Damage ? Tornado Cuts Path a Hundred Fee* Wide Through the Tovrn and Sweeps Clean an Area of Five Miles Tyler, Tex., Special. ? Tyler wa? swept by the most disastrous tornado in its history before da\ light Friday. Coming from the southwest, the storm swept over the main residence quar ter of t lie city, h aving- a trail of dealt* and devastation. The known dead in Tyler aro C. \ Francis, agent of The Daily News, and his wile and baby and a negro, Mose Lee, SO years of age. Francis' body was found a. hundred yards from his wicckcd home. Tlio body of his child was found in tho street. Mts. Francis was in the wreckage of the hniiding. Sii seriously injured jmrsons reported. They ore Irwin Franklin and his wife and four children. Onu of the children may die. The Frunk lins were caught in tho wreckage of their home. I It is feared that the death fist in Tyler may reach a dozen and Ut? numher of injured will, probably ag gregate two-score when reports of tin* casual i ties arc all received. Twelve buildings were wrecked in the confusion it is difficult to cotnpilo an accurate list of the casualitic9. Wires are down in all dircctmiiA from Tyler, but reports from farmers arc that farm houses all around Ty ler were blown down. It is impossible to ascertain tho !'.?w of life vi the rural regions, hut it i? known that the tornado swept every thing clean for a distance of five miles. Three miles from town Um*<; wind demolished the home of lrwu* .. Franklin, severely injuring FraukUu, and his wife and four children. Tho tornado tore a path through Tyle*? 100 feet wide. Buildings, telephone ami electric light poles were laid llat in the storm's path while great dam age was done in other parts of the city. Hattishurg, Miss., Special. ? A tor nado passed over .Jones county norlli of here Friday and the town of Moss ville, of several hundred inhabitants, is reported to have been blown away. At least two are dead and sevri.ii injured. The town of Noso, as well as the town of Service on the Laurel branch of the dull' & Ship Island Kailroat! were blown away. Whether or not there were any falalili"s cannot bo learned. A-1. vices fvo-.n Putins state that the tornado swept Tyler. Smi-h county, Texas, killing four persons and do ing considerable damage. Memphis, Tenn., Special Severe wind and rain storms visited tho South and Southwest causing loss of life and much damage to property. In Smith eornty, Terms, several people were killed by a tornado, iiu hiding C. A. Francis and wil'e; Mrs. W. Francis ami child, ami a negro nam ed Mose l,ec. Much dann.v.e \vu* wrought by the storm, small buildings and outhouses especially suj.'iing. Many |?oints in Mississippi report dame, ire l?y heavy winds and an unu sual;. downpour of rai.t. At Moss vi I It*, near i,an:< I, s -v ? r:il iives are reputed !i st. At .laek^on, the heavies? rain ex perienced in years fell. It was ac companied by ten ilie wind and ii^hl r:ii:;?. Threo Tcc/r.r. E r.r.o'i: he.'. Meridian, Mir.s., Sp *ci;d. Threo s ? f i ? ? 1 1 M isdssipni lowii:'. vvmo practi cally demolished by a f?>rr i !?> I* riday. l.'cporls ol flii' inc. !) r kil'.'-d range from (> to 10 with flic smaller num ber probably coned. , Mossvillc, Service and Soso are tli? t owiB destroyed. They are nil in Jones county and all ?rc very small, beiir^ merely a band fill <?1 se-attiT'il dwellings. The toronado struck them about noon and in mod. insfr.woi *?? reported to have carried build in/*9 in its path completely ofT the lots or? which they stood. Nearby fields weir covered with wreckage and the branches of several trees were liter ed wifli small household articles. L. R. Norrison, a resident of Moss ville, who came here after I lie stout*, said that be was out of doors during the blow and was compelled to gra*i?> a wire fence fo keep from bi?iu?; blown away. He said flio dead at. Mossville were Alex Windhum ainl wife, negroes. Near the town be suiid four white persons bad been killed, ,x man and bis wife and their two chil dren whose names ho did tint train. The seriously injured at MmisviKo are .T. \V. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell and Minnie ('amp bell. Near Service one child of Ike llol" low ay is reported dead and alio ?r?. unknown ne;rro. The tornado wn? pecomntmwvl bv h torrent of rain which caused a sudden riso in the creeks and washed aw:i> sevoral brid^a*. Ronds have b**Mn? impassable in tha cyclone district a ml telegraph and telephone wir?a wevo nut working.*