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CASE. the Dead Body of a Woman in a Trunk IN THE CITY OF LONDON, ENG., Unmasked thu Most Ingoniousl "Wito Murderer Sinee tho Days of the Pirate Blue Hoard. One husband with tour wives all in the same house, three living each tb ignorance of her husband's real rela tions with the other two, and one dead, murdered, and her body burled In cement in a trunk in the cellar this is tho extraordinary domestic Bltuatlon revealed in the London su burb of Kensal Rise through the sui cide of George Albert Crossman when his olly tongue could no longer satisfy those who suspected him. Only the strange fascination which he exercised over woman, his utter lack of scruples and the persuasive powers of the bigamous murderer and suicide made such a situation possible. And the criminal investigation has shown that at least four other wives had become his victims b?fore the ad vent of those-making a total of eight. -There was nothing Mormon about this household. Each of the living wives believed herself to be the only one and ber husband faithful, al though all lived under the same roof. When Grossman's persuasive tongue was stilled by his own hand lt was only necessary for the three living ones to speak freely to each other In comparing notes, and the mystery was explained, j An account of this drama of com plications properly begins before the advent of living wife No. 3. Wife No. 1, known to tradesman and all in the neighborhood as Mrs. Crossman as she truly was-occupied living and sleeping rooms with their child on the second floor of the house in Kensal Rise known as "Sunnyside." Wife] No. 2 and her child-also Grossman's child-were simlllarly situated on the third door. She was kuown to wife No. 1 and to the neighborhood as Mrs Clark the widow of the Hfoiorn/ friend of Crossman, who, dying, had made Crossman his executor and guardian of his child. When wife No. 1 objected to his spending so much time with "Mrs. Clark"' 'ne would ap pease ber with this explanation: "HIS INGENIOUS EXPLANATIONS. "My dear wife, if 1 seem to you un duly attentive to Mrs. Clard, upstairs, you must remember that 1 am fulfill ing a Bacred trust reposed ii me by my dear friend, her late husband, on his death bed. Resides, thc position of executor in this case is lucrative, and, like many inexperienced woman, Mrs. Clark has a passion for going into detail. As she ls extrexely se cretive about her affairs, I beg that you will never appear curious." And so Crossman was free to enjoy "Mrs. Clark's" and their child's so ciety, going and coming at his pleas ure. To satisfy wife No. 2 about the pub lio recognition accorded to wife No. 1 as Mrs. Crossman was easily within the limit of Crossman's Ingenuity, ile told her. "My darling wife, of course you Tin?wT?T?ab the relations between Mrs. Crossman and me are only what those of brother-in-law and sister-in-law should be. Her husband is in India, and for reasons involving considerable property lt is necessary for her to be supposed to be living with her hus band. That is the role I have to pay -distasteful though it is. Of course, you wont mention it. If the little I deception should become known the result would practically meau ruin for the poor woman, and, besides, the ar rangement is rather prolitable to me -something to be grateful for these hard times." There was no resisting thc fascina tions of this man, and neither wife dreamed of doubting his word. So everything went on smoothly, the household expenses being paid out of money Crossman's two brides brought to him on the wedding day. There was only one complaint from the two wives. This was a bad odor which seemed to come from the cellar. "I'll" attend to that the first day I have time," Crossman would say. "The smell comes from a box full of cement left by the masons, i'll at tend to lt presently." LOW FUNDS CALL FOU ANOTHER WU K. But funds were running low, and Crossman had a more important task before him. He needed another wife -one with money - and he was al ready advertising for her in tile name of "Frank Seaton." Frequently he was away for a day or two. At length he announced to wives No. 1 and 2, sep arately, that he was about to install on the first tloor as housekeepers an old and intimate friend ol his sister in Manchester, adding: "It is enough for me Lo remind you that she is my sister s school chum, that we are named in lier will as heirs to all her property and LliaL she will trust no one but the brother of her girlhood's chum." Seperately, wives No. 1 and 2 beg ged him not to mention iL. Together, Mrs. Crossman and MM. Clark urged him to go at once and bring borne Mrs. Seaton. Thereupon, grumblingly, Crossman posted off, not to Manchester, but to Reading, where Miss Annie Welsh, not especially attractive, bul with a neat savings bank account at the lo cal post otlice, awaited her dashing fiance, "Frank Seaton." For Crossman was only thirty-five, and in spite of four years spent In jail for bigamy, presented a youthful and attractive appearance. They were immediately married at St. George's Church in Head ng, and proceeded to enjoy their honeymoon with thc assistance of "Mrs. Seaton's" savings, which "Mr. Seaton" thought fully withdrew from the bank after the ceremony. They went to Man chester, from which place Crossman prudently and dutifully wrote Lo wife No. 1 and 2, and found a let .er from "Mrs. Clark" telling him how nicely their little boy was getting along with the whooping cough. Coming across this letter, "Mrs. Seaton," wife No. 3, asked questions. Crossman was equal to the emergency. He was acting as go-between for a husband and wife who were jangling. This was quite satisfactory. In good time Crossman and wife No. 3 set out for London and home. Now ho became doubly fascinating. When he saw that wife No. 3 was finding him perfectly irresistible ho prepared her for tho somewhat am biguous state of tilings she would find at "Sunnyside," saying: XIKFKEl'AHE.S JI KU KO lt NO. 1 AND NO. 2. "My angel bride, you know that many people have family obligations of whloh nob ev?fl&A'raarrlago for love can relieve tl?o/m.' That ls why I um known ai.?eq'rge Albert Crossman, who ls lu India. He ls ray half-brother, andfor property reasons his wife, wiro lives lo my house and passes for mine, must appear to.be living with her hus band. Mrs. Clark, who lives with her child oo the top floor, is the widow of ! my dearest friend, and the care of her, her child and her property ls a trust which he reposed in me while on his death bed. These poor womeu and their affairs take up much of my time; but you mustn't mind, darling." Mrs. Seaton was so deeply in love that she was far past minding any thing respectable that coucerncd her new husband. So on their arrival all was serene. Having learned about "Mrs, Seaton's" property and the will and about her suspicions and exacting nature, wives, No. 1 and No. 2 even urged Crossman to humor ber in every way. And thus thc new honeymoon was not too rudely concluded. But on the very day ot their home coming "Mrs. Seaton" objected strongly to that strange odor from thc cellar, much more noticeable on the lirst lloor, where she was installed, than on the others occupied by wives No. 1 and No. 2. Crossman was seri ously embarrassed. Ile could not think ;^ow to safely dispose of thc trunk tfud its dreadful secret. .In ?vs presence of that odor his fas ciuatlons lost their effect on wife No. 3. They had a quarrel about il, ami wife No. ;i was in a fair way to joii the dead wife in tho cellar when she suddenly packed a handbag and left saying she would return to her parentt and remain Lhere until the cellar wa; put in a respectable condition. SUSl'KJIOUS OK THU ILL SMELL. This episode called anew thc attcu tlon of wives No. 1 and No. 2 to th< ill smelling trunk in the cellar. The\ made Crossman take them down ti look at lt. lt was an old tin truol and stood in a little dark closet Crossman tried tc say that old cement usually smelled that way but the wo men had Mown to the upper regions. And then thc wile murderer wouh go down into the cellar and Liij-T at tin straps of the trunk in which the bod] of one of bis victims lay encased in ce ment, trying to shut lu thc odor tba was making his living wives suspi clous. While Crossman was continuad, planning to take away the trunk am bury it in his mother's ?arden, in an other part of the suburbs, wife No. finding that absence made the hear grow fonder, returned. Crossraa promised to have thc trunk take away the next day without fail. nut several dayseistpsed with noiii lng done. Crossman seemed niue preoccupied, and when wife No. hinted her suspicions he looked at he so strangely that cold shivers ra down her back. Was he thinkin that it would he better to let her joi the dead wife in the cellar? At last, im Saturday, Crossman cal ed at the shop of Messrs. Hyden ? Sons, news agents, in Willcsden lam in whose window was a notice to tl: effect that light work was done wit a pony and van. He wanted a bi moved, he said. Young Ryden, who ls still undi twenty years of age and who does tl van work, was out and Crossman n fused to leave his name and addres saying he would call again. He called again that same eveninj but Hyden was again not in. < Ul Tue day he sent a telegram ordering t l van, but subsequently cancelled i Late the same evening he called ; the shop, again ordering the cart ft the next day and saying he won come for it. On Wednesday evening he went the shop for the last time and ask? Hyden to gel the van ready. Li w j then about *::!(>, and he said that tl 'job would probably lake until abo 9 o'clock. Hyden suggested that he should ta a cannan named Wicks to help, b Crossman insisited that he musl alone. Hyden was suspicious al 'li and told Wicks to follow on foot. 1 and Crossman then drove to ''Sunn side," a drive of about eight or ft minutes. DISCO V KU KI), UK KILLS IM.MSjKI I. Before fetching the car! howevi Crossman had moved the fateful bi from the cellar into garden. His a tions were watched bj a suspicio neighbor, who, while Crossman wi away after the van, reported the iriii ter at the near-by polic? station. The police sergeant and an o ll leer plain clothes mei the murderer wilt he arrived with the van; Ci' ssin: was completely taken by surprise, ai it was not until thu sergeant li actually tone!,ed him thai he took lils heels and ran wildly down t road. Lnckilly, lite plain-dot hes m was young and an excellent ru Uni Ile stuck close to Grossman's be? down the length of Ladysmith ro and into (he main road leading Kensal Ilise slat mu. Hot!) pursu and pursuer uerc winded hy this tin and the constable called out for ass tance in the chase. Finding himself corner.d in Ilario) road, Crossman suddenly slopped a cut his throat with a razor, thoroughly did lie do his work tl the windpipe and blood-vessels wi served to the hackhone, and he ii prac! ?cally al once. Crossman being dead, then Oil t he mystery ol'I he H unk. Four poli men managed with great trouble lift, thc box into the van. while fr it oo/.cd a thick and evil-smeel liquid, lt was taken lo the yan thc police station in Salisbury ri and there it was broken open and horrible discovery made. A WOMAN'S lt()!?V KNCASKI) IN I KMK When the lid was forced back box was found to be lilted with si cement. A few blows broke crust, revealing the body of a wm in an advanced stage of decoinp lion. Owing to a lack of uvide that violence had been used in kill the woman, the police assumed i she had died ol poison. Upon Crossman's body, soaked blood, was a death certificate o woman named as bis wile and Iel and other papers, showing that, bad married at least eight woi through the. medial ion ol' ma'- imo agencies. Further investigation sb ed that practically his whole socn of income had been these bigam wives and the money they brun with them. As already told, it was on ni sa ry for wives No. 1 No. 2 and N to frankly compare notes to make whole mystery plain of Crossnu ability to live with Ihr e wives in same house without, exciting the picjon of any of t hem. Singularly revolting as is the i of George Albert Crossman, it exhi in a pronounced form the char ac t< tics of Ibo type of criminal wi monomania .seems tobe the hun down preying upon, and slaughtc women. Liko "Blue Beard" in fairy Kde, they many, murder marry again.and., murder till some one fortunately opens the cupboard, and the world ls rid of them in due and salutary course. Grossman's case has.setthe ?uthorl ties to moralizing on the subject. He has been married eight times, and was looking out for another victim when the end came to his loathsome career, no difficulty In B ding wives. He could have had os . any as he What is the explanation? KILLING FROST PREVENTED By Hains, OthorwiBo Damage Would llave Boon Great to Crops. . The State says the cold wave made a sudden and unexpected dip south ward over the Appalachian mountains Wednesday and Columbians and other South Garollans again hauled out their overcoats and wraps and built tires after making full preparations in apparel and otherwise for summer. There were light falls of snow at sev eral points in the upper half of the State, as far down as Newberry, and thc clouds and rain and wind alone san ed thousands of dollars crop dam ages all over the State. With clear, calm weather Tuesday night, Section Director Dauer said, there would cer tainly have been killing frosts practi cally over the entire State, which would have played havoc with the fruit crops, killing cotton and greatly retarding, corn. The ni^ht before freezing temperatures occurred iu the mountainous sections, but Wednes day's reports from the commercial peach orchards of this State aud Geor gia indicated that though the crop had been damaged to some extent there still remained enough fruit on the trees to insure practically a full crop. The reports from Georgia were particularly encouraging, and those from South Carolina poiuts were al most as good. The North Carolina fruit crop was seriously affected, not over half a crop remaining. In Vir ginia, where there was also clear, weather killing frosts occurred all over thc State, greatly aSamaging the trucking interests at Norfolk, where the frost was heaviest. The centre of the cold wave Wed nesday was in northern Michigan, Pennsylvania, -W?w' York and"" thc New longland 'States, with snow as far south as St. Louis aud with tem peratures from ? to 10 degrees below freezing, while in thc central valleys and on the eastern slope of the Rockies there were rises of from 10 to .20 degrees on account of a storm originating in the luckies. As the western storm advances tue northerly winds will change to the south and this sect ion will get a touch of spring again Thursday or Friday, SD Mr. Dauer says. Texas and Louisiana en joyed seasonable warmth Wednesday, hut the central Texas farmer:* who tried to get a jump o.i the boll weevil have . been disappointed. Their cotton was killed hy the cold wave of a lew da>s ago and they are now re planting. In the northern half of the country east ol* the Mississippi practically no farming has been done on account of the lateness of the spring, and these sections have uot suffered by yester day's cold wave. The unreasonable has not extended Into the spring wheat districts of the Missouri valley, where the crop is all in the ground, and the New York, Wisconsin and Minnesota apple orchards are unaf fected because the lateness of the spring has prevented even the buds starting yet. So the prospects for full wealth and apple crops are still gi od. _ CHECKS BEING SENT. Larcest Apportionments of the Fund (io to Upper Counties. Tin State says thc comptroller general's <tli<e force has completed the pension statistics and Saturday ti e checks were sent, to the various counties. The appropriation ls $200, 1)00 this year and this sum had to be apportioned in proportion to the de Of t he counties. l i u n this sum before it was appor tion, ol was deducted $.'!,.{00 for the expenses of the county and State pen si 'ii hoards, for the salary "of the clerk, for printing, stamps, etc. The amounts to be paid follow: Abbeville.* 3,411 97 Aiken. 0,375 GT Anderson. 10,915 o:? Hamberg/. l,59ti 13 Barnwell. li,-?io 2? Beaufort. ?84 ?ST Berkeley'.". 2,453 95 Charleston. :?, 1 i?."> l??"> Cherokee.t..-. 5,054 12 Chester. ?{,577 00 Chesfertield. 5,810 ut? Clarendon. li,ill 'il Colleton. . . ,_7;224 53 Darlington.'. . . 4,793 05) Dorchester-. 1,515 72 Edgefield. 3,040 34 Kali held. :?, 150 69 Florence.. ... :i,72? 70 Georgetown. l,ooo 15 Greenville. 10,!>57 80 Greenwood. H, 148 71 Hamilton. 4,127 77 Dorry .... 4,7(57 (il Kr ral law. :t,22:i 08 Lancaster. 5,743 09 Laurens. ?,(?24 02 Lee. 2,905 99 Lexington. 5,.'iou oo M;t rion. 5,(521 0(5 Marlboro. :t,510 20 Newberry. 3,587 80 ( iconee. 7.207 2o ( irangeburg. 4,425 42 Picketts. ."..ooo 40 Itlchland. 5,130 02 Saluda. ;t,841 25 Spartanburg. 1(5,(57? io Sumter. 3,00(5 2? I'uioii. 5,155 81 Williamsburg. 3,818 40 Vork . 7,002 21 How io Grow Plowers. In order to supply the large and in creasing demand for publications re lating to the cultivation of (lowers the I'lilted States Department of Agricul ture has had prepared and will soon issue Karn jr.s' Bulletin No. 1.95, en tilled "Animal Flowering Plants." This bulletin was prepared by L. C. Corbett, horticulturist of thc bureiu ol' plant industry of the department. The bulletin contains suggestions for tho usc of plants about dwellings ind the construction of hotbeds and cold frames. The date's for planting thc seed of each of tho varieties enume rated in thc publication, os well as the particular requirements In their cultivation, are stated In tho dlscusr sion of each species. General cultu ral directions relating to soj?dhg seed, germination, moisture, soil tempera ture and transplanting ,are also given. Tlie bulletin cuntajjjjsj plans for school gardens and is irtustratcd with tlfty tive'ext figures. Copies will be sent tree .to; any addrQ84i,.in<. the United States'o? application to a Senator, Repr?sentative or delegate In Con gress, or to the Secretary of Agricul ture, Washington, D.C. RICH AND RACY. ? _____ Former Congressman dave irenational Testimony on Morrnau Tenets. ----- ?HE SITUATIONS CONFLICTING Cause in Which Obi lotions to Church Would Clash With * Duties to tho State Confessed. With the reopening of the investi gation in tho Reed Smoot case before the senate committee on privileges and elections, at Washington Wednes day the prosecution devotod consider able time to drawing from, Brigham II. Roberts the character of the oaths which are said to be necessary for a Mormon efilclal to take in order to have the support of the church for political ofiice. Members of the com mittee showed an equal interest, in the obligations which are said to be taken by Mormons who "go through the endowment house." Along both lines much evidence was brought out which ls expected to have consider able bearing on the Utness of a Mor mon clinch official to hold a seat in congress. lt was shown by Mr. Roberts' testi mony that without the consent of the Mormon church he failed, of election to a seat in congress and later with church recognition of his candidacy he was elected. In relation to the endowment house obligation Mr. Roberts was extremely reticent. Mr. Roberts said he has three wives, one married in 1877, the second in 1880 and the third in 1890. He said he has had children by all of the wives and by the fh*st plural wife since his election to congress. Senator Overman inquired of Mr. Roberts whether his lirst wife aud his second wife bad consented to his third wife. "No slr," said Mr. Roberts. "They did not learn of the marriage for three or four years." "How was that?" asked Senator Beveridge. "Bo you mean to say that tlie marriage was not known to any one?" "It was known to some of my friends but uot to my wives," was the answer. "Why was this marriage concealed from them?" asked Chairman Bur rows. WOULDN'T EMBARRASS THEM. "Because I iid not want to nmhar rass them." "How embarrass them?" "Well, we knew the marriage was illegal and lt might bc embarrassing to them if they should for any reason be called on to testify." Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Roberts why he thought it incumbent upon his to take plural wives." "From boyhood," replied the witness, "I had been taught the rightfulness of plural marriages and 1 believed this practice to be the law of God. I knew that this practice was contrary to the mandates of congress but believed that the law of God was the highest rule and 1 felt impelled to obey it."' Chairman Burrows asked a number of pointed questions which brought out the confession from Mr. Roberts that he still believes In and is prac tic tej? polygamy. I Io ?aid M.^f ?lc >>o 1 ie ves that the Wood rug manifesto was divinely Inspired and that now in practicing polygamy he knows he is disobeying botii the laws of the land and the laws of God.-- Ile was asked why he continued to disobey the laws of God, if he believed them to be the highest laws and with a resigned air, he said: "Well, the manifesto left rac in the midst of obligations to these wives. I am trying to do the best I can to live within the laws but these obligations 1 cannot shirk." At the afternoon session Mr. Ro berts said no action had ever been taken by the church in respect to his living with moro than one wife. Question were asked respecting Mr Roberts' views regarding the manifesto of lSiio against plural marriages and living in poloygamous cohabitation and the witness said he regarded the manifesto as an administrative act of tlie church and of binding force upon all members. He admitted that to disobey any of those laws would sub ject the member to liability to church discipline. Tlie witness was asked then in regard to polygamous co habitation, and said that he and many others were lLving in polygamy at th3 time the rule was made against such cohabitation and that they con sidered themselves under moral obliga tion to live with the wives they had married. "Do you think you are morally bound to cohabit with all of your wives?" Chairman Burrows asked. "1 do." AN UNLUCKY NUMHKR. ' Dow many children have you?" "Thirteen living." "How many not living?" "Two." "When was the last one born?." "About two or two and a half years ago." Mr. Van Cott In cross examination asked in regard to the rule which per mits, officials of the church to enter into politics and the witness said he regarded it as merely a "leave of ab sence from tho church ofticial duties during incumbency of political olllce." He said he did not regard it as an en dorsement hy the Mormon church. It was brought out that in his first can vass for otlice when he had not the consent or leave of absence, he was defeated. In his second canvass he obtained the "leave of absence" and was elected. Senator Hailey asked a number of questions regarding the witness' views of his obligations as a citizen and whether there could bo a religious obligation which would justify him in denying his services to his State to discharge duties which would devolve upon him by the acceptance of a political position. Mr. Roberts said the emergency might arise whereby an official should resign bis political ofllce if thc will of his jconstituonts would not permit hlm'to perfect his duties in harmony | only- wi th. tho, church mandates. ScnaUff'J?Rey asked the witness If lt was not true that the political sup port of-:the Mormon church In Utah was sought by .political parties the same as the Irish, German or lillian vote was sought in other communi ties. "And the negro vote?" Interrupted Mr. Worthington. "I believe not," said Mr. Roberts. "There may be individuals who ?jrlm their sales that way, but not \the church." "I believe," said Senator Ba,icy, "that th&iUtst election was carrion by tho Republicans, the second by the Democrats, tho third by the lteoub Heans. The next appears to be our turn. That appears to indicate that some influence has been brought to bear on the church." Chairman Burrows asked the wit ness ?whether he ever had been through the endowment house. . "Yes, slr." "Can you tell us In regard to this ceremony?" asked Chairman Burrows. "I cannot. I do not feel a liberty to do so." "Why not?" "I consider myself in trust and not at liberty to disclose what takes place." Mr. Roberts said that the obliga tions were secret and he thought t^em not unlike the oaths of the Masonic order or other secret societies. "What would happen if you did re veal what took place within the temple"? asked the chairman. "I would lose caste and be regarded j as betraying a trust. If 1 keep faith I cannot disclose what takes place." "Then," pursued Chairman Bur rows, any person who takes the endowment house obligation is under oath not to reveal its nature?" "I think so." "And Senator Smoot could not re veal bis oath of that character?" The witness nodded his his head in acquiesence. Senator Hailey asked whether there was auything iu the ceicmony that abridged a man's freedom in any political or religious way. The witness replied be thought not. TSB SUMMER SCHOOL. Announcement by State Superinten dent o? Education Min t in. The arrangements fur a large state summer school at Winthrop college are being rapidly perfected, and a complete prospectus and announce ments will be issued from the oflioe of the state superintendant of education within the next few days.. The facul ty thus far completed is as follows: Administrative board-O. B. Mar tin, superintendant, state superinten dent of education: D. B. Johnson, presiden*, of Winthrop college; W. H. Barton, chief clerk in department of education; C. B. Eirle, stenographer. Pedagogy and library work-Prof. Patterson Wardlaw, professor of pedagogics, South Carolina college. In addition to his excellent course In pedagogy, Prof. Wardlaw will deliver a special series of lectures on library work, and a model rural school library will be maintained and operated iu connection with his lectures. History and civics-Supt. W. H. Band, Chester city schools. City and county school problems Prof. Lawton B. Evans, city superin tendent of Augusta and county super intendent of Richmond county. Geography-Supt. E. L. Hughes, Greenville city schools. English-Dr. H. N. Snyder, presi dent of WoiTord college; Dr. Jas. P. Kinard, Winthrop college, and Prof. I). W. Daniel, Clemson college. Educational Psychology-Professor Bruce R. Pane, Teachers college Co lumbia University, N. Y. Algebra and Geometry-Prof. Mar shall D. Earle, of Eurman "university. Arithmetic-Supt. S. H. Edmunds, Sumter city schools. Botany and School Gardening-Dr. Haven Metcalfe, of Clemson college. Physics-Maj. J. T. Coleman, of ?th? SouthjCjjpJij^jTlilitary academy, Charleston. Latin and ^reek-Prof. A. G. Rem bert, of WofTord college. Nature study and bird life-Prof. T. Gilbert Pearson, North Carolina Normal and Industrial college, cr reensboro. Marmal Training-Prof. F. R. Caugh of California. Expression-Miss Edith Coburn Noyes, Emerson College of Oratory, Boston. Drawing--Miss Elizabeth M. Getz, Memminger Normal school, Charles ton. Primary and Intermediate Methods - Miss Ellen Rielf, principal of Wash ington Street school, Columbia. Special primary work in applied manual training and blackboard illus tration-Miss Katherin B?sch, of Teachers college. Child study and Kindergarten work -Miss Minnie Macfeat, of Winthrop college. Sight Singing -Miss Margaret N. Thompson, teacher of sight singing in Greenville graded schools. General Lectures- -A number of prominent educators from this and other states will address the school In geueral lectures. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH. IntorcHtiiiK Figures Given in Current IHHUO of Tradesman. "A Quarter Century Development of the Mineral Resources of the South ern States" is the subject of an ela borate article presented in the current Issue of The Tradesman, and in it are given ligures which tell the eloquent story of the wonderful progress of the South. A table on the value of the mineral products of the Southern States in 1890, 100i and 1902 shows that with the exception of lead, salt, bauxite, etc., mica and corundum and manganese ores, there was an increase in the value of all other maillerais in 1902 as compared with issn. The value of some of the minerals such as coal, pig iron, petroleum, clay pro ducts, coke, zinc, phosphate tock and natural gas, show enormous gains, while the total v..lue of till minerals has increased $217,808,530, or 015 per cent, lt is also shown that there was an increase of $36,040,372 in the value of all mineral products in 1902, as compared with the previous year. A comparative statement is also given of the total value of all mineral products in each of the Sothern states in 1880, Biol and 1902. Not, a single state but shows immense gains in the value of its mineral products since 1880, while in some of them a gain is astonishingly large, Alabama, for in stance taking the lead, having increas ed the value of its products by over $f>7,ODO,000 and West Virginia by over 85(1,000,000. Virginia comes next with an increase of $20,Hill,000, followed by Tennessee with a net gain Of 818,788,000. Missouri, next in rank, has increased the value of its mineral output $17,371,000, and Kon tuky's gain is nearly $11,000,000, and that of Maryland $1), (360,000. The increase in all the other states, in the order named, is as follows: Texas, $8,919,000; Indian Territory, $4,070, 000; Georgia, $4,054,000; Arkansas, $:i,290,000; Florida, $2,777,000; South Carolina, $1,444,000, and North Caro lina, $1,019,000. Tito value of the output of minerals in Louisina, $9<?l>, 039, and of Oklahoma, $431,000; In 1902, is all gain, as this industry in each of them was undeveloped) in 1880. v I I GOES FOB TEDDY. Kitchin Takes Fall Out of Roosevelt a d Roasts Grosvenor. WHAT REPUBLICANS SWALLOW. Unpaintable Quotations from Presi dents WritinKS 13XWOB8II1K Opinion or His Present . Champions Cited. President Roosevelt was assailed bitterly In the house Friday by Claude Kitchin of North Carolina, who in cluded in his castigation Gen. Gros venor, whom he charged with having humiliated Theodore Roosevelt, the ? vice presidential "candidate whom in h recent speech tn thc house he bau glori tied as the worthy successor of McKinley, forgetting that during Mc Kinley's last campaign as a contribu tor to the New York Journal in signed articles he (Grosvenor) had referred to the president, then governor of New York, "as a brilliant, erratic and curious sort of a man." Mr. Kitchin charged that Mr. Roosevelt, as a candidate for vice president, was dis tasteful to McKinley and challenged Mr. Grosvenor to deny lt as well as the statement that Mr. Roosevelt as vice president was humiliated by the friends of McKinley, including Gen. Grosvenor himself. "And yet," he said, "you men sit here and gulp dowu everything Roosevelt says and not one of you dai?.; l?iiit n?B band in memory of McKinley." McKinley bad a right to think that Roosevelt would be dis tasteful to bim. "Contemplate," he said, "the amazing spectacle of any Republican In the United States being humiliated by Gen. Grosvenor and contemplate this same man marshall ing under his banner the lusts of Re publicans with Grcsveuor the chief bugle blower." To say that Roosevelt tilled Mc Kinley's place, he declared, was a dessecration of McKinley's name, lt^ was, he said, a case of "the aut hld taking the place of the mountain, thc owl's screech taking the pit?"- of the tomb's fytupbooies; the r"innow tak ing the place or-tb^wkule." UIS ATTACjyJN MR. DAVIS. The people of the south, he said, knew that25 years after Appomattox, Roosevelt in one of his publications had decided that until out of the dic tionary was stricken the word trea son .leffiison Davis would be an arch traitor. That, bc said, was a.strike at the whole south and the Confederate soldiers. He also referred to another publication of Mr. Roosevelt's in which he is quoted as saying that through out soutnern character there ran a streak of coarse and brutal barbarism. Ho (v<npared "the kind, loving words of McKinley," in an address to Con fuderate veterans, to "the Insulting words of Roosevelt." He said that in one or Ids books President Roosevelt "deliberately teaches and advocates lynchings for the stealing of a rag-tail Texas pony." He asked if that book did not have something to do with stimulating "the great people of the north to lawlessness." The p?ople of the south, he said, condemn lynching for all crimes, because the baud of civilization and Christianity bad been lifted against it. No man the civilized world over, be said, vwvuld condone outrages against women "ami y?t; we don t preach lynching or teach it, but knowing the weakness of human na ture mobs cannot be controlled in sparsely settled communities where we caunot get su M?lent police force on the spot at once." He believed that eve y Democrat and Republican In tile country would paus3 in shame that the president of the United States had scattered books advocating lynch law. Reading from aspeecli made by Mr. Roosevelt, governor of New York, lie declared Mr. Roosevelt bad character ized the congress of the United States as a "herd of cattle." Laughter on thc Democratic side followe I. "The humiliating spectacle," he continued, "is that since he has been president of the United States he has treated thc Republican house as a herd of cattle, and thc most humiliat ing thing about lt was that the Re publicans allowed thc president to treat them as cattle and lay riovn be fore bim in his green pastures." lie pro voked laughter when he said the presi dent looked upon congress "as his great ranch" with the Republicans as his "round-ups." Speaking deliber ately, he declared that any man who had such profound contempt for the legislative branch of the government was unlit to be its executive head and was a dangerous man. HUI OltOSVENOK'S ENJOYMENT. He closed by quoting from "Ameri can Ideals" in which Mr. Roosevelt, he alleged, bad denounced Gen. Gros venor by name "as a champion of foul government and dishonest politics." Then turning to 'Jen. Grosvenor, he added: "Read that and then read your recent speech defending the presi dent and tell the house that you feel like ."to cents." Gen. Grosvenor admitted that four years ago he opposed the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt for vice president, but said Mr. Roosevelt during the campaign had conducted himself in a dignified manner and had won the confidence and esteem of the people by his acts from the time he was [elected to preside over the senate and that lie reached the supreme heights when he declarcJ at Buffalo that he would carry out the policies of Mc Kinley. Since then the president had grown to be one of the great men of the country. Tho president, he said, was more dangerous to the IVmooratlc party than any other man ti ay. The Democrats in New York, he said, had launched a candidate for president who didn't kown where he stood, on his head or on his heels. Tnouon the. University of Chicago has lost Prof. Triggs, who annihilated Shakespeare, ls still has Dr. Albion W. Small, professor of sociology, who bas proceeded to shelve dear old .lohn Bunyan. "Pilgrim Progress," he says, "bas done the world incalculable harm. "From this distance it looks as if the fool killer is badly needed in Chicago. Mas. Mary Dionne of Chicago re cently entered suit against a young man accused of hugging lier, and she wanted damages in the sum of five thousand dollars. Thc hugs were valued at 87") a pair and the ungallant editor of the Greenville News says "from the picture of thc woman we should Imagine that the man should have been sent to thc asylum." CAPT. Wm. H. Green, assistant general manager of the Southern, died at his home in Washington on Fri day night, aged 65 years. - He was a nativo of Columbia. -^aBMBMMBBiwwrwr IM II im?.????iiMa.w Fi?, MMLIIM had ?Jone their bj?t te ?or? Jautos Wltk*s, of Ditto*. "v\ tLC SrhST on. oftht moo? terrttlo e..es of RHEUM?TISM ??* 1 word, Tbo* oil Iell?* ?Mil OM ?odor prescribo*- ? IT CURED H ELPLEOS CRIPPLE. 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Section Director Bauer's wp.ekijrrw;op bulletin was issued last ?**?ek as follows:" The mean temperature for the week ending at 8 a. m., April 18th, was about 58 degrees which is nearly G de grees below normal, due to very low teit-peratures during the first and last days, and to moderately high temper atures during the middle of the week. There were light frosts on the 12lh and Kith in the western counties that did no material injury. High, drying wiud.-s prevailed during the middle of the week, that intensified the drough ty conditions prevailing over the great er part of the State. The percentage of sunshine was about normal. The rainfall was extremely light, during that part of the week covered hy the correspondent's reports, and the surface soil became very dry in all parts of the State, and unbroken lands became hard and broke up cloddy in plowing. There was need of rain for all growing crops, and for the germi nation of recently planted seeds. Tnis droughty condition was relieved by a general rain at the close of the week, which was fairly heavy and fell so slowly that practically the whole amount was absorbed by the soil, espe cially on plowed ground. This rain will prove very beneficial. tieneral farmwurk made rapid and uninterrupted progress, . except that in the central counties the ground had become too hard and dry to plow. Planting operations were pushed where the soil was in tit condition, but cotton planting was delayed In places awaiting warmer weather and moisture, so as to assure quick ger mination. Cjrn planting is nearly finished, ex cept on bottom lands in the western counties. Early plantings are up to good stands, and have received their tirstcultivation. Later plantings are coming up to poor stands, and are be ing damaged by birds and worms, ne cessitating considerable replanting. Tlie cool weather caused corn to yel low somewhat. Cotton planting progressed slowly in tlie central and western counties owing to the dry soil and cool weather, but made fair progress in the eastern ones, where about half tlie crop has been planted and some is coming up. Sea-island cotton that ls up is in need of rain. A beginning was made in trans-, planting tobacco, but this work ls not general, and confined largely to Marl-1 boro and Marion counties. Tho plants are plentiful, though small, and will suffice for thc small acreage to be devoted to tobacco this year. Wheat is improving steadily. The weather was too cold and dry for oats, j which turned yellow In places. The condition of tue peach crop ls uncer tain, but enough fruit remains on tlie trees in most sections for a fair crop. Pear trees arc blighting badly. Ap ples are uninjured. Tlie strawberry crop has been damaged by drought. | Sweet potatoes coming up. White potatoes have good stands. Melons fairstands. Pastures are scant. Truck I shipments continue heavy, though I still confined to the southernmost coast sections. BOYS DEFEND A BRIDGE. They Were In Charge of Their Teach ers, Gray-Hoaded Ministers. An order came from General Loe for ev'ery sick and wounded man who was able to report at Staunton River Bridge, as General Cortz with 2,700 mon was advancing to burn tho bridge. I mounted my horse and started at once, says W. C. Marshall of Morgantown, W. Va., in the Rich mond Thnes-Dispatoh. When I ar rived 1 fouud Col. Farrington lu coin manu and the artillery under an offi cer who had never lired a guu and I might add that his men were in the same predicament. Col. Farrington put me in com mand of the artillery. After telling ?ach,mau what I expected him to do and how-bo- do it7 T;received an order ' froin Gol. Farrington td report airuuuo to his headquarters. I found he wished to hold a council of war. Dur ing our talk, two, and, 1 think, three old gray-headed ministers reported that they wore there with ?"heir school boys to help save the briiV . . It occurred to me at once that this was our chance, and I advised Col. Farrington to put the boys in the breastworks on the other side of the river, the river being behind them and the enemy in front of them. The Colonel agreed at once. Thc minis ters began to protest on account of the age of the boys. The Colonel asked if they did net- cojneiJto help save the bridge, and he insisted upon their holding their position^ This seemed fearfully cruel, but thu result proved to the satisfaction of tho mfu\ isters it was the right thing to do. The rest of the command was then placed in breastworks on the south side of tlie river. I then went at oncei back to thc artillery. I had sea reached it when 1 saw the come out and form in line of b?? charge the bridge, fouri number. My heart boys. 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