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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. SERVED AT LAST. Police Break Down Doors to Arrest Platt Badger Woman. APTER A SIEGE OF OVER A WEEK. Thousands in tho Sirc?la Gaze ' Upon tho Prisoner as She Emorg-crs from Hrr Elegant Mansion. Hannah E'ias, the octoroon charged by John F. Platt with having produc ed from him by blackmail methods nearly 8700,000, passed the night in the New York Mercer street police station. She was taken from her palatial residence in Central Park, west, (where the doors were knocked down with axes) and taken to police headquarters in a carriage. She was arranging ber toilet. After having given her name, age, etc., she was taken to Mercer street for the night. Efforts to serve a war rant on her in a civil suit bad kept a crowd absut ber house for a week and when the detectives attacked the doors with axes in order to serve a warrant in tbe criminal action which Platt finally bad been prevailed onto bring, there was a large audience. As the woman left the bouse, leaning heavily upon the arms of the detectives, she had to pass between solid ranks of curious persons, while street cars, carriages and automobiles were lined up in order that their passengers might view tho outcome of tbe st range siege which has been on for days. Slie expresed no concern over ber arrest. The specific charge on which the warrant was based is the alleged extortion from Mr. Platt of $7,500 In May last. The woman was Wednesday held in $50,000 for examination next Friday. Ball was not furnished, and she was committed to the Tomi s prison. When the prisoner was taken from her cell to cab in winch she was taken to the court she was met by a jerring crowd, which lilied the street around tbe police station. The woman, accompanied by two detectives, entered the carriage and the sturt for the court was made. Just as the cab started, however, a large express wagon drove directly in its path, and tho crowd closed in, many men climbing onto the wheels to peer into the vehicle. She appear ed much frightened, but it developed that the crowd was mote curious than threatening. Assisted by several patrolmen, the detective succeeded in clearing a passage, and the carriage continued to court. HISTORY OK TRAGEDY. No greater horror has ever arisen from a oase of mistaken identity than in.tbAlnstau^-Cfl-thir^jMrial t^nrfjgx, ^'^AnOTpHT1 'Greonf>M'i?'t,^.o. oT Greater New York," by the negro Cornelius Williams, who, it now develops, mistook the venerable municipal statesman for John It. j Platt, an aged millionaire glass manu Jr facturer. W The wretched scandal that enmesh ed the oltl man when the assassin's bullet had cut short bis life and silenced the only voice, seemingly, that could clear his nam , bas been an undying sensation from the time the negro told his astounding story. , . Where, a week ago, men spoke sneeringly of Mr. Green and declared their belief in Willi uns'story, noth ing is beard now but expressions of sorrow, and at last the well-earned laurel wreath is Unding its place. The crazy negro in his cell at Matteawan asylum is apparently the least interested man in New Voik in the terrible mistake he made. Ile shot some one and vented bis burning jealousy, and bc is content. -- MANY ItKVOLTlNO DETAILS. In defence to Mr. Green and lils great public work thc newspapers at tempted to squelch ihe scandal by re fusing to follow the developments. The romance of the life of Hannah Ellas, thc mulatto woman who lived In extravagant luxury in a brown stone mansion facing Central Park, ls now being un raveled In public print, and forms a revolting story, almost Incredible. Williams was jealous of the atten tion an old man was paying to this negress. Ile thought It was Andrew H. Green. John B. Platt, 84 y ears old, captain ~ "\C-f industry, prominent in exclusive Clubs, and physically a prototype of MrV Green, in his suitagainst Hannah Ellas to recover $085,000, which he gave the woman In the years he bas known ber, has Identified himself as the man Mr. Green's slayer sought. Platt and Mr. Green were of about thc same age and the physical resem blance of thc two was as remarkable as it proved fatal. WOMAN REAPED FORTUNE. Hannas Elias, the negress, rose t( wealth and luxury through ber hoir upon the senile millionaire, Platt For years she and ber gorgeous nomi have formed the mystery of cxcluslvi Central J'ark West. Platt admits that he gave her $180, 429 last year and $126 209 the previ CUB year. Other yearly gifts r?nget from $19,070 to *,H7,uoo. The rc markable contention of the mlllionain is that sne deceived him into bellcv lng that she was In love, with him and, believing this, he gave ber frcel; of his fortune. Now, be says lie considers that sh did not love him. but displayed affee Hon solely for the purpose of black malling him. PLATT PLAINED SUICIDE. In' a public statement Platt sai that ho had konwn the woman sine ?he was 16 years old. He confesse that she had told him when Mi Green was shot that she had know Mr. Green but bad seen him when h visited his nephew, who lived nea the Elias mansion. Platt said tba he had contemplated suicide whe hlB name was threatened with expt ?ure. He confessed that be had no lntct tion of clearing up thc mystery to ri move the shadow from Andrew I Green's grave. He brought the su because of the woman's alleged exce. sive demands after the minder upc threats of exposure. Andrew II. Green conceived tho ldc of consolidating Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx and adjacent ci Lits In Great er New York and succeeded In carry ing out the plan. For many years he was distinguished for his civil ser vices, and lt was from these that he gained his title. WEATHER AND CROPS. A Very General Improvement la tho Cotton Crop. Section Director Bauer Monday issued the following report of the crop conditions for the past week: Tlie week endings a. m., June 6th, had a mean temperature of 78 degrees, which is practically normal. The ex tremes were a max'mum of 08 at| Clark's Hill and Little Mountain on the 4th, and a minimum or 50 at! Greenville on the 3rd. The relative] humidity was about, normal, and much higher than last week. The winds were generally light to fresh southerly. Tire sunshine was slightly below normal. The week's rainfall averaged nearly twice the uorrnal amount, with a maximum fall of ;t 05 inches at Wal ha!'a. lt v? Q s we j ! distributed, but was insufficient in parts of Charleston, Chesterfield, Barnwell, Marion, New berry, Richland, Fairfield, Williams burg and York counties where the drought was only partially relieved. In a number of localities the rainfall was excessive and lauds were badly washed, damaging corn and cotton to a slight extent. A few places report the occurrences of damaging hail on May ,'Ust. Although farmwork was interrupt ed by the heavy rains that rendered cultivation impracticable, it is gen erally up with the needs of Held crops, but with numerous reports of grass and weeds springing up rapidly since the rains, especially in cotton fields. Such reports originate in localities where tho rainfall was heaviest and where the crops could not be worked. Generally all field crops are clean. There was a general improvement noted in tho growth and color or corn. Bottom lands and stubble fields have been planted, and the late plantings are coining up to very good stands. Karly corn bas received its third culti vation, and some has heen laid by. Stands of cotton have improved, since the rains, on red and clay lands, with late plantings and replantings all up to gcod stands. There ls a gen eral improvement in color and looks of cotton, extending to the f,ea-island variety that was sn Hering seriously from lack of moisture. The week's growth was rapid, due to the more favorable moisture and temperature conditions. Tho whole crop is now quite promising. Squares have been noted in Colleton and Hampton coun ties; lice in Greenville county. The" rains benefited both, wheat and oats; barvestj*"oiade slow wo ?fijjg?WN*3CTSB 1 ry~growing 'nicety, and June sowings have begun. Tobacco is doing well, but is small, and it con tinues too dry in places. A large number of sweet potato slips were transplanted. Truck shipments con tinue heavy, with generally poor yields of white potatoes. Peach shipments are increasing; the quality of peaches ls normal. Sugar cane has poor stands. Melons are late but have improved, as have pastures and gardens. All minor crops are nourishing. * Soap Irom a Tree. Cnited States Consul Mabinat Not tingham, England, has furnished the I Department of State with an account j of an enterprise in Algeria to mauu j facture natural soap on a large, scale i from a tree known as "sapindus .nulls." This plant, which has long heen known in Japan, China and I India, hears a fruit of about the size I of a horse chestnut, smooth and round. The color varies from a yel lowish green to brown. The inner part is of a dark color and bas an oily kernel. The tree bears fruit in its iixt'i year anl yields from 35 to 250 pounds of fruit, which can easily he harvested in the fall. By using water or alcohol the saponacous ingredient of the fruit is extracted. The cost of production is said to he small and the soap, on accountof possessing no alka line qualities, is claimed to be superi or to ordinary soap of commerce. - * Fallt) to His Death. Turning over and over in a long fall from the sixth story of the new bel mont Hotel, New York City, which is being erected in Park avenue, be ween Forty-first and Forty-second s'roet?, Charles WilMams, of No. 13;" Dyk man street, Brooklyn, struck the shoulders of Janies Davidson, anotbet workman, who was engaged just above the first door, car romed to a pile ol stones in the street, and dh d two hour: hiter at Bellevue Hospital. Davidsot had both shoulders fractured. Friend; took him to ids home, at No 30 Sont' street, Paterson, N.J. Williams, it pulling a rope to get the boom of tin derrrick into place, lost his balance > I lt was thought at li st that the com 1 j rade's should rs bad saved his life. i_ Ohl Death Avenged. W. T. Eldridge, general manage and vice, president ol'Hie Cane Itel railway, was fatally wounded by ai assassin at, Ragle Lake Texas. Thi was the third chapter in'tho famou feud that started with the killing o Captain Unovant, president of th Cane Belt railroad, two years ago h Eldridge. B.jth aremillionaries. O a previous occasion, a year and a hal ago, Eldridge was ambushed, but ci caped death through tripping in b steps. At the time of the killing c Unovant, bis sister took a solemn oat of revenge. A Hud Story. At Norfolk, Va., on Friday, E. I Jones, a t robey ear motorman, tried I lift a fallen wire out of the way of hi car. Ile dimed on a shed and loo bold of the wiro, lie fell to the groin dead, st ill holding to it. His ss if standing upon her front piazza, sa the accident and rushed out to extr cate ber husband. She too was ii stantly killed. Jones and hts wi leave six small children, t hree of who saw their parents killed. Head TM? Hoy?. The board of directors of the N Monal t tilon bink of Hock Hill meeting Friday adopted a rule wber by no one who smokes cigarettes e; Und employment in that institution. A DEMENTED FATHER Murdered Three of H ia Children, and | Then Killed Himself. FAMILY NEARLY WIPED OUT. A Idttle Buy, tho Sole Survivor Telia of rho Last Days or His Little Brother and Sister. Officers Kenny and Hennessy, of io i/.abut h, heard three sbots in the J bouse of Joseph M. Pouch, 3S'o. 139 First avenue, Roselle, when they rani the bell Tuesday evening to tlnd what was meant by a letter sent to County Physician Westcott by Pouch. The front door was locked and the otllcers forcod it in. When they reach ed the top of the stairs and pulled open the door to the front room on the second door, the b dy of Pouch fell to the door. There was a bullet wound In bis temple and he died soon. On the floor beside him lay his daughter, Minnie, live years otd} dead from a bullet wound through lier body, and beside ber Albert, her_ brother, ten years old, bleeding from"a wound in his side, but not fatally injured. The door to tho connecting back room was forced open, and the otllcers found lying on the bed, laid out In their nightclothes, with their hands eros-ed over their breast, the bodies of Grace, eighteen months old, and Lillian, aged seven. These children bad been choked to death Saturday night-, and to m:\ke their death sure poison had been poured into their throats. Pouch bad been working for the Singer Sowing Machine Company at Elizabethport as a henchman, but after the death of his wife be bad only worked but a short time. Ile grew morose and h's mind seemed ready to give way under the burden. Ile did not refer to the death of bis wife, but whenever it was mentioned be became excited and afterward would go away by himself and sit for hours without uttering a word. Pouch employed a housekeeper after the death of his wife, as the children were too young to be left at borne alone while he was at work. Several days ago she left the home of Pouch, and it is believed that he sent her away. Since that time Pouch has been in the house alone with Iiis children, and the neighbors on either side of his house, which is a two story and attic, did not see any of the children Sun day. Sunday evening Pouch was seen talking to a woman in front of his bouse. Later, when a storm came up, Mr. Packard, of Elizabeth, who knew Pouch, sought shelter at his house. J^ .rQmalned.fQL.^civjt..ba!i au hour., lie says that Pouch appoared noi-Votis and unstrung and he believes that Ratiy Grace and Lillian then were dead in the upstairs room, with their brother and sister locked In the ad joining room, forbidden to leave their beds. It is believed they were held over to be shot, when Pouch bad planned to take bis own life. The letter to County Physician Westcott was received by him Tuesday afternoon, and was mailed in the morning. It was properly addressee and simply requested that be come to thc address given as there was some thing for him to do there. The letter was signed by Pouch, who gave his address. Pouch was not seen around bis home after he went out, returning in a short while Tuesday morning. It ls probable that with he, with revolver ready and children locked In the room with film, waited for the ring at the bed which would announce the arriva1 of the County Physician as the signal for kil irg bis two remaining childi en. Albert, the eldest, has a bullet bole through his body, but the physicians at the Elizabeth General Hospital say that be has a chance to live. He was conscious when taken to the Hospital, and told what be knew of the tragedy which robbed bim of bis sisters and father. He was not asked about the death of bis mother, but probably can throw light on that If he recovers sufficiently to tell In detail of the tragic events in his home. "My sister Minnie and myself sleep in the front room with papa, and Lil lian and baby Grace sleep in the back room," be said. "The door ls open between the two rooms at night, and wc can bear the baby or Lillian when they cry or want anything. On Sat urday night papa told us to go to bed, and I don't know what time he came to bed. "On Sunday morning be got up lirst, and went into the back room. Hu shut the door and was gone quite a long time. When he came back into the front room be locked the door between thc two rooms and said that Minnie and myself must remain In bcd until bc told us we could gel up. Ile stayed in the room awhih and then went out. "He locked us in the front room am went out. We were afraid to get out of bcd after be told us to stay there Ile came In and out lots of times, but never seemed to pay any attention t< us. Minnie was hungry, and so was 1 Finally Minnie started to cry, ant papa seemed to remember us and go us something to eat. When it wai dark bc told we had better go to sleep and then be wrote a letter. He wa still in the room when I went ti sleep. "This morning thc door betwcei thc two rooms was locked anil we ha< to stay in bed until after papa liai gone out. He came back soon though, and then told us we coull o I get up and dress. He walked up am s down tiie room, looking at us all th time, and neither Minnie nor mysel said anything, because we wer afraid. We didn't hear any soun from the back room where Rab Grace and Lillian were sleeping, think he must have made them stay i bcd too. "Every time a wagon or carrlag would come by our house he wool stop walking sind listen. Wc sa down and played with some thing: He watched us all the time. "1 was almost getting sleepy and was almost dark when somebody ran the liell. Just as soon as the bell ran papa reached out and grabbed nu and then 1 heard a noise and it seemed to knock me down. I don't remember much, then." The Officers who went to the Pouch home say that Pouch, with his hand on the door knob, shot himself in the right temple, and was still leaning against the door when it was forced open. The little daughter was directly in the path ot the body as it fell. She was dead, and In a short while the father also died. The boy, dazed and bleeding, was curled up near the head of the father."-New York Ameri can. _ * THE BOLL WEEVIL ANT. Vt hat Ho Ia Expected to Do for the lexui Cotton Crop. Prof. Cook of the entomological de partment is on his way from Guate mala to Texas with a large colony of the red ant that is expected to de stroy tho boll weevil. Great hope is placed In the ant by those who have seen him at work in Guatemala, where lt is said he keeps the cotton free from the pests; but there are many skeptics, lt is hardly probable that the ants, however eflicacious they may be, can be spread over the Infested belt enough to affect mate rially the growing crop. The weather bureau at Washington, in its report on Tuesday, says: "Doll weevils are Increasing rapidly and doing consider able damage in a number of south western and south central counties of Texas." The Newberry Observer says a friend bas handed us a Texas paper of recent date which contains some account of a red ant in the Infested district that promises to do great things for the cotton crop. The ac cmnt ls given by a writer in" San An tonio. It says: "Bexar county possesses an ant that has the Gautemala weevil-eating variety beaten to a standstill, with the advantages of being right on the spot now and in need of no transplant ing. They are in the field by the millions and wag'ng a relentless war upon the weevil. This little red ant Ms routing the boll weevil in Bexar county. According to reports from the county it will not be necessary to send to Guatemala to rid Bexar coun ty fields of the cotton pest, and it may be that this county can furnish all the ants necessary to eradicate the weevil all over Texas. "Jose Cassiano, ex county collector, who has several hundred acres of cot ton In this county, is the bearer of the good tidings concerning the work of the ant. Mr. Cassiano's Heids I03.S than a month ago were live with wee vil and he looked forward to discourag ing prospects of losing the greater part of lils cotton through ravages of the insects. Today ho said that there was not a live weevil ln-hls Held. The rows are strewn with-dnad-weevii, which the busy little red ants are car rying away by thc thousands. Mr. Cassiano says a close Inspection failed to show a single live weevil on a cot ton Dlant or anywhere else In his fields. "The ants are on the plants and in the rows between in countless thous ands. They stem to have completed the slaughter of the weevil and are now engaged in carrying thc corpses away, probably to be stored away for food. Mr. Cassiano says that even the roads in the vicinity of his ranches are lined with ants marching In colums bearing the dead weevils from the Holds. The importance uf this discov ery to the cotton growers of Bexar county and probably of the whole state of Texas is inestimable. If the ants that have cleaned Mr. Cassiano's tields can be Introduced into all the cotton tields of the state, it means a gain of millions of dollars to the farmers of the state Dr, L. (). Howard, tho chief ento mologist of the department, has re ceived a rcpt rt from his experta in Texas regarding the reported discov cry in Bexar county of an ant that destroys the weevil. Thc report says that the ant mentioned is the common Texas ant and that nothing unusual has been developed bv the investiga tion Into the matter, lt; suggests that the weevils had been feeding and de positing eggs on thc plants left over from last season and that many of thc females which had died and fallen were eaten by the ants, and adds that that as the extreme dry weather had reduced thc number of plant lice on j the cotton, the ants, thus deprived of ! their natural food, merely took advan tage of thc opportunity to feed on the weevil. Sud AU"iiir Ni:ar Monroe*. The Monroe (N. C ) Journal says a most distressing thing happened near I Union ville last Friday night in thc 'death of Annie, the 12 year-old daughter id' Mr. T. J. Price, and the circumstances which brought about this result. The child was thought to have dropsy, and while sitting on the piazza in thc afternoon, fell over in convulsions, from which she never I recovered before death came at 12 I o'clock that night. When this attack t came a doctor was called, and the pa rents llrst learned that a crime, I which ls known to the law as felony, ) had been committed upon thc person . of their child, and before she died 1 another lifo had been brought into t existence. Thc child mother gave no ; I indication as to who the perpetrator , I was, and this seems now likely to for sj ever be a mystery, and if so, the State's prison will be cheated of its just deserts. The occurrence Itself is very unusual in medical history in I this climate, if not altogether une II qualcd, particularly as thc offspring ls Of ordinary size, living and doing well. 1 3 c shot Through thc Heart. At St. Louis, Don Menuel Corvora, f i a Spaniard, who (.n last Sunday week, before an audience which bad gathered in a pavilion near tho fair grounds to sec a bull light, was introduced as tho favorite matador id' the King of Spain, was shot through the heart and In stantly killed Wednesday by Carlton Bass, known as "Thc American Mata dor." Bass and live other bull liglt crs, who witnessed the shooting wee arrested. Thc shooting resulted fron a quarrel regarding thc tlasco of Sun day when the authorities stopped tie bull light, and the angry crowd buri ed the structure. Ccrvcra's body wis taken to thc morgue. CANDIDATES FIGHT. Steans. J, jo. Mobley and W. B. Evans Have an Encounter. i ? _ NEITHER MAN IS MUCH HURT. Mr. Mobley Attacks Mr. Evans, Who Di to ml a Himself. Tho Two Gentlemen Aro S?pa r?t eil by Friends. The Columbia State says after hav ing received an unsatisfactory reply to certain demands made by himself upon Mr.' W. Boyd Evans, Mr. Jno. G. Mobley ot Fairfield Thursday attacked Mr. E HU?S with a rawhide. The itralr oreated a decided sensation, for lt occurred almost lu front of the court house at a busy hour of thc morning ', and before the two men could bc parted a large crowd had col lected. '. It wa? evident that no mere politi cal disagreement caused the affair, for Mr. Mobley, though a mau of high spirit, has always been regarded as very amiable and kindly in his nature. He and Mr. Evans are candidates for the ofh'V! of railroad commissioner, ?ind were contestants for the same po sition two years ago. lt was said Wednesday that at a political meet ing at Hampton an encounter of this kind was narrowly averted. Mr. Mobley, witnesses say, struck Mr. Evans at least four blows with his horsewhip which he had purchased for the purpose. Mr. Mobley was un armed and offered tbls, be says, as the deep ;8t insult which be could to one who, he believed, had Invaded bis pri vate life- in making a political cam paign. The two clinched after the first few passionate bio vs from the rawhide, and friends rushed up. Mr. Mobley tore himself away from those who were trying to calm bim and there was another short encounter be fore Sheriff Coleman appeared and separated the belligerent parties. Each was put under a peace bond for &300 and summoned to appear in the recorder's1 court Friday morning. Mr. Mobley stated Thursday that in the last campaign stories damaging to bis charaoter were circulated. Not withstanding the fact that he hai court records and affidavits from hon orable men to show that thc attack upon himself was unjust, the same stories have been put into circulation recently. When he came to Columbia Wednesday from bis farm in Fairfield, be was told that Mr. Evans was re sponsible for the circulation of these damaging reports. He immediately determined to demand an explanation of Mr. tfvans, and failing to get a sat isfactory statement, he would apply the horsewhip. Thursday morning Mr. Mobley, ac companied by hts counslu, Mr. F. M. Mobley; waited on Law Range until Mt'. E" ^p2arc-;T?:-.'.,^\er introduc ing '." cousin to Mr. Evans, Mr. Mob Icy stated the object of his Interview. Mr. Evans denied Mr. Mobley's accu sation, whereupon Mr. Mobley, it ls said, drew bis rawhide from the paper in which lt was wrapped and struck at Mr. Evans' face. The latter, ward ing oil the blow, received the stroke on his shoulder. In an instant several blows with the whip were struck, when Mr. Evans closed in upon bis as sailant. Before, serious hurt was received by either party friereis Interfered and pushed them 15 or '20 fee.t apart. Upon both demanding tn be released ant" freeing themselves, they rushed to gethcr and several blows were passet before the sherill arrived. The sherill immediately telephoned for Magistrate Moorman and as soot as the papers could be executed Mr Evans and Mr. Mobley were put undei peace bonds. Mr. Mobley stated thai as far as be was concerned bc wai satlstied and that be would not olfe any further personal violence to Mr Evans. Later both were summoner to appear before the recorder's cour Friday morning on the charge o '"disordt rly conduct". 1 : is probable tuat a ? ill account of the whole allai: aud circumstances lea ling up ti Thursday's denouncement may bi brought out. Mr. Evans, when askei by a reporter if be desired to mal? a statement of the affair., said be wai reluctant at this time to go into tin whole matter and only cued for tb? present to make the following state ment. "1 have been summoned to appen before thc recorder tom ir row morn lng, being charged with dlsorderl; c induct, and I presumo that Mr Mobley ls also to be tried. At th trial I will testify, and dj not thin] lt prop jr for me to make a statemen prior to that time." Mr. Mobley was also asked for an; statement that he voluntarily cared t make piddle. His position as charac erlzed by himself is as follows: "Having been Informed by a gentle man of high standing that Mr. Evan was using unfair metho:ls to dam?g my character 1 gave bim an oppoi bonify to deny or confirm this, whicl bc evaded in an insulting manner, then applied a horsewhip to him. "1 was totally unarmed, not bav ing even a pocket knife on my persoi at the time of the encounter. A much as I regret having to do this have no excuse to oller for bavin thus protected my honor, which bold dearer than my life." The State says the affair betwee Mr. Jno. G. Mobley and Mr. W. hoy Evans was not aired in the recorder' court Friday. It had been expecte from the statement? of the two part ie concerning that interesting matte would be presented. Mr. Moble pleaded guilty to the charge of dis orderly c nduct and the case agains Mr. W. H ?yd Evans W;LS dismissed a the charges could not be proved. Tbl result appeared sat isfactory to all pai ties concerned. Han Burglar on. Sister Theodora, of St. Vincent Catholic school, four miles from She by ville, Ind., early Wednesday hear some one prowling through the biiih lng. She instituted a search ar. suddenly met a negro face to face 1 the ball. He Hour.shed a revolve which she grabbed and tue two fell I tho struggle. Tho burglar escapee' but later was captured at Waltho and ls lu tail there. Ile had on bim revolver, piecesof candle and burglar' tools. Sister Theodora was not lc jurcd. RURAL CARRIER'S SALARIES. Wages to Be Based on Number of j Miles Traveled. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gener al Bristow Wednesday announced that he salaries of the rural free delivery mall carriers will be adjusted on the basis of the number of miles traveled. Further than tbis, Mr. Bristow would not discuss thc adjustment, which is now being made in the classification of the carriers. Tbe postmasters throughout tho country will be notifi ed to the adjustments in the their re spect?e oillces. The following state tr. nt regarding tho outside business privileges of the rural carrier was is sued ;.t the postofllce department Wed ne>day, aud the order will bo promul gated at once by the postmaster gen eral. 1 Under the law rural carriers are not permitted to solicit business or receive orders of any kind from any person, firm, or corporation, and cannot, dur ing the hours of their employment, carry any merchandise for hire except that they may carry merchandise for hire for and at the request of patrons residing cn their respective routes, provided 1 be same shall not Interfere with the proper discbarge of their ofHelal du ics, and under such regula tions as thc postmaster general may prescribe. "Under this provision of law nc mallabie matter may be bandied by rural rarrlera while serving their rout es, ur'ess the proper postage has been prepaid, with the single exception ol couuty newspapers, which, under tbe law, are permitted to be carried free throughout tbe county In which they arc published, to actual subscribers, and such newspapers, residents on rural routes, must be deposited at the post oillce, the same as papers for . ..her subscribers. 'Thc hire for merchandise carried on request of the patro.i of rural free delivery must be permitted to receive :inv cos3nensat'ioc from the seller of such merchandise. "Articles or packages which are mallabie, which are handed to the carrier or deposited In the ptstofllceor In a rural letter box or in a collection box located on a rural route, with re quest that the rural carrier deliver same, are subject to the rules regulat ing mail matter, including the pay ment of pi stage thereon. "Anieles or packages that are not mallabie, which the patrons desire the rural carrier to carry, must be deliver ed to the carrier in person, and in car rying merchrndise for hire rural car riers are not permitted to leave their routes as oflioially laid out or to accept anything that will in any way delay thc delivery of the mail or In any way interfere with the efficiency of the ser vice." Flood Victims Appeal Tor Aid. A strong appeal foi advisory assist ance for the people In tbe Hood strick en country In the wes j reached Washington Friday in a telegram to the department of agriculture from Repr?sent?t! ve Carle J C. Reid of A kansas. Ile wired as follows: '"Almost the entire Arkansas river bottoms inundated. Probably all the cotton crop destroyed. It h extremely late to replant. Can you suggest tbe j kind of cotton seed that mcture early in the fall and where lt may be ob tained, lt is contended t.iat cotton - planted now will not mature. Please 1 furnish as carly as possible any Infor mation or suggestions that you may I have of value to us. The lo.;s to this i country is the bl^gtst ever known. . Many families are destitute." r Acting Secretary of Agriculture b Brigham immediately conferied with < bis a sista.its and later Col. Brigham r telegraphed in reply that be regretted . that the department could not furnish 1 tin seeds, and said: "if the local t seed planted immediatlely by the loth f thi re is possibility of getting a crop i bul the cb tuces are against it. lt is r diillcult to procure seed from here In . ti nie to m;.kc a crop." 1 Jumped Overboard. ; At New York George Billups of ' Norfolk, Ya., a cabin passenger on L" the Old Dominion linc steamer Prln 5 cess Anne, from Newport News tei ? Norfolk, jumped overboard Friday while the vessel was steaming up the r lower bay >ff the Bonier shoal. The - ship was stopped and a lifeboat V launched. Within 20 minutes of the . time Billups jumped through the port e bolo the bi at was alongside thc Steam k j cr and tho man taken on board lu a t dying condition. livery effort was made to restore life, but without Y av-iil. A dispatch from Norfolk B?v? 0 \ ? ^ ^.^ n " t B 1 c jaat I represent some o ii JRANCE Companiei 1 ts to Terms and Rates. I i JNO. S. MOOEK,, I mile this side of Hopkins Friday K From a letter found In a pocket li 1 was learned that the deceased is E. E. Hay who bas been an employe of thc h Bichland mills. Coroner Green, Dep (I ,ity Sheriff Cathcart and Dr. S. F s Fishburne went out to Hopkins tc d make any investigation that circum s stances might warrant. Tho bod] T was brought to Columbia Friday nighi y and put in a morgue. The pbyslciai '. will examine tbe body to ascertain tin * probable cause of death, lt is bcliev -s ed that young Hay was riding on i ls freight and fell olT sustaining murta injuries. His body was found aboul four feet from the railroad track. Killed hy a Cave-in. At Atlanta, Ga., one man dead, tw< probably dying'and two more In a pre. carious condition was the result of ? cave-in late Thursday afternoon o Mitchell street, near the centre of tin city, where excavations were made foi the New business block. All thc mei were negroes. Eight men were engag ed at the work when tons of eartl with little warning slipped down oi them from one side of the excavation The escape of thc live was stopped b; a wagon which was being loaded wltl dirt. THE COTTON STALK WEEVIL. Director Bauer Hays the Matter Ia ^ Much Overdrawn. . The' "cotton stalk weevil," a new Insect which has made Its appearance In Georgia and is almost as'dangerous j as the boll weevil, according to the Augusta Chronicle, does not exist In . this State, so far aa Section Dlrcotor Bauer ls informed and believes. Mr. Bauer Was shown this clipping from thc Augusta paper Friday: "A new insect, known as the cotton stalk weevil, has made Its appearance in Georgia and ls raising havoc with ( the young cotton In Terrell county. State Eutomologist Wlllmon Newell ' has just returned from Dawson, where , he made a thorough examination of ' the weevil and Its work, and he ls now arranging for a treatment of the cotton plants which have been at tacked by the Insect and for a remedy that will complotoly destroy it. "The Insect attacks the stem or the stalk of the cotton and nearly every plant attacked dies very shortly after wards. Thc farmers In Terrell coun ty are very much alarmed over the appearance of the new kind of bug. Eutomologist Newell states that he bas never seen or heard of such an In sect before. "The bug ls almost as dangerous as the boll weevil, as it destroys thc stalks of the cotton before the boll weevil appears. If the insect should scatter over the State as fast as it is scattering In Terrell county lt will be a serious thing for the farmers to con tend with this yeat, and the cotton cot ton crop tn Georgia will be materially shortened. "Entomologist Newell says be will exert every effort to destroy the In sect before it makes a spread of tbe otate. ?le ch>es not think that the boil weevil has as yet made its appearance in Georgia, but he regards the new In- ' sect which has appeared and which at- ; tacks young cotton stalks as a very j dangerous factor and be is anxious to get rid of it as soon as possible." Mr. Bauer thought after reading MIR 1 clipping that about the only tbiug ' that could be calmly reported as hav ing been discovered was an excited im agination of another Georgia news- j paper reporter, lie was of the opinion that the Georgia State entomologist's ' estimate of the importance of the sub- 1 ject bad been very materially changed 1 and colored almost beyond identifica tion after percolating through the brain af the newspaperman. "Never heard of such an Insect," Mr. Bauer said. "There is none such in this State, so far as I have been in formed; and I don't believe it exists in Georgia. "It will propably end like my 'new' hickory nut insect ended this week. A correspondent in Charleston reported the appearance-there of a new Insect which he thought would eventually put the hickory nut out of business. 1 wrote him to hold his ?base while he sent me ap some specimens of these terrible pests. 1 forwarded them to Clemson and have just received a for mal report from that institution to the effect that our new insect was a very old and very common Insect Indeed and to dismiss any harassing fear I or my correspondent might have regarding the futuro of the hickory nut crop." ' Wrecked Newspaper Olllce. At Victor, Col., eight unknown men armed with pistols, rilics, shot guns and sledge hammers eutered the otlice of the Victor Record Wednes- 1 day night, ordered the men to throw 1 up their bands, broke the machinery and then told the men to get out of the district as fast as they could. There is no clue to the identity of the men. George Kyner, proprietor of the paper, was at lunch, and Foreman Waker Sweet was in charge of thc men. The workmen obeyed quickly. Thc unknown men then wrecked two linotype machines, several joh pressses and ill the equipment of the otlice and smashed the telephone and a typewri ter. When their work of juin was completed they marched Thc Record employes out on the sidewalk and told them to get out of town. The Re cord has been known as the organ of the Western Federation of Miners in this section._ Mob Threatens McDonald. At Indianapolis, Ind., James Mc Donald, who was acquitted of the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, a young | [ school teacher of Bedford, after a jury trial which las'.s two weeks, bas been I twice sought by a mob in the last two days. Except for the precaution that be bad taken nob to remain at home at night he might have been banged. McDonald applied to the authorities for protection, and Thursday night a ! guard was placed at. the house. Early '.'riday morning a mob appeared for be second thno, but when the police resented themselves the would-be vengers of Miss Schafer tied. There s a belief t hat t'.;c re.il murderer of he young woman, who is said to be i well known eitzen, is back of the lemons'ration, and wishes to force vic Donald to leave the town. Moppy Household. When the toils and cares of the day : Arc over, and the children are at home . from school, then comes the most de li llgbtful hour to the family circle. The , outside world is dismissed j i.nd father ; and mother and children are together . In sweet communion and unshaken , trust. There is no vacant chair. There ) is not a face missing. Death has never . visited this home. The hour of re I tiring comes, and blessed with father's t. Instructions and mother's prayers, the j little group retire for the night. May j it not be that angels hover over such . a home during tbe silent watches. All i homes where tbe family circle ls un 1 broken can be just such a homo as this b with a slight effort on thc part of each member nf tbe household. Accedes to HmulU. J The Sultan of Morocco bas acceded - to all demands of llalsuli, the captor i of Pedtcarls and Varley. Otllclal ln t formation to this effect waa received ? by the navy department Thursday r morning from Admiral Coadwlck. i His dispatch reads: "The minister - of foreign affairs bas instructions ac l cording to all the demands of Ralsull." i This means that Ralsull, if he fullllls . bi? promises will release two of tho >? prisoners as soon as a ransom ls paid i which lt ls believed will be about fifty thousand dollars. A PITCHED BATTLE in Which a Number of Union Mkoro Are Silled V? THE TOWN OF DUNVILLE, COL. JulU iei B Soourlnic the Mountain?, and tho Miners Firing Upon Them. Intense Excitement in Mining Ki ?lon. A pitched battle between the mlll Lary and unioo miners was fought at Dunn vii lt', the new minim/ carno. 13 miles out of Victor, Colorado, sh?rtiy if ter 3 o'clock p. m. Wednesday. John Carley, a union miner, was killed and Uve others. The troops returned to Victor at 8 o'clock Wednesday night bringing with them 14 captives. Before the special train left Vlotor bearing the force under Gen. Bell it was reported that the miners in the hills about Dun o ville numbered about 250 men, and that it was their inten tion to march into Victor Wednesday night in a body and attempt to libe rate by force the inmates of the tem porary "bullpen" n Victor. That the force actually consisted of but 21 men is the Statement? of one of the 14 who were captured by the militia. The train proceeded in the after noon to the immediate vicinity of Duunville without unusual Incident. When about a quarter, of a mile dis tant from the Dunn ville temporary station the o (Hoers could see the camp of the miners. It included one cabin and six or seven tents. The officers left the train at the command of Gen. Bell and prepared to advance upon the camp of the unionists In regular skirmish order. As they emerged from the cut in which the train had come to a stop they were greeted with a. volley of shots which came from points of vantage surrounding the hills. The deputies returned the fire and promiscuous shooting was indulged in ror a period of ten minutes. From the character of the shooting from the hills Gen. Bell immediately recog nized the fact that the strength of the miners bad been greatly overesti mated and that be had sutlicient foroe under his command to make an im mediate roundup and capture the en tire opposing force. The captured miners include John James, charged with shooting John Davis in the riot at Victor. Among the dead was John Carley, a union miner of Cripple Creek. Great excite ment prevailed in this etty upon the receipt of tbe news of the battle. The deputies secured tbe arms and ammunition of parts of the miners. As the special train bearing the deputies drew up at Duunville the union miners, entrenched in the neigh borhood, opened fire. Gen. Bell got his men out and stormed the entrench ment, capturing 15, the arms and am munition being captured. In the tierce fight which followed six union miners were killed. The miners occupy well entrenched positions in the hills and are shooting down at the soldiers and guards at every opportunity. Tbe surrounding country ls favorable to the miners, and it seems that Gen. Bell will have to take every defense separately. Town at Auetion. Unless the courts Intervene, the entire town of Carlisle, Arkansas, and about 3,500 acres of laud surrounding the town are to be sold at public auc tion on an order granted by the pro bate court of Lonoke county to tue heirs of the orignal owner. The order was secured by the guardian of three minor heirs of a Frenchman, named Comio, who yean ago owned all the land on which the town of Carlisle now stands, as well as much of the surrounding country. The original owner sold much of the land years ago, but in 1870, presumably to make ti tie clear, he secured a patent from the state for the whole tract. He failed, lt is said, to make new deeds, for the land which be bad bold, and as a result the heirs now claim the prop erty. Three of tbe grandchildren of thc original owner, who reside in Lou isiana, claim an undivided sixteenth of the property, and through their guardian secured an order for the sale of the whole tract. Boy Heroes. At Great Barrington, Mas?., the wrecking of the Pittslield-New York express with the almost certainty of a great los i of life, was barely averted Wednesday by the presence of mind of Bay mond Perbizet and Step hen McCuo, two thirteen-year-old boys. An unusually severe rain storm had undermined the tracks of the Now York, New Haven and Hartford railroad on the outskirts of the town I and carried away 25 feet of the road bid. The dangerous spot was dis covered by the youths shortly before the express was due at this statiion. The bojs ran to tboir homes near-by and procuring a red sweater returned to the track and Hagged the train. The eugine was brought to a stand still within a few yards of tho wash out. Tho train was well tilled willi passengers who rewarded tho boys by making upa purse for them. Tho Deadly Lightning. The Columbia State says Jane and Rena Fair, wife and 3-year-old daugh ter, respectively, of Myers Fair, a Taylor street negro resturantour who bas accumulated much property, were instantly killed Tuesday afternoon near the "tin bridge" by a bolt of lightning which descended the trunk of a tree under which the woman was at work washing clothes. Tho mother and child were together, but they wero thrown in opposite directions from thc base of the tree. * Cruel to Mis Boast. A dispatch from Eistovcr to The State says the Star Hand of Mercy, the local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, succcded In having a negro, Paul Grant, convicted of cruelly beating an ox. Ile was sentenced to pay a line of $1? or work on the chalngang for 30 days. Tho society has the law on its side and Mr. Trumble, tbe prsl dent of the bank, expects to prosecute vigorously every case of cruelty to animals reported to him.