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WAS IN THE WAY. Crime Caused by Kate for a Helpless Little Girl. IN NEW YORK SLUMS. Mao Admits that He Struck the Little Child and lt Died. Horrified Mother Washes the Little Corpse and (iocs Out to Hide lt. Pooplelllvlng In this section of tho county havo little or no oonoeption of tho wickedness of a big city Uko New York. If you want to ger. a gil nape of slum lifo in that oity read tire fol lowing from the Now York Ameri can: While all the olly was holiday mak ing Monday the police, working over the mystory of a baby's dead body found in ibo hallway of tho tenement at No. 404 Eleventh avenue, brought gradually to llgbt a tragedy of or! ms blacker, more fiendishly cruel and more hopelessly sordid tuan had de faced their reoor.l for years. Gustave Dlnser and Agnes Renoude lived Lt No. 431 West Forty-tlfth street. The woman had a two year old child. The mun hated and abused it. lt was in tho way, In tho end ho slew it with all the ferocity of a wolfe Then tho body waa hurried away un der oover of night and hidden In a tenement hallway niue blocks dis tant. Win nit was fcund and identified tlio police caught tho pair and the woman bn KC down. Her story was most shocking. Th? man also con fessed. It was 3 o'clock i Tuesday morning, one of the fow hours ol' quiet between midnight and dawn in a great i\ly favortb e to thc coverlr g up of dark deeds, when a mother, lier heart torn with anguish over thc slaying of her llrst born, and with Ihi pitiful dying moans of the fair haired wiri still sounding in ber errs, worked feverish ly at her task of washing tho baby's body by the light of a caudle. All others in the tenement building were asleep except this man and wo man in tho top story back Mab of No. 431 West Forty-liftb Street. In the adjoining room, where the man sat re Hooting in tho gloom of the night and his own deed--a crime against his maker, man and nature in taking, by brute strength, the young life that he could not restore-three little ones of his own ttssh and blood wore sleeping litfully. Tliey had been awakened by the agoni'/.jd cries o? their little playmate the child of their foster mother whom their father detesto I and who ai he was boating to death. With tho polg nant fear of Childhood they smotherc . their sobs in their pillows and waited until sleep blotted out their terror. "What are y ni doing? What's koepiug you?" asked the mau in a petulant tone. Ho had told the wo mau simply that they would have to get rid of the body of the child, thus making her In the helplessness of her grief and lu the toiror of death a partner In his crime, The little white underwaist had been buttoned, shoes and stockings hurriedly drawn on, and tho motlier could go no further. Sickening grief was again gaining tho mastery over her when tho mau called again anci came into the room. His mood was still sullen aud he ordered the womsu to put on her hat and coat. Mechanically she obeyed. Then ho wrapped the little girl's body up in a news paper, thrust the bundle into tho woman's arms, and b.u!e her be tpilet and follow him. Down the dark stairs they crept softly, starting when a board creaked beneath their weight. Tney dually stood in thc darkness and silence Of the street landing. The outside dcor was closed. The mau opened it i.of:ly and the night air rushed In and sooth ingly touched tho woman's brow. She stood in the shadow as Hie man looked outside. Street lamps were burning, but there was no e ne In Bight. "Como," he said, and she obediently followed. Down Forty iiflh .street in the di rection of the river they stole, and the woman thought she deviled the man's purpose. "Not that, not that," hbo whispcr ed, clutching his arm, and wi en they readied Eleventh a vi nue he respond ed to the touch on bis aim and turned south. Several persons passed, but Dlnser was walking rapidly, and the woman gained ccu rage norn bim and paid no attention to the passers by. She had gained the courage of tho criminal who seeks to hide lils crime and her mind turned to tl.o Mime diann; 1. Down Eleventh av? nun tl ie pair stole, keeping olese to Ibo shadows. Past Forty-till rd street, then ; cross Forty-second street, where tho lights burned brightly ano the hum of tuc trolley cars fem?te their ears, on, hur rying, moving slov ly and cautiously, stopping and on again they went Un* til Tnirty elglli street was passed. Then they paused, Thc street was dark and deserted tbeiu. A door stood partially open. "In there," Hie man said. And while ho stood outside thc woman en tered thc dark ballway and, with a whispered good bye, ? niggered out to where the man waited. A mau and sobbing woman whoso arm he lirmly clutched n ade their way back over tito same route, back into tho tenement building where many slept uncoil!ch us of the grim tragedy that was going on about them and baok up tho dark and creaking stairs to,the rooms bhey oalled home, whero tho man's cblldn n still sh pl. The man swui g the door to behind him, locked lt, Ht the candle again and looked Into tho eyes of tho wo man. She understood. She had mado a saorllicc and must bear the burdon of lier grief in ..llonco. Then the man went to sl< < p In a chair, and the woman in tho room:, where every object was a reminder of tho killing of her'chiU, paced the Moor or threw herself upon thc bed and sobbed In tho con H loth g emotl ?I that racked her soul, that played upon and tortured every string in the In comprehensible chord of a woman's' nature. When daylight carno and with lt tho stir of Hie, many began <o talk of their neighbor's doings. They little dreamed that their gossip would HO soon turn upon these whoso name? they mentioned the vengoanco of tho law and boforo nightfall put one, if m not both, In the shadow-of the elec tric chair. lb waa known throughout the houso that Gustave Dinser had no particu lar lovo for little Gertie, the child of Agnes Ronoude. Tho baby was a i .ou i ct; of annoyance to bim. Ile cruelly punished his own ohlldren, three little girls-Barbara, eight years old; Florence, twelve years old, and Madeline, nine years old-and the Children's Society orten promised to interfere It was to remove a cause for this intorferenoe after the death of his wife, something moro than a year ago that Dinser, a master plumber and a man of more than ordinary Intelli gence, brou ii ht to his home tho pretty young woman, Agnen Renoude. Dinser declared that the woman de ceived him when Hbo brought her little child to live in the poor quarters ho provided. She had not told him that silo had a ohlid dependent upon her for support. He wanted no other child than his own and he hated Gor tie Renoude. There had been some loud talk in tho Dinser homo that tho neighbors overheard on Sunday night, and after midnight the neighbors heard thc cries of the little girl, heart rending orles of pain, and tho sound of the blows upon her little body. "Stop, stop, for heaven's sake stop!" carno tho voleo of the child's mother. "Don't beat lier any more, and to morrow I'll get rid of her. I'll scud her away." Several cf the neighbors, who had come to their doors, started for the Dinser rooms, but Just at this time the orles of tho child gave way to deep moans, and it was bolievod that tho beating was over, the child was moaning In grief and pain, aud not badly hurt, and tho neighbors did not interfere. The moans continued for some time, and then they oeased, and by this time the other tenants were in bod and asleep. NOTIOKD THAT CHILL) WAS MISSING). Tuesday morning, while they were discussing tho beating, Dinner's three little girls came down stairs. The man and woman did not appear. It was noticod by the ne'ghhors that little Gertie did not acccmpiny the children. "Where ls Gertie?" they were asked. "Oh, her grandfather carno and took her away," Raid the eldest girl. She had boon told this thing by her father and the children believed him. The neighbors thought lt was a good thing that the child was taken out ol Dinser's hands. They had heard him only a few hours beforo threaten lc throw her out of the winnow, and feared that he might carry out the throat, But the crime that they were Ignorant of was quickly develop ing only a few blocks distant. Shortly alter daylight Junes Corri gan, the son-in-law of the jnultress at No. -U51 Eleventh avenue, had disoov ered the body of tho murdered child In the hallway of the house. Tho police of tho West Thirty seventh street station was notified and detec tives were q.ilckly on the teme. Coroner Schoier also responded and ^ave permission for removal of thc body to the morgue fer an autopsy to determine whether murdor had been committed. There was no m.r.rks of indent 1 fica tlon on the few articles of olothlng worn by the child. No one lu the neighborhood recognized lt. Thc tal low marks suggested somo orlme of an unusual nature and the mystery promised to prove a balding one. Tho story of the finding of the body of the murdered child began to spread and reached the ears of the neighbors of Dinser and Mrs. Ronoude, and stirred tin ni with suspicion. lt was then about 3 o'clock In the afternoon, and arriving at a quick decision, Mrs. John Graham, who uc cupled the front flat next to Dinser's and had heard the cries and moans of thc little girl; Miss Annie Da/.st, who lives on thc door below, and Mrs. Amelia Twaller, another neighbor, went to the station house and told Sergeant Nash that they were susplcl GUS about thc disappearance of little Gertio Hyland and thought that lt. might ba her budy which was found in the ballway of the tenement. Sergeant Nash questioned them and immediately dispatched them to thc M.rgue with two O? his men, after consulting Caita n Ward. Then De tectives Hucknuge and Prico were sent to Dinser's flat and brought him, Mrs. Ronoude and the three Dinser children to tho stat .on house. Tho I children were questioned and knew only what their father had told them about little Gertie's disappearance in the night. The man and woman wero taken into the captain's oillee and tho chil dren sont to the Gerry Society. At the morgue thc neighoors quickly Identified the murdered child as Ger tie Hyland, and returned to the sta Hon house and made their statements to tho oilleers about the occurreeccs of the early morning in Dinser's rooms and the threats they had neard. Dinser, a man of Lhlrty-soveu, with daik hair and a slight dark mustache, not large but of well knit frame and great strength, appeared perfectly cool under the examination of tbe officers. Mrs. Renoude, as she calls herself, ls rather small, of good figuro a pretty faco that tolls of her French blood, gray eyes, with dark lashes and dark, wavy hair. She was dressed carelessly In a gray accordion pleated skirt of light material, white waist, gray chocked jacket and a Jaunty straw turban cau^t up at ono side with a bunch of cherries. Sho was plainly nervous, hut seem ed to eatch he courage from Dinser, who kept her almost constantly under his eyes. They were questioned to gi thor, and told a story about sending Gertrude away by a man who had call od for her. Then DlnS?r was taken from the room and put in a cell. Ha was cool and alder! the Olli oe rs In a search of his clothing. But In tho Captain's of lice Mrs. Renoude had broken down as ROon as Dinser was out of her sight ar d was sobing, with tears streaming from ber oyoHShe told the story of the brutal murder of her little child, at tOtnptJng to shield Its father, and of how she had aidai in taking the body cut of the house and hiding it in thc doorway, The skirt that she wore was blotched with blood stains, lt was the same one sho had .vorn when she wash ed the child's hedy. Dinner was brought hack and quos tioncd alone and admitted that ho had beaten thc child, but said that ho did not know of Its death until ho had come back to his rooms later, and tried to shift part of the blame for tho ?rimo on the child's mother. DOUt>le Killing. A special from Evergreen says that J. n. Thompson shot and killed his wife and mortally wounded her aged father, J. B. Ooopor. Thompson has been arrested. HELD TO BK VALID. radge Townsend Sustains tho Validi ty ot the Brios law. In Appeal II*? Deon Taken to tfio Btato Suprcm Court \>y tne Ulspenaary People. Tho prohibitionists have won their Ight in Union County. On Tuesday >f last week Judge Townsend announo ul his decisi?n. Ile says : "After careful consideration and 'nil argument, I have reached the con fusion and so adjudge tho aot of 1004, )y authority of which the said elec tion was held, as constitutional and oas nono of tho vloes charged against t herein, and that the petition npon ?vlileh tho election was ordered con tained the required number of quail led electors and that tho said election ie ld hereunder, which said election was author!z d by the said aot of 1004, nm fairly and legally conducted by !he machinery provided by law, and it ?at it r?sult?e! in a deolded majority for 'no dispensary'.\ In closing he said; "Therestraining prdcr heroin by mo granted August 22, 1005, has expired at this hearing, and s hereby declared no longer operativo. Thorefore, let tho dispensaries in tho ?aid county bo closed." Tho papers will at once be served upon the parties named as defendants. Boyd Evans ls reported as saying after Lho hearing last Monday that If the leoislon was adverse to his interests ho }ertaluly would carry thc case to tho tup?eme court. TUB OBDBK IN FUI/L. Judge Townsend's order lu full is as ol lows: "This action was originally com nenced by O Harnett vs. G. C. May, ?. G. Il o wei and J. It. Askew, as sounty dispensers, acd aleo against ,he county board of control as named u complaint of cases abovo written lor the purpose of restr&lnlug the eaid lefeudauts from dosing the Union sounty dispensaries and for tlie fur iher purpose of declaring tire election reid on the 15th of August, 1005, for dispensary' or 'r.o dispensary' uncon ventional, illegal and void. "On tlie 22-nd of August, 1005, I ssucd a rule against said defendants, requiring them to show cause bef?te ne on the 4th day of September, 15)05, rvhy they should not be perpetually mjoined from closing said dispensaries vs a result of the said election held en out 16th day of August, 1906, in the meantime restraining said defendants from so doing. Defendants T. J. Bet eubaugh, IO. C. Houze and Joseph Sanders presented a petition to me asking that an order be granted to make them parties defendants to said action with leave co make return to said rule and to defend said action. Permission was granted by order dat ed 32th day of August, 1000, at the hearing which was heard on the 4th of September, 10C5. The original de fendants as above sot out made returns and j lined in the prayer of tho com plaint. The defendants, T. J. lleten haugh, IO. C. I low zo and Joseph San ?ors mado returns denying some ol the allegations of tho complaint and asked that tlie complaint be dismissed and that the law relating to tile dos lng of di&penarles bo enforced in ac cord ance with the recuit of thc elec tion bold thc 15Mi day of August, 1005. "After careful consideration an? full argument, I have reached the conclusion and so adjudge the act ot 1004, by authority of which the said election was held, as constitutional and has none of the vices charged against it herein and that the petition upon which the olootlon was ordered contained the required number of qua! Hied electors and that thc said election held hereunder, willoh said election was authorized by the said act of 11)04, was legally and fairly couduoted bv the machinery provided by law, and that lt resulted tn a decided majority for 'no dispensary' which result bah been duly declared. "It ls theroforc thc duty of the said defendants to at once close the dis pensaries of Union county aforesaid, as required by said act of thc legisla ture, and this application for an in junction to restrain and prevent them from complying with mandatory re quirements of law must be and ls de rived. "The restraining order herein by no granted August 22, 1006, has ex pi rod at this hearing, and ls hereby icelarcd no longer operative. There fore, let the dispensaries in said coun ty bo closed. "D. A. TOWNSKND, "(ii i cu lb Judge. "September 6, 1905." Dashed to Doath. During the performance of "Fight og the Flames" at the Pittsburg Bx position, Miss Janotto Lawrence, iwenty-tlve years old, a vaudeville performer, was dashed to her death 'rom a window, thirty feet above the itftgo. The accident wa? witnessed iy about two hundred spectators srowded In a little theatre, but no ian lc ensued. The scene In which irllas Lawrence met her death ls where nen are rescuing the inmates of a iupposedly buming building. The vomen ave taken from the windows ind oarricd to the ground. Miss jawrence is said to have jolted John I crean, the man off coting the rescue, tauslng her to slip from between his cet which were wrapped about her jody, while ho was clinging to tho lie rope with lier. Ilercan was sav id from death only by tho prompt lotion of other men. An Awl ul Mint. Katherine Sullivan, daughter of voalthy parents residents of Toledo, )., was found burned to death carly Wednesday morning. From the con llliun of the room lt ls supposed that di was thrown upon her while sho lept, and that the Bend who had cans d to get her out of his way, set tire i0 the bed clothes and ll sd. Tuc girl vas at one time a society belle. She ook up a life that oausod her family 0 cast her olf. Tlie man supposed to lave been tho causo of her downfall, .ucl, also, of Bobbing ure to her hod 'othes, has been arrested and hold to .walt the action of tho coroner's jury. om Oollego Holli. A dispatch from Columbia says ata irivate salo the buildings and ground f the old Columbia Female College vcic sold to Mr. F. II. Hyatt for .'10.000. This is a valuable piece of iroperty. Mr. Hyatt stated Thurs lay that while he bad several plans n view for tho future disposition of ds purchase, bo had not fully dccld d as to what ho would do with lt. )ne of thc things ho is considering ls he conversion of the property Into a rst ciasH modern sanitarium, another 1 to rn:.ki there a modern apartment ouse. TOOK POISON _ y After a Merry Dinner Party Five Days After Wedding. DIES BY OWN HAND When Confronted by Her Alleged Hus band. Who Came With Writs In a Suit for Ten Thousand Dollars. Declares He Married the Qlrl Six Years Ago. A remarkable ?tory of tho double life of a beautiful young Now York woman waa revealed recently in Johns town, N. Y., whore a party of friends gathered in the Cavadutta I lot ol to give a dinner in honor of Mrs. George Liohenstern, tho livo-day bride of the mauagcr of tho Worthoimor Glove Works. While the group of friends were gotting ready for the dinner a strange mau walked up to tho young woman and handed lier a paper. Without a word to any one, she walked to her room and swallowed tho contents of a poison vial, dying within a few moments. The stranger de dared he was tier husband, that she was a bigamist and that tho paper was thesummous and complaint in au action against Licheuatern for tho alienation of her affections. List Sunday weok tho Lichcnsterna were married lu New York by the Kev W. II. Kcphart, of No. 083 East One Hundred and Fvirty-third street. Business at the Johnstown factory compelled the immediate attention of Liohenstern, and after a honeymoon of a few days ho went to his home town with his bride and engaged apartments at tho hotel until ho could build a house and furnish lt. Hack of tho marriago was a pretty romance. Tho young woman, who was known as Miss Sadio McCartin, was employed as a stenographer in thc New York ellice of Werthelmer & Co , at No. 05 Bleecker street. Lichen stern is looked upon with the highest favor by his tlrm, and ho was com pelled to make freqnont visits to the Now York oillce, where he mot her. Ho frequently dictated letters to hor and soon tholr acquaintance rip ened. Ile took her to theatres and proposed marriago several weeks ago Ile asked that the eugaj?cment be brief when alie aocepted him, and wired to his many friends In Johns town that he had won the love of the most beautiful girl in New York. Then came the wedding aud the re turn to Johnstown. Tho bride in stantly became popular with L'ohen slern's friends, and they, with the employes of the factory, decided upon thc dinner which was SJ abaipty broken up. . The man who served tr S piper said he was Michael J. MoOar in, and that Llohenstern's bride had ben his wife for six years. Ile deel Ves he bad lived happily with her ntil a fort night ago. It was Just about that ihe girl aocepted Lichensiern'?? p. jsaf. rThe complaint was directed against'both Mr. and Mrs. Ltchonstern and asked 11 for $10,000 damr.g s. When she saw her alleged husband, j I Mrs. Llchcnstorn betrayed no sign that she knew, but took thc paper In a matter of fact way After she had read it she became viribly agitated, and when her friends asked wtiat dis turbed lier sho said she was feeling ill. lt was then that she looked hei self in her room and took her life For a half hour, while she lay In death, the merrymaking ooutinued before her body was discovered. Mr. Arthur Werthelmer, of the Werthelmer tlrm, when seen at his home, No. 146 IO ist Sixty-tlrst streot, said he had learned of the tragedy. "We never had the slightest sus picion that tho girl was married," he said. "She always appeared to be gay and lighthearted, and we thought a great deal of her. We also think a great deal of Mr. Liohenstern and wc wero glad to see bim get so good a wife. 1 simply cannot believe tho story told by McCartin ls true, and yet lb must bo If he went to such an extreme. The address at which the girl liven, so far as I know, ls No. 102 West One Hundrod and Ninth street." At thc address given by Werthelmer an "Amerloan" reporter saw Mrs. William Hellman. She said: "Yes, it is truo thc poor girl was married. She lived here for four years willi ber husband, Michael McCartin. Sho was always a very good ?Irl, but she foll deeply in love with Liohten stern. Sho was always careful not to let him know she bad a husband. The McCirtlns did not get along well. The separated on several occasions, and she spoke hor regrot at ever hav ing married him. Tlie girl was only twenty-four years old and was mar ried about six years. When thoy left hero they wont to live at No. 710 (Jo lumbus avenue." Workday tor the Orphans. A recent movement seton foot by Howard L. Crumly of tho Decatur (Ga ) Orphans Home is likely to be of very considerable service In the near future to our orphan children. The proposition is that every man in thc state, every woman, every child should set apart September 2'] (Satur days' of this year, thc proceeds of his labor on that day, or whate ver ho can make, If he bc not in business, to tho support of the orphans in the Institu tion he loves best. In this state Presbyterians will work for the Thornwoll Orphanage, Clinton; the Methodists for the Epworth Orphan age, Columbia; thc Itaptlsts for the Connie Maxwell, Greenwood. Seed promptly on tho M mday following, ibo sum made or raised, tu tho lnstl tution of your choice. Tue holp com ing in at that time will tide over these Institutions till tho Thanksgiv ing and Christmas days. Send it, bo it little or muoh There ?.ro about six hundred orphans in these Institu tions, and there aro others besides. Tlie Lutheran Orphanage isat Salem, Va., tho Hebrew Oiphanage ls at Atlanta, Ga. Draw your ohock or money order In favor of the Institu tion you prefer and mall lt to tho ad dress given above. WM P J Aeons. Kill??! minindi. A sommation has boon caused at Moscow by tho suicido of M mo. Witte'fl nephew, M Khotlnsky, who shot a girl through the heart and then shot himself. Khotlnsky was in a dragoon regiment. Four of lils broth els died under somewhat traglo olr oums'anocs. JAP3 ARE MAD. They do not Like the Terms of the Peaoe Treaty. HcBolutionu Adopted nt Largo Mass Mooting Demanding tho GOT? ernmont's Itoslgniitloii. A dlspatoh from Tokio, Japan says 11 rioting broko out hero Tuesday night In connection willi tho dissatisfaction over tho results of the peace snttle ment. There wore sovoral olasheB with tho police and it is estimated that two wero killed and 600 wound ed. Tho rlotiug ceased at midnight. Polioo stations wero tho only property destroyed. Tho lirst turbulence attendant on tho popular anger ovor tho terms of peace arrargcd with ItushU took place Sept. 5 A mass mooting to protest against the action of tho government was called to take place at Hlblyu park, but tho metropolitan police closed tho gatee and attempted to prevent tlie assemblage of the people. The municipality protested against thc action of thc police and finally the gates wore thrown open and a large crowd gathered aul voted In favor of resolutions declaring tho na tion humiliated, and denouncing the terms upon which the treaty of peace was arranged. The crowd was serious in its conduct rather than angry, and the pollco handled lt disoreetly. Tho gathering eventually dispersed In an orderly manner. Later on, ho wever, a crowd attempt ed to hold a meeting in tho Shintoml theatre and the police dispersed it. A portion of the crowd then proceeded to the office of The Kokumln Shlnbun, tlie government organ, and began hooting. Tnrcc employes of tho pap er armed with swords appeared at the door of the building and cheokej the attack and thc police again dispersed the crowd. lt was thought that tho trouble had passed when suddenly a portion of thc orowd nudo a rush at tho building, hurled stones and damaged some of the machlnory. Several persons were injured during the attack, but the pollco eventually cleared tho streets of the crowd and arrested a number of tho rioters. The disorder is not general and the situa tion is not serious. Similar meet inga have been held at Osaka and Na goya, which in round terms denoun ced Hie government and asked them to resign. Under a vigorous defense by the conservative journals supporting the government and a fuller and better appreciation of tho situation con fronting tho emmery, public senti ment ls showing some evidence of re action. Tuc argument that lt is im pobsiblo for Japan to continue the bloody war merely for the purpose of securing indemnity is proving il?ee tive in allaying dissatisfaction, lt is believed that when thc government is free to explain fully the conditions of thc Settlement aud the logic apper taining to them, tho reaction of senti ment will largely increase. Thc entire nation ls keenly disap pointed at the outcome. Nowhere throughout the empire has there been a step taken toward the celebration of the conclusion of peace. The radi cals continue their campaigu against tlie government, doman .ling thc pun ishment of thoso responsible for the compromise. The forthcoming diet ls certain to be turbulent and it ls predicted that the Kitsura govern ment will be forced from office. The reclines in thc mat ker. and tho un satisfactory crop conditions, coupled naturally with tho heavy obligations of the government, have created a fear In some (parters that a finan cial depression and unsatisfactory business conditions aro Impending. A prominet banker sal to the As scciated Press corra pendent that tlie Tokyo exchange was an Inaccurate barometer of real conditions, as lately the exchange transact ions have been largely >:pce dative. The August set tlement was thc largest in thc history of the exchange. Thc recent dod tuc he said, was thc result of conditions wi:hin tho exchange, and not correct reflection of general conditions. A dispatch from T kio says serious rioting followed an attack on tho of fice of Tao Ki kumln Shlmbun, a gov ernment organ. The mob attacked and burned the oillolal residancd of thc mln'sLcr of home affairs. Threatening demonstrations occur red in the neighborhood of the ofllolal homes of Premier Katsura and liaron K'tmura, Ihc foreign minister, who ls now in the United States, but the po lice succeed* d in preventing injury to the occupants or damage to tlie houses Tho situation is threatening. During the rioting on Tuesday night tlfteen small police stations and two large ones were destroyed. After mid night another attempt was made against The Kokumln Shlmbun c Moos, but the police dispersed the attacks, killing ono of tho assailants. lt ls claimed that tho turbulence resulted from the Indiscreet closing of I libya park, and the denial of the right to publicly meet, lt ls estimated that two arc dead and 600 wounded, among whom are 2uu policemen. 10. Ii. 11 arri man, president of the Southern Pacifio railroad, has been threatened and Marquis ito, president of the privy council, luis boen stoned by mobs. Neither was Injured. Tue I larri man party liad an exclt lng exporionce Wednesday night while attending and returning from a din ner given by liaron Sono, minister of llnance. Dr. Lyle and J. (J. McKnight were caught in a crowd on the way to thc dinner and were stoned, Dr. Lyle being struck by a missile and slightly hurt. After the dinner was over a detachment of soldiers escorted tho party to tho legation. Crowds menacing tho neighboring police kiosk lilied the space lu front of tho American legation and hooted and jeered thc soldiers escorting tho Darriman party, who with lixod bayo nets, charged the crowd, cleared the street and guaided the legation throughout tho night. Thc dinner planned for Wednesday night in honor of tho Darriman party will not take placo owing to thc disturbed condi tions. A momber of the mot) willoh burned tho booie minister's resldenoe said to the Associated Press: "We burned tho house for the purposo of attract ing tho attention of tho Kmporor. We want him to refuse to ratify tho treaty. We behove those surround ing him prevent him from correotly understanding tho popular attitude toward tho disgraceful, humiliating peace." Soldiers aro guarding tho foreign logatlons. Apparently tho outbreak ls not duo to antlforolgn scntlmont, but tho government ls anxious to pre vent Injury to any of tho legations or members of the legations. Foreign / >rs, however, who are caught by mobs ITO roughly used. ? mob bumed aud destroyed ton Jhrlsti&n ohu robes ami one mlo^ion muso school Wednesday night. The people were uot Injured. SEVEN HUSBANDS ?Vi A ? ?feiz eat. of Patterson, Ii. J. ? ? mits filio Had That J?'any. nu; tho Poltoo Hollevo That ?ho HRH Marrlod ?nd Deserted At I. -nut Fourtoon Mon. When Mrs. Florence Fcrrost, of 17 Hamburg avenue, Patterson, N. J., was arraigned before Justice Abo Ooh? sn on tho charge of bigamy preferred jy nor husband, James Fer rest, cf 70 Kyle a venue, ehe admitted that sovou jf her husbands woro living although me oould only remember the names of four, lt ls behoved that tho woman has twice that number of husbands, md her assertions that she does not remember tho names of those she has married and dtsertod is not believed. Mrs. Forrest was arrested as she was preparing to leave Patterson. She married James Forrest olght months igo. Neither he nor his wifowill tell tho name of the minister who per farmed the oeremony, nor that of the sLuroh in which thc ceremony took place. Forrest said, howover, that du; told him she was unmarried, and wept with Joy when thoy woro ruade man and wife. The fact that tho woman had many husbands was brought to light in J une latt, when she; was served with papers In divorce proceedings by Under Slier HT Joseph Bergen. Ttio proceedings wero instituted by her first husband, Michael Cabbcnou,a French-Canadian. Sho was married to him lu 1885 tn Lambert ville, N.'J. From tho wo man's acoount there resulted from this union a child, that lived for two years. Mrs. Forrest ls about forty years old. She ls attraotlvo and does not lock more than thirty. Hor malden name was Florence Murphy, and her father is James Murphy, of Now Hope Ba., an upholster In the employ of tlie Pennsylvania Railroad. Mrs. Forrest was surprised at being committed to Jail In default of $1,000 ball. Tl.o woman is apparently sane. WEATHER AND CR0P3. No Chango for tho Hotter In Cotton Condition?. The following ls a report cf the condition of crops for thc past week as.complled by Seolion Director Bauer: The week ending M oday, Septem ber 4th, bogan with very cool weath er, but tlie warmth Increased to above normal by its close, making tho aver age tempert ure for thc week about normal. The extremes were a maxi mum of 08 degrees at Blackville and Florence on September l?t and 2nd, and a minimum of 50 degrees at Greenville on August 20th and 30th. The week was generally clear with lncreaslrg cloudiness during the last two days. The relative humidity was uniformly low. Over the greater portion of the State there was no rain during the week, and in places the gre und is be coming dry and the need of moisture ts indicated, especially in the coast truck districts; showers were general, though mostly light, ever the western half of the stato begining on thc ni){ht of the 1st and continuing to thc close; there were also rains in tho eastern tier of counties with occasion al heavy showors. On thc whole, the weather was fa vorable for general farm work, espe cially for haying and saving fodder and for picking cotton. In localities whore the soil has boen too wot here tofore, it dried sufficiently to permit gardening" and plowing. Some oats have been sown in the central localities. Cotton continues to deteriorate on sandy lands owing to rust and exces sive shedding, so that practically the plants have coased to grow or fruit, and nearly all the top crop has drop ped off; on elay lands the conditions arc bettor, but rust has appeared in places On sandy lands cotton open ed rapidly, and plckirg made rapid progress over the eastern and central counties and will be general over thc western ones during the coming week. On clay lands lt ls just beginning to opon freely. Caterpillars continue numerous on sea-Island cotton. Tobacco curb.g ls finished. Rice harvest ls underway and some has been threshed. Peas and sweet pota toes are doing well. Pastures con tinue good. Strawberry plants being set out. Fall truok bMng planted ex tenslvely in tlie oast districts, but tlie soil is too dry for favorable germination. Dreamed ot Bon's Death. Mrs. William Gerrit, of Brooklyn, N. Y., started from Capt. Hark In's t Hi3o in police heathiuartors Wednes day for Allontown, BA , to recover the body of lier oldest son, William, aged lifteen years, who was buried In tho aommon cemetery at Allentown early in May last, in the grave of an un known, Thc boy was killed by falling between the platforms of two ears of iv special train that was carrying a ctr JUS from Allentown to another place. Thr little fellow had been a hanger-on af the circus. Mrs. Oernty had been * strange portent that her boy had deon killed on a train for sho had beamed of the tragedy coincidentally with hor husband, but tho details of ibo dreams had been different. She lad dreamed that ho had fallen from i train and that his leg had been ?rushed, and that he had died while lectors were amputating his shatter d limb._ Fly Whool Bursts! Pour men were killed, another is Dissing and ls suppose:! to have been down to pieces, and three moro were ?erlously injured Friday afternoon hy die bursting of a fi y wheel at tho Na itonal Tubo Co., Mc Kees port, Pa. Two of the (had were skilled workmen ind Americans. Their names were lohn Farmer and John Massung. The ithers were foreigners. The explosion icourrod shortly af tor 1.30 o'clook, vhllo ouer 100 mon were at work in ,lio mill. Tho wheel was 66 feet in Ilameter and it went to pieces with a oud report, tearing a big hole in thc kio of tho mill and wreaking thous inda of dollars worth of machinery. L'ho explosion caused muoh oxolto neut and hundreds of people wcro at raotod to the plant. About a year .go a fly wheel explodod In the samo lepartmont, killing a numbor of mon. Tho man who lnvontcd Duke's Mix uro is dead. But many of thoso who oiled it into clgarottos beat him to no nappy hunting grounds by macy eats. .MMMsrasmfli ?Auausi Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typo guaranteed course 20 weeks. Singl hand, 8 mos. 12 calls for graduates i maud. Writo. Machinery Supply H WE SELL E1 Headquarters for EVERYTHING: 1 All kinds of Injectors, Lubricators, Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil Mills and Largo stock of Well Pumps and Oyli OOLUMBIA SI eoliimliltt. M o. The mw S THE GUINARD x Manufacturers Brlok. Fire Proof . Flue linings and Drain Tile, Pr?. ? or millions. Whisks I Morphine I Olgaret Habit, I Habit Habit ' Gurt d by I*!.o??ley j 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76> eli pe Htd NAMES DELEGATES. Govorwor Heyward Appoints Ono H und rod to tho Farmors Connroes, Gjvornor Heyward has compiled with President Har vio Jordan's re? qinst to name 100 delogatcs to the j National Farmer?' Congress, which' moots in Richmond September 12th to 22nd. Those aro tho delegates 1 named: Aiken-W. W. Wooseloy, B. F. Holley. Anderson-W. H. Glen, J> W. Roth rock. Abbeville-J. Allen Smith, R. A. Cox. Harnwell-F. H. Creech, H. L. O'Bannon. Hamberg-Jno. W. Cum, J. B. Felder. beaufort-T.ios. Martin, Charles L. Haul. Berkeley-Hawkins JenkinB, J. M. Wilder. Charleston-W. G. Minson, J. J. Mikell. Cherokee-R. C. Sarratt. E. R. T Camp. O dicton--W. C. Brant, Geo. Blasell. Chester-P. L. nardin, Jno. Nun nery. Clarendon-E. D. Hodge, A. J. Rlchbjurg. Chesterliold-Jno. T. Hurst, D. M. Barrentlne. Darlington-J. T. Rogers, J. J Lawton. Dorchester-T. J. Murray, J. S. Wimberly. Edgelield-S .T. Williams, S. J. Mluus. Fairlleld-S. E. Cathcart, J. F. Foosho. Fiorello-Jas B. MoBrlde, n. M Ayer. Greenville-n, H. Tindal, G. M. Wilkins, Jr. Greenwood--W. J. Moore, W, L. Anderson. Georgetown-W. K. Curry, W. E. Snowdon. Hampton-L W. Youmand, II R. Lawton. Korry-J. A. McDermott, J. F. Stalvey. Korah w-W. K. Thompson, C. J. Shannon Lancaster-T. F. Stait, T. K. Cun ningham. Laurens-D. A. C. Fuller,. B. Y. Culbertson. Lee-Samuel Bradley, lt. W. Mo Cutchem. Lexington-E. J. E .heredge, J5. L. Ar bill. Marion-Dr. W. Stackbouso, R. J. Blackwell. Marlboro R. M. Pegues, R. L. Freeman. Newberry- R. T. O. Hunter, W. IC. Sligh. Ooonec- Paul Strlbbllng, A. H. Kidson. Oraugeburg-J. E. Wannamaker, G. L. Salley. Plckcns--J. T. Lewis, J. L. Mor gan. Rlchlard-Dr. W. W. Ray, Rich ard Singleto. Saluda-J. H. Weston, H. G. Crouch. Sumter-A. B. Stuckey, P. M. Pitts. Spartanburg -E. L. A:cier, H. S. Lipscomb. Union- F. M. Farr, W. W. Coulter. Williamsburg -J. D. Carter, R. H. Footman. York-0. C. Spenses, J. M. Starr. Greenvlllc--R. Mays Clevelard. Williamsburg-J. W. Register. Hold Thieves. At Long Brandi, N. J., profession al safe crackers wheeled tho big mar vin safo from tho Atlantic hotel Wed nesday morning and after blowing lt open decamped witli Its contonts, about $o00 In oash, a gold watch and some jewelry. Tho cjok at tho hotel was the llrst to discover the safe In the rear of tho hotel, about two hun dred yards away. She called tho pro prietor, Simon Glaser, and a hurried Investigation was mado. Tlie safe crackers had used table linen and bcd clothes to deaden thc noise in whoel lng the safe. They afterwards used bed clothing to deaden tlie report, a sledge hammer was u :ed to disposo of tho hinges and combination. After ward a bolo was drilled In tho door of tho safe. Mr. Glaser and Chief of Po Hoe .las. Layton think that tho safe orackers were thoroughly acquainted with the premises, as thoy not only romovod thc big safe without awak cning tho guests, but succeeded in getting past thc night watchman. A Fatal Flicht. Fletohor Maploss and Bud Akridgo, brothers-in-law, snot and kiiicd caoh other Saturday night noar their home about six milos from Pelham, <}?. It 8ooni8 that a quarrel ar<?o between thc two mon when oaoh drow his pistol and empted lt Into tho othor, olght shots being fired In all. Akridgo died Instantly. Maplcss dlod Sunday morn ing about daylight. Flotohor Mapless was a son and Bud Akrldge a san-in law of Mr. 1. Maplcss. rJV., OA a,. -writing, English branches, Full e courso of either Business orSliort in about 20 days. Can't supply de ouse for tho State. /ERYBODY. n MACHINERY SUPPLIES. Pipo, Valves, Fittings, any ono in Machinery busbies*, nders. Got our prioo. JPPLYGO., idiinory flnpply hon?* of the Vtete BRICKWORKS? IA Q" O. Terra Cotta Building Block ,for spared to AP orders for thou anus I All Drug &UU Tobt?oo 1 Habits. Ln^t?t-tite, o? ?3. :mhla. S. 0. Oonfldontial oorrt?porv? AA Expert Specialist At Yoiir Own Borne. Scok tho Advice of tho South's Most Skillful Physician-He will Coun sel and Advise Any Sufferer on Any Disease Without Charge -25 Years of Experience. Valuahlo Books Freo Writo for Thom. - ~ Recognised na tho ouiost ,n nbltah Cd and Most Ucltablo NpeoiaUst.. Every alllictod reader of thia papor ii invit ed to consult Dr. J, Nowton HnlhnWfr^ of At lanta, (ia., tho South's ir os. Holiablo Special- / 1st, on any disease, absolutely without oliargo. rtiis groatspecialist has had ovor twenty-five years of expo ?once in tho study /aud troat e .t of diseases of a chfonio or lingering "a I re, and wo unhesitatingly say tba thoro is iso case, 110 matter how sevoro, that ho cannot thoroughly understand from tho vorv first, and preparo tho correct, treat ment, which is bound to effect a permanent euro. Hy tho aid of his system of homo treatmont, he places ab the disposal of every sufferer his advancod methods of treatment, ot which 1 o is tho orig imitor, no matter whore ho or sho residos. FRKK MKDIOA?J ADVICE. r? If you suttor from any disenso of a chromo nature, such ivs Nervous Dobility, .Stricture, Vai io ?cele, [Hood l'oison, Kidney or Bladder Trouble, Diseases of the Heart, Divor or stom ach, Throat and Luna Trouble, Lost Manhood, Ilydrooelo, Urinary DisordoU, Skin Diseases. Ithouroatism, Catarrh or private disoases of men, such as Gleet, otc, and diseases poiulinr lo women, otc, etc, do not*make tho misUiko of consulting your homo doctor, who will charge you anywhere from 1 to $25 tor con sultation alone, but nit do vn and writo to Dr. Hathaway. Ho will counsel and advise you without ono cent of charge, lie is Ufo recog nized authority on these diseases in this couu/v try, and you can, therefore, appro into tho value his opinion of y .air ?-aso weald bo to you. Ho has boen established in Atlanta for years and years, and his reputation is not equalled bj any other physiche Havo no hesitancy In writing him. Ile ?ill also send you a valuable book- on your disoaso, _ all ohargOS prepaid. t ^ r You aro ospociallv invited to wp?le for his book for mon, ontitlod, "Manliness's, Vigor tuid Health." Ho.siire to writo this great specialist about your disensos today. His business Is conduct ed in a? honest, straightforward mnnnor, and von can always foci assured of "a squaro doab" Tho address is J. NEWTON 1 (ATHAWAY, M. D" 8S Luman Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who call or write for treatment within the next 30 days. 1 will cure them of the following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison), GONO IO I IO, GLEET, STRICTURE, VARI COCELE, RUPTURE, CATARRH and all .'HRONIC DISEASES, of both sexes. Diseases of women cured wit hout operation. PI Lit? oured under guarantee without the knife er any tying or burning operation. Consultations, Examination, AdV Free. T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M. D., THE SPECIALIST. Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard Building, Augusta, Ga. N. B. Cat arrh of worst.form ourod quickly at homo. Piano Removal Sale. We move about September 16th, tc No. 1432 Main Street, almost opposite Masonic Temple. We want to close out every PIANO and ORGAN in stock, and ?nive marked down price an inducement. Write or call quickly If you de sire a big bargain ol thor in a 1 PI ANO or ORGAN. h'or catalogues, prices and terms address: Malone's Music House Columbia, S. C. Afin BANK DEPOSIT *j)vJ?\/VV Railroad Fare Paid. "?800 J VHRK Courses Offered SBBSMSHHEBKHn Board at Cost. Write Quid ?POBe.ia.auR?MA8IISINE8SC0LU?E.Mae?aite Where wo gain a penny in saving >ld trash, thinking wo may usc it inmat.tiViM w?> v.fvj t-y?c in work >atienoe, storing and handling it.