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PRISON. T Ich Woman Convicted of Having Cruelly TURED TO DEATH Maid Servant, Whoso Mother III Oneil Court, Whllo Kneeling Al most at tho Foot of tho Ittch Mur derer, Just lkuoro SIio Wu? Con victed, Frayed TJUut Clod Would Forgive Her For The Crlmo In the Criminal Court of Flandreau, S. D., a few days ago, sat two wo men who represented opposite poles of the social world. The rich woman, wife of a millionaire politically pow erful, was on trial charged with murder. Upon her proud face were fixed the eyes of the poor woman, almost friendless and without influ ence of any kind. The charge and the testimony show ed that the rich woman lind fiendish ly tortured to death tho only daught er of the poor woman. The haughty face of the rich wo man indicated her belief that no jury would dare convict the wife of her influential millionaire husband. The poor woman, broken with grief, look ed dazed. Suddenly she left her seat among the spectators and approach ed the rich woman. Was she about to attack the murderess of her daugh ter? No such thought was in her mind. Uer conduct was even more sensa tional. It was indescribably affect ing. Dropping to her knees in the aiBle and raising her toil-worn hands aloft, while tears streamed from her eyes, she besought the Almighty to pardon the one who had tortured to death her only child. "O God, forgive the murderer of my daughter!" she prayed. Then the poor woman's mind and body collapsed, and it was found nec essary to take the mother of dead Agnes Polrcis back to her wretched little home in the country near Pack ston, S. D., whence Agnes had come two years before, to be beaten tc death-so it is charged-by her rici mistress, Mrs. Emma Kaufmann wife of Moses Kaufmann, the mil lionaire brewer of Sioux Falls, S. D Tlie story of this instance of al most incredible cruelty practised lip on a maid servant by her mistress was printed in these pages a yeai ago. Agnes Polreis, a pretty girl oj Bixteen, was hurriedly sent fron Mrs. Kaufmann's house to a Siou> Falls hospital where, next day. sh< died. Mrs. Kaufmann was arrester, on the testimony of other servant; that she had systematically torture* and virtually beaten the girl l< death. Of course thc rich woman was ad mitted to bail. In answer to tin statements of the accussing servant -who said that thc woman had ai ungovernable temper and that tho; were often compelled to flee to th? cellar from her dangerous wrath-i was explained that Mrs. Kaufmann' mind has been affected by the deatl of her daughter several years ago Thc sight of any other girl-especi allv a frOin. r\nr> lihn i\(mnc Polr*rt?<* , .^Ull ..Uv- i*.?,??V_Oi Olt'ClL. mane her frantic. So strong was public sentimon against Mrs. Kaufmann in Sioux Fall that her attorneys obtained a cluing of venue for her trial to Flandren The news that she had been ad mi ti ed to bail caused such a mol) to gath er at the jail that she was smuggle out of a back door to her home where she had to have police prot?t ti oh . Mr. Kaufmann's wealth had prc cured the best legal talent in th West for his wife's defence. Seven al medical experts were placed o the witness stand. To them was pu the following "hypothetical qua tions" which catalogue the wound found upon the body of Agnes Pol reis after her death: "Assume the following facts: / patient sixteen years old is in a vcr; emaciated condition. She has a sor' having the appearance of a cut abott one and one-half to two inches lonj transversely across the point of th left shoulder; she has a sore havinj the appearance of a cut transverse); across the point of the right elbow extending down to the joints; sin has a similar sore upon the point o thc left elbow. She has a gangrenous sore upoi the point of each shoulder blade; thi ring finger of the left hand is dis jointed, with the bone protruding the cutile is off the ends of the fin gers; the bone protrudes through tin tip of one finger; there are numerou: discolorations upon the body; the lef knee is badly swollen, the skin brok en and off, from the left ankle tin skin is off the top of the foot; tin sole of the foot is entirely loose hanging down; the cuticle is oil' fron the toes and the rest of the foot; th< right foot is in practically the samt condition. "Such being the facts, state wheth cr or not, in your opinion, such con ditions would be due to externe! vio lenee or disease and its results." Dr. Spafford-In my opinion tc violence. Dr. Rider-In my opinion to dis ease and its results (referring to th( disease Diabetes mellitus). In cross-examining Dr. Onloy, ol Sioux Palls, Prosecuting Attorney Egan asked: "How could tho wound on the lefi shoulder bo self-inflicted?" A.--I claim these wound were noi self-inflicted. Q.-How could they be inflicted b,\ another? A.-Hy taking a knife and cullin}: across. A part of the testimony of Petes Erickson, the man who worked at (lu Kaufmanns' h mie; follows: Q.-Did Mrs. Kaufmann ovei threaten tho dead girl with violence; A.-She said, "That girl is so stub born that I could kill her." ?.-Did you ever see Mrs. Kauf mann strike? or maltreat the girl, Ag nos. A.-I once found the girl on thc kitchen Moor. Mrs. Kaufmann wa> there, and told me she had poured hot water on the girl to make her get up. Another time, when the girl was on the floor and too weak to get un, Mr?. Kaufmann said, "Don't touch' her, as she can gel. up herself if .she wants to-she is only working on your sympathy." When Agnes tried to get up by grasping a screen door Mrs. Kaufmann roughly jerked the door away. Q--Did you ever see Mis. Kauf mann hit Agnes? A.-She often punched her with a broom handle. I Gaw the girl on her knees many times, pleadingly repeat ing the words, 'Trau Kaufmann! Frau Kaufmann!" Q. Did you see anything else? A. Beforo her final sickness, Ag nes was too weak io walk up to hex roorn, so I carried her. Mrs. Kauf mann wanted me to shako the girl first, but I stood her tip by a trunk; then Mrs. Kaufmann hit her with a stick a foot and a half long; thc girl cried and I carried her upstairs. Q. Did Mrs. Kaufmann do any thing for Agnes' wounds? A. She put turpentine oh her legs. Q. What happened Friday morn ing before the girl died? A. I noticed blond in Agnes' mat ted hair, but Mrs. Kaufmann told me not to mind it. Q. What happened after Agnes died? A. Mrs. Kaufmann, when she heard of it, cried: "What shall I do? What shall 1 do?" Then she made me scrub the blood stains from the floor of Agnes' room and tear away wall paper with blood stains on it. George Bessler testified that Mrs, Kaufman said to him once, when speaking of Agnes: "She is so stupid, I feel sometimes like killing her. Mrs. J. T. Udell, a neighbor, heard Agnes crying upstairs; saw her in so weak a condition t hat she could hard ly carry a pail of water down the steps; and saw thc girl one day try to run away but return when pursu ed by Mrs. Kaufmann, and was made to march back to the house. Miiss Janet E. Larson, superintend ent of nurses at thc hospital where Agnes died, testified tba* the girl cried out in German: "My head aches! My stomach ach es! 1 ache all over!" The case of thc prosecution was a very strong! one-much stronger, in fact, than was supposed would be presented. The evidence of physici ans who made post mortem exami nations on two occasions, and of oth ers who knew something of the treat ment accorded the girl by Mrs. Kauf mann, was presented and made a part of the evidence of the State. The physicians did not hesitate to testify that three wounds upon the head, and three at the base of the skull Of thi'dead girl, taken in con nection with numerous other wounds cuts and bruises found upon her body, arms and legs were sufficient to have caused her death. Testimony was presented showing Mrs. Kaufmann bad poked the girl in the ribs with a broom-stick; of hav ing her bathe her feet in ashes soak ed with waler, forming lye, and ot many other instances of alleged cruelty on the part of Mrs. Kauf maur toward the girl, this continuing ur to within abrief time before the girl had to be taken to the hospital, whew she died, the harsh treatment having continued when the girl was so wcaV she could hardly stand upon ber feet Throughout tue trial the cour troon was packed with spectators, and do monstrations against thc rich defen dani frequently had to bc rebuked by the judge. Tho presence of flu poor old mother of Agnes Polreiscx cited much feeling against Mrs Kaufmann. lt had come to be generally knoWl that the death of Agnes was the sec ond tragedy in the mother's life, tin first having been the shooting am killing of an elder daughter by a re jected suitor. On several occasions the grief strieken mother bas wandered to fbi Parkston Cemetery, where the re mains of her younger daughter ar buried, and in the dead of night ho been found weeping on her grave force being neccssasy to induce he to leave the spot. HISSES KROM THM SIM* TA TOUS. The spell of the case, which airead; had divided several South Dakot communities was apparent ?n th courtroom. This wa? clearly showi during the examination of the sta witness foi* Hie prosecution, when th hundreds of spectators who ?rowdci the courtroom gave spontaneous atv forceful vent to their sympathy wi tl the State and resentment toward th defendant. Hisses came while Erickson wa testifying in reference to Mrs. Kant mann, having on one occasion pout ed hot water on thc ?girl after sh had fallen to the floor from sheer ON haustion, in order, as she io ??logei to have expressed it to t?riliksoh, "t get her Up." t?rickson testified 1 numerous things showing the eustu mary harsh ana inhuman treatmeu of the girl hy Mrs. Kaufmann. In spite of the unsriendly senti nient manifested by the spectator Mrs. Kaufmann and members (d' he family appeared confident of acquit tal. When the jury returned to eon sider its verdict Mrs. Kaufmann sa between her husband and their growl son Charles. The Court, tho Kauf manns and the spectators remainci in their seats evidently eqpeeting : quick decision. In less than an hour the jury re turned. "We find the defendant guilty o manslaughter in the first degree,' said the foreman. The spectators burst into applause which the Judge sternly relinked Mrs. Kaufmann turned deadly pah and her head sank upov 'der band. Charles Kauf mai ni, her son, burs into tenra, lier hosband seemed ut terly crushed. They knew that th? least penalty under the law would Iii four years in the penitentiary Mrs. Kaufnuom was firs! '<> rocov er her composure. This statement bj the Court seemed to give her sonn comfort-. "The Court fixes October '?1 as tin date for pronouncing sentence upoi thc defendant. In the meantime sin is permitted to remain at liber!\ under the bond of $2Ti,000 furnisher, last June." Sentence w^g deferred to the rjafc< named in order to give (line for ar guments for a new trial, which wil bo made at Yankton on October 10. The conviction of Mrs. Kaufman* appears to have quieted public ani mosity toward her. Probably sin need fear no moro mob demonstra lions such as terrorized her upen hoi release from the Sioux halls jail ; year ag?). I'AOKAOU IS f,OST Reported That Ten Thon m I Dollars issin^. ai Florence, 'I I? reported i bal un <,xpi .?ss pack >>??" of $10,00,0 bas boon lo?) nt ibo Jj^Wfy s P" olllee. Superinlon 'i ! K'Hor of (mral., Superfine,... (loni Dlmnlo of Plnkorlons rind Ihroe 'I'1"'' ?sonia have i.,, working 0" ho enso for several days. An nrroi I win probably ho inado, Thai Indiana man who died in Si ont agony t run, i bo pock of n lp ,, ma given all tho other men n chance lo reap ?. uttlo sympathy while the case |s remembered. EUTAW COUNTY. Gov. Ansel Has Had a New Prop osition Submitted Tho Papers In tho Caso Wow Filed Thursday-All Constitutional Kc (lu?romoiita Mri, Tho Stnto says Mosers. J. C. IQvans, A. A. Dantzlor, W. M. Fair and J. D. Catos of Mltorco; Gordon Wiggins, M. II. HIXBL and A. ll. Bonnott ol' Holly Hill illod a petition with Hov. Ansel Thursday lu tho Huluw County inattor. Tho now county ls arranged to om orneo portions of Orungoburg and Borkeley counties. Tho Northern boundary of tho pro posed now county begins at a point on tho Santco river about olght and ono-hnlf miles above IOlloroe, strik ing tho Four Holes swamp near the town of (Jamoron with the natural boundaries, Four Holes Swamp and the Sant.ee river, on olthor side. It is understood that tho proposi tion has been given the closest at tention for somo time and the people aro hard at work gelling matters in proper condition. Tho petitions tiled With Clov. Ansel, according to the registration books of Orangeburg and Berkeley", were signed by over two thirds nf the voters within tho pro posed eut and the promoters are very enthusiastic over the prospcets of success. A mai) and completed survey, made by Harmon D, Moise of Sumter, was tiled with the petitions, and cert 1(1 eates from the officials of Orangeburg and Berkeley counties, showing that the proposed new county meets all ibo logal requirements for the forma tion of new counties. Tho certificate of (he surveyor shows tho area to bo 4S?0 SQ ti aro miles. All of the papers will Ito referred to Ibo attorney gen eral, who will seo whether the legal requirements have been complied with. The delegation had roports from Ibo auditors of Orangeburg and Berkeley count los showing that the taxable property in the parts of these two counties that will becomo a sec tion of tho new county ls at tho present limo something Mho $2,000, 000. The statuary requirement ls thal there must be taxable property to tho nmounl of $1,600,000 within Ibo aroa ol' any proposed new county. Some of tho territory embraced in the proposed IS 11 law county, is also om braced In tho proposed ?Ja ino un County, which will cause a con II iel between tlx- two now county propo sitions. lt is a novel situation, and jusl bow it is lo 1)0 selllod \v<> do hoi know, but we suppose Lito people in ? disputed territory will decide by vote with which of titi' now coun ty propositions (bey would rathol east their fortunes. We do liol kilo Vi whet lier Ibis is the law Ol' not, but ll it is not, il should ho, as tho pcoph in the disputed territory should bc allowed lo decide tho matter for themselves. We do not suppose thal either of the now county projector* would object to thia equitable and satisfactory modo of seining tho mut 1er. li Hm people of Ibo disputed ter rltory voles to throw their fortune! with Kiloree, ibo st. Matthews pooph would have to extend their lines ii seuil' oilier directions to get,tho ter rltory i li ey require for their county Then ii both propositions are voter down, tho iorrllory embraced in oith '.roi tho proposed new counties conk liol bo called, upon to voto upon 1 similar proposition for four years That is tho way dov. Ansel reoontl) decided the OUBO of Hammond Conn ly, and We think he was right. Th? lOutaw County scheme complicate! tho matter considerably but we sup pose then1 I? sollie Way out of th? tangle. One thing 1? certain, the sann lorrilory can't bo embraced In tw< counties, and before ti Vote on el thc end be bud ibo matter will have lo b< adjusted, lt is ?1 novel situation am will bo watched with In tercel by tin whole Stale N'A VA h KXBBOSIONS. Move Killed ?Vinny on Battleships ii Be? ? ni Years. TJie explosion of the gun v?n 1 li< battleship Coorgln has upi been liv only accident mi' ? like character tba has oet tii red in recent limes. Anion) the Hrs! serious accident of Ibis kim w;is in the lu's wh^ll some (rival oe eu nene.' kt pi President Tyler fron being on ibo deck of the old Ptiiice ton when a new e,un exploded, killin) Secretory BpSner. . I'.iii by Tar the most serious acci dent in bygone days wies Ult) explo sion of ;i gun OV. Iii ? battleship Mis son ri lil lOO'l, when tho crew wa engaged in large! practice off Uv Fluridn coast The gunners wen trying lo muk" record limo In llrinj the p. ntl, ibli in KO mo vay Ibo oxygei ('oin ld nod with tho oilier gases lalee ill smokeless powder. The men hat inst Inserted the third charge whoi tho explosion came. Fori y ofliccri and men were killed. In tho liuiuir: which followed the crew, Instead o hoing censured, received the highes praise for Ibo wai lil iylllc they res cued Hu' hbdl?s ol' lim dead am wounded-. In Februarji, 1 Od.!, cpi lin? battle ship Iowa,by Uni iMirHtlug ol' ono o i de < v 'r. i: guns, kinitig several o (be men who were at mess Again ii I '.III:: nine men were killed in a I ur ret by tho explosion of one ot till eight-inch ?;UIIS on 'lr' balllcshii MatiHacltURVHft. An order had bool gi veil lb ?nung'? (rom percussion i< electric lirliiK aller Ibo gun was cock ed and Hie breech was open to allow the chango lo lie made. Tho bulvan' was pulled accidentally, Ibo guli dis eh urged 11 nd nil tho, men in tho t ur rei htlb'd [-jin cb nies.' various OX plo'svods Ibo guns on all Hie vessel! have been strengthened so thai Ilion is not much llabllllj of nccdents a: formerly, SA vio i) mm liiFio Hy Hanging ft ?om Tie I 'ni il 1 he Trail . Ind Bussed. The \'e\v York America)! says h escup?- beim; run d->W?l n.s a I.). I.. ? vV Express truin cm Hie bridge i>< tween Bloomfield ami Waiscssluii Thursday, n youno" wotl?lil, v\lios? linnie lr, unknown, lowered hersch i rom i ho end of a 1 ie. lo which sh. Clung nulli tho (rain bad passed bj (Engineer Socor slopped Hie i.ain and Hie crew nm bach lo tuis?si Ihn Womit M, hilt bet?re (hey COUld l'O.lfth her, she bud raised hci'SOll up on Ibo Illidge, ami run doun Hie CHI bil Ilk inonl toward l'?usl Orange. BBi ( BOB Ol' COBN. Mr. K, I ?. Smith Thinks Hie William? son Binn is Responsible. Tile Slate Mn y H the greatest crop of com in Hie hlslor.S of South Carolina will ho gathered this your, neco"dh'3 lo Hie reports thal are uniting 111. Mr. IO, 11 .Smith, president of tho South Carolina Colton (Irowers' association, ascribes (his lo (ho Intorosl taken In Hie Williamson pinn, ?ind he (kinks ilial those who followed the formula glVOll b.V Mr. M< Iver Williamson have made largo yields and thal their pro nta will 1)0 snell 08 to justify tlioll having takori ivlr. WIHIapisp'n'Bl od vico I CAN'T USE ; .AIL ? A Fraud Order Issued Against a Philadelphia Negro. TO RAISE MILLIONS Hy a Scheme Which clio Hosioflbv Lawyers Claim ls a Huso Fraud. Tho Neuro (Maimed to Have Hoon Delegated by God to Uplift tho Ne gro Huco, bul Fulled to Convince Uncle Sam. Justus J. Evans, the Philadelphia negro grocery man. who is individu ally "Archbishop of thc Glorious Light of the World Union," and col lectively "The Holy union Royal Trust Company," was declared a fraud Thursday by Postmaster Gen eral Meyer, ?nd denied future use of the mails. Evans is said to be operating a gi gantic scheme to raise money, and, according to the postoflice inspectors who investigated the "bishop," it is not known how many thousands of dollars bc has secured from thc con fiding negroes. The aim of the "bishop," who pro claims that he is the chosen man of God to save the negroes, is to enlist an army of 700,000 negroes, and from them collect in five yearly payments the sum of $05 each, The revenue derived, which will equal $45,600, 000, he is to spend as he sees fit, ac cording to his announcement. The protest to the postoffice de partment made by the "bishop" against the issuance of a fraud order is characteristic of the negro with a smattering of Piblieal lore. It is a re markable protest, and it is a certain ty that the prophet, while he claims to have been given knowledge and power above all men of the earth, was overlooked when the English language was handed around. The fanaticism with which thc 'bishop" attempts to surround him self is blasted by the cold-blooded way the law officers of the postoflice department have handled his case: "A negro by the name of Justin J. Evans, without standing or repu talion, who conducts a small grocerj shop," the decision reads, "isengag ed in sending through the mail; printed literature soliciting member of the negro race to deposit theil savings at the rate of 25 cenia t wed i or $1 a month with a trust compan: ' styled the Holy United Poyal Trus company. "lt is provided that, as evidence o ! their savings deposited, they will Ix furnished with Certain so-callo< bond in the amount of the deposi ..md il also pretended that interest a - the rate of 7 per Cent* per annun ' will be paid oh such deposits! "Evans represents that the fund will be devoted to the uplifting o j the negro race," continues the dc cisi?n. "There is no such institutio: i or trust company. His pretence a i to religious work seems to be but . guise for obtaining money in a fraud t ulent scheme. "Evans, when asked to what us 3 he was putting the money ho collect * C'J S?? what ?SOU? icy ne gaw lor it " proper handling, answered that h , was responsible lo ho one but God , This answer would be strongly indi i .'alive of the unbalanced mind if it [< assumption Of fervor were not l cloak fora cunning 'se lu-me bo de ' fraud the negro race," concludes th department's order. In answering the charge, tin "bishop" did no! appear in perso , before the department. His rejoint! er begins with the announcement which he claims is indisputable, tba n every man is his own judge, no mal r. tor what ne does, no one has a righ t to say it is not an honest action, ?x He declares that God appeared t 1 him out of a burning bush in th ? same way ns he appeared to Moses 1 took him Eolith and showed him th ~ negro and said to bipr "I have delivered tries*?pebpl? froi bondage ai a cost of $6,000,000,00 and the lives of 2,000,000 men. an - now you seo they are cowed down b H other natiohftHubs t'f this country. " Evans says lie was commanded t raise them up. lb1 says he complain ; ed of his weakness, but that he wa found to be lit and had been prom ii ? ed that 'he would be saved if he di , his work, even if the whole weil s gets losl. The "bishop" told of1 gathering hi i army. Of Ino negroes ne ?kj/? tha 1 si?me wisely at?cebted lils blfer logo in the band wagon ol' sa?v?tiG?l; U liil Lhere were others of the negro lead .rs who refused t" this, and who ar , now running to the willie peo|;le;m< i proclaiming that he is an impostoi i "No honest man believes me ? fraud." he declared. EvidtintlJ l)? tlie iJpliiloH thal 1 through such a declaration, he wolli 1 have weight with the postbfTice au thorities. he told of having writte to President Roosevelt just previou i to the hed presidential campaign telling hlJW li? WOUKI make the ni - groes vote for him and saying tba he would expect a contribution t ; his cause when the election was over ' Ile failed however, to say whether o 1 not tho president sent the contribu lion. Ile concludes with this: "You per mit nie to ask you gentlemen wha i am I?" The order prohibiting the USC 0 the mails lo the "Mahon' Wits Isstlci , immediately after the reading ol' hi answer had been accomplished. i?ld X(.l.l> TO 1)1,A lli. Acronoiii lolls I nun ii Holloon am is I/row nod. ('barb's Brillia, Iwonly-Olio year old. ol itiiiiii- Creek, Ml< li., wu drowned uonr (he Allendale rosorl n Hull l.nlic. illili- making a halloo ascension In foi o ?i large crowd. . h nolly of Ibo yo ii nf; man lum aol boo rei o\ ? red. The (Irs! balloon ascension ol Iii season was advertised lo lake pine Tuesday. \\ . l'?. Marlin, of Halli Creek, win? lum the fontenot, lind st cn red I lie ?Cn Ice? ol lin ny I .apt iib Uni tbo hilb i' roiiiscd to go np al i inst minnie boca nae his mother ol Jocted, Sams waikno eui of tb crowd and offered m lake L-nplldo' place. W neil I .nilli feel in . i0 ai ii?,' pnrnchule wim mil off h.v Sam iiml be struck ibo wnlor nboul Hp feet iron) shore. Two (lahcrniou wen io tho rescue, bul the bod> was nol i bight; Hecosfdtj keeps ian nein ?ottin rusty. UL_LU_J_LILUJ?J1L. A LONG RACE. Eight Mien Started on a Spin Around the World. < Tho Unto IH Norning Comlpcllon, but Only Two of (bo Itaeers Aro Left. Hale and tanned, but marked by scars made by cruel fetters in a Rus sian prison, Henri Mossc has come from the Far East on the French steamer Admiral Juareguiberry. en route to Paris, striving to win a strange race. The steamer reached San Francis co Saturday night, was held inquar antine until Friday morning on ac count of the presence on board of a large number of Japanese steerage passengers, who are bound for v an couver, B, C. It was late this morn ing when the Admiral Juareguiberry went to berth at China Basin wharf. Mosse and an Englishman now in India are the sole surviving competi tors in a race around the world and both are nearing the end of the long journey. One or the other will win a price of 50,000 fiancs by arriving first in Paris. Mosse was chauffeur in the French capital, when the Sportsmen's club of London suggested to the Touring club of Paris that each organization should furnish four men and send them out on a competitive tour of the world, without funds, except two francs each, the men to travel in pairs, an Englishman with a French man. The four pairs were to go over dif ferent routes. After all preliminaries bad been arranged the start was made on June 14, 1904, and the limit for the world tour was iixod for June 14, 1000. Two of thc men started by the way of Africa, two by the way o? America, two by way of England, and the remaining couple by way ol Asia Minor. Mose and bis English companior look the Asia Minor route and trot along weil together until Constanti nople was reached, in July 1904, when the Englishman, George Moss, succumbed to an attack of fever. The Frenchman, Mosse, came on alone, and bas had many hairbreadth escapes. At Odessa, on the Blacl Sea, he was suspected of being a Jap anese spy, and for twenty-five day; was kepi in chains in a foul prison His ankles still bear the ::cars of tile irons. Upon being released he past: ed on afoot and by sea to India. an< still later to China. In the district of Bing Sam, in thi interior of China, Mosse was capt ur ed by highwaymen and robbed o $20, all the money he had. But h was well treated by the bandits, Wlv offered him a Chinese wife if h should Gare to remain awhile witl them. Mosse chose to keej) moving, ah< he tramped along until he reaebei the coast, where he took ship foi' Ja pan. At Yokohama he joined the Ad mirai Juareguiberry and worked bi way thence to t his eily. He must leav the vessel here, for it is a conditio! of the contest that he shall travo over land whenever it is possible. Mosse has been kept posted by tb French club as to bis competitors Letters be has received at dif?etvn points along bis str?nge course baV informed him that tile couple gobi; by the African route were miirdore by treacherous Abysslnians on tb desert, who e?t oft the heads of th I'Tcnchnian and jilnglishtfiarh The two men who went by way o Australia both took sick and died i the same hospital of a fever. Th Frenchman who went by way d America was lost in China, his com panion proceeding to India, wher he was at last accounts plodding along. The victory in the long race rest between Mosse and the Knglishma in India, thc only survivors of th contest. The winiief will receive prize of HO.000 francs, and thefe i no second prize). That Moss? has visited all (ii strange places he' bas talked about i pro i en by tile autograph!*! anti seal of officials in countless out-of-lm way places all the way from Paris t Yokohama i i ; XSUK Tf\ TEr?? TiTTtt'N. f Peaceful Solution of Wine (?rowen Si I'lkc Now in Sigh!. While tho wino growers strike i Prildee is nilli far I'i'oin being final I settled, the progress f'rt?mlur Cien eil?eafi has made is v< ry pleasing I Pres?dtuil ? ':: ! i f i.t-iTito head of Hi present French calunol fifth bold se\ cia' sessions willi Marcelin ?lb?l'l the Nnpoicbil (if .!?<. wino growers i Ibo south, with the resp fi 'fun al lairs ur, v.rnd na I ly shaping theist? ves toward a p^aoofui end oui ol' th difficulty, Premier (;leni#ne?au ha tho full support of the prosiddiM ti tho French people In the finn lin pullout euinuor lu which he is deal ing willi the dissatisfied aoutb?rpen and tho lew occasions on which h has hoon compelled io sliow tho ann orallo hand has hoon wiih Falliere? full approval mid consent. Willie j jp? fupl lian hOOll generali kepi secret, il is Kliowil tip"*.I the al tack upon the president's life reeo'iil ly, when lie was fired al twice i> Loon Maille, imt fortunately escape unhurt, was Hie result of ibo win growers' insurrection and was mad hy ono friendly lo their cause. Mm colin Albert, their leader, lins conn soled thom lo have patience and al tempi nothing bul a peaceful soltitlo of the difficulty, and in niosl ease his advice bas I.n li.led. i (MM> milt M Ainu in >. Alter liebig Abseil! .Many Veins lb (Urn?; (O I ?UV. I hollins Keeler. Ol StOUbOftVlIU (>., who was believed lo have hoe lost iii ll riser colli: ion twenty-'iv years ugo, and who was mourned .i dead by his Wife, Thursday lligli walked Into Ibo home of the wollun who had booti tho wile ol' nilOtlu mau lor fifteen years. l-klinuur nixon, tho second hui hand learning of ibo ?xpeefed an iv or the man with HlO prior elli III pucked his suit cuse, and as Kooli entered ibo front door lie won I ot Ibo hack. BASIS Hall is surely a national ii st il ut ion. li is being played froi ono end of ibis country to the othci and witnessed by millions ol' pcoph We doubt if any game wasever moi popular in any country than base bn IS in thc United States, lt is a gl'Oi game._, lOiigltsli scientists have discovoro thal strawberries have it had offed o the tom por, Strawberry festiva over there musl bo a spade won (han IhOJ are hero If (hal is Ile elli A Commnndor Winslow Bays Mc Did Not 12vado i'-Hjfii?g ?miics. Writing to tho Socrotavy of tho Navy, Coinmnnc'or Camoron Molt. Winslow has ondeavorod to clear hhn solf from tho charges mado ugainst him in nowspnpor articles to tho of fset that ho smuggled goods ashore at tho timo ho left tho United States Cruiser Charleston, ut San Diogo, Cal. | last Juno. It was alleged that ho evaded tho dutios on wino, high grade cigars, and valuablo curios which wore tait ?n to bis home. Commander Wins low claims that not only did ho have no largo amount of wines, eigui's or curios, but ho paid duties on any ar ticles Concerting which there was tho sliigbtest puestlon of their hoing dult able. Commander Winslow said snob wines and cigars as ho bad, wero purchased in Now York for private and oillciul entertainment, und for the most part olllcial. Ile said they bad been on board for about a year and that what remained of them was lauded with the romnant of cabin supplies and lils household goods, with no'thought of smuggling. Later In Ibo day when he learned that thoy might be subject to duty be Informed the collector of the contents of the boxes and paid the duty In all eases whore there was a doubt. Fl lt 10 FltOM lin-; SKY. (.'crinan Government Tests Ono of Ks Dig Airships. The trial of the Cern?an govern ment's big war airship, built under the auspices of Capt. Von Krogh, was conducted recently with groat secro cy nour Purls, Prance, the experts who witnessed the trial going to Hie secluded spot by night, it was an nounced thal biter the big gasbag was kept at n height of 1,700 yards for ?i period of four hours, and was under perfect control, moving at a rate of about 25 milos an hour. Tho absolute secrecy of the test prevented particulars from leaking ' out. lt is stated that ono advantage ont. It is stated that one ad van t . ago of tho macdi ino Hos In thc stability of the cigar shaped gas bag which is obtained by two innoi 1 balloons, one at each end of the ship - The balloons aro inflated by two ga? . machines on the platform. Room il also provided for six mon and tw< rapid bring gnus on the platform Apparatus is fixed over tho balloon t( ( balance tho whole after a shot or re ducton in the amount of ballast. Tw< motors are placed on the plat fora c but only ono of those is used In run " ning the sh Ip, tho other being hob 3 for cases of emergency. Tho llrini . of shots bad no effect In tho opera < ting of the machino, , jj haling and Handling Cotton. It has been suggested time am P again that more care should be givci ?i by the fanners in hand ling and bal i nj f their cotton for the foreign market L> That much loss is incurred over; t, year by the farmers of the Soutl ti through the way they put their cot I, ton on the market is no longer ques Honed, and experts in Europe am 1 America are now giving this imper \ tallt matter considerable attention [. At the recent Colton Congress ii . Vienna a prominent Cotton spinne s of England contributed a Valuabl Q address on this subject in which lu ! dealt forcably with the evils of loose ,j ly packed and poorly covered cotton He also made several valuable circu Q lations and the figures sh'Otlld bo sui ) ficiont to attract earnest attention oi I the part of our farmers and all win Q deal in cotton. g lUHKUiK ??W UUo?r?llvtB I Ol icuutci 3 freiglit by Infiel and sea for the small e er bulk, abd for diminished tare (, ?.Nie, it is calculated by the geutlemai referred to above that the total sav I lng oh a crop of 12,000,000 bales, ? n which 7,000,000 were sent abroad e would be. Over $So\000y0X)0. At th? r height of the last season' there wen j. much complaint of congestionen th e railroads and delay in transporta ?r Hon j and it was said that about 5* per cent moT? ear?,were needed ti s provide adequately ?o* promptly car c rying all the cotton to market. 0 With proper compression and bal n lng the congestion and delay wouh g be fully relieved and promut traill port?t ion abd delivery could be mad t: with the same equipment, but Mr s Macalister ?'ontinned his figuring b; |s assuming that the additional equip ,'_ ment must be provided for' the pre.? Q ont niOtliod of baling. Fie estimate! that -10,000 cars mc now Used in car rying a I2,000,???-b?le Crop, am thrtl $0,000 more are necessary to d the work with promptness and dis patch. This at $92(7 for the cost o each car would mean the in^estmeii of $18,400,000 more capita), whk-1 ,, would be unnecessary with prope y compression and baling. It will be observed that this ha '0 altogether to do with saving in th? e cost of transportation and handling ? . and does not take info account tin [., loss from waste and injury to cottoi ? as the reslitt of the present loose arti '- defective methods oi th" risk of los i_ hj/ five in transit and warehouseman! 0 the higher Coat of insurance, whi?l 1 one of our own authorities a whit j ?fifo reckoned at some $20,0X10,000 fo - a season's crop. The loss and Wast* jj from these various causes is scatter 0 ed all along the line, bltfc it must in i- evltably fall upon the producer in ! J' reduction in the price he receives fo his ced ton. y All the cost and risk H ls subjee [ to in getting to market must b ? (alien into account in determininj rt thai price-The economic advantage e to say nothing ol' self-respect am c business pride, in pucking Americai - col ton for market, in a ch ill/ed fash " ?oil ought to be impressed upon al concerned in the production and mar " keting of Ibis most important of ou s exports. The present slovenly meth od i: flagrantly extravagant as wei as disgraceful. The farmers are pow erless to bring about the necessar reform, unless they are aided by a who are interested in the cotto t rade. l r is assented as a fact by thos )\ who claim to know that America jj cotton is thc worse packed cotto , that goes on tho European market: i. This does not only reflect upon oil 1 business methods but costs us mi lions of dollars in money. Why can this be remedied? .1 - >. IF the cotton farmer will discar ?i thc jute bagging ami cover the! " bales with bagging made from cotto they will take a long; slop in the d rection of their full independent \\ Will they dojt?_ R- COLUMPIA repudiates the ropoi thai she will not be in the South A [I laut ie League next season. Collin " bia is md muc-b of a game winne II this season, but she is game to tr core, and will stick to the end. W cl hope she will have better luck no> " season. _ io Many a man lins h>< i he game I io boosting it too much. USES HIS KNIFE On a Negro Woman and on a Po? lice Officer. Ho ls Pursued mid Shut nt l?y a Posso of Wh?to CJtl/A?IW ?ut ?luke? Mn Escape. Thoro wau some excitement tn Uowesvlllo on hiBt Suturday night caused hy tho outrugoouB conduct of u negro hy tho name of Jim Jones. Tho correspondent of Tho State nt Rowesville says Jonos is u hud fellow goncruUy and lie kept lip his reputa tion on Saturday night by an un provoked attack on Luvissa Lee, a woman with whom ho has lived for tho past six years off and on, and by an attack later on Ofllcer Dempsey. 'lt seems that Jones is very Jeal ous of Lavissa and Saturday night about 10.?10 bo found her talking with a group of negroes on tho street near the railroad crossing and with out warning he slashed tho woman with a big knife and the blow or blows laid open the hack ?Ide of bur head and then caught Into the flesh and opened a gash on hor back from the nock to the waist linc. While none of tho wounds are ne cesarily fatal, they were serious ones, as one or two artories were cut in the scalp and the wound on hor hack is half an Inch deep ia places. Officer Dempsey was notified of the assault and arming himself with a pistol, which was furnished him by Intendant. Stokes, he ran agaim-t Jones in the dark without, knowing that he was up against his man until the latter made a leap for him. The pistol was not a self acting one, which Dempsey did not know, and when he pulled the trigger with out having cocked lt., lt of course ?lld not go off and Dempsey was over thrown and went down on his back in the ditch with thc negro, who ii a powerful fellow, on top of him and trying to uso lils knife on him Dempsey called for help and did bb best to ward off the blows of the ne gro. He was cut t lightly ip the let hand and his shirt was cut thiei times over the heart, hut he was no ill jil rod ol IHM- than the sUghlost. eu on the hand . The white men ha? ?al bet ed by this time and the nogn rttn, followed hy a fusillade of revol ver shots timi by discharges fron shotguns, but so far as known bc wa not blt In thc darkness. A scare was made for him until midnlgh and it was renewed yesterday, but h was not fourni. There ls no doubt but that he wi return and then he will be placed ur der arrest. If he had been foun Saturday night the chances are tba there would have been a dead "nit; ger" in Rowesville, as tho temper o the voting white men was such thc Ihey would have taken no chance with the "nigger'" armed as bc wat and after nilnkng the assault wilie he did on an ofllcer. They Ht ill Live. During the war thc Congross o tiie United .States erased the name o M. F. Maury from the list of distill guished United States naval oflicer because he bad joined the Confeder acy. "Poor fools," said Admira Sommes when thc' bews reached bin of the action of Congres,?}. "M. F Maury will live in history as a di? tlnguished naval oflicer of the Uni ted States long after every man wlv voted to expiiflge bis name from th' list is dead and forgotten, 1 And s it has proved. Thc whole civilize! world know who M. F. Maury is bu the men who voted to erase his nam are dead and forgotten. The pott. Spite of these failed to effect Maur j After the close of thc war Field, wh built the Atlantic cable, in a speec at a great banquet, given in. honor o the' completion of that great entei prise said "langland put up the mor ey, M. F, Maury furnished the brain and he did the work." And Maur still lives. "When Jefferson Davis was Secrc tai'y of War of the United States,1 says The News and Courier, "ai aqueduct was built over Cabin Joh Creek as a part of the water-work system of the City of Washingtot The work was done by army eng neera under his direction, and th names of those who were in authori i ty at the time were inscribed on th keystone of the arch spanning th stream. When Caleb Smith was Sec ; rotary of the interior tinder Abn ; ham Lincoln he ordered that th name of Mr, Davis, which had bee chiseled into the stone, should beet :. out, and it was done, If Caleb Smit ever did anything else during hi term of office, we do not know ii but at the time, we have no eloub that be was much trumpeted for thi mark of bis loyalty to the cause o the Union. "For more than forty years thor bas boen a blank space in the ke> I stone of Cabin John Bridge. Ever ; visitor to thc? place bas asked whos I name bad been cut out of the stone j nobody bas asked who cut it out, s that il bas come to pass that Cale Smith bas been forgotten and thu Jefferson Davis lives on. This is e> actly as we would have it and as i ought to be." The mean, petty spit i of Congress and of Caleb Smith tai led of its object. Instead of tbei I action causing the distinguished me ? ?twas aimed at to be forgotten it ba i made them more famous, and toda they live in history and is known t the civilized world, while those wh tried to obliterate their greatness are dead and forgotten. IN the last few years accident have been entirely too frequent o our naval ships. SUCH accidents as that which o< curred on the Battleship Coolgi i dot's not reflect much credit on on navy. TllR State of Georgia want? to ti the experiment of prohibition. Shoal she adopt it wc can then study th subject at'close range. Welsh Neck ll \ K'I'St Tho 1Kb session wi Litera ry. Music, Art, Expression grad?alos of our leaning colleges a phasl/.od in every department, l?ei willi electric lights, hot and cold naces. Mest Christian Influences, logue. l*ol>t . \\ .. DtirrcH A_ Oi l tea JU to any of our customers for ibo ai pliimbng or hardware business, t page cataloguo which will he foam prices 01, anything in tho supply lia COU) M 1*1 A ?*Ul*l?I_Tk t EIGHT KILLED From erosion of fowdsr oil the Battleship Georgia. Tho Cause of tho Accident is Un known, Dut Was Not Caused hy CuvolcftKucHP. Hy the explosion of u cano of pow der in the hands of a gunner In tho after su?;0yh?po?od turrott of tho battleship Georgia in Massachusetts bay Monday, ?ix mon wore killed und fifteen injured. Not one of tho portions in tho tur- A., rot escapod injury. Tho following are the names of thoso who were kill ed outright: William T. Thatcher, chief turret captain, Wilmington, Del. Faulkner Goldthwu?te, midship man, Kentucky. W. J. Bucker, ordinary seaman, Quincy, Mass. G. G. Hamilton, ordinary seaman, South Frnmlngton, Mass. William Thomas, ordinary soamau, Newport, U< I. George Miller, ordinary seaman, Brooklyn, N. Y. In addition to thy above tho follow ing died after being taken to tho hospital : I dont. Casper Goodrich. Now York. Edward J, Walsh, ordinary seaman Yynn, Mass. Twelve injured remain in tho hos pital, of whom Midshipman James F Cruse of Nebraska and Seaman .las. P. Thomas of Brooklyn, N. Y., aro not expected to rocover. The other men's conditions has not changed since tboy were curried to tho hospital. The cduse of the explosion is not' known. FOI NI) IN~DFAD LIOTTKIM. Forty-Five Thousand Dollars Itel urn ed to the Soliders. During the past year thc sum'of f(> 7,-15 li. 2 8 In actual money was V found In dead letters, and $55,271.37 r was returned to senders. I The Increased omoioncy and offeot- 1 iveness of the division of cloud lot- \ tors, bureau of the fourth assistant \ postmaster general, as evidenced by j the annual summary of the work ac- ' compllshed, ls very gratifying to the | Officials of the department, who have $ worked hard to make ll possible to have every person making UKO of the mails to receive hack any misdirect- * ed or miscarried mall. During the last fiscal year 12,74:1,625 pieces off mail matter was received, as com- \' pared with 11,273,94) in tho fiscal year ended Jane 30, 1 906. There were returned to senders 3,r,87,0;{2 letters and 92,(528 parcels, against 2,249,339 letters and 90, 2 94 parcels in the pr?viens year. lip the fiscal year just closed 7,282,1)28 circulars and non returnable letiors were destroyed, while in the fiscal year of I 905-1 90(1 there were 7.5GO, 749 destroyed. , %' During the previous fiscal year $01,209.69 was found in actual cash in dead letters, and $51,951.16 re turned. In addition to this, commer cial paper, Including money orders, chocks, drafts, etc., of a total value of $2.0 1:1,076.36 was removed from undelivered letters during the year. Ali or this was returned lo senclors except $7,132.26. SUi/?TiU?l liA'?HS AT ll?MBr They Heal tho Skin and Take Away Its Impurities. Sulphur baths heal Skin Disensos, and give the body a wholesome glow. Now you don't, have to go off to a high-priced resort to get them. Put a few spoonfuls of Hancock's Idquid Sulphur in the hot water, and you get a perfect Sulphur bath right in your own home. Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur to the affected parts, and Fc/.oma nnd other Mlubborn skin tronidos aro quickly cured. Dr. lt. H. Thomas, of Valdosta, Ga., was cured of a pain ful skin trouble, and he praises it in the highest terms. Your druggist sells it. Hancock's Idquid Sulphur Oint ment ls the host cure for Sores, Pim ples, Blackheads and all inflamatio?. (Jives n soft, velvety skin. 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