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? VOfc. XV. BRYAN ACCEPTS. Notified Thursday at Tcpcka of His Nomination BY TWO MORE PARTIES. He Clearly Demonstrates That imperialism ana i tusts me Deadly to a Free Government. Wm. J. Bryan received the second oflioial notification of hie nomination for tbo presidency at Topeka, Kansas, 011 Thursday. The notification earoo froui the Populist party, and Thos. M. Patterson, of Colorado, octcd as the mouthpiece of the party in making it. Mr Bryan was at the same timo informed of the endorsement of his oatdidaoy by the United States Monolary League, this notification being given by W. A. Ruoker. Tbo ceremonies ocourrcd in iho spacious aod beautiful grounds of the Stato capital and wore witnessed by a large number of people. Mr. Bryau spoko as follows: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Notification Committee: In accepting tbo presidential nomination which you tender on behalf of the Populist party, I desiro to givo emphatic recognition to tho educational work done by your party. Tho Populist party, as an organization, and the farmer alliances and the labor organizations from which they sprung, have done much to arouse the people to a study of ooonomic and industiial qucs lions. Believing as 1 do that truth grows not in ecolusion but in tho open fiold and that it thrives best in tho sun light of full and free dobato, I have confidence that tho discussions which your paity has compelled will aid in reaching that truo solution of pending problems toward which all honest citi zees aim. "I desire also to express my deep appreciation of tbo liberality of opinion and devotion to principle which have led the members of your party to enter the ranks of another party in the selection of a candidate. "And let mo pause to say that when this speech was prepared and given to tho press I did not know that formal announcement of tho resolutions as passed by the monetary leaguo would be made at this time, and I do&irc to hero to express my gratitudo to the members of that league for the support which thev promise and for the cordial commendation whieh their resolutions speak. Tho monetary lcaguo has for four years been aotivo in tbo distribution of literature connected with the monoy question aimed at tho enlightenment of the votors and I hnvo on former ooeasions and do now express my commendation of the efforts of this league and similar leagues, to spread beforo tho people information on tho money question, because I belicvo the moro the question is studied and tbo bottor it is understood tho stronger will be tho demand for tho restoration of tho double standard in the IJuited States. (tJroat applause ) "Whilo 1 am grateful for the oonfi dcnco which tho I'opulists havo expressed in mo, I ani not vain enough to regard as personal their extraordinary manifestations ??f good will. The tics which bind together thoso who believe in tho same great fundamental principles arc stronger than tios of affection ?stronger even than tho ties of blood ; and co-operation between tho roform foreos is duo to tho faot that Democrats, Populists and vSilvor Republicans take the side of tho peoplo in their contest against greed and agrco in the application of .Jeffcreonian principles to the questions immediately before US. TUB CLAIMS StJSTAINKl) "In 1801! the money question was of paramount importance and the allies in that oampaign united in tho demand for immediate restoration of silver by tho independent action of this country at 16 to 1, tho ratio whioh had existed sinoo 1834. They wcro defeated, but that did not end tho discussion. The Democrats were defeated in 1888, but that did not put an end to taritl reform. The Republicans were defeated in 1892 but that did not permanently overthrow the proteotivo tariff. Defeat at i tho polls does not neoessarily decide the great problem. Experience and oxpenoDee alono settle questions. If an increaso in the volume of the cur renoy since 1896, although uupromiscd ' by the Republicans, and unexpeotcd, 1 has brought improvement industrial 1 > conditions, this improvement instead of answering tho arguments put forth in favor of bimetalibm, only confirms tho oontentiou of thoso who insisted that moro money would mako better times. 44Tho Republican party, however, whilo olaiming crodit for tho increaso in circulation, makes no permanent provision for an adequato supply of standard money. It denies the neoes-' sity for moro real money while it per I mits national banks to expand tho volumo of papor promises to pay money. j 44lf the Populist felt justified in op posing tho licpublioan party when it sought to conceal its gold standard \ tendencies under tie mask of interna* tional bimotalism, the opposition | should be moro pronounced in proper , don as the Republioan party more ] openly espouses gold monometallism. , 44In 1896 the roform forocs charged | the Republican party with intending to j retire greenbacks. This oharge, denied , at the time, has been oonfessed by tho , , finanoial bill, whioh oonvorts greenbacks, when onde redeemed into gold ' L... , ??*: m certificates, and extends new i rivilegos to bar ks of issuo. If a Populist opposed the Republican party when ith hos t ility to greenbacks was only suspooted, that opposition should be greater now sinco one can no longer doubt tho purpose of the Republioan party to substitute bank notes for grecnbaokH. AS TO OllEKNBAOKH. "It is truo that tho Populists bclioro in an irredcomnblo greenback, while tho Democrats boliove in a groonbaok redeemable in ooin, but tho vital question at this timo, so far as tho nionoy is concerned is whethor tho government or hauks shall issue it. Thcro will be time enough to discuss tho redecidability of the greenbacks, when the greenback itself is saved from tho annihilation which uow thrcatous it. 'the Republic ti party is now committed to a euirenoy system which necessitates a perpetual dobt, while tho Populist finds himself in agreement with the Demoorats who behove in paying oIT the national dobt us rapidly as possible. "If belief in an inoouic tax justified a Populist in acting witn the Democratic party in 18U6, what excuse cau he find for aiding tho Republican party uow when oven tho exigonoios of war have nut been sufficient to bring that party to the support of the iucotno tax prinoiples? "Populists beliuvo in arbitration now as much as they did in 18UU and arc as rouoh opposed to Kovirnmont by injunction and blacklist as they were then, and upon theso subjcotH they havo as much roason for oo operation with the Democratic party today as they had four years airo. WI1KN DEMOCRATS AND POl'II 1.1 STK AO It EE. "Democrats and Populists alike favor the principle of direct legislation. If any dilfercnccs exist as to the extont to which tho principle should be applied, these differences can be reconciled by experiment. "Democrats aud Populists agroc that Chinese and other Oriental labor should bo excluded from tho United States. "Democrats and Populists desiro to so cnlargo the scope of tho inter stato commerce act as to inablo the commission to proteot both persons aud plaoeB from discrimination aud tho public at large from cxccssivo railroad rates. "Tho Populists approvo the demand set forth in tho Demooratie platform for a labor bureau, with a cabinet offi cer at its head, SSuoh an oftioial would keep tho administration in close touch with tho wugo oarning portion of the population and go far toward scouring such remedial legislation as the toilers need. "In 18% the Populists united with tho Democrats in oppusing the trusts, although tho question at that time appeared like a cloud searooly larger than a man's hand. Today that cloud well nigh overspreads tho industrial sky. Tho farmer docs not participate in tho prolits of any trust, but ho sorely fcols the burdoQ of them all. Ho is dependent upon tho soasons for his income. When he plants his orop ho knows not whether it will bo blessed with tain or blighted with drought; ho knows not whether wind will blow it down, or hail destroy it, or insects dovour it and tho prioo of his crop is as uncertain as the quantity. If a private monopoly oan suspoud production and fix the prioo of raw material as well as tho prioo of the linishcd product, the farmor, poworlA(1n ? II* ? ? .1 ivsdo iu jnuimii uuLiHcir wnon ne Bolls, 18 plundcrod when ho purohasos. Can any farmer hesitate to throw tho intiuencc of his ballot upon tho 8ide of thoso who desire to protoofc the public at, largo from monopolies? NEEDS NO ARGUMENT. "The faot that the trusts support tho Republican party ought to bo sufficient proof that they expect protection ffom it. The Republican oannot bo relied upon to extinguish tho trusts so long as it draws his campaign contributions from their oveiflowing vaults. "Tho prosperity argument which, tho Republicans bring forward to answer all oomplaints against tho administration will not dooeivo the farmor. Ho knows that two factors come into his inoomo?first, tho size of his orop, and, second, the price which ho recoives for tho same. Ho doos not roturn thanks to the party, in power for favorablo weather and a bountiful' bar vest, and ho knows that tho Rpubliean party has no pelioy which insures a permanent incrcaso in agricultural prices. Sinoo ho sells his surplus in a foreign markot ho is not a beneficiary of tho tariff, and sinoo ho produces merchandise ana not monoy, ho doos not profit by tho appreciation of tho dollar. Ho knows that tho muoh vaunted prosperity, of whioh he has novor had his sharo, is on tho wano in spito of tho unusual and unnatural stimulation whioh it has received during the last threo years. Ho knows that eaoh month of 1900 shows a larger nunibor of failures than the corresponding month of 1899, and that there is also a marked tondonoy toward a deorcaso in tho output of the factories. Flo knows also that disoovorios of gold, famines abroad and war on threo continents have not boon able to raise tho prioe of farm produots as rapidly as tinsts and combinations have raised the prioe of tho things whioh tho farmor buys. BURNH CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS. "Our opponent!* havo tried to make it appear that we are inconsistent whon we dosiro a general rise in prioes and yet oppose an arbitrary rise in pioteotsd manufactures or trust-made goods. There is no oonfiiot whatever between these two propositions. If a general rise in prioes ooours beoause of a permanent inorease in the volume of money, all things adjust themselvos to :he new level, and if the volume of money then increases in proportion to .he demand for money, the price level -emains the same and business can be CONTINUED ON PAO* 4. it li C( )N W i MOB LAW IN OHIO. I Exciting Scenes Witnessed in the 0 City of Akron. TWO CHILDREN KILLED An Angry Crowd of Peorle Seek to Lynch a Negro for Attempted Assault on a Girl A dispatch from> Akron, Ohio, says between one and two o'clock Wednesday uiorning Officor John Dully arrest ed a colored man who, during too day, confessed to Prison Keeper Washer, to having attempted to assault Christina, ! the six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thco. Maas, industrious and respectable people who livo on Perkins hill. Tho prisoner has given his namo as Louis Peck. He is about 10 years old, married and recently moved hero. Tho story of his coufession spread like wild lire through the city and otlicors learned that an attouipt would bo mado to lynoh him. In tho polico court Peck pleaded guilty and was bound over to the common picas court llis bail was plaocd at $.">,000 Several thousand people wore ready to lynch Peck. A largo crowd gath orcd about tho city prison at 7:30 o'clock aud forced in the doors The pribon was soon packed with the mob and tho ofhoeis otlercd no resilience, as Peek earlier in the evening had been Huiotly takon away to Cleveland. To satisfy tho mob tho olhoors suggostcd that a committee oi six ho appointed to search all tho cells and go through ovory part of the building. This was done, and as tho negro was not found, a yoll was uiaoe, "Now lor tho county jail. Givo us tho nigger aud wo will deal with him." A mad rush was made for tho jail and soon tho jail was in tho hands of tho mob. After going through the private apartments of tho jail tho orowd started to batter down tho big iron doors. Deputy Sheriff Stone stood in front ii : J ' <n ino (iriHuu uoors ana maac a speech. He informed tho crowd that Peek could not be found in there and ho told the people in the uiob to soloot a committee and ho would allow tho coiviumtco to search the jail from top to bottom. A committee waB (juiokly Bclcctcd and tho jail was searched, every oell being oxamincd. Satisfied that tho negro was not thoro tho mob then rushed across tho stroct and forced open the doors of tho oounty court house. Tho old court houso was Boon packed and all rooms Hcarohcd except tho rooms in tho treasury department. Tho oity prison was again surrounded and hundreds of people forcod their way into tho prison for the second time, insisting that the negro was there. Mayor VV. E. Young at this tirno appeared at one of tho windows in the upper part of the building. Ho addrosscd tho mob as best he could, saying that Heck had been taken out of tho prison at 4 o'clock by Sheriff Kelly and driven out of the city in a closed carriage. Tho peoplo in tho mob would notbolievo tho mayor and continued to yoll and domand that Pock bo surrendered. At 10 o'clock the mob began for tho third time to attaok the oity prison. Some ono in tho crowd began shooting at the building. This was followod by several moro shots, Tho officers in tho building appeared at tho windows and began to shoot over tho heads of tho people. A man with a shot gun then fired at tho officers. It is said soveral officers wcro wounded. Tho crowd thon bogan to smash in tho windows of tho city building and tho firing bccamo gcnoral. Hundreds of shots wore oxohanged, and ono boy, name unknown, was earned doad from tho street. It is certain that dozens of men were wounded. All the ambulances of tho oity havo bcon called out and the excitement has bocorno intense. Tho front of tho oity building is a total wrook and the fire bells wore rung. At 10:45 p. m. Prison Koopor John ( n trr n. wasftor oamo from tho city building and ho was knocked down by a brick. 1 Flo was badly injured about tho head 1 and had to rcoeivo medical attention. It was known that two people woro instantly killed and another person is dying at tho oity hospital. Tho dead aro: Glen Wado, aged 10, shot through ' tho heart; John M. Davidson's four- ' year-old child, shot dead in a baby carriage. Fred V. Orwiok, ago 25, is badly | wounded with buokshot. Ho lives at No. 43 North street, and is now dying at tho hospital. A man named Mull was shot in tho head and also in ono 1 leg. ! Another man, whoso namo could not be learned, but who is a driver for tho ' American Kzpross company was shot in the log. At 11 p. m. tho orowd bogan to leavo for home, and tho indications arc that i no merfl i.rrmhlrt mill ? ? ?- "ill vanu I'lOUUt Shortly after midnight tho mob broko I into a hardware Btoro and stolo all tho i firearms and ammunition they eould 1 find, including guns, rifios and revol- i vers and procecdod to the oity building * and opened firo on tho defenders and I finally sot firo to tho Columbia hall, j whioh adjoins the oity building. At j last accounts tho flames wore spreading t rapidly. Don't be Jealous. Don't be joalous of your neighbor or your brothor. Don't. That is little, 1 too little, very littlo. And if you indulge that spirit long it will mako you 1 little, and then mean, and thon oon- 1 temptible, Don'dlet tuo spirit got you. 1 Don't. ( r. ^ ?T]I VY, S. Co THURSDAY, ANARCHY REIGNED The Mob Enraged at Escape of Would- \ ' ' beRavisher A dispatch from Akron says whon day dawned in that oity Thursday morning it revealed a scono of desolation and the evidences of violence and lawlessness unparallcd in tho history j of this city. Tho rioters had dono their work and had disappeared. Ono child was lying cold in death and nearly a scoro of pcoplo woro suActing from tho wounds of pistol halls, buckshot and missiles. Tho city building was a heap of smouldering ruins and bosido it steamed tho water-soaked ashes of Columbia hall. At (? o'olook the crowd began to increaso as tho curious spectators hurried to tho scono of tho trouble. A policeman appeared and then another, timid at first, but with increasing assurance as no violonoo was ottered. 'I hen Co. C of Canton, a detachment of tho gallant Kighth Ohio rogimont, marohed down tho street from tho train and, hulling bofoto tho mins of tho building, was at once sot to patroling tho tiro lines. There was no evidence of ill will or disquiet on the part of tho crowds at tho lines. There was no talked of violonoo, as tho turbulent clement bad sunk away with tho coming of daylight ami order ( was onoo more fully restored after an awful night of terror and anarchy. At th.'lO o'clock Thursday morning Co. C, Kighth regiment, of Canton, uii dcr command of Capt. A. Fischer, arrived in Akron under riot orders. Tho 'I soldiers wcro met in the Valley depot by Mayor Young and a party of city of- t fioials. They were marohod iinmedi- r atcly to tho socno of Wednesday night's r rioting. As the troops marohod up tho a main thoroughfare hisses and groans ( wcro heard. At 9:20 nine companies (. of the Fourth regiment arrived in tho t city and marched to the scene of Wed- t nosday night's rioting. t Shortly before 10 o'clock Mayor W. a K. Young issued a proclamation clos- ? ing evory saloou^in Akron until fur- <1 thcr ordors. Oiic killed, 0110 fatally t injured and 20 persons more or loss in- g jurod is the result of tho mob's work, j tJlon Wade was shot and almost in- 1 stantly killed. He was in the mob and 0 a bullet from tho revolver of a police- 1 man in tho oitv hall struck hiui. Tho t lad was only 11 years of ago. Another t innoocnt who will die is Khoda David- t son, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Davidson. Sitting in a ? carriago with her mother and father on c tho outskirts of tho mob, a stray bullet v struck her in tho head. No hope is t held out for her recovery. Tho resistance shown by tho polico ofhoors and city officials in 1I10 city hall , only served to lash the mob into groat- j. er frenzy. Failing in its efforts to force ' an ontranoo into tho city hall a portion of the nub ran to tho store of tho Stan a dard Hrrdwaro Co. on Main street, v about one and a half blocks fiotn tho j" sceno of tho lioting. Revolvers, rilles, shotguns, razors and thousands of rounds of ammunition were taken and . with theso woapons tho mob returned to tho city hall, whero the oity officials were haranguing tho mob. nujoiniog tho city hall which was constructed nlinost ontiroly of brick, 1 was an immense building which for many years past was tho principal pub- 11 lie hall of Akron. This building was sot afiro. The various liro companies , rosponded to tho alarm, but tho mob refused to permit them to work. Columbia hull was soon a ruin, but tho , oity hall was yet standing. Flaming onjbers were thrown into tho different ? rooms and tho building was soon burning. Some of fchc moro thoughtful ones ? in tho mob liberated tho prisoners from 1 tho cells bolow the hall. A stick of dynamito was thrawn into tho front of " tho burning building A terrific oraBh followed and portions of tho wal^, crumbled away like dust before a brcczo. F Another charge was exploded and tho wo k of devastation was completed. ^ Killed by a Masher. d J. Iiascom bobbins, a youfig man from big Sandy, Tonn., makiug his 8 first trip through northorn Wisconsin for 0 tho Chicago Crockeiy company, of Khinolandcr attempted a flirtation with T one of the women olerks in tho store of 1 Fonolon & Co,, on Saturday evening, and aftor being ropulsed by tho woman a and chased out of tho store and down the street, ho shot and instantly killed W. W. Fonolon, head of tho firm who j had resented tho insult to his em v ployco. bobbins was taken to tho j county jail and afterward spirited out a of tho oity as it was feared that public ? fooling might result in violonco. Tho murdered man was ono of tho foremost D citizens of northern Wisconsin. Ho was heavily interested in property, both ? in this rogion and in tho state of Wash- j, ington. For fifteen years he has been r at tho hoad of one of tho largost mor- t oantilo housos of northorn Wisconsin. 0 lie leaves a widow and two young j, children. 0 Heat Damaged Crops 0 A dispatoh from Chattanooga, Tonn., t says tho protraotcd hot weather with ?. almost complete abnenoo of rain and a toinperaturo averaging from 97 degrees h is proving disastrous to tho interests of n runners. Reliable roports wero brought t in to tho effoot that the lato corn was 1 completely killed in somo distriots, whilo hundreds of aoros of strawberry v plants were dried up and were a com- t pleto loss. It is estimated that the & lamago to dato is vory great. Oood Advice- ( Instojid of wringing your hands over , tho unsaved masses, supposo you turn q pout energies to tho salvation of the linnor nearest to you? You will find j that a task whioh will oall for all your v strength, your energy, your power with k Ulod. [ pii AlKiUST :t(?. 15)00. JUST IN TIME. The Allies Arrived Not a Day Too Soon TO SAVE THE LEGATIONS. Commander?, Alarmed by Sound of Bombardment, Gave Men no Time to Roat. Musii cian Titus' Laurels. A dispatch from I'ckiu savs tho \mcrioan and Russian tlagB were danted on the last walls of that city on i Pucfday morning 1 Uh instant, at 11 1 >'olook. I'ho India troops entered the tritish legation at 1 and the Americans ( d ?L There was a joyful reception rem tho wall. * Tho oniaoiatcd tonants could have asted hut littlo longer. They had only hroo days' rations. The Chinese had* ! )een attaoking furiously for two days. <\>ur thousand shells fell in tho lega- ' ion during the siege. Sixty-fivo were ;illed and UK) wounded. ThOtJapaneso began the hattlo before laylight and they aro still lighting ' ibout the north wall, where a part of ho Chinese aro defending tho imperial 1 ity. Tho Japanese casualties havo not ct boon ascertained. Tho KusHians iad fivo killed and twelvo Vvoundod. 1 i'ho Americans had but fow wounded. Tho plan was to tnako a general at- 1 ael. 'oinorrow, and tho trooj s were ar- . iving '-amp, fivo miles east, all light. They ?f?To completely exhausted nd Blcpt in the -fields in tho rain. ienorals, however, u'^rmod at tho ounds of a heavy attack qn tho logaionH, pushed forward independently, ! ho British, Americans and Kr?v -ch on . ho left of tho river and tho KuAfvnH ,nd .Japanoso on tlio right. lleginnirt, I t 2 o'clock thin morning tho .lapaucHO L livcrtcd tho brunt of tho resistance to ho northern city, their artillery on- * aging tho Chiuoso heavily thoro. Tho Vmericans and liritish met with but ' ittlo resistance until they ontorod tho 1 ity, whero thcro was stroot lighting . tcilley's battery attempted to reach . ho inner wall. Tho troops finally en ercd the foreign settlement through ho canal. Company 10, Kourteonth Unitod ' ItatcH infantry, planted its Hag on tho mtor wall, Musician Titus scaling tho 1 rail with a rope, by means of whioh ( ho othors climbed to tho top. Ill, AM KS T11K CI1INKSK. A dispatch to Tho New York (Icrnld y rom I'ekin, h'liduy, August 17, via < lhanghai tays: j Contrary to tho agrcomont of tho , Hied commanders tho Russians ad- | auocd and occupied tho first door of ho east gato oarly in tho morning of ho 1 Ith (Tuesday,) but failed to foroo ho eooond door. At 2 o'olook on tho afternoon of tho 4th tho llritish and Amerioans ontorod he gato near tho legations and mot with nly slight rcsistaneo. Tho .Japanoso uiot moro sorious oplosition at tho upper east, gato ull day. At midnight on tho 14th they blew ip tho gnto nnd ontorcd tho oity. Many Chinoso wero killed. Tho pcoplo in tho legation wero well, nit somewhat starved. Minister Conger said: "They tried to annihilate us the day icforo you got in. "Prinoo Ching, president of tho ^sung Li Yamcn, sent word that his flicors had reocivod ordors toooaso firng on us undor pain of death. "At 7 o'clock in tho ovening of tho arao day the Chinrsn onnn?4 h ??wi ?JWMWV? (11 V rtUU ( his continued all day. ? "If thorolioviog column had. not ar- i ivcd when it d\d ws should probably i tava Huooumbed. ( "The Americans lost sovon inarinos ;illcd and 15 wounded and one ohild cad. "The wholo movement is purely a I ovcrninental one. The boxers aro ! nly$a pretense, having no guns. 1 "Tho oonfidontial adviser of tho oin- * icror was tho leader of tho irnporial i rooi>s. < "In cloven days over 2,000 shells fell ' mong us." 1 CONSPIRED WITH BOXERg. A dispatch from Hongkong says a irominent roforinor has obtained from anion runners a letter from Hon. Yung iU, oommander-in-ohicf of tho northern ruiics, to Gen. Tung Ku Sian, ooui- ' [landing tho Kan Hu troops, saying: . "It is not oonveniont to aooomplish ay scorot orders," and proceeding: . "Tho foroign dovils, counting their upcrior strcnght in warships and guns . avo darod to exort all thoir power to ob and insult us, but their populaions aro small and ontiroly dopendont n tho Chincso productions. China now ossosscs oannon and rifles and plenty f woll trained troops. "I don't foar tho foroignors. In tho ARC ftf Stan Mun I ' 1 * ' tuuu) > iviuncu tiaty will) ho result that nothing was taken. It a evident tho foreigners aro cowards. I nd I'rinoe Tuan recently obtained tho ielp of millions of Moxcrs, possessing aagio boldness. I swear to niurdi r all ho foreigners with assistance of the ioxors who are supplied with arms." Gen. Tung Fu 8ian, in his reply, rhioh was aiso obtained, says ho is of he sarno opinion and places tho Kan lu troops at Goi^ Yung Lu's disposal. Corn Crop Ruined. Kansas has had a terrible drop in tor hopes of a magnificent corn crop. V few weeks ago somothing liko 250, 00,000 bushols was counted on. Tho ubsequent and still oontinuod drouth tas made it probablo that tho orop rill not exceed 75,000,000. After all here is no state whero crop* aro as oerain as they are in Oygia. . r \ .mim \ id. BADLY DAMAGED. Tho Ert^ct of th? Heat on Growing Crops Tho following iH tho wockly hullotin of tho condition of tho weather and orops of tho Statoissued Wednesday by Section Dirootor Itaucr. of thooronanA climato service of tho United States weather bureau. Tho mean temperature for tho State was 87 dcgjocs for tho week onding 8 a. in. August 20th, and tho normal for tho same period iH 78 degrees. Tho highest maximum ranged from 100 to 101 every Jay, tho lowest minimum was 07 at Spartanburg on tho 111th. Tho drought was roliovcd in spotB. ( Nearly cvory oouuty reported somo rain, but ovor^by far tho greator portion of tho State tho rainfall was in mlhoiont and many points had no rain. Whero tho rain was followed hy bright suushino oropH wore scalded and injured instead of benefited. Thoro was moro cloudiness and lighter winds generally than during tho provious week, sxcopt that heavy winds accompanied , iotno of tho thunder storms. Damaging ' hail fell in Lancaster and I'iokcns aountios. Tho weather was too hot and gener illy too dry for all growing vegetation, and orop reports indioato wide spread deterioration, amounting in tho easo of young corn to comploto ruination of juoh that has but rcocntly tasscllcd. Karlior planting, not maturod, is not lilling well, and the hlados and staiks arc dead. The corn crop will bo short. Fodder was pulled from oarly com and laved in lino oondition. Tho weather conditions were also unfavorable to ootton, causing continued ihedding of leaves, forms ami cvon roung bolls, and ohcoked all growth, llust has dooroasod. I'rematuro openmg is general and picking has bogun in ! ill sections. Sea island eontiducs to alight, is dwarfed and is fruiting poory. In places 'M' , oOtion oouinnnH In Inm/ ...-r.il - ,WI> ->UU, UIH UIO rT0?PC0tH 'or tho middlo and lop crops pre poor. Rivor rioo isexoeptionally promising, jxeept at a few points, and hurvost, which has begun. will soon bo actively ;>ro8ceutod. Upland rioo has failed Materially. I'oas of young growth woro literally tilled, while earlier plantings have jocn soveroly injured. Homo pea-vines lavo been out for hay. Hwaot potatoes ind cano, pastures and gardens, in ihort, all minor crops, have shared in -ho general deterioration caused by tho inproocdontod period of prolonged exjessivo heat and drought in plaoes. He Was a Desperado #lauics Wallace, a wealthy farmer, was shot and instantly killed Wedneslay in IMatt oounty, Missouri, near Kust Leavenworth, by a noighber, Dr. \rrington, in a quarrel over a lino enoo. Dr. Arrington then went to .ho homo of Wallace's mother in law ind deliberately shot her to death. Arlington oseaped in a wagon with his laughter, but was pursued by tho ihotiff and a posse which oamo up with aim in tho road noar Farley. Tho nurdorr r oponcd firo, fatally wounding Sheriff Dillingham in tho breast. As lo fell Dillingham shot Arrington hrough tho heart. Tho murders wero jommittcd in a cold hloodcd manner. Wallaeo and Arringtou woro neighbors ind had been at outs for soma time. Wallaoo was greasing his buggy this iiorning when Arrington approached ind without a word fired two shots, cilling Wallaoo almost instantly. Ar'ington drovo aoross l))Q rivor to Leav inworth, taking his daughtor with him, imrohased 250 cartridges, returned to ho homo of Wallaoo's mother in law, sntered tho woman's honso and shot her .0 death beforo sho oould mako an outcry. Ho then climbed into a wagon ind drovo off. Saturday night Arriug;on drovo his wifo away from homo by breatcning to kill her. Hho slept in a sornficld and is still in hiding. Many Frogs Sold in Chicago. South Wator street morohautu Jiat moro than 6^,000 frogs wcro Hold Saturday in Chicago. This in much bigger than tho avcrago Saturday sale, which in 000. More than 300,000 ire Hold each week. Almost all tho iopartmcnt storos sell frogs at retail. The frogs aro shipped into Chicago from all tho noarby Wostorn states, rhey aro raised on frog farms, except in low and marshy localities, where tho frogs raise themselves without cultiva Lion. Tho croakers aro oaught bv small t>oys and put into boxes full of wot ^rass. Tho department stores have thoir frog tanks on tho top floors. Tho frogs aro hardy creatures and manage :o tko out an oxistonoo in their city homes in tho dopartmont stoios for a nonth without boiug fed Tho demand 'or big, fat frog legs for tho table is always ahead of supply. l N3 5 i -j y'-> ^ Hadic: 1 m Anog.'. r [U.,.yr ^ 'MTV, eic-H'l" t irr ik * \"J Vtau>? - A r.;-v~*n.r,T, 0 . J . ?cvir before <1 ^ Writ? for our elegant I IT catalc A wc c.m flflvc > on rr.or-'v in tbe pure ???? ... ..i.ov . ? ? ! ;? ^ ami the eu.sy terms o- payment factory or lliroitxu >>ur regular atltl Stunity ; "it c.'-uiiot i. >; 1 t ? y : YOU its mi>mif<cfi)rerj?t Therefore, a"t5et Llj^H cont 1 vito io . 1* unnecessary. I? y??i .v.: ojn offer most liberal tsrma. V mm simmmam coSpai S*le by Spivey Moroantile Co., ( ( 9 NO. 5. A'YANKEE OUTRAGE Some Latter Day Chivaliy Up North. A WOMAN HORRIBLY BEATEN 4 By Twelve Men in Middletcwn, Cnnn., Because They Did Not Like Her Ways. A dispatch from Middletown, Conn., lays a whitooap outrago of a disgraaofu' nature was perpetrated in Centrebrook, a villago in the southern part of that county, Woducsday night. A woman was sot upon by twelvo tnen and no seriously chastised for an alleged infraction of tho moral law that sho may dio. Thoro aro alight olows to tho mon who wcro implicated in tho cowardly assault but there is little chance that they will be punished, because it is likely that thoy wore prominent citizens of a moatlaced and law-abiding community. Concerning tho provocation furnished to tho woman-beaters by Mrs. Adolph Fritz this story has nothing to do. Sho ^ is a oomoly woman, tho mothor of three children, and a good housewife, as far as is known. Previous to tho shocking occurrence of last night it had not boon known in tho little town that thoro was any animous against her on tho part of the at If - const ituted regulators of tho town. MASK P.I) MEN ATTACK HEIU Mrs. Fritz took a stroll with a young Italian of tho placo. While walking along tho railroad truck near tho Kssex depot twolvo masked mon sprang from the underbrush and mado a rush for tho oouplo. The I'alian escort of Mrs. Fritz mado a wild leap over * loflce. and was out of sight in a uiinuto. Ho was Dot pursued. Tho twelvo chivalrous citizens of the common wealth of Connootiout oared nothing for tho man. It was their dosiro to ohastiso tho woman, and ohastise hor thoy did. Two of tho masked assailants pushed a incal Hack ovor tho woman's hoad and ohokod hor until sho oould not utter an alarm. Sho was then strippodof hor olothing and tiod to a troe by thoroadsido. Tho men appeared to bo frantio. They tore up tho very earth in thoir desire to bo in on tho punishment. Whon tho woman had boon stripped sho was whipped most cruelly. Muggy whips, blaoksnakos and limbs of trees figured as instruments of oastigation in tho hands of tho whitooap. Under the awful punishmont she endured, her breath out off by the tightly wrappod sack, tho woman bcoame unconscious. Whon tho regulators had glutted thoir dosiro to roform by flaggollation they cut tho woman looso, tore her olothos to bits and cast hor body in the dust of tho road. She made tho best of her way tocher homo upon her rooovory, crawling on her hands and knees. Being strong and sclf-roliant she had mado a gallant tight against her twelve brutal assailants. Sho managod to gather a mask, a whip and a man's soft hat. These she dragged to her homo with hor, and thoy had boon turned ovor to the police. No efforts will bo aparod, it is r> oolaimod, to bring tho porpef:?iora of tho outrago to justioo, but it is feared that efforts will not avail when the prominont persons back of the affair show thoir influonco. The woman is in a serious condition. r * i. ? ? 1 nor pnymoal injuries aro moat shooking, but they havo not had the effeot of the nervous shook. Investigating partioa who visitod the scene of tho assault nay that the plaoe resembles u battlo ground. Tho olothing of tho woman was literally torn to.* shreds and many blood-stained boughs of trees lying by tho roadside bear evidence to tho vigor with whioh she was whipped. Turtle Showed Fight. John Fishor, of Komey, W. W, had an ozoiting ezperienco with a largo turtle in tho south branch of the Potomac a few days ago. He oaught the turtle, whioh weighed about 40 pounds, on his lino, but after landing it in his boat it showed fight and chased him from ono end of tho boat to the other. His only weapon of defense was a small paddle, whioh the turtle would now and thon grab between its jaws. Fisher at length succeeded in beating it over into the rivor. j ,1 ' / V . - I \ sm EW KMOTlMEj i! Change in Marketing Methods $ IV Ifiilll 111 IL'Ml # nl rlfl" under v.hit. h you can obtain 6 unTtettcr vnhic in the purchase of ^ tous ^\\'\7uc" Sowing Machine than 0 iffeted. J Igue and detailed particular#;. How 3 has? of a bigh-gradfc sewing-machine A we tcm offer, either direct fr<-u 6 liori/ed agents. This ia an oppor1 know the White," you know ^ rtuwiu Mil 1 % 1 ? ! aikd description 01 t:?e iiu-chino and '' . have an old niaebnue to exchange ' . t'rite to duy. Address in full. 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