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hk j?F fSMHBEjPX^ SS 1 SBH' flHSE r-%?~ ;. ?\ ,. * * . - ' *; * a. " ' * WT*' f VOL. XVI. PRESIDENT McKINI AN ANARCHIST PRETENDING T SHOTS II Tragedy Occurred at t The Dastardly Deed Wa< Dor teem Were Being Show The Fiend Capture Buffalo, Sopt. 6 ?President MeKinloy was shot and soriously woundod by a would-bo assassin whilo holding a roooptiou in tho Tomplo of Musio at tho Pan-Amorioan exposition a fow minutes aftor 4 o'olook this afternoon. Ono shot took offoo' in tho right breast; the other in the abdomon. Tho first iB not of a sorious naturo, and tho bullot has boon oxtraoted. Tho lattor piorood tho abdominal wall, and has not boon looatod. At 10 40 p. m. tho following bullotin by tho attonding physioians was tho only indioation of tho oondi tion of tho presidont's wounds: Tho Prosidont is rallying, and is rosting comfortably. At 10:15 p. in., tornpcraturo 100.4 degrees; pulso 124; ros piration 24. (Signed) P. M. liixoy, M. 13. Mann, 11. K. Parko, H. Mynt or, Kagono Wanbiu. Qoorge 13. Uortolyou, Seorotary to tho Prosidont. THE ASSASSINATION. President MoKinley, tho idol of tho American peoplo, tho nation's ohief exeoutivo, and the oity's honored guest lios prostrate, Buffering tho paDgu inflicted by tho bullets of a cowardly assassin, whilo his lifo hangs in tho balanoo. Oat on Dolawaro avonuo, at tho home of .John G. Milburo, prosidont of tho Pin-American exposition, with tearful faoo, and heart torn by con flioting hopes and foirs sits the faithful wife, whoso dovotion is known to all tho nation. It was a fow moments after 4 p. m., whilo Prefcidcnt EoKtnloy was holding a public reception in the groat Temploof Music, on tho Pan American grounds, that tho cowardly attaok was made, with what Buooess timo alone can ^ tell. Standing in tho midst of crowds numbering thousands; surrounded by every ovidenoo of good will; prosstd by a motley throng of people; showorod with expressions of lovo and lovalty; besieged by multitudes, all eager to clasp his hand; amid theso euriound ings, and with over roourring plaudits of an admiring army of sight-seers r ng log in bis oars, tho blow of iho assassin fell, aDd in an instant pleasure gavo way to pain; admiration to agcny; folly turned to fury, and pandemonium followed. TIiE ASSASSIN. Down at polioo headquarters, surrounded by stern-faced inquibitors of the law, sits a modium-soizcd man of ootnmonplaoo appearanoo, with his fixed gaze directed on the floor, who pressos his lips firmly together and listens with an air of assumed indifforonoo to the persistent stream of questions, argu ments, objurations and admonitions with whioh his captors sock to induoo or oompol him to talk. The organ ro oital in the splendid Tomple of Music witnessed tho dastardly attempt, l'lan ed with the diabolioal ingenuity and finesse of whioh anarchy or nihilism is oapable, tho would-be asrassin carried out the work without a hitch, and should his designs fail, and the president survivo, only to Divino provideuoo oan be attributed that beneficent result. WHKKK IT WAS DONK. Tho president, though well guarded by United States seoret eervioo detco tives, was fully exposod to suoh an attaok as ooourred. lie stood at tho edgo of tho raised dais upon whioh stands tho groat pipo organ at tho east sido ot the magnifiooat structure. Throngs of people orowdod in, to gaze upon thoir exeoutive, perohanoo to olasp his hand, and then fight their way out in the good-natured mob that every minute swelled and multiplied at tho points of ingress and egress to the building. The president was in a oheoful mood, and was enjoying to the full tho hearty evidenoes of good will whioh everywhere met his gizo. Upon his right stood John G. Milburn, of Buffalo, president of the Pan-Amerioan exposition, ohatting with the president and introducing to him especially persons of note who approached. Upon the president's left stood Mr. Cortelyou. THE ASSASSIN FIRES. It was shortly after 4pm, whon one of the throng whioh surrounded the presidential party, a medium sizo man of ordinary appearanoe and plainly < drossed in black, approaohed as if to greet the president. Both Seoretary ; Oortolyou and President Milburn noy tioed that tbo man's band was swathed '' in a bandage of handkerohief. Reports of bystanders differ as to his hand. He worked his way amid tho stream of people up the edge of the dias until he was within two feet of the president. Mr. MoKinley smiled, bowed and extended his hand in that spirit of geniality the Amerioan pooplo so well / iEY ASSASSINATED. 0 SHAKE HANDS FIRES THO IIO HltA. he Buffalo Exposition. ie While Expressions of Escred on the President, d and Locked lip. ?i kuow, wbon suddenly tho flharp oraok of a revolvor rang out loud and nlear abovo tho hum of voiooa, tho ehulll ng nf mtriail font on/1 til !?? V. * ??* V* * vvv nau TIUIAVIU^ nBVUD Ul applauso that ever and anon swopt hero and thoro over tho aasoinblago. T1IE VIKNI) OAPTUKKI). Thoro was an instant of almost oora ploto silonoo. Tho presidont stood stock still, a look of hesitanoy, almost of bowildormcut on his faoo. Then ho retreated a step while a pallor began to steal ovor his foaturos. Tbomuhitudo only partially awaro that somothing serious had happonod, paused in surpriso, while nooks woro oraned and all oyes turned as oqo toward tho io>trum,. < whoro a groat tragody was'boing onaotcd. Then carno a ooumiotion. With tho leap of a tig< r ihroo men throw thomsclvcs forward as with ono impulse aud sprang toward tho would-bo assassin. Two of thorn woro United Statos secret sorvioo men who woio on tho lookout and whoso duty it was to guard against just sueh a calamity as had hero bofallon tho presidont and tho nation. Tho third was a bystander, a negro, who had only an instant previously graspoel in his dusky palm tho haud of the pruS'dont. As ono man tho trio hurled themselves upon tho president's assassin. In a twinkling ho was borno to the ground, his woapon was wroBted from his grasp and strong arms \ i teonod him down. Then tho multitude which throngod tho oiifioo began to oomo to a roalizing sonso of tho awfulnesH of tho soouo of which thoy had boon unwilling witneEsos. IIE MAKES A CONKEH8ION Loon Czologoz, tho would-bo assassin has signed a oonfossion covering six pages of foolujap, which states that ho is an anarchist and that ho beoamo an cnthuaiastio member of that body through iho itllaonoo of Kama Goldman, whoso writings ho had load and whoso lectures ho had iisionod to. ilo denies having any confederate nud says ho dcoidco on tho aot thrco days ago and bought tho revolver with which the aot was committed in Huff?lo. iio has scvon brothels and sisters in Cloveland and the Cleveland directory has tho names of about that numbor living on llosmtr street and Ackland avenue, wluch adjoin, borne of them aio butchers ncu others in diflcicnt trades, ilo is tot detained nt po}ico headquarters ponding tho tcsuli of tho preBidcnt's injuries. Jzjlogoz does not appear in tho least dogroo uneasy or pemtont for his action. Ho Bays bo wat induced by bis attention to Krnrna Goldman's lectures and writing to dooido that tho present form of govern meat in this oountry was all wrong and ho thought tho boat way to end it was by killing tho president. Ho shows oo Hgn of insanity, but iH very rotieont about much of his oareer. Whilo acknowledging himself an anarchist no docs not atato to what hranoh of tho organization ho belongs. P t'l'PnT A vT mill/ tiOAi?i H n i i r.v> L t/ki A ii rj rnuriirj A murmur aroeo, spread and rwollcd to a hum of ooufusion, then grotto a babol of Houudti and later to a panodemomum of noises. The crowds that a moment boforo bad stood muto and motionloEs bb in bewildered ignoranoo of tho enormity of tho thing, now with a single icn puUo surged forward toward tho stago of tho horriod drama, whilo a hoarse cry wellod up from thousand throats and a thouand mon ohargod forward to lay hands upon tho perpotrator of tho dastardly orinio. For a moment ooDfusion was tcrriable. Men shouted and fought, women soroamcd and ohildron oriod. Sorno of those noarest tho doors fled from tho odtfioo in fear of a stampede, while hundreds of others from too outside Htrugglcd blindly forward in the effort to penetrate the orowdcd building and. aolvo the mystery of excitement and paoio whioh evoy moment grew and swelled within the congested interior of the cdihoo. After the first shook of tho assassin's ehots, the President retreatod a step tnon as tho detectives loaped upon his assailant he turned, walkod steadily to a ohair and soated himsofl, at tho samo timo removing his hat and bowing his head in his hands. in an instant Sesflwjr Cortollyou and President Milburn were at his side, ilis ooat was hurriedly opened, tho President mianwhil admrnishing those abtut hiin to remain oalm and telling tLom not to be alarmed. ^ "But your aro wounded," oricd his Seoretary, "let me oxamino." "No, I think not," answered the president. "I am not badly hurt, 1 assure you." Nevertheless his outer garments wore hastily loosened and whon a triokling stream of orimson was seen to wind its way down his breast, spreading its telltale stain over the [Oontinued on page 4. J ?? CONWAY,. S. BRYAN TO LABOR. \ c The Advlca Ha Givsa toth? Work f I irg Paopla. WARNS AGAINST TRU ITS. } Say* If They Wt,re tt Aggressiv? at Elections as they are at Strikes Conditions Would be Different Labor Day last wook was Diarkod by the largost ard most imposing parade of labor unions cvor seen at Kansas City, Mo ., and by tho participation of Wi'liam J. Bryan in tho procession and exoroisos. K ght thomand men marohod through tho streets, groupod in thoir unions and caoh union wearing a dis t'nguishing uniform. Mr. Bryan oocu pied a oarriago at tho hoad of the lino and wai cheered as ho was rooogn'zod A striking foatu e of tho parado was tho Hod Carriers' union, nogrocs, 22f> men, lod by a nogro band. Tho orator of tho aftornoon was Wm. J. Bryan, who was preoodod by Mayor Hood. Tho pavilion at t' o park was crowded to suffocation. Mr. Bryan took for his text tho B?blo verso, "Muz zlo not tho ox that troadoth out tho corn." Mr Bryan sa;d: BRYAN'S TALK "Kaoh dcoado of our history shows greater production of wealth, and the men who produoo it havo loss to show for it. -.Is this a good oondition? A right oondition? Tho solution of tho pro\)lcms that oonfront us is in logis laiion, not in legislation for or against olassos, but for equal justice boforo law. Tho s'riko is today tho only weapon tho laboror has, but it is weak and ineffioient. "If tho laborinir mon worn half aotivo on olootion day as tboy aro in onforoomcnt of thoir strikes, they would ! wield a foroo thai, would right the evils which besot thoiu. TIIK GREATEST DA NO KK "The greatest danger of today is pn vato monopoly. Not that any monopoly < is worso than others, but tho prinoiplo < is bad, which tolerates any privato 1 monopoly. i "I havo hoard that tho truo solution i of tho problem is for tho laboring man i to divide profits with tho trusts. That < has boon given as an argument for tho ] trusts. Such a thing would bo immoral ] and impolitic. It would bo liko divid i iug tho spoils of the highwaymen. It would bo permitting a man to rifle your i pcokQts and then oiler to divido tho < proooods with you. ] "Today tho only pooplo who sym < pathizo with you are the othor who t toil in other parts of tho L rrd's vino- j yard, la tho prosont great stool striko, j whero dtd tho first expression of sym- I pathy oomo fromV From Texas. They i hcvj no stool mills thero. They aro ( farmers. They aro tillers of the soil i and laborers, liko yourselves. i IIIS WARNING. ' 1 want to warn you 10 rosist tho I overtures of tho trust. Howaro when 1 corporations ark you to joio them. Tho J farmers oau stand tho cnerosohmonts i of tho trusts longer than you can. Tho farmers livo off their f?rnrn. Whnn 1 trust pricos get so high that tho farm- \ era oaunot buy thoy will oat the pro 1 duets of their own industry. Tbeir i wives can even go back to the primitvc 1 method of making clothes by weaving. ; Hut when tho farmor can no longer 1 pay trust prioos, thou there will lo do \ more demand for tho products of your i toil, and you oan mako no moro i wages." "Tho offor of U>o trusts to divido with tho laboring ruaD is a nitfall. C!*n you trust <ho corpora-ions to divido honestly? N ). Uow many of you would liko to try a law suit, when the judgo on tho benoh is tho opposing party to ' the suit? Thoro aro good judges, good t Juries, yot do you want judges and ? juries to try our oases whon thoy aro i interested in tho outoomo themselves?. 1 When you permit private monopoly to i diotaio terms of division, then you < plaoo yourselves wholly at thoir mcroy. i You allow them to water their stook 1 and then ezpeot thorn to divido with < labor on a just basis'. ? ( "You are witnessing a battlo between 1 labor and the groat stocl trust. This < trust was willing to unionize sOmo of 1 its mills, but would have others open I to non-union labor. Why? Booauso i the trust wants some mills that it oan t dopond on in tho ovent of a strike. It I is an unequal struggle,. fo{.,th^ trust i can shut down its mills for aydar, but < laboring men oan not live a yoar without work. It is your duty to orush ] monopolies with the host resources at 1 your oommand, tho ballot. i GOVERNMENT BT INJUNCTION. "Government vy in junction is an iniquitous system and ono of the questions demanding attention at tbo hands of the Amerioan people. The courts 1 re tne HorvaoiH oi tno people end for a court to rule by injunction, is for a oourt to dispense with a Jury and to oondomn a man for violating a law that the oouit itsolf made. Under the process of government by injunction, the ( oourt constitutes itself the power to make the laws, ezeouto thorn, and pass judgment on the offender. The whole | thing is wrong. Undorthe system a ' number of employers oan organise themselves, go into oourt and get an order prohibiting others from organising for the same purpose. They oan 1 get an order prohibiting workingmen 1 from getting othor workingmen to re 1 frain from working. The employers ' oan organize to crush labor, but others < are forbidden to organise. 1 am op- < posed to government t>y injunction, not that it is directed ospeoially against i the laboring man, but that it doea 1 away with trial by jury. It is a monaoe, 1 not only to one class, but to all. It ia < IM.1MI.I.I I i * ; r (\ TIIIJRSPAiC^ SKI rithin the rower of tho UWing man o do ftw?y with tho ajstein." Mr. Bryan also condemned tho aotion >f the South Carolina mill men who orbado their nion to oolebrato li\bor ~>ay or to joia unions. f EAROHING FOR LECSNCR lis Family Anxious About the Missing Timmonsville Cashier. A lottcr reooived here from TimuoiiHvillo says that tho family of Mr. Frank C. Loohner, tho mitsiDg bank jashior, 1 bcliovo thai his whereabouts iro unknown to them through no de>iro of his own." Sposking of tho itrango oaso tho Savannah Morning Sews saye: F. C. Lcohnor, a wealthy banker of riinmonsvillo, S. C , end owner of a raluablo vineyard aid grocery storo at Jriffio, Ga.. has bocn misfing sinoo Aug. ID, and tho polico liavo bcou asktotiy and leoato him. On that dato Lsohner was in Savannah, on his way ;o Griffin, and ho has disappeared as mysteriously as if tho earth had awalowod him up. Iio may havo been foully doalt with, but as far as known ho did not havo i vory largo amount of uiouoy on his porson at that timo. Mr. Lcohnor'a family havooxhauslod jvery moans of finding him and havo almost givon up all hopo. Mrs. licohnor and her daughter were at Griffin when the banker and morobaot disappoarod. Ho had written thorn that ho would loavo TimmonaviMo for Griffin 3n Sunday, 18th, and did so. Ho has boon traood an far an this oity, but whero ho wont from hero cannot bo isoortainod. Mrs. L ohnor and herdaughtor waitsd pationtly for hit arrival in Griffii ind upon his failure to put in an ap poarauoo presumed that ho had beon iotaincd at Timmonavillo. They 10 turned to thoir South Carolina homo, md yycio amazed to find that nothiog bad boon hoard of him sinoo his departiiro for Griffin. The other eflioors in tho bank woro equally as eurprisod to loam that ho novor roaohed Griffin. A lottc-r was written to Supcrintond3nt ltoilly asking him to try and lo3ato Loohner, but tho doteotivcs woro nnablo to learn anything of his whoroibouts. Nothing was said about tho missing man's position in tho iiuanoial world, and tho information that ho sould not bo found was forwarded to Mrs. Leohpor. .Tho letter was filod at headquarters and no further thought was givoD to tho oaso. Yesterday morning (Japt M. Ki. Wilson, who is a friend of iho family, rojoived a iolegraui from Miss Bertha It. Ljohnor, tho missing banker's laughter, askiog that ho take up tho lo&roh. 'I ho tologram explained that Mr. Lcohnor had boon Kst hoard from in this oity on tho 19th, and askod that iho hoB|>italri bo searched. Capt. Wilton visited tho hospitals, but found no LJarolina man. lie was uuablo to got any further information and wired asking of full particulars by mail. Mr. Wilson also oatlod at polioo headquarters and / ad a oonforonoo with Supt. llcilly, I ho telegram from Mies Loohuor was shown to iho supor intoudent, but ho was unablo to advanoo any plausible thoory to account for the uisapp'-arar oo. tfupt. llsilly taid that ho would do everything in hit powor to assist in lcoating the missing man, but with tho limited information in his possession thotaik is a difficult one. Tho dotcotivos have boon furnished a description of Jj^ohner, but bavo never run aowM^hiin in their travels. Itt p\ay bo that ho has beoome tompofariTy deranged, and h^s ITnilJ/im *1 ? 1 * t r> auuui -va iu UUU1U UUV UJ IILU W*y piuoo. llo is a Cicrm?n aud.bpoaks with a dooidod aoccnl. WMV IJE LKFr. A dispatoh from Timoionsvlllo (o The State Bays tS.o auddoQ disappearance of Mr. Frank 0. Liohntr, cashier if the Bank of 1 immonsvijle .is uo longer a mystery. When tho Cashier first disappeared it was hoped that a iniisfaotoiy explanation would kc forthjoining, one that would not involvo his integrity, but an examination of tho bank's books dispels suoh hopes. Tho iire.otors have boon busily ongagod in Lbis work, and although thoy have only fairly bogun, it is ascertained,that ttio saahier is Bhort some $f},600. What a thorough soaroh will rovoal no ono oan foresay.; it is foamed-that a muoh moro lorioua. shortage will bo found. As Lho examination goos-oti it dovolops that Mr. vLoohnor's private affairs aro in a ,vory bad condition and,ho probably Wotriod bvor thorn for somo timo. His business pjans did not maturo and bo booama doSporato. Mr. Leohner was bonded by a security oompany to tho amount $10,000. Tirod of Life. Luoy Washington, a neg/css who is said to bo 122 yoars old, is dying as tho result of two attempts at suioide, at Kelsomo, I. P. She was in ohildhood a servant in the family of President Madison and romembers seeing Washington. A few weeks ago she was piokod up at tho foot of a stairway at the oounty poorhouso. Her fall was supposed to bo an aooidont, but hor talk indicated that sho sought to fako hor life. Furniture Factories. J.n speaking 'of the furniture industry in North Carolina the Charlotte Observer says: "Few pooplo appreoiate the magnitude of suooess of tho furniture manufacturing industry in this state or in the south. In High Point alono there are more than 30 faotories. At many other points in the state there are also faotories. These make a great variety of furniture both for home and business offices and do businoss over the entire United States." / | A.Mr,. 0pg' ytt v> I'TICMHKR 12, I !><?1. ?w ????T M??I. ? THE CROP RP POETS. Another G*ri9t*l y Unt curable W*rk for Citlon. RU3TINO ON 8ANDV LANDS L*t? Corn Continues to Imp^ovo. Tcbtcco R'portod Favorable In AH Sections Ex c*pt Two Stat??. 8TATK REPORT. Tho following is tho weekly bulletin of tho weather and tho oropa of tho Slato iesuod Tuesday by Aoting Director Taylor of South Carolina ocotion of tho olimato and orop florvioc of ll.o Uuitod States woathor bureau: Tho week ending at 8 a. m , Monday, Soptombor 2, had an equal tcinpcraturo slightly bolow tho normal, with a llltTiinnm n( Q1 ilnnrr.ua at M wm m~m v> ?/ ?' M VQI VVU ? V I / I ?UI* 1 1 1 1H and Greenwood, aud a minimum of t>3 dogreos at Groonvillo. Thoro waa a notablo dofi lionoy in aunahino, goner ally dotriniontal to orops. No bailor damaging winda wore reported for tho aoek. The rainfall waa abovo tho normal. Kloronoo had 5 25) inohoa, Groonwood 3 5)7 inohco, St. Goorgo 3.-18 inohca, and Daioaburg 2 57 inohoa. Dry woathcr and aunshino aro gonorally nocdcd. Cotton is gonorally reported aa ruat ing, ahodding, and not fruitiug woll on aandy land, whilo on utiif o'ay landa thero ie, aouio complaint of its growing too mush to wood, lu lioma planes it is reported us rotting in tho boll. Piok ing ia protty goucrally ojmmcnood, lut tho crop in about two weeks later than uaual Making duo allowanoo for ape oial caca, there in liltlo material ohaogo in tho omdilion of tho crop Bincc a wcok ago. Lato corn ia aa a rulo promising, though oxooasivo raiu has interfered with proper cultivation, and in aomo casoH causing it to turn yellow. In plaoos constant and unduo moibturo ia oauaing the cara to rot. Regarding tho oorn crop reports aro moro favorable than a week ago. Foddor pulling has boon delayed and tho produot injured by oontinuod raina. Swoot potatooa aro doing woll, but go lug iuu uiuuti 10 vioo. insn potatoes, pots, poa-vino hay, and truck crops arodoiDg well. K oo looking lino, but a little into. There irt iuuoh complaint of fruit's rotting, though iu placets poarn arc Quo. Pastured oxooodingiy good. NATIONAL REPORT. The monthly report of tho Btatistioan of tho department of agrionlturo shows the avorago condition of oolton on August 24 to havo boon 71.4 as com pared with 77 2 on the 2b h of duly; 68 2 on Septeui or 1, 1900; 68 5 on September 1, 1899, and a ton year averago of 74 9. Thcro was an in pairmont of condition during August amounting to 18 points in Texas, 10 in Oklahoma, 8 in Arkansas, 7 in Alabama, 4 in Virginia, 2 in Louisiana, and 1 point iu North Carolina and Florida On tho other hand there was aa impro7cmont during the month in Georgia, bouth Caio lina, Tennesson, Indian Territory and Missouri, amouuting to 2, b, 3, 1 and 4 poieis rospoctivoly. In Mississippi there were on approeiablo ohangea in oonditions. A condition bolow tho ton vnar avor age id roported in a majority of tlio Sulos, tlic doiiqienoy in 15 points in Texas and Arkansas, 0 in North Carolina, 3 in Tonneaaoo arid Virginia and 1 in Alab&ma and Florida. Oklahoma the qppdLion it 10 points below tho avorsgo of flvo years, ana in Missouri 0 points bolow tho avorago of the oiglit years for which statistio i are availablo. On tho other hand, tho conditions in Goorgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Lauisianaaro 4, 13, 5 and 4 points abovo their respootivo ten year averages and in ludian Torritory 1 point abovo thtfaverage for fivo years A3 compared with Saptcmbor 1, 1900, conditions at the oloso of August were loss favorable in Texas. Arkansas and Oklahoma to tho oxtont of 21, 4 and 10 points respectively, any ..woro moro favorable to tho oxtont of 28 points in Mississippi, 20 in South Carolina, 12 iu. Georgia 11 in Alabama and Missouri, 10 in Loui iana, 9 in Tonnossoo and Virginia, 8 in North Carolina, 7 in Florida and 4 in Indian Torritory. The averages of oonduion in tho States are roportod as follows: Virginia 82; North Carolina 82; South Carolina 80; Georgia 81; Florida 78; Alabama 70; Mississippi 88; Louisiana 80; Toaxas 50; Arkansas 01; Tonnossoo 73; Missouri 75; Oklahoma 08; Indian Territory 70. OBNKRAL SUMMARY. Tho weathor bureau's gone ral summary of orop condition is as follows: ??.1 J!?i? * If unu tuo W^MUUT OUUaillOOH 01 tho we$k onding Heptembor 2, 1901, have boon generally favorable in a raa jority of di&triotjft, heavy rains, (in aomo plaoos euoossive) have injured orops and rotardod wortc in portions of the south Allan tin gulf Stales, and hot, dry weather has boon unfavorable in the Missouri and uppor Mississippi valleys and on tho north Paoifio coast. Kxlrome heat and drought in looalitios of Oklahoma and Texas have also boen very detrimontal to orops. Late corn oontinuos to show improvement, although it was injured by drought and heat in portions of Kansas; has sufforod further dooline in Missouri and needs rain in Nebraska. It has suffered injury by floods on low lands in Tennossoe. Reports indicate that the bulk of the late oorn will be safe from injury from frost by September 15 to 20, but that some very late I , 11 ln>r i \ .. ... m > // ) -V ?7*?1?: fl >>tl? will. n qu rn u \tll A) nober 1 to fully mature t lie of op?" " Another generally unfavorable week 'cr cotton. Continued complaint of runt and phoddirg aro reooivod from tin' greater portion of the ea torn and central soitiona of tho ojt:on belt, whilo Oklahoma and Arkansas ropoit injury from p?ouuturo opening. In Texas tho early cotton erndeuos to open a::d is bring rapidly pick ?d, but tho Into crop in greatly duterior itod and in a critioal t.u o with complaints of rujt aod shedding. l'hking, whilo retarded in Goorgia and por i*ns of Florida, is in progress in nearly all urotionH, and with favorablo weather will noon bo general. Very favorablo roper s oonoorning tobaeoo aro received from all Bco'ious except Maryland, where it is not our ing satisfactorily, and Virginia, where the yield is variable. Cutting iH gon oral and tho bulk of tho crop ia in shed in Wisconsin. A Deserter Captured. Lieut. Ilczzard, of tho Third cavalry, has brought ia horo Arthur Howard, tho American dosertor who wai reoontly captured by tho lieutenant whilo in command of somo Maoabobo souts iu tho Island of Miudoro. llo wan plaood in jail and will shortly bo oourtmartialod. iloward denion that ho was cvjr an Amoriotu soldior Ho claims ho was born in Spain, that his fathor was Knglish and his mother Spanish, lu . that ho cspoustd tho oauso of tho Filipinos. In 181)6 aftor poaoj was doolarod, ho says ho wont to Hong Kong and roturnod in 1898 as Aguinaldo s ohiof of artillery. Whilo in that position, Howard riso says ho tnado friouds with many AiuorioatiH boforo tho iDsurrootion, inoluding (Jon. (Jroon. Ho oast j his lot with Aguinaldo at tho timo of tho rupture with tho Amorioans and he says that ho brought in 16 American prisonors, under a II ?g of truoo, at Angolos, in Soptember, 1899. Howard dontos thai ho oomuiandod tho foioo at San Matoo, whioh killed Uon. Liwton. llo upouks like an educated English man. Lieut, Ilaz/.ird says ho htmsolf en v Howard at Angeles ia 1899. Tto California voluotoors today idontiiiod Iloward as a desortor from thoir rcgimont, named Wallov of Company A, who doscrtod in 1899 Tho Cotton Crop. Tho total of Soorotary Heater's annual roport of tho ootton orop of tho IJnitod Statos for last yoar wore promulgated Wodnoeday thoy Bhow rcooipts of ootton at all IJoitod Statos ports for tho yoar 1900 1901 of 7,666,452 against 6 781,861 last yoar; ovorland to northorn mills 1,140,237 against 1,161,189; southern oonsumption taken diroot from the interior of tho ootton bolt, 1,576,733 against 1,540,863, making tho orop of tho IJnitod States for 1900 1901 amount to 10,383,422 bales agaiust 9,436,416 last yoar and 11,274,840 tho yoar boforo. Mr. Hostor also givoi tho actual produotiou of Oklahoma as 119,063 and Missouri 25,794. His ro port on the ootton orop tor tho different Btatcs in an follows: North Carolina, inoiuding Kontuoky and Virginia, ft 42,000; South Carolina, 911,000; Coorgia, 1,295 000; Alabama, 1,000,000; Florida, lft,000; Mississippi, 950,000; L mis lana, 719,000; Arkansas, 702,000; Toiiuoihco, inoludiog Oklahoma, Missouri, Ivnusasand Utah, 850,000; Texas, a 809,000. Total, 10,388,000. Sid Pearling, 1012 Howard st. Port Huron, Mioh, writes: "I havo tnod maoy pills and laxatives but DoWiti's Bittlo Karly Risers aro far tho best pills 1 havo over usod." Thoy ncvor gripo. Dr. Jfl. Norton. A Singular Mooting. Charloa Miltou Heighten, who was ai routed at Buffalo by doteotivoa, ar rived in Now York Wednesday afternoon and was plaeed in tho Tombs. llo was aooouupaniod by ono of his wives, Ella Smith Heighten. Hho doos no. know whoro she stands, as Heighten oonfossos having five other wives. Sho has sent out a oircuUr inviting all Brighton's wivos to moot in Now York tor a oooforenoo. Heighten inado businoss of marrying womon for tboir money and then destining them. Th? wivos aro so numerous that tho oioforouoo is oxpootod to aesumo almost a national soopo. B W. Pursoll, Kinteruvillo, Pa., says ho saffored 2ft yoars with pilos and ooutd obtain no rolicf until Do Witt's Witch H'./.ol Salvo effcotcd a permanent ouro. / \ A ?f-ii- * ? wouuieriuiis uro wonnicsfl. Dr. E. Norton. An Ex-Oflicer Su'id. Suit was begun in tho Uaitod States dial riot oourc Wednesday at Uharloaton against K. ii. Woarn, (ormorlya lioutonant in tho First rogimont of South Carolina Voluntoors. Tho aotion ia oauaod by his failure to turn ovor vouchors to tho amount of $1,068.83 ontruatod to his oaro for the rogimont. Woarn is not aoousod of misappropriating tho monoy, but msroly as having failed to aooount properly for tho expenditure. Lioutonant Woarn was a native of Newberry and was musterod out with the South Carolina troous. His family i? said to havo no knowlodge at all of his whereabouts at tho present time. Don't wait until youbooome ohronioally oonstipatod but take Do Witt's Littlo Early Risers now and thoo. They will koep your liver and bowels in good order. Easy to tako. Safe pills. Dr. E. Norton. A Novel Scheme. A minister in a Kansas town roeently adopted a novel sohciuj for bolstering up tho ohuroh collections, whioh had been diminishing. Ho informod his congregation Just before the plates wero passod around that the members who were in debt were not expooted to eontribute. The oolleotion was double the | usual sum. milfiHTYTf r ^^ ?% NO. 7 THE HOME GOLD CURE. Aa Ingenioui Treatment by whlob Dra i!c vri i if 4 Bna< JinlJtlly in tfpits ot ThmielvetNo Noxloag Doso?. No Wakening of IheNrvss. A Pleunvit and Posltivo Cure for tho Liquor Habit. It in tv w generally known an?l understood that Drunkenness U* di ;eu? and nut weakness, A K ly tilled witti poison, and nerves completely Hh<vtorod by periodical or oon?iant use ot' tnlcxionlitig liquor*, requires an antidote capable of neutralizing and eradicating thin poison, au l destroying the oraving for intoxicants. Sutt'orers may now cure themselves at home without publicity or loss oftimo from business by this wonderful "IIOMK QOLl) CUKE" which has been perfected after many years of oloso study and trcAimeut of iuebnat' S. Tho faithful use according to directions of this wonderful discovery is positively guaranteed to euro the most obstiuato case, no matter how hard a drinker. Our records show the marvelous transformation of thousands of Drunkards intosober, industrious and upright men. 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Whon they reached tho noono of the oritno thoy found Miss Wilson unconscious and torribly bitton in tho fftoo and bruiFol abaut the hoad. A WORTHY SUCCESSOR. Something; New Under the Sun* All Doctors have tried to cure CATARRH by tho use of powJors, acid gases, inhalers and drugs in pasts form. Their powders dry up the mucucus membranes causing them to orach opcu and bleed. The powerful acids used in tho inhalers havo entirely eaten away the same uicuibraaes that their makers have aimed to cure, while pastes and ointments oannot reach tho dLjeofte. An old and ?Xperieueed prnotioner who has for many years made a close study and specialty o( the treatment ol C VI AUttll, has at last perfected a Treatment which when faithfully used, not only ri-liovus at once, but permanently cures UjjATAKKH, by removing the cause, stopping .no discharges, and curing all ntlamraation. it is the only remedy known to science that actually reaches tho atilicted parts. This wonderful remedy is known as "snuffled tho quauani ebd catarrh curb ' and is sold at the cxircmeiy low prioe of One Dollar, oaoh packago containing internal and external medicine sulhcieut for a full month's troatmeot and everything necessary to its perfect use. "SNUFFLES" is tho only perfect CATARiill DURE over made and is now recognized as the only safe and positive ouro for that annoying and disgusting disease. It cures ail iuUniuation quickly and permanently and s also wonderfully quick to relieve UAY FEVER or COLD in tne HEAD. i,\i \ivkv11 wncn neglected oiiea leads to CONSUMPTION? "8N UFFLE3" will sate you if you use it at once, It in no ordinary ruineily, but a comp'eto treatment which is positively guaranteed to oure CATARRH in any form or stage it used according to the direction*) which accompany each paokage. Dou't delay hut send for it at once, and write full particulars as to your oondition, ami you will recolve special advice from the discoverer of this wonderful remedy regarding your case without cost to you beyond the tegular price or "SNUFFLES" the "GUAR. ANTEED CATARRH CURE." 8ent prepaid to any address in the United States or Canada on receipt of One Dollar Address Dept EDWIN U. GILES A COM. ' l'AN Y, and 2332 2330 Market Street, Phila* < 1 delphia v.<}, A 'I'l-rtir* If nhhAfl 41a A 1 <.?iU 1W KM l/UU Tho ootton belt passenger train, aouthboand, due to leave Texarkana < ' Ark., at9.2& o'olook Wednesday night.' > was delayed in its departure and dia not yet out until 11 o'olook. It reaoh' ed the Texas and Paoifio erossing, fowr miles south of Texarfcana, about 11:25 p. m. As it stopped six men boarded ' the train. Two of these got on the' * engine and compelled the engineer and firoman to go baok and cut the mail and express oars from the train. When this had been done, the six men then boarded the engine, left the fire* men with the train ana the engineer was instruoted to pull out south. The train was run to Kylau, a small siding, whero a stop was made. The robbers took $50,000 from the express oar. Still a Factor. The New York Sun says "ten thousand persons went to hear Mr. Bryan speak at Platte City, Mo., the other day. Demoorats who are trying to persuade themselves that Mr. Bryan is a remnant and a tale that is told please notiee."