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VOL XIII W SERVED AT LAST. Polio? Break Down Doors to Arrest Piatt Badge^ Woman. ' L ?" AFTEB A SIEGE OLIVER A WEEK ^L' hojusgdi I" tho HtreeU I Upon tho I'rUonpi^ m Hho i K in e r g o r h tVom Her B Klcgant Mansion. Hannah Ellas, the octoroon charged r John F. Piatt with having produ^ ^^Bd from him by blackmail methods early 1700,000, passed the night in he New York Mercer -treet police Betatlon. She was taken from her palatial residence In Central Park, ^ weet, (where the doors were knocked down with axes) and taken to police headquarters In a carriage. She was arranging her toilet. After having given her name, age, H^tc., she was taken to Mercer street Bar the night KfTorts to serve a war In .1 civil suit had kept a Hut tier house for a week and Hletectives attacked the doors MP in order to serve a warrant 1 Hwcriminal action which Piatt ^my had been prevailed onto bring, Hre was a largo audience. As t i^p Human left ttie house, lea ing heavily Mipon the arms of the detectives, she Kh&d to pass between soli i ranks of Hurious persons, while street cars, I^Harrlages and automobiles were lined Hup in order that their pas engers might view the outcome of the strange ^Rsiege which tins been on for days. H^ She exproied no concern over her ^Htrrevst,. The specific charge on which Hbe warrant was based is the alleged ^Ktortion from Mr. Platted $7,600 in Hay last. The woman was Wednesday held in ^Mf>0,ooo f r examination next Friday. Hail was not furnished, and she was committed to the Tomts prison. M When the prisoner was taken from Hher cell to cab in which sho was taken ui mo courii sue was met by a jerrtng crowd, which tilled the street around police station. _ The woman, accompanied by two Slues, entered the carriage arid Start for the court was made. t as the cab started, however, a [ ge express wagon drove directly in (f$ath, and the crowd closed in, DLftny men climbing onto the wheels > peer into the vehicle. She appeared much frightened, but it developed ^Rhat the crowd was more curious than threatening. Assisted by several patrolmen, the detective succeeded in clearing a passage, and the carriage continued to court. HISTORY OF TRAGKDY. "FTo" greatej* horror lias ever arisen W from a case-of mistaken identity than ' in the instance of the brutal murder of Andrfew 11 Green, "Father of Greater New York," by the negro Cornelius Williams, who, it now develops, mistook the venerable municipal statesman for John It. Piatt, an aged millionaire glass manufacturer. The wretched scandal that enmesh . ed the old man when the assassin's l^bullet had cut short his 11 'e and silghced the only voice, seemingly, that could clear his name, h.as been an undying sensation from the time the negro told his astounding story. Where, a week ago, men spoke sneeringly of Mr. Green and declared their belief In Willi ims' story, nothing is heard now but expressions of sorrow, and at last the well-earned laurel wreath is tindlng its place. The crazy negro In his cell at Matteawan asylum is apparently the least interested man In New York h) the terrible mistake he made, lit' shot some one and vented his burning Jealousy, and he is content. % MANY KKVOLTINO DETAILS. ^^^In defence to Mr. Green and his fcftt public work the newspapers at ^ 'Hiptod to squelch the scandal by reIrelng to follow the developments, ^wrhe romance of the life of Hannah Kllas, the mulatto woman who lived In extravagant luxury in a brown stone mansion facing Central Park, is now being unraveled in p lbllc print, and forms a revolting story, almost ^ inoredible. Williams was jealous of .the attention an old man was paying to this negress. lie thought it \ as Andrew > H. Green. ^ fnhM T> Plnff tt.l trnoiHi , ,1H no n* lr? I *? v/uu * v# a iuuu| u i j vui , 1?^U?III of industry, prominent 11 exclusive clubs, and physically a p ototype of Mr. Green, in his suit agalost Hannah Ellas to recover $685,000, which he gave the woman in the y- are he has known her, has identltied himself as the man Mr. Green's slayer sought. ^ Piatt and Mr. Green were of about ^the same age and the physical resemblance of the two was as remarkable as it proved fatal. WOMAN HEAPED KOKTUNK. Ilannas Ellas, the negross, rase to wealth and luxury through her hold upon the senile millionaire, Piatt. Eor years she and her gorgeous heme have formed the mystery of ejch^i ve Central Park West. ^ WMatt admits that he gavtn?>r3T8t>,last year and $126 209 the prevl? k>year. Other yearly gifts ranged $19,076 to $87,000. The pfiBtakable contention of the millionaiVP ^^^VChat she deceived him into bellovgpjHng that she was In love with him, IMJand, believing this, he gave her freely his fortune. Now, he says he considers that she W did not love him, but displayed aifecr tlon solely for the purpose of blackmailing him. PLATT PLANNED SUICIDE. In a publio statement Piatt said that he had konwn the woman sinoe she was 16 years old. He confessed that she had told htm when Mr. Green was shot that she bad known Mr. Green but had seen him when he visited bis nephew, who lived near the Silas mansion. Piatt said that he had contemplated suicide when his name was threateued with exposure. l He confessed that he had no lntenL tlon of olearlng up the mystery to reft move the shadow from Andrew H. A Green's grave. He brought the suit A because of the woman's alleged exceal^slve demands after the murder up ip BAtbreamjfbf exposure. ~ JL ggp^W6wB^Grcei^ncoived the Idfl 7~"j of consolidating Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx and adjacent cities in Great er New York and succeeded In carrying out the plan. For many years he was distinguished for his civil services, and It was from these that he gained his title. WEATHER AND CROPS. C Vtry Oencral Improvement in the Cotton Crop. Section Director Bauer Monday issued the following report of the crop conditions for the past week: The week ending 8 a. m., June 6th, had a mean temperature of 78 degrees, which is practically normal. The extremes were a maximum of 98 at Clark's Hill and Little Mountain on the 4th, and a minimum or 59 at Greenville on the 3rd. The relative humidity was about normal, and much higher than lust week. The winds were generally light to fresh southerly. The sunshine was slightly below normal. The week's rainfall averaged nearly twice the normal amount, with a maximum fall of 3 05 Inches at Walhalla. It was well distributed, but was insufficient in parts of Charleston, Chesterfield, Barnwell, Marion, Newberry, Klchland, Fairfield, Williamsburg and York counties where the drought was only partially relieved. In a number of localities the rainfall was excessive and lands were harllv washed, damaging corn and cotton to a slight extent. A few places report the occurrences of damaging hail on May .'list. Although farmwork was interrupted by the heavy rains that rendered cultivation impracticable, it is generally up with the needs of Held crops, but with numerous reports of grass and weeds springing up rapidly since the rains, especially in cotton tlelds. Such reports originate in localities where the rainfall was heaviest and where the crops could not be worked. Generally all field crops are clean. There was a general Improvement noted In the growth and color of corn, bottom lands and stubble fields have been planted, and the late plantings are coming up to very good stands. Early corn has received its third cultivation, and some has been laid by. Stands of cotton have improved, since the rains, on red and clay lauds, with late plantings and replantlngs all up to good stands. There is a general improvement in color and looks of cotton, extending to the sea-island variety that was suffering seriously from lack of moisture. The week's growth was rapid, due to the more favorable moisture and temperature conditions. The whole crop is now quite promising. Squares have been noted in Colleton and Hampton counties; lice in Greenville county. The rains benefitted both wheat and oats; harvesting made siow progress. Itice is growing nicely, and .1 une sowings have begun. Tobacc > is doing well, but is small, and it continues too dry in places. A large number of sweet potato slips were transplanted. Truck shipments continue heavy, with generally poor yields of white potatoes. Peach shipments are Increasing; the quality of peaches Is normal. Sugar cane has poor stands Melons are late but have improved, as have pastures and gardens. All minor crops are flourishing. Soap from a Treo. United States Consul Mahinat Nottingham, England, has furnished the Department of State with an account ui kiii/uiprist; iu Algeria 10 manufacture natural soap on a large scale from a tree known as "sapindus utilis." This plant, which has long been known in Japan, China and India, bears a fruit of about the size of a horse chestnut, smooth and round. The color varies from a yellowish green to brown. The Inner part Is of a dark color and has an oily kernel. The tree bears fruit in its sixth year and yields from 35 to 250 pounds of fruit, which can easily be harvested In the fall. By using water or alcohol the saponacous ingredient of the fruit is extracted. The cost of production Is said to be small and the soap, on accountof possessing no alkaline qualities, Is claimed to be superior to ordinary soap of commerce. Falls to Ills Death. Turning over and over In a long fall from the sixth story of the new Belmont Hotel, New York City, which Is being erected in Park aveuue, between Forty-flrst and Forty-Second streets, Charles Williams, of No. 135 Dykman street, Brooklyn, stiuck the shoulders of James Davidson, another workman, who was engaged just above the first lloor, carromed to a pile of stones in the street, and died two hours later at Bellevue Hospital. Davidson naa doui shoulders fractured. Friends took him to his home, at No 36 South street, Paterson, N. J. Williams, in pulling a rope to get the boom of the derrrick into place, lost his balance, i It was thought at 11 'St that the comi rade's shoulders had saved his life. Hace Warin Ohio. ClilTord Boylan, 24 years old, is believed to be dying at the hospital and Wm. II. Harrier and Daniel Fitzgerald were shot and cut and bruised as the result of a tight between negroes and r^/lte men after a ball game Sunday at Canton, Ohio. Seventeen negroes were arrested, their confinement being necessary, the authorities believe, for the suppression of poasible violence, by Boylan's friends who are greatly Incensed over Ids injuries. Policemen have been instructed to arrest every negro that appears on the scene of the trouble. Should Boylan die his death may be avenged b? his friends but the city officials have prepared for any possible outbreak of the mob spirit. Old Death Avenged. W. T. Eldridge, general manager and vice president of the Cane Belt railway, was fatally wounded by an assassin at Eagle Lake Texas. This was the third chapter in the famous feud that started with the killing of Captain Unovant, president of the Cane Belt railroad, two years ago by Eldridge. Both are milllouaries. On a previous occasion, a year and a half ago Eldridge ygas^inbushed, but es"7" Stripping io his ^ ft the killing of mr * ? c A DEMENTED FATHER Murdered Tl'.ree of His Children and Then Killed Himself. FAMILY NEARLY WIPED OUT. | A Iilttle Hoy, the Hole Survivor Telia of the Ii?at l>aya of Ilia Ijlttlo II r ?> t h e r and Stater. Officers Kenny and Hennessy, of E 'Izabeth, heard three shots In the house of Joseph M. l'ouch, No. 139 First avenue, Hose lie, when they rang the bell Tuesday evening to find what was meant by a letter sent to County Physician Wistcott by Pouch. The front door was locked and the officers forced It in. When they reached the top of the stairs and pulled open the door to the front room on the second lloor, the b dy of Pouch fell to the floor. There was a bullet wound in his temple and he died soon. On i the floor beside him lay his daughter, i Minnie, tive years old, dead from a bullet wound through her body, and beside her Albert, her brother, ten years old, bleeding from a wound in ills side, but not fatally injured. The door to the connecting backroom was forced open, and the officers found lying on the bed, laid out in their night clothes, with their hands cros ed over their breast, the bodies of Grace, eighteen months old, and Lillian, aged seven. These children had been choked to death Saturday night, and to make their death sure poison had been poured into their throats. Pouch had been working for the Sing r Sewing Machine Company at 101 i/.abethport as a henchman, but after the death of his wife he had only worked but a short t me. He grew morose and h's mind seemed ready to give way under the burden. He did not refer to the death of his wife, but win never it was mentioned lie became excited and afterward would go away by himself and sit for hours without uttering a word. Pouch employed a housekeeper after the death of his wife, as the children were too young to be left at home alone while he was at work. Several days ago she left the home of Pouch, and it is believed that he sent tier away. Since that time Pouch htslieen in the house alone with ids children, and the neighbors on either side of ids I louse, which is a two story and attic, did not see any of the children Sunday. Sunday evening Pouch was seen talking to a woman in front of ids house. Later, when a storm came up, Mr. Packard, of Elizabeth, who knew Pouch, sought shelter at Ids house. He remained for about half an hour. He says that Pouch appeared nervous and unstrung and he believes that llahy Gra<e and Lillian then were dead in the upstairs reom, with their brother and sister locked in the adj ;ining room, forbidden to leave their beds. It is believed they were held over to be shot, when Pouch had planned to take his own life. The letter to County Physician Westcott was received by him Tuesday afternoon, and was mailed in the morning. It was properly addressed and simply requested that he come to the address given as there was something for him to do there. The letter was signed by Pouch, who gave his address. Pouch was not seen around his home after he went out, returning in a short while Tuesday morning. It Is probable that with he, with revolver ready and children locked In the room with him, waited for the ring at the bell which would announce the arrival of the County Physician as the signal for kiling his two remaining children. Albert, the eldest, has a bullet hole through his body, but the physicians at the Elizabeth General Hospital say that he has a chance to live. He was conscious when taken to the hospital, and told what he knew of the tragedy which robbed him of his sisters and father. He was not asked about the death of his mother, but protably can throw light on that If he recovers sutliclently to tell in detail of the tragic events in his home. ' My sister Minnie and myself sleep In the front room with papa, and Lillian and baby Grace sleep In the baok room," he said. "The door is open between the two rooms at night, and we can hear the baby or Lillian when they cry or want anything. On Saturday night papa told us to go to bed, and I don't know what time he came to bed. "On Sunday morning he got up first, and went into the back room. He shut the door and was gone uulte a Ion# time. When he came back into the front room he locked the door between the two rooms and said that Minnie and myself must remain in bed until he told us wo could get up. He stayed in the room awhile and then went out. . , "He locked us in the front room and went out. We were afraid to get out of bed after he told us to stay there. He came in and out lots of times, but never seemed to pay any attention to us. Minnie was hungry, and so was I. Finally Minnie started to cry; and papa seemed to remdtaber us and got us something to eat. When it was dark he told we had better goto sleep, and^toen he wrote a letter. He was stllrin the room when I went to sleep. : "This morning the door between the two rooms was locked and we had to stay in bed until after papa had gone out. He came back soon, though, and then told us we could get up anddress. He walked up and down the room, looking at us all the time, and neither Minnie nor myself said anything, because we were afraid. We didn't hear any sound from the back room where Baby Qrace and Lillian were sleeping. I think he must have made them stay in bed too. "Every time a -wagon or carriage would come by our house he would stop walking and listen. We sat down and played with some things. He watched us all the time. "I was almost getting sleepy and It was almost dark when somebody rang the bell. Jaat as soon as the bell rang jBBHHRed out grabbed^ me, W or* ik ... JON WAY, S. C., TH and then I heard & noise and it seemod to knock me down. 1 don't remember muoh, then." The O nice re who went to the Pouch home say that Pouch, with bis hand on the door knob, shot himself in the right temple, and was still leaning against the door when it was forced open. The little daughter was directly Id the path of ttie body as it fell. She was dead, and In a short while the father also died. The boy, dazed and bleeding, was curled up near the head of the father."?New York American. * THE BOLL WEEVIL AHT. | W hat He 1* Kxpected to Do for the Texas Cotton Crop. Prof. Cook of the entomologloal department Is on his way from Guatemala to Texas with a large oolong ol the red ant that is expected to destroy the boll weevil. Great hope is placed In the ant by those who have seen him at work in Guatemala, where It Is said lie keeps the cotton free from the pests; but there are many skeptics. It is hardly probable that the ants, however efficacious thev may be jan be spread over the Infested be enough to affect materially the growing crop. The weather bureau at Washington, in its report on Tuesday, says: "Boll weevils are Increasing rapidly and doing considerable damage In a number of southwestern and south central counties of Texas." The Newberry Observer says a friend has handed us a Texas paper of recent date which contains some account of a red ant in the Infested district that promises to do great things for the cotton crop. The account Is given by a writer In' San Antonio. It says: "Bexar county possesses an ant I t Ito t hno B#* n ^ ? ? " ' ? 1 ' A * umu nan wo VJO.U tUIUdlil WUC VI l-Cailllg variety beaten to a standstill, witb the advantages of being right on the spot now and in need of no transplanting. They are in the Held by the millions and waging a relentless war upon the weevil. This little red ant is routing the boll weevil in Hexar county. According to reports from the county it will not be necessary to send to Guatemala to rid Hexar county fields of the cotton pest, and it may be that this couuty can furnish all the ants necessary to eradicate the weevil all over Texas. ''Jose Cassiano, ex county collector, who lias several hundred acre* of cotton in this county, is the bearer of the good tidings concerning the work of the ant. Mr. C&ssiano's fields less than a month ago were live with weevil and lie looked forward to discouraging prospects of losing the greater part of his cotton through ravages of tho insects. Today ho said that there was not a live weevil in his field. The rows are strewn with dead weevil, which the busy little red ants are carrying away by tho thousands. Mr. (Jassiano Bays a close inspection failed to show a single live weevil on a cotton plant or anywhere else in his fields. "The ants are on the plants and in the rows between in countless thousands. They seem to have completed hhn uluildhtrM' r\t Iia kiaamU ? vaju muu^iivui wi uuc nuuvn ana aiu now engaged In carrying the corpses away, probably to be stored away for food. Mr. Casslano says that even the roads In the vicinity of his ranches are lined with ants marching in colums bearing the dead weevils from the fields. The Importance of this discovery to the cotton growers of llexar county and probably of the whole state of Texas is inestimable. If the ants that have cleaned Mr. Cassiano's fields can be Introduced into all the cotton fields of the state, It means a gain of millions of dollars to the farmers of the state." I)r. L. (). Howard, the chief entomologist of the department, has received a report from his experts In Texas regarding the reported discovery In Bexar county of an ant that destroys the weevil. The report says that the ant mentioned Is the common Texas ant and that nothing unusual has been developed bv the investigation into the matter. It suggests that the weevils had been feeding and depositing eggs on the plants left over from last season and that many of the females which had died and fallen were eaten by tho ants, and adds that that as the extreme dry weather had reduced the' number of plant lice on the cotton, the ants, thus deprived of their natural food, merely took advantage of the opportunity to feed on the weevil. Sail Affair Near Monroe. Tho Monroe (N. 0 ) Journal says a most distressing thing happened near Unionville last Friday night in the uuiiuii ui ^vnnie, me iz year-old daughter of Mr. T. J. Price, and the circumstance* which brought about this result. The child was thought to have dropsy, and while sitting on the piazza in tho afternoon, fell over in convulsLons, from which she never recovered before death came at 12 o'clock that night. When this attack came a doctor was called, and the parents first learned that a crime, which Is known to the law as felony, had been committed upon the person of their child, and before she died another life had been brought Into existence. The child mother gave no Indication as to who the perpetrator was, and this seems now likely to forever be a mystery, and If so, the State's prison will be cheated of its Just deserts. The occurrence Itself Is very unusual In medical history In this climate, if not altogether unequaled, particularly as the offspring le of ordinary size, living and doing well. Hhot Through the Heart. At St. Louis, Don Menuel Cervera, a Spaniard, who on last Sunday week, before an audience which had gathered in a pavilion near the fair grounds tc see a bull fight, was introduced as fchi favorite matador of the King of Spain was shot through the heart and Instantly killed Wednesday by Carl tor Bass, known as "The American Mata dor." Bass and five other bull fight era, who witnessed the shooting wen arrested. The shooting resulted fron a quarrel regarding the fiasco of Sun day when the authorities stopped th< bull fight, and the angry orowd burn ed the struoture. Cervera' body wa taken to the morgue. f U^RSDAY. JUNE 1( 1 CANDIDATES FIGHT. JfMart. J. G. Mobley and W. B. Evans I Have an Encounter. NEITHER MAN IS MUCH HURT. Mr. Mwbley Attacks Mr. Evans, Who 1>? fends Himself. The Two t Gentlemen Are Heps| rated by Friends. 1 The Columbia State says after Having received an unsatisfactory reply to certain demands made by himself upon Mr. W. Boyd Evans, Mr. Jno. G. Mobley ef Fairfield Thursday attacked Mr. Evans with a rawhide. The > affair created a decided sensation, for it oocurred almost iu front of the oourt house at a busy hour of the morning and before the two men could be parted a large crowd had col1 lected. It vras evident that no mere political disagreement caused the affair, for Mr. Mobley, though a man of high spirit, has always been regarded as very amiable and kindly in his nature. He and Mr. Evans are candidates for the of ice of railroad commissioner, and were contestants for the same position two years ago. It was said Wednesday that at a political meeting at Hampton an encounter of tills kind was narrowly averted. Mr. Mobley, witnesses say, struck Mr. Evans at least four blows with his horsewhip which he tiad purchased for the purpose. Mr. Mobley was unarmed and offered this, he says, as the deepest insult which he could to one who, he believed, had invaded his pri vafce lire in maaing a political cam paign. Tlie two clinched after the tirst few passionate blows from the rawhide, and friends rushed up. Mr. Mobley tore himself away from those who were trying to calm him and tnere was another short encounter before Sheriff Coleman appeared and separated the belligerent parties. Each was put under a peace bond for $300 and summoned to appear in the recorder's court Friday morning. Mr. Mobley stated Thursday that in tho last campaign stories damaging to his character were circulated. Notwithstanding the fact that he has court records and affidavits from honorable men to show that the attack upon himself was unjust, the same stories have been put into circulation reoently. When he came to Columbia Wednesday from his farm In Falrticld, he was told that Mr. Evans was re- j sponsible for the circulation of these damaging reports. He immediately determined to demand an explanation o' Mr. Evans, and failing to get a satisfactory statement, he would apply the horsewhip. Thursday morning Mr. Mohley, accompanied by hlscounsli, Mr. F. M. Mobley, waited on Law ttango until Mr. Evans appeared. Af .er Introducing his cousin to Mr. Evans, Mr. Mobley stated the object of h s Interview. Mr. Evans denied Mr. Mobley's accusation, whereupon Mr. Mobley, it is said, drew his rawhide from the paper in which It was wrapped and struck at Mr. Evans' face. The latter, ward. iuK off the blow, received the stroke J on bis shoulder. In an Instant several blows with tho whip were struck, when Mr. Evans closed in upon his assailant. Before serious hurt was received by either party friends interfered and pushed them 15 or 20 feet apart. Upon both demanding to be released and freeing themselves, they rushed together and several blows wero passed before the sheriff arrived. The sheriff Immediately telephoned for Magistrate Moorman and as soon as the papers could be executed Mr. Evans and Mr. Mobley were put under peace bonds. Mr. Mobley stated that as far as he was concerned he was satlslied and that he would not offer any further personal violence to Mr. Evans. Later both were summoned to appear before the recorder's court Friday morning on the charge of "disorderly conduct". It Is probable that a full account of the whole affair and circumstances leading up to Thursday's denouncement may be brought out. Mr. Evans, when asked by a reporter if he desired to make a statement of the affair, said he was reluctant at this time to go into the whole matter and only cxred for the present to make the following statei ment. "I have been summoned to appear before the recorder tomorrow morning, being charged with disorderly conduct, and 1 presume that Mr. Mobley is also to be tried. At the trial I will testify, and do not think It propir for me to make a statement prior to that time." Mr. Mobley was also asked for any statement that ho voluntarily cared to make public. His position as charact'rlfcP.rl VlW h 1 manl f la no fnllrviMo. "Having been informed by a gentleman of high standing that Mr. Evans was using unfair methods to damage my character i gave him an opportunity to deny or confirm this, which he evaded In an insulting manner, 1 1 then applied a horsewhip to him. "I was totally unarmed, not having even a pocket knife on my person at the time of the encounter. As much as I regret having to do this I i have no excuse to offer for having thus protected my honor, which 1 1 hold dearer than my life." 1 The State says the affair between Mr. Jno. G. Mobley and Mr. W. Boyd Evans was not aired in the recorder's 1 court Friday. It had been expected > from the statements of the two parties 1 concerning that interesting matter ' would be presented. Mr. Mobley pleaded guilty to the charge of dis1 orderly c nduct and the case against Mr. W. B ?>d Evans was dismissed as the charges could not be proved. This result appeared satisfactory to all par, ties concerned. | Kan Burglar Off. > Sister Theodora, of St. Vincent's > Catholic school, four miles from Shel, byville, Ind., early Wednesday heard > some one prowling through the bulldi lng. She Instituted a search ar.d suddenly met a negro face to face in - the hali. He flourished a revolver a which she grabbed and the two fell in ) the struggle. The burglar escaped, - but later was captured at Waldron a and la In }all there. He bad on him a revolver, pieces of oandle and burglar 'i i tools. Sister Theodora was not Injured. - I - p?!lf J, 1904. THE COTTON STALE WEEVIL. Director Bauer H*ya the Matter I* Much Overdrawn. The "coW<on stalk weevil," a new Insect which has made Its appearance in Georgia and is almost as daugerous as the boll weevil, according to the Augujjtti Chronicle, does not exist in this State, so far as Section Director Itaucr Is informed and believes. Mr. Ilauer Was shown this clipping from the Augusta paper Friday: "A new insect, known as the cotton stalk weevil, bus made its appearanoe i In Georgia and Is raising havoc with the young cotton in Terrell county, i State Entomologist Willmon Newell i has Just returned from Dawson, whero he made a thorough examination of the v eevil and Its work, and he Is uow i arranging for a treatment of the cotton plants which have been attacked by the Insect and for a remedy i that will completely destroy It. "The Insect attacks the stem or the stalk of the cotton and nearly every i plant attacked dies very shortly afterwards. The farmers In Terrell county are very much alarmed over the i appearance of the new kind of bug. Eutoraologlst Newell states that he has never seen or heard of such au Insect before. "The bug Is almost as dangerous as I the boll weevil, as It destroys the : stalks of the cotton before the boll | weevil appears. If the Insect should scatter over the State as fast as It Is scattering in Terrell county It will be a serious thing for the farmers to contend with thisyeai, aud the cotton cotton crop In Georgia will be materially shortened. "Entomologist Newell says he will exert every effort to destroy the Insect before it makes a spread of the State. He does not think that the boll weevil has as yet made Its appearance In Georgia, but he regards the new Inj sect which has appeared and which attacks young cotton stalks as a very dangerous factor and he Is anxious to gel rid of It as soon as possible." Mr. Hauer thought after reading the clipping tnat about the only thing that could be calmly reported as hav up uccii uiscovcrea was an excited lmagiuatim of another Georgia newspaper reporter. He was of the opinion that the Georgia State entomologist's estimate ol the importance of the subject had been very materially changed and colored almost beyond identification after percolating through the brain af the newspaper man. "Never heard of such an Insect," Mr. Hauer said. "There is none such in tills State, so far as 1 have been informed; and I don't believe it exists in Georgia "It will propably end like my 'new' hickory nut insect ended this week. A correspond int In Charleston reported the appea ance there of a new insect which he thought would eventually put the hkkory nut out of business. I wrote him to hold his 'base while he sent me jp some specimens of these terrible pists. 1 forwarded them to Clemson and have just received a formal report from that Institution to the effect that our new insect was a very old and very common insect Indeed and to dismiss any harassing fear I or ray correspondent might have regarding the future of the hickory nut crop." Wrecked Newspaper Ofllce. At Victor, Col., eight unknown moil anucu witil piSUJIS, rillCS, 81101guns and sledge hammers entered the olllce of the Victor Record Wednesday night, ordered the men to throw up their hands, broke the machinery and then told the men to get out of the district as fast as they could. There is no clue to the Identity of the men. George Kyncr, proprietor of the paper, was at lunch, and Foreman Walter Sweet was In charge of the men. The workmen obeyed quickly. The unknown men then wrecked two linotype machines, several job pressses and all the equipment of the olllce and smashed the telephone and a typewrl ter. When their work of ruin was completed they marched The Record employes out on the sidewalk and told them to get out of town. The Record has liecn known as the organ of the Western Federation of Miners In this section. Mob ThroAteiiH McDonald. At Indianapolis, Ind., .James McDonald, who was acquitted of the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, a young school teacher of Bedford, after a Jury trial which lasts two weeks, has been twice sought by a mob in trie last two days. Except for the precaution that he had taken not to remain at home at night he might have been hanged. McDonald applied to the authorities for protection, and Thursday night a guard was placed at the house. Early Friday morning a mob appeared for the second time, but when the police presented themselves the wou'.d-be avengers of Miss Schafer lied. There is a belief that the real murderer of uie young woman, who Is said to bo a well known clt/.en, is back of the demonstration, and wishes to force McDonald to leave the town. Filed Their lMed^*. The State says among the candidates who tiled their pledges Thursday witb Gen. Jones were D. 0. Hey ward for governor, U. X. Ounter, Jr., for att irney general, O. B. Martin for State supi rintcndent of education, Jno. D. Frost for adjutant general, A. W. Jones for comptroller general The candidates have only until June 20 to file their pledges and are a little backward this year. OorreHpondont Killed. Private telegrams received from Shankalkwan sav that Lewis Ktsel, correspondent of The London Daily Telegraph, and Ernest Brindle of The London Daily Mail, were fired upon by Chinese soldiers In a junk near Erdlke. Etsel was killed but Brindle is believed to be safe. Etsel was a native of Butler, Pa., and his father lives in the West. * Took Her Idle. Mrs. N. V. Collier, of Talbotton, Ga., committed suicide at noon Wednesday. She was visiting Mrs. Finley Green, five miles in the country. At dinner sue complained of being 111, went lo an adjoining room and shot bdrse.f through the heart with a , pistol. Site was cheerful and seemed happy. She was 21 years old and had been married 18 months. She leaves a baby four months old. \ RURAL CARRIER'S SALARIES. Wage* to Bo Uued on Number of j Miles Traveled. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Hrlstow Wednesday announced that ^ he salaries of the rural free delivery mail carriers will be adjusted on the s basis of the number of miles traveled. Further than this, Mr. Brlstow would not discuss the adjustment, which is now being made in the classltleatiou of the carriers. Tho postmasters throughout the country will be notiQ- t ed to the adjustments in the their re- j spective offices. The following state- D ment regarding the outside business u privileges of the rural catrie* was is- ^ sued at the postoftlce department Wed- t; nesday, and the order will be promul- > gated at once by the postmaster gen- i eral. ' Under the law rural carriers are not ^ permitted to solicit business or receive v orders of any kind from any person, j tlrm, or corporation, and cannot, dur- ^ ing the hours of their employment, t carry any merchandise for hire except t that they may carry merchandise for r hire for and at the request of patrons t residing on their respective routes, t provided the same shall not interfere c with the proper discharge of their v official duties, and under such regulations as the postmaster general may c prescribe. I "Under this provision of law no ^ mailable matter may be handled by t rural rarriers while serving their rout- H es, unless the proper postage has been c prepaid, with the single exception of a county newspapers, which, under the \ law, are permitted to be carried free j throughout the county in which they t are published, to actual subscribers, s and such newspapers, residents on f rura1 routes, must be deposited at the c past office, the same as papers for a nt.her siiKunrlUnru "The hire for merchandise carried | on request of the patron of rural free delivery must be permitted to receive f any compensation from the seller of f such merchandise. p "Articles or packages which are t mailable, which are handed to the r carrier or deposited In the postolllccor p In a rural letter box or In a collection n box located on a rural route, with re- u quest that the rural carrier deliver c same, are subject to the rules regulat- p Itig mall matter, Including the payment of postage thereon. j "Articles or packages that are not \ mailable, which the patrons desire the p rural carrier to carry, must be deliver- n cd to the carrier in person, and In car- D rylng merchrndfBe for hire rural car- r rlers are not permitted to leave their 'j routes as olllolally laid out or to accept a anything that will In any vsay delay the delivery of the mail or in any way j interfere with the eftlciency of the ser- t vice." i ?: 1 A Brave Woman. n Miss Mary Creveling, a school teach- ri er at Dunnfleld, N. J., with some of ti her pupils went up on the Kittatinuy n mountain Saturday to pick wild Mowers. While pushing along through the p bushes she suddenly felt something d coll tightly arqpnd her ankle. She e knew, of course, that It was a snake, c She raised her skirts, and seeing the a the oscillating head of the reptile, t made a grab for its neck anu caught It in a firm grasp just below the head. The snake drew it coils tighter. The young woman called to oho of the boys e to give her his knife. With It she cut a the snake in two, and kicking the t M,lm> f* - - vuiuH Hum uci luut, promptly nunlcu ^ away. The snake was a rattler, with ij six rattles and a button, measuring t four feet seven inches long. Although v rattlesnakes are much more common In n New Jersey now than for a half cen- ^ tury, this Is the first one seen In the i, Ktttatlnny mountains this year. n Jumped Overboard. s At Ne.w York George IMlups of 0 Norfolk, Va., a cabin passenger on ? the Old Dominion line steamer Prln- J cess Anne, from Nowport News to J Norfolk, jumped everboard Friday . while the vessel was steaming up the lower bay off the Homer shoal. The a ship was stopped and a lifeboat ? launched. Within 20 minutes of the . time Hlllups Jumped through the port hole the boat was alongside the steamer and the man taken on board in a H dying condition. Every eflort was 0 made to restore life, but without avail. A dispatch from Nor:'olk says Hilllups was a son of Cecil Hlllups, one of the largest farm implement v manufactures in the south. He had e been in a melancholy mood for several c months and his people were worried a over his mental condition. Ho had r threatened suicide on several occa- 1 slons. t Killed by Hewer U??. I In Chicago on Saturday by anexplo- r slon in a hutre sewer he in or pwictrnnM on Thirty-ninth street, manholes were i blown up for many blocks, the street c was badly torn and a frame building t demolished. Four persons including r City Engineer Miltimore were killed. a Three workman, accompanied by City t Engineer Guy Miltimore, who carried r a gasoline torch, were going down 8 into the sewer when they encountered ( sewer gas and the explosion followed. . All four men were killed and thier , bodies entombed. In addition to sewer gas It is thought that possibly petroleum had leaked into the sewer, as for 15 minutes after the explosion tire burned fiercely. It was two hours be- ] fore a successful attempt could be made ; to rescue the bodies. Wiped Oat. i A dispatch from Hal Cherg says a i tlanking movement of the Japanese 1 around the Russian left from Feng ( Wang Cheng June 9 was repulsed with ? a loss of two whole battalions. A ? large Japanese foroe moved out in the i morn'ng along the Feng Wang Cheng 1 and Hal Cheng road. The Ruaslaus had a force strongly posted in airavine 30 miles southeast of Hai Cheng. The Japanese were preceded by two i battalions who walked into the Ilus- t slan ambuscade. They received a 1 muderous rifle and artillery Are at close e range and were wiped out, only one or ( two esoaping. The main Japanese i force, whioh was greatly superior totho f Russian force, tried to outflank the 1 Russians, who drew off without losing < a man. The Japanese closing In < found the ravine vacant save for their i own dead. I ^ * NO. 10 A PITCHED BATTLE in Which a Number of Union Micors Are Killed IT THE TOWN OF DUNVILLE, COL. k>hllera Hoourlng tho Mountaliia, and the Miners Firing Upon Them. Intense Exeltouiont in Mining Keglou. A pitched buttle between the miliary and union miners was fought at )unnvllle, the new mlulng camp, 13 alios out of Victor, Colorado, shortly fter 3 o'clock p. in. Wednesday. John 'arley, a union miner, wns killed and Ive others. The troops returned to /ictor at 8 o'clock Wednesday night' (ringing with thorn 14 captives. Before the special train left Victor >earing the force under Gen. Bell It vas reported that tho miners in the dlls about Dunnvilie numbered about 150 men, and that it was their intenlon to march into Victor Wednesday light In a body and attempt to .Ibeate by force the inmates of tho tcm>orary "bull pen" in Victor. That he force actually consisted of but 21 nen is the statement of ono of tho 14 vho were captured by the militia. The train proceeded in the afterloon to tho immediate vicinity of )unnvllle without unusual incident. iVhcn about a quarter of a mile disant from the Dunnvilie temporary tation the otlicers could see the camp f the miners. It included one oabiu md six or seven tents. The otlicers oft. t.lio t i*n I r? of f l.? ? * " "" ... ......u c?u uiiu command or uen. lell and prepared to advance upon he camp of the unionists in regular kirmlsh order. As they emerged rom the cut in which the train had one to a stop they were greeted with , volley of shots which came from lolnts of vantage surrounding the dlls. The deputies returned the tire and iromlsouous shooting was indulged In or a period of ten minutes. From he character of tire shooting from he hills Gen. Iiell immediately reoogdzed the fact that the strength of he miners had been greatly overestinated and that he trad sutllclent force inder ids command to make an imnedlate roundup and capture the enire opposing force. The captured miners Include John ames, charged with shooting John )avis in the riot at Victor. Among lie dead was John Carley, a union oiner of Cripple Creek. Great exoltcnent prevailed in tills city upon the ecelpt of the news of the battle, [ lie deputies secured the arms and mmutiltion of parts of the miners. As the special train bearing the leputles drew up at Dunnvllle the inion miners, entrenched in the neighKirhood, opened ITre. Gen. Hell got lis men out and stormed the entrenchnent, capturing 15, the arms and amnunltlon being captured. In the lerce tight which followed six union diners were killed. Tiie miners occupy well entrenched loslttons in the hills and are shooting lown at the soldiers and guards at very opportunity. The surrounding ountry is favorable to the miners, ,nd it seems that Gen. Hell will have o take evory defense separately. Town ut Auction. Unless the courts Intervene, the ntlre town of Carlisle, Arkansas, and bout 3,600 acres of land surrounding ho town are to be sold at public auclon on an order granted by the pro* >ate court of Lonoke county to the iclrs of the orlgnal owner. The order vas secured by the guardian of three ninor heirs of a Frenchman, named Jomlo, who years ago owned all the and on which tho town of Carlisle iow stands, as well as much of the urrounding country. The original >wner sold much of the land years go, but in 1879, presumably to make itle clear, he secured a patent from ho state for the whole tract. He ailed, it is said, to make new desds, or the land which he had sold, and as , result the heirs now claim tho proprty. Three of the grandchildren of A he original owner, who reside In Louslana, claim an undivided sixteenth M >f the property, and through their :uardlan secured an order for the sale V if the whole tract. I Joy Heroes. At Great Harrington, Mass., the ^5wrecking of the PitLstleld-New York S xpress with the almost certainty j >f a great loss of life, was barely * verted Wednesday by the presence of nlnd of Raymond Perblzet and Step* len McCue, two thirteen year-old >oys. An unusually severe rain storm tad undermined the tracks of the Vew York, New Ilaven and Hartford ailroad on the outskirts of the town tnd carrier] away 25 feet of the road >ed. The dangerous spot was discovered by the youths shortly before i .he express was due at this station. < The boys ran to their homes near-by I md procuring a red sweater returned M o the track and flagged the train. ^ The eugine was brought to a stand- J till ? * - - - iuiu mwiiu a iow yarns or uie wash- 1 >ut. The train was well filled with ja^songerH who rewarded the boys by naklng up a purse for them. . The Deadly Lightning. The Columbia State says Jane and fl 9 [tena Fair, wife and 3-year old daugh-??B ^r, respectively, of Myers Fair, Taylor Htreet negro resturanteur wlil | ias accumulated much property, werdBRffi nstantly killed Tuesday afternoon icar the "tin bridge" by a bolt ightning which descended the trugByjal >f a tree under which the woman wMK?Sra it work washing clothes. The mothorVnB md child were together, but they vere thrown in opposite directions 'rom the base of the tree. # Cruol to His Beaat. A dispatch from Bastover to Th9H9 Itate says the Star Band of Mt roiMaaM /he local branch of the Society for tljB6S*a| Prevention of Cruelty to AtilniaMlMH tucceded In having a negro, irant, convicted of cruelly beatfl^^^H in ox. He was sentenced to pt.y $ ^HS )ne of 116 or work on the chaingaftJnTC lor 30 d$ys. The soolety has the iyHH^S )n its side and Mr. Trumble, the lent of the bank, expects to proa^flgffiSH rigorously every case of orue^^BH^SH tnlmals reported to him.