Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE COTTON CROP. Borne Jnteresiir g Data Given Cut by Ii Secretary Bester. The Yield Was 13.505,HH5 Bales cj and the Prices lUrgcO l-'rt ni 113 1 (I to <1 1 2 C< ntH. Secretary Hester's annual report was Issued In ful fFrlt'ey. He puts e the cotton crop for 19' 4 05 at 13.565,885 b lei, a" Increase if 3 554,511 over tbat of 1903 04. 1 He says tuat compa-ed with last f year, In round flyure*, T. xas. includ v in# Indian Territory, has increased * 708,000 bales T e group known as s other Gulf Stafcee, consist ng "f L >u * islana. Arkansas. Mississippi. Tonnes see, Missouri, Oklahoma. Urah aud 5 Kansas has increased 1 106 000 and * t hn trrr n n t f A tl? nf In Q f ?a f no A In ^ uuu P(ivu?/ v* xi i c* i? u \_/ n vnt^Oj ii ift bima, Georg a, K.orlda. N >rth C iro 1 Una, South Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia, has gained 1,741,000. He puts the average e<?mmerc'.al 1 value of this crop at $46 31 per bale, ; against $61.08 last y. ar and the to'al ' value of the crop at $628 195,359, ' against $617,501,548 last year and $480,770 282 the year before. Keftrring to values he gives details \ of prico, sho ving that takir g the cot ' ton belt as a whole, the bight st figure ' for middling was 11 3 16 cents per ( pound at the opening of the season la ' September and the lowest 6 1 2 cent* on the 29th of December, but says that the crop as a whole averaged ' strict middling, and that the average value per p< und was 8 98 100 cents compared with 12 15 100 last year. In reference to weight he puts the average per bale at 515 58 100 pounds, ; showing a gain over last year of 7 89 100. Tots crop, he says, Is the heaviest iu weight per bale of any recorded, the best previous weight having been 513 96 In 1898 99, the year of the largest previt.usly reported crop. Mr. Hester remarks that while each and every crop has had Its distinctive features, the story of none Is fraught with circumstances more peculiar and interesting than the one just marketed. It is not to be wondered that when In last December the agricultural department put forth an isiiraatc pointing to more than twelve and a quarter million bales, a feeling akin to panic was felt In every sec lion of tbe cotton growing Spates. Mr. llester recites the manner In which this monster crop has been handled; but it has practically all been luai titti/cu, a voiding u. crasu WU10U seemed at tirst inevitable, a.nd will remain a lasting monument to the conservatism aLd co-operative power of the southern people. In this great economic struggle all elements joined in the victory. Mr. Ilester makes the actual growth f r tho season 13,800,000, and sajs that the recent report of tho census bureau of cotton ginned does not cover the entire growth; that all of the year's growth has not been ginned, or If ginned, full returns therefore have not been made. Mr. Hester pays a high tribute to the census bureau methods, spying that It affords a mass of Invaluable information to the cot ton world superior to any that has ever been put forth, and that ho is quite certain from his own private investigation and consultation with Director North that in another season the bureau will be able to g ve almast an exact showing of the actual growth. He puts the spindles In the south at 9,205,949 against 8,615,309 last year. The net gain in the number of southern mills over last year has been 15, making the total now 777 Of Miaua It U havo hAcn In niiorn?Inn v^wwv t v V UM f V MWM <11 UrUlVU w VI A ing the year, 38 Ire idle and 30 are In course of erection, 15 eld and out of date concerns which ceased business, having been crossed eff the list. In reference to the general cotton manufacturing industry In the United States, Mr. Ilester says that Ameri can mills, north and south, have had the most active season on record, but while the totals show an excess in the number of bales of American cotton consumed by domestic factories of 495,000 over last season, bringing the aggregate to an amount never before reached, It Is at least 350,000 bales less than it would have been with favorable labor conditions. In the south the growth of spindles continues oq a largo scale, those In active mills having increased 823,193 and there are new mills in course of construction and additions being made to old conditions embracing 520,000 spindles. Mr. Hester makes the consumption of American cotton by northern mills (In round figures) 2,200,000 bales, which tog ther with 2,164,000 bales by southern mills makes an aggregate for the United States of 4,364,000, against 1,950,000 for the north last year ar.d 1 919 000 for the south, a total of 3,809,000, showing an increase for this year of 495,000. Mr. Hester puts the world's consumption of American cotton at 11,883,000 hales, against 10,193,000 last year and 10,876,000 the year before, an Increase over last year of 1,690,000, and over the year before of 1,007,000. He makes the total visible and invisible supply of American cotton In the world ai the close of August 2,750,000 bales against 1 031000 last year, an increase of 1,726,000 over last year. Where we gain a penny in saving old trash, thinking we may use it sometime, we lose two in work and patience, storing and handling It. The man who Invented Duke's Mixture is dead. But many of those who rolled it Into cigarettes beat him to the happy hunting grounds by many years. 1 % ' " " * BOMB MANGLES M mocent PUas re Seekers at Barcelona Spain, on Sunday. n ?110 Woman Killed, Five P< rautiH Mortally Wounded, and Fifty O'herti Hurt !>y Dxploolon. ? 'A At Barcelona Spain, a bombexplod- c d with terrific force Monday after- b toon ou the marine parade which was * hronged with holiday makers. A ? >ar lc ensued and the air was rent * vith shrieks and groans of the vie- . ,1ms, who numbered betwe- n fifty and Ixty, Including one woman killed and rt i/e persons movtallv wnuudrd. Tne tximb was conical ia shape and n *a.s covered with cement. The perpcrator of the outrage is unknown. One v Adttess states that early Monday c iiorrimg a child was seen to deposit a 8 )omb at the foot of a tree, while l. loother version is tbat the b mb was plac d at the foot of a tree Monday 0 ifternoon and that the man who was ^ teen to place it there was injured by s ts premature explosion. After the explosion Panama bats. 1 parasols and wearing apparel were rour d strewn about and here and here were spots of blood. The de ' Donation was heard throughout the 1 Jity and the force of the explosion threw a coachman from the sjat of ^ his carriage, 50 yarr?s away. The- * 3 )mh w.iK Hllp.d with nails and Kc.run ,ron. ' 1 A workman, covered with blood, | while running away from the scone, wan pursued by a mob, which believed ^ him blrn to be responsible fur the out ( rage and being caught was nearly j lynched. The man was taken to a hospital, where he denied lie had ex- f ploded the bomb. I NAMES DELEGATUS. ' Governor Hey ward Appoints One. | Hundred to tiio Farmers Coiii^resH, Governor Hey ward has complied with President Haivle Jordan's re- ] qu?8t to name 100 delegates to the ( National Farmers' Congress, which mecf8 in Kichmord September 12th to 22nd. The-^e are the delegates named: Aiken?W. W. Wooseley, H. F. Holley. Anderson?W. IT. Glen, J. W. Rothrock. Abbeville?J. Allen Smith, It. A. i V/WA . Ham well?F. If. Creech, H. L O'liannon. Bacnberg?Jno. W. Crum, J. B. Felder. : Beaufort?Thos. Martin, Charles L. ' Paul. Berkeley?ITawkius Jenkins, J. M. Wilder. Charleston?W. O. Ilinson, J. J. Mikell. Cherokee?5,. C. Sarratt, E. R. DeCamp. Colleton?W. C. Brant, Geo. Bissell. Chester?P. L. Hardin, Jno. Nunnery. Clarendon?E. D. Hodge, A. J. Rlohbourg. Chesterlield?Jno. T. Ilurst, D. M. Barrentire. Darlington?J. T. Rogers, J. J. Lawton. Dorchester?T. J. Murray, J. S. Wlmberly. Edgetield?S .T. Williams, S. J. Minus. Fairfield?S. E. Cathcart, J. F. Fooshe. Florenc?Jas. B. MoBride, H. M. ' Ayer. Greenville?n, B. Tlndal, G. M. 1 Wllkins, Jr. Greenwood--W. J. Moore, W, L. Anderson. 1 Georgetown?W. K. Curry, W. E. Snowden. Hampton?L. W. Youmand, II R. 1 haw ton 1 Horry?J. A. McDermott, J. F. Sfcalvey. Kerch, w?W. K. Thompson, C. J. 1 Shannon Lancaster?T. F. Stait, T. K. Cunningham. Laurens?D. A. C. Fuller, B. Y. Culbertson. Lec?Samuel Bradley, It, W. MoCutohem. Lexington?E. J. Etheredge, E. L. Asbill. Marion?Dr. W. Stackhouse, R. J. Black well. Marlboro?R. M. Pegues, It. L. Freeman. Newberry?R. T. O. Hunter, W. K. Sligh. Oconee?Paul Stribbling, A. II. Ellison. Orangeburg?J. E. Wannamaker, G. L. Salley. Pickens?J. T. Lewis, J. L. Morgan. Richland?Dr. W. W. Ray, Rich ard Singleto. Saluda?J. H. Weston, IT. G. Orouoh. Sumter?A. 13. Stuckey, P. M. Pitts. Spartanburg?E. L. Archer, H. S. Lipscomb. i Unlou?F. M. Farr, W. W. Coulter, i Williamsburg?J. D. Carter, R. H. i Footman. i York?C. C. Spenscs, J. M. Starr. i Greenville?R. Mays Clevelard. i Williamsburg?J. W. Register. ! More Oraft. A dispatch from San Francisco says 1 State Senator Henry Dunkers, serving \ a term in prison for attempting to ( bribe during the last session of legislature, has made a full confession, giving the names of twelve other senators who reoeived money, also the >1 names of bribers and amounts paid. v A wholesale prosecution is promised f by the district attorney. b tSbV&iN HUSBANDS. r?. Ferrest, of Patterson. N. J Id mits the Had That JSauy. ut the Polloe ltelieT? That Hhe Has Married and Deserted At L >aat Fourteen Men. When Mrs. Florence Ferrest, of 17 lamburg avenue, Patterson, N. J., ras arratgm d before J uatlce Abe C >h n on tue clwge of bigamy preferred y her husband, .lames Ft rrest, cf 76 tyle avenue, she admitted that seven f her hunbands were living alt* ough he could only remeirfber the names of our. It Is believed that the woman ias twice that number of husbands, nd her esserilons tbat she uo**s n-jt i member the names of tho<e she has narrled and deserted Is not believed. Mrs Ferrest was arrested as she vas preparing to leave Patterson. She uarried James Ferrest eight months go. Neither he nor his wife will tell he name of the minister who per urmed the cer? mony, nor fcbatof the iburch In which the ceremony took >lace. Ferrest said, however, that he told him she was unmarr ed, and vept with joy when they were made nan and wife. The fact that the woman had many jusbands was brought to ll^ht in Juna^t, wbeo she was served with papers n divorce proceedings by Under Sucr IT Joseph Hereon. The proceedings were instituted by her iirst husband, vllchael C ibbencu.a Frencb-Canrdlan. She was married to him iu 1885 in j oiraber&ville, N. J. From the wonan's account there resulted from I .uls union a child, that lived for two rears. Mrs. Ferrest Is about forty years rid. She Ss attractive and does not. Of k more than thirty. Her maiden lame was Florence Murphy, and her 'ather is James Murphy, of New Hope Pa., an upholster in tiie empky of ibe P nnsylvania Railroad. Mrs. Ferrest was surprised at hein^ jommittei to jail In def iult of $1,000 jail. Tl e woman is apparently sane. Workday tor the Orphans A rec nt movement set on foot by Howard L. (Jrumly of the Decatur [Oa ) Orphans Home is likely to be af very considerable service In the near future to our orphan children. Clio proposition is that every man in the state, every w? mm, every child 5 lould f et apart S ptember 28 (Satur ia>b' of this year, the proceeds of his labor on that day, or wnatever he can make, If he be not in busiues^, to tbe support* of the orphans in the lnstitu tion he loves best. In this state Presbyterians will work for the Thoruwell Orphanage, Clinton; the Methodists for the Kp worth Orphanage, Columbia; the baptists for the Connie Maxwell, Greenwood. Send promptly on the Monday following, the sum made or raised, to the iustitution of >our choice. Toe help coming in at that time will tide over these institutions till the Thanksgiving and Christmas days. Send it, be it little or much There are about six hundred orphans In these Institutions. and there are others besides. The Lutheran Orphanage is at Salem, Va., the Hebrew Orphanage Is at Atlanta, Ga. Draw your oneck or money order In favor of the Institution you prefer and mall it to the address given above. Wm P. J Aeons. Hold Thieves. At Long branch, N. J., professional safe crackers wheeled tne big marvin safe from the Atlantic hotel Wed nesday morning and after blowing it open decamped with its contents, about $500 in cash, a gold watch and some jewelry. The cx>k at the hotel was the lirst to discover the safe in the rear of the hotel, about two hundred yards away. She called the pro prletor, Simon Glaser, and a hurried Investigation was made. The safe crackers had used table linen and bed clothes to deaden the noise In wheeling the safe. Tney afterwards used oea oiotning 10 cieanen the report, a sledge hammer was med to dispose of the hinges and oomblnation. Afterward a hole was drilled In the door of the safe. Mr. Glaser and Chief of Police J as. Lay ton think that the safe crackers were thoroughly acquainted with the premises, as they not only removed the big safe without awakening the guests, hut succeeded in getting past the night watchman. Killed by Cotton. A very sad accident occured near Vanceson Monday week ago, which resulted in the death of Arthur, the live year-old son of Mr. Julius A. Murray. Mr. Murray's children were playing in his cotton on about two bales of newly gathered seed cotton. Tney had dug a hole in the midst of the pile of cotton, down to the floor, when Arthur got down Into It, probably to make the hole larger, when the cotton fell on him, suffocating him. He was gotten out as speedily as possible, and everything possible done to save him. All proved unavailing. Gets a Good Job. Former Judge Alton B. Parker wil succeed Professor Collins as chief counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Trail sit Company at an annual salary of 1100.000. acoordincr to an annnnnnA ment Thursday. Professor Collins has retired, and the firm of Collins & Sheehan, whloh has acted for years in in advisory capacity to the company, will be known as Shechan & Parker. William F. Sbeehan was one of Parser's strongest supporters in the recent presidential campaign. Double Killing. A special from Evergreen says that r. H. Thompson shot and killed his rife and mortally wounded her aged ather, J. B. Cooper. Thompson has een arrested. A FAVORED INDUSTRY. Onion Culture Hit* Attracted Many Furiuern Tht* Year. Owing to the generally successful onion season last year more than usual attention Is given the subject of 11X>3 acreage. Cool weather throughout some of the more northern sections retarded planting. Yet it Is reasonably certain that the general acreage this year will prove somewhat larger than in 1004. There may be local exceptions, but these are more than offset by tbe strong disposition In some big commercial onion producing places to deal more extensively in this Important crop, says Orange Judd Farmer. The attitude of Michigan and Wisconsin farmers toward onions Is one of marked favor. This Is particularly true in those sections where onions form an Important commercial crop. In tbe Green Bay district of Wisconsin the crop recently sowed Is reported fully ns large as Inst year. Those growers who possess rich clny soil have generally Increased the acreage, as onions on such land are bothered less by maggots. In the Grand Rapids district of Michigan some report the acreage under onions as a third larger than last season. 'Jlierc Is believed to bo a slight reduction In Muskegon county, as the enlargement in the peppermint acreage Is encroaching somewhat on 011I0U3. In the Important trucking districts near Chicago the area devoted to onions Is lAntn In <* nr\ nKrvnf 1G jv-viii u^/ <ii;vub iv vunt nvjii > HJI than last season. A correspondent In Wabasha county, Minn., says the acreage Is double that of IDOL In some sections of South Dakota there Is a slight restriction, but this state Is not Important from a commercial standpoint. Our correspondent In Larimer county, Colo., says growers arc going more extensively Into onions. While the acreage will be larger than Inst year, it will not be much above normal. Ohio generally promises a bigger acreage. New York reports vary somewhat. Prices lend encouragement, but disastrous experiences with maggots seem to have Intimidated some. New England, particularly the Connecticut river valley, Is experiencing quite a little boom In onion culture this season, the acreage being greatly extended. SHOCKING WHEAT. A I'lftn For SoUliiK l'p n Shock: Mont Sill lnfac(orlly. Most people are probably familiar In a general way with the principles and methods used In wheat shocking. Yet there are details the conformation to or neglect of which makes all the difference between a first class Job and a poor one. I wish to show here some of the details which make for convenience and excellence In the work, says a Itu ral New Yorker writer. I find the following plan of setting up a shock most satisfactory: Set down four bundles in a row and follow with AHil 111 tllA -LI vrixv? iu iiiv aiiuuiu Uli CUL'U muc< 1>V?W place a bundle In each of the four vacant places and put on two caps. For caps select bundles with long straw ubove the bands. They will cover the shock better and will not fall otT so easily. Place the heads of the caps in the direction from which the strongest winds blow. If the heads face the wind the cops will not blow off as readily as thoy will if the butts face It. laonernl SuRK<>*H?nN. Here are a few general suggestions: If the shock has been set up as here directed it will contain twelve bundles. Experience teaches that this Is very uearly the right number. Some little variation, of course, is allowable. But If a shock Is much smaller It lacks stability, and the same Is true if the shock Is much larger, especially If the wheat Is dead ripe. When the wheat Is dead ripe the heads stand out, and, especially In a largo shock, the bundles are liable to full down. If the heads stand out it Is a good plan to hug the shock tightly before capping. In a largf shock slightly green wheat Is apt to mold. When starting a shock if convenient start It In the middle of the bunch of bundles. This will save the time and labor Involved In carrying bundles around the shock. Cotton I'lrklnRi. The ordinary warehouse charges 1C cents a hale for weighing cotton a;v] 10 cents for drayage. This la an ex cessive tax. Reduction of cotton rates 2% to f cents per bale for seaboard shipments seems a Rmall thing to the individual farmer, but It will cost the railroads c cool half million. The bonded warehouse Is neeessarj to the success of the slow marketing movement for which every farmer li ready to vote. The man who lives and bonrds a1 home, with cotton as surplus crop, car grow It at 4 cents and live well. <jotton rarmers can better afford tc own stock In cotton mills than anj other class of citizens. The mill fur nlshes an assured market for cotton moats, fruits and vegetables.?Texaf Farm and Itanch. THE GARDEN KEYBOARD Give the cucumber plenty of watei and plant a few more hills. As endive plants become of sufficient size tie them up In order to blancl them. More seed may also be sown. The old fashioned flower gar dent were largely made up of annuals. Bj far the larger part of the old time favorites are annuals. Sweet peas pansies, asters, cosmos, nasturtiumsthese have a hold on people whlcl they will never lose. Cobea scarsd ens Is an excellent quick growing annual xlne for a ctean. ft DRY SHAMPOOS. CvR^rnnt Pomleni Thnt "Will Clennae tlie Ilnlr nnil Sculp. Dry shampoos are efficacious lu cleaning both tlie scalp ami hair, nud the following powders for this purpose are fragrant and delicious. Take white cornnieal as line as can l>e ground. Perfume with a little powdered orris root and rub a quantity of it dry into the hair near the scalp. Massage well and bring the powder through the long part. Then with a long tiborod brush remove ail the meal, llils is not a difficult thing re do if the brush has long fibers. The strokes need not be hard, and, Indeed, should not be, or the hair will be pulted out. The best way of brushing is to hold the hair out in one hand and brush through each strand, beginning near the hand and working down close to the head. A powder that is delicious for the same purpose is made of one-fourth of a pound of powdered orris root, one and one-third drains of bergamot rind, the same of cassle flowers and onequarter of a dram of coarsely ground cloves. Mingle and put through a fine sieve. The best way of using is to rub into the hair at night and let it remain until morning. Then brush out. This will perfume the head deliciously. A cheaper preparation made in the same way Is composed of a half pound of cornstarch, the same of orris root powdered and live drops of oil of rhodium. These three are specially suited to oily hair, as the powders will absorb much of the moisture. A GRACEFUL CARRIAGE. Practice Correct Sitting anil KInIiik Before a Mirror. To rise gracefully draw one foot back a little and rise with the chest and the crown of the head lending upward, not forward. Practice sitting and rising before a mirror, using a straight backed chair. I)o not run to extremes and sit bolt upright 011 (he edge of the chair. I?et the erect body be supple and ready to sway in any directionled always by the chest. If you want to lean against the back of the chair there can be 110 harm In you doing so, provided that you sit in such a way as to allow the "small of the back" to rest against the back of the chair. Do not lean shoulder blades against the chair back and hollow (he "small of the back" while sitting. Such a i>osltion is injurious to health and fatal to beauty. If persisted in it will result in prominent shoulder blades and will Induce curvature of the spine. If you would avoid round shoulders and a forward stoop of the neck do not use a high pillow when lying down. It is better to sleep without a pillow. If custom has rendered a pillow necessary you can gradually decrease its Cize until it becomes a very small 0110. Then you will come to wonder how you ever slept comfortably in the awkward position necessitated by a high pillow, and you will be pleased to Had that your prominent shoulder blades are retreating and that your back and neck are assuming symmetrical lines. LAUNDRY LINES. Save Your tired feet on ironinor <1nv 1 by standing 011 a cushion. I11 hanging clothes to dry always hang the stockings by the toes, nightdresses from the shoulders and skirts from the hem. When hanging wet blankets or white spreads 011 the line to dry put a small square of cloth under each clotlies1 pin to mako sure there will be 110 stain - from a dusty pin. Carbonate of lime, better known as Spanish chalk, used in the proportion ' of two to one of starch, will render all light stuffs such as muslin incombustible yet not hurt the material itself in any way. To give linen a gloss pour a pint of boiling water 011 two ounces of gum arable, cover till next day, then strain it carefully and put it in a clean bottle. Two teaspoonfuls of this stirred into a pint of ordinary starch will give 'f collars and cuffs an appearance of ' newness. To Tent Tfft, ) To test tea put a pinch in a glass, j pour upoai it a little cold water nnd shake it well up. Pure tea will only slightly color the water, while a strong . Infusion is quickly got from tlie ndul' terated leaf. Now boll botlt separato| ly nnd let them stand till cool, and the difference between them will be most 1 marked. The false tea will become stl11 more strong after long standing, but will remain transparent, whereas f the puro ten will become muddy or ' milky. This Inst appearance nrlses from the tannic acid, which Is a nntt ural property In pure ten, but which 1 in artlllclal tea Is entirely absent. ' Thin Silk* nnd Lnofn. r A good gum arable mixture to keep on hand for stiffening thin silk or laces . Is made by putting one ounce of gum ? arable In a wide mouthed bottle and covering it with a cup of cold water. Place the bottle in a kettle of cold water over the fire until the gum arable Is dissolved. Strain through a piece of cheesecloth. If tills is to be . an usea witnin a rew aays it needs no other treatment, but if to bo kept some l time add a cup of alcohol and cork t tightly. New Women In the Month. 1 The southern woman of affairs really r antedates the "new woman" of Amerl* ca, about whom we have heard so ? much in recent years. The training of * southern women for the practical su1 perviston of large undertakings began during the war of 1801-65, when they t were left in entire charge of a very i considerable percentage of the southern plantations.?Macon Telegraph. TOOK POISON After a Merry Dinner Party Five Days After Wedding. DIES BY OWN HAND > When Confronted bv Her Alleged Husband, Who Came With Writs In a Suit for Ten Thousand Dollars. Declares He Married the Girl Six Years Ago. A remarkable story of the double life of a beautiful young New York woman was revealed recently In Johnstown, N. Y., where a party of friends gathered lu the Cavadu'.ta Hotel to give a dinner in honor of Mrs. George L'chenstern, the five-day bride of the manager of the Werthelaaer Glove Works. While the group of friends were getting ready for^the dinner a strange man wanted ujp to ine young woman and handed her a paper. Witnout a word to any one, she walked to her room and swallowed the contents of a polnou vial, dying within a few moments. The stranger declared he was her husband, that she was a bigamist and that the paper was the summons and complaint In an action against Lichenstern for the alienation of her affections. Last Sunday week the L chensterns were married In New York by the Rev W. II. Kephart, of No. 683 East One Hundred and Forty-third street. Business at the Johnstown factory compelled the immediate attention of Licheusiern, and after a honeymoon of a few days he went to his home town with Irs bride and engaged apartments at the hotel until he could build a house and furnisw it. Back of the marriage was a pTetty romance. The young woman, who was known as Miss Sadie McCartin, wa. employed as a stenograputr in the New York office of Wertheimer& Co , at No. 65 llieecker street. Licbenstern is looked upon with the highest favor by his tirm, and he was compelled to make frequent visits to the New Ycrk office, wi ere he met her. lie frequently dictated letters to her and soon their acquaintance ripened. lie took her to theatres and prop, sed marriage several weeks ago. lie asked that the engagement be brief when ehe accepted him, and wired ho his many friends in Johnstown that he had won the love of ihe most beautiful glri in New York. Then came the wording aud the return to Johnstown. The brkle instantly became popular with Lichenai nm'j f ? Inr*/In ?-??-?^-3 * L>*? -?,4-L * ' uuviu .? iiicuuoi auu luoy, wiiiH liDO employes of the factory, decided upon the dinner which was so abrupty broken up. The man who served the piper said he was Michael J. McCartin, and that Ltchenstern's bride had been his wife for six years. He declares he had lived happily with her until a fortnight ago. It was just about that time the girl accepted Llchenstern's proposal. The complaint was directed against both Mr. and Mrs. Lichenstorn and asked for 810,000 damages. When she saw ner alleged husband, Mrs. Lichenstorn betrayed no sign that she knew, but took the paper In a matter of faot way After she had read it she became visibly agitated, and when her friend* asked what disturbed her she said she was feeling ill. It was then that shnJocked herself In her room and took her life. For a half hour, while she lay in death, the merrymaking continued before her body was discovered. Mr. Arthur Wertheimer, of the Wertheiraer firm, when seen at his home, No. 145 Eist Sixty-first street, said he had learned of the tragedy. 41 We never had the slightest suspicion that the girl was married," he said. "She always appeared to be gay and light-hearted, and we thought a great deal of her. We also think a great deal of Mr. Llohenstern and we were glad to see him get so gOOd a Wife. I simnlv nnrinnf ?^ . j vmiii \J \J UCUC VO I the story told by McCartln Is true, and yet it must be if he went to such an extreme. The addresi at which the girl lived, so far as I know, is No. 102 West One Hundred and Ninth street." At the address given by Wertheimer an "American" reporter saw Mrs. William Ilellman. She said: "Yts, it is true the poor girl was married. She lived hero for four years with her husband, Michael McGartin. She was always a very good girl, but she fell deeply in love with Liohtenstern. She was always careful not to let him know she had a husband. The McOartins did not get along well. The separated on several occasions, and she spoke her regret at ever having married him. Tue girl was only twenty-four years old and was married about six years. When they left here they went to live at No. 748 Oo\ umbus avenue." Two Men Killed. A dispatch from New York ssjv * two men were shot and mortv wounded by an unknown man t morning at South Heioh. Them ^ who did the shooting beoame enragfcN because no girls would danoe wltt * him. One of the men Elward Oarson, twenty two, has a bullet in his head; Frank Smith, twenty-three, was shot over the heart. Both men are in the hospital. The polioe are 1 looking for the shooter.