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* c v# TAFT TALKS. ^ % t He Does Nof Paint aji Altogether Rosy Picture of THE PHILIPPINES f ' Political Conditions in the Islands Not < i Encouraging. An Outbreak of Ladronism Recently. Sentiment for ' , Immediate Independence, ] i is Very Popular. ! / I In an Interview with an Associated 1 Press representative, Secretary of War * W. H. Taft, who arrived Wednesday , at San Francisco on the Korea from i the Philippines, after describing var- ' ious incidents of the trip to Japan, re- ' forred to the political situation in the j J Philippines, saving: , "The political situation In some re- 1 spccls was not as good as it ought to 1 be. A wave of ladronism has swept over the province of t'avlte, and It has ^ been found necessary to suspend the ; writ of habeas corpus in the province ' of Cavite and Pataogas, the neighbor- ( I i ri-,i ' ing piuviuiw. use saire was true or Sa.mar, but the uoe of troops on Samar and the use of the supremo court of ( the United States and constabulary in Cavttehas put an end to this business: ( t however, there were, two or three men ( responsible for the keeping up of the : Udrontsra, who had not been captured. * Complaints were *nade agaiust the 1 constabulary and wnile raauy of them were unfounded, it was probably true rthat a chancre in the constabulary f ought to bo effected, and it is now un- 4 dor consideration by the government, f The distressing agricultural depres- *1 hIod, duo to the loss of 75 per cent, of r the agricultural cattle, drought, 1< cast 1 and the cholera, as well as other caus- ' es, will probably not cease to be for several years. This naturally subjects t the government to criticism because 1 this alien government is much more c lik-ly to ha criticized for existing con- t dlttouo, however Uee from blame in C respect to them, tin ri a native govern- 3 meot. t "S imc of the younger men of cdu- t cation have boon advccatlng lmrned- v late Independence. It., therefore, be- n cauae necessary to state with consider- 1 abe emphasis the policy of the admin- a latr .vtiou on this subject and to say i t'mt in the opinion of the admlnislra- c t-loii there w?ks no possible hope for indep nMtnoe short of .\ generation, be* o OuU e the people, could not be. fitted c for self government )u that time; In- t deed, It v. ill probably take a much o longer period. rj "Toe party consisted, as Is known, 1 of D ;mooratic as woll as Republican h senators and congressmen, and their ? interviews represent all sides of the 1, Pailippine ques ion, but, with a self- ? res raint and moderation which can- ?1 not be too highly commended, it was ? txcitiy agreed between the members f of tae cur gressional party on both sides <that it would be moss unwise for them to dFcu;? before the Filipinos their c difference of opinion, and therefore * that an, statement should be made by f the representative of the administra v tion as io the pulley of political ad- a ministration. Hence the sight which n sodcs of tho irreconcilable Filipinos I fraa i o,. rl f >r, to wit: a co nstant com- o bat bet v eon Republican and Democrat- * ic m^mty-rs, with the Filipino people v as an audier.ee, was not presented, Is and I oiur/Ot express too emphatically ? my apprcci? ion of the patriotic stand / which our Democratic brethren took t iu this rniltor la ri mitting a diffusion 11 of difference of opinion to the proper 1 representatives in congress. 1 " While the conditions in the Philip- p am nut, ;w favorable as we would v lifce to have them and probably will b not bs f>?v u'tblo until the depressing 1 conditions eh all be followed by a prosperous 8<>A':?u, still progress Is being fc made. T e government Is more elll- v clent; in dlifcient mou are being oil ml- ^ nated and things are settling to bust- t ncss. Economy is being practiced r more and more in the government. FJ1- i ipinos are being introduced very rapid- 1: ly to the place of Americans aud on d the whole, in looking back over two p years, dooided step.* forward have been i taken. b "Or the questions which were open c v ? ? r\ rl An thin t.rln flnH In 11 wngu ouaiwvu v?.? vi.-ju v< m>?v. ? tho settlement of which It was hoped o the trip might lend aid, one was the s establishment of a special tribunal for fl the hearing of disputed questions in t relation to possession of churches and 5 " rectories aud cemeteries. I am glad i to say that before we reached the isl- I | ands a satisfactory law had been en v jk * aoted, which, it is hoped, will rapidly T dispose of these cases. Tho law refers e the issues directly to the supreme \ oourt. 1 ' There was alao remaining unset- a tied a question about the title to one- t half of the friar lands -those owned c previously by the Dominician order, t After a conference with the representatives of the vendors, a satisfactory g com prom iso was effected by which i good title to tho lands will be lmmed- i lately conveyed to tbe government and j possession given, as far as that posses- k aton is in the vendors, and the differ- ] ence as to price, a matter of some i $200,000, will be left to adjustment by 1 arbitration. vl J*. LOOK FOR ADVANCE 8ays Massmgale, Who Gives Some Figures to Show Why A Further Marly riha in Cotton in Hiiro to Oomo. ThlH Year's Crop Darltrm In Years. The following which we clip from the Augusta Chronicle will bo read with interest: Norwood, Ga., Sent. 20?Ah Grover Cleveland once said a "condition and not a theory now confronts us." So the writer says a condition and a theory confronts the whole world at this time as regards the cotton situation. The bulls and the bears are actively engaged, the one to convince the world of a short crop of cotton. The other to oouvince the world of a large crop, and on the bull side I align myself. Not simply because 1 am a Southern man aud interested in my people's welfare, but bec?.use I believe in a short crop of cotton for the years 1905 Oil and 'acts and conditions bear me out and not theories. From the best of iny knowledge and belief the crop of American cotton, and when I say American cotton 1 mean 3otton raised in the Southern states, will not reach over ten million one hundred and sixty-live thousand hales ;f tive hundred pounds each. While this is one of the eai llcst crops per baps on record it has been time and jgain demonstrated conclusively that iti extremely early crop is uot indica Live of a large crop. Even if a large icreagc was planted neither is an extremely late crop indicative of a large jrop, but a crop between the two genjrally pans out best. sojik crop figures. The crou of lHHrt hp r.h? inr.*?ot >rop ever grown (until the crop of 1904-05) and that crop consist log of )nly 21,957,000 acres?and threw into light in September only 982,700 bales )f cotton. Yet the final crop was 11 235,000 bales, or over a bale to two lores. That ccop was not an early lor a late crop, but between the two. What we call an average date crop. The crop of 1899 and 1900 was a very iirly crop, bringing into sight in September l 1:9.706 hales," acreage )1 anted 22,433,000, and yet only 9,139,000 bales of cotton were produced. Tne crop of 1901 and 1902 was a very ate crop, only 713,198 bales coming nt.o sight In September; an acreage of 17,874,000 and only 10,425,000 bales 1 leing produced. The Bumper crop of 904 and 1905 Wbs a medium date irop, bringing into sight 1,359.546 >alcs in September and producing 13,154,029 bales from an acreage of 32, ' 163,690. So If you will take the cut on record for two decides you will see hat the seme results fjilow and the , vrlter Is of the opinion that, a million ,nd a quarter bales of cotton will show ts snowy bosom this September from ,n acreage of about 27,000.000, aud f precedent is worth anything you , an look for a short crop. The world spinning a million and , >vcr bales per month will consume a rop of 12.000,000 bales, and even ad j editing that we have a visible supply , if over 2? million bales, whore in the i larue of all that's fair will you enter i nt.o next season with any cotton in i ight. It will be shown that the i /crld's trade is the best for ages. Dai- | y and nightly the hum of the factory , pindles are heard around the world? Ike England's drum beat. And the , un will Boon not set upon a single , oot of soil where people arc not cloth- i d In cotton goods. I Toe Japanese and Russian war is ? losed?Japan, the viotor over what | pxs once considered the most power- j ul empifo In the world, both nations , /ill rise Phoenix-like from their ashes, | ,ud follow along in the march of com ( nerc'al prosperity. In Japan and < fcussla cotton manufacturing will at i nee commence by leaps ami bounds ( nd in live years from this date China /ill consume one hundred million del ars of American manufactured cotton oods instead of twenty-five millions. 1 L.id the watchword will be eastward ? he course of cotton goods take its ' light. Clothing always follows civi- * Isution, not civilization clothing. 1 Chose are pregnant words and full of l >otent meaning. That Japan, now a i trAwlit ...Ul >vaiu T?m blVUlZitt U(lUld) IS 1 eyond davll. And open door assured 1 China. I Thirty million bales of cotton will 1 >ring 12$ cents, and another reason i phy cotton shall arid will advance. . ['he southern farmer has just learned I hat be Is a power in the world. The ; ural free delivery system brings him i n dally contact with the whole world; , io is no longer a hewer of wood and i rawer of water, but is today well 1 tosted on current ?vents of the day. To has just learned his power?drawn i lis wisdom from the New Orleans onventior.. Tie reasons if a fourteen nillion bale crop brings on an average I f 9 cents per pound, ten million ] bould bring him 13$ cents, and by the [rst day of March, 1906 middling coton will sell in Augusta at 13$ conts. laybe sooner. Tae farmers are payng their debts with 10 cents cotton. 1 V.S ROOu as that, is dniift t.lifl halftnr?.? vlll bo stored away and sheltered. This crop will be the earliest gath- ! red since "freedom." That's the 1 vay tho darkle reckons. And I here>y extend, oa tho part of the cotton ( association of Georgia, an Invitation ,o jack frost to come along, as you an do no harm. Not a bloom since < ,he middle of August. I see now a brighter day for the outh. I see the wand of the fatryvafted oyer my people, uttering these vords: "Bihold, prosperity I give rou. Sorely, have you suffered and x>me the burden of the world, but ^eace and plenty shall Illumine your pathway?13 J oente cotton In store 'or you. T. E. Massekoalb. 1 NOTHING BUT VANDALISM. Monuments Wrecked In the Catholii Cemeteries In WIioodhIii, A dispatch from Milwaukee savi the series of raids on Catholic oeme terles In Northern Wise msin and up per Michigan has reached hush a stage that every cemetery in the en tire district in which Catholics are buried is under guard. More than twenty cemeteries have been visited, and the crises on monuments smashed with sledge hammers, while wooden crosses on graves have been torn up and piled in heaps. So thorougly has the work been done that in several cemeteries the names of those buried are lost. Bishop Fox, of the Diocese of Green Bay. in an interview, says: "I believe if the monument wrecker of the Catholic cemeteries in the Green Bay Diocese were to bo found he would be lynched, so insanse have the peopio become over the repeated des- orations. Their anger is at a white heat, and they will not he likely to treat with any leniency the culprit should he be found . ''We have absolutely no clue as to the lndeutity of the person or persons who are engaged in this wretched work. I believe, and I think the general impression that prevails among thinking peopio up there is, that the work is that of some poor, demented per on." A reward of $500 is ottered by the Knights of Columbus for information l.hQI VJ.ni laorl t- ^ H." * --* * ' vut?u TT*U wviu ju u'id ut Tjnu monument wreckers who raided St. Joseph's and St. Anne's oemeteries and destroyed tombstones worth 84,000 !n E*oanab&. An additional re ward of $200 will be offered by St. Joseph's Cemetery Association. Allan V. Classon, an attoiney in Oconto, found In Ills office a package of pamphlets published In the interests of the Seventh Day Adventlst faith. On the wrapper was writ-ten: Please study up the question of Sunday laws. You will hometime be called upon to defend religious liberty, which is fast being taken from us. \V111 call upon you soon. Thomas Gallagher, a traveling pedler, of Battle Creek. Mich., was arrested In Gladstone. Mich., tonight. lie denies any knowledge of the cemotery desecrations, but will be held until a full Investigation is made. His arrest followed the discovery made by the officers that the foot prints of one of the members of the baud which wrecked monuments here on Tues day night had a small patch on the bottom of the shoo. A patch similar to that shown In the footprints was found on one of the shoes worn by the prisionor. Ilattlo With a Shark. The New York American rvvs five fishermen on Long Ir laud Sound were aha??d WeflncsHAo k? ? ?? . . - X.MN/M J " J W *' > ^ which vioiousiy aUackod their boats tnd Ka'v? tiietn desperate battle. O^rs were used ineffectively to beat '<1T the ravenous ilsb. The ti^ht t ook place al most oppostte Captain's Island Lighthouse. The men heard a commotion in uhe water and 3aw a Iouk bo iy with bead submerged coming toward the beats at a furious rate. Suddenly the bead came above water and the fishermen saw it was that of a big shark, whlchshowed fierce-h-oking tcefcb. Tlie mounter soemed to be mad from hunger. Several flnh were thrown overixrard and these the greedy, man-eatUK fish devoured. Then it made lung w at the boats and tried to iapslzo them. John Smlthorscz fired two shots from a revolver at the shark, but this 31d not frighten it, and the fishermen bad to row for their lives to the Port Dhester shore, lighting their foe the 3ntire way. The shark followed the joats until the men had almost reachjd Uie beach and then disappeared. Fatal Fight. A dispatch from Laurens to The State bays John P. South was shot md instantly killed at 10 o'clock Thursday at Iluyd's mill, 12 miles west of tho citv. hv Lprvp.ii n w#i. ier. Walker surrendered and was orought to Jail by D?xter Elledge, icting constable. The men were aeighbors and both industrious young formers. It is understood that they had a previous dJlllculty, and S>>uth, wb/* was drinking, seems to haye started out to renew the ditlloulty. After running Mrs. Walker from the house he proceeded to the Hold, 200 yards distant, armed with a grass hook, and told Walker that he proposed to kill hiiu. Walker managed to get out of the way and ran to his house, where he secured a gun and when South approached he shot South lead. South was unmarried. Walker Is a married man and has a family. Each is about 30 ycaTs of age and both come from good families. They lived in the Poplar Springs section of Laurens county. Bund by Y6ur Uuph* In a letter to President Roosevelt the Hon. W. J. Bryan says: "You have the contest of your life before you, and I desire to render you all the assistance in my power. You have asked Congress to enact a law so enlarging the powers of the interstate commerce commission as to permit it to tlx and enforce a reasonable freight rate. And the railroad lobby was strong enough to stop in the Senate the bill passed by tbe House. The railroad magnates expect to block the passage of the bill again. Stand by your guns. You have developed *& reform element In the Republican party; you must lead it or suffer the humiliation of seeing the leadership pass to some one else. Go forward. You owe it to yourself, you owe it to your party, and more than all, you owe it to your country." LAST YEAR'S CROP. 0 Some Interesting Figures Relative to the Cotton Output. 8 Williamtrm tictfi the Share of South Carolina Cotton?Consumption by Mills. 1 Oa Friday the national department s of agriculture gave out some lnteresti Ing Information relative to the cotton of 1903 4. During the year 1899 and 1900 there were hhipned from South Carolina a total of 405,328 biles; 1900 1901, 453,244 bales; 1901 1902, 423,690 b-.les; 1902 1903, 493 858 bales; 1903-1904, 477,007 bales. During the year 19031904 there were shipped into thestite 215 188 bales. During the same time mills In toe state bought 509,659 bales. The total crop of the state for the same time was 831.378 bales. So much of the South Carolina crop Is taken by its own mills and those of Georgia and North Carolina that the hulk of what remains Is distributed through few commercial channels than the crops of some other states. Wilmington gets a much larger share of the South Carolina crop than any other port, being 160 446 bales, but the. receipts for 1903 4 were 2,768 bales less than the nrevlous year. Toe most notable change in port receipts occurs at Charleston where the decrease hoiou ited to 40,492 bales. 1899 1900 Charleston received 98.881 i bales 1900 1901 she received 97,416 Dales; 1901 2 she reclived 93.937 hales; 1902 3 Mhe received 128,672, and in 1903 4 88.180 Imlen. wnm practically no shipments to Now Orleans In 1903-4 against 4,4.30 bales the previous years. Norfolk show a gain of 20,494 bales from South Carolina, hor figures being for 1899 1900 16,169; 1900 1,48,677; 1901-2, 24,387; 1902 3, 18,529, and 1903 4, 39,023. Savannah has gained (i.OOO from South Carolina, her figures being, 1890 1000, 48,534; 1000-1, 63 606} 1901 2, 36.617; 1903-4, 42,809. New York has gained 797 bales, her figures being 1800 1000, 1,370; 1900-1, 4.452; 10012. 631; 1902-3, 6.462 1903 4, 7,259. Baltimore lias lost 894 bales, her figures being, for 1902-3, 1.012 bales, and fur 19o3 4, 118 oales. T le shipments to Augusta increased 4,989 bales, her figures being for 1902 3, 77,138, and for 1903 4, 82,127, and to North Atlantic ports (via Georgetown) 1,140 bales. The Inland movement to domestic mills shows the foil >wing changes; an inoreahoof 3,466 hales to New England mills, and 899 to Virginia mllla, and a decrease of 5,084 bales to North Carolina mills and 1,480 bales to Georgia mills. Tiro total movement from the state In 1903 4 was 477,007 bales, or 16 851 bales less tban in 1902 3, and the average movement for Ihc five years 1h 462,625 bales. The average Commercial croo for t.ho Rami* rmrinH is 834,371 bales! The following 1h the number of bales shipped from the prlnc!p?.l points In South Carolina In 1903 4: Abbeville, 2,748; Aiken, 5,217; Allendale, 3,281; Anderson, 7,819; Ihmberg, 5,172; Barnwell, 3,849; B -nnettsvllle, 6,678; Blshopvllle, 10.572; Blackvllle, 4,710; Brancbville, 3,031; Camden, 4,059, Chester, 8.816, Cdo, 7,124; Columbia, 63,177; Darlington, 9,369; Denmark, 6,810; K1gefl< M, 5,541): Greenville, 14,591; Greenwood; 16,977; Newberry, 17,131; Orangeburg 8.618; Sumter, 45 319; Spartanburg, 3,035; Yorkville, 6,306. In add ltd on to tbe above shipment i from railway stations In South Caro- i Una there w-re shipped by from coastwise points in the state to Char- i leston 14,815 bales, and from Savannah river landings 647 balevS to An- J gusta and 1,218 to Savannah. There originated on plantations in Aiken ' and Edgefield cx>untles 17,988 bal'-s, ' 16,198 bales, of which were delivered I at Augusta by wagons, and 1,790 bales 1 by canal boats. i PoiiitlitMSnnkoatSva. A badly lacerated crew arrived at New York Wednesday on the steamer Indramayo, guarding a cargo of wild animals from Chinese and Japanese ports. Six leopards and two big snakes ; caused most of the Injuries which ( were lnlhcted by the animals during an exciting voyage. Besides these ( .anltriftlu t.ho T nrlrunrunn otfii.frr.rl v* ivy x uu i i%ui * J v_# OlJt*' l/^U t'l' t with an elephant, six monkeys of a large and savage special and some smaller animals. The leopards from ! their ca^es succeeded in lacerating tho , arms and logs of six sailors who at- I tempted to feed them on the rolling, pitching ship. In the Red sea, one of the snakes, which weighed 200 pounds, and was twenty-three feet long, escaped from his cage and crawled out upon the deck about dawn. During most of the forenoon i the entire crew fought and rolled < about the deck in a struggle to get i the snake back Into his cage. They i finally succeeded. Attitude of the Splnnrra. I 0. W. McAra, president of the Master Cotton Spinners' Association \ of Great Britain says the spinners had do quarrel with American cotton planters, had no desire to interfere with ! their legitimate profits and had noob jectton to the fluctuations brought about by a small or a large yield. As a matter of fact, the grower would be well rewarded In an ordinary season < by a return of 8 oents per pound. By 1 gambling operations, however, the i price bad been advanced for several ! seasons to 14 cents per pound and i higher, which meant an advanoe on i the world's crop of 1480,000,000. The < American spinner, Mr. McAra adds, Is as badly handicapped as the Europ- 1 ean spinners, the owt of the carriage i of ootton to New Eogiand mills being , as great as the cost of oarrlage by sea to Lancashire. Kltauro MOTHER, A Short Ijaoturn to Girls From Ijatllca Homo Journal. A father, talking to his careless daughter, said: "I want to speak to you about your mother. It may be that you hAve noticed a care-worn look upon hor faoe lately. Of course it has not been brought there bv any act of yours, still It Is your duty to chase it away. I want you to got up to-morrow morning and get breakfast; and when your mother comes In and logins to express her surprise, go right up to her and kiss her on the mouth, and you can.t imagine how it will brighten her dear face. "Besides, you owe her a kiss or two. Away back, when you were a little girl, she kissed you when no one else was tempted b> your fever-tainted breath and swollen face. You were not as attractive then as you am now. And though those years of childish sunshine and shadows she was always ready to cure by the magic touch of a mother's kiss, the little dirty, chubby hands whenover they were injured in those skirmishes with the rough old world. And then the mid-night kisses with which she r< uted so many bad dreams as she leaned above your pillow, have ail been on interest these long long years, "Of course, she is not so pretty and klssable as you are; but if you had done your share of the work during the past ton years, the contrast would not bo so marked. Her face has more wrinkles than yours, and yet if you wero sick that face would nnnfiir m.im ...? ~ - ?1" ..rrvu> .uuiv Kl ItUVIIUI U11AI1 till iHlgWlS as it hovered to minister to your comfort, and every one of those wrinkles would seem to he bright wavelets of sunshine chasing each other over the dear old face. "She will leave you ono of these days. These burdens, if not lifted from her shoulders, will break her down. Those rough, hard hands, that have done so many necessary things for you, will he crossed upon her lifeless breast. These neglected lips, that gave you your lirst baby kiss, will be forever closed, and those sad, tired eyes will have opoucd In eternity, and then you will appreciate your mother: hut It will he too late!" , 1 llt-uinl iMunler Myatory* London h*s another murder mystery. In the present oase the victim Is a young woman, Mary Money, whose body was horribly mutilated. A long veil was tightly wedged in her mouth and the police are coutldent the womau was murdered In a compartment of a train on which she was traveling and her body thrown from the car. The fact that none of the doors of the train on arrival at Ited II111, were open Is considered to prove conclusively, that It was not a case of suicide. Miss Money left home Sunday evening saying she would not he gone long. The alT&lr thereafter * complete mystery. No ticket was found on the body and no one has been able to explain under what circumstances the young woman entered the train or where she was going. If she was murdered, as is supposod to be the case, the murderer disappeared without leaving any tiace. The cars j furnish no cluo to the crime which c >uld not have occured anywhere hue in a railroad car divided Into isolated compartments such as is used on British railways. To HattHty liIn Wife. "John," exclaimed the nervous woman according to an exchange, "there's x burglar In the house. I'm sure of It." John rubbed his eyes and protested mildly that it was immaginatlon. "No it isn't. I hoard a man downjtalrs." So John took a box of matches and went down. To his surprise his wife's tuspiclons were correct. Seeing that be was unarmed, the burglar covered turn with a revolver and became quite jociable. "Inn't it rather late to be out of bed?" he remarked. "A?er?a?little bit," replied John. "You're too late, anyhow, because I've dropped everything out of the window, and my pals have carried them IT." "O, that's all right. I'd like to ask bne favor of you, though." "What is lt?? "Stay hore until my wife can come down and Bee you. She has been looking for you every night for the last twelve years, and I don't want her to be disappointed any longer." Broko His Nock. A dispatch from Waterloo, S. C., to the Augusta.Chronicle says Mr. Van B. Roberson, a prominent farmer of i/Uiiij piace, %van uie victim or a sad | and at the same time peculiar accident. Mr. Roberson was helping some hands load some cotton at his tfin house when suddenly the wagon moved off, throwing him to the ground on his head with terrible force. Mr. Roblnsou was picked up and carried to his home a few yards away, and it was found that his neck was broken. lie lived only a few minutes. He was a confederate soldier and esteemed by everyone. A wife *nd three children pu^vq him. Horrible Accident. A dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle says Mrs. Q Cogburn, living about ben miles from Johnston tilled a tin jyrup oan with hot tomatoes preparing to oan name. After pushing on the top the contents exploded going into her face, burning her to such an extent as to Inflict total blindness. One eye has already been taken out. | On account of the face being so swollen a thorough examination of the other eye has not been made yet, but It Is thought by attending physicians to be out also. ? WHITE OUTLAW. Bryan County Terrorized by a Desperado Named Simms. IS HEAVILY AHMED. Large Section of One Georgia County Terrorized by Him. He Makes People Contribute to His Needs. He Hns Already Killed Two Men. A dispatch from Savannah, Qa., says while Will E. Slmms heavily armed, stoo<j In plain sight, a coroner's Jury Wednesday found him guilty of murder. Ellabell Is In Ilryan county, 24 miles from Savannah, and that vicinity Is In a state of terror because of the acts of Simms, a white desperado, who has already killed two men, has notltied others that he will kill them on sight, and, who, for the last three weeks, has openly dolled the olllcers of the state and county, being, It Is said, sheltered and suppli d with ammunition by relatives and openlylevied contributions of food and money froun various persons of the community, on forcing compliance with his wishes at the point of a Winchester. Wednesday, a coroner's jury deliberated on the death of a negro, the latest victim of Slmms. Tho murderer was so near the scene and so well posted as to the proceedings that before a verdict had been reached, he had addressed an open letter to all who were against him, defying them to do their worst, and Inviting them to come In the woods and look for him. Four weeks ago Slmms shot and killed Julius Lansburg, a freight train conductor on the Seaboard Air Line, for uo other reason, it is roportod, than that Lansburg had refuted him permission to come to Savannah on his train. After this crime he disappeared for a few days, but did not leave the vicinity of Edaboll, merely keeping out of sight In the day time. Friday he killed an old negro man and seriously wounded hl3 son. He openly admitted the deed to hoitia of h<? relatives, and gave as his reason the fact that the negro had told of the place where Slmrns w is In the habit of spending the nights. It was for his latest crime that Wednesday's Inquest was held. The man who gave the most damaging testimony against Slmms immediately left the vicinity, fearing the vengeance of the murderer, and numbers of negroes likewise are lleeing from the country, being In a stato of abject fear that they, too, may liecome victims of Slmms' unerring riflo. A po;-we, led by the sheriff, Is searching Slmms' haunts, with the Intentlou of taking him dead or alive, if ho can ba found. Simms is armed Zwith a Winchester and two revolvers. He is a sure shot. Ho was within sight of tin court house, where the inquest was hald, hut so great Is the terror his name Inspires that none would dare go to capture bim. At the hearing, Sheriff James Parrlsh, upbraided those who have been giving food and s ?eltor to the outlaw A dispatch from Kllabrlle, Oa., says that Will PI Sims, the desperado who has terrorized Bryan county Thursday afternoon paid the-penalty for killing Oonduotor Julius L?ndsburg, of the Seaboard Air Lino. Ho is alleged, too, to have killed Jamoa Perry, a negro. Sherlif Parish and Deputies Gibson and Dukes of this county, followed Sims into Liberty oouuty this morning. They found him at the home of a man named Parker, his father-inlaw. A child shouted the alarm to Sims as the otlloers approached, and the outlaw sprang from the be-* in which he was sleeping seized his rltl5. He lired twice at Sherlif Parish, bub missed. Sheriff Parish tired orco and missed, but Deputy Gibson's tH t shot struck Sims and lie went to his kr ee. All three officers continued to tiro rapidly, and Sims sank t) the ground. P'ourtcen bullet wounds In his bedy were shown by an czamlnation. Si ma killed Landsberg hero because the conductor would not let him ride to Savannah on Ills freight train. Perry was killed, It is alleged, because Sims had heard that the negro had been carrying reports about him to the officers. There is great belief in Bryan county that Sims is no longer alive to threaten with death all who oppose him. lSurneu u> uvAtu. I At Foru Dodge, Iowa, live children were oremated in a tire oaused by the explosion of g&auhne which destroytd the Adaooson home Wednesday morning, while the inmates were asleep. Trie eldest child was ten and the youngest three. The father had trone to work and the mother was visiting a neighbor. Neighbors discovered the tire but could do nothing. It was with great difficult that the mother was restrained from throwing herself into the tlames. Edward Adamsou, the father, is a railway swttqjpnian% and was performing his duties.