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over like I R'~ when ^Bhite suri, B thd B~' ^B ^K i He " s^^BIBhc.- blue, blue ocean >k\ BK< Eail one. a< on they stately float, B Becomes .1 shining fairy ho.it. The larcest. finest one I nail. B Anil jasip aboard, and then >et sail-* R As everyone must understand? ^B To find tin.- port of Fairyland. |B The wind propels us and we glide HT ("ntil we re.n-h tVi?- Otlior- < .!*? -And there what joy and wonder wait, Inside tht port* aud past tlie irate. K< For everything that lovely seems -And everything you see in dreams. -And all the longings that you i eel* jp y In Fairyland they all comt real! I I I IN A I jPERILOUS FIXl . By Grace Leigh. J i ! / AtOHim. T'S the strangest noise I / j( _ ever heard The house / O T O must bi haunted for only I Jf tC /.Anl.l l.a rr.iiltv .* ' g --j f I ??...... v*. W 'WOlf making .such an unearthly sound.* "Nonsense!" replied my sister Hattie, j^^/witTi a little nervous laugh. "It's only the wind or a mouse stirring there." Hattie glanced apprehensively over Iter shouider in the direction indicated, quite white and startled. "How foolish it was of us to think of staying two whole nights in this great old house alone! I wish Cousin Jack were here, for if a ghost were really to rtiake it^ appearance what should we do':" ?*i am not so much afraid of ghosts troubling u< as I aiu of robbers. Thank heaven, all the doors are locked, and no one can g>*t in without out hearing them." said I. During the absence of our parents, who had gone to visit a sick relative living in a neighboring town, my sister Hattie and I had volunteered to stay at home and take charge of affairs until their return. The only person besides ourselves in the house?a great, rainb liug old structure, with many chimneys and gables and weather-stained porches ?was a female domestic, who slept in a remote chamber on the first floor. We went up to our room early in the evening. for we felt a little timid in spite of the often expressed assertion that we were not a bit afraid. The silver was kept in a small safe lu my mother's apartments, which communicated with our;, and could not be reached otherwise without going through a long hall, the door of which was both locked and bolted on the inside. The noise that had so startled us was unlike anything I had ever before heard?a kind of stealthy, uncertain rustling, as if made unintentionally and entirely against the will of whatever or whoever it was that occasioned it Naturally courageous, and accustomed to acting as well as thinking for myself. I arose, locked the door, dropped tt shade, and took a look around the room. No ;ign of either ghost or robber was to be seen. "A brave pair we are. I must say." said I. taking a volume of Scott's poems from the table and beginning to ' Of course nor. We are only a little nervous, for tliere is really nothing here." and I gave the skirts another shake by way of adding point to my 1 words. Hattic said no more and I resumed my seat, firmly determined not to again allow my fears to get the better of my teasou. Hattie. after a while. *aid she would go to bed. and 1 might have Scott and the ghost all to myself. But it was rather lonely sitting up all alone, so I thought the wisest thing I could do was to follow her example?hut 110: nntil I had again made sure that the door was locked and had placed a shaded lamp 011 the stand at the head of the bed. It must have been near eleven o'clock when I was awakened, not by a sound, for I did not hear any. but by* something that seemed like a shadow passi iug between me and the light. I sprapg tip without disturbing Hattie. and looked everywhere about the y room for some sign of the mysterious presence, or whatever it was that had so unpleasantly awakened me; but 1 saw nothing. I drew up the shade and looked out on the lawn. Absolute silence reigned everywhere. With a sigh of relief I f ^ drew down the shade again and re? mm turned to bed; but I could not sleep, and lay for more than hour gazing absently at the faint ray of light that shimmered across the carpet and drifted, wan and shadow-like, on the .trail. Presently I saw the lid of the old oak chest slowly rise, and two tierce black eyes, framed in a matted mass of long, jet-black hair, peered cautiously forth. My heart stood still; the blood seemed freezing in my veins, and I felt for a moment as if I should jlie of sheer terror* V >rrcro reuscnlnr hand next s P- rred,- lioldiiiiT up the lid of the cln with noiseless on re, and tlie sight of aroused within me a mad kind of d perate daring such as I never snppos I possessed. With a wild cry to II tie to awake. 1 sprang from the 1" and. wiih all the strength I was in; tor of. forced down the lid. i "H<lp! Ilattie. quick!" I cried. ' ! we are lost!" 1 With a single bound she was h\ i side. h?r face as white as a sheet. I "Oh. < J race, for Heaven's sake, wl is it';" she gasped. "A man?a burgbtr?a murderer. I all I know! Hold karu. for your lift 1 replied. The halt-smothered wretch, by a v lent effort, succeeded in forcing otf o binge in swell a manner as to adti air enough to preclude the possibill of hir. being suffocated in his strait prison. Another wrench, and the remnini hinge was start oil. A second ec vnlsive movement, so violent as make the stout old chest quiver, a five grimy fingers were thrust out in vain attempt to clutch my throat. I bore down with all my might, li the terrible hand maintained its n vantage, and inch by inch the lid w slowly moved aside until only o united strength held it in place. Hattie did her best to aid my eft'or j but when two glaring black eyes ? | peared on a level with the fearf ! hand she lost all control of herself a i a loud car-piercing shriek broke fro her ashen lips. The nearest neighbor lived half mile away. We were utterly alot and entirely at the m?rc.v of the ri fian in the chest, who. should he < cape, would doubtless murder us bo and burn the house afterward, p< haps, to hide the double crime. The thought wa. appalling, ai though she had no hope of l^lp reac ing us. Hattie continued to scream the top of her voice, end every slirii was like that of one in mortal agony, llark! Some one was coming! J answering shout from the porch belo a shivering of glass and window sas and up the stairs, three at a tin came Cousin Jack. ITattie flew to the door and tinioek it. and then fell to the floor in a do; faint. ' What is the matter?" exclaim Jack, as lie entered. "What in the Eh?" The man sprang from the chest at made a dash for the door. Jack i stantly seized him. clapped a revolv to the villain's ear. and in no gent tone admonished him to surrender i i.? tv.nt ,rv llmrn nrul llinr "read aloud from the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," hut I had scarcely read three lines before the same low. strange rustling sound was beard again. v ; ^ ^Hattie quickly turned and looked inquiringly at the big closet in the corner, the door cf which stood partly open. A large, old fashioned oak chest was iu one corner, and above it bung dresses, skirts. Wraps and ladies' apparels of all kinds. "It must surely be a mouse, firaee. for there can't be anything else in the closet." said Hattie, in a frightened whisper. I got up and flung the closet door' wide open and nave the skirts a vigorous shake. I even mounted the old chest and took a prolonged survey of the upper shelves, moving bonnet y>" boxes and shawls and everything ' within my reach, but mouse there was none, nor any indication that one had ever been there. "It is very odd." observed Hattie. in a low tone, noting anxiously the result of my search. "I wonder is there truly arp ?nv sneli rliinus ns sniritsV" The ruflian. seeing that resistan was of no further avail, sullenly p< in it tod himself to l?o bound. Ho d not spoak a word, but his glitterii oyos told plainlj of th: fury raging his heart. A plentiful use of cold water quick restored Hattie to consciousness, ai as soon as she was able to walk a threw 011 our wrappers and went o in the hall, whore the burglar I; pro.. 011 the lloor, securely bom hand and foot. "I hanpeued to bo passing the lion at the moment and I hoard yo screams." explained .Tack, "so I ma all haste to see what was the math little expecting to tinu you in quite perilous a fix. though I felt sure y must be in sore need of help, f nevei before did I lieai such a seri of blood-curdling shrieks as those wi which Hattie has just been favorii us." Hattie shuddered, and crept clos to strong, courageous Jack, and 11 till the next day did we know that t man we had held captive'in the c oak chest for two mortal hours, w Nick Billings, one of the most dari: burglars of the present generation New York Weekly. Vegetarian*. '! ?ir?rtl The secretary of a rural English ! ciety for the propagation and advam ment of agriculture the other day : ceived this letter: "Sir?I parlickly wish the satiety lie called to consider the case wh follows, as I think it mite be mr Tranxtionaole in the next Reports. > wif had Tombd Cat that dyd. Bei a torture shell and a grate favrit. 1 had Him berried in the Guardian a for the sake of the enrichment of t mould I had the carks deposited unc the roots of a Gotslierry Bush (T fruit being up till then of a srnoo kindt. But next Sesons Frub. aft the Cat was berried, the Gosberr was all hairy, and more Remarkal tl.? Catpillers of the same Bush w All of the same hairy Description." Armour's Egg Waterloo. The Iowa hen broke up the Anno Egg Trust. Of course, the Illinois h and the Missouri lien and some otl liens helped, but it was the coliecti hen that did the business. The 1 mours have been selling their e; storage establishments in Iowa. Adel. Perry, Gowrie and several otl places they havi within'a fortni? sold their plants, costing large auioui of money, to private dealers. It said that the house of Armour h lost a round sum in the big ventn The Iowa farmer takes notice that 1 Egg Trust collapsed without legis tiou. Some other combines are goi the same way. It does not pay worry too much about "inonopolie ?Burlington Hawk-Eye. Something to Think Of. Grit is a quality even more desiral than wit. Life loves best those of her childr who laugh. Ardent lovers don't always ma amiable husbands. Who ever heard of a person bei sorry for what they didn't tell? There is no originality in abuse: those who don't like flowers oali th weeds.'' Every man who is nearing the f of his days must regret the worry has given the false alarms all thror life. Some people can say a good deal a not talk too much, while others say much when they talk to themselves. Marriage will be one grand sw song when somebody invents a way singing duets as a solo. Poorfarm Supported by Grape*. The Geary County poorfarm has 1 vineyard of eleven acres, and the . mates pick enough grapes in a gi 1 crop year to maintain the entire in tution.?Kansas City Journal, SoHKowB ? es- [ - ^ j Report of frightful Loss of Life in z ^; Mexican Mining "town 'or CORFSLS FLOAT IN EVERY STREET ny _ (Guanjuato. Built in a Great Gorge in the Mountains, is Partly Submerged, an(j the Breaking of a Dam Above the City Would Mean Utter Ruin? io- | One Report Says at Least 100 Were np Drowned and a Later One Placts ait th* HmH at 1.000. Mexico City. Spec ial.?No news has n" been received directly from Guanajutc i regarding a great flood in that mining nd ' c't-v- n<nv the ''"Pf'tant seat of activi a ! ity by several large American and 1 Brtish companies. The wires were lUt I down all day Sunday and the roads ! were impassible Two reports are as current: one says 1.000 were killed, ; another savs arleast 100 were drownur ; ed. Late tidings are that Guanajuto is ts- ! completely flooded and water is already tp- j invading the higher parts of the town, ul ! while there is fear that "I^aolla" dam nd : may give way. which would .mean ,m complete and general ruin. The city is built in a great gorge in a the mountains and the streets ramble | up the mountain side in picturesque ,0* I fashion. A storm liegan furiously on the *s* night of June 30th. and after midnight th no one cf the inhabitants dared to go ?r- to bed, so tremendous were the fury of the elements. The water rose in the ml lower or business streets flooding shops ,{j. and damaging thousands of dollars' at worth of merchandise. The lower streets became lower torrents as the lK i waters poured in rivers down the upj per streets. Doors were smashed in by the force of the water, and windows were no protection against the furious ill, t flood. le, PROPERTY I.O?S IMMENSE. The authorities worked strenuously od to get people safely from their homes ;U1 to the higher part of the city. The loss of property, it is said, will be imod mense. Advices from Querelaro are to the effect that there was no telegraphic communication with the stricken city j Sunday night. Messengers who manin aged to get out of the city say the er i water stands three or four feet deep in tie houses and shops in the lower part ol if the city and that panic stricken pco, ; pie have gone into the mountains car* rying their valuables. The storm be1 can to abate at 3 o'clock in the after*r noon. I.ater advices stat" that it is known that over lOfi lives were lost at Guanaiu juto. Telegraphic communication is cut off and it is supposed 'Laolla' ]y | dam was completely destroyed, bu this .. i ooti nnt bo /-.nnfirmfw) [HI vc***?tv^c i,uu??mvu. ve SMALLER TOWNS WIPED OUT. xit The Mexican Central northbound rjy passenger train ran into a washoul I north of Irapuato and was derailed the water running over some of the cars. President Robinson, of the rails(* , road, say some lives were lost, but he m* ! does not know how many. The town de of Mara til. just below Guanajuto, was t. completely wiped out. so Another dispatch tp President Robou i inson. of the Mexican Central, says or that there are 1,000 dead at Guanaos ! juto. The raging water is carrying tht ' dead through every street. The wau? ter is up to the second story of the Hotel 1'nion. Great damage has been or wrought to the street car lines, and seriot vice cannot be resumed inside a month ho ' There is only one way the. people car ,ld i get to Marafll. which is with mules 01 as afoot. ug _ A Revolutionary Plot. St. Petersburg, by Cable.?Reports I received by the Ministry of the Interior give an entirely different version of the so- origin of the Kniaz Potemkine mutiny, which is attributed to a deliberate plot organized by twenty sailors belonging ro" to the revolutionary organization, These reports., placed the number ol to killed during the rioting on shore at int 200 and the wounded at twice that iid number. Gossip says there has been a [V mutiny on board the battleship Tehesn"g i me at Seabastopol. ?(1 Martial Law Extended. he St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Martial 'er law has been proclaimed in the gov'10 ernment of Sebastopol. Nioholaieff and | Erivan. An imperial decree confers on ie3 the viceroy of the Caucasus the rights of a military commander with special as powers. The same powers are bestowed on the commander of the Black Sea fleet so far as the districts of Seabastopol and Nioholaieff are concerned. ,ur en Fatal Wreck at Spartanburg. ?er Charleston, S. C., Special.?A speive cial from Spartanburg says that n tr- serious wreck ocurred at the Brawley js- street crossing, on the Southern RailAt v.ay at 1 a. m. Through freight No. ier 52, running in two sections, came torjlt gether while in the city of Spartan\ burg near the crossing, and a dozen freight cars, laden with coal, and one ls engine were badly damaged. Sheras man Justice and a second member of re* tho crew of train No. 52 are dead, and WKttmirD ic cil V ill "v rjiigiiicci u iiuuuiv, ? In- jured. Another colored trainman was ns also hurt. The accident was caused to by failure of brakes on section No s." 2. The track was soon cleared and traffic resumed. Police Ousted For Grafting. New Orleans, Special.?After an in vestigation which disclosed wide 011 spread grafting by police department . % Inspector Whitaker dismissed Cap 1 tain John Cooper from the force Witnesses testified that gambling "S houses, handbook rooms, fake auctior shops and other places paid tribut* all i to the police, and there was specifi* em testimony against Cooper. Patrolmai Kerin was also dismissed by the in 'iid spector for alleged grafting. lie ? igh A Mysterious Corpse. Branchville, Special.?The body of i |Qd negro, who had evidently been dea< t0? for several months, was found in i swamp about two miles from here. Tlv j body was almost entirely decompose and could not be identified, but th man had evidently been murdered, a the body when found was partly bur 5 a led. As soon as notified of the fin, in. Acting Coroner Dukes empaneled a jur 50(i to hold the inquest, the verdict of th jury being that a party unknown ha come to his death by means unknown i to them. KBB ! i j While Man and Eight Negroes Are Shot to Pieces I ?.? WAS A VERY BLOODTHIRSTY MOB: i ' Jail at Watkinsville, Ga., Near Athens, , , is Entered by From 50 to 75 Masked Men at 2 a. m., and of Ten Prisoners j One is Overlooked and Another i j Mistakingly Left Dead, While the Other Eight Are Shot to Death. Watkinsville. Ga., Special.?A mob , entered the jail at Watkinsville at 2 ( o'clock Thursday morning and took therefrom nine prisoners, eight of whom were shot to death, and the ninth escaped only by being thought dead by , the mob. The prisdhers taken out and i lynched were Leon J. Aycock, white. - j ? 1? r> -vt Urv1_ ciiargeu wuii me mui uri ui x-. nw?1 brook and wife, Oconee county, and seven negroes?Rich Robinson, Lewis Robinson, and Claud Elder, charged with the murder of the Holbrook couple; Sandy Price, a young negro, 1 charged with attempted rape on the person of Mrs. Weldon Dooley; Rich I Allen, a negro convicted and under sen tence of death for the murder of Will ' Robertson, enother negro; Gene Yer| ! by, another negro charged with the burglary of a rifle from Mr. Marshall, and Bob Harris, a negro, charged witf) shooting another negro. % MADE OFFICER OPEN JAIL. V The mob came quelly into Watkins- ? i ville a little before 2 a. m. There were i about 50 to 75 men in the crowd. All i were heavily masked and no one knows , whence they came or to what point they returned. They went at once to the house of Town Marshal L. H. Aiken and quetly called him to the door, i As he put his head out of the door he i was seized and told that he must deliver the jail key. He refused and the men put pistols in his face and over, powered him. he being a rather small , man. Aiken refused to dress, but some , of the party dressed him and carried him along. The mob next seized Courtney Elder, a blacksmith, and made him bring his tools along with him. CITIZEN'S! PLEA DISREGARDED. On their way to the jail they were met by A. W. Ashford, a prominent ' citizen of Watkinsville, who had heard ; the noise at the marshal's house, and came down town as soon as ho could ' dress. Mr. Ashford begged the men to desist and let the law take its course, especially pleading for Aycock, on the . ground that the evidence had not been j secured to warrant his convinction. He 1 also bagged them not to lynch those I ! not carged with capital crimes. They ! ( j told horn that they were cool, sober i and determined and that he might as j well go back and go to bed. The | 1 jail was then opened by the town mar- | i shal under the cover of several pis- : ) tols. and inside the jail the mob held i j up Jailer Crow and demanded the keysg ' to the cells. He refused at first, but ! ' surrendered them after being menaced j with cntne Tm'lof Prow hoce-prl hard I I "?VIA Ouuw< w "**V1 X/*W" ? ? ? ? I ( for Aycock on the same ground that j i Mr. Ashford did, and also for the two i ; negroes who were not charged with j capital crimes. Members of the attack- | ing party told him to shut his mouth. > They knew what to do, they said, and they were going to clear out the whole Jail. ! WHITE MAN DIES PROTESTING. , ( The mob got every prisoner in jail I except Ed. Thrasher, a negro, charged with gambling, who was on the misdemeanor side of the prison and carried [ to a point some one hundred yards ! from the jail and tied to three fence ' posts, by their necks. Aycock protested ! his innocence to the last. He said they I were killing an innocent man. While ; the general belief in Oconee county is ; j that Aycock was not guilty, still there ' are many who did not believe so. Rich ( ! Robinson said it was all right, so far . [ as he was concerned, but that three more negroes were in the Holbrook murder. He named Sidney Norris, Jim Taylor, and Wiley Durham as the three implicated. These negroes had been in jail before on this charge and had been released after full investigation by the committee. The other prisoners did not open their mouths during their march to their doom. Will Offer Rewards. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?In an interview with a correspondent of the Associated Press, Governor Joseph M. Terrell said that he deplored the hor1 rible affair at Watkinsville. Governor 1 Terrell said further that he was makI ? ri(,u im-octi?ratinn nf the affair 1116 ? t'fc'U and that he intended to do everything in his power to bring the guilty persons to justice. "These men killed by the mob should have had a fair trial," stated Governor Terrell. The Governor will immediately offer a suitable rewaru for the apprehension . j of the men composing the mob. Cruiser Collides With Liner. Ferrol, Spain, Special.?The ^British ' cruiser Carnarvon ran down the North : I German Lloyd steamer Coblenz in a dense fog at 4 o'clock Sunday morn! | ing of! Cape Prior (on the northwest : | coast of Spain, ten miles from Ferro,) I I The Coblenz was badly damaged and ' j sprung a leak. The passengers were transferred to the cruiser, which towed'the liner here. The injury to the cruiser was trifling, but the Coblenz will have to go into dry dock. No Hurry to. Face Rebels. > J St. Petersburg, By Cable?A dis i patch which arrived here early Thurs.; day morning from Sebastopol an;! nounced that a squadron of battle11 ships, the Tri Siatitelia, Sinope and i i Rostlslav, with a cruiser and several - torpedo boats, only started for Odessa m at S o'clock last evening. i This explains the non-appearance of I the squadron at Odessa, but it is difflI cult to conjecture the reasons for delaying the departure two days at so j critical a juncture. v*'TT r DPrnvr.p U.N 11. AiillAU ? IUU JVUVWI ii... j After the prisoners had been tied to p the fence posts, the mob lined up and fired five volleys into their bodies. All ^ died without a struggle with the exe ception of Joe Patterson, a negro, who s was charged with pointing a gun at - Albert Ward. Patterson was shot sevJ eral times in the body, but was alive y after the mob left and will recover, e Aycock's body was fairly riddled J with shot, a great hole was torn through his heart and another through his right breast. , CHINESE STIRRED IIP Celestials Become Wrathy Against Uncle Sam's Lxdusiveness DISPLAYING SHARP RESENTMENT j They Urge That Coolies Chould Not J Be Kept Out of Hawaii, Where They : I Do Not Compete With American J I Labor, While Chinese Immigration Has Long Been Established in the Philippines. Pekin, By Cable.?The question of Chinese exclusion from the United States continues chiefly to occupy the attention of the Chinese. The extent and depth of the feeling manifested astonish foreigners and is regarded as an evidence of the growth of a national sentiment of public spirit which Ave years ago would have been inconceiv- " able. The chief obstacle is the question of exclusion of coolies from Hawaii and the Philippines. It is urged that there is no reasonable objection to the lauding of coolies in Hawaii, where they do not compete with American labor, while Chinese immigration has long been established In the Philippines. These points the Chinese regard as essential, but it is thought unlikely that ?:n v./v i... iL? a lurj win i;e luuccucu uy IUC .iuici 1can government, hence the apparent deadlock. With a view of facilitating Bettlemcnt. China proposed to send a special mission to Washington, but ; American Minister Rockhill declined ; to entertain the idea. In the meantime the boycott of American goods from the United States continues and the anti-American campaign is increasing in vigor. The American minister has applied to the Board of Foreign Affairs to check the movement and Viceroy Yuan, of Chili province, has issued a proclamation on the subject, but its efficiency is considered doubtful. COSSACKS ATTACK SOCIALISTS, j i A Raid on a Meeting of 2C0 Near Lodz Results in 18 Being Wounded and ' 180 Arrested. Warsaw, By Cable.--A secret meeting ! of 200 Socialists in the forest of ! Zquierz. near Lodz, was surprised by | r? *? -?. Ti r*t LUSSfclCKS ai IIUOU l ut'juaj . I^ismccu Ui | the Socialists were wounded and 180 i arrested. The Authorities are making j an Insistent search for the Socialist | leaders. In the course of the search a number of persons were killed or wounded. All the restaurants and liquor stores have been ordered closed. The day passed quietly here. Polish papers this evening unanimously condemn the strikers and their resultant disturbances, which they say ean only | lead to bloodshed and distress. All the prisons are full to overflow- i ing, no less than G72 persons, mostly I Jews, having been arrested during the j last 24 hours. It is expected that a | state of siege will be proclaimed, as | great riots are anticipated during the j moblization. The laborers on thirty-two beet root j plantations in the government of Po- | dolia have struck and it is feared the ] harvest will be lost. The peasants in the government of Kova are forcefully occupying pasture and other lands of ti-j proprietors of estates. Dividends Increased. Philadelphia, Special.?The directors of the Reading Valley Railway Com, pany declared a semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on the common stock This is an increase of one-half per cent on the last dividend and is at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent for the year. The regular semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on the company's first preferred stock was also declared. Green and Gayner Lose. Ottawa, Ont, Special.?The Supreme Court unanimously granted the motion m?>.de on behalf of the government of the United States to quash the appeal of Gaynor and Greene from the judgment of the court of the King's bench, affirming the refusal of a writ of prohibition by Judge Davidson against the issue of a warrant lor extradition. The appeal was quashed with costs. The Court of the King's Bench of Quebec gave judgment in favor of handing over Gaynor and Greene to the United States government. Leave was given to appeal to the Supreme Court of Ottawa against that decision. The Supreme Court has decided that there U no appeal Negro Teachers to Meet in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?The second annual meeting of the National Association of Teachers of Negro Youth began a three-days session here. Colrtll r?n*?to of tKo Ul cu icatucis 11UU1 ail pano \jl tun I South and from many sections of the North are expected to be present. A programme has been prepared which includes topics of special interest for the various meetings. J. R. E. Lee, of Columbia. S. C.. is president; F. G. Smith, Nashville, Tenn., secretary, and Roscoe C. Simmons. New York City, statistical secretary. Joins Catholic Church. New York, Special.?Mrs. Winthrop Rutherford, fourth daughter of Levi P. Morton, former Vice President of the United States, was last Saturday noon received into the Roman Catholic Church. She had been considering the step for the last two years, and had been giving much attention to reading of religious subjects. Mrs. Rutherford was. and her parents are, members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, as Is also her husband. Father and Daughter Slain. Miam. Fla., Spiral.?Charles E. Davis and his dau^Ler, Elsie, were found Monday mornin* dead, in their home. They had bee^Aurdered, probably Saturday nigj^rBoth had been shot One shot killed Mr. Davis, while his daughter was shot twice. It was rumored that an assault had been committed on Miss Dayis, but the rumor was untrue. * MUTINY ON WARSHIP Officers Killed and Red Hag Floated at Masthead ODESSA IS HELD AT THEIR MERCY Captain and All Officers Except Eight Compliant Ones on Board the Most Powerful Battleship Left to the Czar Are Murdered in a Mutiny Growing Out of Shooting of a Sailor Who Presented Complaint Against Bad Food. Odessa, By Cable.?The red flag of revolution is at the masthead of the Kniaz Potemkine, Russia's most powerful battleship in the Black Sea, which now lies in the harbor in the hands or mutineers. The captain and most of the officers were murdered and thrown overboard in the open sea and the snip is completely in the possession of the crew and a few officers who have thrown in their lot with the mutineers. The guns of the Kniaz Potemkine command the city, and in the streets masses of striking workmen, who Wednesday fled before the volleys of the troops, are now inflamed by the spectacle of open revolt on board an imperii warship and are making a bold uM\. agafnst the military. ^11 day long firing has been heard in many quarters of the city. A number of barracades have been erected, and tumult and disorder reign. EXPECT A CIVIL SEA FIGHT. The main squadron of the Black Sea fleet, consisting of the battleships Georgei Pobiedonosetz (George the Victorious). Tri Sviatitelia Rostivlav and r.*Kaierina n, wiui iwu u uiaci s, <uc expected to arrive here and a regular naval battle is in prospect. The rioters are in a most defiant mood and are not inclined to surrender without fighting. Reports of the mutiny which occurred while the battlesnip was at sea, are difficult to obtain, as the mutineers refuse to allow communication with the shore; but it is ascertained that it arose from the shooting of a sailor who was presenting, in behalf of the ctew, a complaint against bad food. According to one version, this sailor, whose name was Omiltchuk, objected to the quality of the "borchth." or soup, and was immediately shot down by a mess officer. BEGINNING OF MUTINY. The crew then rose and seized the ship and officers, eight of whom were spared on the condition that they would join the mutineers. The others* were killed and their bodies thrown overboard. After a period of vacillation. the Kniaz Potemkine headed for Odessa and arrived here last Wednesday night, accompanied by two torpedo boats. Early Thursday the body of Omiltchuk was brought ashore in one of the battleships boats, and was landed on the new mole, where It was exposed in semi-state all day. It was visited bv thousands of persons, many of whom placed coins in the basket at the head of the body towards a fund to defray the cost of the funeral which the sailors propose to hold and which the strikers will make the occasion of a great demonstration. An inscription on the breast of the dead sailor states on behalf of the crew that Omiltchuk died for the truth because he presented a just complaint of the crew. AUTHORITIES POWERLESS. The authorities have made no attempt to remove the body, the sailors having served notice that the ship would open fire on any one seeking to Interfere with It. A ponce agent, visiting the spot was killed by the strikers. During the day a red flag was hoisted on the Kniaz Potemkine, and members of the crew rode from ship to ship in the harbor, forcing the stoppage of all work thereon. Food was supplied them by sympathizers on the shore who pillaged the maritime storehouses. Tried for Taking Bribe. Little Rock, Ark., Special.?In the Circuit Court of Pulaski county here, the trial of State Senator A. W. Covington, of Clarkesville, on a charge of accepting a bribe, was begun. The indictment against Senator Covington charges that he received $6,000 as a bribe for his vote for, and support of, a Senate bill appropriating $800,000 for the completion of the new State capitol. The defendant entered a plea of "not guilty." The entire day was spent In selecting jurors. This task was completed Wednesday and the taking of evidence began Thursday. The jury is - * a Air A composed OI live laimcia, mx* u>?. chants and two retail salesmen. President at Harvard. Cambridge. Mass., Special.?Although iftminally celebrating with his class mates the 25th anniversary of the class of '80 from Harvard University, President Roosevelt was the honored guest of America's most ancient seat of learning. No degrees of honor were conferred upon him, as he already holds the highest degree the University is empowered to bestow, but the welcome accorded him by Cambridge citizens, alumni and college officials was most cordial. Cotton Goes Up. New York, Special.?The local cotton market was excited and prices advanced approximately fifty points in the various options to January. This was equivalent to an advance of $2.50 a bale over last night's closing quotations, and followed an advance of thirty points in yesterday's session and a previous advance in the last two or three weeks weeks of nearly a cent a pound. Miss Rogers' Body Found. Saranac Lake, N. Y., Special.?The body of Mary 0. Rogers, of Leesburg, Va., was found in the Saranac river, near the cottage from which she disappeared a week ago. District Attorney Finn issued an official statement exonerating Willoughby N. Smith from all blame in connection with the death of Miss Rogers. Leesburg. Va., Special.?Miss Mary Rogers was born in this city about 34 years ago. She is the daughter of Alexander Rogers, her mother, before her marriage to Mr. Rogers, being Miss Julia Clagett, of Leesburg. * . _ . idc .uoveineni uruwinjc* IT is bard to understand how any studious man can persuade himself tbat government aid to good roads is not a national necesj sity, affecting all sections of tbe counj try and all classes, and therefore demanded as good public policy. Many j of the very foremost men of the country have declared in its favor, and I the feeling is constantly growing that % J it should prevail. Of course, here j and there we find it opposed by specious argument and strained interpretations of the constitution, but this opposition cannot stand in the face of the practice of the government in road building many years ago, and at this day in Porto Rico, where we have constructed more highways In the past five years than did the Spaniards in four hundred years; and in the Philippines, where we are building highways every day in the year. There is more serious consideration * -* ^ Deing given io me suujeci v?i guv** roads to-day tban any other that can be named, and as a question fraught with vital concern to the internal commerce of the country and to it? religious, educational and social advancement, it is a sure thing that thecall for national aid will have to be heard. It is not the farmer alone who i? affected by bad roads: trade conditions are disastrously affected wherever bad roads exist. Good roads are necessary to every vocation and every, interest. The cost of bad roads ha? been so often presented that repetition would not strengthen argument, j The main fact is the cleai fact that i bad roads are a curse to the nation and disgrace to our boasted Americanism. There is a necessity for government aid to better roads and it ought to be extended with the least possible delay. In every civilized country but onrs government has fostered improved highways. Wherever improved highways have been built the people are happier and the country more prosperous. In the United States there has been marvelous progress notwithstanding bad roads. We would have progressed a thousand fold more under an improved system of highways. A change is needed here. The common roads v should be made adequate to the neces sities of the country. There is no special class in the discussion. It is a great economic question, rapping loudly for recognition, and as all the people are involved the government should step in and co-operate with the States in its solution. While many prominent men are now active in support of the Brownlow-Latimer bills for national aid, the people in their primary capacity haye a duty to themselves to perform in the matter. Every citizen knows how to press the question on his Congressman. The good roads' camp-fires ought to be lighted in every constituency in tbe States. The proposition is strong in Congress. Let its friends get to work and make it stronger by direct communication with those we send to reflect the public will in Washington. If the people who have made tbe government what it is and upon whom it must rely in every crisis cannot be heard in tbe national councils, then the Caesars of the day have grown too great on public meat, and we soon shall have fallen upon still more evil times. Chief Foe to Good Road*. All practice and experience have clearly proven that the greatest foe to good roads is water. The drainage of improved roads is, therefore, one of the first principles of road * construction, and its importance should not be lost sight of. Water will make mud of any soil however hard, and unless it can be led away, mud must follow as the inevitable result. The fact has been stated so many times that it almost seems out of place to refer to it here. \ A Comparison in Value*. With first class roads, over which two horses can draw two tons ia a two-horse wagon three hundred and sixty-five days in the year, irrespective of weather conditions, the land fifteen miles from town would be worth as much as it is now two miles away. I Love Letter Received After 30 Year*. Although belated more than twenty years, a love letter appointing a tryst has been discovered and forwarded to the person addressed. Alonzo Birdsall, a motorman, who lives in Darby. Birdsall was born and reared near Bay City, Mich., and there he met, wooed and won his wife, who was a Miss Parkinson. Her parents and his people occupied adjoining farms, but, owing to a temporary feud, the young people's love did not "run smoothly. They courted on the sly, and, to facilitate meetings, used to leave letters for each other in the hollow of an old elm tree. One day death visited the Birdsall family and the feud was suddenly terminated. In the excitement Miss Parkinson totally forgot a letter she had just left in the 'ree. The barriers removed, the lovers married. ar.d about ten years ago moved to Philadelphia. Last week Birdsall received a letter from his brother, which explained that in chopping down the old elm ho had found a note, which he inclosed. Although weather-beaten and discolored, the writing was legible. It ran: ' John. Dear?Meet me at the willows to-night. Ellen."?Philadelphia Record. Small Girl Tiger Hunter. The Kumaraa uujau ui < cu&nuigiri writes to us tliat one of his cousi ins. a daughter of the Rajah of Jat: prole, in the Nizam's donunions, "beI pan her hunting career wJle she was very young. .sne baggea a tiger in her eighth year and completed her hunting career lately, having bagged in all thirty-six games without a single ? miss, including a tigef, five cheetahs, and other games. She is now hi her j twelfth year."?Madras Mail.