The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 03, 1902, Image 6

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IT. PELEE l? M?I EBM. The island of Martinique Seems ?oomed to Destruction, Rc?sau, Dominica, .. Lv Aug- 30? j 6 p. i?.?A thick mist hast enveloped | Sose&au and its neighborhood and dnst is falling. Boseau, Dominica, E. W. I.,' Aug. 31.?The thick mist- which enveloped Sesean yesterdaay was taken as'it ap proached for a rainsfcorrtu lite dnst is sfilK falling, although Ughtly,. ;. bnt during the night of.. the- 3ftfi> the quantity of dnst which, ;feH';-/here was greater than upon anyr^js^^oj?^ occa sion since the first eruption" ?i Mont Pelee. At nightfall of the 30th a dark coaeehaped cloud emitting electric Sashes rose in the south, ont it was gradually obscured by the mist caused by the falling ashes. Rumbling noises and a few detonations were heard dur ing the night of the 30th. The people here are quiet. No news has vet reach ed here from Martinique. -r?:*- . ?:? St. John, Antigua, B. W; I., Aug. SL?-Many very loud detonations were heard here from 9 o'clock last night to midnight Pointe-a-Pietre, Island of Gudelope, Aug. 3L?This entire port has been covered with ? cloud of fine dust since 5 o'clock this morning and the popu lace is panic stricken. Fine ashes are falling continually in a slight drizzle, j Semi-darkness is over the sea and the ships in the harbor seem to be envel oped in a cloud of smoke. Advices from Basse, (Island o? Gua cfelope) assert-that since daybreak the entire island has been covered with a cloud of dust coming from the south east, the direction of the Island of Martinique. The population of Basse Tene is greatly alarmed. A severe eruption of Mont Pelee, Martinique, was reported to have oc curred at noon August 21st This re port was brought to Castries, Island cf St. Luci, by oSicers of the French steamship Dahome. This eruption was followed by total darkness for five miles away from the volcano. dispatch received from St Thom as, D. W. I., August 26th, said tha between 10 o'clock in the morning and 3 in the afternoon of August 25th clouds of dust were seen in the di ree tien of Mont Pelee from the Island of Dominica. Detonations were heard sod there were light showers o:i vol canic dust on the 'island. The following message was received from Dominica Tuesday, the 26th : "Since 2 p.m. today (Tuesday) pro longed rumbling noises in quick suc cession have been heard from the southward. There is every indication that Mont Pelee iis in violent erup tion." A dispatch from Paris, dated Aguust 2Sth, said the latest dispatch es received at the ministry of the colo nies from Fort de France, Island of Martinique, were dated Monday, August 25. They made no mention of "tee reported eruptions of Mont Pel?e. The Paris dispatch said also that the cables to Martinique, both north and south, continued to be interrupted; Efforts made to communicate by cable direct with the Island of Marti nique have proved unsuccessful. Tele graphic communication with thai; isl and from New Yoxfcisstinintempteci. Charleston's Cotton Trade. Yesterday closed the cotton season of 1901-1902, and it is pleasant to be ?ble to record an increase in the re ceipts at this port of 40,000 bales over the season of 1900-1901. The increase j is especially gratifying when it is taken into consideration ihat the upland cot ton-producing section ^adjacent to Charleston yielded less cotton the season just closed than it has in any j other season during the past twenty years. Hie amount of cotton "?ocal ed" into Charleston aggregates about 235,000 bales, or one-half the total receipts, which are 275,968 bales, against a "local" into the port last season of about 75,000 bales, out of a total of 236,137 bales. The facilities at this port.are equal, if not superior, to those of any other city on the Atlantic coast. There are two compresses under one shed, situ ated on the water front, which are capable of compressing 2,000 to 2,500 hales per day. The East Shore Termi nal wharves are within a stone's throw of the compresses, so that cotton can be handled direct from the compresses on cotton trucks to the vessels. The exporters, as well as the factors, are sanguine over the present outlook of a large business.. It is confidently be lieved that 200,000 bales will be " local ed" into the city the coming season? or a total movement of 375,000 bales. Charleston is well represented by cot ton buyers, located at points through out the interior of the State? one local firm alone being represented b? .fifty men, whose sole business is to buy and ship to this port y j ?ef As already stated, Charleston ra ceived daring the past year 275,986 bales, as against 236,137 bales the year before* 2*he espotrs were 274,046 bales, against 234, COO Dales last year. The exports to Great Britain were 65,206 bales :_to the Continent 72,414 bales; coastwise 133,,963 bales; inland shipment 2,463 bales? consumed by City mill 1,068 bales. The stock on hand is 4,220 bales, against 3,848 bales this day last year.?News and Courier. Columbia, Sept. 1.?A terrible trag edy happened at the government's ouarry yesterday morning about o'clock. Mr. P. W. Clifford fell from the top of a derrick boom and his life was crushed out by the fall of 65 feet to the ground below. Manila, Ang. 3L?The cholera is increasing. Last Saturday 340 cases were reported in the provinces. The total reported up to date is 27,929 cases and 19,640 deaths from the dis ease. Manila, Aug. 31.?The Sultan of Bini: dayaan, who ?vas held as a hostage by the American forces at Camp (Vick ars, island of Mindanao, attempted to escape from his guard last Tuesday and was shot and killed by a guard. The Sultan had been arrested after the recent murders of American soldiers in Mindanao and was being held pend ing the surrender oi! the mur lerere. Bfi?LY MONT PELEE. More Than Two Hundred More 5 Persons Killed on Island of Martinique. A Tidal Wave Rushed Upon Fort de France and the Terrified Inhabitants Fled to the Interior. Castries, Island of St. Lucia, . W. L, Sept. . 1.?The British steamer Korona arrived here yesterday even ing from Fort de France, Island of Martinique. She reports that a terri ble eruption of Mont Pelee occurred at tfco'clock Saturday night and that peo ple who arrived at Fort de France from the northern part of the island report ed3fchat the village of Morne Rouge, near the district previously devastated, had been entirely destroyed and that LeCarbet, a village on the coast, which was destroyed at the time of the great ?ruption? had been swept by a tidal wave. About two hundred per sons lost their lives. A sloop from the Island of St. Vin cent'which reached here this morning reports that Mont Pelee's crater is now quiet but that the detonations during the Saturday night were loudest heard up to that time and that the inhabi tants were terribly alarmed. Castries Island of St. Lucia, B. W. I., Sept L?Mont Pelee has been in constant eruption since August 15. There was an emormous fall of ashes from the volcano the night of the 25th: There was a very severe eruption the night of the 28th, when the volcanic rumblings were heard at a great dis tance. The mountain burned fiercely that night and out at sea passing ves sels were covered with ashes. The night of the 13th there were three separate eruptions. It is impossible to approach the ruined town of St. Pierre from the sea. The people of the village of Le Carbet, on the coast, are terror strick en and flying to the interior. Hot wa ter is pouring down on Lorrain and Basse Points, villages to the noitheast of the crater. Horrible detonations are heard. The ground rocked and q naked an articles * on tables were thrown to the floor. The governor of Martinique has or dered every available boat to remove people from the coast villages to Fort de France.. At 8 o'cock in the evening of Satur day, the 30th, the sky was cloudless. Suddenly and without warning one half of the hori.son was obscured by a pitch black cloud of dust. This cloud was the centre ot> most magnificent electric effects, the flashes of light surpassing the most elaborate fire works. Flames and flashes continued to burst from the cloud until nearly midnight. Columns of flame shot out of the crater of Mont Pelee to explode about the. cloud in showers of balls of golden fire which- fell throagh the darkness in myriads of sparks. Three large aureoles were seen in the sky over the opening of the crater. A tidal wave rushed upon Fort de Prance and the terrified inhabitants Sed in large numbers to the interior. The wave was not severe and did but slight damage. At midnight of the 30th Mont Pelee was quiet; shortly after this hour there came another shower of ashes, accompanied by vivid sheets of light ning. In addition to the two hundred per sons reported to have lost their lives at Le Carbet and Morne Rouge, many other persons are said to have been killed all over the northern districts of the island. The governor of Marti nique is believed to have started for the scene of the destruction. When the steamer Korona arrived here yesterday she was covered with ashes and scoria. Infant Subjugation. Many an earnest, conscientious young mother, with a heart full of love and a mind full of superstition, believes it to be her duty to bring her infant into a state of subjugation the instant it manifests a touch of self-will. "How," they ask, "is the child to be taught obedience without the use of force? Before anwsering, let us settle the question of what degree of obedience is meant. Instant, invarible obedience cannot be taught without force, nor maintained without injustice. But the degree of obedience that it is rational to wish for. and that is compatible with the proper evolution of youthful character, can be beautifully taught by gentle means, if then) is never any relapse from sym pathetic treatment into, dogmatical severity. The mild and affectionate mother who is always gentle is obeyed from choice by her children, because they believe in her and desire to please her. But if she occasionally departs from her ordinary disposition and ad ministers injustice, they lose confi dence in her.?Womans'* Home Com panion. Hottest Day in the Hottest Place. . (Washington Special.) The records of the weather bureau sho wHhat the maximnm of heat re - corded in the United States was in Colorado, at Mammoth Tank, a sta tion in the desert where, in 1887^? the thermometer recorded, in the shade, 128 degrees Fahrenheit. Again, in 1884, 124 decrees was reached in the same place. Taking it all together, the hottest place in the United States is California's "Death Valley." The name is supposed to come from a tragedy which occurred there in the fifties, when a party of immigrants entered the valley and everyone died of thirst. The valley is the bed of a former salt lake and it is below the level of the sea. Streams flow into it, but the burning sands and alkali lick them up. Large borax deposits are found there. The valley is 75 miles long and in places only six miles wide at the bottom. In 1891 the weather bureau sent an observer to remain there and take observations all summer. When he returned he said he would take "perdition straight" next time. He was there 153 days. On the hottest days the maxim-im was 120 and the minimum 99, making an average for the day of 108.6 degrees, which is rather try- | ing weather._ Houston, Aug. 30.? The cotton sea- I son of 1901-02 closed today. Gross receipts at Houston were 2,065,002, net receipts 874,213. , . x SUICIDE IN SF&RTANBURG. Auditor R. ?ber Brewi?n Cuts His Throat With a Razor. Special to The State. Spartanburg, Aug. .31.? The city of Spartanburg was shocked this morning when the announcement was made on the street that Anditor R. Eber Brew ton had taken his own life by cutting his throat with a razor. The deed was committed at his home about 7.3? o'clock. Mrl Brewton had been sick for seve ral months, ~mt got up "this morning and dressed preparatory to going about his daily duties but had not left his ;ioom.' ~ Mrs. .Brewton had left' their bedroom to get her husband a dose of medicine, and during her absence Mr. Brewton went "to the bureau drawer and took therefrom a razor and cut bis throat. He then locked the door and stuffed paper in the- cracks, also the key. hole, to keep any one from seeing him. All this time the wound was bleeding profusely. He removed his coat and vest and &r?nt to the basin, holding his head over it as his life blood oozed away until so weakened by the loss of blood he fell to the floor, and in death still clasped tightly in his right hand the razor with which the deed was committed. In the meantime Mrs. Brewton re turned with the medicine, and finding the door locked gained admission to the room through a window by means of a stepladder and was horrified! to her husband in the least throes of death. She instantly gave the alarm and medical aid was summoned, but proved of no avail. It is thought that at least half an hour elapsed between the commission of the act and the time of his death. No inquest will be held and tomorrow the body will be buried. For six months Mr. Brewton had been in declining health and had been unable in a large measure to attend to the duties of his office. He was a gal lant solider in the Civil, war and re ceived two wounds, one in the head the other in the body, from which he suffered greatly and was, perhaps, the indirect cause of his rash act. He was an honest, upright, manly fellow and universally liked throughout the coun ty. The governor will probably appoint some one to fill the office of county au ditor until January, when his regular successor will qualify. The South's Progress. Farmers of the country have moved to the South, are moving in that di rection, and will continue to move with increasing speed. In spite of the efficiency of long maintained influ ences directing foreign immigration to other parts of the country, the agri cultural opportunities of the South are becoming better and better realized by farmers. They are just as prone as any other class of men to make their investments where they hope for the best returns. Their chance today is in the South. Figures covering the past twenty years prove it. The ad vance of the South in comparison with that of the rest of the country appears in the following percentagos of in creas? : The Rest of the South, country. Population, 43.8 . 55.5 Number of persons en gaged in agriculture 3(5.8 31.1 Value of farm property 72.5 66.7 After deducting the value of pro ducts fed to stock and the amounts of money spent for labor and fertilizers, the proceeds of the farms represented at the close of the twenty years, period 25 per cent, returned on the invest ment in farm property in the South and 14.2 per cent, on the investment in the rest of the country. There is an incentive to farm operations in the South. An additional if not stronger one is the fact that in 1900 the aver age vaule of Southern farm lands with improvements in the South was but 89.09 per acre, while it was $27.04 in the rest of the country. Lands at low cost yielding rich returns are the farmers' choice. They are' in the South. These are the conclusions from an elaborate analysis in the Southern Farm Magazine for September of the census figures for agriculture between 1880 and 1900. The stndy does not stop at a presentation of the progress made by the South and at its promise, but makes an urgent plea for a full realization of Southern farming poten tialities. In connection with the present movement of farming population an other article in this issne of the South ern Farm Magazine will be of interest to thousands of Southerners, for it deals with the migration from the North to the South in the eighty or ninety years before the war of men who made Southern history, and whose names and families are today distinct ly* Southern. Some practical suggestions about clearing new lands will be found; .to be valuable to the settler, in the South.' Other articles in this issne treat of the development^ of the South through railroad extension and improvement, with the vital prin ciples of real education and with a variety of other topics, Including spicy and original comments upon current events. The Southern Farm Magazine is published monthly by the Manufac turers' Record Publishing Co., Balti more, Md. Price $1 a year. Manila, Aug. 31.?As a result of the war, (rinderpest among; the cattle and the epidemic of cholera, ) agricul ture is at present seriously depressed throughout the Philippine Islands. Gov. Taft estimates the area under cultivation this year at half that of an ordinary year. Many districts are badly impoverished. wmmw ?? Sparta, Ills., Aug. 30.?Ardoe Wil son, a negro, who was arrested here for an assault on a young white wo man today, was riddled with bullets by an angry mob tonight. The mob took him from the jail, slipped a noose over his head and swung him up to a telegraph pole, hut in some manner he slipped the noose and fell to the street. In an instant he was on his feet and running away. He apparently escaped in the darkness, but a posse pursued him and surrounded him sev eral hours later within two blocks of the jail and shot him to death.. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TRUST. Position of Great Britain in the Matter is Stiil Unknown. London, August 30. ?The approach ing expiration of the time limit fo. the completion of the Atlantic Ship ping Combine is arousing the British press to, all sorts of speculation re garding J. Pierpont Morgan's ulti mate plans, as well as the Govern ment's scheme for dealing with the combination. The promised statement of the premier, A. J. Balfour, on the reassembling of Parliament is awaited with intense interest. The statement has already been printed that the Gov ernment papers are complete, and that the authorities are all ready to make an effective counter move against the American syndicate. Inquiries made by the Associated Press in the best informed quarters indicate that this announcement is not true. The Government has had to ; deal with so many powerful and con flicting interests that it has not yet ! been able to definitely decide on a plan of action. In spite of the opposi I tion to a general subsidy scheme well informed persons consider this to be the most likely solution, on the lines of a generous distribution of Govern ent support, not in behalf of one, but of several companies. The form which such assistance will take is still un der discussion, there being consider able opposition to straight subsidies. I There is no doubt that Mr. Balfour's announcement will include a scheme for a direct fast Canadian service, in which the Canadian Pacific Railroad will probably participate, but not, as originally planned, as sole promoter and beneficiary, The indications piont more and more to the drawing together of the Atlantic lines outside of the Morgan combine. One of the alliances which may be earliest expect ed is a combination of the Allan Line and Elder Dempster & Co. The heads of the Enlgish lines are chary in ex pressing themselves on the Atlantic outlook. Time is rather intensifying than allaying their jealousy of the Americans' bid for the Atlantic trade, and the Government has been so thor oughly stirred up that it wiil not leave a stone unturned to allay the existing commercial and coloinal discontent. CHINESE CUSTOMS ABOLISHED. No More Likin Taxes to be Collect ed Anywhere in the Empire. Peikn, Friday, August 29.?The Ga zette today published an edict abolish ing the Likin stations throuhgout the Chinese Empire. It was accompanied by a declaration that in the negotia tions for the new commercial treaties with foregin States an understanding had been reached for an increase of the import and export duties, and that the ministry of finance is -authorized to set apart a proportion of the snr plus receipts resulting from the in creased duties in place of the likin, which shall be paid over to each pro vincial government. Keeping Down the Strikers. Tamaqua, Pa, August 30.?Strike leaders went from door to door in the Panther Creek Valley last night spreading the news of Gen. Gobin's stern warning and his instruction to the men to shoot, and shoot to kill, if molested in any manner. That the words of the commanding officer have had at least a temporary; effect was shown today when the troops escorted several hundred non-union men to work without being molested in any way. Companies E and F went out at daylight with their guns loaded and their .best marksmen on the flanks. When the soldiers passed the crowds of strikers on the street they delibe rately turned their backs on them. However, there was no hooting or jeering. t Supplementing his order of last night Gen. Gobi has directed Major Gearhart, in command here, to arrest j all women and girls who insult the troops in any way. The opinion seems to prevail among the officers and citi zens that the lull in the rioting will last but a short time. The fact that more men went to work today than yesterday is not calculated to improve the temper of the strikers. It is Time to Stop. A decision rendered by the comp troller of the treasury that navy funds cannot be used to entertain Congress men or other officials invited by Sec retary Moody to witness the coming manoeuvres has doubtless spoiled a pleasant outing for some distinguish ed statesmen. The comptroller was once a Congressman and, therefore, knows a thing or two about junkets, and the cold, distant manner with which he intimates that he does not see that any good will inure to the navy from the presence of the Congressmen gives rise to the suspicion that he is laughing in his sleeve while he digs Mr. Moody's would-be guests in the ribs.?Baltimore News. The original name of Chicago "was Chi-Kaugough, which was . finally boiled down into Chicago for short. The Indian word means "shunk, " "wild onion" and shunk weed.*' j Some Chicagoas have known this, but now they are as mad as wet hens at the Geological Survey because it has published the fact that the English of Chicago is skunk town. It does not often happen that a dead man writes the resolutions of respect adopted by his admiring friends. But this actually occurred in the case of Gen. Sigel. In 1379, when Gen Hooker died, his war comrades met and a committee on resolutions, ef which Gen. Sigel was chairman, was appointed to express their sentiments of respect and their feelings on the death of their former commander. The resolutions were written by Gen. Sigel and adopted by the meeting. When Gen. Sigel's friends met a few days ago to take action on his death these same resolution, with the name of Gen. Sieel substituted in their j body for that of Gen. Hooker, were j adopted verbatim. Pekin, Aug. 31.? The foreign lega- ! tions here are receiving reports from Szechuan province that the rebellion there is constantly spreading and that foreigners are in great danger. WRECKED BY A TORNADO. Details of Destruction of a Train Near Owatonna, Minn. ?watonna, Minn, August 31.?The wreck on the Northwestern Road, five miles west of here last night, was probably the worst that ever happen ed in this section of the State. Three persons are dead, four fatally injured and thirty-four others received inju ries, some of them of a serious char acter. Investigation shows that the storm which wrought such damage to the train was but one hundred feet in width. From all reports, it is evident that the engine escaped the fury of the tornado by but a few feet, but it re mained standing on the track, while the six coaches in the train were pick ed up as if they were feathers and roll ed over and over down the steep em bankment. Four of the coaches caught the full fury of the storm, and were carried much further than were the other two. In these coaches oc curred all the deaths and the majority of the injuries. Th' baggage car re ceived the storm's f all force and was literally smashed to splinters. Con ductor Kenzie may not survive the night. The storm destroyed the grain stacks of Thomas Raike, on whose farm the wreck occurred, then passed between his house and barn, leaving them un harmed. It then passed northwest through Medford, where a number of barns were demolished and several hou3es and other buildings overturn ed. Foolhardy Balloonists. Denver, Col., Aug. 31.? 'Big glory, '?' one of the largest balloons ever constructed, was successfully started from this city today on a trip, the purpose of which is to break the world's long distance record, as well as all previous records for fast balloon sailing. It is expected ultimately to reach New York if possible. The bal loon contains 140,000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas and was built especially for this trip. The occupants of the balloon are Capts. T. S. Baldwin and Percy Hudson, aeronauts, and C. S. Sherman, a member of -the staff of the Denver Post. Bottles containing messages will be dropped to earth by parachutes and these messages will in dicate the course of travel and experi ence of the travelers. Increase of Revenue. Washington, Aug. 30.?The receipts of the treasury department for the month cf August, just closing, exceed the expenditures by $5,955,812, an un expectedly large surplus. The total receipts were $48,605,812 and the expen ditures $42,650,000. For the same month of last year * the total receipts were $45,394,125 and the expenditures $39,351,497, a surplus of a little over $6,000,000. The big surplus this month has been attained in the face of the cut made by Congress in the way of wiping off the books the taxes imposed on account of the war with Spain. This Act of Congress decreased the re ceipts by something like $6,500,000 a month. In fact, in July the receipts from internal revenue fell off more than that figure as result of the cut. This month the reduction is not so large. The increase in customs receipts customs receipt is over 85,000,000, showing that the country is buying more heavily abroad each month. In accordance with the suggestion of Secretary Shaw, national banks in the large cities are preparing to in crease their circulation by the deposit of bonds. Since a few weeks ago when Secretary Shaw asked the banks to prepare to meet any emergency by increasing their circulation, the banks have notified the comptroller's office that they want to stand ready to in crease $12,250,000. A large portion of this currency is now being printed at the bureau of engraving and print ing and will be ready for the banks so soon as the deposit of bonds is made. Train Robbers in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. L?Early to night between this city and Franklin, Tenn., 18 miles south of here, the local safe on the express car of the Louis ville and Nashville through train, northbound, was rifled of its contents by two masked men while Express Messenger A. B. Battle, covered by a revolver, stood in the corner of the car with his hands above his head. The robbery occurred just after dark, and according to the messenger's own an nouncement, one of the principals was Gus Hyatt, who recently made a sen sational escape from the Tennessee penitentiary here while serving a ?5 year term for train robbery. Express officials estimate the loss at about $500, it being in packages taken in since leaving Montgomery, Ala. The two big through safes were not molest ed. The men forced the messenger to signal the train to stop just before it was entering the South Nashville yards and quietly took their depar ture.. No positive clue as to the rob bers, or the direction they took after leaving the cars has been discovered, although the police are hard at work on the case. Canneries. (Southern Farm Magazine of Balti more for September. ) Too much may hardly be said or written on this particular point. If the small farmers and fruit-growers of the farther South could be brought to realize the advantage or packeries and canneries as they have been exempli fied, for instance, in Maryland, which leads the country in that respect, they would have a fair start on the road of prosperity. A canning outfit may be secured at a small cost. It provides the means for saving much valuable material which now goes to wste, and the opportunity for steady employment of labor. In parts of the South where crops do not succeed each other rapidly the cannery would fill in the gaps of lack of occupation and gives its owners a source of profit running through the year. The cannery on the farm makes an ideal combination of agriculture, manufacturing and commerce, with a rate or interest on their investment hardly excelled in other lines of industry. THE CIVIL WAR IN VENEZUELA. Ciudad Bolivar to be Again Bom Carupano, Venezuela, this morning that Gen. Velatini would leave Cam pano today with three gunboats and five hundred men to bombard a sec ond time ?Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco River, which is still in the hands of the Venezuelan revolution ists. Ciudad Bolivar, capital of the State of Bolivar, was bombarded by the Venezuelan gunboats Bolivar and Res taurador last week, and many persons were killed or wounded. Abont 600 shells were fired into the city. British subjects at Ciudad Bolivar have requested that a war ship of Great Britain be sent for their protec tion. SOME GOVERNMENT REVERSES. Willemstad, Island of Curacao, August 31.?News from an official source has reached Willemstad, con firming reports that last Friday 550 men of the Venezuelan army, who formed the vanguard of the Gorvern ment forces, near Oeumare, deserted to the revolutionists. They took their arms and equipment with them, and carried their chief, Gem Castillo, a prisoner to the enemy. The six hundred Government sol diers who have been trying to re-estab lish trafile on the German railroad from Caracas to Valencia were repeat edly interrupted* by the insurgents during Thursday and Friday of last week, and the latter day they were defeated by a detachment of insurgents near Los Teques. The town of Los Teques is now in the hands of the in surgents. The Vice President of Venezuela, during the absence of Cstro at Cua is domiciled in their Presidential palace, Miraflores, which is stiuated on a hill, in Caracas, and commands the city. Last Thursday night the Vice Presi dent's guard heardja shot in the vicin ity of Miraflores, and at once began firing their rifles on the city from their position on the stone platform surrounding the place. The people of Caracas were very much alarmed for some time. PR?SIDENT OF GLEMSON COLLEGE. Dr. P. H. Mell of Alabama Unan imously Elected by Board. Anderson, Aug. 30.?Col. R. W. Simpson, chairman of the board of trustees of Clemson college, tele phoning tonight, says that Dr. P. H. Mell, who was today elected president of the college, is a native of Georgia, but has been connected with the Ala bama Polytechnic institu?e at Auburn for the past 20 years. He was most highly recommended to the trustees and every member of the board feels that the right selection has been made. The names of a number of other gentlemen were presented to the trustees but after deliberation Dr. Meli was chosen. Dr. Mell is 52 years old and is a distinguished educator and is said to possess in a high degree the qualities that were desired in a presi dent for Clemson. It is understood that he will accept the position and will come to Clemson at once in time to be present at the opening. The college opens Sept. 10, and CoL Simp son says the prospects are very bright for the next session and that the bar racks will be filled with students. New York, September 1.?Twenty policemen, armed with Winchesters, are standing guard tonight about a house at North Beach, in the borough of Queens, in which a negro despera do lies in hiding, armed and defiant. I The man who is besieged is Jerry ! Hunter, whose reputation is of the worst About the house are the re serves of the 74th, 75th and 76th pre cincts. This afternoon Hunter shot at a man who was passing along the beach, but failed to hit him. John McKenna. a patrolman, was sent to arrest Hunter and Hunter shot him from ambush. McKenna now is lying in St. John's Hospital, in Long Island, dying. Both his eyes were destroyed by a load of buckshot. Three other patrolmen were sent to effect Hunter's capture and in an attempt to carry the house by storm Patrolman Arthur Brill received a load of bnckshot in the face, destroying one eye. The charge struck him full in the face and chest. He, too, is likely to die. The reserves then were ordered out, but as it was growing dark it was deemed best to wait until daylight to capture the negro. Soon after the police had posted the guard Hunter opened fire on them. Four officers were wounded. After at least two hours of shooting on both sides Hunter set fire to the bouse, or it caught fire. Hunter's wife ran out of the front door and at tacked the men with an old sabre. In the excitement Hunter escaped by the rear, but be was run down and cap tured. Police Capt. Darey and three of his men were taken to a hospital in am I bulances. It is not known how seri j ousJy they were wounded. Wall Street to Fight Roosevelt. Wash i ngton, Sept. L --Sensational ad - vices reached Washington tonight from New York. Wall street is making war on Roosevelt and will knife him in his own State. Senator Platte declared today that the New York Republican convention would not endorse Presi i dent Roosevelt for a second term, nor would it sanction any such drastic leg islation against trusts as has been rec ommended in the president's New England speeches. Wall street claims it has been "insulted" by the presi dent and reports from Republican cam paign headquarters tell of the difficulty with w'nich the campaign fund is being raised. Speculation is general here as to whether President Roosevelt will shot down on his anti-trust utterances after this threat from Wall street ? The State. Detective stories of all kinds at H. G. Osteen & Co's book store. Bad Negro in New York.