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HER SALUD BOWK BY OBELI. oal Barros Calls Gov. Odeil a Politician and Refuses to Con sider Flan to End Strike. Operators Win Not Recognize Miners, Union Under Any Circumstances. New York, Oct. 10.? 'What do yon mean by politicians? I want yon. and all ine other operators to understand that 1 am the governor of New York, the chosen reresentative of seven mil lion people, and that I am here in this matter solely in that capacity and to relieve if possible an intolerable situa tion. And what is more, I intend to use every power at my command to do it." / Gov. Udell made this statement to day to President Beer of the Beading railroad in the presence of United Stetes Senators Platt of New York and Quay and Pen rose of Pennsylvania. 3t was the culmination of a rather1 heated interview in the office of Sen ator Platt and the resrslt of the first meeting between Gov. Odel? ?nd President Baer. " Sir. Baer was *not in thevbest of humor, when , accompanied by E. B, Thomas, chairman or the board of directors of the Erie railroad, he en tered Senator Platt's ornee. The con ference was begun by a statement made by Senator Penrose that the situation was becoming so serious that some solution must be found at once. suggested that the operators should Incline to some concessions toward a settlement. *4If you mean by that," side Presi dent Baer, ''that we are to recognize the existence of a labor union, I tell yon right bow that the operators will consider no such proposition." Gov. Odell was on his feet in an in stant Holding a half burnt cigar in nis hand and white with excitement, he said : "Are we to understand that no kind of a conciliatory proposition will re ceive consideration at the hands of the operators?" "I did not say that," answered Mr. Baer, ''but 1 do say, and I reiterate it, that we will not accept political advice or allow the interference of politicians in this, our affair." Then it was that Gov. Odell made the statement attributed to him at the beginning of this article. BAER APOLOGIZED. . President Baer? evidently appreciat ing that he had gone too far, bowed Gov. Odell and said : "Governor, I beg your pardon. No personal affront was intended, and we will listen to any suggestion you may have to make; but again I repeat that we must refuse, to recognize the union as represented by Mr. Mitch ell." "I believe, ' 'said the governor, * * that yonr position from a public view is absolutely untenable. IT coal opera tors, railroad men and other business men can combine for mutual profit and protection, there is no reason why laboring men should not" * What is the proposition? said Mr. Baer, coldly. "Just this," said Gov. Odell. "I am sure that the labor organization of. whicji. Mr. Mitchell is toe head desires him to be fair with the gen eral public. If the operators will consent to give the men cents at ton increase I will personally present it to the miners, and I believe they will accept it It is a fair proposition." 'Does this mean, Gcv. Odell, that we are to recognize the miners' union?" Mr. Baer asked. "It certainly does," answered Gov. < Odell quickly : ' * and there is no reason | why you should'not. " Mr. Baer and Mr. Thomas rose to go, Mr. -Thomas remarking that the; matter would be presented to I the other operators and that an early answer would be forthcoming. Mr. Baer said: **We are to meet a committee of the manufacturers' association Tuesday and"We may have an answer then.?' The conference broke op. Mr./Baer and Mr. Thomas withdrawing. Sen ators Platt Penrose; aid Quay talked over the matter for a short time and then they too separated, the two Penn slyvanians announcing that they would go back to Harrisburg and discuss the siuation with Gov. Stone. "' 'WILL FIND SOME'REMEDY.". Gov. Odell was not in a talking mood wl^en he left the conference. He went directly to the Fifth Avenue hotel and during most of the afternoon received callers, Mayor Low, Anson G. McCook, Edward Laaierbacb, Con ?rressmen Lessler and Littauer and Senator Platt were among his callers. To one of these the governor said : ""The coal operators may postpone this matter until Tuesday, but I do not propose to postpone it. They are not acting fairly toward the people. I believe I shall find some remedy. ' ' About 5 o'clock John Mitchell, ac companied by L. N. Hammerling, of Wilkesbarre, called and had a long conference. While this was going on a dispatch announcing that the opera tors refused to consider the ter?ns . offered by the governor was received. "2 When the conference was over, Gov. Odell refused to say what had occurred and Mr. Mitchell was equally reticent. It is believed, however, that Gov. Odell presented his proposi tion for settlement io the leader cf the miners union and that Mr. 'Mit chell said he would present it to the district presidents in the hope it would be accepted. Gov. Odell said : "Mr. Mitchell was '-eminently fair and showed every disposition to adjust the serious situation." BURIED IN COTTON SEED. Kingstree, Oct. 10.?There has reached here somewhat of a sensation created at Greeleyville, a small town 10 or 12 mides from here, by the dis covery of a dead negro buried in cot -ton seed in a hor.se on the farm of the Mallard Lumber Company. The dead negro, Luther McKnight. an employe of the above company, was seen last ^Sunday afternoon. An examination of the body disclos *ed the fact that the skull had been battered in, the eyes, mutilated, the neck broken, and the face badly dis figured by the heat of the cotton seed. The body was discovered by a wagon driver who had gone to the building to unload seed, and the facts were thus disclosed. _?_ fatilIm^ portm&n shoals. Superintendent of the Quarry and a Workman Killed. Special to The State. Anderson, Oct. 10.?A premature dynamite explosion at the rock quarry at Portman Shoals about 11.30 this morning killed James Tobin, white, superintendent of the quarry, and Sam Oglesby, a negro laborer; and Joe Whitmer and John Eobinson, negro laborers, were slightly injured. Mr. Tobin had a force of hands at work getting out stone to be used in the masonry on the dam now nearly completed ; a hole had been drilled in a rock and this was being, filled with dynamite preparatory to blasting. The dynamite was in the shape of a cart ridge and it was the custom to use six or eight in each hole. Mr. Tobin was directing the operation and was stand ing directly over the hole with the cartridges in his hand. Gglesby was ramming them down with a wooden crowbar but the .Wood en instrument did not give satisfaction and he laid it aside and began using an iron drill to force the cartridges down. It is supposed that the iron drill struck against the stone and caused a spark. which ignited the dynamite and caused the explosion which was frightful. fi6ht? BELL THOME GOMP&HY The Merchants in Breenvi?e ta / iBstitnted a Boycott. Special to The State. Greenville, Oct 10.?Greenville has telephone boycott which may become an important matter. It is said that all the grocers and ! druggists have agreed not to use the : Bell telephone" on account of the Bell ; company's action in raising its price. For several years, since the institution of the Home telephone system, the Bell's charges have been $12 per year for residence and $15 per year for busi ness Louses. Recently the price has in several instances been raised to $18 for residences and $36 for stores. The raise has not "been uniform, but some stores have for a year or less been pay ing $3 per month while others were paying $1.25. Some of these had con tracts in writing and others had none. Fearing a general advance, one of the grocers, Mr. John C. Orr, took the lead in the matter and as a result all the leading grocery and drug houses have agreed to have the Bell 'phone taken out. No effort thas been made to enlist other lines of business or resi dences in this agreement, but it can b^e readily seen that a 'phone is prac tically useless to a citizen if he can not communicate with his grocer and his druggist thereby and the agree ment will have the desired effect. Al though not solicited, is said that brokers and others who have dealings almost exclusively with the two kinds of business named requested their names* to be added to the list. In order to protect themselves from a raise on the hart of the Home com pany the grocers and druggists have secured from that company an agree ment not to advance its prices. The present rates of the Home are 818 per year for residences and 824 for business houses. It was stated today that the business men are as determined that they mean to insist on the Bell 'phones* being taken out even if the company offers to let them remain free of charge. The Bell has been up against these fights before and.in.such cases its pol icy is to let 'phones remain where pa trons refuse to pay, with the instruc tion to answer calls from regular sub scribers and pay a nickle when use of the 'phone is desired temporarily. But the Greenville business men are on to this scheme. It is said that one drug firm which has had a pay booth of the Bell system in its store has even gone so far as to order it taken out. fi^n?hety-SIXr Two Large Stores and Contents Burned in the Heart of Town. Ninety-Six, Oct. 10.?Last night this place was visited by a disastrous fire which is thought to have started in the building in which the IL of P. have their hall. About i o'clock this morning an alarm was given and it was found that the two-story brick store of A. S. Osborne was on fire. That was quickly consumed, as was also the two-story brick store of H. P. Galphin adjoining. The store occu pied by Mr. Osborne belongs to A. J. Salins & Son of Charleston, and it was not known if the owners had any insurance. Mr. Galphin had no insur ance. Mr. A. S. Osborne on his stock of dry goods, notions and millinery lost 86,500, 84,000 insurance. A. V7. Still & Co., lost 83,500 : 82,500 insur ance. Dr. W. H. Holland lost his dental furniture, etc. ; loss 81,200, in surance $300. .Knights of Pythias lost their lodge furniture, 8150 insurance. ! The telephone exchange and Magistrate ; Rogers' offices were also destroyed. A GREAT TOBACCO MARKET. Special to The State. Mullins, Oct. 10.?Following is a statement of the amount of tobacco handled here during July, August and September, 1902, as compared with the same months last year. Last year 1.862,933 pounds were sold for 8147,027.17; this year -1,597,074 pounds for 8454,000.34, being an in crease of 2,734,141 pounds, bringing 8310,973.17. This shows how the market is grow ing. There is no question as to this being the leading market of the State. There will be another warehouse built here before next year, making four large houses capable of handling 200, 000 pounds per day, and there is every reason to believe sales next year will reach this figure, as there will be a large increase around here and the large territory abroad which is con stantly increasing to draw from. - .I'll. -^????^?? Chattanooga, Tenu., Oct. 11.?The State factory inspector, as the result of investigations, has peremptorily or dered a number of factories in this city to discontinue the employment of children. The order has been obeyed. The greater number affected by the order ar? girls under 14 years of age. BR?DSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. Declares That the Effect of the Strike, Industrially, is Overrated. New York, Oct. 10.?Bradstreets to morrow will say : Cooler weather has brought the coal supply question home to millions of people and discussion of this has dwarfed all other matters in the public eye. There is a possibility, however, that the tendency to exagge ration may be carried to extremes and that a matter bad enough at best may be made worse by injudicious talk. Special?investigations by Bradstreets'. correspondents at 50 cities and indus trial centres east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers seem to indicate that, aside from "the damage to general business caused in the coal regions themselves by the idleness of 140,000 industrial workers, the coal strike as yet has been the cause of much smaller displacement of industrial workers than is generally supposed. Including furnace employes in east ern Pennsylvania, brick makers in and near the Hudson valley and a large number of coal handlers at tidewater docks, not to exceed 20,000 men,, or only_ one-seventh of the number of act ual strikers, have been -rendered idle. Oil, both crude and illuminating, has advanced in prices. The easier tone of raw cotton has made manufacturers more inclined to do business. Stocks of cotton are small, both at first and second hands. Aside from the fuel scarcity, it may be truly said that every business pros pect pleases/ Fall jobbing, though necessarily not so active as earlier, is really better than anticipated. Be-or ders note difficulty of fulfillment, indi cating lack of depressing stock. Stor ing trade advices are better than usual at this date, and predictions as to the coming holiday business are optimis tic. Business failures in the United States for the week ending Oct. 9, number 170 as against 183 in this week last year. HESTER'S STATEMENT is to the Movement of the Season's Cotton Crop. New Orleans, Oct 10.?Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement is sued today shows for the 10 days of October a decrease under last year of 5,000 and a decrease under the same period year before last of 140,000. For the 40 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days last year 562,000 and ahead of the same days year before last 245, - 000. The amount brought into sight dur ing the past week has been 402,807, against 306,368 for the same seven days ending/Oct. 10 last year and 480,149 year before last. The movement since Sept. 4 shows receipts at all United States ports to bo 1,325,289, againts 816.173 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio j and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 52,218, against 58,517 last year;interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 218,542, against 183,304 last year, and southern mill takings 247,500, against 223,300 last year. The total movement, since Sept. 1 is 1,843,549, against 1,281,294 lats year, and 1,598,741 year before last Foreign exports for the week have been 145,198, against 130,408 last year, making the total thus far for the sea son 860,107, against 530,015 last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 421,200, against 366,550 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 lading southern interior centres have increased during the week 126,270 bales, against an increase during the corresponding period last season of 169,383. . Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 2,058,623, against 1,640,981 for the same period last year. Revolutionists Defeated. Colon, Colombia, Oct. 12.? Persons who arrived here from Cartagena yes terday say that forces of the govern ment have defeated the revolutionists at La Cieng. There is no further news of the situation at Santa Maria. It is reported also that the govern ment has driven the revolutionary Gen. Uribe-Uribe from the-strategic position he held near Teneriffe on the Magdalena river. Gen. Uribe-Uribe is said to have been compelled to retreat with all his forces toward the interior of the conn try. The Magdalena river is now re ported to be again open to traffic. Moros Anxious to Fight. Manila, Oct. 12.? The sultan of Bacolod, Mindanao, lias rejected the friendly overtures of Gen. Sumner, commander of the American forces on Mindanao, in a defiant letter, saying : "The sultan of Bacolod desires war forthwith. He wishes to*maintain the religion of Mohammed. Cease send ing letters. What we want is war I We do noe desire your friendship. Friendly Moros report that the sul tan of Bacolod is fortifying his strong holds, lie is in possession of many rifles, it is expected that an Ameri can column will be sent .from Camp Vicars to capture and reduce the Baco lod stronghold. It has not been decid ed when the move is to be made. MONEY IN F^RMiNG. Mr. S. E. Truett, who is farming near Oats, will sell $1,300 worth of tobacco and cotton from a one-horse crop this year, besides having corn, peas, potatoes, etc., as a food crop. Some people seem to think that the people in towns and cities, are the ones who make all the money, but this case, and many others we know of, would indicate that there is good money in farming. In farming, as in other things, a great deal depends up on "the man behind the gun,'' so to sj^ak.?Darlington Messenger. POWER AND ARROGANCE OF WEALTH. Richard Olney Makes a Great Speech on the Coal Strike Situation. Says Roosevelt Put His Exalted Office in a Position Where it Could be Defied and Derided. Boston, Oct. 11.?One of the features of the present State campaign was the dinner which the Democratic club of Massachusetts tendered tonight to Col. Wm. A. Gaston, the party candidate for governor. Over 250 party follow ers listened to speeches by Richard Olney, former secretary of state; Chas. S. Hamlin, Josiah Quincy, John R. Thayer, congressman from the Third district; Henry H. Hollis Democratic candidate for governor in New Hampshire, and Col. Gaston. Undoubtedly the speech of the even ing was that delivered by Mr. Olney, who was cheered for some minutes when he arose. Cheers greeted him as the next president. Mr. Olney spoke in part as follows : "The signs of the times are that un der the regime of the Republican party and through the national government's 40 years of partnership with the pro tected industries, have come to a pass where public officials as well as pri vate citizens deem themselves above the law. "Witness the zealous haste with which the treasury rushes tothe relief of Wall street speculators by a novel and forced construction of the national b?nking law. Witness the astonishing proceeding of the same department in its instructions to subordinate offices respecting the duties to be collected on coal. But the generally lawless atmos phere in which the protected Repub lican reign has enveloped us is even more strikingly illustrated by the re cent presidential summon upon the coal strike. There are those who say that as the president disclaimed any official duty or relation to the matter he should not have interfered. Though his office is charged with great functions and invested with great powers, the presi dent is a constitutional officer whose sphere of action is strictly limited by law. Within that sphere he is well nigh absolute?without, he is legally impotent. When, therefore, he goes without it the danger is that be may fail and be defied and that his great office may loose prestige and power and thus be less capable of performing its legitimate duties. "The president, for example, is our representative with foreign powers. Will it strengthen his hands that some half a dozen private citizens are found snapping their fingers in his face The president's overture" to the coal operators was prompted by the best motives and should have been treated with respectful consideration. It must have been declined courteously, even if firmly. "But the opportunity to administer a snub to the president was too only treated as a rash intermedier; he was also lectured upon the law and the facts of the case and to crown all, was notified that the cause of the troubles was lawlessness which he was sarcastically invited tc suppress. "For sheer audacity this attitude of the coal operators could hardly be matched and nothing could more strongly emphasize the disrepute into which the law of the land has been brought by long continued Republican domination. "Yet who were they who were so in sistent upon theteuppression of lawless ness in the mining regions? Why, the most unblushing and persistent of law breakers. For years they have defied the law of Pennsylvania which forbids common carriers engaging in the busi ness of mining. For years they have discriminated between customers in the?freight charges on their railroads in violation of the interstate commerce law. For years they have unlawfully monopolized interstate commerce in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law.' "Indeed, the very best excuse and explanation of their astonishing atti tude, at the Washington conference is that, having violated so many laws for so long and so many times they might rightfully think they were wholly im mune from either punishment or re proach. "It is sometimes urged in extenua tion of the coal operators' foolishly offensive tone at the conference that they were enraged at the recognition of labor unions and the presence by invitation of their repesentative. If that be so they must-be as blind to the salient facts of the era they arc livingin as they are obviously of legal obligations. "In these days of combination by capital on a scale and to an extent as startling as it is unprecedented, can they possibly imagine that labor is to be denied a? equivalent right of .com bination? If they do it is only another instance of their complete indifference to the law of the land. "In 1894 receivers of a railroad were brought into court on a claim that laborers ought not to be discharged because of membership of a labor union. Though the court was a fed eral court, it sat in Pennsylvania and the petitioners got nothing from that court. "?nt what followed? In a year or two Pennsylvania made it a criminal offense to deprive a man of work be cause he belonged to a labor union. In 189S congress not only did the same thing but, in a statute providing for the arbitration of labor disputes, ex pressly made labor organzations par ties to such arbitration. This was in addition to the previous legislation by congress encouraging and providing for the incorporation of labor unions, j In ignoring them, therefore, the coal j operators simply ignore and condemn - the law of the land.'' ALABAMA STRIKE ENDED. Birmingham, .^la., Oct. 10.?At a conference today between the commit tee of district No. 20, United Mine Workers of America, and President J. C. Mason of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company with reference to the collection of assessments for the anthracite strikers from among the miners of that company, an amicable agreement was reached. While affirm ing that such an agreement was reach ed both sides refuse to give out the details. tempting. he was not NFW ORLEANS STRIKE ENDED. Street Car Employees Accepted the Proposition. New Orleans, Oct. 12.?The street car strike, inaugurated by the dis satisfied employes of the New Orleans Railways company, was settled here tonight, the car men' union unanim ously accepting the governor's ultima tum on a secret ballot. The basis of settlement is that the men will go back to work in the morn ing at 20 cents and 10 hours, with a minimum of seven and a half hours a day, no discrimination tov be made against any of the men under charges, and /So many to be taken back as are needed for the operation of the com pany's line. Miners Need Help. Washington, Oct. 1L? The Ameri can Federation of Labor, through its executive council today issued an ad dress to the public, appealing for fin ancial and moral aid for the striking .anthracite miners and denouncing the attitude of the mine owners, on whom, the appeal says, must rest the re sponsibility for the hardships resulting from the coal famine. The address is in part as follows : "The strike of the miners is now in its twenty-third week. That the strike occurred was entirely the fault of the presidents of the coal companies ; that the strike has continued to this day is entirely due to the contempt which the presidents of the coal com panies have for the people of our country and the untold sufferings which all may endure. "No offer t settle the strike could be fairer than that made by the miners' representatives at the conference with President Roosevelt The operators, haughty arrogance, brutal, dominat ing spirit, blasphemous assumption of divine wealth-proprietorship, shock ed the civilized world, and aroused the honest indignation of all lovers of justice and fair dealing. "What more could the miners do and maintain their self-respect and not forfeit the respect of their fellow men, than their willingness to submit all matters in dispute to a commission appointed by President Eoosevelt and when that was refused, to leave the entire controversy to Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, one of the men largely inter ested with the operators. ' * There never has been a time, either before the strike or since its inaugura tion, that the miners have not been entirely willing to have the questions involved in the miners' claims in vestigated and adjusted by any disin terested persons." The appeal then suggests that relief committees be formed everywhere to solicit financial aid, that the wages earned between 10 and 11 o'clock each Monday morning, the " miner's hour," be contributed, that clergymen make a special plea to their congregations and that the press solicit contribu tions. Charleston's Dry Docks. 'Washington, Oct. 11.?Bids were opened at the navy department today for the construction of concrete and granite dry dock No. 1, at. the Charleston, S. C, navy yard. The lowest straight bid was that of the Virginia Engineering aid Construc tion company of Richmond, Va., which offered to complete the work for $1,189,450. There were seven bidders for the work, each of whom submitted pro posals for the construction of the dock and accessory structures complete in accordance with the department's plans and specifications. Each of the contractors submitted in addition pro posals to perform the work on his own' plans, modifying some of the details of instruction. The limit of cost for the work was set down in the specifi cations as SI, 200,000. , The remaining six straight bids .were as follows: Southern Engineering and Contract ing company, Charleston, S. C, $1,213,500: , New York Continental Jewell Filtration company, New York citv, SI.224,617: Norcross Bros. Com pany, Worcester, Mass., $1,320,000: P. J. Carlin & Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., 81,320,981: John Peirce, New York city, $1,406,942: . E. Talbott & Co., Dayton, O., $1,613,000. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 11.?Three masked men held up the Pacific Coast express train of the Burlington road: three miles from Lincoln, shortly be fore 2 o'clock this morning. They used explosives in the express car. shattering it badly and after wrecking the safe, rifled it of its contents, secur ing 850,000 in gold coin. St. Louis, Oct. 10.?The Interstate Grocer of St. Louis says that a com bine to include every , wholesaler of groceries in the United States is in the course of formation. Manila, Oct. 12.?Counterfeit Ameri can silver dollars are being made in China and circulated here extensively. The suspicion is held that some of this money was shipped from San Francisco. The dollars are of silver and of standard weight. They have been detected through the improper stamping of the word "Liberty*' on the goddess. The low price of silver insured to the makers of this coun terfeit money a profit of 100 per cent. American silver circulates as gold in the Philippines. Hopkinsville, Ky.. Oct. 12.?Lloyd Nelson Young, a white planter, crazed by drink, went to Pembroke, got on a" rampage 'ast night after being put oir a train that he had flagged. He secured an axe and brained Rebecca MacRay, an aged negress whom he met in the road. Leaving the axe with the body, he sprang on Joseph Landv, 70 years old and colored, and cut his throat, fatally wounding him. After terrorizing the citizens for two hours he was overpowered by a posse and brought here for safe keeping earlv today, to escape a mob of several hundred negroes that had been formed to lynch him. AVilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 12.?The Erie company tonight posted notices at its collieries at Pittston requesting all striking employes to rccurn to work tomorrow. The company assured all men who returned ample protection. This is believed to be the first move on the part of the coal companies to break the strike under the protection of the troops. i HARD TIMES FOR LEGISLATORS. No Supply of Peanuts on Hand and New Crop About 80 Per cent. Petersburg, Va., October 12.? Re ports received from farmers in the peanuts belt indicate that about 80 per I cent, of the average crop will be made this year. The crop last year was , 000 bags less than the year preceding, and there will be a falling off at least 10 per cent, this year. There was a smaller acreage this year than last, and the crop is of no better quality. The farmers have begun to realize that Spanish peanuts cannot be raised pro fitably at 75 cents per bushel, and are turning their attention to corn and wheat. The Bohemians who lived near Petersburg were large rais ers of peanuts. Most of them have removed to Western States and their farms for the most part have been planted in corn and wheat. Within a radius of ten miles of Petersburg the falling off of the peanut crop will amount to five thousand bushels. Chicago firms that hst year had on han? 20,000 bags of Spanish peas at this time have none on hand now. The last year's crop has been about ex hausted, so that raisers and dealers are now expecting better prices for pea nuts this year. Two More Lives' Sacrificed in Man's Search For Wings. Paris, Oct. 13.?De Bradsky, the aeronaut, and his engineer, Morin, were killed by falling from a dirigible balloon today. The balloon started from the aerostat ic station at Vaugirard, a suburb of this After preliminary manoeuvring with a rope attached De Bradsky released the balloon and proceeded southward at a height of 300 or 400 feet. The pro pellers of the machine appeared to work well. The rudder, however, was not quite successful. At about 9.20 the balloon had returned to above the point of departure and then it gradually mounted higher and higher until it disappeared in the clouds. The. prefect of police later received a dispatch announcing the fall of the balloon car near St. Denis, five and a half miles from the centre of Paris, and adding that its two occupants were killed. The accident occurred at about 9.30. When the balloon was above Stains* near St. Denis, the ropes attaching the car to the balloon broke from some unknown cause and the car with its occupants, De Bradsky and Morin* was dashed to the ground and the aeronauts met' instantaneous death. The ballon itself disappeared in the clouds. Washington, Oct. 13.?A decision of sweeping importance to ticket scalpers and the railroad passeDger business generally was delivered t?day by Jus tice Hagner of the equity'court of the District of Columbia, who permanent ly enjoined 33 of the local ticket brok ers from selling the Grand Army spe cial excursion tickets issued by the Pennsylvania, Southern, Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads. The defense of ihe brokers was that they were pursuing a legal, license brokerage business: and that the railroads in combining in the es tablishment of a joint ticket agency here during the encampment for the vising of return tickets, etc., violated the "Sherman anti-trust law. The court held that the tickets sold by the roads on account of the Grand Army bore contracts signed by the purchasers in the presence of a witness and were absolutely void when used by any oth er than the original purchaser. HONOR MEMORY OF DR BROADUS Louisville, Ky., October S.?The monument erected by Captain William F. Norton, Jr., a non-churchman, at the hivherto unmarked grave of Dr. John A. Broadus, in Cave Hill Ceme tery, was unveiled this afternoon at. 5 o'clock. Only the members of the Broadus family and invited guests, seventy-five in all, were present. The exercises were opened with the singing of "The Psalm'' by Miss Story, with piano and harpsichord accompaniment. Rev. Dr. E. Y. Mullins offered prayer, after which John _ Broadus Robertson, the five-year-old son of Prof. A. \T. Robertson, of the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary, and grandson of Dr. Broadus, pulled the chord that disclosed the simple but beautiful granite slab standing in the Seminary lot. The address of tbe_oc casion was delivered by Dr. William H. Whitsitt, who was for many years with Dr. Broadus, and who succeeded him as president of the Seminary. At its conclusion, he dismissed the assembly with a benediction. Fergus Falls. Minn., Oct. 12.?Snow began falling early tonight and still continues, the ground being covered. St. Louis, Oct. 12.?Late this even ing a hail storm, lasting five minutes, caused many thousands of dollars dam age in the city. Hail stones measur ing two inches in diameter fell, and the streets resembled a fall of snow Greenhouses all over the city were practically ruined. Phildelpnia, Oct. 12.?Commander Robert E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, will come to this city tomorrow to un dergo treatment for his feet which were injured in the far north. It may be necessary to have i\n operation per formed. Although the extent of Com mander Peary's injuries is not known, it is said they are duo to having his feet frozen four years ago, soon after he startd upon his last expedition. It was then necessary to amputate several toes. New York, Oct. 13.?After lying buried for over a century the famous English prison ship Jersey, in which several hundred Americans were mar tyred while the British held New York in the days of the revolution, has been accidenally discovered at the Brooklyn navy yard by the workmen who are putting up the launching stays for the battleship Connecticut. Historical associations have been searching for the Jersey for 50 years. The half burned hull of the ship is lying under 12 or 14 feet of dirt and water and is in perfect condition. TWO AERONAUTS KILLED. city, at 7.55 Ticket Scalpers Hit.