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MR. aumin ILL LUCK. He Seems lo Have Been Done Out ?f $100,000. The Ex-Senator Says That Unless He Can Realize on Collateral He Took as Se? curity fer Money Lent He Will Hardly Have Enough Money ' to Get Heme. New York, June 3.-John J. Mc? laurin, former United States Senator from South Carolina and political foe of Senator Tillman, is in this city, striding to gather some fragments of his fortune, which, he declares, has been shattered by the endorsement of notes. Ii he cannot realize on the collateral given to him as security, Mr. McLaurin who was worth something like $100,000, says he will scarcely have money enough to get back home. Mr. McLauirn, who is staying at the Imperial Hotel, declared today he was net in a position to say the security obtained by him was worthless. He reared that he, as well as others in? volved, would be able to realize only a very small portion of their investment. Continuing, the former Senator said : "I will say, however, .that the prop? erty given us ass security was repre? sented as being gilt-edged, and it is yet to be proven that the representa? tion is as stated. Our security con? sisted of five notes of the promoter of the Brunswick and Birmingham Rail? road, given on April 21, and payable one month after date. They were en? dorsed by Mr. Umsted. When they f6ll due, however, payment was not forthcomiisg,. and since tben myself and associates in the transaction have been using every means in bur power to arrive at the exact value of the property. What we have learned is not reassuring." Mr. Umsted, against whose proper? ty the attachment was issued; occu? pies apartments in thc Wellington. According to a representative of Mr. Umsted, the deal in which Mr. Mc? Laurin is involved was a friendly one, and Mr. Umsted was milking every effort to guarantee the amount due to the former Senator from South Carolina. Mr. McLaurin said that he was un? able to say just how long he would remain in this city, but that he had been advised by counsel to stay until something d?fini1.? was done. Legal steps will be taken in a few days. | That the situation is critical was evi? denced by the fae*; that both Senator McLaurin and CoL Brown were close in consultation with Attorneys Osborne and Hess at the Bar Association rooms until nearly midnight. CoL Brown came to this city with Mr. McLaurin several days ago.-News and Curier. New York, June 4.-Former Assist? ant Attorney James W. Osborne, coun? sel for former Senator John L. Mc Lanrin, said today: "That the value of the collateral represented by sever? al thousand shares of stock in the Mo? hawk Valley Steel and Wire Company, of Brunswick, Ga, was misrepresented to Senator McLanrin when he was in? duced by Frank A. Umsted and others to invest ?20,000 in cash in the con? cern, besides going security on notes for $95,00 more, for which Senator McLaurin is personally liable, there ?an be no question. "Senator McLaurin, my client, was given positively to understand that? the Mohawk Valley Steel and Wire Company, which is an adjunct of the Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad Company, was capitalized for $60,000, 000 and owned and controlled several hundred thousand acres of valuable coal and iron lands in the country in? tersected by the xailroad. Investiga? tion has proven that the steel and wire concern exists largely on paper as yet; and we have yet to find that it has the absolute ownership ror control of the lands so claimed. *'As a result of our continued in? vestigations today, as counsel for Sen? ator McLaurin, I can state that he is not as near ruin as at first reported. His liability, however is fully $115,000. This sum is represented by $20,000 in cash, which my client advanced to Frank A. Umsted, in addition to three different notes on which he went security. One of these notes is for $20,000 another for $25,000 and another for $50,000. The first note fell due a few days ago and was promptly met by Senator McLaurin, who then obtained an attachment for the face of the note on the stock of Frank A. Umsted in the Mohawk Valley concern." Senator McLaurin a nd former assistant District Attorney Osborne his counsel, today confirmed in substance the report of the "transaction. Senator McLaurin and his counsel spent the greater part of the day in making exhaustive in? vestigations to determine the market value of the collateral given, and said .onight that at least $18,000 would be realized. District Attorney Jerome admitted today having been appoached with regard to making some sort of investigation in the matter, but said that it had not been done in an official way, and that he was, therefore, not in position to say what action, if any, would be taken by b is office. r rank Umsted has offices with the Brunswick and Birmingham Railway Company, at No. 100 Broadway. He said today: "I have nothing to say one way or the other in regard to this transac? tion. Senator McLaurin is doing' enough talking for both sides and that should be enough. So far as the Brunswick and Birmingham Road is concerned, it is one of the best paying and Host promising railroad properties in the South. More than 160 miles of track have already been laid and that much of the road is now in operation. " -News and Courier. A Florida man who planted 3,000 Porto Rico pineapple slips on a quar? ter of an acre in 1901, has now a crop of about 3,000 apples, which will average in weight ten pounds, and for which he has been offered from 40 to 50 cents apiece. In addition to this he will have slips enough to sell to bring him in a lot of money. CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. Tbs Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the SJ? \, SJJ&%' Signatur? of <*>*?<ZfttT?????A? CONDITION OF COTTON CROP! Reported by the Department of Agriculture Thursday. Washington, Jane 4.-The cotton bulletin of the department of agricul? ture, issued today, is as follows : "The statistician of thc department of argiculture estimates the total area planted in cotton in the United States this season at 28,907,000 acres, an in? crease of 1,029,000 acres, or 3.7 per cent upon the acreage planted last year. The average condition of the grow? ing crop on May 6 was 74.1 per cent, as compared with 95.1 on May 6, 1902: 8L5 on May 20, 1901, and a ten-year average of 86.9. The percentage of increase in acreage in the different states is as follows: Virginia, 7 per cent; North Caro? lina, 7. ; South Carolina, 5.3; Georgia, 4.4; Florida, 2; Alabama, 2.3; Missis? sippi, 4.5; Louisiana, 2.8; Texas, 1.5; Arkansas, 5.8; Tennsesee, 6; Mis? souri, ll; Oklahoma, 5.9; Indian Territory, 10.3. The condition of the crops by tates on May 26 was as follows : Virginia, 72 per cent ; North Carolina, 74 ; South Carolina, 76; Georgia, 75; Florida, 81; Alabama, 73: Mississippi, 78; Louisiana, 76; Texas, 70; Arkansas, 76; Tennessee, 83; Mis souir, 83; Oklahoma, 72; Indian Territory, 76. The condition now reported is for the cotton belt as a whole and for the States of Georgia, Alabama and Texas in particular the lowset condi? tion ever reported at this season of the year. The crop is almost every? where from ten to twenty-one days late. John Hyde, Statistician. THE EFFECTS ON 'CHNGE. New York, June 4.-Upon the ap? pearance of the Government crop re? port showing the present average con? dition of cotton to be 74.1', compared with 95 last year, the cotton market here was thrown into a state of great excitement. The immediate effect was an advance of 6 to 10 points, aft? er which the market became easier under realizing. After the excite? ment the market quieted down, with prices 2 points higher than yesterday's closing. EFFECT IN NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, June 4.-At the open? ing of the cotton market the ring went wild over the reading of the bureau's report on acreage and condition. It became immediately known that it was the worst on record. Prices, how? ever, did not make any sensational ad? vances, principally because the effects of the report had been discounted dur? ing the past week. Heavy liquidation followed the reading of the report, but everything was quickly absorbed and the profit-taking had no lasting effect on prices. MILLIONS ABE INVOLVED. Sale of the Atlantic Coast Lum? ber Company. Charleston, June 4.-United States Judge Nathan Goff has signed a decree for foreclosure and sale of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company. The decree was entered in the United States Cir? cuit Court here yesterday and also at Norfolk Virginia. The decree is very elaborate and covers, with the de? scription bf the property, over one hundred pages of printed matter. Mr. George H. Moffett of this city, is ap? pointed special Master to sell the property. The property is ordered to be sold in two separate parcels-that mortgaged and that unmortgaged. The sale is to be made on four weeks' notice. The minimum bid which can be received is one million dollars. Intending pur-, chasers will have to deposit fifty thou? sand dellars cash or certified check for that amount, or three hundred thousand dollars of first mortgage bonds of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company. The unencumbered property is or? dered to be sold under similar adver? tisement, and each bidder must de? posit ten thousand dollars in cash or certified check. The property of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company is very extensive, covering six counties. The property is considered one of the most valuable of its kind in the entire South. The mortgaged indebtedness is about 82,200,000 and the unsecured debts of the concern are estimated to be about $1,000,000. Negro Lynched in Mississippi. Greenville, Miss, June^ 4.-John Dennis, a negro, was lynched here this afternoon by a mob of two hun? dred men. The negro had attempted a criminal assault upon a well known young lady who was returning home from the telephone exchange, where she worked,Jon Tuesday night last. He was immediately arrested and placed in the local jail. This afternoon, while the streets were crowded with women shoppers, a body of two hundred determined men went to jail and demanded ad? mittance. This was refused, and mem? bers of the mob secured a railway rail and 'battered down the door of the prison. Dennis was taken to the telephone exchange and hanged on the cross-arm of a telephone, pole. The ne? gro only asked time to pray. .rn . ? ??.? Ladies and Children Invited. AU ladies and children who cannot stand the shocking strain of laxative syrups, ca? thartics, eic, are invited to try the famous Little Early Risers. They are different from all other pills. They do not rurge the 3jstem. Even a double dose will not gripe, weaken or sicken : many people call them the Easy Pill. W. H. Howell, Hous? ton, Tex., says nothing better can be used for constipation, sick headache, etc. Bob Moore, Lafayette, Ind., sa) s all others gripe and sicken, while DeWitt's Little Early Risers do their work weil and easy. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co. Raleigh N. C., June 3.-Ernest Haywood was released today under $10,000 bond for his appearance at the July term of Wake Superior Court for the killing of Ludlow Skinner February 21>t. The ruling of Justices Douglas and Walker, of thc Supreme Court, granting bail was read by Judge Douglas at noon before an im? mense audience, and within thirty minutes the bond was made up and approved and Haywood was a free man. mmm BY COWBOYS. Five Men. of One Family Killed Three Cowboys Also Killed. Superior, Neb, June 4.-Eight men were killed in a battle between cow? boys and a family of farmers named Berry, at St. Francis, Kan. The cowboys were employed by the Dewar Cattle Company, and there had been bad feeling between them and the Berrys for some time. Land had been taken up by old man Berry as a homestead. The fences of the cattle company interferred with his passage to and from the roads. Wire-cutting on the part of the Berry family, in order to get the shortest possible road to town, is said to have been the original cause of the quarrel. The. cowboys on the Dewar ranch had theatened to kill the family. The fight, resulting in the five deaths, came after a recent trip of the Berry family to town. The father and four sons were returning to their homes. Eight miles from their desti? nation they stopped to cut their way through the wire fence. The cowboys came upon thean just as they complet? ed the work. The Berrys mounted quickly and the cowboys fired. The oldest Berry, John, was wounded, but stayed in his saddle. The farmers had the freshest mounts and soon were beyond accurate fire range. The cow? boys kept up a scattering fusillade of shots.. Arriving home, the Berrys did not think they had been pursued all the way, and they were in front of the house when the party of cowboys rode up the hill, a few yards -to the north. The shooting began immediaetly. Two of the Berry boys were killed before they could reach their rifles. The old man and the other two boys got in? side the house. There were about twenty cowboys and -they started on the gallop for the house intending to fire it and burn the defenders out. The old man and the boys attempted to escape from the other side of the house and were shot down in succes? sion. Three of the cowboys were kill? ed by the farmers while they were de? fending the house. WOMEN AND CHILDREN BUTCHERED. Turks Slaughter People of Whole Village. Monastir, European Turkey, Sun? day, May 31.-Horrrible details are arriving here of the slaughter of the inhabitants of the village of Smer dash, south of Lake Presba on May 21, by Bashi-Bazouks. It appears that on tlie arrival of the Bashi Bazouks, Chakalaroff's band of insur? gents withdrew to the mountains without sustaining any loss. As no rebels were left in the village the in? habitants experienced no anxiety, until suddenly, at sunset, the Turks, who had completely surrounded the place, commenced a regular bombard? ment, whereupon all the villagers as? sembled in the streets. ; Though the artillery^ceased firing during part of the night, the Turkish infantry fired all night long. The artillery bom? bardment was recommenced at day? break, but as it was ineffective the Turks set fire to the village on all sides and commenced a general massa? cre, slaughtering women, children and the aged. About three hundred houses were burned and uwpards of two hundred pensons, mostly women and children, were killed. The wom? en and girls, were murdered while re? sisting outrage. Whole households were slain. One family of seven were slain and their bodies heaped on the hearth. Not a living soul was left in the village. The survivors, many of them half-burned or otherwise in? jured, fled. Some of the fleeing vil? lagers were captured and had their cars and noses cut off before they were butchered. The report adds that 1,500 villagers were in the mountains without cloth? ing or food. One band of these, con? sisting of forty women and children, were caught by soldiers in a ravine and were killed after horrible treat? ment. The Watts Cotton Mill of Laurens has been chartered. The capital is 8300,000. W. E. Lucas is president and treasurer. The Donalds Oil Mill has applied for a charter recently, the capital stock of which is to be 815,000. W. R. and J. J. Dunn and J. W. Brock are the corporators. Water has been struck in the new ten-inch artesian well at a depth of 520 feet. The contract calls for a well 550 feet deep so the boring will continue and probably other sources of supply will be struck, such having been the case in the other two wells.-Aiken Journal and Review. Startling Evidence. Fresh testimony in great quantity is constantly coming in, declaring Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds to be unequaled. A recent ex? pression from T. J. McFarland, Bentor ville, Va., serves as example. He writes : "I had Bronchitis for three years and doc? tored all the time without being benefited. Then I began taking Dr. King's New Dis? covery, and a few bottles wholly cured me." Equally effective in caring ali Lung and Throat troubles, Consumption, Pneu? monia and Grip. Guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, Drsggist. Trial bottles free, regular sizes 50c, and $1.00. - IIB - ? - niarri ? Knasas City. Mo, June 4.-A special from Paola, Kan, says two Sante Fe trains, a north-bound and a special southbound, collided head on, one mile north of Stillwell, Kan. Nine persons are dead and twenty-eight are said to be injured. Do You Enjoy What You Eat? If you don't your food does not do you much good. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the remedy that every one should take when there is anything wrong with the stomach. There is no way to maintain the health and strength of mind and body except by nourishment. There is no way to uour ish except through the stomach. The stomach must be kept healthy, pure and sweet or the strength will let down and disease will set up. No appetite, loss of strength, nervousness, heauache, constipa? tion, bad breath, sour risings, rifting, in? digestion, dyspepsia and all stomach trou? bles are quickly cured by the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Cu. HEAR THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Turkish Town Destroyed by! Earthquake Was in an Inter? esting Region. I The* town of Melazgherd, whose destruction by an earthquake was re? ported in dispatches recently was on the Murad Su, an affluent of the eastern Euphrates. It lay north of the Nim. rud Dagh mountain range, which separated the valley of the Murad Su from Lake Van. The place was in a region famous in both sacred and profane history, be? ing about 100 miles west by south of Mount Ararat, and in the particular country which many Biblical geo grapers have identified as the garden of Eden. The general features of this entire region are high mountains, inclosing fertile valleys and an undulating up? land, intersected by numerous streams, the headwaters of the Euphrates and the Tigri. The scenery of these high? lands is described as romantically beautiful, while the numerous rivers and streams flow through channing landscapes and thickly wooded valleys, passing in their courses castles and cities famous in eclesiastical history. The Nimrud Dagh mountain range, just south of the Murad Sn, is a con? tinuation of the Taurus range and is continued to the westward in the Sipan Dagh and Ala Dagh to the Persian frontier northeast of Lake Van. North of the Murad Su are the Dujik and Mezoor ranges, rugged and in? accessible mountains filling up the entire space between the two arms of the Euphrates and culminating to the east in the Ararat of ark fame. The ruined town was in the very heart of the counry of the Kurds fanatical, turbulent and semi-inde? pendent tribes that are at the same time one of the greatest annoyances and safest reliances of the Ottoman Government. This is the region of most of the Armenian outrages, which have en? gaged the attention of the United States in recent years. The town it- ? self was about three-quarter Ma? hometan in population, the remaind? er being Armenians and Jews. The whole of Kurdistan, both Tur? kish and Persian, is very mountain? ous, some of the peaks being nearly 13,000 feet above the sea level. These mountain rangs divide the country into fertile valleys and extensive table? lands. The country is traversed, in addi? tion to the Euphrates and Tigris by the Zab-ala, Zab-asfal and Shirvan, and contains several large lakes, the chief of which are Van, in Turkey, and. Uramiati, in Persia. Four-fifths of the inhabitants are Kurds, a race spoken of as " alien to the Turks in language and to the Persians in religion." The Kurds are nearly nomads, occupying themselves chiefly, however, with the breeding of cattle, sheep, goats and horses. A great trade is carried on with Turkey and Persia, especially in horses, the Kurdish breed being so famed for its spirit and endurance aa to be almost exclusively employed by the Turkish and Persian cavalry. The settled portion of the population is engaged in agricultural employ? ments. A remarkable product of this country is a substance found on the leaves of the tamarisk and other shrubs, which is said to closely cor? respond to the description given of "manna" in the Old Testament, and is supposed to result from the punc? ture of the leaf by an insect. The country is deficient in mineral wealth. The chief towns in Turkish Kurdistan are Bitlis, Van, Urumia, Margin, Mush, Korkuk, Diarbekir, Malatia and Marash. The nearest United States consulate to the ruined town of Melazgherd is at Karpoot or Harpoot The incum? bent of the office of consul is Prof. Thomas H. Nortong of Cincinnati. An Owingsville (Ky.) man was greatly troubled in early life because he was constantly being arrested on war? rants sworn out against a neighbor who rejoiced in the same name. 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