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Making Fertilizer from ?ir. v Since the day that Dean Swift de? scribed the philosopher' of Laputa as engaged in the task of extracting sun? beams from cucumber to store up heat for the winter, men nave been engaged in the task of extracting life giving products from the inorganic ?feingdom without, the interposition of the vegetable or the lower animal kingdom, and trying to obtain food directly from mineral and atmospheric substances. r An important problem has been the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen in? to plant food. The air overhanging every acre of land is sa ip to contain ?8,?OO,000 tons of free nitrogen. Since half a ton of fertilizer, containing 2 ioar 3 per cent, of ammonia, is consider? ed a heavy application to an acre the "conversion of 40 pounds of atmospheric nitrogen from the immense Quantity always bathing the plant would ren- j der unnecessary the application of) any nitrogenous fertilizer whatever, j this being the scarcest and most costly of all fertilizing products. Yet all the scientists with all their shrewdness and patience were long baffled. They could not find a way of combining free nitrogen to any extent in the laboratory. The only converters -known were the leguminous plants, peas, clover and the ?ike. The method of conversion was long unknown. But the science of bacteria has revealed the secret Nitrogen is absorbed and converted in the rooiss of the family j of plants by bacteria existing in count? less numbers. It has been proved that in the absence of these little workers even leguminous plants exhaust the soiL Then another fact became known. Bacteria and other germs can be cul? tivate?y improved, or destroyed Scientists, such as Pasteur and Koch, have introduced remedies for diseases long considered incurable. As the quality of butter depends upon the breed of bacteria as much as the breed of cattle, bacteria tablets are now pre? pared in Denmark where the finest butter is made and sold to expert dairymen in all parts of the world. Incited by these mets the depart? ment of agriculture of the United States conceived the idea of propagat? ing nitrogen-breathing bacteria in large quantities and inoculating with them leguminous plants and even bar? ren soils. The Winnsboro News and Herald published a letter written to Mr. T. K. Elliott of that town by Dr. A. B Woods, pathologist, in which it is asserted that the problem has been sucessfuliy solved and that the depart? ment is now ready to ship vast quan? tities of bacteria to farmers with full directions for utilizing them. The letter contains. a full and interesting account cf the process. * After being propagated the bacteria are reduced to a semi-inanimate condition, dried, wrapped in absorbent cotton and ship? ped to their destination. On being immersed for a time in warm water, they become frisky and are ready for work. Either the leguminous plant or the soil can be inoculated by a simple process. A small package will inoculate an acre, and a farmer can carry in one pocket 160 packages con? taining 2,400,000,000 bacteria. The department by the use of these pre? pared bacteria has increased the yield from 100 to 1,000 per cent. A piece of land that yielded 200 pounds "of un? fertilized clover produced 2,000 pounds j after inoculation. A generation or two ago any one who dared to speak of such things would j have been stigmatized as a healthy j descendant of Baron Munchausen, but the facts given above are contained in a serious report of the department of agriculture and must be believed. This is the crowning glory of a series of wonderful discoveries in the agri? cultural field. Dr. Woods writes to Mr. Elliott: "We expect to be able in the fall to furnish practically all the leguminous crops (each of which has a different kind of bacteria laborers). You will observe, however, in read? ing th? article that these organisms are applicable only to legumes. If you propose to plant a leguminous crop this fall or next spring we shall be glad to send yo? the proper organisms, if you will notify us before plnting." -The State. Sestet's Buttes Statement New Orleans, Aug. 14.-Secretary Hesterns statement of the world's visi? ble supply of cotton issued today shows the total visible to be 1,459,-?3S bales, against JLO67,S43 last week and 1,511,839 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 672,439 bales, against 742,843 last week and 903,639 last year, and of ali other kinds, in? cluding Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 787,000 bales, against 825,000 last week and 608,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cot? ton there is now afloat and * held in Great Britin and Continental Europe 759,000 bales, against 887,000 last year; in Egypt 8,000, against 47,000 last year ; in India 471,000, against 366,000 last year, and in the United States 221,000, against 212,000 last year. Eruption of Vesuvius. Naples, Aug. 16.-The eruption of Vesuvius somewhat increased today. The stream of lava flowing from the erater is divided into two branches. The longer reaches a distance of 2,500 feet in the direction of the village of Ottajuno: the other is now 2,300 feet toward Pompeii. There is no im? mediate danger. Anniston, Ala., Aug. 17.-A gentle? man recently arrived from Piedmont, tells of the killing of Deputy Sheriff Jim Price of Cherokee county, one mile south of Palestine, in the camp of a grading gang on the Seaboard Air Line late Sunday afternoon. Mr. Price had gone to the camp looking for a negro, and when seated in one of the tents he was surruonded and killed by other negroes. A posse is hunting for the perpetrators of the deed. The sheriff of Cleburn county has not been notified, it is said, as punishment is to be meted out with? out his aid. Charlotte, N. C., Ang. 14.-A spe? cial to The Observer fom Washington, N. C., says 15 prisoners, all colored, escaped from the Beaufort county jail early this morning. Two were charg? ed with murder, one was under a fed? eral court sentence while the others were charged with minor offenses. The jailer failed to lock them in their cells and they dug through the wall. POLITICAL GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON. Financial Legislation Has Every? body Guessing-Opposition to Special Session. Washington, Aug. 17.-Interesting but conflicting reports are coming from Oyster Bay regarding the extraordinary session of Congress and financial legis? lation. From the "high authorities" quoted it is evident that the President himself is at sea in his efforts to serve all interests. Bound by what he regards as a pledge to urge the consideration of the Cuban treaty leg? islation' in advance of the financial measure now being prepared by Sena? tor Aldrich and his fellow members of the sub-committee of the Senate Com? mittee on Finance,, the President is being subjected to such strong pres? sure from the capitalistic classes in the east that he has been compelled to consider the advisability of calling Congress in extra session even earlier than had been anticipated, November 9.1 That the President has seriously contemplated such a move is proven by an interview Senator Aldrich gave to the press in which he refers to the liklihooa that Congress will be called to convene in October. No sooner was the possibility of such an early session learned in Wash? ington than it was met with the pro? tests of the practical politicians who say that they will be fully occupied with the various state elections in October, and that no member of Congress can be spared to attend to national affairs until the November elections ?re dis? posed of. Attention ' is called to the precarious situation in Ohio, where the democrats give promise of acting, as one man to defeat Senator Hanna by electing a legislature hostile to him. The Secretary of Agriculture has even promised to go to Ohio and take the stump to save the day for the Ohio leader, and it is appreciated that the most energetic n^&asures must be taken to recoup the political for? tunes of the patron of Perry Heath, August W. Machen, "Cliff" Long, and other members of the "Ohio gang." The situation in .Rhode Island is also most alarming to the republicans. The democrats in that state have made ! unprecedented gains and bid fair to control the legislature and all other important offices. If they are success? ful this fall it will entiriey disrupt the republican machine and there will be every chance that the legislature elect? ed a year later will defeat Senator Aldrich, who comes up for reelection then, and will send a democrat to the Senate. In the face of this alarming state of affairs the republicans feel that they must put forth evei'y effort to save the state and ultimately to save the leader of the republican party in the Senate. There is also an important contest on in West Virginia where the re? publicans are badly divided, many members of the party having: deter? mined that they will no longer be re- j presented by Senator Scott, whom they appreciate is bound hand and ; foot to the great coal, iron and rail- i way interests of the state. Under these conditions the regular members of the party are being urged to enter the state and exert their best efforts to save Scott from defeat. These are but a few of the problems which con? front the republican leaders and which would be seriously aggravated, if Mr. Roosevelt were to call Congress in session in advance of the elections. On the other hand the condition of the stock market is- occasioning the financial experts of the republican party the greatest anxiety. The situation is such that, at present, the Secretary of the Treasury is power? less to relieve,the market. 'The people, that is th? "outsiders and ordinary investors, have come tb see that prices have been inflated as a result of the hurrahing over an entirely artificial prosperity- and they simply refuse to buy Mr. Morgans " undigested securi? ties." Now, say the financial experts, if there should come a money stringency as a result of the call for money to move the western crops, there would follow a panic of serious proportions and recovery from it would be so slow that it would inevitably shatter the vaunted prosperity which is expected to return Mr. Roosevelt to the White House, and the peo pie would turn to the democrats to revise the tariff and relieve the consumers from paying the heavy tribute now exacted by the trusts. Under these conflicting arguments, President Roosevelt evi? dently does not know which way to turn. Cable communication has finally been reestablished with Bogota and the news regarding the Panama canal treaty is most discouraging td the advocates of that route. No test vote has thus far been taken in the Colom? bian Congress but a committee vote showed seventeen votes for amend? ments while two who voted against the amendmerts will vote against the rati? fication of the treaty itself. Senator Cullom has been in Oyster Bay in con? ference with the Pesideni?, and now makes the surprising suggestion that if Colombia refuses the privilege sought the United States might make a treaty direct with Panama, which is virtual? ly saying that the Thiited States would encourage Panama to secede j'rom the United States of Colombia and estab? lish a separate government in order to give the United States tho desired strip of Colombian territory. The expected indictments in the post? inee investigation have not yet been brought in, although it is certain that they will be forthcoming in time, probably within ten days. With the batch of indictments now under con? sideration before the grand jury and two more cases, which it is expected will be brought before the jury at an early date, the postoffice.investigation will doubtless come to an end. The dismissal of Mr. A. W. Louis has been definitely determined upon. Lonis was a protege of former First Assistant Postmaster General Heath and has been found to have been grossly culpable in the purchase of ink, if not guilty of collusion. It is also believed that John M. Masten, assistant superintendent of the railway mail service, will have togo, and numerous other dismissals are under contemplation. No attempt to arrest George W. Beavers, the in? dicted postal official, has been made thus far. A few more nice hammocks to be sold at cost to close out. Two or three which will be sold for $1 each are ex tra bargains. H. G. Osteen & Co. THE FEROCIOUS TURK. Bulgaria's Scathing Exposure of Turkish Barbarity. Men, Women and Children Mas? sacred in Various Places The Women Raped. Men and Women Tortured to Death and the Prisons Filled With Priests, Schoolmasters and Merchants. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 16.-The Bul? garian Government has presented a memorandum to. the Powers, setting ont at great length the condition of affairs during the past three months in Macedonia, since the Turkish Gov? ernment undertook to inaugurate the promised- reforms. The most precise details, dates, places and names of persons are given in the memorandum, the whole constituting a terrible cate? gory of murder, torture, incendiar? ism, pillage and general oppression committed by Ottoman soldiers and officials. These particulars were ob? tained entirely from official sources, such as the reports of the Bulgarian consuls and agents of the Bulgarian Government, and, in many instances, the reports made by Turkish authori? ties. The Bulgarian Government guarantees the truth of every state? ment, and challenges the Porte to dis? prove a single charge made in the memorandum, which begins by stating that during the past three months the Ottoman Gover hanmesnt taken a series of measures with the alleged in? tention of inaugurating the era of promised reform and of assuring peace and tranquillity to the Bular?an pop? ulation of European Turkey, but which have had the contrary effect of further exasperating this population and reviving the. revolutionary move? ment. Instead of proceeding solely against persons guilty of breaches of the public order, the military and civil authorities have sought every possible pretext to persecute, terrorize and ruin the Bulgarian inhabitants, alike in the large cities and in the small villages. "Wholesale massacres, individual murders, the destruction of villages, the pillaging and setting fire to houses, the arrests, ill-treatment, tortures, arbitrary imprisonment and banish? ment, the closing and disorganizing of churches and schools, the ruining of merchants, the. collection of taxes for many years in advance, such," proceeds the memorandum, "are among the acts of the Ottoman administra? tion of the vilayets of Sal?nica, Mon? astir, Uskub and Adrianople." The memorandum next relates in detail a number of such cases in each vilayet. Beginning with the vilayet of Salonika, it states that in the town of Sal?nica itself the Bulgarian pro? fessors of the university, the students and shopkeepers ; in fact, all the intel? ligent Bulgarians in the city, have been cast into prison. One hundred and twenty soldiers entered the village of G?rna Ribnitiza on May 19, and tortured to death five men and two wo? men. During the first three weeks of July twenty-five villages in the district ofTikvesch were subjected to the de? predations of the Turkish soldiers and Bsshi-Bazouks. The villagers were beaten and totured, the women violated and the houses plundered, while the administrative authorities looked on. In the vilayet of Monastir artillery bombarded and razed the flourishing town of Smerdesch, the three hundred houses being left a. heap of ruins At the beginning of July two Greek bands, with the connivance of the authorities, pillaged Bulgarian vil? lages and murdered many of their in? habitants. In the vilayet of Uskub the entire Bulgarian population has been sys? tematically persecuted since last May. The director of the Normal School at Uskub was imprisoned because his library contained the "revolutionary" works of * * Othello' ' and ' ' Les Miser? ables."''' In the districts of Palanka, Kos chani, Koumanovo and Gostigar the prisons are filled with Bulgarian priests, schoolmasters and merchants. During June, the soldiers and Bashi Bazouks terrorized the inhabitants of the Sehtif District, torturing the peo? ple with red hot irons. Similar atro? cities, prepetrated in the vilayet of Adriaeople, are cited? Altogether, the memorandum gives particulars of no less .than 131 indi? vidual and general cases of excessess and outrages committed by the Turkish authorities. In summarizing the specific details of the outrages men? tioned, the memorandum declares that wholesale massacres were perpetrated by regulars and Bashi-Bazouks in the town of Sal?nica acd the villages of Baldevo, Banitza, Tchourilovo, Kar binza, Moghila, Smerdesch and Enidje, whil? the scene of carnage, pillage aad incendiarism were every? where terrible. At Smerdesch over two hundred Bulgarians were shot, killed with swords or burned to death. Over 25 houses, and the churches and schools were set on fire with petroleum and pillaged, the property being sold by the soldiers and Bashi-Bazouks in neighboring places. Similar scenes occurred at the villages of G?rna Ribnitza, Igoumenetz, Dobrilaki and Nikoden. The villagers there aban? doned their homes and fled to the mountains. Over 3,000 men, women and children fled from the Sanjak of Seres and even more from the Sanjak of Kirkklisse. It is difficult, says the memoran? dum, to obtain the exact number of Bulgarians who were imprisoned, mostly on the flimsiest pretext, as when they were released, others were immediately arrested. The estimates obtainable give for the vilayet of Sal?nica, 900 prisoners: for Uskub, 500; for Monastir, 850, and for Adrin ople, 530 a grand total of 2,800. As information is lacking from man}- dis? tricts in these vilayets, it is thought that, without exaggeration, the num? ber of prisoners may be placed at even three times this total. Dealing with other acts of oppression the memoran? dum states that the Bulgarian mer? chants and artisans living in Con? stantinople and Sal?nica were ordered to return to their native villages and were not allowed any time or oppor? tunity to dispose of their business or property. Some of these Bulgarians, who, with their families, had been established for twenty years or more, were utterly ruined. As the order ap plied equally to professors and school? masters, the Bulgarian schools were closed before the end of the school year. The authorities rigorously enforced the same order against the Bulgarian priests, making every effort to paralyze the development of religious and educational work, and deprive the Bulgarian exarch of all his privileges and force the people to come under the authority of the Greek patriach. Encouraged by the Ottoman authori? ties, the Greek Bishops and Archi? mandrites forced their way into the Bulgarian churches and burned the prayer books and menaced the people. The Archimandrite of Sal?nica de? clared in'a recent sermon that the Sultan did not want Bulgarian ex arches in his empire, if they remained they would be exterminated. In addition to the decree banishing the Bulgarian tradesmen from Con? stantinople and Sal?nica the Porte adopted measures to ruin the traders elsewhere. The Governor of Monastir issued an order of April 23, forbidding Bulgarians to go abroad, or even to Constantinople. This order was inter? preted to prevent Bulgarians going to any large city and forcing them to deal only with Turkish merchants, who would gradually ruin and supplant them. The provincial administration employed every possible means to in? stall Mussulmans in the Bulgarian vil? lages. On the slightest pretext the Bulgarians were forced to sell their lands to the Turks at any price the latter chose to pay. Burdened with taxes, liable to perform statute labor for the Turkish land owners, the population is reduced to a state of serf? dom. This is one of the principal causes of discontent, and when are added the exactions of the tax gather? ers, it is not difficult to understand why the wretched people should revolt from such a despotic government and servitude. The memorandum has made a strong impression in diplomatic circles. The Austrian diplomatic agent has already called on the premier to express his anxiety regarding the results that may ensue from its publication. The French and Italian agents also ex? pressed uneasiness, although they took a less gloomy view. TURKEY BUYS BATTERIES. .Constantinople, Aug. 16.-The Otto? man Government has concluded negotiations with the Krupp Works for the supply, of thirty-two batteries of quickfield artillery, each consist? ing of six guns. RUSSIA GOES IT ALONE. St. Petersburg, Aug. 16.-The Rus? sian press does not lay emphasis on the dispatch of a division of the Russian Black Sea fleet to Turkish waters, merely repeating the official statement without comment. The Novoe Vremya, in an outspoken editorial, says: "Bitter experience has shown the uselessness and disadvantage of all concreted measures. Now, since the murder of M. Rostkowski does not con? cern Europe, we ar? proceeding with? out any concert, and therefore we can more confidently predict complete satisfaction for our demands from Turkey." A BRITISH WARNING. Constantinople, Aug. 16.-The British ambassador has called the at? tention of the Porte to the serious situation in Macedonia. He points out that grave consequences may at? tend fresh murders of consuls or foreign subjects. The ambassador had an audience with the Sultan on Friday. WHAT IS SAID IN VIENNA. Vienna, Aug. IG.-It is reported on good authority that the Russian de? mands on Turkey were made after a full understanding with the Austrian Cabinet, but that the Austrian authorities had no idea that Russia intended to support her demands by a naval demonstration. In any case, the situation today is considered to be more favorable to peace than before. It is said here that Count Lamsdorff, the Russian foreign minister, advised Mme Rostkowski, the widow of the murdered consul at Monastir, tc ac? cept the $80,000 indemnity offered her by the Porte, and which she refused, declaring that she did not want Turkish charity. A Belgrade dispatch to the Neues Wiener Tageblatt reports that a Ser? vian priest is recruiting large numbers of insurgents among the Serb ele? ment in the villages of the Uskub vilayet. Turkish Side of the Story. Constantinople, Aug. 16.-The offi? cials here affect ignornace of the news ihat Russia is sending a squadron to Turkish waters. They say that two divisions of the Russian Black Sea fleet, which recently assembled for the usual autumn manoeuvres, left Batoum three days ago, and some of the vessels will probably visit ports on the Turkish Black Sea littoral, as was the case last year, but the move? ment has no significance and they scout the idea of a Russian naval de? monstration. Official reports assert that the in? surgents, when they occupied the town of Krushevo, massacred all the Turkish functions r ies. The recapture of the town was effected by three Turkish columns, operating from different points. The bombardment by the Turkish artillery exploded a number of dynamite mines behind the entrench? ments, causing considerable damage. The insurgents then retired to the mountains, where the fighting con? tinues. A large number of insurgents took refuge in the church of the town, and the Turkish military command? ant asked Constantinople for permis? sion to bombard the church. In reply he was instructed not to bombard it, but to accept the surrender of the in surents. Negotiations to this end are now in progress. In the fighting around Peerlepe one hundred insurgents were killed, and, according to official information, the inhabitants of one hnndred Bulgarian villages have surrendered their arms and have been pardoned. A dozen vil? lages in the neighborhood of Peerlepe have been occupied by the troops. The Porte denies the report emana? ting from Sofia that it has armed 5, 000 Mussulmans in the vilayet of Us? kub. A military train was slightly damag? ed last night near Veleca, between Sei encko and Uprili, on the Sal?nica Line. One soldier was killed and several others wounded. Two bags of dynamite were also found attached to the metals on the Vardar Railway bridge, near Kuprilli. TURKEY SHOWS FIGHT. i More Troops Called Out to Crush the Christians. Fifty-two Additional Battalions, About 52,000 Men, Mobilized to Put Down the Uprising in Macedonia. Constantinople, Ang. 17.-An im? perial i rade has been issned calling out fifty-two additional battalions of troops (about 25,000 men) from the European province's of Turkey, in consequence uf the spread, of the in? surrection in Macedonia. These troops comprise twenty battalions of reserves of the first class from the Adrianople and Sal?nica army corps. The balance are reserves of the second class. A dispatch from Sal?nica says two persons were killed, a number of peo? ple were injured and that several cars were destroyed by an explosion which occurred yesterday on the railroad between Amatora and Karasonli. WORK OF BASHI-BAZOUKS. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 17.-A dis? patch received here from Uskub says that six hundred Bashi-Bazouks, under the command of Albanian chiefs, who are notoriously cruel, have pillaged and destroyed a number of Christian villages in the districts of Debre and Okrida. The Turkish authorities, it is added, connived at the outrages, and furnished the Bashi-Bazouks with old uniforms, in order that they might ap? pear to be regular soldiers. THE RUSSIAN DEMONSTRATION. Sebastopol, Aug. 17.-The squadron of the Russian Black Sea fleet, which has been ordered to the Turkish coast, sailed today. It is under command of Rear Admiral Krueger. The squadron consists of the battle ships Catherine II, Tria Sviatitelia, Rostisla and Dvenadz at Apostoloff, four torpedo boat destroyers and six mine and tor? pedo transports. A RIVER FULL OF CORPSES. Berlin, Aug 17.-According to a dis? patch received by the Frankfurter Zeitung, the river near Monastri, Macedonia, is full of the mutilated bodies of women and children, who have been massacred by Bashi Bazouks , ROUMANIA PREPARES FOR WAR. Bucharest, Roumania, Aug. 17. Acting War Minister Bratiano has ordered the Geovernment powder fac? tory and some arms and ammunition depots to prepare large quantities of ammunition immediately. ; THE BULGARIAN RESERVES. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 17.-Orders have been issued for the mobilization tomorrow of two divisions of reserves. It was rumored that they will be used in strengthening the forces on the frontier to prevent the passage of Bul? garian bands into Macedonia. The officials, however, state that this rumor is unfounded, and that the re? serves were called out to undergo their customary training of fifteen days. TAKING NEGROES NORTH. Washington, Aug. 15.-A special to The New York World from Troy yes? terday says: Through an organized movement by the Rev. J. Henry Duckrey of Cambridge, Mass., 500,000 negroes will have emigrated from the South to points between this city, Boston and Providence within three years. The work of arranging for the migration has been carried on secret? ly by the Northeastern and Western Immigration Society, of which Mr. Duckery is the president. The organization has unlimited money at its command, subscribed by ,wealthy men and women who believe that this scheme is the safe and sure solution of the negro problem. The negros will be distributed along the line of the Boston and Maine rail? road. Many of the coming negroes are skilled laborers and some are women, but all are seeking employment. The colored men say they are. willing to join the labor unions, but if the unions do not want them they will come just the same. Mr. Duckery, is in close touch with persons in Troy, Albany and Eastern cities, and says that from- the encouragement given him he believes he can get 10,000 per? sons out of the Soutb hy November 1. A manufacturer of paper boxes at Cambridge, Mass., has agreed to em? ploy 100 of the colored women and ar? rangements are now being perfected whereby several thousand colored per? sons of both sexes will find work. A large number will remain in Northern cities, while some will be sent to the farming districts. Many persons be? lieve that the coming of so many ne? groes to this section will fill the poor houses and cause wild descents to be made upon the charity organizations. Many others believe that the working? men here today will be cut out of em? ployment. On the other hand, the members of the emigration society asserts that they are perfectly able to take care of every colored man and. woman coming here, and each will be provided with employment. Mr. Duckery has letters from business men who offer to furnish employment to thc coolred people immediately. A Clever Counterfeit. Washington, Aug. 14.-The secret service has discovered a new counter? feit and pronounces it a good one, capable of deceiving many people. It is a counterfeit $10 silver certificate, series of 1891, check letter "D," plate nnmber 21, J. Fount Tillman, regis of the treasury: D. N. Morgan, treas? urer, with portrait of Hendricks. The following description of the bill is given by the secret service : "This note is apparently printed from plates of photo-mechanical pro? duction, on paper of fair quality. No attempt has been made to imitate the silk fiber of the genuine paper. The counterfeit is over an eighth of an inch shorter than the genuine. The green ink used on the back of the note is several shades darker than the genu? ine. The seal is a decided pink, in? stead of carmine. The general appear? ance of this counterfeit is excellent and calculated to deceive even careful handlers of money. Three specimens of this note have been seen, all bear? ing the number 701&348. " BRE?THITT ASSASSINS APPEAL Jett and White Formally Sentenc? ed to Life Imprisonment. Cynthiana, Ky., Aug. 15.-Judge Osborne today overruled the motion of the attorneys for Curtis Jett and Thomas "White for a new trial. On application of attorneys for the de? fense. Judge Osborne granted an ap? peal and gave the defense until Sept. 9 to file their bill of exceptions and Jett and White were formally sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. The troops broke camp, one detach? ment taking Curtis Jett to jail at Lex? ington and another Thomas White to jail at Covington. SPARENBURG RELIEF FUND. The Final Report of the Spartan burg Committee on the Pac olet Valley Relief Fund., Spartanburg, Aug. 15.-The work of the central relief committee, which gs rawoanized to deal out to the needy and deserving after the storm .of June, which swept the Pacolet valley, is at an end. Today Treasurer E. S. Ten? nent submitted his report to Chair? man R. H. F. Chapman. The work of this committee has been actively, honestly and systematically carried out, such agencies and forces being used as would be expected from men of large interests and broad, liberal ideas. It is safe to assert that no true object of charity coming under the notice or attention of the committee, was turned off from relief or present needs not supplied. The work has been censured-all of which was natural enough to expect. When a period of enforced idleness strikes six mill vil? lages like the three Cliftons and three Pacolets, with no more warning than a nash of lightning, and providential disasters sweep not only a section, but an entire county, no amount of relief work can carry out immediate allevia? tion in eafch individual instances There are about 6,000 people at the Cliftons, or were prior to the flood ; and the population of Pacolet is about the same. The juidicious disburse? ment of nearly $26,000 to the needy and helpless among these caused some criticism, but the thankless work en? trusted in the right hands was kept up. No money value can be placed on the services of Treasurer Tennent, Chairman Chapman and Mr. H. B. Carlisle, who examined and approved or disapproved all claims. They did their duty well, without any desire much less possibility of compensation -for the cause of Lumanity. Today Treasurer Tennent's report was sent to Chairman Chapman. It is as fol? lows: Mr. R. H. F. Capman, Chairman Cen? tral Relief Committee. Dear Sir : I hereby submit my re? port as treasurer of your relief com? mittee : RECEIPTS. Subscriptions from out of town, $21,454.98 Subscriptions from Spartan - . burg, 4,543.29 S Total $25,998.27 DISBURSEMENTS. Relief committee at Clifton, $10,500.CO Relief committee at Pacolet, 2,S90.C0 Relief committee at Glendale, 1,000. CO Relief committee at Fingerville, 500.CO Relief committee at Whitney, 500.CO Relief committee at Mary Louise mill, 100. CO Orders for household goods, sent operatives who moved away, 3,022.68 Burial of dead (balance) 46.00 Sufferers at Upper Pacolet valley, 7,406.24 Postage, 14. CO Livery, 13.00 Printing, etc., 6.35 Total ' $25,998.27 Respectfully submitted, E. S. Tennent, Treasurer. The auditing committee have exam? ined the books and vouchers of the treasurer of the relief committee and hereby certify they are correct. W. E. Burnett, | A. L. Law, Jno. A. Law, Committee. A FIGHTING NEGRO. Killed Four and Wounded Nine White Men. Birmingham, Ala,. &ug. 17.-A special from Hefiin, Ala., says: News has just reached here that four men have been killed and nine wounded in Randolph county hy a negro named Sledge. The sheriff and posse are new in pursuit, but have not yet captured the murderer. The trouble started over a difficulty in a watermelon patch last Saturday. A party of white men were working the public road at Beaver Creek, near Lamar, and when they finished work they asked permission to eat a few melons in the negro's melon patch, Tliey were told to help themselves. The men began to cut and slash melons and vines, while Sledge looked on. The negro warned them to stop and then went after iiis gua, Returning he emptied the weapon into the^ crowd, wounding 9 ont of ll. Immediately Sledge fled. A posse? headed by the sheriff, overtook the ne? gro near a bridge over the Tallapoosa river, five miles from Wedowee. He was ordered to surrender, but replied by firing his shotgun instantly kill? ing Thomas Ebbett and Robert Ford. Sledge was accosted on the road to? day by James Moore and Bud Wilson. Without warning, the negro raised his gun and fired, instantly killing Moore and mortally wounding Wilson. No further details have been received here, but at last accounts the posse is still in pursuit. Maxton, N. C., Aug. .14.-At 11.30 last night an excursion train of ll cars returning from Wilmington collided head-on with the caboose of a water? melon frieght on the main line of the Seaboard. The flagman on the freight went to sleep and failed to flag the ex? cursion train. The caboose was bumed and the engine, tender and first coach demolished. Flagman L. F. Jones, of Lumberton, and a negro passenger named Gardner were killed.