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TERRIBLE STORM iK BRITAIN. Bwastation General Throughout the flited Kingdom-ill Coast Towns Suffered. London, Sept. IL-While the de? tails of the havoc wrought by the great storm which raged over the Bri? tish Isles yesterday are necessarily in? complete, the reports coming in from ali parts of the United Kingdom show "that the devastation- was general and it is feared that the loss of life is much greater than was at first sup? posed. Lloyds already report over fifty seri? ons casualties to shipping. Ali sorts of vessels were caught in the gale and many foundered, several with their en? tire crews. ? great number of minor craft is believed to be lost and the bodies washing ashore continue to j swell the terrible list of fatalities. The gale sprang up with sudden fury from the southwest and the wind blew with a velocity at times reaching seventy-two miles an hour, and this continued . for several hours. All the coast towns suffered more or less and the agricultural sections in the in? terior report incalculable damage ow? ing to the late harvest. The beautiful ?Hope Gardens of Kent have been ?rained and in many places the valleys of the Thames and the Severn are sub? merged, quantities of sheep and cattle being drowned, For some time telegraphic com? munication was completely stopped, -and the land lines are still interrupt? ed. The telegraph companies report . that the wires and poles are down ev? erywhere. Great numbers of fine trees in the parks of London and other cities were torn up by the roots or stripped of their branches and the list of minor . ?amago and casualties is amazing. In addition to the deaths from drown? ing, reports from the inland give many ?fatalities resulting from various causes incident to the storm. THE STORM ON THE CONTINENT 1 London, Sept H.-Dispatches from France and Germany indicate that widespread damage has been caused by the storm on sea and land. Telephone communication between London and Paris has not yet been restored, and 1 ?here is much delay in telegraphic dis? patches, owing to damage to the Con? tinental land lines. KILLED HIS OWN 6?ANDS0N. ?ns Horrible Misfortune of Major : Riddle, of Lancaster. - Lancaster, Sept ll.-A heartrend- ? ing tragedy was enacted this morning, ! about 8 o'clock, across the river in Chester County, m which a prominent 1 Lancastrian was the principal actor. Yesterday aftempn Major J. M. Rid- '' die, one of the proprietors of the Lan- [ caster Review, accompanied by bis son, [ J. M. Riddle, Jr., and his little grand son Robert Mackorel!, of Yorkville, a lad about 8 years old, went over to 1 Chester County on a squirrel hunt. While hunting on the river bank this morning Major Riddle fired on what he fiBapposed to be a squirrel in the bush? es, but on approaching the object of his aim,^he discovered- to his- horror bis .grandson in the agony of death, the unfortunate little fellow having received the entire load. When Major Riddle reached him the bey -exclaimed :. "Granjdpa, you have sho?me." ^ Picking the lad np in ?is arms Ma? jor Riddle rushed to a spring nearby to wash the blood off the wound, but the; child died in the grandfather's arms on the way to the spring. The body was brought here today on *he Lancaster and Chester midday *r?in and will be buried tomorrow. As to be expected the grandfather and other men&ers of the family are over? whelmed with grief. Artesian Wells Not Practicable for Columbia. Mr. Earle Sloan, the State geologist, ?as in the city yesterday, having come : over the clay before to attend a meet? ing of the commission having the St ; ?iouis exposition matter in charge. "While hers he was asked for an expres? sion of opinion as to the water condi? tions in Columbia. Mr. Sloan de? clined to discuss the situation in a general w ay, but was outspoken in his statements in regard to the artesian welf suggestion. He declares that this is thoroughly impractical, and experiments would b9 worse than useless. It is probable that all e?forts to get water would be fruitless, and if it is obtained at all it will be from some cavity. between granitic formations and that the sup? ply would become exhausted in a few Tears. This he says lias been the case at Newberry and at Chester. Wells were secured, "but the supply of water was decreased perceptibly until finally the .wells became useless. Columbia is in practically the same condition with reference to the under? lying strata as is Graniteville, where similar experiments were failures, so far as a lasting supply is concerned. "With the country nearer the coast it is different, for the water is obtained from a stratum above the solid mass of granite which at the coast line is sev? eral hundred feet below the surface and contains streams of water, while around Columbia the granite stratum is near the surface and extends to un? known depths. He thinks it would be rery unwise to attempt anything like boring for artesian wells.-State, Sept. 12. m Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 10.-Fire here today resulted in the death of one man, the injury of eight others and damaged property to the extent of 3125,000. The man killed was Dr. Wm. H. Smith. Manila. Sept. IL-Customs Iuspector Thomas P. Coates and Lieut. Osborne, constabuary supply officer, both sta? tioned at San Fernandino, who were arrested recently on the charge of mis? appropriation of Government funds. have been tried and convicted. Lieut. Osborne has been sentenced to ten years, and Inspector Coates to eight jears imprisonment. Den Tompkins, treasurer of the province of La Union, has also been convicted of forgery, bat sentence has been reserved. The minimum penaty for the crime is im? prisonment for twelve years. NEW ENGLAND 3QTTQN MILLS. Distinct Improvement in Northeast? ern Textile Centres-No Sign of Curtailment in Lowell. Boston, Mass., Sept. ll.-Despite the continued high selling price of raw cotton in the market, and the dullness in manufactured cottons reported by the mercantile agencies, the industrial outlook in the textil9 centres of New England seems to have distinctly im? proved since a week ago. Beginning Monday. Fall River will make a net gain of 1,000,000 spir dies in operation, with a correspondis g increase in hands employed, money put into the pockets of workingmen and raw material turn? ed into finished products. More than that, it appears that she season of cur? tailment is nearing an end in Fall River, and that when the mills, which are idle, next week si;art up again, it will be to run on tte normal basis. New Bedford mills are again in receipt of sufficient orders to keep the plants in operation. These reports from the two cotton centres of Southeastern Massachusetts are especially encourag? ing, since it is from this section that come also the most pessimistic re? ports. The Northern New England cotton centres seem confident and contented with their industrrial prospects. Lo? well has been running; full since the strike, and no sign o: curtailment is visible : The Nashua Mills started this week, with raw cotton enough to car? ry them over till December 1, when their agents anticipate lower price. There is no. change in the satisfactory situation at Manchester, where the mills have had little trouble. The Hamilton Mills, at Amesbury, have curtailed production to about one-half the normal output, but, on the other hand, two Lewiston mills, which have been closed, have completed all ar? rangements to open again the first of next month, having been able to buy cotton at living prices. PACIFYING TIE T?RK. Admira! Cotton's Dose 'for the Siok Man of Europe. Washington, Sept. ll.-The follow? ing bulletin was posted at the navy de? partment today : "Admiral Cotton telegraphs from Beirut Sept. 10, that the Governor General of Damascus has been ap? pointed acting Governor General at Beirut and has expressed a desire to settle the case of the American vice consul satisfactorily to the United States Government. Beirut quiet, business improving, condfience in? creasing." PN?ttp The State department has authentic advices that Governor General Nazim, Df Damascus, who has been appointed acting Governor of Beirut, is trust? worthy and broadminded man, and Minister Leishman has been instruct? ed to advise the Sublime Porte that fcbe*Washington Government is great? ly pleased at the immediate granting of its request for the removal of the Governor of Beirut and the appoint? ment is his stead of a responsible person and onefavorable to foreigners. A long cablegram reached the State department today from Minister Leish? man on the general Turkish sitnation, which has not yet been made public. The prestige ot Mr. Leishman at Con? stantinople-has greatly increased since tlie arrival of .the European squadron off Beirut and the scope o? his repre- j sentations to the Porte also have in? creased in the last few days. It is un? derstood that our Government will push to an early conclusion all its pending claims against Turkey. Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister, was an early caller at the State de? partment today, bringing further reas? suring advices that a "condition of absolute peace has been established at Beirut." Murdered by the Mafia. _____ New York, Sept. ll.-Arcangelo Rainio, a former officer in the Italian army,. and later connected with the secret service in Italy, was shot dead today in the hallway adjoining a saloon at 2d avenue and East 113th street. It is suspected that two members of the Mafia committed the murder. Rainio came to this country three years ago. While in Italy he had been instrumental in the conviction of a number of dangerous characters. It is said that he fled from Italy to save his life, fearing that members of the Mafia, would kill him. He went to live in Philadlphia and came to this city now and then. While on one of his visits his made the acquaintance of Teresa Gianozza, a beautiful young wo? man, who is spoken of as the "Belle of . Little Italy," and who lives over the saloon. Rainio visited the girl today, and about one hour later two shots were heard and two men were seen running from the house. Rainio was found dead in the hallway, having been shot through the back of the head. Near the body the police fcund two side combs, a pair of heels from a woman's shce and four pistol cart? ridges. The girl, who raised an alarm that men were robbing her apartment, just before the shooting, disappeared im? mediately afterwards. An Italian was arested tonight on suspicion of being concerned in the murder. Carload of Powder Explodes. Eldora, Kas., Sept. ll.-A carload of powder set on a Frisco siding near Beaumont by a freight crew, which did not want to handle it while switch? ing, got beyond control and ran sev? eral miles on a branch line towards. Winfield, collided with a train which had left that station shortly before and exploded., killing two and in? juring two more. The dead are : Milton Pennefork, fireman, Enid, Okla; J. N. Holt, brakeman. Enid, Okla. The injured are: A. H. Merrill, Atlanta, Kas., will die; Fred Orr, Atlanta, Kas. In addition the explosion tore up several rods of track &nd dismantled a locomotive. The shock of the explo? sion shook the ground for miles around. People in Eldorado ran from their houses fearing an earthquake. Other towns in the vicinity also were shaken. LONG STAPLE FOR UP-COUNTRY. Interesting Experiments in Cot? ton Growing Being Made in Co? lumbia by the Department. For' some time the department of agriculture has been making experi? ments in. this State with a view to dis? covering a long staple cotton that will grow on uplands, and one which will not degenerate after a few years' growth. -The experiments have been conducted in Hartsville and Columbia under the direction of Prof. H. J. Weber, of the department of agricul? ture. Mr. Weber was here Monday and inspected the seventeen experi? mental patches that have been planted just outside of Columbia. Congress? man Lever and Mr. R. C. Keenan, who are very much interested on this matter, accompanied him on his trip. Mr. Weber expressed himself as being very much pleased with the result of his experiments here. He has been working for several years to make a hybrid of the sea island cotton and the vigorous plant of the uplands. The average sea island cotton has a staple of an inch and three-quarters, while the staple of the upland cotton is only three-quarters of an inch long. Mr. Weber found from the experi? mental stations that the cotton has a staple of an inch and one-half, being in round bolls instead of the long, oval kind. He is very much impressed with the good results of the experi? ments and hopes to furnish seed from this cotton to the farmers for next year's crop.-Columbia Cor. News and Courier. Experimenting With Radium. The new substance or force that has been recently discovered, and is known as Radium, seems to be as contra? dictory in its effect as liquid air. Those who have witnessed liquid air experiments have seen it freeze meat and rubber until so brittle they broke like glass ; and have also seen mettais sputter in its fervent heat like a wax taper against a red-hot stone. We have read recently in the papers about a blind child whose eyesight has been partially restored by Radium, and we are told by Professor Curie that a per? son entering a room containing a pound of radium would be blinded. We hear prophesied all the blessings it is to bring mankind when discovered in quantities, and at the same time wo are told that the man who chances to discover any considerable quantity of it, comparatively pure, will prob? ably never live to tell the tale. We are told, in an article by Theo? dore Waters in Everybody's Magazine, that the first suggestion toward the discovery of Radium came when a Western college professor demonstrated the fact that many common substances have the power of storing up sunlight and emitting it again at night. Com? mon sugar is the most luminous of these substances. Not only does the sugar emit light at night, but the dis? coverer was able to take photographs by means of it in an otherwise perfectly dark room. Among the substances tried with the sugar was Uranium, an ore, which, as Becquerel discovered, does not need sunlight to enable it to give off radiations, but which emits them spontaneously all the time, night and day. Following the lead of Bec? querel, Mme. and M. Curie made an exhaustive examination of pitchblends which ' was radio-active. It was a task cf endless separation, of continual dividing, of constant assayings, until at last nothing was left but the salt that is now known as Radium salt. He tells us further that : ' ' No one, not even Madame Curie, the discoverer, has yet seen Radium in a pure state. It has been possible to obtain it so far only in combination with other material. It is judged by the effect of its properties, which are truly remarkable. It is a product of pitchblende, which is found deep in the earth. The quantity already found is so small that the figurative price of a gram has been placed at $10,000. It may be that there are large quantities of it stored under the surface some where, but the man who found a quantity of it in a state of anything like purify ' would probably.not live to tell the tale. The particles which fly from it are charged with electricity, and at night it shines forth with a phosphorescence which has been shin? ing since the beginning of all things, and which will go on shining until the final extinction of all matter. A small quantity of it in the possession of M. Curie has caused the most painful blisters when brought in contact with the skin. A small particle of Radium salt was sealed in a glass tube, placed in a paste-board box and tied to Pro? fessor Curie's sleeve for an hour and a half. It produced a suppurating sore, which did not heal for over three months. Professor Curie thinks that a person entering a room containing a pound of Radium would be blinded." In the light of the foregoing facts and theories the average man would think Radium a good thing to let alone, but the scientific see vast material possibilit?s in this nsw sub? stance. Among other things suggested are the transmutation of metal; solving the problem of light without heat; the perfection of wireless comunica tion; the cure of certain phases of blindness ; new sources of heat, and, since it would now seem that there is, after all. but one substance in the world (whichappears to our untutored sense to assume various forms merely because each form contains a special number of particles to th* atom), chemistry may undergo such a rejuv? enation as will result in the most un? heard-of discoveries. We confess to being a doubting Thomas to the extent of not being alarmed at the prospect of deprecia? tion in gas and electric stock over the possibility of Radium furnishing per? petual light, lt is said that a small quantity of Radium salts in the Curie laboratory, where this wonderful sub? stance was discovered, was sufficient to render the walls, the instruments, the very air, radio-active. "That is, the walls, the instruments, the air, gave off radiations of their own merely be? cause Radium was or had been pre? sent. Imagine the gain to mankind when a process is evolved for making those radiations luminous. Ordinary gas or electric light would no longer be necessary. There would no longer be dark corners in the world. Every? thing that had felt the influence of the Radium would shine, and since the energy of the salt is well-nigh per- j petual, there would never be any need j of renewing the lighting contract."- I Augusta Chronicle. MAY BECOME OHE. The Twelve Different Presbyte? rian Churches in This Country. Denver, Col., Sept. Ix.-Rev. Dr. R. F. Coyle, moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, who has just returned to his home in this city from a lecture tour in the east, believes that the time is not far distant when the 12 different Pres? byterian churches in the United States will become one. This prob- . ability, he says, is due to the recon? structing of the creed of his denomina? tion which took place last May. Calvin? istic and Armenian lines which have so long kept this and Cumberland Pres byterin churches separated have now, he said, been effaced and at present no distinction other than ceremonial separates the two great religious or- j ders that began as one in the days of Cromwell. THE MACEDONIAN MASSACRES. Every Day Horror is Piled on Hor? ror in Sofia Telegrams. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 12.-With the arrival of new and sensational reports of the wholesale masascres of Chris? tians in Macedonia, the situation here is houriy becoming more alarming. If the latest messages, which state that 60,000 Bulgarians have been slaughter? ed in the districts of Okrida and Leren, shall be confirmed, no doubt exists that the Government will be forced to order the mobilization of the army immediately. According to information brought by a courier to the revolutionary paper, Autonomye, a force of Alban? ians, assisted by Turkish regular forces, acting under orders direct from Yildiz Kiosk, massacred the entire Bulgarian Christian population of the Okrida and Leren districts. Fearful descriptions are given of the sights seen there, the soldiers slaugh? tering men, women and children in every direction, displaying a barbar? ism never before witnessed. The number of killed is not stated in the courier's dispatches, but ac? cording to reports from other sources the total number of the victims will reach 60,000. Official circles are so far without in? formation regarding the reported massacre, but in view cf the charac? ter of the later advices from Macedo? nia, it is feared the news is only too true. Rumors are current that at a council of the ministers today it was decided to mobilize immediately the first and second army divisions. This is offici? ally denied, but well informed persons do not doubt that the Cabinet, which is meeting in council daily, is serious? ly considering such a measure. ' A deputation of leading professors and representatives of the professional classes yesterday waited upon the ministers and urged the Government to order immediate mobilization. Premier Petroff replied to the delega? tion that the ministry was unable to admit the necessity for such a step at the present moment. The Turkish Government is believed to have at the present moment no* less than 60,000 soldiers in the vilayet of Adrianople, large bodies of them with in ten to fifteen kilometers of the Bul? garian frontier. Confronted with such a situation, it is argued that Bulgaria would be amply justified in mobilizing the first and second army divisions, the headquarters of which are at Sofia and Philippopolis and which comprise the forces nearest the Turkish frontier. ; The Government appears to be firm? ly resolved to avoid giving Turkey the slightest pretext for declaring hostili? ties and is doing its utmost to restrain the war fever. The situation, how? ever, is rapidly becoming worse and popular excitement is increasing. The Bulgarians are singularly undemon? strative and self:restrained, and are not accustomed to give vent to their feelings in popular demonstrations and noisy processions. Sofia and the coun? try generally are outwardly as calm as in the most peaceful times, but people who know the Bulgarians say this* calm is more to be feared than any outward evidence that they realize the fearful condition of their brethren in Macedonifc. An important dispatch received here from Rila states that the insurgent chiefs entrusted with the leadership of the outbreak in Eastern Macedonia have met at Piria and completed their plans. An engagement is reported to have occurred between a force of insurgents and Turkish troops at Sucbindol, in which not a single revolutionist was killed, while the Turks lost heavily. Telegrams from Burgas say the Bul? garian population is fast disappearing from the district cf Losengrad, and that everyone unable to escape to the Bulgarian frontier is killed. Five hundred fugtitives have arrived at Burgas from Tekengea. They state that in the surrounding villages the Turks search the houses for guns, fail? ing to find which they force the pea? sants to buy guns. These fugitives re? port that two men, one aged 100 years and the other S5 were impaled by the j Turks in the course of their search. The war office here is greatly concern? ed over the increasing number of de? serters who go to join the insurgents. Henry G. Weil, leader of the young? er set in the Waldorf crowd of Wall street speculators,, lias retired from the street for good, having sold his seat in the Stock Exchange. He is credited with having made S3,000,COO in three months. From the beginning of the slump last March he made large profits, persistently working for "ewer prices, and a great many men who .ol lowed his advice have made small for tunes. He is going on a tour of the j world for two years. Mr. Weil was suspended by the board for a year be? cause in what he regarded as a panicky time he demanded 6")0,000 in currency on his check. The board claimed that 1 such action was bad policy. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. H.-A special to The Observer from Ashe? ville says the Round Knob hotel, a well known resort on the Southern railway, 25 miles east of Asheville, was totally destroyed by fire about mid? night last night. The only inmates of the building were men employed in remodeling the structure, it not be? ing open for guests at the time. YOUNO WHITE MAN SENT UP FOB LIFE. Third to be Convicted in Ker? shaw in Past Six Months. Special to Tl ie State. Camden, Sept. H.-Another verdict of guilty of murder, although it be accompanied with a recommendation to mercy, can be placed to the credit of Kershaw county. For the past three days court of general sessions has been occupied in the trial of Aaron Willims, a prominent white farmer of this county, for killing his brother-in law, Wm. S. Gardner, on March I, 1902. The case was tried last June a year ago, at which time the jury could not agree on a verdict. In empaneling the jury in this case last Wednesday, one of the jurors who had been sworn in the case before taking his place on the panel announced to the court that he was related to the prisons. The solicitor asked the court to stand the juror aside, but the defendant's coun? sel contended that the juror having been accepted by the prisoner and ! sworn, it was too late now for the State to object to the juror's serving. The juror was allowed to remain on the panel. It having developed that a kinsman of the priosner was one of the jurors selected to try his case, the prediction became general that this realtionship would affect the verdict and that a mistrial would be the re? sult. The juror proved to be a man of character, who could rise above the ties of blood, and he agreed with the ll other jurors that his relative, Aaron Williams, was guilty of murder, and should be confined for the remainder of his life in the State penitentiary. The prisoner put up the usual plea of all murderers, that of self-defense, and although his counsel, Messrs. Eu? gene Blakeney and W. D. Trantham, made ingenious and able arguments in support of this defense, the jury would not accept it. The Statt? was represented by Solici? tor Thurmond and M. L. Smith, Esq. At ll o''clock tonight the jury render? ed their verdict .as above recorded. Aaron Williams makes the third young white man who has been sen? tenced for murdei .rom this county within the past six months. CUBAN TOBACCO GAH BE GROWN IN THIS COUNTRY. Experiment at Kartsviiie Said to Have Been a Success. It is understood from parties who have talked with the government ex? pert in Hartsville, who is experiment? ing with Cuban tobacco, that the ex? periment has proved successful and that good cigar tobacco can be grown in that vicinity. Two small plots have been cultivated under cover this year and a small part of it has been cured. The success of this experiment will open a new door of hope to the tobac? co farmer in this section, and may en? able the people of South Carolina to add another industry to their re? sources. These experiments are being made in various sections of the country under the direction of the department of agriculture. If the crop is success? ful in the south, where farming is easy, the south will be the center of the industry and the importation of cigar tobacco will grow less while home industry will increase.-Flor? ence Times. Assessing Venezuela. Willemstad, Curacoa, Sept. ll.-The decisions in the cases of the big claims against Venezuela, presented to the mixed tribunals, began to be rendered yesterday. The Dntch and Belgian arbitrators and the Venezuelan umpire delivered judgment condemning Vene zuuela to pay the Belgian company owning the Caracas water-works $2, 000,000. Notwithstanding the fact that the meeting of the tribunal was declar? ed to be seeret, the Venezuelan Gov? ernment immediately divulged its de? cision everywhere, and also started the semi-official press complaining against Dr. Fliz, the Dutch arbitrator, who is a former president of the High Court of the Dutch West Indies, and the other arbitrators, who are char? acterized as robbers worthy of hang? ing. The violence of the press is with? out preedent, going so far as to say the Government will not accept the judgment. Manila, Sept. 1.-Customs Inspect? or Thomas P. Coates and Lieut. Os? borne, constabulary supply officer, both stationed at San Fernandino, who were arrested recently on the charge of misappropriating government funds, have been tried and convicted. Lieut. Osborne has been sentenced to ten years and Inspector Coates to eight years imprisonment. ?)ean Tompkins, treasurer of the province of La Union, has also been convicted of forgery, but i sentence has been reserved. The mini? mum penalty for the crime is imprison? ment for 12 years. Clemson College, Sept 10.-A larger number than usual of thc fertilizer companies have failed to come up to the standard required by law in the manufacture of their goods. This fact has been duly repored to the attorney general, whose record in enforcing the vagrancy law in Spartanburg indicates that these companies will be prosecut? ed to the full extent of the law. Dillon, Sept. 12.-Mr. Lawrence Page, a prominent planter living near Buck Swamp crossing, 10 miles below here, lost one of his children yester? day-a little boy 10 years of age-by an accident as singular as it was dis? tressing. The little fellow was pick? ing cotton, and upoH filling his sack he went to the barn, a two-story building, and after emptying his sack he slammed the door rather hard in his hurry to get back to the field. The jar caused an overhead platform to be? come detached which, in falling, caught the child, killing him instant? ly. Walhalla, Sept. 14.-News reached here today of the death of T. Y. Hun nicutt at Tampa, Fla., yesterday. Death was caused by a live wire fall? ing on him. Mr. Hunnicutt married Miss Lila Abbott of this place. The body will be brought to Seneca for burial. THIS TIME IT IS A WHITE BRUTE. Fine Opportunity to Give Law? yers and Courts a Chance to do justice. Greenville, Sept. 12.-One of the most dastardly deeds ever committed in this section took place last night in West Greenville, about sundown, when Robert Gunnells, white, criminally assaulted a four-year-old negro girl. Gunnells was drunk, and while pass? ing the yard where the girl was play? ing, under pretence of giving her some fruit, took her to a nearby body of woods, where he accomplished his pur? pose. The child was found later in an unconscious condition and suffer? ing. The police and sheriff were noti? fied and search for the guilty party was begun. He was found about ll o'clock lying asleep in an old mill building, two hundred yards from where the deed was committed. Gun? nells was arrested and placed in the county jail. The negroes learned of the affair today and this afternoon there is great excitement among them. To avoid lynching the sheriff has re? moved the prisoner to the Spartan burg jail. The evidence against Gunnells is conclusive. Special to The State. Greenville, Sept. 1.-Solicitor Boggs gave out an. indictment this morning against Robt. Gunnells, white, charg? ed with the rape of Jane Bullock, a negro child 4 years old. The grand jury returned a true bill this afternoon and the arraignment of the accused will take place on his being brought from Spartanburg, where he is now in. jail It is not known whether counsel has been engaged to defend Gunnells. The case has excited much interest, but at no time has the feeling among whites or blacks amounted to a visible demonstration. The trial will proba- * bly take place Wednesday and a con? viction seems inevitable. MURDER IN DARLINGTON. Darlington, Sept. 12.-Two colored men named Swinton, living in the same house, near Syracuse, had a dis? pute over a bale of cotton. The oldest cut at his brother with a knife and was hit in return with a weight. Next morning the oldest went out and hitched a buggy to go away on some errand. The younger came out and said: "Hold on, I want to settle this trouble." The elder said that it was already settled, but the younger crew a pistol and fired five times, hitting three times. The deceased was hit in the head and chest, either of which wounds would have proved fatal. The murderer has not been caught. NO CONGRESS IN OCTOBER. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept 12.-After mature consideration and consultation in person and by mail with members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, President Roosevelt has abandoned the suggestion that Congress be called into extraordinary session in October. The extraordinary session which he announced many months ago would be held this fall will be called, according to present plans, to meet on November 9, which was the date tentatively fixed 'some time ago. It is not expected that the formal call for the session will be is? sued until after the President shall have returned to Washington. Notwithstanding the fact that the suggestion of an October session of Congress came from prominent Sena? tors who warmly advocated its adop? tion, the proposition was not received with favor by members of Congress generally. The idea of a session in October was opposed particularly be? cause . it would oblige Sen?tors and Representatives to leave their States and districts in the midst of a cam? paign, which to many of them and to their party was of vital importance. No definite agreement has yet been reached as to the character of the financial legislation which may be en? acted at the approaching session of Congress. Indeed, it is not certain that an agreement can be reached be? tween the two branches of Congress whereby any special legislation can be enacted. It may be that a solution of the problem, which is alike complex and perplexing, will be reached before the convening of the extraordinary session, but even that is by no means assured. BIG LAND DEAL. Columbia, Sept. 10.-Over 10,000 acres of land in the lower part of Rich? land county and a section of Sumter county were disposed of today in a sale to the Santee Land and Cypress company, the price being $62,000. The land was owned by F. M. Perkins, of Philadelphia, being bought for specu? lative purposes and this is the fourth large tract acquired by the company. The purchasers also buy the right of way to the river. Adjudged Insane. Special to The Stte. Anderson, Sept. ll.-Ella Graffen reid, the negro woman who killed her litle child as a "sacrifice to the Lord" a few days ago, while suffering from a religious excitement, has been ad? judged a lunatic by a commission ap? pointed by the probate judge and was carried to the State Hospital for the Insane in Columbia tonight. The wo? man's husband, who was placed in jail at the same time, is still being held in custody. It has not yet been determined what will be done witli him. The Washington Post says an emin? ent preacher declares that me Creator never intended that the air should be navigated. There is a suspicion that Professor Langley is beginning to think the same way. The people of Waterloo, Iowa, have notified all negro residents that they must leave the to?vn at once, as in future it is to be "a white man's town." A Salvation Army corps is preparing to invade the mountain regions of Kentucky and Tennessee. Col. Rich? ard E. Holz, who is to command the corps, says his object is "to carry Christianity to the mountaineers of the Southern States who are now prac? tically without Christianity."