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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD. The Toledo Blade thinks that if it is true that Mr. Carnegie has talo n to writing poetry" the world will he no longer in doubt that he intends to die poor. , Exclaims the Columbus (Ohio) .Iourn.nl: Why it is that the postman never stops at your house when you are expecting a check and always does when you are expecting a bill. Prof. George E. Palmer of Harvard university, in a recent lecture, said In substance: The scientific world swung to Darwinism and then swung hack; the religious world swung over to the scientific position, and is swinging hack. FLOOD LOSS $2,000,000 Railroads Heaviest Losers--Crops Badly Damaged. AUGUSTA WAS RAGING SEA Main Butineai Street Eight Feet Under i Water---Sixty Lives Were Probably Lost. Augusta, Ga.—The most serious The average citizen stands a thou sand times greater chance of falling out of a window while asleep or being hit by a dislodged signboard than he docs of dying of hydrophobia, main tains the Now York World. Evfl in cases of dog bite the real danger is usually blood poisoning or lockjaw, not rabies. The nation's prosperity really rests on farm products. So long as these reach up to the value of former years —approximately $7,500,000,000 in 19n7 —this must continue to ho so. Tliercs. has probably never been a time in this generation when such splendid gener al crop prospects existed, avers the Review of Reviews. The empty cars of today will all be enlisted to move the wheat, corn, oats, and cotton now seeded. The metropolis of the future is only beginning to he; but London is al ready becoming more and more fasei- I Dating to those who are most widely acquainted with tlie world's cities, boasts the London Observer. With the atmospheric magic of At vistas in j spring nnd summer, witli the glory of J her parks, with the great sweep of her river, with the living ttyle of her people, with her heritage from the past and the rising splendor of her modern streets, the capital of the em pire has become a central and per petual pageant for all civilization. From Springfield, Ohio, a citizen writes to the New York Sun about a door opening eat owned by one of the neighbors. "In tho midnight hour," re lates the Ohioan, "the children of the i household would bo thrown into a ^ state of abject terror by hearing noises from the front door that sug- [ gested an idea of burglars tampering , with the locks. These noises remained unexplained until one afternoon, the | front (loop being shut, a member of ■ lho family, unobserved, noted what appeared to bo strange, uneasy actions on ihe part of the cat. Suddenly the cat sprang high, clasped tils forepaws about the door knob, so that the toes met at the top. and then threw the full weight of his body to one side, there by Imitating the movement of a hit man hand in turning a door knob.” Ambassador Bryce pleased the grad uates—old and young—at Madison, Wis., by sneaking of their institution as standing in the front rank of Amer ican state universities. He spoke of the newness of such institutions in the world, and the interest they have for inquiring strangers in the United States. He was glad to learn that in the University of Wisconsin the col lege of liberal arts hud as many stu dents as all other departments put together. “That is as it should be,” he said. "The study of the liberal arts fits men to profit by the teaching they will receive from other colleges. They will be all the better chemists, or en gineers, or lawyers, or bankers, be cause they have received a training »■ in scientific theory or in language or literature, which lias given them a true outlook over the field of knowl edge.” Undoubtedly there are, none the less, many women who have never given a thought to any civic duty. Many intelligent women honestly dis approve of woman suffrage. Still oth er women believe they are entitled to vote if they wish, but can see uhder present conditions only a multiplicity of votes to be gained, with no re sulting advantage. All this is apart from the question whether woman suffrage is the greatest reform that can come to the world, insists the Boston Transcript. Just one point is certain—all womcv are no more Hypa tias than they are Cleopatras. What is more, they know if. There are many women who are interested in their country and their kind, women re sponsive to the best in the arts and Hie immunities, women .who live and love and serve their fellow-man, who yet are, if the truth be told, bored by the clamor over suffrage. OF POLITICAL INTEREST. it is announced that Mr. Bryan will not come into the south during the campaign, but will devote all his time to the doubtful states. 4- lt puts u premium on reckless banking nnd is an inducement to reckless banking.” Thus said Mr. Taft in response to a direct question, state what, in his opinion, is th# vital ob jection to the proposed plan to guar anty deposits in national banks. Eugne W. Chnfin, prohibitionist oandidato for president, in a speech at Minneapolis, Minn., said: "If 1 am elected president of the United States „ , , . , . and inaugurated on the 4th day of flood In twenty years swept over An- ni , xt March( , will ( . all a spec)al ' se s- gusta and other cities in Georgia and slon of the congress of the United the Carolinas, resulting in the report-! States the next day and ask the mcm- ed death of twenty-two persons, a ,0 leRlsjnte the liquor traffic out . . . * ; of existence, property loss of approximately over i _. ...... , , , „ .!* . ' . The prediction of increased strength a million dollars, blocking traffic Htid in the Iiatloiia i prohibition movement cutting off all communication by wire this year is based on the remarkable nnr i ipipnhnno ' gains that local prohibition has made unu uupnone. in a large number of states. At the Following the break of the big dam l .t, egIlin , nR of the year tUere were slx at the head of the Augusta canal, prohibition states in the union— practically every street in that city Maine, Georgia. North Dakota, Kan- was covered with water and many of S as, Oklahoma and Alabama. PREDICTS RECORD CROP Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Optimistic as to Outlook. FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS Estimate* 13,000,000 Bale Cotton Crop Which Sold at 9 1-2* Centa Will Bring in $600,000,000. the stores were abandoned. The river at Augusta reached height of thirty-eight feet nnd the wa A monument in the Bethel ceme tery, near Montgomery, Mo., has this ueigiii ui uuri.veigiu m mcmorable for Mr . Urvan as ter was two and one-half to four feet an e , )itah for the late „ „ fc orri8; deep in Broad street. "Kind friends, I've left behind, Cast your vote for W. J. Brian.” • Sacred to the memory of B. H. Nor ris, died April 9, 1900." Age 50 years. Arrangements for Wt"’°"' H. Taft’s d The canal dams broke and added to the seriousness of the situation. The losses to the railroads on ac count of damage to tracks and des truction of trestles nnd bridges are enormous. The water completely flooded * * 1 • * In I oledo, where ne will attend Broad street, the principal street, and *, *'• ^ reunion, have been com- the plant of the Augusta Herald was J'" 1 ’'d- A special car will carry Mr. put out of business. ral ^ correspondents and secretaries On the Ocmulgee river are Haw- an ^ speeches will be made from tlie klnsville and Abbeville and on the 1 (ni Platform. Oconee river is Dublin. All three of On occasion to his visit to his these places were flooded. birthplace at Salem. 111., W. J. Bryan While the waters were rushing like | was greeted by an immense crowd, n great stream through the streets of Mi\ Bryan inspected. the Bryan-Hen- August a, fire broke out in the Nixon nett library given by himself and Phil C. S. Bennett, to the city of Salem. . .. , ,, The llbrarv Is built on the spot on for a time threatened surrounding wliicli was located the house in which cotton and grocery warehouses, and property. The lire department ivas absolutely Mr. Bryan was born. William Randolph Hearst on being helpless, and citizens gazed at the asked to resign from the Iroquois club l)luze doing its work, and hoped for a democratic organization of San the best. The buildings were destroy- Francisco, sent in his resignation, to ed, but fortunately the horrors of a gether with a letter in which he stat- general conflagration were spared the <>( I Hint he w ** s n ° longer a democrat i.,v, .u„ and asked the club members: "Are you 1902 democrats, or 1906 dfcmo- panie-stricken Inhabitants, nnd the fire was confined to the warehouse. It is said the blaze was started by the wa ter reaching some lime in one of the warehouses, causing an explosion. As the water receded many build- an democrats? crats, or 1900 democrats, or 1904 dem ocrats, or are you 1908 democrats? Are you Cleveland democrats? Are you Parker democrats or are you Bry- ings collapsed, their foundations hav- A statement has been issued by lng been undermined by the water T "asuror"’HaskelT^of"the democratic Among the most important buildings cam))ai g n conim ittee acknowledging destroyed in this manner are the Na tional Biscuit company's building, the Central Grammar School, the David- $19,458 turned in to the campaign fund by five daily newspapers and „ ..... The Commoner, Mr. Bryan's paper, son Grammar School (both schools are ... , , . the propetry of the eitv of Augusta), | U " on 1 ^ or B . oquatio " in ,hf ; de t Z the Nelson-Morris warehouse and the ocmlc^ national^ ca«n,mi*h and ,j ie Triangular block. plans that have been, formulated by officers of the American Federation of As to the loss of life, twenty-two V,‘ , V, ‘ “ , ,/TY‘u’ . . , * . Labor to swing tlie labor vote to Mil- bo os have been recovered, and „ j Bryan? were subject matters ™ r j )se « ar ? found every hour or so. of a 8erlof ? of conferences in Wash- The captain of the river steamer Swan reports that he saw on the up- trip at least twenty-five corpses. All of them are ington, D. C., between National Chair man Norman E. Mack and Samuel Compere, president of the American . . 10 n egroe8 one > Federation of Labor, Secretary Mor- a white man. There are reports of; rl80n of tho Federation, nnd Presi- tnany drownings among negro farm ( j ent McConnell, of tho Machinists’ hands in the lower valley. The Au- un { Hn gusta Chroicle estimates the death list at sixty. The Savannah river valley farmers worked like demons hauling crops and farm implements and driving cattle to the Uplands out of reach of the water which flooded that district. Railroad schedules were deranged. Ten washouts were reported on the Charleston and West ern Carolina and several on the Southern, between here and Colum bia. Camden, S. C. — The Waleroe Mr. Taft is spending the week on Middle Bass island in Lake Erie fish ing and resting before starting on a speech-making trip in Maryland. A. large hale of hay reached Lin coln, Neb., from the Bryan-Bailey club of Forney, Texas, addressed to the man who keeps the democratic mule, Lincoln, Nob. It was delivered to the mule who seemed to appreciate it. The officials of the Georgia State fair have written Mr. Bryan offering bridge at tills place was washed lo contribute $50 a week to the dem- away with the probable loss of nine- acrat Ic campaign fund for the prlvl- teen lives i lege of exhibiting the famous dejiio- The river, greatly swollen by the j c ra tic tr'ick mule at the state fair in tremendous rains of the past forty- eight hours, caused the bridge to give I It is said that in the event of Sam way when a number of rafts and uel Gompers, president of the Amerl- other craft jammed into the iron j can Federation of Labor, making structure. The destroyed bridge cost $18,000. Columbia, S. C.—Reports from Spar-, tanburg and Anderson counties tell of unprecedented rains in the Pied mont section of South Carolina, re sulting in great damage to property, forcing power plants to close down, tints cutting off the source of power of a number of cotton mills, electric light plants and other enterprises. peeches during the campaign favor ing Mr. Bryan, Secretary Strauss, of the department of commerce and la bor would answer the argnments for the republicans. “If elected I shall* call the Sixty- first congress together in extraordi nary session to revise the tariff at the very earliest moment 1 have authority to do so. I consider such action to be my obligation under the tariff Spartanburg county was under wa- plank of the republican platform.” ter for forty-eight hours. Ii is estl-1 The foregoing is William H. Taft's mated that $150,000 will not cover statement made in expressing his the damage to bridges in the county, j views regarding the revision of the a dozen or more having been wash-j tariff. ed away. 1 Mr. Bryan will make a determined The great dam across Lawson's | effort to place New York slate in the Fork at Whitney Mill, three miles democratic column. He will speak north of Spartanburg, was swept away j in New York city, Syracuse and Ro by the flood. A train on the Charles ton and Western Carolina railway van into a washout and the engine was ditched. Athens, Ga.—In a period of thirty- seven hours, a little more than twelve inches of rain fell in this city. The Oconee was above tlie hii#_-st mark in the recollection of the people here, and at places nearly a halt mile wide. Three city bridges were wash ed away and the two remaining ones rendered unsafe for traffic. The northbound Southern from Ath ens barely escaped going into the riv er, at the trestle two miles out from Athens. Some boys seining heard the trestle crack and saw It rocking. They rushed to the bank and suc ceeded in flagging the approaching train just before it reached the tres tle. The streets of the city are dam aged at least $10,000. Total damages here will not be less than $50,000 in all lines. Charlotte, N. C. — Unprecedented rainfall—which has broken all weath er bureau records since 1803—has wrought untold damage in this vicin ity. Street car traffic'to tire suburbs was suspended and residents along creeks adjacent to the city have been compelled to seek higher ground for safety. Asheville, N. —A Southern rail way train was ditched by a washout between Saluda and Flat Rock. En gineer London and Fireman Phillips were killed, being caught beneath the overturned engine. Chester, between September 16 and 20, and early in October will Strain speak in New York city and in Buf falo. Mr. Taft has foiled the plan to get him Into the West Virginia republican tangle. He has refused politely the in vitation to "visit, a few prominent West Virginia towns in the mountain resort thirty miles from Hot Springs.” The refusal is of such a manner as j to smooth the feelings of both fac tions. He gives as the reason that a | visit would be misconstrued. It is said in New York that Tam- any Hall will trtn support Martin W. Littleton for governor of that state. This comes as a surprise to the dem ocrats of New York. in American politics none of the minor parties has enjoyed so long a life as the prohibition party. For more than 35 years a prohibition na tional ticket lias been in the field at j every presidential election. Thomas Watson, the populist can didate for president, was forced to stop in Athens, Ga.. for twenty-four hours on account of the Hoods in that district. He tried to hire a special train to take him to Augusta where lie was to speak, but was unsuccess ful. Practically complete returns from , the democratic primary held In South Carolina show that Governor M. F. Am-el has defeated Cole L. Bicase ior governor by a plurality of 19.174, 91,- 1380 ballots being cast in this con test. Washington, D. C.—Just before leav ing Washington for bis farm in Iowa, Secretary Wilson, of the department of agriculture, said that this year's crops would exceed any ever produc ed in former years. Tills statement lie said, he was willing to make not from hearsay, alone, but from facts which he had gathered from every section of the United States, That the secretary is not guessing about the yield this year is borne out by the fact that the corn crop, ac cording to present estimaes, will yield 2,700,000,000 bushels, which, if sold at 72 cents a bushel, the September price, will bring in $1,700,000. The wheat crop, with u yield of about 675,000,000 bushels, at 93 cents, per bushel, will amount to $627,000,- 000. The cotton crop, which promises to be at least 13,000,000 bales, will, If sold for 9 1-2 certs per pound, bring in $600,000,000. All the crops of tho Inst year were estimated by the government ofay estimated by the department of agri culture at a caluation of $7,412,000,- 000 on the farm, and. in view of the large yield this year and the good pi ices generally obtained, it is only reasonable to expect that this year the farmers will produce net wealth worth at least $8,000,000,000, if not more. This amount has never yet been realized from the sale of farm products. The farmers of the United States, ns n whole, are in a better financial condition than they liave ever been before, according to statistics secur ed by the census bureau and given to Secretary Wilson, nnd, since fewer mortgages exist, they will be enabled to do still better next year by being nble to pay cash for all supplies and other commodities required in their work. From the far western states, here the large hay nnd corn crops are made, and where thousands of bush els of the yellow grain are soon to be housed and later turned into mon ey. reports come that the farmers are preparing to take advantage of the present good times bv enlarging their holding, erecting new buildings and generally investing their earnings to better advantage. Just as Mr. Wilson was leaving Washington he called a number of workers in the agricultural depart ment Into his private office, and to them and a group of newspaper men said that from all indicatierm there would be excellent harvests litis fall, that money wouldl be plentiful and that every one, especially the farmers, should be thankful for the bountiful yield. EDITOR ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Opening Grip to Get Cigars, Pistol Was Accidentally Discharged. Stone Mountain, Ga.—T. J. Chaffee, associate editor of the Augusta Her ald, was accidentally shot and killed on board a Georgia railroad train Just beyond Decatur, Ga. He was seated with Mr. Steiner of Augusta, talking when it was sug gested that they go to the smoker and purchase some cigars. Mr. Chaffee said that this was not necessary, as he had some cigars in his grip. Ho went back to where his grip was lo cated, and opened it. As he did so a shot was fired and Mr. Chaffee ex claimed “I am shot!” It seems that there was a pistol fas tened some way in his grip, and in opening the grip the pistol was dis charged, the bullet striking him in the abdomen. He was taken off the train at Stone Mountain and died in alyout thirty minutes. COTTON SOUTH’S MAINSTAY. Boll Weevil Must Be Fought By the Farmers. Natchez, Miss.—Cotton willl con tinue to be the south’s mainstay in spite of the boll weevil, and the farm ers must learn to raise their own pro visions, hay and stock, is a summary of-the lectures delivered by the scien tific agriculturists representing the United States department of agricul ture, who addressed the Farmers’ in stitute, which has been in session here. A new thought was expressed when Professor Lloyd, Mississippi director | of tho farmers’ institutes, said that in his opinion the time is coming when the white man can look after politics and the negroes can do the farming. American Arrested In Paris. Paris, France.—The police here ar rested an American thief, known un- Ider the name of Benedict Lupraska, i of San Francisco, who, the police say, lias for a long time been victimizing ! Paris jewelers. It is estimated that liis total recent robberies foot up to more than $50,000. National Storage of Wool. Salt Lake, Utah.—Resolutions ap proving the plan for national storage of the western wool crop were adopt ed unanimously by the National Wool Growers’ association. The president was authorized to select a city where a central store market will be estab- | lished and to form a corporation. Fleeing Danker Caught in Brazil. I Cleveland, Ohio.—A cablegram to | County Sheriff McGorday from Rio Janeiro, Brazil, says that two Cleve land officers have arrived there, hav ing in custody Anton F. Bonelli, tho Italian banker who is charged with having misappropriated $30,000 be longing to depositors or his bank. Bonelli disappeared about three months ago. Eventually lie was trac ed to Brail, where he was taken into j custody by the Brazilian authorities. BRITISH SHIP SINKS. Of Fifty-Three Hands Only Two Eicap- ed From Typhoon. Tokio, Japan.—News of the sinking of the British steamer Dunearn and the loss of all but two of the fifty- three members of her crew in a ty phoon which raged off the port of Goto, on the island of Kiuhlu, has reached here in a report received from Moji, a town on the same island. The names of the survivors are given as William Phillips, an engineer, and John Lnnman, a seaman, botn of whom were picked up in mid-ocean by the Japanese steam SakOy Maru. The Dlnearn was bound from Mlko- iaiesk, Asiatic Russia to Singapore, and put in at the port of Kartsu for cQftl. Again putting to sea the ship | ran into the very center of a typhoon, which sent her to the bottom. The two survivors are prostrated from ex posure and hardships, and a subscrip tion lias been taken up for them among the crew of the Sakoy Maru. The Dunearn was a steel screw steamer of 2*220 tons, commanded by Captain G. Graham. She sailed from Hamburg for Xtkolaiesk on May 27, and arrived at the latter port on Au gust 21. GENERAL A. P. STEWAR1 DEAD. WaB Lieutenant General in the Con federate States Arm/! Biloxi, Miss.—General Alexander P. Stewart, one of Hie last two surviving lieutenants general of tlie confederate ; states army, died at his home here. Although in his eighty-seventh 1 year, and suffering from the infirm!- | ties of old age, General Stewart's death was sudden, and came as a dis tinct shock and surprise to his rela tives, comrades and friends. Death was due to heart disease. General Stewait was a native of Tennessee, and lived the greater part of his life in that state, but of lato i years had been making his homo in Biloxi, where he found the salt air and pine woods of great benefit to his health. When the civil war broke out, Stew art was one of the earliest volunteers in Hie confederate army. He offered his services to lsharn G. Harris, then governor of Tennessee, who made him a major in the artillery. General Stewart participated in many of the battles during the war, belpg especially active in the Tennes see canipnign and in the battles around Atlanta. After the finnl surrender of the con federacy, General Stewart returned quietly to ids home. For five years he was engaged in business, when once again his profession called him. He was unanimously elected chancel lor of 'the University of Mississippi. He remained at the head of the uni versity for twelve years. A tribute to his steadfast character is the sobriquet given him by his sol diers in battle when the cry, "Follow Old Straight," would turn a rout to a victory, a retreat to a glorious suc cess. General Stewart’s death leaves only General Simon Bolivar Buckner as the only surviving lieutenant general of Hie confederate states army, FATALITIES IN COAL MINES. Conference Dealing With Mine Condi- tions in America. Pittsburg, Pa—A conference deal ing with mining conditions existing In the United States and the great number of fatalities resulting from mine accidents, is being held here Victor Watteyne, chief of the Belgian department of mines, is conferring with Clarence Hull, of the United States geological survey, who is in charge of the government experiment al station here, and J. W. Paul, chief of the department of mines of’ West Virginia. A thorough Investigation of the re cent mine disasters in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Alabama will be made. Captain Desborrough of Eng land, nnd Herr Meissner of Germany, both expert mining engineers, will Join Mr. Watteyne in the investiga tion for which congress lias appro priated $150,000. DECLARES WAR UN liAMBLERS. Governor of New Jersey To Use Mi litia Against Atlantic City Barrooms. Seagirt, N. J.—Flagrant, open and defliant violation of the law at At lantic City, the largest pleasure re sort in the United States, having been charged In presentments made lo Oov- i ernor Fort, that official has Issued a I proclamation in which he threatened i to restore order and enforce respect j for the law by means of state troops, I if necessary. For some time it has | been charged that there lias been no | observance of the Sunday laws nor 'of tho anti-gambling laws in Atlantic City, and that it was impossible to obtain enforcement of the statutes in these respects. KERMIT ROOSEVELT A HERO. President’s Son Rescues a Woman and Two Sons. Oyster Bay, L. I.—Kerralt Roose velt, second son of the president, stopped a runaway pair of horses af ter a wild chase on horseback, and probably saved tho lives of Mrs. Frank Hilton, of New York, nnd her two small sons. The feat was a most perilous one and as the young man, who Is in his twentieth year, raced along be Jo the runaway, dozens of persons who were watching held their breath. Mr. Hilton, who had been driving the team, was thrown out when the horses too fright. THEATY OF FHIENUSHIP. Colombia 'and Japan Also Arrange Trade Agreement. Bogota, Colombia.—The present ses sion of the national assembly ^ias come to an end and there lias been 1 issued a statement relating that Co lombia has adopted a treaty of friendship and commerce with Japan; another with Switzerland; a cominer- ■ <ial and industrial treaty with Great i Britain and a tiscai convention with j t he holy see. FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS ♦ Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Property. BUSINESS DISTRICT BURNED Many Wholesale Houses in Ruins—Fire, men at a Picnic When Fire Broke Out. New Orleans, La. _ Fire, which broke out in the center of the coni- merclal district here, swept over por tions of three blocks, destroying a large number of wholesale houses manufacturing plants aml 8ma ,| stores. Originating at Bienville and Chartres streets, the flames worked their way north as far. as Conti street und west toward Royal, bring- ing about a property loss of over t\ V0 million dollars before they were final- ly subdued. Several circumstances combined to five the fire a headway which proved hard to overcome. At the time the alarm was turned In, the New Orleans firemen were in the midst of their annual picnic at a suburban . rii and Hie engines and patrols respond ed with a mere hundful of men it was fully an hour htflbre the depart- in on t was in a position to make ‘any. thing like a successful flgln ngEin^i the tiro, and even then the hamlieaii against it was added lo by an inade quate supply of water. The fire was one of the most spec tacular that has occurred in New Or leans during recent years. The sec tion devastated was made large!. 0 f old buildings, some over a halt-ccn- tury in use. They proved like * 0 nuit'li tinder to the flames, and fanned by a high wind, the fire made rapid progress. Two warehouses, filled with wines and liquors, were among the buildings destroyed by tho flic. As they burned th6 barrels of whiskey and brandy ex ploded with thunderous roars which could lie heard for blocks and which shook the walls of adjoining buildings and endangered the lives of firemen engaged in lighting the flames. It was not until several hours had elapsed that the lire was gotten under control, and even that it continued to burn well into the night. COTTON CROP SLOW TO OPEN. Damage Caused by Flood—Boll Wee vils Active in Louisiana, Memphis, Tenn.—Tho Commercial- Appeal’s weekly cotton crop summary i« as follows; Reports of the two Carolinas show that with tlie close of the week many of the lowlands were still under wa ter. The crop on these lands has been damaged, but to what extent has not been determined. The area cov ered by water was not large. In many districts the cotton is raised tjie uplands and the ”orr. in the bot toms. The rains were long-continued and the grade of the open cotton on Hie uplands was lowered, but other wise the damage was small. Only a few counties in northeastern Georgia were affected by floods. The Georgia crop is opening rapidly and the out turn is not so heavy as was earlier anticipated. The crop in northern Alabama and Tennessee 'is excellent. There are no complaints, and only some unusual weather development can prevent a large yield. In the southern half of Alabama and Mississippi moderate de terioration has taken place, due prin cipally to shedding. Reports, however, indicate that this complaint is less general than one week ago. Boll weevils are active almost throughout the state of Louisiana and are the cause of much damage and apprehension. Elsewhere they are not a factor. The crop, as a rule, is not opening rapidly nnd picking is not general. REAR ADMIRAL HILL ». High Chilean Naval Officer Cnee Lieutenant in United States Navy. Pensacola, Fla.—Charles H . Hill, for twenty years holding a commis sion In the American navy as first lieutenant, which lie resigned to be come captain in the Brazilian navy,, commanding Hie cruiser Xichlherov. and who afterwards was rear admiral in tiie Chilean navy, died here. In addition to serving in three na vies, Hill was a captain of volunteers in the Spanish-American war, a" when later was mustered out of sei- vice, went to Soutli Africa, where n was commissioned a captain in 1 Boer army, serving under Genera Cronje. , ... It is said that Hill, at bis defttni was reduced financially to Hie veifc of pauperism. Bostin Fears Bubonic Plague. Boston,'Mass.—As a precaution avoid the introduction into "lis ,p of bubonic plague, two hundred s age passengers aboard the White liner Romanic were detained t" examination at the quarantine tion. Castro Fines French Cable Company. Caracas, Venezuela.— T,ie 'La court of first instance him down a decision declaring French Cable company g ullt > 1 j ns t pllclty in the Matos revolution jt President Castro and condem . *o ^ to pay damages to the anm nearly $3,000 000. In company must pay u i ull “ to be assessed later by exi |C1 Beer Emptied Into Sewer. Oklahoma City, 0kl . a ' _ 1 1 ’^'$80,000/ dred barrels of beer, valued • t , olB . belonging to a local brewei) jB puny, were emptied into a Dlf , tills city in the presence o - an( j pensary Agent Robert L- Internal Revenue Collectoi ^ atten ii' I II IUI lltll IVL VUIlUVv j Howard. Two thousand peoP buc keW ed the opening, some 1 j ian c0 °* and pitchers, hoping to* . .joint^’ salvage. This hope> was “‘Jibe P r0, The beer was on hand vHie