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VOL. XXVII. CRADLE SONC OF THE FISHERMAN’S WIFE. Hwung in the hollows of the deep* >Vhile silver stars their watches keep. Sleep, my seabird, sleep! Our boat the glistening Ashes All, Our prow turns homeward—hush! be still— Sleep, my seabird, sleep— Sleep, sleep. The wind is springing from out the West, Nestle th'o deeper in mother's breast, Rest, my seabird, rest! There is no sea our boat could whelm While thy brave father is at the helm, Rest, my seabird, rest— liest, rest. I PAID IN FULLS | $ P| A Lighthouse Engineer's Terrible Ad- || M venture With a Madman. i. tF you love mo, Harry, dear, don’t go!” "I must, Cis, beggars can’t be choosers,” I an swered bitterly. -£Tr-_=- "After all, dear- j cst girl, it will bo j fe "/?" only for a few “A year, I’m rA—- afraid, Harry, from what father says.” "Well, einoe ho has found md this i work, I mustn’t shirk it. Good-by, j uiy own girl.” What misery does poverty entail on ' loving hearts! Cicely Fleming and 1 j had loved one another for years—over ’ since indeed we wero children to- j gethcr. I bad spent the few hundreds j wy father left me in completing my j engineering education in Germany. { Then 1 came home, confident of And- j ing work. But nothing came my way. | in spite of every endeavor. At lust I Mr. Fleming’s iutercst procured mo a I place as assistant engineer in build- | mg a now ligbthouseon thodangerouß [ 1 bpid. of Skryu, off the west coast of j Ireland. It was not the work I wanted, j It would bring little credit, however j well done. The pay was poor, and j tlie prospect of the haidaliips and lone- j tineas were nut calculated to raise one’s \ spirits. There would bo but one other i skilled engineer on the spot—an Irish man, I understood, named Callan. I parted with Cis on a Tuesday. Friday morning found mo on the small cruft which was the only means of coinmuj lculiuo between Skryu and the mainland. Boon wo landed, and I waded ashore, and walked up the Bleep path to the to)) of the cliff. As I reached the .summit a man met me, and, holding out his hand, said: "Good-morning! You’re Mr. Bry dou, I suppose? I’m Caiian!” I thought the voice unpleasant, but, glancing up into the man’s face, de cided that it was oveu worse than the voice. Mo-was not so ill-looking—at least, ns far us features went. It was not till later that I discovered the peculiar repulsion ho inspired me with was due to his eyes. These were extraordin arily dark and piercing, but across the iris of one was a remarkable pale yellow mark, which, combined with a very slight squint, gave him au abso lutely uncanny appearance. Callau walked back with me. A very few steps brought us to the huts. 'They wore the regular ready-made article of wood and zinc. There was j oue for each of ns, and a little way off j another, a good deal larger, for the ; workmen. There were six of these rough Connemara men. From where we stood on the sum- j mit of the grass-clad knoll—for the | island was no more—we could gaze i out seaward to where immense rollers i poured in gentle thunder over a ledge ■ iff black, sharp-fauged rocks. Far out ‘ on this ugly reef could bo seen the j beginning of the now lighthouse. I was busy all that day getting my j things unpacked and my little cabin j into order. It consisted of one room ! only. On one side was a bunk, on j the other aiAnl stove, on which was : perched a big iron kettle. I found I ! had to do my own cooking. A table i and two chairs completed the equip- ! ment. There was a door on the cast- ! era aide, and a single window just j opposite. L turned in early and slept | like a top in the coed sea air. Next day I was up betimes, boiled my big kettle, made my coffee, and j was out. on the re;*f before Callau j was visible. The men were already at ' work. 1 spoke to them, but either ! they could ‘net or would not talk, j Presently Callan came out scrambling j along the reef. What a burly brute * he looked in the clear morning sun- ! light! He spoke to the men with ex- | traordinnry roughness. They evidently j feared him, and, I soon saw, hated j him, too. This puzzled me till I knew him better. But a very few days opened myeyes. If ever there lived a man without one grain of pity in his com position. it was Eugene Callan. He seemed to take an absolute delight in cruelty for cruelty’s sake. There was a boy called Barney MeKeown, who acted as servant to Callan. The way Callan bullied that unfortunate boy ! was appalling. I wondered how the ! others could see such things happen- J ing. But J found Callan would not j keep any man on the works whom he I could not absolutely terrorize. He j was practically king of the place. Me ! he did not molest, and yon rnay im- j agine how careful I was not to run counter to him. For the thought was j ever present, if I conld accomplish j my share of the work satisfactorily, it might lead to better things. And my sweet Cicely waiting for me inspired to suffer and be strong. The foam flics past us like beaten cream, The Waves break over, the fierce winds scream, Dream, my seabird, dream! Dream of the cot where high and low, Crimson and white, tin* roses blow, Dream, my seabird, dream-*- Dream, dream. What tho* tho tempest is on the deep? Heaven will guard t bee—do not weep, Bleep, toy seabird, sleep! Be brave ns a fisherman's child should be, Rocked in tho hollows of tho son, Sleep, my seabird, sleep-- Sleep, sleep. Ella Hlgglnson, Very soon l hated Callau as much as tho rest. 11. A few weeks later we had a btofnlj which stopped all work. I flftt in my hut reading most of the day and listening to tho gusts that j roared at times like thunder. Once jor twice 1 fancied I heard a shriller sound mingled with the gale. Late in the afternoon it lulled a lit tle and suddenly there came, dis tinct and clear to my cars a scream of I pain. I sprang up and listened, i Again and again the cry sounded out. ! It was from Cullau’n hut they came. I sprang up, rushed across and ' flung open the door. Tho sight that j met my eyes mado mo Maze with an ! ger. Stripped to the waist and writh | ing with pain, the wretched MeKeown j was tied to the head of Cal lan’s bed, | while over him stood the big black bully, lashing him with a rope’s end. ‘‘What's this for?” I cried, i Callau turned his crooked gaze on I me. I "To teach tho young hound obedi- S once." Ilis voice grated with rage at my ini-irruption. "And what busi | ness is it of yours, Mr. Pry?” \ fancied for an instance ho was go j ing Li me. But I was much too nu | gry to think of consequences. I “Uou’ro nu infernal bully!” tshout ■ ed. ' \ ,id if you don't chuck it T can't 1 make yoU; but I'll soon let your cm | ployers know.” The bully was n coward —that I ! knew. But he could have killed me j wit.li oftp hand. So my relief waj I eotmderable when be suddenly threw i down the rope’s end. f untied Mc- I Keown, and, pushing him before me, | left the but. But a hissing whisper followed me. | "All right, young man, your turn j now. But you’ll pay for it.” I knew well enough Callan would | not forgive me for this day's work, j And of this V soon had practical proof. ; In my spare time J used to fish offthe : rocks. Soon after this occurrence I ; have told of, I was at my favorite pas time, when—crash! a great boulder fell from the cliff above, missing me by hardly a yard, and glancing into the sea beneath me. MeKeown, who was pitifully grate ful for my interference, warned me not to stand under the cliff again. Two days later 1 took the dinghy out. I was hardly surprised when the plug Boated up in splinters and left mo to swim ashore. One day letters came across from the mainland, one from Cis and one in uti unknown hand. Cis’ letter, of course, I read first. Her letters were my’ one delight in this I dreary life. Then I tore open the | other and skimmed it through. Then I collapsed into a chair, dropping tho | letter. Then I picked it up and read Bit again. Only by slow degrees did I realize its import. My mother’s uncle, old Sir Bernard Child, had died and left Ime everything. Why, I had never seen him, hardly imagined that ho was aware of my existence! I walked out, and. still in a dazed condition, called MeKeown to pull me Across to the maiulaud. Then 1 bolted up to the village postoffice and sent, off a wire. It was hours before I got an answer. It seemed days. Toward sunset the reply came, assuring mo my news was correct in every detail. I looked up the first train from Cnlcross in the morning, arranged about a car to take me there, and was soon rowing back to Bkryn to pass what I felt, with a sensation of purest joy, would be my last night on the island. The sun had long set behind the sea rim as we pulled into the little cove, and it was quite dark as we clambered up the narrow rock path. Reaching the top, I gianeed across to the huts and thought I saw tho gleam of a light flash under the door of iny shanty. I was about to hurry on when the boy laid a hand on my sleeve. "Did ye see that?” he said. "Go quitly, sorr, a mionit till we know who’s there.” Tip-toeing along, we passed round to the other side of my lint. Yes, a faint gleam shone through the glass and then died away. Very cautiously we crept up and looked in. Pitch darkness. But listening hard, I felt sure someone was moving in side. We stood stooped under the sill, quiet as mice. Presently there was a scratching from within; a match flamed up. The [ man who had lighted it was crouched on the floor, his body between us and the light. He was unwinding a piece of very thin twine or strong thread and carefully stringing it across the floor from the bed to the stove. He passed it round a leg of the stove and then back again, securing it finally with infinite caution to a little shiny metal tube which protruded from the top of a small parcel. The parcel was standing well hidden under one of the cliairs at the foot of the bed. As the man turned I saw his profile plainly. It was Callau. An instant’s thought, and my engi liesring training made plain to me tho whole infernal plot, The parcel was guti eoltohi the Hilifi held acid iu ft thin glass receptacle; Above this was a leaden bullet, kept in place by a moveable pin. The string so carefully wound across the floor wad attached to the free end of the pirn A touoli of careless feet against the string, the pin would pull out, tho bullet fall, the glass shiver and the acid do its deadly worfc on the explosive below. Truly a charming plot, and a clover one, for who whs to provide that I bad not been careless with the cartridges t always kept store of. No trace of this pretty mechanism would remain In evidence; A sudden glory of rage ran through tny veins; I half rose, and then crouched again as the thought came over me. The man is desperate. He won’t allow and living witness of such a crime to escape, I fancied the gleam of a knife, and my bleeding body whirling down off tho cliff into tho dark water be neath Rife was too precious now to Hsk Unnecessarily, I had forgotten for the moment all about the boy. Suddenly, inn moment of mad fury—for he, too, had under stood the plot—he sprang up and heat with his lists upon tho pane. Callan raised himself quickly but carefully, not forgetting tho deadly string. What he did forget was how near ho was to the stove. As in a dream t saw his coat catch against It. it swung, and the bls kettle overbalanced. For nil instant it seemed to liang in tho air. 1 strove to call out. It was too late. Smash, it fell right on to the string. Tho whole world turned crimson and burst into a great glare of flame. Something struck me in the chest and drove mo backwards. * * * "Praise the saints, his eves are open, doctor!” Barney’s voice came to mo from a great distance. "Yes; he’ll do now*” Bald another voice, 111 a rich bltogudi t went to sleep again. When 1 awoke it was bright day light. I was in Callan’s hut, on his cot. I felt sore and bruised all over, and at first could not remember what had bappGued; Then it began to dawn on me; "Where’s -?” 1 began. ‘‘Sli!” came in the same soft brogue as before. "Don’t talk. Callan won’t ! bo bother ing ye any more. McKeown’s I not much the worse, barring his hair, j And there’s nothing broken in ycttJ self.” "How long ” I war mad to how soon T shnnUMw able to travel. The doctor checked me again, "In a week," he said, "if you’ll lie still.” 1 did, and to-morrow I am starting, Brazil** tir*;i! Cotton Tort. Recife is one of the busiest ports of Brazil. The city has about 200,000 ; inhabitants, It lies right, on tho sea, being cut Up by arms of the ocean, so that its people call it the South Ameri can Venice. It is a busy port, about 1000 ships coining to it every year. It is the first place at which tho steamers stop in coming to South America from Europe, and it has a vast trade, especially in cotton and sugar. The State of Pernambuco is about as large as New York. It is n great cotton State. The cotton is raised on small plantations, few farm ers growing more than two or three bales annually. Still the output is large. The lands are cultivated chiefly with tho ax, the hoe and the bowie knife. The trees are first cut down and burned. Tho holes are dug for (ho cotton seeds, and after this little more is done except to keep down tho weeds until the cotton is ready for picking. There is no plow ing to speak of arid no farming in our sense of the word. Lauds arc very cheap, and 1 do not doubt but that cotton growing after modern methods would pay. It is odd to see tho cotton as it is brought here to the warehouses. Much of it comes upon the backs of horses, the 200-pound bales being slung to the sides of the saddle. Some of it is brought in on ox carts and some on low wagons.—Correspondence iu Washington Star. A Cure For Uieycle Paralj’iln. One of the most annoying experi ences which can fall to tho lot of the bicyclist who is bitten with the “cen tury” mania is what is now called “bicycle paralysis.” A numbness is felt in certain fingers, which may last not only while on the wheel, but for twenty-four hours, and sometimes longer, after the ride is over. In some cases this numbness extends through out the whole hand, and the rider sim ply has to stop. Tho cause of the trouble is the excessive vibration in the handle bars. A good remedy is skilled massage, but the quickest and most thorough cure is attained by the use of electricity. Either the ordinary induction coil or the static machine will serve the purpose. The electric current gives to every atom in the affected hand a gentle and continuous vibration, which soon restores its nor mal conditions.—Chicago Keeord. Title, to ISrazillan Diamond Mine,. Titles to diamond mines in Brazil are usually based upon discovery, registration and the payment of " a small fixed tax to the State. There is aiso a nominal requirement that a certain amount of work be done in the claim each year. Rights lapse upon failure to pay the tax or upon aban donment. A .Jnry’a Queer Verdict. An English jury once found a watch thief guilty, lmt recommended him to mercy because it was really very hard to say whether he had taken the watch or not. THOMSON. GA.< TUESDAY jtILY 11.1809. ERWIN ELECTED PRESIDENT Of the Plant System at a Recent Meeting of the Board of t>lre*tor. • . . . At a meeting of the bortrd of direc tors of the riant Investment. Company at New York the following officers wero elected: President—R. O. ErwltL Vice President—M. F. Plant. The following named officers were appointed by the president: F. Q. Brown, second vice president; F. DeC. : Sullivan, assistant to t-lu president; E. J. Loughnlail, Assistant to the treasurer. Mv. M. F. Plant* vice t .'•sident.wil! be in charge of tho Operations of the steamships and eteamboufA of thifl company, reporting to th > president. The directors of the Plant system of railways met also and the following officers were elected: Havanimh, Florida and Western Railway Cos., R. G. Erwin, president. Green Pond; WalterborO and Branch ville Railway Cos., R, G. P win, presi dent, Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Rail road Cos , R. Or. Erwin; president. Winston and Bone Valiev RuiirHad Cos., H. G. Erwin, president. Tampa and Thonotosas a Railroad Cos., R. G. Erwin, preside) t. Alabama Midland Cos., J M. Plant, president. Bin.iikwick end Western Railroad Cos., Lynde Harrison; jire' uiei.it: Tho general superiiite r .dciit, pris senger traffic manager and freight traffic manager will repr: t to It. G. j Erwin, president. WOODWARD ADM ITT El WRONG. A tin nt n In veMlirnf lug ('imrmitlnn Milken Report To City <. i- it. The special tfomndttee appointed to investigate the Ben Ration a* charges niftdtt against Thin os (1. >dwftrd, the Mayor of Atlanta, by Lr. Lon G. Broughton, of the Baptist church, mado the followin' report to the council; "To thr General Ge>-soib—-Your committee appointed to iijfcvdighte the charges against Mayor Wood wal’d heg leave to anbmij^^MAlowiiig „ ‘kjjA tVV'i'SlUf 5 > 4'va f Wm fi the highest official "This admission wasjKcoinpanied with what Jrour commit tfe believes to be sinecro promises of amendment for tho future and assurances that neither the council nor the body of citizens at, largo should hereafter have any good cause for complaint.” Dr. Broughton, who brought the sensational charges Against Mayor Woodward, was seen after the report was made and ho made the following statement: "I am surprised," said he, "that a city council, composed of men who are leading citizens, should have white washed such a record as was flashed before them this afternoon. Tt seems to me they should beheld in contempt by all decent citizens, for not having the backbone to stand up for what they knew was right, instead of sur rendering to political influences and the fear of personal disfavor with some influential, citizens. I regard it as a disgrace to Atlanta, that its council should put its stamp of approval on such a man and such a record as the present incumbent has honored his constituents with. Ido not know ex actly what steps I shall take, but tho matter will not rest here.” PENSACOLA HAD RIG DAY. Celebration of Independence Day and Santiago Victory Combined. The dual celebration of Independ ence day and last July’s victory at Santiago took place in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday on a stupendous scale. Near ly all the laboi organizations of the city were represented in the street parade at 9:30 a. m. The day was ushered in with a salute of 21 guns. Congressman Sharkman and State Senator O’Brien delivered patriotic addresses in the afternoon. native: postal clerks Will Hr Cmployrd In IVrfo Rican And Cuban* OfiircK. Acting Postmaster General Heath states that no more appointments would he made of An ericans to the postal service in the Ph lippiucs, Porto Rico or Cuba. "We are now making every effort to reduce the expenses of the mail ser vice in those countries,” said Mr. Heath, "and with that in view the postmaster general has cabled the re call of all Americans sent to Porto Rico on detail from the various branches of the postal service m this country, and it is likely that a num ber of Americans will he withdrawn.” NEW TRANSPORT CHARTERED. Veiftel Will Be Kngngvl In Conveying Troop* to Philippines. The war department Saturday char tered the steamer Tartar, now at Van couver, B. C., to be need aa a trans port between San Francisco nrid Ma nila. She is very lave, capable of carrying I.'OO men. It is expected that she will Be at Han Francisco in live or six days and he ready to sai! for Manila by the 20tls, perhaps carry ing the Nineteenth infantry. WHEELER WILL JOIN GEN. OTIS McKinley Orders “Fighting Joe” To the Philippines. NEW REGIMENTS TO BE FORMED Colonels and Hajors For the New Volunteer Service Are Appointed. A special from Washington says: Brigadier General Wheeler was Thun? dfc;V ordered to report to General Otis at Manila for service in the’ Philippine islands, the order for tho enlistment of volunteers for service in the archi pelago was published and seven more ijolonrls command the regiments vrferti Appointed; TllerO Are fot t\td colonels to be designated. Eight majors nlsd named. The recruiting will not begin until some time next week, tho exact date not having been fixed yet. Recruiting stations will be opened in ovory stato Hiid territory, and as fast as tho men fire Unlisted they will bo Relit to the roginients to be Assigned to CouiprtnieS: State lines are obliterated, rtnd flio’ men first enlisting will be first to ue mustered in. The assignment to companies will bo by the officer commanding, and he will be at liberty to organize a com pany composed of men from one state, if he finds it convenient and practica ble. 'l’he organisation of the ten reg iments In this cotintry will dot make any difference to the organization of the regiments in the Philippines by General Otis. His regiments will be in addition to those hereafter to be known as tile Twenty-sixth and Thirty fifth inchfsivGt atid will be numbered thirty-sixth upward, ft is expected that three regiments will be organized in the Philippines. The regiments or ganized in the United States rtnd the Philippines will increase the arnfy by officers and 17,007 men, if there three full regiment', formed -Mi •• I ’! ’. . [LifUU HD ■ ■ Wf' O'". ?•• :i|.- low iI: ! i!. • 11:1 w> 1), i•:i .•.M •• 1111 II::: III*- di: Parent bureau officers with regard to equipment niul supply for tho men as they join tho regiments. The order for the enlistment is as follows: The Regiments will he organized ac cording to the provisions of the act of March 2d, 1899, and will consist of fifty officers and 1,309 enlisted men each. Tho secretary of war gives the following instructions to govern the recruiting: "Tho enlistment of men for the ten regiments of infantry. United States volunteers, will be made by tho regu lar recruiting officers at. all tho re cruiting stations find military posts within the United States." The recruiting station for the Twen ty-ninth regiment, for tho states of South Carolina, Georgia, FJoridn,Ala bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, will l)e at Fort McPherson,Ga.,and will he under command of Captain Edwin E. Hardin, colonel of tho Second New York volunteers in the war with Spain. A delegation of southerners, includ ing Representatives Clayton, Bank head and Griggs, saw the president with reference to the selection of offi cers for the new volunteer regiments. Asa result it was stated that the pres ident promised the following appoint merits : It. E. L. Spence, of Georgia, to he a major. Frank F. Crenshaw, of Georgia, to be captain. S. G. Orr, of Georgia, to he assis tant quartermaster. Marion Malison, of Alabama, to bo second lieutenant. B. M. Harris, of Georgia, to be sec ond lieutenant. Move Men Advance Prices. A special from Chicago says: Tho western stove manufacturers met Thursday and advanced prices 5 per cent. ENRKAVOKEi.’S SING ALL DAY. Twenty Thousand Delejjßte* Are Now (lathered in Detroit. A dispatch from Detroit, Mich., says: Both of tho great main tents owned by the United Society of Chris tian Endeavor were used Wednesday night for the first time during the eigh teenth international convention, and both contained their full quota of 10,000 people, and as usual, hundreds of others who failed to secure admit tance patiently occupied standing room all around the outer edges. Many visiting delegates from long distances came in Wednesday, swelling tho number of stranger delegates, it is believed, beyond the 20,000 mark. FARM HOUSES TO BE NUMBERED. Knox County. Tenn., Will Follow tU Flan fined In California. A special from Knoxville, Tenn., says: Knox county will have all its roads named and farm houses num bered the same as cities, following the California system. This is the result of efforts of the chamber of commerce. Similar systems are iu operation in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jer sey, but Knoxville is the first in the south to adopt the idea. MRS. DREYFUS SEES HUSBAND Meeting In I’flgon Wn a Highly Dramatic and Affect In? One. A dispatch from Bonnes, Franco, says: Dreyfus arrived at 0 a. m. via L’Orient and Iledon. Tho prisoner Appeared to be in good health. Ho wrts at once placed in prison. The governor of tho prison sent Mine. Dreyfus the nows of tho arrival of her husband and she immediately went to tho governor and asked per mission to see tho prisoner. Leave being granted, tho faithful wife enter ed the prison almost unobserved and was conducted to cell No. 830, accom panied by Mme. Havlet. The meeting between the Ipog-parted husband and wife can 1)3 better imag ined than described. Naturally ft most touching. Both Dreyfus and hiS wife were deeply affected. They re mained long clasped in each other’s arms, tears and smiles intermingling with tender endearments. Mine. Dreyfus issued front tho pris on in a state of collapse. She found her husband much aged with beard and hair whitened and body shrunken and stooped. She said Dreyfus knew nothing of tile events of tho past two years. MINERS BURN TOWN. Dnbfii Mi'ii Wero Driroti Out—Act W:h Ptir ItrtPMgft. A special from Carbonate Tib, says; Unioil City, a small town built arid oc cupied by union miners was burned rtt midnight Saturday night, after a bat tle between tho union men and import* ed negro minors who were fired upon at Ffedoliia Saturday. Socking revenge for the killing, of a wonirtn and the wOUfldJng of twenty men in their party, the negroes raided Union City at midnight. They opert 4 od tiro on the homes of thonnion men. The latter promptly replied. Tbs bat tle lasted until the union miners werfl driven from their homes and took re fuge in a (*lu ni)) of timber dose to tho village. The non-union men at. once applied tho torch and the villiage was destroyed. The negros then advanced on tho woods where tho union miners wero concealed, and until daylight a fusi liule was kept up between tho factions. MORE HOMESTEAD TROUBLE. I'd lon Men D*injn*l ltolrirttrtt*rtn*nt and OfUcinlft U. fiiH.' To Comply. A Pittsburg dispatch says: There now seems to be no doubt that tliEre will be an extensive strike at the big Homestead pfuntof the Carnegie Steel CV upany. Tho question at, issue is pnptiealljl the sajpaeas in 1892—recog nition by the company f tho Amalga mated Association. The men seem determined to stand by their union, while thecompany has announced that no amalgamated association men can be employed in its plant. Tho present trouble was precipi tated Fridry when a committee of thirteen went to Superintendent Co rey to demand the reinstatement of fifteen union men who had been dis charged. Mr. Corey and President C. M. Schwab not only discharged thorn, blit informed thorn that they could not even go back into tho mill to get their dinner buckets. HAPPY MINERS THESE. An Advance of Two and a Half Cents a Ton In Alabama Is Granted. A Birmingham special says: Fol lowing in the footsteps of signing a contract with the miners for coal min ing for a year, commencing July Ist, tho Tennessee Coal and Iron Cos. and the Bloss Iron and Steel Cos. Saturday morning announced an advance of 2$ cents per ton on mining. This brings tho miners’ wages up to 521 cents per ton, the highest price that has pre vailed for years. The company ex pressed a desire that as little time as possible be lost in the celebration of the Fourth of July. GOVERNOR ( ALLS TROOPS To Qurll tin* Trouble Hutivcnn Miner* nt Carteruvllle, 111. Acting Governor Warder of Illinois Saturday evening ordered the compa pnnies of tho Fourth infantry Illinois National Guard, located at Cnrbondale and Alt. Vernon, to proceed to Car tersville at once and preserve tho peace. This action was taken upon representations from the sheriff and prominent citizens of that section of tho country, who telegraphed tho act ing governor that the sheriff was pow erless to keep the peace and that the troops were necessary. REI D WON’! WRITE. Kx-f /.:r I"nor*'i NV. Nominee For Speaker of llu* Homo*. Prospective speaker of tho house, IT< n. David B. Ifeudersbu, of lowa, accompanied by Mrs. Henderson and their daughter, arrived in Washington Wednesday afternoon from Chicago. One fact brought out in conversation with General Henderson was interest ing. Ho lias not heard a word from ex .Speaker Reed since tho contest for the speakership began and ended. Not aline <f congratulation lias been re ceived from the big man of Maine. PRIVATE RIGHTS PROTECTED. The Aincilcun I>il*Katf* at IVagui* Win a (Ircat Victory. Advices from The Hague state that the American delegates scored a great success Wednesday in obtaining from the peace conference a unanimous vote in favor of having the question of pri vate property at si a in time of war dealt with at a special conference to be summmicd !: reafter. Much diplo matic management was necessary and many obstacles i a ! to be surmounted bcfoic tbD u nit was reached. NO. 2T BOY MURDERER SLAYS THREE I | Killed Father, Mother and Sister* In Cold Blood. A DEMON AT AGE OF THIRTEEN. ■ Father Was First Victim—Later , oil the Boy Used Deadly Knife on Mother and Sister. News of a terrible tragedy reached Athens, Ala., from the interior of the county, remote from telephone and telegraph connections. A few months since a thirteen-year-old lad by the name of Thomas, while following his father from the woods with a loaded gun on Ill's shoulder, shot his father in the back, death resulting almost in stantly. The father was not able to tell how it happened and the hoy claimed that it was an accident, but was not believed by the neighbors. The facts were laid before the grand jury, but tho jury hesitated to indict tho hoy front the testimony, it appear ing that the state could not convict. Tho neighbors were so wrought up over the matter That tho widow and her children had to move from that neighborhood. Since tha* time the hoy, it seems, has ruled th*s home, working when ho chose. The older sister, a rather prepossessing young woman just entering womanhood, had the largest share of the farm work to do to protect the widow and lit tie ones from want. Last Friday evening alio insisted that the boy tako bis share of the work and so persistent was she that the boy Hew into a rage and drawing a keen knife flew at her, slashing her fearfully, severing her breast widJ open and otherwise gashing her to such an extent that she died in a short while. The aged mother rushed to the girl's assistance and the lad turn ed on her. With a demon’s fury ho slashed her with terrible effect. The first rut disemboweled her. She fell and died before aid coiilfl he summon ed. The triple murderer then alone tl.:; Mim ier el.di h'-n iti 1 ' • needed and fled before could be summoned by tiff* frightened and terror-stricken children. MOSTtiMEHY FOLSOM DEAD. Was One of the Most Vorsatll® Newspa per Men fn tlie South. Montgomery M. Folsom, one of the best known newspaper men in the south, died suddenly nt his residence in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday morning, after an illuesß of only a few hours. Saturday morning Mr. Folsom was apparently in his usual good health, and left ids home in unusual good sprits. Ho returned homo about 1 o’clock in the afternoon and complain ed of feeling bad. At 3 o’clock he had a violent sinking spell and' was soon unconscious. He remained in that i condition until death relieved him. The immediate cause of his demise was apoplexy, superinduced by an af fection of the heart, from which ho had been a sufferer for the past two | years. Montgomery Morgan Folsom was ! one of the most brilliant and prolific | writers in the south, and his literary ; productions were widely read and | copied. He wrote prose and poetry with equal facility, and his acquaint ance with men and affairs was exten sive. Ife was an indefatigable worker, and one of the most productive news paper men in Atlanta. He is survived by a wife and live children. PUBLIC DEBT AWAY UP. Statement (liven Out Show* Figure* To Bo Over a Million Dollar*. A Washington dispatch says: The statement of the public debt at the close of the fiscal year 1809 shows that the debt, less cash in tho treasury, amounted to $1,155,320, which is a decrease ns compared with June, 1898, of $13,571,172. This decrease is accounted for by a corresponding increase in the cash on hand. LYNCHERS "CONVICTED. filx Sent to I’enitentfary For Hanging Lawbreaker In Virginia. In the county court of Patrick coun ty, Va., Saturday, C. J. Thompson,L. I>. McMillan, Madison Montgomery, Jr., 11. I. Montgomery, Robert Mont gomery and W. M. Branch, all white, wero convicted of murder in the sec ond degree in lynching Lee Puckett, white for attempted criminal nssnult on a young lady. Fuckctt was a discharged lunatics Thompson was given six years and the others five years each. The jury was out only thirty min utes. This is said to be the first case of its kind in Virginia. CASUALTIES OF THE FOURTH. Tliirfy-Tlir*e Death* and 7KO Injuries In O Cities And Town*. The Chicago Trilmue’s Fourth of July casualty list published Thursday include returns from 250 cities and towns. The leading figures are: Dead, 88; injured, 730; fire losses, #233,070; injured by cannon crackers, 731; injured by powder explosions, 257; injured by toy cannon, 259; hit by stray bullets, (10. All these acci' dents are due to the celebration of Jnlv '4llO