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~;E K OF A MURDER TRIAL in CA AT OHLUOO TlU "' , v ITt I'TWIMT. TUBA w®* **"•*• a ilir Dead Man, tkr I'ftl ■ ri.ik'r ! minrHMMkMl'O** 1 * Mart* of (ho Dtfftcolfr In W Med p rrta il Loot Hlo 111-Dfw " 0 , > r ,fc ' Flaht. r 4 Oct It -Whm court ad r.ight o neck hod bom given r\\ a. Tlllt*. for the killing The state'* witnesses had jr.rt veaierdav wa* occupied sttmony for the defena* Of depend* upon the state , no was with him at the time, ~|vd a charge of fine ehot In . i ■ and TUlta himself; they ap r# the only wltne*e to the , . affair. Other tentlmony la but , , , rv of the statement* of these he well established that the mt on the beat of terms, and trett * ../Itborhood gossip had Intenst i<. ling between them TUlta hat .... rf rmed that Joe Prevail was "tot , v , neater for him.” while Prevatt .1 advised that Ttllls took exceji ’ . „,me remark of his reflecting in (fW ~ irev upon the women of the „ w v and would whip him at the -t unity. This wee the feeling . h.- night of the encounter Cl, Prevatt. who seems still unable to Vt , from the bird shot received In his l-, i. • m. Ice. elated that he and hl r{< , . went to Tints' house on lhe , f . f t)ie kl.llng to hire him to build , ; 4 i for their uae on the 8t Jonn's n ,,. ,t thc> called him out to the gate. , . T'lhs. without waiting for them to , i .:r bu-tneer. called Joe a liar and ( . m off his horse and began to beat km Cl, ,-ot down to aid his brother, who vudoan He pul.eel TUlta off. when the ,•>• ! rr.ed upon him. getting the bet. ~.r . .m. Then Ttllls ran to his house r. ram* track with his gun. When he p un "1 ’he Prevails had mounted their r, ~w nd were starting away, when Tll 'red both barrels at him Some of tks t >t struck hta horae, causing It to Jump ar.d throw him Joe dismounted and ,rre .a k to aee If Flem was hurt, when Tlib* fire.! again at Joe. the a hot killing knr 1; I make# a somewhat different atate mr.f Hr saytt that when he reached the (tie Jo* Prevatt told him that they had urn* to settle that difficulty; that he tr. k the flrat blow, upon which he klck *l him. and followed It with b ows from h:< - ; until he drove him Into a r>rr trt. on th* opposite side of the street Then Firm Prevatt rame to Ms brother s assistant, striking Ttllls on the fide of the heed with a trjv> -,ub. partially (tunning him When r revuered he struck Firm, who called t. brother: "Shoot him Joe," ' Shoot He "'>ke away from them and ran to t ; ■ :e. where hr secured hts gun awl f rhiges, and returned As he reached tk* * " one of them aald "There he ts. * him ” He did not wait for them. ' tte.-d Aral ut one then at the other •r.| re|. a led his gun. but the third shot • i Menially discharged, and went ‘ r to nr air Ttllls' mother who was staying * • th m for the night, heard the dlf tnd heard the call "Shoot him. • t Ice. P ■ c*. was introduced to prove thtt • ha.i but two or three days pre contracted with a man living on P>’*ite elde of the river, to hulM Liter. It Is understood that the har some strong points yet tn " *0 he hrough out to-morrow, or 1 ' ■ The ruse |* being vigorously MKF.W THU PANAMA ( AMI,. Abli.itt Thinks Better of ft Than of the Vlrsragits I anal. nmmg European steamers to-,lav *' M Htilln. director general and pres • r the board of directors of the Pan tit Final Company: Oen. Abbit chief * * r and W N. I-on Cromwell, coun ts i r the canal company. T ’• I'an.tma Canal Company,” ea'd r '"‘ Abbott, 'is watting for tha recom “ 'on of the Walker commission to '• - r - and for the action of that body 'hat gbe decision will la- In favor ' ■■ I .i.amif canal, as being more feast •nomical and giving better results. • Isl.m Is agulnst the Panama It* the rompany will nevertheless go w '-ulUllng It. 1 ■ ve that If both the Panama and N * >*ua canals are built, nlne-tentha of ' " ‘ l* will choose the Panama .ana! *' • n K the better. What ihe Walk, r r ,n hear.l when In Purls Was a i ' nto them. Already between throe t ir million cubic yards have been ' 11 down there and two-Afths of l 'r work has been done." * MEN of THH I.KHUOH). '"wetrns Reached New York With thr Hraranl >lrn. N * York. OcL 14 -The Red Croat line F*mrr t one tens, which arrived this !, ii- from Manaos and Para, brought *> I V—tiger* Capt. Sprout and aeven r * J of the Mary ' n.. i of Thornaaton. which waa *in r ~| , t a,, on 8 ,. pl I7 wW , e on tb( , ' f: -tn Fcrnandlna to Martinique I-ermond was anew ves ’hon ten years old Hhe sailed ' ■ llna on Aug. 24. with a cargo On B*pt. 17. when shout #st t '-southwest of Ilermuda. she t .‘S' ’ * hurricane, arcomtautled by : b' rea. In which the vessel was . . . | ;,ri 1 waterlogged All hands I v rescued by the steamer Hilary " 1 l * ri,l "t at Para. ' S,TH A URGE CARGO. '"earner Irada Ha* hatted • r, *n (ihlaprioii, Tex.. Oct. 14-The larges; ” ’ v< ' r went out of Galveston and * ir£f r than any nravloun ,h ' Oulf. is that of the Brlt h;. , r 1 r *'*e. which cleared yeater e.a-, . , '*' l on hoard In round ami *t, f cotton, the equivalent of ' *’ hale*. Bhe also carries 24.0H0 f v , "heat amt ?,*kt barrels of "T" Is valued at 11.M1.J12 ’HI Ml c o tl , cad G%. k ' ' ,, '*ke Has Made by Bnrlag , '-r at. Joseph. Mo. tr ... hMo Oct. 14.-Coal and gas ' ■•ntlilea were found east of cr. ' *' l •y at n depth of a little • -. **•*• The gas will ba plpe<l w> , , ** once, if the supply hold* t fri , 1 "’Hses to do A vein of coal f 11,1 " ' ,eh 'o feet In thickness was lee, '^ h '•'■"••e at Kiel. 1 The Itoesl.in ship I-ooh •kleh w. •' tllman. from Prnatcoli • I','. ilei on Feehrsm Islind, •I r ..f,,, . reported. Wa# got off 1 -ii*> 4 , hat deckload, and arrived GICMI At. JOE wot A’ mm. Wrlt-Kaswa Navaanah Man aad Ml** lltlb <f tinrlanafl Patted. RptingAekl 0.. Oct. 14 -The event of the week tn Cincinnati was the welding at ihe Grand Hotel of Mias C<lk Htlb and Joseph Wolf, manager at Havannah for the Isaac Josepn Iron Company ot Cin cinnati. The bride's brother served as best man. and the ushers were Mewtr* Oue H Hllb. Wm M Hllb. Kmanued Bower. Leopold Wolf, Maurice Joseph, Mitton Ptau- and Jacob Dub of dnvan nah. Some ISO guests sat down to th# sump *'i,mis banquet that followed the ceremony The tables were decorated wrlth American beauty roses, mermet* and Mareschal Nell ro*e and fern*. The bride s aunt and cou*ln. Mr* Sara Sommers ami Ml** Johanna Sommers, •ame from ftreelrn. Germany, especially to be present at the wedding Mrs. Som mer*. who before her marriage, was u Mlsa Joseph, made the eleventh of the Joseph brothers and slaters w-ho were In attendun, r. tills being the flrst reunion when every member of the family was present |n over #i year*, since some pf them had Arst come to America from Germany. The bride and groom received many handsome and costly presents. An or chestra discoursed music throughout the banquet, and played for the young people to dance afterwards. The hrlde uni groom hove gone for an expended tour, and will make their home# at Savannah. TRI *T WITHIN A Tni ST. Injunction Aten Inst Certafn Owner* A otlug Their M hlaky Stock. Elizabeth, N. Y , Oct. 14 —Chancellor Magee granted a temporary Injunction yesterday, restraining August Be mont John D. Cadwallader. A. W. Keech of New York. T. J Coolldge of Bostuti and William F Harrtty of Philadelphia, from voting ihelr stock at the annual tme Ing of the Dlatllllng Company of Ametlca, which will lake place not Wedr.eeday The application was made by Phtltp Krelsa of Chicago, a stockholder tn Ihe company, which It generally known as ihe Whisky Trust. It le claimed that a trust within a trust exists through the merging of the Interest# of certain stockholder# In order to control the corporation In the bill of complaint It Is set forth that tha Ave different truatees formed a union of their Internet# and agreed to vote up* their coneolldated holdings of stock ae one tdock. Thla merging of tr.tereats. It Is al leged was brought about for the purpose of securing a dominant voice of the man agement of the concern, and It Is further asserted that this plan had as Its object the aggrandizement of those vompo-lrg the clique. HANNA EXPLAINED IT. Told Jnat What He Meant by Hl* Statement Ahoat the Strike. Chicago, Oct. 14 —Senator M A. Hanna when a.-ked about his statement made last night, during a political meeting >t Forty-Second and Sherman atreeta. that the Pennsylvania miners; strike would come to an end to-day. said: "1 did not profess prophetic insight Into the ftrtkn situation tn Pennsylvania, but the last news received from the center of the disturbance* la to the effect that a settlement Is near. Advlrea received bv business men coincide with this state ment. and I am told a compromise of the difficulty In a certainty within a few day* at Jcast." R4I4KU OVER NMl.nfKi. litßnal Mlealonary #rmnn Hrnaakl t.rrat Reealta. New York. Ort. 14 -The Rev. Albert B Simp-on preoident of Ihe Chrtailan tnd Mleatonary Allianc-. to-day preached hie annual mllonary ifrraon at th# Goapl Tabrrnatle. and a# a reaull over tSO.OQO in ■ aoh. pled*, c and property were realized for ihe mipport of ihe mi a-lon# and mia alon work of the alliance for Ihe rom.nf year. \V, F Blackatone | arlicipnlnd In *he aervlcea. The aermon and ihe rifferl. a waa the rloainx chapter of (he aeven ■eenth annual cmivenllon of Ih* alliance The total amount collected to-day waa t52.3A.28. I'art of It was from proceed* of a collection taken a( Nyack. N Y. MIXMIOYM4 1 URMSUiTfEt. Ylattnra Filled Fnlplta la Kaaaaa City Charrhsa. Kansas City. Oct. 14—Dslegal## lo Ihe National ronvenilon of Mlselonary Soot cll-a of Ihe Chrtsiian church flll#J the pu.plte of numerous churches to-day. or attended prayer ami song service In dif ferent part# of ihe etiy. The session# of the American Christian Missionary Society will le returned to morrow The annual address of Presi dent W. K. Homan Is th' drat buslnea* on the programme Buffalo, Pittsburg. Minneapolis and Los Angeles are making n fight for the neat annual convention. WATCH NIGHT SERVICE. 111.Iil> Will laaue a (all < All Southern Methortlata. Jackson. Mias.. Oct 14 —Biahop Charlea B. Galloway, prealdent of tha geneial hoard of education of Ihe Mnhodlat Epl<- copal Church. South, to-morrow will l-aue a call to the one and one-balf million Methodists In the Houih to acs-m de In their place# of worship on the nlaht r.f ihe liiM day of the year to hold an old fashioned watch meeting as a titling cli max to the Twentieth Century Fund movement. The fund now amount# lo $!,- 100.800. sot rtntiMi sol th. Rogers Locomotive W'orha Will Re main at Fateraon. New York. Oct. 14—It le now thought that the Rogers Locomdlvo Works will remain at Pjierson. N. J . and not he re moved lo Birmingham. Ala , aa seemed likely a short lime ago. A Birmingham Iron firm ha# he u ne gotiating for th. machinery. Intending ' move It South But prominent New York er* have stepped In with the thought of running the works at Paterson. :thd n Drm Of Paterson brewers Just announce* mat if in# New York deal does not go through they will buy the plant and run It. Had a shuntlnat Affray. Brunswick. Ga . Oct 14.—W H. Hamm she and hadlv wounded Jack Thomas, tn > row at Eterrett city yesterd.ij. Bosh are white roft hand* Hamm Is In Jail here and The mat came down for medkal treatment r"f*h K( Common ll- KOSJEJtRs=.I.“ PsiTTs N •> '•*>• kv m* | lb*" permanently. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. OCTOBERir. 1000. PAYNE S VIEW OF CHANCES. Gave tint a Republican Forecast of the Fleet ton—Stoles Are IMrtdrd lato Fonr t leases. Chicago. Oct. 14 Henry C. Pam*, vice chairmen of the Republican National Executive Committee, to-day gave out hie Aret forecast of the election Mr. Payne made an estimate of the voteo by state# and In doing so. divided the elate* Into four claattee twenty-four sit e*. having If* electoral vein, certain for McKtnh )•; twelve elates, having 11* eie lord volo*. certain for Bryan; six states, havlrg 38 electoral votes, in which the chance* of Republican or Democratic succrs* are even, and three elgte* having 24 vote*. In which the chances are AO to 40 In favor of the Democrats. Mr. Paynes forecast te based on the last report* received from all the states and leas follows For McKinley: California. ; Connc !l cut. (; Illinois. 24: Indiana li. lowa. 13; Kotinas. 10: Maine. A. Massachusetts. 13: Michigan, 14 Minnesota, A New Mump (hire. 4. Newt Jersey. 10. New Tors. A; North Dakota. 3; Ohio. 3. Oragon. 4; Pennsylvania. 12; Rhrsle Island. 4: tb utft Dakota. 4. Vermont. 4: Washington 4. West Virginia. A: Wisconsin. 12; Wyomlt g. 3. Total 270 For Bryan Alabama. 11: Arkansas. 8. Florida 4; Georgia. 13; Louisiana. 8 Mis sissippi. . Montana. 1; North Carolina, 11; South Carolina. ; Tannages*. 12; Texas. IS; Virglnlx. 12. Total llE* Even chances: Delaware. 1; Kentucky. IS; Maryland, 8. Nebraska. *. Nevada, S. Total Sixty to forty tn favor of I>emncrai* Colorado. 4. Idaho. J; Missouri, 17. Total 24. A'IaITORS Fll.t.F.D PI'LPfTR. How the Preabytertan Ministers spent Sunday In Brunswick. Brunswick. Os. Oct 14-The ftunday session of the Savannah Preabytery was marked by th# varloua ministers Ailing th# pulpits of Brunswick churches, on invitation of the respective pastors. At the rreebvterlsn Church the celebration of the Holy Communtor. wo* observed, and several received into the church Rev W. H McMeen. of Flemlngton preached an able sermon in Ihe morning, and communion was administered by Rev J. W. Quarterman. Those who served In the distribution of the communion were: Eaters R Habersham Clay, of Savannah. A F McKay. C. C Varna doe and J. R Martin. Rev A. J Strath of Savannah. Fins* Church, preached at the evening service to a large congregation The mlntwtora, and the pulpits they flllad. other than above noted, were Baptist Church—Morning Bervl> Rev IV. A Nlabet. evening service. Rev. C. C. Careon FI ret Methodist Church—Morning ear vto*. Rev A J Smith; evening service. Rev. H A Brown McKendree Methodist Church— Morning service. Rev D T Sheppard, evening ser vice, Rev L, R Lynn At Seaman's Bethel In the evening Rev Fharlee Montgomery preached To-morrow afternoon a steamer ride will he taken by the delegates and congrega tion of th# Prewbyterlan Chueh to Jekyl Island Thla trip on the water has been tendered the Presbytery by Messrs Ray mond A Tupper. steamboat owner* To-morrow evening the concluding ees elon of the Preahytery will he held and the license of Mr Pee body applicant, will be granted, a •'ompanted by Interest Ing exercises The session will he continued until all work I* concluded, this enabling all dele gates who desire to leave, to go home Tuesday morning Rev IV F Hollingsworth, the retiring moderator and one of Brunswick's eo quent and most aealou* divines, ha* heen ably assisted by the congregation In car ing for the delegates and their stay la be ing made a pleasant one OFFICE EMPLOY R* SI PTERBO. Postmaster at Galveatnn Appealed for Aid for Them. Washington. Oct. 14 —Postmaster Gen eral. Emory flmlth. recsettly received from Postmaster Orlflln of Galveaton. a letter telling of the pecuniary and personal loss which had befallen his employe* (n that office as a result of the terrible cyclone of Kept 8. of the fearful strain under whk~h they had been working day and night, since then, and of the admirable spirits which animated the men. not. withstanding their misfortune. Posrmaeter Griffin suggested that If Ih# vast army of postal officials, rlerka and carriers could know the true condition of the men at Galveston, n small amount from each might he cheerfully contribut ed. and would give Ihe needed relief; otherwise |t was to be hoped a beneficent government, "to whom we are loyal, will hear and answer this appeal." To this communication Acting Post master General W. M Johnson sent th* following reply: "The department l* in full sympathy with the appeal of the postmaster at Galveston In iwhalf of the employes if that office who have suffers*! through the terrible calamity which has over taken them, and hope* that response bv thoee who have not already conlrlbule.l through some other channel will he gen erous and prompt. I am gratified lo learn that Ihe action taken In thla dis trict by the National Amociatlon of Let ter Carriers Is meeting with hearty re spense * "Contributions may be addressed, lo Hon. John A Merritt. Postmaster, Wash ington. D. C. "W. M Johnson. •'Acting Postmaster General.” TVPHOOh (41 stll DAMAGE. Tow as Destroyed and Lives Lost In Fnrmnaa and China. Tacoma. Wash.. Ocl. 14—A typhoon caused great damage last month on th* coaets of Formosa and Southern China. A number of towns were destroyed Nine teen hundred houees were washed away or Inundated nt Talpeh. Formosa, and many lives lost. The Japanese steamers Falchlau Maru and ffetkro Maru went ashore at Talpeh ond sustained serious damage The French cruleer Krrsalnt wea blown ashore In Hankow harbor Southern China, and her steering gear destroyed She waa (willed into deep water ond after tempo rary repairs, proceeded to Saigon Forty more Boxers were beheaded at Hnnkow late in September. Hankow |e under martial law. 4RKIVEO WITH TME PLAGIE. Highland Prlae* l.wal Fire by the Terror While oa Her Virtge. Montevideo. Ocl. 14.—Th* British steam er Hlgttlund Prince, from AnlweG’. Aug Jh. London Sept. 7. ami Bahia. Oct. 4. has arrived here with bubonic plague aboard. Five deaths. Including Ihe captain and flrst officer, occurred during Ih# voyage. Chief Officer Drowned. San Franc isco. Ocl. 14-George W. Moore, chief officer of the Biltlsti ship Albyn, Which arrived to-day from Ant werp was washed overboard and drowned While the Ship wae off Cape Horn. Mooro was a native of Liverpool. BSI MEIIATIO* H ALASK A. I niiiurmlur* H< |ort tfn*h .o|d mill m firmt < ||rr Itrll. Tacoma. Wnih Oct 14 —Onaua l>*uni cratorn Berk and Si xtofi have rv-irhad Juneau from Co;iper river, where Ihelr •ummer'a work leaulted tn the cniunera tion of 900 !mlian> and frw whites Th In- Jlane In that pe'tlon have lt*t 4y doaen-* thli nummer Thin mortality remilta (rofii the Influx of miner** and the destruction of the ealmon by cannerfe* at the motitha of tb river*. Mr. Beck rvpuru that on July 4 gold w.* found at Tee linn river In three week** four men took out 14 om) tn coarae gold. .N*r dexton tlmiki the oopicr of I'rlnce Wllilatn Sound wilt pnkltic<- untOid million* lie traveled several week* will. Government OcdOKUt tichrudei, who e* prtianl hlin>elf .* liltevlng that the and IkOfflti* of copper tht-ri are uneiju;tll'*d in the world 9 A railroad will t.* r. • min to develop thl rich countr) Th** govern* tnent telegraph line through the <'4U*-.ir ttver territory ie rearl> cotnplntnt. uivl It can te <?ulikly flnifte<l In the ttprin^g roil \% old i it mi;. F.niiton l might for llohltlna n Hitnk In Mleltlgnu. Igincoln. Neb., Oct. 14.—Deputy Sheriff Clark of Kalnmaxo<>. Mich will to-mor roa leave Idncoln for home, h iving in hi* custody C'harlet* K\.neton, whom he r* rested yeaterd.iy on ifl. charg* of robbing the Enron Hank of Ktchland. Mich. Evanston to-ntgrit confesnl to Chief of parr" ”!Xf r 1 t*: ■: •*: — • ’ —i —r ' Mr r-f f *JSE&Lt h , f/ -i ■ .t ** * j 4 -■ < . jttl vcKjiiMflßßMfßfgl 'I If.. . * \ *A w ' .. • > • A,vt *• Xa \ * -■ i'erwian Lan.o Eton Coat. Trli.im* I With Errnli). Police lloagland and Sheriff Clark hi- par ticipation in the crime The Richland rob bery. which was •*. nsatlonul and daring, occurred two years ago and F'** l In rash and 840 OWI In eerurftlc* were stolen Hl* men were connected with Ihe theft and four are now In she penitentiary. Evans ton haa heen In Lincoln several months STORM WAW IIKM'HI I TIVK. Additional Dlsnatrra In Ansa arotla and trnfonndland. Halifax. N B, Oct. 14-Additional dl atlsra to shipping on this coasl ut< re ported. The known list of \ seels a-hote now numer thirty, mostly owned In the province and Newfoundland. Th lo - d| over the county and In Ihe it. Llr rin* provinces through lorrtflc rainfall.- and washouts and damage to orchard* anl buildings In' heavy winds will he very many thouatnde of dollars. Hlvere have overflowed their hank* and trains cannot proceed. < FATHER KE.T( HI M (PI’IHATED. He Will Take t horae of All Catholic Indian Mission*. Vlnlta. I T . Oct. It.—Rev. F.Hher Will iam H Ketchum of Antlers. I T.. ha* beer, appointed and will soon take charge of the entire Cithollc Indian missions of th t'nlted States, with headquarters at Washington. D O Father Ketchum was for three years pastor of the Catholic con gregation al Muskogee and also had chtirgo of the m!ion work at ibis place and all of ihe Cherokee nation and the Qua paw agency Sullivan nnil McGovern. Cincinnati. Oct It.—Ram Harris, man ager of Terry McGovern, signed article* this afternoon for a match between Dave Sullivan and McGovern before the Non pareil Athletic Club of Igiulsvli'.f ll.trrL posted 8600 with a local sporting man to hind the match. Hnrr.s stipulate I that the dale must ba Kei are the only open dates McGovern h-j < until January. Three Tlmsushiml Searched. Ypsllantl Mich . CK't, II -Three thou sand persons, atiidema of the State Nor mal College and citizen.;, engaged In n search along Huron rtver to-day for the bodies of Miss Abide Cronin and Ward Wood who were drowned last night while canoeing on the river. The bodies were re cevered Both were students nt the co|. lege. —Ambassador Choate's morning* are al ways given to a regular routine. After breakfast at eight, h. re.i 1* the papers for an hour: then goca over hie moll until ten. and dictate* hi* letter* until eleven I" MOTHERHOOD" YL |— .M2- w iIVV nT tells plain (actsthat every one of the rentier sex * ought to know. Its common seasc advice saves * W pain, trouble and anxiety. One or more copies p sent upon reque st. t.> one person or t>> d.tferent atl- // ■ dresses. |f the readers of this smnouncement know of v * expectant mothers, they will do them a rreat favor by 0 having this book sent to them. Address the (>ti Wishers, THE BRJLOFfFLP ltf:(.t l. (Ton t 0., Allaata. Ga. HLt OU HI D Ilia 4TU:\ %. *1 nlerllt I'oltee Eorego Wleep l Mead -Odd lalea.** In m the New York T*m* All th** T*m h ih'in knew of Walter Itev rle\ Crane and hta volume of **o4*! Talei*,*’ aid ia*t night each policeman. he came in ft rn Ida pol. Instead of go i* g Immediately to lel r holding convert# and nwu* or !” arrlincttkHig dtacue>ion upon th** high*r critiihm. dug down un der hi- iill-w in I | i.wluced a copy of the OdJ T.ii* - in which wax Inscribed To ai> %ery K*od trlei and the p lie* force, from tie out hot * There wa** a ime wh**n the *\era.;* TANARUS n ierlolner dwelt In profound Ignorance i*f *h- young author an.l hi •thlil Tal* ’* Hut that w. before \V I i!*filu night Mr rui,** !# writing b*l ittaln**l a fair *1 • itr• of i pularli\ when eome of hie f i* rule lutlmated to him that hie wrork* 1.4 v i tha’ tin local coloring adorning t • pfig>x of hi.- cousin, the late (4t**i>hen Crane 'Hut how am 1 to get the color, in a paint ehop a?k*<l ihe muthor • l*> - sti hen ill hi frlerdx an awered, g- to the Ttltdarloln for It.“ To th*- I’- derloln wei t Walter Hover ley Crane The tlwel’* ra on the cynical t* k of Thirtieth street, boundiil l*y S;\th .o*l SfU'iiih avenue- w uer- th* grerti imi * tmc Tender Uun Htall*i tilmk awa rung >u Pinning liittnanl.>. paw .rl> I it* pirntti. a quietly drep-l m uni; mn wlrh carrying a Ir 4 hat dhng Tl.e tag < nuilned mat hi - ripP into which th* lo* al col*r w4P to b j our* *i on lb*- pyot of It*- origin on 1 .4 t w pie of the odd Tale** Round** man Italy met him under th** green lamp**. Hun ;ti> c do. ar un i here lately. jpK* 1 th* author. Puzzled, the Round*mn regarded him “Color," he said, slowly; "It depend* what kind of color you want. The lamps heti arc green, the ekv overhead I* blue, and If you want black. Just go around the corner to Seventh avenue and start a ra a riot." The author pul down his bag on the 4>avt inent "Well, I'm Mowed." ha began. Th> n. leaving hi* Img h hind, he wenl close to (he Houndsnati, "lascal color. ' he -aid, "Is hut a mls litiding term for sotne'hlng that la not color at all. hut rnarcjy leal. It la that r!l-i4r clement that. Incorporated In a I Iccc uf writing, makes It savor of Ihe soil. Ii Is entirely distinct from tin- dra matic element, which Is Ihe art of cre ating unexpected sliuatlons. It la ihat ultentlon to tin detail of the local' of a story that at imp- the Gory a* h wing heen written of and aho it a ■•articular bn a.lty. the characters and charaicterla tlc*. I nnoted by the bulging eyes of the Houndsman and the eagerly flashing eyes of the author, a shadow that had hovered over the bag t r some moments, lnwera-1 and decended U|so It. From the dept hs of the -Itadow a black hand shot fzrth. stanching up the hog tnd gathering it unto It*lf. Then the sound of rapidly running Is* broke Into the lecture upon lo< a I color The nuth-.r and the Rounds man. facing sharply about, looked up the street 'Tin afraid, sir, (hat there rest your tuig," *|ok o ihe Roundsman A* Ihe shadow gilding Sixth avenue ward near and a lamppost, mil of It* density . am>- th outline* of a human figure—* human figure running Ilka a ■uburoanlle to can h Ihe 8:05 The author cried aloud: "My manuscript*, my new hook, gone *t"len. and here In front of Ihe station hone* I" The next mom-nt another shadow neared the htmpl*)*), Ihat of a quietly dressed young man with eyeglasses, hut carrying no handbag. The author reached Sixth Avenue No handbag or runner war In eight Sorrowfully he returned to the rta tion hoti*> and In ret.|*on*' to hi* pp al Detectives Hhlbh and l-o kwoed were pm ii(*>n the cae and h‘ wis told ' return at 5 a m.. when Ihe detectives would hovc had a chance to Investigate. At 8 o'clock yesterday morning a sleepy voting author pool before the Bergaat t a desk, •My big my manua-r.pts?" h atk-d eagerly The Herge.yit passed a smtll hag aervas ihe rail to him. "Wonderful, wonderful'' exclaimed ih# author, assuring hlmw'lf of hi* mvnn scrlpt*' s rfeiy. "Who aaya the police are not a wonderfully efficient organisation? Where was tt found. Hergeant?” "In Jersey City." he waa io:d Yes■ erdav afternoon • paekah* arrived at Ihe station house. It contalhe I copies of "odd Tales" for a good for lon of the force. HOW THEY END THEIR DAYS. i>i;a aucii muiieirm' lia fa min TtltU HIHMKI HI M 4. Many of Thrm Find Meana of Rale alatrnrp by HeepCna Minima. Urn mu lte Oppor funllle* llxir (ill * eo tmr n I Ivellhood aportlna l*ur*wttP 4enerall> Hetatii n Hold on fh- A nit From the New York Tribune I’rlfe fighting never took high rank an Aft amusement for retinal people, and the manly rt" mn aiianpllfled in the irix*' ring ha a I whip been looked upon sp 1* ha-ing PtertMcle. But daaplte their hru ’al * haraeterlnth - prise fight** ha\* been putiotilaed to *ont* extent by men who were neither tufhjn* nor who ex< used th mxeixex for count'nan* ing the contepia l*y paying that the ejnirt wsp aclPtttlllr Ring conteatp with hare knuc kles hecam** popular In England m**re than two centurtep ago, anl men with muni tion* to excel in the ro|M<ft ring gave ex hibit tOfix of their knowledge of the irt of pelf defen re In the earlv da\P of the republic, but tt was not until early In tho 4's that th* • port ing element <f th* ourdry became deep'y tntererDd In ring flgtdr Tom llyer, Tom Hxyrri. John C Heet.an. Harney Aaron. John Morrtpaev and a hot if other flghterr appeared in the prtse ring They became popular hen'ea with a part >f the rommunlty, and in the far Wt. particularly t'alifornla. they were liomsel HatP, collar* and other artlclen of men'p wearing apparel wete namel for them lleeiiin hat** id H.iyer* 4*ollar.-* were **opular at the time when th#*ee two pug 11 l*t n ware aspirant** for the cham plonehlp. and a ane. mudv to imitate Irlrh hlkckthorn. wa known a a McOool xhelleloh I Uhtlnu in Fnrly limi. The fight* in thope dayp took place for the moat part in the opi. air The "ring side' wap the turf and at large hghta rude henrhee were put up to aecommo* date the neople who came from near and far to wttnaxa the 4'ontestP (here WuP leap wdeniifAc fighting In thowe dayp'* aai*l an old man who had been o fighter hlmeelf and who Ip still an enthiixlapt. "but there wap more fun f*r thoee who look on not quite ro much, though for ihe lighten* !•• the earl\ days of the prise ring the fighter's ambition was to win prise* and then heroin# the proprietor of a public hoiiee John Morrleney'x bnrra>ni In Troy wap the cons regaling p ace for a l**ng rime of the flghilng alement of the ourdry and n favorite resert for gambler'- and die repute Me people of all kind* The plat e w**p na!i are! unattractive, bin It waa the ambition of other fighters to have Just such a place. Men who were lower •town In the prof* ition and cuid not ih plre to**p ibllc hmia* p became tralnerp. f ewe hen* of boxing and wrepfling and many members of the frnierntiy who were unable to attract MiffAclent attention were compelled to wrk like ordinary mortal* In shops and fsetorie* The stage had no attraction for prig* fighters In the early days of the pport In the l'nltel ffcates When John C. fleensn wax at the height of hie glory, young, handsome and crown ed with the prigs ring laurels, he married n actress who had gained notoriety bv appertng In spectacular piayp. He wea Induced by hie wif* and her friends to oppear on the stage in a part written for him but he wax a mdarr hoty failure as an actor xml retired from the celling after a brief and thankless • areer His old ad versary John Morrissey, developed an wm billon In the direction of polltlce His at eociatee In Troy and Lanatngburgh belong 'd o a clasp which In later year* rmtd* ‘Ed Murphy the loss of TToy, and the condition which they brought about made a 'Bar" Rhea possible % Morrissey came to New York amt wa* elected a representative to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congre sea.where he wws p |nt *d our as the prlxe fighflrg member lie toe im** the owner and manager of several l*llt|cai gambling houses and In IW7 to*k his seat In the New York state Henafe representing the fourth district Hts Im me)tate predecessor wa John Fox who succeeded William M Tweed Morrße. died In ItTA and since then no prlie fight er has become prominent In politics. John I Hulllvan wanted to go to Omgreas ml had hopes In the direction of the chief magistracy of Boston, but h s political nmhttlona came to grief For several years prlge fighting was un popular and pugilists were not In great demand, but a revival cam#* when Indoor fights took the place of the open-air con tests • The stage prlge fight." aai.l n follower of the sport, ‘ gave the hlg fellows an ide* that they were actors Htandfng up in w ring In a cellar, in a barn or on the gr* e*i was more btltlnensdlkr thin doing the flick on a stag* flooded with lime light The rights In the big halts and afh!**t c clubs also gave rise to simulation op |he part of managers Who ever heard of a prlge fighter having a manager or a pres* agent In the old da vs? Nowadays fhev require those staff ofTWr* nearly as mu h as they do a knowledge of the art " llrswlnv arda on the Rlsge. John !* Sullivan was the firat promi nent fighter to make his apt*** irar.r- on the theatrical stage after prise* fighting became popular, ami since that time iho prise ring has been looked upon as a step ping stone io the stage, and It seems to be In th* regular order of things to see a pugilist's name on a play bill so>n after he has won a ring victory. The public house la still Hlp ambition, and mindful of the drawling qualities of a well.known fighter, rum sellers and brewers have given prise fighters handsome salaried for the privilege of using Ihelr names In con nection with rum shops of the gaudily be decked kind The recent exposure of the bold and systematic frnuds. which have been prac ticed on the "sporting" public by the men who arrange prise fights has done much to bring the profession Into 111 repute even with ihe men who were Its enthusiastic patrons. Men who were looked upon as "champions" were naturally drawing cards nt theaters where they appeared but the fact that they simply played n pari In * gigantic * heme to rob the people who raid to see ' square" figh s. and that victories an.l defeats were ar ranged beforehand, have tendency to diminish the prise fighter in the grogshop huatnesa where he flourished in the days of old "Billy" Edwards who in hla day gain *d considerable ring fame, was for years the "bouncer" In a New York Hotel. Harney" Aaron follows the races reg ularly "Mike" Donovan who la known In New York •* a square sport." |* now* an Instructor In boxing The prise fighting rdhimunlty points with pride to the fact that Richard bro ker and "Tim" fbilllvan. who have #•- ways been i*irons of the sport for pleas ure and for profit, w**ra themselves once fighters of no mean order TELL* or TIE* TAIN. Lien#. Louis R. Lawton's Own Brief hlory nf the Untile. From the Baltimore Bun. Uitt. Louis B. Lswt-Jh. who was wounded three times at the battle of Tien Tln. July 12 latt, and who Is con valescing at Ihe I'nlon Protestant In firmary, where he recently underwent an oi>eral!on. gave to the Bun a graphic ac count of that bloody engagement Lleut- I.awlon wm* one of the greatest of heroe# of Ihat battle, and the wax records con tain th* highaat commendation of hla bravery end coolness. "The Ninth Infantry, tinder Gen E H Llacum " he said, "iefl the foreign con cession at 3a. tn and marched Hirst miles to a point south of th# wailed city of Tlsti Tsli and look a mauHon In the rear of •he ItrlHeh. the Japan****', the German* and il# French From this point It waa two miles to the main wall and a half mile to the mud wa!! "Very soon after arriving eight men In (i> of our companies were struck by bib let* fired from the main wall TV Chi iifm 1 use the .\!annM*'h r rlfie. whb'h la mat* on the anm** principal as the Mau* per, Nit shoots further ■ To see the troops swinging around In to line double-timing Into rblumns of pla toon* r#adv for the advanr*-. was . I beauti ful wlglit The sun was Just coming <h ami the shrapnel were bursting In the air all about us. Th itii n were all In k.mm| • •uulttlon an*l looked as (hough they w i. r*R for tV fight "Th# at* ance to the mu*l wall, which wa* U feet high, was m#Ale with little rei*lataiii*e Here we soon had our nw cbm* ami mountain gun# mounted Tb* Rrin-h guns were manned with Hlkhe— tall, fine-looking m* n. wtarlng big yellow turban and rtVt*nnl In East Indian coa tunw* ITielr fire w t dinseted ogalnst tha main wall, from wh.!i inMired ccnttnuuux 1> a heavy artillery fire The Americans crossed the mud wall light behind ihe Jar# who w*nt over firat Our orders were to hii port the Japs "The Japan* v e are the finest Itl the w. rid It's amoving, though, to waACh t • little colonel get out in front of hu command IR or grins, then aaya something, then ail the Japs laugh and begin tunning forward "Our troops moved to the right and got cover from * raise! road. While lying there a heavy fire wa? opened Upon ua from the mud village, southeast of rhe walled city 'The Japs turned In that dtmo tion ami we advanced behind them until w- reached an unfordahl* fiver 7i yards side We were then exposed to both ar tillery and Infantry fir* from the mud villas*-, not over one hun*!r**d yards dis tant The only cover we could get wii front little rule* * *r <Mtche*. something llkj lice paddles "It was here, about 9 a in that Gen. 4Jscum wnc mortally w*unlet lie dle*| In half an hour IBs last word* were. Keep up the fire on tlu>se loophole hous es About the same tim#- MJ E*gan, Caft Noyes amt t'apt tiookmlller wer* severly wounded. an*l I was shoe In tha bead Muj .1 M loe assumed omtnan I f th* regiment and sent me hank to Gan. I>orwant of the British army, to report our position and losses and to ask for arntnunltl**n an t reinforcements," The lieutenant prefer* that lOWMIH else tell horn with an irderlv. he wrt back and made his ref*rt The Hritlan general gave him two com pan lea *f ma rines and a h o*fdtal corps, anl he atartad to return to Mai lei All along th* way the men of the hospital corps were drop ping out to attend to the wounded, and reaching point three hundred yards from MaJ Lee, th** men with Lieut. Ist t n, who were acting under the orders of their own ofTß'ers refused absolutely to proceed further Ho the lieutenant allow ed them to take position there. While ho continued alone to r?p*>rt to th* major "I started on u run." he said, "and cached the first ditch safely. There wem cnly fifty yards left. Cilmhlng out of th? ditch. I droti*-d my noieloks. which, since | wa* acting as adjutant. I could not afford to lose. The delay cauaad In Adcking them up probably saved tny Ilf#, for Just as I wa* Jumping Into the last itltch. while In the air. I caught n bullet other than th# one that waa probably in tended for me As I climbed out of this last ditch I thought my arm was broken. The bullet had shattered the n*rv#a In the shoulder and the arm wm* paralysed. "(’apt W A lire water cam** to me and dre***ed my wounds, and MaJ I##e fame up and 1 mad*- my report At this point *h* Chinese concentrated their fire on us. All but the major and myaelf and two orderlies got to better f*ver. "Fnder this fir*, using meat can and bis bayonet, my orderly dug me a pit In the meantime I received a wound through the shoe A man who ha#l been woundsd twice was lying near me I though? ho w'a* unceonsclous Presently a third bullet ••truck him in the face and he got up. stsed up the situation and walked around behind me and lay down. "When th# PR was dug the major and I light* I our pipe* and talked matters over. We remained there until h p m. that evening I then walked ha**k thro# mile# to my obi quarters at the forvlgn < onceaalon "About 2 o’clock the next morning. July 14. a force of one hundred Japanese -roes .■d the moat to the walled city to Mow up ihe gate with dvnamlte fieventy-five of them. I understood, were killed, but fh# • barge was placed against th** gate Then the electrical loittery was found to bo • Usable*! so a Jap undertook to set tha charge off with hi* fingers In *Ao4ng an. of course, he was blown to atoms. Then the aide* marched through " • .lent Lawton, though suffering from the recent operation on th# nerves of his shoulder, seem* In good spirits, a fid look* tanned and haalthy He I* 2* years old and la a graduate of West Point. If* Is a dl - ml relative of Gen !awon killed a Hat* Mateo last December Ills homo Is In Au burn. N Y Lieut. l4#wton's wife and their youngest child came to Baltimore with him Fpon leaving the hospital Lieut Lawton expects to take temporary quarters at Fort McHenry He does not know vat whether the use of his arm can be re stored or not. CHAYKA It %YE GOOD TRAIT*. They Are Not the lllsnareMhle Per son* The Term Implies. From the New York Mall and Expreas. One of the most Interesting phase* of linguistic jsludte# pertains to (he change* In the meanings of words which, aa wa know, may become belter or may become worse A word tnav even come to mean pseclsafy the reverae of what It did to a previous age Deterioration la the usual role The term crank la a recent coinage, bui until now he# heen uniformly applied to those peculiar |s<>|4. whoa* fad# os whim* have not heen held worthy of im itation. but rather of contempt They were thought below normality In Intellect and ability. At present among medical men one hears the word applied to ttease who show very Indifferent cboradterlstlcs. and the fact Indicate* Ihat the word Is un# dsrgolng a decided change In significance, A man of character would not call a char acterless man a crank simply because ha I* sharper, but the reproachful word Is frequently used by the characterless tat denote a physician of exceptional hono< and Integrity. We recently heard a health officer who has shown heroic seal ond iinselflahnat* in the administration of hi* office etigma tlx.d a* | health crank He had no hob ble* except lo protect nhc community from Infectious disease* In all such caaas tha se-ret motive I* lo excuse oneself for lack of professional or ethical spirit by calllag •he better man by this opprobrious name. On* who hatew medical politic* la dubbod a crank by the politician. Th* echemef for office thus appear* to Justify hlmaelf. Th* medl.al editor who Bells hla columns to Ihe reading nolle* man naturally caiia the better Journalist who refused to do this a crank. Those who exhibit zeal for professional good, who criticise professional abuse* are. hy the fact of (heir ezhstence, a standing tehuke to those who never had or never o'wyed an Ideal of duty, and they are naturally anxious to hide thalr shame by rvltx rank It Is an odd Wt of pay* -hniogt J legerdemain which only foot* tha fool When these feel the sling of con • a they whisper devil, dev!!’ or hunt up a scapegoat. It will soon be that all trickster* will call all honeai men cranks, and then n new word will have lo be de vised for the old-time fad rider. All med ical reformers ara crank* io those who compound with sin* they have a mind to, so ihat wc should have a word to desig nate all those cunning folk who rid them selves of obligation by sneering at those who believe tn duly and labor for pro fesslonai progress. 5