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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More of Less Interest Con densed Outside the State. Mrs. Sallie M. Hanna, who confess ed to poisoning six persons at Lynch burg, Va., and waived trial by jury. has been sentenced to five years at labor in the state prison. By the will of the late James C. Carter, which has been made public in New York, $200,ooo is left to Har vard university and $io,ooo to the University of Virginia. The value of the estate is probably more than $i, 500,000. William Buckner, a negro was hanged at Hamburg. Ark., on Friday, for the murder of Joseph Burton, a Cuban, near Montrose, January 29 last. Buckner. who was convicted on circumstantial evidence, made a confession several days before the execution. One more body has been recovered from the Virginia mines, near Bir mingham, making the total number of bodies removed i'7. it is expect ed that but three or four more bodies will be found. The state mine com mission has begun its investigation into the cause of the explosion. While seven men were being hoist ed in the carriage in the Clear Spring colliery at west Pittsburg, Pa., on Thursday, the rope broke and the men were hurled to the bottom, a distance of 250 feet. All were killed. The bodies of the seven men were found in a heap at the bottom of the shaft horribly mangled. Wm. H. Harrell, a prominent mer chant of Cochran, Ga.. was shot on Friday afternoon by John J. Blount. It is reported that Blount cursed Harrell and attacked him in the lat ter's store, shooting him down and probably fatally wounding him. Blount was arrested and placed in jail. The coroner's jury in Honolulu has returned a verdict that Mrs. Jane L. Stanford died an unnatural death. The verdict says that death was due to strychnine poisoning, the poison hav ing been introduced into a bottle of bicarbonate of soda with felonious in tent by some person or persons un known to the jury. All the present and former members of the Stanford household are being watched in San Francisco. The deaths from the plague in Cal cutta week before last numbered 34, ooo. Statistics show that the deaths from bubonic plague in India within a few years reached nearly 3,ooo-ooo In 1903 the mortality in India from the plague alone was 83o. The num be of deaths recorded week before last while extraordinary is not un precedented. The infection recently spread to Burmah where it is mak ing rapid strides. This seasc.n of the year always favors its spread. Grand Chief Stone. of Cleveland Ohio, of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, on Friday revok ed the charter of the striking Inter $orough engineers in New York. Mr. .itone stated that this action was tak en on the ground that the Brother hood had a contract with the Inter borough company covering a period of three years which had been signed in September last, and that the en gineers struck without consulting the officers of the Brotherhood and in clear vioaltion of the existing agree ment. United States Senator Wil:iam B. Bate, of Tenre-ssee, twice governor of his state, a veteran of both the Mexican and Civil wars, rising from private to major general in the Con federate army, for eighteen years a conspicuous member of the upper house of congress, died at his hotel apartments in WVas' :ngtonl on Thurs day. aged 78 years. Death was dlue to pneumoni!a and defective heart. Senator Bate attended the inaugura tion ceremonies on March 4 and his death is believed to be due primarily to exposure on that occasicn. Jacob Zucker, of New York, on Friday found that beyond all doubt his son, Morris Zucker, 18 years old, was buried in the potter's field in Sa vannah. The boy stowed away aboard the steamer Lesington last Novem ber. He jumped through a port hole upon te arrivl of the steam'er in Sa vannah. It was n('t knwn what had beco-e of him until the next trip of v the vessel to Savannah wien the body rise from the place where i vyung Zuckcr had jumped. The fath- t e- xill have the bodv exhumed and t :aken to New York for b-.rial. t In the wreck of the express train near Butler. Pa.. on Saturday night the engineer was killed and nine per sons were injured. A sprealing rail is believed to have been the cause of the accident. A seat on the New York Stock Ex change has been sold for $82,500. 1 This is the high record price. The name of the purchaser hasnot been disclosed. The New York strikers have lost their fight against the Interborough cunpa ny and the old employes of the subwav and elevated railways have been crowding the officers o)f the COmpanv seeking :heir former posi tions. Only a small number were re I instated. the oficials uf the company e!aiminV to be satisfied with the men I who had enabled them to break the strike and announcing that in future the rules as to sobrie:y -:ud be strictly adhered to. \fr. John Jordlan. one of the most I rominent citizens of Wilkes coun:y%. Ga.. was fired upon :rom ambush on Friday night by some unknown party. at the point where less than a week before Barney Smith had been found dead. It was too dark for the assas sin to make sure of his aim at Mr. .ordan and all five missiles went wide of their mark. Several murders have been committed in this com munity within the past several weeks, and it is reported that the citizens feel they are taking their lives in iheir hands when they venture out af -er nightfall. Among the many unique and at tractive features proposed in connec tion with the reception to be tender ed President Roosevelt on his trip to Sherman, Texas, is a squadron of ju venile Rough Riders attired in char acteristic costume on carefully select ed ponies equipped with all accourte ments of war. The little warriors will head the honorary escort. Their ponies will be equipped with full war I1 accoutrements and the youngsters will be uniformed exactly as were the famous Rough Riders when they were led by the president up San Juan Hill. The first stop of the pres ident in Texas will be at Sherman, and his first address will be deliver-t ed there.t WAR ON GROUND HOG. Interesting Publication by Washing-: ton Bureau. In an interesting volume uponi "Long Range WVeather Forecasts," copies of which were received yeste~r- I day, the central bureau at WVashing~- 1' ton seeks, apparently, to deal a soiar plexus blowv to sore of its competi tors. notably the ground hog. the s bear, the goose bone, and even the'Ii moon.3 "If," declares the publication. "the c saying regarding the coming out of 'a the ground hog and the bear on Can- i dlemas day possesses any merit, it rests upon the fact that fine and clear r days in the early part of February f U Writes MRs. JANE PETrY, of Roa "~My little boy could not walk a ste all other remedies had failed to do 1 cured him and made him sound and give the same testimony. cleanses the blood of all the poisons other blood diseases, and absolutely powerful and effective blood purifier i digestion and builds up the entire sysi "TE ONE THAT CURES Wbs 505B117 CHEMICAL COMPM? As ., 7O rggist S.. -ro70 Sol hy Gilder. Weeks &]1 re usually cld lays. Pn1 tnat cloudy veathr at that seas()n is likely to irevail (huring %wZarm (a::.. Th n ials in question therefore consult heir own coif-1rt inl cas wh-:re hy make a plrenat,.rc exnt m P1 o er quarters. If it is cold they return: f it is not cold they remain out until he inevitable return of cold weather, vhich at that season will not be de ayed many days. "The accumulation of food by quirrels, beavers, and other animals Iuring the autumn months is also akcn as a guide to the character of he coming winter. It is assumed hat the gathering of a large supply )f food indicates a long. hard winter. md vice versa. Careful observations )f the habits of animals show that the mitumn habits referred to or their -mission bear no relation to the char icter of the following winter. The vIuantity -f nuts stored by squirrels s governed by the supply of mits at heir disposal. "The thickness of plumage on wild mud domestic fowls is also a result of eeding and past conditions of weath r. ra:her than an indication of the haractcr of future weather. And the oose-bone theory is one on which io two gecse agree. "Moss. bark on trees, and the thick iess of nut shells, pumpkin rinds. etc., urnish another basis for long range veather speculation that also confuse nd mininterpret conditions that are Jue to past conditions and have no )earing on future weatl.er." After thus disposing of the weather )rophets in whom the "oldest inhab tants" still place confidence, the vol ime says of the work of the bureau: "The United States weather bureau vhich possesses facilities that permit t to surpass all other meteorological ervices in the accuracy of its predic ions, now issues forecasts each day or periods of one and two days in dvance and at tilmes the period is ex ended to three days or four days. rhis is the greatest length of time or which calculations based upon )resent available data and informa ion can be made. "The data referred to is received laily by telegraph from an area that mbraces the United States. Canada, he Western Atlantic ocean, the West ndies, and Mexico. and the forecasts re results of careful studies from lay to day of atmospheric changes. novements that appear within the re ~ion of observation. The daily cal ulations thus prepared are subjected o a rigid verification that yields 8o o 85 per cent. of verified forecasts hat have been made in detail of each welve hours of the forecast period." Reflections of a Bachelor. If she weren't so bashful, a girl ould like to be photographed in aw illy unbashful clothes. If a man has a little sense he is on 7 fit to work like a truck horse; if e has none at all, he is called a -emus. It's hard for a woman to make her elf believe that the man who pays all is house bills promptly and can't do ny more is as good a husband as the ne who doesn't, but who brings his ;ife home a bunch of flowers every aturday night. A widow is awful clever to make a nan think he is good to her because e pities her. ring River, N. C., Aug. 12, 1904.I p from RHEUMATISM, and! any good. Rheumacide has ye Hundreds of other letters that cause Rheumatism and all cures to stay cured. The most n the world vet it improves theB WHEN OTHERS FAIL." 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