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. T BOLIVAJR BULLETIN. VOL. XXXX-NO. 5. BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1904. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 Per Year. ONE PAIR WAS SUFFICIENT PORT ARTHUR'S CASE HOPELESS ENGINEERS' STRIKE ENDED E (Tennessee State News The Democratic Majority in Ken tucky Reduced by One. Brotherhood of Coal Hoisting En gineers Disrupted. IS INVESTIGATING GOVERNOR no 1904 NOVEMBER 1904 SUN. MON TUE E THU tHl SAT " .FtoK TO"? .- f 7.11 14 J J 678 9 IO I I 12 13 14 15 l6 17 l8 I9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 30 N&-tSL CURRENT TOPICS THE NEWS 15 BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Dr. N. M. Smith, chairman of th county central committee at Washing' ton, Kas., was shot and killed at that place, on the 1st, by S. H. Bonar, i farmer. They quarreled over a bill, anc Bonar fired at the physician twice, ont ball entering his abdomen and on piercing his breast. Four heavily-armed outlaws attempt ed to rob the bank at Cody, Wyo., ot the 1st. In the fight which followed the cashier was killed. The robbers escaped to the mountains, but secured no money. Seven young Indian girls left tin World's fair, on the 1st, to enter Vas car college. Col. A. M. Flagg. who, until a few weeks ago, was editor of the Dulutt (Minn.) News-Tribune, committed sul cide, on the 1st, by drowning. A reservoir of the municipal watei works, located near the center of Win" Eton Salem, N. C, broke, on the 2d causing the loss of nine lives and th injury of four or five persons. Rev. John Evans, a colored preachei of St. Louis, shot and seriously wound ed "Bud" Harrington, one of his par ishioners, on the 2d. Evans says h fired in self-defense. Thomas Baldwin's airship, the "Cali fornia Arrow," broke loose, on the 2d at St. Louis, and was carried away tc the northwest, after two unsuccessful attempts at flight. It landed in th river at Keokuk, la. The fleeing outlaws who killed Cashier Middaugh, of the First nation al bank, of Cody, Wyo., on Novembei 1, were still at large on the 3d. A cage in a mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa fell, on the 2d, and ten miners were killed. The British three-masted schooner Dcrthy, from Black Tickle, New foundland, bound .to a south Euro pean port, was sunk, on the 3d, in a conision with the British" stcamei Adana, from New York for Calcutta. The crew of the Dorothy was saved. Hereafter no person stiff ering from consumption will be employed in Unit ed States post offices or othei govern incnt positions from which they are likely to spread the disease. The bodies of the ten miners who were killed at the Auchincloss colliery, In Nanticoke, Pa.", on November 2, were -removed from the dump at the foot oi the ehaft on the 3d. Postmaster-General Wynne, on the 3d, signed a supplemental treaty with the Hungarian government, relating to money orders passing between the two countries. Incomplete returns from elections in Nova Scotia, on the 3d, indicate a sweeping liberal victory. Baldwin's dirigible balloon, the "Cal ifornia Arrow," which went off on a trip on its own account, from the World's fair, on the night of the 2d, fter being erroneously reported as having drupped into the river at Keo kuk. Ia., was found, on the 3d, practi- rally undamaged, anchored to a tree limb by one of its drag ropes, In a ravine on the farm of vlenry Mildt, near Fern Ridge, St. Louis county, Mo A dispatch was received in London, on the 3d, saying that Lieut.-Gcn. Stoesscl, commanding the Russian forces at Port Arthur, was reported to be wounded in the leg. Russia is said to have experienced a feeling of relief over the fact that November 3d, the Japanese emperor's birthday anniversary, passed without bearing news of the fall of Port Ar thur. A Cheyenne (Wyo.) dispatch of the 3d said that posses were closing in on the bandits who killed Cashier Mid daugh in an attempt to rob the bank at Cody. They were said to be in the Bad Lands, 25 miles north of Ther mopolis. The rewards for their cap ture, de'a.d or alive, aggregate $15, 900. President Roosevelt issued a signed letter, on the 4th, replying to Judge Parker's accusations that Chairman Cortelyou was using knowledge gained while a cabinet member to secure funds for the republican campaign. After ordering her own coffin to be made out of pine boards at a lumber factory, Mrs. A. D. Low, of Palmyra, Wis., a rich woman, killed herself, on the 4th. with strychnine because she had been threatened with lawsuits. Andrew Carnegie has been unani mously re-elected lord rector of St. An drew's university at Edinburgh, Scot land. Fire swept Tifton, Ga., on the 4th, destroying several business blocks and causing a loss of $250,000. There were no casualties. A masked man, armed with a pistol, entered a saloon at C&ttonwood, Cal.. on the 4th, lined up six men with their faces to the wall and their hands ever their heads, while he relieved .the ni of $500 in cash and $1,800 in checks. A hundred persons were drowned by the 6inking of the French steamer Gi ronde after having been in collision with the French steamer A. Schiaffino, near Herbillon, 23 miles from Bona, Algeria. The Gironde left Bona with 110 passengers, f whom 100 were Al gerian natives. Hunted Buried Treasure. Iii 11 small cottage near Wreneoe, ten miles from Xa&hvillo, the badly decomposed body of Dr. T. J. Briggs was found last week, tic was last seen br bis neighbors a week before. The man went to Xashville about six years ago and immediately took up his abode near Wreneoe, on the property that had been left to him by a friend who had died in Chica go. His purpose was. to find $60, 000 in gold that was said to have been buried on the land on which his lonely home was located. Twenty years ago there died in the Wreneoe neighborhood one Dr. A. G. Allen. A short time before his death Allen told a nephew named Baldwin that he had .$(0,000 buried on the place. Tin's nephew died in Chicago about six year ago, and told Briggs of the supposed buried treasure and willed him the place. Briggs went to Wreneoe and spent six years in search, only to die without unearth ing the money. An Unwilling Heir. A few days ago 3Iary Stevens, an abandoned woman, jumped off the river bluff in Nashville and killed herself. She was possessed of a con siderable fortune. A day or so later her will, duly witnessed, was found among her papers in 'a local bank vault. In the will she left John Crowlev, a watchman at the citv wa terwork?, whom she declared to be her '-good friend," $3,000 either in cash or real estate. Crowley went to the executor of the estate, and after a conference voluntarily signed a paper saying: ''I desire to say that I do not wish to receive, nor will I receive, anything from the said estate, and I hereby relinquish all interest or claim in said estate, either in personalty, or real estate." Lane C,ollege Burned. Lane College, a leading Southern colored institution, W. L. Brown, president, was burned at Jackson last week. It was founded by Bish op Isaac Lane, and was under the auspices of the colored Methodist church. The lire started in the boarding department, and spread to the college, a three-story brick val ued at $15,000. The insurance is held with a Methodist mutual com pany. The college was situated be yond lire protection. Insurance on the mam building amounts to 000. Obion's Coat Industry. Farmers of Obion county have turned their attention to goat rais ing. Every day last week there were shipments of these animals in car load lots from Union City. The fanners say that they are raised and sold to the market as goats, but are. eaten as mutton. Insurance Agents Up Against It. Huntingdon authorities arrested J. It. Presson and Tl. L. Tresson, a few days ago, for undertaking to sell insurance policies to citizens without first having the company they claim to represent file the nec essary papers with the secretar' of State, showing that it is entitled to do business in Tennessee. Good Crop of Sorghum. Ued Freeman, a voung farmer living near Troy, planted six acres in sorghum. Freeman has cut, crushed and boiled his crop. He re ports that he made S57 gallons from ihe six acres. Freeman says he ex pects to sell much of his sorghum for 50 cents per gallon. He thinks he will realize $100 from this crop. Still After Bootleggers. The Carroll county authorities, are making it warm for the bootleggers. Last week there were ten arrests for this offense, and the sheriff reports that there are about six more of the creatures who have taken to the woods, but will be apprehended if they return. Newbern Wants an Elevator. Xewbern is acritatinjr the erection of a grain elevator. The merchants believe that the receipts of grain by the town will more than justify the erection ot the structure. Prosperous Gallatin. Gallatin has two national banks. The combined capital is $100,000. The deposits exceed $3S0,000, and the undivided profits amount to $30,000. Egg and Chicken League. Sumner county farmers will form an egg and chicken league. They insist that Sumner countv is the banner egg and chicken county of the South, as more money is brought to the countv from these sources than from all the crops raised, still the Northern markets are discrimi nating against the Sumner egg and chicken. The league proposes to hunt for the cause and proceed at once to annihilate, it. The Sarah Swann Home for Girls. The cornerstone of the Sarah Swann Home for Girls at Carson and Newman College, at Johnson City, was laid last week with appro priate exercises and in the presence of 1,500 persons. President M. D. Jeffries, of the college, delivered the address of the occasion. The exer cises were in charge of the Masons, Mr. McClister of Morristown, past grand master of the State, officiating as master of ceremonies. The Swann Home for Girls will cost $25,000. It was donated to Carson and New man by Alf li. Swann. Eloped With Wife's Sister. William Benson, a farmer, is in jail at Murfreesboro, charged with leaving his wife and eloping with his 16-year-old sister-in-law, Misa Zumbro. It is said that the two walked to Florence Station, where they boarded the train for parts un known. A vigorous search was made with the result that Benson was found near McKenzie and car ried to Murfreesboro, accompanied by the woman, "Miss Zumbro s fath er will prosecute Benson to the lim it of the law. A Plucky Pantry Girl. At Faucon's restaurant in Nash ville last week, Miss Minerva Bolin, aged 26, pantry girl, shot and dan gerously wounded George Gambol, a negro waiter. She claims that Gam bol had boasted that he had defamed her character because she considered herself better than a negro and would not receive him upon terms 01 equality. His conduct, she al leges, drove her to desperation. Ripley's Noble Movements The people of liipley have formed an organization to keep in a perpet ual state of care and preservation the old cemetery of the town. This cemetery has given place to a new one, and was rapidly becoming di lapidated in many respects. The society has. spent a large sum of money to repair the ravages time had made upon it. Disastrous Drouth Broken. The drouth which, has burned up vegetation throughout Middle Ten nessee was broken last week by a good ram. Many streams had dried up and people were hauling stock water. There has been no pastur age this fall, and fall seeding has also been greatly retarded by lack of ram. Killed a Deer With Stones. Harvey Thompson and George Webson, two young mountaineers near Elizabethton, killed a deer with stones a few days since. They found the animal in a gorge. One boy came behind and the other in front of the deer. They hurled the stones with such true aim that the deer was killed after the fifth stone was thrown. Ready for the Lights. The Dyer Electric Light Com pany has completed all connections and switchboard, and have a dynamo of 1,000 lights capacity and are waiting the arrival of an engine in order ot furnisli light for the town. Curfew Must Ring. The subject of a curfew law for Clarksville, which was first agitated by the ladies of the W. C. T. U., lias been taken up by the people and ia being strongly urged upon the coun cil for the protection of the 5'outh of that city. New Industry for Jackson. The Patton-Black Manufacturing Company, of Jackson, has applied for a. charter. The new company will manufacture mattresses, brooms and furniture, and conduct a whole sale establishment. The capital stock is $25,000. Bootleggers at McMinnvllle. McMinnville has at last managed to suppress the open sale of whisky in the town, "but reports say if the beverasre is no longer sold openly a dollar piece seldom fails to bring a pint bottle out of some fellow's boot leg. Gone Back to Her Father. Miss Lassiter, the Fisk (Ala.) girl who was deceived into marrying a man named Quarles, when Queries already had a wife, has gone back to her father. Quarles is in jail at Columbia on a charge of murder. Reward for a Boy. J. II. Higgins, of Gleason, has lost his boy, and offers a reward of $10 for his recovery. The boy left Gleason about ten - days ago. He was wearing two suits of clothes at the time of his departure. Smallpox Epidemic. - There are sixteen new cases of smallpox in Montgomery county, near the Robertson county line. At present the disease is conned to negroes. Ei'Gor. William D. Bradley Played a Sharp Trick on His Son-ln-Law, Dr. Sooth. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 5. With malice aforethought, as he himself confesses, ex-Gov. W. O. Bradley has reduced the Kentucky democratic majority by one vote. When his daughter, Christine, and Dr. John G. South, announced their engagement, the Lime for the wedding was left to Papa Bradley. He fixed it for November 2. EX-GOV. BRADMY, OF KENTTJGJCY. "But, look here, governor," said 'Dr. South, "this arrangement will take m out of Kentucky on election day on our honeymoon." "You said any day suited you." re plied the governor. "Do you want It January 2, 1903, of 1907." "Well, no," replied Dr. South, "but 1 don't want to lose my vote. My cous in, South Trimble, is running for con gress, and I want to vote for him." "Naturally," said the governor, "but you see you will not be able to." "All right," said the doctor. "Suppose, governor, as I am to be out of the state, you and 1 pair on tha voting, canceling a vote iu each par ty?" "Pair," said the governor. "Me pair with a democrat. No sir. Young man. you have done all of the pairing in this family that you will be allowed to do. FULLER MAY BREAK THE LINE No Chief Justice Has Ever Reslsned Bat Melville W. Fuller May on March S et. Washington, Nov.- 5. Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the supreme court of the United States plans, it is said, to resign his office on March 5, 1905, the day after he has adminis tered th oath of office to the next protldent. CHIEF-JUSTICE MELVILLE W. FUL LER. If President Roosevelt is elected, it is reported to be his plan to offer the post of chief justice to William II. Taft, secretary of war. Chief Justice Fuller will be 72 years old on February 11, 1905, and will then be entitled to retire from the bench and enjoy a salary of $10,500 a year as long as he lives. The recent death of his wife, who was'a leader of ex clusive Washington society, contrib utes to his desire to spend the remain ing days of his life free from official responsibilities. No chief Justice of the supreme court has ever resigned. All have died on the bench. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Assistant Postmaster J. V. Gibbons at Rath, Mo., Charseil With Em-, hezzlinsr Money Order Fond. Springfield, Mo., Not. 5. J. W. Gib bons, assistant postmaster at Ruth, Stone county, after a preliminary hear ing Friday morning before United States Commissioner Pepperdine, was bound over in the sum of $500 tp await action by the federal court at Joplln early in January on the charge of em bezzling money order funds amounting to $120. He failed to furnish bond and was committed to jail. WITH A ViEW TO SURRENDER. Datto All, the Rebellious Moro Lead er Wants to Meet . Gen. Wood With a View to Surrender. Manila, Nov. 5. Datto All, the re bellious Moro leader, who, on the pre text of resistance to the anti-slavery law, has been waging warfare with the American troops, has sent a mes sage to Maj.-Gen. Wood requesting an interview with a view to surrender. Gen. Wood has granted the request." Postal Order Asreemint Slgrned. Washington, Nov. 5. A supple mentary convention between the United States and Austria-Hungary, relating to the transmission of money in the mails, between the two countries, has been signed by Postmaster-General Wynne. Castro Closes Zolla Hirer. Washington, Nov. 5. Secretary Hay has received a cable dispatch from Mr. Snyder, American charge d'affaires at Bogota, Btating' that President Castro of. Venezuela had closed the river v s Zulla to navigation. Stoesscl Acknowledges It, But Sayi He'll Never Surrender. AMMUNITION ABOUT ALL GONE Of the Warshiin In the Harbor the Pcbieda Is the Only One Afloat the Retvisan Was Darned.. Rome, Sot. 4. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Uiornale Dl It mil a asserts that Gen. Stoessel, in command In Port Arthur has tele graphed the czar that he has made his last attempt to defend the forts northwest of the city and is prepar ing to retire to Liaotshan and Tl gir'i Tall peninsnln with 10,000 sol diers mid seamen. Evea Golden Hill fortress will he abandoned. Of the warships, only- the Pobleda Is afloat. The Sevastopol and Peres vlet's decks are two feet above the water, but the rest have been sank. .The Itctvlsan wa burned with several wounded who were aboard. The Japanese are now .helling' the -warships anchored near Pal Tn hills, between the old, and new towns. Several shells iiaxe been ef fective, destroying: at least one grun bunt. Paris, Nov. 5. Dispatches received here from SL Petersburg report that the news from Port Arthur is as bad as it can be. . Gen. Stoessel has tele graphed to the czar that the position of the citadel is hopeless; that the garrison is reduced to almost its last siiell, and that all Its longrange guns have been destroyed or put out of ac tion by the Japanese. 'We cannot hold the fortress," he adds, "but we can die fighting for Russia, and we will. The citadel shall never be surren dered." PASSED CLOSE TO PORT ARTHUR. An Oatside View of the Invested Russian Forlrcm. London, Nov. 5. Bennett Burleigh, cabling from Tientsin, where he has arrived on board the. Daily Telegraph's special steamer, says that on Wednes day, when crossing from Chefoo to Chengwangtao, he passed close to Port Arthur, and clearly saw the posi tion of the opposing forces. He em phatically declares that the whole bluff of the peninsula is still In Rus sian hands. He could see the deep Ecored trenches and covered ways of the opposing forces. The western Japanese outworks he pronounced unimportant, and thinks the Japanese have advanced little be yond Piston bay. The Chefoo correspondent of tha Daily Telegraph reports: "Up to date the Japanese assaults on Port Arthur have been repulsed. They have carried many trenches In front of the forts, but have been un able to capture the forts themselves. "The Japanese losses have been heavier than in any previous attack. It is admitted by the Japanese there that they received authentic bad news from the front as' late as Wednesday. They declare, however, that the fight ing will be continued. "The bombardment 13 so fierce that the streets of Dalny (23 miles distant In an air line) are said to tremble as though from an earthquake." WILL HAVE TO SHOW CAUSE Deportation Proceeding's Bejjun Against Six Chinese Women 'ow "On the Pi We" at St. Louis. Washington, Nov. 5. Warrants have been issued and sent to St. Louis by Acting Secretary Murray of the depart ment of commerce and labor for the arrest of six Chinese women, who will be called upon to show cause why they should not be deported to China. ' The warrants are issued under the Chinese exclusion act, and the charge is that the women came here for. Immoral purposes. They are at the Chinese village on The Rike at the expositfon, where there are also 239 Chinamen. There has been strong evidence fur nished to the department of commerce and labor against the six women whose arrest has been ordered. TO MAKE STATED PAYMENTS Could Family Stralg-htenlnfr Ont Le gral Affairs of the Countess of Castellan. New York. Nov. 5.---Judge Lacombe, In the United States circuit court, Fri day, signed an order , authorizing George J. Gould and MiS3 Helen Miller Gould, as receivers of the income qf their sister, the countess of Castellane, to make stated annual payments to the attorneys who were engaged in Btraightening out the legal affairs of the countess when she was in financial difficulties. Germany Favors Treaty. Berlin, Nor. 5 The German gov ernment is in full sympathy with the proposal of the Uniteu. States for a treaty of arbitration between the United States and Germany, and there seems no doubt that a treaty will be arranged. - Baptist Minister Killed, by Train. Mulberry Grove, 111., Nor. 5. Rev. John Cohen, E6 years old, a Baptist minister, was killed by a fastmail train, on the Vandalia road at Hagers town, four miles east of here, whllt walilsg oa the trade Hen WiU Be Given Privilege of B turning to Work If They So Desire. Springfield, 111., Nov. 5. The strike of the hoisting engineers' workmen was called to an end Friday night At a joint conference of the miners and the operators Friday, the engineers of fered to arbitrate, but the operators refused. The Brotherhood of Coal Hoisting Engineers was then disrupt ed, and the men were given the priv ilege to resume work at once. The miners sent out notices to mem bers of their union to return to work immediately. Should the miners and operators be unable to agree on a wage scale for the engineers, the ques tion will be arbitrated. DEPUTIES IN A FREE FIGHT Strennons Scenes at Friday's Sittln'n of the French Chamber of Deputies. Paris, Nov. 5. Friday's sitting of the chamber of deputies was one of the stormiest and most heated in recent years, the excitement culminating when Gabriel Syveton, a prominent nationalist deputy, stepped up to Gen. Andre, the minister of war, and slapped his face. After accomplishing this feat, Syveton retreated rapidly to the uppermost row of seats, taking refuge behind members of the opposition. A tremendous tumult ensued, deputies of all parties crowding upon the floor of the house, where a free fight was soon in progress. Speaker Brisson left the chair, thus suspending the sitting. Eventually order was restored, and the sitting being resumed, Syveton's temporary exclusion was voted. The offender, however, refused to quit his seat, and it became necessary again to suspend the sitting while he was re moved by jft military guard. PARKER THROUGH SPEAKING Ends His Campalga on. Saturday Klvht at the New York Reception. New York, Nov.. 5. Former Judge Parker's active campaign will close to night, when he will meet the demo crats of Brook-yn at a reception -o held in the- King's County Democratic club. His speaking programme is al ready at an end. He has no plans for further ad dresses, and it is not likely that he will participate in any more political meetings. Upon his return from Connecticut Friday, he went to his rooms at the Hotel Seville, attended to his correspondence and received a few'callers. After luncheon he took a walk with John D. Crinimins, made a social call, and took an automobile ride In Central park. In the evening he dined inform ally with a friend. Judge Parker expects to return to Esopus Monday morning, and remain there until after election. THE ITALIANS ARE PLEASED Press of Rome Express Satisfaction Over Return of Cope By Pier pont 3Iorgan. Rome, No. 5. In an official com munication the government announces that J. Pierpont Morgan has informed the Italian ambassador at Washington that he unconditionally returns to the Italian government the famous cope belonging to the Cathedral at Ascoti. The communication adds that this hap py result is due to the tact of the Italian ambassador and the patriotic assistance of Gen. Dl Cesnola, of New York. The entire press of Rome unites in expressions of satisfaction over the announcement, and congratulates Mr. Morgan upon his noble and disinter ested act. LOUISE NOW IN FLORENCE Former Crown Princess of Saxony Is Makinc Efforts at Reconcllia tlor With Her Ilusband. "Florence, Italy, Nov. 5. The former Crown Princess Louise, the divorced wife of the present king of Saxony, has arrived, desiring, it Is said, to be nearer Rome, in order to facilitate the negotiations with the Vatican with the object of bringing about a reconcilia tion with the king. This Is held to be more probably now, owing to the death of the late King George, who was im placable. Princess Louise is staying at a private villa. ONE HUNDRED DROWNED. Steamships in Collision Off the Al gerian Coast One Sunk and One Hundred Lives Lost. Bone, Algeria, Nov. 5. The steam era Gironde and Schiaffino collided ofi the Algerian coast Friday morning. The Gironde sunk. One hunderd peo ple are -reported to have been drowned. Breaks IVeck In Fall From Horse. ,Texarkana, Ark., Nov. 5. Ed Las siter, a farmer, living ten miles east of here,- while ont riding Friday, fell from his horse and broke his neck, dy ing Instantly. He had been troubled with heart disease for several years, and it is thought he lost consciousness as a result of one of these attacks. Beaten to Death. With Clob. Marshall, Mo., Nov. 5. Miss Rosa Butts, white, aged 18, was found -dead in the Odell pasture, near here, Friday momfeg. The coroner has not yet reported.. She was fcUle'd with a club. Report That He Will Seize the New York Foundlings is Erroneous. A PERSONAL INVESTIGATION All But Fourteen of the Orphans Have Been Taken Back to Aeiv York By the Catholic Officials. Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 5. Go. Brodi of Arizona is now in Clifton and Mo- rencl investigating the scandal ensuing- ttio nlon!n(r rt nrnhsn hlMrfTl frOm a New York foundling institution, a- Catholic institutions, in private fami nes, ine report mai ne ns ueei commissioned by- President Roosevelt is erroneous. After the recent protest of people of Morenci against asylum methods, and their taking summary charge of the orphans and disposing of them in private families, the Cathollo authorities at the asylum presented the matter to President Roosevelt. It is learned that Gov. Brodie was In Washington at the time the presi dent requested him to investigate and report, although not In an official ca pacity. Returning home, he submitted a partial report of the matter, and is now making a further personal inves tigation. He expeciea 10 return 10 Phoenix next Sunday or Monday. It is further learned that all but 14 of the children were taken back by the Cath olic officials, and these 1 were placed in families who are now trying to adopt them. The question is purely a legal one, and will be settled by the probate court of Graham county. MURDERED AND' MUTILATED Boys Discover RemalnM of Rossi Butts in Secluded Pasture Xear Marshall, Mo. Marshall, Mo., Nov. 5. Friday morning about six o'clock four small boys, Rex and John Duncan, Brewster Hubert and Joe Burns, while going through a pasture in the edge of tha southern part of the city, found the dead body of Ross Butts, a 17-year-old white girl, who worked for Andrew Olson, of this city. The boys prompt ly gave the alarm, and Coroner W. C. Orear, with Dr. S. Crutchueld, made an examination. It was found that she had met with violence at the hands of unknown parties. The body was lying on its right side, with the left ear torn off, the right badly mangled, the right side of her face crushed in, and her throat cut by a sharp stick, which was thrown on the ground by her side. Numerous footprints were on all sides, and th ground beaten and worn. A half smoked cigarette lay near her, also a pair of black gloves. These were the only articles left behind by the mur derers. RESULT OF PRACTICAL JOKE Illinois Man Begins Shootina; When Told to "Hands Up" By m Friend. - Springfield, 111., Nov. 5. James M. Maxwell, president of local union So. 5, United Mine Workers of America, at Virden, has been shot -;nd killed by Thomas Hall, a bartender, as the re sult of a practical joke. Hall was re turning home after closing the saloon, through North park, when Maxwell, for a joke, stepped from behind a tree and ordered Hall to throw up his hands. Hall, who had been a victim of hold-ups twice, recently, drew a re volver and shot Maxwell in the stom ach.. Maxwell who lived for several hours afterward, said he did not blame Hall for shooting him. ORDERED HER OWN COFFIN Then a Rich Wisconsin Woman Killed Herself With a Dose of Strychnine. ( Palmyra, Wis., Nov. 5. After order ing her own coffin to be made out of pine boards at a lumber factory, MrsJ A. D. Low, a rich woman, killed herself with strychnine because she had been threatened with law suits. She ordered the box, which, according to a note, was to be her coffin, to be made 0V2 feet long and li foot square at either end. ROBBERS BLOW A SAFE Secure, f 1,600 In Cah and Certifi cates of Deposit Amounting; to f22,0OO. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 5. The safe of James L. Blodgett, an aged private banker of Hermitage, was blown open early Friday. The robbersftgot $ 1,500 in cash and certificates or deposit amounting ta. $22,000. Blodgett wa.? robbed in a like manner of $12,000 about ten years ago. Prince Fushlma Leaves Honolulu. Washington, Nov. 5. The Japanese legation has received a cablegram from Honolulu saying that Prince Fushima, the mikado's adopted brother, sailed from Honolulu, Friday, for San Fran cisco, where he is expected to arrive on the evening of November 9 or the morning of November 10. Takahira Out of Danger. New York, Nov. 5. Kogoro Taka hira, Japanese minister lo the United States, was, on Friday, reported to be much improved. Dr. Shrady said ha thought all danger was passed.