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CAREER OF CRIME Of - Three Young Men Who Out elassed in Murders the NOTORIOUS JESSE JAMES GANG. They Confess to Having Murdered Nine Men. The Thriling Story of Their Capture in Indiana. Chained wrist to wrist, their hands matted with dried blood, their cloth Ing covered with dust and dirt, two beardless boys, Peter Neidermier and Harvey Van Dine, sat Friday night in the presence of Mayor Harrison and Chief of Police O'Neill in the po lice barracks in Chicago, camly con fessing to their share in a three month's'career of crime which has in cluded nine murders, the wounding of five other men and a long series of robberies. The two young bandits, neither of whom is 21 years of age, to gether with their companion, Emil Roeskie, who is no older, were cap tured near Liverpool. Ind., Friday after a fight in which they bAttled against policemen, railroad detectives. railroad laborers and farmers. One man was killed, another fatally wounded and all three of the young bandits were wounded, but not seri ously. The dead: T. J. Sovea, brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad. Wound ed: Joseph Driscoil, detective on Chicago police force; shot through ab domen and can live but a short time. Matthew Zimmer, detective on Chica go police force; shot in head and arm. Neidermier was wounded in the band by birdshot; Van Dine was similarly injured and sustained in addition a flesh wound in the left thigh. Roeskie was shot in the right hip. The three men were wanted'by the police for complicity in the murders at the car barns of the Chicago City Railway company onEAug. 30, when two men were killed, a third badly wounded and $2,250 stolen. Gustave Marx, who last Saturday night mur dered Officer John Quinn when the policeman endeavored to place him under arrest, confessed after his cap ture that he, in company with the three men, had committed the crimes at the barns. The hunt for Van Dine, Neid ermier and Roeskie has been hot ever since. Although they knew that the entire police force was looking for them the three men remained in the city until Wednesday morning. "We were 'laying' for a fellow that was a witness against Marx," said Van Dine. On Wednesday they left Chicago, going to a dugout made near Millers Station, Ind., where they were surprised by the police Friday morn ing. Both parties opened fire and Driscoll fell. Van Dine and Roeskie rushed out, followed a few minutes later by Neidermier. The latter ran to the tracks of the Michigan Central rail road and throwing himself flat on the roadbed steadied his arm on the rail as he kept up a rapid firewith three revolvers. Rueskie ran for the bush. but Van Dine retreated slowly al though the air around him was filled with oullets and the snow at his feet was kicked up by them. He is a splen did marksman, and catching sight of -Detective Zimmer, who was be hind a tree, he fired, Zimmer went down with a bullet in the head. As he fell Van Dine fired again and the second bullet tqre through Zim mer's arm. The detectives fired constantly but the bandits escaped. After running about a mile across country they came to the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad. A switch engnine with a train of cars was close at hand and, hurrying up to it, the men ordered Brakeman Sovea to uncouple the train from the locomotive He refused and at-tempted to take Niedermier's revol .ver from him. The latter instantly sent a bullet through the breakman's brain, laying him dead in the snow. *Springing past Sovea's body the bandits mounted the locomotive with *revolvers in band and ordered the engineer to move out In a hurry, which he did, going in the direction of Liverpool, Ind. After two miles had been covered the men ordered the engineer to slow down and leaping to b te ground disappeared in the woods. After the train had carried Van .Dine and Niedermier away Detective Sheehan hurried to the nearest tele graph station and wired Chief of Po lice O'Neil, asking that men be sent out with rifles. The message met with a prompt response, and in a short time Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler and 50 officers, armed with -rifles, were on the way to Miller's by special train. Gapt. Briggs of the *detective service of the Pennsylvania railway was given orders to get . the three men dead or alive. He and his men were off toward Liverpool. When the bandits left the train they were nearly exhausted and un able to travel. It was easy to track them in the new fallen snow and the hunt was speedily closed. The men were seen as they dodged about the farmers, most of whom were armed with double barreled shotguns, opened fire on them. Niedermnier received a charge full in the bead and the blood streamed down his face and Into his eyes, blinding him so that he could hardly see. A shot grazed Van Dine's -head, and his wounded leg was weak ening. The posse was closing in on all sides. There was no escape and it was evident to both men that the time had come either to surrender or to fight it to the death, Van Dine said in discussing his surrender: "The jig was up for us, no matter how many we killed. I says to Pete: 'Well, what do you think?' He nodded his head and dropped his guns and that shows how they got us." The men were at once handcuffed, placed upon a train and hurried to Chicago, the city police officers wast ing not a minu& in rushing them over the line into Illinois in order to avoid possible conflict with Indiana police, who might have demanded the men on account of the murder of Sovea. This fear was not justified as Gov. Durbin of Indiana has said be * approved of their action. They were taken into the office of Chief of Police O'Neil and there, in the presence of Mayor Harrison and a throng of offi cers, they discussed the eventspf the day as calmly as if it had been noth * in i unusual for them. None of the prisoners showed any bravado and did no boasting. They showed nut the slightest hesitation in confessing to their crimes. Their demeanor was more that of boys who bad been caught pilfering. Van Dine sat upright, talked freely, showing In word and bearing the cour age that he has revealed throughout. iIedermIer sat with his head on his hands. When Van Dine said: "Pete, hae shot Driscoll," 1'iedermier looked up, smiled slightly and remarked: "Yes, I shot Driscoll and the brake man," and then sank back to listen to Van Dine. Both men admitted that Marx bad told essentially the truth in connect ing them with the various crimes charged up againtt them, and said that they did the killing at the car barns. THIRTEEN MINERS KTTLE. By An lExplosion in the Mine at Bo nanza, Ark. Thirteen miners were killed and great damage was done by an accident al explosion of gas Tuesday afternoon in coal mine No. 20 at Bonanza, Ark , 12 miles from this city. At nightfall only six of the victims had been re covered. When the explosion occurred there were about 175 men in the various shafts. All escaped without injury ex cept the 13 who were employed in en try "K," tne scene of the explosion. The force of the explosion was terri tic and timbers were torn from the walls of the passages for several hun dred yards at the mouth of entry "K." The passages were so complete ly obstructed that the work of rescu ing the entombed men was tedious in the extreme and several hours were consumed before the first body was found. It is thought that the gas was acci dentally ignited by a miners' lamp., The miners who escaped, with the id of others summoned from nearby shafts, immediately set about clearing the passages in the hope that some of the 13 entombed men might have sur vived the esplosion. By nightfall six bodies had been found and rescue work was still in progress. It is now certain that all of the entombed men have perished. De fended a Woman. As San Francisco Major W. J. Mc Clung, a well known broker and club man, was shot and probably fatally wounded Thursday night at the Palace hotel by Alec Garnett. The shooting took place in the rooms of Mrs. Lillie Hitchcock Coit. Garnett was her business agent in minor mat ters and Mrs. Colt had a disagreement with him a few days ago that resulted in his dismissal from her employ. Major McClung was visiting Mrs. Coit last night when Garnett appear ed in an intoxicated condition. He drew a revolver and attempted to shoot Mrs. Colt, when McClung attempted to save her and received the bullet intended fore the woman. The police have not succeeded in arrest ing Garnett. He is a native of Vir ginia and fought through the civil war in the Confederate army. Major McClung, whom, it is believed, is fatally shot, also served in the Con federats army during the war.' ' Expensive Eggs. . When the Republican-Populist can didate for lieutenant governor of North Carolina a few years ago was about to board a train at Shelby he was given a farewell consisting chiefly of aged eggs. The candidate brought suit against the railroad company for damages, alleging that the attack oc curred on the railroad's premises and that its agent not only did not endeav or to prevent it but entered gleefully into the spirit of the occasion. He got a verdict for nearly 85,000 and the supreme court has now dismissed the petition to rehear the case. That was about the costliest cargo of eggs the railroad will ever unload.-The State Ought wo Be Jiung. At Harmony Grove, Ga., Chandler, McGennis and Fitchpatrick, all white men, went to the home of a negro wo man after nightfall and at the point of drawn weapons forced her to go In to a nearby field, where they crimi nally assaulted her. Neighbors of the woman heard her screams and rushed to the scene, but at the point of guns they were kept from interfering. She was finally left In a precarious condi tion and was soon picked up by friends and carried back to her house. War rants have been sworn out for the young-men, and every means possible will be taken to capture them. It is said that they were under the influ ence of whiskey. The town has been thrown Into a pit of excitement over the affair. Took Him in. "Willie" Robinson of Sandy Much, Buncombe county, N. C., who went to New York in answer to a "green goods" advertisement on October 20 last, and was swindled out of $175, appeared before Judge Newburger in general sessions Tuesday against Frederick IWilliams and Edward Wil son. The prisoners pleaded guilty and each was sentenced~o three years in Sing Sing.- "Willie" was then tiold he could go home. Since he arrived in New York he had been in the house of detention as a witness, Imagining that the place was a hotel. He was paid 50 cents a day, and Tuesday he received $16.50. He had also $10 of his own, and said he would take the first train for Sandy Mush. Let Them Rest. A dispatch from Washington to the St. Louis republican says John Paul Jones, the first commodore of the American navy, may be honored il. a degree commensurate with his service to the nation if the plans of certain American historical and pa triotic societies come to fruition. A letter stating that the known resting place of the bones -of John Paul Jones was unmarked and unhonored aused Secretary Moody to inquire into the matter. He found that Lieutenant Commander William Sims, when naval attache of the American embassy in Paris, invisti gated it probably would be impossi ble to identify the bones of Jones. It is suggested 'that congress be asked to appropiate $ 150,000 for the pur pose of recovering the bones of John Paul Jones, who was buried in Paris, and bringing them back to this country. This would be a waste of money. It makes very little deffer ene the bones of the grand old hero is buried. If this nation wants to honor the memory of its first naval comander let it erect an orphan asylum for the charldren of the men >f our navy who may be killed in battle or die leaving their children in need, and call it the "John Paul ones Orphan Asylum." A Luckv..lnventor. W. C. Dean, of Blainbridge, Ga., has just concluded a contract with the Burnell Telegraphic and Electrical ompany of New York whereby he re eives $25,000 cash and a royalty of 82,000 for seventeen years for an in rchangeable telegraphic keyboard hih he inventerl John White's Thankagiving. "Thanksgiving! for what?" And he muttered a curse "For the plainest of food And an empty pnrse, For a life of hard work And the shabbiest of clothes? But 'tis idle to talk Of a poor man's woes. Let the rich give thanks; It is they who can: There is nothing in life For a laboring man." So said John White To his good wife Jane, And o'er her face Stole a look of pain. "Nothing, dear John?" And he thought again; And glanced more kindly Down on Jane. "I was wrong," he said; "I'd forgotten you, And I've my health, And the baby too." And the baby crowed "Nas a bonncing boy, And o'er Jane's face Came a look of joy, And she kissed her John As he went away. And he said to himself, As he worked that day, "I was wrong, very wrong, I'll not grumble again; I should surely be thankful For baby and Jane." BRYAN IN LON DUN He Was Guest of Honor at a Thanks giving Dinner, GIVEN BY AMERICANISOCIETY, The C Great Commoner Feels at Home Among the Big Men of England and Makes a Speech. Wm. Jennings Bryan is having a big time over in London. Thanksgiv Ing day was celebrated by the Ameri can Society in London at a banquet given at the Hotel Cecil Thursday night. There were 400 covers. Wil liam Jennings Bryan was the guest of honor. The speeches, while flavored by the usual seasonal cheer and references to Anglo-American friendliness, develop ed particularly into a duel of repartee, good natured, but almost subacid, be tween Mr. Bryan and Ambassador Choate. There were a number of notable guests at the banquet, Including the duke of Marlborough and all the am bassadors in London. The duke of Marlborough proposed a toast to President Roosevelt, and addressing himself to the interests which England and the United States have in common, referred in terms of the highest praise to President Roose velt. Ambassador Choate, responding to the toast to his health, which was proposed in complimentary terms by Lord Davey, took up the duke of Marlborough's reference to the mutual sympathies of the American and Brit ish people and said that there had been reason heretofore to suspect some such sentiment on the part of the duke, since he had set an example in one form of the Anglo-American alli ance, on whilch the people of both countries were able to look with en tire approval Turning to Mr. Bryan, Mr. Choate said It was the custom of Americans torn from their native shores to gather annually and return thanks. The American society in London had now amnong them another of those exiles, for whom personally he, as ambassador, had been doing the best he could. He bad taken Mr. Bryan to visit the Bank of Eng land, where he was able to study the fscal question in its native lair. The company would be edified, said Mr. Choate, had they heard Mr. Bryan cross examing the governor of the Bank of England. The ambassador said he had aided Mr. Bryan to In terview Mr. Asquith, Mr. Chamber lain, Lord Goshen and Lord Rosebery, all within 48 hours, so if his views on the fiscal question were not utterly mixed they 'would appreciate at least the quality of the man they had be fore them.. Thie speech of the ambassador was followed by an ovation to Mr. Bryan which lasted several minutes. Mr. Bryan, In responding paid a graceful tribute to the English gu~ests of the society. He said the highest compli ment he was. able to pay was that in looking over the tables be was un able to distinoguish the English from the American women present. He thanked the British nation for the kindly forbearance It had shown in receiving him-the protectionists for letting him land at all, and the gold bugs for not having deported him Im mediately after his arrival. Mr. Bryan said he had profited exceedingly by his visit to the Bank .of England. He wanted to call attention, however, to the fact that the murderous attack by an insane man with a revolver on Kenneth Grahame, the secretary of the hank, occurred the day before he called. Touching the theme of Thanksgiv ig day, Mr. Bryan spoke eloquently of the natural resources and advan tages of the United' States, for which the people must return thanks to God, and of the ideals of liberty and pro gress for which they must thank their English progenitors. He urged the necessity of the present generation bequeating to posterity some gift commensurate with the blessings they had received "rom their ancestors and suggested that they bequeath the ideal of International amity, of which The Hague arbitration tribunal was a lasting monument. "flail to the nation," concluded Mr. Bryan, "whatever her name, who leads the world towards this higher Ideal for the lasting good of all hu manity." Burned to Death. After having enjoy ed almost perfect ealth for over 100 years, Edith Beecher, colored, died a horrible -death Wednesday, and when found by neighbors, was a screaming human torch. The woman lived with her daughter in Macon, Ga., and when last seen by her daughter was sitting before a great fire sipping a cup of cof f'ee. A short time afterward the resi dents in the vicinity of the house were startled by piercing shrieks and rush ig towards the Beecher house met the aged woman wrapped in flames. She ran as far as the front gate and f'alling down groaned twice and ex pired. Her clothes were completely burned from her body and she was burned to a crisp. The State says "Republicans who have a thought for the future are dis turbed about the financial exhibit made by the United States treasury. The monthly expenditures exceed the receipts by about 85,000,000, and it is probable that, owning to our excessive tariff, imports will still futher decline. Senator Elkins regret, not that ex penditure is so lavish, but that the war taxes were repealed. The idea is not to retrench but to get more ony fenm the neonle. FERTILIZERS BELOW GRADE. The Attorney-General Will Prosecute All Violators of the Law. The Columbia State says the attor ney general, Mr. 'U. X. Gunter, Jr., has returned from Pendleton and Prosperity where he prosecuted two companies delinquent in the matter of violating the laws regulating the standard of fertilizers. Preliminaries were held in both cases and the de fendants-Mosely Bros., of Prosperity and the Pendleton Mfg. Co.-were placed under bond to appear in the circuit court, Smythe, Lee & Frost, and Mr. Padgett represented the Pen dleton firm and Felder & Roundtree represented Mosely Bros. The secretary of the State fertilizer board has reported a number of firms who should be prosecuted, a list of whom is appended. There are others but evidence in these cases is difficult to obtain. The seller is protected from buying low.grade fertilizers by the right to bring suit or to withhold payment. The penalty for violation of this law is a fine of $1,000, one year's impris onment or in same cases the combined sentence. I A list of the firms reporte- to the attorney general follows: The following is the complete list of cases now in the hands of the attorney general, the brand, the name of the manufacturer and the percentage of deficiency of the fertilizer being given: Anderson Special-Chicora Manu facturing company, 13 per cent. defi cient. Chicora Tobacco -J. L. and A. G. Wise, Prosperity, 7 5-10 per cent. Wando Dissolved Bone-A. B. Hut to & Son, Perry, 7 8-10. Navassa Acid with Potash-1. S. Parr & Co., Yorkville, 10 per cent. Georgia Bone with Potash-Garrett & McKellar,' Fountain Inn, 4 9-10. Paosphate and Potash-Banking and Mercantile company, Leroy Springs, Lancaster, 9 2-10 per cent. Diamond Soluble Bone-G. A. & S. W. Norwood, Marion, 4 per cent.. Imperial H. G. Tobacco-John Frasier, Chester, 7 per cent. Edisto Acid with Potash-Wm. Kennedy, Camden, 6 per cent. Chicora Acid with Potash-Moseley Bros., Prosperity, 8 5-10 per cent. Armour Acid with Potash-Moseley Bros., Prosperity, 4 2-10 per cent.O Davie & Whittle Owl Brand-J. M. Carson & Co., Kershaw, 5,per cent. Home Fertilizer Acid Phosphate--J. M. Leech, Hickory Grove, 7 per cent. Dissolved Bone Pbosphate-W. A. Crosby, Ridgeland, 15 per cent. Berkeley Dissolved Bone-W. S. Cooler, Ridgeland, 10 per cent. Standard Dissolved Bone-W. J. Kearse, Ulmers. W. H. Gosbhraugh & J. W. Rlount, 4 2-10 per cent. Did You Plant Any Carnations? Did y<?1 plant any hardy Icarnation seeds last fall? Did you plant any last spring? If not, writes Helen Watts MeVey, in the Commoner, you have missed much that is bea'tiful. The early cold in October finished all that the September breezes had left of the ading summertime in my own garden, but in the border, the hardy chrysan themums, red, white, yellow 'and pur ple, glow cheerfully in November's sunshine, while the hardy carnations bloom on undisturbed. Such bratve and sturdy little blossoms, laughing at threat of frost or frown of cloud. They are like little soldiers keeping guard over the remnant of the dying year. Here and there, a petunia blos som smiles out of its thrifty leaves, and a belated rosebud bends a dis couraged head from its swaying stem, but there is no death in the carnation bed; it has given freely of its wealth all through the summer, and the early snows will lie upon its bright, smiling petals. The seeds are so cheap, and germi nate so readily, that there is little ex cuse for doing without them. If a bed is prepared, even now, and the seeds, sown, many plants will spring up this witr, while others wililappear very early next .spring, and you will have many blossoms next year. Over the bed, when the earth freezes, you should scatter a coarse litter to pre vent the alternate freezing and thaw ing of the surface, which is what will ruin your bed by throwing the young plants out of the soil. THE OLD STORY. & Sister of Charity Renounces Her Order to Get Married. A dispatch from Holyoke, Mass., relates the following little romantic story: Falling in love with Emery Brault while she nursed his friend's dying wife, Miss Jeanne Trenard, a sister of the Franciscan Order, has yielded to Brault's entreaty to leave the sisterbood, and will wed him next month. Brault boarded with the family of his friend, Phydime Audet. Last January Mrs. Audet was taken seri ously ill and the services of a trained nurse became imperative. Audet vis ited the Frlanciscan Order, the sisters of which nurse the sick and are recom pensed according to the circumstances of the patient. A sister was sent to the Audet home, and the case proving obstinate, Brault. and the sister became well ac quainted, in spite of the fact that the friendship could progress but slowly owing to the pretty sister's inability to speak English. Brault set to work to acquire a knowledge of French, and mastered the language sutliciently to facilitate the interchange, of thought. He in tends to continue his studies in order to teach his future wife English. Miss Trenard, who is twenty-three years old, has been in the United States fifteen months, coming to this country because of a prenunciamento exiling the order from France. She has been in the order five years. Whiskey Causes Tragedy. Near Hoschton, Ga., John Cook, a young white man, shot and mortally wounded Don Ware, another young white man, and the latter's death is momentarily expected. The youngi men called in their buggies at the home of the Misses Williams and car ried the young ladies for a drive. Cook was drinking, it is said and after the young people had driven some dis tance the young Miss Williams, with1 Cook, got out of the bugay because of his intoxicated condition and got into the buggy of Ware and her sistr. This greatly infuriated Cook and he pulled a revolver and shot Ware, who was in the buggy between the young women, through the head. The wounded young man was removed to a near by house, where he was given medical attention. Cook is being held pending the result of Ware's. wound. THE negroes who immigrated from1 eorgia to Liberia last Feburary are aow in a destitute condition, and are petitioning the government to takec ahele c home. 1 PLANTS WITH OILSKINS. They Are Protected Equally Against Damp and Drought. Gather a sycamore bud just befcre it bursts and look at it closely. You will notice that it is enveloped in tough scales. There are either twelve or fourteen of these scales, which make a close and complete covering around every single individual bud. Strip them off, and in the very heart you come upon two pairs of what will eventually be leaves tightly folded to gether. Some of these sycamore buds are larger than others. These, on exami nation, will be found to contain bunches of flowers as well as leaves. Sycamores, like all other trees, take a long time to make their buds for the following season. They begin new growth, indeed, just as soon as they have got rid of their old leaves in the Autumn, and go on quietly working all through the Winter. Hard frost would, of course, kill the buds at once were they not protected; while, even If there were no frost, the cold rains and fogs of winter would rob the tender begin nings of the new leaf. Bud scales, therefore, are grown by the sycamore and other trees simply to protect the buds from frost and damp. They- are, in fact, a sort of combination over coat and mackinosh. When the leaves break forth In spring-generally about the middle of April-the sycamore buds shed their overcoats, which fall off, and may be seen littering the ground beneath the tree. Every tree of the kind known as. deciduous-that is, the trees which lose their leaves in winter-acts in much the same way as the sycamore; but the form of overcoat is not always the same. Beech buds have ver- tough little brown overcoats, fringed with white, silky hairs. The white willow and some other trees also have hairy or furry coats for their young leaves and flower buds. These silky hairs entangle air just as animal fur does, and so keep the buds from the cold winds of spring. All trees do not get rid of their bud protections. The hawthorn, for instance, keeps them on all the sum mer. They open into small green leaves, which do not fall until the other leaves do. Trees are very careful, as a rule, not to dispense with their overcoats too soon: but yet they are occasionally caught napping. In 1891, for instance, there was a terribly sharp frost late In the spring, and. the beech leaves, which were almost fully out, were caught and nipped. For weeks after ward the beech trees had a brown and withered look: but by the end of June fresh leaves pushed out from younger buds. Regular ollskins are worn by the horse-chestnut. Anyone who has handled the bursting leaf buds of this tree knows how gummy and sticky they are. The use of the gum which the coverings of chestnut buds exude is to protect them from moisture as well as from cold. Later onin the year plants need pro tection against the sun, which would otherwise take up all the moisture in their leaves nnd wilt them. The leaf of a cabbage has a mealy look about it-almost as if it had been dusted with flour. Many grasses have a similar appearance, and so have the leaves of the Australian gum-tree. All these leaves, if examined under the miscro scope, will be found to be covered with a bloom consisting of tiny needles of wax. This stuff' has been exuded from the leafpores In order to save the water contained. Wanted to Sit In Statue's Lap. Because he wanted to sit in the lap of the statue of Morton McMichael, Raymond Harrison, thirteen years old, of Fourth and Dickinson streets, was deprived of his liberty for a short time yesterday.. Park Guard Barrett saw the boy sitting in the lap of the figure on Lemon Hill. He ordered him down and brought him to Sedgely guard house. When Secretary O'Neill asked the diminutive prisoner why he had climbed over the statue the boy re plied: "I ;just wanted to be able to say I had sat there." He was dis charged, with a warning to keep away from the statue in the future.-Phila delphia Inquirer. Value of Coins. There seems to be a great deal of misapprehension in regard to the value of certain coins here in Amer ica. The Columbian half dollar of 1902, which Is the rarest of the two Columbia half-dollars struck, Is worth to dealers only fifty-five cents. Occa sionally dealers ask as high as sev enty-five cents for them, but they will not pay that much. The half-dollar of 120, if In what Is called the "mint state," would perhaps be worth as much as $1, not more. If the coin is much worn by circulation the value would be less.-Woman's Home Com panion. The Flood of Immigrants. The remedy is to be found in a wid er distribution of the flood. Scattered throughout the union a milllion for eigners would exert but little Influence, and in the course of a few years theyw would acquire a knowledge of Ameri can ways and institutions. Their chil dren would grow up in the midst of an American environment, and, learning the English language 'and attending public schools, they would becomd American in every sense. The coun' try Is big enough and has sufficient re sources to accommodate many more people than will come, even though they come at the rate of a million a year for the next half century.-Den ver Republican. Lots of people would rather die i natural death than send for a doctor. A Little Martyr. At Asheville, N. C., Ernest Petit, aged four, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Petit, Wednesday received burns hat will prove fatal, trying to save Ihe life of bib sister Beatrice aged two. he children were left alone in the ouse and the little girl's clothing aught fire. Her brother tried to extinguish the flames. His clothing aught and he was terribly burned all ver the body, receiving internal in uries as well. Neighbors discovered ,he fire and rushed in and it was soon extinguished. The little girl died Thursday night. He Is Right. The State says "It Is stated that speaker Cannon has requested Con ressman Williams, the Democratic eader, to name the minority members >f the house committees. Usually tbe peaker has made the minority as well s the majority assignments but peaker Cannon takes the position hat the minority Is as much enti led as the majority to say where its nen shall be piaced to Its own advant ge. Is it possible that a Republi an speaker means to concede that .e minority ha snme right?" PEEAG BUSINESS WOMEN' Lots of Great L-dies are Suz cessful Shopkeepers. MANY IMMERSED IN TRADE Every Year Sees New Recruits-Reg istry for Servants-Laundry Busi ness and Manicuring a Modern Necessity and Several Smart Women Have Adopted These Busi nesses. England has been called a nation of shopkeepers, and not without reason, as a keen business instinct exrsts in both men and women, and in every class and every set in so:iety. Wo men of the smart London -orld show a special aptitude for commercial en terprise, and at tle present time sev eral members of the best-known fami lies are immersed In successful trade speculations; 1887 saw the commence ment of this business era. The late Lady Granville Gordon acted the part of a praiseworthy pioneer. Her hat shop in Park street, Grosvenor Square, proved as profitable an investment as did Mrs. Jack Cumming's more recent dressmaking experiment in Dover street, Piccadilly. Every year sees new recruits to the strong army of society traders. Some time ago the Duchess of Abecorn start ed a creamery near Baronscourt that supplies customers in Belfast with the best and freshest of Irish dairy aro duce, and Lady Essex, an American, .by the way, is partly responsible for a flourishing laundry in the neighbor hood of London. Lady Rachel Byng, daughter of Lord S.rafford, has a mil linery establishment not far from New Bond street. The Hon. Mrs. Turnour keeps a dressmaker's shop in the same locality, and Mrs. "Bertie' Dormer, cousin to Lord Dormer, has recently started as a milliner Lnd dressmaker under the pseudonym of "Olivette." Mrs. Wellesley, a relation by 'nar riage of the Duke of Wellington, once owned a flower-shop In lower Grosve nor place; and now Mrs. Patrick Her on-Maxwell-another smart woman runs a florist's business in Victoria street. The servant question appeals to many of us; Miss Edith Kerr keeps a regis'ry for servants in lower Bel grave street, Eaton Square. This -ady is one of the unmarried daughters of the late Lord Frederick Kerr; and she is, of course, related to the present Lord Lothian. Manicure is a modern necessity, and several smart women have adop'ed this delicate business. The Hon. Mrs. Granville Knox bas started as a manicurist in a shop not far from Piccadilly. She is a daugh ter of Harriet Lady Clifden, a cousin of the Marquise d'Hautepoule, and is married to Granville Knox, a relation of Lord Ranfurly. She is a pretty, fascinating woman, and rejoices in the pet name of "Ducky," which, by the way, she shares with the Grand Duch ess of Hesse. Several. tea shops are kept by Lon don society women, notably one in Bond street, which belongs to Mrs. Robertson, wife of an army officer. The house is arranged with great taste, has a deep, Ivy-covered veranda, and he neat-handed waitresses dress in violet frocks, covered with white mus lin aprons and long oversleeves. Lady Warwick and Lady Duncannon have both been shopkeepers in and near Bond street; and although their names are now less prominently before the public, yet they remain equally inter ested in their favorite industries English-made lingerie and Irish hand embroideries. Some society women prefer not to coquette with commerce, and instead turn their attention to a serious pro fessional career. The Hon. Mrs. Scar lett-Synge, sister to Lord Abinger, has become a fully qualified physician, and practices at Bloemfontein, In South Africa, where she holds the post of medical officer to the Government Normal Hospital. The South Africa war left u~s a legacy of society nurses; but years ago, Lady Hermione Black wood, and-before her marriage-Lady Griselda Cheape, both worked as nurses in the London hospitals. Muslc claims many gifted women. The Hon. Mrs. ,Julian Clifford, sister to Lord Henniker, is now a professional coa cert singer;- and Mine. Lillian Eldee, a pretty and successful vocalist, appears in society as Mrs. "Bill" Duncombe, whose husband is a nephew of Lord Feversham.-M. A. P. English Pie Crust. The English cook has a knack of keeping her pie crust crisp and deli cate, Instead of growing soaked und soggy, as the American crust Is apt to be. The crust Is prepared In the American style, but instead of lining a pan or dish as we do they cover the bottom and outside of the dish or pan, pricking the crust closely to prevent the formation of blisters. Then a lay er-cake pan is covered with a sheet of .rust, and both are baked a delicate brown. When finished the pie pan is removed from its cover of crust, and the latter is filled with stewed or sliced and sugared fruit The pie::e baked in the layer pan Is used as a lid. Meat filling can be used also. The stiff ribbon or velvet cockade is a favorite trimming for the tailor hat, and the same cartwheel shape Is copied In flowers for use upon more elaborate ats. For example, a flat wheel of for. getmenots surrounds a flat disk of gar denias or roses, and the ornament sup ports the lifted hatbrim as would a cockade. Flounces and ruchings are as much the rage as they were in 1830. Burned Money In Stove. Willis Radcliff, of North Alton, burned $50 in currency a few days ago when she started a fire in a stove in which she placed the money to hide it from theives. Mrs. Radcliff's hus had left -$50 with her to. pay to a quarryman, and to be safe until call ed for she hid it in an urn on her stove. She did not think of the money until a few days later, when the quarryman called for it, and she found the purse and $50 inside it a charred ruin. She has had the charred remains sent to the Treasury D p irt ment, in the hope that some of the bills may be redeemed. The Tide Turning. The Columbia Record says wage re ductions in mills in New England and the closing down of a number of manufacturing plants is taken as an evidence tbat the industrial tide is turning. While this is to be regret ed how is the Republican party to explan It, as it certainly will be call ad on to do? It has claimed credit or good crops and everything else that nade the country prosperous. Epual y then the party must be responsible or existing depression and there w-ill e some trouble In evnlainingr it. MEN WHO LIVED LONG AGO. Vespasian's Census Shows Many Over One Hundred Years Old. It is generally supposed that the men and women of this age live long er than those of ancient times, but cer- I tain classical scholars of Europe are of a different opinion and they point to a census which was taken during thp reign of the Emperor Vespasian'as proof that they have good ground for disagreeing with scientists on this point.. When this census was taken sev eral persons were living wiio were more than one hundred years old, among them being two in Parma, each one hundred and twenty years one in Placentia, one hundred and thirty; a woman In Faventia, one hundred and thirty-five; L. Terentius, in Bo'lognie. one hundred and forty; 31. Aponius and Tertulla, the former beihg one hundred and forty and the latter one hundred and thirty-seven, and at Velejacium, near Placentia. six per sons who were one hundred and ten, four one hundred and twenty and one who was one hundred and forty. Moreover, several historical per sonages lived to a great age. Cato Censorius transacted bus:ness until he was nearly ninety and retained to the end all his old time vigor. Terentius Varro lived to be nearly one hundred, and he continued to write up to the day of his death. Pla:o died in his eighty-third year, and his last hour was devoted to intellectual work. Iso crates was ninety-four years old when he wrote his famous work "Panathe naikus." Chrysippus began to write his work on logic in his eightieth year. C.ean thes taught his pupils up to his ninety ninth year. Sophocles lived up to be nearly one hundred, and during his last days..he wrote the "Oelipus Col oneus," one of the greatest tragedies ever written. Quintus Fabius was appointed augur when he was past middle age, and he held the office for sixty-.wo years. Livia, the wife of Rutilus, lived to be ninety-seven; Terentia, Cicero's wife, one hundred and three, and Clod'a, the wife-of Aufldius, one hundred and fifteen. . Hiero, King of Sicily, lived to be ninety, and Masinissa lived to be still older and ruled for sixty years. Cicero, in his work oft old age, says of the latter that nothing could induce him to cover his head, no mat ter how inclement the weather was. Gorgias, of Leontium, the teacher of Isocrates -and 'other distinguished men, was in excellent health at the age of one hundred and seven years. Xenophilus, of Chalcis, the Pythagor ean, lived to be almost as old as Gor gias, and his later years are described as being most happy. Finally ancient records show that Arganthonius began to rule when he was forty years old and held power for eighty years, and in the third book of his "History" AsL nius Pollio tells us that he did not die until he was-past his one hundred and thirtieth year.-New York Herald. . Fair-Haired Race -in Ancient Egypt. Karl Blind, the anthropologist, has long believed that the aboriginal in habitants of Egypt were a fair-hair-ad people,. allied by blood to the Trojaus, who were driven out by the incoming of the later black-haired, pyramind building race. The recent unearthing, he says, of' the ancient burial place of a light haired people at Fayum, and still later of a reddish-haired corpse (not a mum my), supposed to be 8,000 years old, furnishes striking evidence in support of this theory. -This race was related by blood, speech, and customs to the Teutonic and Scandinavian stock, "therefore also with Englishment and their descendants in Americ."~ The corpse above referred to now lies In the mummy room'of the Brit ish Museum. It was dug up on the western bank of the Nile, In upper Egypt. Some tufts of reddish hair are still sticking to the 8,000-year-old skull. The hands and feet-are small, the head long and narrow. The sta ture of this warrior must have been about 5 feet 9 inches. Careful of the Thermometer. In a certain v'illage not very long ago, a benevolent doctor offered to give a thermometer to every cottage, carefully explaining its use. Soon after their arrival a district visitor en tered one house where the new ther mometer hung proudly In the middle of the room, danging at the end of a string. The visitor complimented the owner upon It and inquired if she re membered the instructions. "Ay, that I do," was the reply; "I 'angs un there, and I watches 'un, un til 'e gets above 60." "Quite right Mrs -," said the lady, much pleased that the directions giv en had taken root; "and what do you do when It gets above 60?' "Why, then," was the unlooked-for answer, "I takes 'un down from the nail and puts 'un out in the garden, and cools 'un down a biti"-Tit-BIts. The Large Family of Jones. Sixty-two years ago a man named .ones moved from Kentucky to Dade County, Mo., taking with him his fam ily of ten children. At a reunion re cently held at Everton,. 1,019 of his descendants- were present, and there are a few who were unable to attend. Almost all of his descendanls have married and settled In the same neigh borhood In south-west Missouri, and as they are clannish a stranger who goes in there and talks unfavorably about anybody he has met Is very like ly to find he is talking to a relative of the person who has Incurred his displeasure, and that he has got him self Into trouble. They are said to be. the largest family living in a single neighborhood in the United States. Exchange. Mhrgaret is Greek, a PearL A Princess Elopes. It now appears tbat the Princess Alice, wife of Prince Victor Frederick1 Ernest of Schoenburg-Waldenburg, left her home at Gaurnitz, Germany, three months ago, taking her son, eighteen months old. Her former coachman, Emilio Materni also disap-1 pared -sometime ago. The princess supposedly is in Italy. Prince and Princess Victor Frederick Ernest of Schoenburg-Waldenburg had lived apart for some time. Princess Alice is described as being small and pretty, with bewitching eyes and of extreme ly ardent temperament. The coach man Materni, is reputed to be unusu ally handsome. He was married to a German girl, but the princess' liking for him was well known at Gaurnltz, where he occupied a position of confi dece. Great Forest Fires. Great forest fires are raging In theI cotton belt region of West Mississippi1 and Arkansas. Large areas of timber are burning while the fires have spread1 rapidly by attacking the dry under growth. The advices from Little 1 Rock, Ark., state that the fires are 1 brning in ail recatinaond a nello I N LDYRGIED Zecollections of a Woman is Now a Grandmother. 3OUTHERN HOSPITALITY krrival of the Bridegroom and Hi Cavalcade-Journey of the Brid": Procession to the Bride's NeW Home-Three .Days of MerrymakW ing as a Welcome. "How did rich people marry inyou time?" asked a young woman of stately woman who is a gran who, like herself, was a guest at' recent noted wedding. And the gr.diR mother, who comes from VirginIatol ; this story: "Your grandfather was ther young man In the country ,and I - a fortune of my own. The day of our. marriage he came on horseback 'to home. "He was attended by his~r-u friends, each of whom rode a horse. They wore high, white white silk knee breeches andl,-w silk hosiery. Their shoes werea ed with great buckles. "They came up the long lane - led to the great lawn In fr Lome and, their ceming was 1 a pageant. This calvalcade Wii; lowed by a large unmber of. the property. of your - They were also mounted; .theze one' slave for each of your father's friends. "When your grandfath entrance to the lawn he d and was met by my fathe A attendant dismounted he .was ed by your grandfathe to y and the procession moved u t walk to the wide portico o There they were seated with such refreshments asal ern gentlemen dispense guests. "The attendants were cn&u't-d various apartments to miake--, - the, event of the day. W- 6 grandfather had been cared special servant, he desc great family room and paidilV distinguished respects tomy who, at that moment; bot of her stateliness and spleo have been a noticeable any court function. - "After this brief Intervew ther withdrew and came to ''7 chamber. She was: - my father. They- bestowei their most affectioiatea the., minister, the 'Bishog ofthe - came in and laid his andsu as he had done when I was - by him, and as I kneltbefore gave me his blessing. "My bridesmaids were ted, and after each had-.ssd m hand all withdrew.- My b sisters then came In and we tle reunion. Then came my old black mammy and her-d the latter a vienerable hostler.f "They bowedl before-me; in those days were acutmed before white people,'andlnle. "" those dear old black people w they never expected to seeme Then came the other -lvs'& plantation In couples, ,ingeu The discarded wardrobes of h&~i were seen in that procession. "Then I was left alonie forkZ' minutes-al alone. Inha-teZ. bowed devoutly, and in that my father came In and fouI e~ arose and he conducted moth great salon below. ;' "The cerem'ony of my arge much the same as that osreit. day. Our Church has not d1t from Its cerimoniail' In such afli however It may have been tempte&g change some of Its ruibrics "A wedding breakfast' followed. There was no music before or ~fter~ the ceremonies: After. the breairfatiM was conducted to my mother' ola fly room and there under hier -eo tion my wedding 'gown was ca to a riding habit. "As I passed out your,gent met me and conducted me to thedio stile block at the entrance of'thsAalii. It was covered- with honeikie Beside It stood the most 'beaiitifii animal that money and a thoro knowledge of blooded stockcoW cure. "The saddle was of white silkl outfit was caparisoned fit for alqueen My black mammy's old husband I the hostler. I do not know .hielC seemed to 'be the 'proudest, thutbol slave or the beautiful horse .whil awaited my coming. "The attendants whom I bad watch-U ed a short time before stood uncicN ed while your grandfather lftekme into the saddle as lightly as iftlida been a feather. He was in his -ndd a moment later, and then his fin mounted with the iprecision oftr cavalry. The .bridal procession began ts journey. -"It was several miles to the homne of our grandfather. That journey came as near being triumphal as' any of-j which I ever dreamed. It-was a olIA day all along the course. The roadI was lined by slaves, most of Who3f were dressed In white, and as We passed they bent to the earth,'iic1-' was scattered with flowers. "That is how the rich people maW red In my time, my child, in that~ blessed State which we call -the 01~ Dominion." All-over embroidered morning &rep is the latest concession to the rage fo" elaboration, and, as the embroidery IS ione in dull silk, it does not detraci rom the idea of deep mourning. rritating smoke bangs over the city. Between Memphis and Little Rock OIL he Choctaw Railroad, the woods are )f fire on both sides of the railway ine. At Gre 'nville, Miss., and other' ,oints in the Yazoo belt, great clouds )f smoke seriously interfere with the ~ river traec. The inhabitants of th4 ~otton belt are anxiously awaiting the rst signs of rain, which will serve to. ~xtinguish the flames. NTo lives are" ost so far as is knoown, bt itisre orted live stock has St ifered severely. Kicked in the Head. A letter from Donnald's to Thl tat-e says little DeWit, the 12-year- - ld son of T. B. Blackwell, a promin int citizen of that community, met - ith a fearful accident on -Wednes" lay afternoon. The Iittle fellow was 2 etting the stock out of the stalls to - et water. When he opened-the door >f one stall the horse ran out and dcked the boy just above the left eyes yreaking the skull Drs. Wideman mnd Bell were summoned and removed ~he pieces of broken bone that were ~ressing on the brain. The little ufferer Is standing it heroically, but he physicians have but little hope%.