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WELSH, - " LOUISIANA
Most torpe~ioes ft! to hit anything,
but those that 1o a.ply make up for
the defect.
Men who join the New Yo.rk Moth
er:' i(;b will Ib expected to act like
p],Ir''(-t ]lade's.
W\!'n the Japan.ufs meet with di:
aster thl(y bI('tt so(tm to try to keep
It (Out 'if tie' Pt'P(-rs.
An anr:alys of the Y('llow sea at
thi j,:r'; '' ni;m it .11G, equal part.
:-ai: awater and C 'plhsive mines.:.
Even thse lateet of the big diction
aries doesn't define a trust as a small
body of capital complte,!y surrounded
by water.
In Korea wildows are not permitted
,to remarrT. I.m;rnly widows needn't
feel that ti:ey ought to offer excuses
over ti e;(re.
King Alfonso is going to marry, but,
tnfortunately for him, reasons of state
prevent him from taking an American
girl for a witf.
A British scientist (aisims that the
earth is kept hot by radiu;n. Perhaps~
the great rush for radium was what
made last winter so cold.
Having been on the stage for half
a ce'ntury.: lacking two years, Henry
Irving has roea:;n to congratulate him
elf that he I n.t a woman.
A Philadel :,ia preachcr says wo
men's ext:'.aganco is the cause of
bachr, od. Hlow about the ex
Irava.'aLace of the bachelors?
The woman suffrago mov,.nent i3
gaining strength in Poston. If it keeps
on a number of husbands may be able
to secure employment doing kitcher
work.
A Henderson (Ky.) woman eloped
from her watchful son and got mar
ried. A reconciliation, it is presumed,
ended with a "Bless you, my pa
rents!"
Two nines from an insane asylum
played a matched game of ball. And
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
asks: "How would you like to be the
umpire?"
D'Annunzio, the Italian dramatist
and author, declares that his newest
work is the result of an inspiration.
Perhaps that's as good a way as any
to advertise it.
Wellesley College girls now carry
revolvers to protect themselves
against male flirts. Of course most
of the Wellesley girls are compara
tively young yet.
The Rev. M. J. Savage, in a recent
sermon, undertakes to tell "why more
people do not go to church." He
finds the principal reason to be that
"they don't have to."
Uncle Sam has paid Panama the
$10,000,000, but he has wisely put it
in a New York bank, so that the
young republic cannot shake pennies
out for spending money.
Mr. Rockefeller Is just like other
magicians about explaining his tricks.
When he talked to his son's Bible
class on his success he stopped just
where the true secret began.
We can account for the action of
the countess of Ravensworth, who has
just married her coachman, only on
the theory that she was behind the
times and didn't have a chauffeur.
Actor Loulis James has been award*
ed $10,000 damages because a Texas
hotel man accused him of purloining
pillowslips. Won't some well-to-do
Texan kind!y accuse us of stealing
pillowslips?
Sir Hiram Maxim figures it out that
the Monte Carlo bank gets 90 per
cent of the money played on its tables.
Still there will always be shoals of
suckers hoping to win 100 per cent of
the bank's money.
A New Jersey court has held that
one boy is worth as much as two
girls. The czar of Russia and the
king of Italy will probably hold that
the New Jersey judge's estimate on
boys is entirely too low.
At a public meeting in Toklo a res. I
olution was adopted to the effect that
the Russians are yellow men with
white faces, while the Japanese are
white men with yellow faces. Thus 4
Japan draws the color line.
Tolstoi's wife speaks French, Eng
lish and German, besides her native I
Russian. But, after all, a woman who
can speak in four languages is some
times not so much appreciated as the
woman who can keep still in one.
The young lady who graduated from I
Bates college last summer and who I
during the winter and spring has fit-1
ted for the stove seven cords of wood
besides doing housework and choros, I
should have no trouble at all in get
ting married.
"Waiter," said the lady, taking a
seat in a restaurant after attending a
meeting of the league for the amelior
ation 'of the condition of deserted
summer cats, "brring me a brollet live
lobster, and be sure to select a real c
live one, please."
MADE THE ACCOUNT SQUARE.
Long Suffering Customer Even with
Restaurant Keeper.
Dobson was chuckling as he and his
trife emerged from the restaurant.
"George!" said his wife, "what's
getting into you? For the last ten
minutes you have had something on
lour mind and now, suddenly, you be
tin giggling."
"Mary. I don't want to go thro:gh
ife with a secret in my bosom," saud
Dobson after chuckling some more.
"Retmember thye count'erf'it 50 c.f it
piece that I got last winter?"
"''e. It's the only money you eivr
'ucc(e"dod in saving.'"
"It's gone. I gave it. to tlo h('cashi '
In th' rt tanrant.'"
"'ly accilnt?"
"No. I did it in colh lo:old. I hayv"
bhon thinking; about doing: it (or a
lull tine.
"How (io d " ?o;lr ,asll.inc', p m'rfillt
you to do u1ch , t thing?"
"That's the worst of it. Every trme
I think about it it seems to maike my
crnsci:oe feel better. We have efotu
patronizing that restaurart on oc;'s
sions for a year. The proprietor has
given us veal in the chicken salad.
codfih in the devilr;dt crab,:; chickory
in the coffee and water in the creamn."
"T'.-ru has been reason for suospi
cion ?"
"We have had evidence( that would
convince any jury. After I had given
him *i 50-cent piece with some leadf
in It I tried to be ashamed of myself,
but I couldn'L It may have been cn
trary to the statutes of the United
States, but it was poetic justice."
HE WAS KIND, SHE CLEVER.
'And Combination Resulted in Her Get
ting a Seat.
She was a very clever woman, and
A past maser in thye art of strategy
So all a'rx,'ed vho rode down town
wit,. her on the Sixth avenue surface
car.
She entered the car at Seventy
second street. Every' seat was token,
and almost every strap had a man or
woman suspended from it.
She looked about hesRtatingly for an
instant, but every man was tnterested
in his paper. Then she took hold of
a strap almost in front of a young
man, a very young man, who wa,,
blushing guiltily as he pretended tf
read.
While the young man blushed any,
the woman thus hung, her handkep
chief fluttered, accidentally to all ap,
pearances, to the floor. The young
man looked up just then and saw the
white bit of cambric. The feeling of
:hivalry which he was evidently try. 1
ing to stifle would not be suppressed
longer.
lie arose and stooped for the hand
kerchief.
This was the woman's opportunity.
While his back was turned she gently
slipped into his seat.
When he turned about and saw
what had occurred he almost col
!apsed. But the woman did not. She
took her handkerchief out of his hand,
smiling innocently.
"Thank you," she said, sweetly.
"You are very kind."-New York Sun
"Out of the Darkness Into the Light," I
"Out of the darkness Into the light:"
Nev",r was word of promlise more bright,
Never came sound to list:ening ear
Or waiting heart, more thrilling andt
clear,
Nerving the soul for Its onward flight
Than "Out'of the darkecss into the
Only the folding of hands andl feet,
And closing of eyes tn slumber Iweet;
Only the ttopping of painful breath,
Only the touch of the hand of Death
Only the Master's ciall of might.
And "Out of the darkness Into the
lIght."
I Out of the shadowns of r.orrow and carn,
Out of the blackness of doubt and de,
spair:
Out of the harrowing, constant. strife,
Out of the wearying toils of life;
Out of the reach of foes within,
Out of the withering touch of sin,
into the certain hope of the just,
into the fulness of joy and trust:
Into the calmness of spirit-peace
Into the rest whlere laboTrs shall cease;
Into the regions by gu'lt untrod.
Into the smile and presence of God.
Watchers. pale watcher, who wearily
stand,
Ilongln for siacht of the better land,
Look nup. o'er the darkness and gtloom, to
the star
Of promise that gleams in the distance
afar:
For surely It cometh-the dawning
bright
And "Cut of the darkness into the light." 1
-F. H. Marr.
A Missing Mascot.
"No more luck," she wailed; "I
shall never have another bit of luck,
I know I shan't. I've lost it and I
hadn't had it but three months.
"What is it that you have lost that '
you are making such a fuss about?" t
inquired a friend. "Your pocketoook?" 1
"Pocketbook," answered the forlorn
one, "No, I wish it was only my pock
etbook, that wouldn't be serious. But
I've gone and lost my beautiful yel
low garter and--yes, it may be a plain t
old thing, but it was such a mascot
Janet wore it when she was married,
then gave it to me and I have worn it
ever sInce. And such a good time as
I have had! Dances, whist clubs, and
no end of larks, and I've met simply
slues of mena. You Iknow they say f
that whoever wears such a mascot a
will be married within the year. Guess c
I'm dished now for fair."
Then He Was Good.
A congressman of Missouri relates
that he was making a campaign
speech last fall, when he was an
neyed by the frequent interruptions
of a countryman, who seemed bent on f
making trouble.
"My friend," said the speaker, d&
terninlng to suppress the disturber,
"hnaven't you heard the story of how 0
a braying ass put to flight the entire
lrian army?"
"Don't you be afraid of this audf.
ence," shouted back the disturber of a
the meeting: "there ain't no danget r
of it stampediag. Ycu've d4-e etestd
itl"
ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE CZAR
Secret Enemies Seek His Destruction-- -Japs Press.
ing On Toward Liao Yang.
Lod OD, Jiuo 1.- Ti heMi6 as:er s
T'rwo internal ia:chines '-:eru foun.d
on the night of Junlle 7 c:nr::d In
t(iAaeco ) hb:ci'x in the Tiarlhoye ::'la
P'alace, AherI the R.1usian imp np or is
now reilding. Ono of thrl machine;
.was in th diining ronm:. 1t ctiler in
-he audie:.ce churmiber. TI:, mn(ch,.n
istn in each v,'A.s w:'i: when they
were clic-,vr!,d.l . The -:r;etestl s -
vecy is ,,:,L ..,rved. andl thiis :;s t:nt i,
though truo in every :l-ii a, sure to
be cztegol! al de:nied."
FuIan, Kon R, .June 1 I - len. Kurokl
with the coo-peration of a detachment
from the army, landed at Takushan.
has captured Sit Yen, driving out the i
Russlian, end is now sweeping on t+o
ward Lian Yang by three reads. Two)
divislons are moving on Pai Cheng
by the Takushan and' Feng Wang
Chong roads, and It is Ibelieved, after
giving battle at Pal Cheng will move
north to co-operate 'with a third col
unln whlch is now due north from
Feng Wang.
For a week four columns of troops
have been reconnoitering the roads
hetween I.iao Yang, Pal Cheng, Sin
Yen and S:lunatrza, and have occu
pied .(:,wns ahl;n thcse roads. dislotdg
ing the flRa:,cn:r., nun"bering scvera
hund'ei, from .a ch posiiton after des
TRIED PARIS GREEN.
After Six Hours Weevils Were Appar.
ent!y Unharmed.
Rournd Recck, Texas: Your rorre
spondctnt, was out in the cotton ficH l
iookincg aftter the boll weevils, and
found ,plenty of them; in fact, more
than we had at this time of the season
la~t ycar. The plant Is net as well ad
vanced as last season. Having seen
so much in the -papers about paris
green killing the weevlis, your corre
apondent gave it a trial, and got un
satisfactory results. He broguht one
half dozen weevils home with him,
having found some green s-alks of cot
ton gro-wing in the gin yard. He
sprinkled it with a solution of paris
green, then piut the weevils in a glass
jar and turned it over the cotton. The
weevils were loft on the cotton for
about six hours, 'when they were found
all seeminly unharmed *by the paris
green. iSeveral witnessed the results.
Mr. J. A. Nelson of this plaee has
got up an attachmnent to the cultivator
which hangs just in front of the
plowew, and is -a ,artial suecess. It
as two large ab*l(ng tin trays, which
have kerosene in them to catch the
weevils as they are knocked off by
two revolving forks, or ,paddles, sta
tion just above the trays. Cotton is
two amall yet to give it a thorough
test The one excelient feature about
the attachment is, the farmer can
plow and catch weevils at the same
time.
Corn prospects in this vicinity a.re
fine. Oats are !being harvestedt, but
the yield will be light.
American Fort Taken.
Lareda, Texas: There was an In
teresting and exciting sham battle at
Fort McIntosh this morning w'hen the
old earth fort, defended by one of the
three companies, nas stcrmed and
captured -by the other two companies
after a realistic battle.
Taken Back to Tennessee.
Gainesville, Texas: J. W. Rowen,
sheriff of Rogersville, Tenn., left here
last night, carrying with him Neal
*Burton, charged with murder. ,Burton
was arrested near Burns City last
Thursday, where he was at ~work on a
farm.
He and his tbrother, Arthur Burton,
who was recently arrested at Green
ville, are alleged to have murdered
their cousin at a church in Tennessee
last January.
Hunters Killed a Bull.
Taylor, Texas: Careless hunters In
the pasture of F. A. RAlison, east of
town, shot and fatally wounded a fine,
graded Durham 'bull a few days ago,
valued at $75.
Fails Primary Ordered.
,Marlin. exas: The Executive Cods
mi-ttee of this floatortal district held
a meeting here yc-:terday evening and
ordered a "blanket" ,primary in the
district for July 9 to nominate two
candidates for Floater.
Escaping Convict Shot.
Cameron, Texa,: While attempting
to escape from the People's convict
farm in Milam county one of the con
victs was shot and dangerous:y wocund
ed. Throe others were captuired with
ou.t 4eing shot.
Lake Charles Boy Drowned.
Lakc, Charles, La.: Ollie Sim;mons,
aged 13, wa's drowned while a thlig
last nht, having got beyond his
deptb.
perate ti -htiv' ; rl!,' .Ia ~anicit i 'd al
:c r t rtv'd 3s awln hilled
(antjd 11 a iitd. '\Vcldus :Il n irning L
it.i( i O.i~ttir. ir : 'id fiv" MqII'tlr ilB "Qf
11Ltt~tt (li I'1(i; ln iii r¾:ng the
j. e~ ~i:, ', the loo. t; Onl
«iA ~theI a ('os: 3t1 h., lhldlaig he pass.
Aftier two heirs' fizhl ing the t'ossaviu
were driven back. TIwo Japanese obat"
terici tli('d to lakf a posltion Aouth of
the 4o'wn* h t were it-cnijwled lo hold
off for a tlim. Two *Lattalions of Jap-'
anc e made a flanking movemen~t (by
the Fen i Wang Cheng- road and
threa4en-ed to cut of the Russian re
tjeat. A MbintIltaunlous atal-k from
'the two roadst d:tWve the ttau,.bana
iack. The Coiaacks gradually w'ith
drew from Sill Yen in the direction of
Pat Cneng, kt eping uIp a brcavy !battery
fire ont a denise column of the enem:y
at a range of tIeft yards The lire slack
eneQ about five o'!olo(. in th<' evening.
Among the Rustan losses were C'her
etnmi=-sinefT Chit f o f Cc-sacks; Cornot
IhomrovQ' i -i ant Iicc;t Conl. PacS ,lrhofifl
The Japiafl(se losses w('re fiu-0 li'led
and 4w'uty-eig;ht w iuniled.
Rain in Louisiana Rice Belt.
frowley, La.: The dr'ith that has
exis'ed in Southwest 1,ui4 ana for
the past six weeks was broker tonight
Jby a heavy cdownpuc r lasting several
hours. This r:in is of great value to
the rice farmers, who were he;inning
to suffcr .for lark of mo!'sture for
young rice. iRcport,; from Eunh'e. Iota.
Estherworcd, Rayne and Cteydl2n s!:ow
the rain to be general.
Funeral of W. A. Earle.
Conroe, Texas: The remains of W
A. Earle, who was killed in a tele&
graph office at Yorktown fast Monday
night, were brought to Conroe on
Wednesday and interred in the Con
roe cemetery. Lir. Earle was night
operator in Conrce for about ten
months, and his family had never icLt
here.
Big Barbecue at Lanesport.
Tayor, Texas: A big free 'barbe
cue, plcnic and celebration was held
at Lanesport, twelve miles northeast
of Taylor, Thursday, with all the coun
ty and district candidates and a large
concourse of peo.ple in attendance.
Took Poison by Mistake.
Eagle Pass, Texas: Dr. Jose ;d
lasco, a young phystclan pf C. P. Diaz,
took by mistake last nightt a capsule
of strychnine that he had prepared
to give a dog, and died two hours lat
er. Dr. Velasco was but recently mar
riod.
Damage Suit Filed.
Beaumont, Texas: J. C. Kallip
filed suit in the district court today
against the J. M. Guffey Petroleum
Cormpany for the recovery of $385.1
claimed as damages for an alleged
breach of contract on the part of the
defendant in refusing to pay for the,
drilling of a certain oil well at Sour
Lake.
Siu Yen Taken.
St. Petersburg: The Japanese ap
pear ot have taken Sin Yen, driving
out the Russians. The enemy appearn
to ,be advancing on Hal Cheng.
School Board Sued Perkins.
Lake Charles, IA.: The Parish
School Board today b©e'ga attachment
suit against Sheriff John A. Perkins
for $1,441.67, the amount he has failed
to turn over to them. This brings
his known shortage up to $33,000 with
the parish to hear from.
Schwarz Indicted.
Cuero, Texas: The grand jury
found a true bill against seh-war for
the killing of perator Earl at York
town Tuesday morning; also one
against the Mexican for the killiag of
the Mexican woman last week.
Attorney Garwood's Business.
Austin, Texas: Judge H. M. Gar.
wood of Houston was here tcday on
'business relating to the anti-trust
cascs pending agahrist the express
cormpanifs in the district court.
Knox Formally Appointed.
Harrleburg, Pa.: Gov. Pennyhck.
er today appointed Philander C. Knox
successor to the late United· States
Senator Quay.
Son Shot by Father's Trap.
Cwmeron, Texas: A Bohemian
farmer near Buckholts ~ct his gnm in
his L-arn to shoot part!ies that ,wor
stealir.g his corn, and his 11-yearcl
son ,was fatally shot when he Wenrt to
feed the Sto
CONFEDERATE FATHERS AND SONS.
Thousands Assembling in Nashviii. for the Annual
Reunion- Texans Slw i'r Arr iving.
;~ae1iflý}i.! i'7.nn , June 14.--X;a-hvi.! I
i.,i cro~w'led :ouiizht wit:h t!ý to,;:, 5O-.
it ons arnd (14.!c 1ins to the ;o : yt '&fl?
I''rltc · V'tr1erans, vjiir'l (uirl tt:Y~
flh;J tra~ins v~a rt" arririn:g at frti.dflo i
fr ta;Iomi all tarlr; o1 !h4 S-1:11h.
iriia: .l arra(.rs, rInd tlt Jr'
'ag(-r to till his par: in :hu reinion
wh:;cj i~ r many y'ars. Lis I~tri a
4Julrca of munch pl':iaslrra. Ththre a°('
ielegations pranonz: fromn 24 iSouri aril
its far no'rth asi Muonrtaac.
'Th It' . Pr, Clalruc. divi-;ion (f '.he
Textas ' vena rans, with headqiarttris at
a o irrived during tho aft. noo-)n.
but the. ioi other Texas trains wotje
lears ; 'au"Vae, they having been det
lave-i by a washout near Pine, AIuff,
I tha ir (1' stintionr not being rnached un
til late tonight.
LOOKED LIKE RIO".
Police Had to Quell an Angry crowd
on Washington Street.
l1ou~ton: A car accident on Vash
ingKon street last n!ght came very
near cauŽsin;g a riot. An old man by
thie name of P'o'wvero, '.xho wa.ý in a bug
gy, was ran into by a car. The car
w:35 demnolished and he wa:; thrown
,u the paxvemi'nt an.l his back injured.
It was tat~ted that h,: bug):gy was.
dragged a dis:ance of sixty feet. The
h,,rse : aramne hung bcneat.h the car,
but was not killed. The front part
of the burgy w"as :battered. It could
no, be learned who was at fault.
Within a few minutes after the acci
dent occurred the street became pack
td with people, rwho talked of handlin
the motorman in a summ:-ry manner.
Chief of Police Ellis received the
report and has-tencd to the scene with4
several of his men. The feeling was
so great by the time the oticers ar
rived that it was all they could do to
keep down a riot.
During the trouble the motorman
was struck in the face and severely
wounded. Five or six cars became
blocked in the street, and this but
added to the feeling of the crowd.
After the chief arrived he had the
cars moved and this prevented serious
trouble.
Powers was taken to his home, a
short distance from the scene, and a
physician summoned. It was variously
stated that he was seriously injured
and that his injuries. were of a mild
nature.
Claim Agent Fields of the company
stated that he was informed that the
man's injuries did not amount to much,
and that he would be able to be out
in a few daye.
Boll Weevil,
learne, Texas: The boll weevil is
pronounced to be as numerous over
the county as at this time last year,
and the farmer, are making a vigor
ous fight against the post. Many of
them are dusting their cotton with par
is green and some report it having
good effect, while others report it does
no good. The plaint is further ad
vanced than it was at this time last
year. Many of, the farmers are much
discouraged over the early appearance
of the boll weevil in this country, and
if remedies w'ill do any good, the boll
weevil will find rough handling in this
setclon.
Thirteen Club.
New York: George Wagner, a
wealthy German resident of Bridge
port, Conn. committed suicide by
shooting himself with a revolver at
the Morton house last night.
Mr. Wagner was the moving spirit
of a club of well known German citi
zens first organized as a "thirteen
club." Later one after another of the
congenial spirits began to die by sul
cdde. Practically all of the men who
were formerly identided with that or
gnization have died by their own
hand. There is said to be one mem
ber left
Western Newspaper Union Fire,
Hiouston: Fire In the Drees room of
the Western Newspaper Union Sunday
night resulted in about $7000 worth of
damnages to the presses and stock.
Very little, if any, delay will result,
however, in furnishing out.ct-to'n cus
tomers with weekly shipments.
Reggie Turns Up.
Nr~aport, R. I.: Reginald Vander
hilt, whom Necw York officers tried to
locate in that city yesterday in order
to serve him with a sui'poena, arrived
at his home at Sandy Point today. He
came here from Bos.ton in an autc.mo
bile.
Buenos Ayres: Quintana Elu has
been e'ected president of the.rog"blic
Ftguo Ca Alcorta has been chosn fcr
vice president.
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It)i 0W I!
$.Iu i or i Thc .s I: 'II r Ii) '" t: - Is:"
at any time. TlIns Its1., '
I1Inu ,y :Vtil' aa (, i;t) r 1:) ,.r,. , II t,
abbe-y $2',./(ee. TL,, -.flU!i!)., i ; r,
ing to raise V; 'i,',,, . , thr h s ,u
can Lngln any timn . th .n
on hand. Th Ne 0x: .' , ':2 , or 1h ir,
augu)-ation (o -ho work, ho)wtvrer, :.n
not been dec:idtd ',p;:.
Russia Losses.
S'. PeterKburg: The, ,"'kJwin;: l
fiTcial statemnct of Hu sian loes t
the war ha.:; been i wsuitl:
Navy:
F'orty-four of1iters and 920 n.,,
killed.
Thirteen officrs a:;i ''2I men h:v.
b(,,n wou::nded.
Army:
Thirty iX "ificeCr.; and, 9!d0() i:
killed.
OIIn hundr.d,l an! ,hrwt ,:-Mors a.
'OSi men wounded.
Taken prL~iner' , 211 ofiers and 6',
men.
Charbon at Jennings.
Jent!ngs, Lii.: Dr. 11. A. Tabor,.
well known veterinary suIrgeon, Fla;
ed this morning that during the I~i'
two weetks there had died in the vi:i-a
ity cf Jennings twenty head of cattlh
and mules from charhon. The planr
ers of this locality are doing all ir
their power to stamp out the diseacs
Killed by Kick of a Horse.
IBeeville, Texas: M1rs. Louisa Sch:
enlleld, a German lady, 68 yeah (ot
age, living eight miles east of est
was kicked [by a horse late Saturday
evening and died a fewv minutes afteu
ward.
Culberson Leaves Washngton.
Washington, D C.: Senator Culber
son left for Texas this morning via S.
Louis. He will not tarry in St. Louis
but will go on straight to Dallas an,
wiil be in Texas at the State conven
tion. Mrs. CuIberson went to Atlantic
City yesterday and will there spnd
part the the summer.
Anti-Poolroom Bill Will Pass.
Baton Rouge, La.: The HunglckeT
bi.l, abolishing the poolrooms in this
state, was reported favorably to th,,
house at 1 o'clock this morning by a
vote of 8 to 3. The meosure will pnam
the house and there is no oppositim:
in the senate.
No Confirmation.
St. Petersburg: No information
reached the general staff tonlgbt re
garding the reported amubushing td
Russians at Palantlen as the result of
which they were alleged to have lost
800 men.
Up to a late hour tonight nothing
further had been hoard from Port
Arthur.
A New Plan.
Knoxville, Tenn.: S. M. Bain, pro
feswor of botany of the University of
Tennessee, has been appointed a spe.
cial agent by the United States g~v
ernment in its fight against the boll
weevil. Prof. Bain is directed to
breed, with a view of producing an
early variety of cotton which will ma
ture before the boil weevil arrives.
J. L. McAtee Is Dead.
Enid, O. T.: John L. McAtee, asmo
clAto justice from 1894 to 1902, died i,
Enild today. At the time of his deith
he was engaged In 'work for the re
p/bllcan National convention.
Ball Room Trouble.
Estherwood, La.: Blanc Cole and
Placld Pearch became involved in a
quarrel in a ballroom near MIermen.
teau last night. Both were much
wrou~ght up. Cole was shot twice.
One ball took effect in the arm. Cole
is dangerously wounded, and may not
recover. Pearch was arrested. No
others were Injured.
Accidental Discharge.
Nashville, Tecnn.: While stooping
over a .',ring to get a cup of water
in Mt. Cah'ary Cometery this ater
noon, Sergeant Andrew N. Davis of
the city polce Rccidentqlly d'crpped
his revolver. The weapfon was ds
charged, the ,bullet entering Sergoan:
Davis' ,breast and killing him Ins~an!
ly. His 1.year-old daughter was 'by
the officers side at the time, and htl
aged mother was rut a short dlistance
away.