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GAMBLED HIS LIFE AWAY.


Sensational Suicide of n Drummer in Au-
AUGUSTA, Aug. 5.-Mr. Pope Crouch,
a drummer travelling for j. l.. Fried.
ma 81 Co., OF Paducah, II vinegar and
wine house, committed suicide ut the
Planters Hotel last night by taking a
was lot discovered until 3 o'clock this
afternoon. when the chambermaid
went to clean his room. Mr.. Crouch
was lying on the bed in his under
clothes. His face was blue, his limbs
rigid and his body cold, indicating that
he had been dead several hours. On
his bureau was found an empty vial
labelled morphene, together with two
letters addressed one t o his wife, Mrs.
T.. N. Crouch, at Johnston, 5. c., which
was his home and where he lived, and
the other "To my dear drummer
friends"
The note to the drummers was open
ed and read. 1t was an appeal to The
drummers to Look after his family, and
saying severe trouble caused him to
end his life
AT the coroner's inquest this after.
noon his letter to his wife was opened.
1t gave the cause Of his rash act
gambling.
He said that since he left Johnston
last Saturday he had drawn from his
house $500, and had lost 1T in the gamb-
ling bells of Augusta. lie said that
last month he had lost $500 in this city,
and If he could have gotten out of this
trouble he would have reformed, but
he could see no way out Of it other
than in death. He advised his wife to
consult Il lawyer and make the winners
of his money give it up to her, which
he said, she could do. In conclusion he
hoped his sad ending would be a lesson
to all young men not to touch a card,
and he lmplored Goa's blessing upon
his wife and child.
MIR. Crouch was about 35 years old.
He was last seen alive at l o'clock this
morning, when he went to the hotel to
go to bed. He arrived here last Satur-
day night. His remains were carried
to Johnston, s.. c., to night for burial.
Crouch's exposure of the gambling
houses in Augusta has created no little
sensation here tonight, though it is
not thought that the gamble"s can be
prosecuted on the strength of the let.
ter, and 1t is said that the coroner had
no right to open a private letter which
was addressed to Crouch's Wife.-NeWs
and Courier,
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Thousands of People swIndled.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1O.-Alfred Downing,
N. II. Tollman and three young women
clerks, occupants OF the office of the
National Capital Savings, Building and
Loan Association of North America, in
the Rookery building, were arrested this
afternoon by United States Marshals
Hitchcock, Allen and Charles, and the
entire epistolary contents of the place
taken to the office of United States Dis
trict Attorney Milchrist. Downing and
Tollman were taken before the United
States commissioner, charged with u.s.
ing the United States mail for fraudu-
lent purposes and placed under $4,000
bond for a hearing Thursday, August
20. The three clerks were notified that
they were wanted as witnesses at the
hearing. 1t is charged that the men,
who have been conducting this associ-
alton, have swindled thousands of PEG.
pie ftom every State in the Union and
taken in from 100000 to $35O,OOO, and
given not one penny in return. There
are two men at liberty, they having
e"""""' """'" ago. These
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AfTRh TIE FIGHT.
The Nafbr fines BIessrs Gonzales aud
GIbpes Eony Dollars Each.

SipcsS kofty Dollars Each.
COLUMBIA, s. e., Aug. 5.-The ex.
element over the TIghe Gonzales en-
counter has about subsidized and things
in newspaperdom have returned to their
normal condition. Yesterday morning
some interest attached to the proceed
ings before the mayor, and when the
cases against Messrs Gonzales, G,bbes
and Tighe were called the little Court
room in which his Honor dispenses
municipal justice was crowded to its full
lest capacity.
BY request of Mr.. Gonzales, who
desired TO leave the city yesterday morn.
ing for Glenn Springs, the cas- against
him wNs first disposed of. He made a
brief statement. saying that he had re-
ceiyed an insulting letter from Mr.. Tlgha
and went over to his office and struck
him. He pleaded guilty to the assault
and mayor imposed II fine of $40, which
was promptly paid, and Mr.. Gonzales
Immediately left the Court room.
Mr.. Tige's case was then called, and
SheeiH Rowan was sworn and testified
substantially to tho facts rs contained in
the Registers account 9th affair so far
as related to the encounter between
Messrs Gonzales and Tighe, but went
more into detail in regard to Mr..
Gibbes's connection with the matter, the
gist of IL being that Mr.. Gibbes was
there as the friend of Mr. Gonzales to
see fair ply, but makinh 40 hostile de-
m~onstration except q passage of words
between himself, Mr.. Tighe and Mr..
W.. G. Cathcar.
Messrs George X. Wright and w. &.
Cathcart were also examined, e%liciting
no new facts connected with the main
Issue, the evidence OF Mr.. Cathcart bear
ing more particularly on the words that
passed between Mr.. Gibbes and himself
in relation to his carrying the note To
MIR. Gonzales. A ~colloquy then ensucd
between the Mayor and MI. Gibbes as
to wherein the latter had committed any
breach OF the peace, and the mayor said
in substance that he could conceive oil
no greater attempt to bring about a row
and thereby cause what might have been
a bloody atfray, than for two stalwart
men, one armed with a stick and the
other with a cowhide, to 60 down the
street together with the deliberate pur-
pose Of making and attack OH another
and a smaller man. Gibbes replied thai
he did not carry the stick to assault any.
one with, and had no intention CT doing
anything more than preventing outside
interference.
The mayor held that the action of Mr.
G!bbes was essentially a breach of the
peace, and so viewing the matter, I'M.
posed a fine of $40, which Mr.. Gibbc:
paid under notice of appeal.
The case against Mr.. Tighe was dis
missed, and this ended the proceedings
In the Maory's Court.-Registcr.
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The Farmers Capture Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 5.-Late
Kentucky election returns are favorable
in every instance to the iarmers, and
there is no longer any doubt that they
will control the next Legislature. They
are no. all Alliance or Peoples Party
men, however, although the Peoples
Party has surprised the Democrats by
clecting no less than thirteen of their
candidates. The political complexion
of the house: Democrats 68, Republic
cans II Peoples Party Is, Independent
Democrat |, and one district doubtful.
Tie farmers of all parties number Sc,
besides several country merchants and
teachers whose sympathy is in the same
direction. The farmers, most of whom
are A.liancemen, will have a majority
in the Democratic caucus. There will
be siXty-eight members of the Demo-
cratic caucus, not counting the Indepen-
dent Democratic, whose admission to
The caucus is doubtful, and %thirty-nine
of them are farmers. The farmers can,
is they like, elect every officer of tho
House, from the speaker down.
Browns (Dem.) pourality for Cover.
nor is between $4,000 and 80, 1000, as
compared with 10000 for Governor
Buckner at the last ~Subernatorial cleo
ton, with $4,000 at the last treasurer's
eletiOn.
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cHLoRoFoRMEDA AND ROBBED.


President.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 13.-R. Dudley FRAY
sor, president OF the Security and the
Memphis City banks, and one of the
most prominent and wealthy citizens
robbed this afternoon, at the GayOso
Hotel, by a man that gave his name as
John A. Morris, Of New Orleans.
early this morning, q man register
ing as John A. Morris, New Orleans"
was assigned a room at the GayOso.
This afternoon he dispatched a note to
Mr.. Fraysor, requesting him to call at
n hotel at once on business of impor-
lance. MIR. Fraysor was at the hotel in
a few minutes, and was ushered into
Mr.. Morris's room. The latter intro.
duced himself az John A. Morris, of the
Louisiana Lottery Company, OF New
Orleans. He said the lottery had been
a~ntagoniZed greatly of late in that
State; that their investments had been
unfavorable, and that the lottery pro-
perty generally was unsafe, and wished
so consult him in regard to it.
After giving him what information
he could in regard to Memphis moneyed
institutions, Mr.. Fraysor turned to 20,
but was greatly startled to find two re-
volvers, one in each of Morris's hands,
staring him in the face. Morris said:
III am a desperate man. l have no
money. My family in New Orleans
are in desperate circumstances, and
must have money. You must endorse
a check for $780,"
After some %parleying, Mr.. Fraysor
finally agreed to endorse a check for
$500. The check was then drawn on
the Hibernian National Bank Of New
Orleans, and Mr.. Fraysor endorsed it
"R. d. Frayser," hoping the cashier at
his bank would suspect something
wrong and refuse to cash it, as ne al
ways endorsed his checks ar. Dudley
F%raysor."
a bell boy was called by Morris and
the check sent to the Memphis City
Bank, Mr.. Fraysor being kept prisoner
In the hotel. After the boy had gone,
Morris walked over to where Mr., Fray
sor was standing. and clapping a nap.
kin over his face threw him on the bed,
and that is the last of his adventure
Mr. Fraysor can recall.
Late this evening Mr.. Fraysor was
found unconscious on the bed. The
odor Of chloroform in the room was
oyerpowering, Morris was gone, and
with him Mr.. Fraysor's watch and
about $50, but the check lay on the ia
BILE, unpaid. The bell boy had taken it
to the bank twice, at Morris's request,
payment, however, being each time re-
fused. Morris escaped.
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A Louisiana Riot.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. ga dispatch from
Orange, Texas, says: Belder Sanders,
who has just returned from Lake
Charles, La, confirms the report OF a
riot at Lockmore & Co.'S rancho. The
last account he heard was from a wound
ed man, who left the scene at 4 O'Clock
yesterday, who stated that fourteen men
were killed and two missing. 1t was a
fr%ee-lor-all fight between tie "Red-
bones" and the whites. Sanders stated
that many different reports were circu-
lated and nothing more authentic could
be learned. Officers and physicians have
gone to the scene.
Another account of the riot coming
from West Lake, Louisiana, is to the eff
feet that the emeute was caused by the
breaking out Of an old feud between a
band of robbers known as the Ashworth
gang and the cattlemcn Of that section.
The former, it is said, had been COM
hitting depredations upon the commune
lty, and they had killed a number of cat
tie. They had been notified by the
ranchmen to dcsist and leave the coun-
ty, but the gang continued their pro-
ceedings, and at last they were caught
and the fight began. The ''Redboneso
are the leaders of the cattlemen. A
man named Webster led tho gang of
toughs and killed three men.
A late report increases the number Of
wounded to sixteen. A special from
Orange, Texas, gives a partial list of the
killed and wounded as follows: Killed
Dyson, Marion Markley, Lee Perkins
and Owen Ashworth, all of the Rcdbone
gang, and Jesse Ward, one of the cattle
men. The wounded are: Willette Dupre
and Lecomb. The latest reports are to
the effect that everything is quiet. The
coroner has gone to the scene and the
investigation is now gong on.
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gLeyaNKILLeo, aLeveN iNlUaep,
A Ta,i-Ehd coiilslon on tho West shore
Railroads:

|au.UHH Z..
SYRACUSE, Aug. 6.-The st. Louis
express on the West Shore railroad which
leaves here at $50 a. IN. mel with a ter
rible accident three miles west of Port
Byron this morning, near what is known
as the Duchess Cut, The train was rum
ming at a high rate Of speed, and at that
point ran into q freight train. The
wreck was an awful one, and eleven per-
sons were killed. Those killed OUTRIGHT
and those who died from their injuries
were all Italians but one, the fireman of
the passenger train. Eleven Italians
were badly hurt and four will probably
die. Twelve cars OF the freight train
were wrecked and piled up on the tracks,
completely blocking traffic. The Ital-
ians were in the smoking car, which was
completely wrecked. HARDLY a whole
piece of timber was left Of the car. The
wreck took fire and the passenger train
was burned, with the exception OF three
sleeping cars. The train was made up
OF two express cars, q baggage car, a
smoking car, n day car, and four sleep
ing cars.
~. Sullivan, of Syracuse, was on the
train on his way TO Buffalo. He was in
the second car, the m behind the smok-
ing car. He had been in there but a
short time before the accident occurred.
II understood, from a conversation with
one OF the brakeman" said Mr.. Sullivan,
''that it was a tail-end collision. The
freight train, with which our train collld-
ed, was running on The passenger trains
time. When the crash came the scene
was a terrible one. The smoking car
was smashed to splipters, aud the shrieks
of the wounded who were imprisoned In
the wreckage were heartrending. The
accident occurred about 3 O'Clock. IleIt
tie scene on the special train and do not
know what has been done towards car
ing for the injured. There were about
a dozen killed, and 1 should think about
twenty injured. When 1 left, the dead
and wounded were scattered about on the
ground inside the tracks, and the survlv-
ing passengers were doing all they could
for the relief of the wounded"
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NO IN CHILL.
t is n War of Extermination--The "Talla
poosa" In Danger ofSinking.

Rco""
BRADFORD, PA, Aug. 6.-The follow.
ing is an extract from a private letter,
received recently from an officer Of the
United States navy, well known in
Bradford and at present attached to
the South American squadron:
The instruction or unpleasantness
now in full blast throughout Chill, and
particularly in and about the central
n northern parts. is hot and interest
ing enough to satisfy the most blood
thirsty The Chilians believe, as did
Beauregard when he asked permission
OF the Confederate war secretary to
raise the black flag and take no prison
ers, that war means fight and fight
means kill. Ambulance corps and field
hospitals are to either side useless en-
cumbrances. Surgeons have become
line officers and ambulance corps are
active fighting organizations. No quar-
ter is given and none expected by either
sue. IL has become a war of extermi.
nation. The military control the cleo.
ton, and military dictatorship reigns
supreme. A censorship over the press,
n telegraph and mail is carried on.
Balmaceda, supreme dictator, governs
without "a cabinet aid until recently
without congress. At present the in.
surgents seem to be having things their
own way. L notice in recent copies OF
the papers report to the contrary
These are all ''doctored" reports fol-
foreign effect. They emanate from
the Balmacedan censor. Several out.
breaks have taken place in Buenos
Ayres, others in the inland towns
Banks have with exceptions suspended
and trade is generally paralyzed.
"The 'Tallapoosa' will never see her
native heath again. She is tied fast tc
the dock at Buenos Ayres, afraid to lei
go for fear she will sink. While all the
iirst-class cruisers are on the home sta
ton doing the grand for the edifca
ton of the Newport swells, we, the
South Atlantic squadron, are kept busy
skinning into some port every time
rain threatens under fear of going tt
the hOttOm of the sanO
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Padgeit Paw tle FFeigli,

Ia GREAT OErER THAT NAY NOT AeAiNs
] BE REPEATED, go DO NOT DELAY, (
"SrRIKE WILLS THE Iron Is Hot"
) Write for Catalogue now, and say what
lpaper yousaw this advertisement In, I
Remember that L sell everything that
ing some things and buying Others in theS
largest possible lots, which enables me toI
wipe out all competition. !
HERE AREA FEW OF MY START-s
! LING BARGAINS
A No. Z Flat top Cooking Stove. full
size, l5x17 incn oven, fitted with 81 pieces
of ware, delivered at your own depot,
ian freight charges paid by me, foi
3only Twelve Dollars.
, Again, l will sell you u 8 hole CoUkln
Range 13x13 inch oven, lSx26 inch Top, ut /
tied with 81 pieces OF ware, for ThlR-
aTEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight t.
3your depot.
SDO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOk!
4 YOUR GOODS.
l will send you o nice plush Parlor suit,
walnut frame, either IN combination vi
banded, the most stylish colorS for SO. 90,
Ito your IailrOad station. freight paid.
l will also sell you a nice BedrOinos uilI
consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 nighi
2head Bedstead, l Washstand, / CentreI
Isobiot 4 SohO oSot Chuito, i CalC SSat 1llu
back rocker all for 49, 80, and pay treighi
to your depot.
Or l will send you an elegant Bedroom
suit with large glass, full marble top, Ior
1870, ana pay freight.
Nice winuOw shade Oh spring roller , 90
SElegant large walnut day clock, Ava.
Walnut lounge, TOO
/ Lace curtains per window, LOO,
lcannOt describe everything III u small
advertisement, but have an immense store,
containing %, 800 feet OF floor room, with
Z ware houses and taCuUry buildings In Uthel,
Iparts ot Augusta, making IN ali tile lar,
4 geSt business vi this kinu uuuer one mali;
Bagemeht i'll the southern otauuS. lnese,
eStOr9sano warehouses are CROWDED Win
1.-THE choicest productions vi the best Iacto-i
drieS. My catalogue containing illustrations
TOT goous Will Do mailed II you VIII Klnuiy
4say where you saw this advertisement. 1,
Bpay freight. Address,
4 L. r. pADGETT,
RPropIaetor I'adgett's Furniture, olovu'
AMI Carpet Store,
ElllU-lll1 Broad otleeL, AUGUolA. ia,
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KANSAS CAN'T GO 1T.
Reports of Reputation of the Sub-Treas-
ury Scheme,

REPORTS OF Reputation of the
ury Scheme,
CIuCAGO, Ill Aug. ga special from
Topeka, Kan, says ga sensation has
been caused in alliance circles in this
State by the publication of open letters
from w. A. Harris and G. w. Shum,
prominent leaders in the peoples party,
protesting against the sub-treasury
scheme. Harris is regarded as the safest
leader in the alliance and would have
been elected United States senatorin
the place Of PETER had he not been a
Confederate colonel. Shum was the
peoples party candidate for lieutenant
governor last fall. Sub-alliances
throughout Kansas this month will vote
ON the ~sub.treasury scheme to decide
whether it shall be incorporated in the
peoples party platform, and the indica-
tions are now that it Will be defeated.
Frank McGrath, president Of the ALI
ance, who has been warm In its advo-
cacy. has now come out openly against
the s~ub-treaSury scheme and a big fight
is looked for when the annual meeting
of the alliance occurs in September.
Colonel Harris declares that latter a
brilliant victory had been won by the
alliance the so-called sub-treasury
scheme was brought forth. The scheme
in its essential features is modelled after
the most Vicious and %ruinous practices
we have condemned, patterned after
the illegitimate% loaning of money 10y the
government to the national banks and
to rail roads and the ware housing and
storage of goods for importers and dis.
tlllers; Il scheme to tax the many for
the benefit Of the few and of even the
most doubtful benefit to those few" lie
says substantial business men over the
country have unanimously protested
against it. 1t is certain to bring about
the complete overthrow of the peoples
party II 1t is not at once Abandoned"
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Hanged -Four Times.

ChaRLoTTE, N. c., Aug. G.-News of
a rather remarNadle affair. In the
neighborhood Of Henderson s dripge,
has just reachep here. The wife Of VIM.
Freeman died, and while the family
entered the house and sthle S4OO in
money. A man named Joe Summers
was suspected. He was captured, q
rope placed around his neck and he
was hung up to a limb. After u few
minutes he was taken down and asked
II he would confess. He refused to do
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rheumatism is cured by r. Z. z.
Pains and aches in the back, shoulders,
knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all
attacked and conquered by p. Z. p.
This great medicine, by it's blood
cleansing properties, builds up and
strengthens the whole body
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The Scheme Is u Fraud,

MARSHALL. Mo-, Aug. 5.-Several
weeks ago the Home Fascinator
Company" of Montreal, advertised
extensively a word contest, Offering
prizes ranging from 81, 600 down. The
contest was limited to subscribers.
Several ladies here became subscribers,
and the other day each of them re-
ceived a notice that she had drawn the
third prize, a gold lined silver tea set,
cost of packing. Postmaster Rising
commenced al investigation, and has
received notice from the assistant attor-
ney general that the "Home Fascina-
Tor Company" is a fraud. The scheme
been extensively worked.
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Misunderstanding Paxton, of Sa-
vannah, Ga, says he had rheumatism
so bad that he could not move from
the bed or dress without help, and that
he tried many remedies, but received
no relief until he began the use of T.. Z.
Z. prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas-
sium), and two bottles restored him to
health.
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BERLIN, Aug. 13.-The Russian gov
ernment,s order prohibiting the expor-
tation of rye has created great excite
ment here, and the bourse was consider
ably affected, though prices did not fall
." :" "rt'"'""'"" as secret warn
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Saved by his Grandmotber.


Az, N. j., Aug. 6.-George
the three year old son of
'ster, was saved from
esday through the BRAY
'ndmother, who is sixty
child fell into a deep
way River. He was dis.
lady, lying motionless
plunged bravely In.
ceeded in bringing
q. Both we're pull
rat and the boy
led.
ucratio.
,. 8.-The first
nal party lines
20 we're three
err, the rem
made up
,inating q
was about
'emocrats
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The Importance Of purifying the
blood cannot be over-estimated, for
without pure blood you cannot enjoy
good heath. =. p. p. (Prickly Ash.
Poke Root and POTASSIUM is a mirac-
ulous blood purifier, performing more
cures in six months than all the sarsa-
parillas and so-called blood purifiers
put together.
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III f,unt nrs rfsn.nrx

WASHINGTON, ID. ca Aug. 6.%The
secretary of the treasury has been adj
vised that a bold attempt will be made
during the present month to rob the
treasury by "a strong force organized
for that purpose" The plan Is to start
fires in various parts OF the city for the
purpose of divertin2 the attention Of
the police and then overpower the
treasury watchmen and loot the vaults.
The information was given in o letter
signed by king of the Tramps," who
explained his knowledge of the plot by
the statement that he was a leader of
the band. The letter was referred to the
captain of the watch, with instruction
to give the visitors proper reception.
Pianos aud Organs.
N. w. TRUMP, 1S4 Main Street Co
lumbia, ). g., sells Pianos and Organs,
direct from factory. No agents COM
missions. The celebrated Chickering
Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightness of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason &
Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up
right Pianos, from 1925 up. Mason &
Hamlim Organs surpassed by none Ster-
ling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument
guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days
trial, expenses both ways, If not satis-
factory. Sold on Instalments.
The Importance Of purifying the
blood cannot be over-estimated, for
without pure blood you cannot enjoy
good heath. =. p. p. (Prickly Ash.