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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-27

Minnesota River ON Rampage.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
St Paul. MINI. Sept. 2s.-Reports from
points on the Minnesota River. which empties
into the Mississippi below here. state that
the river is now. in many places. over Its
banks, and Is as high as it WAS last June;
The bottoms near the river are all submerged
and farmers are losing many tons OF hay.
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CoSTELLo.on Friday. September IS. 1903.
at 1850 O'Clock p. m. Mrs. Elizabeth ID. Cos
tello nse Browne). native OF the County Sligo,
Ireland. beloved wife of James Costello. mother
of Frank j., George B., Officer Joseph. Edward
and Lizzie Costello, and Mrs. Edward G.
Stecker. The funeral will take place Tuesday,
18th instant, at $3.50 o'clock a. m. from family
residence, No. 1921 Prairie avenue, to Holy
Name Church, thence to Calvary Cemetery.
1129, A. l.. of II.
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ROWING CLUB LEAGUE.

Totals ID 1853 $40 22s 2a2 2o3 s4 III. 4 2-s5
Handicap-Dammert 4. Bright s, Smith s..
Fisher i and Monteith 2. Total. q.
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and a half innings were played. the game
being called on account of darkness. At
tapdopce o A03 Score:
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Totals .....31 142 252 PSI 2l2 PAS 80 1898 ~ s-25
Handicap-Griespach s.. Holden 4. Hanson :,
Paine 7 and Fischer 2. Total. Is
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NAILO LEAGUE.
Tannhausers 3, NaiIos 2.

Scores on Schaefer's alleys. in the Nal
League games were:
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A CLUB LEAGUE.

Totals C2p ~ 2ls no rs 25s 40 POS llO4 a
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Beaumonts 3, Centurys 2.

Totals .....26 III 251 2Ss 252 2s5 81 1919 IS 1875
Handicaps-Kopp 4. Calmer S. Ahern S. Croft
s Brown s. Total. a
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otal, 10 as 1876 2O8 $50 leO 1ss sss 81 i

TIL WEEKS SCHEDULE
~Monday-Eads VS.. Banners on Crescent alleys.
VI. Rawlings on Acme alleys
yednesday-T1gers vs.. Clippers on Royal alleys
m League Standing.
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Rise and FAN of the Rivers
River Forecast.

Fall. L. H DAINGERFIELD,
Local Forecast Official.
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game was called on account of darkness.
Attendance. s 600. Score:
Chicago.

a1ieesO ..-"S
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powhattnn.,s, Chicka.aw. 2.

Scores ut st. Louis Rowing Club were:
CHICKASAWS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
ludae Parker.

,Jadee Alton B. Parker, whose name
is now frequently mentioned in con-
nection with the Democratic nomina-
ton for the presidency, lives at a
place called Esopus, near Kingston,
N. Y. His homestead is called Rose
mount Hall, and dates back to 1777,
Tie members of his household are his
mother, aged eighty, Judge and Mrs;
grandchildren. The Judge is fifty
three years old, but, according to q
correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri-
can, appears to be not over thirty-dve.
He stands five feet ten and a half
inches tall, is massively built, with
waist, short neck and large head.
His hands are large, and their backs
are covered with freckles, concomi-
tauts of the pronounced "sandy" com
plexion. "His face is broad, his Jaws
are square and determined, his short
cropped moustache is red, eyes dark
and sparkling, eyebrows several shades
darker than his moustache, hair q
light auburn tinged with gray, and
his forehead mounts high by gentle
curve, much as did that of the late
President Garfield. The abundant
color of youth is in his cheeks, giving
him complexion women envy"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
BRUTAL MURDER IN AIKEN.
A Jew PeddIer Shot and Cut to
Pieces by Two White Men
Killed for His Money.

Aiken, August 1.-Abram Surasky,
q Jewish peddler, living in Aiken,
was murdered near, Hawthorne, in
Aiken County, on Wednesday evening,
by two white men, George Toole and
Lee Green. The body was not dis
covered until Friday evening and Sur
asky's family were not notified until
Friday night. The murdered man
was 81 years of age, and one Of five
brothers who ran small stores in,
Aiken, all quite peaceful citizens,
harming no one, as is characteristic
Of the race. On last Tuesday Mr.
Surasky loaded his wagon with, his
packs and started on his rounds. He
is supposed to have stopped at Green's
house to sell his wares, as it was his
custom to do, and it was then that the
two men carried out their plan of rob-
berry and murder.
Surasky was shot twice in the back
with a gun, one arm was almost.
severed from his, body and his head
and body were hacked horribly with
an axe. When the body was discovered
it was impossible to recognize any
semblance of a human being in the
&ace, as decomposition had set in.
Buzzards flying over the spot attracted
the attention Of men passing by.
Sheriff Alderman and the coroner
went to the scene of the murder early
this morning. On searching for clews
the officers found a pool of blood in
the yard of Lee Green's house, and
other blood stains were discovered on
melon rinds, and bloody axe was
found under the house..
At the coroner's inquest it was de-.
veloped by the clues found that Toole
and Green shot Surasky twice in the
back and then cut him up with an axe.
TIE shots evidently did not suffice to
subdue their victim and the axe was
used to finish him. After their work
was accomplished they loaded the
corpse in the victims own wagon and
drove to a lonely spot in the woods
and tied the horse to a tree and left
it. The horse becoming hungry broke
loose and pulled the wagon with it's
CHASTITY load away from the spot where
he was tied to within mile and half.
of Hawthorne, when it was discovered.
A negro man is suspected Of being an
accompliee in the crime, but so far
the negro is free.
Lee Green is a bad character. He
attempted to kill peddler named
Levi, from Augusta, Ga, some time
ago. Levi was wounded, but escaped.
Surasky only bad about IS in money.
This was taken, but his watch and
pack were not disturbed by his mur-
deres, possibly because the chances.
of discovery would be greater if such
goods. were found in their possession.
The man Toole testified at the inquest
that he found the body on Wednesday
night, but was afraid to say anything
about it. The authorities are conf
dent that they have the right parties.
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SUICIDE m SAVANNAH.
chief.of Police of Brunson, 5. c.,
Kills Himself.

Savannah, Ga, August &c. L.
Simmons, chief of police of Brunson,
S. c., while getting over spree that.
had extended over a period of several
days, in fact, since last Thursday,
when he came to Savannah, blew out
his brains shortly before o'clock this
morning. He sent bullet from a No
80 revolver into his head just behind
the ear. After shooting himself Sim
mons was taken in police ambulance,
while in an unconscious condition.
He died short time after his arrival
there. Simmons went to the place of
Henry Vollers, on West Broad street,
at o'clock in the morning, and Sc
cured a room. Shortly after 6 the re-
port of the revolver was heard, and
the search that followed discovered
Simmons.
On a slip of paper Simmons had
written the address of his brother III
jacksonville, the number of the Brun-
son Lodge of Knights of Pythians, to
which he belonged, and the fact that
he carried ,asslife insurance policy for
81. 600 in favor of his wife in the
Equitable.
Unserved warrants were found with
the officers revolvers and handouts.
To kill himself he had used the No 32,
instead of the other pistol, No A
Colts.
On ThursdayssSimmons came here to
serve thesswarrants. He began drink
ing and seemed to those who saw him
to be having good time and to be in
no way despondent.
Simmons leaves a widow and two
children at Brunson, where the re-
mains will be sent for burial
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
, SUICIDE NEAR AIKEN.
Arthur w. Cushman, a Prominent
Citizen, Kills Himself.

Aiken, July 31.-Mr. Arthur W.
Cushman shot and killed himself al
his home, eight miles northeast, O
Aiken, this morning, at s O'Clock
Mr.. Cushman was one Of the mos
prominent men in this county and ha6
hosts of friends throughout the State.
He was member of the Legislature
from 1898 to 1900 and was candidate
for sheriff of this county in 1900. Be.
ing defeated in this race he moved his
family to Texas, where he lived about
nine months and then returned to his
home county, where he has been farm.
ing ever since.
Mr.. Cushman had been very despon.
dent for some time, owing to severa.
financial reverses. He was very ambi.
tious and could not bear defeat in any
manner. His family have known fol
some time that he was continually
brooding over either real or imaginary
troubles, and they have watched him
closely and have kept all firearms,
etc., out of his way. Yesterday one OF
Mr.. Cushman's sons went out hunting
and, on returning, left his gun in his
IOO". iuAS 1hoAoAAS AHA' OoodooE
locked himself up in the room and
wrote a note to his fanny giving in,
structions as to his burial, and,
placing the shotgun against his heart,
pulled the trigger, killing himself
Instantly.
Mr.. Cushman has been very success
full with his farm and all thought that
his worries would cease. He was a
man Of 81 years Of age, liked by all
who knew him, and by his death
Aiken County has lost one of he1
staunchest citizens.
Mr.. Cushman leaves wife, three
daughters and four sons, who are pros
trated with grief at the tragic death
Of. the kind and loving husband and
father,
lie had threatened to kill himself
two weeks ago, and said then, that
there was nothing else to do. bis con,
fidante and friend talked to him al
the time and tried to encourge him,
telling him that there was no need tc
do violence to himself, as he was do
ing we'll aid could get all the financial
aid he needed. It was thought then
that ME. gushnnan had been dissanaed
from his purpose, bat the result this
morning shows that the idea of self.
destruction had taken TOO ErEn hold
upon his mind.
The coroner's inquest was held this
afternoon and the sury brought out
the usual verdict In such cases.
His funeral will be held tomorrow
at Rid's Branch Church, near his
home, of which he was an honoree
and respected member for severa
years.-NeWs and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
BRlDsTREETs TRADE REVIEW.
Weather, Crop and Trade Con-
ditions Said to be Favorable,
Though There is Weakness
in Some Staple Prices.

New York, July 31.-Broadstreet's s
tomorrow will say.
Weather, crop and trade conditions
are favorable, though irregularity and
weakness in some staple prices reflect
readjustments of consumption to en-
larged production. Copious rains in
the CORE belt and in the western por-
tion Of the cotton region have remov-
ed some uneasiness existing as to
the out-turn Of these two great crops,
and despite this backwardness the out
look for general trade is good. The
industrial situation has improved, the
railroads having all they can handle
with talk of congestion again being
heard, and the country's returns Of
cereal and food products promise bet
ter than year ago, in SO far as quail
ity is concerned.
A favorite feature this week is the
reported improvementin foreign de-
mand for breadstuffs, considerable
quantities of new wheat and old corn
being reported taken. Accompanying
this has been an improvement in the
outside interest in the cereal markets.
World stocks show little or no change
for the week.
The industrial situation is, on the
whole, satisfactory. The situation in
the cotton goods trade is apparently
no clearer. Reimports of American
cotton from Europe are reported heavy
and large numbers of spindles are idle.
The same is true in the English indus
try where short time rules. Despite
the almost certainty that the crop has
made favorable progress during the last
week, prices Of new crop cotton are
higher than two weeks ago. A fair
summer business is, doing in dry
goods.
Railway earnings indicate an aggre-
gate for the third week nearly IA per
cent larger than the same week a
year ago.
Failures in the United States this
week number 10, against 1873 last week
and 1853 in the like week of 1902.
For Canada failures number II,
against 20 last week and 16 year ago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
Currency Question in Mexico.

Mexico City, August 3.-The third
subcommittee Of the Monetary Confer
ence has adopted a report, which,
after citing figures regarding the
worlds present stock Of gold, says the
figures demonstrate that gold at pres
ent is nominaliy "not scarce" but
tends to predominant absolutely as the
sole standard and measure of value,
silver being relegated to subsidiary
place. The report continues:
stOur commerce. is carried on almost
exclusively with gold standard coun-
tries, and if We wish to avoid or miti-
gate monetary and mercantile
crisis, it is imperative that we intro
duce a monetary reform that will
give stability to our currency"
1t is beliveed that gold standard
is likely to be recommended in a
modified form by the entire monetary
commission.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05

A dispatch to the New York Sun
Eram Richmond says: "A negro
woman, Maggie Z. Walker, Wa srs. nas 1sa,nsn sne
w6ise or colc-ed. ever elected presi-
SssnS of a bank in this region. She
was chosen on Tuesday head OF the 81.
Tnke's Penny Savings Bank, under
Ehs auspices Of the Order OF st. Luke.
The sss institution will open for for business
on or santember /, with s75, coo IN depos-
Sss. m President Walker is widely si
and several sal3es year; IN Sfs Riobmond ssond
She has the respect of both races.
washington, D. c., August The
Tahioh Valley, Norfolk and western
and Colorado and Southern rai1roads
have fled petitions with the inter
SrsSa commerce commission for an e2-
s fsnsion Of time within which TO equap
tsss;r ssss; cars with safety appliances.
Sssaere sssu will be a hearing on the sabsecs'
august 10.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
The Worlds Visible Supply.

New Orleans, July 31.-Secretary
Hester's statement of the worlds visi.
bic supply Of cotton, issued today,
shows the total visible to be 1887, 82s
bales, against /, 7s5, $40 last week and
l, 7e5. 655 last year. Of this the total
of American cotton is 828, S23 bales,
against 900, $40 last week and 1,091255
last year, and. of all other kinds, in
cluding Egypt, Brazil India, etc.,
$4,000 bales, against $4,000 last week
and 674 600 last year.
Of the worlds visible supply of cot
ton there is. now aaoat and held in
Great Britairt and Continental Europe
GIG, 600 bales, against 1,030,00 last
year; in Egypt, $4,000 bales, against
$1,000 last year; in India, 519, ,00G
bales, against $685. coo last. year, and in
the United States 234, 600 bales,
against 2Sl, ,O00 last year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
Taxation Of Raw Cotton.

Manchester, Eng, July 51.-The
possibility of the taxation Of raw cot
ton imported into Great Britain from
foreign countries, while cotton grown
within the Empire may be exempted,
has greatly exercised the manufactur-
ers of the Lancashire district. In re-
ply to direct question as to whether
the rumor was true that the preferen-
tial tariff proposals contemplated such
action, Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain has telegraphed as follows:
sThe statement is absolutely un-
true, as regards myself. In fact, ]
have publicly repudiated the saggest-
ton to tax raw materials
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05

Washington, August 2.-The United
States geological survey gives out the
following information as preliml-
nary statement Of the production of
petroleum in 1902: Total production for
the year was 50, 1894, $50 barrels, valued
at s69, 61O, ,343 or S6 cents per barrel.
Jean A. Crone, newspaper man Of
Augusta, Me-, who is to visit every
state capital in the United States,
covering distance of over 21, GOO miles
inside of three years and six months,
is nearing Lansing, Mich, having al
ready covered 2, 1874 miles since April
l. He says he is making the journey
on a wager of $1,000 and is walking
the entire distance, pushing a wheel
barrow-sbaped contrivance which he
calls a trolyette, which contains his
clothing. sleeping tent, food, etc.
Charlotte, N. c., August Near
Rocky Mount today Mrs. Pass Long
was assaulted in her home by an un-
known negro She was alone at the
time, her husband being absent. She
was sonnd unconscious, after the
negro had He'd The people Of the
community are doing their utmost to
capture the criminal.
Spokane, Wash, August John
Kreinbuhle, treasurer Of the Grand
Lodge Of Odd Fellows Of this State,
was twice shot by masked highway
man on a Hillyard street car last
night. One bullet inflicted scalp
wound; another passed through his
arm. Five -despesadoes, all masked,
entered the car and ordered the pas
sengers to throw up their hands. Mr..
Krein buhle resisted and the shooting
followed. The robbers took about
SEQ from the eleven passengers and
escaped.
Charlotte, N. c., August 1.-The
postofice safe at Mocksyille, near
Salisbury, was robbed early today and
$3.50 in stamps and ss5 in money taken.
Nitro-glycerine was used to blow the
safe open. The robbers escaped, but
the officers believe they, are IN the
country not far from Mocksville.
Chattanooga, Tenn, August "a
headon collision between two freight
trains, each drawn by two large en-
gines, resulting in the death OF three
frainmen. occurred last night on The
Cincinnati Southern Railroad about
1853 miles from Chattanooga.
Jeffersonville, Ind, July 3L-Rober'
Lee, the negro who shot Policeman
Louis Massey at Evansville July 3,
and started the riot that resulted IN
the death and injury Of many citizens,
died here in prison today from the
effects of wound in the lungs causec
by a bullet fred by Massey. Lees
wife was killed by train few days
after the riot
New Orleans, August LIN the en-
deavor to save the life Of John j.
Voelkel, ST., well-known resident o.
/ New Orleans, Walter E. Bertel, paying
teller of the Whitney National Bank
was drowned at Grand Isle today
Voelkel also was drowned. Mrs. Voel
kel and her daughter, who went to tns
rescue of the men, were rescued WIFI
difficulty.
Atlanta, Aug. 2.-The headquarter'
of the southern division of the Wes
tern Union Telegraph company, locat
ed in New York, have been transfe rfet
to this city and the Office Of the divis
ion will be established here tomorrow
under the superintendency of jacob
Levin. Tie management Of the entlr'
southern division Of the company vii
be conducted from this Office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
CONDITION OF COTTON.
Monthly Report Of the Agricul-
tural Department in Washington

Washington. August 3.-The monthly
report of the chief of the bureau Of
statistics of the department of agricul-
ture will show the average condition
of cotton on July 25 to have been 70. 7
per cent. as compared with I'll on
June 25, 1905 81.9 on July 25, 1902 !;
77.2 ON July 25, 1901, and a ten-year
average of 84.3.
The following table shows the condi-
tion by States on July 25 in each of
the last three years, and that on June
25, 1903, with the ten-year averages:
= r : 7 L z L
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05

The new Williamsburg bridge across
the East river, New York, is nearing
completion. 1t will be one of the most
marvellous structures of its kind in the
world and one Of the handsomest.
When it was begun it was estimated
the cost would be about Sl5, 600, GOO.
One OF the commissioners said day
or two ago that there had already been
expended on the work S2l, GOO, 600, and
that s4,O eco more would be neces-
sarily spent before the bridge could be
opened for traffic, making the cost
about &c per cent above the original
estimate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
FOUR CARDINALS ALREADY ILL.

Rome, July 3l-7.45.-Dr. Lapponl s
duties began Immediately after the
opening of the Concalve, much fear
being expressed concerning the health
of Cardinals Mocenni, Cretoni and
Langenieux, who are already i'll. The
first Cardinal to be taken to his led
was Cardinal Herrero Y. Espinosa,
Archbishop of Valencia, who is 81
years of age, and was appointed a
Cardinal at the consistory held in
June last. He is so Frustrated by over
fatigue that the doctors have ordered
him to take absolute rest.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05

London, August 3.-Dispatches re-
ceived here say that an earthquake
has destroyed some houses in the
towns of Filattiera and Mulazzo. in
the province of Tuscany, Italy. Flat
tiera is town Of two thousand inhab-
itants and Mulazzo a town of four
thousand inhabitants. They are near
Spezia, on the Gulf of Genoa.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05

The spartanburg Journal says
Ex-Jedge Buchanan has entered
suit against the State for the differ
ence between what he was paid for his
services as Judge and what ne thinks
himself entitled to. 1t is the opinion
of many people in Soutl Carolina and
elsewhere that he has already been
well paid for his services as Judge
fN1n.es sad Democrat.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05

Dallas, Texas. Aug. "A special TO
the News says negro at Alto, Texas,
who insalted some ladies by cursing
them and firing into their home, was
lynched in the river bottom by a mob.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05

Portland, Oregon, July 3l.-A sec
tion of the bridge which spans the
willamette River, at Morrison street,
collapsed this afternoon, precipitating
more than one hundred people forty
feet into the water. Three people are
known to have been drowned and it is
feared that the list of dead will be
much larger when all are accounted
for. Many fell on two small boat hous-
es moored to pier of the bridge, i'm
mediately under the spot where the
bridge gave way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
A Reaction in China.

Pekin, August China is witness
ino q return of the conditions which
followed the coup d'etet Of 1898. The
plan of the Dowager Empress to terri
fy the reformers by the execution of
Sben Chen, which occurred last Fri
day, has been successful. All the lib
ersl Chinese, particularly those who
have been associated with the reform
ers. are in the greatest fear of arrest,
and it is difficult to find Chinaman
who is willing to mention politics or
Fridays tragedy. Prince Su, the most
liberal of the Manchu princes, who,
in March last, issued proclamation
against the burning of incense to mil
itary idols, because it was the chief
rite during the Boxer troables, is
reported to have risked his Office by
opposing the execution Of Shen Chen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
New pomestics, $e5; New Homes, s15.

Direct From Factory. At Auerbach's, & II
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