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SChimera o $ Synthesi Z;Y PrCf. GYR some little ti included in the li claliy, in the lab - + ci-l manufacture starch, nor even 1 -3 still another cart to certain prepar; 0 ooq4+ of a small body "methylenitan," I ad Mmil Fischer's "a-acr f much simpler organic< ut, Mmtruct carbohydrates fron 'ZzAhYde, methyl alcohol, etc., so tc-dr s by agitating formaldehyd I Ti ft with magnesia. E0 14he commercial productio: VZ=4iMtaEy impossible, owing to -hiri'. work far more cheaply thaE M=i a Poumd at retail. What hop =ch a priee? Potato starch costs &etk production of carbohydrates -mtU -e bave found a way of uti In xMd by cUorophyl-and we OnTy a rxy bold and rash spiri 2 -wi-., withi.n any conceivable P of "o:>d. A ealT review of the actual f CnsizIe.; for example, the cost of c is to say, into the subst, *r pr%;peptones. Although somato zt osts ten tiaes as much as the v a 'hdr,d times as much as vege ZazTedt even in popular journals, 2a the laboratory of the Tm:: the considerations given abo kc-sis is 3lkely to have as little i 1 the C.Iicr syEthesis of carbob3 3n zegard to foods, the task o of their chemical constitution and ?.ezmabe value in medicine and -The nhtical production of e re attentien of serious-mindad eei r.n.so Dschau xPublicity 0 Zy Henry -COS, E live in a progre through a I eriod ( means improveme lip and not reta ance< communmities jromoete it and in sactions an d mei .The one-man dummzy directors a Tu'mmy directors are no better t T.e jacWz D.ey are directors w d ect r the~se in control who sele No a.n ou.?ght to accept a plai c: ororz.?tion, particularly in a I aaee -cempany, who does not fully Mr .-d the care and vigilance it ' scfieuions!y ;er!orm its duties.] aicir ~cn.rtions should have opin l:-ess tZ:em. They are not alone t in at, u fosr failure to crpose d.er employes under their cc Withz the growth of our popult ,mtth, att in the higher prcducts znd scices and literature, and c There.e we shou.ld, as we go al< in end abuises, and pru.ne away: The way can he best paved b: :r.y the o poertunities for busines 3y -wise is prcperly enforced and ThIS would compel the crooks, e dthe basiness world who ha, t come onit into cpen view, a: 3::zany grec.t eviEs.. Old DeTh 'misc! by a Ba - for Cy W.iI2ib ; r~"~ ~LYGUGHi a bach e!< A' ~ fort, and I despise countcs and stea' { - ~:ricas to know m-ny of -l bach TWe sbcdd~ aj. ex the sin::dng. T .r. nm:elct er c:a TM ccerts~ <itth tas< per d cse-,-hing~ that is un -'d t faes na follow that a w 2 ' s :gre a.ce. centeredl upoi *e a zur. '2*.: wurme have nc nogg-sT. tr outr in some inst.ae a' e :t .t that dashing and~ 7cm aet:s.rse,. i:nderstand that th -s. rhit ~ae cidained for womet ..- a ~ make theseve ~o &' &ir. his stockings, sew s r-a- ee-a; especially if 7 mm.oubtthe unmarri d to c:r.e alor-i- 1 - VT boaste:Ci et their a p ca m a that the c: .-E -h r-ToZ r.ever have~ a ---vm'e 2:&t au. cabs? 1,c w do y 2i' U mre-Wiznerer I go cut h.c:a 3yr a, rey .a: Iave :!nstractic -4.::st M:rbasdto discharge I -:s:n n-a r- we get o:ie ti as::a ;g...-Odcr.b Liur.e. ,7;|y iuae of Japanese vessels -e Ginese part f Ho'-g-Ken; b Ehe f Commercial of Foods. Th. Eokorny. e certain of the carbohydrates have beer st of substances that can be made artifi )ratcry. I do not allude to the commer of glucose, on an immense scale, fror o the possible production of glucose froit ohydrate, the cellulose of wood. I refe! ttions which are yet littlo known outsid( )f specialists; for example: Butlerow' oew's "methose," "formose," and "isofor >se,' which have been built up by syn ompounds. Just as plants, aided by sun I atmospheric darbonic acid, or from for chemists have produced sugars or carbo e with excess of hydrate of lime, or bW i of these synthetic sugars will lont .i he competition of the plants and the sun t man. Cane sugar is worth five or su e is there for producing it synthetically a! less than two cents a pound. The syn at these prices will scarcely be possib( lizing solar energy as economically as ii are yet very far from such a consumma t can dream that the manufacturing chem eriod of time, supplant the former as , 'acts leads to a very different conclusion onverting the albumen of meat into soma inces known to the chemist as alburnose% ;e is only a slightly simplified albumen ery albumen from which it is derived, an( table albumen. There have recently ap -eports of the synthetic production of al eminent chemist, Emil Fischer, of Berlin , however, it would appear that this syn nmediate practical value as is possesset drates. chemistry will continue to be the stud3 structure, the knowledge of which is o: biology. oods is not at present a problem worth, chemists.-Translated for the Scientifix 7ould Correct y Evils fhe Xew York Banker. sive age, and we are at present passin; f salutary business reform. This reforir nt, and business men of all kinds should rd it. The banking, railway, and insur should, in particular, do all they can tC vite the fu-ilest publicity as to their tran hods of doing business. power in large corporations, with a lot o1 ubservient to it, should come to an end han so many decoy ducks that mislead o do not direct and are not expected tC 3ted them for election. :e as director or trustee of an institutio: anking, railway, industrial, or life insur. appreciate the responsibility of the posi lemtands and intend to faithfu-lly and con. )irectors in dealing with the officers oi ions of their own and not be afraid to ex asponsible for their own errors or wrong and put a stop to the wrongdoing of the ntrol. tion we shall grow, not only in material of an advancing civilization, in the arts I that embell:shes and glorifies mankind ing, endeavor to correct errors, shortcom. otten and unsound timbers in our pubiift promoting public spirit and sweeping Swrongdoing in secret, such as rebating backed by public opinion. grafters, rebaters, and competition crush' e .schemed in darkness and shunned the i publicity alone wou'ld be a perfect cure Maids heor Who is Waiting Cupd zm E. Bro::m. r I think woman he acme of life's comn the reference of one correspondent to "the lily increasing army of old maids." I am what he might say about the increasing :iors." icah the ufnr.arriedl among the fair sex :y, for they are usuially the sinned against. hy have been too frequently the victims -icc. A s a class "old maids" have been :ifc to be a synonym for scandal loving, aciols in a woman. Because she is un~ nnan is heartiess; ou the contrary, when one object they usually are distributed t married is seldom owing to the want of es this may be the case: for usually their showy order most appreciated by mien. e position they occupy is not the highest but they cannot see that it would mend up into mehantable articles, advertise itel by the highest bidder, to mend his buttens, p)repare his meals or preside they are required to make oath of allegi e wrer reais a bachelor. If so. I have ed of the opposite sex do) that iam simply ie is the best matrin:onial agecnt. I have biity to find ali the soluce and diversion favorite author or int travel. ce., andl who when all these pursuits in quest of pleas mpanionship of the sweetest attribute in Sthe stimulus they neededcz to mane life The Wlrorg C:alor. :y"hat I regard as most conspicuous uabout Georgie Gaysen." said Mrs. Old castle, 'is her naivete'" of I"Yes.'' repliied her hostess, "I won ns der what made her get a red one?" er Modern Society. *The Italians do not seem to feel cold when the sky is blue, no matter hon - t- lowte temperature. It is only wher sthe sky is overcast and the air humid EX-S[NATOR SHO1 Arthur Brown, Former Utnited States Senator From Utah Shot and Seri csly Wounded by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, ct Salt L:.ke City. WD. C., Special.-Form er Unit-d States Senator Arthur Brown. of Utah. lies in a Critical con Gt;ion in1 Emergency Hospital. from a p;i_tol shot wound in the abdomen inffieted by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley. of Salt Lake. who arrived here Saturday frem that city. The shooting occur red in Senator Brown's apartments ir, the Hotel Raleigh. where Mrs. Brad ley also had registered under the name of "A. B. Brown." She was taken in custody and was locked up for the night in the matron's room Of the First Precinct police station. Two shots were fired, one glazing Brown's left hand and the othe r en tering the abdomen and lodging in the pelvic cavity. After working over him for nearly two hours, the stir geons decided that for the present at least they would make no further at tempt to find the bullet. It was stat ed that while Senator Brown's con dition was critical, his wounds are not "-ecessarily fatal. No Witness to Shooting. Mrs. Bradley arrived here shortly after noon. After being assigned a room she immcdiately went to Sena tor Brown's apartment. There were no witnesses to the shooting, but a floor maid heard the shots and noti tied the management. According to her statement, Mrs. Bradley came to Washington to demand that Senator Brown marry her. She said that their relations were well known in Salt Lake. "I asked him if he was going to do the right thing by me," she said, maintaining a remarkable composure. "His reply was that he put on his overcoat and started to leave the room and I shot him. I ab hor acts of this character, but in this ease it was fully justified." While expressing no sorrow for her act, she was glad to know that Sena tor Brown might recover. "I was practically penniless when I got hers today.'' she said. "having only $1.25, and after payinz the cabuan. all the money I had in the world was $1.00.'' She said she urged Senator Brown to marry her, that lie had been instru mental in the divorce between her husband and herself, and that as his wife was dead he now could "do the right thing'' by her. T!.s she said he positively refused to do. Tells Senator Her Story. Mrs. Bradley is a brunette, about 3 years old, and frail of statue. Her first act after being taken to the po lice station was to send for Senator Sutherland, of Utah, who called on her. Senator Sutherland regretted be ing brought into the case, but said that Mrs. Bradley had sent for him because lie was the ony man here whom she knew. To him she told the story of her relations with Senator Brown. She alleged that two of her ehildren owe their parentage to Sen ator Brown andl that she had nam ed one of them after him. 3Mrs. Bradley was reluctant to speak of hee former husband, but questioning brought out the facts that he now is living in Nevada with a second wife. Fuirt her questioning disclosed the fact that Mrs. Bradley.for two years, 1900 andl 1902. had servedl in the ca pacity of secretary to the Utah State Republican committee and also at one time was edlitor of the oficial organ of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. She declared that she had a sister in the newspaper business in Salt Lake City, but that she would not communicate with memnberr of her family because she knew that they would come to her assistance. Manager Talty, of the Raleigh. was notified of the shooting within two or three minutes after it occurred. He hurried to Senator Brown 's apart ment to ascertain the facts. Brown Retains Consciousness. Senator Brown. despite the serious ness and shock of the wound, retained consciousness and was perfectly calm and collected. He made no state ment to Mr. Talty beyond saying that he had been shot by Mrs. Bradley. The woman continued in the room while Mr. Tratly was attending to Senator Brown, but offered no as sitance. Finally, Mr. Tatly ordered her to leave the~ room. She declined with absolute coolness to comply with the order. "I will remain here,'' she said. "I am the mother of two of his chil dren." An officer from the first precinct police station placed Mrs. Bradley tun dher arrest. She madec no resistane.s and offered nou further explanation of the shooting. She was asked for a statcment of the incident. but referred all those who inquired to Senator Sutherland, of Utah. Ra,wlings Boys Not to Hang. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.-The pardon board commuted the death sentence of Jesse and Milton Rawlings to life imprisonment. The crime is the same for which their father. J. G. Rawlinzs and Alf Moore. a negro. were hianged at: Valdosta. Tuesday. The recomi mendIation of the p)ardon board goes to Gov. Terrel. who undoubtedly will epp)rove the decision. Caught in Cotton Gin. Louisburg. Specia.-Mr. J. A. Spencer met with a horrible accident Thursday morning at his gin house about one mile from here. He was caught and drawn upon the saws of the gin. One arm was cut to pieces. his face being badly mangled. Sev eral teeth were sawed out, and he was badly cut about the body. It was feared at first lhe could not live. but the physicians now ententair. slight hopre of his recovery. W1ECK Al DANVILLE Another Rear-End Crash and Negligence the Cause TWO TRAINMEN ARE VICTIMS Engir.cr Georgp Kinney, of Tho=.as- 1 vile, Brother of the Engincer Who Hzd Such Narrow Escape Thanks givhg Day, and Brakeman W. B. 1, King,, Killed Outright-No. 34 Tel- p escopes a Freight j the Yards at 1. Danville-Fire Follows the Wreck -A Number Injured, of Whom at I Lead One Will Die. ti t] Danville Va., Special.-Another railroad horror on the Southera which in many respects resembles that b at Lawyers nine days ago, which re- r sulted in the death of President Speu cer, was enacted in the yards here a Saturday morning at about 4 o'clock. C Two persons were killed outright,. 6 half a dozen more or less injured,. one .l of whom will die as a result of their injuries. E Train No. 34. northbound, a solid Pullman and passenger train,' crash- $ ed into the rear of freight train No. . S2, which 'was standing on the mai line. The engine ploughed through the caboose and demolished several i ears ahead of it. Fire followed the o wreck and the local department was r called out. Four or five cars were t consumed and others badly damag. t ed. The Dead and Injured. r Engineer George C. Kinney, of No. 34, was scalded to death and Brake man W. B. King burned to a crisp. The home of Kinney, who is a brother i of Will A. Kinney. the engineer on the train that crashed into Spencer's car, is at Thomasville. N. C. King's home is in Danville. h The seriously injured are: H. M. 1 Patterson, of Chatham, brakeman. in- E jured about the head and shoulders T and leg broken. 0. J. Mull, of Columbia, S. C., flag- P man of No. 82. back sprained and hurt about the head. h 0. 0. Mailer, postal clerk, slightly hurt. Robert Ford. colored fireman on No. 34. injured internally and will likely die. Several of his bones were broken. t The blame for the wr-ck rests up on two employes of tl Southern. Flagman Mull, of No. S2, who was in jured, and one or the other of the op- t erators at Danville and Neapoli. Y block stations. When the freight " came to a standstill it was the duty of the flagman to go back and place P a danger signal for any approaching train and the information so far shows that Mull did not do this. Operator Skenille. at Danville. and ~ Operator Clellons. at Neapolis, make t4 eontradictory statements regarding the sending and receiving of orders ofa clear block for No. 34 and only U official investigation will bring out the real facts. D)ispatcher Skenille, ~ at Danville black station, was former-t ly at Rangoon and wvas succeeded byF Mattox. who is held responsible for C the recent big wreck at Lawyers. An h investigation by the lclpolice aui- it thorities will be held in the mayor 'si court Tuesday morning.F Wreck at China Grove. China -rove. Special. - Several!I box cars of southlbound freight train No. 75 were derailed here. A num er were completely demolished, but nobody was hurt. The chief feature e of the wreck was the inonvenien1ce tl t>. passenger trains. The main line d is completely blocked, and unable to pass at 11:30. Young Men Needed For the Navy. gi Washington, Special.-" We want younger meni to command the ships li of the navy,'' said Admiral Dewey, y after an interview with the president. g "and the only way to accomplish it b is to retire officers early." This re- b sult is sought to be attained by the enactment of the naval personnel b)illp which the Admiral discussed with the presidlent.g ti Discharge.i Negro Soldiers Apply for ei Re-Enlistment. ~. Washington. Special.-At the in stance of Secretary Taft Sergeant Sanders and Private Elmer Brown, of a the Twenty-Fifth Infantry, colored. n filed with the military secretary ap- SI plications for re-enlistment in the-n army. One of these has been refer- A red to the President in order that he may determine whether or not any of the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who were recently discharged with out honor shall be re-enlisted and if s: so or. what conditions. li John C. Brain Dead, a' Tampa. Fla., Special.-John C. t: Brain, of the Confederate navy, died g: here of paralysis. During the civ*il 01 war he commanded several Confeder- a. ate vessels. After the war he went to tL England and returning a month later p: he was arrested by order of . Secre- w try of the Navy Gideon Wel}s and F was held a prisoner until March, a 169. being the last Confederate piris- mX oner to be released. Ji Planning an Investigation. Washington. Special.-An investi gation of the operation an'i manage ment of the railroads controlled by E' James J. Hill and his associates. in- s eluding the Northern Pacific. the a Great Northern, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, is in contempla- ~ tion mission. The matter has beeni talked over by the commissioners and " after certain preliminaries have been~ e arranged and counsel for the commis- E sion selected, formal announcement ti of theproose inquirr will br, made. A[ WORK Of CONGR[SS hat Or National La make:s Are Deing From Day to Day Tsft to Give Informaticn. The resl.lu!ion of Senator Penrose iling the President or all th. i'ets gardingt the diseharge of the neZro uops belonging to t1he Tveuy-tfith afantry, was rceeived at the White 'Cuse and at one.:- turned over by th-, resident to Seeretary Taft. who will irnish the information desired. The oraker resolution, which also was assed at the same time, but which directed to th. Secretary of War, ad not been received by Secretary aft up to a late hour Friday. See tary Taft said, however, upon re irning from the cabinet meeting, iat he would comply with both reso itions to the fullest extent. Simplified Spelling. Simplitied spelling received a hard olw in the legislative bill for 190S aported to the House by the com dittee on appropriations, which says: Hereafter in printing documents athorized by low or ordered by ongress or either branch thereof the overnment Printing Office shall )llow the rules of orthography es .blished by Webster's or other gen rally accepted dictionaries of the nglish language." The bill carries an appropriation of 31,215,525, which is $6S5,842 less ian the estimates made for the leg lative. judicial and executive De artments of the government. An increase from $1.200 to $1.000 made in the allowance to members F the House for clerk hire, and th7 quirement that members certify iey have spent this amount is omit ,d. Efforts to take up the bill confer .ng ciiznliip upon the citizens of orto Rico. reported from the com ittee on insular affairs of the House 'ere defeated by objections of the emocrats. An Important Measure. During the three hours the House 'as in session it passed a bill which as the enthusiastic endorsement of bor as well as manufacturers gen -ally, repealing that portion of the Tilson inter-state commerce bill re Aing to convict-made goods and iinting the several States to regu te their competition with "free Lbor" made grods. The bill was introduced by Mr. 1:nt. of Missouri. himself a practi il stonemason. Under the Wilson 11. which became a law in 1S90, con inet labor-made goods may enter in > active competition with the goods Asnufactured by "free labor'" and pder this Federal law a State could at pass a law that would prevent ie shipping into the State prison ade goods of other States. The law hich was passed abrogates the inter tate commerce law as at present ap ied to convict-made goods, thereby Trdingt to the different States and erritori.es the right to inhibit the iipping of convict-made goods with Sthe confines of any State or Terri srv. Senator Simmons gave further at mtion to the case which he is to ake out against Federal ofieehold -s in North Carolina, who have been erniciously active in political mat rs. He confered with Mr. Dezraw, ourth Assistant Postma-ster general meerning the specifie charges which ive been made against Daggerhart, ec rural free delivery carrier, who, is alle.ged. tried to break up a meet gin Iredell county, at which Mr. ackett was to speak. Mr. Degraw id that the inspector assigned to ok into this matter had not yet com eted his report. but he thought it ould be at hand~in a very few days. :r. Degrawv enfirmed the report given it by the civil service commission lat an agent would be sent from the2 apartment to accompan~y Commis oner Green when he starts on his iur of investigation to the State to 'ok into charges against Federal of ee holders. Minority leader John Sharp Wil arns declared it to be his intention >recommend Representative Small >r membership on the rivers and lhar >rs committee, a recognition that is sing urged by the entire North Car ina delegation. Mr. Williams is re uted to have said that Mr. Small as his first choice, and that if peaker Cannon did not approve of is recommendation lie would next iorse Representative Ellerbe of outh Carolin:a. Japs Want Naturalization. Washington, Special. - Favorable ~tion by Congress on the recommien ition of the president in his last an aal message that an act be passed' >eeifically providing for the natural ation of Jap)anese who come to the nited States intending to become mericani citizens. will go far toward curing a continuance of the tradit nal friendly relations between this io~try and Japan. in the opinion of iscout Aoki. the Japanese ambas idor. The ambassador expressed the be ef that there were not so many Jap 2eses in this country to take advan ge of naturalization if it were anted, but he thought that such an >portunfity should b)e afforded them ong with the citizens of other coun -ies. He said lie did not think it 'obably that those Japanes? who ere emigrating in largre numbuiers to awaii and the Pacific co'ast would rail themselves of nat,tralizationu as ost of them ultimately returned to ipan. Stole a Street Car. East Liverpool. 0., Special.-The >lice are looking for a stranger who ole a street car, ran it four miles id collected fare from all passen rs and then decamped. Conductor eitz was at a pump. getting a drink, hen the thief stepped aboard and ive the starting signal. The fellow anaged the business so well that ec motorman. curtained in on ae >nt of the rain. sape:-ted nothing. SE'VENi DIE IN fLAMES 3 Firemen and 4 Cornell Stu dents Meet Tragic Death CAUSE OF THE FIRE UNKNOWN Four Stadents and Three Firemen Die in Fl,-mes Which Destroy Chi Psi Chapter House, Erected 'c Jennie McCraw Fiske at Cost of $150,000 One Student Seriously Injured and Three Slightly Hurt. Ithaca, N. Y., Special.-Seven per sons met a tragic death Friday morn ing in -the worst disaster that ever befell Cornell University. Three of the victims were volunteer firemen of the city .of Ithaca, and four were students of Cornell University. The firemen all were prominent in this city. They were: A. S. Robinson, Attorney. John Rumsey, hardware merchant. Esty Landon, a salesman. The students were: 0. L. Schmuck, Hanover, Pa. F. W. Grelle, South Orange, N. J. W. H. Nichols, Chicago. J. M. McCutcheon, Pittsburg. Schmuck got out of the building, but went back for his room-mate, Nichols, and in the attempt to rescua his comrade, he was so seriously in juned that he died in the hospital. One student, C. J. Pope, a fresh man of East Orange, N. J., was seri ously injured, and three others were slightly injured. They are: R. R. Powers, a senior of Atlanta, Ga.; W. W. Goetz, a sopohmore of Milwaukee, Wis., and H. M. Curry, a sophomore of Pittsburg. Run.sey, London and Robinson, the Ithaca volunteer firemen, had man aged to train a hose on the north side of the house when the wall tottered. There was a cry of alarm, and sev eral men standing near managed to get out of the way, but the three named were caught under the mass of debris and killed. A few minutes after the flames were discovered the Chi Psi Chapter House was all ablaze, the fiame fanned by a strong iprthwest wind, and the students were trapped in the dormitory on the third floor. Many of the boys jumped to safety while those who hesitated were carried to the ground by the falling walls. No alarm was turned in until half an hour after the fire had been dis covered and it was half an hour later before the volunteer fire department could get to work. There was a long climb from the lower part of the city to the college grounds and by the time the firemen arrived the interior of the building was almost burned out. They could do nothing but pre vent the adjoining buildings from taking fire. The money loss is nearly $200,000, since the original cost of' the building erected by Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske was about $150,000 and exten sive interior decorations had been made. The cause of the fire is unknown, though it is suspected that it starte1 in the kitchen. Cornell University is immeasurably appalled by the terri Ible catastrophe and academic work is almost suspended. The burned building was built by Jennie McGraw Fisky, the benefac tor of Cornell, whose will was con tested by her husband, Prof. Willard Fiske. Mrs. Fiske died abroad, seek ing help for an incurable disease, and never entered her beautiful mans:on alive. Her body was taken there for the obsequies. Killed by Brother-in-Law. Bristol, Tfenn., Special.-The coro ner's jury impaneled to investigate the cause of the death of Dr. Isaac Anderson, who was supposed to have committed suicide, after two days' session, returned a verdict fixing the resposibility for his death upon a brother of his widow, James Neims, aged 21 years. Nelms was suspecte] of the murder and arrested shortly after Dr. Anderson's death and is now in jail at Gate City. A waffrant charging him with murder has been served upon him. Twelve Miners Die in Shaft. Laredo, Mex., Special.-News has just reached this city from Monterey, Mex., of a mine accident, which oc curred last Tuesday at the Avino mines, and which resulted in the death of 12 Mexican miners, who were at work in the shaft. The ae idet was due, it is reported, to the carelessness of some one in letting a big flow of water into the lower level, where the men were discovered. New President Takes Office. Weshington. Special.-William W. Finley, recently chosen as the suc essor of the ilate President Samuel Spencer. of the Southern Railway. assumed the active duties of his offie2 Friday and will make his headquar ters i~n this city. The policies of the late president will be carried out and no material changes in the system or the personnel of the executive branch of the road are cotemplated by Mr. Finley. Schooner a Fatal Loss. Philadelphia, Special.-The Asso teague life saving station reported that the three-master schooner Florence I. Lockwood, from Norfolk to New York, with a cargo of lum ber, stranded on Williams shoal, off Assateaue, Va., last night, and is a total loss. Captain Taylor and his c .wmern*saue .hv the life savers. A TRIPLE HOMMIDE As Result of Dischara of a Shot gun by Heintisch Coggins, Eight Year-Old Boy, of Cedar Springs, G. C., Eis Sister, Hattie Lou Cog gins, is Dead, and a Colored Girl and the Boy Himself Are Probabll Fatally Wounded. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.-News reached here of a terrible tragedy that occurred at Cedar Springs Wgd4 nesday afternoon, which may yet re sailt in the deaths of three cbildren. As it is, one is already dead and two others are expected to die at any mo ment. The dead child is Hattie tou - Coggins, a girl eight years of age,., daughtei of Lisco C. Coggins. Ner twin brother, Heinitsch CoggMs;is badly hurt and a colored girl, who is employed in the family, is thought to be mortally wounded. Mr. Coggins returned from a hzn and placed his loaded shotgun in a corner of a room, within reach of the boy Heinitsch. Picking up the ffr arm, he directed it toward his-sis,r; who was' at play with her coo companion in the same room. PA fully he pulled the trigger and,... contents of the barrel lodged in 'h bodies of the negro child -and litle Hattie Lou. The recoil of the gna spent its force on the boy's face and elsewhere, and it is feared he ma 7 die, being internally injured, it is believed. Three Bob Freight Train..!. Clinton, S. C., Special.-Eastbound freight train No. 22, of the Seaboarl Air Line Railroad, was held up at 6 o'elcok 'Thursday morning near Mountville, about 8 miles from Clin ton. Three men did the work. One car was broken open and consider- . able silverware stolen. One of the three, -who says his name is John Knox, aged 18 years. of Union county North Carolina, was shot by .Condue tor Hovt Deadwild in tic heel, ina is under arrest here. The whole if fair was planned in a way which evidenced certainly some knowledge, of the train's cargo. During the stop at Mountville the robbers cut the train in twain and signalled Engi neer Wilson to go ahead. Thinking in, the semi-darkness, that the signal was that of his flagman, thi engineer pulled out, ard did ndt discover until Clinton had been reached that half, his train had been left behind. As soon as the first section of the trai had left the robbers or two of broke the seal from one of the and entered it. This car, loaded with silverware, they ransacked thoroughly. Smith to be Tried Again. Norfolk, Spccial.-John Smith, the negro charged with criminal'as sault on Mrs. Mollie Leggett in Prin eess Anne county was put on trial in the Corporation Court here before Judge Allen R. Hanehel. The tril jury could not agree as to punishment in the case and was discharged. The jury was unanimous for conviction. The first ballot taken stood seven-for death and five for 18 years' impris onment. The last stood nine for death end three for 18 years' im prisonment. Smith will be put on trial again at the next Aterm of the court. Death in Big Fire.. Ithica, N. Y., SpeciaL-The Cli' Psi Fraternity House at Cornell Uni versity, (formerly the Fiske sion), the- finest and most elaborat chapter house in the United State was burned to the ground. Severa students were burned underneath t walls. Attorney A. S. Robinso John Rumsey, son of a wealthy bs ness man, and Esty Landon, all vol unteer firemen, were killed by :the falling of the wall. Knoxville Boosters Work For Great er City. Knoxville, SpeciaL-A 'movement was launche<d looking to a Greater Knoxville. Citizens are seizing tha idea eagerly and the Board of Trade will be behind a movement to ask the jegislature to consider the matter., According to the plan now on fort, 35,000 would be added to the popula - tion and $5,000,000 property valua-. tion. Telegraphic Briefs. Secretary Shouts' daughter denies repkrts of her engagement to the. Due de Chaurines et Picquigney. Seven Baltimucre prisoners were on the special train Wednesday that tcok S7 conviets from Washington to the Atlanta Federal prison. A Chicago syndicate ofiers to take over the United States postal sys tem, cut the rates in half and save the country $100,000,000.I A missionary movement by reform-. ed drunkards and those among high. Aociety in New York is being consid- j ered. E. L. Adams, agent at Keyford, W. Va., was arrested, charged with rob bing the express office of $6,000. Booker T. Washington's ;secretary and Collector Anderson, a leading ne gro politician of New York, sa. wthe president and urged him to modify the order dismissing the colored troops. The trial of Chester G,plette, charg ed with the murder of Grace Brown, practically ended so far as the tak. ing of testimiony is concerned. Mrs. Frank MeQuire,, wife of ta schooner's captain, was lashed'to the wheel 48 hours, steering the vessel during a storm and getting the crafU safely through. Karl Hau, the Washingtonian ac cused of murder by the Baden-Baden police, is believed to be feigning in sanity. Secretary Wilson reports that the products of American farms this ye. - will amount to a total valuation di $6.800,000,000, an increase of $500,. 000,00b, over last year