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SYMPATHETIC STRIKE 75,000 Men Have Quit Work in Philadelphia. SMS TROUBLE FEMES Much Sullering Will Be Caused By DeterminaHon of Union members to Aid Striking Employees ot the Transit Company. Philadelphia, Pa.?Between 30,00( and 73,?jOO union workers on strike 100 different branches of industry af fectcd and a renewal of rioting, ir which two men were shot, is the Bit uation which confronts Philadelphia The sympathetic strike which wa? called by the Central Labor Unioi and the Allied Building Trades Conn ell In an effort to force the i'hiladel phia Rapid Transit Company to arbi trate the differences with its striking employees, is in full swing. The police are apprehensive as tt tiie outcome. With thousands of men idle, forced to quit their usual voca tions, it will be an easy matter tt fan the sparks of discontent into t flame of lawlessness. Director Clay, however, has no lies ltancy in declaring he has enougl men at his command to crush an: rioting. The Rapid Transit Company stated that every effort will be made t< maintain trolley service. Cars wil bo dispatched from all barns, the} Kt!ltf> lit ll? lld'H' l-oivn I'.l ! ililmvnlc ... possible, atul will bo increased it po lice protection is- given. There is no question that the sym pathetic strike will cause much sut /t*rins and inconvenience. Word was received that practically all drivers o bakery wagons, milk wagons am teamt-ters for fruit and produce deal ero will stand by the strike order t< tne letter. Other reports state that 10,000 (ail ors and cloakniakers, f>,000 bricklay ers, who are unaffiliated with tin Central Labor I'nion; -10,000 mem bers of the building trades, which it is said, comprises 7."> per cent o this class of men in the city; members of the International (Sob Beaters' Union, and between 100 am f)i>0 cabinetmakers are ainonir tlmxi who have obeyed the order for i general strike. \\ onl was also received that Su< waiters had quit. I' 11 ion cab drivers and chauffeur: also abandoned their posts and lii< hotel and railroad cab and autoino one service; was badly cl'ippb d. I'iic drivers of both taxicab services ii the city are members of a union am refused to take out their machine? ailcr the strike bad gone into effect Many associations ot empioyi i> have scire letters and telegrams t< the olllcials of I lie Philadelphia 1 i;?i Transit Company and the city oHleiah commending the stand taken am urging them to remain firm in theii determination not to submit to tin strikers' demand for union recogni lion. All policemen, firemen and special* who have been on duty sine tin strike; began, received orders t.> re main nl their posts. The einergencj automobiles in Hie city hall court yard wore increased in number nut measures taken to .send a force o men to any suction of the cily at ; moment's notice. Many of these machines are driven by their owners, wealthy men, whe have volunteered for police duty and have ben sworn in by Direc tor Clay TO FIGHT LABOR UNION. Organization to Combat Political Activities of Federation of Labor. Wachinaton. D C. i.f.id. i ?m <>n< those in the American Federation ol l<uhor opposed to the; iVderation's par ticipation in political affairs, a.; ex ompllfied in t.ie; last congressional olections, when the; federation made strenuous efforts to defeat certain i ougressmen, among thein Speake-i Cannon, organized hpre tin- Nationa Labor Alliance. The alliance is t< have the backing of the Knights eii Labor in the labor world of the Ainer lean Federation e>f Labor, and others hostile to the; political policies of th< American Federation. The National l.abor \lli:ince; plan? BW^to eMUr: 1 in i!s n:ei:i I.en (lip all in United Stale not fIII1 with tin American Federation I Labor. Its principal object is to ,'i<iiv'y light the federation wberover (lie tatter or gani/.afion attempts t > ititeihrc in polith al affairs, especially in congres Sional . lections. Tli< alliance plans to send speak ers ami money into any congression nl district wherever the \aierienn Federation of Labor is making a fight against the re < lection tsj* represents live.-' to the next congress. $10 Hnfl in P.hir.TriA Chicago, III. Hogs sold at |10 or (ho Chicago market, a record price One load, averaging 201 pounds, waf the first pale at the new price. Count Von Seckendorff Dead. Berlin, German. Count (Joel/. >n Seckendorff, former court marshal, died, aged 'IS years. 11 ? oliiciated a grand master of the court, to the 1 at? Dowager Kmpress Kr? d'-rick, and I jyany >ear: o? < ifried a prominent po Hi(Ion in society State Wide Bill Rejected. Annapolis, Md. Tin- state-wide lo cal option hill prepared hy the Anti Saloon League, was rejected by the Maryland house ol delegates hj six votes. King Receives Fairbanks. London, England. -Charles W Fair banks, accompanied by American nmija.J.sauoi Held, vMltml King l*.d ward ut Itui kiiitdiani I'ula. II: maj ( sly, on learning that the former vice president of iho I'nited Statin was In London, <-xpreFHed a wish to sec him. Great Bunch of Corpses. Peoria, III. Fifty or sixty bodies wore found huddled toother in the nonii entrance of the m i'aui mine at Cherry, III , h.v AIin Insp -. i r Richard Newsaiu of this iiy On ' first trip through tho north eritiat.ce Mr. Newsatu discovered the bodies. No Promotion for Carriers. Washington, O. C. Ily the narrow marKin of t>3 to til, tho house voted down an amendment to the postolh< Appropriation hill offered by Ropr> (tentative (Joebel of t)liio providing for the promotion of all letter < arrlers in large cities to tho $l,2?iu grade. Cort of Enalanri'i Armv. London, England. -Tno army c xtimat oh for KH<j-l9ll, show a total for maintenance of $t38,8uo,ooo. This t. an JucrnaHo over tho estimates of the preceding years of $1,62(1,000. nWl) ; CAROLINA POLITICIANS SHOT. , State Legislators and Deputy SherlK Attacked By Wealthy Man. Scotland Neck, N. C?Slato 8ena I t or K I j Trnvlfl oml RonrnopntnUvn A. P. Kitchin, brother of Governor W. W. Kitchin and Congressman Claud Kitchin of the second North Carolina district, and Deputy Sheriff | C. W. Dunn, all of Halifax county, ' were shot down on the main street of the town by E. E. Powell, a wealthy and prominent citizen. Travis and Kitchin are seriously and Dunn fatally wounded. Details of tho shooting are meager. According to the hest information ob( tainahlc, Powell mot his three victims walking along the street togeth| er. He approached Senator Travis, k and asked him his reason for not replying to a letter ho had written to him. Representative Kitchin, think' ing that Powell was out of humor, j placed his hand gently on his Bhoulder and uttered words intended to placate him. Without further words, Pnu'Pll ilrnu; n nrwl ohnt Witfhln down, and in quick succession fired * on Travis and Dunn, both victims fall) lug to the ground. Powell then walk' ed to his store, and, securing a shotgun, barricaded himself, resisting arrest. No effort was made to arrest ' him, and later he surrendered to an 1 oilicer and was taken to the county jail at Halifax. The nature of the letter over which 1 the tragedy centers cannot be learned, as Powell refuses to talk. Both Travis ami Kitchin are among the 1 most prominent citizens of the state, J Washington, D. C.?Representative Ivitchin, when informed of the tragedy in which his brother was shot, * declared that he knew of no cause for the shooting. He said that he had been of the opinion that Powell was friendly to Senator Travis and his brother, as they had appeared recently as attorneys for a son of r ,, . ... , __ _ , , . row imi? .-vquiiiii oy name?aim inui ' succeeded in gelling him olf with a very light sentence. lie said he ' knew nothing of any correspondence which might have led to the shoot ing. AVALANCHE VICTIMS SAVED. . Buried 80 Hours, Ten Persons Taken Alive From Snow Slide. Spokane, Wash...It is reported at this place that ten persons have been ' rescued alive from the trains buried by the \V( lliugton avalanche, after 1 having been entombed SO hours. The passengers were nearly crazy from their sufferings in the dark under the hard-packed snow. Kverything indicates that tlic <loa<' ; list may reach a total of l.">u. Already :!7 dead have been taken out and des' perai< ei'torts are being made to reach ' those believed to bo in the piled-up : (:i'ne sepulciier. W illi the masses of sim'.'. and ioe rising mountain-high ind interwoven with tons ot' debt there is a probability that many ol the bodies ma> remain in the ice until ! almost, midsummer. <!rent tears are dutertained for the .-at'ety oi tiie 100 rescuers who are '.tunneling through the ice. Warmer weather has started the show melting and there is tear of another avaIm Hi u> 'I'll iri v in 1 iio i?m ' ploy ol' tli?- Croat Northern Railroad at Wellington are missing, ami it is believed all are dead. Since tin; blockade occurred the force of workingmen lias been daily augmonlt d. Not including those killed, there are l'rom to 300 men 1 engaged in blockade removal and the rebuilding of the wrecked road. The liv. s of these are menaced all the | time by threatened slides. WHY CHILDREN DESERT FARM Greater Chances Are Offered for All uegrees or uunure. Indianapolis, Ind.?Tho reason that young men and women in tho south : ! are flocking from tho farms to the cities is not that they dislike field and stream, but that the cities offer so much greater opportunities for all I degrees of culture. This was the opinion expressed by i Samuel 10. Weber, state inspector of high schools of Louisiana, before the I department of superintendence of the > National Kducational association. The enormous hoard of potential wealth in i iif thousands of acres of uncultivated land in the south is to be j realized through extension of the rui ral school system, .Mr. Weber said. II . AlA .1. v? ..A?rn ...I Mm /u.tnlJi.1, nient of stalo agricultural schools of so much importance as the institution of agricultural courses in the local schools, \vh< re the children of the immediate plantations, while studying seientilic methods of developing the land at. their command, can at once . :i in ae(|iiaintanee with those arts of imiveisation that brighten life and i that are now eagerly sought in the ' I : m <r.. i "lit of the rural schools, I Air. Weber also believed, would , olve tin problems of the idle negro I in the south YOUR SHARE OF MONEY. $34.87 Sum Is the Per Capita in 1 Circulation in the United States. Washington, D. C. Have yon $34.* X7 in your pocket or in tlio bank? If you have not, then you are shy on the per capita circulation of money in tho I'nlteil StatcH, a shown by jibe books of the treasury department. The department, in reaching this calculation, estimates the population of the I'lilted Status at vi,883,000, and announces the amount of money in circulation on .Man-It I, a* $3,134-1,093,250, which if equally divided would give every man, woman and rhlld in the country l S7. There i.-t In circulation todaj 31",.'j4 more than a year ago American Women Arrested. Managua, Nicaragua. ? With t\v< American women, young and proltv arrested on iii" charge or Doing spie. according to reports hero, the .Madi government (innor>ncod that (jeo. ! ' Cannon has < nif ned a plot to asm sinato President Madriz. Cannon w< arrested at. (oiinto at tho ?amo tine til.- women wen; taken into custod ' lie is under heavv guard. Me is a cousin of fj<Toy ' aimon, whose ex cut ion, with another American, (Iroc brought on the Ni< irugunn crisis th. : drove Zelaya fron the presidency into exile. Ship's Crew Rescued. New York City From a thousand i nines oiu. nr. s< a was uasneu iroin ti liner Caledonia a win-leas niessan' . telling of tlx- loss of the big Russian freight steam 11ip Korea and of the reseno of her men. The mOKsage gave the agents of the Russian sh i> in this city flssuraneo that < very < fleer and every member of the erevwan safe aboard the Caledonia. The Korea carried a cargo of ironware and was bound from Narvik, Norway, to New York and llaltlmorc V V WANT PEARY'S PROOFS Explorer Must Show Doubting V ..l.l.l... -L TIT l-l J uugiautuiiis av wasmugtu l. no proofsTno reward Dtscovory oi North Pole Causes Row In a House Ccmnlttee?Committee Would Not nctcivc rroois in ooiuiacuce. Washington, D. C.?Proofs of Commander Peary's discovery of the North Pole causcd a row in the subcommittee of the house committee on naval affairs. Two members of the National Geographical Society appeared before the committee with copies of Mr. Peary's proofs to urge the granting of a suitable reward by congress to the noted explorer, but the committee declined to receive them in confidence, with the ultimate rosult that the committee has made it known that unless tlie Peary proofs are forthcoming to I tho full satisfaction of tho committee that every bill introduced for the purpose of rewarding the North Pole discoverer will be pigeon-holed. Three members of the committee were in favor of receiving the Peary proofs without making them public. Representative Macon hotly objected, and after declaring his position stalked angrily from the room. "I am against any legislation in the dark, Air. .Macon sharply told the committee. '"Furthermore, if this commit ti e decides in favor of Peary without inspecting the full records and making them public, I will expose the whole business on the floor of the Iiuunt- Ul 111 il fiiuiuiimui to lilt! l>ri3SK. If we reward Mr. Peary tho American people have a right to know what we are rewarding him for." Professor Gannett of the coast and geodetic survey and one of the mem hers of the National Geographic So! ciety, which accepted Peary's proofs, told the committee that Mr. Peary would not let tiie committee have the j proofs for public purposes, because he j wanted them for use in newspaper j and magazine articles. I MARKING VETERANS' GRAVES. Good Progress Is Being Made in Thie Direction, Says General Oates. W och i n r> /< 1 .? awi.n.y wii, is. \j, UUUU piU^IUSS is being made in the work of marking tlio graves of the soldiers ami I sailors of the confederate army and i navy who died in northern prisons i and were buried in their vicinity Provision for tho work was made by ; congress in March, 10U15, and $2011, ! 000 was appropriated to carry it out ; (Jeneral William ('. Oatos, com mander-in-chief of the work, hat ! made a report on the subject to' tin i secretary of war. From this It ap pears that S.S95 graves of eonfeder ate dead in six burial grounds in northern territory have been prop crly marked to date. Confederate graves have been marked nrevioush with headstones in thirteen othei cemeteries. Commissioner Oatcs said it was im |)ossii)le to identify tlie graves of confederates at still nine other point* and it has been decided to mark tlx graves tiiere with a separate large monument suitably inscribed, instead of providing individual headstones I as contemplated by the law. The monuments authorized will be com pleted this spring. General Rather Dead. Tuscumbia, Ala.?General John 1> Rather, one of the leading men oi | the state, died at his home here. Gen <>iv> I i ... * i im iviuiivi oci v*;u (lO |iiranifllL 111 the Alabama senate and speaker ol the house of representatives, as n \ member of the constitutional con veil ticn of InT.'i, and was a factor in poll ties many years ago. He was some i time president t>f the old Memphis and Charleston Railroad. General Ha tlier was 87 years old. Cattleman Kills Three Farmers. Citronelle, Ala.?.Joseph Stokes i Charles Goldman and David Gort I man, farmer.", were shot and killed j l>y Laurence Odoni, a cattleman, ai the hitter's home, four miles from this place. Alter the shooting, Odoni nil I I < imi'I ?'<| ID <1 Urjllliy SIllM'I II III | Citronelle. Odoiu says the killing was tin- result of an old feud. U< says all parties were armed. Want Henson Made Admiral. Washington, D. C. In a comnumi ration received by Representative Loud of Michigan, Harry C. Smith president of tin- Afro-American League, suggests that Matt Ilensen, the colore*! man who accompanied Commander I'ary to the north pole na valet, be mndc a rear admiral of thr I I'nited States navy "because of bin distinguished services to his country j and the cause of science.'* .. Pap Mnnumnnf (a I n f f <1 o ^ ! . v.o. Frankfort, Ky. The house of representatives by a vole of fifi to 8, passed a bill apitropriai ing $,">,000 toward a fund to erect a monument to j Jefferson Davis at his birthplace. Offer Reward for Wreckers. Montgomery, Ala. A reward of $ 1,000 is offered by tin- Louisville | and Nashville railroad for the arrest I and conviction of the wreckers of ii ! Louisville and Nashville pasaengei train at Gorec, near here, on th? night of February 23. Mrs. Cleveland in Pari6. Paris, France. Mrs. (Jrover Clove land is spending a few days in Parb as a guest at the home of I'rofessoi and Mrs. Mark liahlwiii. Alabama Aviation Field. Montgomery, Ala. It was nnnounc ert that six officers of the army wil come here to join Wilbur and Or ville Wright for instruction in th< use of aeroplanes. They will renialr here sixty days ut tin- aviation field north of tho city. Explosion Killed 23 Miners. Juneau, Alaska. Twenty three inin 01 s were killed by an explosion of ji powder magazine in the Mexican mine on Douglas Island Kight men were seriously injured and four ol these may die. Insurgents Want Help. Washington, 0. C. Tho Nicaragnar, insurgents, realizing that their cause is about lost, appealed to the i'liltoil States government through Consul Moflltt at Blueliolds to mediate Th< request has been taken under advise ment. Suicide's Singular Request. Owensboro, Ky. That he be bur led with hb; head six Inches lower than his feet was tho single roouost I loft In a note by Richard llowanl, i ii prominent farmer living near th;. city, when ho ended his life wit'i Biryohnlne. He said ho was tired <> living. t 1 * >' i'.C >; f *iV' ? -vl - 4* ; ?V^''v 1 '\ V V V > V** 1 \ ^ -? ?A . .;, v ROOSEVELT'S TROPHIES. Fiva Hundred Animals Klllei By Ex-President In the Interest of Science. Gondokoro, Sudan, on the Upper Nile.?Colonel ltoosovolt and the others of his immediate pnrty Bailed on the steamer Dal for Khurtouiu, whero they expect to arrive on March 15. Colonel Roosevelt and Kerinit. kill ed somo 600 specimens oi large animals. The bag includes the following; 17 lions, 11 elephants, 10 buffadoes, 10 black rhinoceroses, 9 white rhinoceroses, 9 hippopotami, 9 giraffes, 3 leopards, 7 details, 3 giant elands, 3 nables, 1 sitatunga and 'l bongos. AH these wero killed in the interest of science. From the point of importance the most highly-prized game may be rated as follows: First, the giant elands, the first complete specimens of which family are now heinc *akf>n from tho conn try; second, the while rhinoceroses; third, tho bongos, the first to be stalked and killed by a white man, and fourth, the sitatunga, a species of antelope. Science will be enriched by several now species and an enormous series of the smaller mammals of Africa. The game lakou and tho collections made constitute a world's record for a similar period of hunting and scientific research in Africa. REPUDIATE COOK'S HONORS. To Name Harlem Street for Roosevelt Instead of Cook. New York City. ? Resolutions to make a street in Harlem "T. Roosevelt," and to repudiate the aldernmnic favors bestowed some time back on Dr. Frederick A. Cook, were up for consideration before the board of aldermen. The Roosevelt proposal was referred to the committee on streets and highways; tho Cook matter was tabled. Alderman Drescher thinks tho way the board has treated Commander Peary is a shame. His was tiie resolution tabled. tt recited that "the city, through its accredited represon ntntun, nudiuo wn i tvvn u ao i w;v|$iii*.- i ing the discredited and ignoring the real discoverer of the North Pole," and urged that the hoard place itself on record as recognizing "Peary as the only man who ever carried the flag to the North Pole." GOVERNMENT PLANS" FOUND. Missing Blue Prints in Montgomery, Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.- Plans and specifications for gulf coast fortifications at Fort Morgan and Fort Barrancas and other points, missing from the 1 oflice of the engineering corps in .Montgomery, were found in a table drawer at ;t boarding 'douse. The blue prints were sent by reg istered mail from Washington to Captain II. F. Ferguson, engineer in ' charge of t lie district. Mrs. John Ham, who conducts tlie? hoarding house, is positive the prints were piaced in the drawer recently. 1 When found ihey were recognized by a clerk for Captain Ferguson. RECOVERING NAIL CARGO. Electro Magnet Lifts Nail Keys from Micsissippi River. Now Orleans, La.? All ingenuous IIULUIJII llijn ui-i-ll >IU<>|IK'<| IUI lliu recovery of ji cargo of nails which woni down on a sinking steamboat I hern a few weeks ago. A imge electro , magnet, attached to hoisting gear, is lowered in ttio water. The electric current is tinned on ami the kegs of nails are hoisted out one by one clinging to the magnet. Kiiteon thousand kegs of nails went down in the river. Sixteen hundred kegs have been recovered l>,v the magnetic process. Two months more, it is stated, will be required to complete the work. STRICT SALOON RULES. uuiii to l>c Hiiiiuunceu 10 rairons oi Saloons. ?. Boston, Mass. ? Every saloon in Chelsea must employ a car announcer to remind its patrons of the running time of cars which pass the door, when liquor licenses become operative in that city on May 1. The new regulations issued by the Chelsea lie using commission are believi e?i to be the strictest in New England Itesides the announcer feature, they provide that only one line of men is to he allowed to stand at a bar and no drinks are to be passed to any back of the line. Newsy Paragraphs. Convinced that much of the decay ' of school children's teeth could be prevented by the regular use of the toothbrush, the headmaster In a Chicago school has raised a fund for toothbrushes. Each pupil is supplied with one and required to use it properly each day. So successful has been the experiment that it is hoped to make it a universal custom throughout the schools of tho city. Andrew Carnegie lias cultivated the giving habit and has now got to give, even if he should not care to, is the opinion of Professor A. M. Honllne, educational superintendent of the Sunday school association, "there is nothing like habit," he said, "Carneaie has uot tho habit of iriv- I . ing libraries and he couldn't do otherwine If he desired." Bathers in New England during , ttio summer season of 100'J paid an . exceptionally heavy toll to the wn. ters. According to figures compiled by the United States volunteer lifeHaving corps, six hundred and four persons were drowned in the New Kngland states last summer from < Mayto September Inclusive. Of this ' number two hundred and seventy-two were children. "Children with bad teeth require . half a year longer to complete eight I grades in primary schools than do - children with .sound teeth," said Leon* ' ard i'. Ayres, of Now York .secretary ' of the Kus ' ll Sago foundation, in 1 discussing ' Why Children Differ in Mental Aletrni'ss," before tin; convention of i Ik- department of superintendence of the National Kducation i association in !ndlanapolis. lMiysieal i detects also arc an Important causo, i he said, and added that the present : scheme of education in tho public I schools is far loo rapid. Tho Jive plants of the Chadwlck : llosk'ns Manufacturing company, tho , largest cotton mill corporation or I Charlotte, N (' , will be operated only four days of each week until further notice. The condition of the yarn i market was responsible for the ac tion of the company in curtailing and It Is understood that other Charlotte .i.niu ? " inula iimj' luiiutY iin vxiunpie. The firHt and partial account of Hoger O'Maru, trup'ee In bankruptcy for Henry K. Thaw, was filed in Pitts ( burg, Pa., and shows, after ali items I of expense nr< deducted, liuu 130,00" ) remain for distribution to 'i'haw'8 t creditors. f TO GIVE AWAY MILLIONS j John D. Rockefeller Will Use His yo Wealth to Benefit Mankind. f,f;; ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION a I ad1 Great Rivalry Between Rockefeller and Came- ! cit gte In Giving?Rockeleller Has Given $131,- "jc 000,000 and Carnegie $162,000,000. ! Washington,* D. C.?Steps wore ta- rej keu to incorporate the Rockefeller fai foundation in the District of Colum* cu] bla. The bill for this purpose was QU introduced by Senator Galllngher, and an was referred to the committee on ,1u- th( diclary. The purpose of the founda- ^js tion ia to provide for a general or- st? gaulzatlon to conduct philanthropic work along all linos. It is understood that the foundation will be endowed Wl1 ln. *1.. 1... IX I 1 1 n..rV COl uy juiiii 1./. UUVM'IUUUI aiiu that he takes this means to dispose of a large part of his enormous 8,t wealth. BP( The incorporators named in the bill are John D. Rockofeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Fred T. Gates, Starr J. Murphy and Charles O. He>dt. Pj* These incorporators are authorized c" to select associates, not to exceed a 'rc total of twonty-flvo It was stated by Senator Galling- no nor that Mr. Rockefeller already had mc given ^52,000,000, and that he was frc seeking a method of disposing of his sel fortune that would benefit mankind, an The Rockefeller foundation will bo da authorized to receive and dispense go gifts of money other than those ob- th< laineu irom uie original enuowmeniB, cu the amount of which has not been bii fixed. ^ ca The scope of the foundation is very se broad, although embraced in a very nis short fraction of the bill. This section tin reads: laf "That the object of the said cor- in poration shall be to promote the well- te< being and to advance the civilization co of tlio people of the United States ana its territories and possessions and oi foreign lands in the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge; in (he Ui prevention and relief of suffering and tu in the promotion of any and all of the fr( elements of human progress." , Wiiile drawn generally along the j1.1 lines of the act incorporating the ri( Carnegie foundation it goes much fnrthor ttinnn tlx* rnAfin fmirwln. ? tion i? designed chicfly to provide for a scientific retirement and pensioning j*e of superannuated teachers. Jj, New York City.?Estlanites of Mr. P1 Rockefeller's past benefactions ami !ia present fortune vary largely. It in !", conceded (lint in charity ho lias hut one leader?Andrew Carnegie?and "li the best opinion is thnt Mr. Kockc- Pr feller has given away something ap- ,a preaching $131,000,000, as against ' $102,000,000 for Mr. Carnegie. > leading Rockefeller gifts have been: ex General education board, $53,000,- tli nnn. i t%. i........11.. ..r hah 000; Rush Medical College *$6,000,'- ml 000; Institute for Medical Hosearcij, in $4,300,000; churches (known), $3,- Ui 100,000. Ul The rivalry between Rockefeller si i and Carnegie in getting rid of their isl riches has been of the friendliest na- to turo. ci( How much Mr. Rockefeller has left th is even harder to guess than how much lie has given away. In 1 s ty Frederick T. Gates, ono of Rockefol rc> ler's agents in charity, said: th "Mr. Rockefeller himself has au- js tiiorized the statement that his for- j }l tune cannot exceed $200,000,ooo, and I m< that in his most prosperous year his i i,e income was not above $20,000,000. His ' jt holdings of Standard Oil stock are n not above 20 per cent of the total an issue outstanding." jCl On the other hand the late II. II. on Rogers is emoted as havinu said in I .... 1900: " ku "I know for a fact that Mr. lioeke- |n) feller's income will not ox cocci (|u 001),000 next year." 0j, The late Senator Hoar of Massa- fr{ chusetts estimated that Rockefeller's fortune totaled one billion dollars. j ' Will Buy No Diplomatic Homes. o1 Wnchington, D. C.?Following an animated debate on a bill giving leg- J1" islativo authority for future appropri- | ! ations to purchase sites for the construction of buildings as residences <w of diplomatic odlciais abroad, the house placed its seal of disapproval tul upon all such projects. rci re< <S1 n nnn n..n^i? ?>' y i WfWWWjU^v; I U I U li I I U I II y OIXCS. Washington, D. C. ? The senate ho passed a bill authorizing the expen- pit diture of $10,000,000 for the purchase tin of land south of Pennsylvania uve- Di nun, in Washington as sites for pub- cri lie buildings. There was no opposl nil tion. Ai nu Empress of Russia III. be St. Petersburg, Russia.?The Em- to press has suffered a severe nervous Ol attack, and her condition Is consid- of ered very unsatisfactory. br rut a T?rr mm > r?? *? ?? lrmim i wain wtJUii. co Humorist 8ays He Is "Not III Enough *1' to Excite Undertaker.'' m< Hamilton, Bermuda.?Samuel L?. Clemens (Mark Twain), whoso health <lu has been the cause of much alarm to an his friends, made this characteristic (ja statement: "I am uble to say that while I am ?? not ruggedly well, I am not ill enough 'c, to excite an undertaker." Sinco coming to Hcrmuda several weeks ago to recuperate the veteran humorist has been the lion of the col j ony of tourists. Ho is a familiar figure to tho na- *(i) tives, and in tho life and entertainments of tiio inhabitants of the island j>( tiiW<>vt n?i sir-tlvn noil * I till Servant of Jeff Davis Dead. San Antonio, Texas?Gordon Davis, (l< wlio was born a servant to Jefferson ')e Davis, died at his homo in South tG1 Uorne, aged fiO years. During the gii civil war ho was tukon by union so! fot dlers and made a corporal In th" ya union army, and was aftorward known ns "Corporal Davis." I)y 2,400 Dales of Cotton Burned. pa Hobart, Okia. Fire bore destroyed toi tlie entire plant of the Traders' Com- oe press, together with 2,400 balc-8 of fa: cotton, wharves and iwo freignt cars, a Tho \ohp is estimated at $300,000. fai Bryan in Buenos Ayres. fftj Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic. jU) - William J. Hryan iiaa arrived here, yg, Ho will be received by President A4- ,m (nrta. Tho minister of foreign af- co] faira will give a banquet In Mr. Bry- of nn's honor. j>y Maneuver Ground at Ft. Oglethorpe. Chattanooga, Tenn.?Tho Ufilted J ha States government will clear 400 to | t.oi ri>'? acres of woodland In Chlckamau- hii :i Pn rlf nAfir 1 *u - .wvr. . X,. V Whiuun/iyu, via., ii? IIH provide a new army maneuver aff round. About fifty army prisoners egi will do tho work. It is planned t< in Ktvo tho work completed for tho ar tui ihv maneuvers In Julv. ini I, I ? LATE NEWS NOTES. I General * V combination of twolvo, of the gost baking companies of New rk is announced, with a capital of ju 000,000 and a capacity of twelve rnsuud barrels of Hour a day. -Vright & Company of Dayton, fn io, have formally stated that the 141 iquv uiuvacio iirtro ucviucu tu 15v Montgomery, Ala., at once to take J1' vantage of the offers made by that " y for the entertainment and accomillation of the famous aeroplanists. ni ey will give exhibition flights ant every two weeks. Missouri teachers, through their idlng circle will this year study c! -mlng Instead ow pedagogy. Agrl- 1,1 Iture has been made one of the reIrements of teachers' certificates b d more stress will be placed upon ri ) subject In public school and In al ;her educational Institutions of tho ito. w Plants may be made to order, ao10 for two years has been expertrdlng to Profossor C. Stuart Gag?r, , >nting with radium at the Unlver- 1 y of Missouri. An entirely new acles of primrose has been orlgl- ?' ted by the uao of the radium, and ai i.a#. *1 9! ii?o umu iruvs iu uie new lurui " rough three generations of the 1? int. The color of the flower was anged, and the leaves changed ni >m broad to narrow. . The cost of living problem does t seem to worry people in the mntalns of Tennessee. A report >m there declares that "robblns are s< lling at 10 cents a dozen." Thousds of the robbins "gather In the ce- sl rs to roost, and hunting parties ^ in the night and capture and kill ? E>m in large numbers. One party ^ ught two thousand six hundred "ds in one night. One hunter ught three hundred and seveiityven birds in one tree. It is esti- r< ited that one hundred and fiftv s( ousand have been killed within the V st three weeks. That is the way s which wild bird life is being pro- S cted in some parts of this great <> untry." h Washington. The bureau of statistics of the lited States department of agriculrc has been gathering .information ^ jm the potato growers and dealers o the principal potato growing sec- o ins of the United States with re- <> rd to the supply on hand January ? 1910. The result of these invosti- w tions indicate that about 41.2 per n n? rtf flirt #?w*n mluml X..V.1/ .o.auu .....1IVV7V II 1901) remained in the hands of the n owers, and 9.6 per cent in the n ,nds of Interior dealers. A similar h vostigation last year showed that r< .5 per cent of the crop raised for | arket in 1908 was in the hands or t owers, and 11.3 per cent in the lids of interior dealers on January j( 1909. "1 shall believe that Dr. Cook, the g ploror, is an honest man until (, ere is definite proof to the con- c. irv," declared Maurice F. Egan, ^ mister to Denmark, in an address j, Washington to members of the tJ liversity club. Dr. lOagan said the j; liversity of Copenhagen board had ,, nply declared that the records furn- ? leu mom ny ur. look on his trip q tho extrcmo north were not suftt- w jnt to enable them to determine l( at he had been to the north pole. ))( The army has Just adopted a now f< po of machine gun that has some p markable points of advantage over e e existing guns. The new weapon ei so small that it can be carried by :\ man or two, and with full equip- tf nt of stands and ammunition can n packed upon a mule. Moreover, lias the important advantago that n can be 11 red from tho slioulder, f( d consequently is much less sub- w 2t to attack and capture by the c emy. The ammunition is carried (:1 steel strips, and tlio new gun is j, id to be free from danger of chokZ Willie tho bnrrfiln rnv> oui'rldfl In plicato and can bo nlmoBt instantly j, angod when they become heated mi rapid firing. Senator Benjamin It. Tillman, who slowly recovering from tho attack fc paralysis which recently threaten- n his life, is to bo removed to bin , | me or to Atlanta, (Jn., as soon as si 3 condition will permit, probably (ji thin three weeks, llis wife and c] 0 daughters will accompany him. j, 1 soon thereafter as possible Sena- i'. r Tillman will go to some health sort In Europe and seek complete covery. js A great democratic celebration in ti nor of Jefferson's birthday is being inned by the National lipnincmow o democratic organization of the strict of Columbia, and the demo- tl ?tic congressional campaign com- i( ttee, to be held in Washington on ? nil 2, and invitations to a select mber of big men in the party have en sent out. Among those invited ^ attend are Governors Harmon of iio; Drown, of Georgia; Marshall, J1 Indiana, and Shallenberger, of Ne- '[ aska. V si Denial is made by the interstate Ci mtnerce commission that the 0 jight ratea, both in claas and com* 0 jdity, to and from Montgomery, o unjustly discriminatory and unly preferential to Pensacola, Fla., jl d Mobile and Birmingham. The so in which the doclsion was ron- ^ red was instituted by the Montmery freight bureau against the ' tuisvillo and Nashville railroad and , Wnr MH. ? 1 - . _ - * 1 1 L.UI lauiullUD, 1 I1U UOIIiplHlIll HI" ieH that tho claHseB and commodl- vv s rates to Montgomory from vari- K h points and from Ohio and Missis- 11 >pi liver crossings were unjuat '' d unreasonable in their relation to n rates from the same points to si jblle and LMrmlngham, Ala. , ana A iiisacola, Fin., and to the disadvan* li Ke of Montgomery." is The Argentine government has orred the construction of twolve tordo boat destroyers of nine hundred v; us displacement, with turbine en- ( lies. Four will be built in French, !l iir in British and four in German a rds. ,( George Washington's will, written himself on more than twenty ^ ges, nas been brought to Wishing- (j n for renovation. For more than a ntury it has been on view in Fair- ,, x, va. ino paper nas darkened to " rich shade of brown and tho Ink tied to a sickly olive tint. , ^ The house coinmitteo on naval afrs agreed to recommend to the a \i80 two battleships to cost $6,000,- (> 0 each, exclusive of armor and ar- ^ iment; ono repair ship; two fleet lllera and four submarines, Instead (.( five of the latter, as recommended the socretary of tho navy. (1 IX'li K n ' * ' ...Hi |> ricn IU VAiuuuillg R nojpiinf y nci to the Indian In his advance r| vnrd civic usefulness and to assist n in meeting the competition of : s white man, the bureau of Indian ' airs has Issued instructions for tho tahllRhmont of demonstration farms * ' tho agencios situated in ngrlcul- ' ral sections, to serve as models In 1' proved methods of tiling the Boil. (> v 'ALMEtrO STATE NEWS Columbian .S. .C.?''Believing that aman offlcjcncy, health, and liappi3ss arc natural resources quite as (lportant ad forests, waters, lands, i,l mtMAMftlaV) ikA nHn< ?U nuuvl tllOj luu mot DIUIO luuiviice on the \ conservation of public ealth, that Which has just finished s session in this city, was characterirlzed in thu advance announcetents as follows: "The Object-i-To learn hotv South arolina needl?;sly wastes human fo and physical efficiency through ontrollable diseases and proventale death. "The Plan?To confer as to how outh Carolina may conserve her chest natural resources?the health Qd lives of her citizens. "The Hope?To hasten the time hen the average man and tho averse woman in this splendid commonealth may reasonably claim a full leasure of health, happiness and liyslcal efficiency." Greenwood. S. C.?The South Car lina Oratorical contest will be held s usual, in Greenwood, Friday, April 3, in the Walker hall at Lander colge. At a meetiug of the executive comlittee, which was held in Greenville ist week, the following judges on ratory were appointed: Kev. P. L. niffy, of Charleston; Itev. H. L anes, Charleston, and B. P. Townjnd, of Union. The following is tlio order of the [leakers; Purman University, Presyterian college, Citidel, University f South Carolina, Cleinaon college, /offord college, College of Charlesjn, Newberry college and Erskine allege. Aiken, S. C.?The largest deal in ial estate made in Aiken county iu jmo time was affected when Mr. A. /. Reynolds bought of Mrs. A. S. tigler and Mr. John A. Seigler, the eigler home place, containing about ne thousand two hundred acres of mil. This deal calls for the sum of 5(1,000, and has been hanging fire 3r some time. Washington, D. C.?April 12 will be red-letter day in the history or harieston and of South Carolina, in that day the entire membership i" the house and senate committees n naval affairs, the secretary of the avy and all of the bureau chiefs ho can leave Washington, will witess the presentation of South Carotin's; Kilvfir sprviro irift Id 1 lio mn<r. ittcent new battleship bearing that ain.e. This announcement was made ere after Mayor Rhett, 13. W. I)uant, it. S VVhaley, Norwood Hastio, laniel Sinker and A. W. Anderson 01 lie Atlantic Coast Line railroad oachcd Washington and held a con rence with the naval oflicers. Columbia, S. C.?While Mr. A. S. aleey, .Jr., the secretary of the nissi'ical commission, was illing some luims against the state of South arolina for services rendered or sun lies furnished by individual citizens l South Carolina during the revoluon, he found a very interesting apraiseinent oi a horse furnished for ublic use by William Crawford of nmden district. The appraisers, ho estimated the value of jhe horse ) have been one hundred #?id fifty minds currency, wore Robert Craw>rd and Andrew Jackson. Their apraisement was sworn to before Robrt Montgomery, J. P., and was dat(1 December 12, 1783. At that time ndrew Jackson was nearly seven- / ien years old. The signature is in early the identical hand writing of f)l<l I liclfm'v'' in lil? nint urn vpfiru obeit Crawford, his afliant, was his aster father and kinsman, upon hose plantation, in what was then ainden district, but which later befiine Lancaster district, Jackson was om as repeatedly asserted by him:;1 f and others. This is possibly the rst olllcial paper tiiat Jackson put is hand to in this state. STATE CAPITAL NOTES. ...The legislature was in session jr forty days and part of forty iKlits. The total of two hundred and Ighty-two laws were passed and t ?e tate paid the handsome sum of $45,00 for them. Opinions as to the I, l.tr III.. ody differ. However, they, it might e said, did about us well as the sual legislatures do. This legislate was a muster at dodging legiRition as is always the case on eloc011 years. ...When the legislature adjourns, lings are usually dull about the cap* al city and this year is no excepon. However, it doen not take very >ng for matters to got back to t.ieir orinal condition. ...At last Sounth Carolina has an docationul commission. Governor nsel has signed the act and it leans that the commission is going > straighten out the school laws of io state. The commission was deIre'd by Staff Superintendent of Edu? ation Swearingen for he, above all tliers, realized the chaotic condition f the school laws of the state. . ..W. M. Avant gave bond for $2,0fM) nd left the state penitentiary where e has been confined for the past nveral monthH. !le was convicted ist summer on the charge of killing Irs. Ituth Crisp Highain in Georgejwn county. At the saino trial l)r igiiam, the husband of tho woman, as also convicted and both were iven three years in the penitentiary, ir. nigham left the country before e could be arrested. .. .Comptroller General Jounes will hortly issue a pamphlet on taxation, lthougli the legislature did nut aid im in his light for equalization he i going to see that the tax laws of ?e state are carried out to the limit. ...The time for making tax returns as extended until March 10 by omptroller General Jones, with the pproval of Governor Ansel. A peuiiy of SO per cent is provided. The inner date was Kebruarv 20. ... ... . ?. .... ... . . . i ne mcuiuuiiu cout/<y vorii uiuu ill ho organized in tho "near tuture. a \V. Williams, the state agent or le United States farm deinonstra011 work, said that nearly three lousand hoys and girls of the state ould participate in the corn contest lis year and that prizes aggregating 1,000 would ho given. ...South Carolina now has a law gainst pellagra. This fact is not genrally known yet It Is so. Tho low i embraced in a section of tho measre calling for tho inspection of all [>mmercial food stuffs. Tho commerlal food stufTs will bo inspected uner tho direction of Commissioner v'atBon and about $28,000 will bo delved from this source. ... Arrangements are bolng made >r tho Anal winding up of tho afilrs of ftU of tho dispensaries in the ountles Voting out tho syHtom. Only A'o of tho nowly nsquired prohlblon counties have wound-up all o( le affaire. Thoee countloa aro Abbeille and I^exlngton. 'j'A 2& -V'